John N. McLaughlin
Born September 21, 1918 at 17:10 • Charleston, SC, United States
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 9 | 5°20′ | neutral |
| Moon | Pisces | 3 | 24°29′ | neutral |
| Mercury | Leo | 8 | 18°13′ | friendly |
| Venus | Leo | 8 | 19°12′ | enemy |
| Mars | Scorpio | 11 | 0°43′ | own |
| Jupiter | Gemini | 6 | 20°16′ | enemy |
| Saturn | Leo | 8 | 0°26′ | enemy |
| Rahu (R) | Scorpio | 11 | 24°20′ | enemy |
| Ketu (R) | Taurus | 5 | 24°20′ | 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 Water element drives you toward emotional depth, intuition, and empathy.
Your Fixed modality means your natural style is sustaining - you build, persist, and deepen what exists.
Mars as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What am I willing to fight for?"
Who John Is
John, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Virgo 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 Pisces 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 Fixed modality means sustaining - you build, persist, and deepen what exists.
Mars (a functional malefic for Capricorn ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs drive, anger, and how you fight for what matters, and in Scorpio (house 11), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward emotional depth and intuitive knowing. Interestingly, while Mars dominates your chart by strength, it functions as a functional malefic for Capricorn 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 (Revati, 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 8 (enemy)
Saturn operating from your 8th house in enemy 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.
Your mental state is affecting your career capacity more than you realize. Stabilizing your emotional foundation will unlock professional potential that currently feels stuck.
There's a classic spiritual-material tension operating. Material restriction is creating space for inner growth - this isn't punishment, it's redirection.
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 identify through competence. Your self-worth is built on being useful, precise, and correct. The internal standard you hold yourself to is impossibly high, and you've never met anyone who criticizes you harder than you criticize yourself.
Your emotional boundaries barely exist. You feel what everyone around you feels, and sorting out 'my feelings' from 'their feelings' is a lifelong project. Your empathy is a superpower and a vulnerability, and you've probably been told you're 'too sensitive' your whole life.
You project authority and seriousness. People respect you before they warm to you. The internal experience is different: you feel the weight of every responsibility, and sometimes wish someone would take care of you for once.
Internal Conflicts Detected
What you want in love (Leo: emotional depth, security) and how you pursue it (Scorpio: 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 Virgo (Earth) and Moon in Pisces (Water) 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 (Leo: emotional depth, security) and how you pursue it (Scorpio: impulsively, intensely) are mismatched. You chase tenderness with fire.
What holds you back vs what pushes you forward
Your discipline (Leo) operates through emotion and intuition, but your impulses (Scorpio) are fiery and aggressive. You restrain yourself through guilt rather than logic.
Your analytical mind vs your faith system
Your Mercury in Leo (Fire) and Jupiter in Gemini (Air) 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
Absorb-and-Flow, emotions move through you in waves. You feel everything deeply and sometimes you feel what isn't even yours. Processing is intuitive, not logical. The risk: flooding.
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.
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.
Material stability anchored in emotional wisdom. You build from a place of security.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Saturn/Jupiter 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 disciplined energy.
Power Strategy: Fame, authority & public recognition
Public authority and recognition themes increase. Your Pisces power signature is being activated.
Fortune Channel: Prosperity flow & divine grace
Fortune Channel 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
19 Yogas detected · 16 beneficial · 3 shadow · 9 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
8Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Mercury, Venus, Saturn periods.
Dharma-Karmadhipati Yoga
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga (Single Lord)
Viparita Raja Yoga
Mahabhagya Yoga
Adhi 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)
Horasara Jupiter Dhana Drishti
Intelligence & Influence
4Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Gajakesari Yoga
Voshi Yoga
Budha-Shani Yoga
Shukra-Shani Yoga
Structural Patterns
1Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Pasha (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Pasha Yoga (Nabhash)
Emotional Sensitivity
3Emotional isolation and Dainya Parivartana and Lagna Arishta appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Kemadruma Yoga
Dainya Parivartana Yoga
Lagna Arishta
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.
Your discipline (Raja Yoga) intensifies challenges from Lagna Arishta. The same planet that gives you endurance also extends difficult periods. Patience is structural, not optional.
Saturn connects Raja Yoga and Lagna Arishta, making you both persistent and prone to heaviness. Your greatest strength, endurance, can become your trap when applied to situations that require release rather than effort.
Dhana Yoga (Fortune) and Lagna Arishta share Saturn's influence. You build slowly and permanently, but the same rigidity that creates success can resist necessary change. Learn when to hold firm and when to let go.
Your discipline (Dhana Yoga (Fortune)) intensifies challenges from Lagna Arishta. The same planet that gives you endurance also extends difficult periods. Patience is structural, not optional.
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 N. McLaughlin's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 21 Sept 1918 | 01 Oct 1925 | 7y 9d (balance) | |
| Ketu | 01 Oct 1925 | 01 Oct 1932 | 7y | |
| Venus | 01 Oct 1932 | 01 Oct 1952 | 20y | |
| Sun | 01 Oct 1952 | 01 Oct 1958 | 6y | |
| Moon | 01 Oct 1958 | 01 Oct 1968 | 10y | |
| Mars | 01 Oct 1968 | 02 Oct 1975 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 02 Oct 1975 | 01 Oct 1993 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 01 Oct 1993 | 01 Oct 2009 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 01 Oct 2009 | 01 Oct 2028 | 19y |
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 11 from Lagna, activating Manglik Dosha.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ Mars is own — 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
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.
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/Jupiter Dasha
Compare Your Chart With John N. McLaughlin’s
Today's Sky Over John N. McLaughlin’s Chart
Explore John N. McLaughlin’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 N. McLaughlin’s recorded birth data.
- Saturn-Saturn October 2009 to October 2012 (from age 91)
- Saturn-Mercury October 2012 to June 2015 (from age 94)
- Saturn-Ketu June 2015 to July 2016 (from age 96)
- Saturn-Venus July 2016 to September 2019 (from age 97)
- Saturn-Sun September 2019 to September 2020 (from age 101)
- Saturn-Moon September 2020 to April 2022 (from age 101)
- Saturn-Mars April 2022 to May 2023 (from age 103)
- Saturn-Rahu May 2023 to March 2026 (from age 104)
- Saturn-JupiterCurrent March 2026 to October 2028 (from age 107)
Why John N. McLaughlin's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs John N. McLaughlin’s public standing with Raja Yoga through Saturn+Venus. Mars is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 80 percent, giving drive, competition, and decisive action unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Libra under Venus frames the public career.
Planetary Dominance In John N. McLaughlin's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mars | 80% | moderate |
| 2 | Moon | 67% | weak |
| 3 | Sun | 65% | weak |
| 4 | Rahu | 65% | weak |
| 5 | Saturn | 64% | weak |
| 6 | Ketu | 54% | very weak |
| 7 | Jupiter | 51% | very weak |
| 8 | Venus | 50% | very weak |
| 9 | Mercury | 41% | very weak |
Mars dominates the planetary hierarchy at 80 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with force and initiative; contests and physical daring reward the native.
Mercury is the least supported at 41 percent, which means detail work and negotiation reward extra preparation.
Dominant Yogas In John N. McLaughlin'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 | Saturn+Venus | strong (3/3) | A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Saturn and Venus, so it touches discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy. |
| Raja YogaPower & Status | Mercury+Saturn | strong (3/3) | 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. |
| 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. |
| Dharma-Karmadhipati 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. |
| Dhana Yoga (Fortune)Wealth | Saturn+Venus | strong (3/3) | A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Saturn and Venus, so it touches discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy. |
How Rare Is John N. McLaughlin's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 631 share John N. McLaughlin’s Revati Moon. The tighter pairing of a Virgo Sun with a Revati Moon appears in 46 of them, about 0.26 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put John N. McLaughlin In Public View
The 10th lord Venus, enemy, placed in the 8th house carries John N. McLaughlin’s reputation from the terrain of upheaval, research, and other people’s resources. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 3rd of 9 planets by Shadbala at 65 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 67 percent strength from the 3rd house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In John N. McLaughlin’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Libra, ruled by Venus, which sits in the 8th house in Leo (enemy). No planet occupies the 10th house, so its lord carries the career signal alone. Mars, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 80 percent, sets the tone from elsewhere in the chart, and the career runs on drive, competition, and decisive action.
The Chart's Voice
Mars is the strongest planet in John N. McLaughlin’s chart, carrying 80 percent of full Shadbala strength. In practice the chart leads with force and initiative; contests and physical daring reward the native.
Wealth Signature
The 2nd And 11th Houses
Wealth in John N. McLaughlin’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Aquarius, lord Saturn) and the 11th house (Scorpio, lord Mars). Mars and Rahu in the 11th give the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Mars is the best supported at 80 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 N. McLaughlin’s chart falls in Cancer under Moon, whose lord answers from the 3rd house. Venus, karaka of partnership, is enemy in Leo in the 8th house at 50 percent strength. The Moon's 67 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Mercury, Venus and Saturn cluster in the 8th house in Leo, concentrating upheaval, research, and other people’s resources far beyond the average chart.
John N. McLaughlin'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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury Mahadasha | Age 0 to 7 (1918 to 1925) | intellect, commerce, and communication |
| Ketu Mahadasha | Age 7 to 14 (1925 to 1932) | detachment, research, and inward turns |
| Venus Mahadasha | Age 14 to 34 (1932 to 1952) | relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy |
| Sun Mahadasha | Age 34 to 40 (1952 to 1958) | authority, visibility, and the father line |
| Moon Mahadasha | Age 40 to 50 (1958 to 1968) | mind, public connection, and emotional life |
| Mars Mahadasha | Age 50 to 57 (1968 to 1975) | drive, competition, and decisive action |
| Rahu Mahadasha | Age 57 to 75 (1975 to 1993) | ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises |
| Jupiter Mahadasha | Age 75 to 91 (1993 to 2009) | wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune |
| Saturn MahadashaCurrent | Age 91 to 110 (2009 to 2028) | discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures |
Charts Like John N. McLaughlin's
John N. McLaughlin's Moon occupies Revati nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- Howard K. SternMoon in Revati, Pisces
- Hubert Léon LampoMoon in Revati, Pisces
- Hugh KennedyMoon in Revati, Pisces
- Hugues LapaireMoon in Revati, Pisces
- Hyppolite BlotMoon in Revati, Pisces
- Iain SutherlandMoon in Revati, Pisces
Read the full profile of Revati nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Revati.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for CapricornAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: CapricornRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 9th house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Moon in the 3rd house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 8th house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Venus in the 8th house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Mars in the 11th house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 6th house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 8th house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 11th house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 5th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
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