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On Jan 3rd, 2025, 16 years, the natural age of Jupiter, will have passed since the first mining of Bitcoin in 2009. We have the sidereal chart of that event to help us understand the nature, applications, and the driving forces behind the Crypto asset class that the technology ushered forward. We can explore the fundamental questions such as what is the nature of Bitcoin? Who is its mysterious founder; Satoshi Nakamoto? What factors are impacting its valuation and applications?

To begin our understanding, let us read the Rashi chart of the first mining event

The Karka Lagna has the lord of the Arudha, 5th and 9th houses, Ketu. Ketu is in Parivartana with Moon in Pisces in the 9th house. This is showing the highly mathematical nature of the asset with a deep connection to society (moon) as a duty. It is also highly speculative in nature given the 5th lord Ketu in the Lagna. Mathematics at this level is almost intuitive in nature. The cryptography represented by Ketu lends itself to a highly intuitive dimension as a means to connect to the essence of the asset.

The Digbala Rahu in a Guru Chandala yoga in the 7th house with the debilitated Jupiter shows us the desire of the Asset towards traditional asset management industry. With Rahu stronger than Jupiter, this desire is towards breaking the boundaries and limitations of the traditional institutions represented by Jupiter. With Mercury in that 7th house, there is a derivative currency application on the Asset that is the means to do so.

We must also note that Venus is conjoined the Ghatika Lagna and the Sri Lagna in Aquarius and is the dispositor of and has Rashi Drishti on the Hora Lagna in Libra and has Rashi Drishti on the Lagna. This makes Venus a very powerful Graha, a Maha-Yogada, in the chart, for determining the power and value of the asset. The current Mahadasha running for Bitcoin in Ashtottari Dasha is that of Venus.

With a Chara lagna, the Jala Kendra is Karaka that houses the 9th lord Ketu that is also the Shubhapati. This is a very powerful and auspicious placement that speaks to the betterment of the society at large. One may even say this is a very spiritual placement of Ketu. However, given the maturity of Ketu around 45 years, we still need more time to pass before we see the full impact on the world. Till that time, it is recommended to read the Argalas in the chart in the direct order.

Arudha Lagna

It is difficult to directly connect to the essence that is Bitcoin. How we interact with it in the world will need to be observed and understood from the Arudha Lagna instead. We see that the Arudha is in Scorpio. This is the sign of deep research, of occult and of digging into the earth to find precious metals, also known as Mining. How fitting. The lords of the Arudha are Mars and Ketu. This is a very important indicator asking us to not treat Bitcoin as a Cryptocurrency but rather as an alternative Asset class akin to Land (Mars) and Built Property (Ketu). This is the real estate of tomorrow.

The lord of the Arudha, Mars in the second from it is very supportive to the Arudha. The other lord of the Arudha Lagna, Ketu, is in Parivartana with the Moon showing great support and fame from society. Let’s dwell on the name Bitcoin itself. The phenome Bi as in Bee in the Hoda chakra is associated to the 4th nakshatra pada of Mula nakshatra. We can see that Mars, the lord of the Arudha Lagna is precisely in the position and is in Kendra to the Moon, 10th from. This the name itself is strengthening the Arudha and putting it to work for the society. The first vowel is e and activates planets in the degrees of 6˚ to 12˚ in the odd signs and 18˚ to 24˚ in the even signs. Again, we see only the lord of the Arudha Mars in Sagittarius at 11˚37’ and the Maha Yogada Venus at 6˚17’ being activated by the name. A perfect naming convention for powering the Asset.

People generally try to equate Bitcoin as a hedge to Gold, and we can see this has not played out as such, rather, we should be looking at it in relation to REITS. The Currency of yesterday was tied to the gold standard, a Mercury (Currency)-Jupiter (Gold) Yoga; also known as the very auspicious Sarvakarya Siddhi Yoga and led the world out of the dark ages. The currency of today is really the Petro Dollar or a Mercury (Currency)-Saturn (Oil) Yoga, the Nipunna Yoga, providing the skills to transmute the world through in a more tamas or destructive means. The Cryptocurreny anchored on Bitcoin is a Mercury (Currency) – Ketu (Property) Yoga, also known as the bone breaker yoga. Mercury with the node is indicating the Karkotaka Naga. Where will this take our society?

Dasha(s)

With a strong Rahu in Kendra and a night birth in Shukla Paksha, the Ashtottari Dasha applies to the chart to understand the physical implications. Please see the insights on Ashtottari Dasha here.

Important to note that the Birth in Shukla paksha and in the Sun’s hora is also indicative of the Shodashottrai Dasha being applicable here to help us understand the Gunas at play. Please see the insights on Shodashottari Dasha here.

This means that the D45 chart, the Kalachakra and the 28 Nakshatra scheme with the Sarvatobhadra chakra are crucial for us to form a reliable Prediction framework.

From the D45 chart, we can see the significant concentration of energy in Taurus in Kendra. Moon is an Uttama graha in mutual Rashi Drishti of a strong and well placed Jupiter in the 11th. This shows a very positive financial impact on society and one that will be very long lasting as it is blessed by Vishnu. Saturn is also strong and well placed and is the only Graha with a Rashi Drishti on the Agni and Jala Kendras showing the ideas and the implementations of the ideas associated with Bitcoin are leveraging resources that are tamasic in nature.

Maha Yogada Venus is very strong and in Digbala with Rahu in Ayush exaltation. Analyzing this particular divisional chart along with a strong emphasis on Taurus in the Rashi chart is thus crucial to fully understand how the Guna changes over time are impacting the manifestation of physical results.

Let us take the Shodashottari dasha as an example to see the quality of the experiences with Bitcoin over the Antar dasha Periods of Saturn.

Saturn - Saturn

Here from the D45, Capricorn is being activated. The Guru Chandal in the 7th is coming to the second house of wealth. We can see in this time period the following events

Charlie Shrem Sentenced to 2 years in prison
Bitstamp Hacked
Ross Ulbritch Sentenced to Life in Prison
2 Federal Agents Plead Guilty to Silk Road theft
Mark Karpeles Arrested
Bitfinex Hacked

However, in the same time, the Mercury in the 7th also gave the emergence of the exchanges

Coinbase Launches
Bitcoin Declared as a Comodity by US Regulator
OpenBazar Launched
Microsoft and Steam accept Bitcoin as Payment

Saturn - Ketu

From the D45, Taurus is Activated and brings the 11th house significations to the Lagna and the image of Bitcoin. This is 2/12 from the dasha lord Saturn.

SEC denies Bitcoin ETF
China (Ketu) Bans ICO for fund raising
China Shuts down all Bitcoin exchanges
Bitcoin Futures are Launched
Japan and South Korea shutdown exchange withdrawals
Facebook, Google and Twitter ban ads promoting Bitcoin/Cryptocurrency
Prosecutors Raid South Korea largest exchange and Indian exchange theft
US DOJ launch investigation into Price manipulation

Saturn - Moon

From the D45, Moon is an Uttama Graha activating Pisces in Parivartan with Ketu in Lagna. The significations to society at large are coming to light

Crypto Entrepreneur pays for Charity lunch with sceptic and public figure Warren Buffet
Bitcoin trades on Facebook Blockchain
President Trump brings Bitcoin to limelight
Bitcoin ETF a reality
UNICEF Accepts Bitcoin Donations
‘Satoshi’ is added to Oxford dictionary
China Endorses Blockchain
Fidelity (largest pension fund) gets License for Trading and Custody of Bitcoin
Bitcoin options launched

We can see how the quality of time shown by the Shodashottari Dasha plays out in the thematic over those time periods.

Who is Satoshi Nakamoto?

The intriguing open question as of today is who is Satoshi? The creator of Bitcoin and the owner of the wallet that is left untouched and in possession of the genesis block of 50% of the mineable coins. To answer this questions, let us look at the D12 divisional chart of Bitcoin that gives us its parental insight.

The father is seen from the 9th house that is Leo here. The lord of Leo, Sun, has gone to the 8th house that is 12th from the house of the Father. This is not a good position for the Sun as it shows the father going away. Further, the Sun is in an Amavasya yoga with the Moon and a Storm Yoga with Saturn and Rahu. This is even worse. Also, we see a Paraspara Guru Chandala yoga of Rahu and Jupiter and a Yama Yoga of Mars and Saturn. This is even worse(er). All this indicates a very early death of the father. I am afraid the father of Bitcoin is no longer with us. Who could this have been?

To answer this question, we need to see whose birth chart, from the people associated with Bitcoin in its early days and who have now passed away, had these corresponding Yogas in their chart.

My proposal for the founder of Bitcoin is Len Sassaman. Len was born in Pottstown PA on the 9th of April in 1980. Based on available life events the following rectified birth chart is presented.

Rashi and Navamsha Charts for Len Sassaman

The very first clue here is that the Shodashottari Dasha Applies and it is from the Sun. In this Dasha system, Lee Proposed to Meredith in his Venus (Karaka) Dasha and Ketu (In the 7th in Rashi) Antar Dasha. Meredith L. Patterson was born 1977 and is older to Len by 3 years. Saturn in the 7th in the Navamsha gave him an older partner.

Len Died in the Sula Dasha of Scorpio – Scorpio where Sun as the Rudra Graha is in trines. His Death was deemed a suicide, and we can see that in the 3rd from AL is the unoccupied Rashi of Sagittarius, confirming this.

Now, we can see that just as in the D12 chart of Bitcoin, Len had both a Guru Chandala and a Yama Yoga in Lagna and in Parivartana with Sun in the 8th. This is a perfect match to the situation observed in his creation’s chart.

We should also look at his D45 chart. Here, Sun is an Uttaam Graha in Pisces, just like in his creation Moon is the Uttama graha in Pisces. We can see the play of Sun-Moon Hora play of the Shodashottari. Ketu is Exalted and He gained High Fame from Cryptography (Ketu) but in the end proved to be costly from the ideas that were based on a Nicha Rahu.

We can also correlate Len’s time of death with the Bitcoin chart as in the Ashtottari dasha it was running Rahu – Mercury – Rahu. Mercury is the lord of the 10th in the D12 and is the maraca for the Father. Rahu is in the 8th house in the D12 in the various papa Yogas with the lord of the 9th and the Karaka of the Father, Sun. This is also a match.

These indications make for a very strong case of Len Sassaman as the Father of Bitcoin.

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