James Franco
Born April 19, 1978 at 19:40 • Palo Alto, 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 | Aries | 7 | 6°09′ | exalted |
| Moon | Leo | 11 | 28°07′ | friendly |
| Mercury (R) | Pisces | 6 | 22°23′ | debilitated |
| Venus | Aries | 7 | 27°40′ | neutral |
| Mars | Cancer | 10 | 9°55′ | debilitated |
| Jupiter | Gemini | 9 | 7°40′ | enemy |
| Saturn (R) | Leo | 11 | 0°07′ | enemy |
| Rahu (R) | Virgo | 12 | 11°13′ | friendly |
| Ketu (R) | Pisces | 6 | 11°13′ | friendly |
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 Fire element drives you toward action and self-expression.
Your Cardinal modality means your natural style is initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
Sun as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "Who am I?"
Who James Is
James, 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 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 (55%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward action and self-expression. Your Cardinal modality means initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
Sun (a functional malefic for Libra ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs core identity and life purpose, and in Aries (house 7), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward bold self-expression and direct action. Interestingly, while Sun dominates your chart by strength, it functions as a functional malefic for Libra 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 (Uttara Phalguni, 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.
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 Jupiter in House 9 (enemy)
Jupiter operating from your 9th house in enemy dignity creates a period centered on expansion and purpose. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 9th house governs fortune, higher learning, dharma, father, and long-distance travel.
Your spiritual growth is this period's strongest channel, while mental health needs the most attention. The energy Jupiter brings from house 9 naturally flows toward spiritual growth - consciously redirect some of it toward mental health.
Your mental state is affecting your career capacity more than you realize. Stabilizing your emotional foundation will unlock professional potential that currently feels stuck.
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.
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.
The world sees grace, diplomacy, and charm. You're the person who makes every group smoother. The cost: suppressing your real opinions to keep harmony, then wondering why no one knows the real you.
Internal Conflicts Detected
What you want in love (Aries: emotional depth, security) and how you pursue it (Cancer: impulsively, intensely) are mismatched. You chase tenderness with fire.
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 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
What you want in love (Aries: emotional depth, security) and how you pursue it (Cancer: impulsively, intensely) are mismatched. You chase tenderness with fire.
What holds you back vs what pushes you forward
Your discipline (Leo) operates through emotion and intuition, but your impulses (Cancer) are fiery and aggressive. You restrain yourself through guilt rather than logic.
Your analytical mind vs your faith system
Your analytical mind (Mercury in Pisces, Water) and your belief system (Jupiter in Gemini, Air) 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.
Strategic thinking meets practical execution. Your ideas always have a plan.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Jupiter/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.
Physical Persona: How the world experiences your presence
Physical Persona themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to diplomatic energy.
Wealth Strategy: Financial identity & earning approach
Financial identity is amplified. Your Libra earning style takes center stage.
Fortune Channel: Prosperity flow & divine grace
Fortune Channel themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to intuitive energy.
Financial Blueprint: Wealth accumulation potential from Moon
Financial Blueprint themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to diplomatic 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 Moon, Saturn, Mercury periods.
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga (Single Lord)
Viparita Raja Yoga
Mahabhagya 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
3Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Anapha Yoga
Voshi Yoga
Surya-Shukra Yoga
Protection & Fortune
1Natural shields exist in your chart. Khala Parivartana provide a safety net during challenging periods.
Khala Parivartana 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 Emotional restriction appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Gandanta Yoga
Gandanta Yoga
Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn)
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your emotional strength (Raja 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 (Single Lord)) intensifies challenges from Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn). The same planet that gives you endurance also extends difficult periods. Patience is structural, not optional.
Mahabhagya Yoga gives you emotional resilience, but Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn) 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.
Saturn connects Horasara Sasa Upachaya Yoga 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.
Your authority (Mahabhagya Yoga) conflicts with Gandanta Yoga. Identity strength and identity suppression alternate. The key: consistent self-expression regardless of external validation.
The Sun connects Surya-Shukra 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.
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.
James Franco's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | 20 Apr 1978 | 23 Aug 1983 | 5y 4m 3d (balance) | |
| Moon | 23 Aug 1983 | 22 Aug 1993 | 10y | |
| Mars | 22 Aug 1993 | 22 Aug 2000 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 22 Aug 2000 | 23 Aug 2018 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 23 Aug 2018 | 23 Aug 2034 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 23 Aug 2034 | 22 Aug 2053 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 22 Aug 2053 | 23 Aug 2070 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 23 Aug 2070 | 22 Aug 2077 | 7y | |
| Venus | 22 Aug 2077 | 22 Aug 2097 | 20y |
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 10 from Lagna and house 12 from Moon, 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
All planets are hemmed between Rahu-Ketu axis — full Kala Sarpa Dosha. This creates karmic patterns requiring conscious awareness.
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 (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
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Recurring themes your chart reveals
Currently Active Patterns
Based on your Jupiter/Venus Dasha
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Explore James Franco’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 Franco’s recorded birth data.
- Jupiter-Jupiter August 2018 to October 2020 (from age 40)
- Jupiter-Saturn October 2020 to April 2023 (from age 42)
- Jupiter-Mercury April 2023 to July 2025 (from age 45)
- Jupiter-Ketu July 2025 to July 2026 (from age 47)
- Jupiter-VenusCurrent July 2026 to March 2029 (from age 48)
- Jupiter-Sun March 2029 to December 2029 (from age 50)
- Jupiter-Moon December 2029 to April 2031 (from age 51)
- Jupiter-Mars April 2031 to March 2032 (from age 53)
- Jupiter-Rahu March 2032 to August 2034 (from age 53)
Why James Franco's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs James Franco’s public standing with Raja Yoga through Moon+Saturn. Sun is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 68 percent, giving authority, visibility, and the father line unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Cancer under Moon frames the public career, with Mars placed there.
Dominant Yogas In James Franco'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: Moon+Saturn
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Moon and Saturn, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life, 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.
- 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.
- Anapha Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Mars
A lunar-support formation: planets flanking or joining the Moon steady the mind and its public expression. It works through Mars, so it touches drive, competition, and decisive action.
- Raja Yoga (Single Lord)moderate (2/3)Planets: Saturn
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Saturn, so it touches discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In James Franco’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Cancer, ruled by Moon, which sits in the 11th house in Leo (friendly). Mars occupies the 10th house, bringing drive, competition, and decisive action directly into the public record. Sun, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 68 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 James Franco’s chart, carrying 68 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 James Franco’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Scorpio, lord Mars) and the 11th house (Leo, lord Sun). Moon and Saturn in the 11th give the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Sun is the best supported at 68 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 James Franco’s chart falls in Aries under Mars, occupied by Sun and Venus. Venus, karaka of partnership, sits in Aries in the 7th house at 65 percent strength. The Moon's 59 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Sun stands exalted, operating at full classical strength.
Mercury and Mars are simultaneously debilitated, an uncommon double weight the texts read alongside any cancellation.
James Franco'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.
- Sun MahadashaAge 0 to 5 (1978 to 1983)authority, visibility, and the father line
- Moon MahadashaAge 5 to 15 (1983 to 1993)mind, public connection, and emotional life
- Mars MahadashaAge 15 to 22 (1993 to 2000)drive, competition, and decisive action
- Rahu MahadashaAge 22 to 40 (2000 to 2018)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
- Jupiter MahadashaCurrentAge 40 to 56 (2018 to 2034)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
- Saturn MahadashaAge 56 to 75 (2034 to 2053)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
- Mercury MahadashaAge 75 to 92 (2053 to 2070)intellect, commerce, and communication
- Ketu MahadashaAge 92 to 99 (2070 to 2077)detachment, research, and inward turns
- Venus MahadashaAge 99 to 119 (2077 to 2097)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
Planetary Dominance In James Franco's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun | 68% | weak |
| 2 | Saturn | 67% | weak |
| 3 | Venus | 65% | weak |
| 4 | Mars | 65% | weak |
| 5 | Rahu | 60% | weak |
| 6 | Moon | 59% | very weak |
| 7 | Jupiter | 54% | very weak |
| 8 | Ketu | 53% | very weak |
| 9 | Mercury | 42% | very weak |
Sun dominates the planetary hierarchy at 68 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 42 percent, which means detail work and negotiation reward extra preparation.
How Rare Is James Franco's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 607 share James Franco’s Uttara Phalguni Moon. The tighter pairing of an Aries Sun with an Uttara Phalguni Moon appears in 57 of them, about 0.33 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put James Franco In Public View
Public recognition in James Franco’s chart concentrates in the 10th house, where Mars stands in Cancer. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 1st of 9 planets by Shadbala at 68 percent. Rahu works from the 12th house, feeding ambition through expenditure, distance, and retreat rather than through direct publicity. The Moon, the public face, carries 59 percent strength from the 11th house.
Charts Like James Franco's
James Franco's Moon occupies Uttara Phalguni nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- Gérard AlleMoon in Uttara Phalguni, Leo
- Germaine PoinsoMoon in Uttara Phalguni, Virgo
- Gerry McCannMoon in Uttara Phalguni, Virgo
- GianMoon in Uttara Phalguni, Leo
- Gianluigi BuffonMoon in Uttara Phalguni, Leo
- Gillian BayfordMoon in Uttara Phalguni, Virgo
Read the full profile of Uttara Phalguni nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Uttara Phalguni.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for LibraAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: LibraRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 7th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
- Moon in the 11th house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 6th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
- Venus in the 7th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
- Mars in the 10th house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 9th house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 11th house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 12th house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 6th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
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