Jim Harrison
Born December 11, 1937 at 11:00 • Grayling Charter Township, MI, United States
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Scorpio | 11 | 26°13′ | friendly |
| Moon | Pisces | 3 | 3°43′ | neutral |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 12 | 16°44′ | neutral |
| Venus | Scorpio | 11 | 13°10′ | neutral |
| Mars | Capricorn | 1 | 29°23′ | exalted |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 1 | 5°11′ | debilitated |
| Saturn | Pisces | 3 | 5°26′ | neutral |
| Rahu (R) | Scorpio | 11 | 12°18′ | enemy |
| Ketu (R) | Taurus | 5 | 12°18′ | enemy |
Jim'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 Water element drives you toward emotional depth, intuition, and empathy.
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 Jim Is
Jim, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Scorpio 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 Pisces 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, Water energy dominates your chart (64%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward emotional depth, intuition, and empathy. Your Fixed modality means sustaining - you build, persist, and deepen what exists.
Mars (a functional malefic for Capricorn 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 1), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward practical mastery and tangible achievement. Interestingly, while Mars dominates your chart by strength, it functions as a functional malefic for Capricorn 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 Bhadrapada, 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.
Jim's Inner World
How Jim Thinks
Jim's Drive & Purpose
How Jim Loves
Jim's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Jim's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Rahu in House 11 (enemy)
Rahu operating from your 11th house in enemy dignity creates a period centered on network and gains. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 11th house governs gains, networks, elder siblings, and fulfillment of desires.
Your finances is this period's strongest channel, while family dynamics needs the most attention. The energy Rahu brings from house 11 naturally flows toward finances - consciously redirect some of it toward family dynamics.
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.
There are layers to you that even the people closest to you haven't seen. Your identity lives beneath the surface, in intensities and truths you rarely show. You'd rather be misunderstood than be exposed without choosing it.
Your emotional boundaries barely exist. You feel what everyone around you feels, and sorting out 'my feelings' from 'their feelings' is a lifelong project. Your empathy is a superpower and a vulnerability, and you've probably been told you're 'too sensitive' your whole life.
You project authority and seriousness. People respect you before they warm to you. The internal experience is different: you feel the weight of every responsibility, and sometimes wish someone would take care of you for once.
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 Scorpio (Water) and Moon in Pisces (Water) 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 Scorpio (Water) 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 Pisces (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 Sagittarius, Fire) and your belief system (Jupiter in Capricorn, Earth) 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
Absorb-and-Flow, emotions move through you in waves. You feel everything deeply and sometimes you feel what isn't even yours. Processing is intuitive, not logical. The risk: flooding.
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 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.
Practical foundation supports bold ambition. You take calculated risks.
Alignment Alerts
You may feel disciplined internally but are pushed toward bold, assertive public roles. This creates creative tension, your quiet depth fuels your visible authority.
Lean into your private processing style (Capricorn) for strategy, then channel it through your public presence (Aries) for impact.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Rahu/Jupiter period, these lagnas are amplified because their lords are running:
Fortune Channel: Prosperity flow & divine grace
Fortune Channel 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
16 Yogas detected · 13 beneficial · 3 shadow · 7 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 Moon, Saturn, Mars periods.
Raja Yoga
Ruchaka Yoga
Raja Yoga (Single Lord)
Viparita Raja Yoga
Neecha Bhanga Raja Yoga
Mahabhagya Yoga
Veshi Yoga
Wealth & Resources
2Wealth grows through strategic patience and long-term discipline and alliances. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga (Self-made)
Horasara Sasa Upachaya Yoga
Intelligence & Influence
2Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Wisdom and teaching ability amplify your results.
Surya-Shukra Yoga
Guru-Mangala 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. Kedara (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Kedara Yoga (Nabhash)
Emotional Sensitivity
3Emotional isolation and Emotional restriction and Desire distortion appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Kemadruma Yoga
Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn)
Grahan Yoga (Sun-Rahu)
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your emotional strength (Raja Yoga) and emotional vulnerability (Kemadruma 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 Kemadruma 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.
The Moon connects Raja Yoga and Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn) in your chart, creating a push-pull between emotional security and emotional exposure. When Moon periods intensify, both the gift and the challenge amplify. Grounding rituals help you stay centered.
Your emotional strength (Mahabhagya 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 (Horasara Sasa Upachaya Yoga) intensifies challenges from Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn). The same planet that gives you endurance also extends difficult periods. Patience is structural, not optional.
Your authority (Mahabhagya Yoga) conflicts with Grahan Yoga (Sun-Rahu). Identity strength and identity suppression alternate. The key: consistent self-expression regardless of external validation.
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. emotional depth is both strength and vulnerability. internal tension between power and sensitivity creates depth, not weakness. natural protection mechanisms cushion the challenging periods.
Jim Harrison's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturn | 11 Dec 1937 | 23 May 1956 | 18y 5m 11d (balance) | |
| Mercury | 23 May 1956 | 24 May 1973 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 24 May 1973 | 23 May 1980 | 7y | |
| Venus | 23 May 1980 | 23 May 2000 | 20y | |
| Sun | 23 May 2000 | 24 May 2006 | 6y | |
| Moon | 24 May 2006 | 23 May 2016 | 10y | |
| Mars | 23 May 2016 | 24 May 2023 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 24 May 2023 | 24 May 2041 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 24 May 2041 | 24 May 2057 | 16y |
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 1 from Lagna, activating Manglik Dosha.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ Jupiter conjunct Mars mitigates the dosha
- ✓ Mars is exalted — 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
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
Present (Moderate)Moon without planetary support (no planets in 2nd/12th from Moon), emotional isolation
No planets in 2nd or 12th from Moon — Moon lacks planetary support, indicating potential emotional isolation.
Remedies:
- Moon strengthening remedies
- Chandra Namaskar
- Wear pearl (after consultation)
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 Rahu/Jupiter Dasha
Compare Your Chart With Jim Harrison’s
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Explore Jim Harrison’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 Jim Harrison’s recorded birth data.
- Rahu-Rahu May 2023 to February 2026 (from age 85)
- Rahu-JupiterCurrent February 2026 to June 2028 (from age 88)
- Rahu-Saturn June 2028 to May 2031 (from age 90)
- Rahu-Mercury May 2031 to November 2033 (from age 93)
- Rahu-Ketu November 2033 to December 2034 (from age 95)
- Rahu-Venus December 2034 to December 2037 (from age 97)
- Rahu-Sun December 2037 to November 2038 (from age 99)
- Rahu-Moon November 2038 to May 2040 (from age 100)
- Rahu-Mars May 2040 to May 2041 (from age 102)
Why Jim Harrison's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Jim Harrison’s public standing with Ruchaka Yoga through Mars. Mars is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 74 percent, giving drive, competition, and decisive action unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Libra under Venus frames the public career.
Dominant Yogas In Jim Harrison'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: 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.
- Kemadruma Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Moon
A friction point the texts flag, usually with stated conditions and remedies. It works through Moon, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life.
- Raja Yoga (Single Lord)moderate (2/3)Planets: Venus
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Venus, so it touches relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
- Viparita Raja Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Mercury
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mercury, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication.
Planetary Dominance In Jim Harrison's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mars | 74% | weak |
| 2 | Moon | 69% | weak |
| 3 | Sun | 60% | weak |
| 4 | Ketu | 59% | very weak |
| 5 | Rahu | 57% | very weak |
| 6 | Jupiter | 54% | very weak |
| 7 | Venus | 52% | very weak |
| 8 | Mercury | 46% | very weak |
| 9 | Saturn | 46% | very weak |
Mars dominates the planetary hierarchy at 74 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with force and initiative; contests and physical daring reward the native.
Saturn is the least supported at 46 percent, which means long grinds test the native more than most, and shortcuts tempt.
How Rare Is Jim Harrison's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 644 share Jim Harrison’s Uttara Bhadrapada Moon. The tighter pairing of a Scorpio Sun with an Uttara Bhadrapada Moon appears in 52 of them, about 0.30 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Jim Harrison In Public View
The 10th lord Venus placed in the 11th house carries Jim Harrison’s reputation from the terrain of gains, networks, and ambitions realised. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 3rd of 9 planets by Shadbala at 60 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 69 percent strength from the 3rd house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Jim Harrison’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Libra, ruled by Venus, which sits in the 11th house in Scorpio. No planet occupies the 10th house, so its lord carries the career signal alone. Mars, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 74 percent, sets the tone from elsewhere in the chart, and the career runs on drive, competition, and decisive action.
The Chart's Voice
Mars is the strongest planet in Jim Harrison’s chart, carrying 74 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 Jim Harrison’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Aquarius, lord Saturn) and the 11th house (Scorpio, lord Mars). Sun, Venus and Rahu in the 11th give the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Mars is the best supported at 74 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through drive, competition, and decisive action.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in Jim Harrison’s chart falls in Cancer under Moon, whose lord answers from the 3rd house. Venus, karaka of partnership, sits in Scorpio in the 11th house at 52 percent strength. The Moon's 69 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Mars stands exalted, operating at full classical strength.
Jupiter is debilitated, a placement whose outcome depends on cancellation factors elsewhere in the chart.
Sun, Venus and Rahu cluster in the 11th house in Scorpio, concentrating gains, networks, and ambitions realised far beyond the average chart.
Mars qualifies for Ruchaka Yoga: exalted in the 1st house, one of the five Mahapurusha marks of an exceptional nativity.
Jim Harrison'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.
- Saturn MahadashaAge 0 to 18 (1937 to 1956)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
- Mercury MahadashaAge 18 to 35 (1956 to 1973)intellect, commerce, and communication
- Ketu MahadashaAge 35 to 42 (1973 to 1980)detachment, research, and inward turns
- Venus MahadashaAge 42 to 62 (1980 to 2000)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
- Sun MahadashaAge 62 to 68 (2000 to 2006)authority, visibility, and the father line
- Moon MahadashaAge 68 to 78 (2006 to 2016)mind, public connection, and emotional life
- Mars MahadashaAge 78 to 85 (2016 to 2023)drive, competition, and decisive action
- Rahu MahadashaCurrentAge 85 to 103 (2023 to 2041)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
- Jupiter MahadashaAge 103 to 119 (2041 to 2057)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
Charts Like Jim Harrison's
Jim Harrison's Moon occupies Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
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- Eugène BaboulèneMoon in Uttara Bhadrapada, Pisces
- Eugénie BlanchardMoon in Uttara Bhadrapada, Pisces
Read the full profile of Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Uttara Bhadrapada.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for CapricornAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: CapricornRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 11th house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Moon in the 3rd house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 12th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Venus in the 11th house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Mars in the 1st house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 1st house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 3rd house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 11th house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 5th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
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