Kirk Hammett
Born November 18, 1962 at 02:54 • San Francisco, CA, United States
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Scorpio | 3 | 2°16′ | friendly |
| Moon | Cancer | 11 | 25°08′ | own |
| Mercury ☄ | Libra | 2 | 28°16′ | friendly |
| Venus (R) | Libra | 2 | 23°18′ | moolatrikona |
| Mars | Cancer | 11 | 23°47′ | debilitated |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 6 | 10°09′ | neutral |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 5 | 12°43′ | own |
| Rahu (R) | Cancer | 11 | 9°39′ | enemy |
| Ketu (R) | Capricorn | 5 | 9°39′ | neutral |
Kirk'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 Kirk Is
Kirk, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Scorpio 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 Cancer 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 (55%), 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 neutral influence for Virgo ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs fears, discipline, and hard-won mastery, and in Capricorn (house 5), 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 (Ashlesha, 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.
Kirk's Inner World
How Kirk Thinks
Kirk's Drive & Purpose
How Kirk Loves
Kirk's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Kirk's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Rahu in House 11 (enemy)
Rahu operating from your 11th house in enemy dignity creates a period centered on network and gains. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 11th house governs gains, networks, elder siblings, and fulfillment of desires.
Your finances is this period's strongest channel, while family dynamics needs the most attention. The energy Rahu brings from house 11 naturally flows toward finances - consciously redirect some of it toward family dynamics.
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.
There are layers to you that even the people closest to you haven't seen. Your identity lives beneath the surface, in intensities and truths you rarely show. You'd rather be misunderstood than be exposed without choosing it.
Your emotional life is oceanic, deep, cyclical, and capable of overwhelming everything else. You absorb the moods of every room you enter. Your memory for emotional events is photographic. The past isn't behind you; it lives in your body.
You appear precise, capable, and slightly reserved. People trust your competence. What's hidden: the anxiety underneath, the constant self-monitoring, the fear that one mistake will undo everything you've built.
Internal Conflicts Detected
You desire mental connection (Libra) but pursue through emotional intensity (Cancer). 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 Sun in Scorpio (Water) and Moon in Cancer (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
You desire mental connection (Libra) but pursue through emotional intensity (Cancer). You want a thoughtful conversation but lead with overwhelming feeling.
What holds you back vs what pushes you forward
Your Saturn in Capricorn (Earth) and Mars in Cancer (Water) 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 Libra (Air) and Jupiter in Aquarius (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.
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."
The absence of purpose or meaning hits you harder than most. Without a 'why,' you struggle to find motivation. You may swing between grand visions and existential doubt.
Your primary growth edge is developing your Jupiter function, the area where Meaning 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.
Practical foundation supports bold ambition. You take calculated risks.
Alignment Alerts
You may feel analytical internally but are pushed toward bold, commanding public roles. This creates creative tension, your quiet depth fuels your visible authority.
Lean into your private processing style (Virgo) for strategy, then channel it through your public presence (Leo) for impact.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Rahu/Saturn period, these lagnas are amplified because their lords are running:
Fortune Channel: Prosperity flow & divine grace
Fortune Channel themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to disciplined energy.
Vitality Engine: Life force, stamina & physical resilience
Vitality Engine themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to innovative 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
14 Yogas detected · 11 beneficial · 3 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 Venus, Mercury, Mars periods.
Dharma-Karmadhipati Yoga
Raja Yoga
Neecha Bhanga Raja Yoga
Mahabhagya Yoga
Raja Yoga (Multiple Strong)
Wealth & Resources
4Wealth grows through strategic patience and wisdom and ethical growth. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga (Garga)
Chandra-Mangala Yoga
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter aspect)
Horasara Jupiter Dhana Drishti
Intelligence & Influence
1Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Voshi 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 Desire distortion and Fortune fluctuation appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Kemadruma Yoga
Grahan Yoga (Moon-Rahu)
Sakata Yoga
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your emotional strength (Chandra-Mangala 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 Raja Yoga (Multiple Strong) and Kemadruma 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.
Your emotional strength (Chandra-Mangala 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.
Mahabhagya 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.
The Moon connects Raja Yoga (Multiple Strong) 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.
Combined Pattern Insight
Strong elevation potential supported by multiple structural pillars. 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.
Kirk Hammett's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 18 Nov 1962 | 29 Jan 1969 | 6y 2m 11d (balance) | |
| Ketu | 29 Jan 1969 | 30 Jan 1976 | 7y | |
| Venus | 30 Jan 1976 | 30 Jan 1996 | 20y | |
| Sun | 30 Jan 1996 | 30 Jan 2002 | 6y | |
| Moon | 30 Jan 2002 | 30 Jan 2012 | 10y | |
| Mars | 30 Jan 2012 | 30 Jan 2019 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 30 Jan 2019 | 29 Jan 2037 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 29 Jan 2037 | 29 Jan 2053 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 29 Jan 2053 | 30 Jan 2072 | 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 (Severe)Mars placement in sensitive houses (1/2/4/7/8/12), affects marriage and partnerships
Mars is placed in house 11 from Lagna and house 1 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
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
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 Rahu/Saturn Dasha
Compare Your Chart With Kirk Hammett’s
Today's Sky Over Kirk Hammett’s Chart
Explore Kirk Hammett’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 Kirk Hammett’s recorded birth data.
- Rahu-Rahu January 2019 to October 2021 (from age 56)
- Rahu-Jupiter October 2021 to March 2024 (from age 58)
- Rahu-SaturnCurrent March 2024 to January 2027 (from age 61)
- Rahu-Mercury January 2027 to July 2029 (from age 64)
- Rahu-Ketu July 2029 to August 2030 (from age 66)
- Rahu-Venus August 2030 to August 2033 (from age 67)
- Rahu-Sun August 2033 to July 2034 (from age 70)
- Rahu-Moon July 2034 to January 2036 (from age 71)
- Rahu-Mars January 2036 to January 2037 (from age 73)
Why Kirk Hammett's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Kirk Hammett’s public standing with Raja Yoga through Mercury+Venus. Saturn is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 75 percent, giving discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Gemini under Mercury frames the public career.
Planetary Dominance In Kirk Hammett's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturn | 75% | weak |
| 2 | Venus | 67% | weak |
| 3 | Ketu | 67% | weak |
| 4 | Moon | 57% | very weak |
| 5 | Rahu | 56% | very weak |
| 6 | Mars | 53% | very weak |
| 7 | Mercury | 47% | very weak |
| 8 | Sun | 45% | very weak |
| 9 | Jupiter | 37% | very weak |
Saturn dominates the planetary hierarchy at 75 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with endurance; gains are slow, structural, and unusually durable.
Jupiter is the least supported at 37 percent, which means luck arrives less freely, so guidance and study must be sought out.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Kirk Hammett’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Gemini, ruled by Mercury, which sits in the 2nd house in Libra (friendly). No planet occupies the 10th house, so its lord carries the career signal alone. Saturn, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 75 percent, sets the tone from elsewhere in the chart, and the career runs on discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures.
The Chart's Voice
Saturn is the strongest planet in Kirk Hammett’s chart, carrying 75 percent of full Shadbala strength. In practice the chart leads with endurance; gains are slow, structural, and unusually durable.
Wealth Signature
The 2nd And 11th Houses
Wealth in Kirk Hammett’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Libra, lord Venus) and the 11th house (Cancer, lord Moon). Mercury and Venus in the 2nd and Moon, Mars and Rahu in the 11th give the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Venus is the best supported at 67 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in Kirk Hammett’s chart falls in Pisces under Jupiter, whose lord answers from the 6th house. Venus, karaka of partnership, is moolatrikona in Libra in the 2nd house at 67 percent strength. The Moon's 57 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Mars is debilitated, a placement whose outcome depends on cancellation factors elsewhere in the chart.
Moon, Mars and Rahu cluster in the 11th house in Cancer, concentrating gains, networks, and ambitions realised far beyond the average chart.
Kirk Hammett'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.
- Mercury MahadashaAge 0 to 6 (1962 to 1969)intellect, commerce, and communication
- Ketu MahadashaAge 6 to 13 (1969 to 1976)detachment, research, and inward turns
- Venus MahadashaAge 13 to 33 (1976 to 1996)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
- Sun MahadashaAge 33 to 39 (1996 to 2002)authority, visibility, and the father line
- Moon MahadashaAge 39 to 49 (2002 to 2012)mind, public connection, and emotional life
- Mars MahadashaAge 49 to 56 (2012 to 2019)drive, competition, and decisive action
- Rahu MahadashaCurrentAge 56 to 74 (2019 to 2037)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
- Jupiter MahadashaAge 74 to 90 (2037 to 2053)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
- Saturn MahadashaAge 90 to 109 (2053 to 2072)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
Dominant Yogas In Kirk Hammett'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. |
| Dharma-Karmadhipati YogaPower & Status | Venus + Mercury | strong (3/3) | A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Venus and Mercury, so it touches relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy, and intellect, commerce, and communication. |
| Dhana Yoga (Garga)Wealth | Venus + Mercury | strong (3/3) | A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Venus and Mercury, so it touches relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy, and intellect, commerce, and communication. |
| 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. |
| Chandra-Mangala YogaWealth | Moon + Mars | moderate (2/3) | A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Moon and Mars, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life, and drive, competition, and decisive action. |
How Rare Is Kirk Hammett's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 664 share Kirk Hammett’s Ashlesha Moon. The tighter pairing of a Scorpio Sun with an Ashlesha Moon appears in 54 of them, about 0.31 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Kirk Hammett In Public View
The 10th lord Mercury, friendly, placed in the 2nd house carries Kirk Hammett’s reputation from the terrain of wealth, speech, and family holdings. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 8th of 9 planets by Shadbala at 45 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 57 percent strength from the 11th house.
Charts Like Kirk Hammett's
Kirk Hammett's Moon occupies Ashlesha nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
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- John KitzhaberMoon in Ashlesha, Cancer
Read the full profile of Ashlesha nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Ashlesha.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for VirgoAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: VirgoRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 3rd house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Moon in the 11th house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 2nd house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Venus in the 2nd house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Mars in the 11th house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 6th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 5th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 11th house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 5th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
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