IMPACTS OF TRANSIT RAHU IN SCORPIO AND KETU IN TAURUS (Dragon’s Head & Dragon’s Tail)

IMPACTS OF TRANSIT RAHU IN SCORPIO AND KETU IN TAURUS (Dragon’s Head & Dragon’s Tail)


Rahu enters in Scorpio (Vrischik) on 3rd May, 2011, where both will stay up to 14th January, 2013. During this tenure, Ketu will be in Taurus (Vrishb).

During the period of May, 2011, to July, 2011, its impact would be quite severe for those who have ascending degree around 29 and for those who have some planet around 29 degree in even sign in their natal chart.

Its impact would be comparatively difficult for those born in the ascending signs of Aries, Libra, Gemini and Sagittarius. Lots of care should be taken. It is better to continuous propitiatory measures for Rahu and Ketu will help keeping the problems to minimum intensity.

During the period of November, 2011, to January, 2012, its impact would be quite severe for those who have ascending degree around 20 and for those who have some planet around 20 degree in even sign in their natal chart.

From April, 2012, to July, 2012, its impact would be quite severe for those who have ascending degree around 11 and for those who have some planet around 11 degree in even sign in their natal chart.

From October, 2012, to December, 2012, its impact would be quite severe for those who have ascending degree around 2 and for those who have some planet around 2 degree in even sign in their natal chart.

ARIES (Mesha)ASCENDANT :

Rahu causes obstructions and gives life threatening experiences. During the entire stay of both , one is likely to face stress in matters of health, relationships, expenditure, mental and domestic peace if the birth chart planets are weak. The marital prospect of those seeking marital alliance becomes difficult. The efforts of those seeking to acquire immovable properties get setback. Those seeking employment or change in professional ventures do not get early and good break.

TAURUS (Vrishb)ASCENDANT :

Rahu can bring you in contact with people who believe in manipulations. During the entire stay of both, one is likely to face stress in matters of new business ventures, progeny matters, emotional happiness, marital affairs and income if the birth time planets are weak. Success of future plans may get delayed. Children may not be able to make good grades/jobs. Those desirous to have male progeny may have to wait.

Speculative investments may cause unexpected losses. The period would be specially stressful for diabetic patients and those suffering from breathing and stomach disorders.

GEMINI (Mithun) ASCENDANT

Rahu can bring health concerns, conflicts and financial constraints. During the entire stay of both, one is likely to face stress in matters of health, relationships, status, professional matters, expenditure, mental and domestic peace, if the birth time planets are weak. Those seeking marital peace would find the time quite challenging.

The efforts of those seeking to acquire immovable properties get setback. Those seeking employment or change in professional ventures do not get early and good break.

CANCER (Karka) ASCENDANT :

Rahu can bring infatuation, emotional setbacks and problem in progeny matters. During the entire stay of both, one is likely to face stress in matters of health, new business ventures, progeny matters, emotional happiness, marital affairs and income,

if the birth time planets are weak. Success & future plans may get delayed if the natal planets are weak. Investments may cause unexpected losses. The period would be especially stressful for those suffering from nervous disorders, joint pains and breathing disorders.

LEO(Singha) ASCENDANT:

Rahu/ketu can cause mental unrest and professional setbacks. During the entire stay of both one is likely to face stress in matters of stay in foreign lands or distant places, relationships, status, professional matters, expenditure, mental and domestic peace if the birth planets are weak. The marital prospect of those seeking marital alliance become dull. The efforts of those seeking to acquire immovable properties get setback. Those seeking employment or change in professional ventures do not get early & good break.

VIRGO (Kanya) ASCENDANT :

Rahu/ketu can cause loss of confidence and confusion. It gives unrealistic plans. Manipulations do not pay. During the entire stay of both one is likely to face stress in matters of health, income, emotional happiness, marital affairs and job if the Birth planets are weak.

Success of future plans may get setback. Speculative investments may cause unexpected losses. The period would be especially stressful for those suffering from breathing and nervous disorders.


LIBRA (Tula) ASCENDANT

Rahu causes loss of reputation and problems in relationships. During the entire stay of both, one is likely to face stress in matters of relationships, status, professional matters, expenditure, mental and domestic peace if the natal planets are weak. The efforts of those seeking to acquire immovable properties get setback. Those seeking employment or change in professional ventures do not get early and good break.

SCORPIO(Vrischik) ASCENDANT

Rahu gives health concerns. During the entire stay of Rahu in Scorpio and Ketu in Taurus, one is likely to face stress in matters of business ventures, progeny matters, emotional happiness, marital affairs and income if the birth planets are weak. Manipulative tendencies cause stress. Success of future plans may get delayed. Children may not be able to make good grades. Speculative investments may cause unexpected setbacks.


SAGITTARIUS (Dhanus)ASCENDANT

Rahu involves the person in materialistic pleasures. During the entire stay of both, one is likely to face stress in matters of status, professional matters, mental and domestic peace if the natal planets are weak. The marital prospect of those seeking marital alliance become difficult if the natal planets are weak.

The efforts in general or of those seeking to acquire immovable properties get setback. Those seeking employment or change in professional ventures do not get early and good break.


CAPRICORN (Makar)ASCENDANT

Rahu makes you ambitious and brings in some short lived financial gains. During the entire stay of both, one is likely to face stress in matters of business ventures, emotional happiness, marital affairs and foreign residence if the natal planets are weak. Success of future plans may get delayed. Children may not be able to make good grades.

Speculative investments may cause unexpected setbacks. The period would be specially stressful for those who are suffering from renal disorders.

AQUARIUS (Kumbha)ASCENDANT

Rahu brings sudden difficulties in professional and property matters. During the entire stay of both, one is likely to face stress in matters of relationships, status, professional matters, expenditure, mental and domestic peace if the natal planets are weak. Those seeking employment or change in professional ventures do not get early and good break. Conflicts make the life quite challenging. The period would be specially stressful for those who are suffering from intestinal disorders &piles.

PISCES(Meena) ASCENDANT

Rahu brings sudden changes in life and fortune. It brings excessive anxiety. During the entire stay of both, one is likely to face stress in matters of progeny matters, emotional happiness, marital affairs and income if the natal planets are weak. Success of future plans may get delayed. Children may not be able to make good grades. Those desirous to have marriage or male progeny may have to wait for success in 2012. Speculative investments may cause unexpected losses. The period would be specially stressful for those who are suffering from stomach and renal disorders.

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Information About Planets

The Planets are the main activating forces of karma and freewill in Vedic Astrology. The planets are called Graha, they are sun, moon, mars, mercury, jupiter, venus, saturn, rahu and ketu. Their sanskrit names are surya, chandra, kuja, mangala, muruga, budha, Guru, brihaspati, shukra and shani.






The Sun – The higher Sun is the Self or Soul, the lower is the expression of our false self or ego. Every heartbeat, thought, inspiration, act of photosynthesis or anything else real or imagined on Earth has been fueled by Sun’s power. His is the energy of confidence and power, consistency and inspiration. The strength of the Sun will show our inherent capacity for truth and transformation. The Sun is the only light in the chart, or in life. The other planets merely reflect the Sun’s Light. It is the ONE that connects all things – the ocean of light that is our true nature. As such it illuminates the path of truth, giving the strength to sacrifice our smaller desires so that we may purify and reclaim our Self as the highest truth.

Keywords: Soul’s energy, Confidence, consistency, Power, Self-growth and development, Ego, Father



The Moon – The higher Moon reflects the joy and sharing that comes with having peace of mind, the lower Moon shows the neglect and withdrawal we experience when faced with losing that peace. The Moon is the Soul as it descends into matter, and it is our connection to this soul through sense mind and body. It is where we are the most easily hurt and the most vulnerable. The Moon shows the quality of our nurturing and our capacity to nurture others. It shows the clarity of our perceptions and how they are distorted as well as our basic desire to have peace of mind. The Moon is like the window we are looking through. Whatever affects the Moon, deeply affects our life and outlook.

Keywords: Peace of mind, connection or neglect, other people, the public, Mother, nurturing



Mars – The higher Mars is the spiritual warrior, stopping at nothing to know the truth so as to free the soul from bondage. The Lower Mars is the combative and opinionated nature to which we can be reduced. Mars gives us the discipline and focus to improve and transform our life through right action based on our principles. When his principled energy is directed inward toward higher purposes, he brings the courage to face our internal weaknesses and improve our lives. When directed toward outer and lower purposes he is the very energy we are struggling against. This lower nature creates a paradigm of security based on our opinions, not on God’s law (Dharma). These limiting opinions will bring us into conflict with others and takes us further from the truth he is seeking.

Keywords: Physical strength, Focus, opinions, aggression, logic, discipline, recklessness, friends and Brothers



Mercury – The higher Mercury is the God of discrimination, and the capacity of the mind to be fair and balanced. The lower Mercury can drain our mental energy through over stimulation and trivia, leaving us unable to recognize the important details to focus on and strengthen. Mercury is discrimination, for either good or bad. Proper discrimination implies neutrality; such is the nature of Mercury. This neutrality can lead to a disconnected, ungrounded intellect or one prone to bad influences. His nature is also to play, be curious and experiment, as it is through these activities that we hone our skills and through proper speech and clear communication that we are able to manifest something tangible from them. He governs the detail-oriented nature of the mind. Mercury shows if we will become ensnared in the details or organize them into a paradigm of truth, which leads to our freedom.

Keywords: Speech and communication, skills, intellect, dexterity, equanimity, neutrality, curiosity, playfulness



Jupiter – The higher Jupiter is God’s grace, wisdom, ethics aligned with right behavior and optimism. The lower Jupiter can be a haughty showman, concerned with appearance, status and the admiration of others. Jupiter is our capacity to do good, and to always wish to choose the good over the bad. He is where we expand in life and want to share God’s grace. Through wealth, children and education we expand externally; through faith and valuing God’s grace we expand internally. Jupiter rules all of these domains. We all have a higher vision of ourselves that we are expanding toward -Jupiter shows that vision and how we would like it to play out in our lives. Jupiter gives us the hope that things will get better. A weak Jupiter will either lack hope or be unrealistic in expressing it. A foolhardy optimism is possible. Jupiter aligned with our sense of duty will allow for our higher vision to not only lead us externally but also expand internally.

Keywords: Knowledge, Expansion, (children, education, spirituality) teachers and teaching, Optimism



Venus – The higher Venus is Divine Love and devotion through surrender, the lower Venus is hedonism and over indulgence in sensory pleasures. Much of our human life is learning to transmute our physical desires, from the animal (sensory pleasure) to the human (human love) to the God (Spiritual devotion). Venus is key to this transformation as she rules all three of these important qualities of life. Her Sanskrit name means “sperm”, as it is she who shows how much vitality we will ultimately have. In truth we all want the same thing in life, which is to be happy. Venus is the planet that gives us happiness, but maturity with Venus is learning to find happiness in the things that replenish our energy, not drain it. The main issue with Venus is how high of a price we are willing to pay for our happiness. Part of this discipline is learning to think of the needs of others, thus the first lesson of Venus is to respect and value others needs as much as our own. A strong Venus will not pay too high of a price for happiness and thus not leave our selves and others feeling devalued through the selfish pursuit of our desires. From this point of selflessness a deeper devotion to God emerges.

Keywords: Pleasure, love, sex, happiness, sensual desire, service, devotion, courtesy, manners, vitality, respect, improvement



Saturn – The higher Saturn is a Monk in meditation, the lower is a cold, ruthless individual, disconnected from his feeling nature and other people. It is through Saturn that we come to experience ourselves as a separate being and make peace with our limitations or not, the ultimate limitation being death itself. Saturn rules the nervous system and through it creates painful complexes that reinforce our separation from God, through form and concept. Anxiety, fear, sorrow, insecurity, loss and life’s painful lessons are all ways Saturn teaches us to give up attachment to form and not take things so personally. His neuroses will teach us perseverance and Self-control, as we will hide behind a wall of self-sufficiency to avoid being seen in our state of weakness. However, at some point something much bigger than what we can control will force us to our knees, like the death of a loved one, a chronic illness or an excessive amount of responsibility that was our distraction. These crises force our pain into the open where we must face them. Those who cannot learn from life and the hard lessons of Saturn will be reduced to bitterness and foolishness in old age. The greatness of Saturn is that he teaches us sensitivity to others and a respect for all; for once we have suffered we become sensitive to all who suffer. Once his ability for control is properly aligned with dharmic purposes, Saturn gives the perseverance and concentration to put into practice what we have learned, not just acknowledge it mentally. He allows us to be alone to work through our salvation, which is the only possibility.

Keywords: Ambition, fear, responsibility, the perseverance and capacity for hard work, stress, isolation, Old people



Rahu – Rahu, the north node of the moon, shows the main forces of desire that have compelled us to take a body in this lifetime. Rahu represents material desire, but because he is not a physical planet he operates on the subconscious level. He distorts our perceptions and colors the world according to his desires. He tends to obliterate the essence of things, focusing on their material substance. He is our deepest subconscious material desire. Rahu obsesses over the things we need to learn so we can eventually be freed of them. There are certain lessons we can only learn in a physical body, in the physical world, and rahu’s obsessions indicate those things. Rahu will tend to feel like Saturn in that both of these planets bring stress and fear. The stresses of Saturn are based on the tangible known things in the universe that can go wrong, the health, the income, etc.; rahu feels stress and worry about the many unknown, undeveloped qualities of our mind and experience. His obsessions are all attempts to assuage the undeveloped part of our consciousness. Yet Rahu can be very spiritual when powerful and aligned with dharmic planets. When we desire truth, Rahu can bring Spiritual progress very quickly. Rahu affects all Spiritual growth in one way or another, as it is he who represents matter and the purification of matter.

Keywords: Obsession, attachment, distorted perception, blowing things out of proportion, psychic ability





Ketu – Ketu, the south node of the moon, is the other half of the demon, the headless body. Where Rahu obsesses over the things of this world, Ketu seeks to be freed from them. Rahu is material and loses the essence of things in their substance. Ketu perceives the essence of things but is unsatisfied with anything substantive in the world. Whereas Rahu shows where we are obsessed to grow and experience new things, Ketu is where we may want to fall back on familiar patterns and become stuck in them. Ketu brings doubt and a sharp criticism to the areas of life that he sees, resulting in us looking ever higher to find the truthful answers to them. Yet he is eternally unsatisfied, noticing only what is missing from whatever he is influencing, thus those areas of life will be especially hard to “work on” as we will be filled with our deepest levels of doubt and self – loathing where Ketu is concerned. Ketu will tend to feel like Mars in that both Ketu and Mars are critical and opinionated. Ketu has the same sharp and focused nature. His criticism is based on past skill and it is where we will fall back on a set of ideas of how things should or should not be. These ideas close him off to the greater and necessary possibilities that must be considered in order for the karmas with him to be completed. Ketu is the completer of karmas and shows where we must “lose our head” around what we have experienced and mastered, in order to eventually be freed of it.

Keywords: Dissatisfaction, detachment, solitude, intense scrutiny, liberation, explosive nature.

BLUE SAPPHIRE GEMSTONE

Stones and Gems have magnetic powers. Blue Sapphire is the gemstone bearer of the blue color ray. Its effects are a combination of those of the blue ray and of the energy of Sapphire's mineral composition, corundum. Blue Sapphire nourishes the mind and puts thoughts in order and perspective. The blue ray it carries disintegrates disharmony in the physical head, thereby clearing the pathways for healing energies to enliven all the functions centered there.




Blue Sapphire can help you gain self-mastery that is, mastery of your mind, emotions, and physical body. To understand how Blue Sapphire does this, it is necessary to understand something of the nature of the mind. The mind is complex and comprised of many levels or areas. Thoughts are formed at the highest level of the mind, in the aspect closest to your purely spiritual aspect. They are generated continually; indeed, a new thought is born every moment. As Soul, you have the power to discriminate and choose which thoughts you wish to have. This is an important choice, because your thoughts feed and otherwise profoundly affect your emotions and physical body.



Consequently, learning mental discrimination is essential. This discrimination is the ability to choose which thoughts you would like to entertain, express, and empower. It is also the ability to choose which thoughts you would like to ignore and allow to flow out into the ethers so that they never manifest or affect anything. Blue Sapphire can teach mental discrimination.



It is an expensive stone. But one should wear it after consulting a therapist, astrologer and numerologist. It gives relief to heart patients and protects the wearer against accidents and dangers of fire and natural calamities. It removes hassles and irritants, agonies and frustration in life. Sapphires are placed in different categories. The Brahmin class is blue or white with a bluish hue. The kshatriya class is raddish with bluish hue. The Vaishya class is white with dark blue tinge. The shudra class is blue with a blackish hue. A blemished Sapphire brings in trouble. If it is having white lines, it affects wearer's eyes. Milky hue causes poverty. Cracks in stone may cause accidents and a double colored one may bring in enmity. Non-transparent may affect the wearer's near relations. If sapphire changes its color, it warns the wearer of a treat of attack to him/her or a conspirary against him/her. It has been noticed that the stone comes back to its original color after the calamity is avoided or passed.



There is a substitute for Blue sapphire and that cheaper stone is called Kathela. It can be worn when there is a conjunction of Saturn-mars or Saturn-rahu in the birth chart. It should be 3 to 3.5 carats in weight for domestic peace and financial prosperity. It helps in preventing vomiting, nausea, headache, vertigo, abscess, eye infections, allergies and tensions. The wearers of the stone would be attached and faithful to his/her family members.



This stone should be worn on Saturday two hours and forty minutes before sunset. It can be also worn during pashya nakshatra or eclipses after distributing alms to the poor and doing puja. Expert's opion that Blue Sapphire should be worn on the second finger and the weight should be atleast 5 carat. To achieve improvement in fertility, Blue sapphire can be combined with Tourmaline of green color.



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THE POINT OF DEEPEST FALL (DELIBERATED PLANETS)

THE POINT OF DEEPEST FALL


NOTE: What we are discussing is more philosophical than practical, and application

should be tempered with the proverbial pinch of salt.

INTRODUCTION

In an ideal world, nobody wants to have any afflicted graha in his chart, but then again,

we do not live in an ideal world.

Among all the possible afflictions, perhaps nothing scares a person more than knowing

that some graha is neecha in his chart. Immediately, people start looking out for neecha

bhanga or better still, neecha bhanga raja yoga.

If one may compare a graha to one’s own eyes, then a neecha graha is like an eye

incapable of seeing clearly. Neecha bhanga may then be compared to using spectacles to

improve one’s vision, but, just as spectacles cannot give perfect vision, similarly, neecha

bhanga can never completely overcome all ills. Neecha bhanga raja yoga is like using

binoculars, but just as one cannot go around with a pair of binoculars always pressed to

one’s eyes, similarly, even neecha bhanga raja yoga cannot always deliver good results.

BEYOND THE BASICS

What is it that makes a graha neecha? We need to understand this thing first. For this, we

must look beyond the obvious fact of “graha X is neecha in rasi Y.” To get to the heart of

the matter, we should look at the point where a graha is at its lowest ebb, and study the

related issues carefully.

While the relationship between the neecha graha and the lord of the rasi in which it is

neecha is of paramount importance, we could gain further by studying the relationship

between the neecha graha and the nakshatra in which it is neecha. This helps us to finetune

the results, and enhances our lucidity.

At another level, we could consider the nakshatra pada in which a graha is neecha, and

study the lord of that pada, which will correspond to the lord of the navamsa in which the

said pada falls.

For additional illumination, we could also consider the drekkan in which a graha is fallen.

Why, some might wonder, are we studying the drekkan after studying the nakshatra and

the navamsa? The reason is simple – of all the divisions, only the drekkans have

descriptions, and an understanding of these visual metaphors can perhaps enable us to

understand the true affliction of a neecha graha that much better. The descriptions of the

drekkans given herein have been taken from Shri BV Raman’s book “Hindu Predictive

Astrology.”

FEAR IS THE KEY

To understand a neecha graha, it is best to assume that some form of fear possesses it. In

a way, this may seem funny—after all, what could perhaps cause fear to Sani, who

himself causes fear to all men? Technically speaking, a graha many not be “afraid” in the

sense people are afraid of tigers or the Inspector of Taxes, but there is an affliction caused

by the fact that something that the graha stands for is not in good shape. If this were not

the case, then there is no reason to pronounce that the graha is neecha!

Understanding the cause of the fear of the graha may take us one step closer to

comprehending what is actually wrong. Therefore, we will start with the fear concept, not

because a graha is “afraid,” but because fear is something that we all understand so well.

After all, does not knowing that we have a neecha graha in our chart make us feel scared?

THE NEECHA GRAHAS

1. SURYA

Surya is at the point of deepest fall at 10 degrees, Tula rasi. This corresponds to Swati,

which is ruled by Rahu, in the 2nd pada, which is ruled by Sani, and in the 2nd drekkan,

which is also ruled by Sani.

Both Rahu and Sani are inimical to Surya, and their combined might means that Surya

feels very low indeed. Sani is humble and relates to equality, and so does Rahu as per

“Sani vad Rahu,” and Surya, as the king, cannot digest this!

The description of the 2nd drekkan of Tula is:

“A man hungry and thirsty, with the face of a vulture, and attached to his wife and

children.”

In the above context, it is worth noting that Sani is Surya’s son, and the vulture is said to

be Sani’s mount.

2. CHANDRA

Chandra is at the point of deepest fall at 03 degrees, Vrichaka rasi. This corresponds to

Vishaka, which is ruled by Guru, in the 4th pada, which is ruled by Chandra, and in the 1st

drekkan, which is ruled by Kuja.

It is easy to understand Surya’s neechatva, but Chandra’s is more perplexing. Why is he

neecha in association with Guru and Kuja, with both of whom he forms the Gaja Kesari

Yoga and the Chandra Mangala Yoga respectively?

Guru represents wisdom, and Chandra, who personifies the mind, doesn’t like wisdom,

and prefers pleasurable pursuits. Chandra in his own pada means the mind dwelling on

itself, not positively as in the “I consciousness” but in terms of trying to fulfil the

pleasures that the mind suggests. Chandra is also afflicted by the rashness of Kuja.

The description of the 1st drekkan of Vrichaka is:

“A beautiful young woman, quite naked, emerging out from an ocean towards the shore,

feet bound up by a serpent.”

This is a sarpa drekkan, and the snake allusion indirectly links it to Rahu and Ketu, the

nodes, whom Chandra fears.

3. BUDHA

Budha is at the point of deepest fall at 15 degrees, Meena rasi. This corresponds to

Uttarabadra, which is ruled by Sani, in the 4th pada, which is ruled by Kuja, and in the 2nd

drekkan, which is ruled by Chandra.

Budha is a highly intellectual graha, and it cannot stand the gloom of Sani, or the anger of

Kuja, or the fickleness of Chandra, all of which are inimical to rational thought. No

wonder it is neecha!

The description of the 2nd drekkan of Meena is:

“A beautiful woman, sailing in a boat with long flags towards the other coast.”

The flag is particularly interesting because it flies at the highest point, and represents the

acme. Ironically, with Budha fallen, intelligence, which differentiates humans from beast,

no longer reigns supreme!

4. SUKRA

Sukra is at the point of deepest fall at 27 degrees, Kanya rasi. This corresponds to Chitra,

which is ruled by Kuja, in the 2nd pada, which is ruled by Budha, and in the 3rd drekkan,

which is ruled by Sukra himself.

Sukra represents highly refined things, and this is the good aspect. The negative thing

about Sukra is his excessive pursuit of pleasure, which leads to a lowering of morals and

general dissipation. In particular, Kuja corrupts Sukra and turns love to lust. The fact that

Budha owns the concerned pada is also inimical to Sukra though Budha is friendly with

Sukra because those who love pleasures do not like listening to reason. The drekkan

being owned by Sukra implies a vortex of pleasure, which can only lead to lassitude.

The description of the 3rd drekkan of Kanya is:

“A fair woman, with a yellow cloth on her body and exposing her breasts and going to a

sacred place.”

What an apt description! Sukra is feminine, yellow represents prosperity, and as a

Brahmin graha, the visit to the sacred place is also appropriate. The vulgar reference to

the breasts implies the profaning of the sacred, caused by Sukra being neecha.

5. KUJA

Kuja is at the point of deepest fall at 28 degrees, Kataka rasi. This corresponds to

Aslesha, which is ruled by Budha, in the 4th pada, which is ruled by Guru, and in the 3rd

drekkan, which is also ruled by Guru.

Kuja is a warrior, and doesn’t like to heed either Budha’s intelligence or Guru’s wisdom.

All he wants to do is fight meaninglessly, and this makes him neecha.

The description of the 3rd drekkan of Kataka is:

“A man in a boat amidst an ocean, with a serpent around his waist.”

This is a sarpa drekkan, and indirectly refers to Rahu and Ketu, who, being daemons, are

inimically disposed towards the commander of the Gods. Since there is no reference to a

storm, we may safely assume that a boat in an ocean depicts serenity and perhaps

boredom because there is nothing to do but steer the boat. Since there are no prospects of

war, Kuja is highly frustrated!

6. GURU

Guru is at the point of deepest fall at 05 degrees, Makara rasi. This corresponds to

Uttarashada, which is ruled by Surya, in the 3rd pada, which is ruled by Sani, and in the

1st drekkan, which is also ruled by Sani.

Guru is a unique graha in Jyotish because it is the only graha that is not treated as an

enemy by any of the other grahas. So, it is a little intriguing to consider why it is neecha.

Perhaps, it is neecha because both the grahas concerned, Surya and Sani, can’t stand each

other. Also, Surya is arrogant and Sani represents humble activities, and neither of them

seems too capable of appreciating the wisdom that is so dear to Guru.

The description of the 1st drekkan of Makara is:

“A man with much hair, pig-bodied and faced, and carrying a rope and a net.”

Nothing threatening about the above, but it hardly seems to be the height of wisdom!

7. SANI

Sani is at the point of deepest fall at 20 degrees, Mesha rasi. This corresponds to Bharani,

which is ruled by Sukra, in the 3rd pada, which is also ruled by Sukra, and in the 3rd

drekkan, which is ruled by Guru.

Sani is responsible for grief, and as such, he doesn’t appreciate Sukra’s propensity for

merrymaking. Guru symbolises wisdom and so may be called a good teacher, but Sani is

more practical. The lessons he teaches are learnt in the University of Life, and not from

books. Thus, Sani may not be very pleased by Guru’s teachings, because he likes to teach

people by humbling them with sorrow and suffering.

The description of the 3rd drekkan of Mesha is:

“A cruel hearted man, red in colour, active, wearing red garments, unprincipled and

angry.”

The above description seems to fit Kuja, who is inimical to Sani, to a T!

AFTERWORD

It would be arrogant to presume that the above descriptions are accurate, and represent

the only way of looking at the neecha state of a graha. However, it is a good starting

point, and the author hopes that even points above that are not agreeable to the wise will

promote thought, and lead all of us to greater clarity and to the light, which is Jyotish.

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how to select a gemstone

• Dear friends,




The pratikool-anukool theory making rounds and giving certificates to each and all on payment of some money, does not hold ground, as you will read in the following lines submitted by me.



a) Should we recommend gemstones for functional malefic planets? functional benefic planets only? or Both?



None.



b) Should we recommend gemstones for planets placed in 6th, 8th and 12th Houses? In which conditions?



Normally not. But essentially if these planets placed in 6th, 8th or 12th are placed in nakshatras who are owners of the wealth giving houses or desire fulfillments(2nd and 11th ). (Which is what one requires in Life, so lets be honest here).



c) Should we use Divisional charts for recommending gemstones instead of Rashi chart? For example: Dashamsha for Career?



No.



d) Should we recommend precious and semi-precious gemstones and leave the decision to the user to decide which one to wear?



Yes. (I personally do not recommend semi-precious)



e) Should we recommend gemstone only for the lords of Lagna, 5th and 9th? If so, why not others, if they are benefic and placed well?



The 9th if a badhaksthana for a Fixed Lagna must not be recommended. One must not suggest Lagna Lord Gem if it is placed in nakshatra of the planet owning 8th or 12th. Because then the Lagna Lord will be actually giving the results of these negative houses. For a person who is in service the Gemstone for the 5th lord should not be recommended because then he may begin facing problems in his job, since the job is signified by the 6th house and by wearing the Gemstone for the 5th Lord one is actually strengthening the 12th house from the 6th.

BUT for a person looking for good health , he must be suggested a Gemstone for the 5th Lord, because the 5th signifies Cure.

So there are Gemstones to be recommended for a specific purpose too depending on the current problem. For instance one not getting a job if badly looking for one, may be suggested a Gemstone for the planet signifying the 6th Lord, but eventually after acquiring one, has to remove the same, or else would also increase the ill health propensities in his nativity.



Even the Lord of the 8th can give superb results if well placed, and even the Lord of the Lagna can give bad results, so there is nothing like some mandatory rule to be followed in this matter.



f) Which gemstones do you recommend for each planet? Example: Red Ruby and Red Garnet for Sun. Emerald, Peridot, Green Jade for Mercury.



The Original Gemstones. Ruby and Emerald. If the person cannot afford this, then let him keep the objects of the planets in his Shirt Pocket, like piece of Haldi , or some sugar for the Moon etc.



Gemstone recommending is an intricate science but now has become a like a Duplicate Rolex watch in hands of one and all.



At times Gems have to recommended for a temporary time, keeping the end(Result) in mind and once that is achieved,the Gem must be removed.

At times if one is not able to marry then one has to be suggested Gemstone for Planet signifying 2nd and 7th but would you allow the person to wear this, till he becomes old, when this same Gemstone would tend to strengthen to the maraka propensities for the native ?



The there are other problems to contend with too. For a newly married couple a green Emerald will not be favourable. Why ? Because it will reduce the sexual desires. Remember the basics ? Mercury is a Hermaphrodite Planet .



Then there are people who at the drop of the hat suggest The Pearl or the Moonstone immediately. Now if the Sun is the Lord of the Kundli or having Lordship of an imposrtant house in the Horoscope, would it make sense to wear a Pearl ? Or else if one is born on a Amavasya or a Poornima one should certainly note what would be the effects of wearing a Pearl before jumping to suggest this. There are other factyors like waning Moon and the waxing Moon the implications of which must be understood well before suggesting this Gem. Instead of bringing stability to mind, on the contrary it may cause depressions too. And by the way nobody in Real Life is so unstable that we need to suggest Gems for such frivilous matters which most astrologers do. "Your mind will become calm. You will be able to make better decesions. You will have peace of mind". This is logicless talking. Because the other problems which may affect in a horde, would not be foreseen or one may not have the foreseight to observe these.



Even the above made suggestions would change strictly speaking if one goes for Original Cosmic colour therapy ,on which I wil put a note some other day or may not put up because its too exhaustive and technical. For Instance we think that the Pearl means white, but actually its Cosmic rays are made of Orange colour. We think Diamond as White but its Cosmic rays are of Indigo colours. If one has excess of Red(Pitta) Cosmic rays in his body then one has to counter it with Orange/Green(Kapha) Rays. This is related to the various Chakras in the body. For instance the Red Colour (Fire Element) represented by Ruby, rules the Manipur Chakra in the body , also known as the Solar/Abdominal Plexus. This will be affecting the Pranamaya Kosha. All the Gems are nothing but a Concentrated form of the Cosmic rays (like Gulab Jala made of Rose, or Vanilla Essence), and each Ray is linked to a particular wavelength (For ex. Red has a Wavelength Mu of 800-650) which affects the body, so wanton suggestion of Gems is a dangerous habit and carries a lot of rinabandhan on the Astrologer suggesting so.

charactersticts of 12 houses in vedic astrology

First House


Houses in Astrology

There are twelve houses in the horoscope. Each house has several names indicating the various aspects, activities and actions it deals with.





Your Physical Traits and Personality

This house is also known as ascendant or the rising sign. Main significations of this house are life, longevity, self, nature, complexion, vitality, bodily appearance, character, early childhood, personality and fame . This is the house which indicates your outlook towards your life and your impression perceived by those around you. Parts of the body indicated by this house are head and face. This is the house of Dharma ( right action) and the Sun is the significator of this house.



Second house

Material Values and possessions

This house signifies finances, bank position, material resources and assets and how important these assets are in your life, family, early age or boyhood, speech, servants, friends, self earned wealth, second marriage, poverty, food or diet, intellect, power of speech and writing. Parts of the body indicated by this house are eye sight, memory, nails, tongue, nose, teeth, cheeks and chin. This is the Artha house( wealth). Jupiter and Mercury are the significator of this house.



Third House

Learning and Communication

This house signifies younger brother, sisters and relations with them, courage, intelligence, your thought process, mental strength, education up to high school, how you relate with others in your formative years, taste for writing, skill with hands, contract and document and signing thereof, inquisitive mind, ambitions, short journeys, ornaments, clothes, heroism, patriotism, health of younger brother and his success and failure. Parts of the body indicated by this house are right ear, hands, throat, arms, nervous system and shoulders. This is the house of Kama ( desire). Mars is the significator of this house.



Fourth House

Home Life and the Base of Operation

This house signifies mother, property, conveyances, domestic surroundings, happiness from family, old age environment, inheritance, false allegations, agriculture land and its products, permanent possessions, loss or gain of one's dwelling and hidden treasures. Parts of the body indicated by this house are breast, chest, lung, stomach, elbow joints, major arteries and ribs. This house is the base of your actions. This house is associated with your material possessions, your soul, your psychological roots, your family and racial traditions, your home and your security and your real estate and property. This is Moksha house ( the house of liberation). Moon and Venus are the significator of this house.





Fifth House

Recreation, romance and Creativity

This house signifies children, speculation, lady love, intellectual status, luck in general, pleasure, love affairs, legal or illegal amusements, kidnap, rape, gambling, social inclinations, romance, sports, music, games, cinema, restaurants, religious mind, deep and wise learning and wisdom, Spiritual practices, past life credits, children's health. legacies and riches. This is the house of self expression and shows the efforts put forth to distinguish yourself from other. Parts of the body indicated by this house are belly, heart, liver, spleen and gall bladder. This is Dharma house( right action). Jupiter is the significator of this house.



Sixth House

The Work Environment, Duties, Health

This house signifies the field of service, work, health matters, duties, practical tasks, relations with servants, employees and subordinates, uncles and aunts, relatives of father's side, food, debts, obstacles in life, mental worries, theft and calamity, long or short illness, mental worries ,bad habits, service, detail work, medicine, pets, enemies, efforts, hard work and debts. The parts of the body indicated by this house are kidney, large intestines, uterus and anus. This is Artha house ( wealth). Mars and Saturn are the significator of this house.



Seventh house

Relationships, Partner, Marriage

This house signifies matters regarding spouse, partnership, marriage, agreements, conjugal happiness, love questions, contracts, business speculations, public deals, litigations, divorce, honor and reputation in foreign country and social nature, oppositions and things opposed, honor and credit by government. This house is the field of relationships. This is the house of your social consciousness and cooperation or the lack of it. Parts of the body indicated by this house are private parts of the body, uterus, glands, lumber and vertebrae. This is Kama House ( the house of desires). Venus and Jupiter are the significator of this house.



Eighth House

Meeting Needs, Life's secrets, Joint resources

This house signifies diseases, death, longevity, mystical nature, psychic ability, knowledge of psychology, delays, fear, misfortunes, inheritance, gain from in laws, gain from wife, finances through unfair means, internal sex organs, mental pain, obstacles, mode of death, worries, privations, insult or defeat, insurance, bonus, property of partner, strength of public enemies and robbery. This is the house of joint resources and the possessions that are not earned by you but obtained through relationships and inheritance. It also belong to the funds such as taxes, corporate money, insurance and the stock market. This house is related to interests in the mysteries of life and matters of generation, regeneration, research and investigation. Parts of the body indicated by this house are pelvic, bones, testicles, external genitalia, seminal vesicles etc. This is the Moksha house ( liberation). Saturn is the significator of this house.

Ninth House

Travel, Higher Learning, Philosophy of Life

This house signifies father, preceptor, religion, higher education, publicity, learning, writing books and their publications, faith wisdom, prosperity, intuitive power, religious institutions, providential help and divine worship, faith and charity, foreign sea and air travel. This is very auspicious house in the horoscope and also known as the house of fate or destiny. This house indicates previous karmas, spiritual life and attainments, pilgrimages, temples, religious beliefs ,younger brother's wife and pleasure and benefit from children. This is the house of long range goals, planning and long distance travel. Parts of the body indicated by this house are hips, thighs, female arteries and sacral region. This is Dharma house ( right action). Jupiter and Sun are the significator of this house.



Tenth House

Career, Prestige and Reputation.

This house signifies career or vocation, profession, occupation and business, status, power, achievements which includes promotion, profits, permanent positions and advancements in career. Honor, power and authority, govt favor, command, trade, all questions regarding worldly activities, moral responsibilities, respect and reputation, ambitions and their fulfillment are also significations of this house. This is the house of worldly attainments. The tenth house concerns the profession, affairs of state or of the large scale operations. Body parts indicated by this house are knee joints, patellae, bones and joints, hair, nails, and skeleton in general. This is Artha house( wealth). Sun, Mercury and Jupiter are the significator of this house.



Eleventh House

Friendships, Associations, Ideals and Causes

This house indicates friends, groups, profits and gains, goals, hopes, dreams, aspirations, elder brother, elder sister, club or social activities, emotional attachments, love affairs, social success, fulfillments and realization of desires, Humanitarian and philanthropic enterprises, hopes and ambitions, wishes and aspirations. This is the house of achievements of goals and objectives and often called the house of hopes and wishes. Parts of the body indicated by this house are legs, left ear, teeth ankle etc. This is Kama house ( desires). Jupiter is the significator of this house.



Twelfth House

The Subconscious, psychological issues, secrets

This house signifies enlightenment, sleep, expenditure, confinement, private enemies, pleasures of beds, law suits, imprisonment, loss , debts, secret works, hospitalization, illegitimate sex or conjugal relations with opposite sex, sorrows, lost goods, impediments, deceptions, fraud and life in foreign land. This house relates to subconscious mind, emotional problems, secrets, deceptions and behind the scene maneuvering. Body parts indicated by this house are feet, left eye and legs. This is Moksha house( liberation). Saturn and Ketu are the significator of this house.

The Change of place can bring Change IN fortune ???

When a person is born the Potential (Prarabhdha) is decided according to the PurvaPunaya and Purva Karma So It is also the Sanchit Karma. The Place and time and date are pre decided and it is absolute. Thro the shastras, the time and date and place of birth also gives clear indication of the environment in which the birth has taken place. This is very much decided by the Ascendent or the lagna which is the Most important and the single most important factor of the chart at Birth.

The person is born and he goes thru different phases of life.
1st Bhav Lagna gives the birthplace,
2nd Bhav gives the indication of family in which he is born, The place of his family (Rich Poor large small etc.),
3rd Bhav gives the neighborhood of the person,
4th Bhav gives his real place of the living his own Home, Mothers place of birth, and at the end of life also represents (Grave)
5th Bhav gives the school/college in which he studies, Talent potential purva punya
6th Bhav gives his place of services his first job in outer world,
7th Bhav is the first time in his life after birth he has a choice there is another person whose fate is also related to his life which gives indication of Partner’s birth place,

Upto 7th Bhav are the place where the native has his ownership of Home or place of living.
Bhavs from 1 to 7 represents the Mother earth herself. So these all are important in deciding the natives relation with the place.

12th Bhav represents the place of Spendings for Charity(Temple) or pleasures(theatre or Bed)  or Treatment (hosipitals) or Punishments(Jail) or exile(leaving the Country).
11th Bhav represents the place in which his all the gains or the Banks, Accumulations of wealth.
10th Bhav represents his actual working place in the public and society.
9th Bhav represents the long distance places for visiting for leisure or for higher knowledge for pilgrimage or long distance place for work, Also Called as Bhagya sthan.

9th to 12th are the Represents place of work and achieving providing for what is the aim of the life.

8th Bhav is the most important Bhav It is the balance between the work life and the home life. It decides the inheritance and life Longivity factors for the native. The Bhav also represents legal Matters or courtships, Marriage itself. So it legalizes the Native’s Whole life.  Justice.

In Nirayan astrology : 3, 6, 10, 11 are called as Upchaya sthan (means these are changeable, Improvable).

The Above condition changes with Place and time.The Bhav Chalit Kundali can further make it clear that which Rashi Occupy respective Bhavs .The influence of the Rashi in the Bhav is important and the planets deposited in that Rashis become lord of which Bhav is important.

It can be stated from above if the lords of 3, 6, 10, and 11 are deposited in various Bhavs.The changes those different Bhavs can take place

if it is related to 4th Bhav than change of home or living conditions 2nd house suggests family, 10th Bhav change of office or working conditions,11th house gains

The Part of Fortuna also plays a very important role to decide the timing of the change


The Change of place can be advice for those people which have Good/strong Planets placed in bad Bhav.
The positive Change is only possible, if 9th house supports it (Bhagya sthan).

The Best indication comes from 9th House.
The Dwiswabhav rashis (temporary change of place, According to planetery positions/strength)
Char Rashi (Frequent change of place or country)
Sthir rashi (No change of Country and stability)

So we select the time and place of change such that it sychronises with the natal chart.
The 9th house with sthir rashi gives long term stability. The help of Tajik chart can be taken for time for the shift.

The Place can be decided with the help of natal chart. The Change should be made so that the natal planets are in good houses. We can move the natal chart such a way that there is sthir rashi with subha graha aspecting it or deposited in it would be on the 9th house. Part of fortuna should be in good house prefef\rably 11th, 9th.

And through calculation conclude on longitude of the place. This can be further refine by latitude.

The hemisphere can also give a twist to the chart as the north/south hemisphere helps malefic and benifics according to differen lagnas.          
Conclusions:

The change in place can bring about changes in the life of a person fortune for following :
The natal chart has strong planets, The Dasa supports it, There is clear relation ship with upchay sthans, part of fortune and 4th and 10th house involved, All will be considered so that 9th House the Bhagya sthan can be Made strong,