Sally Ride
Born May 26, 1951 at 08:11 • Los Angeles, CA, United States
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 12 | 11°22′ | enemy |
| Moon | Capricorn | 8 | 26°00′ | neutral |
| Mercury | Aries | 11 | 16°36′ | neutral |
| Venus | Gemini | 1 | 24°17′ | friendly |
| Mars ☄ | Taurus | 12 | 10°20′ | neutral |
| Jupiter | Pisces | 10 | 14°00′ | own |
| Saturn (R) | Virgo | 4 | 2°22′ | friendly |
| Rahu (R) | Aquarius | 9 | 21°53′ | own |
| Ketu (R) | Leo | 3 | 21°53′ | neutral |
Sally'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 Fixed modality means your natural style is sustaining - you build, persist, and deepen what exists.
Saturn as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What do I fear, and what must I master?"
Who Sally Is
Sally, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Taurus forms the backbone of your identity - it's the conscious self you're building toward, the version of you that emerges when you're most aligned. Your Moon in Capricorn reveals your emotional core - what you need to feel safe, how you process feelings, and the private self only close ones see.
At the elemental level, Earth energy dominates your chart (55%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward security, structure, and tangible results. Your Fixed modality means sustaining - you build, persist, and deepen what exists.
Saturn (a yoga-forming benefic for Gemini ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs fears, discipline, and hard-won mastery, and in Virgo (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 (Dhanishtha, 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.
Sally's Inner World
How Sally Thinks
Sally's Drive & Purpose
How Sally Loves
Sally's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Sally's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Mercury in House 11 (neutral)
Mercury operating from your 11th house in neutral dignity creates a period centered on network and gains. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 11th house governs gains, networks, elder siblings, and fulfillment of desires.
Your finances is this period's strongest channel, while family dynamics needs the most attention. The energy Mercury brings from house 11 naturally flows toward finances - consciously redirect some of it toward family dynamics.
A psychological assessment based on your planetary placements, not what the planets mean, but what they reveal about how you think, feel, defend, and grow.
Your Psychological Profile
This isn't what your planets mean, it's who you are. These six dimensions combine your planetary placements into a genuine psychological picture.
Your sense of self is anchored in what's solid and real. You know who you are, and that hasn't changed much since childhood. Security, consistency, and tangible results define you. Change doesn't scare you, but pointless change does.
Your emotions follow rules. You've internalized a system for what you should and shouldn't feel, and you judge yourself when feelings don't comply. Under that controlled exterior is a person who's been shouldering emotional weight since childhood.
The world sees a witty, adaptable communicator. You can talk to anyone about anything. The mask: you sometimes use social skill to avoid the deeper conversations you actually need.
Internal Conflicts Detected
Your desire for intellectual connection meets a pursuit style that's cautious and material. You think you want freedom in love, but you pursue security.
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 Taurus (Earth) and Moon in Capricorn (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 desire for intellectual connection meets a pursuit style that's cautious and material. You think you want freedom in love, but you pursue security.
What holds you back vs what pushes you forward
Your Saturn in Virgo (Earth) and Mars in Taurus (Earth) 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 Pisces, Water) don't naturally agree. You may find yourself knowing something logically but believing something different emotionally. This tension can make you a complex, nuanced thinker, or someone paralyzed between reason and faith.
Your Psychological Summary
Contain-and-Process, you hold emotions inside and process them through practical action. Feelings integrate slowly but thoroughly. The risk: suppression disguised as composure.
Instinctive Decider, you make decisions quickly based on gut feeling and move immediately. Deliberation feels like weakness. Best when speed matters; dangerous when nuance does.
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 Mercury/Saturn period, these lagnas are amplified because their lords are running:
Identity Base: Core personality & physical self
Core personality expression is strongly activated. You feel most like yourself during this period.
Physical Persona: How the world experiences your presence
Physical Persona themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to communicative energy.
Power Strategy: Fame, authority & public recognition
Public authority and recognition themes increase. Your Capricorn power signature is being activated.
Udaya Lagna
Identity BaseCore personality & physical self
Bhava Lagna
Physical PersonaHow the world experiences your presence
Hora Lagna
Wealth StrategyFinancial identity & earning approach
Ghati Lagna
Power StrategyFame, authority & public recognition
Vighati Lagna
Micro-TimingSubtle timing & decision sensitivity
Sree Lagna
Fortune ChannelProsperity flow & divine grace
Pranapada Lagna
Vitality EngineLife force, stamina & physical resilience
Indu Lagna
Financial BlueprintWealth accumulation potential from Moon
Your Life Architecture Summary
Yogas are powerful alignments in your birth chart. When planets combine in specific ways, they create amplified effects.
Special planetary configurations that amplify your chart
Yoga Architecture
10 Yogas detected · 9 beneficial · 1 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 Jupiter, Saturn, Mars periods.
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)
Viparita Raja Yoga
Amala Yoga
Ubhayachari Yoga
Wealth & Resources
1Wealth grows through strategic patience and wisdom and ethical growth. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Horasara Jupiter Dhana Drishti
Intelligence & Influence
3Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Wisdom and teaching ability amplify your results.
Hamsa Yoga
Dama Yoga (Nabhash)
Surya-Mangala Yoga
Protection & Fortune
1Natural shields exist in your chart. Jupiter Protection provide a safety net during challenging periods.
Jupiter Protection
Emotional Sensitivity
1Emotional isolation appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Kemadruma Yoga
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
🔗 Reinforcing Patterns
Hamsa Yoga and Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect) both flow through Jupiter, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Hamsa Yoga and Amala Yoga both flow through Jupiter, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Hamsa Yoga and Jupiter Protection both flow through Jupiter, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect) and Amala Yoga both flow through Jupiter, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect) and Jupiter Protection both flow through Jupiter, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Amala Yoga and Jupiter Protection both flow through Jupiter, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Combined Pattern Insight
Strong elevation potential supported by multiple structural pillars. intellectual firepower amplifies all other patterns. emotional depth is both strength and vulnerability. your yogas reinforce each other more than they conflict, cumulative power grows over time. natural protection mechanisms cushion the challenging periods.
Sally Ride's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | 26 May 1951 | 27 Dec 1956 | 5y 7m 2d (balance) | |
| Rahu | 27 Dec 1956 | 28 Dec 1974 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 28 Dec 1974 | 28 Dec 1990 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 28 Dec 1990 | 28 Dec 2009 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 28 Dec 2009 | 28 Dec 2026 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 28 Dec 2026 | 28 Dec 2033 | 7y | |
| Venus | 28 Dec 2033 | 28 Dec 2053 | 20y | |
| Sun | 28 Dec 2053 | 28 Dec 2059 | 6y | |
| Moon | 28 Dec 2059 | 28 Dec 2069 | 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 (Severe)Mars placement in sensitive houses (1/2/4/7/8/12), affects marriage and partnerships
Mars is placed in house 12 from Lagna, activating Manglik Dosha.
Remedies:
- Mangal Shanti Puja
- Hanuman Chalisa recitation
- Wearing red coral (after consultation)
Kala Sarpa Dosha
PresentAll planets hemmed between Rahu-Ketu axis, creates karmic patterns and sudden life changes
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
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
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 Mercury/Saturn Dasha
Compare Your Chart With Sally Ride’s
Today's Sky Over Sally Ride’s Chart
Explore Sally Ride’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 Sally Ride’s recorded birth data.
- Mercury-Mercury December 2009 to May 2012 (from age 58)
- Mercury-Ketu May 2012 to May 2013 (from age 60)
- Mercury-Venus May 2013 to March 2016 (from age 61)
- Mercury-Sun March 2016 to January 2017 (from age 64)
- Mercury-Moon January 2017 to June 2018 (from age 65)
- Mercury-Mars June 2018 to June 2019 (from age 67)
- Mercury-Rahu June 2019 to January 2022 (from age 68)
- Mercury-Jupiter January 2022 to April 2024 (from age 70)
- Mercury-SaturnCurrent April 2024 to December 2026 (from age 72)
Why Sally Ride's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Sally Ride’s public standing with Jupiter Protection through Jupiter (jupiter in Kendra mitigates malefic effects in the chart). Saturn is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 80 percent, giving discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Pisces under Jupiter frames the public career, with Jupiter placed there.
Planetary Dominance In Sally Ride's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturn | 80% | moderate |
| 2 | Sun | 65% | weak |
| 3 | Venus | 64% | weak |
| 4 | Mars | 61% | weak |
| 5 | Rahu | 60% | weak |
| 6 | Ketu | 58% | very weak |
| 7 | Moon | 55% | very weak |
| 8 | Jupiter | 51% | very weak |
| 9 | Mercury | 41% | very weak |
Saturn dominates the planetary hierarchy at 80 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with endurance; gains are slow, structural, and unusually durable.
Mercury is the least supported at 41 percent, which means detail work and negotiation reward extra preparation.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Sally Ride’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Pisces, ruled by Jupiter, which sits in the 10th house in Pisces (own). Jupiter occupies the 10th house, bringing wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune directly into the public record. Saturn, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 80 percent, sets the tone from elsewhere in the chart, and the career runs on discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures.
The Chart's Voice
Saturn is the strongest planet in Sally Ride’s chart, carrying 80 percent of full Shadbala strength. In practice the chart leads with endurance; gains are slow, structural, and unusually durable.
Wealth Signature
The 2nd And 11th Houses
Wealth in Sally Ride’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Cancer, lord Moon) and the 11th house (Aries, lord Mars). Mercury in the 11th gives the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Mars is the best supported at 61 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 Sally Ride’s chart falls in Sagittarius under Jupiter, whose lord answers from the 10th house. Venus, karaka of partnership, is friendly in Gemini in the 1st house at 64 percent strength. The Moon's 55 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Jupiter qualifies for Hamsa Yoga: in its own sign in the 10th house, one of the five Mahapurusha marks of an exceptional nativity.
Sally Ride'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 (1951 to 1956)drive, competition, and decisive action
- Rahu MahadashaAge 5 to 23 (1956 to 1974)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
- Jupiter MahadashaAge 23 to 39 (1974 to 1990)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
- Saturn MahadashaAge 39 to 58 (1990 to 2009)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
- Mercury MahadashaCurrentAge 58 to 75 (2009 to 2026)intellect, commerce, and communication
- Ketu MahadashaAge 75 to 82 (2026 to 2033)detachment, research, and inward turns
- Venus MahadashaAge 82 to 102 (2033 to 2053)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
- Sun MahadashaAge 102 to 108 (2053 to 2059)authority, visibility, and the father line
- Moon MahadashaAge 108 to 118 (2059 to 2069)mind, public connection, and emotional life
Dominant Yogas In Sally Ride's Chart
Ranked by computed classical strength. Each is a specific planetary configuration in this birth chart, not a generic trait.
- 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.
- Hamsa Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Jupiter
One of the five great-person yogas: a strong planet in an angle stamps its character on the whole personality. It works through Jupiter, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune.
- 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.
- Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)moderate (2/3)Planets: Jupiter+Saturn
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Jupiter and Saturn, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures.
- Viparita Raja Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Mars
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mars, so it touches drive, competition, and decisive action.
How Rare Is Sally Ride's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 653 share Sally Ride’s Dhanishtha Moon. The tighter pairing of a Taurus Sun with a Dhanishtha Moon appears in 63 of them, about 0.36 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Sally Ride In Public View
Public recognition in Sally Ride’s chart concentrates in the 10th house, where Jupiter stands in Pisces. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 2nd of 9 planets by Shadbala at 65 percent. Rahu works from the 9th house, feeding ambition through fortune, teachers, and dharma rather than through direct publicity. The Moon, the public face, carries 55 percent strength from the 8th house.
Charts Like Sally Ride's
Sally Ride's Moon occupies Dhanishtha nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- Robert Anthony StoneMoon in Dhanishtha, Capricorn
- Robert BressonMoon in Dhanishtha, Aquarius
- Robert GarciaMoon in Dhanishtha, Aquarius
- Robert HolleyMoon in Dhanishtha, Capricorn
- Robert Joseph HuebnerMoon in Dhanishtha, Capricorn
- Robert LeggettMoon in Dhanishtha, Aquarius
Read the full profile of Dhanishtha nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Dhanishtha.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for GeminiAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: GeminiRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 12th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Moon in the 8th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 11th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Venus in the 1st house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Mars in the 12th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 10th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 4th house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 9th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 3rd house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Gemini Ascendant →
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