Article by Hemant Bhatt

Introduction By SA

With obeisance to Lord Ganapati, and to the beloved Saturn who is the karaka for Karma, we submit this technique for readers to test aggressively and give feedback.

Shani is karaka of 6^th, 8^th, and 12^th . But how to use these karakas in an advanced manner is demonstrated here for the first time in a very brief manner. There is more to it.

Saptarishis Astrology

In support of this technique BPHS Part-I, Chapter-8, Verse 33 is found as under.

मन्दादष्टमतो मृत्युस्तातादीनां विचिन्तयेत्॥

Mandad ashtamato mrtyusta tadinan vicintayet ||

Means from Saturn and 8^th from Saturn death or trouble like death or adverse event like ill effects on father can be discerned. The basic logic is that Saturn is the Karaka of sorrow and grief and is death Karaka, also as said in part-II, chapter-10 verse 10 ‘ शनिर्मृकरो ’ Shanir Mrukaro. Here we used this method for judging bad events to native’s life.

Yoga, bad or good visible in the natal chart will fructify in the life of the native when it will be facilitated by appropriate Dasa and Gochara. Whether it will be malevolent or benevolent will be the prudent judgment of the astrologer. This general but very effective concept is applied in this article.

Please note the Steps

Step 1: Cross the house which is the 8^th from natal Saturn.

Step 2: See the natal position of that house and lord to evaluate malevolence effects.

Step 3: Whenever very dire malefic/s transit this house or aspect this house in conjunction with a bad Dasa is to be noted.

Note 1: In a nut shell, the 8^th house from natal Saturn if afflicted by malefic/s in the natal chart, the Gochara of malefic/s affecting this house by occupation or aspect and the dasha and Antardasha are also of adverse planets there will be bad results to the person signified by that house.

Note 2: The point to be remembered here is that both Gochara and dasa periods have to be bad at the same time. Hence all transits or all bad dashas will not produce adverse results.

Chart 1 – Female: Saturn in 9H

DOB: 28-Dec-1994; TOB: 18:00:00 Hrs (+05.30 east); POB: Chalisgaon, India, 75 E 01, 20 N 28

Step-1: 8H from Saturn is 4H Virgo sign. [ Note this house is the 12^th from Rahu – SA]

Step-2: 4H stands for principal house of education. Its lord is Mercury whose Sign dispositor Jupiter is in 12^th from it aspected by Saturn. Ketu aspects Mer the 4L the house under consideration in our current technique.

Step-3: 8H from Saturn is 4H of educational career; in 2011 Saturn is in transit in Virgo sign in natal 4H. This native succeeded in her SSC exam and has decided not to study and abruptly takes a break; till date she is at home. There are other factors also preventing education, but deciding factor of permanent blockage of 4H which becomes Saturn’s 8H. There is no vedha to Saturn. Vimsottari Dasa running was Jupiter MD-Mars AD. Jupiter is the sign depositor of 4HL Mercury and Mars in 12H to 4H in Sun’s sign Leo aspected by Saturn. Mars is also sign depositor of Jupiter, Karaka of Vidya aspected by Saturn.

Chart 2 – Male: Saturn in 5H

DOB: 21-Mar-1981; TOB: 10:30:00 Hrs (+05.30 east); POB: Valsad, India, 72 E 56, 20 N 38

Step-1: 8H from Saturn is 12H of Aries of Mars the planet of Karaka of siblings. [ Note this 8^th from Saturn is the 10^th house from Rahu – SA]

Step-2: Mars is seated in brother’s house (3H & 11H both can be taken as house of siblings but BPHS without differentiating elder or younger has allocated 3H). Mars the Karaka of brother is aspected by Saturn an Airy planet with watery planet Moon the Karaka of tragic situation, Rahu the sudden force in watery sign, both Karaka of suffocation and slips and is with Gulika/Mandi the odd and undesired situation in watery sign Pisces. Rahu in 3H is not desirable especially in inimical watery sign both in rasi and D9. Rahu in D9 is in debilitated sign of its depositor in 8H of death. So Rahu Dasa will give the worst results to siblings. Rasi depositor of Rahu also aspects Mars the lord of 8H from Saturn.

Step-3: On 13-December-1997 Rahu in transit from Leo sign and Mars from Makara sign aspected Aries sign the 8H from Saturn in natal chart, both have no vedha. The dreadful event happened with the brother of the native. They went on tour and the brother of the native was clicking photos in water fall and suddenly slips in the deep water and tragedy is that though he was a good swimmer another fellow nearby [3H] also slips down with him and grabs the brother of the native in deep water. The brother tried to getting out of water but due to cold clothes wearing was wetted and as the other fellow grabbed, he could not come up and suffocated in deep water and drowned to death. Other fellow was saved by others. The Dasa was Rahu MD-Rahu AD.

Special note for other research work: [this clue is given especially by SA editor and reproduced here for ardent scholars to work on] Please note that the elder sister of this native also died in the same year before 6 months of the death of this brother and there is no Saturn’s 8H effect. It is Naisargik planet age that is working, see here Jupiter the 8^th lord of death and elder sibling is aspecting the 11H of elder sibling, the age of Jupiter is 16 when the elder sibling died.

[Note from SA: a) 8^th from natal Saturn is house of 12H, its lord Mars is aspected by natal Saturn, Mars is karaka of siblings, sitting in the house of siblings so a natural promise is formed, make mental note of it. b) 3L and 11L should come in your mind now after ‘clue a’, 3L Moon is with Saturn our focus planet and 11L Jupiter is with Saturn our focus planet so this reinforces the event. C) 3H has Rahu whose dispositor Moon forms link with Saturn and the 8L of Saturn – this is a super clue. Now use the rest of the method and do not get fooled that malefics especially Rahu in Upachaya houses gives good results.]

Chart 3 – Male: Saturn in 10H

DOB: 28-Jun-1947; TOB: 14:15:00 Hrs (+05.30 east); POB: Navsari, India, 72 E 55, 20 N 51

Step-1: 8H from Saturn is Aquarius sign of 5H. [Note this house is the 10^th from Rahu – SA]

Step-2: 5HL of dignity and status, Saturn is in 6H from it with 12HL of Bandhana aspected by Ketu who sits in the 2H of one’s name and money.

Step-3:

Event-1: On 18-March-1988 transit Saturn aspect Aquarius and Rahu with Mercury having position on Aquarius sign i.e. 5H; there are no vedhas. This native was working in Government and was caught red handed in the case of bribery by a man (Muslim by caste; Rahu ruler of hidden sign Aquarius) and was suspended from service immediately. It is noteworthy that Rahu-Saturn both are the lords of Aquarius sign and as a dire malefic did the rest. The Vimsottari Dasa is Mercury MD–Mercury AD–Saturn PD.

Event-2: Around 6 years later, on 30-October-1994 three natural malefics Saturn-Rahu-Mars aspects the same Aquarius Rasi and session court declared the native guilty of the bribery case with fine and imprisonment both. Dasa is Mercury MD–Moon AD, Moon is the depositor of Mercury and is Karma Vipaak for the native.

Event-3: On 03-May-2010 Supreme Court announced the native guilty and confirmed the order of high court and on 22-July-2010, the native surrendered and was sent to jail and was there for one and half years. On 03-May-2010 Mars & Ketu was aspecting Aquarius sign.

Chart 4 – Female: Saturn in 5H

DOB: 24-Nov-1985; TOB: 22:14:00 Hrs (+05.30 east); POB: Wadala, India, 72 E 51, 19 N 01

Step-1: 8H from Saturn is Gemini sign in 12H having Gulika. The 12L is Mer who is also the 3HL.

Step-2: Betrothal represented by 3H (ceremony related to marriage) has death inflicting Mars missing sufficient Shadbala and 3HL-12HL (6^th to 7H of mishaps to marriage). Mercury is retrograde with other two dire malefic Saturn and Sun in 5H i.e. 3^rd from 3H indicating premature break.

Step-3: On 08-April-2011, the Nodes, Saturn and Mars, heavily afflict 8H from Saturn the Gemini sign. On this date, betrothal took place and within 2 months proposed husband died (date of death not available).

[Note from SA: If by chance a client comes to you and says match my horoscope as i plan to get married and you are unable to see the basic promise in the horoscope, then see whose Lord Saturn is, in this case 7L of marriage aspected by its own lord Saturn (don’t get fooled by a planet aspecting its own house) and if the 8^th from natal Saturn is going to be afflicted very soon after marriage, warn the client. In this technique always observe which houses Saturn lords in natal chart, if it lords the ‘Indicative House’ take that as a double confirmation. Basically putting it another way is the rule that if Saturn conjunct with malefics aspects its own houses and the 8^th, 6^th and 12^th from that house is afflicted in transit couple with a bad dasa then predict disaster for that house after considering other values.]

Chart 5 – Male: Saturn in 10H

DOB: 21-Oct-1978; TOB: 09:45:00 Hrs (+05.30 east); POB: Valsad, India, 72 E 56, 20 N 38

Step-1: 8H from Saturn is 5H of Pisces sign with Ketu natural Karaka of final exit i.e. Moksha.

Step-2: Nodal effects and Jupiter aspect indicates some liver, sugar problems and 5^th is house of liver.

Step-3: On 9/10-February-2012 Rahu and Mars are aspecting sign Pisces. Vimsottari Dasa was Jupiter MD–Mars AD–Rahu PD. It is noteworthy that Jupiter is the lord of Pisces the 8^th sign from Saturn, Mars the aspecting lord in transit posited in 12H of final exit in natal and Rahu also aspects sign Pisces in transit and natal tells the rest. The native died on 9/10-February-2012 with Liver failure.

Chart 6 – Female: Saturn in 5H

DOB: 15-Nov-1974; TOB: 14:30:00 Hrs (+05.30 east); POB: Tana, India, 74 E 12, 20 N 44

Step-1: 8H from Saturn is 12H of mishaps to spouse, Moksha etc. and its starts from 12 Cp 45 ends to 12 Aq 45 degree [equal house system].

Step-2: 12H stands for detriments to spouse and Viyoga in general and its lord is Saturn Karaka of sorrow again in 6/8 axis of 12H/5H. Mars is the death infliction planet aspects this 12H. 5H where Saturn sits, as 12HL inflicts mishaps to spouse.

Step-3: On 10-March-1994, spouse of the native is died. On that date Saturn is in 8H from natal Saturn in transit at 11 Aq 02 and Mars at 8 Aq 11 please note, so also Mandi is without vedha.

Chart 7 – Female: Saturn in 8H

DOB: 15-Oct-1977; TOB: 13:40:00 Hrs (+05.30 east); POB: Mumbai, India, 72 E 50, 18 N 58

Step-1: 8H from Saturn is 3H of Pisces, the natural sign of exit where Ketu the Moksha Karaka is seated.

Step-2: 3H is the house of fate for spouse (9H from 7H of spouse). The emancipation planet Ketu is posited in 3H and its lord Jupiter is posited in the 12H to Spouse (7H) indicating early loss of spouse. Note Jupiter is also Karaka for Marriage.

Step-3: On 16-September-2009 when the native was widowed, transit Saturn (aspected by Mars, this is important – SA) aspects sign Pisces without vedha and Ketu has 5/9 Sambandha (Connection) to the sign. Dasa is Mercury MD–Rahu AD. Mercury is the lord of 6H i.e. 12^th to 7H and Rahu the co-ruler of 12^th to 3H & 8^th to 7H aspects sign Pisces and thus destroyed the fate of spouse.

About Author : Hemant Bhatt is an advocate from Valsad, Gujarat and also practices his family profession of being a trained pandit. He has been writing regularly in the Modern Astrology magazine of Gayatri Devi Vasudev. He has been very enthusiastic about BSPs and drives every month from Gujarat to Mumbai to attend the Saptarishis Astrology Mumbai Club meeting. His undying spirit and extreme hard work in testing techniques is noteworthy.