John Hodgman
Born June 3, 1971 at 17:56 • Cambridge, MA, United States
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 8 | 19°12′ | enemy |
| Moon | Virgo | 12 | 20°38′ | friendly |
| Mercury | Taurus | 8 | 0°29′ | friendly |
| Venus | Aries | 7 | 26°22′ | neutral |
| Mars | Capricorn | 4 | 20°43′ | exalted |
| Jupiter (R) | Scorpio | 2 | 6°41′ | friendly |
| Saturn ☄ | Taurus | 8 | 4°42′ | friendly |
| Rahu (R) | Capricorn | 4 | 24°21′ | friendly |
| Ketu (R) | Cancer | 10 | 24°21′ | neutral |
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 Fixed modality means your natural style is sustaining - you build, persist, and deepen what exists.
Venus as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What do I love and how do I love?"
Who John Is
John, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Taurus 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, Earth energy dominates your chart (73%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward security, structure, and tangible results. Your Fixed modality means sustaining - you build, persist, and deepen what exists.
Venus (a neutral influence for Libra ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs love language, aesthetics, and values, and in Aries (house 7), 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 (Hasta, Pada 4) 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 Saturn in House 8 (friendly)
Saturn operating from your 8th house in friendly dignity creates a period centered on deep restructuring. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 8th house governs transformation, hidden resources, death/rebirth cycles, and research.
Your spiritual growth is this period's strongest channel, while public image needs the most attention. The energy Saturn brings from house 8 naturally flows toward spiritual growth - consciously redirect some of it toward public image.
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.
Your sense of self is anchored in what's solid and real. You know who you are, and that hasn't changed much since childhood. Security, consistency, and tangible results define you. Change doesn't scare you, but pointless change does.
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.
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
You desire stability in relationships (Aries) but pursue love through boldness and impatience (Capricorn). The thing you want requires patience; your approach demands speed.
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 Taurus (Earth) 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
You desire stability in relationships (Aries) but pursue love through boldness and impatience (Capricorn). The thing you want requires patience; your approach demands speed.
What holds you back vs what pushes you forward
Your Saturn in Taurus (Earth) 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 Mercury in Taurus (Earth) and Jupiter in Scorpio (Water) 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.
Practical Evaluator, you decide based on tangible outcomes, track records, and material evidence. Slow but reliable. You rarely regret decisions because you rarely make impulsive ones.
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.
Emotional intuition fuels visible action. Your feelings drive your achievements.
Alignment Alerts
Your core self and public power operate from the same element (Air). This creates natural coherence, who you are and how you're seen align effortlessly.
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
14 Yogas detected · 13 beneficial · 1 shadow · 5 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 Mercury, Saturn, Mars periods.
Raja Yoga
Ruchaka Yoga
Raja Yoga (Single Lord)
Viparita Raja Yoga
Wealth & Resources
3Wealth grows through strategic patience and long-term discipline and alliances. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga (Fortune)
Dhana Yoga (Fortune)
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter)
Intelligence & Influence
4Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Voshi Yoga
Surya-Budha Yoga
Surya-Shani Yoga
Budha-Shani Yoga
Protection & Fortune
1Natural shields exist in your chart. Shubha Kartari provide a safety net during challenging periods.
Shubha Kartari Yoga
Structural Patterns
1Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Pasha (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Pasha Yoga (Nabhash)
Emotional Sensitivity
1Emotional isolation appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Kemadruma Yoga
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
🔗 Reinforcing Patterns
Raja Yoga and Raja Yoga (Single Lord) both flow through Saturn, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Raja Yoga and Dhana Yoga (Fortune) both flow through Saturn, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Raja Yoga and Dhana Yoga (Fortune) both flow through Mercury, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Raja Yoga and Viparita Raja Yoga both flow through Mercury, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Raja Yoga (Single Lord) and Dhana Yoga (Fortune) both flow through Saturn, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Dhana Yoga (Fortune) and Dhana Yoga (Fortune) 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. wealth accumulates through long-term strategy rather than sudden gains. emotional depth is both strength and vulnerability. your yogas reinforce each other more than they conflict, cumulative power grows over time. natural protection mechanisms cushion the challenging periods.
John Hodgman's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moon | 03 Jun 1971 | 08 Jun 1973 | 2y 4d (balance) | |
| Mars | 08 Jun 1973 | 08 Jun 1980 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 08 Jun 1980 | 08 Jun 1998 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 08 Jun 1998 | 08 Jun 2014 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 08 Jun 2014 | 08 Jun 2033 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 08 Jun 2033 | 08 Jun 2050 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 08 Jun 2050 | 08 Jun 2057 | 7y | |
| Venus | 08 Jun 2057 | 08 Jun 2077 | 20y | |
| Sun | 08 Jun 2077 | 08 Jun 2083 | 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 4 from Lagna, activating Manglik Dosha.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ Mars is exalted — reduces negative effects
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)
AbsentSaturn's 7.5 year transit over natal Moon, period of testing, discipline and transformation
No major Saturn affliction to Moon sign detected.
Remedies:
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 Saturn/Moon Dasha
Compare Your Chart With John Hodgman’s
Today's Sky Over John Hodgman’s Chart
Explore John Hodgman’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 Hodgman’s recorded birth data.
- Saturn-Saturn June 2014 to June 2017 (from age 43)
- Saturn-Mercury June 2017 to February 2020 (from age 46)
- Saturn-Ketu February 2020 to March 2021 (from age 48)
- Saturn-Venus March 2021 to May 2024 (from age 49)
- Saturn-Sun May 2024 to May 2025 (from age 52)
- Saturn-MoonCurrent May 2025 to December 2026 (from age 53)
- Saturn-Mars December 2026 to January 2028 (from age 55)
- Saturn-Rahu January 2028 to November 2030 (from age 56)
- Saturn-Jupiter November 2030 to June 2033 (from age 59)
Why John Hodgman's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs John Hodgman’s public standing with Ruchaka Yoga through Mars. Venus is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 72 percent, giving relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Cancer under Moon frames the public career, with Ketu placed there.
Dominant Yogas In John Hodgman'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: Mercury+Saturn
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mercury and Saturn, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication, and discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures.
- Dhana Yoga (Fortune)strong (3/3)Planets: Saturn+Sun
A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Saturn and Sun, so it touches discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures, and authority, visibility, and the father line.
- Dhana Yoga (Fortune)strong (3/3)Planets: Mercury+Sun
A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Mercury and Sun, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication, and authority, visibility, and the father line.
- 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.
John Hodgman'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.
- Moon MahadashaAge 0 to 2 (1971 to 1973)mind, public connection, and emotional life
- Mars MahadashaAge 2 to 9 (1973 to 1980)drive, competition, and decisive action
- Rahu MahadashaAge 9 to 27 (1980 to 1998)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
- Jupiter MahadashaAge 27 to 43 (1998 to 2014)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
- Saturn MahadashaCurrentAge 43 to 62 (2014 to 2033)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
- Mercury MahadashaAge 62 to 79 (2033 to 2050)intellect, commerce, and communication
- Ketu MahadashaAge 79 to 86 (2050 to 2057)detachment, research, and inward turns
- Venus MahadashaAge 86 to 106 (2057 to 2077)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
- Sun MahadashaAge 106 to 112 (2077 to 2083)authority, visibility, and the father line
Planetary Dominance In John Hodgman's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venus | 72% | weak |
| 2 | Jupiter | 69% | weak |
| 3 | Sun | 68% | weak |
| 4 | Mars | 59% | very weak |
| 5 | Saturn | 52% | very weak |
| 6 | Moon | 48% | very weak |
| 7 | Rahu | 46% | very weak |
| 8 | Ketu | 43% | very weak |
| 9 | Mercury | 39% | very weak |
Venus dominates the planetary hierarchy at 72 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with taste and relationship; charm and aesthetics open the important doors.
Mercury is the least supported at 39 percent, which means detail work and negotiation reward extra preparation.
How Rare Is John Hodgman's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 664 share John Hodgman’s Hasta Moon. The tighter pairing of a Taurus Sun with a Hasta Moon appears in 55 of them, about 0.32 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put John Hodgman In Public View
Public recognition in John Hodgman’s chart concentrates in the 10th house, where Ketu stands in Cancer. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 3rd of 9 planets by Shadbala at 68 percent. Rahu works from the 4th house, feeding ambition through home, roots, and inner ground rather than through direct publicity. The Moon, the public face, carries 48 percent strength from the 12th house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In John Hodgman’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Cancer, ruled by Moon, which sits in the 12th house in Virgo (friendly). Ketu occupies the 10th house, bringing detachment, research, and inward turns directly into the public record. Venus, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 72 percent, sets the tone from elsewhere in the chart, and the career runs on relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
The Chart's Voice
Venus is the strongest planet in John Hodgman’s chart, carrying 72 percent of full Shadbala strength. In practice the chart leads with taste and relationship; charm and aesthetics open the important doors.
Wealth Signature
The 2nd And 11th Houses
Wealth in John Hodgman’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Scorpio, lord Mars) and the 11th house (Leo, lord Sun). Jupiter in the 2nd gives the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Jupiter is the best supported at 69 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 Hodgman’s chart falls in Aries under Mars, occupied by Venus. Venus, karaka of partnership, sits in Aries in the 7th house at 72 percent strength. The Moon's 48 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Mars stands exalted, operating at full classical strength.
Sun, Mercury and Saturn cluster in the 8th house in Taurus, concentrating upheaval, research, and other people’s resources far beyond the average chart.
Mars qualifies for Ruchaka Yoga: exalted in the 4th house, one of the five Mahapurusha marks of an exceptional nativity.
Charts Like John Hodgman's
John Hodgman's Moon occupies Hasta nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- Gian Maria VolontéMoon in Hasta, Virgo
- Giancarlo CitoMoon in Hasta, Virgo
- Gianni ToppanMoon in Hasta, Virgo
- Gilbert UssinMoon in Hasta, Virgo
- Ginger ChalfordMoon in Hasta, Virgo
- Giorgio AlbaniMoon 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 LibraAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: LibraRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 8th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
- Moon in the 12th house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 8th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
- Venus in the 7th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
- Mars in the 4th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 2nd house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 8th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 4th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 10th house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
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