Richard Branson
Born July 18, 1950 at 07:00 • 0 E 31, 51 N 11
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Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 1 | 1°52′ | friendly |
| Moon | Leo | 2 | 8°26′ | friendly |
| Mercury ☄ | Cancer | 1 | 9°57′ | enemy |
| Venus | Gemini | 12 | 1°27′ | friendly |
| Mars | Virgo | 3 | 23°30′ | enemy |
| Jupiter (R) | Aquarius | 8 | 13°34′ | neutral |
| Saturn | Leo | 2 | 22°39′ | enemy |
| Rahu (R) | Pisces | 9 | 8°26′ | neutral |
| Ketu (R) | Virgo | 3 | 8°26′ | 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 Water element drives you toward emotional depth, intuition, and empathy.
Your Fixed modality means your natural style is sustaining - you build, persist, and deepen what exists.
Sun as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "Who am I?"
Who Richard Is
Richard, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Cancer 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 Leo 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, Water energy dominates your chart (36%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward emotional depth, intuition, and empathy. Your Fixed modality means sustaining - you build, persist, and deepen what exists.
Sun (a challenging influence for Cancer ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs core identity and life purpose, and in Cancer (house 1), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward emotional depth and intuitive knowing. Interestingly, while Sun dominates your chart by strength, it functions as a challenging maraka planet for Cancer 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 (Magha, Pada 3) 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 Jupiter in House 8 (neutral)
Jupiter 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 Jupiter 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.
Who you are is inseparable from where you come from. Family, roots, and emotional memory form your identity's foundation. You probably describe yourself through stories about your people before you talk about yourself.
Emotions are big and they need an audience. Not because you're dramatic (though you can be), but because unexpressed feelings feel physically trapped. You need to be seen in your joy, your pain, and everything in between.
People experience you as nurturing and emotionally available. You create safety for others instinctively. What they rarely see is how much emotional energy that costs you, or how rarely you ask for the same care in return.
Internal Conflicts Detected
Your Cancer identity wants to charge forward boldly, but your Leo 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 desire for intellectual connection meets a pursuit style that's cautious and material. You think you want freedom in love, but you pursue security.
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 Cancer identity wants to charge forward boldly, but your Leo 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 desire for intellectual connection meets a pursuit style that's cautious and material. You think you want freedom in love, but you pursue security.
What holds you back vs what pushes you forward
Your discipline is slow and structural (Leo), but your impulses are fast and impatient (Virgo). The part of you that builds long-term and the part that wants immediate results are in constant negotiation.
Your analytical mind vs your faith system
Your analytical mind (Mercury in Cancer, Water) and your belief system (Jupiter in Aquarius, 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
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.
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.
Standing up for yourself doesn't come naturally. Anger feels dangerous, so you suppress it. But suppressed anger doesn't disappear, it becomes anxiety, resentment, or physical tension.
Your primary growth edge is developing your Mars function, the area where Assertiveness 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.
Emotional intuition fuels visible action. Your feelings drive your achievements.
Alignment Alerts
You may feel nurturing internally but are pushed toward bold, intense public roles. This creates creative tension, your quiet depth fuels your visible authority.
Lean into your private processing style (Cancer) for strategy, then channel it through your public presence (Scorpio) for impact.
Your core self and public power operate from the same element (Water). This creates natural coherence, who you are and how you're seen align effortlessly.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Jupiter/Moon 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 nurturing energy.
Fortune Channel: Prosperity flow & divine grace
Fortune Channel themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to expansive energy.
Financial Blueprint: Wealth accumulation potential from Moon
Financial Blueprint themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to expansive 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
16 Yogas detected · 14 beneficial · 2 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 Moon, Saturn, Jupiter periods.
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)
Raja Yoga (Single Lord)
Viparita Raja Yoga
Ubhayachari Yoga
Wealth & Resources
1Wealth grows through strategic patience and wisdom and ethical growth. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Horasara Jupiter Dhana Drishti
Intelligence & Influence
5Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Gajakesari Yoga
Durudhara Yoga
Sunapha Yoga
Anapha Yoga
Surya-Budha Yoga
Protection & Fortune
1Natural shields exist in your chart. Shubha Kartari provide a safety net during challenging periods.
Shubha Kartari 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 Emotional restriction appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Gandanta Yoga
Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn)
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your emotional strength (Gajakesari Yoga) and emotional vulnerability (Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn)) coexist through Moon. Under stress, you may withdraw even though you possess deep wisdom. The override: recognize withdrawal as a pattern, not a truth.
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect) gives you emotional resilience, but Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn) creates undercurrents of instability through the same Moon. Your feelings are both your compass and your fog. The practice: observe your moods without being ruled by them.
The Moon connects Raja Yoga and Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn) in your chart, creating a push-pull between emotional security and emotional exposure. When Moon periods intensify, both the gift and the challenge amplify. Grounding rituals help you stay centered.
Your discipline (Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)) intensifies challenges from Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn). The same planet that gives you endurance also extends difficult periods. Patience is structural, not optional.
Your emotional strength (Ubhayachari Yoga) and emotional vulnerability (Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn)) coexist through Moon. Under stress, you may withdraw even though you possess deep wisdom. The override: recognize withdrawal as a pattern, not a truth.
Gajakesari Yoga gives you emotional resilience, but Gandanta Yoga creates undercurrents of instability through the same Moon. Your feelings are both your compass and your fog. The practice: observe your moods without being ruled by them.
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.
Richard Branson's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ketu | 18 Jul 1950 | 10 Feb 1953 | 2y 6m 24d (balance) | |
| Venus | 10 Feb 1953 | 10 Feb 1973 | 20y | |
| Sun | 10 Feb 1973 | 10 Feb 1979 | 6y | |
| Moon | 10 Feb 1979 | 10 Feb 1989 | 10y | |
| Mars | 10 Feb 1989 | 10 Feb 1996 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 10 Feb 1996 | 10 Feb 2014 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 10 Feb 2014 | 10 Feb 2030 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 10 Feb 2030 | 10 Feb 2049 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 10 Feb 2049 | 10 Feb 2066 | 17y |
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 3 from Lagna and house 2 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
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
Present (Moderate)Ancestral karma indicators, Sun/Saturn affliction to 9th house or conjunction
Ancestral karma indicators detected — 9th house affliction
Remedies:
- Pitru Paksha Shradh
- Narayan Bali Puja
- Feed crows on Saturdays
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)
Present (Severe)Saturn's 7.5 year transit over natal Moon, period of testing, discipline and transformation
Saturn is in the peak phase of Sade Sati (1st from natal Moon).
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 Jupiter/Moon Dasha
Compare Your Chart With Richard Branson’s
Today's Sky Over Richard Branson’s Chart
Explore Richard Branson’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 Branson’s recorded birth data.
- Jupiter-Jupiter February 2014 to March 2016 (from age 63)
- Jupiter-Saturn March 2016 to October 2018 (from age 65)
- Jupiter-Mercury October 2018 to January 2021 (from age 68)
- Jupiter-Ketu January 2021 to December 2021 (from age 70)
- Jupiter-Venus December 2021 to August 2024 (from age 71)
- Jupiter-Sun August 2024 to June 2025 (from age 74)
- Jupiter-MoonCurrent June 2025 to October 2026 (from age 74)
- Jupiter-Mars October 2026 to September 2027 (from age 76)
- Jupiter-Rahu September 2027 to February 2030 (from age 77)
Why Richard Branson's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Richard Branson’s public standing with Durudhara Yoga through Mercury + Mars. Moon is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 66 percent, giving mind, public connection, and emotional life unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Aries under Mars frames the public career.
Dominant Yogas In Richard Branson'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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durudhara YogaMoon Yoga | Mercury + Mars | strong (3/3) | A lunar-support formation: planets flanking or joining the Moon steady the mind and its public expression. It works through Mercury and Mars, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication, and drive, competition, and decisive action. |
| Raja YogaPower & Status | Moon+Saturn | strong (3/3) | A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Moon and Saturn, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life, and discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures. |
| Gandanta YogaChallenge | Moon | strong (3/3) | Moon at Cancer-Leo junction, karmic knot requiring conscious processing. It works through Moon, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life. |
| Sunapha YogaMoon Yoga | Mars | moderate (2/3) | A lunar-support formation: planets flanking or joining the Moon steady the mind and its public expression. It works through Mars, so it touches drive, competition, and decisive action. |
| Anapha YogaMoon Yoga | Mercury | moderate (2/3) | A lunar-support formation: planets flanking or joining the Moon steady the mind and its public expression. It works through Mercury, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication. |
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Richard Branson In Public View
The 10th lord Mars, enemy, placed in the 3rd house carries Richard Branson’s reputation from the terrain of courage and self-made effort. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 2nd of 9 planets by Shadbala at 62 percent. Rahu works from the 9th house, feeding ambition through fortune, teachers, and dharma rather than through direct publicity. The Moon, the public face, carries 66 percent strength from the 2nd house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Richard Branson’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Aries, ruled by Mars, which sits in the 3rd house in Virgo (enemy). No planet occupies the 10th house, so its lord carries the career signal alone. Moon, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 66 percent, sets the tone from elsewhere in the chart, and the career runs on mind, public connection, and emotional life.
The Chart's Voice
Moon is the strongest planet in Richard Branson’s chart, carrying 66 percent of full Shadbala strength. In practice the chart leads with feeling and public resonance; the mind is the primary instrument.
Wealth Signature
The 2nd And 11th Houses
Wealth in Richard Branson’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Leo, lord Sun) and the 11th house (Taurus, lord Venus). Moon and Saturn in the 2nd give the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Moon is the best supported at 66 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 Branson’s chart falls in Capricorn under Saturn, whose lord answers from the 2nd house. Venus, karaka of partnership, is friendly in Gemini in the 12th house at 62 percent strength. The Moon's 66 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Richard Branson'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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ketu Mahadasha | Age 0 to 2 (1950 to 1953) | detachment, research, and inward turns |
| Venus Mahadasha | Age 2 to 22 (1953 to 1973) | relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy |
| Sun Mahadasha | Age 22 to 28 (1973 to 1979) | authority, visibility, and the father line |
| Moon Mahadasha | Age 28 to 38 (1979 to 1989) | mind, public connection, and emotional life |
| Mars Mahadasha | Age 38 to 45 (1989 to 1996) | drive, competition, and decisive action |
| Rahu Mahadasha | Age 45 to 63 (1996 to 2014) | ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises |
| Jupiter MahadashaCurrent | Age 63 to 79 (2014 to 2030) | wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune |
| Saturn Mahadasha | Age 79 to 98 (2030 to 2049) | discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures |
| Mercury Mahadasha | Age 98 to 115 (2049 to 2066) | intellect, commerce, and communication |
Planetary Dominance In Richard Branson's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moon | 66% | weak |
| 2 | Sun | 62% | weak |
| 3 | Venus | 62% | weak |
| 4 | Ketu | 62% | weak |
| 5 | Jupiter | 58% | very weak |
| 6 | Saturn | 55% | very weak |
| 7 | Rahu | 54% | very weak |
| 8 | Mercury | 50% | very weak |
| 9 | Mars | 50% | very weak |
Moon dominates the planetary hierarchy at 66 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with feeling and public resonance; the mind is the primary instrument.
Mars is the least supported at 50 percent, which means sustained drive and open confrontation demand conscious effort.
How Rare Is Richard Branson's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 606 share Richard Branson’s Magha Moon. The tighter pairing of a Cancer Sun with a Magha Moon appears in 45 of them, about 0.26 percent.
Charts Like Richard Branson's
Richard Branson's Moon occupies Magha nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- Frederic RaphaelMoon in Magha, Leo
- Frédéric TaddeïMoon in Magha, Leo
- Friedrich WolfMoon in Magha, Leo
- Frigide BarjotMoon in Magha, Leo
- Gabriel ChevallierMoon in Magha, Leo
- Gary CrosbyMoon in Magha, Leo
Read the full profile of Magha nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Magha.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for CancerAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: CancerRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 1st house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Moon in the 2nd house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 1st house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Venus in the 12th house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Mars in the 3rd house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 8th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 2nd house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 9th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 3rd house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
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