Beauty, Passion and Loneliness

Saturn in Libra it is the strongest planet in her chart. It is the lord of houses 7 and 8, and it is located in the 4th house. As Lord of the 7th, we see that it represents her partners, who indeed were exalted in the eyes of the World (including Joe DiMaggio, Arthur Miller, J.F.K, Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando and many others). That same strong planet, Saturn, in the house of home and mother (the 4th house) expressed itself as the 8th lord when her mentally ill mother tried to smother her, and her mother was later taken away to a mental institution. It is not generally desirable to have a strong 8th lord, as its strength magnifies 8th house themes, which can include incest, rape, sexual scandals, emotional challenges, and addictions – all of which played a major part in her life.

Marilyn had one of the 5 Mahapurusha Yoga: Shasha yoga is formed by the placement of Saturn in specific houses and that too in specific signs.

Shasha Mahapurusha Yoga: Saturn in Kendra, exalted or in own sign.
The person is brave and cruel, with roving eyes and a desire for the possessions of others. Being devoted to the mother the person looks after his/her guests with devotion. The person is a commander of an army or a leader of a group, village or a town. The person is competent, wealthy and learned, and keen to point out the faults of others. Exessively fond of the sexual act the person associates with other people’s spouses. According to Vedic astrology, Saturn is associated with analytical ability, perseverance, practical nature, hard work, mysteries, the ability to connect to masses, patience, authority, and many other things.

This powerful Saturn also aspects the First House (Vedic astrology emphasizes the backwards square or 10th aspect of Saturn), and Marilyn experienced a profound sense of isolation wherever she went

Lordships Shad Bala Graph

Her Sun, on the other hand, though strong and in the 11th house of Hopes Wishes and Dreams was granted her wish to be famous but was in the sign of its enemy Venus, and as the 2nd lord, Marilyn lived in rinky-dink apartments, had a “party line” (shared) telephone, and had huge money battles with the studios, even though she was famous and a great money-maker for them.

Marlyn Monroe was beautiful, Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, model, and singer, who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s and early 1960s.

A strong Venus in the 10th house predicts a career based on Beauty. from which she made wealth. Venus rules the 4th house and 11th house, and is placed in the 10th house. For a Cancer Lagna, the functional nature of Venus is Malefic, but from the Moon in Capricorn, the functional nature of Venus is Benefic. The placement in the 10th house lets Venus fully express it’s benefic influence in the field of action. From the Moon, Venus is also very well placed in the 4th house.

Marilyn Monroe has a powerful “beauty and passion combination” in her chart. Venus as lord of the 4th is opposite Saturn as lord of the 7th, and Saturn is both very strong (exalted and retrograde) and both sources of its strength also indicate instability. This combination explains both her widespread sexual activities and the impermanence of her primary relationships. Saturn’s destabilizing influence upon both her 4th house of homr and her 4th lord Venus also accounts for her having lived in over 45 different residences in her life.

Even though neither Jupiter nor Mars have much strength (both are in neutral signs), and they are placed together in the 8th house, their Rulership of the 9th and 10th houses (respectively) creates one of the most profound Yogas for success, which certainly manifested in her life. Note that her fame came from being a sex symbol, i.e. an 8th house theme.

Finally, Mercury in Taurus has both strength and weakness. (Note: in Vedic astrology, if a planet is both strong and weak, both are seen to manifest, instead of nullifying each other.) Mercury is in the sign of a friend, Venus, giving it strength, and very close to the Sun (combust), which weakens it. Marilyn was known to those close to her as having an excellent mind (showing Mercury’s strength), but was often misperceived by the general public as being ditsy. (The gifts represented by planets in combustion are often either difficult to express or unseen by others.)

Marilyn Monroe had her Fifth Lord in the Eighth House, and she had many pregnancies, all of which were terminated by abortions

Note how, in the entire delineation of Marilyn Monroe’s chart, the signs were only used to determine planetary strength and House Rulerships. This is how Vedic chart analysis is typically done. But there is a complementary and more detailed analysis presented in the Shad Bala Graph

Yogas Reproduced from Chandra or Surya

Except when noted, Graha Yogas are calculated from the ascendant. Jyotishis often seek confirmation of a combination shown from the ascendant by reading the horoscope from the constellation occupied by the Moon, using the latter as if it were the ascendant, since after the ascendant the Moon is the fastest-moving factor in a horoscope. This sort of ‘tying down’ of the chart is the Chandra Lagna (Moon Lagna), which is frequently used when the birth time is very imprecise. When known, however, the ascendant is always pre-eminent. Many Graha Yogas can be counted either from the Moon (Chandra Yogas) or from the ascendant (Lagna Yogas) and, on occasion, also from the Sun Lagna (Surya Lagna).

For most of the Yogas commonly found in charts, such as the Maha Purusha Yogas (where a true planet — Mercury through Saturn — is in an angle and either in its own sign or exalted), the presence of the same yoga in the Chandra Lagna or Surya Lagna chart gives it significantly greater influence.

In the chart of Marilyn Monroe, above, Saturn is also in an angle from the Moon; therefore her Sasha yoga is even more significant