Panoti Yoga
By
P. M. Padia is an unknown name in India
but in the West he is known as the guru of
the man who introduced Vedic astrology in
America, yes the guru of James Braha.
Every American reads Mr Braha’s books
when he starts Vedic astrology. James first
learnt astrology from R. Santhanam & then
had to come back to India and learn from
Padia Saheb whom he immortalized in his
books. Padia Saheb learnt astrology
through 3 books and then mainly from his
meticulous observation skills sharpened
through decades. He has been a extremely
beloved friend of Saptarishis Astrology
since many years and now has written the
very first article of his life for Saptarishis
Astrology at this ripe age of 70. We expect
many articles to come out of his experience
and in this venture SA Team member
Andree Leclerc’s hard work is appreciated
in teaming up with P.M.Padia and making
this possible.
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P. M. Padia, India
Assistant Redactor: Andree Leclerc, Canada
I n the field of astrology, we often
witness many difficulties in a majority
of charts. Or, to the contrary, we may
fail to see incoming trouble or to diagnose
lifelong afflictions that manifest in a
native’s life despite the promise of several
favourable yogas. My aim in life is to make
astrology simple & at the same time it is
seen that students do not like simple
techniques, the more complicated techniques
they are given they feel it’s a gem of a
technique and they ignore simple methods. I
guess since life in modern times are
complicated hence our liking for complex
things of life.
Panoti yoga is a technique that proves very
useful in assessing the effects of transits.
Since decades, I have elaborated on this gem
and applied it to Natal charts & not just
transits. This has enabled my assessment of
a native’s actual possibilities in life and
chronic problems to gain much accuracy –
and proves to be a great help to people as
they can better be acquainted with their lot
in life and can benefit from more efficiently
adapted remedial measures. I strongly
recommend verifying if it is applicable be-
fore making any judgment on a chart as this
can block great Raja yogas from delivering
their promises. Often, we note malefic yogas
such as Kala Sarpa, Kemadruma, Pitru
Dosha, Shakata yoga, Sarpa yoga, etc. but
we forget to see good or bad Panoti yogas
which give powerful effects in the life of a
native.
Some 95% of astrologers will fail to note and
properly balance the synergy and impact of
good and negative yogas. So, above all, we
need to judge how many bad and un-
favourable yogas are present and evaluate
their strength. At the same time, we should
see how many good and favourable yogas are found and what their strength is. If bad yogas are
more powerful than good yogas, this will definitively create difficulties, disappointments,
hardships and unhappiness in the life of the native. And if good yogas are prevailing over bad
yogas, there will be happiness, harmony, peace and progress in the native’s life. One need not
worry from hearing the word Panoti which means bad luck, before getting afraid of it one must
judge how much percentage Panoti will act good or bad, this comes with experience in this
method. The applications to natal charts you will find below are issued from my own research
and are not available in any text book. I have applied this technique to natal Moon, other planets
and also houses as all these can be found to be under Panoti. You are now invited to discover
and experience with this secret.

1.0 Panoti Yoga is…

The planetary position between the Moon and Saturn in Vedic astrology system. Colloquially
the word Panoti means Bad Luck. But in our article, this would be differentiated as Good Panoti
& Bad Panoti Yogas.

1.1 Highlight Of This Technique

You may kindly note that though this technique sounds familiar to Sade sati & Dhaiya methods
of general interpretation, it has some special features not commonly known which, though
briefly presented below, will be expounded on in detail with the help of example charts.
a) Use Panoti Yoga technique not only on transits but start with it on Natal Charts to judge
the strength of charts if there is Panoti yoga at the time of birth.
b) Use Panoti Yoga technique from reference point of Houses
c) Use Panoti Yoga technique from reference point of Lord of Houses
d) Use Panoti Yoga technique from reference point of Karakas
e) Use Panoti Yoga technique from reference point of Arudhas
f) Use Panoti Yoga technique from reference point of Mahadasha/Antardasha lords

2.0 Definition of Panoti Yoga

In Indian Vedic astrology, at the time of giving prediction for a natal chart, we must consider
whether there is Panoti yoga in the natal chart itself. We want to see that Panoti is afflicting the
Moon first and then we look for other Panoti factors. Here are the causes for Natal Panoti yoga
to be present:
1. Saturn placed in the 4H or 8H from the Moon.
2. Saturn afflicting the natal Moon by conjunction to it or by being placed in the 12H or 2H
from the Moon’s position.
3. Saturn placed in the 4H or 8H from the Ascendant and/or its Lord and/or the Sun or, by
afflicting these factors by conjunction, or by being placed in the 12H or 2H from them.
4. Saturn placed in the 4H or 8H from the any other house, planet or karaka will also cause
Panoti to these or, here also, by being posited as above in conjunction, 12H or 2H from
said house, planet or karaka.
If there are Raja yogas in the natal chart at the time of birth, and at the same time there is
malefic Panoti yoga, the benefic results of Raja yoga will be reduced by 50 percent or the native
will not get benefic results of Raja yoga.

By transit, when Saturn is in the 4H or in 8H from the Moon, it makes a small ‘Panoti yoga’ for
2 ½ years – and when Saturn is in 12H from Moon, or with the Moon or in 2H from Moon, it
makes a Big Panoti for 7 ½ years, which contains 3 steps:
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When Saturn is in 12th from Moon, it is called Panoti on the Head (mastak in Sanskrit) means
starting Panoti first 2.5 years period,

When Saturn is with Moon, it is called Panoti on the Chest, the second 2.5 years period and,

When Saturn is in 2H from Moon, it is called Panoti on the Feet, descending Panoti or last 2.5
years period.

To clarify the application of Panoti by transit, please see Annex 1 – this will also give you the
Panotis on each natal Moon sign for Saturn’s latest transits and the coming one.

Categories: Benefic & Malefic

Panoti yoga has two main categories as follows:

Malefic Panoti Yogas: Gold and Iron based Panotis give bad results for progress in worldly
happiness and hardships and struggles in the life of the native.

Benefic Panoti Yogas: Copper and Silver based Panotis give good results for progress in worldly
happiness and easy achievements.

4.0 Four Bases of Panoti Yoga

There are four bases of Panoti Yoga depending on the elements. Each has a separate method for
calculating it.

4.1 Gold Base

When transit Saturn enters a new sign if, at the same time, transit Moon is in 1st, 6th or 11th
house from natal Moon, this yoga makes Panoti on ‘Golden Base’ for 2 ½ years. This is not a
good yoga – it gives anxiety, worries, and during this period the native has to suffer struggle,
hardships and uneasiness in his life.

4.2 Iron Base

When transit Saturn enters a new sign if, at the same time, transit
Moon is in 4th, 8th or 12th house from natal Moon, this yoga makes Panoti
on ‘Iron Base’ for 2 ½ years. This is not a good yoga either and during
this period the native has to do very hard work to achieve goals and to
fulfill his desires and suffers more struggle, hardship and uneasiness in
his routine work. This sometimes badly affects the native, transforming
him or her from hero to zero!

4.3 Copper Base

When transit Saturn enters a new sign if, at the same time, transit Moon is in 3rd, 7th or 10th
house from natal Moon, this yoga makes Panoti on ‘Copper Base’ for 2 ½ years. This is a good
yoga that gives good progress in worldly happiness in the subject of money, business, service,
family matters and daily work, etc.

4.4 Silver Base

When transit Saturn enters a new sign if, at the same time, transit Moon is in 2nd, 5th or 9th
house from natal Moon, this yoga makes Panoti on ‘Silver Base’ for 2 ½ years. This is a very
good yoga that gives good progress in worldly happiness in the subject of money, business,
service, family matters, daily work, etc.

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5.0 Interpretation Rules
Please find below the rules for interpretation of the Panoti Yogas.

5.1 If Saturn is a friend of the Ascendant Lord or of the Lord of Moon’s sign, and Panoti is
on the base of copper or silver in the natal chart or in Panoti transits, it will be beneficial and
will give positive results in a person’s worldly happiness; and, if Saturn is enemy (shatru) of the
above (Lord of Ascendant or Lord of Moon’s sign) it will give somewhat less benefit in
comparison to the above.

5.2 If Saturn is Lord of the Ascendant or Lord of angles (Kendra) and/or trines (trikona) and
is making Panoti yoga, he will give less harm.

5.3 If Saturn is an enemy of the ascendant Lord or of the Lord of the Moon’s sign, and Panoti
is on the base of gold or iron, it will badly harm the native in the fields of economy, service,
business, family matters, illness, unhappiness and anxiety, etc. And, if Saturn is a friend of the
above (ascendant Lord or Lord of Moon’s sign), it will cause less harm in comparison to the
above.

5.4 In the Natal chart, if Saturn is Lord of 6, 8th or 12th house, it becomes more malefic
(double malefic) because in this stage, it is also karaka of 6, 8 and 12 houses. And further, if it is
also retrograde, then it becomes triple times malefic in giving undesirable results.

5.5 A person who is born under a malefic Panoti yoga is going to suffer hardships,
unhappiness and anxiety when Saturn makes Panoti yoga in transit. It is like the transit will
deliver the promise of the natal chart. During this transit period, if any malefic planet also
makes malefic transit on the concerned house/lord/karaka, then the native will have to suffer
more troubles. Also, if simultaneously to this period the Maha dasha and/or Antar dasha point
to difficult phase(s), the native will have to suffer even more hardships or vice versa when
benefic dasha is active then, protection is received or the harm is lessened. This point cannot be
ignored & most tend to ignore it.

5.6 The Ascendant (native himself) and its Lord and karaka Sun, 4H (general happiness) and
its Lord and karaka Moon, 9H (grace of guru, grace of God and grace of fate) and its Lord and
karakas Jupiter and Sun must be in a good position – then the native will get worldly happiness
and worldly achievements. If these are afflicted by malefic planets or by Panoti yoga, the native
has to do very hard work to achieve goals and to fulfill his desires and suffers more struggles,
hardships and uneasiness in his daily life. This sometimes badly affects the native, downgrading
him or her from hero to zero. If the above factors are strong and benefic then Panoti yoga will
be less harmful. This point is extremely important and cannot be ignored.

5.7 In a natal chart, if any house, its Lord or karaka(s) are either weak or afflicted, the native
will have to suffer malefic results related to the indications of said house, Lord or karaka. When
Saturn produces Panoti yoga and affects the above factors either by conjunction or aspect, it
gives malefic results pertaining to their indications.

To sum it up, as you will read on, you will realize that all charts have Panoti if not from the
Moon, at least from some houses, Lord or karaka. Do not discard the technique since Saturn, as
the great Karma Karaka, has for a mission to dispense everyone their allotted karma. Points 5.1
and 5.2 should be kept in mind since, if Saturn is a benefic for the chart, it can give good results.

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When Panoti is active in a chart, the houses, Lords or karakas that Saturn will aspect will suffer
more harm if they are weak in any way. This is the key.

Although this concept may look too simple or too easy to implement. I vouch over this since
5 decades of experience with this technique proved that it is most most essential in judging the
capability of a chart with this and cannot be ignored. Mahapursuha Yogas, Rajayogas all fail,
one of the reasons being Panoti yoga. But read this article very minutely without missing a
single point since if you do miss one point, you will not be able to grasp the technique – and
after that, apply it on 20 charts and behold how beautifully it will act.

Chart 1: Lord Rama

There are controversies about the planetary positions of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Rahu
and Ketu in the horoscope of Lord Sri Ramachandra. So we will not discuss about these planets’
positions.

In this horoscope, the positions we will consider are the Ascendant is Cancer, Lord of the
Ascendant, Moon, is in its own house with exalted Jupiter, the Lord of 9H (house of Grace of
Guru, Grace of God and Fate), as well as Lord of 6H (enemies, quarrels and step-mother). The
Lord of the 5H and 10H, Mars, is exalted in the 7H. The Lord of 7H and 8H, Saturn, is in the
4H also exalted.

This horoscope shows several very benefic yogas like Hamsha yoga, Gajekeshari yoga,
Malavaya yoga, Sasha yoga, Raja yogas… But all these became weak in their worldly
manifestation due to Panoti yoga and gave extreme hardships to the bearer of the chart.

Saturn is an enemy of the Ascendant as well as enemy of the Ascendant Lord Moon (point 5.3).
Saturn is Lord of the 8H and its mulatrikona sign being the 8H makes it most malefic.
Moreover, it is karaka of the 8H, is exalted and retrograde (point 5.4). Retrograde planets are far
away from the Sun and closer to the Earth. Consequently, whatever qualities they have, good or
bad, according to their natural personality and their houses (bhavas) lordship, will manifest
extremely powerfully in producing good or bad. Given this principle, Saturn is a most malefic
planet in this horoscope and it is in Panoti Yoga as follows:

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1- Saturn is producing Panoti being in the 4H from the Moon. This most malefic Saturn is
making Panoti to the Ascendant, the Ascendant Lord, to the karaka of domestic life (Moon,
karaka of 4H), to the 9H (including Venus placed therein) and to exalted Jupiter, the 9th
Lord who is also karaka of the 9H, karaka of grace of guru, God and fate. So fate becomes
weakened.
2- All manifestations, whatever one can imagine, can be found here in this world. But, we will
get retributions according to our good or bad luck (one’s fate). Here, the 9th Lord and 9H
karaka Jupiter is in Panoti yoga by Saturn being in the 4th to it and also afflicted by two
malefic planets, Saturn and Mars.
3- Jupiter, the Lord of the 6H (enemy and quarrels) is in the Ascendant or Lagna and is exalted.
This indicates that his enemy, Ravana, was strong and powerful in his ability and expertise
in all fields. He was a Brahmin, spiritual, a well learned person who had knowledge of the
four Vedas and had control over the 9 grahas (planets) – he was called Tri-Loka Swami as he
had conquered all the Gods in heaven. Ravana (enemy), the great personality, was defeated
because the 6th Lord is under Panoti yoga and is afflicted by 2 malefic planets, Saturn and
Mars. Hence as soon as Sri Rama entered into the life of Ravana, the life of Ravana became a
Panoti (Bad Luck Started for Ravana).

4- The Lord of the 6H (Rama’s step-mother who behaved as an enemy) Jupiter is strong,
conjunct the Ascendant & under Panoti Yoga. It shows that his step-mother was powerful
and dominating over the family and she became the cause (Panoti) of Rama’s unhappiness and
exile to the forest. Most malefic Saturn is in the 4H (his own mother) and karaka of the 4H,
Moon, is in Panoti yoga being afflicted by 2 malefic planets so, his own mother could not
promote him for coronation.

Due to Panoti Yoga acting from birth on all angles as shown above, his life was unfortunately
full of struggles & hardships. One must understand that due to not knowing the exact date of
birth it is not possible to find out the Base of Saturn whether Copper, Gold etc. in order to
determine the exact result of Saturn but it is evident, from what has transpired of the life of Sri
Rama, that this Saturn was not a benefic. One must also understand that Avatars (incarnations)
of the Lord manifest for a specific purpose and we must not interpret them in terms of dualities
like happiness/non happiness which is our human way of interpreting all things. We have
interpreted Lord Rama’s horoscope only for the purpose of seeing things astrologically & to
learn the grandeur of Panoti Yoga in Natal Chart.

Chart 2: Silver base Panoti -Jimmy Page

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Remember the good’ old Led Zeppelin days? For those of you who are not acquainted with this
piece of musical history, legendary “Led Zep” has been one of the most popular and influential
rock bands of all times. Jimmy Page, as the band’s leader, combined an excessively dexterous
guitarist with a resourceful composer and very thoughtful manager. It is said that for every
record, he hired a new team of technicians so that no one could claim that the Led Zeppelin
trademark sound could be attributed to others’ input.
Panoti yoga is formed in his natal chart from two angles:
1- by the occupation of Saturn in the 12H from the Moon which affects also houses 7, 8 and 9
2- by the occupation of Saturn in the 8H from the Ascendant

On the day of Saturn’s ingress in the sign of Taurus which occurred before his birth, the
Moon was placed at 28o29 Cancer thus being in the 2H from Natal Moon – this Moon degree
was for his birth location of Herstmon, UK. Thus, Panoti is created here on the Base of Silver.
Referring to our item 4.4, we see that this is a very good yoga that gives good progress in
worldly happiness in the themes of money, business, service, family matters and daily work,
etc.
Saturn is Yoga karaka for his Libra Ascendant which implies that he is Lord of an angle and a
trine. He is also a friend of Mercury, the Moon’s dispositor (points 5.1 & 5.2). Being retrograde
makes it strong but its conjunction with retrograde Mars, aspected by Ketu and placed in the 8H
– this situation grants Saturn considerable afflictions.
The Moon under Panoti is in the 9H so; 9H of fate is also under Panoti influence (point 5.6).
Hardships are shown in his chart by the aspects of Saturn, Mars and Rahu on Venus, the
Ascendant Lord and simultaneously on the 2H and are certainly responsible for his heavy drugs
addiction. Karaka Moon and the 9H are also under heavy affliction, being hemmed in by
Saturn, Mars and Rahu. Moreover, the 9th Lord is retrograde, situation that diminishes his luck
in life. He experienced many personal difficulties and his drug addiction definitively affected
his career (both his life and music were “Rock’n Roll”) (points 5.6 & 5.7). We should note that,
the Moon’s placement in the 9H as 10th Lord was instrumental in his getting good business
associates to work with since it is under a favourable Panoti but the fate condition being quite
damaged in his chart in addition to Rahu being in the 10H, his career came to a major slow down
when his band mate, drummer John Bonham, died of overdose at Jimmy’s house in December
1980.
Despite these flaws, he still has achieved fabulous superstar success and is a millionaire
(something also generally considered “very lucky”).

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 Chart 3: Iron base Panoti

This good lady’s chart with all angles occupied by malefics (Sarpa yoga) shows Panoti in
relation to the benefic planets and occurs from:

1- the Moon, 9H and the 9H Lord all in Taurus

2- the Ascendant
3- Jupiter and 3H (Scorpio)
4- 4H and 5H

On the day of Saturn’s last ingress in Sagittarius prior to her birth, transit Moon was at 27o42
Leo which is in the 4H from her Natal Moon.

According to item 4.2, the Iron Base Panoti is not a good yoga and the native has to do very hard
work to achieve goals and to fulfill his/her desires and suffers more struggle, hardship and
uneasiness in his routine work. This sometimes badly affects the native, transforming him or
her from hero to zero!

As a matter of fact, Saturn’s mulatrikona being the 6H makes this celestial influence more
malefic (point 5.4) while simultaneously, Saturn is a friend to the Lord of the Moon’s sign and
of the Lagna (point 5.3).

She experiences many problems related to the home (insurance folks required many major fixes
or will considerably increase their premium), sense of security and happiness (she has anxiety
fits for which she takes medication), married life (husband works very long hours to make ends
meet and has some bad habits), income and gains (she lives in very remote location where no
steady job can be found) and general good luck (some major problem requiring its load of
unplanned for expenditure regularly pops out of fate’s box almost on a weekly basis - not your
next lottery winner!). All these areas are related to Jupiter as 4th and 7th Lord, the Moon as
karaka for heart, mind and 11th Lord and Venus as 2nd and 9th house Lord.

We will note that from Arudha Lagna in Gemini, the 4H of home and happiness is Virgo which
suffers under Natal Panoti and is otherwise heavily afflicted by the Nodes and Mars & Saturn’s
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aspects. Her home is a major problem but she cannot afford to abandon it to move to a rental
apartment.

Besides the Panoti factor, the Ascendant and its Lord, karaka Sun and 4H are all under malefic
afflictions (point 5.6).

When Jupiter’s Maha dasha started on Dec 11, 1994, transit Moon was in Pisces (1.1.f) which is
the 11H from Natal Moon, giving Golden base Panoti. Saturn was in Aquarius, in the 4H from
Natal Jupiter. On the whole, this promises to be a difficult dasha and, since Maha dasha Lord
Jupiter is under Panoti, we can be sure that its karakatwas such as children, wealth, luck, etc.
will be affected.

On Aug 11 2008, when Mars antardasha started, Moon was in Cancer (1.1.f) which gives some
positive as Copper base Panoti and Saturn was in Leo, the 12H of loss, 5H of past life merits and
10H of career from Jupiter. Two days before the end of this Mars antardasha, on July 15 2008,
she declared personal bankruptcy. The next Antaradasha of Rahu started with Moon in
Sagittarius, 8 houses from Natal Moon giving Iron base Panoti and Saturn was still in Leo, the
12H.

Chart 4: Copper base Panoti

To cheer us up, here’s a Copper Base Panoti.

Panoti is formed by:

1- Saturn being in the 8H from the Moon

2- Saturn being in the Ascendant
3- Saturn also affects Venus which is conjunct the Moon and 6H matters

At the time of Saturn’s last ingress in Sagittarius prior to her birth, transit Moon was at 7o25
Pisces which is in the 3H from her Natal Moon.

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According to item 4.3, this is a good yoga that gives good progress in worldly happiness in
matters of money, business, service, family matters and daily work, etc.

How many people do you know who, even though they have not chosen and studied for a
career, happily go to work every morning??

This is her case. She has been working for the hottest clothing store in the Province of Quebec,
Canada for over 35 years and, thanks to her passion for merchandising and clientele service, she
has been the #1 sales person ever since – she even trained the store’s owner!

On closer look, we see that Saturn is not a friend to the Ascendant but, to the contrary, an
enemy; he is also Lord of the 7H (business), an angle, thus giving less benefit but also less harm
as the 7H is Aquarius, its moolatrikona sign (points 5.1, 5.3 & 5.3)

Saturn is also 6th Lord (enemy and diseases), Retrograde and conjunct the Ascendant to the
exact degree – she is at present very sick with a bones disease and has had problems and phobias
about enemies all her life (point 5.4)

Her Ascendant Lord which is also karaka Sun is weak and afflicted, 4th Lord and karaka Moon
are both under Panoti and the 9th Lord is afflicted by the Nodes. She, in fact, has had to work
relentlessly to achieve her goals daily and has lived through many hardships in the area of
father, fate, mother, happiness and contentment (point 5.6).

Saturn also aspects Jupiter, Lord of 5H and 8H and Mercury, Lord of 2H and 11H. She has no
children, was cheated on by her first husband, has smoked cannabis for years, divorced and is
unhappy in any social circle (point 5.7)

Despite all this, she still has met with success in her work.

Chart 5: Amitabh Bachchan

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 We all know that Amitabh Bacchan is the most famous Indian actor – he was also honoured
abroad and his reputation in unmatched.

In his horoscope, we find Aquarius on the Ascendant. He is born under Panoti yoga on Golden
base which gives hardships and struggle in life, slowing progress, and we know that this has
manifested in his life.

Panoti yoga is caused by Saturn being in the 8H from the Moon.

On the day of Saturn’s ingress in the sign of Taurus which occurred before his birth, the Moon
was placed at 29o36 Leo thus being in the 11H from Natal Moon. Thus, Panoti is created here on
the Base of Gold.

Despite this, he could make progress and could get fame and honour in his life because the Lord
of Aquarius, Saturn, is in the 4H in a friendly sign; it is also in Kubera’s house (Taurus, the 2nd
sign whose Lord is Venus or Kubera, the treasurer of the devas or gods) and retrograde, which
makes it stronger (point 5.1 & 5.2).

Venus, Raja yogakaraka as Lord of houses 4 & 9 along with the Lords of houses 5, 8, 7, 3 and 10
are all in the 8H creating Raja yogas and placed in a trine yoga to the Ascendant Lord, Saturn.
So, the Lords of all the houses above are cooperative with the strong Lord of the Ascendant and
provide excellent results (point 5.6).

The Lord of houses 2 and 11 (money and benefits), Jupiter, being karaka of houses 2, 5, 9, 10 & 11,
is in exaltation in the 6H. It is in the 10H of career from the Moon and creates a Hamsha yoga
and Gajakeshari yoga. Jupiter also aspects his own house, the 2H, and the 10H of career – with
the contribution of such as strong Jupiter, he is getting money, fame and honours (point 5.6).

His Panoti yoga shows that Saturn is in the exaltation sign of the Moon while the Moon is
placed in Saturn’s exaltation sign which reduces the bad effect to some extent.

Amitabh has malefic Ketu in the Ascendant and Saturn is aspecting it while also aspecting
Jupiter (liver) in the 6H (intestines). The 6th sign, Virgo, is in the house of injury (8H) and
Mars is placed therein so both the 6H house and 6th sign are disturbed. As the Lord of the 6H
(illness, accidents, enemies and debts) is under Panoti yoga, he has survived serious illness and
injury and came out of debt (Panoti gave some relief from 6H matters). There is also Angar
yoga (fiery conjunction of Mars and Sun) in the 6th sign of intestines.

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 Chart 6: Golden base Panoti

This is the chart of a girl who was possessed right from birth by two mean entities. She had fits
of madness that grew worst as she aged and was diagnosed with ‘Dissociative identity disorder’.
She was exorcized at 3.7 years.

At the time of Saturn’s last ingress in Sagittarius, prior to her birth, transit Moon was at 29o35
Sagittarius which is the 1H from her Natal Moon.

According to item 4.1, this is not a good yoga as Golden Base Panoti gives anxiety, worries, and
the native has to suffer struggle, hardships and uneasiness in life.

Some preliminaries:

1- When Rahu (karaka for the native’s paternal grand-father) or Ketu (karaka for the
native’s maternal grand-father) is placed in the 5H, such a condition is referred to as
“Pitru dosha” or curse from ancestors. We see here that Ketu sits in the 5H.
2- The conjunction of Ketu with Saturn is said to cause “short circuit” where they are
placed. Here they harm the 5H of mind and cause mental problems. Jupiter, karaka of the
5H, is conjunct the Moon (karaka of mind) – both are under Panoti and both are aspected
by Saturn.
3- The 8L Mercury is in the 7H retrograde and aspected by Saturn & Rahu – this gives
chronic problems and it creates a Srapit yoga (curse). Mercury in turn, aspects the
Ascendant.
4- Scorpio Lagna is more prone to the invasion of spirits.

Now, the negative factors above are combined with Panoti yoga which is caused on:

1- The Moon (9th Lord of fate and Badhakesh for Scorpio rising), Jupiter (5th Lord where
Pitru dosha takes place) and the 2H, a maraca –

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 2- Ascendant Lord Mars and the Sun as karaka of the Ascendant

The conjunction of Ketu and Saturn in the 5H is setting the scene for some very definite karmic
trouble. In fact, to be gripped in such a way by outside evil forces, the 5H needs to be greatly
afflicted. We see that to all the negative factors present, a negative Panoti yoga afflicting all the
personal factors of the chart is added resulting in the vulnerability of body and mind at the
delicate time of birth and early childhood.

Despite the fact that Saturn is Lord of the 4H, an angle (point 5.2), as an enemy of the
Ascendant and of the Moon’s sign it is prone to hurting the native badly (point 5.3). As a matter
of fact, her entire early childhood was completely ruined from birth and she only came to
normal life after 3.7 years. We can see that Saturn has given terrible results as far as houses 4
(mind, mother (she was broken by the state of her child), anxiety, unhappiness), 5 (intellect,
karma from past lives) and 9th Lord (grace of God, fate) are concerned (point 5.6).

Jupiter, benefic for this chart, is conjunct the Moon (9th Lord) and aspects the 8H (longevity),
the 6H (illness), the Sun (also karaka of the Ascendant and life giver) and Lagna Lord Mars
(also Lord of 6H granting the protection that a cure is possible to be obtained) – all this despite
the aspect of the 8L, retrograde Mercury, (involved in Srapit yoga) on the Ascendant.

She was exorcized during the dasha of Sun/Rahu. Let’s see what Panoti these periods were
under…

Sun Mahadasha started on June 16, 1998 – transit Moon was in Aquarius, 3 houses from Natal
Moon, giving Copper base Panoti.

Some good news: As per Nadi literature (Bhrigu Nandi Nadi), when the Sun is ahead of Saturn
in a chart, he has greater power to counteract Saturn’s negative effects – the Sun is the giver of
life and healer of all diseases; it is exalted and is sitting with Mars, the Ascendant Lord, which is
strong in its own sign and placed in the healing Nakshatra of Ashwini. However, these
powerful Mars and Sun also contributed to the strength of her enemies (she had 2 entities
troubling her). We shall note that since Panoti is blocking good results from the 6H and 6th
Lord, it has contributed in annihilating these enemies. She was exorcized during the Sun’s
Maha dasha. Moreover…

Rahu Antaradasha started on Aug 10, 1999 – transit Moon was in Cancer, 9 houses from Natal
Moon, giving Silver base Panoti. Rahu represents the mysterious, unpredictable, magnetism,

esoteric, natural healing methods, all that is unconventional as well as spirits. She was freed by
a man who does energetic work and keeps his identity secret. He ordered these 2 entities to
leave this girl and, by the strength of his magnetism and occult knowledge, they finally obeyed
him.

Both the Sun and Rahu are in Ouppachaya houses where things can improve with time and
effort.

Fortunately, on the strength of the friends to her chart: Sun, Ascendant Lord Mars and Jupiter,
she was saved from the mental institute. Nevertheless, we can expect this Panoti to
considerably reduce her worldly gains and happiness all her life and she needs the protection of
spiritual people at all times in her life. The coming transits of Saturn to Virgo (6th Lord) and

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combined with Moon/Saturn dashas and promise to be tough.

We have offered here a broader application of Panoti yoga and we invite all to experiment with
this and draw their own conclusions. Further research using this technique needs to be carried
out in many uses – but we hope you have found some very useful tools that will help you and
your clients in this presentation.

Mr. Padia’s assistant redactor…

The author of an introductory book in French titled

“Vedic Astrology: Destiny and Free-Will” published by
IQ Editions in Montreal, Andree Leclerc studies and
practices Vedic ways of life for over 25 years including
Bhakti Vedanta, Jyotish, mantras… She is diving more
deeply into Vedic astrology since 5 years. As an
entrepreneur, she also co-founded a company
wholesaling stone jewellery for which she has designed
some 2000 models as well as web sites pertaining to
Vedic astrology and various Vedic sciences in English
and French that can be seen at www.Andreeleclerc.com.
Andree is part of the Saptarishis Astrology Research
Team, is currently in India learning under the mentorship
of the magazine by interacting with various masters.

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How To Calculate Panoti

These calculations are based on Indian Standard Time, Bombay

Saturn entered in Cancer on Sept 6, 2004 at 4:37 AM. At that time, transit Moon was in Taurus.

1- For a Gemini Moon native - who has natal Moon in Gemini - transit Moon in Taurus is
in the 12th house from the native’s Moon. So, Gemini Moon native has Panoti on Iron
base.
2- For a Cancer Moon native - who has natal Moon in Cancer - transit Moon in Taurus is in
the 11th house from the native’s Moon. So, Cancer Moon native has Panoti on Golden
base.
3- For a Leo Moon native - who has natal Moon in Leo - transit Moon in Taurus is in the
10th house from the native’s Moon. So, Leo Moon native has Panoti on Copper base.
4- For a Sagittarius Moon native - who has natal Moon in Sagittarius - transit Moon in
Taurus is in the 6th house from the native’s Moon. So, Sagittarius Moon native has
Panoti on Golden base.
5- For a Aries Moon native - who has natal Moon in Aries - transit Moon in Taurus is in
the 2nd house from the native’s Moon. So, Aries Moon native has Panoti on Silver base.

Saturn entered in Gemini being retrograde on Jan 13, 2005 at 15:13 PM. At that time, transit
Moon was in Aquarius.

1- For a Taurus Moon native - who has natal Moon in Taurus - transit Moon in Aquarius is
in the 10th house from the native’s Moon. So, Taurus Moon native has Panoti on Copper
base.
2- For a Gemini Moon native - who has natal Moon in Gemini - transit Moon in Aquarius
is in the 9th house from the native’s Moon. So, Gemini Moon native has Panoti on Silver
base.
3- For a Cancer Moon native - who has natal Moon in Cancer - transit Moon in Aquarius is
in the 8th house from the native’s Moon. So, Cancer native Moon has Panoti on Iron
base.
4- For a Scorpio Moon native - who has natal Moon in Scorpio - transit Moon in Aquarius
is in the 4th house from the native’s Moon. So, Scorpio Moon native has Panoti on Iron
base.
5- For a Pisces Moon native - who has natal Moon in Pisces - transit Moon in Aquarius is in
the 12th house from the native’s Moon. So, Pisces Moon native has Panoti on Iron base.

Saturn entered in Cancer on May 26, 2005 at 7:10 AM. At that time, transit Moon was in
Sagittarius.

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 1- For a Gemini Moon native - who has natal Moon in Gemini - transit Moon in Sagittarius
is in the 7th house from the native’s Moon. So, Gemini Moon native has Panoti on
Copper base.
2- For a Cancer Moon native - who has natal Moon in Cancer - transit Moon in Sagittarius
is in the 6th house from the native’s Moon. So, Cancer Moon native has Panoti on
Golden base.
3- For a Leo Moon native - who has natal Moon in Leo - transit Moon in Sagittarius is in
the 5th house from the native’s Moon. So, Leo Moon native has Panoti on Silver base.
4- For a Aries Moon native - who has natal Moon in Aries - transit Moon in Sagittarius is
in the 9th house from the native’s Moon. So, Aries Moon native has Panoti on Silver
base.
5- For a Sagittarius Moon native - who has natal Moon in Sagittarius - transit Moon in
Sagittarius is in the 1st house from the native’s Moon. So, Sagittarius Moon native has
Panoti on Golden base.

TABLE OF LATEST SATURN TRANSITS AND

MOON SIGN FOR NEW YORK AND USA/CANADA EAST COAST

Natal
Moon Sign = Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo
New York and USA East Coast time
Saturn Entry Date of Transit Moon
sign ¶ ingress sign ¶
Leo 31/10/2006 Aquarius N/A Copper N/A Iron Copper Gold
Cancer 10/1/2007 Virgo Gold N/A Iron Copper Silver N/A
Leo 16/7/2007 Cancer N/A Copper N/A Gold Iron Gold
Virgo 9/9/2009 Aries N/A N/A Gold N/A Silver Iron

Natal
Moon Sign = Libra Scorpio Sagittaire Capricorn Aquarius Pisces
New York and USA East Coast time
Saturn Entry Date of Transit Moon
sign ¶ ingress sign ¶
Leo 31/10/2006 Aquarius N/A N/A N/A Silver N/A N/A
Cancer 10/1/2007 Virgo N/A N/A Copper N/A N/A N/A
Leo 16/7/2007 Cancer N/A N/A N/A Copper N/A N/A
Virgo 9/9/2009 Aries Copper N/A N/A N/A Copper N/A

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