Harvey Schmidt
Born September 12, 1929 at 22:12 • Dallas, TX, United States
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Leo | 5 | 26°58′ | moolatrikona |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 9 | 20°40′ | neutral |
| Mercury | Virgo | 6 | 23°38′ | exalted |
| Venus | Cancer | 4 | 22°04′ | enemy |
| Mars | Virgo | 6 | 21°31′ | enemy |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 2 | 22°43′ | enemy |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 9 | 1°12′ | neutral |
| Rahu (R) | Aries | 1 | 21°52′ | enemy |
| Ketu (R) | Libra | 7 | 21°52′ | enemy |
Harvey'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 Mutable modality means your natural style is adapting - you flex, adjust, and see all perspectives.
Venus as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What do I love and how do I love?"
Who Harvey Is
Harvey, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Leo 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 Mutable modality means adapting - you flex, adjust, and see all perspectives.
Venus (a challenging influence for Aries ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs love language, aesthetics, and values, and in Cancer (house 4), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward emotional depth and intuitive knowing. Interestingly, while Venus dominates your chart by strength, it functions as a challenging maraka planet for Aries 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 (Purva Ashadha, 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.
Harvey's Inner World
How Harvey Thinks
Harvey's Drive & Purpose
How Harvey Loves
Harvey's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Harvey's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Mercury in House 6 (exalted)
Mercury operating from your 6th house in exalted dignity creates a period centered on service and refinement. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 6th house governs daily work, health challenges, enemies, and service to others.
Your career is this period's strongest channel, while mental health needs the most attention. The energy Mercury brings from house 6 naturally flows toward career - 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 were born knowing you're supposed to be seen. Not out of vanity, out of a deep sense that your life has a creative purpose. When you're invisible, something feels fundamentally wrong. Recognition isn't ego; it's oxygen.
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.
People see a bold, direct, action-oriented person, and that's real, but it's the front layer. The world doesn't get to see your doubts. You've learned that showing uncertainty invites people to take advantage.
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 Leo (Fire) and Moon in Sagittarius (Fire) 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 Cancer (Water) and Mars in Virgo (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 discipline is slow and structural (Sagittarius), but your impulses are fast and impatient (Virgo). 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 Mercury in Virgo (Earth) and Jupiter in Taurus (Earth) 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
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.
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.
Practical foundation supports bold ambition. You take calculated risks.
Alignment Alerts
Your bold, action-driven nature (Aries) needs to adapt to a steady, disciplined wealth strategy (Virgo). Quick wins satisfy less than long-term building.
Channel your fire into consistent effort. Virgo rewards persistence, not sprints.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Mercury/Rahu period, these lagnas are amplified because their lords are running:
Wealth Strategy: Financial identity & earning approach
Financial identity is amplified. Your Virgo earning style takes center stage.
Micro-Timing: Subtle timing & decision sensitivity
Micro-Timing themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to communicative 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
14 Yogas detected · 8 beneficial · 6 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
6Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Sun, Mars, Moon periods.
Yoga Karaka Yoga
Viparita Raja Yoga
Mahabhagya Yoga
Adhi Yoga
Ubhayachari Yoga
Horasara Dharma-Karma Yoga
Intelligence & Influence
1Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Kuja-Budha Yoga
Structural Patterns
1Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Pasha (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Pasha Yoga (Nabhash)
Emotional Sensitivity
6Emotional isolation and Gandanta and Gandanta and Emotional restriction and Fortune fluctuation and Lagna Arishta appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Kemadruma Yoga
Gandanta Yoga
Gandanta Yoga
Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn)
Sakata Yoga
Lagna Arishta
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your emotional strength (Mahabhagya Yoga) and emotional vulnerability (Kemadruma 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.
Your drive (Viparita Raja Yoga) can amplify the intensity of Lagna Arishta. The courage that fuels success can also fuel reactive patterns. Channel Mars energy before it channels you.
Mars links Ubhayachari Yoga with Lagna Arishta, creating a volatile mix of ambition and aggression. Your assertiveness is an asset, but unchecked it becomes the source of conflict. Physical activity before major decisions is your best tool.
Through Mars, Kuja-Budha Yoga and Lagna Arishta are intertwined. Your competitive nature drives achievement but can also create enemies. The resolution: direct your fire at goals, not at people.
Mahabhagya Yoga 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.
Your discipline (Horasara Dharma-Karma Yoga) intensifies challenges from Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn). The same planet that gives you endurance also extends difficult periods. Patience is structural, not optional.
Combined Pattern Insight
Strong elevation potential supported by multiple structural pillars. emotional depth is both strength and vulnerability. internal tension between power and sensitivity creates depth, not weakness.
Harvey Schmidt's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venus | 13 Sept 1929 | 04 Sept 1938 | 8y 11m 21d (balance) | |
| Sun | 04 Sept 1938 | 04 Sept 1944 | 6y | |
| Moon | 04 Sept 1944 | 04 Sept 1954 | 10y | |
| Mars | 04 Sept 1954 | 04 Sept 1961 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 04 Sept 1961 | 04 Sept 1979 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 04 Sept 1979 | 04 Sept 1995 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 04 Sept 1995 | 04 Sept 2014 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 04 Sept 2014 | 04 Sept 2031 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 04 Sept 2031 | 04 Sept 2038 | 7y |
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
AbsentMars placement in sensitive houses (1/2/4/7/8/12), affects marriage and partnerships
Mars is not in sensitive houses (1/2/4/7/8/12) from Lagna or Moon.
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
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)
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
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Recurring themes your chart reveals
Currently Active Patterns
Based on your Mercury/Rahu Dasha
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Explore Harvey Schmidt’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 Harvey Schmidt’s recorded birth data.
- Mercury-Mercury September 2014 to January 2017 (from age 84)
- Mercury-Ketu January 2017 to January 2018 (from age 87)
- Mercury-Venus January 2018 to November 2020 (from age 88)
- Mercury-Sun November 2020 to October 2021 (from age 91)
- Mercury-Moon October 2021 to March 2023 (from age 92)
- Mercury-Mars March 2023 to March 2024 (from age 93)
- Mercury-RahuCurrent March 2024 to September 2026 (from age 94)
- Mercury-Jupiter September 2026 to December 2028 (from age 97)
- Mercury-Saturn December 2028 to September 2031 (from age 99)
Why Harvey Schmidt's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Harvey Schmidt’s public standing with Gandanta Yoga through Sun (sun at Cancer-Leo junction, karmic knot requiring conscious processing). Venus is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 68 percent, giving relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Capricorn under Saturn frames the public career.
Dominant Yogas In Harvey Schmidt's Chart
Ranked by computed classical strength. Each is a specific planetary configuration in this birth chart, not a generic trait.
- Gandanta Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Sun
Sun at Cancer-Leo junction, karmic knot requiring conscious processing. It works through Sun, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line.
- Gandanta Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Moon
Moon at Scorpio-Sagittarius junction, karmic knot requiring conscious processing. It works through Moon, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life.
- Kemadruma Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Moon
A friction point the texts flag, usually with stated conditions and remedies. It works through Moon, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life.
- Adhi Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Venus + Jupiter
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Venus and Jupiter, so it touches relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy, and wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune.
- Yoga Karaka Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Sun
Sun as 5th lord is most benefic. Jupiter as 9th lord and Mars as lagna lord bring good results. It works through Sun, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in Harvey Schmidt’s chart falls in Libra under Venus, occupied by Ketu. Venus, karaka of partnership, is enemy in Cancer in the 4th house at 68 percent strength. The Moon's 54 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Mercury stands exalted, operating at full classical strength.
Harvey Schmidt'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.
| Chapter | Span | Themes |
|---|---|---|
| Venus Mahadasha | Age 0 to 8 (1929 to 1938) | relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy |
| Sun Mahadasha | Age 8 to 14 (1938 to 1944) | authority, visibility, and the father line |
| Moon Mahadasha | Age 14 to 24 (1944 to 1954) | mind, public connection, and emotional life |
| Mars Mahadasha | Age 24 to 31 (1954 to 1961) | drive, competition, and decisive action |
| Rahu Mahadasha | Age 31 to 49 (1961 to 1979) | ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises |
| Jupiter Mahadasha | Age 49 to 65 (1979 to 1995) | wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune |
| Saturn Mahadasha | Age 65 to 84 (1995 to 2014) | discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures |
| Mercury MahadashaCurrent | Age 84 to 101 (2014 to 2031) | intellect, commerce, and communication |
| Ketu Mahadasha | Age 101 to 108 (2031 to 2038) | detachment, research, and inward turns |
Planetary Dominance In Harvey Schmidt's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venus | 68% | weak |
| 2 | Saturn | 62% | weak |
| 3 | Mars | 60% | weak |
| 4 | Jupiter | 59% | very weak |
| 5 | Moon | 54% | very weak |
| 6 | Ketu | 54% | very weak |
| 7 | Mercury | 51% | very weak |
| 8 | Rahu | 51% | very weak |
| 9 | Sun | 50% | very weak |
Venus dominates the planetary hierarchy at 68 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with taste and relationship; charm and aesthetics open the important doors.
Sun is the least supported at 50 percent, which means confidence and standing with authority figures need deliberate cultivation.
How Rare Is Harvey Schmidt's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 619 share Harvey Schmidt’s Purva Ashadha Moon. The tighter pairing of a Leo Sun with a Purva Ashadha Moon appears in 46 of them, about 0.26 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Harvey Schmidt In Public View
The 10th lord Saturn placed in the 9th house carries Harvey Schmidt’s reputation from the terrain of fortune, teachers, and dharma. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 9th of 9 planets by Shadbala at 50 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 54 percent strength from the 9th house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Harvey Schmidt’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Capricorn, ruled by Saturn, which sits in the 9th house in Sagittarius. No planet occupies the 10th house, so its lord carries the career signal alone. Venus, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 68 percent, sets the tone from elsewhere in the chart, and the career runs on relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
The Chart's Voice
Venus is the strongest planet in Harvey Schmidt’s chart, carrying 68 percent of full Shadbala strength. In practice the chart leads with taste and relationship; charm and aesthetics open the important doors.
Wealth Signature
The 2nd And 11th Houses
Wealth in Harvey Schmidt’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Taurus, lord Venus) and the 11th house (Aquarius, lord Saturn). Jupiter in the 2nd gives the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Venus is the best supported at 68 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
Charts Like Harvey Schmidt's
Harvey Schmidt's Moon occupies Purva Ashadha nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- Sylvain WiltordMoon in Purva Ashadha, Sagittarius
- Tamara KennedyMoon in Purva Ashadha, Sagittarius
- Tammy WynetteMoon in Purva Ashadha, Sagittarius
- Ted LapidusMoon in Purva Ashadha, Sagittarius
- Terry BradshawMoon in Purva Ashadha, Sagittarius
- Theophile GautierMoon in Purva Ashadha, Sagittarius
Read the full profile of Purva Ashadha nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Purva Ashadha.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for AriesAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: AriesRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 5th house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Moon in the 9th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 6th house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Venus in the 4th house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Mars in the 6th house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 2nd house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 9th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 1st house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 7th house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
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