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Criminals are ruled by Rahu, the North Node of the Moon. The allegation of criminality is also ruled by Rahu and might be caused by the Rashi Drishti of Rahu to the Arudha Lagna. Such a case would presuppose the absence of criminality in the person under scrutiny, though the allegation would pertain to exactly the same thing. For instance, Rahu in Vrishchik or Mesha Rashi aspecting the Pada would lead to an allegation that the native committed a violent offence though just going by this placement of Rahu, the truth would be exactly to the contrary. Rahu deceives and could indicate a frame-up. On the contrary, the allegations could be quite true. Indeed, the whole thing might be viewed divorced from the reference of an allegation. There may be a crime and people may be accused of it. The truth of the situation, that is, the truth or falsehood of the criminal involvement of a native would be judged properly from the Lagna Bhavas. An appeal from a Judgment and Order is ruled by the pl...

Earlier it was a desire to learn some way, any adequate way to open the eye, to properly exist. Then, it became a basic happiness that sustained itself because the vision that came was lasting. There was never ritual, there were never gongs. When She called, it was also a call to another way of seeing, one that had been precluded due to natural affection for a way of seeing. There is nothing to be made too much of. It might be the opiate of the masses; perhaps that is why the feeling is so heady. If one is always an individual, to climb it with so many other, such different others, is an education in itself. For most it may be faith, in which case it should not be that it can merely move mountains but also inspire those otherwise unlikely to climb steep inclines that will not relent. For others, it could be that same old pull towards sight. The dark whispered once or twice to remind that vision comes to those who have wanted to see, unhappy with the previous groping. The darknes...

* Available Jyotiṣa Services/ Vedic Astrology Services and Analyses The following analysis is instructive regarding the various methods used to judge the propensities pertaining to longevity. It also delves into the usage of the Drekkana and the Kauluka or the Shashtamsha to understand and isolate the physiological location of disease. Specific principles like the combination of planetary lords opposed in the realm of vitality are also elaborated. In addition, Curses and their role in suffering is explained. The Dhatu assailed by such medically adverse Yogas are also specifically determined. |Om Namo Narasimhaaya| |Om Lakshmyai Namah| Dear Consulter, Namaskar. Following our specific discussions on the matter, this Analysis will be structured differently, making only scant references to the Jyotish Yogas and myriad other chart features while attempting to give practical directions and conclusions in common speak. However, due to the very intricate nature of this specific co...

Some astrological estimate can be arrived at for a given year based on transits for that year, especially of certain slower Grahas which yield more discernible effects. Usually periodicals, newspapers and glossies come out with ‘forecasts’ and these appear to be tentatively based on the Sun signs and that too as arrived in the framework of the Western Zodiac. The Western Zodiac might not really be astronomically correct. Therefore, to give a brief but more astrologically authentic glimpse to readers, a very basic look at the year ahead is given below. This is based primarily on the Janma/ Chandra Rashi, where the Moon is placed in the natal Rashi Chakra. If you do not know it, do not despair. This can be applied to the natal Sun sign as well, but as calculated in the Indian system. If you do not know your Hindu/ Vedic Sun sign, still do not despair. (Have you witnessed so much optimism in recent times?) A simple method is to move one sign back from your so-called Western Sun sign. Sa...

* Available Jyotiṣa Services/ Vedic Astrology Services and Analyses The Vipreeta Raja Yoga is usually defined in the primers on Jyotish. But it is often not defined astutely. These texts define it as the lords of Dusthanas, and that too, the 6th, 8th and 12th houses placed in one of these houses save the one they lord. This is not a good definition. The correct definition is that Vipreeta Raja Yoga is formed not only by the placement of Dusthana lords in the Dusthana Bhavas but also by their Yoga with each other, even in Trikona and Kendra from the Lagna Bhava. The working of the Yoga is unique in that it is a Rajayoga  but accrues only after initial suffering, adversity and hardship. In this it is somewhat aligned with the Kalika Yoga if formed in the 4th, 10th and 11th Houses. The difference is one of degree. In the case of Kalika Yoga, destruction caused by Kali ensues. When destruction has run its course, great benefits and victories happen, if the Yoga is in the 4...

One has always appreciated the fiction writing of the enormously popular British author P.G. Wodehouse, especially the Bertram Wooster and Jeeves series. Let us see some of the Karmic energies that characterize his work through the device of the Prashna Chakra. The Prashna Chakra was cast on Budhvar, showing that the vitality of Wodehouse’ work was derived from the witty and wordy Budh, creating an amazing web of verbal comedy in the process. The data for which the Prashna Chakra has been cast is: May 30, 2007; 14:48:01; Dehradun, India. Kanya/ Virgo Lagna/ Ascendant rises in the Prashna Chakra, showing the very precise and methodical creative and writing environment in which Wodehouse worked and excelled. His writings show painstaking attention to the minutest nuances and details of conversational settings, say, with his butler Jeeves, and also generally. All this may be attributed to the Kanya Lagna rising. It shows a very sardonic and acute appraisal of British moneyed life in th...

|Om Shreenivasaya Namah| Doubt and fear are the Naisargika Karakattwa/ natural significations of the planet Saturn/ Shani. Suppose one has been chosen by existence to transmute the base matter of the personality into Alchemists’ Gold, and suppose further that Jyotish/ Hindu Esoteric Astrology is the means to effect such a transformation, then base matter (Shani) feels many strenuous pushes and pulls while the great transformation occurs. These pushes and pulls, stresses and life-threatening experiences can be generalized into doubts, fears and superstitions for the purposes at hand. Some of my thoughts on these aspects are recorded in my research paper ‘Traversing the Monomyth With Vedic Astrology’, put up elsewhere on this site for the benefit of readers and consulters. The points is whether the stresses visit through a phenomenon like the Sade-Sati or through a pressing Mahadasha in the Vimshottari Dasha scheme, the mind (Moon) and intellect (Dhi Shakti, seen from the Rashi pla...

The following Detailed Chart Analysis is that of a female nativity. Though the horsocope is of an accomplished lady, well-educated and with many good Yogas in the chart, capable of working in intellectually elevated environs, the Rashi Chakra carries the Curse of a Brahmin which stresses some features of life. Also, the various factors pertaining to the marital longevity crave attention and redressal. This Chart Analysis was commissioned independently and therefore it has not been examined from the view point of compatibility. Dear ABC, As you stated in one of your initial e-mails to me containing your queries and the like, the Lagna/ Ascendant rising in the chart is Kumbha/ Aquarius. It is occupied by Ketu. Ketu is the co-lord of Scorpio/ Vrishchik Rashi and this sign tenants the 10th House of the chart. As the 10th Lord in the Lagna, Ketu forms a good Yoga as far as Karma, work, profession and the skills of the person are concerned. The 10th House is the zenith of the chart, wher...