{"id":3492,"date":"2017-10-06T11:28:58","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T16:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/?p=3492"},"modified":"2017-10-06T11:28:58","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T16:28:58","slug":"jim-carrey-man-on-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/?p=3492","title":{"rendered":"Jim Carrey: Man on the Moon?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Every now and again, Jim Carrey gives an interview which causes people to wonder out loud, Is this guy playing with a full deck<\/em>?<\/span><\/p>\n

Admittedly, Carrey has never been shy about voicing his opinion on matters he considered important. While still partners with Jenny McCarthy, he campaigned publicly against vaccinations, going so far as to call California Governor Jerry Brown a \u00e2\u0080\u009ccorporate fascist\u00e2\u0080\u009d for signing legislation that required all school age children to be vaccinated against the typical diseases, allowing no exemption for religious or philosophical reasons. In turn, critics described Carrey\u00e2\u0080\u0099s anti-vaccination statements as \u00e2\u0080\u009cangry, dense and immune to reason.\u00e2\u0080\u009d<\/span><\/p>\n

Although Carrey may be passionate, he\u00e2\u0080\u0099s not stupid. Rather, he just doesn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t care what people think of him, and isn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t shy about being transparent. Carrey has publicly admitted to having struggled for years with depression, a condition which to his credit ultimately forced him to wean himself from Prozac and confront his demons without prescription or recreational drugs, alcohol, or even coffee. Instead, he turned to Transcendental Meditation and sought refuge in wide-ranging spiritual studies.<\/span><\/p>\n

Carrey\u00e2\u0080\u0099s chart has a number of remarkable features that single him out as a candidate for both depression and spiritual search. At a glance, the first thing that leaps out from his chart is the presence of six grahas<\/em> in the Capricorn 4th house. Those familiar with yogas might immediately recognize Pravrajya<\/em> Yoga<\/em>, whose formation requires at least four real planets (not counting the nodes) in a single sign. In Carrey\u00e2\u0080\u0099s chart, he has five real planets in the 4th.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Pravrajya Yoga<\/em>, among other things, inclines a person to embrace a spiritual search, which may include significant periods of withdrawal from the world, abstention from popular stimuli, and vows of silence, all in the name of sober contemplation and reflection upon the reality of existence.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although Pravrajya Yoga<\/em> already suggests some degree of solitary withdrawal, its occurrence in Capricorn, including Saturn in its own sign, gives it an even greater bias. Furthermore, the theme of surrender is also strongly encouraged by the fact that the moksha<\/em> houses of his chart (4th, 8th, 12th) are very much activated.<\/span><\/p>\n

A general technique to assess how strongly any of the purushartha<\/em> themes (goals of a person) are activated in any chart is to examine the lords of dharma<\/em> houses (1-5-9), artha<\/em> houses (2-6-10), kama<\/em> houses (3-7-11) and moksha<\/em> houses (4-8-12). For example, when two or more dharma<\/em> lords occupy dharma<\/em> houses, the dharma<\/em> theme is activated in the life, all the more so if one or more of those lords is strong. And so on with each of the other triads \u00e2\u0080\u0093 artha<\/em>, kama<\/em>, and moksha<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Carrey\u00e2\u0080\u0099s case, let\u00e2\u0080\u0099s examine the moksha<\/em> triad. The 4th lord is Saturn, strong in its own sign. The 8th lord is Venus, also in the 4th, where it gains dig bala<\/em>. The 12th lord is Mercury, also in the 4th, where it suffers injury via graha yuddha<\/em> with Jupiter. The key observation here is that all three moksha<\/em> lords (Saturn, Venus, Mercury) occupy a moksha<\/em> house (the 4th) where two of them enjoy strength. This immediately highlights the moksha<\/em> theme, all the more so since these three lords all occupy Capricorn, the sign of Saturn, the great renunciate.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Thus, we might logically anticipate that moksha<\/em> will arise as a major life-defining theme for Carrey. This becomes all the more likely when we observe that Saturn and Mercury, both moksha<\/em> lords, run sequential dasha<\/em> periods that between them cover a span of 36 years of his adult life. That\u00e2\u0080\u0099s a significant period of \u00e2\u0080\u009ctraction\u00e2\u0080\u009d during which the moksha<\/em> program will be strongly encouraged.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>During this same period, however, we might also anticipate a certain dysfunctionality in the form of depression, morbidity, anti-social behavior or outright withdrawal from \u00e2\u0080\u009cnormal life.\u00e2\u0080\u009d<\/span><\/p>\n

In the scheme of Vedic psychology, the concept of the manas<\/em> is intended to cover the \u00e2\u0080\u009cemotional\u00e2\u0080\u009d mind, that instinctual part of our brain that manages the autonomic nervous system, registers likes and dislikes via the five senses, and thus forms part of our personality. When the manas<\/em> is disturbed, the person may become prone to physical and\/or emotional irregularities.<\/span><\/p>\n

The manas<\/em> is analyzed via the 4th lord, the 4th house, and the Moon, which is the karaka<\/em> for the emotional mind. Disturbance arises when planets are weak, badly placed by house, or influenced by Saturn or the nodes. Allowance is made, however, for when Saturn is itself the lord of the 4th.<\/span><\/p>\n

If we follow the pro forma<\/em> for 4th house analysis, here\u00e2\u0080\u0099s what we observe in Carrey\u00e2\u0080\u0099s chart:<\/span><\/p>\n