Homepage About us Contact Courses The Centaurs Minor Planets intermediate course Advanced course New Zealand's seismic activity Pholus Chiron Hylonome Sir Terry Pratchett sedna 1996 TL66 China's Republic Eris Nessus Pylenor Draconic Astrology Christine Lagarde Patrick Moore Uk Summer of Strikes Basic Astrology The Planets Ceres Juno Pallas Vesta Eros and Amor Psyche and Icarus Harmonics Sappho and Diana Toro and Pandora Hercules Newspage Aesculapia and Kassandra The Signs The Houses U.S. economy The Tunguska Event Midpoints Urania and Lilith Chariklo Marie Curie Hugo Chavez Transits Synastry The Elements Aspects Rebecca Adlington wins gold Dispositors Astro techniques Asteroid Nodes Damocles and Hidalgo the synastry chart Don Quixote and Dioretsa Asbolus Pluto through the 20th centurty ... Pluto page 2 Students Contributions Solar Returns Progressions The Composite Chart The Moon's Nodes The Angles The Beijing Olympics Karadzic's arrest Alexander Astrology's origins Musharraf Georgia Research page Harmonic age Jerusalem disaster. Nepal massacre Parallels Vladimir Putin/Mikhail Saakashvili Michael Phelps Helio centric astrology Derivative houses Magi Astrology Magi II olympic gold Putin-EL61 Madrid air crash Air diasters The Fixed Stars student porch collapse Minneapolis bridge collapse Sarah Palin Planetary cycles plan.cycles 3 plan.cycles 2 Advanced synastry Freddie and Fannie Perm air crash Haumea Paulson I Islamabad explosion The Birdman Peter Mandelson Nepalese air crash Joerg Haider Hebrew Find Greek Unrest Bernard Madoff Patrick McGoohan Your Horoscope in Your Hands Amsterdam Air Crash Australian Fires Ivan Cameron Comic Relief L'Aquila Earthquake Georgia Protests Mexico Flu Atlantis Shuttle Michael Jackson dies Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 1st Channel Flight - Louis Bleriot Henry Allingham Joanna Lumley's welcome in Nepal Harry Patch dies Gary MacKinnon Amelia Earhart Fastnet Race Disaster Clare Francis Fall of the Berlin wall Al-Megrahi freed from prison Mike Perham Edward Kennedy Jaycee Lee Dugard Sir Nicholas Winton Vera Lynn C.A.B. 9/11 remembered Patrick Swayze Dies Isambard Kingdom Brunel Angela Merkel re-elected Indonesian Earthquake Samoa Tsunami Boyzone's Stephen Gately dies Sun trine Jupiter Recent violence in Pakistan Ludovic Kennedy Dies Nick Griffin Saumlaki Earthquake Baghdad Explosions Flu Emergency Asteroid Explosion Bill Clinton's Statue U.S. Finacial Blip fall of the berlin wall Edward Woodward Dies Karzai as President Cathy Ashton E.U. foreign affairs Herman van Rompuy Birdman II Xmas page Dubai Russian train explosion Bhopal Gas Leak Perugia murder Copenhagen conference U.S. Terrorist Threat Tallest Sky Scraper Haiti Earthquake obama's hedge fund Jean Simmons Dies Ethiopian Plane Crash Chemical Ali Hanged Toyota Middletown Gas Explosion Brussels Train Crash 100 years Bristol Aerospace Madeira Floods Chili Earthquake Obama's health Care Bill Volcanic Explosion Polish President dies in plane crash Volcanic explosion Greece's financial situation Oil Spill NIgel Farage in plane crash Prime Minister David Cameron Thai violence India Air Crash Sarah Ferguson Israeli violence Dhaka Fire Whitehaven rampage Bhopal verdict BP The Rogue Trader Bloody Sunday B P's Tony Hayward Julia Gillard-Australia PM Oil Truck Explosion Raoul Moat Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins dead Pakistan air crash Chelsea Clinton Married Pakistan Floods 65 yrs Hiroshima Princess Anne at 60 Michael Douglas hasTumour Coalition Gov Battle of Britain Day One degree directions Iran's nuclear Phillipine Bus Crash Camerons' New Baby St Kilda's Evacuation Volcanic Eruption New Zealand Earthquake Piers Morgan and US chat show Ian Cameron Dies Rafael Nadal Pope Bendict XVI UK's visit. Prince William Gets His RAF Wings Bill Gates-Richest Man Commonwealth Games Teresa Lewis Executed Ed Miliband -Labour Leader Tony Curtis Dies Indonesian Train Crash Norman Wisdom Dies Hungary's toxic sludge Ariel Sharon's scupture Rescue Chile Miners Submarine Aground sumatra tsunami Dilma Rousseff, Brazil Female President Cameron and Sarkozy sign treaties Aung San Suu Kyi freed Hadron Collider William and Kate announce wedding Cambodia Stampede John Lennon Wikileaks Richard Holbrooke Dies Brian Hanrahan Dies The Crossbow Killer Queensland Floods Tunisian Revolt Susannah York Dies Tucson Shooting Egyptian Uprising German Train Crash John Barry Dies Cyclone Yasi Irish Plane Crash Unrest in Lybia New Zealand's 2nd Earthquake Berlusconi Barbara Harmer Colin Firth Japanese Earthquake japan tsunami NATO Libya Elizabeth Taylor Dies Portugal Bail-out Comet Elenin HMS Astute Royal Wedding Marrakesh Explosion Osama Bin Laden Dead Bin Laden's last moments. Seve Ballesteros Dies Syrian unrest Madeleine McCann Strauss -Kahn Arrest Queen's Historic Visit to Eire Spanish Rebellion Obama's State Visit To UK Missouri Tornado Icelandic Ash Cloud II George Atkinson The NHS Mladic Sepp Blatter and FIFA Eddie (The) Kidd Chili Volcanic Eruption Prince Philip at 90 Endeavour's Final Flight Ayman Al-Zawahiri Brazil Helicopter Crash N.Ireland violence Euro Monaco Wedding Novak Djokovic Phone Hacking Scandal Final Atlantis Flight Betty Ford Dies Sudan Independence The News Of The World Daughterl For the Beckhams The MET Volatile Aspects Googie Withers Dies UK Fundamental Changes Otto Von Habsburg Lucian Freud Dies Oslo Bombing Oslo Bomber Anders Breivik Amy Winehouse Dead US Economy Lloyd-ScottCharity Man Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall Wed Angelina Jolie Nancy Pelosi Italy - next bailout? Obama at 50 Jupiter Probe WWW -20 years old US Chinook Shot Down Tottenham Riots Tribute to Judy Malone England riots Anthony Sowell - mass murderer William Bratton Anna Hazare Libya's National Council Bashar-al-Assad al-Megrahi two years on Saif-al-Gadaffi Virginia Earthquake Diana Lamplugh Madonna- the film director John McAleese 9/11 Ten Years On David Walliams Bernard Hogan-Howe The Fonz Gets OBE Kweku Adoboli Troy Davis Executed Eurozone Financial Crisis David Croft Dies Dr Conrad Murray Perugia trial update Anwar al-Awlaki Steve Jobs Dies Pual McCartney and Nancy Shevell Sir Bruce Forsyth Liam Fox Dan Wheldon Dies Royal Wootton Bassett Gaddafi Killed Amy Winehouse Inqest Vincent Tabak charged with murder Jimmy Savile Dies Quantas Strike Crisis at St Paul's M-5 Crash Conrad Murray Found Guilty Global Financial Tormoil The Centaurs and Beyond Merkel/Cameron Natalie Wood-Case re-opened Curiosity Mission Ken Russell Dies Five Days To Save The Euro Euro Finance Summit Higgs Boson spare page Chirac found guilty Strictly's Harry Judd Vaclav Havel Dies Stephen Hawking at 70 Costa Concordia Disaster Euro Crisis Deepens Youngest Sailor Djokovic wins australian open Queen's 60 yr Reign Charles Dickens Bicentenary Whitney Houston Dies Honduras Prison Fire Adele -Best Female Singer Marie Colvin Killed in Syria Prince Johan Friso in Coma Death of Davy Jones Putin Alex Salmond -Scotland's First Minister Belgian Bus Crash French Killings Oaxaca -Mexico Earthquake James Cameron'sVoyage to the bottom of the sea Mohammed merah Falklands War Trayvon Martin Shooting George Galloway Pakistan Avalanche Indonesian Earthquakes Titanic Titanic's fatal Voyage India's nuclear missile Francois Hollande -French Elections Charles Taylor Boris Johnson re-elected Prince Harry Award for Leadership Olympic Torch in Britain Joanna Lumley's welcome in Nepal
Joanna Lumley hailed a hero in Nepal by Lis Seddon 28 July 2008 Joanna Lumley was given a hero's reception by thousands of Gurkhas after she arrived for a week-long visit to Nepal following a high-profile campaign to allow them to settle in Britain. Her arrival at Kathmandu's airport sparked chaotic scenes as supporters mobbed her and hailed her as a "daughter of Nepal. Ms Lumley told The Daily Telegraph her very warm reception had left her feeling very emotional. She added:I am delighted to be here. Ms Lumley shouted "Ayo Gurkhali!" , echoing the soldiers' war cry that means "The Gurkhas are coming". The actress, whose late father was an officer in the Gurkha regiment, said a great injustice had been righted when the British Government finally relented in May and said all Gurkha veterans with four years' service would be allowed to move to Britain. Ms Lumley and Gurkha Justice campaigner Peter Carroll, who she is travelling with, arrived at Kathmandu on Sunday for a week long stay. They have a number of engagements, including a meeting with Gurkhas. She was moved to tears yesterday after meeting a Gurkha veteran who had bravely fought on the same battle- fields as her late father. She greeted Harka Bahadur Pun at a mass rally in Kathmandu. The 84 year old had travelled for 18 hours through the night to meet Joanna. His journey from his home in the foothills of the Himalayas included a six hour hike and a 12 hour bus trip. Mr Pun served alongside Tul Bahadur Pun, the man credited with saving the life of her father, Major James Lumley, in the Burma campaign against the Japanese. "It was an honour to fight for the British and an honour to meet the lady who has been fighting for us" the 5-foot tall ex soldier said. Joanna Lumley is no stranger to the spotlight, having been a well known actress in Britain for many years. Particularly for her role in 'Absolutely Fabulous'. Her 'new' role as spokes- person for the Gurkhas and her determination to fight on their behalf has not gone unnoticed by the British people, who have watched her progress with admiration. Some even suggested that she could be our next prime minister! But why the sudden exposure on the political front? The motivation to take on certain members of the government in order to state the case on behalf of the gurkhas? For that we need to take a look at Joanna's chart and the transits at the time. The determination can be easily seen by Pluto, the ruler of the Ascendant in Leo, at the top of her chart, conjunct Mars and both squaring the Sun and Moon. It is indicative of a person who wil stand firm against opposition and an obsessive stubborness to overcome obstacles in her path. The Sun and Moon are both in Taurus, and Venus, its ruler in a lovely trine aspect to Neptune suggesting success in her altruistic quests. Venus is also the ruler of the 12th House in which both Chiron and Jupiter can be found. If Chiron is about wounding and Jupiter about foreign cultures, then it is easy to see how this can manifest. The square aspect to Saturn indicates the difficulties she had in convincing the authorities of her plight but the trine to Uranus the political breakthrough. When the British Government finally relented last May, Jupter and Chiron were conjunct in the sky, echoing Joanna's Jupiter Chiron conjunction in her natal chart. Uranus at 25 degrees Pisces was squaring her natal Sun/Pluto and Moon/Pluto midpoints, while transiting Pluto was on her Saturn/Uranus midpoint. At the same time transiting Saturn made a square aspect to her natal Uranus. This combination of transits suggests the difficulties encountered in convincing the authorities of the plight of the Gurkhas and the relentless and determined effort that was required.Today, as she is being hailed 'the daughter of Nepal', transiting Venus is on her Sun/Pluto and Moon/Pluto midpoints, trined by Jupiter,Chiron and Neptune!
Joanna Lumley1 May, 1946, Srinagar, India 19.30pm -5.30 074E49 34N05
To see all content, you will need the current version of
Adobe Flash Player to view it.