5. Case Studies
The chart can be drawn in many ways. North Indian style best form of drawing a chart, as it provides a very easy comprehension of the chart at a mere glimpse. It shows angle, planets placed in angles without enumeration. (Chaudhary Rajesh, 2013). This is called as Rasi chart, Natal chart, Main chart, Horoscope etc. Here in this study the researcher has used the term Natal chart or birth chart. CHART NO.1 The following chart is of a female respondent residing in one of the Old age home in Nagpur. She was a teacher by profession. She is XII passed and did her Diploma in Education. She is getting pension. Reading, chanting devotional songs (Bhajan), etc. She has one son and one daughter, residing in Andhra Pradesh and Nagpur respectively. Her son is a well-educated fellow (An Engineer); and doing well in his career, her daughter is well-qualified, and residing in one nearby area of Nagpur. Her date of admission in old age home is 14 th September 2006. Case 1 : February 15,1945 11:40 am 77E 45, 20N56 NATAL CHART 1. The second house has Saturn(R) in Gemini sign ruled by Mercury and it is associated with Rahu. Saturn and Rahu are friendly. 2. Jupiter, (R), is placed in fifth house, again in Virgo, the sign of Mercury, 249
3. The ninth house sign is Capricorn and Mars and Mercury are seen situated in ninth house, and Mars is in the sign of Saturn. Arudha Lagna (AL) is also situated in ninth. 4. Tenth house is occupied by Sun, in Aquarius sign, which is ruled by the planet Saturn. 5. The eleventh house is occupied with Venus, Moon, in Pisces. 6. Mandi is situated in twelfth house. 7. Mars, Mercury, Saturn and Rahu are in Shadashtaka. 8. No planet is situated in Kendra, Cardinal house, except the Sun. 9. Majority of planets are situated in cadent or Apoklima houses; 3.6.9, and twelfth. 10. The rising sign in Ascendant is Taurus. These people have an agreeable appearance. Lagna Lord is in eleventh with Moon and Gulika. It is aspected by Saturn from second house. Moon is with the planet of balance, but Saturn is aspecting, that means the native needs harmonious environment, in order to feel happy. But the Moon is enemy of Venus. It is a one sided animosity. When Moon is with Venus, or oppose it, it staves Venus. These people have problems in relationships. In the evaluation of natal chart, Gulika holds a prime position. Mishra Suresh Chandra (2014), said that, Gulika is most malefic entity in a natal chart. Gulika is called as Sarva Hanthanthare (destroyer of all). Saturn and Rahu is a rare conjunction in astrology. It is interesting to note that this happens once in 18 years and half period of time. Rahu works as double Saturn in a chart. Both of them are slow moving. It is a deadly combination. It surely gives trouble and stress in family life. If SEPERATIVE planets occupy or falls in second house, one has to leave his family and live away from them. 250
Mars and Mercury in Capricorn: Mars and Mercury are found to be placed in ninth house in Capricorn sign, which is ruled by planet Saturn. The ninth house is ruled by Jupiter planet and Sagittarius sign; and is a cadent house. She left her house when there was Sun Mahadasha, 14-04-2001 to 15-4-2007. Case 1 : September, 14, 2006 5:30 am. 79 E 6, 21 N 9 CHART AT THE TIME SHE LEFT HER HOME AND WENT TO OLD AGE HOME: 14 TH SEPTEMBER 2006 The 10 th is the last angular house, ruling the material goals and a sense of completion. The Moon in 10 th house often feels an emotional bond with the collective, with ordinary people. They need to feel recognized. If they do not feel recognition, it may lead to moodiness, a crankiness, and the individual feels incredibly hurt. The person tries to accommodate the needs of others in every aspect of the life. The Moon in tenth house canmean the safety and security needs are projected out in to the world, The Moon in the chart rules the things that can make us feel empty, insecure and unfulfilled, unless one is getting the needs answered by moon. 251
The family background had a powerful influence over various stages of family life cycle. The family thread or bonding still has an influential effect on the Moon in the tenth house. The 4 th and 10 th house axis form the family status and it also reveals the mediating quality of these houses over the path of life. Moon in Taurus: A person with the moon in Taurus always strive for security and permanence in their lives. They are self-reliant and independent. Sun in first house: Sun is posited in first house along with its inimical planet. The native suffers from deep sorrow. Though, Sun exalts in first house and gives good result, Sun and Venus together give bad results except health and help from Government. There will be no happiness in family life. Here Venus is Putra karaka and in association with Sun, which is Amatya karaka. In her birth chart Rahu is Putrakaraka and is being placed with retrograde Saturn, and in this chart, Rahu is in eighth house. Mars, Mercury and Ketu were in the second house. Ketu is the south node of the Moon and the rest of the body which represents separation, isolation and the abandonment of the material world. Mars, Mercury and Ketu are in conjunction. The fourth house rules home, family, and foundation. Scorpio in fourth house means the person is silent about family matters. Saturn, Gulika, Mandi in twelfth house in Cancer: Jupiter is occupying third house; s it shows that she may be greatly humiliated or insulted. 252
SARVASHTAKAVARGA (SAV) In Bhinnashtaka varga chart (BAV) with reference to Taurus, positions in D1 / natal chart are highlighted, and in second house 26 benefic points are obtained, which are less than28, whereas in fifth house benefic points or bindus are 25, less than 28. It is observed that, in ninth house, benefic points are 31, a little more than 30. In D-4 of the natal chart (BAV), with reference to Taurus, positions in D-4 are highlighted. The chart shows hat, in second house, 26 benefic points, in fifth house 22 benefic points and in ninth 25 benefic points. It can be concluded that, all these points are less than 28, and points in fourth house are even less than 25. It produces unhappiness. Case 2 : December 31, 1948 23:40 80 E 36, 26 N 39 CASE 2 OR CHART NO. 2: This is a chart of female respondent from Nagpur, residing in old age home. She is well-educated, and was working as a Principal, in Local Jilha Parishad School, Bhandara. She belongs to Daryapur. She has done her M.A.; M.Ed. then M.A. Music, and Sangeet Visharad. She also is getting pension. Her hobbies are Painting, Singing, and Reading. That time, when the survey was conducted her Hip Bone Operation was carried out. She had only Son who expired at the age of 21 years. 253
Gulika and Mandi ascendant: Traditionally, it is considered that Gulika and madi are very malefic. There must be some sort of problem, with her health. The effect is like that of Saturn, but one must not have undue fear. It causes delay in proper development of the physical body. While narrating the effect of Gulika in 1 st house, Maharshi Parashara, in ancient astrology scripture, said that, the native will suffer from diseases, and may be miserable. Thus Gulika in first house reduces the good results of the chart. Parashara recommends that, one should worship Lord Shiva regularly and light a ghee lamp before Shiva temple. It also considered as serpents, so Rahu puja or Durga Puja is the remedy. Ketu in second in Libra: It generally gives negative results. It has aspect of Saturn from 12 th house. It has no aspect of any benefic planet. People around her in the family, be inimical, leading to undesirable experiences. Sun and Jupiter in fourth: The sun has to work extra to make family life happy. Jupiter is in its own sign, which makes her learned, educated, religious, but it is placed with malefic planet, he positive results will be reduced considerably. The fourth house is one of the kendrashanas. This should not be under the influence of any malefic planet. Moon and Mars in Capricorn, fifth house: It should be kept in mind that the factors influencing birth chart are karma, condition of a planet ruling a house, planets in a house, and planetary dasha period which is running currently. Mars in fifth shows unhappiness and childlessness. Capricorn sign is inimical for Moon and Mars. Planetary ruler of 5 th house, Saturn, retrograde in twelfth house, has been placed in Leo, inimical sign for Saturn. Mars, Moon and Saturn are in 6/8, shadashtaka. Rahu is in Randhra bhava, This is not a good position for a badly placed Rahu,.Generally Rahu placed in this house tends to make the native, face difficulties from his children and with regard to his family and health. The native may face humiliation and criticism. Saturn in twelfth brings strength in the native s life, but bring many difficulties and hurdles in the native s path. The native would be fearful of harsh realities of life. Saturn here indicates losses on various fronts. 254
SARVASHTAKAVARGA (SAV) Bhinnashtakavarga with reference to Virgo (BAV), shows that in second house benefic bindus are 40, but in fifth house and ninth house benefic points are just 20 and 25, respectively, which are less than 28. In fifth house the points are even less than 25. In D-4 Bhinnashtakavarga(BAV) with reference to Sagittarius, in second house 32 benefic bindus are obtained and in fifth and ninth house 31 and 22 points respectively. Her date of entry in the old age home is 10 th April 2010. Saturn Mahadasha was running. Case 2 : April 10., 2010 5.30 pm 79 E 6 21 N 9 1. Ascendant is Pisces and Sun is seen situated in Lagna/ Ascendant, at the time when she entered old age home. 2. Venus and Mercury in second house 3. Ketu in fourth house, in Gemini 4. Retrograde Saturn in seventh in Virgo, and has direct aspect on Sun in Lagna 5. Gulika, Mandi, Rahu in tenth house, in Sagittarius 6. Jupiter and Moon in twelfth house, in Aquarius 255
7. Mars in fifth house in Cancer. The native devoid of happiness, wealth and son and will incus evils. When entered old age home, she was 62 years old. The Sun s placement suggests there is a strong determination to choose one s own course in life. Pisces is the twelfth sign and last sign of the Zodiac is the dissolution and release of the past cycle, purifying the essencefrom the waste in preparation for the birth of a new cycle. As the mutable water sign Pisces has changing and adaptable emotions. The flowing water always takes the form of its situation. The dual nature expresses understanding, but due to sensitivity may be pulled into negative feelings of sorrow when exposed to emotional sufferings. CASE 3: The female respondent, staying in local old age home is a housewife, educated up to 10 th standard, and her hobbies are reading and knitting. She has a daughter, but as she was not willing to stay with son-in law, she preferred to shift in old age home in the year 2007. 1. Ascendant is Pisces with Moon 2. Ketu in Gemini in fourth house 3. Mars in Leo situated in sixth house 4. Virgo sign, Mercury(R), and Sun situated in seventh house 5. Venus and Gulika in eighth house, in seventh house 6. Jupiter and Mandi in ninth house, in Scorpio sign 7. Rahu in Sagittarius in 10 th house 8. Retrograde Saturn in 12 th house in Pisces Ascendant or rising sign reveals the ways in which one present oneself to others. It describes the ways in which we project ourselves out in to the environment. When Pisces is rising, there is an inherent challenge around knowing how to project the self-outward. 256
Pisces rising motto seems to be Go with the flow. The second house lord is situated in sixth and it has direct aspect of Saturn. The second house is the house of Family. The second house lord is situated in sixth house, which is lord of ninth house also. In ninth house Jupiter is in association with Malefic Mandi and twelfth house is occupied by retrograde Saturn in sign Aquarius. These are all cadent or Apoklima houses. Happiness and peace could be absent from the native s life due to variant hurdles and difficulties. The ruler of fourth house is Moon and ketu is its enemy. Ketu here indicates lack of good results. When Rahu is in 10 th house and ketu in fourth house he native is obsessed towards materialistic pursuit and withdraw from domestic life. Case 3 : October 1, 1936 18 : 00 77 E 18, 21 N 9 This chart shows the general condition and placement of planets when case 3 took entry in old age home. 257
CHART 4 The female respondent from local old age home, educated up to 10 th standard, from Jabalpur. Her husband was working with forest Department and died in 1996. She is getting pension of 3500/- per month. She worked as a Hostel Warden, in a local Girl s Hostel, attached to Matru Seva Sangh, Nagpur. She entered old age home in 2009. She has no issue. She values cleanliness and tidiness, she mentioned when interviewed. Case 4 : September 13, 1933 5: 30 78 E 14, 20 N 59 1. Sun, Mercury and Ketu in Leo Ascendant, 2. Virgo Jupiter in second house 3. Mars and Venus in Third house, Libra sign 4. Saturn retrograde in sixth house, in Capricorn 5. Rahu and Gulika in Seventh house 6. Moon in Eleventh house. Sun, Mercury in conjunction with ketu, 258
CHART 5 Case 5 : March 9, 1935, 8:00 73 E 29, 26 N 43 This chart is of a female respondent from Nagpur old age home, she is educated up to IX standard. She belonged to Hingoli, Marathawada. She worked as a strong Political Party worker. She worked as a Warden, in Matru Seva Sangh, at Akola. She is not getting any pension. She got married at the age of 15 years, and lost his husband within a month after marriage. She was alone throughout her life. She entered Old age home on 20 th March 2007. 1. Ascendant is Pisces, occupied by Venus and Mandi in First house. Moon is in second house in Aries sign. Money has a tendency to come and go. The fifth house sign is Cancer, and Ketu is situated in fifth. 2. Retrograde Mars is in eighth house. 3. The Mercury Planet and Rahu in eleventh house, sign Capricorn. 4. Jupiter in ninth house in Scorpio 5. The Sun, Saturn and Gulika in twelfth house. 6. Gulika or Mandi situated in janma lagna give bad results.it holds a position of prime importance in the evaluation of a natal chart. Also called as Maandi, it has no physical existence, like Rahu- Ketu. But it always makes a difference in the natal chart output. 259
According to the set standards of assessment of maleficence, it surpasses all natural malefic. Gulika= Maandi= slow, stupid, loitering. Traditionally believed to be a highly malefic influence, it is beneficial in the Upachaya sthanas, 3 rd, 6 th, and 11 th houses. (Maharishi Parashara, Ch. 25, shloka-62-73). Case 5 : March 20, 2007 12: 00 79 E 6, 21 N 9 When she started residing in old age home, the planetary position at that time is depicted in the chart. Gulika and Mandi were found situated in First House, which is not good. In second house retrograde Saturn has been situated, which has aspect of Planet Mars. No planet is seen situated in Kendra, except Sun and Moon, in watery sign, Pisces. Tenth house lord is situated in sixth house, and aspecting Sun, Moon, and Saturn also. The Sun and Moon are aspecting the fourth house. The ninth house is seen occupying Rahu and Mercury. Venus is found occupied by eleventh house. Mercury, Rahu, Saturn are in 6/ 8 relationship (Shadahtaka). 260
CASE 6: The female respondent from local old age home, is educated up to 4 th standard. He has two sons and two daughters. Her daughter is in Chandrapur and one daughter is in Odisha. Her daughters-in law, are not willing to stay with her, so she entered old age home in 2010. Case 6 : November 16, 1942 17:30 79 E 6, 21 N 9 CASE 7: A female respondent is from local old age home. She is un-married and entered old age home in 2008. Her education is up to 10 th Standard. After the death of Mother, Father and only brother she has no one to look after and she forced to enter old age home. 1. Aries Ascendant 2. Rahu in second house in Taurus 3. Sun- Moon in third house in Gemini 4. Saturn and Mercury and Venus in fourth house in Cancer sign 5. Mars in fifth house in Leo 6. Jupiter in sixth house 7. Gulika and mandi in eleventh and twelfth respectively 261
The second house represents family members. If malefic planet is placed in second house, the native will not get the favors of own family members. Generally, the native moves out of the family. It also causes problem of earning. The native has to face situations, where she has to depend on others for her existence. The fourth house emphasizes the growth environment, as shown by family, home. Saturn in the fourth tends towards restrictions and rules that create difficulties in the growth environment. Saturn though a friend to Venus gives bad effect on Venus. Fourth house represents home. Therefore, it separates the person from family for a period of time, may be in childhood or adulthood. Love life might suffer. Venus indicates marriage, and in association with Saturn the marriage is delayed. Venus denotes happiness and Saturn denotes hard work. So happiness would come after sheer hard work in life, in certain cases. The combination of Saturn in cancer means that the home and family life is not easy or necessarily positive. The natural Putra karaka is in sixth and it has aspect of Saturn. Case 7 : June 30, 1946 2 : 35 79 E 6 21 N 9 Bhinna ashtakavarga with reference to Aries: (SAV) shows that second house shows 33 benefic points, whereas fifth house shows 23 points and ninth house shows 25 points. The benefic points in fifth and ninth house are less than 28, but the second house points are 31, more than 30. 262
CASE 8: This chart shows that the ascendant is Libra and lagna lord Venus is situated in ninth house in Gemini sign. Gulika and Mandi both seen present in second house. Retrograde Saturn has been placed in its own sign Capricorn with fourth house ruler Moon. Rahu in Aquarius sign is found placed in fifth house. Mars and Venus in ninth house in conjunction. Sun in Cancer, placed in 10 th house. In eleventh house Jupiter and retrograde Mercury in conjunction and Ketu is also seen associated. He is respondent staying with his wife, in old age home. He was teacher by profession. His wife also retired, as a teacher, one of the famous schools of Nagpur. He has only son, doing well in Nagpur. Because of certain family issues, regarding property, they have been forced to stay away from home. Saturn and Sun are in Kendra sthanas, Sun, Rahu, Ketu, Saturn, Mars are natural maefic planets. They harm the prospects of the house with which they are associated or whom they aspect. Case 8 : August 15, 1932 11:00 79 E 6, 21 N 9 263
Rahu and Ketu are shadowy planets and if they are found situated alone without being associated with or being under the aspect of any planet, they will give results through the planet which is lord of the sign occupied with them (Bhasin J.N. 1997). Saturn, Mercury and Venus are benefics for Libra ascendant, and Saturn being the best. For Libra ascendant, Sun, Jupiter and Moon are malefics. Mars is taken as feeble benefic (Raman B.V.2002). The most vulnerable house in the astrology is fourth house. If this house is damaged the native have hard time to achieve inner peace. In fact, Saturn brings blend of both positive and negative shades. The placement of Saturn in fourth house will be the reason for both good and adverse things in life. The life will be both pleasing and difficult at times. The Saturn in fourth house deprives the native from happiness. Sometimes may cause emotional separations. There may be deep lack of emotional security due to early experiences. The ability to be self-sufficient and making our own way in the world has always been tested by Saturn. Adawal Shanker (2006), said that, retrograde Saturn in the chart, represents the neglect of responsibilities in the past or previous life. With a retrograde Saturn, he comes in to the current life, with a tendency to carry forward the same goals which he had left unfinished, in the previous life, as not fulfilled. But in this case Saturn is in its own sign, so it should give happiness. But it in association with Moon and it is said that Saturn-Moon association, is called Punaraphoo Dosha. (KP PADDHATI). It also affects other aspects of life. Saturn and Moon are not inimical to each other, but Saturn is inimical to Moon. The effect depends on sign in house and aspect on them. Here Saturn and Moon are aspected by Sun. BHINNASHTAKAVARGA (BAV), with reference to Libra position in natal chart are highlighted. It is noted from (SAV) Chart that second house consists of 29 benefic points, fourth house consists of 22 benefic points and ninth house is seen having 32 benefic points. The benefic points in second and ninth houses are somewhat more than 30, but points in fifth house, which is house of children, are less than 25, and it can be concluded that there is no happiness from children. 264
CASE 9: This male respondent belongs to Rajkot, Gujarat, and residing in old age home, Aurangabad. Both husband wife is staying there together. They have very good family background. Their son is in foreign country and daughter sends money for them. 1. Leo Ascendant with Sun in its own sign. It has aspect of retrograded Saturn, from the seventh house. 2. Venus and Mercury in second house, in Virgo sign. 3. Fourth sign Scorpio, and it has been occupied by Jupiter. 4. Rahu has been placed in Sagittarius sign in fifth house. 5. Capricorn Moon has been placed in sixth house 6. Mandi-Gulika in ninth house. 7. Ketu in Gemini sign in 11 th house 8. Mars in twelfth house in Cancer sign 9. Jupiter is natural Putrakaraka, has 10 th aspect of Saturn. Moon and Mars are seventh from each other (Samsaptaka). Case 9 August 31, 1936 5 :30 70 E 47, 22 N 18 265
Saturn s third aspect on the ninth house could mean discipline bound/ constrained interaction with father figure and it also means hard luck. Jupiter in fourth house gives good result. Fifth house belongs to children when Rahu occupy fifth house it creates Putra dosha. i.e. trouble in child birth in case of female birth chart. BHINNASHTAKAVARGA: with reference to Leo Position in D1 are highlighted. SAV shows that in second house 28 benefic points have been observed and in fifth house only21 benefic points were observed. In ninth house 26 points are obtained. 28 points mean just on border line; whereas 21 and 26 are less than 25 and 28, respectively, showing unhappiness from children. 266
ASHTAKAVARGA STRENGTH IN APOKLIMA HOUSES Sarva means all-encompassing and this chart is the biggest chart when compared to the other Ashtakvarga charts. This chart is a sum total of all other Ashtakvarga chart. The house that has the lowest score is the weakest. Less than 25 points means the weak houses. When the score is between 25 to 28 points the house is called the strong house. CASE 1: The D-1 of the natal chart (SAV) shows the benefic points in various houses. KENDRA I IV VII X TOTAL POINTS 27 31 31 27 116 PANPHARA II V VIII XI POINTS 26 25 25 28 104 APOKLIMA III VI IX XII POINTS 28 31 31 27 117 TOTAL 337 In the above table benefic points obtained in sarvastaka varga of natal chart are shown. In Kendra or cardinal houses points obtained are 27+31+31+27=116. Panphara or succedent houses obtained 26+25+25+28= 104, and Apoklimaor cadent houses obtained 28+31+31+27=117. It can be said that the middle part is not very good. In kendra and apoklima the points are nearabout same But accoding to Jatak Parijata 1, under the heading difference in khandatraya or three parts of life points obtained in VIII house and XII house should not be included. Thus by deducting 25 i.e. points in VIII house (104-25=79) the points in VIII house are 79 and by deducting points of XII house from 117(117-27=90) the remaining points are 90. It can be conclude that the minimum points are obtained in succedent houses and 90 points are obtained in the Apoklima houses. 1 Jataka Parijata, vol.ii,baidyanath,translated by Ojha Gopesh kumar, Motilal Banarasidas Publication Delhi, 2005, p 729 267
First Part of life XII I II III TOTAL 27 27 26 28 108 Second part IV V VI VII 31 25 31 31 118 Last part of life VIII IX X XI 25 31 27 28 111 337 The above table shows that the three parts of life span i.e. first part (from XII house to III house) obtained 27+27+26+28=108, and second part from house IV to VII, the points obtained are 31+25+ 31+31=118 and in last part of life the benefic points are 25+31+27+28=111 out of total 337 bindus or points.it shows that the second part of her life was better than the first and third part. By deducting the points of VIII and XII house 111-25 and 108-27 the remaining bindus are 86 and 81 respectively. It can be concluded that the first and later part of life was not very good and the middle part of life was better. CASE 2: KENDRA I IV VII X TOTAL POINTS 33 23 24 30 110 PANPHARA II V VIII XI POINTS 40 20 28 30 118 APOKLIMA III VI IX XII POINTS 33 29 25 23 110 TOTAL 337 110-points of XII house 23= 87 and 118- points of VIII house 28= 90 Total of points obtained in Kendra is 110 which is same as in Apoklima house i.e. 110, whereas total of points obtained in succedent house is 118 which is the highest, and it shows that this pat of life was the best, means rising in power stage. When the points obtained by VIII house are deducted from the total 118(118-28= 90) the remaining points are 90 and by deducting points of XII house 23 from the total points 110 i.e. (110-23=87) the remaining points are 87, which is the lowest figure. 268
Thus it can 1be concluded here that the later part of life is miserable than the other two parts. Kendra house obtained highest points in sarvashtaka varga. First Part of life XII I II III TOTAL 23 33 40 33 129 Second part IV V VI VII 23 20 29 24 96 Last part of life VIII IX X XI 28 25 30 29 112 337 129-23=106 112-28=84 The table shows khandatraya of first, middle, and later part of life, starting from XII house to XI house, XII to III; IV to VII and VIII to XI; and it is clear that the first part obtained 129 points; second part obtained only 96 points, the lowest figure; and the later part o 1f life obtained 112 points in sarvashtaka varga. By deducting points of VIII house the remaining points are 84 (112-28=84) and by deducting points of XII house (129-23=106) the remaining points are 106 and it can be conclude that the later part of life will be miserable as it has minimum benefic points, (84) which means the malefic points are more. First part of life is than the second or middle part of life. The middle part of life is worst as compared to first and later part of life. In the present research study the objective was to study II, V, and IX house of SAV of natal chart so his part is not included in the study but discussed here in the case study. This can be taken as a topic for further research. 269