W. Somerset Maugham

W. Somerset Maugham

(1874-1965)
      



W. Somerset MaughamW. Somerset Maugham
Lagna in Pisces 1°37'27"
Pisces in the first house creates a bridge through which celestial benediction flows, giving blessings and impelling you to do good for humanity. In fact, unless this is your life's pursuit, you seem miserable and mentally disturbed. You face many difficulties during your childhood and adult years. But fortune smiles on you in old age, and a glow of satisfaction and maturity radiates from your face. Generally speaking, you are healthy, learned, respected in society, and sympathetic to your associates and relations. Your marriage partner is usually clever and tactful, but you enjoy other clandestine relationships. Your status is high and people look to you for advice and guidance. Your vitality may run low, you may have eye troubles, and your sources of income are not always legitimate. You will be fortunate, have a nice nose and small eyes, be interested in mundane knowledge and poetry, be respectable, famous, have exposed lips and teeth, be tormented, courteous, trustworthy, have pure conduct, possess higher knowledge, be courageous, have (more) daughters, be modest, gently disposed and mighty, have knowledge of music and sexual union, be virtuous, liberal, gain through brothers and will have good relatives.
Lagna 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.
Sun in Capricorn 13°12'23"
This brings the following general characteristics, which get modified by specific aspects and other placements in your chart: This is average or below average of help to the overall life, causing interest in low class persons, greed, working in low jobs, timidity, lacking relatives, being fickle, a wandering mentality and weakness. You are endowed with various deeds, will lose everything due to conflicts with your relatives and will be a voracious eater.
Sun in Capricorn with Pisces ascendent
You will attain success over enemies, be free from diseases and will be bereaved due to separation from a child.
The Sun in this sign is extremely weak, and incapable of arousing higher feelings in your heart unless supported by other influences. You work in servitude and do not benefit from it.
Sun in 11th House
The Sun in this house is not good for the elder brother. You get wealth, recognition and goodwill from the government or those who are superior and more powerful than you in status. You rise through them and are benefited by them. You are a self-made person of some note. You will be blessed with gains, material welfare and general prosperity and a handsome spouse.

Your reputation is increased by holding public appointment or positions of responsibility. Loyal mind and honesty of purpose. For all this, you invite jealousy from enemies. Grief, on account of offspring, may be due to several reasons: They may be short-lived, foolish, illiterate, quarrelsome or sickly or you may be separated from them. You are virtuous, righteous, God-fearing, learned, fond of art and music and a leader. You can discriminate right from wrong. You are thin and lean and will be blessed with conveyances at an early age.

You will be interested in gathering money, you are strong, will dislike others, be devoid of servants and affection, be modest and will be successful in undertakings. You will conquer competitors with your valor and be so pleasing in appearance that good looking mates will lose their hearts for you and be after you. You will live long, acquire sudden wealth and be very opulent.
Sun in Lunar Mansion '22 Shravana-1'
Moon in Aries 17°49'03"
You will be active, dynamic, aggressive and desire control. Your Moon sign indicates that you can be bold, generous, wealthy, grateful, positive, self-reliant, have good imagination, and are changeable, restless, impulsive, enterprising. You may be the director of a company. You may have a fear of water and experience trouble with the opposite sex. You may have multiple intimate partners. You will have a golden colored body and are endowed with lasting wealth, less brothers and sisters, are valorous, self-respected, auspicious, prosperous, libidinous, have weak legs, little hair, are fickle minded, will strive for honor as your wealth, may have sons rather than daughters, are friendly, wounded on the head, and won over by the female energy.
Moon in Aries with Pisces ascendent
You will enjoy Raja Yoga.
You may not possess much wealth, and your education may be impeded, but you will have to support a large family nevertheless. The feeling of helplessness which arises from a shortage of money will not sour your social respectability. You will enjoy status that will not depend on material possessions: Your empathy for others will make you honorable and respected.
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 '2 Bharani-2'
Bharani, the star over your Ascendant or Moon brings the following characteristics: You are generally not well-liked, in spite of the fact that you are pure hearted and do not harm anyone. When you want to express your opinion in any matter, you are just not bothered about the sentiment of others. You will not like to get anything for yourself by buttering. Come what may, you are not ready to work against your consciousness whether you are, according to others, right or wrong. Due to this attitude you have to face a lot of resistance and failures. You won't hesitate to spoil the relationship even with near and dear ones on small matters. But when you are convinced of your fault, you will completely forget your enmity and start reciprocating sincerely. Tactful behavior is alien to you. You are far away from a state of obedience. Arrogance quite often leads to miseries. Subordination is equal to death for you. When you have to bow to others, you become pensive. Advice and encouragement have no room in your mind. You will generally be having a good all around education, and you have the capacity to go deep into any matter. You will shine well in public life. You tend to face criticism and loss of wealth. You like to command others and will always be eager to establish supremacy. You cannot march forward without hurdles and will have to face stiff competition, and in the long run will quite often have to face failure. To others, you may appear to be arrogant, but the truth is that you are pure hearted.

Life is full of ups and downs. It is advisable that you do not get involved in unnecessary arguments or competition. You will fight for certain principles, which will ultimately lead to trouble. You are fond of spreading rumors and wasting time by humors. There will not be any good or bad periods for long time. In short you have to face a life of good and bad always. You are quite capable of looking after others but you need someone to look after you. Ultimately friends turn against you. You cannot establish permanent relationships with anyone. There is never a permanent good or bad time.

After 33 years of age, there will be a positive change in your surroundings, in life overall, and in livelihood. You are fit for any type of work, particularly in administrative job, business, agriculture and small scale industries. You may make money through sports, music, art advertisement, automobile, restaurants or you can also be a good surgeon or judge. You can be successful in the business of tobacco items or cultivation of tobacco. You will attain success in all undertakings, provided you establish or start any activity by proceeding to the eastern direction first. The place of activity or business may also be in the eastern side or eastern direction from your house.

Marriage comes around 27 years of age. You are fortunate in conjugal bliss. Your spouse will be expert in household administration and well-behaved. Your spouse must save money for a rainy day, as you may make some impulsive purchases, whether there is money left for other purposes or not. You love your family and dislike being away from family members even for a day.

While you do not take care of your health, there won't be any serious health problem. Main possible diseases are dental problem, diabetes and bodily pain, high fever, apoplexy. Normally, you are a very poor eater. You believe in the principle of 'eating to live', not 'living to eat '. You are afraid of water and you should be careful while traveling through water, bathing in rivers, ocean and ponds. Injury in the forehead and just around the eyes. Since you may be a chain smoker, you have to be careful about your lungs.
You will be happy in most parts of your life. You inherit wealth from your maternal grand-father. You have a good education. You get several opportunities to mingle with learned people and exchange ideas with them. In case of employed persons, you will be lucky having good, intelligent and considerate persons as your boss.
Mars in Aquarius 26°34'05"
You are rational, impressive, forceful in speech, and witty. Sometimes illogical, but generous. Interest in science, occult literature and philosophy. Firm and inventive. Interest in engineering and technology, medicine and surgery. Charitable and helpful. Frankness invites foes. You are devoid of affection and purity, look like an old person, die a bad death, are spiteful, jealous, untruthful, of afflicted speech, lose your wealth, have a hairy body, lose money in gambling, are unsightly, have a miserable profession, are fond of intoxication and unfortunate.
Mars in Aquarius with Pisces ascendent
Mars will sap your vital energy and make you suffer both physically and psychologically. You will be a miser, due either to lack of finances or acquisitive tendencies. Extramarital relationships will make a deep-rooted impact on your psyche.
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 '25 Purva Bhadrapada-2'
Mercury in Capricorn 6°55'57"
In your thinking or deeper consciousness, you know the sorrows and grief of the common people. You understand the plight of the working class, and probably your Karma is such, that you will live your life in that way or at least out of sympathy and compassion you will be coming for that consciousness, defending it and fighting for it.
Mercury in Capricorn with Pisces ascendent
Mercury arouses a strong desire to take part in humanitarian activities, but you are so burdened with family responsibilities that you cannot realize your cherished ideals. You will be a great support to your family, and in society you will be renowned for your generosity, despite your serious limitations.
Mercury in 11th House
Mercury enables you to earn money from trade and commerce, the legal profession, or any job where literary and mathematical abilities are needed; you may also make a good civil servant. You are quite sociable and your sharp mind may qualify you to become an astrologer.

You prefer the company of enlightened and intelligent people. You receive wealth from a considerate employer, a discerning friend or a maternal uncle. Your elder brother will be very encouraging to you and your special aptitudes for diplomacy, journalism and authorship will be recognized. This Mercury is propitious. Gain through craft, writing or business is indicated.

After age 19 there will be gain of property, progeny and wealth. You get a lot of property, are learned, fortunate, with plenty of enjoyment, have fascinating spouses, are skillful, sharp, and a favorite of your own people. You have poor appetite, are cheerful, scholarly, rich, gentle, sensuous and always gaining. You are free from sickness, happy, cordial, renowned, talented, and studious.

If Mercury is in the 11th house, you get longevity, wealth, happiness, faithful attendants and are committed. You lead a life of real luxury and pleasure, and are courteous, strong and eager to acquire all knowledge. Gain of wealth at age 45 is indicated. You have more daughters, are a well-wisher of your own people, infirm, rich, dear to the opposite sex, handsome, dark-complexioned with beautiful eyes, sensual, affluent, modest, pleasure loving, gentle, strong, and have knowledge of several disciplines. (Not to be taken too literally for sure.)
Mercury in Lunar Mansion '21 Uttara Ashadha-4'
Jupiter in Virgo 9°33'21"
Choosy about friends, analytical mind, observant, promising, much traveling. Unorthodox about marriage partner. Gains through literary pursuits and speculation in commercial investments. Ailments of bowels and lack of concentration.
Jupiter in Virgo with Pisces ascendent
Jupiter will impart ethics with intelligence, thus leading you to involvement in public service. You will have a loving spouse, respectable status, and honor from the state; you will be in much demand because of your personal character.
Jupiter in 7th House
You are respectable, wealthy, educated and virtuous. Marital happiness will probably be there for you. Fidelity depends on aspects from other planets. Your spouse will be deeply devoted to you. Jupiter in the 7th house can bring a chance of serious danger in the 21st year.
Jupiter in Lunar Mansion '12 Uttara Phalguni-4'
You attain a high political position, will be surrounded by worldly paraphernalia and become very famous. You will have good children and a number of good friends. You may suffer from heart trouble or blood disorder.
Venus in Capricorn 6°09'24"
Impotent, foolish, attached to partners older in age; weak, fear, heart-trouble; serving attitude, trusted, gain through the employer. Often gives beauty in females, if placed in a good house and not afflicted by bad aspects. Gain and success through banking, stock-exchange, commerce etc. Trouble through marriage and high ambition. Your sense of beauty will not be the 'norm' but rather, shaped by an appreciation for the earthy, the basic, the third world, the deep, the working class.
Venus in Capricorn with Pisces ascendent
Venus will excite lascivious tendencies. You will be sociable in order to have your appetites satisfied. Though you are amiable and will be liked by your friends and associates, your covetousness will be so pronounced that you may seduce your friends' spouses and have affairs with older or divorced partners.
Venus in 11th House
There is a golden touch in everything you do and your association has a luxurious influence on everyone who comes within your sphere. Your friendship is consequently much sought after. Your social circle includes well-placed people who are always eager to promote your interests. You have special gifts for music, drama, and dance which endear you to all kinds of people. You obtain riches through the opposite sex, fine arts, and the perfume business.

Your success in life depends on your effective handling of people. Venus in the 11th house mostly gives favorable results. This denotes good luck after age 21 if born of lower class; after age 31, if born of higher class. You are a very modest, imposing personality, an eloquent speaker, wealthy, of spotless reputation, a warning to your enemies, and a governor. This indicates gain. You might have unnatural sex desires, are rich and live abroad.

You are skilled, blessed with an adorable spouse and children, strong and healthy, know no sorrow, have wealth and attendants, and are wise and expert in dance and music. You are a super-person, sensuous. righteous, charming and jovial, of lovely physic and attractive. Servants and attendants obey you.

You might gain through women in service positions who please the senses of their customers, or through traveling, and trade in silver and pearls, or through villages, city connections or construction work.

You are inclined to noble deeds and permissible conduct. You are mentally tense, religious, learned and God fearing. Abundant happiness, conveyances, family and fortune, gems and jewels are indicated. You gain through the government or agriculture, are a scholar, affluent, and generous. You get wealth and possess qualities like a good nature, are brilliant, renowned, truth loving, luxurious living, prosperous, predominating, a supreme authority, almost a leader, and of captivating looks and noble conduct. If Venus is weak, none of these blessings are experienced.

This Venus indicates gain and success through friends who would forward your interest by advise, their own goodwill and physical support. You may give music concerts at home.
Venus in Lunar Mansion '21 Uttara Ashadha-3'
You are just, sympathetic and courageous. You will be fond of dogs and pets. You indulge in excessive sexual acts, and may suffer some venereal disease. You are prone to tumor and diabetes. In certain cases asthma has also been noticed.
Saturn in Capricorn 13°02'12"
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 Pisces ascendent
Saturn may cause a break in your education and some sorrow from your children, but its effect on your general prosperity will be substantial. You will attain a coveted position in society, and will be wise and philosophical in temperament.
Saturn in 11th House
Saturn in the eleventh makes you rich. You are thoughtful and serious in everything you do, and keep excessive control over your actions and reactions. You are very persistent, and your desire to attain a high material position is also very intense. You can become a seasoned bureaucrat, but whatever your vocation, you will be almost one-pointed in achieving the goal you set for yourself. Callous behavior during the pursuit of that goal may also be expected; you acquire fixed assets and landed property as well. Your education is usually incomplete, but your innate intelligence and practical wisdom are remarkable. Trouble through sons is indicated. Most of the life is full of struggle - it may be due to friends, family or any body. With Saturn in the 11th house you are rich, long-living, brave and firm. You suffer from acute ailments only. You are a thousand times more cunning and a better manipulator than anybody, and constant and firm in respect of wealth, health and mind. You enjoys longevity, very cunning and you show your bravery in the competition arena. You may be childless. You are reputed, have noble friends, are merciful, benevolent, soft and sweet, thin, lean, contented, affluent and pleasure seeking. You get wealth through the government, and have plenty of attendants. Some income through agriculture or employment is indicated. You are contemplative and fortunate. You have to endure much ailment since childhood and there is danger from fire. You are learned in all the sciences, get state honor but are immodest. Education through learned people is indicated. You are a family person and live through handicraft. This Saturn denotes wealth, obstacles, land and recognition through the government.
Saturn in Lunar Mansion '22 Shravana-1'
You have a lean body, and are intelligent but selfish. You may get a large legacy from your in-laws, but still you are discontented and will urge for more wealth.
Rahu in Aries 18°52'36"
Rahu in Aries with Pisces ascendent
You suffer from mouth and speech diseases, but you will acquire wealth by surreptitious means and may live long.
Rahu in 2nd House
Rahu in the second house may cause you to stammer, become separated from your near and dear ones and brings poverty. You become a purveyor of fish, flesh, skins, nails, and products, that require a coarse heart and mind to work with. Humility will characterize your behavior. This placement promotes prosperity, gain trough legacy and inheritance, scientific abilities and learning. Success through property, employment and business is possible, as well as amicable and profitable business alliances.

You are poor, sick and get troubles through your son. Your complexion is dark. You have a tendency to be a liar, are fearless and a treasurer and are influenced by the wicked. With all your wealth, you may live in poverty and suffer strife and discord with the relatives which prompts you to conceal the truth. You have fear of weapons and enemies. You are dexterous, selfish, unhappy and unemployed in the birth place. You may become wealthy in foreign lands.

There will be much opposition and hard struggle to gain any success. You might suffer from speech defect, nose and throat problems, irregularly set teeth or tooth decay. Denotes gain and happiness through government favor or wealth through trade in fish. You may become a thief and are proud, harsh and very unfortunate. You live with the lowly people and are averse to friendly advise. Possible loss of wealth, poverty and wandering. You might talk too much in unpleasant ways, are offensive and often disagreeable. Gain through leather goods and stolen property and wealth through cattle.
Rahu in Lunar Mansion '2 Bharani-2'
Rahu in this position also confers high honor and recognition. The only difference is that your accumulated wealth is not lost. You earn from automobiles.
Ketu in Libra 18°52'36"
Ketu in Libra with Pisces ascendent
Ketu may subject you to sexual aberrations and to the possibility of disfiguring diseases if seriously afflicted.
Ketu in 8th House
Ketu involves you in 'secret matters.' Under this impulse you may join secret mystical societies, pursue occult studies, indulge in socially unapproved activities, or use unethical methods to attain your goals. You may even go so far as to engage in some type of cruelty, sexual abandon, or drunkenness. You are brilliant in games, in your job, by character and happiness.

You suffer from secret diseases, and of the face and teeth. You are brave and industrious, short-lived, separated from friends and experience strife, arm-wounds and much opposition.

This placement denotes danger from conveyances. You may suffer from piles and fistula etc. Fear and danger of fall from horseback is indicated. You have a difficult time paying back advances given as loan, have an eye on the wealth and the spouse of another and tend to be ailing, vicious and greedy.
Ketu in Lunar Mansion '15 Swati-4'
You will enjoy good power and authority and earn just what you need. You will have a happy family life.
Uranus in Cancer 16°33'16"
Uranus in Cancer with Pisces ascendent
Uranus in 5th House
Uranus in Lunar Mansion '8 Pushya-4'
Neptune in Aries 3°46'37"
Neptune in Aries with Pisces ascendent
Neptune in 2nd House
Neptune in Lunar Mansion '1 Ashwini-2'
Pluto in Aries 27°42'49"
Pluto in Aries with Pisces ascendent
Pluto in 2nd House
Pluto in Lunar Mansion '3 Krittika-1'


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