Vedic Horoscope for Alexei, Czarevitch (1904)

Russian royalty, the son of Czar Nicholas, Czarina Alexandra and heir to the Russian throne. A hemophiliac, at six weeks after his birth, he began to bleed from his naval. The hemorrhage lasted for three days and further episodes of severe internal bleeding followed. The illness flared up periodically and took him close to death on more than one occasion. Though carefully watched by nurses, he was a exuberant boy and often bruised himself. Internal bleeding caused pressure on joints and nerves, resulting in excruciating, unceasing pain. His condition was alleviated by the monk Rasputin, who was first called upon in 1906. He entered the sickroom with an air of confidence and with great gentleness, gazed at Alexis and touched him on the forehead. The pain stopped. From then on, Rasputin's influence extended to the family and to the Russian empire. Alexandra became convinced that Rasputin had been sent by God.Kraum quotes his father's diary for 1:15pm. Same data in "A Lifelong Passion," the letters and journals of the Romanovs translated by Andrei Maylunas, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1996, p. 243 (July 30 OS). The Massie biography, p.112, gives 13:00. Lyndoe gives 13:00 as, "chart given to the Czarina. Bailey gives 12:30