Hugh McLaren
Born April 25, 1913 at 12:30 • Glasgow, 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 | 9 | 12°02′ | exalted |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 5 | 10°52′ | neutral |
| Mercury | Pisces | 8 | 14°57′ | debilitated |
| Venus (R) ☄ | Aries | 9 | 11°19′ | neutral |
| Mars | Aquarius | 7 | 27°40′ | neutral |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 5 | 25°01′ | moolatrikona |
| Saturn | Taurus | 10 | 10°34′ | friendly |
| Rahu (R) | Pisces | 8 | 9°01′ | neutral |
| Ketu (R) | Virgo | 2 | 9°01′ | enemy |
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 Mutable modality means your natural style is adapting - you flex, adjust, and see all perspectives.
Sun as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "Who am I?"
Who Hugh Is
Hugh, 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 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.
Sun (a functional benefic for Leo ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs core identity and life purpose, and in Aries (house 9), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward bold self-expression and direct action.
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 (Mula, 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.
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 8 (debilitated)
Mercury operating from your 8th house in debilitated dignity creates a period centered on deep restructuring. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 8th house governs transformation, hidden resources, death/rebirth cycles, and research.
Your spiritual growth is this period's strongest channel, while public image needs the most attention. The energy Mercury brings from house 8 naturally flows toward spiritual growth - consciously redirect some of it toward public image.
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 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.
You radiate confidence and warmth. People are drawn to your energy. The gap: the internal pressure to always be 'on', to perform even when you're running on empty.
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 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 Aries (Fire) and Mars in Aquarius (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 fear and discipline are grounded in material concerns (Taurus), but your drive is mental and scattered (Aquarius). You worry about practical matters while your energy goes in twelve intellectual directions.
Your analytical mind vs your faith system
Your analytical mind (Mercury in Pisces, Water) and your belief system (Jupiter in Sagittarius, 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
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.
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.
Dynamic energy meets intellectual strategy. You lead through ideas and charisma.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Mercury/Saturn period, these lagnas are amplified because their lords are running:
Micro-Timing: Subtle timing & decision sensitivity
Micro-Timing themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to innovative 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 · 12 beneficial · 2 shadow · 6 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
7Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Sun, Venus, Mars periods.
Horasara Raja Yoga (Lagna Lord)
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga (Single Lord)
Neecha Bhanga Raja Yoga
Mahabhagya Yoga
Ubhayachari Yoga
Horasara Dharma-Karma Yoga
Wealth & Resources
1Wealth grows through strategic patience and wisdom and ethical growth. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter)
Intelligence & Influence
3Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Wisdom and teaching ability amplify your results.
Gajakesari Yoga
Surya-Shukra Yoga
Chandra-Guru 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 Gandanta appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Gandanta Yoga
Gandanta Yoga
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
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 Mahabhagya 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.
Surya-Shukra Yoga 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.
Your authority (Horasara Raja Yoga (Lagna Lord)) conflicts with Gandanta Yoga. Identity strength and identity suppression alternate. The key: consistent self-expression regardless of external validation.
Your emotional strength (Gajakesari Yoga) and emotional vulnerability (Gandanta 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.
Mahabhagya Yoga gives you emotional resilience, but Gandanta Yoga 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.
Combined Pattern Insight
Strong elevation potential supported by multiple structural pillars. intellectual firepower amplifies all other patterns. emotional depth is both strength and vulnerability. internal tension between power and sensitivity creates depth, not weakness.
Hugh McLaren's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ketu | 25 Apr 1913 | 10 Aug 1914 | 1y 3m 15d (balance) | |
| Venus | 10 Aug 1914 | 10 Aug 1934 | 20y | |
| Sun | 10 Aug 1934 | 10 Aug 1940 | 6y | |
| Moon | 10 Aug 1940 | 10 Aug 1950 | 10y | |
| Mars | 10 Aug 1950 | 10 Aug 1957 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 10 Aug 1957 | 11 Aug 1975 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 11 Aug 1975 | 11 Aug 1991 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 11 Aug 1991 | 10 Aug 2010 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 10 Aug 2010 | 11 Aug 2027 | 17y |
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
AbsentAll planets hemmed between Rahu-Ketu axis, creates karmic patterns and sudden life changes
Planets are distributed on both sides of the Rahu-Ketu axis — no Kala Sarpa Dosha.
Remedies:
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.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ Moon in kendra from Jupiter cancels Kemdrum
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 Mercury/Saturn Dasha
Compare Your Chart With Hugh McLaren’s
Today's Sky Over Hugh McLaren’s Chart
Explore Hugh McLaren’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 McLaren’s recorded birth data.
- Mercury-Mercury August 2010 to January 2013 (from age 97)
- Mercury-Ketu January 2013 to January 2014 (from age 99)
- Mercury-Venus January 2014 to November 2016 (from age 100)
- Mercury-Sun November 2016 to September 2017 (from age 103)
- Mercury-Moon September 2017 to February 2019 (from age 104)
- Mercury-Mars February 2019 to February 2020 (from age 105)
- Mercury-Rahu February 2020 to August 2022 (from age 106)
- Mercury-Jupiter August 2022 to November 2024 (from age 109)
- Mercury-SaturnCurrent November 2024 to August 2027 (from age 111)
Why Hugh McLaren's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Hugh McLaren’s public standing with Gajakesari Yoga through Jupiter + Moon. Sun is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 82 percent, giving authority, visibility, and the father line unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Taurus under Venus frames the public career, with Saturn placed there.
Planetary Dominance In Hugh McLaren's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun | 82% | moderate |
| 2 | Venus | 74% | weak |
| 3 | Mars | 72% | weak |
| 4 | Rahu | 63% | weak |
| 5 | Ketu | 57% | very weak |
| 6 | Moon | 54% | very weak |
| 7 | Saturn | 46% | very weak |
| 8 | Jupiter | 40% | very weak |
| 9 | Mercury | 34% | very weak |
Sun dominates the planetary hierarchy at 82 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with identity and command; recognition tends to arrive through positions of authority.
Mercury is the least supported at 34 percent, which means detail work and negotiation reward extra preparation.
Dominant Yogas In Hugh McLaren'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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gajakesari YogaWealth & Wisdom | Jupiter + Moon | strong (3/3) | 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. |
| Raja YogaPower & Status | Sun+Venus | strong (3/3) | A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Sun and Venus, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy. |
| Dhana Yoga (Jupiter)Wealth | Jupiter | strong (3/3) | A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Jupiter, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune. |
| Horasara Raja Yoga (Lagna Lord)Power & Status | Sun | strong (3/3) | Lagna lord dignified in 9th/10th: authority, dharmic success. It works through Sun, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line. |
| Gandanta YogaChallenge | Sun | strong (3/3) | Sun at Pisces-Aries junction, karmic knot requiring conscious processing. It works through Sun, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line. |
How Rare Is Hugh McLaren's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 639 share Hugh McLaren’s Mula Moon. The tighter pairing of an Aries Sun with a Mula Moon appears in 59 of them, about 0.34 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Hugh McLaren In Public View
Public recognition in Hugh McLaren’s chart concentrates in the 10th house, where Saturn stands in Taurus. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 1st of 9 planets by Shadbala at 82 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 54 percent strength from the 5th house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Hugh McLaren’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Taurus, ruled by Venus, which sits in the 9th house in Aries. Saturn occupies the 10th house, bringing discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures directly into the public record. Sun, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 82 percent, sets the tone from elsewhere in the chart, and the career runs on authority, visibility, and the father line.
The Chart's Voice
Sun is the strongest planet in Hugh McLaren’s chart, carrying 82 percent of full Shadbala strength. In practice the chart leads with identity and command; recognition tends to arrive through positions of authority.
Wealth Signature
The 2nd And 11th Houses
Wealth in Hugh McLaren’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Virgo, lord Mercury) and the 11th house (Gemini, lord Mercury). Ketu in the 2nd gives the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Ketu is the best supported at 57 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through detachment, research, and inward turns.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in Hugh McLaren’s chart falls in Aquarius under Saturn, occupied by Mars. Venus, karaka of partnership, sits in Aries in the 9th house at 74 percent strength, though combustion by the Sun asks the relationship life to fight for its own space. The Moon's 54 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
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.
Hugh McLaren'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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ketu Mahadasha | Age 0 to 1 (1913 to 1914) | detachment, research, and inward turns |
| Venus Mahadasha | Age 1 to 21 (1914 to 1934) | relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy |
| Sun Mahadasha | Age 21 to 27 (1934 to 1940) | authority, visibility, and the father line |
| Moon Mahadasha | Age 27 to 37 (1940 to 1950) | mind, public connection, and emotional life |
| Mars Mahadasha | Age 37 to 44 (1950 to 1957) | drive, competition, and decisive action |
| Rahu Mahadasha | Age 44 to 62 (1957 to 1975) | ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises |
| Jupiter Mahadasha | Age 62 to 78 (1975 to 1991) | wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune |
| Saturn Mahadasha | Age 78 to 97 (1991 to 2010) | discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures |
| Mercury MahadashaCurrent | Age 97 to 114 (2010 to 2027) | intellect, commerce, and communication |
Charts Like Hugh McLaren's
Hugh McLaren's Moon occupies Mula 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 Mula nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Mula.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for LeoAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: LeoRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 9th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Moon in the 5th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 8th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Venus in the 9th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Mars in the 7th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 5th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 10th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 8th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 2nd house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
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