Thursday, December 24, 2009
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Milhous Part III
Richard Nixon did not become president on the strength of his 10th alone. If anything, his 10th is rather problematic (in a certain way similar to Al Gore's). The humongous raja yoga in the 5th house of politics was the driver for his career success. The sign on that 5th house is Sagittarius. The lord of that 5th house is powerful Jupiter, residing in his own house, along with the 9th, 1st and 4th lords. It is no surprise then that Jupiter's subperiod, the final one in Saturn's mahadasa, would take him to the presidency.
Mercury forms part of the rajayoga, though it loses a planetary war to 9th lord Mars. That said, the first years of its period were not unkind. In its own subperiod it gave Nixon one of the greatest landslides in American history, despite Watergate.
Then came Ketu's subperiod. Ketu, itself in a house of Mercury, did not cause his resignation. But next up was Venus. The period began on March 29, 1974. On April 16 came a subpoena for the tapes. May 9th saw impeachment hearings begin, and on July 24th came the Supreme Court's 8-0 decision against the President. August 9th would be the last day of the Nixon presidency.
Saturn in the 10th brought Richard Nixon to incredible heights. At the very beginning of its period he would be elected vice president of the United States. But he would then fail to be elected president in 1960 and even governor of California in 1962. But Saturn is known to give delayed results. In its final subperiod Richard Nixon achieved his greatest ambition.
Venus was lord of a 10th house that contained Saturn. And Venus, from the 7th, was itself afflicted by Saturn. His two great presidential defeats, 1960 and 1974, were marked by Venus' subperiod.
Two postscripts. Saturn rules the 7th house of marriage, not the 10th of the profession, even though it is posited in the latter. Ketu sub Saturn would indeed see the death of his beloved Pat.
And a final postscript. Saturn in a kendra house by its nature either produces men of higher Saturnian qualities (seriousness, discipline, responsibility) or criminals. Richard Nixon, of course, was both.
The other president with Saturn in the 10th was our greatest: Abraham Lincoln.
Mercury forms part of the rajayoga, though it loses a planetary war to 9th lord Mars. That said, the first years of its period were not unkind. In its own subperiod it gave Nixon one of the greatest landslides in American history, despite Watergate.
Then came Ketu's subperiod. Ketu, itself in a house of Mercury, did not cause his resignation. But next up was Venus. The period began on March 29, 1974. On April 16 came a subpoena for the tapes. May 9th saw impeachment hearings begin, and on July 24th came the Supreme Court's 8-0 decision against the President. August 9th would be the last day of the Nixon presidency.
Saturn in the 10th brought Richard Nixon to incredible heights. At the very beginning of its period he would be elected vice president of the United States. But he would then fail to be elected president in 1960 and even governor of California in 1962. But Saturn is known to give delayed results. In its final subperiod Richard Nixon achieved his greatest ambition.
Venus was lord of a 10th house that contained Saturn. And Venus, from the 7th, was itself afflicted by Saturn. His two great presidential defeats, 1960 and 1974, were marked by Venus' subperiod.
Two postscripts. Saturn rules the 7th house of marriage, not the 10th of the profession, even though it is posited in the latter. Ketu sub Saturn would indeed see the death of his beloved Pat.
And a final postscript. Saturn in a kendra house by its nature either produces men of higher Saturnian qualities (seriousness, discipline, responsibility) or criminals. Richard Nixon, of course, was both.
The other president with Saturn in the 10th was our greatest: Abraham Lincoln.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Oprah's big moves: an astrological perspective
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.
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, 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.
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