SRI JAGANNATH CENTER

Presented at: SJC Serbia Conference 2005

JAGANNATH
DREKKANA
By Visti Larsen – Guide and Guru: Sanjay Rath
Published in the Jyotish Digest, 2005/2006.

Visti Larsen, SJC Guru

C.F. Richs Vej 83 st. th., 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
Phone: (+45) 22965939 email: visti@srigaruda.com
Website: http://srigaruda.com
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Dåk, guru and karma
Trayamça is the name of the third divisional chart, but those initiated into its practice call this
chart ‘drekkäëa/dåkäëa or dåñkäëa’. The word dåk means visible, whilst dåña refers to sight or
can be seen, i.e. dåñöi. Visibility comes from the rays of the Sun, which being guided by the Guru
or åñi guides the atma through the various births.

This guru sits in the ninth house and is hence the reason that Dåg daçä starts from the ninth
house. The drekkäëa starts from the lagna, being guided by the ninth there from and moves
through the trines, as guided by the guru.

Being that the drekkäëa is the third divisional chart, the matters represented by it relate to the
third house issues of siblings, actions, copulation, etc. There are various drekkäëa charts which
show these different issues. The popular are called; Päräçara drekkäëa, Jagannätha drekkäëa and
Somanätha drekkäëa, based on the authors who gave their calculation.

Among these, the Jagannätha drekkäëa will be discussed in this article. Readers who wish to
know about other types of drekkäëa, please refer to the article; “The Various Drekkäëa” –
presented at the USA-West Coast Conference 2004.

Trikoëa and karma

Among the various drekkäëa, the Päräçara and Jagannätha drekkäëa traverse the trines to the
sign. Whilst with the Päräçara drekkäëa the allotment is to the first, fifth and ninth houses,
instead the Jagannätha drekkäëa traverses the movable, fixed and dual signs respectively, always
starting from a movable sign.

This process of starting from a movable sign is similar to the calculation of the navämça, where
the reckoning starts from the movable sign in trines.

Drekkäëa Fiery Watery Airy Earthy

First (movable) Meña Karka Thula Makara

Second (fixed) Simha Våçcika Kumbha Våñabha

Third (dual) Dhanus Ména Mithuna Kanya

Whilst the Päräçara drekkäëa shows the siblings who are born before or after you, instead the
Jagannätha drekkäëa how you are utilizing your past karma for future benefit. For this reason the
Jagannätha drekkäëa shows the fruits of our actions or ‘karma phala’.
Three sages
There are three deities in the drekkäëa, who happen to be the three sages or Åñi.

These are Närada, Ägastya and Durväsa who happen to be Devaåñi, Mahäåñi and Brahmaåñi
respectively. These correspond to the movable, fixed and dual signs in the Jagannätha drekkäëa.

Räçi Åñi Guëa Type

Movable Närada Sattva Devaåñi

Fixed Ägastya Rajas Mahäåñi

Dual Durväsa Tamas Brahmaåñi

From the table it can be seen that the Guëa of the Åñi and the sign it occupies do not match. In
fact the Åñi sits in the ninth from the particular sign, i.e. for movable signs the ninth house is dual,
hence the ninth house is a sattva sign and Närada resides there. Similarly the ninth from fixed
signs is movable and rajas, whilst the ninth from dual signs is fixed and tamas.
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Use of Jagannätha drekkäëa
The karma referred to in the drekkäëa is not the same as the dasämça chart, where we analyze
the occupation of the person and his/her relationships with their colleagues. Instead in the
Jagannäth drekkäëa the fruit of any activity; be it relationships, buying a house, building a
school, writing a book, etc. can be seen in the Jagannäth drekkäëa.

Most importantly, each person has been born to fulfill some work or karma yoga. Because the
native’s life revolves around the completion or fructification of this work, the Jagannäth
drekkäëa becomes vital to understand when this work will succeed or fail, or whether it will ever
begin.

This article will focus on the major life directions of a person, and the ups and downs the native
may face in fulfilling this direction.

The third house shows the karma

The most important house in the Jagannäth drekkäëa or in any drekkäëa chart is the third house.
The third house shows the focus of the native’s actions in society and hence the karma yoga they
do. Analyzing the third house or its lord helps understand the times when the native will succeed
or fail in their karma yoga. Literally it shows the fruits of karma, or karma phala.

The planets involved with the third house or its lord, will show the nature of the karma yoga. Special
yogas should be carefully observed to determine the results.
Chart 1: Visti Larsen
In the given chart, the Jagannäth drekkäëa lagna is cancer. The third house is occupied by Saturn
and this is in the sign of Virgo. This indicates traditional (Saturn) literature (Virgo/mercury).
Mercury is also having räçi dåñöi on Saturn and gives it strength whilst promoting the line of
literature and teaching. The native studies and teaches astrology in a Vedic tradition.

Because the third house and sixth house aspect each other by räçi dåñöi, the native works for the
sake of serving others. Whilst Venus and mars both have räçi dåñöi on Saturn, Saturn is not likely
to accept the ways of Mars (natural enemies), and instead accept the ways of Venus. The native
deals mostly in the area of relationships in astrology.

The fourth house is the märaka (second) to the third. It’s lord is Khareça and destroys the houses it’s
placed in, to either make or break the natives karma yoga.
Chart 2: Queen Victoria
In the given chart, of Queen Victoria of England, the Jagannäth drekkäëa lagna is Taurus. Saturn
is in the third house in Cancer which is raja yoga for sitting on the throne. Sun and Moon both
aspect Saturn indicating that this will be a royal throne, also Moon is exalted and in the lagna
showing that she will herself be the one on the throne.

Interestingly Sun is also fourth lord and hence khareça, but being joined this yoga it ensures her
rise to power. One by one members of the royal family had their demise, without being able to
produce an heir. This resulted in Victoria becoming Queen of England at the age of 18, though
her father was the fourth in succession to the throne.

Dwadasottari dasa (applicable if lagna is in Venusian amça):

Sun MD: 1836-09-07 (14:49:17) - 1843-09-08 (9:50:35)

Antardasas in this MD:

Sun: 1836-09-07 (14:49:17) - 1837-02-11 (8:06:07)

Jup: 1837-02-11 (8:06:07) - 1837-09-07 (20:58:18)

Ket: 1837-09-07 (20:58:18) - 1838-05-13 (18:19:23)

Merc: 1838-05-13 (18:19:23) - 1839-03-06 (5:33:32)

Rah: 1839-03-06 (5:33:32) - 1840-02-12 (2:29:41)

Mars: 1840-02-12 (2:29:41) - 1841-03-05 (17:39:26)

Sat: 1841-03-05 (17:39:26) - 1842-05-13 (18:49:06)

Moon: 1842-05-13 (18:49:06) - 1843-09-08 (9:50:35)

Dvadasottari daçä applies, in the chart, and she is born in the mahä daçä of Moon followed by
that of the Sun. It was during these two mahä daçäs that her ascension to power took place. The
demise of the previous heir is required for her to be Queen, and in the räçi chart, the parivartana
between debilitated Jupiter in ninth and Saturn in the ärüòha lagna is causing the demise of
elders (ninth) and lifting her to the thrown.

In the Jagannäth drekkäëa, Jupiter is also aspecting the Sun and Moon, so Jupiter antara daçä is
very likely to cause her ascension.

Dwadasottari dasa (applicable if lagna is in Venusian amça):

Sun MD: 1836-09-07 (14:49:17) - 1843-09-08 (9:50:35)

Jup AD: 1837-02-11 (8:06:07) - 1837-09-07 (20:58:18)

Pratyantardasas in this AD:

Jup: 1837-02-11 (8:06:07) - 1837-02-27 (11:58:10)

Ket: 1837-02-27 (11:58:10) - 1837-03-19 (10:09:12)

Merc: 1837-03-19 (10:09:12) - 1837-04-12 (6:21:36)

Rah: 1837-04-12 (6:21:36) - 1837-05-10 (4:06:14)

Mars: 1837-05-10 (4:06:14) - 1837-06-11 (4:52:25)

Sat: 1837-06-11 (4:52:25) - 1837-07-17 (5:21:20)

Moon: 1837-07-17 (5:21:20) - 1837-08-25 (19:33:03)

Sun: 1837-08-25 (19:33:03) - 1837-09-07 (20:58:18)

During Sun mahä daçä, Jupiter antara daçä and Moons pratyantara daçä, King William IV had
his demise and Queen Victoria was crowned Queen of England.

If planets are in the third, then treat it as lagna. Otherwise if unoccupied, then treat the third lord as
lagna. Planets in the dusthäna (sixth, eighth and twelfth) from this position cause disruptions in the
native’s karma yoga.
Chart 3: Sanjay Rath
In the given chart of Pt. Sanjay Rath, the lagna in the Jagannäth drekkäëa is Scorpio. The third
house is unoccupied, whilst its lord Saturn is in Virgo indicating work with traditional literature,
or literature handed down in a tradition. Jupiter and Sun are having räçi dåñöi on Saturn and
shows that the work is supported by Shiva or a very powerful Shiva Brahmin (Jupiter in Pisces).
Since this is in the fifth house this could be the paternal grandfather.

From Saturn, the sixth house is occupied by the Moon whilst the twelfth is occupied by Mercury,
indicating disruptions in his work from family (moon) and students (mercury).

The native suffered a great deal of opposition from his parents who were against his study of
astrology. This went to the extent where the native’s father burnt all his astrology books. Moon is
in dagdha (combust) tithi1, and hence the books were burnt.

Later on, when the native began teaching astrology in Mercury mahä daçä, the native suffered
severe obstructions from his students, in a legal matter regarding his father, resulting in a long-
drawn court case.
Chart 4: Adolph Hitler

1 Moon in Leo, Sagittarius or Aquarius, whilst the tithi is either tritiya (3rd), ashtami (8th) or trayodasi (13th).
In the chart of Adolph Hitler, the third house in Jagannäth drekkäëa is occupied by Venus, Mars
and Ketu forming pisacha yoga with Venus for extreme violence and aggression in the sign
Sagittarius – the battlefield.

Saturn, although being khareça due to its lordship of the fourth house, has gone to the sixth
house where it destroys the enemy and further supports the violent yoga in the third house.

No planets are in the sixth, eighth or twelfth from this yoga, making it almost unstoppable.
Interestingly the third lord Jupiter and the eighth lord Moon are joining, and make this yoga last
until the end of life; hence Jupiter and Moon will be detrimental towards Hitler and his Nazi
reign. Note that Moon is the pacifier of Mars and the pisacha yoga as well.

Dwi-saptati sama dasa (applicable if lagna lord is in 7th or 7th lord is in lagna):

Maha Dasas:

Moon: 1888-09-06 (15:38:05) - 1897-09-06 (22:49:39)

Mars: 1897-09-06 (22:49:39) - 1906-09-08 (6:15:38)

Merc: 1906-09-08 (6:15:38) - 1915-09-08 (13:33:18)

Jup: 1915-09-08 (13:33:18) - 1924-09-07 (20:58:32)

Ven: 1924-09-07 (20:58:32) - 1933-09-08 (4:25:00)

Sat: 1933-09-08 (4:25:00) - 1942-09-08 (11:32:57)

Rah: 1942-09-08 (11:32:57) - 1951-09-08 (18:57:02)

Sun: 1951-09-08 (18:57:02) - 1960-09-08 (2:26:37)

Dvisaptati Sama daçä applies due to the lagneça in the seventh house, and right after the First
World War in Jupiter mahä daçä, Hitler entered the Nazi party and became famous (gajakesari),
but was unsuccessful in overthrowing the republican government or aggressing against the same
due to the strength of the Moon. Again though imprisoned, he was famous for his work; “Mein
Kampf” during this period. The attempt to overthrow the government was in the ‘Putsch’ in
1923. The next year was 1924, and Venus mahä daçä started.

Venus daçä (coming to power)

It was not until the daçä of Venus that he was successful in growing the Nazi party to a
significant size. It was during this time that he acquired his greatest allies; Josef Goebbels and
Herman Goering.

The party got massive fame and support when the economic depression hit Germany in 1929
with the advent of Venus daçä and Moon antara daçä. Their popularity peaked during July 1932
in Jupiter antara daçä, where the Nazi’s had become the leading party in the country. Kurt Von
Schleicher was Chancellor during this time, and Hitler held a subordinate position. Later due to
ongoing battles and conflicts between Nazi’s and Communists, Von Schleicher resigned on
January 28th 1933... Two days later Hitler became Chancellor of Germany still in Jupiter antara
daçä. This presumably happened in Suns pratyantara dasa, which is giving power and position
by being placed in the fifth from the third house.

Due to blaming the communists for a fire started in February, by the elections in March, the
nationalist part and Nazi’s won a by a small majority barring the communists. Playing on the
fears of the nation, Hitler was voted dictatorial powers, again happening in Jupiter antara daçä
and Suns pratyantara daçä.

Saturn daçä (dictatorship and World War II)

Saturn mahä daçä started in September the same year indicating the beginning of Hitler’s
machine to wipe out the enemy, and from the beginning of his rule, he persecuted, arrested or
assassinated all political threats and opponents in Germany. Among the antara daçäs in Saturn,
Mars came in 1938 where Hitler through clever politics managed to replace top military positions
with men from his own party. He made allies with Mussolini in Italy and General Franco in
Spain. Soon in the same year he annexed Austria and Czechoslovakia, claiming to establish peace
and end of terrorism. During this time he began his persecution and mass-extermination of the
Jews, socialists, communists, homosexuals, and other groups of people that the Reich despised.

Mercury antara daçä began n 1939 and is placed in the fifth from the third house, giving power
and position. He invaded Poland, resulting in Britain and France opposing this act and declared
war against Germany – this officially initiated World War II. During the same antara of Mercury,
in March 1940 he marched into Denmark, Norway and two months later he marched towards
France, conquering Netherlands, Luxemburg and Belgium in the process. France surrendered on
June 22nd 1940, all happening in Mercury antara daçä.

Germany grew bigger, as did the USSR, annexing countries into their own and supporting each
others conquests due to a secret agreement they had made in 1939, during Mercury antara daçä.

By Saturn-Venus, Hitler decided to attack Russia, due to the ongoing expansion of ‘the red’ to the
east. The power of Saturn is strong in the chart, and Venus antara daçä is running. The Germans
fought hard and gained huge territories in Ukraine and the Baltic states. However in Saturn-
Venus-Rähu in December 1941, they were stopped just short of Moscow, by a heavy winter and
strong soviet resistance, due to Rähu placed in maraëa karaka sthäna. During the same period
Hitler declared war against the USA (Gemini).

Rähu daçä (the fall of the Reich)

Rähu mahä daçä started, who is placed in maraëa käraka sthäna. The tables turned with the
advent of Rähu mahä daçä, Germany had suffered enormous casualties in the war against Russia,
but Hitler refused to admit defeat. Also the Americans had overthrown Hitler’s allies in Italy.

The Russians, Americans and British drew closer and closer, as realists in the German army knew
that the war was over for the Germans. An assassination on Hitler was attempted during Rähu-
Sun daçä, but unsuccessful leading in the mass torture of four thousand people, to crush the
resistance movement against Hitler, hence only expanding his control over Germany.

When Moon antara daçä began in the end of 1944, the Russians drove away all the Germans from
their territory and began charging into central Europe. The western armies began advancing into
Germany and the Russians were knocking on the gates to Berlin in April 1945. The Moon had
kept his promise and had come to bring peace and the end of the war.

The yoga of the first and eighth lords from the third house also worked. In the räçi Jupiter and
Moon are aspecting the third from ärüòha lagna and Hitler committed suicide, resulting in the
surrender of German forces on in May 1945.
Chart 5: F.D. Roosevelt

Just as Moon was the destroyer of Adolph Hitler’s karma yoga, so is Moon the controller of
Roosevelt’s karma yoga. Moon is placed in the third house indicating that he was a bringer of
peace to the world.
The third lord is Saturn and is placed in the sign of Leo indicating that his policies will be aimed
towards democracy in the world. Roosevelt’s main requirement for entering into the Second
World War, was that all slavery was to be ended by the allied nations (Britain, France, etc).

Vimshottari daçä from lagna is applicable and towards the end of Jupiter mahä daçä, during
Rähu antara daçä the USA entered the war. Rähu is co-lord of the third house and will support
the cause for peace. With the advent of Saturn mahä daçä the Americans were on German
territory and with the help of the Russians, they overthrew the Germans during Saturn daçä and
Saturn antara daçä.

Mercury is the lord of the eighth from the third and is in mutual aspect with Saturn who is lord
of the third indicating a yoga for demise on the thrown, just as in Hitler’s chart. Saturn is
furthermore joined Jupiter and both are aspecting the third from ärüòha lagna in the räçi,
showing that both he and his enemy will die at the same time. On 12th April 1945 during Saturn
daçä and Saturn antara, only 15 days month after Hitler’s suicide, Roosevelt died of a cerebral
hemorrhage.

Establishment of Ramakrishna Mission

Chart 6: Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

In the räçi chart of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, lagneça Saturn is exalted in a trikoëa.
However because it is a malefics and retrograde, it is causing parivrajya yoga for renunciation.
Because Saturn is placed in the sixth from ärüòha lagna, it shows renunciation due to own choice,
i.e. living the life of a sädhu. This same Saturn is also involved in a Kalpadruma yoga showing
the creation of a new and large organization. However there is no Simhäsana yoga as the tenth
lord is placed neither in first nor second houses, hence leadership of a large organization is not
possible.
The third house in the Jagannätha drekkäëa is unoccupied, whilst its lord Jupiter is joined
Mercury forming yoga for the guru-çiñya parampara, and joined Saturn confirming the teachings
from the tradition. Saturn is khareça and shows many obstacles and intolerable suffering which
can be overcome with the help of Kali. From Jupiter the first and eighth lords are Saturn and
Mercury, hence this work will continue till he leaves his mortal coils.

The Sun and Moon in trines to the yoga will support the yoga.

Shastihayani daçä is applicable because the Sun is placed in the lagna in räçi.

Shashti-hayani daçä (applicable if Sun is in lagna):

Mahä Daçäs:

Rah: 1834-05-27 (14:35:38) - 1840-05-27 (3:23:22)

Jup: 1840-05-27 (3:23:22) - 1850-05-27 (17:01:22)

Sun: 1850-05-27 (17:01:22) - 1860-05-27 (6:23:27)

Mars: 1860-05-27 (6:23:27) - 1870-05-27 (19:59:35)

Moon: 1870-05-27 (19:59:35) - 1876-05-27 (8:43:57)

Merc: 1876-05-27 (8:43:57) - 1882-05-27 (21:47:15)

Ven: 1882-05-27 (21:47:15) - 1888-05-27 (10:37:25)

Sat: 1888-05-27 (10:37:25) - 1894-05-27 (23:35:53)

Rah: 1894-05-27 (23:35:53) - 1900-05-28 (12:25:13)

Sun daçä began when he was 14 and is placed in the lagna showing the beginning of his karma
yoga. It is placed in trines to the third lord and will support his goal of life. In Sun daçä he began
his livelihood by working at the Dakñiëeçvara temple in Calcutta with his elder brother. Here
working as a priest he performed oblations for the mother and helped visitors do the same. This
all happened in Mars antara daçä and indicates a time of distraction from his karma yoga as Mars
is in the eighth house from Jupiter. Intent on getting a vision of the mother he started
worshipping her very intensely. This lead to the point where Ramakrishna was intent on taking
his own life if she would not appear to him. This all happened in the antara daçä of Mars, and
Mars also aspecting the third from ärüòha lagna in the räçi confirms the vigorousness of his
worship.

He met Bhairavi Brahmani – a nun very well versed in the various tantras and especially
vaishnava sädhana. We can presume that this occurred during Moon antara daçä as Moon is
bhrätå käraka and is also well placed from the third lord. Subsequently for the next four years he
would engage in sädhana of Mother Kali. Then having attained the same, he continued for eight
years more in various sädhana, trying to attain God in other ways with the help of Vedantic,
Islamic, Christian and other types of worship.

It was however not until Mercury mahä daçä and Saturn antara daçä which are both joined the
third lord, that he met Vivekananda. Upon their meeting Sri Ramakrishna knew that this boy
would be the one to further his work.
Chart 7: Swami Vivekananda

The räçi chart has tenth lord in the second house causing simhäsana yoga, making Swamiji the
leader of a major organization. Both planets are Venus and Mercury and both are placed in the
sixth from ärüòha lagna indicating that this will occur after renunciation of all material bonds.
The lagna rising in the Jagannäth drekkäëa of his holiness Swami Vivekananda is Sagittarius
housing the ätmakäraka Sun. The third house is unoccupied, whilst it has two lords; Saturn and
Rähu. Saturn is joined Mercury, just like in the chart of Sri Ramakrishna. Saturn is the bhrätå
käraka showing the influence of the Guru. Saturn and Moon are forming yoga for kali worship,
which was the practice of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.

Shastihayani daçä is applicable just as in the case of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. With the
advent of Saturn mahä daçä, who is the third lord, the meeting with Sri Ramakrishna took place.

Third lord is placed in Taurus and the eighth lord from this is Jupiter. Jupiter is having räçi dåñöi
on Taurus hence ensuring that this karma yoga will last until he leaves his mortal coils. Sun is in
the eighth from Taurus itself and after having traveled across India, and also visited Europe and
America, in Sun daçä Vivekananda left his mortal coils.

OM TAT SAT