Seal of POTUS since 1960 * 50 stars
COHORT
preceded by
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POTUS-40 American Life 1911-2004 Ronald Reagan ++ POTUS-pair-40 Just Say No 1921-2016 Nancy Davis Reagan
succeeded by
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POTUS-42 My Life 1946- Bill Clinton ++ POTUS-pair-42 + USA Secy State 1947- Hillary Clinton
son of
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USA-Sen [1952-63] "kingmaker" investment banker Prescott Bush
father of
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POTUS-43 Decision Points 1946- George W. Bush
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POTUS-pair-43 School Libraries 1946- Laura Welch Bush [in-law]
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USA-Gov-FL 1953- real-estate Jeb Bush
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political fundraiser 'Doro' Bush Koch .
lifepartner with
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POTUS-pair-41 + POTUS-43 mother 1925-2018 Barbara Pierce Bush
born three months before
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POTUS-39 Talking Peace 1924- Jimmy Carter
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USA Black Power 1925-1965 Nation of Islam Malcolm X
Long-term peer-adversary of
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Cuba-Dictator 1926-2016 Fidel Castro
Notable post-presidential, collegial friendships with
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POTUS-42 My Life 1946- Bill Clinton
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POTUS-44 Audacity of Hope 1961- Barack H. Obama
POTUS-41 [1988-1992]
CIA Director [1976-1977]
USA Liaison Officer, Beijing [1974-1975]
USA Ambassador to United Nations [1971-1972]
USA Congressmember from Texas [1966-197]
a.k.a. George Herbert Walker Bush
Earth-birth Thursday-12-Jun-1924
dematerialization 30-Nov-2018 [age 94]
POTUS-41-pair [1988-1992]
Mother of POTUS-43 Decision Points 1946- George W. Bush
Earth-birth 08-Jun-1925
dematerialization 17-Apr-2018
nativity of Barbara Pierce Bush
Oil Industry executive
Central Intelligence Agency Director
POTUS-41 [1989 until 1993]
George H.W. Bush
1924-2018
birth data from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush
tentatively rectified by BP Lama Jyotishavidya
charts + graphs + tables = produced by Shri Jyoti Star - adapted by BP Lama
Rising Nakshatra
Masculine Nativities
Agneya - Riksya - Karthika - Alcyone
BPL commentary
For Krittika births of a masculine valence, the condition of radiant, romantic, intelligent, creative, idealistic, central, confident, gaming, self-reflexive, pitrikaraka Surya may considerably affect the outcome.
For those born into the splendidly Surya-ruled paradigm of Riksya, father-figures, politicians, celebrity, royalty, entitled roles, brilliant dramatists, radiant deities, sparkling genius, glittering creativity, intelligentsia, speculators, poets, romantic lovers, gamblers, and game-players may be especially influential.
Instructional guidance provided by emissaries from the civilizations of the Pleyades. Their purpose is confidence-raising and light-bringing in creative pursuit of values fulfillment.
Radiant Certainty
Agneya-born gentlemen are often found in politics, in gambling and speculation, or in creative finance. Natural dramatists, Riksya-born are brightly idealistic and self-directed seekers of attention.
Mesha pada 1 represents nakshatra-pati Surya's empowerment in romance and celebrity entitlements. In the rashi of Champion Mangala, sparkling Surya asserts radiant genius. Typically pada 1 are dramatists, politicians, royalty, celebrity, creative artists, and unique charismatic figures.
[Vrishabha-Urisha] -pada-2-3-4 express the tension between two-party bargainer Shukra versus one-party autocratic singular nakshatra-pati Surya. Often the intelligence of pada 2-3-4 is focused into the Values-fulfilling sectors of banking and finance, natural resource conservation, music, wines and perfumes, arts, and beauty. Depending on [Yogakaraka] Shani ruler of 9+10, the Vrishabha pada of Krittika have a stronger propensity toward government positions.
Themes of self-importance, individual entitlement, creativity, and confidence may contextualize Krittika's terrestrial experience. Applies also to Chandra in Krittika - Pleyades
QUOTATION from Shil-Ponde. (1939). Hindu Astrology Joytisha-Shastra . p 80
" A proud, dignified, and honorable person
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- an executive type.
He is very ambitious and eager for power
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and has the ability to achieve his desires.
He has an innate sense of the importance of his destiny .
He expects everything to come to him as his due
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and usually gets what he sets out to obtain ." [end quote]
George HW Bush-41 presidential photo 1988
George HW Bush-41 served as VPOTUS with his former rival, POTUS-40 American Life 1911-2004 Ronald Reagan
George HW Bush playing baseball for the Yale undergraduate team, 1948
King of Pop 1958-2009 Thriller Michael J. Jackson enjoying a social visit with POTUS-41 All the Best 1924-2018 George H.W. Bush in 1991
1945 wedding George Bush + POTUS-pair-41 + POTUS-43 mother 1925-2018 Barbara Pierce Bush
Bush-41 in 2000, during the presidential election of his son POTUS-43 Decision Points 1946- George W. Bush
Biographical Details matched to Vimshottari Dasha Calendar and samchara-transits of Rahu-Ketu
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POTUS-41 All the Best 1924-2018 George H.W. Bush
[Chandra Mahadasha] age birth until age 2.1
12-Jun-1924 Earth-birth in Milton, Massachusetts, USA * Chandra-Shukra bhukti
Mangala Mahadasha * age 2.1 until age 8.1
[Rahu Mahadasha] age 8.1 until age 26.1
Shani Ashtamsha via Mesha [2]= Apr-1939 until Jun-1941
1943 [GHWB age 19] flying Navy planes in the Pacific Theatre during WW-2 * Rahu-Budha bhukti [Rahu in bhava-4 glamorous defense]
06-Jan-1945 [GHWB age 21] consecration of marriage with Barbara Bush * Rahu-Shukra bhukti * samchara Rahu-Ketu via Mithuna-Dhanus contact [Shukra-Mithunaya]
Sep-1945 [GHWB age 21] begin undergraduate study at Yale College * Rahu-Shukra bhukti [Budha-1 parivartamsha Shukra-2]
06-Jul-1946 [GHWB age 22] celebrated the birth of child-1 = future POTUS-43 Decision Points 1946- George W. Bush - Rahu-Shukra bhukti* Shukra lagnesha
Jun-1948 [GHWB age 24] after only 2.5 years of study, while raising a family and playing in all-seasons sports teams, earns 4-year BA diploma in economics from Yale University, coincidentally his wealthy dad's alma-mater * Rahu-Surya bhukti * Surya -1 rules 4-diploma
Guru Mahadasha * age 26.1 until age 42.1
Sep-1950 until Nov-1952 Janma Sade-Sati Kanya [5]
1952 [GHWB age 28] Dad Prescott Sheldon Bush was elected USA Senator from Connecticut. Dad held the Senate seat 1952-1963 * Guru-Guru svabhukti * Guru rules 11-revenues, social networking ++ janma Sade-Sati
1953 [GHWB age 29] formed Zapata Oil [Texas Corp.] through CIA connections * Guru-Shani bhukti * Shani rules 10-legal-corporations ++ dvithya Sade-Sati
[Shani Mahadasha] age 42.1 until age 61.1
Nov-1967 [GHWB age 42] elected to USA House of Representatives from Texas * Shani-Shani svabhukti * Shani karmesha
Jun-1968 until May-1971 Shani Ashtamsha via Mesha [12]
1971-1972 [GHWB age 47] USA Ambassador to United Nations, appointed by Richard Nixon - Shani-Budha bhukti * Budha rules 5-politics
08-Oct-1972 [GHWB age 48] grieved the decease of father Prescott Bush - Shani-Budha bhukti * pitrimaraka Budha rules 2nd-from-Surya
1972 [GHWB age 49] During Richard Nixon's Watergate hearings, while GHWB is Republican party chair, begin 12-year relationship with executive secretary, Jennifer Fitzgerald. She becomes known as GHWB's /office wife/ * Shani-Budha bhukti * Budha rules Kanya 7th navamsha * samchara Rahu-Ketu via Vṛṣa-Vṛścika contact navamsha R-K
1974 appointed USA chief liaison to China by Gerald R. Ford [before the embassy existed]. By request of GHWB, Ms. Fitzgerald accompanies the mission to Beijing. Having been replaced, BPB returns to USA. * Shani-Shukra bhukti* Shukra lagnesha-rogesha
1975-1976 [GHWB age 52] Mrs Barbara Bush suffers an enduring, severe mental depression. GHWB maintains his public facade as husband-and-father, while the /second marriage/ continues . * Shani-Shukra bhukti [Budha-1 parivartamsha Shukra-2]* Shukra lagnesha-rogesha
1976-1977 [GHWB age 53] briefly and controversially [1 year] appointed Director of USA-Central Intelligence Agency. As a condition of the appointment, personal secretary Ms. Fitzgerald is assigned to a shared office with the Director. The position requires the pair to travel frequently. * Shani-Shukra bhukti * Shani-Shukra bhukti [Budha-1 parivartamsha Shukra-2]* Shukra lagnesha-rogesha
Nov-1979 until Oct-1982 Janma Sade-Sati Kanya [5]
Jun-1980 [GHWB age 56] lost the Republican POTUS nomination. Yet, within a few months GHWB won nomination for VPOTUS under his former adversary Ronald Reagan - Shani-Mangala bhukti [Mangala in bhava-10] [Ketu-yuti-Kuja] + janma Sade-Sati
04-Nov-1980 [GHWB age 56] elected VPOTUS with former adversary, Ronald Reagan - Shani-Mangala bhukti [Mangala in bhava-10] [Ketu-yuti-Kuja] Mangala rules 7-advising relationships + janma Sade-Sati
[Budha Mahadasha] * age 63.2 until age 80.2
- [Budha-Urisha] [Budha in bhava-1] [Budha-yuti-Surya] [Budha-1 parivartamsha Shukra-2]
08-Nov-1988 [GHWB age 64] elected POTUS-41 * Budha-Budha svabhukti * Budha in bhava-1 identity rules 5-elections++ [Budha-1 parivartamsha Shukra-2]
1990-1991 [GHWB age 66] Gulf War Aug-1990 until Mar-1991 = Iraq War = foreign war against a perceived // next Hitler // won 90% popular approval * Budha-Shukra bhukti* Shukra rogesha war contains [Shani-Tula-uchcha] justified necessity
1991 [GHWB age 67] diagnosed with hyperthyroid causing atrial fibrillation * Budha-Shukra bhukti* Shukra rogesha
Nov-1992 [GHWB age 68] lost re-election. Winner = Bill Clinton [the two men would later become good friends] ** Budha-Shukra bhukti* Shukra rogesha
19-Nov-1992 [GHWB age 68] grieved the decease of elderly influential mother Dorothy Walker Bush * Budha-Surya bhukti * Surya rules 12th-from-Chandra
Apr-1998 until Jun-2000 Shani Ashtamsha via Mesha [12]
Nov-1998 [GHWB age 74] eldest son George W. Bush wins landslide re-election to Governor of Texas State - Budha-Guru bhukti * Guru rules 11-goals
Nov-1998 [GHWB age 74] second son USA-Gov-FL 1953- real-estate Jeb Bush wins election to Governor of Florida - Budha-Guru bhukti * Guru rules 11-goals
Nov-2000 [GHWB age 76] eldest son George W. Bush wins POTUS-43 - Budha-Shani chidradasha * Shani-Karmesha
Sept 2001 [GHWB age 77] unexpected return to national iconic leadership role during the / 9-11 / emergency working toward recovery alongside Bill Clinton - Budha-Shani chidradasha * Shani-Karmesha
[Ketu Mahadasha] age 80.2 until age 86.1
[Shukra Mahadasha] age 86.1 until decease age 94
- [Shukra-Mithunaya] [Shukra-2] [Budha-1 parivartamsha Shukra-2]
Sep-2009 until Nov-2011 Janma Sade-Sati Kanya [7]
17-Apr-2017 [GHWB age 93] grieved the decease of wife Barbara Pierce Bush [BPB age 92] Shukra-Mangala bhukti * Mangala rules 2nd-from-7th-from-Chandra
30-Nov-2018 [GHWB age 94] embodiment dematerialization * Shukra-Rahu bhukti
Prominent Features of the Nativity
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POTUS-41 All the Best 1924-2018 George H.W. Bush
[Surya]
pitri-karaka [father] jyoti-karaka [light]
[homebound-anchoring bandesha for Urisha indriya-lagna]
[financial self-confidence] [physicalized values]
[bright intelligence for arts-music]
[radiant center of pleasures and treasures]
[identified with history and languages]
...
[Mriga-2] [navamsha Surya-Kanya] intuitively confident commercial financial services
[Atmakaraka Father, special entitlements, certainty, intelligence, politics, gambling, games, romance, solipsism]
- [Surya-Urisha] Ravaye - the noisy one, the roaring one [Ravi = firebird; Rava = howl, yell, or squawk] * brightly charismatic confidence of Center-stage Surya radiates through the acquisitive sensual rashi of Shukra
- [Surya in bhava-1] center of attention * bright embodiment * intelligence for competition * focus on appearance * genius for innovative self-expression * athletic entitlements * eye on personality * sparkling center of embodied vitality * father may be an icon-competitor-inventor
- [Surya-yuti-Budha] confidently conversational * bright 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
OUTCOMES - SURYA
[Surya in bhava-1] Urisha in the center of financial discussions about national defense [4]
FATHER
Dad U.S. Senator and investment banker [Urisha], Prescott Sheldon Bush.
[Surya in bhava-1] Mriga commerce
[Surya-Urisha] indicates banking. Dad had business [Mriga] in all of the world's financial capitals, and GHWB was raised in financial company.
Dad was a distinguished political financier and power-broker [Surya-yuti-Budha] brokerage
During his decade of service in the USA Senate [1952-1963] Prescott Bush was a staunch defender of the controversially expensive but potentially very valuable national commercial asset, the Interstate Highway System proposed by Dwight D. Eisenhower .
[Surya-yuti-Budha] financing [Urisha] Surya rules 4-transportation roadways
Bandesha Surya rules 4-paths, roads, channels.
Tax financing for Eisenhower's massive national road system was hotly contested. Yet eventually, Eisenhower's coast-to-coast project was approved by Congress, on the basis of necessity for national defense [4]. For those heavily invested in oil-and-gas transportation, the commercial benefits of the new road system were immediately realized.
[Chandra]
matrikaraka [mother] * garha-karaka [village] [busy-communicative bhratru-pati for Urisha indriya-lagna]
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[ethno-rhythmic Hasta-4]
[navamsha Chandra-Karkata] intuitively sensitive flowing protective defense
[moral-cultural defender] [propaganda of national security]
- [Chandra-Kanya] comforted by remedial service * sensitive to logical argument * needs to help
- [Chandra in Hasta - Savitra] comforted by handwork * guardian of customary crafts * protectors of home gardening * needs rhythmic touch
- [Chandra in classroom-5] comfortable with politics * familiar with speculation * intelligent confident mother * soothed by playing games * charmed by children * needs applause * sensitive to center-stage roles * nourished by self-expression * feels entitled * attuned to heart-centered emotion * settled into the rhythm of artistic creativity * routinely seeks amusement * calmed by admiration * undulating celebrity * mother may be an actress, scholar, creator, gambler, romantic
Comfort Zone
[Kuja]
bhratru-karaka [brother] virya-karaka [virile] [dikbala]
[dikbala]
[balancing-bargaining yuvati-pati for Urisha indriya-lagna]
[contemplative-imagining vyaya-pati for Urisha indriya-lagna]
...
[Dhaniṣṭha-3] [navamsha Kuja-Tula] intuitively competitive diplomatic arranging bargaining
- [Mangala-Kumbha] vigorous community activism * warrior for economic progress * proactive linking * push toward regulated systems * pursues profitable roles * s pearhead of mass interconnectivity * futuristic thrust * dominating energy in social networking * conquest of marketplace interactions * champion of distributed associations
- [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-Ketu] vigorous break-ups * enervated * passive-aggressive * high-energy collapse * fierce pursuit of impermanence * pointless fights * diffused sexuality * dynamic wandering * apathetic brother-figures * potential for aggressive self-annihilation * pushes toward non-attachment * liberation by force
OUTCOMES - MANGALA
scattered-action [Mangala in bhava-10] [Kuja-yuti-Ketu] rules
Kuja occupies the emotionally conflicted [6th-from-Chandra]
WAR
erratic [Ketu dysrhythmia ]
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[Budha]
jamayah-karaka [sibling] sandeza-karaka [message] zisya-karaka [student]
[dikbala]
[collecting-conserving dhanesha for Urisha indriya-lagna]
[displaying-playing vidya-pati for Urisha indriya-lagna]
...
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[profitable Krittika-3] [navamsha Budha-Kumbha] inutitively explaining marketplace economic systems
[Budha-1 parivartamsha Shukra-2]
- [Budha-Urisha] financial communications * articulation of tonal value * talks about stored goods * discusses collected assets * delivers descriptive evaluations * sends historic messages * skillfully signals the music * preservation methods * describes sound frequencies * hands-arms-shoulders send sensual gestures
- [Budha in bhava-1] narrative of embodiment * bifurcated self-image * discusses physical appearance * describer of embodiment * explainer of tangible self * delivers instructions for self-characterization * articulation of communicative movement * animated gestures * talks about personality * details the two-sided identity
- [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
OUTCOMES - BUDHA
[Guru]
dhava-karaka [husband] bahuta-karaka [variety]
[mysterious-initiatory randhresha for Urisha indriya-lagna]
[friendly-gainful vriddhi-pati for Urisha indriya-lagna]
...
[regulatory Jyeṣtha-2] [navamsha Guru-Makara-nicha] intuitively expansive class-conscious materialistic optimism
// read my lips, no new taxes //
Benevolent Brihaspati activates Meena- Svamsha
- [Guru-Vṛścika] much mystery * many sudden discoveries * optimistic about emergencies * believes in healing * many masks * hidden doctrine * permission to reveal * transformative guidance * expands the scope of secret undertakings * multiple initiations
- [Guru in bhava-7] many contracts * optimistic negotiations * much partnership * abundant agreement * numerous alliances * extensive bargaining * multiple trusts * expansion of advocacy * fertile match-making * typically more than one spouse * patron of legal arrangements * proliferation of promises * in a wifely nativity, husbandly-companion may be an attorney-counselor-broker
OUTCOMES - BRIHASPATI
[Shukra]
svadu-karaka [sweet] kalatra-karaka [wifely companion]
...
[Budha-1 parivartamsha Shukra-2]
[financial Punarvasu-2] [navamsha Shukra-Urisha] intuitively harmonizing financial diplomatic arrangements
- [Shukra-Mithunaya] appreciation of detail * beautiful accessories * attracted to writers * likes businesspeople * balanced gestures * conducts diplomatic conversations * prefers a communicative partner * aesthetic of handiwork * pleasures of specific explanations * enjoys correspondence * gracious messaging arrangements
- [Shukra-2] svabhava] seeks pleasure via gathered treasuries * enjoys banked assets * bargains toward collected equity * feminine-figures predominate the family * gracious storyteller * pretty preservations * balanced linguistic expression * beautiful voice * pleasing designs to adorn the face * aesthetics of mouth + jaw + teeth + hair * graceful neck * prefers historical values * appreciation of speech-and-song * in a husbandly nativity, wifely-companion may be a banker-collector-historian-preserver * in a husbandly nativity, wifely-companion may be a banker-collector-historian-preserver
OUTCOMES - SHUKRA
[Shani]
duro-karaka [endurance] * jara-karaka [Jahre, years]
[uchcha]
[Yogakaraka believing-principled dharmesha for Urisha indriya-lagna]
[Yogakaraka dutiful-commanding karmesha for Urisha indriya-lagna]
...
[bargaining Chitra-3] [navamsha Shani-Tula-uchcha] [vargottamsha] intuitively ordering class-conscious slow hierarchical social justice
- [Shani-Tula] overburdened agreements * restricted leverage * mandatory bargaining * strict rules for making agreements * structural compression upon kidney-pancreas * rigidly regulated match-making * must form socially approved partnerships * must honor the lowest-common-denominator in deal-making * mandatory fairness * must normalize social justice * unyielding obligatory diplomacy * must advocate for equity * exchanges must be lawful * must continue conventional negotiations * scarce trading resources * maintainer of old bargains
- [Shani in Bhava-6] [beneficial] intrepid assistance * steady time-structured resistance to enemies * must serve the chronic victims * outlasts the adversaries * survives military siege * tense digestion * relentless criticism * constitutional illness-injury * tolerance for servitude * aging physicians * enduring diseases * service fatigue * helper's burnout * prevents innovative treatments * blocks new medications * professional social workers * patiently aids the disadvantaged * dutiful healthworker * accepts the rules of medical institutions * lawfully supports the sick * reliable herbalist * conventional pharmacist * protocols for problematizing * realistic about addiction * accepts abuse * neutral to crime * military discipline * governs the poor * regulates debt * legislates loans * respected elder of an oppressed sector
OUTCOMES - SHANI
[Rahu]
rajyalobha-karaka [ambition] picchala-karaka [slippery]
[nīcha]
[passion for royal-celebrity entitlement]
...
[Magha-2] [navamsha Rahu-Urisha-uchcha] intuitively over-reaching financial values desires
- [Rahu-Singha] shimmering illusion of charisma * craving for attention * extraordinary entertainments * mask of radiant confidence * over-reaching, unique intelligence * marvelous drama * fascinating entitlements * illusory flash of brilliant gambling * extravagant games * seeks special importance via apparent [but perhaps not authentic] attributes of brilliant risk-taking * fabulous speculations * glittering political power * seeks privilege via celebrity roles
- [Rahu in bhava-4] passion for prestige property * unusual home routines * exotic roots * in svabhava of Comforting Chandra, the Shadowy Specter seeks homestead advantage * outsider who cleverly insinuates into the local settlement * culturally-mixed kitchens * fascinating vehicles * extraordinary ships * glamorous guardianship * important infrastructure * irregular land-use * over-reaching protectionism * exciting real-estate * expedient nationalism * instrumental environmentalism * unorthodox parenting * trespasses customary limits * disrupts habitual agriculture * over-extended fencing * s trange traffic on roadways * craves a showcase home * marvelous gardens * desires comfortable shelter * ambitious mother * social mobility sought via patriotism
OUTCOMES - RAHU
[Ketu]
kavandha-karaka [headless] chidra-karaka [gaping] vasana-karaka [vacuum]
[scatters the collective leadership]
[disengaged witness to marketplace hierarchies]
[liberated from command of the great assembly]
[surrenders to mass anarchy]
[disregard toward proletarian elites]
[abandons public governance duties]
[nervously dismisses recognition for achievements]
[apathetic toward the masses-and-the-classes]
[no limits on professional conduct]
...
[hidden-power Dhaniṣṭha-4] [navamsha Ketu-Vrischika] [uchcha] intuitively witnessing dispersing of dangers
- [Ketu-Kumbha] sociably dissociates from distribution webs * odd friends * walks away from regulated systems * incomplete nexus * empty profits * dissolves knitting * s evered connections * not limited by conventional community * disarrayed ecologies * ignores restriction on futurism * releases a purple cloud of knotted linkage into the misty abyss
- [Ketu in classroom-10] disregards social rank * no barriers in class-pyramid * fearless toward regulations * well-known for surrendering * absent from officialdom * irrelevance of government protocols * ambivalent toward public opinion * disinterested in high positions * ignores hierarchical ordering rules * abandons elite authority * unless other graha in 10, may prefer to live free from heavy leadership duties
- [Ketu-yuti-Kuja] restless * surrendered championship * abandons fighting * inconsistent actions * disconnected brethren * odd innovations * unsustainable domination * apathetic competitions * peculiar disability * unfulfilled quest * pushes toward impermanence * incomplete births * liberation via vigorous movement
OUTCOMES - KETU
[Ketu-yuti-Kuja] resides in the [6th-from-Chandra] indicates the lifelong problematic of his scattered sexual energies
[Ketu-yuti-Kuja] produced a pattern of dispersed and unfocused actions, usually driven by Mangala's domains of relationships [7] and distant-lands or private-rooms [12]. GHWB was involved in covert action in distant lands [12]. His seemingly unnecessary war [Kuja] was widely panned.
