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Bandhana Yoga
Bandhana Yoga is an important yoga as it indicates whether an individual would be put behind the bars
or held in captivity during his/her lifetime. I have taken the definition of this yoga from Shri B V Ramans
book titled Three Hundred Important Combinations. The definition and the explanation go as follows:
Definition: If the lords of Lagna and the 6th join a kendra or a kona with Saturn, Rahu or Ketu,
the above yoga is given raise to.
Results: The native will be incarcerated.
Remarks: The cause of imprisonment is not made clear in this yoga. Imprisonment may be due to
political or criminal offences. The lords of Lagna and the 6th should occupy a Kendra or Kona in
association with Saturn or Rahu or Ketu. If the Lord of Lagna happens to be Saturn, by implication the
evil is either lessened or (in some cases) completely neutralized. Benefic aspects lessen the evil.
Since the definition does not talk about Rasis in particular and talks about only placement of planets
with respect Lagna, I prefer to look for this yoga in the Bhava Chart rather than in the Rasi chart. Of all
the different bhava charts, I prefer Sripathi Bhava. It has given consistent results so far for this Yoga.
Also, I have noticed that the manifestation of the yoga happens in different flavors and not necessarily
exactly as per the definition. However, the spirit of the definition remains in each of the flavor. Hence, I
would like to broaden the definition of this yoga as follows:
Lagna lord and 6th lord should occupy a Kendra or Kona
Both of them should be influenced by one of Rahu or Ketu or Sani
6th lord should in some way influence the lagna lord
The term influence could indicate conjunction, aspect or any other type of influence. And, all three
namely langna lord, 6th lord and one of Rahu/Ketu/Saturn need not occupy the same house. The
combination can be traced in Rasi/Bhava or Navamsha charts. When the combination is looked at in
the Navamsha chart, the lordships are taken from the Bhava Chart.
My research has indicated that the release from arrest/captivity typically happens during the period
/sub-period of the dispositor of the 6th lord. When this dispositor also participates in Bandhana Yoga,
then the release happens during period/sub-period of dispositors dispositor.
I have used Lahiri ayanamsa and True Nodes.
In the following pages, I would like to present some case studies to understand the manifestation of the
yoga in different flavors.
Case Study 1: Nelson Mandela
Manifestation: Strictly as per classical definition
Lagna: 0 Dhanu 59

Lagna Lord: Guru

6th lord: Sukra
Afflictor:
Ketu

Planets participating in Bandhana Yoga are: Guru, Sukra, Ketu, Dispositor Budha and Budha's
associate Sani.
Looking at the dates of his arrest, we have the following data:
Arrested on Dec. 5, 1956 and released sometime during 1961 (date not known): The date of arrest falls
under BUD-GUR-SAN-BUD period. All of them are participating in Bandhana Yoga.
Later, he was again arrested on August 5, 1962 and was in jail until February 11, 1990: The date of
arrest falls under KET-SUK-GUR-SUK period. All of them participate in Bandhana Yoga. He was in jail
for the rest of Ketu and whole of Sukra period as well. The release happened during the period of Ravi
who is Dispositors (Budhas) Dispositor! Ravi happens to be vargottama in this chart.
Case Study 2: Aung San Suu Kyi (Burmese Leader)
(birth time rectified to 13:07 from 13:00)
Manifestation: Strictly as per classical definition
Lagna: 18 Kanya 58
Lagna Lord: Budha
6th lord: Sani
Afflictor: Rahu

Planets participating in Bandhana Yoga are: Budha, Sani, Rahu, Sani's associate Ravi and Guru
aspected by Sani.
Suu Kyi was under house arrest from 20-Jul-1989 to July 1995. The arrest date corresponds to the
period SAN-SAN-GUR-RAV
She was again put under house arrest from Sep 2000 to May 2002. The arrest happened during SANRAH-RAV period.
She is under house arrest again from 2003 (SAN-GUR) till date (July 2007). Hence, the confinement
has continued into Budha MD also. As Budha is strongly involved in the yoga, it is unlikely that she will
be out of the confinement soon.
Case Study 3: Jeffery Archer (British Politician and Author)
Manifestation: This is a special case as the sambandha of lagna lord and 6th lord happens through
nakashtras.
Lagna: 6 Kark 53

Lagna Lord: Chandra

6th lord: Guru
Afflictor: Ketu

The connection between lagna lord and sixth lord is: Chandra in the nakshatra of Guru. And, Guru is
afflicted by Ketu.
Planets participating in Bandhana Yoga are also determined using nakshatras:
Sukra and Kuja are in the nakshatra of Chandra who is in the nakshatra of 6th lord Guru. Sani and Ravi
are in the nakshatra of Ketu. There are no other planets in the nakshtra of Guru.
Jeffery Archer was sentenced to 4 years on July 19, 2001. This date falls during the period of SUKSAN-KUJ-CHA. He was released on license after serving half the period only on July 21, 2003. This
date falls during the period of SUK-BUD-RAV-GUR. Interestingly the 6th lord Guru and Ketu are in the
nakshatra of Budha (the dispositor coming into play in the release?).
Case Study 4: Scott Peterson
Ref: http://www.astrodatabank.com/NM/PetersonScott.htm
Manifestation: The variation here is that Bandhana Yoga has manifested with reference to Chandra
lagna and the malefic combination occurs in Navamsha.
Lagna: 9 Vrisc 29
Chandra Lagna Lord: Sukra
6th lord: Sukra
Afflictor: Sani

Lagna lord and 6th lord being the same, is in a Kendra from both Lagna and Chandra. The affliction
from Sani comes in the form of Graha Drishti.
Planets participating in Bandhana Yoga are:
Sukra: Chandra Lagna and 6th lord Sani: Afflictor Rahu: Aspected by Sani Guru: Aspected by Sani
Ketu: Conjunct Sani
Scott Peterson was arrested for the murder of his wife on April, 18, 2003. This date falls under the
period RAH-SUK-RAH-RAH. Both Rahu and Sukra participate in the Bandhana Yoga.

This is a special case as the Bandhana Yoga can be traced to the Navamsha chart as well.
The Chandra lagna lord and 6th lord (from Rasi) is in a Kendra from both Lagna and Chandra conjunct
Rahu.
Case Study 5: John Allen Muhammad (Terror Suspect)
Ref: http://www.astrodatabank.com/NM/MuhammadJohn.htm
Manifestation: Reference is Chandra Lagna, and affliction of Saturn is by aspect. The combination is
better visible in Rasi chart.

Lagna: 5 Dhanu 12Chandra Lagna Lord: Budha

6th lord: Kuja
Afflictor: Sani

Both Chandra lagna lord and 6th lord are in Kendras. Chandra lagna lord is afflicted by Sani by
conjunction and 6th lord is afflicted by Sani by Graha drishti. 6th lord aspects lagna lord by Graha
drishti.
Muhammad was arrested on October 2, 2002. This date falls during the vishottari dasha:
SAN-BUD-RAH-RAH
Involvement of Rahu can be explained as 6th lord (from Chandra) Kuja is in Rahus constellation.
Case Study 6: Jimmy Hoffa (American Labor Leader)
Ref: http://www.astrodatabank.com/NM/HoffaJimmy.htm
Manifestation: The speciality lies here in the mode of affliction.
Lagna: 4 Kumb 24
Lagna Lord: Sani
6th Lord: Chandra
Afflictor: Rahu

Lagna lord and 6th lord are in a Kendra from Lagna. They are disposited by Sukra who is afflicted by
Rahu. Hence, here the affliction comes through the dispositor. One should also note that the nakshatra
dispositor of Sani and Chandra is ravi. Ravi is also afflicted by Rahu in Navamsha.
There are some interesting aspects in this case:
In 1964, Hoffa was convicted of misappropriating $1.7 million in union pension funds but managed to
stay out of prison until 1967 (SAN-SAN). He escaped prison for about three years until Sani MD
arrived!
Though he was sentenced for 13 years, then President Nixon pardoned him and Hoffa was released
during 1971 (SAN-BUD). Note that dispositor Sukra is in the nakshatra of Budha.
He went missing on July 30, 1975 (SAN-SUK-SAN-SUK). People last saw him getting into a car with
some more people at a restaurant parking. Authorities believe that he was abducted and never came
out live from that car. He was not to be seen again and was declared legally dead in 1982(SAN-RAH),
seven years after his disappearance.
Details from: http://www.prairieghosts.com/hoffa.html
I am very thankful to Shri B V Raman for documenting and explaining this Yoga in his book.
Krishnamurthy Seetharama