Richard McDermott
Born September 20, 1940 at 05:35 • Essexville, MI, 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 | 2 | 4°16′ | neutral |
| Moon | Aries | 9 | 15°45′ | neutral |
| Mercury ☄ | Virgo | 2 | 16°59′ | exalted |
| Venus | Cancer | 12 | 18°59′ | enemy |
| Mars ☄ | Leo | 1 | 27°14′ | friendly |
| Jupiter (R) | Aries | 9 | 22°13′ | friendly |
| Saturn (R) | Aries | 9 | 21°14′ | debilitated |
| Rahu (R) | Virgo | 2 | 18°34′ | friendly |
| Ketu (R) | Pisces | 8 | 18°34′ | 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 Cardinal modality means your natural style is initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
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 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 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 (45%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward action and self-expression. Your Cardinal modality means initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
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 Leo (house 1), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward bold self-expression and direct action. 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 (Bharani, 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 Saturn in House 9 (debilitated)
Saturn operating from your 9th house in debilitated 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 spiritual growth is this period's strongest channel, while mental health needs the most attention. The energy Saturn brings from house 9 naturally flows toward spiritual growth - 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 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.
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.
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.
Internal Conflicts Detected
Your Virgo identity values stability, but your Aries emotions crave action and change. The stable life you've built sometimes feels like a cage, not because it's wrong, but because part of you is wild and resists containment.
What you want in love (Cancer: emotional depth, security) and how you pursue it (Leo: impulsively, intensely) are mismatched. You chase tenderness with fire.
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 values stability, but your Aries emotions crave action and change. The stable life you've built sometimes feels like a cage, not because it's wrong, but because part of you is wild and resists containment.
Your romantic desires vs your pursuit style
What you want in love (Cancer: emotional depth, security) and how you pursue it (Leo: impulsively, intensely) are mismatched. You chase tenderness with fire.
What holds you back vs what pushes you forward
Your Saturn in Aries (Fire) and Mars in Leo (Fire) 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 analytical mind (Mercury in Virgo, Earth) and your belief system (Jupiter in Aries, Fire) 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.
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 around 'who am I?' Questions of self-worth and visibility touch a nerve. You may overperform to compensate or withdraw to avoid the question entirely.
Your primary growth edge is developing your Sun function, the area where Identity 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 bold, action-driven nature (Leo) needs to adapt to a steady, disciplined wealth strategy (Capricorn). Quick wins satisfy less than long-term building.
Channel your fire into consistent effort. Capricorn rewards persistence, not sprints.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Saturn/Mars period, these lagnas are amplified because their lords are running:
Wealth Strategy: Financial identity & earning approach
Financial identity is amplified. Your Capricorn earning style takes center stage.
Micro-Timing: Subtle timing & decision sensitivity
Micro-Timing themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to disciplined 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 · 12 beneficial · 4 shadow · 4 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
3Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Jupiter, Saturn, Mars periods.
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga (Single Lord)
Neecha Bhanga Raja Yoga
Wealth & Resources
2Wealth grows through strategic patience and wisdom and ethical growth. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter)
Intelligence & Influence
5Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Gajakesari Yoga
Voshi Yoga
Surya-Budha Yoga
Chandra-Guru Yoga
Guru-Shani 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. Kedara (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Kedara Yoga (Nabhash)
Emotional Sensitivity
4Gandanta and Emotional restriction and Desire distortion and Multiple Combustion appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Gandanta Yoga
Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn)
Grahan Yoga (Sun-Rahu)
Multiple Combustion
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.
Your discipline (Raja Yoga) intensifies challenges from Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn). The same planet that gives you endurance also extends difficult periods. Patience is structural, not optional.
Saturn connects Neecha Bhanga Raja Yoga and Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn), making you both persistent and prone to heaviness. Your greatest strength, endurance, can become your trap when applied to situations that require release rather than effort.
Chandra-Guru Yoga 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.
Guru-Shani Yoga and Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn) share Saturn's influence. You build slowly and permanently, but the same rigidity that creates success can resist necessary change. Learn when to hold firm and when to let go.
Your authority (Surya-Budha Yoga) conflicts with Grahan Yoga (Sun-Rahu). Identity strength and identity suppression alternate. The key: consistent self-expression regardless of external validation.
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 McDermott's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venus | 20 Sept 1940 | 30 Jan 1957 | 16y 4m 9d (balance) | |
| Sun | 30 Jan 1957 | 30 Jan 1963 | 6y | |
| Moon | 30 Jan 1963 | 30 Jan 1973 | 10y | |
| Mars | 30 Jan 1973 | 30 Jan 1980 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 30 Jan 1980 | 30 Jan 1998 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 30 Jan 1998 | 30 Jan 2014 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 30 Jan 2014 | 30 Jan 2033 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 30 Jan 2033 | 30 Jan 2050 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 30 Jan 2050 | 30 Jan 2057 | 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 (Moderate)Mars placement in sensitive houses (1/2/4/7/8/12), affects marriage and partnerships
Mars is placed in house 1 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
All planets are hemmed between Rahu-Ketu axis — full Kala Sarpa Dosha. This creates karmic patterns requiring conscious awareness.
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.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ Moon in kendra from Jupiter cancels Kemdrum
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 Saturn/Mars Dasha
Compare Your Chart With Richard McDermott’s
Today's Sky Over Richard McDermott’s Chart
Explore Richard McDermott’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 McDermott’s recorded birth data.
- Saturn-Saturn January 2014 to February 2017 (from age 73)
- Saturn-Mercury February 2017 to October 2019 (from age 76)
- Saturn-Ketu October 2019 to November 2020 (from age 79)
- Saturn-Venus November 2020 to January 2024 (from age 80)
- Saturn-Sun January 2024 to January 2025 (from age 83)
- Saturn-Moon January 2025 to August 2026 (from age 84)
- Saturn-MarsCurrent August 2026 to September 2027 (from age 85)
- Saturn-Rahu September 2027 to July 2030 (from age 86)
- Saturn-Jupiter July 2030 to January 2033 (from age 89)
Why Richard McDermott's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Richard McDermott’s public standing with Raja Yoga through Jupiter+Saturn. Mars is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 67 percent, giving drive, competition, and decisive action unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Taurus under Venus frames the public career.
Dominant Yogas In Richard McDermott'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: Jupiter+Saturn
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Jupiter and Saturn, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures.
- Gandanta Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Moon
Moon at Pisces-Aries junction, karmic knot requiring conscious processing. It works through Moon, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life.
- Gajakesari Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Jupiter + Moon
Joins material gain with sound judgement. It works through Jupiter and Moon, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and mind, public connection, and emotional life.
- 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.
- Dhana Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Mercury
A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Mercury, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Mercury stands exalted, operating at full classical strength.
Saturn is debilitated, a placement whose outcome depends on cancellation factors elsewhere in the chart.
Sun, Mercury and Rahu cluster in the 2nd house in Virgo, concentrating wealth, speech, and family holdings far beyond the average chart.
Moon, Jupiter and Saturn cluster in the 9th house in Aries, concentrating fortune, teachers, and dharma far beyond the average chart.
Richard McDermott'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.
- Venus MahadashaAge 0 to 16 (1940 to 1957)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
- Sun MahadashaAge 16 to 22 (1957 to 1963)authority, visibility, and the father line
- Moon MahadashaAge 22 to 32 (1963 to 1973)mind, public connection, and emotional life
- Mars MahadashaAge 32 to 39 (1973 to 1980)drive, competition, and decisive action
- Rahu MahadashaAge 39 to 57 (1980 to 1998)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
- Jupiter MahadashaAge 57 to 73 (1998 to 2014)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
- Saturn MahadashaCurrentAge 73 to 92 (2014 to 2033)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
- Mercury MahadashaAge 92 to 109 (2033 to 2050)intellect, commerce, and communication
- Ketu MahadashaAge 109 to 116 (2050 to 2057)detachment, research, and inward turns
Planetary Dominance In Richard McDermott's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mars | 67% | weak |
| 2 | Saturn | 60% | weak |
| 3 | Moon | 59% | very weak |
| 4 | Jupiter | 56% | very weak |
| 5 | Venus | 54% | very weak |
| 6 | Mercury | 53% | very weak |
| 7 | Rahu | 51% | very weak |
| 8 | Ketu | 51% | very weak |
| 9 | Sun | 50% | very weak |
Mars dominates the planetary hierarchy at 67 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with force and initiative; contests and physical daring reward the native.
Sun is the least supported at 50 percent, which means confidence and standing with authority figures need deliberate cultivation.
How Rare Is Richard McDermott's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 647 share Richard McDermott’s Bharani Moon. The tighter pairing of a Virgo Sun with a Bharani Moon appears in 44 of them, about 0.25 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Richard McDermott In Public View
The 10th lord Venus, enemy, placed in the 12th house carries Richard McDermott’s reputation from the terrain of expenditure, distance, and retreat. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 9th of 9 planets by Shadbala at 50 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 59 percent strength from the 9th house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Richard McDermott’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Taurus, ruled by Venus, which sits in the 12th house in Cancer (enemy). No planet occupies the 10th house, so its lord carries the career signal alone. Mars, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 67 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 McDermott’s chart, carrying 67 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 McDermott’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Virgo, lord Mercury) and the 11th house (Gemini, lord Mercury). Sun, Mercury and Rahu in the 2nd give the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Mercury is the best supported at 53 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through intellect, commerce, and communication.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in Richard McDermott’s chart falls in Aquarius under Saturn, whose lord answers from the 9th house. Venus, karaka of partnership, is enemy in Cancer in the 12th house at 54 percent strength. The Moon's 59 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Charts Like Richard McDermott's
Richard McDermott's Moon occupies Bharani nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- John RaittMoon in Bharani, Aries
- John ThomasMoon in Bharani, Aries
- John TweedMoon in Bharani, Aries
- John Walton SmithMoon in Bharani, Aries
- Jorge NegreteMoon in Bharani, Aries
- Jose BrasaMoon in Bharani, Aries
Read the full profile of Bharani nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Bharani.
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 2nd house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Moon in the 9th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 2nd house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Venus in the 12th house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Mars in the 1st house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 9th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 9th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 2nd house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 8th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
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