PREDICTION: Feb 10 Primaries of US Democrats

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Namaste friends,

 

I am giving the daily Tithi Pravesha charts (DTPC) of the four main candidates

of US democratic primaries of Feb 10 (tomorrow), my astrological reasoning and

the final judgment.

 

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(1) John Kerry:

9 Feb 2004, 9:55 pm (TZ: 6:00 west), 104w59, 39n44

Mercury is the hora lord, i.e. the ruler of the day. He is the 10th lord in 5th

with an exchange with 5th lord Saturn in 10th, in rasi chart. He is well-placed

in 6th (and 2nd from AL) in D-10 too. It is no doubt another good day.

 

Bottomline: John Kery will continue to do well.

 

(2) Howard Dean:

10 Feb 2004, 7:37 am (TZ: 5:00 west), 74w00, 40n43

Mars is the hora lord, i.e. ruler of the day. In rasi chart, Mars is in

moolatrikona in the 3rd house from lagna and 11th from AL. In D-10, he is

debilitated in the 3rd from lagna and 11th from AL again. In fact, he has a

nice exchange with 3rd lord Moon in 7th.

 

The latest opinion polls show him doing very poorly, behind Kerry, Edwards and

Clark, placed in single digit percentages. He did not campaign in either TN or

VA. He did not even run ads. Gore, who endorsed Dean, did NOT promote him in

his home state TN. Based on all these, Dean is not at all expected to do well

there in south, despite coming second in all the 3 states last weekend.

However, some positive and boldening development for Dean is possible on the

day.

 

Bottomline: Though it is irrational to expect Howard Dean to do well in TN or

VA, the day is a good one for him. It is inexplicable to me when I try to

reconcile astrology with common sense. But there could be some good news for

him on Feb 10 that boldens him.

(3) John Edwards:

10 Feb 2004, 8:40 pm (TZ: 5:00 west), 82w57, 34n41

 

[Note: An error of 40 sec in birthtime changes the rising sign in the daily

chart, rendering the prediction below meaningless. I have not confidently

rectified the birthtime. So the following prediction may be taken with a pinch

of salt.]

Jupiter is the hora lord, i.e. ruler of the day. He is the 8th lord in lagna,

just like in Clark's case below. He is in the 3rd from AL, just like in Clark's

case below. However, Jupiter also owns 5th. He is better placed in D-10 than in

Clark's case.

 

Edwards will not do that well in his "backyard", as he likes to call the two

southern states. He will do rather weakly.

 

Though Edwards may not publicly admit it, he will seriously wonder whether he

should drop out, after tomorrow. But he may decide to carry on.

 

Bottomline: John Edwards will not win either state and will be disappointed. But

he will do better than Clark. He may wonder for a while whether to carry on and

may decide to do so.

 

(4) Wes Clark:

10 Feb 2004, 10:10 am (TZ: 5:00 west), 87w39, 41n51

Venus is the hora lord, i.e. ruler of the day. He is the 8th lord in exaltation

in lagna, in rasi chart. He clearly shows disappointment. Especially, being an

exalted benefic in the 3rd from AL, he shows some kind of resignation or giving

up of spirit.

 

In D-10 also, Venus is the 5th lord in 8th. Showing a setback. Moreover, lagna

lord Mercury is in marana karaka sthana, in D-10.

 

Though General Clark indicated in a CNN interview this weekend that he will go

all the way to the super Tuesday praimaries of March 2nd and not drop out, I

have strong reasons to suspect that he will drop out after tomorrow. In any

case, tomorrow is likely to be a disappointing day for General Clark.

 

Bottomline: Wes Clark will be disappointed in both TN and VA. He'll be the

biggest loser of the day, in terms of the gap between expectation and outcome.

He may even drop out after tomorrow's results.

 

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Kerry will keep up his great show, even in the southern states. Edwards will not

repeat his South Carolina magic and will do rather weakly in his "backyard". I,

however, do not expect him to drop out. Clark, OTOH, will do poorly and may

actually drop out, despite his stand so far that he will carry on in any case.

Dean may have some positive development that boldens him.

May Jupiter's light shine on us,Narasimha

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Feb 9, 2004

11:30 pm EST

South Grafton, MA, USA

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