Arishta Illustrations

Illustration One

1. The lagna is Simha with two malefics and the lagna lord is the Sun in the sixth house.

2. The Moon is in the sixth house at five degrees and thirty seven minutes and within two degrees of the Sun whose degrees are three and thirty minutes. It is a weak Moon and so badly placed.

3. Two benefics, Jupiter and Venus are in kendras but are with malefics.

4. There is no malefic in the third or eleventh house.

5. The child was born in the major period of the Sun, which is to be followed by that of the Moon of ten years and of Mars, retrograde, in the lagna.

This child born with brain palsy is unable to walk and crawl. Though in the United States of America, the parents of the child who can afford the best of medical treatment being rich, have given up hopes. The prediction given was that the child would not survive.
The last information we received is that the child is nearing its death (1994).
The Second Illustration

This young girl was born in the major period of Mercury, the lagna lord, which is afflicted by Saturn (the third aspect) and Mars (the fourth aspect) and is in the second house.

1. The only benefic Jupiter in the tenth house is retrograde.
2. The only malefic in the eleventh house is Mars which is debilitated, and therefore weak.
3. The Lagna is afflicted by Rahu.
4. After Mercury, there is the period of Ketu of seven years in the seventh house, a killer-house.
5. The dasha to follow is of Venus in the second house afflicted by Saturn and Mars again.
This girl suffering from failed kidney is struggling between life and death when last information was received.
Third Illustration


1. The lagna has malefic eighth lord, Saturn, who is also the ninth lord.
2. The lagna lord, Mercury is debilitated but with Jupiter.
3. Two benefics are in kendras, Mercury and Jupiter but Mercury is debilitated.
4. This boy was born in the major period of the Sun with a balance of five years, one month and eleven days.
5. Next came the period of the Moon, the second lord, and the boy was doing well in his studies. Then came the sub-period of Saturn in the major period of the Moon.
6. The picture does not become apparent unless the navamsha (the ninth division) is seen.
In the navamsha –
(a) The Moon is the second house with Mars and is aspected by Saturn.
(b) Mercury whose sub-period the boy was running when his paralysis became acute is the eighth lord from the navamsha lagna while he is the lagna lord of the birth horoscope.
(c) The Moon as the second lord of the birth horoscope and being associated with Mars who is also the sixth lord, lord of the navamsha is in the second house.
The boy did not survive as soon as the Moon-Venus period began. Venus in the twelfth house in the birth horoscope and afflicted by Ketu, is also afflicted in the navamsha by Ketu, Saturn and Mars.
Fourth Illustration

The fourth illustration is rather intriguing.

1. The boy was born in the major period of Saturn, the seventh and the eight lord, retrograde in the eighth house. The seventh house is the house of death while the eighth is the house of prolonged illness.

2. One of the principles of Hindu astrology is that Saturn and Rahu can be unconditional killers, if they are ill-placed or are associated with malefics.

3. Another subtle principle of Hindu astrology is to examine the results of a mahadasha from the Moon. Here from the Moon Saturn is the twelfth lord (hospital) while the sub-period lord Rahu who is in the twelfth house is with Mars, the second lord from the Moon

4. As it is, during the period of Saturn, the seventh and the eighth lord, in itself bad, the sub-period of Rahu came round about 1979 and the boy died of kidney failure in a hospital (Rahu in the twelfth house with Mars, representing operation surgically).

5. The lone benefic in kendra, Jupiter was not effective in saving the boy as the aspect of Saturn (third) ruined the beneficience of Jupiter.
Fifth Illustration

1. Here not a single planet which is known as a benefic is in a kendra.
2. The Moon, the seventh lord is with Rahu and both are very close in degree.
3. Mars at eighteen degrees aspects (fourth aspect) the Moon-Rahu combination very closely.
4. Saturn, retrograde also aspects the Moon from the eleventh house.
5. Saturn as the second lord is the killer while Mercury as the sixth lord of diseases is weak, being debilitated.
She suffered from blood cancer and died in December 1978, when she was passing through the period of Saturn and Mercury sub-period.
Sixth Illustration

This is the horoscope of the world famous Herr Hitler of Germany a great hero for some and a great villain for others. We are not concerned with that controversy.

Some of the principles given in the check-list can be tested here.

1. Benefics in kendra — Only Venus which is retrograde and Mercury which is badly afflicted with Mars, the Sun and the tenth aspect of Saturn.

2. Malefics in the third — Only Ketu in the third is the lone malefic.

3. Are the lagna lord and the Moon ill-placed? The lagna lord in the seventh house of death is both retrograde and is with malefics and is also aspected by Saturn.

4. Is lagna afflicted? Yes, by Mars, the Sun, retrograde Venus (the lagna lord) and an afflicted Mercury.
5. Is lagna lord afflicted? Yes, as already discussed.
6. Is the Moon afflicted? Yes, by Ketu and is also ill-placed in the third house and is in association with the third and the sixth lord Jupiter, which made him the hero he was.
7. The Mahadasha and sub-periods — It was the mahadasha of Rahu, the unconditional killer and the sub-period of Venus (retrograde) and with so many malefic influences on it, that killed him.
8. Were malefics in transit harmful: Saturn and Rahu were in Mithuna, seventh from Hitler's Moon on April 30, 1945 and Mars, Venus and Mercury were in Meena, the sixth house from the lagna and the fourth house from the Moon.

Hitler died in Rahu major period (the unconditional killer) and the sub-period of Venus (retrograde). It has been stated that a retrograde benefic is hardly helpful.

Hitler committed suicide after marrying Eva Brown to save his life-long girl friend from the infamy of being his mistress.