ASHTAKA VARGA SYSTEM OF PREDICTION (PART 29) By Dr. E.S.Neelakantan We are now discussing the various aspects of Venus in Ashtakavarga and we continue the same in this article. If the lord of the house occupied by Venus is in the 6th or 8th house from Venus and in a trine from lagna, the person will illtreat his wife and also become a pauper in course of time. Maybe this rule appears paradoxical. A person, who loves his wife, will take her to the beach, to the movies, to restaurant etc. especially in the initial stages of married life, until the euphoric wears off. In the case of the marriage after romance, this phase occurs in the pre-marriage phase, while nothing remarkable will happen in the post marriage phase. In these cases, the person who treats his wife could be expected to become a pauper, not in course of time , but then and there – especially in the last few days of every calendar month! The policy of this: When money is there, live like a king, when money is not there, live like a pauper. There was a Tamil movie, where the hero plays a dual role, hoodwinking his employer. The noted Tamil poet Kannadasan who penned the lyrics of the title wrote:
“He who came in the guise of a son-in-law, had no bride on hand, to marry; “He, who came in the guise of a king, had no kingdom to rule”. Why I am quoting these lyrics here, is that in today’s world you cannot distinguish a King from a pauper – both of them look alike! Coming to the rule I quoted just now, the peculiarity is not only that the person will ill-treat his wife but also become pauper. My advice to all astrologers at this juncture is this: If you detect this rule in the chart of any boy either advice him to remain single or become an ascetic, then and there – Hope you will appreciate my suggestion; you can at least save a girl’s life! When the lords of 5th and 7th houses are in trine to each other and Mars is in the 7th from lagna, the person will be abandoned by his wife. Note the subtle distinction between this rule and the one I discussed earlier. There, the husband was the villain but here the wife is the villain. But you cannot blame the wife here, since this combination appears in the husband’s chart! The correct interpretation of this rule is this; if this combination appears in the husband’s chart, it is an indication, that due to some bad Karma in earlier birth, he is destined to remain single.
One more point I wish to stress here. These adverse yogas tend to come true even if you try your level best to avoid it. If a person is destined to undergo separation, that person will get married and undergo the trauma of divorce. It cannot be avoided by attempting to remain as a bachelor. If you are destined to take birth and suffer, you will take birth and suffer: you cannot avoid being born. Therefore the emphasis is on performance of good karma, now and here. As far as Sanchita Karma is concerned, you are helpless; but as far as future is concerned what you do now is the Sanchita Karma of the future. You cannot do anything about Prarabhda Karma either. You can avoid getting into the trap of adverse Agami Karma. You can be proactive and prevent conversion of Sanchita into Prarabhdha Karma. In other words if you take full responsibility for all the three kinds of Karma – Sanchita, Prarabhdha and Agami –you can pull yourself out of the woods. When Mars or Saturn is in the 7th bhava and the lord of the seventh bhava has navamsa in the house of Saturn or Mars or has an aspect from them, then the native’s wife will be immoral. I want to break up this rule into various components, so that it can be understood properly since conceptual clarity will be there.
a) Mars in 7 b) Saturn in 7 c) Lord of 7 occupies navamsa of Mars. d) Lord of 7 occupies navamsa of Saturn. e) Mars aspects 7 f) Saturn aspects 7 In short, the 7th house gets connected in Mars or Saturn in three different ways a) Occupation b) Aspect c) Navamsa sign – dispositorship. Both Mars and Saturn represent the quality of Tamas. Hence in no way, they can improve the content of 7th house. You might ask me one question; If Cancer is lagna and Saturn is in the 7th house as lord of 7, will this rule apply? The author is not talking about ownership of houses or yogakaraka status or any other matter related to the planet. The rule is plain and simple ; Nexus is between 7th house and Mars ;Nexus is between 7th house and Saturn ; Both these prospects will affect the marital prospects of 7th house vis-a vis morality of the spouse. There may be chart where Mars conjoins Jupiter in the 7th. In another chart Saturn may aspect the 7th along
with Jupiter. In these cases, this rule will not apply. The question of loose morals will never have application, whenever the influence of Jupiter is present. Both Jupiter and Mercury have a beneficial impact on whichever house they aspect or occupy. So the foremost task of an astrologer is to compile the influence of benefics on 7th house ; If the influence of benefics outweigh the influence of malefics , one will be blessed with a good wife and married life will result in happiness and prosperity. I would like to offer my views on the scientific validity of Astrology. Astrology is basically axiomatic; you assume the rules to be true and interpret the science. The main attack launched against Astrology by skeptics is its scientific validity. My question is; can you prove Darwin’s evolutionary theory or the Big bang theory in a laboratory? These are scientifically accepted theories even though there are skeptics who question the validity of these theories. In this context I wish to narrate a real life incident about how a lawyer in New Orleans proved the title to a property much to the satisfaction of the lending institution and got the sanction for a mortgage loan. Here is the actual story.
A New Orleans lawyer sought an Federal Housing Administration loan(or in short, a FHA loan) for a client who lost his house in Hurricane Katrina and wanted to rebuild. He was told the loan would be granted if he could prove satisfactory title to the parcel of property being offered as collateral security. The title to the property dated back to 1803, which took the lawyer three months to track down. After sending the information to the FHA, he received the following reply. “Upon review of your letter adjoining your client's loan application, we note that the request is supported by an Abstract of Title. While we compliment the able manner in which you have prepared and presented the application, we must point out that you have only cleared title to the proposed collateral property back to 1803. Before final approval can be accorded, it will be necessary to clear the title back to its origin." Annoyed, the lawyer responded as follows ... "Your letter regarding title in Case No. 767 has been received. I note that you wish to have title extended further than the 194 years covered by the present application. I was unaware that any educated person in this country, particularly those working in the property area, would not know that Louisiana was
purchased, by the U.S., from France in 1803, the year of origin identified in our application. For the edification of uninformed FHA bureaucrats, the title to the land prior to US ownership was obtained from France, which had acquired it by Right of Conquest from Spain. The land came into the possession of Spain by Right of Discovery made in the year 1492 by a sea captain named Christopher Columbus, who had been granted the privilege of seeking a new route to India by the Spanish monarch, Isabella. The good queen, Isabella, being a pious woman and almost as careful about titles as the FHA, took the precaution of securing the blessing of the Pope before she sold her jewels to finance Columbus’ expedition. Now the Pope, as I'm sure you may know, is the emissary of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and God, it is commonly accepted, created this world. Therefore, I believe it is safe to presume that God also made that part of the world called Louisiana. God, therefore, would be the owner of origin and His origins date back to before the beginning of time, the world as we know it. I hope you find God's original claim to be satisfactory. Now, may we have our damn loan?" The loan was immediately sanctioned and the applicant got the cheque for the loan amount.
Maybe this how Astrologers need to prove the validity of Astrology when confronted by skeptics!
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