Ian MacPhail
Born March 11, 1922 at 14:15 • Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 8 | 27°27′ | enemy |
| Moon | Leo | 2 | 0°50′ | friendly |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 7 | 29°58′ | neutral |
| Venus ☄ | Pisces | 9 | 4°52′ | exalted |
| Mars | Scorpio | 5 | 17°13′ | own |
| Jupiter (R) | Virgo | 3 | 24°06′ | enemy |
| Saturn (R) | Virgo | 3 | 12°34′ | friendly |
| Rahu (R) | Virgo | 3 | 17°13′ | friendly |
| Ketu (R) | Pisces | 9 | 17°13′ | friendly |
Ian'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 Fixed modality means your natural style is sustaining - you build, persist, and deepen what exists.
Venus as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What do I love and how do I love?"
Who Ian Is
Ian, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Aquarius 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, Earth energy dominates your chart (36%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward security, structure, and tangible results. Your Fixed modality means sustaining - you build, persist, and deepen what exists.
Venus (a functional malefic for Cancer ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs love language, aesthetics, and values, and in Pisces (house 9), 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 functional malefic for Cancer 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 (Magha, Pada 1) is the most personal marker in Vedic astrology - more specific than your Sun or Moon sign. It defines the particular frequency of your soul.
Ian's Inner World
How Ian Thinks
Ian's Drive & Purpose
How Ian Loves
Ian's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Ian's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Mercury in House 7 (neutral)
Mercury operating from your 7th house in neutral dignity creates a period centered on partnership transformation. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 7th house governs partnerships, marriage, business alliances, and open enemies.
Your marriage is this period's strongest channel, while family dynamics needs the most attention. The energy Mercury brings from house 7 naturally flows toward marriage - 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've always felt slightly different from the people around you, and you're right. Your identity doesn't fit conventional molds. You think in systems, futures, and collective patterns while most people think in personal timelines.
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 experience you as nurturing and emotionally available. You create safety for others instinctively. What they rarely see is how much emotional energy that costs you, or how rarely you ask for the same care in return.
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 Aquarius (Air) 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 Pisces (Water) and Mars in Scorpio (Water) 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 Virgo (Earth) and Mars in Scorpio (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 Capricorn (Earth) and Jupiter in Virgo (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.
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.
Emotional intuition fuels visible action. Your feelings drive your achievements.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Mercury/Mercury period, these lagnas are amplified because their lords are running:
Wealth Strategy: Financial identity & earning approach
Financial identity is amplified. Your Gemini earning style takes center stage.
Vitality Engine: Life force, stamina & physical resilience
Vitality Engine themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to analytical 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 · 11 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
7Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Jupiter, Saturn, Venus periods.
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)
Raja Yoga (Single Lord)
Yoga Karaka Yoga
Adhi Yoga
Ubhayachari Yoga
Exalted Planet Yoga
Wealth & Resources
1Wealth grows through strategic patience and long-term discipline and alliances. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Horasara Sasa Upachaya Yoga
Intelligence & Influence
2Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Wisdom and teaching ability amplify your results.
Sunapha Yoga
Dama Yoga (Nabhash)
Protection & Fortune
1Natural shields exist in your chart. Khala Parivartana provide a safety net during challenging periods.
Khala Parivartana Yoga
Emotional Sensitivity
3Gandanta and Fortune fluctuation and Guru Chandala appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Gandanta Yoga
Sakata Yoga
Guru Chandala Yoga
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your wisdom capacity (Sunapha Yoga) is periodically distorted by Sakata Yoga. Expansion and obstruction alternate. Stay consistent regardless of the cycle.
Jupiter links Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect) with Sakata Yoga, 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, Raja Yoga and Sakata Yoga 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 (Sunapha Yoga) is periodically distorted by Guru Chandala Yoga. Expansion and obstruction alternate. Stay consistent regardless of the cycle.
Jupiter links Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect) with Guru Chandala Yoga, 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, Raja Yoga and Guru Chandala Yoga interact. Your capacity for meaning-making is real, but it can also lead to over-promising or spiritual bypassing. Stay grounded in practical wisdom.
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. natural protection mechanisms cushion the challenging periods.
Ian MacPhail's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ketu | 11 Mar 1922 | 30 Sept 1928 | 6y 6m 20d (balance) | |
| Venus | 30 Sept 1928 | 30 Sept 1948 | 20y | |
| Sun | 30 Sept 1948 | 30 Sept 1954 | 6y | |
| Moon | 30 Sept 1954 | 30 Sept 1964 | 10y | |
| Mars | 30 Sept 1964 | 30 Sept 1971 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 30 Sept 1971 | 30 Sept 1989 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 30 Sept 1989 | 30 Sept 2005 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 30 Sept 2005 | 30 Sept 2024 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 30 Sept 2024 | 30 Sept 2041 | 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 (Moderate)Mars placement in sensitive houses (1/2/4/7/8/12), affects marriage and partnerships
Mars is placed in house 5 from Lagna and house 4 from Moon, activating Manglik Dosha.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ Mars is own — reduces negative effects
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
Present (Moderate)Jupiter conjunct Rahu/Ketu, wisdom clouded by illusion, unconventional beliefs
Jupiter conjunct Rahu in house 3 — 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 setting phase of Sade Sati (2nd 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 Mercury/Mercury Dasha
Compare Your Chart With Ian MacPhail’s
Today's Sky Over Ian MacPhail’s Chart
Explore Ian MacPhail’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 Ian MacPhail’s recorded birth data.
- Mercury-MercuryCurrent September 2024 to February 2027 (from age 102)
- Mercury-Ketu February 2027 to February 2028 (from age 104)
- Mercury-Venus February 2028 to December 2030 (from age 105)
- Mercury-Sun December 2030 to October 2031 (from age 108)
- Mercury-Moon October 2031 to March 2033 (from age 109)
- Mercury-Mars March 2033 to March 2034 (from age 111)
- Mercury-Rahu March 2034 to October 2036 (from age 112)
- Mercury-Jupiter October 2036 to January 2039 (from age 114)
- Mercury-Saturn January 2039 to September 2041 (from age 116)
Why Ian MacPhail's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Ian MacPhail’s public standing with Sunapha Yoga through Jupiter + Saturn. Saturn is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 71 percent, giving discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Aries under Mars frames the public career.
Dominant Yogas In Ian MacPhail'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: Jupiter + Saturn
A lunar-support formation: planets flanking or joining the Moon steady the mind and its public expression. It works through Jupiter and Saturn, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures.
- Raja Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Jupiter+Saturn
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Jupiter and Saturn, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures.
- Gandanta Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Moon
Moon at Cancer-Leo junction, karmic knot requiring conscious processing. It works through Moon, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life.
- Adhi Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Mercury + Venus
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mercury and Venus, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
- Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)moderate (2/3)Planets: Jupiter+Venus
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Jupiter and Venus, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
How Rare Is Ian MacPhail's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 606 share Ian MacPhail’s Magha Moon. The tighter pairing of an Aquarius Sun with a Magha Moon appears in 52 of them, about 0.30 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Ian MacPhail In Public View
The 10th lord Mars, own, placed in the 5th house carries Ian MacPhail’s reputation from the terrain of creativity, intelligence, and speculation. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 3rd of 9 planets by Shadbala at 66 percent. Rahu works from the 3rd house, feeding ambition through courage and self-made effort rather than through direct publicity. The Moon, the public face, carries 61 percent strength from the 2nd house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Ian MacPhail’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Aries, ruled by Mars, which sits in the 5th house in Scorpio (own). No planet occupies the 10th house, so its lord carries the career signal alone. Saturn, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 71 percent, sets the tone from elsewhere in the chart, and the career runs on discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures.
The Chart's Voice
Saturn is the strongest planet in Ian MacPhail’s chart, carrying 71 percent of full Shadbala strength. In practice the chart leads with endurance; gains are slow, structural, and unusually durable.
Wealth Signature
The 2nd And 11th Houses
Wealth in Ian MacPhail’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Leo, lord Sun) and the 11th house (Taurus, lord Venus). Moon in the 2nd gives the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Sun is the best supported at 66 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 Ian MacPhail’s chart falls in Capricorn under Saturn, occupied by Mercury. Venus, karaka of partnership, is exalted in Pisces in the 9th house at 65 percent strength, though combustion by the Sun asks the relationship life to fight for its own space. The Moon's 61 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Venus stands exalted, operating at full classical strength.
Jupiter, Saturn and Rahu cluster in the 3rd house in Virgo, concentrating courage and self-made effort far beyond the average chart.
Ian MacPhail'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 6 (1922 to 1928) | detachment, research, and inward turns |
| Venus Mahadasha | Age 6 to 26 (1928 to 1948) | relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy |
| Sun Mahadasha | Age 26 to 32 (1948 to 1954) | authority, visibility, and the father line |
| Moon Mahadasha | Age 32 to 42 (1954 to 1964) | mind, public connection, and emotional life |
| Mars Mahadasha | Age 42 to 49 (1964 to 1971) | drive, competition, and decisive action |
| Rahu Mahadasha | Age 49 to 67 (1971 to 1989) | ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises |
| Jupiter Mahadasha | Age 67 to 83 (1989 to 2005) | wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune |
| Saturn Mahadasha | Age 83 to 102 (2005 to 2024) | discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures |
| Mercury MahadashaCurrent | Age 102 to 119 (2024 to 2041) | intellect, commerce, and communication |
Planetary Dominance In Ian MacPhail's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturn | 71% | weak |
| 2 | Jupiter | 67% | weak |
| 3 | Sun | 66% | weak |
| 4 | Venus | 65% | weak |
| 5 | Moon | 61% | weak |
| 6 | Mars | 52% | very weak |
| 7 | Rahu | 47% | very weak |
| 8 | Ketu | 47% | very weak |
| 9 | Mercury | 35% | very weak |
Saturn dominates the planetary hierarchy at 71 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with endurance; gains are slow, structural, and unusually durable.
Mercury is the least supported at 35 percent, which means detail work and negotiation reward extra preparation.
Charts Like Ian MacPhail's
Ian MacPhail's Moon occupies Magha 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 Magha nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Magha.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for CancerAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: CancerRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 8th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Moon in the 2nd house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 7th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Venus in the 9th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Mars in the 5th house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 3rd house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 3rd house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 3rd house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 9th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
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