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Barack Obama's Natal Chart Analysis 
August 29, 2008 |
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Astrology Diary Archives |
By Vaughn
Paul Manley, M.A.
Now that Barack Obama was formally and enthusiastically nominated
as the democratic candidate yesterday in Denver, I wanted to
shed some light on his natal chart. But first let's discuss
the dispute going on about his birth time.
In the first half of 2008 most astrologers were using a speculated
birth time for Barack Obama of about 1:00 pm giving him a Libra
ascendant. Then in July, Obama's own website released his birth
certificate (click to view) with a birth time of 7:24 pm,
giving him a 24 degrees Capricorn ascendant. In terms of birth
time accuracy it doesn't get any better than a written document,
especially a birth certificate. Of course, they can be created
in photoshop, but my opinion is that we have to give them the
benefit of the doubt. In Obama's case the state
of hawaii itself has declared that his birth certificate
is authentic.
It's highly likely that this birth time of 7:24 pm is valid
since it would discredit his entire campaign to tamper with
the document, and for what purpose? However, the real test of
an accurate birth time should be that it describes a person
accurately, not only in terms of character traits, but key events.
So let's have a look at his birth chart.
Barack Obama's Natal Chart
What stands out in many people's minds is Obama's talented oratory
skills. Notice how Mercury is powerful in a kendra, and also
aspects important personality indicators - ascendant, ascendant
lord Saturn, and the Sun. Its tight mutual aspect with Jupiter,
the 3rd lord, further heightens his intelligence, wit, communication
skills. This mutual aspect even improves in the navamsha where
Mercury gets exalted and Jupiter is in its own sign of Pisces.
Mercury's strength is also seen by the raja yoga it forms as
the 9th lord in mutual aspect with Saturn, the 1st lord. Additionally,
Jupiter is the karaka of the 9th house of law, while Mercury
is 9th lord. This mutual aspect sure makes sense for a lawyer,
and teacher of law, especially because they both aspect the
ascendant, ascendant lord, and Sun.
 Barack
Obama's Navamsha Chart
The other very notable feature is his shasha mahapurusha yoga
formed by Saturn placed on an angle in its own sign. It's further
strengthened by being vargottama. This gives him strong leadership
abilities and exemplary Saturnian qualities like discipline
and responsibility.
So far so good. It all makes sense. But wait a minute. How about
the perplexing placement of a debilitated Jupiter? There are
several ways that Jupiter's debility is cancelled and forms
a neecha banga raja yoga. First, it's conjunct its
debilitation lord, Saturn. Second, this forms a raja yoga as
the "Great
Parashara Exception," as K.N. Rao calls it, because
Jupiter is the 12th lord debilitated, placed in the ascendant
and the ascendant lord is in its own sign. A third factor of
cancellation of debility is that Mars, the planet exalted in
Capricorn, is on an angle from the Moon.
When we first look at his Sun, we might wonder why someone with
the Sun as the 8th lord would represent a politician since the
Sun is the planet of politics. However, we have to remember
that the Sun is gaining from its association with the other
planets, Mercury, Jupiter, and Saturn forming the above mentioned
yogas. When we look at his chart from chandra lagna, we see
that the Sun's condition improves as the 4th lord conjunct the
5th lord Mercury, and opposite the 9th and 10th lord Saturn.
This forms multiple raja yogas from the Moon.
Another important feature is that his Moon, the 7th lord, is
exalted in Taurus, and aspected by Jupiter. This is a combination
for compassion and caring that has won him the trust of many
supporters. This forms a rare Gauri Yoga mentioned
in the classic text, Phala Deepika, and is due to the
Moon being in its own or exalted sign in a kendra or trikona
(5, 9) and aspected by Jupiter. Its effect is described as,
"Will have a beautiful body and will be a friend of
the king. He will possess good qualities and will be blessed
with sons. He will belong to an illustrious family. His face
will be like a lotus. He will be praised for his successes (over
enemies)." This certainly seems to be playing out
in Obama's chart with all the dramatic and widespread support
and praise he's received throughout his campaign. When we look
at his dasha sequence we see that he's been in a Jupiter-Moon
dasha since 11/24/07 which will continue until 3/25/09. This
dasha activates his special Gauri Yoga and could win him the
election in November. More about this in upcoming articles.
Copyright
2005-2009. Vaughn Paul Manley. All Rights Reserved. |
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