Sagittarius lagna 18:30:20; Rahu 24:33:38 in Taurus; Mars 09:40:57 and Venus 06:04:16 in Leo; the Sun 17:53:01; the Moon
02:07:55 and Mercury 00:53:03 in Virgo; Saturn 10:33:23 in Libra and Ketu 24:33:38 and Jupiter 13:45:20 in Scorpio.
Navamsa Chart:
Virgo lagna, Jupiter in Scorpio, the Moon, Saturn and Mercury
in Capricorn, Ketu in Aquarius, Venus in Taurus, the Sun and Mars in Gemini and Rahu in Leo.
The natives of this horoscope are two sisters who are not identical twins; theirs’ was a Caesarean-birth. The birth of twins and triplets is not uncommon. But, it is not possible to fix the exact time of birth or conception for each individual in such cases.
The recorded time in the case of Caesarean-births is generally an approximate time and is certainly not the exact time of birth.
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No two individuals, including twins, can have their horoscopes
identical in all respects. In the briefest of interval between births of twins the lagna-point advances, the Moon and the rest planets change their positions howsoever minute the shift may be. In such instances the use of the various sub-divisions of the signs has been recommended. Bhupala has stressed upon the need of the
fixation of Sukshama-lagna or the micro-ascendant; he states that the Sthula-lagna and the Sukshama- lagna must be calculated and simultaneously considered as neither of them alone will give the correct result.
The classic writers have paid due attention to male and female
births and to births of twins and multiple births. Mahadeva states that when the Sun is in a Chatushpada rasi i.e. in a quadruped sign, the rest six planets are in dual signs vested with strength then twins are born which situation obviously signifies birth of identical twins.
The lagna rising at the time of birth in a dual sign and in the navamsa formed by a dual sign, and the Sun and the Moon also occupying
dual signs do indicate birth of twins but who need not be identical twins. Rudrabhatta in his commentary writes that if at the time of conception or at the time of birth or query the Moon situated in a dual sign is aspected or conjoined with Mercury or Venus there will be birth of two girls. Bhattotpala in his commentary on Brihat Jataka states that if at the time of conception the lagna, the Sun, the Moon and Jupiter happen to be in even signs and even navamsa a girl will be born, if they are in Virgo and Pisces navamsas or if the Moon in Virgo navamsa is aspected by Mercury, and Venus is
in Pisces navamsa there will be birth of two girls. Varahamihira states that if at nuptial time or conception time Venus, Mars and the Moon are in even signs, a female is born but if these planets are in common signs aspected by Mercury there will be birth of twins, males if Gemini and Sagittarius are involved and females if Virgo and Pisces are involved, and that the birth of a child in normal times takes place in the sign occupied by the Moon, which is represented by the number, in which Dwadasamsa, the Moon is fixed at the time.
In the present case, the Moon at the time of birth was in Virgo, the Dwadasamsa occupied by it at the time of conception, but in the 10th house from Sagittarius, the sign it had occupied at the time of conception. The fact remains that the birth of these
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twin sisters was not normal, the birth was by Caesarean section in which instance there is negligible difference in their birth-time. The Shashtiamsa Chart (1/60th division of a sign or 30’’) substituting the Rasi Chart in the case of the younger twin is capable of capturing life-patterns of twins only if they are born at a difference of at least two minutes. Sufficient research has thus far not been conducted for the births of twins by Caesarean section.
These two sisters differ in personal appearance, one is of medium height and the other one is short in stature. One contracted an arranged marriage two years earlier to her sister and is blessed with a son but the other, who chose to marry outside her caste, has yet to gain motherhood. Both are working-women, whereas the former is contractually employed and works from home, the latter is a bank manager. They have a different educational pattern and they also have a different life pattern. Therefore, their conception had certainly not occurred at the same time. The learned in astrology suggest that in all such cases the analysis of persons’ characteristics and surroundings in the light of astrological formulae which are warranted by the combinations of planets which obtain at the assumed time of birth should be resorted to, but this exercise has not served the desired purpose.
The belief that the birth of a child yet to be born could be deliberately brought about through Caesarean section at the predetermined moment on a day deemed to be auspicious resulting in fortunate birth instead of waiting for normal delivery of the child through natural process is ill-founded and unethical. But, it is a fact that the evolutionary development of the human brain resulting in the gradual increase of its size and the cranial volume might not in the near future permit normal human births possible. Homo sapiens have the largest brain-mass for the body weight, and average about one random mutation per ten gametes to have a new inheritable
change in the genetic instructions that determine the makeup of future generations. In recent times the evolution of the human skull has been more rapid; it has already made childbirth painful.
The orbits of the nine astrological planets and of the earth are also registering perceptible changes, and it is very likely they will take up positions in the horoscopes of the mothers-to-be and the new-borns indicating future human births through Caesarean section or unnaturally as a common event. Our ancient seers did not seem to
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have anticipated births through artificial means; they spoke about only difficult births. The texts state that if at the moment of birth evil planets happen to tenant the two trikonasthanas and the 7th house or cruel planets occupy the 4th and the 7th from the lagna or the Moon, then delivery of the child will be very painful for mother.
Predictions based on transits of planets with reference to the
horoscope examined are reliable only if the time of birth is reliably known. Horoscopes drawn on the basis of the time of Caesarean
section leading to the extraction of the twins from the womb cannot be relied upon. Therefore, the predictions made on the basis of query will also go wrong because the query-chart is basically meant to be referred to alongside the birth-chart and not independently.
The query-chart works independently in the rarest of rare cases after meeting with the prescribed conditions. B.V.Raman defines Horary astrology as the art of perceiving the relation between the thought as it arises in the mind and the pattern of the heavens at the moment, and elsewhere states that as in horoscopy, very often the time-factor is a hard nut to crack in Horary astrology too.
Predictions based on query-chart depend on the nature of query, and the Tajika system deals with yogas that arise on the basis of applying exact and separating aspects, and this system avoids all subjective factors.
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