The Vedic Astrology Behind The Rich: I wasn't expecting these results... (Part 1: Results)
Note: I am not an astrologer. I am a total novice when it comes to vedic astrology. However, I like spreadsheets. A little too much, maybe. Also, this article is the results which I am asking for help when it comes to interpretation, since I am not good at interpreting astrological placements.
I've seen lots of discourse among both vedic and western astrologers about 'billionaire'/'millionaire' aspects, placements, nakshatras, etc. Some have produced research studies such as Claire Nakti in her early days. Well, I wanted to see for myself what astrological placements were more common among the extremely wealthy than among the general population.
I also have to admit: I've had frustrations with Claire Nakti's earlier research studies. She slips in far too many ideological rants instead of concrete explanations for her results, especially in her oldest surveys. From what I remember, her study on 'multi-millionaires'/'billionaires' had numerous flaws: small sample size, C-rated birthtimes which are known for being ... really dicey (the Beyonce debacle, for example), and little-to-no explanation of the statistical methods she was using (how did she measure these results with? Frequency? The confidence intervals she is using for her data? P-values? She explains absolutely none of that in her wealth video).
Going away from Claire Nakti, many other sources I found about 'billionaire'/'multi-millionaire' astrological analyses did not mention any sort of data collection besides some anecdotes or guesses. For my overthinker self, that's not enough.
It was from these frustrations that I decided to take a look over at Astrodatabank's B-rated birthtimes+ and collected the charts of 200 multimillionaires and billionaires. The metric for this sample was a net worth of at least $2 million USD or more. All birthtimes were B-rated or higher; most of them were A-rated or AA-rated.
I collected these charts into a Google spreadsheet and analyzed the frequency each placement appeared in compared to estimates of the general population (chi-square test). My confidence interval is at 95% (p=0.05 or lower for results to be considered significant).
For the Ascendant, to account for differences in certain signs' ascension times, I calculated them based upon the duration each sign is estimated to arise on the horizon within the northern hemisphere---where the large majority of charts in this survey were collected from. Yes, I know this isn't the best method. Not by a long shot.
For this survey, I used sidereal Lahiri ayanamsa. I only looked at D-1 charts.
Placements I analyzed included:
Planets (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Rahu, Ketu) in Houses, Signs, Nakshatras. I also looked at Planets within the Same Sign as each other (Conjunctions/Conjoined). Planets in the Same Sign as the ASC and MC/IC were included as well.
Ascendant in Sign and Nakshatra.
Midheaven in Sign and Nakshatra.
Charakarakas, ranging from Atmakaraka to Darakaraka.
House Lords in Houses, ranging from 1st Lord to 12th Lord.
Big 3 (Sun, Moon, ASC) in Signs and Nakshatras.
The results were....bizarre, to say the least.
Sun nakshatra, house placements and sign were null compared to the general population (Sun conjunctions were not, however). Same for the Moon and Venus.
For the Ascendant, nakshatras were not statistically significant. However, one borderline result (p=0.09) was the ASC sign; this was due to a large amount of folks with sidereal Aries Ascendant, mainly Ashwini or Bharani. However, in a survey with such a small sample as n=200, it likely doesn't mean much of anything. I will still include it because I think it was rather interesting.
What WAS statistically significant when it came to Planets were:
MERCURY
At a p-value of 0.014, Mercury in Signs were highly significant on a statistical level in this survey.
Mercury in Virgo and Cancer appeared 38% higher than expected. I find this to be a rather interesting result, though a bit obvious: Virgo is the exaltation of Mercury, so it isn't a surprise that a strong Mercury lends well to material wealth. What I find confusing is Mercury in Cancer. I'm not sure why a sign which Mercury struggles in would be so common. However, what I find more revealing is...
Three signs appeared far lower than expected for Mercury:
Mercury in Sagittarius, which appeared 64% lower than expected.
Mercury in Taurus, which appeared 46% lower than expected.
Mercury in Leo, which appeared 40% lower than expected.
Mercury is weak in Sagittarius, a Jupiter-ruled rashi, so I wasn't too surprised at how low it was. Taurus and Leo? That confused me.
However, neither Mercury in Houses nor Nakshatras were statistically significant.
However, Mercury conjunctions with other planets were significant at a p-value of 0.0123. The highest one will be covered later on.
2. Mercury conjunct Saturn, which appeared 50% higher than expected.
3. Mercury conjunct ASC, which appeared 38% higher than expected.
One Mercury aspect was underrepresented: Mercury conjunct IC (-34%).
JUPITER
Jupiter, the planet of abundance and prosperity, being statistically significant (p-value of 0.02, for Jupiter in Signs) for extreme material wealth is....obvious.
Jupiter in Virgo appeared 62% higher than expected. 13.5% of the sample had this placement. Clearly, Virgo, ruled by Mercury, is a rashi that is concerned heavily with the material world, including wealth. Unlike Gemini, it is earthy and grounded. However, Jupiter in Virgo is viewed as a weak placement by Western astrologers because of how materially focused and practical it is. Natives of this placement can struggle with the more immaterial side of life.
Jupiter in Sagittarius, the mooltrikona placement of Jupiter, appeared 32% higher than expected. Jupiter is at home in this sign, so it isn't a surprise that it includes the overaccumulation of monetary wealth into the equation.
Two signs were extremely underrepresented in this survey: Jupiter in Aries, which appeared 64% lower than expected, and Jupiter in Aquarius, which appeared 46% lower than expected.
The nakshatra results were not too difficult to determine once we see the signs. At a p-value of 0.015, they were even more significant than signs:
Jupiter in Chitra Nakshatra, appeared 116% higher than expected.
Tie between Jupiter in Vishakha Nakshatra and Jupiter in Ashlesha, both of which appeared 75.5% higher than expected.
Jupiter in Uttara Ashadha Nakshatra, coming in third place, appearing 62% higher than expected.
One nakshatra was SEVERELY underrepresented:
Jupiter in Ashwini Nakshatra, which appeared only once in this survey, 86.5% lower than expected.
Jupiter also appeared on a Conjunction level (Planets in Same Sign):
Jupiter conjunct DSC appeared 45% higher than expected.
Jupiter conjunct Ketu appeared 46% lower than expected.
SATURN
Now, THIS RESULT surprised me. Throughout this survey, Saturn was significant both on the Signs AND House placement.
The planet of obstacles, delays, difficulties, age, and time, also being one of the most important planets for multi-millionaire/billionaires in this day and age? Yep. It seems so contradictory at first, until you look at the structure of how wealth is accumulated in this era...
Generally, billionaires rely on equity and investments to accumulate excessive wealth. On a global scale, individuals with extreme wealth usually INHERIT wealth instead of generating it through hard work and persistence. Many of these folks don't reach their peak net worth until middle-age (forties and fifties), after Saturn matures at age 36.
The importance of outer planets like Jupiter and Saturn along with the irrelevance of the luminaries indicates that this level of material accumulation is...based entirely on structural factors such as upbringing, luck, opportunity, and being surrounded by wealth from an early age. Access to networks, financial knowledge, rising up the career hierarchy, etc. is limited to the most privileged members of society in this unfair, cruel world.
That is when I started to understand why Saturn was so important for billionaires:
Saturn in Signs, at a p-value of 0.02: Saturn in Cancer appeared 74% higher than expected. Next was Saturn in Libra, its exaltation sign, appearing 50% higher than expected. In contrast, Saturn in Taurus appeared 46% lower than expected, trailed by Saturn in Gemini (34% lower than expected).
Saturn in Houses, at a p-value of 0.04, so not as significant per se but interesting to look at: Saturn in 1st House (along with Saturn conjunct ASC) appeared 68% higher than expected, followed by Saturn in 11th House and 5th House, which appeared 32.5% and 26.5% higher than expected. Two Saturn in Houses placements were underrepresented: Saturn in 4th House (-39.7%) and Saturn in 6th House (-57.8%).
Saturn conjunct MC appeared 38.5% higher than expected. Meanwhile, Saturn conjunct Ketu was underrepresented, appearing 51.8% less than expected....clearly the more prominent Saturn is, the more likely you may be a multimillionaire by 50 years old (just joking here).
However, if on a p-value level alone, there is one planet which eclipses the importance of Saturn for material wealth...
MARS
If there is one planet we could consider indicative of billionaire/multimillionaire levels of wealth, it is MARS.
Mars in Signs was extremely significant, at a p-value of 0.0017. This is one of the lowest p-values in this entire survey.
Mars in Virgo appeared 86% HIGHER THAN EXPECTED. A fifth of the sample had this placement. Second place was Mars in Cancer, its debilitation sign, which appeared 38% higher than expected.
One Mars sign was heavily underrepresented: Mars in Pisces, which appeared 82% lower than expected.
This result was only matched by Mars in Nakshatras, which were...at a p-value of 0.00085.
Mars in Hasta appeared 170% HIGHER THAN EXPECTED.
Second place was Mars in Rohini, which appeared 75.5% higher than expected.
Third place is Mars in Vishakha, which appeared 62% higher than expected. Vishakha was also a top Saturn placement, though the p-value wasn't high enough to reach the confidence interval for Saturn in Nakshatras.
Fourth Place goes to Mars in Pushya, which appeared 48.5% higher than expected.
Fifth place is a tie between Mars in Ashlesha and Mars in Purva Bhadrapada, which both appeared 35% higher than expected.
Three Mars placements were heavily underrepresented when it came to Nakshatras:
Mars in Revati, which had only one individual with this placement (-86.5%).
Mars in Uttara Bhadrapada and Mars in Shatabhisha (-73%).
Mars did not disappear either when it came to Planets in Same Signs as Each Other (aka Conjunctions):
Sun conjunct Mars appeared 80% HIGHER THAN EXPECTED.
Mercury conjunct Mars appeared 74% higher than expected.
OTHER RESULTS
Sun conjunct other planets (p=0.005): Sun conjunct ASC and Sun conjunct Moon appeared 56% and 30% higher than expected respectively.
Rahu/Ketu signs and Ketu nakshatra, at p=0.01 (Rahu in Signs), p=0.01 (Ketu in Signs), and p=0.03 (Ketu in Nakshatras) each. Cancer-Capricorn (56%), Aries-Libra (38%), and Taurus-Scorpio (44%) axes were overrepresented while Virgo-Pisces (-58%) and Aquarius-Leo (-46%) were underrepresented. Ketu in Uttara Ashadha appeared 129.5% HIGHER THAN EXPECTED while Ketu in Magha appeared 86.5% LOWER THAN EXPECTED. Second and third place for Ketu nakshatras goes to Ketu in Jyeshtha and Ketu in Vishakha. Edit: I fixed the Ketu in Signs figure.
Midheaven Nakshatra, p=0.0322. Midheaven in Uttara Ashadha, Purva Ashadha, and Ashlesha took the top while Midheaven in Pushya and Swati were underrepresented.
1st Lord in Houses (p=0.003): 1st Lord in 1st House appeared 87% HIGHER THAN EXPECTED. Second place goes to 1st Lord in 6th House, which appeared 39% higher than expected. Meanwhile, 1st Lord in 5th House was underrepresented, appearing 64% lower than expected....
To conclude this post, I want to ask the Vedic Astro folks here how to interpret these results because ummmm....they confuse me.
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