This
energetic, creative, highly educated woman and her talented husband
have busy, active
careers.
They were primarily concerned with their mutual professional development,
rather than building a family.
A surprise
conception produced their first child, whom they adore, in her Moon/Mercury period 1994.
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Mercury as lagnesha greatly strengthens all
functions of her physical body during his tenure as bhutki-pat.
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Simultaneously
during his period, Budha evokes the power of 5th Lord child-producer Venus and the
latent nurturing function of the fertile Moon who is maha-dasha-pati.
(Lord of the mahadasha.)
Coming from a large loving family
herself, the native soon wanted more children. However, onset
of Mars Mahadasha caused secondary infertility, bringing her great
sorrow.
Overall the prognosis for children in her charts is good,
because Venus, the 5th-rashi-lord,
occupies 11the from his own house. 11th is an angle of Increase and
Improvement.
Venus her
rashi-putrakaraka rises in her Saptamsha, the
special harmonic chart for matters of children.
Success in some
type of child acquisition can be expected - and probably during a Rahu or Ketu
sub-period. Mars, although not a helpful influence in Virgo/4th
(because aspecting the 8th house He temporarily brings a nit-picky attitude in
marriage) is still the Saptamsha-lagna-lord, and furthermore Mars
is with Rahu, who can in nodal (Rahu-Ketu) periods create sudden changes
when long-nurtured fantasies are energized into material form.
As 6th lord, Mars
creates large expenses. So we know a child is coming, but
expenses related to gaining the child will be high!
Rahu's superior degree vis-à-vis Mars suggests that
foreign people, foreign cultures, and foreign governments profoundly control the
native's life events during Mars's mahadasha. So we should look to Rahu/Ketu for
additional,
perhaps primary, information on the fertility situation that is so important to
her in 2001-2002.
In
Mars/Ketu period summer 2002, a beautiful adoptive daughter joined her
family. The child acquisition process was predictably
complex and adoption expenses were predictably high, but the nodal sub-period
(Ketu) under mahadasha of the Saptamsha Lord Mars, brought the native's
long-cherished desire to material fruition. Mother, father, and brother
are utterly delighted!
Remainder of Mars mahadasha until 2005, will be focused on home
and family as Mars occupies the rashi-4th house.
In Rahu's mahadasha, the adopted child's foreign origins will
strengthen her mother's existing desire to improve cultural expertise in the
child's home culture, and perhaps create a second home for the family in the
adopted child's home country. It should be noted that this family is
unusual overall in that they are fluently tri-lingual and highly literate.
(See native's high-traffic third house!)
Also, native's Rahu is very auspiciously placed with an exalted
Mercury in 9th Dashamsha. The power of Rahu to create a viable family life
in a foreign country is exceptionally strong during Rahu's mahadasha - and their
new daughter plays a major role in her family's future drama.
updated: 21 August 2008