Political figures

Abraham Lincoln

• b. February 12, 1809

• d. April 15, 1865

• 16th USA President = 1861-1865

• Assassinated in office

Atmakaraka = Budha

Hamsha Yoga

Malavya Yoga

• preceded by: USA Pres-15 James Buchanan

• followed by: USA Pres-17 Andrew Johnson

data from astrodatabank.com, speculative time of "sunrise"

this nativity =tentative!

Anecdotally, birth time is given as "near sunrise"

• An approximated 0800 hrs birth time would place the karakamsha in lagna = a high visibility for the personality and the physical shell; this placement is consistent with distinguished personalities, usually those who have a light to shine on contemporary affairs.

• Rural upbringing in several USA pioneer farm settlements.

• Home settlements frequently failed = L-4 Budha in 12.

• Early loss of mother L-4 Budha in 12 + via fever L-6 Surya in 12 + L-4.

• Mangala drishti to Chandra from 8 + Shani drishti to Chandra = also contributes to early loss of mother.

• karakamsha = radical lagna = appearance and personality become very famous, or notorious

• Hamsa Yoga = lagnesha Guru in Meena Lagna

the super-strong and unfortunately super-malefic L-8+ L-3 (8th from 8th) uchchamsha Meena-Shukra brings the conditions of self-destruction-and-rebirth constantly into the field of physical perception (radical lagna).

Brihaspati the ascending swakshetra L-10 + L-7 (10th from 10th) = naturally quite helpful for public visibility, career, and institutional leadership roles. However Guru cannot protect completely due to overwhelming influence of Guru's virulent enemy Shukra.

Lincoln suffered a lifetime of catastrophic change on a personal and social level yet simultaneously he rose to tremendous public recognition at a time of critical need. At the cost of his own life, Lincoln channeled the guidance of Lord Guru to lead a nation out of terrible ignorance and error (slavery).

from the highly political surya-ruled Uttaraashadha Chandra = uchchamsha Shukra the Negotiator = Yogakaraka L-5 (politics) + L-10 (governance)

Surya = Harsha Yoga+ L-6 in 12 = dissolution of accusations, dissolution of argumentative conflict into the realm of imagination and prayer

In a male nativity, uchchamsha Shukra + swakshetra Guru = the wife is delightfully pretty, wealthy and socially an asset.

• L-7 in 12 = unfavorable for private harmony

• Mary Todd Lincoln is described as an exceptionally beautiful and vivacious woman from a relatively wealthy family. Observers of the era noted her higher social status compared to Mr. Lincoln's humble pioneer background.

• Her entertaining skills are said to have been enormously valuable in advancing the career of her socially awkward husband.

• Also, Mrs. Todd Lincoln is speculated to have suffered from Borderline Personality Disorder, a disturbance of the mentality (3).

• Mrs. Lincoln is believed to have suffered "borderline personality disorder" which results in delightful socializing to outsiders and private violence to those inside the family, with a marked tendency to divide the family into flawless "good children" versus damned "bad children". As the disorder progresses, typically the husband joins the damned.

• Kuja + Rahu drishti to bhava-2 may signify verbal violence in the home

The main indicator of difficulty is however the standard problem for the Meena Male, which is that Shukra is an unfortunate ruler of 3-8.

Meena marriages = rather permanently troublesome on the interior, although if Shukra is nicely placed by Rashi the wife like Mrs. Mary Todd Lincoln could be a tremendous asset socially on the exterior of life.

Leadership

• L-10 Guru strong in lagna for Mr. Lincoln would be consistent with a native who is deeply identified with national Governance and Social responsibility of a great Nation based in philosophical (Guru) beliefs.

  • so that no matter what marital difficulties may arise, nor political schism, the native will not abandon the responsibilities of Governance.

Death

• Conditions of death = Thula-8 containing Mangala for a short life and usually death by metal weapon, sword or gunfire + amplifying Rahu; Mr. Lincoln was shot (Mangala) at a social event (Thula) in a sudden catastrophic moment that brought a belligerent civil-warring nation finally in their grief to a re-union.

• Death in a period of Rahu

Shani in bhava-9 Vrischika, with lord Mangala in 12th-from-Shani, suggest a seriously hard-working and diligent pursuit of material gain, often starting from lower social ranks (Shani) and emerging into a higher position through effort.

Father

• Much trouble through the father with Shani in 9 and Surya in 12 + L-9 Mangala in 8 + Rahu

Lincoln's father lived a harsh life carving out subsistence farms in the dense wilderness of the Indiana Territories, and he was a man of his generation, harsh and realistic in all ways.

• Shani drishti to Makara lagna and Makara Chandra would indicate young Abraham to be a very hard worker, the very icon of pioneer persistence, with every quality of Shani (roughness, thinness, darkness, perseverance, lawfulness, and sobriety) becoming exceptionally fierce and pronounced.

• Chandra in 11 receives tragic drishti of both Shani and Kuja; early loss of beloved mother

• Mr. Lincoln was said to have been deeply attached to his mother, who died when he was a young boy.

• However he also formed a successful attachment to his father's second wife. This would have been possible because stepmother = 8th -from-4th = 11th who was supportive of young Lincoln's education and adult ambitions. Her support helped him to advance from wilderness farmhand to lawyer to President of USA. Lincoln remained devoted to her.