Composite Vedic Horoscope Analysis Focussing on the Impact of a Major Saturn Transit (Uploaded on 29th May,2013)

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This Composite Vedic/ Hindu/ Indian horoscope Analysis contains an elaborate evaluation of the natal horoscope as well as the annual Vedic/ Hindu horoscope. One of the major features visible in this Analysis is the dominant impact of the Saturn transit from various reference points and Lagnas dominating the quality of time even though the horoscope is very strong in some areas, such as the D-10 or the Daśāmśa Cakra (Dashamsha Chakra)

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Evaluation of the core first parameters in the Rāśi Cakra (Rashi Chakra): Lagna and Lagnesha-

Dhanu/ Sagittarius Lagna/ Ascendant rises in the Rashi Chakra with the Lagna Lord Guru/ Jupiter being placed in the 12^th Bhava from the Lagna, rightly showing the central role of foreign lands in life since the 12^th House is the distancing from the circumstances of birth. Even though Jupiter is placed in Vrishchik/ Scorpio, which is a fixed sign, the two sign dispositors, Mars/ Mangal and Ketu are both placed in movable signs/ Chara Rashi showing the resources for movement away from the native land, assuming long distance proportions. Fixed signs otherwise show short displacement.

To continue with the theme of movement abroad and immigration, we must note that Jupiter receives the sign aspect of the exalted Mars and Rahu and also of Ketu, the two co-lords of the 12^th Bhava, from movable signs.

Response to the specific client queries intimated prior to composition of the advisement/ consultancy-

Let us immediately come to the crux inquiries voiced by you in your email and proceed to evaluate the horoscope from that standpoint.

Saturn afflicting the natal Moon/ Cañdra/ Chandra in the Sāde-Sātī (Sade-Sati)-

In the first instance, we should note that the Moon/ Chandra is placed in the 9^th House in Simha Rashi/ Leo along with the Badhak Mercury/ Budh. Shani/ Saturn the planet governing Karma is currently transiting Kanya Rashi/ Virgo which is the 2^nd Bhava from the Chandra Rashi/ Moon sign. In other words, you are caught in the throes of the Sade-Sati, the 7 ½ years transit/ Gochar of Saturn on and about the natal Moon which transforms the mind and personal psychology through tests, trials and problems through the social and financial circle as well as through the depletion of the pre-set mental notions of the personality. Shani visits us to weed out what is no longer required and to teach us lessons which we are required to learn in this incarnation.

When Shani entered Karka Rashi/ Cancer, which was on May 26, 2005, it started the churning and transformation in your life. This was the beginning of the Sade-Sati and usually in the first phase of the Sade-Sati there is displacement from the given situation in life. Displacement is judged from the 12^th Bhava from the Chandra Lagna. In your case, the stresses were highly compounded because the beginning of the Sade-Sati meant other things as well.

When it rains it pours-coinciding with the Kaṅṭaka Śani/ Kantaka Shani-
For instance, Karka Rashi is the 8^th Bhava from the Lagna and Saturn transiting this house aspects the 10^th Bhava from the Lagna with Graha Drishti/ planetary aspect forming Kantak Shani.

The 10^th Bhava is the place from where the Karma, work and profession of the native is judged. This also indicates the skill structure of the person. The 10^th Bhava is the zenith, the high point of the horoscope and of life. Saturn’s damaging aspect to the 10^th House makes progress in work slow and painstaking and riddled with obstacles. Even a lion is compelled to walk with a limp, as if he were troubled by a thorn (Kantak) in the foot. This is another reason for the change of tenor in the entire life which you faced at this time.

From the Ārūḍha Lagna/ Arudha Lagna-

The other very important reference point which comes into play in the context of the transit of Saturn in the 8^th Bhava from the Lagna and in the 12^th Bhava from the natal Moon is the Arudha Lagna. The Arudha Lagna is the Arudha Pada of the Lagna Bhava. The Arudha Padas are tangible counterparts of the Bhavas when reckoned from the Lagna. They show the manifest and socio-financial realities of life. They give visible shape to the qualities and source materials as gauged from the various Bhavas from the Lagna.

In your chart, the Arudha Lagna is in the 11^th Bhava from the Lagna in Tula Rashi/ Libra and Cancer/ Karka happens to be the 10^th sign from the Arudha Lagna. Therefore there was Kantak Shani from the Arudha Lagna as well. When Saturn is transiting the 10^th Bhava from the Arudha Lagna, the visible facets of work, one’s status in working life and such avenues suffer. The Arudha Padas, all of them, are signified by the Moon, and just as the Sade-Sati has a severe impact on the mind and on the psychology the transit of Shani in the 10^th Bhava from the Arudha Lagna also causes obstacles and problems in the career.

As is evident, the 8^th, 9^th and the 10^th Bhavas from the Lagna in the Rashi Chakra which are impacted by the Sade-Sati are populated by as many as five planets and therefore the transit of Saturn through these houses has had an effect on many areas of life indicated by the Bhavas and the Grahas there. In the 8^th House, Saturn was transiting over Ketu which indicates suddenness and events which are not rational or easily explained by rationality. Similarly, in the 2^nd phase of the Sade-Sati Shani was not only transiting the Bhagya Sthana ruling luck and fortunate events, impeding the same, in the 9^th Bhava from the Lagna but also the Badhak Mercury/ Budh and the 8^th Lord Moon. This was also the white-hot phase of the Sade-Sati where the intensity of the Saturn transit is at its highest and the mind is completely overwhelmed by the past Karma.

Shani is currently transiting the 10^th Bhava from the Lagna in Kanya Rashi and that too over the Naisargika Karaka/ Natural Significator for resources and all opportunities, the Sun/ Ravi. The Sun is otherwise excellently placed in the 10^th Bhava with 100% Digbala giving you leadership potential and success in work. Sun is also the 9^th Lord of luck and Bhagya. Ravi and Shani, though father and son, are antithetical to each other and so during the Sade-Sati when Saturn is transiting over the Sun, work problems, weird and humiliating circumstances can reach a peak. With the Sun in the 10^th House your work potential has leadership and fame interwoven with it as these are the Natural Significations of the Sun and Saturn works against these. If the Sade-Sati and the Kantak Shani have not been remedied thus far, the experience could not have been mild by any stretch of the imagination.

This last phase of the Sade-Sati coincides with the Kantak Shani from the Lagna and therefore is again intense. As you have mentioned in your email, Venus/ Shukra is Neecha/ debilitated. A Neecha planet will make the person humble in areas that it rules. In matters of women, relationships and aesthetics, events will transpire so as to foment an attitude of humility and placing oneself at a lower level in the context of things.

Debility of Venus/ Śukra/ Shukra-
However, Venus attains a kind of automatic Neechabhanga/ cancellation of debility since it is placed in the 10^th Bhava from the Lagna. Your own self-exertions and willed actions have done a lot to remedy the planet of its debility, but yes, the mental experience accruing from the Natural Significations/ Naisargika Karakattwa of Venus will continue to be stressed. The Naisargika Karaka rules experiences primarily at the mental level.

Even otherwise, the debilitation is cancelled also from the  Moon, as the lord of the sign of debility of Venus, Mercury/ Budh is joined the Moon in the 9^th Bhava from the Lagna. The path to this cancellation of debility does not come easy since the lord of debility paves the way through the sign of debility itself.

However, the Moon forms a Gajakesari Yoga with Guru as the latter is in a Kendra, the 4^th House from the Moon and Guru happens to be the lord of the exaltation sign of the debilitated planet Venus. This shows two things at once: it is your own effort and diligence (Lagna Lord Guru) in a foreign land (12^th House) which has made you experiences wealth and fulfilment of desires (Venus).

In a context of debility we have to note the  combustion or Ashtangata of Venus as it is joined the Sun. The Sun represents the Vishwatma or World Soul and is the primary Karaka of spirituality (Dharma) as well. The solution to take matters out of combustion where no feeling comes through the significations of Venus is to embrace deep and genuine spirituality in matters related to Venus. This is also indicated at an overall level in life as the Lagna Lord is Guru, the Naisargika Karaka/ Natural Significator for eternal wisdom and it is placed in the 12^th House which indicates spirituality in the sign of Scorpio which is the 8^th Bhava of the natural zodiac and indicates transformation, being a trinal Bhava to the natural 12^th as well. The 12^th House indicates learning at a removed place or an Ashram as it is the 4^th Bhava from the 9^th Bhava of the Guru. Generally speaking it can indicate working with the eternal arts such as Jyotish to better one’s life circumstances.

Planets viewed from various Lagnas in the Rāśi Cakra/ Rashi Chakra all at once-

A very major cause of problems associated with Venus is the fact that it is in the 12^th Bhava from the Arudha Lagna. The planets and Bhavas in the 12^th Bhava from the Arudha Lagna tend to be overlooked or ignored and this is what has happened with Venus, the Sun and the 10^th Bhava in general. There are factors in the manner in which life at the visible level has been conducted which leads to a dissipation of the life areas associated with Venus, Sun and the 10^th Bhava.

After we understand the basics of the placement of the other Grahas in the Rashi Chakra, we must come to the process of understanding the nature and impact of the affliction to Venus.

Saturn as the 2^nd and 3^rd Lord of the Rashi Chakra is very well placed in the 6^th Bhava from the Lagna. A malefic planet placed in the Upachaya Bhava from the Lagna (the 3^rd, 6^th, 10^th and 11^th Bhavas) is considered extremely well-placed as these are the houses of effort and natural growth and the natural malefics here give the person a lot of natural resistance and drive.

Shani is considered especially well-placed here because from here it aspects the 8^th Bhava from the Lagna which governs longevity and Shani is the Naisargika Karaka/ Natural Significator for longevity. Therefore length of life is aided by this placement. In the 6^th House, Shani gives the person drive and courage to battle enmity and adversity and general nuisance. One must be careful of indulging in stimulants etc as the 6^th Bhava relates to personal flaws as well, the Shadripu, whereby human beings tend to act as their own enemies.

Mars/ Mangal is exalted in the 2^nd Bhava in Makar Rashi/ Capricorn. As indicated, it is the dispositor of the Lagna Lord Guru. The Rahu-Mars Yoga can sometimes make for harsh speech and this needs to be watched. The exaltation of Mars as the 5^th Lord of the future, joined Rahu, the co-lord of the 3^rd Bhava of initiative and enterprise shows a fortified future (5^th House) which is imbued with ambition (Rahu) and the desire to succeed.

Blessings and Curses: major pillars of predictive Vedic/ Indian/ Hindu horoscopy-
The root to Karma in a manner of speaking lies in blessings and curses if they exist in the chart. In your Rashi Chakra, Venus undergoes a Shrapa/ Curse due to the Yoga with the malefic Ravi, even though it is a Sattwic Graha. It may not be an evil Graha but it is a cruel planet. Furthermore, Venus is aspected by Graha Drishti/ planetary aspect by Rahu from the 2^nd Bhava from the Lagna. Rahu, of course is an outright malefic planet. When two or more malefic planets impact a benefic planet, it results in a Graha Shrapa. The Curse of Venus goes by the name of Kalatra Shrapa or the Curse of Spouse. Since the 9^th Lord Sun is involved, the curse is from the immediately preceding lifetime.

The Shrapa is being discussed in this paper since it is permitted to do so based on the sign placement of Venus, which is in Kanya Rashi, a mutable/ dual sign showing Karma that is neither fixed/ Dridha nor unfixed/ Adridha. It partakes of both. Further the aspecting planet Rahu is also placed in a movable sign and thus one is not prohibited from advising things related to the curse.

There is a blessing in the 9^th House due to the association of Mercury and the Moon but as the planets are inimically disposed to each other at the natural level the blessing will not come easily. Through all of this we should note that Mangal is the Atmakaraka, the king of the horoscope, and you are to go through life as a king, trials and successes notwithstanding.   

As Sun is the 9^th Lord, Rahu is certainly the more malefic of the two, both at the natural and the functional levels. The houses lorded by Rahu show the root cause of the suffering. Rahu rules the 3^rd Bhava from the Lagna and shows desires. It is the desires that have led to most of the suffering in life. This needs to be understood. Hinduism has many views about desires. One’s own view is that desires are an important part of life, even a very important one. The right desires are in fact required to sustain life. What is a right desire and what is not, according to one’s own view, depends from case to case. What is of relevance at this point is that in your life, desires have probably not had the requisite contemplation and have oscillated sans control. This is the basic manner in which suffering has chosen to come.

The action which brought the curse was not actuated by a bad intention on your part so the suffering is not unbearable. The person in the past life was not very spiritually advanced and so the curse is not too potent. The curse is in the 10^th House and so the career is impacted directly and since the 9^th lord is involved, luck suffers. Relationships suffer due to the involvement of Venus.

The personal impact has come only due to the fact that the Atmakaraka Mars is joined Rahu, the latter being involved in the Shrapa. If either of the Lagna Lord, the 8^th Lord or the Atmakaraka are not involved then the person does not directly suffer. The involvement of the Atmakaraka indicates that there is some Karma at the soul-level which needs to be alleviated. This Shrapa can be remedied especially since the Atmakaraka is very strong and exalted.

The natural malefic Mars as the Atmakaraka shows a high level of spiritual development but because it is exalted you might have had difficulty absorbing opinions and solutions that remedy the problems in life. The one task and personal objective in this lifetime must be to eschew anger as this is the lesson of the Atmakaraka. The exaltation indicates that the remedial measures (5^th House) will give quick results. Finances and movable assets can also bring in an element of unpleasant (malefic) surprise as the Rahu-Mangal Yoga is in the 2^nd Bhava from the Lagna.

When the Atmakaraka is involved in the Shrapa directly, we address the Shrapa with a Mantra for the Atmakaraka. In this case, the Atmakaraka is only joined Rahu, one of the Grahas causing Venus to curse. This Curse has led to problems with the pride and self-respect (Sun) and you have had to combat the element of shock, cheating and deceit (Rahu). The Mantra has to be focussed on the lord of the Rashi where the cursing Graha Venus is placed since this planet Mercury/ Budh is not involved in the Shrapa; on the contrary it forms a Bhagya Yoga/ blessing in the 9^th House from the Lagna.

We must return to the transit of Shani, as even while Shani will transit out of your 10^th House in November, 2011, it will then enter Tula/ Libra which houses the Arudha Lagna and from there the Graha will aspect the 10^th House from the Arudha Lagna with Graha Drishti/ planetary aspect. The need of the hour is to address this issue as this transit of the Karmic Graha can be quite onerous even though the results that accrue are very valuable and lasting in the long run.

You will note that the elements of fraud and deceit have come into your life due to the participation of the planet Rahu in the Graha Shrapa and its influence on the 10^th Bhava from the Lagna. With the remedial measures are prescribed you should feel a lot of relief and see a great deal of improvement in these areas and in life in general.

Planetary Periodicities/  Daśās/ Dashas-
The Mahadasha sequence in the Vimshottari Dasha scheme shows that the Moon Mahadasha has been running but it is joined Mercury in the 9^th Bhava from the Lagna. The Moon-Mercury Yoga in the Maharshi Jaimini Upadesha Sutra is said to link the native to the medical profession. Moon specifically is linked to healing and nursing while Mercury governs the skin system in the body. The planets are posited in the 11^th Bhava from the Arudha Lagna and indicate manifest gains and income as the 11^th Bhava is the Labh Sthana. Furthermore they are joined the Arudha Pada of the 11^th Bhava from the Lagna, the A11 or the Labh Pada and even more strongly indicate the gains in terms of money (paper currency: Mercury) and social recognition and support (read, things of utility in the worldly sense: the Moon). The 11^th Bhava from the Arudha Lagna, and the planets placed therein indicate the sources of gains while the A11, and the Grahas joined, indicates the type of gains themselves.

If one studies the Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra and the chapter relating to Dashas, one discovers the rule that when Grahas are joined, in the Vimshottari Dasha of one, the results of the other are given. If more than two Grahas are joined, then the most benefic and the most malefic planets exchange the results.

By this rule as given in the Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, the Chandra/ Moon Mahadasha in the Vimshottari Dasha scheme will give the results of the 7^th and 10^th lord Mercury which though the Badhak being the 7^th Lord for the Dhanu Lagna is not afflicted and is in fact placed in a trine/ Trikona in the 9^th Bhava from the Lagna and gives success in a foreign land (Badhak/ 7^th Lord placed in the 9^th House).

The Moon is exalted in the Navamsha Chakra as the Lagna Lord. The Navamsha Chakra shows the inner nature of the person, the blessings of God and personal relationships such as marriage. Though the Lagna in the Navamsha Chakra changes with over a minute’s birth time change backwards, we shall stay with this chart in view of the fact that the time of birth intimated to me is quite precise.   

The Atmakaraka Mangal is in the 12^th Bhava and this indicates that wealth will be a major feature of life since the Navamsha Chakra Lagna is in the 2^nd Bhava (wealth) from the Karakamsha Lagna (sign where the Atmakaraka is placed in the Navamsha Chakra). The Moon is exalted and this shows a deep and basic happiness (peace) in the heart despite the challenges of life.

Shani is debilitated in the 10^th Bhava in the Navamsha Chakra which can give fluctuating finances and this causes mental unrest and depression along with repressed anger since Shani is in Mesha/ Aries Navamsha which indicates the 5^th Bhava (Chitta/ consciousness) in the Rashi Chakra.

Another thing which can be said about the placement of the Moon in the 9^th House is that since it is the 8^th Lord, there could have been issued from the side of the father as Saturn is also placed in the 9^th House when reckoned from the Sun in the Rashi Chakra.

Since the Moon indicates social support in life, the 10^th House reckoned from the Moon shows social opportunities in working life. Saturn is placed in the 10^th Bhava from the Moon showing that there can be ups and downs in the career but the remedial measures for Venus will ensure that social support subsists because Venus is the 10^th Lord from the Moon and otherwise well placed from the Lagna.

Personal life and relations with women have suffered due to the affliction to Venus and the fact that the 7^th Lord of marriage and personal relationships, Mercury is joined the 8^th Lord from the Lagna. The Upapada Lagna is the Arudha Pada of the 12^th House and indicates the manifest facets of the marriage. The Upapada Lagna is in the 4^th Bhava from the Lagna and the 6^th Bhava from the Arudha Lagna showing something of a mismatch. The 2^nd Bhava from the Upapada Lagna is vacant but the lord Mars is the exalted Atmakaraka showing soul level lessons in matters related to the continuance of marriage. It is joined Rahu, showing that rage, fights, violence and diabolical events can terminate the marriage. The planets are also placed in the 12^th Bhava from the Navamsha Chakra Lagna.

Another marriage is not foretold as Rahu joins the lord of the 2^nd House from the Upapada Lagna. The Darapada/ A7 showing physical relations is joined the Arudha Lagna and forms the auspicious Srimantah Yoga for wealth but is not overly auspicious for personal relations and happiness therefrom as the lord Venus is debilitated and afflicted in a curse in the 10^th House. Remedies will improve this situation as well.

Analysing the Daśāmśa/ Dashamsha/ D-10 chart-

The focus of the current life patterns is on the career. The career is specifically studied from the Dashamsha Chakra/ D-10 chart.

The Dashamsha Chakra is quite impressive with the 7^th House of independent enterprise being populated by three Grahas: Moon, Jupiter and Ketu. The Atmakaraka Mars is in the Lagna with Rahu and the 10^th Lord of the Rashi Chakra, Mercury is excellently placed in the 10^th House in Parivartana with the Lagna Lord and the 10^th Lord Guru/ Jupiter.

The 6^th Bhava is the Dashamsha Chakra relates to service and the 7^th Bhava to business and independent enterprise. There is a potent Gajakesari Yoga between the Lagna Lord and the 10^th Lord on the one hand and the 5^th Lord of the professional future on the other. There will always be fresh openings in work and career. The apprehensions and problems precipitated by transit Saturn are mirrored in the Dashamsha Chakra as well.

Transits in the Varga Chakra or the Divisional charts-
Using the technique of Varga Chakra Gochar, we can see that in the specific context of the work environment, Saturn has been transiting over the 7^th House and forming a Sade-Sati in the Dashamsha Chakra as well. It transits over the Lagna Lord and the 10^th Lord and also the 5^th Lord as well as the 9^th Lord Ketu. These are pressured times and just as Saturn provides reprieve when it leaves Libra/ Tula it will relieve the problems in the Dashamsha Chakra as well.

The 10^th Lord of the Rashi Chakra is an important planet in the Dashamsha Chakra as it is the Karyesh/ significator and shows what one prefers in the career. A commercial acumen has joined hands with consulting and knowledge to yield the present line of work. Since dual signs aspect each other with Rashi Drishti/ sign aspect, the Moon-Mercury Yoga is also formed again. The Atmakaraka Mangal in the Lagna guarantees professional success and a sound professional future (lord of the 2^nd House) in a foreign land (Rahu is the 12^th Lord). The 2^nd Bhava from the Lagna rules the work future as it is the 5^th (future) from the 10^th House (apex of the Artha Trikona).

As far as changing the business to another, you will have a free hand, since Venus is also in the 4^th House with full Digbal/ directional strength and can turn into a very profitable venture. The presence of so many benefics in Kendras will give you a free hand. A change is also visible in the fact that there is Parivartana (change/ exchange) Yoga between the Lagna Lord Guru and the 7^th Lord Mercury. The only caution is that the Saturn transit is to be watched and the venture needs to be commenced at the appropriate time (Tithi Pravesha Chakra and Muhurta Chakra etc ought to be analysed at the time, along with the natal horoscope).

The next Mahadasha of Mars in the Vimshottari Dasha also aspects all the planets in the quadrants with Rashi Drishti since the Lagna is also a dual and mutable Rashi.

In view of all these factors, coming back to India is not really a good idea and appears to be a product of the trials you are facing which are transient in nature. The next Mahadasha of the Atmakaraka Mars will give the results of Rahu, the 12^th lord of the Dashamsha Chakra and therefore there does not appear to be reason to shift base here. Mars is also exalted in the 2^nd Bhava from the Lagna in the Rashi Chakra and will augment and support finances.

Therefore, once the trials of the transit Saturn abate on November 2, 2014 and it enters Scorpio, the new phase will commence. Till then the potent remedial measures for Shani would help you navigate the legal issues and there is every chance that you would be able to save the business and do most of whatever else you wish to do in work which is evidenced from the strength of the Dashamsha Chakra.

The other remedial measures are to help a newly married couple, and/ or to visit a Lakshmi-Narayana temple on Friday evening at dusk and pray there. Women need to be viewed in their proper perspective and perceived as human beings first.

Remember Guru/ Jupiter always because the harsh energies of the Mars-Rahu Yoga in the 2^nd Bhava from the Lagna have Argala/ intervention or influence on the Lagna and the obstruction of Jupiter from the 12^th Bhava from the Lagna does not win since there are two Grahas in the 2^nd Bhava from the Lagna. Likewise the Argala of Guru to the Arudha Lagna is effectively obstructed by the Venus and Ravi Yoga in the 12^th Bhava from the Arudha Lagna. In the result you have sometimes acted on angry impulse and on false premises. With the Atmakaraka remedies, the perspective of Guru will come and yield benefits.

Otherwise, both the current Mahadasha and the upcoming Mahadasha of Mars are quite positive for the wealth as even Mars and Rahu aspect the 11^th Bhava of gains, as reckoned from the Arudha Lagna with Rashi Drishti/ sign aspect ensuring that the energies are focussed on gains and fulfilment. With four planets directly impacting the 11^th Bhava from the Arudha Lagna, gains, money and income appear to be well-fortified. It is only a question of the Karmic time which is operating at the present time, that, and the other natal ills which have been discussed and their pacification would pave the way for greater success in life in the desired directions.

TITHI PRAVEŚA CHAKRA/ ANNUAL CHART ANALYSIS INTERWOVEN-
As for the Tithi Pravesha Chakra/ annual chart, the process of determination of astrological tendencies for any given year is stymied somewhat by the onerous transit of Saturn which tends to overpower the horoscope. In any event, we must cast and analyse the horoscope for the year 2011-2012 as discussed.

The Tithi Pravesha Chakra for any year commences when the angular distance between the Sun and the Moon replicates itself and the Sun is in its natal sign. This constitutes the birth Tithi and a horoscope for this time is cast which is called the Tithi Pravesha Chakra.

It will be noted that the date of commencement is different and falls on either side of the birthday according to the Gregorian calendar from year to year.

There are certain specific rules with which to study the Tithi Pravesha Chakra and the first of these is to see the relative position of the Lagna in the Tithi Pravesha Chakra Rashi Chakra qua the Lagna if the Rashi Chakra in the radix. Since the Lagna in the Rashi Chakra is Dhanu, and the Lagna in the Tithi Pravesha Chakra is Vrishabh/ Taurus a 6-12 relationship is established which is explicable because of the simultaneous Gochar/ transit of Shani for the horoscope indicating tests and trials.

Since the 6^th House is a Dusthana/ evil house showing strife in general, you may take it that the year shall involve clearing up the Karmic mess and striving diligently for the purpose because the 6^th House shows the element of service as well.

There are two important planets for the Tithi Pravesha Chakra and these are the Vara lord and the Hora lord. The Vara lord is the lord of the Vedic day on which the Tithi Pravesha Chakra commences. The Hora lord rules the hour during which the Tithi Pravesha Chakra commences.

The Vara lord rules the vitality component and the energy required for event fructification. The Vedic day on which the Tithi Pravesha Chakra commenced for the year is Sunday/ Ravivar and the lord thereof is the Sun. The Sun is the 4^th Lord for the Tithi Pravesha Chakra and is involved in a major Yoga in the 5^th Bhava from the Lagna. The Hora Lord is Mercury and it is exalted, ruling the focus of the mind.

It does appear that despite the adversity of the 6^th Bhava from the Lagna rising in the Tithi Pravesha Chakra Rashi Chakra, the Yogas in the 5^th Bhava and the other features do indicate a great deal of positive growth. There is a Maharaja Yoga formed by the Yoga of the Lagna Lord Venus with the 5^th Lord Mercury and the debilitated Venus gets a strong Neechabhanga as well. The element of conflict and struggle is indicated by the Yoga of Saturn and the Sun in the 5^th Bhava. Saturn, though, is the Yogakaraka planet for the Vrishabh Lagna and joined the Lagna Lord and the 5^th Lord forms a fantastic Rajayoga.

New beginnings and future growth may reasonably be anticipated with such combinations and the irritability of Ketu in the Lagna is best avoided.

The Moon is very strong in the 4^th Bhava with 100% Digbal and there will be a lot of emotional support despite the ongoing struggles. The Moon is also the 3^rd lord of initiative.

You ought to be able to make significant advances because the Arudha Lagna for the year is in the 9^th House and the massive Rajayoga in the 5^th Bhava from the Lagna happens to be in the 9^th Bhava from the Arudha Lagna which is a huge blessing. Any Graha in the 9^th Bhava from the Arudha Lagna is positive for the image in the societal and financial world of the person and here the Vara Lord, Hora Lord and two other planets are posited. There is a lot to be optimistic about due to these Yogas.

A retrograde and powerful Jupiter as the 8^th Lord in the 4^th Bhava from the Arudha Lagna brings peace to the heart and helps create perspective at last. It also aspects the Moon in the 4^th Bhava from the Lagna with both Graha Drishti and Rashi Drishti exerting a strong influence on the emotions and the mind. This is a good year to benefit from the Mantras.

The 7^th Bhava from the Arudha Lagna is blocked by a debilitated malefic, Mars, and the 7^th Bhava from the Arudha Lagna is the Dwara or the doorway through which the person emerges into the world and the unblocking is the task of the lord of the 7^th Bhava from the Arudha Lagna, which is the Moon. The aspect of Jupiter indicates that emotional perspective and remedial measures will pave the way for breaking the deadlock and this will happen as the Moon is giving Neechabhanga to Mars.

The Navamsha Chakra given above further illustrates the theme of the year recorded above as the Lagna Lord Sun in the Navamsha Chakra which is also the Vara Chakra is in a strong Parivartana with the 8^th Lord Guru and shows that deep Karmic transformation is the root pathway for the positive events to transpire.

The Tithi Ashtottari Dasha works well with the Tithi Pravesha Chakra. Though the year commences with the Mahadasha of Guru, it is a short residual period and the main results will come when the Mahadasha comes back to conclude the year. However, the results are recorded here.

Guru as stated is the Naisargika Karaka/ Natural Significator for eternal knowledge and your coming to Jyotish understanding is an important step to remould your life after the trials precipitated by Shani. The year will symbolically take off with Mantra and remedial measures easing the path though it is after the year has gone by that the true impact of the remedies and the dealing with situations in a manner imbued with perspective will come.

When the year concludes, the Jupiter Mahadasha which returns will also bring fresh work and beginnings as the exchange with the Sun has to come into play and the various Rajayogas in the 5^th House also have to show their results.

Guru is excellently placed in the Lagna as the 4^th and 7^th Lord and the findings are thus refurbished from the Dashamsha Chakra as well. It can certainly bring in new work and openings. It is also the dispositor of the Shani-Chandra Yoga in the 4^th House which can make the person understand the heart of potential consumers and clients and you would do well this year to focus in this aspect as well.

Rahu Mahadasha is next and this is effectively the first Mahadasha of the year. It is the co-lord of the 10^th Bhava in the Rashi Chakra for the Tithi Pravesha Chakra and placed in the 11^th Bhava from the Arudha Lagna. This would be a fruitful beginning to the year and money matters will show an improvement. You may feel locked in though, and caught up in the battle as the dispositor Mars is in the 7^th Bhava from the Arudha Lagna in debility. One might take proper care of one’s conduct in all areas of life and the temptation to take the easy way out of any situation must be carefully avoided as both Mars and Rahu aspect the Arudha Lagna and may cause problems in the way one is perceived.

If this is avoided then the Rashi Drishti of Moon can quell the danger and permit one to fight on without too much adverse publicity. Rahu is also well placed in the Dashamsha Chakra in the 7^th Bhava and indicates continuing with the work.

The Venus Mahadasha is likely to be good as it would give the results of the Rajayoga in the 5^th Bhava from the Lagna and the 9^th Bhava from the Arudha Lagna. You should focus on this Mahadasha to take the major steps to correct and address the problems facing you at this time. Even in the Dashamsha Chakra the planet is in the 3^rd Bhava of initiative and new ventures as the 2^nd and 9^th lord of the working future for the year.

The Sun Mahadasha continues the positives of Venus as it is joined Venus in the 5^th Bhava of the Rashi Chakra and is placed in the 11^th Bhava of the Dashamsha Chakra showing gains and overall improvement.

The Moon Mahadasha would be an ideal time to arrange funding and perhaps arrange for requisite monies by way of borrowings and loans as the planet is in the 8^th Bhava from the Arudha Lagna as the lord of the 7^th Bhava therefrom and has the power to allow you to emerge in the social and financial sense. The Moon will show you exactly how to go about these things during the Mahadasha as there is Shani-Chandra Yoga which will come into operation during the Mahadasha and would enable you to tap into what is required to be done.

Mars Dasha can bring in changes in work as it is the 3^rd and 8^th Lord in the Dashamsha Chakra and since the blockage to the Arudha Lagna would most likely be removed in the Moon Mahadasha it is advisable that actions be thought out and measured so that lapsing into prior issues is prevented.

Mars is also placed in the 10^th House in the Dashamsha Chakra with the Lagna Lord Mercury and again does not indicate any problematic times in the career.

Mercury and Saturn Mahadashas form excellent Rajayogas in the 5^th Bhava from the Lagna and by this time assuming that the remedial measures would have been diligently performed and the Sade-Sati would have abated, things may have come to an even keel. Mercury, as stated, is in the 10^th Bhava in the Dashamsha Chakra and Saturn is a part of the Shani-Chandra Yoga which is a Rajayoga if it occurs in the 4^th, 10^th and 11^th Bhavas from the Lagna. The results of the Jupiter Mahadasha as stated above would be felt in their proper force during the culminating period of the Tithi Pravesha Chakra.

With this I trust I have looked at some of the most important facets of the horoscope employing various techniques. The work is to be read several times in order to grasp its complete import and has been written in a particular manner considering the nature of the horoscope even though the work has tended to become very detailed.

Best wishes,

Anurag Sharma.