Ken Mattingly
Born March 17, 1936 at 18:22 • Chicago, IL, United States
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 8 | 4°14′ | friendly |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 5 | 23°41′ | neutral |
| Mercury | Aquarius | 7 | 14°13′ | neutral |
| Venus | Aquarius | 7 | 7°28′ | friendly |
| Mars | Pisces | 8 | 25°53′ | friendly |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 5 | 0°36′ | moolatrikona |
| Saturn ☄ | Aquarius | 7 | 21°36′ | moolatrikona |
| Rahu (R) | Sagittarius | 5 | 15°52′ | neutral |
| Ketu (R) | Gemini | 11 | 15°52′ | enemy |
Ken'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 Mutable modality means your natural style is adapting - you flex, adjust, and see all perspectives.
Venus as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What do I love and how do I love?"
Who Ken Is
Ken, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Pisces 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 Sagittarius 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 Mutable modality means adapting - you flex, adjust, and see all perspectives.
Venus (a functional malefic for Leo ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs love language, aesthetics, and values, and in Aquarius (house 7), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward intellectual exploration and social connection. Interestingly, while Venus dominates your chart by strength, it functions as a functional malefic for Leo 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 (Purva Ashadha, 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.
Ken's Inner World
How Ken Thinks
Ken's Drive & Purpose
How Ken Loves
Ken's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Ken's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Mercury in House 7 (neutral)
Mercury operating from your 7th house in neutral 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 family dynamics needs the most attention. The energy Mercury brings from house 7 naturally flows toward marriage - consciously redirect some of it toward family dynamics.
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 dissolves at the edges. Where you end and others begin isn't always clear to you. This gives you extraordinary empathy and creative imagination, but it also means you absorb other people's emotions and sometimes lose your own.
You process emotions by finding meaning in them. Sadness becomes a lesson. Anger becomes a philosophy. This makes you resilient, you bounce back through reframing, but it can also become spiritual bypassing, where you explain away feelings instead of sitting with 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.
Internal Conflicts Detected
Your Pisces identity wants to charge forward boldly, but your Sagittarius emotions need safety before they can move. You've probably noticed that your ambitions and your feelings often pull in opposite directions, you start something with confidence, then a wave of anxiety or doubt pulls you back.
You desire mental connection (Aquarius) but pursue through emotional intensity (Pisces). You want a thoughtful conversation but lead with overwhelming feeling.
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 Pisces identity wants to charge forward boldly, but your Sagittarius emotions need safety before they can move. You've probably noticed that your ambitions and your feelings often pull in opposite directions, you start something with confidence, then a wave of anxiety or doubt pulls you back.
Your romantic desires vs your pursuit style
You desire mental connection (Aquarius) but pursue through emotional intensity (Pisces). You want a thoughtful conversation but lead with overwhelming feeling.
What holds you back vs what pushes you forward
Your discipline comes from social awareness (Aquarius), but your impulse is emotional and irrational (Pisces). You know what you should do; your feelings push you somewhere else entirely.
Your analytical mind vs your faith system
Your Mercury in Aquarius (Air) and Jupiter in Sagittarius (Fire) 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.
Options Weigher, you see multiple sides of every decision and need to think through all possibilities. This makes you fair but sometimes paralyzed. Others may push you to "just decide already."
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.
Alignment Alerts
Your core self and public power operate from the same element (Fire). This creates natural coherence, who you are and how you're seen align effortlessly.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Mercury/Rahu period, these lagnas are amplified because their lords are running:
Physical Persona: How the world experiences your presence
Physical Persona themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to analytical 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
18 Yogas detected · 14 beneficial · 4 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
3Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Mars, Sun, Saturn periods.
Raja Yoga
Sasa Yoga
Raja Yoga (Single Lord)
Wealth & Resources
1Wealth grows through strategic patience and wisdom and ethical growth. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter)
Intelligence & Influence
9Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Saraswati Yoga
Gajakesari Yoga
Voshi Yoga
Surya-Mangala Yoga
Chandra-Guru Yoga
Budha-Shukra Yoga
Budha-Shani Yoga
Shukra-Shani Yoga
Horasara Kalatra Yoga
Structural Patterns
1Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Shoola (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Shoola Yoga (Nabhash)
Emotional Sensitivity
4Guru Chandala and Gandanta and Desire distortion and Ashtama Mangala appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Guru Chandala 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 (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.
Chandra-Guru Yoga gives you emotional resilience, but Grahan Yoga (Moon-Rahu) 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 drive (Raja 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.
Mars links Raja Yoga (Single Lord) with Ashtama Mangala, creating a volatile mix of ambition and aggression. Your assertiveness is an asset, but unchecked it becomes the source of conflict. Physical activity before major decisions is your best tool.
Through Mars, Surya-Mangala Yoga and Ashtama Mangala are intertwined. Your competitive nature drives achievement but can also create enemies. The resolution: direct your fire at goals, not at people.
The Moon connects Gajakesari Yoga and Gandanta Yoga 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.
Combined Pattern Insight
Strong elevation potential supported by multiple structural pillars. intellectual firepower amplifies all other patterns. emotional depth is both strength and vulnerability. internal tension between power and sensitivity creates depth, not weakness.
Ken Mattingly's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venus | 17 Mar 1936 | 31 Aug 1940 | 4y 5m 13d (balance) | |
| Sun | 31 Aug 1940 | 31 Aug 1946 | 6y | |
| Moon | 31 Aug 1946 | 31 Aug 1956 | 10y | |
| Mars | 31 Aug 1956 | 31 Aug 1963 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 31 Aug 1963 | 31 Aug 1981 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 31 Aug 1981 | 31 Aug 1997 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 31 Aug 1997 | 31 Aug 2016 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 31 Aug 2016 | 31 Aug 2033 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 31 Aug 2033 | 31 Aug 2040 | 7y |
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 (Severe)Mars placement in sensitive houses (1/2/4/7/8/12), affects marriage and partnerships
Mars is placed in house 8 from Lagna and house 4 from Moon, activating Manglik 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
Present (Moderate)Jupiter conjunct Rahu/Ketu, wisdom clouded by illusion, unconventional beliefs
Jupiter conjunct Rahu in house 5 — wisdom may be clouded by unconventional or materialistic pursuits.
Remedies:
- Guru Graha Shanti
- Recite Guru Beej Mantra
- Serve teachers and gurus
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 Mercury/Rahu Dasha
Compare Your Chart With Ken Mattingly’s
Today's Sky Over Ken Mattingly’s Chart
Explore Ken Mattingly’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 Ken Mattingly’s recorded birth data.
- Mercury-Mercury August 2016 to January 2019 (from age 80)
- Mercury-Ketu January 2019 to January 2020 (from age 82)
- Mercury-Venus January 2020 to November 2022 (from age 83)
- Mercury-Sun November 2022 to October 2023 (from age 86)
- Mercury-Moon October 2023 to March 2025 (from age 87)
- Mercury-Mars March 2025 to February 2026 (from age 88)
- Mercury-RahuCurrent February 2026 to September 2028 (from age 89)
- Mercury-Jupiter September 2028 to December 2030 (from age 92)
- Mercury-Saturn December 2030 to August 2033 (from age 94)
Why Ken Mattingly's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Ken Mattingly’s public standing with Gajakesari Yoga through Jupiter + Moon. Mars is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 77 percent, giving drive, competition, and decisive action unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Taurus under Venus frames the public career.
Planetary Dominance In Ken Mattingly's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mars | 77% | weak |
| 2 | Sun | 72% | weak |
| 3 | Venus | 67% | weak |
| 4 | Saturn | 63% | weak |
| 5 | Moon | 57% | very weak |
| 6 | Ketu | 53% | very weak |
| 7 | Jupiter | 44% | very weak |
| 8 | Rahu | 44% | very weak |
| 9 | Mercury | 32% | very weak |
Mars dominates the planetary hierarchy at 77 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 32 percent, which means detail work and negotiation reward extra preparation.
How Rare Is Ken Mattingly's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 619 share Ken Mattingly’s Purva Ashadha Moon. The tighter pairing of a Pisces Sun with a Purva Ashadha Moon appears in 51 of them, about 0.29 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Ken Mattingly In Public View
The 10th lord Venus, friendly, placed in the 7th house carries Ken Mattingly’s reputation from the terrain of partnership and public dealings. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 2nd of 9 planets by Shadbala at 72 percent. Rahu works from the 5th house, feeding ambition through creativity, intelligence, and speculation rather than through direct publicity. The Moon, the public face, carries 57 percent strength from the 5th house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Ken Mattingly’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Taurus, ruled by Venus, which sits in the 7th house in Aquarius (friendly). No planet occupies the 10th house, so its lord carries the career signal alone. Mars, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 77 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 Ken Mattingly’s chart, carrying 77 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 Ken Mattingly’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Virgo, lord Mercury) and the 11th house (Gemini, lord Mercury). Ketu in the 11th gives the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Ketu is the best supported at 53 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through detachment, research, and inward turns.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in Ken Mattingly’s chart falls in Aquarius under Saturn, occupied by Mercury, Venus and Saturn. Venus, karaka of partnership, is friendly in Aquarius in the 7th house at 67 percent strength. The Moon's 57 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Moon, Jupiter and Rahu cluster in the 5th house in Sagittarius, concentrating creativity, intelligence, and speculation far beyond the average chart.
Mercury, Venus and Saturn cluster in the 7th house in Aquarius, concentrating partnership and public dealings far beyond the average chart.
Saturn qualifies for Sasa Yoga: in moolatrikona in the 7th house, one of the five Mahapurusha marks of an exceptional nativity.
Ken Mattingly'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 |
|---|---|---|
| Venus Mahadasha | Age 0 to 4 (1936 to 1940) | relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy |
| Sun Mahadasha | Age 4 to 10 (1940 to 1946) | authority, visibility, and the father line |
| Moon Mahadasha | Age 10 to 20 (1946 to 1956) | mind, public connection, and emotional life |
| Mars Mahadasha | Age 20 to 27 (1956 to 1963) | drive, competition, and decisive action |
| Rahu Mahadasha | Age 27 to 45 (1963 to 1981) | ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises |
| Jupiter Mahadasha | Age 45 to 61 (1981 to 1997) | wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune |
| Saturn Mahadasha | Age 61 to 80 (1997 to 2016) | discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures |
| Mercury MahadashaCurrent | Age 80 to 97 (2016 to 2033) | intellect, commerce, and communication |
| Ketu Mahadasha | Age 97 to 104 (2033 to 2040) | detachment, research, and inward turns |
Dominant Yogas In Ken Mattingly's Chart
Ranked by computed classical strength. Each is a specific planetary configuration in this birth chart, not a generic trait.
- Gajakesari Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Jupiter + Moon
Joins material gain with sound judgement. It works through Jupiter and Moon, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and mind, public connection, and emotional life.
- Raja Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Mars+Sun
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mars and Sun, so it touches drive, competition, and decisive action, and authority, visibility, and the father line.
- Dhana Yoga (Jupiter)strong (3/3)Planets: Jupiter
A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Jupiter, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune.
- Saraswati Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Jupiter + Venus + Mercury
Supports formal study and retained knowledge. It works through Jupiter, Venus and Mercury, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
- Gandanta Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Moon
Moon at Scorpio-Sagittarius junction, karmic knot requiring conscious processing. It works through Moon, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life.
Charts Like Ken Mattingly's
Ken Mattingly's Moon occupies Purva Ashadha nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
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- Cajsa Stina AkerstromMoon in Purva Ashadha, Sagittarius
Read the full profile of Purva Ashadha nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Purva Ashadha.
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 8th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Moon in the 5th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 7th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Venus in the 7th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Mars in the 8th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 5th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 7th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 5th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 11th house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
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