Michael Tilson Thomas
Born December 21, 1944 at 09:44 • Los Angeles, 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 | Sagittarius | 12 | 6°38′ | friendly |
| Moon | Aquarius | 2 | 23°57′ | neutral |
| Mercury (R) ☄ | Sagittarius | 12 | 10°01′ | neutral |
| Venus | Capricorn | 1 | 19°21′ | friendly |
| Mars ☄ | Scorpio | 11 | 25°44′ | own |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 9 | 3°40′ | enemy |
| Saturn (R) | Gemini | 6 | 14°49′ | friendly |
| Rahu (R) | Gemini | 6 | 26°15′ | friendly |
| Ketu (R) | Sagittarius | 12 | 26°15′ | friendly |
Michael'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 Michael Is
Michael, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Sagittarius 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 Aquarius 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 (your most supportive planet for Capricorn ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs love language, aesthetics, and values, and in Capricorn (house 1), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward practical mastery and tangible achievement. This is especially potent because Venus is your yogakaraka - according to BPHS, the single most beneficial planet for your Capricorn ascendant.
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 Bhadrapada, Pada 2) is the most personal marker in Vedic astrology - more specific than your Sun or Moon sign. It defines the particular frequency of your soul.
Michael's Inner World
How Michael Thinks
Michael's Drive & Purpose
How Michael Loves
Michael's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Michael's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Moon in House 2 (neutral)
Moon operating from your 2nd house in neutral dignity creates a period centered on resource building. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 2nd house governs accumulated wealth, family resources, speech, and personal values.
Your finances is this period's strongest channel, while travel needs the most attention. The energy Moon brings from house 2 naturally flows toward finances - consciously redirect some of it toward travel.
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're a seeker. Your identity is built on the quest for meaning, not the answers you've found. Routine and small thinking suffocate you. You need a horizon, something to move toward that's bigger than your current life.
You observe your emotions from a slight distance, like a scientist studying data. This gives you remarkable emotional objectivity, but others may experience you as detached or hard to reach. You care about humanity; individual emotional intimacy is harder.
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.
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 Sagittarius (Fire) and Moon in Aquarius (Air) share elemental compatibility. Who you think you are vs how you actually feel, and in your chart, these two functions cooperate rather than compete. Your sense of self and your emotional world speak the same language, which gives you a stable inner foundation that many people lack.
Your romantic desires vs your pursuit style
Your Venus in Capricorn (Earth) and Mars in Scorpio (Water) share elemental compatibility. What you want and how you go after it are naturally aligned. You don't sabotage your own desires with contradictory behavior, when you want something, your pursuit style matches the goal. This makes you effective in both romance and competition.
What holds you back vs what pushes you forward
Your discipline comes from social awareness (Gemini), but your impulse is emotional and irrational (Scorpio). You know what you should do; your feelings push you somewhere else entirely.
Your analytical mind vs your faith system
Your analytical mind (Mercury in Sagittarius, Fire) and your belief system (Jupiter in Virgo, Earth) don't naturally agree. You may find yourself knowing something logically but believing something different emotionally. This tension can make you a complex, nuanced thinker, or someone paralyzed between reason and faith.
Your Psychological Summary
Analyze-and-Rationalize, you process emotions through thinking and talking. Understanding a feeling helps you manage it. The risk: intellectualizing emotions instead of actually feeling them.
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.
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.
Grounded thinking meets strategic networking. Practical intellect drives your success.
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
13 Yogas detected · 9 beneficial · 4 shadow · 3 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
4Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Mercury, Saturn, Venus periods.
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)
Raja Yoga (Single Lord)
Viparita Raja Yoga
Ubhayachari Yoga
Wealth & Resources
1Wealth grows through strategic patience and long-term discipline and alliances. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Horasara Sasa Upachaya Yoga
Intelligence & Influence
3Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Anapha Yoga
Dama Yoga (Nabhash)
Surya-Budha Yoga
Protection & Fortune
1Natural shields exist in your chart. Shubha Kartari provide a safety net during challenging periods.
Shubha Kartari Yoga
Emotional Sensitivity
4Gandanta and Fortune fluctuation and Dainya Parivartana and Multiple Combustion appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Gandanta Yoga
Sakata Yoga
Dainya Parivartana Yoga
Multiple Combustion
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your intellect (Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)) can overthink the patterns from Multiple Combustion. The mind that solves problems can also create them through excessive analysis.
Mercury connects Viparita Raja Yoga and Multiple Combustion, making your intelligence both your greatest asset and your potential trap. Analysis paralysis is a real risk during Mercury-heavy periods.
Your drive (Ubhayachari Yoga) can amplify the intensity of Multiple Combustion. The courage that fuels success can also fuel reactive patterns. Channel Mars energy before it channels you.
Surya-Budha Yoga and Multiple Combustion share Mercury's influence. Your communication skills are powerful, but the same verbal agility that persuades can also manipulate. Cultivate honest speech as a discipline.
Your authority (Surya-Budha Yoga) conflicts with Gandanta Yoga. Identity strength and identity suppression alternate. The key: consistent self-expression regardless of external validation.
🔗 Reinforcing Patterns
Anapha Yoga and Raja Yoga (Single Lord) both flow through Venus, when one activates, the other strengthens.
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. natural protection mechanisms cushion the challenging periods.
Michael Tilson Thomas's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jupiter | 21 Dec 1944 | 23 Mar 1956 | 11y 3m (balance) | |
| Saturn | 23 Mar 1956 | 23 Mar 1975 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 23 Mar 1975 | 23 Mar 1992 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 23 Mar 1992 | 23 Mar 1999 | 7y | |
| Venus | 23 Mar 1999 | 23 Mar 2019 | 20y | |
| Sun | 23 Mar 2019 | 23 Mar 2025 | 6y | |
| Moon | 23 Mar 2025 | 23 Mar 2035 | 10y | |
| Mars | 23 Mar 2035 | 23 Mar 2042 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 23 Mar 2042 | 23 Mar 2060 | 18y |
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
AbsentMars placement in sensitive houses (1/2/4/7/8/12), affects marriage and partnerships
Mars is not in sensitive houses (1/2/4/7/8/12) from Lagna or Moon.
Remedies:
- Mangal Shanti Puja
- Hanuman Chalisa recitation
- Wearing red coral (after consultation)
Kala Sarpa Dosha
AbsentAll planets hemmed between Rahu-Ketu axis, creates karmic patterns and sudden life changes
Planets are distributed on both sides of the Rahu-Ketu axis — no Kala Sarpa Dosha.
Remedies:
Pitru Dosha
AbsentAncestral karma indicators, Sun/Saturn affliction to 9th house or conjunction
No significant Pitru Dosha indicators found.
Remedies:
Guru Chandal Dosha
AbsentJupiter conjunct Rahu/Ketu, wisdom clouded by illusion, unconventional beliefs
Jupiter is free from Rahu/Ketu conjunction.
Remedies:
Kemdrum Dosha
AbsentMoon without planetary support (no planets in 2nd/12th from Moon), emotional isolation
Moon has planetary support in adjacent signs.
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 Moon/Rahu Dasha
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Explore Michael Tilson Thomas’ 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 Michael Tilson Thomas’ recorded birth data.
- Moon-Moon March 2025 to January 2026 (from age 80)
- Moon-Mars January 2026 to August 2026 (from age 81)
- Moon-RahuCurrent August 2026 to February 2028 (from age 81)
- Moon-Jupiter February 2028 to June 2029 (from age 83)
- Moon-Saturn June 2029 to January 2031 (from age 84)
- Moon-Mercury January 2031 to June 2032 (from age 86)
- Moon-Ketu June 2032 to January 2033 (from age 87)
- Moon-Venus January 2033 to September 2034 (from age 88)
- Moon-Sun September 2034 to March 2035 (from age 89)
Why Michael Tilson Thomas's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Michael Tilson Thomas’ public standing with Gandanta Yoga through Sun (sun at Scorpio-Sagittarius junction, karmic knot requiring conscious processing). Mars is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 70 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.
Dominant Yogas In Michael Tilson Thomas'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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gandanta YogaChallenge | Sun | strong (3/3) | Sun at Scorpio-Sagittarius junction, karmic knot requiring conscious processing. It works through Sun, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line. |
| Anapha YogaMoon Yoga | Venus | moderate (2/3) | A lunar-support formation: planets flanking or joining the Moon steady the mind and its public expression. It works through Venus, so it touches relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy. |
| Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)Power & Status | Mercury+Saturn | moderate (2/3) | 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 Yoga (Single Lord)Power & Status | Venus | moderate (2/3) | A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Venus, so it touches relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy. |
| Shubha Kartari YogaProtection & Fortune | Benefics flanking Lagna | moderate (2/3) | A protective formation that softens other afflictions. |
Michael Tilson Thomas'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.
- Jupiter MahadashaAge 0 to 11 (1944 to 1956)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
- Saturn MahadashaAge 11 to 30 (1956 to 1975)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
- Mercury MahadashaAge 30 to 47 (1975 to 1992)intellect, commerce, and communication
- Ketu MahadashaAge 47 to 54 (1992 to 1999)detachment, research, and inward turns
- Venus MahadashaAge 54 to 74 (1999 to 2019)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
- Sun MahadashaAge 74 to 80 (2019 to 2025)authority, visibility, and the father line
- Moon MahadashaCurrentAge 80 to 90 (2025 to 2035)mind, public connection, and emotional life
- Mars MahadashaAge 90 to 97 (2035 to 2042)drive, competition, and decisive action
- Rahu MahadashaAge 97 to 115 (2042 to 2060)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
Planetary Dominance In Michael Tilson Thomas's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mars | 70% | weak |
| 2 | Venus | 69% | weak |
| 3 | Saturn | 64% | weak |
| 4 | Sun | 59% | very weak |
| 5 | Moon | 58% | very weak |
| 6 | Mercury | 55% | very weak |
| 7 | Jupiter | 54% | very weak |
| 8 | Rahu | 47% | very weak |
| 9 | Ketu | 45% | very weak |
Mars dominates the planetary hierarchy at 70 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with force and initiative; contests and physical daring reward the native.
Ketu is the least supported at 45 percent, which means detachment is hard won rather than native.
How Rare Is Michael Tilson Thomas's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 653 share Michael Tilson Thomas’ Purva Bhadrapada Moon. The tighter pairing of a Sagittarius Sun with a Purva Bhadrapada Moon appears in 46 of them, about 0.26 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Michael Tilson Thomas In Public View
The 10th lord Venus, friendly, placed in the 1st house carries Michael Tilson Thomas’ reputation from the terrain of self and constitution. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 4th of 9 planets by Shadbala at 59 percent. Rahu works from the 6th house, feeding ambition through service, rivals, and daily obstacles rather than through direct publicity. The Moon, the public face, carries 58 percent strength from the 2nd house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Michael Tilson Thomas’ chart the 10th house of career falls in Libra, ruled by Venus, which sits in the 1st house in Capricorn (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 70 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 Michael Tilson Thomas’ chart, carrying 70 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 Michael Tilson Thomas’ chart is read from the 2nd house (Aquarius, lord Saturn) and the 11th house (Scorpio, lord Mars). Moon in the 2nd and Mars in the 11th give the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Mars is the best supported at 70 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through drive, competition, and decisive action.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in Michael Tilson Thomas’ chart falls in Cancer under Moon, whose lord answers from the 2nd house. Venus, karaka of partnership, is friendly in Capricorn in the 1st house at 69 percent strength. The Moon's 58 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Sun, Mercury and Ketu cluster in the 12th house in Sagittarius, concentrating expenditure, distance, and retreat far beyond the average chart.
Charts Like Michael Tilson Thomas's
Michael Tilson Thomas's Moon occupies Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- Bernard LaporteMoon in Purva Bhadrapada, Aquarius
- Bernard LarocheMoon in Purva Bhadrapada, Aquarius
- Bernard Le CoqMoon in Purva Bhadrapada, Pisces
- Bernard RancillacMoon in Purva Bhadrapada, Aquarius
- Bertha von MarenholtzMoon in Purva Bhadrapada, Aquarius
- Berti VogtsMoon in Purva Bhadrapada, Aquarius
Read the full profile of Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Purva Bhadrapada.
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 12th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Moon in the 2nd house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 12th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Venus in the 1st house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Mars in the 11th house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 9th house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 6th house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 6th house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 12th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
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