Astrological factors for Poets

Imagination and expression in charming language are the most important qualities that a poet must have. In Astrology, the concerned planets are Moon, Venus, Mercury and Sun. The house concerned is the 5^th in the natal chart and therefore in the Zodiac, it is the sign Leo. The three watery signs viz. Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces also play important roles in this matter. Jupiter and Saturn, if related with these houses or planets, contribute their own characteristics to the poetic works concerned. Relation with Neptune increases the degree of mysticism in the works. Relation with Herschel signifies some uncommon features claiming originality. Relation with Pluto may cause destructive ideas in the poetical works. These principles are illustrated with the following examples of some eminent poets of the world: -  

Case 1:

	Moon 4	Jupiter 2	Mars 26
Rahu 9		John Milton Birth: - 9/12/1608 6:30 A.M. 510 31’ N       00 5’ W Balance Moon Dasa 08/03/09	Ketu 22 Sat 22 Ven 21
			Asc	Sun 19 Merc 21

Case Study: -

The native was an English poet, author, polemicist, Puritan and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England. He is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost. He married twice.

Analysis: -

The native was born under Scorpio rising with the Ascendant lord Mars posted in the 5^th house exchanging sign with the 5^th lord Jupiter posted in the 6^th house. The 10^th house is aspected by Jupiter while the 10^th lord Sun combined with the 11^th lord Mercury is posted in the 2^nd house and also aspected by Jupiter forming a strong Yoga relating 5^th house and its lord, 10^th house and its lord and the 8^th/11^th lord as well as the 11^th house being aspected by the Ascendant lord Mars. The 9^th house is occupied by strong Rahu while the 9^th lord Moon posted in the 7^th house forms a trinal relation with Venus, Saturn and Ketu which signifies his strong poetic activity.

Case 2:

Ketu 7			Jup 26	Moon 25
		Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Birth: -29/08/1749 12:17 P.M. (LMT) 80 41’ E     500 7’ N Balance Jup Dasa 12/04/24
Sun 11 Merc 10	Ven 12	Asc Sat 16		Mars 20 Rahu 21

Case Study: -

The native was a German writer and polymath. He fell in love with a girl whom he wanted to marry, but because of the opposition of her mother he never proposed and remained a bachelor.  

Analysis: -

The native was born under Libra rising with the 4^th/5^th lord Saturn being exalted in the Ascendant and forming a trinal relation with the 10^th lord Moon posted in the 5^th house i.e. a strong Raj Yoga. The 3^rd house signifying social status and the first Upachaya house, is occupied by two strong malefics Mars and Rahu while the 11^th lord Sun combined with the 9^th/12^th lord Mercury is posted in the 11^th house awarding the native with strong personality bringing public fame. His achievements in poetic activities are due to the mutual relation of Moon and the 10^th lord Sun combined with the 11^th lord Mercury and the strong Kendra-Kona relation i.e. Raj Yoga formed between the 4^th/5^th lord exalted Saturn in the Ascendant, the sign Libra, The cardinal airy sign signifying poetic activity and the deposition of the 10^th lord Moon, the significator of imagination in the 5^th house also signifying the same and authorship.   

Case 3:

Ven 6	Moon 5 Asc	Jup 1 Ketu 1
Sun 9 Merc 8		Lord Tennyson Birth: - 06/08/1809 11:45 P.M. 530 32’ N       00 24’ W Balance Rahu Dasa 06/01/26
		Mars 15 Rahu 15	Sat 17

Case Study: -

The native is one of the most popular poets in the English language. He continued writing into his eighties and died on 6 October 1892 at Aldworth at the age of 83.

Analysis: -

The native was born under Taurus rising with the 3^rd lord Moon exalted in the Ascendant in mutual aspect with Saturn, the 9^th/10^th lord and Yoga karaka for the Ascendant posted in the 7^th house in Scorpio, the fixed watery sign signifying mysteries matters. The Ascendant lord Venus is posted in the 2^nd house in Gemini ruled by Mercury signifying artistic tendencies in friendly relation with 8^th/11^th lord Jupiter combined with Ketu signifying mysteries and posted in the 12^th house. The 4^th lord Sun signifying fame and genius combined with the 5^th lord Mercury also signifying genius and penmanship is posted in the 3^rd house signifying originality in the sign cancer signifying emotion and in friendly relation with the 3^rd lord Moon exalted in the Ascendant as also with the Saturn posted in the 5^th house from Cancer. These combinations contributed to the highly talented poetic activities of the native and brought him immense fame and wealth.   

  

Case 4:

Ketu 7 Mars 5		Ven 2 Sun 2 Merc 1	Moon 27 Asc
Jup 9		Rabindra Nath Tagore Birth: - 7/05/1861 2:51 A.M (LMT) 220 40’ N      880 30’ Balance Merc Dasa 10/02/20
Sat 10				Rahu 20

Case Study: -

The native was born in the Jorasanko mansion in Kolkata of parents Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi. He is the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Tagore's last four years were marked by chronic pain and two long periods of illness. Between 1878 and 1932, Tagore visited more than thirty countries on five continents.

Analysis: -

The native was born under Pisces rising, the dual watery sign of Sattwaguna signifying mysticism with the 5^th lord Moon posted in the Ascendant exchanging house with the Ascendant/10^th lord Jupiter exalted in the 5^th house and aspecting therefrom the Moon in the Ascendant. This combination alone was sufficient for awarding highly esteemed and immortal poetic and other literary works. This was further strengthen by the combination of 6^th lord Sun signifying genius exalted in the 2^nd house in combination with 4^th/7^th lord Mercury signifying penmanship and 3^rd/8^th lord Venus signifying poetic nature and all round knowledge. The latter combination is further strengthen by the 5^th/9^th relationship with debilated Rahu in the 10^th house, the debilation being cancelled due to the exaltation of 10^th lord Jupiter in the 5^th house squaring the combination of Sun, Mercury and Venus in the 2^nd house. The same 5^th/9^th relationship also exists between Saturn signifying Time and Philosophic thoughts with the combination of Sun, Mercury and Venus in the 2^nd house. These combinations made Rabindra Nath Thakur an exceptional prodigy in human history. However, the deposition of Mars and Ketu in the 4^th house caused his widower hood and many shocks in family matters. The deposition of Jupiter signifying issues in the 5^th house signifying the same caused his losses of issues. Moreover, the deposition of Saturn in the 6^th house brought him many enmities from people who were never comparable with him in any aspect. These sufferings the Great Poet had to face which also contributed to his philosophic wisdom regarding the underlying truth of the Creation because astrologically Saturn signifying the Eternal Time is considered as the Greatest Teacher.