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 Politics
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George Walker Bush
1946 -
preceded
by: Bill Clinton
succeeded by: Barack
Obama
Rising Degree of the Navamsha Lagna =
09
Vrischika (Scorpio) = Service to Others
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According to M.C. Jain in The Stars and
your Future, (p 97) 09 Vrischika = the "Degree of
Antiqueness":
"Denotes one to whom ancient lore, poetry, and
life strongly appeal, and whose soul goes back to those old days, often
in thought, often in sleep.
But his nature is more positive than negative, and he
can exhibit an aggressive or warlike front.
He would do well to yield to his artistic nature and
not allow the rustling of the wind to disturb his higher dreams.
Let him let war rest like the old ship of the Greeks
in the Symbol, for the cruel days of war are passing."
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Public Illusion
For a highly placed public figure in the
modern age, whose effectiveness is determined less by their true character and
actions and more the public's perception of their character and actions, the
career should be read first and foremost from Arudha
lagna.
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P.
V. R.
Narasimha Rao writing at www.vedicastrologer.org
says:
"... Parashara and Jaimini taught
that the 11th and 12th houses from AL show financial gains and
expenditures."
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GAIN: G.W.'s AL = Vrischika,
domain-5. 11th-from-AL = Kanya, with expansive Chandra + Guru
= perceived Gainfulness. Bush is perceived as the scion of one of the
historically wealthiest families in USA. Family holdings of land and
mineral rights date back to the late 1800's, and contemporary wealth
includes deep investment in international banking.
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LOSS: G.W.'s AL = Vrischika,
domain-5. 12th-from-AL = Thula, unoccupied, Lord Shukra + Shani + Budha.
Losses would appear to be minimal, controlled by Shani.
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Rao says,
"Natural malefics in the
3rd and 6th houses from AL show someone who is perceived as a bold
person who hits enemies hard.
Since such impressions are usually
formed about materially successful people, malefics in the 3rd and 6th
from AL make one bold and materially successful."
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G.W.'s AL = Vrischika, domain-5.
3rd-from-AL = Makara, domain-7, unoccupied, Lord Shani in lagna + Shukra
+ Budha. Shani signifies restraint, Budha = talk not action, Shukra =
sweet relationships. G.W.'s greatest weakness as President was
considered to be his inability to accept negative information
from his team (3) of advisors. Thus his administrative effectiveness (3)
was severely compromised through psychological denial (Shani) and
insistence on sweet (Shukra) news (Budha) only.
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6th-from-AL = Mesha, domain-10.
Unoccupied, Lord Kuja = strong in domain-2 = death and wealth. G.W.'s
boldness is perceived to be strategic, only used when it can increase
his family wealth or protect the wealth of those who share his
own values and interests. In general, G.W.'s boldness was considered
insufficient, inconsistent, and ineffective. (His popularity ratings
toward the end of his final term of office were amongst the lowest of
any US President in history.)
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Rao says,
"The 10th house from
lagna in D-10 shows one's true conduct in society. It shows one's career
and the true nature of one's karma (work).
The 10th house from AL in D-10
shows perceptions about one's
conduct in society. It deals more with one's
status in career.""
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G.W.'s 10th-from-AL-within-D-10
= Makara, containing the neechcha Guru + the uchcha Kuja. So, a
"mixed bag". The career is clearly of an extremely prestigious
nature, e.g., President of the USA at a time when USA was the dominant
nation-state in the global political network. Bush was able to conduct
matters of office with competitive, corporate savvy. He always looked
distinguished and was treated with respect in all venues (except perhaps
toward the end in summer 2008, when someone threw a shoe at him!)
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Indeed toward the end, as
gochara Guru returned to Makara in 2008, G.W.'s public respect
levels dropped, and his career ended not exactly in disgrace but
certainly in a national mood of disappointment in the quality of his
performance, and disrespect for his weakness in mismanaging both
domestic and international affairs (leading to economic depression and
an unethical, wildly expensive war).
Attitude toward Marriage
Vrischika = navamsha lagna = marriage
is a deeply confidential, almost secret relationship between the two
partners.
The native's behavior in marriage =
Kuja/Simha/2. The native is ethical in marriage and powerfully directed by
the royal identity of his family of origin.
Shukra and Shani are exceptionally
strong in lagna; and Shani does very well in Pushya nakshatra esp in a
kendra. The determining factor in G.W. Bush's ability to remain abstinent
from alcohol is reputed to be his steady and sober wife Laura Bush.
Both Shani and Shukra gain great power
during Bush's Shani mahadasha. Furthermore when the L-7 occupies lagna,
the native will always derive a strong social identity from the marriage
partner. She is his rock, quite literally.
Prominent Features of
the Nativity
Behari says: "Your mind will remain an enigma to the world and your personality can only be gauged by what you accomplish. You will have no friends to call your own, and your life will be very austere. Your movements will also be very restricted."
Shani in Pushya Lagna:
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"A respected and honorable person,
clean and wholesome in thought and deed; has a very observing nature; prefers
solitude.
Usually, has a very
responsible position, possibly in some official
capacity".
-- Shil-Ponde. (1939). Hindu
Astrology Joytisha-Shastra. p 123.
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[Shukra in lagna] "A benefic in Lagna will give a pleasing appearance, while a malefic will make one bereft of good appearance. "
~~ BPHS Chapter
12, shloka 4
Prominent features of
the nativity:
G.W.'s chart is a classic study of successful political
career:
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Pushya
nakshatra in radix lagna is a very fortunate and dignified nakshatra
granting high rank in large organizations and a natural inclination toward piety,
the outward expression religious morality
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Anuradha
nakshatra on navamsha lagna gives intuitive abilities to make contracts,
alliances, and treaties. G.W. is a born deal-maker, which innate ability
(navamsha shows innate abilities) has surely served him well in a lifetime of
political negotiations.
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Sun-Moon rule a spectacular total of eleven
graha/lagna in radix and navamsha
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Lord of Surya/Chandra = Budha in lagna
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patriotic power of country-loving Karkata
lagna (cf. Al Gore, Jr., Indira Gandhi )
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L-4 Shukra rising = publicly
identified with Love of Country
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warlike & honorable speech of
yogakaraka Mars in the second house
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parivartamsha
yoga between
patriotic lagnesha Chandra and L-3
for media-communications Budha.
Kala Sarpa Yoga
Public-service marker Kala-Sarpa
yoga requires one to sacrifice one's own personal tastes in order to
respond to the wishes of the tribe, the family, the village, or the
polity.
Compare to other famous Kala-Sarpa
leaders.
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Margaret
Thatcher = classic Kala-Sarpa Yoga radix, all planets hemmed in
between Rahu & Ketu.
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Nelson
Mandela = "modified" Kala-Sarpa Yoga radix, all
planets hemmed in between Ketu & Rahu.
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Benito
Mussolini = "modified" Kala-Sarpa Yoga radix, all planets hemmed in
between Ketu & Rahu.
Compare to other Karkata
lagna leaders:
Pushya
nakshatra lagna:
Kala-Sarpa & Rahu
Compare the Kala-sarpa Rahu position of Benito
Mussolini, who was beholden to the aesthetes & ideologues in his
political party (Thula) but dominantly beholden to himself.
Compare the Kala-sarpa Rahu position
of Margaret Thatcher who similar to
G. W. has Rahu/11 showing she is most beholden to established wealth, especially
in her case marine interests like shipping & oil drilling.
Compare Mussolini to Fidel
Castro for similar effect of Rahu in lagna (but not kala-sarpa yoga)
giving
the cult of personality. Castro & Mussolini not only symbolizing 'eternal
revolution' (Rahu) through the icon of themselves, but also personally
accruing much of the gross national product :)
Like Al
Gore, his opponent in the bitter 2000 USA Presidential election, G. W. Bush has a strong and complex personality.
Lords of 3, 4,
7, 8, 11, & 12 occupy the lagna! And look at the heavy
traffic around that Moon in navamsha! (Chandra with Mars, Saturn, Jupiter,
and Rahu in Leo navamsha.) He needs a national stage to
act out his personal drama.
Other good news is that G.W. is in no danger of being assassinated
while USA president. His vimshottari dasha for 2001-2008 excludes bhukti of
either 2nd or
7th lords, and unlike other public figures who are in the line of fire, there is
no rising kharesha (cf. Indira Gandhi).
D-10 - Dashamsha
= remarkably powerful.
The dashamsha confirms & elaborates
features already present in radix & navamsha charts.
Radix lagnesha Chandra has become a very
highly empowered graha via parivartana yoga with Budha. When good things
happen to Chandra, good things also happen to Chandra's rashi. Any of
G.W.'s vargas in which Karka is rising will do well because of the blessings
attending to Chandra in radix.
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Neechcha bhanga Shani in the nodal axis, in the tenth D-10.
(receiving neechha banga due to kendra position with dispositor
Mars exalted.)
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Kuja, the yogakaraka radix 10th lord,
is exalted, very favorable for business and government careers, giving high
levels of achievement.
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Kuja is Karma Lord in both D-1 and
D-10. AND Kuja occupies 10th-from-10th in dashamsha - confirming GW's
world-leader status.
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Shani/Kuja are in mutual aspect
and parivartamsha, which tremendously
strengthens Shani's naturally shy, publicity-shunning tendencies - but
also amplifies the power of Ketu-Rahu. (Note
Kala-sarpa yoga in radix.)
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Fallen Shani yuti Ketu also reveals how
unforeseen (Ketu) mass-death (Shani) disasters (Shani+Ketu) with racial tension
(neechha Shani, blood hatred) have marked his presidency.
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Kuja is also the dashamsha L-5 for intelligence. Kuja's aspect upon D-10's
karmaasthana shows that G.W.
exhibits intelligence in his leadership style, makes intelligent choices in
public policy etc. He has been consistently "lucky" in public office, very
much the effect of a strong career L-5!
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However, both the intelligence & the
true excellence of this remarkable Kuja are somewhat tarnished by its
proximity to fallen Guru.
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Kuja does occupy the superior
degree of Makara, reducing Guru's negative influence somewhat. Fallen
planets are also weak by nature.
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The negative influence from fallen
Guru creates some tainted partnerships in the leadership arena, due to L6
for enemies occupying the 7th house of advisors. There is a need to form
alliances with those who are hostile to him. Note L6-Guru is also yuti
lagnesha in radix, . (Varga charts must confirm existing D-1/D-9
traits.)
It is probably true that GW Bush is
ambivalent about his extraordinary power as a world leader. He is a man of the
people (Shani in lagna); not a natural elitist like his Magha father GHW
Bush. Yet the karakamsha = dharma bhava; #43 was born into a priestly
lineage, and he had a destiny to fulfill. It is well-known that the foundation for GW's
success is the ancestral power and position of his wealthy father and grandfather
(Guru = L-9 in
radix) and their political backers.
Vimshottari Dasha Narrative:
Mahadasha of L-6/L-9 Guru, age 24-40
Guru = L-1/L-4 from Chandra
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Guru and Budha are mutually
unfriendly graha. Guru's breadth of perspective and characteristic
inclusiveness is contradicted and minimized by Budha's fixation on small
conversational details.
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Therefore Guru is naturally weak in
Kanya rashi. Yet lord Budha is strong in lagna. Budha becomes
double-strong from the parivartamsha with lagnesha Chandra. Guru
benefits from the acquired strength of his lord Budha and also Guru
benefits from Brihaspati's intimate relationship with lagnesha Chandra.
Therefore emotionally it could be expected that things would in general
go well, with some glitches during periods of graha who occupy difficult
angles vis-à-vis Guru.
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In Bush's case there are only two
disadvantageous angles from Guru: Ketu and Kuja. Therefore except for
the Guru/Ketu and Guru/Kuja periods, it should have been a fine time in
his life. Generally speaking, for a young man age 25-40, Bush had
everything needed: wife, family, business opportunities, and
money.
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General pattern of the Guru mahadasha
included both the L-6 effects (alcoholism and business debt) as
well as blessings of L-9 = powerful connections to the world
created by his father. Guru is naturally also the karaka for religion
and children.
Guru/Budha
Guru/Surya
Guru/Rahu period age 40
Mahadasha of L-7/L-8 Shani
As
G. W. entered his 40th decade, mahadasha of his amazing Shani began.
G. W. was elected governor of Texas in Nov.1994
Shani/Shukra; and re-elected
governor in 1998 Shani/Chandra.
Parivartamsha yoga
of Budha + lagnesha Chandra creates a very favorable "public relations" impression of
parochialism and patriotism (Chandra) along with a homelike verbal charm
(Budha)
G. W. comes from a wealthy
east-coast family which has substantial business interests in Texas but their
cultural homeland is the blue-blood estate world of New England.
G. W. like all
the Bush children was born in Connecticut. Nevertheless G. W. married a native
Texan wife and was a highly popular governor perceived to be a native son.
Shani/Rahu period
As ballots were being counted for the 2000 USA presidential election, GW
entered
Shani/Rahu period while
Rahu/Ketu transited Mithuna/Dhanus.
Not a dangerous nodal axis for GW,
but considering Shani's engagement with Ketu-Rahu in dashamsha, the election
would be highly irregular and resolved only by a supreme court decision - in
his favor, of course, since the nodes really were in a non-dangerous place at
the time, and GW's Shani is very strong!
Elected with very limited popular support yet an obvious
mandate from America's super-wealthy "overclass", G.W. appeared to face poor
political prospects as the leader of a democratic country with a huge middle class.
True to Rahu, the Sept-11 crisis soon occurred which temporarily
erased internal American class divisions and bonded all peoples against a
common enemy. GW's approval ratings went sky-high.
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Rahu
occupies the gainful 11th-from-mahadasha Shani, a predictor that the outcome of
Shani/Rahu period must be gainful.
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Taurus Rahu has massive strength for
business & political connections.
In the
lives of those lacking Kala Sarpa yoga,
Saturn/Rahu is normally a very difficult life period which can plunge the
individual into suicidal despair .
However in a time of national
frustration (with a fraudulent election) GW relied on his family's huge
financial power base. Shortly afterward, in a period of national
desperation and fear G.W. hit the political jackpot,
turning crisis of
"Sept-11" World Trade Center terrorist bombing into a strong
political base.
His popular approval ratings rose extremely high during
the two years following the crisis, making his Shani/Rahu period an era of
astounding political success!
Yogakaraka Mars benefits House of
Speech
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One of the best political features of "GW"'s radix chart is
yogakaraka Mangala occupying house-2, domain of speech and wealth.
Not only does this position (and other wealth indicators) guarantee him a
lifetime of extraordinary material prosperity, it makes his speech extremely
successful politically.
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While the younger Bush is often criticized by
intellectuals for his halting, contradictory, and seemingly uneducated speech,
Bush's verbal emanations are popularly perceived as honest and believable by the
American majority.
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Citizens may perceive him as lacking knowledge but he
is nevertheless held to be personally honest - a huge factor in American
political success! (Compare to Jimmy Carter,
with the unfortunate L-6 Guru in his 2nd house of speech. Carter was
perceived as unpersuasive at best; at worst, unclear or adversarial.)
Prediction:
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GW's almost untouchable political career has been somewhat on autopilot for the entire duration of his incredibly
strong Shani. Shani is neechcha
banga within dashamsha, suggesting that bad events will help his career.
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Certainly the tragedy of 9/11 created a
deep public need for trust in the national leader, and G.W.'s leadership style
seemed to achieve that trust.
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The glaring incompetence shown by political
appointees at FEMA re: Hurricane Katrina became an "issue" rather
than a "scandal". People seem to want to believe in him, regardless
of the facts. (Power of the parivartamsha Budha/Chandra!)
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Expect the career to start shifting into
administrative paralysis (L-3 Budha with Shani) and loss of public identity
(end of term of office, Budha = L-12 for retirement) along with loss of
national dignity from fruitless engagements in foreign lands (L-12 Budha loss
with L-10 Shukra for national dignity).
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G.W.'s powerful Shani mahadasha shifts into Budha mahadaha, in spring 2006. However
the parivartamsha will carry him through the end of his second term with no
major scandals except increasing dissolution of identity due to effects of
the L-3/L-12 Budha.
Shani mahadhasa progressing into Budha
mahadasha: 3.5 yr gear-shift
Dasha
sandhi i.e. the gear-shift era between two periods, becomes a major
factor in the transition between two long-lasting mahadashas.
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Shani
mahadasha = 16 years and Bush's incoming Budha mahadasha = 17
years.
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The "sandhi" [sambandhi] or "fusion" period
= 10% of Shani's period + 10% of Budha's period = approx. 3.3 years. So,
we won't see the full "shift into Budha characteristics for 3.3+ years
into the Budha mahadasha - by which time he'll be out of office.
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Expect to see a slow emergence of L-3/L-12
radix behaviors, such as foreign travel (L-12) and a sharper focus on
team-building (L-3) and public relations. Bush is not popular with the
liberal press - watch him start to reach out in a marketing/PR (L-3) campaign
to try to replace his buffoon image (L-12) with an image of an optimistic guy
who is more self-aware than you think (Moon/Guru). L-3/L-12 Budha is all about
PR and subconsciously perceived images.
Career no longer Shani-supported
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Also, expect the career itself to take a
dive because Budha is nowhere near the career powerhouse that Shani was. Budha
is still believable and Bush still feels like "family" (chandra) to
much of middle America, but the L-12 factor of a foreign war is dissolving his
support base.
Budha rules no kendras
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Budha doesn't rule kendras in either D-1,
or D-9, or in the all-important D-10. Budha is Rahu's lord in D-9, so
the gainfulness continues. He is making money while all this political
thing is going on, be sure of it. But Budha is not a strong career
factor at all. To keep his career afloat during the last 2 lame duck
years, either Bush the man gets a much better team - which he hasn't needed to
do intentionally for 19 years because the entrenched privilege system (Shani)
has supported him - or he loses credibility.
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Crisis has become opportunity
(Shani/Mesha/D-10) on many occasions. Unfortunately in Budha mahadasha,
crisis is just crisis.
Budha's houses and tenants
Budha "wakes up" quite a few
planetgrahas during Budha mahadasha. Budha's radix tenants are Guru,
Chandra, and Surya - a positive, self-validating group of grahas that all like
to talk.
Navamsha Budha give also the result of
radix Guru, and Dashamsha Budha gives the result of radix Surya.
So we look most closely at Guru and Surya
to predict the career direction during Budha mahadasha.
Inner advising relationships from D-9
The psycho-spiritual effect which most
motivates the inner circle of relationships including spouse and core advisors
is seen in navamsha, manifesting materially through Bush's radix L-6/L-9
Guru
L-6/L-9 Guru gives a mix of animosity
toward Bush through expansion (Guru) of 6th-house matters like war and
debt, along with some excellent fortune including divine protection
& spiritual fellowship, coming through Guru as L-9.
He's going to get some good advice via
L-9 (to learn more about world religions) and some bad advice via L-6 (to
expand the Iraq War).
He will act on both, because lagnesha
Chandra which his ability to commit himself emotionally, is optimistic
(being with Guru).
I don't think he'll completely lose
credibility because his PR team will go into action (find them in his
house-3). They believe in him (Chandra/lagnesha/3) and they have
abundant media resources at their disposal (Guru/3). Despite both Guru and
Chandra not performing well in Kanya rashi, Bush basically believes in
himself... he will not have a crisis of self-doubt thus he will continue to be
able to lead, albeit with a busier, chattier, more globe-trotting team.
Kala-sarpa yoga predicts a fall at the pinnacle of success.
So
far Shani mahadasha has been amazingly strong, weathering all crises with
integrity and control.
However, Budha because lacks strength in
D-9 and D-10, after spring 2006 public confidence in his administration will
dip.
At onset of Budha mahadasha in spring 2006, Rahu-Ketu will
return to navamsha axis whilst Budha is radix L-12 suggesting a significant
loss to his personal dignity during spring-autumn 2006. But this Rahu-Ketu
transit is finished in Oct-2006, and he'll get out of denial about then...
realizing he has an image problem and getting savvy about fixing it.
For a nodal guy like kala-sarpa Bush, the
nodes Rahu-Ketu play a bigger role in his life than most. The general
profile of kala-sarpa yoga is a person who, despite partaking of life's many
pleasures, is still prone to sacrifice themself for a higher goal.
Kala-sarpa people sometimes manifest as matriarchs of large families who
promote the family, profiting somewhat personally but having to give up
individual goals in order to promote the whole. JFK Sr. is another
example of Kala Sarpa Yoga. His pleasure-taking is legendary, but he
clearly made the ultimate sacrifice.
G.W. Bush has that sacrificial yoga, but
Budha does not per se trigger it. Budha/Kuja period which stimulates
radix house-10 and radix Ketu, may be dangerous - but he will be out of office
by then.
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House
Lords (D-1 and D-9) Ranked by # of
Tenants:
USA Pres 43,
George Walker Bush
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The Seven rashi-owning graha |
Extra credit for being D-1 or D-9:
- lagnesha
- lord of Chandra
- lord of Arudha lagna |
# of planets in His rashi, in radix (including
Rahu/Ketu) |
# of graha in His rashi, in navamsha
(including Rahu/Ketu) |
Total |
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Sun
- Moon
L-1/L-2 |
2
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4 |
5 |
11 |
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Mars |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
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Mercury |
1 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
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Jupiter |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
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Venus |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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Saturn |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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totals |
5 |
9 |
9 |
23
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Career profile: George Walker Bush
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This weighting includes dashamsha.
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Grahas which play a dominant role
in the personality AND also own key lagnas in the D-1, D-9, and
D-10 will strengthen and direct the career.
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(If the strong personality grahas do
not show up in the career lagnas, the career will be modest.)
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Primary career lagnas |
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1
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Lord of the Navamsha
of Radix L-10 - see how He
behaves in radix |
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2
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Lord of the Dashamsha
of Radix L-10 - see how He
behaves in radix |
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3
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Lord of 10th Navamsha
- see how He
behaves in radix |
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4
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Lord of 10th Dashamsha
- see how He
behaves in radix |
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5 |
Lord
of Dashamsha lagna (ascendant) |
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Secondary career lagnas |
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6
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Lord of
radix Karmaa Bhava |
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7
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Grahas which occupy Karmaa Bhava |
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8
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Lord of Yuvati bhava
(10th-from-10th) |
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9
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Lord of 10th-from-Chandra |
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10
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Lord of Surya |
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A little 2006 political humor:
Dear Friends and Relatives:
I have the distinguished honor of being on the committee to raise
$5,000,000 for a monument of George W. Bush. We originally wanted to put him
on Mt. Rushmore until we discovered there was not enough room for two more
faces.
We then decided to erect a statue of George in the Washington, D. C.
Hall Of Fame. We were in a quandary as to where the statue should be placed.
It was not proper to place it beside the statue of George Washington, who
never told a lie, or beside Richard Nixon, who never told the truth, since
George W. could never tell the difference.
We finally decided to place it beside Christopher Columbus, the
greatest Republican of them all. He left not knowing where he was going, and
when he got there he did not know where he was. He returned not knowing
where he had been, and did it all on someone else's money.
Thank you,
George W. Bush Monument Committee
"The 23rd Qualm"
"Bush is my shepherd; I dwell in want.
"He maketh logs to be cut down in national forests.
"He leadeth trucks into the still wilderness. He restoreth my fears.
"He leadeth me in the paths of international disgrace for his ego's
sake.
"Yea, though I walk through the valley of pollution and war, I will
find no exit, for thou art in office.
"Thy tax cuts for the rich and thy media control, they discomfort
me.
"Thou preparest an agenda of deception in the presence of thy
religion.
"Thou annointest my head with foreign oil. My health insurance
runneth out.
"Surely megalomania and false patriotism shall follow me all the
days of thy term,
"And my jobless child shall dwell in my basement forever."
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file update:
04-Jul-2010