Jan Smuts

Jan Smuts

Politician, South African President
      



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Lagna in Aries 4°38'10"
Aries in the Ascendant allows you to be fearless, ambitious, courageous, and eager to take initiative. An idealist by nature, you strongly want to contribute to society and you wish to change things. Routine is not for you, you like originality and fresh beginnings, and you want credit for your achievements. You create awe and radiate energy in achieving your goals, which makes others uncomfortable. You will find difficulties when dealing with women, education and expressing yourself. To obtain your highest potential, you need full freedom without restriction. Your idealism may create some contradictions. Outwardly you will be active, but inwardly lonely and frustrated. If you could be freed from mundane entanglements, you could readily attain to divine planes due to your goal-oriented and idealistic nature. Be careful of fire. You will be interested in visiting foreign places, be miserly in disposition, emaciated, not happy, jealous, stammering in speech, troubled by bilious and windy diseases and complaints of heat, be skillful in performance, timid, religious, famous, not very thoughtful and will destroy others' wealth. You will be fickle-minded, enjoy pleasures, have bad nails, be bereft of brothers, be discarded by your father and have inactive (or unlucky) children. You are endowed with various kinds of wealth and are virtuous. Your spouse will belong to a base family, be virtuous and reproached. You will derive happiness and wealth in undesirable manners. (This is a classical reading, somewhat unchanged, and is ridiculously general if taken literally, so don't take it literally. Look to the energies and tendencies indicated herein, not the literal words).
Lagna in Lunar Mansion '1 Ashwini-2'
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.
Sun in Taurus 10°39'09"
Eyes and looks defective, tolerant, tactful, wise, jealous, affluent, fond of music, danger from water. Firm, patient and obstinate. This placement indicates that you will have troubles from diseases of the face and eyes, will endure difficulties, will have an emaciated body, will not have many sons, will be beautiful (also means fortunate, nice, handsome etc.), will possess decorum, be wise, will be jealous of those with no children, be endowed with eatables, clothes and scents, will have knowledge of singing, playing musical instruments and dancing and will face risk from water.
Sun in Taurus with Aries ascendent
You cannot make much money, or you will spend away your earnings.
Spiritual opportunities fail to arise for you, but you are provided with material affluence, renown, and honorable status, but these opulences do not satisfy the cravings of your heart.
Sun in 2nd House
Placement of Sun in second house suggests that the native will be quite generous and compassionate in nature. Moreover, they are likely to be successful in money matters. Their efforts get a lot of recognition and respect. Such people have great leadership skills thus often enjoy a good position in authority. Their leadership skills also fetch them a good income. Sun in 2nd house also means the native enjoys an enviable social position and commands a lot of respect from others.

Individuals having such a placement have an insatiable desire for power and a strong sense of self-worth. Their energy is driven towards attaining power in the form of acquiring possessions, a hefty bank balance, and talent. While they tend to earn well, they have a tendency to spend extravagantly.

The royal streak in these natives makes them lord over things and people, which should be avoided to lead a better social life. As per classic Vedic scriptures, these persons tend to be a little too much straightforward. Moreover, they struggle to learn and acquire new skills. Some speech disorder such as stammering is also likely to natives having Sun in 2nd house.
Sun in Lunar Mansion '4 Rohini-1'
You are tactful and wise and give much importance to dress. You earn good profit out of cattle or horses and do good services to society. Possible diseases are epilepsy, cerebral hemorrhage or headaches.
Moon in Pisces 1°29'41"
The Moon in this placement may cause you to be wavering, changeable, lacking in concentration and stability, and although you remain positive about others, you are easily disturbed. You are drawn to things which are not concrete, such as spirituality and philosophy. You are reserved and retiring, eloquent, gifted, short-tempered, a miser, learned, and social. You will have to experience many disappointments, are a voracious reader, author, and inconsistent in your love affairs. You are expert in fine arts, capable of winning over even your adversaries, learned in scriptures, beautiful, musical, religious, cohabit with a number of mates, might be a polite speaker, serve the leader, are happy and wealthy, won over by the opposite sex, virtuous, like water, and are liberal.
Moon in Pisces with Aries ascendent
The tranquillity of your mind will be extraordinary. You will succeed in understanding the hidden implications of various situations, but will not be able to control occurrences in your life. You will not be very happy, and you may live abroad and die after a long illness.
Moon in 12th House
Having Moon in the 12th house encourages some worldly engagements, which lead to worldly reactions. Pleasures of sex, the arts, dabbling in various subjects without a sincere desire to find truth, and so on, lead to the kinds of unwanted displeasures that come to us all to different degrees.

You have the Moon (mind-significator) in the 12th house (liberation from worldly entanglement). Thus, your mind spends time thinking about how to liberate yourself and others from worldly entanglements. Yet, you keenly feel a large set of restrictions or confining forces, which are not necessarily bad. Therefore, this is a suitable position for doctors, lawyers, and people of religious orders. You can keep secrets.

You love occult things, mystery, romance, and deep things. However, you may lack firmness and stability in character. You may have trouble in one eye, be frugal, and distrusted by others. Others may see you as suspect. There may be loss of wealth, and disputes in the family. You turn to addictions for comfort. Look for these indications during Moon-ruled periods.

You suffer anxiety from 'enemies' or 'opposition'. You are a philanthropist. You are not attached to the opposite sex in general, or at some point it becomes important that you give up that attachment. You have unfulfilled desires. You undo yourself at times, i.e. you subvert your own life with your own thinking, which may or may not be a bad thing. You sometimes feel dejected after love-making. You may have problems with addictions of some type, not necessarily bad ones, but some type.

Moon in the 12th causes damage to the left eye, or the eyes on general suffer. You have a hard time maintaining your morals, and your health. There may be some question regarding your birth. The relatives of your parents are annoying to you. You may have to move in order to escape some botheration. The appetite is weakened by this Moon, who also indicates that you are deprived of good food, incur wasteful expenditure, will be of angry nature, unhappy and will not be liked by others.
Moon in Lunar Mansion '25 Purva Bhadrapada-4'
The Star ruling your Ascendant or Moon is Purva Bhadrapada.

You are of medium size, both in length and body size, and have a broad cheeks and fleshy lips. You are generally a peace loving person, but occasional blasting has also been noticed. You are a very simple type. Since you are principled, you have to suffer a lot mentally because you take even a small confrontation or problem into your heart. You like good food and are a voracious eater. You are not very particular about dressing. You normally express an impartial opinion, and do not believe in the blind principles of religion. You are ever ready to render a helping hand to the needy. Even so, hatred and resistance will be your reward in return. You can easily enjoy the respect and confidence of others even if you are financially weak. You are God- fearing and perform religious rites in accordance with the scriptures. While you will be moderately rich, you like to have respect and honor from the public rather than accumulating money. You are impartial in expressing your views.

As you are born intelligent and have the knack of trade you can shine in any type. If you are employed in a government organization you can look forward to unexpected gains or promotions. You are capable of leading a quite independent life, both socially and financially. Between 24 to 33 years of age will mark remarkable all around progress in life. Even then occasional mental tension is not ruled out. Between 40 and 54 years of age will be your golden period when you can establish fully. You keep restrictions on the spending activities. You can shine in the field of business, banking, in a government job, or as a teacher, actor or writer, research worker, or astrologer or astronomer. If in government service, you are engaged in the revenue collection department or in any capacity where cash transactions take place.

You cannot fully enjoy the love and affection from your mother due to early separation from her as she will be working. Naturally, being a working mother, she is away most of the time and you are automatically separated.

One of the redeeming features is that there will be a lot of things with which you can be proud of in your father. Subject to other favorable planetary positions, your father has been found to have fame and possess a very good moral character. Such popularity may be mainly in the field of fine arts, oration or in the writing field. In spite of these good qualities, you and your father quite often disagree and confrontation takes place.

You are prone to paralytic attack, acidity and diabetes. You may also have problems with the ribs, flanks and soles of the feet.
Mars in Aries 24°50'55"
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 Aries ascendent
One of the most harmonious of placements. Aries and Mars radiate similar impulses, which greatly enhances the possibility that you will express your best in the world and carve a niche for yourself in society. You may have a strong constitution and a courageous disposition with an urge for exploration, research and the establishment of a new social order-but you seldom live to an advanced age. You will be known for your leadership and will be honored and respected by the state. You become a wealthy wanderer, moving from land to land, and are bound to leave an imprint on society.
Mars in 1st House
Mental unrest, wounds and injuries on head and private parts. Burns, scalds, falls and other accidents. Mars rules the muscular system and urino-genital organs, so this can cause feverish and inflammatory troubles, smallpox and boils in childhood. These are being encouraged by Mars, but subject to modification by other placements. Having Mars in the Ascendant can cause wounds and danger to the spouse. There may be ailments in the eyes or head. Mars in the Ascendant makes one good at passion and precision. Thus, it gives the ability to be exact, precise, energetic, competitive, etc. Strongly built. You try to change things your way and are not afraid of changes. You are impressive, brave, angry, wealthy, playful, might suffer from strange ailments and have a tendency to be cruel at times. Because of having Mars, the fiery, warlike planet in the rising house, you can be impatient, despotic, daring, stubborn, aspiring, greedy, argumentative, generous, short tempered, merciless and invincible. How you are going to use these qualities depends on you.
Mars in Lunar Mansion '2 Bharani-4'
You get a very high position. You have to be careful while traveling in foreign countries, as your death may take place in a foreign country, due to an accident. You could be an expert physician, preferably specializing in venereal diseases.
Mercury in Taurus 26°04'23"
Your intellect is full of happiness and cheer, but you may be too cunning when it comes to love, finding yourself attracted to more than one person. You like to use your intelligence to actually achieve worldly happiness in life. Your motto is that prosperity flows from good thinking.
Mercury in Taurus with Aries ascendent
Your physical surroundings will be comfortable, and you will have a high social status, but you are not considered happy. Your health will be weak, and you may travel frequently in connection with your work. Your wealth and property will not be commensurate with the amount of effort you expend. Above all, you will find it difficult to accumulate property. Hostility and possible litigation frequently pester you.
Mercury in 2nd House
Mercury in the second house bestows learning, command of language, sweetness of tongue and honorable surroundings and relations. It often happens, that lost wealth is gained again under the impact of Mercury; the wealth is regained by your own efforts and often as a result of your learning and educational abilities. You speak cleverly and skillfully and may take up the profession as a writer, businessman, principal, professor, or director of a company. Good for gaining wealth in general, this placement promotes conjugal pleasure, eloquent, critic of books, smartness and good learning in the early part of life. Gains through letters (college degrees), writings, lecturing, traveling, clerical jobs, commission agents, small commercial transactions, advertising, stationery orders and supply, books etc. and through jobs corresponding to the nature of the planet in good aspect or according to the sign it occupies.
Mercury in Lunar Mansion '5 Mrigashira-1'
You are bestowed with all virtues.
Jupiter in Taurus 11°22'10"
This placement adds an air of fairness and kindness and will tend to make you homebound. You will like to gain through wisdom, your partners or spouses in life, your children or through teaching children or leading others. Like all readings, if this placement is afflicted, quite the opposite may result.
Jupiter in Taurus with Aries ascendent
You are rich, well-placed in life, religious and righteous, but will not be entirely free from social and physical difficulties.
Jupiter in 2nd House
You may have a second marriage late in life. Jupiter in the 2nd gives many good qualities along all general lines such as education, looks, wealth, family, etc. It is an overall positive placement. Some of the favorable attributes are: handsome, scholarly, skilled, poetic, reputed, friendly, social, perfect, benevolent, modest, rich and getting royal favor at age 27. You might be fickle at times, a little too heavy of a leader to your own people, rich, and happy with a beautiful partner. This placement can make adversaries, especially through speaking out.

You are generous, considerate, enlightened, get appreciated merit, are adept, contented, dispassionate, polite, fond of noble company, bold, scholar, discreet, and have business wealth and conveyances. Accumulation of wealth, royal authority and power are indicated. You are healthy, sociable, love delicacies, are cheerful, wise and logical. Wealth is indicated in the 16th year. Late marriage is possible, as well as early separation or death of the father, leaving no patrimony. If it is there, there will be hostility between you and your father.

Your education might be incomplete, and your family or society may criticize and oppose you. Your heart and mind are in poetry - both composition and recitation. Because of your religious inclination and your sense for justice, you would make a fair judge or director giving rewards or punishments. This placement might not promote a sexually active life, as you tend to not like the period following the act of sex. To others you may not appear to have status or wealth. You speak sweet and short. Relationship with family and relatives is good. Your honor matters to you very much.
Jupiter in Lunar Mansion '4 Rohini-1'
You have keen interest in philosophy and connected subjects. You are truthful. You will keep only good company. Males will enjoy respect and get leadership among females. Blood disorders. This quarter is one of the best quarters for Jupiter to occupy. You enjoy life in its full swing. Good children and ample wealth. Several persons will work under you. You enjoy much fame and recognition.
Venus in Pisces 25°40'57"
Charitable, large-hearted, popular, wealthy, learned, devoted to saints; love for art, music and drama; fickle in love affairs, accepts a low-bred spouse trouble and difficulty through own miscalculations.
Venus in Pisces with Aries ascendent
Wealthy.
You will live luxuriously and in dignity, towards which you will spend lavishly. Your mind will be both poetic and musical, and in these pursuits you will spend much of your time. Your spouse will be a real help.
Venus in 12th House
Venus produces a material impulse. It leads you towards sensual gratification and involvement in unethical relationships which bind the soul strongly in chains of materialization. One may remember that Venus is the advisor to the demons who command the anti-devic (godly) forces. The advice given by Venus can lead you to adopt bad actions which will require scores of lives to release the soul from bondage.

These activities are produced by passion, lustful intentions, psychologically acquisitive tendencies, and ritualistic or overly formal religious observances. These tendencies are greatly accentuated when Venus occupies the twelfth house, which can finally fix you in your pleasant sleep (of illusion) and in the enjoyment of a comfortable couch (karmic bondage).

You are successful in service but interested in independent business. This placement denotes mental restlessness and little financial gain. You are ethical and value affection, but are incapable of giving pleasure. You can be a successful poet, writer, painter, singer, dancer etc. You sometimes earn money. Have your excess bile checked. You find pleasure on the play field or in noble deeds, and spend your wealth on religious, charitable and public welfare activities. Loss of virtue and reputation is indicated. Your friends turn enemies and there is strife with friends and people in general.

You are phlegmatic and sensual, and may gain wealth, but spend it every day. Expenditure is heavy and receipt is low. You can be ruinous to relatives, and may be lewd-minded and poor. You are extravagant, and there is discord with friends and seniors. You have the reputation of a liar and are unpopular amongst relatives. Sicknesses and ailments may come. You may be infidel, unkind, debauch and might have a gross body. You get pleasure through own spouse, and are prosperous and impressive. You tend to be inert, happy, ugly, characterless, vile, eat a purified diet, and are skilled in amorous sport.

You were sick in childhood, and healthy now, but cruel in youth, weak, gloomy and miserly. You have perverse tendencies. This Venus indicates a love for romance and adventure, and a desire to unravel the mysteries of nature, secret arts, medicine, and chemistry. You get pleasure and gain through animals, ignoble jobs, and charitable institutions. You love loneliness. This Venus indicates that you will be saving money always.
Venus in Lunar Mansion '27 Revati-3'
Saturn in Sagittarius 4°51'31"
Fond of learning, knowledge, study and research. Interest in domestic life, generous, helpful, bold, capacity to predict through intuition and insight. Religious, blessed with talented children, affluence with age, reputed, quiet, courageous, gains through securities and investments.
Saturn in Sagittarius with Aries ascendent
Your spiritual quest will begin with a bang. You will have to suffer many physical hardships and will receive serious professional setbacks. Socially you will be cut off from friends and associates. In this deep turmoil, your mind will begin to ponder over the problems of life.
Saturn in 9th House
Saturn stifles every avenue of material enjoyment and sensual gratification and leaves you disenchanted with the pleasure-providing potential of the physical world. It may also render you indigent, humiliated, diseased, or morally 'fallen,' but through these experiences Saturn guides you to that realm of consciousness where only the truth, the basic reality, exists. The experiences through which this final glory is perceived are very disorienting, but the bridge, once crossed, leads to enduring peace and harmony. You are mentally seasoned and averse to lust and sensuality. By disposition and practice, you are not unpleasant to others; rather, you are gentle, attractive and lovely. You are fond of Yogic philosophy and follow it. You get grief and sorrow through friends and relatives in misery and feel the duty to pull them out of their lot; or you renounce this world in the quest for supreme spirit. You suffer pain and sorrow through friends and relatives. You feel ready for pilgrimage to control sensuousness and distributes alms. You are pure of mind and straight forward. In old age you detach yourself from the worldly affairs and turn to Yogic practices to attain salvation. You are pious and virtuous. Although you may have some physical deformity you are handsome. You are prosperous, soft, happy and generous, blessed with sons, weak and perverse, vicious, unfortunate, poor, irreligious and reflective. Absence of children and parents is indicated. You subjugate the enemy, are cruel and debauch and a trouble creator. This placement denotes imprisonment to friends. You are conceited, sensual, noble, passionate, sick, and might cheat, not even sparing your own father. Loss of power will leave you sick and infirm. You distrust both the father and God, and are unfortunate but religious. Chances of poverty, loss of respect, strife with father, brothers and sisters are indicated. Separation is favorable. Love marriage with persons or foreigners is possible. This placement promotes good education and is favorable for teachers and lawyers. Sometimes it also proves good for independent business and stepmother.
Saturn in Lunar Mansion '19 Mula-2'
You are learned and attain success and fame through knowledge. You are always encircled by friends, who will eagerly wait for your help and advice. You have a tall and stout body.
Rahu in Gemini 28°24'47"
Rahu in Gemini with Aries ascendent
The bitterness experienced in life under this influence makes you secretive and vindictive. Your behavior is unpredictable, your approach unethical, and the urge to engage in deviant social behavior highly pronounced.
Rahu in 3rd House
Rahu in the third house causes trouble to siblings, but is otherwise helpful in enabling you to acquire material conveniences. You secure physical comforts, wealth, children, a good spouse, have many friends and may acquire expensive cars. This Rahu does not bode well for the birth of children.

You are sharp, inclined to spiritualism or higher educational disciplines. There is good fortune and success through affectionate dealings, neighbors, journeys, writing or publishing. This Rahu denotes bravery, courage, industry, fortune, wealth, state honor and health. You have many friends, travel alot and are the annihilator of the enemy. There will be agricultural wealth. You are matchless in prowess, strong, treat all as brethren and are fortunate.

You are most lucky and extend friendship to all. You are the least actively benevolent type, but toughest in most difficult work. You suffer sleepless nights due to enemies, are renowned, live in luxury. Troubles for brothers is indicated. You are wretched, affluent, valiant, charitable, proud, firm minded, long living and artless. You might be a state authority. Rahu in the third house might make your siblings prosperous.
Rahu in Lunar Mansion '7 Punarvasu-3'
You will have a good memory and intelligence. You will be generous, and contented with what you are given. Family life may be difficult. Your career inclinatons may be in finance or law. Be cautious of ear, throat, and upper respiratory ailments.
Ketu in Sagittarius 28°24'47"
Ketu in Sagittarius with Aries ascendent
You may be interested in the occult sciences and acquire considerable proficiency in them. Your interest in these subjects is to harness them in order to secure a better social position and earn more income. In order to gain knowledge and spiritual control, you have to suffer personal hardship. Your morality is questionable.
Ketu in 9th House
The presence of Ketu in the ninth house leads to a blossoming of liberated consciousness regardless of the sign involved. This planet, though shadowy, has a most potent effect in dissolving all material attachments. It disengages you from the physical conditions of life and links you with the universe at large. It produces a different vision, a new approach to the problems of life, and consequently a sublime ethic of its own. Under its influence you become 'a person of the other world.' You get fortune and favor through foreigners and receive trouble and loss through brothers and pain in arms. People laugh at your penance and donations. You feel the absence of sons. Your generosity is considered a boast. You are short-tempered, eloquent, convert, critical, brave, jealous of your father, vain, spiritless, arrogant and unfortunate. You are blessed with wealth and a son. You gain through foreigners and get success over troubles. Your brothers are in difficulty. You feel much pain and suffering in both the arms at times. You are mocked at for your religious fervor and activities. Trouble for father since childhood. Luck is not favoring you. You have no desire for pilgrimage. You overcome anguish, are valiant, well-armed, and feel the absence of friends. You are worried about relatives and sons. This Ketu keeps you free from many troubles and calamities, but you might be poor. Satisfaction through asceticism and benevolence is indicated. You may be a leader or advisor, and possess fame, glory, wisdom, generosity, kindness and devotion. Voyages bring misery and misfortune and you might receive punishment in foreign land. You dream strange dreams.
Ketu in Lunar Mansion '21 Uttara Ashadha-1'
You will rise to the top of your field at one stage and will fall at another stage.
Uranus in Gemini 27°17'47"
Uranus in Gemini with Aries ascendent
Uranus in 3rd House
Uranus in Lunar Mansion '7 Punarvasu-3'
Neptune in Pisces 28°46'50"
Neptune in Pisces with Aries ascendent
Neptune in 12th House
Neptune in Lunar Mansion '27 Revati-4'
Pluto in Aries 25°46'09"
Pluto in Aries with Aries ascendent
Pluto in 1st House
Pluto in Lunar Mansion '2 Bharani-4'


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