He loves me...he loves me not...he loves me?

Does the guy love me and will this work out?

This was the prashna asked by a young lady to me today. Despite a severe time crunch I decided to document it, as this was perhaps one of the few questions that differed from the usual marriage problems.

The chart and Nadi significators are as follows:

The first thing I noticed was that the 7th CSL was Rahu and Ketu and Rahu appear as Dasha and Antara lords for the prashna. The question I asked is : Does the boy belong to a different community
He answer was yes, he is not even from the same religion.

Now we know that 5th house is house of love and combinations of 5 11 (platonic love), 5 8/ 5 12 (physical love) and 5 8 12 (scandalous love) denote romantic involvements.

12th from these houses ie. the 4th and 10th cusp will negate the 5th and 11th bhava.

In fact the combination of 1 4 10 suggest a cold indifferent nature. Ke Mo Ra Ju Me all have the full 1 4 10 combination.

If one carefully observes each planet, the combination of 1 4 10/ 4 10 is of stronger strength than the 5 11 combination. So first of all I know that this love will be the 60s Bollywood style love, from afar as no sexual organs are involved (8th or 12th house). But the combination of 4 10 would mean that eventually the affair will not fructify.

Due to the presence of 5 11 the girl will continue to look longingly to the guy but ultimately it will not work out (either due to the guy being indifferent (7th CSL Rahu signifies 1 4 10 quite strongly) or due to social reasons). The social reasons go beyond the religious, as I know this native for a long time, but I do not want to spell them out here. I also know from the girl's natal chart that the Bhukti of a planet signifying 5 8 12 is going on. Regular readers will know what that means.

Is the dilemma of her mind reflected by the Asc CSL Jupiter (a dual planet) being closely conjunct with a retro Mercury in Mercury's sign (Kanya) which is also a dual sign?! The Ascendant itself is in Libra...a mind weighing its options :) I dont know...I am only mentioning this here for my record, the answer was clear by Nadi itself much earlier. 

Will I get a loan from my friend?

A question asked for a businessman in the construction business. Facing a liquidity crunch had asked for a sizable loan from a friend. After not hearing a reply for sometime, he asked me if the loan would come through.

The prashna chart and significators were as follows:

For  loan, it is necessary for the opposite party (represented by 7th cusp) to have an outflow, so 6th cusp must be activated. 11th, which is wish fulfillment of the native, is also a positive house, as is 2nd which is the dhana sthan. But the primary cusp for loan is the 6th,

The 6th CSL is Venus, in own star (hence we take Saturn its sublord as its starlord). The significations of Venus then are: 1,4, 6; 6, 9, 10

No negative significations exist (8/ 12). In fact even the 11th CSL Moon signifies 3 10; 4 8 11. The 8th house may result in some delay but on its own it cannot negate the loan possibility.

Even looking at the Nadi significations, the DBA planets (Ju Ve Ra) have only positive significations. As such, I concluded that the native would receive money in loan and he should not worry that his friend is not answering his calls. This very friend would lend him money.

When?

Since the event has to occur within a month, I decided to see the transit of the Moon for the time period. Another consideration for me was that the 6th CSL Venus was in sign conjunction with Rahu, which is a malefic.

Venus would exit the sign conjunction on the 25th of August, coming out of Rahu's grip. So from 25th the possibility of the loan opens up.  Thereafter Moon transits the relevant houses (2/6/11) on 28th Aug, 5th/6th Sept and 18th September respectively. I do not think the deal for which the money is required will wait till 18th, so that date becomes irrelevant.

So my final date range was 25th August to 5th September 2016 for the loan to materialise. I realise that I have not use Rahu + prime cusp CSL sign conjunction ever before this for a reading. But this is something that struck me as I was looking at this chart and I decide to try and evolve my own method of transits, hence noting it down here for record purposes. Will keep readers updated as soon as I hear on the loan. Travel has kept me very busy so was unable to document on the 20th itself which is when I gave this reading.

#Politicspost UP2017 Gambit: Danish or Queens’?

This morning The Bookkeeper received this from a friend:

It has been The Bookkeeper’s base case for some time now that there is a tacit understanding between Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Congress (CON) in the state of Uttar Pradesh (UP). The understanding appears to be that CON will target Brahmin/ Upper Caste votes leaving BSP to pursue a purely Dalit or OBC agenda. They may believe that Muslims, who are a sizeable portion of the voter base, will go with whoever will be able to defeat BJP on a ‘constituency-wise’ basis. While this leaves Samajwadi Party (SP) in a lurch, a post poll alliance between BSP-CON will keep BJP out of power in the most populous and electorally significant state just before the general polls in 2019.As such, the abovementioned news item does not come as a surprise to this analyst.

This strategy also puts into perspective the spate of news items detailing how Dalits are being targeted by so-called upper castes on a particularly Hindu issue of cow slaughter. While The Bookkeeper is loath to believe news items particularly of such divisive nature given the dubious reputation of journalists in general, the attempt to divide Hindu votes along caste lines with a Party for each division is writ large. 

It is alleged that this is an old strategy that public intellectuals execute for their political masters to vitiate polls. An ‘intellectual booth capturing’ if you will. Since the entire liberal narrative works on buzzwords (so that their key audience is not mentally taxed with the details or nuances), The Bookkeeper decided to use the same ‘buzzwords’ to reveal it. While not definitive by any means, the charts below are indicative of this strategy:

Numbers represent search interest relative to the highest point on the chart for the given region and time. A value of 100 is the peak popularity for the term. A value of 50 means that the term is half as popular. Likewise a score of 0 means the term was less than 1% as popular as the peak.

A Google trendsmap  shows that there was no mention on ‘intolerance’ for five years till near Bihar polls when “intolerance” suddenly went to its ‘peak popularity’. Readers can do this exercise for ‘Beef’ and see very similar results. The same strategy is in play now, as can be seen from the trend below (for the word ‘Dalit’ and ‘Gau Raksha’ respectively):

Readers will know that The Bookkeeper is not an advocate of the ‘win first – decide CM later’ strategy and has personally backed Smriti Irani as a winnable CM face for UP. In light of the strategy to divide Hindus along caste lines, The Bookkeeper is however going to add one more person to the pool of possible CM candidates, that is Yogi Adityanath. While many feel that Yogi is a hardliner, The Bookkeeper feels that Yogi will counteract the apparent strategy to divide Hindus and unite them above caste-lines. Like it or not, the key to winning UP seems to be gaining a 60% vote share of 3-4 major caste groups. There is likely to be the worry that Yogi will see muslim votes being polarized away from the BJP, but The Bookkeeper does not see this as a huge electoral setback. For this we will need to analyse the voting patterns across caste lines to understand the vote blocs of each Party (data taken from CSDS and other net searches):

‘Upper castes’  account for about 18-20% of UP’s population with Brahmins alone about 9% of the total population. This is the mainstay of BJP vote bank along with sizeable popularity among Kurmis, Jats, and Other OBCs. BSP is primarily a Jatav and other Scheduled Caste (SC) party with some support thrown in from muslims (steady 18-20% vote share) and other OBCs. SP is an out and out Yadav and Muslim party, and with a parochial mindset can afford to be. After all, Yadav’s are 8-10% and Muslims 18-20% of UPs total population, so it is indeed no wonder that their leadership allegedly wants only Muslims and Yadavs to remain in UP and the rest banished! 

The above table puts the strategy of the Congress+BSP as envisaged by The Bookkeeper in perspective. In 2009 LS polls, Congress had managed to get 20-30% share of upper caste votes and is thus targeting to do the same now. This will hurt BJP’s key voter base. With an anti upper caste tirade BSP is likely looking to shift so-called lower caste’s opinion in its favour which had shifted to BJP. Other OBC vote share to BSP had halved from 19% to 11% (2009LS to 2014LS), Jatav vote share had gone from 86% to 68%, other SC from 64% to 29%. BJPs  vote share in the same caste groups were up from 29% to 60%, 5% to 18% and 8% to 45% respectively. This is what BSP wants to reverse back.

SPs situation is even more precarious. Even Yadav’s, its traditional voter base had shifted to BJP in 2014 (over 2009LS polls) with SP’s share in Yadav votes falling from 74% to 58% and BJP’s increasing from 6% to 27%. The only group that stuck strong with SP were the Muslims (SPs vote share nearly doubled to 58% in 2014 v. 2009) perhaps because Muslims backed the one Party they thought that could defeat the BJP. If they do similarly in the upcoming elections, ie back the party most likely to beat BJP, SP will face an electoral decimation of epic scale. It is this desperation that is forcing SP leaders to put tirades on tape (such as the one above). 

This also brings us back to the point where the Bookkeeper is not of the opinion that a hardliner who can unite Hindus will result in loss of Sunni Muslim votes, as BJP does not have a lot of them to lose anyway. The other fear that Sunni Muslims will unite behind one party is also unlikely to hurt the BJP materially as was demonstrated by the 2014 LS elections. As per this report in Muslim Mirror, Muslims dominated 45 parliamentary seats in UP, they even consolidated behind SP with a staggering ~60% vote share. Despite this SP managed to win only 5 seats. In fact the DNA reported that BJP won 75% of the Muslim dominated seats. It can be argued that Narendra Modi was projected by the Media as a similarly hardline candidate as Yogi Adityanath , but even a 60% consolidation of 18-20% of the population could not result in any meaningful opposition to him as other caste groups had en masse rallied behind him. 

Thus, the question BJP must ask itself is not whether Yogi will cause a consolidation of Muslim votes against itself (as that does not matter electorally), but whether Yogi (or any other candidate) will be able to unite the masses above caste divisions to vote BJP. 

The Bookkeeper is by no means backing out from supporting Smriti as a potential CM candidate. She has her own unique strengths. As a woman, she will appeal to the ‘silent majority’ across caste and religious lines. Having her at the helm would also mean that Muslim votes will be less consolidated (than if Yogi were to be projected) thus keeping Samajwadi Party in contention with BSP, thus weakening both these parties. In the background of a woman, Swati Singh (wife of Dayashankar Singh) and her daughter, being allegedly targeted by some BSP leaders the nomination of a woman as a CM candidate sends a strong message. The caste-ambiguity of Smriti Irani also makes the job of the opposition to play up the caste angle while seeking votes against her very difficult. She could also be the face of a soft Hindutva campaign as well. Smriti can be used to push a developmental agenda to fit in with rest of the plan for India. 

In conclusion, while polarization of elections is undesirable, it is anyway bound to happen with the media narrative being shifted increasingly to drive a schism between so called upper and lower castes. The opposition knows that it was the consolidation of Hindu votes that gave BJP a dramatic victory in UP during the 2014 hustings. The choice for BJP is clear, it can either take this salvo head-on, by nominating a persona like Yogi Adityanath to play on larger Hindu unity, or it can use a softer approach by fielding someone like Smriti Irani who has her own voter base (women) and can also appeal beyond caste. But make no mistake, a CM candidate is essential to win this poll. When the Chess Board is laid out, BJP can choose to open with the Danish or the Queens’ gambit, or it can choose to forfeit.


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No children, when will I get pregnant?

See the following chart:

I took it up for examination at 12:33PM today when the RPs were Ve, Ve, Ju Mo

Houses supporting child bearing: 2 5 11
Houses negating child birth: 1 4 10

Ongoing Dasha is Rahu. Significations: 3, CX, AX, Ve: 2 5 10, Ma: 4, 11; Mo 7, 8

Dasha lord strongly signifies 2 and 5 and thus child birth is signified. Rahu is in the sub of Mercury (in star of Ve) which signifies 2 and 5 houses. So childbirth during dasha of Rahu is very much possible.

Ongoing Bhukti is of Venus.Venus signifies 2 5 10, Sa 1, 2 10. Ve aspects 9th house. So while Venus does signify negative houses it will not deny children. Venus is in the sub of Rahu, which as we have seen signifies 2 5 11. So again the event is possible in the current bhukti. Notably, Venus appears in the ruling planets as well.

We are currently in the Antara of Sun which ends on August 23, 2016 so roughly about a week-ten days. I'm assuming that the girl will not get pregnant in this short period. But, interestingly, Venus, Rahu, Sun and Jupiter transiting the Leo sign, the transit conditions are getting fulfilled today!

The next antara is of Moon. Moon signifies 3 7 8, neither of the 2 5 11 houses. So not possible here.

After this is Mars. Mars signifies 11 at the planet level. So signification is weak. But it is in Moons sub which signifies 3 7 8, so pregnancy not possible here.

Then it is Rahu's antara. Rahu as we have seen is a strong significator of child birth. So this period is possible (Jan 26, 2017 to July 8, 2017).

Looking at transits, the months of March 2017 and May 2017 seem most likely conducive for pregnancy to happen for the lady.

An academic* doubt on a marriage chart:

I received following questions on a marriage chart on email:

1. Marriage - when

2. Spouse details - how will he meet her - near or far

3. Same community or not

4. love marriage or not

from some students of astrology and I decided to analyse the chart. I took up analysis at 3.08PM today when the RPs were: Me, Ma, Ra, Ve, Ma. As per the given time, the 7th CSL was Moon which did not find place in the RPs, so I tweaked the chart upward by 2 minutes to make Mars as the 7th CSL. I have used the 7th CSL to rectify the chart as the question is marriage related. Notably, while Mars is in the star of a retro planet (Saturn), it does not matter for the purposes of BRT. Anyway the rectified chart and the Nadi sigs are given below:

First I checked if 7th CSL denied marriage. 7th CSL is Mars posited in the 6th and owns 7 and 12. It is in the star of Saturn which is in 5th and owns 9th and 10th. Thus significations are:

Ma 6 7 12; Sa 5 9 10

Since Mars (albeit weakly) signifies the 7th house, we cannot say that marriage is denied. But through its strong significations of 10th and 6th cusps which oppose marriage, to the question about marital happiness, I would have to say, "troublesome".The several significations of 1 6 10 8 12 grouping in the Nadi table above also suggest the same thing. In fact another point that regular readers might have noticed is that Saturn is in the 5th cusp and signifies the marriage negating 6 and 10 cusps. From this position, Saturn aspects the 2nd house, 7th house and 11th house with its 3 aspects, further suggesting that if marriage happens, the native will have to work hard at it.

Since 7th CSL is Mars one can say that the age difference is likely to be about 2-4 years (i.e. not far from what society considers as a normal age gap between man and wife). Mars strongly signifies 10, so perhaps the connection between the spouses is through a person of authority or even through workplace. SS has not dealt with this expressly so I am only applying logic. Since 7th CSL signifies 9 and 12, it is likely that the potential spouse belongs to a place that is far from the native's home. Since the 7th CSL signifies the 5th house, it is possible for the native to have a love marriage.

What is interesting for me is the prevalence of 5 8 12 + 2 7 11 combination in multiple grahas. It suggests that the marriage, if and when it happens, may not be immediately accepted by the parents of the native. This is because 2 7 11 will give marriage and 5 8 12 will give scandal. This is a point that I would like to follow up on and request my fellow jyotisha student to let me know when it happens, and whether it happens this way.

I was told that the native has had failed love affairs earlier. This is not surprising. As per Nadi formulations while 5 11/ 5 8/ 5 12/ 5 8 12 (scandalous love) give love affairs, 5 6 8 12, 5 6 12, 5 6 8 refers to failure in love affairs. We can see an abundance of both in the Nadi signification chart above. Interestingly the 5th CSL signifies both 6th and 12th houses. It means some relations have been called off by the girl (6th) and some have been called off by the native (12th). But I think the 12th signification is stronger as the 12th cusp is empty and as such if I had to pick one, then the chances of the native having called off an affair are slightly higher, but overall both are equal possibilities. 

I was also told that the native did not get married as he was busy in his career so far and has only now "settled down". Allow me to also forward an astrological reason. The current Dasha lord is Jupiter. While Jupiter signifies some of the marriage positive houses (2 / 7 / 11), it is based in the sub of Sun which signifies the 4th cusp by ownership and occupation and the 3rd and 9th cusp through its starlord Moon. As such the Dasha lord is not being supported by its Sublord in giving marriage. As such marriage is not possible in the Dasha of Jupiter. 

The Dasha of Jupiter will end on 25th Nov 2018. After that Saturn Dasha starts. Saturn signifies the 7th house through the ownership of its starlord Mars. It is in its own sub and so through sub's star it again signifies the 7th cusp. In addition it is aspecting all 3 houses needed for marriage. So marriage is not denied by Saturn. Notably, Saturn Dasha also suggests that the person may marry someone of a lower class (economic), much older in age or someone from a different caste. 

Now which Bhukti to select. I cannot select Saturn bhukti itself because Saturn is allowing marriage but not wholeheartedly supporting it. Based on the Nadi significators, only four planets are positive for marriage. They are (in desc order of strength): Moon, Mercury, Jupiter and Sun. I turned to the ruling planets at the time of examination of query. Mercury is appearing as one of the RPs and thus I took this as divine guidance. Mercury bhukti runs from November 28 2021 to August 7 2024. I chose the Mercury Antara which is from November 28 2021 to April 16 2022.

In terms of transits in this period, it seems two months are key: December 2021 and March 2022. I realise that the native will be 39 to 40 years old when this date arrives and whether he will still be interested in marriage or not then is up to him. For what is worth, I pray that this analysis is incorrect and he gets married in the current DB Ju-Ra (as the questioner had contended to me). But this is what I understood and I am bound to faithfully reproduce it here. 

* this is an analysis for academic purposes only for solving a query of an jyotisha student. I assume no responsibility for actions ostensibly stemming from this analysis.