765 Notable Horoscopes

A keen student/ researcher of astrology will require a large number of horoscopes to test and apply various principles of astrology to ascertain their utility. This book provides this essential aspect for the benefit of keen students/ researchers and also for interest of general readers.

Every individual, society or nation respects celebrities. Only some persons are gifted such qualities by nature which make them attractive/ repulsive to others. Then there are persons who find their way to success/ failure passing through unusual events. The analysis of their horoscopes makes an interesting study. Cartyle wrote, "The history of the world is nothing but the study of great men". Therefore this makes them useful for general readers as well.

This book is a compilation of over 750 horoscopes that have excelled in various fields of life in different countries at different times. This has been a gigantic task with various problems attached. Firstly there is a definite lack of exact & authentic birth details available. Secondly in many cases, more than one set of birth details of celebrities are in circulation. Thirdly, at least in India, people are averse to their name & details being mentioned in any book (this has forced me to change the original names in some cases but keeping birth details intact). Fourthly, due to different Ayanamsa being used in various cases, there could be some difference in longitudes of planets/ Lagna.

In this book the birth chart of important natives are given in alphabetical order giving date, time & place of birth with balance of Vimshotri dasha at birth in year-month-days: date & mode of death where applicable & available alongwith some important characteristics/ events of the native. This will facilitate correlation of the astrological principles and significations of characteristics/ events that occurred in a native's life on account of planetary positions. The birth chart indicates planets & Lagna (written in brief) alongwith their longitude in degree & minutes. The divisional charts like Navamsha/ Dashamasha are not given to ensure brevity. However it is presumed that with the help of longitudes indicated, a student of astrology can work out relevant divisional chart where needed.

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In any horoscope, the 1st, 5th & 9th houses are considered to be the most auspicious ones. It is believed that the soul enters the world through 5th house of Poorva Janam Karma to the ascendant in the form of human body and exit through the 9th house after completing the Karma assigned for the present birth through 10th house. These three houses together constitute the spiritual or Dharma Trikone, which primarily aims at transforming the native to a higher stage of evolution through their Divine faculties and creativity. Their lords irrespective of their natural traits, are favourable to a native leading to greater happiness.

The ascendant is always the most beneficial house and its lord the most helpful planet, which guides and assists the native in all walks of life. The houses constituting Dharma Trikone reveal many special features of the native's destiny through his sojourn during the present incarnation. As per classics, there are four goals of human life, Dharma, Artha, Kaam & Moksha. Classics have extolled Dharma & Moksha and looked down Artha & Kaam. But Materialistic world of today has just the opposite view.

Corresponding to the four goals are the four Trikones in any chart. All the four trikones have their Apex in a Kendra house, which indicates the involvement of the native in immediate / everyday life. There is no denying the prominence of Dharma Trikone, but to ignore the other three will be a Himalayan blunder. In fact all the four Trikones are dependent on Artha Trikone for sustenance and all the progress, we see around us, originates and get accomplished in Kaam Trikone.