ASTROLOGY AND ACCIDENT

By
L. MAHADEVAN, Ahmedabad
On the 16th June 1972, I was busy in sun P-iS'
tabulating the cusps of the different houses for
the different degrees and minutes on the lagna 0 0 VII 8o-06' VOD. (R)
30-54'
V 15 -29' VI 13 -29' e VIII T'29'
represented by every one of the numbers from Sat. 18 -40' Mer. 15-18'
1 to 249 for the latitude of the place where I Mars 28-50'
reside, namely Ahmedabad (720*38' East, 23
North). It was 2-45 p.m. and0 I was cacula- Ketnu 40-24'
ting the cusps of houses when 8 -6'-4" Vrischi- rv 130-29(
ka represented by the number '152' would be IX 90-29'
on the Nirayana lagna. No sooner had I
began my calculations then I found the table HORARY CHART
fan near me making a cracking noise. I left III 9'-29' Moon
my work and came near it to set it right. NIRAYANA 50_28
And _just_as_I_to-uched_ilIgot a-powerfuH Rahu40-24' X 130-24'
electric shock which upset me completely for
quite some time. I came back to normalcy, of
course, in due course. tup. 11-08' 1
Lagna 8o-06' XII l30-29' XI l50-29*
When I recovered fully, had a deep H T-2.9' !
urge to analyse how I was involved in the
accident acording to the principles enunciated
in Krishnamurti Padhdhati Readers. I imme- Accidents come under the domain of the
diately sat down to cast the chart. I decided two natural malefics, Mars and Saturn. As
to proceed taking the number '152' itself as it regards the houses, the houses primarily
/was the number which was under my conside- concerned are the 6th and the 8th, and
ration when the accident took place. in a lesser way, the 12th house also. An
electric shock occurs when an individual
I should like to reproduce here not only touches or comes in contact with a live electric
the horary chart cast by me but also my natal wire. It is an accident because there is no
chart for the purpose of comparison. intent to touch it otherwise.
As per the horary chart, the lagna falls in
Mars sign, Saturn's star Anuradha, and the
V 7"-59' sub of Venus. Mars and Saturn, as already
IV 50-59' VI 50-59' VII 3*-02'
Mars llD-25' explained, are the karakas for accidents. In
the horary chart, Mars rules, in addition to
the lagoa, the 6th house also, It is posited in
Ketu 280o-04' the 8th house in the constellation of Jupiter,
Suo 25a -31' NATAL CHART VIII 1" 59' lord of 2, in the 2nd house and tab sub of Sun
III 2 -59' occupying the 7th house.
Mer. I"-!!' Born
0-49
on 8/9-3-1923 at
0 A.M. CIST) at It may be remembered that the 2nd and,
*76 -59' East, 80-29' 7ih houses are maraka stbanas for any lagna.
Ven. 11 "-20' North IX 20r59' Saturn is placed ,in the 7th house, a maraka
II I"-59' Nirayana Rahw 28o-04' sthana. Venus is lord of the 12th house posi-
ted in the 7th house, a mara^asthana, in the
constellation of Mars, lord of 6 in 8. Venus
is also in her own sub.
Lagna Moon XI 7"-59' X 50-59'
26"-06' Jup. C R) Sat.o (R) It is said that the nodes are stronger than
3"-02' XII 50-59' 20-13' 26 -10' the planets in whose signs they are posited
and the planets in whose constellation
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 they are stationed and also the planets with What is most significant is the role of the
whom they are in aspect. Rahu is in the ruling planets. At the time the shock occur-
2nd house, a maraka sthana. and occupies red, the ruling planets were as follows ;
Saturn's sign alone. Futher, it is in the con- Lord of day (Friday) _ Venus
stellation of Sun posited in the 7th house and Lord of Moon sign
sub of saturn situated in the 7th. Similarly, (Simha) Sun
Ketu is placed in Saturn's star and Saturn's Lord of nakshatra
sub and occupies the 8th house. It also transited by Moon (Makha) Ketu
receives aspect from Saturn from the 7th house Lord of sub transited in
(3rd aspect). Moreover. Ketu occupies Makha nakshatra (Moon's
Kataka (Cancer) alone and, consequently, position : 5<>-28'-3" Rahu
acts as the agent of Mon who rules Kataka SimhaJ
which was on the cusp of-the 9th house, the Lord of lagna sign (Thuia) Venus
bhadaka sthana for persons represented by Lord of Jagna
fixed signs (sthira rasis) on the lagna. As constellation (China) Mars
Vrischika which is on the horary lagna is a The ruling planets work mysteriously.
fixed sign, the 9th sign reckoned 'from it, They agree with the planets which operated ,
namely ICataka, is its bhadaka sthana. So the dasa. etc according to the natal chart.and
Ketu also signifies the matters of bhadaka the planets which ruled the Vimsbottari dasa
sthana period in operation according to the^horaiy.-
What a surprise! The shock occurred chart. This is a._matvellous-discoVery of the
when Ketu dasa, Rahu_bhukti,Rahu-am&ra" -JmcProT. KTS. Krishnamurti to whom I bow
and-Satufn-sook^hauja was opeialiug aixuid- rqy head in reverence. May the seed of stel-
ing to the horary chart. lar astrology that he had sown grow to be a
tall tree shading all those that come to seek its
Reverting to the natal chart, it will be solace.
noticed that Mars is a strong significator of Good Luck/.
the 12th house. Besides being the lord of 12,
Mars also aspects the 12th house by its eighth
aspect. Mars also assumes rulership of the
constellation on the cusp of the 7th house
which is both maraka sthana and bhadaka
sthana for ubhaya rasis fcommon signs) on
the lagna. Sun is the lorn of the constellation
on the cusp of the 6th house as well as the 2nd
house, a maraka sthana. Sun is stationed in
the constellation Poorvabhadra governed by
Jupiter who not only rules the sign on the
cusp of the lagna but also the constellation on
the cusp of the 8th house. Rahu is in Sun's
sign and Sun's star and in the constellation .
of Jupiter and sub of Venus, lord of 6.
The accident came when, according to
the natal chart, 1 was running Mars dasa,
Rahu bhukti. Sun aothra and Ketu sooksha-
ma. Why did I not succumb to the accident?
I would attribute it to the aspect of lord of
lagna, Jupiter, on the Sun and Ketu (5th as-
pect; as well as on Mars (7th aspect). Besi-
des, it must be borne in mind that the 3rd
house along with the 8th house denote longe-
vity. It is only the houses which are in 12th
to them, namely 7 and 2, which cut short
life. Sun, Ketu and Mercury, though they
were all connected with accident, were all
placed in the 3rd house. The dasa lord.
Mars, was in Ketu's constellation and sub of
Mercury who were not endowed with the
power to put an end to life.