William Taft
Politician, US President, Jurist
BornSep 15, 1857 9:46 AM GMT-5.6E0
Cincinnati, OH USA [39°06'00", -84°30'60"]
Birth time source: Unconfirmed
Ayanamsa: -21°52'01"
Planets,
Signs,
Nakshatras
Lagna in Libra 11°22'38"
A Libra Ascendant usually bestows a long face, an attractive appearance, tender eyes and sparsely set teeth. You are generally above average height, lean and thin. Mentally, you are disorganized, emotionally unstable and socially unbalanced. You are extravagant, generous, helpful and simple at heart. You crave social contact and the assurance that other people need you. You are also subject to contradictory thoughts and actions. You are fond of justice and law, but easily irritated. Your friends and benefactors tend to be well positioned individuals, but you can also associate with dishonest people who, unfortunately, might stick with you for years. Physically you appear strong and healthy, but you may secretly suffer from diseases relating to the loins and kidneys, and should take precaution against urinary tract infections. You may have a strong desire for artistic achievement, but fail to actualize it. Saturn is a very powerful planet for you. Jupiter is not very good. You are fond of helping the lowly, and so much so that you may use base acts to achieve your goals. You respect spiritual leaders, because they respect principle centered persons, but you are often too driven to stick strictly to principles yourself, but would rather see to it that the objective gets carried out.
Lagna in Lunar Mansion '15 Swati-2'
The Star ruling your Moon or Ascendant is Swati.
Physical features: one of the peculiar features of Swati born is that the under part of the feet will appear to be curved and the ankle risen. You will have an attractive appearance. Character and general events: you are a peace loving person, but adamant and independent. You respect others property. You may be uneasy with criticism of your work. You may have trouble controlling your temper once you lose it. A proper balance of mind will result in a more positive life. You are willing to extend a helping hand to others provided your own freedom is not questioned. You give respect unconditionally. You are the best friend in need and worst enemy of the hated. You do not hesitate to take revenge on the persons who are against you. You may experience difficult times in childhood. You initially try to give help and protection to those close to you, but later change your mind because of harsh criticism.
Education, sources of earning/profession: your intelligence and capacity to do the work are excellent. You may suffer, financially and mentally, even if born in a wealthy family, until your 25th year. However, you may not experience much progress, in profession or business up to the age of 30 years. Thereafter you will have a golden period up to your 60th year. You may earn through the profession of gold smith, traveler or pharmacist.
Family life: your married life may not be so congenial. To outsiders it may seem that you are the most adjustable couple, but in reality you are not. Health: you will have very good health. You may suffer from common human diseases.
Sun in Virgo 0°48'27"
Overall feminine physique, scholarly attributes, physical smallness, devoted to the father, expert writing abilities, knowledge, and the desire to serve the elders. It also gives ability in the upkeep of vehicles, skill in ancient wisdom, singing and playing music and a kindly manner of acting and speaking.
Sun in Virgo with Libra ascendent
When the Sun occupies this sign, you do not remain interested in your profession. You want to do something otherworldly, to experiment with your life, to sacrifice yourself for the upliftment of your fellow men. If you die in this pursuit you will consider it a pleasure and a privilege. You have a deep interest in spirituality and the occult sciences.
Sun in 12th House
You are interested in the real essence of manifestation. Having withdrawn from the objective plane of existence, the soul dwells in subjective reality. It produces spiritual forces strong enough to counteract or restrict development along purely materialistic lines. Since one's father represents the creative energy in man and thus leads to the furtherance of manifested creation, the Sun (father) in the twelfth is not favorable for your biological father, nor do you spend your vital energy in creative channels.
You withdraw from the path of going forth, on which you get involved in materiality. You are not interested in money, marriage, social status, and so on. Some may therefore consider you anti-social.
You are free from physical pain, but eye troubles are indicated. You are victorious in competition, self-controlled and successful in everything you lay your hand on including obscure or unpopular occupations.
This placement denotes trouble from uncle who may meet danger in journey. Your eyes and uncle are hard hit. Unexpected loss of wealth or a strange sickness may be on the way.
You possess a mercurial temperament, are convert and heretic, scared of leaders and thieves, anti-social and irreligious. You are blessed with a son and fortitude. You may be physically deformed, are a wanderer, foolish, sexy, debauch, and cruel.
Your spouse may be barren, hostility to your father is indicated, and you tend to be weak and mean.
Sun in the 12th causes damage to the right eye. Much expenditure through the government (by way of taxes, fines etc.) is indicated.
Sun in Lunar Mansion '12 Uttara Phalguni-2'
You are a good writer and philosopher.
Moon in Cancer 29°50'12"
You are industrious, but sensitive to surroundings, affluent, brave, short but set, devoted to preceptor and mother and fond of traveling. Your life is full of struggles and obstacles, you are sociable, have strong feelings and emotions terminating into poetry or music, deal in liquids, chemicals and stay near water. You are short-tempered and might suffer from headaches. You are fortunate, valorous, endowed with nice residences, have friends, go on journeys, have astrological knowledge, are sensuous, grateful, an advisor, truthful, live abroad, are passionate, have a hairy body, are fond of water and flowers, interested in construction of houses and other necessities of nice living.
Moon in Cancer with Libra ascendent
With the Moon in this sign, peace descends on you. There is no tension, and whoever comes in contact with you feels specially charmed. You do not command, but you are so pious and sympathetic that your wish becomes more compelling than any direct order could be. Your associates are of high intelligence, moral conduct, and purity of intention. Those who are of shady character fall out with you. Professionally, you go through changes; your output is variable; you travel extensively. You may write beautiful poetry blending mysticism and romance.
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 '9 Ashlesha-4'
The Star ruling your Ascendant or Moon is Ashlesha.
Character and general events: you will have difficulty showing gratitude. You may be of a duplicitous nature. You will possess the gift of intriguing speech. You have the qualifications of a leader, possibly as a politician. You will be very intelligent. There is also an indication of being soft spoken and meek. But your external shyness may be misunderstood by others as arrogance. You are not easily swayed by others. Be cautious of this trait when dealing with those of questionable character. You do not keep any distinction between rich or poor, good or bad.
You work well independently and would be suited towards managerial positions. You are not of a cheating nature, but are often mistaken by others. You have difficulty distinguishing between those who are truly in need and those who are not. You enjoy being recognized for your good deeds. You will be lucky and popular, but have difficulty controlling your temper. You may lose it at inappropriate times and remain silent when it may be necessary. You will have difficulty enjoying your fortune, mainly due to poor association. You will be the recipient of anonymous donations.
Education, sources of income/profession: you may have your education in arts or commerce. In the professional field, you will get speedy promotions and sudden reversals. A heavy loss of money at the age of 35 or36 is indicated and unexpected and unearned income when you are 40 years old.
Family life: you will have to shoulder much of the family responsibilities, due mainly to your being the eldest. You may experience some miscommunication with your spouse in the realm of finances.
Health: you may suffer from intestinal disorders. Be aware of addictive tendencies with intoxication.
General results of being born in Ashlesha Nakshatra: you will possess the quality of a penetrating glare.
There is difficulty for both the father and mother together in a short span of time. Also, you may find that sometimes you earn your money in ways which you must keep somewhat secret, and that also may take place far away from your place of birth.
Mars in Leo 0°16'45"
You are frank, active, conscientious, a good leader, gain through speculation, insurance and companies, are friendly, over enthusiastic, firm and adventurous. Love for new ideas, music. Mars in Leo is intense. You are impatient, valorous, grabbing others money and children, like forests, lose your first spouse, are bereft of children, devoid of charitable acts and always active in your occupation.
Mars in Leo with Libra ascendent
With Mars in this sign you will be influential and wealthy. Your collection of precious stones will be extensive and very worthy. Your life, in spite of a great urge for social work, will be lonely and without much support from your family members.
Mars in 11th House
Whenever Mars occupies the eleventh house you invariably become rich and chivalrous. You attain a financial status much higher than that of your ancestors. You are determined to earn money, and achieve it through your own efforts. Such a person is self-made. You are a very able organizer and possess gold, rubies, and vehicles. Though self-discipline rules your life and you have very active habits, you may not rule out the possibility of occasional sexual escapades. You earn money through your own efforts and acquire a large circle of friends. Mars in the 11th makes the whole chart stronger, but is not good for children and enemies, as they both suffer under its influence. Your facial deformity developed during illness is accredited as a beauty mark conditioned by your financial position. You are acclaimed by adversaries. To conceal your wealth and guard against jealousy, you are shabbily dressed. You are invincible and get grief through children, and pleasure through wealth, land and conveyance. Gain through personal wealth only is indicated. You are talented, fortunate, gallant, modest and prosperous. You are blessed with gold, copper, coral, red livery, conveyances, government favors, happiness and respect. You are wealthy and blessed with sons. Mars in the 11th house promotes growth; you live on delicacies and are healthy and devoted to learned and angelic people. You are vocal, sexy, rich and gallant, learned and honest. Enemies become friends. You are God-fearing, benevolent, reputed, firm, sharp, and easily excited. If Mars is exalted or strong in this house, you are fortunate, charitable, and wealthy. You are fond of the opposite sex and music, dejected and inert. Danger comes from thieves and fire. You get wealth at age 24. You have to deal with troubles from sons and fibroids in the stomach. You are glorious like the Sun and prosperous like a king, which can develop in confidence also. Gains from travel, courage, fire or arms, gold, jewels, and trade in ornamental clothes of silk are indicated. You have attendants, are sexy, scholarly and lover of truth. The eleventh house denotes friends, but they may be unfaithful, and you experience loss and trouble through them. This denotes strife, hostility and deaths amongst them. Unpopularity. You tend to have healthy relations, if Mars in this house is well aspected. If other planets are afflicting or adverse, there is violation of friendship, treachery, litigation, wrong advice, financial loss through rashness, and overindulgence with them. If this Mars is in watery signs trouble through friend is indicated. If it is in fiery signs you gain through speculation, lottery, race, and game of chance. Mars in this house develops self-control. You are very industrious and wealthy and gain through your personal qualities.
Mars in Lunar Mansion '10 Magha-1'
You may enter a government service and earn a reasonable living. Your family life may be strained.
Mercury in Virgo 24°38'38"
Your intelligence or deeper thinking capacity is very strong, giving you understanding of finer things, original thinking, retentive memory, and fondness for discussion and literature.
Mercury in Virgo with Libra ascendent
Mercury will make you a man with a mission. Some divine purpose or spiritual duty will direct you abroad, where you may achieve lasting glory. You will be an intellectual with a tremendous organizing capacity. You will have the immense vitality necessary to bear the troubles of unknown lands and unexplored regions. Your life will be a success for society. Personally, you may have a strong fascination for young and attractive members of the opposite sex.
Mercury in 12th House
Mercury helps you receive cosmic inspiration and thus it is always creative. It is a neutral planet, as it does not contribute anything of its own, but transfers subjective messages into objective manifestation and transmutes objective experiences into subjective awareness. In this state, the occupancy of the twelfth by Mercury can be effective whether the soul is withdrawing from the path of materialization, or whether it is pursuing it. For this reason, one finds that you are a skilled craftsman, succeeding in what you do, interested in religious activities, but also able to deceive others. This planet contributes only what you have already acquired. Mercury in the 12th is good for getting in contact with righteous persons and for warding off losses and failures. You spend on good causes, and the learned persons like you. Your failures come of your own misdeeds. You may even turn against your own people to follow your path. You may feel hostility towards your own kinsmen or society and go against them. You are true to your word and learned. You might go against social code to earn your living. You are skilled in noble acts, and interested in spiritual things or divine sciences. Ultimately success comes. Fear from government or authority is present. Mercury here indicates expenditure on education.
Mercury in Lunar Mansion '14 Chitra-1'
You will have virtues in abundance and will be protected from all calamities of life. You may suffer from intestinal disorders or upper respiratory ailments.
Jupiter in Aries 23°55'14"
You successfully achieve intellectual and material growth as a fixed aim of life through friends and others. Gain through speculation, patrimony, children and partner. Name and fame through religious links and even enemies. Peaceful and much traveling; great authority.
Jupiter in Aries with Libra ascendent
Jupiter will enable you to taste the nectar of immortality of spiritual wisdom and married life will be a means of fulfilling social and spiritual obligations, though there will be little enjoyment and many obligations.
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 '2 Bharani-4'
You live on agricultural produces and Will be cunning and exploit others.
Venus in Cancer 22°12'22"
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 Libra ascendent
There may be a great urge for sensual pleasure and sexual gratification, which becomes the chief motivating factor in your social interactions. Your interest and skill in the fine arts, musical talent, and eminent social status are all directed towards securing personal pleasure.
Venus in 10th House
You will be enabled to establish an immediate rapport with others. You can have an intuitive perception of the special requirements of people coming into your sphere. At the same time, you will have knowledge of nature's harmonizing effects. Together, these two faculties can produce captivating actors, political leaders, and practical scientists, as well as great reformers who may change the world. You have an almost hypnotic power over people.
Fine arts, dancing, and literary composition result from Venus; interior decorators and even successful psychotherapists are born under this influence as well. Venus in 10th performs many religious sacrifices, or may make you a senior officer in the government or in whatever you do. You are fortunate, a good and eloquent debater, and have a rich and noble partner.
This placement may indicate gain through mother, general prosperity, and love for art and music. You are mentally balanced and scrupulous, amiable, sweet, social, pleasant and harmonious, respected and popular. There is a chance of marriage to someone above your own status, and you are successful with the opposite sex. You are blessed with parents and a happy home life.
Occupations like beauty centers etc. are indicated. You tend to be of artistic, refined and cultural taste. Business activities are generally connected with feminine things, like adornment, jewelry, finery, luxury, beauty and amusement. You may suffer loss of business through own illusions. You are amassing wealth through strife and begging. This placement can indicate family decay, loss of wealth due to many misconceptions, and disrespecting good advice from people with more experience in life, strife with the enemy.
This Venus denotes wealth and several noble friends, you are rich, clean of heart and mind, get name and fame and success in business. You are effective, fortunate, respected, and regular in daily chores including meditation. You endear your spouse and children, are sensuous, look charming in army dress and find sources of enjoyment and sexual pleasure even in the jungle.
You receive respect, wealth, and reputation through your manliness or womanness. You are known for your all round wisdom and may get state recognition as a super man/woman, are impressive, fortunate, charming and attractive, and skilled in composition of poetry. You tend to participate in various functions, and are learned and thoughtful. You are glorious, benevolent, strong-willed, and own good vehicles, precious stones and jewelry.
Venus in Lunar Mansion '9 Ashlesha-2'
This placement indicates a number of spouses and that you are full of sexual passion, and ultimately feel sorrow because of it. Old age will be spent in a more lonely fashion however.
Saturn in Cancer 3°50'49"
Hardships and difficulties in early life, motherless, noble partner, reputed, absence of enemies, opposition from relatives, gentle, affluence in later life, a rolling stone.
Saturn in Cancer with Libra ascendent
You have almost transcended the limitations of your personality and you are inspired to work for a cause. Detachment gives you vitality, clarity, and direction. This planetary position unifies the emotional nature with training and involvement in social interaction. You command great respect from people, especially because of your integrity.
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 '8 Pushya-1'
This placement is not beneficial for good family relations. You will be independent in nature, courageous, and work hard for your wealth. You may be of middle stature and simple features.
Rahu in Pisces 5°17'24"
Rahu in Pisces with Libra ascendent
Rahu will enable you to have knowledge of the secret sciences and mysteries of nature, but the combination will not help to acquire money or property. You will have the support of many powerful persons, as a result of which you will successfully overcome various adversaries you may have to face.
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 '26 Uttara Bhadrapada-1'
You may have a defective vision, will be unprincipled and unscrupulous, and have few children. However, you will be helpful to others.
Ketu in Virgo 5°17'24"
Ketu in Virgo with Libra ascendent
Ketu will enable you to communicate with supernatural powers. As such, you may be considered crazy, a person without mental composure.
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 '12 Uttara Phalguni-3'
You will be reasonably learned and have an interest in occultism, astrology or astronomy. You may be employed as a clerk typist or steno-typist. You may get an unexpected jump in your profession after your 40th year of age.
Uranus in Taurus 7°17'50"
Uranus in Taurus with Libra ascendent
Uranus in 8th House
Uranus in Lunar Mansion '3 Krittika-4'
Neptune in Aquarius 29°21'18"
Neptune in Aquarius with Libra ascendent
Neptune in 5th House
Neptune in Lunar Mansion '25 Purva Bhadrapada-3'
Pluto in Aries 14°28'48"
Pluto in Aries with Libra ascendent
Pluto in 7th House
Pluto in Lunar Mansion '2 Bharani-1'