Budha
& Shukra
own the lion's share of grahas and key lagnas.
Fame
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Arudha lagna = domain-7 = Dhanau
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10th-from-Arudha lagna = domain-4
containing uccha Budha
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Bill Gates is most well known for being
miraculously smart with calculations
Surya/Shani
period (2006): Gates was ranked = wealthiest man in the world, with assets
of over USD_50billion.
Classic wealth indicators:
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Mutual aspect of L-2 Chandra to
L-11 Kuja
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L-11 Kuja yuti uccha L-1 Budha
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uccha Shani + swakshetra Shukra occupying
domain-5
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neechha bhanga
of Surya,
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according to B.V Raman's rule
"If the lord of the sign occupied by the
debilitated planet or the lord of the rashi wherein the debilitated planet
has its exaltation occupies a quadrant from the Ascendant or the Moon."
(Kuja, lord of Surya's uccha rashi Mesha, occupies a kendra
from both lagna & Chandra.)
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L-2 Chandra in kendra-10, 9th-from-swakshetra
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putra-bhava for
self-expression, children, & good luck is remarkably auspicious:
L-3 + L-5 + L-9, all very strong
bhagya L-5 swakshetra Shukra (see Parashara
key wealth indicators)
bhagya yoga: L-9 uccha Shani in house-5 of speculation
gives an advanced knowledge of justice, fairness, and equity. This moral
asset bears financial fruits. His philanthropic motives are extremely
strong (charitable instincts are always blessed), and also his sense of value in
equity guides superior investments.
for debilitated L-3 Surya which rules daily
business administration and is the karaka for self-made-wealth.
Well-situated neechha bhanga grahas are the strongest planets of all!
Surya gets extreme strength
through His D-9 position which gives the results of Surya's cotenant uccha Shani
subconscious expectations/instinctive
behaviors toward wealth are very favorable for success in the information
economy
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L-2 Chandra occupies a navamsha of Mars,
so radix Mars is the means of acquired wealth. In Kanya with uccha
Budha this gives superior intelligence in calculations and systems.
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L-11 is a sign of Kuja. Mars occupies a
navamsha of Mercury, so radix Budha is the means of income, gains in the
marketplace. Uccha Budha also L-1 gives mental focus to the
personality, added to the energetic enthusiasm and aggressive critiquing of
Mars. This fellow makes correct decisions. Like most wealthy people,
his L-6 is auspiciously configured - which means he has extremely high
intelligence for managing debt.
As always it will require a series of good foundational mahadashas
to prepare this brilliant young man for his awesome future.
This is not a rags-to-riches story. Gates enjoyed an
upper middle class upbringing that familiarized him with philanthropic habits
and principles of social justice. He always had a clear moral vision of how to
distribute his excess wealth for greatest public benefit.
Budha Mahadasha - age
19-26
Young Bill was blessed with a truly excellent foundational
mahadasha of Uccha Budha
[exalted Mercury]. Ruler of 2 kendras, this position of Budha gives a "finance
executive".
Behari says, "Mercury occupying this sign & house produces a
great Yoga, heralding the birth of a great soul. Your thinking is very evolved
and guides you to a high social status. Your understanding of divine wisdom is
deep; you are especially an expert in the life sciences. There is no aggressive
behavior."
Gates will become more aggressive due to Budha yuti L-6/L-11
Kuja - his high-earnings planet as well as a source of "strategic" belligerence.
Gates has a truly excellent Budha in radix, and
also quite good in Cancer navamsha where it encourages independent thinking, and
reinforces many forms of intelligence - including strong intuition.
Young Gates' family home would have been infused with good order
& high
moral principles, while a culture of compassion & awareness prevailed.
Uccha Budha in mutual aspect to the Moon gives a mother of high
intelligence & moral quality.
The father represented by Surya L-3 has abundant self-made
wealth. Third-house gives self-made wealth & it is abundant due to
Guru there. L-9 for father is powerfully exalted in house-5 for politics,
theatre, philanthropy, & literature. Bill Gates Sr. is a noted
philanthropist & civic leader.
Uccha Budha L-1/L-4 indicates his
exceptional analytical and conceptual intelligence. Especially
helpful in Kendra, 4th-house Budha shows success in education, although he was
no doubt bored to tears in conventional schools.
Yuti the "bean-counter" Kanya
Kuja, Bill's Budha shows the
powerful computational influence of Mars; but Budha has the higher degree -
which means that conceptual, visionary, forecasting, and interpreting analyses
transcend the more detailed functions of his "inner computer" - giving Bill
tremendous intellectual scope.
The negative of Mars in 4th house is usually illness & early
demise of mother, due to maraka Mars nature and also for Mithuna lagna, Kuja is
L-6 in the mother house... and
directly opposed to Moon.
Budha/Guru,
- Guru is L-7/L-10 for business partnerships and leadership - Bill sold his
first commercial software (in high school)
Ketu
Mahadasha - age 19-26
The "seven lost years of Ketu" struck Bill at
the perfect age. Very young adulthood is a time when western society allows its developing young leaders to experiment and float through
various roles.
Thus Ketu mahadasha, which can be damaging
to career in mid-life, occurred
at a socially harmless & creatively helpful time. The young man was
permitted torove in
the world of the imagination (house-12) & avoid excess social responsibility
until he matured.
Of course Mr. Gates was never really lost in
the profound way that Ketu can severely confuse some people.
In radix, Ketu's lord
swakshetra Shukra is dignified: favorably positioned in the 5th house of
intelligence, & dominated by the extremely auspicious uccha Shani.
Gates attended
a super-prestige college (Harvard) & enjoyed stimulating relationships with other gifted, privileged youth.
However, true to Ketu, he dropped out of formal schooling, and
never graduated from college.
In his mid-twenties, he started an amazingly successful
business, under the auspices of two of his best planets: uccha Shani & uccha
Budha.
Shukra Mahadasha - age
26-46
Shukra came into full
power as the mahadasha-pati when Gates was 27, simultaneous with life-shaping
Rahu-Ketu opposition-to-axis transit which
happens for everyone approx. age 27-29.
Consistent with Shukra's role as marriage karaka and lord of
5th house for children, Gates married and produced three children during
Shukra mahadasha.
Shukra/Shani - 1998,
US versus Microsoft, an anti-trust suit, continued through
Shukra/Budha, keeping Gates'
personality high in the public limelight.
His aggressive business tactics
were exposed for what they were - never harmful to individuals,
but warrior-like against businesses which competed with his.
Gates was
alternately evasive and philosophically dramatic in testimony. No long-term
damage was done to Microsoft - nor to Gates' personal wealth, which continued to
rise and rise.
Surya Mahadasha - age
46-52
Surya is a relatively quiet period in Gates' life because Surya is a quiet
planet. Neeccha (fallen) Surya is greatly supported - perhaps fully
neeccha banga - in the Bhagya (fortunate) 5th house.
Karaka for
fatherhood, Surya calls much of Gates's attention to parenting his children and
on a world scale, doing wonderful paternal things like funding children's health
and creating college scholarships
Surya rules sahaja-bhava, the 3rd house of self-made wealth &
communications.
Within sahaja bhava lies L-7/L-10 Guru, who brings focus on
marriage, business partnerships, and public leadership roles.
Surya
Himself is fairly quiet compared to the flamboyant swakshetra Shukra &
yuti uccha Shani, the worker.
Surya mahadasha is a less public time of charitable giving,
fathering, and many many conversations!
Surya being in 5 with L-9, his wealth will continue to grow.
[prediction] Chandra Mahadasha - age
52-62
As L-2 Chandra will continue to emphasize family life, the
transmission of lineage values, knowledge of history and tradition.
L-2 Chandra is also a maraka so the
Chandra/Chandra period poses
some danger.
However when L-8 is very auspicious - and Gates has the best,
uccha Shani - longevity is tremendously strengthened.
Wealth will continue to grow.
[prediction] Kuja Mahadasha - age
62-69
Kuja is associated with animosity and illness, but because Kuja
is dominated in degree by the excellent uccha Budha, the most vulgar effects
will be erased.
As L-6 Kuja can motivate complex banking activities
(loans); as L-11 Kuja may bring tremendous gains in the marketplace.
The
fuel for these activities, by and large gainful, is the superior analytical
intelligence of Mercury.
Danger of accident especially under Kuja/Chandra; tendency to
bowel illness; but also the intelligence to correct diet. Auspicious
therefore. Longevity is blessed by Shani.
(Wealth continues to grow.)
updated: 21 September 2008