James Earl Ray
Born March 10, 1928 at 15:00 • Alton, 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 | Aquarius | 8 | 27°11′ | enemy |
| Moon | Libra | 4 | 16°17′ | neutral |
| Mercury | Aquarius | 8 | 3°26′ | neutral |
| Venus | Capricorn | 7 | 28°13′ | friendly |
| Mars | Capricorn | 7 | 15°57′ | exalted |
| Jupiter | Pisces | 9 | 17°17′ | own |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 5 | 26°00′ | enemy |
| Rahu (R) | Taurus | 11 | 21°05′ | friendly |
| Ketu (R) | Scorpio | 5 | 21°05′ | own |
James'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 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 James Is
James, 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 Libra 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 (45%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward ideas, communication, and social connection. Your Fixed modality means sustaining - you build, persist, and deepen what exists.
Mars (your most supportive planet for Cancer 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 Capricorn (house 7), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward practical mastery and tangible achievement. This is especially potent because Mars is your yogakaraka - according to BPHS, the single most beneficial planet for your Cancer ascendant.
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 (Swati, 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.
James's Inner World
How James Thinks
James's Drive & Purpose
How James Loves
James's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
James's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Moon in House 4 (neutral)
Moon operating from your 4th house in neutral 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.
Your mental health is this period's strongest channel, while travel needs the most attention. The energy Moon brings from house 4 naturally flows toward mental health - 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'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.
Your emotional equilibrium depends on the people around you. When relationships are harmonious, you feel balanced. When they're not, everything tilts. You've spent your life learning to keep the peace, sometimes at the cost of your own honest feelings.
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 Libra (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
Your Venus in Capricorn (Earth) and Mars in Capricorn (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 Saturn in Scorpio (Water) and Mars in Capricorn (Earth) 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 Aquarius, Air) and your belief system (Jupiter in Pisces, 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.
Options Weigher, you see multiple sides of every decision and need to think through all possibilities. This makes you fair but sometimes paralyzed. Others may push you to "just decide already."
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.
Intellectual vision sparks dynamic action. Ideas become movements.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Moon/Venus 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.
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 · 13 beneficial · 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 Mars ↔ Saturn, Mars, Venus periods.
Maha Parivartana Yoga
Yoga Karaka Yoga
Raja Yoga
Ruchaka Yoga
Raja Yoga (Single Lord)
Viparita Raja Yoga
Ubhayachari Yoga
Wealth & Resources
2Wealth grows through strategic patience and wisdom and ethical growth. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter)
Dhana Yoga (Fortune)
Intelligence & Influence
3Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Sunapha Yoga
Surya-Budha Yoga
Kuja-Shukra Yoga
Structural Patterns
1Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Pasha (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Pasha Yoga (Nabhash)
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
🔗 Reinforcing Patterns
Ruchaka Yoga and Raja Yoga both flow through Mars, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Ruchaka Yoga and Raja Yoga (Single Lord) both flow through Mars, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Ruchaka Yoga and Yoga Karaka Yoga both flow through Mars, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Ruchaka Yoga and Dhana Yoga (Fortune) both flow through Mars, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Ruchaka Yoga and Ubhayachari Yoga both flow through Mars, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Raja Yoga and Raja Yoga (Single Lord) both flow through Mars, when one activates, the other strengthens.
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. your yogas reinforce each other more than they conflict, cumulative power grows over time.
James Earl Ray's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rahu | 10 Mar 1928 | 13 Mar 1933 | 5y 2d (balance) | |
| Jupiter | 13 Mar 1933 | 13 Mar 1949 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 13 Mar 1949 | 13 Mar 1968 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 13 Mar 1968 | 13 Mar 1985 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 13 Mar 1985 | 13 Mar 1992 | 7y | |
| Venus | 13 Mar 1992 | 13 Mar 2012 | 20y | |
| Sun | 13 Mar 2012 | 14 Mar 2018 | 6y | |
| Moon | 14 Mar 2018 | 13 Mar 2028 | 10y | |
| Mars | 13 Mar 2028 | 14 Mar 2035 | 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 (Moderate)Mars placement in sensitive houses (1/2/4/7/8/12), affects marriage and partnerships
Mars is placed in house 7 from Lagna and house 4 from Moon, activating Manglik Dosha.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ Mars is exalted — reduces negative effects
- ✓ 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
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.
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 Moon/Venus Dasha
Compare Your Chart With James Earl Ray’s
Today's Sky Over James Earl Ray’s Chart
Explore James Earl Ray’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 James Earl Ray’s recorded birth data.
- Moon-Moon March 2018 to January 2019 (from age 90)
- Moon-Mars January 2019 to August 2019 (from age 90)
- Moon-Rahu August 2019 to February 2021 (from age 91)
- Moon-Jupiter February 2021 to June 2022 (from age 92)
- Moon-Saturn June 2022 to January 2024 (from age 94)
- Moon-Mercury January 2024 to June 2025 (from age 95)
- Moon-Ketu June 2025 to January 2026 (from age 97)
- Moon-VenusCurrent January 2026 to September 2027 (from age 97)
- Moon-Sun September 2027 to March 2028 (from age 99)
Why James Earl Ray's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs James Earl Ray’s public standing with Ruchaka Yoga through Mars. Mars is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 76 percent, giving drive, competition, and decisive action unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Aries under Mars frames the public career.
Planetary Dominance In James Earl Ray's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mars | 76% | weak |
| 2 | Saturn | 68% | weak |
| 3 | Venus | 67% | weak |
| 4 | Ketu | 66% | weak |
| 5 | Sun | 64% | weak |
| 6 | Moon | 64% | weak |
| 7 | Rahu | 63% | weak |
| 8 | Jupiter | 48% | very weak |
| 9 | Mercury | 31% | very weak |
Mars dominates the planetary hierarchy at 76 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with force and initiative; contests and physical daring reward the native.
Mercury is the least supported at 31 percent, which means detail work and negotiation reward extra preparation.
James Earl Ray'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.
- Rahu MahadashaAge 0 to 5 (1928 to 1933)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
- Jupiter MahadashaAge 5 to 21 (1933 to 1949)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
- Saturn MahadashaAge 21 to 40 (1949 to 1968)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
- Mercury MahadashaAge 40 to 57 (1968 to 1985)intellect, commerce, and communication
- Ketu MahadashaAge 57 to 64 (1985 to 1992)detachment, research, and inward turns
- Venus MahadashaAge 64 to 84 (1992 to 2012)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
- Sun MahadashaAge 84 to 90 (2012 to 2018)authority, visibility, and the father line
- Moon MahadashaCurrentAge 90 to 100 (2018 to 2028)mind, public connection, and emotional life
- Mars MahadashaAge 100 to 107 (2028 to 2035)drive, competition, and decisive action
Dominant Yogas In James Earl Ray's Chart
Ranked by computed classical strength. Each is a specific planetary configuration in this birth chart, not a generic trait.
- Ruchaka Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Mars
One of the five great-person yogas: a strong planet in an angle stamps its character on the whole personality. It works through Mars, so it touches drive, competition, and decisive action.
- 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.
- Yoga Karaka Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Mars
Mars ruling 5th and 10th is the supreme Yoga Karaka. Jupiter as 9th lord brings fortune and wisdom. It works through Mars, so it touches drive, competition, and decisive action.
- Dhana Yoga (Fortune)strong (3/3)Planets: Mars+Venus
A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Mars and Venus, so it touches drive, competition, and decisive action, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
- Dhana Yoga (Jupiter)strong (3/3)Planets: Jupiter
A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Jupiter, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune.
How Rare Is James Earl Ray's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 702 share James Earl Ray’s Swati Moon. The tighter pairing of an Aquarius Sun with a Swati Moon appears in 57 of them, about 0.33 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put James Earl Ray In Public View
The 10th lord Mars, exalted, placed in the 7th house carries James Earl Ray’s reputation from the terrain of partnership and public dealings. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 5th of 9 planets by Shadbala at 64 percent. Rahu in the 11th house adds the amplification the texts associate with mass reach and appetite for scale. The Moon, the public face, carries 64 percent strength from an angular house, which keeps the personality in open view.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In James Earl Ray’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Aries, ruled by Mars, which sits in the 7th house in Capricorn (exalted). No planet occupies the 10th house, so its lord carries the career signal alone. Mars, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 76 percent, is itself the career lord, an unusually direct alignment between capacity and vocation.
The Chart's Voice
Mars is the strongest planet in James Earl Ray’s chart, carrying 76 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 James Earl Ray’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Leo, lord Sun) and the 11th house (Taurus, lord Venus). Rahu in the 11th gives the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Venus is the best supported at 67 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 James Earl Ray’s chart falls in Capricorn under Saturn, occupied by Venus and Mars. Venus, karaka of partnership, is friendly in Capricorn in the 7th house at 67 percent strength. The Moon's 64 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Mars stands exalted, operating at full classical strength.
Mars qualifies for Ruchaka Yoga: exalted in the 7th house, one of the five Mahapurusha marks of an exceptional nativity.
Charts Like James Earl Ray's
James Earl Ray's Moon occupies Swati nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- Frederick BlanckeMoon in Swati, Libra
- Frederick SeitzMoon in Swati, Libra
- Friedrich Wilhelm MurnauMoon in Swati, Libra
- Fritz ThiedemannMoon in Swati, Libra
- Fulvio ValbusaMoon in Swati, Libra
- Gabriel BacquierMoon in Swati, Libra
Read the full profile of Swati nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Swati.
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 4th house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 8th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Venus in the 7th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Mars in the 7th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 9th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 5th house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 11th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 5th house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
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