Herbie Hancock
Born April 12, 1940 at 03:30 • Chicago, IL, United States
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 2 | 29°18′ | friendly |
| Moon | Taurus | 4 | 20°34′ | exalted |
| Mercury | Pisces | 2 | 1°42′ | debilitated |
| Venus | Taurus | 4 | 14°51′ | own |
| Mars | Taurus | 4 | 13°59′ | neutral |
| Jupiter ☄ | Pisces | 2 | 28°56′ | own |
| Saturn ☄ | Aries | 3 | 9°46′ | debilitated |
| Rahu (R) | Virgo | 8 | 27°06′ | friendly |
| Ketu (R) | Pisces | 2 | 27°06′ | friendly |
Herbie'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 Earth element drives you toward security, structure, and tangible results.
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 Herbie Is
Herbie, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Pisces 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 Taurus 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, Earth energy dominates your chart (45%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward security, structure, and tangible results. Your Mutable modality means adapting - you flex, adjust, and see all perspectives.
Moon (a functional malefic for Aquarius ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs emotional needs and inner world, and in Taurus (house 4), 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 Aquarius 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 (Rohini, 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.
Herbie's Inner World
How Herbie Thinks
Herbie's Drive & Purpose
How Herbie Loves
Herbie's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Herbie's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Venus in House 4 (own)
Venus operating from your 4th house in own dignity creates a period centered on inner foundation work. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 4th house governs emotional foundation, home, mother, inner peace, and property.
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 sense of self dissolves at the edges. Where you end and others begin isn't always clear to you. This gives you extraordinary empathy and creative imagination, but it also means you absorb other people's emotions and sometimes lose your own.
Your emotional world is stable and sensory. You process feelings through the body, comfort food, long walks, physical touch. Emotions move slowly through you, which makes you steady but also means you hold onto things (and people) longer than you should.
The world sees an unconventional thinker, someone who marches to their own beat. This is accurate, but it also creates distance. People admire your independence while sometimes feeling they can't get close.
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 Pisces (Water) and Moon in Taurus (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
Your Venus in Taurus (Earth) and Mars in Taurus (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 (Aries), but your impulses are fast and impatient (Taurus). 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 Pisces (Water) and Jupiter in Pisces (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
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 carry a chronic sense of not-enough, not enough time, not enough security, not enough proof that things will be okay. This drives your discipline, but it also drives your anxiety.
Your primary growth edge is developing your Saturn function, the area where Control & Fear 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.
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
27 Yogas detected · 26 beneficial · 1 shadow · 9 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
8Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Venus, Mars, Mercury periods.
Dharma-Karmadhipati Yoga
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga (Single Lord)
Yoga Karaka Yoga
Neecha Bhanga Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga (Multiple Strong)
Veshi Yoga
Wealth & Resources
11Wealth grows through strategic patience and wisdom and ethical growth. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Lakshmi Yoga
Malavya Yoga
Horasara Sukha Sthana Yoga
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter)
Dhana Yoga (Fortune)
Dhana Yoga (Fortune)
Chandra-Mangala Yoga
Dhana Yoga
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter aspect)
Bheri Yoga
Horasara Sukha Yoga
Intelligence & Influence
6Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Anapha Yoga
Surya-Budha Yoga
Surya-Guru Yoga
Chandra-Shukra Yoga
Kuja-Shukra Yoga
Budha-Guru Yoga
Structural Patterns
1Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Shoola (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Shoola Yoga (Nabhash)
Emotional Sensitivity
1Multiple Combustion appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Multiple Combustion
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your discipline (Anapha Yoga) intensifies challenges from Multiple Combustion. The same planet that gives you endurance also extends difficult periods. Patience is structural, not optional.
Your wisdom capacity (Dhana Yoga) is periodically distorted by Multiple Combustion. Expansion and obstruction alternate. Stay consistent regardless of the cycle.
Jupiter links Dhana Yoga (Fortune) with Multiple Combustion, creating tension between growth and limitation. Your natural optimism can be undermined during difficult sub-periods. The key: trust the larger arc even when the current chapter is challenging.
Through Jupiter, Dhana Yoga (Fortune) and Multiple Combustion interact. Your capacity for meaning-making is real, but it can also lead to over-promising or spiritual bypassing. Stay grounded in practical wisdom.
Your wisdom capacity (Dhana Yoga (Jupiter)) is periodically distorted by Multiple Combustion. Expansion and obstruction alternate. Stay consistent regardless of the cycle.
Saturn connects Neecha Bhanga Raja Yoga and Multiple Combustion, making you both persistent and prone to heaviness. Your greatest strength, endurance, can become your trap when applied to situations that require release rather than effort.
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.
Herbie Hancock's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moon | 12 Apr 1940 | 06 May 1942 | 2y 23d (balance) | |
| Mars | 06 May 1942 | 06 May 1949 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 06 May 1949 | 06 May 1967 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 06 May 1967 | 06 May 1983 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 06 May 1983 | 06 May 2002 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 06 May 2002 | 06 May 2019 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 06 May 2019 | 06 May 2026 | 7y | |
| Venus | 06 May 2026 | 06 May 2046 | 20y | |
| Sun | 06 May 2046 | 06 May 2052 | 6y |
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 4 from Lagna and house 1 from Moon, activating Manglik Dosha.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ Mars conjunct Venus softens 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
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
Present (Moderate)Jupiter conjunct Rahu/Ketu, wisdom clouded by illusion, unconventional beliefs
Jupiter conjunct Ketu in house 2 — 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)
Present (Moderate)Saturn's 7.5 year transit over natal Moon, period of testing, discipline and transformation
Saturn is in the rising phase of Sade Sati (12th 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 Venus/Venus Dasha
Compare Your Chart With Herbie Hancock’s
Today's Sky Over Herbie Hancock’s Chart
Explore Herbie Hancock’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 Herbie Hancock’s recorded birth data.
- Venus-VenusCurrent May 2026 to September 2029 (from age 86)
- Venus-Sun September 2029 to September 2030 (from age 89)
- Venus-Moon September 2030 to May 2032 (from age 90)
- Venus-Mars May 2032 to July 2033 (from age 92)
- Venus-Rahu July 2033 to July 2036 (from age 93)
- Venus-Jupiter July 2036 to March 2039 (from age 96)
- Venus-Saturn March 2039 to May 2042 (from age 98)
- Venus-Mercury May 2042 to March 2045 (from age 102)
- Venus-Ketu March 2045 to May 2046 (from age 104)
Why Herbie Hancock's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Herbie Hancock’s public standing with Raja Yoga through Mercury+Sun. Moon is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 84 percent, giving mind, public connection, and emotional life unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Scorpio under Mars frames the public career.
Planetary Dominance In Herbie Hancock's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moon | 84% | moderate |
| 2 | Venus | 76% | weak |
| 3 | Rahu | 63% | weak |
| 4 | Mars | 59% | very weak |
| 5 | Sun | 56% | very weak |
| 6 | Ketu | 53% | very weak |
| 7 | Jupiter | 52% | very weak |
| 8 | Mercury | 40% | very weak |
| 9 | Saturn | 36% | very weak |
Moon dominates the planetary hierarchy at 84 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with feeling and public resonance; the mind is the primary instrument.
Saturn is the least supported at 36 percent, which means long grinds test the native more than most, and shortcuts tempt.
Dominant Yogas In Herbie Hancock's Chart
Ranked by computed classical strength. Each is a specific planetary configuration in this birth chart, not a generic trait.
- Raja Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Mercury+Sun
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mercury and Sun, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication, and authority, visibility, and the father line.
- Raja Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Mars+Venus
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mars and Venus, so it touches drive, competition, and decisive action, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
- Dharma-Karmadhipati Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Venus + Mars
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Venus and Mars, so it touches relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy, and drive, competition, and decisive action.
- Dhana Yoga (Fortune)strong (3/3)Planets: Jupiter+Mercury
A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Jupiter and Mercury, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and intellect, commerce, and communication.
- Dhana Yoga (Fortune)strong (3/3)Planets: Jupiter+Mercury
A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Jupiter and Mercury, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and intellect, commerce, and communication.
How Rare Is Herbie Hancock's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 699 share Herbie Hancock’s Rohini Moon. The tighter pairing of a Pisces Sun with a Rohini Moon appears in 61 of them, about 0.35 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Herbie Hancock In Public View
The 10th lord Mars placed in the 4th house carries Herbie Hancock’s reputation from the terrain of home, roots, and inner ground. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 5th of 9 planets by Shadbala at 56 percent. Rahu works from the 8th house, feeding ambition through upheaval, research, and other people’s resources rather than through direct publicity. The Moon, the public face, carries 84 percent strength from an angular house, which keeps the personality in open view.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Herbie Hancock’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Scorpio, ruled by Mars, which sits in the 4th house in Taurus. No planet occupies the 10th house, so its lord carries the career signal alone. Moon, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 84 percent, sets the tone from elsewhere in the chart, and the career runs on mind, public connection, and emotional life.
The Chart's Voice
Moon is the strongest planet in Herbie Hancock’s chart, carrying 84 percent of full Shadbala strength. In practice the chart leads with feeling and public resonance; the mind is the primary instrument.
Wealth Signature
The 2nd And 11th Houses
Wealth in Herbie Hancock’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Pisces, lord Jupiter) and the 11th house (Sagittarius, lord Jupiter). Sun, Mercury, Jupiter and Ketu in the 2nd give the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Sun is the best supported at 56 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 Herbie Hancock’s chart falls in Leo under Sun, whose lord answers from the 2nd house. Venus, karaka of partnership, is own in Taurus in the 4th house at 76 percent strength. The Moon's 84 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Moon stands exalted, operating at full classical strength.
Mercury and Saturn are simultaneously debilitated, an uncommon double weight the texts read alongside any cancellation.
Sun, Mercury, Jupiter and Ketu cluster in the 2nd house in Pisces, concentrating wealth, speech, and family holdings far beyond the average chart.
Moon, Venus and Mars cluster in the 4th house in Taurus, concentrating home, roots, and inner ground far beyond the average chart.
Venus qualifies for Malavya Yoga: in its own sign in the 4th house, one of the five Mahapurusha marks of an exceptional nativity.
Herbie Hancock'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.
- Moon MahadashaAge 0 to 2 (1940 to 1942)mind, public connection, and emotional life
- Mars MahadashaAge 2 to 9 (1942 to 1949)drive, competition, and decisive action
- Rahu MahadashaAge 9 to 27 (1949 to 1967)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
- Jupiter MahadashaAge 27 to 43 (1967 to 1983)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
- Saturn MahadashaAge 43 to 62 (1983 to 2002)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
- Mercury MahadashaAge 62 to 79 (2002 to 2019)intellect, commerce, and communication
- Ketu MahadashaAge 79 to 86 (2019 to 2026)detachment, research, and inward turns
- Venus MahadashaCurrentAge 86 to 106 (2026 to 2046)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
- Sun MahadashaAge 106 to 112 (2046 to 2052)authority, visibility, and the father line
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Herbie Hancock's Moon occupies Rohini nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
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Read the full profile of Rohini nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Rohini.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for AquariusAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: AquariusRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 2nd house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Aquarius Ascendant →
- Moon in the 4th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Aquarius Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 2nd house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Aquarius Ascendant →
- Venus in the 4th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Aquarius Ascendant →
- Mars in the 4th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Aquarius Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 2nd house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Aquarius Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 3rd house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Aquarius Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 8th house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Aquarius Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 2nd house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Aquarius Ascendant →
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