Jane Fonda's Vedic Chart - A Snapshot Analysis in Six Easy Pieces

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Jane Fonda's Vedic Chart - A Snapshot Analysis in Six Easy Pieces

 

9:49 AM 4/8/05 Fri

 

Evryone is very familiar with Jane Fonda - actress, sex symbol,

feminist/political activist. The daughter of acting legend Henry

Fonda, she has been at the forefront of the media and the world for

some four decades. In more recent years, she has been known for her

excercise videos, and being the (now ex) wife of media mogul Ted

Turner. She has recently published a memoir of her life in the

spotlight, as well as her struggles dealing with being " Hanoi Jane " ,

her failed three marriages, and her bought with bulimia. TIME

Magazine recently did a huge writeup on her. Check it out.

 

To be honest, Jane Fonda isn't my cup of tea, never has been,

although I recognize that she was and still is a very attractive

woman. After reading all of TIME's coverage of the recently deceased

Pope of Rome, I decided to read the Fonda piece. It lead me to check

out her Vedic chart, which is an object lesson in what a chart with

profound relationship difficulties looks like.

 

Jane Fonda

Dec 21 1937

9.14am EST

Manhattan, NY

Lahiri Lagna 5 Cap 31

 

This chart is easily broken down in six easy pieces (my ode to the

great Walter Mosley):

 

1. Note that Fonda has Kuja Dosha - The Blemish of Mars that destroys

relationship and marital bliss - from ALL THREE Lagnas: from the

birth Asc itself, from the Moon (Chandra Lagna) and from Venus

(Shukla Lagna). This alone should raise a serious eyebrow for anyone

looking at this woman's chart.

 

2. Moon Gandanta in the 7th House - while the Moon is in the Sign of

Cancer, still it is greatly weakened by being so close to the end of

a Water Sign AND a Naksatra; this greatly explains the " weakness " of

her marital bonds with her 3 hubbies, as well as her own weak sense

of self worth and value, and her own mother's mental instability,

since the Moon is the universal ruler of the mother. This is a highly

mixed result Moon, giving both good and bad results. For example, the

Moon aspecting the Asc greatly enhances Fonda's beauty (as the Moon

represents both the face and the breasts in Vedic astrology) but it

also brings to the fore the earlier mentioned things and events as

well. As the Moon is one of the planets that represents food and

nutrition, its weakened and troubled state speaks volumes about her

bulimia. Note also that the Moon is in Ashlesha naksatra, which

focuses on addictions, poisons, and sexual matters.

 

3. Venus associates with Rahu in Scorpio in the 11th House - this

placement should say it all, in that Venus is the Yoga-karaka for a

Cap Asc. Placed in the sexy Sign of Scorpio, and aligned with the

ultra-sexy Rahu, it is these two planets that really brought Fonda's

fame as a sexpot in the movie " Barbarella " . However, Rahu is

debilitated, and since Rahu represents the mass media and the general

public's perception of reality, it is this combination that also

brought Fonda her infamy in the " Hanoi Jane " incident in Vietnam.

Also, going back to the bulimia issue, note how both these planets

are in the 11th House of desires (Kama), and as Venus is yet another

of the universal planets of food and its intake (as well as beauty

and one's perception of oneself in that regard), we can see that its

alignment with Rahu the Insatiable clearly represents the bulimia

theme.

 

4. Jupiter in Cap - this is Jupiter's worst Sign placement, very

important for a woman, since Jupiter will represent the kinds of men

she will choose as a mate. In Cap, Jupiter here suggests that Fonda's

judgement of men will not be good; she may be taken in by their overt

shows/displays of " stuff " success and so on, but they may not be good

in terms of character or spirit. Indeed, her three marriages,

particularly with regard to Roger Vadim and Tom Hayden, was rife with

infidelity and the like on their parts. As we see here, and it cannot

be said enough, Jupiter is a very, very important planet in a woman's

chart.

 

5. Gaja-Kesari Yoga - Jupiter rising in the Cap Asc, while the Moon

sits in the 7th in Cancer, gives rise to this famous combination,

which gives in the main, " name, fame and wealth " . It is considered a

Raj-Yoga and a Dhana-Yoga, with strong political implications; in

fact, many prominent political leaders have this placement (George W

Bush, Bill Clinton, just to name a few), and it is this yoga that

explains Fonda's fierce feminist and political activism. However, the

weakness of both the Moon and Jupiter also speaks volumes her

unpopularity with the stances she took during her " activist " years.

This combination also speaks to her attracting famous or otherwise

well-known men, but again the inherent weaknesses here also shines a

light on their failings as men, particularly with regard to her.

 

6. Lagnesh Saturn in the 3rd House - this should be obvious to more

experienced Vedic astrologers, as the 3rd House is the house of

artistic pursuits; many well known actors, singers, directors and the

like have prominent placements in the 3rd House. Since Saturn, the

ruler of Fonda's Asc is placed here, we can easily see her early

interest in the arts. However, Saturn is also placed in the Sign of

Pisces, which is most associated with addictive tendencies, " a loss

of Self " , and confusion, unless there are strong indications

elsewhere in the chart that lead one to spiritual development and

focus.

 

In turning to her Dasas, we see the following (keeping in mind that I

reckon Vimshottari Dasa from the Asc position NOT the Moon):

 

Mom commits suicide, tailend of the Moon, beginning of Mars Dasa;

again, note the Moon's weakness, Moon representing mother, and being

in the 4th from the 4th House *which represents the emotional and

mental state); Mars in the 2nd suggests familial strife, rules the 4th

 

Gets fame with " Barbarella " , marries and divorces Vadim, gets into

trouble with the " Hanoi Jane " incident; note that Rahu Dasa was

running, aspecting the Moon and the 7th House, being debilitated and

associated with Venus the sexpot

 

Marries and divorces Hayden, becomes a fierce activist; Jupiter Dasa.

Again, keep in mind that Jupiter forms one half of the GKY and

aspects the 7th; Jupiter also represents the hubbie in a woman's

Vedic chart

 

Marries and divorces Ted Turner, Saturn Dasa. Fonda says in her book

the main reason why the marriage fell apart was because she could not

be herself; she was basically a shadow for Turner, doing all of the

things he liked and none of the things she liked. Saturn here is

Lagnesh, the ruler of the Asc - the core of the Self, the identity,

who one is - and so it would make perfect sense that Fonda would want

to assert herself during this time. Saturn would activate both

Jupiter in Cap/Lagna and Mars in the 2nd, suggesting major

disagreements and even arguments between her and Turner about these

things. We saw the end results.

 

Right now Fonda is in her Saturn Dasa, to last until 2009; in that

Saturn is in the 3rd House and aspects Mercury, which happens to rule

the 5th, we can see the book coming out at this time. She should make

quite a comeback, since she is running the Dasa of her

Lagnesh...though we also have to keep in mind, that Sade Sati, the

7.5 year transit of the Moon and the Signs that flank it, is on-tap

for the foreseeable future as well. Hmm...

 

Comments?

 

Salaam,

Mu