Rare Twin Birth

"Mom gives birth to two sets of identical twins at Houston hospital" news item caught my attention. The following link gives the details of the news:

Rare Twin Birth

However, for ready reference, I am copying the news here:

A couple welcomed two sets of identical twins delivered at a Houston hospital on Valentine's Day. According to The Woman's Hospital of Texas where the babies were born, the odds of such a birth naturally is one in 70 million.

Tressa and Manuel Montalvo became parents to the tandem of twins last week after they were delivered within minutes of each other at the hospital. The boys developed in separate placenta and were delivered at 31 weeks.

Ace and Blaine were born at 8:51 a.m. weighing 3 pounds, 10 ounces, and 3 pounds, 15 ounces. Cash and Dylan were just one minute behind, born at 8:52 a.m. weighing 2 pounds, 15 ounces, and 3 pounds, 6 ounces.

Birth Time Rectification

Birth Time Rectification for

Twins born in two different countries

using Krishna's BTR technique

The details about the twins born in tow different countries can be read from my previous post titled "Twins born in two different countries!". And, in this post, I will demonstrate once more the applicability of Krishna's BTR Technique in rectifying the birth time for these twins. Those who are not aware of my BTR technique, please look at the appropriate post.

I have used "True Chitrapaksha Ayanamsha" as given in jHora astrological software.

Twins born in two different countries!

This news item reported by BBC attracted my attention as this is unheard of before and that I had done some research on twin's charts a few years back. The link to the actual story is given below:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-18767549.

The story goes like this:

A mother from Northumberland gave birth to twins less than two hours apart in two different countries.

Donna Keenan, 28, gave birth to Dylan Joseph at about 22:00 BST on 1 July in the living room of her house in Wooler.

After being taken 40 miles by ambulance to Borders General Hospital in Melrose, Scotland, Hannah Rose was born at 23:39 BST.

Miss Keenan and boyfriend, Joe Fox, 24, were watching the final of Euro 2012 when she went into labour.

I was curious to check out if the three rules that I formulated for twin charts would be applicable in this special case of twin births. Those who are interested in my write-up can take a look at Unique features of a twin's chart. 

Adopting Parent

-    An astro-analysis

In Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (BPHS), in the chapter on "Effects of the Bhava Lords", the following shloka talks about the possibility of a native adopting a child.

सुतेशे व्ययभावस्ये जातः पुत्रसुखॊज्झितः ।

दत्तपुत्रयुतॊ वासौ क्रितपुत्रान्वितॊ तवा ॥

The translation of the above shloka is as follows:

If the 5th lord is in the 12th bhava, the native will be bereft of happiness from his own sons. He will have an adopted or purchased son.

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.