Jeeva and Sharira of Grahas -Today's Astrologer Journal

Jeeva And Sharira Of Grahas The following article was published in "Today's Astrologer" journal March 1999.

Consciousness and Activity of Planets On the gross level, jeeva is the soul and sharira is the body. On the subtle level, jeeva can be considered as consciousness and sharira can be taken as activity. How do we know the jeeva and sharira of a planet? There are twelve rashis (signs) and twenty-seven nakshatras (constellations) in Hindu/Vedic astrology. The nine planets are deposited in any rashi and the corresponding nakshatras, which have planets as their lords. You can learn the details about rashis, names of nakshatras, nakshatra padas and the distribution of nakshatras and their padas in the rashis and their lordships in any basic book on Hindu/Vedic astrology. Suppose a planet is in a particular nakshatra. The lord of that nakshatra will be the jeeva of that planet. If the planet Guru (Jupiter) is in the nakshatra of Mangal (Mars), then Mangal will be the jeeva of Guru. Now we have to check which nakshtra the jeeva planet is deposited in and what is the lord of that nakshatra. Then that lord will be the sharira of the planet. Now we have seen that Mangal is the jeeva of Guru. If Mangal is in the Ketu (Dragon's Tail) nakshatra, then Ketu will be the sharira of Guru.

Examples For example, if Guru is in the nakshatra of Guru that is its own nakshatra then Guru will be the jeeva of Guru. Normally Guru will be the sharira also, but here the rule for finding the sharira planet is slightly different. If the jeeva planet is in its own house, then only the jeeva planet will be the sharira planet. If Guru is in its own nakshatra and also its own house, then only Guru will be jeeva and sharira also. For example, if Guru is in the nakshatra of Pooravabhadra fourth pada, then Guru is in its own nakshatra and its own house Meena (Pisces). If Guru is in the house of some other planet, though in its own nakshatra, then the lord of that house will be sharira. For example, if Guru is in the nakshatra of Punarvasu third pada, it is in its own nakshatra. But it is not in its own house; it is in Midhuna (Gemini), the house of Budha (Mercury). Then Budha will be the sharira of Guru. If Guru is in the same Punarvasu nakshatra but in the fourth pada, it is Kataka (Cancer) in the house of Chandra (Moon), Then Chandra is the sharira of Guru. In another example, consider Chandra in Makara (Capricorn) rashi in the nakshatra of Shravana. Then Chandra is in its own nakshatra so Chandra is the jeeva. But Chandra is not Sharira. Sharira planet is Shani (Saturn) since Chandra is in the house of Shani.

Jeeva for a planet is the lord of the nakshatra and the sharira for the planet is the lord of the nakshatra of jeeva or the lord of the house of the planet. What is the use of knowing the jeeva and sharira of the planets? Jeeva is the consciousness and sharira is activity. A planet's consciousness is known from the characteristics of the jeeva planet and its activity is known from the characteristics of the sharira planet. If the characteristics of the jeeva and sharira planets are not in tune with the planet's nature and of a contradictory nature, the planet's consciousness and activity will clash and the planet will not be able to give its results in its own natural way.

Planetary Relationships Planets have a relationship between them as friend, enemy or neutral. In general, the planets Guru (Jupiter), Surya (Sun), Chandra (Moon) and Mangal (Mars) belong to one group and the planets Shani (Shani), Shukra (Venus), Budha (Mercury), Rahu (Dragon's head) and Ketu (Dragon's tail) belong to another group. The planets in the same group are friends with each other. The planets in one group are enemies to the planets in the other group. Of course, there are some exceptions and some are neutral. For example, for Surya, Guru is a friend and Shukra is the enemy. Similarly, for Shukra, Shani is the friend and Surya is the enemy. Planets have certain gunas or natures. The different gunas are Satwik, Rajasik and Tamasik, In general, Satwik is of pure nature, Rajasik is of restless nature and Tamasik is of dull or aggressive nature. In general, the lordship of the 1,2,4,5,7,9 and10 bhavas is good and lordships of the 3,6,8,11 and 12th bhavas is bad. Now, let's see how the jeeva and sharira would affect the performance of a planet. Guru is a Satwik planet, that of pure nature. If it is in its own nakshatra and house, the jeeva and sharira also would be Guru. That means Guru will have the pure consciousness and its activity would also be pure in nature. There is no obstruction or contradiction in its consciousness and activity. Therefore, such a Guru would generally be able to discharge its duties smoothly without clashes /obstructions and would give whatever results it is supposed to give for the horoscope depending on its placement, lordship, associations, aspects etc. If Guru is in its own nakshatra Visakha fourth pada in Vrischik (Scorpio) rashi, then the jeeva is Guru but the sharira is Mangal (lord of Vrischik). Here Mangal is a Tamasik planet, though a friend of Guru. Therefore the consciousness of Guru is of pure nature but the activity will be of aggressive nature. There is a little clash between consciousness between consciousness and activity. In such a situation the activity will not go in tune with the consciousness and the planet will not give its natural results to full extent. In addition if the lordships of jeeva and sharira planets for a particular lagna are also not in tune with the planet, the results will not come out fruitfully.

An example will explain the situation. There is a cake on the table which, from previous experience, your mouth wants to eat. But the consciousness tells you not to do so because you are diabetic. But the hand, the Karmendriya, may or may not listen to the consciousness. If the jeeva and sharira are in tune with each other, you will not eat it, but if they are not in tune, you will eat it. This is an example of involuntary action against the wish of consciousness. Another example has Guru's jeeva as Rahu and sharira is again Guru. That means Guru is in the nakshatra of Rahu and Rahu is in the nakshatra of Guru. This is called nakshatra parivartana (exchange). This Guru's consciousness is Tamasik and the activity is of a pure nature. There is a clash between consciousness and activity, but this Guru although having an aggressive and materialistic consciousness, will try to act with purity considering all the pros and cons of the situation of the activity to be undertaken according to its role in the horoscope. If Guru's jeeva is Shukra and sharira is Rahu, the consciousness is of a restless nature and on the activity side it is in the hands of Tamasik Rahu, resulting in either rash or dull activity. This situation also will restrict Guru in showing its natural purity.

Lordship Of Jeeva And Sharira The lordship of the jeeva and sharira planets will restrict or limit the consciousness and activity of the planets. For example, if Guru for Mesha (Aries) lagna is in Dhanur (Sagittarius) rashi in the Poorvashada nakshatra, it is in its own house and in the nakshatra of Shukra, its enemy. Shukra is the second and seventh lord for Mesha lagna and is malefic, so the jeeva of Guru is Shukra, which is against Guru. The consciousness of Guru becomes negative and Rajasik. If this Shukra is in Budha nakshatra, Budha is a friend to Shukra and an enemy to Guru. Budha is the third and sixth lord for Mesha lagna and is malefic, so the sharira of Guru is Budha, which against Guru. The activity of Guru is also restricted and obstructed. Such a Guru will not be able to give spiritual upliftment as expected. If the same Guru is in the Uttarashada nakshatra, it will be in nakshatra of Surya, the lord of fifth house for Mesha lagna and friend of Guru. If this Surya is in the Chandra nakshatra, Chandra will be the sharira of Guru. Here the situation of Guru is good with Surya as jeeva as fifth lord and Chandra a sharira as fourth lord. Such a Guru can be expected to give rise to spiritual progress. By "Daivagna Ratna" Pemmaraju V.R. Rayudu B.E.,M.Tech

Twelfth Bhava of Two Krishnamurthys

The following article was published in "The Times of Astrology" magazine, New Delhi, Feb 2002. The late Sri Jiddu Krishnamurthy (popularly known as JK) and the present Sri U.G.Krishnamurthy (popularly known as UG) are considered as enlightened thinkers, creative minds and world teachers of the present times in psychological, philosophical and spiritual fields. The discussion is mainly restricted to " Divine Knowledge and Moksha (final emancipation) " represented by the twelfth bhava.

JK's HOROSCOPE Date of birth 12 may 1895, Time of birth 00:30:00 IST, Place of birth Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh, India Longitude 78:34:00 East, Latitude 13:37:00 North, Lahiri's Ayanamsa Ascendant ( Lagna) Capricorn 23 deg 55 min; Aries -Sun 28 deg 48 min; TaurusMercury 07deg 22min; Gemini- Venus 06 deg 32 min, Jupiter 12deg 56min, Mars 19 deg 20 min; Leo- Ketu 26 deg 29 min; Libra Saturn Retrograde 10 deg 12 min; SagittariusMoon 02 deg 42 min; Aquarius- Rahu 26 deg 29 min; The 10th cusp is in Scorpio 2 deg 13 min and the 12th cusp is in Sagittarius 26 deg 7 min. Balance of Dasa at birth: Ketu 5 years 7 months 6 days. Jupiter, the preceptor of Devas and Gnanakaraka, is the 12th bhava lord aspecting the 12th bhava. The 12th bhava is also aspected by the 10th lord Karmadhipathi Mars (10th cusp being in Scorpio) in association with Jupiter directing the necessary energy into his spiritual pursuits. The 12th bhava is beyond the purview of Moon, Venus and Saturn as per the Bhava allocation. In Navamsa, Mars is in the sign of Gnanakaraka Jupiter, associated with intellectual Mercury and aspected by philosophical Saturn, Jupiter is in the sign of and association with philosophical Saturn. The foundation of the horoscope is quite strong since lord of the ascendant Saturn is exalted (his exaltation only conflicting his personality) and in the 9th bhava Atmakaraka Sun is also exalted, Saturn and Sun are well placed in Navamsa also. These combinations are very likely to be the same for others also born nearly at the same time and will not really give the clue about the acquisition of Divine Knowledge culminating in Moksha. Hence it is required to dwelve deep into the analysis of the 12th bhava for confirmation of these aspects.

The 12th cusp falls into the sign of Jupiter and star Poorvashada of Venus , another preceptor (though preceptor of Demons, what if , preceptor only) and Yogakaraka for this horoscope. If the Poorvashada of Venus comprising of 13 degrees 20 minutes in the sign of Sagittarius is again subdivided as per the Vimsottari Dasa cycle starting from the sub of Venus, we get first sub lord of Venus in the star of Venus ruling for 2 deg 13 min 20 secs in Sagittarius from 253 deg 20 min to 255 deg 33 min 20 secs (sub in Venus star is 13 deg 20 min multiplied by 20 divided by 120). The second sub lord Sun in the star of Venus rules for 40 minutes (13 deg 20 min multiplied by 6 and divided by 120) from 255 deg 33 min 20 sec to 256 deg 13 min 20 sec and so on till the last sub lord Ketu in the Venus star rules for 46 min 40 sec (13 deg 20 min multiplied by 7 and divided by 120) from 265 deg 53 min 20 sec to 266 deg 40 min. Thus the 12th cusp being 266 deg 7 min falls under the sway of sub lord Ketu, the Mokshakaraka or Kaivalyakaraka, responsible for final emancipation. This is reinforced by the placement of Ketu (146 deg 29 min) in the star of Venus and sub of Ketu similar to the situation of the 12th bhava in the star of Venus and sub of Ketu. In addition, Ketu is in the sign of Sun, Atmakaraka and responsible for psychic development. Mercury responsible for psychological development and Rahu responsible for psychology, metaphysical aspects are in the sub of Ketu. Moon responsible for mind and psycho-physiological consciousness is again in the star of Ketu. Also Mars, Saturn and Jupiter are in the star of Rahu, a complement of Ketu Thus, the planet Ketu, the Mokshakaraka is not only the sub lord of the 12th bhava but also is in his own sub and also influencing all other planets. Again , both the preceptors, Jupiter and Venus, are in the sign and star of the 12th bhava. Hence all the energies of the native will be directed towards attainment of Divine Knowledge and teaching his experience to others and finally culminating to Moksha (enlightenment) .It is likely that the native might have got his enlightenment in the Dasa of Sun being exalted.

UG's HOROSCOPE Date of birth 9 July 1918, Time of Birth 06:10:32 hrs, Place of birth Masulipatnam Longitude 81:07 East Latitude 16:11 North, Lahiri Ayanamsa Ascendant (Lagna) Gemini 29 deg 25 min; Gemini-Jupiter 6 deg 27 min, Sun 23 deg 24 min; Cancer- Saturn 21 deg 11 min, Mercury 6 deg 47 min, Moon 1 deg 46 min; VirgoMars 14 deg 53 min; Scorpio- Rahu 28 deg 24 min; Taurus- Venus 18 deg 45 min, Ketu 28 deg 24 min The 10th cusp is in Pisces 26 deg 7 min and the 12th cusp is in Taurus 28 deg 19 min Balance of Dasa at birth is Jupiter 1-year 10 months 17 days

(Note: The date of birth, time of birth and horoscope are wrongly given in the magazine) Venus, the preceptor of Demons is the 12th lord deposited in the 12th bhava itself along with the 10th bhava lord Jupiter (as per Bhava allocation), the preceptor Devas and Ketu the Mokshakaraka and ofcourse Rahu responsible for psychology, metaphysics aspecting the 12th bhava. In Navamsa, Venus is in the sign of intellectual Mercury, Jupiter is in the sign of Mars and Sun and Ketu is again in the sign of and association with lord of the ascendant Mercury. The foundation of this horoscope is also very strong since the ascendant is Vargottama (same ascendant in Rashi and Navamsa charts), lord of ascendant Mercury, Atmakaraka Sun and Manahkaraka Moon are in lagna bhava (1st bhava), in Navamsa also Mercury, Sun and Moon are well placed. This situation, even through the normal standard has got strong potentialities to give success in acquiring Divine Knowledge and Moksha. But again it is required to be confirmed by further studying the 12th bhava with respect to its sub allocation. The 12th bhava is situated in the sign of Venus, in the star of Mars and sub of philosophical Saturn. The Mokshakaraka Ketu is again strongly situated I the combination of sign of Venus, star of Mars and sub of Saturn. The Atmakaraka Sun, the metaphysical Rahu are also in the sub of Saturn. The lord of ascendant, intellectual Mercury is in the star of Saturn and Moon, the Manahkaraka is in the sub of Rahu, the complement of Ketu. Thus the sub lord of the 12th bhava Saturn being himself a philosophical planet is directly connected to Ketu, the Kaivalyakaraka, being in the sub of Saturn and the other planets are also involve d with the 12th bhava, including the two main preceptors Jupiter and Venus. It is likely that the native might have got his enlightenment in the Dasa of Venus being in his own sign and 12th bhava.

Angry Planets (Notes of Lecture given at Indian Council of Astrological Studies, Hyderabad, India)

Introduction Reincarnation is one of the theories of Hindu Philosophy. All beings take fresh births to experience the results of their actions (Karma) done in their previous birth. Even if there

is a little Karma left over, it has to be experienced. The Karma can be either good or bad giving favorable or unfavorable results. There is nothing much to worry as long as the Karma is good for normal human beings. The human being suffers from misfortunes in the shape of loss of wealth, loss of name, death of kith and kin, diseases etc., as a result of bad Karma in his previous life. The position of planets in the birth chart would give a clue to find out the cause of one's good or bad karma done in the past life. When the planets are favorably placed, they indicate fruition of good Karma, otherwise that of evil Karma. The planets responsible for bad Karma in the past life would result in the person suffering from afflictions in the present life and these planets are called angry planets. It is believed that Atma Jnana (Self-Realization) can however overcome the effects of the good or bad karma. But many of the human beings cannot reach that state of Atma Jnana. So doing some remedial measures to these angry planets may reduce the evil effects due to the Angry Planets. The astrologer should, carefully divine whether one's past karma is favorable or unfavorable and in what manner it expresses itself.

Angry Planets The Angry Planets causing evil Karma are the natural benefic planets deposited in 6th, 8th and 12th houses and the natural malefic planets deposited in the 1st, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th and 10th houses, from Chathra rasi, Arudha, Moon and Lagna. The deposition of planets in the 2nd, 3rd and 11th may be taken as neutral, since nothing is specifically mentioned about them in the available literature.

Chathra Rashi The Chathra rasi is the sign counted from the Veedhi rasi. Count the number of signs from Arudha lagna to the birth lagna and then count this number from the Veedhi rasi to get the Chathra rasi. For example, if Arudha lagna is Capricorn and Veedhi rasi is Aries, birth lagna is Libra, count from Arudha lagna to birth lagna from Capricorn to Libra, which is 10, and then count 10 signs from Veedhi rasi of Aries which is Capricorn and so Chathra rasi is Capricorn. Similarly if birth lagna is Cancer, Arudha lagna is Aries, Veedhi rasi is Gemini, and then Chathra rasi is Virgo.

Veedhi Rasi If Sun is in Taurus, Gemini, Cancer or Leo, the Veedhi rasi is Aries. If Sun is in Scorpio, Capricorn or Aquarius, Veedhi rasi is Gemini. If Sun is in the other signs, the Veedhi rasi is Taurus. For example, if Sun is in Leo, Veedhi rasi is Aries. If Sun is in Aquarius, Veedhi rasi is Gemini. If Sun is in Aries, Veedhi rasi is Taurus.

Arudha Lagna Arudha lagna is the point obtained by counting as many signs from the place of the lord of the birth lagna is removed from birth lagna. Example is if the lord of the lagna is in the 4th, and then 7th from the lagna becomes the Arudha lagna. But the exceptions are if the lord of the lagna is in the lagna itself then the 4th from lagna becomes the Arudha lagna and if the lord of the lagna is in the 7th then the Arudha lagna will be the 10th from the lagna. For example, if the lagna is Taurus and the lord of the lagna Venus is in Libra in 6th, the, count 6 sings from Libra and the Arudha lagna will be Pisces. If the lagna is Aries and lord of lagna Mars is in Cancer, then count 7 signs from Aries and the Arudha lagna will be Libra. If the lagna is Libra and lord of lagna Venus is in Libra itself, count 4 signs from Libra and the Arudha lagna will be Capricorn. If the lagna is Cancer and the lord of the lagna Moon is in Capricorn, count 10 signs from Cancer and the Arudha lagna will be Aries. There may be some difference of opinions about fixing the Arudha lagna, as given above. The readers may use their own discretion about the rules they follow.

Categories of Karma According to the disposition of the benefic and malefic planets in the birth chart from Chathra rasi, Arudha lagna, Moon or Birth lagna, the cause of the evil karma is ascertained. If benefics occupy 6th, 8th and 12th from Chathra rasi and malefics occupy 1st, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th 10th, the sins and consequent evil effects are due to the Gods' wrath or fury of Gods. Here by Gods are also meant persons held in reverence such as parents, preceptors and elders. If the planets are found in the above places from Arudha lagna, the sins are the outcome of curses from Brahmins or Religious persons. If the planets occupy such places from Moon, the sins are due to the incantation (mantric) of enemies. If the planets are found in the above-mentioned places from birth lagna, the peoples' hatred will be the cause. Planets favorably placed, that is, benefics in 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th, 10th and malefics in 6th, 8th, 12th, indicate merit derived from good deeds. The bad actions may be intentional or deliberate. They may also be either accidental or unintentional or done out of ignorance. They may also be both combined. If the indicator planet representing angry planets is in the Moon's sign, the sins are deliberately committed, If the indicator planet is in the house of Sun, the sons are ignorantly or accidentally got.

Thought, Word, Deed

Whether deliberate or accidental, the karma can again be divided into three categories arising out of Thought, Word and Deed. It can arise from mental actions such as entertaining or harboring evil thought or wishing others evil. It can be due to verbal actions such as indulging in abusive and filthy language. It can also be arising from bodily actions such as causing physical injury. Suppose one deliberately insults or assaults one's parents or elders. Here the nature of the evil Karma is due to the intentional Word and Deed. The same is the case when the person harbors evil thoughts and the evil Karma is due to thought. If on the other hand, one uses impolite language towards an elder through ignorance or slip of tongue, the nature of Karma is accidental by thought or Deed. Theaggreived party feels pain and this rebounds on the perpetrator of the karma. If a weak malefic is the 5th, the sins may be considered as the outcome of mental actions. If it is in the 2nd, they are the results of his words, cruel and unwanted. If it is in the 10th, they are the fruits of his bodily actions. If some planets indicate deliberate actions and some planets indicate accidental actions, a certain delicate balancing is called for. If malefic occupy 5th, 2nd and 10th houses, evil karma would have emanated from all the three- Thought, Word and Deed respectively. If malefics occupy only the 2nd and 5th while benieics occupy the 10th, the work is done unwillingly, complaining bitterly. If malefics occupy the 5th house while good planets are in the 2nd and 10th, the duties are done carelessly or indifferently without proper attention and this may generally bring loss of children since 5th represents children. If malefics occupy 2nd while benefics join the 5th and 10th houses, the evil has issued out of words, which may bring about loss of money since 2nd represents money. If these malefic are in debilitation or occupy inimical places or combust, they cause intense evil. If benefics are in exaltation, in own or friendly houses, the good they give will also be great. On the contrary, if malefics are exalted and if benefics are debilitated, their effects will be little.

Examples of Angry Planets Example I Libra-lagna, Venus; Capricorn-Moon; Aquarius- Jupiter; Pisces- Saturn; Leo- Mercury, Mars, Sun; In the above chart, the birth lagna is Libra. Lord of lagna Venus is in lagna Libra itself. Therefore counting 4 signs from Libra (as per the exception) the Arudha lagna is Capricorn counting 4 signs from Libra. Sun is in Leo and therefore the Veedhi rasi is Aries. Aurdha lagna to birth lagna is 10 signs and then counting 10 signs from Veedhi rasi of Aries , the Chathra rasi is Capricorn. From Chathra rasi of Capricorn, the benefic Mercury is in Leo in 8th and the malefics Rahu and Ketu are in 10th and 4th. The other benefics Jupiter, Venus, Moon are in 2nd,

10th and 1st and the other malefics Saturn, mars, Sun are in 3rd, 8th from Chathra rasi of Capricorn. Therefore the Angry Planets due to Gods' wrath are Mercury, Rahu and Ketu. From Arudha lagna of Capricorn, again the angry planets due to Brahmins' wrath are Mercury, Rahu and Ketu. Again from Moon in Capricorn, the angry planets due to enemies' wrath are Mercury, Rahu and Ketu. From birth lagna of Libra, Rahu and Ketu are in 7th and 1st and hence the angry planets due to Public wrath are Rahu and Ketu since other benefic planets Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury are in 1st, 4th, 5th, and 11th and the other malefic planets Saturn, Mars and Sun are in 6th and 11th houses. Thus Mercury, Rahu and Ketu are the Angry planets for this horoscope due to curses from Gods, Brahmins, Enemies and Public in previous life, which would give sufferings in present life as per their placement and signification in the birth chart. Example II Cancer-Lagna; Scorpio- Rahu; Capricorn- Moon, Mars,Mercury; Aquarius- Sun; PiscesJupiter, Venus; Taurus-Ketu; Gemini-Saturn. The birth lagna is Cancer. The Arudha lagna is Aries counting 10 signs from cancer as per exception. The Veedhi rasi is Gemini since Sun is in Aquarius. Arudha lagna to birth lagna is 4 signs and then counting 4 signs from Veedhi rasi of Gemini, the Chathra rasi id Virgo. From Chathra rasi of Virgo, the malefics Mars, Ketu and Saturn are in 5th, 9th and 10th and therefore the angry planets due to Gods' wrath are Mars, Saturn and Ketu. Since the benefics Moon, Jupiter and Venus are in 5th, 7th from Chathra rasi of Virgo and the other malefics of Rahu and Sun are 3rd and 6th. From Arudha lagna, the benefics Jupiter and Venus are in the 12th and the malefic Mars is in 10th. Hence the angry planets due to Brahmins' wrath are Jupiter, Venus and Mars, since other benefics Moon and Mercury are in the 10th and the other malefics Saturn, Rahu and Sun are in 3rd, 8th and 11th from Arudha lagna of Aries. From Moon in Capricorn, themalefics Mars and Ketu are in 1st and 5th houses. The other malefics Sun, Saturn and Rahu are in 2nd, 6th and 11th and the benefics Moon, Jupiter and Venus are in 1st and 3rd from Moon. Therefore the angry planets due to the enemies' wrath are Mars and Ketu. From birth lagna of Cancer, the malefics Rahu and Mars are in the 5th and 7th houses. The other malefics Sun, Ketu and Saturn are in 8th, 11th and 12th houses and the benefics Moon, Mercury, Jupiter and Venus are in 7th and 9th from birth lagna of Cancer. Therefore the angry planets due to people wrath are Mars and Rahu.

Thus the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Ketu, Venus, Mars and Rahu are the angry planets due to curses from Gods, Brahmins, Enemies and Public in previous life as per their placement and significations in the birth chart.

Remedial Measures After finding the angry planets due to various causes as mentioned above, the remedial measures are to be done to those angry planets by doing concerned pujas, by giving concerned charities, by praying concerned Gods etc. For example, if Sun is the angry planet, the remedial measures may be puja to Sun, charities of wheat, ruby, praying Lord Shiva etc. Details of remedial measures are not given here since it is totally a different subject and readers are requested to refer to books and articles on remedial measures or consult a knowledgeable and reliable astrologer or priest of their faith and choice.

Conclusion Since the sins committed in past life are carried forward to the present life, the human being suffers in the present life. One should find out those sins committed in the past life and the concerned angry planets. Suitable remedial measures are to be done to those angry planets to lessen the evil effects in this present life. Also suitable care is to be taken in this life not to do any further evil to Gods, Brahmins, Enemies and Public by Thought, Word and Deed to avoid suffering from any curse or wrath from them in the next life. Thus nullifying all the bad karma in due course by completing the good Karma also, one can attain Salvation without Rebirth. The basis for this article is from the Prasna Sastra of Kerala extending to Natal birth chart.

Some Predictive Techniques (Notes of Lecture given at Indian Council of Astrological Studies, Hyderabad India)

Rectification of birth time First of all, rectify the given birth time of male / female as per Tatwa/ Antar Tatwa Siddhanta to match for male/ female birth with respect to birth day, lagna, Moon star lord, Sunrise. (Refer my article in my website) This would give rectification upto 24 seconds.

Birth chart Prepare the birth chart for this rectified birth time, placing the lagna and planets in respective rasis with their degrees in order.

Angry Planets

Find the Angry planets responsible for bad karma in the past life causing sufferings in the present life. Angry planets are: natural benefic planets in 6th, 8th and 12th houses and natural malefic planets in 1st 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th and 10th houses (2nd, 3rd 11th houses are neutral) from Chathra, Arudha, Moon and Birth lagnas for wrath from Gods, Brahmins, Enemies and Public respectively. If the indicator planet is in Moon sign, the sins committed are deliberately committed and if in the house of Sun the sins are ignorantly or accidentally got. Arudha lagna- the point obtained by counting as many signs from the place of birth lagna lord is removed from birth lagna. Example: if lagna lord is in 4th, the Arudha is 7th from lagna, Exceptions: if lagna lord in lagna itself then Arudha lagna is 4th from lagna, if lagna lord is in 7th then Arudha is 10th from lagna. Veedhi lagna- If Sun is in Taurus, Gemini, Cancer or Leo, Veedhi lagna is Aries. If Sun is in Scorpio, Capricorn, or Aquarius Veedhi lagna is Gemini. If Sun is in the other signs, the Veedhi lagna is Taurus. Chathra lagna- Count the number of signs from Arudha lagna to birth lagna and then count this number from Veedhi lagna to get Chathra lagna.

Thought (5th house), Word (2nd house), Deed (10th house) If a weak malefic is in 5th, the sins are outcome of mental actions, if in 2nd due to Words cruel and unwanted, if in 10th due to fruits of bodily actions. If malefics are in 5th, 2nd, and 10th, evil karma from all the three of thought, word, and deed. If malefics are in 2nd, 5th and benefics in 10th, work is done unwillingly complaining bitterly. If malefics are in 5th and the benefics in 2nd and 10th the duties are done carelessly and indifferently without proper attention and this may bring loss of children since 5th represents children and thought or attention. If malefics are in 2nd and benefics in 5th and 10th, the evil has issued out of words, which may bring loss of money since 2nd represents money.

Remedial measures To the angry planets do concerned pujas, give concerned charities, pray concerned Gods etc to lessen the evil effects in the present life. Also take care not to do any further evils to Gods, Brahnins, Enemies and Public by thought, word and deed to avoid any further curse or wrath from them in the next life. Thus nullify all bad Karma in due course by completing the good Karmas also, one can attain Salvation without rebirth.

Karakatwas (Significations) of Planets To analyze a bhava, the planets in the bhava, lord of the bhava and karaka planet for that bhava are seen. Karaka planet is the most important in one school of nadi astrology.

For example, out of electic bulb in the room, fuse box in the house and transformer in the area, the transformer is the most important to get the electric current into the house. Ofcourse if all these are good, the results will be better. Note down all the karakatwas of planets. For example, Saturn karmakaraka, Jupiter Jiva and Jnana karaka, Ketu Mokshakaraka, Venus kalatrakaraka, Mercury vidyakaraka, Mars bhatrukaraka, Sun Atma and Pitrukaraka, Moon matru and manah karaka etc.

Combination of planets Planets in the same direction of rasis or in trines are supposed to be together. Directions Aries, Leo, Sagittarius - East; Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn-South; Gemini, Libra, AquariusWest; Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces- North Note down the combination in order as per degrees for analysis. For example, Sun+Moon indicate father (Sun) travels (Moon). Moon + Mars indicate mother (Moon) courageous (Mars). For female Mars+ Ketu+Venus indicate disturbances ( Ketu) between husband (Mars) and Jeeva self ( Venus for females). Jupiter+ Saturn indicates respect (Jupiter) in work (Saturn) Dharma Karma Yoga. Life (Jupiter) Vayu Air (Saturn) gives rheumatic, asthma, likes to eat relishingly, should not eat more oily foods because fatty, gastric in stomach, thighs problem, etc. Venus+Rahu indicate some difficulties in domestic life, illhealth or death to wife, Rahu being retrograde swallows Venus wife. Venus+ Moon gives wealth (Venus) and expenditure (Moon). Saturn+Sun+ Moon indicate work (Saturn), government (Sun) travels (Moon) highly influenced person connected with government and nature of work involves travels. Planets in the opposite houses and in the adjacent houses also influence. Saturn decides the fate and duties and to what extent other planets cooperate with Saturn the different planetary combinations involving Saturn in birth chart decides this.

Retrograde planets They are also considered as being in the sign behind them. Retro, retro-direct to the original degree wherefrom it became retro and then Direct are to be considered.

Stationary (still) or Sthambana planets Planets also remain stationary for sometime after being in motion for sometime, till their mission gets fulfilled and after their aim is achieved then proceed further.

Parivartana (exchange) of planets

Planets in one another's house are in parivartana and they are also considered as being in their own houses.

Some rules of judgement When planets eventhough located in their own signs or friendly signs or exaltation signs cannot yield full benefic results when enemy planets are located either behind or next to them and they remain neutral being unable to do either good or bad. When a benefic planet is hemmed in between two enemy planets, there will be impediments to the benefic effect of benefic planet. When an enemy planet located in 2nd sign to the sign where a planet located is retrograde, the planet in the first sign gets affected and yields malefic results. A planet cannot yield its results if there are no planets located in the 7th, 2nd, 12th and 5th signs therefrom. Even if it yields its effects will be most minimum. But this planet if it gets planetary interchange with some other planet can work wonders and can be most effective. If the combust planet (when nearer to Sun) were to be in planetary interchange with some other planet though the planetary interchange has no significance the combust planet yields surprising results. If the combust planet has in combination with friendly planets, the bad effects of planetary combustion will be pronounced. Exaltation of a planet gets cancelled if retrograde. If such an exalted retro planet has to its 12th sign an enemy planet, it is as though in a position of fearsome exaltation. If there is an enemy planet in 2nd and 7th, the exaltation of that particular planet is incomplete. If a particular planet has in its 12th sign enemy planet, it is to be presumed that both planets will yield minimum effects. But if the enemy planet in 12th sign is retrograde, the planet located next to it will yield good results. If out of the two planets together, the planet, which has more longitude, is an enemy planet and is retro the planet which is less in longitude will yield most minimum effect. If out the two planets in a planetary interchange, one of the planets is debilitated, the debilitation gets cancelled due to the planetary exchange. Also if the debilitated planet has a friendly or benefic planet with it or in the 7th or 5th there from or aspect then the debilitation gets cancelled.

Transits of planets or Gochara

The natal birth chart is made use of to predict future events both pleasant and unpleasant in respect of education, profession, marriage, children, house, money, health, and many other aspects, which are foretold on this basis. But the timings of these several events both pleasant and unpleasant are dependant on the basis of daily, monthly and annual movement of the several planets, It is these effects that are called the planetary transit effects. During the planetary transit for the first time after the native's birth, the transit effects will be ordinary. But when the same planet transit for the second time the effects will be maximum. During their transit for the third time in the native's life the effects will be medium. This is because the native's age will be tender during the first transit, youthful during second transit and will be attaining old age during the third transit in case of major planets like Jupiter and Saturn. For example, suppose in a native's birth chart, Mars is located at the 15th degree in Capricorn. Suppose during transit Saturn enters the same sign and it requires another 15 months approximately for Saturn to transit exact degree portion of Mars. So, we have to predict that the consultant native has to undergo lot of hardships in his professional field during these 15 months. Similarly Saturn transits sign where a benefic planet is located we have to predict beneficial results. Take another example. Suppose in birth chart Moon is located at Aswini 2 star and suppose the planet Rahu transits this Aswini 2 star pada during transit, we have then to predict that native is suffering from mental delusions, fear complex and a sort of mental gloom during this period. It is only when the transiting Rahu moves away from the Aswini star that the native can experience favorable effects like mental fortitude, peace of mind and other auspicious results. Like this if during transits suppose two mutually inimically disposed malefic planets together transit a particular sign and suppose benefic planets like Venus or Jupiter transit the 7th sign therefrom. In such circumstances, disastrous effects of the transit of such malefic planets will be checkmated.

Lordship Planets and Strengths of Bhavas In traditional astrology, the location of the lord of a particular Brava in another Bhava and the strengths of the bhavas also play a role in predictions. For example, if lord of the lagna (1st bhava) is placed in the 6th bhava, on may get into debts, diseases and enemies (6th bhava). If the 1st bhava is stronger than the 6th bhava in Shadbalas of bhavas, one may overcome debts, diseases and enemies due to self-effort. If the 6th lord is in the 11th bhava, one may gain (11th) through debts, diseases and enemies (6th). If 9th lord is in 2nd, one may get wealth (2nd) from father (9th). If the 12th bhava is stronger than 2nd and 11th bhavas, expenses (12th) may be more than wealth (2nd) and gains and income (11th).

Transits of planets also can be judged similarly. If the 1st lord transits over 10th bhava or 10th lord, one may get professional success by self-effort. Ofcourse transits of other planets also are to be seen simultaneously for favourable or unfavourable results.

Conclusion Angry planets and Some predictive techniques are given to stimulate thinking process to proceed and do further research. Many birth charts with known events may be studied to consolidate one's predictive techniques. However, certain imaginative and intuitive processes along with the place, time (Desha kala many ritya) and background of the person, are also required by praying the Navagrahas, Istha Devata and Meditation daily.

Nadi Astrology - Part 1 The following article was published in "The Times of Astrology"magazine, New Delhi, India Jan 2000.

Introduction Most of the readers may be knowing by now about Nadi astrology, since many articles have been published in magazines and newspapers. Some books were also published and much exchange of information has been taking place through internet and e-mail. For the benefit of those who are not familiar with this branch of astrology I give a brief background of the same from the reliable literature. Nadi astrology was written on palm leaves in ancient India. It is mostly prevalent in South India particularly in the Tamilnadu State. Its main center is a place called 'Vaitheerswarankoil' near 'Chidambaram'in Tamilnadu State. It is also available in some other places of Chennai, Kanchipuram, Salem, Hyderabad/Secunderabad, Tirupati etc. There are many Nadi Grandhas and they are named after Hindu Gods, Sages and Planets such as Mahasiva Nadi, Brugu Nadi, Kowmara Nadi , Koushika Nadi, Vashishta Nadi Agastya Nadi, Sapta Rishi Nadi, SatyaNadi Chandra Kala Nadi etc. They are available in the languages of Tamil, Sanskrit mainly. The palm leaves are held by certain families who read the results from the palm leaves mostly by taking the thumb impression and some from palm and birth data. I also propose to discuss brief examples of actual readings from thumb prints or otherwise from some nadi astrologers, their veracity with respect to past and future, correlation with traditional astrological principles, my experiences, opinion of others, doubts and questions, further research required on the same. This is based on my collection of data and research for the last three decades

History The origin of these leaves can be traced back to approximately 2000 years ago. It is presumed that the Sapta Rishis (Seven Sages) had written the life patterns of each person on palm leaves along with their types of names by their Yogic Powers. These unique leaves were kept in the Saraswati Mahal' library of Tanjore city of Tamilnadu State in India. Later during the British Rule the British were very keen to acquire these types of ancient leaves dealing with herbal cure, alchemy, fortune-telling etc; but left some of the astrological leaves to their loyalists. Some were put to auction also. People belonging to a particular sect called Valluvar community who specialized in astrology bought these leaves. Some of these were acquired by the astrology families in Vaitheeswarankoil about 60 years ago from Thanjavur Saraswati Mahal Library . The leaves were found lying idle in Vaitheeswarankoil by about 13th century the forefathers found them realized their values and copied the contents on palm leaves and made exact replica These leaves have been handed down over generations to make predictions. They earned their livelihood through Nadi Astrology. It is a hereditary profession for them. They got trained from their elders to do Nadi reading. What is written on the leaves is read and explained by them. The language is poetic and the script is also different. It is the same as in the ancient temples. Some of the Nadis are available in the Oriental Manuscripts Library at Chennai, India though in mutilated condition and the SaptaRishiNadi was published in Tamil in six volumes lagna wise . The Sanskrit texts were translated and written on palmyra or palm leaves in old archaic tamil language. There were some nadigranthas translated into another South Indian Telugu language. Marata King Sarabhoji and Chola Kings patronized this form of astrology and translations. It is stated that Sage Agasthya has written in Tamil. They have a certain amount of collection leaves. For each thumb print there will be 6 granthas. In each granthas there will be 108 sizes and 12 parts according to Siva Nadi and 50 sizes in Agastyanadi that means for one thumb print many stories of person can be read. In Siva Nadi more details are given as discussion between Lord Siva and Parvati than in Agastya Nadi . It seems that these Nadis were originally written on animal skins and some leaves and later they were copied on palm leaves. They re preserved by applying oil extracted from peacock's blood. The Nadi readers say that natives whose leaves are there will somehow or other comes to them at the appropriate age specified on the leaves from any corner of the world. Leaves are there not only for Indian but for foreigners also belonging to other religions. Who ever are desired to look into the leaves will go to them on his own accord. They very word Nadi in Tamil mean (destined) to come own accord. Those who are not destined may not even know such a type of astrology exists. Even the very age when the native is destined to go to them is marked on the leaves. So they say they do not adventure for their profession. Whoever is destined to come will come faith is the root of their system. It is also stated that about 40% of the people in the world only are likely to get these results as available.

Procedure

The Nadi Astrologer is generally busy and one has to take an appointment with him a month before approximately When you go there on the appointed day he checks his dairy and take the three impressions of the right thumb for males and the left thumb for females on a paper giving serial order number and ask you to wait till he calls you. Then he goes inside his library room where the palm leaves are kept which is not accessible to others. After an hour or so, sometimes quicker, he comes back with an old palm leaf bundle called index leaves. After making himself comfortable he carefully unwinds the long string which keeps the bundle in tact. He tells you to answer yes or no to his questions. With great devotion he takes the first palm leaf and starts reading on one side. The reading style is of funny accent in a poetic way, not understandable to even Tamilians. After reading one or two lines or even less sometimes he asks you some questions and you have to answer yes or no only. If you say 'No' he proceeds to the other side of leaf or next leaf and continues his questions. The questions are generally one or two at a time , such as whether y our name is after some God /Goddess contains 3 or 4 or so letters or so, starts ends with a particular letter in a Varga (series) of the Hindu alphabets, Similarly about the names of parents and wife/husband whether anyone of them or both are alive or dead, number of elder and younger brothers and sisters, number of children number of uncles, type of profession, whether you are born in rainy season /summer etc. whether you are born in moveable /fixed/dual Moon and lagna rasis, whether you are born in a particular Moon Birth star whether you are born in a particular day in a particular year whether your age is so and so etc. He says that h e does not know what questions to ask unless he scans the leaves and that is why they generally insist the concerned person or a person who knows every detail about the persons consulted, should be present to answer the questions correctly, otherwise they say the readings won't go wrong. They do no bother much of you cannot answer questions about birth date month age, Moon rasi and star, lagna and they seem to bother more about matching of your name names of parents and wife/husband. If he gets 'No' answers to all the leaves of the first bundle which he goes back into his library and brings another bundle. This process continues for an hour or so generally covering generally up to bundles each consisting about 50 leaves or sometimes quickly even in the first bundle till he and your are satisfied and the answers to all the questions in a particular leaf are 'yes' only Concerning names, parents, wife /husband, co-borns profession etc. Then he goes inside and bring another particular bundle and reads in poetic style your actual birth date month land year the astrological birth chart with position of planets sometimes with lagna also exact names of yourself, parents, wife/ husband, co-born, education, profession and gist of future predictions in a broad way and this is called General Kandam (chapter) of first bhava. You can verify the chart given if you know your birth chart he writes the concerned verses from the leaf in a note book . Then he records the same in an audio tape with translation into common understandable Tamil or some other languages with the help of a translator if necessary . He generally charges a minimum of 300 rupees upto this General Kandam Then he asks you whether you want to more details about any particular aspect of your life such as marriage, profession, etc and if so he picks up corresponding bundle and charges a similar amount extra for each aspect which he calls it a separate kandam or chapter. Some chapters give details about previous birth, remedial measures etc. At the end he hands over the note book and audio tape to

you with devotion and takes money generally at the place where the photos of Gods /Goddess are there.

Details Of Kandams (Chapters) The details covered in each Kandam generally are as follows:Kandam 1 - To be found through thumb impression (gents right, ladies left or sometimes by horoscope of the concerned person or palm, will contain name parents and wife/husband's names brothers, sisters, maternal uncles, children, profession and general list of future predictions for all the 12 houses. Kandam 2 - Money family speech, eyes, education. Kandam 3 - Brothers and Sisters Kandam 4 - Mother ,House, Lands, Vehicles, Pleasures Kandam 5 - Children Birth of children, reasons for not having children. Kandam 6 - Enemies, Diseases, Debts, cases in court. Kandam 7 - Marriage., Married life Kandam 8 - Danger to life, longevity, period of death. Kandam 9 - Father, Wealth, luck, Temple devotion to God ,Preaching from Holyman Kandam 10 - Business, Job, Profession Kandam 11 - Gain , Second Marriage. Kandam 12 - Expenditure , Foreign visit, salvation,next birth. Kandam 13 - Shanthi Kandam - Last Birth, Sins committed, remedial measures Kandam 14 - Deekshakandam- Mantra Japam and wearing of talisman (Raksha) Kandam 15 - Avushathakandam Medicines for long standing diseases. Kandam 16 - Dasa Bhuktikandam prediction for the present major and subperiod of the planet. In addition to these, there is also a special chapter for 'Prasna' where any query is answered.

Generally Remedial measures are like visiting particular temple, feeding the poor etc, corresponding to sins the remedial measures re suggested. Suggestion of giving alms to the Nadi reader.

Nadi Astrology - Part 2 Identification Process From Thumb Print Impression Lines on the thumb are classified in 1008 types, some say 108 types. Palm leaves are arranged according to these types. The Nadi readers identify the particular types of lines on the thumb and the corresponding set of palm leaves is taken. For example, a particular type is called Conch Shell with a circle. Among these there are many sub-divisions based on the number of dots on the thumb. Impressions with 5 or more dots are very rare. The time duration to pick up your leaf depends upon the identification of the thumb impression. Some impressions are identified easily and the corresponding leaves are found soon, for legal purposes, the whole thumb is studied minutely. But they concentrate only on the centre part of the thumb and the sub-divisions therein.

Claims Of Nadi Readers According to the claim of Nadi astrologers the contents of the leaf are 99% accurate. And it is the accuracy that has made people from diverse walks of life throng his residence. Generally he insists on seeing only about 5 people a day on appointment, which is usually fixed a month in advance. Without the truth and integrity, they cannot survive for so many years and generations. Of course, there are places where there are fake leaves. They will not be able to show the leaf with your name and other details they have clients from USA, Canada , Japan, Hongkong, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and other places. Some even faxes their thumb impressions and gets the predictions. They have translators with them to serve them their children are also inherent in this profession and they are learning the old script and other languages. With the blessings of their ancestors, they will continue for generations. They have so many people benefited by the remedial measures and they get feed back from the clients. Pleased with their service, they bring their friends and other relatives for Nadi reading. They would like to tell the people that they are only 'Nadi readers'. What is written on the leaves is read and explained by them. They themselves do not add anything. Some clients get irritated when some of the facts are unpleasant. They cannot help it. With utmost patience they clear their doubts. Common people and VIPs (very important persons) from all walks of life have consulted them. They show them the particulars of where the predictions for the native are given. Some of their customers are able to read the leaves on their own. Some even buys their leaves for preservation. They can even take photographs of the names in the leaf. It is possible to train those who are interested in learning nadi Jyotish in terms of Guru-Shishya parampapra (teacher-Discipline system)and Sanskrit languages, and this knowledge of

Nadi Jyotish could be acquired by those who are totally dedicated lifelong to this Shastra (science). However, the future of the leaves themselves seems to be uncertain. Though the leaves are smeared with Ayurvedic act, the leaves would turn black after 100 years or so. While they plan to save the contents of the leaf on the computer, they have their own doubts about doing that. They will not feel the same reverence reading the computer prints out as they do when they read the leaf.

Some Examples Of Actual Nadi Readings I prefer to give below three Nadi Readings taken from me from different Nadis and Readers, so that their veracity can be discussed authentically, since I cannot give here all t e readings from various Nadis consulted at different places at different times which also gave some correct future results.

Kowmara Nadi Reading In Chennai My first encounter with a Nadi Grantha was on 22nd February 1968 (in my 29th year) when my father -in-law Shri U.G.Krishna Murthy (Philosopher and World traveler , popularly known as U.G.) having known my interest in the study and research of astrology, took me personally to Kowmara Nadi astrologer (Shri T.Chandrasekhar) in Madras (now Chennai) India, since h e knew Tamil also. I happened to see the correct Kowmara Nadi Readings of my father-in-law much earlier , which was given by the father of the present nadi reader. The Nadi Reader asked whether I knew my date and birth chart and he said it would be faster to pick up the concerned leaf. I gave him the same./ Then the procedure was the same , he brought back some index cards and asked me questions to answer yes or no leaf after leaf. Some of the questions whether my name and my father's name were given after the name of Lord Venkateswara, whether I have one sister and one son, whether my wife's name was after one of the names of wives of Trimurthy's (Bhrahma ,Vishnu,Maheshwara) etc. I asked for my profession (10th Kanda) and he wrote the readings in Tamil verses in a notebook and translated in English as follows. "After praying to Goddess Parvati , Vasista and Viswamitra are narrating the tenth part of a person having following horoscope"- Ravi Buddha and Kuja in Simha, Guru in Khumba, Ketu in Mesha , Chandra in Makara , Sani in Meena, Tula Linga, Sucker and Rahu in Lagna. Name Venkata Ramana , Mother Annapurna, Father Venkat Rao. The Lord of the 10th house being Chandra is deposited in kendra. Sukra is in his own house and is expected by ketu. Guru and Sani are in parivartana. Kuja and Buddha in the 11th house. For these reasons he will have average ancestral property. He will have a very good start in his career and makes a great deal of progress in all his enterprises. The details are as follows.

"He completes his education in 21st year and proficiency will be shown in vocational education . He will be employed in the following year. He will be skillful in making the necessary parts of machines and service will be rendered to a private commercial firm. He will be paid adequately. Government will be helpful to him in the part of his work from 23rd year . He will be engaged in the manufacture of defense articles He will show his efficiency in planning and designing various equipments. He will have a great name in 27th year. He will be occupied in the making of high explosives which is planned by tube-like things and also things, which are useful shooting with the intention damaging lives and properties. The practical work will be intensified in the 28th year. The scientific knowledge in the matter will be made full. His power will raise. He will see whether the work is carried out properly . His skill will be encouraged in the 30th year and he enriches his knowledge by scrutinizing and analyzing the operation of various missiles. He will be engaged in miscellaneous kind of activities his capacities for organization will be developed in the following three years. His income will be satisfactory. He makes out various plans and executes . He earned a good name in 35th year. Takes charge of various sub divisions The number of tools and machines to be operated by him will be increased various departments will come under his control . Good results will be achieved in 38th year. Work relating to planning sketches will be on the increase. He will be well- known in distant places or countries. He will be able to conduct and control all the affairs of the department. New schemes will be prepared in the 40th year and the scale of pay will be better than before. He is capable of giving training to others and will have great name in the industrial circles. He offers advice in all matters of manufacture in the following two years. He will show his strength in the technical side and he will hold an extraordinary power. He will be honored by Central Government. He wins the confidence of the administrators and works for them with greater enthusiasm. Administrative responsibilities will be taken over by him in 48th year. His attention will be concentrated on raw materials. He will be held in high esteem by an association where scientific and technical people join together for promoting their studies. His strength and efficiency will go in 50th year and makes necessary arrangements for the development of the work he undertakes. He will be able to manage the establishment more efficiently than ever and maintains his position through out . When Maharishis said so Parvati remarked that those who are closely associated with him in the work would hinder him . She said that he will get away from the these evils by performing Karma Kanda."

Comments on this Reading I should comment that all the past and future details are correct, covering the birth chart, exact names, engineering degree, first job in private paper mills, and latter in central government in defense research and development laboratories in guns and rockets., promotions, hidden enemies etc except the" maintaining this position throughout" since I took voluntary retirement at my 52nd age and not work any where subsequently having specific profession except pursuing my astrology and philosophy hobbies. But strangely it may be noticed that no detailed profession was given after 50th year. Some astrological discussions are made. I took karma kanda also and the reading prescribed prayers to certain gods/goddesses each day in a week along with certain diet for certain number of weeks etc, the details of which h I do not give here due to problem of space. I did the

prescribed remedial measures and I cannot vouchsafe that they really helped me, but generally the profession was all right with some usual disappointments. Subsequently I went to him after my retirement but he said that my leaf of profession was not available which almost confirmed that I will not have any job later.. The readings seem to be based on Saturn transit of 2 ½ year in each rasi. The readings are crisp and straightforward.

Nadi Amshas in Vedic Astrology The following article was published in "Vedic Astrology" Magazine Nov-Dec '1998, New Delhi, India.

What is nadi amsha? Most of the astrologers may be knowing by now what is Nadi amsha. For the benefit of others, the Nadi amsha is the subtlest division of a rashi (sign) suggested by Sage Satyacharya similar to the Vargas (divisions) given by Sage Parasara. It is generally the 150th part of rashi, amounting to 12' of arc or 48 seconds in time if 2 hours duration is taken for rashi. In the Chararashis (moveable) it is counted clockwise from the beginning of rashi, in the Sthira rashis (fixed) anti clockwise from the end of rashi and in the Dwiswabhava rashis (dual/common) from the middle of rashi. Different names are given for each nadi amsha such as Vasudha, Vaishnavi etc. the last nadi amsha being called Parameshwari. Thus the first nadi amsha of Vasudha in chara rashi will be the 150th in the sthira rasi and 76th in the Dwiswabhava rasi. The names chosen also seem to indicate some good or bad nature of the particular amsha similar to the names given in Shatshtyamsha. Each nadi amsha is again divided into two parts called Poorvabhaga (first part) and Uttarabhaga (second part), amounting to total of 300 parts, each part consisting of 6' in arc or 24 seconds in time. Some nadi astrologers divide the nadi amasha into 4 parts, amounting to a total of 600 parts, called Kalas each Kala consisting of 3' in arc or 12 seconds in time, to distinguish the role and duty of an individual as Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vysya or Sudra in the broad fields of religious / philosophical guidance, ruling, trading, or service respectively. Sthula(broad)life patterns are given for 1st and 2nd part of each nadi amsha in a Lagna (Ascendant).The general life patterns for some of these nadi amshas in a lagna are covered in the Astrological magazine of Bangalore, India. Sukshma (subtle) patterns are to be evolved with the position of planets in the particular chart.

How is nadi amsha visualized? Now let us see how this nadi amsha divisions might have arrived at by our ancient astrologers. It is mainly based on Tatwa/Antar Tatwa Siddantha. The order of the tatwas and their duration are Prithvi tatwa (earth) 6 minutes, Jala tatwa (water) 12 minutes, Tejo tatwa (fire) 18 minutes, Vayu tatwa (air) 24 minutes and Akash tatwa(ether) 30 minutes.

That means, for every 90 minutes the tatwas complete one round and start the second round. Thus in 24 hours, 16 rounds will be done.In this the odd number rounds are Savya (clockwise) and the even number rounds are apasasvya (anti clockwise). Now, if you take Prithvi tatwa of 6 minutes and its Antar tatwa duration will be 24 seconds (6 multiplied by 6 and divided by 90), which is the time taken for each part of nadi amsha. Now consider the Aroha (upward) and Avaroha (downward) motions of duration in Prithvi Antar tatwa as follows:

Aroha Antara

Time (MinsSecs)

Avaroha Anthara

Time (MinsSecs)

Prithvi

0-12

Akash

1-00

Jala

0-24

Vayu

0-48

Tejo

0-36

Tejo

0-36

Vayu

0-48

Jala

0-24

Akash

1-00

Prithvi

0-12

TOTAL

3-00

3-00

You can see that the duration is still sub-divided into minimum of 12 seconds, which is time taken for each Kala of nadi amsha. This scheme is given in the book "Jyotisha Siddhamthamu" (out of print now) written in 1973 in South Indian Telugu language by my Guru Late "DaivagnaRatna" and "Vidya Visarada" Sri Divakaruni Venkata Subba Rao, quoting "Jataka Phalachintamani" that the tatwas take avaroha also.

Male/Female birth - Rectification of birth time Based on this, tables are evolved to find out the male/female birth after sunrise as per the birth tatwa, chara/sthira/dwiswabhava lagnas, day and Moon nakshatra (constellation).The tatwas represent male/female birth as: Prithvi male, Jala female, Tejo male, Vayu female and Akash male. From these tables, time of birth can be rectified to suit the male or female birth. Of course, Mr.M.V.Rao in his article "Rectification of birth time "Bhrugu nadi" in the magazine "The Times of Astrology" March 1973, Prof.P.S.Sasti in his book "Rectification of birth (An analytical approach) published by M/s Rangoon Publications of Delhi in 1996 and Mr.Marc Penciled in his book "The Nadi System of Rectification" in 1976 gave their own tables and interpretations for correcting the birth time for male/female

birth, without going into Aroha and Avaroha Antar Tatwas. Anyway, it is for the readers to find their best method to rectify the birth time for male/female birth. In either case, the calculation of correct Sun rise time is very important. I do not propose to discuss the same in detail here as it is not directly connected to the present topic.

My nadi amsha model My date of birth is 7 September 1938, Place of birth Vizianagram, Andorra Prudish, India Longitude 83-27 East, Latitude 18-07 North. The time of birth is given in the old records as 7 ghettos 55 vighatis after Sun rise. The Day of birth is Wednesday. The Moon Nakshatra is Savanna 4th pad. Following the system given in the book "Jyotisha Siddhamthamu", following Antar tatwas, the birth is in Tejo anat. tatwa in Jala tatwa, Tejo representing male birth to suit to the other conditions of Libra chara rashi lagna, Wednesday and Moon nakshatra of Savanna. This matches the time of birth of 9-00 AM LMT or 8-56-16 AM ITS, as obtained from the original record and hence no rectification of birth time is required. This would give about 6 degrees in Libra lagna depending on the Amasha used. Now, the nadi amsha patterns around this 6 degrees in moveable lagna are to be checked, as given in the Astrological magazine of Bangalore, India, relating to 31st nadi amsha by name "Kampala" from 6 to 6-12 in moveable sign and 32nd nadi amsha by name "Quanta" from 6-12 to 6-24, for two parts in each nadi amsha. For the sake of interest and appreciation of the readers, I quote below the general life pattern given for the second part of Kamalamsha (6-6 to 6-12) from Dhruva Nadi: "The native belongs to a Shudder caste.(?). He is a devotee of Vishnu and is the 8th issue (?) to his parents. He is born in a city. His parents are long lived. His father lives as an employee of the State moving about in different places. He serves a Niche Parch. His profession in to do with chemicals and minerals (Rasayargada-moolena Dhabi dravyadhi Haitian). His father is a welted man. He lives in a foreign country. He has a number of friends. His mother is a lady of great moral character and discipline. His eldest brother is not alive. He has a long life and well built body (?) and a dark complexion (?). He is educated. He is dutiful to his parents and is Satwik by nature. He has respect for the Brahmins and Gods. He is moderate in his ambitions and his talk. He has the knack to read others' characters, but inclined to deceive his friends (?). He is an eloquent speaker. He is employed in the Defense department (Senapatimupashritya). He marries a good looking girl of character in his 21st (?) year. His real prosperity begins after marriage. When he is 16 (?) a great misfortune hits the family because of his father's Yoga bhanga. His father becomes much afflicted due to the machinations of enemies and loss of wealth. After his 22nd year, he gets a daughter (?). His father's enemies become crushed and things will again improve. His parents become extremely happy. At 29 he gets into the good glances of ruler. His father dies when he is 32 (?). There is continuous prosperity after 35. At 36 his mother dies(?). At 40 he has a big lift in the position. He is sent to foreign countries on errands. He gets plenty of money and two conveyances. At 42 he gets Raja Mudras. 2 sons and 1 daughter (?) are long lived. He is helpful to others. He gives charities. His sons also prosper. He prospers like the waxing Moon till his death. At 64 his wife dies. At 65 he passes away."

I may mention here that the general pattern mostly matches except for the ages and the question mark (?) is given in the brackets wherever it differs. The idea to give this reading is only to appraise the readers how a general life pattern is given from the lagna nadi amsha only. The patterns in the other nearer nadi amshas are not discussed to save space. It is not also necessary that all the points have to match correctly since it is only a broad background key to subsequently link it up intelligently with the actual planetary positions for understanding the actual life events.

Comments Though it is fairly understood how the nadi amsha divisions are visualized by our great ancient astrologers, it is still a hard nut to crack how they could have given the general life pattern of each nadi amsha without referring to any particular lagna and planetary positions. It seems that there are 108 tatwas, what are they and whether they are also linked up the nadi amshas is not known. This minute division sets the seed of an individual. If the correct nadi amsha is established, which is not so easy, there is a bird's eye view of the entire past and future of the person concerned. Each nadi amsha has got its own peculiar characteristics, but it can clearly indicate one's pattern of destiny. In relation to planetary positions, birth star etc. it can give an idea of one's parentage, number of brothers, sisters etc. A nadi amsha connected with a birth star and certain other planetary situations can enable us to predict future events with considerable accuracy. In fact, it seems, that Sage Satyacharya, father of Nadi Astrology, says that in the absence of the correct nadi amsha, the time of birth cannot be decided accurately. During my recent visit to USA to give lectures on this topic of Hindu Astrology in the conferences of American Federation of Astrologers and Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, on their invitation, I found there in a World almanac book that for every 3 seconds 9 births and 6 deaths take place ( it is for the scholars to understand where the other extra 3 births are coming from). That means, this nadi amsha division that a human birth takes place in every 12 seconds also may not hold good in the present circumstances. The present nadi amshas might have been written in the ancient times when the birth rate is very slow. Also it looks that these patterns are visualized to suit more to some particular regions within some distance of longitudes. Therefore, it is the moral duty of every astrologer to collect and maintain the birth data and life events of the known individuals and discuss with others in the field with an open mind and research angle or present their findings in this esteemed journal or elsewhere for the benefit of others in the field. Then probably we may get similar charts on the same day with different lagna parts and life stories, born to different parents or as twins, in different countries to really do some research. By subjecting the Sage's revelation to proper investigation and research, some rules may be formulated to pinpoint the correct moment of birth, if God permits the ancient astrological wonders may be revived again and a new Nadi Grantha may evolve to suit to the present modern circumstances. It is also necessary for all astrologers to thoroughly study the available literature on Nadi

astrology, though scanty, and attempt to collect as much information as possible for real research.

Nadi amshas and their order in various rashis The following table is attached to my article "A Note on Nadi Amshas" by the magazine "Vedic astrology" on their own.It is likely that the names may differ by some others.. Note: 1 represents 0 degrees to 0 degrees 12 minutes, 2 represents 0 degrees 12 minutes to 0 degrees 24 minutes etc. till 150 represents 30 degrees,thus each nadi amsha increasing by 0 degrees 12 minutes.

Click the link to veiw the table Nadi amshas and their order in various rashis By "Daivagna Ratna"Pemmaraju V.R.Rayudu B.E., M.Tech (Former Sr.Scientist and Dy.Director Defence Research Lab., 67 Vinayanagar, Saidabad, Hyderabad-500059, AP., India Phone:040-4530210. E-mail [email protected])

Nadi Amsha Chart This article was published in "The Times of Astrology" magazine, New Delhi in April 2005.

Introduction The Rashi is divided into several divisions such as Hora (1/2), Drekkana (1/3), Chaturtamsa ( 1/4), Panchamsa (1/5), Shastamsa ( 1/6), Saptamsa (1/7), Ashtamsa (1/8), Navamsha ( 1/9), Dashamsa (1/10), Dwadashamsa ( 1/12), Shodashamsa ( 1/16), Vimshamsa 91/20), Siddhamsa (1/24), Bhamsa (1/27), Trimshamsa (1/30), Khavedamsa (1/40), Akshavedamsa ( 1/40), Shastiamsa ( 1/60, Navamsha-Navamsha ( 1/81), Navamsha-Dwadashamsa ( 1/108) etc, representing different aspects of life. It is known how to prepare these different divisional charts though with some differences in the approach. But there is no published literature for the correct utilization of these charts in interpreting the results. Nadi Amsha is the subtlest in the division of the Rashi. Some of

the published literature on Nadi amshas has given the results. But nowhere it is published how to prepare the Nadi amsha chart and to interpret the results. In this article is given the explanation of the Nadi amshas, methodology to prepare the Nadi amsha chart and interpretation of Nadi amsha chart, out of my research.

Nadi Amshas By now, most of the readers know what is a Nadi amsha. However, for the benefit of others, a Nadi amsha is 1/150th part of a rashi. The 30 degrees of rashi divided by 150 would give 12 minutes of arc (30 degrees multiplied by 60 and divided by 150 is equal to 12 minutes). Thus there are 150 Nadi amshas in a rashi and each Nadi amsha is of 12 minutes arc. If, on an average, 2 hours duration is taken for each rashi, it amounts to 48 seconds in time duration (2 hours multiplied by 3600 and divided by 150 is equal to 48 seconds). These Nadi amshas are given different names to recognize their interval periods. The Nadi amshas are numbered in clockwise direction in moveable rashis from beginning to end of rashi. In fixed rashis they begin from end to beginning of rashi anti-clockwise. In dual rashis, they begin from middle of rashi, to the end of rashi then continue from beginning of rashi and counted upto the middle of rashi. For example, in Aries moveable rashi, the 1st Nadi amsha, named Vasudha, is from 0 degrees to 0 degrees 12 minutes, the 2nd Nadi amsha is from 0 degrees 12 minutes to 0degrees 24 minutes and so on till the 150th Nadi amsha is from 29 degrees 48 minutes to 30 degrees. In Taurus fixed rashi, the 1st Nadi amsha of Vasudha is from 29 degrees 48 minutes to 30 degrees, the 2nd one from 29 degrees 36 minutes to 29 degrees 48 minutes and so on till the last 150th Nadi amsha is from 0 degrees to 0 degrees 12 minutes. In Gemini dual rashi, the 1st Nadi amsha of Vasudha is from the middle 15 degrees to 15 degrees 12 minutes, the 2nd one from 15 degrees 12 minutes to 15 degrees 24 minutes and so on till the 75th Nadi amsha is from 29 degrees 48 minutes to 30 degrees and then the 76th Nadi amsha starts from the beginning of 0 degrees to 0 degrees 12 minutes, the 77th from 0 degrees 12 minutes to 0 degrees 24 minutes and so on till the 150th one is from 14 degrees 48 minutes to 15 degrees. Thus it can be seen that 1st Nadi amsha in Aries, the 150th Nadi amsha in Taurus and the 76th Nadi amsha in Gemini are the same. But it does not seem logical to apply this to all moveable, fixed and dual rashis. There are four sets of moveable, fixed and dual rashis in the zodiac. They are Aries-Taurus-Gemini, Cancer-Leo-Virgo, LibraScorpio-Sagittarius, and Capricorn-Aquarius-Pisces. The above logic applies only within each set. The 1st Nadi amsha of Cancer, 150th Nadi amsha of Leo, the 76th Nadi amsha of Virgo would be the same. The 1st Nadi amsha of Libra, the 150th Nadi amsha of Scorpio, the 76th Nadi amsha of Sagittarius would-be the same. The 1st Nadi amsha of Capricorn, the 150th Nadi amsha of Aquarius, the 76th adi amsha of Pisces would be the same.

Table of Nadi Amshas

For ready reference, the table of Nadi amshas is given in Appendix I to this article, as taken from my article " A Note on Nadi amshas" published by " Vedic Astrology" magazine November-December 1998. The list is also given the in the book " Devakeralam" by late Sri R. Shantanam and in " The Astrological Magazine" of late Sri B. V. Raman. The names of the Nadi amshas may differ but the duration of the intervals are the same in all the sources.

Preperation of Nadi Amshas Chart Before preparing the Nadi amsha chart, it is essential to rectify the given birth time as per my article " Tatwa/Antartatwa Siddhata-Birth Rectification" published in " The Times of Astrology" magazine June 2002. This method would rectify the birth time to match the male / female births as per the day, lagna, and Moon star and tatwa upto a difference of 24 seconds in birthtime. An attempt is made here from fundamentals of explanation of Nadi amshas to give a methodology to prepare a Nadi amsha chart for different sets moveable, fixed and dual rashis. Moveable Rashis In moveable rashis, the Nadi amshas are counted clockwise from the beginning to the end of the rashi. Hence in Aries moveable rashi, the 1st Nadi amsha falls in Aries itself, the 2nd I Taurus, the 3rd in Gemini and so on till the 150thfall in Virgo. In Cancer moveable rashi, the 1st Nadi amsha falls in Cancer, the 2nd in Leo, the 3rd in Virgo and so on till the last 150th falls in Sagittarius. In Libra moveable rashi, the 1st Nadi amsha falls in Libra, the 2nd in Scorpio, the 3rd in Sagittarius and so on till the 150th falls in Pisces. In Capricorn moveable rashi, the 1st Nadi amsha falls in Capricorn, the 2nd in Aquarius, the 3rd in Pisces and so on till the 150th falls in Gemini. That means, if Ascendant (lagna) or any other planet in rashi chart in Aries rashi is in 1st Nadi amsha of 0 degrees to 0 degrees 12 minutes, it falls in Aries rashi itself in Nadi amsha chart, if from 0-12 to 0-24 it falls in Taurus in Nadi chart, and so on till if it is between 29-48 to 39 degrees it should be place in Virgo in Nadi chart. Similarly the ascendant or any other planet in Cancer, Libra or Capricorn in rashi chart should be place in Nadi chart depending on the degrees and minutes in rashi chart and the number of the Nadi amsha. Fixed Rashis In fixed rashis, the Nadi amshas are counted anti-clockwise from the end to the beginning of the rashi. In Taurus fixed rashi, the 1st Nadi amsha of 29-48 to 30 degrees is the same as the 150th Nadi amsha of 29-48 to 30 degrees in Aries moveable rashi. The 150th Nadi amsha in Taurus from 0 degrees to 0-0:12 is the same as the 1srt Nadi amsha of 0 degrees to 0-0:12 in Aries. As already explained above, 150th Nadi amsha of Aries falls in Virgo and 1st falls in Aries. Therefore, the 1st Nadi amsha of Taurus should start from Virgo and go anti-clockwise, the 2nd from 29-36 to 29-48 in Leo and so on till the 150th of 0 degrees to 0-0:12 falls in Aries. Suppose if ascendant or any planet id in 10 -58 in Taurus,

it falls in the 96th Nadi amsha in Taurus from 10-48 to 11 degrees and so count 96 anticlockwise from Virgo, which would be Libra. Therefore, the ascendant or any planet in 10-58 in Taurus in rashi chart should be placed in Libra in Nadi amsha chart. Similarly in the second set of moveable-fixed-dual rashis of Cancer-Leo-Virgo, the 1st Nadi amsha of Leo is the same as the 1450th Nadi amsha of Cancer. The 150th Nadi amsha of cancer if Sagittarius. So the counting of Nadi amshas in Leo should start from Sagittarius anti-clockwise. If the ascendant or any planet is in 20-51 in Leo, it falls in the 46th Nadi amsha of 20-28 to 21degrees and so count 46 anti-clockwise from Sagittarius, which would be Pisces. Therefore, the ascendant or any planet in 20-51 in Leo in rashi chart should be place in Pisces in Nadi amsha chart. Similarly in the third set of Libra-Scorpio-Sagittarius, the 150th Nadi amsha of Libra falls in Pisces and so the counting for Nadi amshas in Scorpio should start from Pisces anticlockwise. F ascendant or any planet is in 10-58 in Scorpio, which would be the 96th Nadi amsha and so count 96 anti-clockwise from Pisces, which would be Aries. Therefore, the ascendant or any planet in 10-58 in Scorpio in rashi chart should be placed in Aries in Nadi amsha chart. Similarly in the fourth set of Capricorn-Aquarius-Pisces, the counting for Nadi amshas in Aquarius shold start form Gemini which is the 150th in Capricorn. If ascendant or any planet were in 24-40 in Aquarius, it would be in 27th Nadi amsha and so count 27 anticlockwise from Gemini, which would be Aries. Therefore the ascendant or any planet in 24-40 in Aquarius in rashi chart should be placed in Aries in Nadi amsha chart. Thus the crux is that if the ascendant of any planet is in Taurus, the counting of Nadi amsha of that should start from Virgo anti-clockwise, if in Leo start counting from Sagittarius anti-clockwise, if in Scorpio start counting from Pisces anti-clockwise and if in Aquarius start counting from Gemini anti-clockwise. Dual Rashis In dual rashis, the Nadi amshas are counted clockwise from the middle to the end of the rashi and then counting continued from the beginning to the middle of the rashi. In Gemini dual rashi, the 1st Nadi amsha of 15 to 15-12 is the same as the 76th Nadi amsha of 15 to 15-12 in Aries moveable rashi. The 75th Nadi amsha of Gemini from 29-48 to 30 degrees is same as the 150th in Aries. The 76th Nadi amsha in Gemini from 0 degrees to 0-12 is same as the 1srt in Aries. The 150th Nadi amsha in Gemini from 14-48 to 15 degrees is same as the 75th in Aries. As already seen in Aries, the 76th Nadi amsha falls in Cancer, the 150th in Virgo, and the 1srt in Aries and the 75th in Gemini. So the 1st Nadi amsha in Gemini should fall in Cancer, 75th in Virgo, 76th in Aries and 150th in Gemini. So the counting of Nadi amshas in Gemini should start form Cancer clockwise from the 1srt Nadi amsha till the 75th in Virgo. The 76th in Gemini should start clockwise from Aries till the 150th in Gemini. Suppose the ascendant or any planet is in 18-27 in Gemini, it falls in the 18th Nadi amsha in Gemini from 18-24 to18-36 and so count 18 clockwise from Cancer, which would be Sagittarius. Therefore, the ascendant or

any planet in 18-27 in Gemini in rashi chart should be placed in Sagittarius in Nadi chart. Suppose the ascendant or any planet is in 1-10 in Gemini, it falls in the 82nd Nadi amsha in Gemini from 1 degree to 1-12 and so count 82 clockwise from Aries taking 76 as Aries, which would be Virgo. Therefore the ascendant or any planet in 1-10 in Gemini in rashi chart should be placed in Virgo in Nadi chart. Similarly in the second set of moveable-fixed-dual rashis of Cancer-Leo-Virgo, the 1st Nadi amsha in Virgo is same as the 76th in Cancer, 75th in Virgo is same as 150th in Cancer, 76th in Virgo is same as 1st in Cancer and the 150th in Virgo is same as the 75th in Cancer. The 76th in Cancer falls in Libra. O the counting of Nadi amshas in Virgo should start from Libra clockwise till the 75th falls in Sagittarius. The 76th in Virgo should start clockwise from Cancer till the 150th in Virgo. Suppose if the ascendant or any planet is in 18-27 in Virgo, it falls in the 18th Nadi amsha in Virgo, and to count 18 from Libra clockwise, which would e Pisces. Therefore the ascendant or any planet in 1827 in Virgo in rashi chart should be placed in Pisces in Nadi chart. Suppose the ascendant or any planet is in 1-10 in Virgo, it falls in the 82nf Nadi amsha in Virgo and so count 82 clockwise from Cancer taking 76 as Cancer, which would be Sagittarius. Therefore the ascendant or any planet in 1-10 in Virgo in rashi chart should be place in Sagittarius in Nadi chart. Similarly in the third set of Libra-Scorpio-Sagittarius, the 1st Nadi amsha in Sagittarius is same as the 76th in Libra, the 75th in Sagittarius is same as 150th in Libra, 76th in Sagittarius is same as 1st in Libra and the 150th in Sagittarius is same s 75th in Libra. The 76th in Libra falls in Capricorn. So the counting of Nadi amshas in Sagittarius from 1st to 75th should start clockwise from Capricorn till the 75th in Pisces. The 76th Sagittarius should start clockwise from Libra till the 150th in Sagittarius. Suppose if the ascendant or any planet is in 18-27 in Sagittarius, it falls in the 18th Nadi amsha of Sagittarius and so count 18 from Capricorn clockwise, which would be Gemini. Therefore the ascendant or any planet in Sagittarius in 18-27 in rashi chart should be placed in Gemini in Nadi chart. Suppose if the ascendant or any planet is in 1-10 in Sagittarius, it falls in 82nd Nadi amsha in Sagittarius and so count 82from Libra clockwise taking 786 as Libra, which would be Pisces and therefore should be place n Pisces in Nadi chart. Similarly in the fourth set of Capricorn-Aquarius-Pisces, the counting of Nadi amshas in Pisces from 1st to 75th should start from Aries clockwise till the 75th falls in Gemini. The 76th Nadi amsha in Pisces should start clockwise from Capricorn till the 150th falls in Pisces. Therefore the ascendant or any planet in 23-51 in Pisces falls in 45th Nadi amsha in Pisces from 23-48 to 2 degrees. So count 45 from Aries clockwise, which would be Sagittarius and therefore should be placed in Sagittarius in Nadi chart. If ascendant or any planet is in 1-10 in Pisces, it falls in 82nd Nadi amsha in Pisces and so count 82 from Capricorn clockwise taking 76th as Capricorn, which would be Gemini and therefore should be placed in Gemini in Nadi chart.

Example of nadi Chart

Based on the above methodology, the Nadi chart is given below for the ascendant and planets in rashi chart. Rasi Chart: Libra-Ascendant 5-54, Venus 7-4, Rahu 27-16; Capricorn- moon 20-9; Aquarius- Jupiter 2-7; Pisces- Saturn 23-51; Aries- Ketu 27-16; Leo- Mercury 5-59, Mars 6-33, Sun 20-51 Nadi Chart: Pisces-Ascendant, Sun, Mars; Taurus-Moon; Leo- Ketu; Virgo-Venus; Scorpio- Jupiter; Sagittarius-Mercury, Saturn; Aquarius-Rahu

Interpretation of nadi Chart The person of the above rashi chart is a mechanical engineer retired from Government Defense Research service. After retirement he continued his hobby of astrology doing research, writing articles, giving lectures and consultations, getting awards in astrology. He also knows Vedanta and Veena musical instrument to some extent. He has own house and vehicles. He has only one son settled abroad. He lives on pension I his own house with his wife studying astrology and Vedanta. He also travels in India and abroad. He has moderate health. The above rashi and Nadi charts are broadly analyzed to check which one would give better interpretation. In the rashi chart, the 10th house is vacant aspected by the 10th lord Moon. The 10th lords in 4th alone in Moon star without any aspects from any other planet. From this, it is difficult to interpret his activities in Defence research, astrology and Vedanta. Venus in Libra ascendant in own house has not given any proficiency in his musical interests. The Moon in 4th, the 4th not aspected by any planet and the 4th lord Saturn in 6th house aspected by Mars should have obstructed having his own house, vehicles and education. Jupiter in 5th house aspected by Sun, Mercury and Mars and the 5th lord Saturn in 6th house with exchange (parivartana) with Jupiter should have given more children. The 2nd lord Mars, 9th lord Mercury and 11th lord Sun in 11th should have given big wealth and prosperity. Ascendant lord Venus in the ascendant and 6th lord Jupiter In 5th with exchange with Saturn should have given good health. The 9th and 12th lord Mercury with enemy mars should have obstructed his travels. In the Nadi chart, Saturn and Mercury in 10th house, 10th and 1st lord Jupiter in Scorpio of Mars with exchange with Mars would give better interpretation about his activities in Defense research, astrology and Vedanta. Debilitated Venus has not given much progress in musical pursuits. The 4th house aspected by 4th lord Mercury, 2nd and 9th lord mars, 11th lord Saturn has given good house, vehicles and education. The 5th house aspected by Jupiter and 5th lord Moon exalted has given one son. The 2nd and 9th lord Mars in ascendant associated with 6th lord Sun and 11th and 12th lord Saturn have given moderate wealth and prosperity. The 6th lord Sun in ascendant aspected by 8th lord debilitated Venus has given moderate health though ascendant lord Jupiter aspecting the

ascendant. Jupiter in 9th and 9th lord Mars in ascendant with exchange with ascendant lord Jupiter and 12th aspected by 11th and 12th lord Saturn has given the travels. The transits of planets in both the charts can also be compared to check the results though it is not done here. Thus from the above broad analysis the Nadi chart gives better interpretation than the rashi chart.

Conclusion Since the Nadi amshas differentiate upto 48 seconds in birth time, it is the subtlest available means to interpret better results. When there is no published literature to correctly interpret the all the other known divisional charts, particularly whether lordship of houses can be taken or not in the divisional charts, it is not claimed that the analysis of the Nadi chart as given above is correct. It is also not claimed that the above methodology to prepare the Nadi chart is correct. The idea is writing this article is to stimulate the experts astrology to come out with better research to delve deep into this subject to interpret better results by studying all the divisional charts including the subtlest Nadi amsha chart and to publish the same for the benefit of others. The subject of astrology is already having its natural death with superficial knowledge and interpretations of commercial interest and without any deep research and published literature. It is an earnest request once again to all the astrologers and other government and private organizations to do deep research in astrology and publish the same to revive this great Divine subject.

Appendix I Nadi Amshas and their Order in Various Rashis The following table is attached to my article "A Note on Nadi Amshas" by the magazine "Vedic astrology" on their own. It is likely that the names may differ by some others. Note: 1 represents 0 degrees to 0 degrees 12 minutes, 2 represents 0 degrees 12 minutes to 0 degrees 24 minutes etc till 150 represents 29 degrees 48 minutes to 30 degrees, thus each nadi amsha increasing by 0 degrees 12 minutes. Nadi Amsha

Moveable rashi

Fixed rashi

Duel rashi

Vasudhaa

1

150

76

Vaishnavi

2

149

77

Braahmi

3

148

78

Kaalakoota

4

147

79

Shaankari

5

146

80

Sudhaakari

6

145

81

Samaa

7

144

82

Saumyaa

8

143

83

Suraa

9

142

84

Maayaa

10

141

85

Manoharaa

11

140

86

Maadhavi

12

139

87

Manjuswanaa

13

138

88

Ghoraa

14

137

89

Kumbhini

15

136

90

Kutilaa

16

135

91

Prabhaa

17

134

92

Paraa

18

133

93

Payasvini

19

132

94

Maalaa

20

131

95

Jagati

21

130

96

Jarjharaa

22

129

97

Dhruvaa

23

128

98

Musalaa

24

127

99

Mudgaraa

25

126

100

Paashaa

26

125

101

Champakaa

27

124

102

Daamakaa(Daamini) 28

123

103

Mahi

29

122

104

Kulashaa

30

121

105

Kamalaa

31

120

106

Kaantaa

32

119

107

Kaalaa

33

118

108

Karikaraa

34

117

109

Kahamaa

35

116

110

Durdharaa

36

115

111

Durbhagaa

37

114

112

Vishwaa

38

113

113

Visheernaa

39

112

114

Vikataa

40

111

115

Avilaa

41

110

116

Vibhramaa

42

109

117

Sukhadaa

43

108

118

Snigdhaa

44

107

119

Sodaraa

45

106

120

Surasundari

46

105

121

Amritaplaavini

47

104

122

Kaalaa

48

103

123

Kaamadhuk

49

102

124

Karaveerani

50

101

125

Gahvaraa

51

100

126

Kundini

52

99

127

Raudraa

53

98

128

Vishaakhyaa

54

97

129

Vishanaashini

55

96

130

Narmadaa

56

95

131

Sheetalaa

57

94

132

Nimnaa

58

93

133

Preetaa

59

92

134

Priyavardhini

60

91

135

Maanaghnaa

61

90

136

Durbhagaa

62

89

137

Chiraa

63

88

138

Chitrini

64

87

139

Chiranjeevini

65

86

140

Bhoopaa

66

85

141

Gakaharaa

67

84

142

Naalaa

68

83

143

Nalini

69

82

144

Nirmalaa

70

81

145

Nadi

71

80

146

Sudhaamritaamshu

72

79

147

Kaalikaa

73

78

148

Kalushankuraa

74

77

149

Trailokyamohankari 75

76

150

Mahaamaari

76

75

1

Susheetalaa

77

74

2

Sukhadaa

78

73

3

Suprabhaa

79

72

4

Shobhaa

80

71

5

Shobhanaa

81

70

6

Shivadaa

82

69

7

Shivaa

83

68

8

Balaa

84

67

9

Jwaalaa

85

66

10

Gadaa

86

65

11

Gaadhaa

87

64

12

Nootanaa

88

63

13

Sumanoharaa

89

62

14

Somavalli

90

61

15

Somalataa

91

60

16

Mangalaa

92

9

17

Mudrikaa

93

58

18

Kshudhaa

94

57

19

Mokshaapavargaa

95

56

20

Balayaa

96

55

21

Navaneeta

97

54

22

Nishaachari

98

53

23

Nirritti

99

52

24

Nigadaa

100

51

25

Saraa

101

50

26

Sangeetaa

102

49

27

Saamadaa

103

48

28

Samaa

104

47

29

Viwhwambharaa

105

46

30

Kumaari

106

45

31

Kokilaa

107

44

32

Kunjaraakriti

108

43

33

Aindraa

109

42

34

Swaahaa

110

41

35

Swaraa

111

40

36

Vahni

112

39

37

Preetaa

113

38

38

Rakshajalaaplavaa

114

37

39

Vaaruni

115

36

40

Madiraa

116

35

41

Maitri

117

34

42

Haarini

118

33

43

Harini

119

32

44

Marut

120

31

45

Dhananjayaa

121

30

46

Dhanakari

122

29

47

Dhanadaa

123

28

48

Kamchhapaambuja

124

27

49

Maamshaani

125

26

50

Shooeini

126

25

51

Raudri

127

24

52

Shivaa

128

23

53

Shivakari

129

22

54

Kalaa

130

21

55

Kundaa

131

20

56

Mukundaa

132

19

57

Bharataa

133

18

58

Haritaa

134

17

59

Kadalee

135

16

60

Smaraa

136

15

61

Kandalaa

137

14

62

Kokilaa

138

13

63

Paapaa

139

12

64

Kaamini

140

11

65

Kalashodbhavaa

141

10

66

Veeraprasoo

142

9

67

Sangaraa

143

8

68

Shatayajnaa

144

7

69

Shataavari

145

6

70

Prahvi

146

5

71

Paatalini

147

4

72

Naagaa

148

3

73

Pankajaa

149

2

74

Parameshwari

150

1

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Nadi Astrology for Marriage The following article was published in The Times of Astrology magazine New Delhi Jan 2002.

INTRODUCTION I would like to present a case study of the results of the Nadi Astrology taken from different Nadi Astrologers in connection with the marriage of my son, comparing them with actual happened in accordance with the natal chart The Nadi Astrologers will read the results from the old palm leaves mostly Tamil and Sanskrit, after checking and matching several aspects of the individuals such as name, name of parents, brothers and sisters, others salient important events etc.

NATAL CHART The details of the natal chart with Lahiris Ayanamsa and Ramans 110-year ephemeris is as follows; Name:P.V.Kamesh; Fathers Name: P.Venkata Ramana Rayudu; Mothers Name: Bharati; Date of Birth: 25-11-1964;Place of Birth: Hyderabad (AP); Time of birth: (I.S.T): 15-2227; Lagna: Aries 2deg 43 min; Sun Scorpio 9deg 48 min; Mars Leo16deg 15 min; Mercury Sagittarius 0deg 27 min; Jupiter (retro) Aries 26 deg 6 Min; Venus Libra 7deg 5 min; Saturn Aquarius 5deg 29 min; Rahu Gemini 0deg 34 min; Ketu Sagittarius 0deg 34 min; Moon Cancer 28deg 24 min; Balance of dasa at birth : Mercury 2 years 0 months 8 days; Presently Venus main period from 3 Dec 1973 to 3 Dec 1993, Mercury sub period in Venus main period from 3 Dec.1989 to 3 Oct 1992, Venus inter-period in Mercury subperiod from 3 Dec 1973 to 3 Oct 1992, Venus inter-period in Mercury sub-period in Venus main period from 27 June 1990 to 17 Dec 1990, Sun inter period 17 Dec 1990 to 8 Feb 1991 and Moon inter period from 8 Feb 1991 to 3 May 1991.

NADI ASTROLOGY RESULTS The following are the Nadi astrology results taken regarding the marriage aspect;

Shuka Nadi ; Taken on 11 Oct 1987 22 years 10 months 1`6th day destined to get the Rishi Vaya on this particular day on this aspect of Vivahakanda, Aslesha Star, Guru after entering Meena rasi, vivaha yoga starts, Mesha Lagna, 7th lord Venus indicate beautiful wife, Guru in Navamsa Rasi as per gochara between 25 Oct 87 to 30 Mar 88 marriage proposal will take place. Between 23rd birth day before 24th birth day marriage Lakshmi Sambhandhanama patni, she will be from a far away place but at the time of marriage the family will have moved into the same city. She will be from a good family, educated. For both of them the age difference will be a little more than two years. In the 5th house because of Mars, destined to have 2 sons and a daughter and all the children will come in the Venus dasa period. Sjuka Nadi ; Taken on 20 mar 1988 In continuation of earlier reading taken on 11 Oct 1987, for Aslesha Nakshatra for Jataka, the coming 12 days is an opportune time for the right proposal to come and for marriage fixation. Before 120 days the marriage will take place. Thefname of the girl will be related to Lakshmi. She will have one brother and sister, The marriage fixation will come easily by pooja to remove doshas associated with Vivahakaraka and Vivhasthana and also the kendradhipatya dosha. The following mantara can be done for thought process correction or Sathbuddi Prabhadoana and the obstacles in the Adhi Daivike realm. Sankha Chakra gadha haste-Suddha varne subhanane Mamadhi Varam Lakhsmim –Sarva Siddhi pradhayini Whatever proposals that you receive in the coming 12 days will have greater potential for settlement. Sumangali pooja should be done on Friday with panchaphala, vastra and dakshina and daana to 2 or 5 elderly sumangalis to remove pratibandhaka dosham. Sukra Nadi : Taken on 31 Dec 1989 Kamesh will marry a girl whose name is related to that Lakshmi such as Rama, Padma etc. Her father will be a high official in central Government name relating to Vishnu and mother Parvathi-Brides mother will have two pregnancies out of which bride will be the only daughter. She will be beautiful, white in complexion, having considerable height. He will marry in August 1990. One match will fail and the second one will succeed. The match will be from Hyderabad itself, perhaps from relatives. Kowmara Nadi : Taken on 24 Jan 1990 Agastya is narrating Pratyek-Kanda, Sani Kumba; Buddha in Dhanus; Ravi in Vrischika, Rahu in Gemini; Chandra in Kataka; Kuja in Simha; Sukra in Thula ; Mesha lagna; Guru in lagna. Name Kanchi Eswara (Kameswar). Fathers name is after Lord of Seven Hills, mothers name is connected with Saraswathi. His marriage will take place around 27th year. The bride will have ancestral property. This will be a new alliance. The parents of

the bride will live long. She will be educated. She will come from a town area. The match will come from South -Eastern direction. The girls co-borns will have independent living. She will be of fair complexion and named after a flower of Lakshmi. Vasista Nadi: Taken on 1st Dec 1990 Till now the marriage has not taken place. Because of Poorvajanma papa and Navagraha dosha, marriage is getting delayed and some circumstances are going against him. To avoid the doshas some shanti is to be done. Now he is running 27th year. 27th year marriage on 28th February. Bride side people will come on their own seeking alliance for his marriage. Bride will have good status, good family background, bride is not her mothers first child, brides parents had left their previous place and settled in a second place, Bride is a graduate, good face, likes discipline and manners she is clever also. He will get a girl who will have similar graha doshas as he has got. The girl will have a mark or mole on the neck, name of the girl similar to Tirumala range the match will come from north or north- eastern direction. There will be open land next the brides house. The brides house may face north with street in front in the east -west. In his 29th year birth of a son, by 35thyear one son and one daughter will be born. His children will have good education. At 54th year his wife will be come sick. By 60th year his children will get settled. In his previous birth he misbehaved with the chastity of his sister-in-law and usurped all the properties of his brother, No belief in God, so in this janma he will have no brothers and sisters. He will be alone. So Parihara and Shanti is to be done. On Monday, pooja for Devas Amba, Muruga, Vinayaka, Siva, Silk clothes will have to be given to a couple, Seven types of fruits, milk, honey etc. to be given to the Nadi astrologer 21 Sumangalis are to be honoured, 21 times Pooja on Sunday to Ammavaru .No rebirth for this native.

WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED Many marriage proposals had been coming from his 23rd year from 1987 but in his 25th year on girl named Vimala was almost fixed for marriage in April 1989, for marriage to be celebrated in Feb, 1990. But after lot of discussion and misunderstandings the match was dropped in September 1989 from the girls side. This girl is only 17 years old. Her fathers name is Srinivasa Rao and mothers name is Anasuya. Her father has retired from a private bank service. Even after that, lot of proposals have been coming but nothing was materializing. In December 1990 two more suitable matches have come one from Madras with only one and half years age difference and only 5ft 3in tall, fair, named Vasundhara, post - graduate with one younger sister and brother. The second match was from Visakhapatnam with four and half years age difference 5ft 6in tall, fair, named Venkata Sailaja graduate doing diploma in computers with knowledge of music, having one younger brother. Though the Madras people have brought the girl to Hyderabad , it is dropped due to the 6ft height of the boy. After lot of correspondence and due to curfew in Hyderabad, the girl from Visakhapatnm could be seen on 14 Jan 1991 only. After lot of discussions the match was settled and the marriage was celebrated in Visakhapatnam on 28 Feb 1991 at 0300 hrs.

COMPARISON WITH NADI RESULTS Now comparing this girl with the Nadi results, the girls name was originaly given as Venkata Saila connected with Tirupati Shrine their family being devotees of TirupatTirumala God and Goddess and subsequently the letter ja being added as per the advice of their priest to complete some syallable formulation. Thus we can take the name of the girl is almost coincided with what the Nadi results predicted. The girl is tall, fair, graduate, from good family, disciplined. Before her birth, her mother had two abortions and so in that sense she is not the eldest and she had three coborns. She has got a mole on the neck. The girls house in Visakhapatnam has an open land beside. Her father is a retired Superintending engineer from State Government. His name is VasantaRao the brides mothers name is Saraswati. The marriage did take place on 28th Feb 1991 in the 27 year of the boy. So, in general when all the Nadi results are studied though there are some contradictions and confusions, most of the important events of the Nadi predictions have come true such as the age of the marriage, date of marriage, name and features of the girl, coborns of the girl (that is the girl will not be the only daughter), father of the girl senior officer in government, dropping of the first match which was almost settled, the girls father originally belonged to Hyderabad but subsequently settled in Vishakapatnam etc.

NATAL CHART READING From the normal Natal chart it would not be possible to predict such details about the marriage. May be from the natal chart, since Venus is in 7th aspected by Jupiter, we can say he can get a good looking wife with good wisdom and since Kalatrakara in 7th house we can expect some delay and obstacles in setting the marriage. Of-course we can definitely expect that the marriage will take place in main period before 3rd Dec.1993. We may expect that the period may be in Venus; Mercury-Venus from 27th June 1990 to 17th Dec.1990 though Mercury is not directly connected with the marriage aspect but because of strong Venus. With due consideration for the time is fairly correct expect for about 2 months difference in actual marriage timing. The acceptance of the match has taken place in 14 Jan 1991when Venus was transiting in 7th house in Capricorn from the Moon in his natal chart. The actual marriage has taken place when Venus has come to exaltation in Pisces after 18 Feb. 1991 as per Gochara.

CONCLUSION Therefore it is concluded that though the natal chart is studied it is better to get the Nadi results also and then judiciously merge the predictions to get some valuable indications and to arrive at suitable decisions regarding settling marriages, if astrology is to be followed for the purpose of guidance. Otherwise of-course, it can be left with the saying Marriages are made in Heaven or Runanubhandha Rupena Pasu Patni Sutalay.

Marriage Age - A Nadi Method A lecture given on 3rd July, 2005 at Indian Council of Astrological Sciences(ICAS), Hyderabad, India.

Introduction Marriage is a landmark in life and many want to know about it. Marriage like any other event in one's life requires a positive intermediary influence to allow its fructification. It is necessary that the nativity should indicate marriage as such. Otherwise, simply timing the possible date of marriage will go in vain. However, it is assumed that in most cases in this mundane practical materialistic world there is no denial of marriage, which also works as a part of Karma or duty. For early marriage, delayed marriage, denial of marriage, multiple marriages, timing the event of marriage, marriage etc, there are many rules given by the ancient Rishis and the modern astrologers like Late Shri R.Santhanam, Late Shri D.V.Subbarao, Late Dr.B.V.Raman, Late Shri Krishnamurthy, Shri H.R.Shankar, Shri R.G.Rao etc. based on Vimsottari dasa system, Kalachakra dasa system, Venus, Moon, houses 1,2,4,5,7,12 and their lords, navamsa, Krishnamurthy Paddhathi (KP), transits, nadi astrology etc. It is not denied that these rules and systems are not correct but it would be a Herculean task to check and apply these rules and systems to arrive at the timing of the event of marriage. Therefore, it is felt that out of these many rules and systems a minimum set of rules and systems could be selected with thumb rules to arrive at least at the probable age for the event of marriage, without going into many details at the outset. The idea is not to question the many rules and systems given and dilute the subject, but to simply the procedure for quickly recognizing the probable marriage age rejecting the other unsuitable and unproductive ages so that a better of timing of marriage event can be worked in detail later on with this probable marriage age. In this connection the method given by Shri Shankar is quite handy. In these days, in general, the marriage age can start from 21 and up to 28 or so can be considered as a timely marriage and beyond such a phase it can be deemed as delayed one. Of course, there can be limitations for marriage age imposed by social and family customs, conventions, circumstances, responsibilities, laws of country, religious stipulations etc.

A Nadi Method Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus In nadi astrology, Saturn is considered as presiding over the portfolio of Karma or duty as Karma Karaka. Saturn(significator) decides the fate and duties of the individuals born in this world depending on Saturn's interaction with other karaka planets. In performing such duties

presided over and decided by Saturn the presiding deity, there will help and cooperation of other planets to Saturn whether this cooperation will prove beneficial or harmful to the native depends upon the planetary configurations I the native's birth chart and during transits. Jupiter is the other main major planet representing the life force or Jeeva whose interaction with the event karaka planet is important for fructification of the event. Rahu and Ketu are the other major planets generally obstructing the event karaka planet. Mars is taken as the karaka planet for marriage event or for the marital knot . Marital knot as distinctly different from the concept of marital bliss or wretchedness of marital life. How a marriage event manifests has no bearing on how life develops in the context of the marital aspect. Contributory factors culminating in the marriage event cease to have any further play or contribution thereafter. Under the nadi method, Venus is depicted as karaka for marital life which can develop into marital bliss or crucible for suffering.

Transits In nadi astrology, transits of Saturn and Jupiter are mainly considered connecting the karaka planet of an event in the birth chart for timing the event. Since Mars is the karaka planet for marriage event, the interaction of Saturn and Jupiter with mars during their transit becomes opportune for the marriage event to occur. The 7th sign depicts partner of the native, the one with whom the marital knot is tied and the transits of Saturn and Jupiter with the 7th sign from Mars also becomes opportune. Jupiter and Saturn interact with natal Mars in birth chart when they transit over these signs or aspect these signs. Jupiter transits each sign for about an year and Saturn transits each sign for about 2 1/2 years. It can be seen that in one's life span, Jupiter and Saturn would be interacting with the sensitive point of marital knot periodically at regular cyclic transits. While it is prerequisite that Saturn and Jupiter in their transit interact with mars natal position to bring about marriage event, it does not follow that every time Jupiter and Saturn interact with marital knot sensitive point it would be necessarily result in the marriage event. The task, therefore, is to elect the particular transit of Saturn and Jupiter out of the series of transits by process of eliminating unproductive transits. The step in this direction is to check whether the karaka for marriage event mars comes under situations to cause delay or obstruction. Rahu's interaction with Mars can cause impediments or delay in marriage. Symbolically , Mars is considered as being swallowed by Rahu.

Change of Sign In nadi astrology, whenever a planet is retrograde in a sign, it is considered to be in the previous sign also. When Saturn is in the beginning of a sign upto about 3 degrees and Jupiter up to about 1 degree, they are taken to be in the previous sign. When two planets in parivartana (exchange of signs) they are taken to be in their own signs.

Navamsa In nadi astrology, the transit of major planets is also considered in the navamsa chart in the fructification of the event. Since navamsa chart is supposed to represent marriage

aspect, the transit of Saturn and Jupiter over the navemsa lagna and navamsa lagna lord is considered as additional point for timing of marriage. NADI METHOD RULES FOR MARRIAGE AGE The following are the main rules for arriving at probable marriage age: a. b. c. d.

Jupiter during transit conjoins or aspects natal Mars or 7th sign from natal Mars. Saturn during transit conjoins or aspects natal Mars or 7th sign from natal Mars. Jupiter during transit conjoins or aspects navamsa lagna or navamsa lagna lord. Saturn during transit conjoins or aspects navamsa lagna or navamsa lagna lord.

The following additional points may also be noted: a. When Jupiter, Saturn or Mars is retrograde in birth chart in a particular sign, they are to be considered to be in the previous sign also and age is to be counted from there. b. When Jupiter is in about 1 degree and Saturn is about 3 degrees in the beginning of a sign, they are to be considered to be in the previous sign also as per the Vakya Siddhanta followed by nadi astrology and age is to be counted from there. c. When Rahu is with Mars or next sign to Mars, the 4th sign from mars would be the sensitive point for interaction with transits of Jupiter, Saturn , Rahu. d. When Rahu is in opposite sign to mars, the 4th sign from there, that is,. the 10th sign form natal Mars is to be considered as the sensitive point. e. When Mars is in parivartana ( exchange of signs) with another planet, Mars is to be considered to be in own sign acting as the sensitive point. f. When Mars is retrograde with Rahu, first Mars is to be place in the previous sign and the 4th sign from there is to be considered as the sensitive point.

Thumb Rule for Counting Age Counting of age is to be started from natal Jupiter sign at the rate for one year per sign in clockwise direction, from natal Saturn sign at the rate of 2 1/2 years per sign in clockwise direction and from natal Rahu sign at the rate of 1 1/2 years per sign in anti-clockwise direction. This means that Jupiter transit on the natal Jupiter sign is considered as completion of one year age and accordingly Jupiter transit on the next sign is taken as completion of two years and so on. Similarly Saturn on natal Saturn sign is considered as completion of 2 1/2 years and on the next sign completion of 5 years and so on. Rahu transit on natal Rahu is taken as completion of 1 1/2 years and on the previous sign since Rahu moves anti-clockwise completion of 3 years and so on. By this thumb rule, it can be quickly checked in which signs Jupiter, Saturn and Rahu would be during transit for completed years. As already stated earlier, the transit positions of Saturn, Jupiter and Rahu can be noted from 21 years age onward to check their interaction with natal Mars, navamsa lagna and navamsa lagna lord to eliminate the unproductive ages for marriage due to Rahu interaction with Mars.

It is admitted that this thumb rule would not give the actual transits as per the ephemeris, but would definitely help in quickly arriving at the probable marriage age without wasting much time and energy tro find the transit positions for every year from the ephemeris. EXAMPLES: (Lahiri Ayanamsa is taken) Some typical practical examples of known persons are given below: Chart 1: Male born 4 Sept 1907, 1802 hrs IST, 18N07, 83E25, Marriage Age 16 Lagna Aquarius, Jupiter in Cancer, Saturn in Pisces, Mars in Sagittarius, navamsa lagna Pisces, navamsa lagna lord Jupiter in Libra At age 16, Jupiter transits in Libra aspecting 7th sign Gemini from natal Mars in Sagittarius, Saturn transits in Virgo aspects 7th sign Gemini from natal mars in Sagittarius. Transit Saturn also aspects navamsa lagna Pisces and Jupiter also transits over navamsa lagna lord Jupiter in Libra. Chart 2: Male born 16 July 1964, 1620 hrs, 79E40, 17N58, Marriage 3 March 1991 ( Age 26) Lagna Scorpio, Jupiter in Aries, Saturn (retro) in Aquarius, Mars in Taurus, navamsa lagna Aquarius, navamsa lagna lord Saturn in Capricorncorn. At age 26, Jupiter transits in Taurus over natal Mars and also aspects navamsa lagna lord Saturn in Capricorncorn, Saturn is taken to be in Capricorncorn being in retrograde in Aquarius and counting age from Capricorncorn transits in Scorpio and aspects Mars in Taurus and also aspects navamsa lagna lord Saturn in Capricorncorn. Chart 3: Female born 24 Feb 1965, 1030 hrs, 80E36, 16N32, Marriage 21 Jan 1991 (25/26)) Lagna Aries, Jupiter in Aries, Saturn in Aquarius, Mars (retro) in Virgo, navamsa lagna Scorpio, navamsa lagna lord mars in Gemini. At age 25, Jupiter transiting in Aries aspects Mars in Leo (taken Leo since Mars in retrograde in Virgo), Saturn transiting in Scorpio aspects Mars in Leo (Virgo retro) and over navamsa lagna. At age 26, Jupiter transiting in Taurus aspects Mars in Virgo (taking as it is ) and aspects navamsa lagna , Saturn transiting in Sagittarius aspects Mars in Virgo (taking as it ) and aspects navamsa lagna lord in Gemini. Chart 4:

Male born 25 Feb 1961, 0927 hrs, 17N27, 78E33, Marriage 25 April 1993 (Age 32) ( 25/26) Lagna Aries, Jupiter 3 degrees 10 min., in Capricorncorn, Saturn 2 degrees 31 min., in Capricorncorn, Mars in Gemini, navamsa lagna Gemini, navamsa lagna lord Venus in Aquarius At age 32, Jupiter transits in Leo and aspects 7th sign Sagittarius from natal mars in Gemini., Saturn is at 2 degrees 31 min., in Capricorncorn and taken to be in Sagittarius (nadi rule if Saturn is upto about 3 degrees in a sign considered as if in previous sign) transits in Sagittarius and aspects mars in Gemini and navamsa lagna lord Venus in Aquarius. In this case, since it is considered as late marriage, other ages are also considered to check why the marriage event was missed earlier. The Age Table in Appendix gives the transits as per the thumb rule as well as per ephemeris. The signs and comments in the brackets are as for the data from ephemeris for ready comparison. It may be noted in the comments, at other ages, either Rahu obstructs Mars or Jupiter and Saturn are not connected to Mars and hence the marriage event could not take place. Whereas at age 32, in the case of the thumb rule, Jupiter and Saturn are connected to Mars and Navamsa lagna lord and Rahu does not obstruct Mars and in the ephemeris data Saturn in Aquarius is not connected to Mars. Chart5: Male born 25 Nov 1964, 1523 hrs, 17N26, 78E27, Marriage 28 Feb 1991 0300 hrs, 17N42, 83E18, (Age 26/27) Lagna Aries, Jupiter (retro) in Aries, Saturn in Aquarius, Mars in Leo, navamsa lagna Aries, navamsa lagna lord Mars in Leo, Mars and Sun are in Parivartana (exchange of houses). At age 26, Jupiter in Pisces (being retrograde in Aries) transits in Aries, aspects Mars , over navamsa lagna Aries and aspects navamsa lagna lord Mars in Leo, Saturn transits in Sagittarius aspects 7th from natal Mars in Leo. At age 27, Jupiter transits in Taurus, aspects Mars in Scorpio (being in exchange of signs with Sun), Saturn transits in Sagittarius aspects 7th from Mars. Chart 6: Male born 3 August 1942, 0723 hrs, 13N00, 77E35, Marriage August (Age 30) Lagna Leo, Jupiter in Gemini, Saturn in Taurus, Mars & Rahu in Leo, Navamsa lagna Taurus.

Since Mars is with Rahu in Leo, the sensitive point is Scorpio, the 4th from Leo. At age 30, Jupiter transiting in Scorpio is over Mars, Saturn transiting in Taurus aspects Scorpio Mars and both are also connected with navamsa lagna Taurus. Chart 7: Male (one of twins) born 5 Nov 1956, 0241 hrs, 16N32, 80E36, Marriage 22 March 1992 (Age 35). Lagna Leo 29 deg.26 min, Jupiter 1 deg.19 min. in Virgo, Saturn 9 deg.27 min. in Scorpio, Mars 25deg 53 min. in Aquarius, navamsa lagna Sagittarius, navamsa lagna lord in Capricorncorn. At age 35, Jupiter in Leo (being in 1 deg. 19 min. in Virgo as per nadi rule) transits in Gemini and aspects Natal Mars in Aquarius and navamsa lagna Sagittarius, Saturn transits in Sagittarius aspects Mars and over navamsa lagna. Chart 8: Male (twin brother of chart 7) born 5 Nov 1956, 0226 hrs,16N32, 80E36, Marriage 18 Aug 1988. ( Age 32) Lagna Leo 25 deg.49 min., Jupiter in Virgo 1deg.18min., Saturn in Scorpio 9 deg.27 min, Mars in Aquarius 23 deg.52 min., navamsa lagna Scorpio, navamsa lagna lord in Taurus. At age 32, Jupiter transits in Aries (natal Jupiter is taken to be in Virgo only) aspects 7th from Mars, Saturn transits in Scorpio aspects 7th from Mars, transits over navamsa lagna and aspects navamsa lagna lord, if Jupiter is taken to be in Leo, Jupiter transits in Pisces almost over Mars and aspects navamsa lagna. NOTE: The twin with earlier navamsa lagna got married earlier. Chart 9: Female(one of twins) born 25 Nov 1967, 2223 hrs, 17N26, 78E27, Marriage 1989 (age 22) Lagna Cancer 15deg 59min34sec. Jupiter 11.19.05, Saturn (retro) Pisces 12.24.48, Mars Capricorncorn 1.53.16, navamsa lagna Scorpio, navamsa lagna lord in Capricorncorn. At age 22, Jupiter transiting in Taurus aspects Mars and navamsa lagna lord, Saturn (being retrograde taken in Aquarius) transitting in Libra aspects 7th form Mars. Taking Saturn in Pisces itself transits in Scorpio aspects Mars and navamsa lagna. Chart 10:

Female (twin sister of chart 9) born 25 Nov 1967, 2220 hrs, 17N26, 78E27, Marriage 1989 ( Age 22) Lagna 14.58.48 Cancer, Jupiter 11.19.05 in Leo, Saturn 12.24.48 in Pisces, Mars Capricorncorn, navamsa lagna Scorpio, navamsa lagna lord in Capricorncorn. At age 22 ,same as given for Chart 9. NOTE: When the navamsa lagna is same the marriage took place at same age for both twins. Chart 11: It was predicted in Jan 2005, when their parents asked about her marriage, that her marriage would be in her 22/23 age, most probably at her 22 1/2 age. Female born 30 Nov 1982, 0405 hrs, 17N23, 78E23, Marriage 1 June 2005 Lagna Libra, Jupiter in Scorpio, Saturn in Libra, Mars in Sagittarius, Rahu in Gemini,Navamsa Lagna Capricorncorn, Namamsa Lagna lord in Scorpio. Since Rahu is in 7th from Mars, take 4th from 7th ie., 10th from Mars in Sagittarius Virgo as Sensitive point. At age 23, Jupiter transits in Virgo over sensitive point in Virgo aspects Navamsa lagna, Saturn transits over Cancer aspects sensitive point Virgo aspects Navamsa lagna. Since Jupiter and Mars are in exchange of houses ( parivartana) taking Mars in Scorpio and Jupiter in Sagittarius, at age 22 Jupiter transits in Virgo aspects 7th from Mars Taurus aspects over Navamsa lagna, Saturn transits in Gemini almost aspects Mars in Scorpio and Navamsa lagna lord and at age 23 transits in Cancer almost aspects 7th from Mars aspects Navamsa lagna. As per the actual ephemeris on the marriage day, Jupiter is retro in Virgo and Saturn just entered Cancer and Jupiter being retro considered to be in Leo aspects Natal Mars in Sagittarius and Saturn almost aspects. Natal Mars and in fact at the time of fixing the marriage Saturn transits in Gemini aspects Natal Mars. Chart 12: Male born 04 Feb 1946, 0742 hrs, 17N23, 78E 27, Marriage 07 May 1971 at 22:30 hrs ( Age 25) Lagna Aquarius, Jupiter in Libra, Saturn Gemini9, Mars ( retro) Gemini, Rahu Gemini, Navamsa lagna Scorpio, Navamsa lagna lord Aries. Since Mars is Retrograde in Gemini and with Rahu, first consider Mars in Taurus and then count 4th house from there ie Leo as the Sensitive point.

At age 25, Jupiter transits in Libra aspects 7th Aquarius from the sensitive point Leo, aspect navamsa lagna lord; Saturn is considered to be in Taurus being retrograde in Gemini transits Aquarius aspects 7th from sensitive point aspects navamsa lagna Scorpio and navamsa lagna lord.

Conclusion Many charts with birth data and marriage dates(88)are checked with this thumb rule method and in 43 charts all the four rules are satisfied and in the rest also nearly 3 rules are satisfied. It looks that this method gives better results compared to actual transits taken from ephemeris for different ages which is also a tedious process. Therefore, the thumb rule to count the ages from Jupiter, Saturn and Rahu can be followed to arrive at the probable age for marriage. Shri Shankar should be thanked in indicating Mars as marital knot karaka and transit of Jupiter connecting Mars for marriage timing. The method is extended including transits of Saturn and Rahu connecting mars, navamsa lagna and navamsa lagna lord, to select the probable age eliminating unproductive ages due to Rahu's connection with Mars. Marriage being the most auspicious and major event, there must be some allowance for planets in transit to properly correlate the fixation of marriage and its actual ceremony. Planets could have easily changed their position between these two phases. The transits at the marriage fixation time also may satisfy the rules better than at the actual marriage time. All the readers are requested to study this thumb rule method with the birth data and the marriage dates available with them along with the actual transits as per ephemeris. They should do further research to formulate better rules to arrive at more appropriate results for marriage timing of not only marriage age but also up to the marriage month and date in that marriage age.

Appendix: Age Table Chart 4 As per Thumb rule (As per ephemeris) Date

25 Feb, 1982

Age

21

Jupiter

Virgo(Libra Retro)

Saturn

Leo(Virgo Retro)

Rahu

Cancer(Gemini)

Comments

Jup, Sat not connected to Mars (Rahu over Mars)

25 Feb, 1983

25 Feb, 1984

25 Feb, 1985

25 Feb, 1986

25 Feb, 1987

25 Feb, 1988

22

23

24

25

26

27

Libra(Scorpio)

Scorpio(Sagittarius)

Sagittarius(Capricorn)

Capricorn (Aqua)

Aqua(Pisces)

Pisces(Aries)

Leo(Libra Retro)

Virgo(Libra)

Virgo(Scorpio Retro)

Virgo(Scorpio)

Libra(Scorpio)

Libra(Sagittarius)

Gemini(Gemini)

Saturn not connected to Mars, Rahu over Mars (Saturn not connected to Mars)

Taurus(Taurus Retro)

Jupiter not connected to Mars (Rahu over Nav Lag)

Aries(Aries)

Rahu aspects 7th from Mars (Jupiter not connected to Mars)

Aries(Aries)

Jup not connected to Mars (Sat not connected to Mars)

Pisces(Pisces)

Jupiter not connected to Mars (Jupiter not connected to Mars)

Pisces (Aquarius)

Jupiter not connected to Mars (Rahu aspectsMars over Nav.lag.lord)

25 Feb, 1989

25 Feb, 1990

25 Feb, 1991

25 Feb, 1992

25 Feb, 1993

28

29

30

31

32

Aries(Taurus)

Taurus(Gemini)

Gemini(Cancer Retro)

Cancer(Leo Retro)

Leo(Virgo Retro)

Scorpio(Sagittarius)

Scorpio(Sagittarius)

Scorpio(Capricon)

Sagittarius(Capricon)

Sagittarius(Aquarius)

Aquarius(Capricon)

Saturn not connected to Mars (Jupiter not connected to Mars)

Pisces(Capricon)

Jupiter, Saturn not connected to Mars (Rahu aspects Nav.lag)

Capricon(Capricon)

Saturn not connected to Mars (Saturn not connected to Mars)

Sagittarius(Sagittarius)

Jupiter not connected to Mars (Sat not connected to Mars, Rahu aspects Mars)

Scorpio(Scorpio)

Jupiter aspects 7th from Mars. Sat aspects Mars. Jup, Sat aspects nav.laglord. Rahu not connected to Mars. (Sat not connected to Mars)

Nadi Astrology for Marriage The following article was published in The Times of Astrology magazine New Delhi Jan 2002.

INTRODUCTION I would like to present a case study of the results of the Nadi Astrology taken from different Nadi Astrologers in connection with the marriage of my son, comparing them with actual happened in accordance with the natal chart The Nadi Astrologers will read the results from the old palm leaves mostly Tamil and Sanskrit, after checking and matching several aspects of the individuals such as name, name of parents, brothers and sisters, others salient important events etc.

NATAL CHART The details of the natal chart with Lahiris Ayanamsa and Ramans 110-year ephemeris is as follows; Name:P.V.Kamesh; Fathers Name: P.Venkata Ramana Rayudu; Mothers Name: Bharati; Date of Birth: 25-11-1964;Place of Birth: Hyderabad (AP); Time of birth: (I.S.T): 15-2227; Lagna: Aries 2deg 43 min; Sun Scorpio 9deg 48 min; Mars Leo16deg 15 min; Mercury Sagittarius 0deg 27 min; Jupiter (retro) Aries 26 deg 6 Min; Venus Libra 7deg 5 min; Saturn Aquarius 5deg 29 min; Rahu Gemini 0deg 34 min; Ketu Sagittarius 0deg 34 min; Moon Cancer 28deg 24 min; Balance of dasa at birth : Mercury 2 years 0 months 8 days; Presently Venus main period from 3 Dec 1973 to 3 Dec 1993, Mercury sub period in Venus main period from 3 Dec.1989 to 3 Oct 1992, Venus inter-period in Mercury subperiod from 3 Dec 1973 to 3 Oct 1992, Venus inter-period in Mercury sub-period in Venus main period from 27 June 1990 to 17 Dec 1990, Sun inter period 17 Dec 1990 to 8 Feb 1991 and Moon inter period from 8 Feb 1991 to 3 May 1991.

NADI ASTROLOGY RESULTS The following are the Nadi astrology results taken regarding the marriage aspect; Shuka Nadi ; Taken on 11 Oct 1987 22 years 10 months 1`6th day destined to get the Rishi Vaya on this particular day on this aspect of Vivahakanda, Aslesha Star, Guru after entering Meena rasi, vivaha yoga starts, Mesha Lagna, 7th lord Venus indicate beautiful wife, Guru in Navamsa Rasi as per gochara between 25 Oct 87 to 30 Mar 88 marriage proposal will take place. Between

23rd birth day before 24th birth day marriage Lakshmi Sambhandhanama patni, she will be from a far away place but at the time of marriage the family will have moved into the same city. She will be from a good family, educated. For both of them the age difference will be a little more than two years. In the 5th house because of Mars, destined to have 2 sons and a daughter and all the children will come in the Venus dasa period. Sjuka Nadi ; Taken on 20 mar 1988 In continuation of earlier reading taken on 11 Oct 1987, for Aslesha Nakshatra for Jataka, the coming 12 days is an opportune time for the right proposal to come and for marriage fixation. Before 120 days the marriage will take place. Thefname of the girl will be related to Lakshmi. She will have one brother and sister, The marriage fixation will come easily by pooja to remove doshas associated with Vivahakaraka and Vivhasthana and also the kendradhipatya dosha. The following mantara can be done for thought process correction or Sathbuddi Prabhadoana and the obstacles in the Adhi Daivike realm. Sankha Chakra gadha haste-Suddha varne subhanane Mamadhi Varam Lakhsmim –Sarva Siddhi pradhayini Whatever proposals that you receive in the coming 12 days will have greater potential for settlement. Sumangali pooja should be done on Friday with panchaphala, vastra and dakshina and daana to 2 or 5 elderly sumangalis to remove pratibandhaka dosham. Sukra Nadi : Taken on 31 Dec 1989 Kamesh will marry a girl whose name is related to that Lakshmi such as Rama, Padma etc. Her father will be a high official in central Government name relating to Vishnu and mother Parvathi-Brides mother will have two pregnancies out of which bride will be the only daughter. She will be beautiful, white in complexion, having considerable height. He will marry in August 1990. One match will fail and the second one will succeed. The match will be from Hyderabad itself, perhaps from relatives. Kowmara Nadi : Taken on 24 Jan 1990 Agastya is narrating Pratyek-Kanda, Sani Kumba; Buddha in Dhanus; Ravi in Vrischika, Rahu in Gemini; Chandra in Kataka; Kuja in Simha; Sukra in Thula ; Mesha lagna; Guru in lagna. Name Kanchi Eswara (Kameswar). Fathers name is after Lord of Seven Hills, mothers name is connected with Saraswathi. His marriage will take place around 27th year. The bride will have ancestral property. This will be a new alliance. The parents of the bride will live long. She will be educated. She will come from a town area. The match will come from South -Eastern direction. The girls co-borns will have independent living. She will be of fair complexion and named after a flower of Lakshmi. Vasista Nadi: Taken on 1st Dec 1990

Till now the marriage has not taken place. Because of Poorvajanma papa and Navagraha dosha, marriage is getting delayed and some circumstances are going against him. To avoid the doshas some shanti is to be done. Now he is running 27th year. 27th year marriage on 28th February. Bride side people will come on their own seeking alliance for his marriage. Bride will have good status, good family background, bride is not her mothers first child, brides parents had left their previous place and settled in a second place, Bride is a graduate, good face, likes discipline and manners she is clever also. He will get a girl who will have similar graha doshas as he has got. The girl will have a mark or mole on the neck, name of the girl similar to Tirumala range the match will come from north or north- eastern direction. There will be open land next the brides house. The brides house may face north with street in front in the east -west. In his 29th year birth of a son, by 35thyear one son and one daughter will be born. His children will have good education. At 54th year his wife will be come sick. By 60th year his children will get settled. In his previous birth he misbehaved with the chastity of his sister-in-law and usurped all the properties of his brother, No belief in God, so in this janma he will have no brothers and sisters. He will be alone. So Parihara and Shanti is to be done. On Monday, pooja for Devas Amba, Muruga, Vinayaka, Siva, Silk clothes will have to be given to a couple, Seven types of fruits, milk, honey etc. to be given to the Nadi astrologer 21 Sumangalis are to be honoured, 21 times Pooja on Sunday to Ammavaru .No rebirth for this native.

WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED Many marriage proposals had been coming from his 23rd year from 1987 but in his 25th year on girl named Vimala was almost fixed for marriage in April 1989, for marriage to be celebrated in Feb, 1990. But after lot of discussion and misunderstandings the match was dropped in September 1989 from the girls side. This girl is only 17 years old. Her fathers name is Srinivasa Rao and mothers name is Anasuya. Her father has retired from a private bank service. Even after that, lot of proposals have been coming but nothing was materializing. In December 1990 two more suitable matches have come one from Madras with only one and half years age difference and only 5ft 3in tall, fair, named Vasundhara, post - graduate with one younger sister and brother. The second match was from Visakhapatnam with four and half years age difference 5ft 6in tall, fair, named Venkata Sailaja graduate doing diploma in computers with knowledge of music, having one younger brother. Though the Madras people have brought the girl to Hyderabad , it is dropped due to the 6ft height of the boy. After lot of correspondence and due to curfew in Hyderabad, the girl from Visakhapatnm could be seen on 14 Jan 1991 only. After lot of discussions the match was settled and the marriage was celebrated in Visakhapatnam on 28 Feb 1991 at 0300 hrs.

COMPARISON WITH NADI RESULTS Now comparing this girl with the Nadi results, the girls name was originaly given as Venkata Saila connected with Tirupati Shrine their family being devotees of TirupatTirumala God and Goddess and subsequently the letter ja being added as per the advice

of their priest to complete some syallable formulation. Thus we can take the name of the girl is almost coincided with what the Nadi results predicted. The girl is tall, fair, graduate, from good family, disciplined. Before her birth, her mother had two abortions and so in that sense she is not the eldest and she had three coborns. She has got a mole on the neck. The girls house in Visakhapatnam has an open land beside. Her father is a retired Superintending engineer from State Government. His name is VasantaRao the brides mothers name is Saraswati. The marriage did take place on 28th Feb 1991 in the 27 year of the boy. So, in general when all the Nadi results are studied though there are some contradictions and confusions, most of the important events of the Nadi predictions have come true such as the age of the marriage, date of marriage, name and features of the girl, coborns of the girl (that is the girl will not be the only daughter), father of the girl senior officer in government, dropping of the first match which was almost settled, the girls father originally belonged to Hyderabad but subsequently settled in Vishakapatnam etc.

NATAL CHART READING From the normal Natal chart it would not be possible to predict such details about the marriage. May be from the natal chart, since Venus is in 7th aspected by Jupiter, we can say he can get a good looking wife with good wisdom and since Kalatrakara in 7th house we can expect some delay and obstacles in setting the marriage. Of-course we can definitely expect that the marriage will take place in main period before 3rd Dec.1993. We may expect that the period may be in Venus; Mercury-Venus from 27th June 1990 to 17th Dec.1990 though Mercury is not directly connected with the marriage aspect but because of strong Venus. With due consideration for the time is fairly correct expect for about 2 months difference in actual marriage timing. The acceptance of the match has taken place in 14 Jan 1991when Venus was transiting in 7th house in Capricorn from the Moon in his natal chart. The actual marriage has taken place when Venus has come to exaltation in Pisces after 18 Feb. 1991 as per Gochara.

CONCLUSION Therefore it is concluded that though the natal chart is studied it is better to get the Nadi results also and then judiciously merge the predictions to get some valuable indications and to arrive at suitable decisions regarding settling marriages, if astrology is to be followed for the purpose of guidance. Otherwise of-course, it can be left with the saying Marriages are made in Heaven or Runanubhandha Rupena Pasu Patni Sutalay.

Some Predictive Techniques (Notes of Lecture given at Indian Council of Astrological Studies, Hyderabad India)

Rectification of birth time

First of all, rectify the given birth time of male / female as per Tatwa/ Antar Tatwa Siddhanta to match for male/ female birth with respect to birth day, lagna, Moon star lord, Sunrise. (Refer my article in my website) This would give rectification upto 24 seconds.

Birth chart Prepare the birth chart for this rectified birth time, placing the lagna and planets in respective rasis with their degrees in order.

Problems in Predictions The following article was published in "The Times of Astrology" magazine Jan '99, New Delhi, India. The intention of this article is not that the senior astrologers would not know the problems in giving accurate predictions, but to once again recapitulate the same while introducing the intricacies to the beginners in this subject.

Ayanamsha In the Hindu (Vedic) astrology, the Nirayana system is used to calculate the Lagna (Ascendant) and longitudes of planets, by deducting the Ayanamsha from Sayana system positions. The popular ayanamshas used are of Lahiri, Raman and Krishnamurthy (K. P.). The differences in ayanamshas vary from about 6 minutes to 1 degree 30 minutes in these systems. As a typical case, in year 1938 the ayanamshas are about Lahiri 23-00, Raman 21-33 and K. P 22-54. When the Lagna and the planets are at the edge of a Rashi (sign), these three ayanamshas may give different lagnas and planetary positions in the rashis. If not in the Rashi chart, they will definitely affect the other Varga (divisional) charts, particularly the Shatshiamsha (1/60 part = 30 minutes) chart. If one can go into the Nadi amsha ( 1/150 part=12 minutes), the situation will be definitely the worst. In this connection, our respected late Sri R. Santhanam states in is book Deva Keralam: To wit, if a planet, say Saturn is in Aries 19-59 as per Lahiri Ayanamsha, another Ayanamsha even with a small difference of minus 2' of arc can place Saturn somewhat ahead and give it Libra navamsha instead of Virgo navamsha due to Lahiri. Saturn even in Aries Rashi with Libra navamsha protects one from heart ailments, gives him longevity and helps him progress in his calling. The same Saturn with Aries sign position but in Virgo navamsha makes him wholly unreliable and makes him a victim of some sort of diseases of hands and legs. This difference could be easily located by an experienced astrologer. Same is the case with other divisions including navamsha. Also, in this connection, it may also be worthwhile to quote from the June 1991 Grahavani journal (of Hyderabad, AP., India):

According to almost all ephemeris, Saturn had gone into retrogression and entered Dhanus (Sagittarius) and again reentered Makara (Capricorn) on 15 December 1990. But according to Vakya Panchanga (ephemeris) followed by Nadi astrologers in South India, Saturn entered Makara on 10 February 1991, that is, a difference of 55 days. Then what is the fate of the children born between 15 Dec 1990 to 10 Feb 1991, whether Saturn is to be placed in Dhanus or Makara. According to Vakya Panchanga, such a situation is common for Saturn whenever it retrogrades or entering the signs, there will be a difference of nearly 90 days, and for Jupiter 15 days and for fast moving planets Budha (Mercury), Sukra (Venus) for 1 to 3 days will be there. How to reconcile this position is for scholars in the science to decide. All Nadi literature was based on Vakya Panchanga and the predictions arrived on such calculations are 80% coming true. In view of the different Graha Gathis (planetary movements) even the horoscope charts prepared through computers are of no use.

Dasa Systems Let us see the planetary Dasa systems (progressions) used by Hindu astrologers. The most popular and generally used system by many astrologers is the Vimshottari Dasa system of 120 years with Maha Dasa (main planet period), Antar-dasa (sub period), Pratyantar Dasa (sub sub period) and other minor periods called Vidasa and Sukshma/Prana Dasa. By adopting different ayanamshas, the balance of Maha Dasa at birth in Vimshottari system is likely to be different to a period of about 2 years when major periods of planets operate and all the subsequent periods will accordingly vary. Then obviously it would be very difficult to correlate particular life event during a particular Dasa period even considered upto the minutest level. Mostly, in addition, some planet or other in one of the major/minor periods is somehow gets connected to the particular event to be checked and the astrologer will satisfy himself for his prediction for the event in that Dasa and he will not bother to check that the same event can be predicted in some other Dasa also. In this connection let me quote from the famous astrologer Dr. B. V. Raman from his editorial in December 1977 in the Astrological magazine: From what I have said hitherto, you will notice that Nadi astrology gives an important place to the basic pattern of the horoscope revealed by Dwadasamsha (1/12 division) for a general outline and Nadi amsha (1/150 part) for a comprehensive survey. The details such as attainment of rank, position and status, success, occupation etc. are filled in by the planets and the various Yogas or typical combinations formed by them. In actual practice, these principles can be easily demonstrated by applying them to well known horoscopes. But that will only be a post-mortem study. After an event has happened, we can justify it in some way or the other, but it is in the prior application of these principles and prediction of events to happen in future that the real value of astrology lies. In addition to Vimshottari Dasa system, as given by Daivagna Ratna Sri T. Ramakrishna in Grahavani journal of November 1988:

There are many other Nakshatra Dasa systems such as Shodashothar (116. years), Dwadasottari (112), Ashtottari (108), Panchottari (105), Satamana (100), Chaturasiti (84), Dwisapthati(72), Sashtidpani (60), Shatirimsati. (36) and other Dasa systems of Kalachakra Dasa, Chara Dasa, Sthira Dasa, Yogini Dasa (slightly varying from Shatirimsati Dasa stated earlier), Tanvadi Dasa, Panchaswara Dasa, Varnadi Dasa, Yogindra Dasa, Ashtakavarga Dasa (Pinda Amsha, Nisargika), Sandhya Dasa, Sandhya panchaka Dasa, Tara Dasa and Sudarshana chakra. It is not known clearly when to use which Dasa. In this connection, let me quote from the book Hindu Astrology by Shri Shil Ponde: The normal span of life for all persons born in the Shukla Paksha, or between New Moon and Full Moon, should be 120 years. That of persons born in Krishna Paksha, between full Moon and new Moon, should be 108 years. It was not at all extraordinary for men and women in ancient civilization to live longer than this normal span, but the nervous tension and toxic poisons which are the concomitants of modern civilization have cut down the normal span of life considerably. Vimshottari Dasa system (120 Years) is to be used for all persons born between new Moon and full Moon and the Ashtottari Dasa system (108 years) is to be used for persons born between the full Moon and the new Moon, that is, during the waning period of the Moon. In addition, Shri Shil Ponde also states that a slightly different Ayanamsha is to be used for the position of the Moon, only when dealing with planetary periods and for determining the true position of the Moon in the fixed zodiac and it is to be used instead of the regular Ayanamsha correction, not in addition to it. As a hypothetical case, he states that " instead of making the Krishna Paksha, between full Moon and new Moon, should be 108 years. It was not at all extraordinary for men and women in ancient civilization to live longer than this normal span, but the nervous tension and to ice poisons which are the concomitants of modern civilization have cut down the normal span of life considerably. Vimshottari Dasa system (120 Years) is to be used for all persons born between new Moon and full Moon and the Ashtottari Dasa system (108 years) is to be used for others. He gives 19-38 for year 1933 whereas Lahiri's gives 2255, a difference of about 3 degrees. I may also state here that Sage Satyacharya, father of Nadi Astrology, states that the Dasa system should be taken from the Moon or Lang whichever is stronger.

Varga (Divisional) Charts Let us see the Varga (divisional) charts. As per late Sri R. Santhanam, the Shatshiamsha chart is to be prepared at the rate of 1/2 degree per Rashi starting from the rash where Lagna or planet is situated in rashi chart. Whereas, in his book Jyotisha Siddhamthamu (out of print) in South Indian Telugu language, my Guru "Daivagna Ratna and Vidya Visarada late Sri Divakaruni Venkata Subba Rao (author of many valuable books in Telugu language) states that if Lagna or planet is in odd rashi in rashi chart, then count its position at the rate of 30 minutes per rashi from Mesha (Aries) clockwise and if in even

rashi count from Mean (Pisces) anticlockwise. I personally feel that counting should be clockwise from the rashi where Lagna or planet is located if it is in odd rashi and anti clockwise from that rashi if it is in even rashi, since originally the names of Shatshiamshas are given clockwise for odd rashis and the same names repeat anti clockwise for even rashis. These versions will definitely give different Shatshiamsha charts. I am not sure whether Shatshiamsha charts can be prepared at all or just see them as good or bad as mentioned against each name of Shatshiamsha. Late Sri R. Santhanam states in his book Deva Keralam that " the aspect as a rule should be seen in rashi chart only, not in navamsha and other charts, for aspects emanate only by longitudinal distances". In his book Jyotisha Siddhamthamu late Sri D. V. Subbarao states that " the lordships of bhavas and their position in Varga charts is not to be considered in Varga charts, the bhava lords and their position is to be judicially taken only from Bhava chart, in Varga charts the position of the Lagna lord of that Varga is important. " Whereas, in her article in June 1986 the Astrological magazine, Smt Gayatri Devi Vasudev states " the point is not to decry Parasari system has having limitations but to stress that reckoning aspects in navamsha too, and subjecting navamsha to an analysis similar to rashi seem to make matters clearer". She also quotes Dr. B. V. Raman regarding navamsha " it is the pivot on which the horoscope revolves, every combination mentioned should be applied to the rashi, bhava and navamsha charts and then a conclusion drawn". I may mention here that nowhere it is published specifically how to use these various Varga charts and what would be the results for various permutations and combinations for different charts. For example, what would be the type of life pattern for Aries Lagna in rashi chart with the different nine lagnas in navamsha chart from Aries to Sagittarius, for Taurus Lagna in rashi chart with different nine navamsha lagnas from Capricorn to Virgo etc. and extending the same logic for various other permutations and combinations to the level of different Shatshiamshas each of 30' duration or still the minutest Nadi amsha division of 12' arc duration. Of course, there is some literature available giving what each 2 1/2 degree in each bhava (Dwadasamsha) represents and what would be the Karmic pattern of each Shatshiamsha, independently without linking to the rashi chart and other Varga charts and planetary positions. Some of the astrologers may be having ancient literature giving life patterns dealing with planetary positions along with permutations and combinations of various Varga charts upto the level of Nadi amshas, but they will not be publishing their secret treasure for the benefit of others and for the research in the subject.

Special Lagnas/aspects There are also many special lagnas such as Ghatika Lagna, Vighatika Lagna, Bhava Lagna, Arudha Lagna, Atmakaraka Lagna, Upapada Lagna etc., aspects of planets from one rashi to another rashi (Jaimini system), and as per some Nadi rulings a retrograde planet aspects the previous house and planets aspect the trines from them etc.

Nadi Literature In his 3 volumes of book Nadi Jyotisha-A stellar system of astrology published in 1954 (out of print), late Sri R. Gopalakrishna Rao (Meena) had given importance only to the constellation lords of the planets as Jeeva and Shareera planets and their Satwik (pure), Rajasik (restless) and Tamasik (dull/aggressive) gunas (qualities). Shri Ratanlal in his book Nadi system of prediction (stellar theory) published in 1983 and late Sri N. V. Raghavachary (Meena II) in his book Practical Stellar astrology (based on Nadi principles) published in 1995 Almost followed the original books by Sri R. Goplakrishna Rao. Even the Krishnamurthy Paddhathi is also an tension of what is stated by Sri R. Gopalakrishna Rao. Sri R. G. Rao of Bangalore. India in his book Bhrugu Nandi Nadi had given interpretation of Nadi principles on the basis of Karakatwas (signification) of planets only and Jupiter transits only ï 7 3 irrespective of Lagna. Late Sri R. Santhanam in his volumes of Deva Keralam (Chandra Kala Nadi) gave many useful rules of Nadi astrology. The Astrological magazine of Bangalore, India has been publishing general life patterns for each Nadi amsha as per Dhruva Nadi and Nandi Nadi. All these available Nadi literature is still scanty only without giving any real clues.

Birth Time Rectification There are also many systems mentioned for birth time rectification. The minutest in these systems is as per Tatwa Siddhantha to match the male/female birth for moveable/fixed/dual Lagna, day and Moon Nakshatra (constellation), as given in the books Jyotisha Siddhamtamu (out of print) by late SriD. V. Subbarao in Telugu language in 1970, The Nadi system of rectification by Mr. Marc Penfield in 1976, Rectification of birth time (an analytical approach) by Prof. P. S. Sastri in 1996 and in the article Rectification of birth time-Bhrugu Nadi by Sri M. V. Rao in March 1973 in the esteemed journal The Times of Astrology. In these also there are no similarities, but the Antar-tatwa Siddhantha adopted by late Sri D. V. Subbarao goes to the e tent of difference in birth time upto 12 seconds in time for male/female birth similar to the minutest Nadi amsha patterns. In this connection, I may mention that during my lectures in USA recently during April to July 1998 in American Federation of Astrologers and Arsha Vidya Gurukulam on their invitation, I happen to read in the World Almanac that for every 3 seconds 9 births and 6 deaths take place (it is for the scholars to visualize where from the other 3 births come from after 6 deaths), which amounts to 3 births for every second. In such a case, even the Nadi amsha of 12 seconds duration for each birth, which might have been visualized in ancient times when birth rate is very slow, does not hold good in these modern times.

Longevity

There are also many systems such as Pindayu, Amshayu, Jeevasarmayu, Ashtakavargayu etc. for calculating the longevity, which may give different longevities.

Transits There are also many views on the transit system of planets from natal Moon, Lagna, planets in rashis, in Nakshatra, in navamsha, over natal planets, vedha etc. There are Varsha Phala(progressed chart) to erect the chart of progression based on Sun position every year same as at natal chart, Dinavarsha Paddhati of one degree is one year with subtle aspects just as western system applied on Sayana chart, Tajaka system etc.

Others There are also Ashtakavarga method, Rajayogas, planetary shadbalas (6 fold strength), bhava balas, Vimsopoka planetary strengths, Upagrahas (Gulika, Mandi etc.), eclipses etc. There are also many rules given by many sages and astrologers for an event to happen, which it is humanly impossible to remember all these rules and apply. Even the present Nadi astrologers who read from their ancient palm leaves mostly give predictions age wise only by whatever method they follow and those future predictions also seem to be not correctly coming true in most cases, though the past events seem to be mostly true.

Conclusion I might have missed some more points but in view of the above quoted points I wonder whether any astrologer can really predict any specific event on a particular time purely from astrological point of view, without any other intuition techniques or through any other secret literature such as Nadi Grantha available with him. I would like to quote here Dr. B. V. Raman in his letter to me on 4 December 1993 that Astrology is a subject where not only an insight into its techniques is needed but also certain amount of intuition. Experience can gradually make appreciate the nuances of the predictive art. The literature available on Nadi astrology in the market could only be of academic interest. They do not give one an insight into the technique of the system. The late Mr. Gopalakrishna Rao (Meena) has given the Nadi method as revealed by his Guru in his book Nadi Jyotisha. But unfortunately the book has been out of print for a long time. The whole problem in astrological prediction is mainly due to lack of sufficient literature in astrology with correct understanding of the principles. In ancient times Gurukulam system of teaching was prevalent and much facilities were not available to record or write down the details of the principles taught with their specific interpretations and as such the rules in the brief Sanskrit slokas of ancient times can possibly be mistranslated and misunderstood nowadays. The astrologers nowadays mostly do not collect, maintain data

of the complete life pattern events of the charts of their clients and others, do research and discuss openly with others. Some of them publish some specific past events only by justifying by some method or other, which mostly will not coincide when applied to some other similar chart. It may be appreciated how difficult it is to interpret the twins charts or those born very closely, wherein also the events and timings vary considerably. Most of the astrologers are lucky that they do not face similar charts for interpretation at the same time. As a former scientist, engineer and manager, I do realize that even in the fields of the present most modern sciences and technologies such as medicine, space travel etc., inspite of much research, availability of literature and many methods of approach, there are still failures beyond the scope of human being, but still the progress is fantastic since many nations take interest in those specific areas. Whereas the subject of Astrology is mostly a neglected area for whatever reasons may be and no Governmental agency is interested in pursuing the research in this subject. No astrologer is also interested in the research in astrology and none of the astrological associations / federations / groups / conferences / trusts / magazines do strive for research to evolve new specific rules, rather new Nadi Grantha, suitable to modern times and different countries. The strange thing is that many consult an astrologer when they are in trouble and do not come forward to help to do research in this subject. Such being the case, this subject of astrology is sure to have its natural death in due course, though surviving in its superficial way of knowledge. I sincerely wish that the Governments, the rich individuals, the trusts, the rich Swamis etc. should come forward and encourage research in Astrology by giving necessary funds to the organizations. By "Daivagna Ratna" Pemmaraju V.R.Rayudu B.E., M.Tech

Horoscope of Sri Swami Jnanananda - The Saint and the Scientist Introduction 1. By and large, a person will be a saint or a scientist. But Swami Jnananada was both a saint and a scientist. He did almost 10 years of penance meditations in Himalayas. Later he went abroad and took Doctorate degrees with his background of school education only. He returned to India, worked as assistant director in National physical laboratory and started nuclear department as head and professor in Andhra University. A book on him entitled “The Saint and The Scientist” was published by the University Resources Press, Washington, USA in 1992. The Theme of the book:

Rasi and Navamsa Charts 2. His horoscope is as follows; Mars .

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Bhava chart 3. In Bhava chart (Sripathi Paddhati), Saturn is in 11th Bhava and there is no change for other planets. This is prepared in a computer with Lahiri ayanamsa.

Birth time Rectification 4. Sri Swami Jnanananda was born on 5 December 1896 on a Saturday, in dual sign Sagittarius lagna, in Moon star of Jyesthta 3 pada (Mercury star), in Sukla Paksha,on Padyami thithi. In the book on his life, the birth was given as 6 ghatis 2 vighatis after Sun rise. On that day as per computer the Sun rise local time is 6 hours 18 minutes. The difference between Indian standard time and local time is 4 minutes 30 seconds. As per nadi jyotish tatwa siddhantha rectifying the birth time to that day, lagna, Moon star, Sun rise time for male birth, Swamiji was born at 8 hours 48 minutes 32 seconds in the morning in Akash tatwa. The balance of Mercury Dasa at the time of birth is 4 years 5 months 18 days. The place of birth is Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India (lat 16:30 north,long 81:22 east).

Family 5. The original name of Swami Jnanananda is Lakshmi Narasimha Raju. Father is Bhupatiraju Rama Raju, Mother is Seethayamma. Sri Swamiji is the first born with one own sister and step-2 brothers and sisters.

Akasha Tatwa 6. For those born in Akasha tatwa, the natural characteristics are joy, delight, happiness, pleasure, satisfaction, gratification, faith in good periods, liberality, generosity, augmentation, growth, addition, improvement, progress, success, prosperity, fullness, consciousness of possession of means or strength, absence of anxiety, fear or apprehension, power of attracting, drawing towards one’s self, drawing away from attraction fascination, they will have changes in their mental and physical temperaments.

In favorable circumstances, they will be torchbearers for high ideals with great qualities, enthusiasm, energy, generosity and independence. In unfavorable circumstances, they can have depressions, dissipating energy. They will have natural confidence, reliance, mental and physical strength. They will be interested in education in philosophy, finance, law and writings. They will have fame and name. Poets, lawyers, yogis, persons with divine strength, persons who talk decisively, generous persons, persons who do not know secret dealings, friendly persons are getting born in this tatwa.

Rahu and Ketu 7. All planets except Mars are in between n Rahu and Ketu. There are no planets in between in some rashis. Rahu in transit will swallow all planets. With some Kalasarpa yoga, some difficulties and losses are to be faced.

Dharma, Ardha, Kama, Moksha 8. There are 5 planets in Moksha rashis,2 planets in Dharma rashis and 2 planets in Ardha rasis. Ketu is Moksha karaka (siginificator). There are more planets in Moksha rasis. When evolved in details Dharma is 22%, Ardha is 22% Kama 22% and Moksha is 33% approximately. Also there are 2 planets and lagna is in eastern direction and 5 planets are in northern direction connected with Moksha. That is, there is more possibility in Moksha and the thrust of life pattern will be mainly towards Moksha.

Bhavas Analysis Lagna 9.The lord of Sagittarius lagna is Jupiter. Jupiter and Mars are aspecting the lagna. Venus is in lagna. Lagna is in Venus star. The lord of lagna Jupiter is in Venus star, in Mercury navamsa in 11th with Mars. Mars is retrograde and 5th and 12th lord, Venus is 6th and 11th lord. Venus is in Sun star, in 2nd navamsa in Jupiter house. The Akasatatwa lord is also Jupiter. The lagna karaka Sun is 9th lord. 10.For Sagittarius lagna, Jupiter is the Preceptor of Devas(Gods), significator of knowledge, education. The demons preceptor Venus is the giver of all Satras(sciences).Sun is the Atma (soul) karaka (siginificator).Mercury is mild or gentle natured, endowed with understanding, intellect, rational wise, sensible, shrewd and siginificator for education also. Energetic Mars is also related to lagna.Swamiji has got all these characteristics.

2nd Bhava 11. Since in the 2nd bhava is Rahu,2nd lord Saturn is in 11th with aspect of retrograde Mars,9th lord Sun,8th lord Moon.7th 10 lord Mercury and 2nd bhava karaka Jupiter is in 9th,though there will not be big aspirations for wealth, there will always be help for getting money through some source when needed.

3rd Bhava 12.Since the 3rd bhava has got Jupiter aspect, the 3rd lord Saturn is in 11th with aspect of brothers and sisters karaka Mars, there will be brothers and sisters.

4th Bhava 13. Since 4th lord Jupiter is in the star of 6t lord, he will born to the first wife of his father. 14.Since the mother’s significator Moon in debilitated and aspected by retrograde Mars,the mother’s health will not be satisfactory. There can be severe illness. She will be yet courageous. 15.Since the education bhava 4th lord Jupiter is in 9th,Vidya karakas(education significators)Jupiter and Mercury have got retrograde Mars aspect, though there will be obstacles in education, he will have higher studies.

5th Bhava 16. Though the children 5th bhava has got Jupiter aspect, since the 5th lord mars is retrograde and 12th lord with Saturn aspect and 8th lord Moon aspect, there will not be children or happiness from children.

6th Bhava 17. Since Mars is in 6th bhava with Saturn aspect,8th lord Moon aspect and 6th lord Venus in lagna, there are less chances for good health. Since lagna is aspected by lagna lord Jupiter, major problems in health would not occur.

7 the Bhava 18. Snce the marriage bhava 7th has 6th and 11th lord Venus aspect, the 7th lord Mercury is in 12th with Saturn and 8th lord Moon and the 7th bhava has got malefic planets on either side (Papa Graha Argala), there will no be happiness in marriage.

8th Bhava 19. Since Ketu is in 8th,the 8th lord Moon in 12th with 8th karaka Saturn and with 9th lord Sun, and lagna has Jupiter aspect, middle span of life (around 72 years) can be expected. Due to the position of planets in rasi chart life span of 71 years and due to planets position in navamsa life span of 88 years, can be expected., that is there can be a Gandam(chance of life danger) earlier and if survived can continue further life span. Swamiji’s Niryana(death) occurred on 21 September at 73 years.

9th Bhava

20. Since Jupiter is in 9th with Mars aspect,9th lord sun is in 12th with 8th lord Moon with Saturn and with 10th lord Mercury, though there may not be natural prosperity, there will be progress with self-effort. 21.Since there is retrograde Mars is in 7th to Sun, significator of father, and from Sun the 7th lord is Venus also being 12th lord in 2nd house in Dual sign, the father will have more than one marriage. Since next to Sun due to Mercury, the father will be knowledgeable, due Venus wealthy, due to Moon travelling, due to Rahu difficulties, due to aspect of mars energetic, and due to Jupiter in 9th from Sun educated and wise.

10th Bhava 22. Since 10th lord Mercury is in 12th bhava with 8th lord Moon, with 9th lord Sun, with Karma karaka Saturn, though the effect on worldly material profession will be less concerned, he will perform his karma(duties) with high attainment in accomplishing spiritual progress and blossoming.

11th Bhava 23. Since 11th lord Venus is in lagna with lagna lord Jupiter aspect, Saturn is in 11th bhava, there will be gains and income with difficulties .delays and effort.

12th Bhava 24. Since in 12th bhava, there are 9th lord Atmakaraka Sun, Manas(mind)karaka Moon, Buddhi(intellect) karaka Mercury with Shakti(energy)karaka Mars aspect, there will be more exertion with effort towards Moksha (enlightenment liberation),Vairagya(asceticism) and Aadhyatma(spiritualily).There will be travels in foreign countries also.

A School of Nadi Jyotish 25. As per one school of nadi jyotish , Jupiter is Jeeva Karaka,Saturn is Karma karaka. Due to these planets position ,association with other planets and transits, the subject matter of events are to looked into. The difficulties, troubles and hardships are to be seen from the transits of Rahu and Ketu. By taking the order of position of planets in northren direction and the order of the planetary aspects on southern direction, it would come as Saturn +Sun + Mercury + Ketu + Moon + Mars. That means, Karma karaka Saturn would move over these planets. So the effect of those planets as per their karakatwas (signfications) will be there on karma. The effect of Venus and Rahu in the neighbourhood rashis will also be there in karma. That means, the karma karaka Saturn would move over Atmalaraka Sun, Buddhi karaka Mercury, Moksha karaka Ketu,Manas karaka Moon ,Shakti karaka Mars and also over the nearby Venus who is significator for all shastras (sciences)and worldly affairs and Rahu who would give obstructions. Therefore,the native’s karma is concerned with these aspects. Since Sun signifies

government, Moon travels, Mercury education and intellect, Ketu asceticism, Mars scientific and technical connection, Venus money and marriage, Rahu chaaya sastra(shadow),invisible scientific pursuits, the karma prevails over these aspects. Rahu in his retrograde transits would devour kalatra(wife)karaka Venus, children andfather karaka Sun, mother karaka Moon, Vidya(education)karaka Mercury, karma (duty) karaka Saturn, Jnana (knowledge, understanding) karaka Jupiter and create difficulties and obstructions. The details about father will be known from the planets posited after Sun. Since Venus is after Sun, father is likely to be wealthy. In Gochara (transits) when Ketu moves over Saturn in Scorpio, there will be ending of karma. Afterwards there will not any activity normally. In 1965 when Ketu was transiting in Scorpio, Swamiji retired from Andhra university as professor. On 21 September 1969,when Ketu was transiting over Jeeva Guru Jupiter, there was ending of Jeeva. Like this many details can be known.

Vimsottari Dasas Mercury Dasa 26. Let us see the planets dasas (periods as per Vimsottari dasa system.At birth, the balance of Mercury dasa is 4 years 5 months 18 days. Since Mercury is the 7th lord from 4th bhava with Neecha 9debilitated) Moon and 8th and11th lord from Moon and since Ketu mahadasa(main period) almost started, the native’s mother expired in his 4th year.

Ketu and Venus Dasas 27. Ketu main period ended on 24 May 1908.Then,with only 6th class education, beginning of seeds of spiritual thoughts and Sri Krishna mantra from a Maharashtra Swamiji had happened. Since Ketu is Moksha karaka the starting had come like this. Venus main period prevailed from 24 May 1908 to 24 May 1928.In this period, marriage in 1915/16,leaving home on 14 December 1917 for almost 10 years from 1917 to 1927,asceticism,Sanyasa sadhana, satwik food, serious inclination over Brahmam, mental agitations, Tapas(deep and absorbing religious meditations attended with austerity, penance and self mortification)nakedness, poorna samadhi (collecting andcomposing of mind, fixing the thoughts, intentness, attentiveness, intent contemplation, profound andabstract meditation, pefect absorption of thought into the one object of meditation) in Himalayas had occurred. Since Venus is in lagna with aspects of Jupiter and Mars and due to the planets position in the 12th bhava and Ketu in northern direction, though all necessary material arrangements were being done, the research in the spiritual fields happened.

Sun, Moon, Mars, Rahu Dasas 28. The Sun main period was upto 24 May 1934,Moon upto 24 May 1944 and mars upto 24 May 1951.In these periods, due to the 12th bhava effect, there were foreign travels and residence abroad for nearly 20 years. Since 9th lord is in 12th,higher education and

writings happened and the Doctorate degrees were achieved in foreign countries. Rahu main period occurred from 24 May 1951 to 24 May 1969.Since Rahu is 10th lord (Virgo lord),mainly acquisition of a job in India happened and Since Rahu is in Jupiter house,the job was in a research department. On 5 Dec 1947,he came back to India, and worked as Assistant director in national Physical laboratory, New Delhi in 1948 and as Professor in the Nuclear Physics Department of Andhra University, Visakhapatnam in 1965.He published many writings on Purna yogas, nuclear physics ,poetry etc.

Jupiter Dasa 29. At last on 21 September 1969 in the beginning of Jupiter Maha dasa in 73 years age, he united with Brahmam Though Jupiter is lagna lord because of Ubhaya Kendradhipathi Dosha ( evil due to two dual houses lordship) and connection with 6th and 11th lord Venus and 5th and12 the lord Mars and due to transit of Ketu over Jupiter, Swamiji’s life ended.

Conclusion 30. Many other aspects of the horoscope can be detailed in Sukshma paddathi (subtler way) by going through Dasa , Bhuktis and Antardasas, Shodasa Vargas, Ashtakavarga, Shadbalas, Bhava Balas etc. Under the present discussion, even in Sthula (gross) analysis itself, most details of the life events of Sri Swamiji are confirmed. Due to the problem of space, more details could not be discussed and interested readers can do further analysis from their own experience.