Decoding Life of Tarla Dalal with Bhrigu Nandi Nadi

Mrs. Tarla Dalal was Born on June 3, 1936, in Pune. Here we will take some important events of her life and explain them through Bhrigu Nandi Nadi. We will not be making use of lagna and houses from lagna. We will only use signs and planets in this analysis.

Saturn:

In the natal chart of Mrs. Tarla Dalal, Saturn is at 28.9 degrees.

Bal (Saturn) = 29.46 – (28.9/1.02) = 1.13 years. We can take it to be approximately 1 year in Major Progression.

Jupiter:

In the natal chart of Mrs. Tarla Dalal, Jupiter is retrograde and is at 27.6 degrees.

Bal (Jupiter) = 11.86 – (27.6/2.53) = 0.95 years. We can take it to be 1 year in Major progression.

Event 1- Marriage in 1960.

Age: 25^th year.

One rule of BNN is that whenever Saturn or Jupiter, in Progression, make connection with Mars and Venus, that is, they progress over 1^st, 5^th, 9^th and especially 7^th house from Mars (in case of female) and Venus (in case of male), marriage happens in the native’s life.

Jupiter is retrograde in this chart. Hence, the rules for retrograde Jupiter will apply here. It spends the 1^st year of her life [ Bal (Jupiter)] in Scorpio itself (natal position). For next 12 years Major Progression is in Libra (previous sign).

Tarla Dalal’s 25^th year falls in the 3^rd Major Progression of Jupiter, which is in Sagittarius sign, whose lord Jupiter is the karaka of marriage ceremony. Jupiter’s Minor Progression at this time was over Scorpio, over natal Jupiter (very significant). Jupiter was progressing over the 7^th house from Mars, the karaka of husband in any female chart. So, Progressed Jupiter, in Minor progression, did make a 7^th aspect connection with Mars in her chart during this time. Moreover, Jupiter is the significator of marriage ceremony. Also, Scorpio sign denotes transformation in life, and we know that marriage is a big transformation in anybody’s life.

It is notable that Major progression of Jupiter was also in the sign of Jupiter at this time, the significator of marriage ceremony. Hence, we see that Jupiter’s progression is beautifully explaining Mrs. Tarla Dalal’s marriage during her 25^th year.

Even though both Saturn and Jupiter are capable of giving marriage alone, let’s look at Saturn’s Progression as well in her 25^th year.

In her 25^th year, Major Progression of Saturn was in Pisces, while the Minor Progression of Saturn was in Sagittarius. Both these signs are Jupiter’s sign and Jupiter is the karaka of marriage rituals. Hence, even Saturn’s progression is showing marriage at this time.

Event 2- Started cooking classes in 1966.

Age: 30^th year

Major Progression of Jupiter is over Capricorn sign, signifying hard work. It is Saturn’s sign and Saturn is ‘karmakaraka’ significator of all karma including profession. This progressed Jupiter is in trine with Venus, Mercury, Mars and Sun in Taurus sign. As Taurus sign denotes food in the natural zodiac and also Venus, the lord of the 2^nd house of food in the natural zodiac also represents food, Major Progressed Jupiter’s being in trine with Venus in Taurus is important. Sun is the karaka of name, fame, status, which she achieved through her cooking classes. Mars is a fiery planet signifying efforts/initiatives. She took a big initiative by starting her own cooking classes and made tremendous efforts. Mercury is the karaka of business and this was the own Venture of Mrs Tarla Dalal. Major Progressed Jupiter was casting its trinal aspect on all these planets in Taurus sign of food, in the 30^th year of her life, triggering her venture of cooking classes.

Coming to Minor progression of Jupiter, it was in Taurus itself with all the planets discussed above. Jupiter’s Minor Progression is absolutely beautifully explaining this major significant event in the life of Mrs. Tarla Dalal.

Let us now look at where Saturn was at this time. Major Progressed Saturn was in Pisces, in trine with natal Jupiter. Jupiter is the karaka of wealth and she did start earning at this time. Minor Progressed Saturn was in Aquarius (moolatrikona sign of Saturn) and over natal Saturn. One rule of BNN is that whenever a planet progresses over its natal position, it gives very significant events. Here, we see that Saturn progressing over natal Saturn in Minor progression did trigger her career and made her work. Saturn is the karaka of career, work, profession, vocation, occupation.  This Saturn is in trine with Moon and Ketu. Moon is the karaka of food and Ketu of karmic events.

Again we see that Saturn’s Progression, both Maroe and Minor, is showing the start of cooking classes of Tarla Dalal in her 30^th year.

Event 3 – First cook-book published in 1974.

Age: 38^th year

Both Major and Minor progressed Jupiter was in Aquarius, the moolatrikona sign of Saturn, the karmakaraka, over natal Saturn (Note that the natal Saturn has a very strong placement in Aquarius). This Jupiter is in trine with Moon, the karaka of food and Ketu, the karaka of obstacles. Jupiter is the karaka of knowledge (gyan), which comes over karmakaraka Saturn, in trine with karaka of food Moon. Through her cook book, Mrs Tarla Dalal gave the knowledge of recipes of dishes. So, the involvement of all the three planets, Jupiter, Saturn and Moon is seen here. Ketu, the karaka of obstacles is also in trine to Major progressed Jupiter and it has been documented that she did face obstacles in publishing her very first cook book.

Major progressed Saturn was in Aries, casting aspect on Moon, the karaka of food, in the Libra sign of relationships. And natal Mars, the dispositor of Major Progressed Saturn is with Venus, karaka of food, Sun, the karaka of name, fame, and status, and Mercury, the karaka of communication, writing, publishing, broadcasting, etc. Mars itself is the karaka of efforts and initiatives. Major Progression of Saturn over Aries triggered all these planets. The result was that her first cook-book was published which made her famous for her cooking recipes and she became a medium for imparting this knowledge among others (work of Jupiter as well as Mercury).

At this time, Minor progressed Saturn was in Gemini sign of communication, writing, broadcasting, knowledge-dissemination. It was in trine with natal Moon (food) and natal Saturn (karmakaraka), and it was over natal Ketu, the karaka of obstacles which did give her obstacles in the publication of her first book.

Again, both Jupiter Progression and Saturn Progression very aptly show this significant event of her life.

Event 4 – Received ‘Woman of The Year’ award from the Indian Merchants Chamber in 2005.

Age: 70^th year

In the 70^th year of Mrs. Tarla Dalal, Jupiter’s Major Progression was happening over Aries. Progressed Jupiter was casting aspect on its own sign Sagittarius, where natal Rahu, the karaka of expansion was placed. It was also casting its aspect on Leo sign signifying name and fame/recognition. Dispositor of Major Progressed Jupiter, Mars, is also sitting with Sun in natal chart in Taurus sign along with Mercury and Venus – all having the aspect of natal Jupiter in the birth chart. All these planets got activated by Jupiter’s Major Progression in Aries. Together these planets explain her being given the prestigious award which was for her life’s work in cooking and teaching cooking, writing cook books, being television host of cookery shows and spreading her knowledge to millions of people throughout the world.

Minor progressed Jupiter at this very time, was in its own sign (also moolatrikona sign), Sagittarius, and over Rahu. Minor Progressed Jupiter had trinal aspect on Leo and Aries, triggering their lords, Sun and Mars respectively.

One important thing is that in her 70^th year, Major progressed Jupiter and Minor progressed Jupiter were in trine to each other, showing something very significant in her life.

Now, let us try to analyse Saturn’s Major Progression in 70^th year of Mrs. Tarla Dalal. In Major Progression, Saturn was in Taurus over natal Venus, Mars, Mercury and Sun. This began from the 62^nd year and would have continued till 91 years if she had lived that long.

In Tarla Dalal’s 70^th year, Minor Progression of Saturn was in Leo sign of name, fame and status. This Saturn comes in trine with Rahu, which made her status larger than life. At the same time, Minor Progression was also over Sun, sitting with Mars, Mercury, Venus and having the aspect of Jupiter. Hence, Sun and Leo both were activated through Saturn’s major and Minor progressions, which clearly explains her being given the prestigious award which was for her life’s work in cooking and teaching cooking, writing cook books, being television host of cookery shows and spreading her knowledge to millions of people throughout the world.

Again, one notable point in this whole analysis is that Minor Progressed Jupiter (in Sagittarius, over Rahu) and Minor Progressed Saturn (in Leo) were in trines to each other. Again, this shows very significant event in a native’s life regarding the karaktatwas of the planets and signs being triggered.

Event 5 – Death of husband in 2005.

Age: 70^th year

In the 70^th year of Mrs Dalal, the Major and Minor Progressions of Jupiter and Saturn are the same as discussed in the above event of award, which also occurred in the 70^th year. Major Progression of Jupiter was in Aries and Minor was in Sagitttarius.

In a female chart, the significator of husband, according to BNN, is Mars, which is the lord of Aries. In this chart, Mars is also the 7^th lord (signifying spouse) from Venus, the female jeevakaraka.

Mars gets activated by the Major as well as Minor Progression of Jupiter (Aries sign gets trinal aspect of Minor Progressed Jupiter from Sagittarius, and Major Progressed Jupiter progresses over Aries).

Also, Major Progression of Jupiter is in the 12^th house of loss from Mars, the karaka of husband. The Minor Progression of Jupiter is in the 8^th house of death/longevity from Mars. And both these houses from Mars, where Jupiter progressed, are unfavourable houses, the trika houses, showing trouble for the karaktatwa of Mars (husband).

If we see Saturn’s Major and Minor progressions in Mrs. Dalal’s 70^th year, Major Progression of Saturn was over natal Mars (husband). Saturn is the significator of trouble and diseases, which comes over natal Mars for 30 years. At this time, the Minor progression of Saturn was in Leo, and in trine with Rahu. So, Leo sign gets the energy of two malefics, Rahu and Saturn. The dispositor of Minor Progressed Saturn,  which is Sun, is placed with Mars (husband). Also, this Minor Progressed Saturn creates a 1-7 association with its natal place. Whenever progressed Saturn makes a connection with natal Saturn, significant events happen in the life of the native.

Event 6 – Received Padma Shri Award in 2007.

Age: 73^rd year.

Major Progressed Jupiter was in Aries in the 73^rd year of Mrs. Tarla Dalal. It had the aspect of Moon, the karaka of food. It also had the aspect of Rahu, karaka for larger than life image. Dispositor Mars is sitting with natal Sun, karaa for name, fame, status, Venus, the karaka of food and Mercury, the karaka of business. These planets are aspected by natal Jupiter. By the Major Progression of Jupiter over Aries, all these planets get triggered and the result is that she was given the prestigious award, Padma Shri at this time, for her business and contribution to the world of cooking. This made her stature grow larger than life.

Minor progressed Jupiter in her 73^rd year was in Pisces sign (own sign), and in trine with natal Jupiter (Progressed Jupiter in trine with natal Jupiter means significant event in native’s life).

Event 7 – Death.

Age: 78^th year

Major Progressed Jupiter was in Taurus over Venus, Mercury (Marakesh, considering houses from the female jeevakaraka, Venus), ‘dehakaraka’ Mars, and Sun, the overall significator of health in any chart. All these planets get the aspect of natal Jupiter from Scorpio sign of death and transformation. Please note that Jupiter is the 8^th lord from Venus in this chart. Being the 8^th lord from Venus, it came to sit with it at this time.

Hence, one important point here is that Major Progressed Jupiter had the 7^th aspect of natal Jupiter. This gives significant event (in this case, death, as Jupiter itself is the 8^th lord from Venus).

Minor progressed Jupiter came to Virgo sign at this time, in trine with Venus (jeevakaraka), Mercury (maraka), Mars (dehakaraka) and Sun (health), along with the Major Progressed Jupiter, progressing over the same sign at this time. Jupiter is the 8^th lord from Venus in thiss chart and it impacted the karaktatwas (jeeva, deha, health) of all these planets at this time.

Major Progression of Saturn was in Taurus Sign. Again Venus, the jeevakaraka was triggered with ‘dehakaraka’ Mars, ‘maraka’ Mercury and significator of overall health, Sun. Again, all these planets have the aspect of  natal Jupiter, the 8^th lord.

A noteworthy point here is that during her 78^th year, Major Progression of both Jupiter and Saturn was happening in Taurus, activating all the above planets. Minor Progressed Jupiter (in Virgo) was also in trine with Major Progressed Saturn and Major Progressed Jupiter in Taurus.

Minor Progression of Saturn in the 78^th year was in Scorpio, over natal Jupiter, casting its  aspect on Major Progressed Saturn in Taurus. Again, it activated all the above planets discussed above.

At this time, that is, in the 78^th year of Mrs. Tarla Dalal, both Saturn and Jupiter were strongly associated with each other in Major and Minor progression as well as with natal Jupiter (8^th lord) and Venus (jeevakaraka for this chart). Let’s also remember that Saturn too is the 6^th lord of akala mrityu from Venus in the natal chart (And Mrs. Dalal passed away with sudden heart attack).

This was a very significant time in the life of Mrs. Tarla Dalal, which is seen through BNN progression of Saturn and Jupiter, and through which her death can be shown clearly.