Functional nature of Mars for Scorpio lagna (Lagna Lord)

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Dear Mr. PVR:

 

Thank you for clarifying the Functional status of Mars for Scorpio

ascendant.

 

Here is my birth data as you requested:

 

June 14, 1967, Bombay, India, 5.30 PM.

 

With warmest regards,

 

M. Desai

 

 

 

 

vedic astrology, "pvr108" <pvr@c...> wrote:

> Dear friend,

>

> > I beg to differ. I'm a Scorpio ascendant, I'm going through the

> > mahadasa of Mars. Mars is the lagna lord and the 6th house lord.

It

> > is located in the 11th house in Virgo. It's in the "youth"

awastha.

> >

> > All hell broke loose as soon as I began the Mars mahadasa in

April

> > 1998.

>

> Why don't you share your complete birthdata with us?

>

> > Satycharya says Mars is neutral for Scropio ascendants. Parashar

> says

> > mars is a malefic for Scorpio ascendants (taken from Earnst

> Wilhelm's

> > book). I think Parashara is correct in calling mars a functional

>

> That must be Earnst Wilhelm's view and not Parasara's.

>

> The relevant quote from Parasara is:

>

> "sitajna sanayah papah subhou guru nisakarou |

> surya chandramasaveva bhavetam yogakarakou ||

> kujah samah sitadyascha papa maraka lakshanah |

> evam phalam cha vijneyam vrischikodayajanmanah ||"

>

> He says "kujah samah", which clearly means "Mars is neutral". There

> is no way one can interpret "samah" as "malefic".

>

> So there is no discrepancy between what Satyacharya taught and what

> Parasara taught. The discrepancy is in the understanding of some

> scholars.

>

> May Jupiter's light shine on us,

> Narasimha