ASHTAKAVARGA SYSTEM OF

PREDICTION (PART -30)

By Dr. E.S.Neelakantan
With this part, we enter into the thirtieth part in our
series on Ashtakavarga , continuing our discussion on Venus.
When Venus is associated with 4 bindus in Virgo, either
in Rasi or Navamsa , aspected by Mars, then there will be
scandal about ones wife.
When Venus with three bindus or less, is in Aquarius or
Capricorn in Rasi or Navamsa with Martian aspect, the persons
wife will be an adulteress .
Please note that both the yogas discussed above are not yogas
as such but duryogas. They are undesirable combinations.
Please note that these combinations do not determine the
character of a person instead they define the character of the
person whom he is supposed to marry or is married to.
Let us say a boy is born in 1985.Ordinarily when will the girl
whom he marries be born? Let us assume an age gap of 3 years,
which is what most people prefer in todays world. Then the girl
should be born sometime in 1988. Then how does the birth
chart of the person born in 1985 determine the birth chart of
the person born in 1988?
If you follow my argument carefully you will appreciate the
beauty of the law of Karma. If two people are destined to
marry, they will take birth within a span of three years or so
due to the operation of law of Karma.
A boy born in 1885 cannot marry a girl born in 1975,
because by that time the first mentioned person should be no
more; he may not even be alive to see the girl, leave alone the
age gap.
Now I will present the second part of my argument. If all girls
born in 1988 were chaste, then the boy born in 1985 cannot
marry an adulteress and therefore the rule will fail.
So, the logic is the birth of a boy having this bad yoga will
trigger the birth of a girl who is unchaste and the final operative
part of the rule is that this boy will marry that girl with bad
character.
How the law of Karma works can be comprehended by the
following statements:-
- Due to bad Karma, a person marries a girl with bad
character.
- Due to bad Karma, a girl is born with bad character.
- Due to similarity of bad Karma and due to Karmic link, they
become Man and wife.
To detect this combination an astrologer should have
what is called presence of mind. One who opts to
become a Yogi should have absence of mind. One who
wishes to practice astrology should have presence of
mind. I can give two examples to show what is meant by
Presence of mind.
When Sir C.V.Raman was conferred the Noble prize, he
was invited to the Awards function. During the
presentation, Dr. C.V Raman explained to the other
scientists, the Raman Effect on various substances,
including alcohol. According to protocol, there would be a
cocktail party after the presentation and Dr.Raman being a
strict teetotaler had to think of some valid reason to
abstain from the party. At that moment, he had a brilliant
idea; he told the fellow scientists, Sir, just now I
demonstrated the Raman Effect on Alcohol. I dont wish to
demonstrate the Alcohol Effect on Raman . So Dr. Raman
was able to uphold his personal habits and at the same
time do it in such a way that would not offend the
sentiments of the scientists, who had assembled for the
great occasion.
During a Test Match at Lords, the rival captains,
Mike Brearley of England and Venkataraghavan of India,
went for the Toss. As they were walking to the middle
Venkat asked Mike , what he would do upon winning the
Toss. Brearley said he would elect to field. Venkat knew
that in case he won the Toss, he would bat first. So Venkat
told Brearley , Mike , you want to bowl first and I want to
bat- so do we need a Toss? The rival Captains shook
hands and walked back to the pavilion. The next day the
tabloids reported , Venkat won the Toss and elected to bat,
but what really happened that day was, there was no Toss
at all since the rival captains were having contrary
intentions which did away the requirement of a Toss.
Scandal involving woman is nothing new to India
Indias oldest epic, Ramayana deals with this subject in
elaborate measure. Rama had to banish Sita due to an
allegation made by a washer man questioning her
character. This chapter is also the subject matter of the
work, Uttararama charita of Bhavabhuti. Please note that
with the passage of time this matter has become archaic
and people have neither the time nor the inclination to
discuss scandals. Due to severe economic crisis all over the
world, people have no time even to think about
themselves, leave alone others.
We will discuss the crux of the rules we saw just now.
Mars, Saturn and the sign Virgo are factors governing the
rule. Please note that Venus denotes passion, Mars
aggression and Saturn, dullness of mind. Bad character can
be due to aggression, whose cause is Rajas or due to
dullness of mind which is caused by Tamas. Mars rules
over Rajas while Saturn rules over Tamas.Venus rules over
passions, which is Rajas. So the influence of Mars or Saturn
over Venus creates bad character.
Astrologers in Kerala interpret the Madhyama rajju to
mean that inter se there are nine stars, which do not
match. These are as follows:
Category Stars
I Pushya, Anuradha, Uttara bhadrapada
II Bharani, Poorvaphalguni, Poorvashada.
III Mrgashira, Chitra, Dhanishta.

If you analyze these three categories, the first category
is governed by Saturn, second by Venus and third by Mars.
So a boy who is born in a star ruled by Mars, Saturn or
Venus should not marry a girl born under a similar star.
Please note that this is a draconian law as nine stars will
get rejected ab initio if a person in a Madhyama Rajju star.
In both the rules we discussed just now, Venus should
have fewer than 4 bindus , which makes it weak. When
Venus is in Virgo, the quality of the planet suffers. Contrast
this with Malavya yoga. In that, Venus must occupy either
its own or its exaltation sign to qualify for that yoga.
Venus in a saturnine sign is also a contra-indication for
chastity of spouse. Please note that these rules need strict
interpretation, not liberal interpretation. This is why I
elaborately discussed why an astrologer should have
presence of mind.
The purpose of this discussion is to drive home the
fact that Venus gives bad results while in Virgo, with less
number of Bindus , afflicted by Martian aspect and also
while occupying either the Rasi or an Amsa of Saturn.

THE END.