Roger Zelazny
Born May 13, 1937 at 02:05 • Cleveland, OH, United States
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 4 | 29°04′ | exalted |
| Moon | Gemini | 6 | 7°04′ | friendly |
| Mercury (R) ☄ | Aries | 4 | 26°10′ | neutral |
| Venus | Pisces | 3 | 26°45′ | exalted |
| Mars (R) | Scorpio | 11 | 7°34′ | own |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 1 | 4°19′ | debilitated |
| Saturn | Pisces | 3 | 8°51′ | neutral |
| Rahu (R) | Scorpio | 11 | 23°33′ | enemy |
| Ketu (R) | Taurus | 5 | 23°33′ | enemy |
Roger'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 Water element drives you toward emotional depth, intuition, and empathy.
Your Cardinal modality means your natural style is initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
Mars as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What am I willing to fight for?"
Who Roger Is
Roger, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Aries 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 Gemini 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, Water energy dominates your chart (36%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward emotional depth, intuition, and empathy. Your Cardinal modality means initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
Mars (a functional malefic for Capricorn 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 Scorpio (house 11), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward emotional depth and intuitive knowing. Interestingly, while Mars dominates your chart by strength, it functions as a functional malefic for Capricorn 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 (Ardra, 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.
Roger's Inner World
How Roger Thinks
Roger's Drive & Purpose
How Roger Loves
Roger's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Roger's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Venus in House 3 (exalted)
Venus operating from your 3rd house in exalted dignity creates a period centered on expression and courage. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 3rd house governs communication, courage, siblings, and self-driven effort.
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 define yourself through action. When asked 'who are you?', you instinctively think of what you've done, not what you feel. Sitting still feels like falling behind. Your identity was built on being first, being brave, and never looking weak.
You think your feelings. Emotions arrive and your first instinct is to analyze them, name them, talk about them. This gives you emotional articulation others envy, but it also means you can talk about feelings without actually feeling them.
You project authority and seriousness. People respect you before they warm to you. The internal experience is different: you feel the weight of every responsibility, and sometimes wish someone would take care of you for once.
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 Aries (Fire) and Moon in Gemini (Air) 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 Pisces (Water) and Mars in Scorpio (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 Pisces (Water) and Mars in Scorpio (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 Aries, 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
Analyze-and-Rationalize, you process emotions through thinking and talking. Understanding a feeling helps you manage it. The risk: intellectualizing emotions instead of actually feeling them.
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.
You carry a chronic sense of not-enough, not enough time, not enough security, not enough proof that things will be okay. This drives your discipline, but it also drives your anxiety.
Your primary growth edge is developing your Saturn function, the area where Control & Fear 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.
Strategic thinking meets practical execution. Your ideas always have a plan.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Venus/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 innovative energy.
Wealth Strategy: Financial identity & earning approach
Financial identity is amplified. Your Aquarius earning style takes center stage.
Vitality Engine: Life force, stamina & physical resilience
Vitality Engine themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to grounded 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
13 Yogas detected · 10 beneficial · 3 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 Saturn, Venus, Sun periods.
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga (Single Lord)
Raja Yoga (Multiple Strong)
Horasara Shubha Yoga
Wealth & Resources
2Wealth grows through strategic patience and long-term discipline and alliances. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga (Fortune)
Horasara Sasa Upachaya Yoga
Intelligence & Influence
2Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Voshi Yoga
Surya-Budha 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
3Emotional isolation and Gandanta and Fortune fluctuation appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Kemadruma Yoga
Gandanta Yoga
Sakata Yoga
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your wisdom capacity (Horasara Shubha Yoga) is periodically distorted by Sakata Yoga. Expansion and obstruction alternate. Stay consistent regardless of the cycle.
Your authority (Surya-Budha Yoga) conflicts with Gandanta Yoga. Identity strength and identity suppression alternate. The key: consistent self-expression regardless of external validation.
The Sun connects Raja Yoga (Multiple Strong) and Gandanta Yoga, creating a dynamic between visibility and self-doubt. Your leadership potential is real, but imposter syndrome or ego inflation can distort it.
🔗 Reinforcing Patterns
Raja Yoga and Raja Yoga (Single Lord) both flow through Venus, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Raja Yoga and Dhana Yoga (Fortune) both flow through Saturn and Venus, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Raja Yoga and Raja Yoga (Multiple Strong) both flow through Venus, when one activates, the other strengthens.
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.
Roger Zelazny's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rahu | 13 May 1937 | 27 Oct 1954 | 17y 5m 14d (balance) | |
| Jupiter | 27 Oct 1954 | 27 Oct 1970 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 27 Oct 1970 | 27 Oct 1989 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 27 Oct 1989 | 27 Oct 2006 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 27 Oct 2006 | 27 Oct 2013 | 7y | |
| Venus | 27 Oct 2013 | 27 Oct 2033 | 20y | |
| Sun | 27 Oct 2033 | 27 Oct 2039 | 6y | |
| Moon | 27 Oct 2039 | 27 Oct 2049 | 10y | |
| Mars | 27 Oct 2049 | 27 Oct 2056 | 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
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
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
Present (Moderate)Moon without planetary support (no planets in 2nd/12th from Moon), emotional isolation
No planets in 2nd or 12th from Moon — Moon lacks planetary support, indicating potential emotional isolation.
Remedies:
- Moon strengthening remedies
- Chandra Namaskar
- Wear pearl (after consultation)
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 Venus/Saturn Dasha
Compare Your Chart With Roger Zelazny’s
Today's Sky Over Roger Zelazny’s Chart
Explore Roger Zelazny’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 Roger Zelazny’s recorded birth data.
- Venus-Venus October 2013 to February 2017 (from age 76)
- Venus-Sun February 2017 to February 2018 (from age 79)
- Venus-Moon February 2018 to October 2019 (from age 80)
- Venus-Mars October 2019 to December 2020 (from age 82)
- Venus-Rahu December 2020 to December 2023 (from age 83)
- Venus-Jupiter December 2023 to August 2026 (from age 86)
- Venus-SaturnCurrent August 2026 to October 2029 (from age 89)
- Venus-Mercury October 2029 to August 2032 (from age 92)
- Venus-Ketu August 2032 to October 2033 (from age 95)
Why Roger Zelazny's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Roger Zelazny’s public standing with Raja Yoga through Saturn+Venus. Mars is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 83 percent, giving drive, competition, and decisive action unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Libra under Venus frames the public career.
Planetary Dominance In Roger Zelazny's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mars | 83% | moderate |
| 2 | Venus | 77% | weak |
| 3 | Moon | 66% | weak |
| 4 | Sun | 61% | weak |
| 5 | Rahu | 58% | very weak |
| 6 | Ketu | 55% | very weak |
| 7 | Mercury | 53% | very weak |
| 8 | Jupiter | 49% | very weak |
| 9 | Saturn | 46% | very weak |
Mars dominates the planetary hierarchy at 83 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with force and initiative; contests and physical daring reward the native.
Saturn is the least supported at 46 percent, which means long grinds test the native more than most, and shortcuts tempt.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Sun and Venus stand exalted at the same time; most charts carry at most one exalted planet.
Jupiter is debilitated, a placement whose outcome depends on cancellation factors elsewhere in the chart.
Roger Zelazny'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.
- Rahu MahadashaAge 0 to 17 (1937 to 1954)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
- Jupiter MahadashaAge 17 to 33 (1954 to 1970)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
- Saturn MahadashaAge 33 to 52 (1970 to 1989)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
- Mercury MahadashaAge 52 to 69 (1989 to 2006)intellect, commerce, and communication
- Ketu MahadashaAge 69 to 76 (2006 to 2013)detachment, research, and inward turns
- Venus MahadashaCurrentAge 76 to 96 (2013 to 2033)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
- Sun MahadashaAge 96 to 102 (2033 to 2039)authority, visibility, and the father line
- Moon MahadashaAge 102 to 112 (2039 to 2049)mind, public connection, and emotional life
- Mars MahadashaAge 112 to 119 (2049 to 2056)drive, competition, and decisive action
Dominant Yogas In Roger Zelazny'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: Saturn+Venus
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Saturn and Venus, so it touches discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
- Dhana Yoga (Fortune)strong (3/3)Planets: Saturn+Venus
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.
- Horasara Shubha Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Mercury + Jupiter
Benefics guard Kendras while malefics fight from Upachayas: strong protection and success. It works through Mercury and Jupiter, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication, and wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune.
- Gandanta Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Sun
Sun at Pisces-Aries junction, karmic knot requiring conscious processing. It works through Sun, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line.
- 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.
How Rare Is Roger Zelazny's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 587 share Roger Zelazny’s Ardra Moon. The tighter pairing of an Aries Sun with an Ardra Moon appears in 38 of them, about 0.22 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Roger Zelazny In Public View
The 10th lord Venus, exalted, placed in the 3rd house carries Roger Zelazny’s reputation from the terrain of courage and self-made effort. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 4th of 9 planets by Shadbala at 61 percent. Rahu in the 11th house adds the amplification the texts associate with mass reach and appetite for scale. The Moon, the public face, carries 66 percent strength from the 6th house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Roger Zelazny’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Libra, ruled by Venus, which sits in the 3rd house in Pisces (exalted). No planet occupies the 10th house, so its lord carries the career signal alone. Mars, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 83 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 Roger Zelazny’s chart, carrying 83 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 Roger Zelazny’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Aquarius, lord Saturn) and the 11th house (Scorpio, lord Mars). Mars and Rahu in the 11th give the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Mars is the best supported at 83 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through drive, competition, and decisive action.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in Roger Zelazny’s chart falls in Cancer under Moon, whose lord answers from the 6th house. Venus, karaka of partnership, is exalted in Pisces in the 3rd house at 77 percent strength. The Moon's 66 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Charts Like Roger Zelazny's
Roger Zelazny's Moon occupies Ardra nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- Kailani Philippe KnappMoon in Ardra, Gemini
- Kasimir EdschmidMoon in Ardra, Gemini
- Katherine HelmondMoon in Ardra, Gemini
- Katie BeersMoon in Ardra, Gemini
- Ken IrvingMoon in Ardra, Gemini
- Kenneth FranklinMoon in Ardra, Gemini
Read the full profile of Ardra nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Ardra.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for CapricornAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: CapricornRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 4th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Moon in the 6th house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 4th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Venus in the 3rd house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Mars in the 11th house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 1st house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 3rd house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 11th house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 5th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
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