Joseph Murray

Joseph Edward Murray was an American plastic surgeon who performed the first successful human kidney transplant and awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1990. He died today in his 94^th year. This is a brief astrological sketch of him in the light of nadi rules.

1^st April 1919

This Chart is prepared for 6 AM for 90W. Moon is placed in Pisces. Moon will move into Aries during the day. By looking at the events in the life of the native I feel Moon will be in Aries.

Jeevakaraka Jupiter is placed in the intellectual sign Gemini having Ketu in the 12^th and Saturn in the 2^nd. Sun-Mars-Mercury are placed in the 10^th and Moon-Venus is placed in the 11^th from Jupiter. Jupiter has exchanged signs with Mercury and hence will move over to Pisces getting the association of Sun-Mars and having Moon-Venus in the 2^nd, Ketu in the 3^rd, Mercury in the 4^th and Saturn in the 5^th in a sequence. Saturn, the karmakaraka is retrograde in Cancer in the last degree. Jupiter is placed in the 12^th, Ketu in the 11^th and Moon-Venus in the 10^th from Saturn. Saturn meets Rahu first. Further retrogradation of Saturn brings him to Gemini getting the association of Jupiter and as retrograde Mercury moves to Aquarius the sign exchange between Saturn and Mercury brings Saturn to Aquarius having Sun-Mars in the 2^nd, Venus in the 3^rd, Ketu in the 4^th and Jupiter-Mercury in the 5^th in a sequence.

The multiple planetary influences formed between planets because of the retrogression and sign exchange may appear to be confusing at first but a careful perusal of these influences will be indispensible to get a correct grasp of the life purpose of a native.

Jupiter-Saturn association indicates that the native will have a respectable profession and Jupiter about to enter his exaltation indicates great improvement in life of the native. Jupiter-Saturn-Mercury association in Gemini shows that the entire life of the native will be based on intellectual pursuits. Jupiter getting the association of Sun-Mars and having Moon-Venus in the 2^nd and Ketu in the 3^rd is one yoga which added with the combination of Saturn having Sun-Mars in the 2^nd, Moon-Venus in the 3^rd, Ketu in the 4^th and Jupiter-Mercury in the 5^th indicates that the native will be a doctor (Venus-Ketu) and a surgeon (Sun-Mars) dealing with the life of people (Jupiter-Saturn). Jupiter having Venus in the 11^th and 2^nd, Saturn having Venus in the 10^th and 11^th indicate that the native’s life will be comfortable and wealthy.

Jupiter-Saturn association always indicates a good longevity provided other supportive factors are present in the chart. Further Jupiter having Sun-Mars-Mercury in the 10^th and getting the association of his friends Sun-Mars after sign exchange with Jupiter also indicates a long life. Jupiter about to enter his exaltation sign where he meets his friend Saturn indicates a long and fruitful life.

Jupiter having Ketu in the 12^th and Saturn in the 2^nd indicates a deep spiritual and philosophical basis for the life and work of the native.

Murray was born the son of William A. Murray and Mary DePasquale and grew up in Milford, Massachusetts. Father was a lawyer and a District Court Judge, mother a school teacher.

Sun, the planet ruling over father, is placed with Mars and Mercury and gets the association of Jupiter by sign exchange. This explains his position as a lawyer (Mercury-Mars are enemies fighting between themselves) who resolves disputes and as a judge holding hign position (Jupiter with Sun and Sun meeting Jupiter-Saturn ahead). Moon, the significator for mother, is placed along with Venus having Ketu in the 2^nd and Jupiter-Mercury association in the 3^rd explaining her job as a teacher (Jupiter-Mercury association generally indicates educational institutions).

He was a star athlete at the Milford High School. Murray excelled in football, ice hockey, and baseball. Upon graduation, Murray attended the College of the Holy Cross intending to play baseball. The baseball practices and lab schedules conflicted forcing him to give up baseball.

Jupiter involved in a sign exchange with Mercury and getting the association of Mars indicates his active involvement in sports and game and other physical activities. Mercury, the ruler of education, is involved in sign exchange with Jupiter indicating a high level of educational qualification. Mercury with Sun and Mars having Venus in the 2^ndand Ketu in the 3^rd indicates his education in medicine and surgery (Mars-Sun combination stands for surgery and Sun-Venus-Ketu association/arrangement stands for medicine).

Murray later attended Harvard Medical School. After graduating from medical school, Murray joined the US Army, where he studied surgery at Valley Forge General Hospital in Pennsylvania.

Saturn in the last degree of Cancer also exerts an influence equal to its presence in Leo. Furthermore, Saturn getting the association of Sun-Mars in the 10^th and 2^nd owing to his retrogression and sign exchange explains his stint with the US army. This might have happened when he was running 20-25 years and Saturn would be transiting Pisces and Aries at that time.

23^rd Dec 1954

On 23^rd December 1954, Murray performed the world's first successful renal transplant between the identical Herrick twins at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital; he was assisted in this task by J. Hartwell Harrison, M.D. and other noted physicians.

It can be seen that Jupiter was transiting over natal Saturn in Cancer while Saturn was transiting over Libra opposite to natal Venus-Moon in Aries. This is a most favorable transit indicating the landmark achievement in his life.

In 1959, he performed the world's first successful allograft and, in 1962, the world's first cadaveric renal transplant. Throughout the following years, Murray became an international leader in the study of transplantation biology, the use of immunosuppressive agents, and studies on the mechanisms of rejection. In the 1960s, the discovery of anti-rejection drugs such as azathioprine, imuran and prednisone, allowed Murray to carry out transplants from unrelated donors.

Murray served as chief plastic surgeon at Children's Hospital Boston from 1972–1985 and retired as professor of Surgery Emeritus in 1986 from Harvard Medical School.

The transit of Saturn throughout in the 2^nd round saw him scale heights in his research as a transplantation biologist and researcher. His career has started when Saturn was transiting Aquarius-Pisces and it developed further as Saturn moved in the zodiac that reached its zenith during the 2^nd round of Saturn. This is explained by the fact that in the natal chart though Saturn has no planets ahead to meet except Rahu in Scorpio, retrogression of Saturn will bring a sequence of planets ahead to meet occupying 4 signs ahead.

Personal life

June 15^th 1945

He married Virginia Link in June 1945, with whom he had three sons and three daughters. He enjoyed tennis, biking and swimming. His wife pursued music professionally for 15 years after marriage.

He married at the age of 26 when Saturn was transiting over natal Jupiter and Jupiter was in Leo. In the natal chart Venus is with Moon having Ketu in the 2^nd and Mercury-Jupiter in the 3^rd indicating that the wife will be an artist (Venus with Moon) and will earn name and fame (Ketu) because of her artistic and intellectual attainments (Mercury-Jupiter). Jupiter gets the association of many planets and meets all of them in his transits from his exchanged place. This indicates many issues. Venus-Moon combination having Ketu in the 2^nd stands for 3 daughters while Jupiter getting the association of Sun-Mars-Saturn indicates 3 sons. Mercury can be omitted from the counting as he is debilitated and has his enemy Moon in the 2^nd.

In 2001, Murray published his autobiography, Surgery of the Soul: Reflections on a Curious Career, which doubles as a story of 14 of his experiences and the struggles with them.

Mars-Mercury combination, Mercury-Ketu association and Jupiter-Mercury association in the 2^nd, 11^th, 10^th or 7^th from Saturn generally indicates writing and publishing. In 2001, Saturn was moving in Taurus over natal Ketu while Jupiter was transiting his natal position in Gemini indicating the fructification of promise held in the natal chart.

Murray died on November 26, 2012 at age 93. He suffered a stroke at his suburban Boston home on Thanksgiving and died at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

On the day of his death transit Jupiter is moving with transit Ketu in Taurus which lodges the natal Ketu. Transit Saturn is in Libra confronting both the natal and transit Rahu.

26^th Nov 2012

Yerrannaidu 

23^rd Feb 1957

Jeevakaraka Jupiter is alone in Virgo having no planets in the 2^nd, 12^th and 7^th. Hence Jupiter is weak indicating a short life. However, owing to his retrogression Jupiter moves into Leo where he gets the aspect of his friend Sun from Aquarius thereby pushing the longevity to middle span. Further, there are no planets in the 10^th and 11^th from Jupiter.

Karmakaraka Saturn is placed in Scorpio with Rahu and a debilitated Moon. He has Jupiter in the 11^th in Virgo and meets Venus-Mercury ahead in Capricorn. There are no plantes in the 12^th and 2^nd from Saturn. This placement of Saturn indicates a humble biginning in the 1^st round of Saturn which will take-off a high-rise in the 2^nd round when Saturn meets his friends Venus and Mercury in Capricorn during his 34-36 years. The most important combination in the horoscope which has catapulted him to political success in the presence of retrograde Jupiter in Virgo who moves into Leo receiving the aspect of Sun and Leo happens to be the 10^th from Saturn. It is a well observed rule of nadi astrology that Jupiter-Sun association in Leo in the 2^nd, 7^th, 11^th and 10^th from Saturn is a combination for political success. Further, Saturn is hemmed between Jupiter behind and Venus-Mercury ahead indicating a life of status and stature. Saturn with Rahu generally gives humble beginnings but if other rajayogas are present, it helps in gaining mass following.

Jupiter meeting Saturn and Moon first in his rounds indicates a religious and spiritual personality and it is a well known fact that the native could not be seen even once without the tilak on his forehead, indicating his staunch religiousness.

The nadi rules state that Rahu and Moon stands for vehicles and travelling. Jupiter meeting the formidable combination of Saturn-Rahu-debilitated Moon first and contacting his enemies Venus-Mercury next indicates an unnatural and painful death while travelling.

Yerrannaidu Kinjarapu was a member of the 11th Lok Sabha, 12th Lok Sabha, 13th Lok Sabha and 14th Lok Sabha of India (From 1996 to 2009). He represented the Srikakulam constituency of Andhra Pradesh and is a member of the Telugu Desam Party.

His political career as a MP lasted when Saturn transited from Aquarius to Virgo – from his natal Sun to its 7^th. Jupiter was in Sagittarius in 1996 and he was in Capricorn along with transit Rahu in 2009.

 He met a road accident on the early hours (about 2 am) of 2nd November 2012 while returning to Srikakulam after attending some ceremonies at Vishakapatnam. He was immediately taken to the local hospital, however he was declared dead at about 3.30 am.

On the day of his death it can be noted that transit Jupiter was moving over Taurus afflicted by both natal and transit Ketu and opposite to the dangerous Rahu-Saturn-Moon combination from Scorpio. Transit Rahu was moving over his natal position and transit Saturn was confronting both the transit and natal Rahu. Another important thing to note is, in cases of unnatural death mutual influence of Saturn and Mars on their natal positions is observed. Here  transit Mars is moving over the natal Saturn while transit Saturn is moving opposite to the natal Mars.

2:00 am 2^nd Nov 2012

At last Ajmal Kasab is hanged

Today (21.11.2012) at 7:30 AM in the Yerrawadi jail of Pune, the lone captured terrorist of the 2008 Mumbai attacks has been sent to the gallows. This piece is the analysis of the horoscope of this terrorist by the aid of nadi astrology principles.

13^th Sep 1987

On 13^th September 1987, Kasab was born in Faridkot village in the Okara District of Punjab, Pakistan, to Amir Shahban Kasab and Noor Illahi.

Jeevakaraka Jupiter is retrograde in Aries having exalted Moon in the 2^nd and Rahu in the 12^th. There is no planet in the 7^th from Jupiter. Moon, actually, becomes a non-entity in judging the longevity. Furthermore, Moon is aspected by her bitter enemy Saturn from Scorpio and hence weak. Behind Rahu there are no planets in the three preceding signs and after Moon there are no planets in the three succeeding signs. Retrogression of Jupiter brings him to Pisces where he joins Rahu and gets the aspect of his enemies Venus and Mercury. Thus the native will have a short life. If there were no Moon in the 2^nd and Saturn in the 8^th he would have died in his infancy.

Karmakaraka Saturn occupies a martian and secret sign Scorpio aspected by an exalted Moon. Sun and Mars are placed in the 10^th to Saturn in a fiery and royal sign Leo while debilitated Venus along with Mercury and Ketu occupy the 11^th. Had there been a direct influence of Jupiter on Saturn by placement in 2^nd, 12^th or 7^th the native would have definitely been in a high position where he would have wielded power. As Saturn does not have any planet in the 12^th and the succeeding three signs and meets Rahu first the native was born into a family of meager circumstances and he himself should have worked sometime on a routine job as a laborer. The most important combination is the presence of exalted Moon in the 7^th to Saturn and 2^nd to Jupiter. This indicates that the native will go to foreign countries to carry out his job. And his job indicated by Sun-Mars combination in the 10^th to Saturn in Leo is the heinous crime of killing innocent people using advanced fire arms. Moon having the association of Saturn and Jupiter in any form indicates a prominent element of religion and spirituality in the life of a native. However that may take negative channels if the association if blemished, which is what happened in this case.

His father is a dahi puri vendor while his elder brother, Afzal, works as a labourer in Lahore. His elder sister, Rukaiyya Husain, is married in the village. A younger sister, Suraiyya, and brother, Munir, live in Faridkot with their parents.

Jupiter, representing the native has Rahu in the 12^th and Moon in the 2^nd. Owing to his retrogression Jupiter moves to Pisces where he gets the aspect of Venus-Mercury-Ketu from Virgo. This indicates the native having one elder brother, one elder sister, one younger brother and one younger sister. Sun, who represents his father is placed in Leo with Mars and has debilitated Venus with Mercury and Ketu in the 2^nd. There are no planets in the preceding two signs of Sun and though exalted Moon occupies the 10^th she is weak because of the aspect of inimical Saturn. This explains that the father is a petty businessman with a meager means of livelihood selling some eatables and earning there from.

He left home after a fight with his father in 2005. He had asked for new clothes on Eid, but his father could not provide them, which made him angry. He then became involved in petty crime with his friend Muzaffar Lal Khan, soon moving on to armed robbery.

In 2005 Saturn was transiting Cancer having his bitter enemies natal Sun-Mars in Leo in the 2^nd. Jupiter was moving over Virgo where his staunch enemies Venus-Mercury are placed in the natal chart. Saturn’s transit in Cancer, the sign of Moon, indicates travels while transit Saturn confronting natal Sun in Leo indicates fighting with his father. Involvement of Mars here with Sun is the main culprit in the horoscope forming a formidable combination of fiery planets in a fiery sign. Thus the approaching of Saturn near this combination had driven the native towards his destination starting with petty crimes and moving over to armed robbery. Added to this the nodes were transiting over their natal positions.

On 21 December 2007, Eid al-Adha, they were in Rawalpindi trying to buy weapons when they encountered members of Jama'at-ud-Da'wah, the political wing of Lashkar-e-Taiba, distributing pamphlets. After a brief chat, they decided to sign up for training with the Lashkar-e-Taiba, ending up at their base camp, Markaz Taiba.

21^st Dec 2007

On the day Kasab decided to join the terrorist organization Saturn was retrograde in Leo over natal Sun-Mars combination and joined with transit Ketu. Jupiter was moving over Sagittarius after crossing Saturn in Scorpio where he has initiated the native’s karma and now approaching Rahu, the dispenser of destiny and the planet of death.

26^th Nov 2008

On the day of the terrorist attack transit Saturn and Jupiter were in Leo and Sagittarius respectively while Mars and Sun were in Scorpio over natal Saturn. Here it can be observed that transit Saturn was activating the natal Sun-Mars combination in Leo while transit Sun-Mars were activating the natal Saturn in Scorpio. Transit Jupiter in Sagittarius has joined his bitter enemy Venus and is confronted by the transit Rahu and is about to enter his debilitation. This position of Jupiter is quite ominous as there are no supporting planetary influences either by aspect or by position in the natal chart. Hence Kasab was caught by the Indian police.

His plea was rejected by President and he was eventually executed on 21 November 2012 in Yerwada Jail in Pune, at 7.30 AM.

21st Nov 2012

It can be observed that today, transit Rahu is moving over natal Saturn in Scorpio while transit Jupiter joins transit Ketu in Taurus opposite to the natal Saturn. Transit Jupiter meeting a node after crossing the natal node without meeting any other natal planets indicates the period of death if the longevity permits. Transit retrograde Jupiter activating the natal Jupiter, Moon and Saturn while transit Saturn activating the natal Jupiter and Saturn - indicates the fruits of karma being enjoyed by the person on a foreign soil. Natal Jupiter meeting Moon-Saturn association first and Sun-Mars in Leo next explains the native having a violent ending in the hands of a foreign government as a punishment of his crimes.

While going through the news papers and internet my attention was caught about a movie on Masterda Suryasen, the great martyr of the Chittagong armory raid, who is one of the great patriots who still generates inspiration and love for the mother land in Indians. The movie is named as ‘Chittagong’ and the director cum producer cum screenwriter for the movie is one ex-scientist Bedabrata Pain. While going through the life story of this director I am really enthused to know how the planets are going to explain these incidents in his life and to my surprise everything came out crystal clear by using the nandi nadi system of analysis.

27^th March 1963

Bedabrata was born on 27^th Match 1963. The chart presented here is cast at 6:00 at kolkata. As explained earlier there is no need of ascendant in nadi system of analysis. I request the readers to ignore the ascendant. In this case Moon will also be in the same sign throughout the day.

Jeevakaraka Jupiter occupies his own sign with Sun and Mercury indicating high level of intelligence, academic excellence and recognition from that. Mercury, the planet ruling over education, joins Jupiter and Sun in a sign of Jupiter indicating highest education and intelligence. The 2^nd from Mercury is occupied by Moon who has exchanged signs with Mars. Therefore Mercury will have the influence of both Moon and Mars in the 2^nd. Moon in the 2^nd from Mercury and Venus in the 12^th to Mercury indicates interest in artistic pursuits while influence of Mars indicates technical education like engineering etc.

Karmakaraka Saturn occupies his own sign with Ketu having Venus in the 2^nd, Jupiter-Mercury-Sun in the 3^rd and Mars-Rahu in the 7^th. Venus in the 2^nd should give good finances and wife will add to the native’s wealth. Saturn-Mars opposition involving the nodal axis indicates that the native will do a job related to engineering and machinery which involves research and inventions. Mars has exchanged signs with Moon and hence Saturn gets Moon opposition in Cancer. This indicates the native will be settled in some foreign countries for his job. Saturn having a planet in the 7^th who has exchanged signs with another planet will generally indicate change of profession. Saturn having Venus in the 2^nd and Mercury in the 3^rd, Moon in the 4^th and exchanged Moon-Mars-Rahu in the 7^th indicates native taking up to some profession involving art, writing, photography and technology which is cinema field.

Mars who indicates the male relatives like brothers, sons etc is debilitated and joined with Rahu. Nevertheless, he has exchanged signs with Moon thereby indicating some relief. However, Mercury another planet indicating a male relative is debilitated and joined with his enemy Jupiter. Further Mercury has Moon-Mars association in the 2^nd and meets Moon, Mars-Rahu first during his transits. This is ominous.

Bedabrata Pain did his schooling in St.Lawrence High School in Calcutta & South Point High School and then studied Electronics & Electrical Comm. Engg. (ECE) in IIT Kharagpur between 1982-1986 and was one of the good students. Later he went to Columbia University for M.S and Ph.D in early 1990.

During 1982-86 he was running his 19-24 years and Jupiter was transiting from Virgo to Pisces and Saturn would be transiting Virgo and Taurus. The conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in transit opposite to the natal Jupiter-Mercury-Sun combination indicates beginning of a highly academic and research oriented life. After 1986 Jupiter moved from Aries to Cancer activating the natal Moon in Aries who is involved in sign exchange with Mars in Cancer. This explains his going to a foreign country. Meanwhile Saturn transiting Libra opposite to the natal Moon in Aries also explains his foreign travel. The purpose of travel is explained by the fact that both transit Jupiter and Saturn have got the influence of natal Jupiter-Mercury combination indicating education and research.

In the university he wrote plays, composed songs, organized cultural events, participated in protests against the Gulf War and demonstrations against human rights violations, and even wrote a booklet on the Kashmir conflict.

Saturn having Venus in the 2^nd, exchanged Moon in the 7^th, Mercury-Jupiter in the 3^rd explains these activities of writing and composing songs and organization of cultural events. Mars-Rahu association in the 7^th to Saturn also colored the activities with protests, agitations and conflicts.

His future wife Shonali Bose also did her Masters Degree in Political Science from Columbia University. Then he along with his four friends invented the active pixel sensor technology that produced the world's smallest camera and has been inducted to the US Space Technology Hall of Fame. Now it is used in mobiles.

The year 1990 seems to be significant for Pain as far as his research career is concerned. He along with a team invented the pixel sensor technology which bestowed upon him a place in the US Space Technology Hall of Fame and he got inducted into NASA. During 1990 he was in his 27-28 years. Jupiter was transiting Gemini and Cancer while Saturn was transiting over Sagittarius. Transit Jupiter was opposite to the natal Saturn while transit Saturn was having the natal Saturn, Venus, Jupiter-Mercury-Sun combination ahead. Added to this there is the opposition of the transit Saturn and Jupiter. All these factors indicate a significant and favorable period with fame and professional gains.

Now coming to his marriage, Venus in the 2^nd to Saturn and 12^th to Jupiter-Mercury indicates that the native will get prior acquaintance with his wife during their education and she will bring luck to the native. She will be intelligent, devoted and spiritual while adding wealth to the native.

Later he worked for NASA for 18 years as senior research scientist before quitting the job in 2008. Pain has 87 invention patents to his credit.

He worked for NASA for 18 years throughout the transit of Saturn from Sagittarius to Cancer. During this period the Jupiter-Mercury-Sun combination influenced by transit Saturn made him to achieve 87 inventions. Once Saturn reached Cancer during his 45^th year he got the contact of Mars-Moon exchange influencing the natal Saturn and hence he decided to change his profession. Next in 2008 transit Saturn moved into Leo receiving the aspect of natal Venus who has Mercury-Jupiter-Sun in the 2^nd. The native now ventured into making films.

Bedabrata was the executive producer of the award-winning film Amu in 2005.

In the year 2005, Pain was running his 42-43 years when Saturn was transiting Cancer over natal Mars-Rahu and exchanged Moon while Jupiter was transiting Virgo and Libra opposite to the natal Jupiter-Mercury-Sun and Moon. These transits indicate the forthcoming turn in his professional life.

While he was busy in making the film Chittagong, his son Ishan was killed in a freak electrical accident on September 13, 2010. In a shocking verdict, a court in Los Angeles recently refused to hold the electrical razor company responsible for Ishan's death.

As explained earlier, Mercury with Jupiter and in the 2^nd to Venus indicates the son of the native. Mercury is debilitated and has Moon and exchanged Mars in the 2^nd, both his enemies. Further Mercury will come in contact with Moon and Mars-Rahu in his transits indicating short life to the Son. Mars-Rahu and Saturn-Ketu opposition indicates the unnatural death by electric shock. On the fateful day of the accident Jupiter was transiting over Pisces and Saturn was transiting opposite in Virgo, both activating the natal Mercury confirming the incident.

13th Sep 2010

15^th Oct 2012

His first film Chittagong, starring Manoj Bajpayee and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, release in India on October 12.

Natal Saturn having the association of Mars-Rahu explains the subject of revolutionary Suryasen for the movie. The movie has been released when Saturn and Jupiter were influencing the natal Moon-Mars association in Aries (Retrograde planets get the position of previous sign). Both Moon and Mars are inimical to Saturn. This indicates mental tension and disappointment. His good times will start again once Saturn moves to Sagittarius during his 57-58 years. Meanwhile, Jupiter transiting from Cancer to Virgo (52-54 years) will give him some respite.