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Tuesday 30 June 2015

Iran nuclear agreement

I read on a news site this morning that the Iran agreement deadline has been fixed for July 7, 2015. This is a long awaited agreement that would achieve the goal of some world powers of preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.

Anyway, I was curious which way the balance would tilt come July 7, and asked: Will the Iran agreement be signed in July 2015. The seed I gave is 189.

The chart and significators are below:




As per KP, since 3rd cusp denotes agreements, if the 3rd cusp sublord is a significator of 3 or 11 the agreement will be a success. In this case, the 3rd CSL is Venus. Venus is not in the star of a retrograde planet. But. Venus is signifying neither 3 nor 11. Thus KP indicates that the agreement will not be signed.

Interestingly Venus is the sublord of not only the 3rd cusp  but also the 9th cusp (which is the 3rd cusp for the opposite party). As such the agreement will be not signed due to objections from both sides is what I feel.

As per Nadi, the ongoing DBA is KE-VE-ME.


Ketu is signifying 3 11 of some strength. The 3 is in the planet while 11 is at sub level. This is positive for agreement.

Venus is however signifying 3 and 12 in the sub and 6 in the nakshatra. This is negative for the agreement.

Mercury is does not have any positive or negative combination for the agreement, per se.

However, Venus is the 3rd cusp as well as 11th cusp sublord and since it signifies the 3 6 12 combination the DBA lords cannot offer a positive result despite being 50-50.

The agreement with Iran will fall through, and will not be signed. Atleast in the month of July 2015.
  

Monday 29 June 2015

Change in job

A friend asked me whether any change in job was slated for her. The below is the chart and significators followed by my analysis:





The cusp combination that promotes a change in job is 5 9. The 5th house is 12th from the 6th (prime house of employment) signifying a break from work. Similarly, the 9th is 12th from 10th which suggests leaving present status. The native also needs a separative planet (Sun/Saturn/Rahu/Ketu) as one of the DBA planets. The native is currently running the dasha of Saturn.

A cursory glance will tell us that the native has quite a few 5 9s in ther chart. The following planets show the job change combination:

Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Rahu and Ketu

Only three planets: Saturn, Venus and Sun do not show the full combination but support change by signifying 9.

True to what the chart says, this person has changed jobs 6 times in the last 10 years or so, and is now looking for number 7. Its amazing how accurate the art is.

Anyway, native is in Dasha of Saturn, which supports change. The Bhukti is of Mercury which signifies 5 9  at star level, strongly suggesting job change and Antara is of Jupiter which is also signifying 5 9 at planet level.

The event (ie change in job) will fructify during favourable transits. The transit rules are as follows:

Nadi transit rules:

Any three of the planets which signify the relevant houses (may or may not be the same as DBA), should either:

1) Conjoin in one house OR

2) mutually aspect each other OR

3) transit the significator houses OR

4) aspect the significator houses OR

5) transit over their natal positions (one planet signifying event may transit its own natal position or even another planets natal position if that planet is also signifying the event)

To further pinpoint, the event will take place on the day when:

a) A transiting planet signifying the relevant houses should transit exactly over the natal degree of 
any planet that also signifies the event OR

b) two planets signifying the event are less than 1 degree apart in a sign OR

c) any planet signifying the event transits exactly over the cuspal degree of the relevant house in the transit chart OR

d) Moon conjoins with any three planets that also signifying the event in a sign. This condition can only be applied If Moon is a signifying planet, not otherwise. OR

e) The Antara lord is transiting in a nakshatra/star/constellation of a planet that signifies the event

On 21st July 2015, transit Mercury is transiting over the natal Mercury, transit Jupiter is transiting over the natal Jupiter and transit Rahu is transiting over natal Mars. In fact the transit Mercury is conjunct with natal Mercury within one degree on this date. This satisfies the condition 5-a.



The period conducive for job change continues till end of September 2015 and then a couple weeks. This period comes under the antara of Jupiter (which is conjunct with separative Saturn in the natal chart) and under the Antara of Saturn. 

Another sensitive point is August 5-7, 2015 when Mars 8th aspects 5th house an Mercury and Jupiter 7th aspect the 5th house. The Antara lord Jupiter is in star owned by favourable Ketu.

There may be more sensitive points, but it is clear that in the 2-2.5 months starting July 21, 2015, the native will most definitely shift jobs.

Thursday 25 June 2015

Will I pass the exam?

Someone close to me appeared for an exam today for a certification she needed. The question asked was the same as the title of the post and the number given was 89. Chart cast is as follows:


The ongoing DBA is MO-VE-JU.

Moon is in Moon star and Venus Sub. Moon thus signifies, 2, 12; 2, 12; 12, 10, 3

Venus is in Mercury star and Mars Sub. Venus thus signifies, 12, 10, 3; 2, 10, 11; 11, 9, 4

Jupiter is in Mercury star and Jupiter Sub. It thus signifies, 12, 8, 5; 2, 10, 11; 5, 8, 12

Mo is signifying 3, 10 and 2 which are positive houses for education. Venus is even more positive by signifying 2,3,4,9,10,11 while Mercury signifies 2 10 11 and also negative 5 8 12.

If this was a competitive exam where only a few could pass, this would have not been an ideal combination. As there are no limits (to my knowledge) as to how many students can get through, this should be enough to pass. However, 8 12 suggests that there may be difficulties, I do not foresee this student failing. Best of luck!

When will I get married - Horary based.

Talked to someone last night who despite a slightly advanced age (by Indian standards) was not able to get married. He gave me his birth horoscope, but I was not sure about its authenticity due to the following reasons:
1) One of the conditions stipulated by Shri Andrew Dutta in his 'Rule of Origin' method was not being met, and
2) Though the native is a successful medical professional, majority of the planets did not signify the intelligence combinations of 4 9 11 or 4 11 or 5 11.

Since the question was specific "When will I get married?", I decided to go  the horary way and asked him to give me a number between 1 and 249. He whatsapped: 27.

The chart and significators are as follows:



Houses favouring marriage: 2 7 11
Houses opposing marriage: 1 6 10

Planets favouring marriage: Ma, Su, Ju, Ve, Ra
Planets opposing marriage: Sa, Ke, Me, Mo


The cuspal sublord of the 7th house (prime house of marriage) is Mercury. Me signifies 1 at planet level and 6 10 in the sub level. It also signifies 2 at planet level and 11 at sub level. Since it does indicate some of the favourable houses, the native does have a chance to get married.

The ongoing Dasha is of Moon. Moon quite emphatically denies marriage by the 6 10 at the sub level. So marriage cannot happen in this dasha. Mo Dasha ends on November 9, 2019.

The next Dasha is of Mars. Ma is supporting marriage through the 2 7 signified at both the planet and star level and supporting house of 5 at the sub level. Marriage is possible here. The first Bhukti is also of Mars as if the first Antara within this Bhukti.

Since one planet cannot offer much, we have to look for the Antara of a different planet. The next Antara is of Rahu, after that is Jupiter. We can ignore the transits of Sa, Ke, Me and Mo as these planets are negating marriage more forcefully than allowing it.

We are now looking at Antara's where the transit conditions are satisfied. The two sets of transit conditions are:

Any three planets, whether or not from the DBA, that allow the event should:
1) occupy the relevant houses ( 2 or 7 or 11) OR
2) aspect the relevant houses OR
3) aspect each other OR
4) conjoin in one house OR
5) transit over their natal positions

AND to further pinpoint the event:
a) a transiting planet signifying event transits over the natal degree of a planet signifying event OR
b) two planets signifying event conjoin in one sign within a degree OR
c) any planet signifying event passes over cuspal degree of relevant houses OR
d) Moon conjoins 3 planets signifying event * OR
e) the antar lord in in a star owned by a favourable planet for the event

*Moon should be a signifying house too. In this case it is not, so we can ignore this condition.

The above conditions are satisfied during:

1) February 23, 2020 to March 21, 2020: Mars and Jupiter occupy VII AND Venus in XI
    - March 12: Antara lord Venus goes into a favourable Star (ie star owned by Venus)
    - March 20: Jupiter and Mars are less than 1 degree apart
    - March 21: Transit Rahu is less than 1 degree away from Natal Sun

AND

2) June 19, 2020 to July 1, 2020: Mars 8th As. -> II, Ra 5th As. -> II, Ju 7th As. -> XI
    - 20/21 June: Sun less than 1 degree from Rahu
    - 24th June: Transit Sun less than 1 degree from natal Sun


Charts below:




So I guess marriage is some ways out for the native. But it is on the cards. Hope God gives him, whatever is best for him!

Wednesday 24 June 2015

Agony aunt

I got a call from a lady who had a marriage query on behalf of her nephew. Her nephew has been divorced once and recently negotiations for another proposal broke down inexplicably after the girl called it off, out of the blue.

The birth chart and significators is as follows:






The houses that promote marriage are 2, 7, 11 and the houses that oppose are 1, 6, 10.  Now let us evaluate the strength of the planets on this basis.

Right off the bat, we can see that Mars which signifies 6 through occupation and 1,6 through sign ownership occupies a somewhat important position in the horoscope. It acts as a marriage 'deny-er' at a nakshatra level for Mercury, Saturn and Ketu. So while these 'grahas' allow marriage at the planet and the sub level, they are weak in offering the event, thanks to the denial at the nakshatra level.

Jupiter and Mars, outright deny marriage. Lets look at the one by one:

Mars signifies 1,6 at planet level, a weak ancillary house 9 at star level and again denial at sub level.

Jupiter signifies positive house 2 and ancillary house 5 at the planet level. However, there is denial houses 1 6 at the star level and no meaningful support  from the sublord Moon.

So the most powerful planets for marriage are: Rahu, Moon, Sun, Venus (in descending order of strength). These are followed by Mercury, Saturn and Ketu, who don't deny and are but weak positives.

The native was running his Venus Dasha at birth, followed by the Sun's Dasha which ended on April 10, 1998. The native would be around 24 years of age then. Had he gotten married at that time, he would not only have benefited from the Sub's Dasha but also from Moon's dasha for the next ten years which is very powerful for supporting marriage. However, the native was not married then.

While I do not have the details of the native's first marriage, I am guessing it would have been in the Moon's dasha thanks to its strength and the separation/ divorce would have happened sometime in the Mars Dasha which commenced on April 10, 2008 and lasted till April 10, 2015. I have asked the native to give me the dates and will cross-verify with this timeline.

Anyway, the native' frustration at not getting his life partner is understandable, because he has not consulted with a stellar astrologer before this. Mars does not offer marriage at all. So he was not destined to get married for the last seven years. While this is little consolation to someone who has been waiting fruitlessly for a companion, it is better than learning that marriage is not possible at all, isn't it? In fact, I say to him, that you have given your best performance at work, but the bonus will be given on the decided date, the company (and indeed the galaxy) is not going to rearrange its schedule just so you get yours before time. But the bonus is promised, take heart in that.

The native is currently running Rahu's Dasha, Bhukti and Antara. Rahu is the most powerful planet in his horoscope to offer marriage and thus he should be in a good time. However, he may not be experiencing it as such as the girl he was courting has just said no. There is a very straightforward explanation to that. One planet cannot offer anything. There have to be atleast two planets to offer and event. Since Rahu is the only planet in the DBA, it is not furtiful. In fact this is known as 'Chidra dasha' which implies that no important event takes place in this period.

So what should the native do? Wait it out! The Rahu antara ends on September 5, 2015. There after Jupiter starts. As we have seen earlier, Jupiter is one of two planets that is outright denying marriage, hence we have to let this Antara go. Jupiter will end on January 15, 2016. After this, Saturn Dasha starts and will go on till June 19, 2016. Saturn is a weak significator of marriage. but with a powerful Rahu as the Dasha and Bhukti lord, I have little doubt that he will meet his life partner in this period. We can try and look at transits to figure out when:

On March 7, 2016 3 planets signifying the event Ketu, Sun and Mercury conjoin in the 10th house Aquarius sign. In fact on this date, the transit Sun is conjunct with the natal sun satisfying the subtle conditions of timing of event. The three planets conjunct condition continues till 18-19th March.


So, my prediction is that his marriage will be decided between March 1, 2016 to March 19, 2016 (special emphasis on 7th to 11th of March).

Wednesday 17 June 2015

Career quest!

An acquaintance of mine got in touch with me the other day for an astrological consultation. He is an independent businessman in the IT industry for the last two years approximately. He has tried various partnerships etc but nothing seems to 'click'. There are of course the related worries and financial issues.

Before we discuss his case, let me put the chart here and the Nadi significators. As I said earlier that I will not be using the KPStarOne software due to its calculation mistakes. So I have generated the chart from another free astrology software and computed the significations manually. Its been sometime since I have done that, so please feel free to point out any errors you may notice. I am afraid this is how its going to be till I can afford a paid software.




We see good education combinations in Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu, so 6 out of 9 planets. However, in Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Ketu, we also see the 3 6 8 combination that suggests the native was not interested in formal studies.

Now I know that the native has an engineering degree, but I feel that he was not one of the toppers in his class. He may have ducked a few subjects at some point (though not a year) and usually left studies to the end. Given the prevalence of '8', it is supportive of the reality that he did engineering.

Coming to his career, the combinations 2 6 10 11 is good for service and 2 7 10 11 is good for business. The combination of 5 8 12 is worst for career (whether service or business) followed by 6 8 12. The combination of 5 8 or 6 8 or 8 12 are also bad and no positive prediction can be made unless they are countered by 10 11.

Lets now look at each planet individually:

Sun has no positive or negative significations, one can say it is neutral to career. We can even call it slightly positive given 7 and 10 are signified.

Moon has 10 11 but also 5 8 and 6 8 of equal strength. So while the negative signification has been countered, Moon will not give rewards to the native in proportion the efforts put in.

Mars signified 6 8 but the 10 11 is of much higher strength and will help the native further his career.

Mercury is like Sun, slightly positive to neutral.

Jupiter is like Moon, 10 11 counters 5 8, so native will gain, just not in the same proportion of the work he puts in.

Venus, is neutral.

Saturn is a very positive planet for the career. Has 6 10 in planet, supported by 7 in star and 2 6 7 11 in the sub. No negative combinations exist.

Rahu is also very positive, slightly less than Saturn since positive combinations are in planet instead of star or sub.

Ketu is like Jupiter and Moon. Slightly positive.

So to sum up, Saturn is the most positive planet, followed by Rahu and then by Mars. Moon, Jupiter, Venus, Ketu, Mercury and Sun are neutral to positive.


As one can easily notice, the native has 7th cusp signified in every planet. So its ok for him to be in business. He has 6th cusp signified with it in many cases, which not only hints at the job he held earlier, but also that his business will be service providing in nature (Thank you RP for that insight).

Now the native has been seeing some tough times so far, since his business started. Let us see that astrologically.

Native was in Moon dasha till Jan 16, 2015. Within this dasha, the last two bhuktis were for Venus and Sun. So MO-VE and MO-SU were operational when his business started. MO and VE are both neutral to career. So at the beginning he may not have felt too discomforted. Venus Bhukti ended on 17th July 2014 and Sun started. While Sun is also neutral to career on his own, combined with Moon significations, it forms a scattered 5 8 12 and 6 8 12 combination. This would have been a very tough period. There is full possibility of the native having faces disappointments, loss of business, insults etc in Sun's bhukti which ran from 18th July 2014 to 16th Jan 2015. While I will come to this later, Moon also signifies 3 6 8, which suggests that the native will be susceptible to being cheated or getting defrauded etc.

Mars is a fairly positive planet for the career. Mars dasha began on Jan 17, 2015. The first bhukti is of Mars itself. One planet cannot offer much, while I feel that Mars bhukti was better than the native's previous experiences, his better period has started just now. On 15th June 2015, Rahu bhukti has started. As seen earlier, Rahu is a positive planet for business. This will run till 1st July 2016 and will largely be a good period.

The intermittent periods of planets like Jupiter, Sun, Ketu Moon etc will cause some slowdowns, but it will not impact the 'status' of the native, which is being set by a positive Mars.

Mars Dasha will end on 15th Jan 2022. After this the even more positive dasha of Rahu will start, which will go on till Jan 2040. This will be like Mars, only just better. There will be periodic slowdowns when neutral planets bhukti's interrupt, but overall the native's career will be on a rising trajectory.

Thereafter, the dasha of Jupiter for 16 years will begin in Jan 2040. This will largely be a slow period. I have appended a table of the various dashas and bhuktis for the native at the end of this narrative.

Uranus in the 2nd house of wealth creates sudden changes. It is best that the native doesn't squander his wealth or use it in risky ventures but makes judicious investments.

Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Ketu have a 3 6 8 combination which renders the native susceptible to fraud. While no clear indications of "no partnership" are there, it is best if the native reads before signing, verifies before accepting and uses multiple sources to vet information.

The 2nd house has a malefic Rahu. While Rahu (thankfully) does not signify negative houses, his presence in the 2nd house suggests bad habits or addiction to either alcohol or cigarettes or bad food habits etc. It will be best if the native tries to control his urges in this direction to prevent loss to health.



Tuesday 16 June 2015

The CM's affidavit- genuine or not?

A controversy a day seems to be the mantra with Indian media in targeting the government over the Lalit Modi issue. A new story broke out today, you can read about it here. There is little point in going over the details when the document in question (an affidavit purportedly by Vasundhara Raje helping Lalit Modi's case) is not even signed. The media is denying 'ownership' of the document due to its non-signed nature but that does not seem to stop them from outraging on the issue.

An important issue to note that I will not be using KPStarone software for charts. While it has a great interface the fact is that not enough programming rigor seems to have gone into it and it is throwing up random errors. This was brought to my notice twice by Shri Kanak Bosmia. So I will be using another software till I can accumulate enough money to buy a new software.



The rules for checking the genuineness of documents remains the same in KP. 3rd CSL is Saturn. Saturn is in its own star. This suggests that the document is not genuine

Sunday 14 June 2015

Education!

I was contacted over the weekend by a concerned mother over the education of her elder child, who is about ten years old.

The chart and significators of the child's birth chart are below:





The general nature of the person can be judged from the Ascendant and its sub lord. As per page 260 of the third reader, we understand that if the Ascendant sublord is Mercury or Jupiter the native will be the studious sort. If however the Ascendant sublord is Saturn, then the native will not be as inclined towards studies. In this case the native may face obstacles while one studies and during examination times. Saturn may cause native to arrive late at the examination hall or remembering the answer to that question in the exam, just after handing in the paper to the invigilator. So it is indeed correct of the parents to worry about the child's education. (This is based on Krishnamurti Paddhati)

Now let us look at the Nadi significators. The combinations of good education are 4 11 or 4 9 11 or 5 11. Combination for failure is 6 8 12. Combination for lack of interest in education is 3 6 8/ 3 8 12/ 3 6 12.

First thing to notice is that the combination for good education is seen in five planets: Venus, Mars, Rahu, Jupiter and Mercury. There is no clear failure indication in the horoscope. Nadi is not clearly showing a lack of interest in studies either and one can only surmise that the 3 6 8/ 3 6 12/ 3 8 12 combinations are being produced through a mixing of Dasha/ Bhukti/ Antara (DBA) lords. For example, the child is currently in the Dasha of Jupiter and the last bhukti that ended was Moon. Moon has 8 while Jupiter has 3 and 12 as significators. Even the Bhukti before that, of Sun, had 8 at Bhukti and 3 12 at Dasha lord level.

Anyway, so the current Bhukti is of Mars which commenced on August 16, 2014 and the significations indicate that the child's lack of interest has diminished somewhat since then. This is because Mars does not signify either the 6th or the 8th cusp needed to make the negative combination. However, Mars signifies the good education combination at the weakest (ie. planet) level and as such the improvement is the child's education may not have been very discernible.

The Mars Bhukti ends on July 22, 2015 and there after starts Rahu Bhukti which will end on December 14, 2017. Rahu is signifying 5 6 10 11 at the strongest (ie. Sub) level. While the presence of 6 allows for a scattered combination of 3 6 12 between Jupiter and Rahu, the significations of good education (4 11 in Jupiter Nakshatra level and 5 11 at Rahu Sub level) will likely overrule. The combination of 6 10 11 is also good for examinations. This period will be very good for the child's education. I believe the parents should see a improvement in the child's grades in this period.

With the Rahu Bhukti, the Jupiter Dasha will end and Saturn's will commence. Saturn's Dasha will run from December 15, 2017 to December 14, 2036. Saturn signifies 2 7, 2 7, 1 3 9. 2 is for memory, 3 is for writing skills and 9 is for higher education. So mildly positive for education, but not as supportive as Jupiter was. The biggest positive for me in this was that while Saturn does not actively support education, it does not oppose it. Also, from among the 'lack of interest' combinations, it only signifies 3, where as Jupiter had signified 3 and 12. Thus it is tougher for Saturn to support lack of interest in education than Jupiter. Which is a good thing.

Saturn's bhukti will go on till December 17, 2020. As Saturn does not actively hinder education, the results of this DB will be decided by the Antara lords, of which 5 support education. This will be a decent time.

In India, the two 10th grade and the 12th grade have special importance to students. Since the child is about 10 years old now, this will be about 6 and 8 years from now. So the years 2021 to 2023 will be key. 

In March 2021 the child will run the period (Dasha-Bhukti) of Saturn-Mercury. While Saturn is neutral to positive for education, Mercury is positive for studies and the child will likely do well in the exams held during the period December 2020 to April 2021. Post May, there may be some lack of interest, but overall the stars support education much more strongly than disinterest during this period. Since Mercury Bhukti runs till August 27, 2023 I think even the 12th grade exams will fall in this period. The child is likely to do fairly well then also.

The Ketu bhukti which runs from September 2023 to October 5, 2024 will be a slightly difficult period only because Ketu is also neutral to education. So the child will be in the period of Saturn, who is education neutral and the sub period of Ketu, who is also education neutral. But even this period does not suggest failures so apart from having to work much harder than usual to maintain grades, the child should be able to get through. Interestingly, this would also roughly coincide with the first year of whatever professional course that is chosen post the 12th grade, so it’s understandable that the period might require a bit more work than usual. 

The next three years will however be easier ie. From October 6, 2024 to December 6, 2027 as Venus is supportive of a good education. The child will still need to work hard, but the stars will support  education more actively. 

The next two years will be like the child Ketu Bhukti as none of the Bhukti lords, Sun and Moon, actively support education, though they don’t hinder it as well. So again, I don’t see failure, just a bit more pressure to work hard. This period is from December 7, 2027 to June 18, 2030.

This will be followed by Mars Bhukti (June 19, 2030 to July 28, 2031) and Rahu Bhukti ( to June 3, 2034). Both these periods are good for studies, Rahu even more than Mars.

By this time the child should be around 29-30 years of age and hopefully through with education!

I send my best wishes for the child to focus on studies.

May God give her, what ever is best for her!

Thursday 11 June 2015

Another senior minister's educational degree is false?

My last prediction came out correct, so much so that the court refused bail to the said minister and he is still in confinement. Today, imagine my surprise, to read a news that even the deputy chief minister's degree might be fake.

Hypothetically speaking:

Surely, this must be a rumour, I thought. I decided to check what the stars suggest, is the rumour true or false.

The query was: There is a rumour that this particular minister's degree might not have been earned by him ie. it is not a valid degree. Is the rumour true? Seed was 63.

The chart and significators is as follows:






Page 130 of Astro Secrets and Krishnamurti Paddhati says clearly, "According to the technique of Krishnamurti Paddhati, if the 3rd cuspal sub lord is Saturn, then the rumour is false. If the 3rd cuspal sublord is Mars, rumour is mischievous. If the 3rd cuspal sub lord is connected with Jupiter then the rumour is true, but if the third cuspal sublord is in the star of Saturn it is false.

Let us examine the 3rd CSL. The 3rd CSL itself is Jupiter! Further, Jupiter is posited in the star of Mercury. Moreover, Jupiter signifies 11th house through the occupation of its star lord and the 3rd house through the ownership of its star lord.

Krishnamurti Paddhati, has absolutely clearly indicated that the rumour is true.

Let us now check with Nadi methodology.

The 3rd CSL is Jupiter. The ongoing DBA is KE-VE-VE.

If the rumour is true, the combination 3 11 should be specified. If it is false, the combination 3 6 8 12 needs to be specified.

Jupiter specifies 3 11 at both star and sub levels.

Ke specifies 11 at sub level and Venus specifies 11 at planet and sub levels.

The negating combination of 3 6 8 12 is not specified at all.

Even Nadi is suggesting that the rumour is true.

It would do well for the relevant authorities to probe the said minister so that the truth is out.

Note: The post is a study of an amateur astrologer. It is not intended to malign or defame anyone. I do not represent the post as infalliable. In any case, this is a matter where only one authority's opinion matters: the court.

Tuesday 9 June 2015

Will the minister get bail or be jailed?

There was a lot of excitement on TV today with respect to a certain minister of a state in India being picked up for questioning by the police. The matter pertains to the minister having allegedly faked his educational qualifications. I am not that well aware of the case but you can read about it here.

Anyway, so I believe that the minister will be presented before the court in a few hours from now and may be given bail.

So I asked the question, "Will the minister be given bail by the court today?" The seed I used was 94.

The chart is as follows:



The rules for going to jail are given on Page 313 of the 6th reader, they are:

1) Sub lord of the 12th cusp must be Rahu
2) It should not be deposited in the constellation of a planet that is retrograde
3) It should be a significator of either 2nd or 3rd or 8th or 12th cusp.

Note: ALL the above conditions need to be satisfied simultaneously. If even one is not satisfied, then the person will not go to jail.

Also, Guruji says, "Rahu is the Karaka for jail and therefore great importance must be attached to Rahu while judging if one goes to jail at all"

At the first instance we see that the ongoing Dasha is of Rahu. The presence of Mercury as the Antara lord is also interesting since it is one of the planets that hints towards imprisonment for forgery (the others being Jupiter and Neptune).

Now lets look at the conditions:

The 12th cusp sublord as we can see from the table above, is Rahu. So condition 1 is satisfied.

Rahu is in Moon's star, which is not retrograde. So condition 2 is satisfied.

Rahu is in Moon's star and Moon owns the 12th cusp. So Rahu signifies the 12th cusp. Condition 3 is satisfied as well.

All in all, I feel that the court may not accept the minister's arguments and may send him into confinement.

Monday 8 June 2015

Will Russia host the 2018 FIFA world cup as scheduled?

There was some news out today, saying that if allegations of corruption during the bidding process are found to be true, then Russia and Qatar may lose the offer of hosting the 2018 and 2022 football world cups respectively.

I have already dealt with the Qatar question earlier, and decided to try (at Jessica Adams' encouragement) to see if the horary chart for Russia shows a similar result.

The chart and significators below:




The first thing I checked was the schedule of the 2018 WC. While I could not find the detailed schedule, I did see that the world cup would end on July 15, 2018, presumably the last day would be the final. The DBA operating as on that date is Ra-Ra-Ra. Rahu is a first rate malefic and it is indeed surprising that this question should throw up the DBA exclusively of a first rate malefic as was the case with the similar question asked of the 2022 Qatar cup!

As per page 241 in Prashna: A Contemporary Treatise, Umang Taneja says "Readers should understand that when DBA is of first rated malefic exclusively then the type of question which comes in front of astrologer is worst and the answer to the question is also adverse most of the time."

However, an important point is that a single planet cannot deliver any result, so while I was kind of expecting a negative answer to Russia's world cup hosting ambitions, I decided to look at the Nadi combinations a little closer, and therein lay a surprise.

Rahu signifies 4 11 in both the planet as well as Sub. There is not negative combination of 6 8 12 at all. This indicates positive answer.

So I looked at the prime cuspal (4th) sublord. It is Venus. Venus signifies 5 8 12, this is indicative of either a love scandal or a financial scandal...in this case it would likely be financial irregularities as are being alleged. However I cannot say that the venue is negated, as 6 8 12 does not exist here. I would love the guidance of a senior astrologer on this point.

Next I looked at the 11th cusp of desire fulfillment. It is Saturn. Again, Saturn is squarely signifying 4 11 at the sub levels.

Lets look at the current DBA, it is Mars-Sun-Jupiter. Interesting as Mars is the chief significator of the game of football (Page 74 of Dictionary of Significators in Astrology by Umang Taneja).

Mars signifies 6 11 combination in the planet an star and 4 11 in Sub. 6 11 indicates win over rivals and 4 11 indicates the Venue will remain the same.

Sun has a negative 3 8 12 combination. 3 is 12th to the 4th cusp, 8 is the prime house of insult, disappointment and difficult and 12th the the cusp that signifies loss.

Jupiter, again signifies 6 11 and 4 11, which are positive combinations for the venue to remain unchanged.

So it appears that Russia has a better chance at retaining the world cup for 2018 than Qatar has for 2022. However, the presence of malefic Rahu in the DBA for during the world cup will likely have an impact. It could mean that the full prestige of hosting a global event like this may not accrue to the country. Lets see!

Thursday 4 June 2015

What time will electricity be restored?

Pune is notorious for its frequent power cuts. I took advantage of one such to try and predict when the power would be restored using ruling planets. Note this has NEVER worked for me. I have tried predicting when I would receive a call or when someone would come home, but it has never worked for me. Quite frustrating I might add.

Well, power went around 8-8.15 PM odd I think. I decided to look at this question at 8.56PM when the ruling planets were:

Asc sign lord: Jupiter
Moon star: Venus
Moon sign and Day lord: Jupiter.

Ketu is deposited in Pisces and thus represents Jupiter, so will be included in RPs too.

I tried this with KP system, because I have read a case study for something like this exactly.

The broad logic is that the time if query's Ascendant's Star-Sign-Sub must be noted and then the Asc must be moved to that point where these three planets (sign, star, sub of Asc) are common with the RPs.

Page 114 of RP & KP states that three such points must be discovered. If the Asc is in a movable sign, take the first point, if the Asc is in a dual sign take the 2nd point and if it is in a fixed sign then take the 3rd point.

Since my asc law in Sagittarius, it is a dual sign and I will take the 2nd point.

The current Asc is itself is Ju-Ve-Ve...so power should be restored immediately, which it was not.

The Ve sub ended at 20:57:14, power was not restored. The next sub is of Sun, which is not in RPs, then is Moon, again not from RPs, this is followed by Mars and then by Rahu, again not in RPs,

Finally Jupiter Sub starts at 21:16:47 and continues till 21:23:00...this is when the Ju-Ve-Ju will operate and during this period power will be restored.

I honestly did not know how to narrow down this further, but came to this range.

The power was finally restored at 21:19 (I did not note the seconds), when either the Ju-Ve-Ju-Me or Ju-Ve-Je-Ke was operating. I am just thrilled with getting a range correct!

Two quick ones

I dont think Sepp Blatter will be arrested or jailed for anything. While court cases are possible, the '8' signification that is necessary for the insult associated with conviction is not present along with jail combinations. Sepp's birth chart does indicate litigation, but I dont see him actually spending time in confinement. His horary chart is even clearer...that in fact doesnt even show a meaningful litigation!

Also there was a news article that an Indian American named Mr. Gulati could be the next Fifa president. Just quickly did a horary chart (which I missed saving, sadly). But I dont think that will be happening.

Wednesday 3 June 2015

Is the milk safe for consumption?

This was a problem I faced today, well honestly since last couple days. The milk that we usually get has had a funky taste, almost a 'chemical' taste if you will. Every time I poured myself a cup, I found myself struggling to finish more than half. What is worse is that is skewed the taste of my coffee and tea!

Anyway, taste is the least bothering thing to me, I am now wondering if the milk is safe to drink, from a health point of view. I decided to ask the stars to help me out!

I asked if the milk is safe to drink and gave the seed 28. Charts and significators follow:





The ongoing DBA is KE-JU-KE. Since this is a health related matter, if 1 5 9 10 11 should be signified if the milk is safe to drink. If not it will be 6 8 12

Ke signifies 8 at planet level, 6 at star level and 12 at sub level. There are stray 11, 10 and 1 too, but the full combination of ill health being there suggests its better not to drink the milk!

Another interesting observation is that the 5th house is the primary house of health (12th from the 6th which is the primary house for disease). The sublord of the 5th is a retrograde Mercury. Retrograde planets give an adverse result as per KP horary.

I promptly called the milkman and asked him to replace the product!

Tuesday 2 June 2015

Missing child

Another one where  I wish I am wrong.

I saw a FB post shared about a young child who left her house in a huff 2-3 days  back and has since been missing.

I cast a horary for her return with the seed 8 and then rotated the chart to make the 9th cusp as ASC since I do not know the person.




The combination of returning home is 2 4 11. The ongoing DBA is of ME-ME-SA. None of the DBA lords are signifying 2 4 11. In fact Mercury is signifying 7 8 12, which is not a positive combination.

The Ascendant sub lord is Rahu. Rahu is also signifying 7 8 12 as well. This does not bode well for the child to return home.

If one looks at KP rules as well, the sublords of all the return houses 2, 4  and 11 are either retrograde themselves or posited in a constellation owned by a retrograde planet. This usually indicates an adverse result.

Page 160 of Reader 6 says (I paraphrase), "If the sublord of the third cusp is posited in the is in the constellation of the planet who is the significator of 3 and 11, on the day the moon transits that 1) position of the zodiac (sign, star and sub) which is governed by the significators of 3rd cusp, 2) 3rd cusp from the relative about whom the question is asked and the 11th cusp (from asc), the querist will receive the letter.."

The 3rd cusp is in Sun's sub. Sun is posited in Moon's star. Moon signifies 12 6 8 9, it does not signify 11 or 3. As such I am not hopeful of any intimation coming through.