John Irving
Born March 2, 1942 at 00:11 • Exeter, NH, United States
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 5 | 17°54′ | enemy |
| Moon | Leo | 11 | 7°32′ | friendly |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 4 | 21°25′ | neutral |
| Venus | Capricorn | 4 | 13°23′ | friendly |
| Mars | Taurus | 8 | 3°55′ | neutral |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 8 | 19°20′ | enemy |
| Saturn | Aries | 7 | 29°53′ | debilitated |
| Rahu (R) | Leo | 11 | 20°36′ | enemy |
| Ketu (R) | Aquarius | 5 | 20°36′ | 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 Fire element drives you toward action and self-expression.
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 Aquarius 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 Leo 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 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 Capricorn (house 4), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward practical mastery and tangible achievement.
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 (Magha, 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 Saturn in House 7 (debilitated)
Saturn operating from your 7th house in debilitated dignity creates a period centered on partnership transformation. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 7th house governs partnerships, marriage, business alliances, and open enemies.
Your marriage is this period's strongest channel, while travel needs the most attention. The energy Saturn brings from house 7 naturally flows toward marriage - consciously redirect some of it toward travel.
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.
You've always felt slightly different from the people around you, and you're right. Your identity doesn't fit conventional molds. You think in systems, futures, and collective patterns while most people think in personal timelines.
Emotions are big and they need an audience. Not because you're dramatic (though you can be), but because unexpressed feelings feel physically trapped. You need to be seen in your joy, your pain, and everything in between.
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.
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 Aquarius (Air) and Moon in Leo (Fire) 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 Capricorn (Earth) and Mars in Taurus (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 discipline is slow and structural (Aries), but your impulses are fast and impatient (Taurus). The part of you that builds long-term and the part that wants immediate results are in constant negotiation.
Your analytical mind vs your faith system
Your Mercury in Capricorn (Earth) and Jupiter in Taurus (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
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.
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.
Intuitive understanding meets material grounding. You build security through emotional intelligence.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Saturn/Mercury period, these lagnas are amplified because their lords are running:
Wealth Strategy: Financial identity & earning approach
Financial identity is amplified. Your Virgo earning style takes center stage.
Micro-Timing: Subtle timing & decision sensitivity
Micro-Timing themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to disciplined 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 · 12 beneficial · 4 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
5Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Mercury, Venus, Saturn periods.
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga (Single Lord)
Viparita Raja Yoga
Mahabhagya Yoga
Adhi Yoga
Wealth & Resources
2Wealth grows through strategic patience and wisdom and ethical growth. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter aspect)
Horasara Jupiter Dhana Drishti
Intelligence & Influence
3Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Gajakesari Yoga
Voshi Yoga
Guru-Mangala Yoga
Structural Patterns
2Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Pasha (Nabhash), Yava shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Pasha Yoga (Nabhash)
Yava Yoga
Emotional Sensitivity
4Emotional isolation and Gandanta and Desire distortion and Ashtama Mangala appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Kemadruma Yoga
Gandanta Yoga
Grahan Yoga (Moon-Rahu)
Ashtama Mangala
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your emotional strength (Gajakesari 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 Gajakesari Yoga and Grahan Yoga (Moon-Rahu) 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 (Grahan Yoga (Moon-Rahu)) 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 drive (Guru-Mangala Yoga) can amplify the intensity of Ashtama Mangala. The courage that fuels success can also fuel reactive patterns. Channel Mars energy before it channels you.
Gajakesari Yoga gives you emotional resilience, but Gandanta 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.
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.
John Irving's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ketu | 02 Mar 1942 | 15 Mar 1945 | 3y 13d (balance) | |
| Venus | 15 Mar 1945 | 15 Mar 1965 | 20y | |
| Sun | 15 Mar 1965 | 15 Mar 1971 | 6y | |
| Moon | 15 Mar 1971 | 15 Mar 1981 | 10y | |
| Mars | 15 Mar 1981 | 15 Mar 1988 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 15 Mar 1988 | 15 Mar 2006 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 15 Mar 2006 | 15 Mar 2022 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 15 Mar 2022 | 15 Mar 2041 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 15 Mar 2041 | 15 Mar 2058 | 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 (Moderate)Mars placement in sensitive houses (1/2/4/7/8/12), affects marriage and partnerships
Mars is placed in house 8 from Lagna, activating Manglik Dosha.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ Jupiter conjunct Mars mitigates the 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
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.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ Moon in kendra from Jupiter cancels Kemdrum
Remedies:
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/Mercury Dasha
Compare Your Chart With John Irving’s
Today's Sky Over John Irving’s Chart
Explore John Irving’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 Irving’s recorded birth data.
- Saturn-Saturn March 2022 to March 2025 (from age 80)
- Saturn-MercuryCurrent March 2025 to November 2027 (from age 83)
- Saturn-Ketu November 2027 to January 2029 (from age 85)
- Saturn-Venus January 2029 to March 2032 (from age 86)
- Saturn-Sun March 2032 to February 2033 (from age 90)
- Saturn-Moon February 2033 to September 2034 (from age 90)
- Saturn-Mars September 2034 to October 2035 (from age 92)
- Saturn-Rahu October 2035 to September 2038 (from age 93)
- Saturn-Jupiter September 2038 to March 2041 (from age 96)
Why John Irving's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs John Irving’s public standing with Raja Yoga through Mercury+Venus. 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.
Dominant Yogas In John Irving'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 | Mercury+Venus | strong (3/3) | A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mercury and Venus, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy. |
| Gandanta YogaChallenge | Moon | strong (3/3) | Moon at Cancer-Leo junction, karmic knot requiring conscious processing. It works through Moon, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life. |
| Kemadruma YogaChallenge | Moon | moderate (2/3) | 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. |
| Adhi YogaPower & Status | Mercury + Venus | moderate (2/3) | A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mercury and Venus, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy. |
| Raja Yoga (Single Lord)Power & Status | Saturn | moderate (2/3) | A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Saturn, so it touches discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures. |
Planetary Dominance In John Irving's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venus | 72% | weak |
| 2 | Mars | 70% | weak |
| 3 | Saturn | 66% | weak |
| 4 | Ketu | 61% | weak |
| 5 | Rahu | 59% | very weak |
| 6 | Moon | 58% | very weak |
| 7 | Sun | 57% | very weak |
| 8 | Jupiter | 49% | very weak |
| 9 | Mercury | 42% | 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 42 percent, which means detail work and negotiation reward extra preparation.
How Rare Is John Irving's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 606 share John Irving’s Magha Moon. The tighter pairing of an Aquarius Sun with a Magha Moon appears in 52 of them, about 0.30 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put John Irving In Public View
The 10th lord Moon, friendly, placed in the 11th house carries John Irving’s reputation from the terrain of gains, networks, and ambitions realised. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 7th of 9 planets by Shadbala at 57 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 58 percent strength from the 11th house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In John Irving’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Cancer, ruled by Moon, which sits in the 11th house in Leo (friendly). No planet occupies the 10th house, so its lord carries the career signal alone. 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 Irving’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 Irving’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Scorpio, lord Mars) and the 11th house (Leo, lord Sun). Moon and Rahu in the 11th give the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Mars is the best supported at 70 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 Irving’s chart falls in Aries under Mars, occupied by Saturn. Venus, karaka of partnership, is friendly in Capricorn in the 4th house at 72 percent strength. The Moon's 58 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Saturn is debilitated, a placement whose outcome depends on cancellation factors elsewhere in the chart.
John Irving'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.
- Ketu MahadashaAge 0 to 3 (1942 to 1945)detachment, research, and inward turns
- Venus MahadashaAge 3 to 23 (1945 to 1965)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
- Sun MahadashaAge 23 to 29 (1965 to 1971)authority, visibility, and the father line
- Moon MahadashaAge 29 to 39 (1971 to 1981)mind, public connection, and emotional life
- Mars MahadashaAge 39 to 46 (1981 to 1988)drive, competition, and decisive action
- Rahu MahadashaAge 46 to 64 (1988 to 2006)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
- Jupiter MahadashaAge 64 to 80 (2006 to 2022)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
- Saturn MahadashaCurrentAge 80 to 99 (2022 to 2041)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
- Mercury MahadashaAge 99 to 116 (2041 to 2058)intellect, commerce, and communication
Charts Like John Irving's
John Irving's Moon occupies Magha nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- Albert SpeerMoon in Magha, Leo
- Alberto CastagnaMoon in Magha, Leo
- Alberto ContadorMoon in Magha, Leo
- Alberto GalassiMoon in Magha, Leo
- Alberto MoraviaMoon in Magha, Leo
- Alberto RabagliatiMoon in Magha, Leo
Read the full profile of Magha nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Magha.
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 5th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
- Moon in the 11th house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 4th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
- Venus in the 4th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
- Mars in the 8th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 8th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 7th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 11th house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 5th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
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