Transits and Ashtakavarga

By K.N. Rao, from Timing Events Through Vimshottari Dasha - ch. 10 Continued from the article An Astrologer's Difficult Moments

Natal Chart Transits . !he most significant factor is the "eginning of the sadhe-saati  of  of the chil# $ith the %aturn in the $ea&est house in sarashta&a, sarashta&a, in $hich he $oul# remain until March (, 1))*. ). +ually "a# $as the transit of %aturn in Caricorn in the Binnashta&a of Mars, the *r# an# the th lor#, $here there is no ositie oint at all 0 oints/. !hese nine oints are unfaora"le. %ee the other  oints from the reious article An Astrologer's Difficult Moments./

!ransits on August 1, 1))

%arashta&aarga

Binnashta&aarga of Mars Saving Factors 1. 2t is a night "irth of the "right lunar half, shukla paksha. !he Moon must, therefore, rotect the chil# li&e the 3o##ess Mother as the astrological classics emhasi4e. . !he Moon $ell asecte# "y 5uiter $as another oint.

*. %ome astrological classics state that if in a night "irth there are malefics in the lagna, they too offer rotection. !he most imortant oint is the 5uiter is asecting the Moon of the chil#. 6rayers must "e offere#. 5uiter is 7or# %hia, lor# !ryam"a&a of the great Mrityunjaya mantra. 2 ma#e them recite Mrityunjaya mantra $ith me an# as&e# them to #o so regularly an# assure# them that, in Aril 1))*, the chil# $oul# "ecome normal.

!ransits on Aril 1, 1))* After %aturn transite# into Auarius in March 1))*, the chil# starte# imroing an# in Aril 1))* he "ecame normal in the su"-su"-erio# of 5uiter in the ma8or erio# of 5uiter an# the su"-erio# of Mercury. !his is the story of the secon# son of %ri C.9. Aa#hani, of the 2n#ian Au#it an# Accounts %erice from $hich 2 retire# in Noem"er, 1))0. reprinted with permission By Marc Boney, M.A., from the 5yotish-7ist :ahoo 3rous Archies %atish has as&e# me to ela"orate on my reference to haing use# ashta&aarga in the Den4el ;ashington re#iction see the article - Den4el ;ashington's Na&shatra +th soo&shma #asha (th rana #asha 2f you hae goo# reason to "eliee that the "irth time is recise, giing an accurate set of #iisional charts....then the finer timing of an eent comes #o$n to coor#inating these #eeer leels of the #asha $ith transits.

2n regar#s to the latter, ashta&aarga shoul#...an# must..."e use# to assess the strength of transits. !o uote our #earte# frien# Richar# =ouc&, ?it is nearly criminal to #o other$ise.? Den4el's "irth certificate gae a time of 00@0) 1@0) AM/. Base# on a num"er of his life eents 2 hae a#8uste# this time four minutes to 00@1*. !he main reason $as the change of the #ashamsha lagna D-10/ from 9irgo to 7i"ra.

Den4el ;ashington's Natal Chart 6resuming this a#8ustment is correct, on the #ay he $on the scar the 9imshottari #asha on all fie leels $as@ %aturn-%aturn-Mercury-%aturn-9enus. Note that this entire seuence inclu#es nothing "ut trine lor#s for his 9irgo lagna. Recall also that he has the (th lor# %aturn e
!ransits March >, 00 - night of the Aca#emy A$ar#s. !ransiting %aturn Den4el's maha, antar, an# rana lor# at the time of the eent/ is transiting the sign !aurus, $hich is the )th house from his "irth lagna 9irgo, an# the (th house from the Moon. An# this is $here ashta&aarga comes in. !he sara ashta&aarga for his )th house !aurus is a ery healthy * "enefic oints anything oer the numerical aerage of - is consi#ere# goo#./....although %aturn's in#ii#ual "innashta&a in !aurus is only .

Den4el ;ashington's %arashta&aarga total oints/ !he ratyantar #asha lor# Mercury the 1st an# 10th lor#/ $as transiting Auarius, the th house from the "irth lagna an# n# from the Moon. !his #oes not loo& that faora"le until you see that Auarius has a sara ashta&aarga of ** "enefic oints, an# that Mercury's in#ii#ual "innashta&a is a su"stantial  "in#us. 9enus, the lanet 2 "eliee to "e the soo&shma #asha lor# >th leel/ at the time of eent, $as $ithin one #egree of its highest oint of eth/ $as alying "y t$o #egrees to a full asect of his 10th lor# Mercury. !his further aeale# to me.

7astly, the Moon is the finest timer of eents since it is the fastest moing of the graha. %hri Rao sho$s in his "oo&, Planets and Children, ho$ his mother taught him to time "irth $ithin  hours using the Moon's transits. ;ashington receie# his scar at a time $hen the Moon transite# its o$n sign Cancer, in his 11th house of honors an# a$ar#s. 2t is 8ust recently crosse# his suremely e
Den4el ;ashington's "innashta&aarga for the Moon !he use of the Moon's transit $as the final stage of this re#iction....an# in the conte