Richard Tarnas
Born February 21, 1950 at 12:30 • Geneva, Switzerland
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 9 | 9°06′ | enemy |
| Moon | Aries | 11 | 0°05′ | neutral |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 8 | 15°17′ | neutral |
| Venus | Capricorn | 8 | 9°57′ | friendly |
| Mars (R) | Virgo | 4 | 17°20′ | enemy |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 8 | 25°27′ | debilitated |
| Saturn (R) | Leo | 3 | 23°58′ | enemy |
| Rahu (R) | Pisces | 10 | 16°13′ | neutral |
| Ketu (R) | Virgo | 4 | 16°13′ | 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.
Ketu as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What must I release?"
Who Richard Is
Richard, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Aquarius 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, Earth energy dominates your chart (45%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward security, structure, and tangible results. Your Cardinal modality means initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
Ketu (unclassified for Gemini ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs detachment and spiritual past, and in Virgo (house 4), 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 (Ashwini, 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 Jupiter in House 8 (debilitated)
Jupiter operating from your 8th house in debilitated dignity creates a period centered on deep restructuring. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 8th house governs transformation, hidden resources, death/rebirth cycles, and research.
Your spiritual growth is this period's strongest channel, while public image needs the most attention. The energy Jupiter brings from house 8 naturally flows toward spiritual growth - consciously redirect some of it toward public image.
A psychological assessment based on your planetary placements, not what the planets mean, but what they reveal about how you think, feel, defend, and grow.
Your Psychological Profile
This isn't what your planets mean, it's who you are. These six dimensions combine your planetary placements into a genuine psychological picture.
You've always felt slightly different from the people around you, and you're right. Your identity doesn't fit conventional molds. You think in systems, futures, and collective patterns while most people think in personal timelines.
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.
The world sees a witty, adaptable communicator. You can talk to anyone about anything. The mask: you sometimes use social skill to avoid the deeper conversations you actually need.
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 Aquarius (Air) 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
Your Venus in Capricorn (Earth) and Mars in Virgo (Earth) 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 discipline is slow and structural (Leo), but your impulses are fast and impatient (Virgo). The part of you that builds long-term and the part that wants immediate results are in constant negotiation.
Your analytical mind vs your faith system
Your Mercury in Capricorn (Earth) and Jupiter in Capricorn (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.
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.
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.
Dynamic energy meets intellectual strategy. You lead through ideas and charisma.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Jupiter/Venus period, these lagnas are amplified because their lords are running:
Vitality Engine: Life force, stamina & physical resilience
Vitality Engine 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 intuitive 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
19 Yogas detected · 17 beneficial · 2 shadow · 8 structural pillarsExtended
Structural Power Summary
Dominant Yogas
Not all yogas matter equally, these define your chart's core architecture
Functional Clusters
Your yogas grouped by what they do, not just what they're called
Power & Elevation
6Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Jupiter, Venus, Mercury periods.
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga
Viparita Raja Yoga
Neecha Bhanga Raja Yoga
Mahabhagya Yoga
Wealth & Resources
4Wealth grows through strategic patience and long-term discipline and alliances. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga
Horasara Dhana Yoga
Horasara Sasa Upachaya Yoga
Horasara Jupiter Dhana Drishti
Intelligence & Influence
5Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Gajakesari Yoga
Voshi Yoga
Budha-Guru Yoga
Budha-Shukra Yoga
Guru-Shukra Yoga
Protection & Fortune
1Natural shields exist in your chart. Khala Parivartana provide a safety net during challenging periods.
Khala Parivartana Yoga
Structural Patterns
1Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Pasha (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Pasha Yoga (Nabhash)
Emotional Sensitivity
2Emotional isolation and Gandanta appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Kemadruma Yoga
Gandanta Yoga
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your emotional strength (Gajakesari Yoga) and emotional vulnerability (Kemadruma 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.
Dhana Yoga gives you emotional resilience, but Kemadruma 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.
The Moon connects Mahabhagya Yoga and Kemadruma Yoga in your chart, creating a push-pull between emotional security and emotional exposure. When Moon periods intensify, both the gift and the challenge amplify. Grounding rituals help you stay centered.
Your emotional strength (Horasara Dhana Yoga) and emotional vulnerability (Kemadruma 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.
Gajakesari Yoga gives you emotional resilience, but Gandanta Yoga creates undercurrents of instability through the same Moon. Your feelings are both your compass and your fog. The practice: observe your moods without being ruled by them.
The Moon connects Dhana Yoga and Gandanta Yoga in your chart, creating a push-pull between emotional security and emotional exposure. When Moon periods intensify, both the gift and the challenge amplify. Grounding rituals help you stay centered.
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 Tarnas's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ketu | 21 Feb 1950 | 05 Feb 1957 | 6y 11m 14d (balance) | |
| Venus | 05 Feb 1957 | 05 Feb 1977 | 20y | |
| Sun | 05 Feb 1977 | 05 Feb 1983 | 6y | |
| Moon | 05 Feb 1983 | 05 Feb 1993 | 10y | |
| Mars | 05 Feb 1993 | 05 Feb 2000 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 05 Feb 2000 | 05 Feb 2018 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 05 Feb 2018 | 05 Feb 2034 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 05 Feb 2034 | 05 Feb 2053 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 05 Feb 2053 | 05 Feb 2070 | 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 (Moderate)Mars placement in sensitive houses (1/2/4/7/8/12), affects marriage and partnerships
Mars is placed in house 4 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
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.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ Moon in kendra from Jupiter cancels Kemdrum
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/Venus Dasha
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Explore Richard Tarnas’ 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 Tarnas’ recorded birth data.
- Jupiter-Jupiter February 2018 to March 2020 (from age 67)
- Jupiter-Saturn March 2020 to October 2022 (from age 70)
- Jupiter-Mercury October 2022 to January 2025 (from age 72)
- Jupiter-Ketu January 2025 to December 2025 (from age 74)
- Jupiter-VenusCurrent December 2025 to August 2028 (from age 75)
- Jupiter-Sun August 2028 to June 2029 (from age 78)
- Jupiter-Moon June 2029 to October 2030 (from age 79)
- Jupiter-Mars October 2030 to September 2031 (from age 80)
- Jupiter-Rahu September 2031 to February 2034 (from age 81)
Why Richard Tarnas's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Richard Tarnas’ public standing with Raja Yoga through Mercury+Venus. Saturn is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 74 percent, giving discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Pisces under Jupiter frames the public career, with Rahu placed there.
Dominant Yogas In Richard Tarnas'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: Mercury+Venus
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.
- Raja Yogastrong (3/3)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.
- Raja Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Jupiter+Venus
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Jupiter and Venus, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
- 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.
- Kemadruma Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Moon
A friction point the texts flag, usually with stated conditions and remedies. It works through Moon, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life.
Planetary Dominance In Richard Tarnas's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturn | 74% | weak |
| 2 | Ketu | 69% | weak |
| 3 | Sun | 65% | weak |
| 4 | Moon | 60% | weak |
| 5 | Mars | 60% | weak |
| 6 | Rahu | 60% | weak |
| 7 | Venus | 59% | very weak |
| 8 | Jupiter | 41% | very weak |
| 9 | Mercury | 36% | very weak |
Saturn dominates the planetary hierarchy at 74 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with endurance; gains are slow, structural, and unusually durable.
Mercury is the least supported at 36 percent, which means detail work and negotiation reward extra preparation.
How Rare Is Richard Tarnas's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 638 share Richard Tarnas’ Ashwini Moon. The tighter pairing of an Aquarius Sun with an Ashwini Moon appears in 63 of them, about 0.36 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Richard Tarnas In Public View
Public recognition in Richard Tarnas’ chart concentrates in the 10th house, where Rahu stands in Pisces. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 3rd of 9 planets by Shadbala at 65 percent. Rahu in the 10th house adds the amplification the texts associate with mass reach and appetite for scale. The Moon, the public face, carries 60 percent strength from the 11th house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Richard Tarnas’ chart the 10th house of career falls in Pisces, ruled by Jupiter, which sits in the 8th house in Capricorn (debilitated). Rahu occupies the 10th house, bringing ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises directly into the public record. Saturn, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 74 percent, sets the tone from elsewhere in the chart, and the career runs on discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures.
The Chart's Voice
Saturn is the strongest planet in Richard Tarnas’ chart, carrying 74 percent of full Shadbala strength. In practice the chart leads with endurance; gains are slow, structural, and unusually durable.
Wealth Signature
The 2nd And 11th Houses
Wealth in Richard Tarnas’ chart is read from the 2nd house (Cancer, lord Moon) and the 11th house (Aries, lord Mars). Moon in the 11th gives the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Moon is the best supported at 60 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through mind, public connection, and emotional life.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in Richard Tarnas’ chart falls in Sagittarius under Jupiter, whose lord answers from the 8th house. Venus, karaka of partnership, is friendly in Capricorn in the 8th house at 59 percent strength. The Moon's 60 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Jupiter is debilitated, a placement whose outcome depends on cancellation factors elsewhere in the chart.
Mercury, Venus and Jupiter cluster in the 8th house in Capricorn, concentrating upheaval, research, and other people’s resources far beyond the average chart.
Richard Tarnas'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 6 (1950 to 1957)detachment, research, and inward turns
- Venus MahadashaAge 6 to 26 (1957 to 1977)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
- Sun MahadashaAge 26 to 32 (1977 to 1983)authority, visibility, and the father line
- Moon MahadashaAge 32 to 42 (1983 to 1993)mind, public connection, and emotional life
- Mars MahadashaAge 42 to 49 (1993 to 2000)drive, competition, and decisive action
- Rahu MahadashaAge 49 to 67 (2000 to 2018)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
- Jupiter MahadashaCurrentAge 67 to 83 (2018 to 2034)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
- Saturn MahadashaAge 83 to 102 (2034 to 2053)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
- Mercury MahadashaAge 102 to 119 (2053 to 2070)intellect, commerce, and communication
Charts Like Richard Tarnas's
Richard Tarnas's Moon occupies Ashwini nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- Fiorella MannoiaMoon in Ashwini, Aries
- Fiorenzo CarpiMoon in Ashwini, Aries
- Florence ReyMoon in Ashwini, Aries
- Francesco CancellottiMoon in Ashwini, Aries
- Francesco ColasuonnoMoon in Ashwini, Aries
- Francis MoreauMoon in Ashwini, Aries
Read the full profile of Ashwini nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Ashwini.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for GeminiAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: GeminiRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 9th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Moon in the 11th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 8th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Venus in the 8th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Mars in the 4th house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 8th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 3rd house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 10th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 4th house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
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