William Friedkin
Born August 29, 1935 at 06:40 • Chicago, IL, 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 | 1 | 12°14′ | moolatrikona |
| Moon ☄ | Leo | 1 | 17°04′ | friendly |
| Mercury | Leo | 1 | 29°19′ | friendly |
| Venus (R) | Leo | 1 | 27°16′ | enemy |
| Mars | Libra | 3 | 25°13′ | neutral |
| Jupiter | Libra | 3 | 23°49′ | enemy |
| Saturn (R) | Aquarius | 7 | 14°00′ | moolatrikona |
| Rahu (R) | Sagittarius | 5 | 26°33′ | neutral |
| Ketu (R) | Gemini | 11 | 26°33′ | enemy |
William'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.
Saturn as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What do I fear, and what must I master?"
Who William Is
William, 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 Leo 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 (64%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward action and self-expression. Your Fixed modality means sustaining - you build, persist, and deepen what exists.
Saturn (a challenging influence for Leo ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs fears, discipline, and hard-won mastery, and in Aquarius (house 7), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward intellectual exploration and social connection. Interestingly, while Saturn dominates your chart by strength, it functions as a challenging maraka planet for Leo 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 Phalguni, 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.
William's Inner World
How William Thinks
William's Drive & Purpose
How William Loves
William's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
William's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Mercury in House 1 (friendly)
Mercury operating from your 1st house in friendly dignity creates a period centered on self-reinvention. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 1st house governs identity, self-expression, and how you present yourself to the world.
Your career is this period's strongest channel, while family dynamics needs the most attention. The energy Mercury brings from house 1 naturally flows toward career - 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 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.
Emotions are big and they need an audience. Not because you're dramatic (though you can be), but because unexpressed feelings feel physically trapped. You need to be seen in your joy, your pain, and everything in between.
You radiate confidence and warmth. People are drawn to your energy. The gap: the internal pressure to always be 'on', to perform even when you're running on empty.
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 Leo (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 Leo (Fire) and Mars in Libra (Air) 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 Saturn in Aquarius (Air) and Mars in Libra (Air) 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 Mercury in Leo (Fire) and Jupiter in Libra (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
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.
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.
Standing up for yourself doesn't come naturally. Anger feels dangerous, so you suppress it. But suppressed anger doesn't disappear, it becomes anxiety, resentment, or physical tension.
Your primary growth edge is developing your Mars function, the area where Assertiveness 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.
Dynamic energy meets intellectual strategy. You lead through ideas and charisma.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Mercury/Mercury period, these lagnas are amplified because their lords are running:
Power Strategy: Fame, authority & public recognition
Public authority and recognition themes increase. Your Gemini 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
22 Yogas detected · 19 beneficial · 3 shadow · 6 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
8Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Sun, Venus, Jupiter periods.
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga
Sasa Yoga
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)
Raja Yoga (Single Lord)
Mahabhagya Yoga
Horasara Shubha Yoga
Horasara Luminaries Yoga
Wealth & Resources
1Wealth grows through strategic patience and strategic positioning and partnerships. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga (Self-made)
Intelligence & Influence
8Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Budhaditya Yoga
Surya-Chandra Yoga
Surya-Shukra Yoga
Chandra-Budha Yoga
Chandra-Shukra Yoga
Guru-Mangala Yoga
Budha-Shukra Yoga
Horasara Kalatra 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
3Gandanta and Gandanta and Combust Moon (Amavasya Dosha) appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Gandanta Yoga
Gandanta Yoga
Combust Moon (Amavasya Dosha)
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your authority (Budhaditya Yoga) conflicts with Gandanta Yoga. Identity strength and identity suppression alternate. The key: consistent self-expression regardless of external validation.
The Sun connects Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect) and Gandanta Yoga, creating a dynamic between visibility and self-doubt. Your leadership potential is real, but imposter syndrome or ego inflation can distort it.
Raja Yoga and Gandanta Yoga share the Sun's influence. Your sense of purpose is strong, but it can become either rigid pride or complete self-denial. The middle path: confident humility.
Your authority (Mahabhagya Yoga) conflicts with Gandanta Yoga. Identity strength and identity suppression alternate. The key: consistent self-expression regardless of external validation.
The Sun connects Surya-Chandra Yoga and Gandanta Yoga, creating a dynamic between visibility and self-doubt. Your leadership potential is real, but imposter syndrome or ego inflation can distort it.
Surya-Shukra Yoga and Gandanta Yoga share the Sun's influence. Your sense of purpose is strong, but it can become either rigid pride or complete self-denial. The middle path: confident humility.
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.
William Friedkin's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venus | 29 Aug 1935 | 18 Jan 1950 | 14y 4m 20d (balance) | |
| Sun | 18 Jan 1950 | 19 Jan 1956 | 6y | |
| Moon | 19 Jan 1956 | 18 Jan 1966 | 10y | |
| Mars | 18 Jan 1966 | 18 Jan 1973 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 18 Jan 1973 | 18 Jan 1991 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 18 Jan 1991 | 18 Jan 2007 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 18 Jan 2007 | 18 Jan 2026 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 18 Jan 2026 | 18 Jan 2043 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 18 Jan 2043 | 18 Jan 2050 | 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
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
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
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
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/Mercury Dasha
Compare Your Chart With William Friedkin’s
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Explore William Friedkin’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 William Friedkin’s recorded birth data.
- Mercury-MercuryCurrent January 2026 to June 2028 (from age 90)
- Mercury-Ketu June 2028 to June 2029 (from age 92)
- Mercury-Venus June 2029 to April 2032 (from age 93)
- Mercury-Sun April 2032 to February 2033 (from age 96)
- Mercury-Moon February 2033 to July 2034 (from age 97)
- Mercury-Mars July 2034 to July 2035 (from age 98)
- Mercury-Rahu July 2035 to February 2038 (from age 99)
- Mercury-Jupiter February 2038 to May 2040 (from age 102)
- Mercury-Saturn May 2040 to January 2043 (from age 104)
Why William Friedkin's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs William Friedkin’s public standing with Raja Yoga through Jupiter+Mars. Saturn is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 86 percent, giving discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Taurus under Venus frames the public career.
Planetary Dominance In William Friedkin's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturn | 86% | moderate |
| 2 | Venus | 65% | weak |
| 3 | Jupiter | 58% | very weak |
| 4 | Sun | 56% | very weak |
| 5 | Mercury | 56% | very weak |
| 6 | Moon | 54% | very weak |
| 7 | Mars | 53% | very weak |
| 8 | Rahu | 49% | very weak |
| 9 | Ketu | 44% | very weak |
Saturn dominates the planetary hierarchy at 86 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with endurance; gains are slow, structural, and unusually durable.
Ketu is the least supported at 44 percent, which means detachment is hard won rather than native.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in William Friedkin’s chart falls in Aquarius under Saturn, occupied by Saturn. Venus, karaka of partnership, is enemy in Leo in the 1st house at 65 percent strength. The Moon's 54 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Sun, Moon, Mercury and Venus cluster in the 1st house in Leo, concentrating self and constitution far beyond the average chart.
Saturn qualifies for Sasa Yoga: in moolatrikona in the 7th house, one of the five Mahapurusha marks of an exceptional nativity.
William Friedkin'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 |
|---|---|---|
| Venus Mahadasha | Age 0 to 14 (1935 to 1950) | relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy |
| Sun Mahadasha | Age 14 to 20 (1950 to 1956) | authority, visibility, and the father line |
| Moon Mahadasha | Age 20 to 30 (1956 to 1966) | mind, public connection, and emotional life |
| Mars Mahadasha | Age 30 to 37 (1966 to 1973) | drive, competition, and decisive action |
| Rahu Mahadasha | Age 37 to 55 (1973 to 1991) | ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises |
| Jupiter Mahadasha | Age 55 to 71 (1991 to 2007) | wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune |
| Saturn Mahadasha | Age 71 to 90 (2007 to 2026) | discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures |
| Mercury MahadashaCurrent | Age 90 to 107 (2026 to 2043) | intellect, commerce, and communication |
| Ketu Mahadasha | Age 107 to 114 (2043 to 2050) | detachment, research, and inward turns |
Dominant Yogas In William Friedkin's Chart
Ranked by computed classical strength. Each is a specific planetary configuration in this birth chart, not a generic trait.
- Raja Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Jupiter+Mars
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 Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Sun+Venus
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Sun and Venus, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
- Horasara Shubha Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Moon + Mercury + Venus
Benefics guard Kendras while malefics fight from Upachayas: strong protection and success. It works through Moon, Mercury and Venus, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life, and intellect, commerce, and communication.
- Gandanta Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Sun
Sun at Cancer-Leo junction, karmic knot requiring conscious processing. It works through Sun, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line.
- Gandanta Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Moon
Moon at Cancer-Leo junction, karmic knot requiring conscious processing. It works through Moon, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life.
How Rare Is William Friedkin's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 635 share William Friedkin’s Purva Phalguni Moon. The tighter pairing of a Leo Sun with a Purva Phalguni Moon appears in 44 of them, about 0.25 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put William Friedkin In Public View
The 10th lord Venus, enemy, placed in the 1st house carries William Friedkin’s reputation from the terrain of self and constitution. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 4th of 9 planets by Shadbala at 56 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 54 percent strength from an angular house, which keeps the personality in open view.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In William Friedkin’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Taurus, ruled by Venus, which sits in the 1st house in Leo (enemy). No planet occupies the 10th house, so its lord carries the career signal alone. Saturn, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 86 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 William Friedkin’s chart, carrying 86 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 William Friedkin’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Virgo, lord Mercury) and the 11th house (Gemini, lord Mercury). Ketu in the 11th gives the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Mercury is the best supported at 56 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through intellect, commerce, and communication.
Charts Like William Friedkin's
William Friedkin's Moon occupies Purva Phalguni nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
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- Willem DafoeMoon in Purva Phalguni, Leo
- William Beverly MurphyMoon in Purva Phalguni, Leo
- William BullochMoon in Purva Phalguni, Leo
Read the full profile of Purva Phalguni nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Purva Phalguni.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for LeoAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: LeoRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 1st house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Moon in the 1st house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 1st house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Venus in the 1st house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Mars in the 3rd house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 3rd house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 7th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 5th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 11th house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
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