Pisces lagna 19:39:42; Rahu 05:09:47 in Pisces; Saturn 01:19:52
in Aries; Mars 27:00:35 in Cancer; the Sun 20:37:54 and Jupiter 22:26:49 in Leo; Mercury 13:40:54, Venus 11:54:49 and Ketu 05:09:47 in Virgo and the Moon 16:38:58 in Aquarius.
Navamsa Chart:
Sagittarius lagna, the Moon in Aquarius, Mars in Pisces, Venus
and Saturn in Aries, Mercury and Ketu in Taurus, the Sun and Jupiter in Libra and Rahu in Scorpio.
This nativity belongs to a wealthy businessman. He was in Kedarnath on the night of 16th June 2013 where he had gone on a pilgrimage accompanied by his wife, his wife’s younger sister and her husband, and his driver. Their whereabouts are not known.
They are all now presumed dead.
At the time when disaster first struck Kedarnath, Cancer
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navamsa in Sagittarius lagna was rising, Ketu was in Libra navamsa of Aries, Mars in Gemini navamsa of Taurus, the Sun in Libra navamsa in conjunction with Mercury in Taurus navamsa, Venus in Aries navamsa and Jupiter in Scorpio navamsa, was in Gemini, the Moon had just entered Virgo (at 19:47 hours) and was in Capricorn navamsa, and Saturn in Capricorn navamsa in conjunction with Rahu in Aries navamsa was in Libra. With the exception of the Sun and Jupiter which were in Jaagrat Awastha (Waking state) the rest were either in Susupta Awastha (Sleeping state) or in Swapana Awastha (Dreaming state).
In the present case, Ketu was transiting the 3rd house counted
from the Chandra-lagna of this native; the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Jupiter were transiting the 5th house; the Moon, the 8th house; Mars, the 4th house; and Saturn and Rahu, the 10th. The Moon and Saturn possess less than four benefic bindus in their respective Ashtakavargas. The Moon transiting the 8th house indicates apprehension, uneasiness and worry, and since it is in a sign where it has gained only three benefic bindus, it denotes quarrels with relatives. Saturn transiting the 10th house indicates loss of wealth and name, and because it is in a sign with no benefic bindus, an exceedingly unlucky period. At the time of birth the sign occupied by Saturn and the sign in the 7th from Saturn were both devoid of benefic bindus after reduction indicating an unnatural death.
Moreover, at the time when this native was at Kedarnath, Saturn was transiting Libra which sign too was devoid of bindus in Saturn’s own Ashtakavarga at the time of birth. Loss of wealth or death usually occurs when Saturn transits the signs devoid of benefic bindus in its own Ashtakavarga.
Mercury, Venus and Saturn are deemed to be marakas (death-
inflicting planets) for Pisces lagna. Mercury occupies the 7th house, a marakasthana that it rules; it is in conjunction with Venus who rules the 8th house, and is with Ketu which has also assumed the maraka-status by virtue of associating with two marakas in a marakasthana. At the time of his Kedarnath visit, this native was under the influence of the prayantra-dasa of Saturn in the antra-dasa of Venus in the dasa of Mercury. The transit of cruel and malefic planets over certain sensitive points or fateful degrees during the course of the antra-dasa or dasa of a maraka usually indicates when death can occur. The transit of Mars over the lagna or the 2nd or the
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3rd or the 8th or the transit of Saturn over the natal position of the Moon or the lagna or the 8th or the 10th or over the natal position of the Sun during the course of Sade-sati generally occurs at the time of death. In this case, Mars was transiting the 3rd house from the lagna and Saturn, the 8th house.
This native’s wife’s sister’s husband who had accompanied him to Kedarnath and who was three years his senior was born in Virgo lagna that had the Sun and Venus situated in the lagna, the Moon, Mercury and Ketu were in Libra, Saturn in Pisces, Rahu in Aries, Jupiter in Cancer and Mars was in Leo sign. This person was under the influence of the prayantra-dasa of Jupiter in the antra-dasa of Saturn in the dasa of Mercury. Whereas Jupiter occupied Pushya nakshatra ruled by Saturn, Mercury was in Vishakha and a retrograde Saturn was in Poorva Bhadrapada, both nakshtras ruled by Jupiter, both had therefore, acquired the death-inflicting powers of Jupiter and the power to act on its behalf. There was the mutual exchange of nakshatras between Jupiter and Saturn.
Jupiter is deemed to be a maraka for Virgo lagna since it rules the 7th house which is a marakasthana, retrograde Saturn occupied that marakasthana Jupiter’s aspect on the 7th house notwithstanding, and Mercury too was in a marakasthana. In his case too, Saturn was transiting Libra sign which sign after reduction was devoid of benefic bindus in Saturn’s Ashtakavarga. Saturn was in a cruel shashtiamsa at the time of his birth.
The Libra lagna and the Libra Chandra-lagna of the native’s wife was hemmed between Mars situated in the 2nd house and Jupiter in the 12th, both deemed malefic for Libra lagna, and were aspected by a debilitated Saturn from the 7th house. She was under the influence of the prayantra-dasa of Saturn in the antra-dasa of Venus in the dasa of combust Mercury situated in Pushya ruled by Saturn, a Vipata nakshatra. Venus occupied Mrigsira ruled by Mars, a maraka for this lagna. Her younger sister was born in Aquarius lagna with the lord of the lagna situated in the 4th house in conjunction with the Sun, Mercury and Venus aspected by retrograde Jupiter from
the 10th house and by Rahu from the 12th house. This lady was under the sway of the dasa of Rahu conjoining with exalted Mars. Rahu occupied Sravana, a Vipata nakshatra, ruled by the Moon. At the time of her visit to Kedarnath she was running the prayantra-dasa and the antra-dasa of Saturn in the dasa of Rahu. Saturn occupied
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Kritika nakshatra ruled by the Sun, the lord of the 7th house, a marakasthana. These two women were also under the influence of
death-inflicting planets. All family horoscopes are bound together.
Research conducted by Dr. A.N.Rajamani has revealed that from a close relative’s horoscope, the death periods of kith and kin can be predicted.
Kalidasa in his Uttarakalamrita advises that the birth-chart should be read along with the annual-chart in the light of the Gochara effects. According to him Venus is the principal maraka for Virgo lagna, Mars for Libra lagna and Mercury for Pisces lagna.
Planets associated with these three also acquire death-inflicting powers and act as secondary-marakas for these lagnas. Exalted papa-grahas becoming marakas cause havoc in life. A study of collective deaths reveals that for young people dying in accidents etc., the horoscopic indications are of Alpayu and in the case of older people, the maraka dasas.
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