In the Ascendant.: Fanciful and romantic, moderate eater, an attractive appearance, inclined to corpulence, windy temperament, much traveling, disease in private organs and ears, capricious, licentious, sociable, easy going, educated, warring, loved by the opposite sex, shy, modest, stubborn, proud, fickle-minded and eccentric.
Second house.: Wealthy, handsome, attractive, generous, highly intelligent, breaks in education, charming, poetical, great respect, sweet speech, persuasive, squint eyes and much admired.
Third house.: Sickly, dyspeptic and later on piles, mild, lean, disappointments, impious, many brothers, cruel, educated, consumption, famous, sisters, intelligent, unscrupulous, purposeless, miserly, fond of traveling and active-minded.
Fourth house.: Sickly mother, quarrels, unhappy home life, danger to father, domestic quarrels and conveyances, uncomfortable, coarse, brutal, tyrannical, vulgar.
Fifth house.: Subtle, handsome wife, shrewd, showy, many daughters, intelligent, gains through quadrupeds, interrupted education, high political office.
Sixth house.: Submissive to the opposite sex, indolent, imperious, short-tempered, intelligent, lazy, slender body, weak sexual connection, widow-hunter, poor, drunkard, refined, tender, pilfering habits stomach troubles, many foes, worried by cousins.
Seventh house.: Passionate, fond of women, handsome wife, mother short-lived, narrow-minded, good family, pains in he loins, social, successful, jealous and energetic in several matters.
Eighth house.: Unhealthy, legacy, capricious, mother short-lived, few children, bilious, slender bad sight, Kinney disease, unsteady, easy acquisitions.
Ninth house.: Popular, educated, intelligent, well read, lover of fiction, builder of charitable institutions, wealthy, active, inclined to travel, godly, good children, immoveable property, religious, mystical, righteous, agricultural success, devotional, successful and good reputation.
Tenth house.: Persuasive, passionate, charitable, shrewd, adulterous, bold, tactful, ambitious, great position, active, trustee of religious institutions, obliging to good people, many friends, easy success, popular and able, wealthy, comfortable and long life.
Eleventh house.: Many children, powerful, philanthropic, polite, literary an artistic taste, helpful, influential, cultured, charitable, many friends, great position, reputation, good lands, easy success, liked and helped by the fair sex, giver of donations, man of principles.
Twelfth house.: Obstructed, deformed, narrow-minded, cruel, unhappy, obscure, powerless, deceived, solitary, miserable.
Friday, October 21, 2011
The Effects of Planets in Different Houses - SUN
Given below are the general effects of the Sun when placed in different houses. The effects may change due to the aspect and conjunction of other planets on the sun and also by the sun’s strength and weaknesses by degree and placement. Those calculations are complicated to understand and are not being given here.
Sun in the first house: The sun rules energy and a good placement here will give a healthy constitution, success and good fortune. It gives generosity, pride, ambition and a good will power. It can give some eye trouble and inclines one to baldness, headaches and head injuries or trouble in the upper part of the head. At times health is indifferent during childhood unless other planets are strong.
Sun in the second house: It gives a lot of wealth but if the sun is weak the person can face legal troubles and property losses, disrupted education, dental ailments and disturbed family life. It gives gains from metal, especially copper and gold. When well placed it gives a high status in society.
Sun in the third house: It makes the person confident and determined as well as wealthy and full of courage. There may be some tension with relatives and a sibling may die prematurely. There will be gains from business.
Sun in the fourth house: If the sun is weak then trouble in the chest area, disrupted education, domestic tensions and trouble to mother are indicated. The early part of life will be influenced by strong family ties. If the sun is strong it will give gains from government and real estate and a sound education.
Sun in the fifth house: If weak it gives miscarriage/abortion to wife with first pregnancy, or premature death of a male child as well as stomach problems. If strong, it gives good luck, success through partnerships, and travel as well as in a legal career.
Sun in the sixth house: It gives strength, wealth and fame, good digestive powers and a strong sex drive, gains from partnerships. The spouse’s health may be affected adversely unless the partner’s horoscope is strong and can override the effect.
Sun in the seventh house: Success in a public career, rise through cooperative ventures and through wife if sun is well placed. If sun is badly placed, it gives losses and tensions of all kinds in personal and professional life.
Sun in the 8th: house: It gives more daughters than sons, affects eyesight adversely, financial ups and downs, prone to ailments arising from imbalance of bile, and private parts, heavy expenses. It makes the person religious but discontented. It however gives good health and long life when well aspected, gains after marriage, and success in later life.
Sun in the ninth house: This position gives good fortune if the sun is well placed and such a person may write or publish books. Gains from international travel, foreign residence and a legal career are indicated. When afflicted, it can give delays and obstacles in plans.
Sun in the tenth house: This position gives all kinds of gains and comforts, foreign travels, authority, good morals and success, if sun is well placed.
Sun in the eleventh house: This position also gives great success and wealth, and a long life, but possible losses from jealousy. This position is not good for first child, but gives gains from several sources.
Sun in the twelfth house: This gives ups and downs in life and tensions with father and trouble in work. Unexpected events in life will be many and gains from chemistry and medicine is indicated. It gives mediumistic abilities and the gift of prophesy.
Sun in the first house: The sun rules energy and a good placement here will give a healthy constitution, success and good fortune. It gives generosity, pride, ambition and a good will power. It can give some eye trouble and inclines one to baldness, headaches and head injuries or trouble in the upper part of the head. At times health is indifferent during childhood unless other planets are strong.
Sun in the second house: It gives a lot of wealth but if the sun is weak the person can face legal troubles and property losses, disrupted education, dental ailments and disturbed family life. It gives gains from metal, especially copper and gold. When well placed it gives a high status in society.
Sun in the third house: It makes the person confident and determined as well as wealthy and full of courage. There may be some tension with relatives and a sibling may die prematurely. There will be gains from business.
Sun in the fourth house: If the sun is weak then trouble in the chest area, disrupted education, domestic tensions and trouble to mother are indicated. The early part of life will be influenced by strong family ties. If the sun is strong it will give gains from government and real estate and a sound education.
Sun in the fifth house: If weak it gives miscarriage/abortion to wife with first pregnancy, or premature death of a male child as well as stomach problems. If strong, it gives good luck, success through partnerships, and travel as well as in a legal career.
Sun in the sixth house: It gives strength, wealth and fame, good digestive powers and a strong sex drive, gains from partnerships. The spouse’s health may be affected adversely unless the partner’s horoscope is strong and can override the effect.
Sun in the seventh house: Success in a public career, rise through cooperative ventures and through wife if sun is well placed. If sun is badly placed, it gives losses and tensions of all kinds in personal and professional life.
Sun in the 8th: house: It gives more daughters than sons, affects eyesight adversely, financial ups and downs, prone to ailments arising from imbalance of bile, and private parts, heavy expenses. It makes the person religious but discontented. It however gives good health and long life when well aspected, gains after marriage, and success in later life.
Sun in the ninth house: This position gives good fortune if the sun is well placed and such a person may write or publish books. Gains from international travel, foreign residence and a legal career are indicated. When afflicted, it can give delays and obstacles in plans.
Sun in the tenth house: This position gives all kinds of gains and comforts, foreign travels, authority, good morals and success, if sun is well placed.
Sun in the eleventh house: This position also gives great success and wealth, and a long life, but possible losses from jealousy. This position is not good for first child, but gives gains from several sources.
Sun in the twelfth house: This gives ups and downs in life and tensions with father and trouble in work. Unexpected events in life will be many and gains from chemistry and medicine is indicated. It gives mediumistic abilities and the gift of prophesy.
Rahu Ketu - The Shadow Planets The Moon's Nodes in Vedic Astrology
Rahu Ketu is the name given to the Nodes of the Moon. Rahu is the North Node and Ketu is the South Node. They are points on the ecliptic where the Moon is in alignment with the Sun and the Earth. They indicate the precise point of the harmony with the three most important influences in our life- the Sun, the Earth and the Moon. This relationship plays an important part in the enfolding of individual consciousness.
Their role as Karmic indicators of our life is connected with their power to cause eclipses. The eclipses occur in the vicinity of Rahu Ketu during the Full Moon and the New Moon. (During New Moon when it is +/- 18 degrees from Rahu Ketu, the Solar eclipse takes place. At the full Moon +/- 11 degrees 15' from the nodal position, the Lunar eclipse takes place.) As they symbolically eclipse the Sun (consciousness) and the Moon (the Mind), they have a great part to play in darkening our perspective in order to bring in new light. They deal with the concept of death and re-birth, transformation and regeneration. During the eclipses the light from the Luminaries is darkened. The energies created are powerfully psychic, pregnant with new information and occult power. The period after the eclipse is considered a rebirth of the Sun and the Moon. The role of Rahu Ketu in this powerful alignment of the Sun Moon and the Earth gives them the role of the ultimate controllers of the destiny.
The prime importance given to Rahu Ketu in Vedic Astrology is one of it's key features. They have been given the status of Planets to emphasise their significance and the importance placed on eclipses. They are known as Chayya Grahas (shadow planets). They have no substance and are physically non-existent. Yet their influence is full of potency and spiritual significance. They work in unison 180 degrees apart, two opposite points in the zodiac with a mission to churn our lives in order to externalise hidden potential and wisdom. In keeping with their shadowy nature, they work on a psychological level. It is always difficult to gauge their effect because their main concern is with our emotional makeup. They effect us internally. We are unaware of what exactly is happening to us at the time.
In Vedic Astrology, the concept of the Soul's journey through different lifetimes is central to it. The final goal of the soul is to break this cycle of life and death. Like the beads on a necklace, various lifetimes are joined together to form a necklace, each life being different but interconnected by an invisible thread. The invisible thread is Rahu and Ketu. The purpose of the soul in this life to act out his given Karma, destroy the illusions of the materialistic life and move towards the pursuit of self realisation. To live on the astral planes where pleasure and pain do not have the capacity to hurt, the mind is still and at peace. The soul's journey in a particular life time and it's connection with eternal life is indicated by the position of Rahu and Ketu. Ketu deals with the past Karma and Rahu with the future.
The five instincts that keep us attached to the materialistic purpose of life are Kaam (Desire, passions) Krodh (Anger) Madh (intoxicants- drugs, alcohol etc) Moh (Attachment) Lobh(Greed) and Matsaya(Jealousy). We need to control our instincts rather than allowing ourselves to be controlled by them. Both Rahu and Ketu have the ability to keep our mind focused on these instincts- Rahu by exaggerating and Ketu by obscuring or blocking. We are tied down to the cycle of unhappiness and dissatisfaction as we cannot break away from our lower selves. We are born again and again to experience the pleasures and pains of the earthly life until we recognise them to be the illusions that they are. On a subconscious level we are afraid that if we give up these desires, we will lose out. Once we start understanding the principle of letting go, enjoying what life has to offer but not getting attached, then we are able to grow spiritually. Rahu Ketu deals with the inner fight within us, the moral and the social choices we have to constantly make and the inner dilemmas.
The Mythology
There are many Myths and legends attached to Rahu Ketu. The most well known one is of Rahu Ketu as the Naga Vasuki- the ruler of the Patala Loka (the nether regions of the earth). Nagas in Vedic literature are not ordinary snakes but Serpents with much hidden knowledge and wisdom. There was a great war between the gods and the demons for the control of the universe and at the centre of it was the ocean which was being churned to find the hidden treasures and the Amrita- the nectar of immortality. Vasuki helped the gods in their mission. He was the rope tied around the spiritual mountain Mandara, which was the rod, used by the gods to churn the ocean.
When the Amrita was found the gods wanted to keep it for themselves as they felt that the demons would use it for the wrong purpose. Vasuki being a demon, his instincts were for personal glorification and materialistic happiness rather than universal good. (Sacrificing self for others is considered the godly impulse). Vasuki, was more intelligent than the other demons, he was not willing to be distracted by the gods. He drank the nectar of immortality secretly. The Sun and the Moon complained to Lord Vishnu, the creator of the Universe, who was very angry at this deception. In anger he threw the Sudharshan Chakra at Vasuki and cut him into two. Vasuki had drunk the Amrita and was immortal, therefore could not be killed. He remained in the skies as Rahu(the head)Ketu (the lower half), a permanent reminder to the other planets(gods) of the darker side of life which we have to defeat in the pursuit of immortality.
Rahu Ketu are considered great enemies of the Sun and the Moon because they told Lord Vishnu about them. They symbolically swallow the two luminaries during the eclipses. Their capacity to darken the Sun and the Moon make Rahu Ketu the most powerful influences in the Zodiac. The Sun around whom the other planets and the solar system revolves, the Moon which controls life on earth, are obscured by Rahu Ketu during eclipses. Rahu Ketu represent Cosmic Law which everyone including the Sun and the Moon have to obey.
This allegory has to be understood as life. The Gods without the help of Vasuki (Rahu Ketu) could not find the secret of immortality. In the same way we as humans cannot find our higher selves without understanding the lessons of Rahu and Ketu. They represent the darker side of our nature which we need to overcome. Our inner emotions are like the ocean being churned. Within this ocean lie a number of treasures as well as poisons and nasty things. We have learn to recognise the precious from the dross and finally find Amrita- the secret of immortality or true happiness. The conflict between our attachment to materialistic achievements (this gives us momentary happiness which is a fantasy as it has no real basis, the domain of Rahu) and liberation of the soul, finding bliss and tranquillity which is eternal and everlasting (Ketu is the Moksha karaka significator for spiritual realisation). The gods needed the help of Vasuki in the Amrita manthan and in the same way we need the knowledge provided by the wise nodes to give direction.
Understanding Rahu and Ketu in our Natal Charts
To understand the influence of Rahu Ketu in our chart we must learn about their shadow nature. This is the most important factor in when dealing with the influence of the nodes. They are only points in the Zodiac therefore they are unable to enact their effect on their own. The nodes take on the characteristics of their dispositor as they have no substance themselves. It is very important to study the sign, position and placement of the depositor. Here it is important to understand that although the nodes are influenced by their depositor, the depositor itself carries forward the influence of the nodes. The basic results of Rahu- Ketu are modified by their location in your chart. The signs/ houses they are placed in. The aspects they receive and the aspects they throw out. Also if they are in conjunction with another planet (note in Vedic Astrology a planet in the same house is considered conjunct. The closer the conjunction the stronger the influence.) they will throw out it's influence. For example if Rahu is in conjunction with Mars it will throw the aspect of Mars along with that of it's depositor.
Rahu Ketu are the personal eclipse points. Therefore they are areas where you need to work out your Karma, past as well as future. They are our Karmic responsibilities. We have to learn to look beyond the momentary darkness that Rahu Ketu represent. They highlight the negative side of our nature which we need to overcome to move towards the spiritual growth. They work psychologically, therefore it is hard to pin- point their effect. They are the axis of life which indicates the path of spiritual growth from past life ( Ketu) to the Future (Rahu). Knowledge of both the past and present are needed for true understanding of life. The past shapes the personality we are now, the negative and the positive Karma we are going to experience. It shades our psyche to how we are going to tackle the present. The future is always uncertain therefore can seem like darkness and carry fear and uncertainty within it. We have to really come to terms with our past to be able to not get afraid of the future. Rahu is showing this direction, Ketu is sometime blocking due to our actions of the past.
Rahu Ketu have twin purpose, one in the mundane life and another in the spiritual life but it is intertwined, like their shadowy nature. Their actions in the material realm are meant so that we change our thoughts and ideas about what we want and desire. What is darkness to a person enmeshed in materialistic ambitions can be powerful spiritual energy for those on the path of Moksha and spiritual enlightenment.
The nodes always serves opposing purposes- good and bad, lots and nothing, give and take. Rahu gives, Ketu takes back. The are no straight rules about them. They operate in so many different colours which can lead you to the highest spiritual pinnacle to the greatest financial achievements or vice versa. They can give contrary results. You can never give predictions dealing with surety.
They can create fear of the unknown. They can create sudden and unexpected results.
The saying is that Rahu Ketu always take away what they give because they have a special reason for granting you your wishes. To realise that what they give is not necessarily what you want once you have achieved it. They highlight dissatisfaction within ourselves.
RAHU
Vedic Hymn to Rahu
'Rahu is snake shaped, born of a lioness and a devourer of the Sun and the Moon'
Rahu is the head part of the celestial snake. This hymn refers to Rahu being snake shaped. The snakes are given great importance in Vedic mythology. Lord Shiva has a snake around his neck, Lord Vishnu's throne was Shesh Naga - the Eternal Serpent. Shesh Naga represents the cycles of time and space which the seed of cosmic creation. The Nagas are shaped like snakes but stand tall. The Nagas are highly evolved beings. They are wise, but their wisdom can be used for both good and bad. The Naga sheds his skin, this symbolises transformation,re-birth. The snakes in Vedic literature remind people of their mortality.
The 'devouring of the Sun and Moon' are when Rahu eclipses the luminaries. This shows the important part Rahu has to play in changing the course of our life. The Sun and Moon are Royal planets under whose dictates the universe and life on earth revolves. But Rahu can darken this light, therefore it controls the process of life. The Sun is the Soul and Moon the Mind, when they are eclipsed, they go through regeneration, transformation and death.
Rahu takes people off their Dharmic past path to tempt them on the road of self destruction. But Rahu has a very definite purpose in doing so. It wants you to learn, taste and feel everything so that from the full satiation of your senses you turn a new leaf on the path of self realisation and find their true enlightenment. Rahu on a physical plane gives you insatiable desire to achieve, to conquer. Once you have reached the pinnacle of achievement, you realise this success you have achieved has not brought with it happiness because you were in fact chasing an illusion. There are many cults in India which preach satiation of all your mundane and carnal desires so that we can learn the important lesson of fulfilment of all your desires do not give you the true happiness.
Rahu signifies foreigners in all fields- people, countries, tastes.
Rahu behaves like Saturn. It deals with drugs, poisons, over ambition, power play, hidden knowledge,
Rahu's element is air. It deals with all aspects of air related activities air travel, Air accidents, Aviation, Pilots etc. Other significations of Rahu include students of Astrology, metaphysical knowledge, witchcraft, skin diseases, small pox, deception, politics, political manoeuvre, inventions, scientists, execution, diseases, disenchantment etc.
Rahu and the Nakshatras
Rahu Ketu rule 3 Nakshtras (fixed stars) each. Rahu rules Ardra ( 6 degree 40' to 20 degrees 00' Gemini), Swati ( 6 degrees 40' to 20 degrees 00' Libra) and Shatabishak (6 degrees 40' to 20 degrees 00'Aquarius), all in the Air triplicity . Mercury, Venus and Saturn represent intellectualism, pleasure and righteous behaviour. Rahu has the capacity to bestow in all these areas.
As the ruler of the fixed star Ardra( 6 degree 40' to 20 degrees 00' Gemini), Rahu represents the highest thinking, Ardra is the Nakshatra where we begin our learning about the nature's law. Ardra is in 6 degree 40' to 20 degrees Gemini a sign ruled by Mercury. At the cosmic stage of Ardra, there is conflict on the outer level where we are dissatisfied with our present surrounding, so we start looking for answers. This can be through knowledge, occult and communication The duality of Gemini as well as the celestial powers of Mercury are present. Ardra's symbol is of a head or a single jewel. both symbolising ideas, mind and thinking. Rahu is always about matchless ambition and in Ardra it combines it with the capacity for knowledge. Planets in Ardra get motivated towards greater occult learning. Rudra, the God of Destruction is Ardra's presiding Diety.. Rudra is a form of Shiva. Rudra's mission is to destroy ignorance, therefore he directs the consciousness towards knowledge and finding the answers for ourselves about this manifestation. At Ardra we start to study or learn about the Law of Nature. The first time we become dissatisfied with the materialistic nature of our lives and start towards expanding the horizons of our spiritual selves..
The Second Nakshatra ruled by Rahu is Swati ( 6 degrees 40' to 20 degrees 00' Libra) Planets in Swati indicate the depth of the soul's involvement in Materialism. The indicator of the soul in our chart, the Sun, is debilitated here and Saturn the worker of the Zodiac is exalted here. Under Swati, the impulse is all about material gain. Venus rules the earthly needs in an individual. Combining it with Rahu it adds further to the desire for success, wealth and finance. Many millionaires are born with their Moon's or Saturn in Swati. The presiding diety is Vayu (air).The Symbol is Coral. The location of this Nakshatra in Libra indicates that the experience of full involvment into earthy, materialistic pleasures will bring with it dissatisfaction because the scales will be heavy to one side. Once success is achieved we feel empty, alone and dissatisfied with our achievement, many try for more success but the correct thing would be to look towards your higher self at this time. Libra is a stage of life when we start thinking about the spiritual meaning of life but only once the other urges have been fulfilled.
Shatabishak( 6 degrees 40' to 20 degrees 00'Aquarius) is the final Nakshatra ruled by Rahu. Aquarius is ruled by Saturn and Rahu's rulership of the Nakshtra makes a very difficult combination where life has to have a purpose and the total direction is about learning lessons. Rahu gives results like Saturn but on a psychological level. This double Saturnine influence on planets placed here is difficult to handle unless our activities are directed towards service to humanity. Here both Rahu and Saturn are concerned about changing our purpose of life, giving us the final answers. Rahu on the internal level and Saturn on an external level offers restrictions, obstacles and transformation. The need to understand the final lessons of life as well as duty to others are two of the important aspects of Shatabishak. Its symbol is the thousand petalled flower, Shatabishak is where the Kundalini flowers and we reach towards the full awareness of our consciousness. This is the stage in life where we activate the Sahasara (Crown) Chakra. Rahu brings forth its full power as the teacher of cosmic law. When the Moon is in Shatabishak, its materialistic tendencies are shed completely and we moves towards the true purpose of life. We are ready to transcend to the next phase of spiritual development.
All the quarters of Rahu's Nakshatra are ruled by Jupiter and Saturn, the significators of spirituality and occult initiation. They are Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. Each pada (quarter) represents the ninth harmonic of the natal chart. Together these four signs represent the final stages of spiritual development. As the Rahu Nakshatras represent a point in cycle of life where we are starting to change, these padas further indicate that life on an internal level remain the same again. Sagittarius is the level when man learns to control the base emotions,changes from animal to human, at Capricorn we learn about the duties and responsibilities to others, Aquarius represents the stage of development where we are now privy to full knowledge. At Pisces we are able to make the final change, sow the seeds for future growth. So although the stages of the soul's journey are different in Ardra ( Gemini) Swati ( Libra) and Shatabishak( Aquarius) the underlying urge, represented by the quarters, is still the same- to evolve. The ending of one way of life and the beginning of another.
KETU
Vedic Hymn to Ketu
' Decked with silk, flowers, garlands, sandal paste and an umbrella, of variegated colour, born of Jaimini's family under Abhijit Nakshatra…'
Ketu is the lower part of the celestial snake.
This hymn shows the main difference between Rahu and Ketu, Rahu is dark in colour but Ketu has a variegated colour. Therefore it has the capacity to shine a light on you suddenly, bring about enlightenment.
Ketu is born to the Jaimini family who followed the Mimasa school of philosophy. Their main concern was the correct interpretations of the vedic rituals and settling any controversies about the Vedic texts. Ketu himself is guiding towards meditation of the nature of creation, intuitiveness, the true understanding of universe and the guidance of the soul towards it's final salvation or Moksha.
Ketu causes great impediments in your paths. It sets up roadblocks, traffic jams, boulders in your journey of life. It causes pain. It wants to change your psyche. You learn to leave your excess baggage of past Karma behind. Travel lightly into your this existence so that you can understand there are areas of your life which need to address and some left behind. Those unable to harness the power of Ketu or understand its karmic path can be lead to a sorrowful existence. Sometimes it is difficult for any one do stand in the way of Ketu power. We need to accept and understand the divine plan which is part of our destiny and Ketu is doing its work to produce in you the enlightenment which would lead to true enlightenment and honour. The effect of the Ketu problems are like the going through the ritual of fire from which one comes out stronger more powerful to be able to take on the problems thrown at us
Ketu will act like Mars and so will it's dispositor. Fiery in nature, it signifies accidents or injury specially due to fire.
Ketu rules 7 years in the planetary life cycle. Ketu always has a sting in it's tale. So the ending of Ketu Maha Dasha one has to be vary of unexpected happening
Ketu is considered the keeper of the book of our life- past and present Karmas.
Ketu is known as Dhwajah- flag. It's association with in dignity with a planet has the capacity to boost it's capabilities- good or bad beyond recognition for lotteries and windfall. Ketu in conjunction with a benefic can give beyond your wildest expectations.
Some of the signification of Ketu are Ascetics, assassinations, trouble through cats, calirvoyance, contemplation, desire for knowledge, deep thinking, imprisonment, poison, intrigues, magical powers, poverty, mysticism etc.
Ketu and the Nakshatras
The Nakshatra's Ketu rules are Ashwini (Aries), Magha (Leo) and Mula (Sagittarius), the fire triplicity. These are the beginning stages in the cycles of life. Mars, Sun and Jupiter the rulers of Aries, Leo and Sagittarius are friends with each other. Together they represent strength, the soul and wisdom, Ketu has the capacity to give in these areas. A proper blending of these three planets in our natal charts direct us towards seeking Moksha- the final liberation from the cycle of life and death.
Aries deals with birth, a new life, freshness of approach and start of the cycle of Life.
0 degrees to 13 degrees 20 is Ashwini, the first Nakshatra ruled by Ketu. Ashwini indicates the beginning of the soul's journey into the earthly life. Ketu's rulership of this part of the Zodiac is full of occult significations. Ketu is the significator for Moksha. The beginning part of life indicated by Aries ruled by Ketu Nakshatra shows that the true reason of our manifestation on earth is to find the Moksha- the final salvation from the cycles of life and death. This is the stage where mind is pure and we have not yet entangled ourselves into knots which represent the attachment to life. Sun, the signifactor of the soul, our inner consciousness is exalted in Ashwini. Ashwini is in Aries ruled by Mars. Ketu acts like Mars but on a psychological level so the purity of Martian action, courage and protection of humanity is powerfully indicated by the planets located here. The past life connection is very strong as Ketu, specially if the Moon is located here.
Magha is the second Nakshatra ruled by Ketu. Magha is in the sign of Leo ( 0 degrees to 13 degrees 20' Leo) ruled by the Sun. Magha is the beginning of the second cycle in the soul's Journey. The signs Leo to Scorpio indicate the soul's full involvement into the pleasures and pains of the earthly life. Ketu, the significator of spiritual realisation ruling the commencing point of the materialistic journey shows the importance of the experience of the realities of life in fulfilling the divine mission of the Soul. Magha's ruling deity is Pitris, who are the fathers of humanity whose mission is to guide their children to the right course of life. The father's only interfere if you are going off the right path. Ketu and Pitris both guide the soul towards it's special mission in life. Planets in Magha are idealistic even if their mission is to fulfil their materialistic needs. This does create misunderstandings at times. Others suspect their honour and sincerity. Magha gives a lot materially, but the person ruled by Magha knows intuitively that the material happiness is only an experience, he still needs to follow the inner purpose of life and move towards Moksha.
Mula is the third Nakshatra ruled by Ketu. Mula is 0 degrees to 13 degrees 20' Sagittarius. This is the start of the final part of the Soul's mission towards finding the answers that will lead to his breaking away from the cycles of life and death. This is one of the most difficult Nakshatra for planets to be situated in specially the Moon. The deity that rules Mula is Nittriti, the goddess of death and destruction. This personifies the destruction of the material sheaths and the foundation on which the spiritual enfoldment can be undertaken. The pain experienced by the influence of Mula changes the personality. Attachment to the lower nature and material tendencies have to be severed so that a new spiritual beginning can happen. This is the Nakshatra of initiation towards spiritual realisation. Ketu fulfills it's role as Moksha karaka by arousing the soul towards it's ultimate destination. Mula means root and it also is Muladhara chakra (Base Chakra) where the Kundalini power lies dormant and has to be activated. Ketu rules this and Rahu with it's rulership of Shatabishak- the Crown Chakra indicate the real spiritual insight provided by the nodes. At times they create powerful negativity to focus your mind towards the absolute knowledge.
The quarters of Ketu's Nakshatras are ruled by Mars, Venus, Gemini and the Moon. Mars is courage, Venus- the guide to material fulfilment, Mercury the pure intellect and Moon, the emotional Mind. The signs these planets rule are Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer- the four sign that lead the soul towards experiencing the life on earth. Each pada (quarter) represents the ninth harmonic of the natal chart. Together these four signs represent the beginning stages of spiritual development. As the Ketu Nakshatras represent a point in cycle of life where we have to move towards the divine mission of the soul. They always indicate a beginning and an ending at two different levels. Aries is about discovery of new ideas and the courage to explore them. Taurus is where we nurture the creative potential of our new beginnings. Gemini develops the mind and the recognition of time, space, the working of the universal law. Cancer makes time and space possible. It is ruled by the Moon and Water which also leads us towards purification of mind and harmonising the spiritual and the material. The stages of the soul's journey are different in Ashwini (Mars) Magha (Leo) and Mula (Sagittarius) the underlying urge, represented by the quarters, is still the same- to evolve. The ending of one way of life and the beginning of another.
Kal Sarpa Yoga
Kala Sarpa Yoga is formed when Rahu Ketu hem in the planets in the natal chart i.e. if Rahu is 10 degrees Leo and Ketu 10 degrees Aquarius and all the planets are within these degrees, either from Leo to Aquarius or Aquarius to Leo (Vedic Astrology does not use the outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto). For this yoga to be complete, no planet should conjunct Rahu or Ketu. It restricts completely any indications of the charts. However capable the person, his life is impeded due to past Karma. Important lessons have to be faced in this life, where no amount of effort is rewarded, obstacles are encountered at every junction for inexplicable reasons.
The Yoga does not suggest either success or failure, but a person caught up in Karmic forces so great that they restrict his/ her destiny. It acts mysteriously, without other indications in the birth Chart. A heavy price is paid for past Karma in this life. Understanding and counter- acting the effects of Kala Sarpa Yoga needs a person to move towards his higher self. As Rahu and Ketu act on the inner self, the need to understand the psychic implications and the inner blocks created by this combination is important.
Transits
To judge the transits of Rahu Ketu we have to look at the planets they conjunct during their transit. The Sun and Moon being the most important planets. In 1998 when Rahu Ketu are transiting through the Leo Aquarius Axis, people with Leo Sun, Moon, Ascendant and Aquarius Sun, Moon, Ascendant are feeling the transforming effect of Rahu Ketu. The transit of Rahu Ketu gives clues to their unpredictability. They normal travel in a retrograde motion, the opposite to other planets. They will suddenly go direct and backwards again, representing the churning process. They can churn up your life, your inner emotion, force you to transform yourself, create unpredictability in your life. To know exactly how powerful their influence will be, you will have to study the eclipses. If the eclipses are taking place within 1to 2 degrees of your natal planets then they will be indicating a time for change. Here it is important to remember that the eclipses work on a psychological level, some of these influence may not be immediately obvious but will reveal themselves in time.
The transit of Rahu also needs to be seen through their Dashas- planetary cycles. They are each assigned a Mahadasha. Rahu has an 18 year period and Ketu a 7 years period. They also have sub- periods in planetary cycles of other planets through which they exercise their power and influence. Whenever the life cycles come into our life they have the overall control over factors which dictate what we are going to be doing.
Their role as Karmic indicators of our life is connected with their power to cause eclipses. The eclipses occur in the vicinity of Rahu Ketu during the Full Moon and the New Moon. (During New Moon when it is +/- 18 degrees from Rahu Ketu, the Solar eclipse takes place. At the full Moon +/- 11 degrees 15' from the nodal position, the Lunar eclipse takes place.) As they symbolically eclipse the Sun (consciousness) and the Moon (the Mind), they have a great part to play in darkening our perspective in order to bring in new light. They deal with the concept of death and re-birth, transformation and regeneration. During the eclipses the light from the Luminaries is darkened. The energies created are powerfully psychic, pregnant with new information and occult power. The period after the eclipse is considered a rebirth of the Sun and the Moon. The role of Rahu Ketu in this powerful alignment of the Sun Moon and the Earth gives them the role of the ultimate controllers of the destiny.
The prime importance given to Rahu Ketu in Vedic Astrology is one of it's key features. They have been given the status of Planets to emphasise their significance and the importance placed on eclipses. They are known as Chayya Grahas (shadow planets). They have no substance and are physically non-existent. Yet their influence is full of potency and spiritual significance. They work in unison 180 degrees apart, two opposite points in the zodiac with a mission to churn our lives in order to externalise hidden potential and wisdom. In keeping with their shadowy nature, they work on a psychological level. It is always difficult to gauge their effect because their main concern is with our emotional makeup. They effect us internally. We are unaware of what exactly is happening to us at the time.
In Vedic Astrology, the concept of the Soul's journey through different lifetimes is central to it. The final goal of the soul is to break this cycle of life and death. Like the beads on a necklace, various lifetimes are joined together to form a necklace, each life being different but interconnected by an invisible thread. The invisible thread is Rahu and Ketu. The purpose of the soul in this life to act out his given Karma, destroy the illusions of the materialistic life and move towards the pursuit of self realisation. To live on the astral planes where pleasure and pain do not have the capacity to hurt, the mind is still and at peace. The soul's journey in a particular life time and it's connection with eternal life is indicated by the position of Rahu and Ketu. Ketu deals with the past Karma and Rahu with the future.
The five instincts that keep us attached to the materialistic purpose of life are Kaam (Desire, passions) Krodh (Anger) Madh (intoxicants- drugs, alcohol etc) Moh (Attachment) Lobh(Greed) and Matsaya(Jealousy). We need to control our instincts rather than allowing ourselves to be controlled by them. Both Rahu and Ketu have the ability to keep our mind focused on these instincts- Rahu by exaggerating and Ketu by obscuring or blocking. We are tied down to the cycle of unhappiness and dissatisfaction as we cannot break away from our lower selves. We are born again and again to experience the pleasures and pains of the earthly life until we recognise them to be the illusions that they are. On a subconscious level we are afraid that if we give up these desires, we will lose out. Once we start understanding the principle of letting go, enjoying what life has to offer but not getting attached, then we are able to grow spiritually. Rahu Ketu deals with the inner fight within us, the moral and the social choices we have to constantly make and the inner dilemmas.
The Mythology
There are many Myths and legends attached to Rahu Ketu. The most well known one is of Rahu Ketu as the Naga Vasuki- the ruler of the Patala Loka (the nether regions of the earth). Nagas in Vedic literature are not ordinary snakes but Serpents with much hidden knowledge and wisdom. There was a great war between the gods and the demons for the control of the universe and at the centre of it was the ocean which was being churned to find the hidden treasures and the Amrita- the nectar of immortality. Vasuki helped the gods in their mission. He was the rope tied around the spiritual mountain Mandara, which was the rod, used by the gods to churn the ocean.
When the Amrita was found the gods wanted to keep it for themselves as they felt that the demons would use it for the wrong purpose. Vasuki being a demon, his instincts were for personal glorification and materialistic happiness rather than universal good. (Sacrificing self for others is considered the godly impulse). Vasuki, was more intelligent than the other demons, he was not willing to be distracted by the gods. He drank the nectar of immortality secretly. The Sun and the Moon complained to Lord Vishnu, the creator of the Universe, who was very angry at this deception. In anger he threw the Sudharshan Chakra at Vasuki and cut him into two. Vasuki had drunk the Amrita and was immortal, therefore could not be killed. He remained in the skies as Rahu(the head)Ketu (the lower half), a permanent reminder to the other planets(gods) of the darker side of life which we have to defeat in the pursuit of immortality.
Rahu Ketu are considered great enemies of the Sun and the Moon because they told Lord Vishnu about them. They symbolically swallow the two luminaries during the eclipses. Their capacity to darken the Sun and the Moon make Rahu Ketu the most powerful influences in the Zodiac. The Sun around whom the other planets and the solar system revolves, the Moon which controls life on earth, are obscured by Rahu Ketu during eclipses. Rahu Ketu represent Cosmic Law which everyone including the Sun and the Moon have to obey.
This allegory has to be understood as life. The Gods without the help of Vasuki (Rahu Ketu) could not find the secret of immortality. In the same way we as humans cannot find our higher selves without understanding the lessons of Rahu and Ketu. They represent the darker side of our nature which we need to overcome. Our inner emotions are like the ocean being churned. Within this ocean lie a number of treasures as well as poisons and nasty things. We have learn to recognise the precious from the dross and finally find Amrita- the secret of immortality or true happiness. The conflict between our attachment to materialistic achievements (this gives us momentary happiness which is a fantasy as it has no real basis, the domain of Rahu) and liberation of the soul, finding bliss and tranquillity which is eternal and everlasting (Ketu is the Moksha karaka significator for spiritual realisation). The gods needed the help of Vasuki in the Amrita manthan and in the same way we need the knowledge provided by the wise nodes to give direction.
Understanding Rahu and Ketu in our Natal Charts
To understand the influence of Rahu Ketu in our chart we must learn about their shadow nature. This is the most important factor in when dealing with the influence of the nodes. They are only points in the Zodiac therefore they are unable to enact their effect on their own. The nodes take on the characteristics of their dispositor as they have no substance themselves. It is very important to study the sign, position and placement of the depositor. Here it is important to understand that although the nodes are influenced by their depositor, the depositor itself carries forward the influence of the nodes. The basic results of Rahu- Ketu are modified by their location in your chart. The signs/ houses they are placed in. The aspects they receive and the aspects they throw out. Also if they are in conjunction with another planet (note in Vedic Astrology a planet in the same house is considered conjunct. The closer the conjunction the stronger the influence.) they will throw out it's influence. For example if Rahu is in conjunction with Mars it will throw the aspect of Mars along with that of it's depositor.
Rahu Ketu are the personal eclipse points. Therefore they are areas where you need to work out your Karma, past as well as future. They are our Karmic responsibilities. We have to learn to look beyond the momentary darkness that Rahu Ketu represent. They highlight the negative side of our nature which we need to overcome to move towards the spiritual growth. They work psychologically, therefore it is hard to pin- point their effect. They are the axis of life which indicates the path of spiritual growth from past life ( Ketu) to the Future (Rahu). Knowledge of both the past and present are needed for true understanding of life. The past shapes the personality we are now, the negative and the positive Karma we are going to experience. It shades our psyche to how we are going to tackle the present. The future is always uncertain therefore can seem like darkness and carry fear and uncertainty within it. We have to really come to terms with our past to be able to not get afraid of the future. Rahu is showing this direction, Ketu is sometime blocking due to our actions of the past.
Rahu Ketu have twin purpose, one in the mundane life and another in the spiritual life but it is intertwined, like their shadowy nature. Their actions in the material realm are meant so that we change our thoughts and ideas about what we want and desire. What is darkness to a person enmeshed in materialistic ambitions can be powerful spiritual energy for those on the path of Moksha and spiritual enlightenment.
The nodes always serves opposing purposes- good and bad, lots and nothing, give and take. Rahu gives, Ketu takes back. The are no straight rules about them. They operate in so many different colours which can lead you to the highest spiritual pinnacle to the greatest financial achievements or vice versa. They can give contrary results. You can never give predictions dealing with surety.
They can create fear of the unknown. They can create sudden and unexpected results.
The saying is that Rahu Ketu always take away what they give because they have a special reason for granting you your wishes. To realise that what they give is not necessarily what you want once you have achieved it. They highlight dissatisfaction within ourselves.
RAHU
Vedic Hymn to Rahu
'Rahu is snake shaped, born of a lioness and a devourer of the Sun and the Moon'
Rahu is the head part of the celestial snake. This hymn refers to Rahu being snake shaped. The snakes are given great importance in Vedic mythology. Lord Shiva has a snake around his neck, Lord Vishnu's throne was Shesh Naga - the Eternal Serpent. Shesh Naga represents the cycles of time and space which the seed of cosmic creation. The Nagas are shaped like snakes but stand tall. The Nagas are highly evolved beings. They are wise, but their wisdom can be used for both good and bad. The Naga sheds his skin, this symbolises transformation,re-birth. The snakes in Vedic literature remind people of their mortality.
The 'devouring of the Sun and Moon' are when Rahu eclipses the luminaries. This shows the important part Rahu has to play in changing the course of our life. The Sun and Moon are Royal planets under whose dictates the universe and life on earth revolves. But Rahu can darken this light, therefore it controls the process of life. The Sun is the Soul and Moon the Mind, when they are eclipsed, they go through regeneration, transformation and death.
Rahu takes people off their Dharmic past path to tempt them on the road of self destruction. But Rahu has a very definite purpose in doing so. It wants you to learn, taste and feel everything so that from the full satiation of your senses you turn a new leaf on the path of self realisation and find their true enlightenment. Rahu on a physical plane gives you insatiable desire to achieve, to conquer. Once you have reached the pinnacle of achievement, you realise this success you have achieved has not brought with it happiness because you were in fact chasing an illusion. There are many cults in India which preach satiation of all your mundane and carnal desires so that we can learn the important lesson of fulfilment of all your desires do not give you the true happiness.
Rahu signifies foreigners in all fields- people, countries, tastes.
Rahu behaves like Saturn. It deals with drugs, poisons, over ambition, power play, hidden knowledge,
Rahu's element is air. It deals with all aspects of air related activities air travel, Air accidents, Aviation, Pilots etc. Other significations of Rahu include students of Astrology, metaphysical knowledge, witchcraft, skin diseases, small pox, deception, politics, political manoeuvre, inventions, scientists, execution, diseases, disenchantment etc.
Rahu and the Nakshatras
Rahu Ketu rule 3 Nakshtras (fixed stars) each. Rahu rules Ardra ( 6 degree 40' to 20 degrees 00' Gemini), Swati ( 6 degrees 40' to 20 degrees 00' Libra) and Shatabishak (6 degrees 40' to 20 degrees 00'Aquarius), all in the Air triplicity . Mercury, Venus and Saturn represent intellectualism, pleasure and righteous behaviour. Rahu has the capacity to bestow in all these areas.
As the ruler of the fixed star Ardra( 6 degree 40' to 20 degrees 00' Gemini), Rahu represents the highest thinking, Ardra is the Nakshatra where we begin our learning about the nature's law. Ardra is in 6 degree 40' to 20 degrees Gemini a sign ruled by Mercury. At the cosmic stage of Ardra, there is conflict on the outer level where we are dissatisfied with our present surrounding, so we start looking for answers. This can be through knowledge, occult and communication The duality of Gemini as well as the celestial powers of Mercury are present. Ardra's symbol is of a head or a single jewel. both symbolising ideas, mind and thinking. Rahu is always about matchless ambition and in Ardra it combines it with the capacity for knowledge. Planets in Ardra get motivated towards greater occult learning. Rudra, the God of Destruction is Ardra's presiding Diety.. Rudra is a form of Shiva. Rudra's mission is to destroy ignorance, therefore he directs the consciousness towards knowledge and finding the answers for ourselves about this manifestation. At Ardra we start to study or learn about the Law of Nature. The first time we become dissatisfied with the materialistic nature of our lives and start towards expanding the horizons of our spiritual selves..
The Second Nakshatra ruled by Rahu is Swati ( 6 degrees 40' to 20 degrees 00' Libra) Planets in Swati indicate the depth of the soul's involvement in Materialism. The indicator of the soul in our chart, the Sun, is debilitated here and Saturn the worker of the Zodiac is exalted here. Under Swati, the impulse is all about material gain. Venus rules the earthly needs in an individual. Combining it with Rahu it adds further to the desire for success, wealth and finance. Many millionaires are born with their Moon's or Saturn in Swati. The presiding diety is Vayu (air).The Symbol is Coral. The location of this Nakshatra in Libra indicates that the experience of full involvment into earthy, materialistic pleasures will bring with it dissatisfaction because the scales will be heavy to one side. Once success is achieved we feel empty, alone and dissatisfied with our achievement, many try for more success but the correct thing would be to look towards your higher self at this time. Libra is a stage of life when we start thinking about the spiritual meaning of life but only once the other urges have been fulfilled.
Shatabishak( 6 degrees 40' to 20 degrees 00'Aquarius) is the final Nakshatra ruled by Rahu. Aquarius is ruled by Saturn and Rahu's rulership of the Nakshtra makes a very difficult combination where life has to have a purpose and the total direction is about learning lessons. Rahu gives results like Saturn but on a psychological level. This double Saturnine influence on planets placed here is difficult to handle unless our activities are directed towards service to humanity. Here both Rahu and Saturn are concerned about changing our purpose of life, giving us the final answers. Rahu on the internal level and Saturn on an external level offers restrictions, obstacles and transformation. The need to understand the final lessons of life as well as duty to others are two of the important aspects of Shatabishak. Its symbol is the thousand petalled flower, Shatabishak is where the Kundalini flowers and we reach towards the full awareness of our consciousness. This is the stage in life where we activate the Sahasara (Crown) Chakra. Rahu brings forth its full power as the teacher of cosmic law. When the Moon is in Shatabishak, its materialistic tendencies are shed completely and we moves towards the true purpose of life. We are ready to transcend to the next phase of spiritual development.
All the quarters of Rahu's Nakshatra are ruled by Jupiter and Saturn, the significators of spirituality and occult initiation. They are Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. Each pada (quarter) represents the ninth harmonic of the natal chart. Together these four signs represent the final stages of spiritual development. As the Rahu Nakshatras represent a point in cycle of life where we are starting to change, these padas further indicate that life on an internal level remain the same again. Sagittarius is the level when man learns to control the base emotions,changes from animal to human, at Capricorn we learn about the duties and responsibilities to others, Aquarius represents the stage of development where we are now privy to full knowledge. At Pisces we are able to make the final change, sow the seeds for future growth. So although the stages of the soul's journey are different in Ardra ( Gemini) Swati ( Libra) and Shatabishak( Aquarius) the underlying urge, represented by the quarters, is still the same- to evolve. The ending of one way of life and the beginning of another.
KETU
Vedic Hymn to Ketu
' Decked with silk, flowers, garlands, sandal paste and an umbrella, of variegated colour, born of Jaimini's family under Abhijit Nakshatra…'
Ketu is the lower part of the celestial snake.
This hymn shows the main difference between Rahu and Ketu, Rahu is dark in colour but Ketu has a variegated colour. Therefore it has the capacity to shine a light on you suddenly, bring about enlightenment.
Ketu is born to the Jaimini family who followed the Mimasa school of philosophy. Their main concern was the correct interpretations of the vedic rituals and settling any controversies about the Vedic texts. Ketu himself is guiding towards meditation of the nature of creation, intuitiveness, the true understanding of universe and the guidance of the soul towards it's final salvation or Moksha.
Ketu causes great impediments in your paths. It sets up roadblocks, traffic jams, boulders in your journey of life. It causes pain. It wants to change your psyche. You learn to leave your excess baggage of past Karma behind. Travel lightly into your this existence so that you can understand there are areas of your life which need to address and some left behind. Those unable to harness the power of Ketu or understand its karmic path can be lead to a sorrowful existence. Sometimes it is difficult for any one do stand in the way of Ketu power. We need to accept and understand the divine plan which is part of our destiny and Ketu is doing its work to produce in you the enlightenment which would lead to true enlightenment and honour. The effect of the Ketu problems are like the going through the ritual of fire from which one comes out stronger more powerful to be able to take on the problems thrown at us
Ketu will act like Mars and so will it's dispositor. Fiery in nature, it signifies accidents or injury specially due to fire.
Ketu rules 7 years in the planetary life cycle. Ketu always has a sting in it's tale. So the ending of Ketu Maha Dasha one has to be vary of unexpected happening
Ketu is considered the keeper of the book of our life- past and present Karmas.
Ketu is known as Dhwajah- flag. It's association with in dignity with a planet has the capacity to boost it's capabilities- good or bad beyond recognition for lotteries and windfall. Ketu in conjunction with a benefic can give beyond your wildest expectations.
Some of the signification of Ketu are Ascetics, assassinations, trouble through cats, calirvoyance, contemplation, desire for knowledge, deep thinking, imprisonment, poison, intrigues, magical powers, poverty, mysticism etc.
Ketu and the Nakshatras
The Nakshatra's Ketu rules are Ashwini (Aries), Magha (Leo) and Mula (Sagittarius), the fire triplicity. These are the beginning stages in the cycles of life. Mars, Sun and Jupiter the rulers of Aries, Leo and Sagittarius are friends with each other. Together they represent strength, the soul and wisdom, Ketu has the capacity to give in these areas. A proper blending of these three planets in our natal charts direct us towards seeking Moksha- the final liberation from the cycle of life and death.
Aries deals with birth, a new life, freshness of approach and start of the cycle of Life.
0 degrees to 13 degrees 20 is Ashwini, the first Nakshatra ruled by Ketu. Ashwini indicates the beginning of the soul's journey into the earthly life. Ketu's rulership of this part of the Zodiac is full of occult significations. Ketu is the significator for Moksha. The beginning part of life indicated by Aries ruled by Ketu Nakshatra shows that the true reason of our manifestation on earth is to find the Moksha- the final salvation from the cycles of life and death. This is the stage where mind is pure and we have not yet entangled ourselves into knots which represent the attachment to life. Sun, the signifactor of the soul, our inner consciousness is exalted in Ashwini. Ashwini is in Aries ruled by Mars. Ketu acts like Mars but on a psychological level so the purity of Martian action, courage and protection of humanity is powerfully indicated by the planets located here. The past life connection is very strong as Ketu, specially if the Moon is located here.
Magha is the second Nakshatra ruled by Ketu. Magha is in the sign of Leo ( 0 degrees to 13 degrees 20' Leo) ruled by the Sun. Magha is the beginning of the second cycle in the soul's Journey. The signs Leo to Scorpio indicate the soul's full involvement into the pleasures and pains of the earthly life. Ketu, the significator of spiritual realisation ruling the commencing point of the materialistic journey shows the importance of the experience of the realities of life in fulfilling the divine mission of the Soul. Magha's ruling deity is Pitris, who are the fathers of humanity whose mission is to guide their children to the right course of life. The father's only interfere if you are going off the right path. Ketu and Pitris both guide the soul towards it's special mission in life. Planets in Magha are idealistic even if their mission is to fulfil their materialistic needs. This does create misunderstandings at times. Others suspect their honour and sincerity. Magha gives a lot materially, but the person ruled by Magha knows intuitively that the material happiness is only an experience, he still needs to follow the inner purpose of life and move towards Moksha.
Mula is the third Nakshatra ruled by Ketu. Mula is 0 degrees to 13 degrees 20' Sagittarius. This is the start of the final part of the Soul's mission towards finding the answers that will lead to his breaking away from the cycles of life and death. This is one of the most difficult Nakshatra for planets to be situated in specially the Moon. The deity that rules Mula is Nittriti, the goddess of death and destruction. This personifies the destruction of the material sheaths and the foundation on which the spiritual enfoldment can be undertaken. The pain experienced by the influence of Mula changes the personality. Attachment to the lower nature and material tendencies have to be severed so that a new spiritual beginning can happen. This is the Nakshatra of initiation towards spiritual realisation. Ketu fulfills it's role as Moksha karaka by arousing the soul towards it's ultimate destination. Mula means root and it also is Muladhara chakra (Base Chakra) where the Kundalini power lies dormant and has to be activated. Ketu rules this and Rahu with it's rulership of Shatabishak- the Crown Chakra indicate the real spiritual insight provided by the nodes. At times they create powerful negativity to focus your mind towards the absolute knowledge.
The quarters of Ketu's Nakshatras are ruled by Mars, Venus, Gemini and the Moon. Mars is courage, Venus- the guide to material fulfilment, Mercury the pure intellect and Moon, the emotional Mind. The signs these planets rule are Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer- the four sign that lead the soul towards experiencing the life on earth. Each pada (quarter) represents the ninth harmonic of the natal chart. Together these four signs represent the beginning stages of spiritual development. As the Ketu Nakshatras represent a point in cycle of life where we have to move towards the divine mission of the soul. They always indicate a beginning and an ending at two different levels. Aries is about discovery of new ideas and the courage to explore them. Taurus is where we nurture the creative potential of our new beginnings. Gemini develops the mind and the recognition of time, space, the working of the universal law. Cancer makes time and space possible. It is ruled by the Moon and Water which also leads us towards purification of mind and harmonising the spiritual and the material. The stages of the soul's journey are different in Ashwini (Mars) Magha (Leo) and Mula (Sagittarius) the underlying urge, represented by the quarters, is still the same- to evolve. The ending of one way of life and the beginning of another.
Kal Sarpa Yoga
Kala Sarpa Yoga is formed when Rahu Ketu hem in the planets in the natal chart i.e. if Rahu is 10 degrees Leo and Ketu 10 degrees Aquarius and all the planets are within these degrees, either from Leo to Aquarius or Aquarius to Leo (Vedic Astrology does not use the outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto). For this yoga to be complete, no planet should conjunct Rahu or Ketu. It restricts completely any indications of the charts. However capable the person, his life is impeded due to past Karma. Important lessons have to be faced in this life, where no amount of effort is rewarded, obstacles are encountered at every junction for inexplicable reasons.
The Yoga does not suggest either success or failure, but a person caught up in Karmic forces so great that they restrict his/ her destiny. It acts mysteriously, without other indications in the birth Chart. A heavy price is paid for past Karma in this life. Understanding and counter- acting the effects of Kala Sarpa Yoga needs a person to move towards his higher self. As Rahu and Ketu act on the inner self, the need to understand the psychic implications and the inner blocks created by this combination is important.
Transits
To judge the transits of Rahu Ketu we have to look at the planets they conjunct during their transit. The Sun and Moon being the most important planets. In 1998 when Rahu Ketu are transiting through the Leo Aquarius Axis, people with Leo Sun, Moon, Ascendant and Aquarius Sun, Moon, Ascendant are feeling the transforming effect of Rahu Ketu. The transit of Rahu Ketu gives clues to their unpredictability. They normal travel in a retrograde motion, the opposite to other planets. They will suddenly go direct and backwards again, representing the churning process. They can churn up your life, your inner emotion, force you to transform yourself, create unpredictability in your life. To know exactly how powerful their influence will be, you will have to study the eclipses. If the eclipses are taking place within 1to 2 degrees of your natal planets then they will be indicating a time for change. Here it is important to remember that the eclipses work on a psychological level, some of these influence may not be immediately obvious but will reveal themselves in time.
The transit of Rahu also needs to be seen through their Dashas- planetary cycles. They are each assigned a Mahadasha. Rahu has an 18 year period and Ketu a 7 years period. They also have sub- periods in planetary cycles of other planets through which they exercise their power and influence. Whenever the life cycles come into our life they have the overall control over factors which dictate what we are going to be doing.
Saturn in Different signs
In Aries.: Idiotic, wanderer, insincere, peevish, resentful, cruel, fraudulent, immoral, boastful, quarrelsome, gloomy, mischievous, perverse, misunderstanding nature.
Taurus.: Dark complexion, deceitful, successful, powerful, unorthodox, clever, likes solitude, voracious eater, persuasive cool, contagious diseases, many wives, self-restraint, worried nature.
Gemini.: Wandering nature, miserable, untidy, original, thin, subtle, ingenious, strategic, few children, taste for chemical and mechanical sciences, narrow-minded, speculative, logical, desperado.
Cancer.: Poor, weak teeth, pleasure-seeking, few sons, cheeks full, slow, dull, cunning, rich, selfish, deceitful, malicious, stubborn, devoid of motherly care.
Leo.: Middle stature, severe, obstinate, few sons, stubborn, unfortunate, conflicting, hard worker, good writer evil-minded.
Virgo.: Dark complexion, malicious, poor, quarrelsome, erratic, narrow-minded, rude, conservative, taste for public life, weak health.
Libra.: Famous, founder of institutions and the like, rich, tall, fair, self-conceited, handsome, tactful, powerful, respected, sound judgment, antagonistic, independent, proud, prominent, charitable, sub-servient to females.
Scorpio.: Rash, indifferent, hard-hearted, adventurous, petty, self-conceited, reserved, unscrupulous, violent, unhappy, danger from poisons, fire and weapons, wasteful, unhealthy.
Sagittarius.: Pushful, artful, cunning, famous, peaceful, faithful, pretentious, apparently generous, troubles with wife, courteous, dutiful children, generally happy.
Capricorn.: Intelligent, harmony and felicity in domestic life, selfish, covetous, peevish, intellectual, learned, suspicious, reflective, revengeful, prudent, melancholy, inheritance from wife's parties.
Aquarius.: Practical, able, diplomatic, ingenious, a bit conceited, prudent, happy, reflective, intellectual, philosophical, vanquished by enemies.
Pisces.: Clever, pushful, gifted, polite, happy, good, wife trustworthy, scheming, wealthy, helpful.
Taurus.: Dark complexion, deceitful, successful, powerful, unorthodox, clever, likes solitude, voracious eater, persuasive cool, contagious diseases, many wives, self-restraint, worried nature.
Gemini.: Wandering nature, miserable, untidy, original, thin, subtle, ingenious, strategic, few children, taste for chemical and mechanical sciences, narrow-minded, speculative, logical, desperado.
Cancer.: Poor, weak teeth, pleasure-seeking, few sons, cheeks full, slow, dull, cunning, rich, selfish, deceitful, malicious, stubborn, devoid of motherly care.
Leo.: Middle stature, severe, obstinate, few sons, stubborn, unfortunate, conflicting, hard worker, good writer evil-minded.
Virgo.: Dark complexion, malicious, poor, quarrelsome, erratic, narrow-minded, rude, conservative, taste for public life, weak health.
Libra.: Famous, founder of institutions and the like, rich, tall, fair, self-conceited, handsome, tactful, powerful, respected, sound judgment, antagonistic, independent, proud, prominent, charitable, sub-servient to females.
Scorpio.: Rash, indifferent, hard-hearted, adventurous, petty, self-conceited, reserved, unscrupulous, violent, unhappy, danger from poisons, fire and weapons, wasteful, unhealthy.
Sagittarius.: Pushful, artful, cunning, famous, peaceful, faithful, pretentious, apparently generous, troubles with wife, courteous, dutiful children, generally happy.
Capricorn.: Intelligent, harmony and felicity in domestic life, selfish, covetous, peevish, intellectual, learned, suspicious, reflective, revengeful, prudent, melancholy, inheritance from wife's parties.
Aquarius.: Practical, able, diplomatic, ingenious, a bit conceited, prudent, happy, reflective, intellectual, philosophical, vanquished by enemies.
Pisces.: Clever, pushful, gifted, polite, happy, good, wife trustworthy, scheming, wealthy, helpful.
Jupiter in different signs
Jupiter usually rules ethics, religion and philosophy as well as higher education. It shows what kind of karmic goodwill or debts an individual has reaped from past deeds. It also shows a person’s ability to be compassionate and generous. Following are the effects of Jupiter in each sign.
Jupiter in Aries: This gives leadership ability especially in the religious and philosophical fields. It also gives the ability to overcome great obstacles and accomplish success in things others would not touch. When afflicted it can make the person egoistical, pompous and rash. It can cause loss in finance through wrong or fool hardy investments.
The affliction can also make the person prone to diabetes, brain congestion, and dizzy spells. People with Jupiter in Aries should get plenty of fresh air.
Jupiter in Taurus: This position makes a person a careful spender and gives spiritual maturity. This position attracts wealth easily and people with this combination usually have elegant tastes. It gives a kind and sympathetic nature, and gains from marriage.
When afflicted it can make a person prone to dissipation, jealousy, self indulgence and losses in marriage. It affects the throat area adversely.
Jupiter in Gemini: This position indicates a resourceful nature, kind and charitable and a tendency to two marriages. There will be an interest in history, law and the ability to come with fresh, new and creative ideas. It gives mastery in more than one area of education and academics. There will be many friends and this combination makes people great commentators and record keepers. Many teachers and people in the media and communication industry have this combination.
When afflicted it can make the person shallow and critical. It can adversely affect the lungs and liver.
Jupiter in Cancer: This position gives a good childhood and a parental influence that instills good ethical and social values. Gains from real estate, housing, farming, food products is indicated. People with this combination are idealists by nature, with strong intuitive abilities. When afflicted there can be excessive emotional outbursts, over indulgence in food and material things. The affliction can affect stomach, kidneys and cause poor circulation.
Jupiter in Leo: It makes the person an optimist and easy going, sincere, honest and generous with a lot of energy. There will be a tendency to do things in a grand style and to always their way. There is a love for children and a fondness for the stock market.
If afflicted it can make the person arrogant, and gives losses in speculative ventures and love, making one lazy and careless. It affects the intestines and liver adversely.
Jupiter in Virgo: This combination makes the person detail oriented and a tendency to be a workaholic. The nature is cautious and reserved and the person is picky about friends. It gives tremendous intelligence and the ability to get down to the core of any major project easily. Religion to such people means service-they are not ritualistic.
If afflicted one can become cynical and unsettled and scattered. It affects the liver and may give jaundice and liver diseases.
Jupiter in Libra: This placement gives an interest in law and justice as well as balance and a love for peace and harmony. It makes the person charitable and fond of music and art. It gives gains through the opposite sex, powerful friends and a good social circle and through hospitals, commerce, sciences along with a happy marriage.
If afflicted it makes the person promise more than he can do, and brings stress from the opposite sex, jealousies, and losses from carelessness. It affects blood circulation and kidneys and the pancreas.
Jupiter in Scorpio: It gives the person involvement in big corporate projects, long foreign journeys and interest in the occult. Such people have deep emotions and can be very intense and uncompromising. They can be very vindictive if crossed. If afflicted it gives loss of children and danger from water and while traveling. It affects the heart adversely, gives hereditary and private organ diseases.
Jupiter in Sagittarius: Gives a kind and courteous nature, humor, loyalty and sincerity. It gives honors and gain through speculation, literary ability, marriage and journeys. There will be an interest in foreign cultures. The thinking is deep and such people create their own ethical and moral code. If afflicted it can make the person narrow minded and rigid and inflicts rheumatism and gout.
Jupiter in Capricorn: It makes one ambitious, thoughtful though a bit cold. It gives good organizing ability, success in public enterprises. The values are conservative and traditional, and people with this combination may be mature and sensible but not imaginative and creative to a great extent. There is a need for power and status and they work hard for it, but may end up neglecting their home and family.
If afflicted Jupiter’s placement here makes the person miserly and cold, gives discredit in profession and hurts from close friends. It affects the liver and digestion.
Jupiter in Aquarius: Jupiter’s placement here gives gains from social, educational and philosophical pursuits along with good friends. It gives original and progressive views, psychic experiences and gains from foreigners. It makes a person very accepting of others.
When afflicted it can make people foolhardy, involved in unworthy causes and unreliable. It affects the leg region, blood circulation and makes one prone to palpitation and heart trouble.
Jupiter in Pisces: This placement makes one intuitive, and spiritual. The nature is psychic and often dreams come true. It inclines to gains and high honors. It gives many travels and gains from hospitals, water and academics.
If afflicted it can give losses through deception and speculation, a fickle disposition and a self doubting cowardly nature. It affects the glands and causes swellings.
Jupiter in Aries: This gives leadership ability especially in the religious and philosophical fields. It also gives the ability to overcome great obstacles and accomplish success in things others would not touch. When afflicted it can make the person egoistical, pompous and rash. It can cause loss in finance through wrong or fool hardy investments.
The affliction can also make the person prone to diabetes, brain congestion, and dizzy spells. People with Jupiter in Aries should get plenty of fresh air.
Jupiter in Taurus: This position makes a person a careful spender and gives spiritual maturity. This position attracts wealth easily and people with this combination usually have elegant tastes. It gives a kind and sympathetic nature, and gains from marriage.
When afflicted it can make a person prone to dissipation, jealousy, self indulgence and losses in marriage. It affects the throat area adversely.
Jupiter in Gemini: This position indicates a resourceful nature, kind and charitable and a tendency to two marriages. There will be an interest in history, law and the ability to come with fresh, new and creative ideas. It gives mastery in more than one area of education and academics. There will be many friends and this combination makes people great commentators and record keepers. Many teachers and people in the media and communication industry have this combination.
When afflicted it can make the person shallow and critical. It can adversely affect the lungs and liver.
Jupiter in Cancer: This position gives a good childhood and a parental influence that instills good ethical and social values. Gains from real estate, housing, farming, food products is indicated. People with this combination are idealists by nature, with strong intuitive abilities. When afflicted there can be excessive emotional outbursts, over indulgence in food and material things. The affliction can affect stomach, kidneys and cause poor circulation.
Jupiter in Leo: It makes the person an optimist and easy going, sincere, honest and generous with a lot of energy. There will be a tendency to do things in a grand style and to always their way. There is a love for children and a fondness for the stock market.
If afflicted it can make the person arrogant, and gives losses in speculative ventures and love, making one lazy and careless. It affects the intestines and liver adversely.
Jupiter in Virgo: This combination makes the person detail oriented and a tendency to be a workaholic. The nature is cautious and reserved and the person is picky about friends. It gives tremendous intelligence and the ability to get down to the core of any major project easily. Religion to such people means service-they are not ritualistic.
If afflicted one can become cynical and unsettled and scattered. It affects the liver and may give jaundice and liver diseases.
Jupiter in Libra: This placement gives an interest in law and justice as well as balance and a love for peace and harmony. It makes the person charitable and fond of music and art. It gives gains through the opposite sex, powerful friends and a good social circle and through hospitals, commerce, sciences along with a happy marriage.
If afflicted it makes the person promise more than he can do, and brings stress from the opposite sex, jealousies, and losses from carelessness. It affects blood circulation and kidneys and the pancreas.
Jupiter in Scorpio: It gives the person involvement in big corporate projects, long foreign journeys and interest in the occult. Such people have deep emotions and can be very intense and uncompromising. They can be very vindictive if crossed. If afflicted it gives loss of children and danger from water and while traveling. It affects the heart adversely, gives hereditary and private organ diseases.
Jupiter in Sagittarius: Gives a kind and courteous nature, humor, loyalty and sincerity. It gives honors and gain through speculation, literary ability, marriage and journeys. There will be an interest in foreign cultures. The thinking is deep and such people create their own ethical and moral code. If afflicted it can make the person narrow minded and rigid and inflicts rheumatism and gout.
Jupiter in Capricorn: It makes one ambitious, thoughtful though a bit cold. It gives good organizing ability, success in public enterprises. The values are conservative and traditional, and people with this combination may be mature and sensible but not imaginative and creative to a great extent. There is a need for power and status and they work hard for it, but may end up neglecting their home and family.
If afflicted Jupiter’s placement here makes the person miserly and cold, gives discredit in profession and hurts from close friends. It affects the liver and digestion.
Jupiter in Aquarius: Jupiter’s placement here gives gains from social, educational and philosophical pursuits along with good friends. It gives original and progressive views, psychic experiences and gains from foreigners. It makes a person very accepting of others.
When afflicted it can make people foolhardy, involved in unworthy causes and unreliable. It affects the leg region, blood circulation and makes one prone to palpitation and heart trouble.
Jupiter in Pisces: This placement makes one intuitive, and spiritual. The nature is psychic and often dreams come true. It inclines to gains and high honors. It gives many travels and gains from hospitals, water and academics.
If afflicted it can give losses through deception and speculation, a fickle disposition and a self doubting cowardly nature. It affects the glands and causes swellings.
Mercury in different signs
Mercury rules mental power, vigor, intelligence and memory. It is a dual sign and quicksilver in action.
Following are the effects of Mercury in each sign.
In Aries: It gives quick mental grasp but a changeable disposition, tendency to be a worrier, and a fondness for literary pursuits. It makes a person argumentative, and impulsive but also creative and original. There will be a tendency to be impatient when it comes to delays and obstacles and if Mercury is afflicted it makes the person irritable, prone to headaches, dizzy spells and stress.
In Taurus: It makes the person practical and materialistic, and blessed with common sense. There will be a natural aptitude for administrative work. People born with this combination take their time to decide and then will seldom change their mind. Usually pleasant, they can focus well and are very creative and statistics oriented. When afflicted it can make the person stubborn, willful, stingy and obstinate, and causes infection in the throat and urinary organs.
In Gemini: It makes the person realistic, clever, intuitive, fond of change, travel and versatile in general. It gives scientific brilliance, knowledge of many subjects, and great ability to communicate both verbally and while writing. It is however important for people with this combination to take time out to decompress or their nerves get affected. This is one of the best positions to be in for Mercury.
When afflicted it gives irritability, a whiny disposition, and an increased propensity for asthma and bronchial infections.
In Cancer: It gives a retentive memory, good intuition and an emotional nature. One learns by sound intuition and instincts. It also makes a person susceptible to emotional blackmail. Gains can be attained from restaurants and real estate.
When afflicted it gives stomach, sexual and nervous disorders.
In Leo: It gives a generous, intuitive, ambitious and confident personality. The nature will be kind, generous and noble with good administrative ability. The ability to impact people and inspire them is strong. It gives good teaching and nurturing ability and gains from artistic pursuits, travel and stock market.
If afflicted it makes the person eccentric and speculative, and overtly intense. It can affect the heart and back region.
In Virgo: It gives good intellect, and memory, inventive and academic ability, and a tendency to be very detail oriented. There is a fondness for math, and to be sober and deep, an analytical mind and great efficiency. Gains are indicated from medical related fields, as well as fields requiring precision of detail. When afflicted it give a tendency to doing too many things at a time and affects the lower part of the body adversely.
In Libra: It gives balance, good judgment, keen intuition and many psychologists, media personnel and lawyers have this combination in their charts. It makes the person good at communicating, fair in his/her dealings. People with this placement are generally good at both counseling and working as mediators and middlemen. They are graceful and refined and dislike crudity and coarseness of any kind. When afflicted Venus can create an imbalance and dishonesty in the nature and affects the kidney region, the reproductive organs and eyes.
In Scorpio: It gives mental strength, stubbornness and determination, great enthusiasm, some tension with loved ones from time to time, and popularity with the opposite sex. The mind is sharp, intuitive and insightful. Such people are outspoken and blunt. They are also reserved and take their time to trust others, and can overcome anything they set their mind to. People with this combination do well in research oriented careers, and can be pioneers in their chosen field. If afflicted Mercury’s placement in Scorpio can create sexual deviants, affect the nervous system and can cause a stroke or paralysis.
In Sagittarius: It gives the ability to predict things before they happen, a good gut instinct, and the ability to say it as it is. This placement makes the person traditional, at times to the point of being hypocritical and following the herd mentality without thinking about the issues themselves.
If afflicted, it can make the person rash, changeable, unnecessarily sarcastic and gives a tendency to weakness in the hip region.
In Capricorn: This position gives clarity and logical thinking, a diplomatic and cautious disposition, good organizing ability, and a careful and economic nature. There will be a desire to be well to do and they will work hard and do whatever it takes to reach that goal. There is a gift for business and sciences and a tendency to stick to the traditional path academically and professionally. The nature is practical when Mercury is placed in this sign.
If afflicted this position makes the person greedy and self absorbed, suspicious and melancholy, jealous and spiteful. It gives rheumatism, gout, sensitive skin and intestinal troubles.
In Aquarius: It makes the person open minded and unbiased. Nothing shocks people who have this placement in their chart. There is a deep spiritual consciousness and the ability to accept the inevitable or what is beyond their control. This combination enhances a person’s psychic ability. Many humanitarians are also born with this placement in their chart. There will be a fondness for intellectual company, older people and group activities...
If afflicted it makes one flaky and vague, gives a sluggish blood circulation, hysterical tendencies, body aches and heart palpitations.
In Pisces: This placement makes a person imaginative, with powerful visual and artistic skills, and a very strong gut instinct. It gives rise to poetic and literary talents, and a flair for the arts. If afflicted it can make the person indecisive, and a hypochondriac, and gives a tendency to take everything personally. It gives sensitive skin and weakness in the lower legs and feet, as well as stress headaches.
Following are the effects of Mercury in each sign.
In Aries: It gives quick mental grasp but a changeable disposition, tendency to be a worrier, and a fondness for literary pursuits. It makes a person argumentative, and impulsive but also creative and original. There will be a tendency to be impatient when it comes to delays and obstacles and if Mercury is afflicted it makes the person irritable, prone to headaches, dizzy spells and stress.
In Taurus: It makes the person practical and materialistic, and blessed with common sense. There will be a natural aptitude for administrative work. People born with this combination take their time to decide and then will seldom change their mind. Usually pleasant, they can focus well and are very creative and statistics oriented. When afflicted it can make the person stubborn, willful, stingy and obstinate, and causes infection in the throat and urinary organs.
In Gemini: It makes the person realistic, clever, intuitive, fond of change, travel and versatile in general. It gives scientific brilliance, knowledge of many subjects, and great ability to communicate both verbally and while writing. It is however important for people with this combination to take time out to decompress or their nerves get affected. This is one of the best positions to be in for Mercury.
When afflicted it gives irritability, a whiny disposition, and an increased propensity for asthma and bronchial infections.
In Cancer: It gives a retentive memory, good intuition and an emotional nature. One learns by sound intuition and instincts. It also makes a person susceptible to emotional blackmail. Gains can be attained from restaurants and real estate.
When afflicted it gives stomach, sexual and nervous disorders.
In Leo: It gives a generous, intuitive, ambitious and confident personality. The nature will be kind, generous and noble with good administrative ability. The ability to impact people and inspire them is strong. It gives good teaching and nurturing ability and gains from artistic pursuits, travel and stock market.
If afflicted it makes the person eccentric and speculative, and overtly intense. It can affect the heart and back region.
In Virgo: It gives good intellect, and memory, inventive and academic ability, and a tendency to be very detail oriented. There is a fondness for math, and to be sober and deep, an analytical mind and great efficiency. Gains are indicated from medical related fields, as well as fields requiring precision of detail. When afflicted it give a tendency to doing too many things at a time and affects the lower part of the body adversely.
In Libra: It gives balance, good judgment, keen intuition and many psychologists, media personnel and lawyers have this combination in their charts. It makes the person good at communicating, fair in his/her dealings. People with this placement are generally good at both counseling and working as mediators and middlemen. They are graceful and refined and dislike crudity and coarseness of any kind. When afflicted Venus can create an imbalance and dishonesty in the nature and affects the kidney region, the reproductive organs and eyes.
In Scorpio: It gives mental strength, stubbornness and determination, great enthusiasm, some tension with loved ones from time to time, and popularity with the opposite sex. The mind is sharp, intuitive and insightful. Such people are outspoken and blunt. They are also reserved and take their time to trust others, and can overcome anything they set their mind to. People with this combination do well in research oriented careers, and can be pioneers in their chosen field. If afflicted Mercury’s placement in Scorpio can create sexual deviants, affect the nervous system and can cause a stroke or paralysis.
In Sagittarius: It gives the ability to predict things before they happen, a good gut instinct, and the ability to say it as it is. This placement makes the person traditional, at times to the point of being hypocritical and following the herd mentality without thinking about the issues themselves.
If afflicted, it can make the person rash, changeable, unnecessarily sarcastic and gives a tendency to weakness in the hip region.
In Capricorn: This position gives clarity and logical thinking, a diplomatic and cautious disposition, good organizing ability, and a careful and economic nature. There will be a desire to be well to do and they will work hard and do whatever it takes to reach that goal. There is a gift for business and sciences and a tendency to stick to the traditional path academically and professionally. The nature is practical when Mercury is placed in this sign.
If afflicted this position makes the person greedy and self absorbed, suspicious and melancholy, jealous and spiteful. It gives rheumatism, gout, sensitive skin and intestinal troubles.
In Aquarius: It makes the person open minded and unbiased. Nothing shocks people who have this placement in their chart. There is a deep spiritual consciousness and the ability to accept the inevitable or what is beyond their control. This combination enhances a person’s psychic ability. Many humanitarians are also born with this placement in their chart. There will be a fondness for intellectual company, older people and group activities...
If afflicted it makes one flaky and vague, gives a sluggish blood circulation, hysterical tendencies, body aches and heart palpitations.
In Pisces: This placement makes a person imaginative, with powerful visual and artistic skills, and a very strong gut instinct. It gives rise to poetic and literary talents, and a flair for the arts. If afflicted it can make the person indecisive, and a hypochondriac, and gives a tendency to take everything personally. It gives sensitive skin and weakness in the lower legs and feet, as well as stress headaches.
Venus in Different signs
The relationship between planets, the signs and the houses they are positioned in and how they aspect each other plays an important part in determining a person’s mental and psychological make up and which aspects of his/her life will be affected adversely or positively.
Venus rules the emotions, financial and personal relationships, marriage and love, social and material affairs.
Following are the effects of Venus in different signs:
Venus in Aries: This position indicates people who are aggressive in their emotional feelings and are enthusiastic and shine in social gatherings. They are competitive and will not hesitate in pursuing their love interest. At times they can be impulsive in love matters as well as demanding and self absorbed. It gives a fondness for traveling, music and the arts, but hasty or early marriage. If afflicted it can give disappointments in love and predisposition to health troubles like cold and glandular infections.
Venus in Taurus: Venus in this sign gives a strong and steadfast love, maturity, generosity and loyalty, although there will be a tendency to be possessive. The sense of touch is highly developed and such people will excel in massage. Most people with this placement will make themselves and their surroundings very beautiful. It also gives the person a rich and melodious voice. Marriage can be delayed some times. If afflicted it gives a tendency to throat trouble.
Venus in Gemini: This placement makes the person fond of variety in love, and a disinclination to settle down to one permanent romantic relationship. Such people are excellent conversationalists and attracted to people with equally sharp minds. At times there will be dual affairs simultaneously. Gains are indicated from travels, business and writing, and a possibility of be more than one marriage. When weak, this placement gives fickleness, superficiality, impurity in blood circulation.
Venus in Cancer: This placement gives a deep love for children, mother and home, artistic ability and gain from water. Such people want a loving home life and emotional security, partners who are demonstrative and make them feel secure. They prefer staying at home with loved ones than going out. Women with this placement are very home loving and maternal. It is not a very good combination for marriage and there can be delay caused by parental disapproval, disappointment or unforeseen difficulties.
When weak this position can give stomach and diabetic troubles, and tendency to be unstable emotionally.
Venus in Leo: This placement makes the person liberal, sympathetic, kind hearted and charitable. Such people have great dramatic ability, and ability to paint and pursue all kinds of art forms. Such people are very loyal and committed in relationship. Love children and are very popular. If weak it gives losses from speculative ventures, heart and spinal problems.
Venus in Virgo: People with this placement will have classic beauty and grace, but cold and frigid by nature. Gains are indicated through medical field, and business partnerships. Such people are not spontaneous but self conscious and overtly critical of their loved ones. Their partners have to be their intellectual equals, and a lot pf people with this placement remain single. They are fastidious ad some of the best designers are born with this combination.
Venus in Libra: People with this placement thrive in happy marriages and strong social and cooperative interaction. Venus rules Libra so the planet is at its peak when placed in this house. It makes the native attractive and sensitive, and such people work very hard to make others feel at ease and cared for. For people with this placement, intellectual compatibility is very important, just physical attraction won’t do it for them. There is a great aptitude for dealing with people and for business. Usually such natives are endowed with artistic and musical ability and they avoid disagreement and discord by all means.
Women with this placement need to be appreciated and to be in the limelight.
Venus in Scorpio: people with this placement are intense, sensual and possessive. They can be over emotional and unable to walk in the shoes of others when their emotions are aroused. People with a well placed Venus in Scorpio can make the highest sacrifices if they feel the person or the cause is worth it. At times they may be too serious for their own good, and when let down may often find it hard to forgive and forget. Once they break up with someone there is no going back. There is a good gut instinct and a flair for dramatic arts, or being theatrical in real life as well .At times such people bring discredit to their own family and may suffer from an undiagnosed or private organ disease. If Venus is afflicted people with this combination can be controlling and may use their allure as a weapon to get what they want.
Venus in Sagittarius: Such people are good looking well appreciated, conscientious and honorable. They earn money by righteous means and are very spiritual. Such people are forthright in their dealings with others and what you see is usually what you get. They are giving and generous in relationships, and are very ethical and moral in the way they handle things and people. They prefer to mingle with like minded people and usually marry within their own religious or ethnic groups or someone who would be willing to convert or is sympathetic to their way of thinking. There will be a tendency at times to be larger than life and flashy. A, lot of architects, sportsmen and travelers are found with this placement in their charts.
Venus in Capricorn: Venus in this position is considered weak. It endows the native with a cold, self absorbed kind of beauty and disposition and makes them exceedingly materialistic. There will be a tendency to marry for money or status. Such people are very reserved emotionally and sexually and often they seek people much older or more mature to give them the stability they look for. A lot of meticulous composers have this placement in their charts. If afflicted this position gives a tendency to heart disease and of being dishonest and attachment to someone much older.
Venus in Aquarius: People with this placement are friendly and casual, with sparkling personalities and they befriend anyone and every one. They are original and untraditional and go by their own ideas of right and wrong. They get involved in relationships casually and get out of them as impulsively; creative, highly intelligent or artistic people attract them. Such people get bored easily and don’t like possessive or jealous partners. They are intrigued by anything that is unusual and not run of the mill. If Venus is afflicted such people can act in a very unpredictable and unorthodox manner and do their own thing even if it means discomforting others. There can be more than one involvement simultaneously as well.
Venus in Pisces: Venus here is at its exaltation, the best position for it to be. It makes people kind, spiritual and compassionate, as well as extremely lucky and humane.
Such people are romantic and sensitive, and like their partners to reciprocate romantically as well. Some of the most creative and artistic people have been born with this placement in their charts. At times these people can be taken for a ride because they are so kind and caring. The natives with this combination will always acquire high status in life.
Venus rules the emotions, financial and personal relationships, marriage and love, social and material affairs.
Following are the effects of Venus in different signs:
Venus in Aries: This position indicates people who are aggressive in their emotional feelings and are enthusiastic and shine in social gatherings. They are competitive and will not hesitate in pursuing their love interest. At times they can be impulsive in love matters as well as demanding and self absorbed. It gives a fondness for traveling, music and the arts, but hasty or early marriage. If afflicted it can give disappointments in love and predisposition to health troubles like cold and glandular infections.
Venus in Taurus: Venus in this sign gives a strong and steadfast love, maturity, generosity and loyalty, although there will be a tendency to be possessive. The sense of touch is highly developed and such people will excel in massage. Most people with this placement will make themselves and their surroundings very beautiful. It also gives the person a rich and melodious voice. Marriage can be delayed some times. If afflicted it gives a tendency to throat trouble.
Venus in Gemini: This placement makes the person fond of variety in love, and a disinclination to settle down to one permanent romantic relationship. Such people are excellent conversationalists and attracted to people with equally sharp minds. At times there will be dual affairs simultaneously. Gains are indicated from travels, business and writing, and a possibility of be more than one marriage. When weak, this placement gives fickleness, superficiality, impurity in blood circulation.
Venus in Cancer: This placement gives a deep love for children, mother and home, artistic ability and gain from water. Such people want a loving home life and emotional security, partners who are demonstrative and make them feel secure. They prefer staying at home with loved ones than going out. Women with this placement are very home loving and maternal. It is not a very good combination for marriage and there can be delay caused by parental disapproval, disappointment or unforeseen difficulties.
When weak this position can give stomach and diabetic troubles, and tendency to be unstable emotionally.
Venus in Leo: This placement makes the person liberal, sympathetic, kind hearted and charitable. Such people have great dramatic ability, and ability to paint and pursue all kinds of art forms. Such people are very loyal and committed in relationship. Love children and are very popular. If weak it gives losses from speculative ventures, heart and spinal problems.
Venus in Virgo: People with this placement will have classic beauty and grace, but cold and frigid by nature. Gains are indicated through medical field, and business partnerships. Such people are not spontaneous but self conscious and overtly critical of their loved ones. Their partners have to be their intellectual equals, and a lot pf people with this placement remain single. They are fastidious ad some of the best designers are born with this combination.
Venus in Libra: People with this placement thrive in happy marriages and strong social and cooperative interaction. Venus rules Libra so the planet is at its peak when placed in this house. It makes the native attractive and sensitive, and such people work very hard to make others feel at ease and cared for. For people with this placement, intellectual compatibility is very important, just physical attraction won’t do it for them. There is a great aptitude for dealing with people and for business. Usually such natives are endowed with artistic and musical ability and they avoid disagreement and discord by all means.
Women with this placement need to be appreciated and to be in the limelight.
Venus in Scorpio: people with this placement are intense, sensual and possessive. They can be over emotional and unable to walk in the shoes of others when their emotions are aroused. People with a well placed Venus in Scorpio can make the highest sacrifices if they feel the person or the cause is worth it. At times they may be too serious for their own good, and when let down may often find it hard to forgive and forget. Once they break up with someone there is no going back. There is a good gut instinct and a flair for dramatic arts, or being theatrical in real life as well .At times such people bring discredit to their own family and may suffer from an undiagnosed or private organ disease. If Venus is afflicted people with this combination can be controlling and may use their allure as a weapon to get what they want.
Venus in Sagittarius: Such people are good looking well appreciated, conscientious and honorable. They earn money by righteous means and are very spiritual. Such people are forthright in their dealings with others and what you see is usually what you get. They are giving and generous in relationships, and are very ethical and moral in the way they handle things and people. They prefer to mingle with like minded people and usually marry within their own religious or ethnic groups or someone who would be willing to convert or is sympathetic to their way of thinking. There will be a tendency at times to be larger than life and flashy. A, lot of architects, sportsmen and travelers are found with this placement in their charts.
Venus in Capricorn: Venus in this position is considered weak. It endows the native with a cold, self absorbed kind of beauty and disposition and makes them exceedingly materialistic. There will be a tendency to marry for money or status. Such people are very reserved emotionally and sexually and often they seek people much older or more mature to give them the stability they look for. A lot of meticulous composers have this placement in their charts. If afflicted this position gives a tendency to heart disease and of being dishonest and attachment to someone much older.
Venus in Aquarius: People with this placement are friendly and casual, with sparkling personalities and they befriend anyone and every one. They are original and untraditional and go by their own ideas of right and wrong. They get involved in relationships casually and get out of them as impulsively; creative, highly intelligent or artistic people attract them. Such people get bored easily and don’t like possessive or jealous partners. They are intrigued by anything that is unusual and not run of the mill. If Venus is afflicted such people can act in a very unpredictable and unorthodox manner and do their own thing even if it means discomforting others. There can be more than one involvement simultaneously as well.
Venus in Pisces: Venus here is at its exaltation, the best position for it to be. It makes people kind, spiritual and compassionate, as well as extremely lucky and humane.
Such people are romantic and sensitive, and like their partners to reciprocate romantically as well. Some of the most creative and artistic people have been born with this placement in their charts. At times these people can be taken for a ride because they are so kind and caring. The natives with this combination will always acquire high status in life.
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