– Birth details 14 april 623 BC At midday at 27 8 north longitude 83 5 east

– Planetary degree positions sun 29 3 , moon 200 , mars 26 54 , mercury 53 6 , Jupiter 11 , venus 12 , Saturn 24 36 , rahu 86 54 , lagna 116 45 , ayanamsa 14 16

– Lagna lord is immensely fortified. Both the lagna and the lagna lord are subject to the aspect of mars. In navamsa , lagna lord moon is in aries. These dispositions conferred on the buddha, great physical beauty and a magnetic personality.

– Because of the aspects of venus, mars and jupiter on lagna lord, He was handsome, fair in colour, stately to behold and of majestic mien.

– Aristocrat by birth he was at home with all—kings, princes, warriors and beggars—a characteristic largely due to birth in the constellation of visakha.

– Mercury the planet of humour is in a benefic sign, otherwise unafflicted. The royal planet the sun is exalted in the 10th. Consequently, his dignity was unshakable and his humour, invariable.

– The moon, ruling mind, is no doubt aspected by five planets, of which, the most powerful aspect is cast by saturn.

– Mars in his own sign and saturn debility have rendered each other’s association harmless.

– Consequently, the moon’s peculiar position rendered him in infinitely patient and moved him to anxious and puzzled reflection on the true purpose of life.

– Venus, away from mars and within close range of jupiter, protected the buddha from sensuous feeling and enjoyment.

– The 7th lord Saturn is not only neecha but is considerably afflicted by his conjunction with mars—both occupying the 7th from chandra lagna. This explains the affliction of kalatrabhava and want of happiness, in the conventional sense of the term, on this account.

– The lord of lagna moon—karaka for the mind—in the constellation of jupiter—the divine planet-occupying the navamsa of mars, gave him an iron will, a strong determination and the urge to undiscouraged action. But for such resoluteness of purpose, He would not have subjected himself to mortification and servere forms of ascetic penances for a period of six years till he found more successful clues to understanding.

– Buddha’s nobility, serenity and the deep compassion He felt for all are due as much to the blessings of Amala Yoga, as His ascetic denial of the body’s demands in extreme form are due to the presence of pasa yoga.

– The most formidable combinations in this horoscope refer to the 10th house or karmasthana, The sun lord of the 2nd, who also happens to be atmakaraka, is elevated in the 10th . Mars as lord of the 5th with saturn as lord of the 7th ; mars as lord of the 10th in association with jupiter lord of the 9th ; venus as lord of the 4th in association with mars as lord of the 5th ; venus as lord of the 4th in association with jupiter lord of the 9th—have given rise to a series of powerful rajayogas—all converging their influences on the 10th from lagna and the 7th from the moon who happens to be lagna lord.

– Gnanakaraka jupiter and the philosophical planet saturn— both together again constituting another rajayoga—gave him unexcelled philosophical power.

– He had annihilated sensuous passions and led a life of immaculate purity, results undoubtedly due to the sublime effects of jupiter over venus.

– Rahu’s presence in the 12th—mokshasthana—in the constellation of the moon—made the buddha a philosophic genius while his intellectual eminence is due to the upachaya disposition of mercury.

– In his 16th year, gautama was married to yasodhara. This took place as soon as sani dasa commenced. Mark the fact that saturn owns the 7th from lagna and the 5th from chandra lagna with the lord of the 7th mars and kalatrakaraka venus. Till the end of the sub-period of mars in saturn dasa—by virtue of their position in the 7th , gautama grew amid scenes of luxury with their constant stimulations to self-centered indulgence but always protected by His father from learning about the frustrations and sorrows of life.

-As soon as rahu bhukti commenced presence of rahu in the 12th or mokshasthana—in his 2’9th year, buddha, on the day of the birth of his son rahula, made the great renunciation. He left his young wife and child end wandered into the forest, For six years thereafter, i.e., during the sub-period of jupiter in saturn dasa and the sub-period of mercury in his own mercury dasa, He went through all the experiences of hatha yoga and not satisfied with the outcome. He decided on meditation.

– In his 35th year, in mercury dasa, mercury bhukti, sitting under the bodhi tree, on the full moon day of vaisakha, He is said to have attained enlightenment.

– Mercury as lord of the 12th— mokshsathana—is in the constellation of Lagnadhipathi. In the Navamsa he occupies the 5th with exalted Jupiter, lord of Navamsa Lagna. Under the same directional influences He preached His first sermon of the “sweetly reasonable middleway” which lies “between two extremes of sensuality and mortifications”.

– It was in venus dasa that his triumphant spiritual conquest of the land took place, Venus is fully empowered to confer this great rajayoga, by virtue of his association with jupiter .During venus dasa, the master moved from place to place organising and spreading his doctrines and organising the expansion of the order.

– As soon as mars bhukti in the sun’s dasa commenced, the buddha was taken ill. He recovered from His illness. At the age of 80, He passed away with the words : “Decay is inherent in all compound things. Work out your own salvation with diligence.” Buddha’s death took place at the end of mars bhukti in the sun’s dasa. It will be seen that the sun is a distinct maraka not only as lord of the 2nd but also as associating the lord of the 7th . The sub-lord mars owns the 2nd and 7th from chandra lagna and occupies the 7th therefrom with the major lord . Buddha knew about his end which was peaceful. This is explained by the fact that the 22nd drekkana has reference to a benefic sign.

—Five planets in the 10th—both by rasi and bhava— bring out the dynamic personality of the buddha. The grouping together of these five planets within an arc of twenty-three degrees, has resulted in a number of rajayogas as well as parivraja yoga, giving us a clear insight into the real achievements of the master.

– Buddha never preached anything hostile to hinduism. He was a hindu of hindus. Buddhism is not a new religion but it is just an offshoot of hinduism, or rather a part of hinduism just as saivism or vaishnavism is.What the buddha has said has been mostly delivered from the luminous and inspiring thoughts contained in the upani-shads. Consistent with the peculiar structure of his horoscope, the buddha’s concern was to free human life from the net of overwrought metaphysics as much as from superfluous ritualism.

– Gnanakaraka jupiter, mokshakaraka saturn, and atma-karaka the sun in karmasthana (10th) must suggest to any tyro in astrology that buddha could never have denied either god or soul . Buddha accepted “as essentially sound, the concepts of dharma, karma and moksha, although after buddha, His disciples, indulged freely in subjecting to harsh criticism, some of the basic doctrines of hinduism”. Hindus acclaim the buddha as an avatar of vishnu and if at all philosophers like sankara have only criticised some of the buddhistic doctrines as interpreted by subsequent Buddhist scholars, the Buddha had always remained as sacred and sublime as any other avatar of vishnu. The goal of the hindu was union with brahman, which was transformed rather than rejected by buddha, into nirvana.

– The fact that buddha accepted the basic features of hinduism like karma, samsara, moksha (or nirvana) clearly indicates the degree to which his thinking was embedded in the heritage of upanishads. The five-planet grouping taken as a whole constitutes gola yoga, a combination which is said to cause great upheavals, when present in national horoscopes. In an individual horoscope, such a yoga renders one capable of stupendous achievement.

– Buddha made available to all men the wisdom of the maharshis, in a different garb by laying stress on practical ethical life. The sun in this horoscope is strong par excellence, not only as natural atmakaraka, but also by longitudinal position and his exalted situation must give the clue to the depth of attnashakti possessed by the buddha.

– Summing up, the horoscope of the buddha is ideally disposed bringing into relief his qualities, mental and moral, and his attainments, intellectual and spiritual. He was a pioneering lover of men and a radiant personality, arousing in His followers affectionate devotion. By his immense sacrifice and by his great renunciation he has left an indelible impression upon India and upon the teachings of india’s great maharshis.