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Saptarishis Astrology Vol 8-June 20102 nd Anniversary IssueCONTENTNo Article Author Page Pages1 Vol 8 Publitorial Saptarishis Astrology 8 39Western Astrology2Starry, Starry, Night - An Astrological Portrait of Vincentvan Gogh Andrew McDonald, England 47 103 BP Oil Spill In Gulf Constantine Semenov, Crimea 57 44 Fixed Stars: Interview with Diana K. Rosenberg Edith Hathaway, USA 61 61Diana K. Rosenberg5 Medusa's Head Diana K. Rosenberg, USA 122 156 An Ancient Horoscope Diana K. Rosenberg, USA 137 117 Tyson's Zodiac: Are There Really Fourteen Signs? Diana K. Rosenberg, USA 148 78 Union Carbide & “The Mills Of God” Diana K. Rosenberg, USA 155 16Robert Gover9 Hyperinflation: Astrological Outlook 2010 Robert Gover, USA 171 1110 Corporate Persons, Money and the Planets Robert Gover, USA 182 12Luciano Drusetta11 Extraterrestrial Astrology Luciano Drusetta, Italy 194 3212 Orbital Astrology Luciano Drusetta, Italy 226 1213 For the Application of Epistemology to Astrology Luciano Drusetta, Italy 238 514 Chronicle of a Debate Luciano Drusetta, Italy 243 815 Prediction, Providence & Power of ‘Self’ in Horary Deborah Houlding, U.K 251 2216 Local Space Charts Christine Kaspers, Netherlands 273 717 Jupiter of SR in the Houses of the Solar Return Ciro Discepolo, Italy 280 7Payam Nabarz18 The Seven Planets Rite & How To Use it - Part I Payam Nabarz, England 287 1019 The Seven Planets Rite & How To Use it - Part 2 Payam Nabarz, England 297 1220 The Recreation of the Global Tree of Life Carl Johan Calleman, Sweden 309 3in the Conscious Convergence21 Astrology, Consciousness & Soul Tapan Das, Canada 312 722Spiral Of Time And Comets In The Era Of Great CelestialConjunctionSergey Smelyakov &Jan Wicherink, Ukraine. 319 2223 Plates Of Nephi Found T.Stokes, U.K 341 9Indian Astrology

24 Vol 8 Publitorial Saptarishis Astrology 350 3925 Saptarishis Astrology’s 2nd Annual FreeYagya Shastry, India 389 226 Fixed Stars: Interview with Diana K. Rosenberg Edith Hathaway, USA 391 6027 Jupiter In Dual Signs Ashok Upadhaya, India 451 1128 Vikriti Year 2010 - 2011 Chakrapani Ullal, USA 462 1429The Basis of the Vimshottari Dasha System found in RigVedaDrs. Frans Langenkamp,Netherlands 476 930 Astrology – The Guide Of Vastu Sunil Keshav Ghaisas, India 485 1031 The Vedic Yearly Chart - New Moon In Pisces Steven Stuckey, USA 495 432 Clues From Ramayana & Timing Of Widowhood Shankar G. Hedge, India 499 833 Memoirs Of Shri Swamiji B.L. Parmar, India 507 434 Plates Of Nephi Found T.Stokes, U.K 511 235 Late Pravin Jagad’s Theory of Longevity Basilioli Sandro, Italy 513 18Yenbeeyes36 Saptarishis Nadi - Gemini Asc - Chart 5 Yenbeeyes, India 531 2037 Saptarishis Nadi - Gemini Asc - Chart 6 Yenbeeyes, India 551 2638 Krushna’s Ashtakavarga System Yenbeeyes, India 577 36Abhishekha39 The Logic Of Bhrighu Saral Paddhati-An Attempt Abhishekha, USA 613 840 A Comparative Study Of BSP Vs BCP Abhishekha, USA 621 841 The Mystery Of Planetary Deaths - 1 Abhishekha, USA 629 15Saptarishis Astrology42 Thy Notes - 3 Saptarishis Astrology 644 643 Bhrighu Chakra Paddathi -3 BCP & Vimshottari Dasa Saptarishis Astrology 650 1344 Bhrighu Saral Paddati – 16 - Mars Reveals Saptarishis Astrology 663 1345Bhrighu Saral Paddathi - 17 - Rahus 9th aspectImplementation Age Surasa & Friends, USA 676 13Thy Experiments Towards Truth46 The Sex Scandal Experiment Saptarishis Astrology 689 1447 The Blue Lotus Technique Saptarishis Astrology 703 2048 The How Of Death – A Clue. Saptarishis Astrology 723 2249 Navamsa & Clue to Death – More Charts Saptarishis Astrology 745 750 Lomesha Degree Methodology Experiment Saptarishis Astrology 752 3151 Preface to Secrets Of Shastiamsa Saptarishis Astrology 783 352 Secrets of Shastiamsa – I Saptarishis Astrology 786 1153 Secrets of Shastiamsa – II, Bhrighu Chakra Paddathi (BCP) Saptarishis Astrology 797 554 Secrets of Shastiamsa – III, BCP cum BSP Saptarishis Astrology 802 755 The Exalted Jupiter’s Punch Saptarishis Astrology 809 13Chandrashekhar Sharma56 Late HaNamantasa Nemasa Katwe - 1 Chandrashekhar Sharma, India 822 557 Jyotish Phala Ratnamala Of Krishnamishra - 2 Chandrashekhar Sharma, India 827 3358 Jyotish Phala Ratnamala Of Krishnamishra - 3 Chandrashekhar Sharma, India 860 26Muhammad Imran59 A New Look Into Dasanatha Muhammad Imran, Pakistan 886 1660 When You Fall In Love Muhammad Imran, Pakistan 902 12To Dr Raman With Love

Preface Saptarishis Astrology 914 261 On The System Of Bhrighu Pt. Ashutosh Ghosh, India 916 1662 Nadi-Aroodam V. Venkataramana Rao, India 932 563 History & Origin Of Palmistry N. L. Desai, India 937 464 Esoterics Of The Pleiades - 1 T. S. Ramanujam, India 941 565 The Wonders of Nadi Astrology K. V. Venkataramanan, India 946 10Andree Leclerc66 The 6th House: Unfolding The Maze Andree Leclerc, Canada 956 967 The 8th House: Probing the Under-World Andree Leclerc, Canada 965 1268 Padanadhamsa Dasa Iranganti Rangacharya, India 977 469 Dwara & Bahya in Jaimini DasasIranganti Kalyan Raghavan,India 981 570 New Method Of Horoscope Matching - Jaimini Style Jagdish Raj Ratra, India 986 2271 Muhurta A concept to be amended as per Modern TimesVijay ShriKrishna Jatakdar,India 1008 772 Combinations of Power - Rahu & Ketu Joni Patry, USA 1015 3573 The Fascinating Dashamamsha -2 K S Charak, India 1050 1774 The Significance Of Birth Number In Horoscopes Acharya V. Kumar, India 1067 12Veneet Kumar75 The Original Lomasha Samhita - 1 Veneet Kumar, India 1079 4776Jaimini Sutras - 1 The Commentary of Venkatesha &Balakrishnananda Saraswati Veneet Kumar, India 1126 30Gayatri Devi Vasudev77 Slimming Tips from Astrology Gayatri Devi Vasudev, India 1156 978 Definition of a Graha Gayatri Devi Vasudev, India 1165 779 The Enigma Called Arudhas – Part 2Madhura Krishnamurthi Sastri,India 1172 3080 The Cosmic Harmony of Time & SpaceNunzia Coppola (Meskalila),Italy 1202 1781 Neecha Bhanga Rajayoga - A New Look O.P. Paliwal, India. 1219 682 Longevity & Life Span - Part 1 P.M. Gopalachary, India 1225 1483 Using Kakshyas Effectively R.G.Krishnan, USA 1239 784 The Magic of Ashvagandha Rushikesh Deshpande, India 1246 4Saptarishis GurukulIntro for Jataka Tatva 185 Sage Gautama’s Vidyashram Guru A.V. Sundaram 1251 886 Sage Bharadwaja’s Vidyashram Guru Ernst Wilhem 1259 487 Sage Kashyap's Vidyashram Guru Chandrashekhar Sharma 1263 788 Sage AngirasVidyashram Guru Daya Shanker 1270 789 Sage Jamadagni’s Vidyashram Guru Deepak Bisaria 1277 690 Sage Vashishtha's Vidyashram Guru Dr. K.S.Charak 1283 691 Sage Atris Vidyashram Guru Steven Stuckey 1289 792 Sage Bhrighus VidyashramGuru Dr. Suresh ChandraMishra 1296 4

93 Moon, Mind & Kemadruma Yoga Rajendra Rasiklal Shah, India 1300 994 Best Of AIAC Times AIAC, USA 1309 2795 Shukra Nadi - 1 Vinodh Rajan, India 1336 696 Perils of a Wrong Muhurta - A Case Study Shanmukha, India 1342 1097 Gulika – A Compilation A.G.Suresh Babu Shenoy, India 1352 2198 Numerology in Astrology Ajitkumaar, Germany 1373 899 Characteristics of Different Ascendants Amitabh Tripathi, India 1381 8100 The Punch of Hora & Sub Hora Venkat Ramana, India 1389 11101 Observations of the Moon’s Nodes on the Personality Chiria, USA 1400 4102 Jupiter Hampered by North NodeBabubhai N. Yodh &B.D. Vaghela, India 1404 8103 The Zodiac, Godhead & You Vic Di Cara, Japan 1412 4104 Dnyaneshwari - Chapter 6 V.V.Shirvaikar, USA 1416 11105 Nature & Characteristics of Signs Va. Da. Bhatt, India 1427 28U.K.Jha106 Arudha & Its Evaluation U.K.Jha, India 1455 10107What is the Correct Procedure for Computing Jaimini'sChara Dasa ? U.K.Jha, India 1465 16108The Question of Calculating Dasa Period of Signs in JaiminiChara Dasa U.K.Jha, India 1481 6

3513.0 Fixed Stars & The Story Behind The Story - that Indians Miss3.1 Assassination & Our Adventures in Fixed Stars3.2 Saptarishis Astrology Life Time Achievement Award To Diana K. Rosenberg4.0 Ancient Astrologer Bhrighu & Obama5.0 Predicting Year of Event – Universal Astrology6.0 The Dilemma of Energy & Astrology6.1 Abuse Of Energy & Its Karma – Pirated Books/Softwares & Forums6.2 Old Vs. New Energy6.3 Harsh Reality Of Energy & The Parable by the Nameless Master6.4 Abuse Of Energy & Accusation towards Saptarishis Astrology MagazinePublitorial1.0 The Seven Arch AngelsThis might sound repetitious to the early readers of the magazine, but mails received in last 2years warrant repeating the meaning of Saptarishis Astrology: Sapta means Seven and Rishismeans Sages; so in effect, Saptarishis means 7 Sages. In Christianity also there exists similar 7Sages via the 7 Arch Angels with different names; same in Judaism with different names, same inIslam, and same in Zoroastrianism. For details on each religion, readers can accesshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archangel. These 7 Higher Authorities have been attributed to guardingor 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-coldface or what one would call humane side which goes far beyond techniques. We do aim at presentingdiverse views and warn against the dangers of following certain paths in astrology which, even if theyproved non productive for centuries, have yet been blindly followed. This might hurt some and thismight 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 receivinginvitations for conferences in India or abroad, or awards, or Gurudom for name and fame. The only goalis 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 unlessone’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 somany Gurus who have come and gone.1.1. The Number Seven In A HoroscopeTransgressing, let’s see what is the significance of this number 7… Many have written about itbut there is one use which has not been delved upon so far. Suppose you create a project andthat project is signified by House X in the horoscope; the result of this project and its governance& completion are controlled by the 7 th House from it. This has been missed; the remedy forachieving the results of the House X is there in the 7 th House from it. Vedic Astrologers who are intoremedial astrology via rituals have missed this point. This was revealed to our Mentor by a very oldgreat astrologer & this was taught back to us. We have seen it working to the T.

352We will concentrate on the words result, governance, completion and remedy now. One sees 2H forwealth & family then the 7 th from it is the result which is the Inheritance that one gets. The governanceof this wealth is the family and, if there are problems in the family, then one does not get the resultantInheritance due to family members. One sees Efforts & Actions in 3H – for these to succeed, one need’sthe blessings of the Gods which is the 9H, i.e. 7 th 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 generaleducation; 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 performgood 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 havinggood children are the highest gains of one’s life (11H). The 6H is the house of health, diseases, enemiesand contains ‘The Block Of Your Life’ & also shows your Pending Task for which obstacles are created.The result of it will be the 7 th from it which is the 12H of pleasures & hospitals; if you do not havehealth, you will not be able to enjoy the pleasures of life; if you do not have health, you would go to thehospital… The 12H is also the Exit of life, so if you have a lot of diseases or enemies, your exit from lifewill be early or, if not early, then painful.We mentioned the 7 th from any house is that house’s remedy. Now take this 6H and you wouldsee that the 12H of charity gives you good wishes of people and blessings and thus, it will reduce yourdiseases and open up the blocks of your life thereby giving you the opportunity to move to the next levelin 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 ofrelationship or spouse – that is the reason most religions insist on marriage since that is the source ofcreation and governance of this Universe. Man is 1H determining who he is & his abilities and he getscompleted 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 thebroad rule, one year per house/sign you must take to correlate the above to get the 7 years. Suppose youhave a malefic in the 1H/7H, then some severe issue will come out in the 7 th 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 manyparts, one of which is the half of 7 or 3.5 years. So you must also observe from any project the 3.5 yearsand then the 7 th 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 12 th year of one’s marriage, one normally faces huge problems in marriage if the 6H/6L isafflicted. Why this happens can be explained by taking the 7H of marriage as the Asc and rotating it for1 year per house – thus one gets to the 6H of divorce and fights and courts in the 12 th year. One can breakit up further and say if the 7H or its lord is afflicted, then separation happens in the 1 st year – this way,the 2 nd , 3 rd , 6 th , 8 th and 12 th years are, broadly speaking, very important and can easily be understood bytaking the 7H as Asc and working it out yourselves.2.0 Cancer & Adventures With Edgar Cayce RemedyHe is one of our finest western astrology writers for Saptarishis Astrology and a great man offew words. You just had to give him a topic and he would do research on many charts andcome up with an article right on the date he said he would send it to you. The date wouldnever shift and this is what is called Publisher’s Darling. His articles received a lot of fanmail and you, as a sharp publisher, could make out it is coming from real fans – not the same authorcreated fake fan mail (!) a practice rampant in astrological magazines since decades and now common oninternet forums. When he said he no longer would write for us as he has developed cancer in multipleorgans, our world fell apart. One, for the selfish reason of losing such a super fine researcher – andanother for losing such a great human being with whom we had quietly become close even though hewas rarely personal with us in his communications. He was detected with cancer on 14 th Nov 2009 andgiven 6 months, he is still alive today. The writer is Ron Bippus from Canada who was introduced to usby Norah our team member. Ron is a famous horary (prashna) astrologer of the William Lily traditionand quite good at his work. Ron was not into the Hindu Yagyas and hence, we could not help him in

353any other way… But the desire to help kept on eating us. How could one watch someone die withoutgiving 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 amcontent with my fate and aim to end my days with dignity. I have never believed in God or in miracles, and myplan is to quietly go with dignity. 1Knowing that he was not keen for herbal remedies or alternative treatment, we were scared tosuggest anything and kept to ourselves but somehow, we passed on some excerpts from a book by EdgarCayce on Remedies to Ron. He asked for the time we sent it via email, so we wrote back sayingWednesday, 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 advicethat 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 ruler10th is in dignity in the 9th trine the ascendant. I read this as high wisdom coming from a very good source. Moonruler 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 termmemory. I can manage about a page at a time before I lose track. I will attempt to extract the medical informationand use it.1 Ron has kindly given permission to use any of his private emails/data which are reproduced below so that someone else canbenefit out of it. Mark of a true human.

354After some days he wroteI 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 amstill 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 EdgarCayce’s remedies and it seems Cayce had recommended Castor Oil Packs for many ailments. One canfind a reference in that book on Page 13Then on 11 th 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. Thetrend of 50% reduction in tumour size established by the first cycle of treatment appears to be staying on track. Iwill be going for a CAT scan next week which I expect to confirm what I am feeling. I have regained all my weightand am back at 200 lb, no anorexia this time around. At this rate the cancer will become a mere chronic health issueby 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 toclaim a divine miracle, this is as close as we get. I have no problem with that, I love them and I know they loveme. 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 fromthe body. Nothing in life is free, and considering my original diagnosis, I have pretty much accomplished theimpossible.

356a) Astrologers deal with death as an issue in the cases of clients or themselves, and they must be asbrave as Ron to embrace disease in their own livesb) Remedial Astrology is a crucial part of astrology and West and East both must study EdgarCayce, the most successful predictor and remedialist ever. He was guided by authorities farsuperior 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 withoutunderstanding the meaning of the word Karma. Herbs found both in East and West arewonderful tools for astrologers and one needs to dig deeper and find out remedies via herbs aswas done in the ancient days in India. Herbs & certain foods balance that element in your chakrasystem which would be created by say a retro Saturn in the 8 th or Rahu in the 6 th – these herbsbalance the bad planetary combinations in your chart. Learn it from an expert if there are any orexperiment with it carefully. Moon is the ruler of herbs & it should not be afflicted badly foreffective usage of herbs. It has been observed that side effects can once in a while happen fornatives 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 herbAshwagandha by Rushikesh Deshpande where we had recommended that herb; more miraclestook place in the life of the native which have not been documented in that article as it washurriedly written. Please note herbs only act if you have specific planetary combinations in yourchart, classics give clues to it.d) Embracing Death is no doubt difficult but it becomes a great spiritual tool when knownbeforehand and, for this reason, we reveal a technique in this issue that has been hidden for along time – on how to find out the cause of death. Vedic astrology has spent a lot of time infinding mathematical formulas in calculating the age when one will die but not on the cause ofdeath. This new technique is published in the Vedic Astrology section under the title ‘ThyExperiments 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 readerscan search on the net. Here is one ready reckoner from American scholar Dr. David Frawleywhich 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 intheir effects.Sun—Black pepper, cayenne pepper, ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, calamus root, sassafras, cloves, bay leaves, sage,thyme, juniper berries, eucalyptus, basil, bayberry, turmericMoon—Milk, comfrey root, slippery elm, marshmallow, wild mallow, licorice, solomon's seal, kelp, Irish moss,chickweed, sandalwood, oyster shell (sea shells), psyllium, flaxseedMars—Onions, garlic, mustard, coffee, alcohol, tobacco, asafoetida, horseradish, nutmeg, marijuana, jimson weed,poppy, nightshade, damianaMercury—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 oil4 Those who are into Vedic astrology are recommended to read ancient classical texts in Vedic Astrology for herbs & mustrefer to Sushruth & Charak Samhita in Ayurveda.

357Jupiter—Clarified butter, almonds, walnuts, wheat, oats, barley, licorice, fennel, fenugreek, ginseng, siberianginseng, astragalus, fo-ti, ashwagandha, wild yam, kudzu (pueraria), vidari, balaVenus—Rose, aloe, myrrh, saffron, safflower, hibiscus, raspberry leaves, asparagus root, shatavari, amalaki, danggui, rehmannia, sarsaparilla, jasmine, pennyroyal, false unicorn, parsley, wild carrotSaturn—Gentian, golden seal, barberry, uva ursi, pau d'arco, white poplar, blue flag, chapparal, witch hazel, oakbark, cleavers, frankincense, rhubarb, senna, mandrake, cascara sagrada, echinacea, horsetail, katuka, neem,chiretta, phyllanthusComing back quickly to Ron’s natal chart, he has Aq rising in both tropical & sidereal zodiacwith Asc Lord (body, health) being Saturn. The Asc lord denotes one’s health and he is in the 5H of

358upper stomach with Rahu in the Sidereal zodiac in Gemini while in tropical zodiac, the Asc lord Saturnin the 6H of lower stomach area with Rahu in the sign of Cancer. His cancer started in the stomach andgrew from that area 5 . If you see the list above of Dr. Frawley, he attributes Castor oil to Mercury whorules Gemini and that is where Ron’s Asc lord Saturn is placed in the sidereal zodiac; Mercury being the8L of death is in the 12H of exit (placement of Mercury is the same in both zodiacs), healing this Mercuryvia Castor Oil has probably delayed and remedied the situation.2.1 Did Cayce Come Near To The Secret Of AstrologyEarlier we had mentioned about Edgar Cayce, the American Psychic & Prophet and the finestpredictor in the last 100 years who was a hardcore Christian but who, yet, spoke things which werecontradictory to accepted norms. In this column, we would visit few points of interest so as to entice themodern day Indian astrologers and scholars to, once again, visit all of Edgar Cayce’s material tounderstand more of astrology, especially some points which are of grave interest to understand thehidden secrets of astrology. Also, for those who want to understand planets beyond what is written inbooks, Edgar Cayce just can’t be ignored. Here we draw huge references from Kirk Nelson’s masterpiecebook titled ‘Edgar Cayce’s Secrets Of Astrology’, ARE Press.Ψ Reincarnation - Cayce had established in his writings that reincarnation is a fact, somethingwhich forms the basis of Vedic Astrology. This everyone knows and his readings are not being quotedhere for lack of space.Ψ Which Zodiac - Kirk Nelson writes & later quotes Cayce on Page 48The Edgar Cayce’s readings indicate, however, that the sidereal system (Indian) is the oneastrologers should be using:He quotes Cayce below….For the Egyptian and the Persian 6 records are quite varied. If the entity would study astrology, do not put thesigns in the Egyptian Calendar but in the Persian, for the Persian interpretations are more proficient than theEgyptian. This is not belittling the efforts of the entity nor of the Egyptians in those periods, but the variationsin time have been corrected by the Persians and not by the Egyptians. The Egyptian calculations are thirtydegrees off. 2011-3For most astrologers are nearly thirty degrees off in their reckoning in the present. 3376-2Ψ On The Planets - Kirk Nelson writes on Page 51 that ‘Edgar Cayce gave the following readingthat identifies the influences of the individual planets.He quotes Cayce below….As in Mercury pertaining of MindIn Mars of MadnessIn Earth as of Flesh5 On 12 th Jan 2010 he wrote ‘Right now, what is known for sure is that the tumour started in the stomach, basically filling it. It thenbroke 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 6 th July he wrote that ‘Thetumour broke through the wall of the stomach and infected the liver and the lymph nodes. The tumour is gone from the stomach, and thespot 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 mostimportant aspect of life. Now if you see this chart in both tropical and sidereal zodiac, a clue on which zodiac to use willcome to you ‘movie starts in one and ends in another.’ – SA, Editor/Publisher6 Diana K. Rosenberg says ‘Although Cayce seemed to say that the sidereal system was the right one (his terminology was not quiteclear, and he extolled the Persian system (?) - I don't know whether this has survived), but when the birth data of an individual was givenand 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 considerationthe fact that most of his readers at that time would have been using tropical.’

359In Venus as LoveIn Jupiter as StrengthIn 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 PsychicIn that of Neptune as of MysticIn Septimus as of ConsciousnessIn Arcturus as of the developing. 900-10Ψ Understanding Planets 7 – In Cayce’s readings, you find rare and interesting information onplanets that you would not find in classics; if you miss reading his work, you would miss subtle yetmost significant hints on the working of planets and thus your predictive capability will suffer. For e.gCayce says:The Moon indicates change ….. 5746-1In Venus we find love. Do not confuse affection with love. Do not confuse passion with love. Love is of God, it iscreative, it is all giving. 3545-1Kirk writes that Cayce’s view of Saturn differs slightly from traditional astrology. Cayce saysthat Saturn represents change:We find in Saturn the changes, the experiences that have brought divisions, disturbances; breaking into the hopes,the aspirations, the desires. 2401-1In his readings, Cayce described Saturn as “that planet to whom all insufficient matter is cast from theearth plane.” (5717-1)The Uranian influence we find makes for a high occult or psychic force; or soul force, rather than the ordinary termof psychic. 938-1Also 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. 1595-1Cayce also gave warnings to people who had sojourns in Neptune to stay away from large bodiesof water. Neptune is the ruler of the sea and liquids – people with bad Neptune aspects will be alcoholicor drug users – western astrologers see this in a second in a chart but modern Indian astrologers cannotdo that so easily. One is reminded the chart of John F. Kennedy Jr. who, both in his Tropical andSidereal Zodiac, has Neptune in the 3H of short travels & 3H of death. He flew over sea and he died in aplane crash in the sea. Cayce further says:Neptune brings the greater spiritual life, greater desire for the spiritual emotions than the purely material.1986-1The greatest Indian Guru to visit the west was Paramhamsa Yogananda having Neptune in the10H of career and Karma. His whole life & karma was a spiritual experience only and not of materialgains.Ψ Planetary Sojourns – Where You Are FromThis is the most important part of Edgar Cayce’s material on Astrology in understanding yourchart. 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 thegreatest influence on the incoming soul.Although the above statement looks like basic astrology, it nevertheless has far more deepermeaning into the individuals’ life mission. This writer, in his limited experience, has found it true.7 These points might seem new to Indian astrologers but can be found in nadi literature (ancient literature of sages) too.

360Say a native dies, then he goes to a planet to master some attributes of that planet – this is whatCayce called Planetary Sojourns. Then, when he reincarnates back to earth, he brings with him somelessons from those planets that he has mastered. E.g with Jupiter exalted or in own sign right on the Ascdegree 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 themhere on earth to utilise that knowledge.On Planets, Cayce had mentioned Arcturus and he says that once a soul has achieved perfectionin the earth plane, it goes to the star of Arcturus and from there on to other systems. He says thatArcturus is the opposite of Saturn. Perfected souls go to Arcturus, while souls that need reforming go toSaturn.The beauty of Edgar Cayce’s work is what is not found anywhere in the world. The journey ofan individual soul has been detailed out and one truly gets somewhat detailed glimpse on how we, assouls, are moving around in various lifetimes. Edgar Cayce, in his previous lifetimes, had reachedheights in spiritual development as Ra Ta, a spiritual leader in ancient Egypt around 10,500 B.C – toJohn Brainbridge, a gambling womanizing wanderer – to Edgar Cayce – and true to his teachings ofPlanetary 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 termof psychic. 938-1He surely was no ordinary psychic.Ψ Outer PlanetsSometimes when we use Outer planets and the above statement on Asc degree of Cayce, we getto 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 whichrepresents the Asc and it is Venus which shows love (or the lack of it). Now Kirk Nelson’s book saysPluto shows Mass Destiny and Dictatorship; Pluto is sitting in the 8H of death & transformation. TheAsc lord Venus disposits the planet Pluto carrying with it the energy of death and transformation in theincoming soul if we understand Cayce well. Hitler brought in this life the true meaning of the wordDictator & death and came to the public platform as Venus is in the 7H of Public Platform. EdgarCayce also says that Mars is firearms, gunpowder – note that this Venus is conjoined with Mars andHitler used it to gain his dictatorship and become the King of the World (it is with Sun). Without usingPluto’s significations & Edgar Cayce’s statements, would it be easy to come to the conclusion ofdictatorship so fast? Probably not.PlutoPluto

361Let’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 wouldlike to check his chart (not produced here) and would be surprised to see that he has Pluto in the 10H ofkarma/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 wantsto ‘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 thewesterners use anything that works in practice. In the same way, many westerners who are now inVedic 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 todefend… the pride which is created out of reading only 10-20 books of Sages and has not even bothered tofind out what the Sages wrote in their other thousands of works that are gathering dust in libraries. AnyIndian who wants to learn what the Sages said about Outer Planets should venture into finding outwhat the Late Narendra Desai found in ancient texts (Nadis) in southern India, and what the sages toldhim 8 . He was and still is regarded in America as the greatest astrologer to walk into the US soil fromIndia.3.0 Fixed Stars & The Story Behind The Story that Indians Miss8 He had reached a very high spiritual stage of life. His voice would change and he would speak ancient type of Sanskrit, itwas said the sages would speak via him. Our debate with a famous Internet Traditional (Parampara) Jaimini Indianastrologer ended when we quoted the authority of Narendra Desai; after that, he never spoke against the Outer Planets in hisforums.

362Some of you who are probably in their 70s or 80s will experience this – some will experience thisfeeling when you really try to understand astrology and start avoiding humans… and start to avoidreading 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 bepredicted using the current knowledge of astrology.We were told two things about this chart by his friend: that this Indian man was an obsessivewomanizer and would only sleep with a woman once. When confronted by friends over hiswomanizing, he would say that makes him feel guilty and thus it makes him love his wife more. Butthis 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 ragsand then again rose to be a millionaire to open two offices in the US with a fleet of 100 tankers. As wesat 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 uponseeing his chart for 45 seconds ‘See whatever lifestyle you lead as of now – but eventually you havepending karma towards religion and spirituality and you would go into religious and spiritual ways’. Hesmiled and said you see you talked about religious ways ‘I have built two temples and in one of themdonated 40,000 USD (Rs 20 lakhs) when I was in debt in business – even my wife and parents do notknow of this including all my best friends’ he said with a glint of a newfound friend in us. Although ourprediction had failed in timing this religious generosity event, yet a smile passed on our face as sittingbefore us was a man who has learnt about donation that most do not know of, and about which we hadwritten about in the first editorial ‘True Charity is done only when the donator does not even allow his shadowto 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 needfunding from him for Saptarishis Astrology. The fact on this is that till date, we have avoided receivingany kind of major funding or donation to keep away from having to follow a donor’s agenda despite ourbest judgement.

363He was a true mix of what most men/women are: Good, Bad & Ugly… the only difference isthat we do not accept it but he does. Finally some predictions happened and we said how did you rise backin life? We said tell us the real event, the real story, the story behind the story for which we have waited for a yearto meet you and told him that we do not have the ability to predict that since astrology has not reachedthat 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 2 nd lord Mars is in the 7H of business,8 th lord of sudden change in the 11H of contacts & 4L of best friend in the 9 th house of Rise of Fortune inthe natal chart. 9 He said he was in debt in business – his relatives had cheated him, he had to sell hishouse and was living in a rented flat. Once, his very close friend came and said let’s eat. He did not havemoney and, trying to create fun, he took him outside to a shop on the road which sells sandwiches, andsaid to him ‘I will not pay for this sandwich and someone unknown will pay for it’. At the sandwich stall, hehad seen an old college senior with whom he had never interacted and vaguely felt that this man wouldbe from his college. He went there and introduced him and acted very friendly accusing his senior ofhaving forgotten him and, as a senior of his college (SIES, Mumbai) he is supposed to treat forsandwich. Senior said he does not remember him at all but does not mind paying for the sandwich evenif he is trying to fake a friendship. Later Senior asked him what does he do and he proudly said ‘I am inthe transport business’. His senior said he is also into logistics and works for a big company. Said seniorasked him how much does he charge for supplying a truck from Mumbai to Pune… our friend saidRs 2200 and, as the actual market rate was Rs 2000 he was scared that he over quoted. Senior said ‘Youdo not know the business son, every day I, as the senior executive of my company, am in charge ofhiring 50-60 trucks and they charge me Rs 3500 – if you charge us Rs 2800 per truck, per trip, I will giveyou 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 lessthan a million USD) and today, he has opened 2 offices in the US. Fortune changed when 3 elementscombined – 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 ofknowledge – and this is what the client needs to hear when he is down to the last penny in life ‘A darklooking best friend (Saturn) will come and ask you for a sandwich (Mars) and you would meet a senior contact9 Modern Indians do not use the 60 th 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 60 th divisional chart thinking that it is to be used to determine who one was in thepast life. As per old astrologers, this is all non productive wishful thinking of a bunch of new kids, as the verses of an ancientbook which Vedic astrologers regard as the Bible of astrology has been ignored by these new entrants and their followers. ForVedic astrologers see his D-60 (60 th divisional) chart, see the 7H of Business has 4L of best friend, 2 nd lord of business & 10Lof career Moon (Moon means motion, he is in the logistics business).

364(Sun) – do not refuse your friend that sandwich even if you do not have a penny in your pocket, your life willchange’.The real story behind one’s life is the crux of astrology – it shows the theme of one’s life and thisis possible only via a symbolism driven approach of ancient astrology of the stars. The stars or asterismsare 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, theyare 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 farless than what was known to our very ancients. This study that has developed in the west to aphenomenal level is now called as Fixed Stars Astrology. The predictive capability of it is mind blowingand, more than the predictive part, what is of importance to the real astrologer is ‘Fixed Stars’ as a toolcan 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 andyour brothers are the immortal twins of the zodiac and one of the major reasons he is born is to supportyour work, to give immortality to your work, for you to become the most famous painter ever and beknown by the name of Van Gogh as your Ascendant degree is right near the star Pollux which is at 23Cancer (tropical)?Scheat is a Fixed star – 29 Pisces (Tropical) & 5 Pisces approx (Sidereal) & this star is one of themost notorious stars in the heavens, reputed to cause "extreme misfortune, murder, suicide anddrowning". Vincent Van Gogh had his Mars, who is 6L (sidereal zodiac) of accidents, right on the Fixedstar 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 readAndrew 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 Progressionwhich has been ignored in the East. Percy Bysshe Shelley was a British writer known as one of thegreatest lyric poets of the English Romantic age, a writer of delicate beauty 10 . Shelley died during hisSaturn 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's4th house of 'grave' as per noted U.K astrologer Deborah Houlding 11 . 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 largervessel 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 encounteredrecently, as it explained the mystery of a horoscope that has not been solved by many top astrologers ofIndia. Sirius is known as Alpha Canis Majoris, or the Dog Star (14:05 Cancer – tropical; 20:14 Geminisidereal 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 (7Sages) Astrology magazine who, throughout life, spent his time in learning astrology secretly like athief as his family would not allow him to learn; see Sirius star attributes. He would read the books atthe terrace, at the park, in restaurants covering the front of the book so that others do not know he isreading astrology and at home too he would keep it under covers. His library grew and he would hidemany of his books in his car, in his office displaying the attribute of the Jackal. He removed hiddenmanuscripts from astrologers in India by begging, paying money that he took on loan and then gave itto Saptarishis Astrology magazine so that they could donate it. The worst is, even if he paid money toan individual for the manuscripts, he would see to it that on the website of Saptarishis Astrology, the10 Shelley, Percy Bysshe Date: 04 Aug 1792 Time: 22:00 LMT (+0:01) City: Horsham, England.11 We recommend Deborah’s super fine site for western astrology and free books http://www.skyscript.co.uk/shelley.html

365name of that individual (whom he paid) is shown as donator. For a long time, his horoscope was amystery 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 (16Ge50Tropical) which somewhere we read means bringing knowledge to others: he is involved in bringing outvery old manuscripts. Saturn signifies ‘old’ – his special affinity has been with elderly people which aresignified by Saturn.A very important point that cannot be ignored is mentioned by Saptarishis Astrology’s writerAndrew McDonald ‘It is worth noting that Progressions of major points onto fixed stars, however nastythe fixed star, will not show death on their own – there always has to be major supporting planetarytestimonies – both in the Progressions and the Solar and Lunar Returns and, of course, in the Nativityitself. Though fixed stars can be spectacularly descriptive, there is a great danger in reading them inisolation. Any fixed star must be read in context with everything else in the nativity.’3.1 Assassination & Our Adventures in Fixed StarsTake the chart of Abraham Lincoln and Diana K. Rosenberg’s report. Not knowing much aboutFixed Stars, we just spotted these two statements from her fixed star report – what followsbelow is a correspondence with her.22 nd July 2010Hi DianaIn your report of Fixed Stars on Lincoln, on page 28, I getThen on Page 29 at the bottom of Satabishaj (I think it is for Satabishaj only) I findIn the above, in the 2 nd last line, what caught our eye were murder and assassination, wars andbattles.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 around13.20 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 asÇatabishaj (same name, different spelling), Hydor, or Ekchusis

366It 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. Eachstar 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) andwhat was being thought of turned out to be true: his Mer is the 8L of death (sidereal zodiac) sitting in the 1H ofbody – this Mer is in the sign of Aq (Saturn ruled) its co-lord Rahu is with Mars (bullet) and he died of bullet ifone remembers well and this, in the period of Saturn Main period and Mer sub period (this is too much of acoincidence) from a Vedic point of view – it is amazing that the periods (dasas) are matching so easily.

367Diana: 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 wasborn with Venus aligned with Mu Cephei, "The Garnet Star" - a red star in the head of Cepheus the King! This iswhat 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 theCrown of Cepheus) - but the Crown does not protect its wearers: this was Abraham Lincoln’s Venus and CzarAlexander II’s MC; Lincoln freed the slaves, Alexander freed the serfs (Andromeda, the Chained Woman !); bothwere assassinated for their pains. This was the Moon of assassinated Czar Nicholas II, Moon and SNode ofassassinated Israeli PM Yitzak Rabin, Pluto of assassinated US Pres James Garfield, Saturn of murderedrevolutionary Leon Trotsky (axed in the head), SNode of singer-songwriter John Lennon (murdered-shot in thehead) and Press Sec’y James Brady, shot in the head in the Reagan assassination attempt with a Sun-Mars cnjhere; Neptune at Lincoln’s assassination (Venus had been here at his Solar Return 2 months earlier, where it ruledthe 1 st and 8 th houses), Jupiter at the assassination of John F Kennedy; the MC when Yitzak Rabin was killed at apeace rally (most of these were shot in the head: Mu Cephei is a red star in the King’s head!). Venus was here atthe Aries Ingress of 1914, 2 months before the Sarajevo assassination of Austria's Archduke Ferdinand, the eventthat triggered WWI.Isn't that all amazing???Love, Diana3.2 Saptarishis Astrology Life Time Achievement Award To A Western AstrologerIt was a December evening, cold breeze was flowing and almost romantic… Instead of watching agood movie, suddenly one name popped in our head. The repetition of the name became such abother that we knew we had to contact this lady whom we just did not know and who went by thename of Diana K. Rosenberg.Some months back, we had read somewhere that she was dying of Cancer but each astrologer hasto go one day; but now this name became of vital importance and we instantly wrote to our writerfriend Robert Gover, an expert stock market astrologer in the U.S, and asked him if he knew DianaRosenberg’s phone number. He said he did not know her number and, within few minutes, we foundout her number from another source, checked it was 9 am in New York and called her. She was sleepingand her response was please call me after few hours. We were not to call her back that day. Then thesame vening at 11.30 pm in Mumbai, as we were driving home, again the name kept popping in our mindand it would not stop – it was like she has something that others don’t have, her work must come out. Then weparked on the side and called her and had a great chat for 40 minutes. It changed a lot in us – this iswhen we found that a great astrologer is willing not to take any treatment of chemotherapy for hercancer so that no side effects would come in as she needs her mind to remain stable in order for her tofinish publishing her research of 30 years. Wow what dedication, how many Indian Astrologers couldlet go of their lives and not save it from the jaws of death so that their secrets be properly published intime... Indian Astrologers, on the contrary, spend their lifetimes trying to hide secrets and theirresearches but will always broadcast that they have done the maximum researches. We knew in Dianawe had found ‘One who knew the meaning of Energy’. She agreed to do an interview with us and promisedthat it would be a lengthy interview revealing many of her secrets. But what was the greatest thingabout her was the tone and pitch of her voice – she was a child telling us she wants to reveal so manysecrets and we remembered what the old master had told us ‘Only The Kid Wins’.Going back in Time, in the very 1 st editorial, it was mentioned that the true names of those whoare involved in the magazine will not be revealed in the credits’ column since SaptarishisAstrology would be construed as a Charity Work by readers – considering that those who areinto real charity do not even think it is charity, they ‘Just Do It’, their shadows also do not come to knowwhat they have donated. --- 1

368In 2009, we had released a book called ‘Saptarishis Astrology: The Predictive Series’ a collectionof some of the best articles of previous issues, in which all the authors had relinquished the copyright oftheir articles so that Saptarishis Astrology makes the profit. The publisher was Sagar Publications, NewDelhi, who said to us in the 1 st week of March that from Nov 2009 to March 31 st 2010, the total sales werearound 353 copies of the book and royalty was around Rs 15,000 ($ 313). It was written in the Preface thatthe first years’ earnings would be donated to old and economically not well off astrologers and readerswere asked in to send mails if they found one. ---- 2Due to the above points 1 & 2, we must state what we mention now since it was put in writing inthe preface and also, since we are accountable to both the authors and readers. Although the thought ofdonating these earnings was to be done to an Indian, God decided otherwise and we have donated thismoney to Diana K. Rosenberg for her printing expenses. It is a very small sum but our writers whocontributed articles would agree with us. Many sleepless nights have gone in rethinking if we shouldmention this donation or not – since mentioning would break our own rule of “the shadow not evencoming to know of one’s donation” – yet, as per our own policy, we are accountable to the authors andthe community at large so the deed was mentioned. Those of you who have spare money and everyastrologer cum astrology publisher or anyone who does business with astrology 12 are requested to donateto Diana K. Rosenberg for the $ 10,000 that she requires for printing her monumental research. Wewould especially request the students of some Gurus, who have amassed millions of dollars sellingtalismans, to request their Gurus to donate money to Diana or, at least, to the real cause of bringingknowledge out. If you can’t write to your Guru regarding this, then it’s better to leave the astrology ofthe Sages and never call Astrology a Divine Science (Western readers may note that the reason behind thisstatement is that Indians have an obsessive fascination of constantly and fanatically calling Astrology a DivineScience even though they and their Gurus may indulge in the biggest ‘subtle’ frauds one can imagine.) Readersmay 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 itor expect your name to come in print – if you can do that, then only donate. Her Paypal account is heremail id only fixed.stars@verizon.net. If you can’t donate, no problem – send her loving energy, write amail to her from your heart, be kind and sensitive and don’t rake up the death issue. Imagine if you arean astrologer and if you are on the biggest quest to get your book published as your last duty on earthand 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 ofastrology which is still an enigma after thousands of years of study. Her work speaks volumes if one hasthe patience to study and understand it. Diana K. Rosenberg has been awarded the 2 nd Life TimeAchievement Award of Saptarishis Astrology for her accomplishments in the most ancient form ofastrology, which is the real astrology of the stars since it deals with the stars ‘Directly’ and theirpredictive cum understanding the human soul’s purpose can be more fulfilling than the Vedic System ofNakshatras (asterisms) – still too little about nakshatras (asterisms) is known to the modern Indianastrologers 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 wholeproject & also Shastry (India), Souvik Dutta (USA), Pam Rosevear (USA) & Claudia Bader (USA) for thegrand 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 YorkCity. Diana has been presented the award by the Head of Uranian Society & Executive Secretary ofNCGR, Liane Thomas-Wade, on the 25 th of July 2010, in the company of esteemed stalwart astrologersof New York City.4.0 Ancient Astrologer Bhrighu & Obama12 Ideally, anyone who earns anything out of astrology will be in a more profitable position in life if he donates 10 % of hisearnings from astrology back to the astrological community.

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370U.S. House approves sweeping healthcare overhaul 13Mon, Mar 22, 09:40 AMThe U.S. House of Representatives gave final approval to a sweeping healthcare overhaul onSunday, expanding insurance coverage to nearly all Americans and handing President BarackObama a landmark victory.It extends health coverage to 32 million uninsured, covering 95 percent of all Americans, givessubsidies to help lower-income workers pay for coverage and creates state-based exchanges where theuninsured can compare and shop for plans.In order to understand the landmark event of 21 st March 2010 in the life of Obama, three of ourprevious articles on Sage Bhrighu’s Easy Methodology should be revisited. Excerpts from it are:-Bhrighu’s Easy Methodology (BEM) – 15Venus says ‘The house where I am given shelter or the lord I conjoin with or the lord of the house Irepresent will show where I can, I repeat I can contribute to the…a) Medical expenses or Diseasesb) Dramatic TroublesBhrighu’s Easy Methodology (BEM) - 2‘Wherever Jupiter sits he creates Ups & Down in the 6 th from it, in minimum of any one significations ofthat 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 & 4BSP 3: Wherever Saturn sits, he becomes Judge Dredd or Emperor (Shahenshah) and heshouts ‘I Am The Law’.It is that house wherea) Karma is unfinished & you ‘Need’ to finish it.b) You will or can make mistakes concerning significations of that housec) 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 rule15 (for Indians it is called BSP) for Venus, who is sitting in the 6H of diseases and health, isclearly working via Obama’s chart: where Venus sits, he makes you spend on diseases. Thelandmark is as in the event of March 21 st 2010 where US Govt approves an unprecedentedspending for health (6H where Venus is placed) – Obama spent on diseases as per the promise ofthe Venus BEM rule. There will be, no doubt, some opposition due to Obama’s chart and it willtake some years to come into real effect.13 http://in.news.yahoo.com/137/20100322/756/twl-u-s-house-approves-sweeping-healthca_1.html

3712. Also use BEM-2 which says that Jupiter will implement itself in the 6 th from it & destroy at leastone signification of the 6 th 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 6 th from it is the house of disease and health. So hisJupiter has destroyed the disease that was afflicting the American Health Care System andpromises 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 MedicalAssociations passed a landmark order stating that no gifts (indirect bribes) were to be acceptedby Doctors from Pharmaceutical Companies. 6H also represents accidents & diseases and youwill notice that some new diseases came in (pending karma) and few major earthquakeshappened (pending karma). Astrologers will say that every time Saturn was in Virgo the sameresults did not happen. Obviously, it will not and that is the reason the great astrologers wouldalways observe ‘What Kind of Karma is happening during One Cycle of Saturn’s journeythrough the zodiac’. They would observe this and then predict, observe the Quantum & Qualityof results. Astrology is an interactive science and not fixed – the planets deliver as per the Karmacreated 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 AstrologyPlanets & Their Implementation Age in Various HousesThis piece is being written so that we do not ignore the teachings of our ancients. Westernastrologers who use the Tropical Zodiac can also successfully implement it in charts wherethe Asc is not being changed if you switch to Sidereal Zodiac (Indian). You can also quicklychange the settings to Sidereal Zodiac and Lahiri, use this technique, note the results on apiece 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 amountof manuscripts. What is presented below does not work 100 % in real practice and hence, it has beenrejected by many astrologers who were jealous of C. G. Rajan 14 . Still, the way to use this method whichpoints to the nearby age when the planet will give result is to take that ‘Clue’ of the result obtained andfurther use other methods like transit etc. Please refer to the ‘basic’ table below. For example, if you wantto see the age when Mars will give result in the 12 th house, then go to the table and the number youwould see is 25 which means the 25 th year (active year/ not completed year). But would this Mars actonly in the 25 th year? No, it will give results every time a 12 year cycle is rotated; thus Mars in the 12Hwill give results in the 13, 25, 37, 49, 61, 73 rd years. At the end of this piece a full detailed table would beallotted. 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 22 nd year or 25 th 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 astyle in which they predict the year of the event. They would say for e.g. ‘Your marriage will happenaround 27/28 th year of your life’. They say it like 27 or 28; 90 % of the times you would find this style ofpredictions and we often wonder why they are not being very accurate to the exact year. Natal Planetsneed to be activated via transits, eclipses and other systems and only then they give their results, findingout this activation is not so easy hence, for some years in tables like these, planets give results and someyears they don’t.14 Late C G Rajan wrote a book which is out of print now, titled ‘Dogmas of Nadi Astrology’ which has been the most soughtafter book, if someone has it kindly write to us we will remain indebted.

1H 2H 3H 4H 5H 6H 7H 8H 9H 10H 11H 12HSun 15 7 20 14 9 23 34 27 10 19 38Moon 27 27 5 22 6 57 15 6 20 43 20 3Mars 5 12 13 8 5 24 27 28 14 27 45 25Mercury 10 26 12 22 26 21 17 14 19 19 45 45Jupiter 5 39 27 20 12 7 40 27 31 15 15 25Venus 17 6 6 6 4 41 14 10 15 15 15 5Saturn 5 12 13 8 5 24 27 28 14 27 45 25Rahu (Dragon’s Head) 5 12 13 8 5 24 27 28 14 27 45 25Ketu (Dragon’s Tail) 5 12 13 8 5 24 27 28 14 27 45 25Let us take some examples to see if we get atleast near around results.Tiger WoodsJupiter is in the 7H of relationships and marriage and, as per the above table, Jupiter shouldimplement itself in the 40 th year in the 7H. Now take multiples of 12 and you get ages 4, 16, 28, 40, 52, 64and in these years, Jupiter in the 7H will implement itself.In November 2003, Woods became engaged to Elin Nordegren, a Swedish former model anddaughter of former minister of migration Barbro Holmberg and radio journalist Thomas Nordegren.From Dec 2002 to Dec 2003 he would be in his 28 th year and, as per the above system, you can see that28 th year is activated by the presence of Jupiter in the 7H.372

3736H shows one’s mistresses – its co-lord is Dragon’s Head (Rahu) sitting in the 2H of family and one’sname. Dragon’s Head, by its very nature, denotes cheating and scandals. So Rahu in the 2 nd house, in itsrespective years, can once implement itself and show a sex scandal (Dragon’s Head aspects the 8H ofsex). Last year, Tiger Woods was in his 35 th year from Dec 2009 to Dec 2010. In fact, just 1 month 15 beforehis 35 th year started, the news of his affairs broke out. Dragon’s Head in the 2H will implement itself inthe 36 th year whereas Tiger Woods was in his 35 th year when this happened, this is to show that the tablecannot be taken verbatim and it only shows a pointer towards the nearby year.Detailed TableSun 0315273951631H 2H 3H 4H 5H 6H 7H 8H 9H 10H 11H 12H0719314355670820324456680214263850620921334557691123354759711022344658,7003152739516310,22,34,4658,707,19,31,43,55,670214,2638,50,6215 On November 25, 2009, supermarket tabloid The National Enquirer published a story claiming that Woods had anextramarital affair with nightclub manager Rachel Uchitel , a claim she denied.

1H 2H 3H 4H 5H 6H 7H 8H 9H 10H 11H 12HMoon 3,15,27,39,51,633,15,27,39,51,635,17,29,41,53,6510,22,34,46,58,706,18,3042,54,669,21,33,45,57,693,15,27,39,51,636,18,3042,54,668,20,324456,687,19,31,43,55,678,20,3244,56,683,15,27,39,51,63Mars 5,17,29,41,53,6512,24,364860,7213,25374961738,20,3244,56,685,17,29,41,53,6512,24,3648,60,723,15,27,39,51,634,16,28,4052,642,14,2638,50,623,15,27,39,51,639,21,33,45,57,6913,25,3749,61,73Mercury 10,22,34,46,58,702,14,2638,50,6212,243648607210,22,34,46,58,702,14,2638,50,629,21,33,45,57,695,17,29,41,53,652,14,2638,50,627,19,31,43,55,677,19,31,43,55,679,21,33,45,57,699,21,33,45,57,69Jupiter 5,17,29,41,53,653,15,27,39,51,633,15,273951,638,20,3244,56,6812,24,3648,60,727,19,31,43,55,674,16,28,40,52,643,15,27,39,51,637,19,31,43,55,673,15,27,39,51,633,15,27,39,51,6313,25,3749,61,73Venus 5,17,29,41,53,656,18,30,42,54,666,18304254666,18,3042,54,664162840,52,645,17,29,41,53,652,14,2638,50,6210,22,34,4658,703,15,27,39,51,633,15,27,39,51,633,15,27,39,51,635,17,29,41,53,65Saturn 5,17,29,41,53,6512,24,36,48,60,721,13,253749618,20,3244,56,685,17,29,41,53,6512,24,3648,60,723,15,27,39,51,634,16,28,4052,642,14,264860723,15,27,39,51,639,21,33,45,57,6913,25,3749,61,73Rahu(Dragon’sHead)5,17,29,41,53,6512,24,3648,60,7213,25374961738,20,3244,56,685,17,29,41,53,6512,24,3648,60,723,15,27,39,51,634,16,28,4052,642,14,264860723,15,27,39,51,639,21,33,45,57,6913,25,3749,61,731H 2H 3H 4H 5H 6H 7H 8H 9H 10H 11H 12HKetu(Dragon’sTail)5,17,29,41,53,6512,24,3648,607213,25374961738,20,3244,56,685,17,29,41,53,6512,24,3648,60,723,15,27,39,51,634,16,28,4052,642,14,264860723,15,27,39,51,639,21,33,45,57,6913,25,3749,61,73374

375Bruce LeeMercury can be a hardcore malefic for Scorpio Asc by virtue of being the 8 th lord of chronicproblems and death – and is here in the 12H of exit. As per the given table, Mer implements itself in the

37612H in the 33 rd year. During his 33 rd year which was from Nov 1972 to Nov 1973, on 20 th July 73, he passedaway exactly matching with the implementation age of Mer in the 12H.Marilyn MonroeDragon’s Head (Rahu) sits in the 12H of Exit of Life and 12H of bedroom. Astrologers know thatthe nature of Rahu is scandal, mysterious and not to be found – till date, the reason for her death is notfound satisfactory. But why is this 12H of Dragon’s head so important? Readers of Saptarishis Astrologywill remember one of the earlier editorials/publitorials where the ‘Super Effect House’ of each house has

377been shown; taking this chart, the 8L of death, Saturn, is sitting in the 4H of ones own home; as it is 9places from its own house (8H), we count 9 houses from this Saturn and this brings us to the 12Hmaking the 12H become the Super Effect House of the 8H of death and longevity. Thus Rahu sittinghere in the 12H becomes more potent and doubly important. Now let us see Mr. Rajan’s table: he gives13, 25, 37, 49, 61, 73 years for this Dragon’s Head in the 12H. On 5 th Aug 1962, the day she died, she was inher 37 th year, the year given by the Table. Her death was in her own house (Saturn in 4H) in herbedroom (Rahu in 12H), with some drugs or overdose of sleeping pills (Rahu again) and, till date, themystery surrounding her death has not been solved.John F. KennedyWhen you speak of Marilyn, you got to speak of JFK. His Sun is the 12 th lord of Exit sitting with2 planets i.e. Venus and Jupiter who, for Virgo Asc, is capable of giving death. Let us see the Sun’s age

378of implementation in the 9H, it is 46 th year. 6 months after his 46th year, he was shot death – note 4L ofassasination Jupiter is sitting with this Sun. The technique no doubt is off by 6 months but it is one ofthe very first techniques which gives us the age when each planet will implement in each house in asnap shot.Vincent Van GoghHis life has everything that a film maker would want: his poverty was most touching thoughtoday his paintings sell for millions. Let us repeat here: to truly understand his Karma and the role hisbrother played in his Karma, Indian Astrologers would have to read a fantastic piece on him by Andrew

379MacDonald in this very issue titled Starry, Starry Night – especially the last part where Andrew usesFixed stars and shows what Indian astrologers will always fail to see if they do not use Fixed starsastrology. He died on the 29 th July 1890, in his 38 th year, which would be from Mar 1890 to Mar 1891. Ifyou see the table 39 th year is activated by Mars in the 10 th house. Mars for a Gemini Asc is the mostmalefic being the 6 th lord of accidents and diseases and 11 th lord of super effect of 6H. He shot himself inthe chest in his 38 th year which is one year before the 39 th year, when Mars is supposed to implement.This shows that one surely gets the nearby year with this method. Planets always conjoin together togive results. Venus is his 12 th lord of exit from the world and 5L of mentality: he was suffering frommental problems and was just discharged from a mental asylum. Venus is placed in the 10H and isgiving the age of 39 (again) from the table you may observe. Dragon’s Tail (Ketu) which is placed in the7H has been given the age 39 Ketu – shows Liberation (moksha) – guess that is what he achieved as hewas not happy in this life as per his own statements. Thus 3 planets were showing grave problems at theage of 39 whereas he expired at the age of 38 which is still near; this technique is bringing you near theage giving result.ore Team Member of Saptarishis Astrology

380After a new technique is written, we always send it to some of the team members for theirreaction. The above chart is one of the team members – this native’s father was a great astrologer fromsouth 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 tothe 2H, 3H and then 4H – then it struck us that Venus is in the 4H and the age given as per the table is18 th year. Now see the significance of Venus – though it is in his own house, from the 9H of father,Venus is the 8 th lord of death & 3L of death. One fine day, his father did his evening prayers and thencame to the living room and said good bye to his children and wife who felt strange: why was he sayinggood bye? He recited a hymn for liberation (moksha) and died. These kinds of deaths are possible onlyto the greatest of astrologers who come to know beforehand the exact day of their death 16 .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 astrostudents to become easily and hastily impressed. Young entrants will always think non productivelywhen, per example, they would see a Sc Asc chart and Mer placed in the 12H and the native livedbeyond 33 years – they could say the chart’s owner did not die at the age of 33 – that’s when one is nottaught astrology at the feet of a Guru but in forums or conferences or books. One who learns it at thefeet of the ‘True & Unbiased’ Guru or one who learns keeping his heart chakra open uses techniquessuch as that of C. G. Rajan’s and takes it to his advantage to come nearer a year, will then use othertechniques before he shoots his predictions.6.0 The Dilemma of Energy & AstrologyHoroscope is nothing but a capsule containing the energy of one’s life exhibited by the planets intheir grand coding. Our job as astrologers is to decode this and find out how the energies areplaying out in one’s life. This coding is not as simple as 2 + 2 as, at a later stage, it goes beyondmathematics and statistics. One can test astrological techniques on 500 charts yet, that technique willfail on the 501 th chart. The client whose chart will be the 501 th will only curse us for wrong guidance –hence an experienced astrologer knows when he is reading a chart, it is his intuition or some divinevoice 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 ofastrology and not a theoretician or free practitioner. All of us are in the business of interpretation ofthese 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 & ForumsFor long this question remained unanswered as to what happens to those who…a) Download movies/books/music/astrology software via pirated meansb) Who fight a lot on internet forumsThe answer finally came that the karma of the above bad actions is to be seen via the position anddispositor of Dragon’s Tail (Ketu). Let us see this chart & few others in a brief manner.16 Recent history speaks of the Late M. S. Sitaramiah from Delhi who predicted 2 days before his death that he would notcome back from his visit to the hospital and, in spite of his operation being a success, died unknowingly and doctors wereamazed. In the chart discussed above death happened on a Friday, July 19, 1996, the time was almost near to 9.10 pm, hereeverything was Venus, it was a Friday, the hour was of Venus (hora) and the periods was also of Venus. Vedic astrologerscan check something more in periods (dasa) in his chart on the time of his death.

You name the management book and he had it downloaded in soft copy format that he openlydistributed to his friends and was thus described as the Piracy King. He would print it out free of chargequietly from his office printer (note nothing is free in life & for paper abuse see Earthy signs gettingdestroyed). He had been warned by an astrologer not to do this but he would continue doing it for manyyears. An astute astrologer would observe his life for few years and would wait for two things to happena) 3H to be activated b) Saturn to be activated; it is only when these two will be activated that thepromise of Dragon’s Tail will be fulfilled. Now see the story: this Indian went for a 3 month project tothe U.K to work for a famous financial services company. 3 months would be a short trip which is seenfrom 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 computer381

382(Dragon’s Tail - Ketu) related PowerPoint presentation. Thus, Saturn and Ketu were activated. Duringthese 5 days, the native was also downloading something on the net in his office in that UK basedFinance Company. He was caught, an inquiry committee was put in place and he was deported back toIndia with disgrace (result would be 7 th from it - Dragon’s Head – Rahu – scandal). Thus you can see allthe circumstances present in the horoscope had to be satisfied, short travel (3H), old man (Saturn) withhis wife (Venus), both travelled to UK (3H) and bang on (!) the promised event materialized withTransit Saturn in Virgo aspecting via the 10 th 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 beenumerated here: a) Where he is placed b) his 3 aspects which would be 5 th , 7 th and 9 th from where he isplaced & c) where the dispositor of Ketu is placed. In the above chart, the dispositor is Mercury who isplaced in the 7H of Limelight (Disgrace here) in career being 10 th from 10 th and a secondary house forcareer.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 inrecent decades. Dragon’s Tail is also the significator of fights and when one fights a lot on internetforums, then one becomes like Ketu: a headless creature with only a tail – that is the reason one oftenfinds that the fights in forums are just so out of the mind (without using one’s head). In one chart whereSun Ketu in the 3H has its dispositor, Venus, in the 8H of darkness and Venus is the 10 th lord of career,we observed that this native with Sun Ketu in the 3H would fight a lot on forums and after 7 years, hiscareer came to a standstill for 4 years inspite of being in top positions in the corporate world. In anotherchart where Dragon’s Tail is in the 7H, the native spent a lot of time arguing and insulting people inastrological forums – his Ketu’s dispositor occupies the 10H of career – in spite of very high degrees, hiscareer has not taken off at all since 5 years. Another native with Dragon’s Tail in the 10H spent yearsdownloading movies in torrent, made his friends do this and gathered pirated books: his career is at astandstill since 4 years and, in spite of doing all the remedial measures of Indian astrology – includingsitting daily for 3 hours chanting mantra, he has not been able to get a job. Another native with DragonsTail & 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 ofastrology 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 isknown to Indian astrologers as that knowledge have never come out 17 .c) Those who use fake email ids 18 to display their predictive abilities by posing quizzes and then replying tothem via their original ids.17 One of our writers from America described Indian Internet Forums as the ‘Blind leading the Blind’.18 Many moderators & prominent writers in forums have confessed –privately– to using fake email ids… and some of themwho are very close to Shri K.N. Rao have been publicly caught in recent times, in forums, without thinking that theirteacher’s name would get spoiled – such is the lust for daily 15 minutes of fame in astrology. Alas, the ‘Last Book OfAstrology’ is crystal clear that ‘Only the Astrologer who has lost interest in lust driven emotion of creating name for himself inastrology can truly understand what the planets are doing in a chart. When you become a recluse (8H) you get into that darkness (8H isthe house of darkness) of the cave of astrology that each Sage passed through, then one day the result (10 th from it is always theresult) will be the real light (Sun as it is the 5H of natural zodiac & 10 th from 8H) of this science & the cause of creation (5H - Sunis the cause of creation as per ancient text BPHS). That hard work (6 th house is the hard work) will result in SupremeAstrological Knowledge and elevation of Soul to understanding God’s creation (6 th from 8H will be the 1H of Aries where Sun getsexalted; Sun is also the significator of the Soul. Also, the 1H of self would be the 5H of creation from 9H of Gods – we

383Our observation was in these charts where Dragon’s Tail (Ketu) is sitting – that house and the 5, 7, 9houses it aspects or the house of Ketu’s dispositor – either of these is spoilt and destroyed. Most writerson Indian forums are a result of the Bollywood syndrome of wanting gossip or spice (massala) in theirlives or name & fame or to gather naïve clients, without realizing that after 2-3 years in astrology, everystudent realizes that anyone who is posting so much in forums belongs to the breed of ‘Time PassHobbyists 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 forumsb) Discussing the same topic endlessly or engaging in ‘you scratch my back I scratch yours’ are done by onlythose astrologers who are not interested in studying real astrology or immersing themselves in classics orcontributing something significant to astrology – but more interested in being seen as alive or lustful orperverted about fame.c) Most Indian forums are by moderators who are not spreading astrology but spreading their names orwanting to occupy position of seats (moderators are under illusions and create illusions of power aroundthem).One must understand energy with the help of foreigners to whom every minute is utilized inmaking life productive. Out of the 10,000 westerners who are in Vedic astrology, only 30 of them can beregularly found in Vedic astrology Indian forums – the rest do not waste time in forums but take classesand dig deeper into books, they are more responsible towards their clients unless they are students.6.2 Old Vs New EnergyThis deserves a lot of space to be explained but let’s touch it briefly. Planets which determine ournature, fate and the events of our life are as detailed ‘as details can be’ and they also give us somefree will to play around which is seen in the natal chart itself. The biggest challenge faced bytoday’s students is to read ancient texts, note down the combinations given by sages or ancient mastersand then feel despondent that the combinations given are not working. Some of us like double dichotomya lot and we are often found to say in different breaths ‘ohh what the sages/ancient masters have said do notgo wrong’ and in another breath that same astrologer will say ‘ohh even the formulas, combinations given bysages do not work in real practice’. A student who grows up hearing this first feels frustrated by this doubledichotomous statement but, as he has not found the answer to this, by the time he has becomes old, hehimself repeats this strangely. Thus, generations after generations make use of these thoughts and passthem on. What must be understood clearly is how to see the Energy of the Planets: these planets areNOT STATIONARY.Imagine if you are doing an exercise to increase the biceps of your arms… After 10,000 years ofmoving your arms (rotation or revolution), you would ‘Change’ eventually. Thus if a planet is givingyou a simple vehicle in 500 A.D, it would give a more detailed vehicle now as it has had movement forthe past several hundred years. Take it this way: Planets also get bored hence, they must keep oncreating something new ‘Within their abilities & Parameters’. The Energy shift can be understood in amore direct manner: Sun is the King of the Planetary Cabinet and was, in olden days, referred to assignificator for the ‘Actual King’ of a Kingdom. But now, in the 1900s, the Energies have had a majormajor change and Acceleration – it is no longer Sun which makes you the King but the planet Saturnwhich governs the masses (votes) & makes you the King. Another way to understand energy is sincethe time humans have lived on earth, the King was rarely questioned but now, in the New Energy, suchKings are questioned and toppled. It is difficult to understand the rules of our ancient texts if one is notin ‘Tune With The Planets’. As one gets tuned, one may not have heard or read about the 11:11 spiritualevent or the Harmonic Convergence (Aug 1987) that deals with the shifting of the energies andpreparing the earth for the new energy – work which would be completed by 2012 in the first step andhumans are the creation of God). Here the word recluse needs to be interpreted in the context of avoiding too muchcommunication which becomes addictive and that’s the reason the Yogi has said (quoted in previous writings) that ‘to reallylearn astrology: avoid astrologers’. Some have tested this statement and tasted some phenomenal success much more than someof the famous names of the past.

384next in 2025. Reading about such metaphysical topics or new age spirituality is not necessary to modernastrologers; what is important however is to be in tune with the Energies. What is important tounderstand is that for centuries, this knowledge was strictly limited to only one sect in India while nowit is available to everyone thanks to one man who lead a revolution in 1936. How could the Gods allowthis to happen and, more importantly, to continue? Has the energy not shifted now, when this was justnot possible for the last 3-5000 years in India? Today the internet is the biggest answer to anyone whothought energy (knowledge) could be hidden. The internet brought in the era where there was anexplosion of energy and melting of the barriers of energy exchange.6.3 Harsh Reality Of Energy & The Parable by the Nameless MasterWhat follows below is a parable, one of many to come, by the Nameless Master whom wehave found to be the finest of humans – who has the spirit of Astrology rightly ingrained inhim. Here goes his parable:Once upon a time not so long ago, there was a brilliant astrologer who taught this science to a studentnamed X. It so happens that X’s teacher did not easily share secrets and, most of the times, played the game of thetradition ‘serve me more like a slave and I will share more’. X went on to become very frustrated as a studentalthough he was a very noble soul and often wept in his car that his intentions were noble so, why would his teacheract like this and never give the ‘master key’ of a topic? X was taught that topic but not the ‘master key’ whichwould 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 onto do a medical college education. Once in a while, X would lecture on his specialty pertaining to the intricacies ofheart surgery in the college where the teacher’s son would study. After 18 years, X was called in for a special caseof emergency at 2 a.m by the Home Minister’s secretary, case that he had to operate on as this case was dear to thehome minister. X had by now become a prominent figure internationally on his research in medicines related to hisspecialization apart from being a reputed surgeon, and had the luxury to refuse any case since at any moment intime, he always had 3-4 hospitals abroad wanting him to join them. He refused as it was an odd hour and hismother was sick; but when the secretary mentioned the name of the patient, he agreed instantly much to theastonishment of the secretary. The operation went on well & after a few days, he heard once while passing by thehospital room someone saying ‘the surgeon was very arrogant and refused flatly to operate upon but due to theHome Minister’s pressure, the chief surgeon operated and that too free of cost – this is the power and greatness ofmy astrology knowledge’. X entered the room where the patient was sitting who happened to be none other than hisold astrology teacher. He asked everyone to vacate the room and told his teacher: I am your old student to whomyou refused to teach the real knowledge – but you should note that I did not refuse to operate upon you due to myarrogance, but since it was very late and my mother was sick. Even when the pressure from the Home Ministercame, I refused and only agreed to do so since your name was mentioned. I bow to you but you mentioned the powerof your knowledge compelled me to do the operation, which is wrong. You all, in the astrological community, alwaysfeel as if your knowledge is the most superior and the most divine knowledge and sharing of it can lead to somegreat misuse. You all cant event change your luck or the destiny of your children. Unfortunately, it is one blind manleading the others for the last few centuries. It is the knowledge of medicine which has saved your life and not ofyour astrology. It has happened since someone, somewhere, decided to share their knowledge of medicine andmedical equipments which lead to your life being saved – note the word sharing. Yes, this sharing comes at a pricebut is nobler than the sharing of knowledge that you all do. Can you imagine if someone who shared this medicalknowledge decided to share only 80% what would happen to you and millions of others on the operating table? Yetmost of the great ones among you claim privately after writing a book/article that you kept the master key toyourself. That is to only soothe your ego whereas ego never finds an iota of space with God’s love, only forgivenessand unconditional love. Today the biggest abuse of energy has happened because of you all inspite of you all recitingmantras daily for hours you all have not understood Gods new energy release. If your mantras were truly effectivethen every astrologer would become a servant of society (God). The maximum corruption happens when half bakedhidden energy is with someone. Energy is thus created which blocks the real energy to come out. Thus millions ofyou all in the last few centuries have created this negative energy which blocks the pure love of God to come out inthe open. Fighting this energy is tough for even the noble of astrologers and they succumb to the negative side of thedark energy created by you all since centuries. Yes I do agree that the knowledge of mantras should not be revealedto everyone yet I find that the most corrupt of you all have the highest knowledge of mantras attained through

385pleasing someone. In our profession, you might find crooks but the numbers of noble ones are 10,000 times more thanthe numbers of noble souls in astrology and yes, there are bad elements as is the case in any profession. But then, wewho save lives are never in any illusion that we are Gods unlike astrologers, our egos are far lesser than youastrologers. I could save your life since I decided to share my own fundamental research in bi-pass surgery on youand thus saved your life – whereas all your life, you were more concerned how not to share your knowledge underthe name of tradition and quoting verses of sages of how not to share the knowledge. How do we know that theverses of the sages were not altered by humans like you in the past? The sage of yesteryears would never teachastrology to even 1 % of today’s astrologers whose ego is greater than even the Gods. When a medicine or a surgicalprocedure is patented by only one person/company, the world suffers as it is at the risk of abuse; but when it isshared worldwide and openly, then someone, somewhere, can be benefited without the creator of thattechnique/medicine being credited. We here, in the medical fraternity, know this and some of us do not evenremember who created the medicine to eradicate Polio but it has helped millions whereas your techniques have nothelped even 1 % of the population. It is for these reasons that God has made allopathy that I practice morewidespread than any other ancient system of healing – since he probably got tired with the egos/superiority complexof the ancients of any ancient system of healing. My knowledge has no distinction, Sir, I treat all castes and peoplefrom different economic backgrounds the same way. Whereas your eyes used to glint when politicians and richpeople would consult you, my knife moves in the same manner whosoever is on the table? Yes, you would ask me, Ido charge money for my services but so do you – but your fees change when you see a rich client whereas my fees isthe same whether it is a rich or a poor man. It seems I have understood energy and its use or abuse much more thanyou have in spite of your spending years on it in the footsteps of your own family lineage that has spent thousandsof 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, mustknow that you all think you could change the fortunes of your clients, saving their lives by your advice or remediesbut I do that every 3 hours. You are trying to decode God’s plan in a horoscope but your egos only show that you allare farthest from God – may this be remembered.When intricate knowledge is made open to public then not just one, but many, have access to itand the originator of that technique can no longer hold others to ransom. Knowledge is abused by thegreedy minded personality knowing that only he has that knowledge and thus, he can take advantage ofit. But when that formula is known to many, very few will be able to take advantage as everyone hasthat knowledge and this is a Universal Formula – this was not present in olden days of limitedcommunication but now the Energy has changed since an article (technique) created in a small village ofIndia can reach all over the globe via the internet, the new energy platform of God. Vedic astrologerswho focus so much on hiding techniques can notice that a ancient text which is their Bible of Astrologytoday, by the name of BPHS was not easily available before 100 years, today its easily available so hasnot the energy changed ?6.4 Abuse Of Energy & Accusation towards Saptarishis Astrology MagazineMore so in the last 100 years of common man astrologers, two distinct astrologers groups werecreated: a) who charge money for their consultation and b) who do not charge money. As thisscience was controlled by only one sect of people, within themselves they did not wantsomeone to learn of their secrets as it would deprive them of their superiority and money. WhenSaptarishis Astrology was launched, it was launched as a astro business venture. Unfortunately, thatpart has failed to start even though the first editorial mentioned it as a free magazine. Energy is neverappreciated when it comes free hence, the master who gave Reiki Healing in its modern form to theworld insisted, after he learnt the lesson, that energy exchange must happen. This has not happenedwith 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 ofcompassion and made us understand the intricate nature of energy and that giving out rare never beforeseen content without energy exchange from the community is amounting to abuse of energy andincreasing the thankless attitude of the reader who belongs to what is generally termed for astrologers inthis continent as a ‘Bunch of Thankless People’. Incidentally, the energy exchange is present by 0.1 % ofthe astrological fraternity coming forward to engage as editors, volunteers and translators for themagazine. We were also taught via mail of some readers that when one has a skill, he can decide to give

386it 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 anextremely noble act but still does not require him to spend some precious money out of his pocket forastrology’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, forbuying 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 bythe name of Madura Krishnamurthy Sastry in South India (Andhra Pradesh), one had to shell outroughly $ 850 (Rs 40,000) – to get masters out from Banaras, some $1270 (Rs 60,000) as travellingexpenses & yet no results. Thus knowledge is not removed out and austerity drive on flight ticketsexpenses.Some readers in the past have taken these contacts of ours and spoilt relations with them – as aresult of this, masters do not write articles for the magazine and the loss is to the astrologicalcommunity only since we here at Saptarishis Astrology are not interested in practising astrologyprivately or professionally. Hence, we request you not to ask us for phone numbers or addresses ofauthors as we just do not have the time to reply to each request on a daily basis even though we mayhave done so in the past. Removing their knowledge for the world is more important than oneindividual who goes and meets a master for his own personal benefit and not for the astrologicalcommunities 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 agood astrologer is known ‘openly’ in the west whereas in India, the real good astrologers do notadvertise or write books or attend conferences – hence finding them is a process that takes years as theytry 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 isirreparable as these masters will never come out. Energy exchange can probably be implemented thisway: for anyone who wants contacts with some master, he or she should first bring out 3 masters fromhis city or village – only when that is done can he/she get the contacts of other masters through us.Some 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 knowledgewhereas westerns love to share it – at a price though – but still sharing happens at least bywesterners which helps the common man at large)b) The magazine length is too hugec) Some “I, Me, Myself” minds have accused few articles of being less researchedThis can be answered in one way. Saturn, the planet of patience is an attribute every professionalastrologer loves since Saturn teaches us the patience in working hard over a horoscope, digging deep intoancient literature (Saturn loves old things); plus, a non afflicted Saturn is not greedy though he ask forenergy exchange in a pure sense. When you create a huge volume of magazine which is not a magazinebut a movement, then you ensure that the ones who do not have patience in life, who can only seethemselves in the mirror and not others, who only think they have done research in astrology and whodo 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 andselfish will never reach them as they do not have the patience to go through the huge volume. When westarted the 1 st issue of the magazine with 96 pages we felt in control but we asked the Universe to takecontrol of the magazine and the result was nearly 1000 pages, guess the Universe has its own way ofdealing with energy being used by the right hands. Yet the words of some seniors on controlling thelength of the magazine must be taken into account, one can only digest the food what one can and notdigest 10 times of one’s capacity. Hence we would seriously consider shortening the length of themagazine and also do some deep thinking on energy exchange, the issue of which remains unresolvedfor 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 ofthese techniques given by the sages are working 100 %. As it does not work 100 % ever do they dare

387abuse the sages? Then, they must question as to how many fully researched articles they themselveshave produced… They remain unaware that any technique can be proven wrong on exception chartssince they are living in their own world, surrounded by those who worship them for some position intheir organization. Indigo Children of the future will challenge us openly to take 5 names of the topmostastrologers 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 publisherhas tried this exercise on many astrologers of India and asked them to rattle the top 5 names of pastastrologers and then asked them to quote 5 of their famous techniques which have been truecontributions to astrology – unfortunately, not a single one has been able to name even 2 of thetechniques of the past astrologers… Such is the thankless community who is poorly read and has thepoorest 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 tohelp the common man. If this is understood, then you become a surgeon with a scientific mind who willnot 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 bookor a coffee table book out of the science of astrology, it is their mission and we do not have comments onit. Our own mission is not to create a coffee table book of 50-100 pages since this journal is for theserious reader who is ‘Hungry’ for knowledge, who is ready to let go of eating food for the sake ofknowledge, who is ready to burn the midnight oil since he has an important goal in mind and the onlygoal: to help the common man. If his goal is to create money, get to important positions in astrologicalorganizations to create fame for oneself, to create throne for oneself and, please, do not bother to readSaptarishis Astrology or comment upon it, asking for reduction of size. Recently, one of the oldestmanuscripts written by a Sage containing 60,000 verses was unearthed. In a discussion where it wasbrought about, someone complained ‘ohhh my! who is going to read such a huge work’! The other old man inthe room asked that boy to commit suicide and not touch astrology in any life time. True Indiansworship 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 youcan now practice the science professionally. These courses are of 6 months to 5 years. The worst part isthat every member sitting in the top position of that organization knows that 25-30 years of reading andexperience is required before one ventures into professional consultation services – yet all of theseorganisations have failed in even preaching this aspect, let alone enforcing it. Organisations of VedicAstrology must ensure that blind chart readings on at least 20,000 horoscopes & compulsory readingcum tests on minimum 100 classics should be made mandatory before they give certificate of completionof studies – this was the original schooling in our ancient days, how have the organisations not realisedthis truth.Another important point in the length of the magazine issue is, no one is putting a gun on anyreaders 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 magazinecloses down due to weakening finances, it does not matter since what has been created is a creation oflove & most important, that of un-withholding energy that Indian astrologers fail to understand. Whatwe have has been given out without conditional love. It is not important to survive in the publishingindustry for 20 or 60 years… It is significant to note that filmmakers understand creation more than usin the astrological fraternity. Let’s take an example that even common man understands and assume youare 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 justOne ‘3 Idiots’ or One ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai (principles based on Gandhiji) or write that One ‘HarryPorter’ or maybe your final destination is that Italian film ‘Life Is Beautiful’ that changes humanemotions forever.Energy in Astrology is controlled largely by the planet Dragons Head (Rahu), a point oftenmissed by astrologers, especially the Energy of Research and Stunning Predictions. Our topic is thisresearch and the illusion created by Dragons Head (Rahu) for those who are into research astrology. Amagazine is known for its researches and its rare content. It is fashionable to say that ‘I have done the

388maximum researches’ or ‘our school or magazine has brought out the maximum researches’. Thisillusion is created by Rahu who gives the illusion of sitting on the Throne of Astrology. Lets visitprobably the oldest city in the world which is Banaras, where astrology is far superior and hidden and inolden days anyone who had to learn astrology had to learn it from Banaras, here the astrologers knowthat their knowledge in astrology is far beyond and they say ‘Research is only done when you do not knowastrology; the ones who know astrology never bother to do research’. Such is their blatant dislike for theoutside world; at the same time true honest scientific thinking is needed is what they say. They say thatno dictum of astrology can ever work on 100 % of the charts ever; in the cities some say every majordictum works on 60% of the charts – that would comprise, say a lot of 200 charts – which means thedictum is working on 120 charts properly. Now, if you take only or only have in hand the lot of theworking 120 charts, then if you test your own dictum on all of them, you would feel as if the dictum isworking on 100 % of the charts. If you take the remaining 80 charts where the dictum did not work andtest the principle again you find that the dictum is failing 100 %. This is the illusion and doubledichotomy of Research in Astrology. In astrology statistical parameters more often than not have beenfound to be grossly misleading, this any sincere, scientific and level headed astrologer will tell you. Butgenerations of modern astrologers in India have got lost to this illusion, often the most brilliant ofminds. 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 yourbody, 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 oneselfapart from fooling (cheating) others. Take any article (even written by us) or book you would find 25 to200 case studies, now take that same technique and see if it is working on 200 charts you might get thatit is working on 70% of the charts or say 100 % of the charts but take that same technique and predict on200 charts and you would fail in 70-90 % of the charts. This reality is the harshest truth and remains anillusion 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 years2) Scientific minds in the last 100 years have been truly unscientific and created the biggest mess inastrology 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 orhigher authorities themselves contradict the works of previous sages, without mocking the otherauthorities an attribute not found in the modern teachers of today.On an ending note for this 2 nd Anniversary, readers are requested to dig deeper into the mostunfortunate star called Algol or Medusa’s Head, understand how its negative destructiveenergy can be converted into positive in our charts, and then think of what the most holy bookof India, the Gita, teaches in return. Someone very senior in astrology and a spiritual being told us ‘Tounderstand Astrology & Gita, Algol’s deeper understanding is a must which Indian astrologers have missed’… Ournext few months would be spent trying to understand how the astrologer’s words contain truth and ifsome bigger truth is hidden in those statements.

389Saptarishis Astrology’s 2 nd Annual FreeYagyaॐ नमः परदेवतायै :आपिद िकं करणीयं ? रणीयं चरणयुगळमायाः ॥तरणं िकं कुते ? ॄादीनिप िकं करी कुते ॥Saptarishis Astrology’s Yagya: For those who are suffering from job loss or are in direfinancial circumstances.Cost: Will be done free for everyone irrespective of caste, creed & nationality in Kerala, Indiaby SA Team Member, Mr Shastry.Period: On 28 th of August, 2010 it is proposed to conduct a Sri Chakra Navavarana Pooja withMahaganapathy Pooja and with Chathuraavarthi tharpana.Benefits: All round spiritual and material benefits are accrued through this pooja but this pooja is a greattool in realizing the self. Even though issues regarding Job/career and financial struggles are theproblems 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 thatsurround and radiate out from the bindu point, the junction point between thephysical universe and its unmanifest source. It represents Sri Lakshmi, the goddessof abundance on all levels, in abstract geometric form. It also represents TripuraSundari, "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 unionof Masculine and Feminine Divine. Because it is composed of nine triangles, it isknown 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 thosewho are non-initiated can meditate on Goddess or can recite Lalita Sahasranama and various stotrasavailable on the net.Mahaganapathi ChathurAvarthi tharpana is a ritual of offering of oblations to the yantra/sona badrasila (a stone worshipped as ganapathy like salagrama as Vishnu) while reciting each letters inGanapathi’s moola mantra. This ritual will be preceded by Mahaganapathy homa in the morning of 28 thAugust, 2010. The statement “There is nothing which cannot be accrued by Chathuravarthi tarpana” isenough to understand the powers of this mantra, the main stress is on spiritual benefits.

390In the mahasankalpa for the Srichakra pooja/Chathuravarthi tharpana, each and all persons’ names andpurpose of pooja will be recited and it is earnestly wished that the problems be melted away with thegrace of the Goddess.After these poojas, it is also proposed to start a 108- times Devi Mahatmya parayana throughout themonth of Simha and in such a way, to get the conclusion of puja coinciding with the Durgaparameswari pooja during the Navaratras of Kanya masa.During the parayana days, those who are initiated into Chandi Saptasati can recite it. Those, who areinterested, can recite Durga Saptashloki which is equally beneficial. Also, Apadoonmoola Sree DurgaStotra, a condensed form of Durga Saptasati, is beneficial. All these stotras will soon be uploaded on ourwebsite.Those who wish to be included in sankalpa may send the details as follows topooja@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 helpsomeone with his heart and try to remove that person’s suffering in whatever extent possible withoutexpecting that, due to this act of kindness, God will help you.Kind RequestLast 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 athankless devotee of humanity.

391Fixed StarsInterview with Diana K. RosenbergByEdith Hathaway, USARob Hand calls Diana K. Rosenberg “the leading authority on Fixed Stars.” She hasspent the past 30 years researching the subject of Fixed Stars. Her primary interesthas always been research and teaching, rather than the consulting side of astrology.Her preferred astrological techniques outside of the realm of Fixed Stars include UranianAstrology (90 Degree Dial, Planetary Pictures, etc.), Derived Houses, Planetary Nodes, andSolstice Points.Diana has been a resident of New YorkCity her entire life, while my residence inNYC spanned only 7 years, and I movedwestwards in the USA in Feb. 1983. Ourpaths first crossed in 1982 when I was astudent in Diana’s Uranian Astrologyclasses in Manhattan, NY. From 1988 tothe early 1990s I made a gradual shift fromUranian (tropical) to Vedic (sidereal)astrology, a subject Diana always intendedto study, but Fixed Stars came to take upall of her time. She has always beenfascinated with very ancient things, andthe study of antiquity.A different portion of this interview,mainly on Fixed Stars, is being publishedsimultaneously by ISAR Journal (Journalof the International Society for Astrological Research), both print and On-line versions. Seehttp://www.isarastrology.com. This larger interview at Saptarishis covers only a few pagesof the same material, but also much more from Diana on stars. It segues at times into adialogue between us about Fixed stars, mundane astrology, the Vedic nakshatras, and the twozodiacs – 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 intouch over the years, mainly at national and international astrology conferences. One fullSaturn cycle later, after being her student in NYC, I am very honored to interview Dianahere on Fixed Stars and on her upcoming book: Secrets of the Ancient Skies: Fixed Stars andConstellations in Natal and Mundane Astrology. Her website: http://ye-stars.com.e 1 of 60 Pa

392Phone conversations and e-mail exchanges for this interview took place January throughJune 2010, with much of the content delivered by late Feb. 2010. During this time, Diana wasand is gravely ill with pancreatic cancer. Still very spirited and alert mentally, she chose toavoid more radical treatments such as chemotherapy or radiation because they would haveweakened her further, making it more difficult for her to finish work on her book. I know theastrological community shares my gratitude for the innate intelligence, diligence andexuberance Diana has for the subject she loves so much, and for her dedication in sharing herknowledge 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 itmore 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 wereresearching and writing, did your point of view change about the use of stars inastrology?P. 8 3) EH: What are Fixed Stars and how are they different from planets? Are FixedStars really fixed? (The ancients distinguished between these two, the planetsbeing 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 theywork. Sometimes they get a reputation for being mostly very difficult, ormalevolent. Is this justified?EH: How can we determine if a Fixed star will give results in terms of all that hasbeen attributed to a given star?EH: Are some stars more important than others due to their magnitude? Oractual size?EH: On a technical level, what is the orb of influence you use with the FixedStars?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 onthem. You used to have a list of recommended books on the subject at yourwebsite. At the top of your list was Reinhold Ebertin and Georg Hoffman’s FixedStars & Their Interpretation (1971), followed by Vivian Robson’s The Fixed Stars andConstellations in Astrology (1923). You even provided reprints of these before theybecame available on the web.EH: So this goaded you into doing your life’s work! Was it the paucity of materialon the Fixed Stars? I personally am not familiar with all the material available onPage 2

393this subject.P. 13 7) EH: I see you decided to start your Fixed Star research in 1980 with Algol. Tell uswhat you found about Algol.P. 16 8) EH: Are there other stars for which you have a special affinity - ones that you findremarkable and worthy of special attention?P. 19 9) EH: William Lilly established around 50 Fixed Stars in his horary work, and Iknow 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. Youhave researched Dwight D. Eisenhower at some length, and also some mundaneevents 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 himdue 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 theworkings 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 especiallylike 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 twozodiacs, and how you view Vedic nakshatras. We can continue with the IndiaRepublic chart.P. 32 14) EH: The Fixed Stars by their very nature bring up the zodiac issue. Let’s go intothis 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 youthink is your contribution to what is already known on this subject? And what foryou is the highlight of your book?P. 38 16) Diana K. Rosenberg: biography & commentary on her Vedic chart by EdithHathaway.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’sMarriage, Family, and Relationships--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Page 3

3941) EH: How did you get started in astrology? Or what made you decide to study it moreseriously?DKR: Astrology saved my son’s life! That convinced me to study it seriously. I was "tryingout" astrology in New York City with Betty Lundsted. Betty taught the basics, and herfriend Pat Morimando, upstairs in the same building, taught chart construction. This wasback in 1975, before everyone had computers. Pat was teaching me the calculations using myson’s birth data, and towards the end of the session she looked a little more at his chart andasked about his health. I said he had mononucleosis, and was struggling to finish his senioryear of high school. I left feeling nervous and uncertain, and decided to knock on Betty’sdoor on the way downstairs, because I was worried about my son. Betty quickly looked athis 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 himclosely. 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 adoctor every week. He went alone, and he told me that each time he would strip to the waistand the doctor would check his heart and lungs. I was constantly thinking of the list of sixitems Betty had given me, and one afternoon I noticed Peter rubbing a large birthmark moleon his upper back – the kind that doctors tell you to have removed because sometimes theyturn 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! Igave him money for a taxi, called a dermatologist, who was also a family friend, and urgedhim to examine Pete that same day. At first the doctor said he’d have to make anappointment, but I kept insisting, not saying why. The dermatologist sent him straight to asurgeon, after he saw the mole should be removed immediately. Pete returned home with awound three inches long, and 8 or 9 stitches. A few days later, my husband and I got anominous call from the surgeon’s office. They had done the biopsy and wanted us in his officeimmediately. 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 thehospital two weeks, and the surgery saved his life. (Later the surgeon told me it was caughtin 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 weekhad not noticed the melanoma, and that astrologers who had never even met him were theones who saved his life! Right then and there I decided to study astrology seriously. I amfrom a family of doctors: my stepfather, uncle, grandfather, and maternal great-grandfatherwere all physicians. My uncle, a prominent surgeon, had been very critical of me forstudying astrology, but that event silenced him. I told him and everyone else that withoutastrology, my son would not have lived beyond 18. My uncle remained skeptical aboutastrology, but the facts were irrefutable.2) EH: That’s a compelling beginning. How did you get from there to your deep study of theFixed Stars? (Our readers should be reminded that you have spent the past 30 yearsresearching this subject, and that your primary interest has always been research andteaching, rather than the consulting side of astrology.)Page 4

395DKR: I continued to study with Betty Lundsted, then went on to Joanna Shannon, JulianArmistead and, for Uranian and the 90 Degree Dial, Charles Emerson. I had only wanted toknow the basics of Uranian but it turned out to be such a useful system that I got into itmore deeply and became a Uranian astrologer! But through all of this, I noticed that everytime a Fixed Star was mentioned, it seemed to “hit the mark” – especially Algol. 1 So I hadbegun to read the two or three books available on Fixed Stars, but they weren’t verysatisfying. 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 ofFixed Stars?”In the meantime, I made up a workbook for myself that listed all the stars in Robson andEbertin, with room for observations and comments. Then I found that people were comingto me as if I were an expert, and wanted copies of my workbook. After about the 7 th or 8 thtime I photocopied it for someone, I suddenly realized that I could put it in a simple binderand sell it! Then one day at a seminar for advanced and professional astrologers given byGary Christen, a leading Uranian, he put up a standard “12 pieces of pie” chart of an eventand, to start, asked us to see if we could discover anything about the event. I saw somefamiliar 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 itsusefulness when Julian Armistead said: “Mercury is in the 8 th at Algol. Algol sometimesindicates 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’sM44 in the Crab), and that often turns up at fires, and one might suffocate in a fire!” Garynodded again. Well, to make a long story short, Julian and I were the only ones in the roomwho discovered the theme of the chart, and we did it by using Fixed Stars. “That’s it,” Ithought. “I may have found my specialty!”But there was a very big problem: How could I get the positions of more stars? The lack ofstar lists was the reason no further research had been done. Astronomers use right ascensionand declination, which are based on the celestial equator, whereas astrologers use celestiallongitude and latitude, based on the ecliptic. To convert from the first to the second of theserequires some elaborate math, and this was before home computers. Then fate came throughfor me in the person of Michael Munkasey, an astrologer, engineer and mathematician. At aconference he handed me two large boxes of star lists that he had input from the Yale BrightStar Catalogue and converted to ecliptic coordinates. He said, “Diana, I have so many projectsthat I’ll never get around to the stars. So I want you to have these!” Of course, I wasdelighted, and tremendously grateful. I put them into a huge red notebook, with roombetween each for notes. That was the beginning of my research, around 1980. I lugged thatheavy notebook to every conference and kept adding to it every chance I got. I began to seepatterns, and went looking for more.EH: Your book on Fixed Stars has been long awaited – even by you!! As you wereresearching and writing, did your point of view change about the use of stars in astrology?1 See the article on my website on Algol, called “Medusa’s Head.” (DKR)Page 5

396DKR: When I began my research, I thought I’d write a normal-sized book. (Okay, maybe afat book!) It would simply have more stars than the other books out there, with more up-todateresearch and new interpretations based on my research. I presumed that what the otherbooks said was probably true, but I was also sure that I could add to their interpretations, andI wanted to check everything out for myself). I was also terribly frustrated by the smallnumber of degrees covered by the stars they used. Tropical Aries, for instance, had only fourdegrees covered in Reinhold Ebertin, and six in Vivan Robson. 2 What about all the rest ofthe sign? I have a stellium in tropical Aries, and none of the stars mentioned linked to myplacements! But once I had Mike Munkasey’s list of stars, I discovered that the major linksto 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 myown living. Chained indeed! That was one of the early indications I had that theconstellations themselves deserved more scrutiny. I also wanted to use more mundanematerial. 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, becausesome ancient texts mentioned certain stars in connection with blindness. But I did not wantto take anything for granted. I wanted to do all my own research. I have about 100 blindnesscharts 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 themost part, the ancients were correct, and I found a few additional places that produced a highnumber of eye problems. Looking at my new Blindness list, I suddenly realized that theafflicted 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 forme! 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 andmentioned the idea that constellation figures may have been placed deliberately to pinpointspecific parts of the body. Soon after my talk, a New Jersey astrologer came up to me andasked me to check her chart, as her right arm had recently been amputated at the shoulderdue to a cancerous growth in the armpit. She wanted to see if there were any constellationpositions that would link to that. We sat in a quiet corner with my big red notebook, andwent 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 1 st house aligned with Sigma Bootis,in the right arm of the Herdsman; the Moon (in the 2 nd house), was Gamma Herculis, in theright arm of Hercules. Asteroid Juno in the 3 rd house was aligned with Cheleb, Beta Ophiuchiin the right shoulder of the Serpent-Bearer. (By this time, both of us were gasping.) Then inthe 5 th house, after Venus and the Sun (no hits) came a Mercury-Mars conjunction atSadalmelik, Alpha Aquarii, the right shoulder of Aquarius. In the 7 th house her Uranus wasaligned with 7 Cephei, the right shoulder of Cepheus, and 22 Andromedae, the right hand ofthe Chained Woman. In the 8 th house, Chiron aligned with Gamma Persei, the right armpitof Perseus; the Midheaven was Beta Columbae, the Dove’s right wing; and Pluto in the 10 thhouse was 82 Geminorum, Pollux’s right shoulder. Both of us were speechless.2 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)Page 6

397This was another tremendous breakthrough, and one of the major discoveries I made inresearching the stars; the vital importance of the constellations in detail, and not only theones on the ecliptic (i.e. the zodiac) but those of the Sphaera Barbarica – the figures above andbelow the ecliptic – even those very far from it, near the poles.Another remarkable example is that of the actress Natasha Richardson, who died tragicallyof a head injury after she fell while skiing. 3 Her tropical Ascendant is Libra, with natal Sunand Mercury in the 8 th 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 inthe 10 th 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 Hermetissays: “Many will be harmed in the head.”) Her Mars was Algenubi, Epsilon Leonis in theLion’s head; her Pluto was aligned with Black Hole M106 in the Hunting Dog’s head; herNeptune 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 the5 th house of vacations, was at Kitalpha, Alpha Equulei in the Colt’s head, and Chiron, also inthe 5 th house, was aligned with Ankaa, Alpha Phoenicis in the head of the Phoenix. 4 Jupiter inthe 6 th house was aligned with accident-prone 13 Cephei, in the crown of Cepheus, the King.Venus, ruler of her Ascendant and 8 th house, was in the 7 th house at 18 Cephei in the King’sface. 5DKR: Later I discovered that Belgrade astrologer Alexander Imsiragic made the samediscovery 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 Icall 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 anAppendix, or mention it in the Introduction.3 Natasha Richardson was born May 11, 1963, 17:00 BST, London, UK. She suffered a blow to the headduring a skiing accident near Montreal, Canada on March 16, 2009. Refusing treatment, she succumbedto headaches an hour later and an epidural hematoma (bleeding under the skull, which could have beentreated if caught immediately). The situation quickly worsened. She was hospitalized seven hours afterthe accident, and flown from a Canadian hospital to Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, where shedied on March 18, 2009. (EH)4 I have also found that Chiron often pinpoints an area of weakness or health problems on the chart.(DKR)5 Known for her acting talent and her beauty, Natasha Richardson had planetary placements in theKing’s crown and King’s face. She belonged to a prominent and famous family of British actors, theRedgraves: her mother – Vanessa Redgrave, her father – director Tony Richardson, and her husband –actor Liam Neeson. (EH)Page 7

3983) EH: What are Fixed Stars and how are they different from planets? Are Fixed Stars reallyfixed? (The ancients distinguished between these two, the planets being the “wanderingstars.”)DKR: Fixed Stars are just regular stars. They were called “fixed” because they seemed tostay 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 consideredflawless, 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 asmessengers and interpreters. By traveling through, or stopping at a constellation, they weresending a message in code to earthlings. Stars do have their own movement, each onedifferent. It’s called “proper motion” – but it is so infinitesimally slow that it takes hundredsof 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 additionalGreek letter/Latin constellation name designation. The roots of constellations are said tocome from the Euphrates Valley (Babylon), which is present-day Iraq. With the star’sname, you will find the Greek letters Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta. etc combinedwith the Latin form of the constellation’s name. That tells you what constellation it’s in. (Forinstance, Ceti is the genitive or possessive case for Cetus). Zeta is the 6 th letter of the Greekalphabet, so Zeta Ceti means the 6 th star of Cetus. When it is Alpha (the first letter of theGreek alphabet), it is sometimes at the beginning of the constellation, but usually it’s thebrightest star. But sometimes they go in the order of progression of the stars, rather thanwhich is brightest. That happens with the Big Dipper and the 7 Sages. In the Big Dipper, theAlpha star is Dubhe, from the Arabian al-dubb, “the Bear” – which also happens to be thebrightest 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 thisjustified?DKR: Stars are intense foci of energies that both test an individual and enlighten him. (Sorryabout the “him” – the English language does not supply a neutral noun for both sexes, soassume when I say “him” I mean “him or her.”) What you get with the stars are notgood/bad, right/wrong, benevolent/malevolent, but issues. For instance, there might be anissue of tolerance versus intolerance, or addiction versus abstinence, arrogance versushumility, greed versus generosity, aggression versus working for peaceful solutions, and soforth. The chart will be set up so that the individual will constantly have these issues comeup in his life, and he will have to decide how he wants to deal with them. Very often bothends of these polarities will manifest in one lifetime, pulling and pushing the individual tomake choices over and over again. A typical scenario might be that one is born into wealthand comfort, then loses everything and goes through a period of poverty, then works his wayback to wealth and might have to decide whether to “play it safe” and stash his money in fearof another “crash,” or to take the lessons of poverty to heart and use his money to help otherswho are in need.Page 8

399EH: How can we determine if a Fixed Star will give results in terms of all that has beenattributed to a given star?DKR: The short answer is, you can’t! There are too many variables (the rest of the chart, forinstance), and how a person lives his life, and what choices he is making. I think a goodexample 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 shipwreckstar, Baten Kaitos, Zeta Ceti in Cetus, the Sea-Monster or Whale, (tropical 22 Aries, sidereal28 Pisces). Baten Kaitos is a stormy star, known for shipwrecks, possibly with rescue, anddrowning. (Right opposite it is another shipwreck star, Foramen, Eta Carinae.) Baten Kaitoswas 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 wonthe 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 isan example of how this star might work in an individual’s chart. With Baten Kaitos, therewill 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, ofcourse, has become a spokesman for the international environmental movement, and evenreceived 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 thesepeople may at some time find themselves left ‘high and dry,’ broken on the rocks of life; yetthis is an area of great breakthroughs and transformations and after they pull through, theyPage 9

400have much to offer from the depths of their experiences, often ending up with a strong senseof 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’simportance. Some very dim stars, far from the ecliptic, pack quite a wallop! A good exampleis 4 th - to-5 th magnitude Al Kurah, Xi Cephei (also called Kurdah) in the chest of Cepheus, theKing (24 Aries tropical, 0 Aries sidereal Lahiri), which is 66 degrees North of the ecliptic (thePole being 90 degrees North). This little, dim, exiled star turns up on the charts of anextraordinary 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 fewexceptions: 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 threedegree orb. (Only Spica and Regulus are 1st magnitude stars that are right on the ecliptic.) Ilook at both the True node and Mean node. I find there is a kind of a halo effect around thenodes, allowing a slightly wider orb. The Lunar nodes can be very malefic if they link upwith the angles of the chart in mundane astrology. 65) 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 fromright ascension and declination to celestial longitude and latitude (using a module in theCCRS Horoscope Program that does this conversion) and projected perpendicularly onto theecliptic, in degrees measured from 0 Aries, the Vernal Equinox point. For each chart, Icalculate the number of years between the birth or event and January 1, 2000 (the currentfiducial 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 enterthe new positions, each in its appropriate star set. Over the years, as I worked and more starsand DSOs (Deep Space Objects) were added, my original span of 2 degrees per star setnecessarily increased to an average of 3 degrees. And there were places where the dividingbreaks between sets were difficult to decide upon. A few of them are awkward, necessitatedby my reluctance to allow any set to span more than an absolute maximum of 4 or 5 degrees.6 In Vedic astrology, for a full malefic effect we would also include the other Vedic classical maleficplanets (Sun, Mars, and Saturn) together with the lunar nodes (Rahu or Ketu) at the angles. Forinstance, Mars was closely contacting Ketu at 8 degrees Sagittarius at the time the first plane hit theWorld 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 religiouszealot influence, especially in opposition, and even more so on the Sagittarius-Gemini axis. Jupiter isregarded as a “temporal malefic” for Virgo Ascendant. (EH)Page 10

401The 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'shead and elements of Draco, the Dragon. This intense area of seething energies, anchored byPraesepe and the Aselli, could very well have spanned a full 7°. I split it at about 10° of Leoin order to keep it manageable, but the split could just as well have been placed earlier orlater. Because I wanted to check out all stars, not just the most famous, or brightest, or thosenearest the ecliptic, I began with a long list and frequently added to it as I worked, ending upwith 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 starsof constellations above and below the ecliptic, which add their energies to each degree andsign 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 WestFish, 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 beplaced in another. Even for some born in the 20 th century with a planet in a late degree,precession correction may take the planet into the next sign. The important thing toremember in this regard is that for tropicalists – the original tropical signs and rulershipshold sway on each chart. 7 Precession corrections simply serve to indicate with which starsthe original placements were aligned. For charts I wanted to include that had no birth time, Iused noon, and left out the Moon and angles.Precession calculations are easy if you have a hand calculator that has a degree-minutesecondoption. They are usually called “scientific calculators” and are quite inexpensive. Thebutton often says “deg” or looks like this: °9 99. Take the difference between the year ofbirth and 2000, then multiply that by 0 degrees, 0 minutes, 50.23 seconds; the result comes upin decimal form, and the calculator has a conversion button to turn it into degrees-minutesseconds.It is important to remember to use the full 0 degrees, 0 minutes first before the 50.23seconds. If you just feed in the seconds, it won’t come out right. Then you add the result toeach 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.7 Vedic or Western sidereal astrologers would disagree with Diana on this point, though sheacknowledges that “sign rulerships in the tropical and sidereal zodiacs are often in direct conflict. Forinstance, if Venus is in tropical Libra, she is in sidereal Virgo: the 1 st is a dignity, the 2 nd is a detriment!”Diana intended to do research on tropical vs. sidereal sign rulerships herself, and calls it “a huge area fordeep 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, confirminga 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 insidereal Pisces, even if exalted, and that person has a Pisces Ascendant in their Vedic birth chart, Venusis a planetary enemy of the chart and its Ascendant lord, Jupiter. Venus also rules the 8 th house in thatcase, and should not be emphasized through angularity. (EH, also quoting DKR)Page 11

402When I do research, I take a chart of a person or an event and precess-correct it. Then I putthe corrected positions around the chart; and next I go to the star sets, and put the placementsof each person or each event in where they belong. (I decided to be inclusive, which was avery 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 chartsin order to confirm a pattern. Sometimes I fail to find a pattern, so I go both ways to try tofind what patterns I can, and see if they relate to energies in a given area. It’s my DataMonster!I may think: “Oh, I have several serial killers here,” or “I have several apparitions of theVirgin Mary.” So I put all the major positions out to Pluto on the chart, and I include theLunar Nodes. Occasionally I’ll mention an asteroid, but generally I stick with the majorplanets and the angles of the chart. The Moon and the angles have to be omitted if no birthtime is available. That’s why I tell the reader that if something doesn’t quite fit, try theadjacent 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. Youused to have a list of recommended books on the subject at your website. At the top of yourlist 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 evenprovided reprints of these before they became available on the web.DKR: They are better than nothing, but are very limited, both in interpretations and numberof stars offered. And the star positions are very outdated. Robson was using epoch 1920, sothe 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: for2000, 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 feltpersonally very miffed. Where are my stars?!EH: So this goaded you into doing your life’s work! Was it the paucity of material on theFixed 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, VivianRobson’s book was considered the best book on the subject. In his book and others, theexamples 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 youdon’t. It’s not too helpful.Bernadette Brady’s work on Fixed Stars came later. Brady’s Book of Fixed Stars was publishedin 1998. Bernadette Brady works with parans: everything to her is visibility. She turns thechart 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 thatcould be visible at the time of birth. I disagree with that, and I say so in the Introduction tomy book. This is what I wrote:Page 12

403“It has become apparent to me that the universe is imprinted upon and within us; I stronglytake issue with the idea that if a star cannot rise (and therefore will never be visible) at aparticular location or birthplace it should not be used in the birth chart. The great 1 st -magnitude star Canopus, Alpha Argo Navis (53 South Declination) for instance, is never seenfrom Shelter Island, New York (latitude 41N00), yet its degree of celestial longitude exactlyculminates, with the Sun, on a client's chart who was born there; her parents went to greattrouble to arrange for her to be born on their boat, and traveling on water has been a majorpart of her life. Another client, born Jewish in Chicago (41N52) has Venus and Neptune (thelatter co-ruler of his 9 th house of religion) aligned in celestial longitude with stars of theSouthern Cross (56 to 64.5 south declination, 0 - 13.5 Scorpio) in the far southern skies, andalthough Crux is never visible above 34° north geographic latitude, and thus not visible in theplace of his birth, he became a convert to Christianity. After years of research, it has becomeapparent to me that all of the sky belongs to all of humanity, without strictures orcurtailments relating to birth latitudes, longitudes or visual passages. The universe is not ‘outthere’ - it is within and a part of all of us, our co-creation with God; each of us resides at thefocal center of our personal universe, and the entire cosmos is both within and without eachof us. Every member of the human race, whatever his or her latitude of birth, is heir to, andpart 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 ofbirth it doesn’t count. Brady also switches things around. She gets a planet on an angle andthen says: Okay, what star was rising when Saturn anti-culminated? Or that star was settingwhen such and such was happening. And it’s not that it’s not valid. It just seems a stretch tome 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 worksbest for me. Brady claims that her method is the only method the ancients used, but I reallydo question that as well.There are also historical matters on which I disagree with Brady. She has a section in herbook on Abraham Lincoln. She says: “Abraham Lincoln was born the day Sirius culminatedas his Venus set. Although the Venus content is not clear, Lincoln is a typical Siriusfigure….” I disagree. Sirius is known, for instance, for a tendency to have a fierce temper anduncontrolled rage! She also wrote, on Lincoln: “He strove to achieve the dream of thefreedom of all people.” Actually, his dream was to keep the Union together. He wasreluctant 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 addthat Bernadette Brady has made an enormous contribution to the field of Fixed Stars, and herStarlight 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 whatyou found about Algol.Page 13

404DKR: 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 afew important points. I chose Algol first because Manley Palmer Hall’s Astrological Keywordssaid (and this is an exact quote), that it was "The most evil, violent, and dangerous star in theheavens." Among its effects were said to be "violence, beheading, hanging, choking,asphyxiation, electrocution, murder, mob violence." And just in case you missed themessage, Algol is further described as "unfortunate." No kidding! To the point, the horrordid prove out, and I have dozens of examples in the website article. But there is more to thisstar 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 meanthat you will inflict, or be the victim of, horror and mayhem, but that you will be aware ofthe depths of suffering that can occur, whether through human depravity or acts of God. Youwill not be able to ignore suffering and horror, or brush it aside. Your life path will requirethat you come to terms with that level of experience. A soldier might go through horribleexperiences in war. For example, PTSD – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – is commonunder Algol. A journalist might be assigned to cover tragedies; a clergyman might be calledupon to comfort the victims and their families. A black child might hear of the horrors ofslavery; and a Jewish child might grow up with the awareness that his grandparents perishedin the Holocaust. A police officer might assist victims of a disaster, or a medical student beassigned to work in a trauma center. The Algol placement insists upon a confrontation andassimilation of these harsh aspects of human experience in this lifetime. The polarities ofPage 14

405bigotry or tolerance, violence or kindness, cruelty or compassion, war or peace are issues thatare unavoidable and must be dealt with under Medusa’s head. (A good example is a youngcouple that asked for an electional time for their wedding and was not fazed when I toldthem they had chosen a day with a Sun-Hades conjunction on Algol. When I described thestar’s reputation, they told me it fit very well: They were devoting all their spare time to theNuclear Freeze movement!)Astronomer Carl Sagan, another Nuclear Freeze activist, had Algol rising. Poet MaraquitaPlatov (Mercury at Algol) was so moved during her childhood by the horrors of World WarI that virtually all her poems were devoted to anti-war themes. What these people did was toact positively against violence and horror, and by thus manifesting the energy in a positiveway, diverted its dangers from themselves. (By the way, I have Chiron at Algol, and besideswriting about it, I’ve donated to charities that alleviate suffering, both of humans andanimals). And I want to mention that since I wrote the article about it 18 years ago, Idiscovered that Algol is also a fire star. In a study I did of Fixed Stars and fires, it turned upwith a rather high score. Algol was also an element leading up to 9/11. At the Full Moonpreceding the attack (Sep 2, 2001, 9:44 PM GMT, New York City), Algol was at the 4 th housecusp. The 4 th house of a chart describes the final outcome of the matter, and/or the grave orfinal resting place. In ancient China, Algol was Ta-Ling, the Great Trench, which was atrench full of dismembered corpses. The people lost in the collapse of the World TradeCenter towers were never found; their bodies had not only been dismembered, they werepulverized. Another Algol manifestation from that event was that the people who workeddevotedly for months to clear the site are now suffering from respiratory problems because ofthe dust they inhaled, some having died from this, affirming the Algol connection toasphyxiation.Also, that Full Moon Sept. 2, 2001 at 10:29 tropical Pisces (16:38 sidereal Aquarius), was in theChinese Lunar mansion called “Danger: Rooftop” – a very direct message. In the Vedicmansions 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 (27:07tropical 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 ofDestruction. 8 The Ascendant was the ancient Orphic and Platonic Gate of Return of Soulsto the Cosmos; and Neptune, rising, was at the Arabic mansion Sa’d Al Dhabih, the LuckyAssassin. Venus, setting, was at China’s mansion Kuei, the Ghosts (spirits leaving theirbodies), while Saturn was aligned with the stars of Perseus, the Hero or Rescuer. About 400rescuers, 343 of them firemen, lost their lives on 9-11. I have given all these details to showhow all these ancient traditions have wonderful information to offer. When you put them alltogether, they are an amazing treasure trove of information! This is why I have them all inmy book. This is wonderful, previously lost knowledge that needs to be rediscovered andused. Each culture provides a valuable piece of the “Great Puzzle.”8 Diana uses True Lunar Node above, while Edith uses Mean Lunar node. With Mean Lunar Node, FullMoon chart (Sept. 2, 2001) for NYC has Full Moon at sidereal 16:35 Aquarius. Ascendant is 9:50Capricorn. Ketu is within one degree of the exact 12 th house cusp and within 5 ½ degrees to 4 th houseruler Mars. The 4 th lord in the 12 th 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)Page 15

406Some of the Fixed Stars are harsh, yes – but to a purpose. Each defines an area that will betapped 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 andcreativity. The more we understand and use these stellar changes in a positive manner, theless they are to be feared.8) EH: Are there other stars for which you have a special affinity - ones that you findremarkable 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 Sonof Heaven, because man was the heart of heaven and earth; therefore the Son of Heaven wasMaster of Man. In China Antares was the heart of the Great Celestial Dragon. At theWinter Solstice of 2006, as Mars and Jupiter came together with Antares between them, anambitious London project was set in motion. By June 1 2007 a Full Moon joined Vesta atAntares as workers set up "The Heart," an exhibition planned as a diverse collection of heartcentricscience, art and thought, exploring the "extraordinary medical, spiritual and culturalsignificance of the heart." They brought together exhibits of all ages and cultures, includingthe 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, aheart-lung perfusion machine, anatomical drawings by da Vinci, etc. The exhibit openedJune 21, 2007, the day of the Summer Solstice. On the Solstice chart set for London, Jupiterrose with Antares, the Scorpion's Heart. Antares is prominent in individuals and eventsmarking the great issues of humankind, especially intolerance, racism and human rights.Page 16

407Sirius is known as Alpha Canis Majoris, or the Dog Star (14:05 Cancer – tropical; 20:14 Geminisidereal Lahiri). In apparent magnitude, Sirius is the brightest star in the sky, one of theclosest stars to Earth, and has a white dwarf companion star. It is visible from virtually everyportion of the globe. In China, it was regarded as the Jackal or Wolf Star, associated withthievery and looting. This correlated with at least two Indian tribes of North America (thePawnee 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 tothe Dog Star: The current Kali Yuga of the Hindu Calendar is said to have begun with thedeath of Krishna, on Feb 18, 3102 BCE OS at 0 hour. If so, at that exact moment Sirius wassetting on the western horizon. The Sothic Calendar of ancient Egypt, ca 2773 BCE, was basedon the annual heliacal rising of Sirius, which marked the annual flooding of the Nile. In 46BCE, the year the Julian Calendar was established in Rome, a Solar Eclipse aligned withSirius. 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 wasadopted by Catholic nations, a Solar Eclipse aligned with Sirius, with the Sun eclipsed as itwas rising at Rome. In 1917, Russia, Turkey, Bulgaria and the Balkans also changed to theGregorian 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 Cancertropical, 19:00 Taurus to 24:30 Gemini sidereal Lahiri). And I couldn’t figure it out. Whatwas 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 inventedthe chariot because he could not walk. Suddenly a possible pattern occurred to me, and Ithought: “I’ve got to test this.” Sure enough, those stars turned up on charts of peopleconfined to wheelchairs! The charioteer’s chariot is a wheelchair. Isn’t that something? Andthe illustration I made is of a war veteran in a wheelchair. I came to this partly throughstudying the Chinese, who saw the same pattern of stars of Auriga – a pentagon – as FiveWar 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 aboutthese 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 anyconnection to the Pentagon in all this.” So I had a look at the day the cornerstone for thePentagon was laid. Jupiter was exactly aligned with one of the brightest stars of Auriga! AndI put wheelchairs and warfare together and thought of wounded veterans!Page 17

408EH: Did you work with charts of veterans?DKR: Well, it’s very hard to get charts of veterans in wheelchairs. In fact, another astrologerwas looking for them for another reason, and mentioned how hard they were to find. But Idid get the birth date of Ron Kovic, who was the veteran that was featured in the movie Bornon the Fourth of July. I didn’t get a time for him, but he had two or three things aligned withAuriga. And I did get the son of a famous General called Chesty Puller. His son, LewisBurwell Puller, Jr. was terribly wounded in the Viet Nam war, and was in a wheelchair. Hewas on heavy drugs for pain, and finally in the end he committed suicide. I tried so hard toget his birth data and almost gave up until I found a website devoted to him, with a photo ofhis gravestone with a birth date on it! 9 He too had several things aligned with Auriga.Wheelchair-bound President Franklin D Roosevelt had his MC aligned with the head of theBull, and under it Orion, and a whole row of brilliant constellations there. When you projectstars on to the ecliptic, you get three or four major constellations. His Midheaven was in thatarea, and one of the constellations was Auriga, the Charioteer.Other people who were in wheelchairs because of being wounded were Larry Flynt andAlabama Governor George Wallace. Larry Flynt was the pornography publisher who wasshot. He had Auriga rising. Gov. Wallace was shot in an assassination attempt in May 1972,9 Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr. was son of the most decorated Marine in the history of the U.S. MarineCorps, General Chesty Puller. He was born Aug. 18, 1945, and died May 11, 1994. Birthplace may havebeen Hampton, VA. Lewis Puller, Jr. became an attorney and a Pulitzer prize-winning author, after hewas wounded as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. (EH)Page 18

409while he was campaigning as U.S. presidential candidate, and he was confined to awheelchair. He had Pluto aligned with Auriga.9) EH: William Lilly established around 50 Fixed Stars in his horary work, and I know somehave 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 realizethat constellations were of primary importance, and that everything in the sky, not onlystars, 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 calculatedpositions. The stars and DSOs in my book are culled from this Master list of more than2,000. My book has more than 750 stars detailed, and another 1,168 with just zodiacallongitude 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 atool for astrologers, so that they could use it for their own research, and take the informationinto 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’swork was useful for me, but not that pivotal.10) EH: Let’s discuss Fixed Stars in natal astrology and in mundane astrology. You haveresearched Dwight D. Eisenhower at some length, and also some mundane events such as theUnion Carbide disaster in Bhopal, India Dec. 3, 1984.DKR: The Bhopal disaster still haunts me. The article I wrote on it was recently honored asone of the best articles ever written for an NCGR Journal. It is now on my website, under thetitle “The Mills of God” so I’m going to suggest that readers check it out there. I becameinterested in Eisenhower after reading his biography. 10 His parents were River Brethren, apacifist sect that preached that military conflict was a great evil. Yet he loved books aboutwar, so it is likely that at a very early age he knew that he had been born on the anniversaryof 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'sbirth was not only the anniversary of Hastings; his Saturn-Ascendant conjunction was theSaturn of Hastings. (That is, his birth coincided with the 28th Saturn return of the Battle ofHastings and squared Mars in the battle chart.) His Moon-Uranus conjunction was the Sunof Hastings. The Battle of Hastings was an invasion of England from Normandy, andEisenhower would lead an invasion of Normandy from England. It seems to me that he wasborn to this task. His boyhood hero was Abraham Lincoln, and like Lincoln, he was born inpoverty and rose to become President of the United States. And like Lincoln, he had a royalstar culminating at his birth!10 Dwight D. Eisenhower was born Oct. 14, 1890, Denison, TX. Birth time is questionable (Roddenrating DD).Page 19

410One of the things that set him apart from other leaders was his early upbringing thatreverenced peace. He had the Sun, Moon and Uranus in the constellation of the Virgin, whowas known in the Greek myths for her longing for – and devotion to – peace. One of thereasons Eisenhower was given the position of Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces wasthat he was known as a peacemaker, and there were potentially serious conflicts among theallied 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 ofhot 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 hisDD (Dirty Data). What convinced you to go ahead and use 3:40 AM? Or is exact birth dataless 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 aroomer in their house who ran for a doctor, it seemed to me that we could eliminate the 5:11to 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 AMtime (actually now I think 3:30 AM might be a bit better) because it put Orion at the MC andin ancient China Orion was a great military figure called “The Supreme Commander.” Ikebecame “Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Forces.” He had Pluto at Aldebaran, aroyal-and-war-star, and 3:30 AM puts Pluto conjunct the MC. Ike’s life epitomizes the classicroyal star pattern of poverty-to-prominence. This is an example of using stars inrectification, but of course I have no way of knowing whether I am right about the time. Iwant to repeat that I now think 3:30 AM is the better time. The precession correction on thatchart, from 1890 to 2000, is +1 deg 31 minutes.11) Are there some other historical figures whose charts clearly show the workings of some ofthe important Fixed Stars?DKR: People often ask me about the four “royal stars:” 1) Aldebaran, Alpha Tauri, the 1 st -magnitude eye of the Bull, it's 9:47 tropical Gemini, 15:56 sidereal Taurus 2) Regulus, AlphaLeonis, 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, 3:52tropical 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 thismay be so. Rather they seem to offer a greater-than-average ambition and opportunities torise 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 begiven an opportunity to work with a famous professor, or a new, inexperienced actor bechosen for a major leading role. Even in a small, obscure community, an “ordinary” personwith a royal star placement might become influential or associate with those who are. Thedanger, 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 “royalconnection” in their lives.Page 20

411For instance, biographers might choose royal figures as subjects, actors might play royalparts, 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, hisfavorite pastime was musing over a chart of his royal forebears. Unfortunately, he also cameto illustrate one of the darker sides of the royal stars: the possibility of assassination.Because 2009 was the 200 th anniversary of the births of Abraham Lincoln and CharlesDarwin, both born Feb. 12, 1809, many people are now aware that these two remarkable soulsincarnated on the same day! The Sun on the day of their birth was at the star Kuh, MuCapricorni, in the tail of Capricornus, the Sea-Goat, and Globular Cluster M2 in the head ofAquarius, the Water-Pourer. (These two constellations overlap). For a long time, as I wasresearching 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 whoreigned supreme was Ea, "Lord of the Deep," preeminently wise and beneficent, enlightenerand 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’stail 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 alwaysready to help both gods and men out of difficulties. He is often represented as a man walkingin 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 emergedfour times at long intervals from the ocean to teach civilization to men, and during each ofthese 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 hasnever been reputed to help people out of scrapes.”Page 21

412The teachings of Ea-Oannes, epitomized by Capricornus, make his stars an area of emergenceand enlightenment, where laws are established, maintained and renewed; where challenges,struggles and experimentation bring about new systems of social contracts and new legalpathways for the just implementation of power.Aquarians seek unity. Abraham Lincoln dedicated his presidency to saving the Union, whileCharles Darwin sought a unified theory that would explain the mysteries of the naturalworld. 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. InJanuary 1863 Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves took effect. The NewMoon that month was in Capricorn in both zodiacs. Lincoln liberated the slaves, whileDarwin liberated the minds of millions who had rejected natural laws that did not conformto carrying on the teachings of Ea-Oannes. Now we can understand why ancient texts calledCapricornus “Father of Light”!12) EH: Let’s discuss how Fixed Stars work in a national chart. I know you especially like thechart 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 lookingat the Republic of India chart, for two reasons: First, it was more purely Indian, as the datewasn’t imposed on them by the British; secondly, it was the same day they outlawed thecaste system that designated some people as Untouchables. They did this under pressurefrom Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, who was born an Untouchable, also knownas 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 Northnode-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 muchadmired. Somehow he managed to get an education, and went abroad for his advanceddegrees. 11 His chart looks better to me in the tropical zodiac, as the Venus becomes exaltedin Pisces and Jupiter in dignity in Pisces, though Sun is exalted in both zodiacs. His natalMars is with Algol, and Neptune-North Node-Pluto in Gemini, with North Node-Plutoconjunct Aldebaran, though Neptune is a bit early for Aldebaran. Noon Moon is in tropicalCancer. 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 forthe nation, and it does work event-wise. When India’s astrologers objected strongly to thedate, Viceroy Lord Louis Mountbatten wrote in his diary: “The astrologers are being rathertiresome.” But this was not a date chosen by any native Indian(s) or Indian astrologers. 1211 Dr. Ambedkar attended the London School of Economics and Columbia University, earning severaldoctorates for his study and research in law, economics and political science. Returning home as afamous scholar, he practiced law for several years before publishing journals advocating political rightsand social freedom for India's Untouchables. (EH)12 The date of Aug. 14 was chosen by the British, but the Indian astrologers, having reported that thiswas not the most favorable date, tried to find a better time, and under pressure – they chose midnight onAug. 14/15, 1947. Although Mohammad Ali Jinnah (leader of the All-India Muslim League and founderPage 22

413India – IndependenceFri. 8/15/1947 0:00:00New Delhi, Indiaof Pakistan) was unconcerned about the astrology, Hindu leaders were more concerned. Because of thisdifference in their charts, India’s history is regarded as having been more successful than that ofPakistan, whose chart is Aug. 14, 9:30 AM, Karachi. The Pakistan Independence chart has 5:46 VirgoAscendant, with planetary enemy Mars dominant at the 10 th house cusp in Gemini, Moon at 24:53Gemini, and four planets in the royal sign of Cancer (all sidereal Lahiri positions). India’s Independencechart has 7:43 Taurus Ascendant, with five planets in Cancer: Moon, Mercury, Saturn, Venus, and Sun.With emphasis in the 3 rd house of communications, and Venus dasa Sept. 1989 through Sept. 2009,followed by 15 years of dasas of 3 rd house planets, we could predict ongoing success for India’s vibrantInformation Technology sector. I favor this Independence chart. (EH).Page 23

414After reading about how Dr B. R. Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi successfully pressed theConstituent Assembly to outlaw the caste system, and that the Constitution came into forceat the same time as the Republic of India was announced, I decided that the 1950 chart wasworthy of consideration as a true chart of the nation, to be studied alongside theIndependence chart. A full reading of these charts is not possible here, but there are somevery notable elements in relation to Fixed Stars, constellations and lunar mansions. Forinstance, the great ancient astronomer/astrologer/mathematician/ geographer ClaudiusPtolemy (ca. 85-165 AD) assigned India to Capricornus, the Sea-Goat, a figure now completelyoverlaid with tropical Aquarius. The Independence chart has Capricornus Culminating, andthe Republic chart has the Sun, Jupiter and Venus in the Sea-Goat, and the Republic’s Venuswas transiting the Midheaven of the Independence chart.India – RepublicThu. 1/26/195010:15:00New Delhi, IndiaPage 24

415The India Republic chart has sidereal Pisces Rising. Roman astrologer Manilius, writingabout 10 AD, assigned India (“Asiatic Ethiopia”) to the Fishes. That the Republic’s Sun,Jupiter and Venus were in tropical Aquarius in the 11 th house would be considered mostlybeneficent 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 planetaryfriends, 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 castesystem, we are still waiting for Sanskrit translations of many of the ancient texts on Vedicastrology. 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 thesymbolism in the Vedic culture is always far broader than it first appears, I would be wary ofextracting 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 newrepublic. Early Western tropicalists named the 11 th house as the “joy” of Jupiter, and here thethree 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, andthat 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 stillenthroned here. But changes have been wrought in this incredibly ancient and vivid culturethat will invigorate and carry it forward. 13Fixed star Vindemiatrix, Epsilon Virginis, is known as the Star of Widowhood, and plays amajor role in the various charts of India. She is also known as the fruit-gatherer, and she is inthe north wing of the Virgin. (In 1950 Vindemiatrix was at 9:10 Libra, and in 1980 at 9:40Libra – tropical zodiac.) Why it should be connected to widowhood, I don’t know, but itworks consistently. 14 It is remarkable that all three charts of India in Nick Campion’s Book13 India Republic chart’s Venus and Jupiter are in sidereal Capricorn, where Jupiter is debilitated. Bothplanets are combust the Sun. Sign lord Saturn is not in good placement in Leo, and exchanges signs withits enemy the Sun in Capricorn: struggles with establishing leadership and authority. Classic Vedicastrology delineates planets, signs, nakshatras, etc. according to the sidereal zodiac, though ayanamshasmay vary slightly. Also, according to classic Vedic rules, it would not be recommended to switch orsuperimpose zodiacs in Vedic chart analysis. (EH)14 DKR, cont’d: This includes astrologer Maria Simms, who was married to Neil Michelsen, and becamea 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 atVindemiatrix? We were crazy that day, running around getting various papers for the company, andtalking to lawyers. And one of the things we had to do that day before jumping on a plane was to go getmarried!” They were so busy they didn’t even look at the planets! Sadly, Michelsen was diagnosed withcancer not too long after that. She volunteered the information, and said she would let me use it. I thinkElizabeth Taylor married Mike Todd when Jupiter was at Vindemiatrix, and he was killed in a planecrash early in their marriage. There are so many examples of the connection to the loss of the partner.(DKR)Page 25

416of 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 ofIndia; Neptune was at Vindemiatrix at the Independence chart of 1947. (Neptune had cometo the Ascendant of the Empire chart, dissolving it.) And on the Republic’s chart there is aconjunction 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 Satiexpected or forced widows to throw themselves on their husbands’ funeral pyres. TheConstitution outlawed the ancient caste system, including the Untouchables, but equivocatedon 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 calledAlmuredin. Nor does a star have just one meaning. In addition to being the Star ofWidowhood, she is also known as the Grape-gatherer, or the Vintager, or the Herald of thevintage. I was able to get the data of a man who started his own winery in California. Idon’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 calledProtrygeter – “the fruit-plucking herald.” When she is rising, she heralds the time of thevintage 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 10 th house (18:40 tropical Capricorn, 25:31Sagittarius – Lahiri sidereal), is aligned with the star Epsilon Lyrae in the constellation ofPage 26

417Lyra, the Lyre. 15 This is one of the stars of the mysterious (and almost never used) Abhijitnakshatra. All that is known of this Lunar mansion is that it was said to be of the Vaisyacaste, to be ruled by Brahma, and that it was under the influence of this mansion that theGods 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 (born299 years apart, both of them Lucasian Professors of Mathematics at Cambridge), theMidheaven of physicist-inventor Nicola Tesla, called “master of lightning,” who inventedradio, Venus of legendary 10 th -century Persian scholar-astronomer Al Sufi, publisher of Kitabal-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 isway 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 siderealCapricorn. 16 You are correct that Abhijit nakshatra is almost never used. It disappeared fromthe literature after ca. 0 A.D., though it was an inherent part of the system before then, andinserted between Uttara Ashada and Shravana nakshatras. But it is not used now at all in Vedicchart analysis. Abhijit nakshatra should also not be confused with Abhijit muhurtha, which isone Ghati (24 minutes) on either side of local noon time. It is an auspicious 48-minute timeperiod near mid-day each day, and is considered when an appropriate Muhurtha is notavailable. Only Abhijit muhurtha is of any significance to modern Vedic astrologers.15 Stars of Lyra were, in ancient India, a vulture or an eagle; in Phoenicia and Greece they represented atortoise-shell that Hermes used to create a lyre. For centuries celestial cartographers have solved theproblem of these different symbols – eagle/vulture and lyre – by depicting a raptor (bird of prey)carrying a harp in its claws. (DKR)16 See K.T. Shubhakaran, Nakshatra: Constellation Based Predictions with Remedial Measures, 1991, p. 285.See also Dr. K.S. Charak, Elements of Vedic Astrology, 1995, Vol. 1, p. 22. (EH)Page 27

418DKR: I know Abhijit nakshatra is not normally used in Vedic chart analysis, but I am notdoing Vedic chart analysis! Since I have been granted the gift of its original determinants, Iwanted to experiment with it. (My natal Sun is conjunct Uranus.) Besides, it is somysterious and intriguing!EH: Okay, but I wanted to clarify this point, as I think it is potentially very confusing forpractitioners of Vedic astrology – or other forms of astrology, for that matter. I understandyou want to encourage research and experimentation, and that includes experimenting withsuperimposing zodiacs and lunar mansions from various different systems. My concern isthat regardless of there being no Vedic chart analysis involved, the meaning of the Vediclunar mansion will be there, no matter what. 17 The Sanskrit word Abhijit, for instance,means “complete victory.” In the Vedic Puranic myths, Shiva pulls Abhijit nakshatra fromthe heavens, as it was abused when in the wrong hands. “Complete victory” is perhapsbeyond human comprehension, and belongs only to the great spiritual masters. In theBhagavad 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 thatdoes not coincide with what most Vedic astrologers understand to be Abhijit nakshatra. 18You say Mercury of the Republic of India chart (18:40 tropical Capricorn, 25:31 siderealSagittarius), is in Abhijit nakshatra. But Vedic astrologers place it between 5 and 11 degreessidereal Capricorn at the maximum extent.DKR: But I do not use the “fixed” spans, but rather the original determinant stars (fromValerie Roebuck’s Circle of Stars), plus a small allowance at either end. Abhijit’s determinantsare Alpha (Vega), Zeta and Epsilon Lyrae, tropical 15:19 Capricorn, 18:07 Capricorn, 18:38Capricorn, 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 theiractual lengths vary wildly. (Virgo, the Virgin, for instance, is 54° long.) And in Vedicastrology the same fate has befallen nakshatras. Since my focus is on stars and the sources ofancient knowledge, I have gone to the trouble of finding the original determinants of eachmansion. 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 Abhijitnakshatra to three stars, the brightest of which is Vega, Alpha Lyrae. The degrees he gives do17 This point becomes clearer later on when we discuss Diana’s Vedic birth chart (Section #16). Sheconsiders the Vedic chart incorrectly shows her to be financially wealthy, with Sun as 2 nd house ruler offinancial wealth, in Revati nakshatra, meaning “wealthy.” However, using Vedic whole sign houses, Sunrules the 3 rd house – not the 2 nd , while Venus (also in Revati) rules Houses 5 and 12. Comparatively,financial wealth & nourishment have come through learning & children. Revati is also aboutnourishment, and sign and nakshatra rulerships must be applied. (EH)18 As the North Pole star some 15,000 years ago, Vega seems related to Abhijit’s spiritual significance inVedic terms. Contrast this with some modern Western attributes to Vega, such as luck in politics,fleeting fame, wealth, and pretentiousness. (EH)Page 28

419not match the Lyra stars. This is a very good example of how difficult it has been forastrologers working in both zodiacs to deal with the stars. Shubhakaran talks about Vegaand the other two stars, but he doesn't know where they are in terms of degrees. He canonly name them as the stars traditionally connected to Abhijit nakshatra. In her book Circle ofStars (pp. 100, 109), Sanskrit scholar Valerie J Roebuck gives the same three determinantstars.EH: It is good you can clarify these points, as although it is still potentially confusing – atleast 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 doingthis not only with nakshatras, but constellations as well. I hope that astrologers will try outand test these differences – standardized spans versus spans based on the ancient, originaldeterminant stars – to see which they find more pertinent, useful, insightful andenlightening.When I look at a natal chart or a national chart, I see overlays of both zodiacs. With thechart of the Republic of India, strengthening the remarkable Mercury is a trine from Saturnin the 6 th 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 inherentin the differences between the two zodiacs, and at the same time, of the deep conflicts withinIndia itself. The star here is 93 Leonis in the upper curve of the Lion’s tail, a determinant ofUttaraphalguni, “The Latter Reddish One” or “Back of the Culprit” ruled by Aryaman, theAditya of hospitality, connected with favor, kindness, and fruition. On Aryaman I havewritten:“The desire to interpret and explain one culture to another makes this an area of translatorsand diplomats, concerned with forging and maintaining links between disparate races,nationalities, and faiths, stressing elements we have in common, rather than differences thatdivide us. Idealistic, utopian, perceptive, looking for ways to set the world right, they areconcerned with the question of how to live a spiritual, meaningful life.”Although stars of the Virgin “officially” start with the next degree, her distinct influencebegins here, where the wild beast (Leo) is first brought under conscious control, a triumph ofintelligence over brutality. The 6 th house is the 10 th of the 9 th , i.e. religious status, and Saturnhere describes the conflicts between religions and the constant struggle of each forsupremacy. As for the sidereal-tropical combination, Leo’s fire makes this a mansion of theKshatriya caste of rulers and warriors, but now it is overlaid with the modifying tropicalinfluence of Shudra’s earth element. No longer can hereditary rulers dominate the servantclasses; now they must curry their favor to get elected!EH: This does challenge key concepts in classic Vedic astrology, where certain qualities ofroyalty are strongly associated with the three fire signs, Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius – theKshatriyas being a royal caste. This especially applies to Leo, ruled by the Sun. (The only tworoyal planets are the Sun and Moon, so this would also apply to Moon-ruled Cancer.) Whenyou change the element from fire to earth – it does not make sense on several levels in thePage 29

420Vedic scheme of things. Fire is associated both with royalty, and with military and politicalleaders, the Kskatriyas. Earth is associated with the Shudras, or servant class, those who dothe real material work in the world. In the classic Vedic sense, the one cannot replace oreven duplicate the other.DKR: But Edith, consider – during the past century, all over the world, royalty has virtuallydisappeared, or completely lost its real power! And I am not changing the elements. I amsaying that they are now combining.EH: Of course, now we have an overlap of almost one sign and one element to discuss. Inseveral 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 6degrees.EH: Okay – somewhere close to that! But I do agree that when the slower moving outerplanets (especially Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto) enter each tropical sign, one can observechanges 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. WithPluto in sidereal Sagittarius, for example, the issue of widespread corruption within theRoman 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 actualpower of royal families per se. Even so, I think what we see now is the real essence ofroyalty in terms of the king being the victor (or not) in battle. The Vedic royal caste is thekshatriya – the military and political leaders, a group that has only become more dominant inour world. The allocation of resources for military purposes dominates all others, and themilitary industry probably drives this whole process to extremes. That point is made veryclear on the Gemini-Sagittarius axis, where the last of the three fire signs, Sagittarius, isopposite Gemini – considered a mercantile sign (the air element). The power of thepresidency in most nations, but especially the USA, is dependent on its loyalty andcooperation with the aims of the military and the wealthiest economic sectors, another key tomodern royalty. 19 This stratosphere of power is well defined in Vedic terms as to whatconstitutes “royal status.” 20 In fact, military might is so linked with economic might in our19 The USA chart is one of the best examples of this. I use an 8:59 Sagittarius Ascendant for the USAchart (the Kelleher chart: July 4, 1776, 6:30 PM LMT, Philadelphia, PA), with four planets in siderealGemini, out of nine classical planets, including Rahu and Ketu. (Though I do not use Uranus, Neptuneor Pluto in Vedic natal or mundane astrology, I do note their planetary placements by sign, or by degreeif they are at a power point in a chart, especially Pluto in recent years at the Galactic Center.) (EH)20 “The king is the root of the subject tree. Efforts should be made to enhance the king’s welfare, sinceprogress and decay of the people are entirely dependent upon the nourishing and injuring respectively ofthat king-root.” […Here the Subject tree stands for the entire state and consists of seven parts viz. theking, ministers, allies, treasury, territory, fortifications, and army.] from Varahamihira (505 A.D.),Page 30

421era, that in some countries even Drug lords have a higher status among the common peoplethan the legitimate king or rulers, especially if they are perceived as doing more for the goodof 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,” arethe “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 andperhaps revive the ancient patterns. I’d like astrologers to try both possibilities and decidefor themselves.EH: Okay. But for Vedic astrologers who are classically trained, it is very difficult to seehow the tropical zodiac can work with the Fixed Stars, especially the Vedic nakshatras – astheir 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 zodiacyou have chosen to work in. For instance, I have the Sun at 19 tropical Aries, 26 siderealPisces (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 backgroundof the stars, making the distance between it (0° Aries) and the star longer, Revati’s tropicaldegree designation has increased (moved forward) 1 deg 04 min since I was born, and so hasmy (precession-corrected) Sun. Revati is still in the same place it always was, in the cord ofthe West Fish of Pisces. That does not change. But the “degree label” that a tropicalist givesit advances gradually, and that is why tropicalists must use precession corrections whenworking 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 gettingcompletely out of whack! It is the tropical points (0° of the cardinal signs) that determinewhen Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter occur, and those points are the ones thatgradually precess against the background of the sky. Since all human timekeeping is based onthe sky, the switch had to be made, or all the sacred points of the year would fall at the wrongtime. If the calendars had not been corrected for precession, we would have the first day ofSummer in August, and Christmas in February! Ancient calendar-keepers could simplydecree that adjustments had to be made, but it was not that easy for astrologers, who havebeen dealing with this ever-widening split (between the seasons and the sky-figures) eversince.EH: But in Ptolemy’s time the zodiacs were nearly in synch, so it was convenient for him toignore 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 0degrees 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)Page 31

422but the legacy he bequeathed to his successors has not been an easy one. With the shift of theconstellations in relation to the tropical Ptolemaic zodiac in the following centuries, theygradually became redundant, while the zodiac itself eventually ceased to have any connectionto 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 wasstill small, he was still able to use what Nick calls “the awesome symbolism” fully in hiswork. His Tetrabiblos is full of star and constellation references and delineations, and I’veused them extensively in my book. I had a discussion with Rob Hand about Ptolemy’sattributions of certain geographical areas to certain signs. Rob said that since Ptolemy haddeclared himself a tropicalist, the signs he was using geographically would have to beconsidered tropical. But I researched the Tetrabiblos text, and became convinced thatwhatever 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 Iinitially chose the tropical zodiac for my primary research because back in 1980 – when Ibegan 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 Westand worldwide. And in your Fixed Star book, you list all stars in both tropical and siderealzodiacs, the latter using Lahiri ayanamsha. You ended up using both zodiacs. Yes? Thoughyou lean towards the tropical.DKR: Yes, I ended up using both zodiacs, as the more I worked with Fixed Stars, the more Ididn’t want to be limited by one zodiac. But I want to say, and emphasize very strongly, thatI prefer the tropical zodiac. As the lens I have been looking through far longer, I find it closerto the essential message of each chart, just as I know you feel the same using the lens of thesidereal 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 alittle more. We can call it THE ZODIAC DIALOGUES!DKR: Great! You know, astronomers say, "Why should we bother to look at astrology? Youcan't even agree on a zodiac!" Siderealists make the point that tropicalists are constantlychanging and adapting their viewpoint because the equinoxes and solstices precess in relationto the stars, making the tropical zodiac movable, and thus, they believe, changeable andunreliable. 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 constantlycreeping away from their ancient tropical (Sun/Earth) anchors! The sidereal zodiac isprofoundly linked to the sky-figures, while the tropical zodiac is profoundly linked to theEarth/Sun’s four-pillared seasons. Both are eternal. Both are sacred.The nakshatras stand alone just as the constellations do. Indeed, they are part ofconstellations, and the planet that is moving through them, as well as the degree span of thePage 32

423nakshatra, has been given one degree-label by the tropicalists and another degree-label by thesiderealists. But that planet and that nakshatra ARE IN THE SAME PLACE IN THE SKYfor 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 didthousands of years ago. 21 Antares, for instance, would take 170,000 years to move just onedegree, as seen from earth, 90, 000 years for Aldebaran. And you are right that the Vedicsdon’t own the nakshatras, but they have developed them in a very specific and sophisticatedway that is uniquely Vedic, including the deities, the qualities, and the many mythologiessurrounding 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 inIndia, 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 siderealzodiac. This tells him the most important thing he needs to know about you – how yourmind works. It is a key factor to understanding the mind and personality of an individual. Ifa Western tropical astrologer wants to use the Vedic nakshatras in the tropical zodiac, then Iwould suggest the correct use would be very general in terms of the themes of the nakshatraand its ruling deity.There are great many details about these nakshatras which simply do not translate into thetropical 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 thenspecific lords and sub-lords of each pada (quarter). Much about each and everynakshatra derives its significance for all Vedic astrologers due to its specific zodiacal degreesin 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 isignorant of these, he/she can still distill meaning from the mansion if they know the starsthat comprise it. This, I believe, can serve as a bridge between the two factions of ourbeleaguered 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 bythe study and use of the real sky!I think the debate we are having with nakshatras is that you (and I presume other Vedicastrologers) 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 in21 Though the sidereal zodiac is not linked to the seasons (India has six seasons), Vedic astrology doesemphasize the northern path of the Sun (the path of the Gods, Uttarayana), and the southern path of theSun (the path of the Ancestors, Dakshinayana). Uttarayana starts from Winter solstice in the Northernhemisphere (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 Mooncalendar is important, but is not in total synch with the solar calendar. Lunar months are named by thenakshatra 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 theNew Moon prior to Sun entering sidereal Aries. (EH)Page 33

424terms of the clusters of stars they inhabit. Don't worry here about determinants. Let's justsay 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 eachnakshatra its identity!EH: I strongly disagree! And if you had studied Vedic astrology, I think you might see itdifferently. The nakshatras do not derive their basic identities from the Fixed Stars, justbecause they are the “determinant stars.” The ancient Vedic culture was a lunar culture, theentire philosophy of their tradition involving worship based on the Moon’s nakshatraposition, not its zodiacal sign. The “sky gazers” in this case were the Rishis, or Sages, whowere Enlightened beings. In their state of Super consciousness, they were able to see the past,present and future. 22 Observing the Moon’s daily passage, the average speed of the Mooncoincides with the exact length of the nakshatra: 13 degrees 20 minutes. The Moon’s siderealmotion is also 27.3 days, another reason why there are 27 nakshatras and not 28, as in theChinese and Arabic lunar mansions. The Moon’s motion is hugely important, but we cannotabsolutely confirm whether the seers were more concerned with nakshatras as equalsegments, or as clusters of stars.DKR: I don’t think it would have been possible for them to measure exact spans whenpeople looked at the sky, even if those distinct star groups (usually of prominent stars) wouldhave 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 themovement 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 dealmore than a set of degrees! If you are going to say that it is the exact degree span that isprimary, 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 exact30 degree measurements from 0 Aries, from whatever sidereal fiducial point is chosen, arenow considered what is important.That you and other Vedic astrologers use the exact degree spans is fine with me – I just wanteveryone – siderealists and tropicalists alike, to know what is going on in the sky in thatdegree 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 planetarypositions accordingly). In that example of the pre-9/11 lunation – a siderealist looking at thesky and a tropicalist looking at the sky are going to see Mars in the same place! To me, thenakshatra (or manzil, or hsiu) that it is passing through has a message, and I can't accept thatnakshatras are solely for the use of the Vedic tradition – as long as one is careful to transposethe degrees correctly, I believe it is quite proper for a tropicalist to say that a planet is insuch-and-such nakshatra, because a nakshatra is not, essentially, just a span of degrees; it is22 In the Dec. 2000 issue of Discovery magazine, a British scientist explains a mathematical formula forbeing able to see the past, present and future in the present moment, also possible in a Black Hole, andachieved by the ancient Vedic seers, whose cognition of the universe precedes modern Science. (EH)Page 34

425also 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 bothsiderealists and tropicalists, that they become aware of the stars.EH: The nakshatra has never lost its heavenly foundation, though I will agree that mostVedic astrologers today are not much focused on the Fixed Stars and their positions. 23 Evenso, Vedic astrology has always been based on the observable, or constellational zodiac, whichis much more based on the Fixed Stars than is the tropical zodiac – which is seasonallyoriented. The meaning of the signs breaks down totally in the Southern hemisphere, while inVedic (sidereal) astrology the sign of Aries is not necessarily tied to the spring season but istied 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 formconstellations 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 gaveplanetary and even ascendant longitudinal placements only in terms of nakshatras. SageParashara refers to comets as seen in various nakshatras.Ancient Vedic literature has always referred to nakshatra placements at the time of the springequinox, or summer solstice. In the Vedanga Jyotish, the summer solstice ca. 1500 B.C. was inAslesha nakshatra (16:40 to 30:00 sidereal Cancer). In 2500 B.C. the spring equinox was inKrittika nakshatra (26:40 Aries to 10:00 Taurus – sidereal). In 3100 B.C. the spring equinoxwas 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 havespanned the period from 2800 to 1800 B.C. 24 The nakshatras did not move into new degreeareas. Those remained the same. What changed was that the equinoxes and solstices wereobserved to have changed THEIR starting points to coincide with these particular nakshatras,always measured in the sidereal zodiac. 25Vedic scholar David Frawley recently told me this:“Vedic astrology has its own special method of polar longitude for determining stellarpositions. It connects the stars with a line from the pole position. This changes thedetermination zodiacal placement of the Fixed Star, especially for stars located some distancenorth or south of the zodiac, sometimes by several degrees. There is as yet no modernastronomical program set up to calculate this.”23 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 ofSwati, by being the star furthest from the ecliptic. He describes Swati Moon people as "Arcturus Moonpeople" and "Arcturus folk." Thus Arcturus is the main star of Swati, but while the nakshatras are notidentical with their junction or primary stars, there is considerable connection between the two. (EH)24 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)25 As of April 1, 2010, the spring equinox occurs at 6:00 Pisces (Lahiri ayanamsha at 23:59.7) (EH)Page 35

426This would apparently mean that by doing a polar longitude calculation, a junction star suchas Antares is still in Jyestha nakshatra and easily within the boundary between the nakshatras.Frawley has also said: “It could be argued that the signs arose from the Nakshatras.” 26DKR: No, I don't agree. The nakshatras are indeed very ancient, but they are also quitedifferent from the signs. The Greek myths are very much connected to the sky figures, and Ihave long suspected that many of their myths derived from the figures – or at least theenergies from each particular part of the sky – not the figures from the myths. But there's noway 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 theVedic nakshatras. In fact, Ken Johnson says: “The Greek interpretations of the importantFixed Stars are exactly the same as the nakshatras, almost word for word…. The West slowlylost this tradition during the Middle Ages. India never did.” David Frawley discusses theHarappan seal found in India, and dated to around 2400 BCE, showing symbols clearlyidentifying Mrigashirsha nakshatra (late Taurus/early Gemini), or Orion, and also Scorpio,marking the other end of the zodiac. Frawley notes: “There is much commonality betweenthe 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 FixedStars are where they are, as are the planets at any moment in time. The signs and nakshatrasare also fixed. The only thing that changes in the tropical zodiac is the distance from theVernal Equinox point. Stars don't change constellations because one uses the tropical zodiacunless you make the nakshatras mobile, which is completely contrary to their fundamentaldefinition which is as fixed as the stars and is with reference to certain Fixed Stars withinthem (yogataras).Don't let anyone else's confusion confuse you. We must keep a grip on the fundamentalastronomy. The stars, planets and star groups (rashis and nakshatras) are as we see them in thesky. How we measure their location is simply a matter of choice. We can measure starting fromthe equinox or some fixed point, or whatever we like. That does not change or move anything. Itis 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 wantto look through. What is your starting point? From there, what are you looking at? And canthat 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 wecannot make cultural assumptions. Chinese astrology and culture, for instance, is very secretiveand assigns planetary attributes that differ from most other systems. In the past, I have mademany valid astrological observations using the tropical zodiac. Then I changed my lens to thesidereal/Vedic. As we know, it is not the same as sidereal/Western – without the Vedicorientation. That is why I say tropical/ Vedic is really stretching it, unless you are being very26 Quoted in Dennis Harness’s The Nakshatras: The Lunar Mansions of Vedic Astrology, 1999, p. xvii. (EH)Page 36

427general, though apparently there is at least one Vedic astrologer (Ernst Wilhelm) using thetropical 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 conceptof original determinant stars versus standardized nakshatra spans. Your dual sign natalorientation is uniquely equipped to put yourself in multiple lenses at the same time. You do thatbrilliantly! The less adaptable and mentally adept astrologer will be more challenged inmaneuvering 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 isyour contribution to what is already known on this subject? And what for you is thehighlight of your book?DKR: I have written the book that I wish I could have had when I was first studyingastrology. I’ve tried to dig up the most ancient sources available, from every culture. Lunarmansions (Hindu, Chinese and Arabic) are extremely ancient, so I have included them andnamed 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 thatlead off each section are from people who have placements there. I did the illustrationsmyself because I wanted to show them against the background grid of right ascension anddeclination, with the names of the surrounding figures included to show where each one is inrelation to the others. I also included the major stars and DSOs. Some of my figures areuntraditional, but based on what I discovered – Auriga the Charioteer, for instance, is shownas a war veteran in a wheelchair, because in the myth he was a person who invented thechariot because he could not walk. What I found at those stars confirmed the myth, andChina had a military encampment at the same stars. Corona Borealis, usually shown as aspiky 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 usedKepler’s Ophiuchus as a model. The Scales of Libra are shown with ghostly Scorpion’s clawsPage 37

428behind them, because that’s what they were, earlier. Sagittarius has a wing in the place of theusual flowing cloak, because the earliest depictions of him are winged. Aquarius wasdescribed 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 prettyfree about details of my life. It’s a little awkward for me analyzing me, but I don’t mind ifyou do it. And I am very interested in what the Vedic chart says, because I always intendedto 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 datais: April 9, 1933, 10:13 AM EST, New Rochelle, NY. Using the sidereal zodiac (Lahiriayanamsha), your birth Ascendant is 19:20 Gemini with Sun, Venus, and Mercury in Pisces inthe 10 th house, and Mars, Ketu, and Jupiter in Leo in the 3 rd house. (Ketu is the South lunarnode; Rahu is North lunar node.) Rahu is situated in Aquarius in the 9 th house.) Moon is inVirgo in the 4 th house. Saturn is in Capricorn in the 8 th house, good for longevity – so hasprotected you for some time.Diana K. RosenbergSun. 4/9/1933 10:13:00New Rochelle, NYYou have Gemini Ascendant with Pisces planets in both tropical and sidereal zodiacs. I seethat very much in working with you – how your Ascendant lord Mercury in a water sign isvery linked up with Jupiter. It’s in Jupiter’s sign and in Jupiter’s nakshatra. Mercury withJupiter, probably in most systems – has a lot to say, and doesn’t want to put limits on theparameters. In any case, Gemini Ascendant gives a natural mental curiosity and versatility,with diverse interests in life that are desire-driven. Gemini can be obsessed with makingPage 38

429knowledge accessible, the cultural level depending on various factors, including the conditionof the classic benefic planets Venus and Jupiter. In your case both of them are very involvedwith Mercury, including exalted Venus, which adds refinement. You have made your studyand your book on Fixed Stars in a very broad spectrum. You are dissatisfied with parametersthat 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 watersign, this is because Mercury and Jupiter are not planetary friends, and Jupiter can causeproblems for the Mercury-ruled Ascendant person. I will footnote the Vedic myth aboutJupiter and Tara, as that is helpful in understanding Mercury’s tension with both Jupiter andthe Moon. 27This is further emphasized because you are in Mercury dasa (cycle) in the Vedic system, andJupiter is so linked with Mercury in your chart, and they are in 6-8 house relationship. Thatis, Mercury is in the 8 th house from Jupiter in Leo, and Jupiter is in the 6 th house fromMercury in Pisces. (When two planets are in 6 th and 8 th positions from each other, it iscalled Shastashtaka – pronounced shas-TASH-ta-ka.) You are dealing with problems with thepancreas (pancreatic cancer), and Jupiter is connected with sugar, which is what the pancreasregulates.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 whereAscendant 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 somuch that describes you! The same way you look at research is the way you regard food. Itwould not be so if Mercury were not also your Ascendant lord, describing your physicalbody. Who is to say where the boundaries are for that? And then we combine the fact thatyou move into Mercury dasa, and your Ascendant lord Mercury comes into Center stage forthis time period. For you, this is from June 2000 for 17 years.27 “In the Puranic myth, Mercury is born to Jupiter’s wife Tara, but is not his own child – though he islater forced to accept him as his own. Mercury comes from the union of Tara and Soma – the Moon inan incarnation as a man in this story. Mercury is finally accepted by Jupiter in large part to quell dissentamong the gods, and also because the child Mercury is so witty and clever; thus, the association ofMercury with youthfulness, mischief, and sexual desire, sometimes bringing messy relations due to theinability to settle for one choice and the unease with an abundance of confusing choices. Anotherunderstanding 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 toMercury is considered the blessing of a guru, even so there is an uneasy relationship between them. Thesame 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 theinterloper 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)Page 39

430DKR: May I comment on that? You said that I didn’t want any limits, any boundaries. Itwas more that I didn’t want to take for granted what the other books said, even though withAlgol, 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 bymyself! 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 starswork – other than the famous ones? How many of them do work? I wasn’t into theconstellations at all at first. That was one of the things that evolved. But it wasn’t just notwanting boundaries. I wanted to see what I could see. And I threw all this data in to seewhat emerged, whether it was a lot of fires, volcanoes, tsunamis, whatever. In terms ofpeople, 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 outthere?DKR: Yes, yes. For instance, very early on, I realized I could sell my little work book onFixed Stars – which I created simply for myself to work in and study. And people keptasking 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 someonesaid to me: “Diana, you’re the teacher. You know more than anyone else.” And I realizedthat by that time it was true.EH: That’s wonderful! Now to recap: From your Gemini Ascendant, your natal Sun, Venusand Mercury are all in Pisces in the 10 th house. Your Mars, Ketu, and Jupiter are all in Leo inthe 3 rd house from the Ascendant. But those planets are all in the 6 th house from the Piscesplanets, while the Pisces planets are in the 8 th house from all the Leo planets. The fact thatthe Leo planets are all in the 3 rd house from the Ascendant – this is the 8 th house from the 8 th ,which is a kind of setup for obstacles and setbacks. And of course, 8 th house is also research.You did all this research, but it wasn’t easy. It took you much longer than expected doingthe research, and getting the material to publication. The lord of 9 th house of publishing is inthe 8 th 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 somethingbefore I forget. For some reason the 8 th 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 inScorpio. 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 8 th house. And I don’t know what the connection is, but there itis.Page 40

431EH: Well, in the Vedic chart Saturn in its own sign in the 8 th house is good for longevity. Sothat Saturn in your 8 th house has protected you for a long time, especially during its 19-yeardasa, 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 8 th house isalso a house of financial wealth, and actually financial wealth doesn’t interest me at all. Idon’t even research it very much, though interestingly, I did find that the strongest sign forwealth tropically was Aries. And would you believe it? My Sun is exactly in Revatinakshatra? This is supposed to be a nakshatra of wealth, and I can make a strong point aboutthis: 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 byhis greedy relatives. My mother was at a grave disadvantage. She divorced my father when Iwas about four years old, in an era when divorce was still rare and a real stigma. She didn’thave enough money to pay a good lawyer, and decided she was so fed up with that familyanyway – she didn’t want to have anything more to do with them. That’s Saturn in the 8 th ,you know. During my childhood, money was a big issue in the family when I was growingup, with arguments and fights about it swirling over my head. It affected me very much andit made me move away from wanting to have anything to do with money.Page 41

432I didn’t want to consider money any more than I had to. Maybe that was why I have neverhad much money or interest in making any, and it drove my husband crazy, because it put aburden on him! So with wealth, I have Saturn in the 8 th , and was denied the inheritance.But the Sun, ruler of my 2 nd 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 inRevati nakshatra, whose span is 16:40 to 30:00 Pisces in the sidereal zodiac. But in your Vedicchart, Leo is the 3 rd house, using whole sign houses. So in Vedic terms, your Sun rules the 3 rdhouse, not the 2 nd 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 freelyinterchanging the tropical and sidereal zodiacs may be interesting for research, but inpractical chart analysis it breeds confusion. We have to go to a deeper level of the Vedicchart, and consider that just because your Venus and Sun are both in Pisces in Revatinakshatra – that does not guarantee financial wealth, even with Venus near its maximumexaltation in Pisces.We have to consider what houses these planets rule – the ones occupying Revati. And thatdiffers from the Western tropical chart to the Vedic sidereal chart. (The Vedic orientation isgenerally whole sign houses, no matter what degree is on the Ascendant. And though wehave other ways of assessing houses, this is the primary one.) Also, the house and theplanets have to be well aspected, and the lords of the sign and the nakshatra should beunafflicted for best results. Since Mercury, as Revati nakshatra lord, is debilitated, thoughNeecha Banga (i.e. corrected over time through Venus), this is one factor changing the resultsfor wealth, and has implications for physical health as well. Due to its exaltation, Venushelps to “correct” and elevate this Mercury, and benefits your life both through your zest forknowledge and through your children. These are both associated with the Venus-ruled 5 thhouse. In the Navamsa chart, the 5 th house lord (Moon) is also exalted, doubling the impact.The deity Pushan, the nurturer, rules over Revati, so this nakshatra also gives a verynourishing quality to the person, which you have. Further, Pushan is a finder of lost thingsand 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 morewealthy people in tropical Aries. Not only would those have been likely to coincide with the13 degree 20 minute span of Revati nakshatra, but the planetary positions would have to beunafflicted and related to wealth in the Vedic sidereal chart. 2828 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 2 nd house of income. The 2 nd houselord Jupiter is also exalted in Cancer in the 6 th house. This brought huge wealth and huge conflicts(Jupiter in the 6 th house), with Morgan twice rescuing the U.S. govt. from bankruptcy. His Sun andSaturn are also exalted. (EH)Page 42

433Mercury’s sign lord here is Jupiter, which is six houses away – bringing conflict in thesematters. Mercury is at 2:17 Pisces, and debilitated in this sign, whose lord is not a planetaryfriend to Mercury, and – as noted earlier – there is a 6-8 house relationship between Mercuryand 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 wasmostly destroyed before it could be passed on to you. Even so, you were protected to somedegree by your husband (also Jupiter in a Gemini Ascendant chart, as ruler of Sagittarius, the7 th house), and by your ability to learn and educate yourself (Jupiter, as significator ofknowledge). Jupiter in the 12 th house from your Moon shows charitable giving, and despiterelative lack of financial wealth, you have given to charities to alleviate suffering by peopleor animals.You have said your husband was “kindly, but extremely tight-fisted with money.” This isdescribed astrologically by Saturn in the 8 th house (2 nd house from the 7 th house of partner).But it helps that Saturn is in its own sign. Some degree of financial protection also comesfrom your two children (Venus as 5 th lord), who are both successful.Fortunately, Venus is the best planet for Gemini Ascendant, so it is serving you well in thebirth chart, and brings much closeness to your children and good fortune to them. Venusexalted in an angle of your chart is a great blessing for you, especially as your best planet. Itis called a Mahapurusha (MAH-ha pu-RUH-sha) yoga, in this case a Malavya (mah LAV-ya)yoga, specific to Venus. 29 This yoga brings beauty, learning, and sensual pleasures, but inthe 10 th house it is especially associated with learning you can share with the public. Venusin 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 theNavamsa (9 th harmonic) chart. Venus is more fraught in the Navamsa chart, where it is in the11 th 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 couldbe money problems or sacrifices incurred in the family during your first major or minorVenus 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 timewhen your parents split up and your mother was disinherited from any wealth from herformer 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.)29 Only five planets can have this status: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. They must be intheir own sign or exalted, and in an angle from the Ascendant. They must also possess inherentstrength. (EH)Page 43

434Diana K. RosenbergSun. 4/9/193310:13:00New Rochelle, NYDKR: 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 wholeconfiguration also fits in with your discovery about your husband, many years after youmarried. A long time after you started studying astrology in the 1970s, you looked back atyour marriage chart, and you thought those planetary patterns were more appropriate for abusiness contract. When you put all the factors together (astrological and otherwise), youthen suspected your husband may have married you for the money he assumed you wouldinherit. When you confronted him about it, he admitted how “ashamed” he was of doingthat. So there was another whole theme of conflict around money that you were unaware ofuntil 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 hehad 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 togetherfrom Nov. 1954 until summer 1976, about 22 years. Then we remained friends, but livedapart. Even so, we shared many social occasions with our children. We never divorced upuntil his death in Jan. 1990.EH: Let’s give that marriage date and time: Nov 25, 1954, 12:20 PM EST (time approx.), NewYork, N.Y. Yes, I see what you mean. The Vedic chart has a New Moon in Scorpio in the10 th house of career, and in your own 6 th house. (The exact New Moon at 9:28 Scorpio was at7:30 AM EST that day, just five hours earlier.) Venus is retrograde, not good for marriage. Itis in Libra tightly contacting Mercury and Saturn, also in Libra. This Mercury loses theplanetary war (Graha Yuddha) with Venus, and so loses power dramatically. You said therewere major communication issues in your marriage, and that he refused to talk when it camePage 44

435to discussing problems between you. This would create a lot of tension for a GeminiAscendant person, whose symbol Vedically is the intertwined couple. (It seems Gemini ismuch more associated with sexual desire in the Vedic system than in the Western system.)Diana Rosenberg -marriageThu. 11/25/195412:20:00New York, NYThe marriage chart has an Aquarius Ascendant (sidereal zodiac) between 12:11 and 1:23 PMEST. Mars is in the Ascendant aspecting the 7 th house. So I would agree with you that theplanetary signatures here are more about work than marriage. But with Sun and Moon inthe fixed sign of Scorpio, aspected by Jupiter – at least it did endure. And you remainedfriends for 14 years after the 22 years you lived together and raised your children. Thesidereal fixed signs were angular, and Sun and Moon were both in Anuradha nakshatra, ruledby Mitra, the deity of friendship, human solidarity, and respect for laws and treaties. TheLibra planets are in a good house, the 9 th house. You were married on a Thursday, Jupiter’sday, with retrograde Jupiter exalted in Cancer in the 6 th house. Its close aspect to the Sunand Moon in Scorpio was crucial for the longevity of the marriage – though as you say,coming from the 6 th house and aspecting the 10 th house speaks more of a business contractthan marriage, especially with Mars on the Ascendant. This is just looking at the marriagechart, and not at either of your birth charts. The Moon is newly waxing, thus invisible fromthe earth. The bride was also perhaps not really seen by the groom, or in the context of themarriage. You have described yourself as being “chained” in this marriage, and you relatedthis to having your tropical Aries planets aligned with the figure of Andromeda, the ChainedWoman. Sidereally, those planets would be in Pisces.In your Vedic birth chart, you have a Full Moon chart across the Virgo-Pisces axis: Sun inPisces, Moon in Virgo. You have four planets in dual signs, along with the dual signAscendant. The dual (or mutable) signs give the most versatile person.Page 45

436DKR: Well, I do feel I’m very Piscean. It’s very hard for me to tell, because in the tropical Ihave Mercury-North Node and Midheaven in Pisces, and my Sun is in Aries. It’s verydifficult for me to tell how much of it is sidereal (Sun, Venus and Mercury in Pisces), andhow 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 conjunctJupiter!)EH: I’d lay it on your three planets in Pisces: Sun, Mercury and Venus in the 10 th 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, sameas yours, his at 19:28 Gemini, very close to yours at 19:20 Gemini, giving you both the PiscesNavamsa 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 nottalking until he was eight or nine years old.DKR: That wasn’t true of me. I was jabbering away from an early age.Page 46

437EH: We can compare your early Dasas in the Vimshottari system. For Einstein, he was bornin Mercury dasa, and entered Ketu dasa at age nine, just after completing 20 months ofMercury-Saturn dasa. His natal Mercury in Pisces was within two degrees of his natalSaturn, and in the end gave him extraordinary focus and intellectual abilities, but causeddelays in his ability to speak in coherent sentences. This was obviously not due to lack ofintelligence, but to his own innate eccentricities. Your earliest childhood period was Moondasa – from birth, and you have a Full Moon in Virgo in Hasta nakshatra, symbolizing thehand. You wanted “hands-on” experience from an early age, and not to have your hand heldwhen 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 glasswork, and have done the original illustrations for your book on Fixed stars. When Moon isin the 4 th 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 your2 nd house of speech. For that matter, Sun is Dig Bala in the 10 th house, so that too is a boon.DKR: Of course Moon is also mother. My mother was quite bitter that she was stuck withthe 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 alot of difficulties with my mother. She was a very controlling person. I think she may havebeen Sagittarius in both zodiacs. Anyway, I was not an easy child to raise, I’ll say that forher. But I had a lot of conflicts with her, and I also did a very Piscean thing, which was to tryto 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 daydreameda lot. The huge money arguments in the family just made life at home more wretched. I wasfine when I was alone. I read a lot and daydreamed and built my own inner world. But itwasn’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 heroicdeed, or something like that. Diana did not exist in the daydreams. I deleted Diana. I didnot 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 hadjust 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 byPisces. This is emphasized even more so with Venus in Pisces, exalted there to themaximum degree, and yours is approaching that, within a few degrees. There is often a majorsacrifice in life, often through love matters. And look at how you sacrificed a lot to stay inthat marriage, and to stay close to your children.DKR: That was instinctive. I didn’t say: “Oh, I am going to sacrifice myself for mychildren.”EH: No, but your children are involved with Venus, being the 5 th house lord.Page 47

438DKR: It was a natural thing for me to say: “I’m not going to leave the marriage.” First of allhe might have gotten custody. I just followed my instincts. And also, my maternalgrandmother was an influence. She was a Catholic, from a Cuban family. She had a lot to dowith 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 theLeo pride. She had four children, ten grandchildren, and loved children. She had a chance togo to college (unusual at that time), but turned it down to have the traditional motherhoodrole. 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 ClaraAurora Luis, and she was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. of aristocratic Cuban parents. She waspatrician, and very regal. Her father was a close friend of José Marti, who was like Cuba’sAbraham Lincoln. He was a medical clinician and a gun-runner for Cuba in the SpanishAmerican War, when Cuba was trying to achieve independence from Spain. Mygrandmother Clara was torn between pride and embarrassment of her father, who was jailedas a gun-runner for Cuba. She married a German/Jewish medical student, as I said. Hedeveloped a medical practice in New York City as a pediatric orthopedist. He was also veryactive in the Boy Scouts, and ran a troop. He died in the 1940s. These grandparents born inthe 1870s and 1880s were an important early influence for me. They probably contributed tomy 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 acigar manufacturing company, and became very wealthy. He was the source of the familywealth. But “family wealth” was certainly not part of my experience. Saturn in the 8 th housecut me off from that. He blamed my mother for the divorce, which in those days was a greatdisgrace, 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 atlanguages? 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 sisterswho were always gossiping together in Spanish, and they didn’t want me to be able tounderstand what they were saying! One of the most repeated stories in the family was thisone: After her marriage to Irving Steinhardt, Clara was at the butcher shop asking for aspecific cut of meat. She overheard the staff saying in Spanish to give her some old piecefrom the back room. Since Steinhardt is certainly not a Spanish-sounding name, theyobviously had no idea she understood until she let out a stream of invectives in Spanish thatsent 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 orexpression that can be used either to hide something, or to choose to reveal it, especiallysomething which has not been generally known – such as Fixed Stars.Page 48

439A debilitated Mercury, or Mercury in a water sign can be very intuitive, as we know. But it isnot ideal for memorization of language or of facts, which can leak out the memory door, so tospeak, as if through a sieve. (This is my own analogy.) I should add that you’re in famouscompany. In addition to Mercury in Pisces, Albert Einstein also had natal Moon debilitatedin Scorpio in the 6 th house. As his 2 nd house lord of speech, this Moon added to his Mercury-Saturn problem, and gave him that initial disadvantage, to the point where his early teachersexpected him to achieve very little in life. Furthermore, his Moon was in Jyestha nakshatraruled in turn by debilitated Mercury. Sign lord Mars was in the 8 th house – a difficult house,though in Capricorn, an exalted sign for Mars. After finishing Mercury-Saturn dasa, hislanguage problem was resolved. That was at age nine. In your case, your natal Saturn is inCapricorn and so has a little more distance from Mercury, as it aspects the planet. It helps tofocus the Mercury without stopping it. They are planetary friends, so Saturn can give somegood 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 FixedStars, we can also point to this Mercury in Pisces aspected by Saturn in Capricorn. 30 Yousee 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. Youdon’t want to be limited in the scope of your study, but Saturn helps you to focus yourattention on patterns revealed from your ever-increasing collection of birth data, what youcall 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 theSun directed to Uranus (in my Western tropical chart). And my father was severely manicdepressive.I loved him. He was my handsome daddy, and he indulged me. But what did Iknow? Years later I understood he was utterly dishonest in money dealings. That was part ofthe disease, I think. And my mother was certainly right to divorce him. My father wasterribly unstable, and when he went into a manic phase he was impossible. He wouldn’tsleep. He would talk non-stop, and drive everyone batty. He would borrow money andnever 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 allday long. So he was extremely well read, knowledgeable, and encyclopedic. And I think thatside 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 araconteur. People said that at his funeral. And my kids adored him. They couldn’tunderstand why I suddenly blew up at him one day. They didn’t know and had never seenhim in his worst phases.30 This is a classical Vedic aspect for Saturn, which aspects houses 1, 3, 7, and 10 from itself, alwaysforward in the zodiac, in whole sign houses. (EH)Page 49

440EH: In Vedic astrology, we look at the father as the Sun, but also as 9 th house lord. (That isSouth Indian, which I use. North Indian prefers 10 th house lord for father.) In your case, 9 thlord Saturn is in the 8 th 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. Weadore each other!” And I’m sitting there, hearing this, and thinking “No.” But I couldn’t sayso. The family was enraged with him, and I was the only one speaking to him. I couldn’t dothat to him. The Piscean sympathy and compassion came in there, and I just could not sayto 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 anddiscuss another point in your Vedic chart. Have you heard of the term maraka? (pronouncedMAH-ra-ka).DKR: No, I don’t think so.EH: Maraka is a Sanskrit word, and is something Western tropical astrologers don’t tend tolike about Vedic astrology because it’s one of those more definitive associations – similar tothe 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 onesdepending on the birth chart Ascendant. With a few exceptions, the 2 nd and 7 th house lordsfrom the birth chart Ascendant are usually Maraka planets. Natal Moon is not assigned thatrole, and since that is 2 nd house lord for Gemini Ascendant, only Jupiter, as 7 th house lord, isMaraka for your Ascendant.You like derived houses. Think of derived houses here. The reason it is 2 nd and 7 th houselords is that the 7 th house is the 12 th house (of loss) from the 8 th house (of longevity). The 3 rdhouse is also considered a house of longevity, being the 8 th house from the 8 th . Since the 2 ndhouse is 12 th house from the 3 rd , it too becomes Maraka. Albert Einstein died eight monthsprior to the start of his 16-year Jupiter dasa, at age 76. He died in his Rahu-Mars dasa, thesetwo planets being in the 8 th house in his birth chart. But even with a better placement ofJupiter than yours (his was in Aquarius in the 9 th house), that Jupiter would not favorlongevity during its sub-Dasa, and especially its Maha (or major) dasa, being the Marakaplanet for Gemini Ascendant.There are two groups of planetary friends in Vedic astrology: Sun, Moon, Mars and Jupiterare in one group; Mercury, Venus, Saturn, and Rahu are in another group. Rahu is Saturnlike,so is often included with the 2 nd group. Ascendant lord is always a friend, so Mercury’sfriends are Venus, Saturn and Rahu. To recap, Jupiter is not a friend to Mercury, and theyare in 6-8 house relationship to each other. From this combination, we know there is going tobe some conflict for you in matters symbolized by each of these planets, individually, and inrelation to each other.Why could this cause problems to your health? Because it is related to your Ascendant lordMercury. Mercury is not only in the sign of Pisces, owned by Jupiter, but in a nakshatraowned by Jupiter, Uttara Bhadra Pada. This spells major problems for Mercury in connectionPage 50

441with Jupiter, but it also describes some of the basic things about you, and these are assets aswell, being mentally stimulated by so many things in the process of your research. You havementioned the nervous breakdown you suffered soon after the start of your 16-year Jupiterdasa 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 withsweet tastes, and when there is an imbalance, there can be either a lack of sweets or a cravingfor sweets, as in your case. That is on the physical level, which has set up a disease centeredin your pancreas, whose job it is to regulate the sugar (glucose) level in the body, and toproduce 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 subperiodof planets combining from these two houses, especially with Mercury, as Ascendantlord, you have the possibility of the Mercury-Jupiter problem coming up. For you, this couldstart sometime during the 17-year Mercury dasa (in the Vimsottari Dasa system). This beganfor 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 theunbroken sequence of Mars, Rahu and Jupiter sub-periods within the Mercury dasa. Theseoccur as follows:Mercury-Mars: Dec. 18, 2008 through Dec. 16, 2009Mercury-Rahu: Dec. 16, 2009 through July 4, 2012Mercury-Jupiter: July 4, 2012 through Oct. 10, 2014Since Mercury and Mars are planetary enemies, the Mars sub-period was due to produce agreater than usual number of problems. Heightening the Mercury-Mars contact even furtheris 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 becorroborating factors. You said your diagnosis of pancreatic cancer came in April 2009, andyour surgery on May 21, 2009. All of this was within Mercury-Mars dasa. 31During this period you also had some major difficulties which could be summarized asconflicts experienced in the process of trying to publish your book on Fixed Stars. There waseven some litigation involved, which is not surprising, given that Mars is in the 6 th house (ofconflict) from Dasa lord Mercury. Of course, Mars does well in the 6 th house. But thisdestiny comes into play during Mercury-Mars dasa in particular. Mars aspects Mercury, butnot vice versa. (Vedic astrologers view the Dasa lord as an important Sub-Ascendant, andthat applies during its Maha Dasa – or major period.)31 I am focusing here on the Vimshottari dasas, but Vedic astrology also considers the Sade sati a pivotallifetime period. This is the (on average) 7 1/2 year period when Saturn transits houses 12, 1, and 2 fromnatal Moon. Diana’s current Sade Sati began when Saturn entered sidereal Leo July 15, 2007. The secondphase began when tr. Saturn entered Virgo from Sept. 9, 2009, coinciding with the Mercury-Mars dasa.(EH)Page 51

442One’s physical well-being comes into sharp focus during the Dasa of the Ascendant lord ofthe 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 intellectand the ability to speak concisely and even with wit – which you have, but also with thepossibility of controversy, since Mars adds heat and gives courage to speak out when needed.32Mercury is also aspected by Saturn, giving it depth and seriousness, and the tendency toclarify and edit. Saturn’s aspect to Mercury can also bring delays, as it has done in thepublication of your book, which you had hoped to publish several years ago – not anuncommon experience for authors!Jupiter’s connections to Mercury here give difficulties, but also many assets – including thetendency to have much to say, and to speak or write voluminously. Since Mercury isdebilitated in Pisces, one goes through periods in life of feeling “less than” and at timesvictimized. What lifts up this Mercury, and provides corrective action for it is its proximityto exalted Venus, within four degrees of its maximum exaltation. This creates what in Vedicastrology is called a Neecha Banga Raja yoga. The planet (in this case Mercury) starts from aplace of disadvantage, and then gets elevated over time. You admired the knowledge yourfather had, and tried to emulate it. But in this case, the reason he was able to read so muchand broaden his knowledge was because he couldn’t hold a job. This provided some earlyconflict for you around knowledge itself: What is it good for?Though Mercury is debilitated, Venus gives it some correction, but does not entirely removethe affliction. However, this yoga can elevate the person to a higher level of understandingand 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 alsoin many ways you were resistant to it, and refused to study what you were supposed tostudy. Your father’s example taught you that knowledge could be problematic. Nor did youtrust the Master’s degree your mother had attained.Since Mercury for Gemini Ascendant also rules the 4 th house of education, home, andmother, we know these may be some problematic issues, especially with Mars dasa runningfrom 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 arequired subject, and now I wish I had applied myself. I could have used that!) I hated schooland was in full-scale rebellion. I refused to do homework, etc. My mother had gone to schoolthere and taught there, and everyone remembered her and expected me to be like her. Theywere about to expel me, and then the High School of Performing Arts opened (the schoolfeatured in the movie Fame) and I auditioned for the Drama dept. and made it. I had to goback one year to get in, but I didn't care. I was so relieved to be out of Hunter! I was still nota good student, but it was much better for me than Hunter, and I managed to get a Highschool diploma. I then started at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, but it was thespring semester and I suffered horribly from spring allergies. (Pollen allergies have alwaysbeen a major health problem.) Antihistamines were very new and undeveloped then, so it32 As with Saturn, which has its own special aspects, Mars aspects houses 1, 4, 7, and 8 from itself,forward in the sidereal zodiac. (EH)Page 52

443was either suffer without them, or take them and fall into a heavy, drugged sleep. Not onlythat, but I had some unpleasant experiences at college, and then I had a bad fall down a flightof stairs and landed in the local hospital. I think I may have – subconsciously – done that tomyself. I had to get out of there.After about a month of recuperation, my mother gave me an ultimatum: "You either have togo to college somewhere, or you have to get a job." I got a file clerk's job at NBC (NationalBroadcasting Company) for the summer while I took speedwriting, then got a secretarial jobat a small office, and started studying ballet, which at the time was my great love. I wasmuch too old to start studying seriously, but I looked much younger than my real age, so Ilied and got into the School of American Ballet (the Balanchine NYC Ballet school, whichhad a special program for older beginners). I was about 18, but I went in wearing braids andcarrying schoolbooks and told them I was 14. They looked at me hard and said "You're not14!" "You are not a day over 12!" Whew! Then I met Werner (a Holocaust survivor), gotmarried at 21, got pregnant at 23, and that was the end of my ballet "career” – though I did getenough 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, butalso some possible change of luck (being a classical benefic). Also, Jupiter is in the 7 th house(of partnership) from Rahu, and aspects the 7 th house in the Gemini Ascendant birth chart,and so can bring a partner or partners around this time. (In classical Vedic astrology, onlyJupiter 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 3 rd house in Vedic astrology. Six out of nine of your natalplanets are in one of these two (whole sign) houses: Pisces or Leo. You pretended to be yearsyounger to qualify, which is another shifting quality that Pisces (or any of the dual signsmight have), especially a dual water sign – which is more emotional than all the other dualsigns. This was your escape from a more rigid and conventional education, which yourejected 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 accidentallydiscovered it was in Psychology. (She was cleaning out a closet one day and I saw the frameddiploma.) My shock was so great, I began to giggle and then laugh hysterically. She hadno idea why. My mother, a control freak who couldn't get along with anyone in the familyfor more than two minutes and was considered to have a "personality disorder" – she had aMaster’s in Psychology. From that moment on I recognized that academic credentials meanvery little. Yes, they do show that you worked hard to get them, and I do respect that, butthey are NO guarantee of superior knowledge! And in order to get them, you have to toe theacademic line and spout back to the professors what they want or expect to hear. Forgetastrology, psychic research, the psychological roots of disease, karma, etc. I think Uranusconjunct Sun makes me too independent-minded to settle into an academic routine.Page 53

444EH: Apropos the need for freedom from a rigid education, I tend to see it in the context of acontrolling mother (Moon in the 4 th house) and education (also Moon in the 4 th house, ruledby Mercury in Pisces, in turn in conflict with Jupiter, ruler of Pisces.) Later on, the job youhad 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 inManhattan 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. Itaught ballet there for about 10 years, between 1965 and 1975. I know that I left the DanceCenter when transiting Saturn hit my 2nd house cusp (Western tropical chart), and that wasin 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 inthe Wall Street business district.EH: Back to the topic of physical health, notice how in the 16-year Jupiter dasa, you hadnervous system issues. Jupiter dasa came from June 19, 1965 through June 19, 1981. You said itwas soon after the start of Jupiter dasa in June 1965 that you had a nervous breakdown, andeven had electric shock therapy. This is related to the Mercury-Jupiter contact and toMercury debilitated in Pisces, being at times overly empathic, taking in too much. In anycase, Jupiter is pushing your boundaries to the maximum. In the realm of Fixed Stars, youdon’t want to be limited. Nor in any field of study that interests you do you want to belimited, 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 aconjunction in late Sept. 1965. Their exact conjunction was June 30, 1966 at 16:06 tropicalVirgo, 22:43 sidereal Leo. Your natal positions in the tropical zodiac are: Mercury at 25:12Pisces, Midheaven at 21:09 Pisces, and Jupiter at 14:12 Virgo. The Uranus-Pluto conjunctionmade 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 fromJune 19, 1965 for 16 years, and is connected to your Ascendant lord Mercury through theVedic circuitry I have described. As Dasa lord, Jupiter has center stage, so to speak. In Vedicterms, Jupiter has a larger than usual influence on the affairs of your life, and we’d have tosay its impact is already over-sized. Then the dasa of this planet comes along, and when thathappens, it is THIS planet whose karmic fruits are delivered at this time. Those karmicfruits 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 bringingyou some good things, but also the fruits of the difficulties of that expansion. Jupiter is alsowith Ketu and Mars. Ketu (the South lunar node) is Mars-like, and being an eclipse planet ittends to destablilize whatever planets are in close contact to it. So for instance, with the sugarintake and the sugar (glucose) balance in the body – that’s out of whack.Page 54

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 dasais alerting us to a lot about the physical body – since Jupiter owns the sign and nakshatrawhere 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 withJupiter (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 isalso connected with Mercury. When you entered Mercury dasa on June 19, 2000, was therealready 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-yearMercury dasa until you enter either Ketu, Mars or Jupiter sub-period. This is because they areall in the 6 th house from that natal Mercury. So you have sub-periods within Mercury dasawhen all the Jupiter-Mercury questions come up, and those heavily weighted karmic fruitscome 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 bestplanet, so its sub-period would be bound to be good. That ran from Nov. 13, 2003 throughSept. 13, 2006. The next sub-period was Sun, which relates to your physical health. Herebelow is the entire sequence of sub-dasas within the 17-year Mercury dasa.Mercury-Mercury: June 19, 2000Mercury-Ketu: Nov. 15, 2002Mercury-Venus: Nov. 13, 2003Mercury-Sun: Sept. 13, 2006Mercury-Moon: July 20, 2007Mercury-Mars: Dec. 18, 2008Mercury-Rahu: Dec. 16, 2009Mercury-Jupiter: July 4, 2012Mercury-Saturn: Oct. 10, 2014Ketu-Ketu: June 19, 2017It is when you enter Mercury-Mars dasa that there are bound to be the most number ofproblems. This is because Mars is planetary enemy of Mercury, and is in a challenging 6-8house inter-relationship in any case. Mercury-Mars runs a full year, and covers the timewhen 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 tobe up front with your readers about all this, we would have to say the current indications arePage 55445

446that your disease has moved recently to an even more advanced stage. That was as of yourlast birthday – April 9, 2010 – which you spent at the hospital. The doctor noted that thetumor on your pancreas is growing larger, and given your advanced stage of pancreaticcancer, 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 aboutthe Mercury-Jupiter issues for you in all areas, including physical health. There are otherimportant markers, one of them just having occurred: the Saturn Stationary Direct on May30, 2010 at 3:50 Virgo – just opposite your natal Mercury at 2:17 Pisces. This is a very closeopposition, 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 islikely to be the first most challenging sub-period within the Mercury dasa, due to theinherent difficulties Mercury and Mars have with each other, and in the conflict arisingfrom 6 th house matters. As astrologers, we know 6 th house matters can mean legal issues ormedical issues, and sometimes both. You experienced both during the Mercury-Mars dasa.The 6 th house concerns the working efficiency of the body and of so many things, while the8 th house can bring suffering. Vedic astrology identifies this period for you as Dec. 18, 2008through Dec. 16, 2009. This one year sub-period would be described in advance as verychallenging.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 dothat.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 forthe rest of us to be able to share your chart and your concerns – especially at this time. As allof us get older, we can choose – or not choose – to share our feelings and thoughts as weapproach 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 “LifeTime Achievement Award” from Saptarishis Astrology magazine! This is in recognition foryour 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 havenever received an award, and now, to have such a remarkable one conferred upon me goesbeyond my wildest dreams! My love and gratitude goes out to Saptarishis Astrology magazinefor this great honor. I do not feel worthy of it, but the fact that they think I am worthy of itmakes it all the more wonderful!Page 56

447Addenda1) Novas & RoyaltyDKR: Here’s an interesting story: In 1936 a Nova appeared. And they called it NovaLacertae 1936. But when I saw it on a sky map, I thought: “That’s the crown of Cepheus theKing!” It was right on the border between the two constellations, but slightly more towardsLacertae. And knowing that Lacertae is modern, I thought: “I’ll bet that’s part of theoriginal figure of Cepheus.” And sure enough, an old map showed that the Nova was part ofthe crown of Cepheus the King. And in 1936 the King of England abdicated, and there was anew king. (“Nova” also means “new.”) This is the kind of thing that I delight in! Cepheusthe King constellation is in the northern sky, and dates back 23 centuries. It was recognizedby 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 thatappeared in 1936. Novas can come but not be observed, for whatever reason. Nova Lacertaewas 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 bornJune 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, acommoner and an American – she was unacceptable as his royal Consort and created aConstitutional crisis when the King was pushing for this outcome.2) Diana’s Astrological Education & CertificationEH: Did you get NCGR (National Council of Geocosmic Research) certification, or anyother 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 wasusing a computer, and I would have had to go back and re-learn calculations, and there werejust too many other things I wanted to do more. So no – no other certification. Reading hasalways 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 everyUAC (United Astrology Conference) since. I was also usually asked to speak at the NCGRConferences.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 theFixed Stars, in addition to the techniques of Uranian astrology. This all happened rightaround 1980. But I’ll tell you a little story that was a kind of omen of this trend in my life. Icall it “Navigating by the Stars.” 3333 Coincidentally, my first book (on Western tropical astrology and astrocartography, with Uranianinfluence) was titled Navigating by the Stars: Astrology and the Art of Decision-Making, 1991. (I wrote it in1988-89, as I was transitioning into Vedic astrology.) When I reminded Diana about this book & title,she suggested I include it in a footnote. (EH)Page 57

448I was at an astrological conference in Cape Cod (Massachusetts) sometime in the early1980s. A bunch of us had driven to a nearby town to a restaurant. After dinner together, wewere driving back to the town where our conference was being held. There were twocarloads 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 seniormember of our party. Finally, he instructed me to slow down and stop, and motioned forCarol to do the same. He had us all get out of our cars, and he said to Carol: “What’s yoursign?” And she said: “Charles, you know perfectly well I’m a Libra.” 34 “Diana,” he said:“What’s your sign?” And I said: “Charles, you know perfectly well I’m an Aries.” “Allright then, “he said. “Aries leads. You’re Aries, Diana. You go first!” (Charles had the Sunin tropical Leo, with sidereal Leo rising, and usually got his own way.) We thought that wassort 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 Ilooked up, and there was a wonderfully clear view of the sky, and I saw the Big Dipper (the7 Rishis). I said: “There’s the Dipper! The Dipper is always in the North! Now I can tellwhich direction to go in!”Charles nodded sagely and murmured “Aries leads the way.” I said, “Oh Charles, everyoneknows the Dipper is in the North!” He said: “I didn’t know!” Soon after that, I managed toget us on the right track, and we found our way back.3) Diana’s Formal EducationHunter 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 & CareerBallet teacher for the YMCA at the Morningside Dance Center in Manhattan, NY: 1965 to1975.Legal proofreader (incl. all night legal proofreader) in the Wall Street business district ofNYC, while studying astrology: late 1970sAstrologer, researcher, lecturer, writer. Astrological studies began in Feb. 1975. Fixed Starresearch from around 1980 to the present.34 Tropical Sun sign Libra for Carol Jepson, tropical Sun sign Aries for Diana Rosenberg. (DKR)Page 58

4495) Diana’s Marriage, Family & RelationshipsHusband Werner Rosenberg (born Dec. 6, 1923, Berlin, Germany. B.C. says 3:00 AM. DKRrectified it to 2:47 AM). Werner was a Holocaust survivor. He lost his grandparents andseveral other relatives. He also lost the chance for college because of the war. His familyescaped to Shanghai and lived there in poverty until after the war when he managed to getto the US. In Shanghai he apprenticed to a typewriter repairman, and once in the States, heset up his own business and handled a variety of business machines until everything turnedelectronic. At about the same time, he became very ill with heart disease and cancer, anddied at age 66. His appearance was that of an artist or a writer, not a businessman, thoughhe was intensely focused on money.Marriage date and time: Nov. 25, 1954, 12:20 PM EST (time approx.), New York, N.Y. Theylived together from Nov. 1954 until summer 1976, about 22 years. Though they livedseparately, 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 whenthey married.Diana on relationships: “Pluto rising dominates my chart. You can pretty much ignoreeverything else! I’m a total loner, and only recently have become fully aware that I have ahuge need for freedom. My Venus-Sun-Uranus combination lines up with stars ofAndromeda, the Chained Woman, which is very involved in freedom versus entrapmentissues. To me, relationships mean limitations.”Son Peter Rosenberg, born Feb. 11, 1957, 17:34, Manhattan, NY. Peter is a computer expertand works in Media technology for NBC (National Broadcasting Company). He receivedan Emmy award for his work at the Beijing Olympics. He is divorced, with one son. Livesin 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 inthe movie Sister Act (1992), and Sister Act 2 (1993), with Whoopi Goldberg. On the stage, shestarred on Broadway in Side Man, Off-Broadway in The Shawl, and in NY and LA in TheWater 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. Seewww.wendymakkena.netEnd Of AddendaWe at Saptarishis Astrology wish to thank Diana K. Rosenberg and Edith Hathaway, who inspite of her busy schedule due to her active life as a professional astrologer, gave more thanfive months to this project that is very dear to our hearts. This interview in its pristine highquality would not have been possible if not for the patience & selfless dedication of EdithHathaway.Page 59

450Edith Hathaway is among thefew contemporary astrologerstrained and certified in systemsof both East and West. She began herastrological studies in 1976, and herprivate practice in 1980. Prior to hertransition into Vedic astrology from1988, she received the Level IVcertification as Consulting Astrologerfrom the National Council ofGeocosmic Research (NCGR), MasterAstro*Carto*Grapher certificationfrom Jim Lewis, and in 1996 the JyotishKovid award from the Indian Councilof Astrological Sciences (ICAS). Aninternational consultant, writer,teacher, and lecturer, she was a Boardmember of the American College ofVedic Astrology (2002-2010) and on itsfaculty from 1992. The first volume of her book on Vedic astrology is in preparation, andexpected out in the next year. Her website: www.edithhathaway.comEdith 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. Theconference features 12 Vedic astrologers from India and the West, and is sponsored bySanathana Dharma Charitable Trust, Bheemunpatnam (Andhra Pradesh), India.Copyright © 2010 By Edith Hathaway. All rights reserved.Page 60

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452Jupiter InDual SignsByAshok Upadhaya, IndiaCopy editor: Andree LeclercAshok Upadhaya hails from Gujaratand within a short span of 2 decades hasemerged as a predictor of extreme rareability & propagator of Astrology inGujarat. He is known in Gujarat for hisability to remove rare knowledge out ofthose classics available to all. His guruswere his grandfather Shri PrabhaShankarTrivedi, C.S.Patel the man who taught themodern understanding of Ashtakvarga &from the legendary blind astrologer Sri SriSwami.It has been quite some time since thescribe wrote on Jupiter. Readers whoread the article titled Jupiter in CharaSigns gave excellent feedback asking forthe results of what happens when Jupiter isin Fixed and Dual signs. Unfortunatelyscribe has not been able to write on it forwhich we humbly apologize. Like theprevious article of Jupiter in Chara Signs,this is a new concept based on ParasariPrinciples presented before the astrologyreaders. We would like to transgress andremember the words of the Legend ofLegends, who was instrumental in theselection of the Muhurta for IndependenceIndia, one who was the family astrologerof the Nehrus, the Late Suryanarayain Raoof Ujjain who said ‘Laghu Parasari is theGita of Jyotish’. It is probably the smallestof works on astrology ever but is the mostpotent of all.The Learned should make themselvesfamiliar with fundamentals of astrologythrough other works, here only the specificprinciples will be explained.– Laghu Parasari, Chp: 1 Shl: 4Snap Shot Technique‘If Jupiter is placed in Dual Signs(Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius or Pisces)it would spoil/destroy/delay One of theresults of the 7 th house from it’.

453What is presented below are some examples from internet forums. Some of them wereshown as blind charts to Shri Ashok Upadhaya and he fared bang on in all cases. Somecharts taken at the end are celebs or well-known from astrodatabank.com – especially thosewhere 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 severalsignifications so one requires lot of experience or intuition before one uses snap shottechniques.By the above concept you would realise that the most famous dictum of Jupiter is actually ahalf-baked truth. What is this dictum? It is an accepted dictum that Jupiter protects and prospersthe house where he aspects. We will also take cases of Jupiter in its own sign (swagrahi) & inhis moola trikona sign in the end to show you that this is just a myth that has not beenunraveled till date in the last 10,000 years of astrology – our past astrologers only believed itsince others before them said it and this was blindly passed on and on. Astrologers kept ongiving solace to colleague astrologers that ‘oh, your Jupiter is in Sagittarius or Pisces so don’tworry it would give great results’.Chart: LadyChart belongs to a lady born in 1966. In 2009, at the age of 43, she consulted a writer ofSaptarishis Astrology. Note Jupiter is in Asc and as per the theory of Ashok Upadhaya itwill destroy one thing in the 7 th 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 hasspoilt the results of the 7 th from it.Chart: Murdered By MuggersFrom our notesTiming Accidents27/05/2007===================Death by hitting on head by strangers / Muggers ===================03 Feb, 1981, 18:52 hrs, Carson City, Nevada, USA ===================

454P 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 withfriends at the beach. While returning, the incident happened. I checked through BCP system & 360days and it tallies.See Jupiter is the 8L of death & longevity in the sign of Virgo with Saturn who signifiesthieves & muggers. The 7 th sign from it is Pisces which is a watery sign. The native went toa beach (where water is found) and it activated the dual sign where Jupiter is placed withSaturn (mugger) and he aspected the 7 th from it which is the 8H of longevity and death andhe got murdered. If readers will remember a BSP rule article by Andree in previous issues, itwas mentioned that when Jupiter Saturn are together, Aries is destroyed – Aries is the signof head and he was murdered by being hit on the head as per Bhagavati Hariharan whoposted the quiz.Chart: R Teacher’s HusbandWhen you start astrology and till you die you are taught only one thing: if a planet aspectshis own sign it gives great results – this has been passed on from generation to generation forthousands of years as a blind instant dicta. See above chart Jupiter is in the Asc is happily

455placed and aspecting the 7 th house of marriage so his marriage life should be great. Here isthe data from our notes.Two marriages, first child done court case against him for propertyNow unemployed since 2 yearsJupiter has spoilt the 7 th from it which is the house of marriageChart: Bhagya ProblemJupiter is with 4L of Home or one’s own house and in the dual sign of Gemini in 3H. Jupiteraspects the 7 th from it being the 9H of prosperity, fortune and bhagya. So this Jup shouldspoil the 9H of bhagya. See what was posted in Jyotish Remedies Forum.i face very tough time from last February 2008 . i lost myhard earned rupees 10 lacs in share market . now i am in zero kind ofsituation . our family live in rented house i thought that i buy ownsmall 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 yearand future year prediction , can i buy my own house or not ? plz giveme replyChart: Rajashri Nandy Case

456Jupiter is in Virgo in 8H and aspecting Rahu in the 2H; astrologers seeing this chart wouldsay Jupiter signifying wisdom kills Maya signified by Rahu. Astrologers love to create lot oftheory since poor Americans love to buy philosophy and theories, it appeals to their minduntil a few decades later they realize that all the theorization that anyone offers in Jyotish isall crap – by that time they have lost their youth and money. 7 th from Jupiter is the 2 nd houseof right eye. Now see this case posted in one of the yahoo groups:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sohamsa/message/18948Very rare eye disease.Namaste to All,I recently came across the child who has been suffering severely because of a very rare form of eyedisease as a result of which her right eye keeps swelling and then popping out of the socket, whenoperation 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 treatthe case because it was so complex and rare. Finally they found one doctor in Mumbai who decided totry an operation for temporary relief. The ailment is so rare that it is supposed to be the 3rd such casein recorded history. After that every few months she has to undergo an eye surgery to remove tissuegrowth from her skulls which keep pushing her eyes out of the socket. And without a doubt a verypainful procedure.Now she is 4 years old and has already undergone quite a few surgeries. Her father is almost brokenow, trying to finance her treatment. The family has no money left. And the doctors are saying thiswill keep going on till the age of 16/17, and chances are the girl may not survive. I am providing thechart 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 the2 nd year; use Bhrighu Chakra Paddathi (BCP) and 2 nd year would be the 2 nd house where onesees the right eye. One can presume that in the 2 nd year one may get a disease that is noteasily curable (Rahu) which is what happened. The event matches with BCP and also AshokUpadhaya’s technique.Chart: S.K posted on Jyotish Group List

457Jupiter is in its own sign of Sagi in 2H of wealth. Jupiter and Saturn form a great yogacombining 4 th and 5 th lord, kendra and trikona combination in a good house. One would sayexcellent results regarding wealth and family. Now use this new revealed technique ofJupiter is Dual Rasis you would see that the 7 th from it is the 8 th house containing the lagnalord (whole life) Mars who is also the 6L of health/diseases and job. So all these 3 areas oflife 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 oflife 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 famousastrologers replied to him but he still has not gotten job (at least not till 2009). This wasposted in the forum in 2006:currently he runs Saturn mahadasa and he is withouta job for the last 2yrs after he was relieved asa vice president (marketing in a pharma company).His only son had to undergo surgery of pancreas whichcosted him 11 lacs so all his savings got spent.Marriage & Jupiter In 1H in Own SignInternet forums & books are filled with Gurus who keep on promising the readers thatJupiter 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 theywill still give solace that at the end of the day, Jupiter in the 1H will always protect thenative. Decades pass by but, nevertheless, Jupiter in the 1H does not protect or beautify theresults of the 7H – only tight lipped clients will tell you this but not astrologers. Here wewill take cases where there are no planets in the 7H, other factors of lordship of 7H willsurely effect the results but that has been ignored for now since the bhava is supposedlyprotected by the straight aspect of Jupiter and, in many cases, it is conjoined with the Ascdegree thereby offering more protection – but, as you would see, this is not the case. Yetthere are numerous cases where Jup in own sign in 1H has protected the marriage, whichmeans that there is something more to it and not just Jupiter in own sign.Chart: Carmen Electra – American ActressJupiter in Sagittarius

458American actress who has carved out a relatively successful career as a replacement fordeparting 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 beentumultuous. Carmen’s infamous short-lived marriage to the flamboyant and controversialbasketball star, Dennis Rodman, made her personal life fodder for the tabloids. They weremarried on 11/14/1998 and almost immediately reports of their estrangement were in theheadlines. 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 wayat 5:30 PM, she married Dave Navarro in Los Angeles on November 22, 2003. Not even threeyears later, on August 10, 2006 in Los Angeles, she filed for divorce from musician DaveNavarro.Jupiter is in the first house has not protected the 7H.Chart: Bruce Lenny - ComedianAmerican 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, withwhom he had one daughter before divorcing. Married Harriet Lloyd in 1951 and divorced in1957.Jupiter is in the 1H has not protected his marriage and destroyed the 7H of relationships.Chart: Gwen Scott - BroadcasterAmerican broadcaster. The first female anchor person on television on Channel 6 inPhiladelphia. She has been divorced twice and has no children.Jupiter is in the 1H and has not protected the 7H of marriage and relationships.

459Jupiter in PiscesChart: Terry Cole-WhittakerAmerican Religious Science pastor from 1977, a fireball who took San Diego by storm withher up-beat, you-can-do-it message. A former beauty contest winner as Miss California in1968, she became a housewife and mother of two daughters when she made the first of her fourmarriages. 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 4marriages.Chart: Bruce DunlevyAustralian 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. Itwas a shock to his family in November 1974 when he left his wife and boys to move in with

460a neighbor, the mother of a deaf son. He divorced his wife and married his lover. He had avery 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 the7H of marriage.Chart: Roberto AlagnaItalian-French singer, born to Sicilian immigrants and discovered in a Paris pizzeria, wherehe sang popular opera arias eight hours a night for tips. Number of Marriages: 2Alagna married on 7/21/1990 and was later widowed. He made a second marriage on7/26/1996 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.

461Chart: Guru of PiscesI was given this chart as a test of Mangal Dosh, if it would destroy marriage of the native – Isaid it is not the Mars or Mangal Dosh which will destroy the marriage of the native but theJupiter in Pisces. They said he was married once and then re-married again but the reasonmust be Mangal Dosha. When I kept on insisting that it is not Mangal dosha but Jupiter inPisces, how could I prove my findings… Until one person in the group said that as soon asthe person became a guru and started giving school tuitions, the pointers for the secondmarriage started during tuitions with another female student – that’s when Jupiter gotactivated and destroyed the first marriage as Jupiter in dual signs destroys the 7H from it.Chart: Vincent Van GoghJupiter 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 fieldand shot himself in the chest with a revolver. He died two days later. One can note that hisVimshottari Dasa of Jupiter started on 11 th July 1890 just few days before the event and seethe result.

467supports undertakings of significance and can bring recognition fromimportant quarters.The power of this Mercury is also a result of the fact that Saturn is in thehouse of Mercury, a friendly house. Those who have Saturn/Mercuryconnection in their chart will have the best advantage of this Mercury aspect.Exalted Venus, ruler of the 3 rd house, (house of communication andcreativity) and the 10 th house, (ruler of parliament or legislature) in the 8 th ,aspected by Saturn, restricts the productivity and work of the government.This suggests that an attitude of partisanship and lack of co-operation willcontinue in the legislative houses.Venus also indicates women’s domain which means that during this periodwoman’s role does not get the support it deserves. In some manner thetraditional wife or mother may be betrayed or undermined or de-valued insome way.But just as Saturn is a friend of Mercury in the areas of intellectual andresearch endeavors, it is also a friend of Venus in supporting creativeventures. Consequently, this configuration of Venus and Saturn promotesVenus in her role governing fashion, home décor, film, theater, creativewriting, and the arts in general. It will be a year for a certain proliferation ofartistic activity and there will be good support for creative endeavors. It is anauspicious time to undertake these kinds of projects.This Venus will most help those people who have a strong influence of Venusand Mercury in their natal chart.Another significant malefic condition during Vikriti is that Mars in the 12 thcreates intrigues and scandals in the ranks of authority figures or role modelsof some kind. The 12 th house is the domain of secret agenda and hiddenpassions.Additionally, Ketu, (south node) is in Gemini, aspected by the malefic Saturnindicating that the country will experience greater incidence of naturalcalamities. This can be in the form of storms, tornadoes, floods, and5

468earthquakes. Of course, Jupiter is aspecting Ketu which curtails or minimizesKetu to some extent, but the negative influence is strong and will findexpression.Thus the 8 th house situation, as well as Mars in the 12 th , and Ketu aspected bySaturn brings some considerable challenges in the coming year.As mentioned, Jupiter is the savior in this situation. It is a natural benefic andthe most powerful, positive influence for Leo Rising, (the Rising sign for theVikriti year). Being the ruler of the 5 th house, Sagittarius (wisdom andcreativity) and the 8 th house, Pisces (house of spirituality for Jupiter, as wellas suffering) positioned in the 7 th , it is powerfully influencing the Rising sign.Jupiter is very strong in this circumstance as a ruler of the 5 th house,Sagittarius; more so than it is in its other rulership of the 8 th house, Pisces.Essentially, its position in the 7 th is reflecting the influences of the 5 th asopposed to the 8 th . Thus, Jupiter’s fund of energy is not restricted by itsrulership of the 8 th , lightening its burden. You could say that this results inthe 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 asgood as an exalted Jupiter. This is another way to describe the enhanced powerof this Jupiter.When planets are deposited on either side of a house it causes a maleficcondition called Papa Kartari Yoga. In this case, the planets are straddling theRising sign, Saturn in the 2 nd and debilitated Mars in the 12 th , resulting in anattraction of obstacles and problems. This undesirable yoga is mitigated,however, by the aspect of the benefic Jupiter on the Rising Sign. (FYI: Inastrology, certain relationships between planets create powerful affects, eitherbenefic or malefic and these relationships are referred to as yoga’s, meaningunions of a particular kind.)The presence of enhanced Jupiter in this current Vikriti year portends anoptimistic outcome, despite the struggle. Its formidable strength, sufficient tooffset the influence of four major planets speaks to its awesome power. This6

469Jupiter will bring considerable force in dealing with the domestic financialchallenges, and other related issues, and will help to bring favorable results inthe end, however slowly. The challenges are large scale problems, alreadywith established momentum which cannot be turned on a dime, but theinfluence of such a powerful Jupiter suggests a slow but favorable course.Jupiter insists that we are going forward even though we are suffering aconstant barrage of problematical situations.The benefits of the 7 th house Jupiter are increased during its transit into Piscesbeginning on May 2, continuing for one year until May 2011. When the ruler ofthe 8 th goes into its own house, that house becomes stronger in the sense of morebenefic. Thus, the Jupiter transit in May reduces the negativity of the 8 thhouse.In astrology, our analysis of any given phenomenon typically encompassesconsideration of the subject from different angles, which usually involveslooking to more than one chart. Sometimes there are conflicting influencesoperating and one must determine the relative strength and consequentemphasis given to any given situation. At other times certain influences areechoed repeatedly from various different sources thereby reinforcing aparticular theme.Putting aside the Vikriti chart for a moment and looking to the USA NatalChart for additional insight into this coming year, we first look to the overallcharacter and strength of the horoscope and then consider the cycles that arecurrently operating.United States Natal ChartThe Rising Sign of America’s Natal Chart is Sagittarius, ruled byJupiter, and Ketu is in the 2 nd house in Capricorn, Moon is inAquarius in the 3 rd house. The 7 th house is occupied by four powerfulplanets: Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Sun. Retrograde Mercury and Rahu are inthe 8 th house, and Saturn is in the 10 th house in Virgo aspecting the 7 th housewhere the four planets are placed.7

471The USA Natal chart is another factor, beyond the optimism suggested byJupiter in the Vikriti chart affirming that America will, in fact, survive theproblems it will face this year. It will continue as a leader in the world, andits financial institutions will remain, in some manner, intact.United States Current Cycles and TransitsRegarding current cycles and transits, there are several factors. TheAmerican chart is suffering from Ashtama Shani Dosha, whichessentially means people going through suffering because of Saturnpassing through the 8 th house from the Moon. Because the 8 th house refers todebts, disease or dispute, the suffering is in these areas. This transit began inSeptember 2009, continuing until December 2011, so this influence is there forsome time yet.Further, from September, 2008, for seven years until September 2015 the MarsDasha has been operating. From March 13, 2010 until February 17, 2011 theJupiter Sub-Dasha is in operation.What we have in the Dashas are a strong Martian influence for the seven yearperiod, colored by the powerful influence of Jupiter. Jupiter is a close friendof Mars such that Jupiter undertakes Mars agenda, intensely during its Sub-Dasha, and, generally speaking throughout the Major Dasha of Mars until2015.Mars is the planet of war. So we see, in the Jupiter Sub-Dasha beginningfrom March 13, 2010 until February 17, 2011 the war energy increases. The 7 thhouse planets in the United States chart are aspected by the natal Saturn andthe transit Saturn which reinforces this current aggressive influence. Thiswar-like energy can manifest internally (domestically), and externally(internationally). Beyond the fact that Jupiter is teaming up with Mars forthe battle, his association means that ultimately, in any contest, he will bringvictory.Although the Vikriti chart brings curtailment to education at the lower levelsthrough the 8 th house Mercury, favorable placement of Jupiter in the country’s9

472chart as well as in Vikriti supports higher education at the University leveland in the professions.The current cycles and transits reinforce our understanding that financialissues will be highlighted and challenges will come to the financial domainsbut this does not bring a downturn, in part because of the entry of Jupiter intoPisces on May 2 bringing its benevolent influence.Specifically, regarding business concerns, I don’t see any consequentialdevelopment in the real estate market; in most areas I would say that valuesshould hold. Some few areas can go down, but generally speaking, this willnot be the trend.Slowly, very slowly, interest rates may begin to inch up, but no substantialincrease will take place. Lending institutions and banks will continue to bereticent to undertake risk.Business interests and unemployment rates may improve slightly. In general,despite problematical situations, there is, if you examine closely, a growingpalpable hope underlying the psyche of the people. At the least, status quo ismaintained; things generally do not worsen from the standpoint of businessand 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 theydid last year.) The eclipses do bring challenge to the United States by way ofunusual weather, as in heavy rainfall, natural calamities, and I would not rule outearthquake, especially during July, August, and September. The eclipses reinforcethe Ketu influence in the Vikriti chart.With the eclipses, my concern would also be that an important politicalfigure, or figures may suffer from a major health problem, or, I would not ruleout untimely death. (I am not referring to Obama, whom I feel will survivehis term.)People who have Sagittarius or Gemini Rising with the Sun or Moon inparticular, or other planets in Gemini or Sagittarius will be most affected by10

475this particular shift to the manner of doing things regarding policy and healthcare. Saturn’s transit in Virgo is beneficial for all health oriented activities asSaturn supports that cause.Regardless of what obstacles lay ahead, Obama’s reform measures regardinghealth care will hold.Regarding finance, Obama inherited a chaotic financial situation whichresulted in challenge in the stability and legitimacy of the financialinstitutions, decreased property values and financial losses all around. To dealwith the crisis, Obama resorted to deficit financing which has brought fearregarding the value of the dollar and how that would affect the worldcurrencies. However, as I stated previously, because of the basic strength ofthe American chart, the economy and the history of its innovations hasallowed the American currency to withstand the current storm. Despite fearsthat the currency could collapse, in my opinion it will continue to stand.In ClosingSummarizing, the Vikriti Lunar Year, 2010-2011 with regards to theUnited States brings many challenges in the area of finance and relatedbusiness concerns which is a theme echoed by the U.S. natal chart andits cycles and transits, as well as that of President Obama. However, thepresence of a very powerful Jupiter brings strength and resolve in dealingwith the problems, as well as an ultimately positive outcome, howevermodest. The strength of the American chart also underscores that thefoundations of the country are solid, and there is a subtle growing optimismindicated during this period.It is a good year for the creative arts as promoted by a strong Venus, as well asscientific research as supported by Mercury. There is a tendency for problemswith regards to natural disasters, which should be monitored.In general, it is a problematic period with regards to economic circumstanceswhich can threaten our sense of stability and peace of mind. However, manyhave probably already weathered and survived the most difficult days, and13

484or striking phenomenon catching the attention. All these points establish aclear correspondence between ratna and the Ketu principle.Dhatamam"...shows consciousness as having grown to such a degree of concentrated fullness andpurity 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, asbestowing enlightenment and making it universally available."On the level of the word-meaning dhatamam means giver. Giving is anexpression of love. Giving is the spontaneous result of the overflowing of thefullness of consciousness. The values represented by dhatamam, can thereforedirectly be related to the nature of Shukra (Venus), who stands for theprinciple of love and sharing, spontaneously radiating its value to theenvironment.Maharishi says that the value of overflowing, contained in dhatamam, is thespontaneous result of the fullness and purity of consciousness. It is interestingto 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 fullnessof consciousness. Only when the Self is experienced in its purity and fullness,then love spontaneously emanates from it. These points confirm thatdhatamam is related to the Shukra principle, the principle of love and sharing.Having established a one to one relationship between the nine first words ofRig Veda and the nine Planets (Navagraha), we can take a step back and studythe 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 ofVedic astrology can tell!!! It is the sequence in which the planets appear in theVimshottary Dasha system! This is a system which helps us analyse a birthhoroscope, and which tells us which periods in life are dominated by whichPlanet (Graha). According to Parashara, it is the King of all Dasha systems.The Vimshottary Dasha system reveals to us how each individual developshimself in time. It shows how all individuals go through nine stages ofdevelopment, and that these stages always and everywhere have the samesequence: the sequence shown above, which is based on the sequence of thefirst nine words of Rig Veda!

487‘shubha – yogas’. But if there are ‘kuyogas’ i.e malefic planets in his horoscope then hewill have a ‘sadosh vastu’/faulty vastu.Jyotish is a science of ‘Diga – Kala’ (Directions and Time) i.e. of Directions (Dishas) andKala (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 PindiTe Brahmandi’. If we want to expand this idea, then the body is a dwelling of the soul. Thestructure 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 ourhouse 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 anappropriate thread.Astrology is related with a human being ultimately via his body. A similarity isobserved between Astrology and Vastu. A comparative study of astrology and vastuis keenly observed in ‘Uttarakalamrit’. It is also studied by other scholars of‘vastushastra’ thereafter. In the efficacy of vastushastra, an article by Kowtha LalithManohar, wherein he says that ….“Vastu and Astrology are two divine sciences with the help of which one can plan to have apeaceful and happy life. These two sciences deal with invisible forces which make our lifehappy.”Vastushastra is a science in which its directions and included are the elements such asPanchamahabhutas. Planets, Rashis as well as Lord of Directions and their qualities arestudied. As per in astrology in vastushastra also the planets and rashis are representatives ofPanchamahabhutas the gunas and karakatwas. According to the gunas Panchatatvas aredefined.The Dnyanendriyas and Karmendriyas (Sense-organs and work-organs) of our body, workaccording to these panchatatvas.AkashtatvaAkashtatva (Space) is of Shabdaguna (words) and its dnyanendriya is karna (ear) andkarmendriya is vaacha (speech). Jupiter is director of Akashtatva and availability ofeverything is its ‘karya’. In Astrology and Vastu, Jupiter is the Lord of ‘Ishanya’ i.e North – Eastdirection.VayutatvaVayutatva (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 anddisposal. Communication is also governed by it. Saturn is the representative. In astrology andvastu it is the lord of the west.

490Narendra Sahastrabudha from Pune in his book ‘Vastu – Shiv – Vidnyana’ also explainedthat 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 orNorth – East direction is benefic. If entrance & slope is on South/West, West/Westdirections 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 isin 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 dependsupon the fact that for what purpose that vastu is used. What type of work is going on in thatvastu. The work that is carried out by the owner of that vastu is an important fact here. Thebenefic or malefic effects of the entrance of that vastu depends upon this type of work that iscarried out.East, North or North/East directions are beneficial for fire element i.e Agnitatva andVipravarna’s businesses. But if ones job is of Advocate then the entrance on West will bebeneficial for him. So the rules of any shastras cannot be used as it is but they must bemodified according to the situations around. The life of a human being is full of good andbad events but if his mind and consciousness are in harmony then in these sweet /sourevents 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 ofnature with the natural phenomenon and events in our life, which is nothing butvastushastra.Actually I am a student of Astrology but when I started studying vastushastra I haveobserved that if a particular house in horoscope is malefic then the (complementary) contemporaryDoshas are also observed in that Vastu. While if the vastu shows benefic aspects they are alsoobserved 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 goodDhanayoga in his Kundali then North – side of his dwelling is Powerful according toVastushastra rules. On the contrary, if one has no issues or late marriage yoga then west andnorth – east side or if one meet an accident frequently then south or south /west direction intheir home is malefic. Not only this; but ill health, diseases from which we suffer ordisabilities occurring etc are also due to minor changes in our vastu. Sometimes thesechanges are benefic for other member of the same family. Why so? Is the question thatarises 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.

497charts used by tropical astrologers for mundane prediction include lunation’s(new and full moons), eclipses, solar cardinal ingress charts, planetary ingresscharts and times of important planetary conjunctions. These same charts mayalso be used by sidereal or Vedic astrologers for yearly predictive work, butthe main emphasis for the year is generally placed upon the New Moon inPisces chart.The question naturally arises, why the New Moon in Pisces? Unfortunatelythere doesn’t appear to be an answer forthcoming from Jyotish classical textson this subject. However there is a reference in the Brahma Purana and theChaturvarga Chintamani of Hemadri (approx 1300 CE), wherein it is stated thatLord Brahma created the universe on the Chaitra Shukla Pratipada or the firstday of the first month of the year. The month of Chaitra occurs generally inthe March/April time frame when the Sun is transiting sidereal Pisces (ortropical Aries), and is regarded by many Hindu’s as the first month of thelunar calendar year. The Chaitra Shukla Pratipada is celebrated as one of anumber of Indian New Years.Chaitra is so named due to the full Moon that will occur in the nakshatra ofChitra (23Vir20-6Lib40) during that month. Shukla refers to the bright half ofthe lunar phase or when the Moon is waxing. Pratipada is the first tithi or 12degrees of the Moon as it separates from the Sun after exact conjunction orNew Moon. Therefore the Chaitra Shukla Pratipada occurs either at the exactNew Moon or as the Moon is separating from conjunction with the Sun andis 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 necessityfor a civil calendar and because of a wide diversity of cultures. For instancethe Saka New Year is based on the calendar followed by the Government ofIndia and falls on March 21/22 (obviously coinciding with the springequinox). The Bengali and the Tamil New Years are celebrated around midApril. The Gujarati New Year is celebrated the day after the festival ofDiwali, which occurs in the month of Kartika. Other dates used include theentrance of the Sun into sidereal Aries, sidereal Capricorn and the wintersolstice on Dec 21 st . There are many more such dates celebrated in India, evensome that use January 1 st .The timing of the New Year for the first New Moon of spring is notunique to India and was prevalent in many ancient cultures. TheModern Hebrew calendar for instance is based on a more ancientcalendar that began the year with the month of Nissan, when the first thin

498crescent of the Moon became visible after conjunction with the Sun in thespring. The months of this calendar were all based on the principle ofobserving the first visible New Moon. Since the Moon is not visible when inclose conjunction to the Sun due to combustion, the New Year was generallyheralded when just after sunset, the crescent Moon could be seen settingbehind the Sun, having gained the minimum 12 degrees of separationnecessary in order to be observed. The Babylonians also used the first NewMoon of spring to begin the year.So essentially there seems to be two possible explanations for the origin of thePisces New Moon chart; one coming from scriptural reference regarding thecreation of the universe and the other from an ancient tradition that began theyear with the first New Moon of spring. In either case, there are someinteresting things to consider about each scenario.If the yearly chart always begins with the first New Moon in the month ofChaitra then we should be aware that eventually, over a period of time, Chaitrawill no longer be connected to the spring. Due to precessional movement ofapproximately 1 degree every 72 years, the equinoctial points are slippinggradually backward along the path of the ecliptic.As these points recede, the date of the Sun’s entrance into sidereal Pisces willalso change, by entering the sign later in the month as time goes on. As anexample, using Lahiri’s ayanamsa, the Sun entered sidereal Pisces on March14, 2010. If we calculate a chart for March 14, 3010, a thousand years into thefuture, we will find the Sun at 15 Aquarius. The Sun will not reach Piscesuntil March 29, 3010 and the New Moon in Pisces will not happen until April6 th of that year. If we move ahead another thousand years, the Sun will notenter Pisces until April 12, 4010, with the New Moon occurring on April 27 th.This process will repeat itself until eventually, after 25,800 years (also knownas the great year), Chaitra will have passed through all the months of the year,and the Chaitra Shukla Pratipada will once again coincide with theMarch/April time frame.Our second scenario, that of beginning the New Year with the firstNew Moon of spring, will also have to go through an adjustment astime moves on. The vernal equinox always occurs on or very close toMarch 20 th of the present Gregorian calendar. In the Tropical zodiac, which isnon-precession corrected, this point will forever be 0 Aries. However in asidereal framework that allows for precession, this same point is graduallymoving backward along the ecliptic.

Plates Of Nephi FoundByT.Stokes, U.KGeorge Stokes was a London born Englishman who spent much of WWII both inIndia, and the Western desert, and because he spoke Arabic he was dropped into thedesert to gain information on troop movements from passing Bedouins to radioback to base, and once a month a plane would fly past and drop medical provisions water andfood.The Bedouins would curiously stop at his tent and have any wounds treated, George anarmy doctor found many of these simple people were amazingly generous, and impressedhim by being spiritual and non material, the simplicity and warmth of these passing peoplestayed with him all his life.One of the strangest people he met during his time in India was the fakir Kuda Bux, whomGeorge befriended, he said he had been given seven gifts, these he demonstrated many timesto 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 scorpionand died 4 days later.George Stokes would seek out Kudu Bux to learn of his cultural and spiritual philosophy, andfrom 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 duringthe famine which killed 4 million people while India was fighting England’s war, andChurchill gave huge amounts of aid to Russia, whom our own intelligence people said wereour real enemies all along.Not many Englishmen understood the religious and cultural zeitgeist of the Indo/Paksubcontinent, but George did, and said Gandhi was a wonderful man who achievedeverything by peaceful means or Ahimsa, and Bhakti devotion to god, and Prema love ofgod, and when Churchill wanted Gandhi murdered as a troublemaker, George was one ofthe group of Englishmen who protested.After the war George never forgot the lessons and the kindness he received from the desertBedouins, Kuda Bux, Gandhi, and the Indian people, and on his return to England began todevote his life to meditation and good works between communities.He became known throughout London as “The coin man” because could hold a coin in hishand and could relate everything depicted on the coin to the Book of revelations and tell ofboth past and future occurrences in history,Over 50 years ago he foretold Britain begging to enter the Common Market, after fightingW. W. II. to keep out, he foretold the Marxist dictator Tony Blair coming to power with hisfaked up wars, and Britain’s economic decline, with corrupt banks and drug companiestaking over.512

515Pravin Jagad has published an article entitled “The theory of longevity” § . This theoryis a new method of determining the length of life from the natal horoscope. Itestablishes a relationship between Man and the planets and also proves that Zodiac isnot an imaginary concept but is Real. He says that astrology is a science becausesimilar yoga give similar longevity he proves this in his book by citing numerous examples. Iuse this method not to find the exact year of death, I use it for my Pam theory that I willillustrate in a series of articles step by step. This is the first article of 4 parts:i. Pravin Jagad Method – An Introduction,ii.iii.iv.3 step Pam theory Part:13 step Pam theory Part:2 andThe Longevity thesis : Final article of the series based on the researchPravin Jagad was an Indian Astrologer living at Bombay. When he was studying in college hedid not believe in astrology. He invariably used to go though the weekly forecast of his signthat appear in Sunday editions of Gujarati dailies. He found that sometimes the predictionswere astonishingly correct. Such incidents gave him a conviction that there must be sometruth in Astrology. It also generated a desire in him to go in the study of Astrology himself inorder to find out the truth. His first guru was Mr. Niranjan Joshi and he says that he isindebted 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 Gandhiwas the prime minister and she ordered that military action to purge the ‘’Golden Temple’’ ofthe terrorists. A friend of Jagad asked him ‘’Jagad, you are studying Astrology. Just see whatwill happen to Indira Gandhi? He used to have a book of collection of Horoscope whereinMrs. Indira Gandhi’s Horoscope was also there. At that time he had only the basic knowledgeof Astrology and he was totally ignorant of any method of calculating Longevity. He studieda few Horoscopes from that angle and evolved his own method and applied it to Mrs. IndiraGandhi’s Horoscope. Then he told his friend that perhaps her life may end, before the end ofthe year. When on 31 October,1984 she was assassinated he thought in his mind that perhapsthe method by which he calculated Mrs. Indira Gandhi’s Longevity might be correct. Theastrological predictions depend on various yoga created in a Horoscope and yoga areinnumerable he says. There are 12 signs and 9 planets. The variation will be (12x12 ninetimes)-approximately 5159 millions. So it is not possible to achieve perfection. He does notclaim 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 formAstrology & The Solar Computer , Pravin Jagad, James Astro Publication, (179 pages)

516developed the rules gradually improving them from time to time. Jagad says the researcher isalso advised to do so.[Editor’s Note: Pravin Jagad, an Indian author of the book on somewhat different theory on Longevityhas 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 theoryto make it more workable. On behalf of Indian Vedic Astrology, We are thankful to him to publish thistheory 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 isMaraka Sthana. The eighth house is the house of Longevity. The eighth to eighth is also, the house ofLongevity. 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 asper his theory. We all know that Shani is a karaka planet for 8 th house.Consider these shlokas from Laghu Parasharee, Chapter 3.लघुपाराशरी आयुदार्याायः ३, laghupārāśarī āyurdāyādhyāyaḥ 3अमं ायुषः ानममामं च यत ् । तयोरिप यानं मारकानमुते॥ २३॥aṣṭamaṁ hyāyuṣaḥ sthānamaṣṭamāṣṭamaṁ ca yat | tayorapi vyayasthānaṁmāarakasthānamucyate || 23 ||As per the shlokas, the 8 th house from the Ascendant and the 8 th from 8 th i.e. 3 rd are the two housesof Longevity. The houses which are 12 th from these houses are detrimental to Longevity (maaraksthanas) i.e. hoses related to death 2 nd and 7 th houses are Maaraka sthanas.Consider these shlokas from Bhavartha Ratnakara, Chapter 7.भावाथर् राकर अाय – ७, bhāvārtha ratnākara adhyāya - 7संपरीरपुऽाणां कारक गुरोयर्िद । लािधपितना योगोायुः ूबलमािदशेत ्॥ १॥saṁpaccharīraputrāṇāṁ kārakasya guroryadi |lagnādhipatinā yogohyāyuḥ prabalamādiśet || 1||आयुरेण शिननामािधपतेयर्िद। संबो िवते य दीघार्युयोग उते॥ २॥āyuṣkareṇa śanināhyaṣṭamādhipateryadi |saṁbandho vidyate yasya dīrghāyuyoga ucyate ||2||अमे शनौ जातो दीघार्युयग उते ॥ ३॥

517aṣṭamasthe 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 theKarak of Longevity, if is connected (by Drishti, Yuti etc.) with Eighth Lord, it gives Deerghayu (LongLife) to the native.Mr. Pravin Jagad’s theory of Longevity, though based on the fundamentals, is presented in totally newmanner. He has tried to simplify the principles to give it a mathematical form. He believed thatastrology 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 thatAstrology is a Science and the similar Yogas give similar results. Based on numerous examples, hebelieved that Longevity can be calculated mathematically for every horoscope based on logicalobservations. 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 3 rd house. The allotment of the years has a root base inVimshottari Dasha but the approach is new.We have devised some sketches, tables, explanations and notes to make the article morecomprehensive for the readers to have a look into this theory.]Basic rulesYoga-1: Lagna Lord placed in 10 th , 8 th , 4 th or 2 nd house gives 60 years Longevity.Yoga-2: Saturn as Karaka placed in 2 nd or 8 th house gives 19 years longevity.Yoga-3: An exalted planet gives double the Longevity whereas a debilitated planet is incapableto impart any longevity. Above he shows to work out Longevity of a native mathematicallyon the basis of his Horoscope.Major ContributorsRule A-1: Owner of Ascendant or Lagna and indicator of the 8th house viz SATURN are themajor 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 yearsmaximum.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 infollowing Table-1.

Table : 1Term What it means RemarkMFR Major Full60 years 60 yearsRateMiFR Minor Full Yeas as Per VimshottariSee Table-2RateDashaMR Major Rate Degrees of Planets From 3rdHouse Beginning / 3120 years = 360 degreesMiR Minor Rate Months at rate 1 month per 1yearAs per Years allotted to planetin Vimshottari Dasha. SeeTable - 3Major rateMan’s standard lifespan is 120 years. Zodiac has in all 360 degree in all. Therefore rate oflongevity 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 ofMan’s Life. He has nicely correlated it with the degrees of zodiac. (This theory was put on paperslong back in year 1991. The theory tends to have some glimpse of Progression of Moon over thezodiac.) 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. Theline joining these two houses becomes Demarcation line. The counting of the distance in degrees is tobe done for the third house, if the planet is in between the 3rd and 8th house. The distance is to becalculated 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 theborder of houses. It can be seen that the distance of planet can be 0 degree to 150 degrees. Thedistance of the planet from the third house or ninth house is important to decide the longevitycontributed 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 Majorrate is defined as the longevity by proportion of their distance from the zero degree of demarcationline i.e. from point A.]Nature’s MechanismIf for example the Ascendant is Sagittarius, Sagittarius becomes the first house.518rajendrashahaum@gmail.com

520allowed this rate in every case but Jupiter only when it is the Lagna Lord as it is in thisinstance).3. Jupiter and Saturn in 15 Aries or Libra will give 25 years longevity4. 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 orLibra in the present example is 75° from 0°axis.Consequentley at minor rate of 20 monthsper 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 9 th to 1 st house, subtract 9 from it i.e. if planet is in 11 th 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 Planet6. 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 = 2house. Multiplying this with 30 deg gives 2 x 30 = 60 degrees which is C. Adding 15 degree of Marsto C gives 60 + 15 = 75 degrees. Dividing 75 degrees by 3 gives 25 years. This can also easily be doneby looking at the degrees mentioned on the boundaries of the house in Fig.1 Nature’s Mechanism]Minor RatePlanets other than Lagna Lord and Saturn contribute longevity at minor rate. Minor rate isthe rate determined in accordance with the Vimshottari Dasha System.Table -2 : Minor Full RatePlanet Sun Moon Mars Mercury Jupiter Venus SaturnYears 6 10 7 17 16 20 19Table -3 - Minor Rate in Months / 30 deg distancePlanet Sun Moon Mars Mercury Jupiter Venus SaturnMonths 0 y 6 m 0 y 10 m 0 y 7 m 17 = 1 y 5m16 = 1 y 4m20 = 1 y 8 m 19 = 1 y 7 mYears 0.50 0.83 0.58 1.42 1.33 1.67 1.58

522Rule (3): Lagna Lord placed in houses other than 10,8,4,2 gives proportionate longevity atmajor rate. Planets in conjunction with Lagna Lord also give proportionate longevity but atminor rate.Interpolation of Lagna LordRule (4): If Lagna Lord interpolates with other planets and if any one of the interpolatingplanets is posited in any one of the houses of its exaltation 10, 8, 4, 2 then Lagna Lord givesLongevity at major full rate (60). Lagna Lord giving full longevity the interpolating planets donot add to longevity.[Editor’s Note: Here, the author has used some new term “Interpolation” for SignExchange. i.e. Rashi Parivartan i.e. mutual exchange of sign of two planets e.g. inhoroscope of Indira Gandhi, Moon is in Capricorn and Saturn is in Cancer; both areexchanging signs.]Interpolating planet with Lagna LordRule (5): If Lagna Lord interpolates with other planet/s and if any one of the interpolatingplanet/s is posited in Lagna then also Lagna Lord gives longevity at major full rate (60years).Since Lagna Lord is giving full Longevity the interpolating planets do not add tolongevity.Rule (6): If Lagna Lord giving full longevity (60 years) interpolates with other planet/s theother planets do not add to Longevity.SaturnRule (1): Saturn as an indicator placed in lagna or 7 th house gives longevity at major full rate(60 years) unless failed by Mars.Rule (2): Saturn placed in 2 nd or 8 th house gives longevity at minor full rate (19 years) unlessfailed by Mars.Rule (3): Saturn posited in 11 th house does not give longevity as from 11 th it is aspecting bothLagna and 8 th house. (Rule has to be tested more)Rule (4): In houses other than 1 st and 7 th , 2nd and 8 th Saturn gives proportionate longevity atmajor rate. Planets in conjunction with Saturn give longevity at minor rate provided Saturnremains effective.(A) Interpolation Mars with Saturn

523Rule (5): If Saturn interpolates with Mars both are invalidated(B) Conjunction of Saturn with MarsIf Saturn is in conjunction with Mars both are invalidated unless Mars is failed by Rahu. IfSaturn 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 ininterpolation.(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 Longevity1. 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 andMars are both invalidated. i.e. Presence of Rahu in the sign of Mars makes the Mars defunctand it cannot fail Saturn.4. If Saturn and Mars are not in sign exchange with any other planet and Saturn is aspected byMars, 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 isnot exchanging signs.MoonRule (1): In Lagna gives 10 years. As Lagna Lord it gives 10 years additional longevity.Rule (2): In 7 th 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(6 th , 8 th and 12 th ) and (marak) houses (2 nd & 7 th )

524Note: The following Rules do not become effective if the owner of a pit house is inconjunction with either Lagna Lord or Saturn. In such cases the owner gives appropriatelongevity.Owner of 6 th : In Lagna gives half the prop. Longevity. In 7 th gives half proportionate/fulllongevity. Placed in 8 th does not give longevity.Owner of 8th: In Lagna gives half longevity at minor rate. In 6 th does not give longevityunless is in interpolation. In 7 th gives half full longevity. In 12 th does not give years unless it isL.L or Saturn.Owner of 12th: In 2 nd , it does not give years. In 6 th , in 7 th and in 8 th , it does not give yearsunless in interpolation.Owner in ‡‡ 2 nd : In Lagna, it gives longevity at one half full rate. In 2 nd , it gives one halflongevity at full minor rate. In conjunction with Saturn, it gives full longevity. In 7 th , it doesnot give years. In 8 th , it does not give years unless in conj with L.L. or Saturn. In 12 th , it doesnot give longevity.Owner of 2 nd or 8 th in conjunction with Lagna Lord or Saturn give longevity at minor full rateor one half as the case may be.Exaltation & Debilitation Of PlanetsRule (1): An exalted planet gives double longevity and an exalted Lagna Lord gives additionalproportionate or full longevity at minor rate as the case may be provided no other yoga isoperative.Rule (2): A debilitated planet does not give any longevity unless it is Lagna Lord in whichcase appropriate reduction is to be made for debility.Rule (3): If one exalted planet and one debilitated planet are in conjunction, both givelongevity at normal rate unless any of them is in interpolation in which case the interpolatingplanet 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 2 nd ……“ - Editor

525Aries Lagna(1) In Aries Lagna, Mars becomes owner of a 8th and Scorpion Lagna Mars becomes owner of6th. As such if Mars is giving full longevity (60 years) are to be reduced 7 years. If Mars isgiving 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 yearslongevity.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 ratehouse 7th becomes half full rate house. Hence in Libra Lagna planets posited in 7th house givelongevity at half full rate.Joint signsRule: Cancer/Leo and Capricorn/Aquarius are Joint signs; planet posited inany 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 accordinglyunless 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 ownerof 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 10years. 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 Lordreduces longevity by 2 and half years (2.5 years). Moon in 6th house reduces longevity by 5years provided no other yoga is operative.One-half longevity Yoga

526If Lagna Lord is in conjunction or interpolated with owner of any of the pit houses viz. 6 th , 8 thor 12 th 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 6 th , 8 th and 12 th in these houses reduces longevity even if not in interpolated.2. Owner of 12 th in 12 th house reduces longevity and in my research I have 14 or 15 examplethat proves that this yoga is reliable.3. Rule of one half longevity yoga even if Saturn conj Lagna Lord?. He has formed Rulesof calculation of longevity on the basic of meager data of 70 horoscopes, I have testedthis theory on more than 100 different cases. In this method there are so many yogathey are many and varies so when you calculate someone longevity and if thehoroscope is with complicated yoga you might not know which ones are active forreductions, 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 andsomewhat different. It is the research that can prove and improve this method. The present Author hasdone extensive research on the Theory of Longevity by Pravin Jagad with numerous examples. Based onhis experiments, he expanded this theory to have more accurate span of life. His research on more rulesfor 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 nearto the actual death. For the new articles, watch next issues of Saptarishis Astrology.IllustrationsHere some of the real world examples are given. The theory is tried for the known examples to fine outthe longevity. The author is quite accurate to calculate the life span based on the theory. Readers arerequested to check the samples and analyze the theory. Please, also remember one quote from themanuscript 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 yourLongevity is short please do not get alarmed. Your knowledge is not adequate for arriving at correctjudgment……”Sample explanation is given for the Last illustration.

5343. In the north, a Shiva temple and a Mari Amman temple are there. Adilapidated Vishnu temple and another Mari Amman temple are there in thesoutheast. In the east, there is a lane… (Some words are missing here)… isthere in the east. Sakthi (Rishi calls Parvati by this name); in such a balancedplace we say that he will be born in a house where the main door will befacing the north.4. இவ்வித அைடயா ளத்ள் இலகிய இந்தப் பாலன்பவ்யமாய்த் தீயின் வம்சம் பகவா னிவனின் ேயாகம்நவ்விய தந்ைத தாயார் நற்ைண களத்திர த்திரர்ஒவ்விய ன்பின் ஜன்மம் உைரக்கிேறாம் ேகம் 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 isderived from the word vanni, a Sanskrit word, which means fire). We will tellabout his fortunes, fortunes of his excellent father and mother, good wife andchildren and also his previous birth, next birth, Oh! Mother listen.Natives Father5. தந்ைதயின் குணத்ைத யாங்கள் சாற்ேவாம் கநி றத்தன்பந்தமாய் ஒச்சல் ேதகி பத்தினி ேநய நாகும்சந்ததம் சீல மில்லான் ைதாியன் மனவ த்தன்தன்தன ைடய னாவன் ைதர்யவான் அல்ப உண்.5. We will tell about the characteristics of the native’s father. Is of blackcolor; 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 innadi literature, taking that as the Asc one can see that the Lagna Lord of father isSaturn probably that is the reason the Rishi has attributed that the native would beblack in color with lean body (characteristics of Saturn) and would eat little as Saturnsits in the 2 nd house of food (10H) from 9H of father. The same 2H having Saturn willgive a non affectionate speech (next verse) to the father as Saturn is a cold planetapart from being old. As to his being brave there is Mangal in the 9H of father so

535characteristics of Mars is attributing to it and earning money through own efforts canbe attributed to the Guru Mangal Yoga.6. ேயாசைன பலம் ெசய்வன் உதியா மனத்த னாவன்காசுேமல் ஆைச உள்ளான் கல்விமான் கிஷி ெசய்வன்பாசமாய்ப் ேபச மாட்டான் பாகள் அதிகஞ் ேசர்ப்பன்தாசிதா சர்க ள்ளான் சந்ேதக மனத்த னாேம.6. Capable of thinking in many ways; firm minded person; interested inmoney; educated person; does agriculture; will not talk affectionately; willincrease cultivable lands; has male and female servants; doubtful (orsuspicious) minded person.7. காகள் வித்தி உள்ளான் காவலன் டம்ப மில்லான்சாலேவ சைபயில் ெசல்லான் தக்கேதார் மி ேசர்ப்பன்காலத்ைத அறிந் வாழ்வன் கனமனஞ் ெசட்ச் ெசய்வன்ஞாலேமல் அடக்க ள்ளான் நாயகி ேகட்டாேய.7. Has increased cattle wealth; He is without pompousness; goesextensively to the assembly; will add suitable lands; knowing the time willlive accordingly (Meaning that he will accommodate himself to the times andcircumstances); firm minded person; does trade; a modest person on earth; Oh!Mother listen.Saptarishis Astrology Commentary: Identifying profession of relatives from just thebirth 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 ingeneral 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 fatherand read the chart from there. Hence taking the 10H from the Sun’s position for thefather’s career, we see that both Mars and Jupiter are conjunct there and that theirdispositor 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 goodfor business.8. அடக்க ெமாக்க ள்ளான் அண்ேனார்க் குதவி ெசய்வன்க்கான வார்த்ைத கூறான் றவிகள் ேநசங் ெகாள்ளான்மடக்ெகா வார்த்ைத ேகட்பன் வண்வா கன ள்ளான்

536நடக்ைகம் நல்ல தாகும் நாயகி ேமங் ே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; hascarts and carriages; conduct and behaviour will be good; Oh! Lady! Listenfurther.Native’s Father’s Siblings9. இவைடத் ைணவர் தம்ைம இயம்ேவா மாண்பா ெலான்நவனியின் தீர்க்க மாகும் நாயகி ன் ேசதம்அவனியில் ைணவன் ேசதி அைறகிேறாம் ெவகுளி யாவன்பவள ே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 anopen-hearted person); he will be possessed with a little bit of anger which isdestructible; we will say he will have two wives.10. ெசல களதிக ள்ளான் சித்தினி ஜாதி யாவன்பலபல ெசட்ச் ெசய்வன் பாாினில் எவர்க்கும் நண்பன்குலவிய சுகி சிப்பன் குழவிகள் வித்தி உள்ளான்தலம ேவறாய்ச் ெசல்வன் சித்திர ெசய்வன்.10. Spends highly; belongs to Chitini community; doing different kinds oftrade. Friend to everybody on earth; interested in sumptuous eating; childrenwill increase; will go to another house; will construct a beautiful house.Yenbeeyes Notes: In Chapter 1, the Copy editor pointed out that ‘Chitini’ related toSamudrika Lakshana. Here also the same word is used. Since the word ‘vamsam’ isused in the verse meaning community, I still maintain that Chithini is a caste. Whilesearching the Samudrika Lakshana for the name ‘chitini’, I gathered the informationthat women are classified into four categories according to their appearance andphysical features. They are (1) Padmini (lotus woman) (2) Chitrini (art woman) (3)Shankini (conch woman) (4) Hastini (elephant woman). From this we find that theword used in the stanza is ‘chitini’ and not ‘chitrini’11. அண்ேனார்க் குதவி ெசய்வன் அல்பவஸ் க்க ளிஷ்டன்

537தண்டமிழ்க் கல்வி ெகாஞ்சந் தயாளமாங் குணத்த னாகும்குண்ைடேகா வித்தி உள்ளான் குணம இரண் மாகும்எண்ைசக் கீர்த்தி ெகாள்வன் இவன்பித்த சூடாந் ேதகம்.11. Helps those who approached him for assistance; interested in trivialthings; erudite in the harmonious and pleasant Tamil language; a littlebenevolent in nature; will have growth of cows and oxen; has dual character;will become famous in all eight directions; has a bilious body.12. வயேம தீர்க்க மாகும் ைமந்தர்கள் ஆண்பால் ரண்நயடன் ெபண்பால் நான்கு நாட்ேனாம் தீர்க்க மாகவியமாகும் மற்ற ெவல்லாம் விளம்மிக் குணத்தா க்குபயமிலா இந்தப் பாலன் பாாினில் உதிப்பா னாேம.12. Will have long life; With authority we say he will have two male andfour 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 tothe description given earlier to the native’s father as the verses 9 to part of 12 describesthe brother of the native’s father)Predictions On Native13. ஜாதகன் நிறங் குணத்ைதச் சாற்ேவாங் கநி றத்தான்ேமதினில் ஒச்சல் ேதகி வித்ைத ைடய னாகும்சூதிலான் ேநாஞ்ைச யாவன் சுகள்ளான் கிஷி ெசய்வன்தீகள் ஒவர்க் ெகண்ணான் சற்றினில் ேகாபி யாவன்.13. We will tell about the native’s color and character. Is black colored; haslean body; educated person; a person without deceits; an emaciated person; hascomforts; does agriculture; will not think of evil to any one; a little shorttempered.14. ைகத ைடய னாவன் கனத்தநற் பலன்க ளாேலஉய்வைகப் மி என்ேறாம் ஓங்கிஞ் ெசல்வ ெமல்லாம்ெபாய்ெசால்லான் பிதாவின் ேமலாய்ப் கழ்படக் கீர்த்தி ஏற்பன்அல்ல மில்லா னாகும் அதிகமாய்த் தன்னின் ேமலாய்.

53814. Has wealth earned from his own efforts; Because of the numerous gooddeeds (done in the previous birth) he will be (we said) having his livingthrough lands (meaning will be doing agriculture as stated in previousstanza); his wealth will increase. Will not tell lie; will be more famous than hisfather; has no troubles.15. நல்லவன் குணவா னாவன் நயட ைரக்க வல்லன்ெசால்ேல கப ண் சுற்றத்தார் ஜாதி உண்நல்லெவண் கலங்கள் ெசம்ெபான் நற்பணி நற் சுண்இல்லம் திதாய்ச் ெசய்வன் இவன்பந் ெமச்ச வாழ்வன்.15. A good person; has good character; capable of talking pleasingly; but willuse deceitful words; will have lot of relations; has good silver vessels, goldornaments and good clothes. Will construct new house; will live praised byhis relations.16. தந்ைதயின் ஜாதி ேமலாய்த் தானவன் வாழ்வா னாகுந்தன்ைண தைனக்காப் பானாந் தந்ைதக்கு ேமலாய் வாழ்வன்சிந்ைதயில் மர்மங் ெகாஞ்சஞ் சிலசிலச் ெசட்ச் ெசய்வன்மந்திரம் ைவத்யம் ெசய்வன் மங்ைகேய ேமங் ே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 bebetter than during his father’s time); will have some secrets in his mind; willdo some (a few) business; will be doing incantation (a form of exorcising) and willbe practicing medicine. Oh! Woman! Listen further.17. இந்தவன் ைணவர் தம்ைம இயம்ேவாம் ஆண்பால் ரண்வந்திங் கன்னி நான்கு வைரகிேறாந் தீர்க்க மாகெநாந்தி மா தாம் வேவாம் மணத்தின் காலம்எந்ைதேய ேவ ழாண்ல் இவக்குப் பாாி வாய்க்கும்17. We will tell about his co-borns. We say confidently that there will betwo brothers and four sisters. Six will be born and will die. (Here the rishi hasspecifically stated that he says with grief from which we infer that the six issues bornwill all die. There is no direct mention that those born will die). We will tell abouthis marriage time. In his twenty first year, he will get his wife.

539Yenbeeyes Notes: As per verse 41, the balance of dasa at birth was that of Venus 10years and 6 months. So at the age of 21 native would be running Moon dasa-Saturnbhukthi. Note the 7 th lord Jupiter forming Gajakeshari Yoga with Moon being placedmutually in the 7 th . Jupiter placed in the house of Saturn will be acting like Saturn andSaturn placed in Jupiter house will act like Jupiter. Hence the Antar dasa of Saturn isin fact going to reflect the results of 7 th house lord Jupiter. Also note that karaka forwife Venus is being squared by the Antara Lord and also aspected by Jupiter the 7 thlord from Ascendant. The 7 th house is in turn aspected by Venus, the karaka as well asSaturn, lord of 7 th house from Moon.Saptarishis Astrology Commentary:Ideally when a senior writer/translator has given his commentary or notes one shouldnot write below him adding to the commentary or contradicting it, yet knowing thatthe translator is devoted to knowledge and also since he has beautifully extolled logicvia dasa system above, we take the liberty of giving logic to the Rishis’ predictionbased out of Bhrighu Chakra Paddathi. Our half baked study on timing marriage withBCP has shown that when the BCP Focus House is in trine to Venus (karaka for wifein male charts) or 7H/ lord, the strongest out of these will give marriage, one can usethis in Navamsa also as per our studies in BCP but the more parameters are added themore it becomes difficult to predict though much easier to justify. At times it has beennoticed that engagement happens during the period of the above technique but marriageafter few months. Now lets take the above chart, Jupiter is the 7L of wife sitting in the9H of marriage and is trine to Venus; this Jupiter is conjunct Mars who is the 11 th lordof wife, so this 9H becomes the biggest contender to give the marriage age and, as perBCP, the 9H is 21 years of age which is when the native got married as per the aboveshloka.18. பாாிைய ேசதி தன்ைனப் பகேவா மிநி றத்தாள்சீாிலாக் குணத்தா ளாகுந் திமக ெளாப்ப தாகும்மாறிேய ேபசா ெளன்ேறாம் மர்மமா மனத்த ெளன்ேறாங்காாிய சமர்த்த ெளன்ேறாங் கணவக் கினிய ளாகும்.18. We will tell about his wife. Will have double color; not of goodcharacter; looks like Goddess Lakshmi; will not change (or go back on) herwords; is secret minded; skillful at work; pleasing to her husband.19. த்திர வித்தி தன்ைனப் கலேவ ஆண்பால் ரண்சித்தமாய்ப் ெபண்பால் ன் தீர்க்கமா ெமன் ெசான்ேனாம்சுத்தமாய் ன் நஷ்டஞ் ெசால்லேவா மிவக் ேகதான்

540அத்திையப் ெபற்ற மாேத அைறகிேறாம் ேமங் ேகேள.19. When we talk about progeny, we confidently say that there will be twomale and three female children will be there. Definitely she will loose threechildren. Oh! Mother of elephant headed God! We will further state, listen.Native’s Mother20. மா குணத்ைத யாங்கள் வைரகிேறாஞ் சிவந்த ேமனிேமதினில் சமேத கத்தாள் வித்தகி ஈைக ெகாஞ்சம்ேபாதேவ ேகாபங் ெகாஞ்சம் ண்ணிய மனங்க ளில்லாள்சாதைன மனத்த ளாகுஞ் சந்ேதக மனத்த ெளன்ேறாம்.20. We will tell about the native’s mother’s character. Will have reddishbody; will have equal proportioned body. Knowledgeable woman; a littlecharitable; in addition a little anger; not having pure or virtuous mind; capableof effecting things as per her thoughts; suspicious minded person.Natives’ Mothers’ Co-borns21. சீலவாள் வாத ேதகி சிந்ைதயில் கப ெகாஞ்சங்ேகாலமாய்த் ைணவர் தம்ைமக் கூேவாம் ஆண்பால் ரண்ஞாலேமல் கன்னி நான்கு நாட்ேவா மிவக் ேகதான்ஆலத்ைத 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 shewill 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 ேதகிநாத்திைச கீர்த்தி ெகாள்வன் நல்லவ னாகி வாழ்வன்ேவத்ெதா குணத்தா னாகும் ணப வாத மாவன்காத்திர மில்லா னாகுங் காத ேமங் ேகேள.22. We say that the elder brother (of native’s mother) will have no issues; ofbilious body; will become famous in the four directions. Will be living a goodman. Will have other characters also. Will be subjected to unwanted scandal;not a robust man. Oh! Female friend! Further, listen.

54123. அவைட இைளேயான் ேசதி அைறகிேறாங் கிஷி ஏற்பன்நவனியில் கும்பந் தன்ைன நாயகன் காப்பா ெனன்ேறாம்பவள த்திர ண்டாம் பாகள் வித்தி ெசய்வன்இவக்குத் ைணவி யாேல இக்கண்க ளதிக ண்.23. We will tell about his younger brother (younger to the one describedabove); will be doing agriculture; will support his family well; will get goodchildren; will increase his land holdings; he will have difficulties from hiswife.Native’s Mother & Father’s Previous Births24. ைணவியால் அவமா னங்கள் ெசால்ேவா மிவக் ேகதான்கனடன் வாழ்வா னாகுங் கழேவாம் மா ர்வம்இைணயிலாத் தில்ைல ெதன்பால் இயலாழி தன்னி ேலதான்அைணயேவ ைவச்ய வம்சம் அவேம உதித்தா ெளன்ேறாம்.24. Because of his wife, he will be blamed; will be living with dignity; (thisis a continuation of previous stanza). We will tell about the previous birth ofthe native’s mother. We said that she was born in Vaisya community inThiruvazhi, a place south of the incomparable Thillai.25. மதைலக ளில்லா ளாகி வரடன் தலங்கள் ெசன்கதிெகாஞ் ேச ெசன் கனத்தேதார் தீர்த்தந் ேதாய்ந்விதவித தான மீந் இராமங் கத்ைதப் ேபாற்றிப்பதியினில் ெ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 thesacred waters there, gave a lot in charity, worshipped the deity there,Ramalinga Swamy, returned to her house and took to lot of voluntaryreligious penance… (continued in the next verse).Yenbeeyes Notes: Rameswaram is the abode of one of the 12 Jyothirlingas of India. It is alsoconsidered 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, AgniTheertha and other sacred waters, offer pujas to get progeny, perform Shraadha for their ancestorsand do Naga Prathishta (installing serpent deity).

54226. மனம ெதய்வ பக்தி வந்பின் மதைல உண்டாய்க்கனடன் வாழ்ந் பின் காலன்தன் பதிக்குச் ெசன்சினமிலா பிரமன் லக்கஞ் ெசய்பின் வந்தா ெளன்ேறாம்அைனயேவ இவள்பின் ஜன்மம் அைறகிேறாங் ேகம் தாேய.26. With the mind fully devoted to God she then got children and livedcomfortably and thereafter reached the abode of Yama (died) and wasrecreated by the angerless Brahma and took birth is what we say. We will tellabout her rebirth. Listen, Mother!27. பின்ஜன்மங் காஞ்சி கீழ்ப்பால் ேபாில் கங்ைக வம்சம்இன்னவ திப்பா ளாகும் இைணயிலாச் ெசல்வம் ெபற்அன்னவள் வாழ்வா ளாகும் அைறகிேறாந் தந்ைத ர்வம்உன்னத வரைனப் ெபற்ற உத்தமி ேகட்டாேய.27. In the next birth, she will be born in Ganga (agricultural) community ina 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 இயம்ேவா மைண நாட்ல்அவனியில் மைறேயான் வம்சம் அவேம உதித்தா ெனன்ேறாம்நவனியில் வணிபஞ் ெசய் நன்மைன சுதர்க ண்டாய்ச்சிவனள் தனங்கள் மி ெசல்வங்க ளதிகம் ெபற்;28. We tell about the previous birth of the father of the native. We say that hewas born in Brahmin community in Thrivannamalai. Did business in theworld, got good wife and children, and got land and wealth due to the grace ofLord Shiva 1 ;29. பந்வின் ேமலாய் வாழ்ந் பாாினில் கீர்த்தி ெபற்அந்தகன் பக்கல் ேசர்ந் அங்குச்சின் னாட்கள் தங்கிப்பந்தமாய்ப் பிரமன் லக்கம் பாாினில் வைரயப் பட்வந்தவ னிவேன என்ேறாம் மங்ைகங் ேகட்க ற்றாள்.1 Kindly note this statement is an important key in determining which deity has given the blessing inany chart - Saptarishis Astrology

544ெபைமயாய் இச்ெசன் மத்தில் பிறந்தவ னிவேன என்ேறாம்திமகள் விலாசம் ண் ெசல்வம் வாழ்வானாேம.33. Offered food to those who came with hunger; worshipped Shiva, thehigher among devas, reached the abode of Yama, written by Brahma to takebirth and the native was born in this birth – we said like that. Because of thegracious sight of Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth, he was living a wealthy life.34. தந்ைதயின் மரண காலஞ் சாற்ேவா ப்பா ேனழில்சந்ததம் ஆனி மாதஞ் சாற்ேவாங் கண்டந் தாம்பிந்திய அன்ைனக் ேகதான் ேபசிேனாம் அதன்ேமல் ன்ம்எந்ைதேய கூனி மாதம் இயம்பிேனாங் கண்டம் தாேன.34. We will tell the time of death of his father. At the age of thirty seven (of thenative), in the month of Ani (Mithuna as per Souramana i.e. between 15thJune and 15th July) native’s father will be in danger (will die); Thereafterdanger (will die) will be there for mother after three years in the month ofMeena (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 whichis between 15th June to 15th July as per one Tamil proverb. This can also refer toMeena month, in Tamil called as “Pankuni” which is between 15th March to 15thApril.)]Yenbeeyes Notes: The dasa of the lord of the 8 th house generally causes death of therelation from whom it is 8 th . So for father, fourth house becomes the eighth house fromthe ninth which denotes father. In almost all the cases, the Nadi gives the month ofdeath also which I intend taking as Souramana. This is amply proved by the fact thatwhen Sun transits the rasi mentioned during that period, the lord of that rasi is thedeterminant of death. In this case native’s father died in the month of Mithuna ruledby Mercury. As per the rule the fourth lord indicates the death of father and here thelord of fourth house is Mercury. So when Sun transits Gemini in the period asaforesaid the native’s father had died. Also note that Rahu dasa was running andRahu fully aspects Virgo as well as Lord of 8 th (Mercury) from 9 th . The first house isalso responsible for life and death. For the 9 th house, placement of Jupiter who behaveslike Saturn, lord of 9 th is also responsible for bringing about the end of the native of thehouse 9 th , viz. father.For the mother, there is no clarity as to which month the rishi refers to as “Koony”.Let us try the astrological reasons extending the same arguments as above:

545From Ascendant, the 8 th house that will indicate the mother’s death is the 11 th house.Its Lord is Mars. Sun’s transit over Aries will be between 15 th April to 15 th May andover Scorpio will be from 15 th November to 15 th December which will be indicating theSouramana months Mesha (Aries) and Vrischika (Scorpio). But here, Mars theindicator 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 statedthe month as Meena (Pisces) which in Souramana is from 15 th March to 15 th April. Butthis is a far fetched argument which needs further proof. Now if we take the positionfrom Moon, the lord of 11 th house is Mercury and hence when Sun transits Gemini orVirgo, in that month the death can happen. Now Sun transits Gemini in theSouramana month of Mithuna which falls between 15 th June and 15 th July whichcorresponds to the Tamil proverb also which states “Ani is like Kooni”. So this seemsto be an acceptable argument.I also would like to recall here the opinion of Late Shri R.Santhanam. In his translationof Deva Keralam, he has stated that “As stressed by me often in my writings the 4 thLord denotes father’s death while the 5 th Lord denotes mother’s death. This technique iswidely used in Nadi Granthas. In my own studies, I did find these clues working quiteeffectively.”Saptarishis Astrology Commentary:The Rishi writes that the native’s father will die at the age of 37, which is the 1 st houseas per Bhrighu Chakra Paddathi. Note the following points:1. In the 1H which is the BCP Focus Year, the 12 th lord of death Venus sits whichmeans some death will visit the life of the native & this Venus is dispositor of Sunthe karaka of Father thus signifying that something will happen to his father.Saturn whose age of giving is 36 aspects, by its 3 rd aspect, the BCP Focus year lordMercury – and this Saturn, apart from being 8L, sits in the 10H of father ormaraca of Father, this cannot be ignored.2. The lord of the 37 th year (1H) is Mer who is with Sun, the karaka of father in the12H of exit – thus something will happen to his father.3. Determining 37 th year: Aroodha of the 9H is A9 which goes to the 11H. Treatingthat as the lagna, the 37 th year (using BCP) will come to that house which will bethe 11H and its lord Mars goes in the 9H of Father, which means double indicationand hence in the 37 th year something should happen to the native. Usually withSaturn 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 inthe life of father (or in the native’s life? Regarding the father), these are generalrules4. Take 9H as the Asc for father, the 37 th year using BCP would come back to the 9H,note that this 9H has Papakartari (scissors yoga) from Saturn and Rahu, which

546means that the 37 th 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 kendradhipatidosha, is placed in the 9H of father. One must note that the major role ofkendradhipati dosha is in regards to death and here it sits in the 9H of father. Sothis kendradhipati dosha containing Jupiter (Jeeva) sits in the 9H of father whichis the 37 th year taking 9H as Asc as per BCP. Readers are requested to take upcharts of aged people, take Kendradhipati Dosha and use BCP and see if in trinesthose years come or other sambandha is formed. BCP and Yogas testing is a muchneeded research and due to shortage of time, we are unable to produce a statisticalpaper although we have written about its usage in our columns before.The Rishi further writes that ‘Thereafter danger (will die) will be there formother after three years’5. So 37 th year plus 3 is 40 or the translation could also mean (word thereafter) within3 years which means 39 th year, Yenbeeyes and other scholars should correct us here.If we take 39 th year, it would mean (39-36=3) 3 rd House in BCP method whereMoon sits in the 3H of death, so some event concerning mother is possible and thislogic can be fit into what the Rishi is predicting. The lord of the BCP year lord(39 th year) has gone in the 12H of exit conjoined the 4 th lord of Mother which isMercury, thus doubly confirming that in the 39 th year health of mother must atleastsuffer.6. If we take 40 th year as the year meant with the words ‘thereafter danger will bethere for mother after 3 years (from 37 th year) then the total is 40 th year which asper BCP Focus House would come to 4H of mother (40-36 =4), thus some event inlife of mother. In the chart this 4L Mer goes in the 12L of Exit along with Sun whois the 12 th lord from 4H of mother, thus doubly confirming great problems to mother.Take the 3H (39 th year) or 4H (40 th year) as the Asc and you would see the karakaof death Saturn sits in the 8 th (death) or 7 th (maraca) being the 8L of the chart, thisagain confirms. Taking the House year as Asc and working out BCP givesadditional information on the events of the life is earlier shown in its working.35. இன்னவன் மரண காலம் இயம்ேவாம் நாற்பா ெனட்ல்அன்னவன் தனக்குக் கண்ட மகிம் நிவிர்த்தி யாகும்பின்ைன மன்பா ேனழில் பங்குனி மாதம் உத்திரம்ெசான்னேன கண்டந் தாம் ெசப்ேவா மிவன்பின் ஜன்மம்.35. We will tell about the native’s time of death. There will be danger to thenative at the age of forty-eight. However, that will be removed. Thereafter at theage of fifty-seven, in the month of Panguni (Meena in Souramana i.e. between

54715th March and 15th April and in Chandramana-Phalguna between 15thFebruary and 15th March. Since the month name as given in Tamil, exactlymatches with Souramana month, I am giving the exact equivalent of Englishmonths 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 8 th house and Sun the Antara Lord being aspected by him hasbrought the danger. Since only the dasa lord of the 8 th 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 hedied. He was running Jupiter dasa. 8 th Lord Saturn is placed in Pisces and the dasalord Jupiter is placed in the sign of Saturn. So the effects of Saturn may be experiencedin Jupiter period and vice versa. From Moon also the 8 th lord happens to be Jupiter. Nowonder Jupiter dasa brought about the end of the native. The month of death is givenas Meena as per Souramana which is between 15 th February and 15 th March. Duringthis period Sun will be transiting the Pisces sign wherein the 8 th 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 EasyMethodology) to see the chart with another nadi style as there are different nadiapproaches one can use. Revisiting the verse, the Rishi says for death of native, therewould be danger at the age of 48 and final end at the age of 57. The 48 th year would bethe 12 th house as per BCP. Over there, the lagna lord (body) Mercury is conjoinedwith 3L of death Sun in the 12H of exit. So some event concerning the life of native isexpected which is what the Rishi said above, what saved him is a matter one can try toattribute to dasha, yoga & saving Vedhas as per our limited knowledge. But the Rishisays the 57 th year the native will die. As per BCP the 57 th year will be the 9H(48+9=57 th year), here again the 6L of diseases, accidents is sitting withKendradhipati Dosham Jupiter. We earlier mentioned that normally KendradhipatiDosha is associated with death and this 9H of 57 th year is having papa kartari; for himto pass 57 th year will be tougher especially since Saturn sits next to it while in transit itwould have come near the 9H (Saturn takes 60 years to come back roughly to the sameposition), thus adding a triple whammy. Some of the critics of this ancient system ofBhrighu Chakra Paddathi are the young astrologers who do not use years specified foryogas, 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 39 th year death of mother ormajor event towards mother is to be noted especially if Saturn is the 8 th lord and thismight not happen in the 15 th year since the maturation age of Saturn is 36. So you takethe BCP Focus house nearby that age, which is the commonsense approach. For a

548Gemini Lagna, the years around 36, 60 are important years of health, transformationin life or death since Saturn is the 8 th lord and also the 9 th lord, so BCPs around thatyear are very important for eventful years especially if Saturn is nearby the BCPFocus year.36. அவ்ாில் கங்ைக ேசயாய் அவேம உதிப்பா னாகும்பவ்வமாய்ச் சுக ண்டாகிப் பாலகன் வாழ்வா னாகும்நவ்விய ேயாகச் ெசய்ைக நாட்ேவாஞ் ஜனனந் ெதாட்த்திவ்விய மரண மட்ந் 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 hisfortunes. From the time of birth till his death he will live without any troubles.37. ேகாகள் வித்தி உண் குலவிந் தனங்கள் தாம்நாெசால் ேமன்பா டாகும் நற்மி ேசர்ப்பா ெனன்ேறாங்காக ண் ெசய்வன் கனத்தேதார் ண் டாகும்வல யத்ேதார் ேபாற்ம் கழ்ச்சியாய் வாழ்வா னாகும்.37. There will be increase in cows; wealth held will increase; his words willbe honoured; will increase the fertile lands; will have palanquin bearers; willconstruct a big house; will be living praised by the people in his circle.38. எந்தக்கா லத்தி ேலதான் இவன்சித்திர ெசய்வன்அந்தேதார் ேசதி தன்ைன அறிவிப்பீர் னிேய என்றாள்இந்தவா ஜாத கர்க்கு ஈேர ஆண்ன் ேமேலந்திய கிக ேவைல யத்தனம் ெசய்வா ெனன்ேறாம்38. Parvati asked: when will the native construct the beautiful house? Tell me thatnews. It will be like this, Rishi continued, we say that the native, after the ageof fourteen will start his efforts for the construction of the house.39. இபத் ன்றாண் ன்ேமல் இைசந்திங் கிகந் தாம்வரபரச் ெசல ேமாங்கும் மாநிலம் வித்தி உண்குைறறாக் கும்பந் தாங் கூேவாஞ் சில சங்ைகெபைமயாய் நாற்பாண் ன்ேமல் பிைழவங் கும்பம் ேவ.

54939. After the age of twenty-three, the construction of the house will becompleted; gradually the expenses will increase; increase in big lands (landholdings) will be there; to such a family without any shortfalls, after the age offorty, due to certain difficulties to the native, the family will be separated.Yenbeeyes Notes: Let us examine these two verses and reason out the astrologicalfactors. The native at the age of fourteen must be running Sun dasa-Saturn Bhukthias 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. Boththe planets are aspecting the fourth house from Moon. Mars the significator ofproperties is aspecting the fourth house from Ascendant. Mars is placed in the house ofSaturn. Hence Sun and Saturn worked jointly and started the venture. The workcould not get completed due to the placement of Sun in the 12 th house and also theownership of Mars being the 6 th house. But Moon is placed in the house of Sun and soSun 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 getscompleted.Saptarishis Astrology Commentary:Using BCP, after the age of 14 means 15 th year which is the 3H whose lord is Sunconjoined with 4 th lord of House/home Mercury, sitting in the 9 th from the 4Haspected by Mars (land). The 9 th house in a chart shows the start of prosperity of thelagna and is called Bhagya (Fortune) Udaya (Rise) thus Start of Rise. So 9 th from 4Halso shows prosperity i.e. start of work of the 4H of House (home). The Rishi says hestarts 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 ofdelay significator Saturn who aspects the 4H and 4L Mercury and also aspects hisenemy the Sun by its 3 rd aspect. The Rishi says he completes the house constructionafter the 23 rd year which means probably in the 24 th year he completes. This 24 th yearas 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 beseparated. Here the Rishi has used the word after which means 40/41 the difficultiescan start, this is the 4H/5H as per BCP and the 4L Mer is conjoined the 3L ofseparation? or rather: with the Sun known to have a seperative influence being a biglone shining star placed in the 6H of conflicts from the 7H of spouse along with 4LMercury. Moreover, these are in the 12H of troubles and losses, so the family getsseparated. If you take the 41 st year as separation happen, the 41 st year as per BCP isthe 5H whose lord is Venus sitting in the Asc and is also the 12L of separation (laghuparasari) and is dispositor of 4L of home life Mer and 3L of separation Sun.

55040. எப்ேபாஞ் சல்ய மில்லான் இவன்பந் ேமலாய் வாழ்வான்ெசப்ம்பால் பாக்ய ண் திமகள் வாச மாகும்தப்பித மில்லா வாழ்வான் சகலபாக் கியங்க ள்ளான்அப்பணி சைடேயான் ேதவி அளிய ெமாழிகுன்றாேவ.40. He will never be in any kind of debts; he will live higher than hisrelations (meaning that his living conditions will be better than that of hisrelatives); has prosperity of milk (means has lots of cows and oxen); GoddessLakshmi 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 wordswill 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 Lakshmiis 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 effectivebasis the planet in the lagna or the lagna lord are the greatest remedy – once you dothat the blessings start pouring in even if there are blockages in the chart.41. சுந்தரன் ஜனிக்குங் காலஞ் சுக்கிரன் தைச இப்ச்சந்தத மீரஞ் சாண்ஞ் சதிடன் திங்க ளாம்வந்திந் ைணவர் தாம் வண்ைமயாய்ப் மி ஓங்குந்தந்ைதயின் கும்பம் ே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. இவல்ல தாய்தந் ைதக்ேக இலகிம் பிணிந் தாம்நிதிய ெசல ண் நாற்கா குற்ற மாகும்சதியாகும் மனிதர் தாஞ் சஞ்சல மனங்க ண்அதிபன் தன் வர்க்கஞ் சூதம் வைரகிேறாம் விபரம் ரண்ல்.42. In addition to that, father and mother will also get disease. There will befinancial expenses; loss to cattle will be there; people around him will become

5543. On the western side, another Ganesha temple, a junction of four lanes, aShiva temple and a Chamundeswari temple. With a grove and a big pond andin 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 ismentioned in the Puranas, when the Mother Chamundeshwari killed the wickedbuffalo-headed demon, Mahishasura. It is believed that the fierce war between Motherand the demon took place in different places like the Vindhyas etc., and finallyMahisha 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 எழில்ெபந் தந்ைத ேயாகம்மன்னிய அன்ைன ேயாகம் வம்த்திர களத்திர ேயாகந்தன்னிேல ன்பின் ஜன்மஞ் சாந்திம் இந் ல் தன்னில்அன்ைனேய ெசால் கின்ேறாம் அம்பிைக யாேள ேகளாய்.4. Oh! Mother! In this treatise we say about the native’s birth fortunes, thebeautiful father’s fortunes, mother’s fortunes, coming wife and children’sfortunes, his previous birth, next birth, remedies and all, listen.5. இன்னவன் ஜனன இப்பிடம் அதற்கு இநாழி கைக ரத்தில்மன்னிய தந்ைத ஊெரன ெமாழிவர் வடகீழ்ப்பால் தங்கி ெமன்ேறாம்அன்னவன் தந்ைத குணங்கைளச் ெசால்ேவன் அழ்குளான் சிவந்தி ெமய்யன்உன்னத கத்தில் வளனா வன் உைரக்கிேறாங் காமைன ெயாத்தன்.Father’s Characteristics5. His father’s place is at a distance of 48 minutes walk from the placewhere the native was born and brought up and that place will be in thenortheastern side. We will tell about his father’s characteristics. Will behandsome; has reddish body; in the eminent face, there will be some mark onhis face; handsome and beautiful like Kamadeva. (Note: Kamadeva is the HinduGod of love. He is represented as young handsome man)

555Note: 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 Ghati1 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 மாவன்இல்ைலெயன் ைரக்க மாட்டான் எதிாிைய வசியஞ் ெசய்வன்ெசால்ேம ேநர்ைம ள்ேளான் சுகள்ளான் மர்ம ள்ளான்நல்லவ னாகி வாழ்வன் நாற்கா வித்தி உள்ளான்.6. Educated person; capable of arriving at conclusions; friendly to elderpeople; will never say no to those asking for alms; will charm the enemies;straightforwardness in words; comfortable man; has secrets; will live as agood man; has increase in cattle.கமலேரைக7. கிஷிகள் ெசய்வா னாவன் கண்ணிய ைடய னாவன்திமகள் வாச ள்ளான் ெசய்நிலஞ் ேசர்ப்பா னாகும்விைரவினில் நடக்க வல்லன் விம்வான் சுகி சிப்க்கரமதில் கமல ேரைக காலாள்க ைடய னாேம.Kamala Rekha7. Will be doing agriculture; respectable man; Lakshmi will reside in hishouse; will increase fertile lands; capable of walking fast; likes to eat good foodsumptously; hand has got line of lotus; has servants.8. உண்யில் உைறப்பி ச்ைச உதியா மனத்த னாவன்அண்ேனார்க் குதவி ெசய்வன் அதிகமாய்ச் ெசல ள்ளான்குண்ணி மனத்த னாவன் குலத்ேளார் ெமச்ச வாழ்வன்பண்பண் டார ள்ளான் பாைவயர் ேமாக வானாம்.8. Interested in pungent tasty items in food; has steady mind; will assistthose who approach him; has more expenses; has a talebearer mind (i.e. hasmalicious intelligence); will live praised by his community men; has cart andcarriages and treasure store houses; has lust towards woman.

556Father’s Siblings9. இவைடத் ைணவர் தம்ைம இயம்ேவாம் ஆண்பால் காேணாம்அவனியில் கன்னி ரண் அைறகிேறாந் தீர்க்க மாகப்பவள குணத்தா க்குப் பாலஞ் ேஜஷ்ட னாகக்கவனமாய் உதிப்பா னாகுங் காத ேமங் ேகேள.9. We will tell about his siblings. No brothers; two sisters will be therewith long life to such a characteristic person; the native will be born as theeldest. Oh! Lover of Lord Shiva! Listen.10. ஜாதகன் நிறங் குணத்ைதச் சாற்ேவாஞ் சிவந்த ேமனிேகாதிலாச் சமேத கத்தன் கூவான் கட் வார்த்ைதேமதினில் க ள்ளான் வித்ைதக ளதிகங் கூர்வன்ஓவான் சுபங்கள் தாம் உதிவான் வைம இல்லான்.Native’s Characteristics10. We will tell about the native’s color and character. Has reddish body;has flawless proportional body; talks using fabricated words; is famous in theworld; will learn many skills; will tell positive & comforting words; strongminded person; has no poverty.11. பதமான நைட ள்ளான் பால்பாக்ய வித்தி ெசய்வன்மதி தல் ஸ்திாீகள் ேமாகன் வாக்குகள் பத ள்ளான்நிதேம சீல னாவன் நிமலன்ேமல் பக்தி ண்பன்நதிபல தீர்த்தந் ேதாய்வன் நவதானிய வித்தி ெசய்வன்.11. Will walk properly 1 ; will increase the yield of milk; will get infatuatedtowards beautiful ladies; words will have effect; has consistent good manners;will be devoted to God; will take bath in many sacred rivers; will increase thecultivation of nine type of grains (the nine grains called “Nava Dhanyam” are1 Copy Editor raised point that the word nadai should be interpretated as ‘Balanced in his conduct. Thereply of Yenbeeyes is ‘The word ‘nadai’ has got 2 meanings – pace, gait or the manner of walking and the next isconduct, 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.

557wheat, 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 உள்ளான்ஆலமாம் பைகவ க்கு அேனகபாக் கியஞ் ேசர்ப்பன்ஞாலேமல் தாைத ேபால நாயகன் வாழ்வா னாகுஞ்சாலேவ தரள தந்தந் தனேரைக கரத்தி ள்ளான்.12. Will create groves and wells; has a little wickedness; will be like a poisonto enemies; will accumulate lot of fortune; will live with dignity like hisfather in the earth; has well lined teeth like pearls; has wealth line in his hand.13. ஏகள் வித்தி ெசய்வன் இவன்பந் ேமலாய் வாழ்வன்சீாிேயார்க் குதவி ெசய்வன் ேதகம் அதிக உஷ்ணம்ேதாிேனார் வழிையச் ெசால்வன் சில்லைரப் த்தி உள்ளான்ஆமா கைனப் ெபற்ற அம்பிைக யாேள ேகளாய்.13. Has growth in agriculture; He will live higher than his relations; willhelp those in trouble; will have lot of heat in the body; will talk like anexperienced man; but is a little mean minded; Oh! Parvati, Mother of the sixheaded Lord Subramanya!14. இவைடத் ைணவர் தம்ைம இயம்ேவாம் ஆண்பா ெலான்அவனியில் கன்னி ரண் அைறகிேறாந் தீர்க்க மாகநவனியில் மற்ற ெவல்லாம் நசித்தி ெமன் ெசான்ேனாஞ்சிவனிட பாகத் தாேள ெசப்ேவாம் ேமங் ேகேள.Native’s Siblings14. We will tell about his siblings. We say confidently that he will have onebrother and two sisters and will have long life. Others will die; Oh! The left sideof Shiva! Listen, we tell further.Yenbeeyes Notes: Here the rishi calls Parvati as the left half of Shiva because Shivais also called as Artha Nareeswara meaning half woman. Legend has it that Shiva hasgiven his left side to Parvati

558Native’s Marriage & Wife15. ஜாதகன் மணத்தின் காலஞ் சாற்ேவாம் பதிேன ழாண்ல்ேமதினில் ெதன்ேமல் திக்கில் வித்தகி மா வர்க்கம்ேகாதிலா வவா ளாகுங் கூேவா மவள் தன் ேசதிேசாதி மிநி றத்தாள் சுகளாள் அன்ன மீவள்.15. We will tell about the time of marriage of the native. At the age ofseventeen, from his mother side relation, from the southwest direction, hisblemishless wife will come. We will tell her history. She will be of doublecolor; has comforts; will offer food to the poor.Yenbeeyes Notes: Marriage has happened when the native was of 17 years. As perverse 45, Venus dasa was running at the time of birth and the balance period is givenas 2 years – 6 months and 10 days. Hence at the time of marriage Moon dasa will berunning. Moon as 2 nd Lord (addition to family) placed in 3 rd house (Dharma ofmarriage as it is 9 th from 7 th ) was instrumental in bringing about the marriage. AlsoMoon is placed in the 12th house of bed comforts from Karaka Venus. The Antar dasarunning must be of Venus which will begin from 16 years 4 months and 10 days andwill last till 18 years and 10 days. Venus as karaka for marriage placed in the 4 th houseof family along with Jupiter and Lagna Lord has materialized the event.As per Krushna’s Upachaya theory, marriage normally happens in the antar dasa ofthe 4 th lord or the 12 th lord or a planet placed in either of these houses having moreBhinna Ashtakavarga points. In this case it is not possible to calculate the BhinnaAshtakavarga as other birth details are not known. However, we find that the 12 thLord Venus has brought about the marriage in its Antardasa.Saptarishis Astrology Commentary:As per BCP (Bhrighu Chakra Paddathi) method 17 th year means 5 th house. 5 th househas two occupants. Mars who is also owner of 11 th house of wife and Sun who is thedispositor of 2 nd Lord Family Life Moon and also the 3 rd Lord of bhagya of marriage.Over and above that Lord of 5 th house Venus who becomes Lord of the BCP Focusyear is the karaka for marriage going to the 4 th house making the native settle in lifeand is conjoined with 7L of marriage Jupiter.16. சினம உைடய ளாகும் ேதவிந் ேயாக சா

559கனடன் வாழ்வா ளாகுங் கழேவாம் த்திர பாவம்அைனயேவ ஆண்பா ெலான் அம்மணி இரண் மாகும்பிைணயிலா ன்ந் தீர்க்கம் ேபசுேவாம் நான்கு ேசதம்.16. Has anger; but is a fortunate woman; will live with dignity. We will tellabout Putra Bhava (children). She will have one male child and two femalechildren and they will have long life. Other than this, four children born willdie.17. நிவாிவ் விதமாய்க் கூற ெமாழிகுவார் யண்டர் தாம்சினட ைனந்ேதான் நீசஞ் ேசய்பா ஐந்தில் நிற்கவிைனயினால் ஜாத கர்க்கு விளங்கா ஆண்பா ந்தான்கனடன் கர்மத் ேதாங் கன்னியி க்கேவ தான்;17. When the rishi stated like this, Bhujandar 2 states: The fifth lord Venusis debilitated, fifth house has Mars and Sun and also because of the past baddeeds, 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 houseis 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 maleissues. However, Athri rishi has another point. The placement of Jupiter, the karakafor progeny and also the tenth lord, in Virgo will remove this. Here one questioncomes to our mind. Why the Rishi has taken the tenth house and its lord whoincidentally happens to be the karaka? Yes: correct. 10 th house is also the house offuneral rites. If the same is related to the fifth house, the native must possess a maleissue who can perform the funeral rite. Here 10 th house lord Jupiter is placed alongwith the 5 th lord and also Lagna Lord (indicating self). From the position of Moon, thefifth lord is Jupiter and the tenth lord becomes Venus. That explains it. See theforesight of the rishis.Planetary position of Putra Dosha2 Kaka Bhujandar is said to be the earliest Siddha and Guru of Gorakkar, a great siddha purusa

56018. மதைலம் வித்தி என்ேறாம் அத்திாி ெசால் கின்றார்பதியிக் கிரண் ேலதான் பாபிக ளிப்ப தாேலசுதர்கம் வித்தி யாகிச் சுக்கினில் மரண ெமய்ம்எவித காரணத் தால் இலகா என் ெசான்னீர்.18. … he will have the Bhagya of children. Athri was telling: that there will bemale issue. Because of the presence of Ketu in the second, a malefic, children willbe born and will die immediately. What is the reason you said that children willnot stay?19. ன்ெசய்த விைனயி னாேல ெமாழிந்திட்ேடாஞ் சுதர்கள் ேதாஷம்என்னஊழ் அதைன நீங்க ளியம்ர் என் ேகட்கஅன்ைனேய ெசால் கின்ேறன் அவேம ன்ஜன் மத்தில்தன்ைட ஊக்கு உத்திரஞ் சாற்றிய ேபர் தன்னில்;19. Because of the bad deeds done in the previous birth, he got the putradosha (curse of childlessness). When Parvati asked: “What is that curse? Thatalso 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 ண்டாகித்திமகள் விலாசம் ண் ெசய்நில மதிக மாகிப்ெபமவர் ேநசங் ெகாண் பலமான கும்பி யாகிஉைறகிற காலந் தன்னில் உைரக்கிேறாம் ஊழி தாேன.20. He took birth in a Brahmin community, had wife and children, got thebeneficence of Goddess Lakshmi, increased his fertile lands; got friendly toelders; got a big family; while living like this, we tell the bad curse that cameupon him.தீவிைனபயாட்கள் சிலைர ைவத்ப் பயிர்த்ெதாழில் ெசய் வந்தான்அடடன் அதிேலார் சங்ைக அரன்சூலம் ேபாட்ட நந்தி

561திடடன் இந்த ெதன்ேறாஞ் ஜயேய யதைன வாங்கித்தடடல் உழ ெசய்தான் சார்ந்த அந்தத் ேதாஷம்.Evil Deed21. Was doing agriculture keeping labourers; Out of those labourers, one washaving an oxen on which the symbol of Shiva viz. Shoola was there. (Shoola islike a trident and it is the weapon of Lord Shiva-called as Thrishoola as it has threesharp edges). He (the native) purchased that oxen and used it for tilling the landwith hastiness. The curse came to him because of this.22. இவன்றி இன்ம் ஒன் இயம்ேவாம் ேவைலக் காாிவிதைவயா யிந்தா ெளன்ேறாம் வித்தகன் அவள்ேமல் ேமாகம்நிதேம ைவத்ப் ேபாகம் ேநர்ந்திடப் ெபா மீந்பதியினில் ஒநாள் தன்னில் பகேல ேபாகம் ய்த்தான்.22. In addition to this, we will tell one more thing. There was a maidservantwho was a widow. The native got infatuated towards her and daily had sexwith her. He gave her money and one day during daytime, he enjoyed her inhis residence.23. இப்பச் சிலநாள் ெசன் இவம் வாம் ேபாெசப்ேவா மிவன்ம ைனயாள் ேசதிையப் ாிந் பின்தப்பிதம் ேநர்ந்த ெதன் சப்டன் ேகாப ற்றாள்ஒப்டன் விதைவக் ேகதான் உைறந்த க தாம்.23. When both of them were living like this for some days, his wife learntabout this matter and understood the mistake committed by her husband andwith displeasure, she got angry. At that time, that widow was pregnant.24. அதற்குப்பின் அவைள நீக்கி அவள்பந் பைக மாகிக்குதர்க்கங்கள் சிலேவ ெசால்லக் ேகாைத மிவன்பால் ெசன்இதற்ெகன்ன ெசய்ேவ ெனன் இவேம லம்ம் ேபாவித்ைதபண் தங்கள் எல்லாம் வித்தகன் ெசய்ய ற்றான்.

56224. Thereafter he forsook that widow; her relations started telling frivolousthings about her and became enemies to her. She came back again to thenative, started weeping, and lamented as to what she can do now? The nativestarted doing different kinds of treatments and medicines to her (to terminate theconception).Curse of destroying the fetus (embryo)கவழித்த ேதாஷம்25. கேம அழிந்த ெதன்ேறாங் காத தீர்க்க மானாள்அைறகிேறா மந்தத் ேதாஷம் அகிற் இவக் ேகதான்ெபம்பிணி அந்தி யத்தில் பற்றிற் இவக் ேகதான்மரயின் பதிக்குச் ெசன்றான் மங்ைகேய ேமங் ேகேள.25. Because of that, the fetus was destroyed; lover (the widow) was distancedfrom 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. Hereached the abode of Vishnu (died). Oh! Mother! Further listen.26. கஞ்சனால் வைரயப் பட்க் காவல னிச்ெசன் மத்தில்தஞ்சமாய்க் கங்ைக வம்சந் தானவன் உதித்தா ெனன்ேறாம்வஞ்சிேய ன்ழ்ச் சாபம் விைளந்த இச்ெசன் மத்தில்மிஞ்சின மதைல ஆண்பால் ேமவிம் ே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 theprevious birth reached him in this birth and so he will not get male issues andeven if he got, they will not stay.27. அந்தேதார் ேதாஷந் தீர அைறகிேறாங் கிாிைய ஒன்ைமந்தம் மைனவி ேயா மால்மைல உத்திரஞ் ெசன்சந்ததம் மாக் ேகதான் சகஸ்ரஅர்ச் சைனஞ் ெசய்பிந்திய மைறேயார் பத்ப் ேபக்கு அன்னம் ஈந்;

56327. To remove that blemish we will tell a remedy. Native along with hiswife should go to Tirupathi in the north and should do Sahasranama archana(chanting the thousand names of God) daily, and thereafter should offer food toten Brahmins…Saptarishis Astrology Commentary: The Astrology Of Curses Is Big MoneyUnderstanding and writing the reason for the Rishis Logic is next to impossible for any modernwriter and anything that is written by anyone including us will only be a forced attempt/fixology thisshould not be forgotten by young ones who get too easily influenced by writers. Diverting for a secondwe would here, once again, make a special request once again for students to form groups and take upthe discussion of each chart of Saptarishis Nadi for at least 1 month among various scholars and get tothe bottom of the logic. We ourselves are not able to devote enough time to it though we yearned for itsince 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) andanalyse where the curse is coming from and can ‘Rashi’ chart give us a ‘hint’ to it. Some InternetParamparas introduced a logic on identification of curses and, in recent times, have updated their logicby adding new parameters every 2 years. This gave them a niche and big attention/fame/money wasmade in fooling foreigners and young Indians with remedies. The original logic that was presented bythem 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, theypropagated that Graha Drishti shows desire whereas Rasi Drishti shows real event, but a curse is areal event so how come Rasi Drishti is not being used (?) Anyways look at the above chart, the Curseis of Children, Rishi calls it Putra Dosha (Putra means children and Dosha means Defect) so Jupitermust be afflicted by 2 malefics by aspect but Jupiter is not aspected by any malefic except Rahu. Thisparampara says Ketu is headless so it does not have aspect, but is silent on Rahu’s aspect. A viewpointcan be presented that Rahu and Ketu are not physical bodies so how can they have aspect at all andwhy 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 postedby the Parampara. What the Parampara was talking was any planet when aspected/influenced by 2malefics creates a Curse which as per basics of astrology it only means any planet aspected by 2malefics 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 andlearnt astrology knows but the internet forum readers and foreigners in those internet forums havelearnt astrology via MP3 lectures or conferences and hence could not identify that this is basic GrahaPeedha Dosha, that means ‘Planet is Afflicted’. It does not mean ‘Necessarily’ a Curse, for Curse is avery strong word and cannot be used loosely. Like any planet that is afflicted it means it will giveadverse results, the more stronger the affliction the more adverse will be the result. If it was a Cursehow come Dr Raman, Dr B Suryanarayan Rao and K N Rao could not see this concept, why did theynot call it a Curse, why did astrologers before them not call it a Curse. Only Rishis have truecapability of seeing curses in a chart and that too the logic of it is not known to any of us. We all haveto study nadi literature and make an attempt to decipher Rishis Logic. The reason the above piece islong and got diverted is since 10 years many have been made fools in the name of Curses and instantprescription of Das Mahavidya remedies, something only experts are allowed to do and not commonman. These are the highest sadhanas and cannot be marketed in the name of literature or massreadings or conferences. It is a sin to prescribe remedies when someone is not capable of doing itespecially of the caliber of Das Mahavidya.

564In last issue editorial Vol 7 of Dec 2009, we had revealed a technique called ‘Identification OfPending Karma’ (Note that in the whole reading the Rishi has devoted so much space for his PutraDosha) where 6H occupant and 6 th Lord shows the pending karma. Now see that 8L of Purva JanmaKosh is Saturn sitting in the 6H of pending karma. 6H denotes servants (so does 3H as per BPHS reflast editorial) and karaka of 6H is also Saturn & Mars and Shani, in fact sits over there. This meansthat some major karma is pending towards servants; it sits in a feminine chronic sign of Sc so it meansa woman servant is involved and it’s very deep rooted (chronic). The sign of Sc denotes occult and 3 rd(action) from it Rahu (black magic) sits, which means some occult things must have been done on thewoman (the Rishi confirms it in his reading in verse 24). Lets divert for a second and refer to Verse 21which refers to misusing the weapon of Lord Shiva; metal is represented by Mars and Lord Shiva isrepresented by Sun – the Sun is debilitated in the 5H of children and Sun denotes male issues and isthe 3L of servants and dispositor of mantra karaka Moon and also is the Naisargika mantra lord (5Lin Universe Chart); Mars is the 11L of children and also the dispositor of 6H Saturn of pending karmaand 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 SunMars Saturn sambandh can be once again seen, all landing in the 5H of children. Additionally this Sunis 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 placedcan be seen here working beautifully. See Rahu representing cheating (dohkha) is in the 8H of chronicissues, from here its 10 th would be the 5H of children. In other charts where you would see Rahu in the8H you would find that the person was cheated or failed in love or children not in tune to you or nochildren or loss of minimum one child or still, children will destroy your empire or name even though8H has nothing to do, traditionally speaking, with children. It also means you cheated a child in somelife.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 andBeing Tossed Around’. Here Jupiter the karaka for children is with exalted & debilitated planet apartfrom being Badhakesh and thus suffers Karaka Doshit phenomena. As Mercury is exalted and sittingwith the children karaka Jupiter, he is capable of removing the native from the curse. Remember thestarting point of the curse is essential to note – which is Saturn as earlier pointed out, 3 rd from Sat isRahu (Tirupathi Balaji) and Rahu has been mentioned earlier (BSP technique above). So the remedyfor Rahu is always Mercury and here Mercury is exalted and capable of removing Jupiter out of thecurse; hence the remedy of Mercury, the beloved Vishnu Sahasranama, has been mentioned by theRishi to remove the curse. Also most young students on forums spend a lot of time and moneyconsulting astrologers trying to find out the remedy for their curses – the only big remedy for allproblems is propitiation of lagna lord and in this case it is Mer which is Vishnu Sahasranama; andfurther, the Rishi advises the remedy of feeding Brahmins and, as per Shastra, the remedy for Jupiteris feeding of Brahmins and, Jupiter is karaka for children – thus the remedy for removal of PutraDosha.Remedyசாந்தி28. மப உள்ர் மீண் அரக்கு அபிேஷ கித்உரடன் மரண மட்ம் உத்தமன் தீபம் வக்க

565வர்ம் நீங்கு ெமன்ேறாம் ைமந்த திக்கில் தீர்க்கஞ்சிைமயாய்ச் ெசய்யா னாகில் ஜனிக்கிந் தீேத யாகும்.28. Again after returning to his place, should worship lord Shiva (theword used is ‘Abhishek’ meaning pouring some liquid 3 over the deity like milk, curdetc), with firmness until his death, the excellent person should light lamp tillhis death and we say that his blemishes will vanish. If sons were born, theywill have long life; with meanness if he does not do these things, there will beno sons; even if born they will not stay.29. மா குணத்ைதச் ெசால்ேவன் மர்மம் ெகாஞ்ச ண்ேமதினில் வாத ேதகி விளங்கிய சாயல் ேநத்திரம்சூக ளில்லா ளாகுஞ் ேசாம்பங் ெகாஞ்ச ள்ளாள்ேவதைன ஒவர்க் ெகண்ணாள் ெவஞ்சினங் ெகாஞ்ச ண்.Native’s Mother29. We will tell about the native’s mother’s character. Is a little secretive;has a windy (bloated) body; aspect will be sideways 4 (eye-sight will not bestraight and will be in a different manner); has no deceit; a little lazy; will notthink of trouble to anybody; a little hot-tempered woman.30. சீல ைடயா ளாகுஞ் சிவந்தி ேமனி யாவள்ஞாலேமல் ைணவர் தம்ைம நாட்ேவா மாண்பா ெலான்ேவல்விழி ெபண்பா ெலான் வித்தியா மிரண் தாம்ேகாலமாய் நான்கு நஷ்டங் கூறின ெமாழிதப் பாேவ.Native’s Mother’s Co-Borns30. Has good manners; has reddish colored body; we will tell about her cobornsin this world: one brother and one beautiful sister will be there withlong life. Four more co-borns will be born but they will die. Our words willnot go wrong.31. அவைடத் தாய்க்கு ம்பம் அதிகமாய்ப் ெபா ண்நவமதில் மி ஓங்கும் நாட்ேவாம் ெபைம உண்இவைட ன்ஜன் மத்ைத இயம்ேவா மவ்ர் தன்னில்3 Abisheka to Lord Shiva is performed with sugar cane juice (iksu rasa), tender coconut water, milk,suddha jala, and honey.4Second house from Mother Karaka Moon has Venus debilitated – SA

566தவசிேய தீயின் வம்சஞ் சார்ந்தன ளிவேள என்ேறாம்.31. His mother’s family will have lot of wealth; fertile lands will increase inthe earth; will live with dignity; we will say about her previous birth (native’smother). We said that in the same place, she was born in Vanniarcommunity.32. மதைலக ளில்லா ளாகி வரடன் தணிைகக் ேககிச்சதமான விரதங் ெகாண் ஷ்ண்கர்க் கர்ச்சித் ேதத்திவிதியினால் சிலநாள் ெசன்றாள் இலங்கிற் அசாீாி யாகஇஜன்மம் மதைல இல்ைல இனிச்ெசன்மம் உண் என்;32. Had no children; Along with her husband, went to Thiruthani,undertook a perpetual fast; worshipped Lord Shanmuga (Subramanya) andwent there for some days because of fate. At that time, she heard like thevoice of an invisible being stating that, she will have no issues in this birth;but will get in the next birth.33. ெபாியவர் ெசால்ம் ேபா ேபைதம் மனெவ ப்பால்உைறந்தனள் இல்லந் தன்னில் உத்தமி சுதர்கள் ேசாகம்நிைரயேவ ெகாண்டா ெளன்ேறாம் நிமம் மரண மாகிக்குைறதைல கஞ்சன் தம்மால் குணடன் வைரயப் பட்;33. This was said by an elderly man and after hearing that, her mind gotdisgusted and reached her place. That excellent woman was filled with sorrowbecause of childlessness and died. Again she was created byBrahma...(Continued in next verse)34. இக்குல தித்தா ெளன்ேறாம் ஈச்வாி ேகட்க ற்றாள்.ெதாக்கேவ ன்ஜன் மத்தில் ேதாைகம் தீயின் வம்சம்பிக்கேவ உதித்தா ெளன்றீர் விளம் ரந்தச் சங்ைகபக்குவ 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

567born in Vanniar community, tell the reason for that. Because she worshippedLord Muruga (Subramanya), we said that she was born like that.35. மஜன்மம் அவ்ர் உத்திரம் மைறக்குலம் தனி திப்பாள்சிைமக ளில்லா ளாகிச் ெசல்வதி வாழ்வா ளாகும்அைறகிேறாந் தந்ைத ஜன்மம் அக்காஞ்சி கீழ்ப்பா லாகப்ெபைமயாய்ப் ேபர் தன்னில் பிறந்தனன் ைவச்ய வம்சம்.Native’s Father’s Previous Birth35. In her next birth, she will be born in a place to the north of the place (ofher previous birth) in Brahmin community. We will tell about the previousbirth of the father. His father in his previous birth was born in a big place toeast of Kancheepuram in Vaisya community.36. ஜனித்ேம ெசட்ச் ெசய் ஜகமதில் க ண்டாய்த்தனம அதிக மாகித் தன்மைன மதைல உண்டாய்க்கனடன் வாழ்ந் ேமங் காைளம் மரண மாகிஅைனயேவ இச்ெசன் மத்தில் அைறந்தன மிவேன என்ேறாம்.36. After taking birth, did business, was a famous person, increased hiswealth, lived honourably with wife and children and then died. We said thatagain he was born in this birth.37. பின்ஜன்மம் காஞ்சி தன்னில் பிறப்பேன இக்கு லத்தில்தன்னிேல ெசட் ஓங்கித் தரணிகள் அதிக ண்டாய்இன்னவன் வாழ்வா னாகும் இயம்ேவா மிவர்கள் காலம்அன்ைனேய யாங்கள் ெசால் மள்ெமாழி குன்றா ெவன்ேறாம்.37. In his next birth, he will be born in Kancheepuram in the samecommunity. Will live by doing business extensively, and increase the fertilelands. We will tell about the last days of these persons. Oh! Mother! We saythat our graceful words will not go wrong.38. தந்ைதயின் மரண காலம் சாற்ேவா ப்பா ேனழில்வந்தி லாமா தத்தில் வைரகிேறாங் கண்டந் தாம்பிந்திய அன்ைனக் ேகதான் ேபசுேவா மதன்ேமல் ன்ம்

568பந்தமாய்க் கூனி மாதம் பகேவாம் மார கங்கள்.Native’s Father’s Death38. We will tell about his father’s death time: There will be danger to hisfather when the native is of thirty-seven years old in the month of Thula (as persouramana – 15th October to 15th November). Thereafter, native’s mother willdie three years after that in the month of Meena (Souramana – 15ht March to15th April)Yenbeeyes Notes: When the native is of 37 years old he will be running Rahu dasaKetu Antar dasa. From 36 years and 10 days to 37 years and 28 days will be the KetuAntara in Rahu dasa. Rahu is placed in the 12 th house of Exit of father (9 th house).Saturn-Dispositor of Rahu is placed in the 2 nd house of maraka from Pitru KarakaSun. The other maraka planet (2 nd lord from 9 th house) Jupiter is aspecting Rahu. Ketuis placed in the 6 th from 9 th house of father and he behaves more like Moon, itsdispositor, who happens to be placed in the maraka house of 7 th from 9 th house.Saptarishis Astrology Commentary:As per BCP, 37 th year will represent the 1 st house. Its lord Mercury is placed inthe 4 th house – refer the Deva Keralam rule given in chart 5 which is that the 4 th lorddenotes father’s death. Mercury is also placed in the 12 th house of exit from Pitrukaraka Sun. He is conjoined by the maraka (2 nd lord from 9 th house of father) Jupiter.Pitru karaka Sun is disposited Venus putting him in the house of Exit along with othertwo maracas Jupiter and Mercury. In the 37 th year, the BCP will come in the 1H, thelord of this 37 th year is with Jupiter the kendradhipathi dosha, Jupiter is the 2 nd lord ofmaraca for father – pls read the previous article on Chart 5 where we have mentionedcategorically that Kendradhipathi dosha is more related to health/death. So this 37 thyear lord Mer combines with Jupiter of Kendradhipathi dosha in the 8 th (death) from9 th house of father giving troubles to father.The month of death of father is given as Thula when the Sun will be in Libraand in the constellations of Chitra (2 padas), Swati and the first 3 quarters ofVishaka. Lord of Chitra nakshatra is Mars, that of Swati is Rahu and that ofVishaka is Jupiter. See the planets involved.Mother’s death will be three years after that. After 3 years means that VenusAntara will be running in Rahu dasa. Karaka for mother is placed in the 12 th house ofExit from 4 th house of mother which is getting the aspect of dasa Lord Rahu. As perDeva Keralam dictum, the 5 th lord is Venus in whose Antara mother had to depart.Venus is also a maraka for mother being lord of 2 nd house from 4 th house. The othermaraka Jupiter (lord of 7 th house from 4 th house) is also placed with the 4 th lord. From

569Moon also the 2 nd house becomes maraka which has all the three malefics (appearing asbenefics) Jupiter, Mercury and Venus. The month is given as Meena when the Sunwill be in Pisces – another maraka house and will have to be in one of theconstellations of Purvabhadrapada (ruled by Jupiter-maraka) or Uttarabhadrapada(ruled by Saturn) placed in the 3 rd house to the 4 th house of mother or in theconstellation of Mercury the 4 th lord indicating mother.Under BCP 40 th year will be running which means 4 th house again indicating someevent in mother’s life. We have already seen the influence of the planets placed in the4 th house.39. இன்னவன் மரண காலம் இயம்ேவாம் நாற்ப தாண்ல்தன்னிேல கண்டம் ேநம் ஷண்கர்க் கர்ச்சித் ேதத்திஅன்னவன் பிணிம் நீங்கும் அபத் ஏழா மாண்ல்மன்னிய சிம்ம மாதம் வளர்பிைறத் தசமி தன்னில்;Native’s Death39. We will tell about the death time of the native. At the age of forty, hewill have a danger. However, by worshipping Lord Subramanya, his diseasewill be cured. In his sixty seventh age, in the month of Leo (Souramana – 15thAugust to 15th September), in the Sukla Paksha Dasami tithi (on the tenthday during the waxing time of Moon)… (Continued in next verse)Yenbeeyes Notes: At the age of 40 native will be running Rahu dasa Venus antardasa as seen above. Rahu is placed in the 8 th house and its dispositor Saturn is placedin the 6 th house aspecting Rahu as well as the 12 th house. Lagna Lord Mercury is alsoplaced with the 12 th Lord Venus (Antara Lord) and the 7 th lord of Maraka Jupiter whois 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 illplaced in the 2 nd house of Maraka. But the Rishi says by worshiping Lord Subramanyathe evil will pass. How? Mars is the planet representing Lord Subramanya. 5 th houseis the house of worship. Mars is placed there displacing its Lord Venus to its 12 thhouse. 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 worshippingSubramanya probably the Rishi means that the native may propitiate Mars and wardoff the evil effects created by him.As per BCP again, the 40 th year would be the 4 th house 5 coming into the picture againwhere 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 withLagna Lord (body). Mars who is the 6 th lord of diseases and from the BCP Focus year he is the 8 th lord

570Death at 67: Native will be running Saturn Dasa – 8 th Lord from Lagna and 7 th Lordfrom Moon. Placed in the 6 th house from Lagna aspecting the 12 th house and the 3 rdhouse. Under this dasa the Antar dasa of Ketu will be from 65 years 5 months and 19days and will end in the 66 th year 6 months and 28 days which can be taken as the 67 thyear. Thereafter Venus Antara will start. Ketu is placed in the 2 nd house of Maraka.Venus is the 12 th lord of Exit placed along with the other Maraka Lord Jupiter andaspected by Rahu from the 8 th and is placed in the 2 nd house from Moon. Hence VenusAntara becomes more probable. In the month of death Sun will be traversing Leo, the3 rd house of Longevity and will be in the 12 th from Maraka Jupiter/Venus and LagnaLord Mercury. Himself being 3 rd Lord and having jurisdiction over the constellationsruled by Ketu, Venus and Sun himself. The more probable date would be when Sun istransiting in the constellation of Purvaphalguni ruled by Venus.As per BCP, 67 th year represents the 7 th house a Maraka. Its Lord Jupiter is alsoBadhaka with Kendradhipati Dosha (death) and placed with the 12 th Lord Venusalong with lagna lord (body) and is the 2 nd (maraca) from Moon aspected by Rahufrom the 8 th house.40. மாரகம் ேந ெமன்ேறாம் மத்ேம அத்திாி ெசால்வார்தீரமாய் இரண் ஆண்ல் ெசப்பிேனாங் கண்ட ெமன்ேறாம்கூேவாம் ேக ைமயா குேம நால் நிற்கப்பாாிய ேராகம் ேநாந்ம் பகா வய தீர்க்கம்.40. He will die. Athri contradicted and said that there is danger to thenative 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 willnot 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 4 th in Virgo…” Hitherto we have seen how malefic is Jupiterfor this chart by being the Badhaka Lord, 7 th house Lord, afflicting by association,aspect etc. etc., how come the Rishi ascribes such a benefic point to Jupiter that it willnot take away the life? To my little mind the only possible explanation is that being anatural benefic his aspect on the 8 th house and the 12 th house coupled with theof longevity and also the 3L of longevity. So prayers to Lord Subramanya are adviced by the Rishi. Forfew 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

571association of other two natural benefics, Venus and Mercury, might have helped thenative to escape death. Learned persons can interpret this and give other possibleexplanations if any.Saptarishis Astrology Commentary:Ketu is in the 2 nd house and, as per BCP, 2 nd house is the 2 nd year of one’s life. Hencethe view of Athri Rishi that there is danger to the native at the age of two seemsappropriate since Ketu indicates health issues and Exit. Using BSP technique ofJupiter implementing itself in the 11 th from as mentioned in Vol 6 or 7 in the RavanaSamhita or Saptarishi Nadi Commentary, you can see that here Jupiter haskendradhipati dosha (health/death) yet is Jeeva Karaka sitting in the 4H conjoiningwith exalted lagna lord (so can’t give death result early in life) – it implements hisenergy 11 th from it and stops Ketu from implementing its malfeasance.41. தானவன் ேயாகச் ெசய்ைக சாற்ேவாம் சுக ள்ளான்ஈனமாங் குணங்க ளில்லான் எய்திம் பணிதி பாக்யம்ஆனேதார் மி ேசர்ப்பன் யாைரம் வசியஞ் ெசய்வன்மானமாய் ஜீவிப் பானாம் வாக்குகள் ெசால் ெமன்ேறாம்.41. We will tell about the native’s fortunes. Has comforts; has no meanmanners; has the fortune of getting jewels and ornaments; will increase thecultivable lands; capable of attracting anybody; will live with dignity; hiswords will be respected.42. தசமத்ேதான் நால் நிற்கத் தனம ேந ெமன்ேறாம்திைசஎல்லாம் கீர்த்தி ஏற்பன் ஜனஉப காரம் ெசய்வன்வைசயிலான் அன்னிய கிராமம் வந்திம் மி தாம்கஜமிலான் அச்வ ண் கண்ணிய மாக வாழ்வான்.42. Since the 10th lord Jupiter is in fourth in Virgo, there will be increase infinance. Will get famous in all directions; will help the people; will not beaccused by anybody; will get lands in another village; has no elephants; buthas horses; will live with dignity.ைதயல்43. எந்தக்கா லத்தி ேலதான் இவக்குத் தனம் ேநம்

572அந்தேதார் ேசதி ெசால்வாய் அலவன் தன் தைசக்கா லத்தில்இந்தவா மன்ன க்கு ஈரஞ்சு ஆண் ேலதான்ெசாந்தமாய்க் கிகம் தன்னில் ேசேம நிதி நிேக்ஷபம்.Hidden Treasure43. Tell in detail when this native will get wealth. He will get during Moonmahadasa when the native is ten years old, he will get his own house and wealthwill increase. He will get a treasure hidden in the ground.Saptarishis Astrology Commentary: BCP & Vimshottari DasaThere are many methods of using the Vimshottari Dasa combined with BCP, something that isstill in an experimentative stage. One of them is being presented here in brief as the opportunity hasarisen due to the above shloka. First and foremost, the false notion circulated by many Nadi expertssince last century & internet forum nadi experts that vimshottari dasa is not used in Nadi Astrologycan be eliminated forever by the above verse, the Rishi is using Vimshottari dasa. Now the techniquewe were talking about is to take the year of native, note it down mentally and observe where theMahadasa lord is sitting, then rotate it as per BCP keeping Vimshottari Mahadasa lord as the Asc. Inthe above chart, the native is 10 years old and is in Moon MD, take Moon (in 3H here) as Lagna androtate it 1 sign 1 year per house for 10 years – the BCP Vimshottari Dasa will come in the 1H, the lordof it is sitting exalted in the 4H of ‘Treasure’ & also ‘Own House’ with Debilitated Venus (treasurenot his own), both the Rishi is predicting. Another quick example is Obama’s chart (Cp Asc) – he wasrunning Jup MD when he won the Election and became President on 20 Jan 2009 which was his 48 thyear. Now take Jup as lagna and 48 th year would be the 12H, the lord of it is again Jupiter sitting inthe Lagna (a trikona and kendra) with Saturn forming a Rajayoga – he became a Raja (King) bydefeating someone (since Jup is debilitated and getting neechabhanga raja yoga. Take chart of John FKennedy (Vi Asc) who died on 22 nd Nov 1963 in his 47 th year during Jup MD. From Jupiter Asc, 47 thyear will be the 11 th house from it, which means Jupiter who is placed in the 9H will activate as perBCP the 7H of the chart. The 7H is a maraca house, its lord Jupiter becomes maraca lord & 4L ofvehicles and assasination sits in this Jup Asc with 12L Sun along with Venus who is the 3 & 8 th lord ofD6 (enemies chart) and 3L of short travel of D6. He died while on a short trip in that year. InVimsopaka Jupiter has the lowest point. Jupiter being involved in Gajakeshari Yoga made thisincident world famous and outsiders remember him for sex and assasination. Let’s come back to thechart of the native in Saptarishis Nadi Gemini Asc Chart No 6 where the Rishi talks about himfinding 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. InShloka No 42 above, the Rishi says that 10 th lord in the 4 th house in Virgo will increase finances. So inthe 10 th year, when this Jupiter will be activated as per BCP, there is chance of increase in finance.Now see Phaladeepika Ch.2 Shl.5Verse 5. From Jupiter the learned should seek information about knowledge, noble qualities, sons,minister, good behavior, teaching profession, magnanimity, knowledge of Vedas and Puranas (Shrutiand 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.

573In BPHS Ch.11, Shl.5Verse 5. Indications of the 4th house: Conveyances, relatives, mother, happiness, treasure, lands andbuildings are to be consulted through the 4th house.In Phaladeepika Ch.18 Shl. 14Verse 14. If in a nativity the Moon occupies the Navamsha Leo and is aspected by Mercury, he mayacquire a hidden treasure.Satyajatakam Ch.3 Shl 4 &.14Verse 4. If the lord of the fourth house is placed in the fourth house, and is aspected by Tiryagmukhaplanets (Moon, Mercury, Jupiter and Venus), the person may acquire neighboring lands and therebycome across treasure hidden under earth. He will become very rich. If the lord of the fourth house isaspected by urdhvamukha planets (the Sun and Mars), the person may earn money through crops andcultivation.Verse 14. If the fourth and eleventh houses are strong and auspicious through connection with beneficand a planet having downward-gaze has Dhana yoga, the person will get treasure. But if the houses 4and 11 are weak and are connected with malefics, the native will squander away his wealth.In BPHS Ch.3, Shl.32Verse 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 Sunonward.Use the above shlokas and note connection of 4H and Jupiter regarding treasure and then use BCP andnote that the 10 th year will be the 10H whose lord Jupiter is there in the 4H of fortune and then useespecially the above Yoga from Satyajatakam Ch.3 Sh4 and see how beautifully all combine with dasaof Moon (Moon in mentioned in the shloka). To combine all this is not easy to make a prediction andno doubt only a Rishi can make such a prediction; to study such predictions was not possible till the lastthousands of years and we are thankful to Bhadoriya who gave this manuscript and the translatorsYenbeeyes and Bhaskaran. If only more can join who can translate from Tamil to English, more Asccan come out and someone else can do a better job in commentary than us (SA).44. வமவர் உற ெகாள்வன் பிரபல கும்பி யாவன்திமகள் வாச ள்ளான் ஜயம்ெசய்வ ெனத்த ேவைலஅமைற யவர்கள் ேநசன் அரசர்கள் உற ெகாள்வன்அகன் தன்ைனப் ெபற்ற அம்பிைக யாேள ேகளாய்.44. Will get friendship of those who come; will be a famous familyman; 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 இப்த் தாஞ்

574சிறந்தி மாண் ரண் திங்கம் ஆற தாகும்விைரந்திம் நாட்கள் பத்ம் விளம்ேவாம் பலைன யாங்கள்நிைறந்த ேதார் ஜாதகர்க்கு ேநர்ந்திம் ேராகந் தாேன.45. At the time of birth, balance of Venus mahadasa is two years six months andten days. We will tell the results of that period. There will be disease for thenative who has all things fulfilled.46. மா வர்க்கஞ் சூதம் வந்திம் ெசலவ ேநகம்ேமதினில் கா ேசதம் விசனமாம் தந்ைதக் ேகதான்ேபாதேவ வர்க்கஞ் சூதம் பைகய வந் நீங்கும்நீதியாக் கிஷி நஷ்டம் நிமேய ேமங் ே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 relationswill also be subjected to troubles; enmity will be created and that will beremoved; loss in agriculture will be there. Oh! Mother! Further listen.47. சல்யங் ெகாஞ்சம் ேநந் தாயாதி வர்க்கஞ் சூதஞ்ெசால்ேவாந் தாய்தந் ைதக்ேக சுகமின்றிப் பிணி ண்அல்லல்கள் கள ெகாஞ்சம் அைறந்தன மிைவக ெளல்லாம்நல்லேதா ாீைரந்தான் ன்ேமல் நாட்ேவாம் விவரமாக.47. There will be a little debt problem; Inauspiciousness will be there to hisrelatives; 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 aboutthe 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) areconjoined in a Kendra –the 4 th house. Mercury and Venus are 4 th and 5 th lords. Jupiteris 7 th and 10 th lord and Mercury is also Lagna Lord. But see how they all have becomemalefics. First – Jupiter is Badhakesh for Gemini Lagna. He is also lord of 8 th housefrom Moon. Second – Venus is debilitated and also co-owns the 12 th house. He alsobecomes a malefic on account of the presence of Sun and Mars in his sign, Libra. Third

577Krushna’s Ashtakavarga System is not known to many nor are there anybooks available on the System in the market. Just now Krushnaji haspublished a book in Marathi language and there is a great demand forpublication of the same in English too. The only way to learn his system atpresent is studying the lessons found in his web site given above and in aninteractive way by joining the Yahoo groups at:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/astrologyandtimingevents.The effectiveness of the System has been tested by many Astrologersand many have agreed to the soundness of the same particularly for timing ofevents. Mrs. Sandy Crowther, the noted Astrologer of the West hadconducted a Research Study on the System on ‘Marriage/RelationshipProblems’ using this technique and the results of her research are available inone of the messages in the group mentioned above. (Message No. 6683).Ashtakavarga System, as everyone knows, is a method of calculating thepower of planets with respect to each other. Ashtakavarga deals with theparticular aspect of a human being as it deals with all the seven planetsexcluding Rahu and Ketu and the Lagna which form the crux of the JyotishSystem.I am not going into the details of how the Ashtakavarga is calculated.But one must remember that the individual Ashtakavarga called BinnaAshtaka Varga (BAV) as well as the combined Ashtakavarga called SarvaAshtaka Varga (SAV) both are required for calculating the power of theplanets which depend on its relative position versus other planets. Thecalculation part is well explained in the lessons given on the site itself. Almostall software also gives the Ashtakavarga positions.The System has software prepared in Excel available in the yahoogroups as well as in the site for download. All the calculations required aredone 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.htmIn this article, I am covering only the timing of marriage using theprinciples given in the System. For this purpose I have collected as many as108 horoscopes from friends and relatives which are all Indian charts and havetaken up a few charts from Astrodatabank site in order to include some2

579iv.The strength of a planet is not judged from its placement like Ownhouse or exaltation sign or debilitation sign. It is totally based on thepoints worked out on the basis of BAV only. A planet is said to beexalted if it has got more than 4 points. A planet is said to be debilitatedif it got less than 4 points. When a planet has exactly 4 points it is saidto be neutral. For example Mars is exalted in Capricorn. But if Mars hasonly 3 points in BAV then it will not be able to give the results due to itsexaltation position. Due to its low benefic points, it will not be able togive better results.v. The aspect of planets is according to Vedic System only. Only theresults produced by this System vary. A planet with more than 4 beneficpoints will aspect in the same strength but in a malefic manner.Similarly a planet having less than 4 benefic points will aspect in abenefic manner. If a planet gets exactly 4 points, then the effect itcreates on account of aspect will be only neutral.Next is the Upachaya Theory which I would call as a foundation of theSystem. For a better understanding of this principle, readers may go throughthe article of Krushnaji mentioned in the introduction which was published inthis magazine. I will give a brief explanation here. Since I am going to coveronly the timing of marriage aspect, I will explain this principle with respect tothe house of marriage which is the 7 th house. As per the theory of the System,Karaka for the result of any house is decided by the 8 th house from any house.So the Karaka house for marriage will be the 8 th from the 7 th which is the 2 ndhouse. Let us call this house as house ‘A’. The Upachaya places are the 3 rd , 6 th ,10 th and 11 th . 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. 2 ndhouse. The 3 rd from 2 nd house is the 4 th house (which will be termed as ‘D’), 6 thhouse from the 2 nd house is the 7 th house which is the focus house for marriage(which will be noted as ‘B’) for which we are finding the result, 10 th housefrom the 2 nd house is the 11 th house (which is denoted by ‘C’) and the 11 th housefrom the 2 nd house would be the 12 th house (which is indicated as ‘E’). TheseUpachaya houses are again grouped into two categories based on the mutualtrine principle viz. 5:9. In the above discussion, you will notice that the 7 thhouse and the 11 th house are in mutual trine positions and they are termed asMain Upachaya houses. The other two Upachaya houses namely the 4 th and12 th houses are in mutual trine positions and are termed as Secondary4

580Upachaya houses. Here one point to be remembered is that the Upachayaplaces are determined with respect to the Karaka place and not from the housefor which we need to find the results.vi.vii.The main Upachaya houses are directly involved in the results andhence they have been named as A, B, C – in our case the 2 nd house, the7 th house and the 11 th house. The secondary Upachaya houses act onlythrough their lords or through the planets placed in them. Such planets(placed there in) take part in the outcome if and only they have morethan 4 points in BAV.Next is the calculation of strength of all the 7 planets based on theirBAV. It is beyond the scope of this article to explain in detail all therules applicable in working out the strength which is called asWORKSHEET. I would advise readers to go through the lessons on theweb site to understand this principle. The final point arrived at as perWorksheet will be an indicator of timing the event. More than 12 pointsin the Worksheet is indicative of an event happening in its Antardasa.Event may happen in the period of a planet having less points in whichcase the quality is bound to suffer.viii. Planets having lordship of houses 1 st and 7 th are treated as enemies. A 1:7relationship always indicates opposition.ix.Rasi Chart and Navamsa chart have equal bearings. Aspects areconsidered in Navamsa chart too.x. The next rule is that of Samdharmi. Samdharmi is a Sanskrit word. Sammeans same and dharm means custom, duty, soul, nature etc. If a planetis said to be Samdharmi of another planet, it means it can perform theduty of the other planet. In the words of Krushnaji ‘Samdharmi planetsare those planets that behave similar to each other or give the results ofother planets.’xi.There are two types of Samdharmi. Natural and Functional. Venus andSaturn, 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 (ownedby Venus) Capricorn (owned by Saturn) is the fourth and fromAquarius (owned by Saturn) Taurus (owned by Venus) is in the fourth.5

582enhances the negative qualities of Venus. However, if it is aspected byJupiter, it controls and modifies the results somewhat better.xvi. The distance of Venus from the Sun is also a main factor here. Up to 3degrees from the Sun, it loses all of its qualities. Such a Venus reducesthe sex urge of the native. Up to 43 degrees from the Sun it behaves in anormal way and after 43 degrees, its qualities are enhanced as it increasesthe sexual feelings of the person.xviii.xix.xx.xxi.xxii.xxiii.xxiv.xxv.Mars in association with Venus causes the native to have no controlover his or her sexual feelings. Saturn, if associated in this case may be afactor as well, in homosexuality.Moon is the controller of the mind and its affliction by Rahu also spoilsthe control over the mind as well as the marriage life.How are we to decide the timing of marriage? General rule is that anyevent will happen either under the influence of the powerfulsignificators in the chart as indicated by the Worksheet points, or in thesub period (Antar Dasa) of the Lords of the houses ‘D’ and ‘E’. For themarriage we have already seen that the House ‘D’ is the 4 th house fromLagna and House ‘E’ is the 12 th house. The powerful significators areseen from the Worksheet for the 7 th house. In some cases the next in linewhich is the 12 th house (house of bed comforts) also play a vital role. Theplanet having the highest point is the powerful one followed by theplanet with next higher point. Event also happens in the Antar dasa ofthe planet/s placed in the 4 th or 12 th house provided they have more than4 benefic points in Ashtakavarga.The main dasa period might be that of the karaka planet or it’sSamdharmi.The Antar dasa period would be of long duration and it must benarrowed down. For this there are several rules.Whether the lords of the house ‘A’, ‘B’ or ‘C’ are aspected by Saturn. Inour case the 2 nd house, the 7 th house and the 11 th house.If these lords are placed with SaturnIf Saturn happens to be one of the lords and others too are in aspect. Allthese three rules must be verified both in Rasi Chart as well as Navamsachart.7

583a. If all the three rules are applicable, then the event will be late ordelayed. For this purpose the entire Antar dasa period will bedivided into three parts and in this case the event will happen inthe 3 rd 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 2 nd part.c. If Jupiter alone is aspecting these lords (viz. A, B or C) the eventwill take place in the first part. Meaning that there is no aspect onthese planets from Saturn or the Lords of the A, B or C houseshave no relation with Saturn either in Rasi or Navamsa. Also noneof the planets should be in the Navamsa sign of Saturn orconstellations ruled by Saturn. That is to say such planets shouldnot have been placed in Capricorn or Aquarius or in theconstellations of Pushyami, Anuradha or Uttarabhadra. If Jupiteraspects Saturn then delay is moderated and the event will happenin 2 nd sector. Jupiter need not aspect the lord. Jupiter can onlymoderate the delay if it is not in the sign of Saturn, nakshatra orNavamsa of Saturn or in Libra.xxvi. The last step is to fix the dates which will have a tolerance level of 13days plus or minus. For this we look to the Probable date finder listwhich is attached to the software itself. This is based on the transit ofSun. The event happens when the transit of the Sun is in theconstellation and the sign of powerful planets. Once the Antar dasa isfixed, and if it satisfies other conditions like age, time, social customs(popularly known as Desh, Kaal, and Patra) then we should select theother two planets which are 2 nd and 3 rd in strength. This way we havethree 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 intransit, due to more power, lordship of either ‘D’ or ‘E’ houses or beingSamdharmi to other powerful planets. If these lords are Lord of housewhere Moon is placed, Lagna Lord or the constellation lord, they maycome forward.With these backgrounds let us study some charts to verify these rules. Someof the points mentioned above may be confusing or may not be clear. As Iwanted to be brief, I might not have expressed the same in the way Krushnaji8

588Sun and Venus 31-Aug 12-SepSun only 13-Sep 16-SepMercury and Sun 17-Sep 26-SepMercury and Moon 27-Sep 10-OctMercury and Mars 11-Oct 16-OctVenus and Mars 17-Oct 23-OctVenus and Rahu 24-Oct 05-NovVenus and Jupiter 06-Nov 15-NovMars and Jupiter 16-Nov 19-NovMars and Saturn 20-Nov 02-DecMars and Mercury 03-Dec 15-DecJupiter and Ketu 16-Dec 28-DecJupiter and Venus 29-Dec 31-DecThe two probable dates allowing for the 13 days grace fall under Jupiter andSaturn OR Jupiter and Mercury OR Mars and Ketu. The next higher pointsin the worksheet are taken over by Moon, Mercury, Venus and Sun. BothJupiter and Saturn are having the lowest points in the worksheet. Look atNavamsa – Mars is placed in the house of Jupiter along with Jupiter andhence will be promoting the desires of Jupiter. Moon and Mars also becomeSamdharmi due to their joint placement in Rasi chart. Now Mercury is placedin Scorpio in Navamsa thus becoming Samdharmi to Mars. Hence the periodJupiter and Mercury should be the decider.I have analysed the chart of the husband at the end after rectifying the birthtime.Example 02Here I am taking up the charts of a husband and wife.Sex: Male; DOB: 11 th Feb., 1979; TOB: 19:24; POB: Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu;Latitude: 8 N 10; Longitude: 77 E 26; Time Zone: IST -5:30; KAS Ayanamsa:22:40:3413

597Sub Period Lord:The Sub period running at the time of marriage was: Rahu from 31 st Oct. 2002to 06 th 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 ofRahu will be a mixture of both Venus and Mars. Mars is placed in the 12 thhouse which is House D and is having 6 points in its Ashtakavarga. Hence hewill be eager to give the results. But in the worksheet Mars is having less than12 points. Venus also has fewer points in the worksheet. Now we should turntowards the Samdharmi planets for Venus and Mars. Venus and Saturn areplaced together in Navamsa and Venus is placed in the house of Jupiter.Saturn is having the highest points in the worksheet. So Rahu through Marsand 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 hashappened during the 2 nd part which is from 13 th Oct. 2003 to 04 th Sep. 2004.Saturn is aspecting all the three houses A, B, C in rasi chart. Saturn himself isLord 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 alsoaspecting 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 theexact delay caused by Saturn as well as Jupiter, the messages in the groupswill be very handy as lots of charts have been discussed on this point..As seen earlier, the probable date can be either fro 14 th Jan. to 27 th Jan or from28 th Jan. to 09 th Feb. in the combination of Saturn and Sun OR Saturn andMoon. Saturn and Sun both have the highest points in the worksheet andhence they are responsible for the event on the said date.Example 4:Sex: Male; DOB: 25 th August, 1932; TOB: 17:39; POB: Mannargudi,Tamil Nadu; Latitude: 11 N 17Longitude: 79 E 33; Time Zone: IST -5:30; KAS Ayanamsa – 22-1-622

599Power as per worksheet:Jupiter – 24 Mercury – 20 Sun – 18 Mars – 13Moon – 11 Venus – 10 Saturn - 9Analysis:Marriage was held on 30 th March 1964 at the age of 31 years. Hence it is a latemarriage. So the combinations for late marriage are to be checked. As thesame 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 thekaraka for the 2 nd house indicating family and also karaka for 5 th houseindicating children. Functional karaka Saturn is placed in the house of Jupitermaking it its Samdharmi.Sub Period Lord:Mercury Antar dasa is from 30-04-1962 to 05-08-1964. For the 7 th house thepowerful significators are Jupiter, Mercury, Sun and Mars in descendingorder of power. LoD is Mars and LoE is Jupiter. No planet/s in house D andE. Jupiter is Samdharmi to Mercury as Mercury is placed in the house ofJupiter 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 andhence Jupiter becomes an indicator. The constellation where Sun is on thisdate is that of Mercury. Both have high points in the work sheet. The periodis from 18 th Mar. to 4 th Apr.Now let us study the chart of the wife of the above individual.Sex: Female; DOB: 27 th 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:24

601Venus – 30 Jupiter – 21 Saturn – 15 Mars – 13 Moon – 12Mercury – 9 Sun – 6Analysis:Marriage date as mentioned above is 30 th March 1964. Mars Mahadasa wasrunning at the time of marriage. Venus the natural karaka for marriage isplaced in the house of Mars, thus making it Samdharmi.The Antar dasa running at the time of marriage was of Venus which is from12-03-1964 to 12-05-1965. Venus is Lord of house E and is placed in house Dwith 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 eachpart will be equal to 4 months 20 days. So marriage has happened in the 1 stpart 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 theLord of C – Mercury. This is the position in Rasi chart. In Navamsa – Jupiteris 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 1 st partitself.From the Probable Date Finder we find that the period 18 th Mar. to 4 th Apr. isof Jupiter-Saturn. Both have high power in the worksheet culminating inmarriage.Example 5:Next I will take up the chart of Jacquelin Kennedy Onassis. The purpose oftaking her chart is twofold. Firstly she had two marriages and both herhusband’s died before her death. Secondly her birth time is fairly certain.Sex: Female; DOB: 28 th July, 1929; TOB: 14:30; Place: Southampton, N.Y.;Latitude: 40 N 53;Longitude: 72 E 23; Time Zone: EDT + 4:00; KAS Ayanamsa – 21:58:29Jacqueline married President John F. Kennedy on 12 th Sep. 1953. John F.Kennedy died on 22 nd Nov. 1963.Jacqueline’s 2 nd marriage was with Aristotle Onassis on 20 th Oct. 1968.Aristotle died on 15 th Mar. 1975.26

603Power of planets for the 7 th house:Venus – 20 Saturn – 20 Mercury – 17 Moon – 14Mars – 13 Jupiter – 8 Sun - 11Analysis:On 22-11-1963, at the time of her marriage she was running Moon Maha dasaand Jupiter Antar dasa which was from 15-04-1963 to 14-08-1964.Moon indicates the karakatwa of 2 nd house indicating family life.The Antar dasa was of Jupiter. Note the points in the worksheet analysiswhich are less than 12 indicating trouble in married life.It is clearly specified in the System that “For divorce, no children or the deathof the life partner, marriage may be in the sub period of the planet having lesspoints...”On 20 th Oct. 1968, the date of second marriage, Jacqueline was running sameMoon dasa and Venus Antar dasa. Here Venus has the highest points and isalso Lord of house E.Example 6:Normally people approach Astrologers to know when the native of a chartwill get married. This is more often when the concerned native has crossedthe marriageable age which we can fix as 25. Under such circumstances, thisSystem 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 themarriage date was approaching, the girl suddenly refused to marry the native.The entire family of the native was subjected to humiliation, as even themarriage invitation was printed. The engagement ceremony itself was held ina big way and almost all the relatives of the boy attended the same. One canimagine the pains that the parents of the boy experienced when the girl’sfamily also supported their daughter and broke off the marriage. This timethey came to me with a question whether the chart of the boy has anyindications of marriage or not and if there is indication when will the eventhappen?Apart from the regular Vedic rules, I tried to apply this System and came outwith the following result. The native is likely to get married during April toJune 2010. Most probably the marriage may happen in the last week of May,28

605Powers of the planet for the 7 th house:Venus – 41 Mercury – 26 Sun – 22 Moon – 18 Mars – 15Jupiter – 14 Saturn – 9The native is at present running Rahu Dasa – Mercury Antar dasa which isfrom 14-08-2009 to 02-03-2012.Rahu is placed in Cancer sign and in the Nakshatra Pushya. As such he mustbe 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 4points. Hence the results will be more that of Moon. Rahu is placed in theNavamsa of Venus and hence Venus becomes Samdharmi and can indicatethe karakatwa which is the Natural Karaka for marriage. Placement of Rahuin the 2 nd house – house of family also promotes marriage. Above all Moonbecomes the functional karaka for the 7 th house.Antar dasa Lord Mercury is Lord of D and hence must be eager to promotethe marriage. He is having the 2 nd highest power in the worksheet. Venus whois having the highest power in the worksheet and also Lord of house E hasconjoined Mercury making Mercury as its Samdharmi. Hence the event isbound to happen during this Antar dasa.The Antar dasa period is for 2 years 6 months and 18 days. Each part whendivided by 3 comes to 10 months and 6 days. Now to fix the exact part wehave to look into the aspects that the houses A, B or C or its lords receivefrom Jupiter and Saturn both in Rasi and Navamsa.30

606In Rasi Chart:Saturn is placed in 4 th house and will be aspecting the 6 th , 10 th and the 1 sthouses. None of the three houses fall under A or B or C. The lords of thehouses A, B and C are respectively are Moon, Jupiter and Mars. Moon andJupiter are placed along with Saturn itself and there is no aspect on Mars bySaturn as Mars is placed in the 12 th house.Jupiter is also placed in the 4 th house and will be aspecting 8 th , 11 th and the 12 thhouses. 11 th house is house C. The lords of houses A, B, C are Moon, Jupiterand Mars of which Jupiter is placed along with Moon and aspects Mars placedin the 12 th house.In the Navamsa Chart:We look to the aspect on the Lords of the houses A, B or C only by Saturnand Jupiter. Saturn is aspecting Lord of house A Moon. Jupiter is notaspecting the Lords of A, B or C.If only Jupiter is aspecting the houses or its Lord we can conclude that theevent will take place in the first part. Here Saturn is also aspecting one of thehouse Lords. Jupiter is also aspecting another house and its lord. Hence Iconcluded that the marriage should take part in the 2 nd part of the Antar dasawhich will be from 20-02-2010 to 26-12-2010.Now coming to the Probable date, the most powerful planets in the worksheetare Venus, Mercury, Sun and Moon. Mars and Jupiter are also in the line. Wehave already seen that Mercury as also Venus are both responsible forbringing about the marriage. So the probable date should have a combinationof Sun and Moon or combinations with them by the other two planets namelyMars and Jupiter. I omitted Mars as he is the 6 th Lord and the native hasalready suffered due to the cancellation of earlier marriage. So let us have alook at the Probable Date finder sheet and fix a suitable date falling betweenFeb. and Dec. and having planetary combinations between Venus, Mercury,Sun, Moon and Jupiter.Saturn and Moon 28-Jan 09-Feb Not PossibleSaturn and Mars 10-Feb 19-Feb Not PossibleSaturn and Rahu 20-Feb 04-Mar Not Possible31

607Saturn and Jupiter 05-Mar 14-Mar Not PossibleJupiter only 15-Mar 17-Mar Feeble ChanceJupiter and Saturn 18-Mar 04-Apr Not PossibleJupiter and Mercury 05-Apr 13-Apr PossibleMars and Ketu 14-Apr 27-Apr Not PossibleMars and Venus 28-Apr 10-May Not PossibleMars and Sun 11-May 14-May Not PossibleVenus and Sun 15-May 24-May PossibleVenus and Moon 25-May 07-Jun PossibleVenus and Mars 08-Jun 14-Jun Not PossibleMercury and Mars 15-Jun 21-Jun Not PossibleMercury and Rahu 22-Jun 05-Jul Not PossibleMercury and Jupiter 06-Jul 16-Jul Not PossibleMoon and Jupiter 17-Jul 19-Jul Feeble ChanceMoon and Saturn 20-Jul 02-Aug Not PossibleMoon and Mercury 03-Aug 16-Aug PossibleSun and Ketu 17-Aug 30-Aug Not PossibleSun and Venus 31-Aug 12-Sep PossibleSun only 13-Sep 16-Sep Feeble ChanceMercury and Sun 17-Sep 26-Sep PossibleMercury and Moon 27-Sep 10-Oct PossibleMercury and Mars 11-Oct 16-Oct Not PossibleVenus and Mars 17-Oct 23-Oct Not PossibleVenus and Rahu 24-Oct 05-Nov Not PossibleVenus and Jupiter 06-Nov 15-Nov Feeble ChanceMars and Jupiter 16-Nov 19-Nov Not PossibleMars and Saturn 20-Nov 02-Dec Not PossibleMars and Mercury 03-Dec 15-Dec Not PossibleJupiter and Ketu 16-Dec 28-Dec Not PossibleJupiter and Venus 29-Dec 31-Dec Feeble ChanceI gave the dates marked as Possible to the family. I fixed the dates whereverthe combination of Venus or Mercury is there because these two are havingthe highest points in the worksheet. I gave the feeble chance wherever, Jupiteris found because Jupiter has got very less points compared to the other32

608planets. As said earlier the marriage is going to happen in the period ofVenus-Sun.Out of curiosity to know why the first proposal did not materialise, I askedthe family details about the same. I got the date of marriage was scheduled tobe held on 23 rd 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 onlythe summary. On the date of marriage, the boy was running Saturn Antaraand you will find that Saturn was having fewer points in the worksheet andhe is neither LoD nor LoE. Even though Saturn is placed in the 4 th house inthe company of Jupiter and Moon, Saturn’s Ashtakavarga points are only 2and hence cannot promote the event. Saturn is not Samdharmi to the highpower planets viz. Mercury and Venus. In the girl’s chart I noticed that theperiod when the marriage was proposed is that of a planet having low pointsin worksheet. Had the marriage been performed it would have ended indiscontent thanks to the blessings in the chart of the girl and the adamantnature of the girl which was explicit in her chart.Example 07: (Husband of Example 01)Sex: Male; DOB: 5 th Oct., 1949; TOB: 13:47; POB:Kumbakonam, TN, India; Latitude: 10 N 58; Longitude: 79 E 23; TimeZone: IST -5:30; Ayanamsa: 22:15:3833

609Planet Degrees Nakshatra Lord NavamsaAs 9 Cp 0 U.Asadha Su PiSu 19 Vi 30 Hasta Mo GeMo 0 Pi 15 P.Bhadrapada Ju CnMa 25 Cn 4 Aslesha Me AqMeR 16 Vi 19 Hasta Mo TaJu 0 Cp 31 U.Asadha Su CpVe 1 Sc 53 Visakha Ju CnSa 21 Le 22 P.Phalguni Ve LiRa 24 Pi 30 Revati Me AqKe 24 Vi 30 Chitra Ma LeAnalysis:The marriage took place on 5 th April, 1976.Main Period Lord:The Mahadasa running at that time was Mercury who is the Functionalkaraka for 2 nd house indicating family.Mercury having karakatwa for the 2 nd house indicates family andloved ones and hence is responsible for giving a family and a loved34

610one i.e. wife. Mahadasa lord indicates karakatwa for 8 th , 11 th , 2 ndhouses.Sub Period Lord:The Sub period running at the time of marriage was: Venus which is from10.11.1975 to 10.09.1978For the 7 th house the powerful Significators as per Worksheet are:Saturn (27 points), Jupiter (26 points), Mars (22 points), Moon (16points) and Venus (15 points) in descending order of power.Saturn is having the highest points in WS. Venus, the sub periodlord is placed in the 4 th from Saturn. Venus having got higherpoints than Sa becomes Samdharmi to Saturn. Further Venus andSaturn are also Natural Samdharmis.So naturally Venus Sub has given the marriage. We can also findthat Venus has got more than 12 points in all the family relatedhouses viz. 2 nd , 5 th and 12 th .Fixing the Probable Date:Then we have to narrow it down to the actual date viz. 5 th April, 1976.Having fixed the Sub period lord as Venus, the 2 planets withhigher power are Saturn and Jupiter.From the PDF we find that Saturn and Jupiter period is from 18 thMar to 4 th 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 marriagetook place on 5 th April, 1976.4. Conclusion:Before winding up, I want to present the statistics of my analysis for thereaders to judge themselves the effectiveness of the System in fixing thetiming of marriage. This is of course true in respect of all other events also asexperimented by me.35

6111. Total No. of Charts taken up for Analysis: 1082. For timing an event the Maha dasa Lord does not play a role. Maha dasalord holds only karakatwa. So all Antaras falling within a Maha dasawill have that flavour. However if such a karaka house (for marriage itis the 2 nd house) as well as the karaka lord (Lord of 2 nd house or NaturalKaraka Venus) is badly afflicted, the event may be delayed or may nothappen. 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 4 th from Lagna or Lord of the 12 thFrom Lagna and having more than 12 points in the worksheet: 42 chartsfitted in this criteria (38.9 %)4. Antar dasa Lord is placed in house D or House E with more than 4points in Ashtakavarga: 9 charts (8.3 %)5. Antar dasa Lord is Samdharmi to Lord of house D or house E and ishaving 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 houseE and not also Samdharmi to any of LoD or LoE but was havingmore than 12 points in worksheet.b. Antar dasa was of 6 th Lord and not connected with LoD or LoE.c. Antar dasa Lord had low points in worksheet but Samdharmi tohigh 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 4 th house or 12 thhouse with more than 4 points in Ashtakavarga.g. Marriage held in low power planet and there was no relation toLoD or LoE nor Samdharmi to high power planets.36

612The Logic Of Bhrighu Saral PaddhatiAn AttemptByAbhishekha, USA.He was introduced to jyotish by hisKulguru at the age of eight. After theinitial trigger early in life, he haspursued the study of jyotish withutmost passion ever since. He writeswith the pen name Abhishekha and isthe Editor/Publisher of AIAC Times,Chicago.IntroductionSaptarishis 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 wereBhrigu Saral Paddathi (Bhrigu is the sage, Saral means easy, Paddathi meansmethod). I wanted to summarize all the methods published so far and perhaps look at it in adifferent perspective.# Planet Significance1 Saturn It influences and creates fluctuations in the house 4 th from itsplacement2 Jupiter It influences and creates fluctuations in the house 10 th and 6 th fromits placement3 Saturn It acts as a judge of the house where it is placed4 Saturn It passes on its judgment on the house 2 nd from its placement5 Jupiter/SaturWhenever Saturn and Jupiter are conjunct, one of the significationof the house with zodiac sign Aries will be affected

n6 Mars On the 27 th year of the native, it influences the 10 th house from itsplacement7 Mars Kakshya slot allocation and activation of BSP-68 Rahu On the 38 th year of the native, it influences the 6 th from itself9 Ketu On the 24 th year of the native, it influences the 12 th from itself10 Jupiter On the 40 th year of the native, it influences the house it is locatedin as well as influences the 9 th house from its placement with its 9 thaspect11 Jupiter On the 32 nd year of the native, it influences the house it is located inas well as influences the 5 th house from its placement with its 5 thaspect12 Jupiter Kakshya slot allocation and activation of BSP-1013 Saturn On the 20 th year of the native, it influences 3 rd from itself with its3 rd aspect14 Asc The key to the past life karma is the natural zodiac number of theAscendant and its Lord15 Venus The house where it is placed shows the root of death, disease andexpense. The 12 th 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 Iselected these rules since they deal with timing of events with respect to one’s age in life andthat is of utmost interest to me. SA volumes had excellent case studies on the fructificationof these rules and I would strongly advice the reader to have a look at the excellent casestudies produced by the team.The AnalysisRule # Planet House Aspect Age Transit Position(approx)Aspect fromtransitplanet6 Mars 10 _ 27 1.88 12-7/8 4,7,88 Rahu 6 _ 38 18.6 12 79 Ketu 12 _ 24 18.6 10 9 from Rahu10 Jupiter 9 9 40 1 5 511 Jupiter 5 5 32 1 9 913 Saturn 3 3 20 28 9 7The 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 theVolume 6 & 7 of the SA magazine.Planet – The rule is about the planet in this column.613

614House – The effect of the planet is faced in this house relative to the placement of the planetin 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 natalchart.Position – The approximate position of the transit planet with respect to the natal positionof 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 nativementioned with respect to the natal planet.BSP Rule # 6The first point one should remember in this rule is that this rule will be applicable only forindividuals who have a special status of Mars in their natal chart. The special status can beany of the following –1) Mars in Ascendant2) Martian Ascendant (Aries/Scorpio rising) with no planets in the Ascendant3) Mars influencing the Ascendant4) Mars influencing the Ascendant Lord5) Mars exalted, in moolatrikona sign or in own house or retrograde or debilitated6) Mars in a quadrant or trinePlease read pages 368-374 of Volume 6 of SA before reading the below explanation. 27 th yearis the time period between the 26 th birthday to the 27 th birthday of the native. The influenceof Mars at particularly near the 27 th birthday is interesting since the natural age of maturityof Mars is 28 years (age of the native). Transit Mars covers an arc of 12H to 7/8H withrespect to the natal Mars in the 27 th year. If the 10 th House from natal Mars needs to getimplemented 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 10 th from natalMars by its 8 th Aspect.When transit Mars would be in the 4H from natal Mars, it would aspect the 10 th from natalMars by its 7 th Aspect.When transit Mars would be in the 7H from natal Mars, it would aspect the 10 th from natalMars by its 4 th Aspect.The kind of influence that Mars can give would be Martian in nature – promotion, successat work, success in competition or wars or court cases, sports, building homes, energy toperform strenuous tasks. Martian energy can also signify sexual energy.In the negative connotation, it can give celibacy, separation, isolation, and tremendousfailure in work, lack of progress, frustration and anger.Case studies of Salman Khan (Mars in Asc in Capricorn), Pete Sampras (Mars (R) in Asc inCapricorn) and Adolf Hitler (Mars in Aries with Venus) can throw light on the rule.

615Salman Khan couldn’t give a single hit after 1991 and his 27 th year (Dec 1991-1992) wasdisastrous. Pete Sampras was the king of tennis till 1997 but in 1998 his career saw a suddensweep motion downwards. Hitler got severely founded and had to take rest for the whole1916 to recover (Mars activating the 4H) and did not join the force till 1918.BSP Rule # 8The first point one should remember in this rule is that this rule will be applicable only forindividuals who have a special status of Rahu/Ketu in their natal chart. The special statuscan be any of the following –1) Rahu/Ketu in Ascendant2) Aquarian/Scorpio Ascendant with no planets (other than the nodes) in the Ascendant3) Rahu/Ketu influencing the Ascendant4) Rahu/Ketu influencing the Ascendant Lord5) Rahu/Ketu exalted, in moolatrikona sign or in own house or debilitated6) Rahu/Ketu in a quadrant or trine7) Rahu/Ketu with luminariesPlease read pages 676-740 of Volume 7 of SA before reading the explanation. 38 th year is thetime period between the 37 th birthday to the 38 th birthday of the native. Transit Rahu wouldbe in the 12H from the natal Rahu in the 38 th year. If the 6 th House from natal Rahu needs toget implemented during this phase, then it would be 7 th House from transit Rahu andconjunct transit Ketu.When transit Rahu would be in the 12H from natal Rahu, it would aspect the 6 th from natalRahu by its 7 th Aspect.When transit Rahu would be in the 12H from natal Rahu, the 6 th from natal Rahu would beconjunct transit Ketu.Ketu signifies houses, constructed buildings, banking, spirituality, detachment andunderstanding of matters beyond the obvious. On the negative, it might indicate lack ofproper 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 (bothpleasant 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 everyavenue. In the negative connotation Rahu would indicate extreme depression, delay in allwork, unexpected failure, critical and incurable diseases, tremendous growth in enemies andunimaginable opposition.Amitabh Bachchan (Ketu in Aquarius Ascendant) had excellent success and windfall ofwealth in 1979-1980 due to the unimaginable success of Natwarlal and Dostana. This wasalso 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 38 th year due his albumBlood on the Dance Floor. His album was the best selling remix album ever released.

616BSP Rule # 9The first point one should remember in this rule is that this rule will be applicable only forindividuals who have a special status of Rahu/Ketu in their natal chart. The special statuscan be any of the following –1) Rahu/Ketu in Ascendant or in the 2/8 from Ascendant2) Aquarian/Scorpio Ascendant with no planets (other than the nodes) in the Ascendant3) Rahu/Ketu influencing the Ascendant4) Rahu/Ketu influencing the Ascendant Lord5) Rahu/Ketu exalted, in moolatrikona sign or in own house or debilitated6) Rahu/Ketu in a quadrant or trine7) Rahu/Ketu with luminariesPlease read pages 676-740 of Volume 7 of SA before reading the explanation. 24 th year is thetime period between the 23 rd birthday to the 24 th birthday of the native. Transit Ketu wouldbe in the 10H from the natal Ketu in the 24 th year. If the 12 th House from natal Ketu needs toget implemented during this phase, then it would be 3 rd House from transit Ketu and 9 thHouse transit Rahu.When transit Ketu would be in the 10H from natal Ketu, it would aspect the 12 th from natalKetu by its 3 rd Aspect.When transit Ketu would be in the 10H from natal Ketu, transit Rahu would aspect the 12 thfrom natal Ketu by its 9 th aspect.Ketu signifies houses, constructed buildings, banking, spirituality, detachment andunderstanding of matters beyond the obvious. On the negative, it might indicate lack ofproper 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 andpride. It can also give victory over enemies and success in every avenue. In the negativeconnotation 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 toChicago, where he was hired as director of the Developing Communities Project (DCP), achurch-based community organization originally comprising eight Catholic parishes inGreater Roseland (Roseland, West Pullman and Riverdale) on Chicago's far South Side. Heworked there as a community organizer from June 1985 (his 24th year) to May 1988. Thisevent was turning point in his life and he left very deep imprint on the minds and hearts ofpeople with his public service. This move in his life which began in his 24th year of lifeworked in his favor to make him the first colored President of the United States of America.BSP Rule # 10The first point one should remember in this rule is that this rule will be applicable only forindividuals who have a special status of Jupiter in their natal chart. The special status can beany of the following –

6171) Jupiter in Ascendant2) Jupiter as the Ascendant lord (Sagittarius and Pisces rising)3) Jupiter influencing the Ascendant4) Jupiter influencing the Ascendant Lord5) Jupiter exalted, in moolatrikona sign or in own house or retrograde or debilitated6) Jupiter in a quadrant or trinePlease read pages 676-740 of Volume 7 of SA before reading the explanation. 40 th year is thetime period between the 39 th birthday to the 40 th birthday of the native. Transit Jupiterwould be in the 5H from the natal Jupiter in the 40 th year. If the 9 th House from natal Jupiterneeds to get implemented during this phase, then it would be 5 th House from transit Jupiter.When transit Jupiter would be in the 5H from natal Jupiter, it aspect the 9 th House fromnatal Jupiter by its 5 th Aspect (Relative trine placement of natal and transit Jupiter).The 5 th aspect of Jupiter brings blessings of past karma and is indeed a reward to the nativefor all the good done in his life. It gives joy from children, from students, from juniors andmakes one loved, adored and famous.On the negative sense such an aspect would give the lack of all good things signified by the5 th aspect of Jupiter.Alan Leo (Jupiter exalted in 12H) was introduced to theosophy in the summer of 1889. Leofinally joined the Theosophical Society in May 1890. This was a blessing for him since it wasstarted 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 losswhich had to be borne by Leo to bring out the knowledge. This shows the activation of the4 th , 8 th and 12 th houses.Sanjay Rath (Jupiter in Pisces in 1H) started SJC - US conferences with numerous studentsfrom 2002. This US trip gave him name, fame and spread the word of SJC in US and worldwide.This shows the activation of 1 st , 5 th and 9 th houses in his chart.BSP Rule # 11The first point one should remember in this rule is that this rule will be applicable only forindividuals who have a special status of Jupiter in their natal chart. The special status can beany of the following –1) Jupiter in Ascendant2) Jupiter as the Ascendant lord (Sagittarius and Pisces rising)3) Jupiter influencing the Ascendant4) Jupiter influencing the Ascendant Lord5) Jupiter exalted, in moolatrikona sign or in own house or retrograde or debilitated6) Jupiter in a quadrant or trinePlease read pages 676-740 of Volume 7 of SA before reading the explanation. 32 nd year is thetime period between the 31 st birthday to the 32 nd birthday of the native. Transit Jupiter would

618be in the 9H from the natal Jupiter in the 32 nd year. If the 5 th House from natal Jupiter needsto get implemented during this phase, then it would be 9 th House from transit Jupiter.When transit Jupiter would be in the 9H from natal Jupiter, it aspect the 5 th House fromnatal Jupiter by its 9 th Aspect (Relative trine placement of natal and transit Jupiter).The 9 th 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 alsoindicates the time when luck smiles upon us and bestows her blessings. In turn it also makesone a Guru or a teacher.On the negative sense such an aspect would give the lack of all good things signified by the9 th aspect of Jupiter.KN Rao (Jupiter exalted in 4H) met his Guru in his 32 nd year. He writes about this in hisbook “Yogis, Destiny and Wheel of Time”.Yogananda Paramhansa (Jupiter in Pisces in 8H in Rasi chart and in 9H in Bhava ChalitChart) – On his 32 nd year, he embarked on a cross-continental speaking tour. Thousandscame to his lectures and he became renowned as a Guru. The following year, he establishedin 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 32 nd year he became aprofessor of Freising College (1958). He became a professor at the University of Bonn in 1959(also in his 32 nd year); his inaugural lecture was on "The God of Faith and the God ofPhilosophy."BSP Rule # 13The first point one should remember in this rule is that this rule will be applicable only forindividuals who have a special status of Saturn in their natal chart. The special status can beany of the following –1) Saturn in Ascendant2) Saturn as the Ascendant Lord (Capricorn/Aquarian Ascendant)3) Saturn influencing the Ascendant4) Saturn influencing the Ascendant Lord5) Saturn exalted, in moolatrikona sign or in own house or retrograde or debilitated6) Saturn in a quadrant or trinePlease read pages 676-740 of Volume 7 of SA before reading the explanation. 20 th year is thetime period between the 19 th birthday to the 20 th birthday of the native. Transit Saturn wouldbe in the 92H from the natal Saturn in the 20 th year. If the 3 rd House from natal Saturn needsto get implemented during this phase (by the 3 rd Aspect of natal Saturn), then it would be 7 thHouse from transit Saturn in the 9H from natal Saturn.When transit Saturn would be in the 9H from natal Saturn, it would aspect the 3 rd fromnatal Saturn by its 7 th Aspect.Saturn’s 3 rd aspect is sometimes compared to the 3 rd eye of Shiva. It influence can bebeneficial or non-beneficial depending on the placement of Saturn in the natal chart and the

6193 rd House from the natal Saturn. Saturn’s 3 rd aspect would indicate work, labor, also position,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, Gandhitraveled to London, England, to study law at University College London and to train as abarrister. In Gandhi’s case his natal Saturn in 2H aspects 4H with 3rd aspect and forces oneto leave home.Adolf Hitler - On 21 December 1907, Hitler's mother died of breast cancer at age 47. Orderedby a court in Linz, Hitler gave his share of the orphans' benefits to his sister Paula. When hewas 21, he inherited money from an aunt. He struggled as a painter in Vienna, copyingscenes from postcards and selling his paintings to merchants and tourists. After beingrejected a second time by the Academy of Arts, Hitler ran out of money. In 1909, he lived ina shelter for the homeless. By 1910, he had settled into a house for poor working men onMeldemannstraße. In case of Hitler, natal Saturn in 10H aspects 12H with 3rd aspect andspins poverty to one. This happened after his 19 th . birthday (20 th year).~

6201008 PetalsThe Nature of True charityOnce Arjuna asks Krishna, when every king, including the Pandavas are doing great charityand giving away things to the poor generously. Then why Karna alone is praised for hisgenerosity.Krishna, the next day, takes Arjuna to the outskirts and by his powerscreates a Golden and a silver mountain, and asks Arjuna to donate themountains to others, before Sun set. Arjuna, seeing the smallmountains, laughs and says, it’s not a big deal. So he calls everyonefrom the surrounding villages and gives them a piece of the mountainby breaking the mountain. But to his shock, he sees that the mountaingrows by the same size he breaks it and its almost sun set and evenafter distributing to everyone and tired of the act, he almost givesup, saying it’s his maya (illusion) and he can’t win over it.Then Krishna sends for Karna just before sunset and asks Karna todonate the mountains before sunset. Karna just calls two passerby,asks one to take the golden mountain and the other to take the silvermountain and walks away.Krishna says to Arjuna - this is generosity. You were not liberal togive away everything but Karna can give away anything to anyone andthat’s why he is great.

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