Politics

Free Mason

COHORT

preceded by

• POTUS-26 National Parks 1858-1919 Theodore Roosevelt

succeeded by

• POTUS-28 The State 1856-1924 Woodrow Wilson

lifepartner with

• nativity of Nellie Herron Taft

born 9 months after

• POTUS-28 The State 1856-1924 Woodrow Wilson

born 11 months before

• POTUS-26 National Parks 1858-1919 Theodore Roosevelt

Chief Justice USA Supreme Court [1921-1930]

Yale Law School, professor of constitutional law [1913-1921 *

POTUS-27 [1908-1912]

Secretary of War with POTUS-26 Theodore Roosevelt [1904-1908]

Governor-General of Philippines with POTUS-25 William McKinley [1901-1903]

Appellate Court Judge, 6th Circuit [1892-1900]

USA Solicitor General with POTUS-23 Benjamin Harrison [1890-1892]

Cincinnati Superior Court Judge [1887]

Collector of Internal Revenue for Ohio First District [1882]

William Howard Taft

"The Reluctant President"

Earth-birth Tuesday-15-Sep-1857

dematerialization 08-Mar-1930 [age 72]

POTUS-27 partner [1909-1913]

Nellie Herron Taft

a.k.a. Helen Louise Herron

nativity of Nellie Herron Taft

Earth-birth Tuesday-02-Jun-1861

dematerialization 22-May-1943 [age 81]

possible parallel incarnation of

POTUS-pair-01 tobacco 1731-1802 Martha Custis Washington

POTUS-27

Chief Justice USA Supreme Court

Gov-General Philippines

Secretary of War

William Howard Taft

1857-1930

birth data from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Howard_Tafi

tentatively rectified by BP Lama Jyotishavidya

charts + graphs + tables = generated by Shri Jyoti Star - www.vedicsoftware.com

- adapted by BP Lama

Rising Nakshatra

Masculine Public-Figure Examples

Jyeṣṭha

Kita - Thrikketta

BPL COMMENTARY

For Jyeṣṭha births of a masculine valence, the condition of conversational, discursive, explanatory, instructional, argumentative, commercializing, evangelical Kumara may considerably affect the outcome.

For those born into the Budha-ruled paradigm of Varta, siblings, cousins, schoolmates, bandmates, team-mates, castmates, classmates, entourage, ensemble, neighbors, managers, cohort, coterie, collaborative group, publishers, messengers, merchants, commercial agents, reporters, writers, scripts, plans, schedules, instructions, radio-television-internet, news-media, conferences, committees, discussions, travel itineraries, and texts may be especially influential.

Instructional guidance is provided by emissaries from the civilizations of Antares. Their purpose is to communicate a forceful, dynamic, healing regeneration cycle via sexual energy transfer and discovery of secrets.

Penetrating Communications

[Busy Bantering Budha] -ruled Jyeṣṭha gentlemen are typically outspoken, incisive and decisive, competitive, descriptive, and energetic communicators. Thrikketta-born maintain a deep sense of mental seniority. Capable writers, Ketta men are quick-witted and skilled in handcraft. Articulate and pro-active to the point of verbal aggression, they find a ready audience on topics of a mysterious, apocryphal, hidden, or forbidden nature.

Thriketta fellows may be handlers of secrets of a sexual, psychological, political, military, engineering, or financial nature.

Masters of verbal control and manipulation, Zakra chaps are often found in politics. Due to the influence of nakshatra-pati Budha, often Jyeṣṭha -born use words to manage an ever-transforming experience of power.

In the process of channeling these mysterious and compelling kinetic energies, thriketta men may engage in sexual intrigue and dangerous liaisons. Ketta-born are natural psychologists. Jyestha can become transformative healers when their sexual energy consciousness evolves.

Themes of verbal contest, sexual energy transfer, and healing discovery may contextualize Jyeṣṭha 's terrestrial experience. Also applicable to Chandra in Jyeṣṭha - Antares

Taft in later years as an ailing Supreme Court Justice, approx 1929. After completing a series of elite jobs which he didn't like, and finally getting the one job that he had always wanted, taft lost 150 lbs. Of bodyweight

QUOTATION Jyeṣṭha

from Shil-Ponde. [1939] . Hindu Astrology Joytisha-Shastra .p 85

" A dark and sensitive nature ...

• superficially religious

• but are hypocrites at heart.

On the surface they are respectable, law abiding citizens, ostensible church-goers,

• but secretly their morals are loose

• and their tempers passionate.

Smooth, oily, and suave to all appearances,

• they carry in their hearts schemes and thoughts which might not stand the light of day."

[end quote]

1908 = WHT in the Whitehouse, hand on the communication device. at peak, WHT's weight = 332 lbs = 160 kilos

Taft in mid-career

WHT [age 35] as a young Appellate-Court judge, 6th-Circuit

WHT riding an overburdened carabao [water buffalo] during his tenure as Governor of Philippines 1901-1903

Biographical events matched to Vimshottari Dasha

• POTUS-27 Dollar Diplomacy 1857-1930 William Howard Taft

[Ketu Mahadasha] * birth until age 6

• [Ketu-Kanya] -- [Ketu in classroom-3] -- [Surya-yuti-Ketu] -- [Budha-yuti-Ketu]

15-Sep-1857 Earth-birth in Cincinnati, ohio, USA * Ketu-Shukra bhukti * Shukra activates 7-attorney, negotiations ++ dvadasa Sade-Sati

1859 until 1862 Janma Sade-Sati Simha

• [10 public responsibilities, executive authority, command, duty, social reputation, obligatory leadership roles, regulation, governance]
• [age 2-5]

[Shukra Mahadasha] [age 6 until age 26]

• [Shukra-Karkata] -- [Shukra-9] -- [Shani-yuti-Shukra]

1866 [WHT age 9] young WHT sustained a skull fracture when the horses spooked and the family wagon overturned. As an adult, WHT displayed a depression in the skull which was observed by his physicians. Rahu-Ketu opposition age-9. * Shukra-Shukra svabhukti * Shukra activates 8th-navamsha dangerous conditions

1878 [WHT age 21] earned baccalaureate from Yale College * Shukra-Shani bhukti * Shani activates 4-diploma

1880 [WHT age 23] earned LLB diploma from Cincinnati Law School * Shukra-Budha bhukti * Budha diploma

Feb-1882 [WHT age 25] appointed by Chester B. Arthur as Collector of Internal Revenue for Ohio' s First District [Cincinnati area] * Shukra-Budha bhukti * Budha activates 8-hidden monies + 11 revenues

[Surya Mahadasha] [age 26 until age 32]

• [Surya-Kanya] -- [Surya in bhava-11] -- [Surya-yuti-Budha] -- [Surya-yuti-Ketu]

19-Jun-1886 [WHT age 29] [Nellie age 25] consecration of marriage-1-of-1 with Nellie Herron. The union endured for 44 years. * Surya-Guru bhukti * Guru activates Meena Svamsha - samchara Rahu-Ketu via Simha-Kumbha contact R-K-navamsha

1887 [WHT age 30] appointed to complete a vacant judicial term on the Ohio Superior Court * Surya-Budha bhukti * Budha 11-goals, friendship networks

Apr-1888 [WHT age 31] in order to retain his appointed judicial seat on the Ohio Superior Court, WHT had to campaign for election * he did and he won * Surya-Ketu bhukti [Surya-yuti-Ketu]* Ketu enables Surya karmesha

[Chandra Mahadasha] [age 32 until age 42] [1889-1899]

• [Chandra-Simha] -- [Chandra in Magha - Regulus] [Chandra-10] [Magha-Somana-yuti-Kuja-Magha]

1889 until 1892 Janma Sade-Sati Simha

• [10 public responsibilities, executive authority, command, duty, social reputation, obligatory leadership roles, regulation, governance]
• [age 32-35]

08-Sep-1889 [WHT age 32] celebrated the birth of child-1 Robert Taft . Son Robert became a significant figure in American government * Chandra-Chandra svabhukti [Chandra in classroom-10] rules 9-children ++ janma Sade-Sati

Feb-1890 [WHT age 33] appointed Solicitor General of the United States under Benjamin Harrison . This attorney position argues on behalf of the federal govt in cases before the Supreme Court. * Chandra-Chandra svabhukti * Chandra activates 9-higher legal philosophy, international law ++ janma Sade-Sati

21-May-1891 [WHT age 34] grieved the decease of socially prominent father Alfonso Taft * Chandra-Rahu bhukti ++ janma Sade-Sati

17-Mar-1892 [WHT age 35] [served until 1900] judge of the 6th-Circuit Appellate Court. Known for judgments less favorable to extreme acts of organized labor, but staunchly promoting Anti-Trust. * Chandra-Rahu bhukti ++ janma Sade-Sati

1896 [WHT age 39] WHT returns to his alma mater, cincinnati Law School, as professor of property law + academic dean * Chandra-Budha bhukti * Budha explanation, instruction

[Mangala Mahadasha] [age 32 until age 39] [1899-1906]

• [Mangala-Singha] -- [Mangala in bhava-10] [Magha-Somana-yuti-Kuja-Magha]

15-Mar-1900 [WHT age 43] appointed to the Philippines Commission, tasked to plan and supervise the establishment of democratic governance in the Philippines. New Government is successful installed, but WHT gets very sick * Mangala-Mangala svabhukti [Mangala in bhava-10] governance = lagnesha + rogesha

04-Jul-1901 [WHT age 44] WHT accepts appointment as first Civilian Governor of the Philippines by William McKinley. WHT returned to Washington in Dec-1903, but maintained supervisory power until 1913. * Mangala-Guru bhukti * Guru activates 5-royalty, charisma, political power

Sep-1901 [WHT age 44] weighing over 300 pounds [136 kilo] WHT suffers a near-fatal ruptured abscess of the perineum, requiring emergency surgery * Mangala-Guru bhukti * Guru-6 obesity, medical suffering

Nov-1901 [WHT age 44] a second surgery * Mangala-Guru bhukti * Guru-6 obesity, medical suffering

Feb-1902 [WHT age 45] a third surgery for complications * Mangala-Shani bhukti * Shani activates 6th-from-Chandra emotionally-caused ailments, conflict, altercation, distress

01-Feb-1904 [WHT age 47] appointed Secretary of War under Theodore Roosevelt - Mangala-Budha bhukti * Budha activates 11-achievements

[Rahu Mahadasha] [age 39 until age 57] [1906 until 1924]

• [Rahu-Meena] -- [Rahu in bhava-5]

1906 [WHT age 49] in the heated political environment of Prohibition, WHT declares himself a tea-totaler but supports free choice. His wife Nellie remains a Wet. * Rahu-Rahu svabhukti * Rahu taboo-breaching

1906 [WHT age 49] briefly served as the provisional governor of Cuba * Rahu-Rahu svabhukti * Rahu-5 celebrity, political power

08-Dec-1907 [WHT age 50] grieved the decease of his well-known mother, Louise Torrey Taft * Rahu-Rahu svabhukti

03-Nov-1908 [WHT age 51] depending entirely on TR's political machine, doing almost no campaigning, WHT wins POTUS-27 election as a Placeholder for TR - Rahu-Rahu svabhukti * Rahu in bhava-5 illusion, insinuation, glamour

03-Mar-1909 [WHT age 52] inauguration day * Rahu-Rahu svabhukti

May-1909 [WHT age 52] wife Nellie suffers a severe paralytic stroke. Very slowly and painfully, naellie gained a partial recovery * Rahu-Guru bhukti * Guru-6 ailment rules 8th-from-jāyābhava = sudden, unexpected change for lifepartner

05-Nov-1912 [WHT age 55] competing in a 3-way election against Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, WHT loses POTUS election to rival Woodrow Wilson * Rahu-Shani bhukti * Shani activates 12th-from-5th dissolution of election win ++ Shani activates 6th-from-Chandra

01-Apr-1913 [WHT age 56] starts professor of constitutional law at Yale University. * Rahu-Shani bhukti * Shani activates 4-schoolteaching

Sep-1918 until Nov-1920 Janma Sade-Sati Simha

• [10, public authority, regulatory duties, governance, organizational leadership, reputation, executive responsibility, social recognition, elite decisions]
• [age 61-64]

30-Jun-1921 [WHT age 63] appointed Chief Justice [manager] USA Supreme Court by Warren G Harding. Instantly confirmed by Congress with no hearings. * Rahu-Surya bhukti * Surya karmesha elite governance ++ dvithya Sade-Sati

1923 [WHT age 65] END OF AN ERA - following a brief illness, WHT releases 150 lbs. Of bodyweight * Rahu-Mangala chidra-dasha * Mangala lagnesha-rogesha

served USA-Supreme Court 11-Jul-1921 until 03-Feb-1930

[Guru Mahadasha] [age 57 until decease age 72] [1924-1930]

• [Guru-Mesha] -- [Guru in bhava-6]

03-Feb-1930 [WHT age 70] due to illness, end service Chief Justice USA Supreme Court * Guru-Budha bhukti * Budha activates 8-identity change

08-Mar-1930 [WHT age 72] blessed liberation from the Earthen-body * Guru-Budha bhukti - Budha-yuti-Ketu - Budha enables Ketu-release

• POTUS-27 Dollar Diplomacy 1857-1930 William Howard Taft

[Sparkling Splendid Surya]

pitri-karaka [father] jyoti-karaka [light]

[dutiful-hierarchical karmesha for Vṛścika indriya-lagna]

check Budha + Budha-drishti to source Surya's logical intelligence, analytical certainty, fatherly assistance

[usually is the mother's studious, decisive, confident eldest child]

[brightly profitable center of community service ministry]

[respected political genius for logical argument]

[focused intelligence for systematic marketplace gains]

[resentful complaining criticizing father may be friendly, socialite, well-connected, distributor, earner]

...

[governing-regulatory Aryaman-2] [navamsha Surya-Makara] intuitively confident logically argued hierarchical ordering

[Surya-yuti-Budha-uchcha]

[Surya-yuti-Ketu]

• [Surya-Kanya] Poshanya * Pushna - the nourisher * brightly charismatic confidence of Center-stage Surya radiates through the analytical logical rashi of Budha

• [Surya in bhava-11] center of community * genius for associative systems * radiates through the gridwork * entitled to work-and-earn * network intelligence * focus on interlinked ecologies * uniquely creative marketplace revenues * exemplifies knotting-netting-knitting connectivity * distributed light * eye on friendships * celebrated by crowds * sparkling center of social-economic drama * father may be an earner, socialite, electrician, organizer

• [Surya-yuti-Budha] confidently conversational * brightly explaining messenger * entitled to discuss * creatively intelligent sibling-cohort * discursive father-figure * gestures conduct the spiritual rays of the Sun * radiantly descriptive * articulate in drama * skillful game-player * self-confident announcements * talks about ideals * narrative of power-politics * recites love poems * describes divine romance

• [Surya-yuti-Ketu] confidently detached * bright observer * entitled to surrender * apathetic toward the spiritual rays of the Sun * creatively intelligent abandonment * disregards patriarchal power * politically disinterested * wandering father-figure * radiantly unconcerned

OUTCOMES - SURYA

self-reflexively interlinked, brightly connected, charmingly friendly, regal style of maintaining community, intelligently goal-focused, creatively independent earnings, radiantly achieving, politically networked, splendidly associative, center-stage socialite icon [Surya in bhava-11] rules

• 10-career, profession, dignity, regulatory roles, governance duties, social authority, symbolic recognition, iconic visibility, leadership responsibility, top status, reputation, commanding positions, honor, high regard, public respect, executive power, elite rank, lawful imposition, organizational director

CAREER - SURYA

WHT is generally accounted by historians to have been a [much] better administrator than politician. Surya in bhava-3

Despite Cincinnati being a regional - not national - center, WHT was raised with D.C. national political awareness, and he traveled European capital cities with his family.

By the end of college, WHT had obtained the global perspective required for his future political work.

Mahadasha sequence Shukra + Surya + Chandra + Mangala + Rahu

Spans an administratively focused political career starting with WHT's college graduation, and ending with his death. FATHER ++ the Taft political dynasty

Dad = Alfonso Taft = a federal bureaucrat and attorney from Ohio. Alfonso served in several elite roles at the national political-administrative level .

Due to his administrative and diplomatic work, dad was often away Surya-yuti-Ketu.

Mom was the dominant parent. Somana-yuti-Shani

• Dad served as USA Attorney General and Secretary of War with Ulysses S. Grant.

Rahu in bhava-5 political father-and-grandfather

• Dad was stationed in embassies in Russia and Austro-Hungary during the administration of Chester A. Arthur

[Comfortable Caretaking Chandra]

matrikaraka [mother] * garha-karaka [village]

[philosophical-doctrinal dharmesha for Vṛścika indriya-lagna]

check Surya + Surya-drishti to source Soma's regal feelings, radiating sensitivity, demonstrative habits

[habitually comforted by celebrity patronage roles]

[needs to hold brightly ceremonial ancestral leadership positions]

[culturally sensitive to the rules of public theatre]

[organizational decision-maker who feels the pulse of regal drama]

[sensitive public morality in political entertainments]

[protector of the ancient entitlement displays]

[soothed by high-visibility acts of brilliant pageantry]

[emotionally attached to red-and-gold, solar-phased, seasonal cycles of priestly ritual]

[habitually carries responsibility for famous parents]

[gambling mother may be a celebrated commander, radiant public icon, dramatist, authoritative fashionista]

...

[champion-challenging Magha-1] [navamsha [Chandra-Mesha] intuitively sensitive pursuing competitive dominator [Magha-Somana-yuti-Kuja-Magha]

• [Chandra-Simha] comforted by creative display * settled into dramatic rhythms * needs attention

• [Chandra in Magha - Regulus] protectors of three-fires ceremony * feels the glorious magnetism * soothed by unlimited light magic

• [Chandra in classroom-10] comfortable with high reputation * socially recognized protector * parental style of leadership * Familiar Face to the public * sensitive to social protocol * accustomed to regulatory duties * soothed by peak position * acculturated to executive routines * settled into the rhythm of elevated roles * feels the repeating pulse of elite status * calmed by climbing hierarchical steps * anchored into lawful responsibility * undulating authority * mother may be a dignitary, prominent parent, cultural icon, respected caretaker

• [Somana-yuti-Kuja] emotionally pro-active * sensitive to brotherly figures * needs to win * comforted by direct forward movement * invigorates the undulating routine * soothed by pioneering innovation * competitive mother * calmed by routine exercise * feels like a champion

OUTCOMES - CHANDRA

sensitively ordering, protectively lawful, routinely governing, parentally regulating, rhythmically dutiful, customary commander, predictable hierarch, culturally respected, emotionally responsible, needs to hold elite positions [Chandra in classroom-10] rules

• 9-ideology , paradigm of belief, profession of faith, principled convictions, higher understanding, father-figures, priestly patronage, preaching, patriarchal entitlements, philosophical convictions, theory, public spiritual guidance, celebrated doctrines, sangha, sacred teachings, credenda, globalism, dharma, worldview, weltanschauung, mother's health

CAREER-CHANDRA

• [folk reputation 10th-from-Chandra = diplomacy, arrangements, representation, consultancy, advising, peerage, brokerage, contractual bargains in the luxury-loving, financial, historical, traditional style of Urisha-7]

MOTHER

Mom = Louise Torrey Taft

• A highly educated woman for her day, mom graduated from Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary in 1845.
• Like WHT's beloved wife Helen Herron, WHT's mom vigorously promoted her husband's career.

Young William Taft was attuned to his mother's public-duty orientation from birth as seen via [Chandra in classroom-10] -- [Somana-yuti-Kuja-lagnesha]

• When young William became an adult, his mom promoted his career [10] even more enthusiastically than she had iluminated [Chandra] her husband's reputation.

MARRIAGE partnership emotional equity support expectations

[7th-from-Chandra-10] lifepartnership 1-of-1

• Helena "Nellie" Herron
• bhava-4 home-keeping, life foundations, parenting, nourishment, emotional and cultural stability
• Kumbha socializing, friendships, goals, achievements, economics, large-group assemblies, social networking
• Nellie was a socialite [Kumbha] who directed Taft's career adeptly.

Helena " Nellie" Herron was an educated woman. Her dad was an attorney peer of WHT's dad. The two families lived in the same social circle [bhava-4 cultural foundations] .

As WHT's mother had been for WHT's father, naellie was William Taft's muse [Shukra-9] .

Taft often remarked that at each step of his career that it was Nellie -- not him -- who decided whether he should accept the next opportunity or revert to the simple judicial practice that he always preferred.

[Shani in Bhava-9] rules Kumha-7th-from-Chandra ++ Shani-yuti-Shukra, indicating the depth of mutual responsibility and duty bond between the partners.

HEALTH and PHYSIQUE

William Howard Taft stood nearly six-feet tall. Since college, the fleshbody = remarkably heavy-set . At his peak weight, WHT carried 330+ pounds [159 kilos]

Taft was dubbed "Big Bill." The largest president in American history, WHT was the target of a ridiculing press. Rumors had him stuck in the White House bathtub, prised out by aids. More factual observers did comment that, in older structures built to a smaller scale, his handlers did help WHT to navigate certain tight spaces, both physically and politically. Taft wrote in letters that when prevented from eating, he was greatly inconvenienced.

Although it is not a universal feature of the nakshatra, Jyeṣṭha natives have a pronounced tendency to pack on body weight . Examples:

• Egypt-Sudan King 1920-1965 Faruq al-Awwal

• Ave Maria 1935-2007 tenor Luciano Pavarotti

Jyeṣṭha response to emotional stress often triggers eating patterns

• after losing the re-election in 1912 [and thus being liberated from presidential roles that he did not want]
• Taft dropped 80 pounds within a year [WHT age 55] .
• final total of 150 lbs released by 1923 [WHT age 66] .

WHT was a tea-total-er [non-alcohol drinker, only tea] as suggested by drug-avoider Shukra-yuti-Shani. Yet, he supported others' right to drink as they pleased. Shukra-1 fairness, tolerance.

Blunt force trauma injuries

WHT was repeatedly

• thrown from horses,
• in various automobile collisions
• having his hand slammed in doors
• other deep bruising.
• He regularly lost his voice from demanding political speeches, caused partly by political campaigns that required 17 speeches per day.

CAREER - CHANDRA

Chandra-10 intakes drishti of Amplifying Rahu-5

Chandra-10 intakes drishti from Rahu-5 political opportunism. Kuja-yuti-Chandra providing many executive roles in the political hierarchy, the vast majority of WHT's assignments were granted by political appointment. WHT was trusted by many POTUS administrations, due to his known capability for managing regulatory process, managing money [Guru Bharani rules 2- finance] and maintaining the flow of documentation Budha-Kanya [uchcha] --- [svakshetra] [mūlatrikoṇa if within 16-20 deg] .

PHYSIQUe

Taft's physique measure 5-foot-11-inches [59 inches] and his maximum bodyweight peaked at 330 lbs.

In modern terms, his physique would be adjudged as morbidly obese . However, while a modern sufferer might be confined to a wheelchair, taft played golf, rode horses, and walked regularly whenever freed from the daily suffering of gout.

He suffered lumbago [lower back pain] , chronic acid-reflux, constipation requiring laxative treatment, gout in both feet so severe that he could not walk during gout attacks, and kidney stones [gout stones] .

• WHT suffered heart problems throughout adult life = maraka Surya-yuti-Ketu .

Taft suffered from severe sleep apnea as a complication of obesity.

Breathing Budha-yuti-Ketu also in 3rd-from-Chandra

• [Ketu in classroom-3] = weird, disconnected thinking patterns. WHT ignored [Ketu] the overwhelming health evidence and simply maintained his comfortable habits until suddenly in his 60's during Rahu-Ketu bhukti, he released the weight.

[Competitive Champion Kuja]

bhratru-karaka [brother] virya-karaka [virile]

[dikbala]

[energizing-identifying lagnesha co-ruler of Vṛścika indriya- lagna]

[inimical-medicating rogesha for Vṛścika indriya- lagna]

[dikbala]

[energizing-identifying lagnesha co-ruler of Vṛścika indriya- lagna]

[inimical-medicating rogesha for Vṛścika indriya- lagna]

check Surya + Surya drishti to source Kuja's sparkling chivalrous actions, brilliant political energy, self-dramatizing athletic prowess

[vividly active public pageantry]

[brightly competitive political leadership]

[self-identified focused dominance in executive roles]

[brilliant champion of rightful entitlements]

[high-visibility ceremonial-military display]

...

[champion-dominator Magha-1] [navamsha Mangala-Mesha]

[Magha-Kuja-yuti-Chandra-Magha]

• [Mangala-Singha] vigorous pursuit of fame * creatively moving political theatre * proactive drama * push toward celebrity entitlement * champion of pageantry * military parades * brilliantly energized celebrations * invigorating parties * charmingly dominating at games * Sexually active romance * flamboyant gambling

• [Mangala in bhava-10] drive toward high position * pursuit of social authority * fights for rank * pushes upward gaining status * invasive regulation * hierarchical dynamics * dominating executive roles * energized governing conquests * champion of leadership elites

• [Kuja-yuti-Chandra] feels like a champion * energized intuition * dynamic nurturance * competitive caretaking * often the dominant parent * needs to win * forward thrusting emotions * seeks security via conquest

OUTCOMES - MANGALA

commercially competitive, self-promoting project manager, socially recognized announcements, forward-pushing sales career, militarized executive marketer, social regulator via active communication, talking head, leadership in energetically innovative publications, champion of professional information delivery [Mangala in bhava-10] rules

• 1- distinctive attributes of personality, dense material incorporation, individual personification, earthen embodiment, physical integrity, kinetic energy, dance, style of movement, athletic prowess, muscular mobility, unique character, kinetic vitality, circumstances of birth, tangible appearance, coherent social identity

• 6-ministries of service, dehumanization, misconduct, war, jail, slavery, pollution, argumentation, healthcare workers, ailment, injury, medical treatment, hypocrisy, crime, cheating, animosity, toxins, complaints, accusation, litigation, blaming, scapegoat, aid workers, helpers. imbalanced conditions, injustice, betrayed promises, servants, laborers, hostility, animosity, disagreement, dehumanization

CAREER - KUJA

CHILDREN and grandchildren

Kuja activates 5th-from-Chandra = eldest child

5th-from-Chandra = vidyasthāna-5 Vṛścika. Eldest son Robert Taft entered politics after law school, maturing from Ohio state congress into USA Senate.

Robert Taft had substantial support to become POTUS-34, but was ousted by the popular late-entering candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower

Simha-2 = political family

The Taft family = considered a USA political dynasty, albeit a subtle one. The sons and grandsons of POTUS-27 have served in the USA Senate, as Governor of Ohio, and other leadership positions. Beginning with Alfonso Taft and continuing to the present day, there have been Taft family members working in national government during most POTUS administrations.

OUTCOMES - KUJA

Yogakaraka Kuja activates 5 + 10

Mangala-Singha karmesha intakes drishti from Guru-10

[Busy Bantering Budha]

jamayah-karaka [sibling] sandesha-karaka [message] shisya-karaka [student]

[uchcha] --- [svakshetra]

[mysterious-revealing randhresha for Vṛścika indriya- lagna]

[friendly-economic vriddhi-pati for Vṛścika indriya- lagna]

[narrative of critical economic analysis]

[earnings from gridworked logical argumentation]

[gainfully connected problem-solving strategies]

[calculating network of friends]

...

[political-demonstrating Chitra-1] [navamsha Budha-Simha]

[ātmakāraka argumentation, logical process, meetings, management, documentation, planning, schedules, reports, cohort]

[Budha-yuti-Surya]

[Budha-yuti-Ketu ]

• [Budha-Kanya] Ministering service communications * articulation of digestive process * talks about aid to the suffering * formulates descriptive complaints * precise programmatic conversations * delivers detailed pronouncements * grammatical expertise * logical arguments * messages about accuracy * specifies error * hands-arms-shoulders make helping gestures

• [Budha in bhava-11] narrative of marketplace information * describes ecological gridwork * calculates economic profit * reports on revenues * describes distributive networks * talks about social participation * Sibling-type friendships * conversations about voluntary connections * announces achievements * delivers interlinking instructions * discussion in large assemblies * defines the webworks of community

• [Budha-yuti-Surya] amusing explanations * entertaining chatter * central roles in communication * brightly clear descriptions * dramatic enunciation * confidently delivers instruction * articulation of radiant certainty * political messenger * talkative father-figures

• [Budha-yuti-Ketu ] mentally disconnected * explainer of impermanence * describes dissociation * articulates the process of dissolution * evacuated meeting spaces * incoherent conversations * sends prayers to the ineffable * apathetic narratives * script of martyrdom * spacey siblings * surrenders the attempt to render a complete message * speaks as the observing Witness * may channel the talkative spirits

OUTCOMES - BUDHA

friendly discussion, articulate distributor, community communicator, busy profitable networking, mercurial revenues, associatively gesturing, mass-participation messenger, fundraising conversations, chatty socialite, economic explainer [Budha in bhava-11] rules

• 8-unexpected eruptions of regenerating force, occult initiation, mystical revelation, shocking intervention, opaque empowerments, invasive surgery, intensive healing, evolution, violent explosion, sudden identity change, rejuvenation, recycling, rebirth, hidden assets, upheaval, undisclosed secrets, transformative events, discovery, in-laws of first marriage, health of younger sibling-cousin

• 11-fruitful revenues, interconnected income, profits, material achievement, social networking, friendships, community linkage, fan-clubs, mass participation gatherings, collectivism, marketplace gridworks, distribution, association, populism, economic systems, fundraising, gains-and-goals, awards for work accomplished, health of the enemies

CAREER - BUDHA

economically connected, friendly, fundraising, goal-oriented, profit-seeking, distributive, socializing, connecting, systematic, gridworking, distributive, associative, profitable, goal-achieving [Budha in bhava-11]

ātmakāraka [uchcha] -- [Budha in bhava-11]

ātmakāraka Budha-Makara occupies 10th-Dashamamsha

• lifetime state-and-federal administrative career,
• policy documents
• Supreme Court legal opinions
• instructions for transitioning the Philippines from colonial rule to post-colonial democratic home rule

[Budha-Kanya] -- [uchcha] --- [svakshetra] [mūlatrikoṇa if within 16-20 deg] intakes drishti from orderly, lawful Shani-1

• A pragmatic and detail-oriented administrator, WHT had no interest in electioneering.
• Although Budha-yuti-Ketu caused the occasional weird plan [such as WHT's run for POTUS re-election] he was normally a scheduler, meeting-manager, planner, and master of itineraries.

[Budha-yuti-Surya] = capability for political discourse, despite the core disinterest in it Budha-yuti-Ketu

Unsustainable conversations Budha-yuti-Ketu

Chandra-Budha bhukti * Budha activates the Busy 3rd-from-Chandra

04-Jul-1901 WHT accepts appointment as first Civilian Governor of the Philippines by POTUS-25 Gold Standard 1843-1901 William McKinley. Wanting only to join the Supreme Court, WHT accepted this off-track assignment because McKinley agreed in a personal conversation [Budha, 3] that as soon as WHT returned from Philippines he would be appointed to the USA Supreme Court. However, mcKinley was assassinated in Sep-1901, and WHT did not arrive at the Supreme Court until 1921.

Work identity

WHT was considered a hard worker [Shani drishti to 3 + 7 + 10] with a natural affinity for management and administration [uchcha-Budha]-3] . Observers commented that while Taft was not especially charismatic [Surya-yuti-Ketu] he was nevertheless persistently capable [uchcha-Budha]

A careful and productive writer, WHT was well-liked in bureaucratic circles due to his diligent handling of process [Shani drishti to [uchcha-Budha]+Surya] .

Jobs via appointment, not election = Surya zero-degrees + Surya-yuti-Ketu

WHT showed few earmarks of political ambition [weakened Surya] . In fact, he stood for only three elections in his entire 50-year career

• one for judgeship in Cincinnati,
• two for POTUS.

Ruler of 5 [politics] occupies 6 [sickness]

WHT famously and often said, " Politics makes me sick."

[Generous Growing Guru]

dhava-karaka [husband] bahuta-karaka [variety]

[collecting-preserving dhanesha for Vṛścika indriya- lagna]

[witty-creative vidya-pati for Vṛścika indriya- lagna]

...

[secretive-erupting Bharani-4] [navamsha Guru-Vrischika]

• [Guru-Mesha] warrior dharma * philosophy of direct movement * many competitions * broad scope of pioneering action * permission to dominate * doctrine of conquest * invigorating guidance * expands the range of championship * believes in innovation\

• [Guru in bhava-6] broad ranging ministries of service * extensive distress * ideological disagreements * many injuries * much victimization [being eaten] * tolerance for diverse diagnoses * abundant mischief * bloated digestive imbalance * many grievances * much betrayal * numerous unfair accusations * broad scope of disorderly conduct * cheerful acceptance of human misery * believes in problematicity * patron of pharmacies * many medicaments * in a wifely nativity, husbandly-companion may aid the suffering

OUTCOMES - GURU

expansively complaining, abundantly argumentative, variety of accusations and disagreements, multiple unfair conditions, numerous diseases and injuries, optimistic ministries of service, many offerings of assistance, broad-scope of understanding of the miseries of human nature [Guru in bhava-6] rules

• 2-acquisition, family legacy, tradition, language-lexicon, preserved memory, banking, collections, entreasurement, herd-hoard, treasury containment, financial capital, accrued amounts, asset evaluation, knowledge of history, speech-song, heritage values, color-sound, arts-and-music, face-voice-eyes-teeth-mouth-hair, genetics, stored resources, health of the father

• 5- Politics, center-stage roles, theatre, demonstration, display, charming brilliance, genius, poetry, choice-making, showmanship, gambling and gamesmanship, romantic idealism, creativity, fashion-shows, flamboyance, celebrity entitlements, confidence, artistic performance, drama, children, financial speculation, intelligence, entertainments, fun

CAREER - BRIHASPATI

Despite lacking political charisma, WHT was seen as a man of expansive good will. During an era of continuing shaming-scandals, taft experienced no physical, financial, or political harm to himself.

However, many of his policies were criticized [6] due to Guru-10 rogesha. Dollar Diplomacy = Guru-Mesha-Bharani = ultimately failed, probably due to WHT's overly optimistic view of human nature.

HEALTH * Guru-10 Rogesha ++ Guru activates [6th-from-Chandra]

rogesha Brihaspati-Bharani multiplies the incidence of physical + emotional health issues related to 6-Dhanus-digestion + 9-Meena-sluggish lymph circulation

Guru-10 job stress

Brihaspati has a broad portfolio, including jobs and people that WHT did not like.

Taft notoriously required his physicians [6] to withhold the seriousness of his ailments from his family members, in order to prevent the press from discovering the dire state of his healthr.

[Sweetly Suave Shukra]

svadu-karaka [sweet] kalatra-karaka [wifely companion]

[balancing-bargaining jaya-pati for Vṛścika indriya- lagna]

[contemplative-isolating vyaya-pati for Vṛścika indriya- lagna]

check Chandra + Chandra-drishti to source Shukra's undulating harmonies, familiar reciprocity,, soothing arrangements

[sweetly sheltering ancestral diplomacy]

[enjoys a worldview based in ancient wisdom]

[values the promise of security toward global harmony]

[seeks ethno-national protection within balanced agreements on international equity]

[smooth cultural exchanges confer invisible patronage]

[believes in graciously rhythmic dance of negotiation]

[courteously follows habitual sacerdotal arrangements]

[familiar rituals guide doctrinal understanding]

[prefers the stability of parental philosophical roles]

[sustains the established moral beliefs]

[aesthetic of tribal priestly weltanschung]

[pleasantly preachy patriarchal father may live a routinized farm-or-marine life]

...

[systematic-economic Aśleṣā-3] [navamsha Shukra-Makara] intuitively harmonizing class-conscious social regulation

[Aśleṣā-Shukra-yuti-Shani-Pushya]

• [Shukra-Karkata] values comforting routine * likes to nourish * attracted to settled habits * prefers a home-loving partner * taste for folk-lifestyle * appreciates farmers-and-fishers * pleased by secure borders * enjoys rhythmic seasons * adorns beautiful gardens * seeks balanced parenting arrangements * aesthetic of domestic sharing

• [Shukra-9] seeks pleasure via philosophical doctrine * enjoys wide worldview * believes in beauty * feminine-figures preach-teach on higher principles * broad scope of negotiations * expansive musical taste * pleasing designs to adorn the pelvic floor * graceful hips * balanced femoral sockets * sweet sacral plexus * appreciation of theory * father may be financier-broker-arbitrator-artist * in a husbandly nativity, wifely-companion may hold a guidance position

• [Shukra-yuti-Shani] sweetly serious deal-making * mature relationships * graciously responsible * beautiful bones * appreciation for neutrality * strict negotiations * pleasant legal mediation * rigorous bargaining * enduring agreements * regulated contracts * architectural elegance * pragmatic design * lawful arrangements * realistic finance * prefers relationships with orderly partners * in a husbandly nativity, preference for a seasoned, dignified wife

OUTCOMES - SHUKRA

sensually philosophical, appreciative of higher understanding, harmoniously patronizing, aesthetically wisdom-guiding, financially optimistic, musical-artistic father-figure, global scope of relationships [Shukra-9] rules

• 7-covenant, promise, trust, contractual relationships, social justice, advocacy, legal judgments, lawcourts, appeals, representation, equity, diplomacy, partners, justice, marriage, legal and formal partnerships, negotiation, alliance-crafting, match-making, fair arrangements, even deals, advocacy, trading, bargaining, brokerage, haggling, go-between, middleman, meddler

• 12 enclosures, the bed, fantasies, privacy, interior spiritual guidance, clandestine undertakings, intuitive awareness, non-linear conceptual undertanding, concealment, seclusion, invisibility, dissolved identity, meditation, contemplation, dreamworlds, astral plane, imaginary scenarios, sanctuary sleep, distant lands, health of the avowed partner

OUTCOMES - SHUKRA

sensually balancing, appreciative of equity, harmoniously arranging, aesthetically pairing, financially contractual, musical-artistic partnerships, bargaining purpose of relationships, advocates for fairness, sweetly adjusting, diplomatic negotiator [Shukra-7] rules

• 7-covenant, promise, trust, contractual relationships, social justice, advocacy, legal judgments, lawcourts, appeals, representation, equity, diplomacy, partners, justice, marriage, legal and formal partnerships, negotiation, alliance-crafting, match-making, fair arrangements, even deals, advocacy, trading, bargaining, brokerage, haggling, go-between, middleman, meddler

• 12 enclosures, the bed, fantasies, privacy, interior spiritual guidance, clandestine undertakings, intuitive awareness, non-linear conceptual undertanding, concealment, seclusion, invisibility, dissolved identity, meditation, contemplation, dreamworlds, astral plane, imaginary scenarios, sanctuary sleep, distant lands, health of the avowed partner

CAREER - SHUKRA

From Chandra-Simha, bargaining Shukra activates

• communicative 3rd-from-Chandra
• professional, responsible [10th-from-Chandra] = Nellie's direction shaped WHT career

Judgeship * Shani-yuti-Shukra activates Urisha-7 lawcourts

WHT saw himself as a natural judge. Shani-yuti-Shukra Shani wants lawfully, systematically to negotiate, to judge, to arrange settlements, to deliver equity parity fairness justice

After serving in state judge positions, WHT expressed a lifelong desire to be appointed to the USA Supreme Court. Many delays and detours later [Shani], his wish was fulfilled in 1921. For the final nine years of his life, 1921-1930, WHT became Chief Justice and was greatly respected in the role.

kalatrakaraka [Shukra-9] + [Shukra-yuti-Shani]

Nellie was a powerhouse.

Herself the product of a political dynasty hailing from the USA northeastern cities, NHT oft bemoaned her husband's lack of personal desire to play and win . Historians consider Nellie to have been the driving force motivating Taft's lifelong political careerr.

[Sober Structural Shani]

duro-karaka [endurance] * jara-karaka [Jahre, years]

[busy-collaborative sahaja-pati for Vṛścika indriya-lagna]

[homebound-anchoring bandhesha for Vṛścika indriya-lagna]

check Chandra + Chandra-drishti for Shani's comfortably unyielding, unmovingly established, protective rule-based ordering

[class-conscious culturally soothing orthodoxy]

[firmly believes in strictly regulated seasonal rituals]

[maintains the ancestrally normalized credenda]

[upholds the old customary priesthood of explainers]

[legitimated the rhythmicly worshipping patriarchs]

[imposes rigid rules for public ethno-morality]

[familiar fear of harsh ancient tribal laws ]

[bandesha adversarial conditions for land ownership]

[sahaja-pati benefits realistic understanding of business conditions and pragmatic patronage]

[dry disciplined dogmatic routinely habitual father-figure]

[patriarchal-patrons may require heavy judgments on land-boundaries]

[cautiously ethical father-figure may be a presbyter, property-owner, schoolteacher, jurisprudential writer, or taciturn shopkeeper]

...

[political-displaying Pushya-1] [navamsha Shani-Simha] intuitively structuring class-conscious hierarchical legalistic political drama

[Pushya-Shani-yuti-Shukra-Aśleṣā]

• [Shani-Karkata] overburdened routines * class-conscious ethnicity * habitual conformity * must accept social responsibility for emotional stability * old defensive structures * structural compression upon stomach * strict security systems * proletarian cultural roots * must continue orderly sustainable settlements * rigid resistance to change of the folkways * regulates farming-fishing habits * must care for elders * aging local infrastructure * cramped shipping ports * ancient roadways * agricultural drought * dark dwellings * often stuck in a rut * protective policing routines * scarce domestic resources * maintainer of old seasonal rhythms

• [Shani in Bhava-9] slow time-structured worldview * must maintain the patriarchal faith * imposes the old convictions * delayed understanding * punitive ideologies * cautiously conventional professors * judgmental father * conservative religious hierarchy * global scale of responsibilities * heavy doctrinal pressures * blocks new viewpoints * preacher's fatigue * intolerance for sacerdotal innovation * pragmatic time-tested principles * materialistic paradigm of belief * rigidly dutiful guidance * elders preserve strict sacred rules

• [Shani-yuti-Shukra] slow system imposes lawful equity * limited luxuries * sturdily handsome * orderly feminine figures * pragmatic finance * persistent steady negotiation * contractual discipline * socially constrained harmony * conventionally regulated pleasures * trust in age * mutuality over time * class-structured arrangements

OUTCOMES - SHANI

ideologically rigid, religiously regulatory, philosophically conventional, staunchly sermonizing, respectfully patronizing, doctrinally disciplined [Shani in Bhava-9] rules

• 3-communications, messaging, sermons, scripts, radio-television, media-products, Writing and Publishing, letters of correspondence, announcements, planning, schedules, sales, marketing, documentation, reporting, cohort, entourage, committee-work, iterative stepwise process, manufacturing, commercial business, instruction, explanation, discussion, diagrams, labeling, event management, signage, training, itinerary, tours

• 4 cultural foundations, property boundaries, way of Life, protection, defense , homeland, household, routines, rituals, mother, parents, customary rhythms, caretakers, socialization schooling, gardens, waterways, transportation, housing, social security, sense of place, environmentalism, citizenship, belonging, ethnic basis, ethnoreligion, patriotism, real-estate, farming, land-ownership, burial, predictability, health of the elder sibling

CAREER - SHANI

Shani in Bhava-9 rules 3- travel itineraries

= travel for official business

relatively little travelling for pleasure

• rulers of 3 + 4 + 7 + 12 intake drishti from ambitious political Rahu-5
• + [uchcha-Budha] + [Surya-yuti-Ketu] * Budha intakes drishti from obligatory Shani-9

When Governor of Philippines and supervisor in Panama, WHT traveled regularly via steamship between Philippines, panama, and Washington DC. When in USA, WHT shuttled between domestic locales such as WDC, naYC, his retreat home in New England, and his hometown Cincinnati. As POTUS, he travelled by train to numerous photo-ceremonies throughout the land.

[Risk-rewarding Rāhu]

rajyalobha-karaka [ambition] picchala-karaka [slippery]

[for Vṛścika indriya-lagna]

[Rahu-5 casts passionately dramatic speculative drishti into 9-11-1]

[passion for showmanship in prayerful places]

[craves central roles in sanctuary zones]

[plays risky fantasy games]

[desire to demonstrate imaginative play] [

enthusiastic display of wholistic understanding]

[craving for exhilarating politicized retreat]

[glamourized celebration of contemplative entertainments]

[potential for fraudulently or fabulously exaggerated inner guidance, in matters of politics, drama, celebrity, romance, creative performance, game-playing and gambling, financial speculation, and children]

[excitingly fabulous, distant-lands drama]

[over-reaching quietude in uniquely attention-getting artistic performance]

[may involve visionary showcase roles for extraordinary children]

...

[dramatizing-ceremonial Andromeda-1] [navamsha Rahu-Simha]

• [Rahu-Meena] shimmering illusion of immersion * craving for symbolic guidance * extravagant imagination * mirage of dreamlike wisdom * mesmerizing aura of concealing fog * mask of Other-Worldly wisdom * fascinating prayers * extraordinary  ancestor guides * fabulous clairsentience * intriguing sleep-states * seeks special importance via apparent [but perhaps not authentic] attributes of deep trance, private intuition * privilege obtained via interior guidance * finds opportunity in contemplative-roles

• [Rahu in bhava-5] passion for prestige political display * hungry for celebrity * fascinating romance * extraordinary games * in svabhava of Splendid Surya, the Shadowy Specter seeks exceptional children * outsider who cleverly insinuates into center-stage creative roles * culturally mixed entertainment * amplified poetic idealism * enchanted by one's own charisma * flamboyant fashion * unusual autobiography * craves admiring attention * intriguing displays of creative genius * seeks important roles in performance art * unconventional literary expression * desires royal entitlement * mesmerizing pageantry * entrancing dramatic splendor * opportunistic lovers * ambitious games-players * may wear the persona [mask] of a thespian * pretentious intellectuality * thrilling demonstrations in the eye of the camera * boundary-breaching politics

OUTCOMES - RAHU

Rahu in bhava-5 politics

Taft's career was defined by numerous [Guru] relatively brief elite appointments [10] . With only three exceptions, his jobs were by appointment not election.

Passionate, adventurous Internationalism

Life-defining engagements in Philippines and Panama.

[Rahu Mahadasha] [age 49 until age 67 = 1912 until 1930

After the four-year caretaker presidency, taft negotiated an unprecedented [Rahu rule-break] arrangement to be placed directed into the role of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. To date, no-one else has ever started as Chief Justice in any US Supreme Court whether federal or state level.

Typical of Rahu, taft's route to the justice position was irregular and opportunistic due to his relationship with the presidential appointer, POTUS-29 Teapot Dome Scandal Warren G Harding .

[Collapsing unshackling Ketu]

kavandha-karaka [headless] chidra-karaka [gaping] vasana-karaka [vacuum]

[energizing-identifying lagnesha co-ruler for Vṛścika indriya- lagna]

check Budha + Budha-drishti to source Ketu's dispassionate analysis, witnessing logic, distanced criticism

[disengaged from profitable earnings in service ministry]

[few/no boundaries within assistive community spaces]

[no barriers to extensive ministry in social networks]

[unfettered awareness of systematic labor grievances in the marketplace]

[release from unfair associations]

[unencumbered meditation upon unbalanced economics]

[unlimited dispersal of exploitive friendships]

[unafraid of mass medical annihilation]

[may subtly perceive the assembly of distributed high-frequency intuitive helpers]

[passively fixated on ambitiously imaginative-symbolic Rahu-Meena-5 children, celebrities, idealists, creative artists, politicians, speculators]

...

[networking-systematic Uttaraphalgunī-3] [navamsha Ketu-Kumbha] intuitively observantly detached from mass-participation networks and profit-making, goal-achieving revenues

[Ketu-yuti-Surya]

[Ketu-yuti-Budha]

• [Ketu-Kanya] humbly dissociates from accusatory complaints * incomplete service * empty disagreements * ministry of martyrdom * odd arguments * not limited by stigmatized conditions * incoherent lawcourt argumentation * ignores restriction on helpfulness * eccentric service to the disadvantaged * releases a living green cloud of servitude into the misty abyss

• [Ketu in classroom-11] eccentric friends * no limits on profitability * dissolves barriers in community * peculiar social network * vacuous associations * irrelevance of material achievements * intangible goals * ambivalence toward economics * disappearing elder siblings * disregards social awards * ignores marketplace norms * abandons large group systems * unless other graha occupy 11, may prefer to live free from socializing = off-the-grid.

• [Ketu-yuti-Surya] uncertain * abandons entitlements * sparkling empty drama * wavering confidence * proudly aloof father * apathetic politics * intellectual disengagement * dispersed vision * avoids power-games * unfulfilled creative genius * half-hearted gambling * charmingly incoherent entertainments * brightly wandering intelligence * liberation via surrendered egocentricity

• [Ketu-yuti-Budha] miscalculations * incoherent references * empty talk * unsustainable explanations * irrational statements * chats about non-existent events * spacey sibling-cohort * apathetic evangelism * incomplete details * witty misnomers * vacuous plans * unfulfilled deliveries * illogical messaging * liberation via mental surrender * for commercial nativities, may dissolve the cooperative team

OUTCOMES - KETU

Ketu joins [randhresha Budha-11] eliminating [Ketu elimination] the dangers that can potentially emerge from quick-cycling, eruptive bhava-8

• POTUS-27 Dollar Diplomacy 1857-1930 William Howard Taft served as the Civilian Governor of Philippines 1901-1903. It was a time of upheaval and unrest in the tropical nation, with considerable violence from local warlords. At home in USA, gun violence continue at high velocity, and several POTUS had been fatally shot. However, taft was unharmed.

WHT was highly competent administratively due to Budha-Kanya [svakshetra] [mūlatrikoṇa if within 16-20 deg] -11 [uchcha] receiving drishti of Shani-9. Yet, he lacked egoic-mind charisma due to Surya-yuti-Ketu.

Ketu is not committed to any fact, agreement, tenet, or principle. Ketu generally bends to the excitement and desires of stronger Rahu personalities.

• Taft was part of machine politics, and he played along with the party handlers [3] .

Taft's vociferous and inconsistent friend [Ketu-11] Theodore Roosevelt had to wait-out a term.

[Budha-yuti-Ketu] + [Surya-yuti-Ketu] misleading logic, ill-considered decisions

Ketu-yuti-Budha - miscalculations

Due to his campaign promises, tR was unable to hold office 1908-1912 -- yet, tR wanted to run again in 1916. Taft agreed to administer the tasks of the presidency as if Taft were a copy of t. Intelligent but unexciting, administrator Taft - who did not like electoral politics - was intended to be a placeholder president.

A highly unlikely candidate who rarely campaigned, WHT won placeholder POTUS-27 during Mangala-Budha bhukti due to TR's powerful political machine = Mangala-Simha-2.

Collapsing Ketu occupies 6/8 form Guru * election during Rahu-Guru bhukti * 1916 election

In the 1916, WHT surprised everyone [and made many enemies 6] by challenging TR's progressive policies and by running against his former friend t. WHT lost badly, handing the majority of virtually every state to the new face = POTUS-28 The State 1856-1924 Woodrow Wilson .

Yet WHT said that he didn't care [Ketu] since he didn't want the job anyway [Ketu].

After 1912, taft nevermore participated in elections. He taught law school while waiting for appointment to the Supreme Court in 1921, which he held until a debilitating illness led to death in 1930.