Joan Didion
Writer
BornDec 5, 1934 5:55 PM GMT-8
Sacramento, CA USA [38°35'00", -121°29'00"]
Birth time source: Unconfirmed
Ayanamsa: -22°56'47"
Planets,
Signs,
Nakshatras
Lagna in Gemini 8°35'12"
Gemini in the Ascendant gives you an attractive appearance. Usually tall, with large hands and feet, you may be lean and thin with beautiful eyes and a sharp nose. Your intelligence and pleasant demeanor make your face radiant. You have a special skill in diplomatic negotiations, expertise in trade practices, a talent for dramatic performances, and a great capacity to conceal your emotions. Ambivalence will be your outstanding feature. You are often bashful and very selective in speech. You like to meet people, travel extensively, and acquire knowledge. You have a special ability to influence people and you delight in sporting with the opposite sex. You have an adaptable, dual personality. You can be serious or trivial, depending on your mood and circumstances. Success in life depends on intuitively understanding other people's thoughts and emotions. This capacity to interpret the thoughts and feelings of others, enables you to be a very successful writer or novelist. Among the planets, Venus has a special affinity with a person born under this sign, while Mars, the Sun and Jupiter produce adverse results. The Moon is a killer, but if posited with favorable planets may yield auspicious results. However, the Moon, who is the Lord of the 2nd, does not become a death significator (Maraka) for a person born under Gemini Ascendant. You will have a dear spouse, be fond of ornaments, charitable, respectable, will have two mothers, will be favorable even to your enemies, interested in music, fine arts, amusement and poetry, be gentle, fond of beautification, conceited, truthful, impatient, crafty, will possess limbs of irregular sizes, be of fierce appearance, will destroy even fearful enemies, and be endowed with lands, jewels, gold etc.
Lagna in Lunar Mansion '6 Ardra-1'
Your Ascendant or Moonstar is Ardra.
There may be variations in physical structure, from the slim and short structure to fat and lengthy structure. Character and general events: you will undertake any work entrusted to you in a responsible manner. In the public meetings you will create an atmosphere of humor and keep everybody attracted to you. You will have intuitive perception. You may be a good psychologist. Your dealings with friends and relatives will be very cordial. You may be thankless to the persons who have given you help. You may not have a constant type of behavior.
Education, sources of earning/profession: you have the capacity to acquire and keep knowledge of almost all subjects. However, in spite of these good qualities you cannot attain much fame or reward out of such knowledge. It is advisable that you must meditate regularly. If you do so, you can overcome the above inherent affliction. Since you may be over sincere in work and to other persons, even the slightest problem which may be confronted could land you into mental agony. However, even during the time of extreme hardships both financial and mental, you can keep your head cool, and behave in a most respectable and attractive manner. Because of this quality, you will be very much involved in others hearts. You will not stick to one line of work, you may enjoy working many different jobs at a time. Even when you come to know that the line of action or thought which you have taken is the correct approach, you will not hesitate to respect others if their opinions differ. In the case of research work on any particular line, you will be successful. In the business field you will attain much success. It has been noticed that most of the selfless social workers are born with the Moon under this star. You have the capacity to successfully undertake any number of jobs at a time. Complete perfection in all the fields can also be obtained. In the case of travel for a specific job, you will oversee other connected work which can be carried out simultaneously. Normally, you will earn your livelihood away from your home and family. In other words you may be settled in foreign places. The period between 32 years and 42 years of age will be the golden period for you. You may be employed in transport, shipping, communication departments or industries. You may also earn as a book seller or finance broker.
Family life: your marriage may be delayed. In case marriage takes place early you feel compelled to live separately from the family, either due to difference of opinion between the couple or due to other circumstances beyond your control. You may have to face several inherent problems of life. But you will not reflect your problems outwardly. When the marriage takes place at a late stage, your married life will be good. Your spouse will exercise full control over you.
Health: you might suffer from some diseases that could be serious. You may be prone to Asthma, dry cough, ear trouble.
Sun in Scorpio 20°19'00"
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 Gemini ascendent
You will be troubled by enemies and your siblings may be inimical toward you.
There is animosity between you, your friends, and colleagues whom you treat as friends, but whom you secretly desire to overcome. You are miserly in expenditures, denying even the necessities, but outwardly you will make a show of generosity in entertaining friends. Your personal life will be materialistic and sexual, though you like to give the impression of morality. Such contradictions express themselves in psychological instability, and physical problems such as high blood pressure and nervous exhaustion.
Sun in 6th House
The Sun produces a very deep-rooted impact. It destroys all impediments to the flowering of your innermost uniqueness. When the solar rays sparkle and strengthen the soul, no other conditioning can obstruct its clear impulses. The inner person must have its way; external conditions must adjust to inner ones, and thus they dissipate and fall asunder. From an ordinary point of view, this may seem to be a destruction of physical and social barriers. But this placement enables you to achieve victory over enemies, a successful termination of litigation and disputes, and effective solutions to financial difficulties.
However, there may be kidney troubles or other such ailments, especially of the navel region. Psychological maturity and self-reliance are acquired along with a feeling of personal isolation. At times, even the government is unhelpful and antagonistic. You may decide to live away from your homeland. With this combination, a very enigmatic situation arises: people at large express tremendous goodwill and sympathy for you, but they cannot establish empathy. Thus you may sometimes find yourself on the psychoanalyst's couch unless your natal chart is basically strong.
The sixth house is both for friends and enemies, health and sickness, attachment and hatred, maternal relatives, cousins, servants and inferiors. Its results are full of opposites - sharpness of the opposites is felt according to the influence of the planet, its association, conjunction, or as aspected.
The 6th house protects against enemy, sickness, sorrow and debt. So you are a destroyer of enemies; a friend of friends. But it also indicates troubles for the maternal uncle and his family. Animals like cows and buffaloes cause great loss, sometimes financially also. Danger to life can come from sharp-horned animals. During travel, you may be attacked by tribals or robbed by thieves.
You are strong, happy, rich and are respected in society. You may be a glutton and very passionate. But you are gentle and known by your qualities. You are a leader or either a general or a judge. You are wise and a well wisher of your family. You tend to be thin, lean and healthy. You build property and are helped by your maternal uncles. You will be very libidinous, have powerful digestive fire (i.e. capable of digesting fast), are affluent, famous for virtues and might be an army chief.
Financial success, disease of the eyes in the 20th year, happiness, affectionate disposition etc., will follow. You will spend money to save others from legal punishments or spend for friends in general. There will be troubles for the mother's family (i.e. maternal uncle and other such relatives). You may be subjected to danger from quadrupeds or lose on account of thefts.
You will be of Yogic disposition, be intelligent, will keep brothers and relatives happy, be emaciated, very beautiful in appearance, will inherit through maternal relatives, will gather lands and other properties, will keep your promise, will gain through sons, be happy by the prosperity of progeny and will help even enemies and thereby derive satisfaction. You may suffer breakage of teeth by wood or by stone or incur pains in legs and your end may come through poison, weapon, thirst, hunger, enemies or vices.
Sun in Lunar Mansion '18 Jyeshtha-2'
Moon in Scorpio 11°46'32"
Active and generally successful in most areas of life, travels much, even from early on, moves around, has affairs at times, has artistic tastes, is independent, has good determination, is devoted to mother and has interest in the occult. This is the sign of fall for the Moon. Self centered, has a rough body, is cruel, a thief, sick in childhood, industrious, skillful, possibly spouseless, devoid of relatives, not graceful and possibly wild, valorous, will lose to government, and has possibly a large belly and large head.
Moon in Scorpio with Gemini ascendent
The Moon occupying this sign makes you eccentric; past Karma erupts into this life, so that social calumny confronts you without any provocation on your part. At times the Moon will withdraw its cool judgment, as a result of which you may be immersed in profligacy. Whatever the immediate cause, the Moon creates some kind of psychological pain.
Moon in 6th House
With the Moon in the sixth house, you are dogged with persistent difficulties. Often you are endangered and may get mixed up with criminals and anti-social elements; you suffer great financial difficulties and may even be involved in public litigation. Your physical health may not be strong, but there will be great mental expansion, intellectual development and moral stamina. Even during periods of acute physical and financial difficulty you will succeed in securing help from providential sources. You will contribute to social progress and command great respectability, but personally you will have much to complain about. You are intelligent and have an overwhelming influence against the most powerful enemies. However strong they may be, ultimately they surrender to you. Every repeated attack they make happens to be a misfire. You may not be devoted to your mother or indifferent to her. The sixth house denotes enemies, injuries, accidents, diseases, afflictions, maternal uncles, cousins, servants, loss of wealth, calamities through the opposite sex, suits and debts, intimidation and apprehension from enemy. You are delicate, have a poor appetite, your passions are subdued, You tend to be easily excited, lazy and inactive. You may be short-lived, dull, be of uncertain health and suffer loss of appetite or feel slighted. You have a sharp vision, are brave and bold, cruel and unkind, have no progeny, are strong but lean, have strong desires but can not pro-create. Enemy sign cause more enemies; If the Moon is in its depression sign Scorpio, it can cause a melancholic nature, you may remain sick and ailing. You may suffer diseases of the stomach. Note: Whatever be the valor of enemies, you will always conquer them. They will not raise their heads again before you. You may be emaciated, miserly and unfruitful, and will not have much sexual appetite. Your maternal uncle will be separated from children or will have only daughters.
Moon in Lunar Mansion '17 Anuradha-3'
The Nakshatra ruling your Moon or Ascendant is Anuradha.
Physical features: you will have a beautiful face with bright eyes. Character and general events: you are liable to face several obstacles in your life. Even then you will possess a special aptitude to handle the most difficult situation in a systematic way. However, a peculiar frustrated face can be noticed, which may be due to numerous obstacles. There may be limited peace of mind in your life. Curb your tendency towards revenge. You will be very hardworking and ever ready to complete the task before you. Your motto of life will be to march on despite obstacles. After several reversals you will ultimately achieve the desired result, and remain optimistic throughout. You are a firm believer in God. Although you wish to spend your life with someone, you may find yourself leading an independent life.
Education, sources of earning/profession: you can be successful in the business field. You will get along well with your superiors, and will begin working at about 17 or 18 years of age. Life between the period of 17 years to 48 years of age may have trials. Occasional benefits and favorable results will be definitely noticed. The life after the age of 48 years will be extremely good. It is in this period you can settle down in your life to the desired way and become free from most of the miseries of the life.
Family life: there may be strained relations with your siblings and parents. Normally, you settle down away from the place of your birth. You will enjoy a good married life and have a good spouse. You may find yourself trying to give your children a better life than you had, this results in proper care of your children and at any cost you like to provide all necessities of life as far as possible with love and affection. As a result your children will be very successful.
Health: your health will generally be good. You will be prone to normal diseases of the human body, coughs, colds etc.
Mars in Virgo 4°21'20"
This placement is good for being a surgeon, physician, pharmacist or groceries merchant. You are original and inventive. You have to struggle to reach goals, are self willed, and nervous. You like your employees or helpers, and are separated from your friends. When Mars is afflicted, you can be cross at times, hasty, obstinate and inviting hostility from others. You are honorable, worthy, fond of love and music, soft spoken, learned, fear enemies and are skillful in scripture and fine art.
Mars in Virgo with Gemini ascendent
Mars enables you to acquire property and status, but you feel a great hankering for emotional satisfaction. As you were denied maternal affection, the relationship with your spouse is afflicted and you are socially ill-adjusted. You may even be involved in litigation and disputes regarding property matters.
Mars in 4th House
Mars precipitates the impact of past karmic deeds, especially those of an adverse nature. Ordinarily, Mars is a planet of selfishness, greed and rash action, which, in the long run, catches up with you in the form of physical or psychological problems. Mars creates impatience, impulsiveness and self-centeredness, unless it receives auspicious aspects or is in exaltation or in its own sign. As a result, you may be considered cruel, inflexible and covetous by nature. Under such circumstances, Mars may produce affliction for the mother, loss of property, dependence on manual labor to earn a livelihood and constant movement from one place to another. Generally, you are not born into a respectable family, are abandoned by siblings, favor bad company and involve yourself in tawdry sexual affairs. You earn your living by serving bad people. Don't expect much gain through friends and relatives. You are apprehensive of enemies, get government favor, doles of clothes and fabric through the rich. Mars in this house denotes quarrels with parents, disputes in family, unpleasant domestic affairs leading to misunderstandings and strife. NOTE: Understand that this is a negative Mars placement, as Mars by its nature is not very compatible with the nature of the sensitive fourth house, and take the things mentioned in here as areas to look to for these impacts, but not necessarily as 'drastically' as they are described.
Mars in Lunar Mansion '12 Uttara Phalguni-3'
You may lose a spouse, or divorce, and become a widow/er or single around your 40th year of age. You may have to struggle hard before attaining success in your respective field.
Mercury in Scorpio 6°45'39"
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 Gemini ascendent
Mercury is especially difficult here. At worst it can strangle the entire personality and destroy all finer feelings. It may produce a life of intrigue, unpredictability, and dissatisfied sexual desires. Male sterility or female barrenness can also be produced by this combination.
Mercury in 6th House
Mercury in the sixth completely upsets you physically and socially. You experience so many inner subjective changes that your physical relationships are subject to severe turbulence. Your mind is so stirred up that there is little social or psychological stability. You may be catapulted from abject poverty to regal splendor, but you cannot hold onto anything. There may be physical difficulties, sexual experimentation, and marital incompatibility leading to separation, divorce, or sexual abuse. But through all these vicissitudes, significant psychological transformation and a widening of awareness and great insight into life can be experienced. You may suffer from nervous breakdown and from ailments due to tension connected with work. You are oppressed by inferiors, and tend to be over-excited and rash. Afflictions to Mercury tend to ruin the health through anxiety. You are an energetic mental worker missing the best mental outlet for your energies. Gains from chemistry, writings, books or clerical work are indicated. You might suffer from dyspepsia and may exhibit many fads and fancies regarding diet. You may be inactive, ruthless, shattering the enemy and lose temper during discourse.
Mercury in Lunar Mansion '17 Anuradha-2'
Jupiter in Libra 19°02'24"
Your Jupiter gives you a cultured and polished taste, and makes you generous and helpful. You might gain through the opposite sex, those in authority positions, and the highly enlightened. You get trouble through unfaithful friends.
Jupiter in Libra with Gemini ascendent
You are noble minded, helpful in disposition, loving to your family, and possessed of a good official position. You are learned, having knowledge of spiritual writings as well as of modern literature.
Jupiter in 5th House
Jupiter inspires and urges the individual to be religious, respectable, friendly and helpful. The planet has a special affinity with this house, though its placement here is not favorable for children.
Its influence is on the higher levels of human existence: Jupiter will make you spiritually oriented, a follower of religious observances, inspired to study sacred writings, engaged in imparting wisdom to others, and interested in life after death.
You are well-educated and have good understanding of classical literature and the sacred sciences. Your children will be well-protected and will earn renown. Jupiter is a death significator of the maternal grandfather when it is in the 5th house.
You get wealth and conveyances through many sources and are of sweet and polite nature. It indicates some trouble for the maternal in-laws in the 7th year. You are scholarly, glorious and influential, but receive little help or support from your sons in old age. There will be trouble at the time of gain. You are rich and a leader of your own community. You have obedient children, get gain and success through the opposite sex, through places of amusement, centers of cultural activities, schools, speculation and investment.
You are sensual, love pleasure and ease, are an eloquent speaker and most imaginative, a logician or an impressive writer-author. Your son is helpful, your possessions ordinary, and there will be trouble in accomplishment. You are sensuous, rational in speech, skilled, thriving, charming, wise, prosperous, affluent, accomplished, steady, adored by veterans, prudent, blessed with sons and adored amongst your many friends.
You are wise, pure of mind, religious, kind, generous, thriving, charming, polite, well-dressed, have large eyes, are vocal, influential, charitable, affectionate and excel in linguistics, economics and philosophy. You have knowledge of several sciences and could be successful as a teacher, lecturer, director or minister.
Jupiter in Lunar Mansion '15 Swati-4'
Venus in Scorpio 24°30'14"
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 Gemini ascendent
Your voluptuous nature and extreme indulgences combined with a lack of any sense of family obligation may lead to problems with venereal diseases. You also suffer from financial difficulties and may be greatly dishonored in society.
Venus in 6th House
Venus creates problems when placed in the sixth. Although under its influence you learn to unfold your capacities by associating with different types of people, these associations create social and personal difficulties for you. Often marital life may be in jeopardy, you become involved in bad business and debt, and at times suffer from genital related diseases.
You have little control over expenditures. You learn spiritual lessons with great difficulty but develop a sense of detachment after much physical, financial and moral suffering. You belong to a superior race. Progeny, fall of enemies, sons and grandsons, wasteful expenditure, bad decisions and a sick, noble son are indicated. Your mother has two or three sisters and they are well-off. Spouses do not desire you and you have no desire for them. You may be impotent. You have many strong and powerful enemies and tend to have excessive expenditures, leading to poverty and debt. Much mental torture is possible with this placement. There will be no gain or success in business in spite of your great efforts and industry - rather you may make a mess of it.
You can expect troubles and little gain or comfort through preceptor or parents. You have to face endless invincible enemies and constant liquidation of wealth and are unsuccessful in the best organized trade. Many occasions of grief and condemnation are indicated. You are poor, and may have unlawful relations with young spouses. You suffer through ailments, are vain, dull, penniless, timid, keep bad company, are quarrelsome, have disrespect for the father and get trouble through all sources.
You are fond of dance-music, are victorious and destructive. Although you might be unpopular, you may come from a high family, are learned, discreet and well-educated.
Venus in Lunar Mansion '18 Jyeshtha-3'
This position indicates the profession of an engineer or metal trader.
Saturn in Capricorn 29°55'13"
Interested in the higher branches of learning such as philosophy. Is, learned, talented, seasoned, efficient, travels, and is fond of ornaments and other items of decoration. Progressive, ambitious, rational and convincing, gloomy, serious and discontented, trouble through love affairs, link with the low-bred, nervous disturbances, tactful, diplomatic and persevering. Ultimately, success will be yours.
Saturn in Capricorn with Gemini ascendent
You may suffer from horse fall or foot injury.
Marriage may be frustrating, with the spouse suffering from some physical incapacity. Everyday life may be so complex that you have no time of your own. With all avenues of creativity blocked, you feel extremely stifled.
Saturn in 8th House
Saturn in the eighth house puts a powerful lid on past auspicious influences, forcing you to meet the everyday trials of life with no help from past Karma. Under such rigorous conditions you become bewildered, having been abandoned by relations, abused and tormented through no apparent fault of your own, and put to physical hardships which require great stamina to bear. In some cases, finding your helplessness acute, you begin to seek pleasure through dissipation, though under favorable circumstances you may begin pursuing an arduous spiritual path which, though it may not eliminate sorrow from your life, may reveal the deeper meaning that life and destiny awaits you after your period of trial. Long life is indicated and you may live in a foreign land where being caught as a thief is punished. Much sorrow, piles, poverty, cruel, friends avoid you. You are quarrelsome and bilious and death might occur in a foreign place due to heart trouble, cough, cholera etc. You are sober but bold and fearless. Your children are cunning. You live till up to 75 years of age. You tend to be poor, in service and have contact with low class persons. There will be financial difficulties due to several restrictions. You have unhappy dreams and are at times interested in occultism. This position of Saturn is not good but keeps you alert till the last breath: you get premonitions, esp. if 4th or 5th house is occupied by malefics. A benefic in these houses will keep you unconscious in your last moments. Fortune comes after age 36. You are denied the company of virtuous people, will be separated from your own people and live with the lower persons. You are far from being generous, very narrow-minded, and nobody can cheat you. You might suffer great loss of wealth, be ailing and often find fault with others. You are very clever, scared of diseases, ill-reputed, lazy, gluttonous, miserly, tend to be perverse at times, and are kind and timid. You have few children and a weak eyesight.
Saturn in Lunar Mansion '23 Dhanishtha-2'
One of the predominant factors is that while your appearance is fearful, once you come in contact with others and start talking, it will be seen that you are the most joyful and decent person on earth, and no impression about fearfulness is left in other's mind. Consequently you enjoy the automatic respect of others.
Rahu in Capricorn 9°11'46"
Rahu in Capricorn with Gemini ascendent
You are detached from anything personal, making your life an open book to the world. You will receive unexpected and unearned money and wealth, but will also have to accept painful psychological experiences.
Rahu in 8th House
With Rahu in this position you are always trying to attain your goal, but unfortunately your goal is not often clear to you. Under such conditions you always worry about unimportant things or strive after something which seems important momentarily but gives no ultimate satisfaction, and to attain your assumed objective you may associate with undesirable characters who bring a bad name.
You suffer from complex ailments which are difficult to diagnose. Rahu promotes health, promises longevity, grants gifts, legacies and inheritance from the dead. You are extravagant, sick, and ther will be strife with brothers, life away from birthplace and tend to have an unhappy family life. You are denied happiness through spouse, children, honor and education and might suffer from diseases of rectum or diabetes. Hindrances or enemies and complains of gastralgia or hystericus etc. are indicated. You are denied patrimony, but are respected and recognized by the rulers and pundits.
Fortune smiles once, but losses mock you again and again. You are forsaken by the noble for no reason and gain of sufficient wealth from the government, that sometimes is lost. You are well-built, short-tempered, free from danger, suffer from diseases of the generative organs, like hydrocele etc. You gain through defeated enemies, are troubled, ill-spoken, ailing and vicious.
You are praised by the state and condemned by some. There will be many ups and downs, troubles and sufferings at times in life and you might have a stomach problem caused by hard labor. You receive honor and fame from the government, are noble by deed and thought, healthy, and get some income or employment. You are happy in old age.
Rahu in Lunar Mansion '21 Uttara Ashadha-4'
Ketu in Cancer 9°11'46"
Ketu in Cancer with Gemini ascendent
May produce some kind of mental imbalance and incoherence in speech.
Ketu in 2nd House
Ketu in the second house may make you conceited, or feel depraved. There is something in your feelings which makes you careful to watch out for yourself. There are conditions which cause you to worry about finances in general. The threat of government fines looms at times. You'll have a hard time speaking before many people, or they won't accept or understand what you're trying to say. Those who support you, may feel that they've gotten themselves on the wrong side of the fence. You may therefore adopt a sweet tone of voice, and by and by, having learned that it provokes less trouble from others, this carefulness and control over your speech could lead to success.
Ketu in Lunar Mansion '8 Pushya-2'
You will need to be cautious of bad association, as it may cause danger to family relations or property. You will be concerned about the welfare of your family, and may marry twice.
Uranus in Aries 4°57'18"
Uranus in Aries with Gemini ascendent
Uranus in 11th House
Uranus in Lunar Mansion '1 Ashwini-2'
Neptune in Leo 21°35'60"
Neptune in Leo with Gemini ascendent
Neptune in 3rd House
Neptune in Lunar Mansion '11 Purva Phalguni-3'
Pluto in Cancer 2°49'04"
Pluto in Cancer with Gemini ascendent
Pluto in 2nd House
Pluto in Lunar Mansion '7 Punarvasu-4'