J. Robert Bedell
Born April 28, 1944 at 08:11 • Akron, OH, United States
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 12 | 14°59′ | exalted |
| Moon | Gemini | 2 | 25°30′ | friendly |
| Mercury (R) ☄ | Aries | 12 | 21°32′ | neutral |
| Venus | Pisces | 11 | 29°02′ | exalted |
| Mars | Gemini | 2 | 23°20′ | enemy |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 3 | 24°19′ | exalted |
| Saturn | Gemini | 2 | 0°30′ | friendly |
| Rahu (R) | Cancer | 3 | 8°49′ | enemy |
| Ketu (R) | Capricorn | 9 | 8°49′ | neutral |
J.'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 Air element drives you toward ideas, communication, and social connection.
Your Cardinal modality means your natural style is initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
Venus as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What do I love and how do I love?"
Who J. Is
J., 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 Gemini 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, Air energy dominates your chart (36%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward ideas, communication, and social connection. Your Cardinal modality means initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
Venus (a functional malefic for Taurus ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs love language, aesthetics, and values, and in Pisces (house 11), 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 Taurus 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 (Punarvasu, Pada 2) is the most personal marker in Vedic astrology - more specific than your Sun or Moon sign. It defines the particular frequency of your soul.
J.'s Inner World
How J. Thinks
J.'s Drive & Purpose
How J. Loves
J.'s Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
J.'s Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Moon in House 2 (friendly)
Moon operating from your 2nd house in friendly dignity creates a period centered on resource building. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 2nd house governs accumulated wealth, family resources, speech, and personal values.
Your finances is this period's strongest channel, while travel needs the most attention. The energy Moon brings from house 2 naturally flows toward finances - consciously redirect some of it toward travel.
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 think your feelings. Emotions arrive and your first instinct is to analyze them, name them, talk about them. This gives you emotional articulation others envy, but it also means you can talk about feelings without actually feeling them.
You come across as grounded, calm, and dependable. People assume you've got it all together. What they don't see is the internal stubbornness that sometimes keeps you stuck in situations you've outgrown.
Internal Conflicts Detected
You desire mental connection (Pisces) but pursue through emotional intensity (Gemini). You want a thoughtful conversation but lead with overwhelming feeling.
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 Gemini (Air) 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
You desire mental connection (Pisces) but pursue through emotional intensity (Gemini). You want a thoughtful conversation but lead with overwhelming feeling.
What holds you back vs what pushes you forward
Your Saturn in Gemini (Air) 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 analytical mind (Mercury in Aries, Fire) and your belief system (Jupiter in Cancer, Water) 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
Analyze-and-Rationalize, you process emotions through thinking and talking. Understanding a feeling helps you manage it. The risk: intellectualizing emotions instead of actually feeling them.
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.
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.
Bold vision combined with practical execution. You dream big and build methodically.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Moon/Jupiter period, these lagnas are amplified because their lords are running:
Vitality Engine: Life force, stamina & physical resilience
Vitality Engine themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to expansive 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
15 Yogas detected · 11 beneficial · 4 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 Mars, Saturn, Mercury periods.
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga (Single Lord)
Raja Yoga (Multiple Strong)
Wealth & Resources
1Wealth grows through strategic patience and strategic positioning and partnerships. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Chandra-Mangala Yoga
Intelligence & Influence
4Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Sunapha Yoga
Voshi Yoga
Surya-Budha Yoga
Kuja-Shani Yoga
Protection & Fortune
1Natural shields exist in your chart. Shubha Kartari provide a safety net during challenging periods.
Shubha Kartari Yoga
Structural Patterns
1Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Kedara (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Kedara Yoga (Nabhash)
Emotional Sensitivity
4Guru Chandala and Gandanta and Emotional restriction and Fortune fluctuation appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Guru Chandala Yoga
Gandanta Yoga
Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn)
Sakata Yoga
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your emotional strength (Chandra-Mangala Yoga) and emotional vulnerability (Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn)) 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 discipline (Raja Yoga) intensifies challenges from Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn). The same planet that gives you endurance also extends difficult periods. Patience is structural, not optional.
Saturn connects Raja Yoga (Single Lord) and Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn), 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.
Kuja-Shani Yoga and Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn) 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 wisdom capacity (Sunapha Yoga) is periodically distorted by Sakata Yoga. Expansion and obstruction alternate. Stay consistent regardless of the cycle.
Chandra-Mangala Yoga gives you emotional resilience, but Sakata 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. natural protection mechanisms cushion the challenging periods.
J. Robert Bedell's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jupiter | 28 Apr 1944 | 18 Sept 1953 | 9y 4m 21d (balance) | |
| Saturn | 18 Sept 1953 | 18 Sept 1972 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 18 Sept 1972 | 18 Sept 1989 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 18 Sept 1989 | 18 Sept 1996 | 7y | |
| Venus | 18 Sept 1996 | 18 Sept 2016 | 20y | |
| Sun | 18 Sept 2016 | 18 Sept 2022 | 6y | |
| Moon | 18 Sept 2022 | 18 Sept 2032 | 10y | |
| Mars | 18 Sept 2032 | 19 Sept 2039 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 19 Sept 2039 | 18 Sept 2057 | 18y |
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 2 from Lagna and house 1 from Moon, activating Manglik Dosha.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ Mars in 2nd house in Gemini/Virgo cancels 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
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 (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
Calculate your birth chart first to see your remedial intelligence strategy.
Recurring themes your chart reveals
Currently Active Patterns
Based on your Moon/Jupiter Dasha
Compare Your Chart With J. Robert Bedell’s
Today's Sky Over J. Robert Bedell’s Chart
Explore J. Robert Bedell’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 J. Robert Bedell’s recorded birth data.
- Moon-Moon September 2022 to July 2023 (from age 78)
- Moon-Mars July 2023 to February 2024 (from age 79)
- Moon-Rahu February 2024 to August 2025 (from age 79)
- Moon-JupiterCurrent August 2025 to December 2026 (from age 81)
- Moon-Saturn December 2026 to July 2028 (from age 82)
- Moon-Mercury July 2028 to December 2029 (from age 84)
- Moon-Ketu December 2029 to July 2030 (from age 85)
- Moon-Venus July 2030 to March 2032 (from age 86)
- Moon-Sun March 2032 to September 2032 (from age 87)
Why J. Robert Bedell's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs J. Robert Bedell’s public standing with Raja Yoga through Mercury+Sun. Venus is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 75 percent, giving relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Aquarius under Saturn frames the public career.
Planetary Dominance In J. Robert Bedell's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venus | 75% | weak |
| 2 | Sun | 70% | weak |
| 3 | Moon | 69% | weak |
| 4 | Jupiter | 63% | weak |
| 5 | Mercury | 52% | very weak |
| 6 | Mars | 51% | very weak |
| 7 | Saturn | 45% | very weak |
| 8 | Rahu | 44% | very weak |
| 9 | Ketu | 44% | very weak |
Venus dominates the planetary hierarchy at 75 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with taste and relationship; charm and aesthetics open the important doors.
Ketu is the least supported at 44 percent, which means detachment is hard won rather than native.
J. Robert Bedell'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.
- Jupiter MahadashaAge 0 to 9 (1944 to 1953)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
- Saturn MahadashaAge 9 to 28 (1953 to 1972)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
- Mercury MahadashaAge 28 to 45 (1972 to 1989)intellect, commerce, and communication
- Ketu MahadashaAge 45 to 52 (1989 to 1996)detachment, research, and inward turns
- Venus MahadashaAge 52 to 72 (1996 to 2016)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
- Sun MahadashaAge 72 to 78 (2016 to 2022)authority, visibility, and the father line
- Moon MahadashaCurrentAge 78 to 88 (2022 to 2032)mind, public connection, and emotional life
- Mars MahadashaAge 88 to 95 (2032 to 2039)drive, competition, and decisive action
- Rahu MahadashaAge 95 to 113 (2039 to 2057)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
Dominant Yogas In J. Robert Bedell'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+Saturn
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mars and Saturn, so it touches drive, competition, and decisive action, and discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures.
- Gandanta Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Sun
Sun at Pisces-Aries junction, karmic knot requiring conscious processing. It works through Sun, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line.
- Guru Chandala Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Jupiter + Rahu
Jupiter conjunct Rahu, unconventional wisdom, foreign success, disrupted orthodoxy. It works through Jupiter and Rahu, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises.
- Sunapha Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Jupiter
A lunar-support formation: planets flanking or joining the Moon steady the mind and its public expression. It works through Jupiter, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune.
How Rare Is J. Robert Bedell's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 641 share J. Robert Bedell’s Punarvasu Moon. The tighter pairing of an Aries Sun with a Punarvasu Moon appears in 54 of them, about 0.31 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put J. Robert Bedell In Public View
The 10th lord Saturn, friendly, placed in the 2nd house carries J. Robert Bedell’s reputation from the terrain of wealth, speech, and family holdings. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 2nd of 9 planets by Shadbala at 70 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 69 percent strength from the 2nd house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In J. Robert Bedell’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Aquarius, ruled by Saturn, which sits in the 2nd house in Gemini (friendly). No planet occupies the 10th house, so its lord carries the career signal alone. Venus, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 75 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 J. Robert Bedell’s chart, carrying 75 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 J. Robert Bedell’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Gemini, lord Mercury) and the 11th house (Pisces, lord Jupiter). Moon, Mars and Saturn in the 2nd and Venus in the 11th give the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Venus is the best supported at 75 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 J. Robert Bedell’s chart falls in Scorpio under Mars, whose lord answers from the 2nd house. Venus, karaka of partnership, is exalted in Pisces in the 11th house at 75 percent strength. The Moon's 69 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Sun, Venus and Jupiter stand exalted at the same time; most charts carry at most one exalted planet.
Moon, Mars and Saturn cluster in the 2nd house in Gemini, concentrating wealth, speech, and family holdings far beyond the average chart.
Charts Like J. Robert Bedell's
J. Robert Bedell's Moon occupies Punarvasu nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- Subrata RoyMoon in Punarvasu, Cancer
- Surayakumar YadavMoon in Punarvasu, Gemini
- Suresh Prabhakar PrabhuMoon in Punarvasu, Gemini
- Susan TaraskiewiczMoon in Punarvasu, Gemini
- Suzanne SomersMoon in Punarvasu, Gemini
- Sylvain MarconnetMoon in Punarvasu, Gemini
Read the full profile of Punarvasu nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Punarvasu.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for TaurusAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: TaurusRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 12th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
- Moon in the 2nd house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 12th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
- Venus in the 11th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
- Mars in the 2nd house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 3rd house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 2nd house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 3rd house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 9th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
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