Vol 4 – Publitorial – Part 2 by Saptarishis Astrology

Article by Saptarishis Astrology

He retorts vehemently ‘Marriage will happen or not? This basic question we Indian Jyotishis can’t predict with guarantee. What do you all want to do with Obama? As if he is going to give you all an award. Leave me in peace, he has his own astrologer who is guiding him don’t worry about him, worry about yourself, clean your heart and come back when you are reformed’.

The time we met him must have been wrong, yet when truth strikes your heart you are absolutely numb. On the way back we kept on thinking what the yogi said and co-relating it with the same words in our Bible, and the path outlined in it which we are not following. Our obeisance to our Bible ‘The Last Book of Astrology’ the book that has made our lives, catapulted our path in Jyotish to abnormal level as compared to what was before, though many light years still to cross. That book does not contain techniques of astrology but far more vital secrets of Astrology as it talks about The Path. To understand this Path & the Biggest Kept Secret of Astrology let’s get started below on a journey that would stretch in many of the publitorials. The breathing should be slow and deep, as what follows is complex information even for the seasoned Vedic astrologer who is used to this house to house decoding yet at many places lot of things would need to be unraveled.

4^th House – The Astrology of Throne

This house is called the house of Primary Education, although we can split it up to 2H, 5H, 9H of higher education and 8H of occult & so on. But ancients have focused on the 4H as the house of education, throne, heart, Pure Intent, comforts & happiness. We must request the westerner astrologer to stay with us till the end of this long piece to know the Secret Of Astrology that we found only being mentioned in ‘The Last Book of Astrology’. For it is such a secret that no tradition lays stress on and all of us today have forgotten its importance. Let us take 4H and its relation with Natural Zodiac (Aries as Asc) referred to as the chart when God created this Universe by some and called since time immemorial in India as the Naisargik Kundali. We would take the 4H as the central house and move to other houses to judge how this knowledge of the 4H behaves & is in turn influenced so that at the end we realize the key to the 4H of education of astrology that we all seek.

1^st

4^th house is the central pillar of one’s existence when one is born as it is the house of mother whose breasts we suck to survive, from it the milk (nectar-knowledge) flows. Your first learning (education) starts in your mother’s arms when she teaches you the real meaning of the word Maa, Mom, Mother. It is also the sign of Cancer whose lord is Moon which stands for mother, it is a watery sign yet it is not violent water; it is calm and soothing like mothers love. So in order to gain knowledge, the student of this science needs to be ‘Calm’ (key) and for the 4H to prosper you need to have movement (watery sign) in this house, so your information (education) should move and cannot be holed up, as stagnant water will one day create diseases. That is the reason they say for an astrologer, if one does not have vices yet suffers from heart disease (4H), then one has holed up the knowledge, if there are blood pressure problems then as blood is not flowing properly, knowledge from your heart (4h)) does not flow properly. If your knowledge is not pure then your heart swells giving you ego and attitudinal problems (5H) as the 2^nd from 4H is 5H of attitude, and 2^nd from any house is the gains of that house. That is the reason they say in ancient India that when they see an astrologer showing off information (education) that he did not have a good guru, for if he had, this would not be the result at all. The ‘Last Book of Astrology’ says ‘The weight of Knowledge is so much; man cannot bear it hence he bends down due to the weight (gets humbled) – that is the reason one with true knowledge would always be humble, never have ego, never get angry or run others down on the subject of knowledge.’ Sign ruling the 4H whether fixed, dual, moveable, airy, fiery all will add further color to your approach to education & level of learning, it’s a natural watery sign (Cancer), if fire element comes here in 4H its not comfortable. Suppose fiery sign/fire element has come in watery sign in 4H, then water becomes hot and boils and evaporates, finally no water. So if one’s house (home) catches fire then it means one has done something drastically wrong with ones knowledge (4H) as fire on water is naturally not possible, against nature and Mother (4H) nature is angry with you or it could also mean among many other things  that your students are going to deceive you soon as students is 5H and 12^th from it (4H) will show the loss of 5H or one has misused ones mantras (5H of mantra) hence there is fire in your home (12^th from 5H). Hence astrologers in India do not speak about fire in one’s home for they know this rule if they learnt astrology from the way tradition teaches you that is Natural Zodiac or Kaala Purusha Kundali. 4H is mother and education and that is the reason Mother Saraswati is considered the Goddess of Learning in India, she is not called just Saraswati but addressed as Maa Saraswati. 4H of natural zodiac is Cancer sign which as per our texts mean ‘residing in forest’ hence to gain real knowledge one must go internal in seclusion & not external in forums or organizations, become quiet and calm like the water energy of Cancer. That is the reason it is said ‘Astrology is the knowledge of Monks’ (Jyotish Sanyasiyo ka Vidya Hain) since they are always secluded. Remember Linda Goodman secluded herself from the rest and became the No.1 author, the first to come on New York Times Best Seller List.

2^nd

2^nd from 4H of education is the 5H it is gain of education that gives you knowledge & intelligence (5H matter) and you feel proud at times due to your education as 5h of the natural zodiac is ruled by Leo the Lion who resides in forest and hence for gain of knowledge (5H) one must become secluded where Astrology becomes your religion. But if knowledge becomes a tool for your ego or fame (5H) then your intelligence (5H) gets marred and what you write (3^rd is writing, so 3^rd from 3^rd which is 5H is the Resultant House. the 3^rd house of writing) can become egoistical & this ego becomes a harm inflictor (marak) to the 4H of education thereby stopping your further growth of the 4H. In Vedic astrology the 2^nd from any house is the house of sustenance and thus if you do not sustain anything properly this same 2^nd house becomes a ‘Harm Inflictor’ for the previous house. If you have malefics in the 5H of intelligence or aspecting it (e.g. Saturn, Nodes) then your intelligence will become marred as you cross 36 years of age & worse after 42, the ages of Saturn & Rahu or till those age it will be marred, depending on the sign. If a retrograde malefic influences this house then you will misuse what you gained (5^th is 2^nd from 4^th house) from your education of previous life as you grow old. Most astrologers say this to scare parents (that a child’s education will suffer a break when such malefics influence) to sell remedies and gain money, yet the other side of the coin is misuse or no use of one’s education & all your mantras (5H) won’t be able to save your children or save you from the wrath of your students as both children and students are 5H matters and the house placement & aspects of malefics in a chart show ones sins. Unfortunately we ignore this rule when we delineate our favorite astrologer’s charts.

3^rd

3^rd from the 4H of the Information of Education is the 6^th house, and in natural zodiac it is Virgo ruled by Mercury, the planet for communications. So 3^rd from 4^th becomes the writing that you do in astrology of what you learn (4H), and if there are malefics in this house then you can develop lots of enemies (6H is enemies) and also diseases through your writing. Some of us develop lung problems if our writings demean others educational material & we wonder why. That is the reason the monks of astrology never write as they know that people outside in cities are narrow minded and would not digest their writings, but their gain is freedom from enemies and disease as they gave up writing. They don’t write for forums or fight with other astrologers. Example: if one has Rahu (Dragons Head) in 6^th house, ones writings will be read by foreigners more (Rahu means foreigners), it would be research oriented (Rahu shows research), by being a malefic who wanted superiority over Gods (mythology) Rahu will make one demean others in your writings creating fights by being controversial, one would not reveal the true information in her/his writings as Rahu has tendency to hide as per Indian mythology when Rahu the demon cheated the gods to gain nectar by disguising himself as a god. Take another case concerning ones learning, Dragons Head implements its energy in the 3^rd from itself – ref Aug 08 Vol 3 issue of SA – so if you have Rahu in 4^th house it will make you write (3H) to fool others as Rahu fooled the Gods to gain nectar (money) & to influence naive foreigners (Rahu means foreigner) and create fights (6H is fights) this will give you disease as 6H is disease. Depending on the sign it will be incurable or curable. As 3^rd from 4^th house of learning is 6H of accidents then if one has an accident combination in ones chart one should be careful of not hiding ones knowledge as 6H gets activated and accident is caused. When we hear of an astrologer having a chronic accident we first enquire if that astrologer was approached by a student or publisher and if he refused sharing the knowledge. Often the answer we get is yes.

4^th

4^th from 4^th is the 7^th house of public life & position in public life (pada prapti), this 7H is the Resultant House of the 4H, the concept is called Arudha in Sanskrit, which you calculate by counting the number of houses away from its original position. This can be applied to all houses. Example: if we want to find out the resultant house of the 5^th house in a chart we will count 5 places from 5^th house and we get the 9^th house. The intelligence of the 5H gets converted to the wisdom & philosophy that is seen from the 9^th house, e.g. if you see children from 5H, no malefics aspecting it or its lord but you see malefics influencing 9H or its lord then you deduce some problems in area of children. Coming back to 7H (4^th from 4^th) this sign in natural zodiac is Libra, the result of one’s education is to make one a balanced individual especially in public life as an astrologer. As it is the resultant house of your education if you become unbalanced in your dealings towards knowledge it in turn affects ones 4H of education. As it becomes the 7^th house of relationship, problems in the 4H reflect on our relationships, often one finds that astrologers are the most difficult people to deal with in their strive for public standing and often their marriages are ruined due to wanting self projection & pushing partner in background.

Now if the 4^th house is pure then your education brings you great success in acquiring fruitful public positions, you become a useful astrologer in the public eye. If 4H has restrictive planets influencing it (like Saturn) then your education can be restricted at any point in your life, and if no positive influences then you do not get public limelight (7H) effect. Example: if you have Rahu influencing the 4H then your knowledge is incomplete as Rahu could not devour the nectar completely and his head was cut off by Chief of Gods as per Vedic Mythology resulting in Rahu & Ketu. 10^th from 7^th house is the 4H of learning, 10^th means karma, the result, how an astrologer behaves in public life ones learning increases or decreases. If lot of time is spent doing conferences (7H – public life), ones further learning is reduced as the action (10^th) is in the 10^th from it. That is the reason you find that many famous astrologers after one point stagnate since they spend too much time doing publicity stunts (nautanki). Good learning (4H) ensures good Publicity (7H) automatically since the karma of 7^th is dependant in the 4H of learning.

5^th

5^th from the 4^th house of Learning is the 8^th house of occult and longevity/survival. You can survive as an astrologer in this world only if you have good learning; the gain of occultness of the 8H is a result of the previous merits of the 4^th house of Learning, since the 5^th means previous births merits (poorva poonya) & 8^th is the Storehouse of Previous Merits (Poorva Janma Raj Kosh). The natural sign of the 8H is Scorpion: if your merits are not good the science will bite you and that is the reason elders in India do not encourage a householder to practice astrology as without knowing the roads (tradition) of the 8H of scorpion you can get sting badly & end up in poverty or misery. From the 8^th house the 4^th house of learning is in the 9^th (fruits) from it, which means Previous good merits in matters of Learning or Knowledge gives fruits of good learning of astrology in this life. This is the hidden logic behind why elders say 8H is the house of occult/astrology. So if we cheat people of knowledge, books or manuscripts or hiding it (8H is house of hidden) you will suffer in next life when it comes to your astrological knowledge and other areas too, but here our discussion is on learning astrology and astrologers, not other areas of life. The 5^th shows ones attitude so the attitude by which you do your studies (4H) is governed by the 8H and the fruits therein of ‘Continuous Flow of the Learning Cycle’.

The 8H is the house of darkness and solitude and you need to be the Apprentice of the Master but in solitude that’s the key as it is 8H. Now if your Master has many students you won’t get the solitude (ekant) to do your studies. Often we think that books are our best gurus since we are alone (8H) with our books. Why didn’t our sages have 10,000 students under them? Why did Jesus not have more than 12 disciples? Was their knowledge not superior to attract many? Because they knew that energy could be transferred to very few, unlike today’s Gurus who are in the business of wanting more and more students? Their true worth is seen by the number of students a guru has.

6^th

6^th from the 4H of Learning is the house of 9^th house of Teacher, Righteous actions (Dharma), Wisdom, God’s blessings & Fruits of One’s Life. Now 6^th means service/efforts/hard work/obstacles/gratitude, in order to get wisdom to become a Guru one needs to do extreme hard work and serve (6^th) ones Guru. It is a fiery sign (Sagi) and your teacher at times gets angry with you but if our ego is so much that it hurts us, then we do not get the Guru – period. But is there a true guru today, one can spend lifetimes in a city or forum and you won’t find one. 9^th house is the house of Sagittarius in the Natural Zodiac whose lord is Jupiter the natural teacher. 9H is the house of Gods too so when we don’t get a guru we make God our Guru, and its far better than today’s Guru who accords you titles of Guruism depending on how much you served (6^th) them with praise or money. What should be the relationship towards our God (or guru) & our learning, well as it is 6^th from 4H and 6^th shows serving, faith and bowing down, that’s what it should be as when you have full faith only then you, bow to someone or to God.

When we bow down in full faith to our Gods or Guru or Master, we gets in return the Occult Knowledge (as the 4^th house is 8^th from 9^th), so in order to learn anything from anyone whether it be a colleague or book or magazine we must show humility (6^th) and be ready to learn, but if we show 9^th house trait of already being a Guru, what will we learn?  The energy will go into the 12H of loss (9^th energy of Guruism from 4^th is the 12H). There is a negative side to the 6^th as it shows selfishness. And so when we take this selfish attitude of the 6^th from the 4^th house towards our guru (9H) then true love, true knowledge does not come to self (1H as it is 5^th from 9^th) but when we convert this selfishness into honest gratitude we get the real knowledge (9H). Here unfortunate is the Guru (9H) who is born with many sins of previous life to get a selfish student, for e.g. Internet Paramparas (tradition) have many gurus who are most hated by their students and Gurus are aware of this, even the student knows the guru is aware of their hatred but all of them butters their gurus alas true knowledge has not come out from the gurus as a result not a single of the Paramparas can predict to save their life. We must pity such students and such Gurus who, in spite of knowing the game they are playing with each other, are so dependent on each other for surviving today in the ‘Age of Fame Astrology’. The 9H is the house of prosperity and is governed by the deity Laxmi, Goddess of Wealth, when we serve our Guru we get everlasting wealth his true love which is unconditional, is not unconditional love the greatest wealth of all since time immemorial.

6^th from any house is the house of jealous, as enemies are jealous of us or vice versa and we can’t speak good about our enemies or vice versa. 6^th from the 4^th house ones knowledge is the 9H which is the house of Higher Knowledge, it is our by our hard work (6^th) that our knowledge becomes refined and becomes higher knowledge (9H). As it is the house of higher knowledge we as astrologers should be careful that we do not carry the negative side of the 6^th house energy from 4H to 9H as we can then become jealous of others higher knowledge and this is often the trap of the 6^th houses energy of selfishness & greed. When we tend to hate or dislike or argue with others who have higher knowledge (9H) we are converting the 6H of hard work energy to become jealous energy and thereby the Source that is the 4H gets spoilt effecting our own learning. As we tend to continuously criticize others works (9H). Often you will find out that the Supreme Astrologer who has understood the meaning of the word Jyotish never privately or publicly criticizes others higher knowledge whether it be in form of books or articles. You will observe that not a single Sage has ever criticized another Sages work.

You come to know the worth of how one will progress in astrology if he or she reads a great book on astrology and no praise comes from him, if no praise comes you know which type of 6H energy is travelling from his 4H since when one gets jealous of someone’s success surely he is not your friend (4H) but you are taking him as the enemy (6H) and this happens mainly when you do the Astrology of the Throne (4H) and not Astrology of the Heart (4H). This is the difference in the 4H energy. This scribe has observed over many years of observation when he learns a secret technique from an astrologer and when he teaches the same to another astrologer, he is not much interested in learning and after learning it has no praise for it as if he has learnt all the techniques of astrology.

We noticed the 4H of heart methodology from a master who had no tradition in astrology, no guru yet he went on to become a Master of the science & also world famous. Those were the nostalgic days when sitting at his feet we would hear stories of him praising other astrologers’ works, always praising. So much love flowed. No doubt the energy flowed from his 4H to 9H and back to his 4H with more higher knowledge, much more than what others ever got.

7^th

As the 1^st house is self and 7^th house is the Man that comes out in the world to interact with it, same is the 4^th house of Learning and the 7^th from it becomes the 10^th house of what comes out of that learning, which, being the 10H, can either be your profession or your free serving to help people. It being the sign of Capricorn in the natural zodiac is ruled by Saturn, one must be careful with what is done with this learning (of the 4^th house) as when Saturn strikes no mantra can save, and we know that even Gods had to go into hiding for years due to Saturn. Our obeisance to Gods and planet Saturn both. At times when this 10H is spoilt due to actions of previous or this life, an astrologer develops problems of the knee as 10H & Capricorn is knee, this knee problems cannot be ignored by a prudent astrologer.

8^th

This is the best house; the 8^th from 4^th house is the 11H of gains of money, gain of position and gains in fulfillment of desires. Ruled by Aquarius the Pot Bearer who some say needs to overflow to function and some say it should not overflow being half empty whereas some say the pot of the sign is actually empty. It is the pot of Occult Knowledge of the 4H of Learning (8^th from 4^th); this is the real Occult of the Astrology. 4^th house sign is Cancer which is water element and this water must flow through ordeals (8H) into the Pot of the 11H of Aquarius and it is then only (struggle energy of 8^th) that the pot becomes full to give you Gains that is signified by the 11H.

Now, the 8^th house is more to do with magic, tantric activities, austerities and unfortunately the astrology of today, which is far different than astrology of olden days. Think of it this way: if 8H is occult then 4^th (education) from 8^th is the 11^th house. And 8^th from 4h is also 11H, both ways we come to the same 11^th house that is Aq that is ruled by Saturn and the natural Obstacle House of the zodiac (For Aries, Cancer, Libra & Capricorn the 11^th from it is the Obstacle Sign). No wonder to gain money or position or fulfillment of desires humans face so many obstacles and get it after a lot of effort, and as the elders say, Saturn gives results after delay—it’s not delay, it’s the hard work and efforts signified by Saturn to cross the obstacles (11H). The difference between a good and a bad astrologer is Saturn; the good astrologer has worked hard burning midnight oil to test each and every technique he finds in books. See, oil is signified by Saturn and night is when Saturn is strong.

The problem here is the fortune (4^th) of this occult knowledge (11H) is governed by 2H (4^th from 11^th) and also Saturn implements itself in the 4^th from where it sits. Saturn is the Dharma Holder (Judges Righteousness in Each One) so one’s speech has to flow with Truth & what you do with this Mystic Knowledge is governed by Saturn. No doubt the ancients and as late as C. S. Patel have said you must always speak the truth. But this is so tough in today’s world. If you speak the truth in today’s world you are banned from forums of dictator astrologers, if you suggest that before we decide on anything lets first remove those 60,000 manuscripts (Saturn) on the topic you get banned by Fuehrer’s Of Astrology who do not realize that one day people with only 6 years of astro knowledge will come & remove the carpet under you. As 6 year olds represent Indigo Children and color Indigo is the higher octave of Saturn as per some.

Why is the water to flow continuously from Cancer to Aquarius since you need to make many pots that can contain your ever increasing learning. See the clay of the Aq pot is made of mud (earth-4H), now this is made with hands (11H & 3H) & some water (4H). The Saturn here is the toughest to deal with, as it is a fixed Saturn here rather than a moveable Saturn of Capricorn, if one is too fixed it breaks the Pot- knowledge gone and if one is too soft the Pot cannot be made. This should give a clue as to what kind of energies we require to benefit in gaining knowledge when it comes to the real mystic knowledge of the 4H of our learning. The other clue for Indian Astrologers who take Lord Ganesh (elephant headed) as Lord of astrology and pray to him for excellence in astrology is for the reason that Lord Ganapati is considered as the remover & creator of obstacles (11H) as we all know and the 11H (Aq) is ruled by Lord Ganapati. We hope now the logic of Aq-Astrology & Lord Ganesh is grasped by Indian astrologers. In India the richest city is Mumbai & also hosts Bollywood, this city holds the biggest festival in the whole of India for Lord Ganapati as he removes obstacles (11H) and gives gain of desires & money (11H) which Mumbai has.

9^th

9^th from 4^th house of learning is where the heart of God is, and is called the house of pleasures and spirituality. If you reside (4H of home) in the heart of God won’t you enjoy pleasures & spirituality? 9^th from any house is the fruits of that house hence they said donate knowledge as 9^th (fruits) from 4H of knowledge is the 12H of charity & also the fruit of the happiness of 4H (sukhastana-4h). For more into this readers can refer to Sri Krishna’s words in Bhavishya Purana (holy text) that we translated for the first time for the benefit of readers in Vol 2. The sign is Pisces of the natural zodiac and it is the water where fish moves around, so the fruits of this action are ever flowing and also feeds others (fish). This 12^th house is the house of the heart (4^th from 9^th) of the Guru, the Master and of the Gods. So once you donate true knowledge without worrying about the fruits of it then God falls in love with you as his heart is yours and you will automatically get more knowledge as 12H is the Knowledge of the Gods (4^th from 9^th). That is the reason there is a verse in sanskrit which says that to hold knowledge and not allow anyone to bring out knowledge is a sin which cannot be reversed. Alas today’s organizations and Gurus do not want you to bring out knowledge, if you bring it out their throne gets threatened as they practice the astrology of thrones.

It is important to note this relation that, as the 4^th house is the 5^th (poorva punya/merits of previous birth) from the 12H of Gods heart/spirituality. Hence it is your previous births merit of donation of knowledge by which you get good education (4H) of this science in this birth. Please re-read the above verse and see the cycle is complete – 9^th from 4^th your fruits (9H) of donation (12h) of knowledge in previous life (12H) & it comes back (5H) as knowledge (4H) in this life. That is the reason it is said donate without your shadow coming to know of it, without any conditions in your donation, we can’t say ‘Give me $250 for my article or magazine’ but it can’t be free either as anything free has no value since gratitude died 2000 years back.

10^th

10^th from the 4^th house is the house of karma (10^th) of the education that you learn. This makes you or breaks you by giving you ego about it as the 1H is the house of ego. In reverse, since 4^th house is the 4^th from the 1H, it bloats your heart (4H) giving you a bigger ego, making the 4H ‘Fixed’ and not flowing like water which it should be as 4h is sign of Cancer. This energy movement becomes cyclic 4^th to 1^st to 4^th and becomes a black hole most astrologers cannot escape including this writer. That is the reason for gain of true knowledge in olden days the monks were advised begging as a ritual so that their ego becomes zero and flow of energy goes on and on in a cycle as the monks were not after gold but after knowledge.

11^th

11^th from the 4^th is the 2H of wealth, speech and family. As such 11^th stands for gain and 11^th from any sign stands for gain or no gain of that house. If your actions in the 4H are good then there is gain in the 11^th from it resulting in prosperity to you & family; if the actions are bad then your whole family goes down. The natural 4H sign is Cancer and hence its Obstacle Sign would be Taurus, which means if you do not allow free flowing of energy in the 4h which is its natural birth-right (cancer sign) then you create Obstacles in the 2H of family, wealth and speech. How is this 4H so instrumental  – if one does not want to learn or does not allow one to learn, then one’s heart (4H) will get fixed, which is against the very basic nature of the 4H. Hence the result will be destruction of wealth or family or speech or eyesight at one stage of life. Depending on the sign it will be either in this life or next or next to next and that’s the reason Sage Parasara wrote 5000 years back that ‘Hence, everyone should have knowledge of Jyotish, particularly the Brahmin. The one, who, is devoid of knowledge of Jyotish, blames this Vedic Science will go to the hell called Raurava and will be reborn blind.’

Mark the words blind and knowledge of Sage Parasara. The logic of this verse as to why sage mentions blind has so far eluded most so we here make a humble attempt to explain a part of it. See co-relate this with logic as to why it is said that Jyotish (11H) is the eye (2H) of the Vedas (4H) from whatever you read in the paragraph titled 11^th. Vedas means the highest knowledge as per Indians and is tough to understand. Take Vedas as 4H, the supreme part & gain of this knowledge of Vedas would be the 11^th from it, as 11^th symbolizes the highest gains in a chart and the 11^th from 4^th is the 2H of eyes, hence ‘Astrology is the eye of the Knowledge’ has been cryptically by our ancients as astrology opens our eyes to see the difference between illusion and the reality of our existence, that is our past actions that result in future results. This whole concept deserves an article but let’s see it from other angles. If we take 9^th of essence from 4H of the 4Vedas, we get 12H of spirituality & right eye and it is just astrology becomes a Spiritual science. If we take 8H as Astrology of Occult, then the 2^nd (eye) from it becomes the 9H of higher knowledge. Astrology becomes your eye to see the plan of God (Vedas).

There is so much more to this for example see 4H and take 11^th from it which is 2H of speech. In India it is said that an astrologer needs Vak Siddhi which means the words (prediction) that comes out of his mouth should become true. Now mouth is 2H, 3^rd from any house is the action of that house which becomes 4H, if malefics are in 4H it becomes an impediment as malefics signify impediments, now as food for thought go to charts of those astrologers whose prediction failed on your charts or those gurus who often fail in their predictions and in some of their charts you would find a malefic in 4H or association of 4L with malefics. Unfortunately no astrologer writes on this particular aspect since he would lose his business.

12^th

12^th from 4H is the natural 3^rd house of writing and also the house of charity of knowledge (4^th) as 12^th means charity. That is the reason when an author writes a book (3H) or gives a lecture he donates (12^th) his learning (4H). Donation is always unconditional love and hence if one writes a book but does not reveal his full knowledge in his writing on that topic his donation is not accepted by the Universal Energy which is male female combined that is Gemini of 3H of Natural Zodiac. Reverse is 2^nd from 3^rd house of writing and good communication skills, it results in gains of more knowledge (4^th is 2^nd from 3^rd) & fortune (4H of fame & fortune). The 3^rd house is the natural sign of Gemini, the combination of the male-female energy, the unbiased one: your writing needs to unbiased, for without which knowledge would not grow. Your writing should be honest, admitting your failures, and not such that one day a 6 year old kid (Mer-Gemini) comes to tattoo on your hand, this sentence, ‘I Do Not Know Astrology’. Remember Mercury is the kid and the 12^th house is the loss of the 4H of knowledge, hence they say in India for those egoistic astrologers that one day a kid (Mer-Gemini ruled) will come and show your inferiority (loss) to you, if you have so much of ego (4H of pride) on your knowledge. Indians can refer to the ancient story of Prahlada & Dhruva – 6 year olds who reduced the ego of their opponents. It is said in every era they are reborn to drive out the old egoists. As 12^th from 4H is 3H of writing, it also means that by writing what was yours (4H) is no more yours (12^th from it) and it belongs to the world, as it being 12^th it is charity of your knowledge whose sign is Gemini in natural zodiac, which stands for intelligence as it is ruled by Mercury, and in next life or this you are rewarded with more intelligence due to your charity of knowledge.

In order to avoid length of this write up we have not used Elements (Tatva) and many other characteristics of each sign. But what is the bottom line, what is the so called Biggest Kept Secret of Astrology. It is the 4H of:-

Heart

Yes without a good heart one cannot learn astrology, one may learn information, become a great predictor but the basic meaning of the word Jyotish (not using the word astrology here) will not be understood by us. You see the 4H is the house of the mother; here the mother and the kid unite as the kid sucks the milk from her breasts which are located also near ones heart, it is not the milk here that flows, it is the mother’s love from her heart which flows to the kid and that is how Learning Flows from The Heart. If heart is not pure, what will one teach to others, what knowledge will you share? Remember what our old teachers said: ‘I taught him with my heart’ (Dil Khol Ke Sikhaya).  Because the guru and student are in love with each other. The student (5H) gains from the 4^th. When you start a science you start for the love of it, because your heart (4H) wants you to learn that science. At that time you are not worried about what you gain from the science, about the politics of practitioners of this science, just like a mother while feeding her baby does not wonder if the baby is going to take care of her in old age. One of our proof readers was travelling in the local metro train, correcting the articles, and a girl next to her said, Oh Astrology, I want to learn it, go to America and make money out of it, but I am not finding time to start the study. This is the condition of Indian Astrology. It’s not wrong to make money or not to make money out of it, what’s wrong is there is no intention to learn the science for its Holisticity (must coin a new word here). Show us a Guru who checks your intention when you approach him to learn. Too many of today’s gurus are in the business of creating thousands of students, and too many students aren’t concerned enough to check the heart of the guru.

Malefics as we know spoil the houses they sit with or associate with. Forget about the complex rules let’s just stick to this basic rule and see this through an example. If Rahu sits in the 4H of heart, the heart of the person is spoilt and such a person is called Kapati (man who cheats) in India since Rahu by very nature tried to cheat the gods of the nectar. This Rahu in the 4H wants to go ahead in life by hook or crook. That’s what Rahu displayed in the Nectar story of Indian mythology. In India, Astrology is considered a very divine science and of the gods. That is the reason in ancient India one would not teach astrology or mantras to a student who has Rahu in quadrants to the Asc or trinal to the Asc, as when in trines to the ascendant it afflicts the mind of the native or can give him false guru and no guru wants to be that false guru. Just for the record this author also has one of the above negative combinations but which astrologer tried to check that? The moment money is shelled out they start teaching, even if not money then for the sake of increasing ones students count they teach. Do current Gurus check your chart before they start teaching you? No they don’t? This Rahu influence is so beautiful that Parampara secrets are revealed not in India but abroad (Rahu’s influence again) but this is the way the world is. Students join the Guru’s Institution and leave it when they find out the Guru is a politician and a cheat, yet will still join back shamelessly since we are so hungry for this 4^th house of Throne of Knowledge as we can easily cheat (rahu) young entrants by imparting further courses and we think Saturn from 10H is not looking at our 4H.

It took this writer incidentally 2 years of gap to decode this verse from ‘The Last Book of Astrology’ – ‘To Learn Astrology Infidelity Is The Most Important Virtue’ – ‘The Rishis (sages) do not like Infidelity’, why did it take so long since we forgot that 4H is the house of chastity. Here Babaji is not referring to sexuality related infidelity but knowledge (4H) related infidelity as one needs to be honest to ones knowledge capability, otherwise guru/higher knowledge becomes obstacle to gain (6^th is obstacle & 6^th from 4H is 9H of guru or higher knowledge).

As we close this long piece, let’s see a movie that is considered by many to be one of the greatest spiritual movies of recent times ‘Jerry Maguire’ – starring Tom Cruise & Cuba Gooding Jr, who plays Rod Tidwell. Jerry (Tom Cruise) is a Sports Agent & one day writes about dishonesty (4H) in sports profession and gets fired. He has no clients except his Tidwell, now see what Wikipedia says ‘Tidwell tests Jerry’s resolve through a very long telephone conversation, which culminates in the famed “Show Me the Money!” telephone yelling match between Rod and Jerry. Later on when Tidwell can’t make it big he accuses Jerry of being lousy, then Jerry gives the famous mantra ‘You know why you don’t have the $10 million dollar contract. You Play With Your Head, Not Your Heart’. He goes on to later win a $ 11 million dollar contract – notice the synchronicity of the number 11 and now check what you read in the 11^th from 4^th and also the 11H of a chart, all of it is governed cum controlled by the Key which is the 4H of Heart, money is just the bi-product let’s not forget that. Let’s all do the Astrology Of The Heart instead of becoming No.1 & doing the Astrology of the Throne.