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Vocation
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Elvis
Aaron Presley
"The King"
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Actor, Singer, Musician
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Cultural Icon
January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977
"Elvis Presley's death deprives our
country of a part of itself. He was unique and irreplaceable. More than 20 years
ago, he burst upon the scene with an impact that was unprecedented and will
probably never be equaled.
His music and his personality, fusing the
styles of white country and black rhythm and blues, permanently changed the face
of American popular culture. His following was immense, and he was a symbol to
people the world over of the vitality, rebelliousness, and good humor of his
country."
~~ USA Pres 39 Jimmy
Carter


Prominent features of the
Nativity
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Surya = lord of karma bhava, in
Dhanusha rashi
; lord of 7th-from Chandra and located in 11th-from-Chandra;
receiving Parashari drishti of Mangala; in company of L-8/L-11 Budha. L-10 in
2 will give
public recognition due to voice, face, hair, speech, and song; and the
native will become wealthy due to iconic public leadership activities during the period of
Surya. Lord of 7th-from-Chandra - the native sings about
relationships.
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Chandra = L-9, occupying domain-4
in nisturabhasi yoga yuti L-3/L-4 Shani; Chandra
in Shatataraka nakshatra
ruled by Rahu, receiving Parashari drishti of Guru. L-9 in
4 is brings the blessings of luxurious homes and vehicles, and strong
(albeit limited by Shani and deeply conservative) religious culture in
the home.
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Mangala =
lagnesha/L-6 from Vrischika lagna
and L-3/L-10 from Kumbha Chandra. Receiving Parashari drishti of
Mangala. Mangala is quite weak in Budha's rashi and Shani's house, but
Kuja is gainful there. Mental health will be somewhat poor and
agitated, and digestive health issues are present, but the career does
well.
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Budha
= the exciting but inauspicious "double
L-8": L-8/L-11 from Vrischika lagna and L-5/L-8 from
Kumbha Chandra. Yuti L-10 Surya, assists a public career is speech and
song. Fierce 4th drishti of sexualized
Mangala. Due to
Budha's impressionable nature; He will give the results of the L-10 with whom He consorts.
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Guru
= "double L-2": (money and death)
= lord of putra-5 and dhana-2 bhava, in
12th-from
lagna and 9th-from Chandra.
Wealth-bringing Lord of 2 and 11 from Kumbha Chandra. Guru's
stength is increased because He owns the houses which contain the
majority of graha and important lagnas in the combined D-1 + D-9.
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Shukra = L-7/L-12 from Vrischika lagna and L-4/L-9
from Kumbha Chandra. In company of Rahu. Shukra receiving
no Parashari drishti. Shukra is not a notably good planet for Vrischika lagna.
With Rahu, amplification of the sensual beauty of Shukra who is
favored in the "good bones" rashi of Makara. The native's material
persona will be perceived as exceptionally attractive through
communications media.
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Shani = L-3 and L-4 from Vrischika lagna; L-12 and L-1 from
Kumbha Chandra. Incoming drishti of Thula-Guru. Nisturabhasi
yoga yuti L-9 Chandra is very helpful for adding a religious
sensibility to the fundamentally practical nature.
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Rahu = domain-3, lord = Shani,
yuti L-7/L-12 Shukra. Rahu will
give strongest amplification to handsome Makara Shukra, the "sweet marriage" and
"bedroom fantasy" graha.
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Ketu
= in radix domain-9, 6th-from-Chandra, lord =
Chandra. Ketu's lord occupies a 6/8 angle from swakshetra and
Chandra, the mother, is much harmed by proximity to Shani.
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Karakamsha
= activity for which one is best known
= Dhanusha = containing Surya + Budha
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domain-2 for speech,
song,
face, teeth and jaw, hair, money, food stores, hoards of all kinds,
family of origin, historical cultural values of one's people.
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Elvis was
famous for all of these attributes. Until his final, decrepit years, his
singing and acting performances surged with
extraordinary
charisma.
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Ravi occupies the karakamsha () with strength. Mr. Presley's first and only
marriage was reported to have been "staged" by his manager
as a media product for public consumption. Certainly the emotional
experience of marriage is much oppressed by his Shani + Chandra
drishti (missing-the-mother) to Simha. Yet whatever the motive, his
marriage - represented by domain-10 Simha - granted him essential
social dignity.
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Atmakaraka Vargottama Budha = Vargottama,
with Budha in navamsha lagna. Native was widely known for Budha = speech
+ song, the technical skills of musicianship (not the inspiration, which
is Shukra, but rather the hands in instrument-playing); his his
brash ( Dhanusha) sexualized (Budha takes drishti of Mangala-Kanya) youthfulness, dancing .
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Budha = lord of 10th navamsha
= career very fortunate, considering the diverse and highly capable
talents of Budha
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Budha = lord of Jyeshtha nakshatra =
radix lagna
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Atmakaraka Budha in domain-2 with
L-10 Ravi, the native becomes idolized
after death
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L-10 Surya, strong in
Dhanusha =
career, in the karakamsha with the atmakaraka and receiving drishti of
athletic, masculine, literary-verbal-plaintive Mangala. (However Mangala in Kanya is also a
perfectionist. He rehearsed extensively, a key to his exceptional
performance success.)
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Beautiful-bones Shukra Makara +
Rahu = taboo-breaking arts (Shukra) communication (3). Elvis
Presley's photogenic appearance
(Shukra-Makara) and his graceful but highly sexualized, cross-cultural
dancing (adding taboo elements of African slave dance)
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Rahu-amplified Shukra = karaka
for wife and lovers. Most men with Shukra-Makara will enjoy female
companions who are quite beautiful due to Shukra in favorable
rashi, 4/9 from swakshetra. Rahu gives the peculiar or taboo quality
to most of the native's love associates (actress, model, exotic dancer,
escort).
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It appears
that, psychically,
Presley was searching for a companion who was essentially his twin
sister. However his little sister did not take human form; this
would have been a point of romantic confusion to say the least. Also
his material, identical male twin died at birth. (Shukra/Rahu/3;
lord Guru in 12, un-materialized form of the younger sibling.)
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L-4 swakshetra Shani in domain-4
= the childhood home in poverty but the parents are stable. Strong
religious influence in the early childhood home life (L-9 Chandra in 4,
albeit not by theoretical theology but rather in the style of the
"people's religion" (L-9 in Kumbha, the masses). Presley's
early life and was deeply influenced by the culture of populist
evangelical Christianity, which contributed the cultural roots (4)
of his musical style.
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"Permanent Sade Saati" =
Chandra + Shani = mother is a religiously identified person (Soma = L-9)
but she is always emotionally distant, and the native always wanting to
be much closer to her than she allows. Mother has some private grief
which makes her "emotionally unavailable". However the mother
remains in her physical body past the child's infancy due to the
materially stabilizing effects of the swakshetra Shani + drishti from
Guru.
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Chandra: Premature loss of the
mother due to proximity of Shani/4.
Generally, much trouble making emotional connections with women.
Chandra is overpowered by the swakshetra Shani and furthermore Chandra
harmed in 6/8 from Soma's own house. Result = "emotional
paralysis" leading to distancing and eventual
separation. The paralysis extends to all nurturing relationships with
women, including wives, lovers, mothers, sisters, and daughters.
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L-9 Chandra + atmakaraka Budha
in both navamsha lagna and dashamsha
lagna. During America's deep racial-cultural transformations of
1955-1975, Elvis became an iconic symbol of the threatening but
seductive mixture of black + white cultures in USA. Elvis expressed
a deeply emotional Baptist spirituality which infused even his most
provocative performances. The core of his fan base (largely in the
American South) perceived Elvis to have qualities
of a religious deity.
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Guru drishti
to Chandra, fertility = one child: Lisa
Marie Presley.
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Lifelong drug and food-intake
issues: L-2 (what
goes in the mouth) Guru in domain-12 = subconscious, self-destructive
eating and drug-ingesting behaviors. Guru's lord Shukra (pleasuring,
indulgence) much amplified by Rahu.
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Chandra
in Shatataraka nakshatra, gives an ineffable longing for connection
with the spirits in the network of stars. Presley was hampered in his
cognitive understanding by a restrictively localized formal education, but he was known to be an extensive reader
on spiritual topics and deeply interested in
world religions (L-9 Chandra in domain-4, education). He had a
particular interest in the presence of astral beings who provide spiritual guidance (Shatataraka). It is likely
that his mother was one of his guides in these matters, although she might never
have acquired the consciousness or vocabulary needed to successfully
understand the situation.
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Ketu in
Dharma Bhava = permanent detachment and apathy regarding matters of
ceremonial religion. Lord of Dharma = Chandra = 6/8 from
swakshetra. Ketu/9 is a major handicap in Presley's quest to
understand spiritual connections. Also indicates the detachment of
Presley's father, with the father handing over most of his moral
guidance power to Presley's mother (Chandra) - and then the mother's
power being much constrained by ignorance (Shani) and conformist local
custom (Shani/4).
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Jyestha
nakshatra in radix lagna. Jyeshtha gives dark charisma and psychic
certainty, along with potentially obsessive public attention upon the native's own persona.
Typical of Jyestha, Elvis Presley had a deep and abiding sense of having
been "chosen", rising from the toxic underclass to
transformative national leadership role. Perhaps inadvertently, he
served as a great healer of racial-cultural anger and contempt. US
culture after 1955, influenced directly or indirectly by Presley's
"mixed" music, quickly developed a civil rights movement .
Unfortunately it destroyed him. Compare numerous similarities with
the nativity of celebrity actor Brad
Pitt.
Vimshottari Dasha Narrative:
Elvis Presley was born in Rahu/Rahu period
Rahu Mahadasha -
Presley receives musical instruments from his relatives (Shukra).
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He had
a somewhat ostracized childhood, being treated as "trashy" (Rahu)
and "mama's boy" (Shukra's ruler Shani + Chandra/4).
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Rahu's full promise in Makara/3 develops the power to "eliminate
adversaries".
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Presley emerged with established musical talent packaged
in an exotically handsome, underclass, mixed-culture personality.
Guru "double-L-2" Mahadasha
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age 30-42
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L-2/L-5 from lagna
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L-2/L-11 from Chandra
extraordinary wealth and creativity
Guru-Budha period
Guru is lord of karakamsha, and Budha occupies the commerce-and-media
3rd-from-Guru
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age 21, breakthrough recording "Heartbreak Hotel" - number
one in USA popular music rankings
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gochara Rahu-Ketu = Vrischika/Vrishabha = conjunct
his Jyestha lagna
Guru/Ketu/Rahu
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17-Mar-1957, acquisition of property, Presley buys the Graceland
estate
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Ketu occupies 10th-from-Guru, public reputation, prestige,
leadership roles
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Ketu gives the effect of L-9 (good fortune) Chandra, Chandra
occupies domain-4 = property ownership
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Rahu gives effect of L-4 Shani = deed & title to lands and
buildings
Guru-Shukra period, effects re: property & vehicle ownership,
the childhood home, patriotic activities (military service), L-4/L-9 from
Chandra, "end of things" for the mother
Guru/Shukra/Rahu:
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death of Mother, 15-Aug-1958
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circumstances of death for mother = 8th from Chandra = sudden death
from digestive problems, Kuja (sudden) in Kanya (digestive)
Shukra is lord of Guru, and Shukra occupies the sheltering, educating,
home-making 4th-from-Guru
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at his age 24, began a love relationship with a 14-year-old girl, who
became his housemate and companion
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Elvis resisted marriage, but eventually in Shani/Shani period the
pressures of conformity exceeded his resistance, and the pair were
married
Shani Mahadasha
Emotionally, the period of the lord of 12th-from-Chandra is notoriously difficult . When the L-12 from Soma is also the lord of Soma and also the
abstract, scientific, aridly conceptual Kumbha Shani, the native's
experience contains negative imaginings (Shani, 12) and feelings of psychic
imprisonment (12).
Shani is powerful in kendra and swakshetra. Shanaiscarya imposes adherence
to the law, both the petty human law (Makara, 12th from Chandra) and
the greater cosmic law (Kumbha, lord of Chandra).
L-3 = L-12 from Chandra = Shani period threatens the mental composure.
Emotional manipulation into nefarious business dealings. Shani's role as L-4
and lord of Chandra is healthier, bringing some variety of education through
independent reading, and development of owned property such as homes and
vehicles.
Shani/Shani period
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the native may enter into legal marriage contract as
L-7 Shukra's lord Shani dominates one's life
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(If Shani is not the navamsha L-1 or L-7,
marriage under Shani's timelordship is not quite
"involuntary" but nevertheless it is enforced by social
protocol or survival needs, and the wedding is usually a rather dour
or staged event with minimal religious value).
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increased stability in the family home
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mental health volatility, emotional confusion about
marriage and women
Shani/Shukra period
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Shani = lord of 12th-from-Chandra, AND Shukra
occupies 12th-from-Shani.
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A period of devastating loss, agent = wife or
lover (Shukra).
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Shukra = lord of badhaka
"22nd drekkana"
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Shukra + Rahu, infidelities and risky,
marriage-destabilizing behaviors
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Divorce after sexual alienation and spousal
infidelity
Shani/Chandra period
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Chandra = L-6-from-Shani
= extreme physical illness during Shani-Chandra, heavy emotional
workload, possibly unbearable pressure or stress
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Chandra 9 Kumbha + Shani 3 Kumbha in domain-4 =
Chandra dominates Shani = "heart attack" in the home,
during Shani/Chandra/Shani
period
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Chandra = lord of 6th-from-bandhu bhava and
6th-from-mahadasha pati Shani will bring enemies, cheats, sycophants,
unscrupulous physicians,
religious charlatans, drugs and toxins into the home
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also, parents esp. mother will have toxicity
problems from a watery substance, usually alcohol. The unscrupulous
physician probably poses as a "religious" person (Chandra
= L-9) and is associated with the native's father
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domain-4 = heart, L-6 from mahadasha pati Shani
creates iatrogenic heart disease; the ultimately fatal
"heart attack" is the result of drug abuse, and the
ultimate agent of the drug provisioning is likely a parent or
someone of parental status who lives in the home (4)
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Chandra also receives drishti of Shani in
navamsha
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Physical death, August 16, 1977 =
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Chandra = lord of Ketu, apathy & surrender,
emotional unavailability of the father, detachment and possible emotional
cruelty from the father
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in psychic terms, the native died of emotional
toxicity; in physical terms, he died of chemical toxicity
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gochara Rahu/Ketu = Kanya/Meena, approaching
direct conjunct navamsha Ketu-Rahu. Native is "called
away".
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Dominant lords
ranked by number of tenants
L-2/L-5
Guru and
L-3/L-4 Shani predominate for Elvis Presley:
Singer, Musician, Actor, Cultural Icon
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The Seven rashi-owning graha |
Extra point for:
- lagnesha
- atmakaraka
- 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 |
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Sun
-Moon |
0
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1 |
0 |
1 |
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Mars |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
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Mercury
[atma] |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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Jupiter
= L-2/L-5 ; L-2/L-10 from Kumbha-Chandra = "face", "hair", "voice" |
2 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
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Venus |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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Saturn =L-3
(writing) L-4 from lagna; L-1/L-12 (bedroom, fantasy) from Chandra |
1 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
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totals |
5 |
9 |
9 |
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