James Thurber
(1894-1961) American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright
BornDec 8, 1894 11:55 PM GMT-6
Columbus, USA [39°58'00", -83°00'00"]
Rating: DDBirth time source: Conflicting/unverified
Ayanamsa: -22°23'15"
Planets,
Signs,
Nakshatras
Lagna in Virgo 2°35'12"
Virgo in the Ascendant allows the primordial feminine power to pour down into the individual's personality. You may not be constitutionally strong, but are pleasing in appearance, feminine by temperament, sharp in intellect, and capable of interpreting the thoughts of others. Given over to sensual pleasures, the spiritual quest will not be your forte. You like to be surrounded by respectable people, who could be famous as authors, tradesmen, lawyers, diplomats and even martyrs. You may attain material prosperity and be honored outside your immediate surroundings and country. You can be easily frustrated, and your passionate nature often leads to serious psychological complications. You may even have a psychopathic personality and often found to be deceitful, critical, manipulative and covetous of other people's wealth. You are full of anxiety for the world at large and usually do not have many children. You will be gentle, skillful in music, poetry and fine arts and in training or teaching others, be a sweet speaker, a liar, be affectionate, interested in charitable works and serving others, be endowed with goodness, enjoy others' wealth, wander, have a female's disposition, be modest, attempt to enlarge your landed properties, be fortunate, sensuous, virtuous, merciful and beautiful, will honor elders, be sinful, inimical to brothers, may have (more) daughters, be phlegmatic and windy in humor and will be away from base and inimical people.
Lagna in Lunar Mansion '12 Uttara Phalguni-2'
Physical features : Normally a tall and fat figure. Large countenance and long nose. A black mole in the right side of the neck.
Character and general events :You enjoy a happy existence. You are lucky in several respects. You have a neat behaviour. You show extreme sincerity in all the work you undertake. Religiously also you are much inclined. Enjoys good reputation for social work.
While you are clean-hearted, you are hot-tempered also. You do not have the requisite patience or tolerance
Once you heat up, it will be very difficult to calm you. But later on you repent over such expressions when it is too late. However, you will not admit your fault at any cost. Even if you are convinced that you have done a wrong thing you will not admit the fact. However, you have good reasoning and are tactful.
Education, sources of earnings / profession : You have an independent nature. However, you undertake all the responsibilities and do the same in a perfect manner. You do not like to deceive others or to be deceived by others. You can shine well in the profession or work where public contact is required. This success is attributable to the inherent quality of behavioural techniques. However, you earn a good amount as commission out of the public dealings. You are not sincere in your own affairs, whereas you are sincere in other's work. Once you take a decision nobody can change the decision. Since you are a born hard-working person you can reach a good position through your hard work. You are suited to the profession as a teacher, writer or research fellow in the scientific field. In some cases it has been noticed that you earn extra money out of tuitions.
Period upto 32 years of age will be a period of complete darkness. Thereafter slight upward trend commence up to 38 years of age. From your 38th age onwards, your progress is much faster and you achieve much of your desires. A smooth sailing in your life goes on up to 62 years of age. You will be lucky to earn fame and wealth during your fifties. You have only self acquired assets. You are good in mathematics or engineering, astronomy and astrology. You can also be successful in advertising business.
Family life : His married life will be more or less good. You are quite contended with your family life. Your wife will be most efficient.
Health : Your health will be generally good. However, you are prone to body ache, dental problems, gastric trouble, liver and intestine problems.
Sun in Scorpio 24°48'29"
You will have quite a taste for combat or competition. This placement causes the urge to stray from the Vedic path, to lie, to be dull, to lose the spouse or have an uninspiring spouse and to be cruel. You may be course, a miser, fond of quarreling, troubled by weapons or attacks from others, by fire and poisonous things and may be unfortunate in respect of parents.
Sun in Scorpio with Virgo ascendent
You will not gain much in Sun's period, but will incur heavy expenses on account of your father's health.
The Sun in this position does not improve the situation. You fight for misguided ideals and misconceived social obligations. You usually keep company with cheaters and swindlers, and can actually thrive in such an environment.
Sun in 3rd House
Sun in the third house generally destroys harmony with ones siblings. This is because you have universal interests, and can therefore not focus on the things your brothers and sisters focused on while you matured. You have wider vision. In terms of consciousness, this may cause you to leave the nest you grew up with.
This Sun also gives you diligence, perseverance, forbearance, culture, perfection, etc. You like cultured partners, but this Sun gives distaste for sex in general. You are fond of high-minded associations, or the rich. Your Sun makes you strong and glorious. You suffer at the hands of your equals, brothers or associates. You may go on holy pilgrimage. You tend to prevail when confronted. The elder brother or sister, if there is one, may shine in some way.
This Sun is good, making you healthy, wealthy and wise. It adds to being liked by others, kind, modest and a leader. Your Sun causes trouble to the brothers and sisters, or there might not be any, especially elder brothers may be lacking. It adds to being liked and good-looking and a conqueror. It also helps with intelligence, fame, success in litigations and eloquence.
Sun in Lunar Mansion '18 Jyeshtha-3'
Moon in Aries 7°59'16"
You will be active, dynamic, aggressive and desire control. Your Moon sign indicates that you can be bold, generous, wealthy, grateful, positive, self-reliant, have good imagination, and are changeable, restless, impulsive, enterprising. You may be the director of a company. You may have a fear of water and experience trouble with the opposite sex. You may have multiple intimate partners. You will have a golden colored body and are endowed with lasting wealth, less brothers and sisters, are valorous, self-respected, auspicious, prosperous, libidinous, have weak legs, little hair, are fickle minded, will strive for honor as your wealth, may have sons rather than daughters, are friendly, wounded on the head, and won over by the female energy.
Moon in Aries with Virgo ascendent
Your mind is a little bit strained. Something about life makes you mentally tense and uneasy, which causes you to be unhappy and unhealthy. You are smart, and capable, but sometimes your actions aren't up to standard.
Moon in 8th House
Moon in the 8th house harms the mental composure. The past is brought to the surface. Defects in character, ailments, and adversaries appear in the forefront and you find you have to deal with these. The Moon in the 8th house indicates death in a public place, by drowning, ship wreck, road accident or public calamity. Separation from family members due to spouse's influence is indicated in some way. You tend to suffer from different acute and chronic ailments and take varied treatment from several doctors, who flock to your house and prescribe strange medicines. You may have constant fear of curable and incurable diseases. The eighth house indicates death, legacies, interest in occult science, and diseases of the secret parts and generative system. Moon in the eighth house causes fear of chronic diseases and strong enemies e.g. government, thieves, etc. You are dependent on doctors and their medicines, are intelligent, learned and splendorous. You may suffer from the severest of diseases and will be attended to by many doctors. The eyes may suffer and epilepsy is possible. You will not have firm livelihood and will be wandering. Poverty may come and conjugal happiness suffers.
Moon in Lunar Mansion '1 Ashwini-3'
Those born in Ashvini Nakshatra will have a beautiful countenance. The eyes will be bright and large, the forehead broad and the nose little bigger. You may appear to be very calm and quiet, but capable of getting your work done unnoticed by others.
You are very stubborn in decision. This stubbornness is more predominant in the case of a person born during the period from April 14th to April 28th, when the Sun will be transiting your exaltation place in Ashvini and from October 14th to October 28th, when the Sun will be transiting your debilitation place in Swati.
There is a saying that even Yama, the god of death, cannot change your adamant attitude. Those born in Ashvini of other months will have stubbornness in a lesser degree. You will remain faithful to those who love you and will not hesitate to sacrifice anything for such persons. Ashvini born is the best friend in need, provided others understand them. You keep your patience even at the time of greatest peril. But it will be a hurricane task to console you when you go berserk. You are the best adviser to persons in agony, but you deeply resent and fear criticism, see suggestions from others as a frightening attempt at manipulation.
You take your own time to do any work. Even so, your actions may be slow but well thought. You will not jump on any matter without examining pros and cons of each item of work. You cannot be easily influenced. Once you carry out an action or work, whether it is good or bad, right or wrong, you will stick to what you have done, come what may.
You are a firm believer of God, but there is no room for religious or other sentiments. You are orthodox but in a new style i.e., you believe in modernization of orthodox method and belief. Even though you are quite intelligent, at times you make mountains of even small matters. This leads to a lack of mental peace and a desperate sort of mood.
You are always interested in keeping the entire surroundings neat and clean. If the birth is in between 2 degree to 3 degree of Ashvini, you are very much arrogant for nothing. You may be a deceit and a smuggler. If all other combinations are good, you may have wealth but cannot enjoy it. You will bring bad name to the family.
You are jack of all trades. You are generally fond of music and interested in literary pursuit. Periods up to your 30th years of age will be full of struggle. You have to face obstacles even for small matters. From the 30th year, there will be steady and continuous progress which will continue up to 55 years of age. One of the predominant features noticed is that you are very stingy, but your expenditures will be more than your income, due mainly to your pomp and show. You are inclined to meet your desires and needs at any cost.
You love your family in entire sincerity. However, you are subjected to hatred by your own family members due to your adamant behavior. Affection that was expected and the care that was required, cannot be derived from your father. In other words, you and your siblings will be neglected by your father. Whatever help you may derive is only from the side of your maternal uncle. Maximum possible help will come from those who are outside the family circle. Normally marriage takes place between 26 to 30 years of age. There will be more sons than daughters. Your health will generally be good.
However if the birth is between 2 degree and 3 degree of Ashvini, your health will be poor. You are prone to migraine headache, heart trouble, etc. You must follow remedial measures.
You will be much learned and expert in various sciences and religious scriptures. You are exceedingly active. You are a good friend to those whom you can impress.
Mars in Aries 0°53'60"
You are very active, idealistic, independent, original, hasty, impulsive, adventurous, a dashing personality, combative, fearful of fire, and prone to accidents and fevers. Mark on head. Splendorous, truthful, valorous, a leader, fond of war, competitive, adventurous and bold, an army chief, head of a group, delighted, charitable, endowed with necessary supplies for endeavors and having many mates.
Mars in Aries with Virgo ascendent
Sometimes serious losses will come suddenly, and plans will have to be suddenly changed. Family relations with siblings is disturbed.
Mars in 8th House
Externalizes adverse past Karma which has a very detrimental influence on the health. Various diseases connected with the urinary tract or with blood circulation may afflict you; you may undergo surgery, and your sensuality is fiery and passionate. This combination is harmful to the marriage partner. Look for further afflictions to this Mars in the 8th before judging serious harm to the spouse.
Officers with Mars in their eighth house take a lot of bribes but are not caught. You may overeat till the age of 30. Later in life you might develop indigestion, and blood pressure. Long-life is helped with this placement. Weapons, or burns may cause death. Trouble for spouse and degradation are indicated. Friends become enemies, though you are respectably honored.
Efforts made according to industry do not fructify, but are defeated by hindrances. Even brothers and relatives suddenly behave like enemies. Difficult diseases and misfortune in business might come. Denotes unbecoming speech, diseases of the private organs, sorrow, grief and vexation from spouse.
You might feel physically weakened due to disorders of blood and ulcers. You have few sons. You dress simple, but are popular amongst the rich. Negative karmic forces may be experienced in this life for better or worse. Be careful regarding danger from water or swimming.
If Mars is in the eighth house from the Lagna, Jupiter or Venus (benefics) posited in the house of fate and misfortune etc. may even become ineffective, as Mars (malefic) overrides them.
Mars in Lunar Mansion '1 Ashwini-1'
Short structure. You enjoy a very high position in the professional field and in society. Very good health. Others will respect you. You might attain a degree or knowledge in mathematics and engineering and be fit for army.
Mercury in Scorpio 7°55'35"
For some reason, due to the past, your deeper thinking or intelligence, has become rather quick and reactive and you may feel somewhat argumentative and sarcastic towards others. Overall in life, your thinking puts you on an impatient or resentful course. Therefore, it behooves you to find a way of thinking that calms you down and gives you a spiritual course.
Mercury in Scorpio with Virgo ascendent
You use your intelligence, but the outcome is not very helpful. You fall victim to peculiar ideals and become associated with alien or radically different cultures. You tend to deceive yourself and are at times deceived by others without knowing it.
Mercury in 3rd House
Mercury in the third house indicates a strong link with family. There may be some provincialism and probably a more selfish approach. You want to enjoy life and will achieve your objectives one way or the other. During the period of Rahu, you become timid and somewhat timid during Mercury's periods. The third house should be strong for good and successful speakers, poets, astrologers and writers etc. You are successful if you can clearly express feelings and ideas. This Mercury makes you a matchless doctor or judge. Writing, printing or publishing is gainful. If this Mercury is strong, you get good luck at age 24; if it is of medium strength, at age 30 and if malefic at age 36. You are fond of learning. You want to know about available approaches to sacred knowledge. You are cheerful, alert, watchful, inquisitive and love to write and speak. You befriend business people, learn their trade, and then going for it on your own, very expertly, you earn by clever thinking. You are courteous. You can be a lustful or renouncing spirit. You have clingy relatives. You are sometimes controlled by others with whom you have money related dealings or entanglements. In old age you become detached from worldly affairs. You gain through brothers.
Mercury in Lunar Mansion '17 Anuradha-2'
Jupiter in Gemini 10°42'24"
Truly kind and reliable, and not too interested in expanding your social circle. You have a liking for literature, occult studies and enlightening things. You may attempt publishing, but due to various miscalculations and relatives you sometimes suffer loss of money.
Jupiter in Gemini with Virgo ascendent
Through the influence of your spouse, you attain social and professional eminence. Under this impulse you become religious in the conventional sense, and are devoted to both mother and teacher. You are always protected in any kind of difficulty.
Jupiter in 10th House
Jupiter in the 10th gives you an inner ideal and wants to make you free to pursue what you believe in. You can be a good counselor, an ethical professor, an occultist who studies the future, or an affectionate parent and friend. You have much affection that shows. You may lack the pure quality of humility somewhat at times due to your good qualities. You may be more traditionally religious rather than esoteric.
Socially you try to be protective and sincere rather than a fiery leader with a cause. You are versatile, flourishing, successful from the beginning, reputed, happy, rich, famous, and blessed with friends and conveyances. From your Jupiter, there is chance of danger at age 34. Jupiter in the 10th house gives land and wealth, makes you interested in scholarly pursuits, and you become averse to adultery.
You are religious and try to perform good deeds. You get success, recognition and high friends, and gain through the spouse, social life, and business. You had a noble birth perhaps, and you gained through family. At times in your life you will get good positions. Jupiter in the 10th house makes you the kind of person who surrounds yourself with religion and a nice house. You are noble at heart and wish to work in high, learned and sincere pursuits. This Jupiter helps with wealth of various good varieties.
Jupiter in Lunar Mansion '6 Ardra-2'
You will enjoy a very high position. You may be a minister or head of a department, and will have good and dutiful children.
Venus in Scorpio 26°53'60"
Unfortunate, poor, mean, debtor, violent, hostile to relatives, a cheat, unsociable and unfriendly; link with suffering persons, but sorrow and trouble through them; very sexy occultism, patrimony or legacy.
Venus in Scorpio with Virgo ascendent
You lean towards superficiality. You like to dress in rich and gaudy clothes and indulge excessively in food. You are fond of illicit sexual relationships.
Venus in 3rd House
Venus in the third house causes you to be overly materialistic and makes you very attracted to the finer material enjoyments in life. You will have the ability to express things eloquently, though your inner feelings may not be able to come out through your speech. Watch for throat troubles, especially in Venus ruled periods.
Regarding your marriage(s), there is a tendency to have various problems, such as delays, struggles, more than one marriage, marrying a previously married person, separation, economic troubles after separation etc. You like older spouses. You may have a marriage later in life, after the first marriage ends somehow. Members of the opposite gender are apprehensive towards you. You gain even while traveling for pleasure, and you have favorable relatives from whom you also gain. You like correspondence and dignified social affairs.
You may not have so much intimacy with the opposite sex, but may rather see them as friends instead of intimates. You like your relatives and friends much, and you support some dependents. You don't so much like to donate to religious circles, and sometimes in battles you shrink away from the challenge.
Your Venus makes you somewhat fascinated and overpowered by the spouse. You are surrounded by relatives, friends and sisters or female friends or associates. You are enthusiastic and successful at business, though sometimes too sharp and cunning. A careful speaker, well-groomed, recognized by government and dignified. You have developed tastes regarding fine arts and aesthetic matters, are bright, optimistic, peaceful, balanced and productive and have a mature mind
Venus in Lunar Mansion '18 Jyeshtha-4'
You may not be able to hang on to early wealth and you mat not have a happy married life. You will enjoy power and authority after your 43rd year. You recoup the lost wealth after your 43rd year.
Saturn in Libra 11°12'08"
Gains through travel and foreign countries. Gentle, soft, learned, philanthropic, recognized by the community, much intellectual exercises, broken home, attachment to prostitutes. Good for doctors and lawyers and any other profession also.
Saturn in Libra with Virgo ascendent
You attain social status, but there may be times of poverty. You may be miserly and without much money in the bank. You will be talkative with polemical abilities, which makes for a good trade union leader.
Saturn in 2nd House
You may at times eat food that has not been properly prepared. This is of course common in the West. You can take it to mean that you will get polluted food. This is not good. Watch out what and where you eat. Saturn may at times make you speak rudely, untruthfully or indistinctly. Gains come through labor, land, building, farming, trading, minerals, transport, public appointments to office, investments, speculation and responsibilities. You must leave your family behind in order to go and get your way. You travel and get success. You are not always sweet to friends, but instead speak a little harshly - intensity and oppression either in sound or concepts are expressed. Gain and success through the metals, and good luxury in life are indicated, as well as pleasure and happiness in a foreign land. You may employ unexpected methods to achieve your ends. The highest authority may exact a punishment on you and you may be an impostor at times. Loss of wealth might be accompanied by suffering. As life goes by, you get wealthier and usually move away from the city, state or country of birth. Gains come through Saturnian things like wood, coal, iron, oil, ink, hard work or heavy machinery. You like magic and charm. This is not a good placement in regards to younger brothers or your sisters' children. Loss of family or serious problems regarding the first family, like fighting, troubles, heavy and oppressive realities concerning the parents or siblings are indicated. Your early life is troublesome, and you are perhaps not so well taken care of materially, but later things get better, especially after moving. You acquire wealth eventually, as well as all other trappings of a pleasurable life. You are soft spoken, mischievous, independent and surrounded by troubles. After migrating in mid-life, you enjoy good success away from your relatives. Generally a second marriage is indicated. Eye troubles are common with this Saturn. Agriculture may be a losing proposition for you, but this is a good placement for those who wish to take to monastic life. Saturn in the 2nd will have the power to protect your wealth and family, but will oppress and try to harm your 4th, 8th and 11th houses, which stand for issues regarding heart, emotions and mother, longevity, gains and aspirations. So, sometimes, when Saturn is activated in a period that is running, you may face some loss or trouble in these areas.
Saturn in Lunar Mansion '15 Swati-2'
Rahu in Pisces 5°22'06"
Rahu in Pisces with Virgo ascendent
Rahu will produce a disenchantment which averts you from anything sorrowful, unethical, or out of harmony with the true self. An unusual approach to life will be developed.
Rahu in 7th House
Rahu, being a karmic planet, creates much unhappiness in the seventh house. Whether alone or in association with any other planet, its impact is sorrowful. You fall into relationships with partners who are very often undesirable, quarrelsome, extravagant, and inflexible; you either suffer from genito-urinary troubles or are dishonorable. Very often you have to face separation, divorce, or death of the marriage partner.
You are fond of traveling, of changing your job, and of cultivating new associations-all with the objective of securing something for personal satisfaction. You are skillful and will confer fame and prosperity. Trouble through spouse, body aches, much enmity and loss through trade are indicated. There might be two marriages and your spouse should be careful of infections in generative organs.
This placement denotes separation from the relatives and public slander, danger of separation from kinsfolk and disgrace. You may be mentally suffering, deranged, idle, a wanderer, short-tempered, vicious, quarrelsome, hostile to your partner, furious, sick, restless, malicious and strife opposition and hindrance in every work. You are deprived of sensual pleasure. There might be menstrual problems in women. You may be driven to extramarital affairs or divorce and get a new partner. You are conceited, sensual, experience trouble and difficulty in travel and might suffer from rheumatism. You are frightened, irreligious and cruel. You may be a diabetic, argue with relatives, are touchy, spiteful, vain and discontented.
You get luck through sinful acts and success through speculation, lottery and game of chance or races. You might contract infections through impure mates. Generally you have more friends than enemies, gain through dealing with others and get pleasure and benefit through mates. Your partner might be wise and wealthy. This Rahu is not a killer, but can cause danger to the people indicated by the house.
Rahu in Lunar Mansion '26 Uttara Bhadrapada-1'
You may have a defective vision, will be unprincipled and unscrupulous, and have few children. However, you will be helpful to others.
Ketu in Virgo 5°22'06"
Ketu in Virgo with Virgo ascendent
You can become haggard and unpleasant in disposition, critically ill psychologically and suffer from a breakup of your marriage.
Ketu in 1st House
Fear and anxiety from the wicked. Trouble through spouse, children, etc. Confusion, excess bile and rheumatism. Anguish and constant distress through relatives and dread of the vicious. Perturbed. Spouse might be suffering from restlessness, stomach ache etc. Possible separation from spouse is indicated.
This person has a tendency to be sad, inert, selfish, unfavorable looking, foolish, a liar, ungrateful, wicked and spiritless. Afraid of sex. Trouble for maternal uncle. Loss, scandals, Dismission from service, danger to face and eyes, some impediments regarding the arm and a short life. However, all this will be greatly modified through other placements in the chart.
On the positive side, the person might also be detached and have a tendency to be spiritual. A prominent Ketu can give yogic aspects to the personality, as it is the planet of the ascetic. Generally, Ketu in the Ascendant denotes some life long issue in finding the personal identity and an overall tendency to be somewhat ungrounded or feeling held back in issues of material progress in life. Don't expect a fast career, but then again, you are probably not an ambitious personality anyways...
Ketu in Lunar Mansion '12 Uttara Phalguni-3'
You will be reasonably learned and have an interest in occultism, astrology or astronomy. You may be employed as a clerk typist or steno-typist. You may get an unexpected jump in your profession after your 40th year of age.
Uranus in Libra 25°09'34"
Uranus in Libra with Virgo ascendent
Uranus in 2nd House
Uranus in Lunar Mansion '16 Vishakha-2'
Neptune in Taurus 21°55'46"
Neptune in Taurus with Virgo ascendent
Neptune in 9th House
Neptune in Lunar Mansion '4 Rohini-4'
Pluto in Taurus 18°15'55"
Pluto in Taurus with Virgo ascendent
Pluto in 9th House
Pluto in Lunar Mansion '4 Rohini-3'