Rashi Lagna

12 Bhava from Makara Lagna

Lagnesha Shani -Saturn: Karmic Cleanup rules a natural Bhava of enemy Kuja.

bhava-1 signifies personal competition for social validation through a winning combination of physical behaviors and traits.

By character, the Makara native is materially savvy, orderly in personal habit, and respectful of social rank. In particular, the native favors a Shani-style careful, step-wise method of self-definition and ultimate residence at the top of some variety of social hierarchy (Barack Obama, Queen Elizabeth II, Swami Vivekananda)

The Makara native seeks to develop the physical personality identity through association with prestigious public activities, leadership responsibilities, and qualities of the father's family history.

Makara natives self-identify as persons of dignity and capability, particularly in tasks associated with social ordering and governance..

The social personality has an inherent affinity for entitlements of bureaucratic office, hierarchical function, and organized group formations. the native is particularly influenced by thefather's familyof origin andthe spouse's mother.

• the native 's identity is particularly influenced by one's social rank(whether favorably or not); one prefers a lawful response to life.

Makara natives are generally hard-working, procedural, respectable folk who have a strong socio-legal interest in executive leadership.. They strive to maintain a competitive but regulatedpersonality and physical appearance.

Appearance depends significantly on the Shani's condition - rashi, sthana, co-tenants, drishti, etc..

Makara-lagna = a vata-influenced = blue-toned cast to their complexion, a very slightly opaque blue-stone-colored patina (ranging from blue sapphire to darkest lapis-azuli) relative to the genetic pigmentation patterns of one's people.

Lagnesha Shani's condition along with the lord of the Moon's nakshatra = determiners of the ultimate outcome of the physical appearance.

As a general rule Makara natives have highly conventional fashion taste and auric appearance with few remarkable distinctive physical features. The Makara native intends to acquire positions of public respect, and to do so one should look recognizable, rather like Everyman. Except for the slight tendency toward a bluish complexion, Makara represents the solid center norm for their gene pool.

Dhana Bhava-2 = Kumbha = Ordered Networks

Shani -Saturn + Rahu rules a natural Bhava of Shani's good friend Shukra.

Values are conceptually ordered and scientific in character, but there is an element of socially progressive belief and values-based behavior .

Kumbha moves out of the rigid, reliable 'social pyramid' model of elite governance and into the more flexible, less steady 'lateral network' model of popular governance.

Kumbha features a distinctive mix of Shani + Rahu in 2 (values). the native holds a treasury of knowledge and material wealth that expresses conventional interpretations of elite-governed social law-and-order plus several unique "Kumbha-esque" tenets of conviction that some minority or social underclass group should enjoy sudden Rahu-style upliftment into a higher social station.

the native 's own family-history ideology, style of talk and song, artistic and historical knowledge may be reduced to the common and banal, but Makara's values are directed in part by Rahu, and one will therefore "push the envelope" to develop multi-cultural, multi-ethnic values while the family history(2) is indeed for the Makara native a grand unity of the Human Family.

Earned wealth is set by bhava-11, but ability to retain wealth is determined by bhava-2. When Shani + Rahu rule bhava-2, the more conservative practices for wealth-hoarding appeal to the native but one is also capable of taking great risks with one's accrued savings.

There may be astonishing wealth due to exotic conditions in the family history or to one's remarkable knowledge of history

• UK-Queen Elizabeth II (Shukra in Kumbha-2, accepts drishti from Rahu-6)

• "Rahu will be helpful in securing a good bank balance, but your relationship with others will not be harmonious. You will regard other people the way a predator regards its prey ."

Sahaja Bhava-3 = Meena = Clairsentience

Guru- Jupiter: Wisdom Expansion rules a natural Bhava of Budha.

Optimistic mental attitude.

Mental health tends to be good unless Shani aspects bhava-3, and of course depending on the condition of Guru. Visionary thinkers who may lack a tolerance for earthly reality.

The planning and administrative processes may be exceptionally optimistic, to the verge of Pollyanna thinking. operate with extremely positive expectations and a childlike belief in human goodwill. Not mentally organized unless Shani or Budha influence Bhava-3. Tends to substitute blind trust for rational planning. However if Guru is well disposed, their trust is rewarded.

Motivated by hope for a good outcome for all, but oddly can become a liar and hypocrite. Not a 'detail person': can fabricate (Budha) information or tell an improved (Guru) version of the truth in order to enhance the big-picture outcome. Master of the "white lie". (and believes this can be done with impunity).

Expansive Guru does not ken to rational limits on thoughts or rules for processes.

If Shani casts drishti upon both Budha and Guru, the native may face serious conflict between belief and reality. Often this is resolved in a mental state of "cognitive dissonance" in which the native holds two contradictory claims to be equally true. Thus the normally pleasant and positive Makara native may endure mental illness when faced with bitter truths which they cannot, philosophically, accept.

Looks for the good in everyone, regardless of facts to the contrary. Extremely sympathetic. Likes religious company. Often found in very large spiritual congregations, due largely to their 2nd-Bhava global connectivity values. Likes to talk about children, charity, and their religious beliefs. Very giving people who socialize easily. Enjoys event planning, holiday parties and travel, fantasy environments. Childlike trust in siblings and neighbors. Wonderful teachers in small classrooms; fabulous sales people and promoters.

Bandhu Bhava-4 = Mesha = Movement

• Whether male or female, this native takes a competitive and dominating role at home.
• Very active, perhaps aggressive, behavior in the childhood home environment.
• If Mangala is strong, success as a school athlete

Character of Kuja in the radix will determine the activity levels. Verbal and physical conflict, if Kuja is damaged in radix.

Home is associated with metals, engines, heat + combustion, weaponry, hunting, competitions, military/police, adolescent male energy.

Tendency for the home interior to acquire tones of black and red, and for an unusual amount of metal in the Bhava decoration, contents or construction.

Tendency to take "short-cuts" in formal education. Small family unless Kuja + Guru.

• Dislikes public transport, requires own (fast) vehicle.
• May keeps guns or other metal weapons in the Bhava

Unless Kuja is highly dignified, there is a natural tendency toward adversarial relationship or even overt conflict between the parents in the childhood home. Kuja in 4 or drishti to 4 = assuredly so.

Sample placements:

• Surya or Mangala (fortunate) Ever-ready to take up politically motivated defense of the home and homeland. An inspiring comrade-in-arms.
• Shani (unfortunate) = ethnic hatred and blaming. Parents suffer ignorance and anger. Childhood impacted by war or threats of war. Deeply insecure and emotionally reactive.

Putra Bhava-5 = Vrishabha Wealth

Delights in celebrity, fashion, politics, material luxury, sensual pleasures of the mouth, beautiful music, delicious foods. Charmed by children.

Charismatic self-expression through sensual indulgence of romance, food and drink. Idealistic views of procreativity and children. Not practical with child-raising routines but loves childlike creativity and joy. Enchanted with babies.

Children's behavior is mainly determined by Shukra. However, the child-karaka malefic L3+L12 Guru is a troublemaker for Makara lagna. The situations of having children, keeping children, or raising children nearly always invoke 'cognitive dissonance' or 'denial' patterns for these natives, and their child-raising behaviors become problematic.

Makara enjoys political campaigns, speculation and gambling, literary and performance arts. Likes to be entertained and amused. If Shukra is dignified, may be a great promoter of children's arts and creativity, or of the arts in general. If Shukra is constrained, there may be no children or considerable difficult with one's own progeny, and trouble through speculation.

Ari Bhava-6 = Mithuna

Budha is a very impressionable graha and the state of Makara lagna's health depends largely on the condition of L6+L9 Budha.

As skilled rationalizers, these natives can hide their own health realities from their physicians and themselves. However, they can be articulate exponents of good health for others! Famed for their "do as I say, not as I do" advice :)

(See bhava-3 for their advertising, spokes-person, talkative style.)

In general, Makara natives have few enemies. They prefer to talk their way through disagreements.

• Masterfully subverts overt conflict into covert verbal manipulation.

Lagnesha Shani considers Budha to be a friend, but Budha is also the lord of the bhava of animosity for the Makara lagna. The total outcome of Budha's influence is overall rather neutral - neither a greatly positive nor a greatly negative effective.

Budha adheres to Shani's "social order" directive, and as a result the Makara native tends to prefer to articulate a socially conservative "party line" which expresses the arguments of the social elite who promote the "law and order" social model.

bhava-6 = 5th-from-2nd is an important money Bhava, showing one's fortune from speculative investments (5th-from-2nd).

Budha is not disturbed by immoral business practices (6) e.g. usury, trafficking, racketeering, theft rings, other exploitations. Elaborate money-lending agreements (6) are their specialty.

Often found doing skillful mental work on the legitimate side of an illegitimate business.

They get into trouble during periods of the 6th lord just like everyone else, but Budha being L6+L9 they are usually rescued by their own cleverness. Many friends in low places.

Yuvati Bhava-7 = Karkata

Chandra rules Marriage, Alliance, Contractual Partnership, Union

• will inevitably fluctuate.

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

• the native will experience an emotional ebb-and-flow in the primary committed partnerships, be they business or personal, throughout life.

• The most nurturing and parental qualities in marriage are developed during periods of Chandra.

Security

• Marriage is framed by deeply emotional expectations of security and protection from predators.

• One prefers a spouse with pronounced parenting and nurturing qualities. (Whether this taste is satisfied depends on the character of Chandra.)

• In married life, Makara marries to recreate the early childhood home and to recover the feeling of protection one received (or had hoped to receive) from the physical security of the Bhava and from the parents.

• Even the business partnerships are oriented toward stability and security, and protection from undue risk.

• Makara females tend to marry males who similar traits to one's mother.

• Makara males marry women who resemble the mother both physically and emotionally.

Mother

• Makara lagna natives are often born to negotiating, brokering, contract-making mothers.

• One's instinctive need for achieving emotional satisfaction through deal-makingand forming alliances isliterally nourished by the mother's milk.

Like Budha, the Moon is enormously impressionable. Happiness and fidelity in married life will vary extremely according to the disposition of the Moon.

However, in general, unless Rahu interferes, the main feature of the marriage partner is his/her deep emotional alignment with the place-based ethnic culture of one's childhood home.

• In a male nativity, the wife may bear a remarkable resemblance to his mother. The primary aim and purpose of the marriage, from the native 's point of view = the provisioning of a safe and comfortable home and pursuit of caretaking or parenting activities. Regardless of education she is likely to prefer to live as a Bhavawife.

• In a female nativity the husband is involved with the oceans, or with schooling, or with matters of early childhood home life and protection. Also he may engage with Bhava and vehicles, or patriotic defense.

The first marriage partner's behaviors must be culturally compatible with one's parents' lifestyle. The Maraka native marries not for romance or fortune, but for emotional security and contentment.

Usually the Makara native enters marriage for the express purpose of starting a family in order to perpetuate the conservative and conventional values of one's parental line (in particular, the mother's line). The marriage contract is based upon a mutual interest in parenting and caring for the land.

Should Chandra join with Rahu or Ketu, the partners may forego the public bans of marriage, preferring to seal their commitment with the birth of a child. If they do marry it is for the welfare of the family and not a concern for their own reputation.

Particularly when Karkata is the rashi upon the 7th navamsha, the spouse should be a land-owningand home-basedperson, very much attached to place, with a strong sense of custodial relationship to the local environment. Such a native whether male or female is a gardener, a parent, a patriot, a hearth-keeper, and a schoolteacher. This person may have a strong affinity for the ocean or for any type of liquid which moves in a regular cycle.

• The downside of this placement also involves liquids. If there is also a disability of Shukra, the potential for alcoholism, drowning, flooding, or other situations signifying an over-engagement with liquids.

Contracts, agreements, legal discussions, all types of advising are approached emotionally, according to intuition and immediate feelings and needs. Family interests dominate the marital life.

Overall happiness in marriage varies a good deal, and is dictated by the health of Chandra. In general this native is conservative in their marriage motive. If children are present in the marriage they are not much willing to divorce. Yet contracts are approached emotionally, so if the native 's feelings have been deeply hurt they may indeed go look for another spouse/parent who could do a better job.

Randhra Bhava-8 = Simha

A particularly difficult location for the Makara lagna native, as Surya lord of Simha is a bitter mutual enemy of lagnesha Shani.

Makara loves a lifestyle of steady, careful status acquisition, association with gracious and materially abundant folk; nice clothes; beautiful children (Shukra-5); and if there is blockage from Surya or from Surya's bhava-8 the native can self-sabotage their own by an urge too much individualistic and political style (Simha) that is hidden, secretive, manipulative, or covert.

There is a natural proclivity to associate oneself with sources of social-material power,

Joint assets of marriage are usually helpful to the native 's ego development. Marriage brings a degree of social recognition and some type of prestige, according to the dignity of the Sun.

Spouse contributes wealth into the marriage and spouse's assets have their own charisma. Spouse's assets enhance the native 's public standing and advance their career - again, according to the dignity of Surya. (8th Bhava = 11th-from-10th, spouse's contribution to joint assets is normally gainful for career.)

Native is publicly or professionally identified with "hidden politics". Has access to confidential political information, which the native is permitted to utilize for personal and professional benefit.

Dharma Bhava-9 = Kanya = Wisdom-Teachings

Although the native enjoys luxurious (Laxmi) material acquisitions (yogakaraka Shukra) and one needs a socially ordered lifestyle (Shani), the Makara native favors a religious dogma based in a Ministry of Service (Kanya).

the native believes in the righteousness of one's path of service and sees oneself as the "servant-leader" type.

Whether the native can practice what is preached is determined by Budha, and the lord of the 9th from Chandra. Budha is a skillful rationalizer and due to His lordship of Ari Bhava, Budha also naturally finds engagement with the worlds of exploitation and crime. Therefore the Makara native must be very careful to avoid hypocrisy and double-speak.

• However if the 9th-from indicators are pure throughout the nativity, the native may develop into an inspiring preacher, professor, and spiritual guide.
• Even when Makara follows the more typically pragmatic religious patterns in which one's own behavior is rather obviously rationalized, one may easily do good by inspiring others
• Makara can deliver reasonable, convincing religious speeches and acts of the hands (Budha)
  • (just remember that Budha is the dharmic L-9 -- AND -- the deceptive L-6!)

The inspiration and consolation of Religion is easily accessible to Makara-lagna natives, but it comes in a mentalized form. It is generally easier to talk about philosophy and repeat a scripted litany rehearsing statement of convictions, than it is to "walk the talk" by acting consistently upon the tenets of one's faith.

One enjoys conversing about religion, ritual, and priestly teachings. However commercial Budha tends to view the entire exercise of 'profession of Faith' as being essentially an elaborate business transaction. The profit expected from this transaction include social validation and acceptance into valuable new communities (Kumbha-2).

An easy faith arises in their lives, due partly to their chameleon ability to mimic the beliefs of others. Budha is an adolescent graha; the native 's faith also has an adolescent quality. Because Surya, the karaka for social ethics, rules the destructive 8th domain, the native is not much engaged in ethical inquiry. Nor is he concerned with matters of deep reflection, nor cosmic truth. Rather, religion for the Mrigadriz native is a project of thinking good thoughts, making good choices, and participating in the scripted worship of their chosen tradition. They enjoy attending sermons and watching complex rituals being performed.

Unless Budha is damaged or Rahu occupies bhava-9, the native tends strongly to remain within the religious tradition of his upbringing. He is generally uncritical of his faith or that of others, but he enjoys discussing matters of religion and society from a journalistic point of view.

Thulabeing a sign of balance and good design, the Makara native's public life including career, begins with social advantages. Unless Shukra is harmed, the native is graced with a pleasant public appearance. He is professionally disposed toward balanced relationships with both men and women. He is well-mannered (in public) and well-liked. Periods of L-5+L-10 Shukra are beneficial indeed.

Career development proceeds along social lines. Native raises prestige by accepting responsibility for wining, dining, and amusing his associates - according the taste and style of Shukra. E.g. Shukra/Kumbha has an eccentric, inclusive, sometimes vulgar entertaining style; while Shukra/Meena hosts with musical and artistic elegance. Shukra/Kanya is awkward and overly mentalized in partnership, and so his career under Thulamay not well flourish.

If Shukra is strong, the native 's success is due to his ability to manage a wide range of interpersonal relationships, and to establish balanced and beneficial relationships between numerous third parties. This talent extends to executive work in any sector of the economy. The foundation of the native 's public reputation is his skill for gracious entertaining (which includes their style of hosting business meetings and interpersonal conversations with superiors). If Shukra or Shukra's lord is strong, much success from social grace and intelligent relationship management. If Shukra or his Lord are not well empowered, the native 's taste and style are lacking.

Kuja rules bhava-11 of connectivity and gainful marketplace associations. Energized pursuit of gainfulness . Kuja likes to win.

Makara-lagna natives are ambitious, even aggressive earners who tend to succeed financially through shrewd and vigorous competition in their market niche. They are less concerned with legal restrictions and more concerned with loyalty in business relationships.

If Kuja is in bad company, all the marketplace connections are vigorously pursued, and income is gained though a network of criminals. L4+L11 Kuja is particularly talented at earning from real estate/property development, from education, and from their mother.

In its natural state, Vyaya bhava = a meditational inner sanctuary blessed by all-good Guru. the native enjoys unfettered access to healing imagination, privacy, and prayer.

Ironically however, there is typically some loss of philosophical understanding, and the native may become quite confused (12) about the meaning of religion.

the overlap of Dhanushya which rules spiritual teachings, scriptural study, preaching, priestly ritual, and the culture of the university-temple,

Expansive fantasy life, which normally is protected from view thus one's imaginative exploits produce little material trouble.

• Abundant opportunity for private Affairs du Coeur with typically minimal harsh consequences; for Makara, the seventh lord representing spouse is Chandra who has no enemies.

Makara generally hold the optimistic (Guru) expectation that private dealings will stay private. Led by this positive expectation, the normal outcome is that understandings which are developed "behind closed doors" are well-intentioned and generate little negativity in material, social life.

• The agents of 'animosity toward marriage' = L-12 and graha within vyaya bhava = teachers and priests (Dhanushya) who offer religious and philosophical wisdom that distracts the native from the natural sensuality and materialism of Shukra-ruled marriage relations.

Exception: papa-graha in dhanushya-12

• Mangala in Dhanushya-12 makes the sexual vitality (Mangala) somewhat unreliable and for a male in particular the sexual imagination may drive the native to unwholesome expressions of the flesh.
• In addition the native may suffer from bursts (Kuja) of anger (Kuja) which may be troublesome in that the native is frequently unaware (12, imagination, unconscious) of their existence until a period of Mangala strikes.
• Rahu in 12 amplifies both the philosophical quest of Guru and the expedient, self-promoting instincts of Rahu. the native may travel to distant lands in search of opportunities to escalate one's launch to the top of whatever pyramidal hierarchy attracts the ascending instincts.

Charity

Barring the presence of selfish graha such as Surya or Shani, the natural instincts of Dhanushya cause generous donations to charitable causes.

Sympathetic worldview.

Depending on Guru's character and the location of Shukra, opportunity for extramarital relationships throughout life. This native is a skillful rationalizer with L6+L9 Budha. Their mind does not demand that their behavior should match their beliefs.

Rather, their imagination is deeply empowered by beneficent Guru, and their understanding of marriage as primarily a family/parenting venue opens the philosophical door to multiple, cheerful, educational, and generous extramarital relationships which do not harm the primary marriage unless Guru is somehow harmed by a malefic.

Makara natives enthusiastically embrace charitable projects in foreign lands, and they welcome the opportunity to travel in the name of religion. Typically too active for serious meditation, they prefer active service to others as their most comfortable act of devotional prayer.

file update: 19-May-2012

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