Suicide - Astrological Yogas:

Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often co
mmitted out of despair, the cause of which is attributed to a mental disorder su
ch as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse. St
ress factors such as financial difficulties or troubles with interpersonal relat
ionships often play a significant role.
We will see what are the factors in a horoscope that lead a person to commit sui
cide.
One thing is sure that a person will commit suicide only at a time when he is ex
tremely depressed and unhappy. Lot of negative thoughts would be roaming around
his mind. Let us now put this in astrological terms.
Fourth House: is called sukh sthan i.e. comfort house. If there are afflictions
to this house, native will not be happy and comfortable. Malefic planets like Ma
rs, Saturn (Karaka of Sorrow), Rahu in this house cause great damage. If the lor
d of fourth house is also afflicted, it may be a big factor in the native going
into depression.
Weak Lagnesh: If Lagnesh is weak, the overall personality of the native may be p
essimistic and negative.
Moon: Moon is the karaka of mind. If Moon is afflicted, the person becomes negat
ive. Worries and anxieties keep bothering him.
Fifth House: Fifth house represent chitta i.e. our inner self. It shows how much
harmony we have within ourselves. If this is afflicted the person may become in
sane.
Trik Bhavas: 6th, 8th and 12th houses represent depression, anxiety, extreme ang
uish, debts, enemies, death etc. so they will also play an important part in bri
nging the person to the edge of death.
Horoscope Analysis: Let us look at the above factors in action in the horoscope
of Jean Mercure who committed suicide in June 1998.
Kanya Lagana, ketu 3rd house, Mars 4th house, Mercury 6th house, Venus, Sun and
Saturn in 7th house, Rahu 9th, Moon 10th, Jupiter(r) in 12th house.
Let us first look at his fourth house. It is under heavy affliction. Mars, which
is the lord of 8th and 3rd house and extremely malefic, is placed in this house
. This is extremely bad combination. Moreover Saturn, the planet of sorrow is as
pecting the 4th house. The lord of fourth house is in 12th house which is the ho
use of losses which would mean the losses of sukha. Fourth house is extremely we
ak under the malefic influence.
Lagnesh is placed in another trik bhaav i.e. 6th house which is making it weak.
Moon the karaka of mind is placed in 10th house; in the house of his enemy. Mars
, from fourth house, is aspecting it; making it weak.
Fifth House is also under malefic influence as Rahu from 9th house is aspecting
it and the lord of fifth house is placed in the 7th house which is a marak sthan
. Sun, the lord of a malefic house, is aspecting it; making the 5th house furthe
r weak.
So, we can see some severe afflictions in his horoscope which made him commit su

icide. He committed suicide in the Rahu-Shukra dasha.

There are several remedies that can be done at this time and a suicide can be pr
evented but I will leave them for my future posts.