Courage and Determination

There are some people who exhibit unusual courage to face destiny’s cruel blows and overcome their physical disabilities with their strong will.

One such person is Stephen Hawkings the renowned British physicist who is famous for the discovery of Black Holes and the book A Brief History of Time.

Stephen had Ruchaka Mahapurusha Yoga: Mars in Kendra, in its own house

A great Soul Yoga

The type of motor neuron disease which Stephen Hawking had is called Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. This disease affected his motor neurons [nerve cells] which control voluntary muscles.  In Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, motor neurons die and as a result of which muscles become weak and waste away [atrophy].

This results in the loss of patient’s ability to make movements of the body.

Planets govern certain parts of the body and when a planet is afflicted the part of the body ruled by it becomes diseased. In motor neuron disease, it is the nerve cells and muscles which are affected.

Saturn and Mars rule the nerves and muscles respectively.

Afflictions to these two planets result in problems of nerves and muscles.

In Stephen Hawking’s chart Saturn is debilitated in the 7th and retrograde.

Further Saturn is conjunct with Mars.

The Mars-Saturn combination is a destructive one and they are not only conjunct but also aspect the ascendant from the 7th house. Like their conjunction, their combined aspects is also dangerous. The retrogression of Saturn intensifies the malefic nature of the combination. This highly destructive combination of Mars and Saturn occurs in the 7th house opposite to the Ascendant.

Example: Margaret Thatcher

Strong Mercury and Saturn

  Lifetime Dashas

In Ketu Dasha, she was born into a lowly family with Ketu in the 4th house and rose to power in Rahu Dasha in the house of career

 Margret Thatcher

She was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century and the first woman to hold the position. As prime minister, she implemented economic policies known as Thatcherism. A Soviet journalist dubbed her the “Iron Lady”, a nickname that became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style.

Thatcher studied chemistry at Somerville College, Oxford, and worked briefly as a research chemist before becoming a barrister. She was elected Member of Parliament for Finchley in 1959. Edward Heath appointed her secretary of state for education and science in his 1970–1974 government. In 1975, she defeated Heath in the Conservative Party leadership election to become leader of the opposition, the first woman to lead a major political party in the UK.

On becoming prime minister after winning the 1979 general election, in the Rahu Saturn Dasha: the bestower of authority

Thatcher introduced a series of economic policies intended to reverse high inflation and Britain’s struggles in the wake of the Winter of Discontent and an oncoming recession.[nb 3] Her political philosophy and economic policies emphasised greater individual liberty, the privatisation of state-owned companies, and reducing the power and influence of trade unions. Her popularity in her first years in office waned amid recession and rising unemployment. Victory in the 1982 Falklands War and the recovering economy brought a resurgence of support, resulting in her landslide re-election in 1983. She survived an assassination attempt by the Provisional IRA in the 1984 Brighton hotel bombing and achieved a political victory against the National Union of Mineworkers in the 1984–85 miners’ strike. In 1986, Thatcher oversaw the deregulation of UK financial markets, leading to an economic boom, in what came to be known as the Big Bang.

Thatcher was re-elected for a third term with another landslide in 1987. She resigned as prime minister and party leader in 1990, after a challenge was launched to her leadership, and was succeeded by John Major, her chancellor of the Exchequer. After retiring from the Commons in 1992, she was given a life peerage as Baroness Thatcher which entitled her to sit in the House of Lords. In 2013, she died of a stroke at the Ritz Hotel, London, at the age of 87.

A polarising figure in British politics, Thatcher is nonetheless viewed favourably in historical rankings and public opinion of British prime ministers. Her tenure constituted a realignment towards neoliberal policies in Britain; the complex legacy attributed to this shift continues to be debated into the 21st century.

In her Vedic astrology horoscope, Yoga Karaka Saturn is placed in Ascendant along with Mercury, which also happens to be a very positive planet for a Libra Ascendant.

Shasha Mahapurusha Yoga: Saturn in Kendra, exalted or in own sign and personifies a Shasha Mahapurusha: She was of medium height, slim waist, high set teeth, beautiful legs and a fast but regular gait,  brave and cruel, with roving eyes and a desire for the possessions of others.

 Krurahatya Yoga: Mars and Moon join in one and the same Navamsha (Sambu Hora Prakasha). The person might commit a cruel murder.

Being devoted to the mother she looked after his/her guests with devotion.

She was a commander of the British Army and on 2 April 1982, won the battle for the British Overseas Territories of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia, triggering the Falklands War against the ruling military junta in Argentina; ordered the Naval Blockade and re- invasion of the Falkland Islands. This force of will was “a defining moment of Thatcher’s premiership”.  

She was competent, wealthy and learned, and keen to point out the faults of others.

Bhaskara Yoga: Mercury in the 2nd from Sun, Moon is 11th from Mercury and Jupiter in a trine from Moon. The person is brave, king-like, versed in scriptures, good in looks and very efficient.

Bharathi Yoga: The lord of the Navamsha sign occupied by the lord of the 11th is exalted and combined with or is the 9th house lord (original source unknown). The person is a world famous and reputed scholar, religious, with love for music and romance, very attractive and possesses bewitching eyes.

Arishta-Bhanga Yoga: Strong Mercury, Jupiter or Venus located in any Kendra.

Strong Mercury in the Ascendant: highly intelligent, a gifted orator. This combination cancels or neutralizes many blemishes in the chart

 An adept in metallurgy, and the science of chemicals, Thatcher studied chemistry at Somerville College, Oxford, and worked briefly as a research chemist before becoming a barrister. 

There are no malefic influences over Saturn and Mercury; and, therefore, all positive results of Shasha Yoga are conferred upon Margret Thatcher by Saturn in the Ascendant.

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