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25-Sept-1969 at 2:40pm in Swansea, Wales birth data from astrodatabank.com "from memory", BPL rectified time to 14h38 The charismatically beautiful Welsh actress Catherine Zeta Jones married cinema actor Michael Douglas on November 18, 2000. At wedding time, Zeta-Jones was 31 years old.
Initial meeting and pre-marital romance
Budha/Shani period
Ketu-Ketu period As a chhaaya grahaa (shadow planet) Ketu does not rule any bhava. Ketu gives effects of Lord Guru
Ketu is also empowered to provide marriage timing, due to Ketu's proximity to Shukra.
Rahu-Ketu had entered their psychic-transformation "return" positions in CZJ's charts, contacting:
In early autumn 2000 CZJ entered the intense first bhukti of Ketu mahadasha. Rahu-Ketu are remarkably powerful during extraordinary transits AND the node-magnifying double-Ketu period (Ketu/Ketu.) Thus empowered, Rahu-Ketu evoked the full drama of her brilliant 5-planet Gemini navamsha, displaying this couple's magnificent network of literary-creative relationships, especially with media people.
First husband Shani Catherine Zeta Jones is approximately 25 years younger than her husband. One significator of an older husband is the drishti of neechcha Shani, the significator of age, onto Zeta-Jones yuvati bhava. This relationship entered the commitment phase and their first child was born in the bride's period of Budha/Shani as well (a classic 6/8 period for the taboo romance). In the worst cases, when Shani's oppression is completely unmitigated, the aspect of neechcha Shani can bring into the marriage qualities of bitterness, emotional coldness, oppressive duties, ignorance, racial hatred, heavy responsibilities for children, or poverty caused by ignorance. And also, Shani represents the benefits of age such as emotional maturity, patience, and wisdom of experience. CZJ's Shani is improved by Shani's 5/9 angle to lord Kuja, where Kuja himself is in kendra and a friendly sign. This is not quite enough improvement for full neechhha bhanga - so there will be some stress in marriage due to husband's age and heavy responsibilities for children. Guru, Budha Overall significator for first husband = Guru. Guru is highly auspicious as lagnesha and L-4; lord of Chandra and 10th-from-Chandra.. Guru + exalted 7th lord Budha suggests a highly intelligent and generous husband whose public standing is very high (domain-10 and lord of 10th-from-Soma). The spouse partners with her (L-7) to problem-solve some sticky situations is a very successful style, due ultimately to superior detail administration (Budha). "If Budha, Guru, or Shukra be in 4th, 7th, or 10th from Lagna, or be in the company of Chandra in Lagna, the native will enjoy royal fortunes." ~~ BPHS Chapter 12, shloka 5-7 Budha mahadasha CZJ's Mercury mahadasha as a whole was very favorable due to Budha's almost magical attributes. Even the awkward karma of a surprise child in Budha/Shani (with Shani in 5th house of children) or a the fact of her affianced being twice married and the age of her own father (which anyway is common amongst entertainers) barely disturbed the grandeur of this most excellent 7th lord. Despite Shani's age significations, Shani plays a fairly minor role in defining CZJ's first husband. Primary evidence of the nature of the first spouse is normally seen in the 7th navamsha. This Gemini house vividly describes a glittering, powerful, well-connected, multi-cultural, articulate, and artistic spouse. The 7th navamsha is exceptionally busy and complex. This marriage is focused on a particular range of traits and activities:
Prognosis Mahadasha of uchcha L-7/L-10 Budha age 15-31. Budha in 7th-from-Chandra. Excellent career, extraordinary intelligence. Mahadasha of Ketu age 31-37 - effect of L-1/L-4 Budha, focus on body and home, Guru with Budha, continuation of career Mahadasha of L-6/L-11 Shukra+ Ketu, less favorable. Shukra in 6th-from-Chandra. Perhaps health problems, dissolution of marriage, or debts; nevertheless gainful and achieving, age 37-57 = continuous progress of prosperity, glamour and financial success for Catherine Zeta Jones. Mars rising gives tremendous physical vitality, which includes prize-winning tap-dancing and sword-wielding as well as smooth and well-coordinated childbirths! Mars in the very auspicious and friendly sign of Vedic Sagittarius also connotes a humanistic life perspective based on gracious good humor and an educator's deep belief in the transformative power of the human will. However - caveat emptor - such a vital and proactive person will also be highly independent and argumentative in marriage, unless they can have a large and unmolested creative "space" in which to express their militant energies. Mars rising gives the classic kuja dosha for fighting in the first marriage. Kuja dosha is a very frequent yoga, found in more than 50% of rashi charts. (Thus the traditional understanding in India that marriages have a +/- 50% happiness rate no matter how they are arranged; and the famous fact that when most US states legalized no-fault divorce in the late 1960's the US divorce rate quickly soared to +/- 50% - and stayed there.) The beneficial 5/9 Venus-Mars angle in CZJ's chart suggests that at least in the early years of marriage she will be granted all the space she needs. Also the fact that Kuja's lord Guru is yuti the 7th lord Budha, and that all these planets are well-disposed, suggests a tremendous generosity of spirit in the husband which naturally inclines him to give her a very free and well-funded "space"! Every couple faces a challenge when one partner enters a bhukti of divorce-maker 8th lord. The divorce-maker does not always cause divorce; in fact, it often causes separation, followed by healing and renewal. And of course there must be other supporting factors. But initially the period of the 8th lord gives a wake-up call. Such a period for CZJ is Venus/Moon, especially contentious due to their 6/8 angle. However the superior intelligence and resources of this couple provide them plenty of options to heal.
May all beings venerate life as a state of deep spiritual intimacy. |
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of the wedding: November 18, 2000
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