Kari Mannerla was a Finnish board and card game designer and advertising agency executive, born on January 9, 1930, in Helsinki, Finland. He is best known for creating the board game Afrikan tähti (The Star of Africa), which he began developing in 1949 and published two years later. Mannerla also designed the card version of Afrikan tähti and created the board game Inkan aarre (Treasure of the Inca) in 2005. He had a successful career in advertising, retiring as the chairman of the board, before passing away on July 12, 2006.
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Time Zone - Europe/Helsinki (2:0 E)
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Meaning of the name - Kari
free, beloved
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Kari Mannerla belongs to the Silent Generation group.
Place of Birth: Helsinki
Place of Death: Helsinki
Cause of Death: cancer
Occupation: board game designer | inventor
Employers: advertising agency
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Note: This birth chart is calculated using the date and place of birth, with the time set to noon (12:00 PM) local time. While this provides accurate planetary positions for most celestial bodies, the Ascendant (Rising Sign) and house cusps are not calculated since they require precise birth time. For a complete astrological analysis including houses and rising sign, please provide the exact birth time.Ephemeris for January 9, 1930
Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on January 9, 2026 | Secondary Progressions for January 9, 2026 |
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| Sun | 18 Capricorn 26 | 19 Capricorn 9 | 24 Aries 43 |
| Moon | 3 Taurus 57 | 5 Libra 7 | 21 Scorpio 52 |
| Mercury | 7 Aquarius 3 | 11 Capricorn 42 | 9 Taurus 12 |
| Venus | 11 Capricorn 39 | 19 Capricorn 48 | 11 Taurus 28 |
| Mars | 8 Capricorn 16 | 19 Capricorn 9 | 22 Pisces 47 |
| Jupiter | 7 Gemini 3 | 20 Cancer 14 | 14 Gemini 9 |
| Saturn | 4 Capricorn 59 | 26 Pisces 37 | 12 Capricorn 8 |
| Uranus | 7 Aries 40 | 27 Taurus 45 | 12 Aries 6 |
| Neptune | 3 Virgo 16 | 29 Pisces 37 | 0 Virgo 59 |
| Pluto | 18 Cancer 33 | 2 Aquarius 58 | 17 Cancer 29 |
| Rahu | 8 Taurus 29 | 11 Pisces 43 | 3 Taurus 24 |
| Ketu | 8 Scorpio 29 | 11 Virgo 43 | 3 Scorpio 24 |
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