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Although Rupert Murdoch built a world-wide media empire from scratch, he has seemingly remained, despite being a canny and ruthless businessman, a romantic at heart. As evidence, we need only note that the 93-year-old multi-billionaire has recently been married for the fifth time, to Elena Zhukova. Indeed, Murdoch\u2019s horoscope is a fitting example for several key principles regarding the assessment of one\u2019s romantic nature and willingness to engage in marriage more than once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But first, a brief overview of the media magnate\u2019s career arc. After inheriting two newspapers and a radio station in Australia when his father died in 1952, Murdoch promptly began acquiring newspapers across Australia, in the course of which he basically invented the modern tabloid by catering to plebeian tastes \u2013 politics, sports and celebrity scandals. In due course he bought key media properties in the UK and in Asia before setting his sights on America. In the process, he gave up his Australian citizenship to become an American, and thus satisfy legal requirements to own a US television network, ie, Fox News. Eventually, he came to own well over 800 companies in 50 different countries, with a 2022 net worth of $22 Billion, making him the 31st richest person in the USA, and the 71st richest in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Murdoch was born March 11, 1931, at 23h59 in Melbourne, Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A quick catalog of the graha avasthas<\/em> (planetary dignities) in his horoscope reveals nothing special. The Sun, Moon, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn and the lunar nodes are all ordinary. Only Mars and Mercury stand out \u2013 Mars being debilitated, Mercury moderately combust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But even ordinary grahas<\/em> can form fortuitous combinations, of which there are several in Murdoch\u2019s horoscope. For starters, 9th lord Sun and double kendra<\/em> (7th and 10th) lord Mercury associate to form two Dharma-Karma Adhipati<\/em> yogas, one of which is an esteemed Raja<\/em> yoga involving the lords of the 9th and 10th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As might be expected, Murdoch has a couple of Dhana<\/em> yogas. One is formed via the mutual aspect between 1st lord Jupiter and 2nd lord Saturn, the other by mutual aspect between 5th lord Mars and 11th lord Venus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Moon and Jupiter in mutual aspect create a Kesari<\/em> yoga. And although debilitated, Mars achieves sufficient remediation from other grahas<\/em> (Moon, Jupiter & Saturn) to be elevated to the status of Neechabhanga<\/em> yoga, building on its previously-noted participation in a Dhana<\/em> yoga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And finally, 6th lord Venus and 12th lord Mars are in mutual aspect, meanwhile having no contact whatsoever with any other positive house lord, thus creating a Viparita Raja<\/em> yoga, an essential ingredient in his ability to have overcome many professional crises on his way to the top of the world\u2019s media empires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given a Rodden rating of \u201cA\u201d for his birth time, we can be reasonably confident when it comes to applying amsha vichara<\/em> in reviewing both his personal and professional life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although it\u2019s not the subject of this article, it\u2019s worth taking a quick look at Murdoch\u2019s D-10 (dashamsha<\/em>) to review the disposition of his grahas<\/em> therein. To simplify a methodology developed by astrologer-mathematician Seshadri Iyer, one can expect positive career outcomes during the dashas<\/em> of grahas<\/em> that occupy positive bhavas<\/em> in the D-10, and negative outcomes during the dashas<\/em> of grahas<\/em> that occupy negative bhavas<\/em> in the D-10. For the record, the kendras<\/em> and trikonas<\/em> in any amsha<\/em> are considered positive, the \u201cmoney\u201d houses (2-11) are deemed positive-neutral, and the dusthanas<\/em> (3-6-8-12) are negative. Shown below are Murdoch\u2019s D-9 (navamsha<\/em>) and D-10 (dashamsha<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For career matters, see the D-10. Murdoch began his publishing career in 1952, during the last third of his Venus dasha<\/em>. Venus occupies the 11th house of the D-10. After Venus came Sun dasha<\/em> (9th house), Moon (10th), Mars (2nd), Rahu (4th), Jupiter (9th), and Saturn (7th). The point to be made here is that not one single graha<\/em> in his D-10 occupies a dusthana<\/em>, thus providing a snapshot of a lifetime dasha<\/em> sequence that is positively disposed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By contrast, when we examine his D-9 (navamsha<\/em>) for his prospects in romantic or marital matters, we see that a third of his grahas<\/em> (Mars in the 3rd, Rahu in the 8th, and Venus in the 12th) presage some degree of turbulence. And in hindsight, this is pretty much what we\u2019ve seen. With five marriages to date, and not a single spousal death among them, that means four of those marriages have ended in divorce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, even if Murdoch had been made privy to the astrological prognosis for his marital life, he might well have gone ahead anyway. And why, you might ask?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For starters, let\u2019s review his natal horoscope. Dual signs on the kendras<\/em> suggests something of a disposition for ambivalence, irregularity, restlessness and\/or variety in the realm of personal relationships. Dual sign lord Mercury is notoriously adolescent, while Jupiter often has its sights set on \u201chigher\u201d matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Murdoch has his Moon in the lagna<\/em>, associated with Saturn, aspected by Jupiter. The Moon is a romantic, but also somewhat \u201ctwitchy\u201d in a dual sign. Meanwhile, Saturn in the lagna<\/em> can suggest someone too \u201cold\u201d or cynical to sustain a relationship. Meanwhile, lagnesh<\/em> Jupiter is under the influence of both the romantic Moon and the cynical Saturn. More significantly, however, is that dual lord Jupiter is a significator for abundance, which means both opportunity and multiplicity, ie, many relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shifting our focus to the 7th house, we see more of the same dynamic, with the influences of Moon, Jupiter and Saturn. When we examine the 7th lord Mercury, we find it seriously afflicted \u2013 made combust by its association with the Sun, but also aspected by both Mars and Saturn, meanwhile occupying a sign of Saturn. Last but not least, karaka<\/em> Venus also occupies a Saturn sign, and is aspected by Mars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of the above, from the natal horoscope alone, suggests someone who alternates between romanticism and cynicism, who enjoys many relationship opportunities, and yet struggles to maintain such relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Murdoch has now been married five times:<\/p>\n\n\n\n