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Johnny Depp is one of the most prominent actors in the world and in this article we propose to examine the manner in which the dicta of classical Vedic astrology map to the various features of his life. Johnny Depp Birth Data - At Lois Rodden’s Astrodatabank, the following birth data for Depp has an AA rating indicating an accurate time of birth- Natal Chart Date:           June 9, 1963 Time:           8:44:00 am Time Zone:      6:00:00 (West of GMT) Place:          87 W 06' 48", 37 N 46' 27" Owensboro, Kentucky, USA The Rāśi Chakra for Johnny Depp’s horoscope is given below-   Beginnings - Depp was born in relatively ordinary circumstances and was a high school drop-out who started playing rock music in garage bands in his childhood. See Cancer Ascendant/ Karkaṭa/Karkata Lagna in Papa-Kartari Yoga formed by Rāhu/ Rahu in the 12 th House and Mars in the 2 nd House. The exaltation of Rāhu in the 12 th Bhāva

Vedic astrology can guide the musings of the modern man in all their width. Thoughts of the Modern Man - When one wonders as to the purpose of existence, and more particularly, individual existence, world philosophies all give elevated answers. Why birth ? The reason for birth is furnished by the Ātmakāraka/ Atmakaraka in Vedic Astrology, and how that purpose will be accomplished, is illustrated by the lord of the Ascendant/ Lagna Lord. The Ātmakāraka is the significator of the soul and is an index for dispensing with past Karma. In that sense it is like the 8 th Lord from the Udaya Lagna. When the individual comes to the right path which will aid him in fulfilling the reason for his birth, the stressful nature of the Ātmakāraka abates and it becomes favourable. It is for such reasons that Parāśara/ Parashara has termed the Ātmakāraka the King of the Horoscope. Therefore when we have a question in the mind as to what is this all for, we need to evaluat

The Hindus have always started their new year in the lunar month of Chaitra/ Caitra, on the first day (Pratipadā) of the bright half, the Śukla Pakṣa. This Hindu New Year in the year 2015 started with the following data- Lunar Year Date:           March 20, 2015 Time:           3:06:42 pm Time Zone:      5:30:00 (East of GMT) Place:          77 E 12' 00", 28 N 36' 00" New Delhi, India   The chart is given below for reference-       The Ascendant/ Lagna is Cancer/ Karkata/ Karkaṭa and exalted Jupiter is placed here. Cancer has the power to take away many evils and problems and Jupiter in exaltation in the Lagna is a singular blessing. Sincere prayers this year are likely to bear immediate fruit. The country is likely to be very pragmatic this year even though a strong sense of values is likely to pervade the populace. The Vāra lord/ Vara lord in the Panchanga/ Pañcāṅga is Śukra/ Shukra/ Venu

The Vedic Moon/ Chandra/ Cañdra transits into Sagittarius/ Dhanusha/ Dhanuṣa, crossing the Gaṅdāṅta/ Gandanta region between Scorpio and Sagittarius, on March 14, 2015. This is at the same time that the great luminary, the Sun/ Surya/ Sūrya is in Saṅkrāṅti as well, in the concluding regions of Aquarius/ Kumbha and travelling to Pisces/ Meena/Mīna Rāśi. Venus/ Śukra/ Shukra has just moved into Aries/ Mesha/Meṣa from its exaltation in Pisces at this time and is barely at 2 degrees of arc of longitude traversed. Some serious thresholds of Karma are being crossed whether one realises or not. The Gaṅdāṅta/ Gandanta are the junctional regions between the opposing elements of Water/ Jala Tattwa and Fire/ Agni Tattwa and thus embody conflict. It this is very conspicuous from the Ārūḍha Lagna then it will manifest, else the oppositional strains will be experienced in the subconscious. Experience is one thing and Karmic movement quite another; they may coincide but are not

Ben Affleck, born Benjamin Geza Affleck-Boldt, has the following birth data which has been deemed to be very accurate at Lois Rodden’s Astrodatabank and has an AA rating: Birth Data - Date:           August 15, 1972 Time:           2:52:31 am (rectified by us) Time Zone:      7:00:00 (West of GMT) Place:          122 W 16' 18", 37 N 52' 18" Berkeley, California, USA Note - One has seen it fit to rectify the birth time minutely by moving it back by 29 seconds from 2:53 AM for reasons which shall be given later in this article. This is not a final rectification but an essential one for the purposes of this study. Rāśi Chakra - Ben Affleck is born in Gemini Ascendant/ Mithuna Lagna and the Rāśi Chakra is extracted below for ready reference-   The first thing I note about Ben Affleck’s Rāśi/ Rashi Chakra in the Vedic Astrology framework is that human signs dominate the Satya Pītha, viz. the Lagna/ Ascendant and the