John Derek
Born August 12, 1926 at 13:19 • 118 W 18, 34 N 6
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Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 9 | 26°32′ | friendly |
| Moon | Virgo | 11 | 13°33′ | friendly |
| Mercury (R) ☄ | Cancer | 9 | 17°51′ | enemy |
| Venus | Cancer | 9 | 0°44′ | enemy |
| Mars | Aries | 6 | 13°12′ | moolatrikona |
| Jupiter (R) | Capricorn | 3 | 29°46′ | debilitated |
| Saturn | Libra | 12 | 26°53′ | exalted |
| Rahu (R) | Gemini | 8 | 21°36′ | friendly |
| Ketu (R) | Sagittarius | 2 | 21°36′ | friendly |
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 Water element drives you toward emotional depth, intuition, and empathy.
Your Cardinal modality means your natural style is initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
Saturn as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What do I fear, and what must I master?"
Who John Is
John, 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 Virgo 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 (36%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward emotional depth, intuition, and empathy. Your Cardinal modality means initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
Saturn (a challenging influence for Scorpio ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs fears, discipline, and hard-won mastery, and in Libra (house 12), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward intellectual exploration and social connection. Interestingly, while Saturn dominates your chart by strength, it functions as a challenging maraka planet for Scorpio 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 (Hasta, Pada 2) 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 Venus in House 9 (enemy)
Venus 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 travel is this period's strongest channel, while mental health needs the most attention. The energy Venus brings from house 9 naturally flows toward travel - 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.
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 regulate emotions through analysis and control. When a feeling arrives, you instinctively organize it, categorize it, assess whether it's 'reasonable,' then decide whether to express it. Spontaneous emotional expression feels risky.
You come across as intense, private, and hard to read. People sense depth but can't access it without permission. This creates mystique, but also isolation when you want connection but can't drop the guard.
Internal Conflicts Detected
What you want in love (Cancer: emotional depth, security) and how you pursue it (Aries: 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 Cancer (Water) and Moon in Virgo (Earth) 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 (Cancer: emotional depth, security) and how you pursue it (Aries: impulsively, intensely) are mismatched. You chase tenderness with fire.
What holds you back vs what pushes you forward
Your Saturn in Libra (Air) and Mars in Aries (Fire) 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 Cancer (Water) and Jupiter in Capricorn (Earth) 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
Contain-and-Process, you hold emotions inside and process them through practical action. Feelings integrate slowly but thoroughly. The risk: suppression disguised as composure.
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.
Bold vision combined with practical execution. You dream big and build methodically.
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 · 12 beneficial · 1 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
6Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Mars, Saturn, Jupiter periods.
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)
Mahabhagya Yoga
Exalted Planet Yoga
Horasara Dharma-Karma Yoga
Wealth & Resources
1Wealth grows through strategic patience and strategic positioning and partnerships. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter aspect)
Intelligence & Influence
4Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Sunapha Yoga
Surya-Budha Yoga
Surya-Shukra Yoga
Budha-Shukra Yoga
Structural Patterns
1Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Pasha (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Pasha Yoga (Nabhash)
Emotional Sensitivity
1Papa Kartari appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Papa Kartari Yoga
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
🔗 Reinforcing Patterns
Sunapha Yoga and Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect) both flow through Saturn, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect) and Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect) both flow through Jupiter, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect) and Mahabhagya Yoga both flow through Sun, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Combined Pattern Insight
Strong elevation potential supported by multiple structural pillars. intellectual firepower amplifies all other patterns. emotional depth is both strength and vulnerability. your yogas reinforce each other more than they conflict, cumulative power grows over time.
John Derek's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moon | 12 Aug 1926 | 11 Dec 1933 | 7y 3m 30d (balance) | |
| Mars | 11 Dec 1933 | 11 Dec 1940 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 11 Dec 1940 | 12 Dec 1958 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 12 Dec 1958 | 12 Dec 1974 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 12 Dec 1974 | 11 Dec 1993 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 11 Dec 1993 | 12 Dec 2010 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 12 Dec 2010 | 11 Dec 2017 | 7y | |
| Venus | 11 Dec 2017 | 11 Dec 2037 | 20y | |
| Sun | 11 Dec 2037 | 12 Dec 2043 | 6y |
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 6 from Lagna and house 8 from Moon, activating Manglik Dosha.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ Mars is moolatrikona — 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
5/7 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 Venus/Rahu Dasha
Compare Your Chart With John Derek’s
Today's Sky Over John Derek’s Chart
Explore John Derek’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 Derek’s recorded birth data.
- Venus-Venus December 2017 to April 2021 (from age 91)
- Venus-Sun April 2021 to April 2022 (from age 94)
- Venus-Moon April 2022 to December 2023 (from age 95)
- Venus-Mars December 2023 to February 2025 (from age 97)
- Venus-RahuCurrent February 2025 to February 2028 (from age 98)
- Venus-Jupiter February 2028 to October 2030 (from age 101)
- Venus-Saturn October 2030 to December 2033 (from age 104)
- Venus-Mercury December 2033 to October 2036 (from age 107)
- Venus-Ketu October 2036 to December 2037 (from age 110)
Why John Derek's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs John Derek’s public standing with Sunapha Yoga through Saturn. Jupiter is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 63 percent, giving wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Leo under Sun frames the public career.
How Rare Is John Derek's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 664 share John Derek’s Hasta Moon. The tighter pairing of a Cancer Sun with a Hasta Moon appears in 53 of them, about 0.31 percent.
Wealth Signature
The 2nd And 11th Houses
Wealth in John Derek’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Sagittarius, lord Jupiter) and the 11th house (Virgo, lord Mercury). Ketu in the 2nd and Moon in the 11th give the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Jupiter is the best supported at 63 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in John Derek’s chart falls in Taurus under Venus, whose lord answers from the 9th house. Venus, karaka of partnership, is enemy in Cancer in the 9th house at 52 percent strength. The Moon's 54 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Saturn stands exalted, operating at full classical strength.
Jupiter is debilitated, a placement whose outcome depends on cancellation factors elsewhere in the chart.
Sun, Mercury and Venus cluster in the 9th house in Cancer, concentrating fortune, teachers, and dharma far beyond the average chart.
John Derek'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 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon Mahadasha | Age 0 to 7 (1926 to 1933) | mind, public connection, and emotional life |
| Mars Mahadasha | Age 7 to 14 (1933 to 1940) | drive, competition, and decisive action |
| Rahu Mahadasha | Age 14 to 32 (1940 to 1958) | ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises |
| Jupiter Mahadasha | Age 32 to 48 (1958 to 1974) | wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune |
| Saturn Mahadasha | Age 48 to 67 (1974 to 1993) | discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures |
| Mercury Mahadasha | Age 67 to 84 (1993 to 2010) | intellect, commerce, and communication |
| Ketu Mahadasha | Age 84 to 91 (2010 to 2017) | detachment, research, and inward turns |
| Venus MahadashaCurrent | Age 91 to 111 (2017 to 2037) | relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy |
| Sun Mahadasha | Age 111 to 117 (2037 to 2043) | authority, visibility, and the father line |
Planetary Dominance In John Derek's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jupiter | 63% | weak |
| 2 | Mars | 62% | weak |
| 3 | Saturn | 59% | very weak |
| 4 | Sun | 58% | very weak |
| 5 | Moon | 54% | very weak |
| 6 | Venus | 52% | very weak |
| 7 | Rahu | 52% | very weak |
| 8 | Ketu | 52% | very weak |
| 9 | Mercury | 48% | very weak |
Jupiter dominates the planetary hierarchy at 63 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with judgement and breadth; growth comes through teaching, counsel, and faith.
Mercury is the least supported at 48 percent, which means detail work and negotiation reward extra preparation.
Dominant Yogas In John Derek's Chart
Ranked by computed classical strength. Each is a specific planetary configuration in this birth chart, not a generic trait.
- Sunapha Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Saturn
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.
- Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)moderate (2/3)Planets: Mars+Saturn
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mars and Saturn, so it touches drive, competition, and decisive action, and discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures.
- Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)moderate (2/3)Planets: Jupiter+Venus
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Jupiter and Venus, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
- Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)moderate (2/3)Planets: Jupiter+Sun
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Jupiter and Sun, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and authority, visibility, and the father line.
- Papa Kartari Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Malefics flanking Lagna
A friction point the texts flag, usually with stated conditions and remedies.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put John Derek In Public View
The 10th lord Sun, friendly, placed in the 9th house carries John Derek’s reputation from the terrain of fortune, teachers, and dharma. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 4th 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 54 percent strength from the 11th house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In John Derek’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Leo, ruled by Sun, which sits in the 9th house in Cancer (friendly). No planet occupies the 10th house, so its lord carries the career signal alone. Jupiter, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 63 percent, sets the tone from elsewhere in the chart, and the career runs on wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune.
The Chart's Voice
Jupiter is the strongest planet in John Derek’s chart, carrying 63 percent of full Shadbala strength. In practice the chart leads with judgement and breadth; growth comes through teaching, counsel, and faith.
Charts Like John Derek's
John Derek's Moon occupies Hasta nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- Alfredo FoniMoon in Hasta, Virgo
- Alfried Von KruppMoon in Hasta, Virgo
- Allan KardecMoon in Hasta, Virgo
- Alois AlzheimerMoon in Hasta, Virgo
- Alphonse DaudetMoon in Hasta, Virgo
- Amrinder GillMoon in Hasta, Virgo
Read the full profile of Hasta nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Hasta.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for ScorpioAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: ScorpioRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 9th house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
- Moon in the 11th house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 9th house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
- Venus in the 9th house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
- Mars in the 6th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 3rd house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 12th house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 8th house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 2nd house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
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