Remembering Mr. Rajiv Gandhi on his Birth Anniversary

This is the article about our former Prime Minister Mr. Rajiv Gandhi in which we will try to evaluate his exemplary life through astrological analysis.

Mr. Rajiv Gandhi was born in Mumbai on 20 August, 1944 to Mrs. Indira Gandhi and Mr. Feroz Gandhi. He was shy and an introverted child, and greatly enjoyed activities like drawing and painting, as quoted by his teachers. He went to London and Switzerland for his school and college education and came back to India in the year 1966.

In the year 1968, he married Sonia Gandhi and they settled in Delhi in a smooth domestic life with their children Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Mrs. Indira Gandhi became the prime minister in the year 1980. Till this point of time, Rajiv Gandhi had no inclination towards joining the Indian politics. He joined politics in the year 1981 after the death of his brother Sanjay Gandhi in an air crash and on the insistence of congress party and Shankaracharya Swami Shri Swaroopan, a saint from Badrinath, to join politics and serve the nation.

Some facts disclosing the longevity or lifespan of any horoscope:

The longevity in any individual horoscope is evaluated by taking a few basic things into consideration – The strength of the ascendant and the lord of the planet posited in the 8^th house of any horoscope.

Longevity is evaluated on the bases of benefic and malefic energy that flows in any horoscope in kendras [1,4,7,10], trikona [1,5,9] and in malefic houses like [3,6,8,12] based on Markesh houses [longevity house] and malefic planets in any horoscope.

Astrological Analysis of Mr. Rajiv Gandhi’s Horoscope:

Name- Rajiv Gandhi

Date of Birth: 20^th August, 1944

Time of Birth: 09:53:40

Place of Birth: Mumbai

Longitude: 72 E 50 Latitude: 18 N 58

Astrological Analysis:

Mr Rajiv Gandhi’s Ascendant is Virgo and Moon sign is Leo and his personal planet Mercury is the lord of the ascendant and is placed in the 12^th house, which gives low strength to his ascendant.
The lord of the ascendant Mercury is hemmed between two malefic planets, Mars in the ascendant and Rahu in the 11^th It reveals that he was a boy with a golden spoon as he was financially secure but the upheavals in his family forced him to join politics, which was not his personal choice.
Mercury, who is also the lord of the 10^th house of status, gave him the good strength that he became the Prime Minister of India, even if enforced naturally by circumstances.
Even though Mr. Gandhi led an exemplary life, his 8^th house analysis reveals many important factors which brought him in politics and led to his sudden assassination:
The lord of the 8^th house is Mars, which is posited in the ascendant and makes his self strongly susceptible to accidents or assassination by his rivals as the lord of longevity in his birth chart is weak in degrees.
Malefic hemming of ascendant lord Mercury in between Mars and Rahu in 8^th house lord Mars is hemmed between Rahu and Ketu axis.
The significator of longevity Saturn [Ayushkaraka] is posited in the 10^th house of status and career has fair strength in Gemini sign, which may be the reason for his sudden appointment as the Prime Minister of India.

Strength of Moon in his birth chart:

Moon is the lord of the 12^th house and placed in the 11^th house of gains. In his horoscope, the location of Moon has fair strength but it is posited in the 12^th house, which gave him the authority of the country through ancestral handing of power. However, it also transferred the negative brunt of his family rivals for power as Moon is hemmed between malefic Mars and Rahu.

Moon also had fair share of blessings from Mercury, Jupiter and Venus which gave him the wisdom to rule the country wisely and he was famous as a good human being in the public eye.

Malefic placements in Rajiv Gandhi horoscope:

The death of Mr. Gandhi was a setback for the entire nation. Even though he was caring and a very benevolent leader, he had his fair share of enemies, as is common in the world of politics. No article about Mr. Rajiv Gandhi can be complete without discussing his unfortunate death, which shook the nation.

Below are a few of the reasons for his early departure from this world, astrologically explained.

The placement in his horoscope was not beneficial for Rahu in the 11^th Mars in the 1^st house and Ketu in the 5^th house and again Saturn in the 10^th house were not good combinations for longevity in any horoscope, as the nervous system is a vital part of the working of the human body.
Venus the lord of the 2^nd house and Jupiter the lord of the 7^th house, which is the Markesh house [bad period] can cause accidents or death, inflicting damage and he lost his life at the hands of his rivals.

He left for his heavenly abode on 21^st May 1991 as his D-9 chart [Navamsa chart] indicated the close proximity of Mars and Ketu in the 7^th house. It indicates that Ketu absorbs all the negative energy of Mars and it is said “Kujavate Ketu” that is Ketu acts like Mars. So Ketu had become fiery like Mars and it promoted such circumstances that the suicide bombers were used to assassinate Mr. Rajiv Gandhi, which was a brutal act and not at all appreciated by any human emotional instinct. Loss of Rajiv Gandhi was a major blow to our nation.