Compare it with the third illustration. The marriage of this girl took place in May 1984 in Aquarius-Taurus. Here Aquarius period has given seven years as the degree of Rahu is more than Saturn’s.
Lagna 17000′ Mars 2020′ Venus 28005′
Sun 16054′ Mercury (R) 22056′ Saturn 11034′
Moon 12024′ Jupiter (R) 10039′ Rahu 13035′
Karakas:
Atmakaraka (AK) Venus Gnatikaraka (GK) Jupiter
Amatyakaraka (AmK) Mercury Darakaraka (DK) Mars
Bhatrikaraka (BK) Sun Upapada Sagittarius
Matrikaraka (MK) Moon Darapada Capricorn
Putrakaraka (PK) Saturn Navamsha lagana Sagittarius
Both Aquarius and Taurus are aspected by Darakaraka, Mars and Rahu.
In Vimshottari dashait was Mercury-Saturn period. Mercury being the lord of the seventh house of navamsha and Saturn of the birth chart, a love affair resulted in a hurried marriage.
The Tragedy
In Aquarius-Sagittarius her husband died a violent death. Sagittarius well known in Jaimini astrology for such incidents. The point that is being stressed here is – by not taking one year extra for exalted Mercury and not taking one year’s extra deduction for debilitated Mars and the Moon, and Rahu’s degree deciding the seven year period of Aquarius and the seven month sub-periods bring us exactly to Sagittarius when the tragedy struck the native.
In Vimshottari it was Ketu-Mars which is self explanatory.
Note: There is against me a criticism that I have made an alteration in the method of Chara dasha calculation which is not sanctioned by any commentary. I will answer that charge later.
First thing first. It is well known that Sagittarius, besides a power bestowing sign, is also the sign for fall and accidents or sudden sicknesses.
Chara dasha
Cancer : from 1962 to 1970 is what I have taken while for the debilitation of the Moon it should end in 1969.
Gemini : from 1970 to 1973 is what I have taken while here one extra year should be taken because Mercury is exalted here. There is a compensating error here.
Taurus : is from 1973 to 1978, no controversy.
Aries : is from 1978 to 1981 according to me because I am not taking an extra year’s deduction for debilitation here. If that is taken there will be one year less now in our calculation and this period will end in 1980.
Pisces : will be from 1981 to 1982.
Aquarius : will be from 1982 to 1989 because of Rahu’s degrees which are more than Saturn’s though both are associated with one planet.
The sub-periods of Aquarius
Pisces October 1982 to May 1983.
Aries May 1983 to December 1983.
Taurus which is aspected both by the Darakaraka Mars and Rahu shows an unusual marriage, which it was.
Gemini upto July 1984.
Cancer upto February 1985.
Leo upto September 1985.
Virgo. upto April 1986.
Libra upto November 1986.
Scorpio from November 1986 to June 1987.
Sagittarius was from June 1987 to January 1988 when the first attempt to kill her husband was made. The Darakaraka, Mars is eighth from here.
Now came the period of Capricorn the seventh house of the spouse. From Capricorn, the seventh house has Mars, the Darakaraka, and Rahu, being aspected by Jupiter, the Gnatikaraka, representing enemy.
In the navamsha Mars, the Darakaraka, is again in Cancer aspected by Rahu and Ketu from Scorpio and Taurus res¬pectively.
The Vimshottari dasha
It was the period of Ketu, with retrograde Saturn, being aspected by Mars, the planet of violence. The tragic drama was unfolding in the seventh house, in company of the seventh lord.
In November 1994 a rich American lady had asked me when I had traced out many incidents of her life, “Tell me, what happened during this period”. I had seen similar violence in her horoscope and asked politely, “Anything violent to someone dear to you”. “Yes”, she said. Her husband was killed similarly.
Summary
The identity of the natives has not been disclosed. I have called it an over-simplied approach. Actually when a prediction is to be given, particularly in the tragedy that struck in the third and the fifth illustration, fuller details should be prepared and cross¬checked.
Detailed work in the beginning leads to the habit of looking at an event from various angles and is more elaborate than a medical diagnosis. When a point of saturation is reached, sound predictions can be made with lesser details. Then it is like an experienced doctor’s clinical diagnosis. At this stage or at any intermediate stage intuition helps in getting the right prediction. But even without intuition, an astrologer should be able to focus his attention on the right spot in a horoscope. That is the advantage of learning more and more astrological techniques.
