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Krishnaraj Divakaran - Understanding and Overcoming Your Dark Sides PDF
Krishnaraj Divakaran - Understanding and Overcoming Your Dark Sides PDF
overcoming
your dark sides
An astrological treatise by
Krishnaraj Divakaran
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PREFACE
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nature(compassion and responsibility to be fulfilling to
oneself and others naturally arise out of this understanding)
This book will show you that even the most respectable of
the society, the rich, the beautiful and even the greatest of
saints, all have the negative traits. It just so happens that
the wise ones, are in control. May be with hard effort in the
beginning and later, with lesser effort. This book offers an
astrological angle of the negative traits and propitiations to
get over them, as much as one can.
A glimpse through these pages will make us understand
that we can change our destiny of future births by prayers in
this birth.
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Another interesting angle is that the lagna is you. 5 is your
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son. The 5 of 5 , namely the 9 is son’s son. The 9 also
happens to be your dharma and father. Ie., your father’s
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dharma(9 of 9 ) will translate into your son! This shows
how much we are dependant on our fathers’ and
grandfathers’ dharmas for what we are!
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CONTENTS
These chapters are interpretations of basic rules pertinent
to the topic. The general rules are given in the second half.
Request beginners to refer the second half(chapter 11) for
better understanding.
11) Conclusion
12) Basics for beginners.
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Grahas
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Kumbha- the seeker, like the man who bears an empty pot
and Meena- the transient, as a fish couplet, in the last of the
signs before the start of the next phase.
Purusharthas
In Bhavas(houses)
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2, 6 and 10 – the artha/karma triangle,
3, 7 and 11 – the kama triangle and
4, 8 and 12 – the moksha triangle.
Likewise in Rasis,
Kama
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Mithuna, Thula or Kumbha, or Bhavas 3, 7 and 11 , by
means of Lagna’s or Chandra’s sambandha(connection),
the Kama factor will be very evident. It will be accented in
the Kama nakshatras. Is the Kama, for sex or Moksha or
what for, has to be seen from the disposition of the
rasi/bhava lords and the grahas occupying them.
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Eg. for a Thula lagna native, whose 7 lord Kuja is
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positioned in 4 in Makara, in Uccha rasi, aspected by
uccha Guru from Karkataka, the sensual feelings will be
very much within the moral boundaries. Whereas, for a
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Kumbha lagna native with Sukra in 7 who is aspected by
Kuja from Rishabha, with no other compensations, will find
it difficult to control his passionate desires.
Artha/Karma
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make material resources. And, conversely, if one has Artha
rasi birth, but if the lord is in dharma or moksha position, the
materialization of resources will be less.
Dharma
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first pada of Uthra, Moola, Purvashada, first pada of
Uthrashada.
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Illustration: A Dhanus lagna native with his 7 house
occupied by Sukra will find his desires well controlled if the
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9 lord(Upasana) Surya will occupy the 5 house(Viveka)
Mesha, which happens to be his Uccha rasi.
Moksha
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has very less of comforts and is in a very stressed out
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situation. But with support from Karkataka, the 5 lord
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Chandra, and Kuja, the lord of Vrischika the 9 , this native
has got great chances for Moksha. Ie. even without peace
of mind and contentment, moksha is possible. Another
logical explanation could be that comfortable situations very
rarely let us seek God. This is very much in contrast with
the common understanding of spiritual masters’ teaching
that, out of peace arises moksha.
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out loud to the God with no hope, and it just happens! May
be this is what the masters say, Let go.
The lagna symbolizes what you are and what you look to
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be. The 5 house denotes the Poorvapunnya and wisdom
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and the 9 house denotes the Bhagya arising out of
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upasana. 9 is also called the parapunnya or the punnya
you carry over to the next birth.
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As mentioned before, the lagna is you. 5 is your son. The
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5 of 5 , namely the 9 is son’s son. But then 9 also
happens to be your dharma and father. Which means, your
dharma will translate into your grandson! And your father’s
dharma is your son. This shows how much we are very
much dependant on our fathers’ and grandfathers’ dharmas
for what we are!
Significance of Wisdom
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A school of thought is that a strong 5 house(wisdom) will
lead to maximum utilization of the potential available. With
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the support of Bhagya, the 9 house and properly banking
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on Knowledge (the 2 house), one can do right Karma(10
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house) which will result in Moksha(12 , the last of Moksha
houses)
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1) The instinct to inflict physical or emotional pain onto
others/oneself or to witness it, and derive pleasure out
of it:
When the lagna lord is weak and afflicted, oneself will suffer
and when the lagna lord is strong but afflicted, others will
suffer.
Here the Kama lagna with Kuja in it, and the lagna lord Sani
in neecha, with no friendly support from Surya and Chandra
will surely make this person negative. This negativity will be
expressed out as per the situations that arise during the
Dasa- Apaharas.
2) Lust:
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the native frigid or excessive. A subha drishti(aspect) from
Guru will of course help in keeping things under control.
4) Jealousy:
When others have what you don’t have, or when you feel
you have lesser than others, jealousy results. And a worse
condition is feeling bad about other’s happiness. If Surya,
Chandra and the Lagna are strong and un-afflicted, one will
be content and jealousy is ruled out. Bhavas to watch out
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for are: Lagna, 3 , 5 , 6 , 7 , and 12 . As you must have
observed, too many houses are involved here that the
control part gets tougher. Even Guru falls in status if he is in
an artha or kama rasi.
5) Greed:
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jealousy go hand in hand. If Sani takes the lead role in
jealousy, it is Chandra in greed. Sukra, Kuja, Rahu, Ketu or
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even Surya fares bad if afflicted in Lagna, 2 , 3 , 6 , 10 ,
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and 11 which are the most important houses in this case.
6) Parasitism:
7) Anger:
Look out for Surya, Kuja, Sani and Rahu. The houses
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to be considered are Lagna, 3 , 6 , 5 , 10 and the 2 .
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3 is the house of obstinancy, courage and its expression.
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6 is the house of enmities. 5 is the discretion and
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wisdom. 10 – esteem, 2 is speech. Rasis to be
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considered are Mesha, Simha, Dhanus and the above
houses’ rasis. How cold or how volatile you will be depends
on the nature of Grahas. Sani is cold whereas Rahu or Kuja
are very aggressive.
8) Gluttony/Substance Addiction:
Other than our basic factors, namely the Lagna, Surya and
Chandra, the following factors are very important:
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Kuja has been described as the Oja karaka, which means
the driving energy.
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6 house(house of lack of focus and laziness), 3
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house(the house of drive), and the 10 (the house of
karma).
Propitiations
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Propitiations for an afflicted Surya
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after Doctor’s consent.) Butter milk and Red Gram to be an
integral part of the diet.
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Propitiations for an afflicted Sukra
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Propitiations for an afflicted Ketu
The fiery Ketu, the agent of Kuja, will cool a bit if you
meditate regularly. It helps if you avoid hot and spicy food.
Ketu will feel happy if you are involved in restoration of
relations as well as dilapidated social structures.
Bhava for worship: Ganesha. Usable mantra: Vighnaharaya
nama:
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Chart
Gandhiji, October 2, 1869 at 7:12 AM, in Porbandar
GURU
CHANDRA
RAHU
MK Gandhi
KETU RASI CHART
LAGNA
SANI NAVAMSA
BUDHA CHART
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Gandhiji was born in Kanya lagna, a very fertile artha sign.
It is also known for its steady, systematic, methodological
nature. A notable kanya lagna physical characteristic is
drooping shoulders.
Kama(desires):
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further. A positive relief is that the yoga has the drishti from
Guru(though he is the 7th lord) 3rd house, which shows the
drive, has got Sani in it, which will slow it down, but doesn't
kill it. 7th lord is Guru occupying 8th, a dusthana. This
indicates the denial of a platform for sensual gratification.
Guru in
swakshetra navamsa makes it more satvic.
5th lord Sani is in 3rd house, an ishta bhava for Sani and in
Swakshetra navamsa. But we need to see the negative
presence of Ketu in the 5th, which ofcourse brings problems
too in decision making.
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Chart
Nathuram Godse, May 19, 1910 at 8:29 AM, in Baramati,
Pune
RAHU
SUKRA SANI SURYA LAGNA
BUDHA KUJA
GULIKAN
Godse
RASI CHART
KETU CHANDRA
GURU
SURYA
RAHU
NAVAMSA
LAGNA CHART KETU
SUKRA GULIKAN
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Godse was born on the nakshatra Uttaraphalguni (uthram)
whose lord is Surya. Uthra is known for its commitment to
causes and partnering. If it is for the wrong or for the right,
needs to be seen from the nakshatra lord Surya's
disposition and other combinations. In Godse's case, Surya
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is the vikrama lord in the house of losses, the dusthana 12 .
Dharma:
Karma:
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10 lord, Guru is in 4 , fully aspecting 10 itself is good.
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His association with 2 lord Chandra is also good. The
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positioning of Sukra(though duritha bhavadhipa) in 10 is
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extremely good as he is in his Uccha.
Here is one man who is a perfectionist in his karma.
Dusthanas:
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Chart
Ramalinga Raju, September 16, 1954 at 11:19 AM, in
Bhimavaram, AP
CHANDRA KETU
GURU
Ramalinga Raju
RASI CHART
SURYA
SUKRA GURU
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Ramalinga Raju was born in Vrischika lagna, the natural 8
house of the zodiac. This rasi is a moksha sign, but with a
self defeating attitude. (the infamous self stinging scorpion
when defeated) The lagna lord Kuja is in an excellent
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position, the dhana sthaana 2 and in the navamsa of
athibandhu Surya. But the association with the shadowy
planet Rahu is not desirable. The lagna has the full aspect
from Guru, which reduces the negativity of the horoscope.
Kama /desires:
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3 lord Sani, and 7 lord Sukra are both in a yoga in a
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kama rasi Thula. This happens to be the 12 , a dusthana.
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The 11 lord, the next consideration, is also occupying the
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Kama house 11 , but in Uccha wit Swakshetra navamsa.
These points coupled with the influence of a weak Dustha
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Chandra and Surya posited in 10 will surely make the
person desirous of worldly respect and sensual too. The
influence of Guru in Uccha vargottama in Dharma sthaana
will take care of all this other than when very bad periods
would run, when what is required is more upasana and
sticking to idealisms.
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Sufferings, the result of Dusthanas:
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6 , 8 and 12 are the Dusthanas responsible for
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sufferings. In Raju’s case, 6 has Chandra, 8 has Ketu
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and 12 has Sukra and Sani. Which means during the
periods of these grahas he may find himself in situations
which lead him to sufferings. Presently Raju is running the
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period of 6 house Chandra in Rahu dasa. 6 is more about
financial liabilities, cases and diseases. So its quite natural
that he has seen himself getting into all this now. Post
mortems do help. Atleast for the others around. When bad
periods run, we need to depend more on the superior power
and obtain grace.
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Chart
Swami Vivekananda, January 12, 1863 at 6:33 AM, in
Kolkata
KUJA KETU
GULIKAN
Swami Vivekananda
RASI CHART
LAGNA
BUDHA
SUKRA
KETU
GULIKAN
LAGNA NAVAMSA
RAHU CHART
SURYA GURU
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The persevering karma rasi Makara is rising as lagna for
Swami Vivekananda, and in it is posited, Yogakaraka(lord of
a trikona and kendra) Sukra and Dharmadhipa Budha.
Sukra gathers more strength as he has an Uccha navamsa
also. Lagna being a karma rasi, with the lord of dharma, 9th
lord, and the karma and self esteem(10th) in it, will make
the person a dharmika karma yogi. Lord of lagna, Sani is
in Dharma sthana(9th), in conjunction with the manokaraka
Chandra. In navamsa also, Sani is in strength in mitra
kshetra, in budhi sthana. Sani has given strong spiritual and
yogic tendencies and opportunities to the native.
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Dusthanas: the lord of 6th Budha is in lagna, who is also
the dharma lord. Which implies in this case, that when
diseases, debts and enemies trouble, the dharma thoughts
intensify. 6th lord in lagna surely gives the above mentioned
problems. 8th lord, Surya gave sufferings on account of
Father and diseases of the heat, whereas the 12th
lord(house of restrictions) Guru being in 10th in Sukra
kshetra brought much struggle and frustrations. Swami’s
famous statement- “evolution through struggle..” must have
been inspired by his personal experience.
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Chart
Jayalalitha, February 24, 1948 at 14:34 PM, in Chennai
SURYA SANI
BUDHA
Jayalalitha
RASI CHART
CHANDRA
KUJA
GURU KETU
LAGNA
KUJA KETU CHANDRA
GURU
SANI
NAVAMSA
SUKRA CHART
SURYA
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2nd house, we all can infer how the wealth will be
amassed by the native. But then, when the person has
got the 10th lord Guru in 7th in swakshetra and in 10th it
is Sukra in Uccha kshetra, we need to agree that this
person’s political career will be fruitful to the state
whatever be the other negatives. This is so for sure, as
this person’s Guru dasa will start from 2012 August.
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moolatrikona navamsa in dharma from radix lagna, he
will lose much of his negative with time.
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Chart
Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati, July 18, 1935 at 9:20
AM, in Madurai
BUDHA
KETU
SANI SURYA
Sankaracharya
Jayendra Saraswati
CHANDRA RASI CHART LAGNA
SUKRA
SURYA
LAGNA CHANDRA
RAHU KUJA
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Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati, one of the most
favoured disciple of the epitome of knowledge, Late
Sankaracharya Chandrasekhara Saraswati got into
controversy when he was arrested on certain issues.
Now, what this made this person the favourite of the great
Chandrasekhara Saraswati? Note the position of the strong
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2 lord Budha in 11 , in Swaksetra. It gives the person
extraordinary verbal skills and scriptural knowledge. In
Sookshma, ie the navamsa, it may be noted that Budha is in
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Dusthana 6 , along with Gulika. It may be also observed
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that Gulika is occupying the 2 house in Rasi.
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Overcoming the negatives:
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Lagnadhipa Surya is vargottama in 12 , which means that
through spiritual observances of the “Arka Sambhu” can
give positive results.
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10 lord Sukra as is in lagna can grant positive results if any
art forms are practised.
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Rahu in 5 can be made positive by assiting to create a
more greener nature. (Dhanu is araamam too)
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Sani in 7 can be made made use of in a more positive way
through yoga and silence.
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Chandra in 6 can be more positive through fasting and
through liquid foods.
Guru in bhagya in navamsa can be harnessed by strict
adherece to conventional dharma.
Chart
Mother Teresa, August 28, 1910 at 2:25 PM, in Skopje,
Yogoslavia
CHANDRA RAHU
SANI
SUKRA
Mother Teresa
RASI CHART
SURYA
KUJA
BUDHA
LAGNA KETU GURU GULIKAN
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(Vimsottari) Dasa balance- Sukra- 0 yrs, 9 months, 28 days
BUDHA GURU
KETU
NAVAMSA CHART
RAHU SANI
CHANDRA KUJA
SUKRA
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Mother Teresa was born in Bharani 4 Padam. The
nakshatra Bharani is Yama’s star, known for its
experiments with truth and death. Chandra is posited in
Dharma rasi Mesha with its navamsa in Moksha rasi
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Vrischika, the 8 amsa. Chandra’s association with Sani
who is in neecha rasi and Chandra’s neecha amsa to be
noted indicating a mind frame which is very sensitive to the
sufferings. The Guru drishti makes the combination a very
humane one.
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The 3 pivotal points of a horoscope, namely the Lagna,
Surya and Chandra are in Dharma Rasis. This indicates the
person’s basic nature.
Negatives:
Sani in house of budhi would surely have given lack of
clarity many a time to Mother Teresa. Especially because it
is afflicting the manokaraka Chandra.
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6 house is occupied by Rahu which indicates diseases due
to wrong eating habits and lack of cleanliness. (may not be
apparent as Rahu is an expert masker)
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The 11 lord Sukra in a dusthana, 8 shows that her friends
may not have been as good as they aparently looked to be.
(eg Charles Keating, the fraudster). Also, her understanding
of sex and sexual matters would have been very ordinary.
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Surya in 9 house gives a religious exhibition nature.
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Gulikan in 10 gives certain abberrations in karma.
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The I feeling due to 9 Surya and Neechamsa Chandra
may have caused her some obstacles in the moksha the
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12 house Ketu and the lord Kuja’s bhagyasthana position
promised. But her karma must have given her enough
punnya to evolve to the next level.
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Chart
Madonna, August 16, 1958 at 7:05 AM, in Baycity, USA
KUJA
KETU
SURYA
SUKRA
Madonna
RASI CHART
LAGNA
CHANDRA
BUDHA
GULIKAN
SANI GURU
RAHU
SANI BUDHA
NAVAMSA
CHART
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The study of Madonna’s chart is very interesting as it
is a strange combination of sensuality and spirituality.
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Her Dharma lord(9th) Kuja in 9th itself along with
Ketu(the agent of Kuja), fully aspected by Guru, the
lord of 5th, the poorvajanmapunnya lord, and Rahu
makes her dharma, the righteousness, very strange but
solid and working. Also, the parivartana yoga between
Surya the lagna lord and Chandra the 12th lord, is a
very good yoga for spiritual development. We can find
the reasons of her evolution from a sensual dancer to a
Kabballah practitioner from all this.
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Chart
Sigmund Freud, May 6, 1856 at 6 30 PM, in Austria
Sigmund Freud
RASI CHART
GULIKAN
LAGNA KUJA
KETU
KUJA SUKRA
RAHU
BUDHA CHANDRA
NAVAMSA CHART
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Madana kshetra(7th) along with Sukra and Rahu.
Sukra is a very important planet in this horoscope as he
is not just the lagna lord, but as he is in 7th, constituting
a malavya yoga(though afflicted). Also Sani, the
yogakaraka’s positioning in 9th is very significant.
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the elephant’s head and she said “ouch!” And Freud
asked her “did I hurt you baby?”
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Chart
Alfred Hitchcock, August 13, 1899 at 3:15 AM, in London.
GULIKAN KETU
LAGNA
SURYA
Hitchcock SUKRA
RASI CHART
BUDHA
SANI
CHANDRA NAVAMSA
GURU CHART
The man who made many a nail biting thriller, has got
his vikrama bhava(3rd house) occupied by Kuja, who
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also has got a swakshetramsa in the karma bhava from
radix lagna. His vak sthaana, 2nd house, is occupied by
Vak(word) karaka Budha, who also has got swakshetra
navamsa. When there is an association between Surya
and Sukra, especially in lagna, 5th, 9th or 10th house, it
has been observed that there is a high chance for
theatre life.
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situations, which could have yielded rather difficult
situations for the world.
Chart
LK Advani, October 8, 1927, 9 16 am, Karachi
LK Advani
RASI CHART
GULIKAN
KUJA GURU
SUKRA
NAVAMSA CHART
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LK Advani is born with the ascendant/lagna as
Vrischika. The lord of lagna Kuja/mars being in the
12th house, the house of frustrations, generally the
horoscope indicates hardships/struggles. The lagna is
occupied by Sani and Ketu, once again accenting the
delays and ostacles. But sani being in vargottama, as
it occupies the same rasi in navamsa also, will surely
confer good results finally.
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Overcoming dark sides:
Sani in lagna generally makes a person "alasa:"(lazy).
But in Advani's case as this Sani is in vargottama. ie in
same rasi in navamsa also and as the
Karmaadhipa(10th lord) Surya though in 12th, the
house of losses/spiritual nature, is in
Uccha(exaltation) navamsa the basic nature of laziness
will be overcome through will power, discipline
and persistence.
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Chart Paramahamsa Yogananda, January 5, 1893 at 20:30
PM, in Gorakhpur
KUJA RAHU
GURU
Paramahamsa
Yogananda
RASI CHART LAGNA
CHANDRA
CHANDRA LAGNA
BUDHA
GURU SANI
SUKRA RAHU
NAVAMSA CHART
KETU GULIKAN
SURYA
KUJA
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Paramahamsa Yogananda was born in the Magha
nakshatra. This nakshatra is a strange combination of
Surya, the ‘aham’ feeling, Ketu, the renunciate and Pitru,
the ancestral experience.
It normally makes a person in the material world do things
for appreciation or atleast for a feeling of aristocrasy or it
makes a renunciate who gets a taste of the higher life. Of
the Gandantha trine nakshatras Aswini, Makha and Moola,
Magha is the most confused and hence tries harder to dive
deeper into spiritual practices.
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abroad. The Vak karaka Budha’s occupation of the trikona
th th th nd
5 with Surya and the aspect of 5 and 9 lords into the 2
house which gives Sani a very changed constitution, were
responsible for his highly acclaimed words.
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