Robert Smithson
Born January 2, 1938 at 15:42 • William Paterson University of New Jersey, NJ, 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 | 7 | 18°49′ | friendly |
| Moon ☄ | Capricorn | 8 | 0°33′ | neutral |
| Mercury (R) ☄ | Sagittarius | 7 | 10°13′ | neutral |
| Venus ☄ | Sagittarius | 7 | 11°05′ | neutral |
| Mars | Aquarius | 9 | 16°11′ | neutral |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 8 | 10°04′ | debilitated |
| Saturn | Pisces | 10 | 6°15′ | neutral |
| Rahu (R) | Scorpio | 6 | 11°07′ | enemy |
| Ketu (R) | Taurus | 12 | 11°07′ | enemy |
Robert'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 Mutable modality means your natural style is adapting - you flex, adjust, and see all perspectives.
Mars as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What am I willing to fight for?"
Who Robert Is
Robert, 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 Capricorn 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 Mutable modality means adapting - you flex, adjust, and see all perspectives.
Mars (a functional malefic for Gemini 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 Aquarius (house 9), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward intellectual exploration and social connection. Interestingly, while Mars dominates your chart by strength, it functions as a functional malefic for Gemini 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 (Uttara 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.
Robert's Inner World
How Robert Thinks
Robert's Drive & Purpose
How Robert Loves
Robert's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Robert's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Mercury in House 7 (neutral)
Mercury operating from your 7th house in neutral dignity creates a period centered on partnership transformation. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 7th house governs partnerships, marriage, business alliances, and open enemies.
Your marriage is this period's strongest channel, while family dynamics needs the most attention. The energy Mercury brings from house 7 naturally flows toward marriage - consciously redirect some of it toward family dynamics.
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.
Your emotions follow rules. You've internalized a system for what you should and shouldn't feel, and you judge yourself when feelings don't comply. Under that controlled exterior is a person who's been shouldering emotional weight since childhood.
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.
Internal Conflicts Detected
Your Sagittarius identity craves excitement and risk, but your Capricorn emotional core needs predictability. You initiate boldly, then retreat to recharge. Partners and friends might see you as inconsistent; really, you're managing two genuine needs.
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 Sagittarius identity craves excitement and risk, but your Capricorn emotional core needs predictability. You initiate boldly, then retreat to recharge. Partners and friends might see you as inconsistent; really, you're managing two genuine needs.
Your romantic desires vs your pursuit style
Your Venus in Sagittarius (Fire) and Mars in Aquarius (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 discipline comes from social awareness (Pisces), but your impulse is emotional and irrational (Aquarius). You know what you should do; your feelings push you somewhere else entirely.
Your analytical mind vs your faith system
Your analytical mind (Mercury in Sagittarius, Fire) and your belief system (Jupiter in Capricorn, Earth) 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
Contain-and-Process, you hold emotions inside and process them through practical action. Feelings integrate slowly but thoroughly. The risk: suppression disguised as composure.
Instinctive Decider, you make decisions quickly based on gut feeling and move immediately. Deliberation feels like weakness. Best when speed matters; dangerous when nuance does.
The absence of purpose or meaning hits you harder than most. Without a 'why,' you struggle to find motivation. You may swing between grand visions and existential doubt.
Your primary growth edge is developing your Jupiter function, the area where Meaning 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.
Social intelligence enhanced by emotional depth. You understand people on every level.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Mercury/Saturn 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 communicative energy.
Wealth Strategy: Financial identity & earning approach
Financial identity is amplified. Your Aquarius earning style takes center stage.
Power Strategy: Fame, authority & public recognition
Public authority and recognition themes increase. Your Capricorn power signature is being activated.
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 · 14 beneficial · 5 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
4Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Mercury, Venus, Jupiter periods.
Raja Yoga
Neecha Bhanga Raja Yoga
Veshi Yoga
Horasara Dharma-Karma Yoga
Wealth & Resources
2Wealth grows through strategic patience and wisdom and ethical growth. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter aspect)
Horasara Jupiter Dhana Drishti
Intelligence & Influence
6Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Gajakesari Yoga
Durudhara Yoga
Anapha Yoga
Sunapha Yoga
Surya-Budha Yoga
Surya-Shukra Yoga
Structural Patterns
2Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Kedara (Nabhash), Vajra shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Kedara Yoga (Nabhash)
Vajra Yoga
Emotional Sensitivity
5Kala Sarpa and Gandanta and Dainya Parivartana and Multiple Combustion and Combust Moon (Amavasya Dosha) appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Kala Sarpa Yoga
Gandanta Yoga
Dainya Parivartana Yoga
Multiple Combustion
Combust Moon (Amavasya Dosha)
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your intellect (Anapha Yoga) can overthink the patterns from Multiple Combustion. The mind that solves problems can also create them through excessive analysis.
Mercury connects Durudhara Yoga and Multiple Combustion, making your intelligence both your greatest asset and your potential trap. Analysis paralysis is a real risk during Mercury-heavy periods.
Your emotional strength (Gajakesari Yoga) and emotional vulnerability (Multiple Combustion) coexist through Moon. Under stress, you may withdraw even though you possess deep wisdom. The override: recognize withdrawal as a pattern, not a truth.
Raja Yoga and Multiple Combustion share Mercury's influence. Your communication skills are powerful, but the same verbal agility that persuades can also manipulate. Cultivate honest speech as a discipline.
Veshi Yoga gives you emotional resilience, but Multiple Combustion 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.
Your intellect (Surya-Budha Yoga) can overthink the patterns from Multiple Combustion. The mind that solves problems can also create them through excessive analysis.
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.
Robert Smithson's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | 02 Jan 1938 | 02 Apr 1942 | 4y 2m 28d (balance) | |
| Moon | 02 Apr 1942 | 01 Apr 1952 | 10y | |
| Mars | 01 Apr 1952 | 02 Apr 1959 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 02 Apr 1959 | 02 Apr 1977 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 02 Apr 1977 | 02 Apr 1993 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 02 Apr 1993 | 01 Apr 2012 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 01 Apr 2012 | 02 Apr 2029 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 02 Apr 2029 | 01 Apr 2036 | 7y | |
| Venus | 01 Apr 2036 | 01 Apr 2056 | 20y |
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 9 from Lagna and house 2 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
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
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 Mercury/Saturn Dasha
Compare Your Chart With Robert Smithson’s
Today's Sky Over Robert Smithson’s Chart
Explore Robert Smithson’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 Robert Smithson’s recorded birth data.
- Mercury-Mercury April 2012 to August 2014 (from age 74)
- Mercury-Ketu August 2014 to August 2015 (from age 76)
- Mercury-Venus August 2015 to June 2018 (from age 77)
- Mercury-Sun June 2018 to May 2019 (from age 80)
- Mercury-Moon May 2019 to October 2020 (from age 81)
- Mercury-Mars October 2020 to September 2021 (from age 82)
- Mercury-Rahu September 2021 to April 2024 (from age 83)
- Mercury-Jupiter April 2024 to July 2026 (from age 86)
- Mercury-SaturnCurrent July 2026 to April 2029 (from age 88)
Why Robert Smithson's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Robert Smithson’s public standing with Anapha Yoga through Mercury + Venus. Mars is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 74 percent, giving drive, competition, and decisive action unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Pisces under Jupiter frames the public career, with Saturn placed there.
Dominant Yogas In Robert Smithson'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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anapha YogaMoon Yoga | Mercury + Venus | strong (3/3) | A lunar-support formation: planets flanking or joining the Moon steady the mind and its public expression. It works through Mercury and Venus, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy. |
| Durudhara YogaMoon Yoga | Mercury + Venus + Mars | strong (3/3) | A lunar-support formation: planets flanking or joining the Moon steady the mind and its public expression. It works through Mercury, Venus and Mars, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy. |
| Raja YogaPower & Status | Mercury+Venus | strong (3/3) | 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. |
| Kala Sarpa YogaChallenge | Rahu-Ketu axis | strong (3/3) | All planets hemmed between Rahu-Ketu: karmic intensity, sudden shifts, spiritual urgency. |
| 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. |
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in Robert Smithson’s chart falls in Sagittarius under Jupiter, occupied by Sun, Mercury and Venus. Venus, karaka of partnership, sits in Sagittarius in the 7th house at 54 percent strength, though combustion by the Sun asks the relationship life to fight for its own space. The Moon's 54 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.
Sun, Mercury and Venus cluster in the 7th house in Sagittarius, concentrating partnership and public dealings far beyond the average chart.
Robert Smithson'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.
- Sun MahadashaAge 0 to 4 (1938 to 1942)authority, visibility, and the father line
- Moon MahadashaAge 4 to 14 (1942 to 1952)mind, public connection, and emotional life
- Mars MahadashaAge 14 to 21 (1952 to 1959)drive, competition, and decisive action
- Rahu MahadashaAge 21 to 39 (1959 to 1977)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
- Jupiter MahadashaAge 39 to 55 (1977 to 1993)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
- Saturn MahadashaAge 55 to 74 (1993 to 2012)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
- Mercury MahadashaCurrentAge 74 to 91 (2012 to 2029)intellect, commerce, and communication
- Ketu MahadashaAge 91 to 98 (2029 to 2036)detachment, research, and inward turns
- Venus MahadashaAge 98 to 118 (2036 to 2056)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
Planetary Dominance In Robert Smithson's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mars | 74% | weak |
| 2 | Sun | 57% | very weak |
| 3 | Saturn | 56% | very weak |
| 4 | Moon | 54% | very weak |
| 5 | Venus | 54% | very weak |
| 6 | Ketu | 46% | very weak |
| 7 | Mercury | 42% | very weak |
| 8 | Rahu | 42% | very weak |
| 9 | Jupiter | 40% | very weak |
Mars dominates the planetary hierarchy at 74 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with force and initiative; contests and physical daring reward the native.
Jupiter is the least supported at 40 percent, which means luck arrives less freely, so guidance and study must be sought out.
How Rare Is Robert Smithson's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 679 share Robert Smithson’s Uttara Ashadha Moon. The tighter pairing of a Sagittarius Sun with an Uttara Ashadha Moon appears in 66 of them, about 0.38 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Robert Smithson In Public View
Public recognition in Robert Smithson’s chart concentrates in the 10th house, where Saturn stands in Pisces. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 2nd of 9 planets by Shadbala at 57 percent. Rahu works from the 6th house, feeding ambition through service, rivals, and daily obstacles rather than through direct publicity. The Moon, the public face, carries 54 percent strength from the 8th house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Robert Smithson’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Pisces, ruled by Jupiter, which sits in the 8th house in Capricorn (debilitated). Saturn occupies the 10th house, bringing discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures directly into the public record. Mars, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 74 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 Robert Smithson’s chart, carrying 74 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 Robert Smithson’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Cancer, lord Moon) and the 11th house (Aries, lord Mars). Both money houses are unoccupied, so income follows the condition of their lords rather than resident planets. Among these, Mars is the best supported at 74 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through drive, competition, and decisive action.
Charts Like Robert Smithson's
Robert Smithson's Moon occupies Uttara Ashadha nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- Ann B. DavisMoon in Uttara Ashadha, Sagittarius
- Ann Souter GloagMoon in Uttara Ashadha, Capricorn
- Anne TylerMoon in Uttara Ashadha, Sagittarius
- Anne Van HoutMoon in Uttara Ashadha, Capricorn
- Annette 'Anouchka' GayouMoon in Uttara Ashadha, Sagittarius
- Annette CrosbieMoon in Uttara Ashadha, Capricorn
Read the full profile of Uttara Ashadha nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Uttara Ashadha.
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 7th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Moon in the 8th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 7th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Venus in the 7th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Mars in the 9th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 8th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 10th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 6th house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 12th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
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