John Cage
Born September 5, 1912 at 05:00 • Los Angeles, 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 | Leo | 1 | 19°55′ | moolatrikona |
| Moon | Gemini | 11 | 2°36′ | friendly |
| Mercury | Leo | 1 | 2°22′ | friendly |
| Venus | Virgo | 2 | 6°45′ | debilitated |
| Mars | Virgo | 2 | 9°11′ | enemy |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 4 | 14°37′ | friendly |
| Saturn | Taurus | 10 | 11°22′ | friendly |
| Rahu (R) | Pisces | 8 | 21°18′ | neutral |
| Ketu (R) | Virgo | 2 | 21°18′ | enemy |
John'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 Earth element drives you toward security, structure, and tangible results.
Your Mutable modality means your natural style is adapting - you flex, adjust, and see all perspectives.
Sun as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "Who am I?"
Who John Is
John, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Leo 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, Earth energy dominates your chart (36%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward security, structure, and tangible results. Your Mutable modality means adapting - you flex, adjust, and see all perspectives.
Sun (a functional benefic for Leo ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs core identity and life purpose, and in Leo (house 1), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward bold self-expression and direct action.
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 (Mrigashira, 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.
John's Inner World
How John Thinks
John's Drive & Purpose
How John Loves
John's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
John's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Moon in House 11 (friendly)
Moon operating from your 11th house in friendly 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.
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 were born knowing you're supposed to be seen. Not out of vanity, out of a deep sense that your life has a creative purpose. When you're invisible, something feels fundamentally wrong. Recognition isn't ego; it's oxygen.
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 radiate confidence and warmth. People are drawn to your energy. The gap: the internal pressure to always be 'on', to perform even when you're running on empty.
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 Leo (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
Your Venus in Virgo (Earth) and Mars in Virgo (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 Taurus (Earth) 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 analytical mind (Mercury in Leo, Fire) and your belief system (Jupiter in Scorpio, 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.
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.
Grounded thinking meets strategic networking. Practical intellect drives your success.
Alignment Alerts
Your bold, action-driven nature (Leo) needs to adapt to a steady, disciplined wealth strategy (Capricorn). Quick wins satisfy less than long-term building.
Channel your fire into consistent effort. Capricorn rewards persistence, not sprints.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Moon/Venus period, these lagnas are amplified because their lords are running:
Power Strategy: Fame, authority & public recognition
Public authority and recognition themes increase. Your Cancer power signature is being activated.
Fortune Channel: Prosperity flow & divine grace
Fortune Channel 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
15 Yogas detected · 13 beneficial · 2 shadow · 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, Venus, Jupiter periods.
Dharma-Karmadhipati Yoga
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)
Raja Yoga (Single Lord)
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)
Shankha Yoga
Intelligence & Influence
2Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Anapha Yoga
Budhaditya Yoga
Protection & Fortune
1Natural shields exist in your chart. Jupiter Protection provide a safety net during challenging periods.
Jupiter Protection
Structural Patterns
1Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Pasha (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Pasha Yoga (Nabhash)
Emotional Sensitivity
2Gandanta and Fortune fluctuation appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Gandanta Yoga
Sakata Yoga
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your wisdom capacity (Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)) is periodically distorted by Sakata Yoga. Expansion and obstruction alternate. Stay consistent regardless of the cycle.
Jupiter links Shankha Yoga with Sakata Yoga, creating tension between growth and limitation. Your natural optimism can be undermined during difficult sub-periods. The key: trust the larger arc even when the current chapter is challenging.
Through Jupiter, Jupiter Protection and Sakata Yoga interact. Your capacity for meaning-making is real, but it can also lead to over-promising or spiritual bypassing. Stay grounded in practical wisdom.
Your emotional strength (Mahabhagya Yoga) and emotional vulnerability (Sakata 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.
Your authority (Budhaditya Yoga) conflicts with Gandanta Yoga. Identity strength and identity suppression alternate. The key: consistent self-expression regardless of external validation.
The Sun connects Mahabhagya 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. 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.
John Cage's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | 05 Sept 1912 | 24 Oct 1914 | 2y 1m 17d (balance) | |
| Rahu | 24 Oct 1914 | 23 Oct 1932 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 23 Oct 1932 | 23 Oct 1948 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 23 Oct 1948 | 24 Oct 1967 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 24 Oct 1967 | 23 Oct 1984 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 23 Oct 1984 | 24 Oct 1991 | 7y | |
| Venus | 24 Oct 1991 | 24 Oct 2011 | 20y | |
| Sun | 24 Oct 2011 | 23 Oct 2017 | 6y | |
| Moon | 23 Oct 2017 | 24 Oct 2027 | 10y |
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 4 from Moon, activating Manglik Dosha.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ Mars conjunct Venus softens the dosha
- ✓ 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
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 rising phase of Sade Sati (12th 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 Moon/Venus Dasha
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Explore John Cage’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 John Cage’s recorded birth data.
- Moon-Moon October 2017 to August 2018 (from age 105)
- Moon-Mars August 2018 to March 2019 (from age 105)
- Moon-Rahu March 2019 to September 2020 (from age 106)
- Moon-Jupiter September 2020 to January 2022 (from age 108)
- Moon-Saturn January 2022 to August 2023 (from age 109)
- Moon-Mercury August 2023 to January 2025 (from age 110)
- Moon-Ketu January 2025 to August 2025 (from age 112)
- Moon-VenusCurrent August 2025 to April 2027 (from age 112)
- Moon-Sun April 2027 to October 2027 (from age 114)
Why John Cage's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs John Cage’s public standing with Raja Yoga through Mars+Venus. Rahu is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 64 percent, giving ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Taurus under Venus frames the public career, with Saturn placed there.
Dominant Yogas In John Cage'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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raja YogaPower & Status | Mars+Venus | strong (3/3) | 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. |
| Dharma-Karmadhipati YogaPower & Status | Mars + Venus | strong (3/3) | 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. |
| Gandanta YogaChallenge | Sun | strong (3/3) | Sun at Cancer-Leo junction, karmic knot requiring conscious processing. It works through Sun, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line. |
| Anapha YogaMoon Yoga | Saturn | moderate (2/3) | A lunar-support formation: planets flanking or joining the Moon steady the mind and its public expression. It works through Saturn, so it touches discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures. |
| Budhaditya YogaIntelligence | Sun + Mercury | moderate (2/3) | Sharpens analysis and problem solving. It works through Sun and Mercury, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line, and intellect, commerce, and communication. |
How Rare Is John Cage's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 622 share John Cage’s Mrigashira Moon. The tighter pairing of a Leo Sun with a Mrigashira Moon appears in 43 of them, about 0.25 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put John Cage In Public View
Public recognition in John Cage’s chart concentrates in the 10th house, where Saturn stands in Taurus. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 5th of 9 planets by Shadbala at 58 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 61 percent strength from the 11th house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In John Cage’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Taurus, ruled by Venus, which sits in the 2nd house in Virgo (debilitated). Saturn occupies the 10th house, bringing discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures directly into the public record. Rahu, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 64 percent, sets the tone from elsewhere in the chart, and the career runs on ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises.
The Chart's Voice
Rahu is the strongest planet in John Cage’s chart, carrying 64 percent of full Shadbala strength. In practice the chart leads with appetite; the native reaches past inherited limits, often abroad or in new fields.
Wealth Signature
The 2nd And 11th Houses
Wealth in John Cage’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Virgo, lord Mercury) and the 11th house (Gemini, lord Mercury). Venus, Mars and Ketu in the 2nd and Moon in the 11th give the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Mars is the best supported at 61 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 John Cage’s chart falls in Aquarius under Saturn, whose lord answers from the 10th house. Venus, karaka of partnership, is debilitated in Virgo in the 2nd house at 52 percent strength. The Moon's 61 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Venus is debilitated, a placement whose outcome depends on cancellation factors elsewhere in the chart.
Venus, Mars and Ketu cluster in the 2nd house in Virgo, concentrating wealth, speech, and family holdings far beyond the average chart.
John Cage'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.
- Mars MahadashaAge 0 to 2 (1912 to 1914)drive, competition, and decisive action
- Rahu MahadashaAge 2 to 20 (1914 to 1932)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
- Jupiter MahadashaAge 20 to 36 (1932 to 1948)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
- Saturn MahadashaAge 36 to 55 (1948 to 1967)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
- Mercury MahadashaAge 55 to 72 (1967 to 1984)intellect, commerce, and communication
- Ketu MahadashaAge 72 to 79 (1984 to 1991)detachment, research, and inward turns
- Venus MahadashaAge 79 to 99 (1991 to 2011)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
- Sun MahadashaAge 99 to 105 (2011 to 2017)authority, visibility, and the father line
- Moon MahadashaCurrentAge 105 to 115 (2017 to 2027)mind, public connection, and emotional life
Planetary Dominance In John Cage's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rahu | 64% | weak |
| 2 | Moon | 61% | weak |
| 3 | Mars | 61% | weak |
| 4 | Saturn | 60% | weak |
| 5 | Sun | 58% | very weak |
| 6 | Mercury | 57% | very weak |
| 7 | Ketu | 57% | very weak |
| 8 | Venus | 52% | very weak |
| 9 | Jupiter | 48% | very weak |
Rahu dominates the planetary hierarchy at 64 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with appetite; the native reaches past inherited limits, often abroad or in new fields.
Jupiter is the least supported at 48 percent, which means luck arrives less freely, so guidance and study must be sought out.
Charts Like John Cage's
John Cage's Moon occupies Mrigashira nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- Ewan McGregorMoon in Mrigashira, Taurus
- FagusMoon in Mrigashira, Gemini
- Faith BaldwinMoon in Mrigashira, Gemini
- Feike AsmaMoon in Mrigashira, Taurus
- Felix LasserreMoon in Mrigashira, Gemini
- Ferdinand BordewijkMoon in Mrigashira, Gemini
Read the full profile of Mrigashira nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Mrigashira.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for LeoAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: LeoRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 1st house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Moon in the 11th house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 1st house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Venus in the 2nd house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Mars in the 2nd house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 4th house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 10th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 8th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 2nd house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
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