THOMAS MERTON
Jan 31, 1915 9:05 PM GMT0 DST/WT 0
Prads, FR
Geo: 44°13'00", 6°27'00"Ayanamsa: -22°40'09"
Planets,
Signs,
Nakshatras
Lagna in Virgo 9°23'49"
Virgo in the Ascendant allows the primordial feminine power to pour down into the individual's personality. You may not be constitutionally strong, but are pleasing in appearance, feminine by temperament, sharp in intellect, and capable of interpreting the thoughts of others. Given over to sensual pleasures, the spiritual quest will not be your forte. You like to be surrounded by respectable people, who could be famous as authors, tradesmen, lawyers, diplomats and even martyrs. You may attain material prosperity and be honored outside your immediate surroundings and country. You can be easily frustrated, and your passionate nature often leads to serious psychological complications. You may even have a psychopathic personality and often found to be deceitful, critical, manipulative and covetous of other people's wealth. You are full of anxiety for the world at large and usually do not have many children. You will be gentle, skillful in music, poetry and fine arts and in training or teaching others, be a sweet speaker, a liar, be affectionate, interested in charitable works and serving others, be endowed with goodness, enjoy others' wealth, wander, have a female's disposition, be modest, attempt to enlarge your landed properties, be fortunate, sensuous, virtuous, merciful and beautiful, will honor elders, be sinful, inimical to brothers, may have (more) daughters, be phlegmatic and windy in humor and will be away from base and inimical people.
Lagna in Lunar Mansion '12 Uttara Phalguni-4'
Physical features : Normally a tall and fat figure. Large countenance and long nose. A black mole in the right side of the neck.
Character and general events :You enjoy a happy existence. You are lucky in several respects. You have a neat behaviour. You show extreme sincerity in all the work you undertake. Religiously also you are much inclined. Enjoys good reputation for social work.
While you are clean-hearted, you are hot-tempered also. You do not have the requisite patience or tolerance
Once you heat up, it will be very difficult to calm you. But later on you repent over such expressions when it is too late. However, you will not admit your fault at any cost. Even if you are convinced that you have done a wrong thing you will not admit the fact. However, you have good reasoning and are tactful.
Education, sources of earnings / profession : You have an independent nature. However, you undertake all the responsibilities and do the same in a perfect manner. You do not like to deceive others or to be deceived by others. You can shine well in the profession or work where public contact is required. This success is attributable to the inherent quality of behavioural techniques. However, you earn a good amount as commission out of the public dealings. You are not sincere in your own affairs, whereas you are sincere in other's work. Once you take a decision nobody can change the decision. Since you are a born hard-working person you can reach a good position through your hard work. You are suited to the profession as a teacher, writer or research fellow in the scientific field. In some cases it has been noticed that you earn extra money out of tuitions.
Period upto 32 years of age will be a period of complete darkness. Thereafter slight upward trend commence up to 38 years of age. From your 38th age onwards, your progress is much faster and you achieve much of your desires. A smooth sailing in your life goes on up to 62 years of age. You will be lucky to earn fame and wealth during your fifties. You have only self acquired assets. You are good in mathematics or engineering, astronomy and astrology. You can also be successful in advertising business.
Family life : His married life will be more or less good. You are quite contended with your family life. Your wife will be most efficient.
Health : Your health will be generally good. However, you are prone to body ache, dental problems, gastric trouble, liver and intestine problems.
Sun in Capricorn 18°15'45"
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 Virgo ascendent
There may be only one son, who will be famous. You will experience good effects in Sun's period.
Your intelligence and idealism may become obscured. You wear a look of other-worldliness; your education is impaired. You may have one son, though the begetting of children will generally be difficult. You struggle to maintain your identity while experiencing restriction.
Sun in House 5
The fifth house is a strong placement for the Sun. It focuses the intelligence more on learning than material gathering. Usually this limits or denies children. This is favorable for becoming a spiritualist and teaching same. Idealistic tendencies may surface. Sharp intellect, even cruelty to opponents may manifest. You may be inclined to study philosophy, alchemy, astrology, etc.
The Sun works on the consciousness aspect of life rather than on matter or form. Thus it ordinarily bestows only one son and does not help to make the individual rich. It will, however, make you intellectually bright. You may suffer on account of your first born son. Your mind is sharp. You are sometimes manipulative of others, and you enjoy amassing money. This is favorable for all matters of enterprising nature. The speculative interests are very keen and the capacity for enjoyment, very great.
Children are harmed by the Sun in the 5th. Either abortions, early loss, or problems from them arise. The exact type is not sure, but that some harm or trouble from or to the children is indicated by this Sun, so beware accordingly. Also, you like to roam in forests and hills, and your mind is very good, though you use it sometimes to cheat others. This Sun is good for learning. Second marriage is partially indicated by this placement also.
Sun in Lunar Mansion '22 Shravana-3'
Moon in Cancer 26°38'12"
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 Virgo ascendent
You are very affluent; trade management is your special field of expertise. You become a civic leader and your renown is extensive. You change your vocation several times and are always attracted to philanthropy.
Moon in House 11
When the Moon occupies this house, you gain easy success. With the Sun in this position you have to work hard and the reward is not commensurate with your exertions. But in the case of the Moon, money flows to you easily, without much effort. You possess 'many ornaments and different kinds of precious stones.' Gifts from overseas come in abundance. Your mind is always free from worries, particularly if the planet is powerful and well aspected. You are blessed with a very efficient spouse and have many well-behaved children. Your social circle is amiable and friends occupy important positions in life. Your mother has a special affection for you, and you receive valuable gifts from her. Gains from government favor in respect of fame, authority and valuables are indicated. All your operations prove fruitless. You are blessed with daughters and gain from trade in a variety of items. Your daughters develop defects in themselves that may be physical or moral. Normally wealth does not stay with any one individual; but with you it brings more wealth. This is the house of friends, hopes and wishes; gains from business, profession, jewelry and elder brothers are indicated. Strong Moon in the 11th house makes you a treasurer or treasury officer. You are wealthy and have a charming spouse. Both the opposite sex and wealth are loyal and stable to you. Your fame will never fade, and you are frank, tactful, handsome, modest, noble, reputed, lucky, surrounded by sincere friends and riches, renowned and talented. There will be varied pleasures and benefit of conveyances. You are contented and cheerful, contemplative, imposing, and bold. You will have children, live a long life, are charitable and have attendants. Innocent acts characterize you. If the Moon in this house is waning, in depression sign or in the sign of a malefic or enemy, you are denied all the aforesaid pleasures and gains. You remain sick, involved in foolish acts and are ignorant. You will have more daughters than sons. Moon in the 11th house gives more acquaintances than friends. You will be wealthy, will have many sons, be long-lived, will have attendants, be intelligent, sharp, valorous, splendorous, happy, wealthy, fortunate, be honored by the government, will face failures in undertakings, will obtain a son at age 50, be famous, endowed with conveyances and palatial buildings, will have more daughters, be intelligent, very learned, long-lived and will keep some hidden wealth.
Moon in Lunar Mansion '9 Ashlesha-3'
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.
You may experience some discord with your relatives. You may suffer from venereal diseases. This Moon placement indicates a troubled relationship with your mother.
Mars in Capricorn 8°36'02"
You show courage and a spirit of adventure; interest in heroic actions, high hopes, great efforts, good management, position, authority and success. Slow to learn, but intuitive, interest in commerce and science. Gains through marriage. (If afflicted indicates many difficulties and strife with superiors. Unlucky for parents.) Wealthy, fortunate, endowed with happiness and pleasures, nice demeanor, famous, leadership abilities are good, has a good spouse, successful in combat or competition, lives in his own country, is independent, a protector, virtuous and interested in learning detailed procedures for carrying things out.
Mars in Capricorn with Virgo ascendent
Mars in House 5
Mars in the 5th house indicates some challenges like impulsiveness and blunted sensitivities. You are sexually active but the relationship with the spouse is harmed. Mars is a fiery and fierce force, and the fifth house is a very important house related to children and your inner intelligence and also indicating some aspects of past life leftovers coming through in this life. Mars here gives your mechanical abilities, interest in military, and an outspoken and sporty nature. You will face many struggles in life. You have a healthy appetite and good digestion. However, you get selfish at times and commit actions that cause you to suffer later. You are sometimes unrestrained, and you feel like you are boiling within. This indicates some harm to the children in some way. Your intellect is quick and sharp. There may be law suits, adultery, unfortunate attraction towards the opposite sex, and therefore sometimes you undergo turmoil. You are learned, practical and intelligent, but sometimes you experience illusion as well.
Mars in Lunar Mansion '21 Uttara Ashadha-4'
Mercury in Aquarius 5°06'19"
Overall you are rather intelligent and have an attraction to electronic gadgetry like computers and stereos. You tend to believe in higher spiritual forces and you are an independent thinker. You draw intelligence from the space where one knows that everything vanishes in time and that the greater, larger, picture is what is important.
Mercury in Aquarius with Virgo ascendent
You are clever and gifted with several skills, but your personality is completely subject to the influence of very unenlightened persons. You serve those who do not appreciate the finer things in life and who are uncultured. There is always unhappiness and quarreling. You have bad relations with neighbors, are extravagant in expenditures, and immoral in dealings. You frequently get into difficulties and are subjected to long-term litigation with little chance of emerging unscathed.
Mercury in House 6
Mercury in the sixth completely upsets you physically and socially. You experience so many inner subjective changes that your physical relationships are subject to severe turbulence. Your mind is so stirred up that there is little social or psychological stability. You may be catapulted from abject poverty to regal splendor, but you cannot hold onto anything. There may be physical difficulties, sexual experimentation, and marital incompatibility leading to separation, divorce, or sexual abuse. But through all these vicissitudes, significant psychological transformation and a widening of awareness and great insight into life can be experienced. You may suffer from nervous breakdown and from ailments due to tension connected with work. You are oppressed by inferiors, and tend to be over-excited and rash. Afflictions to Mercury tend to ruin the health through anxiety. You are an energetic mental worker missing the best mental outlet for your energies. Gains from chemistry, writings, books or clerical work are indicated. You might suffer from dyspepsia and may exhibit many fads and fancies regarding diet. You may be inactive, ruthless, shattering the enemy and lose temper during discourse.
Mercury in Lunar Mansion '23 Dhanishtha-4'
Jupiter in Aquarius 6°35'39"
You are interested in philosophy, medicine, social service and spiritual pursuits. You want to grow in mind, body and soul and unite with truth. You are fond of discourses about how to make life better and more noble. You like art and music and the classical books. You are known for your interest in occult or deep spiritual matters.
Jupiter in Aquarius with Virgo ascendent
Jupiter creates problems with the teeth and stomach or the appetite may be poor. You will lose property and marital life will be unhappy. But you will be respected, wealthy, renowned for learning, and will command great authority on spiritual matters. You will have trouble from associates, but will be forgiving.
Jupiter in House 6
Although you will probably receive renown and good finances, your personal life has some turmoil and married life may be difficult. You may spend more than you make. You attend social functions that expands prestige and circle of friends. While you gain popularity and status, a sense of inferiority may bother you. You like music and dancing. At times you feel defeated and some considerable disease has to be tolerated. You get support from brothers and sons. When ill you are well taken care of and have a knack of showing others comfort in their time of need. In other words, you thrive when things are bad. You can be a good healer or helper of others and you do better by serving others than through independence. Goodness comes to you through religion and philanthropy. You like pets. You should watch out for irregular food habits as that might be the cause of health degradation. You promote community spirit and reduce crime. You are a good fighter who is proud of your competitive abilities. It's very hard to win in most competitions against you. You should not expect others to live up to your abilities to serve and work hard.
Jupiter in Lunar Mansion '23 Dhanishtha-4'
You will enjoy pleasures. This is a good position for Jupiter to occupy. You will enjoy very good health.
Venus in Sagittarius 1°36'48"
You are very enlightened. Blessed with comforts of most types. Spiritual, philanthropic, attractive, noble, affluent. You gain best through high status engagements and education or educated people. You will probably have more than one spousal connection. You like travel, fine arts, sports and amusements. You are honest.
Venus in Sagittarius with Virgo ascendent
The relationship with your mother will be extremely pleasant, and your approach to life is ethical and full of deep significance. You may work for relatives and will attain good social status; perhaps even be honored by the state. You are cultured and sensitive.
Venus in House 4
An attractive spouse, fine cars, intelligent children, a nice house and respectable society are among the auspicious results of Venus in the fourth house. Young people are attracted to such an individual. You have an artistic temperament, are highly intuitive and can easily pick up on the feelings and thoughts of others. Your company is always joyous, and you are skilled in the erotic arts.
Ability in music is indicated. You lead a very happy domestic life and can also expect a peaceful and comfortable end of life. Gains and happiness through parents, inheritance, house-property and investment are indicated. You get great honor and respect from the people, but remain unaffected by the pleasure or displeasure you get out of others and are content with the company around you. You are most revered, get gains through your mother and are devoted to her since childhood.
This placement denotes economic prosperity including food, home, garments and conveyances. Gains through relatives and friends are also indicated. You are elegant, liberal and indifferent. You depend on your partner for success and make a decent living. You are wealthy, wise, renowned, learned, affluent, talkative, handsome, kind, tolerant and happy, a sincere friend, eccentric and home-bound. You are lustful and like to indulge in a variety of tasteful enjoyments.
You are recognized by the authority, long-living, brave, blessed with a wise and beautiful partner and family. You might own silver and land and possess plenty of food and milk, friends and home. You are pious, discreet and reputed, support poets and religious teachers and have leadership abilities. Your appearance is that of a pauper, since birth and might suffer from cough, colds and eye diseases. You might at times get help from your mother and brothers.
Venus in Lunar Mansion '19 Mula-1'
Saturn in Gemini 3°17'03"
Scientific, perfect, methodical and systematic in action, if overcomes passion. Trouble and ill-reputation through relatives, financial problems, wrong association with the opposite sex. Tendency to delay matters.
Saturn in Gemini with Virgo ascendent
Saturn causes your children to attain eminence in a foreign land; and you will be considered an expert in international law. Psychologically you may feel greatly fettered; you seldom receive opportunities to express your special expertise. Occasionally you suffer serious setbacks in your career.
Saturn in House 10
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 '5 Mrigashira-3'
You may be employed as a warden in the police department or in other security related professions. This placement reduces the number of children and leans towards making you prone to diseases affecting the brain.
Rahu in Aquarius 3°49'15"
Rahu in Aquarius with Virgo ascendent
You may be antagonistic towards everyone. Your language may be offensive and you may be much disliked. Even your spouse and child may have scant respect. There will, however, be order in your life, idealism in your approach, and comfort in your living.
Rahu in House 6
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 '23 Dhanishtha-4'
This position gives only one brother.
Ketu in Leo 3°49'15"
Ketu in Leo with Virgo ascendent
Ketu in this position will create psychological storm, mental imbalance, and inner revolt from every aspect of physical existence.
Ketu in House 12
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 '10 Magha-2'
You may lead a separate and excluded life. You may search for happiness, but fail to look in the obvious place, like home. You may lead a renounced life for some time and return home after middle age.
Uranus in Capricorn 18°55'57"
Uranus in Capricorn with Virgo ascendent
Uranus in House 5
Uranus in Lunar Mansion '22 Shravana-3'
Neptune in Cancer 6°03'43"
Neptune in Cancer with Virgo ascendent
Neptune in House 11
Neptune in Lunar Mansion '8 Pushya-1'
Pluto in Gemini 7°48'18"
Pluto in Gemini with Virgo ascendent
Pluto in House 10
Pluto in Lunar Mansion '6 Ardra-1'