Dorothy Dandridge
Born November 9, 1922 at 22:35 • Cleveland, OH, United States
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra | 4 | 24°10′ | debilitated |
| Moon | Gemini | 12 | 26°56′ | friendly |
| Mercury | Libra | 4 | 9°03′ | friendly |
| Venus (R) | Scorpio | 5 | 16°26′ | neutral |
| Mars | Capricorn | 7 | 14°29′ | exalted |
| Jupiter | Libra | 4 | 10°19′ | enemy |
| Saturn | Virgo | 3 | 22°13′ | friendly |
| Rahu (R) | Virgo | 3 | 4°18′ | friendly |
| Ketu (R) | Pisces | 9 | 4°18′ | friendly |
Dorothy'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 Air element drives you toward ideas, communication, and social connection.
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 Dorothy Is
Dorothy, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Libra 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 Gemini 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, Air energy dominates your chart (55%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward ideas, communication, and social connection. 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 Capricorn (house 7), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward practical mastery and tangible achievement. 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 (Punarvasu, Pada 3) is the most personal marker in Vedic astrology - more specific than your Sun or Moon sign. It defines the particular frequency of your soul.
Dorothy's Inner World
How Dorothy Thinks
Dorothy's Drive & Purpose
How Dorothy Loves
Dorothy's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Dorothy's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Rahu in House 3 (friendly)
Rahu operating from your 3rd house in friendly dignity creates a period centered on expression and courage. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 3rd house governs communication, courage, siblings, and self-driven effort.
Your travel is this period's strongest channel, while family dynamics needs the most attention. The energy Rahu brings from house 3 naturally flows toward travel - consciously redirect some of it toward family dynamics.
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.
Your identity is relational, you understand yourself through the mirror of other people. This isn't weakness; it's how you're wired. The danger is disappearing into someone else's story and forgetting you have your own.
You think your feelings. Emotions arrive and your first instinct is to analyze them, name them, talk about them. This gives you emotional articulation others envy, but it also means you can talk about feelings without actually feeling them.
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 Libra (Air) and Moon in Gemini (Air) 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 Scorpio (Water) and Mars in Capricorn (Earth) 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 Saturn in Virgo (Earth) and Mars in Capricorn (Earth) share elemental compatibility. Your capacity for discipline and your impulse energy work together rather than fighting. This means you can act decisively AND sustain effort over time, a rare combination that gives you an edge in any long-term endeavor.
Your analytical mind vs your faith system
Your Mercury in Libra (Air) and Jupiter in Libra (Air) 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
Analyze-and-Rationalize, you process emotions through thinking and talking. Understanding a feeling helps you manage it. The risk: intellectualizing emotions instead of actually feeling them.
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."
Your deepest vulnerability is around 'who am I?' Questions of self-worth and visibility touch a nerve. You may overperform to compensate or withdraw to avoid the question entirely.
Your primary growth edge is developing your Sun function, the area where Identity 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.
Grounded thinking meets strategic networking. Practical intellect drives your success.
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
17 Yogas detected · 16 beneficial · 1 shadow · 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
6Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Multiple planets in Kendra, Mars, Mercury periods.
Maha Raja Yoga (Garga)
Yoga Karaka Yoga
Ruchaka Yoga
Raja Yoga (Single Lord)
Horasara Shubha Yoga
Ubhayachari Yoga
Wealth & Resources
4Wealth grows through strategic patience and long-term discipline and alliances. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga (Fortune)
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter aspect)
Shankha Yoga
Horasara Sasa Upachaya Yoga
Intelligence & Influence
4Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Saraswati Yoga
Budhaditya Yoga
Surya-Guru Yoga
Budha-Guru Yoga
Structural Patterns
2Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Pasha (Nabhash), Yava shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Pasha Yoga (Nabhash)
Yava Yoga
Emotional Sensitivity
1Emotional isolation appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Kemadruma Yoga
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
🔗 Reinforcing Patterns
Ruchaka Yoga and Raja Yoga (Single Lord) both flow through Mars, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Ruchaka Yoga and Yoga Karaka Yoga both flow through Mars, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Budhaditya Yoga and Dhana Yoga (Fortune) both flow through Sun, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Budhaditya Yoga and Saraswati Yoga both flow through Mercury, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Budhaditya Yoga and Horasara Shubha Yoga both flow through Mercury, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Raja Yoga (Single Lord) and Yoga Karaka Yoga both flow through Mars, when one activates, the other strengthens.
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. your yogas reinforce each other more than they conflict, cumulative power grows over time.
Dorothy Dandridge's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jupiter | 10 Nov 1922 | 14 Jul 1930 | 7y 8m 2d (balance) | |
| Saturn | 14 Jul 1930 | 13 Jul 1949 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 13 Jul 1949 | 14 Jul 1966 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 14 Jul 1966 | 13 Jul 1973 | 7y | |
| Venus | 13 Jul 1973 | 13 Jul 1993 | 20y | |
| Sun | 13 Jul 1993 | 14 Jul 1999 | 6y | |
| Moon | 14 Jul 1999 | 13 Jul 2009 | 10y | |
| Mars | 13 Jul 2009 | 13 Jul 2016 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 13 Jul 2016 | 14 Jul 2034 | 18y |
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 7 from Lagna and house 8 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
PresentAll planets hemmed between Rahu-Ketu axis, creates karmic patterns and sudden life changes
6/7 planets are between Rahu-Ketu axis — partial Kala Sarpa effects.
Remedies:
- Rahu-Ketu Shanti Puja
- Naag Panchami worship
- Visit Trimbakeshwar temple
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
Present (Moderate)Moon without planetary support (no planets in 2nd/12th from Moon), emotional isolation
No planets in 2nd or 12th from Moon — Moon lacks planetary support, indicating potential emotional isolation.
Remedies:
- Moon strengthening remedies
- Chandra Namaskar
- Wear pearl (after consultation)
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
Currently Active Patterns
Based on your Rahu/Mercury Dasha
Compare Your Chart With Dorothy Dandridge’s
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Explore Dorothy Dandridge’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 Dorothy Dandridge’s recorded birth data.
- Rahu-Rahu July 2016 to March 2019 (from age 93)
- Rahu-Jupiter March 2019 to August 2021 (from age 96)
- Rahu-Saturn August 2021 to June 2024 (from age 98)
- Rahu-MercuryCurrent June 2024 to January 2027 (from age 101)
- Rahu-Ketu January 2027 to January 2028 (from age 104)
- Rahu-Venus January 2028 to January 2031 (from age 105)
- Rahu-Sun January 2031 to December 2031 (from age 108)
- Rahu-Moon December 2031 to June 2033 (from age 109)
- Rahu-Mars June 2033 to July 2034 (from age 110)
Why Dorothy Dandridge's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Dorothy Dandridge’s public standing with Ruchaka Yoga through Mars. Mars is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 90 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.
Planetary Dominance In Dorothy Dandridge's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mars | 90% | moderate |
| 2 | Venus | 67% | weak |
| 3 | Moon | 63% | weak |
| 4 | Saturn | 61% | weak |
| 5 | Jupiter | 52% | very weak |
| 6 | Mercury | 49% | very weak |
| 7 | Rahu | 46% | very weak |
| 8 | Sun | 45% | very weak |
| 9 | Ketu | 44% | very weak |
Mars dominates the planetary hierarchy at 90 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with force and initiative; contests and physical daring reward the native.
Ketu is the least supported at 44 percent, which means detachment is hard won rather than native.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in Dorothy Dandridge’s chart falls in Capricorn under Saturn, occupied by Mars. Venus, karaka of partnership, sits in Scorpio in the 5th house at 67 percent strength. The Moon's 63 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Mars stands exalted, operating at full classical strength.
Sun is debilitated, a placement whose outcome depends on cancellation factors elsewhere in the chart.
Sun, Mercury and Jupiter cluster in the 4th house in Libra, concentrating home, roots, and inner ground far beyond the average chart.
Mars qualifies for Ruchaka Yoga: exalted in the 7th house, one of the five Mahapurusha marks of an exceptional nativity.
Dorothy Dandridge'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.
- Jupiter MahadashaAge 0 to 7 (1922 to 1930)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
- Saturn MahadashaAge 7 to 26 (1930 to 1949)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
- Mercury MahadashaAge 26 to 43 (1949 to 1966)intellect, commerce, and communication
- Ketu MahadashaAge 43 to 50 (1966 to 1973)detachment, research, and inward turns
- Venus MahadashaAge 50 to 70 (1973 to 1993)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
- Sun MahadashaAge 70 to 76 (1993 to 1999)authority, visibility, and the father line
- Moon MahadashaAge 76 to 86 (1999 to 2009)mind, public connection, and emotional life
- Mars MahadashaAge 86 to 93 (2009 to 2016)drive, competition, and decisive action
- Rahu MahadashaCurrentAge 93 to 111 (2016 to 2034)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
Dominant Yogas In Dorothy Dandridge's Chart
Ranked by computed classical strength. Each is a specific planetary configuration in this birth chart, not a generic trait.
- Ruchaka Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Mars
One of the five great-person yogas: a strong planet in an angle stamps its character on the whole personality. It works through Mars, so it touches drive, competition, and decisive action.
- Yoga Karaka Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Mars
Mars ruling 5th and 10th is the supreme Yoga Karaka. Jupiter as 9th lord brings fortune and wisdom. It works through Mars, so it touches drive, competition, and decisive action.
- Dhana Yoga (Fortune)strong (3/3)Planets: Jupiter+Sun
A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Jupiter and Sun, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and authority, visibility, and the father line.
- Saraswati Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Jupiter + Venus + Mercury
Supports formal study and retained knowledge. It works through Jupiter, Venus and Mercury, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
- Maha Raja Yoga (Garga)strong (3/3)Planets: Multiple planets in Kendra
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position.
How Rare Is Dorothy Dandridge's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 641 share Dorothy Dandridge’s Punarvasu Moon. The tighter pairing of a Libra Sun with a Punarvasu Moon appears in 38 of them, about 0.22 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Dorothy Dandridge In Public View
The 10th lord Mars, exalted, placed in the 7th house carries Dorothy Dandridge’s reputation from the terrain of partnership and public dealings. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 8th of 9 planets by Shadbala at 45 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 63 percent strength from the 12th house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Dorothy Dandridge’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Aries, ruled by Mars, which sits in the 7th house in Capricorn (exalted). No planet occupies the 10th house, so its lord carries the career signal alone. Mars, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 90 percent, is itself the career lord, an unusually direct alignment between capacity and vocation.
The Chart's Voice
Mars is the strongest planet in Dorothy Dandridge’s chart, carrying 90 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 Dorothy Dandridge’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Leo, lord Sun) and the 11th house (Taurus, lord Venus). Both money houses are unoccupied, so income follows the condition of their lords rather than resident planets. Among these, Venus is the best supported at 67 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
Charts Like Dorothy Dandridge's
Dorothy Dandridge's Moon occupies Punarvasu nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- Youri GilgMoon in Punarvasu, Gemini
- Zacarias MoussaouiMoon in Punarvasu, Gemini
- Zeiza HalimiMoon in Punarvasu, Gemini
- Aaron SpellingMoon in Punarvasu, Gemini
- Achille MichallonMoon in Punarvasu, Cancer
- Achille OcchettoMoon in Punarvasu, Gemini
Read the full profile of Punarvasu nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Punarvasu.
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 4th house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Moon in the 12th house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 4th house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Venus in the 5th house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Mars in the 7th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 4th house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 3rd house (Virgo) — 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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