Esther Williams
Born August 8, 1921 at 09:39 • Los Angeles, 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 | Cancer | 11 | 22°50′ | friendly |
| Moon | Virgo | 1 | 29°57′ | friendly |
| Mercury | Cancer | 11 | 7°58′ | enemy |
| Venus | Gemini | 10 | 10°42′ | friendly |
| Mars ☄ | Cancer | 11 | 10°38′ | debilitated |
| Jupiter | Leo | 12 | 27°07′ | friendly |
| Saturn | Virgo | 1 | 0°02′ | friendly |
| Rahu (R) | Virgo | 1 | 28°36′ | friendly |
| Ketu (R) | Pisces | 7 | 28°36′ | friendly |
Esther'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 Water element drives you toward emotional depth, intuition, and empathy.
Your Mutable modality means your natural style is adapting - you flex, adjust, and see all perspectives.
Moon as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What do I need to feel safe?"
Who Esther Is
Esther, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Cancer 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 Virgo 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, Water energy dominates your chart (45%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward emotional depth, intuition, and empathy. Your Mutable modality means adapting - you flex, adjust, and see all perspectives.
Moon (a functional malefic for Virgo ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs emotional needs and inner world, and in Virgo (house 1), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward practical mastery and tangible achievement. Interestingly, while Moon dominates your chart by strength, it functions as a functional malefic for Virgo 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 (Chitra, Pada 2) is the most personal marker in Vedic astrology - more specific than your Sun or Moon sign. It defines the particular frequency of your soul.
Esther's Inner World
How Esther Thinks
Esther's Drive & Purpose
How Esther Loves
Esther's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Esther's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Sun in House 11 (friendly)
Sun operating from your 11th house in friendly dignity creates a period centered on network and gains. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 11th house governs gains, networks, elder siblings, and fulfillment of desires.
Your public image is this period's strongest channel, while family dynamics needs the most attention. The energy Sun brings from house 11 naturally flows toward public image - 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.
Who you are is inseparable from where you come from. Family, roots, and emotional memory form your identity's foundation. You probably describe yourself through stories about your people before you talk about yourself.
You regulate emotions through analysis and control. When a feeling arrives, you instinctively organize it, categorize it, assess whether it's 'reasonable,' then decide whether to express it. Spontaneous emotional expression feels risky.
You appear precise, capable, and slightly reserved. People trust your competence. What's hidden: the anxiety underneath, the constant self-monitoring, the fear that one mistake will undo everything you've built.
Internal Conflicts Detected
You desire mental connection (Gemini) but pursue through emotional intensity (Cancer). You want a thoughtful conversation but lead with overwhelming feeling.
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 Cancer (Water) and Moon in Virgo (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
You desire mental connection (Gemini) but pursue through emotional intensity (Cancer). You want a thoughtful conversation but lead with overwhelming feeling.
What holds you back vs what pushes you forward
Your Saturn in Virgo (Earth) and Mars in Cancer (Water) 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 analytical mind (Mercury in Cancer, Water) and your belief system (Jupiter in Leo, 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
Contain-and-Process, you hold emotions inside and process them through practical action. Feelings integrate slowly but thoroughly. The risk: suppression disguised as composure.
Intuitive Feeler, your decisions are guided by emotional resonance, not logical analysis. When something "feels right," you follow it. This serves you well when you trust it; poorly when fear disguises itself as intuition.
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.
Grounded thinking meets strategic networking. Practical intellect drives your success.
Alignment Alerts
You may feel analytical internally but are pushed toward bold, assertive public roles. This creates creative tension, your quiet depth fuels your visible authority.
Lean into your private processing style (Virgo) for strategy, then channel it through your public presence (Aries) for impact.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Sun/Mercury period, these lagnas are amplified because their lords are running:
Identity Base: Core personality & physical self
Core personality expression is strongly activated. You feel most like yourself during this period.
Micro-Timing: Subtle timing & decision sensitivity
Micro-Timing themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to communicative energy.
Financial Blueprint: Wealth accumulation potential from Moon
Financial Blueprint themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to analytical energy.
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
16 Yogas detected · 13 beneficial · 3 shadow · 2 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 Mars, Sun, Moon periods.
Neecha Bhanga Raja Yoga
Mahabhagya Yoga
Horasara Shubha Yoga
Amala Yoga
Ubhayachari Yoga
Horasara Dharma-Karma Yoga
Wealth & Resources
2Wealth grows through strategic patience and long-term discipline and alliances. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga (Fortune)
Dhana Yoga (Self-made)
Intelligence & Influence
4Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Anapha Yoga
Surya-Mangala Yoga
Surya-Budha Yoga
Kuja-Budha Yoga
Structural Patterns
1Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Kedara (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Kedara Yoga (Nabhash)
Emotional Sensitivity
3Emotional restriction and Desire distortion and Shani Lagna appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn)
Grahan Yoga (Moon-Rahu)
Shani Lagna Yoga
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your emotional strength (Dhana Yoga (Fortune)) and emotional vulnerability (Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn)) coexist through Moon. Under stress, you may withdraw even though you possess deep wisdom. The override: recognize withdrawal as a pattern, not a truth.
Dhana Yoga (Self-made) gives you emotional resilience, but Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn) 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 Mahabhagya Yoga and Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn) 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 (Horasara Shubha Yoga) and emotional vulnerability (Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn)) coexist through Moon. Under stress, you may withdraw even though you possess deep wisdom. The override: recognize withdrawal as a pattern, not a truth.
Dhana Yoga (Fortune) gives you emotional resilience, but Grahan Yoga (Moon-Rahu) 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 (Self-made) and Grahan Yoga (Moon-Rahu) 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.
Esther Williams's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | 08 Aug 1921 | 16 Feb 1925 | 3y 6m 8d (balance) | |
| Rahu | 16 Feb 1925 | 16 Feb 1943 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 16 Feb 1943 | 16 Feb 1959 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 16 Feb 1959 | 16 Feb 1978 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 16 Feb 1978 | 16 Feb 1995 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 16 Feb 1995 | 16 Feb 2002 | 7y | |
| Venus | 16 Feb 2002 | 16 Feb 2022 | 20y | |
| Sun | 16 Feb 2022 | 16 Feb 2028 | 6y | |
| Moon | 16 Feb 2028 | 16 Feb 2038 | 10y |
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 (Severe)Mars placement in sensitive houses (1/2/4/7/8/12), affects marriage and partnerships
Mars is placed in house 11 from Lagna, activating Manglik Dosha.
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
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)
Present (Severe)Saturn's 7.5 year transit over natal Moon, period of testing, discipline and transformation
Saturn is in the peak phase of Sade Sati (1st 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 Sun/Mercury Dasha
Compare Your Chart With Esther Williams’
Today's Sky Over Esther Williams’ Chart
Explore Esther Williams’ 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 Esther Williams’ recorded birth data.
- Sun-Sun February 2022 to June 2022 (from age 100)
- Sun-Moon June 2022 to December 2022 (from age 100)
- Sun-Mars December 2022 to April 2023 (from age 101)
- Sun-Rahu April 2023 to March 2024 (from age 101)
- Sun-Jupiter March 2024 to December 2024 (from age 102)
- Sun-Saturn December 2024 to December 2025 (from age 103)
- Sun-MercuryCurrent December 2025 to October 2026 (from age 104)
- Sun-Ketu October 2026 to February 2027 (from age 105)
- Sun-Venus February 2027 to February 2028 (from age 105)
Why Esther Williams's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Esther Williams’ public standing with Dhana Yoga (Fortune) through Moon+Saturn. Jupiter is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 64 percent, giving wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Gemini under Mercury frames the public career, with Venus placed there.
Dominant Yogas In Esther Williams's Chart
Ranked by computed classical strength. Each is a specific planetary configuration in this birth chart, not a generic trait.
- Dhana Yoga (Fortune)strong (3/3)Planets: Moon+Saturn
A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Moon and Saturn, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life, and discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures.
- Horasara Shubha Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Moon + Venus
Benefics guard Kendras while malefics fight from Upachayas: strong protection and success. It works through Moon and Venus, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
- Anapha Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Jupiter
A lunar-support formation: planets flanking or joining the Moon steady the mind and its public expression. It works through Jupiter, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune.
- Neecha Bhanga Raja Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Mars
Moon (sign lord) in Kendra. It works through Mars, so it touches drive, competition, and decisive action.
- Amala Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Venus
Ties personal character to lasting reputation. It works through Venus, so it touches relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
Esther Williams'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.
- Mars MahadashaAge 0 to 3 (1921 to 1925)drive, competition, and decisive action
- Rahu MahadashaAge 3 to 21 (1925 to 1943)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
- Jupiter MahadashaAge 21 to 37 (1943 to 1959)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
- Saturn MahadashaAge 37 to 56 (1959 to 1978)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
- Mercury MahadashaAge 56 to 73 (1978 to 1995)intellect, commerce, and communication
- Ketu MahadashaAge 73 to 80 (1995 to 2002)detachment, research, and inward turns
- Venus MahadashaAge 80 to 100 (2002 to 2022)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
- Sun MahadashaCurrentAge 100 to 106 (2022 to 2028)authority, visibility, and the father line
- Moon MahadashaAge 106 to 116 (2028 to 2038)mind, public connection, and emotional life
Planetary Dominance In Esther Williams's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jupiter | 64% | weak |
| 2 | Sun | 61% | weak |
| 3 | Moon | 59% | very weak |
| 4 | Ketu | 57% | very weak |
| 5 | Mars | 55% | very weak |
| 6 | Rahu | 55% | very weak |
| 7 | Venus | 53% | very weak |
| 8 | Saturn | 49% | very weak |
| 9 | Mercury | 48% | very weak |
Jupiter dominates the planetary hierarchy at 64 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with judgement and breadth; growth comes through teaching, counsel, and faith.
Mercury is the least supported at 48 percent, which means detail work and negotiation reward extra preparation.
How Rare Is Esther Williams's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 651 share Esther Williams’ Chitra Moon. The tighter pairing of a Cancer Sun with a Chitra Moon appears in 58 of them, about 0.33 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Esther Williams In Public View
Public recognition in Esther Williams’ chart concentrates in the 10th house, where Venus stands in Gemini. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 2nd of 9 planets by Shadbala at 61 percent. Rahu in the 1st house adds the amplification the texts associate with mass reach and appetite for scale. The Moon, the public face, carries 59 percent strength from an angular house, which keeps the personality in open view.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Esther Williams’ chart the 10th house of career falls in Gemini, ruled by Mercury, which sits in the 11th house in Cancer (enemy). Venus occupies the 10th house, bringing relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy directly into the public record. Jupiter, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 64 percent, sets the tone from elsewhere in the chart, and the career runs on wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune.
The Chart's Voice
Jupiter is the strongest planet in Esther Williams’ chart, carrying 64 percent of full Shadbala strength. In practice the chart leads with judgement and breadth; growth comes through teaching, counsel, and faith.
Wealth Signature
The 2nd And 11th Houses
Wealth in Esther Williams’ chart is read from the 2nd house (Libra, lord Venus) and the 11th house (Cancer, lord Moon). Sun, Mercury and Mars in the 11th give the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Sun is the best supported at 61 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through authority, visibility, and the father line.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in Esther Williams’ chart falls in Pisces under Jupiter, occupied by Ketu. Venus, karaka of partnership, is friendly in Gemini in the 10th house at 53 percent strength. The Moon's 59 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Mars is debilitated, a placement whose outcome depends on cancellation factors elsewhere in the chart.
Moon, Saturn and Rahu cluster in the 1st house in Virgo, concentrating self and constitution far beyond the average chart.
Sun, Mercury and Mars cluster in the 11th house in Cancer, concentrating gains, networks, and ambitions realised far beyond the average chart.
Charts Like Esther Williams's
Esther Williams's Moon occupies Chitra nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- Denis LoréMoon in Chitra, Libra
- Dennis ElwellMoon in Chitra, Virgo
- D.H. LawrenceMoon in Chitra, Virgo
- Diane LinkletterMoon in Chitra, Libra
- Diane WarrenMoon in Chitra, Virgo
- Diane WilliamsMoon in Chitra, Virgo
Read the full profile of Chitra nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Chitra.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for VirgoAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: VirgoRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 11th house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Moon in the 1st house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 11th house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Venus in the 10th house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Mars in the 11th house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 12th house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 1st house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 1st house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 7th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
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