Merle Haggard
Singer
BornApr 6, 1937 1:30 AM GMT-8
Bakersfield, CA USA [35°22'60", -119°01'60"]
Birth time source: Unconfirmed
Ayanamsa: -22°58'45"
Planets,
Signs,
Nakshatras
Lagna in Sagittarius 26°25'37"
Sagittarius in the Ascendant brings overall positive habits and lifestyles. You will tend towards high ideals and try to fulfill your many goals. Regularity and exercise are good for you specifically. You can work long, hard hours. You tend to get respect for your learning and your counseling ability. You like organized religion in general. You tend to benefit greatly through your father. Either that, or you are benefited through governmental blessings. In other words, you tend to please and benefit from central authority figures. You have a warrior like tendency about you. Therefore, you are dear to central governments, and are expeditious and martial. You like protecting others and adhering to regularity and functional purposes. You can really lose your temper though. Sagittarian women make very good wives, as they do not try to interfere in their husbands lives but do try to be very helpful to them. The men of this rising sign tend to be somewhat detached, interested in sports and other activities that attract them outside of just family life. You do tend to have high ideals, morals and ethics.
Lagna in Lunar Mansion '20 Purva Ashadha-4'
The Star ruling your Ascendant or Moon is Purva Ashadha.
You will have a lean and tall body. Your teeth will be very beautiful, ears long, eyes bright, waist narrow and arms long. In other words you have good attractive physical features. Your intelligence is exemplary, but there is a tendency to jump to conclusions. No one can defeat you in arguments. You have extraordinary convincing power. You will not, under any circumstance, submit to others, whether you are right or wrong. On the one side you can give a lot of advice, but you cannot hear advice from others. While you pretend you to be courageous you cannot reach that state unless forced either by circumstances or by persons to show the requisite courage. In decision making you are lacking. You find it difficult to make a decision even on small matters. Once aroused by instigation or argument you make decisions without thinking of the pros and cons of such actions and you stick to that decision till the end. Even if you are completely wrong, nobody can change your decision. Such is your obstinate character. You like to do a lot of things for others for nothing in return, but you will be subjected to a lot of criticism. You derive maximum benefit from unknown persons. You cannot keep any permanent relationship with anybody. If you can work with a particular aim with full sincerity you can reach the top of life. You hate external show. You are God-fearing, honest, humble and far from hypocrisy. You can never think of doing anything which will disturb the progress of others. You will be highly religious and always interested in religious acts. You are a good collector of antiques. You may also take interest in writing poetry.
Even though you can shine in almost all fields, you are particularly fit for a doctor's profession or fine arts. You are advised not to venture for any business unless you have dependable employees or managers. You will be attracted to the studies of occult philosophy and sciences. Up to 32 years of age will be a period of trial and error. Thereafter you slowly start climbing the ladder of success. Between 32 and 50 years of age will be very good. You cannot enjoy any benefit from your parents. However, you will be lucky to have benefits from siblings, particularly from brothers. You will be spending most of your life in a foreign land.
Your married life will be more or less happy, but marriage may be delayed. In some cases, it has been noticed that marriage takes place in a most competitive way. You are more inclined towards your spouse and in-laws. Even then, there will be frequent disharmony between you. At last, you find peace in the company of your spouse. You will be lucky to have talented and respectful children, who will bring name and fame to your family. There may be at most two children.
While your outward appearance is extremely good, your internal constitution may not be good, and your health may be weak. It is quite often noticed that you are prone to a particular incurable disease. Still you will not care for your health. You are prone to severe breathing trouble, bronchitis etc. Even in the state of critical illness you will not hesitate to jump into work which you feel should be completed. You may face problems with your thighs. You must take care about your lungs as you are liable to suffer from pneumatic pains.
Sun in Pisces 23°11'19"
Blessed with spouse, sons and friends, victorious, renowned, rich. Gain from shipping over water, photography, pearls, legacy, partnership or marriage. You are friendly, a collector of things, fond of the opposite sex, happy, learned, and overcome enemies and obstacles. Nice family of your own is indicated, eloquence in speaking, but a tendency to lie and may have diseases of the private areas of the body.
Sun in Pisces with Sagittarius ascendent
Long life, good vehicles and political power.
You increase the family honor and support the family. You understand scriptures, are honored in society, and are blessed with many good things such as wealth, knowledge, and power.
Sun in 4th House
You view life in a regal way, with a thread of detachment - making the changes of life, or living itself, something you 'view' rather than identify with. It makes you detached from the masses. You require people to offer significant things in exchange for your friendship, or in other words, you want significant people as your friends. Therefore, ordinary people are not usually found to be very important to you in your own personal life. This is also the reason why you are at times faced with vindictiveness from jealous people, even though you deal very nicely with everybody.
You will earn money and power by your own efforts, and those who oppose you will find it difficult to 'win'. Your later career will tend to be better than your earlier attempts, and you will gradually attain a better situation and a strong personal character. The first half of life is made difficult in a number of ways, but gradually things improve. You will suffer deeply due to bad leaders, and may also experience weakness in the heart, or heart troubles. You will acquire a very prosperous career, but will suffer in some attacks or litigation.
Sun in Lunar Mansion '27 Revati-2'
Moon in Capricorn 19°20'58"
Sexy, jealous, gains and success through others, grants wealth and attendants. You are honest and generous, blessed with children, a scholar. Calculating in money matters. A good singer, susceptible to ill effects from coldness or cold things, fond of truth and charity, distinguished, famous, libidinous, unkind and shameless, may reach for things out of reach, or try to take that which is not rightfully yours, poetic and of low enthusiasm.
Moon in Capricorn with Sagittarius ascendent
This placement adversely affects longevity, reduces social status, leads to poverty and affects speech.
Moon in 2nd House
The Moon in the second house makes you very talkative, prosperous, of sound body and have a very charming personality. You are romantic and find pleasure in other peoples company - ignoring your own spouse and family.
The second house stands for wealth, finance and hereditary position. Full Moon in this house bestows you with promising progeny and wealth. But, if it is dark or feeble, you may stammer, be poor and unwise.
You are sensitive to the changing Moon, have many friends and are soft spoken. You may suffer from poor digestion and loss of appetite. Dark or feeble Moon, despite of benefic aspect, causes loss of acquired or inherited property and obstructs earning and further acquisition of wealth.
You will enjoy incomparable happiness and friends and will be wealthy. You will be plentiful in wealth and grains, be physically sound, famous, and wise and spend your time joyously with the opposite sex,. You may lose money on account of your sisters and daughters.
Moon in Lunar Mansion '22 Shravana-3'
The Star ruling your Moon or Ascendant is Shravana. You have a physically very attractive. Normally you will be of short stature, and there will be a peculiar mark on the face, may be in the form of a mole or some other mark which appears to be a kind of disfigurement. In some cases, a black mole beneath the shoulder has been noticed. You are very sweet in speech, and also maintain neatness in every work you undertake. There is a set principle for you in life. You expect your surroundings to be very clean and you dislike persons who do not have the tendency of maintaining neatness. Once you notice a person in untidy conditions you will not hesitate to open your mouth. You take pity on the condition of others and try to help others as far as possible. You like to have very neat and delicious food. It is because of this that you are a very good host. You are God-fearing and have full respect for elders. You are a believer in victory for truth. You cannot expect much benefit or return from those persons whom you have helped, whereas it has been noticed that you are subject to deceit from others. Even if you catch a thief, you will try to find out the truth of the circumstances which led that person to become a thief, and if you are convinced you will let that person go. Your inherent quality of peaceful appearance and the knack of dealings will penetrate to the minds of the public, hence you are the fittest politician for modern times. Your smile is enough to attract and be remembered by others. Whatever may be the ups and downs in life, you will neither reach to the top or bottom. In other words, a mediocre life will be enjoyed by you. Even illiterate persons born in this Nakshatra will show complete maturity and will be eager to gather knowledge whenever they get the opportunity. You are a very good adviser. Others will look to you for solving individual as well as collective problems. You are a versatile genius. You have the ability and capacity to undertake different jobs at a time. If you are installed in a seat of some power and authority, you will shine well. You are always in search of an authoritative job. Since you have to shoulder much responsibilities and spend for fulfilling responsibilities you will always be in need of money. You will not like to take revenge even on your bitterest enemies. On the other hand, you will think to let God give due punishment to them. Up to 30 years of age you will undergo several changes. The time between 30 to 45 years of age will mark stability in all walks of life. In case you go beyond 65 years due to beneficial planetary positions, you can expect remarkable progress both economical and social. You are suitable for taking up mechanical or technical work or engineering. You may also be connected with petroleum or oil products. Married life will be filled with extra-ordinary happiness. You will have a spouse with all good qualities. That does not necessarily cause you to remain faithful however. You may suffer from ear problems, skin disease, eczema, rheumatism, tuberculosis and indigestion.
You will be an expert in various higher branches of knowledge. You have many sons.
Mars in Scorpio 12°09'02"
Industrious, practical, scientific in approach, firm and positive, indifferent to others. Diplomatic. Successful chemist, result oriented; sudden or violent accidents. Trouble through service. Attached to trade, interested in higher knowledge, a leader of those who buck authority (not necessarily a bad quality), skillful in duties, interested in war, highly self-willed, will do big deviations in the minds of others, unafraid of enemies or authorities, betrays friends, likes to be direct and unafraid, unhelpful, a liar if necessary, endowed with land, children, spouse, and troubled by poison, fire, weapons and wounds. Good for involvement in law enforcement and military or other regimented and goal oriented engagements.
Mars in Scorpio with Sagittarius ascendent
Mars in Scorpio in the twelfth house provides you with immense strength and courage to face the ordeals of life. You do not have a smooth academic career and your marriage ends suddenly. You become involved in several cases of litigation from which you are, however, honorably exonerated.
Mars in 12th House
Mars externalizes inherent tendencies. The twelfth house being the repository of all one's past karmic forces and future possibilities, the presence of Mars here brings these forces to the surface. This is done in order to neutralize them so that you may be liberated from their binding effect. During this process you may often be unprepared to bear the pressure; your reaction creates further binding.
Under the influence of Mars, you have the freedom either to liberate yourself from bondage and begin a new life or become more deeply immersed in layers of materiality. But if you have already cleared your past debts and no further undesirable forces are pending, your spiritual tendencies surface. In that case, you show genuine tendencies toward spirituality.
Under negative conditions, you may be possessed by anger, lustful behavior, animosity against friends, depravity and criminality. When these tendencies are bravely faced, you may possibly free yourself to enter the heavenly gates of divine pleasure. If your past is already full of spiritual merit, the Martian effect will externalize it, and you may be an inspiring spirit who helps others progress courageously. It is possible that some physical illness may afflict you if you have the seed of such an illness in your karmic past, even while you are engaged in your spiritual mission.
Whoever has Mars in the 12th will be fortunate in respect of brother. You may be a glutton and sexy, but get little pleasure from your spouse. A second marriage comes. You are truthful, generous, and excited and may be the founder of some organization.
You might be without progeny or have few children, and no sons. Traveling abroad is indicated, and you get success at age 26. You are frank, but somewhat crude. Danger of falls, poison, accidents, headaches, blood impurities, secret vice, and dyspepsia in old age are indicated.
There will be no accumulation of wealth. You may lose through theft, advances or misplacement. Mars in the 12th house brings about financial ruin. It attacks with such weapons, so severely and powerfully that even the strongest body shows the wound marks.
This placement may indicate rumors to defame, scandals, disputes, strife or jealousy, trouble through servants, fear and sorrow due to dependence, and a life of misfortunes. You may suffer immediate loss of wealth. Beware of danger from thieves, burglars, weapons, and enemies.
You are base, and depraved by own actions, and have a desire to extort others' wealth. Your eyes are transient, your mind restless, and you are mobile, cheerful, strong, prosperous, debauch, despondent and successful in gaining your end.
You are hostile, and may be without wealth and spouse, are rude with own family members, aggressive, inconsiderate, and always tense. You may divulge secret information to the enemies and get contempt and imprisonment. You might die in seclusion or prison. You have the reputation of being a trouble creator amongst your friends by giving them wrong advice.
You are extravagant, atheist, cruel, wicked and crafty, a boaster, and travel far. This placement denotes possible injury to left eye, ear, hand or foot of the spouse. If this Mars is well posited, the wound marks are short lived, if ill aspected or associated, they remain for a long time. Death of paternal uncles is indicated.
You are wrathful, sexy, crippled, infidel, jealous of friends and relatives, unfriendly, agitated, disabled and suffer loss of reputation and wealth at age 45. You may suffer from troubles in throat, ears and eyes, blood infection, feverish complaints, cataract or heat stroke on eyes. Beware of secret or treacherous enemies, misadventures, accidents, slander, or scandal. Mars here indicates expenditure through enemies, crimes etc.
Mars in Lunar Mansion '17 Anuradha-3'
You may set your mind on sensual enjoyment and enjoy the favor of rich friends. You are attractive, pleasant, loved by your parents, and wealthy.
Mercury in Aries 5°46'49"
You are a quick thinker and like to speak your mind without delay. You love learning but you don't like to tarry on any one subject. If something doesn't come quickly to the mind you don't pursue it. This may lead to an attachment to entertainment, rather than deep study.
Mercury in Aries with Sagittarius ascendent
Mercury will make you talkative and interested in law, economics, commerce, astrology and journalism; but, more importantly, it will provide you with property derived from your spouse. You will have some bright children, but your education and intelligence may not be very helpful to your career.
Mercury in 5th House
There will be happiness on account of children.
Mercury in Lunar Mansion '1 Ashwini-2'
You will derive much happiness from children. You acquire knowledge in various subjects and may renounce the world after 35 years of age.
Jupiter in Capricorn 2°01'24"
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 Sagittarius ascendent
Jupiter loses it's strength in Capricorn. Therefore, it is weak and may not produce the readings assigned for it to this house.
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 '21 Uttara Ashadha-2'
Venus in Aries 10°58'12"
You are inclined to art, adventure and romance: More to the form than to the spirit. Warm-hearted and amorous to the extent of evil acts. Night blindness; cruel. Marital ties might lead to discord and differences. Pliable. Suspicious and harsh. Impulsive-hasty attachments. Status in army or community.
Venus in Aries with Sagittarius ascendent
Venus will make you more sociable, interested in the fine arts, poetry, perfumes and good company, but your intellectual attainments will be mediocre. You will have children and live within the immediate circle of your family. You will, however, at some time be involved in a scandal.
Venus in 5th House
Venus is more concerned with sensual enjoyment than accepting responsibility. Under its influence, you are more interested in appreciating or patronizing the arts than in creating them, and more inclined to romance than the duties of parenthood. You will have more daughters than sons, and will be wealthy and cultured.
Your goal in life is not concerned with the attainment of spiritual awareness or an enduring reputation: immediate gain, sociability, respectability and sensual enjoyment motivate you. Venus in the 5th house indicates success in love affairs, lasting pleasures out of life, fruitful union and beautiful children, name and fame through off-spring, and social accomplishments through entertainment, concerts and gatherings.
Gains through speculation, investments, art and music, children, schools and playgrounds are also indicated. You may be blessed with noble sons, financial gain, success and the capacity to compose classics. Early birth of a son is possible. This placement can give sudden and large gain, the ability to recite poetry in assemblies and opportunities for delicious food. You have faithful friends, are lustful, effluent, and an advisor or lawyer.
You are good-looking, blessed with many vehicles, and learned and skilled in art and poetry. You get royal honor, are rich, skilled, a capable leader, politician or diplomat and dexterous in amorous sport. You are learned in various sciences, prosperous, proud and charitable, tactful, just and fair. There might be loss of reputation at some times in your life.
Venus in Lunar Mansion '1 Ashwini-4'
A fine actor, musician or a musical instrumentalist. You will have good writing ability.
Saturn in Pisces 4°51'13"
Interest in handicrafts, recognized by relatives and friends, calm and quiet, reserved and secretive, diplomatic, rich, religious, courteous, sane, fortitude, overcomes difficulties, hindrance and disreputation. Unfortunate links; efforts unproductive, mental suffering at times. All these make you practical, intuitive and optimistic.
Saturn in Pisces with Sagittarius ascendent
You attain a high social standing and your position is important in the material world.
Saturn in 4th House
You might live in foreign countries in old and dilapidated houses and will be cold-hearted at times. Possible illness of young and well-settled son and loss of wealth are indicated. You can expect fortune after accumulated wealth and gains or success after age 36 till 56. You might adopt a son and get success in foreign land. Success and gain might come at age 16, 22, 24, 27, and 36 and physical pain at age 8, 18, 22, 28, 40, and 52. You are generally large-hearted, quiet, sober, lofty, patient, not avaricious, just, virtuous, hospitable, and generous which might lead to poverty in old age, but does not turn you away from benevolence. This Saturn denotes difficulties and trouble through property, legacy or mines. Acquisitiveness and denial of worldly success are indicated, as well as contrary domestic and family affairs. There will be little success against heavy odds and responsibilities without reward. You have a strong tendency towards asceticism at the close of life and a general lack of interest in worldly affairs. You may be separated from your mother, and then live a life of unhappiness and lack of wealth with a stepmother. An inheritance from the mother may be blocked or there may be some holdup. Loss of reputation, property, and vehicles may come at times. You are a source of worry for your parents. Mental anguish comes from allegations and criticism from other people. A tendency towards gloom, sorrow, laziness, strife and dispute are some of the more negative personal traits. You feel powerless at times. Some type of heart problem may appear. Though you may be good at heart, there is much karmic retribution coming that you can't seem to control and which causes serious fallout with others, then resulting in sorrow. Following a regulated, humble, religious life will counter this.
Saturn in Lunar Mansion '26 Uttara Bhadrapada-1'
Rahu in Scorpio 24°12'13"
Rahu in Scorpio with Sagittarius ascendent
Rahu arouses conditions in which you have to stand alone in the world. There is no one to share your pleasures and sorrows. You fight incessantly to retrieve divine nectar from the fleeting world of the senses: you struggle to bring some order into this mad world. If the supporting planets are adverse, the chances are that you may become mentally disturbed, commit heinous crimes, and finally land in prison.
Rahu in 12th House
Rahu in the twelfth house of redemption makes the physical life difficult and upsets all established order. The expected course of life is not followed and you are forced to adopt a way of life in which there is much suffering, physical debility and psychological helplessness. Your movement is restricted, and mental anguish often becomes acute. But the ordeals of life caused by Rahu provide you with the celestial nectar.
After a big psychological purging, you receive a spiritual bath and are anointed into the secret mysteries of life. From the material standpoint, Rahu in the twelfth house is considered inauspicious, suggesting that the purging operation manifests through immoral acts and unfortunate events. In the ordeal of the spiritual path, such difficulties are necessary. Rahu functions as a karmic agent, producing trials so that the latent spirituality which is the true influence of the twelfth house may emerge. You are miserable, and however hard you may work, you do not get any success or gain, rather suffer losses, but ultimately you succeed in your desires and ambitions. You are the friend of the wicked and knave and enemy of the good and noble. You are very humble.
You have sharp pain in ribs and suffer from acute bilious pain in the chest and heart. With best effort you can not modify your early life, but the latter part is most fruitful. You are quarrelsome, idle, a debtor, cunning, immodest, rich, benevolent, and may suffer from ailment of the eyes, a wound in the feet, and a slur on the family. You waste away your time and energy, but you can meet your demand if you stay in one place. Much traveling and separation from spouse and family are indicated. You may be ugly and shabby. Beware of being robbed by lowly tribals.
You might be separated from your maternal uncle. You feel repentant after losing temper. You are inert, weak, hostile to relatives, and tend to cheat and ill-spend money. You are very handsome, and prosperous but suffer from opthalmia or iritis. You have few sons and troubles and punishment are indicated . This Rahu denotes gain through social affairs, and is good for spiritualism. Your birth may have been unnatural.
Rahu in Lunar Mansion '18 Jyeshtha-3'
You possess the ability to express your ideas and make others understand them. You will care little for material benefit.
Ketu in Taurus 24°12'13"
Ketu in Taurus with Sagittarius ascendent
Ketu will transform basic sensitivity into philosophical perception. Under its influence, you will absorb and transmute all the misfortunes of the path. You may be burdened by blackmail and criticism, and at times may have to undergo physical hardships, but you will hold your head high despite worries.
Ketu in 6th House
Ketu in this position affects the mental principle and enables you to develop the powers of abstract thinking. Deeper levels of contemplation, often leading to the higher realms where one solves the abstruse problems of one's inner life, may result from such a combination. Under this planetary influence you may achieve a remarkable conceptualization of abstract principles and a formulation of universal laws, but the problems of life are likely to mar your thinking. The final days are often sorrowful, full of physical suffering and a realization of the futility of human endeavor.
You experience enormous difficulties in life, and considerable humiliation during major periods of your earthly existence. It denotes discomfiture and disillusionment through maternal uncle and destruction of enemies. You might get some land-related wealth, but stay a pauper anyway. You have sound health and recover soon, if there is any ailment.
You get little gain, success and pleasure from the maternal in-laws. You possess animals or the means of business, or conveyances. You tend to be free from sickness, worry and wealth. You are successful in most heated debates and discussions. You are dear to relatives, large-hearted, skilled, reputed, and receive honor and fame through knowledge.
Some financial gain is indicated. You are firm, a high officer, and enjoy expediency. Trouble in teeth and lips are indicated and you may suffer from physical affliction. You might have unfaithful servants and at time experience losses through small animals; beware of danger from insects, reptiles or animals.
Ketu in Lunar Mansion '5 Mrigashira-1'
Your life may be full of anxieties. You cannot accumulate wealth by your own effort. However, you will spend a peaceful and happy life, mainly due to the financial stability of your children and the benefits you derive from this. You may have difficulties with your eyes during middle age.
Uranus in Aries 15°14'59"
Uranus in Aries with Sagittarius ascendent
Uranus in 5th House
Uranus in Lunar Mansion '2 Bharani-1'
Neptune in Leo 23°51'06"
Neptune in Leo with Sagittarius ascendent
Neptune in 9th House
Neptune in Lunar Mansion '11 Purva Phalguni-4'
Pluto in Cancer 3°30'55"
Pluto in Cancer with Sagittarius ascendent
Pluto in 8th House
Pluto in Lunar Mansion '8 Pushya-1'