LK Grammar : Kundali Sanshodhan / horoscope verification

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Kundali sanshodhan / horoscope verification

 

Teve ki durusti

 

Every paddhati of Jyotish needs doing this exercise at

times. There is an entire procedure of finding the correct

lagna in the traditional astrology known as nashta-jatak.

Apart from nashta-jatak, people use sudarshan chakra

method for it where the lagna, surya lagna and the

Chandra lagna are studied collectively and also separately.

The KP paddhati has developed the chart rectification into

a very fine art. We all know that the Naadi paddhati uses

a thumb impression to cast the entire horoscope with

absolute accuracy. Like other paddhatis, Lal Kitab also

has talked about the rectification/verification though not

in as much a rigorous form

 

It is to be done for three extraneous situations:

 

[ A ] When the exact time of birth is not known.

 

Suppose a native approaches an astrologer who has a

vague idea that he was born before noon some time,

of course he knows the date of birth and the place of birth.

 

In this situation the astrologer will have to prepare at

least three horoscopes for him with three different

Lagna. Since the birth is prior to the noon, the three

horoscopes will have to be cast with the sun in the

10th, 11th and the 12th. The position of the Sun will

determine the Lagna.

 

The next step will be to tally some of the major events

of the native’s life based on the planetary positions in

all the three horoscopes. This is what the Lal Kitab

calls Lagna ko teen bar hila kar dekhna, shaking the

lagna thrice.

 

Suppose in our example horoscope, the Jupiter

is placed in the 8th house and the Mars in the 5th house.

The questions can be asked based on the results of

these two planets. This is known as verifying the

horoscope with the help of Nishaniyan [ symptoms]

in the context of the Lal Kitab.

 

For Mars in the 5th house the questions can be :

 

[ a ] Was any of your elders [ ancestors ] in the

family doing sahukara , lending money etc.

 

[ b ] Was or is some one in your family associated

with medicines, a doctor or a chemist.

 

[ c ] Was there a neem tree either in the compound

of the house you were born, or near that.

 

Similarly verification questions can be asked for

the Jupiter in the 8th house:

 

[ a ] Does some one in your family has or had

breathing problems ?

 

[ b ] If not, does or did your father-in-law have

this problem?

 

[ c ] Was your grandfather alive till you were 8

years old, if so, did he live to be 80 or more?

 

If most of the answers are affirmative, then you

know this is the horoscope of the native. If the

answers are in the negative, then take up the next

horoscope and ask about the symptoms indicated

by the planets in that horoscope. Keep on doing it

till you strike the correct horoscope. This exercise

needs both the time and the patience.

 

These symptoms or nishaniyan can be collected

and a list made for each planet in each house while

reading the Lal Kitab or any other classics on

astrology. The symptoms given in the Lal Kitab

and other classics of Vedic astrology would be

similar most of the time. It is always advisable

to collect these symptoms from as many classics

as possible.

 

Just a word of warning, do not go by the

symptoms given in cheap books on astrology

sold on the pavements; stick to the classics only.

 

[ B ] When the native doesn’t know even the

date of birth, let alone the time of birth.

 

Such horoscopes have to be cast with the help of

the palmistry [ samudrik sashtra ]. There is an

elaborate procedure laid down in the Lal Kitab

[ Arun Sanhita 1952, page 58 ]. Through out the

Lal Kitab there has been given the companion

kyafa of the palm for each planet in a house. A

horoscope thus cast is verified through symptoms

as in the example above.

 

At times a cross check is also made through the help

of the ancestral home. This is known as makan ki

madad se durusti [ verification through the help

of ancestral home ]. You can read the details in

Arun sanhita 1952 edition page 64.

 

This is a difficult procedure because not many

astrologers, including me, are proficient in the art

of palm reading.

 

Anyway, the above verification is not required most

of the time because all those who consult an astrologer

come up with accurate time of birth and other details.

 

This verification exercise still has to be done for the

Following.

 

[ C ] To find out which planet is acting malefic

so that the upaya of that planet could be done.

 

In most cases the native who comes to an astrologer

will spell out his problems. While listening to his

problems an experienced astrologer would immediately

know which planet is acting malefic and which is not.

Which planets can cause these problems, which dasha

and antardasha can cause these problems would be clear

within no time.

 

But it is advisable that the less experienced should

confirm through nishaniyan [ symptoms] whether the

planet they assume is acting malefic is really malefic

or not. The Lal Kitab enumerates the symptoms, both

malefic and benefic, for a planet placed in a house.

 

For example, if you have to find out whether the Mars

in the 5th house [example above ] is acting malefic or

not you will have to find out how are the significations

of ketu. Mars malefic will manifest its malefic nature

through ketu.

[ a ] His sons could suffer,

[ b ] he could have ear and knee trouble,

[ c ] may not have much happiness from his sons,

[ d ] his elder brother may not be well off ,

[ e ] even the progeny of the elder brother could be

Suffering. And so on.

 

These symptoms are like the ones I had added to

Jupiter in each house, when Jupiter was being discussed

in the Lal Kitab discussion group. I had added these

symptoms, both benefic and malefic, for Jupiter in

each house. Go to the archives and go through them

if you like

 

While reading the Lal Kitab or any other classics on

astrology, you should prepare a list of these symptoms.

Such a list will be very handy and useful while

verifying a horoscope.

 

Bhooshan Priya

 

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