British architect and writer, a distinguished poet and one of England's greatest late Victorian novelists. Hardy shattered Victorian values of the period in his brooding novels about change and death, and loss and decay set in the landscape of Dorset, England. After an attempt to enter architecture, in 1874, Hardy dedicated himself to the writing profession, producing his novels, "Return of the Native," 1878, "Mayor of Casterbridge," 1886, Tess of the D'Urbervilles," 1871 and Jude the Obscure" in 1896. Hardy's excellence was in creating passionate, sensuous brooding characters. After his novels, Hardy had his poems published. He also wrote elegies to his first wife, Emma.J. Koch quotes a biography by his wife, "The Early Years of Thomas Hardy" for, "about 8:00 AM," in AFA, Spring/1937 (Same in Sabian Symbols No.431. Modern Astrology, 9/1899, had 1:30 PM. Adams pictured a chart for 12:30 PM)
Chart Analysis
Lagna for this natal chart is Cancer. The lagna lord Moon has a shadbala ratio of 0.958 and is placed in house 12.
Moon is in nakshatra of Ardra (Betelgeuse) in pada 4. Moon has a shadbala ratio of 0.958 and is placed in house 12
The strongest planet in this chart is Saturn with a shadbala ratio of 1.51 and is placed in house 5.
The weakest planet in this chart is Mercury with a shadbala ratio of 0.82 and is placed in house 11.
