Varaha Mihira's
Sarvato Bhadra Chakra Introduction The great VARAHA MIHIRA, whose works on Astrology are revered by many, writing about the Sarvato Bhadra Chakra says that it is a!able o" showing immediate results, whih an be veri"ied and that this Chakra enlightens the Three #orlds$ The author o" MA%SA&ARI 'an Astrologial te(t in e(tensive use in %orth India) in a ha!ter entitled Sarvato Bhadra Chakra says that this will Illumine the Three #orlds$ Another author says that this Chakra will enlighten us about the !ast, !resent and "uture and is, there"ore, om!arable to TRI*+-A .//0A 'a lam! "or lighting u! the Three #orlds)$ These bold statements not only give a lue to the great im!ortane attahed to it by the re!uted writers but also the "at that the Chakra is a multi!ur!ose tool$ In our en1uiries we "ound that this Chakra is used "or 'i) !rediting the !rie ranges o" ommodities like Cotton, &old, ereals and "ood stu"" et$ 'ii) the "uture o" nations, results o" battles et$ "or !ur!oses o" !olitial astrology 'iii) !rediting events onerning a native2s "uture, though to a limited e(tent$ /(haustive literature on this sub3et is not available$ #e are, there"ore, !resenting in this booklet whatever literature we ould lay our hands on, in the ho!e that serious students o" Astrology would !ursue the matter, arry out researhes and make their e(!eriene available to the !ubli in due ourse$ The o!inions e(!ressed by Varaha Mihira and the author o" Mansagari is so lear and so "irm, this matter really warrants the serious attention o" students o" Astrology and may !erha!s !rove to be yet another method to make !reditions with greater auray$ This ould even be the missing link in the art o" !redition, without whih we have been unable to !redit with om!lete auray$ #e re"use to believe that a !ersonality o" the stature o" Varaha Mihira would have le"t anything "or !osterity that is not really use"ul and his e(!ression in the very "irst sloka says this Chakra will throw light on the Three #orlds should be taken at its "ae value and a!!lied with all sinerity and veri"ied$ .oubts and ambiguities do e(ist in this book and will beome a!!rent as the reader overs ha!ter a"ter ha!ter$ These are 4
a $ Has eah !lanet one or three Vedha as!ets 5 b$ 67 ells are allotted "or 67 vowels8 vowels8 it seems that a ma3ority o" these ells ells annot be !ut to use by !ersons "ollowing languages other than Sanskrit c$ Constellation Abhi3it has a ell "or itsel", but is not rekoned "or many a !ur!ose d$ #hether week days and birth asendant are to be onsidered besides 0anhka 5
Researh over a number o" years in the di""erent "ields in whih this Chakra an be used ould only !rovide a!!ro!riate answers to these or unearthing other available literature on the sub3et$ Mantereswara2s 0HA*A .//0IA is one o" the big "ive works on Astrology, the most ondensed book, lear ut in e(!ression, yet overing a muh wider "ield than other te(ts$ There is a ha!ter alloated in this book "or %akshatra gohara, Vedha, *atta et$ vi9 ha!ter :7$ These are !rini!al items in the S$B$ Chakra methodology$ In skoka ;<, Mantreswara mentions that bene"i and male"i Vedhas '"ront,right and le"t as!ets whih !ass through ell to ell) have to be onsidered in !rediting transit e""ets$ The mere "at that a highly ondensed treatise as 0HA*A .//0IA has alloated more than hal" a ha!ter to this Chakra illustrates the im!ortane attahed to it by an authority like Mantreswara, the most reent writer$ Some o" the students and researhers in Astrology inluding "oreigners have been im!atiently !ressing us "or in"ormation and literature on this Chakra$ Besides, it also beame a!!arent to the translators that they ould not make any "urther headway into this branh o" Astrology$ Hene, this !ubliation is being released in the sinere ho!e that "urther researhes will be made by those who have time and make know the results$ #e are dee!ly indebted to Shri M haregat "or all the hel! rendered in the om!ilation o" this book and to arma -ogi Shri =!endra T Mehta "or the "inanial and other assistane rendered$ May the %ava &rahas bestow !eae and !ros!erity on them$ +M SA.&=R= 0ARAMATHMA%/ %AMAHA +M %AM+ BHA&AVATH/ SIVA%A%.A-A Sd>? %% rishna Rau @ VB Choudhary Bombay, : anuary 67:
Directions, Constellations, Namanakshatras, Swaras, Tithies The Chart .raw 6 vertial lines and 6 hori9ontal lines interseting eah other, so that you have ( D E6 ells$ /nsure that all the ells are s1uare and o" e1ual si9e, so that the hart may be used with ease$
/ntry "rom to! le"t
Directions Top of the Chart represents EAST, to! le"t %orth?/ast and to!?right South?/ast Right side 4 S+=TH *e"t side 4 %+RTH
Bottom o" the Chart 4 #/ST, bottom?le"t %orth?#est and bottom?right South?#est '/AST at the to! may seem a bit unusual "or we are used to %+RTH at the to!)
Constellation The "our ells at the ; orners o" the Chart are allotted to the ; long vowels A, AA, /, //$ The remaining < ells eah at the to!, bottom and the two sides ': ells) are allotted to the :E onstellations 'inluding Abhi3it) o" the Hindu Astrology as shown in the Chart I$
Abhi3it is a very small onstellation and is loated on the %irayana 9odia at 7F?;2 Ca!riorn to 6F?G2?: Ca!riorn$ This is based on the authority o" Varaha Mihira and JC .utt$ This onstellation is also in use in the Ashtottari Maha .asa System$ The above arrangement is based on the assum!tion that the :G onstellations, Aswini to 0urva Ashada ':) and .hanishta to Revati 'G) are all ou!ying e1ual distanes o" 6F?:2 eah and the remaining onstellations =ttara Ashada, Abhi3it and Sravana ou!y varying distanes but totalling :7F?;2$ Jor loation o" all onstellations, see Appendix A
There is a shool o" thought aording to whih all the :E onstellations ou!y e1ual distanes on the 9odia, i$e$ 7 divided by :E8 6:F?7><2 !er onstellation$ In view o" Varaha Mihira2s authority about the loation o" Abhi3it as also the distanes ou!ied by the !reeding and sueeding onstellations, it not be advisable to ae!t the o!inion that all :E onstellations ou!y e1ual distanes, 3ust to satis"y mathematial re1uirements$ In our studies, we have also ome aross some Almanas in the ountry wherein even today, Abhi3it, is shown in between 0ura Ashada and =ttara Ashada$
These two differences of opinion may NT be accepted until research pro!es it otherwise$ Si"ns of #odiac correspondin" to $oon Si"n Cell Ks GE, G, 7, 7:, 7, 7;, 77, 7<, 7E, <, <6 and <: are allotted to the 6: signs o" the 9odia Taurus to Aries res!etively$ See Chart I
%unar Days &Tithies) Tithies are allotted among the G ells om!rising the ell right at the entre, KE6, and the ; ells at the %orth, /ast, South and #est vi9$ <;, <7,
<
<;
E
E6
<7
0oornima
;,,6;
Aamavasya
:,<,6:
G @ 6
<
<<
,E,6 64 0radhama, :4 .witeeya, 4 Thriteeya$ ;4 Chaturthi, G4 0anhami, 74 Shashti, <4 Sa!tami, E4 Ashtami, 8 %avami, 64 .asami, 664/kadasi, 6:4 .wadasi,
64 Thrayodasi, 6;4 Chaturdasi, 6G4 0oornima or Jull Moon +R Amavasya 'in .ark Hal") #eeks days are also being inluded by some in the G ells hosuing Tithies in the "ollowing manner 4? K<7 ? Sunday, Tuesday8
'owels The 67 vowels 'in Sanskrit) are arranged in the Sarvato Bhadra Chakra is shown in Chart I$ See also A!!endi( B "or "ull details$
The natural order of occurrence of these !owels is () A 'short)8 AA 'long)8 E 'short)8 EE 'long)8 'short as in Cook)8 'long as in Shool)8 *E 'short as in Rig) *EE 'long as in reah)8 %E 'short) and %EE 'long) ? these two do not seem to our in languages other than Sanskrit and some Indian vernaulars8 AE 'short)8 AE 'long)8 as in oke8 + as in Cowdrey8 A$ as in -$8
A.A as in A.A$ED$ These 67 vowels are the same as those taught in shools in the very "irst lesson, in India$ In some vernaulars, only 6: are used$
Namanakshatras The namanakshatras '6 onsonants and 6 vowel) : in number are arranged as show in Chart I$
Appendix / e(!lains where the vowels>namanakshatras are used$ It will be observed that A is used both as a vowel 'ell K6) and as a namanakshatra 'ell K;)$
.ow to -se the Chart 0lae the !lanets, on any given day and time, on the res!etive onstellations$ A!!endi( A is a ready rekoner showing distanes ou!ied by the :E onstellations on the 9odia as !er %irayana and Sayana '#estern) along with their /nglish names$ The tara grahas 'Tara 4 star, graha 4 !lanet, tara graha 4 !lanets whih resemble stars) namely, Mars, Merury, u!iter, Venus, Saturn, when in retrogression, as!et the right side8 when moving "ast, as!et the le"t side8
when moving at normal s!eed, as!et the "ront$ The right and le"t as!ets always !ass an angle o" ;GF either to the right or the le"t, starting "rom the ell where the !lanet is situated, "rom one orne r o" the sign into the other and sto!s only on reahing a onstellation in the ells "lanking any one o" the sides o" the Chakra$
The front aspect is NT supposed to pass throu"h, si"n to si"n, but the constellation at the end of the aspect alone "ets the effect0 That is to say, the right and le"t as!ets have their e""ets on the all the ells through whih the as!et !asses, but the "ront as!et a""ets only the onstellation in "ront$ See harts V?a and V?b $ .ragon2s Tail in the Chart v?a has been !laed in ell 67 mere "or illustrating the as!et "rom that !osition$
.ragon2s Head 'Rahu) and .ragon2s Tail 'etu) are always retrograde8 Sun and Moon are always onsidered "ast moving8 The "ormer two !lanets belong to Chhaya &raha 'shadow !lanets)8 the latter to Ra3a &rahas 'ingly !lanets)$ These "our !lanets will always aspect in all the three directions i$e$ le"t, right @ "ront$
Note 4 +n the 1uestion o" as!ets, there are serious di""erenes o" o!inions$ Some say, all !lanets as!et all the three sides while others who di""er, say, all !lanets have only one as!et de!ending on s!eed>retrogression$ The translators2 !re"erene is "or single as!et "or tara grahas and three sides as!et "or the rest$ As already stated, the le"t and right as!ets !ass through sign to sign and a""et the vowel, namanakshatra, rasi 'Moon sign), lunar day 'Tithi) and onstellation ou!ying the as!eted ells, while the "ront as!et a""ets only the onstellation at the other e(treme$
Special Aspects 0lanets ou!ying the 1uarter o" a onstellation immediately ad3aent to the "our orner ells '6, , 6< @ :G) a""et the long vowels lose to it$
A !lanet in the
A !lanet in the
%ast 1uarter o"
2st 1uarter o"
Bharani Ashlesha Visakha Sravana
Affects
artik
A ? ell K6
Magha
AA ? ell K
Anuradha
/ ? ell K6<
.hanishta
// ? ell K:
along with the above, the same !lanet also a""ets 0ournami or Amavasya #hen constellation is a""eted
its namanakshatra also get a""eted
Ardra
/A, HA, %&$ CHA
Hastha
0A, SH, %, THA
0urva Ashada =ttara Bhadra!ad
3airs amon" consonants
BA, ., 0, .H .A, TH, H, -A
There area "ew more onsonants in atual use than those atered "or in the Sarvato Bhadra Chakra$ These are indiated in Appendix /
Classification of 3lanets /enefics u!iter, Venus and Moon "rom Gth *unar .ay '0anhami) in bright hal" to 6th *unar .ay '.asami) in dark hal" 'both days inlusive)$
$alefics Saturn, Sun, .ragon2s Head, .ragon2s Tail, Mars and Moon "rom 66th *unar .ay '/kadasi) in dark hal" to ;th *unar .ay 'Chaturthi) in bright hal" 'both days inlusive)$
$ercury Merury is onsidered a male"i when on3unt with a male"i and their navamsas and onstellations then ha!!en to be the same8 otherwise bene"i$ Retrograde male"is are onsidered highly male"i and retrograde bene"is highly bene"i8 when moving "ast 'more than mean motion) all !lanets retain their original bene "i>male"i nature$
Speed of 3lanets
3lanet
#hen the s!eed !er day is "reater than
Mars
;72?66
Merury
662?:
u!iter
6;2?;
Venus
Saturn
<2?;G
they are su!!osed to be "ast, and there"ore, as!eting the left side$ #hen retrograde 'irres!etive o" s!eed), the as!et "or the above !lanets is to the ri"ht4 and at all other time, front only$
3anchka The onsonant 'namanakshatra) ourring "irst in the name, ne(t the vowel 'Swara), ne(t *unar .ay 'Tithi)$ ne(t the onstellation 'unma nakshatra) o" birth and lastly the Moon sign 'Rasi) are known as the 0anhka in the order given$
Example ( 0anhka "or one with date o" birth
Example .oroscope ( Birth in 0urva 0halguni rd Luarter Sun in 0ises
Namanakshatra "or this Luarter 4 Ti 'vide A!!endi( A) orres!onding to onsonant T Moon has traversed 67;F "rom Sun 4 67;>6: D 6 !lus i$e$ birth on the 6;th *unar .ay or Chaturdasi bright hal"$ Moon is in *eo as the onstellation "alls in *eo$ The Luarter o" onstellation o" birth !rovides the %amanakshatra with Swara, Tithi and Rasi$ Thus, the 0anhka "or the native with above birth date would be 4
Namanakshatra Appendix A
T ? ell K;6 Ti shown against rd Luarter 0urva 0halguni in
'as in tea)$
Swara Tithi Constellation *asi %a"na &birth Asdt5
/ ? ell K6< 6;th ? ell KE 0urva 0halguni ? ell K66 Simha ? ell K7: Meena '0ises) ? ell K<6$
Researhers are onsidering *agna also in addition to 0anhka$ 0anhka "or one without date o" birth Jor those who have no horoso!e or reorded time o" birth, these !artiulars are determined with re"erene to the name o" the !erson onerned in the "ollowing manner 4? The name o" the !erson is the one, using whih, a !erson "ast aslee!, would wake u!8 or i" walking>awake,
would res!ond to$ The mere sound !rodued when uttering a name is riterion, irres!etive o" the s!elling or the language$ The "ollowing table would be o" assistane in doing it$
/asic 'owels A
E
AE
+
Consonants
Chh
h
&>%&
&h
Ch
h
T
TT
Th
Thh
.h
.
..
..h
%
0
0h
B
BB
M
-
R
*
V
Sh
Shh
S
H
This hart has only G basi vowels and onsonants$ All names have to be brought under one o" these vowels and onsonants$ The "irst vowel and onsonant or the "irst onsonant and vowel, as the ase may be, is onsidered and !rovides the starting !oint$
*A$A has * and A as the "irst onsonant and vowel, while AR=M=&AM has A and R as the "irst vowel and onsonant$ In names like *A$A 'where "irst onsonant is "ollowed by a vowel), the "irst onsonant is taken into aount and in names like A*-$-6A$ 'where the "irst uttered sound is a vowel "ollowed by a onsonant), the vowel is ignored and onsonant taken into aount$ Thus, in both ases,
* !rovides the starting !oint$ %ow, loate the onsonant R in the table above, whih reveals the Swara in this ase, AE$
Table showin" relation between !owels, consonants and lunar days
*unar .ays
%anda
Bhadra
aya
Sikta
6,7,66
:,<,6:
,E,6
;,,6;
Basi Vowels
A
/
++
A/
+#
Consonants
/
h
&
&h
Ch
Chh
h
T
TT
*unar .ay
6
:
;
G
Consonants
.
..
Th
Thh
.h
..h
%
0
0h
*unar .ay
7
<
E
6
Consonants
BB
M
-
R
*
V
Sh
Shh
S
66
6:
6
6;
*unar .ay
0oorna G @ 6
B
H
0ournami>Amavasya Assuming that 0anhka is re1uired "or RAMA, details o" whih are as "ollows 4 %amanakshatra Swara
R ? ell K ; A ? ell K 6 The basi vowel A/ is determined "rom Table VI is a om!ound o" A @ /$ It is !ermissible to do so$ #here a doubt arises, it is sa"e to stik to the vowel obtained "rom Table VI$
Tithi Constellation
6;th *$.$ ? ell KE Chitra rd Luarter ? ell K6; A re"erene to A!!endi( A reveals that RA ours against Chitra rd Lr$
Rasi
Tula ? ell K7;
.etermination o" the 0anhka orretly is !o" 0IV+TA* IM0+RTA%C/$ Jor those with birth date the Lr o" the Constellation o" birth !rovides the Swara with namanakshatra$ Tithi and Rasi are determined otherwise$ Jor those without date o" birth, the initial onsonant in name !rovides main Swara through Table VI8 with the hel! o" main Swara, using Table VII, tithi is "ound8
Rasi and Constellation are determined with the hel! o" Appendix A
Stren"th of 3lanets All !lanets en3oy "ull strength or 6N in own sign8 right>"ront as!et or all o" them as a!!liable, unless otherwise stated$ As!et to one or more o" the 0anhka is meant$ The e""ets o" !osition 'shetra bala ? strength derived by reason o" a !lanet2s stay in a sign) is doubled i" the !lanet onerned is retrograde$ I" too "ast or in e(altation, trebled$ +wnershi!, e(altation, debilitation signs are as is generally "ollowed$ Thus, a"ter asertaining the s!eed, !osition et$ results should be !ronouned$ 0lanet Sun
Jriends Moon Mars u!iter
%eutral
/nemy
Merury Venus
Moon
Sun Merury
Mars u!iter Venus Saturn
Mars
Sun Moon u!iter
Merury
Sun Venus
u!iter
Sun Moon Mars
Venus
Merury Saturn
Mars u!iter
Saturn
Venus Merury
u!iter
Venus Saturn Mars u!iter Saturn Saturn
Saturn
%one
Merury Moon Merury Venus Sun Moon Sun Moon Mars
As a general rule, the ;th sign "rom /(altation>.ebilitation is known as the neutral sign, e(e!t where it ha!!ens to be otherwise$
Dra"on7s .ead and Dra"on7s Tail are mutually friendly but enemies to the rest of the planets 0lanet
.ragon2s Head .ragon2s Tail
+wn Sign
/(altation
Virgo
&emini
0ises
Sagittarius
.ebilitation
Sagittarius
&emini
Effects of con8unction9aspect of each planet ( Sun #orry8 o!!osition "rom su!eriors8 "ever with old8 headahe8 travel8 loss o" !ro!erty>1uadru!eds8 "ear "rom 1uadru!eds8 misunderstandings with !arents8 distress$
:ull $oon &ain o" onveyane, ornaments, tasty dishes$
+eak $oon Sorrow, bondage, travels$
$ars Stomah or blood disorders8 "inanial loss8 loss o" disriminating !ower8 loss o" relations8 agriultural losses8 u!set o" bile8 "ailures8 de"eat in battle8 long distane travel$
$ercury &/enefic5 nowledge8 honour "rom su!eriors and relatives8 gains in business and agriulture8 "reedom "rom diseases8 "ame$
$ercury &$alefic5 +!!osite results will be bestowed by Merury in ombustion, in enemy sign, in debilitation or in on3untion with male"i$
Saturn Sikness, "ear, sorrow, loss o" servants, "riends and relations8 intermittent "ever8 bondage8 loss o" !osition8 troubles due to or "rom women in low walks o" li"e8 death due to dangerous undertakings8
de"eat in battle$
Dra"on7s .ead +bstrution8 heart diseases8 "ainting8 intimay with widows or low lass women8 o!!osition "rom the learned$
Dra"on7s Tail +bstrution8 loss o" grain>agriultural losses8 u!set o" health to wi"e8 !ain in various !art o" body$
Note 4 When Sun Mars and Saturn are aspecting Moon who is conjunct with one of them, there will be diseases of head, fever, fistula, stomach disorders, bilious disorders and obstruction or impediments from sources higher than human beings. The bad effects flowing from a malefic ceases the moment malefic leaves the constellation from which the aspect originated.
;upiter All round suess8 liking by su!eriors8 !eae8 worshi! o" the *ord8 good luk and good health$
Note 4 When Jupiter is conjunct with a malefic, sickness; wrath of superiors; failure; loss of reputation; sorrow; travel; sickness to children and bondage will result.
'enus Com!any o" and en3oyments with women inluding wi"e8 "avours "rom su!eriors8 marriage8 abundane o" everything8 hildren8 ha!!iness$
Note 4 enus conjunct with malefic confers loss of mone! and "uadrupeds; dissensions with women and other losses.
3aksha 3hala Joreast o" e""ets "or the ensuing "ortnight et$ Somewhat on the lines o" Varsha 0hal '"oreast "or natives "or the whole year) is "oretold based on !lanetary !ositions !revailing on the 6st day o" eah Hindu -ear, the e""ets "or the ensuing 0aksha 'whih is e1uivalent to a "ortnight) either the dark or bright hal" or any !artiular day or moment an be "ound$ Jor asertaining the 0aksha !hala, the onstellation on whih Sun was standing as !er Almana, on the 6st day o" the "ortnight alone, is neessary$ Therea"ter, !roeed to !lae the rest o"
the !lanets 'without re"erene to almana or e!hemeris) based on the "ollowing table 4? Table VIII Insert Sun on the a!!ro!riate onstellation and then, !lae .ragon2s Tail
on 6:th Constellation "rom Sun
Merury
:Eth
Venus
rd
Mars
Gth
Moon
6:th
.ragon2s Head
67th
Saturn
:7th
u!iter
6 |
.uring the month o" +tober 6;;, the native o" the /(am!le Horoso!e was seriously laid u! and death was antii!ated any day during that month$ The ma3or !eriod and the sub !eriod then o!erating were very bad, a!able o" in"liting death$ Sarvato Bhadra Chakra drawn as !er above table "or the two "ortnights ommening on : +CT ;; and 6< +CT ;; to asertain the 0aksha 0hala are attahed as Chart OI and OII ) Appendix D with omments and dedutions$ *ikewise, the e""ets o" a !artiular day are deided with re"erene to the !osition o" Moon as !er e!hemeris and the rest o" the !lanets inserted as !er the "ollowing table$
Table I< Insert Moon on the a!!ro!riate onstellation using e!hemeris>!anhang$ and then, !lae Sun Mars Merury
on Gth onstellation "rom Moon |
.ragon2s Head
6th
u!iter
6;th
Venus
6th
.ragon2s Tail
:6st
Saturn
:Gth
Similarly, the e""ets "or a given moment or 3ust be"ore embarking on a new venture are "ound by loating Sun "rom the e!hemeris and inserting Sun on the a!!ro!riate onstellation and !roeed to !lae the rest o" the !lanets as !er "ollowing table$
Table < Insert Sun on the a!!ro!riate onstellation and then !lae Moon
on rd onstellation "rom Sun
Mars
|
Saturn
6:th
Merury
6th
.ragon2s Head
6th
u!iter
:th
.ragon2s Tail
:Gth
Venus
: |
A srutiny o" Tables VIII, IO and O may give rise to a host o" 1uestions and doubts suh as a$ .ragon2s Head and .ragon2s Tail never ou!y o!!osite !ositions b$ Merury does not get away "rom Sun as muh as 66 onstellations ? Table O $ Moon is always on3unt with .ragon2s Tail in Table VIII d$ why assume "ititious !ositions "or !lanets when atual loations are available "rom e!hemeris>!anhang 5 A !ossible answer to these 1uestions ould be that the Sages have devised a 1uik method o" divining e""ets using only the loation o" Sun or Moon and onsidering the trend o" !lanetary transits as a!!liable to Sarvato Bhadra Chakra$ The Author assures that sur!risingly aurate results, immediately veri"iable, will be obtained i" delineation is done "or "ortnight,
day and moment on this methodology$
E%ECTINA% AST*%6= &$-.-*T.A$5 All undertakings done on a *unar .ay, Rasi 'Moon sign), Constellation or %avamsa 'rising at the time o" ommening an undertaking), whih is ou!ied by a male"i in the Chakra, will end in "ailure i$e$ a marriage will not be en3oyed by the ou!le, a traveller may not return or a disease starting at that time may !rove "atal$ I" the Rasi, %avamsa or Constellation is a""lited when an undertaking is ommened 4? Rasi
*oss o" !osition
Constellation %avamsa Rasi, Constellation @ %avamsa all three a""lited simultaneously
*osses death>"ailure death>serious loss or "ailure ertain
a""lited by Sun
Mars
Saturn
Sorrow .eath>1uarrels *oss>disease
.ragon2s Head .ragon2s Tail
#ounds
0oisonous e""ets
bene"i
Suess
Merury
nowledge
u!iter
#ell being
Venus
&ood e""ets
A""lited in the above onte(t means as!et or on3untion$ In bright hal", Moon auses good e""ets by his as!et>on3untion, in dark hal", evil e""ets$ The onstellation 3ust vaated or ou!ied or being as!eted by a male"i should be avoided
"or all im!ortant undertakings, as "ailure is !ossible then$ Assuming you are sending in your resume or !lan to attend an interview on a day when Moon is ou!ying Aswini$ I" that star has 3ust been vaated by or is under ou!ation by a male"i or a male"i as!et is "alling on Aswini, it is not advisable to go ahead, as "ailure is likely$ I" you an a""ord to wait "or a day whih is "ree "rom these a""litions, go ahead on a day when there is bene"i as!et on the onstellation ou!ied by Moon$ #here one o" the 0anhka is a""lited, the degree o" a""lition is as "ollows 4? ust vaated
.A&.A burnt
the e""et has 3ust ourred
=nder ou!ation
#A*ITA burning
the e""et is taking !lae
&oing to be ou!ied
.H++MITA smoky
the e""et is going to take !lae
#hen a""lition is aused by male"i 4 .A&.A
4 .eath or near e""ets #A*ITA
4 =!set o" health by way o" illness
.H++MITA 4 !ains, illness et$ !reliminary to a disease
+hen affliction is caused by benefic, correspondin" benefic effects will come to pass0 I" 6 amongst 0anhkas is a""lited ? u!sets will our :
? "ear
? losses
;
? illness
G
? death
#hen 6 amongst 0anhkas is a""lited by 6 male"i ? =!set
: male"is ? Jear
male"is ? *osses
; male"is ? Illness
G male"is ? .eath
#hen 6 male"i auses a""lition, there will be on"usion : male"is
loss o" relatives
male"is
loss o" wealth
; male"is
troubles
G male"is
death
Brie"ly and in broad outline, i" Constellation is a""lited, there will be on"usion %amanakshatra
loss
Swara 'vowel)
illness
*unar .ay 'Tithi)
"ear
Rasi
obstrution
In detail, the e""ets o" a""lition are as under 4? Constellation
Jear "rom relatives8 illness8 loss o" weight or u!set o" health8 "ailures8 on"usion @$
%amanakshatra
Jear "rom ruler>&ovt8 sorrow and worries8 arguments with wi"e and servants8 brooding over losses8 loss o" 1uadru!eds8 dysentery$
Swara>Vowel
=!set o" health8 illness8 loss o" gold8 misunderstandings>1uarrels with relatives
*unar .ay>Tithi
Con"usion8 loss o" wealth8 "all "rom height
Rasi 'Moon sign)
Sorrow8 u!set o" health and humours8 distress8 even death
Any : o" the 0anhkas simultaneously under a""lition ? *oss o" wealth
? de"eat in battle
;
? de"eat and death
Aspect9con8unction of 2 benefic ) 6ood %uck >
? benefics ) 6ains
>
@ benefics ) Success
>
benefics ) +ealth
If Tithi is aspected by benefic ) 6ain of wealth Constellation
*asi
> >
) 6ood health and success ) .appiness
Namanakshatra
>
) :earlessness
Swara9'owel
>
) Increase of 6ood %uck
If all B of the 3anchka are simultaneously aspected by benefics, there will be increases and all round "ains0 ust as a male"i on"ers male"i e""ets, bene"is on"er bene"i e""ets$ #hen a male"i and a bene"i ha!!en to stand on a single onstellation, the e""et o" the resulting as!et will be male"i$ This is !artiularly so in the ase o" Merury and to a large e(tent in the ase o" Venus, u!iter and Jull Moon$
DISEASES $ethod of usin" Sar!ato /hadra Chakra in connection with diseases /ret Sarvato Bhadra Chakraa "or the time at whih a disease or sikness starts or an aident ours, and asertain the bene"i as well as male"i as!ets to the 0anhka$ I" the as!et o" a retrograde 'Vakra) male"i has aused the start o" a disease, death would result8 i" a "ast?moving male"i, the disease will be o" a long duration$ As!et o" Sun
would result in !ains
Mars
.ragon2s Head>Tail
Saturn
res!iratory disorders
"its>"ainting shooting !ains
If at the start of a disease, a malefic aspects the Constellation
/ye diseases will our
%amanakshatra
Burning sensation, bronhial disorders,bilious disorders, vomiting
'Consonant) Swara 'Vowel)
.iseases o" mouth, teeth or ear
Tithi '*unar .ay)
Skin diseases, headahe, swelling on "eet, rheumati !ains
Rasi 'Moon sign)
Indigestion, "ear "rom water, anger,!hlegmati disorders8 nervous om!laints
DI*ECTINS
The eight diretions and the various onstellations allotted to eah diretion are shown in the Sarvato Bhadra Chakra ? Chart I$ At a given time, asertain the sign o" 9odia ou!ied by Sun and the diretions indiated by that sign in the S$B$ Chakra is said to be eclipsed 'the word used in this onte(t means a sort o" a""lition)$ The eli!sing o" a diretion by Sun lasts a ma(imum o" months starting "rom the time o" entry o" Sun into the "irst sign in a diretion to the time o" leaving the sign in that diretion$ Jor e(am!le, /ast will be eli!sed "rom the time o" Sun2s entry into Taurus to the time o" leaving Caner$ There is a shool o" thought whih is o" the o!inion that the eli!sing o" a diretion is neither "orward nor bakward but on both sides, that is to say, when Sun is on Ardra Star 'ell KG), the whole o" /ast is agreed to be under eli!se i$e$ the diretion overed by the star under ou!ation !lus onstellations eah on either side$ Similarly, when Sun ou!ies Ashlesha 'ell KE), the diretions or 3ust that muh o" the diretions overed by the onstellations in ell KG to ell K6:, both inlusive, will be eli!sed$ This may look satis"atory "rom a mathematial !oint o" view$ Aording to Shastra, when Sun is in the /ast, 'ell K: to KE), /ast is said to be under a""lition8 similarly "or other diretions$
Affliction of Swara &'owels5 ust as the onstellations get a""lited, vowels are liable to get a""lited too$ The 67 long vowels ou!y the ; orner ells, as shown in the Chart$ The ; long vowels in ell K6, , G< and < are in the /ast, those in ell K , , 76 and a""lited, the vowels in that diretion also get the same a""lition, "or months$ Similar a""lition "or months also arises "or the namanakshatras 'onsonants), rasis 'Moon signs) and Tithies '*unar .ays)$ #hen one o" onstituents o" 0anhka get eli!sed by Sun, the e""ets are 4? Constellation Consonant
Sikness *oss
Vowel
Sorrow
Rasi +bstrution>im!ediment Tithi
.eath
death here denotes the seriousness o" the e""et, rather, it denotes that the worst ould ha!!en under the irumstanes$ =nder these a""litions, no 3ourneys should be undertaken, no marriage should be !er"ormed, no griha?!ravesha 'entry into house "or the "irst time), no litigation launhed or battle waged during the months$ The 66: 1uarters o" the :E onstellations have eah a namanakshatra as !er Appendix A0 #hen a male"i !asses over a 1uarter o" any onstellation, the namanakshatra !ertaining to that 1uarter is said to be under Vedha 'male"i on3untion>obstrution)$ I" both the Swara 'vowel) and the namanakshatra 'onsonant) are under Vedhaa, there will be danger and loss o" !osition$ #hen the 0anhka as a lot or ma3ority o" them are under Vedha, suh natives should not engage in battle or 3oin the "ighting "ores engaged in war, "or death is likely$ Astrologers should onsider these as!ets are"ully be"ore advising their sovereign to embark u!on any military adventure against another ountry$ #hen the Armed Jores attak another ountry or army, the attak should be made in the diretion under Vedha>male"i on3untion '!artiularly Sun), when suess is assured$ #here both the !arties are under Vedha, the side whih is under stronger Vedha will suumb$ I" the Vedha is idential, then the one that strikes "irst will win$
Effects of benefic aspect9con8unction to the constituent of 3anchka Constellation %amanakshatra Swara
&ood health &ains Ha!!iness
Rasi Tithi All o" them simultaneously
Vitory Inreased lustre All round suess and inreased !ros!erity
/ven though the hart ereted "or the time o" "irst attak in the &oa *iberation Cam!aign is "it "or disussion under 0olitial Astrology, the hart is studied to illustrate some o" the above Rules$ The star 'onstellation "or &+A ? Satabhisha, was only reently vaated by .ragon2s Tail$ Hene, DA6DA$ Jurther, the hart reveals JIV/ male"i as!ets on two o" the 0anhkas simultaneously$
6A %iberation Chart for midni"ht 2 DEC 22
The onsonant & "alls in ell KG: The sound &+ re!resents the 6st Luarter o" Satabhisha ell K:< The onstellation Satabhisha omes under A1uarius$
Deductions #est is a""lited beause Sun is in the #est$ The "irst tangible blow to the &oa &overnment ame in the #est with the sinking o"
Alfonso de AlbuFuerFue The rasi whih "alls in ell K< is being as!eted by male"is "rom sides$ The onsonant in ell KG: is being as!eted "rom two sides by male"is$
The afflictions noted abo!e are far too many, which brou"ht in the downfall of 6oa so soon0
.*A*= AST*%6= /ret Sarvato Bhadra Chakra "or the moment when a 1uestion is asked$ Jind out the
first letter in the 1uestion$ This 6st letter will be one o" the onsonants listed in Appendix A namanakshatra8 i" not, loate it in Appendix /, whih will be oming under one o" the : onsonants overed by the SB Chakra 'ell K to G7 barring the "our orners)$ I" it is under male"i as!et or a""lition, the astrologer should not answer the 1uestion$ =nder suh irumstanes, evil e""ets would ensue$ I" Rasi is as!eted by bene"i, good e""ets will "ollow$ I" there is both bene"i and male"i as!et to the Rasi, mi(ed results would "ollow de!ending u!on the strength o" !lanets involved$ The rules in the !reeding !ara give only general e""ets, but i" Rasi is under male"i a""lition, !roeed to answer the 1uestion under normal astrologial rules "or Horary Astrology, treating the indiations given by SB Chakra as a orroboration$ I" Rasi is Chara 'Movable), lost !ro!erty will not be regained8 a sik !erson will not reover and a baby born will be short?lived$ Sthira 'Ji(ed) sign indiates reverse or "avourable results$ =bhaya 'Common) signs indiate 1uik reovery o" lost artiles>!ro!erty, 1uik ure and longevity "or a hild born$
$ultiple 'edha9$ultiple Aspects #hen one o" the onstituents o" 0anhka is as!eted by more than one male"i "rom two sides, say, right and le"t 'as the onsonant &A in the &oa *iberation Cam!aign Chart was being as!eted by .ragon2s head and .ragon2s Tail "rom : sides) +R "rom a side and "ront, death is ertain$
#hen the namanakshatra is a""lited "rom one side, loss o" !osition will our8 "rom two sides, death is !ossible$ #hen : or more male"is ause simultaneous Vedha, loss o" !ro!erty, !osition and even death, is !ossible$The distrit, town or ountry under Vedha "rom : sides will "ae destrution$
Constellations G Communities 0urva 0halguni
Brahmins
0urva Ashada 0urva Bhadra!ad artik in"luene =ttara 0halguni
shatriyas
=ttara Ashada =ttara Bhadra!ad 0ushya Revati
Vaishyas
Anuradha Magha Rohini 0unarvasu
Shoodras
Aswini Hastha Abhi3it
Constellations not inluded above have in"luene over ommunities other than the above "our$ #hen one or more o" these are a""lited, the res!etive ommunity su""ers$
-3A6*A.AS &Sensiti!e points from Sun5 /ight onstellations ounted "rom the one on whih Sun is standing are su!!osed to be ou!ied by the "ollowing =!agrahas$ The onstellation under ou!ation by Sun is alled BH++AM0A$
Table OIV %ame
stands on K onstellation
0lanet to whom
"rom Sun
Shanti should be !er"ormed
VI.H-=%M=HA
Gth
Sun
SH++*A
Eth
Moon
SA%%I0ATHA
6;th
Mars
/T=
6Eth
Merury
=*A
:6st
u!iter
MAHAAM0A
::nd
Saturn
VARA
:rd
Venus
%IR&HATA
:;th
Rahu
&enerally s!eaking, days orres!onding to the onstellations on whih any o" the u!agrahas stand, should be avoided "or all aus!iious undertakings$ .eath generally ours on a onstellation whih is ou!ied by an u!agraha and is simultaneously under male"i as!et>on3untion$ Jor e(am!le, a girl married on a day oiniding with a day listed above, will "ae the "ollowing onse1uenes 4
Vidyanmukha
*oss o" sons
Shoola
*oss o" husband
Sanni!atha
*oss o" husband shortly
etu
*oss o" husband2s brother
=lka
*oss o" money
Va3ra
*oss o" relations
am!a
*oss o" !osition
%irghata
*oss o" "amily
In addition to an u!agraha standing on a onstellation, i" there be a male"i as!et, the indiated evil e""et will be severe$ Jor a native born on 0urva 0halguni 'ell K66), the "ollowing are the onstellations on whih the various u!agrahas would be standing 4 Vidyanmukh a
Swati
Cell K6G
Shoola
yeshta
6
Sanni!atha
:7 .hanishta
etu
Revati
=lka
artik
:
am!a
Rohini
Va3ra
Mrigasira
;
%irghata
Ardra
G
By doing a!!ro!riate SHA%TI '!ro!itiatory measure) to the !lanet indiated in Table OIV 'ol ), the evil e""ets will be minimised$
%atta *atta is a sensitive !oint, malefic always, determined "rom the onstellation ou!ied by a !lanet and is usually a given number o" onstellations in "ront o" a !lanet 'lokwise) +R behind a !lanet 'anti?lokwise)$ Irres!etive o" whether a !lanet is bene"i>male"i, when the latta o" a !lanet "alls on a onstellation, the latter is alled as a !lanet2s latta and denotes a !artiular kind o" evil$
In %atta calculations, Abhi8it is omitted$ Sun2s *atta "alls on
6:th onstellation in front
denoting de"eat
Mars2
rd
su""ering
u!iter2s
7th
sikness
Saturn2s
Eth
"ear
Moon2s
::nd onstellation behind
"ear>death
Merury2s
|
loss o" relatives
Venus2
Gth
"ailure>"ear
.ragon2s Head>Tail
th
death
In order that the reader gets "amiliar with the !roedure "or "inding *atta !oints, PPPPPPPPPPPPPPP link an e(am!le hart has been !re!ared$ The birth onstellation is assumed as 0urva 0halguni and !lanetary !ositions assumed as are as in Example .oroscope$ 0lanets, as they stand on onstellations are shown8 the res!etive *atta !oints are shown alongside$ I" Sun2s *atta has "allen on Birth Constellation and a !lanet stands on Birth Constellation, e""ets are as under 4? Mars
*oss o" !osition8 stomah disorders
Mars @ Moon
great "ear
Moon
bilious disorders8 travel8 ithes
Merury
se!aration "rom dear ones
u!iter
se!aration "rom Ruler
Saturn
loss o" wealth>1uadru!eds
.ragon2s Head
various losses
.ragon2s Tail
"ear "rom wea!ons
The "ollowing are the e""ets o" Sun standing on Birth Constellation while *atta o" another !lanet has "allen on the Birth Constellation$ Mars
House break?in, loss o" wealth,"ever and "ear "rom wea!ons
Saturn Merury
Jever and "ear "rom thieves Commits "olly
u!iter Venus
Su""ers !ains =rinary disorders @ dissensions with wi"e
Note : #f Sun and Moon together stand on $irth %onstellation under the above !oga, the effects would be still more severe. I" Birth Constellation has an u!agraha on it, in addition to latta and an as!et "rom a retrograde male"i 'in the S$B$ Chakra), death beomes a !ossibility$ I" there is an as!et "rom a male"i who is as!eting the "ront only, illness would result$
The abov hart shows !lanets, as !er their atual !osition, in B*=/ and their *atta 0oints are shown in R/.$ Jor instane, Sun is standing in ell K:, whilst his *atta "alls in ell K6$
;anma Nakshatra ) sensiti!e points from $oon Jor a common man, there are si( kinds o" onstellations alled 4 Birth Constellation
on whih Moon was standing at birth
arma %akshatra
6th "rom Birth Constellation
Adhana %akshatra
6th
Vinasa %akshatra
:rd
Samudayika %akshatra
6Eth
Sanghatika %akshatra
67th
Jor *ulers, there is "urther 4 .esa 'ountry)
:;th "rom Birth Constellation
ati 'ommunity)
:7th
Abhisheka
Gth
Manas
:Gth
%agar
onsonant o" Ca!ital
Male"i on3untion or as!et 'some say on3untion only) ours to the above sensitive !oints "rom Moon, alled anma, arma, Adhana nakshatra et$ the e""ets are as "ollows 4 anma %akshatra
.eath 'u!set o" health inlusive)
arma
Su""ering8 sorrow
Adhana
Travels8 wandering
Vinasa
Luarrels and misunderstandings with relatives
Samudhayika
=ntoward ha!!enings
Sanghatika
*oss o" wealth
.esa 'ountry)
.estrution>troubles
ati 'ommunity)
*osses in ommunity
Abhisheka
Bondage
Manas
Sorrow
%agar
&overnment o""iials su""er
'onsonant o" Ca!ital)
Bene"i on3untion or as!et to these nakshatras are good and !rodue bene"i
e""ets$ I" a male"i stands on anma %akshatra and is a""lited in G ways, the !erson dies within a month$ These G ways o" a""lition are as under 4? a$ on3untion b$ as!et in S$B$ Chakra $ latta "alling on Birth onstellation d$ u!agraha standing e$ Vedha I" arma %akshatra is a""lited in G ways, death would our in : months and 6 days due to troubles "rom 1uadru!eds, snakes or "all "rom a height$ I" Sanghatika %akshatra is a""lited in G ways, death in 6 to months due to wea!ons>!oison$ I" Vinasa %akshatra is a""lited in G ways, death in ?G days in a "oreign !lae$ I" Manas %akshatra is a""lited in G ways, death in ; months$
If Sun is standin" on
$oon and $ars stand on
Death in
Birth Constellation
arma %akshatra
6: nights
arma
Sanghatika
6 month
Sanghatika
ati
months due to disorders o" wind
Vinasa
Manas
7 months
Manas
anma
6G months
If $ars is standin" on
Sun and $oon stand on
Death in
anma %akshatra
arma %akshatra
.eath by drowning
arma
Sanghatika
; months
Sanghatika
Samudayika
6 year due to diseases
Samudayika
Vinasa
.eath due to stomah disorder
Vinasa
Manas
6 year
Manas
anma
7 months
If Saturn is standin" on anma %akshatra
$ars and $oon stand on arma %akshatra
Death in months suiide using wea!ons
arma
Sanghatika
6 year due to "ire
Sanghatika
Samudayika
; months ; days
Samudayika
Vinasa
E months by women
Vinasa
Manas
E months due to restrited diet>hunge
Manas
anma
7 months due to diseases
The =!agrahas, *atta onstellations and the sensitive !oints "rom Moon determining arma, Adhana and other onstellations are more use"ully em!loyed in "inding the seriousness o" various transits, and do not seem to be meant "or wholesale a!!liation in reading a horoso!e$
AS3ECTS All planets aspect the 2Bth constellation counted from the si"n on which they are standin"$ ust as u!iter, Mars and Saturn have additional, "ull as!ets on houses other than the |
Constellations As!eted in addition to 6Gth
Mars
|
Saturn
rd, Gth, 6th
u!iter
6th, 6th
Venus
th, 6:th
Merury
th, 6:th
.ragon2s Head
th
.ragon2s Tail
Gth
In bright hal", bene"is look in 'as!et) "ront and male"is look 'as!et) bakwards or behind$ In dark hal", bene"is look bakwards and male"is, in "ront$ .uring day, bene"is look in "ront and male"is, behind$ At night, the reverse$ .uring "irst hal" o" the day, bene"is look in "ront and male"is, behind$ .uring the seond hal" o" the day, male"is look in "ront and bene"is behind$ These as!ets are as a!!liable to onstellations$ /""ets o" as!ets on onstellations by various !lanets are as "ollows 4 Sun
*oss due to war
Moon, Mars, Saturn
*osses
Merury, u!iter
&ains
Venus
Vitory
.ragon2s Head
+bstrution
The e""ets !rodued by 3oint or double as!ets 'as!ets "alling on a onstellation "rom two !lanets simultaneously, irres!etive o" whether they are standing together or in di""erent onstellations) are as "ollows 4? Sun Moon
.eath
Sun Mars
.eath
Sun Merury
Jleeing "rom
battle Sun u!iter
Vitory
Sun Venus
.eath
Sun Saturn
.eath
Moon Mars
.eath
Moon Merury
*oss
Moon u!iter
Vitory
Moon Venus
&ains
Moon Saturn
.eath>*oss
Mars Merury
&ain
Mars u!iter
.e"eat
Mars Venus
&ain
Mars Saturn
.eath
Merury u!iter
.e"eat
Merury Venus
&ain
Merury Saturn
.eath
u!iter Venus
&ain
u!iter Saturn
.e"eat
Venus Saturn
.eath
Note 4 The word death used in the conte&t onl! denotes that the ma&imum evil indicated is possible under such as aspect.
The 3oint as!ets o" Sun, Mars, Saturn and .ragon2s Head is a!able o" ausing death and obstrution$ The 3oint as!ets o" bene"is Jull Moon, bene"i Merury, u!iter and Venus ause gains, vitory, ha!!iness and !ros!erity$ The as!ets o" retrograde male"is are highly male"i and those o" retrograde bene"is, highly bene"iial$ Male"is in mean motion tend to do good$ As!et o" a "ast?moving bene"i !rodues, sometimes, male"i e""ets8 in mean motion, moderate e""ets8 i" eli!sed or ombust 'in general astrology), no e""ets$ Male"i in "ast motion !rodues
moderate e""ets8 i" eli!sed, no e""ets$
#hen the ountry is engaged in war, the e""ets indiated by the S$B$ Chakra have to be suitably delineated as "ollows 4 I" 6 male"i is ausing a""lition
Jear
I" : male"is are ausing a""lition
.e"eat
.anger
;
Bondage
G
.e"eat
I" Saturn is ausing the a""lition
#ound will be in"lited in "lesh
Mars
*oss o" blood
Sun
Jrature o" bones
.ragon2s Head Bene"i
All round losses =nhurt and %o *oss
The time o" ourrene o" the above e""ets is when the a""lited onstellation is traversed by Moon$
As!ets o" !lanets "alling on other onstellations have to be determined and onsidered along with all other a""litions$
3*ICE 'A*IATINS IN 'A*I-S C$$DITIES * $A*ET :%-CT-ATINS All minerals are alled .HAT=8 vegetation M++*A and all living beings are alled IVA$
The town, the !rovine and the ountry are but lassi"iations o" a !lae 4?
%ordship
+hiche!er is stron"er
Country
.ragon2s Head>Saturn>u!iter
0rovine
.ragon2s Tail>Sun>Venus
Town
Moon>Mars>Merury
-ear
.ragon2s Head>Tail>Saturn>u!iter
Month
Mars>Sun>Merury>Venus
.ay
Moon 'always)
.hatu
Saturn>.ragon2s Head>Mars
iva
Merury>Moon>u!iter
Moola
.ragon2s Tail>Venus>Sun
Males are ontrolled by
.ragon2s Head, .ragon2s Tail, Sun, u!iter, Mars
Jemales
Venus, Moon
/unuhs
Saturn, Merury
#hite is ontrolled by
Venus, Moon
Red
Sun, Mars
-ellow
Merury, u!iter
Blak
Saturn, .ragon2s Head, .ragon2s Tail
Strength o" a !lanet "or these !ur!oses is to be assessed "rom the Rasi '9odia sign) ou!ied by it and whether it is in retrogression, e(altation et$
+wn sign
J=** or 6N
Jriendly sign
%eutral sign
GN
/nemy sign
:GN
If the planet is in the middle of a si"n, these percenta"es hold "ood4 otherwise, !ro?rata redution has to be made$
Similarly, when a !lanet is in retrogression, "ull retrogression strength is assessed at the middle o" retrogression, otherwise, !ro?rata redution has to be made$
At e(altation degree, "ull e""et8 GN at debilitation8 !ro?rata in between$
Asertain the lord o" the Country and the relation between suh lord o" ountry and the !lanet ausing male"i>bene"i as!et>on3untion$
I" lord o" the Country and the !lanet ausing Vedha be one and the same, assign 6N strength "or the Vedha as!et>on3untion8 i" the latter is a "riend o" the "ormer ?
I" in addition to Vedha, the !lanet also as!ets the onsonant, the strength will be as under 4?
Table OV
/enefic
$alefic
*ord
Jrien d
%eutra l
/nemy
*ord
Jriend
%eutr a
/nem y
Jull
:
6G
6
G
G
6
6G
Q
6G
66
<
Q
Q
<
66
6G
6
<
G
:
:
G
<
6
G
Q
:
6
6
:
Q
G
:
Multi!ly the above "igures by G to get !erentages$
As in general astrology, all !lanets as!et rd and 6th "rom the sign ou!ied with th as!et strength8 Gth>th with as!et strength8 ;th>Eth with Qth as!et strength and 6, u!iter to G> and Mars to ;>E are "ull, instead o" the "rational strength "or others$
An as!et on a rasi '9odia sign) in the rasi hakra is deemed to be an as!et on the remainder o" the 0anhka$ Assume u!iter2s as!et on Sagittarius$ Here, u!iter would as!et all the namanakshatras "alling under that sign, their res!etive Tithies, Swara and onstellations$ The as!et o" a !lanet en3oying own navamsa but having Qth as!et strength is treated on !ar with the as!et o" a !lanet en3oying "ull or 6N as!et strength$
/(am!le 4 u!iter in &emini with navamsa in own house$ u!iter2s as!et on Virgo is only Q but in this s!eial ase, "ull as!et strength is allowed beause u!iter is en3oying own navamsa$ Jor these !ur!oses, as!ets and on3untions have to be rekoned stritly on a mathematical basis allowing an orb o" 3ust 6F only$ #here slow moving !lanets are involved, even this may have to be "urther redued$
#hen is an as!et e""etive 5 #hen the as!et arises in the Rasi hakra and the same as!et is also available on one o" the onstituents o" 0anhka in the S$B$ Chakra$ I" it is a bene"i, and sine that as!et is assumed to be "alling on one 0anhka only, the strength there o" is assessed at G>:8 i" that were to be a male"i as!et, its strength is only ;>: based on the "ollowing table 4? Table OVI As!et on K 0anhka
6
:
; G
6
:
;
G
Jull As!et
6
:
; G
6
:
;
;E>7
7>7
:;>7
6:>7
6
6
:
6:>7
;E>7
6E>7
Qth
th
6
:
;G>7
>7
6G>7
7>7
7>7
6
6
: :
6
6
:
>7
>7
>7
:;>7
;E>7
6:>7
7>7
?
6 6
6
6G>7
>7
;G>7
6G>7
6:>7
:;>7
>7
;E>7
?
This table uses the measure 746 or Jull$ The numbers 6?G against aspect on denotes the as!et "alling on one or more o" the onstituents o" 0anhka$ The "rations highlighted are to be added to the values shown above them$
Constellations G Commodities The "ollowing is a list o" the :E onstellations o" Hindu Astrology and shows the in"luene o" eah o" them over ertain ommodities>minerals et$ In the good old days, when this Chakra originated, the list used to start with artik as the "irst onstellation and Vrishabha 'Taurus) as the "irst sign o"
9odia$ 'Vrishabha ? Bull "or Bullish>Bearish 55) artik
Rie, oats, metals, TI*
South in E months
Rohini
&rains, li1uids, old woollen goods
/ast in < days
Mrigasira
Luadru!eds, resins, yellow gram
%orth in : months
Ardra
+il, salt, seeds, sandal, sweet smelling artiles
#est in 6 month
0unarvasu
&old, silver, otton, millets, blak silk
%orth in : months
0ushya
&old, silver, ghee, rie, mustard, asa"oetida
South E months
Ashlesha
#heat, ginger, hillies, rie
#est in 6 month
Magha
+il, oil?seeds, horse?gram, 3aggery, millets
South E months
0$ 0halguni
#ool, oil, silver
South E months
=$ 0halguni
Blak gram, green grass, rie, salt, garli
%orth in : months
Hastha
Sandal, am!hor, roots
%orth in : months
Chitra
&old, green grass, blak>green gram, horses
%orth in : months
Swati
Betel?nut, hillies, mustard, asa"oetida, dates
%orth < days
Visakha
+ats, rie, wheat, green gram, red gram
South E months
Anuradha
-ellow gram, rie
/ast in < days
yeshta
&uggul, 3aggery, am!hor, merury, bron9e
/ast in < days
Moola
#hite artiles, li1uids, salt, otton
#est in 6 month
0$Ashada
&hee, roots, rie
#est in 6 month
=$ Ashada
Horses, bulloks, iron et
/ast in < days
Abhi3it
Raisins, dates, betel?nut, ardamom, horses
/ast in < days
Sravana
.ry "ruits, betel?nut
/ast in < days
.hanishta
&old, silver, money, !earls
/ast in < days
Satabhisha
+il, wine, amber, bones
#est in 6 month
0$ Bhadra!ad
Roots, nutmeg, metals, mediines
South G months
=$ Bhadra!ad
aggery, sugar, rie, !earls
#est in 6 month
Revati
%uts in general !artiularly oonut, betel?nut,!earls
#est in 6 month
Aswini
Rie, grass, amel, mule, ghee, loth
%orth in : months
Bharani
Millets, hillies, mediine
South E months
$ethod of determinin" price !ariations Jor determining !rie variations in a !artiular ommodity>merhandise>mineral et$ , note the ruling !rie on the 6st day o" the year>month>week et$ aording to re1uirements$ /ret Rasi hakra and study the same aording to general astrologial rules$ Simultaneously, eret a Sarvato Bhadra Chakra and study it minutely8 at every stage, bear in mind mathematial auray and onsider as!ets>on3untions as a!!liable to Sarvato Bhadra Chakra 'and not general astorlogy) and see that they are within one degree o" a!!liation$ *oate the Constellation in"luening a ommodity8 nnd also, the !lanets ontrollling that !artiular ommodity and note the relevant as!ets$ .ivide the ruling !rie by : and treat eah 6>:th !art as a unit$ The !rie variation, whih is going to be determined, will be in terms o" these units, u! or down by one, two or more$
Appendix C illustrates the method o" working$ There is another anient method o" !rediting !rie variations in ommodities, whih has the santion o" anient Sages$ +bserve Moon on the :nd *unar .ay or .witeeya 'the "irst oasion when Moon an be observed immediately a"ter a %ew Moon)8 make a note o" the two horns o" Moon ? whether eah horn is u! or down$ Moon on this day, very muh looks like the horns o" a ram$
Com!are this urve with the one that !revailed on the .witeeya "ollowing the !revious %ew Moon$ 'o" ourse, this !roess needs to be arried out every lunar month or at least : observations to om!are)$ I" any one o" the horns is om!aratively u! or down when om!ared, some !rie variation is bound to our$ The !rie o" ommodities rules by the 0anhka that are a""eted by Moon will go u! or down$ Jall in !ries will our when Moon is bene"i in the general astrologial sense$
&see classification of planets ) bottom half5 $
And the ommodities are those ruled by Constellations, as Moon goes on transiting over eah o" them$
I" on .witeeya, a "all in indiated, when Moon is male"i 'due to weak rays or 0aksha bala) and traverses over the Constellations &rulin" a particular commodity5, the ommodities onerned will reord a "all$
%eft horn, i" higher than the one on !revious .witeeya, indiates that the prices will "o down$ *i"ht horn, i" higher than the one on !revious .witeeya, indiates rise in prices$
3%ITICA% AST*%6= 'A*A.A $I.I*A, based on his "amous *$A C.A*A 'whih is e(haustively dealt with in his lassi /*I.AT SA$.ITA) has divided India into nine setions allotting one setion eah, to eah triad o" Constellations ommening "rom ARTI$ Im!ortant !lanetary !henomena like the Ashta &raha oota 'onvergene o" E !lanets in one sign), sheduled to our in early J/B 67: an be studied and the areas, where the evil e""ets will be"all, loated$ See *$A C.A*A$ A number o" 0andits !ro"essing intimate knowledge o" Hindu Shastra have been !rolaiming that E graha?koota o" the si9e and magnitude whih ourred thousands o" years ago during the Maha Bharata #ar is going to reur in 67: only and that, the oota o" 67: would result in #orld #ar and ma3or atastro!hes$ The answer to suh ritis is that there never was an Ashta &raha oota during the $aha /harata +ar$ A look at the Chart drawn "or that !eriod shows that there was only
a ombination o" 7 !lanets in Meena '0ises) and that u!iter, Mars and .ragon2s Tail were "ar away "rom the Congress o" 0lanets$ /ven the Constellations a""eted then, urukshetra ? the !lae where the battle raged ould be 3usti"ied based on the division o" ountry through oorma Chakra$
The Sapta)6raha oota 'onvergene o" < 0lanets) whih ourred on 6G A% 6; in Makar 'Ca!riorn) may be taken as a !reedent to assess where the evil e""ets o" the ensuing oota, muh dreaded by many, would most likely be"all$
Basi di""erene between the two ootas broadly are 4
a$ Instead o" .ragon2s Tail 'etu), who is already in Makara "or the ensuing oota, there was .ragon2s Head 'Rahu) in Makara in 6;8 b$ u!iter, was %+T a member o" the oota in 6; but was throwing his bene"i onstellational as!et on '6th) on Saturn and Mars, will now be a member o" the "orthoming oota$
-et, the Sapta 6raha oota of 2@ is believed to have brought about, in its wake, the Bihar earth1uake resulting in loss o" <:G: lives 'as !er &overnment estimates) besides heavy loss o" !ro!erty$ The ourrene o" the 1uake in that !art o" India is broadly 3usti"iable as !er oorma Chakra, "or Bihar is divided between two triads o" Constellations, beginning "rom artik whereon the diret Vedha as!ets o" 7 !lanets "all besides other as!ets "rom !lanets onstellation?wise$ The !lanets that would be involved in the "orthoming oota '67:) also ast their Vedha>Constellational as!ets in muh the same !osition !lus Ashlesha, thus !ointing to the oota e""ets "alling again in Bihar,Assam and Bengal$ There is a !reedent also "or the Ashta &raha oota o" 67:, whih we !ro!ose as a yardstik to measure
the evil e""ets o" the same$ That !reedent is none other than the Ashta?&raha oota that ourred in
CT/E* 22 AD, in the sign o" anya 'Virgo)$ Similarities between the 66E7 and 67: ootas are 4?
a$ The same E !lanets that are to assemble in Ca!riorn in 67:, assembled in Virgo in 66E78 b$ There was a Solar /li!se in 66E7 similar to the one sheduled "or G J/B 67:8 $ Both the Signs ? Virgo 'anya) and Ca!riorn 'Makara) govern India8 d$ ala Sar!a -oga is ommon to both$
=sing 0ro" BV Raman2s Ayanamsa, the !lanetary ombination o" 6; was only a on3untion o" 7 !lanets in one sign, Venus, u!iter and Rahu being outside, whilst in 67:, u!iter and Venus are losely involved in the oota, in muh the same way as it ha!!ened in 66E7$ +ne o" the greatly res!eted Sages in the "ield o" Astrology, Sage Sukraharya, has stated that u!iter, on its own, has the a!aity to nulli"y>ounterat all the male"i e""ets in a horoso!e and that the ombined !ower o" both u!iter and Venus, when in on3untion, is beyond imagination$ This is a very im!ortant di""erene between the 6; oota on one hand and the 66E7 and 67: oota2s on the other$ The "our bene"is, u!iter, Venus, Merury and Moon will be literally huddled together within about three degrees a "ew minutes a"ter the /li!se$ In s!ite o" graha?yudha '!lanetary war) and ombustion, this on3untion o" ; bene"is within the oota does strengthen the hands o" u!iter to swallow the evils o" other !lanets$ #hat ha!!ened in India a"ter the last E !lanet ombination in 66E7 5 There were no news!a!ers then8 historians were not reording events as we do nowadays$ -et a re"erene to Indian History !ertaining
to that 0eriod shows that a year later or a bit earlier, Muhammad o" &hor 'also known Muhammad &hori) "ounded his /m!ire and his "lag started "lying over Indian soil$ &u3rat, Multan, =h, *ahore, A3mer, .elhi, annau3 were suess"ully on1uered and brought under his Rule between 66E7?6::$ Conversions on a mass sale went on merrily$ #hat does the 67: oota indiate "or .elhi, based on the !reedents and study made usin" S/ Chakra "or this oota 5 As e(!lained in the hart, no hange in &overnment is likely onse1uent to the general eletions taking !lae within weeks o" this oota$ This !resages stability and ontinuane o" Administration to a great e(tent$ Jrom the hart "or this oota, it will be notied that Ashlesha is reeiving Vedha "rom the 7 !lanets on .hanishta besides Constellational as!ets o" Saturn and Mars, and transit o" Rahu over it$ This looks like the worst hit Constellation$ This star is in the diretion o" Bengal, +rissa and Virat in oorma Chakra$ #hen the Bihar Luake ourred, the very same star reeived ma(imum number o" Constellational as!ets$ In the 66E7 oota, =ttara Bhadra!ad and Revati bore the brunt o" Vedha as!ets as a result o" whih some !ortion o" our motherland went under "oreign Rule$ It looks, there"ore, that the !lanets this time are warning us that some !ortion o" our land in %orth /astern diretion may be grabbed by "oreigners$ Inidentally, Ashlesha also ha!!ens to be the birth star o" one o" the big "ive in world !olitis today, who is also our beloved 0remier, 0andit %ehru$ Jurthermore, he is running Rahu Maha .asa, Sani bukti, the "ormer in 6:th and the latter in :nd, both with as!et o" u!iter$ Astrologially, these seem to be the reasons behind the nasty !reditions in irulation about his "uture$ In this onnetion, it is worth remembering that Sa"e Sukracharya 'in his book Sukra erala Rahasya ? Serets o" erala Astrology)
says that whilst there are various ways o" "inding longevity, the term o" li"e o" a man, is wholesale in the hands o" &+., more so "or a man, handling the a""airs o" a nation not "or !ersonal gain$ In other words, those dediating their lives "or !urely 0ubli Servie or humanity, arma -ogis and Sanyasis en3oy a sort o" !lanetary immunity "rom the wrath o" !lanets$ Thus, this is not a ase "or making !reditions based on !lanets only$ #e would, however, venture to "oreast that he may 1uit or retire "rom !olitis "or the reasons given in para ? below the chart for this oota $ .hanishta is the ne(t Constellation that is worst a""eted by reason o" 7 !lanets ou!ying that star !lus Vedha o" Rahu$ %e(t worst hit is Sravana with : male"is in ou!ation !lus Vedha o" ; !lanets$ These two stars !oint to &u3arat and Ra3!utana surroundings$ %e(t in the intensity o" a""lition are Magha and Visakha$ The "ormer in"luenes Bengal>+rissa and the latter, Maharashtra$ Based on the oorma Chakra methodology and Constellations a""eted, the !rovines on the Chinese oast and South A"ria ome under adverse in"luene denoting loss o" li"e$
The ne(t star in the order o" a""lition is Rohini with as!et o" !lanets and very little e""ets o" the oota are "alling on it$ At the worst, only G onstellations are seriously a""eted out o" a total o" :E$ So it a!!ears to be a sa"e !ro!osition to !redit that the e""ets o" the oota, in general, will be e(!eriened in 3ust one?"i"th o" the ountry, varying in intensity and that border troubles are indiated in %$/$ Corner and mid?#est o" India$ In the 66E7 oota, India did not su""er "rom earth1uakes, ala?!ralaya 'inursion o" sea into land) et$ barring onse1uenes o" invasion and there should be no earth1uakes and atastro!hes o" that sort$
/ven with regard to individuals, those born in the onstellations Ashlesha, .hanishta, Sravana, Magha, Visakha and Rohini alone stand to su""er bad luk$ Ill health, adverse>untoward ha!!enings, in the order o" !riority given, these being onditioned and limited by their urrent Maha .asa and Bukti$ Those born on other onstellations have nothing to bother about$ The severe a""litions o" the stars re"erred to above is likely to make Rie, #heat, &old and Silver, to some e(tent, dearer$ The above is not Varsha?!hal or &ohara?!hal but is merely a study overing Ashta &raha oota only$ Mother /arth has been surviving an Ashta &raha oota one every thousand years$ This oota o" 67: is at the worst, third one, a"ter *ord esus Christ$
oorma Chakra
Broadly, the arrangement is as "ollows 4
The Central regions "alling under artik, Rohin and Mrigasira is treated as the Centre and the surroundings o" this Centre have been e1ually divided into E diretions$ In the above hart, the "irst : letters o" eah Constellation have been used on the lines o" Sarvato Bhadra Chakra$
$aha /harata =udha
/ven the !lanetary !ositions are %+T ae!ted by all and the date o" the battle varies by almost a thousand years aording to those taking the !lanetary !ositions "rom other soures$
However, the ob3et o" !roduing this hart is to establish the fact that there was no )planet
combination at least aording to one good authority and that the spot where the battle ra"ed, -*-S.ET*A, is 8ustified by the occupation of the planets in $eena &3isces5 orres!onding to -amuna valley$ Almost hal" the number o" onstellations stand a""eted in the above hart8 not so, in the Ashta &raha oota hart "or G J/B 67:$
Sapta 6raha oota 2Bth ;anuary 2@
Venus on this day was Sthamba 'stationary) and started on a retrogression marh$
This graha?koota is re"erred to as Sa!ta?&raha oota, whih is 3usti"iable as suh under a !artiular Ayanamsa only and not under all Ayanamsas$
Almost the same onstellations are a""eted in this hart as in 67: Ashta 6raha oota0
Ashta 6raha oota 22 AD
This hart broadly orroborates the oorma Chakra divisions o" the ountry$
Moola whih is as!eted "rom both sides in"luenes uth, =33ain, Malwa, Sind$ 0$ Bhadra!ad, =$ Bhadra!ad and revati, whih reeive as!ets "rom the Ashta &raha oota in"luene ashmir, Mathura, Hastina!ur$ Mrigasira whih reeives as!ets "rom both sides has in"luene over Ayodhya et$
.ue to Moghul invasion and the establishment o" a "oreign rule over the ountry brought su""erings to inhabitants o" the =!!er Hal" o" India$
#hat ha!!ened in areas in"luened by =$ 0halguni, Hastha and Chitra, is %+T known$
Ashta 6raha oota
Bth :ebruary, 2?
0lanets shown in blue shows as they atually stand$ 0lanetary as!ets shown in Red$ Jor instane, Mars has as!ets to | |
Some suggest that 0ushya is the ruling star "or India$ It will be seen that this onstellation is %+T a""eted in any way$ Rasi governing 0ushya is also %+T a""eted$ But the onsonant "or .elhi is a""eted "rom both sides$ #hilst the Congress 0arty &overnment is assured o" ontinuane "or another term, sine %agar 'item 66 under sensitive !oints) is a""eted, some hanges in to! o""iials>Ministers is 1uite likely$
Almost the same Constellations that were a""eted in the H planet combination stand a""eted in this hart as well$