Again, see the AmK of three US Presidents and the story of the struggle is visible. All these have been taken from the past issues of the Astrological Magazine but converted to Lahiri’s Ayanamsha. I am using these horoscopes for illustrations, though some mistakes in these have been pointed to me. The AmK of Gerard Ford, Mars, is in the Lagna, Aries. He faced no struggles and was not a very distinguished president.
Lagna 17032′ Mars 26055′ Venus 13014’’
Sun 28033’ Mercury 23025′ Saturn 20033’’
Moon 11010′ Jupiter (R) 19011′ Rahu 04042’’
Lagna 03016′ Mars 03006′ Venus 00034’’
Sun 15017’ Mercury 28021′ Saturn 09008’’
Moon 21001′ Jupiter 21029′ Rahu 28042’’
The AmK of President Carter, Jupiter, is in the second house, Scorpio, which gave him a good and liberal image.
Lagna 26034′ Mars 7007′ Venus 10051’’
Sun 26046’ Mercury 7023′ Saturn (R) 4051’’
Moon 27033′ Jupiter 9002′ Rahu 13040’’
But see President Nixon’s AmK, the Sun in the fifth house with three planets. We know the over-familiar story of Watergate and his fall.
Lagna 0021′ Mars 28002′ Venus 21008’’
Sun 7023’ Mercury 11050′ Saturn (R) 1037’’
Moon 19020′ Jupiter 29041′ Rahu 27017’’
Lastly, see the AmK of Queen Elizabeth, exalted Mars with Jupiter aspected by Saturn, the lagna lord. She continues to be the world’s most dignified royal figure for over three decades now.
From the observation of over five hundred horoscopes, I have formulated a simple rule which can be split into three parts:
(a) See how AmK is placed from the Lagna;
(b) See how it is aspected;
(c) Then see how it is conjunct with other planets.
The rules that can be applied through further research are:
(a) Placement: If placed in kendras or trikonas from the Lagna or in the 11th house, the career will generally be smooth while its level will depend upon other factors.
(b) Aspects: Aspects .on AmK show the nature of problems in one s career.
(c) Conjunction: The planets associated with AmK reveal a good deal about such a career.
The rules flowing from these pivotal observations will be just the same as in the case of any other astrological analysis, except that two new factors come into play – Jaimini’s aspects and karakas.
A series of observations made by me on this basis has helped me formulate some more dependable, though not hundred per cent replicable, principles.
1. A malefic becoming AmK, ill-placed and aspected shows a man who has the dash to push through in favourable periods but not without a controversial image. Or else such persons may turn out to be technocrats.
2. A benefic becoming AmK, associated with benefics apparently but with one of them debilitated and the other, an owner, say of the eighth house, ends up finally with a broken career and dubious image, in unfavourable periods.
3. Invariably, any connection of AmK with the sixth lord, without any association with the eighth lord indicates a man’s ability to struggle in life in favourable periods. If such an AmK receives the aspect of Jupiter and another exalted benefic, such men do well and shine in intellectual, artistic, literary fields, including astrological sciences.
Now I give some examples to illustrate it.
