Richard F. Gordon
Born October 5, 1929 at 12:45 • Seattle, WA, United States
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 10 | 19°14′ | neutral |
| Moon | Libra | 11 | 24°51′ | neutral |
| Mercury (R) ☄ | Virgo | 10 | 24°23′ | exalted |
| Venus | Leo | 9 | 19°30′ | enemy |
| Mars | Libra | 11 | 6°40′ | neutral |
| Jupiter (R) | Taurus | 6 | 23°31′ | enemy |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 1 | 2°09′ | neutral |
| Rahu (R) | Aries | 5 | 20°40′ | enemy |
| Ketu (R) | Libra | 11 | 20°40′ | 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 Earth element drives you toward security, structure, and tangible results.
Your Cardinal modality means your natural style is initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
Mercury as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "How do I process the world?"
Who Richard Is
Richard, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Virgo 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 Libra 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, Earth energy dominates your chart (36%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward security, structure, and tangible results. Your Cardinal modality means initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
Mercury (a yoga-forming benefic for Sagittarius ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs thinking style and communication, and in Virgo (house 10), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward practical mastery and tangible achievement.
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 (Vishakha, 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 Rahu in House 5 (enemy)
Rahu operating from your 5th house in enemy dignity creates a period centered on creative awakening. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 5th house governs creativity, intelligence, children, past-life merit, and romance.
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 identify through competence. Your self-worth is built on being useful, precise, and correct. The internal standard you hold yourself to is impossibly high, and you've never met anyone who criticizes you harder than you criticize yourself.
Your emotional equilibrium depends on the people around you. When relationships are harmonious, you feel balanced. When they're not, everything tilts. You've spent your life learning to keep the peace, sometimes at the cost of your own honest feelings.
People see an optimist, an adventurer, someone with big ideas and bigger energy. You inspire. The shadow: restlessness that people mistake for freedom, when sometimes it's just an inability to sit with what's uncomfortable.
Internal Conflicts Detected
Your Virgo identity is built on tangible results, but your Libra emotions live in the realm of ideas and social connection. You feel guilty when you're thinking instead of producing, and restless when you're producing instead of exploring.
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 Virgo identity is built on tangible results, but your Libra emotions live in the realm of ideas and social connection. You feel guilty when you're thinking instead of producing, and restless when you're producing instead of exploring.
Your romantic desires vs your pursuit style
Your Venus in Leo (Fire) and Mars in Libra (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 Libra (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 Virgo (Earth) and Jupiter in Taurus (Earth) 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.
Practical Evaluator, you decide based on tangible outcomes, track records, and material evidence. Slow but reliable. You rarely regret decisions because you rarely make impulsive ones.
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.
Dynamic energy meets intellectual strategy. You lead through ideas and charisma.
Alignment Alerts
Your core self and public power operate from the same element (Fire). This creates natural coherence, who you are and how you're seen align effortlessly.
Your bold, action-driven nature (Sagittarius) needs to adapt to a steady, disciplined wealth strategy (Taurus). Quick wins satisfy less than long-term building.
Channel your fire into consistent effort. Taurus rewards persistence, not sprints.
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
14 Yogas detected · 11 beneficial · 3 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 Sun, Mercury, Moon periods.
Dharma-Karmadhipati Yoga
Raja Yoga
Amala Yoga
Ubhayachari Yoga
Horasara Dharma-Karma Yoga
Wealth & Resources
2Wealth grows through strategic patience and wisdom and ethical growth. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Chandra-Mangala Yoga
Horasara Jupiter Dhana Drishti
Intelligence & Influence
2Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Bhadra Yoga
Anapha Yoga
Structural Patterns
2Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Horasara Bhadra Kendra, Pasha (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Horasara Bhadra Kendra Yoga
Pasha Yoga (Nabhash)
Emotional Sensitivity
3Fortune fluctuation and Lagna Arishta and Shani Lagna appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Sakata Yoga
Lagna Arishta
Shani Lagna Yoga
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your wisdom capacity (Horasara Jupiter Dhana Drishti) is periodically distorted by Lagna Arishta. Expansion and obstruction alternate. Stay consistent regardless of the cycle.
Your emotional strength (Chandra-Mangala Yoga) and emotional vulnerability (Sakata Yoga) coexist through Moon. Under stress, you may withdraw even though you possess deep wisdom. The override: recognize withdrawal as a pattern, not a truth.
Ubhayachari Yoga gives you emotional resilience, but Sakata 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.
Jupiter links Horasara Jupiter Dhana Drishti 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.
🔗 Reinforcing Patterns
Bhadra Yoga and Anapha Yoga both flow through Mercury, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Bhadra Yoga and Raja 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.
Richard F. Gordon's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jupiter | 05 Oct 1929 | 07 Dec 1939 | 10y 2m (balance) | |
| Saturn | 07 Dec 1939 | 06 Dec 1958 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 06 Dec 1958 | 07 Dec 1975 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 07 Dec 1975 | 06 Dec 1982 | 7y | |
| Venus | 06 Dec 1982 | 06 Dec 2002 | 20y | |
| Sun | 06 Dec 2002 | 06 Dec 2008 | 6y | |
| Moon | 06 Dec 2008 | 06 Dec 2018 | 10y | |
| Mars | 06 Dec 2018 | 06 Dec 2025 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 06 Dec 2025 | 07 Dec 2043 | 18y |
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 11 from Lagna and house 1 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
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 Rahu/Rahu Dasha
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Explore Richard F. Gordon’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 F. Gordon’s recorded birth data.
- Rahu-RahuCurrent December 2025 to August 2028 (from age 96)
- Rahu-Jupiter August 2028 to January 2031 (from age 98)
- Rahu-Saturn January 2031 to November 2033 (from age 101)
- Rahu-Mercury November 2033 to June 2036 (from age 104)
- Rahu-Ketu June 2036 to June 2037 (from age 106)
- Rahu-Venus June 2037 to June 2040 (from age 107)
- Rahu-Sun June 2040 to May 2041 (from age 110)
- Rahu-Moon May 2041 to November 2042 (from age 111)
- Rahu-Mars November 2042 to December 2043 (from age 113)
Why Richard F. Gordon's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Richard F. Gordon’s public standing with Bhadra Yoga through Mercury. Mars is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 66 percent, giving drive, competition, and decisive action unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Virgo under Mercury frames the public career, with Sun and Mercury placed there.
Dominant Yogas In Richard F. Gordon's Chart
Ranked by computed classical strength. Each is a specific planetary configuration in this birth chart, not a generic trait.
- Bhadra Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Mercury
One of the five great-person yogas: a strong planet in an angle stamps its character on the whole personality. It works through Mercury, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication.
- 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.
- Dharma-Karmadhipati Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Sun + Mercury
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Sun and Mercury, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line, and intellect, commerce, and communication.
- Horasara Bhadra Kendra Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Mercury
Dignified Mercury in Kendra: eloquence, scholarly attainment, success in trade and counsel. It works through Mercury, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication.
- Anapha Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Mercury
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.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Richard F. Gordon’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Virgo, ruled by Mercury, which sits in the 10th house in Virgo (exalted). Sun and Mercury occupy the 10th house, bringing authority, visibility, and the father line, and intellect, commerce, and communication directly into the public record. Mars, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 66 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 F. Gordon’s chart, carrying 66 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 F. Gordon’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Capricorn, lord Saturn) and the 11th house (Libra, lord Venus). Moon, Mars and Ketu in the 11th give the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Mars is the best supported at 66 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through drive, competition, and decisive action.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in Richard F. Gordon’s chart falls in Gemini under Mercury, whose lord answers from the 10th house. Venus, karaka of partnership, is enemy in Leo in the 9th house at 51 percent strength. The Moon's 47 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Mercury stands exalted, operating at full classical strength.
Moon, Mars and Ketu cluster in the 11th house in Libra, concentrating gains, networks, and ambitions realised far beyond the average chart.
Mercury qualifies for Bhadra Yoga: exalted in the 10th house, one of the five Mahapurusha marks of an exceptional nativity.
Richard F. Gordon'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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jupiter Mahadasha | Age 0 to 10 (1929 to 1939) | wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune |
| Saturn Mahadasha | Age 10 to 29 (1939 to 1958) | discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures |
| Mercury Mahadasha | Age 29 to 46 (1958 to 1975) | intellect, commerce, and communication |
| Ketu Mahadasha | Age 46 to 53 (1975 to 1982) | detachment, research, and inward turns |
| Venus Mahadasha | Age 53 to 73 (1982 to 2002) | relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy |
| Sun Mahadasha | Age 73 to 79 (2002 to 2008) | authority, visibility, and the father line |
| Moon Mahadasha | Age 79 to 89 (2008 to 2018) | mind, public connection, and emotional life |
| Mars Mahadasha | Age 89 to 96 (2018 to 2025) | drive, competition, and decisive action |
| Rahu MahadashaCurrent | Age 96 to 114 (2025 to 2043) | ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises |
Planetary Dominance In Richard F. Gordon's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mars | 66% | weak |
| 2 | Sun | 64% | weak |
| 3 | Mercury | 63% | weak |
| 4 | Jupiter | 59% | very weak |
| 5 | Saturn | 58% | very weak |
| 6 | Venus | 51% | very weak |
| 7 | Moon | 47% | very weak |
| 8 | Rahu | 46% | very weak |
| 9 | Ketu | 44% | very weak |
Mars dominates the planetary hierarchy at 66 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with force and initiative; contests and physical daring reward the native.
Ketu is the least supported at 44 percent, which means detachment is hard won rather than native.
How Rare Is Richard F. Gordon's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 640 share Richard F. Gordon’s Vishakha Moon. The tighter pairing of a Virgo Sun with a Vishakha Moon appears in 57 of them, about 0.33 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Richard F. Gordon In Public View
Public recognition in Richard F. Gordon’s chart concentrates in the 10th house, where Sun and Mercury stand in Virgo. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 2nd of 9 planets by Shadbala at 64 percent. Rahu works from the 5th house, feeding ambition through creativity, intelligence, and speculation rather than through direct publicity. The Moon, the public face, carries 47 percent strength from the 11th house.
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Richard F. Gordon's Moon occupies Vishakha nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
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Read the full profile of Vishakha nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Vishakha.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for SagittariusAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: SagittariusRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 10th house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Moon in the 11th house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 10th house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Venus in the 9th house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Mars in the 11th house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 6th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 1st house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 5th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 11th house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
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