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Remembering Verghese Kurien – Father of India’s White Revolution



Verghese Kurien (26 November 1921 – 9 September 2012) was an Indian social entrepreneur who is known as the Father of White Revolution in India for his Operation Flood, the world's largest agricultural development programme. This transformed India from a milk-deficient nation to the world's largest milk producer, surpassing the United States of America in 1998, with about 17 percent of global output in 2010–11, which in 30 years doubled milk available to every person. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verghese_Kurien








At this blogsite we have so far shown how important events can be seen in eclipse charts progressed to the date of the event. A corollary to this would be that “movers and shakers” are born on those days when a pre-natal eclipse is triggered it should be possible to decipher their work of destiny by a study of that eclipse. Kurien was born on 26 November 1921 at Calicut, Madras Presidency (now Kozhikode, Kerala) into a Syrian Christian family.  The total solar eclipse of Oct. 1, 1921 took place at sunset on the descendant at Calicut.  This powerful eclipse was conjunct Jupiter-Saturn, square Pluto quincunx Uranus.   If we progress the eclipse chart to 26 November 1921, Kurien’s date of birth, we find that the progressed MC conjoins Uranus triggering the complex configuration involving the eclipse.

Jupiter-Saturn conjunction: Big dreams; Creativity; Futurism; Contagious enthusiasm; Leadership; Breakthroughs and new beginnings; Ideas ahead of their time or for which “the technology does not yet exist” [1].
Jupiter-Pluto square: The desire to lead the masses; an appreciation of the need for social regeneration; a brilliant gift for organization [2].
Uranus trine Pluto: The attainment of great objectives by an immense application of effort, bringing of new things into being, the creation of new conditions of living [2].

The eclipse is conjunct epsilon (ε) Virgo, Vindemiatrix, a bright yellow star in the right wing, or right arm, of the Virgin. In ancient times Virgo was  perceived as a Maiden of fruition through the Harvest. Even so, much of the ancient mythology attached to the sign combines allegory concerned with harvesting the fruits of the earth. Therefore, if we now combine this with the additional information that the eclipse [8li] is square the asteroid Diana [8cn] linked to animals [3]we can see how “harvesting of the fruits of the earth” becomes connected to “milk production from cows and buffaloes”.

Kurien  is regarded as one of the greatest proponents of the cooperative movement in the world, his work having lifted millions out of poverty in India and outside. Notice that the eclipse  along with Jupiter-Saturn makes a hard aspect to a Neptune-TNP Cupido conjunction.  Cupido  [3] is a TNP associated with groups and cooperatives so that  in its positive manifestation the Jupiter-Saturn-Neptune combination is the fulfillment (Saturn) of a big (Jupiter) dream (Neptune) cooperative (Cupido) project.








Finally, notice that the progressed Ascendant [16ge] on Kurein’s birthday is in sidereal Taurus and conjunct the star Rigel.

Sidereal Taurus is of earthy and material matters: of building, business, construction, the home and family, property, stability and balance. It is fixed in its ways, industrious, persistent, determined and laborious. Rigel, Beta Orion, (and this part of sidereal Taurus) is of enterprising entrepreneurialism. Orions in general are known for their architectural capacity. Prominent alignments with Rigel (and Bellatrix) bring the capacity to embody, direct and execute large, extravagant and grandiose projects; bringing good through commerce and business affairs [4].




[1] The Book of the Moon; Steven Forrest (p.282)
[2] The Combination of Stellar Influences; Reinhold Ebertin (p.176)

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