Gerry Rafferty
Born April 16, 1947 at 10:55 • Paisley, United Kingdom
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 11 | 2°24′ | exalted |
| Moon | Aquarius | 9 | 3°18′ | neutral |
| Mercury | Pisces | 10 | 7°08′ | debilitated |
| Venus | Aquarius | 9 | 26°24′ | friendly |
| Mars | Pisces | 10 | 10°18′ | friendly |
| Jupiter (R) | Scorpio | 6 | 2°49′ | friendly |
| Saturn | Cancer | 2 | 8°58′ | enemy |
| Rahu (R) | Taurus | 12 | 11°26′ | friendly |
| Ketu (R) | Scorpio | 6 | 11°26′ | own |
Gerry'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 Fixed modality means your natural style is sustaining - you build, persist, and deepen what exists.
Mars as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What am I willing to fight for?"
Who Gerry Is
Gerry, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Aries 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 Aquarius 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 Fixed modality means sustaining - you build, persist, and deepen what exists.
Mars (a functional malefic for Gemini 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 Pisces (house 10), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward emotional depth and intuitive knowing. Interestingly, while Mars dominates your chart by strength, it functions as a functional malefic for Gemini 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 (Dhanishtha, 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.
Gerry's Inner World
How Gerry Thinks
Gerry's Drive & Purpose
How Gerry Loves
Gerry's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Gerry's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Venus in House 9 (friendly)
Venus operating from your 9th house in friendly dignity creates a period centered on expansion and purpose. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 9th house governs fortune, higher learning, dharma, father, and long-distance travel.
Your spiritual growth is this period's strongest channel, while mental health needs the most attention. The energy Venus brings from house 9 naturally flows toward spiritual growth - consciously redirect some of it toward mental health.
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 action. When asked 'who are you?', you instinctively think of what you've done, not what you feel. Sitting still feels like falling behind. Your identity was built on being first, being brave, and never looking weak.
You observe your emotions from a slight distance, like a scientist studying data. This gives you remarkable emotional objectivity, but others may experience you as detached or hard to reach. You care about humanity; individual emotional intimacy is harder.
The world sees a witty, adaptable communicator. You can talk to anyone about anything. The mask: you sometimes use social skill to avoid the deeper conversations you actually need.
Internal Conflicts Detected
You desire mental connection (Aquarius) but pursue through emotional intensity (Pisces). 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 Aries (Fire) and Moon in Aquarius (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
You desire mental connection (Aquarius) but pursue through emotional intensity (Pisces). You want a thoughtful conversation but lead with overwhelming feeling.
What holds you back vs what pushes you forward
Your Saturn in Cancer (Water) and Mars in Pisces (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 Mercury in Pisces (Water) and Jupiter in Scorpio (Water) 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.
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.
Social intelligence enhanced by emotional depth. You understand people on every level.
Alignment Alerts
Your core self and public power operate from the same element (Air). This creates natural coherence, who you are and how you're seen align effortlessly.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Venus/Venus period, these lagnas are amplified because their lords are running:
Vitality Engine: Life force, stamina & physical resilience
Vitality Engine themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to grounded 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
13 Yogas detected · 11 beneficial · 2 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
2Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Sun, Moon, Ascendant periods.
Mahabhagya Yoga
Amala Yoga
Wealth & Resources
2Wealth grows through strategic patience and wisdom and ethical growth. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga (Fortune)
Horasara Jupiter Dhana Drishti
Intelligence & Influence
5Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Gajakesari Yoga
Sunapha Yoga
Voshi Yoga
Chandra-Shukra Yoga
Kuja-Budha 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. Pasha (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Pasha Yoga (Nabhash)
Emotional Sensitivity
2Gandanta and Papa Kartari appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Gandanta Yoga
Papa Kartari Yoga
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your authority (Mahabhagya Yoga) conflicts with Gandanta Yoga. Identity strength and identity suppression alternate. The key: consistent self-expression regardless of external validation.
🔗 Reinforcing Patterns
Sunapha Yoga and Amala Yoga both flow through Mercury, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Gajakesari Yoga and Dhana Yoga (Fortune) both flow through Moon, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Gajakesari Yoga and Mahabhagya Yoga both flow through Moon, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Dhana Yoga (Fortune) and Mahabhagya Yoga both flow through Moon, 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. natural protection mechanisms cushion the challenging periods.
Gerry Rafferty's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | 16 Apr 1947 | 20 Jan 1949 | 1y 9m 6d (balance) | |
| Rahu | 20 Jan 1949 | 21 Jan 1967 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 21 Jan 1967 | 21 Jan 1983 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 21 Jan 1983 | 20 Jan 2002 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 20 Jan 2002 | 21 Jan 2019 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 21 Jan 2019 | 20 Jan 2026 | 7y | |
| Venus | 20 Jan 2026 | 20 Jan 2046 | 20y | |
| Sun | 20 Jan 2046 | 21 Jan 2052 | 6y | |
| Moon | 21 Jan 2052 | 20 Jan 2062 | 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 (Moderate)Mars placement in sensitive houses (1/2/4/7/8/12), affects marriage and partnerships
Mars is placed in house 10 from Lagna and house 2 from Moon, activating Manglik Dosha.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ Jupiter aspects Mars, mitigating the 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
5/7 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
Present (Moderate)Jupiter conjunct Rahu/Ketu, wisdom clouded by illusion, unconventional beliefs
Jupiter conjunct Ketu in house 6 — wisdom may be clouded by unconventional or materialistic pursuits.
Remedies:
- Guru Graha Shanti
- Recite Guru Beej Mantra
- Serve teachers and gurus
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
Currently Active Patterns
Based on your Venus/Venus Dasha
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Explore Gerry Rafferty’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 Gerry Rafferty’s recorded birth data.
- Venus-VenusCurrent January 2026 to May 2029 (from age 78)
- Venus-Sun May 2029 to May 2030 (from age 82)
- Venus-Moon May 2030 to January 2032 (from age 83)
- Venus-Mars January 2032 to March 2033 (from age 84)
- Venus-Rahu March 2033 to March 2036 (from age 85)
- Venus-Jupiter March 2036 to November 2038 (from age 88)
- Venus-Saturn November 2038 to January 2042 (from age 91)
- Venus-Mercury January 2042 to November 2044 (from age 94)
- Venus-Ketu November 2044 to January 2046 (from age 97)
Why Gerry Rafferty's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Gerry Rafferty’s public standing with Sunapha Yoga through Mercury + Mars. Mars is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 83 percent, giving drive, competition, and decisive action unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Pisces under Jupiter frames the public career, with Mercury and Mars placed there.
Planetary Dominance In Gerry Rafferty's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mars | 83% | moderate |
| 2 | Sun | 77% | weak |
| 3 | Rahu | 68% | weak |
| 4 | Venus | 59% | very weak |
| 5 | Ketu | 55% | very weak |
| 6 | Jupiter | 51% | very weak |
| 7 | Moon | 47% | very weak |
| 8 | Saturn | 45% | very weak |
| 9 | Mercury | 41% | very weak |
Mars dominates the planetary hierarchy at 83 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 41 percent, which means detail work and negotiation reward extra preparation.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Sun stands exalted, operating at full classical strength.
Mercury is debilitated, a placement whose outcome depends on cancellation factors elsewhere in the chart.
Gerry Rafferty'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 1 (1947 to 1949)drive, competition, and decisive action
- Rahu MahadashaAge 1 to 19 (1949 to 1967)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
- Jupiter MahadashaAge 19 to 35 (1967 to 1983)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
- Saturn MahadashaAge 35 to 54 (1983 to 2002)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
- Mercury MahadashaAge 54 to 71 (2002 to 2019)intellect, commerce, and communication
- Ketu MahadashaAge 71 to 78 (2019 to 2026)detachment, research, and inward turns
- Venus MahadashaCurrentAge 78 to 98 (2026 to 2046)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
- Sun MahadashaAge 98 to 104 (2046 to 2052)authority, visibility, and the father line
- Moon MahadashaAge 104 to 114 (2052 to 2062)mind, public connection, and emotional life
Dominant Yogas In Gerry Rafferty's Chart
Ranked by computed classical strength. Each is a specific planetary configuration in this birth chart, not a generic trait.
- Sunapha Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Mercury + Mars
A lunar-support formation: planets flanking or joining the Moon steady the mind and its public expression. It works through Mercury and Mars, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication, and drive, competition, and decisive action.
- Dhana Yoga (Fortune)strong (3/3)Planets: Moon+Venus
A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Moon and Venus, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
- Gandanta Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Sun
Sun at Pisces-Aries junction, karmic knot requiring conscious processing. It works through Sun, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line.
- Gajakesari Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Jupiter + Moon
Joins material gain with sound judgement. It works through Jupiter and Moon, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and mind, public connection, and emotional life.
- Papa Kartari Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Malefics flanking Lagna
A friction point the texts flag, usually with stated conditions and remedies.
How Rare Is Gerry Rafferty's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 653 share Gerry Rafferty’s Dhanishtha Moon. The tighter pairing of an Aries Sun with a Dhanishtha Moon appears in 63 of them, about 0.36 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Gerry Rafferty In Public View
Public recognition in Gerry Rafferty’s chart concentrates in the 10th house, where Mercury and Mars stand in Pisces. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 2nd of 9 planets by Shadbala at 77 percent. Rahu works from the 12th house, feeding ambition through expenditure, distance, and retreat rather than through direct publicity. The Moon, the public face, carries 47 percent strength from the 9th house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Gerry Rafferty’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Pisces, ruled by Jupiter, which sits in the 6th house in Scorpio (friendly). Mercury and Mars occupy the 10th house, bringing intellect, commerce, and communication, and drive, competition, and decisive action directly into the public record. Mars, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 83 percent, stands in the 10th itself, putting the chart’s best resource on public display.
The Chart's Voice
Mars is the strongest planet in Gerry Rafferty’s chart, carrying 83 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 Gerry Rafferty’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Cancer, lord Moon) and the 11th house (Aries, lord Mars). Saturn in the 2nd and Sun in the 11th give the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Mars is the best supported at 83 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through drive, competition, and decisive action.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in Gerry Rafferty’s chart falls in Sagittarius under Jupiter, whose lord answers from the 6th house. Venus, karaka of partnership, is friendly in Aquarius in the 9th house at 59 percent strength. The Moon's 47 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Charts Like Gerry Rafferty's
Gerry Rafferty's Moon occupies Dhanishtha nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- Kenneth AngerMoon in Dhanishtha, Aquarius
- Kesarbai KerkarMoon in Dhanishtha, Aquarius
- Kevin KlineMoon in Dhanishtha, Aquarius
- Kshitiz SharmaMoon in Dhanishtha, Aquarius
- Kuldeep SenMoon in Dhanishtha, Aquarius
- Kurt GraunkeMoon in Dhanishtha, Aquarius
Read the full profile of Dhanishtha nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Dhanishtha.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for GeminiAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: GeminiRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 11th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Moon in the 9th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 10th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Venus in the 9th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Mars in the 10th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 6th house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 2nd house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 12th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 6th house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
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