Tracking Psoriasis

Through Astrology 

Psoriasis is a skin disease that has shattered many mentally and pushed many into depression, with a sense of shame  sends them into hiding. It is not difficult to understand how heart breaking it would be for someone in the modeling profession to suffer from this dreaded, chronic disease. But, this brave girl CariDee English who in spite of suffering from the disease not only participated in the “America’s Next Top Model” context, but also won it! She did it in 2006 at the age of 24. She did have the problem since the age of five. It takes lots of guts not just to go public with this problem, in such an industry, but to show that one can thrive in such adverse conditions too, if one accepts the reality and learns to deal with it. Otherwise, she could have been another case of a person suffering from mental depression. 

Charlie Chaplin

- an Astroprofile

Charles Chaplin is one of the greatest entertainers of our times.  He is a legend and one of the icons of American Cinema. This was one of the compelling reasons to study his chart and see his life events from Astrological perspective. Since Moon occupies Lagna in his case, the effects of each house, planet and bhava karakas get amplified as they get the same reference from both the Lagna and the Moon. This reduces the complexity of the chart and renders it easier for the beginners to understand his chart better. Hence, it would be an interesting case to study and understand his life through an Astro-Lense.

Information about his life has been obtained from the following site:

http://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Chaplin%2C_Charles

The above site gives his birth details taken from his biography. The birth time is given as 20:00 hrs., with a rating of ‘B’. This author has rectified the birth time to 19:51:05 hrs. using his own BTR technique. Exalted Sun has been taken as the strongest planet in the chart for the purpose of birth time rectification. As Sun is also the lord of 11^th house (of multiplicity), one could see prominent effects of multiplicity in the life of Charlie, in many spheres of his life.

Steve Jobs fighting Cancer

Steve Jobs is a well known name in the IT industry. He is the co-founder and CEO of Apple Computer Corporation, which manufactures personal computers, iPods, iPads, iPhones etc. He was adopted at the age of 10 though his biological parents were alive. He dropped out of college just after one semester in 1972. He did a lot of odd jobs to earn few dollars and was even getting free food weekly at the local Hare Krishna Temple. However, the growth of his company Apple made him a rich businessman and also brought him lot of popularity due to the innovative products that they produced at Apple. Forbes estimated his networth to be $5.1 billion in 2009.

As I am particularly interested in Medical Astrology, the news item that said that Steve Jobs is suffering from Cancer caught my eye. Since his birth data is rated ‘AA’ by Rodden’s Astrodatabank, it would be interesting to read his horoscope to understand the cause for his health problems.