ASHTAKA VARGA SYSTEM OF

PREDICTION (PART 29)

By Dr. E.S.Neelakantan

We are now discussing the various aspects of Venus in

Ashtakavarga and we continue the same in this article.

If the lord of the house occupied by Venus is in the 6th

or 8th

house from Venus and in a trine from lagna, the person will ill-

treat his wife and also become a pauper in course of time.

Maybe this rule appears paradoxical. A person, who loves his

wife, will take her to the beach, to the movies, to restaurant

etc. especially in the initial stages of married life, until the

euphoric wears off. In the case of the marriage after romance,

this phase occurs in the pre-marriage phase, while nothing

remarkable will happen in the post marriage phase. In these

cases, the person who treats his wife could be expected to

become a pauper, not in course of time , but then and there

especially in the last few days of every calendar month! The

policy of this: When money is there, live like a king, when

money is not there, live like a pauper. There was a Tamil movie,

where the hero plays a dual role, hoodwinking his employer.

The noted Tamil poet Kannadasan who penned the lyrics of the

title wrote:

He who came in the guise of a son-in-law, had no bride on

hand, to marry;

He, who came in the guise of a king, had no kingdom to rule.

Why I am quoting these lyrics here, is that in todays world

you cannot distinguish a King from a pauper both of them

look alike!

Coming to the rule I quoted just now, the peculiarity is not

only that the person will ill-treat his wife but also become

pauper. My advice to all astrologers at this juncture is this: If

you detect this rule in the chart of any boy either advice him to

remain single or become an ascetic, then and there Hope you

will appreciate my suggestion; you can at least save a girls life!

When the lords of 5th

and 7th

houses are in trine to each other

and Mars is in the 7th

from lagna, the person will be abandoned

by his wife.

Note the subtle distinction between this rule and the one I

discussed earlier. There, the husband was the villain but here

the wife is the villain. But you cannot blame the wife here, since

this combination appears in the husbands chart! The correct

interpretation of this rule is this; if this combination appears in

the husbands chart, it is an indication, that due to some bad

Karma in earlier birth, he is destined to remain single.

One more point I wish to stress here. These adverse yogas

tend to come true even if you try your level best to avoid it. If a

person is destined to undergo separation, that person will get

married and undergo the trauma of divorce. It cannot be

avoided by attempting to remain as a bachelor. If you are

destined to take birth and suffer, you will take birth and suffer:

you cannot avoid being born. Therefore the emphasis is on

performance of good karma, now and here.

As far as Sanchita Karma is concerned, you are helpless; but

as far as future is concerned what you do now is the Sanchita

Karma of the future. You cannot do anything about Prarabhda

Karma either. You can avoid getting into the trap of adverse

Agami Karma. You can be proactive and prevent conversion of

Sanchita into Prarabhdha Karma. In other words if you take full

responsibility for all the three kinds of Karma Sanchita,

Prarabhdha and Agami you can pull yourself out of the

woods.

When Mars or Saturn is in the 7th

bhava and the lord of the

seventh bhava has navamsa in the house of Saturn or Mars or

has an aspect from them, then the natives wife will be

immoral.

I want to break up this rule into various components, so that it

can be understood properly since conceptual clarity will be

there.

a) Mars in 7

b) Saturn in 7

c) Lord of 7 occupies navamsa of Mars.

d) Lord of 7 occupies navamsa of Saturn.

e) Mars aspects 7

f) Saturn aspects 7

In short, the 7th

house gets connected in Mars or Saturn in

three different ways

a) Occupation

b) Aspect

c) Navamsa sign dispositorship.

Both Mars and Saturn represent the quality of Tamas.

Hence in no way, they can improve the content of 7th

house. You might ask me one question; If Cancer is

lagna and Saturn is in the 7th

house as lord of 7, will this

rule apply? The author is not talking about ownership

of houses or yogakaraka status or any other matter

related to the planet. The rule is plain and simple ;

Nexus is between 7th

house and Mars ;Nexus is between

7th

house and Saturn ; Both these prospects will affect

the marital prospects of 7th

house vis-a vis morality of

the spouse.

There may be chart where Mars conjoins Jupiter in

the 7th

. In another chart Saturn may aspect the 7th

along

with Jupiter. In these cases, this rule will not apply. The

question of loose morals will never have application,

whenever the influence of Jupiter is present.

Both Jupiter and Mercury have a beneficial impact on

whichever house they aspect or occupy. So the

foremost task of an astrologer is to compile the

influence of benefics on 7th

house ; If the influence of

benefics outweigh the influence of malefics , one will be

blessed with a good wife and married life will result in

happiness and prosperity.

I would like to offer my views on the scientific validity of

Astrology. Astrology is basically axiomatic; you assume

the rules to be true and interpret the science. The main

attack launched against Astrology by skeptics is its

scientific validity. My question is; can you prove

Darwins evolutionary theory or the Big bang theory in a

laboratory? These are scientifically accepted theories

even though there are skeptics who question the

validity of these theories. In this context I wish to

narrate a real life incident about how a lawyer in New

Orleans proved the title to a property much to the

satisfaction of the lending institution and got the

sanction for a mortgage loan. Here is the actual story.

A New Orleans lawyer sought an Federal Housing

Administration loan(or in short, a FHA loan) for a client

who lost his house in Hurricane Katrina and wanted to

rebuild. He was told the loan would be granted if he

could prove satisfactory title to the parcel of property

being offered as collateral security. The title to the

property dated back to 1803, which took the lawyer

three months to track down. After sending the

information to the FHA, he received the following reply.

Upon review of your letter adjoining your client's loan

application, we note that the request is supported by an

Abstract of Title. While we compliment the able manner

in which you have prepared and presented the

application, we must point out that you have

only cleared title to the proposed collateral property

back to 1803. Before final approval can be accorded, it

will be necessary to clear the title back to its origin."

Annoyed, the lawyer responded as follows ...

"Your letter regarding title in Case No. 767 has

been received. I note that you wish to have title

extended further than the 194 years covered by the

present application. I was unaware that any educated

person in this country, particularly those working in the

property area, would not know that Louisiana was

purchased, by the U.S., from France in 1803, the year of

origin identified in our application. For the edification

of uninformed FHA bureaucrats, the title to the land

prior to US ownership was obtained from France, which

had acquired it by Right of Conquest from Spain. The

land came into the possession of Spain by Right of

Discovery made in the year 1492 by a sea captain

named Christopher Columbus, who had been granted

the privilege of seeking a new route to India by the

Spanish monarch, Isabella. The good queen, Isabella,

being a pious woman and almost as careful about titles

as the FHA, took the precaution of securing the blessing

of the Pope before she sold her jewels to finance

Columbus expedition. Now the Pope, as I'm sure you

may know, is the emissary of Jesus Christ, the Son of

God, and God, it is commonly accepted, created this

world. Therefore, I believe it is safe to presume that

God also made that part of the world called Louisiana.

God, therefore, would be the owner of origin and His

origins date back to before the beginning of time, the

world as we know it. I hope you find God's original claim

to be satisfactory. Now, may we have our damn loan?"

The loan was immediately sanctioned and the applicant

got the cheque for the loan amount.

Maybe this how Astrologers need to prove the validity

of Astrology when confronted by skeptics!

THE END.