Das / Behari: says:

• "Simha .... bestows a regal appearance, As if the life-force were vibrating from every part of your body.

• You have a broad face with strong bones, beautiful and expressive eyes. You may be a possessive parent, egotistical and selfish in temperament, and a braggart . You are excessively libidinous but not necessarily promiscuous.

• You are not satisfied with the material heights you attain and are always aspiring towards greater intellect, greater wealth, greater status, and greater respectability.

• Often you think you have achieved more than you really have; nevertheless, you are never satisfied, for you think you deserve more than you have received. You always strive to reach the top of the mountain.

• You are basically materialistic but like to assume that you are spiritually highly evolved. Involvement in work is intense and whole-hearted. You may be seen working adroitly on the subtle problems of life, whether related to physical sciences, psychology, or to concrete and technological problems in engineering, industry or economics. It is not the subject matter that is significant: your complete involvement in whatever you undertake is of supreme importance to you. In that pursuit, your engagement of effort is total.

• There is a suddenness in your actions which gives your an element of surprise and unpredictability.

• However involved you may seem in a pursuit or relationship, you can suddenly end it.

• You are loyal friends, but that friendship can end suddenly.

• To some people you may seem ungrateful.

• The world exists only for your convenience and the satisfaction of your desires.

• In your social relationships, contradiction and self-aggrandizement seem to predominate.

• You may find married life difficult. Your spouse is very calculating and self-centered - which are some of Leo's traits as well. Compatibility becomes difficult. In such circumstances, you often acts in a clandestine manner, concealing certain aspects of your life.

• You do not trust others: equal partnership is not a common factor in your life. ... gives rise to wealth in mutual combination. The Sun is lord of the Ascendant, Mercury lord of wealth and Mars is of course Yoga karaka. Thus all the three planets have acquired some power or other to do good.

• It will be seen that the Sun, Mercury and Mars play an important role in case of persons born in Leo Ascendant, while other planets will be able to do some good under certain special conditions.

• .... fond of eating meat and enjoying worldly enjoyments, will earn wealth and honor through the government, bereft of religion, dutiful in family affairs, hold a high rank of office, be majestic, strong, bold, speak sparingly, a miser, will trouble others, will wander in hills and forests, be irascible, firm in friendship, careless, inaccessible (or inviolable), will destroy his enemies, have famous sons, honor the virtuous, rich through agriculture etc., interested in business and will spend heavily on prostitutes and dancers. Spouse will suffer dental diseases.

Domain

Phul (fruits) -- applies as well or better to Chandra lagna

Magha

• Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte

• Dale Earnhardt

• Paramahamsa Yogananda

• USA-VP, 2000-2008, Richard "Dick" Cheney

Purvaphalguni

• Elizabeth I , queen of England

• PM-India, Rajiv Gandhi

• USA Pres 36, Lyndon B. Johnson (Chandra)

• USA Pres 37, Richard Nixon

• USA Pres 41, George H. W. Bush

• USA Pres 30, Calvin Coolidge

• Madonna

• JFK, Jr.

• Rue McClanahan

Uttaraphalguni

• Steve Jobs

• Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer

• Tom Hanks

• Nicole Kidman

• Florence Nightingale

• Brooke Shields

• Britney Jean Spears

Lagnesha Surya -Sun: the Soul-Self rules a natural house of great friend Kuja

Domain-1 signifies personal competition for social validation through a winning combination of physical behaviors and traits.

The Simha native seeks to develop the physical personality identity through association with royal figures, politicians, persons of high intelligence And creative genius, games and entertainments, and high entitlements of every kind.

• The social personality has an inherent affinity for bright, hot light; highest mountains; speculative winnings, theatrical performance, one's own children.

• The native is particularly influenced by the presence of the Divine in human life.

• This presence need not be articulated, but the Simha native is always aware of the godlike nature of human beings.

Simha natives are generally bold and confident, dominating and self-centered, regal and radiant. Surya rules only one domain in the nativity, which gives Simha (and Karkata) natives a singularly focused intensity of personality. They strive to maintain a competitively confident personality and regal physical appearance.

Physical appearance depends on the condition of D-1/D-9 Simha including rashi, bhava, companion grahas, drishti, etc.

Generally, Simha-lagna shows a pitta Or slightly reddish cast to the complexion, a subtle golden glow, relative to the gene pool. (at a more subtle astrally based but physically perceptible level, Soma's rashi and characteristics also influence the coloring.)

Psychically, Simha lagna projects an aura of intense confidence and dynamic life force. Unless Surya is damaged, Hari-lagna have a bright and riveting physical countenance which magnetically attracts attention.

Many celebrities and performance artists, models, dancers, and others who make their living with and through the glamorous appearance of their physical bodies have Simha rising along with Ravi well disposed.

Simha: Rulership via Divine Right

• Simha natives can project a distinctive leadership personality aura which emanates from one's sensed entitlement via Divine Right.

• If Simha lagna = Magha lagna, the native becomes A law unto oneself, ruling by divine fiat. (Dick Cheney, Napoleon Bonaparte, Henry Ford.)

The domain occupied by lagnesha Surya will predict the style and location of adult manifestation of Simha's creative, domineering life force. "You do what you gotta do."

• Richard Nixon; Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer; Paramahamsa Yogananda = lagnesha Surya/Dhanusha in domain-5 = politics, genius, travel, and humanistic confidence

• Steve Jobs lAgnesha Surya/Kumbha in domain-7 = business partnership networks

• JFK, Jr. - lagnesha Surya in domain-4 = schooling, patriotism, owned properties and vehicles, childhood home (had he lived longer, probably would have become a real-estate tycoon)

Marriage:

In order to carry out the mandate of a Shani-ruled yuvati bhava, Simha lagna must marry an elder, experienced, practical, and socially well-networked spouse ( Kumbha traits).

• N. Bonaparte - Josephine = 8 years his elder, famous social networker in Paris (Josephine knew "everyone", 1795)

• Richard Nixon - Mrs. Pat Nixon = a year older than her husband, intrepid fundraiser [kumbha] and networker, notably conservative in beliefs and personal conduct

• GHW Bush -41 - Barbara Bush = not chronologically his elder but her conservative traits, social networking skills, and remarkable elderly appearance mark Mrs. Bush as a suitable spouse for the politically ambitious Simha lagna male

• S. Jobs' second, long-term marriage to a younger spouse is more famous than his first, unavowed, marriage-via-childbirth. The mother of his firstchild who by Jyotisha standards constitutes his first spouse was neither elder nor conservative in character (indeed she is a progressive artist); Surya occupies 7. The native and one's first spouse suffer from selfishness in marriage. The first Shani-ruled union did not succeed due to Surya-Shani conflict. Simha's second marriage is ruled by Budha, a karaka for youth.

If the Shani-ruled spouse of the Simha native is not elder, more conservative, or exceptionally well-networked - the marriage will not succeed.

Kanya [Virgo] = House 2 - Value

Budha -Mercury: Mental Tasking rules a natural house of Shukra

Budha's governance is not impeded in the natural house of friend Budha.

• Social, moral, and financial values are very detailed and organized, depending of course on the natal condition of Budha.

• They value family life and children, but find they need to be super-organized and compartmentalized in order to accomplish their other driving value, which is success in their professional work.

For Simha lagna , presuming that Budha is fairly well disposed, periods of L-2/L-11 Budha generate considerable wealth via family-of-origin hoarded assets and knowledge-values, as well as earned income from the marketplace of goods and services.

They like to talk, and are usually quite effective in their speech. If Budha is well-disposed, they are articulate people with a cheerful even adolescent style of talking.

See Steve Jobs with radix Budha in Makara/6, indicating the development of values focused into corporate business.

Thula
[Libra] = House 3 - Mental Process

Shukra -Venus: How We Love

Shukra's governance is not impeded in the natural house of friend Budha.

Good socializers who easily find a point of balance in meetings and business activities. Likes to design plans and schedules. Enjoys the flow of daily business. Favors teamwork, social event organizing, building a favorable sibling-type group of business associates who work cooperatively due to balanced mental and communicative interactions.

Quality of the neighborly and sibling-type interactions depends on character of Shukra in the nativity.

Vrischika [Scorpio] = House 4 - Home, family, security

Kuja -Mars: Kinetic Energy

Kuja's governance is not impeded in the natural house of friendly Chandra.

Conditions in domain-4, the home and schoolroom, are controlled by Kuja. Therefore this domain always has a touch of ambitious aggression and competition, and matters of cultural indoctrination toward deepening "roots" are never completely settled.

Simha lagna may be a frequent house-mover in search of better opportunities for self-expression in politics, performance arts, and literary pursuits.

Dhanusha [Sagittarius] = House 5 - Children, Genius

Guru -Jupiter: Wisdom Expansion

Guru's governance is not impeded in the natural house of friend Surya.

Generally fortunate in matters of children unless some occupying graha disturbs Guru's abundance. (Surya in 5 is a blocker, saying "I am the Child".) Expansively creative. High entitlement for celebrity, recognition, authorship. Wonderful teacher and coach, but not interested in other viewpoints - must follow one's own creative instincts without interruption, or regal Simha lagna generally will leave the scene.

Great genius in literature, product development, and performance art is possible, depending on auspicious placement of Surya and Vrihaspati. Maximized effect when Guru casts drishti from domains 9, 11, or lagna or if Guru yuti magnifying nodes. Location of Guru will show the manifestation of creative powers.

See Steve Jobs for a primary manifestation of highly creative product development with Guru in domain-11 for marketplace earnings.

Makara [Capricorn] = House 6 - Argumentation, Conflict, Loss of Agreement

Shani -Saturn : Karmic Cleanup

Shani's governance is not impeded in the natural house of friend Budha.

Health issues from overproduction. Tolerance for rule of law; accepts conventions of finance and business. Tends toward austere diet, with yogic practices centered around food and medicine.

General good favor from government due to the calming and regulatory effects of Shani, unless a benefic occupies domain-6.

Necessarily there is much duty and responsibility for maintaining correct practices especially in areas of medicine and finance. Periods of Shani or any graha occupying a rashi of Shani may bring karmic accountability, forcing reduction of the regal instinct in order to stay on the right side of the law.

Kumbha [Aquarius] = House 7 - marriage, partnership, contracts, alliances

Shani -Saturn : Karmic Cleanup

Shani's governance is not impeded in the natural house of friend Shukra. Duties are properly performed. But the spouse is "heartless".

"If at woman's birth, the 7th bhava or the setting Navamsha be that Saturn, her husband will be an old man and a fool."

~~ BPHS Ch. 80, shloka 22-25

"If, during birth, Capricorn or Aquarius be descending or Saturn's Navamsha be descending, the woman will get an old fool for her husband."

~~ Bhrigu Sutram Ch. 2 4 Shloka 11

A s Parashara confirms, for Simha and Karkata lagna, the reality is that marriage pleasure is dominated by a deep Saturnian sense of duty. Personal intimacy is not destroyed, but the native will prioritize the marriage tasks which contribute to social respect and stability.

Simha lagna is all about "Heart". The Simha native radiates Courage, Valor, and leonine strength. Yet Kumbha, lagna for the spouse, is "Heart-less".

Spouses look respectable in public but emotional vitality in the marriage may be limited by a heavy workload. Depends as always on the condition of Shani. The spouse will generally look older and more dried-out or pale than the native.

A famous example of the Kumbha-ruled spouse is Barbara Bush, the wife of U.S. Pres. 41 George H. W. Bush ('Sr.'). Mrs. Bush possessed dignity without charm. By demeanor and complexion, she looked to be about 20 years older than her husband, whereas chronologically Mrs. Bush and her husband were the same age.

Meena [Pisces] = House 8 - secrets, hidden assets, confidential information, sudden and catastrophic change

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Guru's governance is not impeded in the natural house of friend Mangala

Guru's abundance provides an opening into the deep mysteries of life. If auspicious graha own or occupy domain-8, the native may be profoundly involved in tantrik pursuits.

Sees one's own destiny in cosmic terms, and accepts entitlement to "make magic" in the world. Also entitled to maintain intimate connections outside of marriage - not necessarily sexual, but therapeutic.

Capacity to know and share secret knowledge through a network of retreat centers and mystical teachers.

Inauspicious graha controlling domain-8 can give manipulative selfishness and misuse of confidential information for destructive purposes.

The native's level of ethical development will be indicated by Surya and Guru.

If Surya/Guru are favorable, one can use this entitlement to tremendous material and psychic resources as a tool for creating extraordinarily positive change in the world.

If Surya/Guru are not helpful, the native may degenerate into unfocused childlike 'play' with his resources, wasting the kingly opportunity of a blessed life.

Mesha [Aries] = House 9 - temples of wisdom, priests and professors, father and moral teachers, children and grandchildren

Kuja -Mars: Kinetic Energy

Kuja's governance is not impeded in the natural house of friend Guru.

Should Kuja be strong, the interest in religion is lifelong and passionate. Yet according to the overall theme of Simha lagna, religious fellowship and priestly practices must serve the native's individual Soul interests.

Highly independent and athletic approach to philosophy and higher knowledge.

Depending as always on the disposition of Kuja, relationship with Father and Guru is strained by the warrior nature of this Simha child.

If Kuja is super-strong, the father's ego may be too volatile to sustain his parenting role. The spiritual guru too must accommodate the powerful individuality of this native.

Surya, Guru, and Kuja control the fortune houses 1-5-9. These hot, energized, forward-moving graha when well coordinated can bring great fortune into the Simha lagna birth.

Vrishabha [Taurus] = House 10 - respect and responsibility, career and profession, public reputation

Shukra -Venus: How We Love

Shukra's governance is not impeded in the natural house of neutral Shani.

Tendency to place social and physical aesthetics at the top of leadership concerns; great focus on art and design, the beauty and attractiveness of the task. Public dignity chained to the auspiciousness (or not) of Shukra.

General reputation for artistic sensitivity to balanced design of products and social order, with a focus on social harmony.

Surprisingly talented at building relationships targeted to the top level of social governance (in contrast to limited ability to develop emotional intimacy in marriage.) Shukra will show the nature of iconic public roles, if any.

Mithuna [Gemini] = House 11 -

Budha rules a natural house of neutral Shani

Associations of voluntary friendship, elder sibling, gains and achievements, marketplace networks

Budha's governance is not impeded in the natural house of neutral Shani.

However, Budha is so easily influenced that Simha lagna's gainfulness cannot be predicted without understanding Budha's role in the nativity. However, in general, good business acumen and accurate calculations unless Budha is impacted. Domain of Budha will show the source of gainfulness.

Seeks the company (11) of conversationalists and literati (Mithuna) writers, story-tellers, the multi-lingual and multi-cultural, media people, advertising and public relations experts, those who can spin a tale

Karka [Cancer] = House 12 -

Chandra rules a natural house of Guru.

Chandra's governance is not impeded in the natural house of neutral Guru.

• dreams and psychic perception,

• long-term foreign travel,

• private imagination,

• meditation and prayer

• residence in foreign lands (not travel, but long residence)

• will inevitably fluctuate.

• Naturally, whichever bhava is ruled by Chandra, the Lord of tides and flows, will fluctuate.

• The native will experience tidal ebb and flow of psychic capability, effectiveness of prayer, access to guidance from dreams and voice of ancestors, and general benefit of imagination, throughout life.

• Bedroom pleasures also fluctuate.

• Meditation practice gives best results in periods of Chandra.

Great need for emotional privacy.

Emotionally imaginative in one's own sanctuary space, while the emotional life plays a minimal role in the public personality (exception: parivartamsha of Surya-Chandra such as Madonna) .

Psycho-emotional need for and appreciation of spiritual sanctuary and religious retreat.

Intuitive capability for in occult practices related to family roots (Chandra) such as communication with ancestor spirits.

• Core emotional life is effectively curtained off and kept away from prying eyes of others, even including the spouse.

• Emotional need to develop the house-12 of "enemies of marriage", e.g.

  • relationship with the ishta-devata (an imaginary intimacy, but a potent one);

  • private bedroom relationships,

  • Or relationships based in foreign lands,

  • Matters of relationships and behaviors which are inherently inimical to the marriage contract will fluctuate considerably, and the level of their materialization must be determined by the character of Chandra.

  • A good deal of the emotional activity is conducted in the imagination whether there is material manifestation or not.

• Emotional allegiance to relationships outside of marriage tends to waver.

The native may be introduced to meditative practices early in life, which allow control of the emotions so that Surya's domineering rationality can proceed unimpeded by the fluctuations of emotional life, especially anxiety and self-doubt.

Others may notice the Simha natives emotional vulnerability but the native oneself suffers very little self-doubt.

Enemies of the marriage, always indicated by the L-12 and graha within vyaya bhava, tend to be females with maternal or nurturing powers. They have large breasts, along with a soft and loving embrace.

The native promotes a fixed, controlled, intelligent and socially positive package of public attributes which however represent only one's rational side.

The intuition may be extremely strong if Chandra is auspicious; yet the native will not normally be aware of Chandra's influence and certainly will not share much of their emotional perception with others.

The influence of the Mother is "lost" buried deep in the subconscious while the influence of the Father's intelligence predominates unless Surya is damaged.

There are numerous exceptions to this overall truth but generally the mother's influence expresses through dreams and the imagination while the father's influence is much more in the body and social personality.

One's public personality expressed dominantly through the physical body appearance; for Simha lagna it, should be lean and darkly golden with very little influence from the soft, plumping, watery-light Moon unless Chandra is yuti Surya or some other parivartamsha effect.

See Madonna for the above parivartamsha yoga which brings a lighter than typical for Simha body complexion. Lagnesha Surya/ Karka/ domain-12, for public expression of private imagination, e.g., foreign ideas, and bedroom life.