Roy Orbison
Born April 23, 1936 at 15:50 • Mount Vernon, VA, 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 | 8 | 10°32′ | exalted |
| Moon | Taurus | 9 | 13°14′ | exalted |
| Mercury | Aries | 8 | 24°54′ | neutral |
| Venus | Pisces | 7 | 22°48′ | exalted |
| Mars ☄ | Aries | 8 | 23°05′ | moolatrikona |
| Jupiter (R) | Sagittarius | 4 | 1°11′ | moolatrikona |
| Saturn | Aquarius | 6 | 25°43′ | moolatrikona |
| Rahu (R) | Sagittarius | 4 | 13°55′ | neutral |
| Ketu (R) | Gemini | 10 | 13°55′ | enemy |
Roy's Psychological Profile
A holistic reading drawn from your complete birth chart, planets, houses, signs, strengths, yogas, and current life period, cross-referenced and synthesized.
Your dominant Fire element drives you toward action and self-expression.
Your Cardinal modality means your natural style is initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
Venus as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What do I love and how do I love?"
Who Roy Is
Roy, 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 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, Fire energy dominates your chart (55%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward action and self-expression. 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 Pisces (house 7), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward emotional depth and intuitive knowing.
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 (Rohini, 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.
Roy's Inner World
How Roy Thinks
Roy's Drive & Purpose
How Roy Loves
Roy's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Roy's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Ketu in House 10 (enemy)
Ketu operating from your 10th house in enemy dignity creates a period centered on career ascension. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 10th house governs career, public reputation, authority, and visible achievement.
Your career is this period's strongest channel, while mental health needs the most attention. The energy Ketu brings from house 10 naturally flows toward career - consciously redirect some of it toward mental health.
Your mental state is affecting your career capacity more than you realize. Stabilizing your emotional foundation will unlock professional potential that currently feels stuck.
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.
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 Aries identity craves excitement and risk, but your Taurus 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.
What you want in love (Pisces: emotional depth, security) and how you pursue it (Aries: impulsively, intensely) are mismatched. You chase tenderness with fire.
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 Aries identity craves excitement and risk, but your Taurus 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
What you want in love (Pisces: emotional depth, security) and how you pursue it (Aries: impulsively, intensely) are mismatched. You chase tenderness with fire.
What holds you back vs what pushes you forward
Your Saturn in Aquarius (Air) and Mars in Aries (Fire) share elemental compatibility. Your capacity for discipline and your impulse energy work together rather than fighting. This means you can act decisively AND sustain effort over time, a rare combination that gives you an edge in any long-term endeavor.
Your analytical mind vs your faith system
Your Mercury in Aries (Fire) and Jupiter in Sagittarius (Fire) share elemental compatibility. Your analytical mind and your faith system are aligned, you can think critically without losing your sense of meaning, and believe deeply without abandoning reason. This integration makes you a credible voice on matters of both logic and wisdom.
Your Psychological Summary
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.
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.
Strategic thinking meets practical execution. Your ideas always have a plan.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Ketu/Saturn period, these lagnas are amplified because their lords are running:
Micro-Timing: Subtle timing & decision sensitivity
Micro-Timing themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to innovative 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
21 Yogas detected · 17 beneficial · 4 shadow · 6 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 Sun, Moon, Venus periods.
Raja Yoga (Multiple Strong)
Yoga Karaka Yoga
Viparita Raja Yoga
Ubhayachari Yoga
Wealth & Resources
6Wealth grows through strategic patience and long-term discipline and alliances. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Lakshmi Yoga
Malavya Yoga
Horasara Sukha Yoga
Bheri Yoga
Horasara Sasa Upachaya Yoga
Horasara Sukha Sthana Yoga
Intelligence & Influence
5Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Hamsa Yoga
Anapha Yoga
Surya-Mangala Yoga
Surya-Budha Yoga
Kuja-Budha 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. Pasha (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Pasha Yoga (Nabhash)
Emotional Sensitivity
4Guru Chandala and Gandanta and Fortune fluctuation and Ashtama Mangala appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Guru Chandala Yoga
Gandanta Yoga
Sakata Yoga
Ashtama Mangala
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your drive (Anapha Yoga) can amplify the intensity of Ashtama Mangala. The courage that fuels success can also fuel reactive patterns. Channel Mars energy before it channels you.
Mars links Surya-Mangala Yoga with Ashtama Mangala, creating a volatile mix of ambition and aggression. Your assertiveness is an asset, but unchecked it becomes the source of conflict. Physical activity before major decisions is your best tool.
Through Mars, Kuja-Budha Yoga and Ashtama Mangala are intertwined. Your competitive nature drives achievement but can also create enemies. The resolution: direct your fire at goals, not at people.
Your drive (Raja Yoga (Multiple Strong)) can amplify the intensity of Ashtama Mangala. The courage that fuels success can also fuel reactive patterns. Channel Mars energy before it channels you.
Your wisdom capacity (Hamsa Yoga) is periodically distorted by Sakata Yoga. Expansion and obstruction alternate. Stay consistent regardless of the cycle.
Jupiter links Jupiter Protection with Sakata Yoga, creating tension between growth and limitation. Your natural optimism can be undermined during difficult sub-periods. The key: trust the larger arc even when the current chapter is challenging.
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.
Roy Orbison's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moon | 23 Apr 1936 | 19 Nov 1943 | 7y 6m 26d (balance) | |
| Mars | 19 Nov 1943 | 19 Nov 1950 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 19 Nov 1950 | 19 Nov 1968 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 19 Nov 1968 | 19 Nov 1984 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 19 Nov 1984 | 19 Nov 2003 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 19 Nov 2003 | 19 Nov 2020 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 19 Nov 2020 | 19 Nov 2027 | 7y | |
| Venus | 19 Nov 2027 | 19 Nov 2047 | 20y | |
| Sun | 19 Nov 2047 | 19 Nov 2053 | 6y |
The planetary periods that shape each chapter of your life
Shadbala measures each planet's strength across six dimensions. Strong planets deliver their gifts naturally. Weak planets need conscious effort or remedial support.
How much power each planet carries in your chart
Comparative Strength Overview
Current Period × Planet Strength
Planet Strength Intelligence
Planet Synergy Matrix
Top 5 planet pairs working together in your chart
Red Flag Monitor
Patterns to watch based on your weakest planetary strengths
Doshas are specific planetary configurations that traditional texts flag as challenging. But most have cancellation conditions.
Planetary challenges and how they're resolved
Dosha Analysis
Doshas are specific planetary configurations that indicate challenges. Many have cancellations (exceptions) that reduce or eliminate their effects.
Manglik Dosha
Present (Moderate)Mars placement in sensitive houses (1/2/4/7/8/12), affects marriage and partnerships
Mars is placed in house 8 from Lagna and house 12 from Moon, activating Manglik Dosha.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ Jupiter aspects Mars, mitigating the dosha
- ✓ Mars is moolatrikona — reduces negative effects
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
6/7 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
Present (Moderate)Jupiter conjunct Rahu/Ketu, wisdom clouded by illusion, unconventional beliefs
Jupiter conjunct Rahu in house 4 — wisdom may be clouded by unconventional or materialistic pursuits.
Remedies:
- Guru Graha Shanti
- Recite Guru Beej Mantra
- Serve teachers and gurus
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 Ketu/Saturn Dasha
Compare Your Chart With Roy Orbison’s
Today's Sky Over Roy Orbison’s Chart
Explore Roy Orbison’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 Roy Orbison’s recorded birth data.
- Ketu-Ketu November 2020 to April 2021 (from age 84)
- Ketu-Venus April 2021 to June 2022 (from age 84)
- Ketu-Sun June 2022 to October 2022 (from age 86)
- Ketu-Moon October 2022 to May 2023 (from age 86)
- Ketu-Mars May 2023 to October 2023 (from age 87)
- Ketu-Rahu October 2023 to November 2024 (from age 87)
- Ketu-Jupiter November 2024 to October 2025 (from age 88)
- Ketu-SaturnCurrent October 2025 to November 2026 (from age 89)
- Ketu-Mercury November 2026 to November 2027 (from age 90)
Why Roy Orbison's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Roy Orbison’s public standing with Malavya Yoga through Venus. Venus is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 80 percent, giving relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Gemini under Mercury frames the public career, with Ketu placed there.
Planetary Dominance In Roy Orbison's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venus | 80% | moderate |
| 2 | Sun | 75% | weak |
| 3 | Jupiter | 66% | weak |
| 4 | Mars | 64% | weak |
| 5 | Moon | 63% | weak |
| 6 | Saturn | 58% | very weak |
| 7 | Ketu | 48% | very weak |
| 8 | Rahu | 46% | very weak |
| 9 | Mercury | 35% | very weak |
Venus dominates the planetary hierarchy at 80 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with taste and relationship; charm and aesthetics open the important doors.
Mercury is the least supported at 35 percent, which means detail work and negotiation reward extra preparation.
Dominant Yogas In Roy Orbison's Chart
Ranked by computed classical strength. Each is a specific planetary configuration in this birth chart, not a generic trait.
- Malavya Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Venus
One of the five great-person yogas: a strong planet in an angle stamps its character on the whole personality. It works through Venus, so it touches relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
- Anapha Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Mercury + Mars
A lunar-support formation: planets flanking or joining the Moon steady the mind and its public expression. It works through Mercury and Mars, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication, and drive, competition, and decisive action.
- Yoga Karaka Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Venus
Venus as 2nd and 9th lord brings wealth and fortune. Mercury as lagna and 10th lord supports career. It works through Venus, so it touches relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
- Lakshmi Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Venus + Venus
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.
- Jupiter Protectionstrong (3/3)Planets: Jupiter
Jupiter in Kendra mitigates malefic effects in the chart. It works through Jupiter, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune.
How Rare Is Roy Orbison's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 699 share Roy Orbison’s Rohini Moon. The tighter pairing of an Aries Sun with a Rohini Moon appears in 58 of them, about 0.33 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Roy Orbison In Public View
Public recognition in Roy Orbison’s chart concentrates in the 10th house, where Ketu stands in Gemini. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 2nd of 9 planets by Shadbala at 75 percent. Rahu works from the 4th house, feeding ambition through home, roots, and inner ground rather than through direct publicity. The Moon, the public face, carries 63 percent strength from the 9th house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Roy Orbison’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Gemini, ruled by Mercury, which sits in the 8th house in Aries. Ketu occupies the 10th house, bringing detachment, research, and inward turns directly into the public record. Venus, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 80 percent, sets the tone from elsewhere in the chart, and the career runs on relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
The Chart's Voice
Venus is the strongest planet in Roy Orbison’s chart, carrying 80 percent of full Shadbala strength. In practice the chart leads with taste and relationship; charm and aesthetics open the important doors.
Wealth Signature
The 2nd And 11th Houses
Wealth in Roy Orbison’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Libra, lord Venus) and the 11th house (Cancer, lord Moon). Both money houses are unoccupied, so income follows the condition of their lords rather than resident planets. Among these, Venus is the best supported at 80 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 Roy Orbison’s chart falls in Pisces under Jupiter, occupied by Venus. Venus, karaka of partnership, is exalted in Pisces in the 7th house at 80 percent strength. The Moon's 63 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Sun, Moon and Venus stand exalted at the same time; most charts carry at most one exalted planet.
Sun, Mercury and Mars cluster in the 8th house in Aries, concentrating upheaval, research, and other people’s resources far beyond the average chart.
Venus qualifies for Malavya Yoga: exalted in the 7th house, one of the five Mahapurusha marks of an exceptional nativity.
Jupiter qualifies for Hamsa Yoga: in moolatrikona in the 4th house, one of the five Mahapurusha marks of an exceptional nativity.
Roy Orbison'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 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon Mahadasha | Age 0 to 7 (1936 to 1943) | mind, public connection, and emotional life |
| Mars Mahadasha | Age 7 to 14 (1943 to 1950) | drive, competition, and decisive action |
| Rahu Mahadasha | Age 14 to 32 (1950 to 1968) | ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises |
| Jupiter Mahadasha | Age 32 to 48 (1968 to 1984) | wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune |
| Saturn Mahadasha | Age 48 to 67 (1984 to 2003) | discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures |
| Mercury Mahadasha | Age 67 to 84 (2003 to 2020) | intellect, commerce, and communication |
| Ketu MahadashaCurrent | Age 84 to 91 (2020 to 2027) | detachment, research, and inward turns |
| Venus Mahadasha | Age 91 to 111 (2027 to 2047) | relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy |
| Sun Mahadasha | Age 111 to 117 (2047 to 2053) | authority, visibility, and the father line |
Charts Like Roy Orbison's
Roy Orbison's Moon occupies Rohini nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
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- Philippe SollersMoon in Rohini, Taurus
- Phillip PineMoon in Rohini, Taurus
- Pier Maria di San Secondo RossoMoon in Rohini, Taurus
- PierreMoon in Rohini, Taurus
- Pierre AssoulineMoon in Rohini, Taurus
Read the full profile of Rohini nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Rohini.
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 8th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Moon in the 9th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 8th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Venus in the 7th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Mars in the 8th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 4th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 6th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 4th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 10th house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
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