Hugh Downs
Panchanga
TithiSaptami (Shukla)
VaraMonday
NakshatraBharani
YogaBrahma
KaranaVanija (Movable)
Notes
Work : None
New Career July 1939 (Announcer at local radio station)
Work : None
New Job 1943 (Staff announcer for NBC)
Relationship : None
Marriage 1944 (Ruth Shaheen)
Work : None
New Job 1957 (Co-hosted "The Tonight Show")
: None
Death of Mother 1958
Work : None
New Job 1962 (Hosted "Today")
Work : None
New Job June 1978 (Host, "20/20")
: None
Death of Father 1982
Work : None
Retired May 1999 (Retire from ABC)
Traits : Mind
Education extensive (Degree in gerontology, certificate in geriatric medicine)
Traits : Personality
Active (Adventurous)
Traits : Personality
Passive/ Bland (Modest, low-key)
Diagnoses : Body Part Problems
Eyes (90% color blind)
Family : Childhood
Disadvantaged (Raised in Great Depression)
Family : Relationship
Marriage more than 15 Yrs (55 years in 1999)
Family : Relationship
Number of Marriages (One, lasting)
Family : Parenting
Kids 1-3 (Two)
Lifestyle : Work
Same Job more than 10 yrs (Host of Today Show, ten years)
Lifestyle : Work
Travel for work (Commuted cross-country for 18 months)
Lifestyle : Financial
Gain - Grant, Scholarship, etc. (One year scholarship to college)
Vocation : Entertainment
News journalist/ Anchor ("Today," "20/20," and documentary)
Vocation : Entertainment
Radio/ D.J./ Announcer
Vocation : Entertainment
TV host/ Personality ("The Tonight Show," "Concentration," and "Over Easy")
Vocation : Entertain/Music
Composer/ Arranger (Hobby)
Vocation : Sports
Race Cars (Did 175 mph at Indianapolis)
Vocation : Travel
Adventurer (Hiked to South Pole, dived Great Barrier Reef, treasure hunter, ridden on back of killer whale, crossed Pacific in trawler)
Vocation : Travel
Pilot/ private
Vocation : Writers
Autobiographer (Memoir's, "On Camera")
Vocation : Writers
Fiction ("A Shoal of Stars," inspired by Pacific journey)
Vocation : Writers
Textbook/ Non-fiction (Three books on aging)
Notable : Awards
Other Awards (Guiness record holder for being on TV 10,000 hours+)
Notable : Famous
Top 5% of Profession
Notable : Book Collection
American Book
Life Events & Dasha
New CareerJul 1939
MD Moon 1933–1943→AD Saturn Dec 1937–Jul 1939→PD Jupiter 08 May 1939–24 Jul 1939
New Job1943
MD Moon 1933–1943→AD Sun Mar 1943–Sep 1943→PD Saturn 19 Jun 1943–18 Jul 1943
Marriage1944
MD Mars 1943–1950→AD Rahu Feb 1944–Mar 1945→PD Saturn 07 Jun 1944–06 Aug 1944
New Job1957
MD Rahu 1950–1968→AD Saturn Oct 1955–Sep 1958→PD Moon 19 Jun 1957–14 Sep 1957
Death of Mother1958
MD Rahu 1950–1968→AD Saturn Oct 1955–Sep 1958→PD Jupiter 18 Apr 1958–04 Sep 1958
New Job1962
MD Rahu 1950–1968→AD Venus Apr 1962–Apr 1965→PD Venus 11 Apr 1962–11 Oct 1962
New JobJun 1978
MD Jupiter 1968–1984→AD Venus Aug 1976–Apr 1979→PD Saturn 21 Apr 1978–23 Sep 1978
Death of Father1982
MD Jupiter 1968–1984→AD Rahu Apr 1982–Sep 1984→PD Rahu 29 Apr 1982–08 Sep 1982
RetiredMay 1999
MD Saturn 1984–2003→AD Rahu May 1998–Mar 2001→PD Saturn 24 Feb 1999–08 Aug 1999