The journalist, celebrity, wife,
mother, literary editor, and philanthropist Jacqueline B. Kennedy was an
iconic woman.
An
entire generation of American women both idolized her and projected their
jealousy & unfulfilled selves upon the image of Mrs. Kennedy.
Her
dark, slender beauty; her privileged upbringing; her grace in tragedy; her
extraordinary sense of fashion & entertainment; and her protective maternal instincts; all
lived large in the national mind.
Her
marriages -- both ending in widowhood -- are famous in 20th century American
cultural history. To analyze the timing of these events may assist the
learning of Jyotisha.
"When the
lord of the Eighth House occupies its own sign in the eighth, it fortifies
the life force of the individual and gives him special skill and
extraordinary intelligence for unraveling hidden matters.
The marriage partner however will prove unfaithful,
and the native himself flouts all established decorum."
~~ Bepin Behari, Planets in Signs
& Houses, p. 150
Chandra in Ashwini,
padaa-1:
"Gracious personality, enjoys good power and exchanges ideas with learned people.
Occupies a high position in a company or government service.
Affected with excess bile complaints.
...
Even though you are a good executive, you are not generally liked by your associates and employees."
~~ Bepin Behari
Empowered
in shadbala:
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L-11 Surya (gains of
income)
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L-1 (social
personality identity)
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L-8 Shukra ( widowhood,
divorce, joints assets of marriage, secret information)
Jyotisha assessment of the
marriages:
L-10 Chandra + Rahu in 10th-from-10th kalatra
bhava= native's public reputation is enormously enhanced through a very
public marriage.
Lagnesha swakshetra Shukra in domain-8 for
widowhood = strong.
For Thula
lagna, Kuja = lord of both marriage-1 (domain-7) and
marriage-2.
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Kuja is strong and highly auspicious in Simha
rashi, where Mangala occupies the 5th-from-Mesha and
10th-from-Vrischika.
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The first two spouses perform like an
"athlete" (the word 'athlete' originality meant a member of the
nobility) or a vigorous King (Simha).
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Both marriages are exceptionally gainful =
native's L-7/L-2 in domain-11
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Both spouses have strong sexual energy; & are
involved in multiple romantic pursuits (Kuja/Simha, 5th-from-yuvati bhava
+ Kuja in 5th navamsha, Thula)
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Spousal Infidelity exacerbated by Kuja/Thula/5 in navamsha
Behari
says of Kuja/Mesha/11:
"you will be influential and wealthy. Your collection of precious stones will be extensive and very worthy. Your life, in spite of a great urge for social work, will be lonely and without much support from your family members."
Marriage-1 to JFK:
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The relative lagna = Mesha; the relative
lagnesha = Kuja.
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Kuja occupies 5th-from-7th.
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Spouse = a confident genius, esp. in games,
speculation, literature, & politics. L-7 in 5th-from-7th indicates the
salient intelligence and performance art capabilities (campaigns,
speeches, fundraisers) of the spouse.
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In the native's life, the first husband
powerfully (Kuja/Simha) assists her goal of gaining marketplace position
through income and large networks of profitable association (domain-11).
She wishes to accomplish this goal in a regal fashion (Simha) through
competition and sexual relationships (Kuja)
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In the first spouse's own life, his modus
operandi was getting attention (domain-5) for his genius.
His life was oriented toward winning (5) recognition and approval
for his literary creativity (5) through politics, entertainment, gambling
and speculations such as competitive elections (5).
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The native brings a matching quality of slender,
fashionable, confident, intelligent demeanor with well-networked high
social position (Kuja's lord L-11 Karkata-Surya = exceptionally
strong in domain-10) making her a powerful agent to assist him in
developing his political & literary genius.
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7th-from-Chandra
= Thula, the native's own rashi lagna. Within Thula, find
native's own Ketu = detachment,
deep passivity, inability to find a permanent center-balance point in
relationships; yet a deep longing for partnership, merging, and loving
union (which for Ketu cannot be found in human love relationships but only
in full balance with the Divine).
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The spouses, while loving, are considerably
detached from each other. Outside partnerships are likely in their
mutual never-ending quest for ineffable merger, but divorce is
unlikely. The native experiences the first spouse as both passive
(Ketu) and unfaithful (Kuja/11) in marriage. Neither partner will
fully commit nor fully withdraw.
Marriage-2 to Aristotle Onassis:
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The relative lagna = Vrischika; the relative
lagnesha = Kuja.
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Kuja occupies 10th-from-2nd
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10th-from = a sober and harshly realistic
(natural Makara) angle of weighty responsibility and leadership under
rule of law, of Shani.
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The 2nd spouse has some elegant qualities
(Kuja/Simha) but also some vulgar dominance (Kuja/10th) qualities
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spouse-2 executive leadership in a Kingly style,
and dominant "alpha" public reputation = L-2 in
10th-from-2nd.
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In the native's life, the second husband also
powerfully (Kuja/Simha) assists her goal of gaining marketplace position
through income and large networks of profitable association (domain-11).
She wishes to accomplish this goal in a regal fashion (Simha) through
competition and sexual relationships (Kuja).
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In the second spouse's own life, his modus
operandi was getting respect (L-2 in 10th-from-2nd) for
his power (Kuja). His life was oriented toward achieving highest social
position and assertively (even militarily) defending his royal command
from the top of the pyramid (Kuja, 10).
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The native brings a matching quality of slender,
fashionable, confident, intelligent demeanor with well-networked high
social position (Kuja's lord L-11 Karkata-Surya = exceptionally
strong in domain-10) making her a powerful agent to assist him in
developing his quest for executive dominance.
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2nd-from-Chandra
= Rishabha, the native's own domain-8. Within Rishabha, find
native's own Shukra + Guru = extraordinary wealth and pleasure, wisdom
lost to sensuality, fabulous secret treasures and confidential
information leading to great material privilege.
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The spouses are involved almost entirely in
material sensual expansion. Indulgence of every kind. Despite fabulous
wealth, the native may be unhappy - since Shukra is her own domain-8
for hidden relationships, and Shukra is lord of 6th-from-2nd-marriage
(self, lagna) which means she becomes an enemy of the marriage, or
feels sick in the marriage. It is toxic to her despite or perhaps
because of the fabulous indulgence in wealth & sensual pleasures.
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Guru in domain-8 is malefic for Thula lagna; the
native lord of domains 3 & 6. The 2nd husband is adversarial to
the marriage (albeit gainful because Guru is lord of the relative
11th-from-2nd-from-Chandra) and extremely involved in matters of
day-to-day business (domain-3) although on the plus side Guru owns the
native's house of self-made wealth (domain-3) so the 2nd marriage does
increase the native's wealth after considerable litigation
(domain-6).
9th-from-Chandra
= 3rd marriage
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9th-from-Chandra = Dhanau, containing Shani.
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Lord of Dhanau = Guru in 12th-from-9th.
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Shani = yogakaraka for Thula lagna; the third major
emotional union is morally solid, intelligent, mature, stable, and
beneficial in most ways.
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However lord of 9th-from-Chandra = Guru in the
"loss of matters of 9th-from-Chandra" 8th domain = no ceremonial
marriage for the 3rd union -- because the 3rd spouse is somehow a very
beneficial companion and yet "unavailable" due to religious
proscription (Shani/Dhanau/9).
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Budha lord of dharma & vyaya bhava occupies
domain-10, indicating basic dignity but also high levels of privacy in the
third emotionally significant relationship
Timeline
According
to Wikipedia, Miss Jacqueline Bouvier and Mr. John F. Kennedy were first
introduced at a party within their mutual social circle, on 08-May-1952
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marriage-1 = 12-Sep-1953 to John F. Kennedy
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marriage-2 = 20-Oct-1968 to Aristotle
Onassis
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death of native = 19-May-1994
Marriage-1 =
12-Sep-1953 to John F. Kennedy
Stillborn child = 23-Aug-1956
Live children:
death of first spouse = 21-Nov-1963
Observation regarding gochara Rahu-Ketu at time of
first marriage
Rahu-Ketu are in a very unusual position at the time of first marriage. Note
that while Rahu-Ketu do not contact any of the "personal" axes such as
lagna, nodal axis, or Chandra in D-1 or D-9, Rahu-Ketu *do* contact the
*dashamsha* lagna.
The nativity of John F. Kennedy shows the same
pattern: gochara Rahu-Ketu do not contact any of his six
"personal" axes, but gochara Rahu-Ketu do stimulate his very
busy D-10 nodal axis.
This interesting gochara Rahu-Ketu fact leads to an
interesting conclusion. This marriage was predominantly and strategically a
public service, public status, or career move on the part of Ms. Bouvier and
her spouse. Their wedding was indeed "the social event of the
season", and their public careers were legendary.
Marriage-2 = 20-Oct-1968 to Aristotelis
Sokrates Onassis
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Chandra/Ketu
bhukti -- Ketu is quite inauspicious in Vishakha, giving the results of
L-1 Shukra. Navamsha Shukra = neechha. However, Shukra is, under
all conditions, a marriage-maker.
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gochara Rahu-Ketu = Meena/Kanya
death of second spouse = 21-Nov-1963
Observation regarding gochara Rahu-Ketu at time of
first marriage
In addition to the peculiar timing of marriage during a bhukti of
separator-Ketu, gochara Rahu-Ketu are *also* in a very unusual position at the
time of second marriage.
While Rahu-Ketu do not contact any of the "personal" axes such as
lagna, nodal axis, or Chandra in D-1 or D-9, transiting Rahu-Ketu *do* contact
the busy *saptamsha* nodal axis.
This interesting
gochara Rahu-Ketu fact leads to an interesting conclusion. The second
marriage appears to have been predominantly and strategically an alliance
made on behalf of her children.
Although the
second marriage ended in death and not divorce, marital bliss from the
second marriage was reported to have been brief if indeed it ever occurred.
Onassis' quick return to his long-term love affair with Maria Callas was
well publicized.
Death of second spouse during
Chandra bhukti is also an atypical planetary arrangement. It is configurable
through invoking the lords of 2nd-house from the 2nd-marriage ruler (Kuja)
and Ketu's passage through the death-of-2nd-spouse domain-3, but these
angles reveal a rather abstract emotional and social impact of a husband's
death upon the native.
Ketu in lagna indeed produces a
rather abstract personality overall!
First union
marriage #1 spouse = 7th navamsha. Lord of 7th
navamsha = Guru.
Guru rises in the navamsha = native is deeply
identified, psycho-emotionally, with the first marriage partner.
Material results of the spousal behavior are shown in the
radix. From the radix viewpoint, the first spouse does not perform very
nicely.
L-3/L-6 Guru indicates loss of marital agreement and spouse
overly concerned with his siblings.
Furthermore Guru in domain-8 for
secret activities, with the very sensual L-8 Vrishabha Shukra. The
spouse is involved in excessive, self-indulgent, sexual and financial,
secret activity.
Second union
Radix Kuja's
drishti upon domain-2 created a powerful Kuja
Dosha or
adversarial energy for the second marriage.
marriage #2 spouse = 2nd navamsha. Lord of 7th
navamsha = Chandra. Chandra is extremely problematic in navamsha, where
Soma yuti neechha Shani provides a "lifelong sade saati" in
the world of intimate partnership.
The second spouse has severe
emotional problems, despite being wealthy - note the repeating wealth
yoga interior to navamsha re: 2nd marriage = L-2 in domain-11.
Material
results of the spousal behavior are shown in the radix.
From the radix
viewpoint, the second spouse is represented by L-10 Ashwini
Chandra in domain-7, enflamed by Rahu into famous (L-10)
high-permission (Rahu) dominant-male (Kuja) entitlement (Simha/11).
Rahu
is aggressive, foreign, hot, dark, and extremely selfish.
Third union
Mrs. Kennedy-Onassis' third relationship was not a legal marriage, but it may
have been a quite satisfactory partnership spiritually, because L-9 Budha (for
third union) = lord of navamsha lagna.
As a symptom
of Shukra occupying domain-8 (hidden sexuality) and neechha in
navamsha (intelligent but immoral women), the native's continuing troubles
with "the Other Woman" followed her into the third partnership. Her final live-in companion of nearly 20 years remained married to his
first wife until the native's death.
However it is noted in the press that her companion very skillfully managed her
investment portfolios, which dramatically increased her personal fortune in the
latter part of life.
L-9 Budha in domain-10, 2nd-from-Mithuna and 11th-from-Kanya = strong &
clever financial skills of the 3rd partner.
The 3rd union is not ceremonially consecrated,
probably due to a powerful Shani drishti upon domain-9 which might
conceivably be related to some conditions imposed during receipt of
wealth from husband #2. That is speculative but the grahas do support
the speculation.
union #3 partner = 9th navamsha. Lord of 9th
navamsha = Shani.
Despite the inauspicious nature of
Soma-yuti-neechha-Shani in navamsha, there is much less problem
emotionally. Shani is not harmed by being with Chandra, only the reverse
is true. However neechha Shani has His own problems from neechha
standing, including psycho-emotional toxicity from ethnic dehumanization
or blood-hatred.
Material results of the spousal behavior are shown in
the radix. From the radix viewpoint, the third spouse is represented by
Dhanau-Shani in domain-3.
Shani is a highly stable yogakaraka graha
which gives good results after age 45 and very good after age 60.
Shani's pessimistic, constraining and delaying drishti upon domain-9 =
3rd marriage = agent for delay in ceremonial confirmation of 3rd
marriage.
Is there a pattern for double widowhood?
Yes: Rahu.
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Rahu becomes a super-maraka in domain-7 for the
first spouse, from which domain Rahu gives the effect of L-2/L-7 Kuja
AND Rahu sends drishti to Kuja, super-magnifying Kuja's already strong
maraka powers.
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Kuja owns AND aspects domain-2 = the second
husband.
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Kuja does not molest the 9th house = 3rd marriage
Is there a pattern for spouses who were overtly unfaithful to her, or
kept alliances to other women open during their unions with her?
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Yes, the neechha Shukra in 4th navamsha,
along with uccha Budha which helped her to rationalize it and stay
married by staying busy with mental transactions, communication systems,
planning events, educating her children, etc.
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Rahu-enflamed Kuja-Simha/11 = "high
testosterone" and "alpha" personality to the first two spouses, who are both extremely
energetic and sexually competitive. As the alpha slogan goes,
"If you're not the lead dog, the view never changes."
Is there an indication of lifelong emotional troubles, despite material
wealth, intelligence, fashionable beauty, and good children?
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Yes, in navamsha: see the "permanent Sade Saati"
= Moon in bondage to neechha Shani. This sorrow
was activated by gochara Rahu-Ketu at the time of her parents' divorce.
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Also, lagnesha Shukra in domain-8 (husband's
family) yuti the inauspicious L-3/L-6 Guru. Guru rises in navamsha lagna
= the native's experience as a spouse in marriage is not too happy - a
lot of conflict and business administration, not too much love
updated: 01 December 2008