Star Astrologer

It's reliable and prudent to choose a particular career based upon your aptitude and love for it. It's vital that you have the necessary skills and passion for the vocation you choose. If you choose a career that is recommended by an astrologer after looking into your birth chart, and it turns out to be an occupation you totally dislike and despise, and are ill-equipped for, would you be able to do that work day-in and day-out with satisfaction and success? Answer is no. Choose to do what you love and what you are good at, and your birth astrology will approve and endorse it. This way, you'll be putting the horse before the cart, and not the cart before the horse.

When there are no planets posited in either of the signs adjoining the  Moon , an inauspicious yoga called  kemadruma  is formed.   This yoga supposedly deprives the native of health, wealth, peace of mind, fertility, and good luck. This yoga will get cancelled, nevertheless, when any kendra house from the Moon is occupied by a planet other than the Sun. A strong influence of Jupiter or Venus on the Moon can also help nullify the yoga. The point is, the Moon represents your mind and body, and essentially  you , and is equivalent to your  ascendant . She therefore needs support and sustenance from other planets in order to survive and thrive, as no person on this earth can live independently without any reliance on others in some way, shape, or form.

First off, there is no such thing as an ideal birth horoscope. Each and every human being God creates is unique. In spite of that, if wordly prosperity is your sense of what is ideal to have on this earth, then, a birth chart with all the natural benefics in  the kendra and/or trikona houses, 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, & 10,  and all the natural malefics in  the upachaya houses, 3, 6, 10, & 11,  will be the best one. If your concept of the ideal horoscope is one which holds the promise of a God-loving, holy, sacrificial, heaven-bound life, then, a horoscope with all the natural benefics in  the dusthanas or evil houses, 3, 6, 8, & 12,  and all the natural malefics strongly positioned in  the kendras, 1, 4, 7, & 10,  will be the perfect one.

The 11th house signifies gains and elder siblings. Jupiter, the lord of the 6th house in your horoscope, rules sickness, litigation, adversaries, and debts. The position of Jupiter in the 11th house indicates that your elder sibling may cause you a lot of mental pain and be very sick. And you'll have lots of debts, enemies, or court cases. You may also have a good deal of money, because Jupiter is  karaka  of wealth.

Sanghataka Marana yoga  denotes death in a mass calamity, where a person dies along with many others, such as in an earthquake, flood, boat capsize, train accident, etc. This evil yoga for collective death is discussed by noted astrologer late Shri B.V. Raman in his writings. Sanghataka Marana yoga  is said to be caused when many malefic planets are posited in the 8th house in Mars-owned Aries or Scorpio Rasi or Navamsa,  or , when Sun, Saturn, and Rahu are aspected by the evil 8th lord, while occupying a evil house.

The conjunction of  Jupiter  with either  Saturn, Rahu, or Gulika  gives rise to Guru-Chandala Yoga. Jupiter is a  satvika  planet representing purity. Saturn, Rahu, and Gulika are impure planets or  chandalas . Literally, a chandala is one who deals with dead human corpses, and therefore a tainted, untouchable person who does base deeds, according to Hindu belief. So, the combining of the holy planet Jupiter with one of the aforementioned impure planets is said to degrade the effects of Jupiter, making the native cunning, unconscientious, immoral, and wicked. In practice, it has been observed that this  Guru-Chandala  yoga   is   not necessarily bad in many cases. In fact, great Saints have had this yoga. The good or bad effects this yoga might produce are largely based on the position of the planets involved, their dispositor's strength, and associations or aspects of other planets.

Ketu  is a natural malefic who gives very similar results as Mars.   When Ketu is posited in  the 8th house   of  health, life, chronic illnesses, misfortunes, sudden changes, occult sciences, longevity of marriage, bodily orifices, and abrupt wealth,  he affects those significations, for good or bad, depending upon his dignity, associations, and dispositor's strength. Tamil mass leader, great litterateur, and four-time former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu,  Shri. M. Karunanidhi , has Ketu situated in the 8th house of his horoscope. Shri. M. Karunanidhi  is well into his 90s now. Saturn, lord of his 8th house of longevity, is exalted in his 4th house. He lost his first wife to illness, very early in life. He lost his mother, early in life. He is unparalleled in his achievements as a Tamil writer. He has secret but obvious interest in astrology, as he always wears a  coral ring  and a  yellow shawl  to appease planets....

If the so-called astrological remedies such as paid poojas, yagnas, yantra, tantra, mantra, and rituals sold by the brahmins really worked,  Lord Krishna  would have prevented the hyper destructive, mega deadly  Kurushektra war   in  Mahabharata  by merely commissioning a pooja or yagna. And  Lord Rama  in  Ramayana  would have avoided being painfully exiled to the forest for 14 years by simply having one such remedy done on his behalf. For the record, there are no money-throwing, expensive astrological remedies mentioned in any authentic classical works.  Period. The practice of prescribing paid poojas and rituals as remedies by 99% of today’s astrologers was invented by greedy brahmins so as to make a killing off the miseries and misfortunes of others.  To trade on your fears, anxieties, and helplessness. To fish in troubled waters! Even the great Indian saint,  Swami Vivekananda , who was himself a brahmin, cond...

Jupiter-Pluto conjunction  is neither relevant nor meaningful in any way. Pluto is not part of classical astrology. It’s just a dwarf planet, barely one-sixth the weight of our Moon. It was discovered in the sky only in the last century. Its astrological nature is therefore not known at all, although western astrologers have been  pulling the wool over people’s eye s by falsely ascribing characteristics​ to it.

When the  dispositors  of Rahu and Ketu are together in the  1st, 4th, 7th, or 10th kendra house,  the effects and significations of the houses where Rahu and Ketu themselves are posited are strengthened and made better. For instance, if Rahu and Ketu are situated in the 1st and 7th houses, in that order, and their lords are conjunct in a kendra, the matters pertaining   to the 1st and 7th houses such as health, marriage, relationships, etc., would show less bad effects and more good results, and the 1st and 7th lords would tend to enhance each other's houses.

You're born into a financially rich family. Abundant material prosperity will attend you all through your life. This planetary placement may not be favorable for the longevity of your father. You might climb the highest rungs of formal education. Chronic anger and resentment may plague your mind. You might have a great deal of difficulty producing progeny.​

You would get a rich, domineering, quarrelsome wife. She’ll be a handful. Domestic life could be unhappy, tempestous. If there is Jupiter's influence on Virgo or Aquarius signs, your marriage might survive. Otherwise, separation of some form or another is most likely. Your tongue might resort to using harsh words or profanities at the drop of a hat. Your temperament could be explosive, your mentality vicious and vindictive. You might earn a hefty income. You will be a squanderer, nevertheless.

Jupiter  is the significator of fame, wealth, spirituality, leadership, children, wisdom, etc.  Saturn  is the karaka for service, responsibility, and masses. When these two super planets combine in a favorable house, namely, 3, 6, 10, or 11 in the birth horoscope, they can produce a famous mass leader, possessing great wealth and authority, who may be in charge of a village, town, guild, political office, religious institution, school, monastery, or sacred tradition. Jupiter-Saturn  combo can make one an expert in many disciplines and fields, including religious scriptures​ and divine knowledge. On the other side of the coin,  Jupiter-Saturn  conjunction can make one a poor unlucky person, if it takes place in a house that is not one of the upachaya spots - 3, 6, 10, 11.

It can be  inauspicious  for your physical and mental health, and for your marital life. It can give an  overnight meteoric upliftment  to your professional and financial fortunes, though. These things may come to pass during Rahu's periods.

Retrograde exalted Jupiter in the 11th house  for your  Virgo ascendant  can be quite beneficial. Such a superactive Jupiter can balance out many evils in your horoscope and may augur well for   all-in-all material happiness. Hollywood actor Kevin Costner  (of “Dances with the Wolves” fame),  a Virgo ascendant, has gained tremendous fame, fortune, and all round material benefits, thanks to this maverick Jupiter in Cancer. Costner  has fathered seven children, courtesy of the significator of children , Jupiter , being in the 11th house of gains in an exalted state. He owns miles and miles of sea-side real estate   in  California , has a  2nd wife  that is 20 years younger than him, and is reputed to be a nice guy in real life. Remember, though, that all 11th house exalted Jupiters are not made the same way   and don't give similar results!

Sun  is the significator of your life. A lone debilitated Sun in the Navamsa chart is not good at all. It may indicate loss of all your life’s fortunes, perhaps suddenly, at some point.

Your 10th lord of  occupation  placed in the 12th house of  foreign relations  indicates that focusing​ your career on things related to foreign countries would be profitable.

Mercury  and  Saturn,  as lords of your auspicious   trikona houses  5 and 9, placed in your 7th house of  marriage,   can have beneficial effects on your marital life, making obtainment of a rich, faithful spouse possible. However, Saturn, being a natural malefic and also your  badhakathipathi ,   can cause difficulties and pains in your domestic life.

You may be deprived of marital happiness.  Mercury,  as lord of the 8th and 11th houses for Scorpio ascendant, is pure evil and might do all it can to ruin marriage. Jupiter's influence,  if any, could salvage the situation a bit.

It's not so uncommon to see this planetary combination. If the conjunction of  Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus  happens in a  kendra or trikona house  (1, 4, 5, 7, 9), or in the  2nd , it's called  Saraswati yoga . This yoga is deemed auspicious in terms of acquiring  knowledge, wealth, and happiness . It may not be something to exult over, in any case. I have often seen this yoga put together well in the horoscopes of people who have been suffering mentally and financially for decades together. Remember, no yoga should be considered in isolation. The  lord of the ascendant,  prevailing dasa, and other vital factors in an horoscope need to be favorable for any yoga to fructify fully or satisfactorily.

The presence of  Mars  and  Venus  combo in the 7th house of marriage is not favorable in your case. Natural malefic Mars,  the evil lord of the 6th and 11th houses,  conjunct with Venus,  the lord of the 12th house of loss,  may together undermine your marital life. Love marriage may be possible because of the presence of the 5th lord of romance, Venus, in the 7th house.

Mars placed in the 6th house is an  enemy-killer.  He confers robust physical health and great immunity against diseases. He makes the native energetic, intelligent, courageous, domineering, and lustful. He bestows wealth and prosperity generously, along with a hot temper. These results will come to pass if Mars is well-placed in his own sign, exalted house, or friend's place. Otherwise, opposite effects may be seen. Hollywood actress  Julia Roberts  has her Mars sitting pretty in the 6th house! Julia Roberts shot to fame with the block-buster movie,  Pretty Woman . She was the reigning queen of Hollywood for two decades, 1990s and 2000s. In her heydays, she left her competition trailing far behind. She still holds her own. She lost her father at a young age, the 4th house aspect of Mars contributing to it. Her sexual appetite is huge. She had an endless list of boyfriends when not married. Her net worth now is more than $200 mn. It should be noted that M...

Your prospects for a government job are determined by three important factors in your horoscope:  The Sun, the Moon, and the 10th house.  These three need to be strong to have a successful career with the government. The debilitated Sun in Libra doesn't automatically disqualify you from working a government job. If the Sun has attained  cancellation of debility  and is associated with auspicious planets, he can still be a strong facilitator in landing a government post. Further, if Libra is your 10th house, Sun gains  directional strength (dig bala)  there, becoming a more powerful helper.

The 8th house in a woman's horoscope is called  mangalya sthana , signifying  marital bond . Widowhood is consequently deduced from this very house. The 8th house from the Moon or the Ascendant, whichever is stronger, should be considered for this purpose. More than one malefic influences on the 8th house can cut the marriage short. Mars  placed in the  4th, 7th, 8th, or 12th house , without any influence from a benefic, can make a woman widow. This particular widowhood yoga equally applies to a male's horoscope. When a woman and man, both afflicted with this yoga, unite in wedlock, the yoga ceases to have any effect. This is mentioned in the great  Brihat Parasara Hora Shastra.

Ketu in the 7th house of birth horoscope is generally bad for marriage. It indicates that one might get a  quarrelsome, demonic (‘rakshasa’)  spouse. All classical astrology texts agree on this harmful effect. The damages to marital life may be reduced or neutralized by sufficient benefic influences on the 7th house. On the contrary, a  stand-alone Ketu  in the 7th house with no benefic influence may mean death-knell to marriage. This has been invariably observed in practice.

Jupiter ( Guru )  and  Venus ( Shukra )  conjunction can be highly beneficial when it occurs in the  1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 9th, 10th, or 11t h house, conferring wealth, spouse, and offsprings. If it happens in any other houses, it may bring troubles from diseases and sufferings. More often than not, the presence of  Jupiter-Venus combo  bestows the native with  physical beauty, artistic talent, super-sized libido, multiple sexual partners,  and  more than one marriage . Hollywood actress  Julia Roberts   has Jupiter and Venus posited together in the 2nd house of her horoscope. Oscar-winner  Julia Roberts is renowned for her good looks. She has been married twice ,  and has three children. She has publicly had a great number of high-profile  lovers  during the times when she was not in a marriage. She has  enormous wealth, world-wide fame,  and  enduring professional success .

Venus  and  Jupiter  are not friends. Jupiter considers Venus as his enemy, although Venus considers him as neutral. This naturally results in a communication problem between the two. The situation tends to become complicated, when these two planets conjunct in the same house. As  karakas  (significators) of spouse and wedlock respectively, both Venus and Jupiter have a say on your marriage and its success. How well this  Venus-Jupiter combo  is situated in your horoscope will determine the outcome of your marriage. A clear majority of people with  Jupiter-Venus conjunction  in their natal chart do see failure of their first marriage. Bollywood actor  Hrithik Roshan , whose marriage famously ended in divorce, has  Jupiter-Venus conjunction  in his horoscope.