Article by Bausaheb Sakurkar

In Nadi Astrology Jupiter is jeeva karaka (Life Force Karaka) and Saturn is karma karaka (Significator of Ones Karma. Rahu is known as a Kalpurusha and Ketu is known for dejection, obstruction, disputes and salvation (mukti).

When transiting Rahu connects with natal Jupiter then Rahu becomes jeev sankat karaka (Problems to Life Force) and when transiting Ketu connects with natal Saturn then Ketu acts as karma mukti karaka (Freedom from Karma). For transiting aspects by planets and nodes as per Nadi Astrology, please refer below.

Planets other than Rahu & Ketu

Transiting planet on same sign: 100 % Results

Transiting planet on 2^nd, 5^th, 9th sign: 75 % Results

Transiting planet on 7th sign: 50% Results

Transiting planet on 3^rd & 11th sign: 25 % Results

(Please note retro planet aspects both 12^th and 2^nd sign with 75 % results)

For Rahu & Ketu

Transiting Rahu & Ketu on same sign: 100 % Results

Transiting Rahu & Ketu on 12^th sign, 5^thsign, 9th sign: 75 % Results

In Nadi Astrology for Rahu & Ketu, 7^th aspect is not given as the other node is affecting that sign. Clarification for the 12^th Aspect, example if retro planet or Rahu or Ketu is in Leo then it will aspect on the 12^th sign i.e. Cancer and 5^th & 9^th aspects will be on Aries and Sagittarius respectively.

Timing Death Of the Native

Nadi Principle: Transiting Rahu and Ketu play a significant role in timing the death of a native.

Postulate 1: When transiting Rahu connects with natal Jupiter then Rahu becomes Jeeva Sankat Karaka (or) when transiting Jupiter connects with natal Rahu.

Postulate 2: When transiting Ketu connects with natal Saturn then Ketu acts as Karma Mukti Karaka (or) when transiting Saturn connects with natal Ketu.

Note: The nadi aspects of planets are: 1, 5, 7, 9, and 12^th.

Whenever transiting Rahu establishes connection with natal Jupiter then it creates problems of ill health and accident to the Jeeva Karaka i.e., to the native and whenever transiting Ketu connects with natal Saturn (Karma Karaka) then it creates problems in the professional field but for death of the native, Rahu – Jupiter and Ketu – Saturn connections are required simultaneously.

Special Note

All these planets being slow in motion, very few times it will occur simultaneously in a life time.
After determining the longevity of the native (short, medium or long life) by other methods of longevity determination, astrologer can apply above rule to find out the exact year of death of the native. We will test the above rules with the help of following charts:

Chart 1: Indira Gandhi – Indian Prime Minister

DOB: 19-Nov-1917; TOB: 23:11:00 Hrs (+5.30 east); POB: Allahabad, India 81 E 51, 25 N 27;

Indira Gandhi died on 3st Oct 1984 and Tr Rahu at 3 Ta 58 and Tr Ketu was at 3 Sc 58.

Postulate 1: Tr Rahu aspects natal Jup: At the time of death Jeev Sankat Karaka Rahu was transiting over natal Jupiter and

Postulate 2: Tr Ketu aspects natal Saturn: Transiting Karma Mukti Karaka Ketu was connecting with its 5^th aspect (Ketu moves in reverse hence not 9^th but 5^th aspect) to natal Saturn from Scorpio, satisfying both the postulates which is a clear indication of end of life.

Chart 2: Jawaharlal Nehru – India’s First Prime Minister

DOB: 14-Nov-1889; TOB: 23:21:00 Hrs (+5.30 east); POB: Allahabad, India 81 E 51, 25 N 27;

Nehru died on 27^th May 1964 and Tr Rahu at 8 Ge 45 and Tr Ketu was at 8 Sg 45.

Postulate 1: Tr Rahu aspects natal Jup: At the time of death Jeev Sankat Karaka Rahu in Ge was influencing over natal Jupiter in Sg by Jupiter’s 7^th aspect over Tr Rahu and

Postulate 2: Tr Ketu aspects natal Saturn: Transiting Karma Mukti Karaka Ketu was connecting with its 5^th aspect (Ketu moves in reverse hence not 9^th but 5^th aspect) to natal Saturn from Sagittarius, satisfying both the postulates which is a clear indication of end of jeeva (life) and karma.

Chart 3: Mahatma Gandhi – Father of the Nation (India)

DOB: 2-Oct-1869; TOB: 7:11:00 Hrs (+4.39 east); POB: Porbandar, India 69 E 49, 21 N 37;

Gandhiji died on 30^th Jan 1948 and at the time of death Tr Rahu was at 26 Ar 29, Tr Ketu was at 26 Li 29 and Tr Saturn was at 26 Cn 53.

Postulate 1: Transiting Rahu was over natal Jupiter in Aries, and
Postulate 2: Transiting Saturn was connecting by 7^th aspect to natal Ketu from Cancer, satisfying both the postulates and this is a clear indication of end of Jeeva and Karma.

Chart 4: Swami Vivekanand – Indian Hindu Monk

DOB: 12-Jan-1863; TOB: 6:33:00 Hrs (+5.54 east); POB: Kolkata, India 88 E 30, 22 N 40;

Swamiji died on 04^th July 1902 and at the time of death Tr Rahu was at 9 Li 20, Tr Ketu at 9 Ar 20 and Tr Saturn at 2 Cp 58.

Postulate 1: Transit Rahu was over natal Jupiter in Libra, and
Postulate 2: Transiting Saturn was aspecting natal Ketu with 5^th nadi aspect from Capricorn, satisfying both the postulates which is a clear indication of end of Jeeva and

Chart 5: B. V. Raman – Founder of Astrological Magazine

DOB: 8-Aug-1912; TOB: 19:38:00 Hrs (+5.30 east); POB: Bangalore, India 77 E 35, 12 N 59;

He died on 20^th Dec 1998 and at the time of death Tr Rahu was at 29 Cn 34, Tr Ketu was at 29 Cp 34, Tr Saturn was at 3 Ar 00 and Tr Jupiter was at 26 Aq 34.

Postulate 1: Transiting Rahu connected by 9^th aspect to natal Jupiter from Cancer, and
Postulate 2: Transiting Ketu connected by 9^th aspect to natal Saturn from Capricorn.
In addition, transiting retro Saturn was establishing 7^th aspect with Ketu from Pisces (previous sign as Saturn is retro) and natal Rahu was having 12^th sign aspect on transiting Jupiter which is clear indication of end of Jeeva and Karma satisfying both our postulates.

Chart 6 : Shri Ramana Maharshi – Hindu Spiritual Guru

DOB: 30-Dec-1879; TOB: 1:00:00 Hrs (+5.30 east); POB: Tiruchuli, India 78 E 15, 9 N 50;

He died on 14^th April 1950 and at the time of death Tr Rahu was at 14 Pi 18 and Tr Ketu was at 14 Vi 18.

Postulate 1: Transiting Rahu establishing 12^th aspect with natal Jupiter in Aquarius, and
Postulate 2: Natal Saturn was connecting by 7^th aspect to transiting Ketu in Virgo, satisfying both the postulates which is a clear indication & shows the end of Jeeva and Karma.

Chart 7: Rajiv Gandhi – Late Prime Minister, India

DOB: 4-Aug-1929; TOB: 16:00:00 Hrs (+5.30 east); POB: Khandwa, India 76 E 20, 21 N 50;

He died on 21^st May 1991 and at the time of death Tr Rahu was at 26 Sg 31, Tr Ketu was at 26 Ge 31, Tr Sat was at 13 Cp 05 and Tr Jup was at 13 Cn 41.

Postulate 1: Transiting Rahu was at Sg creating 5^th aspect to natal Jupiter
Postulate 2: Transiting Ketu was at Ge aspecting natal Saturn as Saturn is placed in Ge
Additionally Tr Jupiter in Cancer was over natal Rahu and Tr Saturn in Cp was over natal Ketu satisfying all the postulates and thus giving a clear indication of end of karma and jeeva.

Warning

Any technique cannot be demonstrated over 1000’s of charts by any writer and sometimes readers get swayed over by articles where the author has picked up few charts and showed its working but there are always exception rules like this technique does not work in the charts of Sanjay Gandhi and Kishore Kumar in full toto but works only 50 % in those charts unless one uses the 2^nd aspect of nodes which is a point of debate among nadi astrologers and not used here. One must also remember that no technique of a type of event (in this case death) will work on all charts of that type of event, some other technique will work on that chart, hence the Rishis have given various methods of transits on a particular type of event and not just one technique. Even the rishis with all their divya drishti (divine sight) have not come out with a technique that will work on all charts like a panacea for all evils type. Modern astrologers commit this mistake of creating one Master technique for an event and so do modern readers commit the mistake of testing one technique on all charts. This type of mistake has happened by most of the readers in the last 100 years of modern astro journalism.

I request all my colleagues to test this technique on more and more horoscopes and refine it further.

About Author: Born in a village from Ahmednagar District in 1953. B. A. with Economics from Pune University. Started learning Astrology in 1978 as a hobby and read lots of books on Astrology in Marathi, Hindi and English. After retiring from Bank service devoting full time to acquire more knowledge in Astrology, at present studying Nadi Astrology. Intend to do some research work in Astrology.

Role of Rahu & Ketu At the Time of Death by Bausaheb Sakurkar