Lesson 4

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HARE RAMA KRISHNA

Dear Gurus,

Please accept my very late submission of Lesson 4 below. Between my other

responsibilities and holidays and preparing for this lesson it took me a long

time to complete. I learned a lot about the planets and my chart in this

lesson so I am grateful for the lesson. I know the aim of this lesson was to

learn the characteristics of the planets but I'm hoping that in the future we

will have a lesson on Vimshottari dasa interpretation because I did not feel

confident in this area. I hope that my errors will be corrected. Comments

from all are welcome.

Your sishya,

Karen

Lesson 4: The Planets

1. List the sign, degree and status of each planet in your chart.

Based on the following data: July 18th,1964 8:31pm –4GMT 74W00 40N43

Graha

Rasi sign

Degree

Status

House

Owns

Comments

Lagna

Capricorn

6’38

1

Kendra/trine

Sun

Cancer

3’01

7

8

kendra

Moon

Scorpio

1’14

Debility

11

4

upachaya

Mars

Taurus

28’42

5

4,8

AK, trine

Venus

Taurus

28’01

Own

5

5,10

Trine

Mercury

Cancer

24’16

7

6,9

kendra

Jupiter

Aries

27’46

4

3,12

kendra

Saturn

Aquarius

10’46®

Moolatrik.

2

1,2

Lagna lord

Rahu

Gemini

7’24

Exalted

6

2

dusthana

Ketu

Sagittarius

7’24

Exalted

12

8

dusthana

There are different characters of each planet mentioned throughout the lesson.

Identify from your own chart, at least one characteristic of each planet from

your Rasi and Navamsa and write how does it influence you during its dasa or

antaradasa.

SATURN:

A Saturnine sign rises in my chart in both the Rasi and Navamsa. In the rasi,

Capricorn rises and Saturn is retrograde in its moolatrikona sign Aquarius

bringing its fruits after hard work, discipline, perseverance and sorrow. Being

retrograde means it is a karmic indicator pointing to the reason for my rebirth.

Saturn in the second and in house of family may mean that I desired to do family

work. In fact, is has been a simple desire of mine since I was a little girl

just to be a wife and mother and keep a happy home. My university studies and

career have always been secondary. Saturn being of vata dosha, I have a short

stature and thin body and weak knees,socially oriented and active mind. Saturn

being placed in the 4th house from the moon affecting mental happiness I am

prone to depression but am able keep it at bay with mantra. I ran Saturn

Mahadasa for the 19 years from age 2- 21, basically my entire youth, school and

part of my university years which has characterized by a strict upbringing and a

being hard-working student. Saturn being the lord of the 3rd from the AL

(counted in reverse) gave me a younger sister in Saturn-Saturn. Although Saturn

is considered a neuter planet, it usually indicates females. I have been running

the Saturn antara of Mercury MD since May 2000. It has been a very difficult

antara. It was during this time that Saturn matured in my 36th yr. Being 4th

from Moon it brought deep disappointments in my personal life. It is posited in

the 2nd house from the lagna ruling the face and mouth and Saturn ruling teeth.

It was during this time that I had an accident badly injuring my mouth and

teeth. At the same time Saturn is a planet of spirituality and asceticism. It

was during this time that Sanjay-ji accepted me as his student and I decided to

teach yoga and meditation.

MERCURY: Mercury joins the Sun in the 7th in the rasi giving my husband its

qualities: intelligent, learned, youthful appearance, changeable and knowledge

of litigation. He is an attorney. Mercury being the 6th lord placed with the

Sun in the 7th house makes my marital life difficult. Being lord of Upapada and

placed in 12th from it is also not good. This gives my husband qualities of the

Sun such as bossy, domineering and older than me by 10yrs. Mercury placed in

Navamsa lagna makes me talkative and interested in learning, mathematics,

astrology, writing and arts. I have been running the Mahadasa of Mercury since

1986. Mercury lords the 6th and 9th houses in rasi.

The sixth being the house of service and health and mercury being a planet of

learning and the 9th house as the house of higher education it makes sense that

starting Mercury-Mercury I began my hospital internship in Medical Technology.

KETU:

I begin the Mahadasa of Ketu in about one year’s time. Ketu is the natural

karaka for moksha and is exalted in Sagittarius my 12th house.

Although the 12th house is the house of loss and expenditure, misfortune and

hospitalization, it is also the house of meditation and moksha. I believe Ketu

MD will be a time of increased spirituality. This June I will ready to begin

teaching Yoga and meditation so this may correspond well having argala on my

10th house. In the navamsa, Ketu trines the lagnamsa giving mathematical

ability and technical skills. I was working as a Medical Technologist during

Merc-Ketu

VENUS:

Venus is the natural karaka for love and affection and is placed in its own

sign, Taurus in my 5th house. It is during Merc-Venus that I met my husband.

Venus is 5th in it’s own is a very good placement for artistic talent and

knowledge of mantra and happiness from children unfortunately it is debilitated

in the navamsa robbing it of some of it’s strength. I have almost virtually no

artistic talent at all but thanks to Gurudev’s masterpiece Vedic Remedies we

can all share in his knowledge of mantras. God willing, I reach my Venus

Mahadasa in the year 2010. Being the lord of the 5th and the 10th house in the

rasi and 11th from the Sun, I expect the Venus MD to be a very good period for

my son, devotion, learning and professional growth.

JUPITER:

Since my jamna nakshatra, Vishaka is lorded by Jupiter; my first Mahadasa began

with Jupiter but only for the first 2.5 years of my life.

Jupiter is the planet that wants to bless us with good things as a result of

poorvapunya (past life credit). Being placed in a kendra in the house of a

friend is a great blessing. Being placed in the 4th house with no obstruction

has direct influence on the lagna giving good education, home, happiness,

vehicles and property. On the other hand, Jupiter is the 12th lord so will be

good for spirituality but may spoil material gains. By rasi dristi, Jupiter

aspects the 8th house wanting to give knowledge of the occult, 11th house gives

blessing of good friends and material gains and 2nd house giving blessing of

wealth, good food happy family life. Jupiter as the third lord is a maraka

(death –inflicting) for father and in the last days of Merc-Jupiter my father

left his body. Mercury as the 9th lord represented my father.

SUN: In my rasi the Sun is poorly placed in the 7th house and lords the 8th from

lagna. The Sun joins Mercury but not combust forming a budha-aditya yoga giving

skill in one's work and learning. I was married during the vimsottari dasa of

Mercury-Sun.

Both planets are posited I the 7th house and the sun lords the Upapada.

In the Navamsa, Mercury is in the lagna and Sun is the 7th lord. However the Sun

as the 8th lord also gave me interest in the occult especially astrology. It was

in Merc-Sun that a friend introduced me to astrology. In fact, it was a friend

that gave me a copy of my chart and my husband’s as a wedding gift.

MOON: Moon is the natural karaka of the mind and mother. My moon is placed in

Scorpio, the natural 8th house and my natal 11th house. The Moon lords the 7th

house and is waxing but is quite debilitated.

I had merc- moon dasa in the early years of my marriage before my son was born.

I don’t recall any specific events relating to moon during that time but I do

know it was a happy time.

MARS: Mars is a natural malefic but also the atmakaraka, ruling the 4th and 11th

house and posited in the 5th house. Mars is bad placement for children also

marriage since it has argala on the 7th house. However, I did give birth to my

son during Merc-Mars. Mars in the 5th gave rise to a health crisis surrounding

the delivery of my son. Mars aspects 7th, 10th and lagna by rasi dristi.

Mars is the natural karaka of passion, anger, accidents, and aggression but also

gives energy, determination and ambition. Mars being joined with Venus in the

5th I think tempers these negative qualities somewhat but still my marriage is

filled with arguments and disharmony.

RAHU: Rahu, being a malefic, is well placed in a dusthana (6,8,12) house and

will yield good results particularly good health, defeat enemies and excel in

detailed service. I believe this placement was involved in my career in medical

research (technical skills + health). Rahu is also the karaka of foreign people

and places. It was during Saturn-Rahu that I made 2 trips overseas.