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Birth Details: October 25, 1923 @8:35 AM Brisighella, Italy (+1 East of GMT) 11E46', 44N13' Achille Silvestrini is a very prominent figure in the Vatican of the Roman Catholic Church. He became a priest on July 13, 1946. He was in charge of the section of International organizations, peace, disarmament, and human rights in The Council for Public Affairs of the Church between 1969 to 1979. Silvestrini served as administrative secretary to Jean-Marie Villot, which he was appointed for in 1973.  He was rewarded with a cardinal’s hat for his service, and became Cardinal-Deacon of S. Benedetto fuori Porta S. Paolo, and in 1991 became Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches. He retired from his post as Prefect in 2000.  His Vedic Astrology birth chart shows his exalted position in the Vatical of the Roman Catholic Church. First of all, he has two Mahapurusha Yogas. These are “Great Man” yogas delineated in the ancien...

"French-British financier and politician, tycoon and founder of the Referendum Party. He was one of the most charismatic, controversial, and colorful tycoons of the past four decades, singularly bold and a fearless risk taker."(Astrodatabank). In once sentence this describes the personality of one of the wealthiest men in the world. What are the indications of wealth in his chart? Why was he a politician and fearless gambler? Let's take a look... First of all we notice that he has Aries Lagna with Lagna lord in the 5th house. It is strong for several of the following reasons: 1. It is retrograde. (A retrograde planet is stronger than normal because it is closer to Earth during retrogression, therefore being a stronger influence in the course of the native’s life) 2. It is aspected by its own despositor, the Sun. 3. It is conjunct strong retrograde Jupiter, which is also 9th lord (of good fortune). 4. The final despositor (despositor of Sun), is ...

Julie Paula Abdul Date and Time of Birth: June 19, 1962 14:32 (2:32 PM; PTD -7:00) Place of Birth: Los Angeles, CA Paula Abdul is a famous American singer. She is a prime example of a person having a Rahu-Venus combination. According to Barbara Pijan Lama, Rahu- Venus gives “amplified beauty, pleasure, and wealth – an exotic (and perhaps notorious) love life”; as well as “exotic appetites of the physical body (addictions, excessive pleasures)”. For one thing we know she has beauty and wealth, no questions asked. As for a notorious love life, this comes along with being famous. In Paula’s case, she unfortunately is not the exception and has had two failed marriages which did not make it past the two-year mark. What are the reasons for this? If we take a look at her chart things seem to be somewhat clear-cut. Her 7thlord of relationships Jupiter is in the 6th house of obstacles. Its despositor (lord of that house) Saturn is with the nodes of the moon, Ketu and Rahu...

Gianni Versace December 2, 1946 Approx. 5:30 A.M. (tentatively rectified by Monica) Reggio Calabria, Italy   Gianni Versace was an extremely talented and sought-after Italian fashion designer.  He had many celebrity friends, including Madonna, Elton John, Princes of Wales, and Sting among many others.  He was openly gay with his partner Antonio D’Amico.  Unfortunately, he was shot to death in front of his Miami Beach mansion by Andrew Cunanan at the age of 50 (Wikipedia, 2013). These are only a few of the details that encompassed his life, and they don’t begin to describe his true talent and passion for beauty, art, fashion, and everything that is of a Venusian nature. Astrodatabank (www.astro.com) gives the time of his birth as 6:00 A.M. giving it a Rodden Rating of AA, which means extreme accuracy since it is based on the person’s birth certificate. However, the reason I’m writing this article is because I do not actually agree with t...