David Strathairn
Born January 26, 1949 at 02:37 • San Francisco, CA, 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 | 3 | 13°01′ | enemy |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 2 | 12°19′ | neutral |
| Mercury (R) | Capricorn | 3 | 26°49′ | neutral |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 2 | 23°10′ | neutral |
| Mars ☄ | Capricorn | 3 | 23°57′ | exalted |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 2 | 23°04′ | own |
| Saturn (R) | Leo | 10 | 11°38′ | enemy |
| Rahu (R) | Aries | 6 | 6°56′ | enemy |
| Ketu (R) | Libra | 12 | 6°56′ | enemy |
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 Fire element drives you toward action and self-expression.
Your Cardinal modality means your natural style is initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
Saturn as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What do I fear, and what must I master?"
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 Sagittarius 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, Fire energy dominates your chart (55%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward action and self-expression. Your Cardinal modality means initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
Saturn (a challenging influence for Scorpio ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs fears, discipline, and hard-won mastery, and in Leo (house 10), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward bold self-expression and direct action. Interestingly, while Saturn dominates your chart by strength, it functions as a challenging maraka planet for Scorpio rising - meaning its power needs conscious direction to avoid difficulties.
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 (Mula, 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 Jupiter in House 2 (own)
Jupiter operating from your 2nd house in own dignity creates a period centered on resource building. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 2nd house governs accumulated wealth, family resources, speech, and personal values.
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.
You process emotions by finding meaning in them. Sadness becomes a lesson. Anger becomes a philosophy. This makes you resilient — you bounce back through reframing — but it can also become spiritual bypassing, where you explain away feelings instead of sitting with them.
You come across as intense, private, and hard to read. People sense depth but can't access it without permission. This creates mystique — but also isolation when you want connection but can't drop the guard.
Internal Conflicts Detected
Your Capricorn identity values stability, but your Sagittarius emotions crave action and change. The stable life you've built sometimes feels like a cage — not because it's wrong, but because part of you is wild and resists containment.
You desire stability in relationships (Sagittarius) but pursue love through boldness and impatience (Capricorn). The thing you want requires patience; your approach demands speed.
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 Capricorn identity values stability, but your Sagittarius emotions crave action and change. The stable life you've built sometimes feels like a cage — not because it's wrong, but because part of you is wild and resists containment.
Your romantic desires vs your pursuit style
You desire stability in relationships (Sagittarius) but pursue love through boldness and impatience (Capricorn). The thing you want requires patience; your approach demands speed.
What holds you back vs what pushes you forward
Your discipline is slow and structural (Leo), but your impulses are fast and impatient (Capricorn). The part of you that builds long-term and the part that wants immediate results are in constant negotiation.
Your analytical mind vs your faith system
Your analytical mind (Mercury in Capricorn, Earth) and your belief system (Jupiter in Sagittarius, Fire) don't naturally agree. You may find yourself knowing something logically but believing something different emotionally. This tension can make you a complex, nuanced thinker — or someone paralyzed between reason and faith.
Your Psychological Summary
Express-and-Release — you process emotions through action, expression, and physical discharge. Feelings don't sit with you long, which makes recovery fast but understanding slow.
Practical Evaluator — you decide based on tangible outcomes, track records, and material evidence. Slow but reliable. You rarely regret decisions because you rarely make impulsive ones.
Standing up for yourself doesn't come naturally. Anger feels dangerous, so you suppress it. But suppressed anger doesn't disappear — it becomes anxiety, resentment, or physical tension.
Your primary growth edge is developing your Mars function — the area where Assertiveness 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.
Emotional intuition fuels visible action. Your feelings drive your achievements.
Alignment Alerts
Your emotional, intuitive nature (Scorpio) contrasts with an aggressive, visibility-driven wealth strategy (Leo). You earn best when you push past your comfort zone.
Use your emotional intelligence to read opportunities, then deploy Leo's boldness to act on them.
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
18 Yogas detected · 17 beneficial · 1 shadow · 4 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
3Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Mars, Sun, Moon periods.
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga
Wealth & Resources
3Wealth grows through strategic patience and wisdom and ethical growth. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter)
Dhana Yoga (Fortune)
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter aspect)
Intelligence & Influence
9Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Gajakesari Yoga
Sunapha Yoga
Voshi Yoga
Surya-Mangala Yoga
Surya-Budha Yoga
Chandra-Guru Yoga
Chandra-Shukra Yoga
Kuja-Budha Yoga
Guru-Shukra Yoga
Protection & Fortune
1Natural shields exist in your chart. Khala Parivartana provide a safety net during challenging periods.
Khala Parivartana Yoga
Structural Patterns
1Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Shoola (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Shoola Yoga (Nabhash)
Emotional Sensitivity
1Gandanta appear under stress. Awareness is the override — these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Gandanta Yoga
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other — reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your emotional strength (Gajakesari Yoga) and emotional vulnerability (Gandanta Yoga) coexist through Moon. Under stress, you may withdraw even though you possess deep wisdom. The override: recognize withdrawal as a pattern, not a truth.
Raja Yoga gives you emotional resilience, but Gandanta Yoga creates undercurrents of instability through the same Moon. Your feelings are both your compass and your fog. The practice: observe your moods without being ruled by them.
The Moon connects Dhana Yoga (Fortune) and Gandanta Yoga in your chart, creating a push-pull between emotional security and emotional exposure. When Moon periods intensify, both the gift and the challenge amplify. Grounding rituals help you stay centered.
Your emotional strength (Voshi Yoga) and emotional vulnerability (Gandanta Yoga) coexist through Moon. Under stress, you may withdraw even though you possess deep wisdom. The override: recognize withdrawal as a pattern, not a truth.
Chandra-Guru Yoga gives you emotional resilience, but Gandanta Yoga creates undercurrents of instability through the same Moon. Your feelings are both your compass and your fog. The practice: observe your moods without being ruled by them.
The Moon connects Chandra-Shukra Yoga and Gandanta Yoga in your chart, creating a push-pull between emotional security and emotional exposure. When Moon periods intensify, both the gift and the challenge amplify. Grounding rituals help you stay centered.
Combined Pattern Insight
Strong elevation potential supported by multiple structural pillars. intellectual firepower amplifies all other patterns. wealth accumulates through long-term strategy rather than sudden gains. emotional depth is both strength and vulnerability. internal tension between power and sensitivity creates depth — not weakness. natural protection mechanisms cushion the challenging periods.
David Strathairn's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ketu | 26 Jan 1949 | 08 Aug 1949 | 6m 12d (balance) | |
| Venus | 08 Aug 1949 | 08 Aug 1969 | 20y | |
| Sun | 08 Aug 1969 | 09 Aug 1975 | 6y | |
| Moon | 09 Aug 1975 | 08 Aug 1985 | 10y | |
| Mars | 08 Aug 1985 | 08 Aug 1992 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 08 Aug 1992 | 09 Aug 2010 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 09 Aug 2010 | 09 Aug 2026 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 09 Aug 2026 | 08 Aug 2045 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 08 Aug 2045 | 09 Aug 2062 | 17y |
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 3 from Lagna and house 2 from Moon, activating Manglik Dosha.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ Mars is exalted — 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
AbsentAncestral karma indicators — Sun/Saturn affliction to 9th house or conjunction
No significant Pitru Dosha indicators found.
Remedies:
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)
AbsentSaturn's 7.5 year transit over natal Moon — period of testing, discipline and transformation
No major Saturn affliction to Moon sign detected.
Remedies:
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
Initiative Building - Karmic Axis
KarmicFinancial Lessons - Karmic Axis
KarmicPersuasive Challenger
CommunicationSlow-Build Professional
CareerSilent Processor
EmotionalHidden Partnership Layer
Soul BondAuthority Resistance
PowerHidden Fear of Loss
MoneyShape-Shifting Identity
IdentityKarmic Axis - Soul's Direction
KarmicIdealist Pattern
GrowthCurated Image
PerceptionAvoidance Loop
ConflictQuiet Aesthete
CreativityBalanced Attachment
AttachmentCurrently Active Patterns
Based on your Jupiter/Rahu Dasha
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for ScorpioAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: ScorpioRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 3rd house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
- Moon in the 2nd house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 3rd house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
- Venus in the 2nd house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
- Mars in the 3rd house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 2nd house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 10th house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 6th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 12th house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
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