The $12 Million Actress Actress Debilitated Planets And “That Great Parashara Exception” Introduction
guru, Mr. K.N. Rao, express the opinion that if a man or woman I once heard my jyotish- guru were to study Vedic Vedic astrology for 2 years o!er many life times, he"she would only #e a#le to a#sor# a single #uc$etful compared to the !ast ocean that is Jyotisha. %hough at the time I too$ comfort in the thought thoug ht that he was spea$ing in hyper#ole, there are moments when I feel that this is &uite literally true. %he meanings of the planets, signs, ! aried, the permutations and com#inations in a #irth chart ch art nakshatras , and houses are so !aried, so numerous, that extracting an accurate accura te !iew of the indi!idual's reality from this morass feels li$e a (erculean tas$.
%his is particularly so when indications are the reverse of what they appear to #e, #ased on the usual principles of interpretation. )ro#a#ly the most common example of this is the well-$nown instance of neecha bhanga raja yoga . Neecha means *de#ilitated+ and bhanga means *canceled,+ such that neecha bhanga refers to the cancellation of a planet's de#ility. de#ility. If this planet with a canceled de#ility is in an angular or trinal house, it is e!en said to produce raja yoga, and can #ring # ring status and success in its periods and su# periods. ome texts on Vedic astrology seem to suggest that cancellation can cellation of de#ility automatically turn a planet from lar$ Kent into uperman. (owe!er, (art deouw, deouw, in his recent #oo$ Light on Life, Life, pro!ides a different/and I #elie!e more accurate--perspecti!e on cancellation of de#ility. de#ility. “Canceled debility does not become equal to an exaltation or some other desirable placement, placement, hoever hoever! "ebility is is debility, debility, and neecha neecha bhanga is is no more more perfect than than a prosthesis prosthesis applied applied to a limb limb less body! body! #iving a debilitated debilitated graha a cane cane ith hich hich to alk ill enable the graha to exert some beneficial effects but, even if it excels at its duties, it ill still never be normal!$
(e goes on to enumerate enu merate four of the more important ways in which de#ility can #e canceled0 1. if the the lor lord d of of the the rashi occupied #y the de#ilitated graha is in a kendra position from the Moon or the Lagna 2. if the the lor lord d of of the the rashi where the de#ilitated graha is exalted is in a kendra position from the Moon or Lagna 1
3. if the the lor lord d of of the the rashi occupied #y the de#ilitated graha aspects that graha 1. if the the planet planet who woul would d #e exalt exalted ed in the the rashi occupied #y the de#ilitated graha is in a kendra from the Moon or the Lagna. 4r. K. . hara$ in his %lements %lements of &edic &edic 'strol 'strology ogy mentions two additional ways that are also important to note0 5. if the de#ilitated planet is associated associated with or aspected #y its exaltation lord 6. if the de#ilitated planet exchanges houses with its its de#ilitation de#ilitation lord. %hough I ha!e no n o textual authority for this !iew, in my experience the de#ilitation of a planet also seems to get cancelled when it is with an exalted planet. 7efore anticipating any dire effects from a de#ilitated planet, a Vedic Vedic astrologer needs to chec$ carefully to see if bhanga, or cancellation, is is also occurring. occurring. In which case, the the effect need not #e that unfa!ora#le, and potentially e!en !ery fa!ora#le should this planet also #e in an angle or a trine, gi!ing a neecha bhanga raja yoga . (owe!er, this is not the only instance in which a de#ilitated planet can gi!e good or e!en exceptional results. Very early in my association with Mr. Mr. Rao, I heard him remar$ once when presenting a case that a particular de#ilitated planet fell under *that great )arashara exception.+ 8n the #asis of this, he had predicted a spectacular spectacular rise for the person when all other astrologers were seeing great difficulty difficulty.. Naturally, Naturally, I was intrigued. %he exception can #e stated as follows0 "ebilitated "ebilitated planets either either ruling ruling or posited posited in houses houses ( and ) can can give raja*yoga raja*yoga in their their periods and and sub*periods! sub*periods!
9ater, when #rowsing hapter 3: of the +rihat arashara arashara -ora -ora .hastra .hastra , which enumerates different types of raja- yogas yogas, I chanced across what appears to #e the classical #asis for this principle. principle. ;ccording to the translator, translator, shlokas 1: and 2 of this chapter state0 <. If the 6th, 6th, the =th, and and the 3rd houses houses are are occupied occupied #y de#ilitated de#ilitated planets planets,, and the ascendant lord is exalted or in its own house or aspects the ascendant, there is raja yoga. raja yoga is formed if the 6th, =th, and the 12th lords are in fall or in inimical 5. ;gain, raja yoga signs or in com#ustion and the ascendant ascendan t lord is placed in its own sign or o r in its exaltation sign, or aspects the ascendant.
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8ne will notice that the principle, as enunciated #y Mr. Rao, is similar #ut not identical to the &uoted shlokas from )arashara. %he shlokas include the additional stipulation that the ascendant lord #e either exalted or in its own sign, or aspecting the ascendant. In other words, the lagna needs to #e strong. %hey also #ring other houses into play, and in shloka 2, conditions other than de#ilitation are referenced. -oever, both suggest that a debilitated planet in the )th house can give rise to raja* yoga!
%o illustrate, it can #e seen how this *great )arashara exception+ pro!ides the $ey to understanding the #irth chart of (ollywood actress 4emi Moore and her rise to fame in the dashas of Mars and Rahu. Sweating With the Stars
;t the health clu# where I ma$e infre&uent, half-hearted attempts to sta!e off the physical effects of ad!ancing age, there is always a pile of ragged, well-thum#ed maga>ines next to the high-tech exercise #i$es. I'!e ne!er #een sure whether these are pro!ided #y the management to pre!ent patrons from reali>ing ?ust how #oring it is to cycle indoors, or whether they are *lea!e #ehinds+ of clientele who ha!e already disco!ered this and feel compassionate towards their successors. In any e!ent, as I was pawing through some of these recently, loo$ing for something with which to fortify myself for the upcoming half hour of tedium, my attention was arrested #y a co!er photo and headline clearly intended to do so. * N'/%" '0+1213N + screamed the co!er in #old red in$, followed #y0 *.hred, nude and loaded ith attitude, the ultra*buff mother of three puts her career on the line in .triptease .+ %he accompanying photo was of the actress, 4emi Moore/au naturel. @ith her arm discreetly folded across her #reasts Asuggesting as it were, that it would cost me BC.5 at the #ox office if I wanted to see moreD, she ga>ed out from this co!er of eople maga>ine with a loo$ half winsome, half challenging, and wholly una#ashed. %here was also something in this loo$ that implied that she was not a woman to #e $ept waiting, so I discarded all other options and proceeded to the exercise #i$es. 7efore you ?ump to the conclusion that my selection stemmed from any particular fondness for this type of ?ournalistic confection/or worse yet/from some prurient interest, let me reassure you that I choose this article solely in the interests of astrological research. Ees, it's true. or some time now I ha!e #een in possession of the #irth data of Ms. Moore and ha!e wanted to ma$e a study of her chart in relation to her life experiences. 7ut I hardly $new anything a#out her, other than that she is an actress and married to another actor, 7ruce @illis. %he one additional thing I had pic$ed up from the media was that she now commanded the highest salary e!er paid an actress--B12.5 millionF A%his was in 1::6.D ;s an astrologer, I thought it would #e interesting to disco!er the planetary
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configuration that produced such uni&ue karma, #ut I also wanted to $now more a#out the person. I had thought of contacting her pu#licist, #ut ne!er got around to it. (ere/ #y way of )eople maga>ine/was some of the #iographical data I was loo$ing for. 7lessings come to us in the strangest ways. Appearances Can Be Deceiving
8ne piece of information I wanted to $now was when her acting career #egan, so I could see what planetary com#ination ga!e rise to her stardom and tremendous commercial success as an actress. %he article states that0 “2he seed of 0oore4s acting ambitions as planted about the time of her 5first6 marriage hen she took to reading scripts ith a young #erman neighbor and aspiring actress named Nastassaja /inski! 0oore enrolled in some drama classes, and in 789:, though she had little experience, beat out 7,;;; other actresses for a role in #eneral -ospital .+
%hese de!elopments in her life coincided exactly with the #eginning of the C years of her Mars dasha. Now see the #irth chart. )isces
;ries
%aurus
Gemini
Moon 2
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5
3 ;&uarius
ancer
Lagna upiter 1 apricorn
!ahu
4emi Moore No!em#er 11, 1:62 2016 )M Roswell, NM
Mars 6 9eo
Saturn "etu
C
12 agittarius
corpio
9i#ra
Virgo
Mercur# Sun 11
1
=
enus :
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;t first glance, 4emi's Mars does not appear well positioned to produce !ery good results. It falls into the *e!il+ 6th house and is in its de#ilitation sign, ancer, fewer than C degrees away from the extreme point. It falls along the Rahu-Ketu axis, and is aspected #y another malefic, aturn, from the 12th house. %his configuration is unrelie!ed #y any #enefic aspect. Eet it is in precisely this Mars period, and the su#se&uent period of Rahu, that she rose to the status of highest paid actress in history. learly, there is more going on here than meets the superficial eye. 9et's ta$e a closer loo$. Referring #ac$ to our list of six important ways that the de#ilitation of a planet is canceled, we see that two of them apply here. irst and foremost, is the exchange A parivarthana yogaD #etween the Mars and the Moon. Mars is in the Moon's sign, ancer, and the Moon is in the sign of Mars, ;ries. %his produces neecha bhanga , or cancellation of the de#ility. aturn, the ruler of Mars's exaltation sign apricorn, falls in a kendra from the Moon, again gi!ing neecha bhanga . +ut see that the above*mentioned “great arashara exception$ also applies . Mars, a de#ilitated planet, falls into the 6th house. It may e!en apply in two ways according to Mr. Rao since it rules the 3rd house as well. %he additional stipulation from the shlokas is also fulfilled. %he lagna lord aturn is in its own sign.
If we ta$e into account the neecha bhangas , and apply the exception, her Mars dasha #egins to hint at !ery different possi#ilities. Eet there is a third important reason why the appearance of this Mars is decei!ing. Now see the navamsha . )isces
;ries
%aurus
Gemini
Mercur#
Saturn
Sun
Lagna
"etu
11
12
1 ;&uarius
enus 1 ancer
: apricorn
2 9eo
4emi Moore's Navamsha
Mars 3 = agittarius
corpio
upiter
Moon
9i#ra
Virgo
!ahu 5
5
C
6
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(ere Mars #ecomes exalted. %he apparent reality of the #irth chart shows a wea$ling Mars, #ut the underlying reality re!eals that this Mars is actually a powerhouse. inally, we must also see that Mars, for an ;&uarius ascendant, rules the 1th house of career , and the (rd house of the performing arts. %his is a perfect astrological picture of why she immediately gra!itates towards a career as an actress when the Mars dasha #egins. 7ut her success and su#se&uent rise to fame is reflected in the condition of this Mars, owing to the two neecha bhangas , its exaltation in the navamsha, as well as the two raja yogas in which it participates.
It is a de#ilitated planet in the 6th house A*that great )arashara exception+D
C. It is the 1th lord Akendra D in mutual aspect with the lagna lord Atrikona D creating a powerful success and fame-gi!ing com#ination #ased on house rulerships. Chandra and Surya Lagna
or a complete !iew, the classics tell us that we must see the chart from the ad ditional perspecti!es of Chandra and .urya Lagna . rom the Moon sign, ;ries, Mars again forms a raja yoga com#ination with aturn in!ol!ing the lagna lord and the 1th lord, only this time their roles are re!ersed. Mars #ecomes the lagna lord, and aturn #ecomes the 1th lord in its own sign. %his raja yoga is e!en stronger for career success #ecause not only does it in!ol!e a well-placed 1th lord, #ut also falls along the <"1 axis. %hen see that the con?unction of Rahu and Mars #y itself forms raja yoga from the Moon #ecause Mars #ecomes a trinal lord with Rahu in a kendra. rom the un sign, 9i#ra, the picture remains consistent. Now Mars goes into the 1th house and again forms a powerful raja yoga with the yogakaraka aturn, again along the <"1 axis. =rom all three perspectives, 0ars is connected to the 7;th house of career and is involved in significant raja yogas!
8f e&ual importance is the fact that Mars and aturn remain strong and connected to each other in the navamsha . In fact, their relationship in the na!amsha mirrors the condition of Mars in the #irth chart in an intriguing way. In the #irth chart we saw how aturn assists in canceling the de#ility of Mars. ee that in the navamsha , this exalted Mars returns the fa!or #y canceling the de#ility of aturn through an exchange of signs A parivarthana yogaD. %hey are also in mutual aspect with each other. 6
or the reasons outlined a#o!e, dramatic career success #eginning in the Mars dasha had to occur. ontinued success in the su#se&uent dasha of Rahu is also a gi!en since these two are con?oined, and form a raja yoga from the Chandra lagna. The %rd &ouse and the Dra'atic Arts
Mars's lordship of #oth the 1th and the 3rd was mentioned earlier as reflecti!e of her career direction as an actress. ince I came to the Vedic system after 2 years of @estern astrology, some of the different meanings attri#uted to the houses were surprising. %he association of dramatic arts with the 3rd house made no logical sense to me, and I &uestioned it at first. 7ut I'!e learned not to dou#t the rishis, and this chart supports this meaning. Notice how emphasi>ed and *energi>ed+ this house is in Ms. Moore's chart. =. ;t contains an incredi#ly #right Moon, which is applying to within thirty-two minutes of complete fullness. %his Moon is rendered artistic #y falling in the Venus-ruled nakshatra , +harani, and through the aspect of Venus in its own sign. :. ;dditionally, it recei!es two more aspects from the planets in the :th house. Note that these planets are not ?ust any planets, #ut the lord of the 5th, and the lord of the Cth. 1. ;long with Venus these comprise two trikona*kendra raja yogas and Lakshmi yoga. %he de#ilitated un here forms neecha bhanga raja yoga since it is with the lord of the sign it is in, and falls in a trikona . Needless to say, the planets in the :th form one !ery potent com#ination for fame and fortune and all pouring into the 3rd house of the dramatic arts. (owe!er, it is the powerful exchange of this fullest of Moons with the 1th lord Mars, and all that we ha!e diagnosed a#out it, that gi!es this 3rd house its special potency to #ring such career success as an actress/at least commercially. @hyH It goes #ac$ to that old astrological dictum a#out how *character is destiny.+ A Closer Loo( At That )*change
%his exchange, as noted pre!iously, is #etween the 3rd lord and the 6th lord, and is one of the conditions that cancel the de#ility of Mars. %he 3rd house and the 3rd lord, aside from their more secondary association with the dramatic arts, represent one's capacity for courageous action and intense effort. %he 6th house and the 6th lord, on the other hand, represent the capacity to fight, and to struggle against o#stacles and competitors. %his is why malefics in houses 3, 6, and 11 ha!e #een !iewed as fa!ora#le. %hey gi!e the capacity for sustained, concentrated effort, the a#ility to struggle against and o!ercome o#stacles, and to assert oneself. %his #ecomes e!en more pronounced when the malefic in!ol!ed is Mars, significator of aggression.
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In this case, the 3rd lord of intense efforts/who also ?ust happens to #e Mars/falling into the 6th house of competiti!eness, spea$s !olumes a#out a certain &uality of character and am#itiousness. Note also that this (rd lord 0ars in the )th aspects both the lagna and the lagna lord! or at least Judith /rant? “.he orks harder than anyone 1 kno$, says “.triptease$ director 'ndre +ergman! “.he ants to be in control of her life!$ %ven moguls ho like 0oore describe her in terms more commonly applied to the "allas Coboys on the eve of the .uper +ol! “.he4s extremely focused, really committed,$ says +arry Levison, ho directed her in “"isclosure!$
(er Mars/her apparently wea$ Mars/also gi!es her a capacity for intense physical efforts. or her recent role in .triptease , she wor$ed out up to four hours per day, and I read in another article that she #i$ed 25 miles the day #efore she ga!e #irth to her third childF No that4s a strong 0arsF +a'e and +ortune
@hat fascinates me a#out yotish is the way it so accurately reflects the reality of a person's life. %he annals of (ollywood are full of examples of actresses who ha!e recei!ed great critical acclaim for their performances, #ut ne! er #ecame stars commanding huge salaries. Not to disparage her performances/I'!e greatly en?oyed some of her films/#ut her reputation to date is more that of a highly successful actress than of an 8scar-winning one. %he eople article mentioned that her critics point to a willingness to #are her form on screen Anot to mention maga>ine co!ersD as a contri#uting factor to her #ox office appeal. (owe!er, regardless of what anyone might thin$ a#out the artistic merit of her performances, the fact remains that she is the highest paid actress in (ollywood history. (ow can this #e seen astrologicallyH In other articles I'!e shown how in cases of spectacular wealth, strong dhana yogas are present in the #irth chart. In instances of this wealth coming from professional acti!ities, these wealth-gi!ing com#inations would need to connect with the 1th house or the 1th lord. uch is the case in the chart of 4emi Moore.
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or an ;&uarius lagna, the planet upiter/itself the significator of wealth/has special wealth-gi!ing a#ility since it rules the money houses 2 and 11. @hen well placed #y sign, and connected to the trikona houses and their lords, its wealth-gi!ing a#ility #ecomes Midas-li$e. -ere Jupiter is in the trikona 7st house, here it aspects the to other trikona houses @ and 8, and aspects the to trikona lords in the 8th, ho themselves form a ealth*giving Lakshmi Aoga.
rom the Moon, upiter continues to #e a wealth-gi!er. ;s the :th lord in the 11th house it forms another significant dhana yoga. ;ccording to at least one classical authority, Vahamihira, it is also well placed #y sign. (e praises upiter in ;&uarius and its opposite sign, 9eo, as gi!ing results nearly a$in to its exaltation sign, ancer. Moreo!er, it remains !ery strong in the navamsha , where it is in its own sign in a kendra, and is in mutual aspect with another #enefic, Venus, who for this navamsha is the lord of the 5th in the 1st, in a friend's sign. 7ut where can the connection of upiter to the 1th house and the 1th lord #e seenH %his happens in three ways. an you see themH 11. %he most o#!ious is the aspect of the 1th lord, Mars, onto this upiter. 12. %he other two connections are su#tler and occur through its sign and nakshatra lord. Its sign lord is aturn who is in mutual aspect with the 1th lord Mars. Its nakshatra lord is Rahu, who is con?unct the 1th lord Mars, u#stantial earning through career acti!ities #egan in the Mars dasha, #ut it wasn't until the Rahu mahadasha that the really #ig paydays manifested. ;s the )eople article states0 “0oore made her name in 788;4s “#host$>a film that earned B@; million orldide!$
In the early part of 1::, she was running Rahu"Rahu, #ut in the later half she mo!ed into Rahu"upiter. No recall that her fabulous ealth*giving Jupiter is in .atabhisha, the nakshatra of
8ne of the many things I ha!e grown to appreciate a#out my jyotish- guru, Mr. K.N. Rao, is his insistence on !erifying a #irth chart through life e!ents/ before accepting it as valid and before giving predictions about the future! Gi!en the imprecision with which
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most #irth times are recorded Anot to mention the unrelia#ility of mother's memoryD, it is irresponsi#le to do otherwise. %his a#ility/and the ha#it of doing it/must #ecome a part of e!ery astrologer's repertoire and routine. 7efore discussing a !ery interesting and uni&ue feature in 4emi Moore's chart, I propose to illustrate this techni&ue using e!ents from her life mentioned in the eople maga>ine article. %he #est ones to use are concrete life e!ents that occur at a specific time. %hese include things li$e marriage, the #irth of a child, promotion or the landing a ?o#, a medical operation, a relocation, death of a family mem#er, and so forth. ortunately, the article in eople maga>ine pro!ided information on many of these, though for the most part precise dates were not gi!en. %hey are as follows0 13. 2he family moved (; times before 0oore as a teen*ager! 1<. 't age 7:, she developed a crossed right eye that required to operations! 15. 1n 789;, her father committed suicide by breathing carbon monoxide from his car exhaust! J -er mother is a severe alcoholic ith hom she eventually broke off all contact! 16. 't 79, she married a rock musician 7: years her senior! 1C. .he landed her first acting job in 789: ith a role on “#eneral -ospital,$ and as cast in a supporting role in “+lame 1t on
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The -a'il# 'oved %. ti'es /e-ore Moore was a teen0ager,
7ased on the #rief #iographical s$etch in the eople article, 4emi grew up in trailer par$s. %he family had to mo!e fre&uently due to the ?o# insta#ility of her stepfather. he #egan her Moon dasha when she was eight years old and this is consistent with such an unsta#le home-life. Note that0 J %he Moon, the natural $ara$a of the home, is in the 3rd house of mo!ement and migration, in mutual aspect with the =th lord Mercury. J rom the #irth lagna the
In yotish, the 2nd house rules the right eye. 4emi has no planets in the 2nd house, #ut aturn aspects the 2nd as the lord of the 1 st and the 12th. More significantly, the 2nd lord, upiter, recei!es the aspect of Mars from the 6th house. ee also the condition of the sign and nakshatra dispositor of this 2nd lord upiter. %he sign dispositor aturn goes into the 12th house with the RK; and recei!es the aspect of Mars. %he nakshatra dispositor Rahu is in the 6 th house of disease and operations with Mars, the planet of surgery. ;t age twel!e she was running the period Moon-upiter. %he antardasha lord is the Mars afflicted upiter, the 2nd lord of the right eye. In 134. her step-ather co''itted suicide /# /reathing car/on 'ono*ide -ro' his car e*haust,
%his would ha!e occurred in Moon-Venus or Moon-un and seems to pro!ide good confirmation for an accurate #irth time since the e!ent is clearly indicated in the dadashamsha , or 1"12 di!ision, ha!ing to do with parents.
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7ut loo$ing first at the #irth chart, the Moon is a maraka for the father since it falls in the Cth house from the :th house of father, and it also falls Cth from the un, karaka of father. %he antardasha lord, either the un or Venus, is in the :th, in mutual aspects with the Moon. In the dadashamsha , the Moon is twice a mara$a since it is the lord of the Cth in the 2nd. Venus and the un fall in the =th house of this di!ision and again fall in the mara$a Cth from the dasha lord Moon. )isces
;ries
%aurus
Gemini
Saturn Mars
"etu Mercur# 3
<
6
upiter 5
;&uarius
ancer
Moon
2
4emi Moore's "adashamsha
C
apricorn
9eo
Sun
Lagna
enus 1 agittarius
= corpio
9i#ra
Virgo
!ahu 12
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sing the :th house of the dadashamsha , Virgo, as a lagna, the Moon goes into the 6th house in mutual aspect with the un-Venus con?unction, with Venus #ecoming the mara$a 2nd lord. 4eath of her stepfather in Moon-Venus or Moon-un correlates well in #oth the rashi and that di!isional chart ha!ing to do with parents. &er 'other is a severe alcoholic with who' she eventuall# /ro(e o-- all contact,
%he classics tell us Rahu is the indicator of poisons and intoxicants. It oftentimes plays a dominant role in cases of alcoholism. Note that the
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con?unction of Rahu with Mars, aspected #y aturn. %his alone is good testimony #ut is not that helpful in esta#lishing the accuracy of the #irth time. (owe!er, we see that using this time and degree of lagna puts Rahu in the
%his first marriage would ha!e ta$en place in Moon-un and ma$es perfect sense. %he un is the Cth lord from the #irth lagna and in the Cth house from the Moon. %he Moon and un remain in 1-C relationship in the navamsha , or marriage chart.
)isces
;ries
%aurus
Gemini
Mercur#
Saturn
Sun
Lagna
"etu
11
12
1 ;&uarius
enus 1 ancer
: apricorn
2 9eo
4emi Moore's Navamsha
Mars 3 = agittarius
corpio
upiter
Moon
9i#ra
Virgo
!ahu 5
C
6
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%he aspect of aturn on the Cth lord from the lagna and the Cth house"Cth lord from the Moon shows the marriage to a much older man. She landed her -irst acting 5o/ in 1342 with a role on General Hospital and was cast in a supporting role in la!e "t on #io in 134%,
(er acting career #egins in Mars-Rahu, and #egins to #lossom in Mars-aturn. ;s discussed earlier, Mars is the 1 th lord of career, as well as the 3rd lord of the dramatic arts. Rahu and aturn are the two planets with which it forms raja yoga com#inations.
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%his timing is strong !erification for the correctness of the lagna and also a perfect illustration of the primary principle for interpreting the &imshottari dasha. )lanets will gi!e their results in the su#-period of those planets most strongly associated with them. If these planets com#ine in raja yoga com#inations, the person is successful and rises up in life. She divorced in 1346, Cast in the -il' St$ El!o%s &ire she /eca'e addicted during this period to drugs and alcohol /ut was a/le to /rea( her addiction a-ter two wee(s in a reha/ progra',
%his period would e&uate to Mars-aturn, and e!en though her career ta$es off, she #ecomes addicted to drugs and alcohol, as shown #y the strong connection of the RK; to #oth of these planets. 7ut with her dri!e and strong will power she is a#le to get herself into a reha# program and o!ercome her addiction. Note the position of aturn in the 12th house of hospitals, ashrams, spas, and places li$e reha#ilitation centers. +ro' 1346 to 1347 she was in an on0again o--0again engage'ent with )l'o co0star )'ilio )steve8,
Much of this period e&uates to Mars-Venus and Mars-un. ;s with the Moon dasha, the su#-periods of Venus and the un #ring relationship, gi!en their strong connection to the Cth house from #oth the #irth lagna and the Moon. She 'et Bruce Willis in August o- 1347 and the# 'arried % 'onths later,
%hough the )eople article gi!es only this approximate date for her 1-year marriage to 7ruce @illis, it would ha!e occurred in Mars-Moon-Venus. @e saw how the MoonVenus com#ination in her dasha se&uence #rought marriage when they were the dasha and antardasha lords. (ere they are operating as the antar and pratyantar dasha lords. 7ecause of the exchange #etween Mars and the Moon in the #irth chart, this dashaantardasha se&uence would ha!e #een highly significant in her life, with each of these planets empowered to gi!e the result of the other. She co0starred in huge /o* o--ice success Ghost released in 133.,
%his coincides with the ad!ent of her dasha of Rahu, the fame-gi!er. %o reiterate why this Rahu can #ring great fame0 J It is with the 1th lord Mars, who with aturn forms a 1-1 ra?a yoga from the #irth lagna.
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J rom the Moon, the Rahu-Mars con?unction is a raja yoga #ecause, per )arashara, the Moon's Nodes gi!e raja yoga when they are in a kendra with a trinal lord. Mars rules the trinal 1st house from Chandra lagna . J Rahu will also gi!e the results of the planets it most associates with, and the mutual aspect #etween Mars and aturn is again a 1-1 ra?a yoga from the Moon. J In the dashamsha , Rahu is connected to a powerful "harma- /arma
)isces
;ries
Mercur#
%aurus
Gemini
upiter
!ahu
6 5
C
Sun =
;&uarius
ancer
enus <
4emi Moore's "ashamsha :
apricorn
9eo
Saturn 1
3 agittarius
corpio
9i#ra
Moon
Lagna
Mars
"etu
1
Virgo
12
11
2
;s mentioned earlier, what is fascinating a#out her #ox office success with this mo!ie, coincident with the Rahu dasha is that Rahu is the natural karaka or indicator of ghosts. ee also that in the dashamsha , Rahu is with the 1 th lord un in the =th house of the spirits of the dead. It is uncanny the way Jyotisha shows not only this success #ut also the !ehicle.
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(er earning power that resulted from the success of #host occurred in the su#-period of upiter. @hy upiterH Recall that upiter rules the two money houses, 2 and 11, for her ;&uarius lagna , and if you loo$ closely at the degrees of upiter you will see that it is placed in Rahu's nakshatra , showing the connection #etween the dasha and antardasha lords. It also forms a strong dhana yoga from the Moon, since upiter #ecomes the :th lord in the 11th house from this standpoint. Now see that it is also the :th lord fortune in the =th house of suddenness from the dasha lord Rahu. She gave /irth to three daughters /orn in 1343 1332 and 1336,
%he Rahu dasha has #rought three children as well. %hey were #orn respecti!ely in the dasha"antardashas of Rahu-Rahu, Rahu-upiter, and Rahu-aturn. Rahu's a#ility to gi!e children comes primarily through the principle of dispositorship. Rahu will #ring the results of its dispositor the Moon, who is in mutual aspect with #oth the 5th lord Mercury, and the :th lord Venus. 7eing the 5th house from the 5th house, the :th house and its lord #ecome an alternati!e child-gi!ing house. ;lso see that in the saptamsha, Rahu is in upiter's sign )isces, and that upiter is the 5th lord of this di!isional chart. 7oth in the rashi and the saptamsha, Rahu is closely connected to aturn.
)isces
;ries
%aurus
!ahu
upiter
Mars
Gemini
11
Sun
enus =
1 :
;&uarius
ancer
Mercur# 4emi Moore's .aptamsha
12
C apricorn
9eo
Lagna 6 1 agittarius
corpio
9i#ra
Virgo
Moon 5
<
3
"etu
16
Saturn 2
She was paid $12,9 'illion -or her per-or'ance in Striptease wor(ing out 6 hours per da# to prepare hersel- ph#sicall# -or the role,
%his too$ place in the Rahu-Mercury period. %he Mercury su#-period acti!ates the Lakshmi yoga formed #y Mercury as the 5th lord with Venus as the : th lord in its own sign in the :th. ;s indicated earlier, this is a !ery special wealth-gi!ing dhana yoga com#ination, and it has made her one of the highest paid actress in the history of (ollywood. %he #irth chart, along with the di!isional charts that get created #y this degree of the lagna , would appear to #e wor$ing !ery well and suggests that her gi!en #irth time is, indeed, accurate. %he procedure of !erification that was ?ust demonstrated should always #e done #efore a #irth chart is accepted as accurate and future predictions attempted. %o proceed otherwise is to in!ite disaster. %he e!ents of 4emi Moore's life and their timing are well reflected in #oth the #irth ch art and rele!ant di!isional charts. (er #irth chart re!eals her destiny to #ecomeL2he B7: 0illion 'ctress. So'e :ther )*a'ples
I would li$e to loo$ now at other instances where de#ilitated planets ga!e !ery good results in $eeping with the exceptions outlined at the #eginning of this article.
Al ;acino
%he chart of 8scar-winning actor, ;l )acino, is a testament to the fact that one can ha!e a num#er of de#ilitated planets and still #e hugely successful.
)isces
;ries
%aurus
Gemini
upiter Mercur#
Mars Sun
12
"etu
enus :
Saturn
11 1
1C
;&uarius
ancer
= apricorn
;l )acino ;ctor ;pril 25, 1:< 1102 ;M Manhattan, NE
Lagna 1 9eo
C agittarius
2 corpio
9i#ra
Virgo
Moon
!ahu
6
< 5
3
;s you can see, the Moon, Mercury and aturn all fall in their de#ilitation signs. 7ut the &uestion then #ecomes, *4oes their de#ilitation get cancelledH 4oes it get cancelled in an angle or a trine, gi!ing rise to neecha bhanga raja yoga H ;re they placed in or rule a dussthana house, falling under *that great )arashara exceptionH+ )acino's lagna lord Moon is de#ilitated in the sign corpio. Eet it is in mutual aspect with Mars, the lord of corpio, which is one of the conditions gi!en earlier for cancellation of the de#ility. Moreo!er, Mars as the dispositor of the de#ilitated planet is kendra from the Moon, another condition that gi!es cancellation. In addition, the exaltation lord of the Moon AVenus, since the Moon is exalted in %aurusD is also in a kendra from the Moon, which gi!es a third cancellation. ;nd then see that this de#ilitated Moon falls in a trine house, the additional stipulation for gi!ing neecha bhanga raja yoga . Note also that as the lagna lord in the 5th, in mutual aspect with the yogakaraka planet, Mars, this Moon is configured in normal and !ery powerful raja yogas . %his holds true from Chandra lagna as well. ;nd the fact is that throughout the Moon period, which ran from 1:C5 to 1:=5, he was huge star. (is Moon did not gi!e the *wea$ and unfa!ora#le+ results of a de#ilitated planet at all. Nor did his aturn. ;l )acino first rose to mega-stardom for his role in 2he #odfather . It was the period of un-aturn. %he un is at its highest point of exaltation in the 1th house of career where it also gets directional strength. It is with aturn in its de#ilitation sign, ;ries. 7ut again, Mars, the ruler of ;ries, is in an angle from the Moon, gi!ing cancellation. %he exaltation lord of aturn is Venus, since aturn is exalted in 9i#ra, and we see that Venus is also in an angle from the Moon. I also #elie!e that a third cancellation occurs #y !irtue of the fact that this aturn is with an exalted planet. ;nd then see that it falls in the 1th, an angle house, fulfilling the additional condition to gi!e neecha bhanga raja yoga . ;s the Cth lord con?unct with upiter, the :th lord, aturn
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also participates in a normal raja yoga. ar from gi!ing *wea$+ results, aturn ele!ated him considera#ly. (is de#ilitated Mercury gets cancelled as well. upiter, the ruler of )isces, falls in an angle from the #irth lagna. Note that it also rules the 3 rd house, thus falling under )arashara's exception. %he de#ilitated planets in ;l )acino chart do not #eha!e li$e de#ilitated planets. %he reason is neecha bhanga raja yoga . !onald !eagan
Ronald Reagan exact #irth time is contro!ersial, #ut the consensus opinion Aincluding that of KN RaoD is that the lagna is agittarius. )isces
;ries
%aurus
Gemini
!ahu <
Saturn
6
C
Moon 5 ;&uarius
ancer
enus 3 apricorn
Ronald Reagan ;ctor and )olitician e#ruary 6, 1:11 <06 ;M %ampico, I9
= 9eo
Sun :
2 agittarius
corpio
9i#ra
Lagna Mercur# Mars
Virgo
upiter
1 12
"etu
1 11
It can #e seen that Reagan's aturn is in its de#ilitation sign ;ries. Eet he #ecame )resident in the mahadasha of this planet. Note that Mars, the ruler of ;ries, is in an angle from the lagna , #ringing a#out cancellation. ince aturn is in a trine, this then #ecomes neecha bhanga raja yoga . @hat is more, it rules the 3rd house of his chart and may also come under )arashara's exception.
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;a/lo ;icasso
!ery #eginning student of Jyotisha learns that Venus is the planet that indicates the arts. 8ne would expect then to find Venus strong in the charts of artists. Eet on the day )a#lo )icasso was #orn, Venus was in its de#ilitation sign, Virgo. ee his chart #elow.
)isces
;ries
Saturn
%aurus
Gemini
upiter
Mars
"etu :
12 11
1 ;&uarius
ancer
= apricorn
Lagna
)a#lo )icasso 8cto#er 25, 1==1 11015 )M Magala, pain
1 9eo
C agittarius
2 corpio
9i#ra
Virgo
Sun
enus
!ahu 6
Moon <
Mercur#
3
5
)icasso's chart is a !erita#le cornucopia of de#ilitated planets. %he un, Moon, Venus, aturn, and the Moon's Nodes are all in their de#ilitation sign. Eet here is one of the foremost and famous artists of the 2th century, and he initially came to fame in the ma?or period of Venus. Note that its dispositor, Mercury, is in an angle from the Moon. +ut more importantly see that it goes in the ( rd house of the fine arts, here it comes under that arashara exception! ;s a de#ilitated planet in the 3rd house it ga!e raja yoga.
Claudia Schi--er
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upermodel laudia chiffer was also #orn with a de#ilitated Venus and it is not what you might expect from the planet of #eauty in her chart, particularly since it rules the lagna , which pertains to appearance.
)isces
;ries
%aurus
Saturn
Moon
Gemini
6
: C
=
;&uarius
ancer
!ahu 5 apricorn
laudia chiffer upermodel ;ugust 25, 1:C 1201 )M Rhein#erg, Germany
1 9eo
"etu Mars
<
Sun 11 agittarius
corpio
3
9i#ra
Virgo
Lagna
enus
upiter
Mercur#
2 1
12
(owe!er, it can #e seen that this de#ilitated Venus is with an exalted Mercury, which in my experience gi!es cancellation. %hese two planets form a significant raja yoga in the 12th house of foreign countries. ee also that Venus rules the 9th house, and therefore may come under the exception once again. ;nd it was exactly in Rahu-Venus that she first came to prominence as a professional #eauty in a foreign country. laudia chiffer was actually considered &uite ugly as child and e!en when she #lossomed into a #eauty as a teen, she could not ma$e it as a model in her own country, Germany. It was only when she went a#road that her career too$ off. %his is the meaning of neecha bhanga raja yoga . rom a *down+ or *losing+ position, your #ecome ele!ated. ;s my teacher says, *%he neecha will #e there, #ut in the end one triumphs.+
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xamples li$e these ha!e taught me to ne!er ?ump to &uic$ conclusions a#out the results of de#ilitated planets and what they will #ring when acti!e in the dasha se&uence. Rather, I always carefully examine whether cancellation occurs and to what degree, and the placement of the de#ilitated planet in the navamsha and other di!isional charts. I also loo$ to see if they are placed or rule the dussthana houses 3, 6, =, or 12 and entertain the possi#ility that they may actually gi!e raja yoga #ased on *that great )arashara exception.+
Technical Su''ar#
J In #irth charts, as in life, appearances can #e decei!ing. ;pparently de#ilitated planets in *#ad+ houses can actually gi!e extraordinary results under certain circumstances. J 7efore pronouncing #ad results in their periods and su#-periods see if their de#ility gets cancelled and chec$ their placement in the navamsha . ;lso see their placement from the Chandra lagna and any significant yogas in which they participate. J In the chart of actress 4emi Moore, her de#ilitated Mars gets exalted in the navamsha , and participates in significant 1-1 raja yogas from #oth the lagna and the Moon, with whom it also participates in a significant excha nge as the third lord of acting. J %he de#ilitation of this Mars as the 3rd lord in the 6th house, with the lagna lord well placed in its own sign, also comes under *that great )arashara exception.+ In which case, this de#ilitated condition of Mars actually gi!es an unusual raja yoga. J 7ut we also saw how it meant that she had to struggle hard to o!ercome nearly impossi#le odds, including an unsta#le and impo!erished childhood and her own drug addiction to achie!e her am#itions. Mars as the 3rd lord of efforts in the 6 th house of struggles aspecting her lagna and lagna lord, ga!e her this will to succeed. J %he &imshottari dasha se&uence shows the ad!ent of her rise to fame and fortune as an actress, #eginning with the Mars period followed #y that of Rahu. @e saw that her Mars ruling her 1th house of career and the 3rd house of the dramatic arts is in an exchange with a perfectly ull Moon. J In $eeping with this timing, it is interesting to note that she got into acting as a result of a neigh#or, *neigh#ors+ coming under the pro!ince of the 3rd lord alsoF J %he significant dhana yogas in her chart, particularly the Lakshmi yoga formed #y the placement of Venus in its own sign as the lord of the :th in the :th house with the 5th lord Mercury and aspected #y upiter as the 2 nd and 11th lords, show her great wealth.
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J ince the period of Rahu is then followed #y that of upiter, she li$ely to get e!en wealthierF
'll raise to the
Jai #uru "ev
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