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Chart of Param Hans A Yogananda Color
Chart of Param Hans A Yogananda Color
Yogananda
By
Kashiraj, USA
T
Kashiraja
(Massimo
Barbagallo)
build hospitals and schools for the poor. We cannot say he lacked prosperity or inspiration:
he shows us the highest possibility of Jupiter in Capricorn, practising generosity and applying our
skills to create prosperity for everybody.
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Yogananda had Leo ascendant and certainly fulfilled the highest aspect of Leo, shining
light around him, and helping others to remember their true soul nature. The two strongest
houses in his chart are the 5th and the 8th, teaching, counseling, and transformation. The 8th
house sometimes gets a bad reputation, but for a yogi it can be a very profound and positive
house, signifying depth of perception and spiritual transformation.
The ruler of Yogananda's ascendant is in Sagittarius: if you listen to any of his talk you
can always feel his enthusiasm and joy. He would run on stage, with his Swami robe and
long hair flowing and billowing in the rush of air, shouting to his audience "How is
everybody?!", demanding in answer an enthusiastic "Awake and ready!". That is the
magnetic charm of the Sun, in the mutable expansive fire of cheerful Sagittarius. Mercury,
the planet of communication and ruler of the 11th house of communities, is also with the
Sun, in the benefic 5th house of teaching and counseling: he had a bright intellect and he was
a joyful and enthusiastic teacher. In USA he went on a wide tour of public lectures, attended
by thousands of people at a time: Leo and the Sun are visible and magnetic.
In the 8th house we find the Sun's dispositor, Jupiter, together with Mars, the ruler of the
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The source of birth chart is Drupada, a long time astrologer and disciple of Yogananda. Kindly note that the magazine was
supplied with pictorial diagram of Rasi chart and Navamsa chart and not the exact birth time. The diagrams used are only
pictorial in nature and does not represent the exact birth time. - SA
9th house of spirituality. Yogananda brought a transformation to the West, spreading the
teachings of the masters of India.
The Moon on his ascendant represents the divine balance of fiery willpower and softer
watery kindness, something that was quite evident in his life. In navamsha the ascendant is
Cancer, confirming that interpretation: he possessed the strength of Leo and Sun, as well as
the kindness and sensitivity of Moon and Cancer. The Moon is sociable and he was often
surrounded by friends. In the rashi chart it also rules the 12th house of spirituality and
renunciation, in fact he was a Swami. Fire and water are his strongest elements and he
possessed their perfected traits: energy, enthusiasm, compassion, and intuition.
Yogananda's Moon is in Magha nakshatra. Magha is ruled by Ketu and its deities are
the Pitris, the divine ancestors and protectors of humanity. Yogananda had ascendant and
Moon in Magha, and even though he was a spiritual master, in his autobiography he never
identifies himself as such. He always expresses his devotion to the greatness of his guru and
other spiritual masters, which we can identify with the Pitris. Yogananda's direct disciple,
Swami Kriyananda, also has Moon in Magha and in turn he refers all his work as coming
from Yogananda and God, without taking any personal merit.
At the same time, Magha is royal and magnetic: both Swamis speak with authority
and confidence. A symbol for this nakshatra is a royal throne. Magha is the part of Leo
which is confident, magnetic and assertive. Ketu is the planet which keeps a record of the
past, and in this sense it supports Magha by referring its authority to a spiritual lineage of
preceding masters.
An ideal king is wisely involved with every aspect of its kingdom, while a lesser king
can be proud, controlling and demanding recognition; in either case, Magha indicates world
involvement. If we always remember that our accomplishments do not come from our ego
but from guru and God, then we wont become proud if we receive recognition, and we will
be able to transcend the ego and find freedom from the material world. Lahiri Mahasaya,
who belongs to the same lineage of spiritual masters of Yogananda (being his paramguru),
had the ascendant ruler, Venus, in Magha.
In all three cases, Magha represents that benefic world involvement which inspires us
magnetically (Leo) toward happiness and meditation (Ketu as the moksha karaka).