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A Victim of the Economic Downturn 
August 31, 2009 |
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Astrology Diary Archives |
By Vaughn
Paul Manley, M.A.
Over the past year, since the economic downturn of the later
half of 2008, many people have had to make major adjustments
in their lives after losing jobs, homes, investments etc. It's
been difficult for perhaps the majority of people worldwide,
and seems rare to hear of people who have prospered.
The following chart is of a man who has had a strong financial
history. He's been employed steadily for the past twenty four
years with large corporations in the Silicon Valley doing IT
work for IBM, Visa, Symantec, etc. He's also done well in the
stock market, owns a home, and has had a basically comfortable
life.
Natal Chart
The majority of his successful years took place during his Mercury
dasha that began Nov 1, 1988, at age 24. This is quite apparent.
Mercury forms several dhana yogas (wealth producing combinations)
as the first lord mutually aspecting the 2nd and 9th lords,
Moon and Saturn respectively. Looking at the navamsha chart
Mercury is again the lagna lord (his lagna is vargottama in
Gemini), but this time it's exalted in the angular 4th house
and forms a raja yoga (success producing combination) by the
aspect by Jupiter, the 10th lord.
Navamsha Chart
However, things have been shakier for him since he began his
Ketu dasha on Nov 1, 2005. No matter where Ketu is placed in
the chart, a Ketu dasha can cause losses because Ketu is the
karaka of the 12th house of loss. It's also a non-materialistic
planet by nature and its dasha can lead to disillusionment with
superficial pursuits, and increase detachment. In contrast to
his Mercury dasha, Ketu is involved in no dhana yogas, and is
disposited by Jupiter who's placed in the 12th house. Ketu is
also placed in the 12th house in the navamsha chart, and disposited
by Venus who's placed in the 8th house, and aspected by the
6th lord Mars. This further indicates the potential for loss
during a Ketu dasha. Lastly, Ketu by transit entered the sign
of Cancer on May 5, 2008. This corresponds to his 2nd house
of wealth, where Mars and Venus form a dhana yoga between the
11th and 5th lord.
Transits on October 6, 2008
When the US stock market crashed on October 6, 2008, he was
in his Ketu-Rahu dasha, and Ketu was transiting within two degrees
of his natal Venus. Venus is his 5th lord, representing speculative
investments like the stock market. He lost a major portion of
his savings that he kept in stocks. Fortunately, for him he
did not lose his job, but over the past year his department
was outsourced and he now officially works for another company.
He's had to take a 25% reduction in pay as a result.
This chart isn't an extreme example of loss due to the overall
strength of his chart for wealth and success, but it has been
a difficult time for him causing he and wife wife to make many
adjustments. This declining trend is clearly indicated by the
Ketu dasha coinciding with Ketu's transit through his 2nd house
of wealth.
Copyright 2010. Vaughn Paul Manley.
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