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Karl Heinrich Marx

 

May 5, 1818 – March 14, 1883

 
  • Author of The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital

  • Political philosopher, social historian

  • Leading intellectual of modern social theory


 May 5, 1818; Trier, Germany;  birth time 1:30 a.m. from Sabian Symbols


Karl Marx jyotisha radix chart - Barbara Pijan Lama Jyotisha


Compare to other Dhanistha-lagna leaders:

  • UK Queen Elizabeth II  [Shani/11]

  • UK Edward VIII (Duke of Windsor) [abdicated]

  • US Pres #44 Barack Obama [Shani/1]

  • US Sec. State Condoleezza Rice

  • US Pres  #16, Abraham Lincoln

  • US Sen. Joseph Lieberman


Radix only

The nativity of Karl Heinrich Marx is necessarily somewhat generalized, given a birth in year 1818 CE. 

Although Marx was born in a German city to an educated, bourgeois family, so that there is a reasonable chance that this time is accurate, the time is still not sufficiently tested and thus it would be misleading (without further testing) to use 0130 hrs as the basis for a navamsha. 

  • Any birth time from 0100 hrs to 0230 hrs will yield Maraka lagna

  • Within the range 0100 hrs to 0230 hrs, also Bharani will contain Surya + Chandra + Rahu. 

Bharani  signifies "work" and the emotional need to be recognized for one's efforts. 

Marx was the great philosopher of Labor. While he was a staunch and vigorously intellectual theorist, he indeed loved the common people. At a observational distance perhaps, but he did love Labor.

Lagnesha Shani in scientific Kumbha for large, rule-driven, complex logical systems (material and social economies) and lagnesha in dhana bhava for a destiny in the scientific exploration of wealth and value, within the context of history.

Shani casts His strongest 3rd drishti upon the Bharani cluster: Surya-Chandra-Rahu.


Karl Marx vimshottari dasha from 0130 hrs birth time - Barbara Pijan Lama JyotishaVimshottari Dasha

  • married June 19, 1843 - Vimshottari period of Chandra/Shukra - Shukra = karaka for marriage

  • First child 1944 - Vimshottari period of Chandra/Shukra - Shukra = L-5 for children

  • died March 14, 1883 - Vimshottari period of Guru/Kuja/Shani - Kuja = bhukti-pati of the final period of Guru mahadasha; Shani = maraka L-2 


Kuja

Marx's theoretical argumentation (domain-6) was aggressively adversarial but highly literate in the rigorously conceptual Hegelian political-philosophical scholarship of his day.

Kuja drishti to 

  • 9 (university culture, temple, wisdom); 

  • 12 (research, philosophical reflection)

  • 1 (social identity).

Marx's father (9) was an attorney (father's profession 10th-from-9th, domain-6) which well suits Mangala in Mithuna in domain-6 for litigation

In addition to his own seven children, Marx fathered a child by his wife's maid.

Das / Behari: [In Mithuna/6] "The presence of Mars also agitates your sexual nature so much that conventional morality is cast aside. Family life is full of unhappiness, and you experience almost every kind of humiliation, persecution, litigation, divorce proceeding, physical injury, and bad temper. These difficulties do not permit you to enjoy the fruits of creativity."


Shani

Shani in the 2nds pada of Purvabhadrapada:

Behari: says "You may get wealth through your spouse where good income is derived. You are tall with a large head and face, inclined to corpulence, bald-headed. You have a clear and practical approach to every work you undertake. "

Marx married Johanna "Jenny" von Westphalen, an aristocrat with family money. While his post-mortem fame derived from his characterization and detailed analysis of the lives of slaves to industrialization who lived in the most bitter poverty, Marx himself lived in fairly bourgeois circumstances most of the time. 

Even when budgets were cramped, he was permitted the luxury of writing, and his family had servants. 

Marx's money:

  • domain-10: Karl Marx enjoyed a substantial inheritance from his deceased father

    • which however he spent completely within a five years = dissolving Ketu in 10, father's money 

  • his wife received a series of gifts and legacies

    • the largest sum from her own mother = 2nd [money] from 4th [mother] from 7th [wife] from Chandra

  • and he received gifts throughout life from friends who wanted him to continue to write. 

    • Swakshetra Guru in 2nd-from-11th, money from friends. 

    • Guru is also lord of domain-3 for self-made-wealth, and 11th-from-Chandra = domain-2 -- suggesting that much of Marx's operating cash was simply given to him by friends and supporters who believed in his mission.

During his lifetime, Marx's writings were known only to a relatively small circle of intellectual social-revolutionary activists . (His writings became internationally famous after his death.) However his writings (L-3 swakshetra Guru in swakshetra in the house of research) were much better received than his speech, which was known to be coarse and insulting.

Behari: says, "Your financial status will be greatly improved. A man of means, but lacking respectability. Longevity will be more satisfactory than your speech."


Ketu

Marx had a number of unusual relationships, and due to his behavior was asked to leave numerous social events, political meetings, and countries. 

Das / Behari: [In Thula/10] "Ketu often opens up alternative sexual preferences or produces awkward social behavior.

However Ketu's lord is the pleasant Shukra-Vrishabha in domain-5 with Budha. He enjoyed strong social and intellectual support from his wife (Shukra) and his three surviving, highly educated, devoted daughters (Budha in putra bhava).

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