One placement, two results

As I wrote about Ted Kennedy two days ago, "It is one of those fascinating things about astrology that the extraordinarily long life of his mother as well as the tragic deaths of his siblings, are symbolized in part by the exact same placement."

Something very similar happens in the case of Caroline.

In studying specific areas of a chart, in this case family members, we look to

1) the house
2) its lord
3) the karaka, or significator of the person in question

Caroline has Scorpio rising, making Cancer the sign on the 9th house cusp. In South Indian astrology, the 9th house is the father (also the guru). The Moon is thus the lord of the 9th. Caroline's Moon is in Capricorn, in the 3rd house.

Unfortunately, this Moon is afflicted not only by Saturn (separation) but by Mars (violence). Jupiter does cast, however, a benefic glance onto the 3rd, but not onto the 9th.

These placements in themselves might be insufficient to kill a family member, but unfortunately the karaka for the father, the Sun, is conjoined with Saturn in the 1st.

(For what it's worth, the Moon and the Sun are afflicted by Saturn in the navamsa chart as well. If the birth time reported for her is exceedingly accurate, it also appears that the 9th lord in Navamsa, Mars, is afflicted by both Rahu and Saturn. Yikes.)

The third house in the natal chart, unfortunately, also symbolizes the younger brother. The house is strengthened by the presence of the Moon as 9th lord. This coupled with the house lord's presence in the ascendent (albeit afflicted by the Sun) would have made him a particularly prominent figure in her life. However, the 3rd house is still afflicted by the two planets that are afflicting the Moon. Finally, the karaka for brothers, Mars, is poorly positioned in the 12th house, and on top of that is afflicted by Rahu within 3 degrees orb.

The Moon's affliction in the 3rd house was simply devastating in Caroline's chart. Her brother would die within days of the beginning of her 19 year Saturn period.