12 Bhava from Simha lagna

woodcut from Liber Astronomiae by Fra. Guido Bonatti, c. 1300

Simha = Leo in Radix Lagna - Bhava 1

Magha

• Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte

• Dale Earnhardt

• Paramahamsa Yogananda

• USA-VP, 2000-2008, Richard "Dick" Cheney

Purvaphalguni

• Elizabeth I , queen of England

• PM-India, Rajiv Gandhi

• [Chandra] USA Pres-36, Lyndon B. Johnson

• USA Pres-37, Richard Nixon

• USA Pres-41, George H. W. Bush

• USA Pres-30, Calvin Coolidge

• Mrs. Betty Ford

• Madonna

• JFK, Jr.

• Rue McClanahan

Uttaraphalguni

• Steve Jobs

• Nicolas Sarkosy

• Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer

• Tom Hanks

• Nicole Kidman

• Florence Nightingale

• Brooke Shields

• Britney Jean Spears

Lagnesha Surya -Sun:the Soul-Self rules a natural house = swabhava of great friend Kuja bhava-1 signifies personal competition for social validation through a winning combination of physical behaviors and traits.

The Simha native seeks to develop the physical personality identity through association with royal figures, politicians, persons of high intelligence and creative genius, games and entertainments, and high entitlements of every kind.

• The social personality has an inherent affinity for bright, hot light; highest mountains; speculative winnings, theatrical performance, one's own children.

• the native is particularly influenced by the presence of the Divine in human life.

• This presence need not be articulated, but the Simha native is always aware of the godlike nature of human beings.

Simha natives are generally bold and confident, dominating and self-centered, regal and radiant. Surya rules only one domain in the nativity, which gives Simha (and Karkata) natives a singularly focused intensity of personality. They strive to maintain a competitively confidentpersonality and regalphysical appearance.

Physical appearance depends on the condition of D-1/D-9 Simha including rashi, bhava, companion Graha, drishti, etc.

Generally, Simha-lagna shows a pittaOr slightly reddish cast to the complexion, a subtle golden glow, relative to the gene pool. (at a more subtle astrally based but physically perceptible level, Soma's rashi and characteristics also influence the coloring.)

Psychically, Simha lagna projects an aura of intense confidence and dynamic life force. Unless Surya is damaged, Hari-lagnahave a bright and riveting physical countenancewhich magnetically attracts attention.

Many celebrities and performance artists, models, dancers,and others who make their living with and through the glamorous appearance of their physical bodies have Simha rising along with Ravi well disposed.

Simha: Rulership via Divine Right

• Simha natives can project a distinctive leadership personality aura which emanates from one's sensed entitlement via Divine Right.

• If Simha lagna = Magha, one rules autocratically by divine fiat with little concern for the needs or opinions of others. (Dick Cheney, Napoleon Bonaparte, Henry Ford.)

The domain occupied by lagnesha Surya will predict the style and location of adult manifestation of Simha's creative, domineering life force. "You do what you gotta do."

• Richard Nixon; Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer; Paramahamsa Yogananda= lagnesha Surya/Dhanusha in bhava-5 = politics, genius, travel, and humanistic confidence

• Steve Jobs lagnesha Surya/Kumbha in bhava-7 = business partnership networks

• JFK, Jr. - lagnesha Surya in bhava-4=schooling, patriotism, owned properties and vehicles, childhood home (had he lived longer, probably would have become a real-estate tycoon)

• Nicolas Sarkozy =Ravi in bhava-6, social class conflict and divorce

Marriage:

In order to carry out the mandate of a Shani-ruled yuvati bhava, Simha lagna will typically marry a Kumbha-profile spouse who is elder, senior, more experienced, pragmatic, materialistic, and socially well-networked.

• N. Bonaparte - Josephine = 8 years his elder, famous social networker in Paris (Josephine knew "everyone", 1795)

• Richard Nixon - Mrs. Pat Nixon = a year older than her husband, intrepid fundraiser [Kumbha] and networker, notably conservative in beliefs and personal conduct

• GHW Bush-41 - Barbara Bush = not chronologically his elder but her conservative traits, social networking skills, and remarkably elderly appearancemark Mrs. Bush as a suitable spouse for the politically ambitious Simha lagna male

• S. Jobs' second, long-term marriage to a younger spouse is more famous than his first, un-avowed, marriage-via-childbirth. The mother of his first child who by Jyotisha standards constitutes his first spouse was not elder but was associated with progressive social change movements which is another attribute of Kumbha. L-1 Surya occupies 7, suggesting that spousal ego = dehumanizing lack of compassion = problematic in the first union. The first Shani-ruled union did not succeed due to Surya-Shani conflict. Simha's second marriage is ruled by Budha, a karaka for youth; second marriage to a beautiful and fertile younger woman.

If the Shani-ruled spouse of the Simha native is not elder, more conservative, or exceptionally well-networked - the marriage will not succeed.

Kanya = Virgo = Bhava 2 - Value

Budha -Mercury:Mental Tasking rules a natural house = swabhava ofShukra

Budha's governance is not impeded in the natural house = swabhava of friend Budha.

• Social, moral, and financial values are very detailed and organized,depending of course on the natal condition of Budha.

• They value family life and children, but find they need to be super-organized and compartmentalized in order to accomplish their other driving value, which is success in their professional work.

For Simha lagna , presuming that Budha is fairly well disposed, periods of L-2+L-11 Budhagenerate considerable wealth via family-of-origin hoarded assets and knowledge-values, as well as earned income from the marketplace of goods and services.

They like to talk, and are usually quite effective in their speech. If Budha is well-disposed, they are articulate people with a cheerful even adolescent style of talking.

See Steve Jobs with radix Budha in Makara/6, indicating the development of values focused into corporate business.

Thula = Libra=

Sahaja bhava Bhava 3 - Mental Process

Shukra -Venus: How We Love

Shukra's governance is not impeded in the natural house = swabhava of friend Budha.

Good socializers who easily find a point of balance in meetings and business activities. Likes to designplans and schedules. Enjoys the flow of daily business. Favors teamwork, social event organizing, building a favorable sibling-type group of business associates who work cooperatively due to balanced mental and communicative interactions.

Quality of the neighborly and sibling-type interactions depends on character of Shukra in the nativity.

Vrischika = Scorpio= Bhava 4 = Home, family, security + vehicles = non-moveable wealth

Kuja + Ketu

• transformer of security

• needs a dark-colored, somewhat mysteriously located home property

• often prefers a remote location shrouded from public view

• may conduct occult or confidential matters in the home

• home may have issues with intruders = psychic (Ketu) and physical (Mangala)

Kuja= friend of Chandra and Kuja is also a friend of Lagnesha Surya.

Conditions in bhava-4, the home and schoolroom, the parents and the vehicles, are controlled by Kuja + Ketu.

Therefore bandhu-bhava always has a touch of ambitious competition, and matters of cultural indoctrination toward deepening "roots" will never fully accept the old ways. Mangala is an innovator and His job is to move the ethnic customs forward into a more vigorous state.

Simha native and one's parents may be frequent house-movers in search of better opportunities for competitive dominance in business, and improved physical health. There is a preference for warmer, sunnier, drier climates which often implies a southward movement.

the native thrive in irrigated (Chandra) but hot (Mangala) climates. An occasional walk through blazing hot beach sands provides a grounding action throughout life.

Example placements:

• Shani (unfortunate) the native knows a great deal about the family members and their activities. One's parents are secretive and controlling; the adult native also tends to be excessively controlling in the home.

• Chandra (mixed) = parents have emotional health issues, often due to historic trauma in their own childhood homes. Basic security is however present. Stressful but not harmful.

• Mangala or Surya (fortunate) Whether male or female, this native takes a shamanic, psychiatric, investigator's role at home. Good for military policing in the homeland.

Dhanusha = Sagittarius = Bhava 5- Children, Genius

Guru -Jupiter:Wisdom Expansion

Guru's governance is not impeded in the natural house = swabhava of friend Surya.

Generally fortunate in matters of children unless some occupying graha disturbs Guru's abundance. (Surya in 5 is a blocker, saying "I am the Child".) Expansively creative. High entitlement for celebrity, recognition, authorship. Wonderful teacher and coach, but not interested in other viewpoints - must follow one's own creative instincts without interruption, or regal Simha lagna generally will leave the scene.

Great genius in literature, product development, and performance art is possible, depending on auspicious placement of Surya and Vrihaspati. Maximized effect when Guru casts drishti from domains 9, 11, or lagna or if Guru yuti magnifying nodes. Location of Guru will show the manifestation of creative powers.

See Steve Jobs for a primary manifestation of highly creative product development with Guru in bhava-11 for marketplace earnings.

Makara = Capricorn= Bhava 6 - Argumentation, Conflict, Loss of Agreement

Shani -Saturn: Karmic Cleanup

Shani's governance is not impeded in the natural house = swabhava of friend Budha.

Health issues from overproduction. Tolerance for rule of law; accepts conventions of finance and business. Tends toward austere diet, with yogic practices centered around food and medicine.

General good favor from government due to the calming and regulatory effects of Shani, unless a benefic occupies bhava-6.

Necessarily there is much duty and responsibility for maintaining correct practices especially in areas of medicine and finance. Periods of Shani or any graha occupying a rashi of Shani may bring karmic accountability, forcing reduction of the regal instinct in order to stay on the right side of the law.

Kumbha = Aquarius= Bhava 7 - marriage, partnership, contracts, alliances

Shani = social dignity of marriage

Shani's governance is not impeded in the natural house = swabhava of friend Shukra. Duties are properly performed. But the spouse is "heartless".

"If at woman's birth, the 7th bhava or the setting Navamsha be that Saturn,

her husband will be an old man and a fool."

~~ BPHS Ch. 80, shloka 22-25

"If, during birth, Capricorn or Aquarius be descending or Saturn's Navamsha be descending,

the woman will get an old fool for her husband."

~~ Bhrigu SutramCh. 2 4 Shloka 11

Sober Shani= L-7 = senior spouse

The spousal bhava 7 is ruled by Shani and thus the mate should be either considerably older than oneself; one's senior in terms of cultural or professional achievement; or emotionally plain, dry and cold, or all three. the native tends to view marriage as a public dutymore than a private pleasure.

The spouse of Simha should first and foremost uphold the social dignity of marriage and appear as conventional, mainstream, regular, and predictable in the lawful customs of the assembly.

As Parashara states, for Simha and Karkata lagna, the reality is that marriage pleasure is dominated by a deep Saturnian sense of social duty. Personal intimacy is not destroyed, but the native will prioritize those marriage tasks which contribute to social respect and stability, while giving lesser attention to matters of personal comfort (Chandra) or creativity (Surya).

• Simha = self = "Heart". The Simha native radiates Courage, Valor, and leonine confidence.

• Kumbha = spouse, is "Heart-less".

Spouses look respectable in public but the emotional vitality of marriage may be limited by a heavy workload. Spousal behavior depends as always on the condition of Shani. The spouse will generally look older and more dried-out or palecompared to the native .

A famous example of the Kumbha-ruled spouse:

• Barbara Bush, the wife of USA Pres-41 George H. W. Bush ('Sr.'). Mrs. Bush possessed staunch dignity without much charm. By demeanor and complexion, she looked to be about 20 years older than her husband, whereas chronologically Mrs. Bush and her husband were the same age.

• Her public image was socially proper but she lacked tangible compassion (Chandra). Her "heartless" comments during the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, a tragedy which ruined thousands of lives of very poor people in Louisiana and Texas, became well-known. Mrs. Bush appeared to fulfill her duties adequately but it was obvious to the public that on a personal level, her big-picture, neutral, coldly scientific view (Kumbha) showed little heart for the people. Apparently she did not care.

Even uchcha Shani in bhava-3, the best possible setup for this difficult marriage (see Bush 41) gives the spouse, and the native through auspice of the spouse's behavior, high position, accountability, and dignity. There is rarely much interpersonal pleasure, except the pleasure of enjoying a solid public reputation.

Contracts, agreements, legal discussions, all types of advising are somewhat difficult and tedious unless Shani is exceptionally strong. After their typically rather long resistance to commitment followed by a later marriage, divorce is uncommon (unless Shani is damaged) because the native takes a very dry and legalistic attitude toward marriage, seeing marriage as primarily an expedient requirement of career.

Despite their tolerance for meetings and party talk, these folks dislike adversarial conflict, and they will compromise in order to avoid legal disputes. They like rational conceptualization, not emotional arguments.

Spouse can be made into a workhorse, piled up with duties and schedules, treated as a fixture in public life, emotionally ignored while the native attracts all the attention unto oneself. Simha lagna is sometimes a glutton for attention and applause, esp if Rahu is in lagna ( Bush 41).

Intimacy problems. Does better with an older or more conservative spouse whose self-image is also invested in public role-playing.

Best to have conservative values and low emotional expectationsin marriage. Good results from marriage to an older, more duty-focused and life-experienced spouse.

Chandra in Kumbha may bring (slightly) more emotional juice, although as L-12 Chandra is also problematic. Surya in Kumbha is poorly disposed, leading to spousal disregard for moral principle and the native , while invested in the marriage, is socially or politically embarrassed.

Meena = Pisces= Bhava 8

• secrets, hidden assets, confidential information, sudden and catastrophic change

Guru's governance is not impeded in the natural house = swabhava of friend Mangala

Guru's abundance provides an opening into the deep mysteries of life. If auspicious graha own or occupy bhava-8, the native may be profoundly involved in tantrik pursuits.

Sees one's own destiny in cosmic terms, and accepts entitlement to "make magic" in the world. Also entitled to maintain intimate connections outside of marriage - not necessarily sexual, but therapeutic.

Capacity to know and share secret knowledge through a network of retreat centers and mystical teachers.

Inauspicious graha controlling bhava-8 can give manipulative selfishness and misuse of confidential information for destructive purposes.

the native 's level of ethical development will be indicated by Surya and Guru.

If Surya/Guru are favorable, one can use this entitlement to tremendous material and psychic resources as a tool for creating extraordinarily positive change in the world.

If Surya/Guru are not helpful, the native may degenerate into unfocused childlike 'play' with his resources, wasting the kingly opportunity of a blessed life.

Mesha = Aries = Bhava 9 - temples of wisdom, priests and professors, father and moral teachers, children and grandchildren

Kuja -Mars: Kinetic Energy

Kuja's governance is not impeded in the natural house = swabhava of friend Guru.

Should Kuja be strong, the interest in religion is lifelong and passionate. Yet according to the overall theme of Simha lagna, religious fellowship and priestly practices must serve the native 's individual Soul interests.

Highly independent and athletic approach to philosophy and higher knowledge.

Depending as always on the disposition of Kuja, relationship with Father and Guru is strained by the warrior nature of this Simha child.

If Kuja is super-strong, the father's ego may be too volatile to sustain his parenting role. The spiritual guru too must accommodate the powerful individuality of this native.

Surya, Guru, and Kuja control the fortune houses 1-5-9. These hot, energized, forward-moving graha when well coordinated can bring great fortune into the Simha lagna birth.

Vrishabha = Taurus = Bhava 10 - respect and responsibility, career and profession, public reputation

Shukra -Venus: How We Love

Shukra's governance is not impeded in the natural house = swabhava of neutral Shani.

Tendency to place social and physical aesthetics at the top of leadership concerns; great focus on art and design, the beauty and attractiveness of the task. Public dignity chained to the auspiciousness (or not) of Shukra.

General reputation for artistic sensitivity to balanced design of products and social order, with a focus on social harmony.

Surprisingly talented at building relationships targeted to the top level of social governance (in contrast to limited ability to develop emotional intimacy in marriage.) Shukra will show the nature of iconic public roles, if any.

Mithuna = Gemini = Bhava 11 -

Budha rules a natural house = swabhava ofneutral Shani

Associations of voluntary friendship, elder sibling, gains and achievements, marketplace networks

Budha's governance is not impeded in the natural house = swabhava of neutral Shani.

However, Budha is so easily influenced that Simha lagna's gainfulness cannot be predicted without understanding Budha's role in the nativity. However, in general, good business acumen and accurate calculations unless Budha is impacted. Domain of Budha will show the source of gainfulness .

Seeks the company (11) of conversationalists and literati (Mithuna) writers, story-tellers, the multi-lingual and multi-cultural, media people, advertising and public relations experts, those who can spin a tale

For Simha lagna , presuming that Budha is fairly well disposed, periods of L-2+L-11 Budha can generate material income via family-of-origin hoarded assets and knowledge-values, as well as earned gains from the marketplace of goods, ideas, and services.

Compare:

• politicianRichard Nixon Budha-5/Dhanusha = income through political showmanship (campaigns, elections) and literary authorship.

• Steve Jobs Budha-6/Makara income through complexly structured high finance (investor loans)

Karka = Cancer = Bhava 12

Chandra rules a natural house = swabhava ofGuru.

Chandra's governance is not impeded in the natural house = swabhava of neutral Guru.

• dreams and psychic perception,

• long-term foreign travel,

• private imagination,

• meditation and prayer

• residence in foreign lands (not travel, but long residence)

Imagination, Clairsentience, Meditation and Prayer

• will inevitably fluctuate.

• Naturally, whichever bhava is ruled by Chandra, the Lord of tides and flows, will fluctuate.

• the native will experience tidal ebb and flow of psychic capability, effectiveness of prayer, access to guidance from dreams and voice of ancestors, and general benefit of imagination, throughout life.

• Bedroom pleasures also fluctuate.

• Meditation practice gives best results in periods of Chandra.

Emotional need for privacy.

Emotionally imaginative in one's own sanctuary space, while the emotional life plays a minimal role in the public personality (exception: parivartamsha of Surya-Chandra - e.g., Madonna).

Psycho-emotional need for and appreciation of spiritual sanctuary and religious retreat.

Intuitive capability for in occult practices related to family roots (Chandra) such as communication with ancestor spirits.

• Core emotional life is effectively curtained off and kept away from prying eyes of others, even including the spouse.

• Emotional need to develop the house-12 of "enemies of marriage", e.g.

  • relationship with the ishta-devata (an imaginary intimacy, but a potent one);

  • private bedroom relationships,

  • Or relationships based in foreign lands,

  • Matters of relationships and behaviors which are inherently inimical to the marriage contract will fluctuate considerably, and the level of their materialization must be determined by the character of Chandra.

  • A good deal of the emotional activity is conducted in the imagination whether there is material manifestation or not.

• Emotional allegiance to relationships outside of marriage tends to waver.

the native may be introduced to meditative practices early in life, which allow control of the emotions so that Surya's domineering rationality can proceed unimpeded by the fluctuations of emotional life, especially anxiety and self-doubt.

Others may notice the Simha natives emotional vulnerability but the native oneself suffers very little self-doubt.

Enemies of the marriage, always indicated by the L-12 and graha within vyaya bhava, tend to be females with maternal or nurturing powers. They have large breasts, along with a soft and loving embrace.

the native promotes a fixed, controlled, intelligent and socially positive package of public attributes which however represent only one's rational side.

The intuition may be extremely strong if Chandra is auspicious; yet the native will not normally be aware of Chandra's influence and certainly will not share much of their emotional perception with others.

The influence of the Mother is "lost" buried deep in the subconscious while the influence of the Father's intelligence predominatesunless Surya is damaged.

There are numerous exceptions to this overall truth but generally the mother's influence expresses through dreams and the imagination while the father's influence is much more in the body and social personality.

One's public personality expressed dominantly through the physical body appearance; for Simha lagna it, should be lean and darkly golden with very little influence from the soft, plumping, watery-light Moon unless Chandra is yuti Surya or some other parivartamsha effect.

See Madonna for the above parivartamsha yoga which brings a lighter than typical for Simha body complexion. Lagnesha Surya/ Karka/ bhava-12, for public expressionof private imagination, e.g., foreign ideas, and bedroom life.