I remember hearing of the death of Natalie Wood when I was 12 years old. I had always liked her and loved the movie, “Miracle on 34th Street”. She was doe-eyed, petite and beautiful. At the time, there was talk of a love triangle and that she had always had a phobia of dark water. Perhaps somewhere deep within her being, she knew that how the end would come. I was surprised to learn that they are re-opening the investigation due to the captain’s statement. It strikes one as rather odd that he is coming out with this after all of these years. He said that he lied about the events that transpired that fateful night when Natalie drowned. The question is, why now? And was there really more to the story story than Natalie trying to board a dingy, then slipping and falling into the water. water. She had had too much wine and a barbiturate. Lacking the dexterity to paddle in the freezing water is not a far-fetched idea given her state. But is this what really happened? Especially with her phobia of water? For answers, let’s turn to Astrology, which can give us a lot of insight as to what really transpired on that fateful night.
Natalie Wood birth data: 7/20/1938 at 11:16 AM in San Francisco, CA This birth time gets a AA Rodden rating as the birth time is taken directly from the Birth Certificate, therefore birth time is extremely reliable.
Natalie Wood Natal Chart Natalie died on 11/29/1981 while she was running Mars/Venus. According to the birth chart, Mars is a first rate maraka, i.e. death inflicting planet, due to its lordship of the 2nd and 7th houses and it is debilitated and combust in the birth chart. Venus is lord of the 8th house, the house of longevity and it is also debilitated in the Rasi and occupies the 12th house, the house of loss. Natalie died in Mars/Venus/Ketu/Venus/Saturn. 1
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Mars is a maraka (death inflicting planet, due to its lordship of the 2nd and 7th houses). Mars is also debilitated in Cancer, the Sign of the Ocean. Venus is lord of the 8th house, the house of longevity, and it is debilitated in Virgo in the 12th house of loss. Ketu occupies the 8th house of longevity. Ketu will give the effects of Mars and Venus, its lord. See #1 and #2. Venus has been explained above. Saturn, the planet of longevity, is also debilitated in the 7th house, a maraka (death-inflicting) house.
Natalie Wood Vimshottari Dasa, Running Mars/Venus at time of death
According to Vimshottari dasa, her death can clearly be seen in the birth chart. With the dasa of a debilitated maraka running, the antar-dasas of debilitated 8th house rulers running and a debilitated karaka of longevity, Saturn, this horoscope is almost too easy to predict the end of life. But is the currently accepted story what really happened? Was it really an accident as reported or was it something more sinister? To answer these questions, it is necessary to look at the Solar Return (Varshaphal) for answers.
Natalie Wood, Solar Return for age 43 Ascendant is Aquarius. Progressed Ascendant (Muntha) is Taurus. Muntha lord and Year Lord is Venus. From the birth Ascendant, which is Libra, the Progressed Ascendant occupies the 8th house. The 8th house is a house of longevity. From the Solar Return Ascendant, the progressed Ascendant occupied the 4th house and the year lord, Venus occupies the 7thhouse, the house of the death of the body. It is also the house of the spouse or love interest. It was said that Natalie may or may not have been having an affair with her current co-star at the time, Christopher Walken, who was incidentally also on the yacht that fateful evening.
Natalie Wood Solar Return Age 43 and Shashtiamsa
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According to the narrative, Robert Wagner, Natalie’s husband, broke a wine bottle in a fit of rage over his suspicions of Christopher Walken’s attraction to his wife. Natalie, mortified by the outburst, retired to her cabin with Robert following behind her. According to the captain, a massive argument ensued and he turned up the music on the radio to drown out the yelling. When he saw Robert Wagner next, the captain said he was sweating, disheveled and listless, relating that Natalie could not be found. Again, according to the captain, there was a three hour wait to call the police to search for Natalie. When the search finally did happen, they found Natalie floating face up in the water, her soul departed.
Natalie Wood Mudda Dasa for Age 43 The fact that Natalie Wood died on November 29, 1981 can easily been seen in her natal chart and the Solar Return (Varshaphal) chart. But was it an accident as has been reported or something more sinister. Let’s turn to her Solar Return chart for age 43 to find out. As mentioned above, death of the body could be indicated in the Solar Return chart for age 43 by the fact that the year lord occupies the 7th house from the Solar Return Ascendant. From the natal Ascendant in Libra, the Muntha or Progressed Ascendant occupies the 8th house. To acquire confirmation and confluence, the next place to look is the sahams. ‘Sahams’ correspond to ‘Parts’ in Western Astrology. There are several ‘parts’ in Tajika astrology. Tajika is the origin of Varshaphal or the Indian solar return. The Tajiks were an ancient Persian people who traded extensively with India and Greece. They gave their system of Astrology to both places. You will notice that the aspects and techniques used in Varshaphal look almost identical to Western Astrology. Anyway, back to Sahams or Parts. There are several parts and they are all within every Solar Return chart. However, it is necessary to look at the focuses of the year and then analyze the corresponding sahams. We see that death could be a possibility due to the Muntha or progressed Ascendant, not to mention the dasa/bhuktis running at the time, so where is the death saham placed? If it is to manifest, the death saham should occupy the progressed Ascendant (Taurus) or the same sign as the year lord, Venus (Leo) or be in the Ascendant of the Solar Return chart (Aquarius). The death saham happens to occupy Taurus, the progressed Ascendant. With many aspects of the charts and not only the Solar Return chart, but the Natal chart and the planetary periods running at the time, it is safe to say that her life may end during age 43. But when during the year? That is answered by a very accurate and reliable Saham technique. There are three dasa systems within Varshaphal:
1. Patyayini: this is a dasa system used to time yogas, such as applying and separating yogas 2. Mudda: this is the dasa system for timing when Sahams or Parts will manifest 3
3. Hadda: this dasa system reveals how we interpret phenomena or the world around us and gives events based on planets in their own Hadda. Since we will be using the saham technique to illustrate the timing of the end of life, we will be using the Mudda dasa system. To use Mudda dasa for timing, we need to look at the shashtiamsa, which is the 60th varga. A varga is a harmonic chart in Western Astrology. The 60th varga is the most precise varga and is like another natal chart. This chart can change every two minutes and in some cases every 10 seconds. Parasara says this varga gives ‘entire effects’ meaning you read it like you would a natal chart or in addition to the Natal chart. When we look at Natalie’s shashtiamsa (D60) for age 43, we see that the death Part falls in Taurus, just like it does in the Solar Return Chart for age 43. For the saham to manifest, the dasa of the ruler of the saham must be running or the lord of the ruler or the lord of the pertinent house. In the D60 for Natalie Wood, those planets would be Venus (because the death saham falls within Taurus as it does in the Solar Return chart), or Mercury or Mars. It turns out that on 11/29/1981, Natalie was running Venus in the Mudda dasa for age 43. That means that Venus was going to manifest the death saham between 10/19 and 12/14. It is quite clear from the birth chart and the solar return chart that her life would likely end when it did. But how did it end? Was there something more sinister than the official story? Murder is the 8th house. Wounds and enemies are the 6th house. In Natalie’s Solar Return chart, there are two planets that signify the husband, Jupiter and the Sun; the Sun as 7th lord and Jupiter as the natural karaka or producer of the husband. The Sun is placed in the 6thhouse of enemies along with Mars (violence) and Mercury (the 8th lord). In the Navamsa for this Solar Return, Jupiter is the 7th lord also places within the 6th house. It is quite clear from these charts, the husband is the enemy. Mars is debilitated in the Solar Return and debilitated in the Navamsa, but Mars has strength, over 12 points, which gives Mars power to produce, but in a very negative way. Jupiter, the signifacator or the husband and Saturn, the significator of Natalie (Saturn is the Ascendant lord in the SolarReturn Chart representing the person) are together in the 9thhouse. Since they are in the same sign, according to the Tajika system, they are enemies. Saturn is the 12th lord also representing illicit affairs or extramarital affairs.
Conclusion: Was Natalie Wood murdered? In my opinion based on the astrological chart, she suffered from malefic intent from her husband. Did he intend to murder her? I believe he intended to do her harm but to actually kill her is still speculative. I do not believe she fell in the water by accident as the official story suggests and I think her husband has something to do with her ending up in the cold, dark water that she had such a phobia of. You will also notice that in Natalie’s birth chart, the Moon occupies the 8th house. The Moon and the sign of Cancer specifically rule the ocean. The 8th house can show the manner of death. There is a specific yoga mentioned in Parasara that states: If the Moon is in the 8th there is danger from water.
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