Mike Barson
Born April 21, 1958 at 07:30 • Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 12 | 7°22′ | exalted |
| Moon | Taurus | 1 | 0°51′ | exalted |
| Mercury (R) ☄ | Pisces | 11 | 29°50′ | debilitated |
| Venus | Aquarius | 10 | 21°27′ | friendly |
| Mars | Aquarius | 10 | 2°25′ | neutral |
| Jupiter (R) | Libra | 6 | 3°00′ | enemy |
| Saturn (R) | Sagittarius | 8 | 2°12′ | neutral |
| Rahu (R) | Libra | 6 | 8°16′ | friendly |
| Ketu (R) | Aries | 12 | 8°16′ | friendly |
Mike'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 Cardinal modality means your natural style is initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
Moon as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What do I need to feel safe?"
Who Mike Is
Mike, 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 Taurus 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 Cardinal modality means initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
Moon (a functional malefic for Taurus ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs emotional needs and inner world, and in Taurus (house 1), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward practical mastery and tangible achievement. Interestingly, while Moon dominates your chart by strength, it functions as a functional malefic for Taurus 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 (Krittika, 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.
Mike's Inner World
How Mike Thinks
Mike's Drive & Purpose
How Mike Loves
Mike's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Mike's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Saturn in House 8 (neutral)
Saturn operating from your 8th house in neutral dignity creates a period centered on deep restructuring. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 8th house governs transformation, hidden resources, death/rebirth cycles, and research.
Your spiritual growth is this period's strongest channel, while public image needs the most attention. The energy Saturn brings from house 8 naturally flows toward spiritual growth - consciously redirect some of it toward public image.
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.
Your emotional world is stable and sensory. You process feelings through the body, comfort food, long walks, physical touch. Emotions move slowly through you, which makes you steady but also means you hold onto things (and people) longer than you should.
You come across as grounded, calm, and dependable. People assume you've got it all together. What they don't see is the internal stubbornness that sometimes keeps you stuck in situations you've outgrown.
Internal Conflicts Detected
Your Aries identity craves excitement and risk, but your Taurus emotional core needs predictability. You initiate boldly, then retreat to recharge. Partners and friends might see you as inconsistent; really, you're managing two genuine needs.
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 Aries identity craves excitement and risk, but your Taurus emotional core needs predictability. You initiate boldly, then retreat to recharge. Partners and friends might see you as inconsistent; really, you're managing two genuine needs.
Your romantic desires vs your pursuit style
Your Venus in Aquarius (Air) and Mars in Aquarius (Air) 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 Saturn in Sagittarius (Fire) and Mars in Aquarius (Air) 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 analytical mind (Mercury in Pisces, Water) and your belief system (Jupiter in Libra, Air) 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
Contain-and-Process, you hold emotions inside and process them through practical action. Feelings integrate slowly but thoroughly. The risk: suppression disguised as composure.
Intuitive Feeler, your decisions are guided by emotional resonance, not logical analysis. When something "feels right," you follow it. This serves you well when you trust it; poorly when fear disguises itself as intuition.
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.
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 · 11 beneficial · 2 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
6Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Mars, Venus, Saturn periods.
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga (Single Lord)
Viparita Raja Yoga
Amala Yoga
Ubhayachari Yoga
Exalted Planet Yoga
Wealth & Resources
3Wealth grows through strategic patience and wisdom and ethical growth. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga
Horasara Dhana Yoga
Horasara Jupiter Dhana Drishti
Intelligence & Influence
2Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Communication networks amplify your results.
Dama Yoga (Nabhash)
Kuja-Shukra Yoga
Emotional Sensitivity
2Gandanta and Guru Chandala appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Gandanta Yoga
Guru Chandala Yoga
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your wisdom capacity (Viparita Raja Yoga) is periodically distorted by Guru Chandala Yoga. Expansion and obstruction alternate. Stay consistent regardless of the cycle.
Jupiter links Horasara Dhana Yoga with Guru Chandala 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, Horasara Jupiter Dhana Drishti and Guru Chandala 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.
🔗 Reinforcing Patterns
Raja Yoga and Amala Yoga both flow through Venus, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Dhana Yoga and Ubhayachari Yoga both flow through Mercury, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Dhana Yoga and Horasara Dhana Yoga both flow through Mercury, when one activates, the other strengthens.
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.
Mike Barson's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | 21 Apr 1958 | 01 Jun 1962 | 4y 1m 10d (balance) | |
| Moon | 01 Jun 1962 | 31 May 1972 | 10y | |
| Mars | 31 May 1972 | 01 Jun 1979 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 01 Jun 1979 | 01 Jun 1997 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 01 Jun 1997 | 01 Jun 2013 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 01 Jun 2013 | 31 May 2032 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 31 May 2032 | 01 Jun 2049 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 01 Jun 2049 | 31 May 2056 | 7y | |
| Venus | 31 May 2056 | 31 May 2076 | 20y |
The planetary periods that shape each chapter of your life
Shadbala measures each planet's strength across six dimensions. Strong planets deliver their gifts naturally. Weak planets need conscious effort or remedial support.
How much power each planet carries in your chart
Comparative Strength Overview
Current Period × Planet Strength
Planet Strength Intelligence
Planet Synergy Matrix
Top 5 planet pairs working together in your chart
Red Flag Monitor
Patterns to watch based on your weakest planetary strengths
Doshas are specific planetary configurations that traditional texts flag as challenging. But most have cancellation conditions.
Planetary challenges and how they're resolved
Dosha Analysis
Doshas are specific planetary configurations that indicate challenges. Many have cancellations (exceptions) that reduce or eliminate their effects.
Manglik Dosha
Present (Moderate)Mars placement in sensitive houses (1/2/4/7/8/12), affects marriage and partnerships
Mars is placed in house 10 from Lagna, activating Manglik Dosha.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ Jupiter aspects Mars, mitigating the dosha
- ✓ Mars conjunct Venus softens the 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
Present (Moderate)Jupiter conjunct Rahu/Ketu, wisdom clouded by illusion, unconventional beliefs
Jupiter conjunct Rahu in house 6 — 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.
Remedies:
Shani Dosha (Sade Sati)
Present (Moderate)Saturn's 7.5 year transit over natal Moon, period of testing, discipline and transformation
Saturn is in 8th from Moon (Ashtama Shani) — period of transformation and delays.
⚠ Ashtama Shani active
Remedies:
- Shani Shanti Puja
- Hanuman worship on Saturdays
- Donate black items
Vedic remedies work by strengthening weak planets and calming overactive ones. Start with one remedy and observe its effects before adding more.
Practical steps to harmonize challenging energies
Calculate your birth chart first to see your remedial intelligence strategy.
Recurring themes your chart reveals
Currently Active Patterns
Based on your Saturn/Mars Dasha
Compare Your Chart With Mike Barson’s
Today's Sky Over Mike Barson’s Chart
Explore Mike Barson’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 Mike Barson’s recorded birth data.
- Saturn-Saturn June 2013 to June 2016 (from age 55)
- Saturn-Mercury June 2016 to February 2019 (from age 58)
- Saturn-Ketu February 2019 to March 2020 (from age 60)
- Saturn-Venus March 2020 to May 2023 (from age 61)
- Saturn-Sun May 2023 to May 2024 (from age 65)
- Saturn-Moon May 2024 to December 2025 (from age 66)
- Saturn-MarsCurrent December 2025 to January 2027 (from age 67)
- Saturn-Rahu January 2027 to November 2029 (from age 68)
- Saturn-Jupiter November 2029 to May 2032 (from age 71)
Why Mike Barson's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Mike Barson’s public standing with Raja Yoga through Mars+Venus. Mars is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 86 percent, giving drive, competition, and decisive action unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Aquarius under Saturn frames the public career, with Venus and Mars placed there.
Planetary Dominance In Mike Barson's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mars | 86% | moderate |
| 2 | Saturn | 79% | weak |
| 3 | Moon | 77% | weak |
| 4 | Sun | 73% | weak |
| 5 | Venus | 64% | weak |
| 6 | Jupiter | 56% | very weak |
| 7 | Ketu | 49% | very weak |
| 8 | Mercury | 46% | very weak |
| 9 | Rahu | 46% | very weak |
Mars dominates the planetary hierarchy at 86 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with force and initiative; contests and physical daring reward the native.
Rahu is the least supported at 46 percent, which means worldly appetite is muted, which can read as contentment or as missed reach.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in Mike Barson’s chart falls in Scorpio under Mars, whose lord answers from the 10th house. Venus, karaka of partnership, is friendly in Aquarius in the 10th house at 64 percent strength. The Moon's 77 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Sun and Moon stand exalted at the same time; most charts carry at most one exalted planet.
Mercury is debilitated, a placement whose outcome depends on cancellation factors elsewhere in the chart.
Mike Barson'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.
- Sun MahadashaAge 0 to 4 (1958 to 1962)authority, visibility, and the father line
- Moon MahadashaAge 4 to 14 (1962 to 1972)mind, public connection, and emotional life
- Mars MahadashaAge 14 to 21 (1972 to 1979)drive, competition, and decisive action
- Rahu MahadashaAge 21 to 39 (1979 to 1997)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
- Jupiter MahadashaAge 39 to 55 (1997 to 2013)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
- Saturn MahadashaCurrentAge 55 to 74 (2013 to 2032)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
- Mercury MahadashaAge 74 to 91 (2032 to 2049)intellect, commerce, and communication
- Ketu MahadashaAge 91 to 98 (2049 to 2056)detachment, research, and inward turns
- Venus MahadashaAge 98 to 118 (2056 to 2076)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
Dominant Yogas In Mike Barson's Chart
Ranked by computed classical strength. Each is a specific planetary configuration in this birth chart, not a generic trait.
- Raja Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Mars+Venus
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mars and Venus, so it touches drive, competition, and decisive action, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
- Gandanta Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Sun
Sun at Pisces-Aries junction, karmic knot requiring conscious processing. It works through Sun, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line.
- Raja Yoga (Single Lord)moderate (2/3)Planets: Saturn
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Saturn, so it touches discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures.
- Dhana Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Mercury
A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Mercury, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication.
- Viparita Raja Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Jupiter
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Jupiter, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune.
How Rare Is Mike Barson's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 641 share Mike Barson’s Krittika Moon. The tighter pairing of an Aries Sun with a Krittika Moon appears in 65 of them, about 0.37 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Mike Barson In Public View
Public recognition in Mike Barson’s chart concentrates in the 10th house, where Venus and Mars stand in Aquarius. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 4th of 9 planets by Shadbala at 73 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 77 percent strength from an angular house, which keeps the personality in open view.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Mike Barson’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Aquarius, ruled by Saturn, which sits in the 8th house in Sagittarius. Venus and Mars occupy the 10th house, bringing relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy, and drive, competition, and decisive action directly into the public record. Mars, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 86 percent, stands in the 10th itself, putting the chart’s best resource on public display.
The Chart's Voice
Mars is the strongest planet in Mike Barson’s chart, carrying 86 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 Mike Barson’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Gemini, lord Mercury) and the 11th house (Pisces, lord Jupiter). Mercury in the 11th gives the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Jupiter is the best supported at 56 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune.
Charts Like Mike Barson's
Mike Barson's Moon occupies Krittika nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- Tiziano TerzaniMoon in Krittika, Aries
- Todd AstleMoon in Krittika, Taurus
- Tommaso BuscettaMoon in Krittika, Taurus
- Tommy Lee JonesMoon in Krittika, Taurus
- Tonino BenacquistaMoon in Krittika, Taurus
- Tony L. BanksMoon in Krittika, Taurus
Read the full profile of Krittika nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Krittika.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for TaurusAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: TaurusRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 12th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
- Moon in the 1st house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 11th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
- Venus in the 10th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
- Mars in the 10th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 6th house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 8th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 6th house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 12th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
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