ASHTAKAVARGA SYSTEM OF PREDICTION (PART -30) By Dr. E.S.Neelakantan With this part, we enter into the thirtieth part in our series on Ashtakavarga , continuing our discussion on Venus. When Venus is associated with 4 bindus in Virgo, either in Rasi or Navamsa , aspected by Mars, then there will be scandal about one’s wife. When Venus with three bindus or less, is in Aquarius or Capricorn in Rasi or Navamsa with Martian aspect, the person’s wife will be an adulteress . Please note that both the yogas discussed above are not yogas as such but duryogas. They are undesirable combinations. Please note that these combinations do not determine the character of a person – instead they define the character of the person whom he is supposed to marry or is married to. Let us say a boy is born in 1985.Ordinarily when will the girl whom he marries be born? Let us assume an age gap of 3 years, which is what most people prefer in today’s world. Then the girl should be born sometime in 1988. Then how does the birth chart of the person born in 1985 determine the birth chart of the person born in 1988?

If you follow my argument carefully you will appreciate the beauty of the law of Karma. If two people are destined to marry, they will take birth within a span of three years or so due to the operation of law of Karma. A boy born in 1885 cannot marry a girl born in 1975, because by that time the first mentioned person should be no more; he may not even be alive to see the girl, leave alone the age gap. Now I will present the second part of my argument. If all girls born in 1988 were chaste, then the boy born in 1985 cannot marry an adulteress and therefore the rule will fail. So, the logic is the birth of a boy having this bad yoga will trigger the birth of a girl who is unchaste and the final operative part of the rule is that this boy will marry that girl with bad character. How the law of Karma works can be comprehended by the following statements:- Due to bad Karma, a person marries a girl with bad character. - Due to bad Karma, a girl is born with bad character. - Due to similarity of bad Karma and due to Karmic link, they become Man and wife.

To detect this combination an astrologer should have what is called “presence of mind”. One who opts to become a Yogi should have “absence of mind”. One who wishes to practice astrology should have “presence of mind”. I can give two examples to show what is meant by “Presence of mind”. When Sir C.V.Raman was conferred the Noble prize, he was invited to the Awards function. During the presentation, Dr. C.V Raman explained to the other scientists, the Raman Effect on various substances, including alcohol. According to protocol, there would be a cocktail party after the presentation and Dr.Raman being a strict teetotaler had to think of some valid reason to abstain from the party. At that moment, he had a brilliant idea; he told the fellow scientists, “Sir, just now I demonstrated the Raman Effect on Alcohol. I don’t wish to demonstrate the Alcohol Effect on Raman .” So Dr. Raman was able to uphold his personal habits and at the same time do it in such a way that would not offend the sentiments of the scientists, who had assembled for the great occasion. During a Test Match at Lords, the rival captains, Mike Brearley of England and Venkataraghavan of India, went for the Toss. As they were walking to the middle Venkat asked Mike , what he would do upon winning the

Toss. Brearley said he would elect to field. Venkat knew that in case he won the Toss, he would bat first. So Venkat told Brearley , “Mike , you want to bowl first and I want to bat- so do we need a Toss?” The rival Captains shook hands and walked back to the pavilion. The next day the tabloids reported , Venkat won the Toss and elected to bat, but what really happened that day was, there was no Toss at all since the rival captains were having contrary intentions which did away the requirement of a Toss. Scandal involving woman is nothing new to India – India’s oldest epic, Ramayana deals with this subject in elaborate measure. Rama had to banish Sita due to an allegation made by a washer man questioning her character. This chapter is also the subject matter of the work, Uttararama charita of Bhavabhuti. Please note that with the passage of time this matter has become archaic and people have neither the time nor the inclination to discuss scandals. Due to severe economic crisis all over the world, people have no time even to think about themselves, leave alone others. We will discuss the crux of the rules we saw just now. Mars, Saturn and the sign Virgo are factors governing the rule. Please note that Venus denotes passion, Mars aggression and Saturn, dullness of mind. Bad character can be due to aggression, whose cause is Rajas or due to

dullness of mind which is caused by Tamas. Mars rules over Rajas while Saturn rules over Tamas.Venus rules over passions, which is Rajas. So the influence of Mars or Saturn over Venus creates bad character. Astrologers in Kerala interpret the Madhyama rajju to mean that inter se there are nine stars, which do not match. These are as follows: Stars Category I Pushya, Anuradha, Uttara bhadrapada II Bharani, Poorvaphalguni, Poorvashada. III Mrgashira, Chitra, Dhanishta. If you analyze these three categories, the first category is governed by Saturn, second by Venus and third by Mars. So a boy who is born in a star ruled by Mars, Saturn or Venus should not marry a girl born under a similar star. Please note that this is a draconian law as nine stars will get rejected ab initio if a person in a Madhyama Rajju star. In both the rules we discussed just now, Venus should have fewer than 4 bindus , which makes it weak. When Venus is in Virgo, the quality of the planet suffers. Contrast this with Malavya yoga. In that, Venus must occupy either its own or its exaltation sign to qualify for that yoga. Venus in a saturnine sign is also a contra-indication for chastity of spouse. Please note that these rules need strict

interpretation, not liberal interpretation. This is why I elaborately discussed why an astrologer should have presence of mind. The purpose of this discussion is to drive home the fact that Venus gives bad results while in Virgo, with less number of Bindus , afflicted by Martian aspect and also while occupying either the Rasi or an Amsa of Saturn. THE END.