ASHTAKAVARGA SYSTEM OF PREDICTION - Part -33 - Neelastro

ASHTAKAVARGA SYSTEM OF
PREDICTION - Part -33
By Dr.E.S.Neelakantan
We proceed with our analysis on the Ashtakavarga of Venus in
this edition of students section. In our previous article we
discussed certain qualities of an astrologer such as patience,
perseverance and ability to comprehend fuzzy logic, which
would enable them to interpret charts correctly.
When Venus is in debilitation or is combust, has no benefic
aspect and the lord of the 7 th is hemmed between malefics , the
person will have three wives.
The above verse needs to be understood carefully. Instead of
7 th house let us say the author is explaining a verse with
reference to the 2 nd house and its karaka. If the 2 nd house has a
similar affliction, he would say the person will have no wealth.
Since Venus is afflicted and so is the 7 th house, the author
should have said , the person will be a bachelor; instead he has
given the possibility of the other extreme , a person with three
wives : in other words the chart holder is blessed with
Tribharya yoga.
The irony is that the chart holder, mentioned above is bereft of
marital happiness. He has chosen to marry several times hoping

that the next girl would prove better than the earlier one and
ending up disappointed each time. The important principle we
need to know here is :- An afflicted Venus and an equally
afflicted 7 th lord would lead to remarriage, not denial of
marriage.
Take the converse of the above rule ; Venus exalted, aspected
by benefics and lord of the 7 th hemmed between benefics, one
will have very good married life. The chart holder would be
blessed with a wife who is both dutiful as well as beautiful.
When the 7 th lord is in 9 , a malefic occupies 2 nd and Venus is in
a common sign , one will have two wives.
Please note that the subtle difference between the earlier rule
and this one . Here Venus is in a common sign , while the earlier
rule says Venus is in Virgo, Gemini , Pisces , and Sagittarius.
Venus is afflicted in Virgo . To some extent Venus in Sagittarius
is also not good . But in Pisces and Gemini, Venus is good.
Hence in this rule Venus is better placed than in the earlier rule
- if it is in a common sign other than Virgo.
In this rule , we have the 7 th lord in the 9 which is good, unlike
the earlier rule which stipulates that 7th lord should be
between malefics. The negative feature of this rule is that the
2 nd house should have a malefic.
This rule is otherwise termed as Dwibarya yoga.

This rule drives home the point that in persons with
combinations for multiple marriages, common signs become
prominent. Venus as Kalatra Karaka in a dual sign predisposes
a person towards remarriage. The other point, we need to
understand is that a malefic in 2 can spoil marital happiness.
The principle we need to know is this: The greater the affliction
to Venus and the 7 th lord , the more number of times, a
person will get married.
Denial of marriage is indicated when the 7 th lord is incapable of
conferring marriage upon a native or if there are other factors
in the chart which lead to denial of marriage , such as affliction
to the 12 th house , presence of Saturn in the 7 th , so on and so
forth.
The number of wives will be equal to the number of planets in 2
and 7 , when the 2 nd house is occupied by the malefic.
By enumerating the number of planets in 2 and 7 , one can
predict the number of wives a person will have.
For astrologers who specialise in horoscope matching, these
rules are very significant. Special attention should be paid to
Venus , the 2 nd house and 7 th house in a male chart , while in a
female chart , houses 4,8 and 9 are also important.
Here is an anecdote : A divorcee went to consult an astrologer
about prospects of getting remarried. The astrologer predicted

that the native would remarry and that marriage would give
happiness. The divorcee’s mother asked the astrologer : How
did you conclude that this chart shows Dwibharya Yoga ? “ The
astrologer replied”, By verification , I understood that Tribharya
Yoga is absent ; hence I inferred the presence of Dwibharya
Yoga”. The anecdote explains the rationale behind Dwibharya
Yoga. If the chart is heavily afflicted, it would lead to Tribharya
Yoga; medium range of affliction leads to Dwibharya Yoga .
Please note that in practice, one may not come across the exact
textbook rule; in many cases we find the variants of the above
rules appearing in the chart.
All the rules we discussed above pertain to adversities in life.
This raises certain philosophical issues. While facing difficulties
in life, what should we do? Accept fate as final, or pray God for
mitigation of hardship? In this context I would like to narrate a
story, which I read recently, which is both interesting as well as
thought provoking.
Once there was a sweeper in a well known temple who was
sincere in his job and devoted to God. Once he had a thought :-
The Lord is standing all the time and giving darshan and He
must be feeling very tired. So one day innocently he asked the
Lord whether he can take the place of the Lord for a day so that
the Lord can have some rest.

The deity of the temple replied, “I do not mind taking a break. I
will transform you like Myself , but you must do one thing ; You
must just stand here like Me , smile at everyone and just give
benedictions. Do not interfere with anything and do not say
anything. Remember you are the deity and you must have faith
in the Sovereign Truth that I have a master plan for everything.”
The sweeper agreed to this proposal.
The next day the sweeper took the position of the deity .First a
rich man came and prayed to the Lord. He offered a big
donation and prayed that his business should do well . While
going, the rich man inadvertently left his wallet there. Now the
sweeper in the form of deity could not call him and so he
decided to keep quiet.
Just then a poor man came and he put one coin in the Hundi
and said that it was all he could afford and he prayed to the
Lord that he should continue to be engaged in Lord’s service.
He also said that his family was in dire need of some basic
needs but he left that to the Lord for a possible solution.
When he opened his eyes, he saw the wallet left by the rich
man. The poor man thanked the Lord for His kindness and took
the wallet away. The sweeper in the form of the Deity could not
say anything and he had to just keep smiling.
At that point a sailor walked in. He prayed for his safe journey
as he was going on a long trip. Just then the rich man came with

the police and said that somebody has stolen his wallet and
seeing the sailor there, he asked the police to arrest him
thinking that he might have taken it.
Now the sweeper in the form of Deity wanted to say that the
sailor was not the thief but he could not say so and hence got
frustrated. The sailor looked at the Lord and asked why he, an
innocent person, is being punished whereas the rich man
thanked God for finding the thief.
The sweeper in the Deity form could no more tolerate and he
thought that even if the real Lord had been here, he would
have definitely interfered and therefore started speaking and
said that the sailor was not the thief but it was poor man who
had taken the wallet away. The rich man was very thankful as
also the sailor.
At night, the Lord came and asked the sweeper how the day
was. The sweeper said, “I thought it would be easy, but now I
know that your job is not easy” .I did one good thing today
and gave an account of the day’s proceedings to the Lord. The
Lord got upset on hearing this whereas the sweeper had
expected appreciation from Him for his noble gesture.The Lord
asked, “Why did you not just stick to the plan? You had no faith
in me. Do you think that I do not understand the mind of all
those who come here? The donation which the rich man gave
was all stolen money and it is only a fraction of what he really

had and he wants me to reciprocate his gesture without any
limit. The coin offered by the poor man was the last coin he had
and he gave it out of faith. The sailor has not done anything
wrong, but if he were to go in the ship that night he would die
when the ship sinks in the High Seas due to a cyclonic storm.
Had the sailor been arrested he would be in jail and would be
saved from an impending disaster. Had the wallet gone to the
poor man he would have used it for a noble cause. I intended to
reduce the rich man’s karma by depriving him of the money in
the wallet .Simultaneously I would have saved the sailor’ life.
Mine was a three-in-one plan: To mitigate the rich man’s
karma,to reward the poor man and save the sailor.But you
undid everything because you thought you were wiser than me.
The moral of the story is simple: God’s Will is supreme and no
human being can really comprehend the mind of God. As the
saying goes,” Inscrutable are the ways of destiny”
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