"Emperor Jahangir weighing his son Prince Khurram, (Shah Jahan in gold in 1607, an album-painting in gouache on paper, from Tuzk-e-Jahangiri (Jahangirnama) by Artist, Manohar. around AD 1615. Mughal dynasty, India."

Rashi Lagna

Om Sri Ram Dasrathaye Namah

Om Tatva niranjnaya tarakaramaya namaha

Thula - Libra

"equal weight, equal value"

Fair - Paired - in the Air

Chandra in Thula

Tula - Tulya - Tulha - Thauli - Dhata - Vaanija - Vanikpatha - Vanik - Yugya - Juuka

Zugos (Ζυγός = Greek )

• 9 graha from Thula lagna

• 12 bhava from Thula lagna

• Kuja Death

• Properties of Thula rashi

• Thula lagna 9 graha = bhava-adhipati = house-rulerships

• Observations on Guru, Budha, and Shani house lordships

• Vimshottari dasha period house-lords for Thula lagna

• L-2+L-7 Mangala: Death Outcomes, Death Benefits

• General Suitability of Gems for Thula lagna

• "Malefics, Benefics, and Neutrals"

Chitra = regulated by martial Mangala

= Mangala mulatrikona = Mesha bhava-7 = Diplomacy, Bargaining, deal-making, parity

• USA Pres-39Jimmy Carter

• UK-PM Margaret Thatcher

• USA Pres-25 William McKinley

• Tom Cruise - film actor, producer Malavya yoga

• Reichskanzler Adolph Hitler

• Emperor (self-declared) Napoleon Bonaparte

• King Farouk of Egypt

• Pres-Gen France Charles de Gaulle

• St. Catherine Laboure

• UK - PrincessAnne

• Phil Collins musician

Swati = regulated by risky Rahu

= Rahu mulatrikona = ?

• world teacher, philosopher Rudolf Steiner

• Gary Snyder poet environmentalist

• songwriter, performer, philanthropistBeatle George Harrison

• Charlie Chaplin film actor

• Jean-Paul Sartre existentialist philosopher

• decorator, collector, Martha Stewart

• Katharine Hepburn stage actrice

• Pope John Paul II - probably Swati

• Sigmund Freud (psycho-analyst) likely Swati

• Britney Jean Spears

Vishaka = regulated by wise Guru

= Guru mulatrikona = Dhanushya bhava-3 = meetings, printing, announcements, publications, media-messaging, work-group, collaboration, ensemble

• Wikileaks Julian Assange

• Guru Ammachi

• performer, philanthropist, collector Elizabeth Taylor

• Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi = Malavya yoga

• USA Sec State Sen Hillary Clinton = Malavya yoga

• Shah of Iran M. Reza Pahlavi = parivartamsha = Malavya yoga

• historic decorator, collector,Jacqueline Kennedy O.

• inventor, ambassador Benjamin Franklin

• Bargaining, deal-making, brokerage, negotiation, seeking balance of weights; diplomacy; design

• Contracts, promises, trust; agreements, alliances; law courts, legal remedies and conflict resolution ;

• marriage, partnerships, pairings, polarities, sexual relationships; satisfaction, equity; crime-and-punishment, truth-and-consequences; social justice

• Any type of paired, partnered , fair, equitable, yoked-yoga, balanced phenomenon or activity.

• Pairs of Equal Opposites, Polarities, Positive-Negative, Black-White, Self-Other, Subjective-Objective, Alpha-Omega

Thula Chandra

• when Chandra occupies Thula rashi, Chandra owns the 10th from His bhava of residence.

• the native typically enjoys a strong public career in one of the parenting, caretaking, school-teaching, lands ownership-stewardship, marine industry, or gardening professions. Also can be defensive-protective professions such as homeland security or police.

• The public respects one's caretaking behavior, and in general one is regarded as a model parent.

• Vimshottari dasha periods and sub-periods of Chandra bring respectful, validating attention to one's public leadership service in the specialty areas of nurturing and protecting.

E.g.,

• St. Catherine Laboure worked tirelessly for decades in the very common and humble profession of caring for the weak and vulnerable elderly in a religious shelter. She sought no public praise; yet the purity of her nurturing, protective energy was widely celebrated as a model of motherly care.

• Similarly, USA Pres-39, Jimmy Carter enjoyed a long career in several patriotic, parental, caretaking, and sheltering specialties. His leadership roles have included (but not limited to) Habitat for Humanity which builds simple homes (Karkata) for needy families, and stabilization (Chandra) of democratic elections in weak, emerging democracies that were vulnerable to oppressive corruption.

• rago-guna

= rajas , energetic action

1. Mithuna

2. Kanya

3. Thula

• vayu tattva

= air or gassy element

• Shukra = Venus

1. Mithuna

2. Simha

3. Kanya

4. Thula

5. Vrischika

6. Kumbha

According to B.V. Raman, Three Hundred Important Combinations.

(10th ed., Delhi, 1991, 1947). "Malefics, Benefics, and Neutrals" p. 5:

benefic:

• Mangala (2 + 7),

• Budha (9 + 12),

• Shukra (1 + 8),

• Shani (4 + 5)

malefic:

• Surya (11),

• Chandra (10),

• Guru (3 + 6)

1. Surya ratna = generally no. Surya = L-11, and Ravi does not rules any other house (exceptions = see Surya below)

2. Chandra ratna = no, because Chandra = L-10 and does not rules any other house (exceptions may be prescribed for those carrying important leadership responsibilities)

3. Mangala ratna = no, almost always, because maraka Mangala = L-2 + L-7

4. Budha ratna = yes, because Budha = L-9+ L-12 (quite good for religious intellect)

5. Guru ratna = almost always no, because Lord Guru = L-3 + L-6

6. Shukra ratna = probably yes, because lagnesha Shukra = L-1 + L-8

7. Shani ratna = Yes, because Yogakaraka Shani = L-4 + L-5

8. Rahu-ratna = unknown, depends on Rahu's lord

9. Ketu-ratna = unknown, depends on Ketu's lord

There are exceptions to all of these general rules.

Exceptions are caused by the position of Chandra, the active Vimshottari time lords, and the native 's personal goals inter alia.

An exchange of Rashi between Karma's Lord and Lagna-Lordwill make the native associated with the king in a great manner.

~~ BPHS , Ch. 40, Sl. 13

If the lord of the Lagna and the 10th exchange houseswith each other then they form a Raja Yoga . They will confer high position, reputation and power.

~~ BPHS ,Ch. 5, Sl. 41

Simha:

• befriends those who are in the center of power

• royalty, celebrities, politicians, persons of genius and creative intelligence,

• literary genii and performance artists;

• males and father-figures; the father himself is a friend

• the glamorous, charismatic, fashionable, and brilliant; idealists;

• those less concerned with service work and medicine; children;

• those who take center stage; the dramatically oriented

Nativity = Thula lagna or Thula Chandra = strongly identified with peer relationships and fair agreements.

Barring damage to dhana-bhava or to the dhana-pati, most natives of Vrishabha and Thula become wealthy and knowledgeable, over time.

One may be socially most comfortable in the advocate or peer-adviser role and in company of other match-makers and balancers, and may prefer the social environments of materially elegant, enriched, luxurious cultures.

Thula natives are typically very aesthetic, with an advanced sensitivity to balance in art and design. A highly developed Shukra (Hillary Clinton) may become an extraordinary diplomat and agent of social justice.

For Thula lagna, the character, placement, drishti re: gracious, acquisitive lagnesha Shukra will determine the conditions of social satisfaction.

In general, the most challenging life periods for any lagna occur during the Vimshottari dasha lordship of graha which rule no trikona in the nativity.

Easier Periods = Shukra, Shani, Budha

• Shukra, Shani, and Budha rule domains 1, 5, 9 respectively.

• No matter how much challenge from other factors such as difficult transits or the effect of the other non-trine bhava, there is always some positive compensationfor the Thula native during periods of Shukra, Shani, and Budha.

Even when some features of the life experience are challenging due to evocation of the karma of their non-trine bhava (8, 4, 12) the effects of their trikona will be rewarding enough that one will plod along with reasonable amounts of validation from society and spiritual hope.

Moderate Periods = Chandra, Surya

• For Thula natives, periods Lord Chandra = L-10enjoy the special compensation of a distinguished public reputation despite a very heavy leadership workload.

• Lord Surya L-11 while not a trikona pati does facilitate achievement of social-material goals and development of the conceptual and social network.

Difficult Periods = Guru, Mangala

• for Thula, the inherently most difficult periods can be expected occur under the auspice of Lord Guru = L-3+L-6 and maraka Lord Mangala L-2+L-7.

• Mangala periods have a certain compensatory power. L-2 can energize the Treasury (2) of money and knowledge. L-7 can energize the building of alliances, and connect the native to new advisers such as physicians, attorneys, brokers, etc. The negotiation skills are fueled and sharpened like a fierce warrior's sword. Nevertheless Mangala brings death. In the earlier years Mangala will be the agent of death for the mother, father, and other family members. In the later years, Mangala will provide the sharp scissor which cuts that silver cord linking the spirit into the flesh-body.

Strict, punitive, lawful Shani sees tolerant, forgiving, emotional Chandra as an enemy.

• L-10 Parental Chandra rules karma bhava

Despite their natural, protective kindness in leadership roles, the Thula native may become associated with a soft, ineffective, inconsistent or overly feminized (Chandra) leadership style.

• female Thula leaders face a particular challenge to overcome the public perception that Chandra's natural interest in the welfare of women, children and society's most vulnerable members is not a source of weakness but rather a source of civilized strength.

Compensations:

• However, some Thula nativities contain powerful corrections to this Thula-lagna leadership disability.

• For example, Hillary Clinton's parivartamsha yoga = L-10 Chandra + yogakaraka L-4+L-5 Shani = enormously strengthening. She graduated from a top law school, and enjoyed a lifetime career in private legal practice followed by a second career as a public legislator (senator) and diplomat. Clearly her competence in matters of the social order (Shani) is publicly trusted. From a Jyotisha perspective, Mrs. Clinton's success in matters of leadership and law is due to her powerful parivartamsha yoga.

• On the plus side, Chandra = intensely patriotic; Thula's love of homeland = palpable, and patriotic emotion is generally a trusted feature of their leadership regime.

  • Mohandas Gandhi, Charles de Gaulle, Benazir Bhutto, Adolph Hitler, M. Reza Pahlavi, Harry Truman, Jimmy Carter , Margaret Thatcher, Nelson Mandela

Other compensations:

If Chandra is positioned at a favorable angle from Karma Bhava, public leadership prospects are improved.

• Chandra in bhava that are located 4, 5, 7, 9, 10 from karma bhava are better suited

• i.e., for the Thula native, Chandra-Thula, Chandra-Vrischika, Chandra-Makara, Chandra-Meena, and Chandra-Mesha are better suited for leadership roles.

  • Chandra-Meena in 9th-from-10th is better for leadership in academics.

  • Chandra-Mesha is especially strong after age-50 due to Shani = L-10 from Chandra lagna.

• there may be improved public appreciation of one's parental style during periods of Chandra in these locations.

However even with the more favorable placements, Thula leaders may struggle to overcome emotional softness in order to appear strictly lawful in their professional social-ordering and regulatory roles.

Wise, inclusive Guru sees argumentative, discriminating Budha as an enemy.

• L-3+L-6 Guru rules 2 natural bhava of Budha.

• Guru substitutes philosophical long-view teaching behavior in Budha environments where short-term, superficial, technical collaboration is normally required.

Periods of Guru = problematic for Thula lagna folk. the native may become unpopular at work.

• The Thula person tends to talk in terms of broad conceptual knowledge (Guru) when it is time to use short-term, pragmatic information (Budha)

• The Thula person tends to go into teacher-preacher configuration (Guru) when the workplace situation calls for collaborative, twinning, cooperative behavior (Budha)

• The natural worlds of Budha = commercial business, announcements and reports, short-term clinical assessment, accusative litigation, and normal daily exchange of trivial information. In Budha's worlds, the Thula native may give the impression of being a bossy know-it-all, straying off target, and creating mountains out of molehills.

• L-6 = "the problematizer". Guru L-6 produces a style of problematization (framing and describing a problem) that is often far too religious or moralistic for the mundane clinical environment of bhava-6.

  Guru tries to solve daily problems from a higher philosophical perspective. Coworkers may feel that neither the staff nor the patients-clients-customers have time for philosophical rumination nor deep discussions upon the meaning of life.

  They want to get in, get the process done, and get out. The Thula native may be seen as an obstacle to efficient workflow in many cooperative workplace settings.

  • The workplace exception = pastoral counseling or other forms of human services ministry such as social work where it is understood that the client might benefit from a Guru-style compassionate outreach to the deeper meanings of life.

  • Yet, even in these more humanistic environments, there is often a caseload waiting for quick, superficial Budha-style processing. The Thula person who indulges in teaching (Guru) behaviors while employed in a technical (Budha) job may find oneself working a great deal of unpaid overtime.

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  • L-9+L-12 Budha rules 2 natural bhava of Guru.

  • No graha sees Guru as an enemy.

  Detail-oriented, team-centered, chatty Budha sees broadly wise, teacher-centered, sermon-preacher Guru as neutral.

• Periods of Budha are less difficult overall

  • but nevertheless somewhat stressful due to the reverse situation of the L-3+L-6 Guru communications issues detailed above.

The ceremonially ritualized temple and university environment (9) and the reflectively imaginative and clairsentient private sanctuary environments (12) are NOT places that evoke Thula's natural teacher-preacher-believer behaviors.

• Rather, in these holy places, Budha asserts a critical and analytical method of inquiry.

Budha imposes logical rules of evidence upon matters of religious belief (Guru). Budha is unable to prima facie accept, without credible explanation, the efficacy of temple rituals nor accept "on faith" the guidance of dreams, imagination, meditation or clairsentient apprehension.

The two main problematics (endless argumentative loops)

generated by Budha when He encounters Guru's two bhava of religion =

1. unquestioned or unquestionable religious beliefs

2. lack of transparency and accountability in the entitled priesthoods (including the civil religion's priesthood, such as judges)

Often the Thula native experiences periods of Budha as intellectually frustrating

• In matters of dharma-bhava and vyaya-bhava, Budha the Analyzer cannot accept Guru's guidance "on faith"

• Budha wants to instruct, explain, classify, discriminate, and articulate human religious traditions, priestly sacraments, and meditative visions.

• L-9+L-12 Budha "the questioner" is particularly challenged by attributes of religious culture (Guru) that explicitly forbid or transcend questioning such as dogma, orthodoxy, scriptural 'fundamentalism', priestly empowerment, and assertions of "holy mystery" based on unaccountable or unexplainable phenomena.

Compensations:

For Thula natives, Budha's engagement with religious practice and clairsentient intuition is not always completely dysfunctional. Thula has a natural talent for delivering detailed explication and instruction in religious studies such as critical social ethics, theology, history of religions.

Indeed if Guru happens to be the lord of 10th navamsha, the Thula native may somewhat ironically find oneself teaching in the problematic university and temple environments, because a well-placed Budha is capable of explaining almost anything!

In particular for the Thula nativity+ L-9 Budha is gifted in the development of philosophical argumentation in any of the university intellectual disciplines.

• Uchcha Budha in 12 or swakshetra Budha in 9 can mature into an excellent instructor of the philosophy and history of religion, anthropology of religion, social ethics, history of consciousness, intellectual history, exegesis and critical literary analysis of sacred scripture, and similar analytical specialties which problematize the human experience of religious ritual, spiritual conscious, and prayer.

• Uchcha Budha in 12 is particularly gifted at explaining, instructing, and cataloging processes of dream interpretation, comparative meditation practice, clairsentient perception and reporting, and perceptions which occur on the boundary between life and death.

[Thula ]... "Literally means scale. It refers to the seventh sign of the zodiac also known as Libra. Thula also means one's position or stance, which is similar to one's weight on a scale.

The word 'Thula' is used throughout Indian languages to mean one's position.

• For example, in the west if someone is known as a "heavyweight", or "a major player", such references are in regard to one's 'Thula', position or stance in relation to others.

This process of judgment can be likened to the balance of a scale. "--- Das Goravani Writing

In classical Greek, the seventh sign = "yugos" the yoke. (Sometimes spelt 'zugos' or 'zygos'.)

Yugos = a balance, scales, a yoke, or a slave bound to a master. (it is a common term in the Christian scriptures 'New Testament'.)