Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan

My analysis of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's horoscope. I am not an astrologer. Not an expert by any stretch of imagination. Astrology is a hobby.
For whatever is correct in the analysis, I give full credit to my guru, Milindji (www.astromnc.blogspot.com) Whatever is wrong is all my fault :)

Here It goes.

1. 1994 Miss world title
Guru in Libra over her Sun, Shani in kumbha. 3rd to her moon. The whole miss world thing got her a lot of travels. Plus fame and gains 11th Guru. Moon is in Saggi plus venus is also there. So, guru was 11th not only from moon, but from Venus also, that too in Libra, Venus's own rashi. Over the Sun.
She had Moon-Saturn antardasha. Saturn in 10th in Gemini, Navamansh saturn also in 1oth in makar is sure good. It gives her the ability to work towards her goal at a well-measured, steady pace. Her next saturn antardasha was 2002-2003. (Devdas comes to mind as her grand work during this period.)

2. Next big success for her, directly 1999. HDDCS released in june. Shani and Guru BOTH in Aries. 5th to her moon and venus! Success, awards and ROMANCE :)

At the same time, Aries is 8th from Lagna. Got her into the very famous relationship with Salman, which started well, but took a bad turn later!!

3. 2001-2003 was tough and downhill. 2002 was fine with Devdas released. Guru in Gemini aspecting moon and venus. Along with Shani. Then in 2003, Infamous breakup with Salman, alleged affair with Vivek. Supposedly pushed him to do the infamous press conference. Saturn in Taurus (6th) and then Gemini over her natal saturn, in 10th house, 7th from moon. Guru 8th and powerless. not good for partnerships. Aspecting moon and venus in 4th house.

4.2003 end with shani still in gemini, Guru went 9th in Leo. In 2004, came Bride and Prejudice. Her first international venture.

5. 2004-2006, Ashtam Shani was somehow balanced due to 9,10,11 Guru. She got some good prjects like Raincoat, Shabd, Umrao Jaan. Most different and meaningful work she has ever done. Guru got her all this work, but critical acclaim was withheld. At least from the general public. That was Ashtam Shani making its presence felt. 11th Guru (again passing on her chart sun. Ego boosting.) towards the end of Ashtam shani was when she started dating Abhishek Bachchan.

6. Apr 2007, her wedding. Guru was by this time in Scorpio. 12th to her moon and Venus. Shani was retrogading in Cancer. Ashtam. Its imperative for me to say that this was a very calculated move. I am not a big fan of her, but I would not bash someone just for the sake of it. Guru in Scorpio passing over her Mercury. I would say, Scorpio Mercury is deadlier than Scorpio Moon or Sun. PLus in her case, this mercury has Mars aspect. Manipulation comes naturally to these people. And Guru passing over this Mercury at the time of wedding makes me think this was more a calculated move. Of course, nothing wrong in thinking practically before marrying someone.

7. Now as for the current peiod, Shani in Kanya is 10th to moon. Abhi-Ash has become a brand. May be over-rated. But a brand alright. In fact, Shani went 9th in Jul 2007 immediately after her wedding. Since then she is on a roller coaster ride of fame. Rated one of the top actresses in Bollywood.(justified or not! anyway, top actress is measured by the money they earn rather than acting abilities.) Bachchan last name has only added to the charisma. International face of bollywood. Appearing on Oprah, Martha Stewart etc. Pink Panther 2. Now! here I am not talking about talent as actress. But hey! it does not matter to her as long she is getting good money, fame, and media attention! This kind of frenzy for Aish was absent/ not very noticeable after 2000 (5th Guru). 9th Guru in 2004 got her good projects, but shani was holding back Ego-boosting attention. It came only when Shani entered Leo in Jul 2007.

8. Jun 2011- May 2012 would be another rocking period. We might very well see another HDDCS kind of performance. That time both shani-guru were 5th, This time Shani is 10-11 and Guru is 5th. Though this time possibly she might not get as many awards. Libra Shani will make sure of that.

9. Shani will be in Libra from Dec 2011. After Guru leaves Aries in May 2012, things would gradually get a little tough. Shani is Libra is good for her, 11th from Moon. There would be gains, yes. But it will pass over her Sun, and that would be a tough period socially. Not good for ego. All the Abhi-ash frenzy would slowly come down in 2012-13 and wrap up by 2014. Thats when her sadesati starts. Shani in Scorpio also passing over Mercury. No more manipulations would be possible for her. Whether its people, career, public appearances. Her PR would not do the good job that its doing today. Hype would be termed as hype and not accepted blindly by public. By the time she emerges from sadesati, it would be 2021. After that, she would play roles like what Jaya Bachchan, Hema Malini etc. play now. She would be 48 then.
Her career would pretty much be wrapped up by 2014. It makes sense for her to hold on to the family, husband and motherhood when it happens.

10. As for the manglik question lot of people have, the answer is yes. Assuming her birth details I have are right, she sure is Manglik. I don't think its a big issue though, because she married at 34. Late marriage was good for her. The issue here, more than manglik is condition of Venus. It is in mool nakshatra. Plus the 7th lord Jupiter is deb in 5th house. This sure spells trouble for married life. Not necessarily divorce, but difficult married life. deb Guru in 5th house, and the strong Aries Mars is 5th from Moon. These can cause problems with having children. her best chance is when Guru is in Aries in Jun 2011- May 2012.

11. Lastly, Does her chart show acting abilities? IMO No! Venus is not in a good condition, in mool nakshatra. Close to Rahu. 2nd house Libra has the blazing Sun.
Taurus has the Mercury aspect. Its more about PR for her. She is a smart smart woman. She knows how to communicate effectively and use her good looks. Note that She has never said anything remotely controversial when Salman-Vivek-Rani have been burning up the gossip columns. Thats the shrewdness Scorpio Mercury gives you. That too in the 3rd house of communication. 5th house which governs creativity has deb Jupiter. Capricorn sign is far from creativity, but is very ambitious and good for success which is planned, calculated.

Dumb Mommy!!!

As usual, I am busy (?) on the laptop.
The kid shows her palms and says,
Mom What do I have in my hands?
I stop and think. (!)

She says, Come on! It starts with the letter Z.

I say, Zebra!!
(Z for Zebra is all that comes to mind
I wonder who was my KG teacher. She is to be blamed.)

No!!!! Not Zebra. Its a number!!
She is kind enough to give clues and I am dumb enough to not take it seriously.

There is NO number that starts with Z!!!

What are you saying?
There is! ZERO.
I have nothing in my hands!!

Gee...
Why do I have a feeling that this is just the beginning.
Of "smart kid dumb mom" series.

Bored kid... Help!!

Whats with children and "Mom! I am bored"?
Boredom is natural and according to me constructive. Spells of doing nothing for hours. Can help one develop patience, being introspective, even get more creative.
What with the 24 hour cartoon channels, On Demand and the internet, Boredom threshold has sure gone waaaay down.

The kid sets off for school 7:15, comes back 3:35. Has 2 of her favourite programs between 4 to 5. Arthur and Word girl. At 5, she puts off the TV, yells, "I AM BORED"...You JUST put off the TV kid! left thumb still on the TV remote power button....Bored?

And today morning, while I am surfing away, she is watching Spongebob Squarepants. She goes, "I am bored". I am like, "excuse me, i think you are watching Spongebob?" Yes! But its the commercial break!! And I am bored!!

Boo hoo!!!!!!!!!!!

Meteor Shower

As I lie down on the bed and look at the cloudy sky from the bedroom window, I say to hubby:
There's going be a Meteor shower tonight.

He is like, What Shower?

Meteor Shower!!

What is it?

Remember this thing that happened some 8-10 years back? Its like....

WAIT!!! Before you delve into a scientific explanation, just answer one question.

Err.... What?

Is it going to rain?

NO!!!

Then its ok. Coz if it does, I don't want to get up in the middle of the night to close that window.

@#@#@#@#

Clean energy

We get our electricity from this company www.greenmountain.com
You can choose your electricity company and not rely on what's there. Say MSEB. We chose this one.

The electricity bill says something like this each month. Very unique.

Thanks for helping clean the air we breathe! By purchasing Green mountain energy electricity, you have helped avoid the emission of this much CO2, pollution over the past month

KWh Electricity used : 1,316
CO2 emissions avoided (pounds) : 280
Equivalent Automobile miles not driven : 312

Quite something to have on an electricity bill?

nimbooda

There's this small Indian restaurant nearby. They play hindi movies. Were there for breakfast on the morning of July 4. They were playing "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam".
The point where Aish gets married, she is reading the letters from Salman.
One of the letter ends like

Tumhara,
Khatta Nimbooda

Ok.. what I am trying to say? The best part about watching Hindi movies in US, for me, is the English subtitles.
The above part was translated like-

Undersigned

Your's
Tangy Lemon

Passports renewed in a week...yay!

Hubby and kid's passports had to be renewed.
After a month's procastination, I decided to take action. Made hubby fill up the online forms (read: harassed him) and get the printouts. Filled the blank spaces on the form with pen.

Decided to spend 18$ for passport size photos taken at Walgreens. Hubby insisted on taking prints from our digicam photos. But my decision prevailed. The last thing I wanted here was a returned application due to some issue with the photos.

Made out cashier's checks in favor of CGI Houston.

Got a stamp-pad from Office Max for the kid's thumbprint. I am sure she can now sign her initials, but may not be able to reproduce the signature. Thumb print was safer.

Printed out a Change of appearance form...for the kid...infant to child

Bought a set of 2 sized paper clips. organised the documents using small paper clips...eg utility bills together, marriage cert, 'add spouse name' application, my passport photocopy together.....and wrote on the top document what the bunch was for. eg- For addition of spouse name.
Took the small clip bunches together and secured with a large paper clip along with the application, remaining 2 photos(1 affixed on application) and original passport.

Went to the Fedex shipping center where they have a notary. Got all photocopies notarised. For passport copies, only the pages with a picture.

Sent everything to CGI Houston, along with a pre-paid self addressed envelope. It reached them on June 24. I got the new passports today, July 1. In exactly 1 week. I'd like to believe its the organised paperwork I sent, that got the process speeded up. Could be the efficiency of their staff? Yes, lets give them half the credit. :)

And for those of you who are in the process and have bumped into my blog looking for information

Photocopies:

Got 2 copies of my passport, 3 of hubby's and 1 kid's
a copy of my passport each with both their applications, a copy of hubby's passport with both (even his own...wierd i know) and a copy of both their passport for our records.
2 photocopies of both of their I94s and Visa pages. - 1 to be sent and 1 for records
Photocopies of marriage cert and kid's birth cert.

This is what i attached :
For husband
1. 3 passport size photos, including 1 pasted on the form
2. photocopies of first 5 and last 2 pages of passport, I-94, and visa page.
3. Passport application
4. original passport - along with the I-94
5. An application for addition of Spouse name
6. Two utility bills - cable and phone
7. Photocopy of my passport
8. Cashiers check 40$

For daughter
1. 3 passport size photos including 1 pasted on form
2. passport application
3. Original passport along with the I-94
4. Change of appearance form
5. Photocopy of both parent's passport.
6. Cashier's check 25$

home coming

Was on India visit jan of this year. Stayed home for about a week,(remaining time at in-laws place) relished mom's cooking, had dahipuri in Shivkrupa, took my daughter to play in the park at Sagar Vihar, met old friends, And stayed home a lot. :)

Sitting there by the window, watching the chaotic traffic move by, most vehicles with no regard for the environment puffing black poison. Man! how did I never see it before? Was Vashi always so polluted? Was it always so difficult to breathe? Was it always this warm in January? The beautiful scene from the mini-seashore which i saw every evening...why does it look lost in fog? Wait! Is that the pollution? It wasn't there 6 yrs back. Or was it?

Have the roads always been so unsafe? Did I really cross these roads every day in full traffic? Were the drivers always this horribly rash? Little school kids forming a human chain waiting on the sidealk for a chance to cross the road. Was I one of them? Were the stairs in most buildings always this Dungeon dark? When were the buildings last painted? Whats the black soot like thing on every standing structure in the city? They looked so fresh a few years back.

Were my school age photos this yellow right out of the studio? Was our house this small? No, its got smaller over the years I am convinced. Was there so much dust behind the furniture before? When did the Fridge get its beautiful blue paint all chipped off? Did we never have a closed shoe rack? Was the neighbour's conversation always audible in our house? The adjacent building was not this close, looks like its moving closer by the day.

The TV, the dining table, the Fridge were much bigger. Believe me. They have been sheddding weight. The ceiling too was higher before, its caving in. The fans actually made the rooms airy and cool, not go in circles just for the sake of it. Like they do now.

A few years away from there, and how things have changed in my absence. huh.

Finan-sense

We, as a couple are not alike. Quite the case of opposites attract.
Inspite of it, thankfully we vehemently agree on money-issues. And that, is the secret of our happy married life :)

1. We don't head for Calvin Klein, Levi's, Gucci and their kin. (Man! I am having to rack my brains for brand names.) We both are happy to wear what looks good and is fairly priced. No, the factory outlets are no good too.

2. Our car is a means to get us from point A to point B. Without leaving us on the the road midway. As long as it can do that, we are happy.

3. Furniture doesn't have to come from from Ikea. We look for good deals on Craigslist. Heck with so many people moving back to India, its so easy.

4. We lived in California for 2 years and never, i repeat never even thought of seeing Las Vegas. I'd rather not get started on whys of it. Would just quote Liz Pulliam Weston, the famous personal-finance writer.
"A city based on the squandering of wealth really should be allowed to melt back into the desert from which it came."

5. Most movies are not worth spending 15$ per person for ticket and insanely high food prices in their cafeterias. Not to mention the fuel expenses.
We prefer to wait until it comes out on a DVD. Rent it for a dollar. Enjoy it from the comfort of home. Make sure the volume is in control. (And most songs are skipped altogether.)

6. Alcohol and cigarettes is something we both have never fallen for. No estimates on how much we save, don't even know what it costs to be alcoholic. But going by popular opinion, I assume we save there. And have better chance of being healthy grandparents.

7. With all the attention and love I get, I don't feel the need for make-ups and manicures and haircolors and so on.(its afterall for attracting attention, ain't it?) Guys, another money saving trick.

The list can go on, but for now, I'll be frugal with the blogger space and end it here. :)

Foodie talk - 2

Samosa
Deep fried cone pastry filled with potato and peas.

Utthapam
Indian pancake with the topping of Bell pepper, Onions and Tomatoes

GulabJamun
Wheat flour balls dipped in flavored sugar syrup

Rasmalai
Homemade cheese balls with ceamy sweet sauce.