Mark Herndon
Born May 11, 1955 at 05:02 • Springfield, MA, United States
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 1 | 26°40′ | exalted |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 9 | 15°01′ | neutral |
| Mercury | Taurus | 2 | 15°18′ | friendly |
| Venus | Pisces | 12 | 26°53′ | exalted |
| Mars | Taurus | 2 | 27°06′ | neutral |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 4 | 1°06′ | exalted |
| Saturn (R) | Libra | 7 | 24°29′ | exalted |
| Rahu (R) | Sagittarius | 9 | 5°17′ | neutral |
| Ketu (R) | Gemini | 3 | 5°17′ | enemy |
Mark'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.
Saturn as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What do I fear, and what must I master?"
Who Mark Is
Mark, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Aries 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 (45%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward action and self-expression. Your Mutable modality means adapting - you flex, adjust, and see all perspectives.
Saturn (a functional malefic for Aries ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs fears, discipline, and hard-won mastery, and in Libra (house 7), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward intellectual exploration and social connection. Interestingly, while Saturn dominates your chart by strength, it functions as a functional malefic for Aries 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 1) is the most personal marker in Vedic astrology - more specific than your Sun or Moon sign. It defines the particular frequency of your soul.
Mark's Inner World
How Mark Thinks
Mark's Drive & Purpose
How Mark Loves
Mark's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Mark's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Jupiter in House 4 (exalted)
Jupiter operating from your 4th house in exalted dignity creates a period centered on inner foundation work. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 4th house governs emotional foundation, home, mother, inner peace, and property.
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 define yourself through action. When asked 'who are you?', you instinctively think of what you've done, not what you feel. Sitting still feels like falling behind. Your identity was built on being first, being brave, and never looking weak.
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.
People see a bold, direct, action-oriented person, and that's real, but it's the front layer. The world doesn't get to see your doubts. You've learned that showing uncertainty invites people to take advantage.
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 Aries (Fire) and Moon in Sagittarius (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 Pisces (Water) 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 inner critic operates through ideas and ideals (Libra), but your energy is practical and stubborn (Taurus). You criticize yourself intellectually while your body just keeps doing what it's always done.
Your analytical mind vs your faith system
Your Mercury in Taurus (Earth) and Jupiter in Cancer (Water) share elemental compatibility. Your analytical mind and your faith system are aligned, you can think critically without losing your sense of meaning, and believe deeply without abandoning reason. This integration makes you a credible voice on matters of both logic and wisdom.
Your Psychological Summary
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.
Your deepest vulnerability is emotional, feeling safe, being nurtured, trusting that your feelings are valid. You may have learned early that emotions were inconvenient, and you've been managing them ever since.
Your primary growth edge is developing your Moon function, the area where Emotional Safety 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.
Your bold, action-driven nature (Aries) needs to adapt to a steady, disciplined wealth strategy (Taurus). Quick wins satisfy less than long-term building.
Channel your fire into consistent effort. Taurus rewards persistence, not sprints.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Jupiter/Mars 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.
Fortune Channel: Prosperity flow & divine grace
Fortune Channel themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to expansive energy.
Financial Blueprint: Wealth accumulation potential from Moon
Financial Blueprint themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to assertive 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
22 Yogas detected · 17 beneficial · 5 shadow · 8 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
10Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Moon ↔ Jupiter, Sun, Venus periods.
Maha Parivartana Yoga
Raja Yoga (Multiple Strong)
Yoga Karaka Yoga
Sasa Yoga
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)
Mahabhagya Yoga
Adhi Yoga
Ubhayachari Yoga
Exalted Planet Yoga
Exalted Planet Yoga
Wealth & Resources
2Wealth grows through strategic patience and wisdom and ethical growth. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter aspect)
Bheri Yoga
Intelligence & Influence
3Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Hamsa Yoga
Dama Yoga (Nabhash)
Kuja-Budha Yoga
Protection & Fortune
2Natural shields exist in your chart. Jupiter Protection and Shubha Kartari provide a safety net during challenging periods.
Jupiter Protection
Shubha Kartari Yoga
Emotional Sensitivity
5Emotional isolation and Gandanta and Gandanta and Desire distortion and Fortune fluctuation appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Kemadruma Yoga
Gandanta Yoga
Gandanta 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 (Mahabhagya 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 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 wisdom capacity (Hamsa Yoga) is periodically distorted by Sakata Yoga. Expansion and obstruction alternate. Stay consistent regardless of the cycle.
Jupiter links Adhi Yoga with Sakata Yoga, creating tension between growth and limitation. Your natural optimism can be undermined during difficult sub-periods. The key: trust the larger arc even when the current chapter is challenging.
Through Jupiter, Bheri Yoga and Sakata Yoga interact. Your capacity for meaning-making is real, but it can also lead to over-promising or spiritual bypassing. Stay grounded in practical wisdom.
Your wisdom capacity (Jupiter Protection) is periodically distorted by Sakata Yoga. Expansion and obstruction alternate. Stay consistent regardless of the cycle.
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. natural protection mechanisms cushion the challenging periods.
Mark Herndon's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venus | 11 May 1955 | 28 Oct 1972 | 17y 5m 18d (balance) | |
| Sun | 28 Oct 1972 | 29 Oct 1978 | 6y | |
| Moon | 29 Oct 1978 | 28 Oct 1988 | 10y | |
| Mars | 28 Oct 1988 | 29 Oct 1995 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 29 Oct 1995 | 28 Oct 2013 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 28 Oct 2013 | 28 Oct 2029 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 28 Oct 2029 | 28 Oct 2048 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 28 Oct 2048 | 28 Oct 2065 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 28 Oct 2065 | 28 Oct 2072 | 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 2 from Lagna, 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
Present (Moderate)Ancestral karma indicators, Sun/Saturn affliction to 9th house or conjunction
Ancestral karma indicators detected — 9th house affliction
Remedies:
- Pitru Paksha Shradh
- Narayan Bali Puja
- Feed crows on Saturdays
Guru Chandal Dosha
AbsentJupiter conjunct Rahu/Ketu, wisdom clouded by illusion, unconventional beliefs
Jupiter is free from Rahu/Ketu conjunction.
Remedies:
Kemdrum Dosha
Present (Moderate)Moon without planetary support (no planets in 2nd/12th from Moon), emotional isolation
No planets in 2nd or 12th from Moon — Moon lacks planetary support, indicating potential emotional isolation.
Remedies:
- Moon strengthening remedies
- Chandra Namaskar
- Wear pearl (after consultation)
Shani Dosha (Sade Sati)
AbsentSaturn's 7.5 year transit over natal Moon, period of testing, discipline and transformation
No major Saturn affliction to Moon sign detected.
Remedies:
Vedic remedies work by strengthening weak planets and calming overactive ones. Start with one remedy and observe its effects before adding more.
Practical steps to harmonize challenging energies
Calculate your birth chart first to see your remedial intelligence strategy.
Recurring themes your chart reveals
Currently Active Patterns
Based on your Jupiter/Mars Dasha
Compare Your Chart With Mark Herndon’s
Today's Sky Over Mark Herndon’s Chart
Explore Mark Herndon’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 Mark Herndon’s recorded birth data.
- Jupiter-Jupiter October 2013 to December 2015 (from age 58)
- Jupiter-Saturn December 2015 to June 2018 (from age 60)
- Jupiter-Mercury June 2018 to October 2020 (from age 63)
- Jupiter-Ketu October 2020 to September 2021 (from age 65)
- Jupiter-Venus September 2021 to May 2024 (from age 66)
- Jupiter-Sun May 2024 to February 2025 (from age 69)
- Jupiter-Moon February 2025 to June 2026 (from age 69)
- Jupiter-MarsCurrent June 2026 to June 2027 (from age 71)
- Jupiter-Rahu June 2027 to October 2029 (from age 72)
Why Mark Herndon's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Mark Herndon’s public standing with Hamsa Yoga through Jupiter. Saturn is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 98 percent, giving discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Capricorn under Saturn frames the public career.
Planetary Dominance In Mark Herndon's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturn | 98% | moderate |
| 2 | Venus | 75% | weak |
| 3 | Sun | 67% | weak |
| 4 | Mars | 64% | weak |
| 5 | Ketu | 63% | weak |
| 6 | Jupiter | 60% | weak |
| 7 | Rahu | 53% | very weak |
| 8 | Mercury | 45% | very weak |
| 9 | Moon | 44% | very weak |
Saturn dominates the planetary hierarchy at 98 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with endurance; gains are slow, structural, and unusually durable.
Moon is the least supported at 44 percent, which means emotional steadiness and public ease are the practiced skills rather than the givens.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Mark Herndon’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Capricorn, ruled by Saturn, which sits in the 7th house in Libra (exalted). No planet occupies the 10th house, so its lord carries the career signal alone. Saturn, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 98 percent, is itself the career lord, an unusually direct alignment between capacity and vocation.
The Chart's Voice
Saturn is the strongest planet in Mark Herndon’s chart, carrying 98 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 Mark Herndon’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Taurus, lord Venus) and the 11th house (Aquarius, lord Saturn). Mercury and Mars in the 2nd give the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Saturn is the best supported at 98 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in Mark Herndon’s chart falls in Libra under Venus, occupied by Saturn. Venus, karaka of partnership, is exalted in Pisces in the 12th house at 75 percent strength. The Moon's 44 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Sun, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn stand exalted at the same time; most charts carry at most one exalted planet.
Jupiter qualifies for Hamsa Yoga: exalted in the 4th house, one of the five Mahapurusha marks of an exceptional nativity.
Saturn qualifies for Sasa Yoga: exalted in the 7th house, one of the five Mahapurusha marks of an exceptional nativity.
Mark Herndon'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 17 (1955 to 1972) | relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy |
| Sun Mahadasha | Age 17 to 23 (1972 to 1978) | authority, visibility, and the father line |
| Moon Mahadasha | Age 23 to 33 (1978 to 1988) | mind, public connection, and emotional life |
| Mars Mahadasha | Age 33 to 40 (1988 to 1995) | drive, competition, and decisive action |
| Rahu Mahadasha | Age 40 to 58 (1995 to 2013) | ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises |
| Jupiter MahadashaCurrent | Age 58 to 74 (2013 to 2029) | wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune |
| Saturn Mahadasha | Age 74 to 93 (2029 to 2048) | discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures |
| Mercury Mahadasha | Age 93 to 110 (2048 to 2065) | intellect, commerce, and communication |
| Ketu Mahadasha | Age 110 to 117 (2065 to 2072) | detachment, research, and inward turns |
Dominant Yogas In Mark Herndon's Chart
Ranked by computed classical strength. Each is a specific planetary configuration in this birth chart, not a generic trait.
- Hamsa Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Jupiter
One of the five great-person yogas: a strong planet in an angle stamps its character on the whole personality. It works through Jupiter, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune.
- Sasa Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Saturn
One of the five great-person yogas: a strong planet in an angle stamps its character on the whole personality. It works through Saturn, so it touches discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures.
- Yoga Karaka Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Sun
Sun as 5th lord is most benefic. Jupiter as 9th lord and Mars as lagna lord bring good results. It works through Sun, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line.
- Jupiter Protectionstrong (3/3)Planets: Jupiter
Jupiter in Kendra mitigates malefic effects in the chart. It works through Jupiter, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune.
- Raja Yoga (Multiple Strong)strong (3/3)Planets: Sun + Venus + Jupiter + Saturn
4 planets in dignified positions (exalted/moolatrikona/own sign): indicates authority and recognition. It works through Sun, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
How Rare Is Mark Herndon's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 619 share Mark Herndon’s Purva Ashadha Moon. The tighter pairing of an Aries Sun with a Purva Ashadha Moon appears in 57 of them, about 0.33 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Mark Herndon In Public View
The 10th lord Saturn, exalted, placed in the 7th house carries Mark Herndon’s reputation from the terrain of partnership and public dealings. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 3rd of 9 planets by Shadbala at 67 percent. Rahu works from the 9th house, feeding ambition through fortune, teachers, and dharma rather than through direct publicity. The Moon, the public face, carries 44 percent strength from the 9th house.
Charts Like Mark Herndon's
Mark Herndon'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.
- Guy SavoyMoon in Purva Ashadha, Sagittarius
- G.V. PrakashMoon in Purva Ashadha, Sagittarius
- Hank LuisettiMoon in Purva Ashadha, Sagittarius
- Hans FritzscheMoon in Purva Ashadha, Sagittarius
- Hans Günter WinklerMoon in Purva Ashadha, Sagittarius
- Harold ReidMoon 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 AriesAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: AriesRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 1st house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Moon in the 9th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 2nd house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Venus in the 12th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Mars in the 2nd house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 4th house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 7th house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 9th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 3rd house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
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