John Silber

John Silber

(1926-2012) Chancellor, Boston University
      



John SilberJohn Silber
Lagna in Capricorn 0°07'14"
Capricorn in the Ascendant indicates you are probably tall and well built. You can, however, have a weaker and leaner lower body. You are very hardworking and persevering, but you have to watch out for melancholic moods. You also have to try to curb the ego at times. You are careful with others and respectful of them, but at the same time anxious to achieve your own ends. Other factors permitting, you can be very religious. You also tend to respect the occult.
Lagna in Lunar Mansion '21 Uttara Ashadha-2'
The Star ruling your Ascendant or Moon is Uttara Ashadha.

You have a well-proportioned, tall body with a broad head, long nose and bright eyes. You are of charming and graceful appearance with fair complexion. You will be refined, soft-spoken, pure-hearted and have an innocent looking countenance. In case you happen to occupy a very high position in society, you will not like to express pomp and show and will dress simply. You give respect to all and are God-fearing. It is not easy for others to find out your underlying merits and demerits. It is only after several acquaintances and dealings one can come to a conclusion about your behavioral aspect. In most of the cases, it has been noticed that there will be a black mole around your waist or on the face. A slight reddish color is noticed in your eyes.

You will be very plain in your dealings and will show utmost sincerity in all the work you undertake. You will not deceive others and would not like to cause any trouble to others. So much so, due to your inherent good behavior quality you often land into uncalled for problems. While you are plain hearted, you will not give in to any pressure and will not bestow full confidence on anybody. But once you take a person into confidence nobody can change you. To a certain extent, you are slave to flattery and expect that others must look after your welfare. You will not make any hasty decision, whereas full consultation with trusted persons will be obtained before coming to a conclusion.

While you are very much involved in all activities you undertake, usually you are lazy. Even in the state of conflict you cannot utter harsh words directly and in spite of a difference of opinion you will not like to express your unhappiness to others. Any discussion you make with others will be without expressing ill-will. You are bound to shoulder many responsibilities at a young age. Due to this you are fully trained to shoulder any responsibility with perfection. Once you are convinced that any action carried out by you or words uttered by you happens to be wrong you will not hesitate to repent and express regret. Your every action requires recognition by others. Otherwise, you are dragged into the state of unhappiness. You are subjected to maximum happiness at one stage and the maximum unhappiness at the next. You have to be very careful in any controversial dealings. Before any collaboration is made, you have to completely screen the persons with whom you are entering into such collaboration. Otherwise, failure is certain. The time after the age of 38 years will mark all-round success and prosperity.

Normally your childhood will be somewhat better. But later on you may have to face a lot of unexpected reversals and problems on the family front. It has been noticed that between the age of 28 and 31 some important change takes place in the family circle. Your married life will be more or less very good. You normally get a responsible and loving spouse. At the same time the health of your spouse will be a cause of concern. Your spouse will have problems of acidity. In spite of the comparative advantages mentioned above, you lack happiness from children and they will be a main cause of concern.

You are prone to stomach problems, paralysis of limbs, and pulmonary diseases. Poor eyesight or some defect in the eyes is indicated as well.
Sun in Cancer 29°30'55"
This brings the following general characteristics, which get modified by specific aspects and other placements in your chart: You may experience fluctuating commitment to your activities and undertakings, but your overall attractive personality and qualities will make you well liked, you may find that you totally dislike your birth family or that 'whole scene' or even your country. You will probably be good looking, but you may have troubles from imbalances inside the body, related to digestion and you may experience distress from too much hard work. You will like intoxication, but will be virtuous, honorable and eloquent. You may have talent in the areas of time, space, science, geography, cartography, navigation, etc.
Sun in Cancer with Capricorn ascendent
You will have a loving spouse but they may suffer from bilious diseases.
The Sun in this sign may destroy the marriage bond, but there is a great chance of becoming interested in paranormal phenomena. You are not content to work merely on the physical plane of existence, but are interested in establishing a link with the secret unknown.
Sun in 7th House
Generally speaking, the Sun in the seventh house shapes your attraction to the opposite sex, but which causes suffer thereby. You experience difficulties in establishing a harmonious married life, and often marry more than once. You are fond of traveling, and of lovers from widely different social backgrounds.

Your spouse is not devoted to you, fickle minded, and fidelity is doubtful. You might be diseased, mentally tense and suffer from insomnia. There will be little profit in business and rivalry with the people. You are sickly and your spouse suffers. The wicked worry you and whatever effort you may make in business, you fail to earn enough.

Your spouse means every thing to you, and you lose your individuality. You are afraid of the government, suffer sickness and have many enemies. You are short-tempered and wicked. You might often quarrel with the spouse which makes the family unhappy.

The Sun in the 7th house delays marriage. There is no happiness and pleasure in married life because of discord between husband and wife. You travel abroad in the 25th year and take inedible food and suffer. You are jolly, foolish and destructive.

If the Sun is well aspected the partner will feel independent, be of sound moral integrity, seeking harmony and happiness in the married life. The afflicted Sun will bring trouble through pride, subject to the nature of the aspect.

This house stands for love and marriage, husband or wife, public enemies, law suits, partnership in trade, travel, happiness, children from a second marriage, son-in-law, relatives, ways and means and merchandise. You may be poor, insulted, will suffer bodily diseases, government displeasures and imprisonment, will take to bad ways and will not be well-disposed to your spouse.

Note: Almost every authority declares that the Sun in the 7th is not congenial for a smooth married life. One will incur grief on account of spouse, will incur physical distress and mental worries.

Due to fear of others, you cannot even sleep peacefully. You will gain in a limited way in your undertakings. You will consider the opposite sex to be everything in this world and will remain sexually tormented.

You will have limited happiness in regards to progeny, indulge in sinful acts, be sick, will have a damaged body due to excessive sexual enjoyment and will eat anything available. You will not derive much physical pleasures from your spouse and will enter into quarrels within a single moment without cause.
Sun in Lunar Mansion '9 Ashlesha-4'
Moon in Libra 21°11'15"
Much movable property, gain and success through partnership, morose and irritated for nothing, soft-spoken, courteous and warm-hearted, success in love and marriage. Balanced and artistic if Mercury is in good aspect. Much traveling. Elevated nose, humble looking face, thin body, many partners, abundant properties, valorous, skillful, will honor divinity and saintly persons, wealthy in various ways, conquered by the opposite sex, will be easily swayed from decisions and is helpful to relatives.
Moon in Libra with Capricorn ascendent
You receive support from your marriage partner. Your mind is cool and social relationships are balanced. You are very creative and musical and artistic talents are appreciated.
Moon in 10th House
This placement produces variable fame, changes in position, tremendous responsibilities, and relationships in which coolness of mind is essential. You are a source of social inspiration and receive a great deal of praise. You tend to be devoted to your father and family. You are smart, contented and quiet. You get wealth and recognition from the state, are reputed and bold and contented with small gain. Wealth brightens your personality. You are sober and noble. Possible gain from women of high family is indicated. You tend to be pious and receive support from friends and relations. You might gain from the leaders or people of equally high status. This denotes malice with the eldest child. You are ambitious and so acquire prominent positions. Fluctuating and changing business employment from seafaring, traveling, hawking goods and advertising on the largest scale, dealing with rare and novel items are some of the possible occupations. You will suffer little grief, be dutiful, successful in your undertakings, affluent, pure, very strong, valorous and charitable.
Moon in Lunar Mansion '16 Vishakha-1'
The Star ruling your Moon or Ascendant is Vishakha.

Physical features: your face will be round, bright and physical appearance extremely attractive. There has been noticed two types of physical appearance i.e. one with fatty and long structure and the other with very lean and short structure. Character and general events: you will be full of vigor and vitality and possess intelligence of the highest order. You are a firm believer in God and lead a life of truthful existence. You do not believe in the orthodox principles nor the age old tradition. You are fond of adopting modern ideas. Mainly, you live away from your family. You are overly generous when dealing with others. While you are very much religiously active, you do not follow any superstitious religious fanaticism. You treat all religions, castes and creed as one. You will follow a non-violent approach to life and may become a renunciate in your mid-30s.

Education, sources of earning/profession: you are a very good orator and has the capacity to attract a crowd. You will win several prizes in elocution competition. Hence you will be the fittest person to be in the political circle. There is a peculiar spending tendency. While on the one side you are very careful spending, on the other side you may be extravagant in spending where it is not required. You are fit for doing an independent business, or a job involving high responsibility, banking and religious professions, mathematician or a teacher or a printer.

Family life: you may not enjoy love and affection from your mother, caused mainly by separation. On the other hand, there may be several beneficial points of your father with which you can always be proud of, even though you will lead a very independent life. There may be difference of opinion between your father and you that seem unresolvable. It is due to these reasons from childhood that you become a hardworking and self made person. You love your spouse and children very much, although you may struggle with addiction to intoxication and intimate relationships outside of marriage. In spite of these weaknesses they will not become a hindrance either in the family or in your social life.

Health: your health will normally be very good. However, you may be prone to paralytic attack after the age of 55 years. You may also be prone to asthmatic attack.
You may earn a good profit out of the cattle business, and will be religiously inclined. You may suffer from trouble with your lungs.
Mars in Aries 14°42'23"
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 Capricorn ascendent
You will be exceptional in many ways and have the aura of greatness; whatever happens to you, it will never be orthodox, traditional, or routine. Your heart will be full of want which cannot be restricted to your immediate surroundings. You can never be accused of parochialism or nepotism. There will be a feeling of universality in whatever you do, feel, or experience. Your warmth toward others is at times misunderstood. Your spouse may accuse you of infidelity, your boss may judge you unstable, and friends may consider you frivolous and inconsistent. All these reactions arise from an inherent urge for the new, your warmth towards everyone and from your tremendous desire to mingle with all. This tendency may be expressed as a vision, psychic sensitivity, or a truly tantric sexuality. You will have a natural affinity with Mother Earth; you will love to work on the land, possess much real estate, live in eccentric houses, and arrive at conclusions without bothering about reason or deduction. You will never depend on anyone else or on any outside or external support. Your individuality will gain you the honor and respect of the government. You will be wealthy but prone to extravagance.
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 '2 Bharani-1'
You or your spouse may live up to 50 years only. Death takes place in a foreign place, due to illness of a minor nature. You are advised not to drive vehicles yourself and should be careful while handling sharp instruments.
Mercury in Cancer 16°43'21"
You are talkative and your mind is changeable. This is good for storytelling, but it can also lead to exaggeration. Your intellect is governed by emotion.
Mercury in Cancer with Capricorn ascendent
You are intellectually passionate; extramarital or socially unaccepted relationships will be rationalized by your intellect, which will cause difficulties.
Mercury in 7th House
Mercury makes you very diplomatic, able to relate well with every type of person. Your relationship with the spouse is as harmonious as with other business partners; the influence of the marriage partner on the attainment of social status is considerable. Mercury in the 7th makes you attached to playing around sexually, or rather, you have a hard time making the marriage commitment for some reason. You may be impotent. Your spouse is a living beauty. If Mercury does not conjoin the Sun, the spouse is most attractive. Your level of sex desire or performance is in some way not compatible with the spouse. You feel defeated and shy, are saintly and your spouse is comely and modest. You are blessed with many children, and there might be some physical suffering. You are vanquished in war and debate. The family of the in-laws might be large and aristocratic. You are sharp, handsome and dignified and the spouse comes from an affluent or middle- class and simple family. You are good-natured, luxury loving, honest, faithful, good looking, learned, gentle, respected, generous, courteous, noble and prosperous. You are well established and might gain from sale and purchase. Your spouse is intelligent, wise, quick, eloquent, critical, young, beautiful and nervous. Worries and anxieties after marriage are indicated. This Mercury is favorable to mother. You enjoy riding and are philanthropic and saintly. Over-thinking in relationship.
Mercury in Lunar Mansion '9 Ashlesha-1'
Your actions are systematic and intelligent. You may have two children. Be cautious of lung ailments.
Jupiter in Capricorn 29°21'43"
You have high aspirations, good organizational abilities and intuition. There will be gain and success through high positions in life, business and foreign business. You are thrifty and positive.
Jupiter in Capricorn with Capricorn ascendent
Fond of music, poetry, drama and reading.
In general, you may be miserable in many ways. You display immense fortitude and tremendous forbearance, but there are breaks in your education, unhappiness in your relationships and a lack of wealth or social status. You will be a wanderer, filled with anxiety, even when you win acclaim for your wisdom in foreign lands.
Jupiter in 1st House
When Jupiter is in Lagna, you will have a tendency towards obesity and a stout body is a breeding place for congestion and breathing related complaints. Jupiter in the lagna promises good fortune; power and dignity to lead the social and commercial world; internal power through moral and religious self.

Optimistic, jovial, generous, prudent, sincere, courteous and amiable. Rational, firm and self-confident. You may hold a high position; such as, bankers, judges, doctors, lawyers, professors, preachers, government officers. Shipping or large scale wholesaler. You are known by your qualities; well-dressed; prosperous; charming personality; but less manly; looks forward to a life in paradise hereafter; so you give away your wealth for religious and pious observances, or doing good for others.

You are recognized by people for your proficiency. Affluent. Graceful. Spends your wealth for noble cause. Salvation. Conscience is elevated. Learned. Handsome. Longevity. Fearless. Blessed with children. You are a scholar; gets government favor; is large-hearted, gentle, mature, beautiful, honored, healthy, enlightened, modest, strong, thoughtful actions, patient, outstanding, grateful, loves gold-diamond and beautiful clothes, rich but scared. Poet, singer, pious, charitable, fond of sweets and delicacies, devout. While considering your wealth, position, status or ability, consider the sign occupied by this Jupiter and aspect on it.

This Jupiter causes such diseases as blood impurity, plethora, gout, liver complaints, excessive vitality, varies according to the sign occupied.
Jupiter in Lunar Mansion '23 Dhanishtha-2'
Venus in Cancer 4°29'38"
You are wise, scholarly, strong, calm, talented, affluent, charming, diplomatic and given to woman and wine. You may gain through voyaging and water products. Unfavorable placement for marriage. Indicates trouble through parents, money matters and intimacy with the low-bred. Close to mother and home. Prone to occultism.
Venus in Cancer with Capricorn ascendent
You are sensuous and will be inclined to bow to the wishes of your marriage partner and family members, provided they do not deny physical pleasure and enjoyment. You want happiness, to which all other aspects of life are secondary.
Venus in 7th House
Venus makes you skilled in the erotic arts. Partners in love, as well as in business, are very cooperative and harmoniously related to you. Unless Venus is badly aspected or afflicted, the marriage partner is honest, attractive, and well-mannered. You are very sensual, have many sons and plenty of wealth. Your partner might be from an aristocratic family. You are prosperous and cheerful, artistic, lustful, inactive, suspicious and into aquatic sports.

You are wealthy, fond of lewd and unchaste partners, broad-minded, have a radiant body, are from a high family, are popular, pleased, proficient, healthy, amorous, attached to others' spouses, get conveyances and various other enjoyments, are skilled, averse to your own spouse, happy, social and receive financial gain through marriage. Early marriage is indicated.

Your spouse is an attractive, sincere, pleasing and fortunate companion giving all marital comforts, pleasures, and noble off-springs. This placement denotes amicable settlements, success in public relations and successful partnerships. You may suffer from backaches, might live abroad and are easy going. You derive love and satisfaction from off-springs and have intimate dealings with attractive mates. You might be an eminent artist with plenty of fans.

You are quarrelsome, addicted and very sexy, sensuous, amorous, most handsome, amiable and fortunate. A strong Venus in a chart denotes more than one spouse. In a female chart, it indicates a fortunate and wealthy husband. This Venus indicates sons, wealth, and an attractive, cheerful, happy and noble partner.
Venus in Lunar Mansion '8 Pushya-1'
Your career may be in international trade, a travel agency or in an ambassadorial capacity. You may have two marriages.
Saturn in Libra 26°59'38"
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 Capricorn ascendent
Saturn gives its best results in this sign because of its exaltation. Your official status rises very high. You attain a dignified position employing a large number of workers. You become a leader of your people, but will also be known for sexual liaisons.
Saturn in 10th House
Saturn, with its tremendous power to annihilate old worlds and create new ones, provides a detachment in worldly matters which nevertheless has constructive and creative capabilities. You may be drawn more towards the abstract sense of justice, the underlying or hidden order beneath external manifestation, and even towards the complete destruction of the existing world order. You would make a good surgeon, engineer, social reformer, scientist or butcher. Moving from one place to another or from one job to another, you do so without knowing why but act from an unseen motivation. You are often a leader or a great thinker, but sometimes may be considered a little crazy in your ideas. Saturn indicates power, pride, ambition and lust for material and worldly gain. You have a hard life, gaining your livelihood slowly, by your own means. You win in war. You may misuse the judicial and administrative power when granted under the influence of this Saturn or you may take up the profession as a judge or treasurer. Separation of parents in childhood is indicated or you may grow and learn without the help of your parents. You are denied patrimony. You might become a senior district officer, are interested in agriculture, an advisor, gallant, and reputed. You have good discrimination and are an intelligent commander. Your attendants are affectionate and loyal. You maintain status in foreign land, and are fearless and proud. If Saturn is in the 10th house you may be vile, poor, cruel, fickle, greedy, bilious, a liar and unskilled.
Saturn in Lunar Mansion '16 Vishakha-3'
You will be a minister's peer, amiable for your special virtues and endowed with long life.
Rahu in Gemini 22°54'30"
Rahu in Gemini with Capricorn ascendent
You have to be careful about degenerative diseases like those caused by contact with toxins.
Rahu in 6th House
Rahu produces great sustaining power when placed in the sixth house. Every physical impediment is mysteriously removed, success in temporal endeavors is assured, and diplomatic skill is developed to a considerable extent. You may not have much idealism in life and may even keep undesirable company. You will feel the allure of unethical, disrespectful or forbidden activities. Your strength, wisdom, valor and conscience are stable.

This Rahu denotes destruction of the adversary, gain of wealth, knowledge and vigor. There will be no gain through uncles, but wealth through foreign leader type. You might live a long life, be prosperous and of noble birth, but debauch. You may be a hero, handsome, intelligent, respected and well-known. If well-aspected, all the evils fade away. A strong Rahu indicates vehicular wealth. Progeny to uncle is denied. You might have only daughters.

Rahu in the sixth house promotes health and strength and blesses with trusted employees, fortune through paternal relatives and favors service. It indicates some income or employment and benefits through prosperous uncles and aunts. It denotes danger from service in army or navy. You are strong and brave, radical, affluent and with conveyances, jewelry, wealth and fortune. This Rahu might indicate an unstable mind of the father and maternal uncle. You tend to be infirm and friendly, patient, tolerant and prosperous and have no enemies. There might be a black mole in the back. Death might occur due to blow of stick, stone, animal, falling from tree or by drowning.
Rahu in Lunar Mansion '7 Punarvasu-1'
You will possess correct intuition, correct judgment of cases, and practical adaptability. You may earn out of writing, publishing or as a teacher. Be watchful of afflictions involving the arms.
Ketu in Sagittarius 22°54'30"
Ketu in Sagittarius with Capricorn ascendent
Ketu leads to spiritual life, but Ketu will be more powerful in making you accept misfortunes philosophically.
Ketu in 12th House
In your mind you think of spiritual life as real and true and so you know that material life is not the aim of life. This comes gradually as you get older, as material expectations are one by one ruled out as unfulfilling. Therefore, gradually through life, you spend more of your time and energy towards serving good causes.

Also, in an attempt to sort things out in this transition, you become restless, and sometimes try to spend for pleasure, only to feel increased frustration. Overall, you should do well because of your sincere approach to life. Areas to try to prevent disease and troubles would include the feet, eyes and private parts.
Ketu in Lunar Mansion '20 Purva Ashadha-3'
Uranus in Pisces 5°56'47"
Uranus in Pisces with Capricorn ascendent
Uranus in 3rd House
Uranus in Lunar Mansion '26 Uttara Bhadrapada-1'
Neptune in Leo 1°36'28"
Neptune in Leo with Capricorn ascendent
Neptune in 8th House
Neptune in Lunar Mansion '10 Magha-1'
Pluto in Gemini 22°23'36"
Pluto in Gemini with Capricorn ascendent
Pluto in 6th House
Pluto in Lunar Mansion '7 Punarvasu-1'


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