Jim Mertz
Born August 10, 1916 at 01:30 • Lima, 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 | Cancer | 2 | 24°34′ | friendly |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 7 | 9°22′ | neutral |
| Mercury ☄ | Leo | 3 | 7°29′ | friendly |
| Venus | Gemini | 1 | 14°47′ | friendly |
| Mars | Virgo | 4 | 18°19′ | enemy |
| Jupiter | Aries | 11 | 12°20′ | friendly |
| Saturn | Cancer | 2 | 1°02′ | enemy |
| Rahu (R) | Capricorn | 8 | 5°17′ | friendly |
| Ketu (R) | Cancer | 2 | 5°17′ | neutral |
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 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.
Venus as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What do I love and how do I love?"
Who Jim Is
Jim, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Cancer 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 Sagittarius 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 (36%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward action and self-expression. Your Cardinal modality means initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
Venus (a yoga-forming benefic for Gemini ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs love language, aesthetics, and values, and in Gemini (house 1), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward intellectual exploration and social connection.
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 (Mula, 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.
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 Mercury in House 3 (friendly)
Mercury operating from your 3rd house in friendly dignity creates a period centered on expression and courage. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 3rd house governs communication, courage, siblings, and self-driven effort.
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.
Who you are is inseparable from where you come from. Family, roots, and emotional memory form your identity's foundation. You probably describe yourself through stories about your people before you talk about yourself.
You process emotions by finding meaning in them. Sadness becomes a lesson. Anger becomes a philosophy. This makes you resilient, you bounce back through reframing, but it can also become spiritual bypassing, where you explain away feelings instead of sitting with them.
The world sees a witty, adaptable communicator. You can talk to anyone about anything. The mask: you sometimes use social skill to avoid the deeper conversations you actually need.
Internal Conflicts Detected
Your Cancer identity wants to charge forward boldly, but your Sagittarius emotions need safety before they can move. You've probably noticed that your ambitions and your feelings often pull in opposite directions, you start something with confidence, then a wave of anxiety or doubt pulls you back.
Your desire for intellectual connection meets a pursuit style that's cautious and material. You think you want freedom in love, but you pursue security.
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 Cancer identity wants to charge forward boldly, but your Sagittarius emotions need safety before they can move. You've probably noticed that your ambitions and your feelings often pull in opposite directions, you start something with confidence, then a wave of anxiety or doubt pulls you back.
Your romantic desires vs your pursuit style
Your desire for intellectual connection meets a pursuit style that's cautious and material. You think you want freedom in love, but you pursue security.
What holds you back vs what pushes you forward
Your Saturn in Cancer (Water) and Mars in Virgo (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 Mercury in Leo (Fire) and Jupiter in Aries (Fire) 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.
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.
The absence of purpose or meaning hits you harder than most. Without a 'why,' you struggle to find motivation. You may swing between grand visions and existential doubt.
Your primary growth edge is developing your Jupiter function, the area where Meaning 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 Mercury/Rahu 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 communicative energy.
Wealth Strategy: Financial identity & earning approach
Financial identity is amplified. Your Virgo earning style takes center stage.
Vitality Engine: Life force, stamina & physical resilience
Vitality Engine themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to communicative 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
9 Yogas detected · 8 beneficial · 1 shadowExtended
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
1Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Mercury, Venus periods.
Ubhayachari Yoga
Wealth & Resources
4Wealth grows through strategic patience and wisdom and ethical growth. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter)
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter aspect)
Shankha Yoga
Horasara Jupiter Dhana Drishti
Intelligence & Influence
2Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Communication networks amplify your results.
Dama Yoga (Nabhash)
Surya-Shani Yoga
Structural Patterns
1Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Vajra shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Vajra Yoga
Emotional Sensitivity
1Gandanta appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Gandanta Yoga
Combined Pattern Insight
Intellectual firepower amplifies all other patterns. wealth accumulates through long-term strategy rather than sudden gains. emotional depth is both strength and vulnerability.
Jim Mertz's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ketu | 10 Aug 1916 | 09 Sept 1918 | 2y 29d (balance) | |
| Venus | 09 Sept 1918 | 09 Sept 1938 | 20y | |
| Sun | 09 Sept 1938 | 08 Sept 1944 | 6y | |
| Moon | 08 Sept 1944 | 09 Sept 1954 | 10y | |
| Mars | 09 Sept 1954 | 08 Sept 1961 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 08 Sept 1961 | 09 Sept 1979 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 09 Sept 1979 | 09 Sept 1995 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 09 Sept 1995 | 09 Sept 2014 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 09 Sept 2014 | 09 Sept 2031 | 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 (Severe)Mars placement in sensitive houses (1/2/4/7/8/12), affects marriage and partnerships
Mars is placed in house 4 from Lagna, activating Manglik Dosha.
Remedies:
- Mangal Shanti Puja
- Hanuman Chalisa recitation
- Wearing red coral (after consultation)
Kala Sarpa Dosha
AbsentAll planets hemmed between Rahu-Ketu axis, creates karmic patterns and sudden life changes
Planets are distributed on both sides of the Rahu-Ketu axis — no Kala Sarpa Dosha.
Remedies:
Pitru Dosha
Present (Moderate)Ancestral karma indicators, Sun/Saturn affliction to 9th house or conjunction
Ancestral karma indicators detected — Sun-Saturn conjunction
Remedies:
- Pitru Paksha Shradh
- Narayan Bali Puja
- Feed crows on Saturdays
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 (Moderate)Saturn's 7.5 year transit over natal Moon, period of testing, discipline and transformation
Saturn is in 8th from Moon (Ashtama Shani) — period of transformation and delays.
⚠ Ashtama Shani active
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/Rahu Dasha
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Explore Jim Mertz’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 Mertz’s recorded birth data.
- Mercury-Mercury September 2014 to February 2017 (from age 98)
- Mercury-Ketu February 2017 to February 2018 (from age 100)
- Mercury-Venus February 2018 to December 2020 (from age 101)
- Mercury-Sun December 2020 to October 2021 (from age 104)
- Mercury-Moon October 2021 to March 2023 (from age 105)
- Mercury-Mars March 2023 to March 2024 (from age 106)
- Mercury-RahuCurrent March 2024 to September 2026 (from age 107)
- Mercury-Jupiter September 2026 to December 2028 (from age 110)
- Mercury-Saturn December 2028 to September 2031 (from age 112)
Why Jim Mertz's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Jim Mertz’s public standing with Gandanta Yoga through Moon (moon at Scorpio-Sagittarius junction, karmic knot requiring conscious processing). Moon is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 66 percent, giving mind, public connection, and emotional life unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Pisces under Jupiter frames the public career.
Dominant Yogas In Jim Mertz's Chart
Ranked by computed classical strength. Each is a specific planetary configuration in this birth chart, not a generic trait.
| Yoga | Planets | Strength | Why It Matters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gandanta YogaChallenge | Moon | strong (3/3) | Moon at Scorpio-Sagittarius junction, karmic knot requiring conscious processing. It works through Moon, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life. |
| Dhana Yoga (Jupiter)Wealth | Jupiter | moderate (2/3) | A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Jupiter, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune. |
| Shankha YogaProsperity | Venus + Mars | moderate (2/3) | A general prosperity formation across income and comfort. It works through Venus and Mars, so it touches relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy, and drive, competition, and decisive action. |
| Dhana Yoga (Jupiter aspect)Wealth | Jupiter → Moon | moderate (2/3) | A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. |
| Dama Yoga (Nabhash)Nabhash Yoga | Planets in 6 houses | moderate (2/3) | A whole-chart shape yoga read from the pattern of occupied signs. |
Wealth Signature
The 2nd And 11th Houses
Wealth in Jim Mertz’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Cancer, lord Moon) and the 11th house (Aries, lord Mars). Sun, Saturn and Ketu in the 2nd and Jupiter in the 11th give the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Moon is the best supported at 66 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through mind, public connection, and emotional life.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in Jim Mertz’s chart falls in Sagittarius under Jupiter, occupied by Moon. Venus, karaka of partnership, is friendly in Gemini in the 1st house at 66 percent strength. The Moon's 66 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Sun, Saturn and Ketu cluster in the 2nd house in Cancer, concentrating wealth, speech, and family holdings far beyond the average chart.
Jim Mertz'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 2 (1916 to 1918) | detachment, research, and inward turns |
| Venus Mahadasha | Age 2 to 22 (1918 to 1938) | relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy |
| Sun Mahadasha | Age 22 to 28 (1938 to 1944) | authority, visibility, and the father line |
| Moon Mahadasha | Age 28 to 38 (1944 to 1954) | mind, public connection, and emotional life |
| Mars Mahadasha | Age 38 to 45 (1954 to 1961) | drive, competition, and decisive action |
| Rahu Mahadasha | Age 45 to 63 (1961 to 1979) | ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises |
| Jupiter Mahadasha | Age 63 to 79 (1979 to 1995) | wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune |
| Saturn Mahadasha | Age 79 to 98 (1995 to 2014) | discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures |
| Mercury MahadashaCurrent | Age 98 to 115 (2014 to 2031) | intellect, commerce, and communication |
Planetary Dominance In Jim Mertz's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moon | 66% | weak |
| 2 | Venus | 66% | weak |
| 3 | Ketu | 60% | weak |
| 4 | Sun | 54% | very weak |
| 5 | Mars | 54% | very weak |
| 6 | Mercury | 53% | very weak |
| 7 | Saturn | 53% | very weak |
| 8 | Rahu | 50% | very weak |
| 9 | Jupiter | 49% | very weak |
Moon dominates the planetary hierarchy at 66 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with feeling and public resonance; the mind is the primary instrument.
Jupiter is the least supported at 49 percent, which means luck arrives less freely, so guidance and study must be sought out.
How Rare Is Jim Mertz's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 639 share Jim Mertz’s Mula Moon. The tighter pairing of a Cancer Sun with a Mula Moon appears in 56 of them, about 0.32 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Jim Mertz In Public View
The 10th lord Jupiter, friendly, placed in the 11th house carries Jim Mertz’s reputation from the terrain of gains, networks, and ambitions realised. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 4th of 9 planets by Shadbala at 54 percent. Rahu works from the 8th house, feeding ambition through upheaval, research, and other people’s resources rather than through direct publicity. The Moon, the public face, carries 66 percent strength from an angular house, which keeps the personality in open view.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Jim Mertz’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Pisces, ruled by Jupiter, which sits in the 11th house in Aries (friendly). No planet occupies the 10th house, so its lord carries the career signal alone. Moon, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 66 percent, sets the tone from elsewhere in the chart, and the career runs on mind, public connection, and emotional life.
The Chart's Voice
Moon is the strongest planet in Jim Mertz’s chart, carrying 66 percent of full Shadbala strength. In practice the chart leads with feeling and public resonance; the mind is the primary instrument.
Charts Like Jim Mertz's
Jim Mertz's Moon occupies Mula 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 Mula nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Mula.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for GeminiAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: GeminiRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 2nd house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Moon in the 7th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 3rd house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Venus in the 1st house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Mars in the 4th house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 11th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 2nd house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 8th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 2nd house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
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