William Kennedy Smith
Born September 4, 1960 at 15:47 • 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 | Leo | 9 | 18°56′ | moolatrikona |
| Moon | Aquarius | 3 | 10°16′ | neutral |
| Mercury ☄ | Leo | 9 | 23°26′ | friendly |
| Venus | Virgo | 10 | 9°10′ | debilitated |
| Mars | Taurus | 6 | 27°43′ | neutral |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 1 | 0°49′ | moolatrikona |
| Saturn (R) | Sagittarius | 1 | 18°36′ | neutral |
| Rahu (R) | Leo | 9 | 22°17′ | enemy |
| Ketu (R) | Aquarius | 3 | 22°17′ | neutral |
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.
Sun as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "Who am I?"
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 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, 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.
Sun (a yoga-forming benefic for Sagittarius ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs core identity and life purpose, and in Leo (house 9), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward bold self-expression and direct action.
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 (Shatabhisha, 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 Ketu in House 3 (neutral)
Ketu operating from your 3rd house in neutral 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 mental health needs the most attention. The energy Ketu brings from house 3 naturally flows toward travel - 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 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.
People see an optimist, an adventurer, someone with big ideas and bigger energy. You inspire. The shadow: restlessness that people mistake for freedom, when sometimes it's just an inability to sit with what's uncomfortable.
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 Aquarius (Air) 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 Virgo (Earth) and Mars in Taurus (Earth) 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 is slow and structural (Sagittarius), but your impulses are fast and impatient (Taurus). The part of you that builds long-term and the part that wants immediate results are in constant negotiation.
Your analytical mind vs your faith system
Your Mercury in Leo (Fire) and Jupiter in Sagittarius (Fire) 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.
Practical foundation supports bold ambition. You take calculated risks.
Alignment Alerts
Your bold, action-driven nature (Sagittarius) needs to adapt to a steady, disciplined wealth strategy (Taurus). Quick wins satisfy less than long-term building.
Channel your fire into consistent effort. Taurus rewards persistence, not sprints.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Ketu/Venus period, these lagnas are amplified because their lords are running:
Wealth Strategy: Financial identity & earning approach
Financial identity is amplified. Your Taurus earning style takes center stage.
Fortune Channel: Prosperity flow & divine grace
Fortune Channel themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to diplomatic 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
19 Yogas detected · 16 beneficial · 3 shadow · 7 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
10Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Sun, Mercury, Mars periods.
Dharma-Karmadhipati Yoga
Raja Yoga
Yoga Karaka Yoga
Viparita Raja Yoga
Mahabhagya Yoga
Horasara Shubha Yoga
Adhi Yoga
Amala Yoga
Veshi Yoga
Horasara Dharma-Karma Yoga
Wealth & Resources
1Wealth grows through strategic patience and strategic positioning and partnerships. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter aspect)
Intelligence & Influence
3Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Saraswati Yoga
Hamsa Yoga
Guru-Shani Yoga
Protection & Fortune
1Natural shields exist in your chart. Jupiter Protection provide a safety net during challenging periods.
Jupiter Protection
Structural Patterns
1Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Pasha (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Pasha Yoga (Nabhash)
Emotional Sensitivity
3Gandanta and Desire distortion and Shani Lagna appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Gandanta Yoga
Grahan Yoga (Sun-Rahu)
Shani Lagna Yoga
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your authority (Raja 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 Dharma-Karmadhipati 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.
Yoga Karaka Yoga and Grahan Yoga (Sun-Rahu) 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 Grahan Yoga (Sun-Rahu). Identity strength and identity suppression alternate. The key: consistent self-expression regardless of external validation.
The Sun connects Horasara Dharma-Karma 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 discipline (Guru-Shani Yoga) intensifies challenges from Shani Lagna Yoga. 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. emotional depth is both strength and vulnerability. internal tension between power and sensitivity creates depth, not weakness. natural protection mechanisms cushion the challenging periods.
William Kennedy Smith's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rahu | 04 Sept 1960 | 23 Oct 1973 | 13y 1m 17d (balance) | |
| Jupiter | 23 Oct 1973 | 23 Oct 1989 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 23 Oct 1989 | 23 Oct 2008 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 23 Oct 2008 | 23 Oct 2025 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 23 Oct 2025 | 23 Oct 2032 | 7y | |
| Venus | 23 Oct 2032 | 23 Oct 2052 | 20y | |
| Sun | 23 Oct 2052 | 23 Oct 2058 | 6y | |
| Moon | 23 Oct 2058 | 23 Oct 2068 | 10y | |
| Mars | 23 Oct 2068 | 23 Oct 2075 | 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 (Severe)Mars placement in sensitive houses (1/2/4/7/8/12), affects marriage and partnerships
Mars is placed in house 6 from Lagna and house 4 from Moon, 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 Ketu/Venus Dasha
Compare Your Chart With William Kennedy Smith’s
Today's Sky Over William Kennedy Smith’s Chart
Explore William Kennedy Smith’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 Kennedy Smith’s recorded birth data.
- Ketu-Ketu October 2025 to March 2026 (from age 65)
- Ketu-VenusCurrent March 2026 to May 2027 (from age 65)
- Ketu-Sun May 2027 to September 2027 (from age 66)
- Ketu-Moon September 2027 to April 2028 (from age 67)
- Ketu-Mars April 2028 to September 2028 (from age 67)
- Ketu-Rahu September 2028 to October 2029 (from age 68)
- Ketu-Jupiter October 2029 to September 2030 (from age 69)
- Ketu-Saturn September 2030 to October 2031 (from age 70)
- Ketu-Mercury October 2031 to October 2032 (from age 71)
Why William Kennedy Smith's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs William Kennedy Smith’s public standing with Raja Yoga through Mercury+Sun. Sun is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 66 percent, giving authority, visibility, and the father line unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Virgo under Mercury frames the public career, with Venus placed there.
Dominant Yogas In William Kennedy Smith'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+Sun | strong (3/3) | A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mercury and Sun, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication, and authority, visibility, and the father line. |
| Dharma-Karmadhipati YogaPower & Status | Sun + Mercury | strong (3/3) | A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Sun and Mercury, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line, and intellect, commerce, and communication. |
| Saraswati YogaIntelligence & Learning | Jupiter + Venus + Mercury | strong (3/3) | Supports formal study and retained knowledge. It works through Jupiter, Venus and Mercury, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy. |
| Jupiter ProtectionProtection & Fortune | Jupiter | strong (3/3) | Jupiter in Kendra mitigates malefic effects in the chart. It works through Jupiter, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune. |
| Horasara Shubha YogaPower & Status | Venus + Jupiter | strong (3/3) | Benefics guard Kendras while malefics fight from Upachayas: strong protection and success. It works through Venus and Jupiter, so it touches relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy, and wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune. |
How Rare Is William Kennedy Smith's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 632 share William Kennedy Smith’s Shatabhisha Moon. The tighter pairing of a Leo Sun with a Shatabhisha Moon appears in 46 of them, about 0.26 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put William Kennedy Smith In Public View
Public recognition in William Kennedy Smith’s chart concentrates in the 10th house, where Venus stands in Virgo. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 1st of 9 planets by Shadbala at 66 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 60 percent strength from the 3rd house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In William Kennedy Smith’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Virgo, ruled by Mercury, which sits in the 9th house in Leo (friendly). Venus occupies the 10th house, bringing relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy directly into the public record. Sun, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 66 percent, sets the tone from elsewhere in the chart, and the career runs on authority, visibility, and the father line.
The Chart's Voice
Sun is the strongest planet in William Kennedy Smith’s chart, carrying 66 percent of full Shadbala strength. In practice the chart leads with identity and command; recognition tends to arrive through positions of authority.
Wealth Signature
The 2nd And 11th Houses
Wealth in William Kennedy Smith’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Capricorn, lord Saturn) and the 11th house (Libra, lord Venus). Both money houses are unoccupied, so income follows the condition of their lords rather than resident planets. Among these, Saturn is the best supported at 60 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in William Kennedy Smith’s chart falls in Gemini under Mercury, whose lord answers from the 9th house. Venus, karaka of partnership, is debilitated in Virgo in the 10th house at 49 percent strength. The Moon's 60 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Venus is debilitated, a placement whose outcome depends on cancellation factors elsewhere in the chart.
Sun, Mercury and Rahu cluster in the 9th house in Leo, concentrating fortune, teachers, and dharma far beyond the average chart.
Jupiter qualifies for Hamsa Yoga: in moolatrikona in the 1st house, one of the five Mahapurusha marks of an exceptional nativity.
William Kennedy Smith'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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rahu Mahadasha | Age 0 to 13 (1960 to 1973) | ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises |
| Jupiter Mahadasha | Age 13 to 29 (1973 to 1989) | wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune |
| Saturn Mahadasha | Age 29 to 48 (1989 to 2008) | discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures |
| Mercury Mahadasha | Age 48 to 65 (2008 to 2025) | intellect, commerce, and communication |
| Ketu MahadashaCurrent | Age 65 to 72 (2025 to 2032) | detachment, research, and inward turns |
| Venus Mahadasha | Age 72 to 92 (2032 to 2052) | relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy |
| Sun Mahadasha | Age 92 to 98 (2052 to 2058) | authority, visibility, and the father line |
| Moon Mahadasha | Age 98 to 108 (2058 to 2068) | mind, public connection, and emotional life |
| Mars Mahadasha | Age 108 to 115 (2068 to 2075) | drive, competition, and decisive action |
Planetary Dominance In William Kennedy Smith's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun | 66% | weak |
| 2 | Jupiter | 61% | weak |
| 3 | Moon | 60% | weak |
| 4 | Saturn | 60% | weak |
| 5 | Rahu | 59% | very weak |
| 6 | Mars | 56% | very weak |
| 7 | Ketu | 53% | very weak |
| 8 | Venus | 49% | very weak |
| 9 | Mercury | 44% | very weak |
Sun dominates the planetary hierarchy at 66 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with identity and command; recognition tends to arrive through positions of authority.
Mercury is the least supported at 44 percent, which means detail work and negotiation reward extra preparation.
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Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for SagittariusAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: SagittariusRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 9th house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Moon in the 3rd house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 9th house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Venus in the 10th house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Mars in the 6th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 1st house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 1st house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 9th house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 3rd house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
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