MEDICAL ASTROLOGY

1. Lagna represents the body of native. Lagna and Lagna Lord must be ‘healthy’ to
ensure good health to the native.

2. Different houses rule over specific body parts. Benefic influences on specific
houses indicate soundness of health of such body part as ruled by those houses,
and adverse influence. Indicate disease.

1. Body in general, head, brain, complexion

2. Face, mouth, teeth, speech, right eye
3. Throat, right ear, neck, shoulder, ears, physical fitness.
4. Thorax, lungs, chest.
5. Heart, mind, foregut, conception
6. Diseases in general, midget, kidney, injury, operation.
7. Umbilical region, sexual, Pelvic a hindgut
8. Extend genitalia, incurable diseases, amputation, longevity.
9. Hips, thigh, hip joint
10. Knees, Patella
11. Legs, left ear
12. Feet, left eye, hospitalization, death.

Different opinions: Some consider heart from 4, full intestines VI

As a matter of principle, house where Lord and Lagna resides, tends to prosper enjoy
good health.

Navamsha, the most important division also must be analyzed as rasi chart. (It is said, if
indications from rasi and navamsha chart differs / contradict; Navamsha take procedence.

64th Navamsha has special sinister relevance in medical astrology.

Vargottam Lagna / Planets indicate state of strength.

Drekna is another subdivision of importance for medical astrology. 22 nd Drekkana

(Drekna in 8th House from Lagna) is special significance from decision point of view.

Health, with is signified by Lagna, Lagna Lord, suffes when Lana and Lagna Lord are
afflicted.

Benefic influences on Lagna / Lagna low improve health.

A house gets afflicted
A house gets Strength and Protection
Occupied by malefic, Aspected by
malefic, Owned by malefic, Afflicted Lord of House is exalted, aspect own
also in divisions. House. Vargottam. Associated with
benefics. Aspected by benefices.
A planet or Lord of house gets afflicted: Associated with good house (5, 9), or
their larges. Strong and well placed in
Associates / Aspected by malefic placed divisional charts.
in adverse house 6/8/12.

Associated with Lord of 6/8/12.

Generally weak combust / Debil.
Afflicted also in divisions. Placed in
sign owned by natural malefic.

Maraka

Kills when longevity is over, otherwise they make person sick.

2 lord is stronger maraka than 7th lord.

Principles from Prashara:

1. Lord of maraka houses, their associates, natural malefic occupying maraka houses
– All have propensity to cause sickness / Death during their dosa / antardasa.

2. When longevity is over, but dasa of marka is not operating; dasa of a benefic
associated with 12 lord can assume maraca functions.

3. Even dasa of a natural malefic Saturn & Rahu can become unqualified markas

4. A maraka does not kill during antadarsha of a benefic planet, but can kill during
antardasha of unassociated malefic.

5. Saturn qualifies as most potent maraka when associated with a marka Lord.

6. During dosa of a marka Lord, antardasha of 6 / 8 / 12 Lord proves to be a maraka.

7. Lords of 2 & 7 House from moon become as maraca, if they happens to be natural
malefics.

8. Lords of the 3, 5 & 7 Nakshatras prove maraka for with Alpaya, medium and long
ayu, specitively.
Marakas: (Sun as Lord of 8th House is
not considered bad) Cause of Death:
From 3rd house: By occupation or
Aries – Venus (2 & 7) aspect.
Taurus – Mars (2,7), Mo (3), Venus ( 6th Sun – punishment by Ruler
lord), J (8, 11 lord) Moon – Tuberculosis
Gemini – Moon Mars : Burns, Injury, operation
Cancer – Saturn (7, 8) Mercury – Febrile illness
Leo – Saturn (6, 7) Jupiter – Tumor, swelling
Virgo, Kanya – Venus (2, 9) Venus – Diabetes, Renal disease
Libra – Mars (2, 7) Saturn / Rahu – Poison, drowsing, fall
Scorpio – Venus (7, 12) from height, burn, injury, incarceration
Sag – Venus (6,11) Saturn (2, 3)
Capricorn – Mars (4, 11), Moon (7), From 8th House – Placement or Aspects.
Jupiter (3, 12)
Aqua – Sun (7), Mars, Jupiter Sun – fire, Moon – water, Mars – injury,
Pisces – Mars, Saturn Mercury – fever, Jupiter – long illness,
Venus – starvation, Saturn – thirst,
dehydration

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As each horoscope will, going by earlier enumerated principles, have numerous

malefic influences – if a horoscope shows proneness to disease – person will fall ill
frequenty.

If horoscope shows inherent resistance against disease indicates that the native would
not be ordinarily inflicted by disease unless the period indicated by his dosa / transit is
exceptionally adverse.

Sound Health – Protective factors

1. Strong Lagna and Lagna Lord are the best and most important factors for good
health.

2. Benefics in Kendras : As a rule placement of benefics in Kendra is productive

influence against disease.

Presence of benefics in Trikona is also good

However, this benefics should not be: Grossly afflicted, Retrograde, Debilitated /
combust, and should be favorably placed in divisional charts.
 3. Malefics in 3, 6, 11 – Increase capacity to fight back, more they are in these
houses, better a native’s capacity to fight and resistance to deseases.
4. Lagna Lord in Six house is generally indicative of sound healthy.
5. Langa / Lagna Lord surrounded by benefics (Shubha - kartari or benefic
durudhana yoga) – promotes good health.
6. A healthy, unaffiliated, strong, well placed moon – an important for health and
longevity.
7. Saturn in 8th House, Unaffiliated Lagna Lord in 6 or 8 House are additional points.

Unsound Health : Reverse of what leaders to good health, indicates unsounded

health:

1. Weak afflicted Lagna / Lagna Lord

2. Adverse yogas fro Lagna
3. Lagna Lord placed adversely in divisions also.

Both favourable and unfavourable factors must be judiciously balanced in order to

determine the actual state of health.

Lagna Lord in 8th is usually good for health. However, if afflicted in the eighth house
promotes ill – health and may lead to unending incurable suffering.

If there are no benefic in Kendras and only malefics occupy Kendras and trikona
particularly when Lagna Lord and Lagna are afflicted, native suffers prolonged or
repeated illness.

Placement of eighth Lord in Lagna generally indicates a sickly body.

A strong and inflicted Lagna and Lagna Lord are important for good health.

It is better to have no planets in kendras than to home malefic there.

Adverse dasa, afflicting lagna and Lagna Lord tends to produce more intense illness.

It is important to understand that extent of affliction to a planet is important in order to

understand severity of illness. A single affliction is not a serious matter generally. A
double affliction indicates serious disease and triple or multiple affliction leader to
incurable disease.

Important of Karkas

Karkas assume a lot of important in medical astrology. There will being is important for
good health.

Significations of planets
Sun: Heart, stomach, foregut, bile, bones Right. Eye, Injurious, burns falls disturbances
of blood circulation, father.

Moon: Fluids in body, mind, blood Left eye, breast, psychiatric problems, emotions,
menstrual cycle, mother

Mars: Sound physical health, head, bone-marrow, bile, musculature, endometrium,

accidents, burns, injury, surgical procedures, high BP, miscarriage, diseases above neck,
siblings.

Mercury : Discrimination, through, nose, ears, lungs, speech, importance, nightmares,

uncle, younger coborns.

Jupiter : Liver, gallbladder, fat, diabetes, chronic disease, ear trouble, elder brother.

Venus : Genitor-urinary system, viral disease, eyesight, seminal fluid, sexual perversions,
intestine, appendix, diabetes urinary stones, wife or sex-partner.

Saturn : Legs, feet nerves, legmphaties, Paralysis, amputation, chronicity, incurability,

melancholy, exhaustism, fatigue, longevity.

Rahu : Bones, positioning, snack bite, chronic or incurable diseases, phobias, maternal
grand father.

Ketu : Viral, infection diseases, epidermis, defective speech, surgical operations,

diagnostic confusion, Paternal grand father.

Since each planet is signification for many body organs or disease, one has to carefully
study the house, signs and dasha Lords, along with Karkas to reach a Medical diagnosis.

Gemini Karkas

Atma karaka is akin to Lagna Lord. A well placed Atma karaka, influenced by benefics
ensures good health.

Gnati Karka – is like 6th House Lord. Association of GK with other Karakas indication of
disease signified by Karakas thus afflicted.

PK – fifth Karakas takes the role of 5 lord and Sun as far as heart is concerned.

It is strongly recommended that while venturing into medical astrology, both Parashari
and Gemini system should be followed. While following Jaimini system, it is important
to follow Gemini aspects and Jaimini dasas.

Transits tells of final timing. Transits considered from Lagna give better results. Transits
are subservient to Dasas.
A mildly adverse dasa in a disease prone horoscope may produce serious illness,
whereas a highly malefic dasa in a horoscope with strong inherent protection will
produce only a mild illness.

Principles of onset and outcome of disease

1. Dosha of functional malefic

2. Affliction of Dasa Lord
3. Dasa of Planets associated with 6, 8, 12 house
4. Adverse dasa lord having links with lagna / Lagna Lord.
5. Dasa Lord in Rahu / Ketu axis
6. Affliction persisting in Navamsha, Drekna as well as dwadamsa
7. Planets in mrityu bagha

Chara Dasha of Gemini:

1. Dasa of 6, 8, 12 from Lana or AK

2. Dasa of 6, 8 from 50 or Venus
3. Dasa of rasi falling in 4th House
4. Eight rasi from Lagna navamsha or AK navamsha
5. Dasa of Rasi inhabited or aspected by GK
6. MD / AD in 6/8 relationship
7. MD / AD of afflicted rasis’s in Lagna
8. Dasa of Rasi during a planet in mrityu bagha

In a ill-health prom horoscope, one should carefully watch dasa /antara of

1. Occupants of Trikona houses

2. Lords of Trikona houses
3. Associates of Trikona houses
4. Planets aspected by Trikona house Lords.

VI. HOUSE

Signifies disease in general

-Also indicates wounds, accidents, injuries, surgical operations.

-Also kidney, intestines, tuberculosis, eye disease.

-Resistance to disease

-Dasa of VI lord may cause death.

Lord of VI associated with a malefic and located in Lagna / Sixth / Eighth house cause
injury in part of body signified by that Lord.

Sun as VI lord in Lagna or 8 – head injury. Moon – mouth, Mars – throat/neck, Mercury
– Nasal, Jupiter – nostril, Venus – eye / back, Saturn – feet, Rahu/Ketu – lips/abdomen,

Sixth or Eight Lord in Lagna:

Lords of VI or VIII in Lagna gives proneness to ill-health. Conjunction of Lord of VI &

VIII House in Lagna in association with different planet.

Sun : Fever / abcess

Moon : Phlegmatic illness
Mars : Wound from weapon, surgery
Mercury : Billiary disease
Jupiter : Freedom from disease
Venus : Sexually TD
Saturn : Windy, joint compliant
Rahu : Naval injury
Ketu : Fear of imprisonment.

VIII. HOUSE:

• Planets – Occupy this house )

 Associate with Lord ) suffer daage
 Aspected by its Lord )

• VII House Lord spoils / damage house it occupies / aspect

• VIII Lord stands for chronicity, incurability, complications to death.

• Itself denotes amputations, external genitalia, secret diseases, affliction to face,

diseases which leave residual effect.

Different planets by occupation in VIII indicate mode of death.

Span of Life

LONG

Saturn in 8th House

Saturn associated or aspected by 8th lord
Eighth Lord in eighth House
Eighth Lord associated with a benefic in 11th House
Eighth Lord with Lagna Lord (without affliction) in 6 or 12th House.

SHORT LIFE

Afflicted eighth lord in VI or XII House

Eighth Lord with Ketu in Lagna
A malefic eighth Lord in 11 house
Weak and afflicted VIII Lagna

Cause of death:

Sun : Fire, Burn

Moon : Water, Drowsing
Mars : Sword, Weapon, Operation
Mercury: Febrile illness
Jupiter : Imbalance of Doshas
Venus : Starvation, lack of nutrition
Saturn : Thirst, Dehydration

Chidra grahas

• Planets which cause illness or disturb health during their dasa – stronger of them
may cause death during its dasa

• They are : Lord of 8 House, Occupant of 8 House, Planet aspect 8 House, Owner
of 22 drekna of Lagna. (Drekna falls exactly eights house from Lagna.)
• Owner of 64th navamsa (8th from natal moon)
• Bitter enemy of 8 lord.

XII House : Signifies loss – Finances, Health

House as well as its lord cans attain marka nature or death inflicting capacity.
Deals with Physical illness, sleep, exhaustion, tiredness, mental imbalance,
hospitalization, left eye, feet and death.

In general, when Lord of 2nd House, occupant of 2nd House and Lord of 12th House or its
occupants, particularly when malefic is mutual dasha / AD may kill or cause disease.

Often multiple afflictions coupled with inherent susceptibility precipitates a disease.

Combine effect of Mars, Rahu / Ketu on 8 House leads to miscarriage and similar
problems

Mutual dasa of 6 & 8 Lords are adverse for health.

Overcrowding of eighth House makes one prone to develop multiple or chronic ailments.

If a child is born with a highly adverse dasa operating at the time of birth, given his
proness to illness, he is likely to suffer from a congenital illness.

Malefic in 3, 6, 11 project against ill health, however, they do tend to cause illness during
their dasha but at the same time give native capacity to fight back.

Trick houses at a glance

Sixth house stands for disease in general. Dasha of its Lord coincides with disease,
injury or operation.

Eighth house indicates more severe suffering which is incurable, fatal or leaves scar.

12th House also indicates suffering varying combination of 6, 8 & 12 Lords during MD /
AD / PDs along with marka produce illness or death.

When adverse dasha Lords are influenced by retrograde planets, suffering is more severe.

Malefic on 6th house protects; but afflicted malefic may not necessary do so.

Involvement of 8 Lord brings an elemental of incurability as well as separation when

limb, part of body is removed.

Retrograde planets at a glance

1. Retrograde planets provide definite, perceptible results during appropriate dashas

2. While benefic in Kendra protects against ill health in general, retrograde benefic
do the reverse
3. Even Lagna Lord, benefic or malefic, provides no protection by being in the
Lagna, if it is retrograde.
4. Retrograde Lagna Lord in Lagna, if runs own dasa at birth, congenital illness is
likely if sufficient susceptibility is there.
5. If dasa of retrograde 6 or 8 Lord, more severe illness is likely, or incomplete
recovery.
6. Retrograde planets transmits their malefic effect by association or aspect with
other dasa Lord.
7. Ill placed AK is like ill-placed Lagna Lord, if aspected by Retro-planets,
proneness to disease results.
8. Saturn is 8th does not project longevity during its dasa, if retrograde
9. Karkas influenced by retrograde planets also suffer.

Conjunctions at a Glance
 1. Planets in close conjunction exert intense influence on each other.
2. The results are more intense as conjunction persists in divisional charts, partially
Navamsa.
3. If planets separates in varga, influence decreases.
4. If a benefic planet intervenes between closely conjunct planets, it takes away lot
of maleficence
5. Concept of looking or winning in graham yudha is not as important as the fact
that planets are closely placed.
6. Conjunction afflicting Lagna and Lagna Lord spoils health.
7. AK with malefic Lords or GK through conjuction or aspects is adverse for health
8. Ketu’s close conjuction destroys signification of conjuct planets or Karkas, Rahu
too has adverse influence.
9. When 8th Lord is destroyed or afflicted, health and longevity suffers.
10. Malefics with fall in cusp of Lagna disturb health.
11. Rahu and Ketu represent Saturn and Mars. They also represent Lords of houses
they occupy. Planets transmits their signification to Rahu or Ketu where they
occupy their house.
12. Particular attention must be directed to areas suffering multiple afflictions.

Span of Life

1. If ascendant at birth is at the very end of a sign which is aspected or occupied by

malefic – immediate death is possible.

2. If birth is in any of 4 types of sandhis and aspected or conjoined by malefic, early

death is predicted.

Yogas leading to early death

Kendras and 8th House exclusively occupied by malefic

Malefic occupy Ist and 8 House or I and 7 house
Weak moon occupies 6, 8 or 12 house
Weak moon conjoined by malefic in I, 5, 7 or 9 house
Malefics positioned in 7 and 8 house
No Kendra or Kona is occupied by benefic

In above cases, if there is conjuction or aspect of benefic, one can’t predict early
death.

More yogas

1. If Lagna Lord and benefic are placed in Apoklia (3, 6, 9, 12) houses – Short life.
2. If malefic and Lord of 8 in Kendra – short life.
3. if Lagna lord and 8 lord, Moon rasi lord and 8 thereof Lords, sun and Lagna Lord
– are enemies – short life.
 4. 8 lord far stronger than lagna lord and positioned in Kendra and malefic in 8 and
12 house – short life or burden life.
5. Similarly Navamsa lagna lord weaker than 8 lord thereof – similar results.
6. Combust, debilitated Lagna Lord with malefic or in inmical house – same result.
7. If 4 or ore planets in last four houses
8. Lagna Lord and its dispositors weak and not aspected by benefics.
9. Chandra Lagna or Lagna aspected by 8th Lord
10. Laminaries in 3 House, aspected by malefics
11. Moon in Kendra with 8 House lord or 8 House aspected/occupied by malefics.
12. Sun and Mars is 7 House from Moon and Rahu in lagna, child dies in 7 days.
13. If all planets on weak and in apoklima houses.

Yogas for long life

1. Benefic and Lord of lagna in Kendras, means long life.

2. If Lord of Lagna and benefic in panapharas (2, 5, 8, 11) House – medium life.
3. If malefic and 8 lord occupy 2, 5, 8, 11 panaphara – medium; If occupy apoklima
(3,6,9,12)- long life.
4. A strong Jupiter in Lagna wards off 100 evil Yogas.
5. Similarly, Sun of day birth and Moon for night births in 11 th House – Wards away
a crore of evil yogas.
6. Waxing moon in Kendra, Kona or 11 House and in Navamsa of Jupiter, Sun, or
self, subject will rid off many troubles and meritorious deeds.
7. For long life prosperity and excellence of moon, Lagna Lord, Lord of moon rasi is
must.

So while judging, one must see if Jupiter, and Lagna Lord are in kendras and malefics an
away from Kendra, Kona and 8th House—Native will live 100 years.

Similarly, even a single benefic in Kendra, without malefic, 8th House influence removes
all arishtas.

Another method to find Langevity

Consider the following three pairs of Rasis:

1. Decanates of Lagna and Moon

2. Navamsa Rasi of Lagna Lord and Rasi Lord
3. Dvadasamsa Rasi of Lords of Lagna and 8 House

If is these pair – both are movable or one fixed other dual – long life.

If both are dual or one movable and other fixed--medium life.

If both all fixed or one dual and other – movable – short life
(if Lord of both houses are in same house, take moon rasi).

Judgment on planets position

1. Planets in exaltation, moola trikona or friendly signs promote the bhava occupied.
While planets in inimical or depression signs reduce the bhava occupied by them.
Planets in neutral signs neither promote nor reduce.

2. If benefics (functional and natural) occupy kendra, kona houses, and malefics
occupy 3, 6, 8, 12 houses good result emanate. .

3. Natural malefic having benefic function may occupy 3, 6, 8 or 12 houses, but

their power will very much reduced.

4. Natural benefics in 3, 6, 8, 12 house loose their karaka power but improve

connotation of these houses.

5. Natural benefics, if becomes functional malefic also, should be in 3, 6, 8, 12 for

good effect.

6. Natural benefics increase indications of the bhava they occupy or aspect while
natural malefics decreases, former constructive and later destructive.

7. If natural benefics are also functioning benefics thing give very good results if in
good houses and not satisfactory if in bad houses.

8. If functional malefic occupy bad houses they give good results to the Native
but destroy the bhava they occupy or aspect. If they occupy good houses they
give adverse effects and destroy bhava occupied or aspect.

9. A planet in exaltation or in his own house means he has great power to do good or
bad. If planet benefic by function and nature, occupy good houses –great good.

10. Functional malefic, in good powerful position, has great power to do mischief and
if he is natural malefic also -> worst results.

11. A functional benefic will give fair results even though he is neccha if he occupies
a good house.

12. Function benefic should not be related to functional malefic.

13. Enemies by nature should not be related even though they are F. benefic for their
power will be lessened.

Nature House occupies Results

Lagna Excellent
N.B and F.B. Good house, exaltation, Very good
own
Bad places Poor
Lagna Very good
N.M and F.B Good house Good
Bad house Fair
Lagna Mischief
N.B and F.M Good house Destructive
Bad house Good
Lagna Worst
N.M and F.M Good house Mischief
Bad house Fair

1. If a F.B is powerful, gives good results on his period according to his

significations of bhava. But if he is N.M he causes death among relatives,
sickness to native, loss, disgrace etc., ace to his karaka qualities.

2. If a F.B is in bad house, he gives bad effects but if flaw is rectified results may be
somewhat favourable. But if such F.B is F.M also give good results in their
periods.

3. F.M will give very bad results if they are powerful. If they become natural
malefic also the karaka power should also be added to the result.

4. If F.M are N.B they give bad result, and if they become powerless they may give
good results and their benefic karaka power also should be added to the effect.

5. In case of malefic functions, exception is given to Sun and Moon for 8th house
lordship.

Karaka and number of relations:

1. Own house or own Navamsha: – Double

2. Retrogation or exaltation Rasi / Amsa – 6 times.

3. Retrogation or exaltation in Rasi or Amsa – 9 times.

4. Astha or necha – zero

5. Lagna aspected by its own Lord – Double it

For brother: In mars asthavaga – 3rd House

For issues – 5th from guru in guru’s astavarga.
Wives – 7th from Venus in venus asthvarga
Wealth is from Indu Lagna / Planet aspecting or positioned it.

9th House - final wealth

2 & 4 house - Parental wealth
10 House - professional income
11 house - easy money

Issues:

First virility test

Female added longitude of Moon, Mars and Jupiter.

if results is:

1. Even Rasi and Even Navasa – assured

2. Mixed – Children ofter effort
3. Odd Rasi and Odd Navasa – No issue

Male Add Sun, Venus, Jupiter

1. Odd Rasi and Navamsa – Strong

2. Mixed – after effort
3. Even Rasi and Navamsa – No virilty

Lord of 7 Bava and Cusp of 7 bava fall in Navamsa of Budha and Saturn, Mars and
Saturn – one manage.