What can Jyotish astrology tell us about the famous actor Shia LaBeouf? Mr. LaBeouf has a wild ride in life, from a poor dysfunctional family to a wildly successful career in acting. He has been in Hollywood blockbusters and praised for his performances in thoughtful indie films. He’s also been fired from movies, arrested for drunken behavior, been in and out of rehab, and recent revelations from two ex-girlfriends have surfaced of repeated verbal and physical abuse.
For fame and career success the first place I look at is the first house and the 10th house of career. The first house indicates the character, nature, and potential of the chart owner. A strong and well-placed ascendant lord can give the foundation for achieving one’s goals in life. Shia has Aquarius in his ascendant, which is owned by Saturn. Aquarius is a fixed, air sign giving many of the qualities he is known for: individualistic, social, creative, insightful. However, when afflicted they can be controlling, self-centered, or critical; all traits of the downside of Saturn.
For violence of any sort, I immediately suspect Mars and Ketu,who acts in part like Mars. Ketu likes to renunciate (reject), and also can have a deep fear of rejection. Both women said he was jealous and needy and went crazy if they didn’t reassure him endlessly.
We would expect to see his mind and emotions troubled in the chart and indeed we do; his newish Moon (karaka) is in the 6th with the LH4 Venus. Transiting Saturn aspects them from the house of loss, and also aspects the dasa lord Ketu.
Mars as a dispositor of the dasa lord, is retrograde, making this often violent natural malefic more powerful and erratic as it aspects the second house-the house of speech, fifth house and lord of the 5th house, and Karaka Mercury AND that Moon and Venus. The sixth house and the third are fighting houses, so put the emotions in H6 and pour some Mars on and you get an explosion.
Ayuda Drekkanas can indicate violence, aggressive behavior, weapons of any sort eg verbal weapons. Shia has several planets in Ayuda Drekkanas: Rahu, Mercury, Ketu, and Mars.
To seal the deal the nodes go over the house of emotions and the lagna lord, bringing scandal and no doubt emotional turmoil to the lord of the first, Saturn, and the lord of the seventh, Sun. These two are famously at odds to begin with; now the dasa lord Ketu transits over the Sun, the lord of the 7th house, and she publically and harshly (rightly so) renunciates Shia calling the attention of the world.
Saturn can be harsh and critical and controlling, especially when retrograde in Scorpio. Another interesting piece is his Saturn is in Pasa Drekkana, which means the noose. Possible meanings include: tie, bind, snare, trap.
The period leading up to this was Ketu Rahu. Rahu is in the 3rd house with Mars as the sign dispositor and Ketu as the nakshatra dispositor.
A parting thought, Mercury is in the howling Rudra nakshatra, Ardra: lies, treachery, cruelty, tears… Ardra’s nakshatra dispositor Rahu goes to the 3rd house in Mars’s sign. Mercury is the afflicted lord of the 8th house. This same volatility may serve him well as an actor.
What do you think? How will all of this go for him?
