Special Aspects of Outer Planets...7

In case of special aspects sometimes the planet might be present in the house of the planet whom it is influencing. Following is a valid example:

In this case Mercury is under Jupiter's 5th aspect and Mars' 8th aspect. Both of them are located in Mercury owned houses. Hence such a person will be technically very sound with and very pleasing personality and would have taken higher studies for sure in his/her life. This person must be very tactical at his/her work place too!

Another example: if Jupiter aspects Moon present in Scorpio when Jupiter is in Cancer (owned by Moon),  both the planets will aspect each other equally. 

Special Aspects of Outer Planets...6

Well now you will feel why I am writing this post when the special aspects have all been covered. There are some points that we need to remember when we are interpreting any chart with respect to special aspects. 

Most of the time when two planets are present in 7th to each other or they are together they will influence each other mutually. It will be good if they are good friends! But what is the case when there is planet with special aspect involved? Oh yes, as you can guess, they will definitely influence and be influenced by planets present in house 7 and house 1, but what about house 5 and 9 in case of Jupiter? House 4 and 8 in case of Mars and house 3 and 10 in case of Saturn? Following holds good in those cases:

1. The planet which is under aspect cannot see them (as in case of 1 and 7), and hence cannot influence back, obviously if someone is pushing you and you cannot see that person, you will get pushed but you might not be able to push back, right? Example: 

In this case Mercury is being influenced by all 3 planets, Jupiter - 9th aspect, Mars - 8th aspect and Saturn - 3rd aspect. But Mercury will not be able to influence them back. In such a case, the aspect and influence is very strong on the planet under aspect. Hence they will not only influence with respect to House 1 and House 3 but also for Houses 4 and 7 (ruled by Jupiter here), houses 3 and 8 (ruled by Mars) and houses 5 and 6 (Saturn).

Special Aspects of Outer Planets...5

And what happens when Saturn is good? That's will be my example with Saturn exalted in Libra which is the current location of Saturn till Nov 1, 2014. It is will be golden days since Jupiter will be exalted in Cancer from Jun 19, 2014 and at the same time Saturn will also be exalted. Rare event in fact! So kids during that time will be blessed by the Jupiter as well as Saturn. This will specially be beneficial if the ascendant of the children can be Cancer, Libra, Capricorn or Aries! 

If Saturn is good (specially when it forms the Shasha Yoga),  it is located in Libra, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Taurus (in center - 1,4,7,10) then the person can be elevated to the levels of a Vice President or may be some decision taking Director at least to say! When Saturn is good, it gives the person the wisdom to rule over others and govern and guide them. After all, it is the son of ruler of the astrological chart - The Sun!  You will go to West (as compared to your birthplace) and flourish there. So Saturn influences 4 houses as shown below:

As you can see Saturn influences the 1st, 3rd, 7th and 10th houses. Hence it will present its delays with respect to younger siblings and short journeys (house 3), marriage (house 7) and job (house 10). Delays only, denial only in rare cases! The 3 houses are center houses (which are most important for a native) so Saturn if placed in center, does more harm/good to the native than any other planet even gets chance to!

Special Aspects of Outer Planets...4

Saturn, predominantly the most dreaded planet in the astrological world, also has special aspects. As I have already mentioned, Saturn delays things, but rarely denies. And your have to be very very righteous in your life if you have to please Saturn. You can offer whatever you have - lots of oil, til (sesame seeds), black cloth, iron stuff and all, as much quantity as you want, but the best way to ward away evils of Saturn is to change yourself. That comes from within, as you can guess. 

Saturn is the master of Justice and delays. If you see things getting delayed in your life, most of the time Saturn is responsible. It wants you to learn lessons of life, the hard way. Justice is another aspect of Saturn, it has orders from Lord Shiv to carry out the justice! And you know very well, it does that successfully, in fact it has the authority for that! So, as I said offer anything but change yourself if you wanna please Saturn. 

Be righteous, don't indulge in any politics at workplace to get ahead of others, never indulge in infidelity, take care of your ageing parents in whatever best way you can, be respectful towards subordinates, elders and Gurus, and avoid castigating others specially if Saturn influences your first/second house; and help the needy in best manner! Saturn will definitely shower its blessings over you! 

to be continued...

Special Aspects of Outer Planets...3

Coming to Devaguru Jupiter, well, I have always laid importance of its presence in center. So, I will explain the special aspect of Jupiter with its presence in 1st house in Cancer where it is exalted. Some kids with this configuration will be born when Jupiter will be exalted from Jun 19, 2014 for one whole year. That will be a real good time for people born under Cancer, Sagittarius, Pisces, Scorpio signs. The special aspect for Jupiter is explained in the below diagram.

So Jupiter showers its blessings over houses 1 (where it is located), house 5 (the house of children), house 7 (house of your spouse) and house 9 (house of luck). During the major/minor period of Jupiter and when Jupiter transits these houses, you can see special events such as birth of a child (house 5), marriage (house 7) or may be higher education (house 9). Well, actually if Jupiter is present in houses 1,4,5,7, 9,10 it does influence the native to go for higher studies and such a Jupiter takes care of several negative things which actually do not happen! Such is the blessing of the Devaguru. Also, When you will run through Jupiter major/minor period you might actually find a true adviser/Guru in your life, may be someone who will change the direction of the course of your life!

Special Aspects of Outer Planets...2

Coming back to special aspects. Well following holds true for Mars:

Mars aspects the fourth and the eighth house from its location besides the first and seventh. In that case, Mars will influence planets located in 1st, 4th, 7th and 8th houses and also the activities of that house, specially during its major/minor period and during transits through those houses. The below diagram can help you understand this concept better:

As you can see, Mars is present in house 1, numbered 8 because the ascendant is Scorpio. Hence it will influence all houses and planets in Scorpio (8), Aquarius (11), Taurus (7) and Gemini (3). We must also know that depending upon the sign the planet aspects, it aspects will be inimical or friendly. In the above example, Mars will actually negatively influence the first house positively (since it is the master of Scorpio), while it will mostly negative influence the other houses (4,7,8) since it is enemy to Saturn (Lord of 4th), Venus (Lord of 7th) and Mercury (Lord of 8th), unless otherwise influenced by any other planet. So, if you have above configuration in your chart (Mars located in first house in Scorpio), then during Mars major/minor period you can see positive influence with respect to your personality (indicated by first house) but negatively with respect to your Mother and Spouse (indicated by 4th and 7th house) and may be interest in occult (indicated by 8th house). One thing to keep in mind is that, even though Mars is influencing these houses and planets situated herein, the final result still lies with master of that house. So, in all above example, Saturn, Venus and Mercury are the final judge in giving you what you deserve. Actually, Mars might not be able to give its negative result if these planets are well placed!

Special Aspects of Outer Planets...1

I thought I will put forth some theory that I had read earlier. The outer planets namely Mars, Jupiter and Saturn lay special aspects. But before moving further I would like to state what does aspect mean? I have mentioned this term before too. Aspect means affect in the current context. Whenever a planet aspects another planet, it actually has the right to influence that planet. All the planets affect and influence the planets in the first house (where the planet is situated) and the seventh house. You have to count anti-clockwise (in the North Indian style of horoscopes) from the first house where the planet is situated and then count till 7.  For example in the below pic, Sun is located in house 1 (Aries ascendant, hence exalted), so it will influence(aspect) any planets present in Aries or Libra (7th house). It will also influence activities connected with that house (houses 1 and 7, I have written about them earlier). 

During the Sun major/minor period, the native will witness the influence of Sun on the activities of these houses too. Also, when Sun will transit through these houses, the native will witness the activities with respect to these houses.

More in the next post...

Recovering from bad health...2

Greater period/sub period of a favorable planet - If you have been going through bad health for quite some time, just look for the coming periods. If the coming periods are that of your ascendant lord (which is located well and is strong), or of the yogkaraka planets or of a friendly planet, then general recovery is indicated for the native from the long time disease. Refer to the following table:

Ascendant Sign	Planet which is yogkaraka
Aries	----
Taurus	Saturn
Gemini	----
Cancer	Mars
Leo	Mars
Virgo	----
Libra	Saturn
Scorpio	----
Sagittarius	----
Capricorn	Venus
Aquarius	Venus
Pisces	----

E.g. if the period/sub period for Saturn is beginning for the person with Taurus/Libra ascendant then good health/recovery is indicated.

Besides the above, if there is a favorable transit (for the ascendant/ascendant Lord) is going on. The above table is valid for transits also. 

Recovering from bad health...1

It does not matter how you have your benefic planets are placed, because sometime or the other malefic planets come in action and cause havoc in life. They bring in bad health, diseases and hence bring life to a stand still. presence of good health indicators can definitely improve conditions. Note the following:

1. Strong lord of the ascendant - This is a very strong indication of how much and how quickly a person can recuperate from his/her bad health.

2. Strength of the Lord of 6th house - sixth house is house of diseases. For more details read the blog post from March 20, 2013. If 6th lord is healthy/strong the person will enjoy awesome recovering power.

3. Jupiter's aspect to the ascendant lord or the ascendant also brings in good recovering power.

4. Presence of a friend/benefic along with ascendant Lord or aspecting the ascendant Lord also indicates quick recovery.

Bad health indicators...4

If the Moon is not well placed, general bad health condition is indicated. Note the following:

a) Moon is debilitated or/and

b) Moon is in enemy's home or/and 

c) Moon is lacking in paksha bal or/and 

d) Moon is with with malefic planets before and after it. 

Moon lacks the paksha bal by being close to Sun. It means that it must be as further from Sun as possible and possibly with a benefic planet. Moon has least paksha bal when it is the new moon day. As you will realize a healthy mind promotes healthy body and it has been endorsed by our elders since long time. And the moon indicates the mind. For a good/healthy mind, well, if you have been reading my blog, you know that your Moon must be strong and well placed. If not well, you can read the below posts for some help:

http://oneastrovedic.blogspot.com/2009/12/moon.html

http://oneastrovedic.blogspot.com/2010/01/moon-continued.html

http://oneastrovedic.blogspot.com/2012/07/planets-hints2.html

http://oneastrovedic.blogspot.com/2012/10/moon-and-mental-disorders1.html

http://oneastrovedic.blogspot.com/2012/10/moon-and-mental-disorders2.html

http://oneastrovedic.blogspot.com/2012/10/moon-and-mental-disorders3.html

http://oneastrovedic.blogspot.com/2012/10/moon-and-mental-disorders4.html

http://oneastrovedic.blogspot.com/2012/10/moon-and-mental-disorders5.html

http://oneastrovedic.blogspot.com/2012/10/moon-and-mental-disorders6.html

http://oneastrovedic.blogspot.com/2012/10/moon-remediesrevisited.html

http://oneastrovedic.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-moonaffirmatives1.html

http://oneastrovedic.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-moonaffirmatives2.html

http://oneastrovedic.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-moonaffirmatives3.html

http://oneastrovedic.blogspot.com/2012/11/moon-and-medicines.html

Bad health indicators...3

Following also indicate bad health in a native:

1. If the eighth lord is weak then the native will have a weak constitution and may have general bad health.

2. If the Atmakaraka is weak then also native can have bad health. Besides this if the Sun is weak, the native will have bad health.

3. Houses 3, 6 and 11 don't have any malefic planets. 

4. Malefic planets must not be present in houses 1, 4, 5, 7, 9 and 10. They will give worse results if they are retrograde.

5. Benefic planets in eigth house indicate a bad health for native. 

6. When the ascendant lord, Sun or Moon are accompanied by Gulika and/or Mandi, adverse health is indicated. If they are present in 1, 4, 5, 7, 9 and 10 then also indicate bad health and bad recovering state of the native.

Bad health indicators...2

There are some more indicators that indicate bad health as well as a worse recuperating power of the native:

1. The ascendant lord is weak because it is combust (located very close to the Sun) or debilitated. 

2. It is in the house of enemy.

3. The ascendant lord is in 6th, 8th or 12th. 

4. It is under influence of malefic planets, through aspect. 

5. The ascendant lord has malefic planets before and after it.

Bad health indicators...1

In the previous posts I have mentioned the good health indicators. As you can imagine the reverse of the good health indicators will show bad health in natives. Some of the factors are explained below:

1. The ascendant (first house) is occupied by malefic planets.

2. If malefic planets aspect the ascendant, mostly when they are enemies of the ascendant lord.

3. Ascendant has adverse yogas. E.g. Paap Kartari yoga is formed when we have 2 malefic planet before and after the ascendant, i.e., in the 12th and 2nd house. OR even worse the ascendant has Sun and Moon together (birth on the new moon day).

4. The ascendant has debilitated planets. Refer to the below table.

Ascendant Sign	Planet which is debilitated
Aries	Saturn
Taurus	----
Gemini	----
Cancer	Mars
Leo	----
Virgo	Venus
Libra	Sun
Scorpio	Moon
Sagittarius	----
Capricorn	Jupiter
Aquarius	----
Pisces	Mercury

Good Health Indicators...5

Following also indicate good health for a native. Also, they indicate the recuperating power of the native.

1. Presence of Saturn in eighth house - Saturn naturally signifies longevity and hence when it sits in house of longevity, house 8, it promotes good health if the native.

2. Strength of eighth lord - If the lord of eighth house is also strong, the good health of the native is further assured.

3. Benefics are direct - If the benefics are retrograde, they pose health challenges significantly. Hence, if they are direct, they will assure good health.

4. Shubha Kartari yoga for ascendant - If the ascendant has benefics in houses in 2nd and 12th houses, good health is indicated.

As indicated in earlier posts, the Sun is the naturally signifies your soul. So we must strengthen the soul (by strengthening Sun). For more details read the following:

http://oneastrovedic.blogspot.com/2009/12/sun-god.html

Good Health Indicators...4

One of the songs that I found on Internet which is good for meditation, if heard in low volume:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_M-xt__4XY


Following are also indicators of good health:

1. Moon and its association - If Moon is strong and without any malefic planet and only with benefic planets, good health in general is assured. If Moon has 2 benefic planets around it, the health will be better. You must  have heard the term, good mind drives good health, hence this formation!

2. Malefic planets in 3, 6 and 11 - These 3 houses, in general denote bad houses. But malefics, when present in these houses make the native stronger, capable of fighting with diseases, and give good immune system.

3. Strong Atmakaraka - Atmakaraka, is the planet in your chart which has advanced most degrees in its location or house where it is present. If the atmakaraka is exalted or in own house, it will be strong, hence assuring good health.

4. Strengh of Sun - Sun is naturally signifies your physical health. Hence, if is strong in your chart, it will promote your health.

Good Health Indicators...3

As indicated earlier, the Lord of ascendant is the most important planet for you! It is called the main planet and to read more about it see the following post:

http://oneastrovedic.blogspot.com/2009/12/your-main-planet.html

How does it influence your health? Here it goes:

1. If your ascendant lord is exalted or in own house, you will definitely have good health.

2. If is Vargottama, that is, it is located in same house in both D1 and D9 charts, it indicates good health in general.

3. If your ascendant lord is present in any of the following houses - 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11 you will enjoy general good health.

4. If it is present in a friend's palace (home), then also health will be good. If the ascendant lord is under aspect of friend(s) good health is assured.

5. If the lord of your ascendant is with benefic planets have their aspect, good health is prospected.

Good Health Indicators...2

The most important factor that governs your health is the health of your ascendant. Oh yes! The ascendant is single most important factor of good health! It is strong if you see following indications in one's chart:

1. Ascendant is Vargottama. It actually means that same number is written in House 1 for D1 (main chart) and the D9 (the Navmansa). For example, if your ascendant is Leo and ascendant in D9 is also Leo, then your ascendant is Vargottama and hence very strong!

2. Ascendant has benefic planets such as Jupiter, Venus, Mercury and Moon (of brighter half of month). This could be true even when the benefic is enemy to ascendant. E.g. in case of Leo ascendant Venus' presence will give good health. Also, if benefics occupy houses 5 and 9, they give good health. Also, aspect of benefics over ascendant helps a lot! 

3. When ascendant lord sits in ascendant or aspects it, the ascendant grows in strength. E.g Mars putting aspect on Scorpio ascendant (owned by Mars), from Leo (in 10th).

4. Presence of Rajyogas is another thing to consider. If one has several Rajyogas associated with ascendant, then good health is assured. E.g. for Virgo ascendant, if the Lord Mercury and Venus combine together in 10th house, good health is assured.

Shri Krishna at New Vrindaban

Recently I got a chance to visit New Vrindavan in West Virginia. I have posted my experience in the below posts. But before that, if you could, then please contribute an organization that is trying to help people caught/stranded/injured in the Uttarakhand in India due to severe weather conditions. If you are unable to help, then just pray for them.

Paavanchintandhara
Goonj

Following are the posts:

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama 
Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna!

Good Health Indicators...1

Whatever happens, everyone desires good health. And good health paves way for success. Well healthy mind and healthy are the most important ingredient for success. For a good mind, well, if you have been reading my blog, you know that your Moon must be strong and well placed. If not well, you can read the below posts for some help:

http://oneastrovedic.blogspot.com/2009/12/moon.html

http://oneastrovedic.blogspot.com/2010/01/moon-continued.html

http://oneastrovedic.blogspot.com/2012/07/planets-hints2.html

http://oneastrovedic.blogspot.com/2012/10/moon-and-mental-disorders1.html

http://oneastrovedic.blogspot.com/2012/10/moon-and-mental-disorders2.html

http://oneastrovedic.blogspot.com/2012/10/moon-and-mental-disorders3.html

http://oneastrovedic.blogspot.com/2012/10/moon-and-mental-disorders4.html

http://oneastrovedic.blogspot.com/2012/10/moon-and-mental-disorders5.html

http://oneastrovedic.blogspot.com/2012/10/moon-and-mental-disorders6.html

http://oneastrovedic.blogspot.com/2012/10/moon-remediesrevisited.html

http://oneastrovedic.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-moonaffirmatives1.html

http://oneastrovedic.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-moonaffirmatives2.html

http://oneastrovedic.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-moonaffirmatives3.html

http://oneastrovedic.blogspot.com/2012/11/moon-and-medicines.html

So many links right? That actually indicates how important Moon is, and the things it governs - Your Mother, your mind and your luck! Moon generally signifies all these and many others 'things'. 

Actually Moon is a benefic planet, and in the coming posts you will come to know how important are other benefic planets too, specially as far as health is concerned. So, to start I can say one thing if your ascendant is strong also the Lord of ascendant and Lord of 6th house, you are too lucky! More to come...

The Houses of your Vedic chart...House 12

The twelfth house is the 12th from ascendant when counted anti-clockwise. If the master of 12th house is present in exaltation or in own house, specially if in center (1,4,7,10) or in trine (1,5,9), it will give native good results. The 7th house is also called the Vyaya Sthan (the house of losses/expenditures). It corresponds to the native's inner self, ordeals underwent his whole life through, hidden enemies, and serious illnesses. It is related to places of confinement such as hospitals, prisons, convents, etc., and also includes solitude and major inner crises. 

The master of 12th must not be present in ascendant or 11th house, otherwise, the native suffers with deep losses in life, specially related to finances. If Jupiter is present in 12th house, the native will spend money in spiritual activities. 

The 12th house mostly signifies the following:

1. Losses in general.

2. Expenditures

3. Paternal uncles

4. Detachment, surrender, renouncing

5. Waste and expenditures

6. Secrets, secret enemies, involvement in scandals, disgrace and sorrows

7. Success through occult activities

8. Feet, left eye, disturbed sleep, mental imbalance, physical imbalance, hospitalization, crippled limbs, death

9. One's own bedroom, foreign lands, exile, confinement

10. Incarceration (formation of Karawas yog in 12th by combination of Saturn + Ketu).

11. Past life and the path of one's soul

During the dasa, antardasa of the Lord of 12th house, you will see the above significations of 12th house, taking prominence in your life. 

It is suggested that one must get married to someone who has most/major planets in one's 12th house. In that case your partner will be able to understand your hidden desires more easily. E.g. If someone is born with Virgo ascendant, he will have Leo as 12th house. So, he must get married to someone who has many planets or at least Moon in Leo. His partner will be able to understand him good!