Political figures

Barack Hussein Obama

1961 -

• 44th President of the United States of America

• USA Senator from Illinois

2008 Election predictions and observations

governance responsibilities have focused on banking crisis, distribution of wealth (Shani-Shukra) and global alliances (Guru-Shukra) .

= a leadership style strongly defined by reaching agreements through the arts of balance andcompromise

• Compare to other rulers and regulators: Makara-lagna

• Compare to other Sravana (Shravishtha) (listener) lagna

• compare to other champions who need the bright lights and applause: Krittika Chandra

• compare to other sensual, wealthy uchchamsha Vrishabha Chandra

Compare to other Rahu + Kuja nativities (warriors for unprecedented actions, caste-class mixing, crashing social boundaries):

• USA Pres-16, Abraham Lincoln [Thula]

• Princess Diana [Simha]

• Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. [Vrishabha]

• Albert Einstein [Makara]

• Jack Welch [Dhanusha]

According to M. C. Jain in The Stars and your Future (p 133), 24 Makara =the "Degree of Favor":

Symbol: three quivering arrows speeding toward a kneeling maiden, but before they reach her, they crumble to atoms against a mighty hand which suddenly descends from the heavens.

• "Denotes one who will escape three great dangers by reason of a faith which draws to him the protection of the high powers.

• The most threatening is the third danger but his faith is proof against this also.

• He will have moments of intense feelings and will not permit others to usurp his position nor rob him of the fruits of his toil.

• He is a peculiar child of destiny and not of a low place in life.

• This degree, besides being connected with God, Authority in a more or less prominent capacity, being also significant of a very considerable musical ability.."

Ans.

Jupiter is primarily a benefic by nature.

• Though he is in debilitation,

• he still retains his benefic nature and his aspect will be good though weak."

• Atmakaraka =

  • L-4+L11 Kuja in 8;

  • L-7+L-12 from Chandra

• Karakamsha =

  • 8th-from-Chandra = transformation, destruction + rebirth

  • 12th from lagna = distant lands, imagination and prayer, clandestine and enclosed activities

• compare to Shah of Iran, M Reza Pahlavi and Rev. Martin Luther King

• Neechcha Bhanga Guru

  • L-3+L-12 from radix lagna

  • L-8+L-11 from Chandra lagna

• neechcha bhanga obtains because Guru is in kendra and retrograde , while lord Shani = swakshetra.

  • Guru, the significator of "inclusiveness", becomes remarkably powerful under these circumstances.

• Thula = Obama's arudha lagna = public image = money (economy, banking, govt spending) attractive, negotiator, harmonizer, balancer (of race relations)

in bhava-8

• "Mars in Leo is eminent in its own fiery element.

  • It destroys everything unwanted in life

  • and actively seeks spiritual experiences.

• You haveelected tosacrifice material pleasurefor spiritual realization.

• This may happen through

  • denial of marital happiness,

  • absence of social associations,

  • loss of family inheritance,

  • or abandonment from one's siblings.

• You must stand completely on your own.

• Accidents, surgery, problems with the blood or diseases connected with the genito-urinary tract are the worldly trials

  • which impel you toward a higher understanding."

Kuja in bhava-8 with strength is a karaka for sudden surgeries anddeath by weapons.

• Compare to JFK, Mahatma Gandhi, and Abraham Lincoln (below).But note important differences that suggest an injury or health crisis rather than an assassination (below).

Kuja/8indicates a vital subconsciously-held past-life memory carried over from heroic but fatal fighting in battlefields of previous lives. Kuja in bhava-8 does not guarantee death by weapons at any particular time in life.

Kuja merely provides the predisposition toward that eventuality, due to the intensity of the past-life memory.

• The memory infuses one's expectations with a vivid reminder of the circumstances, and their previous result.

Degree of Kuja = 29:15 Simha

According to M. C. Jain in The Stars and your Future, (p 67) 30 Simha =the "Degree of Voyaging":

• "Denotes a changeable person loving to journey about.

• He gains much benefit from ships, shipping, and means of transit and the public.

• While on a journey, he meets his greatest happiness.

• He is generally fortunate with his friends and in all his affairs of life.

  • In adverse afflictions, it could prove to be a death degree.

  • With regards to health, it threatens the heart and back."

• in the nativities of dramatists, politicians and kings, the creative, charismatic, glamorous L-5 is nearly always well-disposed and drishti-empowered

• Shukra = auspicious and powerful Yogakaraka L-5+L-10 from radix lagna = children and career

• Shukra = lord of L-7 Chandra

• Shukra = L-1+L-6 from Chandra:

• Shukra =lord of 10th navamsha [career]

• Shukra =lord of D-10 dashamsha [career and public service]

• Shukra =lord of radix bhava-10, occupies bhava-6 -- often indicates a career (10) in service to the conflicted, upset, impoverished, and exploited (6):

compare to other with L-10 in 6:

• USA Pres-29, Warren G. Harding;

• USA Pres-32, Franklin D. Roosevelt,

• Pres of France, Charles de Gaulle,

• Jiddu Krishnamurti

• Shukra =lord of uchcha L-7 Chandra [partners and advisors]

• Shukra = lord of Arudha Lagna

• Shukra in bhava-6/Mithuna = addictions, especially those which impact the breathing (lungs, Mithuna) and speaking (throat, Mithuna) apparatus, especially diseases of the lungs (Mithuna).

• The native is famously addicted to cigarette smoking . In Mithuna, the addictive habits may be as tame as addiction to constant verbal communication. The native's talking/writing/messaging behavior is driven by constant inner argumentation. One may be a "conversation junkie."

• There may also be sexual implications, as always with Shukra, and Mithuna is the sign of sexual-conversation and intimate-narrative exchange.

• Conquesting, overdriven Krittika Chandra ruled by Surya has a deep emotional need to be the masculine hero , to be Admired .

Shukra: wife

A working-class wife with excellent communication skills

• Shukra/Mithuna/6 - met his wife (Shukra) Michele Robinson in their place of employment (6), while pursuing the work task (6) of writing (Mithuna) legal arguments. Shukra being karaka for wife, it could be surmised that Mr. Obama's wife is a skilled attorney who excels in writing legal arguments.

• Shukra represents the wife for a man, while Shani represents the husband for a woman.

• In a male nativity, Shukra in Ari Bhava signifies the wife or the beautiful love-partner (who need not be a biological woman, but who must be perceived as beautiful). The wife will hail from the underclass, working class, service class, or be associated with one's place of employment.

• The beautiful love-partner may have additional highly favorable qualities also, depending on Shukra's houses, tenants etc.

= Krittika padaa-4 Behari says, "You are much learned and an expert in various religious scriptures. Your look is frightening." Chandra-Vrishabha-5, Behari says, "With the Moon the situation is very favorable. You will have more daughters than sons; your education will be smooth, and you will obtain recognition for your learning. Subjects dealing with life and its development - chemistry, medicine, sociology, the fine arts and especially dance - will be learned easily and with proficiency."

• L-7 = moral philosophy (Surya) and clear articulation of rational thoughts.

• Very auspicious psycho-emotional connection to the mother, which supports his self-image as a Winner and Creative spirit with unconditional love

Wife (L-7)

= Foundational Emotional Relationships Relationship withmother

= uchcha L-7 Chandra in bhava-5

= emphasis on channeling of divine intelligence through emotional intuition and speculation Relationship with maternal grandmother

= 4th-from-Chandra

= Rahu + L-4+L-11 Kuja in bhava-8.

• Kuja also rules thenavamsha Moon= "the spiritual mother inside the material mother"

• L-4 = skills-based education

• L-11 = goal-setting, achievement, profitability, understanding income pathways in the marketplace

• the maternal grandmother set him on an energized, Rahu-amplified course toward goal realization based in a rigorous education and energy to continuously transform

Primary karaka for father = Surya.

• Ravi + L-8; yuti L-6 Budha.

• Makara lagna generally has trouble with the father due to Surya = L-8.

• Here Surya also receives drishti of enemy L-1+L-2 Shani and friend L-12+L-3 Guru.

Relationship with Father= 9th-from-Chandra = bhava-1 (radix lagna).

• swakshetra Shani for distance, conformity to social protocol, unswerving lawfulness, rules of hierarchical power

• VargottamshaShani is strict, disciplined, and succeeds in tough conditions by respecting the Law of the Jungle

• neechcha L-3+L-12 Guru = foreign lands, business travel, lord of the karakamsha (that for which one is best known)

• whatever the physical manifestation of relationship to father, the psychic inheritance Obama received from his father is:

  • very strong in terms of pragmatic understanding and practice of Law;

  • while weak in terms of moral ambivalence from early internationalization(neechcha Guru L-12) and over-expansive mentalization( neechcha Guru L-3)

  • The child's emotional experience of his father (9th-from-Chandra) may be entirely mentalized, as a physical relationship is replace by fantasy images (12) supported by stories and tales (3) of foreign lands (12)

• one's own Father and to one's Mother's Father

• Because the emotional relationship to one's own father can be represented by 9th-from-Soma and because 9th-from-Soma is also the father of one's mother, the child's core emotional relationshipto is actually the same.

• These men are both teachers and moral models.

• Naturally, mother chooses a male partner who is very similar in character to her own father.

Chandra Mahadasha

Mangala Mahadasha

Rahu Mahadasha

Guru Mahadasha

Shani Mahadasha

Budha Mahadasha

Ketu Mahadasha

Shukra Mahadasha

• 2008 USA Presidential campaign, highly contentious accusatory dialogue with his competitor (and later his appointed Secretary of State), Sen. Hillary Clinton

• Surya in bhava-07= reasoning power directed toward actions of negotiating, dialoging, two-party talk, contracts, agreements, striving for balance and partnership

• Surya + Budha = highly verbal, professional

• Budha in bhava-7 = karaka for an attorney, who seeks to bring adversarial parties into agreement

• As L-8, in 7th-from-mahadasha pati Guru, Surya brings hidden knowledge and privileged or secret information into the bright light of reason. Surya is very strong in Karakata lagna, for northern hemisphere births; the Sun is considered very bright in Cancer rashi. In Azlesa, Surya gets involved in other people's business, slithering into secret recesses and creating a serpentine stranglehold "embrace" upon His victims. Obama becomes very hard to get away from!

Mother

During periods ruled by Soma, if Soma has dignity, one is able to psycho-emotionally channel the full astral power of one's mother. That is, one can call upon all of her moral, emotional, social, mental, and spiritual resources (everything except the physical).

If Chandra = uchcha, the mother is a woman of strong character. The channeling will give success in domains of the bhava occupies and ruled by Chandra.

Spouse

Where Chandra is also lord of yuvati bhava, one is very much calling upon the astral resources of the spouse.

Maraka Chandra - not activated in Guru/Chandra period

The only downside to Obama's period of the uchcha L-7 is the usual implication of an empowered maraka.

However, Chandra's radix location in the angle of 5th-from-mahadasha-pati Guru will probably provide adequate protection against Chandra's inherent maraka capabilities.

5th-from is a life-affirming angle which signifies courage and divine intelligence. It rarely involves death.

• The more threatening maraka in this nativity is the natural malefic L-2 Shani.

• Lagnesha maraka VargottamshaL-2 Shani Occupies the radix lagna with dignity and strength.

The native 's Shani/Shani period starting in 2012, which is also a USA presidential election year, should be closely watched. Maraka activity in Shani/Shani is definitely empowered.

The "first hundred days" begins on 20-Jan-2009, in Obama's Guru/Chandra/Shukraperiod.

Guru/Chandra/Shukraperiod = 9-Dec-2008 until 01-Mar-2009. L-7 Chandra's emphasis on counseling, advising, and building partnershipswill get the Obama administration off to a good start. Shukra sub-sub-period, which dictates day-to-day experience, is favorable for feeling emotionally secure and delivering inspirational speeches, as Shukra is lord of Chandra, and Shukra occupies 2nd-from-Chandra (intuitive, emotionally based speech).

G uru/Chandra/Suryaperiod = 01-Mar-2008 until 25-Mar-2009 Surya in 3rd-from-Chandra strengthens administrative abilities in writing and all communications media. Surya is empowered in Karkata rashi, and Chandra is lord of Surya.

Force of personal character specifically in matters of social ethics (Ravi). Drives a positive, dynamic communication phase in which partnerships and alliances, with domestic advisers and with the leaders of other nations, are emphasized.

• 25-Mar-2009 until 28-Feb-2010 Kuja = karaka for competition, penetration, aggressive pursuit, and war. L-4+L-11:Here is the first big challenge of his administration: L-11 = marketplace economy, and L-4 = domestic homeland security.

• As radix L-4 and occupying 4th-from-Chandra, Mangala is a deeply patriotic, homeland-defending graha.

• Kuja/Simha, rashi of Ravi (Vishnu) for Divine Intelligence = one's ethical heart feels an abiding love for and willingness to fight to defend the land of one's birth. In the nativity of any individual+ L-11 rules one's gainfulness and interactions within the marketplace. For a world leader, Kuja rules the world economy.

• UttaraphalguniKuja occupies Uttaraphalguni Nakshatra , pada-1. Ruled by Aryaman, the Respectable One, who is bound to perform His duty and bear witness to moral principle.

• Uttaraphalguni is an auspicious Nakshatra for Kuja, and we can expect dutiful results from Mangala's bhukti period.

• Uttaraphalguni is associated with "Bondage (ensnaring) and other cruel deeds, construction, warlike acts, deception" [BPHS].

• However the higher calling of Uttaraphalguni is clearly "bondage to higher truth" from Surya (Aryama) which is why Uttaraphalguni, when energized, gives "the best fruits, but later on".

• 8th-from-Mahadasha patiKuja occupies 8th-from-Guru(mahadasha pati) in the rashi chart. [Kuja occupies 9th-from-Guru in the bhava chart.] At 29: 15 Simha rashi, Kuja is extremely weak in terms of warriorship but also this position is morally advanced. Kuja + Rahu in randhra bhava signifies tremendous transformative capability. Literally, this one has the power to perform surgery upon the world.

Gochara Guru will transit into rashi of Makara= 12-Dec-2008 until 01-May-2009, and again from 30-July-2009 to 19-Dec-2009 . Mr. Obama's "Guru Return" will certainly help his communication powers (Guru = L-3) and strengthen his international charisma (Guru = L-12) during his first year of office.

• For most people, the forthcoming journey of Guru into Makara rashi will have a less favorable effect, because for most people Guru is a disappointing and constrained graha when He occupies His neechcha rashi.

Neechcha Guru is associated with economic downturns and excessive permissiveness that weakens the lawful order of social relations.

• However for Mr. Obama, Guru in radix lagna obtains neechcha bhanga. (Compare to Queen Elizabeth II of U.K.) For him, the effect of Guru's one-year transit will be quite beneficial.

In Sept-2009, just as gochara Shani completesHis once-every-29.3-years transit through the rashi of Simha, Lord Shani will cross the degree of 29 Simha, in Uttaraphalguni Nakshatra , in Obama's radix bhava-8.

As L-1, transiting Shani brings strength of Obama's dutiful Shani-grounded social personality to matters of potentially catastrophic upheaval and sudden, forced changes (bhava-8)

As L-2, Shani can bring makara effects to the otherwise sheltered and gainful L-4+L-11 Atmakaraka Kuja. Kuja is also a maraka (L-7+L-12) from Chandra lagna.

• Gochara Shani brings the karma of law-abiding effort and difficulty into a hostile rashi (Simha) where the needs of thecommon people(Shani) are normally met with royal disdain (Simha). L-4 Kuja represents the rank-and-file citizenry and their profound need for physical and emotional security.

• Because Obama will enter the period of Guru/Kuja in March-2009, Shani's transit to Kuja indicates a severe challenge for him.

• He will need to enforce (Shani) cooperation from independent, highly entitled (Kuja/Simha) secret and confidential powers (bhava-8) before he really has a chance to gain their trust. He may need to use the threat of armed force (Shani/Kuja).

• Luckily, the worst of the problems will be resolved by late Sept-2009,as Shani exits Simha (phew!). Expect an economic and military crisis for Obamain the first weeks of Sept-2009, as Shani hits the exact degree of Kuja.

Mitigants

• L-8 Ravi in bhava-7 = secrets and hidden matters (8) going into long-term, alliance-building negotiations. L-6 (conflict) Budha in bhava-7 shows a predisposition to try to build alliances in conflict-intensive situations.

• Ravi/Budha in bhava-7 are excellent indicators of negotiation and arbitration skill. In 12th-from-Kuja, Ravi/Budha point to closed-door meetings and other urgent balancing activities conducted in sanctuary space.

• Kuja's lord Surya occupies 12th-from-Kuja,reducing somewhat the power of aggression, but strengthening the capability to pursue alliances and partnerships

• Furthermore, Chandra is stronger by Shad-bala than Mangala.

• Moreover, Kuja in Simha + amplifier Rahu = injury to the heart and/or spine, and transformative surgeries o correct the damage caused by injury.

• As L-4+L-11, Kuja is more likely to involve recuperation time at home (4) and continuous pro-active pursuit of one's goals in the assembly (11).

For USA President 33 JFK, his own swakshetra Kuja + lagnesha Budha in bhava-8 was a dramatic indication of death by bullet.

• Kuja in Mesha was the strongest graha by shad bala in the entire chart.

• Kuja is the most violent of the natural malefics.

• L-3+L-8 Kuja is an extreme papa-graha for Kanya lagna, and

• Kuja occupies 9th-from-Chandra, indicating violent consequences following a struggle of belief systems. Classically indicates death while performing a religious ceremony. (In this case a celebration of open political freedom.)

• Kennedy died in the last days of L-4+L-7 Guru/Guru/Rahu period, in Nov. 1963.

For Abraham Lincoln, radix Kuja was also the strongest graha by shad bala. Kuja + Rahugave a prediction of death by bullet. Lincoln's lagna was quite likely Dhanishtha, containing the rising Moon.

• Kuja, much exacerbated by Rahu, would have cast drishti upon Chandra and radix lagna. Kuja/Rahu's lord for Lincoln was uchcha Shukra -- very much empowered to express feminine (cowardly) passion.

For Mahatma Gandhi, Maraka L-2+L-7 Kuja in lagna + L-8 Shukra in lagnaalso provides a prediction of death by gunshot.

• But not until an advanced age (78) when most of his life's work had been eminently accomplished.

For Obama+ L-7 Chandra for negotiating, balancing, and alliance-building and also Lagnesha+L-2 Shani, are stronger than Kuja in Shad Bala.

House Lords (D-1 and D-9) Ranked by # of Tenants:

USA President 44 = Barack H. Obama

(a wide distribution of skills, indicating wide appeal)

Dominant lords of Career lagnas (D-1, D-9 and D-10):USA President 44, Barack H. Obama

• This weighting includes dashamsha.

• Graha which play Adominant role in the personality ANDalso own key lagnas in the D-1, D-9, and D-10will strengthen and direct the career.