NOTES ON MEDICAL ASTROLOGY

1. Lagna represents the body of native. Lagna and Lagna Lord must be healthy to
ensure good health to the native.

2. Different houses rule over specific body parts. Benefic influences on specific
houses indicate soundness of health of such body part as ruled by those houses,
and adverse influence indicate disease:
1st House -Body in general, head, brain, complexion
2nd House - Face, mouth, teeth, speech, right eye
3rd House - Throat, right ear, neck, shoulder, ears, physical fitness.
4th House - Thorax, lungs, chest.
5th House - Heart, mind, foregut, conception
o Some consider heart from 4, full intestines VI
th
6 House - Diseases in general, midget, kidney, injury, operation.
7th House - Umbilical region, sexual, Pelvic a hindgut
8th House - Extend genitalia, incurable diseases, amputation, longevity.
9th House - Hips, thigh, hip joint
10th House - Knees, Patella
11th House - Legs, left ear
12th House - Feet, left eye, hospitalization, death.

As a matter of principle, house where Lord and Lagna resides, tends to prosper
enjoy good health.

3. Navamsha: This the most important divisional chart and must be analysed as rasi
chart. (It is said, if indications from rasi and Navamsha chart differ or contradict;
Navamsha take precedence.)

4. 64th Navamsha has special sinister relevance in medical astrology.

5. Vargottam Lagna / Planets indicate state of strength.

6. Drekkana is another subdivision of importance for medical astrology. 22nd

Drekkana (Drekkana in 8th House from Lagna) is special significance from decision
point of view.

7. Health, with is signified by lagna and lagna Lord, suffers when lagna and lagna
Lord are afflicted. However, benefic influences on Lagna / Lagna low improve
health.

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A house gets afflicted
A house gets Strength and Protection
Occupied by malefic, Aspected by
malefic, Owned by malefic, Afflicted Lord of House is exalted, aspect own
also in divisions. House. Vargottam. Associated with
benefics. Aspected by benefices.
A planet or Lord of house gets afflicted: Associated with good house (5, 9), or
their larges. Strong and well placed in
Associates / Aspected by malefic placed divisional charts.
in adverse house 6/8/12.

Associated with Lord of 6/8/12.

Generally weak combust /debilitated
Afflicted also in divisions. Placed in sign
owned by natural malefic.

Maraka

Kills when longevity is over, otherwise they make person sick. 2 lord is stronger maraka
than 7th lord.

Principles from Parashara:

1. Lord of maraka houses, their associates, natural malefic occupying maraka houses
All have propensity to cause sickness / Death during their dasha / antardasha.

2. When longevity is over, but dasha of maraka is not operating; dasha of a benefic
associated with 12 lord can assume maraca functions.

3. Even dasha of a natural malefic Saturn & Rahu can become unqualified marakas

4. A maraka does not kill during antadarsha of a benefic planet, but can kill during
antardasha of unassociated malefic.

5. Saturn qualifies as most potent maraka when associated with a maraka Lord.

6. During dasha of a maraka Lord, antardasha of 6 / 8 / 12 Lord proves to be a maraka.

7. Lords of 2 & 7 House from moon become as maraca, if they happens to be natural
malefics.

8. Lords of the 3, 5 & 7 Nakshatras prove maraka for with alpayau, medium and long
ayu, respectively.

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Marakas: (Sun as Lord of 8th House is
not considered bad) Cause of Death:
From 3rd house: By occupation or aspect.
Aries Venus (2 & 7) Sun punishment by Ruler
Taurus Mars (2,7), Mo (3), Venus ( 6th Moon Tuberculosis
lord), J (8, 11 lord) Mars : Burns, Injury, operation
Gemini Moon Mercury Febrile illness
Cancer Saturn (7, 8) Jupiter Tumor, swelling
Leo Saturn (6, 7) Venus Diabetes, Renal disease
Virgo, Kanya Venus (2, 9) Saturn / Rahu Poison, drowsing, fall
Libra Mars (2, 7) from height, burn, injury, incarceration
Scorpio Venus (7, 12)
Sag Venus (6,11) Saturn (2, 3) From 8th House Placement or Aspects.
Capricorn Mars (4, 11), Moon (7),
Jupiter (3, 12) Sun fire, Moon water, Mars injury,
Aqua Sun (7), Mars, Jupiter Mercury fever, Jupiter long illness,
Pisces Mars, Saturn Venus starvation, Saturn thirst,
dehydration

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As each horoscope will, going by earlier enumerated principles, have numerous malefic
influences if a horoscope shows proneness to disease person will fall ill frequently.

If horoscope shows inherent resistance against disease indicates that the native would
not be ordinarily inflicted by disease unless the period indicated by his dasha / transit is
exceptionally adverse.

Sound Health Protective factors

1. Strong Lagna and Lagna Lord are the best and most important factors for good
health.

2. Benefics in Kendras: As a rule placement of benefics in Kendra is productive

influence against disease.

Presence of benefics in Trikona is also good

However, this benefics should not be: Grossly afflicted, Retrograde, Debilitated /
combust, and should be favorably placed in divisional charts.
3. Malefics in 3, 6, 11 Increase capacity to fight back, more they are in these houses,
better a natives capacity to fight and resistance to diseases.

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 4. Lagna Lord in Six house is generally indicative of sound healthy.
5. Lagna / Lagna Lord surrounded by benefics (Shubha - kartari or benefic durudhana
yoga) promotes good health.
6. A healthy, unaffiliated, strong, well placed moon an important for health and
longevity.
7. Saturn in 8th House, Unaffiliated Lagna Lord in 6 or 8 House are additional points.

Unsound Health: Reverse of what leaders to good health, indicates unsounded health:

1. Weak afflicted Lagna / Lagna Lord

2. Adverse yogas from Lagna
3. Lagna Lord placed adversely in divisions also.

Both favourable and unfavourable factors must be judiciously balanced in order to

determine the actual state of health.

Lagna Lord in 8th is usually good for health. However, if afflicted in the eighth house
promotes ill health and may lead to unending incurable suffering.

If there are no benefic in Kendras and only malefics occupy Kendras and trikona
particularly when Lagna Lord and Lagna are afflicted, native suffers prolonged or repeated
illness.

Placement of eighth Lord in Lagna generally indicates a sickly body.

A strong and inflicted Lagna and Lagna Lord are important for good health.

It is better to have no planets in kendras than to home malefic there.

Adverse dasha, afflicting lagna and Lagna Lord tends to produce more intense illness.

It is important to understand that extent of affliction to a planet is important in order to

understand severity of illness. A single affliction is not a serious matter generally. A
double affliction indicates serious disease and triple or multiple affliction leader to
incurable disease.

Important of Karkas

Karkas assume a lot of important in medical astrology. There will being is important for
good health.

Significations of planets

Sun: Heart, stomach, foregut, bile, bones Right. Eye, Injurious, burns falls disturbances of
blood circulation, father.

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Moon: Fluids in body, mind, blood Left eye, breast, psychiatric problems, emotions,
menstrual cycle, mother

Mars: Sound physical health, head, bone-marrow, bile, musculature, endometrium,

accidents, burns, injury, surgical procedures, high BP, miscarriage, diseases above neck,
siblings.

Mercury: Discrimination, through nose, ears, lungs, speech, importance, nightmares,

uncle, younger co-born.

Jupiter: Liver, gallbladder, fat, diabetes, chronic disease, ear trouble, elder brother.

Venus: Genitor-urinary system, viral disease, eyesight, seminal fluid, sexual perversions,
intestine, appendix, diabetes urinary stones, wife or sex-partner.

Saturn: Legs, feet nerves, legmphaties, Paralysis, amputation, chronicity, incurability,

melancholy, exhaustism, fatigue, longevity.

Rahu: Bones, positioning, snack bite, chronic or incurable diseases, phobias, maternal
grand-father.

Ketu: Viral, infection diseases, epidermis, defective speech, surgical operations, diagnostic
confusion, paternal grand-father.

Since each planet is signification for many body organs or disease, one has to carefully
study the house, signs and dasha Lords, along with Karkas to reach a Medical diagnosis.

Gemini Karkas

Atma karaka is akin to Lagna Lord. A well placed Atma karaka, influenced by benefics
ensures good health.

Gnati Karaka is like 6th House Lord. Association of GK with other Karakas indication
of disease signified by Karakas thus afflicted.

PK fifth Karakas takes the role of 5 lord and Sun as far as heart is concerned.

It is strongly recommended that while venturing into medical astrology, both Parashari and
Gemini system should be followed. While following Jaimini system, it is important to
follow Gemini aspects and Jaimini dashas.

Transits tells of final timing. Transits considered from Lagna give better results. Transits
are subservient to Dashas.

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A mildly adverse dasha in a disease prone horoscope may produce serious illness, whereas
a highly malefic dasha in a horoscope with strong inherent protection will produce only a
mild illness.

Principles of onset and outcome of disease

1. Dosha of functional malefic

2. Affliction of Dasha Lord
3. Dasha of Planets associated with 6, 8, 12 house
4. Adverse dasha lord having links with lagna / Lagna Lord.
5. Dasha Lord in Rahu / Ketu axis
6. Affliction persisting in Navamsha, Drekkana as well as dwadamsa
7. Planets in mrityu-bhaag

Chara Dasha of Gemini:

1. Dasha of 6, 8, 12 from Lana or AK

2. Dasha of 6, 8 from 50 or Venus
3. Dasha of rasi falling in 4th House
4. Eight rasi from Lagna navamsha or AK navamsha
5. Dasha of Rasi inhabited or aspected by GK
6. MD / AD in 6/8 relationship
7. MD / AD of afflicted rasiss in Lagna
8. Dasha of Rasi during a planet in mrityu-bhaag

In a ill-health prom horoscope, one should carefully watch dasha /antara of

1. Occupants of Trikona houses

2. Lords of Trikona houses
3. Associates of Trikona houses
4. Planets aspected by Trikona house Lords.

VI. HOUSE

Signifies disease in general

-Also indicates wounds, accidents, injuries, surgical operations.

-Also kidney, intestines, tuberculosis, eye disease.

-Resistance to disease

-Dasha of VI lord may cause death.

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Lord of VI associated with a malefic and located in Lagna / Sixth / Eighth house cause
injury in part of body signified by that Lord.

Sun as VI lord in Lagna or 8 head injury. Moon mouth, Mars throat/neck, Mercury
Nasal, Jupiter nostril, Venus eye / back, Saturn feet, Rahu/Ketu lips/abdomen,

Sixth or Eight Lord in Lagna:

Lords of VI or VIII in Lagna gives proneness to ill-health. Conjunction of Lord of VI &

VIII House in Lagna in association with different planet.

Sun : Fever / abscess

Moon : Phlegmatic illness
Mars : Wound from weapon, surgery
Mercury : Biliary disease
Jupiter : Freedom from disease
Venus : Sexually TD
Saturn : Windy, joint compliant
Rahu : Naval injury
Ketu : Fear of imprisonment.

VIII. HOUSE:

Planets Occupy this house )

Associate with Lord )
Aspected by its Lord )

VII House Lord spoils / damage house it occupies / aspect

VIII Lord stands for chronicity, incurability, complications to death.

It self-denotes amputations, external genitalia, secret diseases, and affliction to

face, diseases which leave residual effect.

Different planets by occupation in VIII indicate mode of death.

Span of Life

LONG

Saturn in 8th House

Saturn associated or aspected by 8th lord
Eighth Lord in eighth House
Eighth Lord associated with a benefic in 11th House
Eighth Lord with Lagna Lord (without affliction) in 6 or 12th House.

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SHORT LIFE

Afflicted eighth lord in VI or XII House

Eighth Lord with Ketu in Lagna
A malefic eighth Lord in 11 house
Weak and afflicted VIII Lagna

Cause of death:

Sun : Fire, Burn

Moon : Water, Drowsing
Mars : Sword, Weapon, Operation
Mercury: Febrile illness
Jupiter : Imbalance of Doshas
Venus: Starvation, lack of nutrition
Saturn: Thirst, Dehydration

Chidra grahas

Planets which cause illness or disturb health during their dasha stronger of them
may cause death during its dasha

They are:
o Lord of 8 House,
o Occupant of 8 House,
o Planet aspect 8 House,
o Owner of 22nd Drekkana of Lagna. (Drekkana falls exactly eights house
from Lagna.)
o Owner of 64th navamsa (8th from natal moon)
o Bitter enemy of 8 lord.

XII House: Signifies loss Finances, Health

House as well as its lord can attain maraka nature or death inflicting capacity.
Deals with Physical illness, sleep, exhaustion, tiredness, mental imbalance, hospitalization,
left eye, feet and death.

In general, when Lord of 2nd House, occupant of 2nd House and Lord of 12th House or its
occupants, particularly when malefic is mutual dasha / AD may kill or cause disease.

Often multiple afflictions coupled with inherent susceptibility precipitates a disease.

Combine effect of Mars, Rahu / Ketu on 8 House leads to miscarriage and similar problems

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Mutual dasha of 6 & 8 Lords are adverse for health.

Overcrowding of eighth House makes one prone to develop multiple or chronic ailments.

If a child is born with a highly adverse dasha operating at the time of birth, given his
proness to illness, he is likely to suffer from a congenital illness.

Malefic in 3, 6, 11 project against ill health, however, they do tend to cause illness during
their dasha but at the same time give native capacity to fight back.

Trick houses at a glance

Sixth house stands for disease in general. Dasha of its Lord coincides with disease, injury
or operation.

Eighth house indicates more severe suffering which is incurable, fatal or leaves scar.

12th House also indicates suffering varying combination of 6, 8 & 12 Lords during MD /
AD / PDs along with maraka produce illness or death.

When adverse dasha Lords are influenced by retrograde planets, suffering is more severe.

Malefic on 6th house protects; but afflicted malefic may not necessary do so.

Involvement of 8 Lord brings an elemental of incurability as well as separation when limb,

part of body is removed.

Retrograde planets at a glance

1. Retrograde planets provide definite, perceptible results during appropriate dashas

2. While benefic in Kendra protects against ill health in general, retrograde benefic do
the reverse
3. Even Lagna Lord, benefic or malefic, provides no protection by being in the Lagna,
if it is retrograde.
4. Retrograde Lagna Lord in Lagna, if runs own dasha at birth, congenital illness is
likely if sufficient susceptibility is there.
5. If dasha of retrograde 6 or 8 Lord, more severe illness is likely, or incomplete
recovery.
6. Retrograde planets transmits their malefic effect by association or aspect with other
dasha Lord.
7. Ill placed AK is like ill-placed Lagna Lord, if aspected by Retro-planets, proneness
to disease results.
8. Saturn is 8th does not project longevity during its dasha, if retrograde
9. Karkas influenced by retrograde planets also suffer.

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Conjunctions at a Glance

1. Planets in close conjunction exert intense influence on each other.

2. The results are more intense as conjunction persists in divisional charts, partially
Navamsa.
3. If planets separates in varga, influence decreases.
4. If a benefic planet intervenes between closely conjunct planets, it takes away lot of
maleficence
5. Concept of looking or winning in graham yudha is not as important as the fact that
planets are closely placed.
6. Conjunction afflicting Lagna and Lagna Lord spoils health.
7. AK with malefic Lords or GK through conjunction or aspects is adverse for health
8. Ketus close conjunction destroys signification of conjunct planets or Karkas, Rahu
too has adverse influence.
9. When 8th Lord is destroyed or afflicted, health and longevity suffers.
10. Malefics with fall in cusp of Lagna disturb health.
11. Rahu and Ketu represent Saturn and Mars. They also represent Lords of houses
they occupy. Planets transmits their signification to Rahu or Ketu where they
occupy their house.
12. Particular attention must be directed to areas suffering multiple afflictions.

Span of Life

1. If ascendant at birth is at the very end of a sign which is aspected or occupied by

malefic immediate death is possible.

2. If birth is in any of 4 types of sandhis and aspected or conjoined by malefic, early

death is predicted.

Yogas leading to early death

Kendras and 8th House exclusively occupied by malefic

Malefic occupy 1st and 8th House or 1st and 7th house
Weak moon occupies 6th, 8th or 12th house
Weak moon conjoined by malefic in 1st, 5th, 7th or 9th house
Malefics positioned in 7th and 8th house
No Kendra or Kona is occupied by benefic

In above cases, if there is conjunction or aspect of benefic, one cant predict early death.

More yogas

1. If Lagna Lord and benefic are placed in Apoklima (3, 6, 9, 12) houses Short life.
2. If malefic and Lord of 8 in Kendra short life.
3. If Lagna lord and 8 lord, Moon rasi lord and 8 thereof Lords, sun and Lagna Lord
are enemies short life.

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 4. 8 lord far stronger than lagna lord and positioned in Kendra and malefic in 8 and
12 house short life or burden life.
5. Similarly Navamsa lagna lord weaker than 8 lord thereof similar results.
6. Combust, debilitated Lagna Lord with malefic or in inimical house same result.
7. If 4 or ore planets in last four houses
8. Lagna Lord and its dispositors weak and not aspected by benefics.
9. Chandra Lagna or Lagna aspected by 8th Lord
10. Luminaries in 3 House, aspected by malefics
11. Moon in Kendra with 8 House lord or 8 House aspected/occupied by malefics.
12. Sun and Mars is 7 House from Moon and Rahu in lagna, child dies in 7 days.
13. If all planets on weak and in apoklima houses.

Yogas for long life

1. Benefic and Lord of lagna in Kendras, means long life.

2. If Lord of Lagna and benefic in panapharas (2, 5, 8, 11) House medium life.
3. If malefic and 8 lord occupy 2, 5, 8, 11 panaphara medium; If occupy apoklima
(3, 6, 9, 12) - long life.
4. A strong Jupiter in Lagna wards off 100 evil Yogas.
5. Similarly, Sun of day birth and Moon for night births in 11th House Wards away
a crore of evil yogas.
6. Waxing moon in Kendra, Kona or 11 House and in Navamsa of Jupiter, Sun, or
self, subject will get rid of many troubles and meritorious deeds.
7. For long life prosperity and excellence of moon, Lagna Lord, Lord of moon rasi is
must.

So while judging, one must see if Jupiter, and Lagna Lord are in kendras and malefics an
away from Kendra, Kona and 8th HouseNative will live 100 years.

Similarly, even a single benefic in Kendra, without malefic, 8th House influence removes
all arishtas.

Another method to find Longevity

Consider the following three pairs of Rasis:

1. Decanates of Lagna and Moon

2. Navamsa Rasi of Lagna Lord and Rasi Lord
3. Dwadamsa Rasi of Lords of Lagna and 8 House

If is these pair both are movable or one fixed other dual long life.

If both are dual or one movable and other fixed--medium life.

If both all fixed or one dual and other movable short life (if Lord of both houses are in
same house, take moon rasi).

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Judgment on planets position

1. Planets in exaltation, mooltrikona or friendly signs promote the bhava occupied.

While planets in inimical or depression signs reduce the bhava occupied by them.
Planets in neutral signs neither promote nor reduce.

2. If benefics (functional and natural) occupy kendra, kona houses, and malefics
occupy 3, 6, 8, 12 houses good result emanate. .

3. Natural malefic having benefic function may occupy 3, 6, 8 or 12 houses, but their
power will very much reduced.

4. Natural benefics in 3, 6, 8, and 12 house lose their karaka power but improve
connotation of these houses.

5. Natural benefics, if becomes functional malefic also, should be in 3, 6, 8, 12 for

good effect.

6. Natural benefics increase indications of the bhava they occupy or aspect while
natural malefics decreases, former constructive and later destructive.

7. If natural benefics are also functioning benefics thing give very good results if in
good houses and not satisfactory if in bad houses.

8. If functional malefic occupy bad houses they give good results to the Native but
destroy the bhava they occupy or aspect. If they occupy good houses they give
adverse effects and destroy bhava occupied or aspect.

9. A planet in exaltation or in his own house means he has great power to do good or
bad. If planet benefic by function and nature, occupy good houses great good.

10. Functional malefic, in good powerful position, has great power to do mischief and
if he is natural malefic also -> worst results.

11. A functional benefic will give fair results even though he is neccha if he occupies
a good house.

12. Function benefic should not be related to functional malefic.

13. Enemies by nature should not be related even though they are functional benefic
for their power will be lessened.

Nature House occupies Results

Lagna Excellent
N.B and F.B. Good house, exaltation, Very good
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 Bad places Poor
Lagna Very good
N.M and F.B Good house Good
Bad house Fair
Lagna Mischief
N.B and F.M Good house Destructive
Bad house Good
Lagna Worst
N.M and F.M Good house Mischief
Bad house Fair

1. If a F.B is powerful, gives good results on his period according to his significations
of bhava. But if he is N.M he causes death among relatives, sickness to native, loss,
and disgrace etc., ace to his karaka qualities.

2. If a F.B is in bad house, he gives bad effects but if flaw is rectified results may be
somewhat favourable. But if such F.B is F.M also give good results in their periods.

3. F.M will give very bad results if they are powerful. If they become natural malefic
also the karaka power should also be added to the result.

4. If F.M are N.B they give bad result, and if they become powerless they may give
good results and their benefic karaka power also should be added to the effect.

5. In case of malefic functions, exception is given to Sun and Moon for 8th house
lordship.

Karaka and number of relations:

1. Own house or own Navamsha: Double

2. Retrogation or exaltation Rasi / Amsa 6 times.

3. Retrogation or exaltation in Rasi or Amsa 9 times.

4. Astha or neecha zero

5. Lagna aspected by its own Lord Double it

For brother: In mars ashtakvarga 3rd House

For issues 5th from guru in gurus ashtakvarga.
Wives 7th from Venus in Venus ashtakvarga

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Wealth is from Indu Lagna / Planet aspecting or positioned it.

9th House - final wealth

2 & 4 house - Parental wealth
10 House - professional income
11 house - easy money

Issues:

First virility test

Female added longitude of Moon, Mars and Jupiter.

if results is:

1. Even Rasi and Even Navamsa assured

2. Mixed Children after effort
3. Odd Rasi and Odd Navamsa No issue

Male Add Sun, Venus, Jupiter

1. Odd Rasi and Navamsa Strong

2. Mixed after effort
3. Even Rasi and Navamsa No virility

Lord of 7 Bhava and Cusp of 7 bhava fall in Navamsa of Budha and Saturn, Mars and
Saturn one manage.

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