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Condoleeza Rice and the Karakamsha Lagna 
February 22, 2007 |
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By Marc
Boney, M.A., from the Jyotish-List Yahoo Groups Archives
written May 21, 2002
I was curious to examine the planetary positions on the day
Condoleeza Rice was born. Apparently no birth time is available.
Someone has proposed 6:25 AM, giving Libra lagna, which may
be correct, but I looked at the patterns from a different angle....that
of the karakamsha lagna. The karakamsha lagna or ascendant
is determined by taking the atmakaraka, or planet with the highest
degrees in any sign according to the Jaimini system, and seeing
what sign it is placed in in the navamsha chart. That sign becomes
the karakamsha lagna in the natal chart.
Condoleezza Rice's Natal Chart
Condoleezza Rice's Navamsha Chart
It seems almost certain that her Venus at 29-30 of Libra is
the planet with the highest degrees. Only the Moon could potentially
contest this role, depending on the exact birth time, though
it is unlikely. In which case, the karakamsha lagna becomes
Gemini, since this sign would be the position of the atmakaraka
(AK) in the navamsha.
It is interesting to note how powerful the 5th house of raja,
or the authority to rule, becomes from Gemini in the birth chart.
At her birth, the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Saturn were all in
Libra. This puts all three trine lords in the 5th house from
the karakamsha Gemini, with the 5th lord Venus in its own sign
and the 9th lord Saturn in its exaltation sign.
However, what struck me was that by applying the changing karaka
scheme used in Jaimini, Venus becomes the AK, the Sun becomes
the AmK and Saturn becomes the PK....regardless of whether you
use 7 or 8 karakas. This combination of the AK Venus and PK
Saturn falling in the 5th house from the karakamsha lagna is
termed a Maharaja Yoga in the Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra
(BPHS) in the chapter on Raja Yogas. It is, in fact, among the
first combinations given. This chapter begins by stating that
raja yogas in a chart must be seen from the birth lagna and
the karakamsha lagna.
It then states that Maha Raja Yoga is formed if:
1. The 1st and 5th lords exchange signs from the birth lagna
2. The 1st and 5th lords combine in either the 1st or 5th houses
from the birth lagna
3. The AK and the PK combine in either the 1st or 5th house
from the karakamsha lagna.
AND these planets have strength, i.e. are in exaltation, own
sign, aspected by benefics etc.
In Rice's case, it can be seen that from the karakamsha lagna
Gemini (using the birth chart not navamsha), the AK Venus and
the PK Saturn combine in the 5th house, the former in its own
sign and the later in its exaltation sign. It is a Maha Raja
Yoga, and from what I understand about her background she was
provost of Stanford University for 8 years, before getting involved
in the Bush campaign and now serving as his Natiional Sercurity
Advsior.
This is interesting in that the combination of the AK with the
Amk is given in a later chapter in BPHS as one for being an
"Amatya" or advisor to the King. Of course, anyone
born on this day is going to have this patterning from the karakamsha
lagna used in the birth chart, so to see why this has been her
particular destiny one would need the exact time to see fruitification
of the Maha Raja Yoga in the dasha....and then, of course, divisional
charts.
Ronald Reagan had this combination of the AK and PK, only in
the 1st house. (Sagittarius). When he ran his Chara dasha of
Pisces, from where this combination fell in the 10th house,
he becama a Maha Raja....better known in these times as President!
reprinted with permission
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