Where is my mobile phone?!

This question came from a lady who uses a mobile phone as her primary home phone number. She seemed to have misplaced  and despite several hours of frantic search was unable to  locate the same and thus the question was asked with the seed 91. I cast the following chart:

First order of business was to check if the mobile would be found at all. For this we have to check that the 11th CSL is in the star of a direct planet and signifies the cusp that represents the object that is being searched for. 

I took the 3rd cusp for the mobile phone was due to its primary purpose as a communication device and information storage system. Had it been gold or cash etc, I would have taken the 2nd house, had it been a car or household furniture, I would have taken the 4th house.

11th CSL is Jupiter, posited in the star of a direct Venus which owns the 3rd cusp. So I am confident that the item will be recovered. This ties in with the native's belief that the mobile phone is merely lost and not stolen. 

Regular readers of the blog would wonder why I did not say that the mobile would not be found till May 2015 when the 11th CSL Jupiter becomes direct, from the current retrograde status. The reason is simple. Ju appears as the star lord for 2 planets and the sub lord for another one. It is also the sublord of 3cusps. As such its retrograde status is not as special as it would have been had only 1 planet/ cusp been affected and thus I ignored the same.

Now to figure out where the mobile phone is. For this purpose we will need to look at the cuspal sublord of the primary house of the object that is lost, so we will look at the 3rd CSL, Rahu.

Rahu is posited in Leo sign and the first house. Leo is a sthira rashi, so it tells me that the mobile phone is not so mobile currently, ie. it is in one place and not moving.

Leo is a fire-y sign and the first house represents the native primary personality. The Sun, which rules Leo, also seen as the giver of life and thus the karaka for food or medicines in general. Interestingly, the 1st house also suggests a door in the case of a house. So I put together, food+heat and arrived at kitchen as the possible location of the lost mobile phone. The 1st house suggests that the phone might be near doorway of the kitchen perhaps.

Another interesting thing was that Neptune, the plant of guile and secrets, aspects 3rd CSL Rahu by its 7th 'drushti'. So that tells me that the mobile phone is under something or hidden. That is to say, she wont walk into the kitchen and see it lying around somewhere, something needs to be opened, something needs to be lifted for the mobile to be found.

Result:
The  'lost' mobile phone was found the same evening inside a cupboard near the doorway of the kitchen. Interestingly the phone was hidden in the folds of a napkin (Neptune) so was not easily visible to the eye!

Another marriage post.

Please see the chart:

The boy is 35 and still his marriage has not happened. No doubt cause for worry for his parents. This Q was asked on a social media website and I decided to examine it thinking of the pressure the guy's parents must be under.

First thing I did was to note the Ruling planets at the time I cast the chart, marking the beginning time of my examination (6.48PM):

Asc sign lord: Su

Moon stl: Ra

Moon sign:  Ve

Day: Su

Since this is a natal horoscope, I decided to check if the 7th CSL appears in the RPs, to check accuracy of the recorded birthtime. The 7th CSL is Rahu, which appears in the ruling planets, so I can proceed analysing the horoscope without rectification.

Is marriage promised? The significations of Rahu are as follows:

Position: 12

Aspected by X

Conjunct with X

Star lord (Sa): 2 7 8

Sign (Su): 2 10, Mo 12, 1

So Rahu signifies 2 and 7 from the marriage house grouping 2/7/11 so marriage is promised. When? We will now examine.

The dasha lord is Mercury: 11, 3 12; Ra: as above 1 2 7 8 10 12. Thus Dasha lord Me is signifying 2 7 11, so it is a very strong significator of marriage.

Lets say the boy has started looking for marriage around the age of 26, so from the year 2007 onwards, then we would have had the Ketu , Venus, Su, Moon and Mars Bhukti so far. Lets look at the last Bhukti that has passed, ie Ma. Mars signifies: 10, 5; Su:  2, 10. Mars is in the Sub of Rahu which is a strong significator of marriage. So technically the marriage should have been fixed then, but it has not. In such cases, Shri Shahasane advises us to select only that Bhukti that appears in the Ruling Planets. Since the current Bhukti appears in the RPs, we can stay with it. It is important to note that Rahu's sub Venus is also signifying the 11th house.

For Antaras too I decided to stick with the planets appearing in the RPs, Venus and Sun. So Marriage is likely to be fixed between 20th March 2017 to 7th October 2017.Look at the transit of the Su, the following dates would be key:

20th March to 30th March 2017

19th May to 27th May 2017 

The last key date range is 30th Aug to 15 Sept 2017

Marriage delayed?

First let me outline the chart:

The question was about when the marriage of the native will get fixed. Since the chart is a natal chart, I decided to check if the 7th cuspal sublord (CSL) is correct, as it is possible that there is some error in the birthtime being recorded. 

For this, I checked the ruling planets at the time and place of judgement, Pune and 12:06PM, they were:

Asc star: Mo

Moon star: Mo

Moon sign: Me

Day lord: Ve

The 7th CSL in the natal chart is Moon, which finds place in the RPs, so I can conclude that the birth time is largely correct.

The 7th CSL Moon is posited in the star of Venus. Its significations are:

Mo 11, 6; Ve: 9, 3,4,8

Even though Moon does not strongly signify any of the 2/7/11 houses, it does signify 11 at a planet level, so we can conclude that at least marriage is not denied to the native. Notably Moon also signifies the marriage negating 6 at the same planet level. Recall that houses 1 6 10 12 oppose marriage as per KP.

Then lets look at current dasha lord, Rahu. Rahu signifies:

Position: 12

Asp by Ju (9th): 4, 11; Ra: 12

Asp  by Sa (3rd): 10, 1 12; Ve 3 4 8 9

Conjunct X

Star (Ma): 7, 2 9 10

Sign (Sa): 10, 1 12; Ve 3 4 8 9

So Rahu does signify pro marriage houses, even though it also signifies 1 10 and 12. As per KP, planet and its starlord signify the houses related to which events will happen. But it is the sublord and the sub's star that determine if that event will be positive or negative. Thus to see if marriage is possible in Rahu dasha, we need to look at the sub lord, which is Me. Me's significations are as follows: 7, 5; Su: 7

So we can conclude that Rahu is strong to offer marriage to the native.

The ongoing Bhukti is of Ju. Significations: 4, 11; Ra: 12. Its sub is Ve: 3 4 8 9 at planet level and 10 1 and 12 at star level. So not only does Jupiter's sub not signify positive for marriage houses, it also signifies 1 10 12 which completely negate chances of a marriage happening in its bhukti.

Next bhukti is of Saturn whch signifies 10, 1 12; Ve 3 4 8 9. So not a single one of 2/7/11 is offered. A sub cannot give what the star does not offer. And as such we have to ignore the Saturn bhukti as well.

Next is Me bhukti. Me is a strong significator of the 7th house as seen earlier. Now we only need to see its Sub. Unfortunately, Me is in the Sub of Saturn which as we saw in the preceeding paragraph opposes marriage. So we cannot consider Me bhukti either.

The next is Ketu. Ketu's significations are as follows:

Position: 6 

Asp X

Conjunct X

Star (Ve*): 3 4 8 9 (*Ketu is in its own star hence the sub will assume role of star lord)

Sign (Su): 7; Mo 6 11

Ketu's sub is Ve: 3 4 8 9 at planet level and 10 1 and 12 at star level. Again we have to exclude Ketu.

Next Bhukti is Venus, which does not signify 2/7/11 at all. So again, marriage will be denied.

The next Bhukti is of Sun. Sun is in the Sub of Venus, so again marriage is not possible. 

The next Bhukti is of Moon. Moon signifies 6 11, 3 4 8 9 and its sub is Ketu which does signify the 11th house. Albeit weakly. So marriage is possible here.

The last Bhukti is of Mars, which signifies 7, 2 9 10; Mo 11 6 and its Sub is Me: 7, 5; Su: 7. Again Mars is a very strong significator of marriage.

Which one to choose then? For this guidance I again looked to the RPs. Moon appears twice among them and Mars does not. So I concluded that the marriage, if at all, will happen during Ra dasha and Moon bhukti which runs from May 29 2028 to November 28, 2029.

Looking at the transits of this period, I think June-August 2028 is the period when the marriage might get fixed.

Will I lose my job after corporate reorganization?

This question comes to me from a gentleman whose employer is an MNC and is seeing some corporate re-org. His Q to me was if he would lose his job due to the same,. The period for this re-org was between July 1 2016 to Sept 30, 2017. He gave a seed of 99 and  I proceeded to cast a chart as follows:

Moon signifies the houses 11, 5, 8, 12, which corroborate the question that the native is asking, I.e. loss of job by means of retrenchment.

KP says that if the 10th cuspal sublord signifies the houses 3/5/9 then loss of job is possible if the Dasha lord also signifies one of the 3/5/9 houses.

The 10th CSL is Venus, which is itself posited in the 5th house and signifies the 3rd house by sign ownership. 

The ongoing dasha is of Jupiter. Jupiter signifies 5th cusp by ownership and is in the star of Venus which signifies 3,5 as stated above. 

Thus loss of job is clearly indicated.

To find out the timing, I decided to use Nadi methodology. The Nadi significators are as follows:

2 6 10 11 houses are positive for job. Job loss occurs due to combination of 5 8 12/ 6 8 12. Combinations 5 8 and 6 8 are also job negative.

A cursory glance to the significators suggests that barring Saturn, Sun and Venus, all planets are negative for job. Their negativity in a roughly descending order of strength is as follows:

Mo, Ma, Ra, Me, Ke, Ju

The current Dasha lord is Jupiter and Bhukti lord is Mercury. Notably, these planets also appear as the Ruling planets at the time of judging the chart:

Asc signlord: Mars (in star of a retrograde Jupiter, hence ignored)

Moon star: Ju

Moon sign: Me

Day lord: Ve (Venus does not offer job loss, hence ignored)

So job loss is possible in current DB of Ju-Me which runs till April 2017.

Regular blog readers may wonder why I have taken Ju even though it is retrograde. The reason is that it is in the star and sub of direct planets. Jupiter being retrograde means it is only postponing the event till it goes direct. Jupiter goes direct sometime in May 2016. Since the native has already clarified that the even can only occur after July 1, 2016, Jupiter's current retrograde status does not matter much to us.

I have found 3 key periods using Nadi transits for the event to happen:

27/ July to 11/ Aug when Jupiter, Rahu and Mercury are conjunct in one sign, within this the key dates are 5/Aug to 9/ August.

20/ Aug to 10/ Sept when Saturn aspects 6th cusp and Me/Ju aspect 8th, within this the key dates are 20th Aug to 26th August.

18/ Sept to 30/ Oct when Jupiter aspects 8th, Mars aspects 12th and Saturn aspects 6th, within this the key dates are 11. Oct to 20/ Oct.

May Bhairavi give the native whatever is best for him!

Aamir Khan to be made brand ambassador for Jal Yukt Shivar?!

There was some excitement on twitter this morning when a rumour circulated that the actor Aamir Khan was to be appointed as the brand ambassador of Maharashtra government's Jal Yukt Shivar programme.

This struck many people as absurd in the light of the recent coverage given to some of Aamir jis views about India itself. So I decided to ask the stars (the real ones, not the fake ones) if this news was true or not. I cast the following chart:

The ongoing DBA is Mar-Sat-Sat. Mars is neutral (though it signifies 7 8) in the rumour matter. But Saturn clearly signifies 3 8 12 between its nakshatra and planet. This suggests the news is false!

In fact the presence of Mars along with Saturn suggests that this isnt just any false news, but maliciously planted.

We can reconfirm using KP. The 3rd CSL is Venus. Venus is aspected by Saturn making the news false and also by Mars making the falseness 'mischievous' or 'malicious',

When will my son get a divorce?

The question is asked by a mother wrt her first child, hence the chart is rotated to make the 5th house the ascendant.

Another esteemed astrologer has analysed this horoscope earlier and given a date of April 2017 for the divorce to materialise. The proceedings have been going on for 18 months now and no end is apparent, hence the Q. The date as predicted by my friend makes sense as it falls in the Bhukti and Antara of Mars.

The 9th house falls in Mars ruled Aries. The 9th cusp is empty and the house lord Mars has no planets in either its own stars or subs. This makes Mars a very strong significator of the 9th house. As per Shahasane, in case the divorce is already in a court, then the decision will come in the DBA of a significator of the 9th house. As such, I am confident that my friend has sound logic in coming up with this date.

While I defer to his opinion, I am putting this case study here as an academic study as I have a different take on the issue.

First I checked if legal separation is indicated in the chart. For this to happen, the 7th CSL must have some connection to either Ju/Me and signify the 3rd cusp.

The 7th CSL is Venus, Venus is in Mercury's sub. Venus is in 12th house and owns 10th and the 3rd house, thus there is the 'possibility' of legal separation indicated in the horoscope. However, it is interesting that its starlord Me signifies 12, 2 and 11, which are cusps that supportive of the divorce not happening.

In addition the ongoing dasha if of Ketu. Ketu's significators are as follows:
Position: 7
Aspected (Me): 1, 2 11; Mo: 8 12
Conjunct with nothing
Star lord (Sa): 3, 6 7
Sign (Ju): 12, 5 8; Ke: 7

Avid readers of my blog will see why I have a difficult time seeing a divorce happening in the currently predicted time frame. Neither the 7th CSL nor the current Dasha (runs till June 2021) screams divorce at me, despite the matter being in the court.

I agree that the 8 12s in the dasha show that the couple has separated and there are fights, but there are enough 2 7 11s signified by the dasha lord and even by the 7th CSL.

So it may well happen that the divorce goes through on the date as predicted by my friend, but I would not have predicted it happening for another 5-6 years atleast.

Jail for a prominent politician?

There is a prominent case going on currently regarding the alleged fraudulent misappropriation of land belonging to a newspaper by the members of a prominent political party. While the case if being fought at many levels, I was surprised when an aunt asked me today if the most prominent among the accused would go to jail, whether in this case or any other. I asked her for a seed and calculated the chart below:

KP gives us three rules in the 6th Reader to apply if a person is going to go jail:

1) 12th CSL has to be Rahu

2) Rahu has to be in the star of a direct planet

3) Rahu has to signify 2/3/8/12

As can be seen from the chart above, Rahu is indeed the 12th CSL. Rahu is in Uttara Phalguni nakshatra which is owned by the Sun. The Sun is never retrograde. So the first two conditions are satisfied. Now let us look at the significations of Rahu:

Posited: 12

Conjunct with Jupiter: 12, 4 8; Sun: 5 12

Aspected by Saturn: 3, 5, 6; Mer: 4, 1, 10

Starlord Sun: 5 12

Sign lord Sun: 5 12, 2 3 8

As we can see Rahu signifies the entire combination of 2 3 8 12 and as such we can say that all the three conditions have been satisfied. 

But when?

Current Dasha is of Mercury. Its significations are: 4, 1, 10; Sun: 5, 12. Me's sublord is Saturn which strongly signifies the 3rd house. So of the required houses, Me is signifying 12 and its sublord is confirming with 3rd. So event can happen in Mercury. 

Interestingly, in cases of doubtful planets I prefer looking at the Ruling planets to check if the relevant D/B/A lord appears among them. At the time of studying the chart, the following were the RPs:

Asc sign lord: Sun; Moon star: Mer; Moon sign: Ju; Day lord: Venus

So now it is confirmed that this event can happen in the current Dasha. However the current Dasha runs till April 2025, so we need to pinpoint this further.

The current Bhukti lord is Moon. Moon signifies 7, 11; Mer 1,4, 10. So Moon is actually signifying houses that would keep the person out of jail. So one should not be surprised if the accused won small victories in this Bhukti. But alas all good things must come to an end and the bhukti will end on Sept 30, 2016.

After this the next dasha is of Mars. Mars signifies 2 3 8; Ju 12, 4 7. Mars is in the sub of Ketu. The significations of Ketu are as follows:

Position: 6; 

No conjunctions

Aspected by Jupiter 12, 4 8; Sun: 5 12

Starlord Jupiter 12 4 8

Signlord Saturn: 3, 5, 6; Mer: 4, 1, 10

So Mars is also supportive of jail time at all three levels. So this event can come to pass in its Bhukti which will run from 1st Oct 2016 to 28 Sept 2017.

The first three antaras in this bhukti are of Mars, Rahu and Jupiter. All these are in the RPs and are strong significators of the relevant house(s) 2 3 8 12. So event can happen before 1st Feb 2017.

Now I will look for Sun's transit through the sign/ star combination of RP's. 

Sun passes through Me Ma: 10th Oct 2016 to 17 Oct 2016

Through Ve-Ma: 18th Oct to 23 Oct 2016

Through Ve-Ju: 6th Nov to 16th Nov 2016

Through Ma-Ju: 17th Nov to 19th Nov 2016

Through Ma-Me: 2nd Dec to 15th Dec 2016

Through Ju-ve and Ju-Su: 28th Dec 2016 to 13th Jan 2017.

After this Sun moves into Saturn signs (Sa not part of RPs) and emerges only after the relevant Antara's are over. So we can broadly say that the jail sentence will be pronounced between 10th Oct 2016 and 13th Jan 2017.

I think the chances of it being in December or Jan 2017 actually are quite high, especially around Jan 7, 2017.