Richard Backus
Born March 28, 1945 at 17:40 • Goffstown, NH, United States
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 8 | 14°45′ | friendly |
| Moon | Virgo | 2 | 16°32′ | friendly |
| Mercury | Aries | 9 | 2°56′ | neutral |
| Venus (R) | Aries | 9 | 10°14′ | neutral |
| Mars | Aquarius | 7 | 9°49′ | neutral |
| Jupiter (R) | Leo | 1 | 27°32′ | friendly |
| Saturn | Gemini | 11 | 11°13′ | friendly |
| Rahu (R) | Gemini | 11 | 21°06′ | friendly |
| Ketu (R) | Sagittarius | 5 | 21°06′ | friendly |
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 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.
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 Pisces 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 Virgo 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.
Mars (your most supportive planet for Leo 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 Aquarius (house 7), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward intellectual exploration and social connection. This is especially potent because Mars is your yogakaraka - according to BPHS, the single most beneficial planet for your Leo 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 (Hasta, 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.
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 Mercury in House 9 (neutral)
Mercury operating from your 9th house in neutral dignity creates a period centered on expansion and purpose. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 9th house governs fortune, higher learning, dharma, father, and long-distance travel.
Your travel is this period's strongest channel, while mental health needs the most attention. The energy Mercury brings from house 9 naturally flows toward travel - 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 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 regulate emotions through analysis and control. When a feeling arrives, you instinctively organize it, categorize it, assess whether it's 'reasonable,' then decide whether to express it. Spontaneous emotional expression feels risky.
You radiate confidence and warmth. People are drawn to your energy. The gap: the internal pressure to always be 'on', to perform even when you're running on empty.
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 Pisces (Water) and Moon in Virgo (Earth) 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 Aries (Fire) 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 Gemini (Air) 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 Mercury in Aries (Fire) and Jupiter in Leo (Fire) 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
Contain-and-Process, you hold emotions inside and process them through practical action. Feelings integrate slowly but thoroughly. The risk: suppression disguised as composure.
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.
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.
Bold vision combined with practical execution. You dream big and build methodically.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Mercury/Saturn period, these lagnas are amplified because their lords are running:
Physical Persona: How the world experiences your presence
Physical Persona themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to analytical energy.
Power Strategy: Fame, authority & public recognition
Public authority and recognition themes increase. Your Gemini power signature is being activated.
Micro-Timing: Subtle timing & decision sensitivity
Micro-Timing themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to disciplined energy.
Fortune Channel: Prosperity flow & divine grace
Fortune Channel themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to innovative 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
12 Yogas detected · 11 beneficial · 1 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
5Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Jupiter, Mars, Mercury periods.
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)
Raja Yoga (Single Lord)
Adhi Yoga
Ubhayachari Yoga
Horasara Dharma-Karma Yoga
Wealth & Resources
2Wealth grows through strategic patience and long-term discipline and alliances. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter aspect)
Horasara Sasa Upachaya Yoga
Intelligence & Influence
3Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Saraswati Yoga
Anapha Yoga
Dama Yoga (Nabhash)
Protection & Fortune
1Natural shields exist in your chart. Jupiter Protection provide a safety net during challenging periods.
Jupiter Protection
Emotional Sensitivity
1Dainya Parivartana appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Dainya Parivartana Yoga
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
🔗 Reinforcing Patterns
Anapha Yoga and Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect) both flow through Jupiter, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Anapha Yoga and Saraswati Yoga both flow through Jupiter, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Adhi Yoga and Saraswati Yoga both flow through Mercury and Venus, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Adhi Yoga and Ubhayachari Yoga both flow through Mercury and Venus, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect) and Raja Yoga (Single Lord) both flow through Mars, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect) and Saraswati Yoga both flow through Jupiter, 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. your yogas reinforce each other more than they conflict, cumulative power grows over time. natural protection mechanisms cushion the challenging periods.
Richard Backus's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moon | 28 Mar 1945 | 04 May 1950 | 5y 1m 5d (balance) | |
| Mars | 04 May 1950 | 04 May 1957 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 04 May 1957 | 04 May 1975 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 04 May 1975 | 04 May 1991 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 04 May 1991 | 04 May 2010 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 04 May 2010 | 04 May 2027 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 04 May 2027 | 04 May 2034 | 7y | |
| Venus | 04 May 2034 | 04 May 2054 | 20y | |
| Sun | 04 May 2054 | 03 May 2060 | 6y |
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 7 from Lagna, activating Manglik Dosha.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ Jupiter aspects Mars, mitigating 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
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 Mercury/Saturn Dasha
Compare Your Chart With Richard Backus’
Today's Sky Over Richard Backus’ Chart
Explore Richard Backus’ 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 Backus’ recorded birth data.
- Mercury-Mercury May 2010 to September 2012 (from age 65)
- Mercury-Ketu September 2012 to September 2013 (from age 67)
- Mercury-Venus September 2013 to July 2016 (from age 68)
- Mercury-Sun July 2016 to June 2017 (from age 71)
- Mercury-Moon June 2017 to November 2018 (from age 72)
- Mercury-Mars November 2018 to October 2019 (from age 73)
- Mercury-Rahu October 2019 to May 2022 (from age 74)
- Mercury-Jupiter May 2022 to August 2024 (from age 77)
- Mercury-SaturnCurrent August 2024 to May 2027 (from age 79)
Why Richard Backus's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Richard Backus’ public standing with Saraswati Yoga through Jupiter + Venus + Mercury. Venus is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 79 percent, giving relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Taurus under Venus frames the public career.
Planetary Dominance In Richard Backus's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venus | 79% | weak |
| 2 | Mars | 78% | weak |
| 3 | Jupiter | 72% | weak |
| 4 | Sun | 70% | weak |
| 5 | Ketu | 69% | weak |
| 6 | Rahu | 59% | very weak |
| 7 | Saturn | 52% | very weak |
| 8 | Moon | 49% | very weak |
| 9 | Mercury | 39% | very weak |
Venus dominates the planetary hierarchy at 79 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with taste and relationship; charm and aesthetics open the important doors.
Mercury is the least supported at 39 percent, which means detail work and negotiation reward extra preparation.
Dominant Yogas In Richard Backus's Chart
Ranked by computed classical strength. Each is a specific planetary configuration in this birth chart, not a generic trait.
- Saraswati Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Jupiter + Venus + Mercury
Supports formal study and retained knowledge. It works through Jupiter, Venus and Mercury, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
- Anapha Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Jupiter
A lunar-support formation: planets flanking or joining the Moon steady the mind and its public expression. It works through Jupiter, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune.
- Adhi Yogamoderate (2/3)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 Yoga (Mutual Aspect)moderate (2/3)Planets: Jupiter+Mars
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Jupiter and Mars, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and drive, competition, and decisive action.
- Raja Yoga (Single Lord)moderate (2/3)Planets: Mars
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mars, so it touches drive, competition, and decisive action.
How Rare Is Richard Backus's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 664 share Richard Backus’ Hasta Moon. The tighter pairing of a Pisces Sun with a Hasta Moon appears in 50 of them, about 0.29 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Richard Backus In Public View
The 10th lord Venus placed in the 9th house carries Richard Backus’ reputation from the terrain of fortune, teachers, and dharma. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 4th of 9 planets by Shadbala at 70 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 49 percent strength from the 2nd house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Richard Backus’ chart the 10th house of career falls in Taurus, ruled by Venus, which sits in the 9th house in Aries. No planet occupies the 10th house, so its lord carries the career signal alone. Venus, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 79 percent, is itself the career lord, an unusually direct alignment between capacity and vocation.
The Chart's Voice
Venus is the strongest planet in Richard Backus’ chart, carrying 79 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 Richard Backus’ chart is read from the 2nd house (Virgo, lord Mercury) and the 11th house (Gemini, lord Mercury). Moon in the 2nd and Saturn and Rahu in the 11th give the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Rahu is the best supported at 59 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in Richard Backus’ chart falls in Aquarius under Saturn, occupied by Mars. Venus, karaka of partnership, sits in Aries in the 9th house at 79 percent strength. The Moon's 49 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Richard Backus'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 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon Mahadasha | Age 0 to 5 (1945 to 1950) | mind, public connection, and emotional life |
| Mars Mahadasha | Age 5 to 12 (1950 to 1957) | drive, competition, and decisive action |
| Rahu Mahadasha | Age 12 to 30 (1957 to 1975) | ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises |
| Jupiter Mahadasha | Age 30 to 46 (1975 to 1991) | wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune |
| Saturn Mahadasha | Age 46 to 65 (1991 to 2010) | discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures |
| Mercury MahadashaCurrent | Age 65 to 82 (2010 to 2027) | intellect, commerce, and communication |
| Ketu Mahadasha | Age 82 to 89 (2027 to 2034) | detachment, research, and inward turns |
| Venus Mahadasha | Age 89 to 109 (2034 to 2054) | relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy |
| Sun Mahadasha | Age 109 to 115 (2054 to 2060) | authority, visibility, and the father line |
Charts Like Richard Backus's
Richard Backus's Moon occupies Hasta nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- Josef MengeleMoon in Hasta, Virgo
- Joseph DarnandMoon in Hasta, Virgo
- Joseph L. DoobMoon in Hasta, Virgo
- Joseph McLaughlinMoon in Hasta, Virgo
- Joséphin PéladanMoon in Hasta, Virgo
- Juan Guillermo CuadradoMoon in Hasta, Virgo
Read the full profile of Hasta nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Hasta.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for LeoAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: LeoRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 8th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Moon in the 2nd house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 9th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Venus in the 9th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Mars in the 7th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 1st house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 11th house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 11th house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 5th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
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