Sam Cooke
Born January 22, 1931 at 14:10 • Clarksdale, MS, United States
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Capricorn | 9 | 8°57′ | enemy |
| Moon | Aquarius | 10 | 23°29′ | neutral |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 8 | 15°07′ | neutral |
| Venus | Scorpio | 7 | 22°34′ | neutral |
| Mars (R) | Cancer | 3 | 15°59′ | debilitated |
| Jupiter (R) | Gemini | 2 | 20°28′ | enemy |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 8 | 23°23′ | neutral |
| Rahu (R) | Pisces | 11 | 25°33′ | neutral |
| Ketu (R) | Virgo | 5 | 25°33′ | enemy |
Sam'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.
Jupiter as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What do I believe in?"
Who Sam Is
Sam, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Capricorn 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 Aquarius 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 (27%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward security, structure, and tangible results. Your Mutable modality means adapting - you flex, adjust, and see all perspectives.
Jupiter (a challenging influence for Taurus ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs beliefs, meaning-making, and growth, and in Gemini (house 2), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward intellectual exploration and social connection. Interestingly, while Jupiter dominates your chart by strength, it functions as a challenging maraka planet for Taurus 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 (Purva Bhadrapada, Pada 2) is the most personal marker in Vedic astrology - more specific than your Sun or Moon sign. It defines the particular frequency of your soul.
Sam's Inner World
How Sam Thinks
Sam's Drive & Purpose
How Sam Loves
Sam's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Sam's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Mars in House 3 (debilitated)
Mars operating from your 3rd house in debilitated 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.
Your travel is this period's strongest channel, while family dynamics needs the most attention. The energy Mars brings from house 3 naturally flows toward travel - 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.
You define yourself through what you've built and endured. Accomplishment is identity. The hard truth: you may not know who you are when you stop achieving. Rest feels like regression.
You observe your emotions from a slight distance, like a scientist studying data. This gives you remarkable emotional objectivity, but others may experience you as detached or hard to reach. You care about humanity; individual emotional intimacy is harder.
You come across as grounded, calm, and dependable. People assume you've got it all together. What they don't see is the internal stubbornness that sometimes keeps you stuck in situations you've outgrown.
Internal Conflicts Detected
Your Capricorn identity is built on tangible results, but your Aquarius emotions live in the realm of ideas and social connection. You feel guilty when you're thinking instead of producing, and restless when you're producing instead of exploring.
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 Capricorn identity is built on tangible results, but your Aquarius emotions live in the realm of ideas and social connection. You feel guilty when you're thinking instead of producing, and restless when you're producing instead of exploring.
Your romantic desires vs your pursuit style
Your Venus in Scorpio (Water) 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 discipline (Sagittarius) operates through emotion and intuition, but your impulses (Cancer) are fiery and aggressive. You restrain yourself through guilt rather than logic.
Your analytical mind vs your faith system
Your Mercury in Sagittarius (Fire) and Jupiter in Gemini (Air) 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
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 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.
Bold vision combined with practical execution. You dream big and build methodically.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Mars/Ketu period, these lagnas are amplified because their lords are running:
Power Strategy: Fame, authority & public recognition
Public authority and recognition themes increase. Your Aries power signature is being activated.
Fortune Channel: Prosperity flow & divine grace
Fortune Channel themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to assertive 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
12 Yogas detected · 12 beneficial · 3 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
6Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Mercury, Saturn, Mars periods.
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga (Single Lord)
Neecha Bhanga Raja Yoga
Horasara Shubha Yoga
Amala Yoga
Ubhayachari Yoga
Wealth & Resources
4Wealth grows through strategic patience and long-term discipline and alliances. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga (Fortune)
Dhana Yoga
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter aspect)
Horasara Dhana Yoga
Intelligence & Influence
2Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Dama Yoga (Nabhash)
Budha-Shani Yoga
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
🔗 Reinforcing Patterns
Raja Yoga and Raja Yoga (Single Lord) both flow through Saturn, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Raja Yoga and Dhana Yoga (Fortune) both flow through Mercury and Saturn, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Raja Yoga and Ubhayachari Yoga both flow through Mercury and Saturn, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Raja Yoga and Horasara Dhana Yoga both flow through Mercury, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Raja Yoga (Single Lord) and Dhana Yoga (Fortune) both flow through Saturn, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Raja Yoga (Single Lord) and Ubhayachari Yoga both flow through Saturn, 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. your yogas reinforce each other more than they conflict, cumulative power grows over time.
Sam Cooke's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jupiter | 22 Jan 1931 | 17 Nov 1942 | 11y 9m 25d (balance) | |
| Saturn | 17 Nov 1942 | 17 Nov 1961 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 17 Nov 1961 | 17 Nov 1978 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 17 Nov 1978 | 17 Nov 1985 | 7y | |
| Venus | 17 Nov 1985 | 17 Nov 2005 | 20y | |
| Sun | 17 Nov 2005 | 17 Nov 2011 | 6y | |
| Moon | 17 Nov 2011 | 17 Nov 2021 | 10y | |
| Mars | 17 Nov 2021 | 17 Nov 2028 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 17 Nov 2028 | 17 Nov 2046 | 18y |
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
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 Mars/Ketu Dasha
Compare Your Chart With Sam Cooke’s
Today's Sky Over Sam Cooke’s Chart
Explore Sam Cooke’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 Sam Cooke’s recorded birth data.
- Mars-Mars November 2021 to April 2022 (from age 90)
- Mars-Rahu April 2022 to May 2023 (from age 91)
- Mars-Jupiter May 2023 to April 2024 (from age 92)
- Mars-Saturn April 2024 to May 2025 (from age 93)
- Mars-Mercury May 2025 to May 2026 (from age 94)
- Mars-KetuCurrent May 2026 to October 2026 (from age 95)
- Mars-Venus October 2026 to December 2027 (from age 95)
- Mars-Sun December 2027 to April 2028 (from age 96)
- Mars-Moon April 2028 to November 2028 (from age 97)
Why Sam Cooke's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Sam Cooke’s public standing with Raja Yoga through Mercury+Saturn. Jupiter is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 80 percent, giving wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Aquarius under Saturn frames the public career, with Moon placed there.
Planetary Dominance In Sam Cooke's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jupiter | 80% | moderate |
| 2 | Saturn | 65% | weak |
| 3 | Sun | 62% | weak |
| 4 | Venus | 61% | weak |
| 5 | Ketu | 59% | very weak |
| 6 | Rahu | 58% | very weak |
| 7 | Moon | 57% | very weak |
| 8 | Mars | 50% | very weak |
| 9 | Mercury | 41% | very weak |
Jupiter dominates the planetary hierarchy at 80 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with judgement and breadth; growth comes through teaching, counsel, and faith.
Mercury is the least supported at 41 percent, which means detail work and negotiation reward extra preparation.
Wealth Signature
The 2nd And 11th Houses
Wealth in Sam Cooke’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Gemini, lord Mercury) and the 11th house (Pisces, lord Jupiter). Jupiter in the 2nd and Rahu in the 11th give the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Jupiter is the best supported at 80 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 Sam Cooke’s chart falls in Scorpio under Mars, occupied by Venus. Venus, karaka of partnership, sits in Scorpio in the 7th house at 61 percent strength. The Moon's 57 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Mars is debilitated, a placement whose outcome depends on cancellation factors elsewhere in the chart.
Sam Cooke'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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jupiter Mahadasha | Age 0 to 11 (1931 to 1942) | wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune |
| Saturn Mahadasha | Age 11 to 30 (1942 to 1961) | discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures |
| Mercury Mahadasha | Age 30 to 47 (1961 to 1978) | intellect, commerce, and communication |
| Ketu Mahadasha | Age 47 to 54 (1978 to 1985) | detachment, research, and inward turns |
| Venus Mahadasha | Age 54 to 74 (1985 to 2005) | relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy |
| Sun Mahadasha | Age 74 to 80 (2005 to 2011) | authority, visibility, and the father line |
| Moon Mahadasha | Age 80 to 90 (2011 to 2021) | mind, public connection, and emotional life |
| Mars MahadashaCurrent | Age 90 to 97 (2021 to 2028) | drive, competition, and decisive action |
| Rahu Mahadasha | Age 97 to 115 (2028 to 2046) | ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises |
Dominant Yogas In Sam Cooke'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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raja YogaPower & Status | Mercury+Saturn | strong (3/3) | A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mercury and Saturn, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication, and discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures. |
| Dhana Yoga (Fortune)Wealth | Mercury+Saturn | strong (3/3) | A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Mercury and Saturn, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication, and discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures. |
| Horasara Shubha YogaPower & Status | Moon + Venus | strong (3/3) | Benefics guard Kendras while malefics fight from Upachayas: strong protection and success. It works through Moon and Venus, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy. |
| Raja Yoga (Single Lord)Power & Status | Saturn | moderate (2/3) | A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Saturn, so it touches discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures. |
| Dhana YogaWealth | Jupiter | moderate (2/3) | A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Jupiter, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune. |
How Rare Is Sam Cooke's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 653 share Sam Cooke’s Purva Bhadrapada Moon. The tighter pairing of a Capricorn Sun with a Purva Bhadrapada Moon appears in 56 of them, about 0.32 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Sam Cooke In Public View
Public recognition in Sam Cooke’s chart concentrates in the 10th house, where Moon stands in Aquarius. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 3rd of 9 planets by Shadbala at 62 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 57 percent strength from an angular house, which keeps the personality in open view.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Sam Cooke’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Aquarius, ruled by Saturn, which sits in the 8th house in Sagittarius. Moon occupies the 10th house, bringing mind, public connection, and emotional life directly into the public record. Jupiter, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 80 percent, sets the tone from elsewhere in the chart, and the career runs on wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune.
The Chart's Voice
Jupiter is the strongest planet in Sam Cooke’s chart, carrying 80 percent of full Shadbala strength. In practice the chart leads with judgement and breadth; growth comes through teaching, counsel, and faith.
Charts Like Sam Cooke's
Sam Cooke's Moon occupies Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
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- Ennanuel HielMoon in Purva Bhadrapada, Aquarius
- Enos SlaughterMoon in Purva Bhadrapada, Pisces
- Enrico FerriMoon in Purva Bhadrapada, Aquarius
- Enrico GloriMoon in Purva Bhadrapada, Aquarius
- Enzo CorreggioliMoon in Purva Bhadrapada, Aquarius
Read the full profile of Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Purva Bhadrapada.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for TaurusAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: TaurusRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 9th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
- Moon in the 10th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 8th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
- Venus in the 7th house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
- Mars in the 3rd house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 2nd house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 8th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 11th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 5th house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Taurus Ascendant →
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