Richard A. Clarke
Born October 30, 1950 at 17:45 • Cambridge, 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 | Libra | 6 | 13°46′ | debilitated |
| Moon | Gemini | 2 | 9°09′ | friendly |
| Mercury ☄ | Libra | 6 | 12°38′ | friendly |
| Venus ☄ | Libra | 6 | 10°14′ | moolatrikona |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 8 | 2°06′ | friendly |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 10 | 4°29′ | neutral |
| Saturn | Virgo | 5 | 4°50′ | friendly |
| Rahu (R) | Pisces | 11 | 2°54′ | neutral |
| Ketu (R) | Virgo | 5 | 2°54′ | enemy |
Richard'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 Air element drives you toward ideas, communication, and social connection.
Your Mutable modality means your natural style is adapting - you flex, adjust, and see all perspectives.
Mars as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What am I willing to fight for?"
Who Richard Is
Richard, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Libra 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 Gemini 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, Air energy dominates your chart (64%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward ideas, communication, and social connection. Your Mutable modality means adapting - you flex, adjust, and see all perspectives.
Mars (a challenging influence for Taurus ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs drive, anger, and how you fight for what matters, and in Sagittarius (house 8), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward bold self-expression and direct action. Interestingly, while Mars dominates your chart by strength, it functions as a challenging maraka planet 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 (Ardra, 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.
Richard's Inner World
How Richard Thinks
Richard's Drive & Purpose
How Richard Loves
Richard's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Richard's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Venus in House 6 (moolatrikona)
Venus operating from your 6th house in moolatrikona dignity creates a period centered on service and refinement. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 6th house governs daily work, health challenges, enemies, and service to others.
Your career is this period's strongest channel, while mental health needs the most attention. The energy Venus brings from house 6 naturally flows toward career - consciously redirect some of it toward mental health.
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 identity is relational, you understand yourself through the mirror of other people. This isn't weakness; it's how you're wired. The danger is disappearing into someone else's story and forgetting you have your own.
You think your feelings. Emotions arrive and your first instinct is to analyze them, name them, talk about them. This gives you emotional articulation others envy, but it also means you can talk about feelings without actually feeling them.
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.
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 Libra (Air) and Moon in Gemini (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 Libra (Air) and Mars in Sagittarius (Fire) 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 fear-based discipline demands caution (Virgo), but your Mars says 'act now, think later' (Sagittarius). This is the classic brake-and-accelerator conflict, both engaged at the same time.
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
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.
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."
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.
Practical foundation supports bold ambition. You take calculated risks.
Alignment Alerts
Your core self and public power operate from the same element (Earth). This creates natural coherence, who you are and how you're seen align effortlessly.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Venus/Venus 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.
Physical Persona: How the world experiences your presence
Physical Persona themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to grounded 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
17 Yogas detected · 14 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
6Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Mercury, Sun, Venus periods.
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga (Single Lord)
Viparita Raja Yoga
Amala Yoga
Wealth & Resources
2Wealth grows through strategic patience and wisdom and ethical growth. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter aspect)
Horasara Jupiter Dhana Drishti
Intelligence & Influence
4Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Voshi Yoga
Surya-Budha Yoga
Surya-Shukra Yoga
Budha-Shukra Yoga
Protection & Fortune
1Natural shields exist in your chart. Jupiter Protection provide a safety net during challenging periods.
Jupiter Protection
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 Ashtama Mangala and Multiple Combustion appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Kemadruma Yoga
Ashtama Mangala
Multiple Combustion
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your drive (Viparita Raja Yoga) can amplify the intensity of Ashtama Mangala. The courage that fuels success can also fuel reactive patterns. Channel Mars energy before it channels you.
Your intellect (Raja Yoga) can overthink the patterns from Multiple Combustion. The mind that solves problems can also create them through excessive analysis.
Your relational gifts (Raja Yoga) are complicated by Multiple Combustion. The same sensitivity that creates beauty can attract emotional turbulence.
Mercury connects 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.
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.
Venus links Surya-Shukra Yoga with Multiple Combustion, creating tension between love and attachment. Your capacity for deep connection is genuine, but it can make you vulnerable to codependence or idealization.
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.
Richard A. Clarke's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rahu | 30 Oct 1950 | 17 Jun 1965 | 14y 7m 16d (balance) | |
| Jupiter | 17 Jun 1965 | 17 Jun 1981 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 17 Jun 1981 | 17 Jun 2000 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 17 Jun 2000 | 17 Jun 2017 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 17 Jun 2017 | 17 Jun 2024 | 7y | |
| Venus | 17 Jun 2024 | 17 Jun 2044 | 20y | |
| Sun | 17 Jun 2044 | 17 Jun 2050 | 6y | |
| Moon | 17 Jun 2050 | 17 Jun 2060 | 10y | |
| Mars | 17 Jun 2060 | 17 Jun 2067 | 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 8 from Lagna and house 7 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
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
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 Venus/Venus Dasha
Compare Your Chart With Richard A. Clarke’s
Today's Sky Over Richard A. Clarke’s Chart
Explore Richard A. Clarke’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 Richard A. Clarke’s recorded birth data.
- Venus-VenusCurrent June 2024 to October 2027 (from age 73)
- Venus-Sun October 2027 to October 2028 (from age 76)
- Venus-Moon October 2028 to June 2030 (from age 77)
- Venus-Mars June 2030 to August 2031 (from age 79)
- Venus-Rahu August 2031 to August 2034 (from age 80)
- Venus-Jupiter August 2034 to April 2037 (from age 83)
- Venus-Saturn April 2037 to June 2040 (from age 86)
- Venus-Mercury June 2040 to April 2043 (from age 89)
- Venus-Ketu April 2043 to June 2044 (from age 92)
Why Richard A. Clarke's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Richard A. Clarke’s public standing with Raja Yoga through Mercury+Venus. Mars is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 80 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 Jupiter placed there.
Planetary Dominance In Richard A. Clarke's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mars | 80% | moderate |
| 2 | Saturn | 72% | weak |
| 3 | Moon | 70% | weak |
| 4 | Ketu | 65% | weak |
| 5 | Venus | 56% | very weak |
| 6 | Rahu | 53% | very weak |
| 7 | Sun | 50% | very weak |
| 8 | Jupiter | 47% | very weak |
| 9 | Mercury | 42% | very weak |
Mars dominates the planetary hierarchy at 80 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with force and initiative; contests and physical daring reward the native.
Mercury is the least supported at 42 percent, which means detail work and negotiation reward extra preparation.
Richard A. Clarke'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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rahu Mahadasha | Age 0 to 14 (1950 to 1965) | ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises |
| Jupiter Mahadasha | Age 14 to 30 (1965 to 1981) | wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune |
| Saturn Mahadasha | Age 30 to 49 (1981 to 2000) | discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures |
| Mercury Mahadasha | Age 49 to 66 (2000 to 2017) | intellect, commerce, and communication |
| Ketu Mahadasha | Age 66 to 73 (2017 to 2024) | detachment, research, and inward turns |
| Venus MahadashaCurrent | Age 73 to 93 (2024 to 2044) | relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy |
| Sun Mahadasha | Age 93 to 99 (2044 to 2050) | authority, visibility, and the father line |
| Moon Mahadasha | Age 99 to 109 (2050 to 2060) | mind, public connection, and emotional life |
| Mars Mahadasha | Age 109 to 116 (2060 to 2067) | drive, competition, and decisive action |
Dominant Yogas In Richard A. Clarke'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: Mercury+Venus
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.
- Raja Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Sun+Venus
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.
- Raja Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Mercury+Sun
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mercury and Sun, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication, and authority, visibility, and the father line.
- Kemadruma Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Moon
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.
- 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.
How Rare Is Richard A. Clarke's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 587 share Richard A. Clarke’s Ardra Moon. The tighter pairing of a Libra Sun with an Ardra Moon appears in 41 of them, about 0.24 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Richard A. Clarke In Public View
Public recognition in Richard A. Clarke’s chart concentrates in the 10th house, where Jupiter stands in Aquarius. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 7th of 9 planets by Shadbala at 50 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 70 percent strength from the 2nd house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Richard A. Clarke’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Aquarius, ruled by Saturn, which sits in the 5th house in Virgo (friendly). Jupiter occupies the 10th house, bringing wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune directly into the public record. Mars, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 80 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 Richard A. Clarke’s chart, carrying 80 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 Richard A. Clarke’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Gemini, lord Mercury) and the 11th house (Pisces, lord Jupiter). Moon in the 2nd and Rahu in the 11th give the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Moon is the best supported at 70 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through mind, public connection, and emotional life.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in Richard A. Clarke’s chart falls in Scorpio under Mars, whose lord answers from the 8th house. Venus, karaka of partnership, is moolatrikona in Libra in the 6th house at 56 percent strength, though combustion by the Sun asks the relationship life to fight for its own space. The Moon's 70 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Sun is debilitated, a placement whose outcome depends on cancellation factors elsewhere in the chart.
Sun, Mercury and Venus cluster in the 6th house in Libra, concentrating service, rivals, and daily obstacles far beyond the average chart.
Charts Like Richard A. Clarke's
Richard A. Clarke's Moon occupies Ardra nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- François JacobMoon in Ardra, Gemini
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- François SchuitenMoon in Ardra, Gemini
- Françoise MeyersMoon in Ardra, Gemini
- Frank AlamoMoon in Ardra, Gemini
- Franklin D. RooseveltMoon in Ardra, Gemini
Read the full profile of Ardra nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Ardra.
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 6th house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
- Moon in the 2nd house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 6th house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
- Venus in the 6th house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
- Mars in the 8th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 10th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 5th house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 11th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 5th house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
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