{"id":2800,"date":"2016-04-26T13:39:14","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T18:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/?p=2800"},"modified":"2016-04-26T13:39:14","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T18:39:14","slug":"prince-are-we-gonna-let-de-elevator-bring-us-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/?p=2800","title":{"rendered":"Prince: Are we gonna let de-elevator bring us down?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Prince-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2804\" src=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Prince-1.jpg\" alt=\"Prince (1)\" width=\"500\" height=\"369\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>&#8220;Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today 2 get through this thing called life.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Prince was hailed as an innovator, and known for his flamboyant stage presence, vocal range and guitar virtuosity. His music integrated a wide variety of styles that included rock, R&amp;B, funk, soul, psychedelia and pop. He was a singer, songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist. If anyone was capable of carrying a whole career on his shoulders, he had the chops for every aspect of it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time. He won seven Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and was ranked by <em>Rolling Stone<\/em> at #27 of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Prince was born as Prince Rogers Nelson on June 7th, 1958, at 6:17 PM in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (<em>Note: all positions in the sidereal zodiac<\/em>.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Prince-north-west.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2802\" src=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Prince-north-west.jpg\" alt=\"Prince-north-west\" width=\"700\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Prince-north-west.jpg 901w, http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Prince-north-west-300x142.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>His chart presents something of an enigma, because it seems to have few of the elements that we typically expect for a performing artist of such stature. Nonetheless, there are a few positive yogas that promise success:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Venus, his ascendant lord (functioning here as a trinal lord) associates with a strong Ketu in the 7th house to form <em>Raja Yoga<\/em>. Since Venus is the only true planet in <em>kendras<\/em>, its association with the arts is obvious, while the nodal axis invokes the innovation for which he was famous.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Saturn and Mercury, lords of the 4th and 9th houses, mutually aspect each other to form <em>Dharma Karma Adhipati Yoga<\/em>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Saturn and the Sun, lords of the 5th and 11th houses, mutually aspect each other to form <em>Dhana Yoga<\/em>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mercury and the Sun, lords of the 9th and 11th houses, associate to form yet another <em>Dhana Yoga<\/em>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And yet, there are also a couple of yogas that presage difficulties in life:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Papadhi Yoga<\/em> is formed with three malefics \u00e2\u0080\u0093 Mars, Ketu and the Sun \u00e2\u0080\u0093 in a <em>mala<\/em> across the 6th, 7th and 8th houses. This concentrates negative energy in the 7th to aspect the ascendant, and can cause health problems.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Shakata Yoga<\/em> is formed with the Moon and Jupiter in a 6\/8 relationship, thus invoking a bumpy ride with ups and downs in life. With Jupiter, the <em>karaka<\/em> of children in the 12th, and the Moon in the 5th, one of the problem areas would be children.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">His parents were both African-American with musical backgrounds \u00e2\u0080\u0093 his father a pianist and songwriter, his mother a jazz singer. His parents separated when Prince was 10 and, after being shuffled back and forth between parents and relatives, he was later brought up by a neighbor\u00e2\u0080\u0099s family.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>&#8220;Are we gonna let de-elevator bring us down?\u00c2\u00a0<\/em><em>Oh, no, let&#8217;s go! Let\u00e2\u0080\u0099s go crazy!&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As a child he was subject to fits of epilepsy, probably symptomatic of the nodal axis running through his ascendant, but he mysteriously out-grew the condition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Since 2005 he was a candidate for double hip replacement, but it\u00e2\u0080\u0099s not entirely clear if he had the surgery or, as a Jehovah\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Witness, refused the operation on religious grounds because it would have required a blood transfusion. In any case, he was apparently often in pain in his later years, and allegedly taking Percocet for relief.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2805\" src=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/love-sexy-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"love sexy\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>The hips are ruled by the 9th house. Its lord Mercury is in the 8th, afflicted by both the Sun and Saturn. Meanwhile, Jupiter, the generic ruler of the hips, is afflicted in the 12th.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Although slight of build and shy (both perhaps courtesy of that <em>Papadhi Yoga<\/em>), Prince played basketball in high school. He also began writing songs and performing in local bands in the mid-70s. This was the onset of his Jupiter <em>dasha<\/em>. In its period, Jupiter gives results for its star-lord (<em>nakshatra<\/em> dispositor) Mars in the Pisces 6th, whose sign Jupiter both owns and aspects. This 6th-house emphasis invoked Prince\u00e2\u0080\u0099s competitive streak, and the entire <em>dasha<\/em> was pretty much an unbroken string of successes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He signed a recording contract with Warner Brothers during Jupiter-Saturn and released his first album, on which he played all 27 instruments. He released his second album <em>Prince<\/em> in Jupiter-Mercury, double album <em>1999<\/em> in Jupiter-Venus, and <em>Purple Rain<\/em> in Jupiter-Sun. He won an Academy Award for Best Original Song Score (<em>Purple Rain<\/em>) in Jupiter-Moon. Note that Moon is his 10th lord and, through its star-lord Rahu also invokes the support of both Venus (fame) and Mars (earning power).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">With the shift into Saturn <em>dasha<\/em>, things got bumpy. There were internal problems with band dynamics and financial losses on tours with too-elaborate stage sets. He was forced by Warner to sign away publishing rights for other considerations. He accelerated his production schedule in order to finish his obligations to his recording company, with some inevitable losses of quality. He changed his name to further distance himself from his history with Warner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-2801 size-medium alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/prince-symbol-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"prince &amp; symbol\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" \/>Interestingly, the unpronounceable symbol that he chose for his moniker was based on the western astrology glyphs for Venus and Mars, and was sometimes referred to as The Love Symbol. As it turns out, both Venus and Mars aspect his ascendant, and both planets are invoked by the presence of the nodal axis through his ascendant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He married for the first time in Saturn-Ketu. Ketu occupies the 7th house. Unfortunately, so does Venus, and thus forms <em>karako bhavo nashto<\/em>, a problem for marriage when Venus is afflicted, as it certainly is in this case, sitting on the nodal axis and being flanked by Mars and the Sun. Mars as 7th lord in the 6th is also a spoiler of marriage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A son was born in Saturn-Venus, only to die one week later. 5th lord Saturn is retrograde albeit afflicted by the Sun. The Moon in the 5th is ordinary and unaspected by any planet. The karaka for children, Jupiter, is afflicted in the 12th.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">His first divorce came in Saturn-Sun. Sun gives results for its star-lord Mars which, as 7th lord in the 6th, threatens disruptions to any marital regime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He married again in Saturn-Moon. Moon gives results for Rahu, which invokes Venus in the 7th and Mars in the 6th, both the making and unmaking of relationship. He divorced in Saturn-Jupiter. Jupiter gives results for its star-lord Mars (occupant of the 6th) and itself (lord of the 6th), something of a double-whammy against marriage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/hqdefault.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2806\" src=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/hqdefault-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"hqdefault\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Although Prince was romantically linked with many celebrities, including Apollonia, Carmen Electra, Kim Basinger, Madonna, Sheila E., Sherilyn Fenn and Vanity, monogamy was never really in the stars for him. As his first wife put it, Prince preferred relationships in which he was able to relate without any hint of \u00e2\u0080\u009cbondage.\u00e2\u0080\u009d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Throughout his career, Prince was a fierce litigator against any unauthorized use of his music or videos. Mars in the 6th is all the evidence we need for his occasional temper tantrums, his competitive streak and a legal team at his beck and call to take down any videos that appeared on YouTube or fan sites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On April 21, 2016, Prince was found dead in an elevator in his Paisley Park compound outside Minneapolis. He was running Mercury-Moon-Jupiter. <em>Dasha<\/em> lord Mercury occupies the 8th and owns the 12th.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/prince.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2807\" src=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/prince-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"prince\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Bhukti<\/em> lord Moon gives results for Rahu, which in turn invokes 8th lord Venus and Mars occupying the 6th. In addition, Mars is a double <em>maraka<\/em> owning the 2nd and the 7th, while Venus is a single <em>maraka<\/em> occupying the 7th.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Antara<\/em> lord Jupiter gives results for its star-lord Mars as above, and also for itself, as an occupant of the 12th and lord of the 6th.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Transits at the time of death fulfilled many expectations of KP analysis. Transiting Jupiter was in a Venus <em>nakshatra<\/em>; Venus is a <em>maraka<\/em>. Transiting Sun was in a Ketu <em>nakshatra<\/em>; Ketu is a <em>maraka<\/em>, acting for its dispositor Mars and its associate Venus, both <em>marakas<\/em>. Transiting Moon was in a Mars <em>nakshatra<\/em>; Mars is a <em>maraka<\/em>. The transiting <em>lagna<\/em> was in Rahu <em>nakshatra<\/em>; Rahu is proxy for Mars and Venus, both <em>marakas<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As Prince once sang in his song Let\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Go Crazy, \u00e2\u0080\u009c<em>In this life, things are much harder than in the afterworld. In this life, you&#8217;re on your own<\/em>.\u00e2\u0080\u009d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">~~~<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Alan Annand<\/strong>, astrologer and palmist, is\u00c2\u00a0a graduate of the American College of Vedic Astrology\u00c2\u00a0and\u00c2\u00a0the British Faculty of Astrological Studies. He\u00c2\u00a0is the author of several books, both fiction and non-fiction.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Stellar Astrology<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0offers\u00c2\u00a0astrological techniques,\u00c2\u00a0in-depth celebrity profiles, and analysis of world\u00c2\u00a0events, while\u00c2\u00a0<em>Parivartana Yoga<\/em> is a reference text for one of the most common yet powerful planetary combinations in <em>jyotish<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" alignleft\" title=\"Alan Varanasi @ 50%\" src=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Alan-Varanasi-@-50%-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" \/>His\u00c2\u00a0<em>NEW AGE NOIR<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0crime novels (<em>Scorpio Rising<\/em>,\u00c2\u00a0<em>Felonious Monk<\/em>,\u00c2\u00a0<em>Soma County<\/em>) feature astrologer and palmist Axel Crowe, whom one reviewer has dubbed \u00e2\u0080\u009cSherlock Holmes with a horoscope.\u00e2\u0080\u009d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Websites: www.navamsa.com, www.sextile.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You can find his books on <a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"AMZN\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Alan-Annand\/e\/B0052MM0PO\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Apple\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/artist\/alan-annand\/id442957999\" target=\"_blank\">Apple<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"B&amp;N\" href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/c\/alan-annand\" target=\"_blank\">Barnes&amp;Noble<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Kobo\" href=\"http:\/\/store.kobobooks.com\/en-CA\/Search?Query=Alan%20Annand\" target=\"_blank\">Kobo<\/a> and <a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Smash\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/profile\/view\/AlanAnnand\" target=\"_blank\">Smashwords<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today 2 get through this thing called life.&#8221; Prince was hailed as an innovator, and known for his flamboyant stage presence, vocal range and guitar virtuosity. 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