She's making a big move to cable in two years. Now, it's a bit difficult to make predictions regarding Oprah because I count at least three birth times out there.
Astrodatabank has it at 4:30 am, giving it an "A" ranking, adding that it comes "from memory."
If that is indeed the correct time, that means Oprah is running the period of a strong Sun, which is her 9th lord, forming a humongous rajayoga with 7th/10th lord Mercury and 11th lord Venus and the ever-hungry Rahu. The combination occurs in her 2nd house, which is one of the strongest I have ever seen. The second lord Saturn is exalted... where else, in the house of windfalls, the 11th. It is hardly surprising that this is a billionaire's chart. It's almost as if Oprah's destiny was primarily to be wealthy; fame was just the vehicle to get there, and a by-product once she did.
But the coming 10 year period, beginning 2011, looks a bit problematic. Oprah's Moon rules the 8th and is fallen in the 12th. On the one hand, this produces a type of vipreet rajayoga, where in theory the lord of a bad house is weakened by its residence in another bad house. Oprah's Moon, in addition, is with a strong Mars in its own sign. And it is also true that Ketu's major period, which ran from 1978-1975 was hardly her worst.
Still, the period of a fallen Moon will have its drawbacks; in any case, it is hard to see how it goes better than the Sun's period, which ought to count as one of the best in her life--in particular this year running from the summer of 2009 to 2010, which is the ultimate fruition of her rajayoga: the subperiod Mercury, her 10th lord, during her 9th lord Sun's major period. One could argue that this dealmaking period is the apogee of her career.
My gut feeling is that Oprah will regret giving up that TV show in favor of moguldom in its purest state.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Milhous Part II
The political life of Richard Nixon is unique for its collection of peaks and valleys. They would come one after another, each success greater than the last, each defeat a descent into a deeper abyss.
Our last post focused on Saturn and Venus. What we find in the last post is that Saturn in the 10th was unafflicted. But that same Saturn afflicted Venus, lord of the 10th, and was also posited in the 10th, making for a textbook case.
Unafflicted Saturn, therefore, was not the cause of disaster for him. He would save his humiliations for Venus' subperiods. And indeed, what we find is that Saturn's major period marked his arrival on the national stage. Saturn's first subperiod, its own, would take Richard Nixon to the vice presidency of the United States. After eight years in the number two job, it was his turn to run for the presidency. But he was up against the charming, charismatic, funny John F. Kennedy. The election fell under Venus' period. Small wonder, then, that he would lose.
He would suffer further humiliation in 1962, when he ran for governor of California and lost, prompting one of the most infamous outbursts in American political history.
Transiting Venus, lord of the 10th, was in the 4th on Election Day. From the 10th, Saturn was aspecting the transiting lord of the 10th. The affliction to Venus once again resulted in political humiliation, the worst of his life... up to that point.
Our last post focused on Saturn and Venus. What we find in the last post is that Saturn in the 10th was unafflicted. But that same Saturn afflicted Venus, lord of the 10th, and was also posited in the 10th, making for a textbook case.
Unafflicted Saturn, therefore, was not the cause of disaster for him. He would save his humiliations for Venus' subperiods. And indeed, what we find is that Saturn's major period marked his arrival on the national stage. Saturn's first subperiod, its own, would take Richard Nixon to the vice presidency of the United States. After eight years in the number two job, it was his turn to run for the presidency. But he was up against the charming, charismatic, funny John F. Kennedy. The election fell under Venus' period. Small wonder, then, that he would lose.
He would suffer further humiliation in 1962, when he ran for governor of California and lost, prompting one of the most infamous outbursts in American political history.
Transiting Venus, lord of the 10th, was in the 4th on Election Day. From the 10th, Saturn was aspecting the transiting lord of the 10th. The affliction to Venus once again resulted in political humiliation, the worst of his life... up to that point.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Friday, October 2, 2009
Mitt Romney
His chart looks good for 2012 (though, truth be told, it didn't look bad at all for 2008, at least during primary season). No data, however, on Tim Pawlenty, his most important rival.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Milhous, Part 1
Today we go to another politician's chart, and we also take a needed break from the subject of death, which has come up a bit too much since the beginning of this blog.
We move, instead to a topic far more unpleasant than the violent death of beloved national leaders: Richard Milhous Nixon, 37th President of the United States.
One of the advantages of studying famous people's charts is that it's often possible to acquire fairly accurate birth data on them. One of the disadvantages is that we often only know a handful of external events of their lives: marriages, losses and successes. But that's still plenty to go on. In the case of Richard Nixon, the professional losses and successes are epic.
"The professional losses and successes are epic." It so happens that there is planetary placement that epitomizes that phenomenon: Saturn in the 10th house.
Richard Nixon went from being a McCartheyite congressman in 1947 to U.S. Senator in 1951 to Vice President (against Eisenhower's better judgement) in 1953. He would lose the presidential race to John F. Kennedy in 1960. But he would succeed in becoming President in 1968, only to deservedly lose it in 1974.
Today we will look at two placements: Saturn in the 10th and Venus in the 7th house. The seventh house is that of marriage. The 10th is that of the career. The two planets have exchanged houses. That is, Saturn is in the 10th in Taurus (which is ruled by Venus). Venus is in the 7th in Aquarius (which is ruled by Saturn).
These two houses lie in a quadrant from one another. And that is a problem. Saturn sees the 10th house from itself. As a result, the mutual interchange or parivartana yoga also causes an affliction. Saturn sees Venus (in this case within a fairly narrow orb of 4 degrees). Thus there is a double Saturnian effect on the 10th house: Saturn occupies it and also sees its ruler.
This is not the place to explain how this chart could take someone to the presidency, so I will simply note that it takes a whole lot more than Saturn in the 10th which is, after all, a characteristic shared by over 500 million human beings on earth right now. Suffice it to say that this chart is further proof of the enormous role played by the 5th house in politician's horoscopes.
Saturn in the 10th house is not disastrous for the career. It can take you to the peak of a mountain. But there's a good change a swift kick is just around the corner. In the case of Milhous, that happened more than once. Note, however, that Saturn is not an afflicted planet in this chart. It is, rather, an afflicter. Venus, on the other hand, is afflicted.
Saturn as ruler of the house of marriage, indeed introduced Tricky to his long suffering wife at the first available opportunity: Jupiter sub Saturn, in 1940. Within months of the beginning of the 19 year Saturn period, he would become Vice President of the United States.
Saturn being Saturn, however, the kick at the mountaintop was about to come. In 1960 Nixon would run against John F. Kennedy.
We will continue our study of Richard Nixon soon, but we part with a trivia question and a gift: One other U.S. president had Saturn in the 10th. Who was it?
And here is our gift to you, beloved reader.
We move, instead to a topic far more unpleasant than the violent death of beloved national leaders: Richard Milhous Nixon, 37th President of the United States.
One of the advantages of studying famous people's charts is that it's often possible to acquire fairly accurate birth data on them. One of the disadvantages is that we often only know a handful of external events of their lives: marriages, losses and successes. But that's still plenty to go on. In the case of Richard Nixon, the professional losses and successes are epic.
"The professional losses and successes are epic." It so happens that there is planetary placement that epitomizes that phenomenon: Saturn in the 10th house.
Richard Nixon went from being a McCartheyite congressman in 1947 to U.S. Senator in 1951 to Vice President (against Eisenhower's better judgement) in 1953. He would lose the presidential race to John F. Kennedy in 1960. But he would succeed in becoming President in 1968, only to deservedly lose it in 1974.
Today we will look at two placements: Saturn in the 10th and Venus in the 7th house. The seventh house is that of marriage. The 10th is that of the career. The two planets have exchanged houses. That is, Saturn is in the 10th in Taurus (which is ruled by Venus). Venus is in the 7th in Aquarius (which is ruled by Saturn).
These two houses lie in a quadrant from one another. And that is a problem. Saturn sees the 10th house from itself. As a result, the mutual interchange or parivartana yoga also causes an affliction. Saturn sees Venus (in this case within a fairly narrow orb of 4 degrees). Thus there is a double Saturnian effect on the 10th house: Saturn occupies it and also sees its ruler.
This is not the place to explain how this chart could take someone to the presidency, so I will simply note that it takes a whole lot more than Saturn in the 10th which is, after all, a characteristic shared by over 500 million human beings on earth right now. Suffice it to say that this chart is further proof of the enormous role played by the 5th house in politician's horoscopes.
Saturn in the 10th house is not disastrous for the career. It can take you to the peak of a mountain. But there's a good change a swift kick is just around the corner. In the case of Milhous, that happened more than once. Note, however, that Saturn is not an afflicted planet in this chart. It is, rather, an afflicter. Venus, on the other hand, is afflicted.
Saturn as ruler of the house of marriage, indeed introduced Tricky to his long suffering wife at the first available opportunity: Jupiter sub Saturn, in 1940. Within months of the beginning of the 19 year Saturn period, he would become Vice President of the United States.
Saturn being Saturn, however, the kick at the mountaintop was about to come. In 1960 Nixon would run against John F. Kennedy.
We will continue our study of Richard Nixon soon, but we part with a trivia question and a gift: One other U.S. president had Saturn in the 10th. Who was it?
And here is our gift to you, beloved reader.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Caroline Kennedy, part II
I didn't comment on the timing of President Kennedy's death as seen from Caroline's chart. It was again transiting Saturn that fell right on her Moon (lord of the 9th, symbolizing the father) in the 3rd house, from which it also saw her natal Sun. Meanwhile, Mars transited her 1st house, conjoining Saturn, which was with her Sun (the karaka for father).
One other interesting point. In North Indian astrology, it is the 10th house, not the 9th, that rules the father. To a Northern Indian astrologer, the Sun, then would not only rule the 10th house but of course also be the karaka for the father. Under this scenario, Saturn conjoining the Sun would do three things:
1) Afflict the lord of the 10th
2) Afflict the karaka for the father
3) Afflict the 10th house
That would make it a very pure case for the death of the father. One might argue that the South Indian method works out better in terms of the timing, because of the dual affliction to both the Sun, 9th lord and 9th house by Saturn, supported by the Mars aspected to the karaka.
A North Indian astrologer, however, could equally claim that the transit by Mars to the 1st triggered the violence that would cause the loss indicated by Saturn. A South Indian astrologer might counterargue the Mars transit occurs every two years, and the Saturn transit every 29 years. Either way, what's most striking about this particular case is that both heuristics yield very similar results.
One other interesting point. In North Indian astrology, it is the 10th house, not the 9th, that rules the father. To a Northern Indian astrologer, the Sun, then would not only rule the 10th house but of course also be the karaka for the father. Under this scenario, Saturn conjoining the Sun would do three things:
1) Afflict the lord of the 10th
2) Afflict the karaka for the father
3) Afflict the 10th house
That would make it a very pure case for the death of the father. One might argue that the South Indian method works out better in terms of the timing, because of the dual affliction to both the Sun, 9th lord and 9th house by Saturn, supported by the Mars aspected to the karaka.
A North Indian astrologer, however, could equally claim that the transit by Mars to the 1st triggered the violence that would cause the loss indicated by Saturn. A South Indian astrologer might counterargue the Mars transit occurs every two years, and the Saturn transit every 29 years. Either way, what's most striking about this particular case is that both heuristics yield very similar results.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
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.
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.
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