Public figure
Ramakrishna Dalmia
Libra lagna; PVNR's historical example of reading a wealth-empire's growth and collapse through the D-2 (Hora) Narayana Dasha.
- Born
- 7 Apr 1893 · 09:31
- Male
- Place
- Jamnagar
- 20.93°N 85.92°E · UTC+5:44 (local mean time)
- Lagna · Moon
- Taurus · Scorpio
- Life areas
- Career, Wealth, Legal
Birth data as recorded: April 7, 1893 · 9:31 AM LMT · Jamnagar (85°E55', 20°N56')
On this chart's lagna. Cast from the data exactly as the source gives it (9:31 AM local mean time, 85°55′E 20°56′N) the lagna is Taurus. The source's reading speaks of a Libra lagna, and its coordinates do not match the place it names. Treat the lagna of this chart as unsettled.
The chart
What is known of the life
Chart pointers›
- Chart pointers (PVNR):
- Libra lagna. Owned banks, insurance companies, airlines, a newspaper chain (Times of India), cane-sugar mills, coal mines.
- Kaaresha for D-2 (the D-1 2nd lord) = Mercury. In the D-2: Mercury in the 3H (strong initiative in finances); from AL in the 5H/trine (the world sees him as very capable); in the GL (access to powerful people); in the UL (always investing, rotating money, never hoarding). UL in the 5H from AL = his investments are seen as capability, not losses.
At a glance (astrologer's read)›
- Kind of work / wealth: A major industrialist with a sprawling business empire; great financial power followed by ruin.
- Litigation / liberty: Imprisoned by the Nehru government on corruption charges; companies taken away; died a broken man.
Life events & timing (as PVNR analysed — D-2 Narayana Dasha)›
- Cancer dasha (early career): financial career started; a hard-work period.
- Gemini dasha (middle rise): made a lot of money; formed partnerships; companies started (A7 in Gemini; GL and the 11H-from-AL aspect Gemini).
- Libra dasha (further rise): Yogakaraka Saturn in Virgo (2H from AL) = the world saw him as an industrialist; hard-working, industry-based resources.
- Virgo dasha (peak): the peak of his career and greatest financial power; 2H from AL = a resourceful image, Saturn there = industries (lead mining, cement).
- Taurus dasha (1951–1962, the death blow): Taurus = the 8H from lagna; the 2nd + 7th lord (a double maraka) in the 8H of D-2 = financial death/ruin. From AL it is the 10H with Mars = a warrior/aggressive image. He criticised Nehru in his newspapers when others praised him; was seen as combative; Nehru's government imprisoned him; his companies were taken away and he died a broken man.
Life by area›
Wealth (Hora / D-2)
- Mercury as Kaaresha placed in initiative-, image- and investment-favouring positions explains the empire-building; the Narayana Dasha sequence times each rise and the final collapse.
PVNR's reading notes›
- "Death" in a divisional chart is domain-specific: death in D-1 = physical death; death in D-2 = financial ruin (a maraka/7L in the 8H of D-2), not bodily death.
- All 12 houses carry meaning in every divisional chart — it is wrong to think only the 2nd house matters in D-2.
- A Mars image in the 10H-from-AL = a warrior/combative public reputation, which here actively contributed to his downfall.
Source›
PVNR SJC Lesson 42