Susan Minot
Born December 7, 1956 at 21:17 • Boston, MA, United States
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Scorpio | 5 | 22°43′ | friendly |
| Moon | Capricorn | 7 | 26°31′ | neutral |
| Mercury ☄ | Sagittarius | 6 | 6°26′ | neutral |
| Venus | Libra | 4 | 22°13′ | moolatrikona |
| Mars | Pisces | 9 | 7°33′ | friendly |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 3 | 6°12′ | enemy |
| Saturn ☄ | Scorpio | 5 | 13°20′ | enemy |
| Rahu (R) | Scorpio | 5 | 4°43′ | enemy |
| Ketu (R) | Taurus | 11 | 4°43′ | enemy |
Susan'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 Water element drives you toward emotional depth, intuition, and empathy.
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 Susan Is
Susan, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Scorpio 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, Water energy dominates your chart (45%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward emotional depth, intuition, and empathy. Your Fixed modality means sustaining - you build, persist, and deepen what exists.
Mars (your most supportive planet for Cancer 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 Pisces (house 9), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward emotional depth and intuitive knowing. This is especially potent because Mars is your yogakaraka - according to BPHS, the single most beneficial planet for your Cancer ascendant.
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.
Susan's Inner World
How Susan Thinks
Susan's Drive & Purpose
How Susan Loves
Susan's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Susan's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Mercury in House 6 (neutral)
Mercury operating from your 6th house in neutral dignity creates a period centered on service and refinement. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 6th house governs daily work, health challenges, enemies, and service to others.
Your career is this period's strongest channel, while mental health needs the most attention. The energy Mercury brings from house 6 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.
There are layers to you that even the people closest to you haven't seen. Your identity lives beneath the surface, in intensities and truths you rarely show. You'd rather be misunderstood than be exposed without choosing it.
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.
People experience you as nurturing and emotionally available. You create safety for others instinctively. What they rarely see is how much emotional energy that costs you, or how rarely you ask for the same care in return.
Internal Conflicts Detected
You desire mental connection (Libra) but pursue through emotional intensity (Pisces). You want a thoughtful conversation but lead with overwhelming feeling.
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 Scorpio (Water) 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
You desire mental connection (Libra) but pursue through emotional intensity (Pisces). You want a thoughtful conversation but lead with overwhelming feeling.
What holds you back vs what pushes you forward
Your Saturn in Scorpio (Water) and Mars in Pisces (Water) 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 Sagittarius, Fire) and your belief system (Jupiter in Virgo, Earth) 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.
Emotional intuition fuels visible action. Your feelings drive your achievements.
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
14 Yogas detected · 12 beneficial · 2 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
6Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Jupiter, Mars, Mercury periods.
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)
Raja Yoga (Single Lord)
Viparita Raja Yoga
Mahabhagya Yoga
Ubhayachari Yoga
Horasara Dharma-Karma Yoga
Wealth & Resources
3Wealth grows through strategic patience and strategic positioning and partnerships. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Malavya Yoga
Horasara Sukha Yoga
Horasara Sukha Sthana Yoga
Intelligence & Influence
3Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Anapha Yoga
Dama Yoga (Nabhash)
Surya-Shani Yoga
Emotional Sensitivity
2Desire distortion and Multiple Combustion appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Grahan Yoga (Sun-Rahu)
Multiple Combustion
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your authority (Mahabhagya Yoga) conflicts with Grahan Yoga (Sun-Rahu). Identity strength and identity suppression alternate. The key: consistent self-expression regardless of external validation.
The Sun connects Surya-Shani Yoga and Grahan Yoga (Sun-Rahu), creating a dynamic between visibility and self-doubt. Your leadership potential is real, but imposter syndrome or ego inflation can distort it.
Your intellect (Anapha Yoga) can overthink the patterns from Multiple Combustion. The mind that solves problems can also create them through excessive analysis.
Mercury connects Viparita Raja Yoga and Multiple Combustion, making your intelligence both your greatest asset and your potential trap. Analysis paralysis is a real risk during Mercury-heavy periods.
Ubhayachari Yoga and Multiple Combustion share Mercury's influence. Your communication skills are powerful, but the same verbal agility that persuades can also manipulate. Cultivate honest speech as a discipline.
Your discipline (Surya-Shani Yoga) intensifies challenges from Multiple Combustion. The same planet that gives you endurance also extends difficult periods. Patience is structural, not optional.
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.
Susan Minot's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | 08 Dec 1956 | 04 Apr 1962 | 5y 3m 26d (balance) | |
| Rahu | 04 Apr 1962 | 04 Apr 1980 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 04 Apr 1980 | 04 Apr 1996 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 04 Apr 1996 | 05 Apr 2015 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 05 Apr 2015 | 04 Apr 2032 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 04 Apr 2032 | 05 Apr 2039 | 7y | |
| Venus | 05 Apr 2039 | 05 Apr 2059 | 20y | |
| Sun | 05 Apr 2059 | 04 Apr 2065 | 6y | |
| Moon | 04 Apr 2065 | 05 Apr 2075 | 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
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
Present (Moderate)Ancestral karma indicators, Sun/Saturn affliction to 9th house or conjunction
Ancestral karma indicators detected — Sun-Saturn conjunction
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 Mercury/Rahu Dasha
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Today's Sky Over Susan Minot’s Chart
Explore Susan Minot’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 Susan Minot’s recorded birth data.
- Mercury-Mercury April 2015 to August 2017 (from age 58)
- Mercury-Ketu August 2017 to August 2018 (from age 60)
- Mercury-Venus August 2018 to June 2021 (from age 61)
- Mercury-Sun June 2021 to May 2022 (from age 64)
- Mercury-Moon May 2022 to October 2023 (from age 65)
- Mercury-Mars October 2023 to September 2024 (from age 66)
- Mercury-RahuCurrent September 2024 to April 2027 (from age 67)
- Mercury-Jupiter April 2027 to July 2029 (from age 70)
- Mercury-Saturn July 2029 to April 2032 (from age 72)
Why Susan Minot's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Susan Minot’s public standing with Malavya Yoga through Venus. Mars is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 78 percent, giving drive, competition, and decisive action unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Aries under Mars frames the public career.
Planetary Dominance In Susan Minot's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mars | 78% | weak |
| 2 | Moon | 70% | weak |
| 3 | Venus | 68% | weak |
| 4 | Saturn | 60% | weak |
| 5 | Jupiter | 58% | very weak |
| 6 | Ketu | 46% | very weak |
| 7 | Sun | 42% | very weak |
| 8 | Rahu | 42% | very weak |
| 9 | Mercury | 36% | very weak |
Mars dominates the planetary hierarchy at 78 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with force and initiative; contests and physical daring reward the native.
Mercury is the least supported at 36 percent, which means detail work and negotiation reward extra preparation.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Susan Minot’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Aries, ruled by Mars, which sits in the 9th house in Pisces (friendly). No planet occupies the 10th house, so its lord carries the career signal alone. Mars, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 78 percent, is itself the career lord, an unusually direct alignment between capacity and vocation.
The Chart's Voice
Mars is the strongest planet in Susan Minot’s chart, carrying 78 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 Susan Minot’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Leo, lord Sun) and the 11th house (Taurus, lord Venus). Ketu in the 11th gives the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Venus is the best supported at 68 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 Susan Minot’s chart falls in Capricorn under Saturn, occupied by Moon. Venus, karaka of partnership, is moolatrikona in Libra in the 4th house at 68 percent strength. The Moon's 70 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Sun, Saturn and Rahu cluster in the 5th house in Scorpio, concentrating creativity, intelligence, and speculation far beyond the average chart.
Venus qualifies for Malavya Yoga: in moolatrikona in the 4th house, one of the five Mahapurusha marks of an exceptional nativity.
Susan Minot'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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mars Mahadasha | Age 0 to 5 (1956 to 1962) | drive, competition, and decisive action |
| Rahu Mahadasha | Age 5 to 23 (1962 to 1980) | ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises |
| Jupiter Mahadasha | Age 23 to 39 (1980 to 1996) | wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune |
| Saturn Mahadasha | Age 39 to 58 (1996 to 2015) | discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures |
| Mercury MahadashaCurrent | Age 58 to 75 (2015 to 2032) | intellect, commerce, and communication |
| Ketu Mahadasha | Age 75 to 82 (2032 to 2039) | detachment, research, and inward turns |
| Venus Mahadasha | Age 82 to 102 (2039 to 2059) | relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy |
| Sun Mahadasha | Age 102 to 108 (2059 to 2065) | authority, visibility, and the father line |
| Moon Mahadasha | Age 108 to 118 (2065 to 2075) | mind, public connection, and emotional life |
Dominant Yogas In Susan Minot'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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malavya YogaPancha Mahapurusha | Venus | moderate (2/3) | 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 YogaMoon Yoga | Mercury | moderate (2/3) | A lunar-support formation: planets flanking or joining the Moon steady the mind and its public expression. It works through Mercury, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication. |
| Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)Power & Status | Jupiter+Mars | moderate (2/3) | A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Jupiter and Mars, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and drive, competition, and decisive action. |
| Raja Yoga (Single Lord)Power & Status | Mars | moderate (2/3) | A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mars, so it touches drive, competition, and decisive action. |
| Viparita Raja YogaPower & Status | Mercury | moderate (2/3) | A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mercury, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication. |
How Rare Is Susan Minot's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 653 share Susan Minot’s Dhanishtha Moon. The tighter pairing of a Scorpio Sun with a Dhanishtha Moon appears in 41 of them, about 0.24 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Susan Minot In Public View
The 10th lord Mars, friendly, placed in the 9th house carries Susan Minot’s reputation from the terrain of fortune, teachers, and dharma. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 7th of 9 planets by Shadbala at 42 percent. Rahu works from the 5th house, feeding ambition through creativity, intelligence, and speculation rather than through direct publicity. The Moon, the public face, carries 70 percent strength from an angular house, which keeps the personality in open view.
Charts Like Susan Minot's
Susan Minot's Moon occupies Dhanishtha nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- Surendra Singh BaghelMoon in Dhanishtha, Aquarius
- Surveen ChawlaMoon in Dhanishtha, Aquarius
- Taylor CaldwellMoon in Dhanishtha, Aquarius
- Ted MarchibrodaMoon in Dhanishtha, Capricorn
- Theodore TrigonesMoon in Dhanishtha, Aquarius
- Thomas F. ReillyMoon in Dhanishtha, Capricorn
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 CancerAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: CancerRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 5th house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Moon in the 7th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 6th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Venus in the 4th house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Mars in the 9th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 3rd house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 5th house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 5th house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 11th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
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