Russ Nagelson
Born September 19, 1944 at 11:15 • Cincinnati, 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 | Virgo | 12 | 3°27′ | neutral |
| Moon | Virgo | 12 | 26°27′ | friendly |
| Mercury | Leo | 11 | 16°19′ | friendly |
| Venus | Virgo | 12 | 26°18′ | debilitated |
| Mars | Virgo | 12 | 20°58′ | enemy |
| Jupiter | Leo | 11 | 18°48′ | friendly |
| Saturn | Gemini | 9 | 16°40′ | friendly |
| Rahu (R) | Cancer | 10 | 1°11′ | enemy |
| Ketu (R) | Capricorn | 4 | 1°11′ | neutral |
Russ'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 Mutable modality means your natural style is adapting - you flex, adjust, and see all perspectives.
Ketu as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What must I release?"
Who Russ Is
Russ, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Virgo 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 Virgo 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 (64%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward security, structure, and tangible results. Your Mutable modality means adapting - you flex, adjust, and see all perspectives.
Ketu (unclassified for Libra ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs detachment and spiritual past, and in Capricorn (house 4), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward practical mastery and tangible achievement.
Your dominant Vedic archetype is The Sovereign - Your dominant archetype is The Sovereign (Sun - Surya). Atma - Self/Soul is the strongest force in your chart. Natural authority that inspires without demanding. This is the energy people recognize in you before you say a word.
Your birth star (Chitra, 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.
Russ's Inner World
How Russ Thinks
Russ's Drive & Purpose
How Russ Loves
Russ's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Russ's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Ketu in House 4 (neutral)
Ketu operating from your 4th house in neutral dignity creates a period centered on inner foundation work. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 4th house governs emotional foundation, home, mother, inner peace, and property.
Your family dynamics is this period's strongest channel, while love life needs the most attention. The energy Ketu brings from house 4 naturally flows toward family dynamics - consciously redirect some of it toward love life.
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 identify through competence. Your self-worth is built on being useful, precise, and correct. The internal standard you hold yourself to is impossibly high, and you've never met anyone who criticizes you harder than you criticize yourself.
You regulate emotions through analysis and control. When a feeling arrives, you instinctively organize it, categorize it, assess whether it's 'reasonable,' then decide whether to express it. Spontaneous emotional expression feels risky.
The world sees grace, diplomacy, and charm. You're the person who makes every group smoother. The cost: suppressing your real opinions to keep harmony, then wondering why no one knows the real you.
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 Virgo (Earth) and Moon in Virgo (Earth) 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 Virgo (Earth) and Mars in Virgo (Earth) share elemental compatibility. What you want and how you go after it are naturally aligned. You don't sabotage your own desires with contradictory behavior, when you want something, your pursuit style matches the goal. This makes you effective in both romance and competition.
What holds you back vs what pushes you forward
Your inner critic operates through ideas and ideals (Gemini), but your energy is practical and stubborn (Virgo). You criticize yourself intellectually while your body just keeps doing what it's always done.
Your analytical mind vs your faith system
Your Mercury in Leo (Fire) and Jupiter in Leo (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.
Receiving love, truly believing you deserve it, is your growth edge. You may give endlessly while quietly wondering why it's never reciprocated equally. Self-worth and lovability feel like they need to be earned.
Your primary growth edge is developing your Venus function, the area where Love & Worth 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.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Ketu/Mercury period, these lagnas are amplified because their lords are running:
Vitality Engine: Life force, stamina & physical resilience
Vitality Engine themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to 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
19 Yogas detected · 18 beneficial · 1 shadow · 5 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
5Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Moon, Venus, Mars periods.
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga (Single Lord)
Viparita Raja Yoga
Neecha Bhanga Raja Yoga
Wealth & Resources
4Wealth grows through strategic patience and wisdom and ethical growth. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga
Chandra-Mangala Yoga
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter)
Horasara Jupiter Dhana Drishti
Intelligence & Influence
7Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Anapha Yoga
Voshi Yoga
Surya-Chandra Yoga
Surya-Mangala Yoga
Surya-Shukra Yoga
Chandra-Shukra Yoga
Kuja-Shukra Yoga
Spiritual & Inner Growth
1Spiritual depth is built into your chart. Pravrajya indicate a strong pull toward inner development.
Pravrajya Yoga
Structural Patterns
1Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Shoola (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Shoola Yoga (Nabhash)
Emotional Sensitivity
1Lagna Arishta appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Lagna Arishta
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your relational gifts (Raja Yoga) are complicated by Lagna Arishta. The same sensitivity that creates beauty can attract emotional turbulence.
Venus links Raja Yoga with Lagna Arishta, creating tension between love and attachment. Your capacity for deep connection is genuine, but it can make you vulnerable to codependence or idealization.
Through Venus, Viparita Raja Yoga and Lagna Arishta interact. Your aesthetic sense and desire for harmony are real strengths, but they can lead you to avoid necessary conflict. Sometimes beauty requires disruption first.
Your relational gifts (Neecha Bhanga Raja Yoga) are complicated by Lagna Arishta. The same sensitivity that creates beauty can attract emotional turbulence.
Venus links Surya-Shukra Yoga with Lagna Arishta, creating tension between love and attachment. Your capacity for deep connection is genuine, but it can make you vulnerable to codependence or idealization.
Through Venus, Chandra-Shukra Yoga and Lagna Arishta interact. Your aesthetic sense and desire for harmony are real strengths, but they can lead you to avoid necessary conflict. Sometimes beauty requires disruption first.
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.
Russ Nagelson's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | 19 Sept 1944 | 27 Jan 1950 | 5y 4m 7d (balance) | |
| Rahu | 27 Jan 1950 | 28 Jan 1968 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 28 Jan 1968 | 28 Jan 1984 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 28 Jan 1984 | 27 Jan 2003 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 27 Jan 2003 | 28 Jan 2020 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 28 Jan 2020 | 27 Jan 2027 | 7y | |
| Venus | 27 Jan 2027 | 27 Jan 2047 | 20y | |
| Sun | 27 Jan 2047 | 27 Jan 2053 | 6y | |
| Moon | 27 Jan 2053 | 27 Jan 2063 | 10y |
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 12 from Lagna and house 1 from Moon, activating Manglik Dosha.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ Mars conjunct Venus softens the dosha
Remedies:
- Mangal Shanti Puja
- Hanuman Chalisa recitation
- Wearing red coral (after consultation)
Kala Sarpa Dosha
PresentAll planets hemmed between Rahu-Ketu axis, creates karmic patterns and sudden life changes
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
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)
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/Mercury Dasha
Compare Your Chart With Russ Nagelson’s
Today's Sky Over Russ Nagelson’s Chart
Explore Russ Nagelson’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 Russ Nagelson’s recorded birth data.
- Ketu-Ketu January 2020 to June 2020 (from age 75)
- Ketu-Venus June 2020 to August 2021 (from age 75)
- Ketu-Sun August 2021 to December 2021 (from age 76)
- Ketu-Moon December 2021 to August 2022 (from age 77)
- Ketu-Mars August 2022 to December 2022 (from age 77)
- Ketu-Rahu December 2022 to January 2024 (from age 78)
- Ketu-Jupiter January 2024 to December 2024 (from age 79)
- Ketu-Saturn December 2024 to January 2026 (from age 80)
- Ketu-MercuryCurrent January 2026 to January 2027 (from age 81)
Why Russ Nagelson's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Russ Nagelson’s public standing with Anapha Yoga through Mercury + Jupiter. Rahu is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 61 percent, giving ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Cancer under Moon frames the public career, with Rahu placed there.
Dominant Yogas In Russ Nagelson'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 + Jupiter | 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 Jupiter, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication, and wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune. |
| Raja YogaPower & Status | Mars+Venus | strong (3/3) | A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mars and Venus, so it touches drive, competition, and decisive action, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy. |
| Raja YogaPower & Status | Moon+Venus | strong (3/3) | A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Moon and Venus, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy. |
| Dhana YogaWealth | Mars + Sun | strong (3/3) | A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Mars and Sun, so it touches drive, competition, and decisive action, and authority, visibility, and the father line. |
| Chandra-Mangala YogaWealth | Moon + Mars | moderate (2/3) | A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Moon and Mars, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life, and drive, competition, and decisive action. |
Rare Planetary Combinations
Venus is debilitated, a placement whose outcome depends on cancellation factors elsewhere in the chart.
Sun, Moon, Venus and Mars cluster in the 12th house in Virgo, concentrating expenditure, distance, and retreat far beyond the average chart.
Russ Nagelson'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.
- Mars MahadashaAge 0 to 5 (1944 to 1950)drive, competition, and decisive action
- Rahu MahadashaAge 5 to 23 (1950 to 1968)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
- Jupiter MahadashaAge 23 to 39 (1968 to 1984)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
- Saturn MahadashaAge 39 to 58 (1984 to 2003)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
- Mercury MahadashaAge 58 to 75 (2003 to 2020)intellect, commerce, and communication
- Ketu MahadashaCurrentAge 75 to 82 (2020 to 2027)detachment, research, and inward turns
- Venus MahadashaAge 82 to 102 (2027 to 2047)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
- Sun MahadashaAge 102 to 108 (2047 to 2053)authority, visibility, and the father line
- Moon MahadashaAge 108 to 118 (2053 to 2063)mind, public connection, and emotional life
Planetary Dominance In Russ Nagelson's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rahu | 61% | weak |
| 2 | Ketu | 60% | weak |
| 3 | Jupiter | 58% | very weak |
| 4 | Mars | 55% | very weak |
| 5 | Saturn | 53% | very weak |
| 6 | Sun | 52% | very weak |
| 7 | Mercury | 51% | very weak |
| 8 | Moon | 48% | very weak |
| 9 | Venus | 47% | very weak |
Rahu dominates the planetary hierarchy at 61 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with appetite; the native reaches past inherited limits, often abroad or in new fields.
Venus is the least supported at 47 percent, which means comfort and partnership ask for patience rather than arriving on their own.
How Rare Is Russ Nagelson's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 651 share Russ Nagelson’s Chitra Moon. The tighter pairing of a Virgo Sun with a Chitra Moon appears in 47 of them, about 0.27 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Russ Nagelson In Public View
Public recognition in Russ Nagelson’s chart concentrates in the 10th house, where Rahu stands in Cancer. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 6th of 9 planets by Shadbala at 52 percent. Rahu in the 10th house adds the amplification the texts associate with mass reach and appetite for scale. The Moon, the public face, carries 48 percent strength from the 12th house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Russ Nagelson’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Cancer, ruled by Moon, which sits in the 12th house in Virgo (friendly). Rahu occupies the 10th house, bringing ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises directly into the public record. Rahu, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 61 percent, stands in the 10th itself, putting the chart’s best resource on public display.
The Chart's Voice
Rahu is the strongest planet in Russ Nagelson’s chart, carrying 61 percent of full Shadbala strength. In practice the chart leads with appetite; the native reaches past inherited limits, often abroad or in new fields.
Wealth Signature
The 2nd And 11th Houses
Wealth in Russ Nagelson’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Scorpio, lord Mars) and the 11th house (Leo, lord Sun). Mercury and Jupiter in the 11th give the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Jupiter is the best supported at 58 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in Russ Nagelson’s chart falls in Aries under Mars, whose lord answers from the 12th house. Venus, karaka of partnership, is debilitated in Virgo in the 12th house at 47 percent strength. The Moon's 48 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Charts Like Russ Nagelson's
Russ Nagelson's Moon occupies Chitra nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- Stanley BaxterMoon in Chitra, Virgo
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- Stephane TraineauMoon in Chitra, Virgo
- Steven SeagalMoon in Chitra, Libra
- Susan KohnerMoon in Chitra, Virgo
- Sushant SinghMoon in Chitra, Virgo
Read the full profile of Chitra nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Chitra.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for LibraAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: LibraRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 12th house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
- Moon in the 12th house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 11th house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
- Venus in the 12th house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
- Mars in the 12th house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 11th house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 9th house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 10th house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 4th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Libra Ascendant →
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