ASHTAKAVARGA SYSTEM OF

PREDICTION PART -23

By Dr. E.S.NEELAKANTAN

We now continue our cruise with our companion on the ship, namely Venus. One

important thing which has to be mentioned here is that both Venus and Mercury

move generally close to the Sun. In fact in one year, Mercury gets combusted for

nearly 150 days. About 40 percent of people born in this world, will have Mercury

in combustion . Similarly Venus is also prone to combustion since it follows the

Sun’s movement very closely. But if you examine the movement of Venus on an

annual basis , it cannot be said for sure that every year it becomes

retrograde.Combustion of Venus is less frequent compared to that of Mercury.

Both Moon and Venus gain prominence at night. The reason is not far to seek.

Moon becomes prominent only if the sun has set. Otherwise its radiance gets

obscured by sunlight. Venus is also a bright shining planet. It can also become

prominent only after sunset or before sunrise.

There is a Death-Rebirth myth sorrounding Venus which is explained in

mythology and which has an astronomical significance too. Let us say Venus

appears as evening star. This goes on for about 263 days. After this it gets

conjunct the Sun. This phase when it is invisible lasts for about two weeks. Then

begins another phase of 263 days when Venus appears as Morning Star. Then

Venus gets conjunct Sun for about 7 weeks when it again becomes invisible. Once

again Venus re-emerges as evening star. In other words Venus as evening star

dies and is reborn as morning star and the converse is also true.

It is said that what is found in Mahabharata may be found elsewhere. But what is

not found in Mahabharanta may not be found anywhere The preceptor(of

demons) in Hindu mythology who is considered as equal to Venus is Sukracharya

–preceptor of demons.We just now discussed the astronomical aspect of the

Death-Rebirth theory – now let us see the mythological aspect of this theory.

Devayani was the beautiful daughter of Shukracharya, preceptor of the

demons.Shukracharya knew the secret of the Mritasanjivani hymn (that brings

back to life a dead person). The demons were happy because their preceptor

Shukracharya knew the secret of reviving the dead. The Devas also wanted to

know the secret of this hymn.So they went to Kacha, the handsome son of

Brihaspati, and asked him to learn the secret from Shukracharya. .Accordingly

Kacha met Shukracharya and became his disciple .

Kacha started living with the family of Shukracharya as per the tradition.Kacha

developed a liking for Devayani ,daughter of Shukracharya and she was also

drawn towards Kacha. As the years passed, The demons became suspicious of

Kacha and killed him. To the great relief of Devayani,Kacha was brought back to

life by Shukracharya.The love between Kacha and Devayani grew day by day.

The demons were worried as they could guess that Kacha was there to learn the

secret of Mritasanjivani hymn.

One day Devayani asked Kacha to bring a particular flower that grew in deep

forest.The demons followed Kacha and killed him once again.This time his body

was ground into a paste and dissolved in water .Shukracharya once again saved

Kacha by his secret knowledge.The demons were puzzled as each time they killed

Kacha he was saved by Shukracharya.So next day when Kacha went out they slew

him again but this time they burnt his body, took the ashes, mixed with wine and

offered it to Shukracharya.,who being addicted to wine drank it. Shukracharya

used his secret knowledge and called upon Kacha to come back to life .Kacha

came back to life and spoke from inside the stomach of Shukracharya.

Shukracharya could ask Kacha to come out but that would mean his own death.

After long deliberation Shukracharya thought a way out.He knew now the real

purpose of Kacha's visit.He told Kacha that there was only one way by which both

of them can ensure Devayani's happiness.Shukracharya taught him the

Mritasanjivani hymn .Kacha emerged from the dying body of Shukracharya and

immediately brought his Guru back to life.

But Shukracharya was sadly disappointed when he learnt that although Kacha

deeply loved Devayani, he had to fulfil his duties towards the Devas.

On the last day of his studies Kacha went to Shukracharya for his

blessings.Devayani waited for Kacha to propose marriage.Devayani pleaded Kacha

to take her as his wife. But Kacha replied, " I was born from your father's

stomach.I am, therefore ,your brother.I can't marry you.".With the passage of

time Devayani completely forgot Kacha. She got married to Yayati later.With this

story in mind we can correlate how this episode from Mahabharata is closely

related to the movement of Venus.Since Astronomical Truths cannot be easily

handed over to posterity our Rishis conveyed esoteric Truths through simple

fables such as this one.

Now we will look at some of the Ashtakavarga rules pertaining to Venus.

1) When Venus associated with eight bindus is in a quadrant or in a trinal

house one will be blessed with (powerful) vehicles.

2) In case Venus is present with seven bindus under similar conditions, one

will be blessed with precious stones and wealth and will enjoy all comforts

in life.

What is the definition of a powerful vehicle? Probably, a vehicle which can

carry more number of people. My view is that this may refer to horse-drawn

vehicles because in the period in which these treatises were written, only such

vehicles existed. Now we have two types of vehicles-luxury vehicles and utility

vehicles. These luxury vehicles have certain snob value associated with it.

Strictly speaking a vehicle is needed to carry you from one place to another.

But in real life is it so?

I wish to quote one real life incident here. A marriage was conducted in a city

and there were several guests who came from various other cities and towns

for participating in that function. One guest who had turned up phoned up a

car hire agency to book a luxury car. He reached the auditorium where

wedding was being held,in that car.What is the purpose if nobody saw him

getting out of the luxury car? He asked the driver to go inside the auditorium

and park the car just outside the entrance ,so that lots of other guests could

actually see him getting out of that car. Please note that this incident is

personally known to me and is not just a story being narrated to entertain

people. In this particular incident the car was not just a vehicle for travel but a

subtle indicator of personal status sought to be communicated by the guest to

society.

Whenever Venus denotes vehicles ,it is luxury vehicles, for sure. Please note

that venus is also a karaka of the 4th

house , which denotes vehicles. The

second rule we just saw is venus with seven bindus will bless a person with

precious stones , wealth and comforts. I wish to clarify a few points here.

1) If you see consultations offered in gemology, you will noticed that diamond

is supposed to be worn for venus. But here they are referring to not just

diamonds-but all precious stones. Why and what could be the reason? The

answer is simple: No precious stones has only utility value-all of them are

worn only for ornamental reasons. Hence all precious stones are governed

by venus,when viewed from this standpoint.

2) We know houses 2 and 11 represent wealth and Jupiter is the karaka planet

for these two houses . Then, how come venus is projected as planet of

wealth. I can suggest two reasons for this:

(a) I just now discussed that in some cases even a car has only snob value.

Likewise wealth beyond a particular limit has no utility other than

projecting its owner as an Aristocrat. So when wealth by itself becomes

ornamental in nature, it is governed by Venus.

(b) For acquisition of luxuries, money is required. So when Venus denotes

luxuries, how can the same be acquired without money? If I am destined

to get agricultural income , I must have a land to cultivate crops and

generate such income. So the basis for all luxuries is wealth and Venus

,well placed makes a person wealthy.

(c) As discussed, Venus is the karaka of the 4th house and therefore venus

with seven bindus gives rise to all comforts.

I have just now received an email from a reader of EST requesting me to

discuss charts to support the theory..Please note that I could not lay my

hands on a chart where venus gets seven bindus and if the reader could

locate one,it is possible to verify these rules in that chart.For the present

I will discuss a chart where Venus gets six bindus,keeping in mind the

request of the reader.

We will now discuss the chart of one of the greatest Bollywood heroines

of yesteryears , Meena Kumari.

Please note that in her chart Venus as lagna lord is in 9 with 6 bindus,

which makes it sufficiently powerful. True to the nature of Venus ,

Meena Kumari became a house hold celebrity due to her performance in

films . Her yogakaraka Saturn and 10th

lord Moon are also well placed.

Due to her frequent portrayal of sorrowful roles she is often cited by

media and literary sources as “The Tragedy Queen” . Apart from being a

top notch actress , Meena Kumari was also a talented poetess. During

her movie career spanning thirty years , she starred in more than ninety

films, many of which many have achieved cult as well as classic status.

Before I sign off , let me take this opportunity to wish all readers of EST

,a very happy and prosperous New Year 2012.

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