Richard James Herrin
Born December 16, 1953 at 08:37 • Belvedere Tiburon, CA, United States
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 1 | 1°14′ | friendly |
| Moon | Aries | 5 | 11°08′ | neutral |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 12 | 15°30′ | neutral |
| Venus | Scorpio | 12 | 20°37′ | neutral |
| Mars | Libra | 11 | 4°29′ | neutral |
| Jupiter (R) | Taurus | 6 | 27°46′ | enemy |
| Saturn | Libra | 11 | 12°57′ | exalted |
| Rahu (R) | Capricorn | 2 | 2°20′ | friendly |
| Ketu (R) | Cancer | 8 | 2°20′ | neutral |
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 Cardinal modality means your natural style is initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
Saturn as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What do I fear, and what must I master?"
Who Richard Is
Richard, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Sagittarius 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 Aries 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 Cardinal modality means initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
Saturn (a challenging influence for Sagittarius ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs fears, discipline, and hard-won mastery, and in Libra (house 11), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward intellectual exploration and social connection. Interestingly, while Saturn dominates your chart by strength, it functions as a challenging maraka planet for Sagittarius 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 (Ashwini, Pada 4) 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 6 (enemy)
Jupiter operating from your 6th house in enemy 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 Jupiter brings from house 6 naturally flows toward career - consciously redirect some of it toward mental health.
Your mental state is affecting your career capacity more than you realize. Stabilizing your emotional foundation will unlock professional potential that currently feels stuck.
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're a seeker. Your identity is built on the quest for meaning, not the answers you've found. Routine and small thinking suffocate you. You need a horizon, something to move toward that's bigger than your current life.
You feel fast. Emotions hit like a match striking, sudden, bright, and gone. You don't linger in feelings because processing feels like stagnation. The downside: you sometimes act on emotions before you understand them.
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
You desire mental connection (Scorpio) but pursue through emotional intensity (Libra). You want a thoughtful conversation but lead with overwhelming feeling.
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 Sagittarius (Fire) and Moon in Aries (Fire) 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
You desire mental connection (Scorpio) but pursue through emotional intensity (Libra). You want a thoughtful conversation but lead with overwhelming feeling.
What holds you back vs what pushes you forward
Your Saturn in Libra (Air) 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 Scorpio (Water) 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
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.
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.
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.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Jupiter/Sun 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 expansive energy.
Wealth Strategy: Financial identity & earning approach
Financial identity is amplified. Your Leo earning style takes center stage.
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 commanding 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
18 Yogas detected · 14 beneficial · 4 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, Mercury, Venus periods.
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)
Viparita Raja Yoga
Mahabhagya Yoga
Adhi Yoga
Exalted Planet Yoga
Wealth & Resources
5Wealth 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 Sasa Upachaya Yoga
Horasara Jupiter Dhana Drishti
Intelligence & Influence
3Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Sunapha Yoga
Voshi Yoga
Kuja-Shani Yoga
Structural Patterns
1Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Pasha (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Pasha Yoga (Nabhash)
Emotional Sensitivity
4Gandanta and Gandanta and Fortune fluctuation and Lagna Arishta appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Gandanta Yoga
Gandanta Yoga
Sakata Yoga
Lagna Arishta
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 Lagna Arishta. Expansion and obstruction alternate. Stay consistent regardless of the cycle.
Jupiter links Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect) with Lagna Arishta, 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 Jupiter Dhana Drishti and Lagna Arishta 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 (Sunapha Yoga) is periodically distorted by Sakata Yoga. Expansion and obstruction alternate. Stay consistent regardless of the cycle.
Jupiter links Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect) 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.
Your emotional strength (Mahabhagya 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.
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 James Herrin's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ketu | 16 Dec 1953 | 11 Feb 1955 | 1y 1m 25d (balance) | |
| Venus | 11 Feb 1955 | 11 Feb 1975 | 20y | |
| Sun | 11 Feb 1975 | 10 Feb 1981 | 6y | |
| Moon | 10 Feb 1981 | 11 Feb 1991 | 10y | |
| Mars | 11 Feb 1991 | 10 Feb 1998 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 10 Feb 1998 | 11 Feb 2016 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 11 Feb 2016 | 11 Feb 2032 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 11 Feb 2032 | 11 Feb 2051 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 11 Feb 2051 | 11 Feb 2068 | 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 11 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
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 Jupiter/Sun Dasha
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Explore Richard James Herrin’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 James Herrin’s recorded birth data.
- Jupiter-Jupiter February 2016 to March 2018 (from age 62)
- Jupiter-Saturn March 2018 to October 2020 (from age 64)
- Jupiter-Mercury October 2020 to January 2023 (from age 66)
- Jupiter-Ketu January 2023 to December 2023 (from age 69)
- Jupiter-Venus December 2023 to August 2026 (from age 70)
- Jupiter-SunCurrent August 2026 to June 2027 (from age 72)
- Jupiter-Moon June 2027 to October 2028 (from age 73)
- Jupiter-Mars October 2028 to September 2029 (from age 74)
- Jupiter-Rahu September 2029 to February 2032 (from age 75)
Why Richard James Herrin's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Richard James Herrin’s public standing with Dhana Yoga (Fortune) through Mars+Saturn. Mars is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 70 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.
Dominant Yogas In Richard James Herrin'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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhana Yoga (Fortune)Wealth | Mars+Saturn | strong (3/3) | A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Mars and Saturn, so it touches drive, competition, and decisive action, and discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures. |
| Gandanta YogaChallenge | Sun | strong (3/3) | Sun at Scorpio-Sagittarius junction, karmic knot requiring conscious processing. It works through Sun, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line. |
| Gandanta YogaChallenge | Moon | strong (3/3) | Moon at Pisces-Aries junction, karmic knot requiring conscious processing. It works through Moon, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life. |
| Sunapha YogaMoon Yoga | Jupiter | moderate (2/3) | 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 YogaPower & Status | Mercury + Venus | moderate (2/3) | 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. |
Wealth Signature
The 2nd And 11th Houses
Wealth in Richard James Herrin’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Capricorn, lord Saturn) and the 11th house (Libra, lord Venus). Rahu in the 2nd and Mars and Saturn in the 11th give the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Mars is the best supported at 70 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 James Herrin’s chart falls in Gemini under Mercury, whose lord answers from the 12th house. Venus, karaka of partnership, sits in Scorpio in the 12th house at 64 percent strength. The Moon's 64 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Saturn stands exalted, operating at full classical strength.
Richard James Herrin'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.
- Ketu MahadashaAge 0 to 1 (1953 to 1955)detachment, research, and inward turns
- Venus MahadashaAge 1 to 21 (1955 to 1975)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
- Sun MahadashaAge 21 to 27 (1975 to 1981)authority, visibility, and the father line
- Moon MahadashaAge 27 to 37 (1981 to 1991)mind, public connection, and emotional life
- Mars MahadashaAge 37 to 44 (1991 to 1998)drive, competition, and decisive action
- Rahu MahadashaAge 44 to 62 (1998 to 2016)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
- Jupiter MahadashaCurrentAge 62 to 78 (2016 to 2032)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
- Saturn MahadashaAge 78 to 97 (2032 to 2051)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
- Mercury MahadashaAge 97 to 114 (2051 to 2068)intellect, commerce, and communication
Planetary Dominance In Richard James Herrin's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mars | 70% | weak |
| 2 | Saturn | 65% | weak |
| 3 | Moon | 64% | weak |
| 4 | Venus | 64% | weak |
| 5 | Jupiter | 61% | weak |
| 6 | Sun | 60% | weak |
| 7 | Mercury | 58% | very weak |
| 8 | Rahu | 50% | very weak |
| 9 | Ketu | 49% | very weak |
Mars dominates the planetary hierarchy at 70 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 49 percent, which means detachment is hard won rather than native.
How Rare Is Richard James Herrin's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 638 share Richard James Herrin’s Ashwini Moon. The tighter pairing of a Sagittarius Sun with an Ashwini Moon appears in 49 of them, about 0.28 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Richard James Herrin In Public View
The 10th lord Mercury placed in the 12th house carries Richard James Herrin’s reputation from the terrain of expenditure, distance, and retreat. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 6th of 9 planets by Shadbala at 60 percent. Rahu works from the 2nd house, feeding ambition through wealth, speech, and family holdings rather than through direct publicity. The Moon, the public face, carries 64 percent strength from the 5th house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Richard James Herrin’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Virgo, ruled by Mercury, which sits in the 12th house in Scorpio. No planet occupies the 10th house, so its lord carries the career signal alone. Mars, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 70 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 James Herrin’s chart, carrying 70 percent of full Shadbala strength. In practice the chart leads with force and initiative; contests and physical daring reward the native.
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Richard James Herrin's Moon occupies Ashwini nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
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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 1st house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Moon in the 5th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 12th house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Venus in the 12th house (Scorpio) — 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 11th house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 2nd house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 8th house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
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