Stephen Jay Gould
Born September 10, 1941 at 09:32 • New York, NY, United States
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Leo | 12 | 24°23′ | moolatrikona |
| Moon | Aries | 8 | 18°53′ | neutral |
| Mercury | Virgo | 1 | 12°35′ | exalted |
| Venus | Libra | 2 | 1°30′ | moolatrikona |
| Mars (R) | Aries | 8 | 0°34′ | moolatrikona |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 9 | 26°58′ | enemy |
| Saturn | Taurus | 9 | 5°30′ | friendly |
| Rahu (R) | Leo | 12 | 29°45′ | enemy |
| Ketu (R) | Aquarius | 6 | 29°45′ | neutral |
Stephen'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 Fixed modality means your natural style is sustaining - you build, persist, and deepen what exists.
Mars as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What am I willing to fight for?"
Who Stephen Is
Stephen, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Leo 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 Aries 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 Fixed modality means sustaining - you build, persist, and deepen what exists.
Mars (a challenging influence for Virgo 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 Aries (house 8), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward bold self-expression and direct action. Interestingly, while Mars dominates your chart by strength, it functions as a challenging maraka planet for Virgo 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 (Bharani, 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.
Stephen's Inner World
How Stephen Thinks
Stephen's Drive & Purpose
How Stephen Loves
Stephen's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Stephen's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Saturn in House 9 (friendly)
Saturn operating from your 9th house in friendly dignity creates a period centered on expansion and purpose. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 9th house governs fortune, higher learning, dharma, father, and long-distance travel.
Your spiritual growth is this period's strongest channel, while mental health needs the most attention. The energy Saturn brings from house 9 naturally flows toward spiritual growth - consciously redirect some of it toward mental health.
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 were born knowing you're supposed to be seen. Not out of vanity, out of a deep sense that your life has a creative purpose. When you're invisible, something feels fundamentally wrong. Recognition isn't ego; it's oxygen.
You feel fast. Emotions hit like a match striking, sudden, bright, and gone. You don't linger in feelings because processing feels like stagnation. The downside: you sometimes act on emotions before you understand them.
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.
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 Leo (Fire) and Moon in Aries (Fire) 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 Libra (Air) and Mars in Aries (Fire) 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 fear-based discipline demands caution (Taurus), but your Mars says 'act now, think later' (Aries). This is the classic brake-and-accelerator conflict, both engaged at the same time.
Your analytical mind vs your faith system
Your Mercury in Virgo (Earth) and Jupiter in Taurus (Earth) 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
Express-and-Release, you process emotions through action, expression, and physical discharge. Feelings don't sit with you long, which makes recovery fast but understanding slow.
Practical Evaluator, you decide based on tangible outcomes, track records, and material evidence. Slow but reliable. You rarely regret decisions because you rarely make impulsive ones.
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 Saturn/Rahu period, these lagnas are amplified because their lords are running:
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 innovative energy.
Financial Blueprint: Wealth accumulation potential from Moon
Financial Blueprint 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
15 Yogas detected · 10 beneficial · 5 shadow · 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
5Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Sun, Mercury, Venus periods.
Raja Yoga (Multiple Strong)
Raja Yoga
Chamara Yoga
Adhi Yoga
Veshi Yoga
Wealth & Resources
1Wealth grows through strategic patience and strategic positioning and partnerships. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Chandra-Mangala Yoga
Intelligence & Influence
2Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Bhadra Yoga
Sunapha Yoga
Structural Patterns
2Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Horasara Bhadra Kendra, Pasha (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Horasara Bhadra Kendra Yoga
Pasha Yoga (Nabhash)
Emotional Sensitivity
5Gandanta and Gandanta and Desire distortion and Fortune fluctuation and Ashtama Mangala appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Gandanta Yoga
Gandanta Yoga
Grahan Yoga (Sun-Rahu)
Sakata Yoga
Ashtama Mangala
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your authority (Raja Yoga (Multiple Strong)) conflicts with Grahan Yoga (Sun-Rahu). Identity strength and identity suppression alternate. The key: consistent self-expression regardless of external validation.
Your drive (Chandra-Mangala 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 Raja Yoga (Multiple Strong) 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.
Your wisdom capacity (Sunapha Yoga) is periodically distorted by Sakata Yoga. Expansion and obstruction alternate. Stay consistent regardless of the cycle.
Your emotional strength (Chandra-Mangala Yoga) and emotional vulnerability (Sakata Yoga) coexist through Moon. Under stress, you may withdraw even though you possess deep wisdom. The override: recognize withdrawal as a pattern, not a truth.
Jupiter links Raja Yoga 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. emotional depth is both strength and vulnerability. internal tension between power and sensitivity creates depth, not weakness.
Stephen Jay Gould's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venus | 10 Sept 1941 | 11 May 1953 | 11y 7m 29d (balance) | |
| Sun | 11 May 1953 | 11 May 1959 | 6y | |
| Moon | 11 May 1959 | 11 May 1969 | 10y | |
| Mars | 11 May 1969 | 10 May 1976 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 10 May 1976 | 11 May 1994 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 11 May 1994 | 11 May 2010 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 11 May 2010 | 11 May 2029 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 11 May 2029 | 11 May 2046 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 11 May 2046 | 11 May 2053 | 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
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 1 from Moon, activating Manglik Dosha.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ 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
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
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)
Present (Moderate)Saturn's 7.5 year transit over natal Moon, period of testing, discipline and transformation
Saturn is in the setting phase of Sade Sati (2nd from natal Moon).
Remedies:
- Shani Shanti Puja
- Hanuman worship on Saturdays
- Donate black items
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 Saturn/Rahu Dasha
Compare Your Chart With Stephen Jay Gould’s
Today's Sky Over Stephen Jay Gould’s Chart
Explore Stephen Jay Gould’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 Stephen Jay Gould’s recorded birth data.
- Saturn-Saturn May 2010 to May 2013 (from age 68)
- Saturn-Mercury May 2013 to January 2016 (from age 71)
- Saturn-Ketu January 2016 to March 2017 (from age 74)
- Saturn-Venus March 2017 to May 2020 (from age 75)
- Saturn-Sun May 2020 to April 2021 (from age 78)
- Saturn-Moon April 2021 to November 2022 (from age 79)
- Saturn-Mars November 2022 to December 2023 (from age 81)
- Saturn-RahuCurrent December 2023 to October 2026 (from age 82)
- Saturn-Jupiter October 2026 to May 2029 (from age 85)
Why Stephen Jay Gould's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Stephen Jay Gould’s public standing with Bhadra Yoga through Mercury. Mars is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 85 percent, giving drive, competition, and decisive action unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Gemini under Mercury frames the public career.
Planetary Dominance In Stephen Jay Gould's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mars | 85% | moderate |
| 2 | Moon | 65% | weak |
| 3 | Mercury | 65% | weak |
| 4 | Sun | 60% | weak |
| 5 | Jupiter | 58% | very weak |
| 6 | Venus | 56% | very weak |
| 7 | Rahu | 55% | very weak |
| 8 | Ketu | 51% | very weak |
| 9 | Saturn | 49% | very weak |
Mars dominates the planetary hierarchy at 85 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 49 percent, which means long grinds test the native more than most, and shortcuts tempt.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in Stephen Jay Gould’s chart falls in Pisces under Jupiter, whose lord answers from the 9th house. Venus, karaka of partnership, is moolatrikona in Libra in the 2nd house at 56 percent strength. The Moon's 65 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Mercury stands exalted, operating at full classical strength.
Mercury qualifies for Bhadra Yoga: exalted in the 1st house, one of the five Mahapurusha marks of an exceptional nativity.
Stephen Jay Gould'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.
- Venus MahadashaAge 0 to 11 (1941 to 1953)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
- Sun MahadashaAge 11 to 17 (1953 to 1959)authority, visibility, and the father line
- Moon MahadashaAge 17 to 27 (1959 to 1969)mind, public connection, and emotional life
- Mars MahadashaAge 27 to 34 (1969 to 1976)drive, competition, and decisive action
- Rahu MahadashaAge 34 to 52 (1976 to 1994)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
- Jupiter MahadashaAge 52 to 68 (1994 to 2010)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
- Saturn MahadashaCurrentAge 68 to 87 (2010 to 2029)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
- Mercury MahadashaAge 87 to 104 (2029 to 2046)intellect, commerce, and communication
- Ketu MahadashaAge 104 to 111 (2046 to 2053)detachment, research, and inward turns
Dominant Yogas In Stephen Jay Gould'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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhadra YogaPancha Mahapurusha | Mercury | strong (3/3) | One of the five great-person yogas: a strong planet in an angle stamps its character on the whole personality. It works through Mercury, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication. |
| Sunapha YogaMoon Yoga | Jupiter + Saturn | strong (3/3) | A lunar-support formation: planets flanking or joining the Moon steady the mind and its public expression. It works through Jupiter and Saturn, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures. |
| Raja YogaPower & Status | Jupiter+Saturn | strong (3/3) | 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. |
| Chamara YogaPower & Fame | Mercury + Jupiter | strong (3/3) | Links personal power to public renown. It works through Mercury and Jupiter, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication, and wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune. |
| Raja Yoga (Multiple Strong)Power & Status | Sun + Mercury + Venus + Mars | strong (3/3) | 4 planets in dignified positions (exalted/moolatrikona/own sign): indicates authority and recognition. It works through Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line, and intellect, commerce, and communication. |
How Rare Is Stephen Jay Gould's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 647 share Stephen Jay Gould’s Bharani Moon. The tighter pairing of a Leo Sun with a Bharani Moon appears in 64 of them, about 0.37 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Stephen Jay Gould In Public View
The 10th lord Mercury, exalted, placed in the 1st house carries Stephen Jay Gould’s reputation from the terrain of self and constitution. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 4th of 9 planets by Shadbala at 60 percent. Rahu works from the 12th house, feeding ambition through expenditure, distance, and retreat rather than through direct publicity. The Moon, the public face, carries 65 percent strength from the 8th house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Stephen Jay Gould’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Gemini, ruled by Mercury, which sits in the 1st house in Virgo (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 85 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 Stephen Jay Gould’s chart, carrying 85 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 Stephen Jay Gould’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Libra, lord Venus) and the 11th house (Cancer, lord Moon). Venus in the 2nd gives the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Moon is the best supported at 65 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through mind, public connection, and emotional life.
Charts Like Stephen Jay Gould's
Stephen Jay Gould's Moon occupies Bharani nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- Vittorio BiagiMoon in Bharani, Aries
- Walter J. PoirierMoon in Bharani, Aries
- Warren Mckinney ShapleighMoon in Bharani, Aries
- Washington IrvingMoon in Bharani, Aries
- Werner EgkMoon in Bharani, Aries
- Wilhelm von KettelerMoon in Bharani, Aries
Read the full profile of Bharani nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Bharani.
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 12th house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Moon in the 8th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 1st house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Venus in the 2nd house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Mars in the 8th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 9th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 9th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 12th house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 6th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
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