Rod Matthews
Born July 7, 1972 at 12:33 • Boston, MA, United States
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 10 | 22°09′ | neutral |
| Moon | Taurus | 9 | 9°51′ | exalted |
| Mercury | Cancer | 11 | 18°17′ | enemy |
| Venus (R) | Taurus | 9 | 24°47′ | own |
| Mars | Cancer | 11 | 12°14′ | debilitated |
| Jupiter (R) | Sagittarius | 4 | 8°21′ | moolatrikona |
| Saturn | Taurus | 9 | 21°11′ | friendly |
| Rahu (R) | Capricorn | 5 | 3°10′ | friendly |
| Ketu (R) | Cancer | 11 | 3°10′ | neutral |
Rod'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.
Venus as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What do I love and how do I love?"
Who Rod Is
Rod, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Gemini 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 Taurus 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.
Venus (a yoga-forming benefic for Virgo ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs love language, aesthetics, and values, and in Taurus (house 9), 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 (Krittika, Pada 4) is the most personal marker in Vedic astrology - more specific than your Sun or Moon sign. It defines the particular frequency of your soul.
Rod's Inner World
How Rod Thinks
Rod's Drive & Purpose
How Rod Loves
Rod's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Rod's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Saturn in House 9 (friendly)
Saturn operating from your 9th house in friendly 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.
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.
Your identity is a moving target, and that's not a flaw, it's your design. You're the person who contains multitudes. The downside: you sometimes wonder which version of yourself is the 'real' one.
Your emotional world is stable and sensory. You process feelings through the body, comfort food, long walks, physical touch. Emotions move slowly through you, which makes you steady but also means you hold onto things (and people) longer than you should.
You appear precise, capable, and slightly reserved. People trust your competence. What's hidden: the anxiety underneath, the constant self-monitoring, the fear that one mistake will undo everything you've built.
Internal Conflicts Detected
Your Gemini identity values ideas and freedom, but your Taurus emotions need grounding and material security. You may feel torn between the life of the mind and the demands of the practical world.
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 Gemini identity values ideas and freedom, but your Taurus emotions need grounding and material security. You may feel torn between the life of the mind and the demands of the practical world.
Your romantic desires vs your pursuit style
Your Venus in Taurus (Earth) and Mars in Cancer (Water) 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 Taurus (Earth) and Mars in Cancer (Water) 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 Cancer, Water) and your belief system (Jupiter in Sagittarius, 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
Contain-and-Process, you hold emotions inside and process them through practical action. Feelings integrate slowly but thoroughly. The risk: suppression disguised as composure.
Intuitive Feeler, your decisions are guided by emotional resonance, not logical analysis. When something "feels right," you follow it. This serves you well when you trust it; poorly when fear disguises itself as intuition.
You may feel like your thoughts are too complex to communicate, or that people don't truly hear you. The gap between what you think and what comes out of your mouth causes quiet frustration.
Your primary growth edge is developing your Mercury function, the area where Expression Wound lives. This isn't about fixing a flaw; it's about integrating the part of yourself you've been protecting.
How the cosmos shapes every corner of your life
Life Analysis
A holistic view of your chart across six dimensions of life, synthesised from divisional charts, Nadi astrology, BPHS functional classification, your current dasha period, and classical remedial guidance.
Eight lenses that shape how life unfolds
Life Architecture
Your lagnas map different dimensions of existence, identity, wealth, power, timing, and vitality. Together they form your operating system.
Intellectual vision sparks dynamic action. Ideas become movements.
Alignment Alerts
You may feel analytical internally but are pushed toward bold, intense public roles. This creates creative tension, your quiet depth fuels your visible authority.
Lean into your private processing style (Virgo) for strategy, then channel it through your public presence (Scorpio) for impact.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Saturn/Mercury 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.
Micro-Timing: Subtle timing & decision sensitivity
Micro-Timing themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to innovative energy.
Financial Blueprint: Wealth accumulation potential from Moon
Financial Blueprint themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to communicative 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 · 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 Venus, Moon, Jupiter periods.
Yoga Karaka Yoga
Raja Yoga (Multiple Strong)
Ubhayachari Yoga
Wealth & Resources
6Wealth grows through strategic patience and long-term discipline and alliances. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Lakshmi Yoga
Dhana Yoga (Fortune)
Dhana Yoga (Fortune)
Dhana Yoga (Fortune)
Dhana Yoga
Horasara Sukha Sthana Yoga
Intelligence & Influence
4Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Hamsa Yoga
Chandra-Shukra Yoga
Kuja-Budha Yoga
Shukra-Shani Yoga
Protection & Fortune
1Natural shields exist in your chart. Jupiter Protection provide a safety net during challenging periods.
Jupiter Protection
Structural Patterns
1Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Kedara (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Kedara Yoga (Nabhash)
Emotional Sensitivity
2Emotional restriction and Fortune fluctuation appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn)
Sakata Yoga
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your emotional strength (Dhana 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 (Dhana Yoga (Fortune)) intensifies challenges from Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn). The same planet that gives you endurance also extends difficult periods. Patience is structural, not optional.
Dhana Yoga (Fortune) 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.
The Moon connects Dhana Yoga (Fortune) and Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn) 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 (Ubhayachari 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.
Chandra-Shukra 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.
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.
Rod Matthews's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | 07 Jul 1972 | 31 Jul 1972 | 23d (balance) | |
| Moon | 31 Jul 1972 | 31 Jul 1982 | 10y | |
| Mars | 31 Jul 1982 | 31 Jul 1989 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 31 Jul 1989 | 31 Jul 2007 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 31 Jul 2007 | 31 Jul 2023 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2042 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 31 Jul 2042 | 31 Jul 2059 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 31 Jul 2059 | 31 Jul 2066 | 7y | |
| Venus | 31 Jul 2066 | 31 Jul 2086 | 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
AbsentMars placement in sensitive houses (1/2/4/7/8/12), affects marriage and partnerships
Mars is not in sensitive houses (1/2/4/7/8/12) from Lagna or Moon.
Remedies:
- Mangal Shanti Puja
- Hanuman Chalisa recitation
- Wearing red coral (after consultation)
Kala Sarpa Dosha
AbsentAll planets hemmed between Rahu-Ketu axis, creates karmic patterns and sudden life changes
Planets are distributed on both sides of the Rahu-Ketu axis — no Kala Sarpa Dosha.
Remedies:
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.
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/Mercury Dasha
Compare Your Chart With Rod Matthews’
Today's Sky Over Rod Matthews’ Chart
Explore Rod Matthews’ 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 Rod Matthews’ recorded birth data.
- Saturn-Saturn July 2023 to August 2026 (from age 51)
- Saturn-MercuryCurrent August 2026 to April 2029 (from age 54)
- Saturn-Ketu April 2029 to May 2030 (from age 56)
- Saturn-Venus May 2030 to July 2033 (from age 57)
- Saturn-Sun July 2033 to July 2034 (from age 61)
- Saturn-Moon July 2034 to February 2036 (from age 61)
- Saturn-Mars February 2036 to March 2037 (from age 63)
- Saturn-Rahu March 2037 to January 2040 (from age 64)
- Saturn-Jupiter January 2040 to July 2042 (from age 67)
Why Rod Matthews's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Rod Matthews’ public standing with Dhana Yoga through Venus + Moon. Sun is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 76 percent, giving authority, visibility, and the father line unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Gemini under Mercury frames the public career, with Sun placed there.
Planetary Dominance In Rod Matthews's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun | 76% | weak |
| 2 | Venus | 73% | weak |
| 3 | Mars | 64% | weak |
| 4 | Jupiter | 62% | weak |
| 5 | Moon | 60% | weak |
| 6 | Saturn | 49% | very weak |
| 7 | Rahu | 48% | very weak |
| 8 | Ketu | 48% | very weak |
| 9 | Mercury | 47% | very weak |
Sun dominates the planetary hierarchy at 76 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with identity and command; recognition tends to arrive through positions of authority.
Mercury is the least supported at 47 percent, which means detail work and negotiation reward extra preparation.
Wealth Signature
The 2nd And 11th Houses
Wealth in Rod Matthews’ chart is read from the 2nd house (Libra, lord Venus) and the 11th house (Cancer, lord Moon). Mercury, Mars and Ketu in the 11th give the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Venus is the best supported at 73 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in Rod Matthews’ chart falls in Pisces under Jupiter, whose lord answers from the 4th house. Venus, karaka of partnership, is own in Taurus in the 9th house at 73 percent strength. The Moon's 60 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Moon stands exalted, operating at full classical strength.
Mars is debilitated, a placement whose outcome depends on cancellation factors elsewhere in the chart.
Moon, Venus and Saturn cluster in the 9th house in Taurus, concentrating fortune, teachers, and dharma far beyond the average chart.
Mercury, Mars and Ketu cluster in the 11th house in Cancer, concentrating gains, networks, and ambitions realised far beyond the average chart.
Jupiter qualifies for Hamsa Yoga: in moolatrikona in the 4th house, one of the five Mahapurusha marks of an exceptional nativity.
Rod Matthews'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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sun Mahadasha | Age 0 to 0 (1972 to 1972) | authority, visibility, and the father line |
| Moon Mahadasha | Age 0 to 10 (1972 to 1982) | mind, public connection, and emotional life |
| Mars Mahadasha | Age 10 to 17 (1982 to 1989) | drive, competition, and decisive action |
| Rahu Mahadasha | Age 17 to 35 (1989 to 2007) | ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises |
| Jupiter Mahadasha | Age 35 to 51 (2007 to 2023) | wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune |
| Saturn MahadashaCurrent | Age 51 to 70 (2023 to 2042) | discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures |
| Mercury Mahadasha | Age 70 to 87 (2042 to 2059) | intellect, commerce, and communication |
| Ketu Mahadasha | Age 87 to 94 (2059 to 2066) | detachment, research, and inward turns |
| Venus Mahadasha | Age 94 to 114 (2066 to 2086) | relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy |
Dominant Yogas In Rod Matthews's Chart
Ranked by computed classical strength. Each is a specific planetary configuration in this birth chart, not a generic trait.
| Yoga | Planets | Strength | Why It Matters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhana YogaWealth | Venus + Moon | strong (3/3) | A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Venus and Moon, so it touches relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy, and mind, public connection, and emotional life. |
| Dhana Yoga (Fortune)Wealth | Saturn+Venus | strong (3/3) | A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Saturn and Venus, so it touches discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy. |
| Dhana Yoga (Fortune)Wealth | Moon+Saturn | strong (3/3) | A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Moon and Saturn, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life, and discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures. |
| Dhana Yoga (Fortune)Wealth | Moon+Venus | strong (3/3) | A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Moon and Venus, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy. |
| Lakshmi YogaWealth & Prosperity | Venus + Venus | strong (3/3) | Connects earning capacity with accumulation. It works through Venus and Venus, so it touches relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy. |
How Rare Is Rod Matthews's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 641 share Rod Matthews’ Krittika Moon. The tighter pairing of a Gemini Sun with a Krittika Moon appears in 57 of them, about 0.33 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Rod Matthews In Public View
Public recognition in Rod Matthews’ chart concentrates in the 10th house, where Sun stands in Gemini. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 1st of 9 planets by Shadbala at 76 percent. Rahu works from the 5th house, feeding ambition through creativity, intelligence, and speculation rather than through direct publicity. The Moon, the public face, carries 60 percent strength from the 9th house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Rod Matthews’ chart the 10th house of career falls in Gemini, ruled by Mercury, which sits in the 11th house in Cancer (enemy). Sun occupies the 10th house, bringing authority, visibility, and the father line directly into the public record. Sun, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 76 percent, stands in the 10th itself, putting the chart’s best resource on public display.
The Chart's Voice
Sun is the strongest planet in Rod Matthews’ chart, carrying 76 percent of full Shadbala strength. In practice the chart leads with identity and command; recognition tends to arrive through positions of authority.
Charts Like Rod Matthews's
Rod Matthews's Moon occupies Krittika nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
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Read the full profile of Krittika nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Krittika.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for VirgoAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: VirgoRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 10th house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Moon in the 9th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 11th house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Venus in the 9th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Mars in the 11th house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 4th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 9th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 5th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 11th house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
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