Astrological Days,Signs, Planets and Horoscopes

Days, Signs, Planets This book is being written without dealing with the mathematical part. If you read it step by step and then see your own and others horoscope, you will be able to understand, technically, the astrological discussion. You will also get familiar with the terminology of Hindu astrology. Days of the Week 1. To do that remember the first lesson in three parts: start counting the weekdays unday, !onday, Tuesday, "ednesday, Thursday, #riday and aturday. These se$en days represent se$en planets un, !oon, !ars, !ercury, %upiter, &enus and aturn. 2. In Hindu astrology we make use of two other planets, called the shadowy planets, called 'ahu and (etu. This gi$es you a total of nine planets. It is why we ha$e the famous navagraha stotra or worship of nine planets.

Note : In Hindu astrology we do not use, )ranus *Herschel+, ,luto and

-eptune. In the scheme of stotra these planets ha$e no place, though an .merican has gi$en mantras for these three planets also in his book which is not gi$en in any book of Hindu astrology we ha$e or know of.

Note : -ow, also remember the sacred number /01 which are the number
of beads we ha$e in the garland, of tulasi or rudraksha with which we do our 2apam. 3. The part of the first lesson is: there are 27 Nakshatras or .sterisms or 3unar mansions that we make use of in Hindu astrology. It is a $ery remarkable, brilliant and subtle di$ision which is being e4plained later. 5ach nakshatra has four e6ual parts. .gain you will see that twenty7se$en multiplied by four gi$es you one hundred and eight number */01+ which are the number of beads we ha$e in the garland, of tulasi or rudraksha with which we do our 2apam. -ow see all this in the table gi$en here:

Name of Day /. 'a$i$ar or unday /. 'a$i,

!ler of the Day urya, 8hanu or un

9.

oma$ar or !onday

9. :handra, Indu or !oon or 3una ;. !angal, (u2a or !ars <. 8udha or !ercury =. >uru, 8rihaspati or %upiter ?. @. hukra, 8harga$a or &enus aturn, hani, or !anda

;. !angal$ar orTuesday <. 8udha$ar or "ednesday =. 8rihaspati$ar or Thursday ?. @. hukra$ar or #riday hani$ar or aturday

Note : -o days are allotted for 'ahu or (etu. outh Indian astrologers allot a
specified time on each of the days for 'ahu and call it 'ahukalam during which time they a$oid all auspicious work.

Note : 'ahu and (etu cannot be seen through any telescope like other planets. Yet,
how effecti$e and accurate is their use in Hindu astrology clearly pro$es that the ancient rishis combined their knowledge of physical sciences with metapysical knowledge which we call Yogic.

"n Astrology #esson 2 $e $ill learn a%o!t Nakshatras and do some astrological e&ercises to deepen o!r !nderstanding of the concepts $e ha'e learnt.
Nakshatras
-ow you must know something about the twenty7se$en nakshatras. 5ach nakshatra takes /; degrees and 90 minutes uniformly. If /;A90 is multiplied by 9@ it gi$es you ;?0 which is the total e6ual to the twel$e houses referred to earlier. There are two methods of tabulating these -akshatras.

One method shows the degrees of Nakshatras from 0 to360 and the other shows the degrees occupied by each Nakshatra in each sign.

(riendship and )nmities of Planets

Allotment of *odiac Ho!ses for Planets The problem is to allot twel$e houses, without partitioning a single one to se$en planets, un, !oon, !ars, !ercury, %upiter, &enus and aturn. If these twel$e houses which are to be allotted to se$en planets each planet will get /.@/B house.

The solution gi$en in Hindu astrology is: the un owns only one house or rashi, 3eo or imha and the !oon owns only one rashi, :ancer or (arka. olution -ow there are ten houses and fi$e planets awaiting allotment. The easy solution that emerges out now is allot two houses to each of the fi$e planets. +he Scheme of Allotment th!s arri'ed at is, !ars is allotted !esha *.ries+ C &rishchika * corpio+, two each. &enus is allotted &rishabha *Taurus+ C Tula *3ibra+, two each. !ercury is allotted !ithuna *>emini+ C (anya *&irgo+, two each. %upiter is allotted Dhanu * agittarius+ C !eena *,isces+, two each. aturn is allotted !akara *:apricorn+ C (umbha *.6uarius+, two each. There is a $ery easy way to remember it. Di$ide these twel$e rashis into two di$isions si4 belonging to the !oon and si4 belonging to the un. The rashi number of the !oon is four *(arka+ proceed in backward direction from here <, ;, 9, /, /9 and //. The rashi number of the un is fi$e * imha+ and proceed in forward direction from here =, ?, @, 1, E and /0. +he #!nar Half - 3 2 1 12 11 +he Solar Half . / 0 1 2 13 -ow 'e7arrange It Thus: #!nar Half , 4erc!ry, 5en!s, 4ars, 6!piter and Sat!rn Solar Half , 4erc!ry, 5en!s, 4ars, 6!piter and Sat!rn To sum up !ercury, &enus, !ars, %upiter and aturn mo$e in a backward direction from (arka. 'epeat it from imha in forward direction. Happy and 7nhappy 8onditions of Planets Hindu astrology which deals with the happy and unhappy conditions of human beings who are happy or unhappy or indifferent or $ery comfortable in some surroundings, comfortable in some, less comfortable in some, uncomfortable in some and miserable in some, so too planets ha$e different conditions and different moods. The condition of planets in a horoscope reflects it. Note: Do not take it literally because there are many brilliant e4ceptions to these rules. If that is not remembered, only a gloomy and fatalistic $iew of a horoscope will ha$e to be taken, as many astrologers do. %ust as the company of different human beings and different surroundings create different moods in you so do planets in a horoscope. ,lanets are happy in some conditions and unhappy in some other conditions. There are $arying emotional states. 8a!tion 8efore you learn the following lesson, o$ercome the mechanistic attitude of the age we li$e. .strology of Hindus is not a set of formulae to be applied in a push7button way. What is being given here is for a quick understanding of the fundamentals only.

Do not take them as final pronouncements. If you commit that mistake, you will become dogmatic. Hindu astrology is worldAs most de$eloped astrology because India is the land where astrology originated and, was de$eloped o$er a period of thousands of years. Here many astrological e4periments ha$e been done and many techni6ues tested and re7 tested. .$oid dogma but follow the steps gi$en below. The more fle4ible but, not romantically stupid, you are in learning astrology, the better are the chances of your de$eloping proper astrological ability. 'emember it step by step

)&altation 9 De%ilitation
. planet is in an e4tremely happy condition when he is e4alted and is in an e4tremely miserable condition when he is debilitated *It is not always true, 8ut this fundamental principle is useful for prediction+. "hen and upto what degrees in a sign is a planet e4alted is the first lesson you learn.

Note : 54cept !ercury who is e4alted in (anya no other planet gets any e4alted
status in its own house. Note: .ll e4alted planets get debilitated in the se$enth house from their points of e4altations. #or instance the un is e4alted in !esha. -ow count in this way !esha first, &risha second, !ithuna third, (arka ending with Tula which is the se$enth house from .ries.

4oolatrikona
The second best condition for planets is called as the !oolatrikona. 'emember it. S!n in Simha !pto 23 degrees 4oon in 5risha%ha !pto 20 degree 4ars in 4esha !pto 12 degrees 4erc!ry in :anya !pto 23 degrees 6!piter in Dhan! !pto 13 degrees 5en!s in +!la !pto 1. degrees Sat!rn in :!m%ha !pto 23 degrees Note: 54cept the !oon all other planets get the !oolatrikona condition in one of their own houses.

;$n Ho!se

The third best condition for a planet is to be in its own house *other than !oolatrikona house which, e4cept in the case of the !oon is of course its own house+. 'emember it thus:

Note : un, !ars, !ercury, %upiter, &enus and aturn recogniFe the same house in
which they are in a moolatrikona condition, as their own houses. 8ut their other houses are also their own houses. The only e4ception is the !oon. These are three of the happiest conditions for planets in different houses

#agna
You were born on some day of some month of some year at a particular time and in a particular place with your lagna being one of twel$e: !esha,&risha, !ithuna, (arka, Tula, &rishchik, Dhanu, !akar, (umbha or !eena. To arri$e at a 3agna some calculations are to be done. ince, we are, howe$er, a$oiding mathematics, only a rough method of checking the horoscope in a Hindu chart is e4plained. In Hindu astrology the un changes from one rashi into another in the middle of 5nglish months. If you remember this, you will know where your un should be at the time of your birth. (eep calculating at this rate, the lagna changing after e$ery two hours. #our cardinal points are useful to do this e4ercise easily. .t sunrise the un will be in the 3agna. un.

During the mid7day in the fourth house from the .t sun7set in the se$enth house from the .t mid7night in the tenth house form the un. un.

Warning
/. Do not apply this blindly. It is a $ery rough method made use of by astrologers to answer 6uestions *horary or prashna astrology+ when they are re6uired to answer 6uestion while in a train or an aeroplane where they cannot calculate with the tools which they keep with them.

9. unrise and sunset change from place to place and country to country. till this method will be found to be working satisfactorily. Gn this basis I predicted the $ictory of :olumbia against witFerland in %une /EE< at an #ransisco. The calculation was done mentally while sitting in the football stadium, watching the "orld :up #ootball *in ) . they call it soccer+ matches. I repeated it at anta #e when I was watching the finals between 8raFil and Italy on the tele$ision. !y prediction was that 8raFil would win and one of the Italian players would be in2ured. This prediction too came out correct, e4actly. ;. 8ut how can we apply this to arctic regions where there are si47months of day and si47months of night. I ha$e no answer but I am confident I can sol$e this problem, if gi$en some astrological data. I am not aware if any Indian astrologer has an answer to it. <. .fter making such mental calculations see your computer cast horoscope for an analysis. =. (eep doing the e4ercise. It will help you concentrate on a horoscope, which in turn, will sharpen your predicti$e powers. ee the e4amples gi$en here. It is a rough method of mentally calculating the lagna when the duration of day and night are more or less e6ual or do not ha$e much difference. The position, month by month for 9001 *almost all years+ will be as follows /. %anuary /<th, !akar or :apricon at /0 am. 9. #ebruay /9th, (umbha or .6uarius at //:09 pm. ;. !arch /<th, !eena or ,isces at @:=E pm. <. .pril /;H/< midnight at <:;/ am. *In India the day begins at sunrise+ =. !ay /<H/= at /:9; am. ?. %une /=th at @:=E am. @. %uly /?th at ?:=/ am. 1. .ugust /?H/@ at ;:/< am. E. eptember /?H/@ at ;:E am.

/0. Gctober /@th at ;:< am. //. -o$ember /?th at 9:<E pm. /9. December /=H/? at <:9? am.

#or a birth in the ). ... or any other country this will undergo some change by some hours only. . good computer programme will sol$e this problem.

8alc!late yo!r #agna or the Ascendant of the

ising Sign

Your should still be able to calculate mentally on the basis of your un7sign *as gi$en in Hindu astrology+ the birth ascendant of yours, at least appro4imately. It is done thus. /. ee where the un is at the time of your birth. uppose you were born on .pril 90, you then know that your un7sign *in Hindu .strology+ is !esha or .ries. 'oughly each ascendant lasts for two hours. Therefore start form your un7sign and proceed thus 9. un at birth is in !esha or .ries, so for two hours in the morning the ascendant or 3agna will be !esha. .fter two hours, the 3agna will be Taurus or &rishabha. ;. .nother easy way of remembering it is, If you were born at sunrise your be in your 3agna. .fter two hours it will mo$e to ne4t sign. un will

<o!r 4oon Sign

From the foregoing discussion about your Lagna, it must have become clear to you what your Sun-sign (Hindu) is. But in indu astrology you must know your !oon"sign also.

Degrees of the Moon

Your Moon will be at certain degrees in some rashi hence in some nakshatra, say of Ketu, Venus, Sun, Moon, Mars, Rahu, Jupiter, Saturn or Mercury (one of these nine !

Moon Sign, Lagna and the Sun Sign can be different

Your Moon"sign is your rashi as distinguished from your lagna! #f a specific $uestion is put to you, tell me your lagna, the Moon"sign and the Sun"sign, you now know that they are three different points in your horoscope to be made use of for predictions! So the answer can be! *a+ 3agna is !esha, !oon7sign or rashi is !ithuna but the the three at three different places. un7sign is (anya, all

*b+ They can also be at two points if the 3agna or the !oon or the 3agna and the !oon and un are in only two signs. *c+ .ll the three can be in one sign only.

un or the

Your may ha$e sometime or the other read about your life on the basis of un7signs or the !oon7signs and may e$en ha$e been reading daily, weekly, monthly or e$en

yearly forecasts. -ow can the patterns of destiny of the entire mankind be di$ided only in twel$e signs, since there are only twel$e rashisI Ha$e you seen the absurdity of the situationI o do not get addicted to such prediction.

Your Janma Nakshatra

%n the basis of your Moon, you can see what was your Janma nakshatra (or birth constellation ! #t has to be one of the twenty"se&en constellations mentioned earlier! /. Your 2anma7nakshatra is important for calculating the time7cycle described as the &imshottari dasha of /90 years. Depending on your 2anma nakshatra what period of which planet your are passing through is the most $ital factor for predictions. '! #f you were born in the nakshatra of Ketu (( years it will be followed by that of Venus (') years etc! See the chart on nakshatras! ;. These are called mahadashas. 5ach mahadasha is sub7di$ided into nine antar7 dashas or sub7periods. and each antar7dasha is sub7di$ided into nine pratyantar dasha, each prayantar dasha is di$ided into nine sookshma dashas, each sookshma dasha is di$ided into nine prana dasha. This fi$e7fold di$ision of dasha is the most e4traordinary and unparalleled system of timing e$ents in the history of astrology. <. Do not be surprised if I tell you that though the &imshottari dasha is the most popular, in Hindu astrology there are forty7fi$e %aimini dasha7systems and another fifty7four nakshatra dasha systems of ,arashara, the greatest astrological genius the world has e$er produced.

Di'isions of Dashas for +iming )'ents

=. "e will be using only the &imshottari dash in the book and all our illustrations will refer to *a+ The !ahadasha *the ma2or period+ *b+ The .ntar dasha *the sub7period+ and *c+ The ,ratyantar dasha *the sub7sub7period+ only. -o use of the fourth di$ision *sookshma dasha or the fifth di$ision prana dasha+ is being made use of here. 8ut in two cases when I made use of where I was absolutely assured that the birth time noted was without any error and the calculation of the horoscope was cast hundred percent correct.

Warning
*! +o not ,ump to any conclusion, generally pessimistic or optimistic, only on the basis of the dasha"antardasha etc! -ut rest assured the si.ty percent of correct predictions are based on it! /his is the best e&er method of timing e&ents e&er de&ised by mankind!

9. .fter you ha$e become familiar with the use of the dasha system, use transits of planets. Those who o$er7emphsise the role of transit of planets without first e4amining the promised results of dasha, are like people who are measuring the siFe of an elephant on the basis of the length its tail. 8ut first re$ise what you ha$e been taught so far, step by step.

Aspects
.fter re$ising it now the first preliminary step takes you into predicti$e astrology. This is the aspect of planets. These aspects are general and special. 3et me first take up general aspects. .ll planets aspect the se$enth house form their position. It can tabulated thus.

(eep practising this lesson first. Take up any horoscope and see which planets, un, !oon, !ars, !ercury, %upiter, &enus and aturn are aspecting the @th house from its location in a horoscope. This must become a natural habit with you. You must remember that planets gi$e their effects not merely from where they are in a horoscope but also produce these effects in the house which they aspect. Three planets !ars, %upiter and aturn ha$e special aspects. !ars has two additional aspects the fourth and the eighth. %upiter has two additional aspects the fifthe and the ninth. aturn has two additional aspects the third and the tenth. o !ars, %upiter and aturn will ha$e three aspects, one general and two special. These are being gi$en in a tabular form here.

Note = !ars will influence four houses, the first the house where he is positioned in
and then three other houses through his general and special aspects.

Remember 5$en when !ars is in transit he will be aspecting three houses and
is positioned in one house. I ha$e made an effecti$e use of this in my books, #$lanets and %hildren

P >Position? A >Aspect? 8 >8on@!nction?

emem%er that first leg of the 4emory +a%let PA8 is P.
How this , is applied is being shown here. .fter this try any other horoscope.

Why yo! m!st start $ith P firstA

/. 'emember by doing P you start your astrological ad$enture of collecting information, intelligence and clues about the lord of each house of a horoscope. . particular lord may be e4cellently placed while another may be in a bad condition. 9. -ow you begin to see that life is ne$er a story of all round 2oy or total sorrow. ;. 8ut P is only the opening chapter of a se$en layered story of your life which this book will teach.

<. So proceed patiently first %y doing this e&ercise intensely. "nstr!ctions

There is no book on Hindu astrology in which such tables ha$e been gi$en to o$er7 simplify the understanding of aspects and earlier, of friendships and enmities of planets, as here. It has been done mainly with the intention to help people a$oid memoriFing. The traditional sub2ect, late in their li$es, and ha$e no capacity to memorise. "hen learning through rote memory is not possible, what is surely possible is to learn through associati$e memory.

4y Ad'ice
/. -e$er start the analysis of any horoscope without applying the 4emory +a%let coined by me to make learning of astrology easy, methodical and scientific. 9. .s you will see in the gi$en e4ample of %ohn # (ennedy, the tragedy of his career is well e4plained by wrong placement of many lords of different houses ;. You can de$elop your own astrological skill when you apply the first of two !emory Tablets, I am teaching and keep repeating it... the first limb of PA8 is P. In the state of )ttar ,radesh there is a special branch of police known as PA8 created to control communal riots. 8ut the astrological PA8 is meant to control anarchical and chaotic analysis of a horoscope.

Therefore I ha$e e$ol$ed a memory tablet, the first part of which is :

PA

= , stands for the position a planet has occupied in a horoscope. Instead of taking fragmentary, confused and unsynthesiFed $iew, it is better, to proceed systematically so that you are able to arri$e at a meaningful conclusion. In all horoscopes first of all see how the lord of a particular house is placed. Therefore let me read a sermon to you first a dangerous sermon, which if you remember, you will not take a fragmentary, muddle7headed and 2umbled $iew of a horoscope.

P.A.8 Practice Horoscopes

#earning Some Basics of Predicti'e Principles

+he 4emory +a%le gi'en %efore is P.A.8.
/he memory table will be e.panded now to make it a complete scheme! -ut before learning them, it is necessary to understand some technical terms of astrology which are used more commonly! 1. :endras >C!adrants? = The 3agna, the fourth, se$enth and the tenth houses of the lagna are called kendras and the lords of those houses are called lords of kendras, where$er they may be placed in a horoscope. 2. +rikonas >+rines? = The lagna and the fifth and the ninth houses from the lagna are trines. The lords of the fifth and ninth houses ha$e been described as trikonas which is a fallacy. The word &tri& in anskrit means AthreeA. In what is known as the ashtak$arga, in trikona shodhana , the lagna, the fifth and the ninth houses are taken. Thus lagna lord is both a kendra lord and also the trikona lord. 3. Panapharas >8adent? = The second, fifth, the eighth and the ele$enth houses are known as panapharas. Then a special term used is 'pachaya house which are the third, si4th, tenth and ele$enth houses and their lords. -. Apoklimas >S!cc!dent? = The third, si4th, ninth and the twelfth houses are known as apolklima. 8ut since the ninth house is trikona, it is generally omitted from this category.

Points to Remember
#n understanding the meaning of 0!1!2! the combinations of the lords of these houses, or the aspect of one of them on a house or a planet or the mutual aspects of the lords of these houses re&eal the secrets of horoscope. #t is an area of e&er"e.panding research, &ery simple apparently, but &ery comple.!

In the e4ample horoscope, kendras are (anya, Dhanu, !eena and !ithuna.

/rikonas are Kanya, Makar, Vrisha! ,anapharas are Tula, !akar, !esha, (arka. .poklimas are &rishchika, (umbha, &risha *Gmit it+ and imha.

It will be good if a reader gets used to these terms after understanding how these terms come into a writers articles in so natural a way that the writer does not know that they may appear foreign to many. The permutations and combinations of these, lords of kendras, trikonas, panapahars, apoklimas and upachayas are used for predictions.

Persons $hom these Planets Daily #ife

epresent in

3ow, if we take the normal day to day, mundane affairs, these &ery planets represent the following worldly persons!

!he Sun
/he king of the solar system, is the king always and e&erywhere! /he le&el of regal splendour he shows will depend on his condition in a horoscope!

(amily = The father in a family and paternal relations, the un is also a dignified
administrati$e authority.

Society = The (ing in a monarchy, the un is the dignitary in modern democracies

and represents highly placed persons whether in go$ernment ser$ice or pri$ate firms.

!he Moon

4ike the Sun, the other planet representing royalty is the Moon!

(amily = 'epresents the mother and e$erything connected with mother. Society = The wise men *Dwi2a+ of the society, popular person and in
democracies, the !oon aspected by personalities de$elop. aturn represents the charisma some

Mars
Mars is the natural commander"in"chief in astrology!

(amily = 8rothers, sisters. Nota%le = ome astrologers following the 8hrigu system of Hindu astrology gi$e
to !ars the role of a woman in a mans life. "hile many astrologers do not accept this, there is strong enough reason to go deeper into this aspect as some of my researches pro$e this to be $ery $alid.

Society = !ars gi$es an important marital point which pertains to marriage which
is why in Hindu astrology so much stress is laid on !angalya *happiness of a marriage+ and also (u2adosha *(u2a is a synonym for !ars+. In social life, !ars represents the army, the police and men in uniform, administrators, men in high position, rulership, estate agents etc.

Mercur"
#n astrology Mercury is the prince!

(amily = :ousins, maternal uncles. Nota%le = In )ttar7(alamrita, (alidas attributes to !ercury some other special
significations: maternal grand7father, and younger coborns and or brothers and sisters.

Nota%le = In a womans life !ercury represents, if afflicted by aturn a husband

with less or no se4ual $irility.

Society = !ercury represents knowledge and in modern life, business. o this

planet has many great significations of $ery wide $ariety. !athematicians, sculptors, astrologers, astronomers, scholars, speakers, writers, men who know the secrets of mantras and yantras. In modern age, !ercury is the financial e4pert, accountant, auditor, 2ournalist, newspaper man, paper merchant etc.

Nota%le = The association of !ercury with certain planets in some rashis from the
lagna is the clue to finding it out. 3ot of new researches will ha$e to be done in this area.

Ju#iter
Jupiter who is gi&en the honored place of being the guru of gods, represents, the di&ine, the sacred!

(amily = :hildren, elder brother, respected elders in the family *whose

inter$ention and ad$ice helps sol$e family problems+

Nota%le = In )ttar (alamrita, the other significations gi$en to %upiter are

grandsons and also grand7father.

Nota%le = In 8hrigu astrology, %upiter is said to represent the husband of a

woman 2ust as !ars is said to represent the wife of a man.

Society = Traditionally, the priest, the scholar, the ad$iser to the king *in ancient
times+, %upiter represents many new modern professionals.

Nota%le = The 2udge, the teacher, the lawyer, the ad$iser in new modern forms
become legal e4perts, the management e4perts, the psychologists, the bankers etc.

$enus
Venus, traditionally the guru of asuras (monsters , is described as the lord of si.ty" four arts, meaning that Venus represents, culture and sophistication!

(amily = 'epresents the se47life of married partners in a tradition7bound society

otherwise, the se."life of an indi&idual! 5enerally Venus has been treated as wife! 6or those born after sun"rise Venus is said to take the place of Moon and becomes the mother!

Nota%le >enerally &enus represents family prosperity, con$eyances, 2ewellery,

and precious possessions.

Society &enus being representati$e of arts, all form of arts, fine or commercial,
dance, song, drama, literature, poetry being its sole domain, dramatists, poets, dancers etc. are &enus7dominant personalities.

Nota%le In modern conte4t, the perfumers, hoteliers, owners of restaurant,

computer7software men and e$en those who deal with flesh7trade fall under the $ast &enusian umbrella.

Sat!rn
Hindu astrologers are mostly superstitious in their understanding and treatment of the significations of aturn. True, aturn represents, trouble, sorrow, old age, sickness. Yet in all the great classics of Hindu astrology aturn has been gi$en some other beneficent roles which are o$erlooked. !y best research gi$en in my books emphasise the positi$e side of aturn with many illustrations.

(amily Gld men and ser$ants in the family. Gld, dilapidated houses specially
made of bricks. #or those born at night aturn represents father, taking the place of the un, the natural significator of father.

Society If the un is the aristocrat, aturn is the democrat while !ars is the
dictator. These hints help us in making predictions about the type of go$ernment a nation will ha$e at a gi$en point of time. 3ower classes, democrats, crippled persons, old men, are represented by aturn in traditional astrology. In the changed socio7economic times of ours, aturn is the seeker of powers through elections to democratic bodies, iron7smiths and also industrialists *in cooperation with !ars+, a psychologist in cooperation with %upiter, an artist in cooperation with &enus, a sculptor in co7operation with !ercury etc.

Nota%le .strologers who fail to seek the $ery wide and sweeping range of all
new professions created by aturn will fall into thousands of errors of 2udgments.

ah!
-e4t to aturn the most condemned planet is 'ahu. )nless astrologers do new researches and see the positi$e side of these planets, more damage will be done to astrology than has already been done so far.

(amily ,aternal grand7parents *though )ttar (alamrita also uses 'ahu for
maternal grand7parents+, old, sick person in the family and those that become non7 conformistAs.

Society The foreigner, the engineer, the architect, the space engineer, the
politician, air hostesses, aeroplane pilots and manifold new technical and semi7 technical professions fall in the domain of 'ahu.

:et!
(etu is the most baffling planet in astrology, spiritual, di$ine on the one hand and baffling in a medical sense.

(amily 'epresents maternal grand7parents *though )ttara (alamrita takes

paternal grand7parents+, the slightly unorthodo4 members of the family.

Society (etu is the planet which plays key role in shaping a doctor or other men
in semi7medical or alternati$e systems of medicine. (etu, combined with other planets, produces in$entors, men dealing with subtle secrets of nature around our world.

Nota%le ome hints ha$e been gi$en here about the persons represented by
different planets some of them are traditional and some of them are additional. #or instance (etu represents languages and linguists. These days when people learn computer it naturally falls under (etu because there is computer language to be learnt.

If planets combine, aspect each other in certain houses from the lagna, the meaning of this should be interpreted with an open mind. The classical principle should ne$er be o$erlooked and the new meaning must be disco$ered otherwise astrological research will remain stagnant.

+he Spirit!ality Associated With Ho!ses

#n delineating the effects of each house, the start should again be made with the spiritual promise of each house! -y each house from the 4agna which is always the first house! /hus, for a person born with Meena lagna the first house is Meena, the second house Mesha and the twelfth house Kumbha etc! ince spiritual astrology is generally kept a secret and astrologers do not pay attention to it, emphasis should be laid on this aspect both for the spiritual guidance of the person concerned and for preparation for a fine spiritual era into which mankind will enter after 9009 ..D.

!he %irst &ouse

/he first house representing oneself, shows the beginning of awareness of spiritual side of human life! #f three or more planets are in the first house, such persons, inspite of all distractions, can practice self"control with determination, and successfully! #rom the first house springs the desire to en2oy peace generally and the tendency to renounce because the first stage of renunciation is physical. To understand it, the #our ,urusharthas of classical Indian tradition should be understood. The first one is Dharma *religious conduct+, the second is .rtha *the desire to earn money+, the third is the karma to en2oy life physically and the last is !oksha to make efforts to get sal$ation. In Hindu astrology therefore starting from the lagna there are four trines for each the purusharthas which are:

Dharma Artha :aama 4oksha

econd Third house house #ifth house i4th e$enth house house -inth Tenth 5le$enth house house hosue 3agna #ourth house 5ighth house Twelfth house

There is anther set of four trines which depends on the di$ision of human life into four parts, 8rahmacharya *life of celibacy+ >rihastha *the life of a householder+ &anaprastha *detaching oneself+ from house7holders duties+ and anyas *life of renunciation+. The scheme of di$ision is the same as in the earlier trines.

Brahmacharya Drihastha 5anaprastha Sanyas

The first house #ifthe house -inth house

econd house i4th house Tenth house

Third house e$enth house 5le$enth house

#ourth house 5ighth house Twelfth house

In 2udging the spiritual importance of each of these houses, these trines should be kept in the mind. It is always important to remember that the lagna and lord must not be ill7placed *in the eighth house, the si4th house or the twelfth house+ and must not be afflicted by aturn, !ars, 'ahu, (etu particularly through con2unction or aspect. In such a case the health may be bad. It is sound health that alone ensures any type of achie$ement in anyones life, including spiritual achie$ements. It is in rare cases that a person with ill health but strong sense of renunciation can be spiritually e4alted. 8ut we must proceed on the premise that it is sound health that is the foundation of e$en good spiritual life.

!he Second &ouse

/he family en&ironment gi&es to one some spiritual tendencies, which is what the second house represents, being the house of Kutumba (or the family one is brought up in ! 6aith in religious and spiritual traditions are inherited and also ac$uired generally from parents! /he second house represents it, besides, also being the house of speech! See the planets (particularly Jupiter, Venus, Mercury without affliction to e.amine whether one has the tendency to speak truth or falsehood! /he second also being the house of earnings, monetary gains etc!, the charity one does with money and gifts are also to be seen from the second house!

Note = In this respect the role of the twelfth house is more important. !he !hird &ouse
/he third house known as the house of &alour and courage becomes fa&orable if there is a malefic like Rahu, Saturn, Mars, Ketu in it! #t shows a determination to apply oneself to spiritual practices with strong will!

Note = The third house, according to !aharshi ,arashara, is the house of upadesha
or religious preaching. The third house also is to be seen for short and 6uick pilgrimages. .ccording to the )ttrta7kalamrita, the third house represents the part of the palm which is between the thumb and the inde4 finger with which many rituals are performed.

!he %ourth &ouse

/he fourth house representing buildings, represents the religious"philanthropic institutions one builds and also the trusts one creates or religious, philanthropic and other good trusts with the money one has! In the life of an indi$idual the fourth house represents his desire to pursue his spiritual life in the 6uiet surroundings of a place, house or ashram with rhythmic regularity. In the case of a yogi it can represent pranayama or breath7control. 8ut if such a house is disturbed, such persons find that by mo$ing from one place to another only they can follow their spiritual pursuits.

!he %ifth &ouse

1n important principle of 7indu astrology is that if a planet aspects its own house, that house gets strengthened! /his should be seen &ery closely in the case of the fifth house around which re&ol&es the reali8ation of the potency of mantra, yantra, because this house is important in two ways9 in the case of the indi&idual whose horoscope is being e.amined, it represents the spiritual merit of his past life and in the case of his father, it is the house of his spiritual merit of his present life! It is a good fifth house that bestows $i$eka or a sense of discrimination and deep spiritual wisdom born both of the reading of scriptures and spirituals practices.

!he Si'th &ouse

#n the life of a spiritual practitioner fifteen types of distractions are normal! More often than not these take a person away from the desired spiritual path! /o o&ercome such distractions, a malefic in the si.th house is always good! 1s it is, a malefic in the si.th house is good for ensuring sound health and the tenacity to o&ercome obstacles! #n spiritual life this house helps in de&eloping one pointed concentration!

!he Se(enth &ouse

/his house of se. is also the house of se."sublimination! #t is when the kundalini power rises high that se.ual lust gets transformed into lo&e and a sadhak feel the spiritual &ibrations of the rising kundalini!

!he )ighth &ouse

#t should be noticed that the fourth house is the house of spirituality and sal&ation in the trines gi&en before! /he eighth house is the second of such house, but being a secret house (eighth house is a hidden house one practices one:s sadhana in secluded and cloistered places! #t is true that this house also represents agonies which must include spiritual disappointments in the act attaining a blissful state of samadhi!

!he Ninth &ouse

3e.t to the fifth house, the house on which all astrologers lay greatest stress for spiritual de&elopment is the ninth house! Yet, there is a contro&ersy among astrologers whether it is the ninth house or the fifth house that is to be seen for the spiritual merit of the past life! ;hile ma,ority of astrologers see the fifth house for the

merit of the past life, it is also logical to see that after the eighth house of samadhi that the spiritual merit of this life blossoms out! /he ninth house therefore is to be e.amined for all acts of penance, pilgrimage, worship of gods! It is the house which represented the last stage of full spiritual de$elopment, after which one can become a guru or a spiritual guide. This house also is for father, who is one of the early gurus of a child.

Note = The fourth house which is the first house of the moksha triangle represents
mother which is why ser$ing ones mother is the ser$ice to adi7guru *the first guru+. The ninth house, the last of the dharma triangle, shows the importance of ser$ice to ones father, as the key7note of religious progress. It is for this reason that the anskrit saying, J!atri de$o bha$aJ *let mother be the goddess+ and J,itro de$o bha$aJ *let father be the god+ is the eternal lesson children are taught to lay poper foundation of their spiritual life.Inferentially, those who are cruel to their parents cannot hope to be spiritually successful in their practices. This is a harsh spiritual reality which will not be palatable to many modern young people. Yet an astrologer cannot afford to o$erlook this.

!he !enth &ouse

/he tenth house is the house of those deeds which are noticed! 1 person who has potentised a mantra and has become a guru, wins social recognition through his deeds (e&en misdeeds ! #t is for this reason that Jupiter, the greatest benefic is preferred most in this house for holy deeds because the tenth house is the house of religious, spiritual and ritualistic deeds!

Note = In the case of a guru the tenth house shows the 6uality of his deeds, along
with the lord of the tenth house.

!he )*e(enth &ouse

#n a spiritual sense, the ele&enth house is a &ery enigmatic house! -enefics in it will attract one to worship of many gods and great scriptural scholarship and authorship! Many planets in it will bring, as donations to a guru, lot of money as the ele&enth house is the last of the kama triangle or desires! Such desires can be good and e&il! /he ele&enth house is thus the house of the last of the temptations a religious person has to face, which must be o&ercome to reach the final destination, sal&ation!

!he !+e*fth &ouse

/he twelfth house, the condition of the twelfth lord and Ketu are the sal&ation gi&ing factors! 1 bad twelfth house can ruin all the spiritual promises of an otherwise good horoscope!

Note "hat has been gi$en so far here is only a bare outline of the spiritual
promise inherent in a horoscope. These $ery promises are to be e4amined in greater details through many other finer analysis. The use of &imshamsha *one7twentieth di$ision horoscope+ will ha$e to be brought into use.

%aimini astrology should be used before any predictions about anyones spiritual life is gi$en otherwise, spiritual astrology more often than not becomes a wild goose chase.

Note = . safe and sound method which an astrologer can adopt is to make a
proper use of the na$amsha *one ninth+ di$ision of a horoscope and e4amine the fifth and the ninth lords and houses of na$amsha and then the twelfth lord. Together with all this, the most important factor in the spiritual e$olution of a person is to see what *dasha in &imshottari + se6uence one has got in life. The most fa$ourable periods are the periods of the fifth and the ninth lords.

What is to seen from $hich Ho!se

o far what has been gi$en is the spiritual aspects associated with each house from the lagna. These days more and more people ha$e generally two additional 6uestions to ask, the first about their spiritual life and the other about their ailments. The other traditionally associated significations with the houses ha$e been gi$en in detail in many books, fortunately now a$ailable in translation in 5nglish, 8ut it is necessary to sound a warning here, do not take any of the interpretations gi$en in them as being dogmatic and unalterable. This mistake is committed by some Indians who do not make an in7depth study of astrology and study other techni6ues. "hat are gi$en in these classics are aids to predictions, not predictions themsel$es.(eeping this forewarning in the mind it will be useful to know what each house represents.

!he Lagna
%ne is born in a particular sign, which is his lagna and therefore the first house! 7is personality will partake of the characteristics of those signs, which will be discussed later!

!he %irst &ouse

/he first house represents the physical body, good or ill"health, the early part of life, the personal de&elopment of the child and the character as a whole!

!he Second &ouse

#t is known as kutumba or the family of one:s parents and is to be seen for speech, the food one eats, the money one gets and also death!

!he !hird &ouse

/raditionally, this house is to be seen for brothers and sisters, short ,ourneys, letters and $uick writing! -ut these days it is necessary to e.amine it for sports, artistic talents, and business agencies also!

!he %ourth &ouse

Mother, land, con&eyances, happiness are the traditional sub,ect to be seen from the fourth house! <.tending it, a doctor:s clinic, an artist:s studio, a philanthropist:s trust and an industrialist:s factories are the modern additions!

!he %ifth &ouse

#t is the house of education (though some take the fourth house as education intelligence, children and the power of discrimination!

!he Si'th &ouse

+iseases, opposition, debts, in,uries are the negati&e factors associated with this house! %n the positi&e side, accumulation of wealth (it being the second of the artha trine , sports, ad&entures and father:s profession are seen from this house!

!he Se(enth &ouse

/raditionally, marriage but these days li&ing together, therefore wife, lo&er, se. life are associated with this house! These days, it should be seen for business and business partnership, foreign countries, and e$en settlement abroad and death.

!he )ighth &ouse

4egacies, inheritance, sudden financial gains, wills are the positi&e side of this house while the negati&e side is long illnesses, cause of death, se.ual and con,ugal life!

!he Ninth &ouse

/he father (though the tenth house should also be seen spiritual tendencies, de&otion, learning, pilgrimages, association with legal and religious personalities are the commonest factors seen from this house! #t being the house of luck, a good ninth house impro&es a horoscope!

!he !enth &ouse

%ne:s profession (the si.th house is also employment fame, honors, respect, dignity and one:s achie&ements are seen from this house!

!he )*e(enth &ouse

1ll types of gains, titles, honors, elder brothers and sisters, business profits are to be seen!

!he !+e*fth &ouse

4oss, e.penditure, waste etc! are the traditional factors associated with this house! /hese days, foreign ,ourneys, getting settled in a foreign country, trade with a foreign

country, ,ail, imprisonment are necessary and ine&itable e&ents to be gleaned from this house! #or spiritual practitioners this is the most important house for the promise of spiritual life and sal$ation. .s has been stated, a long list of e$ents and things to be seen from each of the house can be compiled in hundreds of pages. "hat has been gi$en here is for day to day use only.

7sef!l "nformation A%o!t

ashis

In making predictions about $arious e$ents the most essential information that must be made use of is being gi$en in descripti$e form partly and in chart7form, partly. In making subtle predictions, the information is made use of but at an ad$anced stage of an astrological career. !ore than se$en decades ago, an old astrologer had gi$en in writing to a famous Indian not to go to hills for some years. 8ut that could not be a$oided as the Indian had to go there to perform his duties. His car slid down the hill and he recei$ed multiple fractures. That Indian was running the sub7period of a planet in imha. imilarly, the rashis are gi$en directions, colour, caste and it is also e4plained how they rise. The last bit of information about the nature of their rise is made use of for predicting how 6uickly any work is done when a 6uestion is put in prashna astrology *horary+ how soon a work will be done or not and whether there is any promise of auspicious results. imilarly the 6uality of a rashi, attwic * pirituality+ 'a2asic *acti$ity+ and Tamasic *inertia+ is also useful in psychological7spiritual, mental and other characteristics that manifest in the mahadasha and the antardasha running at a gi$en time.

Directions of Planets

5ast outh -orth "est un !ars !ercury aturn outh 5ast &enus outh "est 'ahu -orth 5ast !oon -orth "est %upiter

)&panded 4emory +a%let D. A. . ). S.

<arlier, part of Memory /ablet was gi&en, P,A, , 3ow the full Memory /able is being which # ha&e taught successfully to thousands of students in #ndia and in =!S!1! who ha&e found it working as a sound methodological analysis! /he second half of the memory tablet is D,A,R,),S,

D for Dhana or wealth, monetary gains, the lords that should be seen for this are of
the first, second, fifth, ninth and ele$enth and of course cords of those houses.

A for (rista or misfortunes of ill health and tragic e$ents. The lords and houses to be
seen are the third, si4th, eight and twelfth including the lagna in$ariably and its lord.

R for )a*ayoga or combination for rise professionally and otherwise promise of

distinctions in $arious fields. The houses and the lords to be seen are the first, fourth, se$enth and tenth and their combinations *,.:+ with the lords of the fifth and the ninth houses.

) for +,change ome horoscopes ha$e some $ery special features by o$erlooking
which we astrologers commit serious mistakes.

S for special aspects, if any.

So the f!ll 4emory +a%let is P.A.8.D.A. .).S.

/his is to be applied with the mahadasha and its sub"periods and then transit of planets of predictions! 5ach of the

D.A. .).S. is being e4plained now, one by one.

The method e$ol$ed here helps one grasp the essentials of horoscope well. It is after this preliminary e4ercise has been done, that one should go into details.

A >Arishta or 4alefic "nfl!ences?

+he second letter EAE represents .rishta or malefic effects of planets. Here as
usual, the lagna lord plays the most important role. -e4t to the lagna lord, the !oon is important. Then come into play the si4th house and its lord, the eighth house and its lord and the twelfth house and its lord. >enerally planets are di$ided into two categories, malefics and benefics. The benefics are %upiter, &enus, !ercury and the strong !oon *the !oon is neither malefic nor $ery near the un+. The malefics are aturn, !ars, 'ahu, (etu and the un. o against fi$e malefics there are only four benefics, %upiter, &enus, !ercury and the !oon. 5$en out of these four benefics, the !oon and !ercury can become ineffecti$e or e$en malefic if they are in the company of malefic or come under their influence. Then retrograde benefics also lose their natural benefic nature.

heck*ist for Danger Points

*! 3atural malefics are Saturn, Mars, Rahu, Ketu and the Sun! 9. The !oon and !ercury under malefic influences become malefics. ;. 'etrograde benefics lose their beneficence particularly if they are aspected by malefics. <. The lagna lord placed in the eighth, si4th or twelfth house is bad for health. =. The !oon, in childhood, is a danger signal for a child if under malefic influence and e$en in adulthood or old age if in ill7placed *in the si4th, eighth or the twelfth+ house orHand malefic influences. .s usual, the dasha se6uence and transit of planets are important in timing such e$ents.

!he Death -nf*icting P*anets

/he lords of the second and se&enth houses and planets in the second and the se&enth houses and their dasha periods are the periods to be watched, when sicknesses and diseases affect an indi&idual! /here are many other principles! 7ere only a &ery easy instance is being gi&en! 7ouse"wise they are9 #or !esha, &enus as the second and the se$enth lord. #or &risha, !ercury as the second lord and !ars as the se$enth lord are to be watched. In this way all the death7inflicting planets can be tabulated for all lagnas. #or further reading refer to my book, #(strology, Destiny and the Wheel of Time#.

Sound !ime !ested Princi#*es

/he sound and time"tested principles of good life and health are9 /. 8enefics in kendras *in the lagna, the fourth, se$enth and tenth houses+ and, 9. !alefics in the third, si4th and ele$enth houses. Therefore, before e4amining any horoscope apply the following check7list. /. .re there benefics in the kendrasI 9. .re there malefics in the third, si4th and ele$enth housesI ;. .re lagna lord and the !oon ill placed in the si4th, eighth and twelfth houses. <. Is the lagna afflictedI =. Is the lagna lord afflictedI ?. Is the !oon afflictedI @. Is the mahadasha running along with its sub7period running and the sub7periods to follow promising reco$ery for continuing sickness or misfortuneI 1. .re malefics in transit harmfulI E. #inally, is the opening dasha and its sub7period itself make that start of someones life with ill7healthI

Arishta "ll!strations
-**ustration .ne

*! /he lagna is Simha with two malefics and the lagna lord is the Sun in the si.th house!

9. The !oon is in the si4th house at fi$e degrees and thirty se$en minutes and within two degrees of the un whose degrees are three and thirty minutes. It is a weak !oon and so badly placed. ;. Two benefics, %upiter and &enus are in kendras but are with malefics. <. There is no malefic in the third or ele$enth house. =. The child was born in the ma2or period of the un, which is to be followed by that of the !oon of ten years and of !ars, retrograde, in the lagna. This child born with brain palsy is unable to walk and crawl. Though in the )nited tates of .merica, the parents of the child who can afford the best of medical treatment being rich, ha$e gi$en up hopes. The prediction gi$en was that the child would not sur$i$e. The last information we recei$ed is that the child is nearing its death */EE<+.

+he Second "ll!stration

This young girl was born in the ma2or period of !ercury, the lagna lord, which is afflicted by aturn *the third aspect+ and !ars *the fourth aspect+ and is in the second house. /. The only benefic %upiter in the tenth house is retrograde. 9. The only malefic in the ele$enth house is !ars which is debilitated, and therefore weak. ;. The 3agna is afflicted by 'ahu. <. .fter !ercury, there is the period of (etu of se$en years in the se$enth house, a killer7house. =. The dasha to follow is of &enus in the second house afflicted by again. aturn and !ars

This girl suffering from failed kidney is struggling between life and death when last information was recei$ed.

+hird "ll!stration

*! /he lagna has malefic eighth lord, Saturn, who is also the ninth lord! '! /he lagna lord, Mercury is debilitated but with Jupiter! >! /wo benefics are in kendras, Mercury and Jupiter but Mercury is debilitated! ?! /his boy was born in the ma,or period of the Sun with a balance of fi&e years, one month and ele&en days! @! 3e.t came the period of the Moon, the second lord, and the boy was doing well in his studies! /hen came the sub"period of Saturn in the ma,or period of the Moon! A! /he picture does not become apparent unless the navamsha (the ninth di&ision is seen!

-n the na(amsha
(a /he Moon is the second house with Mars and is aspected by Saturn!

(b Mercury whose sub"period the boy was running when his paralysis became acute is the eighth lord from the na&amsha lagna while he is the lagna lord of the birth horoscope! (c /he Moon as the second lord of the birth horoscope and being associated with Mars who is also the si.th lord, lord of the na&amsha is in the second house! /he boy did not sur&i&e as soon as the Moon"Venus period began! Venus in the twelfth house in the birth horoscope and afflicted by Ketu, is also afflicted in the na&amsha by Ketu, Saturn and Mars!

> a@ayogas?
.fter EDE and EAE we now come to E E which represents 'a2ayogas or planetary combinations for rise in ones work, 2ob, a$ocation or profession. There are many ways of e4amining it. The simplest principle is to see the combination of the lords of trikonas *trines+ and kendras *6uadrants+. #irst remember the following three points: /. It has been stated earlier that trines are known as 3akshmi sthanas or houses of wealth. 9. It has also been stated the 6uadrants are &ishnu sthanas or the houses of protection. ;. It has also been stated that the lagna lord is the lord both of the trikona and the kendra. Therefore the 'a2ayogas for each horoscope will ha$e to be seen thus. /. 3agna lord and the fourth lord. 9. 3agna lord and the fifth lord. ;. 3agna lord and the se$enth lord. <. 3agna lord and the ninth lord. =. 3agna lord and the tenth lord. ?. The fourth lord and the fifth lord. @. The fourth lord and the ninth lord. 1. The fifth lord and the se$enth lord. E. The fifth lord and the tenth lord. /0. The ninth lord and the se$enth lord.

//. The ninth lord and the tenth lord.

"mportance of the Na'amsha

In Hindu .strology what is apparent in the birth horoscope may impro$e or deteriorate in the na$amsha. It is ne$er safe to make any prediction without using the na$amsha. o we will go deeper from here onwards.

4odern

esearches

In industrial times so many new opportunities ha$e opened up before todays generations that one can mo$e from one 2ob to another and keep rising higher. Here the so7called e$il houses must ha$e new meaning. "hat is necessary to stress is not to undermine the importance of houses other than the kendras and trikonas.

Directional Strength
Gut of the si47fold strength of planets popular in Hindu .strology, we shall make use only of directional strength here, which is to be seen as follows: /. %upiter and !ercury are strong in the lagna. 9. The !oon and &enus are strong in the fourth house. ;. aturn is strong in the se$enth house. un and !ars are strong in the tenth house.

<. The

=. 'ahu and (etu in the kendras beha$e like kendra lords and in trikonas beha$e like trikona lords.

Note = 'ahu and (etu in the houses of %upiter, Dhanu or !eena are generally
good. If they are aspected by %upiter they ac6uire beneficence.

"mportance of the Dasha

In $iew of the importance of making careers early in life, it is of utmost important to see what dasha one gets at the right time for achie$ing what one has achie$ed. . check7list is being gi$en here. /. ee what are the 'a2ayogas in a horoscope, by which what is meant is the combination of kendra and trikona lords. 9. ee whether the planets promising high things in the birth horoscope ha$e deteriorated in the na$amsha or ha$e impro$ed. ;. 3ook out for new meanings in the changed times in which we are li$ing. <. -ote the planets with directional strength.

=. ee what is the mahadasha and antar7dasha or ma2or and sub7periods running at a gi$en time. ?. "here$er necessary use the sub7sub7period also. in the book. ome illustrations will be gi$en

@. 3ast will come transit of planets. To gi$e e4aggerated importance to transits is to mistake the feather of a bird for the bird itself.

Note = . planet which remains at the same place as in the birth horoscope is called
$argottama planet also. 1. Therefore add $argottama planets also. E. Do not forget to e4amine

EAE *arishta+ first, before launching into a prediction.

Note = .n astrologer is not infallible. Yet a sound and detailed analysis of a

horoscope will gi$e to him a life a$erage of eighty percent correct predictions. Gften, I ha$e gi$en predictions about big e$ents, o$erlooking the JKJ element and gone wrong. In ) . those who e4pect one hour of reading from an astrologer are themsel$es responsible for dri$ing an astrologer into a wrong position. ometimes, a horoscope may take hours of $erification for its correctness. This fact is forgotten by many people who blame the astrologer without being sure that their horoscope is correctly cast.

a@ayoga "ll!strations
)&ample ;ne

In this horoscope *all planets not gi$en+, note the following feature: /. The !oon is in his own house. 9. !ars is e4alted. ;. &enus has ac6uired directional strength being in the fourth house.

Na'amsha =
/. In the na$amsha aturn gets e4alted.

9. %upiter also gets e4alted. ;. &enus is in its own house. Dasha SeF!ence = He got the dasha of &enus of twenty years from the age of fifteen years. -o wonder he has made a $ery good career as a big go$ernment officer in >o$ernment of India.

)&ample +$o

a@ayogas =
/. !ars the lagna lord combines with the fifth lord %upiter and forms a 'a2ayoga. 9. The e4change of the e4alted !oon, with &enus is another 'a2ayoga. ;. !ars and !ercury are in their own houses while the !oon the lord of ninth house *luck+, is e4alted.

Na(amsha
/. 'ahu and (etu and the un *the tenth lord of the birth horoscope+ are $argottama, as they ha$e not changed their positions. 9. aturn and the !oon occupy their own house.

Dasha Se/uence
#rom the age of eight */E;?+ he got the dasha of 'ahu of full eighteen years. 'ahu with e4alted ninth lord, in$ol$ed in an e4change with &enus, 2oins in promoting the 'a2ayoga. !ore important is the fact that 'ahu is $argottama.

He ne4t got the full si4teen years of %upiter who is in$ol$ed in the 'a2ayoga as we ha$e seen. He made his career in the period of 'ahu and went on rising higher and higher in the period of %upiter. aturn again contributed to his rise but at the $ery last stage halted his progress when he could not reach the topmost position. aturn with (etu aspected by !ars the si4th lord *opposition+ ga$e him *since e4alted !oon also aspects aturn+ technically, a higher post but it was not the co$eted post which he wanted. "hy did this happenI Here comes the importance of the sub7sub7period. In #ebruary /E1= when this crucial decision was to ha$e been taken he was passing through: The ma2or period of aturn

The sub7period of %upiter and The sub7sub7period of !ercury. aturn as we ha$e already seen has to cause him some disappointment at some stage. %upiter in the si4th house of opposition with the si4th lord !ars is also in the si4th house from aturn. Note = In interpreting the results of the dasha the mutual disposition between the ma2or dasha lord *here aturn+ and the sub7dasha lord *here %upiter + gi$es a $aluable clue whether the work will be done smoothly or not. The sub7sub7period lord is !ercury, the eighth lord in the eighth house, representing a set7back. 8ut being with a $argottama un, it did not cause any serious handicap. He was gi$en a higher status and not the co$eted post which e$eryone thought he deser$ed. It became a case of being kicked Jupward to be demoted or o$erlooked.J

)&ample +hree

Da@akesari yoga =
If %upiter and the !oon are together or in 6uadrants from each other, it is called a >a2akesari Yoga promising good rise in life. /. The >a2akesari yoga in the fifth house, the 3akshmi sthana of wealth is most promising. 9. !ars *the tenth lord+ with &enus the ninth lord in the se$enth house shows that both he and his wife occupy important positions in their business establishments. ;. The un and !ercury are also the fifth and se$enth lords forming another 'a2ayoga. <. aturn is e4alted, like !ercury.

Na'amsha =
un gets e4altedL !ercury is $argottama e4alted while !ars is $argottama.

Dasha =
.fter nearly se$enteen years of 'ahu dashas balance, he got the dasha of %upiter and has now been ha$ing the dasha of e4alted, aturn in the ninth house of luck.

This will be followed by the dasha of $argottama and e4alted !ercury which will be e4cellent. 8ut what is fortune is also misfortune. This horoscope does not promise birth of children.

)&ample (o!r

*! /he combination of Jupiter and the Sun is known as a Ra,alakshana yoga, a promise of regal dignity! /he fifth house is the house of dignity! /he dasha of the fifth lord is the time for such promised dignity to manifest! /he other Ra,ayogas are the combination of Venus, the lagna lord with Mercury the ninth lord, with Venus being e.alted! '! /he aspect of Mars, the se&enth lord and Saturn, the fifth lord is another Ra,ayoga! 1 prediction was gi&en to him that in the period of Saturn and the sub"period of Venus he would get a &ery dignified position! 7e has been for fi&e years (in *BB? now the head of an #ndian state! >! /he na&amsha continues the promise of Jupiter"Sun combination! Mars and Venus are in their own houses! Saturn is &argottama! /he Moon is Vargottama! <. It being the dasha of his fifth lord his children are also prospering.

) G >)&change of #ords of Ho!ses?

;e ha&e so far gone through the first part the memory tablet 0P,A, ,0 and in the second part we ha&e co&ered 0D0, then 0A0, then 0R0C now we come to 0)D which represents e.change! /. ome instances ha$e already been gi$en of such e4changes earlier. The second instance under EDE has !eena lagna whose lord %upiter is in the fourth house and the fourth lord !ercury is in the lagna. It is an e4cellent e4change not only between two benefics but also two e4cellent houses the house representing body *lagna+ and the house representing happiness *the fourth house+ .s it is, %upiter in the fourth house is good e$en otherwise. 9. The second instance is the the fifth e4ample under EDE . Here the lord of the lagna, !ars is in the fifth house of goddess 3akshmi and the lord of the fifth is in the lagna. It is an e4cellent e4change for material prosperity and attainment of high positions in life. ;. )nder EAE the first e4ample shows that the second lord in the si4th house ac6uires death7dealing propensities. <. In the second e4ample under E E the ninth lord of the lagna *&rishchika+, is the !oon e4alted in the @th house while the (th lord, Venus, is in the ninth house! /his person rose &ery high in his ,ob!

"ndira Dandhi
In my book, JThe -ehru Dynasty .stro7biographical ,ortraitsJ, I ha$e gi$en a $ery detailed account of the meaning of such e4changes. In her case the second lord gets e4changed with the fifth lord, the lagna with the se$enth lord and the si4th lord with the ele$enth lord. Indira >andhis turbulent career of political rise, ruthless and unprincipled crushing of democratic institutions, her defeats at the hands of her enemies and many $ictories o$er them, and, finally her assasination by her own bodyguards are well e4plained by the e4change in her horoscope.

S G >Special (eat!res?
5$ery horoscope has some $ery special features, special yogas and their intricacies are so baffling that it takes many hours of work of many days to unra$el the planetary mysteries which tell their stories.

6a$aharlal Nehr! >1112G12/-?

The first prime minister of India, %awaharlal -ehru had an e4traordinary horoscope in which there is a continuous chain of planets from the lagna to the si4th house. It is called !allika yoga or the garland of planets, It is a rare planetary position for an emperor. %awaharlal -ehru was the greatest $isionary and the statesman of his era, though, he, because of his 5uropean unbringing worked against the cultural and religious interests of India. Therefore, a second feature of %awaharlal -ehrus horoscope that needs understanding is the aspect of !ars on %upiter with (etu. It is known a guru7 chandala yoga, guru represents the spiritual, cultural and religious traditions and when he gets afflicted by two malefics he loses that and becomes a chandala *the low grade person+. Yet, -ehrus tenth house recei$es the aspects of &enus, !ercury *se$enth aspect+ of !ars *the eighth+ and of %upiter *the fifth+. Three benefics aspecting his tenth house ha$e kept ali$e his image as an idealist in a world of crooked statesmanship!

4orar@i Desai >112/G122/?

8oth Indias first prime minister and later his daughter Indira >andhi, herself also an Indian prime minister, tried their best to suppress this infle4ibly rigid idealist. 8ut three e4alted planets, %upiter, aturn and !ars, ga$e to his political career rarest resilience.

!orar2i was lucky to ha$e got the ma2or periods of %upiters, his tenth lord e4alted, followed by aturn again e4alted, to sur$i$e all intrigues against him. 3ater, in the !ercury period he become the prime minister of India inspite of the terrible intrigues of Indira >andhi against him. !orar2i had the rare greatness to e4cuse Indira >andhi after he became the prime minister and gi$e her ade6uate security to sa$e her from many Indians who might ha$e murdered her and her son an2ay >andhi for the atrocities they had committed during the -ational 5mergency of /E@=7@@ when Indira >andhi was the prime minister of India. The e4change between the fifth lord, &enus and the eighth lord, aturn in his horoscope made his e4periences with his children $ery painful. Gne daughter of his committed suicide and while his only sur$i$ing son, (anti 8hai Desai was accused of being corrupt. 8ut is was the misfortune of !orar2i that he found his son, (anti 8hai Desai, the commonest target of attack at the hands of those of Indias politicians who were known to be on the pay7rolls of many industrialists and e$en Indira >andhi. This bad e4change of the fifth and the eighth lord was his misfortune. The un in the ninth house is not considered fa$ourable for the longe$ity of ones father. "ith 'ahu there with the un in the ninth house of father, it is not strange that !orar2is father committed suicide. 8ut the most remarkable feature of the horoscope of !orar2i is that from aturn, three planets are in kendra in !akar, *&enus, !ercury and !ars+ and one in the tenth house, %upiter. ee it from %upiter or from !ars, &enus, !ercury combination 7 all these planets are in kendras from each other e4erting pressure on each other to do their best of the worst. Two benefics, !ercury, the lagna lord and &enus in the eighth house with e4alted !ars aspected by an e4alted %upiter has gi$en to !orar2i a long life. 8orn on #ebruary 9Eth on a leap year in /1E?, he entered his hundredth year and was the oldest sur$i$ing statesman of the world. He died in /EE? after #ebruary. Then an e4alted %upiter in the second house ga$e to him ma2esty of truth speaking, a rare $irtue among politicians.

+he 8onsolidated 8heckG#ist

;hat has been discussed so far is being di&ided into different sections in the form of a consolidated check"list, which e&ery astrologer must practice before gi&ing a prediction!

Section .ne P E ee how each lord of the twel$e houses is placed. A = ee which planet aspects which other planet and the house.

8 = ee which planets are con2unct, their relationships, their lordships for further
analysis.

Section !+o D E ee how the lords of the lagna, second, fifth, ninth and the ele$enth houses
from a ,.: relationship, to find about the planetary information a$ailable about monetary gains, losses etc.

A = ee how the lagna lord and the !oon and the lords and houses known from
malefiscence, the si4th, the eighth, the twelfth and e$en the third are in a horoscope.

= ee how the lords of kendras and trikonas combine to e$aluate the chances of ones rise in life. ) = 54changes between the lords of houses ha$e their own mysterious meaning.
This is an area of great research.

S = 5$ery horoscope has special features, from the most ordinary manAs to the most
e4traordinary. To understand it one has to read all the a$ailable classics of Hindu astrology which ha$e, by one estimate, fifty million stanFas in anskrit in many manuscripts which are to be translated into Indian languages. It is estimated that only 9000 *one7fifth of a million+ stanFas are a$ailable to us in Indian languages while in 5nglish only a few thousand ha$e been translated. It is because of this that western astrologers argue $ainly and without any basis that India is not the land of origin of astrology. . nation with so many millions of anskrit stanFas, so many manuscripts and with its belief in reincarnation and transmigration of souls alone can be the originator of the science of astrology. Yet, special features in a horoscope, known as yoga* born of yoga *which means union of two or more, in this case, planets+ gi$e to a horoscope a new and undisco$ered meaning. 8ut many of them are hidden in those manuscripts.

4oon and <o!r Psychology

In writing about my first visit to '-( in .ovember /001, Dr. 2rawley wrote, #Important Western astrologers came to visit !r. )ao. Ingrid .aiman, one of the most prominent Western astrologers particularly in the field of medical astrology received a reading from !r. )ao and said that the predictive accuracy of indu system as related by )ao had no real counterpart in Western tropical astrology. )eading her chart he was able to tell ama3ing details of her life, including the characters and features of her parents#. In the same report Dr. #rawely aslo said, JYet 'aos readings were not mere feasts of prediction, he turned out in details the psychological sophistication of Hindu .strology which "estern astrologers and their psychology based interpretation tend to ignore saying the Hindu astrology is of predicti$e $alue only. 'ao showed how his

prediction of e$ents in a persons life is third stage astrology, as the action is the outcome of an intention and a particular mentality deri$ed through time the circumstances of a persons life, which a good astrologer should be able to read in the chart before making conclusions about a persons psychology. In his day long class he showed in detail the psychology operating in the charts of the -ehru family, as he has written in his book on the -ehru Dynasty.J "hat amaFed me in ) . and in my other contacts with foreigners who ha$e come to me for consultations is that they insist on being gi$en a psychological reading without first wanting to know about some e$ents of their li$es, stage by stage, to help an astrologer see how a persons life has been shaped from early childhood. Then to see what impact some e$ents in their li$es ha$e had on their psyche. !ore than my reading of the horoscope of Ingrid -aiman it was her fine con$ersational ability which pleased me so much. In reading her horoscope I started with her childhood and told her that I saw a $ery well7placed father with technical background and a mother with proficiency and distinction in fine arts. Totally surprised, she told me that her father was a scientist and her mother an opera singer. ince she did not want me to discuss her horoscope in any article or book, I will only mention some other readings of mine which she liked. Gne was that she had a spell of a 2ob in a foreign country. It was India she said. .nd during that period she had an e4traordinary motor car which must ha$e been the en$y of many. It stunned her completely. "hen I met Ingrid again in %uly /EE< she spent two e$enings discussing many things, good and bad about the .merican life, which was sensational in many ways. If she e$er wrote about it, she told me, she would be Jbumped offJ. If Ingrid is such a fine intellectual it is because of her early unbringing under a scientist father and artist mother which, she told me, could ne$er be seen through "estern astrology. If such influences cannot be seen by an astrologer how could he e$er claim that he could do psychological reading and then, to cap it, counsellingI -o .merican could gi$e me till this day any satisfactory answer. I had another interesting e4perience when I did on phone the reading of a well7established psychiatrist that he had second wife who was beautiful and perhaps an actress. He was surprised. #inally when I told him that he could run into serious difficulties because of some unethical practice, he was shocked. It was precisely a difficult eighteen month period. That was counselling and gi$en to a well7established and successful psychiatrist, who could not ha$e known what was awaiting him in future. . 6uestion to which I would need a $ery clear and specific answer from my .merican friends. is what do they mean by counsellingI !y own ideas are based on my seeing Indians trained in )( or ) . and their techni6ues are $ery well known to me. I had the rare ad$antage of working in my undergraduate days with a woman psychiatrist from >ermany when a professor of mine asked me to help her. I rarely felt satisfied with her results. In retrospect I can say that, because at home I saw my own mother do $ery good counselling after reading the charts of the persons who came to her, and di$iding the remedial measures into $ery clear categories, as gi$en here. /. :ases where the fears had no foundation because the horoscope re$ealed no need for any worry.

9. :ases where the fears could be o$ercome by using common sense and by taking precautions in time. ;. :ases where a little patient waiting would help. <. :ases where confrontation had better be a$oided. =. :ases where the ine$itable should be accepted. In difficult cases where the ine$itability appeared to be imminent or e&en fatal, she ad&ised remedial spiritual remedies and e&en used some yantras which she had learnt from classical -rahmins of 1ndhra 0radesh in her childhood! She ne&er taught them to me because she was instructed by her -rahmin guru not to teach them to anyone! -ut # saw those &ery simple measures work &ery well! A! 2ases where nothing would work at all!

M" Mother1s !echni/ue

I ha$e not met any astrologer who made so wide a use of the !oon in a horoscope and the %anma7nakshatra or the birth star. I ha$e had to learn many dashas other than &imshottari based on the %anma7 nakshatra and e4periment with di$isional horoscopes *harmonic charts+ and %aiminis si4teen dashas to search light amidst gloom. To do it, it takes me many hours of work and not the one hourAs guillitone, which people in ) . gi$e to their clients. .n e4perienced Hindu astrologer should know that in some cases fi$e minutes will do for counselling and $ery specific guidance while in other cases it may take many days. The starting point of this is the e4amination of the !oon, but that is the starting point only. The psycho7analytical frame in Hindu astrology is $ery elaborate and e4ceedingly well defined. It will take a $ery large book to e4plain it. 8ut one must understand why the !oon is the pi$otal point in the psychology of a man.

Why the 4oon A

#n the north #ndian style of birth charts if the Moon is a house other than the lagna, two different charts are prepared to do readings, first from the lagna and then from the Moon! #n the south #ndian chart two charts need not to be prepared but the same scientific approach is adopted! "hy then is so much importance igi$en to the !oon must be understoodd. /. +he lagna is the body, and physical body. 9. Si& di'isional horoscopes are its si4 limbs, which are

a. +he %irth horoscope is for the study of physical, general and broad understanding of a mans personality. b. Hora which is a two fold di$ision of a horoscope is to be seen for wealth, though it has some other uses also. c. Dreshkona >Drekkana? is one third di$ision of a horoscope for finding out mainly about brothers and sisters though it has a wide $ariety of uses. d. Na'amsha or the one7ninth di$ision of a horoscope for seeing the subtle, hidden planetary stories but is used mainly for marital and relationship problems. e. D$adashamsha or the Gne7twelfth di$ision is used to know about parents, though it has most e4traordinary uses of other kinds also. f. +rimsamsha, one thirtieth di$ision *actually fi$e di$isions+ for misfortune, though it re$eals a wealth of details about ones talents also. ;. Gther planets, i.e. !ars, !ercury, %upiter, &enus, flesh and blood of the body. <. The !oon is the life7force and =. The un is the soul. aturn, 'ahu and (etu are the

To do astrology without seeing the $ery great role of the !oon in it is to do autopsy, not astrology, of a horoscope. The great &edic seers knew all about it and ha$e used the !oon in so many ways that it will need the efforts of a life7time to comprehend them and use them fully. -o astrologer knows the full uses of the !oon in a horoscope. 8ut a sound Hindu astrologer knows the great importance of the !oon and knows that it is the life force of the horoscope. +he Approach To understand the role of the !oon in a horoscope, one must first understand broad and general category for the psychological understanding of a personality. Then understand it again in a less broad but general way by using the birth7star. .fter that should come the manifold specific influence of the !oon in a horoscope through microscopic $iews.

Broad 7nderstanding of 4oonHs "nfl!ence in different Ho!ses

/he psychological influences generated by the Moon in different houses starting from Mesha (1ries must be understood first!

Moon in Mesha 2Aries3

/. Muick mo$ing and obser$ant eyes *not steady on one ob2ect at one time+. 9. usceptibility to sickness is apparent.

;. Has the tendency to obser$e some religious norms. <. His thighs are generally thicker. =. ?. ense of gratitude is less. a$es himself from sinning.

@. Has enough dynamism to win recognition in high circles. 1. "ill be happy to make his spouse happy. E. Is afraid of water. /0. Has clear tendency to be rash, o$er7dynamic. //. :alms down in old age.

4oon in 5risha >+a!r!s?

*! #nclinations to en,oy life:s gifts are strong! '! /endency to gift away things is apparent in his actions! >! 5enerally his heart is pure as his emotions are noble! ?! <fficiency in the performance of duty is notable! @! 2an e&en ha&e a &ery high le&el of spritual purity! A! Makes generally a strong personal presence! (! 0rosperity comes to him easily! F! -elie&es in good li&ing and en,oyments! B! ;ill ha&e something magnetic about himself! *)! 7as a wide circle of good friends!

Moon in Mithuna 24emini3

*! 7is speech habits are pleasant!

'! ;ill ha&e $uick mo&ing and obser&ant eyes! >! 7as a sympathetic heart! <. Is keen on en2oying life se4ually. @! 7as musical, artistic gifts! A! #s prone to de&elop diseases around the neck! (! +esires to be well"known! F! ;ants to be prosperous! B! 7as notable intellectual gifts! *)! ;ill ha&e bright comple.ion! **! ;ill ha&e more than normal height! *'! 7as cle&er speech habits! *>! 5enerally strong"willed! *?! <fficient in the performance of duties! *@! 4o&es to be ,ust in all situations!

Moon in 5arka 2 ancer3

*! #s like a &oluntary worker! '! 4ikes to be rich! >! 4ikes to induge in bra&ado! ?! 7as religious tendencies! @! Ser&es his guru! A! /endency to de&elop problems like headaches! (! Very cle&er in his dealings! F! =nderstands the inner meaning of some rituals! B! 4ikes to go on long ,ourneys! *)! 4oses all sense of proportion when he loses his temper!

**! ;eakminded! *'! +e&elops a tendency to get de,ected! *>! 4ikes to strike friendship with important persons! *?! #n his own house, de&elops his own style!

Moon in Simha 2Leo3

*! 7as a forgi&ing disposition! '! 4ikes to accept challenges and face them! >! -ecomes unhappy easily! ?! 4ikes to eat food with less sense of discrimination! @! 4ikes to wander from place to place! A! 6ears cold! (! 4ikes to ha&e good friends! F! 1pparently humble but gets angry &ery $uickly! B! Respects his parents! *)! 7as generally some addiction! **! 3urses the desire to be famous!

Moon in 5an"a 2$irgo3

*! -elie&es in en,oying life! '! 5i&es utmost respect to good men and deals with them with pleasant manners! >! #s generally good looking or at least dresses himself up tastefully toappear attracti&e! ?! 7is religious inclinations are transparent! @! -elie&es in charity! A! 2le&er in many dealings! (! 7as poetic talent! F! 4o&es to stick to spiritual path!

B! #s lo&ing and lo&able! *)! 1lmost gets addicted to music and dances! **! 4ikes to li&e in a place other than his birth place! *'! 5enerally is ill"ad,usted in his marriage!

Moon in !u*a 2Libra3

*! 7as the tendency to lose temper on wrong occasions! '! /endency to be detached and therefore sometimes, unhappy! >! Soft and cultured in his speech! ?! Very kind mostly and therefore gets cheated! @! 7is kindness makes him prosperous sometimes and also almost impo&erished! A! 1sserts himself rarely, either at home or outside! (! 7is eyes and pupils will ha&e rare mobility! F! Most sincerely spiritual, with no sense of hypocrisy! B! #f he takes to business of financial ad&icing, is &ery imaginati&e and balanced! *)! 4o&es and honours bonds of friendships! **! 7as almost an insatiable wander"lust!

Moon in $rishchika 2Scor#io3

*! +e&elops the tendency to mo&e from place to place &ery early in life! '! #f he fails to e.ercise self"control may fall into life:s temptations &ery easily! >! <yes de&elop yellowish colour! ?! #f unchecked, co&ets the wi&es of other persons! @! #s rather haughty! A! #s cruel e&en with his own kith and kin! (! +oes not mind becoming unscruplous in earning money! F! 7as little lo&e for his own mother!

B! Knows most of the tricks of cheating!

4oon in Dhan! >Sagittari!s?

*! #s bra&e! '! 4o&es truth! >! 7as good $ualities! ?! ;ould like to promote lo&e and peace! @! 4o&es prosperity! A! 7as a liking for beautiful women! (! Respects his mother! F! #s generous in donating money! B! <mploys many ser&ants! *)! 7as histrionic talents! **! +e&elops corpulence! *'! 7as the dangerous habit of destroying a flourishing family or an institution!

Moon in Makar 2 a#ricorn3

*! #s generally not respected in his own family and de&elops comple.es &ery early! '! #f in lo&e, can listen to the ad&ice of women more! >! 7as &ery scholarly tastes! ?! #s &ery clear in his preference for the non"traditional music and disciplines! @! Succeeds in winning the respect of beautiful women! A! 5ets rich in &ery practical ways! (! 7as charitable tendencies! F! 7as good ser&ants to help him! B! #s kindhearted! *)! #s generally family"lo&ing man!

**! #s worried about his own happiness!

Moon in 5umbha 2A/uarius3

*! 7as an innate sense of charity! '! /endency to be indolent is what he must o&ercome! >! #s generally &ery helpful! ?! 7is desire to surround himself with wealth and other types of lu.uries is &ery strong! @! 7as impressi&e eyes! A! #s mostly courteous! (! 2an work hard to be a scholar or to be rich F! <arns good name for good deeds and lo&ing nature! B! -elie&es in spending the money earned by himself! *)! #s generally courageous!

Moon in Meena 2Pisces3

*! #s self"controlled and dignified! '! 7as the capacity to be &alorous! >! #s tactful in speech! ?! 7as inborn leadership $ualities! @! 5ets angry $uickly! A! 7as fear of spending money la&ishly! (! 7as sterling $ualities! F! #s lo&ed by his own family members! B! #s &ery truly spiritual! *)! 7as a tendency to walk $uickly! **! 2an de&elop musical talents! *'! #s respected because of good conduct!

autions ;ne
/his is the most basic psycho"analytical framework with which a 7indu astrologer should start! /hese should not be applied literally as they undergo at least twenty modifications! 4et one such instance of modification be gi&en here! #or !esha 3agna with the !oon: .s the fourth lord in the lagna has a good mother and other domestic comforts. #or &risha 3agna with the !oon: 3o$es to be spiritual but is negligent of serious studies. #or !ithuna 3agna with the !oon: Has a tendency to grow rich, can be obstinate, and does lot of work for others. #or (arka 3agna with !oon: "ill be healthy, bra$e, $ery fickle and lo$es to mo$e in the company of the opposite se4. #or imha 3agna with the !oon: loses money. pendthrift, does bad planning as a result of which

#or (anya 3agna with the !oon: 'ich, good natured, poet, e6uanimous and is always an4ious to grow rich. #or Tula 3agna with the !oon: Is a born scholar, has many good 6ualities, sickly in childhood but later happy and becomes prosperous. #or &rishchika 3agna with the !oon: Is generally lucky, is handsome, scholarly and is liked both by the rich and the poor! #or Dhanu 3agna with the !oon: Has generally less longe$ity of life, is weak, has thie$ing tendencies and is ungrateful to his preceptors. #or !akar 3agna with the !oon: Is addicted to e4tra7marital affairs, is $ery cle$er and is prone to sickness. #or (umbha 3agna with the !oon: Has a bad health, earns fame, is courageous but does not get on well with people generally. #or !eena 3agna with the !oon: Is miserly, scheming but scholarly and has the tendency to cheat others of money.

+$o
-ow apply to the !oon the full !emory Tablet 7 ,.: and D.'5 . There are already now nine modifications.

+hree

>o into the subtle meaning of the birth star in which the !oon is positioned.

(o!r
54amine the !oon in the other fi$e di$isional charts, Hora, Drekkanna, -a$amsha, Dwadamsha and Thrimsamsha.

(i'e
There are subtler uses of the !oon in each horoscope which alone will be around twenty. If e$en some of these are well understood and applied the entire psycho7analytical structure will open out. .ll this cannot be done in one hour or e$en one day.

Si&
)ttermost caution is to be e4ercised if the !oon is in the last degrees of !eena or early degrees of !esha, If in the last degrees of (arka and early degrees of imha, and if in the last degree of &rischika and early degrees of Dhanu. These are known as gandanta areas and ha$e many hidden dangers. How does the !oon re$eal your psychology and how I did it in the case of some non7 indians is being e4plained now illustrati$ely.

<o!r Psychology and 4oon "ll!strations

Those astrologers who do not know how to e4amine the impact of their natal !oon *as gi$en in their horoscopes+ cannot e$en understand the psychology of an indi$idual. ome e4amples, without disclosing full horoscopes, are being gi$en here. "hile doing their readings, it was I who asked them what I saw and they had not $olunteered the information.

Ans$ers to the P!IIles

5asy and simple, in fact an o$er7simplistic $iew of the horoscopes *with full details not disclosed+ in itself is enough to show the importance of the !oon sign.

)&ample ;ne

Position The !oon is in the eighth house from the lagna and one must wake up
It is at twenty7eight degrees and thirty fi$e minutes and if you know Hindu astrology there will be a ring of a bell in your head. 8ut the birth is of shukla paksha *bright lunar half+ and it is night birth. the safety $al$e and the inherent danger both. o there is

"hat neither the psychiatrist nor the "estern astrologer would be intereseted in is that psychological analysis of a horoscope starts with pre7destination, the karma7 phala of past life *the results of the deeds of past life+ which is reflected in the horoscope of the present incarnation of man.

+he Portents #rom the theory of re7incarnation the ne4t step is to see what all
portents are readable and $isible. This is done in a $ery detailed way. #rom the lunar angle alone a horoscope is analysed in more than twenty ways in Hindu astrology. "e will use a technical word here the !oon is in a $icious gandanta.

Analysis of the Horoscope To understand the meaning of the portents the

first 6uestion to be asked is: is there any danger to the childI The answer is, no. Then, to whomI The answer is to the mother. "hyI ee the fourth lord from the lagna, !ars with a powerful of disease and the se$enth lord of death. aturn, the si4th lord

-ow see it from the !oon The ne$er7failing Hindu way is to e4amine the fourth house. Take !oon as 3agna and its lord also from the !oon. Here, the fourth lord from the !oon is !ercury the lord of !ithuna, with the si4th lord, the un and the third and the eighth lord, &enus. The third way of seeing it is to treat the fourth house as the lagna, for the mother and e4amine it again. The fourth lord from corpio is aturn, e4alted but in the twelfth house and with the si4th lord !ars. #inally, remember the planetary friendship N aturn and !ars are enemies. Thus the fourth lord from the lagna and the fourth lord from the fourth house is with enemy. 8ut the fourth lord from the !oon, is with two friends.

+he Dasha The dasha of !ercury is followed by that of se$en years of (etu in
the twelfth house aspected by aturn N a $ery painful period for his mother because (etu is in the fifth house of feelings from the !oon representing the mother. Then comes the period of &enus, the third and the tenth lord form the lagna, combust with the un in the fifth house of his own emotions. #rom the !oon, &enus is the third and the eighth lord with the un the si4th lord and with !ercury, the fourth lord from the !oon. :omes now the sub7period of the !oon in the eighth house representing agony and his mother commits suicide.

+he Psychological "mpact "hat should be the psychological impact of it

on him, for the rest of his life I He has seen a woman, *in this case his own mother+, in moods of depression. How would he react to women in his own lifeI -ow see the se$enth lord aturn with !ars and the meaning is clear. ee the se$enth lord from the !oon, and it is combust and is aspected by aturn. ee the se$enth lord from &enus. It is !ercury combust and (etu in the eighth house aspected by aturn. He has had a two year brief period of married life. Thus far and no further.

(!t!re How would he shape in futureI ee the dasha se6uence, !oons period
which is in the eighth house and then that of !ars in the third house.

8o!nselling There is $ery good spiritual promise in the horoscope. Hathayoga

should be the starting point and then metaphysical studies. Yes, he does that. I am happy. It is specific counselling based on the dasha, which is decided by the birth !oon, which is in a dangerous nakshatra and in dangerous degrees. 8ut the spiritual promise and the inclination to study e$en astrology and write books, do counselling and sublimate his frustration through music are the definite outlets for pent up frustrations within. He was satisfied with my reading.

)&ample +$o

The !oon Here the !oon is doubly important as the lagna lord and as !oon itself. It is in its sign of debilitation. ee the check7list under J.J *.rishta+ and note that e$en the lagna has not been spared the influences of two malefics the tenth aspect of aturn and the eighth aspect of !ars.

+he Portents 8orn in the dasha of aturn which is e4alted it must ha$e gi$en
him a good start in life. Then came the period of !ercury in his own house aspected by !ars the fifth lord and %upiter gi$ing him $arious opportunities to learn many sub2ects, technical, semi7technical and e$en astrology, as !ercury is the planet for astrology. 8eing with (etu and that too in the twelfth house, his attraction for spiritual practices is $isible and predictable. -ut then will come the period of se&en years of Ketu in the twelfth house with the Sun and, and most unfortunately, a retrograde Mercury aspected by Mars from the si.th house! The second and the twelfth house represent eyes in medical astrology In the last sub7period of (etu when the !ercurys sub7period must ha$e begun, both (etu and !ercury must ha$e caused damage to the eyes. "hat was the nature of his illness I had asked him. J5yesJ he said and e4plained it himself with the use of &imshottari dasha since he is a Hindu astrologer. Yes, I am right. .mericans learn Hindu astrology they will do lot of good to their society and in decades to come establish it as the most dependable super7science man has e$er known.

Analysis of the Horoscope = "ith the lagna lord being weak, though
$argottama and two malefics aspecting the lagna, health is a weak point. The concentration of planets in the twelfth house with afflicted (etu aspected by retrograde !ars would not promise hundred percent impro$ement. %upiter is there to sa$e the situation. 8ut &enus in the second house is unafflicted. Yet the second lord, the un in the twelfth with (etu and the aspect of retrograde !ars represents, together with !ercury, both eyes.

8o!nselling = Do not do such work as will strain the eyes more. The present
&enus period is all right. 8ut then will come the period of the spiritual promise ahead in years to come is $ery good. un in the twelfth. The

)'am#*e !hree

She bree8ed into my room gracefully! She seemed to ha&e some old world charm about her, though not old! #n modern 1merican parlance, she must be called young because #, past si.ty, was called young by an 1merican woman!

+he 4oon = The !oon in Tula aspected by a retrograde aturn, debilitated in

.ries and also by !ars from the si4th houseO Then the degrees of the !oon show that in na$amsha it would get debilitated in corpio.

Portents = uch weak !oon and so hea$ily aflicted needed close look. This !oon,
representing mother, is aspected by a retrograde *being the fourth lord+. .nd .nd aturn who is also the mother

aturn the fourth lord both from the lagna and the !oon, is the mother doubly. aturn is retrograde.

+he Dasha SeF!ence = .fter a brief balance of about two years of !ars will
come the eighteen years of 'ahu. The se6uence of the sub7periods will be 'ahu7 'ahu, 'ahu7%upiter and then 'ahu7 aturn. !y eyes were glued on the retrograde aturn, representing her mother, aspecting &enus in her fourth house. .nd &enus as the eighth lord also could mean something sudden, sensational. -ow put your finger on the fourth house, !akar. The story begins to unfold with some $iolence hidden. HowI #rom !akar the se$enth lord is the !oon aspected by retrograde aturn and !ars in the si4th house of aggression. "hat happened during 'ahu7 aturn in her own house when she was a young girl of nine or ten yearsI J!y mother killed her lo$er right in my presenceJ, she said.

+he Psychological "mpact = Her own married life must ha$e been disturbed.
There are many classical planetary indications, some of those family secrets which some Indian astrologers use are present. Did she de$elop distrust in the sincerity of male lo$erI :ould be. he then told me the stories of her marriage.

8o!nselling = he is passing through the dasha of aturn, the best a Tula

ascendant can get. "hat about debilitated aturnI -ow notice two features first, aturn in the se$enth has directional strength and &enus in the fourth also has directional strength. "hat about debilitated aturnI "ell, for gods sake, pay some attention also to the $irtuous side of debilitated aturn. JDestroyer of enemies, shine on the face, good position in life with prosperity. sticks to such norms of beha$iour as one sets for oneself, en2oys se4ual lifeJ. The ne4t dasha will be of !ercury, the ninth lord with the ele$enth lord, the the second house aspected by %upiter. The prosperity that &enus in the fourth promises, is reinforced. There is %upiter in the eighth house both form the lagna and the !oon. to look after her health in aturn7%upiter. he will need un, in

-ut Jupiter in the eighth house has its positi&e side! 5enuine interest in yoga, with regularity will help her! he told me that she had already been doing it and $ery sincerely. In the ne4t period of !ercury, her ninth and twelfth lord, her own spiritual interests, starting with yoga will be deeper. I made use of my knowledge of spiritual astrology by looking into many other details. he was happy. he deser$ed such counselling. Years ago, when I had heard the word aerobics I thought it was some new craFy things .mericans must ha$e started doing in the space. .n .mericanised Indian lady remo$ed my ignorance and told me that aerobics is what women do on the ground to impro$e their physi6ue and those who do it walk $ery smartly, I was told. "hen she was lea$ing I told her, Jdo yoga, not aerobicsJ. In the ) ., the client who comes to consult you is not well informed about the importance of birth with the craFiest e$er corrections in$ol$ing so many time Fones. You can ne$er be sure that the so7called correct horoscope gi$en to you has all the necessary corrections carried out properly. The time7Fone apart, the differing dates of daylight changes are craFier. .bout fi$e horoscopes gi$en to me at two stations in ) . misled me into wrong reading which was not my fault at all. To what e4tent the ) astrologers, particularly, are aware of the most fantastic craFy time corrections re6uired is what they should know. There may be $ery good and $alid resons for "estern astrologers doing more counselling than predictions. 8ut those of the Hindu astrologers of ) . as ha$e decided to do mainly counselling without understanding the e4traordinary time7 tested techni6ues of predictions, cannot afford to be imitati$e. They ha$e to e$ol$e their own style which they can do. I ha$e said all this because I remember most gratefully T who told me something $aluable. I was doing the reading of a lady born on Gctober =, /E<< and T sat with

her, after getting her permission, as he had done earlier also in one case in which my readings had come out $ery well. This lady felt $ery unhappy with me and told me that I was getting many things wrong.

T came to my rescue. He told me that in ) . there was also war7time correction to be done in the case of those who were born during the second world war. I thanked T and told this lady that I could not proceed with my readings. -e4t, T asked me what was the degree of his lagna according to the horoscope gi$en to me. I told him that it was more than eighteen degrees in &rishchika. He told me that after war7time correction it could not e$en be se$en degrees. He himself brought his correct horoscope a day later and I did readings which pleased him. He is himself a sound "estern astrologer. 3ater when another intellectual "estern astrologer wanted me to do the reading of her husbands horoscope, with T again sitting with her permission, both she and T appreciated my reading. T is one of the few astrologers I met in ) . who wanted to understand the profundity and the reasoning in Hindu astrology, without which any type of counselling is shaky. 'eading his horoscope I asked him how in /E?@7?E period he had come into some sudden windfall gains financially. He said that he had asked me to gi$e the astrological reason. I told him that aturn, his fourth lord represented a trust and his lagna lord, !ars in the second house aspected by %upiter and the !oon from the eighth house was the reason for monetary gains. o it is in ) .. ome of those fine patterns of gentleman you meet with are so keenly appreciati$e of Hindu astrology with an open mind. 8ut then that haunting fear is always there, which can be tabulated thus: /. The time corrections with different time7Fones and daylight sa$ing time is mind boggling. "hy cannot ) . ha$e some neater solution to reduce these complicationsI 9. Do not presume that the so called horoscope gi$en to you is correct. ;. Do not presume that e$en the daylight sa$ing time is obser$ed by e$ery hospital in ) .. It is most arbitrary in :hicago.

<. .nd finally do not belie$e that anyone who can not see an e$ent can e$er do any counselling.

What then are the elements of astrological co!nsellingA

The first is belief in the pattern of destiny as a result of the deeds of past li$es. That karma cannot be changed. The second, within that pattern only your free7will can be e4ercised and not outside. The ,resident of Immortals has drawn for each of us an orbit outside which your cannot stray. The third, astrology is the only science known to man which helps you see the past without your ha$ing to tell the present as it is, and the future that is to unfold. .nd finally remember that in astrology it is the !oon sign and the birth star that help you see the whirligig of time with the karmic pattern of each ones destiny unfolding. o belie$e in the !oon7sign and the birth tar.