Arvind Kejriwal, traveling a rough road.

Its been sometime since I blogged, and its good to be back. I've wanted to analyse Arvind Kejriwal ji's chart for sometime but never got his birth data. I finally found it on another blog, where the blog owner has acquired it from someone close to Kejriwal, and I have of course corrected it a little bit using the ruling planets.

First of all, congratulations to Arvind Kejriwal (AK) are in order because he has indeed repeated a mini feat in defeating the BJP's poll machine for the second time. In 2015 he managed to overcome a Modi wave, and this time he battled anti incumbency and held on to most of the gains he had made. While I do not subscribe to his brand of politics, I do acknowledge that it is not easy to fight and win polls. So automatically, his chart becomes interesting. I will put up the chart first, and my significators after:

Personality

First thing to be pointed is that AK is a Krittika native. The symbol of Krittika is a an axe, or a cutting blade, or knife. Hence it is connected to the act of cutting, or dividing. This mentality can be used for both positive and negative purposes. It can be used to analyse, investigate, or penetrate. After looking at a few K natives that I know, I often wonder if the english word "criticize" comes from Krittika! I know these individuals as extremely sharp tongued people who seem to take it upon themselves to find fault in everything. The quality of a knife is to cut, so they cut into everything to criticize. 

Another name of K is Dahanarksha (दहनर्क्ष) which suggests burning, or a flame. Again, the same dichotomy of burning for warmth or cooking, or burning down something to destroy come into play. This dichotomy is reflected somewhat in AK's personality whose political plank at one time (now considerably moderated) was allegedly to bring change through anarchy or revolution. K falls in Aries which is ruled by Mars, and K is ruled by the Sun. So Mars martial, firey energy is operating through another fire planet of the Sun. But Sun is the ruler and Mars is his general, so the Sun tried to moderate this fire by positioning it as constructive. Indeed several K natives that K know genuinely believe they are doing others a favour by continuously finding fault. 

Kartikeya the celestial general is the presiding deity of this nakshatra, which gives natives a very combative attitude. Kartikeya was born with a specific purpose and many a times these natives are very purpose focused, some times going to the extent of "ends justify means" approach as well. Because of the nature of Kartikeya, ie he was born to Shiva, but was raised by the wives of Saptarshis (Krittikas) I have found that in at least 45% of the charts of K natives that I have seen, the natives had an unorthodox relationship with their parents (physically or emotionally separated by death, disease, circumstances, educational reasons, work, etc). They often seek or get love or get taken care of from people other than their parents. I do not know if this is the case with AK, but there is some chance that there is.

AK has Uranus in his ascendant, making his personality kind of explosive in the way he operates. And following from the above, he probably has a very sarcastic or hurtful or even condescending nature of speaking, though both of which he seems to have controlled at least in public life. 

Since AK's Moon is in the first pada of the nakshatra it is worth pointing out that it falls in Sagittarius adding to the already quite enterprising nature of the nakshatra. This is also the only pada that falls in the Aries sign, the balance 75% of this constellation falling in Venus ruled Taurus. Combined that with its 'Rakshasa gana', the fire of K, and Uranus in the Ascendant, may have made AK into someone whose mentality is in permanent confrontation or combat mode. After all, that is what a general is supposed to do, right? But sometimes in the times of peace, the natives may go about looking for conflict because they feel incomplete without it. This may also be the reason for a sharp tongue or ideas that conflict with reality.

Interestingly, his name is as per the Nakshatra pada, i.e. beginning with "Ar".

Political ascendency

The below are the significators that I have calculated for AK. We will see the "All" segment to get an overall idea, and then the "Strong" to get some focused understanding. 

AK was in Rahu dasha from March 1990 to March 2008. He came on to major public limelight in 2011 when he climbed aboard the Anna Hazare movement for the Lokpal bill. This was the Jupiter-Saturn dasha. You can see clearly that Jupiter is giving results of 10 (reputation) + 11 (gain) along with 6, 8 and 12 which together cause a lot of struggle for the native. Saturn is more positive given that it does not have the 6 8 12 connection, making the struggles more fruitful. It cannot be denied that AK did go through a lot of troubles (physical and mental) for making his political debut. Even if it were to be dismissed as 'drama', it requires a lot of work to make it successful, isnt it?

He became the CM in the Mercury Bhukti which is also giving him the 11th (gain) results, in the form of the 10th house (position, status, reputation). There is a recurring imagery of 8 and 12 through his chart which bears testimony to the continuous struggle and fight phase AK seems to be in. 

Normally, the prevalence of so many 5 8 12s would be fertile ground for some sort of a scandal. 5 8 12 combination appears in about 5 grahas, but nothing unusually scandalous seems to have come out about AK as yet. 5 8 12 does suggest significant health issues though, and primarily related to the stomach (5th cusp is for stomach/ digestion and 8 12 is for creating problems).

Looking closely at the recent elections, they were held in AK's Ju-Mo-Ju period. While Moon is outright negative for AK, he benefited from two things:

a) He was already the CM, and Jupiter his dasha lord continues to protect his status.

b) There was no opposition leader, against whom his chart could go up against

So in a way it was like a walkover. A player wins a walkover not because he is the strongest, or fastest, but because his opponent does not show up. I can understand however if any astrologer had predicted that AK would lose based on his Moon Bhukti. Luckily for me, I had used a prashna chart to predict BJP's loss (given that I did not have AK's chart by then), and thus got it correct.

Now a question can be asked, how can AK win anything at all if he has so many 8 12s. Conversely another question can be asked, if AK had the winning combination, then why did he not win vs. Narendra Modi in Varanasi, or even manage to win in Punjab, which is a true state (vs. the legislative structure of Delhi).

I will now attempt to answer both questions. First, let us examine the cuspal sublords of 8th house and 12th house for AK. They are Rahu and Venus respectively. Notably, apart from Rahu being outright negative, and thus 8th house being the primary creator of issues in AK's life, the 12th house is not that negative. It signifies positive houses of 1 3 and 10 all of which promote, health, growth, and reputation. 

Now, why did AK not win against Namo, or why did he not win Punjab? The reason is that even if the impact of the 12th is muted, the combination of 8 12 is not a positive combination, and it will mar the native's life in some way. The only reason why AK managed to win Delhi is the fact that he has the 10 11 combination, the only combination that can compete with 8 12/ 6 8 12/ 5 8 12. However, this 10 11 keeps the native only just ahead of his problems, and do not allow for a very large canvas. 

Now lets look at the 10th CSL of AK, to check the exent of his reputation. 10th CSL is Saturn. Saturn signifies a similar combination of 8 10 11 12, which is again not a clear combination of dominance. it is worth noting that 8th is the house of insults, and along with 12th it causes severe problems, and AK has not enjoyed a high reputation (fair or unfair is another story) outside of his small audience in Delhi. The struggle between 8 12 and 10 11 will keep him ahead, but only just. Thus it limits his influence, which is in some way reflected in his control over a city state versus winning in Punjab for example.

Now compare this to the 10th CSL of Narendra Modi (Moon) which looks like this:

Apart from the lone '8' (which can be managed, diverted, or even be helpful in politics), the extent of power that Namo's 10th house holds is clear in contrast to AKs. 1 (self effort), 11 (gain) of 10 (status). 

This is why I always stress on sthala kaala paatra in jyotisha. For AK's capability, he has achieved a lot. You cannot compare the 10 11 of Bill Gates, with 10 11 of a local IT company manager. Both have done well for themselves compared to their individual circumstances, but they cannot be compared with each other. The 10 and 11 combination will tell you that you will gain reputation, but HOW MUCH, is a question answered by the cuspal sublords of the 10th and 11th house. 

Contrast with some other leaders:

I thought I can demonstrate this point for students of jyotisha with a lot more clarity if I put up a comparison with some other leaders in India:

Here I compare, AK, DF, NM, and RG. I look at their dasha significations, and their cuspal sublord significations of the 10th house because that is the house that deals with ones status in the world.

Compare AK's dasha significations with those of the other leaders. You can see he has the 10 11 combination with beats the  6 8 12 in his dasha and gives him some gain of reputation. You can see it very strongly in NM's chart with a clear, untainted 1 10 11 is seen. DF however did not have any 10,in fact his results of Dasha were diverted to house no. 9, which is the maaraka sthan for the 10th house. This is why I had correctly predicted that (despite all odds) DF would not return as CM of MH. In fact the 6 8 12 combination caused him to face the embarrassment of having to be so unethically (and allegedly) conned by the leader of NCP.

But why did DF get to the MH CM's chair at all, the CM of the most prosperous state in the country after all. One, he had a very positive dasha of Venus before his current dasha of Ketu started. And the 'extent' of reputation gain can be seen from the 10th house. It is virtually identical to Namo's having 1 8 10 11. 

The most interesting is RG's chart. He has ample 10s in his chart, but not a single 11. So he has managed to protect his reputation within the Congress which is kind of a handed down thing in that party. But to ascend any important position like PM or CM, the help of 11th house is needed which acts as an catalyst. I find it unlikely for someone to become PM of a country like India without a strong 10 11 or 6 11 combination.  

Anyone who has been following my blog or my online teaching stellar jyotisha videos for any length of time can easily compare the significations for these 4 leaders with varying levels of success and gauge why they have these varied levels of success.

Hope this lengthy blog (after a long time) was helpful to readers who wish to learn.