Hugh McElhenny
Born December 31, 1928 at 06:45 • 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 | Sagittarius | 1 | 16°50′ | friendly |
| Moon | Leo | 9 | 21°05′ | friendly |
| Mercury ☄ | Sagittarius | 1 | 24°29′ | neutral |
| Venus | Aquarius | 3 | 0°18′ | friendly |
| Mars (R) | Gemini | 7 | 2°52′ | enemy |
| Jupiter | Aries | 5 | 7°37′ | friendly |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 1 | 0°47′ | neutral |
| Rahu (R) | Taurus | 6 | 5°25′ | friendly |
| Ketu (R) | Scorpio | 12 | 5°25′ | own |
Hugh'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 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 Hugh Is
Hugh, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Sagittarius 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 Leo 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 (64%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward action and self-expression. Your Fixed modality means sustaining - you build, persist, and deepen what exists.
Mars (a functional benefic for Sagittarius 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 Gemini (house 7), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward intellectual exploration and social connection.
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 Phalguni, 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.
Hugh's Inner World
How Hugh Thinks
Hugh's Drive & Purpose
How Hugh Loves
Hugh's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Hugh's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Mercury in House 1 (neutral)
Mercury operating from your 1st house in neutral dignity creates a period centered on self-reinvention. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 1st house governs identity, self-expression, and how you present yourself to the world.
Your career is this period's strongest channel, while family dynamics needs the most attention. The energy Mercury brings from house 1 naturally flows toward career - 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.
You're a seeker. Your identity is built on the quest for meaning, not the answers you've found. Routine and small thinking suffocate you. You need a horizon, something to move toward that's bigger than your current life.
Emotions are big and they need an audience. Not because you're dramatic (though you can be), but because unexpressed feelings feel physically trapped. You need to be seen in your joy, your pain, and everything in between.
People see an optimist, an adventurer, someone with big ideas and bigger energy. You inspire. The shadow: restlessness that people mistake for freedom, when sometimes it's just an inability to sit with what's uncomfortable.
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 Sagittarius (Fire) and Moon in Leo (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 Aquarius (Air) and Mars in Gemini (Air) 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 Sagittarius (Fire) and Mars in Gemini (Air) 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 Sagittarius (Fire) and Jupiter in Aries (Fire) 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.
Instinctive Decider, you make decisions quickly based on gut feeling and move immediately. Deliberation feels like weakness. Best when speed matters; dangerous when nuance does.
The absence of purpose or meaning hits you harder than most. Without a 'why,' you struggle to find motivation. You may swing between grand visions and existential doubt.
Your primary growth edge is developing your Jupiter function, the area where Meaning 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.
Bold vision combined with practical execution. You dream big and build methodically.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Mercury/Jupiter 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.
Physical Persona: How the world experiences your presence
Physical Persona themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to expansive energy.
Vitality Engine: Life force, stamina & physical resilience
Vitality Engine 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
13 Yogas detected · 10 beneficial · 3 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
4Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Sun, Mercury, Mars periods.
Dharma-Karmadhipati Yoga
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)
Mahabhagya Yoga
Wealth & Resources
3Wealth grows through strategic patience and long-term discipline and alliances. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga (Fortune)
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter)
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter aspect)
Intelligence & Influence
2Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Surya-Shani Yoga
Budha-Shani Yoga
Structural Patterns
1Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Pasha (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Pasha Yoga (Nabhash)
Emotional Sensitivity
3Gandanta and Gandanta and Shani Lagna appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Gandanta Yoga
Gandanta Yoga
Shani Lagna Yoga
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your discipline (Dhana Yoga (Fortune)) intensifies challenges from Shani Lagna Yoga. The same planet that gives you endurance also extends difficult periods. Patience is structural, not optional.
Saturn connects Surya-Shani Yoga and Shani Lagna Yoga, 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.
Budha-Shani Yoga and Shani Lagna Yoga share Saturn's influence. You build slowly and permanently, but the same rigidity that creates success can resist necessary change. Learn when to hold firm and when to let go.
Your authority (Raja Yoga) conflicts with Gandanta Yoga. Identity strength and identity suppression alternate. The key: consistent self-expression regardless of external validation.
The Sun connects Dharma-Karmadhipati Yoga and Gandanta Yoga, creating a dynamic between visibility and self-doubt. Your leadership potential is real, but imposter syndrome or ego inflation can distort it.
Dhana Yoga (Fortune) and Gandanta Yoga share the Sun's influence. Your sense of purpose is strong, but it can become either rigid pride or complete self-denial. The middle path: confident humility.
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.
Hugh McElhenny's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venus | 31 Dec 1928 | 16 May 1937 | 8y 4m 14d (balance) | |
| Sun | 16 May 1937 | 17 May 1943 | 6y | |
| Moon | 17 May 1943 | 16 May 1953 | 10y | |
| Mars | 16 May 1953 | 16 May 1960 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 16 May 1960 | 16 May 1978 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 16 May 1978 | 16 May 1994 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 16 May 1994 | 16 May 2013 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 16 May 2013 | 16 May 2030 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 16 May 2030 | 16 May 2037 | 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
Present (Severe)Mars placement in sensitive houses (1/2/4/7/8/12), affects marriage and partnerships
Mars is placed in house 7 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
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 — Sun-Saturn conjunction
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 Mercury/Jupiter Dasha
Compare Your Chart With Hugh McElhenny’s
Today's Sky Over Hugh McElhenny’s Chart
Explore Hugh McElhenny’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 Hugh McElhenny’s recorded birth data.
- Mercury-Mercury May 2013 to October 2015 (from age 84)
- Mercury-Ketu October 2015 to October 2016 (from age 86)
- Mercury-Venus October 2016 to August 2019 (from age 87)
- Mercury-Sun August 2019 to June 2020 (from age 90)
- Mercury-Moon June 2020 to November 2021 (from age 91)
- Mercury-Mars November 2021 to November 2022 (from age 92)
- Mercury-Rahu November 2022 to May 2025 (from age 93)
- Mercury-JupiterCurrent May 2025 to September 2027 (from age 96)
- Mercury-Saturn September 2027 to May 2030 (from age 98)
Why Hugh McElhenny's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Hugh McElhenny’s public standing with Raja Yoga through Mercury+Sun. Mars is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 75 percent, giving drive, competition, and decisive action unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Virgo under Mercury frames the public career.
Planetary Dominance In Hugh McElhenny's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mars | 75% | weak |
| 2 | Venus | 62% | weak |
| 3 | Sun | 61% | weak |
| 4 | Saturn | 59% | very weak |
| 5 | Moon | 57% | very weak |
| 6 | Ketu | 57% | very weak |
| 7 | Rahu | 52% | very weak |
| 8 | Mercury | 49% | very weak |
| 9 | Jupiter | 47% | very weak |
Mars dominates the planetary hierarchy at 75 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with force and initiative; contests and physical daring reward the native.
Jupiter is the least supported at 47 percent, which means luck arrives less freely, so guidance and study must be sought out.
How Rare Is Hugh McElhenny's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 635 share Hugh McElhenny’s Purva Phalguni Moon. The tighter pairing of a Sagittarius Sun with a Purva Phalguni Moon appears in 54 of them, about 0.31 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Hugh McElhenny In Public View
The 10th lord Mercury placed in the 1st house carries Hugh McElhenny’s reputation from the terrain of self and constitution. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 3rd of 9 planets by Shadbala at 61 percent. Rahu works from the 6th house, feeding ambition through service, rivals, and daily obstacles rather than through direct publicity. The Moon, the public face, carries 57 percent strength from the 9th house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Hugh McElhenny’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Virgo, ruled by Mercury, which sits in the 1st house in Sagittarius. No planet occupies the 10th house, so its lord carries the career signal alone. Mars, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 75 percent, sets the tone from elsewhere in the chart, and the career runs on drive, competition, and decisive action.
The Chart's Voice
Mars is the strongest planet in Hugh McElhenny’s chart, carrying 75 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 Hugh McElhenny’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Capricorn, lord Saturn) and the 11th house (Libra, 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 62 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in Hugh McElhenny’s chart falls in Gemini under Mercury, occupied by Mars. Venus, karaka of partnership, is friendly in Aquarius in the 3rd house at 62 percent strength. The Moon's 57 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Sun, Mercury and Saturn cluster in the 1st house in Sagittarius, concentrating self and constitution far beyond the average chart.
Hugh McElhenny'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 (1928 to 1937) | relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy |
| Sun Mahadasha | Age 8 to 14 (1937 to 1943) | authority, visibility, and the father line |
| Moon Mahadasha | Age 14 to 24 (1943 to 1953) | mind, public connection, and emotional life |
| Mars Mahadasha | Age 24 to 31 (1953 to 1960) | drive, competition, and decisive action |
| Rahu Mahadasha | Age 31 to 49 (1960 to 1978) | ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises |
| Jupiter Mahadasha | Age 49 to 65 (1978 to 1994) | wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune |
| Saturn Mahadasha | Age 65 to 84 (1994 to 2013) | discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures |
| Mercury MahadashaCurrent | Age 84 to 101 (2013 to 2030) | intellect, commerce, and communication |
| Ketu Mahadasha | Age 101 to 108 (2030 to 2037) | detachment, research, and inward turns |
Dominant Yogas In Hugh McElhenny's Chart
Ranked by computed classical strength. Each is a specific planetary configuration in this birth chart, not a generic trait.
| Yoga | Planets | Strength | Why It Matters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raja YogaPower & Status | Mercury+Sun | strong (3/3) | 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. |
| Dharma-Karmadhipati YogaPower & Status | Sun + Mercury | strong (3/3) | A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Sun and Mercury, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line, and intellect, commerce, and communication. |
| Dhana Yoga (Fortune)Wealth | Saturn+Sun | strong (3/3) | A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Saturn and Sun, so it touches discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures, and authority, visibility, and the father line. |
| Gandanta YogaChallenge | Sun | strong (3/3) | Sun at Scorpio-Sagittarius junction, karmic knot requiring conscious processing. It works through Sun, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line. |
| Gandanta YogaChallenge | Moon | strong (3/3) | Moon at Cancer-Leo junction, karmic knot requiring conscious processing. It works through Moon, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life. |
Charts Like Hugh McElhenny's
Hugh McElhenny's Moon occupies Purva Phalguni nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
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- Traci Elizabeth LordsMoon in Purva Phalguni, Leo
Read the full profile of Purva Phalguni nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Purva Phalguni.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for SagittariusAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: SagittariusRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 1st house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Moon in the 9th house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 1st house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Venus in the 3rd house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Mars in the 7th house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 5th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 1st house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 6th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 12th house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
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