Vocation 1 Albert Einstein 14-March-1879 – 18-April-1955  Theoretical cosmologist, poet,  musician, mystical visionary,  advocate for social justice Dominant house lords ranked by number of tenants  L-8/L-9 Shani predominates for Visionary Mystic, Theoretical Cosmologist & Social Justice Advocate 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 Sun -Moon  0 1 1 2 Mars  2 1 2 5 Mercury 1 0 0 1 Jupiter   1 4 0 5 Venus 0 0 3 3 Saturn  1 3 3 7 totals 5 9 9 23 Renowned physicist, poet, & visionary. Einstein's scientific, philosophical, and ethical-political thinking helped awaken the much-awaited New Age. A very public figure with a very private personality, Albert Einstein had his share of family problems. He was politically active and outspoken on matters of nuclear war (against) and independent Israel (for). His leadership in the movement to lay a completely new conceptual foundation for modern science has earned him the Man of the [20th] Century title. Yet he was considered autistic and possibly developmentally retarded as a child; he did not speak clearly until the age of nine. He was not a distinguished student, and he did not attribute his sources Prominent features: Radix parivartana yoga of L-7/L-10 Guru + L-8/L-9 Shani = a broad base of advice-giving professional partnerships (7) and dignified public positions (10) supports the exchange of secret or confidential information (8) while ensuring reasonably sold religious and ethical awareness (9).  Shani owns the majority of houses in the nativity, suggesting that the native enjoyed a lifelong tolerance for large rule-bound hierarchies The miracle of Einstein's nativity is not that he was able to access some basic tantric information about matter-energy dynamics. These occult "secrets" have long been known in the lineages. The amazing genius was Einstein's ability to be in the right place at the right time with a tremendous tolerance for the common materialistic ("scientific") mind. He expressed the domain-8 "secret" information in a common, accessible language perfectly targeted to the developmental needs of the greater civilization at that time. The ability to package a great truth in a broadly accessible format is a gift of convention-respecting, protocol-abiding, public-knowledge Shani. Uccha Shani in navamsha also obtains parivartana yoga with Shukra in D-9. The additional support from navamsha enormously strengthens the L-8/L9 functions of Shani in radix.  Domain-8 becomes the strongest house in the nativity due to strength of Lord Shani and tenancy of uccha Kuja + Rahu in domain-8. Uccha Kuja + Rahu = getting one's Exotic (Rahu) ideas into competitive (Kuja) action. Male-energized pursuit of development of tantric secrets: describing the movement of prana from energy state into mass state and back (in perpetuity).  In domain-8 of tantric, secret, occult information, the commercially dominant pairing of uccha Kuja + Rahu suggests that Einstein had a very pro-active and professionalized approach to "unknowable" matters of cosmology. L-11 in domain-8 causes him to earn much less money as a visionary professor and theorist than if he had applied his ideas commercially. Lord of  career-karaka = navamsha of radix L-10 Guru = Kuja  Guru = breadth of vision and compassion = universal, philosophical religious sensibility; teacher of conceptual thought.  Guru = lord of Arudha lagna, lord of 10th navamsha = public association with great wisdom and knowledge L-5 uccha Shukra & L-9 empowered Shani = very good for career, and contribute powerfully to his public reputation as a gentle man who loved creative imagination and pure religion.  But matters of children have been overwhelmed by other concerns. Einstein received rather low marks as a father.  This may be a case of karako bhavo nashto, where Guru overwhelms house-9.   Young Albert may well have received insufficient fathering due to this unfavorable radix Kumbha Guru.  His own father had many business troubles.    Lagnesha Neechha Banga Budha allows the native to discuss extremely abstract and dreamlike topics in a public, leadership, high-prestige fashion (domain-10).  The neechha qualities of neechha banga Budha however don't go away - one simply finds a safe place in life to utilize them. Einstein esp. in later years was famous for getting lost & needed supervision on many daily life tasks. Neechha Chandra = private family life significant stress & conflict. L-2 Chandra = lord of "family of origin" domain-2, located in domain-6 of imbalance and conflict. Einstein's family problems are well known.  Add stress from Ketu in domain-2, suggesting a fundamental disconnection from family life. Death in period of Rahu/L-2 Chandra Uccha L-5/L-12 Shukra = politics & children from L-5; imagination & vision from L-12. Also many journeys to foreign lands, beginning as a young man.  Shukra has a beautifying effect on Einstein's communications and appearance (Budha); his collaborative work in professional conferences and through publication of scholarly articles & letter-writing (Surya); and also upon his professorship and career (Shani). Uccha Shukra = an accomplished musician and also a bit of a fashion model.  Like most folks with Shukra yuti Surya, Einstein was charmingly handsome in his own unique way.  His innocently rakish fashion sense captivated the public.  He was photographed extensively in later years (Shani for age, influencing Shukra for beauty).  His image remains the most recognizable icon for " genius" in the West. When a single graha plays several important career roles, that graha comes to define the career.  For most people, career profile is spread across several radix graha. When the grahas which are strong for personality profile are also strong for profession/career, the native makes a prominent contribution to public life. Primary career indicators Lord of the navamsha of Radix L-10 - as He behaves in radix Kuja  Navamsha L-10  - as He behaves in radix Guru  Lord of Dashamsha - as He behaves in radix Shani  Secondary career indicators  Karmaa Bhava; L-10 Guru Yuvati bhava (10th-from-10th);  L-7 Guru 10th-from-Chandra Surya Surya Guru lagnesha   Budha Lord of Arudha of karma bhava shows reputation (may or may not be related to actual performance!) Shani Karmaa Bhava [10th-from-radix-lagna]; L-10 & Aspects to L-10 - leadership roles and responsibilities House-10 for public visibility = strong and busy, containing L-1, L-3, L-4, L-5, L-8, L-9, and L-12: L-5/L-12 uccha Shukra L-1/L-4 Neechha-bhanga Budha  L-8/L-9 Shani  L-3 Surya  The lords of seven houses combine to powerfully project Einstein's personality onto the public consciousness, creating a formidable career in the field of structured visionary thinking.  Einstein was a "whole brain" thinker who enjoyed equal & complementary portions of rational articulation & intuitive insight. As such he provided the leading role model for post-positivistic "new age" integrated intuitive-rational thought. L-7/L-10 Guru occupies the auspicious dharma bhava.  Guru enjoys an enormously strengthening Parivartana with his neutral companion L-8/L-9 Shani.  When L-9 has parivartana with L-10 we might expect a religious & political authority.  Einstein's scientific theories and his political beliefs were widely followed.  His scholarly views not only gained almost complete hegemony in the academic world, but also his political views gained wide credence. Einstein was invited to become the second leader of modern Israel. (He declined). Lagnesha - location of life force, natural sphere of action= Budha Neechha Budha = what Budha has to say will be very peculiar and difficult to express.   What the native has to say will often be considered downright wrong, and it may be viciously criticized at times due to the impact of  Shani who oppresses Budha in both radix & navamsha.  Yet Budha is fully rescued by world-class compensations.  Budha occupies a kendra, in company of uccha Shukra. His lord Guru has parivartana with Budha's senior companion L-9 Shani. These corrections yield a complete neechha bhanga. Einstein may have had some interpretive-communicative disability within the Autism Spectrum (which is often not felt as a disability by those who have it).  He is reported to have not spoken complete sentences until the age of nine. Initially his parents & schoolmasters thought he was not very bright. Yuvati bhava = Arudha lagna = 10th-from-10th - day-to-day interactions, marriage, daily reality = Guru Although yuvati bhava itself is an empty bhava, L-7/L-10 Guru is vigorously active in career through parivartana yoga of L-7/L-10 Guru with L-9/L-10  Shani. L-7 Guru in domain-9, a house of advanced intellectual scholarship, shows that most of Einstein's peer relationships were based in the world of international knowledge-temples: the universities and research centers.  Guru's nature in Kumbha is detached, scientifically objective, & very conceptual.  Not an emotionally warm position for Guru but on the positive side friendly and energized to form a good network of like-minded associates. First Marriage, Early Theoretical Development The nature of Einstein's day-to-day relationships is mirrored in his first marriage to a female mathematician. On the material level, the first marriage and all of Einstein's collaborative partnerships in general are ruled by Guru. Marriage in particular is set by Ketu in navamsha-7 = conceptual mathematics. Ketu in a marriage house indicates emotional distance, typically due to perceptual conflict caused by a culture gap. With Ketu, the partners can see each other socio-physically but never fully connect psycho-emotionally. Einstein's most intimate partnership reflected the structure of all of his cooperative relationships.  It was characterized by a certain permanent emotional distance combined with intense abstraction (Ketu).  History declares this marriage to have been unfulfilling, but its intellectualized environment (Kanya) doubtless facilitated Einstein's social and theoretical advancement.   The union produced three children and - possibly also - Einstein's most seminal, career-defining papers on on Brownian motion, the photoelectric effect, and special relativity. 10th-from-Chandra - psycho-emotional true service = Surya = writing 10th-from-Chandra = Simha.  L-3 Surya = first and foremost, ego identification. At the level of material expression, domain-3 = writing, conference presentations, small networks of sibling-like associations, teamwork, and small-group collaboration. Einstein's emotional call  to service was first and foremost as a communicator. His true service was as a writer. Writing by hand, domain-3 (for both published journal articles and interpersonal letter-writing) was the strongest media vehicle for the dissemination of ideas in his era.   Einstein's writings communicated not only his independent thought (if there is, at high levels of intellectual inquiry, any such thing as independent thought!) but also the results of collaborative (domain-3) inquiry amongst the international scientific theorists of his day.   Einstein's constant communication through writings & verbal presentations at scientific conferences is also represented by the prominent career marker L-1/L-4 Neechha Budha in radix-10  This is the type of confirmation we like to see in a Jyotisha chart: several leading indicators pointed at the same target!   Einstein was possessed of the mental skills & the communicative acumen to move a new cosmological paradigm into public consciousness.  This movement of the Zeitgeist of the incipient new age into the public mind, is how Lord-of-10th-from-Chandra - L-3 Surya-  manifests Einstein's true service: small-group communication. Because 10th-from-Chandra = Surya's house, Einstein was blessed with a psycho-emotional drive to express himself in a subject area & style which was also publicly recognized (Surya).  Unlike obscure scholars who may live & die as unrecognized, socially isolated geniuses,  Einstein benefited socially from a lovely Sun-10th-from-Moon yoga that brought his role as "agent of the Zeitgeist" into the public eye. Einstein enjoyed the ego-confirmation of consciously participating in broad, visionary social & intellectual movements: the essence of Surya/Meena, in 10. This is a great set-up. Dashamsha - D-10 varga for career is not presented here because the available birth time is not accurate enough to make a divisional chart (varga) very reliable.   Arudha of Karma Bhava - "Karmaa Pada" - public imagery or associations = uccha Kuja in domain-8. L-10 Guru occupies domain-9 = 12th-from-10th arudha of house-10 = 12th-from Guru = uccha Kuja = house-8. Uccha Kuja amplified by Rahu shows a highly exaggerated social image for his work, for good & for evil.  Rahu gives association with catastrophe (Einstein as WWII refugee, nuclear war) and outsiders (Zionism, US civil rights) .   Villainized = Rahu At times in Einstein's career, his work was controversial.  He was accused of appropriating other's ideas when he was, in all probability, clarifying and better formulating concepts that were partially developed by others.  He was villainized  by the Nazi regime as a perpetrator of  "Jewish physics" which was propagandized as an anti-Aryan intellectual disease.  His politics were also highly controversial, including passionate Zionism, pacifism, and his involvement in the US Civil Rights movement.  Rahu magnifies whatever it touches! Sanctified = Rahu At times, Einstein was probably over-praised. This is also roller-coaster Rahu. Due to his physical attractiveness (uccha Shukra + Surya) & charm (neechha bhanga Budha), Einstein was cast as a public icon representing the "genius mystery-revealer".  In reality, he was a participant in a broad scientific movement to re-conceptualize modern physics.  Many of the ideas he articulated had been long-incubated in the international think-tank composed of dozens of highly committed theoretical physicists. In the terrible stress of the war and the confusion of world reorganization afterward, Einstein's persona was projected into a desperately needed symbol of brilliant problem-solving grounded in both spiritual intuition and pure reason. Shukra/Rahu period, where Rahu enormously amplifies the power of the arudha of house-10 for career & public dignity, created Einstein's "annus mirabilis" = 1905.  That year he published four short, seminal papers that catapulted him from the obscurity of a Swiss patent office into international scientific fame (Shukra=L-5).  However in the end, the dignity of uccha Kuja, a graha of positive social achievement and individual success through skillful competition, rules Einstein's public reputation.   Einstein's memory is generally celebrated as an exemplary expression of genius.   By the end of his career Einstein had become a legendary figure.   He was seen as a mystical hero, who plumbed the depths of the unknown (house-8, taboo secrets) to discover a view of the universe which changed the modern world forever.
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