Richard Pryor
Born December 1, 1940 at 13:02 • Peoria Heights, IL, United States
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Scorpio | 9 | 16°25′ | friendly |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 10 | 18°47′ | neutral |
| Mercury | Libra | 8 | 26°38′ | friendly |
| Venus | Libra | 8 | 13°26′ | moolatrikona |
| Mars | Libra | 8 | 14°16′ | neutral |
| Jupiter (R) | Aries | 2 | 14°05′ | friendly |
| Saturn (R) | Aries | 2 | 16°10′ | debilitated |
| Rahu (R) | Virgo | 7 | 14°44′ | friendly |
| Ketu (R) | Pisces | 1 | 14°44′ | 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.
Jupiter as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What do I believe in?"
Who Richard Is
Richard, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Scorpio 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 Sagittarius 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.
Jupiter (a yoga-forming benefic for Pisces ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs beliefs, meaning-making, and growth, and in Aries (house 2), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward bold self-expression and direct action.
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 (Purva Ashadha, 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 Saturn in House 2 (debilitated)
Saturn operating from your 2nd house in debilitated dignity creates a period centered on resource building. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 2nd house governs accumulated wealth, family resources, speech, and personal values.
Your finances is this period's strongest channel, while travel needs the most attention. The energy Saturn brings from house 2 naturally flows toward finances - consciously redirect some of it toward travel.
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.
There are layers to you that even the people closest to you haven't seen. Your identity lives beneath the surface, in intensities and truths you rarely show. You'd rather be misunderstood than be exposed without choosing it.
You process emotions by finding meaning in them. Sadness becomes a lesson. Anger becomes a philosophy. This makes you resilient, you bounce back through reframing, but it can also become spiritual bypassing, where you explain away feelings instead of sitting with them.
You appear gentle, dreamy, and approachable. People feel comfortable around you immediately. What they don't realize is that you absorb their energy and need significant alone time to recover.
Internal Conflicts Detected
Your Scorpio identity wants to charge forward boldly, but your Sagittarius 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.
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 Scorpio identity wants to charge forward boldly, but your Sagittarius 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 Venus in Libra (Air) 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 Aries (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 Libra (Air) and Jupiter in Aries (Fire) share elemental compatibility. Your analytical mind and your faith system are aligned, you can think critically without losing your sense of meaning, and believe deeply without abandoning reason. This integration makes you a credible voice on matters of both logic and wisdom.
Your Psychological Summary
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.
Options Weigher, you see multiple sides of every decision and need to think through all possibilities. This makes you fair but sometimes paralyzed. Others may push you to "just decide already."
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.
Your life operates through passionate action tempered by emotional depth. Visible power meets inner sensitivity.
Alignment Alerts
You may feel intuitive internally but are pushed toward bold, assertive public roles. This creates creative tension, your quiet depth fuels your visible authority.
Lean into your private processing style (Pisces) for strategy, then channel it through your public presence (Aries) for impact.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Saturn/Jupiter 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 intuitive 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
17 Yogas detected · 15 beneficial · 2 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 Mars, Mercury, Jupiter periods.
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)
Amala Yoga
Ubhayachari Yoga
Wealth & Resources
4Wealth grows through strategic patience and long-term discipline and alliances. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter)
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter aspect)
Horasara Dhana Yoga
Intelligence & Influence
5Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Kalanidhi Yoga
Kuja-Budha Yoga
Kuja-Shukra Yoga
Budha-Shukra Yoga
Guru-Shani Yoga
Structural Patterns
1Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Kedara (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Kedara Yoga (Nabhash)
Emotional Sensitivity
2Gandanta and Ashtama Mangala appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Gandanta Yoga
Ashtama Mangala
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your drive (Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)) can amplify the intensity of Ashtama Mangala. The courage that fuels success can also fuel reactive patterns. Channel Mars energy before it channels you.
Mars links Raja Yoga with Ashtama Mangala, creating a volatile mix of ambition and aggression. Your assertiveness is an asset, but unchecked it becomes the source of conflict. Physical activity before major decisions is your best tool.
Through Mars, Ubhayachari Yoga and Ashtama Mangala are intertwined. Your competitive nature drives achievement but can also create enemies. The resolution: direct your fire at goals, not at people.
Your drive (Kuja-Budha Yoga) can amplify the intensity of Ashtama Mangala. The courage that fuels success can also fuel reactive patterns. Channel Mars energy before it channels you.
Mars links Kuja-Shukra Yoga with Ashtama Mangala, creating a volatile mix of ambition and aggression. Your assertiveness is an asset, but unchecked it becomes the source of conflict. Physical activity before major decisions is your best tool.
Through Mars, Horasara Dhana Yoga and Ashtama Mangala are intertwined. Your competitive nature drives achievement but can also create enemies. The resolution: direct your fire at goals, not at people.
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 Pryor's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venus | 01 Dec 1940 | 27 Sept 1952 | 11y 9m 26d (balance) | |
| Sun | 27 Sept 1952 | 28 Sept 1958 | 6y | |
| Moon | 28 Sept 1958 | 27 Sept 1968 | 10y | |
| Mars | 27 Sept 1968 | 28 Sept 1975 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 28 Sept 1975 | 28 Sept 1993 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 28 Sept 1993 | 28 Sept 2009 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 28 Sept 2009 | 27 Sept 2028 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 27 Sept 2028 | 28 Sept 2045 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 28 Sept 2045 | 27 Sept 2052 | 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 8 from Lagna, activating Manglik Dosha.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ Jupiter aspects Mars, mitigating the dosha
- ✓ Mars conjunct Venus softens the dosha
Remedies:
- Mangal Shanti Puja
- Hanuman Chalisa recitation
- Wearing red coral (after consultation)
Kala Sarpa Dosha
PresentAll planets hemmed between Rahu-Ketu axis, creates karmic patterns and sudden life changes
5/7 planets are between Rahu-Ketu axis — partial Kala Sarpa effects.
Remedies:
- Rahu-Ketu Shanti Puja
- Naag Panchami worship
- Visit Trimbakeshwar temple
Pitru Dosha
AbsentAncestral karma indicators, Sun/Saturn affliction to 9th house or conjunction
No significant Pitru Dosha indicators found.
Remedies:
Guru Chandal Dosha
AbsentJupiter conjunct Rahu/Ketu, wisdom clouded by illusion, unconventional beliefs
Jupiter is free from Rahu/Ketu conjunction.
Remedies:
Kemdrum Dosha
AbsentMoon without planetary support (no planets in 2nd/12th from Moon), emotional isolation
Moon has planetary support in adjacent signs.
Remedies:
Shani Dosha (Sade Sati)
AbsentSaturn's 7.5 year transit over natal Moon, period of testing, discipline and transformation
No major Saturn affliction to Moon sign detected.
Remedies:
Vedic remedies work by strengthening weak planets and calming overactive ones. Start with one remedy and observe its effects before adding more.
Practical steps to harmonize challenging energies
Calculate your birth chart first to see your remedial intelligence strategy.
Recurring themes your chart reveals
Currently Active Patterns
Based on your Saturn/Jupiter Dasha
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Explore Richard Pryor’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 Pryor’s recorded birth data.
- Saturn-Saturn September 2009 to September 2012 (from age 68)
- Saturn-Mercury September 2012 to June 2015 (from age 71)
- Saturn-Ketu June 2015 to July 2016 (from age 74)
- Saturn-Venus July 2016 to September 2019 (from age 75)
- Saturn-Sun September 2019 to August 2020 (from age 78)
- Saturn-Moon August 2020 to April 2022 (from age 79)
- Saturn-Mars April 2022 to May 2023 (from age 81)
- Saturn-Rahu May 2023 to March 2026 (from age 82)
- Saturn-JupiterCurrent March 2026 to September 2028 (from age 85)
Why Richard Pryor's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Richard Pryor’s public standing with Raja Yoga through Mars+Mercury. Jupiter is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 75 percent, giving wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Sagittarius under Jupiter frames the public career, with Moon placed there.
Planetary Dominance In Richard Pryor's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jupiter | 75% | weak |
| 2 | Mars | 64% | weak |
| 3 | Sun | 62% | weak |
| 4 | Venus | 55% | very weak |
| 5 | Ketu | 55% | very weak |
| 6 | Rahu | 54% | very weak |
| 7 | Saturn | 53% | very weak |
| 8 | Moon | 49% | very weak |
| 9 | Mercury | 43% | very weak |
Jupiter dominates the planetary hierarchy at 75 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with judgement and breadth; growth comes through teaching, counsel, and faith.
Mercury is the least supported at 43 percent, which means detail work and negotiation reward extra preparation.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Richard Pryor’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Sagittarius, ruled by Jupiter, which sits in the 2nd house in Aries (friendly). Moon occupies the 10th house, bringing mind, public connection, and emotional life directly into the public record. Jupiter, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 75 percent, is itself the career lord, an unusually direct alignment between capacity and vocation.
The Chart's Voice
Jupiter is the strongest planet in Richard Pryor’s chart, carrying 75 percent of full Shadbala strength. In practice the chart leads with judgement and breadth; growth comes through teaching, counsel, and faith.
Wealth Signature
The 2nd And 11th Houses
Wealth in Richard Pryor’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Aries, lord Mars) and the 11th house (Capricorn, lord Saturn). Jupiter and Saturn in the 2nd give the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Jupiter is the best supported at 75 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in Richard Pryor’s chart falls in Virgo under Mercury, occupied by Rahu. Venus, karaka of partnership, is moolatrikona in Libra in the 8th house at 55 percent strength. The Moon's 49 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Saturn is debilitated, a placement whose outcome depends on cancellation factors elsewhere in the chart.
Mercury, Venus and Mars cluster in the 8th house in Libra, concentrating upheaval, research, and other people’s resources far beyond the average chart.
Richard Pryor'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 |
|---|---|---|
| Venus Mahadasha | Age 0 to 11 (1940 to 1952) | relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy |
| Sun Mahadasha | Age 11 to 17 (1952 to 1958) | authority, visibility, and the father line |
| Moon Mahadasha | Age 17 to 27 (1958 to 1968) | mind, public connection, and emotional life |
| Mars Mahadasha | Age 27 to 34 (1968 to 1975) | drive, competition, and decisive action |
| Rahu Mahadasha | Age 34 to 52 (1975 to 1993) | ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises |
| Jupiter Mahadasha | Age 52 to 68 (1993 to 2009) | wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune |
| Saturn MahadashaCurrent | Age 68 to 87 (2009 to 2028) | discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures |
| Mercury Mahadasha | Age 87 to 104 (2028 to 2045) | intellect, commerce, and communication |
| Ketu Mahadasha | Age 104 to 111 (2045 to 2052) | detachment, research, and inward turns |
Dominant Yogas In Richard Pryor'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: Mars+Mercury
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mars and Mercury, so it touches drive, competition, and decisive action, and intellect, commerce, and communication.
- Kalanidhi Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Jupiter + Mercury + Venus
Supports formal study and retained knowledge. It works through Jupiter, Mercury and Venus, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and intellect, commerce, and communication.
- Gandanta Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Moon
Moon at Scorpio-Sagittarius junction, karmic knot requiring conscious processing. It works through Moon, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life.
- Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)moderate (2/3)Planets: Jupiter+Mars
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Jupiter and Mars, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and drive, competition, and decisive action.
- Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)moderate (2/3)Planets: Jupiter+Mercury
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Jupiter and Mercury, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and intellect, commerce, and communication.
How Rare Is Richard Pryor's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 619 share Richard Pryor’s Purva Ashadha Moon. The tighter pairing of a Scorpio Sun with a Purva Ashadha Moon appears in 46 of them, about 0.26 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Richard Pryor In Public View
Public recognition in Richard Pryor’s chart concentrates in the 10th house, where Moon stands in Sagittarius. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 3rd of 9 planets by Shadbala at 62 percent. Rahu in the 7th house adds the amplification the texts associate with mass reach and appetite for scale. The Moon, the public face, carries 49 percent strength from an angular house, which keeps the personality in open view.
Charts Like Richard Pryor's
Richard Pryor's Moon occupies Purva Ashadha nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
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- Vladimir PoznerMoon in Purva Ashadha, Sagittarius
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Read the full profile of Purva Ashadha nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Purva Ashadha.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for PiscesAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: PiscesRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 9th house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Pisces Ascendant →
- Moon in the 10th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Pisces Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 8th house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Pisces Ascendant →
- Venus in the 8th house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Pisces Ascendant →
- Mars in the 8th house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Pisces Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 2nd house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Pisces Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 2nd house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Pisces Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 7th house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Pisces Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 1st house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Pisces Ascendant →
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