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Dashamamsha -2
Indicator of Inherent Nature and
Inclinations
By
Dr K S Charak, India.
Nicolas Sarkozy (Chart 5), has certain similarities with the native of Chart 4, and some
subtle differences. The lagna here is Kanya (Virgo), an earthy sign like that of Segolene
Royal. Kanya, however, is the most intellectual sign of the zodiac. The lagna is ruled by
Ananta, signifying strength, benevolence, perseverance, liking for the rule of law,
abhorrence for injustice, and an attitude of support and protection. The native is known
for his strong stance on law and order issues. He did not favour war in Iraq. He has a
protectionist attitude toward business. Like in the preceding chart, the tenth lord is ruled
by Agni. Here, however, it is Mercury that is the tenth lord. That brings in fiery logic
and strong views, some of which may become controversial. The native has a tough
stand on immigration. His call for state help for Muslims to build mosques was criticized
by his detractors. A vargottama Jupiter in the tenth house gives him an ethical and
benevolent approach to his actions, tainted somewhat by the RKA. He intends to
encourage social mobility, better schools, and cuts in public sector staff. Jupiter in the
tenth too is ruled by Ananta, the benevolent and the sustaining. The RKA along the 4/10
axis confers on the native the raw energy necessary to accomplish whatever be decides,
irrespective of the views of others. His biographer Anita Hausser writes about him thus:
“He’s hyperactive, he’s ambitious, he’s a heavy worker, a workaholic, he never rests.”
Rahu and Ketu are ruled by Rakshasa.
The seventh house is occupied by the Moon and Mars, the eleventh and the eighth
lords respectively. He has had multiple marriages, along with breaks and divorces. The
eighth lord, that too Mars, in the seventh house tends to disrupt any relationship, and the
eleventh lord there brings in multiplicity. His latest marriage to the model-turned-singer
Carla Bruni on February 2, 2008 is his third. Besides the marriages, there have been a few
relationships too. The Moon is ruled by the strong and powerful Vaayu while Mars by
the sometimes wayward Varuna. The seventh lord Jupiter in the tenth is associated with
Ketu which imposes on Jupiter its deviant nature. Ketu is a demon in its own right. Its
ruling deity too is Rakshasa or demon. Venus, the planet for sexuality and relationships,
is exalted in the navamsha. The ruling deity of Venus here is Indra, which further
signifies prominence, enjoyments, sexual indulgence and varied physical pleasures.
Sarkozy too has his Saturn exalted, aspected by Jupiter. However, here this Saturn
occupies the second house and is ruled by the benevolent Ananta. Thus three important
points in the horoscope. Jupiter, Saturn and the lagna, are ruled by Ananta here. In
addition, his two luminaries, the Sun and the Moon, are ruled by the all powerful Vaayu.
His Venus dasha, which extended from December 1981 to December 2001, was
significant for him. Venus is the yoga karaka for his rashi and navamsha charts, and is
exalted in the latter. It is the lagna lord in the Dashamamsha chart. Ruled by Indra,
Venus ensured for him recognition in public life. In early life he had suffered many
insecurities. His father had abandoned his brothers and their mother. He attributes to his
father’s injustice to him as the cause of what he is today. The lagna lord and tenth lord
Mercury ruled by Agni ensures that the native has enough energy to weather the
difficulties of life. Between 1983 and 2002, i.e., most of the MD of Venus, he served as
Mayor of the affluent Paris subrub of Neuilly. Thereafter, he became interior minister.
He also had a brief spell as finance minister in 2004 (MD of Sun). Venus dasha also
ensured for him two marriages, the first one in September 1982, and the second one in
October 1996.
It was in April 2007 that the native won the French presidential election. He assumed
office as French President on May 16, 2007. The operating dasha was that of Sun-Venus
(December 24, 2006 to December 25, 2007). Venus, as we have already pointed out, is the
yoga karaka in the rashi and navamsha charts, and the lagna lord in the Dashamamsha
chart. In the latter, it forms a special yoga with the seventh (and twelfth) lord Mars in
the twelfth house, aspected by the ninth and tenth lord Saturn. His election as President
of France received special attention outside France (12th house: overseas) and he also
enjoys a special position of eminence outside his country. His married life too has
attracted special attention both in and out of France. The ruling deity of the Sun is the all
powerful Vaayu and that of Venus is the ruler of the gods, lord Indra. This dasha also
exposed him to his latest lady love, Carla Bruni, whom he met at a dinner party in
November 2007 (and subsequently married her in February 2008).
He runs the dasha of the Moon from December 2007 to December 2017. Moon-Moon is
over on October 24, 2008, followed by Moon-Mars (ending on May 25, 2009). The Moon,
like the Sun, is ruled by the powerful Vaayu. Mars is ruled by Varuna, the lord of
Waters which has a lot of hidden strength and a capacity to pacify tempers. This will
then be followed by Moon-Rahu. As we have already pointed out, Rahu is ruled by
Rakshasa. He might have to be careful about his actions during this dasha as the RKA
falls in the 4/10 axis of his rashi chart (affecting his Karma), the lagna/7 axis of
navamsha (affecting his marital life) and the 5/11 axis of his Dashamsha (affecting his
professional judgement).
Conclusion
Appendix
R uled by lord Shiva, the north-east is the most auspicious direction. The cycles of
manifestation and annihilation are regulated by Maha-Vishnu, the eternal Lord
Vishnu. When the phase of manifestation commences, Maha-Vishnu takes up
three forms, each concerned with an important function. These three forms are: (a)
Brahma, the Creator, concerned with the creation of the universe as well as all the life
forms, including humans, animals and plants; (b) Vishnu, the Preserver, concerned
with the preservation as well as sustenance of the created universe; and (c) Shiva, the
Destroyer, concerned with bringing to an end whatever is created. All the three are
important functions concerned with the varied activities that take place in the manifest
universe.
Lord Shiva is the all-powerful god, who is easily pleased by devotion and is the
ultimate in benevolence. Enraged, he can destroy the three worlds. The Puranas contain
countless stories about Lord Shiva. Generous in granting boons, He is one of the most
extensively worshipped deity who, when pleased, is known to fulfil all the desires of his
devotees. His famous weapon is a Trishula, the trident, which He uses with unfailing
effect. His famous bow is called Pinaka. He wears a leopard skin for loin cloth, and uses
the skin of an elephant to cover himself. Snakes He wears as ornaments on His limbs
and body.
When the gods and the demons churned the Ocean for Amrita, the elixir of life,
several objects emerged from there during the process of churning. One of the most
fearful things that came out was the deadly poison, the Kalakuta. This noxious poison
threatened to destroy the whole creation. Its fumes had a benumbing effect and
everyone was scared to death. Lord Shiva in all His benevolence came forward,
swallowed the poison and saved the world. He established the poison in His throat
which became blue in colour and earned Him the name “Neela-Kantha”, the blue-
throated.
Lord Shiva possesses immense knowledge of the scriptures. He is the original surgeon
(and physician) who transplanted the head of a goat on the body of his father-in-law,
and that of an elephant on His own son, Lord Ganesha. Those desirous of acquiring
surgical skills and proficiency in martial arts need to worship Him. He is also the
original dancer.
Kaama-Deva, the god of Love, became arrogant and thought that he could sway the
minds of the mightiest. He committed the folly of shooting his love-inspiring arrows at
lord Shiva. Momentarily disbalanced, Lord Shiva regained composure and understood
the mischief of Kaama-Deva. Enraged, He opened His third eye and with His glance of
fury He burned Kaama-Deva to ashes. The lord of Love thus became bodyless.
Many are Shiva’s conquests described in the Puranas. He destroyed countless
demons. He showered His blessings on countless devotees, granting them boons that
they ever sought. Such acts of apparent benevolence and simplicity sometimes landed
Lord Shiva Himself in trouble. The story goes that a demon, Bhasmasura by name,
pleased Lord Shiva by his devotion and extracted from the Lord the boon that he would
reduce anyone to ashes on whose head he would place his hand. Once the boon was
granted, the demon ran after Lord Shiva so as to place his hand on Lord Shiva’s head
and turn Him to ashes. Lord Shiva ran for dear life. It was here that Lord Vishnu came
to Shiva’s rescue. Lord Vishnu changed Himself into a beautiful enchantress and
started dancing in front of Bhasmasura. The demon forgot about Lord Shiva and
became so enamored of the beautiful damsel dancing in front of him that he too began
dancing like the enchantress, aping all her moves. It was during this process that the
enchantress put her hand on her own head, and the demon did likewise. Immediately,
he was reduced to ashes as a result of lord Shiva’s ‘boon’.
A t the conclusion of the cycle of annihilation, Lord Vishnu emerged from His
long slumber and thought of resorting to activity, with the aim of bringing
into manifestation the new universe. The essence of His activity emerged
from His navel in the form of a stalk with a lotus flower at its end. This lotus flower of
eternal dimensions spread its luminescence in all directions and the Lord, the all-
knowing Vishnu, Himself entered the lotus in a subtle form. Soon, within the lotus
flower, there appeared Lord Brahma the Creator, the manifest essence of the Vedas.
Seated on the lotus flower, Lord Brahma controlled His Prana and resorted to intense
meditation. He felt the urge to effect the creation of the manifest world. He could see
the l tus, the water, the Aakaasha (empty space), the wind and His own body. He had
to create the world out of these five only. So He meditated on Lord Vishnu, His
source, and offered Him salutations.
“You alone in the form of Vishnu, Shiva and Myself cause the preservation, the
annihilation and the creation of this universe,” said Brahma. “I salute You.”
Repository of the Vedas, Lord Brahma possesses all possible knowledge and wisdom.
He took up the work of creation as ordained by the Wheel of Time. He created the
Vedas and related spiritual disciplines after long meditation. This resulted in the
creation of all knowledge. He then desired for sons and created His ten ‘conceptual’
sons, produced by mental concentration. They were the rishis by the names Mareechi,
Atri, Angiraa, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Prachetaa, Vasishtha, Bhrigu and Naarada.
From His own body parts, Brahma created ten more children. From his right thumb
arose Daksha, the Progenitor. Dharma arose from His heart. Krodha (‘Anger’) took
origin from the area between the eyebrows while Lobha (‘Greed’) arose from the lower
lip. Moha (‘Perplexity’) originated from Brahma’s intellect while His ego gave birth to
Mada (‘Insanity’). Pramoda (‘Mirth’) came from Brahma’s throat, Mrityu (‘Death’)
from His eyes while the sage Bharata came out of His palm. In addition to these
motherless sons, Lord Brahma also had a daughter by the name Angajaa.
L ord Brahma continued with His meditation in order to carry on with the work of
creation. During this process, it so happened that His body got bisected into two:
one part took a masculine appearance while the other took a feminine form. Lord
Brahma accepted this feminine form as His daughter Saraswati, also known as
Shataroopaa. However, soon after looking at Saraswati, Lord Brahma lost His mental
balance and said to Himself, “O’ what a lovely form! What a beauty!”
The Lord found it difficult to take His eyes off the charming figure of Saraswati. He
looked at her longingly as she bent down to touch His feet. As she circumambulated
her father, He still could not help looking at her. In this process, as she went around
the Lord, new heads sprouted from the body of Brahma. Thus, Lord Brahma came to
possess four heads so that He could effortlessly see Saraswati in whichever direction
she moved.
Seeing that their father Lord Brahma was indulging in a sinful activity, His
sagacious sons persuaded Him to desist from it.
“Father dear,” they said, “You are wise and learned. Still you have succumbed to lust
and intend to indulge in a sin that none of Your predecessor Brahmas ever indulged in,
nor would any of Your successor Brahmas dare to. Pray desist from it and set an
example of Dharma for all Your creation.”
Confronted thus with His sons, the Lord gave up His misdemeanor. However,
criticized by His own sons, Lord Brahma felt humiliated. He cursed Kaama-deva, the
God of Love, thus: “You shot your amatory arrows at Me and disturbed My balance of
mind; for this sin of yours, at a later date, lord Shiva would reduce your body to ashes.”
Brahma’s misconduct destroyed most of the merit of His austerities. As a result of
this, a fifth head with matted locks made its appearance on top of His other four. Lord
Brahma accepted this head also as His own. In course of time, Lord Brahma developed
arrogance because He had five heads (while Lord Shiva had only four). Lord Shiva
sensed this and, with His finger nail, He snipped the extra head off. Brahma again
became four-headed.
Through a long process, Lord Brahma created this manifest universe and all the
animal and plant species that inhabit the earth. His sagacious sons were not able to
produce the life forms at the required pace. So creation through a process of sexual
union was introduced. This led to rapid procreation. By procreation, human beings
fulfil their duty towards Lord Brahma.
K adru, the mother of the serpents and the wife of sage Kashyapa, was displeased
with some of her children. Upon them she showered her curse: “May you be
consumed in the fire of the yajna to be conducted by Janamejaya, the saintly
successor of the Pandavas.”
“How can a mother curse her own children?” Thus pondered Ananta, the eldest and
the noblest of the serpents. He felt so dejected with this incident that he parted ways
with his mother, as well as his brothers, and resorted to rigorous penance. He gave up
food and drink and survived only on thin air. He mastered his senses and carried out
his austerities at sacred places of pilgrimage, all the time following a strict discipline of
solitude and renunciation.
Lord Brahma, the Creator, noticed with concern that Shesha Naga (another name of
Ananta) was engaged in intense austerities, and his skin and muscles had shrivelled
from his severe yogic practices. Lord Brahma came to him and thus spake to him:
“O sinless one! Your austerities do but torment the world. Why don’t you do
something for the welfare of the living beings? Pray mention to me the object of your
desire and I shall grant that to you.”
“My siblings are short sighted,” said Ananta. “Mutually hostile, they also harbour ill-
will toward the benevolent and mighty sons of my mother’s sister, and my father’s
other wife, Vinata. Mother’s curse will also prove to be their undoing. I no longer
intend to live in their company. I would give up my life in austerities so that I do not
have their proximity even at death.”
Lord Brahma consoled the noble serpent king. Said He, “There is no doubt that your
brethren would die as a result of the mother’s curse. But I am aware of your noble
intentions and have special affection for you. Seek, therefore, any boon that I would
happily grant you.”
“Lord,” said Ananta, “I only seek that my mind remains fixed in Dharma, and my
senses remain under my control.”
“So be it,” granted the Lord. “But,” continued He, “I have also something special to
ask of you, for the well-being of the earthlings. And that is, that this earth with all its
mountains, forests, oceans, continents and habitations, continues to wobble. You may
hold it such that it becomes stable. May you slither under it. The earth would
automatically make way for you.”
Ananta did as he was directed to. He held the earth from all sides and placed it on his
head to support and sustain it.
The Paataala-Loka or the nether world is ruled by Ananta. This is supposed to be an
exquisitely beautiful place, no less in beauty and grandeur than Swarga, the heaven of
the gods. Lord Ananta, with his thousand hoods, rules here and spreads his glow in all
directions. His radiance robs the demons of their vitality and thus protects the
earthlings. When he yawns, the earth with its mountains and oceans trembles. Toward
the end of the cycle of manifestation, a glowing Rudra emerges from his several mouths
and annihilates the universe. Gods too find it difficult to comprehend his strength, his
appearance and his essence. The celestial beings cannot understand the Anta’ (limits!)
of his qualities; that is why he is called ‘Ananta’ (beyond limits!). By offering worship
to him in the ancient times, sage Garga acquired the knowledge of the grahas, the
nakshatras, the Shakunas (omens) and the like. That is the noble Ananta who
continues to support this world on his head, without rest.
Vaayu वाय ु
Instability; capacity to permeate and to destabilize, interest in a wide
range of things, immense strength and energy.
Kubera कुबेर
Wealth, prosperity, arrogance because of riches.
ईशान
Overlordship, prominence, sacredness, benevolence, auspiciousness,
Ishaana the first amongst the lot.
Brahma ॄ
Creativity, procreation, freshness, power to materialize, great
learning and wisdom, sagacity, ability to disseminate knowledge.
Ananta अन
Limitlessness; very limited (‘zero’); strength, benevolence, virtue,
perseverance, power to sustain; outside the realm of imagination in a
positive or a negative sense.