The tale of a remarkable, brief, successful
opening of the "marriage window of opportunity".
Female is highly educated & artistically gifted.
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She struggles with moderate obesity (Guru/Rahu drishti to lagna & Chandra).
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She is
modestly attractive (uccha Shukra yuti Chandra),
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independent-minded
(lagnesha Budha yuti uccha Surya),
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strikingly intelligent
(Guru-Budha axis yuti Rahu-Ketu)
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has a wry sense of humor
(Budha/Ketu/uccha Surya)
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and many devoted
friends (strong house-11).
An unexpected romance!
This female had entered her late-twenties
without ever knowing a sweetheart - a rare situation for a well-born, educated
woman in her modern generation. Despite her beauty, physical obesity
had served as an effective barrier to romance. Marriage seemed unlikely.
But then...
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In Budha/Shukra period, a female
dancer (uccha Shukra) took control of the native's diet. The native's body
showed dramatic weight loss, which exposed the native's striking natural beauty
to the public (uccha Shukra, yuti Chandra, in 10).
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Rahu-Ketu
entered the axis of her Moon. The transiting nodes would remain in their
key position for only 18 months.
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While Rahu-Ketu remained in
Meena/Kanya, in female's Budha/Surya, a male friend with
Virgo navamsha was introduced. He quickly became a wonderful friend
(female uccha Surya in house-11 of friends.)
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As Budha/Surya progressed to
Budha/Chandra while Rahu-Ketu remained in Meena/Kanya, the
male friend with Virgo navamsha
became deeply attracted to female. (Male navamsha lagna matches her Moon.
He was in Rahu period)
A social surprise:
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The male was less educated; he
hailed from a different religion & lower social class (female = Shani/7).
However, these characteristics (surprisingly) posed no obstacle to her family,
who were delighted that she had found her mate.
While Rahu-Ketu remained in
Meena/Kanya,
A serendipitous marriage!
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While Rahu-Ketu remained in
Meena/Kanya, marriage ceremony was quickly arranged.
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Immediately
after the rogue transit finished, her weight came back on, and it has stayed on
ever since.
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Nevertheless their loving, fertile, and
responsible marriage has endured for decades.
The Art of Getting Along
The other remarkable thing shown in her relatively
low-conflict navamsha, is that this somewhat difficult marriage - in terms
of the class disparity between her & the spouse - has been fairly easy for
both partners.
The female is hardworking & clever. Despite the
spouse's occasional earnings shortfall, she herself can earn well for her
family. As seen in uccha Shukra/Soma in Guru's sign in house-10 - representing
the parents - her parents are wealthy artists themselves & nurturing. They contribute generously
to her family's support.
Although the spouse's habits do create some
anxiety for the female (internal D-9 lagnesha = her neecha Shani)
her enormously nurturing & accommodating nature sustains the marriage.
The native is loving & caring in a very maternal style, using her generous,
soft body to hold & heal - as seen in swakshetra Soma occupying her 7th
navamsha. There is no overt conflict or "running battle" between
the spouses. Whatever disagreement might arise is absorbed in the
forgiving, nurturing maternal embrace - or paralyzed in mothers' guilt (another
feature of Chandra-Karka!) There is no fighting.
It is true that Shani occupies the female's
kalatra bhava. Her spouse is an eccentric person who dresses shabbily
& has little upwardly mobile thrust. However, her 7th radix lord Guru is
11th-from-kalatrasthana which indicates the spouse is a gainful person; & his
gainfulness is magnified by Rahu.
Furthermore Guru's dispositor uccha
Shukra is very auspicious yuti her Moon, in kendra. They are both working,
productive, professional artists & she is deeply supportive of his need to
earn from his art.
In general this is an exemplary modern,
educated marriage between "cultural creatives". The stability of their
union, represented by an (almost) completely conflict-free navamsha axis,
provides emotional safe harbor for two highly creative individuals who are
also parents and professional artists/teachers.
Both parties have Shani/7 radix, which gives
both partners a loyal and traditional approach to modern marriage.
Psycho-emotional matches: along three axes
provide good support.
This couple are creative artists who permit each
other a wide range of independent function but they also enjoy family life
together.
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Her radix Moon axis matches his navamsha
lagna [Kanya/Meena]
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His radix Moon axis matches her navamsha
nodes and her radix lagna [Mithuna/Dhanau]
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Her navamsha lagna matches his navamsha
nodes and his navamsha Moon (interpersonal support)
[Simha/Kumbha]
updated: 26 August 2008