Antonin Scalia- Research Paper on the Vedic Horoscope (Source Material for Advanced Detailed Chart Analysis)

Prologue:

We have been, in recent times, writing about the escalation of Jyotisha work, from the already relatively higher levels to more elevated echelons, mostly through the Advanced Detailed Chart Analysis which amongst other things is treating the major components of horoscope interpretation at a deeper level. Rashis, Bhavas and Grahas (lords of Bhavas) are all thereby taken to a higher footing.

We truly travel to rarefied realms when we examine the real picture as it unfolds through the subtleties of planetary aspects (Graha Drishti) and sign aspects (Rashi Drishtis) introducing the crucial perspective which comes from the Padas or measures of intent, pressure and focus asserted by the planets.

The real meaning of the placement of the lord of a house in another is also applied in such works, with the interpretation taken to quite another level when the Karakas and their functioning is applied. Special considerations are then introduced and the divisional charts are studied through the prism of dicta that are largely not in the popular domain. In this work, only the Navamsha Chakra and the Dashamsha Chakra are interpreted for purposes of illustration but the dicta have been given by the sages for all divisional charts in the horoscope.

Some lesser known Dashas and their usage are also given. We have been constrained to omit the real working of the Arudha Chakra from this web publication for certain reasons, and also the segment relating to Bala (Shadbala) which really gives us direct awareness of the strength of the planets in all areas of the horoscope including their practical working. These travel as separate analyses depending on the need and life structure of individuals who seek illumination from this art.

This work, the interpretation of Antonin Scalia’s horoscope, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States of America furnishes an indication of the sources which are being tapped for the composition of the Advanced Detailed Chart Analysis. In other words, the considerations relevant for a horoscope will be culled out from amongst those used here, and maybe from some which have not been used here apart from the specifically excluded parts.

With this we offer you this work composed in very close proximity to the teachings of the sages, including the specific terminology used in the classical literature of Vedic astrology. 

Research Paper:

Antonin Scalia (birth name: Antonin Gregory Scalia) was born with the following birth data which has an AA (Accurate accurate) rating at Louis Rodden’s Astro Databank: March 11, 1936, 8:55 PM, Trenton, New Jersey, USA (40 N 13, 74 W 45).

{There was no Daylight Saving Time applicable at the time.}

Antonin Scalia was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1986 till 2016, when he passed away. He was also the first Italian-American Justice, of the Supreme Court of the United States.

The research paper will proceed on the premise of correlating the known and recorded events in the life-journey of the subject with the various features of the Vedic horoscope. The native was known for his originalist and textualist position in the conservative wing of the Supreme Court of the United States of America (USA).

The Rāśi Chakra contains the overall physical life environment or experience of a native and is extracted below for reference-

Lagna Chakra:

For a man who was renowned for his professional accomplishments, it is interesting to note that the Karmeśa Cañdra is placed in the Lagna Bhāva in Tulā Rāśi. Lagna denotes fame and it came to him through the Daśama Bhāva or the Karma Bhāva. It is the drive to excel in the profession that has led to fame. Cañdra is the Naisargika Kāraka for fame and acclaim in society which it rules, and as the Karmeśa placed in the Lagna Bhāva, strongly indicates that Scalia would be a renowned personality.

Tulā Rāśi in the Lagna is denoted by a balance which is the symbol of the scales of justice and is indicative of the area of life in which the fame would accrue. With Cañdra in the Lagna, Scalia enjoyed a blessing of the Ptṛs and would have always tried to help others. Cañdra is a shimmering and glittering planet and gives a life projecting these blessings.

With Tulā Lagna Scalia would have the power to rejuvenate himself after any setback as Śukra has the power of rejuvenation. Since Śukra indicates virility and potency and is placed in the Pañcama Bhāva of children with the Pañcameśa Śani, he was blessed with as many as nine children.

Śukra in Kumbha Rāśi with three planets can indicate that the native had heavy past Karma to discharge since the sign is ruled by Rāhu and would be strongly connected to politics and politicians in his work, which is true in his case as he was close to President Ronald Reagan, who nominated him to the US Supreme Court. Other events in his life also point to this proximity with politicians. Owing to the placement of the Lagneśa governing the nature and intelligence in Kumbha Rāśi he was clear in his views that there was nothing wrong with Judges associating with politicians at the personal level.

With Cañdra, the benefic in the Lagna, his thoughts would have been fundamentally clean and pure and while Śukra has the malefic company of Śani and Sūrya in Kumbha Rāśi, Śukra is inherently inclined to pure (Śu) deeds (Kra), perhaps in an environment of political machinations. It is also noteworthy that Sūrya is the Ātmakāraka for the horoscope.

Yoga:

In the Pañcama Bhāva the Samyoga is a Sambaṅdha of Bhaviṣyada Yoga between two Grahas: Sūrya, the Ātmakāraka is the farthest in terms of longitude and is followed by Budha, Śukra and Śani, in that order. Sūrya and Budha have Bhaviṣyada Yoga which happens in the future. This is Nipuṇa Yoga of high intelligence and influences the Pañcama Bhāva to the Daśama Bhāva.

The remaining Yogas in the Pañcama Bhāva are Ateeta Yogas and come from the past. They impact the 4^th to the 11^th Houses from the Lagna. In particular, the Bhrātṛkāraka Śani indicates the common perception amongst his peers that he was a conservative Roman Catholic from his early days. Śani as the Bhrātṛkāraka indicates the orthodox Catholicism since the Bhrātṛkāraka stands for the belief system, guiding philosophy and values. Catholicism is about the suffering of Christ and the concept of sin and repenting for it which are all matters associated with Śani and are reflected in the horoscope in the manner stated. Śani in its own Rāśi (technically Mūlatṛkoṇa) is at the Tattwa level and the internal attributes have become very strong and this also points to the role of suffering for redemption in the orthodox internal make-up.

Since Śani, the Bhrātṛkāraka is also the Pañcameśa, one of Scalia’s sons went on to become a priest in the Church.

Ātmakāraka and Jurisprudence and Ideology:

Scalia is known for espousing a conservative jurisprudence and ideology and this comes from Sūrya. This is nothing less than a calling of the soul and is his core Kārmic self as Sūrya is the Ātmakāraka. Sūrya is impartial and adheres to the rule. In law, the Principles of Statutory Interpretation are an important branch, since it governs the principles based on which statutory provisions enacted by the legislature are to be interpreted and understood. Sūrya does not brook any sideways entry into how things are. Sūrya will simply state how things are and expect that the rule will be followed as it is, without exception.

This is how it transpired in Scalia’s chart. His method is described as textualism and originalism which is also known as the Literal Rule of Statutory Interpretation in our own jurisprudence. This rule dictates that the statutory provision or the rule must be read and interpreted as it has been enacted based on the assumption that the legislature has used every word and expression advisedly, unless in a given instance the literal or Strict Rule of Interpretation, for some reason, reads to anomaly or absurdity. Sūrya is like a strict headmaster, and it is no surprise that Scalia followed the Strict or Literal Rule in Statutory Interpretation.

It is this dominance of the Ātmakāraka Sūrya in Kumbha Rāśi which adopts an oppositional stance to the principle of affirmative action. Scalia believed that minorities did not require to be treated on a special footing. even though Śani, the lord of Kumbha Rāśi is placed in Kumbha Rāśi, the Ātmakāraka Sūrya is highly disapproving of any special benefits being doled out to the minorities governed by Śani and Rāhu, the lords of Kumbha Rāśi, indicating a particular type of democracy where those perceived as the  downtrodden are treated on an elevated pedestal.

The conjunction of Sūrya and Śani, the two arch-enemies indicates that in the consciousness indicated by the Pañcama Bhāva, there is conspicuous dislike for the entire theory behind affirmative action and Sūrya is actively against such a scenario.

Since Sūrya is in a Rāśi of Śani, this jurisprudential proposition had to be expressed by way of minority opinions and was not the law laid down. Sūrya can only dissent in Kumbha Rāśi and cannot dictate as it is ruled by Śani but insofar as Scalia’s own being was concerned, there is no shred of doubt that he was against doling out privileges to the minorities. Sūrya indicates those in power or those having the wherewithal, royal people and leaders, juxtaposed against the poverty of the have-nots, indicated by Śani.

It is this conflict or antagonistic viewpoint as compared to the prevailing policy of affirmative action which decided his politics and political associates and benefactors (Kumbha Rāśi).

Direct Implications of the Lagna Chakra:

With the Lagna rising in a Dwāpara Yuga Rāśi and these being in Tṛkoṇa, a lot of work and effort would have been required for Scalia to achieve what he did. The Karmeśa Cañdra is in Tulā Rāśi and would have made him work very hard indeed to achieve the fame destined to him. The Lagneśa Śukra is in the Pañcama Bhāva in another Dwāpara Yuga Rāśi, Kumbha, and confirms that the application of thought and intelligence (Pāka) is a rigorous process throughout life. The Bhāgyeśa Budha is also placed here in the Pañcama Bhāva which gives him fortune greater than what he could have hoped for, once the groundwork was done in accordance with the nature of the Yuga Rāśi. We can surmise that this was inclusive of President Ronald Reagan nominating him to the Hon'ble Supreme Court.

It is not unlikely that Scalia suffered from Vāta Doṣa since Cañdra is in the Lagna and has high Vāta, the Lagna Rāśi is also a Vāyu Rāśi and the Lagneśa Śukra is placed in a Vāyu Rāśi with Śani, the Graha with the highest Vāta.

But the most dominant feature here is to be correlated with his own nature and personality especially since he was a long serving Judge of the Supreme Court of USA. The Lagna rising is in the first Drekkāṇa and the ideal of the balance in the personality cannot be said to be there. He would lean towards certain views without these being in accord with the principle of balance. Scalia would have been unbalanced in his beliefs and would have proceeded on ingrained modes of thinking rather than consciously worked out ones premised on balance. The first Drekkāṇa of Tulā Rāśi held the Lagna in the Rāśi Chakra of Adolf Hitler as well but that is only for the record and has no bearing whatsoever on this case, except to illustrate the manifestation of beliefs in the personality.

Jupiter, the Law and Career Profile:

Gurū is in its Mūlatṛkoṇa Rāśi in Dhanuṣa and is at work in office. This is quite true as Gurū governs the legal profession and the judiciary and Scalia was first a lawyer with the law firm of Jones, Day, Cocklis and Reavis in Cleveland, Ohio (1961-1967). Gurū is the Naisargika Kāraka for teaching as well and all intellectual professions and after several years at the law firm where he would have made partner in due course, Scalia chose to leave the law firm to commence teaching work at the University of Virginia in 1967 as Professor of Law.

Gurū is in the first five degrees of Dhanuṣa Rāśi which corresponds to the bow and legal acumen was the bow and arrow of Scalia’s life though he accepted other positions en route to the highly influential position at the United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit. Rāhu is conjoined Gurū in Dhanuṣa Rāśi forming the adverse Gurū Chānḍāla Yoga which gave him many shocks and disappointments. For instance, he was interviewed for the position of the Solicitor General of the United States but did not get it owing to the affliction of Gurū by Rāhu.

Marana Karaka Sthana:

It also cannot be overlooked that Gurū is in Maraṇa Kāraka Sthāna in the 3^rd House. He would have gotten all the highest subtleties of law and religion but sometimes in death-like circumstances when it came to the law and religion.

Due to this Maraṇa Kāraka Sthāna position of Gurū in the Rāśi Chakra, religion and the law were his biggest support systems in life and he too, at the risk of ridicule and jokes, continued to advocate the role of God in justice and in life. He was sometimes asked if he believed in the Devil and if he had seen him lately, pointing to the Maraṇa Kāraka Sthāna position of Gurū and the Gurū Chānḍāla Yoga, indicating Maraṇa type vulnerabilities in these realms. He responded in accordance with the placement of Gurū in the bow portion of Dhanuṣa Rāśi and said the Devil had made people think that God and he were not there at all, and was therefore becoming all the more successful.

Manifestation of the Guru Chandala Yoga:

Atheism:

The Gurū Chānḍāla Yoga truly showed up in Scalia’s life in specific instances. In Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow (2004), which was a case brought by a professed atheist, indicated by Rāhu, one Michael Newdow who alleged that reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in schools, including the words “Under God” was a violation of the rights of his daughter, also according to Newdow, an atheist. Now, after the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in favour of Newdow, but prior to the Supreme Court hearing the matter on review upon a request by the school district to review the decision, Scalia said at a Knights of Columbus event in Fredericksburg, Virginia that the Court of Appeals decision was an example as to how the Courts were trying to do away with God in public life. Based on this statement, Newdow requested that Scalia recuse himself from the hearing and he did, showing the influence of the Gurū Chānḍāla Yoga  preventing the rendering of an official opinion from Scalia, in certain crucial cases.

The Gurū Chānḍāla Yoga is associated with the death of a human being as Rāhu shows death and Gurū is Jīva or the human being. In certain instances to do with the death of a human being in law, controversy visited Scalia.  The Maraṇa Kāraka Sthāna placement of Jupiter can also show the death of a human being and matters connected thereto.

Criminal Law and the Death Penalty:

In criminal (Rāhu) law (Gurū), Antonin Scalia was of the view that the death penalty was entirely constitutional. He was also of the view that underage killers or mildly deranged killers could not be let off on the grounds of being underage and of being mildly mentally afflicted. Gurū in Maraṇa Kāraka Sthāna and conjoined Rāhu could not support the sanctity of life per se (Gurū) in the form of forgiveness (Gurū) but rather sought to uphold the sanctity of life (Gurū in Dhanuṣa Rāśi) through the taking of life (Gurū in Maraṇa Kāraka Sthāna and in Gurū Chānḍāla Yoga) even if there were mitigating factors such as age and want of complete mental capacity (Dhī Śakti ruled by Gurū, the Kāraka of the Pāka Lagna showing application of intelligence).

He dissented in decisions that hold the death penalty unconstitutional as applied to certain groups, such as those who were under the age of 18 at the time of offense. In Thompson v. Oklahoma (1988), he dissented from the Court's ruling that the death penalty could not be applied to those aged 15 at the time of the offense, and the following year authored the Court's opinion in Stanford v. Kentucky sustaining the death penalty for those who killed at age 16. However, in 2005, the Court overturned Stanford in Roper v. Simmons and Scalia again dissented, mocking the majority's claims that a national consensus had emerged against the execution of those who killed while underage, and noted that less than half of the states that permitted the death penalty prohibited it for underage killers. He castigated the majority for including in their count states that had abolished the death penalty entirely, stating that doing so was "rather like including old-order Amishmen in a consumer-preference poll on the electric car. Of course they don't like it, but that sheds no light whatever on the point at issue." In 2002, in Atkins v. Virginia, the Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional as applied to the mentally retarded. Scalia dissented, stating that it would not have been considered cruel or unusual to execute the mildly mentally retarded at the time of the 1791 adoption of the Bill of Rights, and that the Court had failed to show that a national consensus had formed against the practice.

Though the last rites of Gurū were being performed in the Rāśi Chakra, Gurū was intent on supporting Scalia through its significations and his views towards Defendants in criminal matters were uncompromising. Here we see that despite conjunction with Rāhu, the placement of Gurū in its own Rāśi in the Sahaja Bhāva from the Lagna has indeed given him the attributes of Mars which battled Rāhu (criminals or those accused of criminal offences.)

Scalia strongly disfavoured the Court's ruling in Miranda v. Arizona, which held that a confession by an arrested suspect who had not been advised of his rights was inadmissible in court, and voted to overrule Miranda in the 2000 case of Dickerson v. United States, but was in a minority of two with Justice Clarence Thomas. Calling the Miranda decision a "milestone of judicial overreaching", Scalia stated that the Court should not fear to correct its mistakes.

Hate Crimes:

Jupiter’s positive intent also came through when in the 2000 case of Apprendi v. New Jersey, Scalia wrote the Court's majority opinion that struck down a state statute that allowed the trial judge to increase the sentence if he found the offense was a hate crime. Scalia found the procedure impermissible because whether it was a hate crime had not been decided by the jury. In 2004, he wrote for the Court in Blakely v. Washington, striking down Washington state's sentencing guidelines on similar grounds. The dissenters in Blakely foresaw that Scalia would use the case to attack the federal sentencing guidelines (which he had failed to strike down in Mistretta), and they proved correct, as Scalia led a five-member majority in United States v. Booker, which made those guidelines no longer mandatory for federal judges to follow (they remained advisory). Hate crimes will come from Rāhu where hatred for foreigners or someone with significant differences will incite the criminal act. The procedure for allowing an increase in the period of sentence by the Trial Court would seem to imply that Jupiter was trying to discourage hate crimes but then making hatred (Rāhu) of the unknown (Rāhu) a factor in sentencing would actually be proceeding on a footing laid down by Rāhu rather than by Gurū who can be taken to proceed on a phlegmatic footing leading to all are one or Vāsudaiva Kuṭumbakam.

Even so, the presence of debilitated Rāhu makes it very hard to do away with the doubt as to the reasons behind the stand taken as a cursory look tries to foster the sentiment that hate crimes were somehow moderated in their severity by bringing them at par with all other crimes at least so far as the process of sentencing was concerned.

Euthanasia:

Similarly, Scalia supported euthanasia (assisted suicide in certain cases) as indicated in the case of Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health (1990). In this case, the family of a woman who was in a vegetative state moved the Court to have the feeding tube removed to that she could die, believing this to be the wish of the woman. The Court found for the State of Missouri, requiring clear and convincing evidence of such a desire but Scalia commented that the Judges of the Court knew nothing more about the desire of the individual than people randomly picked out of the telephone directory would have, and ought to have therefore kept themselves away from the case. Again, suicide is associated with the placement of Gurū and Cañdra in the 3^rd Bhāva from the Ārūḍha Lagna, indicating the role of one’s own intelligence and the mind in the death. Here too, the 3^rd Bhāva from the Lagna is involved and being the 8^th from the 8^th House, and holding a weak Gurū in Maraṇa Kāraka Sthāna indicates concurrence with the idea of taking one’s own life. The element of assistance comes because the Gurū Chānḍāla Yoga does not allow Gurū to be in a position where it is in a position to exercise one’s will. It is rather a question of ‘desire’ and the assistance coming from the implied rationale of there being no point in carrying on with such a life (Nīca Rāhu). It is Rāhu who is assisting such a suicide based on medical and scientific experience of the vegetative state.

With both Grahas, Gurū and Rāhu, being so weak in Dhanuṣa Rāśi, Scalia argued against the continuation of life in such terrible circumstances and opined that the Judges (Gurū) ought not to have decided the question.

Other Bhavas (houses) from the Lagna:

Maṅgala is in the Ṛpu Bhāva and in the 4^th division if we were to divide the Mīna Rāśi there into five equal parts, corresponding to Vāyu Tattwa where the Graha placed will feel beaten by the world and this might have been the fate of his enemies. Maṅgala is also the Saptameśa and this has to be examined further in the paper.

With Tulā Rāśi rising in the Lagna we have noted the role of the scales of the balance in Scalia’s life. This is so because Lagna controls the horoscope and indicates the area of knowledge and expertise which for him finally led to the Courts. The Lagna in the Rāśi Chakra can be indicative of the profession for this reason as it shows what one knows, as compared to the Daśama Bhāva which shows how ones works.

With the Dhana Bhāva in Vṛṣcika Rāśi Antonin Scalia would have been well-advised to eat wheat to improve his finances, and further that money accrues from service, owing to the Dhaneśa Maṅgala being in the Ṣaṣṭha Bhāva.

From the Jyotiṣa viewpoint the Gurū Chānḍāla Yoga and the Nīca Rāhu in Duścikya Bhāva from the Lagna cannot be lauded. It shows afflicted values (Gurū in Maraṇa Kāraka Sthāna in Gurū Chānḍāla Yoga) and shows strong thoughts intended to achieve a certain purpose which the individual believes in. In other words, this is truly Duṣcikya Bhāva in this chart with the antithetical Gurū and Rāhu occupying it.

The Mātṛ Bhāva is vacant but Rāhu aspects it with Graha Dṛṣṭi showing either an inclination to accumulate from time to time or disturbances at home at a similar frequency.

The heavy occupation of the Putra Bhāva by four Grahas is indicative of several features in the life of the native. This Bhāva also controls and governs Rājya which translates to authority including authority over a subject and the presence of the Lagneśa Śukra in the Putra Bhāva gave authority in Apara subjects and reference-frames such as politics (Kumbha).

Precocious in School:

Scalia was, right from the early days in school, considered the most intelligent student in the class and this comes from the association of Budha with the Putra Bhāva, Budha being the Kāraka for intelligence here and also from the Nipuṇa Yoga of Sūrya and Budha. Sūrya in accordance with its natural significations would have given some insights into Roman Catholicism as it stands for Parā Vidyā and Śani in Kumbha elevates thoughts to the highest levels being at the Tattwa level here and indicative of internal attributes: the consciousness pertaining to the subject of choice would be very profound.

Resultantly, through his life Scalia achieved great distinction and authority as is indicated by his academic progress summarised in the ensuing sentences. When he passed the eighth grade in public school, he achieved a scholarship to Xavier High School, a Jesuit military school in Manhattan, where he graduated as the first in class in 1953 and served as the valedictorian.  In 1953, Scalia enrolled at Georgetown University, where he graduated as valedictorian and summa cum laude in 1957 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history. While in college, he was a renowned debater in Georgetown's Philodemic Society and an acclaimed thespian as well. 

Scalia studied law at Harvard Law School, where he was a Notes Editor for the Harvard Law Review. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard in 1960, becoming a Sheldon Fellow of Harvard University.

Also, with the Pañcameśa in the Pañcama Bhāva in considerable company, Scalia reaped a rich harvest from this Bhāva and sired nine children. With the Kāraka for Śatru, Maṅgala in the Ṣaṣṭha Bhāva, Scalia would have had many enemies and if this is extended to the quality of opposition itself, then throughout his career he wrote scathing minority opinions (Maṅgala-litigation and disagreement, disputes) on many issues.

The Controversy of Gesture (Mudra):

The Jāyā Bhāva is vacant but the lord of Meṣa Rāśi therein, Maṅgala is in the 6^th House. Although no discord has generally been reported but it is possible with Rāhu’s Graha Dṛṣṭi to the 4^th House and the placement of the Dāreśa in the Ṣaṣṭha Bhāva. Scalia may have suffered from Krodha as a Ṣaḍṛpu and the Pañca Mākara. Maṅgala is the Kāraka of the Pañca Mākara and Gurū, the lord of the 6^th House is in Maraṇa Kāraka Sthāna and in Gurū Chānḍāla Yoga  with Rāhu. It shows affliction of the Ākāśa Tattwa indicating the Mudrā Doṣa of adopting the wrong posture while doing something.

Indeed, there was controversy when in 2006 a reporter asked Scalia if his being a traditionalist Catholic had caused problems for him as a Judge, and Scalia responded by cupping his hand under his chin and pushing his fingers out. This led to speculation whether the gesture was obscene since it was so depicted in the TV Series, The Sopranos. When lead actor James Gandolfini was asked about the meaning of the gesture he said it was not as bad as an obscenity but a gesture which one might make after a conversation with a bookie, certainly not something one would do in Church. Scalia brushed off the controversy by saying the gesture simply meant he could not care less. In any case, Mudrā whether physiological or metaphorical is indicated as a Mākara in his chart.

The Raṅdhra Bhāva is not conspicuous in this chart at the outset, as it is vacant and not aspected by any Graha with Graha Dṛṣṭi, and the lord Śukra placed in an odd Rāśi gives the results of the even Lagna Rāśi. The Dharma Bhāva has Ketu placed there in debility and can give extreme views in religion. The main significance of the Karmeśa in Lagna has been stated but it is reiterated that as the Kāraka for the people, Scalia’s fame came through having authority over the people through his judicial opinions and pronouncements.

Scalia has Simha Rāśi in the Āya Bhāva and shows that gains accrue to him through leaders and politicians and the big people of society. This is quite true for the polity of the United States is structured in such a way; it was  Ronald Reagan who nominated Scalia’s name for the Judgeship in the Supreme Court which was virtually unanimously approved by the Senate.

The Vyaya Bhāva is vacant but the lord Budha, who is also Bhāgyeśa, is placed in the Putra Bhāva. Vyayeśa and the Vyaya Bhāva have the power to end enmity or enemies and Scalia used witticisms (Budha) to counter the adversity against the stances he adopted. That Bhāva the lord of which is in the 5^th or the 10^th House, is very strong and so the 4^th and 5^th, the 11^th, the 9^th and 12^th and the Lagna and the 8^th are all very strong Bhāvas. No doubt he had a powerful life.

Subtle Features of Graha Drishti or Planetary Aspect:

Cañdra being an Aṅtara Graha in the Lagna has very weak 1 Pada Graha Dṛṣṭi on the Duṣcikya Bhāva showing that there is no conscious intellectual application and discernment in the value system decisions that we have discussed above. These conflicts about the continuance of human life in certain circumstances are simply results of past Karma and do not require wilful application of intelligence. Similarly, high status and fame are largely destined and the mind and intelligence do not truly work seeking to work hard to attain high ground. This is also destined to the extent that individual desire, even though it is destined itself, does not play much role in the success and fame.

Similarly, knowledge itself is of middling attraction to Scalia as a thinking individual, since Cañdra from the Lagna has 2 Pada Graha Dṛṣṭi on the Tṛkoṇa Bhāva. There is high focus on the home and on the personal hygiene with 3 Pada Caturāṣraya Dṛṣṭi on the 4^th and 8^th Houses.

Cañdra has very potent Kāma Dṛṣṭi on the 7^th House, from his station in the Lagna and therefore Cañdra finally led to as many as nine babies (children).  

The Lagneśa Śukra also has no Dṛṣṭi on the 3^rd House or the 10^th House from the Lagna, and this confirms that fate played a large role in Scalia’s success and while he may have achieved accolades throughout his student life, conscious action geared towards success was not a major attribute of his life.

The desires are more at the emotional and social level rather than at the intellectual or considered levels as the Lagneśa Śukra has weak Dṛṣṭi on the Jāya Bhāva and the Dhana Bhāva. Similarly, deriving intellectual justification for his Catholic faith would not have been high on Scalia’s agenda owing to only a middling Dṛṣṭi (2 Pada) of the Lagneśa Śukra on the Dharma Bhāva. Once again, Scalia may not have subjected himself to too much scrutiny by way of self-criticism or appraisal and his life pattern or personality traits were not cultivated by the application of intellectual thought as the Lagneśa has 2 Pada Tṛkoṇa Graha Dṛṣṭi on the Lagna.

The insistence on personal hygiene and constant delving into the esoteric doctrine as well as ensuring a water-tight commencement of ventures, with an eye on the future, are indicated by the Caturāṣraya Dṛṣṭi of Śukra on the 8^th and the 12^th Bhāvas from the Lagna. It also indicates a focus on health and rejuvenation as well as ensuring that any new step in life is carefully considered and in perfect order (Kanyā Rāśi starts the Śubha Yoga on the Lagna).

With both Śukra and Sūrya having full Kāma Dṛṣṭi on the Lābha Sthāna, gains or upward mobility in life, was a strong theme in Scalia’s life. But interactions with the others were not with a view to increase the gains as Sūrya has low Dṛṣṭi on the Jāyā Bhāva; similarly, the progress in life was not with the goal of filling the coffers as Sūrya, the Lābheśa has 1 Pada Dṛṣṭi on the Dhana Bhāva.

Likewise, intellectual application (Sūrya is a Dhīmāna Graha) was not a major force whether in the realm of religion or his own personality owing to the 2 Pada Jñāna Dṛṣṭi on the Dharma Bhāva and the Lagna itself.

On the same lines as those of Lagneśa Śukra the attitude towards secret religious doctrine was one of treasuring it as an esoteric treasure. There was a strong meditative aspect to the self owing to the Graha Dṛṣṭi of the Ātmakāraka Sūrya to the 12^th House.

Budha also has practically no influence by way of Graha Dṛṣṭi on the 7^th House from the Lagna and on the 2^nd Bhāva as well showing that Scalia never hankered for money and he never allowed monetary considerations to colour his interaction with people.

Budha as the Bhāgyeśa aspecting the Bhāgya Sthāna with 2 Pada Koṇa Dṛṣṭi is a positive and apart from strengthening the Bhāgya brings literature on religion and due to the aspect on the Lagna gives intellectual acumen for learning and expression. Budha is a crucial planet for lawyers and judges owing to the learning processes involved, the amount of reading one has to do and for the drafting of opinions and a host of other things. Its Koṇa Dṛṣṭi is auspicious for Scalia. The Caturāṣraya Dṛṣṭi to the 8^th House and the 12^th House probably made him fond of religious sermons and this is reflected in his settled position that God should not be ousted from life by the Courts. He felt very protective of religion and the catholic doctrine and verbalised (Budha) his position on the matter of several occasions.

Budha has powerful Kāma Dṛṣṭi on the Lābha Sthāna and probably brings in the element of learning through supporters and friends, as to how they could enhance his standing in the world and make him gain standing in life.

Śani the 4^th and 5^th Lord has powerful Upacaya Dṛṣṭi on the 7^th House and the 2^nd House and it is through application and consistent hard work that a conservative and traditional outlook was crystallised while interacting with the world at large and in obtaining the results of his studies (the Dhana Bhāva is the 11^th from the Vidyā Bhāva). There is no substitute for hard work when it comes to learning and excelling therein would have been the motto in his life.

Despite being the 5^th Lord in the 5^th, Śani may not have given real knowledge of his own religion owing to the low Koṇa Dṛṣṭi (1 Pada) on the Bhāgya Sthāna and the Lagna. Adherence to Maṅtra (of his religion and internal Rājya) may have been there but not the illumination which comes from it and lights up life. It would have been a situation where the austerity, which reflects from certain aspects of religion, becomes attractive in itself, and guides life with such an attraction.

Śani has middling powers of protection and aspecting the 8^th House and its friendly sign grants longevity, and aspecting the 12^th House in another friendly sign ensures orthodox expenditure on items of need and so on. It will also insist on a traditionalist way of approaching meditation and spiritual practices with its aspect on the 12^th House. Its strong Kāma Dṛṣṭi on the Lābha Sthāna gives a fundamental approach to gains which is through consistent hard work and application.

Śani very strongly aspects the 7^th House and  the 2^nd House from the Lagna showing considerable influence on the 7^th House perhaps owing to the fruits of the marriage (children in the 11^th House from the 7^th) which he wanted to give. In matters of liquidity and the bank balance also a slow, pragmatic approach would have been given by the planet so as to build a solid financial profile with the passing years. Scalia would have felt that he needed to work on these matters in some way.

Gurū has 1 Pada Dṛṣṭi on the Śatru Bhāva and the Karma Sthāna showing weak perspective in matters of enmity and enemies and work as well. Values do not sufficiently inform these life avenues, more so since Gurū is in Maraṇa Kāraka Sthāna and in Gurū Chānḍāla Yoga with Rāhu. The more one sees the horoscope and these more subtle influences, the more once is convinced that the religious convictions of Scalia were more perfunctory and compulsive than anything else as Gurū the Kāraka of real spiritual knowledge has middling Kāma Dṛṣṭi on the Dharma Bhāva showing little desire to get into the intricacies of religious practice.

Gurū does try to expand the consciousness and give perspective as to the future courses of action with its 3 Pada Upacaya Dṛṣṭi to the Putra Bhāva and furthers solitary meditative practices with its aspect to the 12^th Bhāva from the Lagna.

Gurū has strong influence through the Pūrṇa Dṛṣṭi on the Jāyā Bhāva and the Lābha Sthāna again showing the expertise in interaction with the world at large and giving an elevated perspective to gains and growth.

The 7^th House has shown considerable focus thus far as Rāhu’s 9^th House aspect counted in reverse raises some question marks here about personal morality in this realm of life. This is especially so since the value system is assailed by the Gurū Chānḍāla Yoga. Equally, Rāhu’s aspect to the 5^th House counted in reverse to the Lābha Sthāna from the Lagna might have fostered mental principles (Mañtra) pertaining to gains and growth in certain instances which might not have passed the strict tests of morality.

Once again the potent Kāma Dṛṣṭi of Rāhu to the 9^th House, its Maraṇa Kāraka Sthāna, does not portend well for genuine religiosity and it was more like a Kārmic compulsion manifesting as it did of its own accord.

Rāhu also vitiates the 5^th House to an extent strengthening the political agenda of Kumbha Rāśi as a means of perceiving the future and the 12^th House of pleasures of the bed. When the 3^rd Bhāva, a part of the Kāma Tṛkoṇa is afflicted in this manner, there is a doubt or two about this area of his life.

Rāhu does not protect the enemies with its 1 Pada Caturāṣraya Dṛṣṭi nor does it give too much willed planning about the career. It is mostly the other planets which did that for Scalia as recorded above.

Maṅgala does not impart much influence to the 12^th House with its 1 Pada Kāma Dṛṣṭi. It tries to impart logic to the deep esoteric studies about life and might have precipitated troubles in the excretory system from time to time with its 2 Pada Upacaya Dṛṣṭi to the 8^th House and aggressive pursuit of intent as a mode of self-expression with its 10^th House aspect to the 3^rd Bhāva from the Lagna. Mars reveals ambition as a guiding force in work, to attain a station capable of meting out Daṅḍa as Maṅgala is Kāraka and has Digbala in the Karma Sthāna; the 3 Pada Koṇa Dṛṣṭi accomplishes it. Likewise, it is the knowledge of his subject that largely helped Scalia’s bank balance as revealed by the Koṇa Dṛṣṭi of Maṅgala to the Dhana Bhāva from the Lagna, its own sign.

But it is the Pūrṇa Dṛṣṭi of Maṅgala which sheds the most life on his attitude to religion and life generally. Maṅgala is Bhagwāna Bhakta Vatsala, the greatest Bhakta of God and so Scalia was fiercely protective of his God and equally of the sanctity of preserving the notion of His antithesis, the Devil.  Scalia palpably protected his association with the Catholic Church and by extension, and by virtue of his station in life, the doctrine of the Catholic Church as well. The amount of fire in this area of his life is clear from the fact that Maṅgala forms the Piśāca-Bādhaka Yoga with Ketu both through Graha Dṛṣṭi and Rāśi Dṛṣṭi: this is also illustrative, amongst other things, of the tension between the concept of sin (Ṣaṣṭha Bhāva) and God (Bhāgya Sthāna) which though a standard premise of Catholicism was operating with considerable vigour in his horoscope and thus in life.

Similarly, Scalia protected his stance on issues with ‘scathing’ or cutting language, to cut and to scathe both being functions and attributes of Mars. Maṅgala protected his self and name and fame with ferocious Pūrṇa Caturāṣraya Dṛṣṭi.

The Lagna Rāśi and the Putra Bhāva being in Kumbha Rāśi where the Lagneśa Śukra is placed show the interplay of the realms of justice and politics in Scalia’s life. He drew his sustenance from Kumbha as the Lagneśa is placed there. He wanted to understand politics and politicians and the working of leadership because Simha Rāśi is in the 7^th House from the Lagneśa. Dhana Bhāva in the Āli Rāśi from the Lagna has the maximum rays and Scalia’s thinking was geared towards enforcing a very strict discipline in society.

Āli is the Nīca Rāśi for Cañdra, the Naisargika Kāraka for society and people in general. Scalia argued that there was no constitutional right for abortion. Cañdra is the Naisargika Kāraka for pregnancy and babies and Āli being the natural Maraṇa Kāraka Sthāna for Cañdra, and being fully receptive of his intelligence, being in the 10^th House from the Pāka Lagna, found its way prominently into his judicial mind. Scalia wanted the position in this respect in Roe v. Wade to be reconsidered and wanted to find five votes for the purpose in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services. He was unsuccessful with the lord Maṅgala in Śatru Bhāva in the 4^th House from Dhanuṣa Rāśi containing the functional Ārūḍha Lagna.

With Lagneśa Śukra in the Pañcama Bhāva he was liked by the people in power owing to the fact that Lagna Bhāva is in the 9^th from the Pāka Lagna and it is Lagna which indicates the seat of power. It appears from a scrutiny of the horoscope that Scalia was sometimes subjected to unfair criticism and an example of this is the call for his recusal from hearing Cheney v. United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Scalia rightly refused to recuse himself as it was clearly a non-official hunting trip where Dick Cheney was one of the persons and no business was discussed. It was just a case of Scalia cooling his Lagneśa Śukra in the Lābha Sthāna from the Lagna or the 7^th from Pāka Lagna and it just so happened that his relaxation coincided with the Bhāva of friends who further happened to be powerful friends (Simha).

He clarified that the round-trip in Air Force 2 was also no ground to object as Scalia had purchased the tickets and the cheapest ones at that. He further cited precedents of the former Chief Justice and his friendship with a former President of the United States. Ultimately Scalia was very much a part of the 7-2 majority opinion which held that Cheney could keep secret the membership of an advisory task force on energy policy.

Lords of the houses from the Lagna:

But the driving force of Scalia’s life was Cañdra in the Lagna, being in the 9^th House from the Lagneśa Śukra. His social awareness was always working in everything he did and no less because Cañdra is in the Lagna. His brain and work would have always coalesced judicial principles with his own specific awareness of social realities. The focus on Kāma again shows up with the Jāyā Bhāva being in the 3^rd Bhāva (Agni) from the Lagneśa and an Agni Rāśi is here.

The Dhaneśa Maṅgala in the Ṣaṣṭha Bhāva gives a competitive spirit and strong teeth and though he did not have to gain through enemies, litigation is ruled by Maṅgala and it is through his work as a judge where he had to rule in an atmosphere of adversarial stance, that he earned his living. So, the dictum worked and he earned by adjudicating the hostile and inimical positions of rival parties to the lis.

The Sahaja Bhāva or the 3^rd House is a crucial Bhāva because apart from ruling siblings it governs our attitude to life since it is indicative of what we do with our hands. It is also Maithuna Bhāva and the Maraṇa Kāraka Sthāna placement of Gurū has been exacerbated by the placement of Rāhu forming Gurū Chānḍāla Yoga. With the Sahajeśa Gurū in the Sahaja Bhāva, it brings good cheer because the Ichchā in this respect has been fulfilled by God in the 9^th House. It is this placement which also gave Scalia as many as nine children and many sons because the Putra Bhāva is in Parākrama from the Sahaja Bhāva. The mentality is not just afflicted due to the Gurū Chānḍāla Yoga but since the Sahajeśa is like Maṅgala there is a kind of Kuja Stambhana happening here, a serious war between Mars and Rāhu which Rāhu will always win in the 3^rd House.

Antonin Scalia was an only child with the 3^rd House harbouring the Gurū Chānḍāla Yoga and that too with the 3^rd Lord Gurū in Maraṇa Kāraka Sthāna.

Bliss and comforts come through the austere Śani, the Sukheśa in the Putra Bhāva showing self-earned income and great knowledge of one’s subject. Śani is Yogakāraka for Tulā Lagna and is both Sukheśa and Suteśa. Owing to the placement of the Sukheśa in the Putra Bhāva and the consequent domain expertise and the fact that Śani has qualities of Sūrya being the Suteśa, the friends looked up to him for illumination as the 11^th Bhāva is in the 7^th from the 5^th Lord. So, it was not a question of Scalia seeking out the powerful, rather politicians and powerful people (Simha) sought his company. Since the Suteśa is joined Śukra embodying the Jala Tattwa, and that too in the Putra Bhāva, Scalia was blessed with many children.

The Ṣaṣṭheśa Gurū has come to the Sahaja Bhāva in Maraṇa Kāraka Sthāna and throat of his enemies was always in Scalia’s hands and they could not really do anything to him; he was not required to do much to them as well because Gurū was in Maraṇa Kāraka Sthāna and joined the hangman’s noose indicated by Rāhu in Gurū Chānḍāla Yoga. If Jupiter had been alone in the 3^rd House as the 6^th Lord, Scalia might have been in positions where he would have left the battle but the association with Rāhu changed that and he actually liked the confrontation which is very evident from the fact that he wrote so many minority opinions and was at loggerheads with the prevailing judicial norm on many occasions.

There is a question mark in this horoscope owing to the strong influences on the Saptama Bhāva, mostly from the Aṅtara Grahas, read together with the fact that the Dāreśa Maṅgala is in the Ṣaṣṭha Bhāva showing the anger of Śiva. Marriage may have happened owing to the anger of Śiva. Domestic harmony is threatened especially as the Dāreśa is Maṅgala and the Gurū Chānḍāla Yoga is in the Daśama Bhāva from this Dāreśa. The Gurū Chānḍāla Yoga, in other words is what this Dāreśa does, even as Cañdra aspects the 7^th House with Pūrṇa Kāma Dṛṣṭi.

Śukra, the Lagneśa is also the benefic Aṣṭameśa in a benefic Bhāva, the 5^th. But the Aṣṭameśa joined the Suteśa in some affliction would have caused problems to the children and with the children. It is estimated that factual research in this realm may corroborate the findings as these details are not available at the outset. In Kumbha Rāśi, where the Aṣṭameśa is in Koṇa and not Tṛkoṇa, its power to punish cannot be underestimated because it certainly shows some anger of the Rudras, being conjoined Sūrya and Śani.

With the Bhāgyeśa Budha in the Putra Bhāva, fortune was synonymous with the knowledge attained as he was not impatient about receiving gains with the aspect of the 9^th Lord on the 11^th House of gains. With Ketu in the Bhāgya Sthāna Cañdra would have certainly taught him at some point in life about the error in being cruel and Ravi would have taught him early (Ravi is the Ātmakāraka) that money and wealth are not synonymous with good fortune.

Apart from what has been said in this paper relating to this aspect, it is further stated that the 10^th Lord or the Karmeśa carries the energies of Budha, the primary Kāraka for the 10^th House. The person does not hanker after money because Kubera’s blessings are there in any case. The motivation is judged from the Kāma Dṛṣṭi of the Karmeśa which in this case is another Aṅtara Graha and so the motivation is Meṣa or power and authority as Maṅgala is one of the Grahas with the power of Daṅḍa. Also, since Budha has Digbala in the Lagna, it made Scalia an authority in one subject, namely the law. The subject is judged from the Lagneśa Śukra, a Brahmin Graha, with the dispositor Rāhu joined Gurū, the Naisargika Kāraka for the laws of the land.

The 10^th House is the Simhāsana and when the lord of the 10^th House sits in the Lagna fame comes from the work of the person and this is an intellectual Rājayoga which subsists in the person himself, as distinguished from a material Rājayoga which is formed when the Karmeśa is in the Dhana Bhāva.

With the Lābheśa Sūrya and Lābha Sthāna in Simha Rāśi, the goal of Scalia’s life was a kind of political or power-centric acme which came to him when he was nominated and confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice. The placement  of Sūrya in the 5^th House as the Lābheśa and the Ātmakāraka gave high virtue, integrity and piety since the 11^th Lord in the 5^th House will promote purity in the 6^th House as well. One is well educated with the 11^th Lord in the 5^th and this Scalia certainly was, to put it mildly.

There was great anticipation from marriage and the creature comforts as the Upacaya Dṛṣṭi of the Lābheśa is important and these accrued from the 3^rd House aspect of the Lābheśa to the Saptama Bhāva. Likewise, he had no dearth of money as the Yoga of the Dhana Bhāva and the Putra Bhāva is a specific combination for wealth and while the Upacaya Dṛṣṭi of the Aṅtara Grahas is only 1 Pada, the connection is there as the 10^th House aspect goes to the Dhana Bhāva.

The placement of the Vyayeśa Budha in the Putra Bhāva did not damage it because of the Suteśa being there and the hammer did not fall as far as having the children went. But the children or some of them may have suffered in their own lives.

Rashi Drishti or Aspects of the Signs:

The main Rāśi Dṛṣṭi which dictates matters in the horoscope is between Cañdra in the Lagna Bhāva and the four Grahas in the Putra Bhāva in Kumbha Rāśi. There is constant and permanent interplay between the intelligence, which is itself working in the framework of career informed by social realities and the intellectualism and expertise of the planets in the Putra Bhāva. Scalia felt that it was the secret core of existence which was the main pillar of life as Vṛṣabha is the Abhimukha Rāśi. Owing to the Lagna and 8^th House lordship being the same there is an issue with this Lagna and the prayers are not easily accepted. Vṛṣabha Rāśi being the Sammukha Rāśi also would have posed this challenge of some eternal meaning informing the efforts in life. Vṛṣabha in turn is protected by Cañdra in Tulā which grants longevity and continuing emotional and intellectual application.

Likewise the strong social moorings indicated by Cañdra in the Lagna bound the concept of gains and receiving from the world to these qualities and formed Scalia’s social circle.

Similarly, the great academic excellence and domain expertise manifest in the Putra Bhāva influenced all Keṅdras except the 4^th House and therefore coloured the Lagna, Jāyā and Karma Sthānas. The quality and tenor of life itself, the relationships and interactions with the world at large and the application in the work itself were all strongly and permanently influenced by his consciousness and awareness of what he knew.

He dealt with the world with a heavy hand owing to the Rāśi Dṛṣṭi between the Gurū Chānḍāla Yoga and Maṅgala. There is a war always happening firstly because the Sahajeśa is like Maṅgala and is joined Rāhu as we have noted, and also because of the direct Rāśi Dṛṣṭi between the Grahas as aforesaid. Enmity and enemies, adversity and adversaries were what he had to always grasp with his hands and do with them what he thought was the appropriate course of action in context. These informed the infra-red debilitated fire of Ketu in Dharma, and it is also worrisome that these malefic, afflicted and debilitated planets also impacted the Neṣṭā Bhāva. Many things are and might have been lost in the obscurity of the 12^th House and in an atmosphere of original purity some additions and alterations might have been made owing to the fated aspects of Rāśi Dṛṣṭi. This is significant because the exploiter of Kanyā Rāśi, and lord thereof, Rāhu, is in Nīca Rāśi and aspecting the sign.

In a similar vein, Karkaṭa Rāśi is the Abhimukha Rāśi from the Pāka Lagna and the challenge is to assimilate the social norms and public opinion indicated by Karkaṭa Rāśi into the thinking personality, which would then operate to sustain him throughout life as an individual.

Special Considerations:

Considering the horoscope from the foundational aspect of the creation of the being and the infusion of Prāṇa, we find that in the Tṛkoṇa Maṅḍala, the Lagna Rāśi itself is the Viriñcī Nārāyaṇa or Brahma and the Vāyu Tattwa is very strong as the Veda Cakṣu is in Kumbha Rāśi.

Scalia has the Prāṇapada in the 4^th House from the Lagna and the results are happy, friendly, attached to females and elders and soft and truthful. The other facets of his horoscope appear to corroborate all these. Softness is one quality which does not manifest so clearly but he may have been sensitive in his own belief system and harsh or combative responses may have come from a deep softness in his created being.

The Prāṇapada is further in a Pṛthwī Tattwa Rāśi but is lorded by Śani having high Vāyu, and is further aspected by a Vāyu Graha, Rāhu, with Graha Dṛṣṭi. This is a positive for the sustenance of the Prāṇa. The birth appears to have been due to a Kārmic bond with the mother as a malefic is in the 3^rd Bhāva from the Prāṇapada. Though Maṅgala is in a benefic sign, and Gurū aspects with Rāśi Dṛṣṭi, it is badly afflicted in Gurū Chānḍāla Yoga and the finding is confirmed.

When we study the 4^th House from the Prāṇapada we find reasons to say that the softness discussed in the preceding paragraphs was almost certainly a favouring of one’s own convictions rather than a genuine vulnerability. There is a malefic Rāśi in the 4^th from the Prāṇapada and is further aspected by four Grahas from Kumbha Rāśi. In Kumbha Rāśi there would be little innocence and therefore the aspects to the 4^th from the Prāṇapada show a nature that is not innocent.

However, with Cañdra aspecting the 5^th Bhāva from the Prāṇapada, its exaltation Rāśi, a happy nature is indicated.

The Horā Lagna is in Vṛṣabha Rāśi in the 8^th House and so family and sustenance were very important for Antonin Scalia. With Ketu in Nīca Rāśi in the 2^nd House from the Horā Lagna, wealth and finances were not really so dominant in the value system but he worked for his family as Cañdra is the Mūlatṛkoṇa lord of Vṛṣabha Rāśi where the Horā Lagna falls. The focus on the family is also indicates by the fact that he had a very large one in any case with nine children and it is quite interesting to note that Cañdra being the Kāraka for babies is the lord of the Horā Lagna, along with Śukra.

Karakas or the Significators:

In Antonin Scalia’s chart some fortunate associations happen at the level of the Kārakas which have given him great positives. For instance, the Kāryeśa of the Daśama Bhāva is in the Lagna and the Anitya Kāraka Śukra is joined the Nitya Kāraka Budha (and Sūrya). So the Karma Bhāva has really flourished and led to the individual being renowned throughout his working career for his work. In a similar vein we find that the Lagna is blessed by the Ptṛs with Cañdra in the Lagna. The Anitya Kāraka Śukra is joined Sūrya, the Nitya Kāraka for the Lagna giving a robust health and great name and fame to him.

The Pañcama Bhāva of Mañtra or concepts and practices which protected and defined Scalia’s mind is also greatly fortified from this perspective. The Pañcameśa or Kāryeśa is also the Anitya Kāraka and is therefore at the Tattwa level. All the strength and intellectual dexterity of the Vāyu Tattwa came into Scalia’s mind due to this. If we consider Rāhu as the Kāryeśa for the Putra Bhāva despite Śani’s far greater strength, as Śani is placed in its own sign, then we find that while the Kāryeśa Rāhu is Nīca, it is placed with the Anitya Kāraka Gurū who is also the Nitya Kāraka. The Anitya Kāraka in either event promises inherently sweet fruits which are sullied in the first instance by the Sūrya-Śani Yuti and the Gurū Chānḍāla Yoga by the latter. There would be problems with the Bhāva, and its enjoyment, in some way which has been said before in this paper.

The Duṣcikya Bhāva also shows that the Kāryeśa Gurū is placed in its own Rāśi and is the Anitya Kāraka as well. On his own Gurū cannot indulge in Duṣcikya or bad thoughts and not too happily in some of the other significations of this Bhāva, and so it was required that Gurū be damaged for this to happen. Gurū is in Maraṇa Kāraka Sthāna and joined Nīca Rāhu in Gurū Chānḍāla Yoga. Once Scalia projected himself as someone with a heavy, surreptitious hand and intellectually profound mind capable of dealing with concepts and propositions as he chose to, the Bhāva flourished. The Kāryeśa Gurū and the Nitya Kāraka Maṅgala aspect each other with Rāśi Dṛṣṭi and the Bhāva flourishes on this count as well.

The Kāryeśa for the Ṛpu Bhāva is Gurū as well and right at the outset shows that adversaries find themselves in Maraṇa and being the Anitya Kāraka in its own sign, the adversaries also relished the contest between rival ideas and ideologies and value systems (Gurū). The Ṛpu does not flourish with the Māraka Maṅgala placed in the Ṣaṣṭha Bhāva and there being no relation between the Kāryeśa Gurū and the Nitya Kāraka Śani, the Bhāva has little chance to be completely fortified.

There are two Kāryeśa for the Dhana Bhāva, Maṅgala and Ketu. Maṅgala is placed in the Ṣaṣṭha Bhāva and the Anitya Kāraka Gurū is in own Rāśi and is the Nitya Kāraka as well. There was never any financial problem or any perceptible family problem in Scalia’s life due to the strength of the Kuṭumba Bhāva. The Dhana Bhāva is vacant and the placement of the Kāryeśa indicates wealth generation through service. Since Maṅgala, the Kāraka for litigation is in a sign of Gurū, the Kāraka for the law, the realm of work is also quite clear.

The other Kāryeśa for the Dhana Bhāva is Ketu and is placed in Nīca Rāśi in the Bhāgya Sthāna. The Anitya Kāraka is Budha and is placed with the Nitya Kāraka Sūrya in Kumbha Rāśi. The Sambaṅdha is good but not excellent as Ketu is a malefic in Bhāgya and caused a destined challenge or two in Scalia’s life such as being overlooked for the position of Solicitor General. The Anitya Kāraka Budha and the Nitya Kāraka Sūrya are joined in Kumbha Rāśi where machinations and the darkness of Karma are at a maximum.

The Sukha Bhāva is also vacant and the Sukheśa Śani is the Kāryeśa for the Sukha Bhāva. It is the Anitya Kāraka as well in its Mūlatṛkoṇa Rāśi Kumbha and is aspected by the Nitya Kāraka Cañdra from the Lagna with Rāśi Dṛṣṭi. Home and happiness did not suffer in the least and there is no controversy recorded in this area of his life. As regards comforts and luxuries and conveyances, the Nitya Kāraka Śukra is joined the Kāryeśa or the Anitya Kāraka and these matters in life are also blessed. Peace and real contentment are judged in the final instance from the Nitya Kāraka Gurū and here there is no Sambaṅdha with Śani indicating that this facet of Sukha was not at its strongest in his life especially given the affliction of the Nitya Kāraka Gurū.

The aspect of Vidyā in the Sukha Bhāva was at its veritable epitome because the Kāryeśa Śani being the Anitya Kāraka in its Mūlatṛkoṇa Rāśi promises very sweet fruits while its association with the Nitya Kāraka Budha makes for a formidable intellect and it showed up at all stages of Scalia’s life as he graduated at the top of his class and was later renowned for his prowess in his subject.

The Jāyā Bhāva is vacant and the lord Maṅgala being the Kāryeśa is placed in the Ṣaṣṭha Bhāva which is not ideal since the Ṣaṣṭha Bhāva is the 12^th House from the 7^th. The Anitya Kāraka Gurū is badly placed in Maraṇa Kāraka Sthāna albeit in its Mūlatṛkoṇa Rāśi Dhanuṣa and is joined its antithesis Rāhu in Gurū Chānḍāla Yoga. There is something a little disturbing here. While the fruits of the Bhāva cannot be doubted as there were nine children, the gross affliction to Gurū is a red flag. Further the Bhāva, though aspected by the strong Kāma Dṛṣṭi of Cañdra is also aspected by Gurū and Rāhu in Duryoga with Pūrṇa Graha Dṛṣṭi. What sort of desires are these that work on this delicate Bhāva, one wonders.

The Jāyā Bhāva is also not strong because the Kāryeśa Maṅgala has no connection with the Nitya Kāraka Śukra and is placed in Dwirdwādaśa Bhāva Sambaṅdha. This must have caused a flutter or two in the marriage which may or may not be popularly known. The Anitya Kāraka Gurū is in its own sign but in Maraṇa Kāraka Sthāna and joined Rāhu showing that the fruits, though sweet might be laced with some artificial sweetener as well.

Antonin Scalia lived a full and rewarding life owing in part to the strength of the Raṅdhra Bhāva which is unoccupied and the Kāryeśa Śukra is the Lagneśa as well. The Kāryeśa is joined the Nitya Kāraka Śani and Śani is the Anitya Kāraka as well.

The Dharma Bhāva is occupied by Ketu and aspected by the Graha Dṛṣṭi and the Rāśi Dṛṣṭi of Gurū and Rāhu thereby vitiating the purity of the Dharma. Even so the belief system is strong as the Kāryeśa Budha is in the Pañcama Bhāva with the Nitya Kāraka Sūrya giving a deep focus on religion. The Anitya Kāraka Śani is also joined confirming the fact that Scalia relied greatly on his religious foundations in pragmatic life and always insisted that the Courts should not attempt to do away with God in social existence.

The Karma Bhāva showing the external authority in life and the work is powerful with the Kāryeśa Cañdra placed in Lagna showing fame and acclaim and the Kāryeśa has Rāśi Dṛṣṭi on Budha, the Nitya Kāraka of the 10^th House and on Sūrya and Śani, the other Nitya Kārakas. The only Nitya Kāraka which does not have an association with the Kāryeśa is Gurū showing a dearth of the correct ethics and value systems in some aspects of the work. The Anitya Kāraka is well placed in Tṛkoṇa to the Lagna in the 5^th House. 

The Āya Bhāva is vacant but the Lābheśa Sūrya is in the 5^th House and the Anitya Kāraka Śani is joined and placed in its own sign promising good fruits from the Bhāva. Four Grahas have Pūrṇa Dṛṣṭi on the Āya Bhāva, amongst them the benefics Śukra and Budha and the lord of the Bhāva, Sūrya. Śani aspects, as Yogakāraka for the Lagna.

The Vyaya Bhāva is vacant and the Kāryeśa Budha is in the Pañcama Bhāva. The Anitya Kāraka Śani is the Nitya Kāraka as well and is joined the Kāryeśa and the Vyaya Bhāva is also fortified for this reason. Scalia would have slept well and his meditative practices would have been good accompanied by the rituals and Mañtras of his religion as the Kāryeśa is in the 5^th House.

Main Deities for the Chart:

The Devatā of the Graha of the Rāśi Chakra for Scalia are as follows-

Sūrya- Śiva

Cañdra- Ambu (Jala Devī)

Maṅgala- Gaṇeśa

Budha- Viṣṇu

Gurū- Iṅdra

Śukra- Śaci/ Iṅdrāṇī

Śani- Dakṣiṇa Kālī

The major hallmark of Scalia’s life was Rājayoga and having attained the great power he did, the most protective Maṅtra for him would have been the Pratyādi Mañtra for Śani, the Mañtreśa, and if he did this on Ravivāra he would have been protected immensely with every iota of his power intact and he might not have been subjected to the controversy that he was from time to time. The following Mañtra would have been excellent for him:

“Om Om Om Om Om Om Om Om Om Om Om

Krīm Krīm Krīm Hūm Hūm Hrīm Hrīm

Dakṣiṇa Kālike Krīm Krīm Krīm Hūm Hūm Hrīm Hrīm Svāha

Om Om Om Om Om Om Om Om Om Om”

Navamsha Chart:

The Navāmśa Chakra for this horoscope is extracted below for reference-

With the Lagna in Vṛṣcika Rāśi in the Navāmśa Chakra we can immediately say that the native was born with significant Karma to be discharged in personal life and through his makeup as a human being; in other words, his inward attributes, inclinations and skills seen in the Navāmśa Chakra would be very conspicuous elements of the birth. We have also seen a question mark or two appear in the personal life through our evaluation of the Rāśi Chakra and birth in Vṛṣcika Lagna in the Navāmśa Chakra again points to this.

The process of birth itself may have been difficult with either surgical intervention or the use of forceps being required to bring about the delivery. The exalted Lagneśa Maṅgala aspects the Lagna with Rāśi Dṛṣṭi, again indicating surgical intervention.

The fact that the Lagna in the Navāmśa Chakra is Vṛṣcika puts the focus squarely on the Sahaja Bhāva in the Rāśi Chakra as this is in the 2^nd Bhāva from the Rāśi Chakra Lagna. Again we see the central role played by Dhanuṣa Rāśi in his life, containing the Maraṇa Kāraka Sthāna Gurū and Rāhu.

Budha in the Lagna in the Navāmśa Chakra shows great rationality and intellectual resources. It is this inborn support from Budha which gave Scalia a brilliant mind and he excelled at his academic career right from the beginning. Budha is a student and Scalia graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1960 and became a Sheldon fellow of Harvard University which allowed him to travel throughout Europe in 1960-1961.

Scalia was always considered outstandingly brilliant throughout his career as a Judge as well which can be attributed to his inherent capacity to learn and to process information and work with it in a myriad ways. In Vṛṣcika specifically, Mercury would have the capacity for perpetual research and digging deep into precedent and thereafter formulate propositions as law in a given case.

Rāhu in the 10^th House promises a lot of Bhoga in work and career and this is where ‘Scalia ate a lot’; in other words, he had a lot of fruits from Bhāgya in his work and career. The Rāśi in the 10^th House in the Navāmśa Chakra is Simha and shows princely enjoyments and using Amśa Tula Rāśi Rāhu transposes back to the Lābha Sthāna in the Rāśi Chakra.

Maṅgala in Makara Rāśi in exaltation is in Parivartana with Śani in debility in Meṣa Rāśi. This associates the Upadeśa Bhāva with the Kaṣṭa Bhāva and mirrors the association between the 3^rd and the 6^th Houses. The energy of the Yama Yoga comes to the 3^rd and the 6^th Houses and makes him a fearsome adversary who was never shy of a contest.

The Vivāha Kāraka Śukra is in the 12^th House from the Lagna and therefore in Maraṇa Kāraka Sthāna from the 7^th House of the spouse. This again confirms that marriage is one of those areas which might have required a separate study in different circumstances. It is only the fact that Śukra is in its own Amśa which enabled the marriage to happen and to subsist. Venus is also the 7^th Lord in the Navāmśa Chakra indicating that this placement influenced the spouse directly.

On September 10, 1960 Scalia married Maureen McCarthy at St. Pius X Church in Yarmouth, Massachusetts. The two had met on a blind date while Scalia was at Harvard Law School. The circumstances of meeting the spouse are seen from the 7^th Bhāva and lord from Śukra in the Rāśi Chakra. Śukra is placed in the 5^th House and the 7^th from it is vacant. The lord Sūrya is conjoined Śukra in the 5^th House of love affairs and affections and is joined the Dārāpada which governs dating in the horoscope.

Kumbha, being the 11^th Bhāva of the natural zodiac is full of darkness (blind) and Dārāpada and the 7^th Lord from Śukra placed here ensured that marriage followed a blind date.

The spouse Maureen would have had a pleasant personality with Taurus Lagna and was probably not a working woman owing to Ketu placed in Āyuṣa debility in the 10^th House. Śani, the lord of the 10^th House is Nīca in the 12^th House from the Lagna joined the 8^th Lord Gurū. Budha in Vṛṣcika Rāśi in the 7^th House is probably not the best feature of the chart especially since Cañdra and exalted Maṅgala aspect Budha with Rāśi Dṛṣṭi.

This was the only marriage was Scalia as in the Rāśi Chakra the 2^nd Bhāva from the Upapada Lagna, Leo, is vacant and is aspected only by Cañdra with Rāśi Dṛṣṭi making for a great deal of affection in the marriage. The lord of the 2^nd Bhāva from the Upapada Lagna is Sūrya and is placed in Tṛkoṇa. In the Navāmśa Chakra also Sūrya is placed in the 8^th House protecting the longevity of the marriage and the 8^th Lord Budha is placed in the Lagna.

In order to have the Prāṇapada conjoined Cañdra in the Navāmśa Chakra we ought to move the birth time back slightly and with 40 seconds birth time change backwards, this change is achieved.  

The Daśāmśa Chakra is extracted below-

Vṛṣcika Lagna rises in the Daśāmśa Chakra and shows that Scalia had the propensity to think matters through to an extent when it came to his work as this is an even sign but then when the initial thinking was done, he was all man of action, and undeterred action since the Lagna is ruled by Maṅgala and Ketu. Ketu is in the Lagna and the Lagna in the Rāśi Chakra is also an odd sign showing that basically he leans more towards action rather than contemplation. Maṅgala the other lord of the Lagna is in an odd sign also confirming the primarily action oriented nature attuned to quick decision making upon a preliminary initial thought process. Lagneśa in the 8^th House gave him changes in the working profile and he worked for the law firm of Jones, Day, Cockley and Reavis in Cleveland, Ohio from 1961-1967.

He then became a Professor of Law at the University of Virginia in Charlottsville, in 1967. Another change in the career came in 1971 when President Richard Nixon appointed him the General Counsel for the Office of Telecommunications Policy. From 1972 to 1974, he was the chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States, a small independent agency that sought to improve the functioning of the federal bureaucracy.  In the middle of 1974, President Nixon nominated him as Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel. After Nixon's resignation, the nomination was continued by President Gerald Ford, and Scalia was confirmed by the Senate on August 22, 1974.

In the commotion of what followed Watergate, the Ford administration was engaged in a number of conflicts with Congress. Scalia testified on numerous occasions before congressional committees, defending the assertions of the Ford administration of executive privilege regarding its refusal to turn over documents.

Within the administration, Scalia advocated a presidential veto for a bill to amend the Freedom of Information Act, greatly increasing its scope. Scalia's view prevailed and Ford vetoed the bill, but Congress overrode it. In early 1976, Scalia argued his only case before the Supreme Court, Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc. v. Republic of Cuba. Scalia, on behalf of the U.S. government, argued in support of Dunhill, and that position was successful. Following Ford's defeat by President Jimmy Carter, Scalia worked for several months at the American Enterprise Institute. 

Thereafter Scalia returned to academia, taking up residence at the University of Chicago Law School from 1977 to 1982, though he spent one year as a visiting professor at Stanford Law School.

When Ronald Reagan was elected President in November 1980, Scalia hoped for a major position in the new administration. He was interviewed for the position of Solicitor General of the United States, but the position went to Rex E. Lee, to Scalia's great disappointment.

We can readily see the disappointment coming from the 8^th House position of the Lagneśa as well as the changes in the career positions taken up since the 8^th House indicates the cessation of career.

Scalia was offered a seat on the Chicago-based United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in early 1982, but declined it, hoping to be appointed to the highly influential United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit). Later that year, Reagan offered Scalia a seat on the D.C. Circuit, which Scalia accepted. He was confirmed by the US Senate on August 5, 1982, and was sworn in on August 17, 1982.

The fact that the 8^th House position of the Lagneśa Maṅgala could not bring in some severe career setback is most visible from the placement of the Anitya Kāraka Budha in the 5^th House. The 5^th House being the 8^th from the 10^th House indicates taking up of new work and jobs and this is mostly responsible for the changes of positions in Scalia’s career.

Gurū, the Kāraka for the law dominates the Artha Tṛkoṇa in the 2^nd Bhāva in Dhanuṣa Rāśi. Gurū also aspects the 6^th House with Pūrṇa Jñāna Dṛṣṭi. The Ṣaṣṭha Bhāva is in Meṣa Rāśi ruled by Maṅgala showing orthodox litigation as the career, interspersed with teaching which is also governed by Gurū. Gurū and Maṅgala are also in Kāma Dṛṣti and have permanent Rāśi Dṛṣṭi on each other showing a strong Gurū-Maṅgala Yoga which gives a forthright expression to knowledge and indicates the blessings of the Devī.

Though the 6^th Bhāva is vacant and the 7^th Bhāva has Rāhu, the Artha Tṛkoṇa has two Grahas and the Kāma Tṛkoṇa also has two Grahas. The Lagneśa Ketu is in Lagna joined the 10^th Lord Sūrya showing fame in the working arena. The dominance of the Sun in the working personality again indicates the strong originalist and textualist position in the constitutional scheme and does not brook any interference with the same.

Once Scalia decided the course of action and what he intended to accomplish with every case and every set of legal propositions requiring adjudication through his opinion and those of other Judges, he was very meticulous about it and spend long hours to achieve the goal that he had set. His method of working on a given case was very elaborate and labour intensive as Śani is placed in the 10^th House. The 10^th Lord Sūrya in the Lagna shows the great public acclaim and attention which comes through his ingrained moorings.

The Kāryeśa of the Rāśi Chakra, Cañdra, is in the 3^rd House and rather than showing short contractual work, it reinforces the theme of doing battle with what Scalia thought of as degeneration and incorrect ways of thinking and living. The way of working or the Karma Yoga of long hours at work brought him great accomplishment as Śani is in the 10^th House from Sūrya. The 10^th Bhāva from Gurū indicating indicates the success and the sign is Kanyā with the lord Budha placed in the 5^th House even though in debility. His success came through scathing opinions where he almost ridiculed the status quo of the majority opinion if he thought it was not in accordance with the laws of the United States. The Nīca placement of Budha brought him acclaim through minority opinions rather than writing for the majority view of the other Judges on the Bench in the case.

The motivation is judged from the 10^th House from Budha and here Gurū is in Dhanuṣa Rāśi in Mūlatṛkoṇa showing that it is his deeply ingrained value system which motivates him in the final analysis, insofar as his work is concerned.

The placement of Gurū and Śani in Agni Rāśi give him the pronounced abilities of legal appreciation, formulation of propositions, assimilation of established wisdom and all the other things which go on to make one a great lawyer and Śani gives the unstinting hard work and sheer labour which ensures that the talent finds a crucible in which to flower.

The Brāhmaṇa Rāśi have Sūrya, Ketu and Budha and gave Scalia their acumen once he had put in the requisite study. The Sun gave an unflinching, authoritarian and conservative intellectual setup while Ketu gave an unabashed screaming attitude as a higher octave of Maṅgala, which we shall presently see. Budha brought about a great rational input to the working self which enabled him to absorb and soak up knowledge even though he was always struggling against the grain of majority opinions.

Maṅgala the Lagneśa and Śukra are in Vāyu Tattwa Rāśi showing that after years of study, he may have cultivated the ability of looking at the logic of propositions without their being coloured by his ethical and moral personality and the socially correct ways of Śukra may not have been learnt very well.

Rāhu and Cañdra are in Pṛthwī Tattwa Rāśi indicating poor awareness of politics and machinations as well as playing to the social gallery.

We note that Sūrya and Ketu in the Lagna are Dhīmāna Grahas according to Parāśara and blessed Antonin Scalia with a formidable intelligence.

Arudha Chakra (Ārūḍha Lagna and houses therefrom) has been omitted from this web publication for certain reasons. 

Ṣaḍbala (Shadbala) or Six Measures of Planetary Strength has been omitted from this web publication as direct exposure of this knowledge is not permitted.

Varnada:

The Varṇadā Lagna is in Karkaṭa Rāśi in the 10^th House which is a Brahmin Rāśi and shows intellectual work in the public domain. The lord Cañdra is the Brāhmaṇa Rājā and is blessing the native with work and in life by sitting in the Lagna and blessing him. V11, V7 and V5 are joined the Varṇadā Lagna immensely strengthening the Varṇadā. Karkaṭa is also the exaltation Rāśi of Gurū, the Kāraka for law. The fact that the V7 is conjoined the Varnada Lagna and indicates that marriage will trigger the profession in a major way especially since the V11 and V5 are also joined.

It is an excellent thing that Scalia’s wife was a housewife who raised nine children virtually on her own owing to her husband’s major work commitments and busy professional life since the seat of power cannot be shared with the people indicated by the Padas that are joined. In fact a major controversy erupted when Scalia was seen to be closely associating with Republican politicians and had to issue clarifications and practice precedents of former Justices in this regard, so as to extricate himself.

Scalia’s legal career started in 1961 and the Varṇadā Daśā correctly indicates this-

Varṇadā Daśā-

Mahādaśā:

 Li: 1936-03-11 (8:54:20 pm) - 1939-03-12 (3:27:27 pm)

 Sc: 1939-03-12 (3:27:27 pm) - 1943-03-12 (4:07:22 pm)

 Sg: 1943-03-12 (4:07:22 pm) - 1948-03-11 (10:45:52 pm)

 Cp: 1948-03-11 (10:45:52 pm) - 1954-03-12 (11:49:45 am)

 Aq: 1954-03-12 (11:49:45 am) - 1961-03-12 (6:48:54 am)

 Pi: 1961-03-12 (6:48:54 am) - 1969-03-12 (8:09:17 am)

 Ar: 1969-03-12 (8:09:17 am) - 1978-03-12 (3:33:50 pm)

 Ta: 1978-03-12 (3:33:50 pm) - 1988-03-12 (5:06:27 am)

 Ge: 1988-03-12 (5:06:27 am) - 1999-03-13 (12:51:34 am)

 Cn: 1999-03-13 (12:51:34 am) - 1999-03-13 (12:51:34 am)

 Le: 1999-03-13 (12:51:34 am) - 2000-03-12 (6:52:32 am)

 Vi: 2000-03-12 (6:52:32 am) - 2002-03-12 (7:18:01 pm)

 Li: 2002-03-12 (7:18:01 pm) - 2011-03-13 (2:33:28 am)

 Sc: 2011-03-13 (2:33:28 am) - 2019-03-13 (3:40:07 am)

 Sg: 2019-03-13 (3:40:07 am) - 2026-03-12 (11:03:16 pm)

 Cp: 2026-03-12 (11:03:16 pm) - 2032-03-12 (11:41:50 am)

 Aq: 2032-03-12 (11:41:50 am) - 2037-03-12 (6:41:33 pm)

 Pi: 2037-03-12 (6:41:33 pm) - 2041-03-12 (7:12:55 pm)

 Ar: 2041-03-12 (7:12:55 pm) - 2044-03-12 (1:34:26 pm)

 Ta: 2044-03-12 (1:34:26 pm) - 2046-03-13 (1:59:01 am)

 Ge: 2046-03-13 (1:59:01 am) - 2047-03-13 (8:14:53 am)

 Cn: 2047-03-13 (8:14:53 am) - 2059-03-13 (10:01:05 am)

 Le: 2059-03-13 (10:01:05 am) - 2070-03-13 (5:43:08 am)

 Vi: 2070-03-13 (5:43:08 am) - 2080-03-12 (7:08:51 pm)

The Varṇadā Daśā was Mīna, and though occupied by malefic Maṅgala, it is in trines to the Varṇadā Lagna and is lorded by Gurū, the Kāraka for the law. Mars specifically rules litigation and fighting in the courts. Despite this, the fact remains that Mars is a malefic and is placed in the Tṛkoṇa from the Varṇadā Lagna and so there was great changeability. In 1967 he left his job at the law firm and took up teaching at the university, the facts pertaining to which have been stated above in the paper.

With the advent of the Meṣa Daśā the power source in the horoscope got activated as Meṣa is a royal sign. During the currency of the Meṣa Daśā in the Daśama Bhāva from the Varṇadā Lagna President Richard Nixon appointed him as the General Counsel for the Office of Telecommunications Policy. From 1972 to 1974 he was the Chairman of the Administrative  Conference of the United States, an independent agency that sought to improve the functioning of the federal bureaucracy.

In mid-1974 Nixon nominated him for the office of Assistant Attorney General which nomination was continued by President Gerald Ford upon Nixon’s death. The nomination was subsequently confirmed by the Senate on August 22, 1974.

In 1976, Scalia argued his only case before the Hon'ble Supreme Court, Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc. v. Republic of Cuba where his representation of Dunhill was successful. However, Mars is still the malefic lord of Meṣa in the 9^th House from the Varṇadā Lagna and the changeability continued.

Following Ford’s defeat by President Jimmy Carter, Scalia worked for some time at the American Enterprise Institute and then returned to academics, all in the Meṣa Daśā ruled by Maṅgala; he took up residence at the University of Chicago Law School from 1977-1982 when the Varṇadā Daśā changed from Meṣa to Vṛṣabha.

Scalia faced the disappointment of being interviewed for the post of the Solicitor General of the United States before the Vṛṣabha Daśā started but he was overlooked in favour of Rex E. Lee. In the Vṛṣabha Varṇadā Daśā he was finally offered a seat on the influential United States Court of Appeal for the District of Columbia Circuit by President Ronald Reagan which he accepted. He was confirmed by the US Senate on August 5, 1982 and was sworn in on August 17, 1982.

Vṛṣabha is the 11^th Bhāva of gains from the Varṇadā Lagna and is also aspecting the Varṇadā Lagna with Rāśi Dṛṣṭi. The lord of the Varṇadā Lagna Cañdra is also the lord of Vṛṣabha, especially when it comes to work and so the stage was set for the rise in career with this Daśā.

In Vṛṣabha Daśā the Senate confirmed Scalia to the Supreme Court with a 98-0 vote on September 17, 1986 making him the first Italian-American Justice of the Supreme Court following Reagan’s nomination.

Before the Mithuna Varṇadā Daśā commenced in 1988 housing Nīca Ketu in the 12^th from the Varṇadā Lagna, Scalia was firmly ensconced in the Supreme Court.

Other Yogas:

The Grahas in Scalia’s Rāśi Chakra do not occupy a single type of Rāśi mobility and so the Nābhasa-Āṣraya Yogas of Rajju, Mūsala and Nala are not formed. Likewise, the Dala Yogas are also not formed. The twenty Ākṛti Yogas are also conspicuous by their absence and the only Yoga amongst the Nābhasa Yogas formed is a Sāṅkhya Yoga called the Kedāra Yoga with all Grahas in four Rāśis.

The results of the Kedāra Yoga are that the native is happy, wealthy and helpful and all these characteristics do apply to Antonin Scalia’s life.

Since Scalia’s life was not particularly marked by an excess of wealth as a Justice of the Supreme Court, we are not surprised to find an absence of any Dhana Yoga in the Rāśi Chakra. Conversely, there is no Daridra Yoga as well since he was placed in comfortable financial circumstances throughout. One may venture that there is Kemadruma Yoga as the 2^nd and the 12^th Bhāvas from Cañdra are unoccupied and the Keṅdra are vacant but then this cannot be since Cañdra is placed in the Lagna Bhāva itself which is a Keṅdra Bhāva.

The conjunction of both Śani and Budha and Śani and Śukra furnishes two Rājayoga as the Keṅdra and Koṇa lords are joined but the field of play of both Rājayoga is knowledge as they occur in the Pañcama Bhāva. Śani is infact the Vidyeśa and the Pañcameśa as well as is Yogakāraka for the Lagna while Śukra is the Lagneśa showing the Dhī Śakti and the application of intelligence. The whole thing arose from Scalia’s own application of the self. Budha is also similarly the 9^th Lord of fortune and combines well with Śani.

As reflected in this study at various junctures the close association of Antonin Scalia with the reigning politicians is palpable and is reflected in the horoscope through the Rāja Sambaṅdha Yogas. These are created by the Lagneśa with the 5^th Lord in Koṇa, Ātmakāraka with the 5^th Lord in Koṇa, Ātmakāraka in the 5^th with a benefic and the Rāśi Dṛṣṭi between Śukra and Cañdra.

The Rāśi Dṛṣṭi between Maṅgala and Gurū and Rāhu and Ketu has been discussed previously as has the Rāśi Dṛṣṭi between the four planets in the 5^th House aspecting the Lagna and Cañdra therein.

Budha, Ketu and Rāhu in the Navāmśa Chakra are Paraspara Kāraka and are working with each other to promote the respective Āyana.       

Exalted Mars with the Moon in the 3^rd House are perhaps not welcome but the Upadeśa that Scalia had was a highly emotionally charged one and that of a battler or warrior.

He took this same attitude with him to the sermons he received in church since Maṅgala is the Lagneśa and Cañdra is the 9^th Lord of the Gurū or priest aspecting the 9^th from the 3^rd. Maṅgala and Śani Parivartana brings serious volatile energies of the Yama Yoga to Scalia’s personality and writing (3^rd House and 6^th House- this has been discussed earlier in the paper.) Scalia perceived a lot of his experiences and actions in the framework of Daṅḍa or punishment as Gurū and Nīca Śani are placed in the 6^th house.

The Cañdra-Maṅgala Yoga also aspects the Lagna and Budha in it with Rāśi Dṛṣṭi. Some of the vitriol of the Gurū-Śani Yoga in the 6^th House is shared with Śukra through mutual Dṛṣṭi Sambaṅdha and the consciousness and actual facts pertaining to marriage are impacted to a degree.

Venus and Ketu influencing each other with Rāśi Dṛṣṭi show that his wife had reconciled herself to the fact that his presence at home was that signified by Maraṇa Kāraka Sthāna Ketu in the 4^th House- Śūnya or zero.

All three planets in the Lagna Keṅdra aspect the Gurū-Śani Yoga with Rāśi Dṛṣṭi showing that the attainment of the Āyana was bitter-sweet and was coloured by the energies of Nīca Śani as well as the Yama Yoga brought about by the Parivartana with assuaging coming from the phlegmatic Gurū who provided release through the beauty of the concepts of law.

Charakaraka or Temporal Significators:

The Charakāraka in the horoscope are as follows:

Sun - AK                28 Aq 22' 49.48" PBha      3    Aq   Ge

Moon - PiK              10 Li 26' 20.07" Swat      2    Li   Cp

Mars - AmK              21 Pi 28' 29.16" Reva      2    Pi   Cp

Mercury - PK             5 Aq 17' 51.83" Dhan      4    Aq   Sc

Jupiter - DK             0 Sg 08' 27.94" Mool      1    Sg   Ar

Venus - GK               0 Aq 14' 45.67" Dhan      3    Aq   Li

Saturn - BK             20 Aq 54' 39.77" PBha      1    Aq   Ar

Rahu - MK               16 Sg 12' 15.30" PSha      1    Sg   Le

Ketu                    16 Ge 12' 15.30" Ardr      3    Ge   Aq

The role of the Sun as Ātmakāraka especially placed in the 5^th Bhāva from the Lagna in the Rāśi Chakra dominated Scalia’s internal convictions at the soul level which shaped his jurisprudence.

Scalia generally voted to strike down laws that make distinctions by race, gender, or sexual orientation. In 1989, he concurred with the Court's judgment in City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co., in which the Court applied strict scrutiny to a city program requiring a certain percentage of contracts to go to minorities, and struck down the program. Scalia did not join the majority opinion, however. He disagreed with O'Connor's opinion, for the Court, that states and localities could institute race-based programs, if they identified past discrimination, and if the program was designed to remedy the past racism. Five years later, in Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Peña he concurred in the Court's judgment and in part with the opinion which extended strict scrutiny to federal programs. Scalia noted in that matter his view that government can never have a compelling interest in making up for past discrimination by racial preferences,

He said: ‘To pursue the concept of racial entitlement—even for the most admirable and benign of purposes—is to reinforce and preserve for future mischief the way of thinking that produced race slavery, race privilege and race hatred. In the eyes of government, we are just one race here. It is American.’

Sūrya was not interested in affirmative action and trying to pull up Śani and Rāhu on vexatious premises. The Ṛta or order prevailed in Scalia’s soul and he did not permit deviance on superficial and temporal distractions couched as justifications.  

In the 2003 case of Grutter v. Bollinger, involving racial preferences in the University of Michigan's law school, Scalia mocked the Court majority's finding that the school was entitled to continue using race as a factor in admissions to promote diversity, and to increase "cross-racial understanding". Scalia noted, ‘This is not, of course, an "educational benefit" on which students will be graded on their Law School transcript (Works and Plays Well with Others: B+) or tested by the bar examiners (Q: Describe in 500 words or less your cross-racial understanding). For it is a lesson of life rather than law—essentially the same lesson taught to (or rather learned by, for it cannot be "taught" in the usual sense) people three feet shorter and twenty years younger than the full-grown adults at the University of Michigan Law School, in institutions ranging from Boy Scout troops to public-school kindergartens.’

Scalia argued that laws that make distinctions between genders should be subjected to intermediate scrutiny, requiring that the gender classification be substantially related to important government objectives. When, in 1996, the Court upheld a suit brought by a woman who wished to enter the Virginia Military Institute in the case of United States v. Virginia, Scalia filed a lone, lengthy dissent. Scalia felt that the Court, in requiring Virginia to show an "extremely persuasive justification" for the single-sex admissions policy, had redefined intermediate scrutiny in such a way "that makes it indistinguishable from strict scrutiny".

Once again, the claims of Venus that she was actually fiercer than Mars and none the less in armed combat or any other form of serious scuffle did not find favour with Sūrya Ātmakāraka in Scalia’s horoscope who felt that this would be fiddling with the Rāśis and the portfolios allotted to the Grahas as well as their innate attributes and declined to go with the flow of political correctness or gentle expediency.

In one of the final decisions of the Burger Court, the Court ruled in 1986 in Bowers v. Hardwick that homosexual sodomy was not protected by the right of privacy and could be criminally prosecuted by the states. In 1995, however, that ruling was effectively gutted by Romer v. Evans, which struck down a Colorado state constitutional amendment, passed by popular vote, which forbade anti-discrimination laws being extended to sexual orientation. Scalia dissented from the opinion by Justice Kennedy, believing that Bowers had protected the right of the states to pass such measures, and that the Colorado amendment was not discriminatory, but merely prevented homosexuals from gaining favored status under Colorado law. Scalia later said of Romer, "And the Supreme Court said, 'Yes, it is unconstitutional.' On the basis of—I don't know, the Sexual Preference Clause of the Bill of Rights, presumably. And the liberals loved it, and the conservatives gnashed their teeth."

In other words, no buggering about was allowed by the Sun. This sort of conduct is largely brought about by the Nodes and Mercury and Saturn, all of whom cannot prevail upon the Sun to modify his views for any reason. Sun in Aquarius ruled by Saturn and Rāhu joined Venus and Mercury and Saturn had necessarily to deal with this kind of Kumbha ignorance and ‘anything goes’ motto.   

In 2003, Bowers was formally overruled by Lawrence v. Texas, from which Scalia dissented. According to Mark V. Tushnet in his survey of the Rehnquist Court, during the oral argument in the case, Scalia seemed so intent on making the state's argument for it that the Chief Justice intervened. According to his biographer, Joan Biskupic, Scalia "ridiculed" the majority in his dissent for being so ready to cast aside Bowers when many of the same justices had refused to overturn Roe in Planned Parenthood v. Casey. In March 2009, openly gay Congressman Barney Frank described him as a "homophobe". Maureen Dowd described Scalia in a 2003 column as "Archie Bunker in a high-backed chair". In an op-ed for The New York Times, federal appeals judge Richard Posner and Georgia State University law professor Eric Segall described as radical Scalia's positions on homosexuality, reflecting an apparent belief that the religious stances supposedly held by the majority of US citizens should take precedence over the Constitution and characterizing Scalia's "political ideal as verging on majoritarian theocracy."

We can readily see the attacks on the Ātmakāraka Sun by the stalwarts of the opposite camp- Mercury, Venus and Saturn and that too in the territory of Aquarius where day is night and night is day and maybe male is female and female is male and any other possible handy combination which might occur to the engaged parties.

Scalia was a textualist in statutory interpretation, believing that the ordinary meaning of the statute should govern- this is the plain speaking of the Sun, who rules and will not brook diversity of opinion that causes needless confusion- and this is expressed as the Literal Rule of Statutory Interpretation. 

In 1998, Scalia vociferously had opposed the idea of a living constitution, or the power of the judiciary to modify the meaning of constitutional provisions to adapt them to changing times. Scalia warned that if one accepted that constitutional standards should evolve with a maturing society, "the risk of assessing evolving standards is that it is all too easy to believe that evolution has culminated in one's own views." He compared the Constitution with statutes, which he contended were not understood to change their meaning through time. Constitutional amendments, such as the 1868 Fourteenth Amendment, according to Scalia, were to be interpreted based on their meaning at the time of ratification. Scalia was often asked how this approach justified the result in the 1954 case of Brown v. Board of Education, which held that segregated schools were unconstitutional, and which relied on the Fourteenth Amendment for the result.

In interpreting statutes, Scalia did not look to legislative history. In the 2006 case of Zedner v. United States, he joined the majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito—all except one paragraph of the opinion, in which Alito cited legislative history. In a concurring opinion in that case, Scalia noted, "The use of legislative history is illegitimate and ill advised in the interpretation of any statute." His dislike of legislative history may have been a reason why other justices have become more cautious in its use. Gregory Maggs wrote in the Public Interest Law Review in 1995 that by the early 1990s, legislative history was being cited in only about forty percent of Supreme Court cases involving the interpretation of statutes, and no case of that era used legislative history as an essential reason for the outcome. Maggs suggested, ‘With Justice Scalia breathing down the necks of anyone who peeks into the Congressional Record or Senate reports, the other members of the Court may have concluded that the benefit of citing legislative history does not outweigh its costs. It is likely for this reason that the percentage of cases citing it has decreased dramatically. No one likes an unnecessary fight, especially not one with as formidable an opponent as Justice Scalia.’

Scalia described himself as an originalist, meaning that he interpreted the Constitution of the United States as it would have been understood when it was adopted. According to Scalia in 2008, "It's what did the words mean to the people who ratified the Bill of Rights or who ratified the Constitution." 

In 2006, before George W. Bush appointees Roberts and Alito had time to make an impact, Rossum, wrote that Scalia had failed to win converts among his conservative colleagues for his use of originalism, whereas Roberts and Alito, as younger men with an originalist approach greatly admired Scalia battling for what he believed in.

In a 2009 public conversation, Justice Stephen Breyer questioned Scalia, indicating that those who ratified the Fourteenth Amendment did not intend to end school segregation. Scalia called this argument "waving the bloody shirt of Brown", and indicated that he would have joined the first Justice Harlan's solitary dissent in Plessy v. Ferguson, the 1896 case that Brown overruled.

Scalia's originalist approach came under attack from critics, who viewed it as "a cover for what they see as Scalia's real intention: to turn back some pivotal court decisions of the 1960s and 70s", reached by the Warren and Burger Courts. Ralph Nader argued in 2008 that Scalia's originalist philosophy was inconsistent with the justice's acceptance of the extension of certain constitutional rights to corporations when at the time of the Fourteenth Amendment's ratification, corporations were not commonly understood to possess constitutional rights. Nader's view preceded the Court's 2010 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Scalia, in his concurrence in that case, traced his understanding of the rights of groups of individuals at the time of the adoption of the Bill of Rights. His argument was based on the lack of an exception for groups such as corporations in the free speech guarantee in the Bill of Rights, and on several examples of corporate political speech from the time of the adoption of the Bill of Rights. Professor Thomas Colby of The George Washington University National Law Center argued that Scalia's votes in Establishment Clause cases do not stem from originalist views, but simply from conservative political convictions. 

Scalia responded to his critics that his originalism "has occasionally led him to decisions he deplores, like his upholding the constitutionality of flag burning", which according to Scalia was protected by the First Amendment.

In 2009, after nearly a quarter century on the Court, Scalia characterized his victories as "damn few".

Writing in The Jewish Daily Forward in 2009, J.J. Goldberg described Scalia as "the intellectual anchor of the court's conservative majority". He traveled to the nation's law schools, giving talks on law and democracy. His appearances on college campuses were often standing room only. Ginsburg indicated that Scalia was "very much in tune with the current generation of law students ... Students now put 'Federalist Society' on their resumes."  John Paul Stevens, who served throughout Scalia's tenure until his 2010 retirement, said of Scalia's influence, "He's made a huge difference. Some of it constructive, some of it unfortunate." Of the nine sitting justices, Scalia was most often the subject of law review articles.

It is quite clear then the Sun can be nothing but originalist because his is the original light, the way illumination was intended to be dispensed and received, as it is  and not through, say, a purple prism.   

Scalia recused himself from Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow (2004), a claim brought by atheist Michael Newdow alleging that the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance (including the words "under God") in school classrooms violated the rights of his daughter, who he said was also an atheist. Shortly after the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in Newdow's favor, but before the case came before the Supreme Court, Scalia spoke at a Knights of Columbus event in Fredericksburg, Virginia, stating that the Ninth Circuit decision was an example of how the courts were trying to excise God from public life. The school district requested that the Supreme Court review the case, and Newdow asked that Scalia recuse himself because of this prior statement, which he did without comment.

Again, the Sun is the primary  Kāraka for the 9^th House of Dharma and it is his light that takes us to God whereas Kumbha is the zone of darkness, the natural Bādhaka and one who insists on atheistic or agnostic darkness and the juxtaposition of the themes is evident in the placement of the Sun in Aquarius.

This is all the more so since the Sun is placed in Mithuna Amśa in the Navāmśa Chakra, and Mithuna becomes the Kārakāmśa and Sun is the 3^rd Lord of the call to arms and the spiritual war therefrom. The Kārakāmśaka is in fact in the 9^th House from the Lagna, the Kāraka Bhāva of the Sun the fight was to the utmost extreme through the Deva Senā.

Scalia refused to recuse himself from Cheney v. United States District Court for the District of Columbia (2005), a case concerning whether Vice President Dick Cheney could keep secret the membership of an advisory task force on energy policy. Scalia was asked to recuse himself because he had gone on a hunting trip with various persons including Cheney, during which he traveled one way on Air Force Two. Scalia issued a lengthy in-chambers opinion refusing to recuse himself, stating that though Cheney was a longtime friend, he was merely being sued in his official capacity, and that were justices to step aside in the cases of officials who are parties because of official capacity, the Supreme Court would cease to function. Scalia indicated that it was far from unusual for justices to socialize with other government officials, recalling that the late Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson played poker with President Harry Truman, and that Justice Byron White went skiing with Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. Scalia stated that he was never alone with Cheney during the trip, the two had not discussed the case, and the justice had saved no money since he had bought round-trip tickets, the cheapest available. Scalia was part of the 7–2 majority once the case was heard which generally upheld Cheney's position.

We cannot conclude till we notice the Charakāraka replacement between Gurū and Śukra who are both at the same degree. Gurū is the Dārākāraka rather delicately joined Rāhu in Maraṇa Kāraka Sthāna in Gurū Chānḍāla Yoga, hinting at things known and unknown. Śukra is the Jñātikāraka (GK) and is much stronger placed with the Ātmakāraka and three other Grahas. It is probably the Dārākāraka which had to give way for the sake of the nationalist, conservative community represented by Śukra with the bright eyes and it is just as well because with Śukra becoming the Dārākāraka as well there would have been more application of intelligence in the matter. Despite higher latitude the Maraṇa Kāraka Sthāna Gurū in Gurū Chānḍāla Yoga cannot really push out the major community status given by the Jñātikaraka. But the loss of whatever the original Dārākāraka represented would have been felt by Scalia and maybe even at the level of the community awareness as both the Dārākāraka and the Jñātikaraka have other problems which are not being discussed here, for reasons of secrecy.

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