Predicting the Next President ¾ Part IV

The Democrats: Super Tuesday and Sarvatobhadra Chakra

by Sat Siri Khalsa, Board Member, Council of Vedic Astrology

Here are the Sarvatobhadra Chakras for both top Democratic contenders, along with a study of the transits for February 5, “Super Tuesday,” when 22 primaries will be held and the candidates will garner the bulk of their delegates for the nominating convention.

Note the special nakshatras titled in white on each person’s chakra. These mark nakshatras counted starting from the natal Moon that have certain key characteristics:
 

Also please remember that planets in the nakshatra padas closest to the four corners of Sarvatobhadra Chakra have a special dimension, which I am calling the “primal scream.” Such planets not only send vedhas from the nakshatras they occupy, but also from the four corners where they take on the energy of the vowels and vibrate into the very center of Sarvatobhadra Chakra. On Super Tuesday both Sun and retrograde Mercury will be in these key nakshatra padas.

Here are the candidates’ natal chakras, and then we will look at them again with the transits of February 5 superimposed.

Barack Obama

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Hillary Clinton

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First, the transits are listed in a table and then will be illustrated on the candidates’ chakras. In the table, the transits are listed in order as they travel over Sarvatobhadra Chakra, starting at “a” in the northeast corner, proceeding through Krittika and around clockwise. The first transiting planet thus is Mars, then Ketu, and so on.

When a planet or titled nakshatra such as Community, Karma, etc. is listed for Clinton or Obama, the understanding is that the transiting planet is making a vedha or ray of penetration onto that natal planet or titled nakshatra. When the vedha is the most powerful kind, that is, one that accords with the direction and speed of the transiting planet, the thing hit is in bold. For example, Ketu always travels in retrograde direction, so its reverse vedha is most powerful. Ketu is making a reverse vedha on Obama’s Sun, so Obama’s Sun is shown in bold. When transits are conjunct a natal planet rather than making a ray to it, the abbreviation used is cnj. For vedhas no special abbreviation is used.

Both candidates have very busy transits on February 5, naturally. For Obama the malefics play a big role. Transiting Ketu and Saturn both cast their primary reverse vedhas onto the natal Sun, while natal Sun also receives minor forward vedhas from Rahu and Mercury retrograde, Obama’s natal 12th lord. A basic principle is that when Sun, Rahu, Ketu and the 12th lord all aspect a factor, that factor will undergo separation. Will all these negative vedhas on his birth Sun separate Obama from a chance for the nomination?

The most benefic transits are Jupiter and Venus in PurvaAshadha, putting a straight across vedha on natal Venus and occupying his place of well-being. These represent the tremendous popularity Obama enjoys, but since their only effect is to magnify natal Venus, his Lagna lord, one can question if a resounding victory can be obtained simply by reduplicating a positivity that is already inherent in the natal chart.

Sun’s vedha on natal Moon also betokens a change of trend.

Mercury with natal Ketu can foretell a break.

Moon conjunct natal Jupiter retrograde in Abhijit would seem a very positive transit. Abhijit is the Conqueror’s nakshatra, and natal Jupiter, especially retrograde, is harbinger of a huge will to succeed. But from here Moon is sending its ray into nakshatra 23, Cooperate or Destroy. This is an area where the native must adapt to the realities as represented by forces other than himself. If the influences are good, the person works together toward common goals. If not good--- well, an example is the chart of George W. Bush, the incumbent President. George W. Bush has Ascendant and Saturn conjunct Cooperate or Destroy in his natal chakra, and this very nakshatra receives vedhas from the two karakas of violence, Mars and Ketu.

For Obama, the Moon in this key spot is a suggestion that he must yield precedence, and to a woman. Because, let us now turn to Hillary Clinton’s chakra and compare:

The concentrated force on this day of national concentration is seen in the Saturn Ketu conjunction, the Jupiter Venus conjunction, and the unity of Sun and Mercury retrograde both in the alley of the scream. For Hillary, Saturn and Ketu put primary vedhas on natal Saturn and Mars, and here the duplication is helpful in that the malefics simply concentrate the malefics.

Transit Jupiter and Venus occupy her Cooperate or Destroy and put vedhas onto Debt, showing that she is amassing many favors for which she owes big-time, going into the future. Jupiter and Venus are the ministers of the zodiac, showing the leading interests coming together to put her into office.

Sun is occupying the Community nakshatra and putting its primary vedha into the Nation, while Mercury with Rahu does the reverse, occupying Nation and putting their primary vedhas into Community, setting up a meaningful symmetry. Mercury and Rahu also send across vedhas into Hillary’s natal confluence of Venus, Mercury, Ascendant and Ketu, natal Ketu being in the scream area, and so this is a more than ordinary push.

To top it all off, transit Moon in Abhijit sends its forward vedha into Hillary’s 28th nakshatra, the one having to do with anointing a ruler before coronation. So speak the symbols.