Vocation 14
Automobile Racing Champion
born 29-April-1951 -- died 18-Feb-2001
Dominant lords ranked by number of tenants
L-4/L-9 Yogakaraka Kuja and L-3/L-10 swakshetra
predominate for Champion Auto Racer, Dale Earnhardt
The Seven rashi-owning graha
Extra point for:
- lagnesha
- lord of arudha lagna
- lord of Chandra
in D-1 or D-9
# of planets in His rashi, in radix (including Rahu/Ketu)
# of graha in His rashi, in navamsha (including Rahu/Ketu)
Total
1
1
2
4
1
3
1
5
0
1
2
3
0
1
0
1
1
1
3
5
1
2
1
4
totals
5
9
9
23
Fame & Public Opinion
Arudha lagna = Dhanau = domain-5
10th-from-Arudha lagna = fame = Kanya, domain-2 = wealth & family lineage
One of Earnhardt's most famous titles was "The Intimidator."
Shani/Kanya/2 per Behari = "You may succeed in accumulating wealth, but there will be a lack of ethics in your professional dealings & relationships. Your spouse will be an asset in assisting you to acquire wealth but people will not rate you high as a social companion."
Earnhardt's public reputation was mixed, ranging from negative criticism of his ignorant, pugnacious style (Shani in the house of speech) to praise for his extraordinary skill & judgment in high-speed competition (Shani's dispositor = strategic-mined Budha-Mesha).
perhaps most important in estimating public opinion is Ketu in lagna. When Ketu rises, the public projects its collective unconscious needs upon the native. The resulting unconscious projection = heroic life & almost a martyr's death - in service of popular car-racing sport.
Prominent Graha
swakshetra Shukra (beauty, attractiveness)
yogakaraka swakshetra Kuja (engines, sport, heat, metals, competition, danger)
Shani (discipline, responsibility, death)
Radix Lagna = Magha, padaa-2 = "... struggles with poverty until the 28th year, but enjoys sudden changes after that. You may difficulty getting along with the opposite sex." (Behari)
Dhanishtha Moon = after a slow start, becomes extremely wealthy
L-2/L-11 Budha in domain-9 yuti uccha Surya & swakshetra Kuja = yoga for extraordinary wealth
uccha Surya (celebrity, dominance, leadership)
Unfortunately Surya + Kuja too strong in domain-9 produces karako bhavo nashto or "too much father". The father may be a hyper-competitive ego-maniac with a hero complex. "You'll never be as good as me" is the message to the son.
Ravi also rises in dashamsha. Kuja, Surya, and Budha really work as a team because they are mutually friendly graha sharing the 9th radix, Mesha.
Surya, Lord of the domain-1 of body-athlete-nobility, occupies domain-9 of great good fortune
Earnhardt was famous for
his radiant heroic leadership (Surya-Mesha);
his strategic & tactical racing intelligence (Budha-Mesha yuti uccha Surya);
& his astounding competitive athletic prowess (Kuja-Mesha).
by followers of his sport (automobile track racing) he was admired to the extent of being worshipped
Career from D-1
From the D-1, some important dimensions of the personality and career environment:
10th radix
D-1 tenth lord in swakshetra = L-3/L-10 Shukra = publicity, marketing, sensually attractive image-making.
The 10th radix must be empowered to create a public figure.
Strong graha in house-10 = native becomes well known to the public
7th radix
10th-from-10th = Kumbha, shows another part of the career environment: a defining one-to-many relationship with large, proletarian assemblies. Earnhardt's career occurred in the environment of car rallies and races, huge crowds, in context of a sport for the common man.
Rahu adds the quality of "rule-breaker" attraction.
Rahu-yuti-Chandra is excitable, taboo-breaking or cultural-boundary challenging. Appeal to the working class, underclass, manual laborers. Challenging speed records. Automobile driving is a culturally common activity (Kumbha = the masses); Rahu "pushes the envelope" to push "normal" into a fiercely competitive, dangerous, crowd-pleasing sport.
D-1 seventh lord Shani/Kanya = occupies domain-2, the house of death. Earnhardt's cool competence and calculated risk management (Kanya) in the face of death was a big part of his appeal (and longevity). Another implication of Shani/Kanya/2 is that the family of origin is cold and critical.
Lagna - 1st radix
Ketu in lagna. Compare to Mother Teresa, or Jackie Kennedy Onassis. These people have a mystical, idealized aura. Earnhardt was practically worshipped by his fans.
Where is the signification for internal combustion engines, extreme competition, warrior need to win or die, and heroic championship?
The information missing from a simple review of radix domain-10 and domain-7 is found in the in the navamsha.
Navamsha lagna is called "swamsha", "the soul's portion". The native's soul-level identity, and the life passions which flow naturally from that identity, may be read through the navamsha lagna and its associations
Career from navamsha
Some relevant features of Dale Earnhardt's navamsha lagna:
Krittika nakshatra in navamsha lagna = ruled by Surya = heat, competition, expectation of success, dominating
Rahu in navamsha lagna = Mesha = a powerfully amplified athletic passion for "pushing the envelope" in extreme competitive conditions. Challenging the cultural boundaries of heat, speed and metals
lord of navamsha lagna = Kuja, karaka for huntsman
Look to radix for the material outcome of the soul's passion:
swakshetra Kuja + uccha Surya + Budha
Kuja = intense, hot competition; "need for speed"; and a huntsman's pursuit of the quarry (Kuja)
Kuja = Bharani nakshatra = hard work & discipline, seeks respect of the elders, known for for craft & responsible work
L-11/L-2 Budha = gainfulness/wealth, large assemblies, marketplace behavior (paid endorsements), strong influence of family of origin, and talk of death
uccha Surya = warrior hero, military genius (tactical and strategic), and kingship .
Earnhardt's father was his extraordinary racing guru.
Total effect of this package = a driving need to win & kingly success in competition.
Linked from Kuja lord of navamsha lagna, Radix Mesha provides the career physical environment of steel, fire, and speed.
Tenth navamsha = Makara = lord Shani
In general terms, when Shani is lord of the 10th navamsha, the native works in a profession which appeals to or is necessary for the maintenance of the lower classes, the working classes, the great majority of humanity.
Shani as lord of 10th navamsha is associated with manual labor, unskilled labor, traditional and very widespread jobs such as farming and building construction, or working for the masses in some relentless service capacity such as public interest attorney or compare to Shani-ruled 10th navamsha of Mahatma Gandhi or John Fitzgerald Kennedy or Bill Gates.
Shani's qualities in radix will fine-tune this destiny to serve the masses, either in direct manual labor or sustained public service to benefit the common people.
In Earnhardt's radix,
Shani = maraka = natural & temporal maraka L-7;
Shani occupies maraka domain-2, giving rough or simple speech (point of identity with low people)
L-6/L-7 Shani = accidents, enemies and conflict, as well as marriages and business partnerships.
Earnhardt was publicly associated with accidents, including the fatal accident (L-6 for accidents in domain-2 for death) as well as advertised animosity in his profession. His credibility with the working-class crowds of his huge fan base was also strengthened by publicity regarding his marriages with their ups and downs (Rahu with Moon in domain-7).
Death
Kharesha Guru occupies house-8 with strength = Sudden death.
Cause of death = "massive head trauma" in 180 mph crash at Daytona 500 race course
Timing of death:
Shani-Kuja-Shani period
Shani = L-7 in domain-2 = major maraka
Kuja an empowered natural malefic at 22 Mesha
Kuja at 6/8 from L-6 Shani = high-speed collision
gochara Rahu-Ketu crossing Mithuna-Dhanau
gochara Rahu in Ardra, the nakshatra of destructive impulses, contacting Budha in navamsha Ardra.
updated: 06 September 2008
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