"To whom much is given, from whom much is expected."

"When the Sun is in the same sign with Venus,

people gain wealth by wrestling and fighting with weapons. "

~~ Brihat Jataka of Varaahamihira Ch. 14, Shloka 1

Rising Degree of the Navamsha Lagna = 09 Vrishabha (Taurus) Krittika "the cutters, critical" Nakshatra .

Distinctive Features of the Nativity

• Similar to Indra Nooyi, the Shani-ruled Chandra-Uttarabhadrapada expresses the benefits of his Shani uchchamsha

• Ketu in bhava 12 = Rahu in bhava 6

  • ambivalence (Ketu) toward retreat , ancestor-guides,  and dreams; unable to attain sanctuary
  • desire (Rahu) to be recognized as a clever adversary , adventurous druggist, or agent of conflict

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  Fame

  • Arudha lagna = bhava-4 Kanya containing uchcha Budha + verbally aggressive Mangala

  • Bill Gates is most well known for being miraculously smart with calculations and downright adversarial in verbal confrontation.

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  Classic wealth indicators:

  • Mutual aspect of L-2 ChandratoL-11 Kuja

  • L-11 Kuja yuti uchcha L-1 Budha

  • uchcha Shani + swakshetra Shukra = Shukra in Bhava-5 ; Shukra in Thula

  • neechcha bhanga of Surya,

    • 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 occupiesa quadrant from the Ascendant or the Moon." (Kuja, lord of Surya's uchcha rashi Mesha, occupies a kendra from both lagna and Chandra.)

  • L-2 Chandra in kendra-10, 9th-from-swakshetra

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  • putra-bhava for self-expression, children, and good luck is remarkably auspicious:

    • L-5 in 5; L-9 in 5

    • L-3 + L-5 + L-9, all very strong

    • bhagya L-5 swakshetra Shukra(see Parashara key wealth indicators)

    • bhagya yoga: L-9 uchcha Shani in house-5 of speculation gives an advanced knowledge of principles of law, social justice, fairness, and equity. This moral asset bears financial fruits. The native's philanthropic motives are extremely strong (charitable instincts are always blessed), and also his sense of value in equity guides superior investments.

    • debilitated L-3 Surya which rules daily business administration and is the karaka for self-made-wealth. Well-situated neechcha bhanga graha are the strongest planets of all!

    • Surya gets extreme strength through D-9 position which gives the results of Surya's cotenant uchcha Shani

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    Subconscious expectations/instinctive behaviors toward wealth = very favorable for success in the information economy

    • L-2 Chandra occupies a navamsha of Mars, so radix Mars is the means of acquired wealth. In Kanya with uchcha Budha this gives superior intelligence in calculations and systems.

    • 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. Uchcha 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.

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    As always it will require a series of good foundational maha-dashasto 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 habitsand principles of social justice. The nativity suggests that one has carried for a lifetime, a clear moral vision of how to distribute excess wealth for compassionate public benefit.

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    Shani Ashtamsha

    Bill Gates endured the Shani ashtamsha across bhava-5 "speculative intelligence" = Thula 1983-1985 during a long delay in bringing out the first edition of Windows operating system for the new appliance called "PC" personal computer. Gates has natal Shani in 8th from Chandra therefore he is accustomed to long delays in speculative outcome, so in his case the Shani ashtamsha would have been tolerable.

    • He is on schedule for a repeat during 2012-2015 when gochara Shani returns to Thula rashi. Now a father, Mr. Gates may face some Shani related delays or stuck-feelings re: Children.

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    Budha Mahadasha

    • Age 19-26

    • uchcha Budha = lagnesha /aAnd L-4 from Mithuna lagna

    • uchcha Budha = L-4+L-7 from Meena Chandra

    • Bhadra Yoga

    Young Bill was blessed with a truly excellent foundational mahadasha of Uchcha Budha [exalted Mercury]. Ruler of 2 kendras, this position of Budha gives a "finance executive".

    says, "Mercury occupying this sign and 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 Bill Gates' childhood home would have been infused with good order and high moral principles, while a culture of compassion and awareness prevailed.

  • Uchcha Budha in mutual aspect to the Moon gives a mother of high intelligence and moral quality.

  • The father = Surya L-3 = Abundant self-made wealth.Third-house gives self-made wealth and it is abundant due to Guru there. L-9 for father is powerfully exalted in house-5 for politics, theatre, philanthropy, and literature. Bill Gates Sr. is a noted philanthropist and civic leader, and a highly successful commercial businessman (attorney).

  • Uchcha BudhaL-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 Gates' 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 the native tremendous intellectual scope.

  • The negative expression of Mangala in bandhu bhava = illness and early demise of mother, due to L-6 + natural maraka Kuja in roots + childhood home ... and directly opposed to Moon. His mother was a genius business organizer and extremely active in community organizations (L-11). Sadly, Mr. Gates mother Mary Maxwell Gates died of breast cancer in 1994.

  • 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 and creatively helpful time. The young man was permitted to rove in the world of the imagination (house-12) and avoid excess social responsibility until he matured.

  • Of course Mr. Gates was never really lost during Ketu Mahadashain the profound way that Ketu the Wanderer can severely confuse some people. Shukra is very strong and tightly structured by Shani.

  • But still, Ketu is a period of anti-regulation when a certain amount of "lowing in the wind" is part of the script.

  In radix, Ketu's lord swakshetra Shukra is dignified: favorably positioned in the 5th house of intelligence, and dominated by the extremely auspicious uchcha Shani.

  • Gates attended a super-prestige college (Harvard) and 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: uchcha Shani and uchcha 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 L-5 = 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' verbally self-confident and slightly aggressive personality high in the public limelight. Shani = justice under human law.

  During public inquiry (Shani) during the lawsuit, the native's aggressive business tactics were were revealed as having been characteristically never harmful to individuals, but warrior-like against competing businesses.

  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.

  • Note Shani is the dashamsha lord,good for maintaining high levels of executive power and public respect. This is not the dashamsha of a major political leader - just a darned good businessman who has occasional interactions with the government.

  Marriage-1 = January 1, 1994

  • Shukra/Guru/Budha period

  • Moon of Mrs. Melinda French Gates occupies Anuradha Nakshatra = Vrischika = Bill Gates' 7th navamsha, containing his own specific navamsha moon..

  Surya Mahadasha - age 46-52

  • Surya is a relatively quiet period in Gates' life because Surya is a quiet planet. Neechcha (fallen) Surya is greatly supported - perhaps fully neechcha bhanga- 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 and communications.

  • Within Sahajabhava resides L-7+L-10 Guru, who brings focus on marriage, business partnerships, and public leadership roles.

  • Surya Himself is fairly quiet compared to the flamboyantly theatrical swakshetra Shukraand yuti uchcha Shani, the regulator.

  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.

  Surya/Shani period (2006):

  • Gates was ranked = wealthiest man in the world, with assets of over USD_50billion.

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  [prediction] L-2 Chandra Mahadasha - age 52-62

  L-2 Chandra will continue to emphasize developments in family life, the transmission of lineage values, collections of worthy items, expansion of knowledge of history, languages, and values traditions.

  L-2 Chandra = maraka; L-2 Chandra = the primary significator of the hoard, treasury, collected wealth. L-2 Chandra in 9th-from-2 dhana bhava receiving drishti of Mangala is a super-powerful dhana yoga, so the wealth hoard should continue to magnetically attract matrialization energy.

  Chandra/Chandraperiod poses some good opportunity to utilize the Maraka permission to leave the flesh-body behind and carry forward body-free.

  However , uchcha Shani L-8 in 10th-from-8th is very auspicious for a long and productive material life. L-8 uchcha Shani + L-5 Shukra + L-3 (8th-from-8th) Surya along with Chandra in 10 suggest that public responsibilities plus overall

  L-2 as L-8 from kalatra bhava = Chandra/Chandra period or Chandra/Shani period can provide divorce timing, under the right circumstances.

  • Chandra in mutual aspect to the Kuja-Dosha critical and sarcastic (and huge vocabulary of verbal weapons) Mangala-Kanya + uchcha Budha, is worth watching in terms of marital tension.

  • L-2 can easily become a divorce lord. However this couple is very compatible on most levels so again there is potential, not prediction.

  L-2 = the Lord of the Hoard: Wealth will continue to grow.

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  [prediction] Kuja Mahadasha - age 62-69

  • Kuja is associated with animosity and illness, but because Kuja is dominated in degree by the excellent uchcha 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.)

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  Marriage = compatible.

  • Male = Chandra in Utttarabhadrapada Nakshatra of Shani.

  • Female = Chandra in Anuradha Nakshatra of Shani.

  Two hard-working and self-protective partners, deeply concerned with security and helping to change negative conditions in the material world.

  Shani people are sensitive to poverty and despair even when they are blessed with wealth and privilege.

  Believers in hard work and life structure, inculcation of traditional values in their children.

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  "A perusal of astrological literature bearing up ''Wealth' reveals clearly that in order to become rich, one should have in his horoscope combinations which comprehend a point of contact between lords of Lagna, 2nd, 11th, 5th and 9th. Permutations and combinations of these lords give rise to Astupendous number of Dhana Yogas" ~~ B. V. Raman, 300 Important Combinations -- commenting on Madhya Vayasi Dhana Yoga

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  11. Vanchana Chora Bheethi Yoga - - Cheated and Cheats Definition: The Lagna is occupied by a malefic Gulika in a trine or Gulika is associated with or the Lord of Lagnais combined with Rahu, Saturn or Kethu. Results. The native will always entertain feelings Of suspicion towards others around him. He is afraid Of being cheated, swindled and robbed. Ascendant must have an evil planet with Gulika disposed in the 5th or 9th. Lord of Lagnashould join Rahu or Saturn or Kethu. In all these cases, the person will not only have fears from cheats, rogues and thievesbut he will also have huge material losses. The combinations pertaining to this Yoga are found in almost all horoscopes, cheated one another in some form or the other. It is a tragedy of our social life that a merchant minting millions at the cost of the poor is left scot-free while the poor, committing theft in the face of poverty and want, are booked by law. Cheating is practiced in a variety of ways. Fertile brains find countless methods ways of cheating their clients. The lawyer is equally successful. The medical man commands many ways position is to be carefully fixed in the Zodiac. The >Yoga given above refers to persons who will be the victims of fraudbut the same combination can also be extended to apply to those who perpetrate the deeds. ~~ B. V. Raman, Three Hundred Important Combinations

  H.H. Dalai Lama re: "Altruistic Intent" Question: When a practitioner of the Great Vehicle vows not to enter into nirvana until all beings are liberated, how is it possible to fulfill this vow? Answer: Three modes of generating an altruistic intention to become enlightened are described -- like a king, like a boatman, and like a shepherd. In the first, that like a king, one first seeks to attain a high state after which help can be given to others. In the second, like a boatman, one seeks to cross the river of suffering together with others. In the third, like a shepherd, one seeks to relieve the flock of suffering beings from pain first, oneself following afterward. These are indications of the style of the altruistic motivation for becoming enlightened. In actual fact, there is no way that a Bodhisattva either would want to or could delay achieving full enlightenment. As much as the motivation to help others increases, so much closer does one approach Buddhahood. The Dalai Lama at Harvard: Lectures on the Buddhist Path to Peace. Snow Lion Pub.