David Selby
Born February 5, 1941 at 17:10 • Morgantown, WV, United States
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Capricorn | 7 | 23°42′ | enemy |
| Moon | Taurus | 11 | 9°29′ | exalted |
| Mercury | Aquarius | 8 | 10°36′ | neutral |
| Venus | Capricorn | 7 | 5°44′ | friendly |
| Mars | Scorpio | 5 | 28°43′ | own |
| Jupiter | Aries | 10 | 14°53′ | friendly |
| Saturn | Aries | 10 | 15°33′ | debilitated |
| Rahu (R) | Virgo | 3 | 11°14′ | friendly |
| Ketu (R) | Pisces | 9 | 11°14′ | friendly |
David's Psychological Profile
A holistic reading drawn from your complete birth chart, planets, houses, signs, strengths, yogas, and current life period, cross-referenced and synthesized.
Your dominant Earth element drives you toward security, structure, and tangible results.
Your Cardinal modality means your natural style is initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
Mars as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What am I willing to fight for?"
Who David Is
David, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Capricorn forms the backbone of your identity - it's the conscious self you're building toward, the version of you that emerges when you're most aligned. Your Moon in Taurus reveals your emotional core - what you need to feel safe, how you process feelings, and the private self only close ones see.
At the elemental level, Earth energy dominates your chart (55%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward security, structure, and tangible results. Your Cardinal modality means initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
Mars (your most supportive planet for Cancer ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs drive, anger, and how you fight for what matters, and in Scorpio (house 5), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward emotional depth and intuitive knowing. This is especially potent because Mars is your yogakaraka - according to BPHS, the single most beneficial planet for your Cancer ascendant.
Your dominant Vedic archetype is The Sovereign - Your dominant archetype is The Sovereign (Sun - Surya). Atma - Self/Soul is the strongest force in your chart. Natural authority that inspires without demanding. This is the energy people recognize in you before you say a word.
Your birth star (Krittika, Pada 4) is the most personal marker in Vedic astrology - more specific than your Sun or Moon sign. It defines the particular frequency of your soul.
David's Inner World
How David Thinks
David's Drive & Purpose
How David Loves
David's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
David's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Mercury in House 8 (neutral)
Mercury operating from your 8th house in neutral dignity creates a period centered on deep restructuring. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 8th house governs transformation, hidden resources, death/rebirth cycles, and research.
Your spiritual growth is this period's strongest channel, while public image needs the most attention. The energy Mercury brings from house 8 naturally flows toward spiritual growth - consciously redirect some of it toward public image.
A psychological assessment based on your planetary placements, not what the planets mean, but what they reveal about how you think, feel, defend, and grow.
Your Psychological Profile
This isn't what your planets mean, it's who you are. These six dimensions combine your planetary placements into a genuine psychological picture.
You define yourself through what you've built and endured. Accomplishment is identity. The hard truth: you may not know who you are when you stop achieving. Rest feels like regression.
Your emotional world is stable and sensory. You process feelings through the body, comfort food, long walks, physical touch. Emotions move slowly through you, which makes you steady but also means you hold onto things (and people) longer than you should.
People experience you as nurturing and emotionally available. You create safety for others instinctively. What they rarely see is how much emotional energy that costs you, or how rarely you ask for the same care in return.
How Your Inner Forces Interact
Your planets don't operate in isolation, they negotiate, conflict, and amplify each other. These are the key psychological dynamics running inside you.
Who you think you are vs how you actually feel
Your Sun in Capricorn (Earth) and Moon in Taurus (Earth) share elemental compatibility. Who you think you are vs how you actually feel, and in your chart, these two functions cooperate rather than compete. Your sense of self and your emotional world speak the same language, which gives you a stable inner foundation that many people lack.
Your romantic desires vs your pursuit style
Your Venus in Capricorn (Earth) and Mars in Scorpio (Water) share elemental compatibility. What you want and how you go after it are naturally aligned. You don't sabotage your own desires with contradictory behavior, when you want something, your pursuit style matches the goal. This makes you effective in both romance and competition.
What holds you back vs what pushes you forward
Your discipline (Aries) operates through emotion and intuition, but your impulses (Scorpio) are fiery and aggressive. You restrain yourself through guilt rather than logic.
Your analytical mind vs your faith system
Your Mercury in Aquarius (Air) and Jupiter in Aries (Fire) share elemental compatibility. Your analytical mind and your faith system are aligned, you can think critically without losing your sense of meaning, and believe deeply without abandoning reason. This integration makes you a credible voice on matters of both logic and wisdom.
Your Psychological Summary
Contain-and-Process, you hold emotions inside and process them through practical action. Feelings integrate slowly but thoroughly. The risk: suppression disguised as composure.
Options Weigher, you see multiple sides of every decision and need to think through all possibilities. This makes you fair but sometimes paralyzed. Others may push you to "just decide already."
You may feel like your thoughts are too complex to communicate, or that people don't truly hear you. The gap between what you think and what comes out of your mouth causes quiet frustration.
Your primary growth edge is developing your Mercury function, the area where Expression Wound lives. This isn't about fixing a flaw; it's about integrating the part of yourself you've been protecting.
How the cosmos shapes every corner of your life
Life Analysis
A holistic view of your chart across six dimensions of life, synthesised from divisional charts, Nadi astrology, BPHS functional classification, your current dasha period, and classical remedial guidance.
Eight lenses that shape how life unfolds
Life Architecture
Your lagnas map different dimensions of existence, identity, wealth, power, timing, and vitality. Together they form your operating system.
Your life operates through passionate action tempered by emotional depth. Visible power meets inner sensitivity.
Alignment Alerts
You may feel nurturing internally but are pushed toward bold, commanding public roles. This creates creative tension, your quiet depth fuels your visible authority.
Lean into your private processing style (Cancer) for strategy, then channel it through your public presence (Leo) for impact.
Udaya Lagna
Identity BaseCore personality & physical self
Bhava Lagna
Physical PersonaHow the world experiences your presence
Hora Lagna
Wealth StrategyFinancial identity & earning approach
Ghati Lagna
Power StrategyFame, authority & public recognition
Vighati Lagna
Micro-TimingSubtle timing & decision sensitivity
Sree Lagna
Fortune ChannelProsperity flow & divine grace
Pranapada Lagna
Vitality EngineLife force, stamina & physical resilience
Indu Lagna
Financial BlueprintWealth accumulation potential from Moon
Your Life Architecture Summary
Yogas are powerful alignments in your birth chart. When planets combine in specific ways, they create amplified effects.
Special planetary configurations that amplify your chart
Yoga Architecture
15 Yogas detected · 15 beneficial · 6 structural pillarsExtended
Structural Power Summary
Dominant Yogas
Not all yogas matter equally, these define your chart's core architecture
Functional Clusters
Your yogas grouped by what they do, not just what they're called
Power & Elevation
10Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Jupiter, Saturn, Mars periods.
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)
Raja Yoga (Single Lord)
Yoga Karaka Yoga
Viparita Raja Yoga
Mahabhagya Yoga
Amala Yoga
Veshi Yoga
Exalted Planet Yoga
Horasara Dharma-Karma Yoga
Wealth & Resources
2Wealth grows through strategic patience and wisdom and ethical growth. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga
Horasara Jupiter Dhana Drishti
Intelligence & Influence
1Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Wisdom and teaching ability amplify your results.
Anapha Yoga
Protection & Fortune
1Natural shields exist in your chart. Jupiter Protection provide a safety net during challenging periods.
Jupiter Protection
Structural Patterns
1Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Pasha (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Pasha Yoga (Nabhash)
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
🔗 Reinforcing Patterns
Anapha Yoga and Raja Yoga both flow through Jupiter and Saturn, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Anapha Yoga and Amala Yoga both flow through Jupiter, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect) and Raja Yoga (Single Lord) both flow through Mars, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect) and Yoga Karaka Yoga both flow through Mars, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect) and Mahabhagya Yoga both flow through Moon, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Raja Yoga and Amala Yoga both flow through Jupiter, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Combined Pattern Insight
Strong elevation potential supported by multiple structural pillars. wealth accumulates through long-term strategy rather than sudden gains. your yogas reinforce each other more than they conflict, cumulative power grows over time. natural protection mechanisms cushion the challenging periods.
David Selby's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | 05 Feb 1941 | 29 Apr 1941 | 2m 21d (balance) | |
| Moon | 29 Apr 1941 | 29 Apr 1951 | 10y | |
| Mars | 29 Apr 1951 | 29 Apr 1958 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 29 Apr 1958 | 28 Apr 1976 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 28 Apr 1976 | 28 Apr 1992 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 28 Apr 1992 | 29 Apr 2011 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 29 Apr 2011 | 28 Apr 2028 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 28 Apr 2028 | 29 Apr 2035 | 7y | |
| Venus | 29 Apr 2035 | 29 Apr 2055 | 20y |
The planetary periods that shape each chapter of your life
Shadbala measures each planet's strength across six dimensions. Strong planets deliver their gifts naturally. Weak planets need conscious effort or remedial support.
How much power each planet carries in your chart
Comparative Strength Overview
Current Period × Planet Strength
Planet Strength Intelligence
Planet Synergy Matrix
Top 5 planet pairs working together in your chart
Red Flag Monitor
Patterns to watch based on your weakest planetary strengths
Doshas are specific planetary configurations that traditional texts flag as challenging. But most have cancellation conditions.
Planetary challenges and how they're resolved
Dosha Analysis
Doshas are specific planetary configurations that indicate challenges. Many have cancellations (exceptions) that reduce or eliminate their effects.
Manglik Dosha
Present (Moderate)Mars placement in sensitive houses (1/2/4/7/8/12), affects marriage and partnerships
Mars is placed in house 5 from Lagna and house 7 from Moon, activating Manglik Dosha.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ Mars is own — reduces negative effects
Remedies:
- Mangal Shanti Puja
- Hanuman Chalisa recitation
- Wearing red coral (after consultation)
Kala Sarpa Dosha
AbsentAll planets hemmed between Rahu-Ketu axis, creates karmic patterns and sudden life changes
Planets are distributed on both sides of the Rahu-Ketu axis — no Kala Sarpa Dosha.
Remedies:
Pitru Dosha
Present (Moderate)Ancestral karma indicators, Sun/Saturn affliction to 9th house or conjunction
Ancestral karma indicators detected — 9th house affliction
Remedies:
- Pitru Paksha Shradh
- Narayan Bali Puja
- Feed crows on Saturdays
Guru Chandal Dosha
AbsentJupiter conjunct Rahu/Ketu, wisdom clouded by illusion, unconventional beliefs
Jupiter is free from Rahu/Ketu conjunction.
Remedies:
Kemdrum Dosha
AbsentMoon without planetary support (no planets in 2nd/12th from Moon), emotional isolation
Moon has planetary support in adjacent signs.
Remedies:
Shani Dosha (Sade Sati)
Present (Moderate)Saturn's 7.5 year transit over natal Moon, period of testing, discipline and transformation
Saturn is in the rising phase of Sade Sati (12th from natal Moon).
Remedies:
- Shani Shanti Puja
- Hanuman worship on Saturdays
- Donate black items
Vedic remedies work by strengthening weak planets and calming overactive ones. Start with one remedy and observe its effects before adding more.
Practical steps to harmonize challenging energies
Calculate your birth chart first to see your remedial intelligence strategy.
Recurring themes your chart reveals
Currently Active Patterns
Based on your Mercury/Saturn Dasha
Compare Your Chart With David Selby’s
Today's Sky Over David Selby’s Chart
Explore David Selby’s Dasha Timeline
Each segment is one mahadasha, sized by its real length. Select a period to open its antardasha sub-periods, or replay the whole sequence from birth. The age spans come from David Selby’s recorded birth data.
- Mercury-Mercury April 2011 to September 2013 (from age 70)
- Mercury-Ketu September 2013 to September 2014 (from age 72)
- Mercury-Venus September 2014 to July 2017 (from age 73)
- Mercury-Sun July 2017 to May 2018 (from age 76)
- Mercury-Moon May 2018 to October 2019 (from age 77)
- Mercury-Mars October 2019 to October 2020 (from age 78)
- Mercury-Rahu October 2020 to May 2023 (from age 79)
- Mercury-Jupiter May 2023 to August 2025 (from age 82)
- Mercury-SaturnCurrent August 2025 to April 2028 (from age 84)
Why David Selby's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs David Selby’s public standing with Anapha Yoga through Jupiter + Saturn. Mars is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 67 percent, giving drive, competition, and decisive action unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Aries under Mars frames the public career, with Jupiter and Saturn placed there.
Dominant Yogas In David Selby's Chart
Ranked by computed classical strength. Each is a specific planetary configuration in this birth chart, not a generic trait.
- Anapha Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Jupiter + Saturn
A lunar-support formation: planets flanking or joining the Moon steady the mind and its public expression. It works through Jupiter and Saturn, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures.
- Raja Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Jupiter+Saturn
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Jupiter and Saturn, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures.
- Dhana Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Sun + Venus
A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Sun and Venus, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
- Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)moderate (2/3)Planets: Mars+Moon
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mars and Moon, so it touches drive, competition, and decisive action, and mind, public connection, and emotional life.
- Raja Yoga (Single Lord)moderate (2/3)Planets: Mars
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mars, so it touches drive, competition, and decisive action.
How Rare Is David Selby's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 641 share David Selby’s Krittika Moon. The tighter pairing of a Capricorn Sun with a Krittika Moon appears in 49 of them, about 0.28 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put David Selby In Public View
Public recognition in David Selby’s chart concentrates in the 10th house, where Jupiter and Saturn stand in Aries. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 5th of 9 planets by Shadbala at 58 percent. Rahu works from the 3rd house, feeding ambition through courage and self-made effort rather than through direct publicity. The Moon, the public face, carries 64 percent strength from the 11th house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In David Selby’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Aries, ruled by Mars, which sits in the 5th house in Scorpio (own). Jupiter and Saturn occupy the 10th house, bringing wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures directly into the public record. Mars, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 67 percent, is itself the career lord, an unusually direct alignment between capacity and vocation.
The Chart's Voice
Mars is the strongest planet in David Selby’s chart, carrying 67 percent of full Shadbala strength. In practice the chart leads with force and initiative; contests and physical daring reward the native.
Wealth Signature
The 2nd And 11th Houses
Wealth in David Selby’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Leo, lord Sun) and the 11th house (Taurus, lord Venus). Moon in the 11th gives the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Venus is the best supported at 65 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in David Selby’s chart falls in Capricorn under Saturn, occupied by Sun and Venus. Venus, karaka of partnership, is friendly in Capricorn in the 7th house at 65 percent strength. The Moon's 64 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Moon stands exalted, operating at full classical strength.
Saturn is debilitated, a placement whose outcome depends on cancellation factors elsewhere in the chart.
David Selby's Life In Planetary Chapters
The Vimshottari dasha sequence divides the life into planetary chapters. Because the birth date is on record, the age spans below are actual, not generic.
- Sun MahadashaAge 0 to 0 (1941 to 1941)authority, visibility, and the father line
- Moon MahadashaAge 0 to 10 (1941 to 1951)mind, public connection, and emotional life
- Mars MahadashaAge 10 to 17 (1951 to 1958)drive, competition, and decisive action
- Rahu MahadashaAge 17 to 35 (1958 to 1976)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
- Jupiter MahadashaAge 35 to 51 (1976 to 1992)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
- Saturn MahadashaAge 51 to 70 (1992 to 2011)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
- Mercury MahadashaCurrentAge 70 to 87 (2011 to 2028)intellect, commerce, and communication
- Ketu MahadashaAge 87 to 94 (2028 to 2035)detachment, research, and inward turns
- Venus MahadashaAge 94 to 114 (2035 to 2055)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
Planetary Dominance In David Selby's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mars | 67% | weak |
| 2 | Venus | 65% | weak |
| 3 | Moon | 64% | weak |
| 4 | Jupiter | 62% | weak |
| 5 | Sun | 58% | very weak |
| 6 | Saturn | 51% | very weak |
| 7 | Rahu | 50% | very weak |
| 8 | Ketu | 41% | very weak |
| 9 | Mercury | 36% | very weak |
Mars dominates the planetary hierarchy at 67 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with force and initiative; contests and physical daring reward the native.
Mercury is the least supported at 36 percent, which means detail work and negotiation reward extra preparation.
Charts Like David Selby's
David Selby's Moon occupies Krittika nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- Willy ReichertMoon in Krittika, Aries
- Wolfgang RöhderMoon in Krittika, Taurus
- Wolfgang ZimmererMoon in Krittika, Taurus
- Wyomia TyusMoon in Krittika, Taurus
- Xavier GarbajosaMoon in Krittika, Taurus
- Yash DayalMoon in Krittika, Taurus
Read the full profile of Krittika nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Krittika.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for CancerAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: CancerRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 7th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Moon in the 11th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 8th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Venus in the 7th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Mars in the 5th house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 10th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 10th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 3rd house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 9th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
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