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in Lagna is prominent with Jupiter obtaining 4 bindus.He was praised by Charlie Chaplin for his Marathi film Manoos . Charlie Chaplin reportedly liked the film very much. He was awarded the Indian film industry's highest award, the Dadasaheb Phalke award in 1985 and the Padma Vibhushan in 1992.
ASHTAKAVARGA SYSTEM OF PREDICTION PART – 17
By Dr. E.S. Neelakantan
We just now discussed some of the important features in Jupiter’s Ashtakavarga such as the yogas involving Venus and Jupiter and their role in elevating a person to fame and power. In support of this theory we discussed the charts of Shri. Brahmananda Reddi and Shri.
Shantaram. I hope, all of you, who read this column regularly would have verified this theory by applying the rules discussed herein with charts of people whom you know or those which you have with you in your file. With these introductory remarks, we will proceed to discuss the intricacies of Jupiter’s Ashtakavarga in greater detail.
If you read books on Astrology in Sanskrit, you will come across terms like “Putrarishtam”,
“Putraklesham”, and “Putranashtam” etc. What is the meaning of “Putranashtam”? Loss of a child. How? Invariably through the death of the child. This is how we understand Astrology. But please note that in every sentence, it is not the literal meaning alone that counts. I wish to cite the example of a short story by Leo Tolstoy titled “God sees the truth but waits”, here and then explain my view.
A person by name Semyonich was going to bazaar. Some people who had first murdered a person put the knife in Semyonich’s bag without his knowledge and ran away. The police searched the bag and concluded him to be the culprit and exiled him to Siberia. After a very long period, the real culprit confesses his crime to the police, who ordered the release of Semyonich, who is languishing in jail. Now Leo Tolstoy brings the story to an end with an enigmatic observation: “By the time the order for the release came, the poor old man was already dead”. This sentence has to be understood carefully. If a prisoner is dead, nobody is going to serve an order for release. As well the file itself may be closed. What this means is that the person is as good as dead – a living corpse, if we may say so.
“Putranashtam” – as these textbooks say need not mean the child is dead. The child is as good as lost. I don’t need to give here an exhaustive list of circumstances where such a possibility arises. Today you need to just open the newspaper and you will immediately see an advertisement for a senior citizen home. I don’t mean to say that all people living in senior citizen homes are not looked after by their children. But in a majority of cases, these are people, who for some reason or the other have no one to count as family members or who for some other reason have chosen to spend their last days in a place away from their original homes. The next astrological rule we are going to discuss deals with loss of children. Hence I
decided to discuss this point in greater detail so that the astrologer in the making does not jump to wrong conclusions on seeing a chart.
The person will lose as many children as there are bindus in the 3rd or 5th house from Jupiter provided Jupiter is in the 6th, 8th or 12th house from lagna. Needless to say, Jupiter is Putrakaraka. So is the Karaka in an evil house bad by itself? Please note that for Libra lagna, Jupiter is a functional malefic. Let us assume Jupiter is in Pisces. As the lord of 6 is in the 6th house, it is highly beneficial in a functional sense. But if we were to understand the “divine grace” available to that person, Jupiter in 6 would be a drawback, eventhough as lord of 6 in 6, it generates Harsha yoga. Please note that the natural qualities of a planet are different from its functional qualities.
Birth of an illustrious and virtuous son is an event eagerly awaited in each and every family.
Such an event is bound to happen in the life of a person provided comeption takes place under the following conditions:
1) Jupiter should not be combust.
2) It should occupy its own house.
3) It should have more than 5 bindus.
4) It should occupy the vargas of male planets.
5) It should either be in conjunct or in benefic or get aspected by a benefic.
6) Jupiter should be in lagna.
We need to discuss the above rule in detail for gaining more insight into this rule. The first point is very easy to understand. A combusted planet is similar to a debilitated planet in giving effects. Even if that planet is a benefic, combustion will take away its merits. Take the case of a principal of a college. During admission season, there will be a queue in front if his office. But after retirement, the same person loses importance. The combusted planet is like a retired principal – it has no powers. Please note that I mean no offence while giving this analogy – it is just to enable the student to grasp the subject better. An average student follows the example of a teacher, headmaster or principal, better than anything else. The second point refers to occupation of own house by Jupiter – this means Jupiter should be in Sagittarius or Pisces. The third rule is that it should obtain five or more bindus. Please refer to our previous write-up about the concept of “critical point”. A planet should have a minimum residential strength in a house to perform its role. Concepts such as Dikbala, Chestabala, Sthanabala etc. all centre around this principle. Imagine that for Capricorn lagna, Venus is in Virgo. As the Yogakaraka planet is in 9, one cannot ask for anything better. But Venus in Virgo will only be a helpless
spectator. It is considerably weak in Virgo. The saving grace can come about when Mercury joins Venus in Virgo or Venus occupies Pisces in Navamsa or if in any other way Neerhabhanga is obtained. So this mention about Jupiter obtaining 5 bindus or more is just one more area where Jupiter is strengthened. The fourth point is Jupiter should occupy the varga of male planets. Please note that Jupiter by itself is a male planet. So the other two male planets are Sun and Mars. Our Rishis were the first to detect a one-to-one correlation between movement of heavenly bodies and occurrence of terrestrial affairs. So birth of a male child bears a very close link with the influence of male planets. For the sake of clarity, let us now understand the sex of planets
TABLE 1
MALE Sun, Mars , Jupiter
FEMALE Moon, Venus
EUNUCH Mercury, Saturn
One might wonder if the influence of Saturn or Mercury produces birth of eunuchs. But that is not necessarily true. It can also produce twin births. The concept of “eunuch” in Astrology needs to be carefully understood. Generally speaking, a eunuch is a person who is neither man nor woman. (Example: Sikhandin in Mahabharata) But in Astrology, Mercury and Saturn are planets who bear qualities of both male and female. Let us take the quality of “Intelligence”.
Intelligence is a quality possessed by certain men and certain women. Sex has no role to play in Intelligence. “Intelligence” is governed by Mercury. “Grief” knows no sex. It is represented by Saturn. “Chivalry” is a masculine quality – it is represented by Mars. So Mars is designated as a male planet only. “Beauty” is essentially feminine. It is represented by Venus. I hope this concept is now made abundantly clear from the examples discussed so far.
The fifth point is that Jupiter should either be conjunct a benefic or be aspected by a benefic.
There is an enactment called “General Clauses Act”. The word “Singular” is defined in that act.
The definition is “Singular” includes “Plural”. When we say Jupiter should be associated with a benefic, it can also mean two benefics are associated with Jupiter or two benefics aspect Jupiter. If you read “Phaladeepika” of Mantreswara carefully, you will find that Chapter 7 of the book deals exclusively with Raja yogas or yogas for becoming a king. I would advise the diligent student of Astrology to understand verse 21 of chapter 7 in Phaladeepika in a comprehensive manner. What this verse states is that even a single planet in exaltation is capable of elevating a person to the status of a king provided the said planet is aspected by a friendly planet. The crux of the issue is the aspect of the friendly planet. If this aspect is not there, the planet in exaltation will not become a source for Raja yoga. In cricket you may come across a situation when one batsman has crossed ninety and the non-striker is the last batsman at the crease. If
the first batsman should hit a century, the other batsman should atleast defend his wicket, if not hit some runs. Should that batsman get out, the first man automatically loses the chance of hitting a century. So what is the second batsman’s role? Help the first batsman hit a century by defending his wicket. This example needs to be applied to the rule stated by Mantreswara in Phaladeepika.
The planet in exaltation is the planet elevating the person to a royal position. The second planet by virtue of being the former’s friend is now a formidable ally in this combination. Once this planet aspects the exalted planet, the potential force gets converted into a kinetic one, thereby activating the process of generating a Raja yoga.
Last but not the least, “Jupiter should be in lagna”. Though this rule appears simple, it is pregnant with meaning. When Jupiter is in lagna, it aspects two vital houses namely the 5th house of Poorvapunya and the 9th house, which is the house of good fortune. Further a planet in lagna carries directional strength or Digbala. Jupiter in lagna throws a protective sheath on lagna. The 5th house rules progeny and the 9th house also has a bearing on progeny by invoking the “Bharat Bhavam” concept. Jupiter is also the karaka planet for the fifth house. When all these rules cumulatively apply to a single horoscope, birth of a virtuous son becomes a mathematical certainty.
Each of the six rules is important in its own way. But in practice, one may not see a chart where the rule occurs verbatim. In such charts, we may say that the rule is partially satisfied. Even if the rule is partially satisfied, possibility of the predicted result exists. It is here that free-will comes into play. An imperfect destiny can be rendered perfect by a strong action which is nothing but free-will.
For instance if a boy’s chart shows some promise for education, by choosing an appropriate Muhurtha for “Vidyaramba”, the boy is assured of success in education. For begetting progeny, various remedial measures exist. Even choosing a good Muhurtha for begetting a child is also a powerful remedial measure to fulfil the promise of Astrology. Results will accrue with certainty if a person shown in the natal chart is fully supported by conscious exercise of free-will.
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ASHTAKAVARGA SYSTEM OF PREDICTION PART – 18
BY DR. E.S.NEELAKANTAN
In the previous article we saw the various points related to Jupiter’s Ashtakavarga and their impact on predictive astrology. Now we will proceed to discuss its intricacies in greater detail.
Everybody in today’s world wants to lead a prestigious life. But what is the meaning of prestige in today’s life? False prestige. Before India’s independence, fighting for India’s freedom from British rule was a sign of prestige. Gandhiji, Nehruji and Subash Chandra Bose were icons. It was a matter of pride and prestige to be associated with them. Today’s prestige is nothing but watching the latest movies in the world class malls which have come up, dining in luxury hotels and beach resorts, watching IPL matches in stadium and driving latest cars. Before we discuss astrological connotations of “Prestige”, I thought we should get the meaning of “True Prestige” and “False Prestige” clarified.
When the sign dispositor of the 5th lord conjoins Jupiter a son who will ennoble family prestige will be born provided the said plant obtains more than 4 bindus in the Ashtakavarga chart of Jupiter. If the said plant is in debilitation with 1 to 3 bindus, the son will prove treacherous to his father.
This verse once again highlights the role of bindus in predictive Astrology.
Take the above verse and interpret it without the application of bindus. The sign dispositor of 5th lord in conjunction with Putrakaraka will give rise to birth of children. But is there not a world of difference between a son who brings lasting fame to one’s own family and a worthless son? Actually the difference is equal to the difference between heaven and hell.
This is why we need to reckon Ashtakavarga principles each time. .Without the aid of Ashtakavarga,predictive Astrology is nothing short of a gamble. The cutting edge of scientific Astrology will prove to be that of a blunt knife when predictions are made, without consideration of Ashtakavarga principles. Astrology as practised in India today, seldom takes into account the Ashtakavarga chart, which is why the likelihood of a prediction going the wrong way is very high.
We now proceed to discuss the next rule. If the lord of 5th house is associated with a malefic and Jupiter associated with 3 bindus is hemmed between malefics, a son who is evil minded and also a disgrace to the family will be born. We need to understand the significance of a planet hemmed between malefics. How do planets give their effects? Through vibrations.
Take this example – Saturn is in Aries, Jupiter is in Taurus and Mars is in Gemini. This is a case of Jupiter getting hemmed between malefics. The benefic rays of Jupiter have no exit route. The malefic vibrations of Mars and Saturn in adjacent houses counteract the benefic influence of Jupiter and it gets choked. Such a planet has no power to do any good.
I wish to cite one example here. There was a debate – if there is a fight between a crocodile and a rhinoceros, who would win? Prima facie, a rhinoceros is a powerful animal and it should win. But a little bit of introspection would yield newer and startling dimensions. Basically a rhinoceros is a mammal whereas a crocodile is a reptile. The correct answer to this query would depend on where the fight takes place? If it is on land, the rhinoceros would win. If it is in water, the crocodile would win. Please note that a crocodile in water is far more powerful than a crocodile in land.
Applying this to our own discussion, Jupiter is the most powerful of all planets in warding off evil. When hemmed between malefics, it is comparable to a crocodile on land – utterly powerless. The three bindus of Jupiter is like rubbing salt on wounds – it aggravates its weakness. What is the result? Birth of a son, who is evil-minded and a scourge to the family.
When Saturn passes through a sign, which in Jupiter’s Ashtakavarga, has the least number of bindus, the person may meet with afflictions, provided that house is not aspected by Jupiter in the natal chart.
This is a very interesting rule and would merit a protracted discussion on the subject. Saturn is a dukka karaka. So it will adversely affect the fortunes of that house it occupies in chart. The trines are the 5th and 9th. Usually there is an invisible link between 1, 5 and 9. Lagna is the physical body as also the egoic self, 5th is Poorvapunya or merits of good deeds performed earlier, 9th is good fortune. So Saturn in a house in transit not only affects that particular house but also the trinal houses of that house.
Now what is very important is the second limb of the rule which carries out the exception to the rule. The house which is aspected by Jupiter is immune to the adverse effects of Saturn in transit. Please note that a very important doctrine is established here, which is the link between Natal chart and Gochara chart. There is a link between a planet in a natal chart and another planet in Gochara. Let us say a person is 40 years old, who has Jupiter in 2nd house in birth chart. Let us say, Saturn is in the 8th in transit. What this rule says is that the effects of Saturn in 8th in transit are effectively neutralized by the aspect of Jupiter on the 8th house in the natal chart. No doubt, that was forty years back, whereas Saturn is in the 8th at present. Never mind, the cancellation rule will apply.
Auspicious ceremonies are eagerly looked forward to in each and every house.
Transits of Sun over houses, where the least number of bindus are obtained in
Jupiter’s Ashtakavarga are not suitable for celebration of such functions. This is a rule which has considerable value in today’s set-up where we need to plan at least six months in advance for functions such as marriage.
Take the lords of 9th and 10th houses and Jupiter. Let us say they are associated with 8 or bindus. Consider their sign dispositors. If all of them are powerful, then the person will be exceptionally lucky and blessed with everything. In some cases the father of a person is luckier. (The other way of putting it is the son is unlucky compared to the father)
a) Lord of lagna is in the 2nd or 9th house.
b) Jupiter is in a quadrant from lagna with 5 bindus.
If both (a) and (b) are cumulatively satisfied the father of the child is luckier.
(a) Lord of the 9th house and Jupiter occupy quadrants or they are exalted or they occupy their own house.
(b) Both the above mentioned planets are associated with 5 or more bindus in Jupiter’s Ashtakavarga.
If both these conditions are cumulatively satisfied the person becomes either a king or a judge. Please note that in ancient times the king also dispensed with justice. In order to become a king one should have a very good knowledge of law and justice.
When we say “either a king or a judge”, obviously we are stating the rule as it would appear in contemporary society.
With these comments, I bring this edition of Ashtakavarga to a close. Incidentally this will be the final write-up on Jupiter’s Ashtakavarga. We have discussed rules relating to Jupiter in Ashtakavarga in detail. In our next write-up, we will take-up the Ashtakavarga of Venus for scrutiny.
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