Carole McMechan, Canada

Chandrashekhar Sharma, India

Dr.K.S.G.Saravanan, USA
DiNorah Nasturas, Canada
Lorin Cerina, Croatia
Rahul Vedi, Australia
Rushikesh Deshpande, U.K
Shahina Begum, U.K
Shanmukha, India
Shubhangi Naik, India
Sri Ganesh, India
Special Thanks Veneet Kumar, India
(In Alphabetical Order) Venkat Ramana, India
Anand Patil
A.V.Sundaram
Virendra Battu, India
Anuj Bahl Yenbeeyes, India
Bal Krishna Patel
Bhaskar Rao Grace & Inspiration
Chandra Shetty (In Alphabetical Order)
Dr. Vaish (Banaras) Alan Leo
Dr. Sanghavi Al-Biruni
Jamnadas Ji (Banaras) Bepin Behari
Narhari C. G. Rajan
Prabhakar Shukla C. J. Krishnaswamy
Prof Chandrama Pandey (Banaras Hindu University) C. S. Patel
Prof. Ramchandra Pandey (Banaras Hindu University, ex-Jyotish C.E.O Carter
Head) Chitnis
Prof.Chandramouli Upadhayay (Banaras Hindu University) Dane Rudhyar
Late Prof P. K. Dongre H.R.Shankar
Rahul Mishra (Banaras) Helena Blavatsky
Raja Rao J. N. Bhasin
Rajesh Khambekar Kepler
Ravindra Kumar Gupta (Banaras) Lois Rodden
Upendra Singh Bhadoriya M. Khareghat
B.D.Vaghela Meena
Vinay Patwardhan N. Sundara Rajan
Lorin Cerina (Croatia) Narendra Desai
Nafisa Shaikh Navathe
Ptolemy
Saptarishis Volunteer Team P.S. Iyer
P.S. Sastri
(In Alphabetical Order)
Reinhold Ebertine
Babaji R. Lakshmanan
Bhushan. K R.Santhanam
Babban Kumar Singh Richard Houck
DiNorah Kitchener S. Kannan
Rushikesh Deshpande Sepharial
R. Ramanathan Seshadiri Iyer
Juliana Swanson Srikant Mehta
Shubhangi Naik St. Germaine
Shastry V. Subramanium Shastry
Y. K. Pradhan

Designers Translations & Proofing (In Alphabetical Order)

(In Alphabetical Order)
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Anand Koth
Boiko Natali, Russia
Anis Ansari
Jagannadha Rao Eluri, India
N.Suryanarayan, India
Copy Editors (In Alphabetical Order) Sriram Medapalli, India
Andree Leclerc, Canada Tushar Mestry, India
A. K. Singh, India
Anup Das, India
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CONTENT

No Article Author Page Pages

1 Vol 8 Publitorial Saptarishis Astrology 8 39
Western Astrology
Starry, Starry, Night - An Astrological Portrait of Vincent
2 van Gogh Andrew McDonald, England 47 10
3 BP Oil Spill In Gulf Constantine Semenov, Crimea 57 4
4 Fixed Stars: Interview with Diana K. Rosenberg Edith Hathaway, USA 61 61
Diana K. Rosenberg
5 Medusa's Head Diana K. Rosenberg, USA 122 15
6 An Ancient Horoscope Diana K. Rosenberg, USA 137 11
7 Tyson's Zodiac: Are There Really Fourteen Signs? Diana K. Rosenberg, USA 148 7
8 Union Carbide & “The Mills Of God” Diana K. Rosenberg, USA 155 16
Robert Gover
9 Hyperinflation: Astrological Outlook 2010 Robert Gover, USA 171 11
10 Corporate Persons, Money and the Planets Robert Gover, USA 182 12
Luciano Drusetta
11 Extraterrestrial Astrology Luciano Drusetta, Italy 194 32
12 Orbital Astrology Luciano Drusetta, Italy 226 12
13 For the Application of Epistemology to Astrology Luciano Drusetta, Italy 238 5
14 Chronicle of a Debate Luciano Drusetta, Italy 243 8

15 Prediction, Providence & Power of ‘Self’ in Horary Deborah Houlding, U.K 251 22
16 Local Space Charts Christine Kaspers, Netherlands 273 7
17 Jupiter of SR in the Houses of the Solar Return Ciro Discepolo, Italy 280 7
Payam Nabarz
18 The Seven Planets Rite & How To Use it - Part I Payam Nabarz, England 287 10
19 The Seven Planets Rite & How To Use it - Part 2 Payam Nabarz, England 297 12

20 The Recreation of the Global Tree of Life Carl Johan Calleman, Sweden 309 3
in the Conscious Convergence
21 Astrology, Consciousness & Soul Tapan Das, Canada 312 7
Spiral Of Time And Comets In The Era Of Great Celestial Sergey Smelyakov &
22 Conjunction Jan Wicherink, Ukraine. 319 22
23 Plates Of Nephi Found T.Stokes, U.K 341 9

Indian Astrology
24 Vol 8 Publitorial Saptarishis Astrology 350 39
25 Saptarishis Astrology’s 2nd Annual FreeYagya Shastry, India 389 2
26 Fixed Stars: Interview with Diana K. Rosenberg Edith Hathaway, USA 391 60
27 Jupiter In Dual Signs Ashok Upadhaya, India 451 11
28 Vikriti Year 2010 - 2011 Chakrapani Ullal, USA 462 14
The Basis of the Vimshottari Dasha System found in Rig Drs. Frans Langenkamp,
29 Veda Netherlands 476 9
30 Astrology – The Guide Of Vastu Sunil Keshav Ghaisas, India 485 10
31 The Vedic Yearly Chart - New Moon In Pisces Steven Stuckey, USA 495 4
32 Clues From Ramayana & Timing Of Widowhood Shankar G. Hedge, India 499 8
33 Memoirs Of Shri Swamiji B.L. Parmar, India 507 4
34 Plates Of Nephi Found T.Stokes, U.K 511 2
35 Late Pravin Jagad’s Theory of Longevity Basilioli Sandro, Italy 513 18
Yenbeeyes
36 Saptarishis Nadi - Gemini Asc - Chart 5 Yenbeeyes, India 531 20
37 Saptarishis Nadi - Gemini Asc - Chart 6 Yenbeeyes, India 551 26
38 Krushna’s Ashtakavarga System Yenbeeyes, India 577 36
Abhishekha
39 The Logic Of Bhrighu Saral Paddhati-An Attempt Abhishekha, USA 613 8
40 A Comparative Study Of BSP Vs BCP Abhishekha, USA 621 8
41 The Mystery Of Planetary Deaths - 1 Abhishekha, USA 629 15
Saptarishis Astrology
42 Thy Notes - 3 Saptarishis Astrology 644 6
43 Bhrighu Chakra Paddathi -3 BCP & Vimshottari Dasa Saptarishis Astrology 650 13
44 Bhrighu Saral Paddati – 16 - Mars Reveals Saptarishis Astrology 663 13
Bhrighu Saral Paddathi - 17 - Rahus 9th aspect
45 Implementation Age Surasa & Friends, USA 676 13
Thy Experiments Towards Truth
46 The Sex Scandal Experiment Saptarishis Astrology 689 14
47 The Blue Lotus Technique Saptarishis Astrology 703 20
48 The How Of Death – A Clue. Saptarishis Astrology 723 22
49 Navamsa & Clue to Death – More Charts Saptarishis Astrology 745 7
50 Lomesha Degree Methodology Experiment Saptarishis Astrology 752 31
51 Preface to Secrets Of Shastiamsa Saptarishis Astrology 783 3
52 Secrets of Shastiamsa – I Saptarishis Astrology 786 11
53 Secrets of Shastiamsa – II, Bhrighu Chakra Paddathi (BCP) Saptarishis Astrology 797 5
54 Secrets of Shastiamsa – III, BCP cum BSP Saptarishis Astrology 802 7
55 The Exalted Jupiter’s Punch Saptarishis Astrology 809 13
Chandrashekhar Sharma
56 Late HaNamantasa Nemasa Katwe - 1 Chandrashekhar Sharma, India 822 5
57 Jyotish Phala Ratnamala Of Krishnamishra - 2 Chandrashekhar Sharma, India 827 33
58 Jyotish Phala Ratnamala Of Krishnamishra - 3 Chandrashekhar Sharma, India 860 26
Muhammad Imran
59 A New Look Into Dasanatha Muhammad Imran, Pakistan 886 16
60 When You Fall In Love Muhammad Imran, Pakistan 902 12
To Dr Raman With Love
 Preface Saptarishis Astrology 914 2
61 On The System Of Bhrighu Pt. Ashutosh Ghosh, India 916 16
62 Nadi-Aroodam V. Venkataramana Rao, India 932 5
63 History & Origin Of Palmistry N. L. Desai, India 937 4
64 Esoterics Of The Pleiades - 1 T. S. Ramanujam, India 941 5
65 The Wonders of Nadi Astrology K. V. Venkataramanan, India 946 10
Andree Leclerc
66 The 6th House: Unfolding The Maze Andree Leclerc, Canada 956 9
67 The 8th House: Probing the Under-World Andree Leclerc, Canada 965 12

68 Padanadhamsa Dasa Iranganti Rangacharya, India 977 4

Iranganti Kalyan Raghavan,
69 Dwara & Bahya in Jaimini Dasas India 981 5
70 New Method Of Horoscope Matching - Jaimini Style Jagdish Raj Ratra, India 986 22
Vijay ShriKrishna Jatakdar,
71 Muhurta A concept to be amended as per Modern Times India 1008 7
72 Combinations of Power - Rahu & Ketu Joni Patry, USA 1015 35
73 The Fascinating Dashamamsha -2 K S Charak, India 1050 17
74 The Significance Of Birth Number In Horoscopes Acharya V. Kumar, India 1067 12
Veneet Kumar
75 The Original Lomasha Samhita - 1 Veneet Kumar, India 1079 47
Jaimini Sutras - 1 The Commentary of Venkatesha &
76 Balakrishnananda Saraswati Veneet Kumar, India 1126 30
Gayatri Devi Vasudev
77 Slimming Tips from Astrology Gayatri Devi Vasudev, India 1156 9
78 Definition of a Graha Gayatri Devi Vasudev, India 1165 7

Madhura Krishnamurthi Sastri,

79 The Enigma Called Arudhas – Part 2 India 1172 30
Nunzia Coppola (Meskalila),
80 The Cosmic Harmony of Time & Space Italy 1202 17
81 Neecha Bhanga Rajayoga - A New Look O.P. Paliwal, India. 1219 6
82 Longevity & Life Span - Part 1 P.M. Gopalachary, India 1225 14
83 Using Kakshyas Effectively R.G.Krishnan, USA 1239 7
84 The Magic of Ashvagandha Rushikesh Deshpande, India 1246 4
Saptarishis Gurukul
Intro for Jataka Tatva 1
85 Sage Gautama’s Vidyashram Guru A.V. Sundaram 1251 8
86 Sage Bharadwaja’s Vidyashram Guru Ernst Wilhem 1259 4
87 Sage Kashyap's Vidyashram Guru Chandrashekhar Sharma 1263 7
88 Sage AngirasVidyashram Guru Daya Shanker 1270 7
89 Sage Jamadagni’s Vidyashram Guru Deepak Bisaria 1277 6
90 Sage Vashishtha's Vidyashram Guru Dr. K.S.Charak 1283 6
91 Sage Atris Vidyashram Guru Steven Stuckey 1289 7
Guru Dr. Suresh Chandra
92 Sage Bhrighus Vidyashram Mishra 1296 4
93 Moon, Mind & Kemadruma Yoga Rajendra Rasiklal Shah, India 1300 9
94 Best Of AIAC Times AIAC, USA 1309 27
95 Shukra Nadi - 1 Vinodh Rajan, India 1336 6
96 Perils of a Wrong Muhurta - A Case Study Shanmukha, India 1342 10
97 Gulika – A Compilation A.G.Suresh Babu Shenoy, India 1352 21
98 Numerology in Astrology Ajitkumaar, Germany 1373 8
99 Characteristics of Different Ascendants Amitabh Tripathi, India 1381 8
100 The Punch of Hora & Sub Hora Venkat Ramana, India 1389 11
101 Observations of the Moon’s Nodes on the Personality Chiria, USA 1400 4
Babubhai N. Yodh &
102 Jupiter Hampered by North Node B.D. Vaghela, India 1404 8
103 The Zodiac, Godhead & You Vic Di Cara, Japan 1412 4
104 Dnyaneshwari - Chapter 6 V.V.Shirvaikar, USA 1416 11
105 Nature & Characteristics of Signs Va. Da. Bhatt, India 1427 28
U.K.Jha
106 Arudha & Its Evaluation U.K.Jha, India 1455 10
What is the Correct Procedure for Computing Jaimini's
107 Chara Dasa ? U.K.Jha, India 1465 16
The Question of Calculating Dasa Period of Signs in Jaimini
108 Chara Dasa U.K.Jha, India 1481 6
 || Gururbrahmaa Gururvishnu Gururdevo Maheshvarah ||
|| GururSakshaat Parambrahma, Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah||

Vol 8 Publitorial – 2nd Anniversary Issue

Preface

O
ne can only wash with love the feet of each writer, volunteer, the ones who do not allow their
names to come out & even one’s enemies who have obstructed the growth of Saptarishis
Astrology. Each one is bowed down to in humbleness for their efforts, major or minor, in
creating this unseen revolution, especially in Vedic Astrology which was not seen or heard of
– and is now in 104 countries, a record in itself. We, here at Saptarishis Astrology, are grateful to each
and every individual not via lip service but truly from our hearts. Some of you have given us strength
when most needed and for those unspoken heroes, there exists a special love. It has been 2 years or
rather 2.5 years (Feb 2008 launch) when this magazine was started & 365 days per year, we have been
working to bring out hidden knowledge that has not been witnessed in the history of astrology. In some
manner, we have been successful but yet, we grieve at the considerable amount of knowledge that still
remains hidden and could have been brought out in these 2 odd years. On this 2nd Anniversary of
Saptarishis Astrology, may we dedicate this issue to each writer and volunteer of this revolution who
followed the leadership of the magazine – especially with no known names attached in the team? This
has more significance since in a field like ours, egos rule the roost – and when genuine appreciation
comes from stalwarts & legends it makes your day. Of all the appreciation received, this one must be
mentioned as it comes from an individual whose forefathers created the first English astrological
magazine in India somewhere around 1895. We received a call from the current Editor, Smt. Gayatri
Devi Vasudev, ‘SA, I have heard a lot about Saptarishis Astrology and its high quality content. Do not accept
sub-standard articles and always maintain this quality….’ Coming from her who has been one of the most
successful mundane astrology predictors in recent decades, some of which includes the US 9/11 attack –
it truly shows her genuine concern for astrology even though we may be regarded as a competitor. But
as much as this shows her humility, her love for astrology is also seen in those statements. We wish
every astrologer was as humble as Gayatri Devi Vasudev. In this issue we have been able to unearth &
translate the oldest astrology document called ‘Lomash Samhita’ which for the first time gives a hint of
the lineage of astrology. It would also be noticed therein that the 18 Sages themselves were tested with
horoscopes of twins. Probably for the first time, one finds a clear mention of twin’s horoscopes in any
ancient Vedic manuscript available so far.
Thus it will only be befitting to dedicate that manuscript translation to a genuine world class
predictor and most important humble astrologer, Gayatri Devi Vasudev, whose forefathers have freed
astrology from the clutches of slavery that existed in the name of Tradition (Parampara) for thousands
of years in India & presented it to the common man who could then start learning astrology without the
need to be born in a family of astrologers.

Contents of Publitorial
1.0 The Seven Arch Angels
1.1 The Number Seven In A Horoscope
2.0 Cancer & Adventures With Edgar Cayce Remedy
2.1 Did Cayce Come Near To The Secret Of Astrology

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3.0 Fixed Stars & The Story Behind The Story - that Indians Miss
3.1 Assassination & Our Adventures in Fixed Stars
3.2 Saptarishis Astrology Life Time Achievement Award To Diana K. Rosenberg
4.0 Ancient Astrologer Bhrighu & Obama
5.0 Predicting Year of Event – Universal Astrology
6.0 The Dilemma of Energy & Astrology
6.1 Abuse Of Energy & Its Karma – Pirated Books/Softwares & Forums
6.2 Old Vs. New Energy
6.3 Harsh Reality Of Energy & The Parable by the Nameless Master
6.4 Abuse Of Energy & Accusation towards Saptarishis Astrology Magazine

Publitorial
1.0 The Seven Arch Angels

T his might sound repetitious to the early readers of the magazine, but mails received in last 2
years warrant repeating the meaning of Saptarishis Astrology: Sapta means Seven and Rishis
means Sages; so in effect, Saptarishis means 7 Sages. In Christianity also there exists similar 7
Sages via the 7 Arch Angels with different names; same in Judaism with different names, same in
Islam, and same in Zoroastrianism. For details on each religion, readers can access
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archangel. These 7 Higher Authorities have been attributed to guarding
or creating the human race and establishing the laws. Thus…
Astrology is nothing but the way of functioning of the mechanics of the Universe (God).
Astrology is a Science (Shastra) of Humans & not machines; when the non human side of professionalism
(corporate greed & stone faced professionalism) spoils the pure blood of astrology,
it no longer remains a Divine Science.
Hence, we here at Saptarishis Astrology, have maintained in the editorials and presentation a non-cold
face or what one would call humane side which goes far beyond techniques. We do aim at presenting
diverse views and warn against the dangers of following certain paths in astrology which, even if they
proved non productive for centuries, have yet been blindly followed. This might hurt some and this
might sound amateurish/non professional to some yet, one must always follow one’s heart (dharma)
rather than what is pleasing to society. The publishers of this magazine are not obsessed about receiving
invitations for conferences in India or abroad, or awards, or Gurudom for name and fame. The only goal
is to bring out hidden workable knowledge, to correct the energy centers (chakras) of today’s astrologers
– because to merely grasp this hidden knowledge as informations (reading articles) is useless unless
one’s chakras are cleared of ego and stubbornness, thus allowing one to learn something new more freely
– and to work towards creating a breed of honest astrologers in India as it is most lacking in spite of so
many Gurus who have come and gone.
1.1. The Number Seven In A Horoscope

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ransgressing, let’s see what is the significance of this number 7… Many have written about it
but there is one use which has not been delved upon so far. Suppose you create a project and
that project is signified by House X in the horoscope; the result of this project and its governance
& completion are controlled by the 7th House from it. This has been missed; the remedy for
achieving the results of the House X is there in the 7th House from it. Vedic Astrologers who are into
remedial astrology via rituals have missed this point. This was revealed to our Mentor by a very old
great astrologer & this was taught back to us. We have seen it working to the T.

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 We will concentrate on the words result, governance, completion and remedy now. One sees 2H for
wealth & family then the 7th from it is the result which is the Inheritance that one gets. The governance
of this wealth is the family and, if there are problems in the family, then one does not get the resultant
Inheritance due to family members. One sees Efforts & Actions in 3H – for these to succeed, one need’s
the blessings of the Gods which is the 9H, i.e. 7th from the 3H and one needs luck which is again the 9H.
Thus the result of the 3H is dependent on the 9H. The 4H is the love within one’s soul and general
education; when one has this as a sound basis, we will find that the resultant action in society (karma –
10H), one’s career (10H) would be of high quality since one with true love in his heart can only perform
good karma (10H) – thus the 10H becomes the result of the 4H. One sees affections, love relationship &
children from the 5H; its resultant house is the 11H of gains, since achieving love in your life and having
good children are the highest gains of one’s life (11H). The 6H is the house of health, diseases, enemies
and contains ‘The Block Of Your Life’ & also shows your Pending Task for which obstacles are created.
The result of it will be the 7th from it which is the 12H of pleasures & hospitals; if you do not have
health, you will not be able to enjoy the pleasures of life; if you do not have health, you would go to the
hospital… The 12H is also the Exit of life, so if you have a lot of diseases or enemies, your exit from life
will be early or, if not early, then painful.
We mentioned the 7th from any house is that house’s remedy. Now take this 6H and you would
see that the 12H of charity gives you good wishes of people and blessings and thus, it will reduce your
diseases and open up the blocks of your life thereby giving you the opportunity to move to the next level
in the evolution of your soul.
One sees the self in the 1H; this self gets completed in the 7H from it which is the house of
relationship or spouse – that is the reason most religions insist on marriage since that is the source of
creation and governance of this Universe. Man is 1H determining who he is & his abilities and he gets
completed in the 7H when his abilities bring him in the public limelight of the 7H.
Everything that you start on a ‘normal long term level’ will produce results after 7 years is the
broad rule, one year per house/sign you must take to correlate the above to get the 7 years. Suppose you
have a malefic in the 1H/7H, then some severe issue will come out in the 7th year of your marriage.
There is no 99 % in what has been written. This 7 is the cycle of life and it is again sub-divided in many
parts, one of which is the half of 7 or 3.5 years. So you must also observe from any project the 3.5 years
and then the 7th year and see it in the cycles.
Speaking of marriage issues, one must digress from number seven to the universal 12 year cycle;
during the 12th year of one’s marriage, one normally faces huge problems in marriage if the 6H/6L is
afflicted. Why this happens can be explained by taking the 7H of marriage as the Asc and rotating it for
1 year per house – thus one gets to the 6H of divorce and fights and courts in the 12th year. One can break
it up further and say if the 7H or its lord is afflicted, then separation happens in the 1st year – this way,
the 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 8th and 12th years are, broadly speaking, very important and can easily be understood by
taking the 7H as Asc and working it out yourselves.
2.0 Cancer & Adventures With Edgar Cayce Remedy

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e is one of our finest western astrology writers for Saptarishis Astrology and a great man of
few words. You just had to give him a topic and he would do research on many charts and
come up with an article right on the date he said he would send it to you. The date would
never shift and this is what is called Publisher’s Darling. His articles received a lot of fan
mail and you, as a sharp publisher, could make out it is coming from real fans – not the same author
created fake fan mail (!) a practice rampant in astrological magazines since decades and now common on
internet forums. When he said he no longer would write for us as he has developed cancer in multiple
organs, our world fell apart. One, for the selfish reason of losing such a super fine researcher – and
another for losing such a great human being with whom we had quietly become close even though he
was rarely personal with us in his communications. He was detected with cancer on 14th Nov 2009 and
given 6 months, he is still alive today. The writer is Ron Bippus from Canada who was introduced to us
by Norah our team member. Ron is a famous horary (prashna) astrologer of the William Lily tradition
and quite good at his work. Ron was not into the Hindu Yagyas and hence, we could not help him in

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any other way… But the desire to help kept on eating us. How could one watch someone die without
giving it your best shot?
He had tried Chinese remedies and he wrote ……
I have tried some Chinese herbal remedies, but unfortunately they had serious effects like extreme weight loss. I am
content with my fate and aim to end my days with dignity. I have never believed in God or in miracles, and my
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plan is to quietly go with dignity.
Knowing that he was not keen for herbal remedies or alternative treatment, we were scared to
suggest anything and kept to ourselves but somehow, we passed on some excerpts from a book by Edgar
Cayce on Remedies to Ron. He asked for the time we sent it via email, so we wrote back saying
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 15.06 pm, Mumbai.
He wrote back:
The only reason I want to know the time and place is so that I can tell whether a course of treatment is good for me.
I don't know beforehand either, I just let the universe tell me. I got so much well-meaning but bad medical advice
that I needed a logical way to make a decision. Astrology does that for me.
The chart for Feb 10 @ 15:06 Mumbai gives me 5 Cancer rising (Tropical Zodiac), Pisces on the 10th, Jupiter ruler
10th is in dignity in the 9th trine the ascendant. I read this as high wisdom coming from a very good source. Moon
ruler 1st is in Cap in the 7th. I should listen to the doctor. Saturn ruler 7th is in the 4th trining Mercury in the 7th.
I really should listen to this advice.
Alright then! I shall read the book if I can. My problem is the chemo brain with its negative effect on short term
memory. I can manage about a page at a time before I lose track. I will attempt to extract the medical information
and use it.

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Ron has kindly given permission to use any of his private emails/data which are reproduced below so that someone else can
benefit out of it. Mark of a true human.

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After some days he wrote
I have purchased a bottle of castor oil and tried it with a heat pad. I will see in a month if it works or not. If I am
still here at Christmas then I owe you thanks.
What was sent to Ron was a book on Castor Oil titled presumably ‘The Oil That Heals’ based on Edgar
Cayce’s remedies and it seems Cayce had recommended Castor Oil Packs for many ailments. One can
find a reference in that book on Page 13

Then on 11th April 2010 Ron wrote:

SA,
I am in the middle of my second cycle of chemo, and things are going well beyond my wildest expectations. The
trend of 50% reduction in tumour size established by the first cycle of treatment appears to be staying on track. I
will be going for a CAT scan next week which I expect to confirm what I am feeling. I have regained all my weight
and am back at 200 lb, no anorexia this time around. At this rate the cancer will become a mere chronic health issue
by the end of the year rather than being a constant deadly threat.
According to the doctor I am in the top 1% of people who respond like that, a great rarity but not quite a miracle.
My born again sisters and cousins are crediting their prayers and the direct intervention of Jesus! If they want to
claim a divine miracle, this is as close as we get. I have no problem with that, I love them and I know they love
me. While the chemo is burning through my body killing the cancer it also makes Swiss cheese of mental functions,
especially memory. The upside is the memories and mind return quickly within days of the chemo being purged from
the body. Nothing in life is free, and considering my original diagnosis, I have pretty much accomplished the
impossible.

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Cayce obviously got the information from one of his spirit guides. Considering that archeology documents that the
use of castor oil was practiced in ancient Egypt, it would only seem fair to me to mention their role. To me the most
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likely scenario is some ancient spirit guide from Egypt telling him about the use of castor oil.
The castor oil I don't think works as cancer cure. Where it really shines is in counteracting the nasty side effects of
the chemo therapy treatment. Instead of feeling like an addict on a continuous drug binge where I can barely
remember my name or what month this is, I have at least the morning free. All my computer and astrology work is
done in the morning and my mind is usually clear until noon, when the night's rest just plain runs out. I went one
weekend without it and felt so depressed I just wanted to die. So the castor oil very definitely works, and I am
actually sitting at my computer now with an oil soaked cloth and heating pad on my chest. The chemo I take is in a
pouch around my neck and pumped directly to my heart 24/7. The only way I can counteract that massive a drug
effect is with anti-nausea drugs and the oil. Out of all the thousands of outright toxic suggestions I was given, this
one stands out as the only exception
I am no longer a dead man walking but very much alive!!!
Ron

We were thrilled at this miracle that has happened in Ron’s life via Edgar Cayce’s Castor Oil treatment,
but on 7th May 2010 came a mail from Ron, excerpts of it is below..
I am weak as a kitten, and now live on soups and other soft foods. The idea of the chemo is to drive the body as
close to death as possible without actually killing me. This kills the maximum number of cancer cells, but also does
terrible physical damage to the body. Cracked fingernails, skin and lost hair are only the beginning. I am slowly
rebuilding my physical strength.
I still use the castor oil two or three times every day. This second time around the after-effects of the chemo are
hanging in there much longer. It is cumulative effect, like radiation poisoning. I tried different combinations castor
oil treatment, but the most effective one is a hand towel soaked in the oil, more oil brushed on the body, and then a
heating pad over the whole thing. The heating pad is necessary to drive the oil through the skin. I tried the
treatment at room temperature, but that works very poorly. In India with your hot temperatures, heat is no problem
but in Canada, it is the very basis of successful treatment.
The chart for your original email regarding the castor oil is the closest I have ever come to getting a direct message
from God.

Ron does issue a warning with his experience that castor oil works fine as long as it had the
chemo drugs to work on, the two treatments neutralize each other and when chemo ends you should not
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continue with the castor oil treatment otherwise Ricin poisoning can happen as castor oil contains ricin
which is a very toxic substance.
Broadly speaking, when Saturn (oil) is with Rahu (poisoning) or Gulika (poisoning – Gulika is a
mathematical point used in Vedic Astrology) in the 5H of ‘Excesses’ or 6H of health, one must be careful of
oils that one uses. Ron is still alive and a dear friend to whom we wish complete recovery. The reason
such a long mail trail was produced here is for the following various reasons:

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Diana K. Rosenberg wrote upon reading the editorial ‘I am a keen "devotee" of Edgar Cayce - in the 1960's when I had a severe
nervous breakdown, I found that I could not read most books, they stressed my nerves too much, but reading about Cayce and excerpts
from the readings was a very soothing, healing influence, so I began to gather every book I could about him. So I am very well versed in
the Cayce material. And I and my daughter have had very good results with the castor oil packs. Cayce pointed out that the large leaves
of the castor oil plant were called the "palma Christi" ("hands of Christ") because of the healing qualities of the plant.’
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http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/ricin/facts.asp Castor beans are processed throughout the world to make castor oil. Ricin is
part of the waste “mash” produced when castor oil is made. Ricin has been used experimentally in medicine to kill cancer
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 a) Astrologers deal with death as an issue in the cases of clients or themselves, and they must be as
brave as Ron to embrace disease in their own lives
b) Remedial Astrology is a crucial part of astrology and West and East both must study Edgar
Cayce, the most successful predictor and remedialist ever. He was guided by authorities far
superior than any of us ever might encounter so why not take the clues he left for us.
c) Indian Astrology, of late, has become too addicted to mantras for all their remedies without
understanding the meaning of the word Karma. Herbs found both in East and West are
wonderful tools for astrologers and one needs to dig deeper and find out remedies via herbs as
was done in the ancient days in India. Herbs & certain foods balance that element in your chakra
system which would be created by say a retro Saturn in the 8th or Rahu in the 6th – these herbs
balance the bad planetary combinations in your chart. Learn it from an expert if there are any or
experiment with it carefully. Moon is the ruler of herbs & it should not be afflicted badly for
effective usage of herbs. It has been observed that side effects can once in a while happen for
natives whose moon is afflicted, though for Moon & Jupiter related afflictions in horoscopes,
herbs have been recommended in ancient texts.4 Readers may read the article on the herb
Ashwagandha by Rushikesh Deshpande where we had recommended that herb; more miracles
took place in the life of the native which have not been documented in that article as it was
hurriedly written. Please note herbs only act if you have specific planetary combinations in your
chart, classics give clues to it.
d) Embracing Death is no doubt difficult but it becomes a great spiritual tool when known
beforehand and, for this reason, we reveal a technique in this issue that has been hidden for a
long time – on how to find out the cause of death. Vedic astrology has spent a lot of time in
finding mathematical formulas in calculating the age when one will die but not on the cause of
death. This new technique is published in the Vedic Astrology section under the title ‘Thy
Experiments Towards Truth – The Clue of Death’.
e) Herbs tradition has been there in the West & in the East; it’s not just an Indian thing and readers
can search on the net. Here is one ready reckoner from American scholar Dr. David Frawley
which appeared in Vol 6 of Saptarishis Astrology. He writes …

This is from my own private research. Of course some herbs may have a relationship with more than one planet in
their effects.
Sun—Black pepper, cayenne pepper, ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, calamus root, sassafras, cloves, bay leaves, sage,
thyme, juniper berries, eucalyptus, basil, bayberry, turmeric

Moon—Milk, comfrey root, slippery elm, marshmallow, wild mallow, licorice, solomon's seal, kelp, Irish moss,
chickweed, sandalwood, oyster shell (sea shells), psyllium, flaxseed

Mars—Onions, garlic, mustard, coffee, alcohol, tobacco, asafoetida, horseradish, nutmeg, marijuana, jimson weed,
poppy, nightshade, damiana

Mercury—Gotu kola, skullcap, basil, mint, camomile, valerian, wintergreen, betony, tea, alfalfa, lady's slipper,
yarrow, coriander, plantain, nettles, self-heal, red root, hops, chia seeds, horehound, mullein, haritaki, castor oil

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Those who are into Vedic astrology are recommended to read ancient classical texts in Vedic Astrology for herbs & must
refer to Sushruth & Charak Samhita in Ayurveda.

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Jupiter—Clarified butter, almonds, walnuts, wheat, oats, barley, licorice, fennel, fenugreek, ginseng, siberian
ginseng, astragalus, fo-ti, ashwagandha, wild yam, kudzu (pueraria), vidari, bala

Venus—Rose, aloe, myrrh, saffron, safflower, hibiscus, raspberry leaves, asparagus root, shatavari, amalaki, dang
gui, rehmannia, sarsaparilla, jasmine, pennyroyal, false unicorn, parsley, wild carrot

Saturn—Gentian, golden seal, barberry, uva ursi, pau d'arco, white poplar, blue flag, chapparal, witch hazel, oak
bark, cleavers, frankincense, rhubarb, senna, mandrake, cascara sagrada, echinacea, horsetail, katuka, neem,
chiretta, phyllanthus

Coming back quickly to Ron’s natal chart, he has Aq rising in both tropical & sidereal zodiac
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upper stomach with Rahu in the Sidereal zodiac in Gemini while in tropical zodiac, the Asc lord Saturn
in the 6H of lower stomach area with Rahu in the sign of Cancer. His cancer started in the stomach and
grew from that area5. If you see the list above of Dr. Frawley, he attributes Castor oil to Mercury who
rules Gemini and that is where Ron’s Asc lord Saturn is placed in the sidereal zodiac; Mercury being the
8L of death is in the 12H of exit (placement of Mercury is the same in both zodiacs), healing this Mercury
via Castor Oil has probably delayed and remedied the situation.

2.1 Did Cayce Come Near To The Secret Of Astrology

Earlier we had mentioned about Edgar Cayce, the American Psychic & Prophet and the finest
predictor in the last 100 years who was a hardcore Christian but who, yet, spoke things which were
contradictory to accepted norms. In this column, we would visit few points of interest so as to entice the
modern day Indian astrologers and scholars to, once again, visit all of Edgar Cayce’s material to
understand more of astrology, especially some points which are of grave interest to understand the
hidden secrets of astrology. Also, for those who want to understand planets beyond what is written in
books, Edgar Cayce just can’t be ignored. Here we draw huge references from Kirk Nelson’s masterpiece
book titled ‘Edgar Cayce’s Secrets Of Astrology’, ARE Press.
Ψ Reincarnation - Cayce had established in his writings that reincarnation is a fact, something
which forms the basis of Vedic Astrology. This everyone knows and his readings are not being quoted
here for lack of space.
Ψ Which Zodiac - Kirk Nelson writes & later quotes Cayce on Page 48
The Edgar Cayce’s readings indicate, however, that the sidereal system (Indian) is the one
astrologers should be using:
He quotes Cayce below….
For the Egyptian and the Persian6 records are quite varied. If the entity would study astrology, do not put the
signs in the Egyptian Calendar but in the Persian, for the Persian interpretations are more proficient than the
Egyptian. This is not belittling the efforts of the entity nor of the Egyptians in those periods, but the variations
in time have been corrected by the Persians and not by the Egyptians. The Egyptian calculations are thirty
degrees off. 2011-3
For most astrologers are nearly thirty degrees off in their reckoning in the present. 3376-2
Ψ On The Planets - Kirk Nelson writes on Page 51 that ‘Edgar Cayce gave the following reading
that identifies the influences of the individual planets.
He quotes Cayce below….
As in Mercury pertaining of Mind
In Mars of Madness
In Earth as of Flesh

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On 12th Jan 2010 he wrote ‘Right now, what is known for sure is that the tumour started in the stomach, basically filling it. It then
broke through the wall of the stomach and infected the liver and pancreas. Any one of these tumors would be enough to kill me on its own.
Having three major organs so affected means my natal chart is right on when it comes to life span.’ On 6th July he wrote that ‘The
tumour broke through the wall of the stomach and infected the liver and the lymph nodes. The tumour is gone from the stomach, and the
spot in the liver has shrunk by 90%. 18 lymph nodes were infected with cancer, now down to three.’
Only one zodiac is correct some say but, sometimes, rare masters use 12H as Asc to see the whole chart, to get clue of the most
important aspect of life. Now if you see this chart in both tropical and sidereal zodiac, a clue on which zodiac to use will
come to you ‘movie starts in one and ends in another.’ – SA, Editor/Publisher
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Diana K. Rosenberg says ‘Although Cayce seemed to say that the sidereal system was the right one (his terminology was not quite
clear, and he extolled the Persian system (?) - I don't know whether this has survived), but when the birth data of an individual was given
and a reading to go with it, he seemed to be reading a tropical chart. I don't know why - perhaps his source was taking into consideration
the fact that most of his readers at that time would have been using tropical.’

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In Venus as Love
In Jupiter as Strength
In Saturn as the beginning of earthly woes, that to which all insufficient matter is cast for the beginning.
In that of Uranus as of the Psychic
In that of Neptune as of Mystic
In Septimus as of Consciousness
In Arcturus as of the developing. 900-10

Ψ Understanding Planets7 – In Cayce’s readings, you find rare and interesting information on
planets that you would not find in classics; if you miss reading his work, you would miss subtle yet
most significant hints on the working of planets and thus your predictive capability will suffer. For e.g
Cayce says:
The Moon indicates change ….. 5746-1
In Venus we find love. Do not confuse affection with love. Do not confuse passion with love. Love is of God, it is
creative, it is all giving. 3545-1
Kirk writes that Cayce’s view of Saturn differs slightly from traditional astrology. Cayce says
that Saturn represents change:
We find in Saturn the changes, the experiences that have brought divisions, disturbances; breaking into the hopes,
the aspirations, the desires. 2401-1
In his readings, Cayce described Saturn as “that planet to whom all insufficient matter is cast from the
earth plane.” (5717-1)
The Uranian influence we find makes for a high occult or psychic force; or soul force, rather than the ordinary term
of psychic. 938-1
Also in Uranus we find the abilities in directions pertaining to the study of astrological influences or associations,
but especially as related to the analyzing of emotions. 1595-1
Cayce also gave warnings to people who had sojourns in Neptune to stay away from large bodies
of water. Neptune is the ruler of the sea and liquids – people with bad Neptune aspects will be alcoholic
or drug users – western astrologers see this in a second in a chart but modern Indian astrologers cannot
do that so easily. One is reminded the chart of John F. Kennedy Jr. who, both in his Tropical and
Sidereal Zodiac, has Neptune in the 3H of short travels & 3H of death. He flew over sea and he died in a
plane crash in the sea. Cayce further says:
Neptune brings the greater spiritual life, greater desire for the spiritual emotions than the purely material.
1986-1
The greatest Indian Guru to visit the west was Paramhamsa Yogananda having Neptune in the
10H of career and Karma. His whole life & karma was a spiritual experience only and not of material
gains.
Ψ Planetary Sojourns – Where You Are From
This is the most important part of Edgar Cayce’s material on Astrology in understanding your
chart. Where did you come from and what is the role, it gives broad hints to it.
Cayce says that the planet closest to the Ascendant or the Midheaven is the planet that has the
greatest influence on the incoming soul.
Although the above statement looks like basic astrology, it nevertheless has far more deeper
meaning into the individuals’ life mission. This writer, in his limited experience, has found it true.

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 Say a native dies, then he goes to a planet to master some attributes of that planet – this is what
Cayce called Planetary Sojourns. Then, when he reincarnates back to earth, he brings with him some
lessons from those planets that he has mastered. E.g with Jupiter exalted or in own sign right on the Asc
degree or MC degree, we would describe as powerful and giving good knowledge/wisdom to the native.
Here the metaphysical meaning, as per Cayce, is the native has mastered these lessons and brings them
here on earth to utilise that knowledge.
On Planets, Cayce had mentioned Arcturus and he says that once a soul has achieved perfection
in the earth plane, it goes to the star of Arcturus and from there on to other systems. He says that
Arcturus is the opposite of Saturn. Perfected souls go to Arcturus, while souls that need reforming go to
Saturn.
The beauty of Edgar Cayce’s work is what is not found anywhere in the world. The journey of
an individual soul has been detailed out and one truly gets somewhat detailed glimpse on how we, as
souls, are moving around in various lifetimes. Edgar Cayce, in his previous lifetimes, had reached
heights in spiritual development as Ra Ta, a spiritual leader in ancient Egypt around 10,500 B.C – to
John Brainbridge, a gambling womanizing wanderer – to Edgar Cayce – and true to his teachings of
Planetary Sojourns, his Uranus is found to the exact degree of his Asc, as he stated earlier about Uranus…
The Uranian influence we find makes for a high occult or psychic force; or soul force, rather than the ordinary term
of psychic. 938-1
He surely was no ordinary psychic.
Ψ Outer Planets
Sometimes when we use Outer planets and the above statement on Asc degree of Cayce, we get
to easy conclusions not found in traditional astrology. For this let’s use the chart of Hitler.
Asc is Libra, so Cayce’s statement cannot be verbatim applied – hence we see the Asc ruler which
represents the Asc and it is Venus which shows love (or the lack of it). Now Kirk Nelson’s book says
Pluto shows Mass Destiny and Dictatorship; Pluto is sitting in the 8H of death & transformation. The
Asc lord Venus disposits the planet Pluto carrying with it the energy of death and transformation in the
incoming soul if we understand Cayce well. Hitler brought in this life the true meaning of the word
Dictator & death and came to the public platform as Venus is in the 7H of Public Platform. Edgar
Cayce also says that Mars is firearms, gunpowder – note that this Venus is conjoined with Mars and
Hitler used it to gain his dictatorship and become the King of the World (it is with Sun). Without using
Pluto’s significations & Edgar Cayce’s statements, would it be easy to come to the conclusion of
dictatorship so fast? Probably not.

Pluto

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 Let’s take a modern day dictator – in 2002, there were racism related riots in India. At that time,
the media was against him for his dictatorial ways. Indians who know whom we are referring to would
like to check his chart (not produced here) and would be surprised to see that he has Pluto in the 10H of
karma/actions. Thus his ways were dictatorial as Pluto represents it.
Astrologers are of two kinds: the first wants to only predict via astrology and the second wants
to ‘Understand’ astrology. Edgar Cayce’s work is on the latter & higher side of astrology.
Those who have not tasted honey cannot comment on its sweetness.
There are more westerners who practice Yoga than Indians – that’s a known fact, since the
westerners use anything that works in practice. In the same way, many westerners who are now in
Vedic Astrology use Outer Planets for stunning predictions that many Indian astrologers miss out on –
this is our observation since decades; the loss is that of the Indian astrologer who has only his pride to
defend… the pride which is created out of reading only 10-20 books of Sages and has not even bothered to
find out what the Sages wrote in their other thousands of works that are gathering dust in libraries. Any
Indian who wants to learn what the Sages said about Outer Planets should venture into finding out
what the Late Narendra Desai found in ancient texts (Nadis) in southern India, and what the sages told
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him . He was and still is regarded in America as the greatest astrologer to walk into the US soil from
India.
3.0 Fixed Stars & The Story Behind The Story that Indians Miss

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He had reached a very high spiritual stage of life. His voice would change and he would speak ancient type of Sanskrit, it
was said the sages would speak via him. Our debate with a famous Internet Traditional (Parampara) Jaimini Indian
astrologer ended when we quoted the authority of Narendra Desai; after that, he never spoke against the Outer Planets in his
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 Some of you who are probably in their 70s or 80s will experience this – some will experience this
feeling when you really try to understand astrology and start avoiding humans… and start to avoid
reading their charts. Then, what will fascinate you is not predictions on a chart, but to know that ‘One’
event which transformed a native’s life or, ‘The Hidden Story Of Life’ in a chart – and if this can be
predicted using the current knowledge of astrology.
We were told two things about this chart by his friend: that this Indian man was an obsessive
womanizer and would only sleep with a woman once. When confronted by friends over his
womanizing, he would say that makes him feel guilty and thus it makes him love his wife more. But
this did not interest us – what was of interest was his downfall in life and then his comeback.
Hollywood and humans both love comebacks they say. He was a millionaire who was reduced to rags
and then again rose to be a millionaire to open two offices in the US with a fleet of 100 tankers. As we
sat and saw his chart, the 9H was sprouting from the chart and we said to ourselves ‘It can’t be true’,
since we were biased with what we had heard about his sexual extravaganzas.
The friend who was sitting along with us was his close friend and we finally blurted it out upon
seeing his chart for 45 seconds ‘See whatever lifestyle you lead as of now – but eventually you have
pending karma towards religion and spirituality and you would go into religious and spiritual ways’. He
smiled and said you see you talked about religious ways ‘I have built two temples and in one of them
donated 40,000 USD (Rs 20 lakhs) when I was in debt in business – even my wife and parents do not
know of this including all my best friends’ he said with a glint of a newfound friend in us. Although our
prediction had failed in timing this religious generosity event, yet a smile passed on our face as sitting
before us was a man who has learnt about donation that most do not know of, and about which we had
written about in the first editorial ‘True Charity is done only when the donator does not even allow his shadow
to know he has donated’. Such men are the rarest of rare and we felt elevated sitting in his presence,
wanted to physically bow to him but somehow felt if we are extra nice, he might think that we need
funding from him for Saptarishis Astrology. The fact on this is that till date, we have avoided receiving
any kind of major funding or donation to keep away from having to follow a donor’s agenda despite our
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 He was a true mix of what most men/women are: Good, Bad & Ugly… the only difference is
that we do not accept it but he does. Finally some predictions happened and we said how did you rise back
in life? We said tell us the real event, the real story, the story behind the story for which we have waited for a year
to meet you and told him that we do not have the ability to predict that since astrology has not reached
that level inspite of many doing or claiming to do researches in it.
He said with a glint in his eyes, ‘My life turned around due to bet of a sandwich with a close friend’.
Shocked without looking at his chart we mentally saw his Lord of 2nd lord Mars is in the 7H of business,
8th lord of sudden change in the 11H of contacts & 4L of best friend in the 9th house of Rise of Fortune in
the natal chart.9 He said he was in debt in business – his relatives had cheated him, he had to sell his
house and was living in a rented flat. Once, his very close friend came and said let’s eat. He did not have
money and, trying to create fun, he took him outside to a shop on the road which sells sandwiches, and
said to him ‘I will not pay for this sandwich and someone unknown will pay for it’. At the sandwich stall, he
had seen an old college senior with whom he had never interacted and vaguely felt that this man would
be from his college. He went there and introduced him and acted very friendly accusing his senior of
having forgotten him and, as a senior of his college (SIES, Mumbai) he is supposed to treat for
sandwich. Senior said he does not remember him at all but does not mind paying for the sandwich even
if he is trying to fake a friendship. Later Senior asked him what does he do and he proudly said ‘I am in
the transport business’. His senior said he is also into logistics and works for a big company. Said senior
asked him how much does he charge for supplying a truck from Mumbai to Pune… our friend said
Rs 2200 and, as the actual market rate was Rs 2000 he was scared that he over quoted. Senior said ‘You
do not know the business son, every day I, as the senior executive of my company, am in charge of
hiring 50-60 trucks and they charge me Rs 3500 – if you charge us Rs 2800 per truck, per trip, I will give
you all the business and our new projects too’.
Within a year, the native repaid all his debts and had made a profit of Rs 3.4 crores (a bit less
than a million USD) and today, he has opened 2 offices in the US. Fortune changed when 3 elements
combined – best friend, sandwich and a senior contact. He wanted to hear this story from us we felt.
This is the real story of his life which we, astrologers, cannot predict with our current level of
knowledge – and this is what the client needs to hear when he is down to the last penny in life ‘A dark
looking best friend (Saturn) will come and ask you for a sandwich (Mars) and you would meet a senior contact

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Modern Indians do not use the 60th division of a chart since they are always suspicious that the time of birth is wrong and,
at the same time, the new breed uses the 60th divisional chart thinking that it is to be used to determine who one was in the
past life. As per old astrologers, this is all non productive wishful thinking of a bunch of new kids, as the verses of an ancient
book which Vedic astrologers regard as the Bible of astrology has been ignored by these new entrants and their followers. For
Vedic astrologers see his D-60 (60th divisional) chart, see the 7H of Business has 4L of best friend, 2nd lord of business & 10L
of career Moon (Moon means motion, he is in the logistics business).

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(Sun) – do not refuse your friend that sandwich even if you do not have a penny in your pocket, your life will
change’.
The real story behind one’s life is the crux of astrology – it shows the theme of one’s life and this
is possible only via a symbolism driven approach of ancient astrology of the stars. The stars or asterisms
are more minute than the current level of knowledge of stars (nakshatras in Vedic) of Indian Astrology.
If one reads the history of astrology of various cultures like Arabic, English and Chinese astrology, they
are going into the exact position of a star to the degree rather than the broad span of 13.20 degree
(nakshatra) that is used now in India; and incidentally, our knowledge of these stars (nakshatras) is far
less than what was known to our very ancients. This study that has developed in the west to a
phenomenal level is now called as Fixed Stars Astrology. The predictive capability of it is mind blowing
and, more than the predictive part, what is of importance to the real astrologer is ‘Fixed Stars’ as a tool
can be astoundingly accurate in giving direct clues to the hidden theme of life.
For example, can our current level of knowledge look at the Asc degree and say that you and
your brothers are the immortal twins of the zodiac and one of the major reasons he is born is to support
your work, to give immortality to your work, for you to become the most famous painter ever and be
known by the name of Van Gogh as your Ascendant degree is right near the star Pollux which is at 23
Cancer (tropical)?
Scheat is a Fixed star – 29 Pisces (Tropical) & 5 Pisces approx (Sidereal) & this star is one of the
most notorious stars in the heavens, reputed to cause "extreme misfortune, murder, suicide and
drowning". Vincent Van Gogh had his Mars, who is 6L (sidereal zodiac) of accidents, right on the Fixed
star Scheat conjunct with Sun 3L of hands/actions – and he committed suicide by shooting (with Mars,
bullet) by his own hands. For an excellent article on fixed stars and Vincent Van Gogh, kindly read
Andrew McDonald’s lucid article on him in this issue.
There are many ways to use Fixed stars. Let’s take Scheat & take a concept called Progression
which has been ignored in the East. Percy Bysshe Shelley was a British writer known as one of the
greatest lyric poets of the English Romantic age, a writer of delicate beauty10. Shelley died during his
Saturn return whilst progressed Venus drew to an opposition of the North Node / Scheat conjunction.
Canopus at 14Cn58 (Tropical), denoting significant events at sea, is appropriately placed on Shelley's
4th house of 'grave' as per noted U.K astrologer Deborah Houlding11. On 08 July 1822, he and a friend,
Edward Williams, were out boating when a sudden squall came up. They were run down by a larger
vessel which overturned their yacht during the violent storm and Shelley died at c. 1:00 PM, Viareggio,
Italy.
Let us take a more dramatic case of an Indian and see the star Sirius, which we encountered
recently, as it explained the mystery of a horoscope that has not been solved by many top astrologers of
India. Sirius is known as Alpha Canis Majoris, or the Dog Star (14:05 Cancer – tropical; 20:14 Gemini
sidereal Lahiri). In China, it was regarded as the Jackal or Wolf Star, associated with thievery and looting.
The native’s Asc is 13 Cn (tropical) and 19 Ge (sidereal) having the planet Dragon’s Tail near it.
Dragon’s Tail signifies detachment and also Seven Sages – the native is a volunteer of the Saptarishis (7
Sages) Astrology magazine who, throughout life, spent his time in learning astrology secretly like a
thief as his family would not allow him to learn; see Sirius star attributes. He would read the books at
the terrace, at the park, in restaurants covering the front of the book so that others do not know he is
reading astrology and at home too he would keep it under covers. His library grew and he would hide
many of his books in his car, in his office displaying the attribute of the Jackal. He removed hidden
manuscripts from astrologers in India by begging, paying money that he took on loan and then gave it
to Saptarishis Astrology magazine so that they could donate it. The worst is, even if he paid money to
an individual for the manuscripts, he would see to it that on the website of Saptarishis Astrology, the

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Shelley, Percy Bysshe Date: 04 Aug 1792 Time: 22:00 LMT (+0:01) City: Horsham, England.
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We recommend Deborah’s super fine site for western astrology and free books http://www.skyscript.co.uk/shelley.html

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name of that individual (whom he paid) is shown as donator. For a long time, his horoscope was a
mystery via techniques of Indian Astrology until we read about the star Sirius.
Another astrologer we know has Saturn, the 8L of occult & mystic, in the star Rigel (16Ge50
Tropical) which somewhere we read means bringing knowledge to others: he is involved in bringing out
very old manuscripts. Saturn signifies ‘old’ – his special affinity has been with elderly people which are
signified by Saturn.
A very important point that cannot be ignored is mentioned by Saptarishis Astrology’s writer
Andrew McDonald ‘It is worth noting that Progressions of major points onto fixed stars, however nasty
the fixed star, will not show death on their own – there always has to be major supporting planetary
testimonies – both in the Progressions and the Solar and Lunar Returns and, of course, in the Nativity
itself. Though fixed stars can be spectacularly descriptive, there is a great danger in reading them in
isolation. Any fixed star must be read in context with everything else in the nativity.’
3.1 Assassination & Our Adventures in Fixed Stars

T ake the chart of Abraham Lincoln and Diana K. Rosenberg’s report. Not knowing much about
Fixed Stars, we just spotted these two statements from her fixed star report – what follows
below is a correspondence with her.
22nd July 2010
Hi Diana
In your report of Fixed Stars on Lincoln, on page 28, I get

Then on Page 29 at the bottom of Satabishaj (I think it is for Satabishaj only) I find

In the above, in the 2nd last line, what caught our eye were murder and assassination, wars and
battles.
Query:
1. Does Satabishaj mean assassination and murder, the words in italics is your research ? (if so can I quote it)
or an accepted definition of Fixed Stars.
2. Is this star Satabishaj called by some other name in Western Astrology since over here Satabisha is around
13.20 degrees whereas in the Lincoln report it showed a span of 4 degrees.

Diana: The sidereal span of nakshatra Satabishaj is 6Aquar40 to 20Aquar00; the fixed star Satabishajwas,
in 2000, Lahiri sidereal 17 Aquarius 44 (within that nakshatra span). Tropically. it was 11 Pisces 35.
In the Fixed Star Report Writer, each starset was given the name of the most prominent star in that set of degrees
- in this case, it was Lambda Aquarii, which has been called Satabishaj (after the nakshatra, I suppose), as well as
Çatabishaj (same name, different spelling), Hydor, or Ekchusis

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It is confusing, I know!!
You mention the span of 4 degrees - that is the full span of the stars that I grouped together in that starset. Each
star would have a span of only one degree (called a "moiety") on either side of its exact position.

Saptarishis Astrology: It immediately caught our eye to check out his chart (though Rodden gives a B rating) and
what was being thought of turned out to be true: his Mer is the 8L of death (sidereal zodiac) sitting in the 1H of
body – this Mer is in the sign of Aq (Saturn ruled) its co-lord Rahu is with Mars (bullet) and he died of bullet if
one remembers well and this, in the period of Saturn Main period and Mer sub period (this is too much of a
coincidence) from a Vedic point of view – it is amazing that the periods (dasas) are matching so easily.

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Diana: That so interesting - though I don't understand all of it.
See what I wrote about his birth time in the attached file. Tropically Venus rules his 8th house of death: he was
born with Venus aligned with Mu Cephei, "The Garnet Star" - a red star in the head of Cepheus the King! This is
what I have from that starset in my book:
Jupiter was here in 1429 when France's Dauphin was crowned Charles VII by Joan of Arc (Mu Cephei is in the
Crown of Cepheus) - but the Crown does not protect its wearers: this was Abraham Lincoln’s Venus and Czar
Alexander II’s MC; Lincoln freed the slaves, Alexander freed the serfs (Andromeda, the Chained Woman !); both
were assassinated for their pains. This was the Moon of assassinated Czar Nicholas II, Moon and SNode of
assassinated Israeli PM Yitzak Rabin, Pluto of assassinated US Pres James Garfield, Saturn of murdered
revolutionary Leon Trotsky (axed in the head), SNode of singer-songwriter John Lennon (murdered-shot in the
head) and Press Sec’y James Brady, shot in the head in the Reagan assassination attempt with a Sun-Mars cnj
here; Neptune at Lincoln’s assassination (Venus had been here at his Solar Return 2 months earlier, where it ruled
the 1st and 8th houses), Jupiter at the assassination of John F Kennedy; the MC when Yitzak Rabin was killed at a
peace rally (most of these were shot in the head: Mu Cephei is a red star in the King’s head!). Venus was here at
the Aries Ingress of 1914, 2 months before the Sarajevo assassination of Austria's Archduke Ferdinand, the event
that triggered WWI.
Isn't that all amazing???
Love, Diana

3.2 Saptarishis Astrology Life Time Achievement Award To A Western Astrologer

I t was a December evening, cold breeze was flowing and almost romantic… Instead of watching a
good movie, suddenly one name popped in our head. The repetition of the name became such a
bother that we knew we had to contact this lady whom we just did not know and who went by the
name of Diana K. Rosenberg.
Some months back, we had read somewhere that she was dying of Cancer but each astrologer has
to go one day; but now this name became of vital importance and we instantly wrote to our writer
friend Robert Gover, an expert stock market astrologer in the U.S, and asked him if he knew Diana
Rosenberg’s phone number. He said he did not know her number and, within few minutes, we found
out her number from another source, checked it was 9 am in New York and called her. She was sleeping
and her response was please call me after few hours. We were not to call her back that day. Then the
same vening at 11.30 pm in Mumbai, as we were driving home, again the name kept popping in our mind
and it would not stop – it was like she has something that others don’t have, her work must come out. Then we
parked on the side and called her and had a great chat for 40 minutes. It changed a lot in us – this is
when we found that a great astrologer is willing not to take any treatment of chemotherapy for her
cancer so that no side effects would come in as she needs her mind to remain stable in order for her to
finish publishing her research of 30 years. Wow what dedication, how many Indian Astrologers could
let go of their lives and not save it from the jaws of death so that their secrets be properly published in
time... Indian Astrologers, on the contrary, spend their lifetimes trying to hide secrets and their
researches but will always broadcast that they have done the maximum researches. We knew in Diana
we had found ‘One who knew the meaning of Energy’. She agreed to do an interview with us and promised
that it would be a lengthy interview revealing many of her secrets. But what was the greatest thing
about her was the tone and pitch of her voice – she was a child telling us she wants to reveal so many
secrets and we remembered what the old master had told us ‘Only The Kid Wins’.

G oing back in Time, in the very 1st editorial, it was mentioned that the true names of those who
are involved in the magazine will not be revealed in the credits’ column since Saptarishis
Astrology would be construed as a Charity Work by readers – considering that those who are
into real charity do not even think it is charity, they ‘Just Do It’, their shadows also do not come to know
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 In 2009, we had released a book called ‘Saptarishis Astrology: The Predictive Series’ a collection
of some of the best articles of previous issues, in which all the authors had relinquished the copyright of
their articles so that Saptarishis Astrology makes the profit. The publisher was Sagar Publications, New
Delhi, who said to us in the 1st week of March that from Nov 2009 to March 31st 2010, the total sales were
around 353 copies of the book and royalty was around Rs 15,000 ($ 313). It was written in the Preface that
the first years’ earnings would be donated to old and economically not well off astrologers and readers
were asked in to send mails if they found one. ---- 2
Due to the above points 1 & 2, we must state what we mention now since it was put in writing in
the preface and also, since we are accountable to both the authors and readers. Although the thought of
donating these earnings was to be done to an Indian, God decided otherwise and we have donated this
money to Diana K. Rosenberg for her printing expenses. It is a very small sum but our writers who
contributed articles would agree with us. Many sleepless nights have gone in rethinking if we should
mention this donation or not – since mentioning would break our own rule of “the shadow not even
coming to know of one’s donation” – yet, as per our own policy, we are accountable to the authors and
the community at large so the deed was mentioned. Those of you who have spare money and every
astrologer cum astrology publisher or anyone who does business with astrology12 are requested to donate
to Diana K. Rosenberg for the $ 10,000 that she requires for printing her monumental research. We
would especially request the students of some Gurus, who have amassed millions of dollars selling
talismans, to request their Gurus to donate money to Diana or, at least, to the real cause of bringing
knowledge out. If you can’t write to your Guru regarding this, then it’s better to leave the astrology of
the Sages and never call Astrology a Divine Science (Western readers may note that the reason behind this
statement is that Indians have an obsessive fascination of constantly and fanatically calling Astrology a Divine
Science even though they and their Gurus may indulge in the biggest ‘subtle’ frauds one can imagine.) Readers
may note that Diana K. Rosenberg has not requested for this donation and she might even refuse it but,
nonetheless send it – and May Lord Saturn bless you if you donate but after doing so, don’t talk about it
or expect your name to come in print – if you can do that, then only donate. Her Paypal account is her
email id only fixed.stars@verizon.net. If you can’t donate, no problem – send her loving energy, write a
mail to her from your heart, be kind and sensitive and don’t rake up the death issue. Imagine if you are
an astrologer and if you are on the biggest quest to get your book published as your last duty on earth
and you receive the love from 100 countries… would you not love it!
Diana has given the major part of her life to astrology and researched the most ancient part of
astrology which is still an enigma after thousands of years of study. Her work speaks volumes if one has
the patience to study and understand it. Diana K. Rosenberg has been awarded the 2nd Life Time
Achievement Award of Saptarishis Astrology for her accomplishments in the most ancient form of
astrology, which is the real astrology of the stars since it deals with the stars ‘Directly’ and their
predictive cum understanding the human soul’s purpose can be more fulfilling than the Vedic System of
Nakshatras (asterisms) – still too little about nakshatras (asterisms) is known to the modern Indian
astrologers inspite of so many works coming out in the name of nakshatras from India.
One cannot but thank Edith Hathaway (USA) for her outstanding work and support in the whole
project & also Shastry (India), Souvik Dutta (USA), Pam Rosevear (USA) & Claudia Bader (USA) for the
grand help in organizing this event in New York City where Diana K. Rosenberg would be awarded the
“Saptarishis Astrology’s Life Time Achievement Award” in ‘Ancient Astrology’ held in New York
City. Diana has been presented the award by the Head of Uranian Society & Executive Secretary of
NCGR, Liane Thomas-Wade, on the 25th of July 2010, in the company of esteemed stalwart astrologers
of New York City.
4.0 Ancient Astrologer Bhrighu & Obama

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U.S. House approves sweeping healthcare overhaul
Mon, Mar 22, 09:40 AM
The U.S. House of Representatives gave final approval to a sweeping healthcare overhaul on
Sunday, expanding insurance coverage to nearly all Americans and handing President Barack
Obama a landmark victory.
It extends health coverage to 32 million uninsured, covering 95 percent of all Americans, gives
subsidies to help lower-income workers pay for coverage and creates state-based exchanges where the
uninsured can compare and shop for plans.
In order to understand the landmark event of 21st March 2010 in the life of Obama, three of our
previous articles on Sage Bhrighu’s Easy Methodology should be revisited. Excerpts from it are:-

Bhrighu’s Easy Methodology (BEM) – 15

Venus says ‘The house where I am given shelter or the lord I conjoin with or the lord of the house I
represent will show where I can, I repeat I can contribute to the…
a) Medical expenses or Diseases
b) Dramatic Troubles
Bhrighu’s Easy Methodology (BEM) - 2
‘Wherever Jupiter sits he creates Ups & Down in the 6th from it, in minimum of any one significations of
that house’
™ This becomes his Karmic House called as ‘Jupiter’s Previous Lives’ House’
™ He will first create Up & Down in the significations of the house which means fluctuations.
™ He will destroy at least one thing of that house.

Bhrighu’s Easy Methodology (BEM) - 3 & 4

BSP 3: Wherever Saturn sits, he becomes Judge Dredd or Emperor (Shahenshah) and he
shouts ‘I Am The Law’.
It is that house where
a) Karma is unfinished & you ‘Need’ to finish it.
b) You will or can make mistakes concerning significations of that house
c) You will be Judged for your mistakes – there is no 99% in this.

1. Now observe Venus in Obama’s Chart is sitting in the 6H of health and diseases. The BEM rule
15 (for Indians it is called BSP) for Venus, who is sitting in the 6H of diseases and health, is
clearly working via Obama’s chart: where Venus sits, he makes you spend on diseases. The
landmark is as in the event of March 21st 2010 where US Govt approves an unprecedented
spending for health (6H where Venus is placed) – Obama spent on diseases as per the promise of
the Venus BEM rule. There will be, no doubt, some opposition due to Obama’s chart and it will
take some years to come into real effect.

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 2. Also use BEM-2 which says that Jupiter will implement itself in the 6th from it & destroy at least
one signification of the 6th from where he is placed and it becomes his ‘Previous Life’s House’ –
this needs to be symbolically interpreted as pending work (karma) as 6H shows pending Karma.
Obama’s Jupiter is placed in the 1H and 6th from it is the house of disease and health. So his
Jupiter has destroyed the disease that was afflicting the American Health Care System and
promises to bring good health to Americans ‘if the nation allows it’ (so to speak).
3. In the Global Chart, Saturn is transiting Virgo which is the natural 6H of health and diseases.
Now use the BEM-3 & 4 which says that Karma is unfinished and one Needs to complete it there
– this is what Obama is trying to do. Same happened in India where the All India Medical
Associations passed a landmark order stating that no gifts (indirect bribes) were to be accepted
by Doctors from Pharmaceutical Companies. 6H also represents accidents & diseases and you
will notice that some new diseases came in (pending karma) and few major earthquakes
happened (pending karma). Astrologers will say that every time Saturn was in Virgo the same
results did not happen. Obviously, it will not and that is the reason the great astrologers would
always observe ‘What Kind of Karma is happening during One Cycle of Saturn’s journey
through the zodiac’. They would observe this and then predict, observe the Quantum & Quality
of results. Astrology is an interactive science and not fixed – the planets deliver as per the Karma
created by people and this Karma will change the day to day occurrences of people in each cycle
& not as per fixed results of Saturn in Virgo in each cycle.

5.0 Predicting Year of Event Instantly – Universal Astrology

Planets & Their Implementation Age in Various Houses

T
his piece is being written so that we do not ignore the teachings of our ancients. Western
astrologers who use the Tropical Zodiac can also successfully implement it in charts where
the Asc is not being changed if you switch to Sidereal Zodiac (Indian). You can also quickly
change the settings to Sidereal Zodiac and Lahiri, use this technique, note the results on a
piece of paper and come back to your own zodiac to double check with transits and progressions.
Below is a method of the Legend of Legends, Late Shri C. G. Rajan, who had the highest amount
of manuscripts. What is presented below does not work 100 % in real practice and hence, it has been
rejected by many astrologers who were jealous of C. G. Rajan14. Still, the way to use this method which
points to the nearby age when the planet will give result is to take that ‘Clue’ of the result obtained and
further use other methods like transit etc. Please refer to the ‘basic’ table below. For example, if you want
to see the age when Mars will give result in the 12th house, then go to the table and the number you
would see is 25 which means the 25th year (active year/ not completed year). But would this Mars act
only in the 25th year? No, it will give results every time a 12 year cycle is rotated; thus Mars in the 12H
will give results in the 13, 25, 37, 49, 61, 73rd years. At the end of this piece a full detailed table would be
allotted. If Sun is in the 11H, which years it would give result is not mentioned in this table of Late C.
G. Rajan, but our study shows 22nd year or 25th year if we remember well. It needs to be further tested.
Next, one should remember the readings given by Sages and village astrologers of India – they have a
style in which they predict the year of the event. They would say for e.g. ‘Your marriage will happen
around 27/28th year of your life’. They say it like 27 or 28; 90 % of the times you would find this style of
predictions and we often wonder why they are not being very accurate to the exact year. Natal Planets
need to be activated via transits, eclipses and other systems and only then they give their results, finding
out this activation is not so easy hence, for some years in tables like these, planets give results and some
years they don’t.

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Late C G Rajan wrote a book which is out of print now, titled ‘Dogmas of Nadi Astrology’ which has been the most sought
after book, if someone has it kindly write to us we will remain indebted.

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 1H 2H 3H 4H 5H 6H 7H 8H 9H 10H 11H 12H
Sun 15 7 20 14 9 23 34 27 10 19 38
Moon 27 27 5 22 6 57 15 6 20 43 20 3
Mars 5 12 13 8 5 24 27 28 14 27 45 25
Mercury 10 26 12 22 26 21 17 14 19 19 45 45
Jupiter 5 39 27 20 12 7 40 27 31 15 15 25
Venus 17 6 6 6 4 41 14 10 15 15 15 5
Saturn 5 12 13 8 5 24 27 28 14 27 45 25
Rahu (Dragon’s Head) 5 12 13 8 5 24 27 28 14 27 45 25
Ketu (Dragon’s Tail) 5 12 13 8 5 24 27 28 14 27 45 25

Let us take some examples to see if we get atleast near around results.

Tiger Woods

Jupiter is in the 7H of relationships and marriage and, as per the above table, Jupiter should
implement itself in the 40th year in the 7H. Now take multiples of 12 and you get ages 4, 16, 28, 40, 52, 64
and in these years, Jupiter in the 7H will implement itself.
In November 2003, Woods became engaged to Elin Nordegren, a Swedish former model and
daughter of former minister of migration Barbro Holmberg and radio journalist Thomas Nordegren.
From Dec 2002 to Dec 2003 he would be in his 28th year and, as per the above system, you can see that
28th year is activated by the presence of Jupiter in the 7H.

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 6H shows one’s mistresses – its co-lord is Dragon’s Head (Rahu) sitting in the 2H of family and one’s
name. Dragon’s Head, by its very nature, denotes cheating and scandals. So Rahu in the 2nd house, in its
respective years, can once implement itself and show a sex scandal (Dragon’s Head aspects the 8H of
sex). Last year, Tiger Woods was in his 35th year from Dec 2009 to Dec 2010. In fact, just 1 month15 before
his 35th year started, the news of his affairs broke out. Dragon’s Head in the 2H will implement itself in
the 36th year whereas Tiger Woods was in his 35th year when this happened, this is to show that the table
cannot be taken verbatim and it only shows a pointer towards the nearby year.

Detailed Table

1H 2H 3H 4H 5H 6H 7H 8H 9H 10H 11H 12H

Sun 03 07 08 02 09 11 10 03 10, 7, 02
15 19 20 14 21 23 22 15 22, 19, 14,
27 31 32 26 33 35 34 27 34, 31, 26
39 43 44 38 45 47 46 39 46 43, 38,
51 55 56 50 57 59 58, 51 58, 55, 50,
63 67 68 62 69 71 70 63 70 67 62

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On November 25, 2009, supermarket tabloid The National Enquirer published a story claiming that Woods had an
extramarital affair with nightclub manager Rachel Uchitel, a claim she denied.

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 1H 2H 3H 4H 5H 6H 7H 8H 9H 10H 11H 12H
Moon 3, 3, 5, 10, 6, 9, 3, 6, 8, 7, 8, 3,
15, 15, 17, 22, 18, 21, 15, 18, 20, 19, 20, 15,
27, 27, 29, 34, 30 33, 27, 30 32 31, 32 27,
39, 39, 41, 46, 42, 45, 39, 42, 44 43, 44, 39,
51, 51, 53, 58, 54, 57, 51, 54, 56, 55, 56, 51,
63 63 65 70 66 69 63 66 68 67 68 63
Mars 5, 12, 13, 8, 5, 12, 3, 4, 2, 3, 9, 13,
17, 24, 25 20, 17, 24, 15, 16, 14, 15, 21, 25,
29, 36 37 32 29, 36 27, 28, 26 27, 33, 37
41, 48 49 44, 41, 48, 39, 40 38, 39, 45, 49,
53, 60, 61 56, 53, 60, 51, 52, 50, 51, 57, 61,
65 72 73 68 65 72 63 64 62 63 69 73
Mercury 10, 2, 12, 10, 2, 9, 5, 2, 7, 7, 9, 9,
22, 14, 24 22, 14, 21, 17, 14, 19, 19, 21, 21,
34, 26 36 34, 26 33, 29, 26 31, 31, 33, 33,
46, 38, 48 46, 38, 45, 41, 38, 43, 43, 45, 45,
58, 50, 60 58, 50, 57, 53, 50, 55, 55, 57, 57,
70 62 72 70 62 69 65 62 67 67 69 69
Jupiter 5, 3, 3, 8, 12, 7, 4, 3, 7, 3, 3, 13,
17, 15, 15, 20, 24, 19, 16, 15, 19, 15, 15, 25,
29, 27, 27 32 36 31, 28, 27, 31, 27, 27, 37
41, 39, 39 44, 48, 43, 40, 39, 43, 39, 39, 49,
53, 51, 51, 56, 60, 55, 52, 51, 55, 51, 51, 61,
65 63 63 68 72 67 64 63 67 63 63 73
Venus 5, 6, 6, 6, 4 5, 2, 10, 3, 3, 3, 5,
17, 18, 18 18, 16 17, 14, 22, 15, 15, 15, 17,
29, 30, 30 30 28 29, 26 34, 27, 27, 27, 29,
41, 42, 42 42, 40, 41, 38, 46 39, 39, 39, 41,
53, 54, 54 54, 52, 53, 50, 58, 51, 51, 51, 53,
65 66 66 66 64 65 62 70 63 63 63 65
Saturn 5, 12, 1, 8, 5, 12, 3, 4, 2, 3, 9, 13,
17, 24, 13, 20, 17, 24, 15, 16, 14, 15, 21, 25,
29, 36, 25 32 29, 36 27, 28, 26 27, 33, 37
41, 48, 37 44, 41, 48, 39, 40 48 39, 45, 49,
53, 60, 49 56, 53, 60, 51, 52, 60 51, 57, 61,
65 72 61 68 65 72 63 64 72 63 69 73
Rahu 5, 12, 13, 8, 5, 12, 3, 4, 2, 3, 9, 13,
(Dragon’s 17, 24, 25 20, 17, 24, 15, 16, 14, 15, 21, 25,
Head) 29, 36 37 32 29, 36 27, 28, 26 27, 33, 37
41, 48, 49 44, 41, 48, 39, 40 48 39, 45, 49,
53, 60, 61 56, 53, 60, 51, 52, 60 51, 57, 61,
65 72 73 68 65 72 63 64 72 63 69 73

1H 2H 3H 4H 5H 6H 7H 8H 9H 10H 11H 12H

Ketu 5, 12, 13, 8, 5, 12, 3, 4, 2, 3, 9, 13,
(Dragon’s 17, 24, 25 20, 17, 24, 15, 16, 14, 15, 21, 25,
Tail) 29, 36 37 32 29, 36 27, 28, 26 27, 33, 37
41, 48, 49 44, 41, 48, 39, 40 48 39, 45, 49,
53, 60 61 56, 53, 60, 51, 52, 60 51, 57, 61,
65 72 73 68 65 72 63 64 72 63 69 73

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Mercury can be a hardcore malefic for Scorpio Asc by virtue of being the 8th lord of chronic
problems and death – and is here in the 12H of exit. As per the given table, Mer implements itself in the

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12H in the 33rd year. During his 33rd year which was from Nov 1972 to Nov 1973, on 20th July 73, he passed
away exactly matching with the implementation age of Mer in the 12H.

Marilyn Monroe

Dragon’s Head (Rahu) sits in the 12H of Exit of Life and 12H of bedroom. Astrologers know that
the nature of Rahu is scandal, mysterious and not to be found – till date, the reason for her death is not
found satisfactory. But why is this 12H of Dragon’s head so important? Readers of Saptarishis Astrology
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been shown; taking this chart, the 8L of death, Saturn, is sitting in the 4H of ones own home; as it is 9
places from its own house (8H), we count 9 houses from this Saturn and this brings us to the 12H
making the 12H become the Super Effect House of the 8H of death and longevity. Thus Rahu sitting
here in the 12H becomes more potent and doubly important. Now let us see Mr. Rajan’s table: he gives
13, 25, 37, 49, 61, 73 years for this Dragon’s Head in the 12H. On 5th Aug 1962, the day she died, she was in
her 37th year, the year given by the Table. Her death was in her own house (Saturn in 4H) in her
bedroom (Rahu in 12H), with some drugs or overdose of sleeping pills (Rahu again) and, till date, the
mystery surrounding her death has not been solved.

John F. Kennedy

When you speak of Marilyn, you got to speak of JFK. His Sun is the 12th lord of Exit sitting with
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of implementation in the 9H, it is 46th year. 6 months after his 46th year, he was shot death – note 4L of
assasination Jupiter is sitting with this Sun. The technique no doubt is off by 6 months but it is one of
the very first techniques which gives us the age when each planet will implement in each house in a
snap shot.

Vincent Van Gogh

His life has everything that a film maker would want: his poverty was most touching though
today his paintings sell for millions. Let us repeat here: to truly understand his Karma and the role his
brother played in his Karma, Indian Astrologers would have to read a fantastic piece on him by Andrew

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MacDonald in this very issue titled Starry, Starry Night – especially the last part where Andrew uses
Fixed stars and shows what Indian astrologers will always fail to see if they do not use Fixed stars
astrology. He died on the 29th July 1890, in his 38th year, which would be from Mar 1890 to Mar 1891. If
you see the table 39th year is activated by Mars in the 10th house. Mars for a Gemini Asc is the most
malefic being the 6th lord of accidents and diseases and 11th lord of super effect of 6H. He shot himself in
the chest in his 38th year which is one year before the 39th year, when Mars is supposed to implement.
This shows that one surely gets the nearby year with this method. Planets always conjoin together to
give results. Venus is his 12th lord of exit from the world and 5L of mentality: he was suffering from
mental problems and was just discharged from a mental asylum. Venus is placed in the 10H and is
giving the age of 39 (again) from the table you may observe. Dragon’s Tail (Ketu) which is placed in the
7H has been given the age 39 Ketu – shows Liberation (moksha) – guess that is what he achieved as he
was not happy in this life as per his own statements. Thus 3 planets were showing grave problems at the
age of 39 whereas he expired at the age of 38 which is still near; this technique is bringing you near the
age giving result.

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 After a new technique is written, we always send it to some of the team members for their
reaction. The above chart is one of the team members – this native’s father was a great astrologer from
south of India. This same chart is discussed in the Prediction by Degrees technique in this volume.
Anyways, we saw the chart in the new light of this technique starting from the age of Jupiter, moving to
the 2H, 3H and then 4H – then it struck us that Venus is in the 4H and the age given as per the table is
18th year. Now see the significance of Venus – though it is in his own house, from the 9H of father,
Venus is the 8th lord of death & 3L of death. One fine day, his father did his evening prayers and then
came to the living room and said good bye to his children and wife who felt strange: why was he saying
good bye? He recited a hymn for liberation (moksha) and died. These kinds of deaths are possible only
to the greatest of astrologers who come to know beforehand the exact day of their death16.
Astrologers are requested to test this further and not take it at face value as the examples above,
though selected with care so that they do not match to the T with the Table, could yet induce astro
students to become easily and hastily impressed. Young entrants will always think non productively
when, per example, they would see a Sc Asc chart and Mer placed in the 12H and the native lived
beyond 33 years – they could say the chart’s owner did not die at the age of 33 – that’s when one is not
taught astrology at the feet of a Guru but in forums or conferences or books. One who learns it at the
feet of the ‘True & Unbiased’ Guru or one who learns keeping his heart chakra open uses techniques
such as that of C. G. Rajan’s and takes it to his advantage to come nearer a year, will then use other
techniques before he shoots his predictions.
6.0 The Dilemma of Energy & Astrology

H oroscope is nothing but a capsule containing the energy of one’s life exhibited by the planets in
their grand coding. Our job as astrologers is to decode this and find out how the energies are
playing out in one’s life. This coding is not as simple as 2 + 2 as, at a later stage, it goes beyond
mathematics and statistics. One can test astrological techniques on 500 charts yet, that technique will
fail on the 501th chart. The client whose chart will be the 501th will only curse us for wrong guidance –
hence an experienced astrologer knows when he is reading a chart, it is his intuition or some divine
voice which guides us not to predict with a technique which we have successfully tested on 500 charts.
This difference, only a real professional astrologer knows very well who eats his bread earned out of
astrology and not a theoretician or free practitioner. All of us are in the business of interpretation of
these techniques (energy) as to ‘what will happen if today I do an action, when and how will be its result’.
Some of us use horary astrology to determine this along with some traditional natal chart methods.
How is energy transformed from one house to another? Let us see below.
6.1 Abuse Of Energy & Its Karma – Pirated Books/Softwares & Forums
For long this question remained unanswered as to what happens to those who…
a) Download movies/books/music/astrology software via pirated means
b) Who fight a lot on internet forums
The answer finally came that the karma of the above bad actions is to be seen via the position and
dispositor of Dragon’s Tail (Ketu). Let us see this chart & few others in a brief manner.

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Recent history speaks of the Late M. S. Sitaramiah from Delhi who predicted 2 days before his death that he would not
come back from his visit to the hospital and, in spite of his operation being a success, died unknowingly and doctors were
amazed. In the chart discussed above death happened on a Friday, July 19, 1996, the time was almost near to 9.10 pm, here
everything was Venus, it was a Friday, the hour was of Venus (hora) and the periods was also of Venus. Vedic astrologers
can check something more in periods (dasa) in his chart on the time of his death.

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 You name the management book and he had it downloaded in soft copy format that he openly
distributed to his friends and was thus described as the Piracy King. He would print it out free of charge
quietly from his office printer (note nothing is free in life & for paper abuse see Earthy signs getting
destroyed). He had been warned by an astrologer not to do this but he would continue doing it for many
years. An astute astrologer would observe his life for few years and would wait for two things to happen
a) 3H to be activated b) Saturn to be activated; it is only when these two will be activated that the
promise of Dragon’s Tail will be fulfilled. Now see the story: this Indian went for a 3 month project to
the U.K to work for a famous financial services company. 3 months would be a short trip which is seen
from the 3H, thus 3H was activated. An old American astrologer (Saturn) travelled with his wife
(Venus) to the U.K to be in an astrological conference where this native would help him with computer

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(Dragon’s Tail - Ketu) related PowerPoint presentation. Thus, Saturn and Ketu were activated. During
these 5 days, the native was also downloading something on the net in his office in that UK based
Finance Company. He was caught, an inquiry committee was put in place and he was deported back to
India with disgrace (result would be 7th from it - Dragon’s Head – Rahu – scandal). Thus you can see all
the circumstances present in the horoscope had to be satisfied, short travel (3H), old man (Saturn) with
his wife (Venus), both travelled to UK (3H) and bang on (!) the promised event materialized with
Transit Saturn in Virgo aspecting via the 10th aspect to his 3H of hands.
Dragon’s Tail (Ketu) has been described in Vedic Mythology as the thief who got caught
& was given punishment by the Gods.
The result of a planet like Dragon’s Tail (Ketu) has to be seen in many ways – few can be
enumerated here: a) Where he is placed b) his 3 aspects which would be 5th, 7th and 9th from where he is
placed & c) where the dispositor of Ketu is placed. In the above chart, the dispositor is Mercury who is
placed in the 7H of Limelight (Disgrace here) in career being 10th from 10th and a secondary house for
career.
This way of seeing Karma results of stealing something related to knowledge, piracy products,
pirated softwares etc. has been observed in many charts. Dragon’s Tail is the significator of math,
computers and I.T and you can see it is in the 7H of Limelight which is where India has shined so far in
recent decades. Dragon’s Tail is also the significator of fights and when one fights a lot on internet
forums, then one becomes like Ketu: a headless creature with only a tail – that is the reason one often
finds that the fights in forums are just so out of the mind (without using one’s head). In one chart where
Sun Ketu in the 3H has its dispositor, Venus, in the 8H of darkness and Venus is the 10th lord of career,
we observed that this native with Sun Ketu in the 3H would fight a lot on forums and after 7 years, his
career came to a standstill for 4 years inspite of being in top positions in the corporate world. In another
chart where Dragon’s Tail is in the 7H, the native spent a lot of time arguing and insulting people in
astrological forums – his Ketu’s dispositor occupies the 10H of career – in spite of very high degrees, his
career has not taken off at all since 5 years. Another native with Dragon’s Tail in the 10H spent years
downloading movies in torrent, made his friends do this and gathered pirated books: his career is at a
standstill since 4 years and, in spite of doing all the remedial measures of Indian astrology – including
sitting daily for 3 hours chanting mantra, he has not been able to get a job. Another native with Dragons
Tail & Venus in the 11H did not get a job for 2.5 years, he was asked if he downloads movies, he said yes,
he was asked to stop it and within few months he got job in a newspaper daily.
Bottom line, over a period of 6 years we have observed the atrocities committed in the name of
astrology in Indian Forums and the charts and lives of :-
a) Those addicted to forums.
b) Those who fight in forums in the name of knowledge whereas not even 2-3 % of astrological knowledge is
known to Indian astrologers as that knowledge have never come out17.
c) Those who use fake email ids18 to display their predictive abilities by posing quizzes and then replying to
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One of our writers from America described Indian Internet Forums as the ‘Blind leading the Blind’.
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Many moderators & prominent writers in forums have confessed –privately– to using fake email ids… and some of them
who are very close to Shri K.N. Rao have been publicly caught in recent times, in forums, without thinking that their
teacher’s name would get spoiled – such is the lust for daily 15 minutes of fame in astrology. Alas, the ‘Last Book Of
Astrology’ is crystal clear that ‘Only the Astrologer who has lost interest in lust driven emotion of creating name for himself in
astrology can truly understand what the planets are doing in a chart. When you become a recluse (8H) you get into that darkness (8H is
the house of darkness) of the cave of astrology that each Sage passed through, then one day the result (10th from it is always the
result) will be the real light (Sun as it is the 5H of natural zodiac & 10th from 8H) of this science & the cause of creation (5H - Sun
is the cause of creation as per ancient text BPHS). That hard work (6th house is the hard work) will result in Supreme
Astrological Knowledge and elevation of Soul to understanding God’s creation (6th from 8H will be the 1H of Aries where Sun gets
exalted; Sun is also the significator of the Soul. Also, the 1H of self would be the 5H of creation from 9H of Gods – we

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 Our observation was in these charts where Dragon’s Tail (Ketu) is sitting – that house and the 5, 7, 9
houses it aspects or the house of Ketu’s dispositor – either of these is spoilt and destroyed. Most writers
on Indian forums are a result of the Bollywood syndrome of wanting gossip or spice (massala) in their
lives or name & fame or to gather naïve clients, without realizing that after 2-3 years in astrology, every
student realizes that anyone who is posting so much in forums belongs to the breed of ‘Time Pass
Hobbyists Posing as Professionals’ who have the following points in common:-
a) The astrologer does not have any clients as he is having enough time to post in forums
b) Discussing the same topic endlessly or engaging in ‘you scratch my back I scratch yours’ are done by only
those astrologers who are not interested in studying real astrology or immersing themselves in classics or
contributing something significant to astrology – but more interested in being seen as alive or lustful or
perverted about fame.
c) Most Indian forums are by moderators who are not spreading astrology but spreading their names or
wanting to occupy position of seats (moderators are under illusions and create illusions of power around
them).
One must understand energy with the help of foreigners to whom every minute is utilized in
making life productive. Out of the 10,000 westerners who are in Vedic astrology, only 30 of them can be
regularly found in Vedic astrology Indian forums – the rest do not waste time in forums but take classes
and dig deeper into books, they are more responsible towards their clients unless they are students.
6.2 Old Vs New Energy

T his deserves a lot of space to be explained but let’s touch it briefly. Planets which determine our
nature, fate and the events of our life are as detailed ‘as details can be’ and they also give us some
free will to play around which is seen in the natal chart itself. The biggest challenge faced by
today’s students is to read ancient texts, note down the combinations given by sages or ancient masters
and then feel despondent that the combinations given are not working. Some of us like double dichotomy
a lot and we are often found to say in different breaths ‘ohh what the sages/ancient masters have said do not
go wrong’ and in another breath that same astrologer will say ‘ohh even the formulas, combinations given by
sages do not work in real practice’. A student who grows up hearing this first feels frustrated by this double
dichotomous statement but, as he has not found the answer to this, by the time he has becomes old, he
himself repeats this strangely. Thus, generations after generations make use of these thoughts and pass
them on. What must be understood clearly is how to see the Energy of the Planets: these planets are
NOT STATIONARY.
Imagine if you are doing an exercise to increase the biceps of your arms… After 10,000 years of
moving your arms (rotation or revolution), you would ‘Change’ eventually. Thus if a planet is giving
you a simple vehicle in 500 A.D, it would give a more detailed vehicle now as it has had movement for
the past several hundred years. Take it this way: Planets also get bored hence, they must keep on
creating something new ‘Within their abilities & Parameters’. The Energy shift can be understood in a
more direct manner: Sun is the King of the Planetary Cabinet and was, in olden days, referred to as
significator for the ‘Actual King’ of a Kingdom. But now, in the 1900s, the Energies have had a major
major change and Acceleration – it is no longer Sun which makes you the King but the planet Saturn
which governs the masses (votes) & makes you the King. Another way to understand energy is since
the time humans have lived on earth, the King was rarely questioned but now, in the New Energy, such
Kings are questioned and toppled. It is difficult to understand the rules of our ancient texts if one is not
in ‘Tune With The Planets’. As one gets tuned, one may not have heard or read about the 11:11 spiritual
event or the Harmonic Convergence (Aug 1987) that deals with the shifting of the energies and
preparing the earth for the new energy – work which would be completed by 2012 in the first step and

humans are the creation of God). Here the word recluse needs to be interpreted in the context of avoiding too much
communication which becomes addictive and that’s the reason the Yogi has said (quoted in previous writings) that ‘to really
learn astrology: avoid astrologers’. Some have tested this statement and tasted some phenomenal success much more than some
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next in 2025. Reading about such metaphysical topics or new age spirituality is not necessary to modern
astrologers; what is important however is to be in tune with the Energies. What is important to
understand is that for centuries, this knowledge was strictly limited to only one sect in India while now
it is available to everyone thanks to one man who lead a revolution in 1936. How could the Gods allow
this to happen and, more importantly, to continue? Has the energy not shifted now, when this was just
not possible for the last 3-5000 years in India? Today the internet is the biggest answer to anyone who
thought energy (knowledge) could be hidden. The internet brought in the era where there was an
explosion of energy and melting of the barriers of energy exchange.
6.3 Harsh Reality Of Energy & The Parable by the Nameless Master

W hat follows below is a parable, one of many to come, by the Nameless Master whom we
have found to be the finest of humans – who has the spirit of Astrology rightly ingrained in
him. Here goes his parable:
Once upon a time not so long ago, there was a brilliant astrologer who taught this science to a student
named X. It so happens that X’s teacher did not easily share secrets and, most of the times, played the game of the
tradition ‘serve me more like a slave and I will share more’. X went on to become very frustrated as a student
although he was a very noble soul and often wept in his car that his intentions were noble so, why would his teacher
act like this and never give the ‘master key’ of a topic? X was taught that topic but not the ‘master key’ which
would be taught to foreigners instantly (!) Being of a simple mind, X could not grasp this and would remain hurt.
Later on, X became a very competent doctor and a surgeon and, just as fate would have it, the teacher’s son went on
to do a medical college education. Once in a while, X would lecture on his specialty pertaining to the intricacies of
heart surgery in the college where the teacher’s son would study. After 18 years, X was called in for a special case
of emergency at 2 a.m by the Home Minister’s secretary, case that he had to operate on as this case was dear to the
home minister. X had by now become a prominent figure internationally on his research in medicines related to his
specialization apart from being a reputed surgeon, and had the luxury to refuse any case since at any moment in
time, he always had 3-4 hospitals abroad wanting him to join them. He refused as it was an odd hour and his
mother was sick; but when the secretary mentioned the name of the patient, he agreed instantly much to the
astonishment of the secretary. The operation went on well & after a few days, he heard once while passing by the
hospital room someone saying ‘the surgeon was very arrogant and refused flatly to operate upon but due to the
Home Minister’s pressure, the chief surgeon operated and that too free of cost – this is the power and greatness of
my astrology knowledge’. X entered the room where the patient was sitting who happened to be none other than his
old astrology teacher. He asked everyone to vacate the room and told his teacher: I am your old student to whom
you refused to teach the real knowledge – but you should note that I did not refuse to operate upon you due to my
arrogance, but since it was very late and my mother was sick. Even when the pressure from the Home Minister
came, I refused and only agreed to do so since your name was mentioned. I bow to you but you mentioned the power
of your knowledge compelled me to do the operation, which is wrong. You all, in the astrological community, always
feel as if your knowledge is the most superior and the most divine knowledge and sharing of it can lead to some
great misuse. You all cant event change your luck or the destiny of your children. Unfortunately, it is one blind man
leading the others for the last few centuries. It is the knowledge of medicine which has saved your life and not of
your astrology. It has happened since someone, somewhere, decided to share their knowledge of medicine and
medical equipments which lead to your life being saved – note the word sharing. Yes, this sharing comes at a price
but is nobler than the sharing of knowledge that you all do. Can you imagine if someone who shared this medical
knowledge decided to share only 80% what would happen to you and millions of others on the operating table? Yet
most of the great ones among you claim privately after writing a book/article that you kept the master key to
yourself. That is to only soothe your ego whereas ego never finds an iota of space with God’s love, only forgiveness
and unconditional love. Today the biggest abuse of energy has happened because of you all inspite of you all reciting
mantras daily for hours you all have not understood Gods new energy release. If your mantras were truly effective
then every astrologer would become a servant of society (God). The maximum corruption happens when half baked
hidden energy is with someone. Energy is thus created which blocks the real energy to come out. Thus millions of
you all in the last few centuries have created this negative energy which blocks the pure love of God to come out in
the open. Fighting this energy is tough for even the noble of astrologers and they succumb to the negative side of the
dark energy created by you all since centuries. Yes I do agree that the knowledge of mantras should not be revealed
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pleasing someone. In our profession, you might find crooks but the numbers of noble ones are 10,000 times more than
the numbers of noble souls in astrology and yes, there are bad elements as is the case in any profession. But then, we
who save lives are never in any illusion that we are Gods unlike astrologers, our egos are far lesser than you
astrologers. I could save your life since I decided to share my own fundamental research in bi-pass surgery on you
and thus saved your life – whereas all your life, you were more concerned how not to share your knowledge under
the name of tradition and quoting verses of sages of how not to share the knowledge. How do we know that the
verses of the sages were not altered by humans like you in the past? The sage of yesteryears would never teach
astrology to even 1 % of today’s astrologers whose ego is greater than even the Gods. When a medicine or a surgical
procedure is patented by only one person/company, the world suffers as it is at the risk of abuse; but when it is
shared worldwide and openly, then someone, somewhere, can be benefited without the creator of that
technique/medicine being credited. We here, in the medical fraternity, know this and some of us do not even
remember who created the medicine to eradicate Polio but it has helped millions whereas your techniques have not
helped even 1 % of the population. It is for these reasons that God has made allopathy that I practice more
widespread than any other ancient system of healing – since he probably got tired with the egos/superiority complex
of the ancients of any ancient system of healing. My knowledge has no distinction, Sir, I treat all castes and people
from different economic backgrounds the same way. Whereas your eyes used to glint when politicians and rich
people would consult you, my knife moves in the same manner whosoever is on the table? Yes, you would ask me, I
do charge money for my services but so do you – but your fees change when you see a rich client whereas my fees is
the same whether it is a rich or a poor man. It seems I have understood energy and its use or abuse much more than
you have in spite of your spending years on it in the footsteps of your own family lineage that has spent thousands
of years on it. Please go back to your house in good health, knowing that I do not have any resentment towards you.
What you did not teach, I learnt it on my own without any malice towards you; but you, astrologers of India, must
know that you all think you could change the fortunes of your clients, saving their lives by your advice or remedies
but I do that every 3 hours. You are trying to decode God’s plan in a horoscope but your egos only show that you all
are farthest from God – may this be remembered.
When intricate knowledge is made open to public then not just one, but many, have access to it
and the originator of that technique can no longer hold others to ransom. Knowledge is abused by the
greedy minded personality knowing that only he has that knowledge and thus, he can take advantage of
it. But when that formula is known to many, very few will be able to take advantage as everyone has
that knowledge and this is a Universal Formula – this was not present in olden days of limited
communication but now the Energy has changed since an article (technique) created in a small village of
India can reach all over the globe via the internet, the new energy platform of God. Vedic astrologers
who focus so much on hiding techniques can notice that a ancient text which is their Bible of Astrology
today, by the name of BPHS was not easily available before 100 years, today its easily available so has
not the energy changed ?
6.4 Abuse Of Energy & Accusation towards Saptarishis Astrology Magazine

M ore so in the last 100 years of common man astrologers, two distinct astrologers groups were
created: a) who charge money for their consultation and b) who do not charge money. As this
science was controlled by only one sect of people, within themselves they did not want
someone to learn of their secrets as it would deprive them of their superiority and money. When
Saptarishis Astrology was launched, it was launched as a astro business venture. Unfortunately, that
part has failed to start even though the first editorial mentioned it as a free magazine. Energy is never
appreciated when it comes free hence, the master who gave Reiki Healing in its modern form to the
world insisted, after he learnt the lesson, that energy exchange must happen. This has not happened
with Saptarishis Astrology and many have given us advice out of good heart, and some out of jealousy,
to stop the magazine as a free edition so that popularity is decreased. Some have said it out of
compassion and made us understand the intricate nature of energy and that giving out rare never before
seen content without energy exchange from the community is amounting to abuse of energy and
increasing the thankless attitude of the reader who belongs to what is generally termed for astrologers in
this continent as a ‘Bunch of Thankless People’. Incidentally, the energy exchange is present by 0.1 % of
the astrological fraternity coming forward to engage as editors, volunteers and translators for the
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it out free as he is not spending any money – example given was that if one is a computer programmer,
he can decide to give 10 % of his time every month to creating a free astrological software which is an
extremely noble act but still does not require him to spend some precious money out of his pocket for
astrology’s growth even though he is earning in dollars, this the Indigo Children will ask in the future,
make no mistake of it. But a magazine requires huge amounts of funds for administrative works, for
buying and removing out manuscripts, for travelling to remote places to seek out hidden masters,
making national-international calls, etc. Let’s take an example: in order to travel to meet one master by
the name of Madura Krishnamurthy Sastry in South India (Andhra Pradesh), one had to shell out
roughly $ 850 (Rs 40,000) – to get masters out from Banaras, some $1270 (Rs 60,000) as travelling
expenses & yet no results. Thus knowledge is not removed out and austerity drive on flight tickets
expenses.
Some readers in the past have taken these contacts of ours and spoilt relations with them – as a
result of this, masters do not write articles for the magazine and the loss is to the astrological
community only since we here at Saptarishis Astrology are not interested in practising astrology
privately or professionally. Hence, we request you not to ask us for phone numbers or addresses of
authors as we just do not have the time to reply to each request on a daily basis even though we may
have done so in the past. Removing their knowledge for the world is more important than one
individual who goes and meets a master for his own personal benefit and not for the astrological
communities benefit. Most authors are available on the net; you can do a Google search for their ids.
Westerners must understand that Laws are reversed in India as compared to the west – anyone who is a
good astrologer is known ‘openly’ in the west whereas in India, the real good astrologers do not
advertise or write books or attend conferences – hence finding them is a process that takes years as they
try their level best to hide in their own reclusive state of life. After years of hard work and energy spent,
if young kids come and display bad manners to them, they get upset; the loss to the astrological world is
irreparable as these masters will never come out. Energy exchange can probably be implemented this
way: for anyone who wants contacts with some master, he or she should first bring out 3 masters from
his city or village – only when that is done can he/she get the contacts of other masters through us.

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ome of the senior most astrologers have accused Saptarishis Astrology of few things:
a) Sharing rare and unknown secrets of astrology (Indians do not like to share knowledge
whereas westerns love to share it – at a price though – but still sharing happens at least by
westerners which helps the common man at large)
b) The magazine length is too huge
c) Some “I, Me, Myself” minds have accused few articles of being less researched
This can be answered in one way. Saturn, the planet of patience is an attribute every professional
astrologer loves since Saturn teaches us the patience in working hard over a horoscope, digging deep into
ancient literature (Saturn loves old things); plus, a non afflicted Saturn is not greedy though he ask for
energy exchange in a pure sense. When you create a huge volume of magazine which is not a magazine
but a movement, then you ensure that the ones who do not have patience in life, who can only see
themselves in the mirror and not others, who only think they have done research in astrology and who
do not have the patience to listen to other’s views will never get past the few pages of the magazine –
thus rare knowledge which is not in their fate will not reach them. Thus knowledge to the greedy and
selfish will never reach them as they do not have the patience to go through the huge volume. When we
started the 1st issue of the magazine with 96 pages we felt in control but we asked the Universe to take
control of the magazine and the result was nearly 1000 pages, guess the Universe has its own way of
dealing with energy being used by the right hands. Yet the words of some seniors on controlling the
length of the magazine must be taken into account, one can only digest the food what one can and not
digest 10 times of one’s capacity. Hence we would seriously consider shortening the length of the
magazine and also do some deep thinking on energy exchange, the issue of which remains unresolved
for centuries in India and no fixed authority to guide us.
I, Me, Myself astrologers must first test the words of the sages or ancients and see how many of
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abuse the sages? Then, they must question as to how many fully researched articles they themselves
have produced… They remain unaware that any technique can be proven wrong on exception charts
since they are living in their own world, surrounded by those who worship them for some position in
their organization. Indigo Children of the future will challenge us openly to take 5 names of the topmost
astrologers of the past and to instantly remember their 5 famous techniques which are 100 % fool proof.
At that time, all of us will not be able to answer these superior beings of Indigo Children. This publisher
has tried this exercise on many astrologers of India and asked them to rattle the top 5 names of past
astrologers and then asked them to quote 5 of their famous techniques which have been true
contributions to astrology – unfortunately, not a single one has been able to name even 2 of the
techniques of the past astrologers… Such is the thankless community who is poorly read and has the
poorest of memories to even contribute garlands of praise to our ancients & elders.
Astrology is a science that benefits the common man and it is to be learnt not for oneself but to
help the common man. If this is understood, then you become a surgeon with a scientific mind who will
not enter the operation theatre unless he has read and practiced his science, as much as possible,
knowing that he can never operate upon himself. If journals in the past have created a story telling book
or a coffee table book out of the science of astrology, it is their mission and we do not have comments on
it. Our own mission is not to create a coffee table book of 50-100 pages since this journal is for the
serious reader who is ‘Hungry’ for knowledge, who is ready to let go of eating food for the sake of
knowledge, who is ready to burn the midnight oil since he has an important goal in mind and the only
goal: to help the common man. If his goal is to create money, get to important positions in astrological
organizations to create fame for oneself, to create throne for oneself and, please, do not bother to read
Saptarishis Astrology or comment upon it, asking for reduction of size. Recently, one of the oldest
manuscripts written by a Sage containing 60,000 verses was unearthed. In a discussion where it was
brought about, someone complained ‘ohhh my! who is going to read such a huge work’! The other old man in
the room asked that boy to commit suicide and not touch astrology in any life time. True Indians
worship this science since centuries and regard it as holy as holy can be. The organisations in India &
abroad have failed in one respect: after you get the certificate of passing their courses, they consider you
can now practice the science professionally. These courses are of 6 months to 5 years. The worst part is
that every member sitting in the top position of that organization knows that 25-30 years of reading and
experience is required before one ventures into professional consultation services – yet all of these
organisations have failed in even preaching this aspect, let alone enforcing it. Organisations of Vedic
Astrology must ensure that blind chart readings on at least 20,000 horoscopes & compulsory reading
cum tests on minimum 100 classics should be made mandatory before they give certificate of completion
of studies – this was the original schooling in our ancient days, how have the organisations not realised
this truth.
Another important point in the length of the magazine issue is, no one is putting a gun on any
readers head and asking him to read it in one go. Some even say to slow down due to health reasons.
Sometimes the energy is in the hands of the makers and sometimes it is not – even if the magazine
closes down due to weakening finances, it does not matter since what has been created is a creation of
love & most important, that of un-withholding energy that Indian astrologers fail to understand. What
we have has been given out without conditional love. It is not important to survive in the publishing
industry for 20 or 60 years… It is significant to note that filmmakers understand creation more than us
in the astrological fraternity. Let’s take an example that even common man understands and assume you
are a film maker growing up. You are taught from day one & understand that you have to create only
‘One’ Casablanca or just One ‘Bridges of Madison County’ or just One ‘A World Without Thieves’ or just
One ‘3 Idiots’ or One ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai (principles based on Gandhiji) or write that One ‘Harry
Porter’ or maybe your final destination is that Italian film ‘Life Is Beautiful’ that changes human
emotions forever.
Energy in Astrology is controlled largely by the planet Dragons Head (Rahu), a point often
missed by astrologers, especially the Energy of Research and Stunning Predictions. Our topic is this
research and the illusion created by Dragons Head (Rahu) for those who are into research astrology. A
magazine is known for its researches and its rare content. It is fashionable to say that ‘I have done the

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maximum researches’ or ‘our school or magazine has brought out the maximum researches’. This
illusion is created by Rahu who gives the illusion of sitting on the Throne of Astrology. Lets visit
probably the oldest city in the world which is Banaras, where astrology is far superior and hidden and in
olden days anyone who had to learn astrology had to learn it from Banaras, here the astrologers know
that their knowledge in astrology is far beyond and they say ‘Research is only done when you do not know
astrology; the ones who know astrology never bother to do research’. Such is their blatant dislike for the
outside world; at the same time true honest scientific thinking is needed is what they say. They say that
no dictum of astrology can ever work on 100 % of the charts ever; in the cities some say every major
dictum works on 60% of the charts – that would comprise, say a lot of 200 charts – which means the
dictum is working on 120 charts properly. Now, if you take only or only have in hand the lot of the
working 120 charts, then if you test your own dictum on all of them, you would feel as if the dictum is
working on 100 % of the charts. If you take the remaining 80 charts where the dictum did not work and
test the principle again you find that the dictum is failing 100 %. This is the illusion and double
dichotomy of Research in Astrology. In astrology statistical parameters more often than not have been
found to be grossly misleading, this any sincere, scientific and level headed astrologer will tell you. But
generations of modern astrologers in India have got lost to this illusion, often the most brilliant of
minds. The principles of astrology or medicine have to be true for ‘all’ humans and there can be no 99%
in any technique if one looks at the science honestly & with purity. Example if acid is poured on your
body, it will burn your body; it will burn 100% of the times it is poured and on all humans, no 60 or 70 %
of the times, this is True & Honest Observation (Research). Thus no technique can be working in 60-70
% of horoscopes and passed of as research. If it is passed off as research then one is only fooling oneself
apart from fooling (cheating) others. Take any article (even written by us) or book you would find 25 to
200 case studies, now take that same technique and see if it is working on 200 charts you might get that
it is working on 70% of the charts or say 100 % of the charts but take that same technique and predict on
200 charts and you would fail in 70-90 % of the charts. This reality is the harshest truth and remains an
illusion due to the nature of one’s mind. Hence a wise old man has said few things on modern attitude:-
1) Statistical Astrology has done the biggest & crudest rape of astrology in last 100 years
2) Scientific minds in the last 100 years have been truly unscientific and created the biggest mess in
astrology instead of bringing true scientific attitude in the subject.
3) Modern minds have failed to minutely read the available works of the sages where the sages or
higher authorities themselves contradict the works of previous sages, without mocking the other
authorities an attribute not found in the modern teachers of today.

O n an ending note for this 2nd Anniversary, readers are requested to dig deeper into the most
unfortunate star called Algol or Medusa’s Head, understand how its negative destructive
energy can be converted into positive in our charts, and then think of what the most holy book
of India, the Gita, teaches in return. Someone very senior in astrology and a spiritual being told us ‘To
understand Astrology & Gita, Algol’s deeper understanding is a must which Indian astrologers have missed’… Our
next few months would be spent trying to understand how the astrologer’s words contain truth and if
some bigger truth is hidden in those statements.

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Saptarishis Astrology’s 2nd Annual FreeYagya
ॐ नमः परदेवताय ै :

आपिद िकं करणीयं ? रणीयं चरणयगु ळमायाः ॥

तरणं िकं कुते ? ॄादीनिप िकं करी कुते ॥

S
aptarishis Astrology’s Yagya: For those who are suffering from job loss or are in dire
financial circumstances.

Cost: Will be done free for everyone irrespective of caste, creed & nationality in Kerala, India
by SA Team Member, Mr Shastry.

Period: On 28th of August, 2010 it is proposed to conduct a Sri Chakra Navavarana Pooja with
Mahaganapathy Pooja and with Chathuraavarthi tharpana.

Benefits: All round spiritual and material benefits are accrued through this pooja but this pooja is a great
tool in realizing the self. Even though issues regarding Job/career and financial struggles are the
problems many persons face now, you may send your problem whatever it may be.

Sri Chakra: The Sri Chakra or Shri Yantra is a yantra formed by nine interlocking triangles that
surround and radiate out from the bindu point, the junction point between the
physical universe and its unmanifest source. It represents Sri Lakshmi, the goddess
of abundance on all levels, in abstract geometric form. It also represents Tripura
Sundari, "the beauty of the three worlds." Four of the triangles points upwards,
representing Shiva or the Masculine. Five of these triangles point downwards,
representing Shakti or the Feminine. Thus the Sri Yantra also represents the union
of Masculine and Feminine Divine. Because it is composed of nine triangles, it is
known as the Navayoni Chakra. Devi Durga is considered as one of the deities present in Sri Chakra.

During the pooja days, those who are initiated can meditate on Goddess using moola mantra and those
who are non-initiated can meditate on Goddess or can recite Lalita Sahasranama and various stotras
available on the net.

Mahaganapathi ChathurAvarthi tharpana is a ritual of offering of oblations to the yantra/sona badra

sila (a stone worshipped as ganapathy like salagrama as Vishnu) while reciting each letters in
Ganapathi’s moola mantra. This ritual will be preceded by Mahaganapathy homa in the morning of 28th
August, 2010. The statement “There is nothing which cannot be accrued by Chathuravarthi tarpana” is
enough to understand the powers of this mantra, the main stress is on spiritual benefits.

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In the mahasankalpa for the Srichakra pooja/Chathuravarthi tharpana, each and all persons’ names and
purpose of pooja will be recited and it is earnestly wished that the problems be melted away with the
grace of the Goddess.

After these poojas, it is also proposed to start a 108- times Devi Mahatmya parayana throughout the
month of Simha and in such a way, to get the conclusion of puja coinciding with the Durga
parameswari pooja during the Navaratras of Kanya masa.

During the parayana days, those who are initiated into Chandi Saptasati can recite it. Those, who are
interested, can recite Durga Saptashloki which is equally beneficial. Also, Apadoonmoola Sree Durga
Stotra, a condensed form of Durga Saptasati, is beneficial. All these stotras will soon be uploaded on our
website.

Those who wish to be included in sankalpa may send the details as follows to
pooja@saptarishisastrology.com :-

1. Full Name:

2. Nakshatra / Birth star:

3. Purpose :

4. Gothra:

5. Name of father and mother (optional)

6. Complete Birth Details: (if possible, send JHD file or Parashara’s Light or Kala)

Remuneration: It is free for everyone but if one wishes, then on the days of the pooja he/she should help
someone with his heart and try to remove that person’s suffering in whatever extent possible without
expecting that, due to this act of kindness, God will help you.

Kind Request

Last year some mails were received which exhibited a ‘thankless attitude towards humans and Mother’
and lack of manners, such mails will be only replied to as rejected. One cannot accept the sin of a
thankless devotee of humanity.

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 Fixed Stars
Interview with Diana K. Rosenberg
By
Edith Hathaway, USA

R ob Hand calls Diana K. Rosenberg “the leading authority on Fixed Stars.” She has
spent the past 30 years researching the subject of Fixed Stars. Her primary interest
has always been research and teaching, rather than the consulting side of astrology.
Her preferred astrological techniques outside of the realm of Fixed Stars include Uranian
Astrology (90 Degree Dial, Planetary Pictures, etc.), Derived Houses, Planetary Nodes, and
Solstice Points.

Diana has been a resident of New York

City her entire life, while my residence in
NYC spanned only 7 years, and I moved
westwards in the USA in Feb. 1983. Our
paths first crossed in 1982 when I was a
student in Diana’s Uranian Astrology
classes in Manhattan, NY. From 1988 to
the early 1990s I made a gradual shift from
Uranian (tropical) to Vedic (sidereal)
astrology, a subject Diana always intended
to study, but Fixed Stars came to take up
all of her time. She has always been
fascinated with very ancient things, and
the study of antiquity.

A different portion of this interview,

mainly on Fixed Stars, is being published
simultaneously by ISAR Journal (Journal
of the International Society for Astrological Research), both print and On-line versions. See
http://www.isarastrology.com. This larger interview at Saptarishis covers only a few pages
of the same material, but also much more from Diana on stars. It segues at times into a
dialogue between us about Fixed stars, mundane astrology, the Vedic nakshatras, and the two
zodiacs – tropical and sidereal (items #12 through 14), also about her life and birth chart,
including my commentary on her Vedic chart, at her request (item #16). We have been in
touch over the years, mainly at national and international astrology conferences. One full
Saturn cycle later, after being her student in NYC, I am very honored to interview Diana
here on Fixed Stars and on her upcoming book: Secrets of the Ancient Skies: Fixed Stars and
Constellations in Natal and Mundane Astrology. Her website: http://ye-stars.com.

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Phone conversations and e-mail exchanges for this interview took place January through
June 2010, with much of the content delivered by late Feb. 2010. During this time, Diana was
and is gravely ill with pancreatic cancer. Still very spirited and alert mentally, she chose to
avoid more radical treatments such as chemotherapy or radiation because they would have
weakened her further, making it more difficult for her to finish work on her book. I know the
astrological community shares my gratitude for the innate intelligence, diligence and
exuberance Diana has for the subject she loves so much, and for her dedication in sharing her
knowledge and insights with all of us.

EH: Interview questions for Diana K. Rosenberg:

P. 4 1) EH: How did you get started in astrology? Or what made you decide to study it
more seriously?
P. 4 2) EH: How did you get from there to your deep study of the Fixed Stars?
EH: Your book on Fixed Stars has been long awaited – even by you!! As you were
researching and writing, did your point of view change about the use of stars in
astrology?
P. 8 3) EH: What are Fixed Stars and how are they different from planets? Are Fixed
Stars really fixed? (The ancients distinguished between these two, the planets
being the “wandering stars.”)
EH: Let’s include here a quick review of the naming of the stars.
P. 8 4) EH: There is a general lack of knowledge about what Fixed Stars are and how they
work. Sometimes they get a reputation for being mostly very difficult, or
malevolent. Is this justified?
EH: How can we determine if a Fixed star will give results in terms of all that has
been attributed to a given star?
EH: Are some stars more important than others due to their magnitude? Or
actual size?
EH: On a technical level, what is the orb of influence you use with the Fixed
Stars?
P. 10 5) EH: What is your process or your research method in working with the stars?
P. 12 6) EH: Let’s look at some of the other books on Fixed Stars and get your view on
them. You used to have a list of recommended books on the subject at your
website. At the top of your list was Reinhold Ebertin and Georg Hoffman’s Fixed
Stars & Their Interpretation (1971), followed by Vivian Robson’s The Fixed Stars and
Constellations in Astrology (1923). You even provided reprints of these before they
became available on the web.
EH: So this goaded you into doing your life’s work! Was it the paucity of material
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P. 13 7) EH: I see you decided to start your Fixed Star research in 1980 with Algol. Tell us
what you found about Algol.
P. 16 8) EH: Are there other stars for which you have a special affinity - ones that you find
remarkable and worthy of special attention?
P. 19 9) EH: William Lilly established around 50 Fixed Stars in his horary work, and I
know some have tallied as many as 290 of them. How many Fixed Stars are there?
P. 19 10) EH: Let’s discuss Fixed Stars in natal astrology and in mundane astrology. You
have researched Dwight D. Eisenhower at some length, and also some mundane
events such as the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal, India Dec. 3, 1984.
EH: Eisenhower is such a great historical example, but I have avoided using him
due to his DD (Dirty Data). What convinced you to go ahead and use 3:40 AM?
Or is exact birth data less important in the use of Fixed Stars?
P. 20 11) EH: Are there some other historical figures whose charts clearly show the
workings of some of the important Fixed Stars?

#12 through 14: The Zodiac Dialogues: Fixed Stars, Mundane Astrology & The Two Zodiacs.

P. 22 12) EH: Let’s discuss how Fixed Stars work in a national chart. I know you especially
like the chart of the Republic of India. Let’s give that data: Jan. 26, 1950, 10:15 AM,
Delhi, India. Tropical Ascendant is 4:49 Aries. Sidereal Ascendant is 11:39 Pisces.
P. 26 13) EH: Let’s introduce some of the issues that come up around your use of the two
zodiacs, and how you view Vedic nakshatras. We can continue with the India
Republic chart.
P. 32 14) EH: The Fixed Stars by their very nature bring up the zodiac issue. Let’s go into
this a little more. We can call it The Zodiac Dialogues!
P. 37 15) EH: After researching and writing on this subject for over 30 years, what do you
think is your contribution to what is already known on this subject? And what for
you is the highlight of your book?
P. 38 16) Diana K. Rosenberg: biography & commentary on her Vedic chart by Edith
Hathaway.
P. 57 Addenda: Five items (1) Novas & Royalty; 2) Diana’s Astrological Education &
Certification, 3) Diana’s Formal Education; 4) Diana’s Work & Career; 5) Diana’s
Marriage, Family, and Relationships

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 1) EH: How did you get started in astrology? Or what made you decide to study it more
seriously?

DKR: Astrology saved my son’s life! That convinced me to study it seriously. I was "trying
out" astrology in New York City with Betty Lundsted. Betty taught the basics, and her
friend Pat Morimando, upstairs in the same building, taught chart construction. This was
back in 1975, before everyone had computers. Pat was teaching me the calculations using my
son’s birth data, and towards the end of the session she looked a little more at his chart and
asked about his health. I said he had mononucleosis, and was struggling to finish his senior
year of high school. I left feeling nervous and uncertain, and decided to knock on Betty’s
door on the way downstairs, because I was worried about my son. Betty quickly looked at
his chart. He has Leo Rising, and Sun in Aquarius in the 6th house with Capricorn on the
(tropical) 6th cusp. She did think some danger was approaching, and told me to watch him
closely. I asked what I should look for and she said: "Leo: Heart, spine, upper back.
Capricorn: Bones, teeth, skin.” I walked away with those six items etched in my brain.

Because mononucleosis tends to weaken the immune system, Peter had been checked by a
doctor every week. He went alone, and he told me that each time he would strip to the waist
and the doctor would check his heart and lungs. I was constantly thinking of the list of six
items Betty had given me, and one afternoon I noticed Peter rubbing a large birthmark mole
on his upper back – the kind that doctors tell you to have removed because sometimes they
turn cancerous. I remembered Betty Lundsted: “Heart, spine, upper back – Bones, teeth,
skin.” I thought: “Upper back, skin!” And I insisted that he have it removed immediately! I
gave him money for a taxi, called a dermatologist, who was also a family friend, and urged
him to examine Pete that same day. At first the doctor said he’d have to make an
appointment, but I kept insisting, not saying why. The dermatologist sent him straight to a
surgeon, after he saw the mole should be removed immediately. Pete returned home with a
wound three inches long, and 8 or 9 stitches. A few days later, my husband and I got an
ominous call from the surgeon’s office. They had done the biopsy and wanted us in his office
immediately. It was a melanoma, a very fast-growing, extremely deadly form of cancer.
They rushed him into the hospital and operated right away – a major surgery. Pete was in the
hospital two weeks, and the surgery saved his life. (Later the surgeon told me it was caught
in the nick of time. The melanoma was probably about to metastasize).

After the crisis was over, I realized that the doctor who had been examining him every week
had not noticed the melanoma, and that astrologers who had never even met him were the
ones who saved his life! Right then and there I decided to study astrology seriously. I am
from a family of doctors: my stepfather, uncle, grandfather, and maternal great-grandfather
were all physicians. My uncle, a prominent surgeon, had been very critical of me for
studying astrology, but that event silenced him. I told him and everyone else that without
astrology, my son would not have lived beyond 18. My uncle remained skeptical about
astrology, but the facts were irrefutable.

2) EH: That’s a compelling beginning. How did you get from there to your deep study of the
Fixed Stars? (Our readers should be reminded that you have spent the past 30 years
researching this subject, and that your primary interest has always been research and
teaching, rather than the consulting side of astrology.)
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DKR: I continued to study with Betty Lundsted, then went on to Joanna Shannon, Julian
Armistead and, for Uranian and the 90 Degree Dial, Charles Emerson. I had only wanted to
know the basics of Uranian but it turned out to be such a useful system that I got into it
more deeply and became a Uranian astrologer! But through all of this, I noticed that every
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time a Fixed Star was mentioned, it seemed to “hit the mark” – especially Algol. So I had
begun to read the two or three books available on Fixed Stars, but they weren’t very
satisfying. For instance, with all the stars in the sky, Ebertin listed only 73, and Robson 110.
What about all the others? I kept asking: “Does anyone know where I can find a teacher of
Fixed Stars?”

In the meantime, I made up a workbook for myself that listed all the stars in Robson and
Ebertin, with room for observations and comments. Then I found that people were coming
to me as if I were an expert, and wanted copies of my workbook. After about the 7th or 8th
time I photocopied it for someone, I suddenly realized that I could put it in a simple binder
and sell it! Then one day at a seminar for advanced and professional astrologers given by
Gary Christen, a leading Uranian, he put up a standard “12 pieces of pie” chart of an event
and, to start, asked us to see if we could discover anything about the event. I saw some
familiar star placements, but I thought I had to stick with Uranian aspects; so I said nothing,
and no one spoke up. Gary was about to switch to the 90 Degree Dial to demonstrate its
usefulness when Julian Armistead said: “Mercury is in the 8th at Algol. Algol sometimes
indicates suffocation.” When Gary nodded, I said: “Oh, are we allowed to use Fixed Stars?”
He said, “Of course!” So I said, “Well, Saturn is in the 10th at the Beehive Cluster (That’s
M44 in the Crab), and that often turns up at fires, and one might suffocate in a fire!” Gary
nodded again. Well, to make a long story short, Julian and I were the only ones in the room
who discovered the theme of the chart, and we did it by using Fixed Stars. “That’s it,” I
thought. “I may have found my specialty!”

But there was a very big problem: How could I get the positions of more stars? The lack of
star lists was the reason no further research had been done. Astronomers use right ascension
and declination, which are based on the celestial equator, whereas astrologers use celestial
longitude and latitude, based on the ecliptic. To convert from the first to the second of these
requires some elaborate math, and this was before home computers. Then fate came through
for me in the person of Michael Munkasey, an astrologer, engineer and mathematician. At a
conference he handed me two large boxes of star lists that he had input from the Yale Bright
Star Catalogue and converted to ecliptic coordinates. He said, “Diana, I have so many projects
that I’ll never get around to the stars. So I want you to have these!” Of course, I was
delighted, and tremendously grateful. I put them into a huge red notebook, with room
between each for notes. That was the beginning of my research, around 1980. I lugged that
heavy notebook to every conference and kept adding to it every chance I got. I began to see
patterns, and went looking for more.

EH: Your book on Fixed Stars has been long awaited – even by you!! As you were
researching and writing, did your point of view change about the use of stars in astrology?

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DKR: When I began my research, I thought I’d write a normal-sized book. (Okay, maybe a
fat book!) It would simply have more stars than the other books out there, with more up-to-
date research and new interpretations based on my research. I presumed that what the other
books said was probably true, but I was also sure that I could add to their interpretations, and
I wanted to check everything out for myself). I was also terribly frustrated by the small
number of degrees covered by the stars they used. Tropical Aries, for instance, had only four
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degrees covered in Reinhold Ebertin, and six in Vivan Robson. What about all the rest of
the sign? I have a stellium in tropical Aries, and none of the stars mentioned linked to my
placements! But once I had Mike Munkasey’s list of stars, I discovered that the major links
to my tropical Aries degrees were stars of the figure of Andromeda, the Chained Woman.
And there I sat, trapped in a dismal marriage – and with not enough education to earn my
own living. Chained indeed! That was one of the early indications I had that the
constellations themselves deserved more scrutiny. I also wanted to use more mundane
material. That’s a particular interest of mine, in addition to what I call “Body Parts.”

Body Parts: I collected data on people who were blind or had severe eye problems, because
some ancient texts mentioned certain stars in connection with blindness. But I did not want
to take anything for granted. I wanted to do all my own research. I have about 100 blindness
charts now, but when I had collected about 70 of them, I corrected each one for precession
(for the then-current 1980 fiducial point), and then entered them in the big red book. For the
most part, the ancients were correct, and I found a few additional places that produced a high
number of eye problems. Looking at my new Blindness list, I suddenly realized that the
afflicted people had planets at the eye of the Bull, the eye of the Crow, the eyes of the Crab,
the eye of the Dragon, the eye of the Archer, and so forth. That was a huge breakthrough for
me! It was my first realization that the constellations were not just random connected dots,
but were placed the way they were for very specific reasons.

At a conference on ancient astrology in Princeton, NJ I gave a lecture on Fixed Stars and

mentioned the idea that constellation figures may have been placed deliberately to pinpoint
specific parts of the body. Soon after my talk, a New Jersey astrologer came up to me and
asked me to check her chart, as her right arm had recently been amputated at the shoulder
due to a cancerous growth in the armpit. She wanted to see if there were any constellation
positions that would link to that. We sat in a quiet corner with my big red notebook, and
went from position to position on her chart, starting at her Ascendant, which was 32 Virginis,
a star in the Virgin’s right arm. Then came Jupiter in the 1st house aligned with Sigma Bootis,
in the right arm of the Herdsman; the Moon (in the 2nd house), was Gamma Herculis, in the
right arm of Hercules. Asteroid Juno in the 3rd house was aligned with Cheleb, Beta Ophiuchi
in the right shoulder of the Serpent-Bearer. (By this time, both of us were gasping.) Then in
the 5th house, after Venus and the Sun (no hits) came a Mercury-Mars conjunction at
Sadalmelik, Alpha Aquarii, the right shoulder of Aquarius. In the 7th house her Uranus was
aligned with 7 Cephei, the right shoulder of Cepheus, and 22 Andromedae, the right hand of
the Chained Woman. In the 8th house, Chiron aligned with Gamma Persei, the right armpit
of Perseus; the Midheaven was Beta Columbae, the Dove’s right wing; and Pluto in the 10th
house was 82 Geminorum, Pollux’s right shoulder. Both of us were speechless.

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Diana is referring to Reinhold Ebertin and Georg Hoffman’s Fixed Stars & Their Interpretation (1971),
and Vivian Robson’s The Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology (1923). (EH)
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This was another tremendous breakthrough, and one of the major discoveries I made in
researching the stars; the vital importance of the constellations in detail, and not only the
ones on the ecliptic (i.e. the zodiac) but those of the Sphaera Barbarica – the figures above and
below the ecliptic – even those very far from it, near the poles.

Another remarkable example is that of the actress Natasha Richardson, who died tragically
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of a head injury after she fell while skiing. Her tropical Ascendant is Libra, with natal Sun
and Mercury in the 8th house in Taurus at Gyrus and 32 Persei, which are in Medusa’s head.
Her Midheaven is at Theta Canis Majoris in the Greater Dog’s head. Her North Node is in
the 10th house at Pollux, Beta Geminorum in the head of the “Immortal Twin,” and Muscida,
Omicron Ursae Majoris in the Greater Bear’s head. (About Pollux, the ancient Liber Hermetis
says: “Many will be harmed in the head.”) Her Mars was Algenubi, Epsilon Leonis in the
Lion’s head; her Pluto was aligned with Black Hole M106 in the Hunting Dog’s head; her
Neptune was at a set of colliding galaxies called Arp 220 in the head of Serpens, the Serpent.
Her Moon was Rasalhague, Alpha Ophiuchi in the Serpent-Tamer’s head. Her Saturn, in the
5th house of vacations, was at Kitalpha, Alpha Equulei in the Colt’s head, and Chiron, also in
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the 5th house, was aligned with Ankaa, Alpha Phoenicis in the head of the Phoenix. Jupiter in
the 6th house was aligned with accident-prone 13 Cephei, in the crown of Cepheus, the King.
Venus, ruler of her Ascendant and 8th house, was in the 7th house at 18 Cephei in the King’s
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face.

DKR: Later I discovered that Belgrade astrologer Alexander Imsiragic made the same
discovery about anatomy and the constellations. We compared notes at the last UAC
(United Astrology Conference), May 2008 in Denver, Colorado. He calls it “anatomy” and I
call it “body parts.”

EH: So you have a whole section in your book on Body Parts?

DKR: No, that’s the sad thing. I have not had time to write that. I will have to put it in an
Appendix, or mention it in the Introduction.

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Natasha Richardson was born May 11, 1963, 17:00 BST, London, UK. She suffered a blow to the head
during a skiing accident near Montreal, Canada on March 16, 2009. Refusing treatment, she succumbed
to headaches an hour later and an epidural hematoma (bleeding under the skull, which could have been
treated if caught immediately). The situation quickly worsened. She was hospitalized seven hours after
the accident, and flown from a Canadian hospital to Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, where she
died on March 18, 2009. (EH)
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I have also found that Chiron often pinpoints an area of weakness or health problems on the chart.
(DKR)
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Known for her acting talent and her beauty, Natasha Richardson had planetary placements in the
King’s crown and King’s face. She belonged to a prominent and famous family of British actors, the
Redgraves: her mother – Vanessa Redgrave, her father – director Tony Richardson, and her husband –
actor Liam Neeson. (EH)
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3) EH: What are Fixed Stars and how are they different from planets? Are Fixed Stars really
fixed? (The ancients distinguished between these two, the planets being the “wandering
stars.”)

DKR: Fixed Stars are just regular stars. They were called “fixed” because they seemed to
stay in the same relative positions over the centuries, while planets (and comets, meteors,
etc) moved. In some cultures – China, for instance – the star figures were considered
flawless, while the planets were the “troublemakers” who came through and upset things –
rather like a motorcycle gang riding through town! Other cultures thought of the planets as
messengers and interpreters. By traveling through, or stopping at a constellation, they were
sending a message in code to earthlings. Stars do have their own movement, each one
different. It’s called “proper motion” – but it is so infinitesimally slow that it takes hundreds
of years in most cases to be noticeable, and is usually ignored by astrologers.

EH: Let’s quickly review the naming of the stars.

DKR: Most of the names of the Fixed Stars come from the Arabs, and have an additional
Greek letter/Latin constellation name designation. The roots of constellations are said to
come from the Euphrates Valley (Babylon), which is present-day Iraq. With the star’s
name, you will find the Greek letters Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta. etc combined
with the Latin form of the constellation’s name. That tells you what constellation it’s in. (For
instance, Ceti is the genitive or possessive case for Cetus). Zeta is the 6th letter of the Greek
alphabet, so Zeta Ceti means the 6th star of Cetus. When it is Alpha (the first letter of the
Greek alphabet), it is sometimes at the beginning of the constellation, but usually it’s the
brightest star. But sometimes they go in the order of progression of the stars, rather than
which is brightest. That happens with the Big Dipper and the 7 Sages. In the Big Dipper, the
Alpha star is Dubhe, from the Arabian al-dubb, “the Bear” – which also happens to be the
brightest star.

4) EH: There is a general lack of knowledge about what Fixed Stars are and how they work.
They sometimes get a reputation for being mostly very difficult, or malevolent. Is this
justified?

DKR: Stars are intense foci of energies that both test an individual and enlighten him. (Sorry
about the “him” – the English language does not supply a neutral noun for both sexes, so
assume when I say “him” I mean “him or her.”) What you get with the stars are not
good/bad, right/wrong, benevolent/malevolent, but issues. For instance, there might be an
issue of tolerance versus intolerance, or addiction versus abstinence, arrogance versus
humility, greed versus generosity, aggression versus working for peaceful solutions, and so
forth. The chart will be set up so that the individual will constantly have these issues come
up in his life, and he will have to decide how he wants to deal with them. Very often both
ends of these polarities will manifest in one lifetime, pulling and pushing the individual to
make choices over and over again. A typical scenario might be that one is born into wealth
and comfort, then loses everything and goes through a period of poverty, then works his way
back to wealth and might have to decide whether to “play it safe” and stash his money in fear
of another “crash,” or to take the lessons of poverty to heart and use his money to help others
who are in need.
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EH: How can we determine if a Fixed Star will give results in terms of all that has been
attributed to a given star?

DKR: The short answer is, you can’t! There are too many variables (the rest of the chart, for
instance), and how a person lives his life, and what choices he is making. I think a good
example here is former Senator and Vice President Albert Gore. (Mar 31, 1948, 12:53 PM EST,
Washington, DC). His Midheaven (tropical 21:52 Aries) is aligned with a famous shipwreck
star, Baten Kaitos, Zeta Ceti in Cetus, the Sea-Monster or Whale, (tropical 22 Aries, sidereal
28 Pisces). Baten Kaitos is a stormy star, known for shipwrecks, possibly with rescue, and
drowning. (Right opposite it is another shipwreck star, Foramen, Eta Carinae.) Baten Kaitos
was at the North lunar node at the Titanic disaster, and shows up in many shipwreck charts.

At the peak of his career, when Al Gore ran for U.S. President in 2000, even though he won
the popular vote by more than half a million, he lost the election on technicalities and so was
“shipwrecked” – left high and dry without even a job or any kind of public position. This is
an example of how this star might work in an individual’s chart. With Baten Kaitos, there
will be at least one instance in the life where the person will have to deal with a shocking,
staggering displacement and have to somehow find a way to restart his or her life. Gore, of
course, has become a spokesman for the international environmental movement, and even
received a Nobel Prize for his efforts. Here is a quote from my book:

“Baten Kaitos is one of the most frequently found stars involved in shipwrecks, and these
people may at some time find themselves left ‘high and dry,’ broken on the rocks of life; yet
this is an area of great breakthroughs and transformations and after they pull through, they
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have much to offer from the depths of their experiences, often ending up with a strong sense
of personal destiny…. Baten Kaitos is approaching a World Axis aspect of 22.5° to 0° Aries:
the world's oceans are rising, ‘drowning’ shorelines.”

EH: Are some stars more important than others due to their magnitude? Or actual size?

DKR: Among the most interesting and unexpected things I found was that size, magnitude
(i.e. brightness), and nearness to the ecliptic had apparently no connection with a star’s
importance. Some very dim stars, far from the ecliptic, pack quite a wallop! A good example
is 4th- to-5th magnitude Al Kurah, Xi Cephei (also called Kurdah) in the chest of Cepheus, the
King (24 Aries tropical, 0 Aries sidereal Lahiri), which is 66 degrees North of the ecliptic (the
Pole being 90 degrees North). This little, dim, exiled star turns up on the charts of an
extraordinary number of great artists, poets, playwrights, composers, actors and dancers!

EH: On a technical level, what is the orb of influence you use with the Fixed Stars?

DKR: Generally I use one degree on either side, called a “moiety.” There are a few
exceptions: If the star is on the ecliptic, is a 1st magnitude star, and also contacts the Sun,
Moon, the angles, or the Moon’s node, then there is a wider orb of influence – a two to three
degree orb. (Only Spica and Regulus are 1st magnitude stars that are right on the ecliptic.) I
look at both the True node and Mean node. I find there is a kind of a halo effect around the
nodes, allowing a slightly wider orb. The Lunar nodes can be very malefic if they link up
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with the angles of the chart in mundane astrology.

5) EH: What is your process or your research method in working with the stars?

DKR: First, using an astronomy catalogue of stars, each one I want to use is converted from
right ascension and declination to celestial longitude and latitude (using a module in the
CCRS Horoscope Program that does this conversion) and projected perpendicularly onto the
ecliptic, in degrees measured from 0 Aries, the Vernal Equinox point. For each chart, I
calculate the number of years between the birth or event and January 1, 2000 (the current
fiducial point), then I multiply that number by 50.23” (the rate of precession per solar year)
and add the resulting degrees-and-minutes to each chart’s planets and angles. Next I enter
the new positions, each in its appropriate star set. Over the years, as I worked and more stars
and DSOs (Deep Space Objects) were added, my original span of 2 degrees per star set
necessarily increased to an average of 3 degrees. And there were places where the dividing
breaks between sets were difficult to decide upon. A few of them are awkward, necessitated
by my reluctance to allow any set to span more than an absolute maximum of 4 or 5 degrees.

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In Vedic astrology, for a full malefic effect we would also include the other Vedic classical malefic
planets (Sun, Mars, and Saturn) together with the lunar nodes (Rahu or Ketu) at the angles. For
instance, Mars was closely contacting Ketu at 8 degrees Sagittarius at the time the first plane hit the
World Trade Center Tower in Manhattan, NY on Sept. 11, 2001. Mercury in Virgo was exactly rising,
with Moon, Jupiter and Rahu in Gemini (all sidereal positions). Mars-Jupiter can bring the religious
zealot influence, especially in opposition, and even more so on the Sagittarius-Gemini axis. Jupiter is
regarded as a “temporal malefic” for Virgo Ascendant. (EH)
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The center of the Cancer Crab, for instance (now tropical Leo) runs from about 6° to 13° Leo.
It includes Open Cluster M44 (Praesepe, "the Beehive"), North and South Asellus, and,
sharing the same longitudes, stars of Puppis (the Stern of Argo Navis), early stars of Hydra's
head and elements of Draco, the Dragon. This intense area of seething energies, anchored by
Praesepe and the Aselli, could very well have spanned a full 7°. I split it at about 10° of Leo
in order to keep it manageable, but the split could just as well have been placed earlier or
later. Because I wanted to check out all stars, not just the most famous, or brightest, or those
nearest the ecliptic, I began with a long list and frequently added to it as I worked, ending up
with nearly 2,000 stars and DSOs. The stars in my book were culled from this Master list.
Each degree of the zodiac contains not only stars of the zodiacal constellation, but also stars
of constellations above and below the ecliptic, which add their energies to each degree and
sign of the zodiac.

Precession corrections, especially for ancient charts, may appear to cause a chart’s position(s)
to change signs. Michelangelo, for instance, was born with the Sun at 24:01 Pisces (March 6,
1475). But because of precession, the stars aligned with his natal Sun, then in tropical Pisces,
are now at the beginning of tropical Aries. The closest is 26 Piscium in the tail of the West
Fish, which in 2000 was at 1:43 Aries. His Sun, precession-corrected to 2000, is 1:20 Aries.
Thus, because of precession, a person born under one tropical sign might now appear to be
placed in another. Even for some born in the 20th century with a planet in a late degree,
precession correction may take the planet into the next sign. The important thing to
remember in this regard is that for tropicalists – the original tropical signs and rulerships
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hold sway on each chart. Precession corrections simply serve to indicate with which stars
the original placements were aligned. For charts I wanted to include that had no birth time, I
used noon, and left out the Moon and angles.

Precession calculations are easy if you have a hand calculator that has a degree-minute-
second option. They are usually called “scientific calculators” and are quite inexpensive. The
button often says “deg” or looks like this: °9 99. Take the difference between the year of
birth and 2000, then multiply that by 0 degrees, 0 minutes, 50.23 seconds; the result comes up
in decimal form, and the calculator has a conversion button to turn it into degrees-minutes-
seconds. It is important to remember to use the full 0 degrees, 0 minutes first before the 50.23
seconds. If you just feed in the seconds, it won’t come out right. Then you add the result to
each element of the chart. (Precession increases the planet’s longitude as time progresses.)
Then when you have corrected each chart position, you can check them against the stars’
2000 positions in my book. I list star positions for both the tropical and the sidereal zodiac.

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Vedic or Western sidereal astrologers would disagree with Diana on this point, though she
acknowledges that “sign rulerships in the tropical and sidereal zodiacs are often in direct conflict. For
instance, if Venus is in tropical Libra, she is in sidereal Virgo: the 1st is a dignity, the 2nd is a detriment!”
Diana intended to do research on tropical vs. sidereal sign rulerships herself, and calls it “a huge area for
deep research” and one she is “happy to bequeath to any siderealists or tropicalists willing to take it on!”
For myself, I have had consistent results doing client relocation work and Astrocartography, confirming
a reference point of sign rulers in the sidereal zodiac - using the Vedic sidereal birth chart as base line.
Example: A client might be advised to go live on his or her Venus rising line. But if Venus is rising in
sidereal Pisces, even if exalted, and that person has a Pisces Ascendant in their Vedic birth chart, Venus
is a planetary enemy of the chart and its Ascendant lord, Jupiter. Venus also rules the 8th house in that
case, and should not be emphasized through angularity. (EH, also quoting DKR)
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When I do research, I take a chart of a person or an event and precess-correct it. Then I put
the corrected positions around the chart; and next I go to the star sets, and put the placements
of each person or each event in where they belong. (I decided to be inclusive, which was a
very good decision, as it turned out. That’s how I made discoveries with unexpected things.)
I keep feeding in people and events that fit that category, and feed in the data of their charts
in order to confirm a pattern. Sometimes I fail to find a pattern, so I go both ways to try to
find what patterns I can, and see if they relate to energies in a given area. It’s my Data
Monster!

I may think: “Oh, I have several serial killers here,” or “I have several apparitions of the
Virgin Mary.” So I put all the major positions out to Pluto on the chart, and I include the
Lunar Nodes. Occasionally I’ll mention an asteroid, but generally I stick with the major
planets and the angles of the chart. The Moon and the angles have to be omitted if no birth
time is available. That’s why I tell the reader that if something doesn’t quite fit, try the
adjacent star sets. All this is in the Introduction to my book.

6) EH: Let’s look at some of the other books on Fixed Stars and get your view on them. You
used to have a list of recommended books on the subject at your website. At the top of your
list was Reinhold Ebertin and Georg Hoffman’s Fixed Stars & Their Interpretation (1971),
followed by Vivian Robson’s The Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology (1923). You even
provided reprints of these before they became available on the web.

DKR: They are better than nothing, but are very limited, both in interpretations and number
of stars offered. And the star positions are very outdated. Robson was using epoch 1920, so
the positions are off by 1°07’ (if you are using 2000 as a fiducial point, the current standard),
or 1°15’ for 2010 (precession added as time progresses). Ebertin’s positions are for 1950: for
2000, add 0°42’; for 2010, add 0°50’ to each position given.

As to number of stars, Robson listed only 110 stars and Ebertin only 73. But look at the sky!
There are so many more than that! And Robson covers only 5 to 6 degrees of Aries. I felt
personally very miffed. Where are my stars?!

EH: So this goaded you into doing your life’s work! Was it the paucity of material on the
Fixed Stars? I personally am not familiar with all the material available on this subject.

DKR: It was the limitations of the material. When I began my research in 1980, Vivian
Robson’s book was considered the best book on the subject. In his book and others, the
examples were often too general, and applied to everyone, or nearly everyone – such as:
“This person will recover quickly from adversity.” Well, you either recover quickly, or you
don’t. It’s not too helpful.

Bernadette Brady’s work on Fixed Stars came later. Brady’s Book of Fixed Stars was published
in 1998. Bernadette Brady works with parans: everything to her is visibility. She turns the
chart to where a planet is angular and looks to see if a Fixed Star is angular simultaneously.
To me, this seems like an awkward way of working. And she only deals with stars that
could be visible at the time of birth. I disagree with that, and I say so in the Introduction to
my book. This is what I wrote:
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“It has become apparent to me that the universe is imprinted upon and within us; I strongly
take issue with the idea that if a star cannot rise (and therefore will never be visible) at a
particular location or birthplace it should not be used in the birth chart. The great 1st-
magnitude star Canopus, Alpha Argo Navis (53 South Declination) for instance, is never seen
from Shelter Island, New York (latitude 41N00), yet its degree of celestial longitude exactly
culminates, with the Sun, on a client's chart who was born there; her parents went to great
trouble to arrange for her to be born on their boat, and traveling on water has been a major
part of her life. Another client, born Jewish in Chicago (41N52) has Venus and Neptune (the
latter co-ruler of his 9th house of religion) aligned in celestial longitude with stars of the
Southern Cross (56 to 64.5 south declination, 0 - 13.5 Scorpio) in the far southern skies, and
although Crux is never visible above 34° north geographic latitude, and thus not visible in the
place of his birth, he became a convert to Christianity. After years of research, it has become
apparent to me that all of the sky belongs to all of humanity, without strictures or
curtailments relating to birth latitudes, longitudes or visual passages. The universe is not ‘out
there’ - it is within and a part of all of us, our co-creation with God; each of us resides at the
focal center of our personal universe, and the entire cosmos is both within and without each
of us. Every member of the human race, whatever his or her latitude of birth, is heir to, and
part of, the entirety of the cosmos.”

As you can see, I really don’t agree with that idea that if the star is not visible at the place of
birth it doesn’t count. Brady also switches things around. She gets a planet on an angle and
then says: Okay, what star was rising when Saturn anti-culminated? Or that star was setting
when such and such was happening. And it’s not that it’s not valid. It just seems a stretch to
me to do what she’s doing exclusively, but she insists that her way is the only proper way.
I’d rather be more direct. I use the planets according to their ecliptic degree, and that works
best for me. Brady claims that her method is the only method the ancients used, but I really
do question that as well.

There are also historical matters on which I disagree with Brady. She has a section in her
book on Abraham Lincoln. She says: “Abraham Lincoln was born the day Sirius culminated
as his Venus set. Although the Venus content is not clear, Lincoln is a typical Sirius
figure….” I disagree. Sirius is known, for instance, for a tendency to have a fierce temper and
uncontrolled rage! She also wrote, on Lincoln: “He strove to achieve the dream of the
freedom of all people.” Actually, his dream was to keep the Union together. He was
reluctant at first to free the slaves, because that would threaten the Union.

I’m just not comfortable with the idea of working only with parans. However, I want to add
that Bernadette Brady has made an enormous contribution to the field of Fixed Stars, and her
Starlight program is absolutely first-rate. I recommend it very highly.

7) EH: I see you decided to start your Fixed Star research in 1980 with Algol. Tell us what
you found about Algol.

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DKR: Okay. Algol – the famous monster that has frightened so many Fixed Star beginners!
Since there is a long, detailed article on my website (www.ye-stars.com), I’ll just touch on a
few important points. I chose Algol first because Manley Palmer Hall’s Astrological Keywords
said (and this is an exact quote), that it was "The most evil, violent, and dangerous star in the
heavens." Among its effects were said to be "violence, beheading, hanging, choking,
asphyxiation, electrocution, murder, mob violence." And just in case you missed the
message, Algol is further described as "unfortunate." No kidding! To the point, the horror
did prove out, and I have dozens of examples in the website article. But there is more to this
star than that; for instance, it has a strong artistic side as well.

People often ask me how to handle it – especially if it is on their own chart or a client’s chart.
What I have found is that having Algol represented on a chart does not necessarily mean
that you will inflict, or be the victim of, horror and mayhem, but that you will be aware of
the depths of suffering that can occur, whether through human depravity or acts of God. You
will not be able to ignore suffering and horror, or brush it aside. Your life path will require
that you come to terms with that level of experience. A soldier might go through horrible
experiences in war. For example, PTSD – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – is common
under Algol. A journalist might be assigned to cover tragedies; a clergyman might be called
upon to comfort the victims and their families. A black child might hear of the horrors of
slavery; and a Jewish child might grow up with the awareness that his grandparents perished
in the Holocaust. A police officer might assist victims of a disaster, or a medical student be
assigned to work in a trauma center. The Algol placement insists upon a confrontation and
assimilation of these harsh aspects of human experience in this lifetime. The polarities of
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bigotry or tolerance, violence or kindness, cruelty or compassion, war or peace are issues that
are unavoidable and must be dealt with under Medusa’s head. (A good example is a young
couple that asked for an electional time for their wedding and was not fazed when I told
them they had chosen a day with a Sun-Hades conjunction on Algol. When I described the
star’s reputation, they told me it fit very well: They were devoting all their spare time to the
Nuclear Freeze movement!)

Astronomer Carl Sagan, another Nuclear Freeze activist, had Algol rising. Poet Maraquita
Platov (Mercury at Algol) was so moved during her childhood by the horrors of World War
I that virtually all her poems were devoted to anti-war themes. What these people did was to
act positively against violence and horror, and by thus manifesting the energy in a positive
way, diverted its dangers from themselves. (By the way, I have Chiron at Algol, and besides
writing about it, I’ve donated to charities that alleviate suffering, both of humans and
animals). And I want to mention that since I wrote the article about it 18 years ago, I
discovered that Algol is also a fire star. In a study I did of Fixed Stars and fires, it turned up
with a rather high score. Algol was also an element leading up to 9/11. At the Full Moon
preceding the attack (Sep 2, 2001, 9:44 PM GMT, New York City), Algol was at the 4th house
cusp. The 4th house of a chart describes the final outcome of the matter, and/or the grave or
final resting place. In ancient China, Algol was Ta-Ling, the Great Trench, which was a
trench full of dismembered corpses. The people lost in the collapse of the World Trade
Center towers were never found; their bodies had not only been dismembered, they were
pulverized. Another Algol manifestation from that event was that the people who worked
devotedly for months to clear the site are now suffering from respiratory problems because of
the dust they inhaled, some having died from this, affirming the Algol connection to
asphyxiation.

Also, that Full Moon Sept. 2, 2001 at 10:29 tropical Pisces (16:38 sidereal Aquarius), was in the
Chinese Lunar mansion called “Danger: Rooftop” – a very direct message. In the Vedic
mansions the Full Moon was at 16:25 Aquarius, in Shatabisha nakshatra, the 100 physicians.
(One ancient authority has “possessing or requiring 100 physicians.”) Transiting Mars (27:07
tropical Sagittarius, 3:15 sidereal Sagittarius) and South Node (Ketu) (4:06 tropical Capricorn,
10:15 sidereal Sagittarius) were both in Mula nakshatra, ruled by Nritti, the Goddess of
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Destruction. The Ascendant was the ancient Orphic and Platonic Gate of Return of Souls
to the Cosmos; and Neptune, rising, was at the Arabic mansion Sa’d Al Dhabih, the Lucky
Assassin. Venus, setting, was at China’s mansion Kuei, the Ghosts (spirits leaving their
bodies), while Saturn was aligned with the stars of Perseus, the Hero or Rescuer. About 400
rescuers, 343 of them firemen, lost their lives on 9-11. I have given all these details to show
how all these ancient traditions have wonderful information to offer. When you put them all
together, they are an amazing treasure trove of information! This is why I have them all in
my book. This is wonderful, previously lost knowledge that needs to be rediscovered and
used. Each culture provides a valuable piece of the “Great Puzzle.”

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Diana uses True Lunar Node above, while Edith uses Mean Lunar node. With Mean Lunar Node, Full
Moon chart (Sept. 2, 2001) for NYC has Full Moon at sidereal 16:35 Aquarius. Ascendant is 9:50
Capricorn. Ketu is within one degree of the exact 12th house cusp and within 5 ½ degrees to 4th house
ruler Mars. The 4th lord in the 12th house can bring losses to real estate, explosive losses with Mars-Ketu,
and/or violent foreign or social misfit elements plotting secretly (12th house) to destroy the house. (EH)
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Some of the Fixed Stars are harsh, yes – but to a purpose. Each defines an area that will be
tapped for good or ill. Its tests are intense and unavoidable. Algol, like the other stars,
confers tasks upon us which, if comprehended and accepted, offer great rewards of power and
creativity. The more we understand and use these stellar changes in a positive manner, the
less they are to be feared.

8) EH: Are there other stars for which you have a special affinity - ones that you find
remarkable and worthy of special attention?

DKR: Yes, Antares and Sirius. I have written about both of them extensively in my book.
Antares is known as Alpha Scorpii (9:46 Sagittarius – tropical; 15:55 Scorpio – sidereal Lahiri).
It’s the Scorpion’s heart. Chinese astrologers considered this asterism the symbol of the Son
of Heaven, because man was the heart of heaven and earth; therefore the Son of Heaven was
Master of Man. In China Antares was the heart of the Great Celestial Dragon. At the
Winter Solstice of 2006, as Mars and Jupiter came together with Antares between them, an
ambitious London project was set in motion. By June 1 2007 a Full Moon joined Vesta at
Antares as workers set up "The Heart," an exhibition planned as a diverse collection of heart-
centric science, art and thought, exploring the "extraordinary medical, spiritual and cultural
significance of the heart." They brought together exhibits of all ages and cultures, including
the Egyptian Book of the Dead showing a heart being weighed against the feather of truth,
Aztec sacrificial knives, Christian sacred heart imagery, a telecast of heart valve surgery, a
heart-lung perfusion machine, anatomical drawings by da Vinci, etc. The exhibit opened
June 21, 2007, the day of the Summer Solstice. On the Solstice chart set for London, Jupiter
rose with Antares, the Scorpion's Heart. Antares is prominent in individuals and events
marking the great issues of humankind, especially intolerance, racism and human rights.

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Sirius is known as Alpha Canis Majoris, or the Dog Star (14:05 Cancer – tropical; 20:14 Gemini
sidereal Lahiri). In apparent magnitude, Sirius is the brightest star in the sky, one of the
closest stars to Earth, and has a white dwarf companion star. It is visible from virtually every
portion of the globe. In China, it was regarded as the Jackal or Wolf Star, associated with
thievery and looting. This correlated with at least two Indian tribes of North America (the
Pawnee and Osage tribes) that called Sirius “Wolf Star” or “Coyote Star.”

Sirius is the calendar star! All major calendar changes throughout history have been tied to
the Dog Star: The current Kali Yuga of the Hindu Calendar is said to have begun with the
death of Krishna, on Feb 18, 3102 BCE OS at 0 hour. If so, at that exact moment Sirius was
setting on the western horizon. The Sothic Calendar of ancient Egypt, ca 2773 BCE, was based
on the annual heliacal rising of Sirius, which marked the annual flooding of the Nile. In 46
BCE, the year the Julian Calendar was established in Rome, a Solar Eclipse aligned with
Sirius. Because the Julian Calendar had slipped severely from its original seasonal markers,
Pope Gregory XIII sponsored a calendar correction. In 1582 CE, as the Gregorian Calendar was
adopted by Catholic nations, a Solar Eclipse aligned with Sirius, with the Sun eclipsed as it
was rising at Rome. In 1917, Russia, Turkey, Bulgaria and the Balkans also changed to the
Gregorian Calendar, with the Sun of a Lunar Eclipse at Sirius.

I also like the constellation of Auriga, the Charioteer (span: 13:00 Gemini to 19:30 Cancer
tropical, 19:00 Taurus to 24:30 Gemini sidereal Lahiri). And I couldn’t figure it out. What
was I going to find? Bus drivers? Cab drivers? And for a long time I couldn’t see a pattern.
Then I read the Greek myth about Auriga (also called Erichthonius) that said he invented
the chariot because he could not walk. Suddenly a possible pattern occurred to me, and I
thought: “I’ve got to test this.” Sure enough, those stars turned up on charts of people
confined to wheelchairs! The charioteer’s chariot is a wheelchair. Isn’t that something? And
the illustration I made is of a war veteran in a wheelchair. I came to this partly through
studying the Chinese, who saw the same pattern of stars of Auriga – a pentagon – as Five
War Chariots. And each star had its own job. One administered the Oath of Allegiance;
another one took care of the horses, and so on. The Chinese are wonderfully detailed about
these things. In ancient China, the stars of Auriga represented a military encampment.
Even the author of the book I was using (an astronomer) said: “I wonder if there is any
connection to the Pentagon in all this.” So I had a look at the day the cornerstone for the
Pentagon was laid. Jupiter was exactly aligned with one of the brightest stars of Auriga! And
I put wheelchairs and warfare together and thought of wounded veterans!

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EH: Did you work with charts of veterans?

DKR: Well, it’s very hard to get charts of veterans in wheelchairs. In fact, another astrologer
was looking for them for another reason, and mentioned how hard they were to find. But I
did get the birth date of Ron Kovic, who was the veteran that was featured in the movie Born
on the Fourth of July. I didn’t get a time for him, but he had two or three things aligned with
Auriga. And I did get the son of a famous General called Chesty Puller. His son, Lewis
Burwell Puller, Jr. was terribly wounded in the Viet Nam war, and was in a wheelchair. He
was on heavy drugs for pain, and finally in the end he committed suicide. I tried so hard to
get his birth data and almost gave up until I found a website devoted to him, with a photo of
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his gravestone with a birth date on it! He too had several things aligned with Auriga.
Wheelchair-bound President Franklin D Roosevelt had his MC aligned with the head of the
Bull, and under it Orion, and a whole row of brilliant constellations there. When you project
stars on to the ecliptic, you get three or four major constellations. His Midheaven was in that
area, and one of the constellations was Auriga, the Charioteer.

Other people who were in wheelchairs because of being wounded were Larry Flynt and
Alabama Governor George Wallace. Larry Flynt was the pornography publisher who was
shot. He had Auriga rising. Gov. Wallace was shot in an assassination attempt in May 1972,

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Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr. was son of the most decorated Marine in the history of the U.S. Marine
Corps, General Chesty Puller. He was born Aug. 18, 1945, and died May 11, 1994. Birthplace may have
been Hampton, VA. Lewis Puller, Jr. became an attorney and a Pulitzer prize-winning author, after he
was wounded as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. (EH)

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while he was campaigning as U.S. presidential candidate, and he was confined to a
wheelchair. He had Pluto aligned with Auriga.

9) EH: William Lilly established around 50 Fixed Stars in his horary work, and I know some
have tallied as many as 290 of them. How many Fixed Stars are there?

DKR: A gazillion! Look at the sky! As I was researching (for 30 years!) I came to realize
that constellations were of primary importance, and that everything in the sky, not only
stars, was meaningful. So I kept adding stars and DSOs (Deep Space Objects, i.e. black holes,
neutron stars, galaxies etc) and kept a Master list of all of the ones for which I had calculated
positions. The stars and DSOs in my book are culled from this Master list of more than
2,000. My book has more than 750 stars detailed, and another 1,168 with just zodiacal
longitude and its place in a constellation. (For comparison, Robson has 110, Ebertin-
Hoffmann 73. Brady lists 176 but only has interpretations for 64.) I designed my book to be a
tool for astrologers, so that they could use it for their own research, and take the information
into new directions, if they wished.

EH: So William Lilly was not that critical to your work?

DKR: No, he wasn’t. And he was probably using Ptolemy, and expanding on it a bit. Lilly’s
work was useful for me, but not that pivotal.

10) EH: Let’s discuss Fixed Stars in natal astrology and in mundane astrology. You have
researched Dwight D. Eisenhower at some length, and also some mundane events such as the
Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal, India Dec. 3, 1984.

DKR: The Bhopal disaster still haunts me. The article I wrote on it was recently honored as
one of the best articles ever written for an NCGR Journal. It is now on my website, under the
title “The Mills of God” so I’m going to suggest that readers check it out there. I became
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interested in Eisenhower after reading his biography. His parents were River Brethren, a
pacifist sect that preached that military conflict was a great evil. Yet he loved books about
war, so it is likely that at a very early age he knew that he had been born on the anniversary
of one of the great turning points of history: the Battle of Hastings (Oct. 14, 1066 OS, 50N55,
0E29, 9:30 AM LMT): William of Normandy’s invasion and conquest of England. But Ike's
birth was not only the anniversary of Hastings; his Saturn-Ascendant conjunction was the
Saturn of Hastings. (That is, his birth coincided with the 28th Saturn return of the Battle of
Hastings and squared Mars in the battle chart.) His Moon-Uranus conjunction was the Sun
of Hastings. The Battle of Hastings was an invasion of England from Normandy, and
Eisenhower would lead an invasion of Normandy from England. It seems to me that he was
born to this task. His boyhood hero was Abraham Lincoln, and like Lincoln, he was born in
poverty and rose to become President of the United States. And like Lincoln, he had a royal
star culminating at his birth!

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One of the things that set him apart from other leaders was his early upbringing that
reverenced peace. He had the Sun, Moon and Uranus in the constellation of the Virgin, who
was known in the Greek myths for her longing for – and devotion to – peace. One of the
reasons Eisenhower was given the position of Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces was
that he was known as a peacemaker, and there were potentially serious conflicts among the
allied generals. Hitler was convinced that those conflicts would break apart the alliance.
Only Ike had the diplomatic skills that could hold it together. He also kept the U.S. out of
hot wars during his presidency, 1953-1961. (The Korean War Armistice was signed July 27,
1953.)

EH: Eisenhower is such a great historical example, but I have avoided using him due to his
DD (Dirty Data). What convinced you to go ahead and use 3:40 AM? Or is exact birth data
less important in the use of Fixed Stars?

DKR: Astrodatabank has several possible birth times given for Eisenhower: 3 AM, 3:40 AM;
5 AM; 5:11 PM, 5:19 PM 5:54 PM, 6 PM and just “night.” Since the “night” came from a
roomer in their house who ran for a doctor, it seemed to me that we could eliminate the 5:11
to 6 PM times, as these would be closer to late afternoon; also if his mother remembered
“about 3 AM” that would seem to be closer to the likely time. I think I chose the 3:40 AM
time (actually now I think 3:30 AM might be a bit better) because it put Orion at the MC and
in ancient China Orion was a great military figure called “The Supreme Commander.” Ike
became “Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Forces.” He had Pluto at Aldebaran, a
royal-and-war-star, and 3:30 AM puts Pluto conjunct the MC. Ike’s life epitomizes the classic
royal star pattern of poverty-to-prominence. This is an example of using stars in
rectification, but of course I have no way of knowing whether I am right about the time. I
want to repeat that I now think 3:30 AM is the better time. The precession correction on that
chart, from 1890 to 2000, is +1 deg 31 minutes.

11) Are there some other historical figures whose charts clearly show the workings of some of
the important Fixed Stars?

DKR: People often ask me about the four “royal stars:” 1) Aldebaran, Alpha Tauri, the 1st-
magnitude eye of the Bull, it's 9:47 tropical Gemini, 15:56 sidereal Taurus 2) Regulus, Alpha
Leonis, 29:50 tropical Leo, 5:59 sidereal Leo; 3) Antares, Alpha Scorpii (opposite Aldebaran),
9:46 tropical Sagittarius, 15:55 sidereal Scorpio; and 4) Fomalhaut, Alpha Piscis Australis, 3:52
tropical Pisces, 10:01 sidereal Aquarius. (All positions are for 2000, Lahiri sidereal used.)
Royal stars do not necessarily indicate those who are high born or prominent, although this
may be so. Rather they seem to offer a greater-than-average ambition and opportunities to
rise high in the world and to associate with those at the top of their field in any profession.
For instance, an office-worker might suddenly be given an administrative post, a student be
given an opportunity to work with a famous professor, or a new, inexperienced actor be
chosen for a major leading role. Even in a small, obscure community, an “ordinary” person
with a royal star placement might become influential or associate with those who are. The
danger, of course, is that one may rise too high too fast, lack experience or misuse influence,
and suffer a harsh come-down as a result. Or there may also be another kind of “royal
connection” in their lives.

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For instance, biographers might choose royal figures as subjects, actors might play royal
parts, etc. Lord Louis Mountbatten, last Viceroy of India, great-grandson of Queen Victoria,
had a Mars-Moon-South Node cluster surrounding Aldebaran, opposite a Jupiter-Uranus-
North Node conjunction centered at Antares. Immensely proud of his genealogy, his
favorite pastime was musing over a chart of his royal forebears. Unfortunately, he also came
to illustrate one of the darker sides of the royal stars: the possibility of assassination.

Because 2009 was the 200th anniversary of the births of Abraham Lincoln and Charles
Darwin, both born Feb. 12, 1809, many people are now aware that these two remarkable souls
incarnated on the same day! The Sun on the day of their birth was at the star Kuh, Mu
Capricorni, in the tail of Capricornus, the Sea-Goat, and Globular Cluster M2 in the head of
Aquarius, the Water-Pourer. (These two constellations overlap). For a long time, as I was
researching the stars, this area puzzled me. What was I to make of a goat with a fish’s tail?
And why did early texts call Capricornus – one of the most ancient of the zodiac figures –
“Father of Light”? In the Chaldeo-Babylonian celestial hierarchy, one of three gods who
reigned supreme was Ea, "Lord of the Deep," preeminently wise and beneficent, enlightener
and lawgiver, archetype of Divine Intelligence. The stars of Capricornus belonged to Ea.

One of the most ancient of all the zodiac figures, Capricornus, the sea-faring goat with a fish’s
tail also represents the divine Man-Fish. Author Rupert Gleadow describes Ea:

"Ea is the only one of the Sumerian and Babylonian gods who was never angry, and always
ready to help both gods and men out of difficulties. He is often represented as a man walking
in a great fish-shaped cloak, the fish's head over his head and pointing upwards like a mitre,
the tail at his heels, and the forward leg showing his human form. He is said to have emerged
four times at long intervals from the ocean to teach civilization to men, and during each of
these periods would retire into the water at night. Capricorn, his symbolic creature,
symbolizes this dual life, and has as yet no association with the planet Saturn, which has
never been reputed to help people out of scrapes.”

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The teachings of Ea-Oannes, epitomized by Capricornus, make his stars an area of emergence
and enlightenment, where laws are established, maintained and renewed; where challenges,
struggles and experimentation bring about new systems of social contracts and new legal
pathways for the just implementation of power.

Aquarians seek unity. Abraham Lincoln dedicated his presidency to saving the Union, while
Charles Darwin sought a unified theory that would explain the mysteries of the natural
world. His book On the Origin of Species, published Nov. 24, 1859, caused intense controversy,
unabated to this day. The North Node was then in sidereal Capricorn/tropical Aquarius. In
January 1863 Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves took effect. The New
Moon that month was in Capricorn in both zodiacs. Lincoln liberated the slaves, while
Darwin liberated the minds of millions who had rejected natural laws that did not conform
to carrying on the teachings of Ea-Oannes. Now we can understand why ancient texts called
Capricornus “Father of Light”!

12) EH: Let’s discuss how Fixed Stars work in a national chart. I know you especially like the
chart of the Republic of India. Let’s give that data: Jan. 26, 1950, 10:15 AM, Delhi, India.
Tropical Ascendant is 4:49 Aries. Sidereal Ascendant is 11:39 Pisces.

DKR: The original India Independence chart still works powerfully, but I also like looking
at the Republic of India chart, for two reasons: First, it was more purely Indian, as the date
wasn’t imposed on them by the British; secondly, it was the same day they outlawed the
caste system that designated some people as Untouchables. They did this under pressure
from Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, who was born an Untouchable, also known
as Dalit or Mleccha. (Dr. Ambedkar was born April 14, 1891, Mhow, India, and I used 12 noon,
since the time is unknown.) In both zodiacs his natal Sun is exalted in Aries. His North
node-Pluto conjunction is on Aldebaran. And typical of the Royal stars, they lift you up.
(You just have to behave yourself, or you get crashed down again!) In his case, he is much
admired. Somehow he managed to get an education, and went abroad for his advanced
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degrees. His chart looks better to me in the tropical zodiac, as the Venus becomes exalted
in Pisces and Jupiter in dignity in Pisces, though Sun is exalted in both zodiacs. His natal
Mars is with Algol, and Neptune-North Node-Pluto in Gemini, with North Node-Pluto
conjunct Aldebaran, though Neptune is a bit early for Aldebaran. Noon Moon is in tropical
Cancer. I was intrigued to get the birth date of an Untouchable.

The Independence of India chart (August 15, 1947, 0 hr, Delhi) is certainly a primary chart for
the nation, and it does work event-wise. When India’s astrologers objected strongly to the
date, Viceroy Lord Louis Mountbatten wrote in his diary: “The astrologers are being rather
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tiresome.” But this was not a date chosen by any native Indian(s) or Indian astrologers.

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Dr. Ambedkar attended the London School of Economics and Columbia University, earning several
doctorates for his study and research in law, economics and political science. Returning home as a
famous scholar, he practiced law for several years before publishing journals advocating political rights
and social freedom for India's Untouchables. (EH)
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The date of Aug. 14 was chosen by the British, but the Indian astrologers, having reported that this
was not the most favorable date, tried to find a better time, and under pressure – they chose midnight on
Aug. 14/15, 1947. Although Mohammad Ali Jinnah (leader of the All-India Muslim League and founder
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Fri. 8/15/1947 0:00:00
New Delhi, India

of Pakistan) was unconcerned about the astrology, Hindu leaders were more concerned. Because of this
difference in their charts, India’s history is regarded as having been more successful than that of
Pakistan, whose chart is Aug. 14, 9:30 AM, Karachi. The Pakistan Independence chart has 5:46 Virgo
Ascendant, with planetary enemy Mars dominant at the 10th house cusp in Gemini, Moon at 24:53
Gemini, and four planets in the royal sign of Cancer (all sidereal Lahiri positions). India’s Independence
chart has 7:43 Taurus Ascendant, with five planets in Cancer: Moon, Mercury, Saturn, Venus, and Sun.
With emphasis in the 3rd house of communications, and Venus dasa Sept. 1989 through Sept. 2009,
followed by 15 years of dasas of 3rd house planets, we could predict ongoing success for India’s vibrant
Information Technology sector. I favor this Independence chart. (EH).
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After reading about how Dr B. R. Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi successfully pressed the
Constituent Assembly to outlaw the caste system, and that the Constitution came into force
at the same time as the Republic of India was announced, I decided that the 1950 chart was
worthy of consideration as a true chart of the nation, to be studied alongside the
Independence chart. A full reading of these charts is not possible here, but there are some
very notable elements in relation to Fixed Stars, constellations and lunar mansions. For
instance, the great ancient astronomer/astrologer/mathematician/ geographer Claudius
Ptolemy (ca. 85-165 AD) assigned India to Capricornus, the Sea-Goat, a figure now completely
overlaid with tropical Aquarius. The Independence chart has Capricornus Culminating, and
the Republic chart has the Sun, Jupiter and Venus in the Sea-Goat, and the Republic’s Venus
was transiting the Midheaven of the Independence chart.

India – Republic
Thu. 1/26/1950
10:15:00
New Delhi, India

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The India Republic chart has sidereal Pisces Rising. Roman astrologer Manilius, writing
about 10 AD, assigned India (“Asiatic Ethiopia”) to the Fishes. That the Republic’s Sun,
Jupiter and Venus were in tropical Aquarius in the 11th house would be considered mostly
beneficent to Western tropicalists. They occupy Shravana nakshatra, one of four “Mleccha”
mansions, associated with outcasts.

EH: That would contrast with the Vedic view that Venus and Jupiter are not planetary
friends, and their close contact in the same sign would generally be regarded as excessive.
And while it’s true that nakshatras are classified in numerous ways, including by caste
system, we are still waiting for Sanskrit translations of many of the ancient texts on Vedic
astrology. From what is available so far, it appears that the four elements are not mentioned,
while the four castes (people from classical Hindu society) supplant the elements. But as the
symbolism in the Vedic culture is always far broader than it first appears, I would be wary of
extracting information like this. It could so easily create distortions in interpretations.

DKR: Well, at the risk of doing so, I still think this illustrates the very issues roiling the new
republic. Early Western tropicalists named the 11th house as the “joy” of Jupiter, and here the
three planets in air tropically, overlaying earth sidereally, illustrate how the ancient Shudra,
or Servant castes (sidereal earth signs), have now emerged into the tropical air element –
Vaishya (Mercantile caste), with opportunities to become educated and join the bourgeoisie.
I have been insisting for several years now that both zodiacs (tropical and sidereal) work, and
that they are combining, enhancing, illuminating, and giving depth to their counterparts.
Both Capricorn and Aquarius are Saturn-ruled signs, so the stern Lord of Karma is still
enthroned here. But changes have been wrought in this incredibly ancient and vivid culture
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that will invigorate and carry it forward.

Fixed star Vindemiatrix, Epsilon Virginis, is known as the Star of Widowhood, and plays a
major role in the various charts of India. She is also known as the fruit-gatherer, and she is in
the north wing of the Virgin. (In 1950 Vindemiatrix was at 9:10 Libra, and in 1980 at 9:40
Libra – tropical zodiac.) Why it should be connected to widowhood, I don’t know, but it
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India Republic chart’s Venus and Jupiter are in sidereal Capricorn, where Jupiter is debilitated. Both
planets are combust the Sun. Sign lord Saturn is not in good placement in Leo, and exchanges signs with
its enemy the Sun in Capricorn: struggles with establishing leadership and authority. Classic Vedic
astrology delineates planets, signs, nakshatras, etc. according to the sidereal zodiac, though ayanamshas
may vary slightly. Also, according to classic Vedic rules, it would not be recommended to switch or
superimpose zodiacs in Vedic chart analysis. (EH)
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DKR, cont’d: This includes astrologer Maria Simms, who was married to Neil Michelsen, and became
a widow when he died of cancer very early in their married life. She knew something about Fixed Stars,
and she came up to me and said: “Did you know that we were married on a day when the Sun was at
Vindemiatrix? We were crazy that day, running around getting various papers for the company, and
talking to lawyers. And one of the things we had to do that day before jumping on a plane was to go get
married!” They were so busy they didn’t even look at the planets! Sadly, Michelsen was diagnosed with
cancer not too long after that. She volunteered the information, and said she would let me use it. I think
Elizabeth Taylor married Mike Todd when Jupiter was at Vindemiatrix, and he was killed in a plane
crash early in their marriage. There are so many examples of the connection to the loss of the partner.
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of World Horoscopes have Vindemiatrix prominent: It was rising on Jan 1, 1877, 0 AM LMT,
Delhi when Queen Victoria – known as the “Widow of Windsor” – became Empress of
India; Neptune was at Vindemiatrix at the Independence chart of 1947. (Neptune had come
to the Ascendant of the Empire chart, dissolving it.) And on the Republic’s chart there is a
conjunction of Mars, Uranian planet Poseidon (enlightenment), and the karmic South Node.
Widowhood has been an issue in India since ancient times. For centuries the tradition of Sati
expected or forced widows to throw themselves on their husbands’ funeral pyres. The
Constitution outlawed the ancient caste system, including the Untouchables, but equivocated
on many feminist issues. For instance, the treatment of wives is still a concern in India.
Despite government efforts, some are murdered so that their husbands, being widowers,
might re-marry to gain a new dowry.

There is a consistent connection between India and Vindemiatrix – also occasionally called
Almuredin. Nor does a star have just one meaning. In addition to being the Star of
Widowhood, she is also known as the Grape-gatherer, or the Vintager, or the Herald of the
vintage. I was able to get the data of a man who started his own winery in California. I
don’t know if he is a widower, but in his chart Vindemiatrix is in the Ascendant –
confirming another aspect of Vindemiatrix: the cultivator of grapes. She is also called
Protrygeter – “the fruit-plucking herald.” When she is rising, she heralds the time of the
vintage when the grapes are gathered.

13) EH: Let’s introduce some of the issues that come up around your use of the two zodiacs,
and how you view Vedic nakshatras. We can continue with the India Republic chart.

DKR: In the India Republic chart Mercury in the 10th house (18:40 tropical Capricorn, 25:31
Sagittarius – Lahiri sidereal), is aligned with the star Epsilon Lyrae in the constellation of

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Lyra, the Lyre. This is one of the stars of the mysterious (and almost never used) Abhijit
nakshatra. All that is known of this Lunar mansion is that it was said to be of the Vaisya
caste, to be ruled by Brahma, and that it was under the influence of this mansion that the
Gods vanquished the demon Asuras. This remarkable area of the sky is pure celestial fire!
Situated here are the natal Suns of physicists Sir Isaac Newton and Stephen Hawking (born
299 years apart, both of them Lucasian Professors of Mathematics at Cambridge), the
Midheaven of physicist-inventor Nicola Tesla, called “master of lightning,” who invented
radio, Venus of legendary 10th-century Persian scholar-astronomer Al Sufi, publisher of Kitab
al-Kawatib al-Thabit al-Musawwar ("Book of Fixed Stars"), the Moon of astrologers Lilly,
Ebertin, and Ficino, to name but a few. In any case, Abhijit's constellation of Lyra is
way above the ecliptic, far north of the other nakshatras, so that's another part of the mystery.

EH: I would add here that Abhijit nakshatra has a range from 6:40 to 10:53 sidereal
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Capricorn. You are correct that Abhijit nakshatra is almost never used. It disappeared from
the literature after ca. 0 A.D., though it was an inherent part of the system before then, and
inserted between Uttara Ashada and Shravana nakshatras. But it is not used now at all in Vedic
chart analysis. Abhijit nakshatra should also not be confused with Abhijit muhurtha, which is
one Ghati (24 minutes) on either side of local noon time. It is an auspicious 48-minute time
period near mid-day each day, and is considered when an appropriate Muhurtha is not
available. Only Abhijit muhurtha is of any significance to modern Vedic astrologers.

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Stars of Lyra were, in ancient India, a vulture or an eagle; in Phoenicia and Greece they represented a
tortoise-shell that Hermes used to create a lyre. For centuries celestial cartographers have solved the
problem of these different symbols – eagle/vulture and lyre – by depicting a raptor (bird of prey)
carrying a harp in its claws. (DKR)
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See also Dr. K.S. Charak, Elements of Vedic Astrology, 1995, Vol. 1, p. 22. (EH)
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DKR: I know Abhijit nakshatra is not normally used in Vedic chart analysis, but I am not
doing Vedic chart analysis! Since I have been granted the gift of its original determinants, I
wanted to experiment with it. (My natal Sun is conjunct Uranus.) Besides, it is so
mysterious and intriguing!

EH: Okay, but I wanted to clarify this point, as I think it is potentially very confusing for
practitioners of Vedic astrology – or other forms of astrology, for that matter. I understand
you want to encourage research and experimentation, and that includes experimenting with
superimposing zodiacs and lunar mansions from various different systems. My concern is
that regardless of there being no Vedic chart analysis involved, the meaning of the Vedic
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lunar mansion will be there, no matter what. The Sanskrit word Abhijit, for instance,
means “complete victory.” In the Vedic Puranic myths, Shiva pulls Abhijit nakshatra from
the heavens, as it was abused when in the wrong hands. “Complete victory” is perhaps
beyond human comprehension, and belongs only to the great spiritual masters. In the
Bhagavad Gita, Krishna says: “Of the constellations, I am Abhijit.”

My concern is that you are applying a now discarded nakshatra segment to a degree area that
does not coincide with what most Vedic astrologers understand to be Abhijit nakshatra. 18
You say Mercury of the Republic of India chart (18:40 tropical Capricorn, 25:31 sidereal
Sagittarius), is in Abhijit nakshatra. But Vedic astrologers place it between 5 and 11 degrees
sidereal Capricorn at the maximum extent.

DKR: But I do not use the “fixed” spans, but rather the original determinant stars (from
Valerie Roebuck’s Circle of Stars), plus a small allowance at either end. Abhijit’s determinants
are Alpha (Vega), Zeta and Epsilon Lyrae, tropical 15:19 Capricorn, 18:07 Capricorn, 18:38
Capricorn, respectively, and in sidereal Lahiri (2000) are 21:28 Sagittarius, 24:16 Sagittarius,
and 24:47 Sagittarius. This brings up an important point that we should discuss.
Constellations have been given fixed, regular boundaries of 30° lengths, when of course their
actual lengths vary wildly. (Virgo, the Virgin, for instance, is 54° long.) And in Vedic
astrology the same fate has befallen nakshatras. Since my focus is on stars and the sources of
ancient knowledge, I have gone to the trouble of finding the original determinants of each
mansion. The degrees you give for Abhijit, 6:40 to 10:53 sidereal Capricorn, would, on my list,
totally encroach on Shravana’s determinants, stars Gamma, Alpha, Beta Aquilae, 7:06, 7:56 &
8:35 sidereal Capricorn (0:57, 1:47 and 2:26 tropical Aquarius).

Vedic astrologer K.T. Shubhakaran (see previous footnote) specifically relates Abhijit
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This point becomes clearer later on when we discuss Diana’s Vedic birth chart (Section #16). She
considers the Vedic chart incorrectly shows her to be financially wealthy, with Sun as 2 nd house ruler of
financial wealth, in Revati nakshatra, meaning “wealthy.” However, using Vedic whole sign houses, Sun
rules the 3rd house – not the 2nd, while Venus (also in Revati) rules Houses 5 and 12. Comparatively,
financial wealth & nourishment have come through learning & children. Revati is also about
nourishment, and sign and nakshatra rulerships must be applied. (EH)
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As the North Pole star some 15,000 years ago, Vega seems related to Abhijit’s spiritual significance in
Vedic terms. Contrast this with some modern Western attributes to Vega, such as luck in politics,
fleeting fame, wealth, and pretentiousness. (EH)
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not match the Lyra stars. This is a very good example of how difficult it has been for
astrologers working in both zodiacs to deal with the stars. Shubhakaran talks about Vega
and the other two stars, but he doesn't know where they are in terms of degrees. He can
only name them as the stars traditionally connected to Abhijit nakshatra. In her book Circle of
Stars (pp. 100, 109), Sanskrit scholar Valerie J Roebuck gives the same three determinant
stars.

EH: It is good you can clarify these points, as although it is still potentially confusing – at
least we can hone in on why it is so confusing!

DKR: I am using determinant stars even if there is a conflict with the standard Vedic spans,
and I consider this part of my learning process and “mission,” as it were. And I am doing
this not only with nakshatras, but constellations as well. I hope that astrologers will try out
and test these differences – standardized spans versus spans based on the ancient, original
determinant stars – to see which they find more pertinent, useful, insightful and
enlightening.

When I look at a natal chart or a national chart, I see overlays of both zodiacs. With the
chart of the Republic of India, strengthening the remarkable Mercury is a trine from Saturn
in the 6th house, tropically in the earth element where he is comfortable, but sidereally in Leo,
where he is in exile (detriment), a graphic illustration of the variances and conflicts inherent
in the differences between the two zodiacs, and at the same time, of the deep conflicts within
India itself. The star here is 93 Leonis in the upper curve of the Lion’s tail, a determinant of
Uttaraphalguni, “The Latter Reddish One” or “Back of the Culprit” ruled by Aryaman, the
Aditya of hospitality, connected with favor, kindness, and fruition. On Aryaman I have
written:

“The desire to interpret and explain one culture to another makes this an area of translators
and diplomats, concerned with forging and maintaining links between disparate races,
nationalities, and faiths, stressing elements we have in common, rather than differences that
divide us. Idealistic, utopian, perceptive, looking for ways to set the world right, they are
concerned with the question of how to live a spiritual, meaningful life.”

Although stars of the Virgin “officially” start with the next degree, her distinct influence
begins here, where the wild beast (Leo) is first brought under conscious control, a triumph of
intelligence over brutality. The 6th house is the 10th of the 9th, i.e. religious status, and Saturn
here describes the conflicts between religions and the constant struggle of each for
supremacy. As for the sidereal-tropical combination, Leo’s fire makes this a mansion of the
Kshatriya caste of rulers and warriors, but now it is overlaid with the modifying tropical
influence of Shudra’s earth element. No longer can hereditary rulers dominate the servant
classes; now they must curry their favor to get elected!

EH: This does challenge key concepts in classic Vedic astrology, where certain qualities of
royalty are strongly associated with the three fire signs, Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius – the
Kshatriyas being a royal caste. This especially applies to Leo, ruled by the Sun. (The only two
royal planets are the Sun and Moon, so this would also apply to Moon-ruled Cancer.) When
you change the element from fire to earth – it does not make sense on several levels in the
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Vedic scheme of things. Fire is associated both with royalty, and with military and political
leaders, the Kskatriyas. Earth is associated with the Shudras, or servant class, those who do
the real material work in the world. In the classic Vedic sense, the one cannot replace or
even duplicate the other.

DKR: But Edith, consider – during the past century, all over the world, royalty has virtually
disappeared, or completely lost its real power! And I am not changing the elements. I am
saying that they are now combining.

EH: Of course, now we have an overlap of almost one sign and one element to discuss. In
several hundred more years, the overlap will be two signs away!

DKR: I calculate it as another 430 years to go in the current overlap: 2,580 years - 2,150 + the 6
degrees.

EH: Okay – somewhere close to that! But I do agree that when the slower moving outer
planets (especially Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto) enter each tropical sign, one can observe
changes in that arena of life. Then later, when that planet enters the same sign sidereally,
there are even more profound or radical stages of development in that area of life. With
Pluto in sidereal Sagittarius, for example, the issue of widespread corruption within the
Roman Catholic Church has finally reached the Pope himself, making him more vulnerable.

DKR: An interesting observation!

EH: Thank you. And what you say about royalty disappearing is true, in terms of the actual
power of royal families per se. Even so, I think what we see now is the real essence of
royalty in terms of the king being the victor (or not) in battle. The Vedic royal caste is the
kshatriya – the military and political leaders, a group that has only become more dominant in
our world. The allocation of resources for military purposes dominates all others, and the
military industry probably drives this whole process to extremes. That point is made very
clear on the Gemini-Sagittarius axis, where the last of the three fire signs, Sagittarius, is
opposite Gemini – considered a mercantile sign (the air element). The power of the
presidency in most nations, but especially the USA, is dependent on its loyalty and
cooperation with the aims of the military and the wealthiest economic sectors, another key to
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modern royalty. This stratosphere of power is well defined in Vedic terms as to what
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constitutes “royal status.” In fact, military might is so linked with economic might in our

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The USA chart is one of the best examples of this. I use an 8:59 Sagittarius Ascendant for the USA
chart (the Kelleher chart: July 4, 1776, 6:30 PM LMT, Philadelphia, PA), with four planets in sidereal
Gemini, out of nine classical planets, including Rahu and Ketu. (Though I do not use Uranus, Neptune
or Pluto in Vedic natal or mundane astrology, I do note their planetary placements by sign, or by degree
if they are at a power point in a chart, especially Pluto in recent years at the Galactic Center.) (EH)
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“The king is the root of the subject tree. Efforts should be made to enhance the king’s welfare, since
progress and decay of the people are entirely dependent upon the nourishing and injuring respectively of
that king-root.” […Here the Subject tree stands for the entire state and consists of seven parts viz. the
king, ministers, allies, treasury, territory, fortifications, and army.] from Varahamihira (505 A.D.),
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era, that in some countries even Drug lords have a higher status among the common people
than the legitimate king or rulers, especially if they are perceived as doing more for the good
of the people. A battle for “royal” legitimacy is being waged in several countries now –
Mexico, Jamaica, Afghanistan – among others. Drug lords, often called “drug kingpins,” are
the “renegade royalty,” consistent with Pluto in sidereal Sagittarius.

DKR: In any case, what I have been trying to do is to search out, discover, experiment and
perhaps revive the ancient patterns. I’d like astrologers to try both possibilities and decide
for themselves.

EH: Okay. But for Vedic astrologers who are classically trained, it is very difficult to see
how the tropical zodiac can work with the Fixed Stars, especially the Vedic nakshatras – as
their tropical position is changing over time, a degree every 72 years or so.

DKR: Of course tropical positions work with the stars, because whether you label a degree
“tropical” or “sidereal” you are still talking about one specific spot in the sky, whatever its
“degree label”! And each star can be given its proper “degree label” according to the zodiac
you have chosen to work in. For instance, I have the Sun at 19 tropical Aries, 26 sidereal
Pisces (Lahiri), which puts it right at the star Revati, Zeta Piscium. Whichever zodiac you use,
my Sun is at Revati! Because the Vernal Equinox gradually recedes against the background
of the stars, making the distance between it (0° Aries) and the star longer, Revati’s tropical
degree designation has increased (moved forward) 1 deg 04 min since I was born, and so has
my (precession-corrected) Sun. Revati is still in the same place it always was, in the cord of
the West Fish of Pisces. That does not change. But the “degree label” that a tropicalist gives
it advances gradually, and that is why tropicalists must use precession corrections when
working with the stars. This is so important and also difficult for people to understand.

And why did so many ancient astrologers, including Ptolemy, switch to the tropical zodiac?
Because under the old sidereal paradigm, the calendar and the seasons were getting
completely out of whack! It is the tropical points (0° of the cardinal signs) that determine
when Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter occur, and those points are the ones that
gradually precess against the background of the sky. Since all human timekeeping is based on
the sky, the switch had to be made, or all the sacred points of the year would fall at the wrong
time. If the calendars had not been corrected for precession, we would have the first day of
Summer in August, and Christmas in February! Ancient calendar-keepers could simply
decree that adjustments had to be made, but it was not that easy for astrologers, who have
been dealing with this ever-widening split (between the seasons and the sky-figures) ever
since.

EH: But in Ptolemy’s time the zodiacs were nearly in synch, so it was convenient for him to
ignore precession in astrology. Here is Nick Campion on the subject:

“It no doubt seemed a simple matter to Ptolemy to rationalize the situation by defining 0
degrees Aries as the vernal point rather than as the beginning of the constellation of Aries,

Brihat Samhita, Part I, Ch. XLVIII – Royal Ablution, Verse I, translated & with notes by M.
Ramakrishna Bhat, 1981. (EH)
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but the legacy he bequeathed to his successors has not been an easy one. With the shift of the
constellations in relation to the tropical Ptolemaic zodiac in the following centuries, they
gradually became redundant, while the zodiac itself eventually ceased to have any connection
to the awesome symbolism of the fixed stars.” (from his Astrology, History and Apocalypse,
2000, pp. 139-140.)

DKR: I disagree with Nick on this. It definitely did not seem “a simple matter to Ptolemy.”
He finally declared himself a tropicalist, but since the precession correction of his time was
still small, he was still able to use what Nick calls “the awesome symbolism” fully in his
work. His Tetrabiblos is full of star and constellation references and delineations, and I’ve
used them extensively in my book. I had a discussion with Rob Hand about Ptolemy’s
attributions of certain geographical areas to certain signs. Rob said that since Ptolemy had
declared himself a tropicalist, the signs he was using geographically would have to be
considered tropical. But I researched the Tetrabiblos text, and became convinced that
whatever Ptolemy was saying about the signs, he was nonetheless using them sidereally.

In any case, for me this question has been resolved by using precession-correction. But I
initially chose the tropical zodiac for my primary research because back in 1980 – when I
began this project – that was the zodiac most used by astrologers, at least in the West.

EH: Since that time, of course, has come the rise of Vedic, or Indian astrology in the West
and worldwide. And in your Fixed Star book, you list all stars in both tropical and sidereal
zodiacs, the latter using Lahiri ayanamsha. You ended up using both zodiacs. Yes? Though
you lean towards the tropical.

DKR: Yes, I ended up using both zodiacs, as the more I worked with Fixed Stars, the more I
didn’t want to be limited by one zodiac. But I want to say, and emphasize very strongly, that
I prefer the tropical zodiac. As the lens I have been looking through far longer, I find it closer
to the essential message of each chart, just as I know you feel the same using the lens of the
sidereal zodiac. And whatever my preference, I always say the sky doesn’t belong to anyone,
or any one zodiac! I am more interested in what the sky figures are telling us.

14) EH: The Fixed Stars by their very nature bring up the zodiac issue. Let’s go into this a
little more. We can call it THE ZODIAC DIALOGUES!

DKR: Great! You know, astronomers say, "Why should we bother to look at astrology? You
can't even agree on a zodiac!" Siderealists make the point that tropicalists are constantly
changing and adapting their viewpoint because the equinoxes and solstices precess in relation
to the stars, making the tropical zodiac movable, and thus, they believe, changeable and
unreliable. But tropicalists who see the annual cardinal pillars of the seasons as the steadfast
(and sacred) points, could just as well point out that the sidereal constellations are constantly
creeping away from their ancient tropical (Sun/Earth) anchors! The sidereal zodiac is
profoundly linked to the sky-figures, while the tropical zodiac is profoundly linked to the
Earth/Sun’s four-pillared seasons. Both are eternal. Both are sacred.

The nakshatras stand alone just as the constellations do. Indeed, they are part of
constellations, and the planet that is moving through them, as well as the degree span of the
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nakshatra, has been given one degree-label by the tropicalists and another degree-label by the
siderealists. But that planet and that nakshatra ARE IN THE SAME PLACE IN THE SKY
for both zodiacs! Sidereal can’t “own” lunar mansions – they belong to everyone!

EH: They do belong to everyone. I would add that each Fixed Star’s individual movement
(called “proper motion”) is so minute that the heavens appear to us much as they did
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thousands of years ago. Antares, for instance, would take 170,000 years to move just one
degree, as seen from earth, 90, 000 years for Aldebaran. And you are right that the Vedics
don’t own the nakshatras, but they have developed them in a very specific and sophisticated
way that is uniquely Vedic, including the deities, the qualities, and the many mythologies
surrounding each nakshatra. An alternate orientation should not be superimposed on them,
and I don't think you mean that. But for instance, when anyone goes into a Hindu temple in
India, the only thing the priest wants to know about you before blessing you is where your
"birth star" is. This means the nakshatra where your birth Moon is situated in the sidereal
zodiac. This tells him the most important thing he needs to know about you – how your
mind works. It is a key factor to understanding the mind and personality of an individual. If
a Western tropical astrologer wants to use the Vedic nakshatras in the tropical zodiac, then I
would suggest the correct use would be very general in terms of the themes of the nakshatra
and its ruling deity.

There are great many details about these nakshatras which simply do not translate into the
tropical zodiac, which is going to keep shifting the zodiacal position of these nakshatras.
Vedic astrology regards the importance of both sign lords and nakshatra lords, and then
specific lords and sub-lords of each pada (quarter). Much about each and every
nakshatra derives its significance for all Vedic astrologers due to its specific zodiacal degrees
in the sidereal zodiac.

DKR: I realize that to a Vedic expert like yourself, each nakshatra has a myriad of meanings,
connotations and rules that reveal wonderful and useful information. Even if a tropicalist is
ignorant of these, he/she can still distill meaning from the mansion if they know the stars
that comprise it. This, I believe, can serve as a bridge between the two factions of our
beleaguered trade. We should build on this. Perhaps this conflict between the two zodiacs,
so damaging to the reputation of astrology among scientists, can eventually be reconciled by
the study and use of the real sky!

I think the debate we are having with nakshatras is that you (and I presume other Vedic
astrologers) are thinking of them in terms of their degree-spans and boundaries, while I,
coming from the deep past stuff when the star-groups were primary, am thinking of them in
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Though the sidereal zodiac is not linked to the seasons (India has six seasons), Vedic astrology does
emphasize the northern path of the Sun (the path of the Gods, Uttarayana), and the southern path of the
Sun (the path of the Ancestors, Dakshinayana). Uttarayana starts from Winter solstice in the Northern
hemisphere (approx. Dec. 21) and ends at the Summer solstice in the Northern hemisphere (approx.
June 21), based on the Sun entering tropical Capricorn and Cancer, respectively. The Full Moon
calendar is important, but is not in total synch with the solar calendar. Lunar months are named by the
nakshatra where the Full Moon occurs. The Spring equinox is important as a measure for ayanamsha.
(Lahiri ayanamsha increases by 83 minutes or 1.4 degrees every 100 years.) The Vedic New Year is the
New Moon prior to Sun entering sidereal Aries. (EH)
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terms of the clusters of stars they inhabit. Don't worry here about determinants. Let's just
say that the determinants are telling us, in general, where the nakshatras originally resided.
And those original determinant stars have very distinct energies, which I believe gave each
nakshatra its identity!

EH: I strongly disagree! And if you had studied Vedic astrology, I think you might see it
differently. The nakshatras do not derive their basic identities from the Fixed Stars, just
because they are the “determinant stars.” The ancient Vedic culture was a lunar culture, the
entire philosophy of their tradition involving worship based on the Moon’s nakshatra
position, not its zodiacal sign. The “sky gazers” in this case were the Rishis, or Sages, who
were Enlightened beings. In their state of Super consciousness, they were able to see the past,
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present and future. Observing the Moon’s daily passage, the average speed of the Moon
coincides with the exact length of the nakshatra: 13 degrees 20 minutes. The Moon’s sidereal
motion is also 27.3 days, another reason why there are 27 nakshatras and not 28, as in the
Chinese and Arabic lunar mansions. The Moon’s motion is hugely important, but we cannot
absolutely confirm whether the seers were more concerned with nakshatras as equal
segments, or as clusters of stars.

DKR: I don’t think it would have been possible for them to measure exact spans when
people looked at the sky, even if those distinct star groups (usually of prominent stars) would
have given them at least an idea of where a nakshatra began or ended. But because "an idea"
would not have been good enough for chart analysis, the precise spans, keeping pace with the
movement of the Moon, came into use to keep things orderly.

A nakshatra, to me, coming from the point of view of those antique sky-gazers, is a great deal
more than a set of degrees! If you are going to say that it is the exact degree span that is
primary, then you are doing with the nakshatras what tropicalists (and, yes, siderealists too),
have come to do with signs. That is, no matter what is going on in the sky visually, the exact
30 degree measurements from 0 Aries, from whatever sidereal fiducial point is chosen, are
now considered what is important.

That you and other Vedic astrologers use the exact degree spans is fine with me – I just want
everyone – siderealists and tropicalists alike, to know what is going on in the sky in that
degree span, or any degree span!

The stars and constellations are the ground we all stand on, whatever zodiac we espouse
(which is simply a matter of choosing different starting points and labeling planetary
positions accordingly). In that example of the pre-9/11 lunation – a siderealist looking at the
sky and a tropicalist looking at the sky are going to see Mars in the same place! To me, the
nakshatra (or manzil, or hsiu) that it is passing through has a message, and I can't accept that
nakshatras are solely for the use of the Vedic tradition – as long as one is careful to transpose
the degrees correctly, I believe it is quite proper for a tropicalist to say that a planet is in
such-and-such nakshatra, because a nakshatra is not, essentially, just a span of degrees; it is

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In the Dec. 2000 issue of Discovery magazine, a British scientist explains a mathematical formula for
being able to see the past, present and future in the present moment, also possible in a Black Hole, and
achieved by the ancient Vedic seers, whose cognition of the universe precedes modern Science. (EH)
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also a place in the sky. The Vedic tradition, so detailed and complete in so many ways, has,
for the most part, lost its heavenly foundation. That's why I keep insisting, to both
siderealists and tropicalists, that they become aware of the stars.

EH: The nakshatra has never lost its heavenly foundation, though I will agree that most
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Vedic astrologers today are not much focused on the Fixed Stars and their positions. Even
so, Vedic astrology has always been based on the observable, or constellational zodiac, which
is much more based on the Fixed Stars than is the tropical zodiac – which is seasonally
oriented. The meaning of the signs breaks down totally in the Southern hemisphere, while in
Vedic (sidereal) astrology the sign of Aries is not necessarily tied to the spring season but is
tied to the idea of qualities. And as the first sign, it is the sign of beginnings and initiations.

In the Vedic literature on nakshatras, the Fixed Stars are mentioned on a regular basis.
Classic Vedic texts like Surya Siddhanta mention their locations. The nakshatras form
constellations of Fixed Stars and certain Fixed Stars mark their prime and junction stars
(yogatara). The Vedanga Jyotish (ca. 1500 B.C.) confirms that ancient Vedic seers gave
planetary and even ascendant longitudinal placements only in terms of nakshatras. Sage
Parashara refers to comets as seen in various nakshatras.

Ancient Vedic literature has always referred to nakshatra placements at the time of the spring
equinox, or summer solstice. In the Vedanga Jyotish, the summer solstice ca. 1500 B.C. was in
Aslesha nakshatra (16:40 to 30:00 sidereal Cancer). In 2500 B.C. the spring equinox was in
Krittika nakshatra (26:40 Aries to 10:00 Taurus – sidereal). In 3100 B.C. the spring equinox
was in Rohini nakshatra (10:00 to 23:20 sidereal Taurus). The Harappan seal shows Krittika,
and the mature period of the Harappan culture of northwestern India is considered to have
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spanned the period from 2800 to 1800 B.C. The nakshatras did not move into new degree
areas. Those remained the same. What changed was that the equinoxes and solstices were
observed to have changed THEIR starting points to coincide with these particular nakshatras,
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always measured in the sidereal zodiac.

Vedic scholar David Frawley recently told me this:

“Vedic astrology has its own special method of polar longitude for determining stellar
positions. It connects the stars with a line from the pole position. This changes the
determination zodiacal placement of the Fixed Star, especially for stars located some distance
north or south of the zodiac, sometimes by several degrees. There is as yet no modern
astronomical program set up to calculate this.”

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Ken Johnson is an exception. In his book Mansions of the Moon: the Lost Zodiac of the Goddess (2002),
he often refers to the Fixed Stars. For instance, he talks about how Arcturus adds to the meaning of
Swati, by being the star furthest from the ecliptic. He describes Swati Moon people as "Arcturus Moon
people" and "Arcturus folk." Thus Arcturus is the main star of Swati, but while the nakshatras are not
identical with their junction or primary stars, there is considerable connection between the two. (EH)
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Source: In Search of the Cradle of Civilization: New Light on Ancient India, by George Feuerstein,
Subhash Chak, and David Frawley, 1995, p. 63. (EH)
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This would apparently mean that by doing a polar longitude calculation, a junction star such
as Antares is still in Jyestha nakshatra and easily within the boundary between the nakshatras.
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Frawley has also said: “It could be argued that the signs arose from the Nakshatras.”

DKR: No, I don't agree. The nakshatras are indeed very ancient, but they are also quite
different from the signs. The Greek myths are very much connected to the sky figures, and I
have long suspected that many of their myths derived from the figures – or at least the
energies from each particular part of the sky – not the figures from the myths. But there's no
way of truly knowing that.

EH: The Vedic nakshatras apparently precede any use of zodiac signs in that system, at least.
The ancient Vedic texts are purely nakshatras. Greek and Egyptian myths also mirror the
Vedic nakshatras. In fact, Ken Johnson says: “The Greek interpretations of the important
Fixed Stars are exactly the same as the nakshatras, almost word for word…. The West slowly
lost this tradition during the Middle Ages. India never did.” David Frawley discusses the
Harappan seal found in India, and dated to around 2400 BCE, showing symbols clearly
identifying Mrigashirsha nakshatra (late Taurus/early Gemini), or Orion, and also Scorpio,
marking the other end of the zodiac. Frawley notes: “There is much commonality between
the constellations, the signs, and the Nakshatras that is worthy of exploration.” (Ibid.)

On the zodiac issue, another Vedic colleague Andrew Foss told me this recently: "The Fixed
Stars are where they are, as are the planets at any moment in time. The signs and nakshatras
are also fixed. The only thing that changes in the tropical zodiac is the distance from the
Vernal Equinox point. Stars don't change constellations because one uses the tropical zodiac
unless you make the nakshatras mobile, which is completely contrary to their fundamental
definition which is as fixed as the stars and is with reference to certain Fixed Stars within
them (yogataras).

Don't let anyone else's confusion confuse you. We must keep a grip on the fundamental
astronomy. The stars, planets and star groups (rashis and nakshatras) are as we see them in the
sky. How we measure their location is simply a matter of choice. We can measure starting from
the equinox or some fixed point, or whatever we like. That does not change or move anything. It
is just like time zones. Once they used to measure from Ujjain, and later they chose Greenwich.
London or Boston did not move anywhere or change countries because of this."

Andrew makes many good points. And in the end, I think it is about choosing the lens you want
to look through. What is your starting point? From there, what are you looking at? And can
that be superimposed on to a system that was not intended to be observed from that lens?
Beyond the transcendent symbols, each system has its underlying inherent symbolism, and we
cannot make cultural assumptions. Chinese astrology and culture, for instance, is very secretive
and assigns planetary attributes that differ from most other systems. In the past, I have made
many valid astrological observations using the tropical zodiac. Then I changed my lens to the
sidereal/Vedic. As we know, it is not the same as sidereal/Western – without the Vedic
orientation. That is why I say tropical/ Vedic is really stretching it, unless you are being very

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general, though apparently there is at least one Vedic astrologer (Ernst Wilhelm) using the
tropical zodiac for natal analysis, sidereal for dasa analysis. But that is extremely rare.

In any case, it will be very interesting to see how research on all this unfolds, with your concept
of original determinant stars versus standardized nakshatra spans. Your dual sign natal
orientation is uniquely equipped to put yourself in multiple lenses at the same time. You do that
brilliantly! The less adaptable and mentally adept astrologer will be more challenged in
maneuvering through the many layers and lenses you do with such enthusiasm!

15) EH: After researching and writing on this subject for over 30 years what do you think is
your contribution to what is already known on this subject? And what for you is the
highlight of your book?

DKR: I have written the book that I wish I could have had when I was first studying
astrology. I’ve tried to dig up the most ancient sources available, from every culture. Lunar
mansions (Hindu, Chinese and Arabic) are extremely ancient, so I have included them and
named their determinant stars. I kept inputting people and events to see if patterns emerged,
then I wrote up interpretations based upon what I found. In most cases, the quotations that
lead off each section are from people who have placements there. I did the illustrations
myself because I wanted to show them against the background grid of right ascension and
declination, with the names of the surrounding figures included to show where each one is in
relation to the others. I also included the major stars and DSOs. Some of my figures are
untraditional, but based on what I discovered – Auriga the Charioteer, for instance, is shown
as a war veteran in a wheelchair, because in the myth he was a person who invented the
chariot because he could not walk. What I found at those stars confirmed the myth, and
China had a military encampment at the same stars. Corona Borealis, usually shown as a
spiky metal crown, I have as a wedding wreath, because that’s what it is in the myth.
Ophiuchus is shown struggling with Serpens, instead of just holding him. There I used
Kepler’s Ophiuchus as a model. The Scales of Libra are shown with ghostly Scorpion’s claws
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behind them, because that’s what they were, earlier. Sagittarius has a wing in the place of the
usual flowing cloak, because the earliest depictions of him are winged. Aquarius was
described as a naked youth, so that’s what I made him. And so forth.

16) Diana K. Rosenberg: biography & commentary on her Vedic chart (by Edith Hathaway)

EH: What would you like people to know about you?

DKR: I’d like them to know my data and my current situation. Usually I tend to be pretty
free about details of my life. It’s a little awkward for me analyzing me, but I don’t mind if
you do it. And I am very interested in what the Vedic chart says, because I always intended
to study Vedic astrology.

EH: If you’d like a Vedic snapshot of your chart, I can do that, but only if you want.

DKR: I’d love it. Please go ahead.

EH: Okay, let’s give your chart details, and put it in the Vedic framework. Your birth data
is: April 9, 1933, 10:13 AM EST, New Rochelle, NY. Using the sidereal zodiac (Lahiri
ayanamsha), your birth Ascendant is 19:20 Gemini with Sun, Venus, and Mercury in Pisces in
the 10th house, and Mars, Ketu, and Jupiter in Leo in the 3rd house. (Ketu is the South lunar
node; Rahu is North lunar node.) Rahu is situated in Aquarius in the 9th house.) Moon is in
Virgo in the 4th house. Saturn is in Capricorn in the 8th house, good for longevity – so has
protected you for some time.

Diana K. Rosenberg
Sun. 4/9/1933 10:13:00
New Rochelle, NY

You have Gemini Ascendant with Pisces planets in both tropical and sidereal zodiacs. I see
that very much in working with you – how your Ascendant lord Mercury in a water sign is
very linked up with Jupiter. It’s in Jupiter’s sign and in Jupiter’s nakshatra. Mercury with
Jupiter, probably in most systems – has a lot to say, and doesn’t want to put limits on the
parameters. In any case, Gemini Ascendant gives a natural mental curiosity and versatility,
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knowledge accessible, the cultural level depending on various factors, including the condition
of the classic benefic planets Venus and Jupiter. In your case both of them are very involved
with Mercury, including exalted Venus, which adds refinement. You have made your study
and your book on Fixed Stars in a very broad spectrum. You are dissatisfied with parameters
that seem artificially reduced, and Mercury-Jupiter defines this broad spectrum you have.

At the same time, Mercury-Jupiter also creates the most difficulties for your physical health,
as described by Vedic astrology. For instance, you have had allergy problems with pollen.
This is a watery situation related to lungs and breathing. Aside from Mercury in a water
sign, this is because Mercury and Jupiter are not planetary friends, and Jupiter can cause
problems for the Mercury-ruled Ascendant person. I will footnote the Vedic myth about
Jupiter and Tara, as that is helpful in understanding Mercury’s tension with both Jupiter and
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the Moon.

This is further emphasized because you are in Mercury dasa (cycle) in the Vedic system, and
Jupiter is so linked with Mercury in your chart, and they are in 6-8 house relationship. That
is, Mercury is in the 8th house from Jupiter in Leo, and Jupiter is in the 6th house from
Mercury in Pisces. (When two planets are in 6th and 8th positions from each other, it is
called Shastashtaka – pronounced shas-TASH-ta-ka.) You are dealing with problems with the
pancreas (pancreatic cancer), and Jupiter is connected with sugar, which is what the pancreas
regulates.

DKR: Yes, and Jupiter can be careless, and too much of a good thing. And I ate too much!

EH: Well, and the fact that Jupiter is lord of both the sign and the nakshatra where
Ascendant lord Mercury resides, that is further emphasizing the Mercury-Jupiter connection.
We call the planet which is nakshatra lord Jiva, or the life force. So Jupiter is providing so
much that describes you! The same way you look at research is the way you regard food. It
would not be so if Mercury were not also your Ascendant lord, describing your physical
body. Who is to say where the boundaries are for that? And then we combine the fact that
you move into Mercury dasa, and your Ascendant lord Mercury comes into Center stage for
this time period. For you, this is from June 2000 for 17 years.

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“In the Puranic myth, Mercury is born to Jupiter’s wife Tara, but is not his own child – though he is
later forced to accept him as his own. Mercury comes from the union of Tara and Soma – the Moon in
an incarnation as a man in this story. Mercury is finally accepted by Jupiter in large part to quell dissent
among the gods, and also because the child Mercury is so witty and clever; thus, the association of
Mercury with youthfulness, mischief, and sexual desire, sometimes bringing messy relations due to the
inability to settle for one choice and the unease with an abundance of confusing choices. Another
understanding from this teaching myth is Mercury’s relationship with both Jupiter and the Moon
(Soma). Though Mercury is heavily dependent on Jupiter for higher knowledge, and Jupiter’s aspect to
Mercury is considered the blessing of a guru, even so there is an uneasy relationship between them. The
same is true to some extent between Mercury and Moon, in spite of Moon’s acceptance of everyone.
(The Moon has no planetary enemies, whereas for Mercury – Moon is its enemy. Soma is the
interloper in the myth.)…Moon accepts Mercury as his true child, but to Jupiter he is a surrogate child.”
(EH, quoted from my upcoming book on Vedic astrology)

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DKR: May I comment on that? You said that I didn’t want any limits, any boundaries. It
was more that I didn’t want to take for granted what the other books said, even though with
Algol, right away I saw that most of it was true. But I wanted to see for myself.

EH: Right! And Jupiter is the planet of knowledge, after all.

DKR: Yes, and you can always tell them that my earliest two-word sentence – you know,
when babies first start connecting words – was: “BY SELF.” As in, I want to do it by
myself! My mother told me that. I wanted to cross the street without holding her hand.
And many things like that. With research, I wanted to see for myself: How do these stars
work – other than the famous ones? How many of them do work? I wasn’t into the
constellations at all at first. That was one of the things that evolved. But it wasn’t just not
wanting boundaries. I wanted to see what I could see. And I threw all this data in to see
what emerged, whether it was a lot of fires, volcanoes, tsunamis, whatever. In terms of
people, it could be a lot of Low lifes, or Empire builders.

EH: Was your pioneering spirit enticed by the fact that there wasn’t very much about it out
there?

DKR: Yes, yes. For instance, very early on, I realized I could sell my little work book on
Fixed Stars – which I created simply for myself to work in and study. And people kept
asking me for xeroxes of it. All it had was what was in Robson and Ebertin. But nonetheless,
it was all put in one place, and with up-to-date positions. And that was valuable to people.
But I kept asking: Can anyone direct me to a teacher of Fixed Stars? And finally someone
said to me: “Diana, you’re the teacher. You know more than anyone else.” And I realized
that by that time it was true.

EH: That’s wonderful! Now to recap: From your Gemini Ascendant, your natal Sun, Venus
and Mercury are all in Pisces in the 10th house. Your Mars, Ketu, and Jupiter are all in Leo in
the 3rd house from the Ascendant. But those planets are all in the 6th house from the Pisces
planets, while the Pisces planets are in the 8th house from all the Leo planets. The fact that
the Leo planets are all in the 3rd house from the Ascendant – this is the 8th house from the 8th,
which is a kind of setup for obstacles and setbacks. And of course, 8th house is also research.
You did all this research, but it wasn’t easy. It took you much longer than expected doing
the research, and getting the material to publication. The lord of 9th house of publishing is in
the 8th house of loss and setbacks. So we know it wouldn’t be easy for you to go about it.

DKR: Well, on the other hand, I enjoyed it SO MUCH! And now I want to say something
before I forget. For some reason the 8th house has something to do with the universe, the sky,
etc. Maybe that’s why when Uranus came along, some people decided it was exalted in
Scorpio. And I find that a lot of times when I’m looking for something connected to the sky,
I’ll find it in Scorpio, or the 8th house. And I don’t know what the connection is, but there it
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EH: Well, in the Vedic chart Saturn in its own sign in the 8th house is good for longevity. So
that Saturn in your 8th house has protected you for a long time, especially during its 19-year
dasa, from June 19, 1981 through June 19, 2000.

DKR: Yes, and it’s in its own sign tropically too, because it’s in Aquarius. The 8th house is
also a house of financial wealth, and actually financial wealth doesn’t interest me at all. I
don’t even research it very much, though interestingly, I did find that the strongest sign for
wealth tropically was Aries. And would you believe it? My Sun is exactly in Revati
nakshatra? This is supposed to be a nakshatra of wealth, and I can make a strong point about
this: I am not, nor have I ever been – wealthy.

But my father’s father was very wealthy. He was a self-made man, a cigar manufacturer.
And he did leave some money for my sister and me, which was immediately gobbled up by
his greedy relatives. My mother was at a grave disadvantage. She divorced my father when I
was about four years old, in an era when divorce was still rare and a real stigma. She didn’t
have enough money to pay a good lawyer, and decided she was so fed up with that family
anyway – she didn’t want to have anything more to do with them. That’s Saturn in the 8th,
you know. During my childhood, money was a big issue in the family when I was growing
up, with arguments and fights about it swirling over my head. It affected me very much and
it made me move away from wanting to have anything to do with money.

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I didn’t want to consider money any more than I had to. Maybe that was why I have never
had much money or interest in making any, and it drove my husband crazy, because it put a
burden on him! So with wealth, I have Saturn in the 8th, and was denied the inheritance.
But the Sun, ruler of my 2nd house – is 19 degrees Aries tropically. It’s at the star Revati,
which is at the ecliptic.

EH: True. Your Sun at 19 Aries is the tropical equivalent of 26:23 Pisces sidereally, so in
Revati nakshatra, whose span is 16:40 to 30:00 Pisces in the sidereal zodiac. But in your Vedic
chart, Leo is the 3rd house, using whole sign houses. So in Vedic terms, your Sun rules the 3rd
house, not the 2nd house.

DKR: Both the star and the Lunar mansion of Revati are supposed to be wealthy.

EH: Yes, the Sanskrit word Revati means “wealthy.” But this is where I think that freely
interchanging the tropical and sidereal zodiacs may be interesting for research, but in
practical chart analysis it breeds confusion. We have to go to a deeper level of the Vedic
chart, and consider that just because your Venus and Sun are both in Pisces in Revati
nakshatra – that does not guarantee financial wealth, even with Venus near its maximum
exaltation in Pisces.

We have to consider what houses these planets rule – the ones occupying Revati. And that
differs from the Western tropical chart to the Vedic sidereal chart. (The Vedic orientation is
generally whole sign houses, no matter what degree is on the Ascendant. And though we
have other ways of assessing houses, this is the primary one.) Also, the house and the
planets have to be well aspected, and the lords of the sign and the nakshatra should be
unafflicted for best results. Since Mercury, as Revati nakshatra lord, is debilitated, though
Neecha Banga (i.e. corrected over time through Venus), this is one factor changing the results
for wealth, and has implications for physical health as well. Due to its exaltation, Venus
helps to “correct” and elevate this Mercury, and benefits your life both through your zest for
knowledge and through your children. These are both associated with the Venus-ruled 5th
house. In the Navamsa chart, the 5th house lord (Moon) is also exalted, doubling the impact.

The deity Pushan, the nurturer, rules over Revati, so this nakshatra also gives a very
nourishing quality to the person, which you have. Further, Pushan is a finder of lost things
and lost animals. This may apply to your research of the Fixed Stars! Its symbol is the drum,
which being an instrument for keeping time, relates to the whole sense of time and rhythm,
musical or otherwise. Your love for dance is shown here. Your research has also shown more
wealthy people in tropical Aries. Not only would those have been likely to coincide with the
13 degree 20 minute span of Revati nakshatra, but the planetary positions would have to be
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A stunning example of this is the chart of American financier J. Pierpont Morgan, founder of J.P.
Morgan & Co., born April 17, 1837, 3:00 AM, Hartford, CT. His Vedic chart has Aquarius Ascendant,
with Venus exalted to the maximum degree, at 27:15 Pisces in the 2nd house of income. The 2nd house
lord Jupiter is also exalted in Cancer in the 6th house. This brought huge wealth and huge conflicts
(Jupiter in the 6th house), with Morgan twice rescuing the U.S. govt. from bankruptcy. His Sun and
Saturn are also exalted. (EH)
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Mercury’s sign lord here is Jupiter, which is six houses away – bringing conflict in these
matters. Mercury is at 2:17 Pisces, and debilitated in this sign, whose lord is not a planetary
friend to Mercury, and – as noted earlier – there is a 6-8 house relationship between Mercury
and Jupiter: not at all easy on many levels. Mercury could have been raised up by Jupiter,
but was not. The translation is that there was financial wealth in the family, but it was
mostly destroyed before it could be passed on to you. Even so, you were protected to some
degree by your husband (also Jupiter in a Gemini Ascendant chart, as ruler of Sagittarius, the
7th house), and by your ability to learn and educate yourself (Jupiter, as significator of
knowledge). Jupiter in the 12th house from your Moon shows charitable giving, and despite
relative lack of financial wealth, you have given to charities to alleviate suffering by people
or animals.

You have said your husband was “kindly, but extremely tight-fisted with money.” This is
described astrologically by Saturn in the 8th house (2nd house from the 7th house of partner).
But it helps that Saturn is in its own sign. Some degree of financial protection also comes
from your two children (Venus as 5th lord), who are both successful.

Fortunately, Venus is the best planet for Gemini Ascendant, so it is serving you well in the
birth chart, and brings much closeness to your children and good fortune to them. Venus
exalted in an angle of your chart is a great blessing for you, especially as your best planet. It
is called a Mahapurusha (MAH-ha pu-RUH-sha) yoga, in this case a Malavya (mah LAV-ya)
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yoga, specific to Venus. This yoga brings beauty, learning, and sensual pleasures, but in
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the 10 house it is especially associated with learning you can share with the public. Venus
in Pisces brings a devotional aspect to it. You give everything to it, as if on an altar.

However, another major factor for the Vedic astrologer is analyzing each planet in the
Navamsa (9th harmonic) chart. Venus is more fraught in the Navamsa chart, where it is in the
11th house in Capricorn closely contacting Rahu, opposite Saturn-Mercury-Ketu in Cancer,
and aspected by Mars. Navamsa Venus receives aspects from three classical malefic planets,
capable of separating you from whatever that planet offers. Vedically, this shows there could
be money problems or sacrifices incurred in the family during your first major or minor
Venus dasa. From birth to age 7, you were in Moon dasa and in Moon-Venus dasa (i.e.
Venus sub-cycle) from April 19, 1938 to Dec. 19, 1939. This coincided exactly with the time
when your parents split up and your mother was disinherited from any wealth from her
former father-in-law, since she initiated the separation and divorce. (For your own children,
it shows more exotic choices of career and life paths, with Navamsa Venus near Rahu-Ketu.
Your daughter is an actress and your son is in media technology, both relatively “exotic”
professions – even if media technology seems central to our modern life.)

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Only five planets can have this status: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. They must be in
their own sign or exalted, and in an angle from the Ascendant. They must also possess inherent
strength. (EH)

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 Diana K. Rosenberg
Sun. 4/9/1933
10:13:00
New Rochelle, NY

DKR: I love it when you do the Vedic analysis of the chart.

EH: Thanks. We can go a bit further then. But first, I wanted to bring in how this whole
configuration also fits in with your discovery about your husband, many years after you
married. A long time after you started studying astrology in the 1970s, you looked back at
your marriage chart, and you thought those planetary patterns were more appropriate for a
business contract. When you put all the factors together (astrological and otherwise), you
then suspected your husband may have married you for the money he assumed you would
inherit. When you confronted him about it, he admitted how “ashamed” he was of doing
that. So there was another whole theme of conflict around money that you were unaware of
until the astrology revealed it to you many years later.

DKR: Yes, my husband was good at hiding things, but when I told him that I thought he
had married me for money, he turned instantly as white as a sheet, so I knew it was true.
We were together a long time – just over 35 years from when we married. We lived together
from Nov. 1954 until summer 1976, about 22 years. Then we remained friends, but lived
apart. Even so, we shared many social occasions with our children. We never divorced up
until his death in Jan. 1990.

EH: Let’s give that marriage date and time: Nov 25, 1954, 12:20 PM EST (time approx.), New
York, N.Y. Yes, I see what you mean. The Vedic chart has a New Moon in Scorpio in the
10th house of career, and in your own 6th house. (The exact New Moon at 9:28 Scorpio was at
7:30 AM EST that day, just five hours earlier.) Venus is retrograde, not good for marriage. It
is in Libra tightly contacting Mercury and Saturn, also in Libra. This Mercury loses the
planetary war (Graha Yuddha) with Venus, and so loses power dramatically. You said there
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to discussing problems between you. This would create a lot of tension for a Gemini
Ascendant person, whose symbol Vedically is the intertwined couple. (It seems Gemini is
much more associated with sexual desire in the Vedic system than in the Western system.)

Diana Rosenberg -
marriage
Thu. 11/25/1954
12:20:00
New York, NY

The marriage chart has an Aquarius Ascendant (sidereal zodiac) between 12:11 and 1:23 PM
EST. Mars is in the Ascendant aspecting the 7th house. So I would agree with you that the
planetary signatures here are more about work than marriage. But with Sun and Moon in
the fixed sign of Scorpio, aspected by Jupiter – at least it did endure. And you remained
friends for 14 years after the 22 years you lived together and raised your children. The
sidereal fixed signs were angular, and Sun and Moon were both in Anuradha nakshatra, ruled
by Mitra, the deity of friendship, human solidarity, and respect for laws and treaties. The
Libra planets are in a good house, the 9th house. You were married on a Thursday, Jupiter’s
day, with retrograde Jupiter exalted in Cancer in the 6th house. Its close aspect to the Sun
and Moon in Scorpio was crucial for the longevity of the marriage – though as you say,
coming from the 6th house and aspecting the 10th house speaks more of a business contract
than marriage, especially with Mars on the Ascendant. This is just looking at the marriage
chart, and not at either of your birth charts. The Moon is newly waxing, thus invisible from
the earth. The bride was also perhaps not really seen by the groom, or in the context of the
marriage. You have described yourself as being “chained” in this marriage, and you related
this to having your tropical Aries planets aligned with the figure of Andromeda, the Chained
Woman. Sidereally, those planets would be in Pisces.

In your Vedic birth chart, you have a Full Moon chart across the Virgo-Pisces axis: Sun in
Pisces, Moon in Virgo. You have four planets in dual signs, along with the dual sign
Ascendant. The dual (or mutable) signs give the most versatile person.

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DKR: Well, I do feel I’m very Piscean. It’s very hard for me to tell, because in the tropical I
have Mercury-North Node and Midheaven in Pisces, and my Sun is in Aries. It’s very
difficult for me to tell how much of it is sidereal (Sun, Venus and Mercury in Pisces), and
how much of it is that I have three things there tropically.

EH: Do you get insights in your dreams? Flashes of intuition at random moments?

DKR: No, first of all I almost never remember my dreams. I get insights while I’m working,
and I get some of my best ideas when I'm in the bathtub! (Must be my Neptune conjunct
Jupiter!)

EH: I’d lay it on your three planets in Pisces: Sun, Mercury and Venus in the 10th house.
Two of those planets relate to the physical body: the Sun and Ascendant lord Mercury.
Albert Einstein also has Sun, Mercury, and Venus in Pisces, with Gemini Ascendant, same
as yours, his at 19:28 Gemini, very close to yours at 19:20 Gemini, giving you both the Pisces
Navamsa Ascendant, emphasizing the Pisces qualities.

DKR: (Laughing) Oh, well go ahead and compare!

EH: Einstein also has Saturn in Pisces, very close to Mercury. So in his case he was not
talking until he was eight or nine years old.

DKR: That wasn’t true of me. I was jabbering away from an early age.

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EH: We can compare your early Dasas in the Vimshottari system. For Einstein, he was born
in Mercury dasa, and entered Ketu dasa at age nine, just after completing 20 months of
Mercury-Saturn dasa. His natal Mercury in Pisces was within two degrees of his natal
Saturn, and in the end gave him extraordinary focus and intellectual abilities, but caused
delays in his ability to speak in coherent sentences. This was obviously not due to lack of
intelligence, but to his own innate eccentricities. Your earliest childhood period was Moon
dasa – from birth, and you have a Full Moon in Virgo in Hasta nakshatra, symbolizing the
hand. You wanted “hands-on” experience from an early age, and not to have your hand held
when crossing the street! You are good with your hands, and have enjoyed doing handicrafts,
especially embroidery and mosaics. You also learned crochet, knitting and stained glass
work, and have done the original illustrations for your book on Fixed stars. When Moon is
in the 4th house, as yours is, it is considered Dig Bala, or best possible angular house position.
Your Full Moon also gave you plenty of verve and early speech, as Moon is the lord of your
2nd house of speech. For that matter, Sun is Dig Bala in the 10th house, so that too is a boon.

DKR: Of course Moon is also mother. My mother was quite bitter that she was stuck with
the whole responsibility of raising my sister and me. She worked (very hard) to support us.
My sister was jealous of me but had to look after me while Mom worked. And I did have a
lot of difficulties with my mother. She was a very controlling person. I think she may have
been Sagittarius in both zodiacs. Anyway, I was not an easy child to raise, I’ll say that for
her. But I had a lot of conflicts with her, and I also did a very Piscean thing, which was to try
to disappear myself. Part of that is Pluto rising square my tropical Aries Sun.

EH: So what would you do? How did you hide?

DKR: It’s not that. I disliked myself, because I was constantly criticized. And I daydreamed
a lot. The huge money arguments in the family just made life at home more wretched. I was
fine when I was alone. I read a lot and daydreamed and built my own inner world. But it
wasn’t too many years ago now that I realized my daydreams never contained Diana.
Usually when people daydream, they daydream themselves in a love relationship, or a heroic
deed, or something like that. Diana did not exist in the daydreams. I deleted Diana. I did
not like Diana. And at one point in my life I had a very severe nervous breakdown.

EH: Yes, you mentioned that. You said it was around 1966-67. And the fact that you had
just entered Jupiter dasa is extremely important. (That was June 19, 1965 – for 16 years.)
Jupiter’s rulership over Mercury extends the whole theme of sacrifice that is described by
Pisces. This is emphasized even more so with Venus in Pisces, exalted there to the
maximum degree, and yours is approaching that, within a few degrees. There is often a major
sacrifice in life, often through love matters. And look at how you sacrificed a lot to stay in
that marriage, and to stay close to your children.

DKR: That was instinctive. I didn’t say: “Oh, I am going to sacrifice myself for my
children.”

EH: No, but your children are involved with Venus, being the 5th house lord.

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DKR: It was a natural thing for me to say: “I’m not going to leave the marriage.” First of all
he might have gotten custody. I just followed my instincts. And also, my maternal
grandmother was an influence. She was a Catholic, from a Cuban family. She had a lot to do
with my upbringing, because my mother had to work.

My grandmother had Venus in Cancer on the Midheaven tropically. She was Catholic,
Spanish-speaking, traditional, an archetypal matriarch, loving and warm. She also had the
Leo pride. She had four children, ten grandchildren, and loved children. She had a chance to
go to college (unusual at that time), but turned it down to have the traditional motherhood
role. She was a role model for me, and she was the most nurturing member of the family.
She married a German-Jewish medical student – Irving D. Steinhardt. Her name was Clara
Aurora Luis, and she was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. of aristocratic Cuban parents. She was
patrician, and very regal. Her father was a close friend of José Marti, who was like Cuba’s
Abraham Lincoln. He was a medical clinician and a gun-runner for Cuba in the Spanish
American War, when Cuba was trying to achieve independence from Spain. My
grandmother Clara was torn between pride and embarrassment of her father, who was jailed
as a gun-runner for Cuba. She married a German/Jewish medical student, as I said. He
developed a medical practice in New York City as a pediatric orthopedist. He was also very
active in the Boy Scouts, and ran a troop. He died in the 1940s. These grandparents born in
the 1870s and 1880s were an important early influence for me. They probably contributed to
my streak of conservatism culturally, though I am a liberal politically.

My paternal grandfather was a Hungarian Jew. He left Hungary and came to the U.S.,
settling first in the Midwest (Ohio, I think), then later came to New York. He built up a
cigar manufacturing company, and became very wealthy. He was the source of the family
wealth. But “family wealth” was certainly not part of my experience. Saturn in the 8th house
cut me off from that. He blamed my mother for the divorce, which in those days was a great
disgrace, and cut her off totally. He barely had anything to do with me and my sister.

EH: Back to Mercury and its connection to speech and language ability. Were you good at
languages? You must have had other languages spoken all around you.

DKR: I can mimic an accent, but I’m not good at languages and not good at memorization.
My family didn’t want me to learn Spanish. Clara, my Cuban grandmother had five sisters
who were always gossiping together in Spanish, and they didn’t want me to be able to
understand what they were saying! One of the most repeated stories in the family was this
one: After her marriage to Irving Steinhardt, Clara was at the butcher shop asking for a
specific cut of meat. She overheard the staff saying in Spanish to give her some old piece
from the back room. Since Steinhardt is certainly not a Spanish-sounding name, they
obviously had no idea she understood until she let out a stream of invectives in Spanish that
sent them running for their best possible cut! They never messed with her again.

EH: What a great story! And one way of looking at Mercury in Pisces is as language or
expression that can be used either to hide something, or to choose to reveal it, especially
something which has not been generally known – such as Fixed Stars.

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A debilitated Mercury, or Mercury in a water sign can be very intuitive, as we know. But it is
not ideal for memorization of language or of facts, which can leak out the memory door, so to
speak, as if through a sieve. (This is my own analogy.) I should add that you’re in famous
company. In addition to Mercury in Pisces, Albert Einstein also had natal Moon debilitated
in Scorpio in the 6th house. As his 2nd house lord of speech, this Moon added to his Mercury-
Saturn problem, and gave him that initial disadvantage, to the point where his early teachers
expected him to achieve very little in life. Furthermore, his Moon was in Jyestha nakshatra
ruled in turn by debilitated Mercury. Sign lord Mars was in the 8th house – a difficult house,
though in Capricorn, an exalted sign for Mars. After finishing Mercury-Saturn dasa, his
language problem was resolved. That was at age nine. In your case, your natal Saturn is in
Capricorn and so has a little more distance from Mercury, as it aspects the planet. It helps to
focus the Mercury without stopping it. They are planetary friends, so Saturn can give some
good structure and focus to Mercury, especially when one of them is ruler of the Ascendant,
as is as your Mercury.

When we look at your 30-plus years of dedication to collecting data for study of the Fixed
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Stars, we can also point to this Mercury in Pisces aspected by Saturn in Capricorn. You
see the vastness of the Universe as symbolized by these billions and billions of Fixed Stars
(very Piscean), and you want to gather them up and study as many of them as you can. You
don’t want to be limited in the scope of your study, but Saturn helps you to focus your
attention on patterns revealed from your ever-increasing collection of birth data, what you
call your “Data Monster.”

You were saying that your mother worked after your parents split up.

DKR: Yes. My parents split when I was about three or four years old. You see that with the
Sun directed to Uranus (in my Western tropical chart). And my father was severely manic-
depressive. I loved him. He was my handsome daddy, and he indulged me. But what did I
know? Years later I understood he was utterly dishonest in money dealings. That was part of
the disease, I think. And my mother was certainly right to divorce him. My father was
terribly unstable, and when he went into a manic phase he was impossible. He wouldn’t
sleep. He would talk non-stop, and drive everyone batty. He would borrow money and
never return it. Later I found out he had never intended to return it. He was typical Pisces,
probably sidereal Aquarius. And because he couldn’t hold a job, he stayed home and read all
day long. So he was extremely well read, knowledgeable, and encyclopedic. And I think that
side of me comes from him.

Later in his life, people who knew him simply as a friend in a church group, or elsewhere,
loved to go to museums with him, because he knew so much, and he was so entertaining as a
raconteur. People said that at his funeral. And my kids adored him. They couldn’t
understand why I suddenly blew up at him one day. They didn’t know and had never seen
him in his worst phases.

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forward in the zodiac, in whole sign houses. (EH)
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EH: In Vedic astrology, we look at the father as the Sun, but also as 9th house lord. (That is
South Indian, which I use. North Indian prefers 10th house lord for father.) In your case, 9th
lord Saturn is in the 8th house of loss. So there is the loss of the father in some way.

DKR: By the time I was six I knew how unstable he was. It put a lot of pressure on me,
because he would announce to everybody: “Diana and I have a wonderful relationship. We
adore each other!” And I’m sitting there, hearing this, and thinking “No.” But I couldn’t say
so. The family was enraged with him, and I was the only one speaking to him. I couldn’t do
that to him. The Piscean sympathy and compassion came in there, and I just could not say
to him: “No, Dad. That’s not true.” And so I was caught in the middle.

EH: Oh my – very tough, especially for a young child…. Okay, let’s move on a bit and
discuss another point in your Vedic chart. Have you heard of the term maraka? (pronounced
MAH-ra-ka).

DKR: No, I don’t think so.

EH: Maraka is a Sanskrit word, and is something Western tropical astrologers don’t tend to
like about Vedic astrology because it’s one of those more definitive associations – similar to
the ones around many of the Fixed Stars. Maraka planets are considered “death-producing.”
Length of life is not solely determined by Maraka, but it is a factor. There are different ones
depending on the birth chart Ascendant. With a few exceptions, the 2nd and 7th house lords
from the birth chart Ascendant are usually Maraka planets. Natal Moon is not assigned that
role, and since that is 2nd house lord for Gemini Ascendant, only Jupiter, as 7th house lord, is
Maraka for your Ascendant.

You like derived houses. Think of derived houses here. The reason it is 2nd and 7th house
lords is that the 7th house is the 12th house (of loss) from the 8th house (of longevity). The 3rd
house is also considered a house of longevity, being the 8th house from the 8th. Since the 2nd
house is 12th house from the 3rd, it too becomes Maraka. Albert Einstein died eight months
prior to the start of his 16-year Jupiter dasa, at age 76. He died in his Rahu-Mars dasa, these
two planets being in the 8th house in his birth chart. But even with a better placement of
Jupiter than yours (his was in Aquarius in the 9th house), that Jupiter would not favor
longevity during its sub-Dasa, and especially its Maha (or major) dasa, being the Maraka
planet for Gemini Ascendant.

There are two groups of planetary friends in Vedic astrology: Sun, Moon, Mars and Jupiter
are in one group; Mercury, Venus, Saturn, and Rahu are in another group. Rahu is Saturn-
like, so is often included with the 2nd group. Ascendant lord is always a friend, so Mercury’s
friends are Venus, Saturn and Rahu. To recap, Jupiter is not a friend to Mercury, and they
are in 6-8 house relationship to each other. From this combination, we know there is going to
be some conflict for you in matters symbolized by each of these planets, individually, and in
relation to each other.

Why could this cause problems to your health? Because it is related to your Ascendant lord
Mercury. Mercury is not only in the sign of Pisces, owned by Jupiter, but in a nakshatra
owned by Jupiter, Uttara Bhadra Pada. This spells major problems for Mercury in connection
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with Jupiter, but it also describes some of the basic things about you, and these are assets as
well, being mentally stimulated by so many things in the process of your research. You have
mentioned the nervous breakdown you suffered soon after the start of your 16-year Jupiter
dasa in June 1965: an overload of the nervous system.

You spoke of a tendency to eat too much, and too many sweets. Jupiter is associated with
sweet tastes, and when there is an imbalance, there can be either a lack of sweets or a craving
for sweets, as in your case. That is on the physical level, which has set up a disease centered
in your pancreas, whose job it is to regulate the sugar (glucose) level in the body, and to
produce insulin in just the right amounts to control the constant level of glucose in the body.

With your three planets in Pisces (Mercury, Venus, and Sun), and three planets in Leo
(Mars, Ketu (or South lunar node), and Jupiter), when you are in a major period or sub-
period of planets combining from these two houses, especially with Mercury, as Ascendant
lord, you have the possibility of the Mercury-Jupiter problem coming up. For you, this could
start sometime during the 17-year Mercury dasa (in the Vimsottari Dasa system). This began
for you on June 19, 2000. The Ketu sub-period came earlier (Nov. 15, 2002 through Nov. 13,
2003), and could have brought some health issues. But even more demanding would be the
unbroken sequence of Mars, Rahu and Jupiter sub-periods within the Mercury dasa. These
occur as follows:

Mercury-Mars: Dec. 18, 2008 through Dec. 16, 2009

Mercury-Rahu: Dec. 16, 2009 through July 4, 2012
Mercury-Jupiter: July 4, 2012 through Oct. 10, 2014

Since Mercury and Mars are planetary enemies, the Mars sub-period was due to produce a
greater than usual number of problems. Heightening the Mercury-Mars contact even further
is the fact that natal Mercury and Mars are both very close to their Stationary Direct degrees.
The dasas work regardless of transits, eclipses, or any other factors, although those too can be
corroborating factors. You said your diagnosis of pancreatic cancer came in April 2009, and
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your surgery on May 21, 2009. All of this was within Mercury-Mars dasa.

During this period you also had some major difficulties which could be summarized as
conflicts experienced in the process of trying to publish your book on Fixed Stars. There was
even some litigation involved, which is not surprising, given that Mars is in the 6th house (of
conflict) from Dasa lord Mercury. Of course, Mars does well in the 6th house. But this
destiny comes into play during Mercury-Mars dasa in particular. Mars aspects Mercury, but
not vice versa. (Vedic astrologers view the Dasa lord as an important Sub-Ascendant, and
that applies during its Maha Dasa – or major period.)

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I am focusing here on the Vimshottari dasas, but Vedic astrology also considers the Sade sati a pivotal
lifetime period. This is the (on average) 7 1/2 year period when Saturn transits houses 12, 1, and 2 from
natal Moon. Diana’s current Sade Sati began when Saturn entered sidereal Leo July 15, 2007. The second
phase began when tr. Saturn entered Virgo from Sept. 9, 2009, coinciding with the Mercury-Mars dasa.
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One’s physical well-being comes into sharp focus during the Dasa of the Ascendant lord of
the birth chart, as do the matters over which Mercury rules. This includes communications,
writing, and publishing. The Mars aspect to Mercury galvanizes it and sharpens the intellect
and the ability to speak concisely and even with wit – which you have, but also with the
possibility of controversy, since Mars adds heat and gives courage to speak out when needed.
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Mercury is also aspected by Saturn, giving it depth and seriousness, and the tendency to
clarify and edit. Saturn’s aspect to Mercury can also bring delays, as it has done in the
publication of your book, which you had hoped to publish several years ago – not an
uncommon experience for authors!

Jupiter’s connections to Mercury here give difficulties, but also many assets – including the
tendency to have much to say, and to speak or write voluminously. Since Mercury is
debilitated in Pisces, one goes through periods in life of feeling “less than” and at times
victimized. What lifts up this Mercury, and provides corrective action for it is its proximity
to exalted Venus, within four degrees of its maximum exaltation. This creates what in Vedic
astrology is called a Neecha Banga Raja yoga. The planet (in this case Mercury) starts from a
place of disadvantage, and then gets elevated over time. You admired the knowledge your
father had, and tried to emulate it. But in this case, the reason he was able to read so much
and broaden his knowledge was because he couldn’t hold a job. This provided some early
conflict for you around knowledge itself: What is it good for?

Though Mercury is debilitated, Venus gives it some correction, but does not entirely remove
the affliction. However, this yoga can elevate the person to a higher level of understanding
and compassion. A higher status and level of achievement is implied. In your case, Diana,
you have described in your life story how you were unable to get a higher education, but also
in many ways you were resistant to it, and refused to study what you were supposed to
study. Your father’s example taught you that knowledge could be problematic. Nor did you
trust the Master’s degree your mother had attained.

Since Mercury for Gemini Ascendant also rules the 4th house of education, home, and
mother, we know these may be some problematic issues, especially with Mars dasa running
from ages 7 to 14. Tell me about your education, all of it in New York City. Yes?

DKR: Yes, I went to Hunter College Elementary School, then Hunter High. (Latin was a
required subject, and now I wish I had applied myself. I could have used that!) I hated school
and was in full-scale rebellion. I refused to do homework, etc. My mother had gone to school
there and taught there, and everyone remembered her and expected me to be like her. They
were about to expel me, and then the High School of Performing Arts opened (the school
featured in the movie Fame) and I auditioned for the Drama dept. and made it. I had to go
back one year to get in, but I didn't care. I was so relieved to be out of Hunter! I was still not
a good student, but it was much better for me than Hunter, and I managed to get a High
school diploma. I then started at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, but it was the
spring semester and I suffered horribly from spring allergies. (Pollen allergies have always
been a major health problem.) Antihistamines were very new and undeveloped then, so it

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was either suffer without them, or take them and fall into a heavy, drugged sleep. Not only
that, but I had some unpleasant experiences at college, and then I had a bad fall down a flight
of stairs and landed in the local hospital. I think I may have – subconsciously – done that to
myself. I had to get out of there.

After about a month of recuperation, my mother gave me an ultimatum: "You either have to
go to college somewhere, or you have to get a job." I got a file clerk's job at NBC (National
Broadcasting Company) for the summer while I took speedwriting, then got a secretarial job
at a small office, and started studying ballet, which at the time was my great love. I was
much too old to start studying seriously, but I looked much younger than my real age, so I
lied and got into the School of American Ballet (the Balanchine NYC Ballet school, which
had a special program for older beginners). I was about 18, but I went in wearing braids and
carrying schoolbooks and told them I was 14. They looked at me hard and said "You're not
14!" "You are not a day over 12!" Whew! Then I met Werner (a Holocaust survivor), got
married at 21, got pregnant at 23, and that was the end of my ballet "career” – though I did get
enough training to be able to teach later on.

EH: At age 18, you would have been in Rahu-Jupiter dasa (March 1, 1950 up through July 25,
1952), and that would bring some excesses in the process of self-discovery and rebellion, but
also some possible change of luck (being a classical benefic). Also, Jupiter is in the 7th house
(of partnership) from Rahu, and aspects the 7th house in the Gemini Ascendant birth chart,
and so can bring a partner or partners around this time. (In classical Vedic astrology, only
Jupiter is allowed to form a trine aspect – 120 degrees.)

You distrusted academia, and you preferred the world of performing arts to that of academia.
You chose the world of dance and ballet in particular, which gets special attention in Pisces,
ruling over the feet, and also in the 3rd house in Vedic astrology. Six out of nine of your natal
planets are in one of these two (whole sign) houses: Pisces or Leo. You pretended to be years
younger to qualify, which is another shifting quality that Pisces (or any of the dual signs
might have), especially a dual water sign – which is more emotional than all the other dual
signs. This was your escape from a more rigid and conventional education, which you
rejected in part because of your experience in that setting and because of your mother.
Though she was a good student, her diligence didn’t impress you.

DKR: Yes, I always assumed her Master’s degree was in Literature. Only later I accidentally
discovered it was in Psychology. (She was cleaning out a closet one day and I saw the framed
diploma.) My shock was so great, I began to giggle and then laugh hysterically. She had
no idea why. My mother, a control freak who couldn't get along with anyone in the family
for more than two minutes and was considered to have a "personality disorder" – she had a
Master’s in Psychology. From that moment on I recognized that academic credentials mean
very little. Yes, they do show that you worked hard to get them, and I do respect that, but
they are NO guarantee of superior knowledge! And in order to get them, you have to toe the
academic line and spout back to the professors what they want or expect to hear. Forget
astrology, psychic research, the psychological roots of disease, karma, etc. I think Uranus
conjunct Sun makes me too independent-minded to settle into an academic routine.

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EH: Apropos the need for freedom from a rigid education, I tend to see it in the context of a
controlling mother (Moon in the 4th house) and education (also Moon in the 4th house, ruled
by Mercury in Pisces, in turn in conflict with Jupiter, ruler of Pisces.) Later on, the job you
had for the longest period of time was as a dance teacher, and later on as a legal proofreader.

DKR: Yes, I worked as a Dance teacher at the YMCA’s Morningside Dance Center in
Manhattan in the West 60’s Lincoln Center district – a thriving area for the performing arts.
I loved it! I was never good enough to dance professionally, but I loved teaching the kids. I
taught ballet there for about 10 years, between 1965 and 1975. I know that I left the Dance
Center when transiting Saturn hit my 2nd house cusp (Western tropical chart), and that was
in 1975. I had seen that coming and saved up some money, luckily!

After that I was a legal proofreader, and later an astrologer. I’ve always been “a night owl.”
In the late 1970s while I was studying astrology I worked as an all-night legal proofreader in
the Wall Street business district.

EH: Back to the topic of physical health, notice how in the 16-year Jupiter dasa, you had
nervous system issues. Jupiter dasa came from June 19, 1965 through June 19, 1981. You said it
was soon after the start of Jupiter dasa in June 1965 that you had a nervous breakdown, and
even had electric shock therapy. This is related to the Mercury-Jupiter contact and to
Mercury debilitated in Pisces, being at times overly empathic, taking in too much. In any
case, Jupiter is pushing your boundaries to the maximum. In the realm of Fixed Stars, you
don’t want to be limited. Nor in any field of study that interests you do you want to be
limited, even if your own sense of it is that you want to find things out for yourself.

DKR: When I had that breakdown, it was when Pluto and Uranus were running together –
remember, in the 1960s. There was a Uranus-Pluto conjunction.

EH: Uranus and Pluto transited within a few degrees of each other all during 1965, close to a
conjunction in late Sept. 1965. Their exact conjunction was June 30, 1966 at 16:06 tropical
Virgo, 22:43 sidereal Leo. Your natal positions in the tropical zodiac are: Mercury at 25:12
Pisces, Midheaven at 21:09 Pisces, and Jupiter at 14:12 Virgo. The Uranus-Pluto conjunction
made a wide opposition to your natal Mercury and MC, but was much closer (2 degree orb)
to your natal Jupiter. Note too that in the Vedic system, Jupiter was your Dasa lord from
June 19, 1965 for 16 years, and is connected to your Ascendant lord Mercury through the
Vedic circuitry I have described. As Dasa lord, Jupiter has center stage, so to speak. In Vedic
terms, Jupiter has a larger than usual influence on the affairs of your life, and we’d have to
say its impact is already over-sized. Then the dasa of this planet comes along, and when that
happens, it is THIS planet whose karmic fruits are delivered at this time. Those karmic
fruits depend on how Jupiter is configured in the chart.

We ask: What is the planet bestowing you? And we would have to say Jupiter is bringing
you some good things, but also the fruits of the difficulties of that expansion. Jupiter is also
with Ketu and Mars. Ketu (the South lunar node) is Mars-like, and being an eclipse planet it
tends to destablilize whatever planets are in close contact to it. So for instance, with the sugar
intake and the sugar (glucose) balance in the body – that’s out of whack.

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DKR: Well, Neptune is on my South lunar node.

EH: Yes, but even without that, or any of the outer planet transits, we’d say that Jupiter dasa
is alerting us to a lot about the physical body – since Jupiter owns the sign and nakshatra
where Mercury is situated. You entered Jupiter dasa June 16, 1965. And even though it’s a 16-
year period, we can identify the period within that dasa when any of the planets in Leo with
Jupiter (Mars and Ketu) are interacting with the three planets in Pisces (Mercury, Venus,
and Sun) – especially Mercury, for your physical and/or mental health. During Jupiter dasa,
it was more about your nervous system and your mental and emotional equilibrium, which is
also connected with Mercury. When you entered Mercury dasa on June 19, 2000, was there
already something a little more delicate about your health – from that time onward?

DKR: I can’t remember anything off-hand.

EH: Okay, but then you don’t really enter a more difficult sub-period within the 17-year
Mercury dasa until you enter either Ketu, Mars or Jupiter sub-period. This is because they are
all in the 6th house from that natal Mercury. So you have sub-periods within Mercury dasa
when all the Jupiter-Mercury questions come up, and those heavily weighted karmic fruits
come due, according to Vedic principles.

Your three planets in sidereal Leo are all within 14 degrees of each other in the same sign.
Mercury-Ketu dasa didn’t show too much yet. It was followed by Venus, which is your best
planet, so its sub-period would be bound to be good. That ran from Nov. 13, 2003 through
Sept. 13, 2006. The next sub-period was Sun, which relates to your physical health. Here
below is the entire sequence of sub-dasas within the 17-year Mercury dasa.

Mercury-Mercury: June 19, 2000

Mercury-Ketu: Nov. 15, 2002
Mercury-Venus: Nov. 13, 2003
Mercury-Sun: Sept. 13, 2006
Mercury-Moon: July 20, 2007
Mercury-Mars: Dec. 18, 2008
Mercury-Rahu: Dec. 16, 2009
Mercury-Jupiter: July 4, 2012
Mercury-Saturn: Oct. 10, 2014
Ketu-Ketu: June 19, 2017

It is when you enter Mercury-Mars dasa that there are bound to be the most number of
problems. This is because Mars is planetary enemy of Mercury, and is in a challenging 6-8
house inter-relationship in any case. Mercury-Mars runs a full year, and covers the time
when you had your medical diagnosis of pancreatic cancer (April 2009), the surgery (May 21,
2009), and conflicts and problems around getting your book to publication.

Currently you are in the Rahu sub-period of Mercury dasa. Since you have said you want to
be up front with your readers about all this, we would have to say the current indications are
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that your disease has moved recently to an even more advanced stage. That was as of your
last birthday – April 9, 2010 – which you spent at the hospital. The doctor noted that the
tumor on your pancreas is growing larger, and given your advanced stage of pancreatic
cancer, we note that the current dasa period is followed by the Mercury-Jupiter dasa (July 4,
2012 to Oct. 10, 2014). Mercury-Jupiter dasa highlights everything we have been saying about
the Mercury-Jupiter issues for you in all areas, including physical health. There are other
important markers, one of them just having occurred: the Saturn Stationary Direct on May
30, 2010 at 3:50 Virgo – just opposite your natal Mercury at 2:17 Pisces. This is a very close
opposition, and puts a lot of extra pressure on your physical vehicle.

But looking back, the Mercury-Mars dasa ushered all this in. We have described why it is
likely to be the first most challenging sub-period within the Mercury dasa, due to the
inherent difficulties Mercury and Mars have with each other, and in the conflict arising
from 6th house matters. As astrologers, we know 6th house matters can mean legal issues or
medical issues, and sometimes both. You experienced both during the Mercury-Mars dasa.
The 6th house concerns the working efficiency of the body and of so many things, while the
8th house can bring suffering. Vedic astrology identifies this period for you as Dec. 18, 2008
through Dec. 16, 2009. This one year sub-period would be described in advance as very
challenging.

DKR: That’s an amazing system.

EH: It is. And this is not dependent on transits, eclipses, or any other astrological factors.
And if you would like me to include this chart analysis in the interview material, I can do
that.

DKR: Yes please. I am fine with it, as long as the editor wants it.

EH: I’m pretty sure that will be fine. And my guess is that he will see it as a privilege for
the rest of us to be able to share your chart and your concerns – especially at this time. As all
of us get older, we can choose – or not choose – to share our feelings and thoughts as we
approach the end of this particular chapter. You have been very generous in sharing yours.

DKR: Well, I’m delighted with the opportunity.

EH: We should close now, but let’s have you share your response to receiving this “Life
Time Achievement Award” from Saptarishis Astrology magazine! This is in recognition for
your all your distinguished work in Fixed Stars.

DKR: I kept saying “Wow!” I feel so very honored by this award. In my whole life, I have
never received an award, and now, to have such a remarkable one conferred upon me goes
beyond my wildest dreams! My love and gratitude goes out to Saptarishis Astrology magazine
for this great honor. I do not feel worthy of it, but the fact that they think I am worthy of it
makes it all the more wonderful!

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Addenda

1) Novas & Royalty

DKR: Here’s an interesting story: In 1936 a Nova appeared. And they called it Nova
Lacertae 1936. But when I saw it on a sky map, I thought: “That’s the crown of Cepheus the
King!” It was right on the border between the two constellations, but slightly more towards
Lacertae. And knowing that Lacertae is modern, I thought: “I’ll bet that’s part of the
original figure of Cepheus.” And sure enough, an old map showed that the Nova was part of
the crown of Cepheus the King. And in 1936 the King of England abdicated, and there was a
new king. (“Nova” also means “new.”) This is the kind of thing that I delight in! Cepheus
the King constellation is in the northern sky, and dates back 23 centuries. It was recognized
by the Chaldeans, and is one of the oldest constellations in the night sky.

EH: Here is more on that story: There were also an unusually high number of novas that
appeared in 1936. Novas can come but not be observed, for whatever reason. Nova Lacertae
was discovered on the night of June 18, 1936, but attained its greatest brilliance on June 19th,
thereafter fading rapidly, then slowly. The King – later the Duke of Windsor – was born
June 23, 1894, while Mrs. Wallis Simpson – later the Duchess of Windsor – was born June 19,
1896! She was the key reason why he abdicated, since as a twice-divorced woman, a
commoner and an American – she was unacceptable as his royal Consort and created a
Constitutional crisis when the King was pushing for this outcome.

2) Diana’s Astrological Education & Certification

EH: Did you get NCGR (National Council of Geocosmic Research) certification, or any
other type of certification in astrology? Or did that not appeal?

DKR: I never did get beyond that NCGR Level One. (There are four levels.) By then I was
using a computer, and I would have had to go back and re-learn calculations, and there were
just too many other things I wanted to do more. So no – no other certification. Reading has
always been the best way of educating myself, I think. I was invited to speak on Fixed Stars
(also Derived Houses) at the 1st UAC in San Diego (1986), and have been invited to every
UAC (United Astrology Conference) since. I was also usually asked to speak at the NCGR
Conferences.

EH: How did you get into Fixed Stars?

DKR: Early on it became my niche, as I discovered I got answers to things by looking at the
Fixed Stars, in addition to the techniques of Uranian astrology. This all happened right
around 1980. But I’ll tell you a little story that was a kind of omen of this trend in my life. I
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call it “Navigating by the Stars.”

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Coincidentally, my first book (on Western tropical astrology and astrocartography, with Uranian
influence) was titled Navigating by the Stars: Astrology and the Art of Decision-Making, 1991. (I wrote it in
1988-89, as I was transitioning into Vedic astrology.) When I reminded Diana about this book & title,
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I was at an astrological conference in Cape Cod (Massachusetts) sometime in the early
1980s. A bunch of us had driven to a nearby town to a restaurant. After dinner together, we
were driving back to the town where our conference was being held. There were two
carloads full of astrologers, and we became terribly lost in the back woods on our way back.
I was driving one car, and Carol Jepson was driving the other one. She was in the lead car.
Charles Emerson, the eminent Uranian astrologer, was in my car, and was the senior
member of our party. Finally, he instructed me to slow down and stop, and motioned for
Carol to do the same. He had us all get out of our cars, and he said to Carol: “What’s your
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sign?” And she said: “Charles, you know perfectly well I’m a Libra.” “Diana,” he said:
“What’s your sign?” And I said: “Charles, you know perfectly well I’m an Aries.” “All
right then, “he said. “Aries leads. You’re Aries, Diana. You go first!” (Charles had the Sun
in tropical Leo, with sidereal Leo rising, and usually got his own way.) We thought that was
sort of silly, but Carol and I looked at each other, shrugged, and went along with it.

So we all got back into our cars and I drove the lead car. I had no idea where I was going,
and I turned this way and that way. (This was in the era before GPS.) Then suddenly I
looked up, and there was a wonderfully clear view of the sky, and I saw the Big Dipper (the
7 Rishis). I said: “There’s the Dipper! The Dipper is always in the North! Now I can tell
which direction to go in!”

Charles nodded sagely and murmured “Aries leads the way.” I said, “Oh Charles, everyone
knows the Dipper is in the North!” He said: “I didn’t know!” Soon after that, I managed to
get us on the right track, and we found our way back.

3) Diana’s Formal Education

Hunter College Elementary School (Manhattan, NY)

Hunter High School (Manhattan, NY)
High School of Performing Arts (High School diploma, Manhattan, NY)
Bard College (one semester, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY)
School of American Ballet (the Balanchine NYC Ballet School, Manhattan, NY)

4) Diana’s Work & Career

Ballet teacher for the YMCA at the Morningside Dance Center in Manhattan, NY: 1965 to
1975.

Legal proofreader (incl. all night legal proofreader) in the Wall Street business district of
NYC, while studying astrology: late 1970s

Astrologer, researcher, lecturer, writer. Astrological studies began in Feb. 1975. Fixed Star
research from around 1980 to the present.

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5) Diana’s Marriage, Family & Relationships

Husband Werner Rosenberg (born Dec. 6, 1923, Berlin, Germany. B.C. says 3:00 AM. DKR
rectified it to 2:47 AM). Werner was a Holocaust survivor. He lost his grandparents and
several other relatives. He also lost the chance for college because of the war. His family
escaped to Shanghai and lived there in poverty until after the war when he managed to get
to the US. In Shanghai he apprenticed to a typewriter repairman, and once in the States, he
set up his own business and handled a variety of business machines until everything turned
electronic. At about the same time, he became very ill with heart disease and cancer, and
died at age 66. His appearance was that of an artist or a writer, not a businessman, though
he was intensely focused on money.

Marriage date and time: Nov. 25, 1954, 12:20 PM EST (time approx.), New York, N.Y. They
lived together from Nov. 1954 until summer 1976, about 22 years. Though they lived
separately, they remained friends, and shared many social occasions with their children.
They never divorced up until his death in Jan. 1990, a span of just over 35 years from when
they married.

Diana on relationships: “Pluto rising dominates my chart. You can pretty much ignore
everything else! I’m a total loner, and only recently have become fully aware that I have a
huge need for freedom. My Venus-Sun-Uranus combination lines up with stars of
Andromeda, the Chained Woman, which is very involved in freedom versus entrapment
issues. To me, relationships mean limitations.”

Son Peter Rosenberg, born Feb. 11, 1957, 17:34, Manhattan, NY. Peter is a computer expert
and works in Media technology for NBC (National Broadcasting Company). He received
an Emmy award for his work at the Beijing Olympics. He is divorced, with one son. Lives
in New York City.

Daughter Wendy Makkena, born Oct. 4, 1958, 20:17, Manhattan, NY. Wendy is a stage,
television and movie actress, whose many credits include her role as Sister Mary Robert in
the movie Sister Act (1992), and Sister Act 2 (1993), with Whoopi Goldberg. On the stage, she
starred on Broadway in Side Man, Off-Broadway in The Shawl, and in NY and LA in The
Water Children for which she received the LA Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Actress.
She is married, with one daughter. Lives in Los Angeles and New York City. See
www.wendymakkena.net

End Of Addenda

We at Saptarishis Astrology wish to thank Diana K. Rosenberg and Edith Hathaway, who in
spite of her busy schedule due to her active life as a professional astrologer, gave more than
five months to this project that is very dear to our hearts. This interview in its pristine high
quality would not have been possible if not for the patience & selfless dedication of Edith
Hathaway.

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E dith Hathaway is among the
few contemporary astrologers
trained and certified in systems
of both East and West. She began her
astrological studies in 1976, and her
private practice in 1980. Prior to her
transition into Vedic astrology from
1988, she received the Level IV
certification as Consulting Astrologer
from the National Council of
Geocosmic Research (NCGR), Master
Astro*Carto*Grapher certification
from Jim Lewis, and in 1996 the Jyotish
Kovid award from the Indian Council
of Astrological Sciences (ICAS). An
international consultant, writer,
teacher, and lecturer, she was a Board
member of the American College of
Vedic Astrology (2002-2010) and on its
faculty from 1992. The first volume of her book on Vedic astrology is in preparation, and
expected out in the next year. Her website: www.edithhathaway.com

Edith will lecture at the World Conference on Mundane astrology, to be held October 1-4,
2010 at the campus of Andhra University in Vishakapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), India. The
conference features 12 Vedic astrologers from India and the West, and is sponsored by
Sanathana Dharma Charitable Trust, Bheemunpatnam (Andhra Pradesh), India.

Copyright © 2010 By Edith Hathaway. All rights reserved.

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Ashok Upadhaya hails from Gujarat
and within a short span of 2 decades has
emerged as a predictor of extreme rare
ability & propagator of Astrology in
Gujarat. He is known in Gujarat for his
ability to remove rare knowledge out of
those classics available to all. His gurus
were his grandfather Shri PrabhaShankar
Trivedi, C.S.Patel the man who taught the
modern understanding of Ashtakvarga &
from the legendary blind astrologer Sri Sri
Swami.
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Jupiter In
Dual Signs
By
Ashok Upadhaya, India
Copy editor: Andree Leclerc
I t has been quite some time since the
scribe wrote on Jupiter. Readers who
read the article titled Jupiter in Chara
Signs gave excellent feedback asking for
the results of what happens when Jupiter is
in Fixed and Dual signs. Unfortunately
scribe has not been able to write on it for
which we humbly apologize. Like the
previous article of Jupiter in Chara Signs,
this is a new concept based on Parasari
Principles presented before the astrology
readers. We would like to transgress and
remember the words of the Legend of
Legends, who was instrumental in the
selection of the Muhurta for Independence
India, one who was the family astrologer
of the Nehrus, the Late Suryanarayain Rao
of Ujjain who said ‘Laghu Parasari is the
Gita of Jyotish’. It is probably the smallest
of works on astrology ever but is the most
potent of all.
The Learned should make themselves
familiar with fundamentals of astrology
through other works, here only the specific
principles will be explained.
– Laghu Parasari, Chp: 1 Shl: 4
Snap Shot Technique
‘If Jupiter is placed in Dual Signs
(Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius or Pisces)
it would spoil/destroy/delay One of the
results of the 7th house from it’.
What is presented below are some examples from internet forums. Some of them were
shown as blind charts to Shri Ashok Upadhaya and he fared bang on in all cases. Some
charts taken at the end are celebs or well-known from astrodatabank.com – especially those
where Jupiter is in Sag or Pisces in the 1H where possibility of marriage being spoilt is seen.
Readers are cautioned not to use this technique blindly since each house has several
significations so one requires lot of experience or intuition before one uses snap shot
techniques.

By the above concept you would realise that the most famous dictum of Jupiter is actually a
half-baked truth. What is this dictum? It is an accepted dictum that Jupiter protects and prospers
the house where he aspects. We will also take cases of Jupiter in its own sign (swagrahi) & in
his moola trikona sign in the end to show you that this is just a myth that has not been
unraveled till date in the last 10,000 years of astrology – our past astrologers only believed it
since others before them said it and this was blindly passed on and on. Astrologers kept on
giving solace to colleague astrologers that ‘oh, your Jupiter is in Sagittarius or Pisces so don’t
worry it would give great results’.

Chart: Lady

Chart belongs to a lady born in 1966. In 2009, at the age of 43, she consulted a writer of
Saptarishis Astrology. Note Jupiter is in Asc and as per the theory of Ashok Upadhaya it
will destroy one thing in the 7th house from it. Here the 7H would be the house of marriage.
The lady at the age of 43 consulted to find out if she would get married. Jupiter in Asc has
spoilt the results of the 7th from it.

Chart: Murdered By Muggers

From our notes

Timing Accidents

27/05/2007
===================
Death by hitting on head by strangers / Muggers ===================
03 Feb, 1981, 18:52 hrs, Carson City, Nevada, USA ===================

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P L Chakraborty, chakrabortyp2@iocl.co.in =================== The data was used as a
\Blind Quiz\ in Ancient_Indian_Astrology Forum, provided by Bhagavathi-ji. The person was with
friends at the beach. While returning, the incident happened. I checked through BCP system & 360
days and it tallies.

See Jupiter is the 8L of death & longevity in the sign of Virgo with Saturn who signifies
thieves & muggers. The 7th sign from it is Pisces which is a watery sign. The native went to
a beach (where water is found) and it activated the dual sign where Jupiter is placed with
Saturn (mugger) and he aspected the 7th from it which is the 8H of longevity and death and
he got murdered. If readers will remember a BSP rule article by Andree in previous issues, it
was mentioned that when Jupiter Saturn are together, Aries is destroyed – Aries is the sign
of head and he was murdered by being hit on the head as per Bhagavati Hariharan who
posted the quiz.

Chart: R Teacher’s Husband

When you start astrology and till you die you are taught only one thing: if a planet aspects
his own sign it gives great results – this has been passed on from generation to generation for
thousands of years as a blind instant dicta. See above chart Jupiter is in the Asc is happily

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placed and aspecting the 7th house of marriage so his marriage life should be great. Here is
the data from our notes.
Two marriages, first child done court case against him for property
Now unemployed since 2 years
Jupiter has spoilt the 7th from it which is the house of marriage

Chart: Bhagya Problem

Jupiter is with 4L of Home or one’s own house and in the dual sign of Gemini in 3H. Jupiter
aspects the 7th from it being the 9H of prosperity, fortune and bhagya. So this Jup should
spoil the 9H of bhagya. See what was posted in Jyotish Remedies Forum.

i face very tough time from last February 2008 . i lost my

hard earned rupees 10 lacs in share market . now i am in zero kind of
situation . our family live in rented house i thought that i buy own
small house but i don’t know now which time i buy my own house .
plz guide me as per my horoscope and tell me about my current year
and future year prediction , can i buy my own house or not ? plz give
me reply

Chart: Rajashri Nandy Case

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Jupiter is in Virgo in 8H and aspecting Rahu in the 2H; astrologers seeing this chart would
say Jupiter signifying wisdom kills Maya signified by Rahu. Astrologers love to create lot of
theory since poor Americans love to buy philosophy and theories, it appeals to their mind
until a few decades later they realize that all the theorization that anyone offers in Jyotish is
all crap – by that time they have lost their youth and money. 7th from Jupiter is the 2nd house
of right eye. Now see this case posted in one of the yahoo groups:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sohamsa/message/18948

Very rare eye disease.

Namaste to All,
I recently came across the child who has been suffering severely because of a very rare form of eye
disease as a result of which her right eye keeps swelling and then popping out of the socket, when
operation has to be done to fix it, temporarily.
She first faced the problem when she was 18 months old, and almost all doctors in India refused to treat
the case because it was so complex and rare. Finally they found one doctor in Mumbai who decided to
try an operation for temporary relief. The ailment is so rare that it is supposed to be the 3rd such case
in recorded history. After that every few months she has to undergo an eye surgery to remove tissue
growth from her skulls which keep pushing her eyes out of the socket. And without a doubt a very
painful procedure.
Now she is 4 years old and has already undergone quite a few surgeries. Her father is almost broke
now, trying to finance her treatment. The family has no money left. And the doctors are saying this
will keep going on till the age of 16/17, and chances are the girl may not survive. I am providing the
chart details below. Kindly go through it and suggest if any remedies are possible.

Note the line where it says the kid faced problem when 18 months old which means in the
2nd year; use Bhrighu Chakra Paddathi (BCP) and 2nd year would be the 2nd house where one
sees the right eye. One can presume that in the 2nd year one may get a disease that is not
easily curable (Rahu) which is what happened. The event matches with BCP and also Ashok
Upadhaya’s technique.

Chart: S.K posted on Jyotish Group List

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Jupiter is in its own sign of Sagi in 2H of wealth. Jupiter and Saturn form a great yoga
combining 4th and 5th lord, kendra and trikona combination in a good house. One would say
excellent results regarding wealth and family. Now use this new revealed technique of
Jupiter is Dual Rasis you would see that the 7th from it is the 8th house containing the lagna
lord (whole life) Mars who is also the 6L of health/diseases and job. So all these 3 areas of
life should be destroyed. Keep in background the karaka of Jupiter which is putra karaka
(significator of children) and analyse the chart. Jupiter will destroy the 8H, sustenance of
life will be badly affected. Jupiter will take omen (Nimitta) of children and plays its role.
Now see what he wrote below in 2006 and posted it on several forums and many famous
astrologers replied to him but he still has not gotten job (at least not till 2009). This was
posted in the forum in 2006:
currently he runs Saturn mahadasa and he is without
a job for the last 2yrs after he was relieved as
a vice president (marketing in a pharma company).
His only son had to undergo surgery of pancreas which
costed him 11 lacs so all his savings got spent.

Marriage & Jupiter In 1H in Own Sign

I nternet forums & books are filled with Gurus who keep on promising the readers that
Jupiter in 1H will protect the 7H – yet, when time shows that the 7H is not protected,
they claim that a malefic aspect or position of malefic in 7H spoilt the 7H. Then they
will still give solace that at the end of the day, Jupiter in the 1H will always protect the
native. Decades pass by but, nevertheless, Jupiter in the 1H does not protect or beautify the
results of the 7H – only tight lipped clients will tell you this but not astrologers. Here we
will take cases where there are no planets in the 7H, other factors of lordship of 7H will
surely effect the results but that has been ignored for now since the bhava is supposedly
protected by the straight aspect of Jupiter and, in many cases, it is conjoined with the Asc
degree thereby offering more protection – but, as you would see, this is not the case. Yet
there are numerous cases where Jup in own sign in 1H has protected the marriage, which
means that there is something more to it and not just Jupiter in own sign.

Jupiter in Sagittarius

Chart: Carmen Electra – American Actress

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American actress who has carved out a relatively successful career as a replacement for
departing stars like MTV’s Jenny McCarthy and "Baywatch" star, Pamela Anderson Lee.
Although she has achieved some measure of success in her career, her personal life has been
tumultuous. Carmen’s infamous short-lived marriage to the flamboyant and controversial
basketball star, Dennis Rodman, made her personal life fodder for the tabloids. They were
married on 11/14/1998 and almost immediately reports of their estrangement were in the
headlines. She was married 9 days to Rodman. They divorced on 4/06/1999 but since then,
have been often seen as a twosome.

Electra and Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Dave Navarro, engaged for a little over a year,
bought a house in Beverly Hills together in October 2002. In a ceremony that got under way
at 5:30 PM, she married Dave Navarro in Los Angeles on November 22, 2003. Not even three
years later, on August 10, 2006 in Los Angeles, she filed for divorce from musician Dave
Navarro.

Jupiter is in the first house has not protected the 7H.

Chart: Bruce Lenny - Comedian

American satirical nightclub comedian, known for biting and controversial subject matters,
who changed the landscape of standup comedy and cleared the way for Richard Pryor,
George Carlin and others. At one time he was married to a stripper and drug user, with
whom he had one daughter before divorcing. Married Harriet Lloyd in 1951 and divorced in
1957.

Jupiter is in the 1H has not protected his marriage and destroyed the 7H of relationships.

Chart: Gwen Scott - Broadcaster

American broadcaster. The first female anchor person on television on Channel 6 in

Philadelphia. She has been divorced twice and has no children.

Jupiter is in the 1H and has not protected the 7H of marriage and relationships.

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 Jupiter in Pisces

Chart: Terry Cole-Whittaker

American Religious Science pastor from 1977, a fireball who took San Diego by storm with
her up-beat, you-can-do-it message. A former beauty contest winner as Miss California in
1968, she became a housewife and mother of two daughters when she made the first of her four
marriages. She is the author of "How to Have More in a Have Not World."

Jupiter in its own sign of Pisces has not protected the 7H of marriage and has given her 4
marriages.

Chart: Bruce Dunlevy

Australian apprentice plumber who became manager of a large plumbing supply company.
Bruce collects and restores antique furniture. He married in April 1964 and had two sons. It
was a shock to his family in November 1974 when he left his wife and boys to move in with

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a neighbor, the mother of a deaf son. He divorced his wife and married his lover. He had a
very good relationship with his step-son, who was killed in a car accident February 1988.

Jupiter is in the 1H in the sign of Pisces and powerful as per some and has not protected the
7H of marriage.

Chart: Roberto Alagna

Italian-French singer, born to Sicilian immigrants and discovered in a Paris pizzeria, where
he sang popular opera arias eight hours a night for tips. Number of Marriages: 2

Alagna married on 7/21/1990 and was later widowed. He made a second marriage on
7/26/1996 to Romanian star soprano Angela Gheorghiu; they have one daughter.

Jupiter is in the 1H and no planet in the 7H, Jupiter has not protected the 7H of marriage.

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Chart: Guru of Pisces

I was given this chart as a test of Mangal Dosh, if it would destroy marriage of the native – I
said it is not the Mars or Mangal Dosh which will destroy the marriage of the native but the
Jupiter in Pisces. They said he was married once and then re-married again but the reason
must be Mangal Dosha. When I kept on insisting that it is not Mangal dosha but Jupiter in
Pisces, how could I prove my findings… Until one person in the group said that as soon as
the person became a guru and started giving school tuitions, the pointers for the second
marriage started during tuitions with another female student – that’s when Jupiter got
activated and destroyed the first marriage as Jupiter in dual signs destroys the 7H from it.

Chart: Vincent Van Gogh

Jupiter occupies the 7H and will implement/spoil the dual sign opposite it which is Gemini
(hands) that is the 1H of one’s body/self/. On 27 July 1890, aged 37, he walked into a field
and shot himself in the chest with a revolver. He died two days later. One can note that his
Vimshottari Dasa of Jupiter started on 11th July 1890 just few days before the event and see
the result.

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Conclusion

T he story of one’s life and theories in astrology must always match. If you say that
Jupiter is creating an event like spoiling the 7th from it in dual signs, then this
Jupiter must get activated in the person’s life either by tatva (like in the above case)
or by lordship (action, etc.) and then the result will flow. The above teacher started teaching
and his marriage got spoiled.

Do not take this blindly but test it aggressively – use this as a clue and hint and mark it in
your reading, then use other techniques to assimilate if you are getting similar hints; if you
get the same hints 3 times then you can predict very strongly.

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 Vikriti Year 2010 -
2011
By
Chakrapani Ullal, USA

A
s most of you know, Vedic
Astrology is founded on
the Lunar Calendar which
begins each New Year when the
new moon occurs in Pisces,
generally falling somewhere
Chakrapani Ullal, heralded as one of the between March 14 and April 14.
foremost Vedic Astrologers in not only the This year, the first day of the Vedic
United States, but around the world, and
New Year (called Sukla Paksha
considered to be a teacher of teachers. His
clientele includes the who's who of Hollywood Pratipada) was on March 15 at 5:00
and Washington. Chakrapani is from Kerala, pm, Washington DC.
South India. He was born into a traditional
Hindu family of astrologers where the practice The Vedic Calendar assigns a
of Astrology has been passed from father to son Sanskrit name to each year within a
for many generations. Chakrapani began to 60 year cycle which in itself reveals
receive training from his father while still a something of the general trends
young boy. From his youth, Chakrapani had a addressing the world at any given
deep interest in spiritual life, and desire for
time. The name “Vikriti”
greater experience and understanding led him
to seek out many saints and sages in India. Thus represents the calendar year 2010-
began a long association with both unknown 2011; roughly translated means
sadhus as well as many of the most revered “things not going smoothly” or “things
spiritual leaders of our time. You can consult full of obstacles”.
him via http://www.vedicastrology.com

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The Vikriti Chart has Leo Rising, retrograde Saturn in the 2nd house in Virgo,
Rahu in the 5th house, Sagittarius and Jupiter in the 7th house, Aquarius. The
8th house, Pisces is occupied by the Sun, Moon, debilitated Mercury and
exalted Venus. Ketu is in the 11th house, Gemini.
The Vikriti planetary set-up for the United States chart reflects a period of
challenges to be sure, especially as indicated by the disposition of the 8th
house, Pisces.
The 8th house, sometimes referred to as the house of debts, disease and death,
is one of the most malefic houses, (along with the 6th and the 12th). Here it is
occupied by four important planets, Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Moon which
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indicates that in the Vikriti year financial concerns will come to the fore in a
major way. Further, the 8th house and 8th house planets are powerfully
aspected by retrograde malefic Saturn. This Saturn, (planet of contraction,
obstacles, and delays), placed in the 2nd house, deepens and broadens the scope
of malefic influence relating to financial matters.
Additionally, Mars is a malefic planet when placed in the 12th house as it is in
this case, and is another indication of troubles and suffering in various
domains.
However problematical is this planetary set-up, happily it does not suggest a
bleak outcome because Jupiter is positively influencing the Rising Sign. This
constitutes a very significant mitigating influence and suggests that the
unavoidable struggles that will come this year ultimately bring favorable
results or will not result in an overall downturn. It also contributes strength to
deal with the challenges ahead.
An analysis of the upcoming year requires that we take a cautionary view of
the important influences in the 8th house as well as the other malefic
influences before we proceed to considering other issues.

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Sun in the 8th house is important because it is ruler of the 1st house and
represents the government and the state. The 8th house (in this instance) is
about creating debts and suffering. So one can easily see what is happening
with the Sun entering the 8th. Sun in the 8th also indicates that people who
are politically prominent may go through some troubles, money problems,
and or health problems, depending on their particular charts.
With this planetary set-up, the Sun’s position suggests that on the level of
government, stress and liabilities will continue and there will be continuing
challenges (rather than a let-up) to deal with throughout the year. The Sun’s
influence in this regard is given further strength because it is aspected by the
malefic retrograde Saturn which intensifies the influence.
The 8th house is also occupied by the Moon, (indicating the masses), ruler of
the 12th house (house of suffering) which brings lack of confidence or fear and
insecurity on the part of the people. Again this malefic influence is aggravated
and enhanced by aspect of the Saturn.
As you know, in Vedic Astrology, the Moon is seen as the most revealing
aspect of the psyche. In this case, it is the psyche of the masses. Moon in the
8th reveals the mood and tenor of the people.
Additionally, Mercury, ruler of the 2nd (house of wealth) and the 11th, (house
of money gain) is in the 8th house aspected by malefic Saturn. Mercury,
therefore is negatively influencing money matters.
Mercury also has something to do with education. In this malefic
configuration, the influence will be felt in either reduction of services or
facilities for education at the lower levels, until high school, and generally
speaking will be experienced as a curtailment or loss in this area.
With respect to financial matters, the Mercury/Saturn aspect is malefic.
However, because Mercury is a friend of Saturn, Mercury’s intellect is
sharpened by Saturn and Saturn promotes Mercury’s efforts in research,
encouraging that such endeavors go deeper and are more thorough.
Consequently, this connection of Mercury and Saturn is very favorable with
respect to scientific research, bio-technology and engineering work. It
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supports undertakings of significance and can bring recognition from
important quarters.
The power of this Mercury is also a result of the fact that Saturn is in the
house of Mercury, a friendly house. Those who have Saturn/Mercury
connection in their chart will have the best advantage of this Mercury aspect.
Exalted Venus, ruler of the 3rd house, (house of communication and
creativity) and the 10th house, (ruler of parliament or legislature) in the 8th,
aspected by Saturn, restricts the productivity and work of the government.
This suggests that an attitude of partisanship and lack of co-operation will
continue in the legislative houses.
Venus also indicates women’s domain which means that during this period
woman’s role does not get the support it deserves. In some manner the
traditional wife or mother may be betrayed or undermined or de-valued in
some way.
But just as Saturn is a friend of Mercury in the areas of intellectual and
research endeavors, it is also a friend of Venus in supporting creative
ventures. Consequently, this configuration of Venus and Saturn promotes
Venus in her role governing fashion, home décor, film, theater, creative
writing, and the arts in general. It will be a year for a certain proliferation of
artistic activity and there will be good support for creative endeavors. It is an
auspicious time to undertake these kinds of projects.
This Venus will most help those people who have a strong influence of Venus
and Mercury in their natal chart.
Another significant malefic condition during Vikriti is that Mars in the 12th
creates intrigues and scandals in the ranks of authority figures or role models
of some kind. The 12th house is the domain of secret agenda and hidden
passions.
Additionally, Ketu, (south node) is in Gemini, aspected by the malefic Saturn
indicating that the country will experience greater incidence of natural
calamities. This can be in the form of storms, tornadoes, floods, and
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earthquakes. Of course, Jupiter is aspecting Ketu which curtails or minimizes
Ketu to some extent, but the negative influence is strong and will find
expression.
Thus the 8th house situation, as well as Mars in the 12th , and Ketu aspected by
Saturn brings some considerable challenges in the coming year.
As mentioned, Jupiter is the savior in this situation. It is a natural benefic and
the most powerful, positive influence for Leo Rising, (the Rising sign for the
Vikriti year). Being the ruler of the 5th house, Sagittarius (wisdom and
creativity) and the 8th house, Pisces (house of spirituality for Jupiter, as well
as suffering) positioned in the 7th, it is powerfully influencing the Rising sign.
Jupiter is very strong in this circumstance as a ruler of the 5th house,
Sagittarius; more so than it is in its other rulership of the 8th house, Pisces.
Essentially, its position in the 7th is reflecting the influences of the 5th as
opposed to the 8th. Thus, Jupiter’s fund of energy is not restricted by its
rulership of the 8th, lightening its burden. You could say that this results in
the greater glory of Jupiter, (powerful in any circumstance) shinning forth,
with un-mitigating power.
Jupiter is also very powerful because it is in Aquarius which is considered as
good as an exalted Jupiter. This is another way to describe the enhanced power
of this Jupiter.
When planets are deposited on either side of a house it causes a malefic
condition called Papa Kartari Yoga. In this case, the planets are straddling the
Rising sign, Saturn in the 2nd and debilitated Mars in the 12th, resulting in an
attraction of obstacles and problems. This undesirable yoga is mitigated,
however, by the aspect of the benefic Jupiter on the Rising Sign. (FYI: In
astrology, certain relationships between planets create powerful affects, either
benefic or malefic and these relationships are referred to as yoga’s, meaning
unions of a particular kind.)
The presence of enhanced Jupiter in this current Vikriti year portends an
optimistic outcome, despite the struggle. Its formidable strength, sufficient to
offset the influence of four major planets speaks to its awesome power. This
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Jupiter will bring considerable force in dealing with the domestic financial
challenges, and other related issues, and will help to bring favorable results in
the end, however slowly. The challenges are large scale problems, already
with established momentum which cannot be turned on a dime, but the
influence of such a powerful Jupiter suggests a slow but favorable course.
Jupiter insists that we are going forward even though we are suffering a
constant barrage of problematical situations.
The benefits of the 7th house Jupiter are increased during its transit into Pisces
beginning on May 2, continuing for one year until May 2011. When the ruler of
the 8th goes into its own house, that house becomes stronger in the sense of more
benefic. Thus, the Jupiter transit in May reduces the negativity of the 8th
house.
In astrology, our analysis of any given phenomenon typically encompasses
consideration of the subject from different angles, which usually involves
looking to more than one chart. Sometimes there are conflicting influences
operating and one must determine the relative strength and consequent
emphasis given to any given situation. At other times certain influences are
echoed repeatedly from various different sources thereby reinforcing a
particular theme.
Putting aside the Vikriti chart for a moment and looking to the USA Natal
Chart for additional insight into this coming year, we first look to the overall
character and strength of the horoscope and then consider the cycles that are
currently operating.

United States Natal Chart

T
he Rising Sign of America’s Natal Chart is Sagittarius, ruled by
Jupiter, and Ketu is in the 2nd house in Capricorn, Moon is in
Aquarius in the 3rd house. The 7th house is occupied by four powerful
planets: Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Sun. Retrograde Mercury and Rahu are in
the 8th house, and Saturn is in the 10th house in Virgo aspecting the 7th house
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So what we have here is a very powerful chart, the greatest strength coming
from the disposition of the 7th house. The weakest element is the constricting
influence of Saturn on the 7th house.

Ruler of the Rising Sign and the 4th house, Jupiter is placed powerfully in the
7th house in Gemini, associated with Mars, Venus and Sun. This indicates
that the United States will always occupy a dominant role in the world. It
has the ability to influence world affairs even though, to some degree this
influence is reduced by the aspect of Saturn. Because of the four planets in
Gemini, Americans are innovators; they essentially control trade and commerce in the
world market. This planetary set-up is so strong as to suggest that America
will always dominate in intellectual research activities, education, finance and
business, and will continue to be the world leader that it is into the foreseeable
future.
I am endeavoring to share with you a simple over-view of the American
chart, especially to reassure those of my clients who are suffering anxious
thoughts regarding the stability of the US economy and its ability to
withstand current problems and what I predict will be more problems ahead.
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The USA Natal chart is another factor, beyond the optimism suggested by
Jupiter in the Vikriti chart affirming that America will, in fact, survive the
problems it will face this year. It will continue as a leader in the world, and
its financial institutions will remain, in some manner, intact.

United States Current Cycles and Transits

R
egarding current cycles and transits, there are several factors. The
American chart is suffering from Ashtama Shani Dosha, which
essentially means people going through suffering because of Saturn
passing through the 8th house from the Moon. Because the 8th house refers to
debts, disease or dispute, the suffering is in these areas. This transit began in
September 2009, continuing until December 2011, so this influence is there for
some time yet.
Further, from September, 2008, for seven years until September 2015 the Mars
Dasha has been operating. From March 13, 2010 until February 17, 2011 the
Jupiter Sub-Dasha is in operation.
What we have in the Dashas are a strong Martian influence for the seven year
period, colored by the powerful influence of Jupiter. Jupiter is a close friend
of Mars such that Jupiter undertakes Mars agenda, intensely during its Sub-
Dasha, and, generally speaking throughout the Major Dasha of Mars until
2015.
Mars is the planet of war. So we see, in the Jupiter Sub-Dasha beginning
from March 13, 2010 until February 17, 2011 the war energy increases. The 7th
house planets in the United States chart are aspected by the natal Saturn and
the transit Saturn which reinforces this current aggressive influence. This
war-like energy can manifest internally (domestically), and externally
(internationally). Beyond the fact that Jupiter is teaming up with Mars for
the battle, his association means that ultimately, in any contest, he will bring
victory.
Although the Vikriti chart brings curtailment to education at the lower levels
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chart as well as in Vikriti supports higher education at the University level
and in the professions.
The current cycles and transits reinforce our understanding that financial
issues will be highlighted and challenges will come to the financial domains
but this does not bring a downturn, in part because of the entry of Jupiter into
Pisces on May 2 bringing its benevolent influence.
Specifically, regarding business concerns, I don’t see any consequential
development in the real estate market; in most areas I would say that values
should hold. Some few areas can go down, but generally speaking, this will
not be the trend.
Slowly, very slowly, interest rates may begin to inch up, but no substantial
increase will take place. Lending institutions and banks will continue to be
reticent to undertake risk.
Business interests and unemployment rates may improve slightly. In general,
despite problematical situations, there is, if you examine closely, a growing
palpable hope underlying the psyche of the people. At the least, status quo is
maintained; things generally do not worsen from the standpoint of business
and finance.
There are four eclipses this year, June 26, July 11, December 21, and January 4,
2012. (They do not, incidentally, have the same significance to Obama as they
did last year.) The eclipses do bring challenge to the United States by way of
unusual weather, as in heavy rainfall, natural calamities, and I would not rule out
earthquake, especially during July, August, and September. The eclipses reinforce
the Ketu influence in the Vikriti chart.
With the eclipses, my concern would also be that an important political
figure, or figures may suffer from a major health problem, or, I would not rule
out untimely death. (I am not referring to Obama, whom I feel will survive
his term.)
People who have Sagittarius or Gemini Rising with the Sun or Moon in
particular, or other planets in Gemini or Sagittarius will be most affected by
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the eclipses and should be cautious in making important decisions in this
Vikriti year.
President Obama’s Chart
Regarding what we can determine of the coming year from our President’s
chart, (based on the birth data available for Obama), he is passing through
Maha Dasha of Jupiter and the last Sub-Dasha of Rahu beginning from March
1, 2010 until July 2012. During the Jupiter/Rahu period, Rahu is situated in the
8th house from Jupiter. From Rahu, Jupiter is in the 6th house. As mentioned
before, 6th, 8th and 12th houses are malefic.

This period of the Rahu Sub-Dasha is considered to be negative because it

effectively diminishes some of the positive influences it has bestowed on the
president for the last 12 years, which, in significant part pushed him into
prominence.
In addition, Rahu is accompanied by Mars, two malefics in the 8th house and
they are the 4th house from the Moon, malefic placements.
Jupiter and Rahu are enemies, and Mars and Rahu are considered extremely
negative when placed together. Because of these factors, it is generally
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understood that Rahu will not easily be able to produce good results in
Obama’s situation.
Reviewing his recent past, Obama was elected in November 2008, assumed
office January 20, 2009, and the first Solar Eclipse came January 26, followed
by three more eclipses.
Many found my predictions for the future of the bright new president
unexpectedly dour at that time, but his fate was sealed by the presence of the
eclipses which had great impact on his Rising Sign, Capricorn with Saturn
and Jupiter placed there. His challenges began then, and given the current
influence of Rahu, will continue hereafter, at least until December, 2011.
At that time, he will begin to recover.
Rahu and Mars in the 8th is generally not considered favorable for longevity.
Therefore, he should be careful about his personal safety and the potential for
accidents. On the positive side, his Rising Sign, Capricorn, and the ruler of
the Rising Sign, Saturn are extremely powerful which offers a potent antidote
to the malefic influences in his chart. Not only will this offset the
Rahu/Mars influence, in my opinion, but it has given him the strength and
tenacity to deal with his considerable challenges.
Health Care, as the signature agenda of Obama’s presidency is a classic and
accurate representation of Obama’s priorities. Saturn, as his most powerful
and significant planet, is deeply interested in health, and wed to the interests
of the common man. Facing formidable opposition, nothing dissuaded Obama
regarding health care because he was fueled by an inspiration from his core.
The cause of universal health care could not be a more textbook
representation of Saturn’s interests.
In looking to the timing of the health care bill, the fact that Saturn, in the
chart of the United States is in the 10th house in Virgo, and Saturn moved into
Virgo in September 2009 reinforced Saturn in the 10th. It thereby promoted
activities connected with health. In fact, looking from a dispassionate
distance one can see a pattern echoed between that of the country and its
leader. It suggests that this was the man, at this point in time, meant to bring
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this particular shift to the manner of doing things regarding policy and health
care. Saturn’s transit in Virgo is beneficial for all health oriented activities as
Saturn supports that cause.
Regardless of what obstacles lay ahead, Obama’s reform measures regarding
health care will hold.
Regarding finance, Obama inherited a chaotic financial situation which
resulted in challenge in the stability and legitimacy of the financial
institutions, decreased property values and financial losses all around. To deal
with the crisis, Obama resorted to deficit financing which has brought fear
regarding the value of the dollar and how that would affect the world
currencies. However, as I stated previously, because of the basic strength of
the American chart, the economy and the history of its innovations has
allowed the American currency to withstand the current storm. Despite fears
that the currency could collapse, in my opinion it will continue to stand.

In Closing

S
ummarizing, the Vikriti Lunar Year, 2010-2011 with regards to the
United States brings many challenges in the area of finance and related
business concerns which is a theme echoed by the U.S. natal chart and
its cycles and transits, as well as that of President Obama. However, the
presence of a very powerful Jupiter brings strength and resolve in dealing
with the problems, as well as an ultimately positive outcome, however
modest. The strength of the American chart also underscores that the
foundations of the country are solid, and there is a subtle growing optimism
indicated during this period.
It is a good year for the creative arts as promoted by a strong Venus, as well as
scientific research as supported by Mercury. There is a tendency for problems
with regards to natural disasters, which should be monitored.
In general, it is a problematic period with regards to economic circumstances
which can threaten our sense of stability and peace of mind. However, many
have probably already weathered and survived the most difficult days, and

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our greater strength and wisdom come through meeting the continuing
challenges. We take heart in knowing that we are ever growing and evolving
by meeting our destiny with courage while having faith in the higher purpose.
I have endeavored to share with you here something more of an astrology
lesson than I do usually. I hope it may deepen your appreciation for this
profound science and that the insights that come from its study will help you
better find your own path to truth.
Peace comes through acceptance. This acceptance comes through
understanding. Astrology is a vehicle for ever-deeper levels of understanding
of our role in the world that we may find acceptance.
May that acceptance ultimately lead us to a place of profound inner peace.
Sending you prayers for love and joy in the journey…and always with my
appreciation for the opportunity to serve.

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Since 1985 Drs. Frans Langenkamp
Ph.D. studied Vedic astrology under the
supervision of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, at
MERU, Maharishi European Research
University. In 1992 he received a doctor’s
degree in Vedic science. Since 1997 he is a
full time Vedic astrologer based in the
Netherlands. He integrates into the body of
ancient Vedic astrology everything that
works from modern western astrology. In a
sense, his system is a synthesis of eastern and
western astrology. Life purpose readings are
his speciality, in which he does not so much
focus on predicting the future, as on helping
his client see his/her life in a cosmic
perspective, whereby an integration of the
personality with the soul is promoted
(jivatma integration). He can be contacted
at franslangenkamp@freeler.nl. Or via his
website: www.selfrealisation.net.
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The Basis of the
Vimshottary Dasha
System found in Rig
Veda
By
Dr. Frans Langenkamp,
Netherlands
J yotish is one of the six limbs
(Angas) of Rig Veda. In fact,
Jyotish is considered the most
important of all the six Vedangas.
Just as Vedanta is the most
important of the six Upangas,
containing within its fold all the
knowledge contained in the other
five Upangas, so Jyotish is the
culmination of the other five
Vedangas. The term Jyotish
consists of two words namely
"Jyoti" and "sha." "Jyoti" means
"light" while "sha" means "the best,
the most excellent, eternal." Thus,
Jyotish refers to the most excellent of
all lights.
Which light is the best of all lights?
Is there any eternal light? The
Upanishads declare that the light of
the Self, the light of the
consciousness of man is the light of
all lights, the source of all visible
lights. It is identified with the
eternal light of Brahman, the essence and source of the entire creation.

In the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Maharishi Yajnavalkya declares that when all

visible lights have gone, the inner light of the Self still remains, guiding man
in all his thoughts, speech and actions (Br. Up. 4.3.6.). Thus, Jyotish refers to
the light of all lights, the light of pure consciousness, the Self of all beings.
Jyotish is therefore really a limb of the Veda, since the Veda is the
encyclopaedia of the structuring dynamics of consciousness, which are
responsible for the creation and evolution of all that exists in the universe.

Traditionally, Jyotish has been regarded as the eyes of the Veda, the eyes of
pure knowledge. Thanks to the eyes of the Vedas, the structure of the Veda
itself can be known and understood. Since Jyotish is such an important limb of the
body of Rig Veda, we should be able to locate the basic ingredients of Jyotish in Rig
Veda. Let us, therefore take a closer look at the structure of the Veda, as
revealed by the Apaurusheya Bhasya – impersonal Commentary – of Rig
Veda, brought to light by the late Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

The Apaurusheya Bhasya on Rig Veda

The Rig Veda consists of ten Chapters called Mandalas. Maharishi's
Apaurusheya Bhasya on the Rig Veda points out that all the knowledge of the
ten Mandalas of Rig Veda is concentratedly available in the first
Mandala, consisting of 192 Suktas (hymns). Furthermore, it shows that all
knowledge of the first Mandala is contained
in concentrated form in the first Sukta, Is it a coincidence that
consisting of nine Richas (verses). Then it
goes on to show that the knowledge of the this first Richa of Rig
first Sukta is contained in the first Richa, Veda, comprising the
consisting of nine words. And that the totality of Rig Veda,
knowledge of the first Richa is contained in
the first word. And that the knowledge of consists of exactly nine
the first word is contained in the first words?
syllable "Ak." And finally, that the
knowledge of the first syllable is contained in the first letter "A." This
implies that the entirety of the knowledge of the Rig Veda is contained in its
first letter, “A”! Likewise, it holds that the entirety of knowledge is contained
in the first Richa (verse)!

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Maharishi is the first commentator of the Rig Veda, who pointed out that the
Vedas are completely self-explanatory, in the sense that each following word
is an elaboration and a commentary on the previous words. Each elaborated
version of the Vedas in terms of Richas, Suktas and Mandalas are more
elaborated versions of the knowledge that is contained in the preceding
versions. In this way, Maharishi emphasises the perfect orderly, sequential
and self-explanatory structure of the Rig Veda.

The 9 Grahas associated with the first 9 Words of the Rig Veda

A ccording to ancient understanding, the Vedas are the textbooks that

reveal the structuring dynamics of Consciousness, which are
responsible for the creation, maintenance and dissolution of the
Universe. In other words, we can say that the Vedas are the encyclopaedia of
all the Laws of Nature. If we turn our attention to Jyotish, the eyes of the
Veda, we see that the nine Planets (Navagraha) also represent all the Laws of
Nature. Planets can be seen as the point values of the nine basic universal
Laws of Nature, which are responsible for creating, maintaining and
dissolving the entire universe. Please note that the Planets as such, are not
identical with the abstract and eternal Laws of Nature; they are the physical
expressions of the Laws of Nature. (In the case of Rahu and Ketu, they are
just mathematical points, invisible but calculable as the intersection of the
Moon's orbital plane with the ecliptic.) The nine Grahas taken together,
represent all the forces of nature, responsible for the creation and evolution of
everything in the universe. Since both Rig Veda and the Nine Planets, each in their
own way, relate to the entirety of all the laws of nature, the qualities and
characteristics of the nine planets must somehow be found in Rig Veda!

If it is true that Rig Veda is the expression of the totality of the Laws of
Nature, and if the nine Grahas represent all the Laws of Nature, then
certainly the knowledge of the nine Grahas must somehow be contained in
Rig Veda. Furthermore, there is the Apaurusheya Bhasya of the Rig Veda, which
maintains that the entire knowledge of Rig Veda is available in the first letter, the
first syllable, the first word, the first Sukta and the first Mandala of Rig Veda.

If this is so, it should be possible to demonstrate that the knowledge of the

nine Grahas is completely available on each of the levels of elaboration of the
Vedic text. In order to test this hypothesis, we could turn our attention to a
commentary on the first Richa (verse) of Rig Veda, written by Maharishi.

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Is it a coincidence that this first Richa of Rig Veda, comprising the totality of Rig
Veda, consists of exactly nine words? Jyotish teaches us that there are no
coincidences in the universe. Could it be that there exists a correspondence
between the first nine words of the Rig Veda and the nine Grahas? It seems
only logical to expect this!

Maharishi's translation and commentary on the first Richa of Rig Veda can be
found in a book, issued in 1976, under the title “Creating an Ideal Society - a
Global Undertaking”. In this book, Maharishi elaborates on the inherent
meaning of each of the first nine words of Rig Veda. The first Richa of Rig
Veda reads as follows:

"Agnim ile purohitam yagyasya devam ritvijam hotaram ratna dhatamam."

Let us take a look at Maharishi's descriptions of these first nine words of Rig
Veda, and see whether they can be related to the basic qualities, the essential
nature of the nine Grahas. The definition of each of the nine words, given
below in bold, was taken from Maharishis book (page 128 a.f.).

Agnim
"...contains within its structure, in seed form, the full knowledge of all Laws of
Nature, all evolutionary processes, and all forms and actions in the universe.
A such it represents the whole value of Supreme intelligence..."

Clearly this relates to Surya, the Sun, who in Jyotish represents pure
consciousness, Creative Intelligence, the Self, the source of all knowledge and
action. The superficial word meaning of Agni is "fire," and the Sun is the only
Graha that consists of fire and is illuminating with its light all the other
Grahas of the solar system. Just as Agni is the source of the whole Veda and
the Vedic Literature, the Sun can be seen as the source of all activity and life
forms in the solar system. Clearly, Agnim can only related to the Surya
principle.

Ile
"...displays the Mechanics of Creation, contained within the word Agnim. ... It
expresses the first awakening of the Laws of Nature as they initiate activity within
the field of consciousness."

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the mind, which is just another expression for "activity within the field of
consciousness."

"By virtue of being awareness, transparent to itself, consciousness emerges from

within its pure potentiality (Agnim) and, curving back on to itself (Ile) establishes an
"observer-observed" relationship within its own structure."
It is activity in consciousness that structures the subject-object relationship
within the indivisible wholeness of consciousness. Here, we have the
description of how the mind relates to pure consciousness, or in terms of
Jyotish, how the Moon interacts with the Sun and how it reflects the values
of the Sun.

"Ile," Maharishi states, "is the first sprouting of the supreme intelligence to
become the first expression of Creative Intelligence."
This passage describes how the mind arises out of pure consciousness.
Maharishi says that “Ile” means "to repeat over and over again". In terms of
Jyotish, repetition and cyclical activity typically refers to the Moon, since the
Moon represents anything that has a cyclical nature. During the process of
effortless meditation, the mind "curves back onto the self," like the Moon is
merging into the Sun every month again. This illustrates the fact that Ile
relates to the qualities and characteristics of Chandra, the Moon as described
by Jyotish.

Purohitam
"...is pure potentiality in motion ... it is the wholeness of consciousness enlivened by
self-knowledge and capable of initiating action within its own unmanifest structure...
the silent initiator and inner controller of all action, the fountainhead of all authority,
law and power..."

In Jyotish, Mangal (Mars) is described as the army general, the initiator of

action, the archetype of power and authority. Maharishi emphasises that the
power and authority exhibited by Purohitam, is derived from Agnim - this is
precisely the case with Mangal, the army general, whose power and authority
are based upon the strength of the King Surya (the Sun). These points
establish the fact that Purohitam relates to the Mangal principle.

Yagyasya
"...expresses the code of action by which any desired goal can be achieved. The
mechanics of achievement are that consciousness, simply by following its own nature,
puts its infinite potential to use in the field of action."

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Consciousness expresses its nature through desiring. Desiring is the ultimate
means of achieving anything. This principle relates to Rahu (the Northern
lunar moon node), since its very nature is to desire, and to achieve one goal
after another. By following the nature of Rahu in our Horoscope, we attain our
life purpose, and reach our desired goal in the field of relative creation.

Rahu is the locomotive of life, the locomotive of desire, by which creatures

follow their own nature. It is interesting to note that the Shrimad
Bhagavatam, one of the two Mahapuranas, makes mention of a boar
incarnation of God. This boar is the embodiment of all Yagyas. Yagyas are subtle
technologies of Vedic engineering, by which any desired goal can be achieved.
In the second chapter of the Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, Maharshi
Parashara, the founding father of Vedic astrology, enumerates the ten
incarnations of God, and classifies them with reference to the Navagraha (the
nine planets). In this classification the boar incarnation relates to Rahu. From
these points, it is evident that there is a cosmic correspondence between
yagyasya and the nature of Rahu.

Devam
"...is the impulse of Creative Intelligence that spontaneously leads all activity in an
evolutionary direction."

Clearly, this is the function of Guru (Jupiter), who is the guide, the teacher,
the spiritual preceptor of the Devas, (impulses of Creative Intelligence,
personified as gods). Of all the Grahas it is
mainly Guru that makes us go for Budha principle,
evolution, expansion, enlightenment, etc.
represented by the
Guru shows us the way toward the
realisation of evolutionary goals and Mercury, who is the fast
aspirations. From this consideration it is moving planet of
clear that devam is an exact expression of Creative Intelligence in
the Guru principle.
action. Budha infuses
Ritvijam intelligence, creativity,
"…is the absolute, non-active value of Creative liveliness and joy into all
Intelligence. The supreme intelligence is so
unlimited that it can function without functioning phases of our daily life
- its very presence regulates activity so that it is
spontaneously right" ... it is... "the element which maintains wholeness of
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These attributes of consciousness remind us of the characteristics of Shani
(Saturn). Shani represents the Absolute, the silence, meditation, introspection,
the state of yoga, the witnessing aspect of our consciousness, the gate to
perfection in life. It represents our conscience, the inner guiding light for all
our thought, speech and action. Thus it is clear that ritvijam represents the
Shani principle.

Hotaram
"...is Creative Intelligence in action. Whereas Ritvijam faces himself, Hotaram faces
activity"... by which ... "the whole range of activity can be endowed with the infinite
potential of Creative Intelligence, so that every action yields the greatest results. Its
goal is lively fulfilment in the waves of living."

This description clearly relates to the Budha principle, represented by the

Graha Budha (Mercury), who is the fast moving planet of Creative Intelligence
in action. Budha infuses intelligence, creativity, liveliness and joy into all phases
of our daily life and even in our professional sphere.

On the level of the superficial meaning, hotaram refers to the actual performer
of a yagya (vedic performance) - the person who is reciting the appropriate
mantras, while dextrously pouring oblations into the fire. This is exactly the
characteristic of Budha, who in Jyotish parlance, knows all the four Vedas by
heart, and is the dextrous, skilled performer of intelligent actions. All these
points clearly establish a connection between hotaram and Budha (Mercury).

Ratna
"...the pure brilliance of Creative Intelligence shining in its most concentrated form
between silence and action, Absolute and relative"... it is "the grace of life in its
highest form, the culmination of all processes of evolution."

Clearly, this description relates to Ketu (the Southern lunar node), since Ketu
is known as the "moksha karaka"- the bestower of moksha, liberation, which
Vedic science declares to be the culmination of all processes of evolution.
Ketu stands for total knowledge, total enlightenment, which is shining in its
most concentrated form between silence and action, between Absolute and
relative. Abstract consciousness is found in the gap between all opposite
values. Ketu, as such, is nothing - it is only a mathematical point, defined by
the interaction between the Sun and the Moon - between the Absolute (the
Sun) and the relative (the Moon), between silence and dynamism. On the
superficial level of the word-meaning, ratna means "jewel", and, as such, it also
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clear correspondence between ratna and the Ketu principle.

Dhatamam
"...shows consciousness as having grown to such a degree of concentrated fullness and
purity that it overflows to radiate its value in the environment." In dhatamam,
Maharishi writes, "consciousness is shown as the giver of the supreme value of life, as
bestowing enlightenment and making it universally available."

On the level of the word-meaning dhatamam means giver. Giving is an

expression of love. Giving is the spontaneous result of the overflowing of the
fullness of consciousness. The values represented by dhatamam, can therefore
directly be related to the nature of Shukra (Venus), who stands for the
principle of love and sharing, spontaneously radiating its value to the
environment.

Maharishi says that the value of overflowing, contained in dhatamam, is the

spontaneous result of the fullness and purity of consciousness. It is interesting
to note that the word-meaning of Shukra is "purity." The love that Shukra
(Venus) stands for in Jyotish parlance is the spontaneous result of the fullness
of consciousness. Only when the Self is experienced in its purity and fullness,
then love spontaneously emanates from it. These points confirm that
dhatamam is related to the Shukra principle, the principle of love and sharing.

Having established a one to one relationship between the nine first words of
Rig Veda and the nine Planets (Navagraha), we can take a step back and study
the sequence in which the nine planets appear: Sun, Moon, Mars, Rahu, Jupiter,
Saturn, Mercury, Ketu, Venus.

That seems a very arbitrary sequence, is it not? No it isn’t, as any student of

Vedic astrology can tell!!! It is the sequence in which the planets appear in the
Vimshottary Dasha system! This is a system which helps us analyse a birth
horoscope, and which tells us which periods in life are dominated by which
Planet (Graha). According to Parashara, it is the King of all Dasha systems.
The Vimshottary Dasha system reveals to us how each individual develops
himself in time. It shows how all individuals go through nine stages of
development, and that these stages always and everywhere have the same
sequence: the sequence shown above, which is based on the sequence of the
first nine words of Rig Veda!

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If is true that Rig Veda is the encyclopaedia of all the laws of nature, and if it
is true that the words of Rig Veda are arranged in an absolute, evolutionary,
and self explanatory sequence, then it is only logical that the sequence of the
first nine words corresponds exactly with the sequence of the nine Planets in
the Vimshottary Dasha system! This suggests that the Vimshottary Dasha
system has a very solid basis indeed! It is based on the primordial
evolutionary sequence of Nature. Maybe this explains the astounding
correctness of the Vimshottary Dasha system, which impresses every student
of Vedic astrology, in the east and in the west! In the 25 years of my study of
Vedic astrology, I never came across an explanation of why the planets are
arranged in that particular sequence. Not even an attempt to explain it ever
appeared on the Jyotish horizon, as far as I know. I felt that the
correspondence is rather striking, and it kept sticking in my mind. Therefore,
I thought I should share it with all my colleague Jyotish students.

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Astrology – The
Guide Of Vastu
By
Sunil Keshav Ghaisas, India
Translation: Mrs Neelam Bennur, India
Copy Editor: Carole McMechan & Andree
Leclerc, Canada

A strology (Jyotish) is a Vedang i.e.

Shri Ghaisas has been teaching
astrology since 18 years and has done B.A in
Vedang Jyotish apart from Diploma in
Vastu Shastra. He is the Ex-Secretary of
Maharashtra Jyotish Parishad & Ex-
President of the Examination Board of the
same. He has been conferred Jyotishalankar
and Jyotishi Shastri award.
the part of ‘Vedas’ which is said to
be the ‘Pratyaksh – Praman’
shastra. The basic elements of this living –
non living world are Panchamahabhutas
(Five basic elements). The gunas and
karakatwas of these elements are further
elevated in Astrology. Astrology helps in
predicting happy-unhappy events in the
life since birth till the last breath of our
life. It also helps us in giving loka about
wealthy or unwealthy life span, about
successes or defeats in our life when we
study and keenly observe a horoscope.
For example, it can be seen that a
person is going to enjoy happiness, success
and a prosperous healthy life that the
person gets from childhood. An example is
he is born and brought up in a well
educated, renowned family. On the
contrary, if there are malefic planets in the
horoscope, the opposite situation is
observed. For example, at birth he faces
poverty and he has to struggle a lot. In
this life he experiences only hardships and
no success. A person spends most of his
life at home which can mean if there are
any ‘shubha yogas – good yogas’ in his
horoscope about the ‘Graha Soukhya –
Happiness from Grahas’ then he has nice
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 ‘shubha – yogas’. But if there are ‘kuyogas’ i.e malefic planets in his horoscope then he
will have a ‘sadosh vastu’/faulty vastu.
Jyotish is a science of ‘Diga – Kala’ (Directions and Time) i.e. of Directions (Dishas) and
Kala (Time) with the help of Panchamahabhutas, constellations (Nakshatra), Rashis,
Planets and houses (Bhavas) we get knowledge of this ‘Diga – Kalas’. It is said that ‘Je Pindi
Te Brahmandi’. If we want to expand this idea, then the body is a dwelling of the soul. The
structure of body, different organs, diseases, qualities or lack of qualities etc can be studied
(the art of logical observation) by observing the positions of planets and constellations.
There are rules in relation with body and natural cycle which gives us architecture of our
house is ‘Vastu Shastra’.
The similarity between the body and house (Vastu) of a person is described in ‘Sant –
Vagmay’ i.e Saint’s literature.
Sola sandhe bahattar kothadya Harine kaya rachili,
Navdarvaje, dahavi and khidki at murti baisvily.
Meaning – With 16 joints and 72 rooms God has created a body, 9 doors and tenth window,
(in which an idol is established.) In this verse, body and vastu are binded together with an
appropriate thread.

A strology is related with a human being ultimately via his body. A similarity is
observed between Astrology and Vastu. A comparative study of astrology and vastu
is keenly observed in ‘Uttarakalamrit’. It is also studied by other scholars of
‘vastushastra’ thereafter. In the efficacy of vastushastra, an article by Kowtha Lalith
Manohar, wherein he says that ….
“Vastu and Astrology are two divine sciences with the help of which one can plan to have a
peaceful and happy life. These two sciences deal with invisible forces which make our life
happy.”
Vastushastra is a science in which its directions and included are the elements such as
Panchamahabhutas. Planets, Rashis as well as Lord of Directions and their qualities are
studied. As per in astrology in vastushastra also the planets and rashis are representatives of
Panchamahabhutas the gunas and karakatwas. According to the gunas Panchatatvas are
defined.
The Dnyanendriyas and Karmendriyas (Sense-organs and work-organs) of our body, work
according to these panchatatvas.
Akashtatva
Akashtatva (Space) is of Shabdaguna (words) and its dnyanendriya is karna (ear) and
karmendriya is vaacha (speech). Jupiter is director of Akashtatva and availability of
everything is its ‘karya’. In Astrology and Vastu, Jupiter is the Lord of ‘Ishanya’ i.e North – East
direction.
Vayutatva
Vayutatva (Wind) is of Sparsh-guna (touch). Skin (tvacha) is its dnyanendriya (Sense-
Organ) and hands are karmendriya. The work of Vayu (karya) is movement, gatherings and
disposal. Communication is also governed by it. Saturn is the representative. In astrology and
vastu it is the lord of the west.

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Agnitatva
Agnitatva (Fire) is of Rupaguna. Eyes are dnyanendriya and feet are karmendriya. To
control, clean, lead, to depart, to give knowledge, to guide etc is the work (karya) of Fire.
Sun and Mars are the fire planets. Sun, and Aries, Leo and Sagittarius govern East and Mars
governs south direction.

Jalatatva
Jalatatva (Water) is of Rasaguna (Fluids). Rasana (Tongue) is its dnyanendriya while linga
(organs) is karmendriya. Happiness, satisfaction and fulfillment is the work of Jalatatva. In
the planets of jalatatva, Moon governs North/West (Vayavya) and Venus governs South/East
(Agneya). The rashis of Jalatatva governs Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces and governs the North
direction.

Prithvitatva
Prithvitatva (Earth) is of Gandha Guna (Smell). Nose is dnyanendriya and rectum is
karmendriya. Accumulation Dharan (holding capability), neat and tidiness and neat
arrangement, etc are the gunas of Prithvitatva. The planet earth, Mercury governs North and
Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn governs the South direction.

12H 1H 2H 3H 2H 12H / North

North East South West 3H South Venus is
Venus S/E Jupiter N/E 1H S/E
West 11H
East
Jupiter is West
11H 4H
N/E
West North
Mercury 4H 10H
North South
10H 5H Mercury Mars
South East
Mars 7H
5H 9H
West
9H 8H 7H 6H East 6H East
Saturn
8H
East North West South South
North
Saturn Moon N/W Moon N/W

When we think about the gunas and karya of these panchamahabhutas we see that, what we
know or we don’t know, our necessities, happiness, sorrows, ill health, wealth or poverty is
included in these gunas or karyas. Our actions are related with these tatvas and so we have
to study the planets, rashis and directions of the tatvas which are related with that tatvas. In
vastushastra we also study the effects of planets, rashis and direction. For example, if you
are a student, you have to consider planets related to knowledge (Dnyana) i.e Sun, Mercury
and Jupiter and supplementary directions - East and North. Another example, if we want to
deliver some material quickly from a factory, as a moveable planet Moon and Vayutatva
representative Saturn and so the directions North and West must be considered.
Is Astrology an Art or Science? This question is also asked about Vastushastra. There are
different opinions about both these shastras. Every shastra (Science) has two aspects or

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parts, and they are Mantras and Tantras. i.e Mantras mean rules used and practical
application of these rules is called Tantra. For example: In Music, Ragas, Tal, Notes and
their Aaroha and Avaroha are studied and are called Mantras. But only literal knowledge of
them is useful in scoring marks in theory exams but to get complete bliss of music the singer
has to do Practice or Riyaz. After such Riyaz and the special modification in his singing
gives the listener the complete satisfaction of the art of music.
In chemistry also one atom of sulphur, four atoms of oxygen and two atoms of hydrogen
contribute a molecule of sulphuric acid. Should one want to prepare this substance, one is
aware of the difficulties even though one knows the composition of the acid well. This is the
same for astrology. There are important rules about Nakshatras (Constellations), Planets,
Rashis and Bhavas (Houses) and different ‘Yogas’ between them are the Mantras. The use
of these Mantras (even though they are sometimes contradictory) and the experience with
them is considered while giving guidance to a Jataka. Also knowing which rules or factors
are important and which are not so important is taken into consideration. Predicting is the
tantra of Astrology. It means, when shastra (Science) comes in flow - becomes applicable
and useful, it can be an art which helps mankind to live more in harmony.
Vastu Shastra also includes Tantra and Mantras. Here we come across some rules about
benefic and malefic effects or the rules which tells us about the benefic and malefic effects of
vastu. But for practical purposes we can’t apply them exactly as they are stated. It can be
explained better with an example.
All the members of a family live in the same house (vastu). So everyone in that house will
enjoy the benefics or suffer malefics regarding success, defeats, health, wealth or prosperity
and will be observed in every one’s life.
But in actual life we don’t observe this. One member of family may have good health and
wealth all through life but another one may suffer ill health periodically. It means whatever
he has in his destiny or in his kundali accordingly, he gets benefits of guna doshas of that
vastu.
In another example we see that a person gets prosperity in his business in a particular vastu.
After him his son runs that business in same vastu but instead of prosperity the business
does not prosper. Even though the vastu is built according to rules of vastu shastra it does
not become beneficial to all the members of family but everyone gets it’s benefit according
to his destiny and for that Astrology helps us. With the simultaneous study of Astrology
and Vastu Shastra we get the correct guidance in our life.
The fact or formula accepted by today’s science is that the subtle (or microscopic or atomic)
energy is greatest in its effect or it is more powerful. Our Sages were well versed to this
information because they only had their intuition. So they created Astrology and
Vastushastra for the benefit (wellbeing) of mankind. The scholars thereafter also have
stated that astrology is helpful in vastushastra.
The articles by Vastu Scholars Shri S.K.Kelkar, T.S.Vasan, A.Narsinh Ailas,
S.Krishnakumar, Konatha Lalitha Manohar, R.G.Rao, U.S.Pullappini, K.S.Anandkumar,
K.R.Dasshetty in the book of Vastu – Astrology and Architecture edited by Gayatri Devi
and Vasudeva have stated mutual relation between Astrology and Vastushastra. Dr.

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Narendra Sahastrabudha from Pune in his book ‘Vastu – Shiv – Vidnyana’ also explained
that for the good results of vastu, study of Astrology is essential.
With the harmonial study of Astrology and Vastu we can have ‘home science’ or
‘Vastukala’. In vastushastra it is said that the entrance at North or Slope on North/ East or
North – East direction is benefic. If entrance & slope is on South/West, West/West
directions are not beneficial. But at the temple of kulswanini at Tulajapuri the East/North –
East is on height while slope is on south and southwest side. Still the faith of this temple is
in prosperity and people from all the sections of the society worship it and have faith in it.
It means all the rules are true as rules but can’t be applicable everywhere as it is. It depends
upon the fact that for what purpose that vastu is used. What type of work is going on in that
vastu. The work that is carried out by the owner of that vastu is an important fact here. The
benefic or malefic effects of the entrance of that vastu depends upon this type of work that is
carried out.
East, North or North/East directions are beneficial for fire element i.e Agnitatva and
Vipravarna’s businesses. But if ones job is of Advocate then the entrance on West will be
beneficial for him. So the rules of any shastras cannot be used as it is but they must be
modified according to the situations around. The life of a human being is full of good and
bad events but if his mind and consciousness are in harmony then in these sweet /sour
events also he will get peace of mind and bad effects of the events are minimized.
If we want to live a happy and harmonious life then we have to correlate the elements of
nature with the natural phenomenon and events in our life, which is nothing but
vastushastra.
Actually I am a student of Astrology but when I started studying vastushastra I have
observed that if a particular house in horoscope is malefic then the (complementary) contemporary
Doshas are also observed in that Vastu. While if the vastu shows benefic aspects they are also
observed in the horoscope of an individual.
E.g. A horoscope shows yoga bestowing high official status, then East side of his Vastu
(house), if a Jataka has high education then his house’s North/East side and if one has good
Dhanayoga in his Kundali then North – side of his dwelling is Powerful according to
Vastushastra rules. On the contrary, if one has no issues or late marriage yoga then west and
north – east side or if one meet an accident frequently then south or south /west direction in
their home is malefic. Not only this; but ill health, diseases from which we suffer or
disabilities occurring etc are also due to minor changes in our vastu. Sometimes these
changes are benefic for other member of the same family. Why so? Is the question that
arises and answer for this is nothing but the differences that we observe in their horoscopes.
To explain all this we will study some horoscopes and the vastus where they live.

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H. No: 1, Birth Date: 15th, March 1953, Time: 3.30Am, Place: Gandhinagar

This person is a great business man and active in politics. His factory was in prosperity then
his brother became a partner in his business. At the same time there was some alteration
work was done in the factory premises. After that soon there were some disputes in the
partners and the factory had a lock-out. In this horoscope lord of ascendant Saturn is in
tenth house and exalted. It is also Vargottama. Lord of tenth house of from Moon Asc, Mars
is in third house (house of bravery) in Aries. These two positions of planets are quite
remarkable showing the business & political prosperity. But when we think about the
relations of the person with his brothers and sisters then we see that the bhava and planets in
the 3rd house are afflicted. The lord of 6th house, mercury is conjunct with lord of 8th
house i.e. Sun, in 3rd house. The planet Mars (karak of brotherhood) is in opposite house of
Saturn the ascendant lord. So there were disputes in partnership with own brother.
According to Vastushastra the ‘changes that had been made’ in the premises of factory
particularly show the same afflictions. For planting a Tulsi plant (Tulashi vrindavan) a big
platform was constructed on North/east side of the plot and a pit was dug for the disposal of
drainage water on the south corner of the premises. Both these are not suggested in vastu
shastra but such things must be avoided, otherwise the vastudosh is created and it creates a
‘vedha’.
Considering astrology and vastu together we can see that north/east direction in kundali is
3rd house, the house of Bhavand soukhya and Mars governs south direction which is also
karaka of brother – sisters. When these doshas were removed the factory started again.
One cannot own a house (vastu) which follows each and every rule of shubha vastu. So
some doshas remain while some shubha aspects are also seen. It is related to the horoscope of
a person who owns that vastu.

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H.No:2 Birth Date: 25th April, 1979, Time: 12.00 Noon, Thane.

This kundali is of a businessman who is born and brought up in poor conditions and was 10th
standard pass only. He started a business of close circuit softy cameras and became
prosperous quickly.
Here lord of 9th house (Bhagyesh), Jupiter is in 1st house and exalted. Ascendant lord moon is
conjuncted with lord of tenth house Mars in 9th house. He has not completed higher
education. The north-east side of vastu which is governed by Jupiter, the Karaka of
education was cut thereby giving him less education, but North side is elevated so the lord of
the north, kuber has shown his effect and the family became wealthy.
In the horoscope also lord of North (4th house) Venus is exalted and with Rajyoga Karak
planet in 9th house. Because of good financial condition they have shifted in a new big house
which is shubha – karak according to vastushastra.
For a good business, mainly the North, whose lord is kuber, vishyavarna rashis direction is
South and to have success in competitive business world East also must be considered and
studied well.
The important and happy state of a man’s life is marriage. But every one can’t be lucky in
this matter on the contrary some have such experiences about marriages or married life, that
it is impossible for them to get rid of even bad memories of that period. We can have a look
considering horoscope but at the same time the vastu also shows those doshas. But if we
want to get rid of these bad times of life we must honorably follow the rules of the shastras.

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 H.No:3, Birth Date: 14th November, 1975, Time: 3:35PM, Pune

This kundali is of an educated young girl. After marriage she had a miscarriage and within 6
months she returned to her parent’s home. Ascendant lord Jupiter is in 1st house with lord of
5th house moon. So she gets a good education. But Jupiter and Moon are in opposite house of
Venus which is lord of 8th house, so married life is unhappy. The house of marriage (7th
house) is aspected by Mars and Saturn. Lord of 7th house is in 8th house with lord of 6th
house, Sun and also Rahu is in 8th house. Lord of 8th house Venus is in 7th house. In this way
the 7th (West) & 8th (South/ West) directions are completely afflicted. When the vastu is
observed the entrance of the house is on south- west direction and there is a well in the
premises on west side. The North-West direction of Moon (Matrusoukhya) a tall (high)
wall is constructed and staircase is also situated there. All these are afflicted factors as vastu
is concerned.
For the marriage or married life the 7th house, West direction (Lord Saturn which shows delay)
and North-East (Lord Venus, happiness), North-West (Moon – Motherhood) and North -East
(issues), must be studied well. And our study should be concentrated on these directions.
Sometimes marriage life is satisfactory but issue problems may occur which is actually every
couple’s dream in a life. Sometimes issues are their but the parents don’t get happiness from
them.

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H.No:4, Birth Date: 14th November, 1965. Time: 19.15, Place: Mumbai.

This kundali is of a lady who had married before 8 years. In these 8 years frequent –
abortions happened but no issue.
Here Rahu is in ascendant (East) and lord of 5th house Mercury is in 7th house (West) with
Ketu. Mercury /Ketu are in Scorpio i.e. in 5th house (children) from moon. Jupiter is in 2nd
house (North/East) i.e. in family house. Jupiter is a lord of 8th house.
In the vastu North-East direction (Lord Jupiter) was cut. An electric motor was on North-
West direction (5th House) and a store house was at East direction. When these doshas were
removed the expected results were seen and that lady (became mother) had an issue there
after.
What diseases one may suffer from, also can be predicted by the relative study of Vastu and
Astrology.
H.No:5, Birth Date: 28th March, 1991, Time: 23.11, Place: Dombivili

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This girl is deaf and mute. Saturn and Rahu are in 3rd house and lord of 6th house, Mars is in
Gemini, Words (Shabdaguna) karaka – Jupiter is with Ketu are the yogas which show mute
and deafness. Her parents own a bungalow and entrance of the bungalow is on North-East

+side (Lord Jupiter) but this direction is cut due to entrance. In kundali also the direction
South-West is (9th House) is occupied by Jupiter. In house an underground safety tank is
constructed at South – West direction (In Kundali which is shown by Jupiter).
In all these examples we have seen that the events those occur in our life are also observed in
the horoscope. For example, the horoscope speaks about them and not only this but the
doshas which are there in vastu are also pointed out in our kundali.
According to some scholars vastushastra is a complete shastra. Even though we accept this
fact and we can predict Shubha or Ashubha events in our life by studying Vastu. But the
time period of these events can be known by the help of Astrology. So instead of going in
the contradiction that Vastu – Astrology is a science or an art; we see that they are inter-
dependent. We will try to get easy, happy and prosperous lives by the availability of vastu
and astrological rules.
Sarvepi sukhinaha santhu, sarve santuniramayaha
Sarve bhadraani pashyanthu maa kacchit duhkhamaaptuyaat

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Steven Stuckey (Shastrakara das)
began his study of Astrology in 1968. He
started teaching classes in both Western
sidereal and Jyotish techniques in 1979 and
was instrumental in the initial introduction
of Jyotish in the United States. He currently
resides in southern Oregon where he
continues to teach and advise an
international clientele. He may be reached
by email at: shastra@gotsky.com
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The Vedic Yearly
Chart
- New Moon in
Pisces
By
Steven Stuckey, USA.
T he Vedic yearly chart is
used by astrologers as a
mundane chart to predict
the yearly outcome of events related
to the affairs of state of any
particular city or country and
includes such things as the
disposition of heads of state, the
economy, education, employment,
foreign affairs, geological
phenomena, and weather patterns.
The chart is calculated for the exact
time of the New Moon in sidereal
Pisces that occurs between March
15th and April 15th (dates will vary
slightly depending on the ayanamsa
used).
Western or tropical astrologers use
a similar mundane chart for
predicting the year’s events that is
based on the Sun’s entrance into
zero degrees of Aries. This
phenomenon always occurs exactly
at the vernal equinox or the first
day of spring on March 20th (in the
Northern Hemisphere). Other
charts used by tropical astrologers for mundane prediction include lunation’s
(new and full moons), eclipses, solar cardinal ingress charts, planetary ingress
charts and times of important planetary conjunctions. These same charts may
also be used by sidereal or Vedic astrologers for yearly predictive work, but
the main emphasis for the year is generally placed upon the New Moon in
Pisces chart.
The question naturally arises, why the New Moon in Pisces? Unfortunately
there doesn’t appear to be an answer forthcoming from Jyotish classical texts
on this subject. However there is a reference in the Brahma Purana and the
Chaturvarga Chintamani of Hemadri (approx 1300 CE), wherein it is stated that
Lord Brahma created the universe on the Chaitra Shukla Pratipada or the first
day of the first month of the year. The month of Chaitra occurs generally in
the March/April time frame when the Sun is transiting sidereal Pisces (or
tropical Aries), and is regarded by many Hindu’s as the first month of the
lunar calendar year. The Chaitra Shukla Pratipada is celebrated as one of a
number of Indian New Years.
Chaitra is so named due to the full Moon that will occur in the nakshatra of
Chitra (23Vir20-6Lib40) during that month. Shukla refers to the bright half of
the lunar phase or when the Moon is waxing. Pratipada is the first tithi or 12
degrees of the Moon as it separates from the Sun after exact conjunction or
New Moon. Therefore the Chaitra Shukla Pratipada occurs either at the exact
New Moon or as the Moon is separating from conjunction with the Sun and
is within the first tithi or 12 degrees from the Sun. Lord Brahma, the creator,
is given rulership over this particular tithi.
There are many various New Year dates in use in India due to the necessity
for a civil calendar and because of a wide diversity of cultures. For instance
the Saka New Year is based on the calendar followed by the Government of
India and falls on March 21/22 (obviously coinciding with the spring
equinox). The Bengali and the Tamil New Years are celebrated around mid
April. The Gujarati New Year is celebrated the day after the festival of
Diwali, which occurs in the month of Kartika. Other dates used include the
entrance of the Sun into sidereal Aries, sidereal Capricorn and the winter
solstice on Dec 21st. There are many more such dates celebrated in India, even
some that use January 1st.

T he timing of the New Year for the first New Moon of spring is not
unique to India and was prevalent in many ancient cultures. The
Modern Hebrew calendar for instance is based on a more ancient
calendar that began the year with the month of Nissan, when the first thin

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crescent of the Moon became visible after conjunction with the Sun in the
spring. The months of this calendar were all based on the principle of
observing the first visible New Moon. Since the Moon is not visible when in
close conjunction to the Sun due to combustion, the New Year was generally
heralded when just after sunset, the crescent Moon could be seen setting
behind the Sun, having gained the minimum 12 degrees of separation
necessary in order to be observed. The Babylonians also used the first New
Moon of spring to begin the year.
So essentially there seems to be two possible explanations for the origin of the
Pisces New Moon chart; one coming from scriptural reference regarding the
creation of the universe and the other from an ancient tradition that began the
year with the first New Moon of spring. In either case, there are some
interesting things to consider about each scenario.
If the yearly chart always begins with the first New Moon in the month of
Chaitra then we should be aware that eventually, over a period of time, Chaitra
will no longer be connected to the spring. Due to precessional movement of
approximately 1 degree every 72 years, the equinoctial points are slipping
gradually backward along the path of the ecliptic.
As these points recede, the date of the Sun’s entrance into sidereal Pisces will
also change, by entering the sign later in the month as time goes on. As an
example, using Lahiri’s ayanamsa, the Sun entered sidereal Pisces on March
14, 2010. If we calculate a chart for March 14, 3010, a thousand years into the
future, we will find the Sun at 15 Aquarius. The Sun will not reach Pisces
until March 29, 3010 and the New Moon in Pisces will not happen until April
6th of that year. If we move ahead another thousand years, the Sun will not
enter Pisces until April 12, 4010, with the New Moon occurring on April 27th.
This process will repeat itself until eventually, after 25,800 years (also known
as the great year), Chaitra will have passed through all the months of the year,
and the Chaitra Shukla Pratipada will once again coincide with the
March/April time frame.

O ur second scenario, that of beginning the New Year with the first
New Moon of spring, will also have to go through an adjustment as
time moves on. The vernal equinox always occurs on or very close to
March 20th of the present Gregorian calendar. In the Tropical zodiac, which is
non-precession corrected, this point will forever be 0 Aries. However in a
sidereal framework that allows for precession, this same point is gradually
moving backward along the ecliptic.

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Thhe equinoox as callculated this yearr on March 20th, is 5Piss59 45 using Lahiiri’s
ayaanamsa. Moving at the raate of 1 degree
d ev
very 72 years,
y thee equinoxx will en
nter
th
thee 29 deggree of Aquarius
A around the yearr 2440 CE E. Fromm that pooint on, and
a
forr the nex
xt approx
ximately 2,150 yeaars, the spring
s eq
quinox wwill occurr in the sign
s
of Aquarius
A s.
We are currrently living in the age of Piscees, as deffined by the position of the
uinox. By
equ y this same calcuulation, the
t age of Pisces began ju ust after the
t equin nox
of March 20,
2 285 CE, when both thee tropicaal and sid dereal zoodiacs coiincided at
a 0
Aries. From
m that pooint, thee two zoddiacs div
verged, as the sid
dereal zodiac mov ved
th
bacckward in
nto the 29
2 degreee of Piscces.
Staating thee above in anoth her way; eventu ually the spring equinox will beegin
occcurring in
n the siggn of Aquuarius, rather thaan Piscess. If the V
Vedic Yearly
Y Chhart
tak
kes its origins frrom the equinox x, then this
t charrt will hhave to reflect that
t
chaange by being
b re-calculateed as the New Mo oon in Aquarius.
A
Thhe month h of Chaaitra is calculated
c d in variious way ys, but ggenerally the mon nth
staarts with either the new or the fu ull moonn. The fu ull Moon n that occurs durring
thee month should be b in thee nakshaatra of Chitra.
C A previoously exp
As plained, the
moonth of Chaitra
C w grad
will dually move forw ward throough all the various seasoons
duee to preccession, and
a therefore it is eviden nt that itt is not ppermanently tiedd to
thee vernal equinox,, althouggh coinciiding witth the eq quinox att this point in tim
me.
Byy the yearr 6500 CEE, Chaitrra will bee movingg close too the Sum
mmer Sollstice.
Thhe first New
N Mooon of sprring howwever mu ust alway ys be closse to thee equinox
x as
thee ancientts have obbserved and I mu uch prefeer this id
dea as thee basis foor the Veedic
Neew Year chart. If I one sh hould acccept this particu ular expllanation by placcing
em
mphasis on the Sp pring, theen I woulld suggesst additioonally th
hat the Vedic
V Yeaarly
chaart, for coountries in the Soouthern Hemisph here, be calculate
c ed as the New Mooon
in Virgo,
V in
n keepingg with th
he adventt of Sprin
ng in thaat area onn Septem mber 23nd.
Whatever one wish hes to beelieve regarding the origiins of thhe Vedicc New YearY
chaart, there will probably
p not be any siggnificant changes in thee way itt is
callculated for
f at leaast five hundred
h y
years and
d therefoore it willl be left up
u to futture
gennerationss to decid
de its fatee.
Reaaders sh hould keeep in mind that all of the
t abov ve, althouugh reassonable and
a
loggical, is obviouslly somewwhat speeculativee with reegard to the origins of the
Veedic New w Year ch
hart, and warrants furtherr investiggation.

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 Clues From Ramayana & Timing
Of Widowhood
By
Shankar G. Hegde, India
Copy editor: Andree Leclerc

[The technique exhibited by Mr Shankar is a novel approach there is no doubt and it exuberates flair for the subtle.
But what is more important is to observe his usage of using religious couplets, showing how astro logic can be
applied to come out with something meaningful and significant. Readers should take this cue and cull out some
research pieces in the future along these lines. – Editor, Saptarishis Astrology.]

Vidwan Shankar G. Hegde was born on 22nd/23rd of July 1971 in an orthodox family in a
small town Kumta of Karnataka. He is well versed in both traditional & modern methods of
astrology. Currently, he is practicing Indian astrology in Rajajinagr Bangalore. He is a gifted,
as well as a well experienced, Hindu Astrologer who learnt astrology at the age of 14. Along
with astrology, he studied martial arts, palmistry and the Egyptian system of astrology. Mr.
Hegde got an opportunity to give daily predictions for a satellite channel -Asianet Kaveri
where he became very popular in Bangalore & Karnataka, because of his super hit
predictions. Specifically, he tried to remove the phobias created by fake astrologers on
womenfolk. He has produced excellent & unparalleled researches in astrology that have
appeared in the Journal Of Astrology of K. N. Rao.

A
s per the opinion of Shri. K.N.Rao, some very good combinations of astrology are
present in the local languages of India. Few weeks back, a star singer of greatest art
from Karnataka visited my house & he sang a song related to the chapter of
“Sundara Khanda” of Ramayana in Rag Charukeshi. It revealed how Lord Hanuman comes to a
conclusion that Mandodari, the wife of Ravana, was not Sita by using some Anga
Saamudrika. After listening to it, my brain started to find out new things related to
predicting widowhood.
The literal meaning of the song is like this:

1> There is no padma (lotus) rekha1 in the foot.

2> Widowhood is indicated at the back of the head.
3> No symbol of matsya (fish) on right thigh.
1
Rekha means a line or can be interpreted as a sign.

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I just checked whether these combinations are present in the original (?) Ramayana &
couldn’t find any such combinations in it. But besides Tulasi Ramayana, Adhyatma
Ramayana etc., there are other Ramayanas in many local languages of India. Moreover I
came to know that the writer of that song (play-let) was well versed in astrology, mainly the
Kerala system of astrology. My grasping was as below.

1>Feet are governed by 12th house.

2>Head is represented by the 1st house so back of it is 12th house.
3>Thighs are governed by 8th house.

Matsya or Meena’s (Pisces) owner is Jupiter the protector. Meanwhile I remembered my

grandmother’s words. She had told me that as soon as Lord Hanuman entered the bedroom
of Ravana and saw the beautiful wife of that Demon, Mandodari, he was confused for a
while. But he saw the feet of Mandodari & there were ‘Kaka (Crow) rekhas, so Lord
Hanuman realized that she was not Sita.

Crow is the vehicle of Saturn.

So I started a small research & the following observations emerged:

1> While calculating the time of loss of spouse, mainly husband, though all 2, 7, 8, & 12th houses or
their lords are important, still the 12th house or its lord or, planet(s) placed in the 12th are more
significant.

2> Next important house/lord is 8th.

3> Transit Jupiter influencing 8th house tries to mitigate the problem whereas Saturn tries to
promote it. Here the planetary strength finalizes the factor.

4> In many cases transit Jupiter, Saturn, the Dasha or sub lord of the Dasha will be connected to
the 12th house somehow.

Let us see some practical illustrations.

Case-1: Smt. Indira Gandhi. D.O.B.19-11-1917, 23-11 IST, Allahabad, India. (Lagna> Cancer
27deg-22mins.)

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AK is Saturn and DK is Sun.

She lost her husband on Sept 8, 1960. The Vimshottari running was Jupiter-Venus. Venus
aspects the 12th house in D-1. And Jupiter aspects the 12th Lord Mercury. Mercury, the 12th
lord, aspects Jupiter in D-1. In D-9, Jupiter aspects the 12th Lord and Venus receives the
aspect of 12th Lord Saturn in Capricorn. The transit Jupiter as well as Saturn were in
Sagittarius aspecting the 12th house on that day. In fact, Saturn was aspecting the 8th house
from Lagna (Karka) Cancer on that day. It was Sagittarius – Gemini according to Jaimini
Chara Dasha. Gemini is the 12th house from the Lagna and Sagittarius is the 12th house from
Dara Pada also. Like this, so many Jaimini parameters can be analyzed, which will be shown
step by step.

Case-2: Smt. Menaka Gandhi. D.o.b. 26-8-1956, 04-04 IST, Delhi, India. Ascendant- Cancer
14deg-37mins.

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AK is Moon and Dk is Saturn.

Her husband’s death took place on June 23, 1980. It was Venus Dasha Mercury sub. In D-1,
Venus is in the 12th house & Mercury is the lord of 12th. In D-9, Venus is the 12th lord in 7th
& Mercury is the 8th lord. Transit Jupiter & Saturn were in Leo along with Mars. So in
front of the negative energy of two major malefics influencing the 8th, Jupiter’s positive
energy could not work.

In Jaimini chara Dasha, it was Pisces-Capricorn. The lord of Pisces, Jupiter, aspects the 12th
house from DK Saturn (Jaimini aspect), he falls in the 12th from dara pada. Lord of
Capricorn, Saturn being the DK, falls in the 12th from Upapada. In this case, the lord of
Capricorn, Saturn, is also the lord of 12th house from Karakamsha Lagna!

Case3: Female. Dob-10-4-1949, 13-10 IST. Ascendant- Cancer 16deg20mins.

Note> Now I am using the reliable horoscopes of other astrologer(s). I am using the
horoscopes of ladies present in the book “Indian Marriage in Modern, Urban, Educated
Society” written by Sh. Deepak Bisaria under the guidance of Sh. K.N.Rao. In that book,
both the two horoscopes just discussed by me are present. This is the very next case as far as
the horoscopes of ladies are concerned. I have selected these charts in a random manner.

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Jaimini Ak is Sun & Dk is Saturn.

She lost her husband in Rahu-Mercury. Rahu gives the result of Mars who is with the 12th
lord Mercury in D-1, & Mercury is the 12th lord! In D-9 Rahu-Ketu axis influences the 12th
house & Mercury is with the 12th lord. In Jaimini Chara Dasha, it was Aquarius Dasha.
Aquarius is the 12th house from Karakamsha Lagna Pisces. Lord of Aquarius is Saturn the
DK; he aspects (when I write about Jaimini system it should be considered as Jaimini aspect
only) the 12th from it i.e. Capricorn, which is also owned by him! The Dara pada is Pisces &
its lord receives the aspect of the 12th lord Saturn. Here it is difficult to discuss about the
transits as the exact date of death is not give. (In previous cases also the dates are not given
in the book but I have used my own data).

Case 4: Female. DOB-7-11-1971, 17-30 IST. Ascendant>Aries 15deg16mins.(data of Sh.

K.N.Rao. present in the book of Sh. Bisaria)

Jaimini Ak-Moon, Dk-Mars.

She lost her husband on 25th of September 1995.

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It was Saturn-Moon in Vimshottari. In D-1 Saturn is aspected by Jupiter the 12th lord. In
D-9, Moon is the 12th lord & Saturn is with him. Transit Jupiter was in Scorpio in the 8th
from the ascendant. But transit Saturn was in Aquarius in retrograde motion, in his moola
trikona house and was stronger to defeat Jupiter. In Jaimini chara Dasha, it was Leo-Scorpio.
Just try to reason it yourself. Simply Scorpio is the 12th from dara pada, 8th from
Karakamsha Lagna, 12th from dara karaka navamsha etc.

Case 5:Male.DOB-9-12-1945, 10-00-25 IST. Lagna or ascendant is Capricorn (Makar) 5deg-

54mints.

Jaimini Ak is Jupiter& Dk is Saturn.

He lost his wife in the year 1994 when Sat-Sat in Vimshottari was running. Here the lord of
the 12th is Jupiter and he receives aspect of Saturn both in D-1 & D-9. If we consider the
retrograde motion of Saturn, the 12th house in D-1 is also aspected by Saturn. In D-9, Saturn
being the 12th lord aspects the 12th house!

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Jaimini chara Dasha running was Gemini which is the 12th house from dara pada etc.

Case 6: Sanjay Dutt. DOB-29-71959, 14-17-37 hrs (IST) Bombay. Lagna is Scorpio 03deg-
17mints. Jaimini karakas. AK-Jupiter, Dk-Moon.

He lost his 1st wife in Rahu-Mars according to Vimshottari. Mars is with the 12th lord
Venus in D-1. Mars aspects the 12th lord Mercury in D-9.

The rest, I leave for your own observations.

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Broad Summary:-
1. After taking the hints from the Ramayana of a local language of India, I have tried
these factors to predict about the loss of spouse, mainly widowhood.

2. I have used only major dasha & bhukti or antar dasha (the sub period) to avoid confusion.

3. I have not used any other divisional chart like the D-30 or trimshamsha which give a very
good clue related to mishaps.

4. This is just the beginning to show the importance of the 12th house/lord/planet in it to
predict about widowhood or loss of spouse.

Just give more importance to the 12th house along with other houses like the 8th (next best),
7th & the 2nd house.

Simply the 12th house requires more attention than any other house to timing/predicting
widowhood or loss of spouse.

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Shri B.L.Parmar is connected with
Astrological study classes and Baroda
Astrological Club, Vadodara since, 1984.
The classes for teaching Primary Astrology
are conducted on every Sunday since 1992.
He arranges astrological seminars from time
to time. Also, publication for various
astrological subjects are carried out and
distributed free to the lovers of astrology.
He is keen for the efforts for knowledge
sharing and spreading awareness about
astrology with co-operation of other
astrological organization of Gujarat.
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Memoirs
Of
Shri Swamiji
By
B.L. Parmar, India
Assistant Writer: Andree Leclerc, Canada
B aroda Astrology Club, a place
where lovers and believers of
astrology can get together and share
an infinity of astrological interests, was
founded by our late Shri Swamiji, one of
the most renowned astrologers of Mumbai
many years ago already.
Since Saptarishis Astrology offers a space
for sharing and enjoying remembrances of
great ones from bygone times, I take this
opportunity to share some incidents about
our Shri Swamiji, a man who never
swerved from his love and strong faith in
Jyotish in spite of any circumstances or
apparent difficulties.
When I first met him, he had already lost
his eyesight due to cataract problems.
Because of this, Swamiji was unable to
read but, rest assured that this great
inconvenience was largely compensated by
his stunning memory that seemed at times
overwhelmingly powerful – thus,
Astrology’s complicated rules were child’s
play for him and he could very easily
extract the immediate concerns and
pertinent information that his clients were
seeking, something that many of us, seeing
astrologers, still aspire for after years of
dedicated study.
As a young astrologer, Shri Swamiji’s
main occupation was to cater his
professional services to some actors and wealthy people. His skills were widely
acknowledged and this brought him much fame as well as very decent income.

His skills and fame were eventually acknowledged by Bhavnagar Astrology Club from
Bombay who publicly honoured him in a function where he was offered a shield and costly
shawl, an old Indian custom still followed to this day in many such occasions. Respects and
recognition were also offered to our Shri Swamiji from Nadiad Astrology Club, another
Mumbai organization. Thus, his fame
spread widely in Mumbai, in the whole of
Gujarat, as well as many more places in
India.

Let me now open a window through which

you can view some examples of his
interactions and personal conversations
with some of his clients.

Swamiji did not require any amount of

details from a consultant to be of help. If
any kundli without a name or address was
presented to him, this was no impediment
to his providing the right answer.
Following the advent of his blindness,
someone needed to read the kundli loudly
for him and he would instantly grasp the
essence of it and advise accordingly.

Once up on a time, one person asked

Swamiji about the kundli of a lady,
inquiring to know one important thing
Shri Swamiji applicable for her life. Several astrologers
had already supplied a variety of answers to
this query but none of these proved complete and/or sufficiently significant and worthy to
be qualified as being of definite importance.

At last, when Swamiji was consulted he said that “This woman will get richer due to marriage or
after marriage.” In the events that unfolded, it so happened that this lady got happily
married to a rich man but later became a widow – this is when she inherited the
commendable wealth of her deceased husband. This was her first husband. Subsequently,
she did remarry to another wealthy man and, unbelievably, the same pattern of events
repeated where she became a widow again, and inherited again... repeating this same
scenario twice in her life. This prediction was indeed remarkable!

One day when Swamiji was available for readings at the Club, a well-known astrologer
came along with his wife for consultation. This astrologer was a highly qualified person. He
therefore showed his kundli to Swamiji…

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Upon seeing this kundli, Swamiji declared something that seemed very strange and
improbable to all of us present; he said “your wife will leave you suddenly in your life!”

After some time elapsed, to his great dismay despite the forewarning, that person’s wife left
him and went away with a person of questionable standing. Swamiji’s prophecy proved right
again!

On another occasion, one of his friends tested Swamiji by asking him to predict about his
own life – this happened around 1960 when Swamiji was about 38 years. Swamiji answered
“What good will it do you once you know my future? I am not going to become a millionaire or
billionaire” – which he did not become despite his already firmly established fame. Actually,
when Swamiji later lost his eyesight, he spent his life in social work wanting to help and
benefit as many people as he could.

In a similar manner, with the intention of testing his knowledge, one person showed a photo
print of someone’s hand. This was when Swamiji still had the use of his eyesight.

The questioner asked about the wealth of this

printed hand’s owner, to which query Swamiji
answered that the person concerned was suffering
from an incurable disease. And this proved to be
an amazingly true statement.

Swamiji was born on March 11th 1922 and passed

away on July 23rd 1995. All of us who had the
chance to know him and interact with him
consider ourselves blessed by this man’s true
humility and detachment.

The life of Swamiji has inspired the rest of us,

members of his Baroda Astrology Club, in a
manner of benefiting our fellow human beings
by giving free service and teaching of astrology
at “Sharda Mandir School, Salatwada” every
Sunday. This we are pledged to accomplish in
the kind memory of his love for us and for everyone he met. Shri Swamiji
(When he could not see)

Some Points in Prediction given by Swamiji:

1. Every Planet has some special aspect on the fourth house from its placement. It gives/
affects the results of the fourth house from where it is deposited. E.g. Saturn in 10th
affects the results of first house.

2. Consider the midpoint of Rahu and the planet in consideration say A. Transit of any planet
from this midpoint gives the results pertaining to planet A.
[This seems expansion of Bhrigu Bindu of C. S. Patel Saheb]

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3. The Moon is focal point of person’s life. Whole story of a person can be said from Moon;
Also the 7th house from the Moon affects the major trends of life. Thus it can be said, the world
of a man is described by Moon and seventh house from it.

4. Note down the 6th house from the Venus in Rasi Chart. The matters connected or
signified by this house, become person’s unchangeable and important bindings. The reasons
remain unknown but the person experiences the results due to previous birth histories. E.g. if
Venus is situated in 3th house, 6th house from it is 8th house. The matters related to 8th house
like legacy, family and finance of spouse, accidents etc. cause some harsh events.

5. If Neptune is situated in 7th house, or with Venus, or with 7th Lord, then accidental
happenings related to Marriage life of a person is experienced.

6. If Moon and Neptune are in conjunction in Rasi chart, the revelation or visualization of a
person is quite strong. The predictions by him can not be challenged even though it may be given
based on wrong data/calculation or information!

7. In which house Ketu sits he creates ‘instability’ & gives ‘irregular’ results. For e.g. Ketu in
7H and one is doing business then it will not remain a stable business, if in 2nd house then
family becomes destabilize or instability in family (ref Obama’s chart).

[This article has taken a lot of time to formulate and create due to various restrictions. Let us tell a story about
Swamiji which we heard from Ashok Upadhaya one of his other students. Once upon a time a man came to
Swamiji enquiring where his passport is, it has been lost and the very next day he has to fly abroad. Swamiji did
his calculations via prashna and pointed out to a particular Wardrobe and said it is below his wife’s saree (dress)
on the 4th drawer. The man said he has already checked their upon which Swamiji coolly replied to go and check
again, the man argued that at that very spot he has checked more than 25-35 times and he was being a bit rude to
Swamiji. This got Swamiji angry and he said rudely ‘You idiot (Gadhelo) you can come so far to see me, pay my
fees but can’t you check once again at that very same spot. If you have checked it for 35 times why can’t you check it
the 36th time will you lose some money’. The man went back home angry with Swamiji but when he checked he
found it exactly on the same drawer in the wardrobe and exactly stuck beneath his wife’s saree. He came back and
apologised to Swamiji’s.

Swamiji was also very eccentric and erratic. A legendary fight had taken place between Swamiji and Late Shri C J
Krishnaswamy, the great astrologer from Mumbai who had even challenged Shri B V Raman and whose fees was
the one of the highest in those times in India. When Swamiji learnt that Krishnaswamy was practising in the Taj
and had put his board as Shri Shri Krishnaswamy, wanting to put him down Swamiji put up shop opposite the
practice of Krishnaswamy and put board with name plate as Shri Shri Shri Swamiji (3 times Shri). In future
issues we would bring out some pearls from Krishnaswamy whose explanation of friendship/enemity of planets till
date remains unparalleled. Lack of volunteers who can type it out remains the reason for the delay. – Publisher,
Saptarishis Astrology]

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 Plates Of Nephi Found
By
T.Stokes, U.K

G eorge Stokes was a London born Englishman who spent much of WWII both in
India, and the Western desert, and because he spoke Arabic he was dropped into the
desert to gain information on troop movements from passing Bedouins to radio
back to base, and once a month a plane would fly past and drop medical provisions water and
food.
The Bedouins would curiously stop at his tent and have any wounds treated, George an
army doctor found many of these simple people were amazingly generous, and impressed
him by being spiritual and non material, the simplicity and warmth of these passing people
stayed with him all his life.
One of the strangest people he met during his time in India was the fakir Kuda Bux, whom
George befriended, he said he had been given seven gifts, these he demonstrated many times
to the British army soldiers.
These are the only ones I remember him saying.
(1) The ability to be buried alive for several days
(2) To see with a blindfold on, on top of dough wound round his head.
(3) To stop his heart, in front of the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) doctors
(4) To walk through red hot embers of a burning fire in bare feet.
(5) He told a man he would soon die, and while digging a trench was stung by a scorpion
and died 4 days later.
George Stokes would seek out Kudu Bux to learn of his cultural and spiritual philosophy, and
from him he learnt how to see with the inner eye, and to discern the real from the unreal.
George was angry about Winston Churchill’s decision to withhold help from India during
the famine which killed 4 million people while India was fighting England’s war, and
Churchill gave huge amounts of aid to Russia, whom our own intelligence people said were
our real enemies all along.
Not many Englishmen understood the religious and cultural zeitgeist of the Indo/Pak
subcontinent, but George did, and said Gandhi was a wonderful man who achieved
everything by peaceful means or Ahimsa, and Bhakti devotion to god, and Prema love of
god, and when Churchill wanted Gandhi murdered as a troublemaker, George was one of
the group of Englishmen who protested.
After the war George never forgot the lessons and the kindness he received from the desert
Bedouins, Kuda Bux, Gandhi, and the Indian people, and on his return to England began to
devote his life to meditation and good works between communities.
He became known throughout London as “The coin man” because could hold a coin in his
hand and could relate everything depicted on the coin to the Book of revelations and tell of
both past and future occurrences in history,
Over 50 years ago he foretold Britain begging to enter the Common Market, after fighting
W. W. II. to keep out, he foretold the Marxist dictator Tony Blair coming to power with his
faked up wars, and Britain’s economic decline, with corrupt banks and drug companies
taking over.

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He foretold the collapse of the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church through
corruption and perversion, with a dehumanizing lowering of all standards in public life. He
also told of China and India becoming world powers, as Both America and Britain declined,
he spoke of the Cold War, changing from a war with armaments to a war of words, where
communism would sweep Europe, and replace god with the State and the State would
control everything, he spoke of cataclysmic world events such as hurricanes earthquakes and
tidal waves until man returned to god.
He found organizations would consult him, and he was known as the London seer to the
Roman Catholic theologians, seventh day Adventists, and the Black Muslim assoc and when
asked by the local Mormons now known as
“The church of Jesus Christ latter day saints” to look at their literature,
he said he had found the missing Plates of Nephi which was the basis of the religion and
which were presumed lost, but were actually coins of the realm, proving Gods plan yet
again.
Over the coming months, many senior latter day saints came over from Salt Lake city to
discuss the finds, one man said within my hearing, ‘for anything to be accepted into the dogma of
the church it must have from between 5 to 10 complex similarities”
George replied quietly, ’’I have 3,500 and have stopped counting”
The upshot was that a group of Latter Day Saints came over to Georges home in East
London, and heard a lecture on the meaning of the find, and that it confirmed God’s hand in
the religion, and the right way for the future.
The find was discussed at length in Salt Lake City HQ, and was narrowly defeated, this
meant the finding of the Plates of Nephi was hidden from the devout followers, and all
further news suppressed, but those of us who watched the proceedings on a day to day basis,
know the wonder of its truth.
George died just 8 years ago, and many devout Latter day saints still make the trip to
Georges little East London home to ponder on the Plates of Nephi, but I know the truth as
George was my father.

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I live in Rome born in 2 March 1968 and
practice Astrology since 1995. I am
interested in research using Vedic ancient
Astrological tools and testing them to prove
that Astrology is a Divine science. Have
many interests like, art since 1982, hidden
history and mysteries of life.
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Late Pravin Jagad’s
Theory of Longevity
An Introduction
By
Basilioli Sandro, (Vediko), Italy
Editor: Rajendra Shah, India.
T here are Ayurdaay Methods prevalent
for calculation of Longevity of a Native
in our Ancient Literatures like Laghu
Parasharee, Phal Deepika, Jatak Parijat and
even in Jaimini. Essence of the assessment of
the Longevity moves around 8th house, 3rd
House, Ascendant Lord (Lagnesh), Shani,
Drekkana, Hora Lagna etc. The methods
mostly give the life span in terms of Short,
Medium and Long Life (Alpaayu,
Madhyamaayu and Deerghayu respectively)
based on certain combinations of placement of
planets. Here is one novel method which gives
mathematical form to astrological
combinations to arrive at the final figure or
duration - span of life in terms of years. The
theory was originally presented by Late Shri
Pravin Jagad, an Indian Astrologer and after
working on the same theory, the present
author has introduced some fine tuning to the
theory by addition of new parameters like
Hora Lagna, Drekkana, Navamsha and
Dwadasamsa. Also he has devised the Life
Span categories into 12 different nominations
(from S-S-S to L-L-L meaning Short-Short-
Short and Long-Long-Long) to arrive at
specific period of life span. We are presenting
this research for the benefit of readers of SA
on these pages, in form of a Series of four
articles. This first article is based on the
original theory propounded by Late Shri Pravin
Jagad. - Rajendra R Shah, Editor
P
ravin Jagad has published an article entitled “The theory of longevity”§. This theory
is a new method of determining the length of life from the natal horoscope. It
establishes a relationship between Man and the planets and also proves that Zodiac is
not an imaginary concept but is Real. He says that astrology is a science because
similar yoga give similar longevity he proves this in his book by citing numerous examples. I
use this method not to find the exact year of death, I use it for my Pam theory that I will
illustrate in a series of articles step by step. This is the first article of 4 parts:

i. Pravin Jagad Method – An Introduction,

ii. 3 step Pam theory Part:1

iii. 3 step Pam theory Part:2 and

iv. The Longevity thesis : Final article of the series based on the research

Pravin Jagad was an Indian Astrologer living at Bombay. When he was studying in college he
did not believe in astrology. He invariably used to go though the weekly forecast of his sign
that appear in Sunday editions of Gujarati dailies. He found that sometimes the predictions
were astonishingly correct. Such incidents gave him a conviction that there must be some
truth in Astrology. It also generated a desire in him to go in the study of Astrology himself in
order to find out the truth. His first guru was Mr. Niranjan Joshi and he says that he is
indebted to Niranjan Joshi for the Astrological knowledge he has imparted to him.

While Jagad was studying in the first year the event of ‘’Blue Star’’ took place. Indira Gandhi
was the prime minister and she ordered that military action to purge the ‘’Golden Temple’’ of
the terrorists. A friend of Jagad asked him ‘’Jagad, you are studying Astrology. Just see what
will happen to Indira Gandhi? He used to have a book of collection of Horoscope wherein
Mrs. Indira Gandhi’s Horoscope was also there. At that time he had only the basic knowledge
of Astrology and he was totally ignorant of any method of calculating Longevity. He studied
a few Horoscopes from that angle and evolved his own method and applied it to Mrs. Indira
Gandhi’s Horoscope. Then he told his friend that perhaps her life may end, before the end of
the year. When on 31 October,1984 she was assassinated he thought in his mind that perhaps
the method by which he calculated Mrs. Indira Gandhi’s Longevity might be correct. The
astrological predictions depend on various yoga created in a Horoscope and yoga are
innumerable he says. There are 12 signs and 9 planets. The variation will be (12x12 nine
times)-approximately 5159 millions. So it is not possible to achieve perfection. He does not
claim any perfection to the rules of calculating longevity given in his method. He has

§The Theory was first presented in 1991 in a Seminar in Bombay and thereafter published in Book form
Astrology & The Solar Computer , Pravin Jagad, James Astro Publication, (179 pages)

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developed the rules gradually improving them from time to time. Jagad says the researcher is
also advised to do so.

[Editor’s Note: Pravin Jagad, an Indian author of the book on somewhat different theory on Longevity
has been almost ignored by the Indian Astrologers. But, it is a matter of great joy and pride that Mr.
Basilioli Sandro from Italy has not only accepted, but has done the further research on the same theory
to make it more workable. On behalf of Indian Vedic Astrology, We are thankful to him to publish this
theory of Longevity of Pravin Jagad and his own research on it in four articles.

The theory is based on the Vedic Astrology fundamentals. The second house in Vedic Astrology is
Maraka Sthana. The eighth house is the house of Longevity. The eighth to eighth is also, the house of
Longevity. The Theory moves around the placement of planet in various houses. Among the planets,
The Lagnesh i.e. Lord of the Ascendant and Saturn are the most important planets to be considered as
per his theory. We all know that Shani is a karaka planet for 8th house.

Consider these shlokas from Laghu Parasharee, Chapter 3.

ु
लघपाराशरी आयदु ार्याायः ३, laghupārāśarī āyurdāyādhyāyaḥ 3

अमं ायषु ः ानममामं च यत।् तयोरिप यानं मारकानम

ु ते॥ २३॥
aṣṭamaṁ hyāyuṣaḥ sthānamaṣṭamāṣṭamaṁ ca yat | tayorapi vyayasthānaṁ
māarakasthānamucyate || 23 ||

As per the shlokas, the 8th house from the Ascendant and the 8th from 8th i.e. 3rd are the two houses
of Longevity. The houses which are 12th from these houses are detrimental to Longevity (maarak
sthanas) i.e. hoses related to death 2nd and 7th houses are Maaraka sthanas.

Consider these shlokas from Bhavartha Ratnakara, Chapter 7.

भावाथ र् राकर अाय – ७, bhāvārtha ratnākara adhyāya - 7

ु
संपरीरपऽाणां ु िद । लािधपितना योगोायःु ूबलमािदशेत॥् १॥
कारक गरोयर्
saṁpaccharīraputrāṇāṁ kārakasya guroryadi |
lagnādhipatinā yogohyāyuḥ prabalamādiśet || 1||

ु रेण शिननामािधपतेयिर् द। संबो िवते य दीघार्ययु ोग उते॥ २॥

आय
āyuṣkareṇa śanināhyaṣṭamādhipateryadi |
saṁbandho vidyate yasya dīrghāyuyoga ucyate ||2||

अमे शनौ जातो दीघार्ययु ग उते ॥ ३॥

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 aṣṭamasthe śanau jāto dīrghāyuryoga ucyate || 3 ||

As per the shlokas, the Jupiter being Karaka of the Deha and is connected (by Drishti, Yuti etc.)
with First house, then it gives Deergha Ayu (Long Life) to the native. Similarly, if Saturn being the
Karak of Longevity, if is connected (by Drishti, Yuti etc.) with Eighth Lord, it gives Deerghayu (Long
Life) to the native.
Mr. Pravin Jagad’s theory of Longevity, though based on the fundamentals, is presented in totally new
manner. He has tried to simplify the principles to give it a mathematical form. He believed that

astrology is a Science and the theory of cause and effect (कायर्कारण िसध्धा, kāryakāraṇa sidhdhānta )
also applies to astrology. He said, “Similar cause, similar effect”. He had the firm understanding that
Astrology is a Science and the similar Yogas give similar results. Based on numerous examples, he
believed that Longevity can be calculated mathematically for every horoscope based on logical
observations. He has left at many places some open ends for research and expansion of his own theory.
He has given yogas to calculate Longevity based on Saturn and Lagna Lord, their significance
(Karakatva), placement with reference to 3rd house. The allotment of the years has a root base in
Vimshottari Dasha but the approach is new.
We have devised some sketches, tables, explanations and notes to make the article more
comprehensive for the readers to have a look into this theory.]

Basic rules
Yoga-1: Lagna Lord placed in 10th, 8th, 4th or 2nd house gives 60 years Longevity.

Yoga-2: Saturn as Karaka placed in 2nd or 8th house gives 19 years longevity.

Yoga-3: An exalted planet gives double the Longevity whereas a debilitated planet is incapable
to impart any longevity. Above he shows to work out Longevity of a native mathematically
on the basis of his Horoscope.

Major Contributors
Rule A-1: Owner of Ascendant or Lagna and indicator of the 8th house viz SATURN are the
major contributors to longevity.

2) Man’s standard life span is 120 years.

3) Lagna Lord and Saturn have shared the term of longevity equally each can give 60 years
maximum.

4) Major contributors Lagna Lord and Saturn contribute longevity at Major Rate.

[Editor: In this theory, there are some specific terms for the Longevity. These Terms are shown in
following Table-1.

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 Table : 1
Term What it means Remark
MFR Major Full 60 years 60 years
Rate
MiFR Minor Full Yeas as Per Vimshottari See Table-2
Rate Dasha
MR Major Rate Degrees of Planets From 3rd 120 years = 360 degrees
House Beginning / 3

MiR Minor Rate Months at rate 1 month per 1 As per Years allotted to planet
year in Vimshottari Dasha. See
Table - 3

Major rate
Man’s standard lifespan is 120 years. Zodiac has in all 360 degree in all. Therefore rate of
longevity amounts to 1 year for each 3 degrees, so 1 degree gives 4 months longevity.
[Editor: Here Mr. Pravin Jagad has taken the base of Vimshottari Dasha period as a basis of
Man’s Life. He has nicely correlated it with the degrees of zodiac. (This theory was put on papers
long back in year 1991. The theory tends to have some glimpse of Progression of Moon over the
zodiac.) 120 years = 360 degrees. Thus, 1 year = 3 degrees and 1 degree = 1/3 year or 4 months.]

Further, as per his theory, the houses 2 and 8 are very much important for the Longevity. The
line joining these two houses becomes Demarcation line. The counting of the distance in degrees is to
be done for the third house, if the planet is in between the 3rd and 8th house. The distance is to be
calculated from the 9th house if the planet is in between 9th house and Ascendant.
We have tried to show this Nature’s Mechanism (As it is said by the Author), in the Figure No.
1 on the next page. The AA shows the Line of Demarcation. The degrees are also shown on the
border of houses. It can be seen that the distance of planet can be 0 degree to 150 degrees. The
distance of the planet from the third house or ninth house is important to decide the longevity
contributed by that planet. The longevity in years is obtained by dividing this distance by 3.
The planet gives the longevity at the Major rate when it is not in 2nd or 8th house. The Major
rate is defined as the longevity by proportion of their distance from the zero degree of demarcation
line i.e. from point A.]
Nature’s Mechanism
If for example the Ascendant is Sagittarius, Sagittarius becomes the first house.
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 1) 0° line is the line of demarcation which divides the Horoscope into 2 parts.

2) House No. 2 (Capricorn) and 8 (Cancer) are called dividing houses since they divide the
Horoscope into 2 parts. These houses fall in between 0° and 150°.

3) House No. 2 and 8 are full rate houses since they contribute Longevity at full rate.

4) Lagna Lord, Saturn and planets posited in these houses give Longevity at full rate (
major or minor rate as follows):

I. Lagna Lord in 2nd or 8th gives 60 years of longevity

II. Saturn in 2nd or 8th gives 19 years of longevity ( minor rate)

III. Planets in 2nd or 8th house give Longevity at minor full rate (Sun 6 years Moon 10 years
and so on).

1. For example in the case in which the Ascendant is Sagittarius Jupiter becomes Lagna Lord

2. Jupiter or Saturn in Aquarius or 15 Leo will give 5 years of longevity ,in the case of Saturn
in 15 Aquarius it is 15 past the 0° line consequently it gives 15/3= 5 years. (Saturn is

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 allowed this rate in every case but Jupiter only when it is the Lagna Lord as it is in this
instance).

3. Jupiter and Saturn in 15 Aries or Libra will give 25 years longevity

4. Jupiter or Saturn in 15 Taurus or 15 Scorpio will give 35 years longevity and so on.

5. Venus in 15 Aquarius or 15 Leo will give 10 months of longevity ( Venus at 15 Aries or

Libra in the present example is 75° from 0°axis.Consequentley at minor rate of 20 months
per sign ( 30°) it gives 20x( 75/30)=50 months).

[Editor’s Note: For calculating major rate longevity for planet, follow these steps:
1. Note the house no. of Planet in consideration.

2. If the planet is situated in between 3rd and 8th house, subtract 3 from it i.e. if planet is in 5th house,
5 – 3 = 2.

3. If Planet is in 9th to 1st house, subtract 9 from it i.e. if planet is in 11th house, 11-9 = 2.

4. Multiply this number with 30 degrees. Tell this C.

5. Add Longitude of planet (Amshadi) to this figure to get D = C + Degrees of Planet

6. Divide D by three to get years of Longevity.

7. For Example, Mangal of Dhanu- 15 degree is situated in 5th house. Then distance is 5 Minus 3 = 2
house. Multiplying this with 30 deg gives 2 x 30 = 60 degrees which is C. Adding 15 degree of Mars
to C gives 60 + 15 = 75 degrees. Dividing 75 degrees by 3 gives 25 years. This can also easily be done
by looking at the degrees mentioned on the boundaries of the house in Fig.1 Nature’s Mechanism]

Minor Rate
Planets other than Lagna Lord and Saturn contribute longevity at minor rate. Minor rate is
the rate determined in accordance with the Vimshottari Dasha System.

Table -2 : Minor Full Rate

Planet Sun Moon Mars Mercury Jupiter Venus Saturn
Years 6 10 7 17 16 20 19
Table -3 - Minor Rate in Months / 30 deg distance
Planet Sun Moon Mars Mercury Jupiter Venus Saturn
17 = 1 y 5 16 = 1 y 4 20 = 1 y 8 m 19 = 1 y 7 m
Months 0 y 6 m 0 y 10 m 0 y 7 m
m m
Years 0.50 0.83 0.58 1.42 1.33 1.67 1.58

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Planet Dasha Period Rate of Longevity
Sun 6 years 6 months per sign or 30°
Moon 10 years 10 months per sign or 30°
Mars 7 years 7 months per sign or 30°
Mercury 17 years 17 months per sign or 30
Jupiter 16 years 16 months per sign or 30
Venus 20 years 20 months per sign or 30
Saturn 19 years 19 months per sign or 30
[Editor’s Note:
The Founder of the theory, Pravin Jagad uses once again the Vimshottari Dasha as the
base for the Minor Rate Calculations. This is in accordance with 1 year = 1 month]

Which Planets are the Contributors to Longevity?

Lagna Lord and Saturn invariably contribute to Longevity.
Planets in conjunction with Lagna Lord and those in conjunction with Saturn invariably
contribute to Longevity.

Planets posited in Active Houses No. 1, 7 and 8 invariably contribute to Longevity

Yogas and Rules

Rule (1): Lagna Lord placed in 2nd or 8th house gives longevity at Major full rate (60
years)**. Planets in conjunction with Lagna Lord give longevity at Minor full rate.††

Rule (2): Lagna Lord placed in 4th or 10th house gives longevity at Major full rate (60 years).
However Planets in conjunction with Lagna Lord give proportionate longevity at Minor
rate.Φ Calculation of proportionate longevity is to be made taking as if the planets are posited
in Lagna.

** See Table-1
†† See Table-2
Φ
See Table-3 -Editor

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Rule (3): Lagna Lord placed in houses other than 10,8,4,2 gives proportionate longevity at
major rate. Planets in conjunction with Lagna Lord also give proportionate longevity but at
minor rate.

Interpolation of Lagna Lord

Rule (4): If Lagna Lord interpolates with other planets and if any one of the interpolating
planets is posited in any one of the houses of its exaltation 10, 8, 4, 2 then Lagna Lord gives
Longevity at major full rate (60). Lagna Lord giving full longevity the interpolating planets do
not add to longevity.

[Editor’s Note: Here, the author has used some new term “Interpolation” for Sign
Exchange. i.e. Rashi Parivartan i.e. mutual exchange of sign of two planets e.g. in
horoscope of Indira Gandhi, Moon is in Capricorn and Saturn is in Cancer; both are
exchanging signs.]
Interpolating planet with Lagna Lord
Rule (5): If Lagna Lord interpolates with other planet/s and if any one of the interpolating
planet/s is posited in Lagna then also Lagna Lord gives longevity at major full rate (60
years).Since Lagna Lord is giving full Longevity the interpolating planets do not add to
longevity.

Rule (6): If Lagna Lord giving full longevity (60 years) interpolates with other planet/s the
other planets do not add to Longevity.

Saturn
Rule (1): Saturn as an indicator placed in lagna or 7th house gives longevity at major full rate
(60 years) unless failed by Mars.

Rule (2): Saturn placed in 2nd or 8th house gives longevity at minor full rate (19 years) unless
failed by Mars.

Rule (3): Saturn posited in 11th house does not give longevity as from 11th it is aspecting both
Lagna and 8th house. (Rule has to be tested more)

Rule (4): In houses other than 1st and 7th, 2nd and 8th Saturn gives proportionate longevity at
major rate. Planets in conjunction with Saturn give longevity at minor rate provided Saturn
remains effective.

(A) Interpolation Mars with Saturn

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Rule (5): If Saturn interpolates with Mars both are invalidated
(B) Conjunction of Saturn with Mars
If Saturn is in conjunction with Mars both are invalidated unless Mars is failed by Rahu. If
Saturn or Mars happens to be Lagna Lord they will give longevity as Lagna Lord.

(C): Mars placed in signs owned by Saturn viz. Capricorn and Aquarius invalidates Saturn.
(D): if Saturn is aspected by Mars, Saturn is invalidated, unless any of them is in
interpolation.

(E): Aspect of Mars on Saturn’s signs invalidates Saturn.

Editor: The essence of Rules about failing of Shani can be narrated as under:
Explanation - When Saturn is failed to give Longevity
1. When Saturn and Mars are exchanging sign, both are invalidated.

2. When Saturn or Mars is Lagna Lord, they give Longevity as Lagna Lord.
3. If Saturn and Mars are in conjunction, but Mars is not failed by Rahu, then Saturn and
Mars are both invalidated. i.e. Presence of Rahu in the sign of Mars makes the Mars defunct
and it cannot fail Saturn.
4. If Saturn and Mars are not in sign exchange with any other planet and Saturn is aspected by
Mars, Saturn is invalidated.
5. If Mars is deposited in Capricorn and Aquarius, then Saturn is invalidated.

6. If Mars is aspecting Capricorn and Aquarius, then Saturn is invalidated if any of them is
not exchanging signs.

Moon
Rule (1): In Lagna gives 10 years. As Lagna Lord it gives 10 years additional longevity.
Rule (2): In 7th gives 5 years.
Rule (3): In cancer gives additional 10 years longevity.
Rule (4): In Leo, Aries, and Libra gives additional 5 years’ longevity. (not always)
Rule (5): In interpolation gives 5 years longevity. As Lagna Lord it gives 10 years longevity.

Rules of Pit Houses

(6th, 8th and 12th) and (marak) houses (2nd & 7th)

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Note: The following Rules do not become effective if the owner of a pit house is in
conjunction with either Lagna Lord or Saturn. In such cases the owner gives appropriate
longevity.

Owner of 6th: In Lagna gives half the prop. Longevity. In 7th gives half proportionate/full
longevity. Placed in 8th does not give longevity.

Owner of 8th: In Lagna gives half longevity at minor rate. In 6th does not give longevity
unless is in interpolation. In 7th gives half full longevity. In 12th does not give years unless it is
L.L or Saturn.

Owner of 12th: In 2nd, it does not give years. In 6th, in 7th and in 8th, it does not give years
unless in interpolation.

Owner in‡‡ 2nd: In Lagna, it gives longevity at one half full rate. In 2nd, it gives one half
longevity at full minor rate. In conjunction with Saturn, it gives full longevity. In 7th, it does
not give years. In 8th, it does not give years unless in conj with L.L. or Saturn. In 12th, it does
not give longevity.

Owner of 2nd or 8th in conjunction with Lagna Lord or Saturn give longevity at minor full rate
or one half as the case may be.

Exaltation & Debilitation Of Planets

Rule (1): An exalted planet gives double longevity and an exalted Lagna Lord gives additional
proportionate or full longevity at minor rate as the case may be provided no other yoga is
operative.

Rule (2): A debilitated planet does not give any longevity unless it is Lagna Lord in which
case appropriate reduction is to be made for debility.

Rule (3): If one exalted planet and one debilitated planet are in conjunction, both give
longevity at normal rate unless any of them is in interpolation in which case the interpolating
planet will maintain exaltation/debility.

Conjunct signs (Main and Subsidiary)

If the conjunct sign of the sign in which Lagna Lord is posited happens to be a full rate house,
then Lagna Lord gives longevity at major full rate (60 years).

Rule of 6/8 (shadashtak)

‡‡ It should be read as “ Owner of 2nd ……“ - Editor

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Aries Lagna
(1) In Aries Lagna, Mars becomes owner of a 8th and Scorpion Lagna Mars becomes owner of
6th. As such if Mars is giving full longevity (60 years) are to be reduced 7 years. If Mars is
giving proportionate longevity appropriate reduction is to be made.

Taurus Lagna
(2) In Taurus Lagna, if Lagna Lord Venus is placed in 7th house it gives (60-10) =50 years
longevity.

Libra Lagna
(3) In Libra Lagna, Lagna Lord placed in Libra Lagna gives full longevity (60 years).
(4) In Libra Lagna, Lagna Lord placed in 7th house gives(60-10)= 50 years longevity.
(5) In Libra Lagna 2nnd and 7th houses become conjunct houses. Since 2nd house is a full rate
house 7th becomes half full rate house. Hence in Libra Lagna planets posited in 7th house give
longevity at half full rate.

Joint signs
Rule: Cancer/Leo and Capricorn/Aquarius are Joint signs; planet posited in
any one sign can give result of either.
Rules of reductions
(1) Reduction of Lagna Lord: If both L.L. and Saturn are giving longevity at major full rate
(60 years) Saturn reduces L.L. to the status of a planet and L.L. gives longevity accordingly
unless Lagna Lord is giving full longevity (60 years) by way of interpolation.

(2) If owner of a pit house (6th,8th and 12th )comes in the pit house by way of interpolation,
it reduces longevity by minor full rate or one half as the case may be.(Note: in his book owner
of 12th in 12th does not reduce longevity ,in my practice it does and it’s a new rule).

(3) Moon: In 12th house reduces longevity by 5 years. In 8th house reduces longevity by 10
years. If 8th house is cancer, Moon reduces longevity by 15 years. In 8th in Taurus (exalted)
reduces longevity by 20 years. Moon in Capricorn reduces longevity by 10 years. In Aquarius,
reduces by 2 and half years (2.5 years). In 2nd if not in conjunction with Saturn or Lagna Lord
reduces longevity by 2 and half years (2.5 years). Moon in 6th house reduces longevity by 5
years provided no other yoga is operative.

One-half longevity Yoga

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If Lagna Lord is in conjunction or interpolated with owner of any of the pit houses viz. 6th, 8th
or 12th and Lagna is aspected by Saturn then longevity is to be halved.

Here I have presented all the rules in Pravin Jagad method.

The new rules I have discovered are also narrated here.

1. Owner of 6th, 8th and 12th in these houses reduces longevity even if not in interpolated.

2. Owner of 12th in 12th house reduces longevity and in my research I have 14 or 15 example
that proves that this yoga is reliable.

3. Rule of one half longevity yoga even if Saturn conj Lagna Lord?. He has formed Rules
of calculation of longevity on the basic of meager data of 70 horoscopes, I have tested
this theory on more than 100 different cases. In this method there are so many yoga
they are many and varies so when you calculate someone longevity and if the
horoscope is with complicated yoga you might not know which ones are active for
reductions, so I first use my theory :

3 step Pam: Pam 1 and the Extra Pam. This will help to reduce error for calculating longevity,
as I use Pravin theory not for exact year but for the final Pam.

[Editor: Compared to the Ayurdaay Systems given in our literatures, this method is totally new and
somewhat different. It is the research that can prove and improve this method. The present Author has
done extensive research on the Theory of Longevity by Pravin Jagad with numerous examples. Based on
his experiments, he expanded this theory to have more accurate span of life. His research on more rules
for finding span of life is coming on the wings-pages of this magazine! He has already prepared Articles
“PAM 1” to arrive at some primary span of life in years ranging from 5-7 years e.g. 57 to 62 years etc.
using PAM 1 Theory. Also by “EXTRA PAM” theory one can arrive at the Span of the life very near
to the actual death. For the new articles, watch next issues of Saptarishis Astrology.

Illustrations
Here some of the real world examples are given. The theory is tried for the known examples to fine out
the longevity. The author is quite accurate to calculate the life span based on the theory. Readers are
requested to check the samples and analyze the theory. Please, also remember one quote from the
manuscript of the Author, when you try theory on yourself.

“I know after studying this theory the reader will tempted to turn to his own horoscope. If you find your
Longevity is short please do not get alarmed. Your knowledge is not adequate for arriving at correct
judgment……”

Sample explanation is given for the Last illustration.

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Example: 1 Albert Einstein Longevity: 76 YEARS

Planet Years Months Days Yoga Special Yogas

L.L Mercury 60 0 0 In 10th House

Sun 6 0 6 Conju with L.L Owner of full rate house joint

signs

Venus 10 0 0 Conju with L.L Owner of 8th house change Lagna

Saturn 0 0 0 Failed by Mars In sign Capricorn

TOTAL 76 0 0 Years Maximum Longevity

Example: 2 Indira Gandhi Longevity: 66 YEARS

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 Planet Year Month Days Yoga Special yoga /notes
L.L Moon 3 6 0 Proportionate See rule of reduction
Moon 3 6 0 Additional For interpolation
Saturn 60 0 0 In Lagna
TOTAL 67 0 0 Max Longevity

Example: 3 Swami Vivekanand Longevity : 39 YEARS

Planet Years Months Days Yoga Remarks

L.L Jupiter 21 4 0 Proportionate Not in 2,4.8.or 10
Saturn 14 4 0 Proportionate Not in 1-7 or 2-8
houses
Moon 1 3 20 Proportionate Conjunction with
Saturn
Sun 2 6 0 Proportionate in Lagna
TOTAL 39 5 20 Max Longevity

In this case there is no yoga for reductions so the longevity is 39 years.

Note: In this case the longevity is with Nature’s Mechanism only, using no special yoga.

Example : 4 Bala Gangadhara Tilak Longevity : 64 YEARS

Notes: In this case Rahu in conj. with L.L. gives years (Half minor rate). Usually nodes do
not give longevity but in some cases they do, so more research has to be done.

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 Planet Years Months Days Yoga
L.L. Moon 5 6 0 Proportionate
Rahu 9 0 0 In conj. With l.l.
Jupiter 0 9 0 Proportionate
Saturn 35 0 0 Proportionate
Mercury 5 2 0 Proportionate
Venus 7 0 0 Proportionate
Sun 3 0 0 Owner 2nd in Lagna
TOTAL 65 7 0 Longevity
Editor: The present author has tried to test the Nodes of Moons i.e. Rahu and Ketu for Longevity
which is novel approach to the Original Theory.

Example: 5 B. Suryanaraina Rao Longevity : 81 YEARS

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 Planet Years Months Days Yoga
L.L. Venus 60 0 0 In 8th
Less 10 0 0 Owner 6th in 8th
Net 50 0 0 Continued on Next Page….

Sat 19 0 0 In 2nd
Mercury 17 0 0 Interpolation With Sat. Owner
Of 2nd

TOTAL 86 0 0
LESS MOON 5 0 0 In 12th house
TOTAL 81 0 0 Longevity

Example: 6 Jagadish Chandra Bose Longevity: 80 YEARS

[Editor : In this horoscope, Lagna Lord Shukra is in 8th and with Budha. So Lagna Lord is Major
contributor and conributes at Major Rate i.e sixty years. Budha with Lagna Lord in 8th contributes at
Minor Full Rate i.e. 17 years. Jupiter is in Parivartana with Lagnesh and as Lagna Lord becomes Major

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contributor, Jupiter does not give any contribution. The Sun is in Ascendant and not exalted or in
parivartana with any pther planet. It contributes at Proportionate Minor rate(See Table-3 and Figure :
1 ). The Sun is in 7th house i.e. distance from 1st house line is 120+16.1 = 136.1 and at Minor Rate of 6
months per 30 degree it gives 136 ÷ 30 x 6 months ≈ 4.5 x 6 months = 27 months = 2 years 3 months. The
Mars is in Opposition to Shani and thus Mars Aspects Shani in Karka. So Shani is not functional in
giving Longevity and it does not give any contribution to longevity.]

Planet Years Months Days Yoga

L.L. Venus 60 0 0 In 8th House
Jupiter 0 0 0 Interpolation With L.L.
Mercury 17 0 0 In Conj. with L.L. In 8th
Sun 2 3 0 Proportionate
Saturn 0 0 0 Failed By Mars In (Opposition)
TOTAL 79 3 0 Longevity

To Be Continued…………

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Yenbeeyes hails from a Tamil family
wherein he learnt astrology from his
grandfather who knew the entire BPHS by
heart. He was first asked to know by heart
the Sanskrit verses of BPHS & then was
slowly taught astrology by his grandfather
who was his Guru. After 3 years of teaching
only BPHS he was then taught Jaimini
Sutras by the age of 23. Yenbeeyes is our
author’s pen name and he, having retired in
2007, has taken up to the cause of
astrology full time and is currently
translating Jaimini Sutras into Tamil.
Saptarishis Astrology has observed that
Shri Yenbeeyes pursues this science with
an unmatched discipline and dedication
which is praiseworthy.
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Saptarishi Nadi –
Chart 5
Gemini Ascendant
By
Yenbeeyes, India
Copy Editor: Bhaskaran Natesan
Manuscript Supplied By: Upendra Bhadoriya
English Language Editor: Andree Leclerc, Canada
S aptarishi Nadi is one of the greatest
works by which one can learn what &
maybe how the Rishis predict on a
chart. For more than a century astrologers
throughout the world have wanted this nadi
especially. The charts in these nadis need to
become a classroom discussion in various
institutions, forums & teachers should take
a shot at trying to derive how and why a
prediction was given by the Rishi. Until this
is done by institutions & you individually
this rare opportunity of learning will be lost.
What is also to be learnt is at times there
are multiple opinions among the Rishis yet
they respect each other. Of course, the most
important thing that can be learnt from the
nadi is the effect of Karma which is the
reason of astrology.
1. சந்திரன் சீய மாகச் சனிமீன மிரவி
நந்தி
ந்தி மாட தாகப் கர் ைண ேக
வண்
மந்திாி ேச ஞ் சா மானதில் ராகு க்க
இந்தவா ேகாள்கள் நின் இலக்கின
மி னமாக;
 1. For a Gemini Ascendant, Moon in Leo, Saturn in Pisces, Sun and
Mercury in Taurus, Venus in Gemini, Ketu in Cancer, Jupiter & Mars
in Aquarius and Rahu in Capricorn-when the nine planets are placed like
this...(Continued in next verse)

2. ெசால் ர் என்றாள் ேதவி ஜய நி கூ கின்றார்

வல் ேய ஆண்பால் ஜன்மம் வைரகிேறாம் இல்லம் தன்ைனப்

ல் கீழ்ேமல் வாைட ேபாற் ேவாம் ேமற்கில் சந்

நல்லேதார் ேசாைல சூழி நமன்திக்கில் மாாி உண்ேட.

2. Parvati started asking, tell me the results. Jayamuni answered: Oh!
Mother! The horoscope is of a male. We tell about his house. He has a
thatched house on a street running east to west. On the western side,
there is a lane. A well-maintained grove and a tank are also there. In the
southern side, there is a Mari Amman temple.

Mercury Asc.
Saturn Sun Venus

Jupiter
Mars Ketu

Rahu Moon

3. உத்திர மீசன் காளி உ விலா மாேலான் ேகாஷ்டம்

பத்தினி மாாி ெதன்கீழ் பாரளந் ேதா ம் நிற்பான்

சித்தமாய்க் கிழக்கில் சந் ம்..... மதன் கீழ்த் தங்கும்

சத்திேய சம ர் தன்னில் சாற் ேவா த்திர வாசல்.

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 3. In the north, a Shiva temple and a Mari Amman temple are there. A
dilapidated Vishnu temple and another Mari Amman temple are there in the
southeast. In the east, there is a lane… (Some words are missing here)… is
there in the east. Sakthi (Rishi calls Parvati by this name); in such a balanced
place we say that he will be born in a house where the main door will be
facing the north.

4. இவ்வித அைடயா ளத் ள் இலகிய இந்தப் பாலன்

பவ்யமாய்த் தீயின் வம்சம் பக வா னிவனின் ேயாகம்

நவ்விய தந்ைத தாயார் நற் ைண களத்திர த்திரர்

ஒவ்விய ன்பின் ஜன்மம் உைரக்கிேறாம் ேக ம் தாேய.

4. Born with such marks, the native gave birth in Vanniar community.
(Note: The rishi has used the word “Theeyin” which means fire. Probably it is
derived from the word vanni, a Sanskrit word, which means fire). We will tell
about his fortunes, fortunes of his excellent father and mother, good wife and
children and also his previous birth, next birth, Oh! Mother listen.

Natives Father

5. தந்ைதயின் குணத்ைத யாங்கள் சாற் ேவாம் க நி றத்தன்

பந்தமாய் ஒ ச்சல் ேதகி பத்தினி ேநய நாகும்

சந்ததம் சீல மில்லான் ைதாியன் மனவ த்தன்

தன்தன ைடய னாவன் ைதர்யவான் அல்ப உண் .

5. We will tell about the characteristics of the native’s father. Is of black

color; has a lean body; dear to his wife; has bad manners always; a brave man;
an obstinate person; has wealth earned from his own efforts; eats little.

Saptarishis Astrology Commentary: 9H is house of father which is generally taken in

nadi literature, taking that as the Asc one can see that the Lagna Lord of father is
Saturn probably that is the reason the Rishi has attributed that the native would be
black in color with lean body (characteristics of Saturn) and would eat little as Saturn
sits in the 2nd house of food (10H) from 9H of father. The same 2H having Saturn will
give a non affectionate speech (next verse) to the father as Saturn is a cold planet
apart from being old. As to his being brave there is Mangal in the 9H of father so

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characteristics of Mars is attributing to it and earning money through own efforts can
be attributed to the Guru Mangal Yoga.

6. ேயாசைன பல ம் ெசய்வன் உ தியா மனத்த னாவன்

காசுேமல் ஆைச உள்ளான் கல்விமான் கி ஷி ெசய்வன்

பாசமாய்ப் ேபச மாட்டான் பா கள் அதிகஞ் ேசர்ப்பன்

தாசிதா சர்க ள்ளான் சந்ேதக மனத்த னாேம.

6. Capable of thinking in many ways; firm minded person; interested in

money; educated person; does agriculture; will not talk affectionately; will
increase cultivable lands; has male and female servants; doubtful (or
suspicious) minded person.
7. கா கள் வி த்தி உள்ளான் காவலன் டம்ப மில்லான்

சாலேவ சைபயில் ெசல்லான் தக்கேதார் மி ேசர்ப்பன்

காலத்ைத அறிந் வாழ்வன் கனமனஞ் ெசட் ச் ெசய்வன்

ஞாலேமல் அடக்க ள்ளான் நாயகி ேகட் டாேய.

7. Has increased cattle wealth; He is without pompousness; goes

extensively to the assembly; will add suitable lands; knowing the time will
live accordingly (Meaning that he will accommodate himself to the times and
circumstances); firm minded person; does trade; a modest person on earth; Oh!
Mother listen.
Saptarishis Astrology Commentary: Identifying profession of relatives from just the
birth chart is a specialty of nadi astrology; here the Rishi says Father will do trade,
The general karaka of trade is Mercury and it is with Sun the karaka of father in
general terms, so it is presumed that the Rishi would have predicted with that logic.
Another point of view which is nadi standard is to take the Sun as karaka of father
and read the chart from there. Hence taking the 10H from the Sun’s position for the
father’s career, we see that both Mars and Jupiter are conjunct there and that their
dispositor occupies the 11H of gains/profits – there is, in fact, an exchange of sign
(parivarthana) between the 10L and 11L from this vantage point which is pretty good
for business.
8. அடக்க ெமா க்க ள்ளான் அண் ேனார்க் குதவி ெசய்வன்

க்கான வார்த்ைத கூறான் றவிகள் ேநசங் ெகாள்ளான்

மடக்ெகா வார்த்ைத ேகட்பன் வண் வா கன ள்ளான்

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 நடக்ைக ம் நல்ல தாகும் நாயகி ேம ங் ேகேள.

8. A self-restraint and modest man; helps those who reached him for help;
does not talk insolently; friendly to ascetics; listens to the words of his wife; has
carts and carriages; conduct and behaviour will be good; Oh! Lady! Listen
further.
Native’s Father’s Siblings
9. இவ ைடத் ைணவர் தம்ைம இயம் ேவா மாண்பா ெலான்

நவனியின் தீர்க்க மாகும் நாயகி ன் ேசதம்

அவனியில் ைணவன் ேசதி அைறகிேறாம் ெவகுளி யாவன்

பவ ள ேகாபங் ெகாஞ்சம் பத்தினி இரண் என்ேறாம்.

9. We will tell about his siblings. He will have one brother with long life;
three sisters will be born and will die; We will tell about the news
(fortunes/misfortunes) of his brother born on the earth; a simpleton (or an
open-hearted person); he will be possessed with a little bit of anger which is
destructible; we will say he will have two wives.
10. ெசல களதிக ள்ளான் சித்தினி ஜாதி யாவன்

பலபல ெசட் ச் ெசய்வன் பாாினில் எவர்க்கும் நண்பன்

குலவிய சுகி சிப்பன் குழவிகள் வி த்தி உள்ளான்

தலம ேவறாய்ச் ெசல்வன் சித்திர ெசய்வன்.

10. Spends highly; belongs to Chitini community; doing different kinds of

trade. Friend to everybody on earth; interested in sumptuous eating; children
will increase; will go to another house; will construct a beautiful house.
Yenbeeyes Notes: In Chapter 1, the Copy editor pointed out that ‘Chitini’ related to
Samudrika Lakshana. Here also the same word is used. Since the word ‘vamsam’ is
used in the verse meaning community, I still maintain that Chithini is a caste. While
searching the Samudrika Lakshana for the name ‘chitini’, I gathered the information
that women are classified into four categories according to their appearance and
physical features. They are (1) Padmini (lotus woman) (2) Chitrini (art woman) (3)
Shankini (conch woman) (4) Hastini (elephant woman). From this we find that the
word used in the stanza is ‘chitini’ and not ‘chitrini’

11. அண் ேனார்க் குதவி ெசய்வன் அல்பவஸ் க்க ளிஷ்டன்

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குண்ைடேகா வி த்தி உள்ளான் குணம இரண் மாகும்

எண் ைசக் கீர்த்தி ெகாள்வன் இவன்பித்த சூடாந் ேதகம்.

11. Helps those who approached him for assistance; interested in trivial
things; erudite in the harmonious and pleasant Tamil language; a little
benevolent in nature; will have growth of cows and oxen; has dual character;
will become famous in all eight directions; has a bilious body.
12. வய ேம தீர்க்க மாகும் ைமந்தர்கள் ஆண்பால் ரண்

நய டன் ெபண்பால் நான்கு நாட் ேனாம் தீர்க்க மாக

வியமாகும் மற்ற ெவல்லாம் விளம் மிக் குணத்தா க்கு

பயமிலா இந்தப் பாலன் பாாினில் உதிப்பா னாேம.

12. Will have long life; With authority we say he will have two male and
four female issues who will have long life. Others will not stay; this boy (native)
will be born to the person about whom we described earlier. (Note: This line refers to
the description given earlier to the native’s father as the verses 9 to part of 12 describes
the brother of the native’s father)
Predictions On Native
13. ஜாதகன் நிறங் குணத்ைதச் சாற் ேவாங் க நி றத்தான்

ேமதினில் ஒ ச்சல் ேதகி வித்ைத ைடய னாகும்

சூதிலான் ேநாஞ்ைச யாவன் சுக ள்ளான் கி ஷி ெசய்வன்

தீ கள் ஒ வர்க் ெகண்ணான் சற்றினில் ேகாபி யாவன்.

13. We will tell about the native’s color and character. Is black colored; has
lean body; educated person; a person without deceits; an emaciated person; has
comforts; does agriculture; will not think of evil to any one; a little short-
tempered.
14. ைக த ைடய னாவன் கனத்தநற் பலன்க ளாேல

உய்வைகப் மி என்ேறாம் ஓங்கி ஞ் ெசல்வ ெமல்லாம்

ெபாய்ெசால்லான் பிதாவின் ேமலாய்ப் கழ்படக் கீர்த்தி ஏற்பன்

அல்ல மில்லா னாகும் அதிகமாய்த் தன்னின் ேமலாய்.

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 14. Has wealth earned from his own efforts; Because of the numerous good
deeds (done in the previous birth) he will be (we said) having his living
through lands (meaning will be doing agriculture as stated in previous
stanza); his wealth will increase. Will not tell lie; will be more famous than his
father; has no troubles.
15. நல்லவன் குணவா னாவன் நய ட ைரக்க வல்லன்

ெசால் ேல கப ண் சுற்றத்தார் ஜாதி உண்

நல்லெவண் கலங்கள் ெசம்ெபான் நற்பணி நற் சுண்

இல்ல ம் திதாய்ச் ெசய்வன் இவன்பந் ெமச்ச வாழ்வன்.

15. A good person; has good character; capable of talking pleasingly; but will
use deceitful words; will have lot of relations; has good silver vessels, gold
ornaments and good clothes. Will construct new house; will live praised by
his relations.
16. தந்ைதயின் ஜாதி ேமலாய்த் தானவன் வாழ்வா னாகுந்

தன் ைண தைனக்காப் பானாந் தந்ைதக்கு ேமலாய் வாழ்வன்

சிந்ைதயில் மர்மங் ெகாஞ்சஞ் சிலசிலச் ெசட் ச் ெசய்வன்

மந்திரம் ைவத்யம் ெசய்வன் மங்ைகேய ேம ங் ேகேள.

16. Will live higher than this father’s caste people; will protect his brother;
will live better than his father (meaning that the living conditions will be
better than during his father’s time); will have some secrets in his mind; will
do some (a few) business; will be doing incantation (a form of exorcising) and will
be practicing medicine. Oh! Woman! Listen further.
17. இந்தவன் ைணவர் தம்ைம இயம் ேவாம் ஆண்பால் ரண்

வந்தி ங் கன்னி நான்கு வைரகிேறாந் தீர்க்க மாக

ெநாந்தி மா தா ம் வ ேவாம் மணத்தின் காலம்

எந்ைதேய ேவ ழாண் ல் இவ க்குப் பாாி வாய்க்கும்

17. We will tell about his co-borns. We say confidently that there will be
two brothers and four sisters. Six will be born and will die. (Here the rishi has
specifically stated that he says with grief from which we infer that the six issues born
will all die. There is no direct mention that those born will die). We will tell about
his marriage time. In his twenty first year, he will get his wife.

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Yenbeeyes Notes: As per verse 41, the balance of dasa at birth was that of Venus 10
years and 6 months. So at the age of 21 native would be running Moon dasa-Saturn
bhukthi. Note the 7th lord Jupiter forming Gajakeshari Yoga with Moon being placed
mutually in the 7th. Jupiter placed in the house of Saturn will be acting like Saturn and
Saturn placed in Jupiter house will act like Jupiter. Hence the Antar dasa of Saturn is
in fact going to reflect the results of 7th house lord Jupiter. Also note that karaka for
wife Venus is being squared by the Antara Lord and also aspected by Jupiter the 7th
lord from Ascendant. The 7th house is in turn aspected by Venus, the karaka as well as
Saturn, lord of 7th house from Moon.

Saptarishis Astrology Commentary:

Ideally when a senior writer/translator has given his commentary or notes one should
not write below him adding to the commentary or contradicting it, yet knowing that
the translator is devoted to knowledge and also since he has beautifully extolled logic
via dasa system above, we take the liberty of giving logic to the Rishis’ prediction
based out of Bhrighu Chakra Paddathi. Our half baked study on timing marriage with
BCP has shown that when the BCP Focus House is in trine to Venus (karaka for wife
in male charts) or 7H/ lord, the strongest out of these will give marriage, one can use
this in Navamsa also as per our studies in BCP but the more parameters are added the
more it becomes difficult to predict though much easier to justify. At times it has been
noticed that engagement happens during the period of the above technique but marriage
after few months. Now lets take the above chart, Jupiter is the 7L of wife sitting in the
9H of marriage and is trine to Venus; this Jupiter is conjunct Mars who is the 11th lord
of wife, so this 9H becomes the biggest contender to give the marriage age and, as per
BCP, the 9H is 21 years of age which is when the native got married as per the above
shloka.

18. பாாிைய ேசதி தன்ைனப் பக ேவா மி நி றத்தாள்

சீாிலாக் குணத்தா ளாகுந் தி மக ெளாப்ப தாகும்

மாறிேய ேபசா ெளன்ேறாம் மர்மமா மனத்த ெளன்ேறாங்

காாிய சமர்த்த ெளன்ேறாங் கணவ க் கினிய ளாகும்.

18. We will tell about his wife. Will have double color; not of good
character; looks like Goddess Lakshmi; will not change (or go back on) her
words; is secret minded; skillful at work; pleasing to her husband.
19. த்திர வி த்தி தன்ைனப் கலேவ ஆண்பால் ரண்

சித்தமாய்ப் ெபண்பால் ன் தீர்க்கமா ெமன் ெசான்ேனாம்

சுத்தமாய் ன் நஷ்டஞ் ெசால்லேவா மிவ க் ேகதான்

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 அத்திையப் ெபற்ற மாேத அைறகிேறாம் ேம ங் ேகேள.

19. When we talk about progeny, we confidently say that there will be two
male and three female children will be there. Definitely she will loose three
children. Oh! Mother of elephant headed God! We will further state, listen.
Native’s Mother
20. மா குணத்ைத யாங்கள் வைரகிேறாஞ் சிவந்த ேமனி

ேமதினில் சமேத கத்தாள் வித்தகி ஈைக ெகாஞ்சம்

ேபாதேவ ேகாபங் ெகாஞ்சம் ண்ணிய மனங்க ளில்லாள்

சாதைன மனத்த ளாகுஞ் சந்ேதக மனத்த ெளன்ேறாம்.

20. We will tell about the native’s mother’s character. Will have reddish
body; will have equal proportioned body. Knowledgeable woman; a little
charitable; in addition a little anger; not having pure or virtuous mind; capable
of effecting things as per her thoughts; suspicious minded person.
Natives’ Mothers’ Co-borns
21. சீலவாள் வாத ேதகி சிந்ைதயில் கப ெகாஞ்சங்

ேகாலமாய்த் ைணவர் தம்ைமக் கூ ேவாம் ஆண்பால் ரண்

ஞாலேமல் கன்னி நான்கு நாட் ேவா மிவ க் ேகதான்

ஆலத்ைத உண்ேடான் ேதவி அைறகிேறாம் ஆண்பால் ேசதி.

21. (Native’s mother) Is of good manners; has hairy? (vata or hair?) body;
has little deceit in her mind; we will tell about her co-borns. We say that she
will have two male and four female siblings. Oh! Wife of eater of ‘Hala’
poison! We continue with the news of her male siblings.
22. த்தவன் மதைல இல்லான் ெமாழிந்தனம் பித்த ேதகி

நாத்திைச கீர்த்தி ெகாள்வன் நல்லவ னாகி வாழ்வன்

ேவத்ெதா குணத்தா னாகும் ணப வாத மாவன்

காத்திர மில்லா னாகுங் காத ேம ங் ேகேள.

22. We say that the elder brother (of native’s mother) will have no issues; of
bilious body; will become famous in the four directions. Will be living a good
man. Will have other characters also. Will be subjected to unwanted scandal;
not a robust man. Oh! Female friend! Further, listen.

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 23. அவ ைட இைளேயான் ேசதி அைறகிேறாங் கி ஷி ஏற்பன்

நவனியில் கு ம்பந் தன்ைன நாயகன் காப்பா ெனன்ேறாம்

பவ ள த்திர ண்டாம் பா கள் வி த்தி ெசய்வன்

இவ க்குத் ைணவி யாேல இ க்கண்க ளதிக ண் .

23. We will tell about his younger brother (younger to the one described
above); will be doing agriculture; will support his family well; will get good
children; will increase his land holdings; he will have difficulties from his
wife.
Native’s Mother & Father’s Previous Births
24. ைணவியால் அவமா னங்கள் ெசால் ேவா மிவ க் ேகதான்

கன டன் வாழ்வா னாகுங் கழ ேவாம் மா ர்வம்

இைணயிலாத் தில்ைல ெதன்பால் இயலாழி தன்னி ேலதான்

அைணயேவ ைவச்ய வம்சம் அவ ேம உதித்தா ெளன்ேறாம்.

24. Because of his wife, he will be blamed; will be living with dignity; (this
is a continuation of previous stanza). We will tell about the previous birth of
the native’s mother. We said that she was born in Vaisya community in
Thiruvazhi, a place south of the incomparable Thillai.
25. மதைலக ளில்லா ளாகி வர டன் தலங்கள் ெசன்

கதிெகா ஞ் ேச ெசன் கனத்தேதார் தீர்த்தந் ேதாய்ந்

விதவித தான மீந் இராம ங் கத்ைதப் ேபாற்றிப்

பதியினில் ெசன் ேமதான் பலவித விரதங் ெகாண் ;

25. Since she was without any issue, went with her husband to sacred places,
went to Sethu (Rameswaram) where sins are removed and took bath in the
sacred waters there, gave a lot in charity, worshipped the deity there,
Ramalinga Swamy, returned to her house and took to lot of voluntary
religious penance… (continued in the next verse).

Yenbeeyes Notes: Rameswaram is the abode of one of the 12 Jyothirlingas of India. It is also
considered one among four most sacred pilgrim centres of India. It is an acclaimed Parihara Sthala,
where it is believed all sins get absolved. Devotees take holy dips at Sethu Theertha, Agni
Theertha and other sacred waters, offer pujas to get progeny, perform Shraadha for their ancestors
and do Naga Prathishta (installing serpent deity).

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 26. மனம ெதய்வ பக்தி வந் பின் மதைல உண்டாய்க்

கன டன் வாழ்ந் பின் காலன்தன் பதிக்குச் ெசன்

சினமிலா பிரமன் லக்கஞ் ெசய் பின் வந்தா ெளன்ேறாம்

அைனயேவ இவள்பின் ஜன்மம் அைறகிேறாங் ேக ம் தாேய.

26. With the mind fully devoted to God she then got children and lived
comfortably and thereafter reached the abode of Yama (died) and was
recreated by the angerless Brahma and took birth is what we say. We will tell
about her rebirth. Listen, Mother!
27. பின்ஜன்மங் காஞ்சி கீழ்ப்பால் ேப ாில் கங்ைக வம்சம்

இன்னவ திப்பா ளாகும் இைணயிலாச் ெசல்வம் ெபற்

அன்னவள் வாழ்வா ளாகும் அைறகிேறாந் தந்ைத ர்வம்

உன்னத வரைனப் ெபற்ற உத்தமி ேகட் டாேய.

27. In the next birth, she will be born in Ganga (agricultural) community in
a large town east of Kancheepuram. She will live with incomparable wealth.
We will tell about native’s father’s previous birth. Oh! Virtuous woman,
having got a superior person as husband! (praising Goddess Parvati) Listen.
28. இவன்பிதா ன்ஜன் மத்ைத இயம் ேவா ம ைண நாட் ல்

அவனியில் மைறேயான் வம்சம் அவ ேம உதித்தா ெனன்ேறாம்

நவனியில் வணிபஞ் ெசய் நன்மைன சுதர்க ண்டாய்ச்

சிவன ள் தனங்கள் மி ெசல்வங்க ளதிகம் ெபற் ;

28. We tell about the previous birth of the father of the native. We say that he
was born in Brahmin community in Thrivannamalai. Did business in the
world, got good wife and children, and got land and wealth due to the grace of
Lord Shiva1;
29. பந் வின் ேமலாய் வாழ்ந் பாாினில் கீர்த்தி ெபற்

அந்தகன் பக்கல் ேசர்ந் அங்குச்சின் னாட்கள் தங்கிப்

பந்தமாய்ப் பிரமன் லக்கம் பாாினில் வைரயப் பட்

வந்தவ னிவேன என்ேறாம் மங்ைக ங் ேகட்க ற்றாள்.

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Kindly note this statement is an important key in determining which deity has given the blessing in
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 29. Was better off than his relations; got name and fame in the world and
reached the abode of Yama. He stayed there for some days. We say that he is
the person who, according to the calculation of Brahma, was written to be
born in this world. Parvati started asking: (continued in next verse)
30. ன்ஜன்மம் மைறேயானாக வந்தவ னிச்ெசன் மத்தில்

அன் ள தீயின் வம்சம் அ கின காரணஞ் ெசால்

ன்ஜன்மம் ேவதந் தன்ைன யலாமல் வந்த தாேல

பின்ஜன்மம் சம் வம்சம் பிறந்தன னிவேன என்ேறாம்.

30. What is the reason for the person to take birth in Brahmin community who took
birth in Vanniar community in his earlier birth? We say that in his previous birth,
he did not take efforts to learn the Vedas and hence in the next birth he was
born in Sambu community.
31. பின்ஜன்மம் காஞ்சி தன்னில் பிறப்பேன ைசவ னாகிப்

ெபான்பணி அதிக ண்டாய்ப் மியில் கீர்த்தி யாகி

அன்னவன் வாழ்வா னாகும் அம்பிைக யாேள ேகளாய்

இன்னவன் ன்ஜன் மத்ைத இயம் ேவாங் ேக ந் தாேய.

31. In the next birth, he will take birth in Kancheepuram in Saiva
community and will be living by getting lot of wealth like gold ornaments and
will be famous on earth. Oh! Mother! Listen. We will tell about the previous
birth of the native.
Previous Birth Of Native
32. ஜாதகன் ன்ஜன்மத்ைதச் சாற் ேவாம் வள் ர் ேமல்பால்

ேபாதேவ சிற் ர் தன்னில் பிறந்தனன் குலால வம்சம்

பாதகத் ெதாழி ல் லாமல் பாண்டங்கள் ேவைல ெசய்

ேமதினில் அ யார் ேபாில் வி ப்பங்கள் மிகேவ ெகாண் ;

32. We will tell the previous birth of the native. To the west of Tiruvallur,
in a small place, the native was born in the potter community. Was doing the
harmless work of preparing vessels out of mud (pot vessels). Getting
interested in the followers of Shiva... (continued in next verse)
33. வ ேவார்க்கு அன்ன மீந் மஹாேதவர் தியானஞ் ெசய்

மர யின் பதிக்குச் ெசன் மைறயவன் வைரயப் பட் ப்

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 ெப ைமயாய் இச்ெசன் மத்தில் பிறந்தவ னிவேன என்ேறாம்

தி மகள் விலாசம் ண் ெசல்வ ம் வாழ்வானாேம.

33. Offered food to those who came with hunger; worshipped Shiva, the
higher among devas, reached the abode of Yama, written by Brahma to take
birth and the native was born in this birth – we said like that. Because of the
gracious sight of Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth, he was living a wealthy life.
34. தந்ைதயின் மரண காலஞ் சாற் ேவா ப்பா ேனழில்

சந்ததம் ஆனி மாதஞ் சாற் ேவாங் கண்டந் தா ம்

பிந்திய அன்ைனக் ேகதான் ேபசிேனாம் அதன்ேமல் ன் ம்

எந்ைதேய கூனி மாதம் இயம்பிேனாங் கண்டம் தாேன.

34. We will tell the time of death of his father. At the age of thirty seven (of the
native), in the month of Ani (Mithuna as per Souramana i.e. between 15th
June and 15th July) native’s father will be in danger (will die); Thereafter
danger (will die) will be there for mother after three years in the month of
Meena (from 15th March to 15th April). [Note: The word used here is “koony”
கூனி. This can be interpreted as the month of Mithuna also (as per Souramana which
is between 15th June to 15th July as per one Tamil proverb. This can also refer to
Meena month, in Tamil called as “Pankuni” which is between 15th March to 15th
April.)]

Yenbeeyes Notes: The dasa of the lord of the 8th house generally causes death of the
relation from whom it is 8th. So for father, fourth house becomes the eighth house from
the ninth which denotes father. In almost all the cases, the Nadi gives the month of
death also which I intend taking as Souramana. This is amply proved by the fact that
when Sun transits the rasi mentioned during that period, the lord of that rasi is the
determinant of death. In this case native’s father died in the month of Mithuna ruled
by Mercury. As per the rule the fourth lord indicates the death of father and here the
lord of fourth house is Mercury. So when Sun transits Gemini in the period as
aforesaid the native’s father had died. Also note that Rahu dasa was running and
Rahu fully aspects Virgo as well as Lord of 8th (Mercury) from 9th. The first house is
also responsible for life and death. For the 9th house, placement of Jupiter who behaves
like Saturn, lord of 9th is also responsible for bringing about the end of the native of the
house 9th, viz. father.
For the mother, there is no clarity as to which month the rishi refers to as “Koony”.
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 From Ascendant, the 8th house that will indicate the mother’s death is the 11th house.
Its Lord is Mars. Sun’s transit over Aries will be between 15th April to 15th May and
over Scorpio will be from 15th November to 15th December which will be indicating the
Souramana months Mesha (Aries) and Vrischika (Scorpio). But here, Mars the
indicator is placed in a Saturn’s house and hence will take the qualities of Saturn.
Saturn is placed in Pisces and hence the rishi might have taken this reason and stated
the month as Meena (Pisces) which in Souramana is from 15th March to 15th April. But
this is a far fetched argument which needs further proof. Now if we take the position
from Moon, the lord of 11th house is Mercury and hence when Sun transits Gemini or
Virgo, in that month the death can happen. Now Sun transits Gemini in the
Souramana month of Mithuna which falls between 15th June and 15th July which
corresponds to the Tamil proverb also which states “Ani is like Kooni”. So this seems
to be an acceptable argument.
I also would like to recall here the opinion of Late Shri R.Santhanam. In his translation
of Deva Keralam, he has stated that “As stressed by me often in my writings the 4th
Lord denotes father’s death while the 5th Lord denotes mother’s death. This technique is
widely used in Nadi Granthas. In my own studies, I did find these clues working quite
effectively.”

Saptarishis Astrology Commentary:

The Rishi writes that the native’s father will die at the age of 37, which is the 1st house
as per Bhrighu Chakra Paddathi. Note the following points:
1. In the 1H which is the BCP Focus Year, the 12th lord of death Venus sits which
means some death will visit the life of the native & this Venus is dispositor of Sun
the karaka of Father thus signifying that something will happen to his father.
Saturn whose age of giving is 36 aspects, by its 3rd aspect, the BCP Focus year lord
Mercury – and this Saturn, apart from being 8L, sits in the 10H of father or
maraca of Father, this cannot be ignored.
2. The lord of the 37th year (1H) is Mer who is with Sun, the karaka of father in the
12H of exit – thus something will happen to his father.
3. Determining 37th year: Aroodha of the 9H is A9 which goes to the 11H. Treating
that as the lagna, the 37th year (using BCP) will come to that house which will be
the 11H and its lord Mars goes in the 9H of Father, which means double indication
and hence in the 37th year something should happen to the native. Usually with
Saturn in the 9H or the 10H, around the age of 36-38 some event should happen,
with Aq as the sign placed in the 9H an event should happen at the age of 36 ½ in
the life of father (or in the native’s life? Regarding the father), these are general
rules
4. Take 9H as the Asc for father, the 37th year using BCP would come back to the 9H,
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 means that the 37th year is a double trouble year. Now it contains Mars 3L of death
(taking Asc 9H of father) placed in it plus it has Jupiter who, having kendradhipati
dosha, is placed in the 9H of father. One must note that the major role of
kendradhipati dosha is in regards to death and here it sits in the 9H of father. So
this kendradhipati dosha containing Jupiter (Jeeva) sits in the 9H of father which
is the 37th year taking 9H as Asc as per BCP. Readers are requested to take up
charts of aged people, take Kendradhipati Dosha and use BCP and see if in trines
those years come or other sambandha is formed. BCP and Yogas testing is a much
needed research and due to shortage of time, we are unable to produce a statistical
paper although we have written about its usage in our columns before.

The Rishi further writes that ‘Thereafter danger (will die) will be there for
mother after three years’
5. So 37th year plus 3 is 40 or the translation could also mean (word thereafter) within
3 years which means 39th year, Yenbeeyes and other scholars should correct us here.
If we take 39th year, it would mean (39-36=3) 3rd House in BCP method where
Moon sits in the 3H of death, so some event concerning mother is possible and this
logic can be fit into what the Rishi is predicting. The lord of the BCP year lord
(39th year) has gone in the 12H of exit conjoined the 4th lord of Mother which is
Mercury, thus doubly confirming that in the 39th year health of mother must atleast
suffer.
6. If we take 40th year as the year meant with the words ‘thereafter danger will be
there for mother after 3 years (from 37th year) then the total is 40th year which as
per BCP Focus House would come to 4H of mother (40-36 =4), thus some event in
life of mother. In the chart this 4L Mer goes in the 12L of Exit along with Sun who
is the 12th lord from 4H of mother, thus doubly confirming great problems to mother.
Take the 3H (39th year) or 4H (40th year) as the Asc and you would see the karaka
of death Saturn sits in the 8th (death) or 7th (maraca) being the 8L of the chart, this
again confirms. Taking the House year as Asc and working out BCP gives
additional information on the events of the life is earlier shown in its working.

35. இன்னவன் மரண காலம் இயம் ேவாம் நாற்பா ெனட் ல்

அன்னவன் தனக்குக் கண்ட ம கி ம் நிவிர்த்தி யாகும்

பின்ைன மன்பா ேனழில் பங்குனி மாதம் உத்திரம்

ெசான்னேன கண்டந் தா ம் ெசப் ேவா மிவன்பின் ஜன்மம்.

35. We will tell about the native’s time of death. There will be danger to the
native at the age of forty-eight. However, that will be removed. Thereafter at the
age of fifty-seven, in the month of Panguni (Meena in Souramana i.e. between

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15th March and 15th April and in Chandramana-Phalguna between 15th
February and 15th March. Since the month name as given in Tamil, exactly
matches with Souramana month, I am giving the exact equivalent of English
months also). In Uthrashada Nakshatra there will be danger to the native
(will die). We will tell about his next birth.

Yenbeeyes Notes: At the age of 48, the native was running Rahu dasa-Sun Bhukthi.
Rahu being placed in the 8th house and Sun the Antara Lord being aspected by him has
brought the danger. Since only the dasa lord of the 8th house is capable of causing death,
he was out of the danger as Rahu is only the planet placed therein. At the age of 57 he
died. He was running Jupiter dasa. 8th Lord Saturn is placed in Pisces and the dasa
lord Jupiter is placed in the sign of Saturn. So the effects of Saturn may be experienced
in Jupiter period and vice versa. From Moon also the 8th lord happens to be Jupiter. No
wonder Jupiter dasa brought about the end of the native. The month of death is given
as Meena as per Souramana which is between 15th February and 15th March. During
this period Sun will be transiting the Pisces sign wherein the 8th lord Saturn is placed.
See how clearly it unfolds.

Saptarishis Astrology Commentary:

The above explanation by Yenbeeyes is lucid & clear. Let us use BCP (Bhrighu Easy
Methodology) to see the chart with another nadi style as there are different nadi
approaches one can use. Revisiting the verse, the Rishi says for death of native, there
would be danger at the age of 48 and final end at the age of 57. The 48th year would be
the 12th house as per BCP. Over there, the lagna lord (body) Mercury is conjoined
with 3L of death Sun in the 12H of exit. So some event concerning the life of native is
expected which is what the Rishi said above, what saved him is a matter one can try to
attribute to dasha, yoga & saving Vedhas as per our limited knowledge. But the Rishi
says the 57th year the native will die. As per BCP the 57th year will be the 9H
(48+9=57th year), here again the 6L of diseases, accidents is sitting with
Kendradhipati Dosham Jupiter. We earlier mentioned that normally Kendradhipati
Dosha is associated with death and this 9H of 57th year is having papa kartari; for him
to pass 57th year will be tougher especially since Saturn sits next to it while in transit it
would have come near the 9H (Saturn takes 60 years to come back roughly to the same
position), thus adding a triple whammy. Some of the critics of this ancient system of
Bhrighu Chakra Paddathi are the young astrologers who do not use years specified for
yogas, do not use the different ages given to planets & transits to successfully use BCP.
If Saturn for e.g. sits in the 3H with Moon, then in the 39th year death of mother or
major event towards mother is to be noted especially if Saturn is the 8th lord and this
might not happen in the 15th year since the maturation age of Saturn is 36. So you take
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Gemini Lagna, the years around 36, 60 are important years of health, transformation
in life or death since Saturn is the 8th lord and also the 9th lord, so BCPs around that
year are very important for eventful years especially if Saturn is nearby the BCP
Focus year.

36. அவ் ாில் கங்ைக ேசயாய் அவ ேம உதிப்பா னாகும்

பவ்வமாய்ச் சுக ண்டாகிப் பாலகன் வாழ்வா னாகும்

நவ்விய ேயாகச் ெசய்ைக நாட் ேவாஞ் ஜனனந் ெதாட் த்

திவ்விய மரண மட் ந் தீங்கிலா வாழ்வானாகும்.

36. He will be born in the same place in Ganga (agricultural) community.

He will be living by getting all sorts of comforts. We will tell about his
fortunes. From the time of birth till his death he will live without any troubles.
37. ேகா கள் வி த்தி உண் குலவி ந் தனங்கள் தா ம்

நா ெசால் ேமன்பா டாகும் நற் மி ேசர்ப்பா ெனன்ேறாங்

கா க ண் ெசய்வன் கனத்தேதார் ண் டாகும்

வல யத்ேதார் ேபாற் ம் கழ்ச்சியாய் வாழ்வா னாகும்.

37. There will be increase in cows; wealth held will increase; his words will
be honoured; will increase the fertile lands; will have palanquin bearers; will
construct a big house; will be living praised by the people in his circle.
38. எந்தக்கா லத்தி ேலதான் இவன்சித்திர ெசய்வன்

அந்தேதார் ேசதி தன்ைன அறிவிப்பீர் னிேய என்றாள்

இந்தவா ஜாத கர்க்கு ஈேர ஆண் ன் ேமேல

ந்திய கி க ேவைல யத்தனம் ெசய்வா ெனன்ேறாம்

38. Parvati asked: when will the native construct the beautiful house? Tell me that
news. It will be like this, Rishi continued, we say that the native, after the age
of fourteen will start his efforts for the construction of the house.
39. இ பத் ன்றாண் ன்ேமல் இைசந்தி ங் கி கந் தா ம்

வரபரச் ெசல ேமாங்கும் மாநிலம் வி த்தி உண்

குைற றாக் கு ம்பந் தா ங் கூ ேவாஞ் சில சங்ைக

ெப ைமயாய் நாற்பாண் ன்ேமல் பிைழவ ங் கு ம்பம் ேவ .

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39. After the age of twenty-three, the construction of the house will be
completed; gradually the expenses will increase; increase in big lands (land
holdings) will be there; to such a family without any shortfalls, after the age of
forty, due to certain difficulties to the native, the family will be separated.
Yenbeeyes Notes: Let us examine these two verses and reason out the astrological
factors. The native at the age of fourteen must be running Sun dasa-Saturn Bhukthi
as his balance of dasa at birth is stated to be Venus – 10 years and 6 months in verse 41.
From the Ascendant, the fourth house Lord Mercury is placed along with Sun. Both
the planets are aspecting the fourth house from Moon. Mars the significator of
properties is aspecting the fourth house from Ascendant. Mars is placed in the house of
Saturn. Hence Sun and Saturn worked jointly and started the venture. The work
could not get completed due to the placement of Sun in the 12th house and also the
ownership of Mars being the 6th house. But Moon is placed in the house of Sun and so
Sun is continuing his interest in the Moon dasa due to his association with fourth lord.
So when Mercury Antara is coming in Moon dasa, the construction work gets
completed.

Saptarishis Astrology Commentary:

Using BCP, after the age of 14 means 15th year which is the 3H whose lord is Sun
conjoined with 4th lord of House/home Mercury, sitting in the 9th from the 4H
aspected by Mars (land). The 9th house in a chart shows the start of prosperity of the
lagna and is called Bhagya (Fortune) Udaya (Rise) thus Start of Rise. So 9th from 4H
also shows prosperity i.e. start of work of the 4H of House (home). The Rishi says he
starts house construction after age of 14 and completes it after the age of 23 i.e.
probably 24. This huge delay of nearly 9 years (note 9) is probably due to the aspect of
delay significator Saturn who aspects the 4H and 4L Mercury and also aspects his
enemy the Sun by its 3rd aspect. The Rishi says he completes the house construction
after the 23rd year which means probably in the 24th year he completes. This 24th year
as per BCP will be the 12H where 4L of House is sitting aspected by Saturn
(bricks/construction) aspected by Mars (land).
The Rishi further states that after the age of 40 the native’s family will be
separated. Here the Rishi has used the word after which means 40/41 the difficulties
can start, this is the 4H/5H as per BCP and the 4L Mer is conjoined the 3L of
separation? or rather: with the Sun known to have a seperative influence being a big
lone shining star placed in the 6H of conflicts from the 7H of spouse along with 4L
Mercury. Moreover, these are in the 12H of troubles and losses, so the family gets
separated. If you take the 41st year as separation happen, the 41st year as per BCP is
the 5H whose lord is Venus sitting in the Asc and is also the 12L of separation (laghu
parasari) and is dispositor of 4L of home life Mer and 3L of separation Sun.

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 40. எப்ேபா ஞ் சல் ய மில்லான் இவன்பந் ேமலாய் வாழ்வான்

ெசப் ம்பால் பாக்ய ண் தி மகள் வாச மாகும்

தப்பித மில்லா வாழ்வான் சகலபாக் கியங்க ள்ளான்

அப்பணி சைடேயான் ேதவி அ ளிய ெமாழிகுன்றாேவ.

40. He will never be in any kind of debts; he will live higher than his
relations (meaning that his living conditions will be better than that of his
relatives); has prosperity of milk (means has lots of cows and oxen); Goddess
Lakshmi reside with him; lives without any faults; has all sorts of happiness;
Oh! Consort of the wearer of Ganga in his matted hair (Shiva); our words
will not fail.
Saptarishis Astrology Commentary:
Twice the Rishi has indicated that Goddess Lakshmi’s benevolence is on the native.
One should note an underlying principle here; Venus which signifies Goddess Lakshmi
is the 5L of worship of previous life and Poorva Punya and sits in the Lagna on the self.
It is found in internet forums that folks run after remedies. On a broad yet effective
basis the planet in the lagna or the lagna lord are the greatest remedy – once you do
that the blessings start pouring in even if there are blockages in the chart.
41. சுந்தரன் ஜனிக்குங் காலஞ் சுக்கிரன் தைச இ ப் ச்

சந்தத மீரஞ் சாண் ஞ் சதி டன் திங்க ளா ம்

வந்தி ந் ைணவர் தா ம் வண்ைமயாய்ப் மி ஓங்குந்

தந்ைதயின் கு ம்பம் ேவ தனக்குேம ேராக ண்டாம்.

41. At the time of birth, balance of Venus dasa is ten years and six months.
During that time, siblings will be born; yield from lands will be plentiful;
father’s family will be elevated. The native will get some disease.
42. இ வல்ல தாய்தந் ைதக்ேக இலகி ம் பிணி ந் தா ம்

நிதிய ெசல ண் நாற்கா குற்ற மாகும்

சதியாகும் மனிதர் தா ஞ் சஞ்சல மனங்க ண்

அதிபன் தன் வர்க்கஞ் சூதம் வைரகிேறாம் விபரம் ரண் ல்.

42. In addition to that, father and mother will also get disease. There will be
financial expenses; loss to cattle will be there; people around him will become

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We will write further in the second part.

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Yenbeeyes hails from a Tamil family
wherein he learnt astrology from his
grandfather who knew the entire BPHS by
heart. He was first asked to learn by heart
the Sanskrit verses of BPHS & then was
slowly taught astrology by his grandfather
who was his Guru. After 3 years of teaching
only BPHS he was then taught Jaimini
Sutras by the age of 23. Yenbeeyes is our
author’s pen name and he, having retired in
2007, has taken up to the cause of
astrology full time and is currently
translating Jaimini Sutras into Tamil.
Saptarishis Astrology has observed that
Shri Yenbeeyes pursues this science with
an unmatched discipline and dedication
which is praiseworthy.
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Saptarishi Nadi –
Chart 6
Gemini Ascendant
By
Yenbeeyes, India
Copy Editor: Bhaskaran Natesan
Manuscript Supplied By: Upendra
Bhadoriya
S aptarishi Nadi is one of the greatest
works by which one can learn what &
maybe how the Rishis predict on a
chart. For more than a century astrologers
throughout the world have wanted this nadi
especially. The charts in these nadis need to
become a classroom discussion in various
institutions, forums & teachers should take
a shot at trying to derive how and why a
prediction was given by the Rishi. Until this
is done by institutions & you individually,
this rare opportunity of learning will be lost.
What is also to be learnt is that at times
there are multiple opinions among the
Rishis yet they respect each other. Of course
the most important thing that can be learnt
is the effect of Karma which is the reason of
astrology.
1. பாிதிேசய் ேகால தாகப் பங்குேம ேதள தாக
மதிஅாி ராகு மானில் மால்கு க ம்
ெபண்ணில்
சதிெசய் ம் ேக வண் ஜன்ம ம் ைண
யாக
இ நவக் ேகாள்கள் நின்றால் இயம் ர்
பலைனத் தாேன.
 1. Please tell the results of a horoscope where Sun and Mars are in Libra,
Saturn in Scorpio, Moon in Leo, Rahu in Capricorn, Mercury, Jupiter and
Venus in Virgo and Ascendant falls in Gemini.

Asc.

Ketu

Rahu Moon

Sun Mercury
Saturn Mars Jupiter
Venus

2. கு னி ெசால் கின்றார் ேகாைதேய ஆண்பால் ஜன்மம்

வ மில்லம் கீழ்ேமல் தி வாச ெமமனின் பார்ைவ

ெப வயி றப்பன் கீழ்ப்பால் ேபசிேனாந் தடாக ண்

உைரக்கிேறாந் தக்ஷி ணத்தில் ஓைட ம் வயல்க ண்ேட.

2. Agasthya Rishi says: Oh! Woman! This is a male birth. His house will be
in a road running east to west and the main door will be towards south
(Yama’s sight). On the eastern side, a temple for the big bellied Lord Ganesha
and a pond. We say that on the southern side there is a brook and cultivable
lands.

3. தந்தி ஞ் சந்தி ஈசன் சா ண் ேமற்கில் தங்கும்

ந்திய தடாகஞ் ேசாைல ெமாழிகிேறாஞ் சம ர் தன்னில்

எந்ைதேய மா ாில்லம் எய் வா னிவேன என்ேறாங்

கந்தைனப் ெபற்ற மாேத கழாிேனாம் ேம ங் ேகேள.

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 3. On the western side, another Ganesha temple, a junction of four lanes, a
Shiva temple and a Chamundeswari temple. With a grove and a big pond and
in such a balanced place, the native was born in his mother’s house. Oh!
Mother of Lord Subramanya! We will tell, listen.

Yenbeeyes Notes: Chamundi is a form of Shakthi, the consort of Lord Shiva. It is

mentioned in the Puranas, when the Mother Chamundeshwari killed the wicked
buffalo-headed demon, Mahishasura. It is believed that the fierce war between Mother
and the demon took place in different places like the Vindhyas etc., and finally
Mahisha was killed on the hills where the present day temple is situated in Mysore.
The Mother is also known as Mahishasura Mardhini.

4. இன்னவன் ஜனன ேயாகம் எழில்ெப ந் தந்ைத ேயாகம்

மன்னிய அன்ைன ேயாகம் வ ம் த்திர களத்திர ேயாகந்

தன்னிேல ன்பின் ஜன்மஞ் சாந்தி ம் இந் ல் தன்னில்

அன்ைனேய ெசால் கின்ேறாம் அம்பிைக யாேள ேகளாய்.

4. Oh! Mother! In this treatise we say about the native’s birth fortunes, the
beautiful father’s fortunes, mother’s fortunes, coming wife and children’s
fortunes, his previous birth, next birth, remedies and all, listen.

5. இன்னவன் ஜனன இ ப்பிடம் அதற்கு இ நாழி க ைக ரத்தில்

மன்னிய தந்ைத ஊெரன ெமாழிவர் வடகீழ்ப்பால் தங்கி ெமன்ேறாம்

அன்னவன் தந்ைத குணங்கைளச் ெசால்ேவன் அழ்குளான் சிவந்தி ெமய்யன்

உன்னத கத்தில் வ ளனா வன் உைரக்கிேறாங் காமைன ெயாத்தன்.

Father’s Characteristics

5. His father’s place is at a distance of 48 minutes walk from the place

where the native was born and brought up and that place will be in the
northeastern side. We will tell about his father’s characteristics. Will be
handsome; has reddish body; in the eminent face, there will be some mark on
his face; handsome and beautiful like Kamadeva. (Note: Kamadeva is the Hindu
God of love. He is represented as young handsome man)

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Note: The distance is stated as “iru Nazhigai” meaning “two ghatis”. One day
(earlier considered as sunrise to sunrise, now normally taken as 24 hours) = 60 Ghati
1 Ghati = 24 minutes so that 60 ghatis will make 60 X 24 = 1440 minutes or 24 hours.
Since it is mentioned as two nazhigais, the equivalent is 48 minutes.

6. கல்விமான் ஊக வானாங் கனத்தவர் ேநச மாவன்

இல்ைலெயன் ைரக்க மாட்டான் எதிாிைய வசியஞ் ெசய்வன்

ெசால் ேம ேநர்ைம ள்ேளான் சுக ள்ளான் மர்ம ள்ளான்

நல்லவ னாகி வாழ்வன் நாற்கா வி த்தி உள்ளான்.

6. Educated person; capable of arriving at conclusions; friendly to elder

people; will never say no to those asking for alms; will charm the enemies;
straightforwardness in words; comfortable man; has secrets; will live as a
good man; has increase in cattle.

கமலேரைக

7. கி ஷிகள் ெசய்வா னாவன் கண்ணிய ைடய னாவன்

தி மகள் வாச ள்ளான் ெசய்நிலஞ் ேசர்ப்பா னாகும்

விைரவினில் நடக்க வல்லன் வி ம் வான் சுகி சிப் க்

கரமதில் கமல ேரைக காலாள்க ைடய னாேம.

Kamala Rekha
7. Will be doing agriculture; respectable man; Lakshmi will reside in his
house; will increase fertile lands; capable of walking fast; likes to eat good food
sumptously; hand has got line of lotus; has servants.

8. உண் யில் உைறப்பி ச்ைச உ தியா மனத்த னாவன்

அண் ேனார்க் குதவி ெசய்வன் அதிகமாய்ச் ெசல ள்ளான்

குண் ணி மனத்த னாவன் குலத் ேளார் ெமச்ச வாழ்வன்

பண் பண் டார ள்ளான் பாைவயர் ேமாக வானாம்.

8. Interested in pungent tasty items in food; has steady mind; will assist
those who approach him; has more expenses; has a talebearer mind (i.e. has
malicious intelligence); will live praised by his community men; has cart and
carriages and treasure store houses; has lust towards woman.

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9. இவ ைடத் ைணவர் தம்ைம இயம் ேவாம் ஆண்பால் காேணாம்

அவனியில் கன்னி ரண் அைறகிேறாந் தீர்க்க மாகப்

பவ ள குணத்தா க்குப் பால ஞ் ேஜஷ்ட னாகக்

கவனமாய் உதிப்பா னாகுங் காத ேம ங் ேகேள.

9. We will tell about his siblings. No brothers; two sisters will be there
with long life to such a characteristic person; the native will be born as the
eldest. Oh! Lover of Lord Shiva! Listen.

10. ஜாதகன் நிறங் குணத்ைதச் சாற் ேவாஞ் சிவந்த ேமனி

ேகாதிலாச் சமேத கத்தன் கூ வான் கட் வார்த்ைத

ேமதினில் க ள்ளான் வித்ைதக ளதிகங் கூர்வன்

ஓ வான் சுபங்கள் தா ம் உ திவான் வ ைம இல்லான்.

Native’s Characteristics
10. We will tell about the native’s color and character. Has reddish body;
has flawless proportional body; talks using fabricated words; is famous in the
world; will learn many skills; will tell positive & comforting words; strong
minded person; has no poverty.

11. பதமான நைட ள்ளான் பால்பாக்ய வி த்தி ெசய்வன்

மதி தல் ஸ்திாீகள் ேமாகன் வாக்குகள் ப த ள்ளான்

நித ேம சீல னாவன் நிமலன்ேமல் பக்தி ண்பன்

நதிபல தீர்த்தந் ேதாய்வன் நவதானிய வி த்தி ெசய்வன்.

11. Will walk properly1; will increase the yield of milk; will get infatuated
towards beautiful ladies; words will have effect; has consistent good manners;
will be devoted to God; will take bath in many sacred rivers; will increase the
cultivation of nine type of grains (the nine grains called “Nava Dhanyam” are

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Copy Editor raised point that the word nadai should be interpretated as ‘Balanced in his conduct. The
reply of Yenbeeyes is ‘The word ‘nadai’ has got 2 meanings – pace, gait or the manner of walking and the next is
conduct, behavior. ‘Padam’ means consistency or fitness or a proper temperament. What the rishi exactly means?
May be about his conduct – I feel this can be changed as suggested’. The views of both are given.

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wheat, paddy, red gram, green gram, ground nut, beans, sesame, black gram and gram
(called as wild gram – a grain of light black color).

12. ேசாைலகள் ற ெசய்வன் ன்மார்க்கங் ெகாஞ்சம் உள்ளான்

ஆலமாம் பைகவ க்கு அேனகபாக் கிய ஞ் ேசர்ப்பன்

ஞாலேமல் தாைத ேபால நாயகன் வாழ்வா னாகுஞ்

சாலேவ தரள தந்தந் தனேரைக கரத்தி ள்ளான்.

12. Will create groves and wells; has a little wickedness; will be like a poison
to enemies; will accumulate lot of fortune; will live with dignity like his
father in the earth; has well lined teeth like pearls; has wealth line in his hand.

13. ஏ கள் வி த்தி ெசய்வன் இவன்பந் ேமலாய் வாழ்வன்

சீாிேயார்க் குதவி ெசய்வன் ேதக ம் அதிக உஷ்ணம்

ேதாிேனார் வழிையச் ெசால்வன் சில்லைரப் த்தி உள்ளான்

ஆ மா கைனப் ெபற்ற அம்பிைக யாேள ேகளாய்.

13. Has growth in agriculture; He will live higher than his relations; will
help those in trouble; will have lot of heat in the body; will talk like an
experienced man; but is a little mean minded; Oh! Parvati, Mother of the six
headed Lord Subramanya!

14. இவ ைடத் ைணவர் தம்ைம இயம் ேவாம் ஆண்பா ெலான்

அவனியில் கன்னி ரண் அைறகிேறாந் தீர்க்க மாக

நவனியில் மற்ற ெவல்லாம் நசித்தி ெமன் ெசான்ேனாஞ்

சிவனிட பாகத் தாேள ெசப் ேவாம் ேம ங் ேகேள.

Native’s Siblings
14. We will tell about his siblings. We say confidently that he will have one
brother and two sisters and will have long life. Others will die; Oh! The left side
of Shiva! Listen, we tell further.

Yenbeeyes Notes: Here the rishi calls Parvati as the left half of Shiva because Shiva
is also called as Artha Nareeswara meaning half woman. Legend has it that Shiva has
given his left side to Parvati

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 Native’s Marriage & Wife
15. ஜாதகன் மணத்தின் காலஞ் சாற் ேவாம் பதிேன ழாண் ல்

ேமதினில் ெதன்ேமல் திக்கில் வித்தகி மா வர்க்கம்

ேகாதிலா வ வா ளாகுங் கூ ேவா மவள் தன் ேசதி

ேசாதி மி நி றத்தாள் சுக ளாள் அன்ன மீவள்.

15. We will tell about the time of marriage of the native. At the age of
seventeen, from his mother side relation, from the southwest direction, his
blemishless wife will come. We will tell her history. She will be of double
color; has comforts; will offer food to the poor.

Yenbeeyes Notes: Marriage has happened when the native was of 17 years. As per
verse 45, Venus dasa was running at the time of birth and the balance period is given
as 2 years – 6 months and 10 days. Hence at the time of marriage Moon dasa will be
running. Moon as 2nd Lord (addition to family) placed in 3rd house (Dharma of
marriage as it is 9th from 7th) was instrumental in bringing about the marriage. Also
Moon is placed in the 12th house of bed comforts from Karaka Venus. The Antar dasa
running must be of Venus which will begin from 16 years 4 months and 10 days and
will last till 18 years and 10 days. Venus as karaka for marriage placed in the 4th house
of family along with Jupiter and Lagna Lord has materialized the event.
As per Krushna’s Upachaya theory, marriage normally happens in the antar dasa of
the 4th lord or the 12th lord or a planet placed in either of these houses having more
Bhinna Ashtakavarga points. In this case it is not possible to calculate the Bhinna
Ashtakavarga as other birth details are not known. However, we find that the 12th
Lord Venus has brought about the marriage in its Antardasa.

Saptarishis Astrology Commentary:

As per BCP (Bhrighu Chakra Paddathi) method 17th year means 5th house. 5th house
has two occupants. Mars who is also owner of 11th house of wife and Sun who is the
dispositor of 2nd Lord Family Life Moon and also the 3rd Lord of bhagya of marriage.
Over and above that Lord of 5th house Venus who becomes Lord of the BCP Focus
year is the karaka for marriage going to the 4th house making the native settle in life
and is conjoined with 7L of marriage Jupiter.

16. சினம உைடய ளாகும் ேதவி ந் ேயாக சா

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 கன டன் வாழ்வா ளாகுங் கழ ேவாம் த்திர பாவம்

அைனயேவ ஆண்பா ெலான் அம்மணி இரண் மாகும்

பிைணயிலா ன் ந் தீர்க்கம் ேபசுேவாம் நான்கு ேசதம்.

16. Has anger; but is a fortunate woman; will live with dignity. We will tell
about Putra Bhava (children). She will have one male child and two female
children and they will have long life. Other than this, four children born will
die.

17. நிவாிவ் விதமாய்க் கூற ெமாழிகுவார் யண்டர் தா ம்

சின ட ைனந்ேதான் நீசஞ் ேசய்பா ஐந்தில் நிற்க

விைனயினால் ஜாத கர்க்கு விளங்கா ஆண்பா ந்தான்

கன டன் கர்மத் ேதா ங் கன்னியி க்கேவ தான்;

17. When the rishi stated like this, Bhujandar2 states: The fifth lord Venus
is debilitated, fifth house has Mars and Sun and also because of the past bad
deeds, there will be no male issues. The lord of the tenth house
(karmadhipathi) Jupiter is in Virgo and hence… (continued in next verse)

Yenbeeyes Notes: Note: For issues, the fifth house and karaka Jupiter are important.
Here the fifth house lord Venus is placed in Virgo, his debilitation house. Fifth house
is occupied by two malefics Mars and Sun who is debilitated. Hence Bhujandar
(There is a nadi by Kaka Bhujandar) is of the opinion that there will be no male
issues. However, Athri rishi has another point. The placement of Jupiter, the karaka
for progeny and also the tenth lord, in Virgo will remove this. Here one question
comes to our mind. Why the Rishi has taken the tenth house and its lord who
incidentally happens to be the karaka? Yes: correct. 10th house is also the house of
funeral rites. If the same is related to the fifth house, the native must possess a male
issue who can perform the funeral rite. Here 10th house lord Jupiter is placed along
with the 5th lord and also Lagna Lord (indicating self). From the position of Moon, the
fifth lord is Jupiter and the tenth lord becomes Venus. That explains it. See the
foresight of the rishis.

Planetary position of Putra Dosha

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 18. மதைல ம் வி த்தி என்ேறாம் அத்திாி ெசால் கின்றார்

பதியி க் கிரண் ேலதான் பாபிக ளி ப்ப தாேல

சுதர்க ம் வி த்தி யாகிச் சு க்கினில் மரண ெமய் ம்

எ வித காரணத் தால் இலகா என் ெசான்னீர்.

18. … he will have the Bhagya of children. Athri was telling: that there will be
male issue. Because of the presence of Ketu in the second, a malefic, children will
be born and will die immediately. What is the reason you said that children will
not stay?

19. ன்ெசய்த விைனயி னாேல ெமாழிந்திட்ேடாஞ் சுதர்கள் ேதாஷம்

என்னஊழ் அதைன நீங்க ளியம் ர் என் ேகட்க

அன்ைனேய ெசால் கின்ேறன் அவ ேம ன்ஜன் மத்தில்

தன் ைட ஊ க்கு உத்திரஞ் சாற்றிய ேப ர் தன்னில்;

19. Because of the bad deeds done in the previous birth, he got the putra
dosha (curse of childlessness). When Parvati asked: “What is that curse? That
also you yourself tell;” I will tell mother said the Rishi: In his previous birth,
in a big place to the north of his present place… (Continued in next verse)

20. மைறக்குலந் தனி தித் மைனவிைமந் த ண்டாகித்

தி மகள் விலாசம் ண் ெசய்நில மதிக மாகிப்

ெப மவர் ேநசங் ெகாண் பலமான கு ம்பி யாகி

உைறகிற காலந் தன்னில் உைரக்கிேறாம் ஊழி தாேன.

20. He took birth in a Brahmin community, had wife and children, got the
beneficence of Goddess Lakshmi, increased his fertile lands; got friendly to
elders; got a big family; while living like this, we tell the bad curse that came
upon him.

தீவிைன

ப யாட்கள் சிலைர ைவத் ப் பயிர்த்ெதாழில் ெசய் வந்தான்

அட டன் அதிேலார் சங்ைக அரன்சூலம் ேபாட்ட நந்தி

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தட டல் உழ ெசய்தான் சார்ந்த அந்தத் ேதாஷம்.

Evil Deed
21. Was doing agriculture keeping labourers; Out of those labourers, one was
having an oxen on which the symbol of Shiva viz. Shoola was there. (Shoola is
like a trident and it is the weapon of Lord Shiva-called as Thrishoola as it has three
sharp edges). He (the native) purchased that oxen and used it for tilling the land
with hastiness. The curse came to him because of this.

22. இ வன்றி இன் ம் ஒன் இயம் ேவாம் ேவைலக் காாி

விதைவயா யி ந்தா ெளன்ேறாம் வித்தகன் அவள்ேமல் ேமாகம்

நித ேம ைவத் ப் ேபாகம் ேநர்ந்திடப் ெபா மீந்

பதியினில் ஒ நாள் தன்னில் பக ேல ேபாகம் ய்த்தான்.

22. In addition to this, we will tell one more thing. There was a maidservant
who was a widow. The native got infatuated towards her and daily had sex
with her. He gave her money and one day during daytime, he enjoyed her in
his residence.

23. இப்ப ச் சிலநாள் ெசன் இ வ ம் வா ம் ேபா

ெசப் ேவா மிவன்ம ைனயாள் ேசதிையப் ாிந் பின்

தப்பிதம் ேநர்ந்த ெதன் ச ப் டன் ேகாப ற்றாள்

ஒப் டன் விதைவக் ேகதான் உைறந்த க தா ம்.

23. When both of them were living like this for some days, his wife learnt
about this matter and understood the mistake committed by her husband and
with displeasure, she got angry. At that time, that widow was pregnant.

24. அதற்குப்பின் அவைள நீக்கி அவள்பந் பைக மாகிக்

குதர்க்கங்கள் சிலேவ ெசால்லக் ேகாைத மிவன்பால் ெசன்

இதற்ெகன்ன ெசய்ேவ ெனன் இவ ேம லம் ம் ேபா

வித்ைதபண் தங்கள் எல்லாம் வித்தகன் ெசய்ய ற்றான்.

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 24. Thereafter he forsook that widow; her relations started telling frivolous
things about her and became enemies to her. She came back again to the
native, started weeping, and lamented as to what she can do now? The native
started doing different kinds of treatments and medicines to her (to terminate the
conception).

Curse of destroying the fetus (embryo)

க வழித்த ேதாஷம்

25. க ேம அழிந்த ெதன்ேறாங் காத தீர்க்க மானாள்

அைறகிேறா மந்தத் ேதாஷம் அ கிற் இவ க் ேகதான்

ெப ம்பிணி அந்தி யத்தில் பற்றிற் இவ க் ேகதான்

மர யின் பதிக்குச் ெசன்றான் மங்ைகேய ேம ங் ேகேள.

25. Because of that, the fetus was destroyed; lover (the widow) was distanced
from him. We say that blemish (destroying the embryo) fell upon the native.
Because of that, he was affected by a big disease during his last days. He
reached the abode of Vishnu (died). Oh! Mother! Further listen.

26. கஞ்சனால் வைரயப் பட் க் காவல னிச்ெசன் மத்தில்

தஞ்சமாய்க் கங்ைக வம்சந் தானவன் உதித்தா ெனன்ேறாம்
வஞ்சிேய ன் ழ்ச் சாபம் விைளந்த இச்ெசன் மத்தில்

மிஞ்சின மதைல ஆண்பால் ேமவி ம் ேதாஷந் தாேன.

26. We said that, created by Brahma again, he was born in the Ganga
(agriculture) community in this birth. The results of the evil deeds of the
previous birth reached him in this birth and so he will not get male issues and
even if he got, they will not stay.

27. அந்தேதார் ேதாஷந் தீர அைறகிேறாங் கிாிைய ஒன்

ைமந்த ம் மைனவி ேயா மால்மைல உத்திரஞ் ெசன்

சந்ததம் மா க் ேகதான் சகஸ்ரஅர்ச் சைன ஞ் ெசய்

பிந்திய மைறேயார் பத் ப் ேப க்கு அன்னம் ஈந் ;

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 27.To remove that blemish we will tell a remedy. Native along with his
wife should go to Tirupathi in the north and should do Sahasranama archana
(chanting the thousand names of God) daily, and thereafter should offer food to
ten Brahmins…

Saptarishis Astrology Commentary: The Astrology Of Curses Is Big Money

Understanding and writing the reason for the Rishis Logic is next to impossible for any modern
writer and anything that is written by anyone including us will only be a forced attempt/fixology this
should not be forgotten by young ones who get too easily influenced by writers. Diverting for a second
we would here, once again, make a special request once again for students to form groups and take up
the discussion of each chart of Saptarishis Nadi for at least 1 month among various scholars and get to
the bottom of the logic. We ourselves are not able to devote enough time to it though we yearned for it
since long. Re-read verse 21 onwards before one proceeds further.
Now lets try to analyze the curse of not getting male children (Putra Dosha as Rishi says) and
analyse where the curse is coming from and can ‘Rashi’ chart give us a ‘hint’ to it. Some Internet
Paramparas introduced a logic on identification of curses and, in recent times, have updated their logic
by adding new parameters every 2 years. This gave them a niche and big attention/fame/money was
made in fooling foreigners and young Indians with remedies. The original logic that was presented by
them in forums was if karaka graha (in our case Jupiter) is aspected by 2 malefics by graha drishti
(planet aspect) and not Rasi drishti then Curse from Previous Life is to be seen. In contradiction, they
propagated that Graha Drishti shows desire whereas Rasi Drishti shows real event, but a curse is a
real event so how come Rasi Drishti is not being used (?) Anyways look at the above chart, the Curse
is of Children, Rishi calls it Putra Dosha (Putra means children and Dosha means Defect) so Jupiter
must be afflicted by 2 malefics by aspect but Jupiter is not aspected by any malefic except Rahu. This
parampara says Ketu is headless so it does not have aspect, but is silent on Rahu’s aspect. A viewpoint
can be presented that Rahu and Ketu are not physical bodies so how can they have aspect at all and
why target only Ketu in that case. Anyways, the criteria of Karaka Graha (Jupiter here in this chart)
being aspected by 2 malefics is not working at all which does not mean it is an invalid theory as posted
by the Parampara. What the Parampara was talking was any planet when aspected/influenced by 2
malefics creates a Curse which as per basics of astrology it only means any planet aspected by 2
malefics creates a tough situation when concerned with the significations and lordships of the planets,
this is basic fundamental concept of astrology that anyone who has sat at the feet of his Guru and
learnt astrology knows but the internet forum readers and foreigners in those internet forums have
learnt astrology via MP3 lectures or conferences and hence could not identify that this is basic Graha
Peedha Dosha, that means ‘Planet is Afflicted’. It does not mean ‘Necessarily’ a Curse, for Curse is a
very strong word and cannot be used loosely. Like any planet that is afflicted it means it will give
adverse results, the more stronger the affliction the more adverse will be the result. If it was a Curse
how come Dr Raman, Dr B Suryanarayan Rao and K N Rao could not see this concept, why did they
not call it a Curse, why did astrologers before them not call it a Curse. Only Rishis have true
capability of seeing curses in a chart and that too the logic of it is not known to any of us. We all have
to study nadi literature and make an attempt to decipher Rishis Logic. The reason the above piece is
long and got diverted is since 10 years many have been made fools in the name of Curses and instant
prescription of Das Mahavidya remedies, something only experts are allowed to do and not common
man. These are the highest sadhanas and cannot be marketed in the name of literature or mass
readings or conferences. It is a sin to prescribe remedies when someone is not capable of doing it
especially of the caliber of Das Mahavidya.

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 In last issue editorial Vol 7 of Dec 2009, we had revealed a technique called ‘Identification Of
Pending Karma’ (Note that in the whole reading the Rishi has devoted so much space for his Putra
Dosha) where 6H occupant and 6th Lord shows the pending karma. Now see that 8L of Purva Janma
Kosh is Saturn sitting in the 6H of pending karma. 6H denotes servants (so does 3H as per BPHS ref
last editorial) and karaka of 6H is also Saturn & Mars and Shani, in fact sits over there. This means
that some major karma is pending towards servants; it sits in a feminine chronic sign of Sc so it means
a woman servant is involved and it’s very deep rooted (chronic). The sign of Sc denotes occult and 3rd
(action) from it Rahu (black magic) sits, which means some occult things must have been done on the
woman (the Rishi confirms it in his reading in verse 24). Lets divert for a second and refer to Verse 21
which refers to misusing the weapon of Lord Shiva; metal is represented by Mars and Lord Shiva is
represented by Sun – the Sun is debilitated in the 5H of children and Sun denotes male issues and is
the 3L of servants and dispositor of mantra karaka Moon and also is the Naisargika mantra lord (5L
in Universe Chart); Mars is the 11L of children and also the dispositor of 6H Saturn of pending karma
and servants (Shiva). The Rishi says that the Shoola weapon (Sun Mars) was belonging to a laborer
(Saturn karaka and placed in 6H of servants) & native used it to tilling the land (Mars), thus Sun
Mars Saturn sambandh can be once again seen, all landing in the 5H of children. Additionally this Sun
is the dispositor of Moon (few use Moon for Shiva as the crescent is on his head).
Additionally, a BSP technique of Rahu implementing itself in the 10th from where it is placed
can be seen here working beautifully. See Rahu representing cheating (dohkha) is in the 8H of chronic
issues, from here its 10th would be the 5H of children. In other charts where you would see Rahu in the
8H you would find that the person was cheated or failed in love or children not in tune to you or no
children or loss of minimum one child or still, children will destroy your empire or name even though
8H has nothing to do, traditionally speaking, with children. It also means you cheated a child in some
life.
Karaka Doshit is a phenomena not used in astrology writings e.g. if Ketu is with an exalted &
debilitated graha the planet Ketu and its karaka goes for a football match that is ‘Ups & Downs and
Being Tossed Around’. Here Jupiter the karaka for children is with exalted & debilitated planet apart
from being Badhakesh and thus suffers Karaka Doshit phenomena. As Mercury is exalted and sitting
with the children karaka Jupiter, he is capable of removing the native from the curse. Remember the
starting point of the curse is essential to note – which is Saturn as earlier pointed out, 3rd from Sat is
Rahu (Tirupathi Balaji) and Rahu has been mentioned earlier (BSP technique above). So the remedy
for Rahu is always Mercury and here Mercury is exalted and capable of removing Jupiter out of the
curse; hence the remedy of Mercury, the beloved Vishnu Sahasranama, has been mentioned by the
Rishi to remove the curse. Also most young students on forums spend a lot of time and money
consulting astrologers trying to find out the remedy for their curses – the only big remedy for all
problems is propitiation of lagna lord and in this case it is Mer which is Vishnu Sahasranama; and
further, the Rishi advises the remedy of feeding Brahmins and, as per Shastra, the remedy for Jupiter
is feeding of Brahmins and, Jupiter is karaka for children – thus the remedy for removal of Putra
Dosha.

Remedy

சாந்தி

28. ம ப உள் ர் மீண் அர க்கு அபிேஷ கித்

உர டன் மரண மட் ம் உத்தமன் தீபம் வக்க

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சி ைமயாய்ச் ெசய்யா னாகில் ஜனிக்கி ந் தீேத யாகும்.

28. Again after returning to his place, should worship lord Shiva (the
word used is ‘Abhishek’ meaning pouring some liquid3 over the deity like milk, curd
etc), with firmness until his death, the excellent person should light lamp till
his death and we say that his blemishes will vanish. If sons were born, they
will have long life; with meanness if he does not do these things, there will be
no sons; even if born they will not stay.

29. மா குணத்ைதச் ெசால்ேவன் மர்ம ம் ெகாஞ்ச ண்

ேமதினில் வாத ேதகி விளங்கிய சாயல் ேநத்திரம்

சூ க ளில்லா ளாகுஞ் ேசாம்ப ங் ெகாஞ்ச ள்ளாள்

ேவதைன ஒ வர்க் ெகண்ணாள் ெவஞ்சினங் ெகாஞ்ச ண் .

Native’s Mother
29.We will tell about the native’s mother’s character. Is a little secretive;
has a windy (bloated) body; aspect will be sideways4 (eye-sight will not be
straight and will be in a different manner); has no deceit; a little lazy; will not
think of trouble to anybody; a little hot-tempered woman.

30. சீல ைடயா ளாகுஞ் சிவந்தி ேமனி யாவள்

ஞாலேமல் ைணவர் தம்ைம நாட் ேவா மாண்பா ெலான்

ேவல்விழி ெபண்பா ெலான் வி த்தியா மிரண் தா ம்

ேகாலமாய் நான்கு நஷ்டங் கூறின ெமாழிதப் பாேவ.

Native’s Mother’s Co-Borns
30.Has good manners; has reddish colored body; we will tell about her co-
borns in this world: one brother and one beautiful sister will be there with
long life. Four more co-borns will be born but they will die. Our words will
not go wrong.

31. அவ ைடத் தாய்க்கு ம்பம் அதிகமாய்ப் ெபா ண்

நவமதில் மி ஓங்கும் நாட் ேவாம் ெப ைம உண்

இவ ைட ன்ஜன் மத்ைத இயம் ேவா மவ் ர் தன்னில்

3
Abisheka to Lord Shiva is performed with sugar cane juice (iksu rasa), tender coconut water, milk,
suddha jala, and honey.
4
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31. His mother’s family will have lot of wealth; fertile lands will increase in
the earth; will live with dignity; we will say about her previous birth (native’s
mother). We said that in the same place, she was born in Vanniar
community.

32. மதைலக ளில்லா ளாகி வர டன் தணிைகக் ேககிச்

சதமான விரதங் ெகாண் ஷ்ண் கர்க் கர்ச்சித் ேதத்தி

விதியினால் சிலநாள் ெசன்றாள் இலங்கிற் அசாீாி யாக

இ ஜன்மம் மதைல இல்ைல இனிச்ெசன்மம் உண் என் ;

32. Had no children; Along with her husband, went to Thiruthani,

undertook a perpetual fast; worshipped Lord Shanmuga (Subramanya) and
went there for some days because of fate. At that time, she heard like the
voice of an invisible being stating that, she will have no issues in this birth;
but will get in the next birth.

33. ெபாியவர் ெசால் ம் ேபா ேபைத ம் மனெவ ப்பால்

உைறந்தனள் இல்லந் தன்னில் உத்தமி சுதர்கள் ேசாகம்

நிைரயேவ ெகாண்டா ெளன்ேறாம் நிம ம் மரண மாகிக்

குைறதைல கஞ்சன் தம்மால் குண டன் வைரயப் பட் ;

33. This was said by an elderly man and after hearing that, her mind got
disgusted and reached her place. That excellent woman was filled with sorrow
because of childlessness and died. Again she was created by
Brahma...(Continued in next verse)

34. இக்குல தித்தா ெளன்ேறாம் ஈச்வாி ேகட்க ற்றாள்.

ெதாக்கேவ ன்ஜன் மத்தில் ேதாைக ம் தீயின் வம்சம்

பிக்கேவ உதித்தா ெளன்றீர் விளம் ரந்தச் சங்ைக

பக்குவ கன் பக்தி ாிந்ததால் உதித்தா ெளன்ேறாம்.

34. And was born in this community. Easwari (another name for Parvati)
started asking: In her previous birth you said that she (native’s mother) was

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Lord Muruga (Subramanya), we said that she was born like that.

35. ம ஜன்மம் அவ் ர் உத்திரம் மைறக்குலம் தனி திப்பாள்

சி ைமக ளில்லா ளாகிச் ெசல்வதி வாழ்வா ளாகும்

அைறகிேறாந் தந்ைத ஜன்மம் அக்காஞ்சி கீழ்ப்பா லாகப்

ெப ைமயாய்ப் ேப ர் தன்னில் பிறந்தனன் ைவச்ய வம்சம்.

Native’s Father’s Previous Birth
35. In her next birth, she will be born in a place to the north of the place (of
her previous birth) in Brahmin community. We will tell about the previous
birth of the father. His father in his previous birth was born in a big place to
east of Kancheepuram in Vaisya community.

36. ஜனித் ேம ெசட் ச் ெசய் ஜகமதில் க ண்டாய்த்

தனம அதிக மாகித் தன்மைன மதைல உண்டாய்க்

கன டன் வாழ்ந் ேம ங் காைள ம் மரண மாகி

அைனயேவ இச்ெசன் மத்தில் அைறந்தன மிவேன என்ேறாம்.

36.After taking birth, did business, was a famous person, increased his
wealth, lived honourably with wife and children and then died. We said that
again he was born in this birth.

37. பின்ஜன்மம் காஞ்சி தன்னில் பிறப்பேன இக்கு லத்தில்

தன்னிேல ெசட் ஓங்கித் தரணிகள் அதிக ண்டாய்

இன்னவன் வாழ்வா னாகும் இயம் ேவா மிவர்கள் காலம்

அன்ைனேய யாங்கள் ெசால் ம ள்ெமாழி குன்றா ெவன்ேறாம்.

37. In his next birth, he will be born in Kancheepuram in the same

community. Will live by doing business extensively, and increase the fertile
lands. We will tell about the last days of these persons. Oh! Mother! We say
that our graceful words will not go wrong.

38. தந்ைதயின் மரண காலம் சாற் ேவா ப்பா ேனழில்

வந்தி லாமா தத்தில் வைரகிேறாங் கண்டந் தா ம்

பிந்திய அன்ைனக் ேகதான் ேபசுேவா மதன்ேமல் ன் ம்

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Native’s Father’s Death
38.We will tell about his father’s death time: There will be danger to his
father when the native is of thirty-seven years old in the month of Thula (as per
souramana – 15th October to 15th November). Thereafter, native’s mother will
die three years after that in the month of Meena (Souramana – 15ht March to
15th April)

Yenbeeyes Notes: When the native is of 37 years old he will be running Rahu dasa
Ketu Antar dasa. From 36 years and 10 days to 37 years and 28 days will be the Ketu
Antara in Rahu dasa. Rahu is placed in the 12th house of Exit of father (9th house).
Saturn-Dispositor of Rahu is placed in the 2nd house of maraka from Pitru Karaka
Sun. The other maraka planet (2nd lord from 9th house) Jupiter is aspecting Rahu. Ketu
is placed in the 6th from 9th house of father and he behaves more like Moon, its
dispositor, who happens to be placed in the maraka house of 7th from 9th house.

Saptarishis Astrology Commentary:

As per BCP, 37th year will represent the 1st house. Its lord Mercury is placed in
the 4th house – refer the Deva Keralam rule given in chart 5 which is that the 4th lord
denotes father’s death. Mercury is also placed in the 12th house of exit from Pitru
karaka Sun. He is conjoined by the maraka (2nd lord from 9th house of father) Jupiter.
Pitru karaka Sun is disposited Venus putting him in the house of Exit along with other
two maracas Jupiter and Mercury. In the 37th year, the BCP will come in the 1H, the
lord of this 37th year is with Jupiter the kendradhipathi dosha, Jupiter is the 2nd lord of
maraca for father – pls read the previous article on Chart 5 where we have mentioned
categorically that Kendradhipathi dosha is more related to health/death. So this 37th
year lord Mer combines with Jupiter of Kendradhipathi dosha in the 8th (death) from
9th house of father giving troubles to father.
The month of death of father is given as Thula when the Sun will be in Libra
and in the constellations of Chitra (2 padas), Swati and the first 3 quarters of
Vishaka. Lord of Chitra nakshatra is Mars, that of Swati is Rahu and that of
Vishaka is Jupiter. See the planets involved.
Mother’s death will be three years after that. After 3 years means that Venus
Antara will be running in Rahu dasa. Karaka for mother is placed in the 12th house of
Exit from 4th house of mother which is getting the aspect of dasa Lord Rahu. As per
Deva Keralam dictum, the 5th lord is Venus in whose Antara mother had to depart.
Venus is also a maraka for mother being lord of 2nd house from 4th house. The other
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benefics) Jupiter, Mercury and Venus. The month is given as Meena when the Sun
will be in Pisces – another maraka house and will have to be in one of the
constellations of Purvabhadrapada (ruled by Jupiter-maraka) or Uttarabhadrapada
(ruled by Saturn) placed in the 3rd house to the 4th house of mother or in the
constellation of Mercury the 4th lord indicating mother.
Under BCP 40th year will be running which means 4th house again indicating some
event in mother’s life. We have already seen the influence of the planets placed in the
4th house.

39. இன்னவன் மரண காலம் இயம் ேவாம் நாற்ப தாண் ல்

தன்னிேல கண்டம் ேந ம் ஷண் கர்க் கர்ச்சித் ேதத்தி

அன்னவன் பிணி ம் நீங்கும் அ பத் ஏழா மாண் ல்

மன்னிய சிம்ம மாதம் வளர்பிைறத் தசமி தன்னில்;

Native’s Death
39. We will tell about the death time of the native. At the age of forty, he
will have a danger. However, by worshipping Lord Subramanya, his disease
will be cured. In his sixty seventh age, in the month of Leo (Souramana – 15th
August to 15th September), in the Sukla Paksha Dasami tithi (on the tenth
day during the waxing time of Moon)… (Continued in next verse)

Yenbeeyes Notes: At the age of 40 native will be running Rahu dasa Venus antar
dasa as seen above. Rahu is placed in the 8th house and its dispositor Saturn is placed
in the 6th house aspecting Rahu as well as the 12th house. Lagna Lord Mercury is also
placed with the 12th Lord Venus (Antara Lord) and the 7th lord of Maraka Jupiter who
is also a Badhaka Lord. This combination also gets the aspect of dasa Lord Rahu.
Hence some troubles are expected during this period. From Moon also they are ill
placed in the 2nd house of Maraka. But the Rishi says by worshiping Lord Subramanya
the evil will pass. How? Mars is the planet representing Lord Subramanya. 5th house
is the house of worship. Mars is placed there displacing its Lord Venus to its 12th
house. Mars also aspects the 12th house from Lagna. Mars, as I have stated already,
will behave like Venus the lord of the house where he is placed. But by worshipping
Subramanya probably the Rishi means that the native may propitiate Mars and ward
off the evil effects created by him.
As per BCP again, the 40th year would be the 4th house5 coming into the picture again
where the Lagna Lord Mercury is subjected to malefic effects as explained above.

5 At the age of 40, the BCP will be in the 4H where there is Kendradhipati Dosha Jupiter sitting with
Lagna Lord (body). Mars who is the 6th lord of diseases and from the BCP Focus year he is the 8th lord

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from Moon. Placed in the 6th house from Lagna aspecting the 12th house and the 3rd
house. Under this dasa the Antar dasa of Ketu will be from 65 years 5 months and 19
days and will end in the 66th year 6 months and 28 days which can be taken as the 67th
year. Thereafter Venus Antara will start. Ketu is placed in the 2nd house of Maraka.
Venus is the 12th lord of Exit placed along with the other Maraka Lord Jupiter and
aspected by Rahu from the 8th and is placed in the 2nd house from Moon. Hence Venus
Antara becomes more probable. In the month of death Sun will be traversing Leo, the
3rd house of Longevity and will be in the 12th from Maraka Jupiter/Venus and Lagna
Lord Mercury. Himself being 3rd Lord and having jurisdiction over the constellations
ruled by Ketu, Venus and Sun himself. The more probable date would be when Sun is
transiting in the constellation of Purvaphalguni ruled by Venus.

As per BCP, 67th year represents the 7th house a Maraka. Its Lord Jupiter is also
Badhaka with Kendradhipati Dosha (death) and placed with the 12th Lord Venus
along with lagna lord (body) and is the 2nd (maraca) from Moon aspected by Rahu
from the 8th house.

40. மாரகம் ேந ெமன்ேறாம் ம த் ேம அத்திாி ெசால்வார்

தீரமாய் இரண் ஆண் ல் ெசப்பிேனாங் கண்ட ெமன்ேறாம்

கூ ேவாம் ேக ைமயா கு ேம நா ல் நிற்கப்

பாாிய ேராகம் ேநாந் ம் ப கா வய தீர்க்கம்.

40. He will die. Athri contradicted and said that there is danger to the
native at the age of two. Rishi replied that he will give the reason, Please listen.
Oh! Rishi! Since Jupiter is in the fourth in Virgo, even if affected by diseases, it will
not take the life. He has long life.

Yenbeeyes Notes: What might be the correct explanation to the words of the Rishi
“Since Jupiter is in the 4th in Virgo…” Hitherto we have seen how malefic is Jupiter
for this chart by being the Badhaka Lord, 7th house Lord, afflicting by association,
aspect etc. etc., how come the Rishi ascribes such a benefic point to Jupiter that it will
not take away the life? To my little mind the only possible explanation is that being a
natural benefic his aspect on the 8th house and the 12th house coupled with the

of longevity and also the 3L of longevity. So prayers to Lord Subramanya are adviced by the Rishi. For
few years we have tried BCP Focus year and lordship the way demonstrated above and got good results;
readers are requested to try the same. It indeed gives us great joy to see the above shloka. – SA

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association of other two natural benefics, Venus and Mercury, might have helped the
native to escape death. Learned persons can interpret this and give other possible
explanations if any.

Saptarishis Astrology Commentary:

Ketu is in the 2nd house and, as per BCP, 2nd house is the 2nd year of one’s life. Hence
the view of Athri Rishi that there is danger to the native at the age of two seems
appropriate since Ketu indicates health issues and Exit. Using BSP technique of
Jupiter implementing itself in the 11th from as mentioned in Vol 6 or 7 in the Ravana
Samhita or Saptarishi Nadi Commentary, you can see that here Jupiter has
kendradhipati dosha (health/death) yet is Jeeva Karaka sitting in the 4H conjoining
with exalted lagna lord (so can’t give death result early in life) – it implements his
energy 11th from it and stops Ketu from implementing its malfeasance.

41. தானவன் ேயாகச் ெசய்ைக சாற் ேவாம் சுக ள்ளான்

ஈனமாங் குணங்க ளில்லான் எய்தி ம் பணிதி பாக்யம்

ஆனேதார் மி ேசர்ப்பன் யாைர ம் வசியஞ் ெசய்வன்

மானமாய் ஜீவிப் பானாம் வாக்குகள் ெசால் ெமன்ேறாம்.

41. We will tell about the native’s fortunes. Has comforts; has no mean
manners; has the fortune of getting jewels and ornaments; will increase the
cultivable lands; capable of attracting anybody; will live with dignity; his
words will be respected.

42. தசமத்ேதான் நா ல் நிற்கத் தனம ேந ெமன்ேறாம்

திைசஎல்லாம் கீர்த்தி ஏற்பன் ஜனஉப காரம் ெசய்வன்

வைசயிலான் அன்னிய கிராமம் வந்தி ம் மி தா ம்

கஜமிலான் அச்வ ண் கண்ணிய மாக வாழ்வான்.

42. Since the 10th lord Jupiter is in fourth in Virgo, there will be increase in
finance. Will get famous in all directions; will help the people; will not be
accused by anybody; will get lands in another village; has no elephants; but
has horses; will live with dignity.

ைதயல்

43. எந்தக்கா லத்தி ேலதான் இவ க்குத் தன ம் ேந ம்

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இந்தவா மன்ன க்கு ஈரஞ்சு ஆண் ேலதான்

ெசாந்தமாய்க் கி கம் தன்னில் ேச ேம நிதி நிேக்ஷபம்.

Hidden Treasure
43.Tell in detail when this native will get wealth. He will get during Moon
mahadasa when the native is ten years old, he will get his own house and wealth
will increase. He will get a treasure hidden in the ground.

Saptarishis Astrology Commentary: BCP & Vimshottari Dasa

There are many methods of using the Vimshottari Dasa combined with BCP, something that is
still in an experimentative stage. One of them is being presented here in brief as the opportunity has
arisen due to the above shloka. First and foremost, the false notion circulated by many Nadi experts
since last century & internet forum nadi experts that vimshottari dasa is not used in Nadi Astrology
can be eliminated forever by the above verse, the Rishi is using Vimshottari dasa. Now the technique
we were talking about is to take the year of native, note it down mentally and observe where the
Mahadasa lord is sitting, then rotate it as per BCP keeping Vimshottari Mahadasa lord as the Asc. In
the above chart, the native is 10 years old and is in Moon MD, take Moon (in 3H here) as Lagna and
rotate it 1 sign 1 year per house for 10 years – the BCP Vimshottari Dasa will come in the 1H, the lord
of it is sitting exalted in the 4H of ‘Treasure’ & also ‘Own House’ with Debilitated Venus (treasure
not his own), both the Rishi is predicting. Another quick example is Obama’s chart (Cp Asc) – he was
running Jup MD when he won the Election and became President on 20 Jan 2009 which was his 48th
year. Now take Jup as lagna and 48th year would be the 12H, the lord of it is again Jupiter sitting in
the Lagna (a trikona and kendra) with Saturn forming a Rajayoga – he became a Raja (King) by
defeating someone (since Jup is debilitated and getting neechabhanga raja yoga. Take chart of John F
Kennedy (Vi Asc) who died on 22nd Nov 1963 in his 47th year during Jup MD. From Jupiter Asc, 47th
year will be the 11th house from it, which means Jupiter who is placed in the 9H will activate as per
BCP the 7H of the chart. The 7H is a maraca house, its lord Jupiter becomes maraca lord & 4L of
vehicles and assasination sits in this Jup Asc with 12L Sun along with Venus who is the 3 & 8th lord of
D6 (enemies chart) and 3L of short travel of D6. He died while on a short trip in that year. In
Vimsopaka Jupiter has the lowest point. Jupiter being involved in Gajakeshari Yoga made this
incident world famous and outsiders remember him for sex and assasination. Let’s come back to the
chart of the native in Saptarishis Nadi Gemini Asc Chart No 6 where the Rishi talks about him
finding treasure at age 10.
Ten years of age as per BCP will be the 10H whose lord is Jupiter and it goes in the 4H of Fortune. In
Shloka No 42 above, the Rishi says that 10th lord in the 4th house in Virgo will increase finances. So in
the 10th year, when this Jupiter will be activated as per BCP, there is chance of increase in finance.

Now see Phaladeepika Ch.2 Shl.5

Verse 5. From Jupiter the learned should seek information about knowledge, noble qualities, sons,
minister, good behavior, teaching profession, magnanimity, knowledge of Vedas and Puranas (Shruti
and Smriti) progress and beatitude, reverence to gods and brahamins, yajana, worship (tapasya),
religious faith, treasure, wisdom, control over passions, honor and compassion; and in the female chart,
husband's happiness.

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In BPHS Ch.11, Shl.5
Verse 5. Indications of the 4th house: Conveyances, relatives, mother, happiness, treasure, lands and
buildings are to be consulted through the 4th house.

In Phaladeepika Ch.18 Shl. 14

Verse 14. If in a nativity the Moon occupies the Navamsha Leo and is aspected by Mercury, he may
acquire a hidden treasure.

Satyajatakam Ch.3 Shl 4 &.14

Verse 4. If the lord of the fourth house is placed in the fourth house, and is aspected by Tiryagmukha
planets (Moon, Mercury, Jupiter and Venus), the person may acquire neighboring lands and thereby
come across treasure hidden under earth. He will become very rich. If the lord of the fourth house is
aspected by urdhvamukha planets (the Sun and Mars), the person may earn money through crops and
cultivation.
Verse 14. If the fourth and eleventh houses are strong and auspicious through connection with benefic
and a planet having downward-gaze has Dhana yoga, the person will get treasure. But if the houses 4
and 11 are weak and are connected with malefics, the native will squander away his wealth.

In BPHS Ch.3, Shl.32

Verse 32. Abodes of the planets: Temple, watery place, place of fire, sport-ground, treasure-house,
bed-room and filthy ground: these are respectively the abodes for the seven planets from the Sun
onward.
Use the above shlokas and note connection of 4H and Jupiter regarding treasure and then use BCP and
note that the 10th year will be the 10H whose lord Jupiter is there in the 4H of fortune and then use
especially the above Yoga from Satyajatakam Ch.3 Sh4 and see how beautifully all combine with dasa
of Moon (Moon in mentioned in the shloka). To combine all this is not easy to make a prediction and
no doubt only a Rishi can make such a prediction; to study such predictions was not possible till the last
thousands of years and we are thankful to Bhadoriya who gave this manuscript and the translators
Yenbeeyes and Bhaskaran. If only more can join who can translate from Tamil to English, more Asc
can come out and someone else can do a better job in commentary than us (SA).

44. வ மவர் உற ெகாள்வன் பிரபல கு ம்பி யாவன்

தி மகள் வாச ள்ளான் ஜயம்ெசய்வ ென த்த ேவைல

அ மைற யவர்கள் ேநசன் அரசர்கள் உற ெகாள்வன்

அ கன் தன்ைனப் ெபற்ற அம்பிைக யாேள ேகளாய்.

44. Will get friendship of those who come; will be a famous family
man; Lakshmi will reside in his house; will finish the taken work successfully;
will be friendly with the Brahmins; will get relationship with the kings; Oh!
Begetter of Lord Arumuga (Subramanya)! Oh! Parvati! Listen.

45. பிறந்தேசய் ஜனன காலம் கர்தைச இ ப் த் தா ஞ்

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விைரந்தி ம் நாட்கள் பத் ம் விளம் ேவாம் பலைன யாங்கள்

நிைறந்த ேதார் ஜாதகர்க்கு ேநர்ந்தி ம் ேராகந் தாேன.

45.At the time of birth, balance of Venus mahadasa is two years six months and
ten days. We will tell the results of that period. There will be disease for the
native who has all things fulfilled.

46. மா வர்க்கஞ் சூதம் வந்தி ம் ெசலவ ேநகம்

ேமதினில் கா ேசதம் விசனமாம் தந்ைதக் ேகதான்

ேபாதேவ வர்க்கஞ் சூதம் பைகய வந் நீங்கும்

நீதியாக் கி ஷி நஷ்டம் நிம ேய ேம ங் ேகேள.

46. Misfortune will fall for the mother side family; expenses will be higher;
loss of cattle will be there; father will have mental anguish; his own relations
will also be subjected to troubles; enmity will be created and that will be
removed; loss in agriculture will be there. Oh! Mother! Further listen.

47. சல் யங் ெகாஞ்சம் ேந ந் தாயாதி வர்க்கஞ் சூதஞ்

ெசால் ேவாந் தாய்தந் ைதக்ேக சுகமின்றிப் பிணி ண்

அல்லல்கள் கள ெகாஞ்சம் அைறந்தன மிைவக ெளல்லாம்

நல்லேதா ாீைரந்தான் ன்ேமல் நாட் ேவாம் விவரமாக.

47. There will be a little debt problem; Inauspiciousness will be there to his
relatives; father and mother will have disease and will not be comfortable;
Distress, theft all these things will happen before his tenth year. We will tell about
the rest of the things in the second part.

Yenbeeyes Notes: There are certain interesting features in this chart. At the outset,
we find that 3 natural benefics (Jupiter, Venus and Mercury-by association) are
conjoined in a Kendra –the 4th house. Mercury and Venus are 4th and 5th lords. Jupiter
is 7th and 10th lord and Mercury is also Lagna Lord. But see how they all have become
malefics. First – Jupiter is Badhakesh for Gemini Lagna. He is also lord of 8th house
from Moon. Second – Venus is debilitated and also co-owns the 12th house. He also
becomes a malefic on account of the presence of Sun and Mars in his sign, Libra. Third

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– All the three planets are aspected by Rahu by his special 9th house aspect. Rahu being
placed in the 8th house-house of Saturn and also aspected by Saturn reflects the 8th
lord’s mood only. Hence Mercury by association and aspect has also become malefic.
This combination has been responsible for all the troubles that the native is going to
experience in his life time especially till the age of ten as after Venus dasa, Dasa of
Sun comes in who is also debilitated and conjoined with Mars who is Lord of 6th from
Ascendant. The same fourth house which is termed as the hidden house or Pathal and
the placement of the 10th lord Jupiter (Dhanakaraka) therein indicate the possibility of
getting hidden wealth. When we look at the 2nd house, we find that Ketu is placed
there.
If you see the death of the Native’s father, it has happened at the age of 37 of the
native. At that time the native was running the dasa of Rahu and Venus Bhukti.
Death is generally linked to the 8th house. For father 8th from 9th is the 4th house. We
have already seen the position of the 4th house above. Even the month of death is
influenced by Venus – Libra month.
For the mother’s death 8th house of the mother becomes the 11th house – Aries- ruled by
Mars. Mars being placed in the house of Venus will behave like Venus-which we have
seen already. Again the 4th house comes into the picture. At the time of death of his
mother, native was running his 40th year which falls under Venus Antara – Rahu
dasa. Jupiter who has conjoined Venus decided the month of death.
So Jupiter by being a natural benefic and also being lord of 7th and 10th has given its
due share to the native. As the Badhakesh and also as 8th lord from Moon, it has
shown its malefic influences too. In the same Venus period, i.e. at the age of forty,
native also had danger because of his conjunction with Lagna Lord.
At the age of 67, native was running Saturn dasa-Saturn bhukthi. It is natural as
being the 8th lord he brought about the end of the native. But why in the month of Leo.
Moon, the 2nd lord is placed there and Saturn aspects the same. Hence when the Sun
was transiting Leo, the end has come.

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Yenbeeyes hails from a Tamil family
wherein he learnt astrology from his
grandfather who knew the entire BPHS by
heart. He was first asked to learn by heart
the Sanskrit verses of BPHS & then slowly
taught astrology by his grandfather who
was his Guru. After 3 years of teaching only
BPHS, he was then taught Jaimini Sutras at
the age of 23. Yenbeeyes is our author’s pen
name and he having retired in 2007 has
taken up to the cause of astrology full time
and is currently translating Jaimini Sutras
into Tamil. Saptarishis Astrology has
observed that Shri Yenbeeyes pursues this
science with an unmatched discipline and
dedication which is praiseworthy.
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Krushna’s
Ashtakavarga System
By
Yenbeeyes, India.
Copy Editor: Andree Leclerc, Canada
1. Introduction
T o begin with I must express
my sincere thanks to
Saptarishis Astrology e-
magazine which was instrumental
in learning a new System of
Astrology. Yes. I accidentally came
across the magazine Volume 2
published in May 2008. While
scanning through the articles I came
across an article titled ‘3, 6, 10, 11
houses’ published in Page 53 written
by Sri Krushna Jugal Kalani. This
article took me to his web-site
http://krushna.sageasita.com/ and
that was the beginning of the
learning of the New System called
‘Krushna’s Ashtakavarga System.’
It took me nearly 6 months to study
the system thoroughly and
understand the intricacies of the
system. I also had a personal
interaction with him on various
points for about three days. I am
happy to dedicate this write up to
him and his family.
Krushna’s Ashtakavarga System is not known to many nor are there any
books available on the System in the market. Just now Krushnaji has
published a book in Marathi language and there is a great demand for
publication of the same in English too. The only way to learn his system at
present is studying the lessons found in his web site given above and in an
interactive way by joining the Yahoo groups at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrologyandtimingevents.
The effectiveness of the System has been tested by many Astrologers
and many have agreed to the soundness of the same particularly for timing of
events. Mrs. Sandy Crowther, the noted Astrologer of the West had
conducted a Research Study on the System on ‘Marriage/Relationship
Problems’ using this technique and the results of her research are available in
one of the messages in the group mentioned above. (Message No. 6683).
Ashtakavarga System, as everyone knows, is a method of calculating the
power of planets with respect to each other. Ashtakavarga deals with the
particular aspect of a human being as it deals with all the seven planets
excluding Rahu and Ketu and the Lagna which form the crux of the Jyotish
System.
I am not going into the details of how the Ashtakavarga is calculated.
But one must remember that the individual Ashtakavarga called Binna
Ashtaka Varga (BAV) as well as the combined Ashtakavarga called Sarva
Ashtaka Varga (SAV) both are required for calculating the power of the
planets which depend on its relative position versus other planets. The
calculation part is well explained in the lessons given on the site itself. Almost
all software also gives the Ashtakavarga positions.
The System has software prepared in Excel available in the yahoo
groups as well as in the site for download. All the calculations required are
done through this software and there is no need to do any manual calculation.
Readers can download the latest version from this link:
http://krushna.sageasita.com/kas_worksheets.htm
In this article, I am covering only the timing of marriage using the
principles given in the System. For this purpose I have collected as many as
108 horoscopes from friends and relatives which are all Indian charts and have
taken up a few charts from Astrodatabank site in order to include some
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foreign charts also. Under the Hindu Dharma, marriage was and is regarded
as a religious sacrament and comprehends the equality of the partner to follow
the path of Purushartha which are Dharma (Righteousness), Artha (Wealth),
Kama (Desire) and Moksha (Salvation). Hence, in Hindu custom matching
of charts is done prior to marriage to know the compatibility of the boy and
the girl. But there are cases like love marriage wherein the matching part is
omitted leading to discontent in majority cases even resulting in divorce. Such
charts are worth studying using this technique. Here, I am restricting my
study only to the timing of marriage where the couple is having a happy
relationship and there are no major conflicts in their conjugal life.
So with this introduction, let me move on to explain some basic rules
entirely unique for the System which are essential to follow the analysis done
in this article. Please note that these are not the only rules applicable. It is
only a drop from the ocean.
2. Basic Rules
i. The System uses its Own Ayanamsa which is approximately less than
54’ of Lahiri Ayanamsa.
ii. For calculation of Binna Ashtaka Varga, the System follows the
Varahamihira Principle. There are variations in the calculation of the
benefic points (malefic) from a given planet – One is of Parasara and the
other is Varahamihira. The difference lies in the calculation of (a)
Jupiter’s contribution in Moon’s Ashtakavarga (b) Mars’ contribution in
Venus’ Ashtakavarga. However the total points contributed by all planet
remain the same viz. 337.
iii. There are seven planets and Lagna which partake in the Ashtakavarga
System making a total of 8. All these 8 points are to be referred to all the
12 houses and hence we get a total of 96 points out of which the positions
referred to in the classics (either Parasara or Varahamihira) are benefics
and the rest of the places not mentioned are treated as malefic points. If
a planet out of 8 points gets 5 points (commonly referred to as dots) it
means it has 5 benefic points and the remaining (8-5) 3 are malefic
points. This is a general rule of Ashtakavarga and the same is being
followed in the System also. One has to remember that a planet can get a
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iv. The strength of a planet is not judged from its placement like Own
house or exaltation sign or debilitation sign. It is totally based on the
points worked out on the basis of BAV only. A planet is said to be
exalted if it has got more than 4 points. A planet is said to be debilitated
if it got less than 4 points. When a planet has exactly 4 points it is said
to be neutral. For example Mars is exalted in Capricorn. But if Mars has
only 3 points in BAV then it will not be able to give the results due to its
exaltation position. Due to its low benefic points, it will not be able to
give better results.
v. The aspect of planets is according to Vedic System only. Only the
results produced by this System vary. A planet with more than 4 benefic
points will aspect in the same strength but in a malefic manner.
Similarly a planet having less than 4 benefic points will aspect in a
benefic manner. If a planet gets exactly 4 points, then the effect it
creates on account of aspect will be only neutral.
Next is the Upachaya Theory which I would call as a foundation of the
System. For a better understanding of this principle, readers may go through
the article of Krushnaji mentioned in the introduction which was published in
this magazine. I will give a brief explanation here. Since I am going to cover
only the timing of marriage aspect, I will explain this principle with respect to
the house of marriage which is the 7th house. As per the theory of the System,
Karaka for the result of any house is decided by the 8th house from any house.
So the Karaka house for marriage will be the 8th from the 7th which is the 2nd
house. Let us call this house as house ‘A’. The Upachaya places are the 3rd, 6th,
10th and 11th. The Upachaya houses are to be reckoned from the karaka house.
Let us find out the Upachaya houses with respect to the Karaka house viz. 2nd
house. The 3rd from 2nd house is the 4th house (which will be termed as ‘D’), 6th
house from the 2nd house is the 7th house which is the focus house for marriage
(which will be noted as ‘B’) for which we are finding the result, 10th house
from the 2nd house is the 11th house (which is denoted by ‘C’) and the 11th house
from the 2nd house would be the 12th house (which is indicated as ‘E’). These
Upachaya houses are again grouped into two categories based on the mutual
trine principle viz. 5:9. In the above discussion, you will notice that the 7th
house and the 11th house are in mutual trine positions and they are termed as
Main Upachaya houses. The other two Upachaya houses namely the 4th and
12th houses are in mutual trine positions and are termed as Secondary
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 Upachaya houses. Here one point to be remembered is that the Upachaya
places are determined with respect to the Karaka place and not from the house
for which we need to find the results.
vi. The main Upachaya houses are directly involved in the results and
hence they have been named as A, B, C – in our case the 2nd house, the
7th house and the 11th house. The secondary Upachaya houses act only
through their lords or through the planets placed in them. Such planets
(placed there in) take part in the outcome if and only they have more
than 4 points in BAV.
vii. Next is the calculation of strength of all the 7 planets based on their
BAV. It is beyond the scope of this article to explain in detail all the
rules applicable in working out the strength which is called as
WORKSHEET. I would advise readers to go through the lessons on the
web site to understand this principle. The final point arrived at as per
Worksheet will be an indicator of timing the event. More than 12 points
in the Worksheet is indicative of an event happening in its Antardasa.
Event may happen in the period of a planet having less points in which
case the quality is bound to suffer.
viii. Planets having lordship of houses 1st and 7th are treated as enemies. A 1:7
relationship always indicates opposition.
ix. Rasi Chart and Navamsa chart have equal bearings. Aspects are
considered in Navamsa chart too.
x. The next rule is that of Samdharmi. Samdharmi is a Sanskrit word. Sam
means same and dharm means custom, duty, soul, nature etc. If a planet
is said to be Samdharmi of another planet, it means it can perform the
duty of the other planet. In the words of Krushnaji ‘Samdharmi planets
are those planets that behave similar to each other or give the results of
other planets.’
xi. There are two types of Samdharmi. Natural and Functional. Venus and
Saturn, Mars and Sun and Mars and Moon are the Natural Samdharmis.
This is based on the relationship 4:10 between the lords of the houses.
Venus and Saturn are mutual Samdharmis because From Libra (owned
by Venus) Capricorn (owned by Saturn) is the fourth and from
Aquarius (owned by Saturn) Taurus (owned by Venus) is in the fourth.
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 For Mars, Moon is Samdharmi and not vice versa because Moon is the
fourth lord from Aries whereas from Cancer, Scorpio is the 5th house.
Similarly for Sun, Mars is Samdharmi and not vice versa. Mercury and
Jupiter are not mutual Samdharmis because even though from one sign
they make a 4:10 relationship, with the other sign they create a 1:7
relationship. More details are available in the lessons.
xii. Functional Samdharmi has various combinations. They are
1) The planet in the 4th house is Samdharmi to a planet in the 10th
house provided the planet in the fourth house has more points in
Ashtakavarga.
2) When two planets are in the same sign and same constellation.
3) When two planets are in the same Navamsa.
4) Rahu and Ketu are Samdharmi to the Lord of the sign where they
are placed and to the Lord of the constellation in which they are
placed. They also become Samdharmi to the Navamsa depositor
and the planets they conjoin in Navamsa.
5) A planet is Samdharmi to the Navamsa Lord where it is deposited.

xiii. How such Samdharmi planets act in giving the results are explained in
the lessons. For our purpose, it is enough to know that Samdharmi
planets generally act for benefic results only. For malefic results
(excepting death) they will not come forward. Another condition for the
Samdharmi to give the results is that it should have at least 12 points in
the Worksheet analysis. Then and only then it will act as Samdharmi.
In the course of the analysis of charts, if any special rule becomes
applicable, I shall bring the same to the notice of the readers.
xiv. The Dasa System followed is Vimshottari Dasa with the number of
days for a year taken as 365 days.
xv. Karaka also plays an important role in this. The natural karaka for
marriage is Venus and the Functional karaka as explained earlier is the
lord of the 2nd house (Refer Krushnaji’s article referred to in the
Introduction). The position of Venus and its lordship is also very
important. Venus becomes spoiled (weak) in the constellations of
Krittika, Ardra and Mula and becomes moderately spoiled in Jyeshta.
Venus gets more spoiled if it is associated or aspected by Saturn. Saturn
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 enhances the negative qualities of Venus. However, if it is aspected by
Jupiter, it controls and modifies the results somewhat better.
xvi. The distance of Venus from the Sun is also a main factor here. Up to 3
degrees from the Sun, it loses all of its qualities. Such a Venus reduces
the sex urge of the native. Up to 43 degrees from the Sun it behaves in a
normal way and after 43 degrees, its qualities are enhanced as it increases
the sexual feelings of the person.
xviii. Mars in association with Venus causes the native to have no control
over his or her sexual feelings. Saturn, if associated in this case may be a
factor as well, in homosexuality.
xix. Moon is the controller of the mind and its affliction by Rahu also spoils
the control over the mind as well as the marriage life.
xx. How are we to decide the timing of marriage? General rule is that any
event will happen either under the influence of the powerful
significators in the chart as indicated by the Worksheet points, or in the
sub period (Antar Dasa) of the Lords of the houses ‘D’ and ‘E’. For the
marriage we have already seen that the House ‘D’ is the 4th house from
Lagna and House ‘E’ is the 12th house. The powerful significators are
seen from the Worksheet for the 7th house. In some cases the next in line
which is the 12th house (house of bed comforts) also play a vital role. The
planet having the highest point is the powerful one followed by the
planet with next higher point. Event also happens in the Antar dasa of
the planet/s placed in the 4th or 12th house provided they have more than
4 benefic points in Ashtakavarga.
xxi. The main dasa period might be that of the karaka planet or it’s
Samdharmi.
xxii. The Antar dasa period would be of long duration and it must be
narrowed down. For this there are several rules.
xxiii. Whether the lords of the house ‘A’, ‘B’ or ‘C’ are aspected by Saturn. In
our case the 2nd house, the 7th house and the 11th house.
xxiv. If these lords are placed with Saturn
xxv. If Saturn happens to be one of the lords and others too are in aspect. All
these three rules must be verified both in Rasi Chart as well as Navamsa
chart.
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 a. If all the three rules are applicable, then the event will be late or
delayed. For this purpose the entire Antar dasa period will be
divided into three parts and in this case the event will happen in
the 3rd or the last part.
b. If Jupiter is aspecting the lords or Saturn is in the aspect of Jupiter,
then the event will take place in the 2nd part.
c. If Jupiter alone is aspecting these lords (viz. A, B or C) the event
will take place in the first part. Meaning that there is no aspect on
these planets from Saturn or the Lords of the A, B or C houses
have no relation with Saturn either in Rasi or Navamsa. Also none
of the planets should be in the Navamsa sign of Saturn or
constellations ruled by Saturn. That is to say such planets should
not have been placed in Capricorn or Aquarius or in the
constellations of Pushyami, Anuradha or Uttarabhadra. If Jupiter
aspects Saturn then delay is moderated and the event will happen
in 2nd sector. Jupiter need not aspect the lord. Jupiter can only
moderate the delay if it is not in the sign of Saturn, nakshatra or
Navamsa of Saturn or in Libra.
xxvi. The last step is to fix the dates which will have a tolerance level of 13
days plus or minus. For this we look to the Probable date finder list
which is attached to the software itself. This is based on the transit of
Sun. The event happens when the transit of the Sun is in the
constellation and the sign of powerful planets. Once the Antar dasa is
fixed, and if it satisfies other conditions like age, time, social customs
(popularly known as Desh, Kaal, and Patra) then we should select the
other two planets which are 2nd and 3rd in strength. This way we have
three planets. One is used for the sub and the other two for transits.
Here, we must not neglect the first planet as it may come again in
transit, due to more power, lordship of either ‘D’ or ‘E’ houses or being
Samdharmi to other powerful planets. If these lords are Lord of house
where Moon is placed, Lagna Lord or the constellation lord, they may
come forward.
With these backgrounds let us study some charts to verify these rules. Some
of the points mentioned above may be confusing or may not be clear. As I
wanted to be brief, I might not have expressed the same in the way Krushnaji
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has explained. Wherever there is doubt, readers may refer to the lessons in the
site. Also all the charts presented here are worked out using the Excel
software provided for this purpose.
3. Analysis of charts
Example 01:
Sex: Female; DOB: 4th May. 1957; TOB: 14:25; POB: Kumbakonam, TN, India;
Latitude: 10 N 58; Longitude: 79 E 23; Time Zone: IST -5:30: KAS Ayanamsa –
22:22:4

A note about the charts: Both Rasi and Navamsa charts of the female are
given in southern as well as northern styles. In the Southern Rasi chart, the
heading number 11 given indicates that the 11th house in the natural zodiacal
order is the 7th house of the chart i.e. Aquarius which is termed as house ‘B’.
The 8th house from this viz. Virgo is the karak house and is named as house
‘A’. The Upachaya houses from house ‘A’ are 4th house (‘D’), 7th house (‘B’),
11th house (‘C’) and the 12th house (‘D’) which are marked clearly in the inner
square of the chart. The numbers given in each house represent the Sarva
Ashtaka Varga of that particular house. In the navamsa chart also the SAV
figures are provided though we are not going to use this for the present. In the
northern type, wherever the SAV is less than 28 they are marked in red. A, B,
C, D position of houses are not marked.

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Date of Marriage is 5th April 1976.
Ashtakavarga powers:

NATAL SU MO MA ME JU VE SA
BINDUS 4 6 6 4 4 5 5
NATAL CHART DATA
Planet Degrees Nakshatra Lord Navamsa
As 22 Le 42 P.Phalguni Ve Li
Su 21 Ar 15 Bharani Ve Li
Mo 15 Ge 33 Ardra Ra Aq
Ma 7 Ge 28 Ardra Ra Sg
MeR 23 Ar 52 Bharani Ve Sc
JuR 29 Le 48 U.Phalguni Su Sg
Ve 26 Ar 26 Bharani Ve Sc
SaR 20 Sc 37 Jyestha Me Cp
Ra 27 Li 49 Visakha Ju Ge
Ke 27 Ar 49 Krittika Su Sg

There will be a separate worksheet for each of the 12 houses and there will be a
summary sheet also showing the powers of all the 7 planets for all the 12
houses. In the Summary sheet the Natural Karaka, the Functional Karaka,
Lords of houses D and E and many more details are available. So for a starter,

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even if one is not well versed with the rules, the required details can be had
from the software itself.
For want of space I am not giving the worksheet here. However, I am giving
the Summary sheet in the next page for all the 12 houses.
From the final result, you can note that Mars is having the highest power for
the 7th house and he is the Lord of the house indicated as ‘D’. Hence marriage
should happen during this period and indeed it has happened.
Vimshottari Dasa running was Jupiter Maha Dasa and Mars Antardasa from
5th January, 1976 to 11th December, 1976.
It is always advisable to study the quality of the married life too as it has a
bearing on the timing of event. If the quality is going to be good, Timing will
be in the antar dasa of a high power planet. If the quality is adverse, marriage
may happen in the period of a low power planet or the 6th lord etc. However,
due to place constraint, I am not duscussing the quality here. And also I have
selected those charts where the quality of the wedded life is satisfactory. At
times if there are blessings in the chart, then the timing may get advanced.

Now let us see whether the date of marriage falls within the rules prescribed
for the probable date as given in rules (xxvi) and (xxvii).

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The antardasa period will be 11 months and 6 days. Each part will be of 3
months and 22 days.
1) Saturn is Lord of 7th. Hence we have to verify the 3rd rule. The 2nd as
well as the 11th lord is Mercury and it is not aspected by Saturn either in
Rasi or in Navamsa. Note that Jupiter alone is aspecting the Lord of
houses A and C and hence bound to give the marriage in the 1st part
itself and it has come out to be true.
2) From the Probable Date finder sheet given below, we can narrow down
the date also.
Probable Date Finder Table
Combinations of Significators FROM TO
Jupiter and Venus 01-Jan 10-Jan
Jupiter and Sun 11-Jan 13-Jan
Saturn and Sun 14-Jan 27-Jan
Saturn and Moon 28-Jan 09-Feb
Saturn and Mars 10-Feb 19-Feb
Saturn and Rahu 20-Feb 04-Mar
Saturn and Jupiter 05-Mar 14-Mar
Jupiter only 15-Mar 17-Mar
Jupiter and Saturn 18-Mar 04-Apr
Jupiter and Mercury 05-Apr 13-Apr
Mars and Ketu 14-Apr 27-Apr
Mars and Venus 28-Apr 10-May
Mars and Sun 11-May 14-May
Venus and Sun 15-May 24-May
Venus and Moon 25-May 07-Jun
Venus and Mars 08-Jun 14-Jun
Mercury and Mars 15-Jun 21-Jun
Mercury and Rahu 22-Jun 05-Jul
Mercury and Jupiter 06-Jul 16-Jul
Moon and Jupiter 17-Jul 19-Jul
Moon and Saturn 20-Jul 02-Aug
Moon and Mercury 03-Aug 16-Aug
Sun and Ketu 17-Aug 30-Aug

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 Sun and Venus 31-Aug 12-Sep
Sun only 13-Sep 16-Sep
Mercury and Sun 17-Sep 26-Sep
Mercury and Moon 27-Sep 10-Oct
Mercury and Mars 11-Oct 16-Oct
Venus and Mars 17-Oct 23-Oct
Venus and Rahu 24-Oct 05-Nov
Venus and Jupiter 06-Nov 15-Nov
Mars and Jupiter 16-Nov 19-Nov
Mars and Saturn 20-Nov 02-Dec
Mars and Mercury 03-Dec 15-Dec
Jupiter and Ketu 16-Dec 28-Dec
Jupiter and Venus 29-Dec 31-Dec
The two probable dates allowing for the 13 days grace fall under Jupiter and
Saturn OR Jupiter and Mercury OR Mars and Ketu. The next higher points
in the worksheet are taken over by Moon, Mercury, Venus and Sun. Both
Jupiter and Saturn are having the lowest points in the worksheet. Look at
Navamsa – Mars is placed in the house of Jupiter along with Jupiter and
hence will be promoting the desires of Jupiter. Moon and Mars also become
Samdharmi due to their joint placement in Rasi chart. Now Mercury is placed
in Scorpio in Navamsa thus becoming Samdharmi to Mars. Hence the period
Jupiter and Mercury should be the decider.
I have analysed the chart of the husband at the end after rectifying the birth
time.
Example 02
Here I am taking up the charts of a husband and wife.
Sex: Male; DOB: 11th Feb., 1979; TOB: 19:24; POB: Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu;
Latitude: 8 N 10; Longitude: 77 E 26; Time Zone: IST -5:30; KAS Ayanamsa:
22:40:34

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Worksheet Points for 7th house:
Moon – 26 Jupiter – 22 Mercury – 15 Mars – 13
Sun – 11 Saturn – 7 Venus - 6

Analysis:
Marriage Date is: 24th Oct., 2005

Main Period Lord:

The Mahadasa running at that time was Venus. Mahadasa Lord Venus is
Natural karaka. So Mahadasa Lord indicates karakatwa of 7th, 12th and 3rd
houses.

Sub Period Lord:

The Antar dasa running at the time of marriage was: Jupiter which is from
20.02.2004 to 21.10.2006.
For the 7th house the powerful Significators as per Worksheet are: Moon,
Jupiter, Mercury and Mars in descending order of power.
Lord of House D (LoD) is Mars and Lord of House E (LoE) is Moon. Since
both are having high powers in WS they will be eager to give the event.
Marriage has happened in the sub of Jupiter who is the 2nd highest in WS and
also SD to Moon who is the highest power planet and also Lord of house E
(LoE).
Fixing the Probable Date:
Then we have to narrow it down to the actual date viz. 24th October, 2005.
From the PDF sheet we note that the period from 17th Oct. to 23rd Oct. is of
Venus and Mars. Next Venus and Rahu is from 24th Oct. to 5th Nov. Moon is
one of the powerful significators in the worksheet. Venus is placed in the
house of Sun making Sun as its Samdharmi. Rahu is in the house of Sun and
in the nakshatra of Venus and is likely to behave more like Venus as Venus
has more points in the Ashtakavarga. Venus has fewer points in the
worksheet. Hence the test has failed in the case.

The Antar dasa duration is for 2 years 8 months and 1 day. Dividing it into 3
parts, we find that the marriage has happened in the last part. Let us see if this
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lord of A and C. Note the aspect of Saturn on Mercury in Rasi chart. Unlike
the previous chart there is no aspect of Jupiter on either Saturn or Mercury.

Now let us see the chart of the wife.

Sex: Female; DOB: 17th Nov., 1981; TOB: 5:15; POB: Villupuram, Tamil
Nadu; Latitude: 11 N 56; Longitude: 79 E 29; Time Zone: IST -5:30

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Powers of Planets for the focus house 7th
Saturn – 23 Mercury – 18 Jupiter – 18 Moon – 12
Venus – 11 Sun – 6 Mars - 4

Analysis:
Marriage Date is: 24th Oct., 2005

Main Period Lord:

The Mahadasa running at that time was Mercury. He is the functional karaka
for the 2nd house indicating family. The natural karaka for marriage Venus is
placed in the Navamsa of Mercury.

Sub Period Lord:

The Sub period running at the time of marriage was: Saturn which is from
30.07.2003 to 08.04.2006.
Saturn is the powerful significator as per worksheet. Saturn is also Lord of
house D.

Fixing the Probable Date:

Then we have to narrow it down to the actual date viz. 24th October, 2005.
The next two planets having higher powers are Mercury and Jupiter. This is
followed by Moon. On the day of marriage Sun was in Libra and in Swati
nakshatra ruled by Rahu. From the probable date table we note the following:

Venus and Mars period is from 17th Oct. to 23rd Oct. Venus and Rahu is from
24th Oct. to 5th Nov.

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Rahu is placed in Cancer in Rasi chart and is in the constellation of Jupiter.
Of these two planets viz. Moon and Jupiter, Moon is having more points in
Ashtakavarga. Hence Rahu will tend to act like Moon. Now, as already stated,
Venus is placed in the Navamsa of Mercury and hence Mercury will step in
for Venus. Thus, we note that both Mercury and Moon have high points in
the worksheet.

The Antar dasa period is for 2 years 8 months and 8 days. Each part may be
roughly divided into 10 months and 22 days. So the date of marriage will fall
in the last part of the Antara. Note the aspect of Saturn on House A and Lord
of House C (Sun) in rasi chart and its aspect on Mars – Lord of House A and
B. There is neither aspect of Jupiter on Saturn nor the lords of houses A, B or
C though the Lord of C Sun is aspected by Jupiter in Navamsa.

Example 03:
Here is a case of Love marriage and that too Inter-caste marriage.
Sex: Female; DOB: 30th Sep., 1980; TOB: 9:48; POB: Nagercoil, Tamil
Nadu; Latitude: 8 N 10; Longitude: 77 E 26; Time Zone: IST -5:30;
KAS ayanamsa – 22:41:57

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Ashtakavarga Power

Power of planets for the 7th house:

Venus - 18 Jupiter – 13 Mercury – 12 Saturn – 12
Sun - 11 Mars – 6 Moon – 4

Analysis:
Marriage Date: 26th Jan. 2004

Main Period Lord:

The Mahadasa running at the time of marriage was of Jupiter. Jupiter is lord
of house A – the functional Karaka house.

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Sub Period Lord:
The Sub period running at the time of marriage was: Saturn which is from
21.01.2003 to 03.08.2005.
Saturn is Lord of house D and also becomes Samdharmi of Jupiter having
placed along with him in Rasi chart. Both the planets have high power in the
worksheet. Also the highest power planet Venus is a Natural Samdharmi to
Saturn.
Fixing the probable date:
From the probable date finder we note that Saturn and Sun period is from 14th
Jan. to 27th Jan. Saturn and Moon period is from 28th Jan. to 9th Feb. Moon is
Samdharmi to Venus the highest power planet being placed in the Navamsa
of Venus. Hence, we can conclude that Saturn and Moon are responsible for
the event.
The duration of the Antar dasa is of 2 years 6 months and 12 days. Each part
comes to 10 months and 4 days. So the marriage has happened in the 2nd part.
Saturn is not aspecting any of the A, B or C houses or its lords either in Rasi
or Navamsa.
Husband’s Chart:
Sex: Male; DOB: 15th April, 1977; TOB: 5:30; POB: Mumbai; Latitude:
18 N 58; Longitude: 72 E 50; Time Zone: IST -5:30; KAS Ayanamsa -

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Planet’s Power as per worksheet for the 7th house:
Saturn – 32 Mercury – 23 Sun – 17
Moon – 11 Mars – 10 Venus – 8 Jupiter - 6
Analysis:
Marriage Date: 26th Jan. 2004

Main Period Lord:

The Mahadasa running at the time of marriage was of Saturn. Saturn is
functional karaka for the 5th house – indicating children related to marriage.

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Sub Period Lord:
The Sub period running at the time of marriage was: Rahu from 31st Oct. 2002
to 06th Sep. 2005. Rahu is in the house of Venus and constellation of Mars.
Both Venus and Mars have equal points in Ashtakavarga. Hence the effects of
Rahu will be a mixture of both Venus and Mars. Mars is placed in the 12th
house which is House D and is having 6 points in its Ashtakavarga. Hence he
will be eager to give the results. But in the worksheet Mars is having less than
12 points. Venus also has fewer points in the worksheet. Now we should turn
towards the Samdharmi planets for Venus and Mars. Venus and Saturn are
placed together in Navamsa and Venus is placed in the house of Jupiter.
Saturn is having the highest points in the worksheet. So Rahu through Mars
and Samdharmi of Venus (Saturn) has triggered the event.
Fixing the probable date:
Antar dasa duration is 2 years 10 months and 5 days. So the event has
happened during the 2nd part which is from 13th Oct. 2003 to 04th Sep. 2004.
Saturn is aspecting all the three houses A, B, C in rasi chart. Saturn himself is
Lord of House C. Saturn is also aspecting Lord of B Mercury in Rasi Chart.
Saturn is aspecting Mars, Lord of House A in Navamsa. Now Jupiter is also
aspecting Houses B and C in Rasi chart, though it is not aspecting its lords.
For delay, aspect of Jupiter on C need not be considered. To determine the
exact delay caused by Saturn as well as Jupiter, the messages in the groups
will be very handy as lots of charts have been discussed on this point..
As seen earlier, the probable date can be either fro 14th Jan. to 27th Jan or from
28th Jan. to 09th Feb. in the combination of Saturn and Sun OR Saturn and
Moon. Saturn and Sun both have the highest points in the worksheet and
hence they are responsible for the event on the said date.
Example 4:
Sex: Male; DOB: 25th August, 1932; TOB: 17:39; POB: Mannargudi,
Tamil Nadu; Latitude: 11 N 17
Longitude: 79 E 33; Time Zone: IST -5:30; KAS Ayanamsa – 22-1-6

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Power as per worksheet:
Jupiter – 24 Mercury – 20 Sun – 18 Mars – 13
Moon – 11 Venus – 10 Saturn - 9

Analysis:
Marriage was held on 30th March 1964 at the age of 31 years. Hence it is a late
marriage. So the combinations for late marriage are to be checked. As the
same has not been covered in this article, let us skip this step.

Main Period Lord:

The Mahadasa running at the time of marriage was of Jupiter. Jupiter is the
karaka for the 2nd house indicating family and also karaka for 5th house
indicating children. Functional karaka Saturn is placed in the house of Jupiter
making it its Samdharmi.

Sub Period Lord:

Mercury Antar dasa is from 30-04-1962 to 05-08-1964. For the 7th house the
powerful significators are Jupiter, Mercury, Sun and Mars in descending
order of power. LoD is Mars and LoE is Jupiter. No planet/s in house D and
E. Jupiter is Samdharmi to Mercury as Mercury is placed in the house of
Jupiter in Navamsa. So both LoE and Mercury have high points in worksheet.

Probable Date finder:

In the month of March when marriage was held, Sun must be in Pisces and
hence Jupiter becomes an indicator. The constellation where Sun is on this
date is that of Mercury. Both have high points in the work sheet. The period
is from 18th Mar. to 4th Apr.

Now let us study the chart of the wife of the above individual.

Sex: Female; DOB: 27th March 1944; TOB: 22:40; POB:

Thiyagasamudram, Tamil Nadu, India;
Latitude: 10 N 58; Longitude: 79 E 23; Time Zone: IST -5:30; KAS Ayanamsa:

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Venus – 30 Jupiter – 21 Saturn – 15 Mars – 13 Moon – 12
Mercury – 9 Sun – 6
Analysis:
Marriage date as mentioned above is 30th March 1964. Mars Mahadasa was
running at the time of marriage. Venus the natural karaka for marriage is
placed in the house of Mars, thus making it Samdharmi.
The Antar dasa running at the time of marriage was of Venus which is from
12-03-1964 to 12-05-1965. Venus is Lord of house E and is placed in house D
with 7 points. Venus is also the highest power planet in worksheet.
If we divide the Antar dasa period of 1 year 2 months into three parts each
part will be equal to 4 months 20 days. So marriage has happened in the 1st
part itself. Saturn is placed in house B and is aspecting Lord of house A –
Jupiter and Lord of house B – Venus. Jupiter is Lord of A and is aspecting the
Lord of C – Mercury. This is the position in Rasi chart. In Navamsa – Jupiter
is placed in the house of Saturn and conjoined Mercury the lord of House C.
Hence Jupiter becoming more powerful has given the marriage in the 1st part
itself.
From the Probable Date Finder we find that the period 18th Mar. to 4th Apr. is
of Jupiter-Saturn. Both have high power in the worksheet culminating in
marriage.
Example 5:
Next I will take up the chart of Jacquelin Kennedy Onassis. The purpose of
taking her chart is twofold. Firstly she had two marriages and both her
husband’s died before her death. Secondly her birth time is fairly certain.
Sex: Female; DOB: 28th July, 1929; TOB: 14:30; Place: Southampton, N.Y.;
Latitude: 40 N 53;
Longitude: 72 E 23; Time Zone: EDT + 4:00; KAS Ayanamsa – 21:58:29
Jacqueline married President John F. Kennedy on 12th Sep. 1953. John F.
Kennedy died on 22nd Nov. 1963.
Jacqueline’s 2nd marriage was with Aristotle Onassis on 20th Oct. 1968.
Aristotle died on 15th Mar. 1975.

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Power of planets for the 7th house:
Venus – 20 Saturn – 20 Mercury – 17 Moon – 14
Mars – 13 Jupiter – 8 Sun - 11

Analysis:
On 22-11-1963, at the time of her marriage she was running Moon Maha dasa
and Jupiter Antar dasa which was from 15-04-1963 to 14-08-1964.
Moon indicates the karakatwa of 2nd house indicating family life.
The Antar dasa was of Jupiter. Note the points in the worksheet analysis
which are less than 12 indicating trouble in married life.
It is clearly specified in the System that “For divorce, no children or the death
of the life partner, marriage may be in the sub period of the planet having less
points...”
On 20th Oct. 1968, the date of second marriage, Jacqueline was running same
Moon dasa and Venus Antar dasa. Here Venus has the highest points and is
also Lord of house E.
Example 6:
Normally people approach Astrologers to know when the native of a chart
will get married. This is more often when the concerned native has crossed
the marriageable age which we can fix as 25. Under such circumstances, this
System offers a clear solution definitely. I am taking up such a chart now.
The native approached me in 2009 after an engagement was broken. As the
marriage date was approaching, the girl suddenly refused to marry the native.
The entire family of the native was subjected to humiliation, as even the
marriage invitation was printed. The engagement ceremony itself was held in
a big way and almost all the relatives of the boy attended the same. One can
imagine the pains that the parents of the boy experienced when the girl’s
family also supported their daughter and broke off the marriage. This time
they came to me with a question whether the chart of the boy has any
indications of marriage or not and if there is indication when will the event
happen?
Apart from the regular Vedic rules, I tried to apply this System and came out
with the following result. The native is likely to get married during April to
June 2010. Most probably the marriage may happen in the last week of May,
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2010 when Sun is in Taurus (Venus) and in the constellation of either Sun or
Moon (i.e. Krittika or Rohini). I was just informed by the parents that the
marriage of the native has been fixed and it is to be held on 24th May, 2010. On
this day Sun will be in Taurus and in Krittika Nakshatra ruled by Sun.
The birth details are:
Sex: Male; DOB: 10-06-1981; TOB: 06:37; Place: Mumbai, India; Longitude: 72
E 50; Latitude: 18 N 58
Time Zone: IST -5:30; KAS Ayanamsa: 22:42:32
The necessary charts generated from the Excel software KAS2006 V3.3 are as
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Powers of the planet for the 7th house:
Venus – 41 Mercury – 26 Sun – 22 Moon – 18 Mars – 15
Jupiter – 14 Saturn – 9

The native is at present running Rahu Dasa – Mercury Antar dasa which is
from 14-08-2009 to 02-03-2012.

Rahu is placed in Cancer sign and in the Nakshatra Pushya. As such he must
be acting either like Moon – the rasi lord or like Saturn – the nakshatra lord.
In the Ashtakavarga Moon is having 5 points whereas Saturn has only 4
points. Hence the results will be more that of Moon. Rahu is placed in the
Navamsa of Venus and hence Venus becomes Samdharmi and can indicate
the karakatwa which is the Natural Karaka for marriage. Placement of Rahu
in the 2nd house – house of family also promotes marriage. Above all Moon
becomes the functional karaka for the 7th house.

Antar dasa Lord Mercury is Lord of D and hence must be eager to promote
the marriage. He is having the 2nd highest power in the worksheet. Venus who
is having the highest power in the worksheet and also Lord of house E has
conjoined Mercury making Mercury as its Samdharmi. Hence the event is
bound to happen during this Antar dasa.

The Antar dasa period is for 2 years 6 months and 18 days. Each part when
divided by 3 comes to 10 months and 6 days. Now to fix the exact part we
have to look into the aspects that the houses A, B or C or its lords receive
from Jupiter and Saturn both in Rasi and Navamsa.

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In Rasi Chart:
Saturn is placed in 4th house and will be aspecting the 6th, 10th and the 1st
houses. None of the three houses fall under A or B or C. The lords of the
houses A, B and C are respectively are Moon, Jupiter and Mars. Moon and
Jupiter are placed along with Saturn itself and there is no aspect on Mars by
Saturn as Mars is placed in the 12th house.
Jupiter is also placed in the 4th house and will be aspecting 8th, 11th and the 12th
houses. 11th house is house C. The lords of houses A, B, C are Moon, Jupiter
and Mars of which Jupiter is placed along with Moon and aspects Mars placed
in the 12th house.

In the Navamsa Chart:

We look to the aspect on the Lords of the houses A, B or C only by Saturn
and Jupiter. Saturn is aspecting Lord of house A Moon. Jupiter is not
aspecting the Lords of A, B or C.

If only Jupiter is aspecting the houses or its Lord we can conclude that the
event will take place in the first part. Here Saturn is also aspecting one of the
house Lords. Jupiter is also aspecting another house and its lord. Hence I
concluded that the marriage should take part in the 2nd part of the Antar dasa
which will be from 20-02-2010 to 26-12-2010.

Now coming to the Probable date, the most powerful planets in the worksheet
are Venus, Mercury, Sun and Moon. Mars and Jupiter are also in the line. We
have already seen that Mercury as also Venus are both responsible for
bringing about the marriage. So the probable date should have a combination
of Sun and Moon or combinations with them by the other two planets namely
Mars and Jupiter. I omitted Mars as he is the 6th Lord and the native has
already suffered due to the cancellation of earlier marriage. So let us have a
look at the Probable Date finder sheet and fix a suitable date falling between
Feb. and Dec. and having planetary combinations between Venus, Mercury,
Sun, Moon and Jupiter.

Saturn and Moon 28-Jan 09-Feb Not Possible

Saturn and Mars 10-Feb 19-Feb Not Possible
Saturn and Rahu 20-Feb 04-Mar Not Possible
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 Saturn and Jupiter 05-Mar 14-Mar Not Possible
Jupiter only 15-Mar 17-Mar Feeble Chance
Jupiter and Saturn 18-Mar 04-Apr Not Possible
Jupiter and Mercury 05-Apr 13-Apr Possible
Mars and Ketu 14-Apr 27-Apr Not Possible
Mars and Venus 28-Apr 10-May Not Possible
Mars and Sun 11-May 14-May Not Possible
Venus and Sun 15-May 24-May Possible
Venus and Moon 25-May 07-Jun Possible
Venus and Mars 08-Jun 14-Jun Not Possible
Mercury and Mars 15-Jun 21-Jun Not Possible
Mercury and Rahu 22-Jun 05-Jul Not Possible
Mercury and Jupiter 06-Jul 16-Jul Not Possible
Moon and Jupiter 17-Jul 19-Jul Feeble Chance
Moon and Saturn 20-Jul 02-Aug Not Possible
Moon and Mercury 03-Aug 16-Aug Possible
Sun and Ketu 17-Aug 30-Aug Not Possible
Sun and Venus 31-Aug 12-Sep Possible
Sun only 13-Sep 16-Sep Feeble Chance
Mercury and Sun 17-Sep 26-Sep Possible
Mercury and Moon 27-Sep 10-Oct Possible
Mercury and Mars 11-Oct 16-Oct Not Possible
Venus and Mars 17-Oct 23-Oct Not Possible
Venus and Rahu 24-Oct 05-Nov Not Possible
Venus and Jupiter 06-Nov 15-Nov Feeble Chance
Mars and Jupiter 16-Nov 19-Nov Not Possible
Mars and Saturn 20-Nov 02-Dec Not Possible
Mars and Mercury 03-Dec 15-Dec Not Possible
Jupiter and Ketu 16-Dec 28-Dec Not Possible
Jupiter and Venus 29-Dec 31-Dec Feeble Chance

I gave the dates marked as Possible to the family. I fixed the dates wherever
the combination of Venus or Mercury is there because these two are having
the highest points in the worksheet. I gave the feeble chance wherever, Jupiter
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planets. As said earlier the marriage is going to happen in the period of
Venus-Sun.

Out of curiosity to know why the first proposal did not materialise, I asked
the family details about the same. I got the date of marriage was scheduled to
be held on 23rd Nov. 2008. I got the chart of the girl also who refused to marry.
If I start to analyse them, it will take more pages and hence I am giving only
the summary. On the date of marriage, the boy was running Saturn Antara
and you will find that Saturn was having fewer points in the worksheet and
he is neither LoD nor LoE. Even though Saturn is placed in the 4th house in
the company of Jupiter and Moon, Saturn’s Ashtakavarga points are only 2
and hence cannot promote the event. Saturn is not Samdharmi to the high
power planets viz. Mercury and Venus. In the girl’s chart I noticed that the
period when the marriage was proposed is that of a planet having low points
in worksheet. Had the marriage been performed it would have ended in
discontent thanks to the blessings in the chart of the girl and the adamant
nature of the girl which was explicit in her chart.

Example 07: (Husband of Example 01)

Sex: Male; DOB: 5th Oct., 1949; TOB: 13:47; POB:
Kumbakonam, TN, India; Latitude: 10 N 58; Longitude: 79 E 23; Time
Zone: IST -5:30; Ayanamsa: 22:15:38

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 Planet Degrees Nakshatra Lord Navamsa
As 9 Cp 0 U.Asadha Su Pi
Su 19 Vi 30 Hasta Mo Ge
Mo 0 Pi 15 P.Bhadrapada Ju Cn
Ma 25 Cn 4 Aslesha Me Aq
MeR 16 Vi 19 Hasta Mo Ta
Ju 0 Cp 31 U.Asadha Su Cp
Ve 1 Sc 53 Visakha Ju Cn
Sa 21 Le 22 P.Phalguni Ve Li
Ra 24 Pi 30 Revati Me Aq
Ke 24 Vi 30 Chitra Ma Le

Analysis:
The marriage took place on 5th April, 1976.
Main Period Lord:
The Mahadasa running at that time was Mercury who is the Functional
karaka for 2nd house indicating family.
Mercury having karakatwa for the 2nd house indicates family and
loved ones and hence is responsible for giving a family and a loved
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one i.e. wife. Mahadasa lord indicates karakatwa for 8th, 11th , 2nd
houses.
Sub Period Lord:
The Sub period running at the time of marriage was: Venus which is from
10.11.1975 to 10.09.1978
For the 7th house the powerful Significators as per Worksheet are:
Saturn (27 points), Jupiter (26 points), Mars (22 points), Moon (16
points) and Venus (15 points) in descending order of power.
Saturn is having the highest points in WS. Venus, the sub period
lord is placed in the 4th from Saturn. Venus having got higher
points than Sa becomes Samdharmi to Saturn. Further Venus and
Saturn are also Natural Samdharmis.
So naturally Venus Sub has given the marriage. We can also find
that Venus has got more than 12 points in all the family related
houses viz. 2nd, 5th and 12th.
Fixing the Probable Date:
Then we have to narrow it down to the actual date viz. 5th April, 1976.
Having fixed the Sub period lord as Venus, the 2 planets with
higher power are Saturn and Jupiter.
From the PDF we find that Saturn and Jupiter period is from 18th
Mar to 4th Apr. That is to say Sun is in the sign of Jupiter viz.
Pisces and in the constellation of Saturn in transit.
Taking the permitted 13 day difference, it is justified that marriage
took place on 5th April, 1976.

4. Conclusion:
Before winding up, I want to present the statistics of my analysis for the
readers to judge themselves the effectiveness of the System in fixing the
timing of marriage. This is of course true in respect of all other events also as
experimented by me.

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1. Total No. of Charts taken up for Analysis: 108
2. For timing an event the Maha dasa Lord does not play a role. Maha dasa
lord holds only karakatwa. So all Antaras falling within a Maha dasa
will have that flavour. However if such a karaka house (for marriage it
is the 2nd house) as well as the karaka lord (Lord of 2nd house or Natural
Karaka Venus) is badly afflicted, the event may be delayed or may not
happen. Since we are discussing an event that has already happened viz.
marriage, I have not devoted much on this point.
3. Antar dasa Lord is either Lord of the 4th from Lagna or Lord of the 12th
From Lagna and having more than 12 points in the worksheet: 42 charts
fitted in this criteria (38.9 %)
4. Antar dasa Lord is placed in house D or House E with more than 4
points in Ashtakavarga: 9 charts (8.3 %)
5. Antar dasa Lord is Samdharmi to Lord of house D or house E and is
having more than 12 points in the worksheet: 45 charts (41.7 %)
6. The remaining 12 charts fell under one of the categories listed below:
(11.1%)
a. Antar dasa Lord not connected to Lord of house D or Lord of house
E and not also Samdharmi to any of LoD or LoE but was having
more than 12 points in worksheet.
b. Antar dasa was of 6th Lord and not connected with LoD or LoE.
c. Antar dasa Lord had low points in worksheet but Samdharmi to
high power planets – No connection with LoD or LoE.
d. Antar dasa Lord had low points but was either LoD or LoE.
e. Antar dasa Lord had low points but Samdharmi to LoD or LoE.
f. Antar dasa Lord Samdharmi to planet placed in 4th house or 12th
house with more than 4 points in Ashtakavarga.
g. Marriage held in low power planet and there was no relation to
LoD or LoE nor Samdharmi to high power planets.

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 The Logic Of Bhrighu Saral Paddhati
An Attempt
By
Abhishekha, USA.

He was introduced to jyotish by his

Kulguru at the age of eight. After the
initial trigger early in life, he has
pursued the study of jyotish with
utmost passion ever since. He writes
with the pen name Abhishekha and is
the Editor/Publisher of AIAC Times,
Chicago.

Introduction

S
aptarishis Astrology Research Team did a splendid job in their recent volume
(volume 7) of the magazine. One of the key article series in all their volumes were
Bhrigu Saral Paddathi (Bhrigu is the sage, Saral means easy, Paddathi means
method). I wanted to summarize all the methods published so far and perhaps look at it in a
different perspective.

# Planet Significance
1 Saturn It influences and creates fluctuations in the house 4th from its
placement
2 Jupiter It influences and creates fluctuations in the house 10th and 6th from
its placement
3 Saturn It acts as a judge of the house where it is placed
4 Saturn It passes on its judgment on the house 2nd from its placement
5 Jupiter Whenever Saturn and Jupiter are conjunct, one of the signification
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6 Mars On the 27th year of the native, it influences the 10th house from its
placement
7 Mars Kakshya slot allocation and activation of BSP-6
8 Rahu On the 38th year of the native, it influences the 6th from itself
9 Ketu On the 24th year of the native, it influences the 12th from itself
10 Jupiter On the 40th year of the native, it influences the house it is located
in as well as influences the 9th house from its placement with its 9th
aspect
11 Jupiter On the 32nd year of the native, it influences the house it is located in
as well as influences the 5th house from its placement with its 5th
aspect
12 Jupiter Kakshya slot allocation and activation of BSP-10
13 Saturn On the 20th year of the native, it influences 3rd from itself with its
3rd aspect
14 Asc The key to the past life karma is the natural zodiac number of the
Ascendant and its Lord
15 Venus The house where it is placed shows the root of death, disease and
expense. The 12th from it can be the cure.

My attempt is to analyze the “Why” in the rules 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13. Particularly I
selected these rules since they deal with timing of events with respect to one’s age in life and
that is of utmost interest to me. SA volumes had excellent case studies on the fructification
of these rules and I would strongly advice the reader to have a look at the excellent case
studies produced by the team.

The Analysis
Rule # Planet House Aspect Age Transit Position Aspect from
(approx) transit
planet
6 Mars 10 _ 27 1.88 12-7/8 4,7,8
8 Rahu 6 _ 38 18.6 12 7
9 Ketu 12 _ 24 18.6 10 9 from Rahu
10 Jupiter 9 9 40 1 5 5
11 Jupiter 5 5 32 1 9 9
13 Saturn 3 3 20 28 9 7
The columns defined in the table above are described in detail below –
Rule # – This is the BSP (acronym for Bhrigu Saral Paddathi) Rule number as given in the
Volume 6 & 7 of the SA magazine.
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House – The effect of the planet is faced in this house relative to the placement of the planet
in the natal chart.
Aspect – The particular aspect of the planet that falls on the mentioned house.
Age – The age of the native in which he/she experiences the effect of the planet.
Transit – The period of natural transit of the planet to return to its placement in the natal
chart.
Position – The approximate position of the transit planet with respect to the natal position
of the planet in the time specified by the Age column.
Aspect from Transit Planet – The aspect from the transit planet in the age of the native
mentioned with respect to the natal planet.

BSP Rule # 6
The first point one should remember in this rule is that this rule will be applicable only for
individuals who have a special status of Mars in their natal chart. The special status can be
any of the following –
1) Mars in Ascendant
2) Martian Ascendant (Aries/Scorpio rising) with no planets in the Ascendant
3) Mars influencing the Ascendant
4) Mars influencing the Ascendant Lord
5) Mars exalted, in moolatrikona sign or in own house or retrograde or debilitated
6) Mars in a quadrant or trine
Please read pages 368-374 of Volume 6 of SA before reading the below explanation. 27th year
is the time period between the 26th birthday to the 27th birthday of the native. The influence
of Mars at particularly near the 27th birthday is interesting since the natural age of maturity
of Mars is 28 years (age of the native). Transit Mars covers an arc of 12H to 7/8H with
respect to the natal Mars in the 27th year. If the 10th House from natal Mars needs to get
implemented during this phase, then it would be 11H to 5H/4H from transit Mars.
When transit Mars would be in the 3H from natal Mars, it would aspect the 10th from natal
Mars by its 8th Aspect.
When transit Mars would be in the 4H from natal Mars, it would aspect the 10th from natal
Mars by its 7th Aspect.
When transit Mars would be in the 7H from natal Mars, it would aspect the 10th from natal
Mars by its 4th Aspect.
The kind of influence that Mars can give would be Martian in nature – promotion, success
at work, success in competition or wars or court cases, sports, building homes, energy to
perform strenuous tasks. Martian energy can also signify sexual energy.
In the negative connotation, it can give celibacy, separation, isolation, and tremendous
failure in work, lack of progress, frustration and anger.
Case studies of Salman Khan (Mars in Asc in Capricorn), Pete Sampras (Mars (R) in Asc in
Capricorn) and Adolf Hitler (Mars in Aries with Venus) can throw light on the rule.

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Salman Khan couldn’t give a single hit after 1991 and his 27th year (Dec 1991-1992) was
disastrous. Pete Sampras was the king of tennis till 1997 but in 1998 his career saw a sudden
sweep motion downwards. Hitler got severely founded and had to take rest for the whole
1916 to recover (Mars activating the 4H) and did not join the force till 1918.

BSP Rule # 8
The first point one should remember in this rule is that this rule will be applicable only for
individuals who have a special status of Rahu/Ketu in their natal chart. The special status
can be any of the following –
1) Rahu/Ketu in Ascendant
2) Aquarian/Scorpio Ascendant with no planets (other than the nodes) in the Ascendant
3) Rahu/Ketu influencing the Ascendant
4) Rahu/Ketu influencing the Ascendant Lord
5) Rahu/Ketu exalted, in moolatrikona sign or in own house or debilitated
6) Rahu/Ketu in a quadrant or trine
7) Rahu/Ketu with luminaries
Please read pages 676-740 of Volume 7 of SA before reading the explanation. 38th year is the
time period between the 37th birthday to the 38th birthday of the native. Transit Rahu would
be in the 12H from the natal Rahu in the 38th year. If the 6th House from natal Rahu needs to
get implemented during this phase, then it would be 7th House from transit Rahu and
conjunct transit Ketu.
When transit Rahu would be in the 12H from natal Rahu, it would aspect the 6th from natal
Rahu by its 7th Aspect.
When transit Rahu would be in the 12H from natal Rahu, the 6th from natal Rahu would be
conjunct transit Ketu.
Ketu signifies houses, constructed buildings, banking, spirituality, detachment and
understanding of matters beyond the obvious. On the negative, it might indicate lack of
proper understanding, fanatic behavior, terrorism, blind-faith, hidden enemies, death etc.
The kind of influence that Rahu can give would be sudden in nature – sudden shock (both
pleasant and unpleasant), windfall of money, pleasure, lottery, celebrity status, glamour,
greed and excess, ego and pride. It can also give victory over enemies and success in every
avenue. In the negative connotation Rahu would indicate extreme depression, delay in all
work, unexpected failure, critical and incurable diseases, tremendous growth in enemies and
unimaginable opposition.
Amitabh Bachchan (Ketu in Aquarius Ascendant) had excellent success and windfall of
wealth in 1979-1980 due to the unimaginable success of Natwarlal and Dostana. This was
also the time he was said to have his secret affair with actress Rekha.
MJ (Rahu in Libra in 9H) had windfall of wealth and success in the 38th year due his album
Blood on the Dance Floor. His album was the best selling remix album ever released.

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The first point one should remember in this rule is that this rule will be applicable only for
individuals who have a special status of Rahu/Ketu in their natal chart. The special status
can be any of the following –
1) Rahu/Ketu in Ascendant or in the 2/8 from Ascendant
2) Aquarian/Scorpio Ascendant with no planets (other than the nodes) in the Ascendant
3) Rahu/Ketu influencing the Ascendant
4) Rahu/Ketu influencing the Ascendant Lord
5) Rahu/Ketu exalted, in moolatrikona sign or in own house or debilitated
6) Rahu/Ketu in a quadrant or trine
7) Rahu/Ketu with luminaries
Please read pages 676-740 of Volume 7 of SA before reading the explanation. 24th year is the
time period between the 23rd birthday to the 24th birthday of the native. Transit Ketu would
be in the 10H from the natal Ketu in the 24th year. If the 12th House from natal Ketu needs to
get implemented during this phase, then it would be 3rd House from transit Ketu and 9th
House transit Rahu.
When transit Ketu would be in the 10H from natal Ketu, it would aspect the 12th from natal
Ketu by its 3rd Aspect.
When transit Ketu would be in the 10H from natal Ketu, transit Rahu would aspect the 12th
from natal Ketu by its 9th aspect.
Ketu signifies houses, constructed buildings, banking, spirituality, detachment and
understanding of matters beyond the obvious. On the negative, it might indicate lack of
proper understanding, fanatic behavior, terrorism, blind-faith, hidden enemies, death etc.
Rahu can give would be sudden in nature – sudden shock (both pleasant and unpleasant),
windfall of money, pleasure, lottery, celebrity status, glamour, greed and excess, ego and
pride. It can also give victory over enemies and success in every avenue. In the negative
connotation Rahu would indicate extreme depression, delay in all work, unexpected failure,
critical and incurable diseases, tremendous growth in enemies and unimaginable opposition.
Barack Obama (Ketu in Aquarius in 2H) - After leaving his NYC job, Obama moved to
Chicago, where he was hired as director of the Developing Communities Project (DCP), a
church-based community organization originally comprising eight Catholic parishes in
Greater Roseland (Roseland, West Pullman and Riverdale) on Chicago's far South Side. He
worked there as a community organizer from June 1985 (his 24th year) to May 1988. This
event was turning point in his life and he left very deep imprint on the minds and hearts of
people with his public service. This move in his life which began in his 24th year of life
worked in his favor to make him the first colored President of the United States of America.

BSP Rule # 10
The first point one should remember in this rule is that this rule will be applicable only for
individuals who have a special status of Jupiter in their natal chart. The special status can be
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2) Jupiter as the Ascendant lord (Sagittarius and Pisces rising)
3) Jupiter influencing the Ascendant
4) Jupiter influencing the Ascendant Lord
5) Jupiter exalted, in moolatrikona sign or in own house or retrograde or debilitated
6) Jupiter in a quadrant or trine
Please read pages 676-740 of Volume 7 of SA before reading the explanation. 40th year is the
time period between the 39th birthday to the 40th birthday of the native. Transit Jupiter
would be in the 5H from the natal Jupiter in the 40th year. If the 9th House from natal Jupiter
needs to get implemented during this phase, then it would be 5th House from transit Jupiter.
When transit Jupiter would be in the 5H from natal Jupiter, it aspect the 9th House from
natal Jupiter by its 5th Aspect (Relative trine placement of natal and transit Jupiter).
The 5th aspect of Jupiter brings blessings of past karma and is indeed a reward to the native
for all the good done in his life. It gives joy from children, from students, from juniors and
makes one loved, adored and famous.
On the negative sense such an aspect would give the lack of all good things signified by the
5th aspect of Jupiter.
Alan Leo (Jupiter exalted in 12H) was introduced to theosophy in the summer of 1889. Leo
finally joined the Theosophical Society in May 1890. This was a blessing for him since it was
started a chain of events which finally resulted him meeting his wife and starting the
“Astrologer’s Magazine”. Also, it should be noted that the magazine was a financial loss
which had to be borne by Leo to bring out the knowledge. This shows the activation of the
4th, 8th and 12th houses.
Sanjay Rath (Jupiter in Pisces in 1H) started SJC - US conferences with numerous students
from 2002. This US trip gave him name, fame and spread the word of SJC in US and world-
wide. This shows the activation of 1st, 5th and 9th houses in his chart.

BSP Rule # 11
The first point one should remember in this rule is that this rule will be applicable only for
individuals who have a special status of Jupiter in their natal chart. The special status can be
any of the following –
1) Jupiter in Ascendant
2) Jupiter as the Ascendant lord (Sagittarius and Pisces rising)
3) Jupiter influencing the Ascendant
4) Jupiter influencing the Ascendant Lord
5) Jupiter exalted, in moolatrikona sign or in own house or retrograde or debilitated
6) Jupiter in a quadrant or trine
Please read pages 676-740 of Volume 7 of SA before reading the explanation. 32nd year is the
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to get implemented during this phase, then it would be 9th House from transit Jupiter.
When transit Jupiter would be in the 9H from natal Jupiter, it aspect the 5th House from
natal Jupiter by its 9th Aspect (Relative trine placement of natal and transit Jupiter).
The 9th aspect of Jupiter brings blessings of elders, Gurus, teachers, respect, fame and honor.
It gives recognition from superiors, bosses, Gurus, elders, Govt., people in authority. It also
indicates the time when luck smiles upon us and bestows her blessings. In turn it also makes
one a Guru or a teacher.
On the negative sense such an aspect would give the lack of all good things signified by the
9th aspect of Jupiter.
KN Rao (Jupiter exalted in 4H) met his Guru in his 32nd year. He writes about this in his
book “Yogis, Destiny and Wheel of Time”.
Yogananda Paramhansa (Jupiter in Pisces in 8H in Rasi chart and in 9H in Bhava Chalit
Chart) – On his 32nd year, he embarked on a cross-continental speaking tour. Thousands
came to his lectures and he became renowned as a Guru. The following year, he established
in Los Angeles, California, an international headquarters for Self-Realization Fellowship,
which became the spiritual and administrative heart of his growing work.
Pope Benedict XVI (Jupiter in Aquarius in Ascendant) on his 32nd year he became a
professor of Freising College (1958). He became a professor at the University of Bonn in 1959
(also in his 32nd year); his inaugural lecture was on "The God of Faith and the God of
Philosophy."

BSP Rule # 13
The first point one should remember in this rule is that this rule will be applicable only for
individuals who have a special status of Saturn in their natal chart. The special status can be
any of the following –
1) Saturn in Ascendant
2) Saturn as the Ascendant Lord (Capricorn/Aquarian Ascendant)
3) Saturn influencing the Ascendant
4) Saturn influencing the Ascendant Lord
5) Saturn exalted, in moolatrikona sign or in own house or retrograde or debilitated
6) Saturn in a quadrant or trine
Please read pages 676-740 of Volume 7 of SA before reading the explanation. 20th year is the
time period between the 19th birthday to the 20th birthday of the native. Transit Saturn would
be in the 92H from the natal Saturn in the 20th year. If the 3rd House from natal Saturn needs
to get implemented during this phase (by the 3rd Aspect of natal Saturn), then it would be 7th
House from transit Saturn in the 9H from natal Saturn.
When transit Saturn would be in the 9H from natal Saturn, it would aspect the 3rd from
natal Saturn by its 7th Aspect.
Saturn’s 3rd aspect is sometimes compared to the 3rd eye of Shiva. It influence can be
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social status, karma. Saturn is a giver of social marriage as well. It can also signify travel,
separation, poverty, sorrow and solitude.
Mahatma Gandhi - On 4 September 1888, less than a month shy of his 19th birthday, Gandhi
traveled to London, England, to study law at University College London and to train as a
barrister. In Gandhi’s case his natal Saturn in 2H aspects 4H with 3rd aspect and forces one
to leave home.

Adolf Hitler - On 21 December 1907, Hitler's mother died of breast cancer at age 47. Ordered
by a court in Linz, Hitler gave his share of the orphans' benefits to his sister Paula. When he
was 21, he inherited money from an aunt. He struggled as a painter in Vienna, copying
scenes from postcards and selling his paintings to merchants and tourists. After being
rejected a second time by the Academy of Arts, Hitler ran out of money. In 1909, he lived in
a shelter for the homeless. By 1910, he had settled into a house for poor working men on
Meldemannstraße. In case of Hitler, natal Saturn in 10H aspects 12H with 3rd aspect and
spins poverty to one. This happened after his 19th. birthday (20th year).

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The Nature of True charity

Once Arjuna asks Krishna, when every king, including the Pandavas are doing great charity
and giving away things to the poor generously. Then why Karna alone is praised for his
generosity.

Krishna, the next day, takes Arjuna to the outskirts and by his powers
creates a Golden and a silver mountain, and asks Arjuna to donate the
mountains to others, before Sun set. Arjuna, seeing the small
mountains, laughs and says, it’s not a big deal. So he calls everyone
from the surrounding villages and gives them a piece of the mountain
by breaking the mountain. But to his shock, he sees that the mountain
grows by the same size he breaks it and its almost sun set and even
after distributing to everyone and tired of the act, he almost gives
up, saying it’s his maya (illusion) and he can’t win over it.

Then Krishna sends for Karna just before sunset and asks Karna to
donate the mountains before sunset. Karna just calls two passerby,
asks one to take the golden mountain and the other to take the silver
mountain and walks away.

Krishna says to Arjuna - this is generosity. You were not liberal to

give away everything but Karna can give away anything to anyone and
that’s why he is great.

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