Know how the 5th and the 7th House influence love affairs

In a Horoscope, the 5th House deals with emotions and the 7th House is concerned with marriages. If there is a relation between the 5th and the 7th House or the Lords of 5th and 7th House, the person is emotionally attached or bonded with someone. In this article, I will give few instances of the Yogas, which result in love affairs or emotional bonding between two individuals.

• If the Lord of the 5th House and the Lord of the 7th House exchange their Houses, it may result in love affair.
• If the Lord of the 5th and the 7th House are in mutual conjunction or are aspecting each other, it gives rise to a love relationship.
• Saturn is a natural Karaka of illegitimate relations. If Saturn alone is sitting in the 5th House, it creates a relation between the 5th and the 7th House by its third aspect.
• If Jupiter being the owner of the 5th House is aspecting the 7th House or being the owner of the 7th House aspecting the 5th House, that too creates a relation between the 5th House and the 7th House which may result in love affair.
• In case the Lord of the 7th House is placed in the 7th House, a person has a charming and a magnetic personality that attracts many people.

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Ashtakvarga system of Astrology - the accurate way to future

Predicting Through Ashtakvarga

Astrology is a noble science. It can guide you in taking accurate decisions on each front of your life. Astrology is based on scientific calculations of the different aspects of planetary constellations at a certain time. I have been a student of astrology since 1998 and have experimented in my own way the 'Ashtakvarga system' on various horoscopes with full faith in the accuracy of this system.

Samudaya or Sarvashtakvarga

A table consists of 12 Houses and 7 planets i.e. 84 squares prepared by putting dots and zeroes and adding them together, which is known as Sarvashtakvarga. The total benefics should be written in each House along with planets and zodiac signs. Planets which are placed in their own sign, mooltrikona sign or exalted sign are strong, but if they have less than 28 benefic dots, they give negative results. Similarly, if the planets are placed in 6th, 8th or 12th House and have more than 28 benefic dots, they give benefic results.

For each house, minimum number of benefic dots determined are given below:

House No. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th10th11th 12th
Dots 25 22 29 24 25 34 19 24 29 36 54 16

If the benefic Dots in a House are less than than the number indicated in the chart above, the positive results achieved will be less in proportion. On the other hand, if the benefic Dots in a House are more than than the number indicated in the chart above, the positive results achieved will be more in proportion.

For Match Making: If the native (male/female) has more than 30 benefic dots in their Moon sign, the couple would lead a happy married life. In a case where the native (male/female) has 25 or less than 25 benefic dots, their marriage would be unhappy.

Career or 10th House: If the 10th house has 36 or more benefic dots and it does not have any malefic planet nor is it aspected by any malefic planet, the native will be self-made.

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Shani's Sade Sati spells tough times for Big B

Amitabh Bachchan's unexpected blog about his deteriorating health has sent a shock wave across the country, and has left his innumerable fans stunned. The blog mentions that he is suffering from Liver Cirrhosis and that 25% of his liver has been destroyed by the disease. The 67-year old Big B is still going strong in terms of his magical spell on the silver screen. However, now it seems that the audience may get to see less of Big B's dashing personality as his liver ailment, which is now revealed to the 'aam janata', is just one of the many ailments he suffers from.

After the near fatal intestinal injury during the filming of a fight scene for Coolie, it was vigils, prayers and wishes of his millions of fans that brought back the Shahenshah of Bollywood from the jaws of death. Will our prayers work this time too? Ganesha predicts Amitabh Bachchan's health with the help of Vedic Astrology.

Amitabh Bachchan
11 October 1942
17 hours 00 min.
Allahabad, India

Vimshottari Dasha

Astrological observations

• Being Ascendant Lord, Saturn is transiting through the 8th House in Amitabh Bachchan's chart.
• He is under the influence of Shani's Sade Sati (first phase).
• In a horoscope, Venus rules the liver. Saturn is transiting over Natal Venus being the Lord of the Ascendant.
• Ketu is placed in the Ascendant. Ketu Dasha and Rahu Bhukti will rule till 7th January, 2011.
• After the month of May 2010, transiting Jupiter will aspect the 8th House and Natal Venus.

Astrological Predictions

• Ganesha foresees tough time for Amitabh Bachchan as far as health is concerned. This will continue till 7th January, 2011 because of Ketu Dasha and Rahu Bhukti, specifically because Ketu is placed in the Ascendant and signifies 'self'.
• Sade Sati's first phase is going to be tough for him, so health may deteriorate gradually; however as Jupiter is going to enter Pisces in May 2010, it may help him find a solution to his ailments.
• Ganesha's foresight says that because of Shani's Sade Sati and adverse Dasha Bhukti's influence, now onwards he will have to be extra cautious about his health. Next five years will be crucial for him from health point of view.
• Laghu Rudra for Rahu Ketu Shanti, along with the medical treatment will help him recover faster.

Good luck and may Lord Ganesha bless Amitabh Bachchan with speedy recovery.

With Ganesha's Grace,
Bhavesh N. Pattni
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The useful Lal Kitab by Sukhwinder Singh- Celebrity Astrologer @ Ganeshaspeaks.com

Lal Kitab is famous primarily because of its remedial measures. Pt. Roop Chand Joshi originally wrote the Lal Kitab in Urdu text in between 1939 and 1952. Details are given below:

1) Lal Kitab Ke Farman in 1939
2) Lal Kitab Ke Arman in 1940
3) Lal Kitab third part in 1941
4) Lal Kitab Ke Farman in 1942
5) Lal Kitab in 1952

Following lines will be found on the front page of every Lal Kitab edition:

"Beemari Ka bagair dwayee bhi illaz hai" (Diseases can be cured without medicines)
"Magar maut ka koyee illaz nahin" (But there is no cure for death)
"Duniyavi hissaab kitab hai" (these are worldly calculations)
"Koi dawaa e khudai nahin" (not a final verdict from the Almighty)

Reading or analysing a horoscope is incomplete until one recommends some remedies to minimize the ill effects of evil planets. In the ten years of my experience in Astrology, I have read thousands of horoscopes, recommended Lal Kitab remedies and have been successful in negating the bad influences to a very large extent. There are some astrologers who believe that individuals using remedial measures interfere with their Karma, but I strongly disagree with this school of thought. According to me, Lal Kitab remedies are simple and affordable, and people who cannot afford expensive Gem Stones can benefit from Lal Kitab remedies. A word of caution; just as self medication can be harmful, performing Lal Kitab remedies without the supervision of professional astrologer can be extremely risky. In upcoming articles, I will discuss the effects of different planets in different Houses and remedies to ward off their bad influences.

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Know how the Saturn-Mars conjunction affects you

Mars aligns with Saturn roughly once in two years. However, occasionally, due to retrograde motion of one or both the planets, such alignments will occur just a few months apart. In Mundane astrology, this conjunction brings forth some form of widespread misery. The Mars-Saturn conjunction of 1968 took place just two weeks before the My Lai Massacre.

But for individual, Mars - Saturn conjunction denotes a conjunction of hot and cold. Mars gives the 'energy' to fulfill needs and Saturn is the 'control', which is necessary for eventual efficiency in our expression and growth. During the Mars - Saturn conjunction, the essential energies fight with necessary controls. This conjunction often results in a stalemate or indecision. Occasionally this can also make the person prone to accidents.

On the positive side, this conjunction is a time when you can use your energies constructively. Any tendency shown elsewhere in your chart to act on impulse is tempered with restraint now due to the effect of Saturn. This produces capacity for hard work, enduring strength and resourcefulness. On the negative side, this conjunction often produces a tendency of anger or hard feelings that you must control.

It cannot be said that all sufferings and ailments afflicting us have human solutions. There are many things, which are beyond the human understanding. These were the areas where divine intervention was sought by the ancient seers.

If you would like to make use of the conjunction (either in your chart or during the transit, whenever it occurs) you can keep the following in mind and even use it to your advantage:

• Maximize force tempered with restraint and focus.
• To take forward your love (remember Mars plays a very vital role)
• If your Moon sign is Taurus or Libra, you will be doubly lucky because Saturn happens to be your yogakaraka. You can get a very good deal if you are planning to buy a property.
• If your Moon sign is Aries or Scorpio, you should be more than happy as your birth Lord will be meeting 3rd and 4th Lord or 10th and 11th Lord, thereby improving your career prospects.
• If your Moon sign is Cancer or Leo, Mars is your yogakaraka and it will be meeting your 7th Lord, thereby brightening your marriage prospects (if you are unmarried) or bringing forth domestic happiness.
• If you are a Gemini ascendant, you may get a chance to go abroad during this period.
• If your Moon sign is Virgo or you are a Virgo ascendant, you will have speculative luck in the period of the conjunction.
• If your Moon sign is Sagittarius, the period of conjunction can again bring in luck on the career front and also increase the inflow of money.
• Capricorn or Aquarius natives will purchase immovable properties during this conjunction.
• The people with beautiful eyes viz. Pisces born natives will see money flow in during the conjunction.

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Your favourable and unfavourable days in May 2010

The favourable and unfavourable days for a Rashi are prepared on the basis of traditional Vedic astrology, taking into consideration the positions of 'Grahas' and their current movements.

The list of favourable and unfavourable days given below will help you maximise gains and minimize losses. It will be your guide to choosing appropriate days for important work.

The dates, which haven't been mentioned, are neutral days that will give you mixed results. The unfavourable days include 'Chandrastama' days or obstacle days for each Rashi. If possible, avoid undertaking important assignments on these days.

The favourable and unfavourable days in May 2010 for the 12 Moon Signs (Rashis) are listed below. So, plan work, travels, shopping and relationships accordingly.

Aries (Mesh Rashi)

Favourable Days: 5 to 8, 12, 13, 16 to 18, 23 to 26
Unfavourable Days: 1, 9, 27 to 29

Taurus (Vrishabh Rashi)

Favourable Days: 1, 7 to 11, 14, 15, 19, 20, 25 to 28
Unfavourable Days: 2 to 4, 23, 29 to 31

Gemini (Mithun Rashi)

Favourable Days: 1, 10 to 13, 20 to 22, 25 to 28
Unfavourable Days: 2 to 6, 17, 18, 29 to 31

Cancer (Karka Rashi)

Favourable Days: 2 to 6, 12 to 14, 23, 24, 29 to 31
Unfavourable Days: 7 to 9, 19, 20

Leo (Simha Rashi)

Favourable Days: 5 to 8, 9(till noon), 14 to 18, 21, 22, 25, 26
Unfavourable Days: 1, 9(from evening), 10, 11, 29

Virgo (Kanya Rashi)

Favourable Days: 3 to 5, 7, 14, 16 to 20, 27 to 30
Unfavourable Days: 1, 10 to 13, 15, 23, 24

Libra (Tula Rashi)

Favourable Days: 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 19 to 21, 25, 26, 28, 31
Unfavourable Days: 1, 8, 14 to 16

Scorpio (Vrischik Rashi)

Favourable Days: 1, 4 to 6, 12 to 14, 21, 22, 24, 27 to 29
Unfavourable Days: 2, 3, 16 to 18, 30

Sagittarius (Dhanu Rashi)

Favourable Days: 7 to 9, 14, 15, 21, 23 to 26, 28
Unfavourable Days: 2 to 4, 17 to 20, 30, 31

Capricorn (Makar Rashi)

Favourable Days: 5, 6, 10 to 13, 16, 17, 25 to 29
Unfavourable Days: 4, 19 to 22

Aquarius (Kumbh Rashi)

Favourable Days: 2 to 4, 7 to 9, 12, 13, 19 to 21, 28, 30, 31
Unfavourable Days: 1, 22 to 24, 27, 29

Pisces (Meena Rashi)

Favourable Days: 2, 3, 5, 6, 12 to 16, 21, 30, 31
Unfavourable Days: 8, 10, 11, 22 to 26, 29


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The 27 'Nakshatras' in the Hindu System of Astrology

The 'Nakshatras' or constellations form the most important element of the Hindu Astrology and 'Muhurtha' streams of knowledge. Without these, our knowledge would be incomplete.

Nakshatra means 'something that never decays'. It has been referred to as 'constellation' or 'asterism' and also at times as 'lunar mansions' by astrologers from the west. Among these, the word 'asterism' comes closest to the meaning of 'Nakshatra'.

The Nakshatras represent a cluster of stars. For instance, the first Nakshatra in sequence known as 'Ashwini' is made up of three stars, which looks like a Horse. Hence the name 'Ashwini', which is derived from the Sanskrit word 'Ashwa', which means a Horse. The Horse thus becomes the symbol of this asterism. As the Horse represents physical power and stamina, those born in this Nakshatra are always active, tenacious, dynamic and full of energy.

How to co-relate the Nakshatras to the planets in an individual?s Horoscope

The sky is considered as a stage and the planets are said to be the players on the stage. The screen behind the players represents the backdrop of the sky, which keeps on changing with every new act in the play. The Nakshatras form the designs on this screen. The situation is similar to a singer singing on the stage while projections on the screen behind him can be changed with different colours or scenes, which the director of the program decides. When we talk of the Moon in an individual?s birth chart, the rising asterism nearest to the degrees of Moon at the time of one?s birth in the backdrop of the sky, will be considered as 'Janma Nakshatra', or the Asterism in which ones Moon is placed.

How they help us

The Nakshatras form a major 'anga' or a major element of the Hindu Panchanga. They are used while choosing a Muhurtha in Electional Astrology.
They guide us to the first letter of an infant?s name at the time of 'Naamkaran' or naming ceremony of an infant. The Nakshatras also guide us during matchmaking. They are help us find how each planet in the horoscope will function. This forms the study of another domain of astrology known as 'Nakshatra Paddhaty'.

Janma Nakshatra

The Moon placed in a particular Nakshatra decides the mental bearings of the Native they would be, and if they are not in required levels, then the remedial measures of the Moons Nakshatra Lord Owner have to be undertaken for pacifying and strengthening the Moon so as to decrease the malefic effects and bring an increase in the benefic one.

In Astrology, there are umpteen uses of the Nakshatras for gauging celestial influences on human lives. This can produce many hard paperback volumes if one decides to write a thesis on it.

108 Beads of the Japa Mala

Those who are aware of the Hindu rosary or the 'Japa Mala' for counting of Mantras must be aware that there are 108 beads in the mala, and it has a staunch reason behind it.
A circular pizza may be compared to the sky. Cutting a pizza into 27 equal parts would cover a span of 360 degrees correspondingly in the sky which we address as the zodiac. Each Nakshatra too would thus measure an arc of 13.20 degrees in the Zodiac.

The ancient Indian astrologers have always preferred precision in their studies. They have further subdivided this arc of 13.20 degrees into four parts of 3.20 degrees each known as 'Padas'. So we now have 27 x 4 = 108 Padas. This is the reason for 108 beads in the 'Japa Mala'. It is a belief that when a person recites one full mala of 108 mantras, he asks for forgiveness and also requests for blessings from each part of the zodiac which influence every small and big affair of human existence. In short, asking for grace from the Omnipresent, Omniscient and the Omnipotent Lord under whose domain the whole zodiac is contained. In same way, in the scriptures, the Nakshatras too are considered to be divine beings, worthy of being worshipped through the Lords of these Nakshatras who are the Navgrahas or the nine planets in Hindu Astrology.

In other words, we have 27 Nakshatras with four charans each. Multiply 27 x 4 and you get 108. So when you take 108 names of the Lord, you are practising remedial measures for every planet in your chart, because all the Lords of these charans are nothing but manifestations of the Supreme itself. 108 Padas mean all the degrees of the Zodiac covered. By taking 108 names of the Lord, you have paid obeisance to all the portions of this Universe.

The Zodiac in Astrology consists of the following:

1. The Zodiac of 360 degrees divided into 12 parts each of 30 degrees are named as the Zodiac signs in the order- Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces owned by the 7 + 2 = 9 planets, where the seven planets comprise of the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn while the other two are shadowy planets (Invisible) called as Rahu, Ketu or the Dragon's Head and the Dragon's Tail respectively in western astrology. They are the Northern and Southern nodes of the Moon.

2. Further, the divisions are followed by the 27 Nakshatras each measuring 13.20 degrees arc of the Zodiac. This is then followed by 108 Charans or Padas as explained above.

Below given are the names of the 27 Nakshatras and a list of their other attributes. Kindly note that the list is not exhaustive.

Nakshatra	Lord	Yoni	Guna	Presiding Diety
1. Ashwini.	Ketu	Horse	Deva	Ashwini Kumar
2. Bhairini	Venus	Elephant	Manushya	Yama
3. Krittika.	Sun	Goat	Rakshasa	Agni
4. Rohini.	Moon	Serpent	Manushya	Brahma
5. Mrigasira.	Mars	Serpent	Deva	Soma
6. Ardra	Rahu	Dog	Manushya	Rudra
7. P.Vasu.	Jupiter	Cat	Deva	Aditi
8. Pushya	Saturn	Goat	Deva	Brihaspati
9. Aslesha.	Mercury	Cat	Rakshasa	Ahi
10. Magha.	Ketu	Rat	Rakshasa	Pitragana
11. P.Phalguni.	Venus	Rat	Manushya	Bhagya
12. U. halguni.	Sun	Cow	Manushya	Surya
13. Hasta.	Moon	Buffalo	Deva	Savita
14. Chitra.	Mars	Tiger	Rakshasa	Vishwakarma
15. Swati.	Rahu	Buffalo	Deva	Pawan
16. Visakha.	Jupiter	Tiger	Rakshasa	Satragni
17. Anuradha.	Saturn	Deer	Deva	Mitra
18. Jyestha.	Mercury	Deer	Rakshasa	Indra
19. Moola.	Ketu	Dog	Rakshasa	Nirriti
20. P.asadha.	Venus	Monkey	Manushya	Toya
21. U.asadha.	Sun	Mongoose	Manushya	Vishwadeva
22. Shravana.	Moon	Monkey	Deva	Hari
23. Dhanista.	Mars	Lion	Rakshasa	Vasu
24. Satabisa.	Rahu	Horse	Rakshasa	Varuna
25. P.Bhadra.	Jupiter	Lion	Manushya	Ajapada
26. U.Bhadra.	Saturn	Cow	Manushya	Abhibadhnu
27. Revati	Mercury	Elephant	Deva	Pushan

Note that the above list has to be applied with caution while delineating results and not clinging strictly to the literal dictionary meanings of the words mentioned above. For instance, a person who is born in a Nakshatra whose symbolic representation is a tiger, it has got certain denotations which only an expert astrologer would be able to guide on and one must not stick to the literal translated meaning of these. For example, in matchmaking the Yonis representation will guide the astrologer as to how well the partners are compatible. Same goes with the Gana 'Rakshasa'. For instance, in matchmaking again the astrologer would see whether the Ganas match or not between the partners and whether the prospective bride and bridegroom have each 'Rakshasa' and 'Dev Gana' then the matchmaker may deny the match because a God and a Demon cannot marry or live happily. Of course, this would be subject to other conditions too.

A deeper study of the Nakshatra system will allow us to draw additional inferences.

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