Hindu Astrology Sofir-i

Hindu Astrology Sofir-i

Astrology,

Destiny

the

and

Wheel

of Time

Techniques and Predictions

K.N. Rao

Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

3

CONTENTS

4

CHECKLISTS FOR. ASTROLOGERS

6

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

& 11

APPRECIATION VIEWS FROM THE UNITED STATES

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14 19

INTRODUCTION

SECTION 1 Proof of Destiny and the Wheel of Time I.

Destiny and The wheel of Time

24

H.

Traahg the Life-Pattern of "HC

26

HI.

A story from the Hahahhatata.

IV.

Crime and Guru's Grace

31 34

SECTION II-A How Hindu Astrologers Predict Events? (Based on Laghu Parashari) I, Meaning of H ouses and Plane tary Aspects II.

Henehcs and Matefics — General and specific Categorisation.

HL

Drawabte Inference from the Tables

IV.

Rahu andKetu

V.

43

50 54 57

Emerging Principles of Interpretation 4

VI. VII.

...62

Malefic Periods for each Lagrta frattation/DetnUtitfcn

of Piancta

,.66

SECTION U-B Classical FrsutiOWOtk Of Prodlctlvo Principles (Bascdort Msdhya Paraahnri) VHI. IX.

XI. XII.

Some Basics ClaiifJtid tojayogaa

* . j

Yogas fot Deprivation and Poverty Bcttefic PdrfocbL

XM.

Intcrpreling Vimshottari Das ha.

XTV.

Results dfAntardasha

XV. XVI. XVH.

r

^.72 ,>+.

—,

74

.•••

60

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.83 65 66

Great Principles Succinctly Stated

92

Finat Picture about Planetary Relationships

95

What to sue from which House. „

91

Checklists for

I. JL fEL

Astrologers

Astrological Analysis

.99

Analysis of Planets,

1G0

dose Analysis of the Horoscope

*

102

SECTION III Importance of Pratyantar Dasha t

Methods of Timing Events

105

Pratyantar dasha: Jupiter-Saturn's transits; exceptions to the rule - debilitated pUneb when good; Cnse Studies; Acddant of a Police Officer. Brother robbing brother. Mr Krishna Hao's promotion as Chairman of the Syndicate Bank. Technical Astrological XL

points

Natural Significance of Pratyantm dasha Lord

112

Begum Akhtar* tne and others impelled by Venus to be music performers, listemets, organisers etc. Importance of Venus. Case Studies: Mr. LK. Jha entering the Rajya Sab ha. Dr. PC. Alexander under A cloud during 1985 spy scandal: prediction about his ambassadorship. Technical A strologicalpomts. m.

Birth Rectification Different methods of rectificaiton of birth time; Saints' supernormal powers; Bhrigu Samhita and Charan Singh (former Prime Minister of India). Case Studies: Death prediction of Swami Moorkhanaadji; death of my mother; death of Sitaram Japuria. 6

Jec/w/raf Astrological Points TV.

Use of Divisional HOfOSCOpcs

^

132

Extensive and InlOrtSive verification of a horoscope,' detailed examination

a enro study through four divisional horoscopes

of Sanjay Gandhi. Technicaltetioltftkal Points V.

Importance of Propitiation of Planets

•

141

Shnntt of pianola by luantias. God's grace. Case Studies of Y.S.; SHankaracil&rya Jnyonilra Siiasy
Lovc-Maktng Peiioda

149

Haw I was bov/led. by a 'googly* Case Study of a male jilted lover's strange questJonr of the widowhood of Indira Gandhi TachniCCl Astrological Points VII.

Timing Marriage

^155

Case Studies of miraculous marriages of two over aged women, both analysed deeply, before prediction. Technical Astrological Paints.

SECTION IV Why Belie tin Destiny? I.

Astrology and Kaima *

II,

Astrology, Fate and Freewill

,..16?

HI.

Astrology and Psychology

IV.

Fomuilating Some Astrological Prindpels Specially fur Political Careers

V.

Conclusion

Appendix 11

T.

List of Books by Vard Publications.

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£20

SECTION I PROOF THE

OF

DESTINY

WHEEL

OF

AND

TIME

CHAPTER I DESTINY THE

WHEEL

AND OF

TIME

AdhisKth^am tatha karta Kuaruun cha pritlia rel="nofollow">V\dddii!i Vividhah cha pritbak cheshla daivaui chaevaatta paiicliaitiajn Ttm Goaiti, XVItt-U Interpreted

In

modern

terms

In

the

language

of

management there ate, In the Implementation of any plan or project, live components; A plan of action is the first one; a plan manager the second

one; Instruments

of action the

third

one; <

he act

of

Implementation the fourth one. But tijc JTna/ outcome of these is either success or failure because it Is dependenton (he fifth factor Which is Astrologers alone know* the extent to which God bestows His grace on them to know It; how this da/va or destiny works and can be seen less dimly* along with the Wlted of Time* In the V&sAy Prediction series In The Astrological M&gAzJne, I have given enough proofs of the rlshs I keep taking to satisfy myself whether there Is

Inscrutable working of destiny, bits of whose

Inscrutability can be understood by an astrologer through this supersdence- Bits' Is All that, I will Insist an astrologer can see. Wh&t
31

AM/oJotfy, Dusliflj' and tnc mpft! of Tirtit

DEJTTMY AJJDTHE VW-EB_ OF TiW£

Astrology, as .i super -science, is saiisfyfng. Yet no astrologer can remain satisfied vsHlli" what he '-sees* because I III the last day of his life on this planvl, I if: will feel that there is much more to learn than what he has learnt- He has yet to develop techniques superior than, and learn a more precise use of lliose techniques than he is capable of. That Is
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CHAFT] TRACING

LIFE-PATTERN

OF

M.C.

On March 14* 1my friend Professor LP-Slnghi Head of the Department of Philosophy In the University of Bodh Gayn In ihcstnte of Bllia;

CAfneto my house in the morning, accompanied by

A foreign lady, who having taken to Buddhistic spiritual practices, has been busy with some Buddhist project In Bodh CAya In which Professor Singh also got Involved. The lady gave her birth details and her horoscope was east by Alka Gael, a gdl student otjyatlsh Visfinrsd In the Bharatiya Vldyii Bhawan, At night when ProFessor Singh came along with M.C, I typed out on two sheets of paper my reading?. I asked her to read them and put down her remark? along with her address which she did. Her remarks were, 'TTre event? written here are, vyft/j the exceptions of few dates.

Very accurate.

There Is no mention of what type of

person I
w

Then | told her about her psychological make-up and told her, when asked, about the man she was attracted to. She then wrote In the margin,

"A prediction was also made that this man IS from

another country and Is a nou-conformisL This Is also tiuc*" Oven here [5 the horoscope and my rcaditig with her reactions {seventeen correct she wrote),.

ft

TRACING UFE-PATTEflN OF M.C

DESTINY AND THE WHEEL OF TIME

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WlV KtOon Kul

\/ y/N Sun V
XX

Sun Mai*

! UdQ | Rah

.Sun M.irs, 2 Lag

Navamsha

7

M

D

9

0

1966

6 11

26

Sun

1972

11

26

Moon

1982

11

26

1989

11

26

1992

e 2

RahU'Salum

1995 1997

6 1 11

Rahu-Mercury

2000

5

8 26

R^shi

Degree

VTmshottari CJaiFla

Libra

25^03'

Bal. fo dash

Taurus

HMT

Venus till

Aries

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Gemini

2Qc-26"

Aries

18^-22'

Leo

t>

28 -39' 0

r

Taurus

22 ^5

Scorpio

180-13*

Mars Rahu Rahu-Rahu Rahu-Jupiter

Libra Aries

260-26'

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TRACES UFE-PATtERtt OF

Afibalogy, DaaUny and Via Wltait of THrlo

MARCH IS, 1993 H.C.

white Plastic Register: Outside Indb)

t. The

horoscope shows

thst

she

Is either the

eldest or

the

youngest amemg her C^borns, She told me llMf she Is the youngest

. . Y

1, Other than

herself, there could

be,

by

one

method

three

brothers or sisters (or Five sisters and brothers), five sisters ^ 3, "Die most unusual feature is that her own marriage has to be totally noivconformlst In the sense that she marries someone outside her community or country, *Y 4- If appears similarly, a sister of hers has also had an unusual 5. Strangely., her parents too have some ooncon For mist marriage, Father's

second marriage J$

from

another country^

6, But these marriages do not last long also. It appears*,,,,,,,.-*" Promfaej in the Horoscope 1, Both her work and sources of monetary gains wUI always have International

links. She will have a permanent hcadquaricrs

outside her country but not settle down In any foreign country. T/ ■ ■ «v !■+• 2,

Her marriage could have started breaking after October ^

ft 986}

3, She has genuine spiritual more active before

IfJSS,

qajest which would

have become

J98Z but her sadiwm must

have been

spasmodic not steady or continuous or steady as till now she has not had a favourable period.,..

,r

^

Some Events Between 9969-mi: A bfrtfscyc of some events: An accident, distinction in studies In the sense that you do well academically and love affairs are visible

/

Between From 1981 onwatdsstudies become motcreligious, philosophical and you either get offer of an appointment outside your country or move out In any case without a particular appointment and establish yourself well enough

^

During this period, after (9SI you meet with someone whom you may have decided to marry (after August 1982 and before August 1983) ... + 44111- + + rilPt + 4-l»l-4-l-ll ^ J 984-65 there Is some problem with your stomach or even an | uon,. , nil*, , I

I,, I, 91 » MM I mr-t i 1. , +

rn n i ■ n

........ ............. ,11

I9&4-65 there Is-A very distinct change In your lifestyle.

I9S6

1

F/VC(NG

LIFE-

PATTERN

Of

M

C

DL'JflNVAf^n H|£ WHEEL OF TIME

onwards sornc cIi4nC4:*v"existed of ycMir'liihQfHtng something. •* f ri 4 +■ r* * t5S9-50 you otcUjay si posit ion sornewherc, pel haps ?nart official body - /no^o eKt'jwhef'i for training, studies etc ■■

*

tmi fS

fietvvecii W9QJ92 You perhapseuufU not settle down anywhere aiitl have been on the movefrom Qfie place to snathe,\

_/

From How onw
monetary

help before

March

* I 1 f T 1 B-f

1994.

_

Inrficdt/oni for Future You Are already attracted towards a person who K handsome, In an Important position, (Prediction made thnt man /is from other country and fc nonconformist

„

773/s

is also true.)

Tills svlll deepen nlrer a spell qF misunderstanding or separation. In the meamlrnc some problems of your parents will create some problem. In 1995 yaui love affair will cllher result Into a marriage Ota living together. By iheend of l996you would be a married woman again. Aftof 2003 you will settle down In one place with your own property, made by you and also InherHeti. Parr of the property you Inherit will be In u faf-off-place17 CORRECT The events written here are, wfdi the exception of a few dates, very accurate However there is no mention of die

type of person

i itm which J would find useful to hear from an astrologlcafDoint of view. For precise predictions about fife events and their timing this system seems very correct.

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TRACING UFfc-PATTERN OP M.C

Mtnlovf- toMmy a™* Vv> Wiwwl ot Time

letter wrinen M.Cto Mr, K^N.Rao Root Institute Godh CayA Bihar 824231 K.N^flao 2t B Telegraph Lane New Delhi Dear Mr Rao, NAmaskar] Uwas very nkc mcfeOns you >n Delhi recently and ( would like- to rh.ink you Tct the dme you took In looking at my horoscope, Although I led we do Iwvvcthe power to change certain kAimas and therefore events In our lives, at the same time 1 do find It very useful to get a reading of future potentials. In my case your reading was quite accurate so In regards to future Uhas helped me to set the correct mental attitude In terms of my work here In Bodh Gayflr So t thank you very much and hope that sometime again you may be able 10 give me some of your expert guidance In horoscope reading, I hope ihte finds you very well and that your work benefits many beings, With all best wishes, M,C_

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CHAPTER m A

STORY

FROM

TUB

NAHABilAKATA

Allot j'ro(r=isat L.l1, Slnjjh and Him foreign lady left, I wondered vvliwtj flit: working of destiny iincl JtVL-wiiciti is best cwpliilned, it then me tfutl the great Indian epic, the Mahabharati, has a story wlikh had appealed to me. The story has some meaningful! dialogues between Oautiirnl, a Brahmin woman, a Snake-catcher, a snake, the Lord of Death and the Lord of Time. Briefly the story Is : The only sou of a Brahmin woman, Gautaml. was bitten by a snake. The boy cfled, A snaXe charmer caught the snake, brought It to the woman and asked her how he should kill it; cut it to pieces or burn It alive. The woman asked him to leave the snake alone, alive, since none could do anything against the strokes of destiny; to do anything In the martet like killing the snake would he a sin. In any case, her dead son would not come twek to life now. The argument went on and the wise woman said that the death of her son had not caused her agony as the boy had met his destiny. The snake, now bieathfng more freely, lold the snake-charmer that lie had done what he was Instructed to do by LOid of Death, But t he Act of biting the boy was of me snake, said the snake charmer, and he could not be absolved of the guilt of the boy's death, In the meantime, the Lord of Death came and explained that Impelled by the wheel of Destiny (the Lord of Time or KaaI) he (the Lord of Death) had Instructed the snake to bite the boy. Arguments went on between chc srwRe-charmer and the Lord of Death, none agreeing with the other. Then, Knal readied the spot and explained - It was all the result of the Karmas of the boy * which

A STORY fROM THE had

to

give

fcWHAEI-tARATA their

iresults

AslrcJooy, OeiLintareJ tha Wlwel Qt Tpna

at

a

given

(Ime,

through

the

trtstmmcnwllrlcs ol'the Lord of Death, and the snaHe. Katmlc patterns of our prtsr lives, allotted ro us to enjoy or suffer in our present Inc^iii.TtJons. ar a given astrology,

tlmet become In

planetary patterns and the ctasha-sysiem representing

Destiny and TTme of the Wheel of Destiny, which fa the subject matter of astrology, The modern man, obtc&s'ed whh 'seiunttem'. laughs at the Idea of strokes of destiny and regnrds anyone who accepts II as superstliious. There aic cf^^mplcs after examples to prove it. yet he Wants to Ignore It. Let soihc Ifistahco be dlcdt 1,

President Kennedy of U.S.A. was shot dead on November 22, 1963 before he could complete his term. His horoscope shows why and how this hod to happen,

2, President NLxon of UJJxA, could not complete his second term as President after the WAcergate Scandal, Dr. Q.V. Raman the famous editor of The AstrologtcAl MagraJne* Bangalore (India) Predicted It In his Journal in December

1972, two years and

nine months before President NVon had to resign from his post, 3, India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi wanted to groom

her

second son, Sanfay Gandhi, as the furore Prime Minister but he died In an aeroplane crash. Her first son, Rajiv Gandhi became Prime Minister and

was

killed in a blast Some mysterfous

pattern of destiny works In the case of this family, 4,

Pandit (Awahartal Nehru, ttic first Pilme Minister of India since 1947, went to Bhubneshwar In the state of Orlssa In India and had a stroke of paralysis which later caused his death .

5, Nehru's daughter, Indira Gandhi, also an Indian Prime Minister, was

shot

dead

on

the

second

Bhubneshwar on October 31, 6,

day

to

her

return

from

1984.

Indira GnndhVs son, Rafiv Gandhi, flew from Bhubneshwar to Madras

where

he died

In

bomb explosion

In May

199L

Sketches and some Incidents have been given In this book explaining, the working

of thv wheel

of destiny and

some

astrological predictions, 7,

In 1992, Belgium (In Europe) had not even qualified for a place In the European soccer championship. But later when Yugoslavia was disqualified under a United Nations embargo, the available place was filled championship.

by

allowing

Belgium

Belgium to participate In the

played 3^

spectacularly

great

football,

AiVotocy, Dciilnv Br*^ Uw Wrwd oi T«rr*s match after champion

A STORV FROM THE MAR^BHARATA

defeated Holland, (he defending European In

(he

wmhflnal,

and

Germany

world

soccer

champion In the final, All these arc historical cxa/nptes of our times, Millions of such Incidents keep taking place In human lives yet we Ignore them, which Is good, a*, we would olherwlsc be fotdMa. Ycr not to accept Fate or Destiny, as a inatlcr of truth In OUT everyday existence is a supcrsfttlonj <w aMio-To^cF can l4ec< better than others, but still. I Insist,

ImpfrrfedljA

I'.vcn

predrcUorK—Mtot Is

after

'seeing"

(hey

make

wrong

own ct^tiny.

Tlic r|!fc*rllDh l&r atfi vVr topabie of vivlnfi ourselves from such strokes of dOMlny? This, twin involv? (ate and

freewill

aba

In the ctcfn^t debate about

u) which we

all have strong

opinions.

fjrc|ucllc4?% and evctt dosed mlndi. Cfod'tv ^raot does save up. to an extent from such strokes, or maker us beai the pain of such strokes of destiny Is one school of opinion to which I belong. To prove It, let me reproduce, among Othcis,

a

prediction

I

had

made

and

later turned

It Into an

astrological case study which was published In September 19S7 In The Astrological Magazine. The article has xiie title, "Olme and Guru's GrAce\

CHAPTER IV CRIME AND GURU'S GRACE

Lord Brahma's first creation was the created through His sankaJpa (rcsolutloo) as everyone strove to get wMitlon and got It- But the desire of the lord to multiply himself remained unfulfilled at>d Lord Brahma had remembered Lord Shiva who asked him to act according to the divine Instfuctlofl he had already received (akashvanl) ro produce maJthuiia srtsih children through sex between mate and female. The Idea of the female was given to Lord Brahama when Lord Shiva showed his Ardhanarlshw.va form, out of which the Goddess got Scpflrted for some moments, She released from between her eyebrows a divine force which created the human female. The God enveloped his creatures In maya. Ever since, man has been committing crimes. In every horoscopes, these may be seen with the difference, that in some cases it Is commltteci but the criminal remains above the ]ajldlnies: In olher cases the criminal is jailed: and in all cases we have oLt neuroil and psychotic moments when we, mentally, react like criminals but do nothing to land on the wrong side of law, A strological Anafyih (a) There must be combinations malefic essentially, Involving 6th and 8th lords, The Moon and retrograde Mercury generally, to excite one's criminal tendencies,
As!ro4ogv, Oestmy end i)^ Vflmct or timfl 12, or 3, 11 or 4, Drekkjanrt etc

CRIMf; AND GTJRUSGfWt^

tO from the lagnii and It) Sarpa, or NlgnM

fn what was (wclvt years ago a prediction of Immense personal satisfaction to itu% t wilt Illustrate In thK caiin*\tidyfc \ nave rcferml CO

LOfd Brahma's fhsi troUlOn because J have

often wondered, wtMrwilystfig myself, how

Is hidden In our

unconscious which, it allowed to have tulles) play and expression, would destroy Roqloiy, Sympathy and lov* fllflps-Cfln hold togethc/ the social ontl maral Mbitc of satnti

tfte

Moieltt cohim the role of the

(hdiArt taint

who^e grcAi

unrecorded, Willi IhAt puipaw hi view )

deeds

may

remain

now n.i i rating an

Jivch'lcnt which if fully hliowh and eftiAUll^iott In

might hitvc

1

landed hiy late Gutuji, Swa/nl Piudmiinrtntl SomsvvAtl In J«ill during the Di^r>i,efiCey, nor f&t Any political icASon. but for ttAiO^urmg a 'cdiTilhdIV The story must begin wUjt my CMmJt s Vatehnava Ashram, Srt 5rt iir|oy Krishna Ashram on the sacred hills of Kamakhayfl, inGuwahalt where we congregated every year during Pujas, Even when I was fiOMeti to Ralkot. Ahmedabad,

and

Patna. I went every year to

KamaWiaya to parrldpaie, perhaps more actively than other. In the puja cdebfajlons- I had raised a team of young men who did all tlic water-filling of tanks In the Ashram, cleaning up ail the floors and lighting the hilly bridle paibwlth candles when we, In a procession, got down the hill to |oln bhajarts In the house of Sh.indda living In the hcan of the dry of GuwolialL My gutu-bhals and gurubahens noi merely wanted me to be there every year, but expected me to take a leading rote In organising the functions according to plan. With all the IncDnvenfence of staying In a, croweded room. It was a bliss to be a partfdpAur In those fcstlvda. WTth this background, if I ever saw any younjgman work actively In the Ashram, he artracted me* During one of those Pu]a festivals when I had gone from Patna, I noticed either in 1972 or (973, a tall whllc-complexioned young man doing Puja In the Ashram, dressed ImmaculAtdy In the garb of a pu[«id. He talked to very few persons. People- tefened to lifm as 'Rajesh*1. Someone called him Pandu* The Scene shifts now to Calcutta, to be precise, to the Ashram of

my

Late

Guru|lk

Narendrapura, 24

Sri

Bejoy

Krishna

Parganas. I was posted

Ashram,

Kamalgail,

In Calcutta and Gumjl

asked me to stay in the Ashram Instead of In die Nizam Palace or Setvedera where i could get an epscellent flat allotted to me ofilcJally* Movement to an back frvm the -office was Inconvenient, otherwise .i*

CRlMt AHO GURU'S GftACE

fiaij-o'o^v- Ccsiinyjint) tiw Wjiactol Tifno

the advantages of pure Vaishnava food In the Ashram and bhajans were my major attractions, CMiuJi encouraged mc to da astrology and I must be one of very few astrologer who had the suptcme advantage of discovering Astrofogfcdty happening an

what my fate Curvjl had (old snmtonc about a event of his or her future

fsupcrnorma! po^'ers)

in

his

own

through

his

inscrutabte way.

dddhls

But

such

occasions were very few as he encouraged surrender to the will of the Lord as the supreme path, discouraged people from wearing rings and stones for propitiation of planets. There could be nothing superior to worship, In simple straight and guileless way, he Insisted, and I have found that to be the best, most effective and uplifting Way ofdafry both sh-intl of planets and making steady progress on the spiritual path. Off and on I had done some astrological research on planets and crimes and had very clear Ideas about It. But I hardly could have expected thai 1 would be required to make a very difficult, but challenging, prediction. Staying In my

addiction

ashram, I was uneasy for some days because of to tea

til)

Gurup

asked

a couple,

late

Srf

Anil

Bhattacharya and his wife Gayatrldl. to give me tea whenever \ wanted. They stayed In rhe Ashram, meant far bfiramcharls. with their two daughters and two sons. But they had five dhlldron—the eldest was tn jail,

Who was he. tasked "Pandu*come the answer.

The same boy whom t had seen fn Cuwahalt Ashram doing pooja? Did not Gurufi with oil his supernormal powers know all this? These were uneasy questions discussed fn hush-hush tones amongst some of us. National Emergency of 1975-77 was promulgated and the rumours were that men of Indian IntellfgerKe were all the time to be seen In the Ashram,

Natural,

I said, they must do their duty.

Particularly for rwo reasons; I am the elder brother of K. Vlkram Rao, joumnllst, the principal accused Irk the Baroda dynamite case and now

In Tihar fall,

Delhi,

and George

Fernandes,

having gone

underground, had yet to be arrested. An Intelligence man would suspect that Mr. fernandes would want to contact me while the truth was that I had never met him, never talked to him and there were no contacts with any of the accused ever. But then I knew that I was chased nil rhe time and the men who chased me heard more bhAjans doing their duty than they would have done oiherwlse. The second reason was that the father of Pandu was staying In the Ashram, He too had to be kept under watch, And the best or Hi

AilfOtoOy, Otilirt/ and toe VJhcil or Tknc

CRIMcAND GURU'S GRACE

the worst reason was that there was dear evidence that my late GuruJI had given shciier to Pandu in his Ashram. This chapter of my life, -If narrated fully with all Its lurid details, would read like a novel of Franz Kafka and f must.say to the credit of late Mrs. Indira. Gandhi that her Intelligence men who had kept a very stilct vigil on me for twenty four hours, behaved more decently with me than her ctltlcs would believe. IM posted a lettet I Invariably saw someone from somewhere watching mc. If anyone came to meet me, he loo was chivied. But all chat must be done, I Invariably told my visitors, Ijccauso that was their duty, But ilie worst was when .Anllda came to ask mc to see the horoscope of hl*50n. who was In Jail. An ovcr-scnilmcntal felher, he would hurst Into tears If anyone told him that his son would be hanged to death — Hint was what he should expect. Now see the horoscope. 5 Moon Kct

7 Vcn 6 Laff r.tar52»a SotZO'

0 ' MertR) 0 Sun ID

IZ Jup 11 ' Rah \ Karkdmsha

Some people said Pandu was implicated In a crime he had never committed while others said that the murder was committed

In

broad daylight with many people witnessing It. I never answered the question but those who knew astrology knew what I was hinting at. Sec the following features before 1

narrate the Incidents stage by

stage. (a) The sixth and the eighth lords are In the lagna. Both are malefics and the connection between them Is exact, (b) Mercury Is not merely retrograde but Is Involved In an exchange with the third ford, Mais, and Is aspected by Saturn. fc) Moon In the twelfth house with Ketu receives no aspect from any benefie. (d) The eighth house and the eighth lord from Moon receives the malefic aspects of Saturn and Mars, 37

CRIME AND CUR ITS GRACE

AsinftjQy, Dcsiiny nnd Ihg Wheel of Tfeno

<e) From the ICirakArnsha In the birth horoscope {AquarlusK Mars and Saturn are in the eighth house. <0 The tenth lord from Lagna, Mercury is retrograde and receives the aspect of Saturn, {g) Saturn, the fifth lord, is- with the eighth lord, both maJefics, Divine Grace Jupiter In the seventh house is not merely In an Important kendra, but controls the horoscope radiating lite cIMne Influence on all those spots of maleficence as have been pointed out, (a) He aspects Lagna and Uigna lord; granting longevity, (b) He mitigates the vlolpncic of the sixth and eighth lord, Mans and Saturn, In Lagna, (c) He aspects the icnlh lord, Mc/cury, (cl) He Is eighth from Moqn, again good for longevity. Incidents Slowly the Incidents unfolded and I pieced up bit by bit the story of Bengal's or India's most sensational political crime of that era. It was the Hemanr Basu murder case, Hemant Basu, one of the most respected leiifdeis of Bengal, Was related to 5ubh?sh Chandra Bose and was a very well-known leader of the Forward Bloc- He was murdered In 1971 or thereabout In broad daylight Bengal, then In the feverish rage of the Naxallie rnovennenL had witnessed violence which b history now. InspUe of what was claimed to be deaf evidence, the actual murderers of Hemant Basu were not aught. There were stories of sinister political manipulations, which may be partly true. But that Is not my subject Dasha Scheme In seeing motivations for wrong deeds see Invariably what dasha one is running and what does that dasha lmply,Then see what future dasbas. promise. A retrospective view of what has happened gives enough darliy to the prediction about the present trend ol events in a horoscope. See the following. M<jrs Dasha From

1968, the dasha of Mais started In the horoscope of "P*

Mars, the eighth lord In conjunction with the sixth lord. Is Involved In exchngne with Mercury, the lagna lord, retrograde In the third house, He was attracted towards the Naxalltfr rnovemcnt during this

Astrqlogir. Destiny and UwVJn-inl lit Time

CMME AWt) GURU'S GflACt

period. Mciri'ftahu MAis-r
(he

'tnurdef" he was

cjI. It oppttuct! crrcllhlo A-.tiolo^lcally* CjOpl

.i Ojnj-L'iho) of tnliit?, iwd itrnuf^lcd iilm out of

Oku cm in ,1 uMq to Ciivvi'ih-iil (Jearnt, tipck'f InMitrcifons, but from whom^) whnr? In thn AjJirain^t KiittTAkbAyii he was lfi?iiucte
private opfnlons*

about him as a devotee, Alon-Kctu A hue anrl cry was raised tnar the Hemant Basu murder case was not being pursued property and rhe police, directed by higher authorities moved

Inteilfgentty, AnlfdJ. /Irtfiar of *P' was returning

one day from the Government Press where tie worked4 when some policemen

wok htm ro

the L^i

Police Station.

Kctu in the

twelfth house of P' had to have fhe final say fn the mdfter- They searched Anilda's pocket and found a postcard from somewhere In Assam,

in which the letter-writer perhaps wrote about his daily

routine of seva and his feeling secure and safe. There was a police swoop on the Ashram oF my Guaijlj rhe one In CuWAhiitl on the Kamakhaya Hill and the other In Karimganf on the Bangladesh border. Pandu was caught. While In police custody, Anllda was made to hear wperccorded talks of my late Curujl. hfow and when the Intelligence men had TajXMrcofdcd it all, no one knew. The common tunning theme was Gods grace Is all that man should strive for. In an Indlrecrway. some of them expressed the opinion that Curupwas a great spiritual figure wfrb supernormal powers, but wondered why and how T* could hide himself In an Ashram.

it

AslrOtOgy, Ocstlny aflct tots WTtihi' CfHtrHS

CSlME AND GURU'S GRACE Mars-Venus

and Sun

Sun as the twelfth lord fs good for spiritual practices. During tills period 'PjtV Jail In Calcutta, spending Ills time In deepest devtstior1 looked calm and com posed, hoping that divine grace woUiU descend on htm. Inspire of putting questions to Gurujl as to-what would happen to ■?', it seems Anllda and Gayatfldl got only scolded, done seva in a temple? Believe in Cod"

"Has he not

Mars-Moan It was when Tr was running the period of INfais-Moon thaH got posted to Calcutta, It was June Emergency,

then,

1975 and t heard of the National

a few days laser, of the Involvement of my

younger btothei In the Baroda dynamite case, I got letters from my youngest brother, K Subhos Rao, from Kainataka where the accused were tortured byKamataka police, a story t could not have believed, / had already the case of %f*\ Then I collected other horoscopes and did a piece of research on "planets and cilme* and wherever I noticed the following two points, I had no hesitation In giving' a positive prediction, fit) An&irdashii

fsub-petiod) 'of the sixth lord should be running

when you are fighting a casc(b) Jdpttcr should Influence the tOlb house or lord or both from iagyM or Moon to rescue the accused. For this reason 1

was advlsl ng. Anllda to get the case of T"

adjourned till October/November

(975 when Rahu, In the sixth

house of 'P', would begin to show changed trend of the case. As It had to happen, my younger brother too was to begin The antardasha of his sixth lord soon. In both cases rriy prediction was dean Acquittal—and those who know what that Emctgeixy of Indira Gandhi-was thought that I was amadman. In both cases my timing was first quarter of 1977, when they would be out of jail. Privately I predicted the fall of Indira Gandhi. ftabu-RdhtuRohu In this pratyantar dosha (sub-sub-peilod) the case opened, and If one were to go by the reports appearing In the Anand Bazar Pdtrika and thefdlganttir,

hanging of all the accused was Inevitable-

Ami da ran from his lawyer's house to the court In those days and came wtih me to Kali-Ghat laite In the night every Friday and often dashed his head against the stonewalls of the temples crying out "Ma, either Idll me or save my son** (Twelve years after these Inddente. even today, I can see Anllda (now dead), a very noble

AAtrolOyV, Destiny

Lie Whcof of Tuna

CRIME: AND KURD'S GRACE

man, shedding teats pioluscly as few women could, and praying with anguish as few pmoos can. flohu-Rohu-Jupfter The case was. reaching Its dlmax. Death sentence ts fnevitablc was tveryont^s vtifdlct* My^Liiu-bhtJ Mlrmnlrta, a contemporary of late Humsyun IC^JjIrand classmate ofthe well-Known Bengali literary oitlc, Mrmat CluuidliAty. is a good asfrologei /nut he Risked me why I Insisted thul JP' would be acquitted, t aldr fa) foihu hcic ii) the sixth house becomes the ifxttt lord: his own antardasha w,is tip* (h) f't.uynntAt dasha of Sattirn, ific sixth lore! can get htm victory, not (c)

/uphcr, at the end of (076 was hi A ties, the ninth house from A- Toon and would move into Taurus, the 9th house /rom Legna*

Rcbu-Rahii-Saturn According to begin

my caJcultiiions,

after the second

the Pratyantnr dasha was to

fortnight of August

1976 and

the court

judgement was to be delivered any day. ft was delivered on August 15, 1976. Sitting In my office I received a phone from a woman, "Well, who are you?1* I ,,

5pca]tlng

1

and

she

asked

was

her and she sntd,

sobbing.

"What

"1 am Gayarrt

happened",

\

iisUecl.

"Whom else can I remember except you now. /Irt/esrt has been acquitted."Shz was sobbing, shedding tears, I Imagine, the tears of joy a mother alone can shed on such an occasion. But Rajcsh had to wait lit) March 1977 or sometime after to be released. Gurujl remained inscrutable and asked him when he came and full at bis Feet, to do more prayers. Jupiter In the sevenrhhouse of Rajesh eighth from tils Moon was the grace of Guru as well, ail knew, rhe kfnrf Guru who made him worst tip God by employing him secretly parents,

in

fhe service

of the

temple and

Was he nor served 'in a temple'?

li

who

had assured his

SECTION HOW

HINDU

ASTROLOGERS

PREDICT {BASED

on.

n-A

EVENTS?

LAGUU fakashahi)

These are explained In a h^f-5ecrctlve manner, In Ucidaya Ptadeep better known as laghu of only forty stanzas. In this book a classical framework of that great masterpiece Is being

given first, and then, the astrological case studies.

To understand the patter of destiny decipher the secret codes of planetary patterns; to understand the working of the Wheel of Time understand the laws operating through: The Vlmsbottarl mahadasha or the major period. The antardasha or the sub-peilod, and The pratyaniar dasha or the sub-sut rel="nofollow">-per|od. No claim Is bdng made that it will be understood fully. Yet If a Veil of secrecy gets lifted from our eyes, the purpose of writing this book would have been served to some extent

42

SECTION HOW

HINDU

ASTROLOGERS

PREDICT {BASED

on.

n-A

EVENTS?

lAGltV PAKASNAfU)

These are explained In a tailf-secrctive manner, In Fradeep better known as Laghu Parashati

Uddaya

of only forty stanzas.

In this book a classical framework of that great masterpiece Is being

given first, and then, the astrological case studies.

To understand the patter of destiny decipher the secret codes of planetary patterns; to understand the working of the Wheel of Time understand the laws operating through: The Vlmshottail mahadasha or the major period. The antardasha or the sub-peilod* and The prstyantar dasha or the sub'sub-perlod. No claim ts bdng made that it will be understood fully. Yet If a Veil of secrecy gets lifted from our eyes, the purpose of writing this book would have been served to some extent

MEANING Of HOUSES AND FlANETARY,,,

AMrctosy. Dwftny end the Whwl Pi Time

effbrtsare done with brothers and sisters who become co-sharers of the money earned in traditional societies. Not-eiAs will

be shown later, a mateftcfn the third house is

preferred to a bencitc generally for two reason ; fit St A malefic here stiows the witi to do hard

not soft work. The second reason Is

that the third house Is one of the JW-s/wrttyd houses {the third,

the

sixth a/)d the eleventh houses) Which are described as evil houses, hiaiefics here become negation of rtegatlon, or two negatives making a positive, The Fourth House Earning of money (second house) through efforts (third house) leads to the maMng of property and living In

The fourth represents

mother, property, vehicles etc- — In fact the domestic surroundings, Wofcr

Happiness

of mother,

ftome

and

vehicles

being

associated with this house. The house is described as sukh^bhava or the house of happiness. The Fifth house The fifth house Is generally Indicative of three events: In early life -education, in middle age - children and in old age (In some cases cnllrc life) - spiritual ptactloes. Afofe

The great Maharshl AtfAsfiara stresses the folc of the fifth

house for education. One need not go into this controversy at the moment. Through

illustrations and' one's own experience one can

understand these problems. The Sixth House At three, stages of life (In fact all stages) there Is the fear of Illness, enemies and debts which the six house represents- Such threats, are ever present. Note? Here again A malefic

preferred as again It Is a case of

two negatives making A posItfvtL The Seventh House Completion of education which helps one make a career anch developing sound helath (the sbrth house), leads to the desire to have a fire-panner in the shape of a husband or a wife in a rradlrionai Way, or a partner to live together with, In western sodetles, and some sections of even traditional societies of the cast. Note? ft also being the house of business, business partner Is 4-1

Aslr&lOQY, Dsnlnya/xi ta- YUWvi (jfthw also ro be examined form

MEANiMGOF HO(J&es AND PLANETWV..

the jev'e/rt/? house.

The Eighth House Settling down In .1 family life in a Traditional

the desfre to

have a life long enough to enloy It, Js human nature. The eighth house Is the house of longevity. jVqfe;

if is

for this reason

that this

house is examined for

fife. An afflicted eighth houn? or lord is major factor fn predicting >i!tQur fatal events

of fife.

The Niniti Hauso Longevity Increases through good deeds, mainly religious. The desire to

increase onc-s longevity leads one into

right

path or

cultivation of such habits as will not ruin life's manifold happiness. jYofc; fn

south

about father wiille !n account.

If

will

India

this house

north

fndfa

be shown

later

is

examined for predictions

die tenth that

both

house fs should

be

taken

Ifito

examined

slmutrAnecusiy. Ti\e Tcnih home This Is IhC house of deeds (Karma). Traditionally It Is tine father lhat ipu:s Iris children Into a career or, one makes one's own effons to make a career. iMdltfDrt.illy since the ninth house Js the house of guru, father, teacher, preceptor etc. Iris they Who prepare one for a carter. Notes It also being rhe house of reputation, benefics in the tenth house or associated

with

the tenth

house have

pfAlsed, But since it is the house

of career,

rtssodared with the tenth house or,

ihe tenth lord,

the

nature

been

traditionally

die nature of planets rtiitgivea due to

of one's profession.

The Eleventh House It is the house of earnings. It being

second to the tenth house.

What one earns through deeds Is to be judged from this house, Afofer ft being the house

of achievements,

ft has to

Include

titles* honours etc. one is likely to get from this house. The Twelfth House What Is earned b spent so the twelfth house is the house of expenditure. Note: The twelfth house represents the last stage of life also fn

MEANING OF HOUSES AND PLANETARY-

Astrotofly. Dcalny and ine Whefll tf Tbiw

which one prepares for death, it is for tills reason that ft is described as the house of inoksha or liberation. TWO HALF OF THE ZODIAC These twelve houses are divided into two halves—the solar half belongs to the Sun and the lunar half to the Moon: it Is done thus: From the house of Sun count upto six houses which will be Leo {Sun). Virgo (Mercury), Libra (Venus), Scorpio (Mars), Sagittarius {Jupiter} and Capricorn {Saturn), Mow

proceed

to

divide, the

remaining

she houses, which

represent Moon's half but In the reverse way; Cancer (Moon)t Gemini (Mercury), Taurus (Venus), Aries (Mars), Pisces (Jupiter) and Aquarius (Saturn). Note: Whethei you take the SuiVshalfor the Moon's half the order Is: Mercury, Venus, Marsfupiter and Saturn, Now follow the reasoning given for this order: The Sun andi/ie Moon The Sun and the Moon are the kings of their own kingdom and their allotment of houses adjacent to their own Is In order of a necessary scheme, Mercury Mercury Is the prince who will succeed the king so his mansion has to be nearest to that of the king. He ts to be groomed to be a king and so he must be In the closest touch with the ruler. Venus The Prime Minister who advises the king on various matters comes next, Venus is full of worldly wisdom, deep knowledge and know state-craft, Mors The kingdom has to be guarded. So an army Is raised and a commander of the army appointed. Mars has to protect the prime Minister, the prince and the king. Jupiter The king needs a religious preceptor, a gum who advises the king on various matters, like the Prime Minister. He is essentially a spiritual person who needs no protection except God's. He Is an 46

Aslratojy, Destiny and LTjb VJneiH otTfrro

MEAWlhlO OF HOLlSt$ AMD FLANETAFtY

Idealist, with inner strength, Saturn He Is the servatil, the employee who (.latlotlcd his quarter for living In the outsKhts. MEANING OF ASPECTS It Is well-known ilwtt In Hindu astrology All phnets aspect the seventh

housr, the full flAped-_i (no

reference to other types of

aspects Is bchig innde here). Why (fie 5evc/i(h Aipocf? TO protect Ms house rind dilkhrin, Cuvot attention must be paid by uv^ry person to the protccUon of women, The seventh house being the Iioum of rrtrtlth^ge* wife It Is obvious that prelection of one's wife Ivcvefyon&'s Jlfc^longduty, By protecting the majof pillar of life, one's

domestic stability Is acquired.

Why Special Aspect ? Jupiter aspects the fifth and the ninth houses also; Mars aspects the fourth and the eighth houses oJsq; (ind Saturn aspects the third and the tenth houses also. Let is be understood. Jupfter Jupiter Is the planet of divinity and

Ie Is his duty to offer

protection to learning and children represented by the fifth house and also the father and religion, by covering, through a special aspect, the ninth house. Mors The

house

one

lives

In needs

protection

which

Involves

something Jn the nature ofthe police, state or army protection. Mars represents the army, police etc,Therefore Mars has been given the fourth aspect. The eighth aspect of Mars is to protect the house of longevity. The duty of Mars ts to protect life and property, Saturn Saturn's third aspect represents die efforts Ivdour) that have to be put in ro achieve what one desires to achieve (deeds). The tenth house representing deeds (Karma), needs the help of Saturn, 47

MEANING Of HOUSES AND PLANETAHV.

Astrology, DutfipyflrvJ ImjWJwt of Time

Conclusion lr ts out of these fundamentals that aJJ predictions emerge out of the planetary patterns In a horoscope. From here we must enter the complex pattern which have to be many In a bare horoscope only,

These

complex patterns

acquire

different

complexllles in

different divisional horoscopes. Bask Points of Predictions In making a prediction an astrologer must Keep the following points In his mind. 1. Examine each house and

Ibe lord of each house in the birth

horoscope. 2. Then examine each house and Its lord In the Navaroshii (the ninth division of a horoscope). 3. Now

analyse

|ointfy

Navamsha. 4. Make A^similar

use

both of

the

other

birth

horoscope

divisional

and

horoscopes,

the first

separately then |olntly with the birth horoscope, 5.

Now

examine in detail

the

mahadasha (ma|or period)

and

antardasha (Sub-periods) of each planet In the Vfmshottari dosha in $tx Ways; (a)

In the birth horoscope from the Lagna flrsc.

(b) In the birth horoscope from the lord ofthedasha running, (c)

En the Navamsbaagain go through the exercise given In (a) and (b).

(d) Do ft again In the divisional horoscope concerned other than the Navamshiu (e) The significance of each planet and each house must be kept In the mind, (f)

The 2-l2.df8 position of planets must be examined,

Ifls now that the transit of planets Is to be used, not beforehhe steps given above have been gope through. The Transit atet&bt seenftomr (a) The lagna or the ascendant first. (b) Next form the Moon (as Moon stays in a house for nearly two and a quarter days. It is doubtful tf examining translLs from the Moon alone is the correct approach). (C)

Now examine with relation to the Vimshottarl dasha how the mahadasha lords and antardasha lords ate placed Iti transit from the Lagna when a question Is being examined, 4B

Astrology, tteSiinyand (ho WtUio\ of Tirfio

MEANING OF HOUSES AND PLANfiTAftV—

(d) if you know the use of the Ashtakava/ga. U Is better than using transits as, It reveals a wealth of such details as are not available, otherwise. (e) Finally see which planet In transit contacts which planet of the birth horoscope and. In which house. Saturn's Sadhe-Saatj, or the fourth or eighth house transit from the natal Moon has deep meaning. These steps must be gone through to delineate a horoscope.

49

CHAPTER n BENEFICS AND

MALEFICS

GENERAL AND SPECIFIC CATEGORISATION

General Categorisation Planets are divided for every lUigna Into natural benefits and natural maiedes. They are : Narurav Bencflcs : juplier and Venus are natural beneficSr Natural Malefics : Saturn, Mars and Sun arc natural maJeflcs,. Four Conditional 0ene/?cy The Moon, if not weak (not very near the Sun}; Mercury, (Fnot afflicted and Rahu and Ketu If In good houses (kendras, trlkonas) and with good planets become benefics. Four Conditional Mclaflcs If the Moon is weak and afflicted; If Mercury Is weak and afflicted; if Rahu and Ketu are In evil houses and afflicted, they1 become conditional malefics-. Remember this generally and see U fn every horoscope+To miss It is to miss a vital point In 3 horoscope. But to base an astrological reading on this alone is to get trapped Into two types of mistakes : (a) You must know how for a .particular

Lagna a

malefic can

become a beneflc and, lb) How o benefic can become a maieRc. To understand how It Is done, divide the owners of houses for each lagna Into four categories ; (a) The owners of trlkonas, the Lagna, the fifth and the ninth house . for each Lagna are berveflcs. (b) The owners of the thirds sixth and the eleventh Housest for each Lagna are malcfics. 50

BENEFICSAWO MAtEFtCS

Astrctogy, Desttayaral the wncdf Tlmo

( c) The owners of kendras (quadrants) .are neutral. (d) The owners of the second, eighth and twelfth houses wlU be neutral bur ean turn Into beaiefics or maleflcs depending, on how they are placed and how they arc associated. Now It Is being explained in a tabular form* Table! BonoficGfor each Lagna

MajeflcsfDr' each Lagna

(First, fifth and ninth lords

(Third, sixth and eleventh

from the Lagna)

lords from the Lagna)

Aries

Mars, Sun and Jupiter

Taurus

Venus, Mercury and Saturn j Moon, Venus and Jupiter

Gemini

Mercury, Venus and Salum.

Merc. (Gemini), Merc. (Virgo). Salum

Sun, Mars (Scorpio) and Mara (Aries)

Cancer

Moon, Mars and Jupiter

Leo

Sun, Jupiter and Mars

Mercury, Jupiter and Venus jVenus, Salum and Mercury

Mercury. Saturn and Venus jMars, Saturn and Moon Libra

Venus, Salum and Mercury

Jupiter (Sagittarius), Jupiter (Pisces), Sun Saturn, Mars and Mercu

Mars, Jupiter and Moon Sagittarius Jupiter, Mars and Sun

Saturn Venus [Taurus), Venus (Libra)

Saturn. Venus and Mercury I Jupiter, Mercury and Mars Aquarius

Saturn, Mercury and Venus

Mars, Moon and Jupiter

Pisces

Jupiter, Moon and Mars.

Venus Sun and Saturn

Note: if both columns are seen together, it will be evident that the same p/
The Judgement an astrologer has to develop Is when bad

result can be experienced from

which direction and when good

results, again from which direction.

51

MEANING OF HOUSES AND PLAMGTAfiV;.

Astrology, Detfinymd ine Wieel cl TVim

Table II 1 Neutrals for each Lagna Special Neutrals fareach Lagna (Second, eighth and (Lords of Lagna, fourth, seventh twelfth lords from the and tenth houses) Laana) Adds Taurus Gemini Cantor

Venus. Mars and Juoiter Mercurv. Juoiter and Mara Moon. Saturn and Venus Sun, Saturn and Mercury

Mars, Moon. Venus and Saturn Venus. Sun. Mars and Saturn Mercurv (Gemini). MercurvfVirao), Jupiter (Sagittarius) and Jupiter (Pisces) Moon. Venus Saturn and Mars

Leo

Merucury. Jupiter and Moon

Virao Libra

Venus. Mars and Sun

Scorpio

Jupiter, Mercury and Venus Salunn. Moon and Mars

Venus, Saturn. Mars and Moon

Caoricorn Aquarius

Saturn. Sun and Jupiter Jupiter. Mercury and Saturn

Mars. Saturn Venus and Sun Jupiter (Sagittarius). Jupiter (Pisces)

Pisces

Mars, Venus and Saturn

Mercury (Gemini), and Mercury (Vrrgo)

Saqittarius

Sun. Mars. Saturn and Venus

Mars, Verwa and Mercury Jupttor (Plscos), and Mercury (Gemini)

Table HI The Most Potont Maloilc (The eighth house and Its lord for each Laqna) Aries

Mars

Taurus

Jupfter

Gemini

Salum

Cancer

Salum

Leo

Jupiter

Virgo

Mars.

Libra

Venus

Scorpio

Mercury

Sagittarius

Moon - fa 'is said that Moon as Iho eighth lord does not harm and is an exception. But it may not bo so.

Capricorn

Sun - (it is said that Sun as the eighth ford does not harm and

Aquarius

is an exception, Bui it may not bo so. Mercu

Pisces

Venus

ftfrtbgy. Dcislmy flna Uw Win^l Of ftno

OF IHJU.heb ANO PLANETARY,.

Now ono must pause and find and the reason why the eighth house has been treated In this fashion. Inherent In tills principle Is the fact thM Is Uelng the twelfth house from the ninth house (house of luck), ll 1

'expenditure* or 'exhaustion

b the house oF its

and so Is detrimental, for father and

fortune. The principle emerging out of this Is that the twelfth house form each house Is detrimental to it, thus :

Aries „„ Taurus.

Pisces -

-

Gemini

...Aries

,

Cancer

.Taurus ——r,. Gemini

Leo..,..

-

Cancer

Virgo

Leo

Libra...

,

«

.VUjgo

Scorpio SagiMsrius

Ubra Scorpio

Capricorn.....

Sagittarius

Aquarius

Capricorn

Pisces

Aquarius

Principle given In these tables will have to be blended to arrive at a

complete,

composite

and explanatory picture.

53

CHAPTER IT! DRAWABLE

INFERENCES

FROM

TABLES

THE

It should be remembered that to fudge a horoscope no pushbutton

formulae should be applied. A prediction must flow from

classical astrology after applying* flexibly, the principles that can be Inferred from the tables given In the preceding chapter. Such Inferences can be many, which can be tabulated In a long list as these will fall Into various permutations and combinations because the position of the lord of particular house {call it P), the aspects on different houses and planets (call It A) and conluc(lon of planets which 15 the conjunction also of different ford of different houses (call It Q. yvlll have to be taKen Into account. Call ihls a memory tablet 2

PAC which term would be used hereafter.

The Inferences Drawn and Drawable from the Tables In classdaJ astrology many Inferences have been drawn by different authorities from these five tables*. One can go on doing these. Yet some of them which have got standardised over a period of time are the following. First Principle When a planet Is both the La<5JV» lord and also the eighth lordf It Is a benfic as Lagna lord but evil as the eighth lord. This will be so In the case of Aries Lagna when WWtra Is both the Lagna lord and the eighth lord and In the case of Libra when Venus is both the lagna lord and also the eighth lord. Conclusion The getiersf rule Is that the bcncftccncc of It being the Lagna lord will prevail unless the eighth house and the eighth ford are

mildly or Intensely.

A&lrojogy fanny nridfhrt

Ml Jim?

DRAWABJ I] Mtl I'/rtHCIjEs FRQM THE J'ADLES

Second i^rffje/p/e A principle of relativity comes Into f>hy. (tic reason being that If three houses each

good or bad which one can be good, belter

and best and which one ta'td, worse and wcnM will still have to be dedded. Though it has been commented on by many eminent writers, It may be better to. decide thus on the individual mtrl&of A horoscope. Yet the itflhdi-ydlsed principle are; (a) The third lord being malefic febad, the sixth lord worse and the eleventh lord the worst. The second lord

Is banefully neutral, the twelfth lord more

baneful neutral and the eighth lord most banefully neutral. This can be modified to say that the second lord Is bad, (he twelfth lord worse and the eighth lord the worst, (c) Similarly the fourth house is good, the seventh house better and the tenth houe ihe best So their lords too will be : the fourth lord is good, the seventh lord Us better and'the tenth lord Is the best, {d} Again following the same principle the fifth lord is better than the Lagna lord which Is good and the ninth lord Js the best Nota Here while In all cases {#)> fc} and (d) the relativity goes In direct order, Only In the case of (b) the order 1$ the second ford Is bed

the twelfth lord Is worse and the eighth ford Is (he worst

Third Principle Lord of Kendras. {quadrants) become neutral. From this flows the principle that benefics as lords of kendias lose their capacity to do goad while malefics lose their capacity to do evil, Which then is good? Benefics not betng able to give their benfics results or malefic not being able to give malefic results? Obviously If benefics lose their capacity to give beneflc results ir is a malor Toss, Again this will need catergoriMtton, which Is done thus; Moon As fourth lord (for Aries ascendant) it Is bad only* As seventh lord (for Qiprlcorn ) It is bad only* Mercury As fourth lord (for Gemini) it Is bad only. As ihe tenth lord (for Virgo) U Is bad only. As the seventh and the tenth lord (for Sagittarius) It h relatively bad because seventh house is also the death giving house. As the fourth and the sevneth lord (for Pisces) It is relatively 55

,

DRAWABtE INFERENCES FROM THE TABLES Altjrfogy. Dcstfy ond WM> MieOi o! Rma worse because here again Mercury owns the death-giving, seventh house. Jupiter Now for JupUer and Venus bad results are relatively bad, ^orse and worst which will depend on the horoscope under scrutiny. JupUer as the fourth lord (for Sagittarius) Is bad and as the tenth lord (for Rsoes) ts bad by becoming rieutraJ, As the seventh and the tenth fo/d (for Gemini) It can become a killer since It owns the seventh house also. As the fourth and the seventh lord, Jupiter can be a death-dealer (for Virgo) Venus As the second and the seventh lord (for Aries), Venus has been regarded as a doubly dcaih-ffcallng planet as both the second and the seventh houses (houses of death) come Into play here. As the fourth and the eleventh lord (for Cancer) It Is neutral for its ownership of twelfth house (Libra:) but a malefic as the owner of the eleventh house (Taurus). As the tenth lord (for Capricorn) Venus becomes neutral. Note: As w}fi be shown Venus is a benefic for Captfcom. As the fourth lord (for Aquarius)-, Venus becomes neutral. Note: As wlil be shown Venus Is a benefic for Aquarius. Fourth Principle As lord of kendras (quadrants) maleflcs lose thler capacity to do evil. Note: Benefics as lord of Kendras becoming ineffective is bad. Malefics as lords of kendras becoming Ineffective is good.

CHAPTER IV RAIIU AND

KETU

tti riifASJiarl astrology, Rahu and Kern have nor been allotted ownership of any house.

In Interpreting the effects of these, the

standctrdlscd principles are used geneially. (a) See where Rahu and Ketu are posited. If they are in kendras they behave as kendra lords and IF they are posited In rrlkonns (trincs) they behave llltc trlkona lords, (b) The planers which aspect Rahu and Ketu modify their nature according to their own nature, ownership etc (c) Planet which ate conjunct wfth Rahu and Ketu modify their results according to their own nature and ownership etc Some £xcept/orK tn Interpreting the results of Rahu and Ketu sq me-exceptions have been made In some books. (a) The aspect oF Jupiter on Rahu and Ketu tends to them a snong protective cover to give good results. {I have found It generally working very well), (b) tn the case of Rahu and Ketu, especially, as In the case of other planets, the theory of dlsposltors Is applied. For example If Rahu is In Aries see where its lord Mars is, from the tagna. (c) Rahu and Ketu form an axis tn every horoscope. Each axts has a significance of Its own. It is

both a matter of controversy,

dispute and bewilderment among astrologers. Deep researches have to be done as Rahu and .Ketu hfdc In their bosom many mysteries Of a

very deep nature.

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CHAPTER V THE

EMERGING OF

PRINCIPLES

INTERPRETATION

Let It be stated at the outset that the Vlmshottari dosha is misused mostly and rarely used properly. The best way of removing this ddkency Is to use simultaneously another dosha, as a support, as a supplementary aid, or, as a confirmatory check for the prediction odng given. All old and experienced astrologers use various dosha to narrow down the area of confusion like the Yoglnl dasha, the Ashtottari dasha, some of the specific cfosihas given in Brlhat Parashara Hora Shastra,

which

the

translators

or

commentators

reproduced without themselves knowing how to use

have

merely

them. They

have nelghther learned these different dashas nor have they done their own researches to remove this deficiency. The problem then is how to use the Vlmshortarl dosha with less confusion, it should be done by noting down ihe principles that emerge out of It, for which the dasha of each planet must be used In full three-fold manner; the mahadasha (major period); antnrdasha (sub-period): and the praiyantar dosha (sub-sub period}. Maharshl Parashara

prescribes

the

use of five-Fold

division

by

including

sookshma dasha (5ul>sub-sub period) and also prana dasha (sub-subsub-sub-perlod). A result-yielding and effective method still Is to use (a) The mahadasha (major period) (b) The antardasha (sub period)* (c) The pratyantar dastia (sub-sub period) and (d) Transits of planets duimg the duration of the pratyantar dasha (sub-sub periods). Yet to use the Vlmshottari dasha In this manner some vital .pdndpi.es must be kept In mind.

teErtlooy. Destiny and tmi WJusefof Ttmo

THE EMERGINS PRINCIPLES OF,

SOME OF THESE PRINCIPLES The lords ofltendfAS Are described as VtsfmU'SThan or as houses of Lord

Vishnu,

the protector;

described as

while the

lords

of trlkonas are

or the houses -of Goddess Latahml.

Combinations Of the lord of VtsbntJ^sthanas wlih the lords oFLaksfimfstha/is produce rrt].Tyflg*i or combination for rise anrt prosperity. In how many ways 11 evm* happen can be tabulated by testing the Lagna lord AS both A ItctHlra lord and Siihlkonalord, These combinations are: )• Lajpjni lord and the fourth lord, 2, UgM lord flncl the fifth lord, 3, LrttjOrt. lord and the seventh lord. 4, Lagna frod and the ninth tofd. 5t Lagna lord and the tenth lofd^ 6, The fourth lord and the fifth lord. ?♦ The fourth lord and the ninth lord. 8+ The flfth lord and the seventh lord. 9. The fifth lord and the tenth lord. 10. The seventh lord and the nisnth lord. J I. The ninth lord and the tenth lord. First Principle : Type of Relationship These ra|ayogas can manifest In three ways: (o) If both are conjunct", together In one house. (b)

If both ore aspuctftig each other mutually,

(c) If they have exchanged their places. For example the fourth lord Is In the fifth house and the fifth lord In the fourth house. (d) If the fifth lord is in the seventh and the tenth lord In the ninth. In

this

way

eleven

multipted

by i four

gives forty four

combinations which must be seen closely for sound predictions. Second Principle : Modification One If any of these combinations arc without any blemish they give best results In their periods. The Third : Modification Two Even If any of these forty four combinations are defective they are still capable of giving good results. The Fourth Principle : ModincationThree The mahadasha may nor be rajayo.ga producing yet If the antar and

pratyantar dashas produce rafyaoga. 59

good

results

can

be

THE_ EMERGSNG"

PWWC

IPCES

OF^

tatofogfc Oestirry

m VOkkI

Time

expected tn their periods which will gei\2raily be a small but a good period, The Fifth Prirrclple: Modification Four The mahadasha rnay be evil-producing but Iftbeantardasha and pratyantar dasha are yoga producing,

good

results can

stilt

be

expected inspire of a bad mahadasha. The sixth Principle t ModHicatiora Five Some planers can be, being both kehdrAand tiikona lords for a Lagna, ra]ayoga producing as for example (a) For Taurus, the planet Saturn as ninth lord Is a benefle but as tenth lord neutral. (b) For Cancer; The planet Mais Is the owner of both the fifth house (Scorpio), a trikona, therefore a benefic; and of Aries (the tenth house), a keudra, therefcrcr neutral, (c) For Leo, the planet Mars Is the lord of a kendm (Scorpio) and trikona (Aries), tfierefbre, itls yoga-producing. (d) For Libra, the planet Saturn is the lord of the fourth house IS neutral, while, as the lord of the fifth Is excellent ft Is for this reason that for UbTans, the period of Saturn has been described as the best period, (e) For Capricorn, the planet Venus is excellent as the fifth lord and neutral as the tenth lord. (f)

For Aquarius the planet Venus is neutral as the fourth lord but excellent as the ninth lord.

Summary Only for six Uignas there are planets owning .houses which make them the best. The remaining six Lagnas have no such benflh The planets for these Lagnas are: Lagna

Owner of Kendra and trikorra ■———

Taurus Cancer Leo,

,

^Mara

r

XVwTt,. *

Libra

SatlifTl

Capricorn

,, VenUS

Aquarius

-r,

If these planets, Taurus, with

Cancer,

Sriiurn

Leo,

Venus MatS, Saturn

and

Venus for these

Langas,

Llbrit- Capricorn and Aquarius get connected

the lord of another trikona, m

Lhey become, excellent. This

Is

Astrology, Dctlfcyand; Uw \^etlcrfT1rnft

THE EMERGINEJPRIfJC!f>LJ;S OR.

elaborated here, U For Taurus, Saturn and Mercury combined. 2. For Cancer, JVUrs and luplter combined, 3. For Leo, Jupiter and Mans combined, 4.

For Libra, Saturn,i ajid Mercury combined.

5.

For Capricorn, Venus and Mercury combined.

6.

For AquArltvi, Venus and Mercury combined.

The Seventh Principle: Modification Six In Interpreting the periods of Rahu and Ketu apply all these prlndples to lind when the period or periods are favourable and when they are unfavourable.. The Eighth Principle : Medtficntfon Seven Do not expect best results Ifthe ninth lord Is also the eighth lord as Saturn is for Gemini Lagna. Similarly do not expect best results when the tenth lord Is also the eleventh lord, as Saturn Is for .Aries Lagrw, Note: fn both cases Saturn is Invotycd. The Ninth Principle : Modification Eight Two excellent rajayosa producing planets may be associated (PAQ and may yet get associated with an evil owner of a house. In that case rajayoga wilt still be produced but with some obstruction and wllh some defects.

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CHAPTER YI MALEFIC FOR

PERIODS

EACH

LAGNA

Why and which period will be rnaleficf Is explained With reasons thus; The first Principle The houses of longevity or span of.HFe are the eighth house and the third house^ Third house is the eighth from the eighth house for every Lagna, It has been explained that the twelfth house from every house 1$ the house of expenditure or cxhausdon, Applying this principle the second house (twelfth from the third house) and the seventh house (twelfth from the eighth house) become mafaka or killers. The second Principle Between the seventh house and the second house It Is the second house which Is the stronger killer, The tabulated results for each Lagna the concerned houses will be : Aries

.1*4. Tautus (Venus) and Libra (Venus).

Taurus.......^ Gemini (Mercury) and Scorpio (Mars). Gemini

Cancer

Cancer ^ Leo

Leo (Sun) and Capricorn (Saturn),

.^44...♦♦♦ Virgo (Mercury) and Aquarius (Saturn).

Vlrgo^ Libra

(Moon) and Sagittarius (jupRer),

Libra (Venus) and Pisces (Jupiter). —♦ Scorpio (Mars) and Aries (Mars).

Scorpio

Sagittarius (Jupiter) and Taurus (Venus),

Sagittarius **

Qvprlcom (Saturn) and Gemini (Mercury).

Capricorn .44..Aquarius (Saturn) and Cancer (Moon), Aquarius 44..

Pteces (JupSteri and Leo (Sun),

Ptsces^4,.4.4,?-44 Aries (Mars) and Virgo (Mercury). G2

Aslrefefly, Oc:iiny Brtd tJ>aVVHi:di fjfTmm

f^AUEFtO PERIODS FOR EACH LAQNA

The Third Principle If the houses of longevity, become weak or are spoiled

the third and ihe cfghrh houses

what is the result? They too must

acquire death-deaffn^ propensities. The fourth Prindpte Calculation of the span of fife Is a very difficult area In astrology except in

tftosc cases

periods into (a)When

when ft fs most obvious.

So rflvidc these

three calegvrtesz

by all accounts Ir Is inevitable, the svo»st wtH 'iwpiien,

(b) When by some accounts It appears to be had It niAy not cause death

but

produce

suffering

which

mwy

be

death-like

conditions-, (c) When

by very few arcoupts 11 appears to

be a period of

suffering, rhtfc may be Illness or accident. In malting predictions these parameters will have to be applied, assessed and evaluated, The fifth Principle There comes

the

principle

of

FAC

{postted. aspected

and

conjunct) \ft the calculation of the periods of suffering. Death can take place in the periods of; (a) The mahACfftsha and antardasha of maraltcis (second and seventh lords).

Use the word maraka ftOW.

(b) The periods of planete In maraka houses. (c) The periods of planets associated with maraka. planets. (d) If there are no planets in maraka houses and if no planets are associated with maraka planets then death can take place in the mahadasha of tile twelfth and die antardasha of the maraka planet, The Sixth Principle z Potency to kill In descending order Tabulate planets which have the strength to kill In the following order, starting from the strongest to the weakest. (a) The second lord Is the strongest kllfc'r. (b) Nott comes the seventh lord, (c) Next comes planer or planets

In the second

house, which

acquire posttionaiiy such power. Next comes the planet or planets associated with the second lord, Next planets In the seventh house. 63

MALEFIC PEHIODS FOR EACH LAGNA

Astrology, DuEifny and Um Whad at Ttmo

(f) Next planets associated with the seventh lord. (g) If none of the sU .conditions given above Is fu I filled (If the calculation of longevity takes us beyond this period) then death will take place in. the maraka. mahadasha of the twelfth lord or In the twelfth house or associated with the twelfth lord, (ll) If the longevity calculated extends beyond all the seven periods given above, death can take place in thebenefic afitardasha of iite twdftlf ford. (i) If the eight factors mentlofied above do not become effective the eighth lord or it planet If) the eighth house or a planet associated with the eighth lord can take Upon itself the role of a killer. (j) If the nine factors are not available death can still take place in the evil periods, not failing In this category, which can be third, sixth and eleventh lords and their periods or planets In these houses or associated with the lords of these houses, Summary of there ten periods The lords, the houses where such planets are posited and the planers associated with these lords cause agony, from sickness to death, fn order or intensity they are given under the sixth prindptet Special Role of Saturn Saturn is described as Yama or God of death, if in any horoscope Saturn Is associated as a lord of the tfttrd4 sixth, eleventh or of the twelfth or eighth wJtti •any maraka planet, he takes over the role of the primary killer In preference to oth^rplanets, Alternatively the role of Rahu Some commentators have given to Rahu same powers as Sawrn's. Caution Astrologer must avoid predicting the Fatal. When (breed to do It, they must check It fn vartous ways thoroughly; at least eight different methods. The most general and most workable rule which applies to majority of horoscopes U : (a) Long life Is guaranteed If benefics are In kendras and (b) Malcffcs In the third, sixth and eleventh houses. (c)

If the Lagna lord, the eighth lord and the tenth lord are In 64

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MALEFIC PE-HIOOSFOR EACH LAGNA

kendra and in good condition. An astrologer must become cautious only when such conditions do not exist and when even trikonas are devoid of beneffes.

65

CHAPTER VII EXALTATION/DEBILITATION OF

The Laghu Parashart

PLANETS

on which the previous chapters are based

is not an original book of Maharishl Parashara but an abbreviated and abridged and

perhaps

assimilated

lessons some

of his brilliant

disciples learned from him and his work. This booklet Is actually known as Uddaya Pradeep With only forty stanzas In Sanskrit from which most ordinary astrologers, getting confused with the huge Bdtiat Paraslwa Hora Shastra with thousands of such points of subtlety whlqh no astrologer can ey^ singly i e?ipteln,use effectively, There Is no single good connmenta/y In English of this great work except cne which was sold privately In cydostyted form many years ago. Some other translation available now are totally distorted In the basics Itself, for Instance the order of .Peva (God). Manushya (human being) and ftiks/ias (Monster) the coda! names ofNavamsha for the moveable houses Is not different formoveable, Rxedand dual rashls. The

original

Sanskrit

stanzas

translated

by

two

lady

Sanskrit

professors of Delhi who have read three different texts,, revealed man}' such defects. Along With Uddaya Pradeep tamdout another book which Is a ynaller booklet known as Madhya Paras/wrf

which the late great

astrologer and Sanskrit scholar Sitaram lha edited after collecting rttflny manuscripts, Uddays Pradeep came to be known In course of time as Laghu Pamshart while the Madhya P&rashad remained with the title of the book uncnagncd. Out of the fear of hard work, tack of undeotanding and grcAier, lack of desire to go deep Into rhe Brfhat Parashara Hora Shastm* ihe later generations of astrologers mastered these small booklets and 66

Astrology. Dest&iytirKi the Wheel o! VfTK)

EXALTATIOM/CEDILITATION OF PLANETS

dW good astrological predictions,. Yet, when 1 compared the commentary on the Brihat Parashara Hora Shastraand re-read

PamshaJi,

there appeared to be

an over-compression of the original. Before the application of the principles of Vlmshott'ari Dasha for actual predictions Is shown through case studies, let me produce three tables from lire Brlhnt Parashara Hora Shastra to complete the classical framework of Hindu astrology, which Is the minimum an astrologer has to know before using the Vlmshottari Dasha. •

•

Table! The condition of Planets Debili tatlon

Exaltation Planets Sun Moon

Sign

Degree

Sign

liKSjH

10

Taurus

3

10

Libra WEBUMtM

3

26

Cancer

28

Virgo

15

Pisces

15

Cancer

5

S

Venus

Pisces

27

27

Safum

Libra

20

Mars Mercury

Aries

20

It is well known in Hindu astrology that after exaltation the next two best conditions for planets are what are known as mooltrikona house and then own house. Own house Is good* the mooltrikona house better and the exaltation house the best Given below are rnooltrikonas and own houses for these seven planets in which the limits (In terms of degrees) must be kept In the mind for a more precise use In Jalmlnl astrology later. Tabte II The condition of Planets fricoitrikona Planets

S

Own House H3i

Decrees

Sun

Leo

Leu

last 10

Moon

Taurus

Cancer

110 30

Mars

Aries

Aries

last 18

••

im

15-20

Segiliarius Venus Saturn

Libra | Aquarius

20

2D-30

Sagittarius

last 20

i

Libra

last 15

I

Aquarius

test. 10

S7

EXALTAnON/DITDlUTAnOfi OF PLANETS

Aslroio^/, DesUny flfld Ifi& WhoD) atT\Mc

Now combine both the tables-and see it thus, t Sun h Es exalted upto ten degrees In Aries. 2. [s. debilitated upto ten degrees In Libra (the seventh house). 3. 4.

In rrioottrikona tipte- twenty degrees In Lee 'note the change). U fn own house from twenty to thirty decrees in Leo, /Vofe: Sun is exalted fn Aries but both for moottiikonn and own

house It has chosen its-own house. Leo. ffioon 1. Is exalted upto three degrees in Taurus. 2. Is debilitated upto three degrees In Scorpio (Seventh house) 3. Is In moonrikona from three to twenty seven degrees In Taurus. 4t Is In own house In Cancel. Note; Moon has chosen its Own house Tor the own 'house titleMen \. Is exalted upto twenty eight degrees in Capricorn. 2. Js debilitated upto twenty eight degrees In Cancer. 3. Is In mooltdkona house In Aries upto twelve degrees only. 4. Is In own house from twelve to thirty degree In Aries. Note; Mars, ffke Sun, has chosen Its own house for mooftrikona, Aries. Scotplo being the other house of Mnrs that h also its own house

But in Aries from twelve to thirty degrees It is e/so its own

house. Mercury I. Is-exalted in Virgo upto fifteen degrees, 1. Is debilitated In Pisces upto fifteen degrees. 3. Is in mooltrlkoni from fifteen to twenty degrees InVirgo. 4. Is In his own house in Virgo from twenty to thirty degrees. Note: Obviously the best house for Mercury is Virgo In all there ways. Gemini 'ts Its other own house, Jupfter L Is exalted upto five degrees in Cancer, 2. Is debilitated upto five degrees In Capricorn. 3. is In mooltrlkona upro ten degrees In Sagittarius. 4. is In own house In the Sagittarius from ten to thirty degree. Note: The other house owned by It is Pisces, Venus 1. Is exalted in Pisces upto 27 degrees. 2. Is debilitated in Virgo by 27 degrees. 3. '4.

Is in mooltrlkona in Libra upro fifteen degrees, Is-In own house from'fifteen to thirty degrees In Libra, OB

Ailfolosy, Oesbly ai^t ISfca VA*x\ «i! tlittn

EXALT ATlOMClii UlU rAtlOt^ Of FLAME?S»

Note: The other fimtstr- of Its >owtj Is founts, Saturn t.

Is exalted In Ijlif/i upto twenty degrees,

2. U dcblllrawl IrT Arks upto twenty degrees. 3.

Is In mcxjlltlkoiiil house upto "twenty decrees in Atiuatlus.

4. Is'trii its own

Trom twenty to thirty degree* In Aquarius.

Naftt; flic clhcr house of its own Is Capricorn. Wotdbfe PO/MfJ 1. for tfto. griOfiGondftforvofSun hul 7.

U ts good and better In Leo

Ijfv \n Aries and wo>st In Libra.

For Hut jgoodcondition of Moon: It Is good In CiinccL

better

*irid Itq.M In Taurus except the last Lh'tee degrees of Tauius and wiisl In Seoxp'ov 3,

For fUc good Conditions of Mars ; It Is good in Scorpio and lAat eighteen degrees of Aries> better In Aries again but best In Capricorn and Worst In Cancer, For the good conditions ofMc/cuiyit Is good In Gemini and twenty to thirty degrees tn Virgo, better In Virgo and also best In Virgo where it is exalted while Pisces Is ihe worst house,

.5, Forthe good conditions of Jupiter t It is good in Pisces, from ten to thirty degecs In Sagittarius but best In Cancer and worst in Caprleorn(Note: (upUerlsthe only p Inner whose mooltrlkona house is nearest to Its house of debilitation, which is Capricorn). 6,

Tor the good conditions of Vcn us: It Isgood lit Taurus, and from fifteen ro thirty degrees In Libra and better Ip Libra but best In Pisces while the worst Is Virgo. (Note : Venus moves out of Its paint of debilitation InVJigo and reaches Its mooltrlkona unlike lupiter who does the reverse of it.)

?, For the good condition of Sttiurn : It Is good In Capricorn and twenty to thirty degrees of Aquarius, better Tn Aquarius and the best in Libra while worst In A/ies. Notable

:

'These four conditions, exaltation,

mooltrlkona. own

house and debilitation are ro be made use of subtly. These fine points sftouid be

remembered.

To remember It note the mooltrlkona rashl of each planet, Then note: L Its house of exaltation and Its lord. 2, Note the lords of trlkonAS, fifth and ninth houses. 63

EXALTATKJN/DEBIUTATION 01 PLANETS

TablO III The condition of Pianete Friends Enemies

Planttt. Sun

Astrology, Destiny and flw Wheel of Tims

Moon. Mare,Jupiter Venus, Saturn

Moon

' Sun, Mercury

Mercu Mars, Jupiter, Venus, $aluni

Sun, Moon, Jupiter Mercury

Neutrals

Sun, Venus

Venus. Saturn Moon

Mars, Jupiter, Saturn

Sun, Moon, Mars

Saturn

Venus

Mercury, Saturn

Mars. Jupiter

Saturn

Mercury, Venus

Sun, Moon, Mars]Jupiter

3. Note the lords of the second, fourth, eighth and twelfth lords. They

will

be

friends

of

the

planet

concerned

from

Its

mooltrlkona house. Now note the lords of third, slx> seven, ten and eleventh. They will be enemies. When a planet falls In the category of both friends and enemy as In case of the Sun from Leo* the planet Mercury is a friend being second lord but, enemy being the eleventh lord it becomes a neutral. Most Notable Except Moon who has no enemies, a planet which is the owner of the seventh house from the mooltrlkona house of each planet Is Its enemy, ft is such subtle points that help in predictions. Now remember the trl-shadaya principle, the third, the sixth and the eleventh lords. From a mooltrlkona house owners of tri-shadaya houses are enemies and add to them the seventh and tenth lords from the same position. Combining these principles from Laghu PamshAif and Brihat Parashara Horn ShastrcL the good, evil and ordinary planets for each Lagna is the basis for the interpretation of the Vlmshottari dasha.

70

SECTION n - B CLASSICAL

RAMEWORK

PREDICTIVE

OF

PRINCIPLES

(BASED ONMADtiAYA

PARAStMm

If l& not clear who wrote the other small work called the Mirthtiyv? toisAvirf,

I c again appears to be the worb of some disciple

of Parashara who took out some principles from the great work, the Brihat P&rashar

Horn Shastra, culled out some vital principle and

compiled them here. Obviously this disciple felt that there should be a proper emphasis on Some points which the L&ghu /Vmis/wd

did not

explain or, has even omitted. Same of these vital points ftom rhls book are given to show whar ts being emphasised and why.

71

CHAgim vm SOME

BASICS

CLAREFTED

L The fifth and the ninth hou&es from the Lagna are wealthproducing houses. 2. The fourth and the tenth houses are the houses which produce happiness. 3. Except the Sun and the Moon, all other planets which own maraka houses (the second and the seventh houses from a Lagna) are maraka or death-dealing planets* Note: The Sun and the Moon have been seen to become maraka yet their rote as maraka does not get emphasised fn classical works. 4.

Find out the nakshatra niimber of the Moon at birth, Then find out which arc the third, fifth and seventh naksharras. Now note down thler lords. The dashas of those lords can be difficult periods, sometimes even causing death If the calculation of longevity leads to that conclusion. Let It be Ulustrftted with the first nine naksbatras because this cycle vvlll repeat In other two cyde also. Ashwlnl (I) - 3,5, 7; second round

-

12,

14,

16f third

round - 21, 23, 25 Bharanl (2)- 4*6, S; second round - 13,

I5r

17 third

round - 12, Z4, 26. In this way you can make a table of your own which can be condensed In terms of Vlmshottari mahadasha thus: IFthe birth dasha Is that of Ketu

then Sun, Mars and Jupiter.

Venus

then Moon. Rahuand Saturn,

the Sun

then Mars, Jupiter and Mercury

the Moon

then Rahu, Saturn and Ketu.

Mars

then Jupiter, Mercury and Venus.

Rahu

then Saturn, Ketu and Sun, 72

Astajtopy, Dcsii'try nod ihc Wn^ol tif Tom

SOME BASICS CLARrflED

Juptter

then Mercury, Venus and Mooiu

Saturn

llicrfKniUi Sun and Mars,

Mercury

tlttrft Venus, Moon and Rahu.

These are ilie methods ot tnterpretfn& the malefic Influences of different rruttwHl tanas, but caution ts necessary here. No hurried prctlfcil pn^should (« macJeassuch events must bccross-checkcd, 5.

Find out the IV/cnty-secand drekltiina (decanic) and note Its lord, A very twsy way of doJr^ft is, pur the degree of the Lagna fn

the

ctghih house.

Now find out

who

is

the lord of this

tfCC^htc, Thfs lord proves mafefie. For example

Is Aries

with nine degrees, put it In the eighth house (Scorpio) nine degree*. The lord

Is Mars,

the lord of the first dee^nte of

Scorpio, 6.

The twenty-third nakshatra lord from thq birth nakshatra proves had. Which can again be tabulated thus: Birth Nakshatras

Twenty-third Nakshatras

l.Ashwln] (Kecu)

Dhanlshta (Mars)

1, BharanMVenus)

Satabhisha(Rahu)

In tli Is way you can prepare your own table, But these principle must

be seen

tabulated as bad, worse and the worst.

Invariably. These can be

CHAPTER. IX RAJAYOGAS

A. Forewarning is given here by giving a secret method of finding out which particular lord is bound to prove bad. There being some conflicting Intcrpreiatlons nr>cl calculations. It will be discussed In another book after H has been tested on many horoscopes, After applying this secret formula only should an astrologer proceed to predict the good events of life. Yet for our purposes, the basics clarified tn the previous chapter, will be sufficient. The Flni Principle The house In which the lords of kendra and trikona combine (through conjunction or seventh aspects) become good houses. The Svcand Principle Out of the four kendras f I, 4, 7. 10) the fourth house and the tenth house ate better and the best houses of happiness. The Third Principle Out of the three trlkonas (1,5, 9) the fifth and ninth houses are better and best houses. The Fourth Principle Kendras are lords of the Vishnu houses (the god who protects) while trlKonas are lords of Lakshml houses (the goddess, who bestows prospediy). Their combination is rafayoga* or elevadotv giving combinations. The Fifth Principle If the Rhhlord Is In the ninth house and the ninth lord In the fifth house (exchange) It Is very good.

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■Aitrctagy, De&liny and

WIioaIu' Tihia

J?AJAY(3c3AJ>

The Sixth Principle IF the fifth lord tutd itil 1th lord aspect c.u'li oiher mutually, it Is excellenr- (Later, vre .xn exception L The 5evcnt/jPrfiie/^f« If the lourdi lord Is in the tenth house ot Uicterth lord In the fourth hoiJr^+ ^spaded of conjoined wltli the fifth .md (Of) ninth lord, it Is cxcdlehh T/mH/fihth Principle If the Lagna lord, the fourth lord, the fifth lord, the ninth lord and the tenth lord combine In the ninth house, It h> excellent. TFtC jW/ntii Principle If the fourth lord and the fifth lord together with the tenth ford ore conjunct and arc .aspccted by the ninth lord. It Is cxcdlcm. The Tenth Princ/pfe If the Lagna lotd. the fifth lord and the ninth lord fall In the Lagna. the fourth or the tenth house, Trls excellent. Note L Mote the patterns given here and work out their permutations and combinations, They will be many. Ifthey are two, or three or four such combinations, using your Imagination you can call two as good, three better and four the best etc, 2. The Principle of r,A,C (posited, aspected, conjuna) should be applied liberally and Flodbly. Ttwlli show good results In some cases, better In some and best In some other cases. 3. Now see In which houses from the Lagna they are combining, If It Is In the Uigua, the fourth, the fifth, the ninth or the tenth house It is the besi position. Again here the house Involved leads to varied Interpretation. 4. Nonv apply the mahadasha properly. If a fruitful dasha does not come In time, the promise fn the horoscope remains an empty promise only. There are many people In India, who sec such combinations

In

their

horoscopes

and tell

astrologers that

nothing great has happened In their lives Insplte of the such "excellent' rajayoga. The answers are many. Primarily the dashasequence and, then the strength of these planets etc.

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CHAPTER X DHANA YOGAS (GIVER

OF

WEALTH)

Some subtler principle ate gEven here. They should be used Invariably to see the strength aivd the 'defects* visible m the wealthgiving qomWnAtlons, See the natural benefics and natural malefic^ fu-st. Now see tf they an? aspected by the fifth or ninth lords. If so. they will Improve qualitatively. tf they are aspected by the sixth, eighth or twelfth lords or marakas (for ?hc Lasna concerned) or conjunct, it is negative In the results it gives. The nature of the planets,

their strength, their association,

aspects on them will have to be weighed properly always. The Principle If the ninth house happens to be the house of Jupiter (Sagittarius or Pisces) and If JupTrer is conjoined with Venus or the liftb lord, It gives great wealth. This can apply to r (a) Aries which has Sagittarius as ihc ninth house. (b) Cancer which has Pisces as the ninth house. Note r Jupiter and Venus in benefic houses are excellent. If it happens to be Sagittarius, Jupiter will be in his moaltrihona house and the second lord (money-giver) will be Joining It. Now If the fiflh lord (the ford ofLakshml house) loins. It Is a combination of fifth and ninth houses or their lords in a house of Lakshml, which is the best house for great wealth. If U happens in Pisces here Venus gets exalted and Mars the yogakaraka planet too becomes excellent.

7/i

Aarotogy. Ocsli'rry and tire WTiocJ of Tirrio

DHWA VOGAS

The Axis of the Fifth and the Eleventh houses Now concentrate on some planets and the fifih house In each of the following"cases. (a) If the Lagna is Aquarius or Taurus and Mercury as the fifth lord Is In his own house and Mars with Moon Is In'the elcvenlh house. (b) if Capricorn or Gemini Is the Lagna and Venus as fifth lord Is in his own house and Mercury with Saturn In the eleventh house, {c) If Aries Is tfie Lagna and fifth house has the fifth lord (Sun) In it and Jupiter'Is'In the eleventh house. (d) For Virgo LaSfW* if Saturn Is tn the fifth house and Moon in the eleventh house. (c) For Libra Lagna. if Saturn Is in the fifth house and Moon In the eleventh house. (f) For Leo or Scorpio Lagna, if the fifih lord (Jupiter) Is In his own house and Moon and Mercury In the eleventh house. (g) For Pisces Lagna, if the fifth house has Moon and the eleventh house Venus. All the above, (a) to (g) .arc wealth giving combinations. Tablo 1 Tabulation ofDhana Yoga Lagna

Houses

Planets

Comments

Aries

9th house

Jupiter with Venus or fifth lord

The importance of fifth and ninlh lords and benefics.

Aries (again)

5th and 1llh houees

Sun in fifth house, Jupiter in the eleventh house.

Again ihe fifth lord and the ninth lords but along with ifie fiveeleven house axis.

Taurus

5th and 11 ih houses

Mercury In fifth; Moon. lAarsin eleventh

The fifth ford should he In his own house but Moon and Mars tn the eleventh house.

Gemini

5th and m houses

Venus In 5lh Saturn, The fifth lord In his own house, Mercury (Lagna lord) with Saturn Mercury in 11th (though debilitated In the eleventh house but Salum is Ihe ninth lord also.

Cancer

9th house

Jupiter and Venus; or Jupiter and Mars

Leo

5!h and 1 fifth lord In his own The stress Is on houses and 11th house; Eleventh lord benefic planets with the fifth lord in his own house. houses In his own house with Moon

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Mere Jupiter must be in ihe ninth house associated either with the eleventh lord or the fifth lord,

DHANA YOGAS

Aslrolofly, Dciliny twd (ho Wheal of Tbiw Tabtol (conto.) Tabulation of DhanaYoga

Lagna Virgo

Libra

Scorpio

Houses

Commenta

Planats

5th and 11th houses 5th and 11th houses

Filfh lord in hEs- own The stress is on the fifth lord nnd house; eleventh lord the eleventh lord which latho lord in his own house of geins. Fifth lord in his Own Same as above, house; eleventh ford in his own house

5th and 11lh houses

Fifth lord in his own The fifth lord in his own house, house; eleventh lord the eleventh lord In his own house with the ninth lord. in hfs own house with Moon

Sagittarius No mention

No mention

Capricorn

5th and 1 llh houses

Venus In his own house; Saldni and Mercury In Ihe eleventh house

Aquarius

5th and run houses

Mercury in his own house; Mars and Moon in eleventh house

Here the combine eleventh eleventh rolo.

Pisces

5th and llttl houses

Fifth lord in his own house but Venus in eleventh house

Here neither Ihe ninth lord nor Ihe eleventh lord has 3 role. Sfrangely Venus the third and eighth lord becomes so prominent.

7g

This Wf!) have 10 be investigated Inlofor great wealth though it will gel covered in ihe second table. The fifth and ninth lords tn oneSeven relation with Saturn, the Lagna lord. fifth and ninth lord do not but Moon joins it. The lord has no role. But the house has a definite

Atinotogy, Destiny and tUe Witwl of Tlmo

DHANlA YOGAS

Table 2 Tabulation of Dhans Yoga (Laana lor
Gemini and Virgo

Association of Planets

Cortimonte Lagna lord and thci ninth lords come inlo olav. Mercury will havo 10 bo In Ihe Lagna with Venus. Salum shOLifd.be aspectfng these two, fn either case the fifth snd oinlh lords como into play. In (he case of Gemini II Is the combination of the Lagna and second lords wilh Jupllcr. In (he case of Virgo, it should be Ihe Lagna and Ihe eleventh ford vzllh Juoiter

Mars in Lognowith Jupiter and Moon Venun Inthe togna* A&sodnlcd \Vith Mercury and Saturn

toorcury.shoutd be in the logna associated wi(h the Moon and Jupiter

| The Moon in the Lagna in Association of Jupiter and Mars.

In this combrnalion Mars and Jupiler can even be debifilated. His a romnrfwbfo exception,

Leo

The Sun in Leo and the association of Mars and Jupiter.

Combination of the Lagna, fifth and ninth lords.

SagHtarius and' Pisces Capricorn and Aquarius

Jupiter In the Lagna Stress is on benefics, associated wilh Venus and Mercurv Saturn In the Lagna lOthe case of Capricorn It will be Ihe associated With Mercury, lagna ford, fifth and ninth lords combining. The same will be the Venus case for Aquarius.

Cnncer

7V

CHAPTER XI YOGAS

FOR

AMD

DEPRIVATION

POVERTY

The balancing factor is the negative side of a hoisocope in which certain owners of bouses and

the concerned houses must be

examined before launching Into prediction, Sixteen such principles have been given» Instead of remembering all these principles, the essentia) points to be remembered are:
Examine the 1 agna lord, Its plancanent In the sixth, eighth or twelfth house with the aspecus of malefic, which would Include the maraka planets for the Lognn concerned,, on the Lagna lord,


Now

the

combtnatlons

given

therefore

can

be

conveniently divided under these four heads. Ldgno Lord and Lagna 1. If the Lagna lord Is in the twelfth house and the twelfth lord In the Lagna conjoined with or aspected by a maralca, ft causes ruin and even death. 2. If the lord of the Lagna Is In the sixth house and the sixth lord In the Lagna conjoined with of aspected by a maraka, 1c Is ruinous3. If the Lagna has the Moan with. Ketu and the Lagna lord is In the eighth house, aspected by or conjoined with a Maraka, It Is so terribly minous that even a prince becomes a pauper. 4.

IF the lord of the Lagna Is conjoined With a malefic In the sixth, sn

teiiotogy, OestiD/ ana UMi Wi»n| of Tlnm YOGAS roftfj);

WAT ION AND

POVERTY

eighth or twelfth lnotw ^ipected by .1 ni.iFtikA even A prince becomes a p^npON NotabfcPoltlt* _ i In Ail these case the UtyUft ford should be both Hi-placed »WiC/ HHtsfsectcdor with mafcfc conjunctions. 5. Except the nlmll ond'The tenth lords, IF Other rp^ltllcs conjoined with a maraka are ir rel="nofollow"> Lagna, It Is ruinous. 77ft.' tilth combination does not refer to ihe lOttl of Lagna but rathe htytialticiK 6. If tliC Llynft lord Is conjoined or aspected by tjnly Ihe Sun or Saturn Of'wlth the twelfth lord and has no benefic iTSpCCt. It is ruinous. NotC:

Here there Is no stress iNd on the positioning of the

Lagna lord in the sixth, eighth .or twelfth houses. VTie Cist : These six principles,

out afs}xteent concern tra toon

the Lagna Or tftc Lagna lord. These very combinations can be made use of for sickness

(medical astrology)

or assassination

efft

Owners of the Sixth, Eigfrtfi and Twelfth Houses 7. Treat the lords of sixth, eighth ■along! With planets or

natural

ntatcHcs,

and'twelfth houses as malefic Mow

the association

owners of these houses spell

ruin,

of these

ts a general

principle. 8. Any planet which Is conjoined with or aspected by the sixth. ei^Hl or twelfth lords or, mAtkAS-. without being aspected by the fifth or

ninth lords, spdls ruination.

9. If the fifth and ninth lords ATC along the -axis of the sixth and twelfth houses and are conjoined with or aspecled by majakas, they spell ruin, 10* The lord of any house placed hi the lw£lflht eighth or sixth houses and under affliction caused by malefics or marakas, gets ruined. The Second House, ifte House of Income I L If both the Moon and Mars arc In the second house. It spells ruin* {If cm the other hand Saturn is In the second house and Mercury In the eighth house. It promotes prosperity,) 12, If t lie Sun is Tn the second house aspected by Saturn it causes misery, {But if Saturn does not iispecf the Sun In the second house, It gives lot of prospertty.)

ni

YOGAS FOR DEPRIVATION AND POVGRTY

Astrology. Destiny and mo WtiMl 01 Tlmn

When Benoflcj Cause Ruin 13. IfbeneHcs, jupkcf. Venus and Mercury^ are In rhe twelfth house they become obstacles to a 'life of prosperity, 14, If the Moon and Mercury are In the twelfth house they cause poverty. Using Nammska J5. If the Nayamsha lord of thie Moon is with a. maraka or In a maraka place, It causes poverty, 16, If the Navamsha lord of llic Lagna Is in the twelfth house and aspected by marakas or malefics. It causes poverty. Final Assessment The finest hlnrabout the flnAI assessment is given. In the briefest way now. Examine the strength or weakness of the planets causing, prosperity or poverty. The final assessment must be based on the emerging picture which can be. la)

Prosperity promoting plnaets are stronger than poverty causing planets.

(b) Poverty causing planets are more powerful than

prosperity

causing planeh The prosperity causing pianists and poverty giving planets are almost In equal strength, tn such cases both will happen, spells of prosperity and spells of poverty; In different dashas, (d) The benefic roles of the fifth and ninth lords and the malefic roles of the sixth, eighth and twelfth lords. Ill associated or IITaspected must be weighed with reference to their positions, strength and dasha periods to predict properly.

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CHAPTER XH

BENEFIC

PERIODS

Step) leading towards the interpretation of das has are four; (a) The first Is to see the rruvakas, or death-giving plarnits. Jl Is no Use making predictions if these are overlooked, (b) The second step is to examine the posltlon-^lvlng {ralayoga) combinations. (c) The third step Is to sec the money+glvlng combinations. (cl| The fourth step Is to sec the mlsefy-causlng combinations. Keeping this four-fold analysis now proceed to Interpret the dosha periods which will fall Into three categories : (a) The bcncfic (b) The malefic (c) The mixed periods which arc both benefic and malefic. But In this book only benefic periods have been pointed out leaving the readers to work out the malefic and hte mixed periods. There are at least fourteen combinations to find out benefic ones. Then there are three mare combinations where exceptions change malefic Into beneflcs". The principles involved arc; (a) The rale of the fifth and the nlnnth lords which are described as lord of LAkshmtstlians (or pyospertiy promoting places and lords). (b) The roles of the Lagna, fourth and the tenth houses and lords. (Note

: seventh

lord is

not included here).

These are

Vnhnusthanai or houses or protection from life's miseries and troubles. {c) There are exceptions which should be called special rules. TTie combinations 1. The antardasha (sub-period) of the ninth lord In the mahadasha R3

BENEFIC PCRiOOS

bnd DK> wrrrtSloTTTnie

(m
planets should

be together in one place Is the

preconditfon, In llicrcompany of four beneficial planets the nonbeneflcal planets too have to act in a beneficial manner. 9. The period of the fifth and tenth lord In the fourth house !$■ beneficial, 10- Any planet associated or aspected by Ibe fifth or the tenth lord is beneficial. The Exccptfotu I i , if the second and the seventh lords for any Lagna arc the same as Venus Is for Aries or Mais is for Libra and if It Ts In the fourth house, ft is an excellent period. This can be explained thus: (a) Venus Irr the fourth house (Cancer) for Aries Lagna Is a good period. {b) Mars in the fourth house (Capricorn) is a beneficial period far Libra Lagna. Here Mars gets exalted also, 12, The periods of the sixth

and seventh

lords also

becomes

beneficial IF they arc with ihe tenth lord or are in the tenth house. 13, IFthe sixth lord, the eighth lord or the twelfth lord lis associated with the fifth lord, these pelrods also become good. NoteiYhe zh ree planers or s hreeowners of houses are capable of turning bad periods into good ones; the filth lord, the tenth iordand the Lagna lord In this descending order. But needless to say it would depend on the strength of the planets.

CHAPTER XUT

INTERPRETING VIMSHOTTARI

DASHA

for the sake of ccnvenltnce principles given In both baghu and Madhaya Parasbarf for Irrtwpietlng the Vlmshottari mahadasha {mxi[or period) and antardasha (sub-periods) Art being given here. The principles given for the Interpterndon of the antardasha can

ba

extended to the pratyanrar dasha (sub-sub-pcrtod) as well. First Principle Benefic or malefic, planets do not give their benefic or maicflc results In their own antardasha. They give- their results lr> the ontardasha* of planets associated wtlh them or similar to them he, malefic In malefic or benefic fn benefic Second Principle In the antardashas of planers not associated wlrh the mahadasha lord, or In the antardashas of the enemy of the mahadasha lord, the astrologer should exercise his |udgcment carefully. Third Principle tn the mutual periods of lord of kendrn and Lrilcona who are associated, good results flow. if they are not associated, the results can be Inauspldous, Fourth Principle If the dosha of a yogakaraka fa running then: (a) Even In the antardasha of j maraka planet, rfllriyogcfc

which

had

got

started

already,

the promised does

not

get

extinguished. It can Increase Its beneficial results gradually,

B5

INTERPRETING VjMSHOTTARI DASMA (b)

Asfrclog/ Dwllny flraJ tfv) Wheot^I Tijt«

In the antardasha of a'benefic assolcated with the yogj-karo^ happiness can be expected.

Fifth Principle If Rahu and Ketu ate- tn trikona {partlculary In the fifth or ninth houses) they give the bencflda! 'results of a yogakaraka <JA5hn, MIXED RESULTS Sixth PWncfpftf (a) Iftfie mahadasha period is of a malefic benefic

antardasha

can

be

the results of even a

trovblcsotne; if they are

not

associated mutually. (b) If they arc associated, they give mixed results. (q) The antardasha of a yogakaraka In the mahadasha of a malefic Is exceedingly bad, (Natei this Is teh enigmatic exception) Seventh Principle In the mahadasha of a maraka, a benefic antardasha does not become a killer. In the antardasha of malcRcs not associated with the marakalord df the time has come according to calculation) it gives surest death. E/ght/i PriVicfpte Saturn and Venus In their mutual! periods ( In Venus mahadasha and Saturn antardasha and vice versa) have good or bad results ■according to their over-all position but In a way which Is entirely different. Saturn-Saturn Will be like Saturn-Venus. Venus-Venus will be like Venus-Saturn. Ninth Principlo (a) If the Lagna lord Is In the tenth house and the tenth lord In Lagna or; (b) Ifboth the Lagna lord and the tenth lord are in the tenth-house or: (C) Ifboth Lagna lard and the tenth lords are In the Lagna, it Is not merely a combination for tajayoga but also promise of great fame.

This happens fn good periods, it Is a life-long promise. fir.

Astrology, Dostlnyand the WhOCl fil Tnno

INTERPRETING VIMSKOTTARI DASHA

Tenth Principle As in the case of (he pfcdlctlng principle so too here: (a) If the Lagna and ninth lords are together In the ninth house. (b) If the lagna and ninth lords axe together In the lagna. There Is a rd].\yoga, and -fame. It Is a life-log combination. Its results are awllabtc tn good periods.

ST

x: RESULT

OF ANTARDASHA

Special Features So far the Impression being given was that all predictions are to be given from the birth horscope^ but now come rhe real principles of liicttrpretalion, to apply which do prepare in all cases: (a) The Birth Horoscope with Agrees accurarely, {b) Wow prepare the rsaViimsha. fcxamlnc how these planets are placed here and In which houses^ Then .also note the lords of those houses. Finally seethe lords of these houses and their relationship with the Lagna lord of the birth horoscope. (c) The final step Is to make an-overall assessment to examine each planet

by

preparing the

Drektana (one-third division),

Dwadashamsha (one-twelfth division)

and

the

the Trimshamsha

(one-thirtieth division), Make an overall assesscment nowt which can be done In a tabular way thusi " Birth horbacbpe

Navamsha

Drekkana~ Dwadashamsha

Lagna lord Second lord Third lord etc.

See whether they are In the houses of the Lagna lord, the fourth lord, fifth lord or ninth lord. TTrs Easy Way Retain birth Lagna as It Is Suppose the Lagna Is Cancer then; (a)

In ihe Navamsha put all planets as they are-In the Navamsha, but,

with Cancer,

as

the

Lagna, The birth

88

Lagna will be

Astrology, Dostiny and On VVlmJl 04 llrn^

I4ESULV Of A>JlAftDA5rtA

unchanged. (b)

Do so again

In ih^ oise of Drel
Trimshamsha, Now see how fifth house

planets are placed In (hn Lagna Cancer, the

{ScoriJlfl^

fotitlh

hou&e-(Ubra) nhd

Hie ninth

house

(Pisces), Now the llhOd Important paints should be noted; (a) fn the c«uw: ol Lagna lord, it should be In the Lasna most of the time fofgood results to happen In the antardasha

Lagna

told* {b) I'lmieti livthe fourth and fifth houses denote good nntftfdashas, (c)

Planets in the ninth house arc veiy good periods,

Ultt clearest hfnt given here is thai predictions about ♦mbudAshas-should be given after seeing the position or planets tn different divisional horoscopes. The Key factor The major and most important analysis Is to be based on the sapta-varga

analysis

of

these

planets i

Birth

horoscope.

Hora,

Drekkana, NavAmshaP SaptaenshA, Dwadashamshn, and Trimshamsha. NoW the analysis should be done of each planet on the basis of their position in houses of exaltation,

moolirlkoEXtV own house, friend's

house, neutral house, enemy house and the house of debilitation. The results ofanrardashas will be based on this twofol&nalysis of a horoscope. Experience shows that a dasha is rarely extraordinary, mostly mixed and rarely fully bad. On Accurate Horoscope All experienced astrologer use the Birth horoscope, Na'vamsha and Shashtyamsba (one-slxtleth division} which are the three most Important horoscope,The points of sucngtb allotted by Parashara to different divisional horoscopes are i Birth horoscope

paints

Navamsha

,

Shnshlyamsho , Total

.,,,.3 points .....4 pcjinis

i

,,2 r... ...t 10 points

1 points Hora i i-.-■,• ♦—n-in—i Drekkana _h H poinls Tilmshamstia Shodashamsha....,

1 points ,..,2 poinls it1?

RESULT

OF

ANTARDASHA

AsiicJosv.Dosiin/ areithe fl

Total fn

1G» >polnt$

tho rvmeatnlngnine divisional horoscope

Grand Total

20

polnlt aanti

points

The reason for pointing It out Is that at least the Birth horoscope .and Navamsha must be examined before giving any predictions/ In ■the InterprctatiDn. of dasha periods these should be seen Invariably. TROUBLESOME ANTARDASHA Principles

being

given

here

arc

time-tested

criteria

for

predicting about the periods of sickness etc. These are fatal periods which can cause accidents or deaths. Principle

One

The natardashas- of the sixth, eighth

and

twelfth lords are

troublesome. Caution - Note their affliction and then predict. Principle Two In the anfardashas of the Lagna or Ui sixth lord associated with maraka planets, there is sickness. Principle

Three

Now comes

the real

use

of the shad-vargas (Birth,

Hora,

Drekkana, Navamsha. Dwadashainsha and Trimshamsha). The condition (s, If the lagna end the sixth lords are conjunct and If the lagna lord falls mostly In unfavourably shad-vargas (let us say mote than three times) the likely astrologers should use it) are z

nature of diseases

(doctor-

Lagna Lord in the shzd-varga of Sun.

roga

Moon

jafa roga,..,

Mars

rvdhlm toga ,

m

Mercury

{pleurisy pneumonia eld) ffclaling V? blood)

Vayuroga

Jupiter

(windy complaints)

kspbaroga

Venus Saturn....

{can be heart problem)

.(diabetes, kidney elc.)

sfreo-garKram ,

. Janya dosha (sexual diseases)

santilpoatwga

(paralysis

etc).

Note : Here ftahu and Kclu arc not' used. It would be better to Use them also. But when the Lagna and sixth lords are conjoined, only then this becomes applicable.

V(l

AiUOlOgy. Dosliftyand tf*eWM^
HKyUtTOFfifiTAROASHA

Principle four In the mahiUtovluv t>J ihe Lagna lord or

the sixth

lard the

antardasha of a mm/Ohi Is the period to be feared as ll can be a dealh^ inflfcting pc/ioch or i|n{ujy through weapons. Principle Five If Rahu or Ketu ts In the eighth house or Saturn, Mats are associiiletl (one of them is enough) with maraka. It 1i A period of danser. slckn&si. accident or even death. Principle Six Instead of the Lagna lord, if the sixth lord conjoined with the rhlfd lord, it means trouble to brothers and sisters; If with the Fourch lord, from vehicles and to mother; if with the ninth lord hostility towards father and disease for father. Principle Seven A natural malefic lagna lord (/VtefS, Saturn, Sun etc) conjoined with the sixth ot the eighth lord or the maralta lord, Is a period to be feared, There can be disease, or mourning etc. But If such a combination Is aspected by benefics the difficulties get reduced.

9\

CHAPTER XV GREAT

PRINCIPLES

SUCCINCTLY STATED

In all great classics great principles are stated In detail, and In Uttara kafamrite It Is most detailed. Bui here are given very brief, very useful principles, which should be rcmcmbrcd as the basic rudiments for understanding the nature of results that can be expected. First

Principle Jupiter and Venus

Bra/vn/ns (educated, wise men etc).

Sun and Mars

Ksfmiriya (tneni in owty, police and m high positions)

Moon and Mercury

Voisfiaya (business and commerical class)

Salum Rahu and Ketu

Sliudra Antyaj

(servant, service class). (foreigners, heterodox pqrsorts).

Second Principle The categorisation of rashis also follows this order: Brahmin

Kshatriyas

Vnlshya

Shudro

Pisces

Anes

Taurus

Gemini

Cancer

Leo

Virgo

Libra.

Scorpio

Sagittarius

Capricorn

Aquarius

Third Principle Each planet, whatever be the LAgnat is the natural slgnlfcator of certain houses. First House

..Sun

Second House

Jupiter

Third House

Mars

Fourth

Houss

Fifth House

—

Jupller ?2

talnAjgy. Desliny end ihe Whoct of Tmre GREAT PRINCIPf-CS SUCCINCTLY STATED Sixth Housa

^ Mercury

Seventh House, Eighth House

Venus

, ,

Saturn

.,

Nltilh Hauso ... Tenth Hotjiso

Jupiter

llM.,

Moon

Etsvenih Houae

..Jupiter Salu'd

Twelfth HpiiTiO Fourth Principle

for relations- are : Sun (fathcr}t Moon (mother)] Mercury, Venus, Saturn (brothers, slstcfiSh Mars {ctilldren)^ Sun (friends): Rahu and Saturn (enemies), (There is some djfferene In the signification of Mais and other planets here). Fifth

Principle Another very vital signification allotted planet-wise Is: Salum and Mars.^.,

l.i..palornal side

Jupiter, Venus and Mercury maternal side Sun and Moon

^royalty

Mars

leadership, commanders,

Mercury

ihe Prince, or the successor, heir resumplive

Jupiter and Venus

advisors, minlslets ote.

Saturn..,.

.servant::-.

Sixth principle (o great exception) Saturn In Aries represents paternal side. Seventh Principle All planets give their results in their antarcfashas. Eighth Principle In the shad-vargas If a planet Is predominantly In the vargas of a particular planet, gains from the source represented by that planet, are obtainable* In ihe shad-vargas of: SunT

from paternal side

Moan.

from mBlomalsfde

Mars Mercury

form sons and leaders , from brothers

GREAT PRINCIPLES SUCCINCTLY STATED Asirefosv, Owiirtyandtt" Whwl oftinifl Jupiter. Venus

.ffBfT! respected persons ond ministers frpfn mother and vranrnjri

Salum,

.from lower classes.

Rahu or Ketu

.Jronn foreigners

Mote the differenes

here. There

Is a d&v departure from

accepted principles. But strict fidelity to what bgiven In the text has been maintained.

CHAPTER XVI

FINAL

PICTURE ABOUT

PLANETARY

RELATIONSHIPS

(For each lagna) Table 1 Benefics Maleflcs Neutral (Friends) (Enemies)

Lagna

Remarks Maraka

Special Feature

Aries

Jupiter Sun

Saturn Venus Mercury

Moon Mars

Venus

If Jupiter and Saturn combine. Jupiter loses Jt3 beneficence

Taurus

Salum Mercury

Jupiter Venus Moon

Sun

Moon Mars Jupiter Venus

Saturn alone is rejayoga giving planet

Gemini

Venus

Sun Mars Jupiter

Moon bul not strongly

If Salum and Jupiter combine as far Aries

Cancer

Mars Jupiter

Venus Mercury

Salum and other matefics

Mars is the best yogakarska

Leo

Mars Jupiter

Mercury Venus

Mercury and Malefics

Jupiter-Venus combination does not produce rajyoga

Virgo

Venus Mercury

Mars Jupiter Moon

Mars and olher Venus inspita of matefics being maraka does not kill.

Libra

Saturn Mercury

Jupiter Sun Mars

Mars Jupiter Sun

Jupiter Moon

Mercury Mars Venus

Mercury and olher maleftcs

i i Scorpio

95

j Moon and i Mercury are raja i yoga producers. Juptlerdoes not become maraka

FINAL RCTUFE ABOUT PLANETARY,,.

Astnqrfogy. De&ilny and tiw Whod of Time T>Wo1 (contd.)

Lagna

Remarks

Beaeflcs Maleffcs Neutral (Friends) (Enemkrs)

Maraka

Special Feature

Sagittarius MarsSun Venus Mercury

Saturn Venus

Capricorn

Venus Mercury

Moon Mars Jupiter

Mars if ill-asso- Venus is the best ciated and matefics

Aquarius

Venus

Moon Mars Jupiter

Jupiter Moon Mars

I

Pisces

Venus Is lh& most trouble some planet

Venus is Ihe best

i

Moon Mars

Saturn Mercury Mars unless bad, is not a killer ■

WIt«i Planets become Marakai Normally Sun and marakas If afflicted

Moon

do kill.

do

not

become

marakas.

Other

A maraka does not kill In its own

antardasha but that of another malefic or malefks.

%

CHAPTER XVn WHAT

TO

SEE FROM

WHICH

HOUSE

Uttara Ka!
complexion,

longevity,

fame,

condition

and

material things also. Second1 House Money,

happiness, en[oyments, truth, conversational ability,

right eye. Third House Co-borns, valour, neck, appetite, ornaments, p$trata~apatrata < worthiness as a recipient of knowledge, gifts etc). Fourth House Mother, vehicle, friends, royal happiness (parliament), arms (?) Fifth House Children, Intelligence, mantra, devotion to god, heart, matters pertaining to maternal side. S«th House Enemies, strength. Illness, stomach, cousins, relations.

97

WKAT

TO

SEE

FROW*

VvWICW

HOUSE

Asiratopy, D«t!^tnd Ihc fMbaslor Time

Seventh House Sexual enjoyments, cfwttra (crown], teeth, diseases pertaining to navel. Eighth House Secret organs, life-death struggle. Ninth House fortunes,. plIgTlmages* Tenth House Honour. Kingdom, karma, fame, business. Efovc/ith House Profits, eider brother, ear, thighs, Twelfth House Expenditure, fathers money, dispute and counter disputes, left eye. Watery Rashis Taurus. Libra (both of Venus) Capricorn and Aquarius (both of Saturn) and the well known watfcfy rashls Cancer, Scroplo^ Pisces, Fiery and watery Planets (a) Sun, Mars and Saturn are fiery always, (b) Moon and Venus are watery always., fc) fuplterand Mercury are fiery when they are in Aries, Gemini. Leo. VJrgo. Sagittarius (both rashls of Mercury and |uplter) (d) fuplterand Mercury are watery when they are In both rashls of Venus and both rashls oF Saturn and In Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces, Note t The

brief principle here

In this part arc the finest

condensation of those essential astrological principles which must be absorbed

by

a

practitioner

of

Hindu

astrology

for success

Jn

predictions. Even though they arc well-known, we keep forgetting them a; crucial occasions when giving predictions.

VK

CHECKLIST -1

ASTROLOGICAL ANALYSIS

Hxamlfwtlon of each house of the Birth horoscope. Z.

Examination of each lord of rhe Birth horoscope,

3. Examination of each house of Navamsha horoscope, 4. Examination of each lord of Navamsha horoscope. 5. Combined

examination of both -

the

Birth horoscope and

Navamsha horoscope through a joint and total look at the first four points. 6. Examination of the Vlmshottari dashasequence from birth to the present day. matkirig out what could be notable periods for achievements or failure, happiness or unhapplncss. 7. The

present

mahadasha

and

antardasha

running

and

Its

promises. 8. Is any antardasha or pratyantardasba appearing to be significant or sinister? 9. Arc planers Whose dasha periods are running. Involved In yogas to be taken note of, Tajayoga, dhana yoga, arishta yoga? 10.

What are the strength and weaknesses of the planets whose dasha Is current? Write Down

Your QbsctV&tiafiSr

1 2, 4 5 Special

Observations

,■

2

99

CHETKI 1ST - D ANALYSIS

OF

PLANETS

1. Extimlnc the condition of each of the ptancts both In the Birth horoscope and Navamsha. 2« Make a special note of planets exalted In the Birth horoscope getting debilitated Tn NavamshiL 3, Keep noting similarly those which are weak In BSrth horoscope but better In Navamsha. 4, Mark tht vargottama planets, 5, Mark the retrograde planets, conjunct aspectlng some planets, or being aspected by some planets. 6, Note planets which arc combust. 7, Note planets Involved in a planetary W4r, 8, Note Rahu-Ketu axis and assodation of benefics or malcflcs with them. 9, Note The durudhara of planets and houses i.e. planets on either side of a house or a planet. 10, Note the kendra position of planets mutually, 11, Note die trikona position of planets mutually. 12, Note the two-twelve position of planets mutually, 13, Note the six-eight position of planets mutually. 14, Note the one-seven position, specially, 15, Note the three-deven position of planets. Examlnlalion of kendras must be done. If there arc bcncfics, It Is good. If malcflcs. proceed carefully. Sec If there are maleRcs In the third, sixth and eleventh houses, those homscs {third, eleventh or sixth houses) should not be crowded, Examine nlkonas similarly. Now an over-alf assessment should be done

according to

classical principle— Third house from Lagna and Mars, fourth house from Lagna and 100

Agt^Jloffy:

Destiny

and

the

Whgci

of

Tima

AKALYSlS CF FLAJXETS

Moon. Fifth house from Lagna, Moon and Jupiter. Seventh house from the lagna. Moon and Venus (and the condition oF Venus). Eighth house from lagna and Saturn. Ninth house from Lagna and Moon. Ninth and

tenth

houses

from

Lagna and Sun

(for father). Then

examine the third house for the longevity of parent,

101

CHBCKLIST -m CLOSE ANALYSIS THE

OF

HOROSCOPE

Lagna andLctgna tord !, First examine the condition of the Lagna and the Lagna lord as dosety as you can. (a) Is the Lagna lord lll-placed> In the 5bcthfeighth or twelfth with maJclics, whh maraka (second or seventh lord) or aspected by malefic? (b) Is the Lagna lord with benefics or aspected by benefics? (c) Is the Lagna lord Involved in ra|a_ dhana or arista yogas? 1* Now not If the Lagna lord Is conjunct or aspected In kendra or utkona houses with yogakarakas, with the fifth, ninth or tenth lords? IFyes, examine It further along the following lines* (t?) If the Lagna lord has exchagned places with the tenth lord, examine how weak or strong ItTs. |!>) If the Lagna lord Is Involved in an exchange with the ninth lordT examine how strong It Is. (c) Is the Lagna lord conjunct with the tenth lord In Lagna or the tenth house? (d) Is the Lagna lord conjunct with the ninth lord In Lagna or the ninth house? te) Is the Lagna lord involved In an exchange Wllb fourth or the fifth lord? The Ninth House and the Ninth Lord t. Make the closet examination of the ninth house and the ninth lord on the lines as for the Lagna and Lagna lord. 2. Examine also

the ninth

house and

similarly.

tOi

ninth

lord from Moon

Astotooy, Destiny and Ifi? Wwl rtHsmt.

CLOSEAfJALVSjS CFTHE HORCSCOFE

The Tenth Haute end* the Tenth Lard 1. Make the cIoacM; cxflftitiiAtfon of the tenth house and tenth lord on the lines

for flic Lvgrra nod Lagna lord.

2. Examine the tcnlli lord

tenth house from the Moon.

3. Examine die tsntli lord and the tenth house horn the Sun. Predominance, o/.Uene/Wtoj/ite Count how imny ptanetsare Inthe rashls ofbencflt planets, like J up lit: l; McttUiy, Moon and Venus (total seven houses). Pr h(fnn l/nnnCc afM-ctcficHouses Count how many planer are In the rash! of malefic planets, particularly Capricorn, Aquarius of Saturn; and Aries and Scorpio of Ma i s . Planets in Leo See if planets are In Leo, 'which Ls a house of royalty, P/cmcls to Sagittarius See Ifplanets are In Sagittarius, which is the house of royal seal (the gazetted officer's, stamp).

10.1

SECTION

3

IMPORTANCE OF PRATYAINTAK DASHA

CHAPTER 1 METHODS

OF TIMING

EVENTS

II A question Is put to a successful ASlrotugcr "htsvv do you dme kin cvent?r his answer wilt be based on his own experience and iliccess. So many techniques are available In Hindu astrology (hub one never knows "whldr will suit whom and when, ftvJrtrtoftce <0} A very saintly police officer in a top position combines birth horoscope with

Prashna (horary) and

times the event with

remarkable accurarcy. (b) A friend of mine uses Bhrfgu's methods of progression and achieves good results. (c) Some

people

In

northern

India

use

VStrshaphtr/a

(anniitil

horoscope) brilliantly for timing events. (d) Some research-minded astrologers combine two dashas, say Vlmshottari and/u/m/n/ to pinpoint the timing of an event. (e) Ashtakavarga is some-people's favourite method of riming. (0 Some people use modified Yimshattiui dasha. (g) Some people do western progressions and combine it wilh Vlmshottari Dasha. My Method ( have many methods,

having tried and experimented with

many and found all of them giving results. But as 1 do not find enough time* I have standardised & method which fa as follows: (a} Pratyantar dasha (sub-sub period) - The mahadasha or the main period-lord sets the overall general trenth the antardasha (sub-pcrlod} lords set the specific trend; rhe pratyantar dasha lord .(sub-sub period lord) translates the -specific trend Into an event, f need not explain it here thearetlcally,. t will Illustrate It. Mrs, Gandhi V children were born In the Rahu-Saturn and ioj

MEKD OF TIMING EVENTS

AstroJnov, DfistlnylM Ifif) Wwl of Tlntfl

Rdhu^MerOiry. Mercury Is In her 5th house; lief aorU Sanjay Cautihl. died In the pratyantar dasha of Merctify* In the antardaslha of Venus and the xnahadasha of Saturn. U>)

Double transit of Saturn and fuplter — Some astrologers hfiVe Attacked me and my Icam-mates for using Saturn to tJnte good events. 1

request them to read Parashara properly, for the

fructification of fq/ayogctS arid even Jupiter must be pieced favourably

foryoga-slddhlt Saturn ■ft/jtf in transit, says Parashara.

Extend this principle and use Ashtakavarga ro ensure more accuracy. Rsceniiy a prediction I gave to a Delhi boy failed In ihe sense

that he did not get expected results.

A

team-mate of

mine later discovered that In Aquarius this boy's horoscope had only i 7 benefic points. Talking this hint from MaharShl Parashara, 1 Invariably whether Saturn and Jupiter are well placed In transit or not. ftls worth

recalling that Dt.

Raman's great research

about

revolutionary dlapges in indfj were based on Saturn being Itl Cancer and Jupiter in Pisces. This research oftlis fldd led to ftis remarkable prediction

at

least

eight years in

advance

of the

£mergentyof l975& warned about the towlltarfcui tendendes lii Indian democracy editorial lly, again many months before the emrgency of 1975 was Imposed. Excepu'oni to the flulfc Both In locating an event and timing It, some special points should not be missed. Some of these arc; {«) Debilitated Planets s I have referred In my article on Dr. Nagendm Singh (AM, January i9S4), how debilitated lords of 3rd, 6th or 6th create a rajaypga. Extending this prfndplc, I have found debilitated planets In 3rd, 6th and 3th houses asto giving highly favourable results. (b) RahU'Venus or Ventis-RabU period need very deep scrutiny. They can fife or destroy^ tc) Changing of daiihas are turning points In one's life. Placement

and

exchange

of

planets

add

frfcklness to

a

prediction.

t. S/to wa^PrtwQ Minister of f/itrta from T^SS tot 977 and 3ga//r float 1980to 19&4, 2, t/ndar the Indian conilildtion an artiofyoncy fh* nation

is Qfitfdogemd iiih

con do linpGaecT Ttbb /ntogrnV ef

»

■4

•

Astrology, Destiny end The WllMl of TldlO

METHOD.OF TIMING EVENTS

Case Study : Accident of a Police Officer In

this

horoscope

{Guut

3),

the

4th

lord

(vehicles}

has

exchanged house wllh Ihc 6th lord (accident). The 4th lord Is aspected by Mais IndlCAIlng" a violent accident. li

Sgtym

10 JujJlR)

Chart 1 JtJp(R)

VcfHR) ]

A

Lag

Man

we// 'Known principle of astrology Is that fatality is wore In

the antardasha of the 8th lord. This person was In the news tn the earlier part of 1986 when he got Involved in a serious vehicular accident How he survived Is a miracle* He was running the mahadasha of (uplteifRetrosrade), the 6th lord and antardasha of VenuslR), the 8th lord. 1 had forewarned him that Jupiter- Venus- Venus1 bad. ^Hls wife did AArltUii}&y& Adanttii and

would be very

this gentleman

has

recovered sufficiently to |oln an Innocuous post. My reasons were: (a) Jupiter and Venus both are retrograde. (b) Transit Saturn was on Venus and (uplterlri the 4th house. (c) Rahu-Ketu were sitting in Lagna and the 7th house respectively. Case Study: Brother robbing brother Here also ! cannot reveal other details. The elder brother of this man is a friend of mine. I had predicted to him financial loss on rhe basis of his horoscope. Later I got this horoscope (Chart 2) and the facts revealed were: (a) He was dismissed by the bank which had employed him as he had embezzled some money. (b) The money belonged to his -own elder brother. The events took place in fethu-Meicuty-Ketu. Saturn and Ketu in 3. Vonus as the lagna lord had to Involve his body. 107

METHOD OF TIMING EVENTS Mcf

i

Atlrotogy, Dcatiny and tho Whoa) of Tlma

KeL 3 Lao

"1 Ktt 12 Mcr

ChartZ

T Rah 10

transit were

in

Libra

and natal Ketu In

the

f/th house (elder

brother) and Jupiter In Sagittarius. In the first case, 1 had made the prediction. In the second case, I could see loss to thedder brother but could not arrive at the right prediction that the younger brother would cheat the eider brother out of hb bank account. I tried Drekkana and still failed. But I have had certain satisfaction in synchronising the event from both horoscopes. Case Study ; Promotibn of Mr. A Krishna Rao Here let me reveal the name and full facts quoting Maharashl Parashara again that for finiittificatioin of yogas, Saturn and Jupiter have to be favourable. Mr. A Krishna Rao,, a deeply spiritual man* was number three in top hierarchy of the Syndicate Bank In 1983. The Chairman of the Bank was said to be Involved in various cases of financial irregularities and with the post of the Chairman likely to go to Executive Director

A Krishna Rao Oct20,1926 SaU of Merc, 3Y-0M-14D

Sat

I Sun Jiter

. Lajna

7 Sun fster MartfR

Van

$

t Astrology, DMliny and Ifu) WReel cl Tinw

METHOD OF TIMING EVENTS & Jup Von 4 Lag Sat

Lag Sal Nrwnriohs Jup ven

6yn

Mars

I

Kel

Jvp Mar Kat Z " up Mar m / Dashamsha

Ftan Sun

(No.Z], would Mr. Krishna Rao, a low-profile banker, be preferred for the post of the

Executive

Director at all

]n a period when

flamboyance and political patronage and convenience mattered so much, was being debated A second question too sprang from my answer to the first If It was In the affirmative; the next Chairman would retire In the middle of I9S4. Could Mr. Krishna Rao move to the top position also? So the question was could Mr, Krishna JUo get two promotions In about eight months with his "Inconveniently dean Image"? Now the Rahu-juptter pratyantar dashas wcrei Jupiter upto

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Saturn upto

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Mercury upto....

30.07.1983

Ketu upto

20.09.1983

Venus upto Sun uprb.

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Moon upto

10.06.1984 109

I • AsUaksQV, Dasiiiiy njrf tif Wlmnl nf Tima

METHOD OF HWlNG B/EMS Mars upto".

,

30.07.1984

JUhu iiptb.

)0J2,I984

The First promotion In the case would have to lie in Rahu Jupltty-Vefius. Out of the three debilitated ptanets fwo liAd r/tc/h period* running now, Let me refer here to my artlde on Dr. Niigcnriw SliT^h with two debilitated planets (Moon In Scorpio and Jupiter Irt Capricorn) Before dealing with debilitated planets fct me refer to some generally less discussed aspectual rajayogas In this horoscope, |Jupiter

in

Saturn's

house

aspected

by

Saturn

promises

prosperity. Venus

In

the house

of Mercury

aspected

by

Moon again

promises prosper! ty. (c) Mars in his own house aspected by Sun promises high position. Thus,

here both

(uplter and Venus and antardasha lord and

pratyantar dasha lord promise prosperity and Inthlscase, preferment and etevatfanThe mahadasha larti {RahiJ) and pratyantar dasha lord (JlLiplter) are placed tn 6/8 positions, hence so many obsCades - many mmotirs, so much gossip. pcfelfcotetf Ptonct* Though a good deal is being

about debilitated planets

now,'' I had said earlier and have had no occasion to change my opinion that debilitated 3rd and 6th lotd (or 1 have found debilitated planets in 3rd arid <5th houses) give very good results, Here: Debilitated 6ti\ iotd (juphei) aspectingLagna cieats it mfayoga. (b) Debilitated rajayoga.

Venus In the 3rd house,

aspected by Moon,

is a

Fulfilment (a)

In-PecemberlRflhu-lupKer-Vengs) Mr. Krishna Rao, as predicted by me, became the Executive Director of the Bank- Irt this case I had Insisted that the order would be Issued after Jupller transited into Sagittarius (December ZZ).4, Mr. Krishna Rad got

4. MytBsaattfms war? lifted bodily bynnotftor writer without everfufonvtg to my pspom. Wiishappofiod hvo years aftor fhad wftton shouttfio tola of debittfatod planets. & Jupiterwoultf aspectlothiiousa from his Lagnaand wouia ho tn theiotn house from Ms Moon. no

Aiiroiogy. EfenhJiy jiiht imuV^hm.*] at innii

Mt'TfiOft.OF timiMg events

hts promotion on December 22, {b) The second prediction became slightly llrMUh' 1 had predicted thiit he would

become Chairman also .rhcr initial opposition

whldi would last dll June 10, 1904 ^liU^iipttef^MQQn) as the Moon Isin the 6th house in the DaslwiWi.* but would finally get it. Mr. Krishna Rao became Acting Chairman n! ttifr ttyijrtlcirte Bank in February

1984.

On July 10, 1984 (In pratyantar dasha of M.irM Mt, Krishna Rao was appointed regular Chairman of the Syndicate think nil September 4,

J9S6. Now In retire/nent, he Is leading a benulllul spillUrtl Hie ancl

spends bis time in God-contempiatfan. TECHNICAL ASTftOLOGICAt POINTS 1. Importance of Asbtakavara ;

1

have referred

(0 my failed

prediction about a Delhi boy to wham I had given prediction that he would be selected for medical course but he was not selected that year. The transit of planets In the AshraUavarga (of 337 benefic points) was weak. But 1 Insisted that the boy would make a medical career.

Noat yiil when

rhe transit on the

Ashtaknvarga. Improved, he was selected for as many as live medical colleges. He tenow a full-fledged doctor.The lesson Is obvious. Predict transits Ihrough the Ashtakn-varga. 2.

Debilitated

pl.iriets ; A full-fledged research on debtfitnted

planets should be produced by a team of astrologers. However In this case Jupiter is the ninth lord also aspecrfng Venus, the fourth lord. A combination of the fourth and ninth lords, Is a tell rajayoga; if half as In rhts case. It can be described an ardhztajayogaor half rajayoga.

IN

CHAPTER n NATURAL

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE

PRATYANTAR DASHA LORD*

Not as an excuse but as necessity^ 1 have to discuss first, to emphasise the importance of the pratyantar dasha tn one's horoscope, Jtistanccs, without citing horoscopes, from my own life and that of two Oriya disciples of a ftaba. Begum Akhtar The late Begum Akhtof, as immortal

GhazAI sfngci*,

figures

prominently in my stories of wishes fulfilled. As boys In sub teens playing football In a ground adjacent to a three sloncyed ycJJow building we used to hear the melodious voice of the great Akhtaft Bah Boys of the Queen's Anglo-Sanslirlt School. Lucknow (now a ■college) knew about the legendary Akhtari Bai and her great mchfiis? and some of us naturally had wondered and wished If we could ever attend

one—the forbidden

zone,

socially

tabooed

by orthodox

society, particularly orthodox Hindu society. Her sky rocketing fame and the number of the male admirers prepared to die for her—we knew all that and wondered why a Bal* should be such a rage. Time, the teacher, removed the doubt—every female rage Is something of a Bai—ancient or modern type. I am of course not using Bal In the Maharashtlan sense of the term. / was then running the antardasha of Venus, associated with my fOth lord but not the fOth frousa The great Sardar Patel". someone told me, had asked all India Radio. Immediately after Irwlependcnce. to call those great singers * Svh'Sub-panodtanf, t A s&mi-Ctessictif style in the Hindustani 2. hiusteal 3. A term

far B pnblfc Vrtmsn 112

Aaiwlogy, DcfiJiny and Ihtr Wheel at Timfl

NAT UhAiaiG^lMCANCE OF..

OcvTs, not BaI$ and the great thumft
of RAkadlya Hrtmtnmn M.miilt,

iUiithcy frfttd itmt ISfgum Akht^j won fit fllrtjj

I went and

tiearrl hcrj Hty vokc w»w ssvecfm, her

Ic'i^AefjstioUs. moru:

mature, tl>i:ltni|'dAi^lC»Hdignity of l*ci

said the

experts, as l( ever vva^, A wlsn was Fti I tilled when I

was leasi

I ntcrcsted In senscptovoklng ghmifs, God must always have the last laugh. t was running the pratyantar dasha of Ifenus* Fifteen years later In 1985 I heard in the ashram of a Baba strains of devotional Odlssl muslCr J had not heard anything more appealing, simple musical-emotional asked

them to sing 6

Tulsfd^is

portrayal of a devotional

Hindi bhafans and

In Odissl style, A young man,

the

theme and

I

RAtncbark Manas of

Baba's disciple, and two

young women did the experiment superbly successfully. And \

had told them that my musical

Interlude would end

abruptly as the pratyantar dasha of Venus in my horoscope expfreln December 1985. In January

would

1986 I got my transfer ordet.

All this narration Is to emphasise tire point that the karakatwa of a planet manifests itself fully in its anta/daslta at)d as a passing phase In pratyantar dasha. When I was running the pratyantar dasha, Ms. S.R, (one of the two women dlsdples of Baba) was running the pratyantar dasha of Venus In her lOth house. No wonder on April 12, 1986 I presented her to the audience in the pratyantar of my lOUt lotd, ac Kanpur on the same stage where Anoop lalota, a crowd puller, was the invited star-per Former. 12,

The Moon and Venus were In her 10(h house on April

1936. Later Moon, her Lagna lord, movedjprp (ts exaltation sign,

4.Popuiy Pmu: Minislyr of India fl$4?-l8S0). -5 A flreof Saint. 6 fywjlgkHJs

classic in Hinditeguage na

NATURAL SlGNinC^iNCE. OP

AstralugV.. OcJUny erfil ilK? Wnael

Tlm^

Ms. S.R. hdd her own before the crowd with three irnttiMlllns bhajan^, She will have to be v/atched and cncquf^.-ed Wo* the Opinion of mdnyjor a great cafcef thar await her as a blhi'ijftn ► linger. As

--fiir 'as t

was concerned, It, was a case of AalrplngicAl

plAliniiig—(tie pratyantar of the

7th

ford» prefr-^blySatum.

or it

phVICt ln the 7th house h the best period for Ofe-ciitttlfig publictlfc. Ms. S-R. was running the pratyantar of Saturn, tier 7th lord lr» the 7th house. More interesting were their reactions laser when A/Is- K.R. the eider sister, was seen playing tabla^the rare sight of a lady playing tabla; rhe connoisseurs* once ihelr curlouslty was whcrted, watched her performed critically, the soft melody of her rabla merging harmonEsoltly with the singer's voice, neither dominating nor remaining suddued. Then they watched

her more critically and

discovered her class, the stamp afsharan^ihe FamjUhabad gharana lessons learnt (Tom Clan frakash Ghosh of Bengal and hli Orlya disciple. Sacchlnand KammgO. discovering In KA the rare gifts too. She learned their gharana's graceful style of playing tabla: here the body and head remain motionless. Nol before your eyes reach her elbosvs. will you notice any physical movement and become aware of her wrists In rythmic circufar motion and fingers producing waVes of sdUnds through their soft silken touch, "Leave your hands behind"* said some artistes of Delhi's Alt India Radio Station, when they heard her playing later. "You are already an listed", the best lady tabla player ol the country", said Sharif Nlzaml, himself an Hsfcidln the Delhi gharanaot tabta'ptaylng, when he heard her palylngon October ISB 1986ar the Golf links house of Mrs, S.D. 1n Delhi Shy. retiring, K had blushed mat day, They had recognised her class—outside Orlssa of course. K was running tite period of her W(ti lord, Saturn

of

Moon In her iOdt house and ihe pratyantar dasha of Venus aspecting her 10th house. When she had gone to attend the All-India Music Conference at Agra In September 1985 they had given her a fifteen minute programme for solo tabla playing, but when they saw the reticent Orlya girl exhibiting her rare gifts they requested her to go on for full forty five minutes and also asked her to act as one of the Judges In preference to the Bengali singer who had taken them from 7. Asctiooi ofstngFny, 8. A master. IU

AslfOtoflY, Cetlk./ mid Urn Wheel of "nm-j

fJAtURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF,

Cuttack 3/k1 wrongly described as thelf guru. Ever since both sisters have had to face Jc^ltiiislcs from htm, K's antardasha of Mars in her 6th house had ro reveal all this,., the pretender guru had ro Invent malicious stories

two stmple

Orlya gfrls of the age of his own children. Stage by stage I watched all rhts fn the oux: of

sisters, the

elder. K. the tnbta'playe* In the undisputed di\i> of her own. a neat usted already and the younger S. with her fort: Melodious base and omotlon-filled singingBoth

sitters

have Venus

connected tiiftxUy with theft tOth

ftuu.iCr My ivfvrft l/Wruv with my / Oih to/d tQvfwsmy fovc of music Oi'Ct^ioh^tiy,

Oft/y idlyiousntudct sungby people Wfth morally dean

ttyeh Qth,\, i, I diKtAvctftl had .1 lony thutftfon of sweet devotional fi)U>/sr\

whlph In my (layman's) Juilgcmcnr, is more appealing than

that of Cther regions. Behind this appearance of K and S at Kanpur was Mr. D.NJX, Chairman of the British India Corporation, running Venus-Sun- Venus during this period. Venus in hts I Oth house under double malefic Influence has made blm a proinoterof culture only. The Sun Is his 5th lord In which period he acted like a rather to two unknown Orlya artists. Summary The point! om emphasising U 1 (a) S was running the antardasha of Venus In her loth house; (t>) K was running the period of Moon In her I Oth house aspected by Venus and discovered

ran the

her

for

a

pratyantar dasha of Venus when Central

Government

function

I In

Bhubneshwar. During bet Agra debut she was running the pratyantar of her I Oth lord. Saturn. (c) Mr. D.hf.D. was running Venus-Sun-Venus. As explained Venus Is in his 10th house and the Sun Is his 5th lord. Id) I was running Venus pratyantar; Venus Is associated with my lOrh lord and when I compered forS and K before the crowded audience at Kanpur I was running the pratyantar of my JOth lord associated with Venus. So far what I have shown Is without horoscopes. Now 1 will lllustr-flte- whatever 1 have said with rhe help of horoscopes oF two such persons on whom God bestowed what has been the envy of many,

I Natural significance 0F„

Astrology, Desuny and |ha WMmI of .Time

Mr. L*K^ Jha Here'are some planets In the horoscopes of Mr. LK. Jha* ex^and now a member of Rajya Sabha,10 ^ 'Sonietimds In March or April 1985 before 1 was tfansferredito Bhubneshwar he had asked me what 1 saw in hts chart. Seeing that he would be starting the dasha of Saturn in his 7th house 1 coutd see, e '

e Lag Sun War

7 Vcn

Mr.L.K.Jha Nov. 22,1913

Lag Sun ] Mar

Ven

as t have said In the case of the pratyantar dasha of S. -Entering public life after entering Parliament". Mr. Jha was running Juplter-Rahu then and at the time of election to seventh

fcijya Sabha in

1936. he would be running

Jupiter-RaJiu-Sun. Mow my line of reasoning was : (a) Jupiter aspects the 10th house, lb) Rahu in the 4th house represents the Parliament, (c) the Sun as the I Oth lord promises conferment of royal favours. Mr. Jha entered t\e rajya Sabha In April

1986.

Transits (a) In 1986 Jupiter would be transiting his 4th house from Lagna and aspecting his natal Moon In Leo. (b) Saturn transiting in Scorpio would be on his natal Sun, his lOth k>rd. aspecting his 10th house. No one need ask him whether he believed in astrology or not as I know very few men with so much intellectual dignity born of right Intellectual attitude as Mr. Jha. He would telephone and ask you ft, The 'tndisnCivil Service,

which was known as a covonanlod sorvico during the

British rule. 10. Th$ Upper House oftha Indten Periiement.

/teliology, DosUnv and

WHncl-^ Tmho

WAIlfRAL'EfGNlFtCANCe QF^

when It would be a>nvcinUMU to have an iisnotOjjlcAl consitltailon, Mr, RC Alexander Perhaps Mr, jha not merely btJIeves In astrology but advises, I believe, other to ecuWMIt.it'll astrologer, even If nau'Plfcgers Wl v^tth some prcdlctknhi Such I

must have been the feeling of Mr. Jha on an

evening Ini ill*! Wicon'd formlght In lanuary

198!) when Mr- Rajiv

GvkIIiI, tli<; Rdmc Minister of India, raslied ^ bty jitotm about die invdvrnujnl; tif mrtny bl£ persons In an Tntw national spy ring.. Three of many iimntts: mentioned

were

Mr.

l\C

Alexander,

the then

I'ilnfilpfll Socretaiy.to the Prime Minister of Iftdln, who resigned most honoi it+Uily I Mr.

Sarin, I.A.A.S., Secretary, Defence iFroducilon

ill id. Mr. tlaljah l.A,S. pfOdssa cadre who was expecting any day to bo'lN ot noted as a secretary and to whom I had given the prediction HIM He would not be denied his promotion, He Is now Secreiajy. Planning. But this discussion Is about Mj. Alexander. While ralWngtibPUtother things (tolilMr. Jhathat I wished I had the hoisocope of Mr, Alexander to understand astTQlo^wily why all that happend. That Is what I have brought for you", Said Mi, Jha and passed on to me the birth details of Mr. Alexander. I made the horoscope and gave the following three predlctlonst {&} The spy-scandal will not affect his career, (b) He will get a foreign assignment as an Ambassador or Highcommissioner fc) A child of his will have an unorthodox marriage. Mr. |l*a told Mr. Alexander about my predictions who, 1 was told, was Impressed by my third prediction about a child of his having an unorthodox nwrlagc. as It was likely to take place any timeMr. Alexander wanted to meec me, said Mr. ]ha and they came on the day convenient to atk Then Mr. Aloxander said that Mrs. Alexander wanted to meet me and she too came and after thai 1 repeated the prediction, and1 gavetne time as May 1985. The planets In Mr. Alexander's horoscope arcIfi May 1985 Mr. Alexander would be running Mars-Moon-Sun. My reasoning was (a) Mats as 1 hh lord cannot Indlcace end of a career, (b) The Moon, like Mars, In Itsown house can help, not hinder his m

NATURAL SJGNtFIGAt*CE OF... Sun

Astrology. Destiny (fuJ the Wheel of Tkria 4 Moon

MaraVbn Kit.

5 \ JupfR) Sat{RJ/

Mr.RC, Ar«xander Nov, 22,1913

Moort

jup(R) Sal(RJ

career. (c) The Sun In the lOttihouse has digbaJd?(d) The exchange of the 3rd and 10th lords show how a subordinate became a source of damage to his career. Transits (a) Saturn tn transit in Scorpio aspects hts 10th lord Jupiter in Leo In May 1985. (b) Jupiter in transit In Capricorn, the 8th house from Lagna, casued some trouble but will aspect his natal Moon. In May 1985, Delhi newspapers carried a small news-Item about my

transfer

on

promotion

to

Bhubneshwar.

Mr,

Alexandar

telephoned me to congratulate me. "Weir, said L "a passenger who has moved up In a queue can expect to get a seat In the bus. This level one

promotion means only this-.

"Still It is a promotfon", said Mr. Alexander "My congratufatlns. I am going, as you 'rightly predicted, as Indians High Commissioner to U.K. Your prediction and timing both came out correct. At a crudal time it was so morale-boosttng." He was preparing to present his credentials at the Buckingham Palace11 In the month of May (985 and I to see Lord Jagannatti."

11. Dirvctionaf strength :tft& Sun and Mars in the 10th house, the Moon and Venus in th& 4th house: Jupiter and Mercury in the Lagos', end Saturn to the 7th house. 12. As Indian High Commissioner in London. 13.Bhubneshwartn the eastern (nd/'a I$near the great pUgfimage. Pun, ivfwrs ford is worshipped as Jagannathftho ford otihe universe). 118

MlrGkJOy, Oertflwia Iffl

o( Tiiuti

^TlirtAi. Sl6NlFlC/rf4CE OF_

TECHNICAL ASTROLOGICAL POINTS 1.

Prabhu D.iv llfilin ( Iii-a separate book dwltn^ with saints, rate and astrology, I wM wilic about Prabhu Q;^tinba. Here I only WAfil to (ell oitrfj!0»^y lovers that Ukii great Nccm ItaroU Baba. this Baba who^n t hMi come to know very Jntlmittcly, told me th,it dolnp, HuiUmWiChtlltsa oFTulstdas ccnflntipiisty every day vwtt riiciiiyii'lol gMh&'Sfitintf Cpropltlrtrlon of pKiiiets). "fo sat Ihuir

(Math kAt kolXhe who recites it seven lime* not hundred

(ImcO (b, he-tbld me* only seven times, bitlw, was a great H'tnuahtn■SftAkt* And I Mwliterally rnir^des 1fih^it>hr{ign> which he oFcourse attributed to Lord l-|i\numan, 2, Venii^itid! Music xThe significance of planets must be kepi In (hi* ntlnd

by

astrologers,

in

writing

about

astrology

and

jTiychology ttwlil be explained why tht dasha running brings Into expression certain tendencies most prominently. Venus Is iiid lord of music. Close attention paid to Venus In dfffereni horoscopes will reveal why one is a performer and why men like, me only lovers of music lovers and, not performers, 3; LIL Jha : Mr. (ha knew astrology and discussed It with me technically.

He also knew that he had entered

(death) period

his maraka

In Saturn-Saturn period. He died In 1988 In

Saturn-Saturn-Venus* See the principles given in section two of this book, For Scorpio Lagna Venus Is kllfen In this horoscope Saturn In the seventh house has taken the role of a killer. From his Moon In Leo, Saturn Is again a killer. He was worried about Mrs, Jha who was suffering from cancer in 1987, But he predeceased her. She died soon after. fn the original article 1 had only given some planets of his hot ox op. Here the fuii horoscope has been given. 4* P.C. Alexander : Here also the full planetary position has teen given now, In IQQSlthad appeAied that Mr. Ate>tahder"scareer had reached Its terminal point, with disgrace* He went to U.K. as India's High Commissioner, came back to India and was the Governor of many states including Tamil Nadu* Then when he seemed to have retired finally, his Rahu In the fifth house of dignity,

brought

him

back

again

now,

as

Governor

of

Maharashtra In tUhu-Snturn {which ends on April 28 I993h Many dassJcal rajayogas are present In this horoscope* Section two of this book should be referred to here* At least six principles showing why this is an extraordinary horoscope can be seen In section iwo.

NATURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF...

Astrology, Cesllny find the Whool orifmo

RnhuTs 35 his seventh dasha. Mercury his Lagna lord Aspected by the seventh and the eighth lords from the Lagna Is Also eighth from his Moon. Treat It as an astrological puzzle and solve Jt by referring to section two.

JlStf

CHAPTER til

BIRTH RECTIFICATION

J imow of doctors who are beaten up when they rail to save (\ | wtlufil and they, knowing fully svelf the abnormal feelings of the .uij.plnycd family, keep quite. In some cases the misbehaving ffiClMdUAls apologise and In other case they spread stories against It it! doctor. Ingratitude manifests subtly In manifold Forms tn human Mrrtvlour, But then I

think that the astrologer suffers most when his

plcdldjon fails, \ remember a heated scene at my place In 1979 when a prediction I had made about rhe late Jagllvan Ram1 failed badly

because

the

horoscope

given

by

someone,

supposedly

'rectified', turned out to be a fake one. Since then I have become cautious. As a rule. If a person to whom I have given a successful prediction does not show courtesy of giving me the feedback.

1

donot allow him to come; the second time. Therefore when I go wrong, I want to know why I have gone wrong. Was the dasha balance wrong or was the horoscope itself wrong? It is because every consdenriaus astrologer must sometime or the other evolve his own method of solving the inter-linked problems of correct blrth-tfmc and correct dasha-balance. Some of the methods adopted by astrologers to arrive at correct dasha balance, which Is necessary to arrive at correct pratyantar dasha, are worth examining. Nadl Rectification Correcting the blrth-tlme according to the Nacii-recfificitlon method may be the best, provided the method is learnt proerly and tested on hundreds of horoscopes. I

have seen some very good

cases of such rctlficatlon and have had an occasion to refer to

1,

Afvmusinaiznfloiitiasn,

0IR7H ftG<; fSF'lOATJON Mr.

D.V,

Mr, NT.

Sub'hA

A&URrcoy, OfSEiinyflnd iiHi^hiHoFTlme

Rao's' method ot rectfReattan

tt/ima, Rao (Maidi

In my article on

t9S4)t the Chief Minister of AmJhra.

Ptiidcstjj (jut ftn most of cases the

rectified

time according

to

hwil

methods misled me Into wrong timings even Iff assume itifc blfti) ascendant to be correct. Western Method of RactHToition 1

am

prepared

to

concede .that

the western

method

of

rcdlRcation of birth-time may be dependable but I have yet to see a single Instance of a successful prediction having been made on the basis of the western method of rectlftcailon. No one who claimed to have done it successfully has given -any proof sound enough to make It acceptable. Sometime In

S978 I saw many horoscopes VectifTed' In this

manner by the late Mr M,C Jain', about whom some people In Delhi had spoken often. Not knowing him I Went through the copies of the astrological journal he was produdng and took down the horscopes. 1 found the following : (a) Mrs, Indira Gandhi's ascendant was fixed by him as Scorpio and he did make a successful

prediction about her being on a

winning trail in twoyears' time. I had made the same prediction on the basis of Cancer ascendant and Her powerful Aahtekavarga particularly 36 benefic points Iri Virgo, I knew that Mr. Jain was palpably wrong here bur so long as the going Was good he could show his successfur prediction. Besides, Mrs. Gandhi, 1 knew, was to run Saturn-Veniis-Satum,. As her 7th lord Saturn was to bring her back into public life, by aspecting the

lOth

house, Saturn confirms It. (bi He changed the ascendant of Jasflvan Ram often. No horoscope In my life gave me so much trouble as Mr. Ram's. Mr. Khand RJshl

Bhatnacjar {died recently)

a good

friend of mine had

Insisted that It was Capricorn and, both he and 1, Failed on this basis In July 1979. (c)

Recently someone told me that he had given Mr. Rajiv Gandhi Libra ascendant,*

2. A vorygroar ei^hxifogor

-died foti yuArtr ago,

1A northtntiian vstttjloger. 4, tntiwiPrmn Mmts'sr frSfl'F-Sty.tfjed onWjy2f tflfli 12:

'Alt/olOflK Desilny ur|fj |J)n

qf Tmiiii

OltTTH flEDTIFJCrtTlQW

Noshta jaC.i!r.irn (Lott Morovcopo) The mc-Uiock given liy ViuAh^mllilM* for lost horoscopes on the basis of pi ."v.l iha (IMniy) I A- llic soundest, provided die person concerned put {he qtlftMlon frt all slncertty—»~»nrt that ts a very big question. Out of ticrtily 1'lVp i hrtyC' tried so far my predictions have come to be comxl In only On^case iindr I have failed In Hirrem'aining four* I need not tfnmhiUbe 0.2 point that my falluics llOW^d from the Insincerity of diy friends who WAtnted

me

to work on their

lost

hOFOSCGpO*., fliGpteilc.il explanations given about the method Of using this v.iUinble piece from VariihAmlhlra satisfied none. ) have not come nc/o*$ any sltowlng.

brilliant lnstan{:ef with

how

accurately

the

a

fully worked out example,

/tris/MVi

fatakam

method

works,

VaMliunithlfa cannot bewrong but weare cofrsmlttlng some serious mistake soniewbere. Slddhl or Supernormal Powers ! have mefsome people who on the basis of their super normal powers told the blith-time correctly. One was in Ahmedabad in a temple. Xgcharged ren rupees and worked out somedilng on a slate and told Jt correctly to a minutCxThat was In 1972. and 1 have not been abfe to trace him since. My own fate gurujl SsvA.ml Paramananct Saroswatl helped me twice* Once when the daughter of Mh RaJ Ruan Da the was attached to Mr,

Kao of RAW during emergency) wanted her horoscope

to be made and I did not know her birth time my Gurujl had asked me to adopt d particular Lagna. On that basis I had predicted the marriage of that girl while others, nor astrologers, thought thar she would never many and would become a sanyaslfA Most dazzling WAS my gunjff'direction to work on the basis of tiid fast Navamsha of Sagittarius for my nephew. On this basis my ptetilciloriB came out correct In the neatest possible way.

It' he had not been my nephew,

t woufcThave shown how brilliantly pratyantar dasha reveal family Inddencs, But

many

persons

claiming

supernormal

powers

are

S-OnecfilM warfd'a gmaiast astruloycrs who rtVeU about two thousand yenrs act ecconftrig to Mr. 3. Surynrmrzyjntt vdiiar oftrm Astrological f^onrso. 6, Nun. 173

thegrenHfaltierofDr. 5 V. Ramsn, the

8IRTH RECTlFlGiVnON' Astrology. Destiny and tJlB Wtiwri of Tlfno •• iundepcndable, fraudulent and greedy. ^ Shrtgu Samhka \ hdve seen chaya shastris {those who by measuring the shadow, often,' of feet, trace out one's horoscopes) do it successfully provided they have the horoscope in their collection. ( know of the extraordinary instance of Mr. Charan Singh, the former Prime Minister, getting his whole horoscope from a Bhrigti Samhlia and then getting from astrologers guidance on that basis, making his political moves, whether one liked or not, to become the Chief Minister of LLP. and later, the Prime Minister of India* The Pranapada Method Like nactf-rectlRcatlon It should be the most dependable method of conecting the' birth-time where such correction Is perhaps not In many hours* I have not seen anyone succeeding with It personally but I have it, on the authority of late Moorkhanandjl, that In some village of Rajasthan there is an old astrologer who does It brilliantly* Swamiji had given me his own horoscope with necessary dasha balance as given by that astrologer. I had the

benefit of getting this horoscope and the great

misfortune of making a very correct, from my point of view, but a very tragic prediction about SwamllL 1 referred to this great Swamiji in a different article and my team-mates In another article. When It came to explaining the secrets of SAdtitUiA (spiritual practices) and fnAntTA-shAkti I do not know If I will ever meet another spiritual giant like him. Swamiji used to stay In the house of Mr*- Bharttya In Ghadabad (near Delhi), Mr. Bhartlya looking after the business of the late

Moon 5 ^ Jup(R) SaHRi Dec. 13/1913 around 10.00 Sasaram Jup

Sun Mef Ven 124

Aafrotofly. Qslliny mid thu Wll'iul of T|nw Mr. Sifaram ^tpurln

QlRTH RECTIFICATION

li^orm the Invariably whenever Swairylj]

came to G.v/.i.itj.itl, Treating

iilirii

lOr

over

five

yeans,

a

doctor

had

noticed

improvement )M hi* physical condition so long he was being given the mectldncj ptrACill^fl'iay'htm. But during on
In t9ZI when the dasha of Mars ended, the family migrated from SaSAjam In Bihar to Vnranasi.

{bi) In 1939 he left his house and never went baelCThe mahadasha of his tZtti lord (upltei started then. (c) He was working in Ihe PST Department and doing tils sadhana secretly. One day It had rained abnormally heavily and he could not go to the office and. next day, he I bought, It being the British rule, his service would be terminated for unauthorised absence,

But tn the office no one had talked about ft and they

said (hat he was physically presenu and was in time inspltc of the heaiyfain, If God Is so Kind, If He looks after tils devotees so well, why continue in the job was the question that agitated his mind now and he resigned the job and became a scholar* wanderer. {d) In the

entire

monumental

period

of

Saturn

project and the

he gave

unfinished

shape

scholarly

to

many

works

of

earlier periods were published: - none in his name and In no book was (e) Since

there any mention about him.

1974 when the Mercury period starred he encouraged 125

■AitraiDgv, Oenioyanct itm tohfil

atmi FtecnrKjATiofJ .A5tiOtoaef5P

got

Wfitten*. a

book

giving

the

J«ec(ct.i

of

pfirdJctjDnscotkained lt> some Sfva-Sutras (a book publlMl'fcd! fiOm'Kcnpur and ftcver-rfr-prlntcd as none cared to work on tflAt method of prashna astroSogyJ: Na/apatiJayttchaiyrf wtttl ltyTchakfas seemed to have ctH the real secrets of mundane asUology according to him and, once: In a whlle^ he gave me 'dazzJfng him or two on the basis of which I made Incredibly brilliant pmdictlons. (f) Gradually

Mercury,

as

6th

lord, became the cause of the

ruination oFhis health, In Mercury-Mars, a greedy sarryas^who wanted hlmtostay In Ills ashram as he himself could not attract people, became his enemy, when he refused to oblige him. (S) On this basis, I could see that his Mercuiy-RahO starting fonm December 14, 1983 was the beginning of the end, Someone had asked mcwhat I had to say asfrologlcally, I make no predictions about mahatmas but I have noticed that they are tndlned to leave their bodies. In the antardasha or pratyantar dasha of the 9th or tlth lords. So 1 hazarded *1 guess and said MercuryRahu-Mercury,

His Instructions To genuine and conscientious astrologers the Instrud tons he gave from time to time rnay be IIIUTninaring. They were: (a) Without the grace

of Suiya-JBbagwan(Sun

God),

secrets of

astrology could not be unravelled; he asked us all to do a Sun/a Mantra and showed U to us, (b) At some stage or the other really true astrologer wl)l feel the [yatlsh nadis in his body opening out and then he need not depend on a horoscope to make predictions.
one's

conduct,

one did not

planets would become destructive

once again and bring thing to a logical concluslon^andwhat h such a logical conclusion—dtyou know tit ere Is nt fire fn 7. An astiotqgica}

classic.

AsLrotegy, Ocsilny your

wa w^cer of Timo

BIRTH RECTIFICATION

ifecfcvy/

A flustered Mr. Jaipuria made inquiries and found itall correct. (E1J Sitaram Jaipuria had promised Swamljl that he would create a trust to help needy authors publish their religious and as trofogical books but he never bothered about the promise alter that, Swamiji who never touched money and had always allowed his knowledge

to

be

Mr. jaipuria and

used' by

others,

was visibly

annoyed

with

(bidhim that promises should not be made cheaply

for phifanthoplcpurposes before saints.

If made

they

should

be

fulfilled otherwise consequences could be... Mr, Sltaram jaipuria had then remarked humurously, "We banla will want to see even when we create such trusts how profitable they would be for us"* In Moon-Venus he was

farced

to

move out of his palatial 10

12 1 Ven 2 Sun Mer

II Ldq Mats Jup

2 Kol S Moon

3. Rah

S7 Sa!{R)

house In Delhi and he stayed In a hotel for sometime. SwamTjl died In April

1985 and Mr. japurla one month later in the Moan-Venus-

Saturn (May 28,

1985). Soon after his death the biggest factory

Swadeshi Potytexhe had owned, was lost to the family. In April

1985 we had taken leave of Swamljl to take part in

Rashml VJgyan Conference on Astrology at Kanpur. Many well known astrologers had remarked that my ream-mates had really prepared very well for the seminar and had presented their researches on emplrical'StatlstlCAl basis. Some astrologers who wanted to speak from the

God knows why at all, without anything relevant to

say (except that aspect of Mars on Venus creates sexual feelings) felt jealous and attacked two female participants of our team* But each one of our team had felt that the Inspiration given 127

BFfTH FlEGnnCATlCW

As'rctofly, DMliriyanJ 1I»VWIMIWTnjw

by SwAmlJl And the: Surya Mdiitra he had asked us lo do hiuiglyen (lie IniplrAtton needed* but-Swamiji did nof WAlrfor us. He had to be removed i& a iuir*trig.hqme. He died on April '14, 1985 in Room No/3, Hftlvetta Nursing-,,Home, New Delhi, and continue listening to my story fjleyttkCw. Sixteen years ago

I

suddenly noticed that my mother hfid

tapped me on my back one morning and told me,

*{ know what

this madness is. You have not slept for three nights. Go and rest-" We had live days' holidays eontinously and I had worked on the Ashtakavarga lot full seventy two hours, non-stop. Towards the end

of her

life,

my mother did

not

need

a

horoscope to predict, fitting into the description of a true astrologer given by MpahthAnAndjl she could foretell things. In May

(983, I, Dr, Caroli and Dr.

K.S- Sfngh l.A-S. of Bihar now

Director General, Anthropological Survey of India, met. a terrible car accident when we were returning from Vrlndavan. Dr, Caroli had been forewarned by someone with psychic powers: when we were involved in that accident Mrs. Singh had a terrible dream In her house at Pama and she tried to contact me in Delhi on phone; my mother just then told my younger brother and G.tC Shuklrt that / was invetvad )n an accident God had saved all three that night. 1

have

referred

to

my

late mother {Smt Sarasvartl

Devi)

because it was she who first taught me the method of events* based verification of horoscopes by working down at feast upfo antardasha: Swamiji asked us to work further upto sookshma and even prana which is why he wanted a trust to be founded to publish books on astrology. My article on Mrs. Margaret A!va (August 1983) is an exmple of events-based verification. In my subsequent articles also this method has been shown many times. On this basis I had verified my mother's horoscope without telling her and had written In my aiticle^ written much earlier (A.M., lanuary

1985) that soon / wilt be able to test a fatal combination

on my own horoscope. My mother had told me how she would die :she would have a spiritual experience; then she would be unconscious for fifteen days and at 'the time of her dcarh, only her youngest child would be near her. On the night of December Halvetla Nursing Home,

10,

1984 she was removed to

Room No. 3* My youngest brother was m

Actrology.

^nd Uio W|ii>i| of Hoiq

8IR7H RECTIFICATION

with her. I reached tatC# jLhjt huS to her promise 5he breathed her last with ycjuirijont brother noiif'her. have COld1 yout- on April

And as I

14,

1985 Swamiji Was

removed ro Noorn NOj J Of {UtvetJa Nursing Home where he too had breathed Ills Ifish The silt in) iMOtn 'witnessed the end of the physical journey * of two

great

Suull

tit> my life—both,

my

astrological

and

divine

Inspiration, technical astrological points MooHdianiindJl Mc>oil
mantras

to

overcome their troubles.

There

was

hundred percent success hi all cases. He had not merely asked me to continue with my astrology research but had said In the presence of half of a dozen friends that I would get assodared wUh an astrological Institution for Imparting knowledge of astrology to many thousands of students. By now I have crossed

the one thousand

mark already En

cur astrology

dasses in the Bharatiya Vldya Bhawan, New Delhi* Swamjl's real name as given by his gum was Vidyaranya {fount of knowledge) but he described himself as Moorkha (fool) because acoordlng to Hindu shastras (scriptures) a person who makes many resolutions tn life and does nro fulfill them Is a moorkhaf He always said that a true astrologer gets his fyotish

nadis

within his body opened out towards the end of his- Ifie* It was true In my mother's case who did not need a horoscope towards the end of her life to make predictions, which she did, rarely, I have referred ro our accident on our way back from Vrlndavan. Nashta latakam It appears to me that no astrologer In India really knows how to do work on Nashra fathim or lost horoscopy when someone, who knows no details about his birth time, comes to us. Wc

astrologers should leam

lessons In modesty instead cl

dflimlng to be mAsiers of thLs great branch of human knowledge*

DlfCTH RECT!FfC#TtOS

tetralogy.

Dwlkw and [ha Whwt of Tlma

Giiii3KandhJ|Ln Lagna Qvdtra correct birth ptcpAfrt rthe

horoscope we do

Carbf^idhan Lttgna.

(pre-nataJ

not

know how'-to

horoscope^

Some

AM/olSOers. have misled and fooled others by saying that the Moon *11 the.; horoscope should be ft eared as the Carbhadhan TlHSW' Is some scientific method involved In the calculation of the GA/fth&Jhan lagna. Should someone succeed In solving this problem, we would be able to work very precisely on the ailments, diseases^

ra]ayogas of the

correctly about the life and

person

concerned andj also

predict

longevity of parents.

Like so many dark areas of Hindu astrology we seem to have lost this great technique. In a book Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra another astrologer gave tis example of GarbfrndhanHie time of his sexual union with his own wife! Other astrologers attacked him! He Tailed miserably to prove this point, Pamllt: Paihak t have referred to my experience of meeting' the person who with, his supernormal powers could tell the birth time correctly. His name was Pathak. He Is dead now* My Guraji My gurujl about whom I have been writing a long series In the Astrological

MagazJos,

did

help

me

sometimes

with

his

supernormal

powers finding out even the correct degrees of a

lagna in the case of lost horoscopy* He took his samadhl in June 1980. My Mother { learnt from

my mother, late Smr. K, SarosvanT Devi, her

method of birth time rectificattoni on the basis of events,

I have

hundred percent success In this area so far, but I do not do it now as It takes at least three days work. Timing Death Pefer to section tv

'this book and see how In this horoscope

the time of death Is exactly according to dasslcal principles of Hindu astrology, Moorkhanand]! died in Rahu {second house) antardasha In the mahadasha of Mercury who is the second lord ftom the Moon and In the the sevenlh house* Sitaram

Jaipuria died

In the; Moon no

mahadasha which

Is a

AilfOtogy. Destiny and the VVhcqJ i)f Time

BlfTTH ft^CTlFJCATlON

maraka (see section two) for Aquarius Lagna and Venus antardasha which Is a m»itkn from hi a Moon and. the pratyantar dasha of Saturn which Is iVhpectcrd by his- Venus, which is the maraka From Moon and also the twelfth lord (see section two). Birth Rcctlficntl&n methods i

had raised

these Issues concerning the birth

rectification

methods hi n\y all Ides In the Astrological Afc^Minc in 1987. One book h.;ts come but recently on method*. They should be tried.

131

rhts subject which gives some

CHAPTER IV USE OF DIVISIONAL HOROSCOPES

Somewhere Sertrand Russet had spoken about how When some people wanted to know how many teeth a horse had In Its mouth they had approached Aristotle who tind hazarded a guess, but, n rustic Illiterate person had counted teeth tn the mouth of many

horse and,

had

arrived

at

an

average* sdcntlRcally and

empirically. fn any verification of a principle of astrology the rigid scientific principle of empirical VerificatJon of such a principle must be done before It Is used fruitfully as a tool of prediction. This verification Is done In two Ways^ Extensive verftcatfon Take

a

principle

and

apply

It extensively

to

a series

of

horoscopes to establish a research* For instance the fundamental research of my leam-amtes on how Saturn and

|upUer become

Instrumental in marriages (June 19861 has been attacked in a Hindi astrological journal by a friend of mine with argument utarta hain

"gaic finhi

does not go down his throat how Saturn, a. malefic

can be Instrumental In marriage). Myffientf never took up handled horoscopes to verify the validity of this research but applied one test • 'ga/e nahl utarta hitV. I

have taken Saturn and

Jupiter to establish how children

cannot be born unless both have aspected before, the birth of a Child— {a) Fifth house or the fifth lord or; (b) The ninth house or the ninth lord; (c) Treating retrograde Saturn and Jupiter as giving results from the previous sign as well* 132

Aitrtifogy, Desiiny -prtd1 ih;? Wheel of Tlnis Then I extended

USE OF DIVISIONAL HOROSCOPES

to the thlfH house and

ihlid lord for the.

birth of brolhcMs ♦uut MMcrs. Look at the there

was

results you get from this.

no

for

anyone

to

attack

After this

Sawrrhjupltef

becoming hisrrurrfrnhf hi warriages- Bui still It h.\s

been attacked

in the most wtsdcatlftc' manner. On the otl'icf

many allies of astrology In the top elitist

drdc known to Jtie have starred respecting me and my twmmates for offering scientific proof for the validity of asirolo^ltal principles. The alttclsm has cotnt from astrologer or lovers- of astrology who have been

more anxious to express their opinions breezily 1

than scientifically,

Intensive: Verification Given a horoscope and a dasha balance the horoscope must be subjected intensively to, at least, two-fold verification* la) Whether

events

of the

past

are

properly telTcctcd

In the

pratyantar dasha or not, (b) More tmpartBnt and very difficult Is to see whether the events of the past arc reflected Tn different divisional horoscopes or nor. Now

there

have

been

two

emphasising the use of divisional

attacks

Indirectly on

me far

horoscopes, f am a small man

who for his guidance has to depend on Maharlshi Parashara. These 'wise men*

who

found divisional

horoscopes after

'forry years'

experience, useless, have attacked not me but Parashara* This Is what another originator of a

'paddhatifiad done when he attacked

rishls and dismissed the AshtaUavarsa as useless. It may not be possible for on -astrologer like me to understand Parashara

In a

life-time. Yet all

the

astounding

results

I

have

achieved are from Parashara and alt my failures are /rom my lack of understanding

of Parashara.

Pratyantar dasha are to be made use because Parashara warns It to

be made use of.

If one can,

one should go deeper into

jopjfcs/imjand prana dasha because parashara has given It In hts text* f- SomecfWotn nrv tftok-pmaucing

mills. A stwogrBpffsrcan

become en astro!

in four years time and pobtlasa himself A dtsmtssvd petty purcboso officer can ctntin to fro infatUhlo. They continueto chest people prvdictions. in

inspito of many teiisd

USE OF DIVISIONAL HOROSCOPES

Aitrafooy. Dcsliny and tho WtiMl of Time

The key^to the timing of an event in astrology is to synchronise pwtyjwfar.dasha with transits. Incase of NehruMhe events can be verified more easily as the documented events are good material for astrological rase Arch, me Illustrate the same principles by giving the example of the. grandson of Pt, Nehru, Sanjaty Gandhi* But

before

I

do

that

let

me

refer

to

an

unnecessary

controversy created by a letter-writer who had attacked

me for

showing Capricorn ascendant of Sanlay Gandhi* The letter writer should have given what he thought was the ascendant of Sanjay Gandhi and explained, technically, why he said, what he had said, SO breezily. I

not merely

worked

on

this

but

gave

three

predictions

privately to people—and all of them were fulfilled* 1 also remember that the late Mr, Keshav Menon* had made a very good predldtion on the same basis, without referring to Sanjay Gandhi by name, about his arrest In one of the 'issues of 1976 of The Astrological Magazine. Now the horoscope of Sanlay, with the dasha-balance was passed on to me* Some events In the life of Sanjay Gandhi are referred to along with

divisional

Parashara

has

horoscope given

to

both

prove

both my

pratyantar

points,

dasha

and

Mahaiishl divisional

horoscopes to be made use of and not to be dismissed as 'usdess' after 'forty years experience**

&3t(R| Dec, 141349 9:27 am Delhi 4 SattR) Mars

SunMer Jup Ven Ksl

2 Prima Minister of /rrtffa (1947-^4). 3 A famousastrofoger. m

Astrology, Destiny and tnc Wncol of Tlmo Sun

Mji/s-Vfln Jup

USE OF DIVISIONAL HOROSCOPES 11

tan

Log-

Sun X 1

Moon

9 s. Rah / 8 Sal >< 7

Navam«li»

y

\

Lag \ Mars VOn Rail

/ Mor

X X Kel \ V

Mcj

Ual

Moon

9 Moon \Mars j

Drekkana

Moon Mars

/ 3 \ Ven Jup

Sal Mar

Fathers Death (September I960) Sanjay was ninnlog Venus-SAtuin-SAturn. tn the birth horoscope (a) Venus Is the lord of 7th from the Sun. (b) Saturn Is 3rd lord from the Sun. The 3rd house represents the ayu of parents. (c) Saturn Is also placed in 9th from the Sun. in Dwadashamsha (a) Venus Is In the 7th house and 8th from the Sun, (b) Saturn is in the 2nd house. (cj Saturn Is also placed 3rd from the Sun. Brother's Marriage (February 26, }968) SanJayTs elder brother Rajiv was married In Sun-Moon-Venus, (a) The Sun Is in the I Ith house (elder brother). {b> The Moon is in the Sun's house. (c) Venus is

the 5th lord.

7th 135

from

I Ith - the house of the

USE OF DIVISIONAL HOROSCOPES

Astrology, OflHiny and lha Wlinl of TTnvt .Sst Mery/NMofln KBU X/ Lag fAars

5(4 MM

X/"^

1

JupVon Dwadashamsha" 4 Jup Ven

RahSun •CAxm

Sun

Jup

. Ven Rah

marriage of the elder brother, In Drekkana (a) The Sun Is In the 7th house (marriage). (b) The Moon Is the lord of the 7th house. (c) Venus, a natural Darakaraka4 Is aspected by 7th lord. Moon, EJectwu Sanjay Gandhi fought electtoms twice, the first time In March 1977 when he was running Moon-Jupltcr-Sun. Birth Horoscope (a) The Moon, the 7th lord Is in the 3th and after his 'vasectomy' reputation, had to appear In mass mind as Indian hlstoiy's greatest kill-joy. Dull and stupid Intelligence of the executors of family planning, made what should have been beneficial for India, a nightmarish memory and Sanjay appearing like Delhi's 4. RBpr&senting wifs/husband. 136

Astrology, De-stinv find iho Wtifiot or Tiirio

USE OF DIVISIONAL HOROSOOPES

most d.io^efoun ^ctu. fb) Jupiter Is the

I2lh loid,

(c) Sun Is the 8t|l

lord. No Wonder he tost.

] had rriiAd* dih prediction privately to friends In Calcutta (my the then Accountant Qcncwl Mr. R.K,. Ganguly i.A.A.S. quotes It even now as «i

prediction}.

Ocu/ia/na^ia fa) The Mog|i Is wfilliDlftccd aspecting 10th house, (b) (upltcr IS OlsO

well-placed

AspccK'cl by 5atutn from

but In 6th from

the

Moon and

12th house.

<0 The J$unt the 12th lord, In the 8th house, ts aspected by the flth lord, Eiactfoti ^January 1980 Htb" time of Sanfay was running Moon-A/lerctiry-Rahu. flirin

Morpscopfi

fa} lite Moon Is the 7th lord In the 8th house* (1)} Mercury the 6th lord (fight) In the 1 lih (gains) Is aspecting the 10th house from the Moon. (c) Rahu in the 5th house is

10th from the Moon and 7th from

Mercury. Doihamsha (ai The Moon aspects the

10th house.

(b) Mercury* exalted, Is 10th from the Moon. (0 Rahu Is In the 10th house, 7th from the Moon and

10th from

Mercury, i had made this prediction too. He won, Death But Sanjay Gandhi did nor live long. 1 had made a prediction About vehicular accident to him but failed to point out specifically death

resulting from plane crash.

His death occurred

in Moon-

/Vtercury-Saturn. Birth

Horoscope The Moon Is the 7th lord In 8th. Moon In Such a position can be an df/wytr combination.

(b) Mercury, the 6th lord, ts with the lord of accidents, the 8th lord, and (c) Saturn,

a

Ketu* maraka In the

7th

house,

Is retrograde and

aspected by Mars, (the lord of vdildcs from the

Is

J2th house

who was responsible for Sanfay's death? Three dear Inferences LIT

USE OF DIVISIONAL HCHDGOOPES

Astiutogy, Ce&Uny and (iw Vfliaill of Time

are drowabler^iind we will leave tt at that, Navamsha to) The Moon Is 7Ui lord In 7th house, lb) Mercury the 6th lord Is again aspccted by the 8th lord. (C) Sflttim, a maraka Isagain aspected by Mars (lord Qf.VeWdca again). Conclusions (1) Those who seek magic formulae for predldton In astrology live In a world of self-deception. (Z) What Parashara has prescribed has to be followed intelligently. (3) Every horoscope must be verified properly, (4) Events-based Verflcadon Is what suited me. (5) In my writing, t

have given enough evidence of how t have

been using pratyantar dasha to time events I have given case studies of predictions made. In advance* Yet among many there are some In Delhi who after taking prediction from me, which when fulfilled, gave them maternal advantages, have accused me of not having made such prediction though the V.I.P.s have asked to me to maintain a dignified silence** TECHNICAL ASTROLOGICAL POINTS Why is Astrology Under Constant Attack? There are In the market many books on astrology In which no techniques are given explaining how actually a prediction Is given or was given. There Is no book showing how exactly divisional horoscopes are to be Used except Sheshadrt Iyer's Afew Dfrcctlons* But Sri Iyer Was more Interested In his yogland awiycg/pkmets which Is his brilliant contribution of the astrologtcal researches of our time. Yet it Is Sheshadd lyefwho stimulated the Interest of a whole S. )n 19B9 arm astrologer treatDd from me

V. P. Singh could do wolf initid psnei

efocf/ofjs- of Ncvamhor iliat year. Ho had predicted Ihp dtsaUt ofV.P Singh ip Septembar 1639. But he hie prediction utter hearing my analysis. Sirrileiiy another&&trofoQGrQQl from meboth ihe horoscope andttre predfctk, aticul M. tfarunankthl whobOcomo the chiof minister of TarHt /Varfy Jn South India in 19B9,

That is the only correct prediction no hedmadq in four years.

This; happens boawse those esirolgoQ/s, one of,them overt an author of books on astrology do not. know how to verify b horoscope.

AflUotogyv Dc&Urty tntl |ht? Wfto&l at Tlino

USE Of DIVISIONAL HGFCSOCFES

generation of ftslrorogefs In the use of divisional horoscope'. I found his logic very sound btit hfs application rather h&zy. Hfld he lived long he would AUicty, vyllh his scientific itilnd, have produced very great researches. Tills piece

with the need 'Ibr extensive and intensive'

verification of litirovtopeA 1x:Fofe accepting them w correct, tfwe astflog&ti thivg itun)t fleets many times by foundling Into wrong predictions Atiaut political personalities It Is bccpuse verify divfr Wii'P&Utical

kve. do not

events before accepting tiiem as correct.

Lee me glvi? the latest Instance of l$W3.There was the usual hot gQ^lp alXJtit Sharad Fawar becoming Indian Pil me Minister tn (99X Astrologer went to the extent of fixing the dale as rebrnaty 22, 1993. He came to me and told me that he had given this prediction. I asked him on what basis; and told film that In die VAiiWa 'V^ny Panchanga

[Hindi) t had taken the same horoscope


Lagna

VAli Sri Sharad Pawar kl Kundzft me chhxtvc ke Brihaspatf mdn dwad&sh ke Sbukte kl antardasha chat rahl hat. Maharashtra .ke Inkcgupcshatru hec Inko paieshant me dalenge." (According to

the astrologers

of Maharashtra.

Sharad

Pawar Is how passing through Jupiter-Venus according to his Scorpio Lagna horoscope.

His enemies of Maharashtra

will

create lot of {ofuble for htm*} 'i This Is at page thirty of the Panchanga where It Is dear at page thirty one thai ft was writterr on January 4.

1993*

I had strong differences of opinion with rny friend-astrologers on this point. See section two and you will find thai Venus fs a maraka for Scorpio Lagna. The word maraka should be used for politicians not as 3 kifler but as being deirimental to their careers. On

March

5,

'1993

Sharad

Pawar

had

to

go

back

to

Maharashtra as the chief Minister which for the time being has put him out of the race for the post of the Prime Minister of India. Then on March 30,

1993 the Aurangabod bench of the Bombay High

Court declared the elections of Yashwanlrao gadak, member of the Lok Sablia, as null and void and named, according to tile Pioneer (March being

3L guilty

"Maharashtra of

'corrupt

Chief Mlntter Sharad

practice'

under

section

Pawar as

99

of

the

pispresentatlon of People's Act". 1

have

said

very

Mahomsbtra'* because J

dearly did not,

"aocnrdlng

to

astrologers

of

rather, could not verify the iron-

139

USE OF DiVlSlOfJAl kOROSCOPES"

AstfolOn^ Destiny owl mftW>i60l 0»TJm«

political events of the life of Sharad Pawar. Other asirofogeia used the same horoscope. Why did they not see the results of juplfCfVenus period?

Dfd They work on

pratyantar dasha also which

I

cannot, do as 1 do not have the exact birth details of Sharad Pawar, Not

using

the

pratyantar dosha and

giving

such

a

major

predlirtonl And then not to see 'Venus as the maraka (not .good for his career) Is to overlook dassical prlndplesof Hindu astrology. Utefor this reason that Section Two has been given before giving case studies In this section. Illustrated Example How non-political events of a politician axe to be verified has been shown by taking up the horoscope of Sanjay Gandhi. 1 could have gone wrong still with my predictions. In that case I would have taken the whole blame upon myself as In such a situation J would have 'datmed' to have 'verified' the horoscope of Sanjay Gandhi, But 1 succeeded and did

not fail,

correct horoscope.

MO

t was obviously working on a

CHAPTER V IMPORTANCE OF PROPmATTON OF PLANETS

WllUe I was writing other orddes in this series I received a fetter Anct the letter once again created the type of pain In my heart which has otways made me feel that I should give up astrology, And

\

would have given up astrology If my late GuruJL Swarrrt

IVumrtiiada Sarawatf and

later,

Swaml

Moorkhanandli

had

not

tiilcod me to continue doing astrology and treat It as part of my SAdhana,

With neither of them

I discussed

the difficulties an

astrologer faces In his consdetious pursuit of the excellent,

the

ncar-lnfaJHble prediction out of the mass of details astrological data tcvcab—end

to

choose

the

relevant

and

pleasant event with

correct timing, every time. IFa question were to be asked why should J. or for that matter any astrologer, choose the pleasant every time, as life Is not a pleasant story of pleasnt events only, my'answer Is brief, When I was at Patna, fourteen years ago', someone known to me met me after a gap

fo some months, he had

looked so distraught, so

cadaverous that day* "Weir, I opened the conversation* "seeing you after so many days*. 'Muzur*. In typical

Bifusri style he had answered that day^

"Vakeel ne dhan loot ifya; doctor ne tan atir dhan loot //ya. Ab sirf man Jcke aya hun'^e. lawyer has deprived me of my money, the doctor has deprived me of both money and health. I have come to you with only my feelings). Leaving

stifF-nedted

snobs,

unresponsive

consultors

and

pseudo intellectuals who know a smattering of astrology and want to 'discuss* their horoscopes, a large number of people who came to me, come with a sense of proper respect, in the hope of hearing 1, m

IMPORTANCE OF PROPITIATION OF...

Astrology, Destiny and Iho Whotl Of Tim*

something hopeful, astrofoglcAlfy. Therefore before I tell you the story of my pain, let me tdt you that tf yowdo not believe In right effort and prayer to Cod do not go to an 'astrologer who can turn you tnto a fatalist. Right effort Inducies recitation of the right.sfotra as prescribed by the rishl Parashara depending tragedies,

upon

the

as a result of such

tragedies will vanish,

dasha you

are

running.

retftatlcin, become Lighter,

Deep lighter

and you wflfdevelop enough Inner strength

to face the Inevitable with equanimity, at any rate. Let me Illustrate with an actual prediction I gave on these lines and then tell you what Sri Shankarachaiya of Kamakotl, Sri /ayendra SaraswatJ told me In October 1986 here In Delhi* Then I will tell you about the story of my pain. I am telling three stories connected by a common theme. God's Grace Oven here is the horoscope of 'Y.S.' a U.P. Brahmin In hb thirties, an engineer by profession and posted In a station near Delhf. My youngest brother Is an unde to him, they having met during one of my brother's, posting. Y.S. and his wife came to ou/ place to call on unde Subhash. One day during the end

1983 he

asked me to see his horoscope and give him predictions, which 1 did not do but, advised him to concentrate on right effort and worship. Some

day

rolled

by

and

one

night while

doing

some

astrological research I was turning the pages of my re^ster when all of a sudden the page on which his horoscope was noted opened Itself repeatedly.

Strange

curiosity

slezed

me

and

1

started

scrutinising the horoscope* Here IS the horoscope: Jup

I

Ug

Moon

f\" Moon /\

YJS. Rashi

MerlR)

Sun

Ven

Marc Sun

142

i

/I

/Uliejefly* Destiny and (lit WlmH oMimn Next cby I

IMPORTAM^tTOP PROPtrtAtlON OR+.

told imy yauingest brother Subtias and lib wife

VlJayliTlishtnl. "tb Jpt'fi »i-v >'5,

comes make hOn fit down and do

Mritvjnfityx tegufatty'.

both him and /t^ w/fr to do U

Mantra *Wd nsA

In the cvcfihtiJ wlicti he crtme, I myself sat down with him and his wife and jnrtdE Uicm do the mantra twenty-seven

S^dtii

Cftdrwu orfhidiitwt mantra tjotic

each

(08 (lines.

n&kshMtAS

There are

having

four

{parts).and t knowjrom my experience that a /OS times is efficacious and wards off,

ci'ttttwi;jcs off malefic In ftttcfjce ofphmcts* it Is what the greatf\iiatlMM prescribes and so do many living saints and iffodhi .in/v/vrji through aft the vicissitudes of her history it fs because amnttes* pedpte do H ahvays. Out one-day Y.S. asked me why instead of giving him any p!

Id Idns-'l had asked him fo do Mriiyunjaya

Mantra so seriously,

"Adcllng (his to your daily worship will enhance the beauty of your dally pufA besides warding off or minimising life's miseries. Your Inner strength will Irrereasc*. In 'the next few weeks when he met me he told me that he WAS doing it regularly and intensely* Again one day he asked why 1 had insisted on his doing (his mantra and 1 told htm that it was the tenet of my faith, based on actual experience that right efforts and right prayers alone ensure durable, but unspectacular, success. Some misfortunes overtake us and we can surmount mtsfbriuens. A very powerful mantra to overcome misfortunes Is Mtityunjuya

Mantra. Why not add this to

dally worship? tQ64 Sometime after sunset on February 3, 1584 my sister In law told me that Y3, had met with a serious accident and was In All India Medical Institute and that my younger brother was with him there. He was Inspecting the godown where bags of cement were stacked upto

the celling

of the

godown.

Suddenly

something

happened and two hundred bags fell on him who got burled under (hem.

In

the panic

that spread,

others there

In the godown

thought, naturally, that he must have been crushed to death. They removed

the

bags

one

by

one,

found

him

unconscious

but

breathing* Then, perhaps, tficy removed him at once to the All India Medical TnstUuie. This was the Information I had. After about an hour the message transmitted to me was thai 143

IMPORTANCE OF PROPrTlATION OR-

AE+nsloqy, Dtsilny Jind (fxj WhBflJ of Time

he had regained consdourtess but was mumbling something Mtjc a frightened man who had faced death* just then came a dodor to whom

I told about this* He did not comment but kept silent for

quite some ltfne till my youngenor othWi Subhas, came and told ds the Y.S. was condous, had received only hairline fracture on his hipbone arid, had

urinated. .After hearing that he had urinated the

doctor remarked that he was safe now, flstrotogicatforesight As I have said, It is purely the grace of Cod that on a night when I was searching something for rrty astrological research the horoscope of Y,S. opened out Itsdfmany times compelling me to see ft. What I saw was : (a) Me was running Juptler-Saturn-Moon, ro be followed by the pratyantar dasha of Mars. The Moon In the second house and Mars as the lord of the 7th could prove quite bad. Why? (b) Mars In the 5th house with Saturn who Is aspecting the 7th house Is In turn aspected by the 8th lord and Mars as 7th lord was conjoined by Saturn and aspected Jupiter. The pratyantar dasha of Mars could prove dangerous as it aspected the 8th house also, like the Moon from the 2ftd house.
I

have had

discussions with many rrw/rafmas: On October 9, such

a

discussion

with

His

Holiness

Sri

Illumlnatlrig

1986 I have had

|ayendra

Saraswatf.

Shankaracharya of Kandil who had sent word'to me from Allahabad that during his Delhi visit I could have an exduslve meeting with him. 1 was very grateful and happy as it all came as a result of predictions given from time to time thus: (a) To

one

of Swamlfl's

most

ardent

devotees

I

had

given

prediction about his career. As 1 write this March Z3. 1987 the latest prediction given to him too has been fulfilled but with my timing going wrong by about three months. Here \ dearly failed

to synthtstse tranlst

of planets

with

the

pratyantar

dasha. I will call this gentleman "A*. (b} Mr W brought a saintly looking middle aged person to me one day who later; I discovered* was generally ]h charge of l-H

/^fOlCw Uestlny uftd [fia WfloaJ «f Tlmp-

iMPORWKCE OF PRO^ITIAriON OF._

arranging the derails of Swattil|rs padayatto'. Looking at his horoscope f had predicted that for some months Itwould be difficult for ttlrru as fotof InconvenScnce: would be there, on l)r»c way. This prediction was given sometime In 1934. In 1986 when Mr* '8* met me he told me Iftat Ihe cflfficulHes 35 I had

piedlctect ftad to be faced by the entire1 party travelling

with Sri ShankarachArya, Then

he showed

me a horoscope,

told

me

It was of His

Holiness. I told him 1 do not give prediction to Mahatmas but on the

Insistence of

Mr.

'B'

i

had

to

make some

observations,

prediction etc* I told the 'following; (a)

If Sarnljl does not move during this period It would be very good as It" Was time for him to write a magnificent boot1

Mr

*0' was pleased and surprised and told me that SwamlJI wai doing exactly that these days and,

his puday^tras did net

effect his dally schedule of writing. tb) Swamiji should not visit Punjab as Itwould put him to lot of difficulties and

Punjab would be nrtofe violent.

On October 9rh His Holiness granted me an exclusive darshan In Delhi, We had gone with Ticariy ten persons accompanying, who, after SwamlJTs darshan left me alone with him. Sw5ml|l gave me an angavastram1 made of non-violent stlk and a garland of kamaJ' beads in token of appreciation of

I Was moved and thanked Cod

for my good luck. Of Interest to astrologers should be some, out of the many observations,

made

discussion with

by

His

Holiness

during

my

haJf-an

hour

him.

(a) "Ayu"* I said, was the most difficult area of astrology"* He Said "yes- to get deep astrological proficiency more than one hour's meditation should be done everyday* Still ayu would sometimes go wrong". And without explaining he laughed his silvery laughter, (b) He asked me what 1 saw happening ... mundane astrology ... 1 told him... He approved It... He added.something ...darWecf .*. well, wait ... watch. (c) Stotm redtatlon,

mantra |apam and

1, Walking on foot 2 Cloth weni on iho dpporpsrf off/x* body. 3 4. Spfln of Jib, 145

particularly the

Vishnu

IMPORTANCE OF PROPITIATION OR-

Astrotogy, Odilliryarid Hw VAumf efTllml

SihA^tnvj^ma ( prescribed was the very best he said with SO mud i oanvlaloh i Itat I was over-JoyccK (U) He had completed prediction* (c) He wanted to go to

ibc book about which

I

had

miKle .rt

Punjab Ignoring my prediction bur hli

6

Parama Gum sent word to him not to go [urther northward, I had many other things to ask but had asked him polildy, "When do you fest after sudi a tiring ddy?" "I will rest after you

leave", he told me. laughing.

I took

permission to leave and he blessed me. Having narrated my experience with His Holiness let me come, to the Jasr part of my story, the pain astrology causes. Well, it ts. because! (a) When an astrologer's predictions go wrong no one excuses him, ''Sure death" doctors (agcnls of Lord Yatnaj do not have to suffer 'even a fraction of the humHUitton astrologers suffer. (b) Some people tell you that you had not rorewarcd them about something. The duty of"an astrologer Is over when he answers the

question

put

to

him.

persons and warned

them

not to accpet the claim

astrologers

"SPG*

everything at a gLvKQ

that they

/

have

scolded

many

educated of some

(c) Saturated experience, inspiration to do astrology brilliantly and Intuition have, in the Hfe of an astrologer, their ebbs and tides, daily. An

astrologer is not a gramophone record or a pre-

recorded cassette of music ofyour past* present, future ready to tee! off what you want to hear (and do not want to hear) as soon as you show hlmyour horoscope. Against this background seethe letter of

very devout father

who lost his docror-son. married to a lady doctor* The rather had shown the

horoscope

to

many

astrologers none of whom

had

foretold about ihe short span ofthe life of his son, He g ot my address and wrote to me. "1 lost my eldest son all of a sudden. He was

D.CH

.** He died of cerebal haemorrhage when he went to take a bath on January 4.

1957* No astrologer, though I have consulted many,

had ever Jpdkatedsuch a short life. And If 1 had known I would not have allowed him to marry The grtcf-strfkcn father is a believer In God and astrology. My answer therefore Is that God did not Impel any asxroSoger to "See" 5 hfis guru who is nowi Odyenrx old Uf>

IMPORTANCE OF PROPITIATION OF,..

Asvt&jgy, Destiny nni ihe WTicd o! TTnw Lag Ven Mars

Jup 12 Lntj Von Mflm Moon Kel Rashl

Sun Mef Roh

4\ Moon Kat > Sat

Hwa

what should have been seen, as he did In the case of Yogesh Shamni*. I as an astrologer know how a prediction Is missed. No astrologer can foretell wfiat God does

not want to be

revealed. Otherwise Lord Krishna would have shown Arjuna (Qta. Chapter 11 > his own dead son, Abltlmanyu, In the long procession of dead men Arjuna was shown, even before an arrow was shot In the great battle of Kurekshetra.4 Wiser after the event, see the horoscope and note two points* (a)

It Is an alpayu (short life) horoscope.

(b) Venus-Saturn-Venus period had to prove fatal* There are other features of fatality. Any astrologer could have misse'd 1L Some astrologers could have pointed It out. Two reasons why prediction are missed : (a) Astrologer's Incompetence. (b) Consultor's lack of humility and frankness, And above these two ... the wlif of the Lord. TECHNICIA ASTROLOGICAL POINTS What Is Graha-Shand or Propitiation of Planets? 1. Each astrologer has his own

answer to the question as to

what actually Is graha-shantf (propitiation of planets). 2. I have two-fcld answer to this question. Astrologtcally it can & in the {Jfoa/ Indian opic, the Mshzbhamta, Asjlnts {hogreat warrior expresses his grief-mixed retudano&lo Mi his own kith and kin. Then Land Krishna opens his mauU) afigr mveaiingNs Ohrfnet form.ArjunQ sees e procession 0^ dead persons, even txtfof^tho^varhad bogun.lt iyasottpfo-dostinod^ut A/funa was not shown Abttimanyu, his own son, who ivas also killedfn theb&ttlfi.

147

IMPORTANCE OF PROPmATION OF_

Aerology. OeslTiy and the Wliwl of Timo

be seen.whether any remedial measure wiU worlt at nil In a particular case or not. Where it Is not going to work, ll Is the moral duty of an astrologer to help the consuHorgel back his lost seir-confidance. Tills can be done not through any bluff 1

hut by preparing the consuttor to accept sr, the

most

essential

dlsdpiine

of life,

ues of destiny as

ft then

sounds

like

preJidilng,To avoid preaching and then convince the consultor why he must accept destiny as InevlMble In some case. 8y taking this tine / have created controversies and enemies. 3i tf the consultor is a genuine devotee, as It Is, In the case of Y,S. the best Nmncdy Is to ask him to worship more Intensly. If God cannot, save who else can or will? 4, Those who prescribe stones (jewels) themselves do not know how and when it worfos. They have some

links with

some

jewellers who give them some commission for the sales Ihey make through astrology, Thils Is not astrology but a business racket) well-known. .5,

Yantras,

can

work

provided

they

are

made

by

a

pure

worshipper on astrologlcally auspldous. days, through proper prescribed and, scriptural (sternTc) way. Such people

who can fnake proper yantras are rarest

mahritmas. Astrologers do not even know the secrets of yatramaking. But for whatever they manufacture they have a ready market! 6,

Mahnrsht Parashara (we all

do astrology of Parashara but do

not prescribe remedies according to Parasharal) referes only to redtition of mantras and daan {cftnrfrfes). But It will not suit mercenary astrologers to prescribe strictly what Parashara says as, lr would be unprofitable, commercially. 7- Counselling being done by good psychologists works some times, if this too does not became mercenary profession. An astrologer with a good background of psychology can make a very

effective

use

of

that

knowledge

and

do

the

best

counselling tn the world. / wflt show that in a separate book on Astrology and Psychology which will be based on actual astro-psychologlcaf studies.

CHAPTER VI LOVE-MAKING PERIODS

I do remember and 1 am not boasting,. Those days when 1 played cricket In hhlid dtiss" matches with no great talent, I was never dean bowled. 3 was caught in slips or mld-wlckec, I was never run oul 1 could run very fast and never had fear of being taken by surprise

by

an

inconveniently

agile

Azharuddtn

or

mercurial

Siikant.* But In iistrology h Js not

I am stressing the Importance of

pratyantar dasha Of course bur then I am also telling you : W I could not read the 'googly'1 In the horoscope being seen by me and was beaten without being bolwed. The spin" being from the ofTslde when I thought ft would turn from the leg, {b] Yet I

could locate the pratyiiniar dasha in which the 'odd'

event took place, Now see the horoscope (Chart I), A lean young man with a boyish face. He reminds me of AiliarudcHn, The ',evcnt, located finally reminded me of a Pakistani cricketer who had stealthily entered the room of a very famous actress and, when chased by some toughs, had jumped from the balcony, broken his arms to lose both, his fady love and cricket career. Let me call this young man

"ST

Ironsftx When he met me, Mars was Jn Virgo aspecting rhe Moon Iti his- 7th house and Saturn was In Libra. Now my question was %

7, Tfa? ganio Of atdiofis iti&legsty of the British iuh,A2t\^utidii1 isthe captain of Indian cncHel togfjuSrikont is obtMapt crickeicr. 2. A bA'tiCYil&ddcoepUvuty turns from the on
Astrology, Destiny and fro Wheel Of Time

LOVE-MAKING PERIODS Leg van

5 \ jn Mer. Rah/

3 Lag Von

Chart 1 Raahi SatfR)

Sun Mer Rah

9 Mccn ^lON Sat(R) Jup(R)

Rah Sun Moon

Jup

Vcn

I Navamsha

Lag

|

Kel

2 / ^ Rah\ \ Sun Moon

(a) Mars hl5' 6th lord a violent planet aspecting the Moon In his 7th house could Indicate a violent event in manled life, and if not married. In a love affair. {b} Saturn, the 8th lord, aspecting 7th house and the Moon, could Indicate separation, if married, or breaking off a love affair. Horoscope To arrive at this 1 had analysed his horoscope and came to the following conclusions* The dasha Periods (a) He was passing through the dasha of Venus

his 5th lord,

aspecting the 7th house fiom the Lagna. He looked young enough to make me feel that his hormones were virile and 3. A famous women elhfete Of India. 4. The queen in this pfay gals her lover trampled by an elephant ISO

Autfok^i. OL-.iuny/inj iriu 'Mmfil ol Timt VcnVis,

the

!fjve»»niiti1t,i1

L OVE-t^y.rNG rCTi:<0D3

wtus

In Tvill bK>ofnf jo the

fLshl of

Mercury for loviMTMkfng—not maiflos^ pcthiips, (b) The Moon, mprrssetillng mind was In (tie 7t\\ house aspected by Venus, it natural sfcx-itlirouJaton (c) But MouitMuuiA opposition along

1/7 ax.1^ to sbessecJ by a

writer and .3150 mentioned in some Ji3tit*bOQksT\2 notgood for marriage* I have found this correct in many Ctocs. May be It Is not good for iove-affaSis, I guess* extending thte principle, {d) fVtais aspecting the Moon In the 7th house gAve me two keys to the right predfctlon—his love-naffalrs were more than one and the present love-affair was taking a violent turn* The young man reacted very intelligently and said that what i had said was correct but—and what he told me showed how a 'googly' I failed to read spun from the wrong side* The fricJdent The young man fell In love*Those who fall in love do not get hurt physically,

love not

Involvement which

may

being a physical lead

one

faH, but an emotional

Into* God

knows,

how many

poignant situations. Now the yaung woman he uw chasing tucf more proteins and vitamins in her body than Is perhaps good for a girl, whom we would still

want

ro appear

like a delicate

damsel

even tn the era of

J

P,T. Usha*

While he chased her, she spurned his advances and applied for Jobs everywhere* She at last landed in a Job, which the young man least expected-the job of a policewoman, Undeterred the young man continued to chase her, she continued to spurn his advances, now with frightening frown. Then one day she got htm He was In the police locK-up for some hours where he was bcalen with

police

batons Which

remitted

me

of Webster's

play,

the

Dutchess of Mu}R* Alars After hearing his story, I cancerm-aredl on Mais in Ills horoscope* As 6th lord aspecting the 7th house, beating is well-explotned* ftavcrrofro The Navamsha corroborates tills analysis. Here Venus, the 6th lord* Is In the 7th again aspected by Mars* here the 5 th lordt the lover* fVrrtynntar dosha "When do you think If happened?-The young man asked me* ts i

LOVE-MAKING HeRIODS

Askobey, Citjftlk'rty rthrf (hv VJrHvil OT Tlmti

"In Vc:fiuvMerajty-SA
Ibid here Is the apoil-sport. Mortthan half pleased with, me, the young man asked me the

Lw question,

"Tell me will I be the husband of a policewoman?*

At_ that moment

I

must have

been

the

most nervous and

confused man in the world. I had looked at the celling of my room to get back my dulled powers of analysis and then said. "Well, Mars In your 4th house ts |Oth from the 7th house; 1 do not know. But may be that means that the profession ofyour wife will be a police Job." In locating the pratyantar dasha my logic was ? to) Venus the 12th lord represents }iUl also. (bl Mercury

rhe

antardasha

lord,

Is owner of the

4th

house

(home) In the 3rtl representing movement.
case

of

complex

problems

classical

principles

the young can

be

but

man

tackled

in

shows by

how

many

astrofogers

non-conventional

by

mariner.

modern applying Lack

of

boldness of astrologers may not help us ro extend the frontiers of astrological predictions to modern man, a complex amalgam of contradlcttons. Ydf classical prindples cannot be-lgnored. Let me give the horoscope of Mrs. Indira Gandhi to Illustrate It, f

am

strictly

of

the

opinion

that

no

one

who

falls

to

understand the wisdom and prindples given in( what I consider, rhe greatest

book on

Parashara

predictive astrology 5

Mora ^/lasrra , can

ever

be

In

the

world,

a

sound

the

Brihat

astrologer*

But

disaster Is the only result if they are taken as dogmatic conclusions and.

greater disaster,

Is the

result

If these

prindples

are

not

Interpreted according to one's own ■experience. Let me quote an Instance. Now Parashara wya (a)

If the seventh lord Is debilitated, and

(b) If Venus Is placed In the 6rh or the IZth house, the wife dies in'the

)8th or the 33rd year of the marriage,

Now db fibr apply all these rules dogmatically but take two £ Nogood translation ofttm book is av0itsbfii in English, 152

Auroiofly. DcsIhi/ .inrl ffic Wtinoi of Tmis?

LQV^-NiAKINCS PERiOpg

prldplcSi 3 flcbllltateci 7th lord is no good and an ttl pliiced Veniis Is worse. In malefic

many

places

planets.

Add

P-fifPSlwira spwks siboui

m.iieilc eFTects of

that here

both

and

modify,

In

the

birth

horoscope and the Navaiuslw and the results ^ne stunningLq; mc lllusfamte it with the horoscope'of Mrs. Indira Gandhi. Jn her hotoicope — fa)

Her 7th lord Is no: dcbliltatcd-

{b) But her VctlUs, wHh Rahu (quite bat)} Is In the 6th house, (cj In the Navamsha Saturn Is w3th Ketu while the Navamsha 7th lord is Tn the 8th with Venus but aspected by Saturn, (d)

Mars Is in her second

house, bad for the

longevity of her

husband. Then comes hie funniest objection. Here Para^hara uses the word

"Dara" which means wife:. How could /Vlrs. indfrla Gandhi's

horoscope be choosen as ani example? Well, my answer is 'DarvV must be interpreted as spouse and, the results modified, If there are benefit aspects even If such

conditions are fulfitled. But that

around the years Indicated, such an event can occur, "must be kept In the mind. In the case of Mrs, Gandhi sine was married In 1942 and, her husband died In I960, exactly the tSth year of her marriage* How correctly this applies here? in other eases It does apply but with the modifications suggested, TECHNICAL ASTROLOGICAL POINTS Profession Very extensive and deep researches In profession has to be done by Astrologers. A team of rescATdiorsIn Delhi has made good progress fn Lhls direction. Husband or wife's Profession There

are

some

methods

of

predicting

the

husband's

profession from gld's horoscope which sometimes comes out very correct. But It goes wiong hccuase astrological research In professional pattern itself Is not sound enough .yei. Wffe-Beating Combinations There are well-known wlfe-bcatlng combinations, til

known

to

lOVE-MAWNfi PERIODS

Asirtfouy, OcAlhy wict thft WHoflt of Time

astrologers but not discussed In astrological texts* In the case of husband beating, it would apply to a woman's horoscope, Period • of Widowhood from Mabarshl frarastwa's Brituit Parashara Horn Shastra an exmple has

been

shown .explaining

Gandhi. These combinations,

the widowhood

or Indira

Ini the newer social context,

come to mean not the death of the husband but divorce,

have In the

case of many western women I have seen such combinations In their horoscopes. They were not widow but divorcees. Flexible application of the old texts have to be done now in the fast changing sodo-economlc life of ours.

flS4

CHAPTER Vn TIMING MARRIAGE

Yes, now the heat of Delhi summer Is lust receding but the heat of politics continues to be oppressive. There is cynicism In the sodety here where they plan ihelr lives around the opportunistic chances visible, Sip a glass or two for old dmeT5 sake. That which is eternal In old world values will get revived, at any rate, the eternal that has the capacity to tcnew Itselfls the Sanatdrtti. So let me toll ycd a story which gave me as much happiness, a story of divinity* When 1 am talking of the story you are perhaps Imagining that 1 am going to narrate a story from the AUhfibtiflratii' or PunttntiSr

No f rvn

In

the inconvenient habit of narrating fnre

stories lifted from the Chapter of Life of persons, vibrant iv/C/r Vi/b. and

meeting me

postmorteniadvance.

I

every now

am

giving

and then.

And

I

am

cdse-studles of predictions

not

doing

given

In

I have talked of the Sanaranfl—have 1 not? God has His own way of showering grace and that is a Sanatana rule. Let me tell you two stones and explain them astrotoglcally through the use of maha, antar and pratyantar dasha of Vlmihottarl dasha In Hindu astrology, the best method of timing events, Mr. jagdish Joshh former iVbP. of the fcalya Sabha from M.P, came and told me on the morning of April 2,

1937 tnat what had

looked like a hopeless prediction of mine was fuiniled... Now before you hear rhe stoiy* see the horoscope (Chan 1). Background Now let me first give you some background to tne story. Many decades ago a divine looking lady in a white sail had been received at Lucknow railway station by a group of persons of both 5e*es and

I was among the small crowd of children then 15?

Astotogy, OesHny end (he Wt»m( of Time

TIMING MARRIAGE Sat(R) finh

0 Lag Jup

e\ un Marj Warsx 1 ^ 9 Van Ket

Chart 1 Rashl

3 Sat(R) Rah

to > Moon Lag Jup

MarsSun Mfir 10050' 4[J2e' AW

Asa Sun Moon

Sal

Lag

Mars \2PAy Mercury 21!1h05, Jupiter tOW

Venus Satum{R)

11 16W

Rahu

25000'

2 R^h

Ran

1 Un 4 Via Mans.

N&vamsha

(2 Sat fl Moon

10 Jup Mer

Jup Wcr 5 Sun 6 Kol

enjoying the festivity of the atmosphere and^ not knowing what it was all about. That divine lady was garlanded, they had sung some bhajans and as we* in a procession-tike manner had wended our way out of the platform,, the singing had continued. Who was she 1 had asked and they had said yVJa Anandamoyee. That great divine lady addressed by one and all as Ma used to come to

Lucknow every year and every year divine festivity was

there: everyone participated In It—the ciders tor the spiritual bliss they enjoyed, and the children for the best sweet-meats given to them as prasada sometimes by Ma herself* As a result wfthln the rather well-knit society of ours In our small locality, there had grown up a smaller society of devotees of Ma who knew each other well, very Intimately* when they met 156

Astrology, D&stiny and inc

at Titr.o

TJfilhG MARR1A3E

every evenfn,g. round the year, to sing some bhajans andvyhcn A^rl came these hhtifans went on and on and on. Four decades after*

now,

these devotees have dlsappcatcd*

most of them having played out the innings of their lives, and some of their children continue the traditions through their own children wherever they are, wKli their worldly pursuit not taking a backseat. Sometime In 1979 or 1950'Mr. jagdish loshf had given me this horoscope and said. "She is the younger sister of,.." Mr* Josh! knew that

1

knew

very

Intimately

that

group

oF devotees

of

Ma

Anandamoyee. The Problem "Born In t94A still unmarried... will she be married at alt? If yes, when?" was the specifro question of Mr. jagdish |oshh Mr. Joshl knows Astrology and that Is an advantage. Surely yes, was my answer when her Jupiter dasha starts.-after

1982. Theieafiar either I did not work hard on It or committed some

mistake Let

in

timing the

me

first

event.

mention

the

combinations

hindering or even

denying marriage In this case* Negative

Features

From Venus (a) Venus is afflicted. (b) The 7th house from Venus is aflltcted. (c) The 7th lord from Venus is afflicted. (d) The l£th lord from Venus is afflicted, (e) The

IZlh house from Venus is afflicted.

from the Lagno (a) The 7th house Is afflicted. tb) The Lagna lord Is heavily afflicted. But the best explanation

for such abnormally delayed

marriage Is available in the research of my friend ICS. lain. Hopes for Marriage Jupiter (a) lupiter Is In the Lagna, unaJFllered and tells you a hidden story. As a benefic 7th lord Tn the Lagna, he arouses spiritual hopes* (bj lupiter as the 7th lord aspects his own house. 157

Aslrclogy, OwlVny and Ih- vVlMrtt i>F T1IO&

TIMING MARRIAGE

(c) Jupiter's aspect is Ganga-Water consecrating vvhacever It Is spttpktcd onAflefciiry Lagna lord Mercury is afflicted heavily no doubt* But looking closely, at Mercury's degrees you can see the distance of (9 dc^refts from

the Mars and

17 degrees from the Sun* The severity of

ainicdan Is diminished but «i Ligna-lard in a hostile surrounding must delay marriage also. Venus Ketu is

14 clegroes away from Venus but Saturn In the 7fh

house is only 4. degrees more than Venus. Moon Totally unafflicted* the Moon is receiving the aspect-of Jupiter. Navamsha In

the Navamsha. Mars

the Lagna lord

Is

debilitated and

causes, in addition, triple afflictions thus? (a) ts with Venus, the 7th lord of the Navamsha.
Planets coming under the Influence of Mars or Venus In the Navamsha.

{c) Afnicts the Moon alsoBut then also notice that Mars is the Lagna lord of the Navamsha and Venus, the 7th lord both aspected by two benefics, lupiter and Mercury, So i had hopes and I had said she would ger married Jn her forties when her Jupiter dosha starts. Method of Timing Wltlfe my team-mates are producing an elaborate paper on timing mafrige- through various dasha-systemSt mainly

the

most

popular Vimshottarh let me point out two factors which ) have found useful in riming rnarmlge. ta) Planets or owners In The 1/7 and 4/10 otis- have a major role In causing marriage of girls. (b) Planets coming under the Influence of Mars of Venus in the Navamsha play a major rote In causing mamages* Here Jupiter and Mercury cover both 1/7 and 4/10 axis while Venus being In the 4th house Is an active participant in marriage* The marriage

took place

in

the pratyantar dasha of VenUs.

In

the

antardasha

her

■antftf dtaslia of Mercury and mahadasha of lupiter. Now Transits Sometime

In

her

Rahu

dasha

and

Jupiter

marriage was fixed with a very'saintly young man* Jupiter was then

Ailrdogy. Destry and.iho Wheel of "nma

TIMING MARRIAGE

In her Lagna and Saturn In her 7th house completing the double transit as established by our research. Later In 1950-81

But It did not come off.

both Saturn and Jupiter were-In her Lagna

but the dasha was not favourable for her marriage. Now when Saturn was retrograde In Libra, in 1985. It covered the

1/7 Axis and waited for lupiter to reach Pisces to cover the

same

1/7 Axis and the dasha too was favourable. In

person

I9f58 when It did

not

her marilage was fixed with a very saintly materialise

as that

noble

man was

passing

through a period of Intense spiritual attraction towards the cosmic* After his wanderings all over, now he had come back and finding that the girl

he should

have married eighteen years ago Is still

unmarried, straightaway agreed to marry her now. In April

1987.

Faster Moving Planets We Invoke Gods to celebrate our marriage. Planets representing Gods attend

marriages. This has been proved statistically by my

team-mates. Let me show that again here. The planetary positions on the day of marriage will be : £a) The Lagna lord meets the 7th lord In the 7th house* (b) The Sun and Rahu arc there in the 7th house taking the total of Cods inside the marriage mandapam to four. (c) Hovering near the 7th house, outside the mandapam Is Venus in the 6th house* (d) The Moon is about to enter the bride's house, the Lagna. (e) Saturn Is with the Lagna lord In Scorpio, giving company to the bride. (f) Mars

from

Taurus

is aspecting the

Lagna

lord

and

Important Venus. Rph 5gn Merjup

lAsrs i e SnlfRj

6 Ug Ks(

Vert Transit April 11,1987 Moon

t2 Rah Sun Mer Jup

Kct

159

5 MoOn

more

TIMING MARHJAQE

Aslrolofly, Deslinygnd IheWTiwI ofTme

So the saintly man marries a bride from a family with -a rich spiritual badkground, having served the great Anandamoyee M&, But 'the question is why was thfs marriage delayed so badly* As

I have said

Mr, ICSi'-'faln

I can

as

his

explain

research

It but that should finding

his

given

be done by me

Immense

satisfaction In clinching rhe Issue in a horoscope where there are so many afflictions, but Mr. |dn should produce his paper. I will not even give a hint here.

But to understand

him keep

ready the

horoscope with fully conect degrees of alt planets and the Lagna and the Navamstta. The other story I will

narrate shows how God showers His

grace when you expect It least. Here 1 will again not disclose the name and other details of the girl except telling you that she

Moan I

Lag

$5? Ran 1 L33

3 > at Rah 4 Mars

Chart 2 Rashl

Q Ktrl

5 Ven Mer ' G ^ Sun Jup

Jup Sun

00*0 28*0

Moon Sunl Lag Jup I

Vfifi

Mercury

29*00

S3tum{R) Rahu

29*00 12

12 x\ X / \ MQCtfl X 1 xSonX L0!l

Navamsha

ti

10

Ven Mer

Lagna Sun Moon

12 Moon

X

AnUOtCWi DasUfly arKj-Mia VVIinejt of Tlnio

TlMlMG MARRIAGE

belongs to someone who U rclmcd to Mr, Upendm Vajpal, the well known Delhi jouiOAliM. The il5tci«ln*lnw of this girl

had

Insisted on showing

the

horoscope lo me twdie had nt some crucial rime In her own life consulted meSomedme lOWatds the end of 1980 this horoscope fQiart 2) was shown to me with the same question, "Born In September 1945 and nnt rrwrled yet. Will she be married at .ill?" My answer was, "Yes, very soon and with a man with a lot of properly*. TIiIe gUi'i sister-in-law wham 1 will call *S" told me in her attractive cultured and polite way the following ; (»i) The horoscope given to me with degrees was east by her late father who was himself.in astrologer, he died on November 9T 1974. (b) The girl had

no educational ciuallflcatJans having not gone

beyond the fourth class. |c) She was not good looking and had even become pfumplsh. not attractive from any point of view* {d) They had no money to pay dowry* When

It comes to the

dowry the higher casteS" demand mbre. They being Brahmins had reconciled to her remaining unmarried. I

could see

nomarflage

that *5"

horoscope.

was And

suggesting here

that

was

a

It could girl

be

with

a all

'disqualiffcations* In the matrimoniat market. When U comes to the question of dowery. ail the spiritual heritage of this coutnry seems to vanish and greedy parents of the eligible bachelors make such demands as to make me wonder whether we are worshippers of Cod or Satan. Being over-sensitive on this point, particularly In a country where we quote that woman must be worshipped that where woman

is Insulted a crematorium

Is created

and

I had

prayed to God that this prediction of mine must click fasc. Now lirst look at the negative features of the horoscope delaying manrtage. Negative Features From Venus (a) Venus in Leo, a sterile rashl, ts afflicted by Saturn, (b) The 7th lord from Venus Is heavily afflicted* (c) Other wise Venus Is conjunct with Mercury. From the LtigriB (a) The 7th lord Venus Is in sterile Rashl, afflicted, tfii

■' TIMING MARRIAGE

Astrology. Dastlny and Iho

of nme

3 ^ Moon Mart Sun ^

Transit on Feb U, 1981

10 Vfti KeE

VenKet / Q \ Sal
SalfR) JupJR)

(b) The 7th house receives the aspect of Mars. (c) The Lagna lord Is afflicted as In the earlier case, rather heavily* From t/ie Navamsha (a) Jupiter in Lagna aspects the 7th house, sprinklng Ganga water. (b) Venus In his own house is afflicted by Mars. But the explanations for delay In this case also are available In the research of my friend Mr. liCS- Jain.

His research applies so

pointedly. Timing I have stated that in the Vlmshottari dasha marriages of girls seem to take place In the dashas of planers connected with 1/7 and 4/LO axis, their lords etc* Now here this girl was passing through the mahadasha of the Moon,

vargottama and the antardasha of Mars,

lord of Lagna associated with the 10th lord and aspectfpg the 10th house. The Pratyantar dasha was of Mercury, associated with the 7th lord and aspected by the 10th lord* Transits Transit on February 14,

I SSI, the day of marriage*

Jupiter Let me show the research of my team-mates applying In toto again, Jupiter (retrograde) In Virgo will act also firom Leo In this case* (a) Jupiter Is with the Sth lord of the birth horoscope, (b) In Leo he is with the 7th lord* (c) From Leo he aspects the Lagna completing the Solum (a) From Virgo It aspects Mars, the Lagna lord. ui

1/7 axis,

Aakology, Dwdtiypod Ihn WliUfll of tlmo

TIMING MARRIAGE

{bj We have shown that Mars should aspect natal Venus on the eve of maniage, in both cases (hat Is there* (cj We have also established That .Mai* must do single handedly all that Satum-jupltcr do, Here Mars isaspecting the 5th and the 7th lords besides having aspected the Lagna earlier when It was in Capricorn. Sufoeqi/em Events1 "S" lives In Pate) Nagar in Delhi and conies to meet me once in she months oreven more, But sometime In March or April 1981 she came and told me the following r Somewhere in Uttar Pradesh a rich U.P. Brahmin had problems persuading his son nearing forty* to marry. The-man had developed sort of a dislike for

+

fA5hlonable* women about whom he had a

terrible opinion* He laid down some conditions for his marriage, (aj The girl he would marry should not be wdl educated, (b) She should not be good-looking, (c) She should be sufficiently advanced In age to have become 'out of market' as far as matrimony was concerned, Thar such a girl would normally belong to a family where indigent drcumstanccs existed* could be anyone's guess. The bridegroom's party India, in search of a

had

undertaken a tour of northern

answering the spedficatlons of the now

middle age bachdor-san of the Brahmin zamlndaf. After meeting part success everywhere they landed In Delhi, went to Pate! Nagar and

found

a

bride answering

totally to

the -demands of their

eccentric bridegroom. In Hindi they say "cfraf tnangnf pat byah^ which means all formalities preceding marriage are gone through hurriedly and the marriage be performed at once. Then "S" told me that as Far as domestic comforts and landed property were concerned her sIsteMmlaw was now very well off, Yes, 1 said

N

lfyou Itnew astrology I could-explain It, Her Moon,

the 4th lord is va/gcrriama, aspected by Jupiter and. Is so strong, ll promises domestic comforts which she could not have got in her srate of indigence here. She had to go elsewhere to get what was due to her. That Is God's |^ist3ce.,,

iiY*

nMING MARRIAGE

Ast/dogy. OesHny and too VWiiwj qt Tlrw

TECHNICAL ASTROLOGICAL POINTS I .Timing Marriage Uwas easy to predict marriages when there were end still iirc child, marriages and early marriages of girts, Though there Is no definite method given In astrologldal texts about timing marriage, yet on the basis of many rufcs, astrologers all over

India have

evolved thcJrown methods, which they keep a secret, It being their best source of Income - and dakshfna (gifts), 2, Team Efforts But the only time In the history of the world a team

of

astrologers collected one hundred horoscopes with one hundred Navamsha (It makes It twp hundred) and the iranslt positions of planets on the days of their marriage {now It makes three hundred) and produced a Joint research and got ninety-eight pefcent correct result. It was In 1987 and :l988f7Tils to date Is the greatest and best statistical-empirical astrological research of the world. 3. Delay factor tn Marriage This team has worked on the delay factor of marriage also through a very sdentiflc formula which takes rtiem nearest to the year of marriage. 4* Dasha System The group research was produced on the basis of transits oF planets only of Saturn, and )uptrerr slow moving planets and fast moving ones, Now

Moon and other planets.

many dashas

arc

being

used

to

time

the event of

marriage. 5. The Unnltatjons Yet there arc, among many, three limitations In thb area: fa) How to distinguish between over-delayed and cases of denial? I have shown in both examples how and why I rely on Jupiter and other beneftcs for Insisting on my emphatic predictions that marriage will not be denied* But .1 have failed In some oases very badfy. ft means that astrologers must also fait In the tested area of their success, They say In cricket that a batsman is caught on the strongest point, I64

AslnoinoVi PeillflV (bj Most

of

ol'Time the

time

we

are

TIMING MARRIASE mistaking

pte-marltal

sex

for

marflflses! I discovered this when wcwicn from western countries told me about the dates of their abortion of children born out of the wedlock. Astrologers

wtft have

to

do

new rcsatch

to

detect

the

difference between pre-fnerltidsex and sacramaiiat marrfage, (c) Then

there

is ■a

difference

between

living

together

and

sacramental marriage. How to differentiate between them?

I

found Jupiter's role crucial In such prediction. But I am still groping Ift the dark, $. The Principle given Vet the methods shown In the two examples given here are sound for delay In marriages, In .traditional families, I tiled this on the horoscopes of women of western countries and found that they lived with someone with certain happlenss, but late In life. Till then ft was a case oF changing lovers.

p 166 is blank; erased

CHAPTER I ASTROLOGY AND

KARMA

In all the writings of writers on astrological subjects, the relation between astrology and karma has been discussed sometime or the other. &ui no writer has posctf the most Impoitanc question whether the two great Authorities

we

follow, Mnlujrshl

Parashara and

Varahmlhira, have or have not directly related astrology to karma. A further

question,

to

which

the

writers should

have

addressed

themselves Is whether astrology gets directly related to the belief In the past* the present birth and the future births, Brihat Parashara HoraShastm starts with refcrenoeto the Avtara Krama supporting the Hindu belief that God reincarnates himself in this world whenever the halanee of evil begins to outweigh heavily the virtues, In such situation nine avfaras take birth each under the beneficent Influence of a particular ptancL Lord Rama from the Sun* Lord Krishna from the Moon, Lord NarAslmh.i from the Mars, lord Budha from Mercury, Lord Varnan from juplter. Lord Pajshuram from Venus, Lord Kuftm from Saturn, Lord Sooker from ftahu and Lord Meena from Ketu. It should be icmembered that Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra starts with the story of divine reincarnation* Where and how does Parashara refer to human reincarnation? Such references are scattered In many places in Pamshara's texts, some of which can be seen first. The eighth house Is referred to asr Purvapara fanuF

which means the occupation, the profession

of the past birth. The next important reference Is when Parashara deals with the maraka or the periods of death. A child may find It difficult to survive In rhe first four years because of the evil deeds of the mother,, (n the next four years as a result of bad fctmrasofthe father and In the last four years upto the 12* year due to child's own bad karmas. The nature of death Is also decided of every Individual as a result of the karma of the past life, it can be as a result of royal punishment,

incurable

diseases* 167

through

weapons,

poisoning,

ASTROIQGV AND KARMA

Aitrolosy- Destiny find IM Witnol CFTlnw

drowning In water, by fire or by a fail from a height etc. Whether at the time of death a person would be conscious or unconscious and whether he would dfe at home or in While In movement or In a foreign -country

etc*

are

directly * referred

to,

Parashara

and

Varahmlhira both also referred, to the past, present and future birth In dearest terms, Past Birth To find out the world from where a particular human-being has come ID take his birth in the world of mortals,, the Drekkana <decante) oFthe Sun or'the Moon Is to be seen. Here JupHer represents Heaven or the highest region. Moon and Venus the Chandra io/er, also referred to as Fitm icJca, Sun and Mars from our own world bf mortals, while Saturn and Mercury from lower worlds, Future Birth The'presence of Jupiter In the 6* V1" and praised

by

houses has been

Parashara for attaining to -a higher state after death.

Varahmlhlr praises (uplterlnthe JO"1 house. Ifthere are no planets In the tf01, 7m

or S1* houses, the lords of 6t^, and S"1 house and their

Drekkanas-are to be examined, Present Birth When Parashara refers both ro the past birth and the future birth, how and where does he refer directly to the present birth? There are dlrecr. references In many places.but the most significant reference Is made In the chapter dealing with the. curses of the previous life as a result of which a person can be deprived of children In the present life. Here' Mandl and the 5° house, alongwith other ptanets, U to be made use oFand the particular nature of the curse of the previous life analysed. For instance. If tn sudi a curse, the Sun Is associated, the curse Isof the father. Ifthe Moon, of the mother etc. and IfRahu is with Mandl, It is described as Sarpa Dosha of the previous blrtft, Parashara even prescribe the methods of the propitiation of planets or CrAhaShAnd for each type of curse. There should, therefore, be no doubt left In the minds that our astrology Is directly related to the past,

the present and

the future birth,

and

these wholly and

substantially support the theory of reincarnation* IFastrology supports the theory of reincarnation, we shall see It being

referred to

In every Hindu Scripture,

and this has been

mentioned repeatedly In tteCfra. Two questions will a/fse; I6S

Astalogy,

Oeeliny

nnt/

U?c

ol

Time

ASTTIOLOOT AHD KAF^w,

J« What about those who do not believe. In reincarnation, and 2. What

about

sdcndfic

proof

In

modern

terms

of

such

reincarnation. Tfofrqucftian cart be onnverotf tn two ways The first is to quote from the Hindu Scriptures where there art references

of hundreds

of cases of relnoarnatJon,

Naturally the

Irnmediate objection that you would make is whether non-Indians and non-Hindu can believe tn reincarnation at all, Aftcf the researches of Dr.

Ian Stevenson', In case of reincarnation, there

should be no doubt left about such reincarnation* Reincarnation immediately reinforces belief In three other Interconnected observations and traditional Indian beliefs. The first Is what Is Itnown as the karm^phnfttsor the result of the karmas oF the past life- The second is the karma-sarriskaraor psycho-mentaJ emotional tendencies of the previous life and the third is the birth-marks. In moie than 600 thoroughly Investigated cases of Dr, ion Stevenson covering the entire world,

almost all

religions and

most of the

continents, no doubt should be left anymore In the minds of even those who demand the scientific proof for verifying the cases of reincarnation, Some of these cases briefly -are as follows: ShantfDevI: Dr. fan Stevenson had no benefit of Investigating Into the most celebrated case of Shanti Devi of Delhi, who in her previous life was in Mathura and had met the children of her previous life who were much older to her, This case came to rhe notice of the world when Mahatma Gandhi .got a committee oonsftltuted under Delhi's Deshbandhu Gupta to investigate thorouglhy Into the veracity of Shanti Devi's case. For many decades this was the most widely reponed case Jn the world, Shanti Devi tiled sometime In 1987 or 1988. Copal Gupta t The most celebrated case for our generation Is that of Gopal Gupta of Delhi who In his previous life was Mayor of Mathura and was shot dead In

1948, after his own wife of the

previous birth hatched «i conspiracy wftb her brother-in-law ro get her own

husband murdered* The name of Gopal Gupta (bom on

August 1956 In Delhi) was Shaktf Pal Sharma (was born on December 30.1913)
In the preceding life has Invariably been violent.

J Twenty cases svggesllYU uf Hetnctimoflon. Dr. tan Stevenson, At Press of Virginia, Cftaifcfffsw/,'® ICW

How the Uptv^fsfty

ASTROLOGY AND KARMA

Astrology. Destiny and the Whftit ofitlmg

$Ainsk&ra$ of,the previous life reappear in the present life is clear In the case of Gbpal Gupta from amongst many Instances. When as boy, he was asked by his father to remove a cup that had been used by someone'and had become 'polluted' (uccktsht)* he objected, saying that he-could not do so, since,-he was a Brahmin. It was the odd reply of Gopal Gupta which led to detailed Investigation Into his past life, Gopal Gupta's mother, Omvati Gupta had an unusually strong desire for fhilt-julces, espedalty, orange-Juice during her pregnancy with Gopal (p.96). Dr. Stevenson Investigated Into tills and found out that Shakti Pal Sharrna, was particularly fond of fruits and especially orange juice. Kum Ktsm Vcrma : In the Darbhanga district of Bihar, there lived a woman called Sundari who was poisoned to death by her daughter-fn-law in 1950. Sundari made a cobra her pet, which she fed and allowed to sleep In her own room. Five years after her death she

was born

as

the second

daughter and the third child of

Dr. B.K. Verma and his wife Subhadra who lived In Bahera, a place not very far from Darbhanga. When Kum Kum was 2 1/2 years old, she started asking about her previous life In Bazar, Darbhanga, Kum Kum had by birth, some marks on the lobes of her ears which In her previous life had been pierced for earrings* When Kum Kum was four years old she showed an unjsual Interest in snakes. Once when she was at her school, a cobra fell from a tree. Other children panicked and ran away but Kum Kum went up to the snake, patted (ton the hood and cuddled It The snake which had been stunned by Its fall recovered and

quietly crawled away. This was the result of the

samskara of the previous life. In astrology we can easily trace karma-phala. through the Vert

Mars

Lag

X 5 XX

^ X Mar^ X\ I XX van

X xfi

X a ^ Moon

170

Astrology; Desfifny and the Wheel of Time

ASTROLOGY AND KARMA

mahadasha system, Tor Instance see Chart 1 ► In

1990 this tady was passing through the dasha of Moon-

Venus, It can easily be seen ; (a) From the Lagna the .7th lord. Jupiter In the 6th house aspccted by Mars. {b) Hie 7th house has Saturn, again aspected by Mars. (c) From the Moon the 7th lord Venus has gone incothe 6th house while the 6th lord Mars has gone into the 7th house. (d) In the mahadasha of rhe Moon which Iswith the 7th lord In the 6th house from the Lagna and In the antardasha of Venus which Is the 7th lord from Moon in the 6th house, there had to be strong difference of opinion with her husband. Finally she had to divorce her husband* Astrologers can easily see that certain planetary pattern In every horoscope represents unavoidable proofs or pre-destinatlon. Similarly, a person born with a horoscope (Chart 2), In the mahadasha of Mercury, antardasha of Sun and pratyantar dasha of Mais* there was a Wgtheft In his house, as a result of which |ewelleiy nearly worth of Rs. 40,000 of his wife was stolen. Such an Incident Is explainable only through the application of astrological prindples. This person has been suffering from losses and thefts of property repeatedly.

Mara Rah Chart?:

C.

0 Sun Mct

A,

SvniMor / The Physical, Astral and Causal Bodies

What then Is salvation? For the purposes of our understanding let us rememer that there three bodies: the physical body (sthula sharfra),

the

subtle

astral

body

and

the

Aa/vma

shartra.

The

transmigration of soul Is directly related to the astral body. So long as the astral body, which Is called the flfigdehte not destroyed, the 171

ASTROLOGY AHO KARMA

AsbtjJoGVt DestinyBjaWiirjcluf "flcns

cycle of births.-and rt-bfrths.does not end. There Is an Interesting story In the.MahablMrate, Arjua who had Lord Krishna as Ws guide and guru, and listened to-the highest spiritual wisdom through the preaching of the

Bhagvat Git* on

the battlefield of Kuntkshctm,

fbfgot>all these lessons, and long after, ht once again requested Krishna to help him refresh those lessons. Krishna admonished Arfiin for forgetting those lessons and .rt'OcpldlRcd the essence of the Gfta through, what is known as. Brahman G?to. Arjun again forgot these but after the departure of Lord Krishna from the world of mortals. ATjuri

got

Immersed

In

deep

spiritual

practice*

The

Srfmxd

Bhagvatam describes that It was now that the astral body of Arjyn was destroyed and he remembered each and every lesson oFthe Glta. It is through such a destruction of the astral body that mortals get liberation or muktl. Again some objections can be raised,. Why should non-Hindus believe In astral body at all. Such objections will be less now than they were two decades ago because of the recorded Tnsrances of the out of body experiences given by Dr. Raymond. Many people who suffer a severe heart-attack see their astral body getting detached from the physical body and watching all the activities of the doctors and Dr.

ntifst

Dr

Raymond

has

recorded

many

such

InsEances.

Raymond gives an tnterestlng InsMnce of a person who was

Involved In a terrible car-acddenf and saw his astral body getting out of the physical body. After he was restored to life, one day, he happened to be walking In an area of criminals of USA. Someone suddenly came and put a pistol on his chest and threatened to kill him. When he showed no refletlon, the criminal was surprised and asked him, why he was not.afraid of death? The answer of that, man was that tlm end of physical body had no meantng for him because he had experienced that there was life after death or death after life, lr Is not possible for an astrologer ro trace

out wlrh any

confidence what an Individual was In his previous life though In the Bhrigu Samhita of northern India and the Nadls of southern India, there arc refctences .to the previous life. An astrological classic known as the Karma VipakSamhfra traces a man's past life according to the charan (quarter) of his blrth-Nakshatra (Moon constellation). AH

these lead to the Inevitable conclusion that astrology Is

integrally related to the previous births, the present blith and the future birth. It Is for this reason that astrology and astrologers refer to three types of karrrrasi tfie sanchtta or the accumulated katmasaf alf previous life as Is alloted for enjoyment or sufferings of the present 171

Astrology. Dntimy umllrtp Wheel oJTlma life and the

ASr^OLOGY AMUKAfMk

which is a direct offspring of the fcjjmisof rhe-

previous and present life. Until <JI these karmasaie liquidated totally, there Is no liberation or muktI the total liquidation of the karmas, total destruction of the astral body Itedf* It Is for this reason that parasbara and

Vamhmihlra referred to the past, present and future

Incarnation of every person. Inlerc^ttngly. In /s/m/n/Astrology from the tCnrakamsha and Ajrwryytfovra/Vathe examination Ola horoscope can

be

done

to

find

out

whether

a

person

would

get

final

emancipation or not. Iris necessary for us to stress here that The theory of astrology is based 100% on the theory of

reincarnation, Mot* scientific

clues are now coming from the West while for Indians U has only been a matter of traditional belief so far. Ths A'Uih^bbtVtirA refers to the Avi/'w/rs of previous life and states in the clearest terms that none can escape the consequences of the kamnashe has done or Is doing. The karma is like a ca/Avhlch knows how to search for his motheT'COW, even in a herd. The karma chases Its doer unmtetakably, ft Is for this reason that It has been said;

H ^ tft*
dUai
m

CHAPTER H ASTROLOGY, AMD

FATE

FREEWILL

For non-astrologers the debate about fabe and freewill 1* purely phllosophTeah Most of the writers produce confusing volumes of books on

the subject and

mesmerize

I heir readers

with

their

concisions. For the the astrologer, It Is not a debate but only a question of developing more and more of his ability to see it, as he alone can, since astrology, better described as jyotlsha. Is a PrAtyaksha

Shastra

or a proofs-flllerf subject of ciasslcn] learning. What the astrologer sees can be divided Into three parts: {a) That area where destiny must prevail and man has no choice* (b) That part where man can exercise hts freewill to improve the best of the pre-destlned results or overcome the predestined mtsfortuens, partly may be even frilly. It Is, however, debatable whether man can ever overcome completely hts prerdestlned misfortunes. (c) That mixed area where rhe astrologer cannot see himself where strokes of destiny become more mightily dominant over freewill of vlte-versa. Ail these can be Illustrated In many volumes produced by a team of astrologers, Here only some astrological Illustrations are being given to explain what exactly the three areas mean* Non-Pebatsble Points about Destiny Eldest or the Youngest Among Broth ers/SIsters An

astrologer should

see

the

six

horoscope

given

here

fGiart I -6} and ask himself what is the common feature he sees In them. What Is being given here is only a thumb rule but a thumb rule 174

AsETOlOfiy. Destiny and ttW Wheal ofTUTIO

Chart 1

ASTTROLOGY, FATi AND FREEWILL

Sun Ven Mer(R)

Kcl Ven Sun Chart 2

Jup

I Moon

S\ Stm VcntR) Mafi/ Chart 3

SatfR) I

Sun Vcn(R) Mare

9 Sat(R)

Jup

which applies to over sixty percent horoscope Is a valid rule which can be depended on. What Is the common feature In all these horoscopes? I. The first horoscope Is of a male who Is the youngest child of his parents. 175

ASTROLOGY. FATE AND FREEWILL

A&rotogy. Destiny and tfio WT)Mt cf.TTnw, 4 .PAaisRah

Jup Vcn | Sun KMr

iz JupVen

Chart 4 SatKet

^ 11 Mooo < 10 ^ SatKet

Charts

7 KelSufi Mer

KeiSun Her

Moon.

Mars Van Lag Rah Sun Mer

/

\Mars Vcn

Lag2Rah Sun Mer Charts

' 7 ^ Jup(R) 2. The second one 1$ of a gfd who ts youngest {seventh) child ot her parents. 3* The third horoscope Is of a male who is the elder of the two son ■of his parents. A, The fourth Is of a male who IsddeTof the two sons of his father

'Asl/Dtogy. Uestii>v and

lA-TiMfflF Tlina

ASTFrDtOG¥fc FA ft AND FREEWILL

though he has a sister elder to him. ♦ -

5. The fifth Is of a crt^c who is the youh^cf of fht two sons of hTs parents, 6, The last Is of a lady who Is the eldest ivnong the .five children of her .parents, NqW what Is the common feautre in these horoscopes? U In the first horoscope the eleventh lord Is In the third. Z. tn the second one also the eleventh lord Ts fn the third house* 3*

In the third horoscope the eleventh Jord (sfn the third* In the fourth one the third lord Is In the eleventh house*

5.

In the fifth horoscope the eleventh lord Is In the third.

6.

In the sixth horoscope the eleventh lord Is in the third. The

thumb rule

success fs that If the

which

can

be replicated with sixty ftercenr

third lord is In

the eleventh house or the

eteventhlord In tiw thfrd4 the pctson will cither be the eldest or the youngest child of his parents; or vviil be ffre eldest or the youngest among sister or btothcfc, Since we are talking of destiny,.ask one Important question. Does a person have a choice to be born as the eldest or the youngest child of his parents orr Is ltdecided by desllny. What then Is destiny? Whether one believes In In destiny or not, the argument must start wlih the question whether one had any choice to be born at n particular time, in a pcirtfcuUir family With particular parents fn a particular surrounding. At what stage could one have exercised-any choice to select one's pAtcnts, brothers* sisters, the family to be born Iti, be It a wealthy one oi a poor one? If a man sits down to list out wh/it In his life has happened without his having any choice In them, there Is no reason why he should not believe In destiny* Similarly see the following four horoscopes iChart 7-10), The ninth religion.

house in astrology is reprcsenhitfve of father and

Now see In the four horoscopes given here, how rhe ninth

lord is placed, 1, In the first horoscopes (Chart 7), the ninth lord Is In the eighth house w!th Ketu and P.V, Maraslmba Rao went Into adoption (changing tils father) in his childhood, over which he could not have had any control. Was it not ptc-desiined as the planet Indicate? 2, The second horoscope (Char 8) belongs to a Congress Member of the Indian Parliament, Mr. Choka Rao whose ninth lord Istn rhe eighth house. He too went Into adoption In his childhood— a decision ovef which he had no control, it befng p re-destined,

ASTROLOGY, FATE AND FREEWILL Moon I Von Kfll

Astroloov. Desunv end Uie Wficd of Time

Sun Mare M«{R>

ChartT P.V. Narnslmha Rao

Rah

\

Rah "TX JupSot 71

3 sun Wars

SslJup

I

^ /

Lao

Von Mar

frtara sun Charts a Van Mar Jup

Lag Kel

Sat Moon

Jup{R) S > vSQf(Fti/ 12

Jup{R} SeKR|

La^Kct

Chart 9 A Multfmillton-

Met* Sun I

Ven

^^e^Sun

lltoon Mara]

3. The third horoscopes (Chart 9) belongs to a muld-mllllonalre In which there Is an exchange between his eighth and ninth lords. He is a.ParsI, follower of the Zoroastrlan religion but he took his spiritual initiation in a Hindu sad/ianafrom a guru In Omar Hills of Gujarat. 17B

Astrekjgy, Destiny end the Wheal of Time

ASTROLOGY, FATE AND FREEWILL

Mcr Mars Mooa Sui Ven.

V y/7 \/ ,L

Kcl

y/s X X Sal

ia Jup(R)

Chart 10 Atop cxcctlvo JuptR)

4, The fourth horoscope (Chart

(0) resembles the third one and

her too there Is an exchange between the eighth and ninth lords.

He is a Hindu

Brahmin doing intensely a Buddhistic

sadhana after accepting j Japanese guru* What astrology reveals is that what is per-destined happens. Timing the event is the only problem of an astrologer and he should have no doubt that what planetary patterns reveal has to manifest In some form or the other In man's lefe, though when It happens, the person claims, "I decided to accept a guru of a different religion because he appealed to me". We astrologers are famllrarwith good and bad events in the life of a man and we predict on that basis successfully because planetary patterns reveal the pattern of destiny which non-astrologer cannot Hundreds and thousands of such Instance can be given from all aspects and walks of a man's life to show why destiny has to prevail giving man no choice to decide many events of his life. II AREA OF FREEWILL There are area In which a person can exercise his freewill but within the orbit of the pre-destlitcd, not outside

It. This can be

Illustrated In many different ways on different horoscopes. For our example let us take the role of astrological counselling for career counselling starting with pinpointing the educational choices before a student. To do it note down : (a) The nakshatra In which the fifth lord from the Lagna Is posited 179

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AND

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Astrology. Destiny End (he Whod of Time

and the Influence of other planets and the lord of the house Invotved. (b) Thtft see the Influences on the fifth house and the fifth lord from Mereury. (C), Combine both; the Inftuehoes of planets to decide the various educational choices available. (d) The strongest of those choices and the mahadasha running will ultimately decide the choice of higher education and the career pattern* Thus within the pre-destined orbit, a person can exercise some choices. It Is being Illustrated here. The first Example The fifth lord is Saturn In his own nakshatra and In the house of the Moon; the fifth house from Mercury is Capricorn which receives the aspect of both Saturn and Mars- and

the house Involved Is

Capricorn {owned by Saturn). Totalling up. Saturn comes Into play thrice, Mars once and the Moon once* The education has to be technical. The Moon which represents vehicles led this man Into completing a diploma In automoblle-engineddng. Here the choice could even have been Irrigation* electrical engineering* But the Moon Jn the third house of communications decided it In favour of automobtle-englneering.

Sun Mery Lag Ven More n'sr \ Jup y

Sat raw Example 1

Moon

SunMer

The Second Example Here the choice is not much as both from the Lagna and Mercury the fifth house has Saturn, Mars and me Moon all of which are In the nakshatra oF Mercury. He learnt mechanical engineering, later

learnt

about

petrol

pump

management

independent business in construction work. ISO

and

finally

an

ASTROLOGY. FATE AND FREEWILL

Astrology, Destiny and Hfl Whctl of TTmo Lao

I Sun Rah I

Vfen 12 Lag Mcrr

0 JufXRj

Examplo 2 4

Sal\ > Mars MOQfl 22^2; JujKR

The Third Example Here the fifth house has Saturn aspected by Jupiter and rhe fifth house Is Taurus owned by Venus; the fifth lord Venus Is In his own nakshatra but with the Sun and Mercury aspected by Mars. Totalling up

the

Influence

of Saturn,

Jupiter

and

Venus

show Venusian

Influences predominating. The conjuctlon of Mercury with the Venus shows accountancy, commerce economics etc. This girl was advised to do a course In fashion designing, after doing her B.Com. (a course In commerce}. She has successfully completed her diploma In fashion designing and has started her business*

n 12 Moon

10 Lag Mar Rah

Example 3 Lag Mars Rah

2 sal

A Kfil ^ 5 \ Sun Mer Vwzras'

The Fourth Example Here the fifth lord. Mercury is In the nakshatra of Rahu who In turn is In the sign of fuplter and with Moon. The fifth house from Mercury Is Gemini with Ketu In It receiving the aspects oF the Moon, Rahu and Mars. The fifth lord with the Sun and Venus showed all the other Influences- This woman studied economics, IKI

history,

learnt

ASTROLOGY. FATE AND FREEWILL Ci Log Jop

Asirosogy, Dcsliny and Uw Wheel of Time 3 Ket

Kct

2 Lag Jup VttlSui Wflf 18=25

i2 11 Ver, Sun Mer

Example 4 B 1 Aars Rah Moorl

Mars

f

10 ' Q Heii Moon

7 Set

Sal

music, dance and finally underwent training in tax-aditttnistfAtior) professionally after she became an Income-tax officer. These four Instances, tike hundreds will show that the deeper an astrologer work*, on similar lines, the finer and dearer become the choices available. This lady could develop interest In her professional subjects and also artistic subjects, one taking precedence over the other as the dasha changes* The versatile talents of a person can thus be pointed out and the person can be advised property when to Concentrate on what, not one at the cost of the other, but following a well-planned scheme of changing priorities. In all these examples the choices are within the predestined limits only.

for Tjnf forq^fff

Tttfhrr:!

Km karma 1dm aJtameli Jtayayo api atiamohitah THE GtTA\ IV-16. What karma is and what Is not ftarma,

Is very difficult to

understand. Jt baffles even the seer. Astrologers should remember that It will never be possible for them to trace the karma and fCarma-p/w/a

fully, successfully and

correctly ever as even the best of the seers do not know It. We come across baffling cases where we do not know what to predict, ft Is In such cases that no one can say where the borderline of destiny 1. Sri Chandra Stxtkhar theformer

Primtt Minister of India (Nov 1990 to k

1X2

Astrology, Destiny and itievyn<sl o4Tlnia disappears and dje domain

AiTROLOG^ FATE AtiD FREtWlLI

of. freewill begins.

Instead of theorising, let it be explained wllli the case ijlstorybf three horoscopes, and an extraordinarily spirttuj! story* A very well known lndhinf had a dream on the night of July (5, 1993 while he had gone on a tour-to Bangalore In south India, that one of the three or four small male children, the grandchildren of Mis younger brother, was going to meet with a fatal accident. ItpyndAbout this time the daughter of an Important Nepal ese leader too had a similar drearsi and she tiled ro contact this well known Indian but could nor. The father of the boy had a similar dream in which he

saint

warn hTm> The young child fell Into a small tank full of fain water. Tile medical report Is reproduced heic. Case Summary Yiishovardhan, one and a half years old boy, was admitted In lire Knedlatdc Intensive Care UnltofAIIMS, New Delhi on July 18. 1993 at 9,ZQ P.M. He was transferred from R.M.L. HoslplraK New Delhi on a portable ventilator. Oh the forenoon of July 17, the child was the victim oF a neardrowning accident In 5 small tank of dirty rain water located In the lawns of his residence. He was picked up after 6 to 7 minutes oFrhe accident and it took about 7 to 8 minutes to transfer him to R.M.L Hospital, New Delhi, where he was found to be apncle and without any cardiac beats (asystole) on :£KG monitor. After about 10 rninutes of CPR efforts, cardiac rhythm was established and he was put on assisted ventilation.

It seems that the period Apnea and asystoEe

lasted for about 10 to 25 minutes before he was revived. During Ills stay of at>out 36 hours at

Hospital he was found to have

severe combined resplratory-metirbotlc acidosis, .hyponatremia and hypokalemia. "Prolonged SER on 'Leftside, Probably has a prognostic valuelikely to

have a residual deficit due to this, in case the patient

recovers," At one stage ftseems, the doctors had declared the boy dead. When the horoscope ofthe boy was brought, the parents were asked to bring their horoscopes also. A combined reading of all the three horoscopes

was

done with

iio firm

canvlctfon Add

committal prediction was given, stage by stage thus:

only

norv

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Astrokm. Destrfty andtfte Wheel of TTmo •

THq Boy No beneflc Is In quadrants'and Mercury as

the sixth lord of

accidents with-two malefics was no good. The lord of the lagna, Saturn Is totally combust. Jupiter In the eighth could be a ray of hope. The child was passing through the period of Mercuty-RahtiVenus, i Here Mercury as the sixth lord dftd Rahu and Venus In the twelfth house made the child's hospitalisation Inevitable, (n translr, Saturn In Aquarius and Mars In Leo occupying two-eighth axis was not helpful at all. Only the aspect of Jupiter from Leo on Rahu and Venus could again raise some hopes. Mars Ran / 10 Leg Suni5*3&' sausosz XMor >

12 The Boy 29/30 Jan. 1992 Mer-Rah-Moon upto Pec, 14,1993

Man Rah Ven

X

Moon

Jup[R)

a Kfit

Moon

' 5 J«P(R)

But from the Moon, Mercury became the eighth lord, while Rahu In the second house and Venus as the seventh lord In the second house destroyed any chances of optimistic view of this terrible situation. The first four years In a child's horoscope, Its span of life is dependent on the karmas of the mother fn her past life; the next four years on father's karma and from eighth year onward the child's own SsVfR) I

Rah ' The mother ©f the boy MoCflRahu upto Aug S, 1993

S Log Mai?

S \ Mow > Mer Ven / \ Sun yi

Moon Mar V^n Sun

12 > Sat(R)

1S4

ASTROLOGY. FATE AND FREEWILL

Aslrotogy, Dealny pre! ew Wheel of Tl^o

2 Jup Rah

Jup Rah

SatMsr? MerSun

Tho father of j the boy I Rah*Ven*Moon! opto Aug 13,1993 / vcnSun Mer

karmas of past life, Is a well known astrological Instrucdon. It Is for this reason that astrologer are asked

not to make any prediction

about a child it has crossed the age of twelve years. Mothcjr'* Horoscope In the mother's horoscope both the Moon In the second house of the Saptamsha and Rahu in the eighth house were bad. But It would be over on August 5,

1993. After the mere could be some

hope. Father's Horoscope In the father's Saptamsha (Gemini lagna) Rahu Is in the seventh house, Venus is the fifth lord burtotally unaffiicted En Leo but Saturn with Mars In Cancer, the second house was not encouraging- He was running Rahu-Venus-Mars upto October 16,

1993-

TTie Prediction The danger to the child would be maximum upto August 5, 1993 on the basis of the child's horoscope: then upto August 131993. And then October

13,

(993 on the basis of the father's

horoscope; finally on the basis of the mother's horoscope the eartist safe date for the child's life would be August 5,

1993.

The Child recovered all the functions of his other organs by August 5.

1993, Till

the end of August his brain

has not been

functioning. Will the boy be normal again, now that he has surtved? The doctor who had stopped giving medicine to the boy say that only something supernormal has to happen to make the boy normal. Doctors can do nothing more.

ASTflOLOC

V,

FATE

AND

FREEWILL

Astrtilcsy. DosTmyanJ i; m Wripjtl Of.Tima

Can the astrologers predict whether the boy would become nonruM? O'n'the basis of the child's horoscope It cannot be predicted whether anything supernormal will happen. Here we do nor know where the borderline of destiny Is crossed ttfld '{He area of freewill entered* Such areas of vagueness being msiny, the miracles that prayers can bring about, have to be believed. Aniong many such cases In my hmowlcdge, I have discussed the case cfY,S, in the book.

9V RECONCILING FATE AND FREEWILL

Frakiltch Knyantanani gunoili Kartn&ni Sarvsdiah THE GrtA. 111-27 All Ihe qualities, Saftv/c; /^as/cand Tamas/c; aie the motive forces for all the karmas.

Inherent In nature

If a man thinks that he Is doing any karma he Is mistaken because he should know that he does what his inherent satwlck* rA}Ml£ drfflmaS/cqualltleiimpel hfrb to <1&. TlHiS no man can really accept fate and remain Idle. But how are the two. fete and freewill to be reconciled. The best, Is to quote the AJa/raiharafta In his context, wherein to the question of the eldest Pandava Vbdd/jfefrmi, the great Bhlshma answered thus: The seed

: Karma which sprouts Into a plant, tree, leaves,

flowers and fruits and all that* The Farm : frttwltt Is like farming without which no seed can sprout, Fate Is the seed and efforts (freewill) is the farm, on which Is grown the harvest of life. Both* fate and efifbrts have to co-exist. The word used for efforts Is purushartha. Results of ttarmas: Every man has to enjoy or suffer the results of his good and bad karm&s, himself, It is wdl-lwown and has been observed by all. Good karmas give good results and bad karmas bad results. It Is one's own karmas that yield results always. The Hard Trier : The person whp works hard gets respect and dignity according to his own destiny, and tuck. Through hard work, which includes spiritual practices as well, it person gets honour and. dignity.. The tazyone who puts In no eftbrts iW

Ctesuny afkf m
ASTROLOGY, FATE AND FREEWILL

Is like a fool who allows salt to be spiffed on mtefortuneSt

the

wounds of his

Thus dirqugh hard woik one gets tyilgymmiis, heavenly bibs. inteJletualliy and stead^iSTne,^ The fdler. depending only on fare and chance, adilevcs nothing. Money, circle of friends, glory and

5re.1l achievements are

reserved only for the hard trier. ff there were to be no luch tlUncj as the results of karmas the entffe world would become idleand everyone would watt for his luck, to

lilrrt whatever Is due to him. it is the efforts pur fn that follow /ite Nothing can tie given by

/vire if no efforts are put fn, The Witness of Karmas The sole witness of all karmas oPa person Is his own soul, Soy) ts his friend or tils enemy. Therefore very tferennlned effort can render the results of many kumutsoi the past totally nugatory, as though no karma was done* Conclusfans 1. Divine persons do only good Kumias, Evcrythlnsachievable Is achieved through good karmas, Fate will be less Inscrutable for the divine person. (What has been glvne here Is a liberal translation from the Aiahabharata} 2,

In the greatest book of splilual wisdom In the world, The Om, the Instructions are clear : yoga is efficient

karmar,

a true

devotee of His Is effldem bur non-attached. Therefore man's duty is do his karmas and not expect the results to be according to his wishes.

He should accept gracefully the result of his

tuirmas, but should never stop doing his karma dispassionately and efficiently, Asirology fa the only supcr^sdtfncc known to mankind which helps man know the trends of results and the role of destiny whose importance Is stressed fn The Gtta thus again: them tea prefect, there Is a project manAgcrr". there fsrhe act of Implemenrarlon and there are implemenisofaction but there is that fifth, unknown factor. Destiny, That

role can

be

seen only

by an astrologer,

successfully and sometfmes very wrongly^

IW7

sometimes very

CHAPTER,

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What are expectations with which people go to an ■astrolog.ef? To be guided, to know about themselves, to hear something good

as

helps

them

plan

what

they

want

from

out

of the

circumstances they are placed In, or to be merely bluffed in the nttirribo-Jumbo that passes for psychology or, as In India for shanti {prcpfration of planets) to do which the astrologer may make his client spend d fortune? To understand the difference ixstwren astrology and psychology some salient points which one cannot afford to forget are: Ja) To call astrology merely as a science of tendencies and to Insist that planets merely indicate, £*s even some Indian astrologers keep saying, is to forget the most notable fact that astrology Is a close and scientific study of someone's pattern fef destiny which must manifest during the appropriate dachas. The entire Kadi literature is based on predesiination, lb) An astrologer who know his su bject should be able to write out his reading even before someone comes fot consultation or ask himself some qu^tions that must have happened to a person: Enough Instances have been given In this book to show what pte-destlned events must have already happened. (c) An astrologer who cannot ejacc ilic pre-destlned events can neither Understand the psycho!logy of the person he Is dealing With nor give him predictions. (d) An

Astrologer

who

falls

on

both

counts:

his Inability

id

understand the psychology offrlsclient at the Time he has come ro consult him and see It dearly as happeni{\gisa double failure. The psychologist Is ill-equipped to do lt+ Tills can be lilustrated easily.

ASTROLOGY

Astcelogy,. DesJinyflnd the Wheel of Tl/ne Sat

I

Ran

PSYCHOLOGY

9 Veff Sun,

I Moon

S Lag Uof

Cgso Ono

Ven Sun

Lag Mar I

Kel

I

Wlar?

1. Here Rahu Is In the sixth house of disputes and Mats as the lord of the sixth house Isthe lord of disputes and he was running the the sub-period of Mars In the major period of Rahu, when he came for consultat1on+ Mars the sixth lord fn the eleventh house aspects Saturn the fourth lord of lands, property and mother. 2.

Mars as the lord of the house of disputes here whose sub period he was running creates In him, mental agitation (because Saturn and Mars are affecting the fifth house of the mind). The person admitted that his problem was precisely that. Now it can be seen fn this example that it is the astrologer that

has been the psychology, read and got It confirmed. It is a most elementary use of the Vlmshottari dasha. It should be seen that in such a case the psychologist would have got all the Information from his client. The difference between an astrologer and a psychologist Is that the astrologer "see1 what Is happening while a psychologist cannot do It without getting this information from his dlnet. Case Two He was running the sub-period of Ketu In the major period of Mercury in

1994 land 'trwlll be over In the middle of June

1995,

j. Here Mercury Is with Mars, the fourth lord, and he decided to have a house of his own, 2. But he had come In the sub-period of Kctu which is In the seventh house gf the spouse, or the woman he was In love with. It being Ketu some deviationlst tendencies are visible, 3, In the navamsha (not given here) the ascendant Is Scoroplo, Mercury Is In PIsccSr the fifth house and Ketu is in the twelfth m

ASTROLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY

Astrology. Dostiily and flw Wheel of Turn 6 Mcr Mais. S Log Sun Rah

Case Two Log Sun ■ Rah ^IQN Jos(Pl) SalfR}

Mer Ware

house, Libra, 4. Both in the bith horoscope and In the navamsha the major dasha Ford, Mercury and the sutKtasha lord, Ketu are In sixth and eight position from each other. This shows a conflict In the matters of the seventh house, which can mean spouse, a girt friend or even a business partner. He confirmed It by saying that he was In love with a foreign girl who was staying with him and had suddenly left him and gone away after there was a quarrel with her. The first point of difference between the astrologer and the psychologist Is that the astrologer 'sees' the problem which is agitating the mind of his client The psychologist never had nor will ever have such a technique* A good astrologer is far superior to the psychologist The Second Point of Difference See the following horoscope together with the navamsha* 1. This boy was running the period of Mars, exalted and the lord of the fifth house of emotions which Is aspected by Saturn (retrograde) in the fifth house, Saturn and Mars have exchanged places* 2. He was running the sub-period of Ketu which was preceded by the sub-period of Mercury. the seventh lord of girl Mend. 3. Ketu In the ninth house (father) Is aspected by Mars which shows the Intense reaction of his father who had disapproved of the Fove affair of his son with a foreign girl. Mt/icNflvomsho L The Moon representing the mind Is very heavily afflicted. 2. The major period lord Mars is wlrh Rahu in the twelfth house. m

ASTEQLOGVAND PSYCHOLOGY

Aslrotogy, Destiny and Ihe Wheel of Time Sa!(R)

' 9 UgMooo

x? ^ Sun JupVfin \Mef

/

Raly

Case Three Rasttf t \ SatcRk Sun Vup Ven Mer

Wafi Rah

La^Mer Sun

Sal /\.

lag Mer Sun

; /\

Navamsha

Moon Kct 3. The

Jup

sut>-poriod

L^ogn Kct lord

Ketu

Is in the sixth

house

with

the

debilitated Moon and Is being aspected by Mars* 4* The lord of the fifth house In the navamsha Is Venus badly placed in the eighth house and Js being apsected by Saturn, the lord of the eighth, rhe house of self-annihilation. The boy lost his mental balance and was found dead in a foreign coutnry, fn Transit 1, Saturn was fn Capricorn causing the third two-and-a-half year spell of saade-syaf/. 2. Mars was

In Pisces aspecting the seventh

house or love

attractions and death. 3* Ketu was in Gemini the seventh house of death when this Incident tool place. The second point of difference between the astrologer and the psychologist Is that the astrologer can see the tragic pattern of an event unfolding In future, thought he can do nothing to prevent it.

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Astrology, Destiny and Uin Wheel of Time

Astrology takes one Into a firm belief In the Wilt of Cod'and ah astrologer can see it, forewarn About It and sometimes succeed fn preventing It or getting It mitigated. The'psycho-analyst need not believe In divine laws. In fact the father of psycho-analysis, Freud, called religion and belief In God as escapism and dubbed It as "father neurosis". Counselling An astrologer's counsclUng Is based on the future he sees dearly, A psychologist Is handicapped in this respect. See the horoscope given here. No other details are being given here except telling that the period she was running was Moon-Venus. The other Important fact which can help us Is that Saturn was In Sagittarius and Rahu In Capricorn when she had come to ask the question about 'sornethlng' which she had not revealed. Ven

I

Mars 3 Lag

1 Ven 12

Female

Sal Jlrp

z Man

'0 ^ Moon

Moon

a Set JupID

Anatpfc (a) From the ascendant the seventh lord, Jupiter Is fn the seventh house and is being aspected by Mars, the lord of the sixth house. (b* In the seventh house Is Saturn, here also the eighth ford In the seventh house being aspected by Mars. Anofyse If from the Moon also (a) The seventh lord Venus from Scorpio Is in the sixth house of disputes, (b) Mars, the sixth lord of disputes is in 'the seventh house. Now look at the transits of Saturn and Rahu, both afflicting the seventh and the eighth houses. 192

Astrology. Destiny srwj the The

mvamsha

of Tlrne was

also

ASTROLOGY AMD PSYCHOLOGY analysed.

No

details

are

bdng

revealed. Was her marriage collapsing? If yes,, divorce alone was the solution* She divorced her husband and felt relieved* The Case of the Young Alan 1. The boy was running the period of the Moon which Is with Rahu and Is being aspected by Mars from the eighth house. 1. It becomes a case of deep neurosis, astroiogical !y. 3. How was It manifesting? 4. The Moon Is the sixth lord of aggression aspecting the ninth house, the father. 5* Mars from the eighth house Is aspecting, Venus the ninth lord and the Sun the slgnificator of father. 6. Mars also aspects the fourth lordr Venus representing mother and domestic happiness. 7* Mars also aspects the Moon, the slgnlftcator of the mother. Was the boy showing aggression towards his father and also making his mother very uncomfortable? That was the problem precisely.

A Young Man

Counselling Now look at the dasha scheme. The Moon is In the third house and the period of the Moon will be followed by that of Mars, the third lord in the eighth houseBut was the young man behaving properly outside the house? Yes, was the answer. See the aspect of Jupiter on the tenth house from the ascendant and also from the Moon. No psychiatric treatment was working.

ASTROLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY 11. ftfc1 advice given was,

Attrttfogy, Dfctfinyivnil <1 id WTMUlotTlmo sp (he young man

outside the house. The ttiMv

some

Where

in rhe house die greater wHi

hn ht\ aggressiveness, ftm, malady Is tjo* curable. Uttyoung man ^ot

|ob outside the ctty where his parents stay

ntKl hfi;malady Is ureter eonuoL Tyscholo^tsts i,re In the" ^ctllen; habl: ot producing their researches and getting ihem discussed vvhlle astrologers hardly do any resea'rch and what they do tn the seminars they attend to deliver some loose general talk and attack, the scientists for being antiastrology, or boast about their greatness* Jn the Journal they edit, they report their speeches and show their photocs, to build up a high .profile for themselves^ So much of space Is wasted. Or they claim success for some mumbo-/umbo political predictions* Most of the astrologers are ill-read, Many ot them do not want its keep abreast of good findings of psychologists and sociologists which can help them understand a horoscope against the specific background of tliel.
the forseeabfe 'future there will be a

astrology and psychology. substance

very happy fusion of

Then mrcf then atone will counselling have

and meaning.

What are astrologers doing to produce tangible and statistical researches to prove that astrology is far above physical sciences and cannot be a subject of examination In a physical laboratory? fn the tneantimewe have been able to make an excellent break through

In

educational

counselling based on astrological

analysis

which Is specific and has given us more than eighty percent results so far In India,

USA and England,

This Is based on the analysis ofthe fifth house and the fifth lord, as shown tn this book also. The analysis based on the foufthhouse and Its lord as given fn the books of Dr.

Raman gives no SpeCeficresults.

A major research on astrology and educational counselling may be put after the Intensive and extensive research, which IS" being done now* by a group of over twenty researchers, is completed. 19 >1

CHAPTER IV

FORMULATING ASTROLOGICAL

SOME

PRINCIPLES

SPECIALLY FOR POLITICAL CAREERS

There

are

more

professions,

occupations,

avowitons

and

variegated commercial pursuits In post second world war period than ever before in the history of the world. Democracy, elected offices, the tensions of public life and the desire to enrer political life after securing a monetary fortune* what ever be the means adopted, is commoner now than ever before bolh in Indian political life and In that of other countries. As democracies collapse and more and more dictatorship spring up in many more countries, the question bound to be asked Is, whether one can enter public and political fife and what

be the level one cstt expect to

reach. To be able to meet this demand, let some principles of Hindu astrology be tested, as they have been found to be the recurring principles

found

applicable

to

the lioroscopes of world

famous

political figuiejL Principles 1. Jupiter's association with the Sun Is a well-known combination for royal dignity. Z.

Jupiter's conjunction with the Moon or the kendra position of Moon and Jupiter Is the well known gaja-kesorl Yoga,

3. Saturn's role has to be emphasised as it represent power over masses, with ihe support of the masses, for service to the masses. Saturn's assodatfon with the tenth house or the tenth lord Is a well-known astrological principle far rise and fall In m

FORMUUVFTNG SOME ASTROLOGtCAL _

AsUOlogy. OeEiltr/aid Iho WJ*mI o! Tifrte

public tlfe. A, The wot of power In astrology In represented by the fourth house whose association with powcr-glvlnjg or dignity-giving planets >s praised In classical astrology* 5. The houses of dignity* the flfih and the ninth* have their steller role always. Timing the Event the most popular method employed Is the Vlmshottari dasha with Its sub-dlvldons and transits of planets. Ifsuch transits are examined on ashtakavarga it Is better. Much harde/ work Is needed to use ashtakavarga tn detail with elaborate and hundred percent cakulattorts. There are many other methods In classical astrology which old and veteran astrologers still use* They have to be learnt first, applied, tested through researches and then used. Combining the popular methods of locating raja-yogas and the time of their fructification with the subtler classical methods, seem to be going out of vogue and practice. That was a composite and comprehensive approach which Is not being used here, since many readers may not understand them* Raja-yogaS' must be examined In the horoscope of those as want to enter public offices, whether through elections or otherwise* INTRODUCTION OFTHE CONSULTOR Nearly nine years ago. In the year J984. In Important Indian., very Intimate with me and depending on my astrological prediction every lime he was required to take an Important decision* told me that he would bring someone* Who this someone was he told me thus,

7tfs on the Insistence of his wire that t am doing it. fSs wife

Is a

very decent woman which is what I cannot say about him* But

she Insisted that I introduce them to you,

I promised to her that t

would." And they came to my house with a computer cast horoscope. The VIP Known for his good manners feft them alone at my place and jeft. The Question I copied down the horoscope In my register and asked him., "whether he-bad political ambitions aod-whether he was thinking of taking early retirement from his service and going Into poll lies." jyo

FORMULATING SOME ASTROLOGICAL.

A!4rDto9y. Destiny and ifw? Wheel of Time

He told me that he was not able to make up hts mind but the question uppermost In his mind was precisely what 1 had said. He was then a high 'ranking goverment officer in news those days, favourably written about In the national newspapers, and was, outrival ling his colleagues, riding the crest of a wave* He had then political patronage of the highest persons In

the country and the

favour of the mightiest Indian, Mrs, Indira Gandhi who was then the Prime Minister of India. He had about three or four years of bureau tic life left before he reached his age of retirement after which his life would be like that of any other governenteht servant, a life of idleness with handsome pension and nothing to fill In his empty hours with. If he retired and succeeded] In politics his life would become meanlngfel. If he failed, all that he would have missed would be a promotion which could also be doubtful In future. Between the two. the late entry Into politics with the hope to succeed and continued humdrum of his bureaucratic life, which one would be the correct decision astrologtcallyj was what he wanted to know, Anafysii ofthe horoscope The horoscope has manygood features; (a) There Is an extraodlnaiy exchange between his seventh lord, lupiter and the ninth lord, Venus, constituting a raja-yoga of a high position In life. The ninth lord tn hf$seventh house exalted had given him a

wife from a much higher social stratum' with lot

of wealth df herown.

The seventh lord with the tenth lord and

Sun had given him a high status in govermentservice. (b) From the Moon and tenth house Is extraordinarily strong with Jupiter and Mercury, two benefics with the Sun In a fixed house giving him a long and successful career.

Vcn

Rah

Jup Sun Mer

3 SaljR)

Birth Horoscope Macn

SaJjR)

197

AstroJcgy. Destiny and Wo Wheel of Tma

FORMULATING SOME ASTROLOGICAL..

(c) Exalted Venus, his ninth ford (luck) was vargottama being In the same house In navamsha. NQvamtha fit the NtiYQftithathe striking points are: (a) The ninth house contains exalted and vargottam Venus. Here Vfenus 1$ the fourth ford, which & political horoscopes shows legislative or parliamentary careers. (b) Mercury, the tenth lord ofthe birth horoscope was In Leo which Is a good house for royal favours. (c) As in the birth horoscope, so in navamsha Jupiter and Sun were Sat

3 .Moon Ket.

Moon Ke

Navamsha Jyp Sun to Jup Sun

together, again showing a dignified aristocratic level of/fx in life,

supporting

and

strengthening

the

promise

of

the

horoscope. In the dashamsha which should be seen for special opportunities for rise in one's career, the following points deserve notice; 10 Sun Jup. \ Rah/

Da-samsha Sun Jup Rah

Lag

fttoori

198

s y Moon /7

Aiirotoe/, Qeaiutv and life Wi^l of Tima £a)

FOFMJLATNG SOU<£ A&rf
Mercury as tenth lord, w^sexalted tn ihi. tenth fioust.

(b) |up|(er and Sun were again together though here Jupiter got dcb|ll!A(crd and joined ihe company of Rahu, politics tn scruples

which

there should be

which h good for

witting infraction of norm-it

of cortduch

(c) But (upifer's. aspect on the tenth house and

the tenth

lord

Mercury, which Is also the seventh lord would ensure a good and dignified image as a politician. Hope end Fears if he Jumped fnto politics and failed, what he would suWer would be not any monetary loss but of prestige. His colleagues, friends and family members would

make fun of him, even ridicule him lor a

foolhardy decision. Even if he were given a ticket by rhe political party he warned to jolru he might not succeed In winning an election where voters would

be illiterate and serm-IHcjatufC masses,

mostly to attract

whom, he had to be a demagogue which he was not. Rabble-rousing Spcedics were totally alien to his discipline of a titc-ilme. Worse stilh If he resigned and was nor given an opportunity to contest: elections ar afl, he" would become a butt of every one's ridicule. The Pfed/ctonG/ven t Reasons He was passing through the ina|ot period of Ralui In the eighth house but tn house of Mars,

Ffteeighth hause* being the hvitse of

fntrtgues. Is good for .1 politician wfro must be capable of Indufclrnf In Intrigues. The sub-perlqd was of Mercury, the tenth lord, with fupftef, insfourth lord,

the house of parifimenr with the Sun representing roy^

diglnlty. In the navamsha Rahu was 3it me sixth house of light (elections j and Mercury In the second house (gains) was ninth form the majoi dasha-lord, Rahu. In the dasamsha again Rahu was whh Jupiter. The crucial question was whether political career was Indicated at all. For political life where elections are to be fought by going to the masses with a begging bowl for votes. Saturn is the most Import run planet. Here Saturn, the sixth ford (fighrf In the fourth hotw (parliament}

was aspecting thp tenth house of career. I'M

POfWULATiNG

SOME

ASTFCLOGICAL

Astrology, Dwilny and ideWlioiitorTlTOi

There li- another cnidat factor to be considered, In breaking away from Jit $4fc pattern Into another pattern of career, them must n

represented by either the eighth lord or a planet In the

ctyhHt /rouse1. To, represent diapge.

the twelfth ford must Inte/vene. Here

MfclCUiy the tenth lord both In the birth horoscope and thedasarnsha charflsthe twelfth lord In navamsha. In the birth horoscope Mercury the sutvdasha period Is associated with the Sun, the twelfth lord. Rahu the lord of the mafordasha, Is in the eighth house In the birth horoscope. 7r
dash a periods

Mercury-Venus And Vfe/ius /J

would be ftefiu*-

and vnrgcttAm as the lord of the

nfritit house. Everything appeared to be favourable and I advised him to take retirement from goverment service and plunge Into politics* He submitted his letter of resignation which would be accepted sometime In November 1984. But ar the end of October, (984 Indira Gandhi, the then prime minister of India was shot dead. His wife .asked me If sho should ask her husband to withdraw his letter of resignation which

he could do.

I

told her that my astrological

prediction was unchanged as I found everything favourable, Indira Gandhi or no Indira Gandhi, ftcsub He fought the elections^ won, become a minister in the central goverment In the beginning of 1935and comlnuecf till 1989, which was

one -year more

titan

what

would

have

been

his offtcal

bureaucratic life If he had not resigned: Notable Astrological Principles (a) The period of the lord of lagna or the tenth house Isa favourable period If such a lord Is not weak or afflicted as In this case, HX)

AfiiftUOgy. Destiny and Iho Wheel o# Tlrno

FORMULATING SOME ASTROLOGICAL «

(b^ The sub-sub period of Venus exalted and vargottama was the best time to enter public life as a politician, JOHN KENNEDY OF U.S.A. The broad pattern of anyone's life will emerge out of a bare horoscope without even the degrees of planets,

An astrolgoer

should ask some questions on the basis of a mere horoscope after theconsultor has given a briefest background about himself—briefest is the primary principle to be stressed. He should then proceed without using the Vlmshottari major period to time events by merely looking at factors of speed In some areas and

delay In some areas,,

like marriage, children,

career

patterns and put his own analysis and question. About ten questions is what the astrologer should be able to put Six of them should be correct, at least. Only then he should accept the horoscope as correct. The horoscope given here was made use of by Dr. B.V. Raman for

successful

predictions,

Mam Mar

A

friends

who

collected

Kel

Su Ju Ve

a

\ fx*

It from

a

Moon >^4 X X Sat

Birth Chart John Kennedy May 1917 15:01 Hrs. USA

v

/ 2 Sun yX. Ven ' i \Jui> Mere \ Mec X

Planet

House

Degrees

Sun

Taurus

Moon

Leo

Mars

Aries

15008' 24*30* 25*4 31

Mercury Jupiter

Aries

27*53*

Taurus

Venus Saturn

Taurus Cancer

0*20' 24*02' 4*27'

Rahu

Sagittarius

Ketu Laqna

Gemini Virgo

Vimsholtart Dasha Scheme Birth

1917

Bal. Venus

5

29

3

30

Venus Sun

1920 1926

8 8

29 29

Moon Mars

1936 1943

8

29

:

8

29

;

Rahu

1961

8

29

Jupiter 18*32' 27D37>

Jup-JupUer'1963 Jup-Satum 1966 201

10 4

17 29

Astrology. Drctiny and dm WftMl of Tlrna

FORMULATING SOME ASTROLOGICAL

a Lbq Rah

a \ Moon > MaraX

10 Mcr Jup

Dasemsha

European

tour

recently

got

me the

same

horoscope with the

degrees assuring me that It was completely authentic* Vertficatfoi) of a Political Horoscope An American astrologer, the late Sahara Cameron had once written In the Astrological Magazine that getting correct horoscopes of American Politicians was as difficult as anywhere else in the world. It

Is a very risky area*

Publicity-hungry astrologers and

"pop"

astrologers do not hesitate to Jump to their own conclusions to pronounce their judgements, which newspapers wanting sensational predictions, make use of. Even serious researchers* given little ,dme1. are sometimes asked by newspaper men to give their predictions on doubtful horoscopes. Two or three times, I committed this mistake and two or three time I too have burnt my fingers* All that 1 can say Is a high percentage of my predictions given on the basis of mundane horoscopes have come out correct.

Predictions

given

on

the basts

of Individual

Astfolosv, OefiUiiV iSiitJ Uid WtKMi n! Time

FOI? MULAJING SOME ASIROJOGCAL _

horoscopes of potlLldons llAV't: glVCIl me lot of torments sometimes. I do not accept

horoscope unless political and norvpoHtlcal

horoscpes ^rc URiitfcl

similar for the purposes of verification.

Rovv nut) yvhy ishqUtd t then accept the horoscope of Kennedy ta be canocr? but ihen some non-political events of Kennedy could be

ve.'lfledt

\ decided.

1

proceeded

to

note down, with

my

astrological tuwlysis some events. (q) Broihci* and sisters* He has to have many brothers and sisters* could be more tbim .scvenfb) The third lord Mars in the eighth l.i good In being In his own house but. is aspected by Saturn from the eleventh house, All (hat I

know of Is a younger brother of his who was

a

presidential candidate was killed, like him. Another younger brother who too might have made a tcrtlflc race for U.S. presidentship

contest got

involved

In A

car accident and

somethlncr happened, and we went out of tile prestigious race for the topmost post in USA. {c) His own assassination !s clear from rhe horoscope* (d) There are some points here which needed some clarification. The

eleventh

house

has Saturn aspected

by Mars and

fn

drekkana the eleventh house receives malefic aspects of the Sun from the fifth house and, worse, of Mars from ihe eleventh house, it denotes something tragic for his elder brothers and slsteis. Was It correct? (e) Many of these events shoud have happened In the dasha of Rahu <1943-19611. H/s Death He died In lupker-SaturrvSAturn. which Is perfectly In harmony with the prindples of Hindu astrology* Marriage There must have been lot of delay fn his marriage* Many factors present hefe would have made it a no-marrlege horoscope but an excellent Venus with Jupiter, (he seventh lord and tiniiffncted seventh house does promise marriage. The navamsha Is also nor promising early marriage with both the twelfth house and Venus being afflicted here,

FORMUlArrWG

SOME. .pSTRatfXSiCAU-

AstratOGv.'De^ny andUHJ.VWffl^bf TVrto

Pattern of education There is so much variety In. education patterns tn USA that ftfi an Indian, I

have found It difficult to lit It into the limited Indian

pattern known to us fn India, Yet pclltlcat science, sociology and taw. It

broadly the humanities group of education and not science. The I collected some Informadcn from some sources; (a) 77lt Kennedy Lag&ty by Sorensen If give me no dates but sometltlrtgof both brothers,|hon and Rebert Kennedy's*

(b) John A Kcnnedyby Hugh SIdey 1 rotso gave me no dates but some Insight into (he political economic thinking of John as president and his style of functioning, (0 I then got some valuable dates from Encyclopaedia Brittanlca which have been more useful from my point of vltw. 1 noted them down and proceeded to vefify these events In the life of Ihon Kennedy, These dates are: U) Joseph (1915) was his elder brother who was killed in 1944 In the second world war. (2) john Kennedy whose date of birth I have Is May 29*

1917.

13) Rosemary (sister) (1918) was mentally defective. Her husband Was killed In the second world war and she also died after sameyears. 14)

Kathleen (sister 1920)

(5) Eunice (sister, 1921) (6) Patricia (sister, 1924) (7) Robert (brother, 1925) killed In 1969, (8) jean (sister, 1928) (9) Edward (brotlier* 1932) Marriage His, marriages took place on September 12, 1953* Father Joseph

P-

Kennedy

his

father

(1888-1969)

was

a

multi-

millionaire, the first Amefkan-bkh ambassador of USA to England and

had

made

fortunes

from

stocks

and

shares which

he got

outlawed later, under the administration of Eranltlln D* Roosevelt* His father got formed trusts for each of children With millions of dollars and did not allow small talk at the dinner table whe/fc they had to discuss national and International events after reading the New York Times and other important newspapers. 204

Asl/Ole-Jy. ChtsLsw and tns Vv>W>?J of Tlrnc The

training

and

FOP-MUL/iTiWG SOMlASTHOLOOiCAi ..

competitive

spfrit

of his

•chUdrert

was

encotira^ctl^ Two other booltSi John F Retifiedyand a New Generation by Dayld Burner gave us no valuable dates for the purpose of astrological research and father nnd finer verification of non-pdl Itlcd events The second book: The Torch Is Passed by David Burner and Thomas R West gives ns l9S3.as the year of marriage. Features o/c/ie Horoscopes On the basis of those scanty Information what we see first of all Is that the lagna lord, Mctcuy, Is hi eighth house with Artd/s sud Is aspected by Saturn, it fs double afflict Inn autstd to the lagna lord which Is showing a llngerfng,

Incumbte Illness, Saturn Is Aspect as

sixth lord on the lagna confirms it, John had back pain form his childhood and In 1944, In itehu-Hahu when he got Into the navy to light In World War-H+ he was acclaimed as a national hero when his "shrewd efforts to save hte crew won him front page headlines In American papers,He was also honoured for this. JDurJngthis period hU elder brolher. whom the father, wanted to be the first In the farnlly to be In the race Rr the presidentship of USA got killed In the war. Saturn In the cteVchthhouse aspected by Mars and In the period oFR'ahu ivftlch Is tile slxtJi house from the eleventh house confirms the event. But tn Rahu-RAhu his lingering liack pain was acute. He had a major operahon. which was performed twice more in

1952 and

1953 when the period of Mercury in the major period of Rahu, showed an afflicted body, needing care. We have no details but ft appears that three children could have been born with one of them not surviving. His marnage'ln 1953 with Jupiter in Taurus on his seventh lord aspecting accordance

his

lagna

with

the

and

In

the

classical

period

principles

of Rabu-Mercury is of classical

in

astrology,

Mercury sub-period had to prove significant for him as both as the lagna lord and the tenth lord U gave him a rise. Inducting his great victory over Henry Cabot Lodge In 1952, in Rahu-Mats he won the prsldehvlaf race defeating NlXon by a narrow margin. The importance of the eighth house and here with the tenth lord explains ihe cvtint.

10$

FORMULATING

SO^E . ASTROLOGICAL

...

Astfolopy, Destiny and iMWhnbJ'cf TVpe

Appficntfom of the Principles Formulated Having tton^ihTs vefiHcAltom we will now proceed to apply the pilhclptfc* formulated. Jupttor-Sufl conocctiorj Jupiter with the Sun and Venus In the house of luck, the ninth shows both a prosperous father and his own raj-lakshana (royalty) yoga. The Kennedys In USA. Illtc the ~NefiniPynasiyMin India, were those cultisi figures vyho were

romanticized

by a

public which'

perhaps hungers for the sight of a substitute royalty In the'absence of a traditional monarchy as In Engtand, The Navamsha lagna Isvargottama and Jupiter in the fifth house, though deblltuiVed, Is In a house aspecting vargottama Sun In the ninth house* In the dashamsha there Is no Jupl ter-Svjn connection btitthe Sun aspects Mars in the eleventh house* But the Sun under three malefic InfluenceSj Including Mais, does show danger to his position, Saturn and tenth house or lord In the

birth

horoscope

Saturn

aspects

the tenth

lord.

In

Navamsha Saturn does not get connected with the. tenth house or the tenth lord but aspects the Sun in the ninth house. In dashamsha Saturn again aspects'the Sun but does not touch the tenth house or the tenth lorct, The fourth House and the Fourth lord It was In the dasha of Rahu In the fourth house thar he had the best of his career and was elected to the highest "post In U.S.A. The fourth Iprd juplter Is involved In raja-lakshanayoga as shown already. The Jtahu*Ketu gxJs The

planet Rahu

Is the planet of unorthodoxy* unscrupulous

behavlous, nOn-confatmlsTn, opportunism, secret or open desire for "sinning* giving to one a degree of such

shameproof behavlous

without which one may not succeed in politPcal life. tn

the case of those who become prime minister ft wlff be seen

that Saturn's role is more prdomlnant while in the case of presfdebts Jupiter has an

equally significant role or even more prominent role

than Saturn's-

int>

Aslrarogy, Dasliny adt) the Wheel tif Tirfflj

FORMULATING SOMEASTHOLOGHjAL .

Timing the Event In

1960 when

Kennedy fought the election for the post of

president of USA he was passing through the major period of Rahu In the fourth house, which is Saglttaiius,. the Kodanda house, the seat of power* Rahu 01 Saturn In the houses of JupHer or Mercury, both dual signs, are actually good according to the Uttara-Kalamrita, a classical work on astrology by KaJldasa. Sub-period

of Man

Mars is with the tenth lord but in the eighth house, A case of sudden opportunities and sudden tosses. Mars is aspected by Saturn, the fifth and the sixth lord Satvro* his enemy. Since itis happening In the eight house, It must show Intilgues against him. Transit afPlanets Borth Saturn and Jupiter were in Sagittarius on November 5, I960, aspecting the tenth house of Kennedy ensuring his victory* Mars then was In Gemini his tenth house while Moon was in Taurus, the tenth from his natal Moon In Leo. All excellent. Next Dofhd The next dasha was going to be of Jupiter, a Jdller for Virgo and also the seventh In order, Juplter-jupfter Was over on October 17, 1963, Entered the period of Saturn who has Joined the conspiracy being hatched In his eight house. He was killed*

207

CHAFTBRV CONCLUSION

'^raffa ^mWieiT fem =^1^ asn vroaftr fSran xfluiH-MilH

istrfa

Vasansi Jeornani Yatha vth?.y^( Navani Griimat) Naio Apaiani TatJia Shaieerani Vihaya JeemaniAnyani SanyatiMavam Dahi ^liiGnA', 11-22. "As man casts off old dothesand wears new ones In the same way the soul leaves Its old physical frames and enters new anes.r An asircloger who does not believe In transmigration of souls, In the cycle of births and rebirths, the results of karmas and the karm^phAtM and Aar/fM-sams&t.ras as explained earlier, has warped intelligence and perverted mind, The ancient Indian belief in rebirths,, explained repeatedly In the holy books of India and In the Hindu, lain and Buddhistic literature has acquired and received scientific validity through

the researches of Dr.

Ian Stevenson and others. Such

researches were necessary for the warped infelllgenoe of the physical scientists and astronomers whose arrogant Ignorance has been the biggest handicap In the formation of a holistic approach to life, all over the world. The world we live In cannot be a le$5 strife-torn place unless we accept along with the philosophy of material success, necessary for the prosperity of Individuals and nations, the dwshan shastra (darshan Is realisation, not philosophy as used In the western countries) of India which many centuries before Christ had already the finest basis for harmonious and holistic view of life. IF India degenerated In the years of her slavery, she still could keep alive her resurgent spirit of Innate spirituality because of her most fortunate unwritten chapter of history—the unending One of great saints, unpublldsed and anonymous. 208

nowCLusior#

Afi.tnotoqy, tteVjny srm irm V/li«H fU Tiine

The saints are world's finest reformers btfcau&e they destroy the dogma of religion which can otherwise turn fundamentalist. Saints bring out the resplendent essence of spirituality which Is the ultimate aim of a mul* religion. Were all the citizens of the world to become only Hindus, only Muslims, or only Chrlsritins, this planet would still not become a less strife-torn place because conversions have been ImpcrteJ policies or a religious saints

purify wltliout any

method

of developing

fundamentalist's

outward

perversion,

conversions*

Inncf strength

They

through

show

proper

True the

spiritual

practices. A dbdple so punRed, even partly, experiences blissful peace of mind, with his-outer world still remaining stdfe-iorn, Many of thfcse great saints have been excellent asltofogcrs before they developed spiritual redundant pursuit for them.

powers which

Bur they always

made astrology a encouraged others

doing astrology because they loiowthat astrology provides In-slghts Into the totol personality of a person, at the physical, emotional, intellequjal and spiritual substrata of his personality. Such total view, together with their holistic view of the world we live In, alone is the true method of promoting harmony and peace, How an astrologer can have such a total view will be explained In another book on astrological methods of counselling. IP this book different facets and different events have been given as case studies. The steps an astrologer can follow step by step could be somcrhlng like the following : (a) Prepare astrological data accurately and fully (b) Note its positive and negative points. (c) Find out the pla/iutary patterns which reveal irutny mysterious twists of life, (d) Then time the events on the basis of the Ylmshonnrf dasha going down upto the pratyantar dashas, Astrology will thus reveal the pattern of an Individual's destiny and the dasha will show the gyrations ot the wheel of time. Anyone who goes to consult an astrologer should approach him with respect but never a total belief In his ability to predict anything □nd everything eonecify. Till we starred out glasses? under the Indian Council of Astrological Sciences, there existed classical

mctliod, yet

totally modern,

of

no popular,

giving

non-

Instructions In

astrology. Most of the astrologers, even 1rt India, In land of astrology, know only some tudfments of the subject. But In the era:of high-tech publicity, some of them, a stenographei or a comrpt dismissed lower division clerk, can start an astrological journal and begin tg 'self7UrJ

CONCLUSION

Asirntopy, Oesliny nnri iho Wr^eol of Tlmfl

boost* thciiisdves. How should anyone who wants an astrological guidance approach an iistroto&cr in our complex times? Tills can be doncrti us: Tell him, Jfyoui blnh dme Is correct and whether 'rhe horoscope you. have

got

Is

accurate,

and

according

to

his

specincallcrui. (li)' Assure Htm that toe horoscope fs of a person Hvtng. not that of $ (win. Disclose tht? always. {
without your helping,

some past events by writing them down on a paper and hand ft over to you. Do not accept an astrologer unless he gives fits readings tn writing, ff you are satisfied now wfttohfs ability, then pose a question or fwo, without waiting, <ej

Now aslt

the

astrologer to give

predictions. Insist charging a fee,

on

It,

to you

If ht Is a

In writing future

professional astrologer

(I) Do nor accept an astrologer who suggests remwflal measures without first convincing you that his astrological ability U sound enough. 'Coming back to the question, whether destiny exists, ask an astrologer to write down the events of a native's life, without having to be told anything about ff, FtemerrvtHy the golden principle—An astrologer who cannot plclt cut your problem from your (horoscope without your having to tell him, Is Incompetent; an astrcKloger who Is not purring down Tn writing his predicrorts, after charging you a fee, may be a-chcat. He Is like a doctor who does not know how to diagnose a disease but still prescribes medicines- Such astrological quacks ate too many In the big dries of India* 1 invariably type out my readings for foreigners and ask them to put their remarks against them. I have more than two hundred such collections with me but 1 have not taken permissions from rhem to use them In my books. Yet one of my books being published In USA, Successful Predictive Techniques af Vedlc Astrology by the Passage Press. Salt Lake Gty. Utah,

contains the acknowledgment by a

German with his address about such readings. Tills book contains two such reading of two ladies who allowed me to use them without: disclosing their names. no

Aarofogy, Dcsllny and Brt WhCd ol TirruJ

CONCLUSION

So let this book conclude with a recent reading 1 gave to an American lady who knows both Western and Hindu astrology* An American Lady Doing Hindu Astrology She told me on phone on the night of April 13, 1993 that her own computer-cast horoscope (ChitTapakrfia Ayanamsha or Lahltl's) Leg IFIS-

Yen

Jup ITT

An American Lady

Vsn

Sun Ficr Man frltf

2 Jup

Mortal1 KeUtPZ*'

12 Lag

<10 Rah

Sun Mans

June 24, 1953 1:03 am, eot 4\ Mer Ket.

Sot

7 leg Ket

3 X Sat A \ / filer

Navamsha

Sun

I

Van

Lag Ke)

Is in U.S.A. But someone In

Haridwar cast her horoscope. She

dictated It to me on phone* To verily the correctness, some reading are being given* Please write your remarks against each point. General Trends 1. Your horoscope shows Interests in classical knowledge, Teligious in content, of ancient countries, and non- American. Yes, 2. Spiritual hankering is genuine. .•*. Hope Sol 3. You should have learnt .already some language other than English also, read astrology well, towards which your attraction must

COfJCLUSsON

AsirgkMjy, Dc&lihy qnd tile Wlical afTtma

Itaye become deeper uj your Mercury nialiadasha beUTCcn 1973 and IMO. ....Spanish and little Hindi, Discovered VedicAstrotoffy March 'A4. 4. Vtiur horoscope also shows that you may have been initiated spiritually,

A'nyn yoga dihsha 8/81

5. 'flie horoscope

does

not promise much of married life, but

marriage must have taken place once and also the divorce without children. .... 2 short marriages 72-75 amd79-83,yos ittrile. 6. Your father

may

have

been an. Imparlant man outside

your

country sometime or the other. ....Engineer & inventor horn In Austria politically against Nazis in his country. 7. At the 'Lint£ of your birth your mother may have undergone some difficulties which can include even surgical operation. .... Hemorruqe treated with drug Sresb 8. Since ^ have not seen you, I see from your horoscope that your eyesight may have become weak already and you may be wearing spectacles, .... Contacts or glasses very nearsighted. 9t At one time you had a job wlxldl involved touring. .... Ho but movedfrequently & manyjobs-. 10, Your job can aha relate to 3 leUgtous work after which only PStrotogy may have interested you, ..../did volunteer work & teaching for SRF. meditation society. 11, Ycur parents* it appears, do not belong to Hie same country or your mother dttv fjom a far-off place, even if both of your parents are us citiSeHS. .... Both form Vienna, Austria. 12, There will be iiiDide you an lirestible tendency to settle down and do work outside you country* Vcrflcatlcn : some events 1. Very soon after your birth your mother may have developed some health troubles which may have pioved difficult. Uncertain but had breast infection 8 asthmatic. 2. Very-early in duldltopd^ wlieit you were one or tv:u years old you have had to move to another place, even a foreign country* .**. Age 3 mother took taAustriafor a year. 3.

1356-57 marks a change in you life. Id Europe tv/o/afher.

A. In 1957-53 there is attraction for fine arts. 113

AstrttfOgy, DasJaiy and

^O^UUntOrf

.... Household, music* 5, In 1957-59 Mfims to be a Vary significant year for yam kitlter, .... Job transfer to West CouSL 6.

1359- oO there irt change In your edncntiDiitil institutions or '.'Veil course of study. There is also spell of illness or accident. *m Scad injury,

7* Between the ages of twelve and sixteen you do well Ln studies, changing your Course

of studies

suddenly and

even

getting

intciested in the study of a. language. .... Yes, interest in Ccrtnon^ Spanish writing. 8. At the age of sixteen you are attracted towards one who was artistic and important in hte field. ,... Yes, hut left country, 9* From 1969 economics, commerce, astrology, occult begins to^rip your attention. ....Interest in Eastern Tcligian, music £ journalism. 10, When you were eighteen yeais there is possibility of your taking up a job and also inheriting -some property, ....Got marriei & Came Co India. No, 11. But at the age of nineteen you distinguish in studies or get appointed to a post in which teaching may have part of your job. ,.„ No. 12- There is sOinfc operation in abdomen also at this ntfa or sickness of the stomadn +«♦! Radiation treatment to cervix 5 uterus vgnimt Concur, 13. VoU may even marry bctwen the ages of twenty two and twenty fout. .... Married age .18. April 1972. 14. For ten or eleven years horn the age of twenty five you mny have visited many countries, gat very deeply interested fn astrology (1978 onvvsrds), but during the same period someone's sickness ot even death affticfi; you (before 19E8-85), t,+.

Age 1travel ta India & remained 7months while husband studied music. Astrology ; unsure when began but studied western astrology. Mother dies "79. Father dies "89 - more affected at his passing,

15. In 19[19 you were In love with someone. 16. In 1990 you become important professionally* ....Ho professional success but SRF recognizes for teaching. 17. In.

1991

there is

complications*

both "inheritance

of property

and

some

CONCLUSION

Aslrology, DOSW and tins Wwol fit Timd

.... Ho. Won taw sute 6/92* tf> a property littl&S from iniicrffancc. 18. From 1992 October yau must have been touring uutsfde your country which may continue till June or July 1993* **** Yes but began tour Sept. End likely fit May. 19, You want to go back and sfcirt something on bigger scale. .... Interested in buying land for small community or ashram. 201 Some misunderstanding with peisan you have been in love with recently is taking a bad turn and may end up in breaking of relationship. Broke up with man who wanted marriage 10/91* No current relationship 21* Some abrupt change that came Into your lift? professionally In 1969 will get repaired after malting some new starL ....End

came to university to wotk at medical college as

secretary. Education: Your education can be both in your own country and or even in foreign countries, You have interest in languages1, arts, history, psychology, plulosophy in one of which you may have qualified. **** B.A. Spanish May 1983. Began niaeserious study ofJyotishin 1990. Property? There is inheritable property but hot without disputes-. Sister got property. Brothers: Sisters: you can have three brothers and slsteis with you eithei becoming either the first or last among girls or even allof them. .... Sarther : IfSistsrs : 2f 1 am youngest sister. Children: You have either not conceived if you did either there was miscarriage or you got it terminated, ....Sterile due to radiation treatment for reproductive Cancer. SpBdtuaUty: father there is a Udc of desire to load the nounal life of a house wife or your spiritual inclinations were bom of some unhappy

experiences

of

diildhood,

and,

later

in

your

relationships. Yes; Yes. Jobs: There is visible a tendency to change jobs a little too often before, now.

settling down in

one place with one work where your

earnings come, front psychical-curative, v/oik-or commerical arts. Always uncertain as to career & earning low ta moderate enjoy college studies. Strong interest in natural euros. Ayurveda & Chinese Medicme. Secretariat & Computer.

Astrology, Ctesiiny and the VVrraet at Tjmfe

[iONr.UJSiON

Meldaf Comniunicatioii: Media, Lanuutmiralinns, T.V. cte, .mil even 7/jitingr jounalUm will always attract you* You can write waU, author some books wluch you have either alriMily done or want to do now. .... Tried writing for nto vtes, 3% but tack confidence. Yes, wnntird to get degree in journalism but have in Spanish, ITrrnf to write bock, about spiritual comTnuiiitcs In US. Accident Prcrienc55: You may have to be careful about vehicular acculeiitS.... Yes* many small accident csp. on hlcydz. Skin Trouble: Skin trouble or aLleigy will trouble you sometime OT the other. „ „ Bq th-ziuce tnwaqer cczvm a rash. Childhood

nay/ever1*,

allergy

to Cats. Mainly accurate but believe dates somewhat advanced. f/iVr/ifiirie may not be accurate. Without revealing myidentify, any of my tptmnents mny bt-vsvd In a book or publication, including my birth chart. SpcdoJ Wore (Since you do fistrology some cornhlaitlons hi your horoscope need good understanding by getting your feedlxidi, in (inure, and back-feed for what has happened In the past J 1. Your retatioru with your father bortJej on Jltnorhifttity, comment on it. My father diagnosed as borderline psydiosis, Ke would not kiiowhow to exchange ideas & would lecture* He often was depressed and took drugs. He had no religious bdief but was a scientist, 'Diitn I was 6-7 years old I loved hint very much. But at birth of brother he ignored me. There may have been nomc sexual abuse lie cause later he behaved badly with his granddaughter. 1 have mo memory but it would probably happened before birth of brother2. You may have done some work jointly with a sister, tr brothel earned well and then parted company. *... TJo bat eldest sister is

poet and university teacher and

encourages me to do tmuislntian work at unlv^isfty. Brother has helped me with tuoney for car in past. .... We don't have much contact, any of as A, 3. You have quarrelled quite often whenever, employed and given iqi 113

CONCLUSION

Ocifiny aod (HE

tawotoay,

M Tlfw

jobs, Veil often Cftdl Last job I disagreed with boss in in&uranci! company. He sided with party at fault in acddentbecause tlicy, of 2, owned more Insurance. A, ..Snch-quarreb; involve some non-American guru also. attempting to live by my guru's teachings, I have made miftaice of getting angry or righteous.

Cum is Bengali

Paramaftansa Yogananda & his successor is American - Daya tfa. 5, Who among your close lelatfons had either a very non-normal marriage with peculiarly violent turn of events? +..< My, brother married a nurse 17 years older after he fell down and suffered bad head Injury. Some Subtle Paints in Your Horoscope {Give

your

comtnents

on

the

Following

points

In

your

horoscope I L Scholarship, knowledge of many subjects and a deeper desire to acquire depth in them and not temaan shallow is evident. Enjoy stndiesespecially fo religion and psychplogy but diffculty staying with one subject. Exception is I've studied yoga and meditation techniques of ray guru since 1979. 2* Clever in. speech with a terrible v/ander-lust but not able to resist the temptation to uttei falitftloori and take advantage is what you have done many times. .... Can he witty at Hrneji, Da love travel especially to walk and camp in mountains and natural places. As child often lied' exagcrated about my deeds and also stole money from my mother and things from stores until taking up yoga. 3, There ate some wounds physically.

You

can

and

in your body do

attampL

whose to

marks remain

QVSTCcme

sexual

temptations. If true, is it the result of some sexual trauma? .... Yes, fore shortened Vagina due to scars from radltioiL Has made sexual intercourse painful* A. You have a stiong desire to be- recognised and honoured for what you do and have been successful also, .... Yes, in- that I display a tendency to want to influence other people sometimes through what I do, too often by what i say alonel 5* You have acquired a tendency to be self-controlled but believe in fce'eplttg your eaminga.and wealth "in secret places or do not want this to be disclosed to anycite. Scactiveness about money is the

A-strntogy, PesUny and l.tiQ Whotit at "time

CGfJCHJSiDn

striking tendency. Actually I've been wamcd not to talk about lawsuit settlement by many people and I thmk it good advice but I Juve already told too many peoplef 6. There is innate humility as far as your own learning of any subject is concerned but you are net likely to concede easily that the persons you meet doing, say, astrology 01 the subjects you know are deep and impcssive. .... Yes,-1 can be very skeptical of so-called experts. I feelthat the term "Age of liars" (Kali yuga) applies to most* Even wellcneaning, people easily overlook whatever conflicts with theif viewpoint. After having readings and studying both Tropical and Hindu astrology. $ can only rccommed Bindu astrology, fn itself I find Hindu astrology more accurately describes the personality o;id physical characteristics. St also offers remedies for difficult placements and con ditions. Bowever.

it is a tool and it depends on

theprflctitfoner's to tents. Therefote,

a highly intuitive tropical

ustrologcr will make accurate predictions even using western methods.

Jtl7

Appendix I

From the Second Edition The response to the book has been great, [n USA they cjesolbed it as (he best book on Hindu astrology to have come from India* ■A question 1 was asked was: Had I not suppressed something In my books, 'PlAneis and Children'. I

said: Yes. The ieason Is,

astrology can become, and Is, abUsaWe knowledge, therefore. In writing

these

books

we

are

showing

how

sdentlflcally

the

techniques of Hindu astrology wotk and are, at the same time avoiding some of those points as can become abusable. must remcmbtr that ths ayanamsha Mscd hwc te the China

paksha

ayanamsha

itahlrrs).

In

my

book

' Planets

and

Children', I have shown by using the Saptamslta, the divisional chart used for ptedlctlng events about child birth and other childrenrelated

problems

and

the

chltra

paksha

ayanamsh

why

that

ayanamsha atone can be made use of for higher researches. In that book I have taken up the horoscope of Dr. B.V. Raman himself and have shown how my research on children becomes applicable only IF the QiUrapaksha ayanamsha Is used. I have also spoken the bitter truth In may book, ^Astrological Journey through Hlstciy, Mystery and Horoscope* that Yukteshwora being used In the ULS.A, by David Frawley In his book "Astrology oFSeers" Is totally itnsdentific and David's use of Hetschel, PJuto and Neptune Is not the astrology of seers* In

1994. a meering of Panchdnga makers (ephemedes) was

convened by the Ministry of Human Resources Development of the Goveirtment of Ificlla, where thlrty'Clght out of forty participants approved the Chlttra Paksha ayartamsha as being acceptable. The Raman ayanamsha got only one vote In Irs favour. The new chapters added here are Astrology and Psychology, and promises of political success With Illustrated horoscopes, one of TIK

Astrofegy, 0«(lnyflnd' them

q'TrrlG

being oF John.

F*

App^i*'

Kennedy,

the

US

president,

who,

a

charismatic personality, was shot: dead. The Ktndl translation of this booltt 'jyotlsh, Pararabdh Tatha Kai Chakra* has won very high praise from astrologers from the Hindispeaking area. The demand for the second edition had come In the last quanei of 194 when the first edition, published In the middle of 1993, was sold

out fast.

But

i

was

busy

completing my book

'Predicting

through (almlnl's Chora Dasha" which shows for the very Rist time how a dosha of Jnlmlnl can be employed for predictions and, shows too a jewel In the mulii-sptendoured; astrological heritage of India. It Is a path-breaking research of mine. Included In the book is also the abridged report of Dr. David Frawley, president of the American Council of Hindu Astrology, I was the Chief guest at their second International Symposium held at San Rafael, Gtllfcrnla, USA in November

1993, Some parts of rhe

report as they appeared In India, 'were edited out* Those suppressed parts have been highlighted here. (See appendix II]

K.N* Rao F-291 Saraswnti ICun|, 25, TP. Extension Delhi - / I0Q9Z

Jlv

Appendix II

the

second

American

Internattooal

Symposium

on

Hindu

Astrology and K.N. Rao's Visit to America by David Frawley December ll(

1993

We decided that it was Imporfant to bring as she chief guest ti> each conference one of the most prominent Hindu astrologers In India to further educate people

In America**,

Deoembor 1and again In January New Delhi- I

1

visited

India tn

1993 and rrwr Mr. KN Rao In

was SO Impressed not only with Ids knowledge of

Hindu ftstrology,, which lie revealed through a detailed examination of my own chart, but also with his eloquence as a speaker and hts mastery of tine

Eingtlsh language that I

decided to recommend

inviting him, though he had not yet traveled out of India. I also visited the school of the ICAS In New Delhi oFWhich Mr. Rao is the main I nstrucior, held at the BhiiMtiyA Vldya Bh&wan, and I saw what a large and well-organiz«l school for astrology It had become,

certainly

the best in

the

world

today with

over four

hundred students, As those of us who organized Ihe symposium also decided to start such a school,

1

felt rhat the Delhi school

provided a good model for us to follow, and that through Rao we could be given the guidelines to begin to create such Institutions In Amc/lcsL. The main part of the symposium began... and the keynote address of R,N.

Rao. "Nearly five hundred people attended

the

events. Mr. Rao's talk was very well received, as he was able to communicate not only to the minds but ro the heart's of people weaving his Jtnowiedge of astrology with worid events and spiritual w35domT At the conclusion of his speech, the American Council of Hindu Astrology gave Mr. Rao an award for outstanding achievement In the field of Hindu asirology. Finally on Tuesday. November 23, an entire day was devoted 12(1

Astrolotiyr

ApfHrtdi.v

snd ilia VVt>3Gi di Tln»

ro Wr. Rao who taught

In depth predictive techniques of Hindu

astrology to about a hundred Hindu ♦iSTTGlosers, specifically Yoglnt Dasha, which was previously almost -Unknown In America. Mr. Rao made a great impact on everyone and has prompted tremendous Interest

In

Hindu astrology*

Mis ralks on

Hindu

astrology

both

captivated and Inspired his audiences, who found him to be the best Speakef at the symposium both for his knowledge of astrology and hlsability to comrtiunlwte (o people* His day-long classes proved so Interesting* that even when the lunch break was announced an hour late, people-were reluctant to go, so AS nor to lose any rtme that they might have listening to Mr. Rao, Mr, Rao kept his room open for discussions In the evening with various aslroiogefs* which often continued Into the early hours of the mornhig* Marry people came to him for these discussions In which he showed

In detail

the accuracy and

profundity of the

Hindu

system. Those who came were shown the depths of Hindu astrology -arKi accurate predictions without even seeing the chart on paper, a feat that no Western astrologer could equal. Yet Rao's readings were no mere feats of preclktion, he turned our In detail which

(he psychological sophtsrlcatlon of Hindu astrology,

Western

astrologers

and

their

psychology

based

Interpretatlcm tend TO Ignore saying that Hindu astrology Is of predictive value only. Rao showed how Jus prediction of events In a person's life Is the third-stage astrology,

as the action Is the

outcome of an Intention and a particular mentality derived through time and circumstances pfa person's life, which a good astrologer should be able to read In the chart before making conclusions about a person's psychology operating Ir> the charts of the Nehru family, as he has wrltieh in his book on the 'Nehtu Pynnsty'. Rao's

method

of verifying

the

horoscope through

outlining

about half a dozen events in a person's Iffeas indicated In the chart impressed many astrologers, who are now beginning to use this method to chart Interpretatlans- He introduced many new predicting techniques IlkeYoglnl Dasha, Qiata Dasha. and aspects of JaTmlnl to Calculate.

He

pointed

out

the

dangers

of over-reliance

upon

computers and the need to memorize Hie data for best predictive ability, Perhaps the highlight of rhe conference was lhar the American Council on Hindu Astrology was officially inaugurated... In Santa fe, as guests of

David

Frawley, they gave additional

readings and

etasses. Mr, Rao gave a reading to Yogi fihajar., the head of the Sikh 121

Append^

AsitojOQy, DoHIny uiHJ lliti

of Tjmff

cornmunkty* also to his. friends and family rnembeth, As'Vogl ttfiajdri. had'.been quite Hi. Rao's prediction that he Would ilvcsorhe additional years came as a great encouragement to the Yogi and his fol lowers; liJhpQftfint Western astrologers came to- visit Mr* Rao* tngrld Bergman, one of the most prominent Western astrologers f),\nJcUlarly Irt the field of medical astrology, received a reading from Mr:1,Rao and sold that the predictive accuracy of Hindu system as refated by Rao had no reoj counterpart tn Western tropical astrology. Reading her chart he was, able to tdl amazing details of her life, Including the character and features of her parents. Of these bgolis, Astrology, Destiny and the Wheel of Time was regarded by most American "Hindu astrologers as the best book on Hindu astrology yet avalfabfe. Mr, Hlxson decided to bring this book out in America fn the near future* Rao left with hundreds oF people requesting Hindu astrology readings, and with various astrological groups requesting his speedy return to teach them Hindu astrology. Perhaps no Hindu astrologer has made such an 1mmediate and strong Impact In the West from a single such visit Rao's impact was so great that here can only speak of Hfnrtu astrology before and after &10. Before Rao' It was an unorganized

and

inspiration and

undirected

movement,

a steady guidance* After

locking Rao

balated,

the spark

It has

of

become a

directed and vital movement developing in many different areas.