{"id":4951,"date":"2024-05-01T12:52:08","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T17:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/?p=4951"},"modified":"2024-05-01T12:52:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T17:52:08","slug":"mitt-romney-woulda-coulda-shoulda-been-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/?p=4951","title":{"rendered":"Mitt Romney: woulda-coulda-shoulda-been President"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Despite his significant personal and public appeal, Mitt Romney has never seemed to be in the right place at the right time to succeed in the penultimate ambition of many American politicians \u2013 Presidency of the USA. Although he enjoyed a full term (2003-2007) as the Governor of Massachusetts, he subsequently abandoned his 2007 run for Republican Presidential nominee in favor of John McCain. In 2011 he was successful in becoming the GOP\u2019s nominee, but lost the general election to Barack Obama. In 2015 he was one of many contenders for Presidential nominee but, along with the rest of the Republican field, was pushed aside by upstart Donald Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although he subsequently won a Senate seat in Utah in 2018, his star had lost his luster. In 2020, Romney was the lone Republican who voted to convict Donald Trump in his first impeachment trial, and again voted to convict in Trump\u2019s second trial in 2021. His moral position earned him the silent admiration of his colleagues and the vocal enmity of Maga-world. In 2023, Romney announced he would retire from the Senate when his term expires in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Romney\u2019s horoscope offers a great example of the difference between static and dynamic analysis. Static analysis is when we look at a horoscope and identify all of its positives and negatives. These can arise from yogas, the strength of grahas<\/em> and bhavas<\/em>, and the disposition of various amshas<\/em>. Dynamic analysis is when we look at the individual\u2019s dashas<\/em> and bhuktis<\/em> to determine which of the horoscope\u2019s yogas will be activated and when, and likewise with the amshas<\/em>, and the consequences of it all. To invoke an analogy, kundali vichara<\/em> is the study of the horoscope as a static snapshot, while dasha vichara<\/em> is the study of the horoscope as a movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Romney\u2019s chart offers all the essential requisites for a politician. He has four Dharma-Karma Adhipati<\/em> yogas \u2013 lagnesh<\/em> Venus combining once with Saturn as 9th lord, and again as 10th lord; Sun and Mercury as 4th and 5th lords, respectively, a true Raja<\/em> yoga; and 7th lord Mars with 9th lord Mercury. Almost all of these grahas<\/em> are strong \u2013 Sun and Mars with digbala<\/em>, Mercury and Saturn retrograde. Only lagnesh<\/em> Venus lacks dignity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Worthy of note, both Kshatriya grahas<\/em> Sun and Mars enjoy digbala<\/em> in the 10th house. This command-and-control combination is ideal for anyone charged with administration in the context of government, industry or other large organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the Sun and Mercury also form Budhaditya<\/em> yoga, a mark of intelligence and rational thought, something not to be taken for granted. Last but not least, the Moon and Jupiter in the 7th house form Kesari<\/em> yoga, a great combination for anyone in sales, marketing, education or politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So, what went wrong? Since Romney\u2019s birth time is listed to the minute, as 09h51 on 12 March 1947 in Detroit, Michigan, we can lean a little more heavily on the time-sensitive amshas<\/em>. Shown below are his D9 (navamsha<\/em>) and D10 (dashamsha<\/em>) which reflect his general fortunes and professional life, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the body of rules laid down by the late Seshadri Iyer for the analysis of dashas<\/em> and amshas<\/em>, we should:<\/p>\n\n\n\n