Politics 33

Napoleon Bonaparte

1769-1821

• Emperor of the French

• King of Italy

• Mediator of the Swiss Confederation

• Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine

Died in captivity on the remote South Atlantic island of St. Helena, 5 May 1821 (aged 51)

• Gem Recommendation for Simha lagna Makara Chandra
  
• Shukra = "double-L-10" for leadership

This nativity should be considered tentative.

• The placement of the atmakaraka is D-1 and D-9 is problematic.
• Napoleon was notoriously short-statured and this should coordinate with a Shani drishti upon lagna or Chandra.

Astrodatabank.com gives:

Name	Bonaparte, Napoleon I Gender: M
Birth name	Bonaparte, Louis Napoleon
born on	15 August 1769 at 11:30 (= 11:30 AM )
Place	Ajaccio, Corsica, 41n46, 8e48
Time zone	LMT m8e48 (is local mean time)
Data source	From memory Rodden Rating A

Compare to other Simha-lagna Leaders:

1. USA V.P. 2000-2008, Richard "Dick" Cheney (Magha)

2. Paramahamsa Yogananda (Magha)

3. USA Pres 30, Calvin Coolidge (Magha)

4. USA Pres 37 Richard Nixon (Purvaphalguni)

5. USA Pres 41 G. H.W. Bush "Sr."  (Purvaphalguni)

6. Elizabeth I, queen of England (1533) (Purvaphalguni)

7. USA Pres 36, Lyndon B. Johnson (Simha Chandra)

8. USA Sen Edward "Ted" Kennedy - Simha Chandra

Distinctive Features of the Nativity

• Shukra + Ketu in 6th-from-Chandra = trouble through long separations from female partners and emotional disengagement from marriage vow

Raja Yoga

• drishti of yogakaraka L-4/L-9 Mangala AND L-5 Guru upon Yuvati bhava (Kumbha) = alliances

Parivartamsha of the L-12 Chandra + L-6/L-7 Shani

Viparita Raja Yoga = L-6 Shani in 12 (Harsha) ; L-12 Chandra in 6 (Vimala)

• Combining a parivartamsha yoga of two dusthamsha lords with a Viparita Raja yoga does not normally yield a true Viparita Raja Yoga results result because the dusthamsha lords are not weakened as they should be for  VRY to work properly.

• One may have some good opportunities to capitalize on the weaknesses or misfortunes of others during periods of the L-6 or the L-12, but there will still be plenty of inimical energy in life, and foreign lands will continue to provide endless troubles.

Arudha of Karma Bhava - "Karmaa Pada"

public imagery or associations = Meena domain-8, unoccupied (sudden, forced, catastrophic changes; cycle of birth and death; emergencies)

• It appears that the historians admire Napoleon much more than the people of Napoleon's own day. 10th-from-L-10 Shukra = Karma Pada = Meena. 

• The public illusion - Arudha  = Randhra bhava Domain-8 is associated with magical and shamanistic, tantric transformations. Yet to the common people, 8 is a fearful house of sudden upheavals, the threat of death, and unwanted identity change. 

• Lord of Karma bhava, Guru, is weak in enemy Shukra's rashi and also weak in Budha's natural house of administration and publications. Napoleon spent most of his time away from France, waging tremendous battles in order to create an Empire. After a short time, the Empire failed - ruining the livelihoods of many citizens. His administrative organization was overconfident of dramatic success and widely criticized domestically for being ineffective and weak. 

• Guru, lord of Karma Pada, casts drishti upon L-10 Shukra, which is a strengthening factor - yet Shukra + Ketu suggests a slightly beautiful "blank screen" upon which the public is free to project its fantasy. An aura of unreality would have surrounded the self-appointed Emperor, at least in his own day.

Drishti to the double-L-10, Shukra

• Shukra + Ketu, shape-shifting of public leadership identity, available to receive the projection of the public's great-leader glamour fantasies

• Rahu drishti to L-10 Shukra

• L-5/L-8 Guru drishti to L-10 Shukra

• Lord of karma pada (arudha of karma bhava) = Guru = casts drishti upon karma pada, increases the "expansion" associations of the illusory karma pada

• Also a Mangala (fighting) drishti to karma pada, public illusion = combat, competition

• Guru, lord of karma pada-illusion, occupies 10th-from-Chandra = Napoleon caught in the public illusion of his own glory

Graha in navamsha lagna suggest an extremely strong personality, a great warrior, a superior military general, an exceptionally successful competitor.

The native is nearly always at war. Mangala in lagna with swakshetra Surya gives a powerful Kuja Dosha that is slightly easier when the native is away from home, but overall the marriage bond is unsustainable.

Yet, Lord of the 10th navamsha Shani = L-6 in the radix, suggesting chronic institutional conflict in the homeland and his own engagement in constant struggle with his own enemies. 

This man certainly had foreign enemies. Most of his enemies were foreigners, due to L-12 Chandra in 6! Countrymen associates (from Corsica) were few in number. 

Shani + Chandra are both enormously strengthened in parivartamsha, and (via parivartamsha) Shani/6 normally gives the person enough stamina to OUTLAST one's enemies. For a better part of his life, Napoleon Bonaparte did outlast his enemies.  Yet he had private sickness (L-12 Chandra in 6) which ultimately killed him when he was in exile (12).

L-12 Chandra= a trouble-maker despite his parivartamsha strength acquired from exchange of rashi as well as mutual aspect with Shani. Chandra overworks the mother and gives an emotional proclivity to disregard the marriage vow. Women in general are troublesome.

Guru/Budha period

In 1811, during his Guru-Budha period,  despite the fact that he loved his first wife Josephine, Napoleon was forced to remarry in order to have children (Guru). Napoleon's love for Josephine is well documented in his existing love-letters to her. Yet Josephine was unable to conceive an heir for him - a breakdown-of-contract fact which must have caused feelings of severe emotional distress and disappointment.  

The records indicate that Napoleon had no personal attraction to his second wife and he publicly stated that he had been forced to "marry a womb".  Josephine granted the divorce without resistance (Shukra + ketu).  

Budha =  L-6 from Chandra (emotional distress and due to Ketu there, also emotional disorientation)   Budha = L-2 for second marriage. And Budha = L-6 navamsha. Budha periods are therefore very stressful times in the world of emotional relationships for the Emperor Napoleon!

Due to Shukra + Ketu in Budha's house Mithuna 6th-from-Makara-Chandra, during periods of Budha, Napoleon would have experienced considerable emotional distress from marriage, women, and legal arguments (Budha). Through his incarnation, wives, harmonious partnerships, and the role of women in achieving his goals (Shukra in 11) were all rather emotionally distressing and irregular experiences for him - then periods of Budha would make this background theme quite acute.

file update: 19-Jun-2010

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