Article by Babban Kumar Singh

Sun in Krittika

The Sun in Krittika receiving the Drishti (aspect) of Mars indicates one whose bold and competitive nature will earn him status, wealth, and fame.
Mercury’s Drishti (aspect) reveals one with a magnetic personality who is interested in music and other fine arts.
When Jupiter aspects the Sun, the native will be preeminent in his family (kulsheshtra). He may be wealthy and employed as a public minister or cultural attaché.
With the aspect of Venus on the Sun, the native will have a beautiful body and eyes, which will make him attractive to others.
Saturn’s aspect on the Sun indicates ill health and poor economic circumstances. The native¯s personal life will suffer due to numerous disagreements.

First Pada

The Sun’s placement in the first pada under benefic aspect confers a.
simple life and many children. Such a native will be poor.
He may have the desire to learn astrology and related subjects, though an elementary knowledge of these disciplines will not be helpful to him.
He has weak eyesight and a large appetite for food. He may experience inflammatory conditions in his body.

Second Pada

The Sun’s placement in the second SDGD of Krittika ensures a long life and happiness from children.
He will have sharp intelligence and obtain great wealth in the latter half of his life.
He will be a disciple of saints and religious personalities.
He may be interested in music and drama.
If the native receives favourable support and guidance in childhood, he may work in a health related field, perhaps dermatology or medical sales.

Third Pada

The native lives under meagre conditions and is afflicted by unnatural diseases when the Sun is positioned in the third SDGD of Krittika.
Balarishta (infant death) is possible.
The native may earn his livelihood as a barber, hairdresser, or other trade.
If female, the native may be engaged in illegal activities or suffer from sexually transmitted diseases.

Fourth Pada

The Sun situated in the fourth SDGD indicates a native who lives under oppressed conditions, possibly working as a servant.
He will be unreliable and ruthless, perhaps even a murderer, and will experience family troubles.
The native will waste his money on unwholesome activities, and may be afflicted with water‐born diseases.

Moon in Krittika

The Moon in Krittika aspected by the Sun confers affluence as well as success in an agricultural or real estate business.
With Mars¯ aspect on the Moon, the native will have a magnetic attraction to the opposite sex. He will also enjoy his extended family relationships.
Mercury’s GWNVMYN reveals one who is intelligent and kind to others.
Venus¯ aspect promises fine clothing, a good home and a number of servants, though the native may be somehow deprived of happiness from the maternal side of his family. For instance, he may be separated from his mother at a young age.
Jupiter’s aspect with Saturn indicates that the native¯s mother may be ill or short‐ lived. Without the Saturn influence, the native will enjoy all types of happiness and material wealth.

First Pada

When the Moon occupies the first SDGD of Krittika, the native will be well‐known for his involvement in Black Magic (Mantra-Tantra Shakti and Vashikaran Tantra).
He may experience difficulties in relationships with the opposite sex.

Second Pada

The Moon placed in the second SDGD indicates one who enjoys political power. He has a bright and attractive personality and associates with scholarly people.
He may suffer from Pitta‐related disease.
He may be interested in academic subjects like chemistry, physics, and geography.
Saturn’s aspect may deprive the native of parental happiness.

Third Pada

With the Moon placed in the third SDGD of Krittika, one will be shrewd, but poor. He will have a tall and burly physique.
In a female horoscope, the GWNVMYN of Rahu or Mars indicates the loss of a husband in the 35th year.

Fourth Pada

The Moon placed in the fourth SDGD of Krittika indicates one with a medium‐built physique. His eyesight may be weak.
He is an erudite, worldly, and wealthy businessman, blessed in many matters.
However, he will not enjoy a happy married life, and may not be compatible with his father or father‐in‐law.
He will be generally cooperative by nature and will work hard to gain respect from others. He will be an unmatched and loyal friend among men and women alike.
The native will be knowledgeable in a variety of religious ceremonies, astrology, and Tantra Shastra

Mars in Krittika

The Moon’s aspect on Mars reveals a hostile maternal relationship.
In addition, the native will have several marriages, and at least one of his wives will be avaricious and quarrelsome.
The aspect of Mercury or the Sun confers a reserved nature and few enemies.
Such an individual will be fond of the arts. He will be sweet‐spoken, educated, sober, attractive, and renowned.
Jupiter’s aspect suggests one who becomes an artist and takes care of his family members. He will be wealthy after age 30.
With Venus¯ Drishti, the native will be an expert in handling weapons or explosives.
If Saturn aspects Mars, the native will be wealthy and robust. He will have many servants and be a respected leader of society.

First Pada

When Mars is placed in the first SDGD of Krittika, the native is imposing and commanding.
A strong competitor and combatant, he will hold a leadership role in the armed forces or law enforcement. If Mars is between 28‐30 degrees, he may achieve the highest status.
If Mars or the Sun transits in Taurus while the native is running a GDVD or sub‐GDVD of Mars or the Sun, the native may become famous.
Saturn’s aspect may reflect one of poor character who associates with the same.
The native’s health will suffer due to substance abuse (alcohol or drugs). He may earn money through illicit drug sales.
In childhood, the native may be infected by meningitis and suffer a high fever, or he may receive a head trauma.

Publisher’s Note: As per the above text, Mars in the first SDGD of Krittika (in Aries) suggests the possibility of contracting meningitis. The following chart belongs to an individual who was diagnosed with meningitis in his teens. As indicated, Mars is in Aries, though in the 3rd SDGD of Ashwini. Nonetheless, 5DYDSD 8DPMNYD does not associate Mars in Ashwini in the 3rd pada with any such disease.

Second Pada

Mars occupying the second SDGD confers injury or affliction to the mouth, eyes, or forehead.
The native’s mental health will be badly affected during childhood, and he will have a suspicious character. However, he may be granted favour from the government.
If Mars conjoins other planets, the native may experience some difficulty conceiving progeny.
He may earn a living through weapons manufacturing.

Third Pada

When Mars is placed in third SDGD, the native may receive government benefits.
He collects jewellery and other precious articles. He will be successful and commanding in business matters.
He is erudite and respectful of all religions. From a young age, he is assertive, competitive, and highly skilled in debate.

Fourth Pada

When Mars resides in the fourth SDGD of Krittika, the native will have a flaccid physique. He may suffer from febrile conditions caused by chicken‐pox or similar infectious diseases.
He enjoys life and is a good friend. If Mars conjoins the Moon, the native may earn a living through a chemical or pharmaceutical business. After his father’s demise, his business success will begin to rise.

Mercury in Krittika

If Mercury is in Krittika and receives an aspect from the Sun, the native will be poor and will suffer from disease.
When the Moon aspects Mercury, the native will have to work very hard to become wealthy.
Mars aspects to Mercury will confer poor health or poverty.
Jupiter’s Drishti ensures a high position in society. Such a native may be well‐regarded for his refinement and erudition.
Venus aspects to Mercury indicate an individual who appreciates and seeks the finer things in life. He may be a successful businessman and will be well‐known among diverse segments of society. He may also become a social advocate or philanthropist.
Saturn’s aspect indicates one who is poor and abandoned by his wife and children.

First Pada

If Mercury resides in the first SDGD of Krittika, the native will have a government or business job.
He will live until middle age. Others will respect and praise him.
He may also earn an income through acting, music, and writing, in addition to business.
When Mars or Saturn aspects Mercury, the native will have a lean body type. He will enjoy carnal pleasure and will spend his savings.
If the Sun conjoins Mercury, the native may become a prominent doctor or surgeon.

Second Pada

Mercury’s placement in the second SDGD indicates one who will be happy and pleasant by nature, and will marry more than once.
He will have a well‐developed physique, and will have a long life.
He will be a successful businessman, and will receive great pleasure from his children.
He will be renowned after the age of 40.
The native becomes a celebrated astrologer or Tantric master master if Jupiter conjoins Mercury.

Third Pada

When Mercury is placed in the third SDGD, the native will be practical, charming, influential, and authoritative.
If Saturn conjoins Mercury, the native becomes a scientist or intellectual.

Fourth Pada

When Mercury resides in the fourth SDGD of Krittika, the native achieves a prominent position in business.
Such a native will be truthful, dutiful, and highly respected by others.
He will have more sons than daughters. He will need to spend a great deal of money on his health later in life.
He will live until age 60 to 62.
Jupiter conjoined Mercury indicates a professional consultant and manager.

Jupiter in Krittika

If Jupiter is in Krittika and receives an aspect from Sun, the native will be skilled in the art of fighting, and may be injured in war.
He will be wealthy and have numerous servants and vehicles.
The Moon¯s aspect reveals an individual who is truthful, upright, and kind by nature. He will enjoy a warm and beneficial relationship with his parents.
When Mars aspects Jupiter, he will have outstanding offspring and will excel in an art field.
Mercury’s aspect indicates one with impressive spiritual and scholarly achievements. Such natives will be personally agreeable and skilled in various fields.
With Venus¯ aspect, the native enjoys a life of fame and wealth. Saturn’s aspect reflects a community leader who enjoys great pleasure from his wife and children.

First Pada

When Jupiter occupies the first SDGD of Krittika, the native is passionate about learning and will become a brilliant mystic, seer, and spiritual teacher.
The native may be a recipient of wealth from his father or his offspring.
He lives a luxurious and life and enjoys women and drink.
He is interested in historical literature.

Second Pada

When Jupiter occupies the second SDGD of Krittika, the native will have good health and will respect his mother. However, he will also visit prostitutes.
He may become famous through his religious affiliation.

Third Pada

Jupiter’s placement in the third SDGD of Krittika indicates one whose career is in higher administration or management. Such a native has an enjoyable personality and is well‐liked, though he was born to be poor.
He will choose to live according to society’s moral or ethical standards for himself, though when it comes to others, he will not care about breaking the rules.Fourth Pada
When Jupiter is situated in fourth SDGD, the native will be noble, truthful, and well‐ educated.
He receives maternal wealth and will marry at age 27.

Venus in Krittika

If Venus is in Krittika receiving an aspect from the Sun, the native will be lucky and popular with women. He will be wealthy and own nice vehicles and property.
If the Moon aspects Venus, the native will have an extreme interest in sexuality, and will experience business losses. Nonetheless, such an individual will have a reserved demeanour and will be well‐loved by his family.
Mars aspect on Venus indicates one who lacks peace and prosperity in life, who earns a living through illegal means.
With Mercury’s aspect, the native will be agreeable, sensible, and fearless.
With the aspect of Jupiter, the individual will have immense wealth and treasured wife and children.
Saturn’s aspect confers a slender, wiry physique. The native will ruin his family’s honor, will be poor, and will live by simple means.

First Pada

When Venus occupies the first SDGD of Krittika, males will have effeminate qualities, and females will display masculine characteristics. Such individuals may also be afflicted with night blindness
He may be employed at a higher level in the Navy. His married life may be full of misery.
The Sun’s Drishti ensures a very early (teenage) marriage. The native will receive wealth through a legacy.
The Moon’s aspect in a female horoscope indicates several pregnancies, though few progeny will survive.
Mercury’s aspect confers a hostile relationship with one’s relatives.

Second Pada

Venus occupying the second SDGD reveals a native who earns money through water resources of any kind.
The Moons aspect on Venus in a female horoscope indicates poor health and unfortunate circumstances with children.

Third Pada

Venus placement in the third SDGD indicates a kind‐hearted native who will have more than one wife.
A learned, highly‐educated individual may become a teacher by profession, whereas a less‐educated native may work in the fashion, apparel, or beauty industries.

Publishers Note: Ravana Samhita has revealed a subtle difference here. If a native were STY highly educated, his profession might be connected with Venus (fashion and beauty industry), whereas if he were more highly educated, then he might be affiliated with a more Jupiterian profession (such as a teacher).

In the above chart, the native works in the TV and film industry, which is a Venus‐related profession. The native’s education though of a technical nature but he could not become a graduate, that is, he was not highly-educated and as Ravana Samhita points out he will be lead into a Venusian profession.

Fourth Pada

When Venus resides in fourth SDGD of Krittika, the native earns a living as an actor or musician.
He may receive wealth through a legacy or other means.

Saturn in Krittika

If Saturn is in Krittika receiving an aspect from the Sun, the native will be a tactful speaker and will enjoy a satisfying life.
The Moon’s GWNVMYN ensures favours from members of high society. He enjoys the company of respectable woman with whom he also does business.
Mars aspect on Saturn indicates a native who will be charming and loquacious.
Mercury’s Drishti indicates one who prefers the company of women. He may also have business associations with lesser elements of society.
Jupiter’s Drishti reveals an individual who spends a great deal of time assisting others, and thus is well‐respected in the public eye.
Venus aspect reflects one who is egocentric and self‐centered, with many desires and cravings in life. He will have close associations with higher authorities.

First Pada

When Saturn is situated in the first SDGD of Krittika, the native has little enthusiasm for work and is hostile towards his father.
He has struggles in childhood, though life improves later on.
He may have a dark complexion and a lean physique. He has the ability to perform an important job even though he has a belligerent and impatient personality. He may experience dental or digestive illnesses.

Second Pada

Saturn’s placement in the second SDGD reveals one who may marry an older woman while also having multiple affairs.
Consequently, his marital life becomes a hell.

Third Pada

When Saturn occupies the third SDGD, the individual may be work in an agricultural profession.
In a female horoscope, the Sun’s aspect with Saturn confers marital difficulties; marriage may be denied, or if it does take place, the consequences will be disastrous.
Mercury’s Drishti confers an impotent (SDSZSVDP) individual, or one who has minimum sexual capacity.

Fourth Pada

When Saturn occupies the fourth SDGD of Krittika in aspect with the Moon, the individual may have an unattractive and immoral wife.
The natives health may be harmed by unwholesome and deleterious living habits.
In a male horoscope, the Sun influence on Saturn indicates an unpleasant and obnoxious nature.
When Saturn receives the Moon aspect, the native may earn a fine living through the female apparel industry.

Rahu in Krittika

First Pada

the native may have extramarital affairs.
He will have a black mole on his face.
He may have surplus sexual desire, and will be healthy and wealthy.
The native is intelligent, devoted to his father, and blessed by his employer.

Second Pada

The native is spiritual but deprived of children and wealth.
He is a traveller and marries more than once.
He experiences hardship in foreign countries.

Third Pada

The native may have a speech impediment.
He is a dropout who avoids doing any work at all.
He faces financial difficulties.

Fourth Pada

The native separates from his family.
He does not perform his duties and responsibilities, even after his marriage.
In the name of God, the native leaves behind his home and wealth to pursue the life of a spiritual pilgrim.
He wastes his inheritance and the vast wealth earned in his younger years, and becomes poor.

Ketu in Krittika

First Pada

The individual faces frequent personal and professional difficulties.
He is afflicted by digestive disturbances or sexual diseases.
He works in a meteorological, chemical, metallurgical, or other similar technical
profession. His lifespan is between 40 to 50 years.

Second Pada

He separately lives from his relatives.
In spite of poverty, he is quite fond of women and drink.
He suffers abuse at the hands of others.

Third Pada

The native is a risk‐taker who might experience certain government‐imposed
constraints.
His wife may have an illegitimate child.
He will suffer hatred from his family, but occasionally will receive co‐operation and assistance from others.

Fourth Pada

The native very often faces obstacles in his business.
He frequently has conflict with his superiors.
He faces marital difficulties.
If he marries at a later age, he will enjoy luxuries and happiness in marital life

About Author: Babban K Singh, age 40, has been studying Vedic astrology as hobby for over 10 years, and took it up seriously since 2003. He is doing prediction on chart through SA method. He is working as a Senior Journalist. He is a member of the Saptarishis Astrology Team & is noted for his humane approach towards the science. He hails from Darbhanga area of India, known for its paramparic astrology.