Swami Nithyananda, an analysis

First of all my pranaams to the Guru tattva and to all living and passed-on Gurus who are manifestations of it. The blog is written to better understand the chart of a Guru, and inadvertent mistakes or mis-characterizations that may happen are my mistakes and I seek forgiveness from them, and specifically from Nithyananda ji.

I got the data for the chart from net searches and from the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tvujI81_mo

One of the first things I noticed was the dominance of the 4 10, or the 4 11, or 4 10 11 combination in the chart. This is a requirement for the native to enjoy popularity among the people.

Additionally, one notices the prevalence of the following grahas and the houses signified in the nadi significators:

Venus 2 3 9

Ketu 4 6 7 9

Mercury 1 3 10

In addition the 10th cusp for worldy reputation is posited in Gemini, Punarvasu star (owned by Jupiter), and Jupiter sub part. This makes Jupiter a very imporant graha from the point of view of analysis:

So, Jupiter 4 7 9

Now, lets see how each of these aspects has played an important role in the life of Sri Nithyananda ji. 

The 2nd house,  is the house of speech. The cuspal sublord of the 2nd house is Jupiter signifying the houses 4, 7, 9. Jupiter is the graha that signifies the guru tattva and deals with things like temples, priest hood, educational institutions, teaching, justice, healing etc. Cusps 4 and 9 also deal with education and teaching. 9th house is also the house of spirituality and pilgrimages. It is also note-worthy that,  the "reformer" Uranus, the graha of explosive, revolutionary thought is posited inside the 2nd cusp. Now at first it might seem confusing that how a "convention busting" graha like Uranus is there in a guru's cusp of speech. It is because if one listens to his speeches, he is very publicly vocal on the need to retain the Hindu identity of various rituals and of yoga. While saying things like "yoga has nothing to do with religion", has become the norm, Nithyananda's Uranus in the 2nd house has made him vocal about saying things like "there is no ritual in Hinduism that is not spiritual", and "yoga is Hindu, though the fruits can be enjoyed by anyone". So when anti-ritual has become the convention,  a pro-ritualistic person becomes the reformer. This was particularly interesting for me to see. 

The 3rd house is the house of communication, primarily written, and also of courage. It is posited in the cusp of Venus. Venus is the karaka for beauty, artists, arts, music, make-ups, refinement etc. If anyone has seen and heard Nithyananda ji speak, he speaks with a very melodious voice, and I have seldom heard him speak ill of anyone. The dominance of Venus also has resulted him in speaking, sitting on what appear to be royal-like thrones and bedecked with jewelry, and pomp. To be fair, when questioned during an interview, he cited religious injunctions that require him to gold covered holy rudraksha beads. But this is exactly the point, it is Venus that has caused this situation to arise where the exact agamas he follows require him to do this.

The 4th and 9th house give education and higher education. Whilst Nityananda ji may not have had a conventional schooling or education, he is well versed in scriptural knowledge of vedas and agamas. In fact the 9th house is the house of the Guru and spiritual pursuits.

Both Jupiter and Ketu are signifying the 4th and 9th house. While we have seen the significance of Jupiter earlier, Ketu is the natural karaka for moksha. Ketu gives the characteristics of mantra-tantra, adhyatma and extreme penance. Both Rahu and Ketu, not being physical presences but mathematical points in space, both these grahas signify things that do not have a material existence. 

Neptune in Scorpio is also indicative of the love of occult, deep thought, and interest in alchemy and chemicals. In fact Neptune is in conjunction with Mercury (and Mercury is not afflicted) gives intense intelligence, great memory, self knowledge, philosophy.

Thus the most prevalent houses and grahas in the chart signify things like, education, teaching, temples, religious rituals, spiritual pursuits etc. This will indicate how Sri Nityananda became a Guru.