Percival Lowell
Born March 13, 1855 at 07:45 • Boston
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Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 12 | 0°33′ | friendly |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 9 | 25°59′ | neutral |
| Mercury (R) | Aquarius | 11 | 17°15′ | neutral |
| Venus | Pisces | 12 | 22°03′ | exalted |
| Mars ☄ | Pisces | 12 | 6°38′ | friendly |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 10 | 27°41′ | debilitated |
| Saturn | Taurus | 2 | 18°02′ | friendly |
| Rahu (R) | Aries | 1 | 23°52′ | enemy |
| Ketu (R) | Libra | 7 | 23°52′ | enemy |
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.
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.
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.
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
Your Venus in Pisces (Water) and Mars in Pisces (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 Saturn in Taurus (Earth) and Mars in Pisces (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 analytical mind (Mercury in Aquarius, Air) and your belief system (Jupiter in Capricorn, 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
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."
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.
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 · 16 beneficial · 2 shadow · 4 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 Sun, Venus, Mars periods.
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga
Viparita Raja Yoga
Amala Yoga
Horasara Dharma-Karma Yoga
Wealth & Resources
4Wealth grows through strategic patience and long-term discipline and alliances. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga (Fortune)
Dhana Yoga
Horasara Dhana Yoga
Horasara Jupiter Dhana Drishti
Intelligence & Influence
5Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Sunapha Yoga
Voshi Yoga
Surya-Mangala Yoga
Surya-Shukra Yoga
Kuja-Shukra Yoga
Structural Patterns
1Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Pasha (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Pasha Yoga (Nabhash)
Emotional Sensitivity
2Gandanta and Fortune fluctuation appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Gandanta Yoga
Sakata Yoga
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your wisdom capacity (Sunapha Yoga) is periodically distorted by Sakata Yoga. Expansion and obstruction alternate. Stay consistent regardless of the cycle.
Jupiter links Amala 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, Horasara Dharma-Karma 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 (Horasara Jupiter Dhana Drishti) is periodically distorted by Sakata Yoga. Expansion and obstruction alternate. Stay consistent regardless of the cycle.
🔗 Reinforcing Patterns
Sunapha Yoga and Amala Yoga both flow through Jupiter, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Raja Yoga and Raja Yoga both flow through Mars, 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.
Percival Lowell's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venus | 13 Mar 1855 | 15 Mar 1856 | 1y 2d (balance) | |
| Sun | 15 Mar 1856 | 15 Mar 1862 | 6y | |
| Moon | 15 Mar 1862 | 15 Mar 1872 | 10y | |
| Mars | 15 Mar 1872 | 16 Mar 1879 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 16 Mar 1879 | 15 Mar 1897 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 15 Mar 1897 | 16 Mar 1913 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 16 Mar 1913 | 16 Mar 1932 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 16 Mar 1932 | 16 Mar 1949 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 16 Mar 1949 | 16 Mar 1956 | 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
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 12 from Lagna and house 4 from Moon, activating Manglik Dosha.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ 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
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
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
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Explore Percival Lowell’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 Percival Lowell’s recorded birth data.
Why Percival Lowell's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Percival Lowell’s public standing with Raja Yoga through Mars+Sun. Venus is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 76 percent, giving relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Capricorn under Saturn frames the public career, with Jupiter placed there.
Planetary Dominance In Percival Lowell's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venus | 76% | weak |
| 2 | Mars | 75% | weak |
| 3 | Sun | 73% | weak |
| 4 | Rahu | 61% | weak |
| 5 | Ketu | 55% | very weak |
| 6 | Mercury | 49% | very weak |
| 7 | Saturn | 49% | very weak |
| 8 | Jupiter | 43% | very weak |
| 9 | Moon | 42% | very weak |
Venus dominates the planetary hierarchy at 76 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with taste and relationship; charm and aesthetics open the important doors.
Moon is the least supported at 42 percent, which means emotional steadiness and public ease are the practiced skills rather than the givens.
Percival Lowell'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.
- Venus MahadashaAge 0 to 1 (1855 to 1856)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
- Sun MahadashaAge 1 to 7 (1856 to 1862)authority, visibility, and the father line
- Moon MahadashaAge 7 to 17 (1862 to 1872)mind, public connection, and emotional life
- Mars MahadashaAge 17 to 24 (1872 to 1879)drive, competition, and decisive action
- Rahu MahadashaAge 24 to 42 (1879 to 1897)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
- Jupiter MahadashaAge 42 to 58 (1897 to 1913)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
- Saturn MahadashaAge 58 to 77 (1913 to 1932)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
- Mercury MahadashaAge 77 to 94 (1932 to 1949)intellect, commerce, and communication
- Ketu MahadashaAge 94 to 101 (1949 to 1956)detachment, research, and inward turns
Dominant Yogas In Percival Lowell'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 | Mars+Sun | strong (3/3) | 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. |
| Raja YogaPower & Status | Mars+Venus | strong (3/3) | 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. |
| Raja YogaPower & Status | Sun+Venus | strong (3/3) | A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Sun and Venus, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy. |
| Dhana Yoga (Fortune)Wealth | Sun+Venus | strong (3/3) | A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Sun and Venus, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy. |
| Gandanta YogaChallenge | Moon | strong (3/3) | Moon at Scorpio-Sagittarius junction, karmic knot requiring conscious processing. It works through Moon, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life. |
How Rare Is Percival Lowell's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 619 share Percival Lowell’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 Percival Lowell In Public View
Public recognition in Percival Lowell’s chart concentrates in the 10th house, where Jupiter stands in Capricorn. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 3rd of 9 planets by Shadbala at 73 percent. Rahu in the 1st house adds the amplification the texts associate with mass reach and appetite for scale. The Moon, the public face, carries 42 percent strength from the 9th house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Percival Lowell’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Capricorn, ruled by Saturn, which sits in the 2nd house in Taurus (friendly). Jupiter occupies the 10th house, bringing wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune directly into the public record. Venus, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 76 percent, sets the tone from elsewhere in the chart, and the career runs on relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
The Chart's Voice
Venus is the strongest planet in Percival Lowell’s chart, carrying 76 percent of full Shadbala strength. In practice the chart leads with taste and relationship; charm and aesthetics open the important doors.
Wealth Signature
The 2nd And 11th Houses
Wealth in Percival Lowell’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Taurus, lord Venus) and the 11th house (Aquarius, lord Saturn). Saturn in the 2nd and Mercury in the 11th give the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Venus is the best supported at 76 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 Percival Lowell’s chart falls in Libra under Venus, occupied by Ketu. Venus, karaka of partnership, is exalted in Pisces in the 12th house at 76 percent strength. The Moon's 42 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Venus stands exalted, operating at full classical strength.
Jupiter is debilitated, a placement whose outcome depends on cancellation factors elsewhere in the chart.
Sun, Venus and Mars cluster in the 12th house in Pisces, concentrating expenditure, distance, and retreat far beyond the average chart.
Charts Like Percival Lowell's
Percival Lowell'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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- Willie MaysMoon in Purva Ashadha, Sagittarius
- Willy SachsMoon in Purva Ashadha, Sagittarius
- Wilson FerreiraMoon in Purva Ashadha, Sagittarius
- Xavier CugatMoon in Purva Ashadha, Sagittarius
Read the full profile of Purva Ashadha nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Purva Ashadha.
Percival Lowell's Life Pattern
Venus exalted in Pisces in the 12th house gives Percival Lowell's chart its most concentrated signal, an exact dignity in the house of distant and hidden things. Personality and self leads as a strength, carried by a Sun graded the strongest planet at 64 percent and a Raja Yoga formed by Mars and the Sun. Spirituality follows as the secondary theme with the central tension: the exalted twelfth house Venus refines solitude into vision, while the 9th lord Jupiter sits debilitated in the 10th house, so formal doctrine and public authority never quite match the private search; the same strained Jupiter also rules the 12th. Saturn sits friendly in Taurus in the 2nd house for the career column. Growth and relating patterns both score as strengths through the exalted Venus.
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 12th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Moon in the 9th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 11th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Venus in the 12th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Mars in the 12th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 10th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 2nd house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 1st house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 7th house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
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