Raj Thackeray: Complex significators and a volatile career

Raj Thackeray (RT) is an impressive personality who a lot of people do not believe has gotten his due. People may accuse him of flip-flopping, and of opportunism. But these are value judgements that I do not make on the blog. And in any case, for a politician who is dependent on people's acceptance, it is neither here nor there.

A cartoonist by profession, and a graduate of JJ School of Arts by education, RT started his career with his uncle (father's elder brother) the illustrious Balasaheb Thackeray (BT). He worked closely with BT for several years and headed the student's wing of the Shiv Sena (SS) party. While it was expected that RT would succeed BT in heading the SS, BT preferred his son over RT. After a few years in the background, RT made an open declaration of withdrawing from the party around Jan-Feb 2006. After this till about 2009-10 he was active in his own political outfit (MNS) where he tried to get political footing on the locals vs. outsider issue. However, public attention seems to consistently wane till after 2011 till beginning of this year (2022), despite his impressive personality and oratory, RT's political heft was not visible. 

Now this post is prompted by RT's renewed political innings on a Hindutva plank. To be fair, RT always had that plank but it had gone a bit on the background. Now with his stand for strict implementation of loudspeaker guidelines this has now come to the fore. Anyway, his volatile career and latest newsprint has interested me enough to look at his chart, and perhaps I will look at his cousin, Uddhav Thackerary's (UT) chart as well at a later date.

This chart is also important because I have derived even the complex significations. Readers will appreciate that as I learn more through the years I will implement more of what I learn and try and improve the reading. 

With the caveat that the chart data has been sourced from internet sources, here is the chart. the star-sub delineation table and DBA table:

                                                            

Now we come to the interesting, and slightly complex part. The calculation of significators. I have first calculated the simple significators, for all grahas, barring Rahu and Ketu (will explain why later):

Now I underline the conditions of special significations:

1. First look at all empty houses

2. Of these empty houses, look for house/ sign lords that are:

 a. untenanted, i.e. do not appear as starlord for any other planet

 b. self tenanted (i.e. in own star), and do not appear as starlord for any other planet 

 c. Basically I am looking for such houses that are being signified by just one planet

 d. for easy reference now on, lets call grahas in 2a& b above as "special untenanted grahas" or SUGs.

3. Now, for each such SUG, see which other PLANET it appears as a SUB for. Where ever it does, it will confer a strong signification of the house that it is a lord of, to that planet. So put that house in (brackets), as that house should be signified even if there is no positional strength for the SUG. So treat it like you would a house cusp that is within 1 degree of a graha. This is a point that I am checking - but this is a good placeholder for the thesis.

4. Now look at only those SUGs which DO NOT confer any special signification as per point 3 above. In other words, even after applying point 3, that empty house is being signified by just one planet, i.e. its sign lord only. 

5. Only then look at which other HOUSES, these SUGs appear as sublords for. Whereever they do appear, then that HOUSE will have an EMBEDDED signification of this empty house. It is an HIDDEN/ EMBEDDED signification. So in this case, what I do is, wherever say, the 5th house has a hidden signification of say, the 2nd house, I will write 5E2. This will remind me that when a graha is signifying the 5th house, I should read it as also signifying the 2nd house.

So, what are the SUGS for RT, and how have I treated them:

And the final significations for RT look as follows:

Now it also makes sense to do the RA/KE significations after jotting down the special significations through the SUGS (as I alluded to earlier). Since RA/KE only get significations through other grahas, it helps to first finalise the sigs of these other grahas, and only then apply them to the nodes.

We can now begin to understand RTs career based on the final significators, and his DBA cycle:

First let us see which grahas are positive for career.

Sun - Positive, because it has strong signification of the 6th and 10th house, weak signification of 11th, and no real negative signification. 

Moon - Negative for career. Primarily gives signification of 3 and 12, with results of 6 12. This shows travel, and also possibility of being backstabbed/ conned. 

Mars - Mildly positive, but less than Sun. Signification of 6 10, no signification of 11 (not even weakly).

Mercury - Negative for career. 6 12, no 10. Weak 8 as well making it a bad 6 8 12 combination. Weak 11 not enough to counter.

Jupiter - Very positive for career. 2 6 10 11, full combination. 

Venus - Negative for career. 6 12. 

Saturn - Neutral for career. No 6 12. Solitary 8 not very harmful. Plus it has embedded 2nd house in 8th. 7 8 is aggression. But nothing bad, and nothing great for career.

 

Rahu - Positive for career. Strong signification of 10 11, countered by 6 8 12, but 10 11 wins vs. 8 12. Just shows struggle before victory, so the win is that much more sweeter. The type of results is 3 and 12. Suggests that reputation and gain will come from travel (3 12), communication/ writing/ drawing (3), and can even suggest a loss through 12. But I dont see that much of a problem, because the 12 CSL Ketu is signifying 10 11 (10 strongly and 11 weakly).

Ketu - Positive for career. You can see the significators and judge for yourself. 

With the above in mind, we can chart the reasons for the ups and downs of RT's career. Based on net searches, I see that RT came into prominence in the year 1990 when he was around 22 years old. This was in his dasha of Rahu. As seen above, the dasha was basically supportive of his career. Especially the 10th house of reputation. He was in the Bhuktis of Ve, Su, Mo, Ma. Even thoug Bhuktis are mixed for career, the strong dasha helped him gain popularity. The prevalence of 4/9 and 11 in his chart helped him gain support from a lot of people. 

The next dasha was of Jupiter (July 1995 till July 2011) which is the most positive graha in his chart. RT rose to prominence and was considered by many as the political heir to Balasaheb's legacy. However, this was not to be and in Jan 2006 he broke away from SS to form MNS. Note the break off was also in the bhukti of Venus. But because the dasha lord was supportive of career he was able to create and entire new political organization and even gain a lot of traction in some local elections that were happening.  

However, in July 2011 the dasha of Saturn began which is neutral for career. So RT still has the party, and he is still in charge and enjoys support from his people, but his heft in Indian politics lost its sheen. but late in 2021 and continuing into 2022 we see his star rising again. And this is primarily because of the Bhukti of Sun. Sun is postive for political career as seen earlier. And since the dasha lord doesnt really oppose, he is doing well. Sun bhukti will continue till June 2022. It will be followed by Moon, Mars, Rahu. Jupiter. Moon will continue till Jan 2024, and is likely to see RTs career under some stress again. But then from Jan 2024 to end of the dasha we have positive grahas for career and RT should see his star rise fast again. This is why I expect RT to play an important role in MH assembly elections.

But I am unable to see longevity of the political career, as the next Dasha of Mercury which will last from July 2030 to July 2047 is quite detrimental to career generally speaking.

So to summarize, RT's career is closely following the conditions set by the grahas so far. He will be a meaningful force in the period 2024-2030. But career beyond that will be difficult, as it lacks planetary support in my opinion. 

Astrology and Epidemics - guest post by Ashutosh Kulkarni

A good friend of mine who also studies the stellar system, did some work into the mundane astrology of epidemics. This is a topical subject and hence requested me to publish his work on this platform. Please do read his research, comment, and even improve upon it for those so inclined. I would also encourage readers to use the material on these blogs, and in my youtube videos to go about structurally and systematically understanding jyotisha, instead of taking up "party jyotisha" i.e. rote learning random statements from websites to be used in social gatherings. Ashutosh has done an admirable job in sticking to a systematic methodology of learning this art. The blog begins:

Given the uncertainty created by the Covid-19 epidemic, there has been a flood of upstart astrological predictions about the end of epidemic. This study tries to analyse the astrological combinations present during epidemics of 20th century and connect them to the current epidemic. 

Epidemics Under Consideration

Following are the epidemics considered in this article:

Pluto, the Devil

While traditional astrology doesn’t consider Uranus, Neptune and Pluto for predictions, these three planets have gathered considerable importance. The things that these planets signify are important 

● Uranus signifies sudden changes, revolution and challenge to existing norms

● Neptune is a deeply emotional planet

● Pluto signifies events that happen on mass scale. Often, these events are destructive (or we can say, creatively destructive) 

The most common thing found during all the epidemics is that Pluto is in some way connected to the disease. 

Pluto-Jupiter Conjunction, the basis of epidemic

Jupiter is the Guru of Devas, signifies highest wisdom and healing. But when it got conjunct with Pluto (means Pluto and Jupiter are in same Rashi), it led to some major epidemic. 

Pluto is a very slow planet. But Jupiter covers all Rashis in about 12-13 years. Thus, after roughly 12-13 years, Jupiter-Pluto get conjunct. This makes it roughly 8-9 times in a century.

Other planets when conjunct/aspect Pluto also intensify diseases-

1. Uranus

2. Saturn

3. Rahu-Ketu 

Analysis of Earlier Epidemics

1.Spanish Flu (Mid 1918 till early 1920)

Spanish Flu became a huge epidemic affecting about 50 crore people worldwide and killing about 5 crore people. 

The start happened in March 1918 but the deadliest time started after mid-1918. If we look at planetary positions in 15th June 1918, they look like this:

The chart shows start of the conjunction between Jupiter and Pluto in Gemini. The conjunction is aspected by Uranus. This conjunction continued till June 1919. This period between June 1918 till June 1919 was the deadliest phase of the epidemic if we believe the description on Wikipedia.

2.Asian Flu (1957-58)

The first few cases were found in 1956. Pluto and Jupiter were conjunct since June 1956 that led to genesis of this virus. But the pandemic hit in early 1957 with its peak from June 1957 to early 1958. 

The position of planets on 15th May 1957, the start of peak phase, was this:

The conjunction of Pluto-Jupiter is seen in Leo. It is aspected by Ketu and Saturn. Jupiter moved ahead into Virgo in next few months but Pluto continued to be aspected by Saturn and Ketu till February 1958. Thus, the important conjunction/aspect lasted during the peak phase of this pandemic.

3.World Cholera Epidemic (1963-1975)

This was the longest epidemic. Such an epidemic meant some really destructive combination was at play

The Cholera disease began in 1961 and soon became a global pandemic. 

This time, the combination was even worse. It was Uranus and Pluto conjunction. Imagine Uranus, a significator of sudden events and Pluto, a significator of mass level changes, coming together! 

Uranus was conjunct with Pluto since July 1961 in Leo. Both are slow moving planets. That’s why the conjunction lasted till August 1967. The chart shows position of planets on 15th August 1967. Uranus and Pluto can be seen conjunct in Leo. 

The moment Uranus moved ahead into Virgo in August 1967; Jupiter entered Leo to be conjunct with Pluto. One devil replaced by other!

In 1969, both Pluto and Jupiter crossed over to Virgo and again became conjunct with Jupiter. This meant that the epidemic was to continue. The chart shown below is the planetary position on 15th August 1969 showing Jupiter-Pluto-Uranus conjunct in Virgo.

Uranus and Pluto finally detached in June 1974. From their conjunction in 1961 till 1974, millions of people were infected. 

4.Hong Kong Flu (1968-69)

It began in July 1969 and lasted till end 1969. As clarified above, this time Jupiter-Pluto were conjunct in Leo and by early 1969, all crossed over to Virgo leading to Jupiter-Pluto-Uranus conjunction. 

This flu killed half a crore people.

5. HIV AIDS Pandemic (1980- till date)

This pandemic continues even today. The combinations must have something special

The cases of HIV began appearing in second half of 1980. If we look at the planetary position on 15th October 1980, it is like this:

Note the Pluto-Jupiter-Saturn conjunction in Virgo. Saturn is a natural significator of diseases. When Saturn joined with Jupiter and Pluto, it was bound to upset the world dynamics. The deadly disease of HIV AIDS doesn’t have a viable cure even today

The decade of 1980s was the peak of HIV. The planetary positions were also unusual. 

● Pluto and Saturn were conjunct in Libra till 1985

● After 1985, Sat moved to Scorpio and got conjunct with Uranus. This conjunction lasted till 1988

● In 1988, both Saturn and Uranus moved to Sagittarius. The conjunction continued till end 1990. 

This makes entire decade of 1980s reel under the combination of Saturn, Jupiter, Pluto and Uranus. Not only we got the AIDS pandemic, but lots of upsetting events were also seen like:

● Khalistan Insurgency

● Killing of Indira Gandhi and anti-Sikh Riots

● Insurgencies in Assam leading to accord in 1985

● Kashmir insurgency and exodus of Kashmiri Pandits 

● Killing of Rajiv Gandhi

● Process of collapse of USSR began in late 1980s

● Gulf War

6. SARS Epidemic (2002-2003)

Which planets conjuncts with Pluto will decide on gravity of the pandemic. In November 2002, SARS spread. But the confirmed cases were barely a few thousand. This makes it a smaller epidemic. Does astrology confirm it?

Planetary position on 15th November 2002 shows Pluto conjunct with Ketu in Scorpio. This conjunction lasted till September 2003, the exact time when SARS peaked. 

Ketu, although malicious, is not as malicious as Saturn or Uranus. Neither it is as powerful as Jupiter-Pluto conjunction to upset things. This made SARS a smaller epidemic. 

7. Swine Flu (2009-2010)

This was a relatively smaller flu affecting about 2-5 lakh people. The combinations were equally less powerful. 

The virus began to make news since 2008 when it was first detected. This was the time when Jupiter and Pluto were conjunct in Sagittarius. 

But the epidemic began in early 2009 and peaked in late 2009. By this time, Jupiter had moved ahead. No destructive conjunction around Pluto was present. This meant the epidemic died down quickly and didn’t affect much. 

Comparison with Covid-19

With this knowledge of the special role of Pluto, Jupiter and others in spreading of pandemics, let us look at what combinations are present during Covid-19.

The first evidence of the virus began in late 2019. Let us see the planetary position on 15th November 2019

Jupiter crossed over to Sagittarius and became conjunct with Pluto and Saturn in November 2019. This tri-conjunction was also present during outbreak of HIV AIDS in 1980. This underlines why Covid-19 became a huge disease just like HIV AIDS.

This tri-conjunction shifted to Capricorn in early 2020 and continued till June 2020. Some planetary movement changed but Jupiter-Pluto conjunction continues even to this date. This proves why Covid-19 cases are increasing even today. 

Only relief will be a brief period of December 2020 when Jupiter and Pluto would be apart. But beginning January 2021 till April 2021, yet again Saturn-Pluto-Jupiter conjunction will happen. It will be only after April 2021 that Jupiter and Pluto would separate for well and good. Probably this is when Covid-19 cases will go down/ vaccine will be found. 

Not Always True

Jupiter-Pluto were conjunct in 1929-30 and 1941-42 too. But no major pandemic broke out in these years. The position of other major planets was also favourable. In 1929-30, the conjunction happened in Gemini just like it was in times of Spanish Flu 1918-1919. But pandemic broke out in case of latter but not in case of former. 

We must conclude that Jupiter-Pluto conjunction is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for break out of a pandemic. 

Summary of Conclusions:

1. Pluto is deeply involved in pandemics

2. Jupiter-Pluto conjunction is most frequently observed during pandemics

3. Introduction of Saturn, Uranus, Rahu and Ketu with Pluto can also trigger pandemics

4. Neither retrogression nor forward movement of planets affected any pandemic. 

5. The nature of the Rashi in which conjunction happened (fire, airy, earthy or watery) has no relation to the nature of disease. 

Lost person will he be found?

There is a person who has been missing from an area in Mumbai over the past day at least. There has been a frantic social media campaign on searching for him. I looked at a self generated prashna chart to check if I can predict the fate of this person. The chart has been rotated by 9th house since I do not know this person. The chart and significators (nadi, and my own) are given below:

The first thing I checked is the Asc CSL, to see how the self/ body of the person in question is doing. Asc CSL is Rahu. Let us look at Rahu's significations above.

Rahu signifies 2 1 6 8 (depression), complete moksha trigon (4 8 12), general misfortune combination of 6 8 12. Note Rahu is also the graha that confuses, it is possible that this person was confused at the time of going missing. 

Rahu's only saving grace is that it also signifies 5 10 11. Will that be enough? I looked at my own significators next to identify the strongest significations. Below:

Here is becomes clear that Rahu is not signifying the positives. Because even though it does signify 10 11 in the source levels, the result grahas it signifies only 1 2 7 12 of which 1 12 is self loss, and 2 7 are the maraka sthans. In fact in the strong significations, only the maraka sthans of 2 and 7 are signified in the results section. The source grahas also include the 9th house which is the badhaka sthan for this chart given that the chart has a sthira ascendant. Overall the Ascendant is not showing me positive signs.

Lets now look at DBA. The ongoing DBA is Ve-Sa-Me. 

As per my significators Venus strongly signifies 3 and 9. Both the houses are houses for staying away from ones house. Thus the dasha itself is denying this person from coming back home. However news about the person will definitely be received (Venus has 3 + 11).

Bhukti of Saturn is also not encouraging. Note, Saturn is the only graha that can give death. It is also signifying 1 + 12 + maraka (2 7) + badhaka (9) + 8th house of accident

With sincere hope that my analysis is incorrect and the person is in fact found hale and hearty, I think we will hear about his whereabouts between 21 to 25th March, either when Moon transits Rahu or Mercury star.

Arvind Kejriwal, traveling a rough road.

Its been sometime since I blogged, and its good to be back. I've wanted to analyse Arvind Kejriwal ji's chart for sometime but never got his birth data. I finally found it on another blog, where the blog owner has acquired it from someone close to Kejriwal, and I have of course corrected it a little bit using the ruling planets.

First of all, congratulations to Arvind Kejriwal (AK) are in order because he has indeed repeated a mini feat in defeating the BJP's poll machine for the second time. In 2015 he managed to overcome a Modi wave, and this time he battled anti incumbency and held on to most of the gains he had made. While I do not subscribe to his brand of politics, I do acknowledge that it is not easy to fight and win polls. So automatically, his chart becomes interesting. I will put up the chart first, and my significators after:

Personality

First thing to be pointed is that AK is a Krittika native. The symbol of Krittika is a an axe, or a cutting blade, or knife. Hence it is connected to the act of cutting, or dividing. This mentality can be used for both positive and negative purposes. It can be used to analyse, investigate, or penetrate. After looking at a few K natives that I know, I often wonder if the english word "criticize" comes from Krittika! I know these individuals as extremely sharp tongued people who seem to take it upon themselves to find fault in everything. The quality of a knife is to cut, so they cut into everything to criticize. 

Another name of K is Dahanarksha (दहनर्क्ष) which suggests burning, or a flame. Again, the same dichotomy of burning for warmth or cooking, or burning down something to destroy come into play. This dichotomy is reflected somewhat in AK's personality whose political plank at one time (now considerably moderated) was allegedly to bring change through anarchy or revolution. K falls in Aries which is ruled by Mars, and K is ruled by the Sun. So Mars martial, firey energy is operating through another fire planet of the Sun. But Sun is the ruler and Mars is his general, so the Sun tried to moderate this fire by positioning it as constructive. Indeed several K natives that K know genuinely believe they are doing others a favour by continuously finding fault. 

Kartikeya the celestial general is the presiding deity of this nakshatra, which gives natives a very combative attitude. Kartikeya was born with a specific purpose and many a times these natives are very purpose focused, some times going to the extent of "ends justify means" approach as well. Because of the nature of Kartikeya, ie he was born to Shiva, but was raised by the wives of Saptarshis (Krittikas) I have found that in at least 45% of the charts of K natives that I have seen, the natives had an unorthodox relationship with their parents (physically or emotionally separated by death, disease, circumstances, educational reasons, work, etc). They often seek or get love or get taken care of from people other than their parents. I do not know if this is the case with AK, but there is some chance that there is.

AK has Uranus in his ascendant, making his personality kind of explosive in the way he operates. And following from the above, he probably has a very sarcastic or hurtful or even condescending nature of speaking, though both of which he seems to have controlled at least in public life. 

Since AK's Moon is in the first pada of the nakshatra it is worth pointing out that it falls in Sagittarius adding to the already quite enterprising nature of the nakshatra. This is also the only pada that falls in the Aries sign, the balance 75% of this constellation falling in Venus ruled Taurus. Combined that with its 'Rakshasa gana', the fire of K, and Uranus in the Ascendant, may have made AK into someone whose mentality is in permanent confrontation or combat mode. After all, that is what a general is supposed to do, right? But sometimes in the times of peace, the natives may go about looking for conflict because they feel incomplete without it. This may also be the reason for a sharp tongue or ideas that conflict with reality.

Interestingly, his name is as per the Nakshatra pada, i.e. beginning with "Ar".

Political ascendency

The below are the significators that I have calculated for AK. We will see the "All" segment to get an overall idea, and then the "Strong" to get some focused understanding. 

AK was in Rahu dasha from March 1990 to March 2008. He came on to major public limelight in 2011 when he climbed aboard the Anna Hazare movement for the Lokpal bill. This was the Jupiter-Saturn dasha. You can see clearly that Jupiter is giving results of 10 (reputation) + 11 (gain) along with 6, 8 and 12 which together cause a lot of struggle for the native. Saturn is more positive given that it does not have the 6 8 12 connection, making the struggles more fruitful. It cannot be denied that AK did go through a lot of troubles (physical and mental) for making his political debut. Even if it were to be dismissed as 'drama', it requires a lot of work to make it successful, isnt it?

He became the CM in the Mercury Bhukti which is also giving him the 11th (gain) results, in the form of the 10th house (position, status, reputation). There is a recurring imagery of 8 and 12 through his chart which bears testimony to the continuous struggle and fight phase AK seems to be in. 

Normally, the prevalence of so many 5 8 12s would be fertile ground for some sort of a scandal. 5 8 12 combination appears in about 5 grahas, but nothing unusually scandalous seems to have come out about AK as yet. 5 8 12 does suggest significant health issues though, and primarily related to the stomach (5th cusp is for stomach/ digestion and 8 12 is for creating problems).

Looking closely at the recent elections, they were held in AK's Ju-Mo-Ju period. While Moon is outright negative for AK, he benefited from two things:

a) He was already the CM, and Jupiter his dasha lord continues to protect his status.

b) There was no opposition leader, against whom his chart could go up against

So in a way it was like a walkover. A player wins a walkover not because he is the strongest, or fastest, but because his opponent does not show up. I can understand however if any astrologer had predicted that AK would lose based on his Moon Bhukti. Luckily for me, I had used a prashna chart to predict BJP's loss (given that I did not have AK's chart by then), and thus got it correct.

Now a question can be asked, how can AK win anything at all if he has so many 8 12s. Conversely another question can be asked, if AK had the winning combination, then why did he not win vs. Narendra Modi in Varanasi, or even manage to win in Punjab, which is a true state (vs. the legislative structure of Delhi).

I will now attempt to answer both questions. First, let us examine the cuspal sublords of 8th house and 12th house for AK. They are Rahu and Venus respectively. Notably, apart from Rahu being outright negative, and thus 8th house being the primary creator of issues in AK's life, the 12th house is not that negative. It signifies positive houses of 1 3 and 10 all of which promote, health, growth, and reputation. 

Now, why did AK not win against Namo, or why did he not win Punjab? The reason is that even if the impact of the 12th is muted, the combination of 8 12 is not a positive combination, and it will mar the native's life in some way. The only reason why AK managed to win Delhi is the fact that he has the 10 11 combination, the only combination that can compete with 8 12/ 6 8 12/ 5 8 12. However, this 10 11 keeps the native only just ahead of his problems, and do not allow for a very large canvas. 

Now lets look at the 10th CSL of AK, to check the exent of his reputation. 10th CSL is Saturn. Saturn signifies a similar combination of 8 10 11 12, which is again not a clear combination of dominance. it is worth noting that 8th is the house of insults, and along with 12th it causes severe problems, and AK has not enjoyed a high reputation (fair or unfair is another story) outside of his small audience in Delhi. The struggle between 8 12 and 10 11 will keep him ahead, but only just. Thus it limits his influence, which is in some way reflected in his control over a city state versus winning in Punjab for example.

Now compare this to the 10th CSL of Narendra Modi (Moon) which looks like this:

Apart from the lone '8' (which can be managed, diverted, or even be helpful in politics), the extent of power that Namo's 10th house holds is clear in contrast to AKs. 1 (self effort), 11 (gain) of 10 (status). 

This is why I always stress on sthala kaala paatra in jyotisha. For AK's capability, he has achieved a lot. You cannot compare the 10 11 of Bill Gates, with 10 11 of a local IT company manager. Both have done well for themselves compared to their individual circumstances, but they cannot be compared with each other. The 10 and 11 combination will tell you that you will gain reputation, but HOW MUCH, is a question answered by the cuspal sublords of the 10th and 11th house. 

Contrast with some other leaders:

I thought I can demonstrate this point for students of jyotisha with a lot more clarity if I put up a comparison with some other leaders in India:

Here I compare, AK, DF, NM, and RG. I look at their dasha significations, and their cuspal sublord significations of the 10th house because that is the house that deals with ones status in the world.

Compare AK's dasha significations with those of the other leaders. You can see he has the 10 11 combination with beats the  6 8 12 in his dasha and gives him some gain of reputation. You can see it very strongly in NM's chart with a clear, untainted 1 10 11 is seen. DF however did not have any 10,in fact his results of Dasha were diverted to house no. 9, which is the maaraka sthan for the 10th house. This is why I had correctly predicted that (despite all odds) DF would not return as CM of MH. In fact the 6 8 12 combination caused him to face the embarrassment of having to be so unethically (and allegedly) conned by the leader of NCP.

But why did DF get to the MH CM's chair at all, the CM of the most prosperous state in the country after all. One, he had a very positive dasha of Venus before his current dasha of Ketu started. And the 'extent' of reputation gain can be seen from the 10th house. It is virtually identical to Namo's having 1 8 10 11. 

The most interesting is RG's chart. He has ample 10s in his chart, but not a single 11. So he has managed to protect his reputation within the Congress which is kind of a handed down thing in that party. But to ascend any important position like PM or CM, the help of 11th house is needed which acts as an catalyst. I find it unlikely for someone to become PM of a country like India without a strong 10 11 or 6 11 combination.  

Anyone who has been following my blog or my online teaching stellar jyotisha videos for any length of time can easily compare the significations for these 4 leaders with varying levels of success and gauge why they have these varied levels of success.

Hope this lengthy blog (after a long time) was helpful to readers who wish to learn.

Whats going on in Maharashtra!

What is happening in the last month in the state of Maharashtra is something that even an ace film maker could not think of. So you can imagine how difficult it has been for humble jyotisha enthusiasts like yours truly.

To the credit of my gurus, and best wishes of my followers I am happy to say that I managed to predict the unpredictable. The fact that Devendra Fadnavis (DF) despite all his hard work, and wild popularity could not get elected straight up was predicted by me. I dont deny that this is a Pyrrhic victory as I would have rather preferred being wrong.

I had suggested an upaaya, that DF steps down and then comes back as CM, which is what happened eventually. But he was able to last only for 80 hours thanks to Ajit Pawar (AP) pulling support ostensibly because his uncle Sharad Pawar (SP) the head of NCP managed to outwit him.

Now this is the one that I cannot comprehend, because based on the chart data that I have for SP, his Mercury Dasha is really bad for him. So he should NOT have won a fight. I dont have Ajit Pawar's chart and its possible that his chart is worse than his uncles causing this loss. But, given how bad SP's chart is I find it hard to believe that AP's is worse. Its possible of course, but not probable.

So now that Uddhav Thackeray (UT) is slated to become the CM, I decided to examine the charts for all 3, DF, SP, and UT in a comparative analysis. Caveat: I have taken SP's details from a book, and UT's from someone on twitter who claims its accurate.

Now since this is is a comparative analysis I have only taken down the Dasha and Bhukti significators here.

Regular readers will instantly see why I did not think DF would have an easy ride to CM's chair as was expected. Dasha lord simply does not signify 10th house. It in fact is giving results of 8 12 causing insults and troubles. I still maintain that even if DF manages to reach the CM's chair in some way now, he will not complete the term. 

But look at Sharad Pawar's chart. The Dasha lord is giving results of the 5th house, which is the house which negated the 6th house of competition. And what kind of results is it giving, 1 8 and 12. In fact if I were so see it another way I can say that 5th stands for health, and 1 8 12 means severe harm to health. So not only do I see loss and defeat, I see big decline in health. While health wont decline on a dime, I cannot see the 'victory' as its touted to be in the politicking of the last 30 days at all! So is there more going on behind the scenes that we see? or am I plain wrong? Perhaps we need to give it 6 months to play out.

Look at UT's dasha. Dasha lord is outright positive. 11th house is giving results of 10th house. ie his desire (11th house) of 10th (status, promotion) will be realised. But, the dasha is playing out since October 2012, so its not something that has changed now to give him the CM's chair. So what status did his dasha lord confer upon him? If you see his wiki page, he became the head of his father's political party, Shiv Sena in Jan 2013, which is just 2 months after his Jupiter Dasha started. In fact if you see his Rahu dasha before Jupiter dasha he had no 10th house signification, even a weak one, hence did not manage to get to the post of SS head then.

Even though we can say that his dasha isnt the factor that has changed now, because its been there for a good 7 years already, we must concede that it is not negating having a status like it is for DF or SP. So lets look at the Bhukti UT is under now. UT is getting results of 3rd house and 7th house (not even a weak signification of 10th outright). But no 10th in either the house source section (blue area) or the type of results section. 

As such one can see that between the three principal players in this drama, UT has the moderately positive chart in that at least his dasha is signifying 10th house in the results section, and 11th in the source section.  

DF is getting 10th house signification in the upcoming Bhukti which begins in the 2nd half of January. So can he ascend to the CM's chair. Well, he can. I say this despite his dasha lord not supporting because DF will now be appointed as CM by Modi, and Amit Shah who have very powerful horoscopes. But I still maintain as I always have DF will not be able to hold on to the CM's chair. And I hope it is for the reason that he is called away to Delhi. Because I cannot ignore the fact that he has a Ketu dasha going on (sudden events), and it signifies 1st, 8th and 12th house. 

So lets see, I believe there are many more twists and turns to the ongoings in MH, and there is much more than what meets the eye. Wait for it. BJP may have another chance at taking control yet! Maybe 6 months tops.

Will Congress NCP Sena govt be formed in MH?

There is always a problem in prashna kundalis, in that only someone with skin in the game should ideally ask the question. In other words, there must be a burning desire to know the answer and not mere idle curiosity. While prashna is deadly accurate, the ones that I have got wrong, came from casual questioners. And since people generally never paid me for answering their questions, they had the luxury of asking questions without any gravity behind them.

So today, when the doubt arose in my mind as to whether Congress NCP Sena govt be formed in MH, I dont know whether it is curiosity or a burning desire. Especially coming off the success of a fantastic prediction, I dont know even if I want to do this. 

I think I am very keen to know the answer and in that spirit, and in my everyday spirit of adventure and experimentation, I decided to cast a prashna chart. 

The chart is as follows:

My significators:

Now I am going to look at a few things. First of all I need to see the 3rd CSL because the three parties in question are trying to come to an agreement on a common minimum programme. I know, I know, 3rd CSL is usually seen for things like "Will I get the contract?", but I think in essence it means multiple parties agreeing upon a document. So I am experimenting if it will work here.

Then I am going to see the 7th CSL to see if partnership is indicated.

Finally I am going to see the Dasha, Bhukti lords to see if it will happen.

The 3rd CSL is Saturn, Saturn is signifying houses 1 9 10 12, and not 11. Therefore it suggests that the parties will not agree upon any document.

Now to look at success of the partnership through 7th CSL. If 7th CSL signifies 5 or 11, then partnership is formed. If it signifies 6 or 12, then partnership breaks. If if signifies 5/8/12, then partnership is not fruitful for the partner from whose pov you are looking at the chart.

Now 7th CSL is not signifying either 5 or 11, therefore partnership may not get initiated at all. In fact 8th house signification means, Cong-NCP will cause damage to Shiv Sena without a partnership even.

Finally lets see the Dasha lord. Now if a partnership happens, alliance happens, then its going to stay for 5 years right? So we need a strongly favourable dasha lord. Dasha lord is Mars. Mars is signifying 5 8. 5th is maaraka for 6th house of winning, and 8th is the house of delays, obstacles, insults, etc.

Now it can be argued that 8th house may stand for "unearned income" also. So maybe this 8th signification means that the new alliance partners may be getting unearned income through this unholy friendship. Well for that we have to see the nature of the 8th house. 8th house CSL is Venus. Look at Venus, is it signifying 10 11? No, it is signifying 5 8. Which is again a negative combination for reputation, finances etc.

Then lets look at Bhukti. It is of Saturn. Saturn is signifyin till June 2020, and then Sun till Sept 2020. Saturn signifies 10, which is mildly positive. But can a solitary 10 give rulership of a state like MH against all odds? Especially when it is also signifying 9 (10th maaraka) and 12 (house of loss). The Bhukti after that is of Mercury from June 2020 to June 2021, this is an outright positive. But then again it is subordinate to the rule of the Dasha lord Mars, which does not even have a single 10th signification. Can Bhukti give, what Dasha lord denies? I dont think so.

As such, no matter how close you feel that a Congress NCP Sena government is to be formed, I believe it will fall apart at the last moment. Even if they come together they will fall apart on the floor of the house in a few weeks if not a 2-3 months. So dont worry.

My experience with the Hanuman Chalisa

My introduction to the Hanuman Chalisa happened a few years ago, during a phone conversation with Shri Manish Pandit ji. I had never really recited it before, though I had been regularly doing some sadhana of Shakti, and my family has been bhaktas of Dattatreya in the form of Swami Samartha of Akkalkot. After Manish recommended Hanuman Chalisa (HC), I started with the Sadhana on immediately. I was anyway under dual influence of Saturn, with my sade-saati on, and my Shani Mahadasha on as well. I took care to ensure that I did not start on either a Chaturthi, Asthami, Navami, or Dwadashi.  

The sadhana required me to recite the HC, 11 times a day for 21 days. I had to ensure that it was recited at the exact same time, from the exact same place, along with a bunch of other restrictions such as vegetarianism, no alcohol, and complete brahmacharya. While I do eat non vegetarian food, and drink alcohol, both are very occasional as no one else in my family does so. As such none of these conditions were impossible for me. 

However it was a twist of fate, or perhaps Hanumana trying to drive home the point of the restrictions I was invited to a relative’s birthday about 6 days into the Sadhana. As I said almost everyone else in my family is vegetarian so it wasn’t such a big issue for me to eat out with them. However, for dessert, there was a dish which had eggs in it. I unknowingly had (literally) one bite of it. That same night, I had tremendous acidity as if that one bite was burning through me. I had to stay up through the night and bear the pain. I would like to say that I did the prayaschitta for my mistake immediately. 

After that I became extra careful about the restrictions and ensured there was no inadvertent slip even. There were a few things that I experienced during the process of my recitation daily, and without going into them, would only recommend that if you feel a sudden fear when reciting or you see or hear anything, just recite louder, and clearer. 

But the most interesting thing happened on the last day (21st day). It was a Saturday, Hanumana and Shani’s vaar, and since the time I had chosen for recitation was in the afternoon I was relaxing, watching some movie or the other. I live in an independent house, and a girl who lives in the villa opposite called me on the phone. She said “there is a dog outside your door”. Now this was the monsoon season and was pouring outside. So me and my wife went down to open the door, and lo behold there was this a of sweetness shivering in the cold right outside my door because the gate was ajar. The dog, whom we have named Cocoa, had an injured leg and god knows from how far he had limped to my house. For me it was an interesting occurrence, the 21st and final day of my sadhana, a Saturday, I being governed by Saturn, Hanumana being Saturn’s controller, Saturn has a limp, and a limping dog shows up at my doorstep. 

Yes of course, one can say it was coincidence. But aren’t all miracles? And life is how you see it. I chose to see it then (and now) as an acknowledgement of my sadhana. The coming of a new life at my home. And Cocoa has indeed been a protector in many ways. He has enriched my life in a way that it is now impossible to imagine it without him.

There was another outcome of this sadhana which involved me getting dreams revealing the meaning of some esoteric concepts. But it is too fantastic to write about here at this stage. Let’s just say that the adage “In Sanskrit there no sound that is not a beeja” was made absolutely clear to me.