Graha * Bhava * Rashi * Gochara Om Sham Shanaishcharaye Namah
Shani * Kala Raja Saturn * Kronos
THE KARMIC CLEAN-UP PLANET
"Shani's extreme strength will give long life as well as miseries" ~~ BPHS Ch 27
Regulated Systems: (1) Makara = Hierarchical, Vertical Systems (2) Kumbha = Lateral, Distributive Systems
Discipline, Continence; Brahmacharya; Difficulties, Damage, Doubt, Distance, Denial, Delay
Delayed not denied ; elegant not erased ; frustration not failure the Weight of Ignorance the Discipline of Penance the Structure of the Universe
Shani restricts and delays, but He rarely denies Shani karaka for all things "duroshya" (slow) produces good results with maturity and Time Master of "the Power of No", Lord Shani attempts to direct inner focus and attention toward the prevention of irregular movements. Shanicarya is loudly and repeatedly, often punitively, insistent in His announcement that due to a scarcity of resources There is No Permission to Act Now. Saturn has an emaciated and long physique, has tawny eyes, is windy in temperament, has big teeth, is indolent and lame, and has coarse hair. BPHS:
84:11 O Maitreya! Contemplate of Shani with the lustre, like that of Indraneela, with four arms, carrying Shoola, bow, arrow and Vara, mounted on a donkey.
(from Das) "Adversities, captivity, difficulties, austere, enjoyment denied, barriers, bondage, deterrence, black, blue, grey, dangers, destruction, dejection, depression, discipline, destroyer of illusion, dreadful, terms, endless, helplessness, frustration, introverted, humiliation, martyrs, inactive, lack of desire, low class ways/people, mental trouble, misery, misfortunes, monks, sannyas, old persons, death, bones, persistent, patience, philosophers, profound poverty, sorrows, power for austerity, profession in general , seriousness, slow, gradual, nature, surrender, thin, lean, unattractive to worldly people, undesirable things, worker-class"
Topics of Shani
Duties, responsibilities, obligations, laws, conformity
Fear, anxiety, punishment
bitter tastes,
dry things
imprisonment, restrictions
enslavement, manual labor, lower castes, service workers, Everyman
poverty,
suffering,
starvation,
scarcity,
exhaustion, annihilation
Third World
stone, skeleton/bones
short stature
Depressed, anxious, fearful
epileptic, neuralgic diseases, fainting
diseases of aging and of the bones
Hierarchical Organizations
Labor Organizations (Union)
Elders, traditions, legacies, customs, the Past [Anukula]
bigotry, prejudice;
dirtiness, filth
separation and delay
structure, steadiness [Anukula]
service ethic (seva), public service,
humility, selflessness, chastity, obedience [Anukula]
work ethic, determination, commitment, perseverance [Anukula]
stasis, stagnation, resistance
blunt-minded, overly simplistic, even stupid
chronic disappointment
loneliness, alienation, ostracization
negative attitude, worst-case thinker matters of government,
Hard Work!
When will Shani stop abusing me?
Shani-related matters will begin to improve after Shani's age of maturity pakvata = age 36.
However the completion of two Saturn Returns, three Rahu Returns, and five Jupiter Returns is generally required to burn off sufficient ignorance so that one can stop making the same mistake.
In general, Shani loses most of His apparently abusive behaviors by the age of 60. Shanaicarya after age 60 can evoke a Wisdom even greater than Brihaspati.
Presuming adequate natural intelligence, after age 60, one has experienced so many iterations of the classic repeating obstacle-limitation-deprivation-punishments which Shani imposes that one does get a sense of the overall structure of one's karmic dilemma.
It becomes increasingly obvious that there are no victims.
One is indeed soliciting the painful situations, albeit usually with no consciousness of doing so in the moment.
After the age of 90 Shani possesses almost no virulent power -- except to make a person acutely aware of the imminence of Death.
Shani represents the karmic voice of negativity, austerity, resistance, and fear within the inner narrative. Ayusha-karaka Shani generates an internal dialog about age, aging, bitterness, brittleness, harshness, dryness, coldness, stiffness, structure, respect, reputation, public dignity, private grief, and the sadness but inevitable passing of Time. Shani is the voice of obligation, imperative, necessity, rules, requirements, systems, government, punishment, and material "reality".
The inner narrative itself is composed of numerous voices represented by the nine Jyotisha graha, the the conversations between those graha as indicated by their mutual drishti.
The origins of this inner narrative may be found in past lives; however it is just as easy to see the origins of the narrative in the micro-replay of all the major karmas during childhood. For example in childhood Surya will show the father, Chandra the mother, Budha the siblings, Kuja the brothers and uncles, Shukra the sisters and aunts, Guru the
teachers and priests, and Shani the overall structure of the family, government, and community.
Shani = at the time of birth, the native holds a incomplete understanding (ignorance) of a specific condition of human life.
Elderly Shani indicates maturation = the adult path toward conscious correction of the at-birth ignorance.
Correction of past errors; payment of old debt
Taskmaster Shani's primary corrective methods = austerity, negation, refusal, denial of resources, withholding of approval, censure, punishment, forced repetition and (when fortunately place) intensive study of the law.
Neutral Shani's ultimate target is forgiveness. The fast route toward transformation of ignorance into wisdom is always the path of forgiveness. However, absent the will to forgive, Shani the lord of Time is perfectly happy to rake the native over the coals of ignorance for as long as it takes!
How to appease Shani
Shani is not concerned with matters of divine law, personal intelligence, happiness, or higher truth.
Shani wants lawfulness, social-material stability, and a reliable, predictable, safe, uniform routine.
Scarcity-thinking Shani rewards safety, austerity, minimalism, conservatism, and adherence to human social law.
The keys to pleasing Shani are: careful attention to detailand complete neutrality while accepting responsibility for the situation one has created in order to pay off the past-life debt.
Successful completion of Shani-regulated duty requires an attitude of responsibility without guilt
Human Behavior
Shani regulates the repayment of debt which originated inactions which caused harmto others in past lives. In the present lifetime, these account-balancing actions recur "on the flip side". the native is now positioned to be inconvenienced, punished, slowed, frustrated, and possibly more severely harmed. (In general, Shani does not cause bodily harm. Hurting the body is more properly the job of Mangala the Aggressor.) Shani's portfolio in the various rashi produces laborious, slothful, incorrigible, repetitive, change-resistant, and persistently frustrating situations .
Lawful Shani being the Karma planet, most of the saturnine behaviors have a negative, dark, rather sour and bitter quality. Cold, dry, unyielding Shani = human behaviors which are fundamentally stubborn, persistent, punitive and slow. However, on the plus side, Shani trusts in the Law and calmly supports its application to all situations of Life.
Shani does not waste energy in His own or friendly signs. Indeed, when well placed, Shanaicarya = a paragon of austerity, elegant simplicity, and skillful conservation of material resources. Social-regulator Shani promotes a culture of equitable distribution of resources and Safety Above All . o
In Makara, Kumbha, and Thula, enforces lawful governments, regulated economies, and fair contracts. Beneficial results.
Otherwise Shani's slow stubborn style of repeating the same act of ignorance again and again = quite frustrating.
Shani's Friends and Enemies
Shani's friends = Budha the Accountant, Shukra the Balancer
Enemies of Dark, Harsh, Frozen Shani = Surya the Brilliant Light, Chandrathe Gentle Nurturer,Kuja the Vital Birther
Neutral = Brihaspati the Wise Teacher
Shani-Kronos = Time - Kala
Shani represents those tasks, duties, relationships, experiences, and perceptions which we must perform over and over.... and over and over... until Ignorance has been converted into Wisdom. Shani rules Chronicity, obligatory repetition, natural laws, Time, routine, drill.
Shani rewards attention to detail. Shani rewards punctuality, regularity, discipline, modesty, conformity, stability, predictability, and safety. Shani punishes innovation, recklessness, illicit and adventurous behaviors, curiosity, creativity, and fun.
After determining Shani's character by rashi, drishti, and bhava, consider making a commitment to Shani. For example, Shani in 7 requires a commitment to exceptionally regular practice in marriage. A conventional approach to religion is required by Shani in 9. In 2, He demands (what seems like) nearly infinite repetition of difficult family matters and financial disappointment, until a sufficient humility is in place; however as with all bhava once the native admits the severe karmic ignorance of Shani and asks for help, the ignorance is already well on its way to becoming wisdom. Admitting one's ignorance is often the most difficult step.
If Shani's demands are met, He will reward regular practice with dignified social reputation (10) and material accomplishment (11).
Ideal conditions for Shani According to BPHS Chap 47: 53-56, Shani performs best under these conditions:. "If Shani is
in his exaltation, in his own Rashi , or in MulaTrikona, or friendly Rashi,
in his own, or exalted Navamsha,
and in Sahaja, or Labha."
In BPHS 47, it is predicted that a Shani placement which includes these beneficial traits will produce in the Shani Mahadasha
"recognition by Government, opulence and glory, name and fame, success in the educational sphere,
acquisition of conveyances and ornaments etc., gain of wealth, favours from Government,
attainment of a high position, like Commander of an Army, acquisition of a kingdom, benevolence of goddess Lakshmi,
gain of property and birth of children
Makara and Kumbha are the two rashi of Shani.
Kumbha rules the lunar side of Shani's terrain. Kumbha governs the bottom of the ida nadi or the central lunar channel which rules on the left side of the sushumna. (Or, it can be seen to form a caduceus-type snake-wrap around the central core, crossing at chakra points. There are several viable models.)
Makara governs the solar side of Shani's terrain. Makara rules bottom of the pingala nadi or central solar channel in the subtle yogic body, the solar side of muladhara chakra.
Kumbha is thus a more reflective and intuitive sign than Makara. When Shani occupies swakshetra of Kumbha, He will be intellectualized toward highly conceptual thought, predisposed toward mathematics and philosophy where the lunar trait of calm reflective thought is well developed. Kumbha is the place where Shani meets Chandra - a very abstract, visionary zone of large concepts and their development into interconnected networks. Kumbha's work starts with intuitive insight and moves into rational articulation via symbol sets - e.g., mathematics, music, and esoteric philosophies such as alchemy. Compared to Makara is more cool, more meditative, more concerned with inner process, more emotionally-oriented and much less status-conscious.
Planets in Kumbha certainly get the cold, dry, pessimistic, somber, materialistic, and structural influence of Shani. But when considering the difference between Shani's
character in his two adjacent rashis of Makara and Kumbha, it's important to note the lunar psychic quality of Kumbha to understand how different these two rashis are. Frawley's explanation of why Kuja is exalted in Makara, for example, is quite sensible.
Resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering. ~~
Saravali, Ch. 7-13
Saturn in Karaka for lead, zinc, black metals, inferior grains, dead relatives, fools, servants, mean women,
salable goods, servants, poor people and self restraint.
(Apart from meaning self restraint also means investing with sacred thread which is in vogue to give "second birth" to Brahmins) .
Survival! Retribution! Payout! Cleanup!
Shani gives psychic "serious" energy! Your mother was right: When you grow up, you have to clean up after yourself. No one else will clean up for you.
Saturn is the planet which shows your destiny to complete unfinished business from past lives, specifically the unfinished cycles of action-reaction caused by ignorant actions which harmed others in your ancient, subconsciously remembered past.
Saturn is the karma planet. In the Jyotisha charts He shows the quantity and quality of debts accrued through past-life ignorance. The English word ignorance means lacking knowledge. The Latin word sine meaning lacking, or without is the root of our English word sin .
This ignorance is carried forward, in the kindergarten-simple karmic accounting system, from actions inadvertently committed from a basis of incorrect motivation.
The spirit, ever hopeful that you will achieve the moral consciousness to clean up your act, schedules these ignorant actions for repeat, in the current life. You are forced to re-encounter the people, the scene, the forces, that created the old action. But this time, you have the chance to make a better choice.
Separation and Delay
Social Justice
Uchcha or swakshetra Shani in a dushthamsha can give extraordinary service results. Dignified Shani in a dushthamsha generally seeks public service engagement, typically through employment in large institutions or social systems.
the native is deeply attuned to the plight of the common man, and works diligently in well-structured development of human health and welfare services.
There is always a strong component of manual labor with Shani.
When dignified His labor does not decrease, but the scope of His service affects many people, the public .
In Sahajasthana/bhava-3:
Service offering tends to contribute communications skills in public administration, with the native diligently improving the customer service messaging and responsiveness of organizations involved in social aid, social coordination, or "public discourse" of the narrative type. (Discourses are public = Shani but not specifically argumentative, but rather literary text weavings, conversational and witty)
Native attends many exhausting planning meetings and shapes multitudes of advertising programs which get the word out and make resources more accessible to the underserved. o
example of 'customer service': Jackie Kennedy Onassis started adult life as a journalist (3). Although the press (3) was often oppressive in her life, Ms. Onassis worked during her later years in the book publishing industry (3) where she served as an advocate to authors of color (socially marginalized, associated with service class, not normally well-represented in fine literature) assisting these writers (3) to achieve publication (3) of their class-influenced narratives
In Aristhana/bhava-6:
Service offering tends to contribute public medicine andpublic advocacy skills. Beneficiaries of Shani's labor are poor and sick people, but anyone suffering severe imbalance such as criminals, police, crime victims, is helped by the native with dignified Shani in house-6. Bad planet in a bad house typically gives very good results. Superb for national health service, low-income clinical medicine, police work.
In randhrasthana/bhava-8:
Service offering tends to contribute damage-control skills that attempt to curtail or resist (Shani) sudden, unexpected changes (Mangala/Ketu) such as emergency preparedness and response to sudden disintegration of public order or abandonment by normal government. o
Covert but highly structured intelligence gathering, typically in employ of a large but secret or semi-secret public organization.
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Administers confidential social justice policy and programs, handles undocumented exchanges. Privy to secret plans. Follows rules of alternative governance which may not be understood by the general populace but which are very influential in world affairs (if uchcha) or national level of government
(if swakshetra). Native's official title may be a decoy; his actual public responsibilities are masked. In vyayasthana/bhava-12:
Service is also hidden here. Employment in national or international security, espionage, prison systems, safe-house systems, And other protective enclosures. Works for public protection, but generally the public is not apprised of his purpose. Native may work diligently to ensure his nation remains a sanctuary of peace and unmolested living. May serve in prison administration,
Shani in dushthamsha is very hard working behind the scenes. Never a celebrity. (Only rising uchcha Shani makes a celebrity, see former US President and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Jimmy Carter for a rising uchcha Shani that gives public recognition connected to social justice.)
Seva
Shani is in many ways the most important planet in the chart of any person born on Earth, because Shani shows the way we serve others. Seva, or conscious service,is a guaranteed way to burn off the effects of past-life errors. Shani shows how, when, and why we can consciously serve.
Shani reveals what type of experience, what facet of the human condition, is most difficult for the native to understand and accept in this life. Shani shows the location of the person's greatest ignorance, fear, and bondage to material reality. Of these the most key for service is fear.
Shani represents the harm we have inadvertently caused others in past lives. (Even if one willfully harmed another in a past life, we can call it inadvertent because it was done in ignorance of the Karmic Law.)
When we have harmed another then the karmic machine is set in operation. Shani will ensure that we enter a future lifetime positioned to receive precisely that harm we once delivered to another. By and large the harming agent is precisely the person we hurt in that past life.
People reincarnate in karmic groups over and over, specifically to facilitate this karmic payback. Although being in a dysfunctional family, marriage, or workgroup doesn't feel very pleasant, it's actually how we liberate each other.
The nature of one's conscious service offering is known through Shani and his relationship to all the other Graha.
Shani may give good results through things that are old, exhausted of value, arid, workingclass, mass-produced, inexpensive, simple, and commonplace. Example =
Ted Turner, billionaire media mogul and landowner. Turner built his enormously profitable communications empire largely during his Shani Mahadasha, through shrewd acquisition of cracked old films that no one thought had any value.
In Budha Mahadasha, his empire expanded through shrewd buying of huge tracts of supposed wastelands, which turned out to be both valuable and productive ranching and environmental properties (when correctly managed).
Good Results from a "Bad" Planet
For Thula lagna , Shani becomes the Yogakaraka L-4+L-5
in which capacity He brings gifts of education, cultural rootedness, children, and creative genius. Whatever troubles Shani may bring in His karaka roles, Shani periods will also provide the gifts of L-4+L-5.
For Vrishabha lagna, Shani becomes the Yogakaraka L-9+L-10
While not as strong as the L-4+L-5, Shani for Vrishabha lagna is still an exceptionally beneficial provider of wisdom and social dignity. Shani periods will elevate the native socially, bringing respectable roles such as professor and organizational executive.
the native who is blessed with a Thula-Vrishabha combination = Thula lagna with Chandra in Vrishabha, or Vrishabha lagna with Chandra in Thula = a good deal of power during Shani periods.
Although Shani's methods always involve hard work and substantial responsibilities, Shani will bring the great good fortune of children, home, religion, and good reputation into the native 's life.
Shani Mahadasha will be very strong and productive, however the native will be amazed at how much work is involved to realize all of these lovely benefits!
The Shani Finger
Shani in the radix and varga charts corresponds to the Shani finger on the human hand. Saturn's finger is the second-from-index finger - normally the longest finger, mid-way between the thumb and the final finger.
When the hand features a long, sturdy Shani finger, the Jyotisha charts will always contain a strong and effective Shani. Shani may have weight in sign or kendra, or receive powerful aspects. The more distinguished is the Shani finger, the more urgent and capable is the person's will toward Seva, or conscious service.
Abbreviated Shani finger suggests the person is not yet conscious enough to work for the happiness of others as a key to their own liberation. Such a person is often in terrible bondage to their own need and unable to hear the constant messages from beyond the material world which can guide us away from suffering.
hose message all point toward compassionate service as the soul's highest calling.
Better, more conscious choices
There is more liberation potential in those recurring karmic scenes during your Shani Mahadasha, bhukti, or transit than in any other transaction. If you have Shani in kendra, where He commands your body, home, marriage, or career you know these ego-challenges are brutal but very purifying. Shani has some fixed rules. If you are conscious enough to accept the discipline in exchange for a clear mind, here is a general idea of what Shani requires:
Think responsibility at every level. Shani rewards *neutral responsibility* - not martyrdom or victim state but responsibility. Neutral responsibility is calm, experienced adult judgment and response, free of guilt or grief.
BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL.Shani requires neurotic attention to detail. Take responsibility for the whole enchilada in your projects/home/marriage etc. - from tiny details up to broad strategy. Shani is a perfectioniSaint
CLEAN OUT CELLARS. Shani rewards cleanliness. Because Shani works under the ground , His effects are found in astral memories that are feeding on stuck emotions and negative expectations; and physically in objects that are lurking or lingering in the dark. Check material spheres for evidence of reactive behavior, obsession /compulsion /ritualism, emphasis of form over content, letter of law over spirit of law etc. Diligent work to clean up stored anger, bitterness, grief, victim-attachments will prevent undesirable effects on the material plane.
THINK LOCALLY. Pull in your aura. Shani is a narrow traditional ist. He's concerned with you and yours, period. Leave the expansive globalist philosophy for another bhukti - like Guru or Chandra. Shani goes beyond conservative. Shani is a survivalist.
BE SKILLFUL.Shani rewards time, effort, craft, and professional judgment.If you can do a good job in the service of others with the intelligence and skills you have developed in this lifetime, Shani will reward your industry and dedication to social good. If you are flaky, idealistic, trusting in a general sort of way, waiting for an angel to rescue you... guess what. Whack.
GET SERIOUS... but not too serious ! Shani is a functional-structuralist.If you look at the structure of the universe you'll see that neutral responsibility is the point on the serious-joy continuum. A little paranoia is probably a good thing during Shani's periods, but only because one of the few benefits of clinical paranoia is a heightened awareness of detail!
WELCOME AUSTERITY.Shani is a minimalist.Doing better with less, living simply so that others may simply live, etc. Ignore the self-indulgence messages that blast us from modern media. (Remember you can indulge with impunity under Guru and other permissive house lords.) Shani punishes excess and rewards elegance. Tidy up. Streamline. Jettison. Less is more... or anyway, less is survival.
DO SERVICE. Shani, lord of slaves, rewards neutral service. Shani rules poverty, ignorance, filth, darkness, coldness, all those boulders blocking our path to the pure
warm light of divine bliss. Follow your inclination to help those suffering poverty or ignorance. But be careful. Shani requires compassion and NOT sympathy. Remember Shani is NEUTRAL, NEUTRAL, NEUTRAL.Shani rewards sound judgment but He punishes judgmentalism, throwing the first stone etc. Shani rewards skillful neutral compassion but He punishes messy emotional sympathy.
STICK TO THE BASICS, particularly when serving others. Recite Chapter 48 of the UN charter: right to food, clothing and shelter -and only do things that you knowwill work. Save speculation and visionary thinking for future bhutki's of Mercury or the Moon :)
CONCENTRATE.Shani, Lord of Time, will not tolerate frivolous waste of any kind, especially waste of time! Shani rewards focus, rigorous attention to matters of rule and principle, and dedication to task.
These are general rules of course but you get the idea: simple, neutral, aware. Apply these rules to your life practice when Shani becomes strong. Shani is strongest during the times when He is bhukti lord and simultaneously He is also transiting the rashi zone of major planets or kendras in the nativity. For example, if Shani would be casting a gochara drishti on your Moon (or maximum effect Sade Saati) during a Moon/Shani period, the emotions get VERY serious. Expect some serious depression to the point of self-loathing, and [isn't it lovely] it lasts for several years. Probably you'll need deep healing, so go get it. By contrast,
if Shani is only transiting His own natural bhava-11 ruling gains
And there are no major planets in lagna, 5th, or 8th houses (which receive drishti during Shani's travel through bhava-11),
then expect to be relatively poor and lonely for awhile. Austerity is the conscious principle to apply. Apply it. But fear no serious consequences, really, except less moolah and fewer parties for awhile, you'll be quite OK.
Shani's job is to correct moral errors made in past lives. These past errors of judgment and their unfortunate social results are listed in detail in each soul's Akashic Record . Saturn governs sin - from the Latin sine meaning lacking i.e. ignorance. Sin is another word for ignorance. Sin and the karmic obligation to correct sin results from ignorance of the Golden Rule. Knowledge and conscious practice corrects sin, and gets Shani off your back. he most popular ways to break the Golden Rule are well-known in the west as the Seven Deadly Sins. (If you grew up Catholic you got this list with your mother's milk or at least with your catechism.) These essential perfections of human ignorance are all rooted in selfishness: survival thinking, scarcity thinking, and fear. 1.Pride
2.Envy 3.Gluttony 4.Lust 5.Anger 6.Greed 7.Sloth Luckily there are also seven virtues which, conscientiously applied, will fix most Saturncaused problems. In other words, if an action is motivated by these generous, charitable, and compassionate attitudes that act will carry out the Golden Rule. The resulting positive social effect will be recorded in the credit column of the Akashic record. Karma is ridiculously simple. 1.Prudence 2.Temperance 3.Justice 4.Fortitude 5.Charity 6.Hope 7.Faith If this list is too long or ponderous or you just can't remember the catechism, the seven virtues easily boil down to * Compassion*. Think first about the effect your thought or action will have on others. Saturn's job is to force this pause in thinking. Saturn's role is to make relationships, jobs, families, wealth, health all difficult enough that we must stop and think.
Hey, how did I get into this trouble?
Of course the first instinct is to blame others - our family, our government, the system .
But in the spirit of neutral awareness, it is possible to skip blaming and move to the next step in liberation:
How can I get out of it without hurting others and setting up a karmic boomerang?
The answer will be via neutrality and intelligence
Ensure that present actions and thoughts are motivated by only by Compassion
Vigilantly resist guilt and blame
Skillfully apply your conscious knowledge to negotiate the situation
Karma is resolved when there is no residual ego-attachment - neither praise nor blame
If you still feel that things should have been done differently, there is some hidden guilt or blame that needs attention
Saturn is should energy
The good news is that through meditation and self-awareness you can catch it before it catches you!
Be proactive - Meditate.
Saturn is definitely the Bad Boy of the Seven Planets because He is the agent for the toughest karma - the painful payback. Yet, without the payback, we can't correct the moral errors of past lives. Shani's job is to force us to chip away at our karmic backlog. We all have a certain amount of debt to repay. Depending on Shani's angularity in the charts, Shani may force a person to deal with their debt constantly. Shani can be very oppressive, relentlessly creating difficult situations for the soul to struggle with. Shani rules poverty, fear, sickness, ignorance - all the fun stuff. A tough Shani position makes a person quite the expert in the dark truths of the human condition. But even in nativities wherein Shani = a semi-beneficial agent bringing dignity, such Vrishabha or Thula, Lord Shanaicarya will come down hard bearing heavy responsibilities as the price for that dignity. during His planetary periods. Saturn mahadasha lasts 19 years, and Saturn bhukti (sub-periods) within each mahadasha can last from one to three years. During Saturn periods it's best to just bite the bullet. Shani is a VERY HARD WORKING fellow. When and where He's in charge, He expects you to be hard-working, modest in comportment, and socially lawful too. Accept responsibility.(Not guilt! Just responsibility.) NEUTRAL non-guilty responsibility. For your role in creating the difficulties you will inevitably face, release any claim to blame others, and set to work applying your intelligence to the solution. This neutral style of problem solving which fully defines the grievance but is not psycho-emotionally attached to perpetuating it, is exactly what Shani wants. Follow the rules and Shani will give you excellent results. You'll see the full results of Shani's problem-solving and guilt-releasing on your death bed. That's where the rubber meets the road, spiritually speaking. It's a good idea to tidy up as much psychic debris as possible during this blessed lifetime. That's what we're here for. It's incredibly hard to obtain one of these human bodies. Esoterically it is said that only one in 10,000 candidates will actually receive a human body. Those 10,000 candidate spirits are morally eligible to get a highly desirable earth body, but there is a tremendous shortage and the queue is amazingly huge. Be grateful - if you're reading this with your water-bubble eyes, you got one of those incredible earth bodies! Use it to advantage. Make every thought and action conform to the Golden Rule.
If others hurt you through their ignorance when they ignore the Rule, appreciate that the Rule itself will catch them. You personally do not need to waste your own energy to blame the Rule-breakers. You have bigger fish to fry. They'll pay back at their own pace. Meanwhile, allow Shani to help you remove the boulders blocking your path to God by accepting that the terrible suffering we face here on earth - physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual - is a spiritual privilege in a hideous package. Shani's karma always has an educational message about neutral responsibility; releasing guilt, grief, and blame; and In order to move ahead on the path to God, the soul requires self-awareness, then awareness of the identity of self with the divine. If these big stupid boulders of ignorance - survival mentality, scarcity thinking, me first = screw you, and general fear-driven decision making continue to dominate the soul's consciousness, that soul will receive only short-term benefits of possible material wealth or power. At the time of death, that soul who has awakened to the true beauty of karmic law will be awed and impressed - but not afraid - of the greater structure of the universe which can be perceived after Death. Q 42.Is a natural malefic, like Saturn, evil or good when exalted or in own house? Ans.
Even a natural malefic becomes benefic in his own or exaltation house.
Though Saturn in 4 is bad for mother, happiness, education etc., normally, if he is exalted or in his own place he is not bad. o
But to become fully benefic he must combine with, say Venus or be aspected by Jupiter.
A malefic can become a Yogakaraka but cannot become a full benefic . This is the result in practical experience. o
For instance, such a man with Saturn in 4 may pass and get degrees but may not have a brilliant academic career without any failures at all.
For Aries Lagna, Saturn in Taurus, the house immediately after debilitation and the house of his very intimate friend will give position and income as lord of 10 and 11 in 2, more especially if that lord Venus is strong or if there is also the aspect of Jupiter.
But as a natural malefic, He will certainly cause some wasteful expenditure and some trouble in the family like loss of children. "
Drishti of Shani - esp. Vrishabha and Thula lagna Q. 59 Saturn is a malefic planet, he becomes a benefic by owning kendras. If so, are his aspects also benefic? Is the term aspected by benefics'' occurring in the texts applicable to Saturn and such evil planets ?
Ans. Saturn is always an evil planet but may be malefic or benefic by ownership.
We classify planets into four kinds : 1.subha and subha phalada = good and favourable ; 2.subha and papa phalada = good and unfavourable ; 3.papa and subha phalada = evil and favourable 4.papa and papa phalada = evil and unfavourable. Whenever you find aspected by benefics we have to take good or subha planets . In the expression benefic aspects it means only aspects by natural benefics such as Jupiter and Venus. Shani rules obstacles which block flow. Health is a condition of free, balanced energy flow. So virtually any type of physical blockage is within the purview of Shani. Such blockage does have psycho-emotional roots; however, during Shani periods, the physical symptoms are acute, and they normally require direct treatment on the physical level. Shani prefers long-term wasting, drying and hardening effects such as arthritis and osteoporosis - but He can certainly induce a crisis through blockage, if He is virulent enough. Shani is associated with rigidity, dryness, cold, and exhaustion. Shani's two mortal enemies are
Kuja, ruler of blood, muscular flesh and kinetic energy
Surya, lord of heat, moral confidence, and divine energy.
Shani rules repression, constriction, scarcity, bones, teeth and fixed structure, and fear. Physical diseases of fearful holding onto the past, like tumors; malnutrition and exhaustion; pain in the teeth and bones, and any illnesses that result from constricted circulation such as atrophy, frostbite and gangrene, are within the disease portfolio of Shani. Impact in the Shani's region of lowest (mula-dhara) chakra, such as colo-rectal disease, anal disease, and intestinal blockages. Shani (and also Azlesa) rules excessive squeezing, such as being squeezed by snakes - from the inside or outside. Heart attacks which result from congestion of the arteries; compressed nerves such as pinched disk of the spine; stress fractures and bone breakage; circulatory Diseases of poverty and aging, such as effects of malnutrition; arthritis, rheumatism, and osteoporosis, are also within Shani's area of expertise. Shani rules obstacles which block flow. Health is a condition of free, balanced energy flow. So virtually any type of physical blockage is within the purview of Shani. Such blockage does have psycho-emotional roots; however, during Shani periods, the physical symptoms are acute, and they normally require direct treatment on the physical level. Shani prefers long-term wasting, drying and hardening effects such as arthritis and osteoporosis - but He can certainly induce a crisis through blockage, if He is virulent enough.
Shani is associated with rigidity, dryness, cold, and exhaustion. Shani's two mortal enemies are
Kuja, ruler of blood, muscular flesh and kinetic energy
Surya, lord of heat, moral confidence, and divine energy.
Shani rules repression, constriction, scarcity, bones, teeth and fixed structure, and fear. Physical diseases of fearful holding onto the past, like tumors; malnutrition and exhaustion; pain in the teeth and bones, and any illnesses that result from constricted circulation such as atrophy, frostbite and gangrene, are within the disease portfolio of Shani. Impact in the Shani's region of lowest (mula-dhara) chakra, such as colo-rectal disease, anal disease, and intestinal blockages. Shani (and also Azlesa) rules excessive squeezing, such as being squeezed by snakes - from the inside or outside. Heart attacks which result from congestion of the arteries; compressed nerves such as pinched disk of the spine; stress fractures and bone breakage; circulatory Diseases of poverty and aging, such as effects of malnutrition; arthritis, rheumatism, and osteoporosis, are also within Shani's area of expertise.
as a rule, it does not do any good to try to combat Shani's effects with the behaviors of His enemies Mangala and Ravi.
Mangala rules vigorous, warlike exercise and aggressive competition. Except possibly in the bhukti of Mars, extremely athletic activity is not a good idea - and will probably lead to breakage in weak body structures. Moderate activity is good.
Surya involves high heat. Although a nice session of warm hatha yoga or a big cup of spicy ginger tea in the winter can be very healing, be careful of counteracting Shani bhukti's constrictions with too much heat. Avoid high excitement in the physical realm by staying out of extremely hot climates (unless you are native there and know the right pace of life). Similarly avoid excitement in the realms of rational discourse by staying away from politics, moral and cultural conflict, and social change in general.
During periods of Shani it is better to stay with the predictable. Remaining with one's own people, in one's familiar climate, and one's customary moral principles, will be easieSaint Avoid challenging taboos.
Gently breaking up overly rigorous, survival-driven or conformity-driven routines of all kinds may assist resolution of health problems - especially those that are due to long-term, embedded, sedentary habits.
Perhaps surprisingly, Ailments of Shani respond best to the energy of His planetary friend Shukra. Thus, sensual pleasures and bodily indulgences are beneficial aids to Shani's constrictive, drying, aging, permission-denying, rule-bound structure. Delicious foods prepared with healing pure oils and indulgent spices are very good for Shani conditions! A glass or two of dark wine; a soak in warm healing waters; allowing you (O responsible one) to be taken care of by another for an hour or so... are all marvelously effective antidotes which Shani ACCEPTS because ... He likesShukra! Fear embedded in childhood memories tend to ossify in the subconscious. These ancient, but subconsciously masked, fears manifest unconsciously - but tangibly - as anxiety. Anxiety gives Shani-type symptoms like constriction of blood vessels (pin-dot pupils) cardiac seizure, and other types of constricted pranic flow. Saturn's essence is fear. Phobia - from Phobos the ancient Greek god of Fear - is irrational fear.
Combined with Rahu, Shani can generate some intense irrational fears stemming from very real past-life experiences. They are only irrational in terms of the current lifetime, which may provide no viable explanation for the person's strange and compulsive fearful reactions.
Such psycho behavior often makes perfect sense in terms of past lives, however - so if you see Shani in combination with Rahu in an evil sign (such as Scorpio) and no help from benefics, then it's off to past life regression therapy (or guided vajrayana meditations) for you!
Hard/unskilled labor, servitude, agricultural work, poverty, hard luck, scarcity, stamina, detachment, humiliation, ego destruction, pogrom, conservation, purification, relentlessness, imprisonment, punishment, death sentence, stability, conformity, rules.
Shani reduces and retards but rarely destroys matters of His occupied house
Saturn will normally protectmatters of the house it Occupies. It slows progress in those areas for sure; things happen slowly in Saturn's occupied house. But, matters of the occupied house are, it's important to note, generally made very detailed and laborintensive rather than destroyed.
Saturn-caused suffering mainly occurs in the houses He rules and aspects.
Of course, the distance between Shani's natal house and the two houses He rules makes all the difference. If the distance is favorable - say, 4, 5, 9, 10, or 11 houses apart Shani will give measurable results. They may take awhile to manifest as the person develops mastery over the subject of the occupied and ruled houses, but there will definitely be material results. If the house at stake is putra bhava, for example, we expect children late in life - manifested only after masterful awareness of human limitation is gained.
By contrast Shani occupying a house in 6/8 or 2/12 angle to the houses He rules will be troublesome to the point of denying any results whatsoever. The virtue here will be neutral acceptance.
There is also Jyotisha guideline that a bad planet in a bad house gives good results.
In this case the person with Shani in a dushthana has very low expectations so their ego does not interfere with the work at hand. They apply a simple straightforward craft in their humble contribution to society.
The results are usually favorable for wealth and health -- as Ben Franklin suggests! So even the most downtrodden Shani in those scary dushthana's Ari, Randhra, or Vyava Bhava might give good mental and physical results stemming from Saturn's clear, unsentimental realism -especially if Shani's dispositor is favorable. Shani can in special circumstances give incredibly good results. However, all the other planets would need to support Him. The only way for Shani to become a bona fide benefic is for him to occupy His own or exaltationsign (i.e., in Makara, Kumbha, or Thula) *and* occupy a kendra *AND* receive the drishti of Guru.
E.g., Scorpio is rising, with Shani in Kumbha in bandhu bhava while ThulaGuru sends a drishti from vyaya bhava. This person will have an eccentric, poor, and visionary mother who provides an excellent social foundation for him in terms of education, emotional security, and class manners (portfolio of the 4th house).
E.g., Shani rises in Libra and Guru sends a drishti from Mithuna in dharma bhava. This is a most excellent leadership situation. Rising exalted Shani gives panch-mahapurusha yoga-- a great person is born . With the Guru aspect, this great person gets top-level spiritual guidance. Results will be excellent.
Generally Shani deniesresults when He rules a dushthamsha; but delaysresults when he rules better houses.
For example Shani is not a denying force for Thula lagna and Vrishabha lagna, where He is yoga-karaka. See for example, charts for Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter for an excellent rising Yogakaraka exalted Shani.
But also see Shani with Chandra, a controlling mother - remember Miss Lillian.
Note that Carter's Shani does not receive the aspect of Guru, so according to BV Raman (above quote) Carter's Shani = not a true benefic. Shani makes Carter work very hard in the professional Seva of Thula's specialty areas: social justice, law and diplomacy.
As an exalted angular planet his Shani gives powerful worldly results - status, power, responsibility. But it's not easy. It's real work - real Shani!
Saturn's dristhi - 3rd, 7th, and 10th from His occupied house The more serious limiting and destructive force comes from Shani's drishti, or aspect, onto the houses which lie 3, 7, and 10 away from it. Shani's drishti can destroy the power of even the most flamboyant house.
Yet Shani grants an essential strength, without which few adults will survive. Realism. Shani gives knowledge and acceptance of the dark side of human nature. Shani expects no help from those quarters he damages.
Shani is pragmatic, realistic, hard-boiled, sensible, dry-witted, cautious. Shani expects to find weak links in every chain, and He does. His presence grants success in ventures where His mature, curmudgeonly, realistic, and unsurprised mentality is needed.
graha drishti cast upon houses 3rd and 10th from Shani is FULL; drishti cast upon house 7th-from-Shani is 75%.
A man with Shani occupying the radix 7th will find that although his spouse may be difficult, she will not be impossible. Once married, he will try to stay married. However, his relationship to his father [Shani's 3rd aspect] and mother [Shani's 10th aspect] has been harmed long before marriage.
He has negative marriage-modeling in his mind; this will be very difficult to correct in adulthood. He is physically uncomfortable in his body [Shani's 7th aspect] and may need to keep moving to avoid his (largely emotional) pain. Because it negatively affects both of one's parents And One's own body, Saturn in 7th is a tough row to hoe, too.
Effects of Shani's 3-7-10 drishti, by house location
Shani is all about Negative expectations (including Fear). Native carries in preconceptions from past lives and is again reinforced in childhood, to expect poor results in the matters of the houses which Shani aspects.
I find in practice that the 3rd aspect is the most negative expectation of all. If you understand nothing else about your radix chart, pay attention to Shani's position and aspects.
Shani is the very definition of your karmic resistance:the acceptance and release work you have set for yourself in the current life. Shani's impoverishing, restricting, damaging impact can be very significantly improved through Reflective Awareness. All of use are carrying around inherited negative expectations. Take a Skillful Pause.
Question the negative training of your upbringing. Subconsciously driven negative expectations are extremely powerful, which is why Shani's power is traditional ly feared.
As F.D.R. famously said, we have nothing to fear but fear itself.Consciously re-setting your Psychic Permission Levels whilst working respectfully with inherited restrictions, can advance you step-wise into a much easier, brighter future.
Saturn does better in Swakshetra (own housesAlthough not as favorable as occupation of karmaa bhava, Shani in labha sthana also gives good results.
Saturn occupying labha bhavawill drishti the lagna, 5th-from-lagna, and 8th-from-lagna. No help from children or spouse's family. From labha sthana, Shani's 3rd aspect to the lagna gives limits on physical vitality which translates to self-discipline and awareness of the Rules from the very earliest days of life.
Shani forces a person to go over and over the same details, developing expertise. In the house of associations, networks, connections, the market, Shani gives hard-won expertise in judging associates. the native can create a slow but steady wealth-gain after many early mistakes.
From labha bhava, Saturn's separative effect on speculation [7th aspect] and legacies [10thaspect] shows a lack of lucky money, and reinforces his karma of needing to make his own wealth through present-life diligence. He is preoccupied with networking through friendly associations. Feels a great loyalty to his congregation, political party, lobby, or interest group - but is rarely acknowledged or rewarded by them.
Because pragmatic and realistic Shani from 10th will aspect 12 = meditationimagination, and from 11th will aspect 8 = occult mysteries, folks with natal Saturn in 10th or 11th rashi generally have little interest in psychic secrets or the grand cosmic perspective. They are practical, market-driven people grounded firmly into the material plane.
Shani + ChandraAny Shani drishti to lagna or Moon can give short stature, physically or
psychologically. If Shani aspects both lagna and Moon the person is thin-hipped, lacks fertility. However by carefully following social protocol (Shani) the native develops a marketplace reputation as conservative and reliable. As always, check Moon and the individual condition of randhra and vyaya bhava before concluding the extent of Shani's spiritual and emotional repression.
Saturn in Bandhu bhava (4th house) Similar to Shani yuti or drishti Chandra ...may cause problems in the relationship with the mother or stress in the family home. However, mother may enjoy a long life unless Saturn also afflicts the Moon or there is some other unfavorable influence on house-4 or Moon. (See example of Ashort-lived mother.)
Generally the mother is unavailable/uncaring and the child feels abandoned or ignored. However in reality she will be accessible by following certain timing rules. The maturing child will develop skills for getting her attention.
Often this is a hardworking or over-committed mother. In modern times the mother may have only partial custody. But also the mother may have drug or behavior problems which separate her from the child. The child will have health problem related to the emotional issues with the mother because Saturn will drishti the 6th house. Childhood issues continue into adulthood.
Saturn's aspect from the 4th rashi to karma bhavais generally favorable because it increases the native 's sense of duty, self-restraint, and compassion for the common people. Because He aspects the lagna from bandhu bhava, Saturn will stunt body growth somewhat and make the person always work hard for their achievements. All of these drishtieffects of course are rooted in being deprived of mothering, but in and of themselves these aspects do no serious harm. Saturn in the 4th house makes a person sober, hard-working, materialistic, and self-reliant. Often also very patriotic. In modern culture those are high virtues!
SHANI = Natural Maraka
ayusha-karaka, Lord of Time
All questions of fleshly longevity must take into account the character of ayushkaraka Shani, "Lord of Age" (ayu).
Shani in 8 = long life, because Shani resists change (8) especially the catastrophic change of rebirth (8).
Saturn is a natural marakaor killer planet. Saturn plays some role, major or minor, in every death. We know to examine the 8th and 12th rashi - especially the 22nd decanate, which is the middle third section of randhra bhava - to find the circumstances of death.
[Randhra bhava is 8th-from-lagna and Vyaya bhava is 8th-from-4th, showing circumstances of end of matters .]
Parashara says that the 8th and 12th from Saturn should also be assessed.
... both the 8th and 12th from Shani stand for consideration .. in respect of ... death. ~~ BPHS Ch. 7, Shloka 39-43
"Q. 40: Bhavartha Ratnakara says that if malefics occupy kendras, good results will happen. Tamil authors say that Saturn in Lagna is bad. How do you explain these contradictory statements?
Ans. It is true that malefics in kendra are good and it is also equally true that malefics in kendra are bad.
Malefics in kendras are bad for the Bhavas and good for themselves only.
Saturn will be able to do good in everything that pertains to Saturn as a Karakaor as a Bhava lordor as a planet.
This will be experienced in his Bhuktis and Dashas,
while the house where he is posited will be spoiled
and everything connected with the Bhava on which he stands, will be unfavourable.
If he is in 1, the person's health will be weak, there will be impediments to success, etc. and these will be experienced throughout life."
Shani in kendra = "Good in everything that pertains to Saturn"
good for regularity, repetition and routine, chronicity, Time
good for deprivation, goal achievement by extremely gradual steps
Of the Tortoise and the Hare, Shani is the Tortoise (Surya is the Hare)
good for discipline, rigor, stiffness, austerity, harsh conditions
good for slow but steady habits; pragmatic and common-sense attitude
good for public policy, lawfulness, common law, "the letter of the law"
good for safety and conformity, common-ness and vulgarity
good for orderliness, simplicity, elegance, minimalism, skeleton
good for neutrality, acceptance, patience, maturity, things which improve with age
good for building with wood, stone, bones, and dense, dry materials
good for cold temperatures and dark opaque colors, esp dark blue and dark purple (colors of the cold night sky)
good for carefulness and attention to detail
good for hard work, persistence, heavy labor, long hours
good for government, institutions, large corporations, bureaucracies, networks, labor unions, stratified organizations
good for predictability, reliability, respect, reputation
good for resistance to change, retardation, conservation, and delay
good for obligation, duty, responsibility, and sobriety
Professional Insensitivity - Demanding, Critical Leadership Similarly the professional behavior: it is very difficult (until later middle age, when Shani gives fruits of maturity) for Shani-rising people to understand how they affect others through leadership and a tendency to enforce Draconian consequences. Shani's drishti from bhava-1 or bhava-4 upon karma bhava tends to place heavy leadership responsibilities upon the native . The most common pattern is to acquire responsibility which
outweighs one's authority, so that the burden of the personal task list (Shani-1) tends to take all the fun out of high-visibility leadership roles. (Shani = enemy of Surya karaka for delights and fun.) Naturally, an empathetic Moon, a wise Guru, or a gabby Budha can improve this taciturn situation greatly.
Shani in domains 1, 5, 7, and 10: Survival and Fear in Marriage Typically this native experiences some considerable handicap in perceiving the spouse's feelings. One relates to the marriage partnership almost entirely on the basis of material responsibility. The spouse remains an outsider and, increasingly, a work-task or time burden.
This alienation and objectification of the spouse is due to the karmic memory of isolation and rejection stored deep in the native 's subconscious. This memory insists that others are fundamentally untrustworthy.
Unless the spouse also has drishti to the marriage house, the spouse may feel rejected, unrecognized, unappreciated, and probably exploited. Marital dissatisfaction is likely to arise despite the fact that Shani native is a hard worker, efficient householder, and solid financial provider who typically earns well through sheer persistence.
(If Budha is favorable that will be persistence plus intelligence, but persistence is always the keynote of Shani!)
It is probably a good thing for one whose nativity shows a strong Shani influence upon the marriage house, to seek a spouse with similar configuration in radix and navamsha. Despite the prognosis for heavy doses of materialism, isolation, and fear in that marriage, the native s will share a neutral and realistic view of time and resource management. They will both be hard workers and appreciate their partner's contribution however scarce it may be.
Only another Shani native will appreciate the heavy realism and fear of failure and death which motivates the alienation behavior in the spouse. Shani marital coldness is not malicious or exploitive but simply the result of lifelong self-reliance, non-collaboration, fear-driven choices, and an urgent need to control scarce resources. It is worth repeating that Shani-in-marriage natives are usually very capable providers.
Shani and Divorce: Ceteris paribus, Shani's negative aspect to the marriage house, which occur when Shani occupies houses 1, 5, and 12, does not break up marriages.
This drishti can make marriage loveless, unhelpful, or full of grief.
But it doesn't cause divorce, per se.
Shani occupying bhava-7 obtains dik-bala. In the yuvatishthana, Shani gives tremendous endurance in loveless marriages to an unsuitable or oppressive spouse. Shani respects tradition above all.
Unless Shani is L-8 (as for Mithuna and Karka lagna) Shani is not a divorce causer. Just a misery causer...
Marriage-wise Shani in lagna and Shani yuti Chandra are equally difficult. Ceteris paribus, both the Shani aspect to yuvati bhava and Shani aspect to 7th-from -Chandra profile an emotionally cold, unsuitable first spouse. In the West where we are generally socialized to quest for satisfaction rather than settle for what nature provides, Shani's aspect to the 7th house usually signifies the need for a second marriage, because the first marriage is so unsatisfactory. However Shani does give staying power, and the native who has Shani aspecting either kalatra bhava or 7th-from-Chandra will generally stay in the difficult marriage for many years in order to exhaust all possibilities for agreement. In the end, this harsh drishti forces marital separation and the native feels cut off from social approval as well.
Typically the profile of Shani rising or with yuti Chandra combines heavy labor with emotional stress. It's not an easy life for these folks. Nevertheless, they are responsible and no matter how deep their suffering they will always find the strength to accept responsibility for raising children, caretaking elderly parents, or serving the state. The Shani-afflicted may have lifelong emotional cramping, but they will always be working or ready to work.
Saturn gives the karma of carrying others' burdens, of being the result of others' actions, and of remaining in a state of financial, emotional, physical, or intellectual survival throughout life. Shani-afflicted have a deep and often unshakable sense of resource scarcity; yet, thinking they must always be on the run in a state of bare survival, they can rarely save money or build lasting security.
Is there a fix? Sure. RELEASE IGNORANCE. Shani's suffering is caused by Separation from those people, places, and things to which we are most attached in material life. While we will all due to our human natures endure some trauma of constant attachment-separation, attachment-separation in this life, we need not become the victim of it. By developing a knowledge of life outside the ego - by learning to think and perceive outside the box of material senses - Shani's suffering can be seen scientifically, as a real but impersonal phenomena of karma running off. SHANI'S PORTFOLIO is to call past-life moral errors to our spiritual attention. Once recognized, however, these errors can be quickly and permanently corrected through a simple release process. Standing outside the situation in a neutral, non-judgmental place and accepting moral responsibility (not guilt!) for the situation, humans can easily appreciate our own brilliant creativity in creating the karma, and as soon as we own it we can choose to release it. Making amends to the persons involved may be helpful, but the essential chemical in the release process is simply gratitude.
Steps to release the fear, resistance, repression, and bondage imposed by dutiful Shani:
Assume a neutral, non-judgmentalstate of mind
Accept responsibility for making changes to one's own mind and actions
ake the step up in moral consciousness that will ensure one does not erroneously mistreat oneself or others again
voila! ignorance transformed into wisdom - and karma dissolved
(It's easier than you might think.)
SHANI'S PORTFOLIO is to call past-life moral errors to our spiritual attention. Once recognized, however, these errors can be quickly and permanently corrected through a simple release process. Standing outside the situation in a neutral, non-judgmental place and accepting moral responsibility (not guilt!) for the situation, humans can easily appreciate our own brilliant creativity in creating the karma, and as soon as we own it we can choose to release it. Making amends to the persons involved may be helpful, but the essential chemical in the release process is simply gratitude. Steps to release the fear, resistance, repression, and bondage imposed by dutiful Shani:
Assume a neutral, non-judgmentalstate of mind
Accept responsibility for making changes to one's own mind and actions
ake the step up in moral consciousness that will ensure one does not erroneously mistreat oneself or others again
voila! ignorance transformed into wisdom - and karma dissolved
(It's easier than you might think.) Tarot= Emperor , Justice, knight of Pentacles
Shani Mahadasha Q:Letter to a client experiencing the frustration of needing to accept 19 years disciplined apprenticeship in your craft - i.e., the Shani Mahadasha. Fortunately, this person's Shani is auspiciously located in the radix chart in Shatataraka Nakshatra , in Kumbha, in The tenth house of leadership and public responsibility. But 19 years is a long time to be working on the basics! Even more socially frustrating when Shani Mahadasha occurs in mid-life...
A: Luckily, due to the superior dharmicnature of your Shani in Shatataraka Nakshatra which exposes your spiritual development in past lives, you are capable of consciously accepting austerities - in fact, you relish tapasyafor the fruits it brings. Therefore there is no need for you to undergo the scorched earth experience of severe ego annihilation that so many people must endure with Lord Shani, who forbids fast progress.
Rather, you will experience the normal and natural effect of Shani Mahadasha, which is extremely slow progress using even the best-laid plans, a constant polishing of public presentation, and ruthless elimination of ego from all relationships, especially one's relationship to the public at large. Although Shani normally is a troublemaker, your personal Shani is transformed into a good planet because
it occupies the character-building tenth rashi ( karmaa-bhava the house of prestige and professional contribution to society)
in its own sign of Kumbha (Aquarius)
**AND** Shani receives a drishti ( focus ) from Guru (Jupiter)
**AND** Shani is Vargottamsha. All these improvements add up to a powerful leadership destiny.
There is a significant downside to your unique Shani position. For you, Shani directly aspects both your commanding Sun and your dramatic Moon. This creates social and emotional tension for nineteen years. You want a much bigger audience than the spirits will allow, and you want to reach them at a much more profound level than the spirits will approve. The biggest challenge of Shani Mahadashatherefore is to release personal control - always doing your absolute best, of course - but accepting that the performance limitations are in place for a reason. Allowing the spirits to work through you rather than forcing them to impose outside restrictions requires a high level of psycho-spiritual awareness. Setting the energy in a room, making agreements with the spirits that control the physical environments and also with the guardian spirits who attend you and the folks who come to you seeking professional information, will give superior results. Also being as detached as possible from the results of your efforts, whether success or failure, will help immensely in expanding your impact. The end result of Shani Mahadashawill be perfection of public behavior due to profound inner purification. You are probably thinking, what is left to purify? But, because you still have about five years of Shani Mahadasharemaining, we know there has to be more laying in wait! You are now in the bhukti of Mars, a difficult place. Beware of criticism of self and others, hypocrisy, passive-aggressive expressions of anger, Absolute objectivity is required to optimize your planets. For most people, the combination of Shani dasha with sade saati is devastating. Your spirit has determined that such catastrophic measures are not required for you in this lifetime. So, it's exactly as you say: Jes keepin' on keepin' on! When gochara Shani crosses your lagna:
This transit is a can't period which oppresses the physical body and social personality, usually involving loneliness and separations, as people find you difficult to live with and work with due to your subconscious low-permission state (manifesting as dysfunctional perfectionism and dominating ego). You can survive it with maturity and objectivity, consistent with your dedicated spirituality and commitment to serve others.
Regarding the fearful situation of sade saati occurring within Shani Mahadasha(especially right at the beginning in the Shani/Shani period) The swami is absolutely right: if sade saathi does coincide with Shani Mahadasha, those 2.3 years of the white hot core of sade saathi (seven-and-a-half) can be very intense. However, this event does not occur in your lifetime. Rather, you have the slow and steady polishing and purification, meeting many obstacles and patiently developing the skills to overcome them. Each time gochara Shani changes signs (every 2.3 years) a new set of obstacles arises. For example, gochara Shani is now transiting your 2nd rashi bhava, and aspecting your Simha Chandra and Meena Budha . This condition gives financial pressure, and troubles of all types connected to the mouth [eating, speaking, oral traditions, teeth, jaw, etc]. Speaking especially -- because of Shani's drishti to Mercury -- requires exquisitely fine attention to detail, and full consideration of effects on others before speaking. So of course, you are graced to channel a magnificent teaching speech -- but because Shani requires tremendous neutral attention to detail, and Shani who slows everything, resists everything -- rules electro-magnetic communication devices -- your genius will not be electronically captured for posterity unless you personally set up the equipment. It's about mastery. What Shani does is to create (or more properly, expose) psychic resistance (which can be eliminated by consciously working the spirits in the room) but also He demands that the native accept more personal control of the technology. In other words, if you want it done right, do it yourself. Shani asks for higher and higher levels of leadership responsibility, in order to reach a broader and broader audience with fairly tight control over the medium and the message. Dear Shani. Each obstacle contains a lesson. The spirits know that you are a born leader with a mission to raise spiritual consciousness in the educator caste. They ask for your conscious partnership as they call your attention to finer levels of detail. The purification process allows one to eliminate crude ego - i.e., attachment to those social and material results which the ego expects. Then if we can partner effectively with Shani, we are allowed to replace that flimsy and unreliable ego-attachment with the much more powerful and effective directive of the spirits, who have the bigger picture.
Trust the pace of progress under Shani to be perfectly timed and entirely appropriate to who you are - and who you are becoming - in the big picture.
Learn the rules so you will know how to break them appropriately. According to Sogyal Rinpoche, the single greatest threat to human peace of mind is -- not hatred, anger, or guilt -- but rather **doubt**. You do have the intelligence (abundant bhava-5) and the self-discipline (Shani in lagna) to make a practice of becoming aware of the presence of doubt and negative expectations in the three areas which Shani influences most strongly: 1. daily communications (inside your head, and outside with the work-group); 2. marriage partnership (inside your head, and outside with the partner); 3. profession (inside your head, and outside with your public). Note that Shani's negative projections upon the work-group (3)can make the Shani-lagna native quite critical, dissatisfied, and unpleasant to work with. Shani will damage marriage trust through chronic self-doubt projected upon the partner. Shani's drishti upon bhava-10 is the least harmful because bhava-10 does involve the management of scarce resources and distrust of egoism. However the native is unhappy with their own career because of the self-criticism and negative expectations projected upon the boss. Persistent negativity in career duties will block one's superiors from guiding the path for the native to acquire increasing public responsibility. It is strongly recommended to try to "catch" negative thoughts "in the act".
If habitual, fear-driven thoughts of failure, ignominy, and zero-option despair (Shani's specialties!) are caught and identified at the mental level, then they can be dealt with quickly. They might not be able to be completely extinguished because they are the result of pastlife karma. They will have to be understood and accepted before they can be eradicated.
Nevertheless if the native is able to capture and work on negative thoughts at the level of direct mental perception, one will be spared much unhappiness. If the negative thoughts are not recognized at the mental level, then the information will try to gain the native 's attention at the next grosser particulate level of the astral plane.
The astral plane contains a huge "ocean of emotion". One the astral plane, the negative thoughts will manifest in a roller-coaster of that surges from wild fantasies of total redemptive love to blackest despair of abandonment and total rejection unto death. The astral plane is not governed by time, so one might experience violent fluctuations of feelings - from bright to black and pure merging love to total isolated death - in a matter of minutes.
Avoid emotional suffering by capturing the originating thoughts To avoid this type of violent emotional fluctuation one need only approach the task directly on the mental plane.
In the worst case, the negative thought projections would not be recognized on either the mental or the emotional planes. Then, the information must migrate down to the physical level. This is a painful option of physical brutality and disease. the native may get into a shocking "accident" or develop a serious disease.
Perhaps only then will the native recognize how one became trapped in a web of tightly interwoven thoughts and expectations, which proceeded without interruption, to their logical and "destined" conclusion.
Burning the Seeds of Karmic Fruit (Shani) "Karma" = "action" - the seeds of the action are sown on the causal plane. Those seeds give fruit On the mental, emotional, and physical levels. Mental, emotional, and physical sorrow can be avoided by addressing the karma on the higher levels of awareness. This requires examining one's beliefs and expectations. As one believes, so one will manifest.
Of course, the whole process of seed-eradicating can be eliminated in one fell swoop by simply projecting the full consciousness upon the spiritual plane - and keeping it there! One who has the blessed privilege to gaze directly on the level of pure truth, and the intent to remain engaged there without ever getting "sucked down" into lower levels of painful intrigue, is spared of karmic "trickle-down" forever!
However for you and I, attacking the root cause on the mental plane seems a much more feasible strategy.
Suggestions toward an easier, more neutral Shani experience: Patience, compassion, Time
Q:Respected Madam, Namaskar. I have observed the common effects on people during the period of Shani in strength. 1)There develops complete darkness, one doesn't understand how to move forward (COMPLETE BLACKOUT). How does one mitigate the clouded darkness, one is tempted to make mistakes and repent later, the periods most of times are very long, and an impatient person can suffer very badly during the darker times. Kindly Guide, Not many of us would understand in spiritual context the hidden benefits. PATIENCE IS THE ONLY REMEDY........I feel. Namaste, very good question! Those who are under influence of Shani, for a short time (transit or bhukti) or a long time (a natal placement) will surely recognize your concerns. Patience Patience, as you note, is a key to surviving periods of survivalist Shani. Shani is a primary agent of karma. Karma means action , a doing, an event which is obliged or required to occur. It often seems that others (those who are represented by Shani in the nativity) are doing bad things. Or that others are rigid and unforgiving. Or that others are bitter, materialistic, fearful, or cold. In this perceptual condition, where it seems that others are creating the problem, you are very right that patience with difficult persons in one's life will yield fine fruits of mature wisdom and acceptance. Shani's greatest gift is indeed acceptance of all that is difficult in this life. Compassion and Patience toward Others Often the accuracy of one's perception is improved during Shani periods, especially in later life. If one is eligible, through credit obtained via compassionate acts toward others, to understand that it is not indeed others who cause the problem (e.g., it is not the government or the company or the economy or the boss ). If one is blessed (perhaps only intermittently) with the awareness that it is indeed one's own negative expectations, due to trauma in the present or past lives, which is causing a scripted repetition of a fundamentally fear-driven negative belief -- then, one can be patient with oneself. In being patient with oneself, the highest value may be appreciation of the power of time. Time The slow and inevitable qualities of material-world Time as apprehended by Humans can be a frustrating experience.
Yet via to the relentless march of Karma which regulates the conversion of ignorance into wisdom, Time does heal all -- eventually. Intention to Endure, + Intention to Release the Suffering Other intentional attitudes or beliefs which have great utility in dealing with the pressures of a sustained Shani impact on a day-to-day basis may include
a scientific neutrality (detailed but non-judgmental observations); compassion for those who suffer from fear; and in particular, compassion for those who harm others as a reaction to one's own own fear.
Reflection on the massive and often controlling role played by Fear in the human mind will help ease one's own suffering. Minister Shani's Portfolio of Fears
Fear of Beginnings Fear of Endings Fear of Movement (Mangala) Fear of Passion (Rahu) Fear of Abandonment (Ketu) Fear of Movement = the leading mandate in Shani's ministerial portfolio. Fear of death, fear of pain, fear of abandonment, fear of entrapment, fear of falling, fear of disgrace ... the list of human fears goes on! Skillful application of Mindstream Narrative management tools can very much assist one who is experiencing the effects of Shani. Acquire the necessary toolkit. It is internal and not external. It is good to be aware of Shani's motive (to correct past-life moral errors) and his methods (infliction of fear-driven survival anxiety). No one is to blame.
Vajrayana Buddhist practice of Tong-LenTong-Len = breathing in the suffering of oneself and
others, breathing out the healing of oneself and others Tong-Len can be very helpful in getting through moments of the most severe grief and terror. Compassion for SelfUltimately, compassion for one's own self is required. Jyotisha can be a helpful tool for self-understanding and self-neutrality.
Naturally each person born on Earth has some position of Shani present in the Jyotisha nativity, and this Shani will have numerous characteristics. Shani rewards patience, perseverance, scientific neutrality, careful and detailed observations -- in short, Shani rewards study. Shanaiscarya is the very karaka of the Student! Comprehension of Suffering with Non-Reaction to Suffering Compassion is essentially one's ability to comprehend the human suffering of another person without instinctively reacting to their pain. Compassion motivates competent, skillful action, in a positive, educated, and pro-active context. However, compassion excludes reactive responses such as punishment or incompetent trying to help . Often, the most compassionate response to something or someone is simply to leave it alone. Non-interferenceNon-interference, discipline, careful attention to detail, and neutrality are Shani's hallmarks. These observant but non-reactive behaviors tend to give good results during sustained Shani periods. Isolation, separation, fear and grief Socio-emotionally, Shani periods tend to contain scripted events of isolation, alienation, separation, humiliation, and grief. Shani is noted emotionally for feelings of intolerance, conservatism (esp. fear-driven reactionary conservatism or fundamentalism) and resistance to change. Shani periods are distinguished by acute experience of scarcity, fear of deathannihilation, coldness, labor, and fear. Did I mention fear? All the diverse elements of the Shani Script are rooted in fear. Fear, and Fear of FearThe easiest route to resolution would be to deal directly with the fear.
However, for most people, the biggest fear is fear itself -- fear is a tough thing to approach directly! Therefore, it is recommended to choose some safe and gentle ways to beat around the bush with fear - don't attack it directly unless one is under supervision of a reputable tantrik guru. First develop compassion toward the fear. Compassion toward oneself, who is the fearful one.
On the minus side, fearful and conservative Shani-Kronos brings to His occupied house behaviors which are experienced as restrictive. Characteristics of the environments and agents in domains 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, and 12 may bestubborn, persistent, fearful, conservative and slow. On the plus side, in kendra (1, 4, 7, 10) lawful Shani may be experienced as structurally supportive, like strong bones. Shani imposes routines , conventional behavior patterns,
predictable environments , and realistic expectations . In kendra, Shani's influence is overall favorable due to the value of regularity in those environments.
Shani casts graha drishtiupon 3rd, 7th, and 10th from the bhava which He occupies
"The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering." ~~ Ram Dass
"Working the System"
Wherever Shanaicarya goes, one "works the social system" as one finds it. Whether the structure of social rewards and punishments is flawed or not, one diligently protects the status quo. Shani does not make changes to the system in the house where Shani is placed. In fact, Shani specifically resistsall threat of impending change. Shani will defend the existing laws and customs of the house, and work hard to keep the system of His bhava "in order".
the native is rarely "inspired" or socially praised by one's work in the Shani-occupied house. Rather, the Shani-related work provides routine and structure. One has the sense of fulfilling social obligation, and earning one's wages through honest labor. Shani is not glamorous or fun. He needs endless repetition and He hates any type of Change!
The natural enemies of slow and step-wise Shani= 1. Surya the champion of soul transformation through Intelligence 2. Rahu the demonic agent of transformation through taboo-breaking and the chaos of raging desires. If Shani is forced to share a bhava with Surya or Rahu, Shani will lose the comfort of a predictable routine and the native 's life will be deeply unsettled. Nevertheless the native may become a force
Perfectionism Shani brings psychological perfectionism.
Upon the bhava of His residence, Shanaicarya enforces a karmic emphasis on material accomplishment and completion according to fixed protocol,. One must work on the task until it is completely perfect. No fun allowed. (See Shani and Bulimia = the dysfunctional mandate to make a perfect Body.)
Shani and the Power of Time
Shani periods can give good results if the native maintains an attitude of self-compassion, respect and appreciation for the power of Time, a willingness to listen to the advice of Elders-Survivors, and most of all a practical, hard-working, common-sense view of the material components of human existence. Humans are part material and part ephemeral; part animal and part divine. Shani rules our material nature. As the Christian Bible says, Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to the Lord what is the Lord's . In other words, Shani periods require pragmatic attention to the earthly details of survival: food, clothing, shelter, basic social dignity, and respect for the power of Time. With these basic tools it is possible to craft a reasonable defense against the material, social, emotional, mental, and spiritual crises of sustained onslaughts of Shani.
Lower Shani, Higher Shani -- higher is easier!
At the lower levels of awareness, Shani's script generates judgmentalism, anxiety and worry. At the higher levels, Shani indicates discipline, trained skill, and moral accountability to the customs of one's people. Should one notice a sinking of consciousness into the lower realms of anxiety and worry, it may be useful to consider that choosing to experience Shani at the higher levels is simply much easier. Rather than worry about all the bad things that are happening or could happen, a smart Shani person looks at one's skills and abilities, looks at the task at hand, and estimates what can be done - and not done. That which can be done, will be done. That which cannot be done .... cannot be done! SerenityThe famous Serenity Prayer of the Alcoholics Anonymous movement (and of many before them) might offer a useful instruction for one in the grips of hard-working, survivaldriven Shani:
Lord, help me:
To change the things I can
To accept the things I can't
And the wisdom to know the difference.
Amen.
Best wishes for success in your Jyotisha studies,
Shani Jayanthi email from a kind and thoughtful reader
Namaste Barbara, Hope this email finds you in much better health than the last time and I pray that you recover swiftly. I remembered you for a particular reason. You mentioned the cause of your distress to be Saturn. I am from India and here we celebrate a festival names Shani Jayanti or Saturn's birthday. Incidentally, this year Shani Jayanti falls on Saturday, June 8, which is also Amavasya or lunar eclipse. How remarkable it is that Shani Jayanti is falling on a Saturday, dated on Saturn's number 8 and in a lunar eclipse! More remarkably, the moon on that day will be in Saturn's favorite rasi Vrishabh and Rohini nakshatra! The wonders of astrology never seem to cease! In India, Shani Jayanti is celebrated with people going to Shani temple where they offer mustard and til oil on his idol. There is an interesting place in India named Shani Shingnapur in a remote village. It is a 10-12 hour journey by road from where I live. There is an interesting story behind this place which you can read here - http://www.shanidev.com/ The statue of Shani was said to have appeared by itself here and people will come to this place in lakhs on Shani Jayanti to offer oil and take darshan. Such is the fear of Shani here that this village has no doors because thieves fear to commit any crime here because they fear punishment from Shani! If you have any one here in India, you could ask him/her to donate oil to this statue here on your behalf. I am sure it will be of great benefit to you. Or maybe you could go through the website itself and contact someone in the temple to do it on your behalf. You could also visit a shani temple if there is any where you stay and offer oil. Anyway, I will be sure to separately offer oil on your behalf on June 8 and pray to Shani for your speedy recovery. When unfortunate things happen in our lives there are two possible results. One possibility is mental unrest, anxiety, fear, doubt, frustration and eventually depression,
and, in the worst case, even suicide.
That's one way.
The other possibility is that because of that tragic experience you become more realistic,
you become closer to reality.
With the power of investigation, the tragic experience may make you stronger and increase your self-confidence and self-reliance.
The unfortunate event can be source of inner strength. "
Brihat Parashara Hora-Shastra (Chapter 57)
Effects of the Nine Antara Dasha in the MahaDasha of Shani * 19 years 53-56. If Shani is
in his exaltation, in his own Rashi , or in MulaTrikona, or friendly Rashi, in his own, or exalted Navamsha and in Sahaja, or Labha,
there will be during his Dasha
recognition by Government, opulence and glory, name and fame, success in the educational sphere, acquisition of conveyances and ornaments etc., gain of wealth, favours from Government, attainment of a high position, like Commander of an Army, acquisition of a kingdom, benevolence of goddess Lakshmi, gain of property and birth of children.
57-60. If Shani is
in Ari, Randhra, or Vyaya, in his debilitation Rashi, Or combust,
there will be during his Dasha
ill effects from poison, injury from weapons, separation from father, distress to wife and children, disaster, as a result of displeasure of Government, imprisonment etc.
If Shani
receives a Drishti from, or is associated with a benefic, is placed in a Kendra, or in a Trikona, in Dhanau, or in Meena,
there will be
acquisition of a kingdom, conveyances and clothes.
Chapter 57: Effects of the Antara Dasha in the MahaDasha of Shani
Shani bhukti
1-3. if Shani is
in his own, in his exaltationRashi, or in deep exaltation, Or, if Shani is in a Kendra, or Trikona, Or, if Shani is a Yoga Karaka.
Effects, like
acquisition of a kingdom, happiness from wife and children, acquisition of conveyances, like elephants, gain of clothes, attainment of the position of a Commander of the Army by the beneficence of the king, acquisition of cattle, villages and land etc.,
will be derived in the Antara Dasha of Shani in the Dasha of Shani, 4-5 1/2. if Shani is
in Randhra, or Vyaya, Or, if Shani is associated with malefics in his debilitation Rashi. Fear, or danger from the king, getting inflicted with injuries with some weapon, bleeding gums, dysentery etc.
will be the evil effects at the commencement of the Dasha, Timing of EventsThere will be
danger from thieves etc., going away from the homeland, mental agony etc.
in the middle portion of the Dasha. The last part of the Dasha will yield
beneficial results.
6-7.if Shani is
Dhana's, or Yuvati's Lord.
There will be
danger of premature death,
Lord Shiva will afford protection and render relief,
if Mrityunjaya Japa is performed in the prescribed manner.
Chapter 57: Effects of the Antara Dasha in the MahaDasha of Shani
Budha bhukti
8-11.if Budha is
in a Kendra, or Trikona.
Effects, like
reverence from the people, good reputation, gain of wealth, comforts of conveyances etc., inclination towards performance of religious sacrifices (Yagyas), Raja Yoga , bodily felicity, enthusiasm, well-being in the family, pilgrimage to holy places, performance of religious rites, listening to Puranas, charities, a availability of sweetish preparations etc.,
will be derived in the Antara Dasha of Budha in the Dasha of Shani, 12-13 1/2.if Budha is
in Ari, Randhra, or Vyaya from Lagna, or [6th, 8th, or 12th?] from the Lord of the Dasha, or associated with Surya, Mangala and Rahu. Acquisition of a kingdom, gain of wealth, hheadship of a village
will be the effects at the commencement of the Dasha.
Timing of eventsAffliction with diseases,
failure in all ventures, anxiety and feeling of danger etc.
wwill be experienced in the middle portion and in the last part of the Dasha. 14-15.if Budha is
Dhana's or Yuvati's Lord.
There will be
physical distress.
[example: Simha-lagna JFK, Jr. (son of the USA president) died after being trapped underwater in a crashed airplane near Martha's Vineyard, age 39, Shani-Budha period.] The remedial measures to obtain relief from the above evil effects and to regain enjoyment in life are
rrecitation of Vishnu Sahasranam And giving grains in charity.+Li>
Chapter 57: Effects of the Antara Dasha in the Dasha of Shani
Ketu bhukti
16-18.
even if Ketu is in his exaltation, in his own, in a benefic Rashi, or in a Kendra, or Trikona, or, if Ketu is associated with, or receives a Drishti from benefics.
Evil effects, like
loss of position, dangers, poverty, distress, foreign journeys etc.,
will be derived in the Antara Dasha of Ketu in the Dasha of Shani, If Ketu is
related to the Lagna's Lord,
there will be
gain of wealth and enjoyment and bathing in holy places and visit to a sacred shrine
aat the commencement of the Antara Dasha. 19-19 1/2. if Ketu is
in a Kendra, in a Trikona, in the 3rd, or 11th from the Lord of the Dasha. Gain of physical strength and courage, religious thoughts, audience with the king o (high dignitaries of government, like president, prime minister, governor, ministers) o and all kinds of enjoyments wwill be experienced
20-21 1/2.if Ketu is
in n Randhra, or Vyaya from Lagna, Or from the Lord of the Dasha. Fear of premature death,+Li class="auto-style24"> coarse food, cold fever, dysentery, wounds, danger from thieves, separation from wife and children etc.,
< the results, be>22-23. if Ketu is
in Dhana or Yuvati
There will be
physical distress,
Remedial measures
Remedial measure to obtain relief from the above evil effects and to regain enjoyments of life by the beneficence of Ketu is
giving a goat in charity..
Chapter 57: Effects of the Antara Dashas in the Dasha of Shani
Shukra bhukti
24-27 1/2. if Shukra is
in a Kendra, Trikona, or in Labha,, Associated with, or receiving a Drishti from benefics.
Effects, like
marriage, birth of a son, gain of wealth, sound health, well-being in the family, acquisition of a kingdom, enjoyments by the beneficence of the king, honors, gain of clothes, ornaments, conveyance and other desired objects,
will be derived in the Antara Dasha of Shukra in the Dasha of Shani, Transits of GuruTransits of ShaniIf during the period of Antara Dasha of Shukra, Guru is favorable in transit, there will be
dawn of fortunee and growth of property.
If Shani is favourable in transit, there will be
Raja Yoga effects, or the accomplishment of Yoga rites ().
28-29. if Shukra is
in his debilitation Rashi,
combust, Or in Ari, Randhra, or Vyaya, Distress to wife, loss of position, mental agony, quarrels with close relations etc.
will be the results, 30-31 1/2. if Shukra is
in Dharma, Labha, or Kendra from the Lord of the Dasha Fulfillment of ambitions by the beneficence of the king, charities, performance of religious rites, creation of interest in the study of Shastras, composition of poems, interest in Vedanta etc., listening to Puranas, happiness from wife and childrenn
32-34. if Shukra is
in the 6th, 8th, or 12th from the Lord of the Dasha.
There will be
eye trouble, fevers, loss of good conduct, dental problems, heart disease, pain in arms, danger from drowning, or falling from a tree, antagonism towards relations with the officials of government and brothers
35-36. if Shukra is
Dhana's, or Yuvati's Lord
There will bee
physical distress,
The remedial measures to obtain relief from the above evil effects and to regain enjoyment and good health is
by the beneficence of Goddess Durga and the performance of Durga Saptashati Path And giving a cow, or a female buffalo in charity.
Chapter 57: Effects of the Antara Dashas in the Dasha of Shani
Surya bhukti
37-38 1/2. if Surya is
in his exaltation, in his own Rashi , Or associated with Dharma's Lord, Or in a Kendra, or Trikona, AND associated with, or receiving a Drishti from benefics.
Effects, like
good relations with one's employer, well-being in the family, happiness from children, gain of conveyances and cattle etc.,
will be derived in the Antara Dasha of Surya in the Dasha of Shani, 39-41. if Surya is
in Randhra, or Vyaya, Or, if Surya is in the 8th, or 12th from the Lord of the Dasha.
There will be
heart disease, defamation, loss of position, mental agony, separation from close relatives, obstacles in industrial ventures, fevers, fears, loss of kinsmen, loss of articles, dear to the person,
42. if Surya is
Dhana'ss, or Yuvati's Lord.
There will be
physical distress.
Remedial MeasuresThe worship of Surya is the remedial measure to obtain relief from the above evil effects.
Chapter 57: Effects of the Antara Dashas in the Dasha of Shani
Chandra bhukti 43-45. if Chandra is
full, in exaltation, or in own Rashii,
Or in a Kendra, or Trikona,
Or in the 11th from the Dasha Lord,
Or, if Chandra receives a Drishti from benefics.
Effects, like
gains of conveyance,
garments,
ornaments,
improvement of fortune and enjoyments,
taking care of brothers,
happiness in both maternal and paternal homes,
increase in cattle wealth etc.,
will be derived in the Antara Dasha of Chandra in the Dasha of Shani, 46-48 1/2. if Chandra
is waning,,
or associated with, or receives Drishti from malefics,
or in his debilitation Rashi,
or in malefic Navamsha,
or in the Rashi of a malefic Graha.
There will be
great distress,
wrath,
separation from parents,
ill health of children,
losses in business,
irregular meals,
administration of medicines,
There will, however, be
good effects and some gain of wealth
49-50 1/2. if Chandra is
in a Kendra, Trikona,,
Or in the 11th from the Lord of the Dasha.
Enjoyment of conveyances and garments,
happiness from kinsmen,
happiness from parents, wife, employer etc.
51-52. if Chandra is
weakk
And is in the 6th, 8th, or 12th from the Lord of the Dasha.
Effects, like
sleepiness, lethargy,
loss of position,
loss of enjoyments,
increase in the number of enemies,
antagonism with kinsmen,
will be experienced, 53-54. if Chandra is
Dhana's, or Yuvati's Lord.
There will be
lethargy
and physical distress.
[ Mithuna lagna and Makara lagna only] Remedial Measures The remedial measures to obtain relief from the above evil effects and prolongation of longevity are
Havan
And giving jaggery, Ghee, rice, mixed with curd,
A cow, or a female buffalo in charity.
Chapter 57: Effects of the Antara Dashas in the Dasha of Shani Mangala bhukti 55-57. if Mangala is
in his ../Amsha/neechchamsha_uchchamsha.htmexaltation,
in his own Rashi ,
Or, if Mangala is Lagna's Lord,
Or with the Dasha Lord.
Effects, like
enjoyments,
gain of wealth,
reverence from the king,
gain of conveyances, clothes and ornaments,
attainment of the position of a Commander of the Army,
increase in agricultural and cattle wealth,
construction of a new house,
happiness to kinsmen,
will be derived from the very commencement of the Antara Dasha of Mangala in the Dasha of Shani, 58-60. if Mangala is
in his debilitation Rashi,
or combust,
or in Randhra, or Vyaya
AND associated with, or receiving a Drishti from malefics.
There will be
loss [12] of wealth,
danger [8] of wounds, [Kuja]
danger [8] from thieves, snakes, weapons, [Kuja]
gout and other similar diseases,
distress to father and brothers, [8 = 12th from 9]
quarrels with copartners, [8 = 2nd from 7]
loss [12] of kinsmen,
coarse food,
going away to foreign lands, [12]
61-62. if Mangala is
in Dhana,
Yuvati's, or Randhra's Lord.
may be expected::
Great distress,
dependence on others
67-68. if Mangala is
in a Kendra, Trikona,,
in Labha, or Dhana
And is associated with, or receives a Drishti from benefics.
<> 69-71. if Mangala is
in the 8th, or 12th from the Lord of the Dasha,,
Or, if Mangala is
in his debilitation Rashi,
Associated with, or receiving a Drishti from malefics.
Remedial Measures The remedial measures to obtain relief from the above evil effects are
performance of Havan
and giving a bull in charity.
Chapter 57: Effects of the Antara Dashas in the Dasha of Shani Rahu bhukti 63-64. if Rahu
not be in his house of ../Amsha/neechchamsha_uchchamsha.htmexaltation,
Or any other auspicious position.
Effects, like
quarrels,
mental agony,
physical distress,
agony,
antagonism with the sons,
danger from diseases,
unnecessary expenditure,
discord with close relations,
danger from the government,
foreign journeys,
loss of house and agricultural lands,
will be derived in the Antara Dasha of Rahu in the Dasha of Shani,
[For example,
in 1921 during his Shani-Rahu period, USA President 32 Franklin D. Roosevelt suffered extreme Paralysis after infection (later suspected Guillain-Barré syndrome)
which crippled him causing great suffering for the rest of his life, although his governance responsibilities never subsided.
Shani in mysterious-causes 8 while Vrischika neechcha Rahu in 3 occupies the 8th-from-Shani. Both Shani and Rahu occupy rashi of Shani's enemy Mangala.]
During his 1882-1885 Shani-Rahu period = USA President 26 Theodore Roosevelt
February 14, 1884 = terrible and catastrophic shock due to L-8 Shani + Rahu holding a shadashtaka 6-8 angles:
in the same house, Roosevelt's mother died of typhoid fever at 3am and his wife died of kidney failure at 2pm . His young wife Anne had died two days after delivering their first and only child.
65-67. Timing of Events: if Rahu is
Or,
associated with Lagna's Lord,
or a Yoga Karaka Graha,
if Rahu is
in his ../Amsha/neechchamsha_uchchamsha.htmexaltation, or in his own Rashi ,
Or, if Rahu is in a Kendra,
Or Labha from Lagna, or from the Lord of the Dasha.
[these] will be the results at the commencement of the Antara Dasha,
Enjoyment, gains of wealth,
increase in agricultural production,
devotion to deities and Brahmins,
pilgrimage to holy places,
increase in cattle wealth,
well-being in the family
There will be
cordiality with the king and happiness from friends
in the middle portion of the Antara Dasha.
[Example:
author JRR Tolkien's enjoyed a sudden and large-scale success - both professional and financial with the publication of "The Hobbit" in 1936-37, Tolkien's Shani-/Rahu period. Rahu uchchamsha casts drishti upon L-5 authorship Shani, and Rahu casts drishti upon Shukra lord of 2 in a rashi of Shani. An enduring classic (Shani-Shukra) The Hobbit has been continuously in print since 1936.]
68-68 1/2. if Rahu is
in Mesha, Kanya, Karkata, Vrishabha, Meena, or Dhanushya.
There will be
acquisition of elephants,
opulence and glory,
cordial relations with the king,
gains of valuable clothes,
69-70.if Rahu is
associated with Dhana's, or Yuvati's Lord.
There will be
physical distress,
[example:
thula-lagna Fascist Dictator Benito Mussolini was assassinated by rifle bullet along with his mistress at the time and their corpses violently abused during Shani-Rahu period.
He knew his end was near and he knew it would be violent due to the hatred he had caused.
Rahu occupies lagna = the physical form, in Swati, a nakshatra of Rahu and Rahu gives effect of both L-6 Guru and L-8 Shukra.]
The remedial measures to obtain relief from the above evil effects are
Mrityunjaya Japa
And giving a goat in charity.
Chapter 57: Effects of the Antara Dashas in the Dasha of Shani Guru bhukti 71-73 1/2.if Guru is
in his ../Amsha/neechchamsha_uchchamsha.htmexaltation Rashi,
in his own Rashi ,
associated with Lagna's Lord,
in a Kendra, or Trikona.
Effects, like
success all-round,
well-being in the family,
gain of conveyances, ornaments and clothes by the beneficence of the king,
reverence,
devotion to deities and the preceptor,
association with men of learning,
happiness from wife and children etc.,
will be derived in the Antara Dasha of Guru in the Dasha of Shani, 74-75 1/2.if Guru is
in his debilitation Rashi,
Or, if Guru is associated with malefics,
Or, if Guru is in Ari, Sahaja , or Vyaya.
Results, like
death of the near relations,
loss of wealth,
antagonism with the government officials,
failure in projects,
journeys to foreign lands,
affliction with diseases,
like leprosy etc
will be experienced, 76-78. if Guru is
in the 5th, 9th, 11th, 2nd,
or in a Kendra from the Lord of the Dasha.
There will be
opulence and glory,
happiness to wife,
gains through the king,
comforts of good food and clothes,
religious-mindedness,
name and fame in the country,
interest in Vedas and Vedanta,
performance of religious sacrifices,
giving grains etc. in charity,
79-80. if Guru is
weak
AND in the 6th, 8th, or 12th from the Lord of the Dasha.
Antagonism with kinsmen,
mental agony, quarrels,
loss of position,
losses in ventures,
loss of wealth, as a result of imposition of fines, or penalties by government,
imprisonment
distress to wife and son
will be the results, 81-82. if Guru is
the Lord of Yuvati (or of Dhana).
There will be
physical distress,
agony,
death of the native ,
or any member of the family.
Remedial MeasuresRemedial measures
to obtain relief from the above evil effects
recitation of Shiva Sahasranam.
and giving gold in charity. "
B. P. Lama Modern Observations
Shani Mahadasha * 19 years
Modern description of the sequence of experiences structured into the Shani Mahadasha, written by Barbara Pijan Lama
Giving useful animals in Charity If in addition to mantra you wish to follow Shri Parashara's remedial instruction for giving a cow, buffalo, or goat in charity, this is quite easy to do. Even if you're having an easy dasha, these beloved and useful animals make wonderful celebratory gifts
Physical and Psychological Qualities of the 19 year Mahadasha also these Shani qualities apply to any Shani bhukti, pratyantardasha, etc. - brief or extended periods of Shani. Naturally the longer periods of Shani are more impressive. Long-lasting qualities:
Dry, cold (Shani dislikes heat), sober (Shani dislikes inebriation), bitter, brittle, stiff, rigid, inflexible, resistance to movement, isolation, anxiety (tightening, choking) pinched, fear of new things (Shani wants old )
intractability (not movement), resistance to change, reliability, orderliness,
scarcity, restriction, shortening, humorlessness, materialism, realism, pragmatism, social authority, intolerance for choices or diversity (Shani wants one single rule), convention, conformity to standards, hierarchy,
elderliness, age, maturity, seniority (Shani dislikes youth), respectability, longevity, dignity,
structure and infrastructure, bureaucracy, regulations and regulators, limits,
gravity, weight, heaviness, burdens, empty containers (Kumbha), lowness (Shani favors low places)
finality, death, grief , hopelessness, objectivity, inevitability, end, finitude, Time.
legitimacy, social class, social status, rank, levels, concern for public policy, concern for public safety, punishment and social consequences (Shani abhors disorderly acts) l
communalism, lowest common denominator, commonality (Shani dislikes individuality), economic systems, lawful associations (Shani forbids crime), lawful distribution of resources, social and family responsibility (not rights),
universe, universal systems (Kumbha), electricity, energy fields (Shani = limits of the field; Kuja = energy) local systems, ecological systems, social networks, conceptual networks, principles of investigation (principles = Shani; investigation = Kuja) scientific testing, repeatability, verifiability, proof, positivistic truth.
Shani evidences a persistent intolerance for all things Rajasic = dislike for the portfolio of Shani's enemies Surya and Mangala which includes anti-Shani behaviors such as:
individual genius and authorship, youth and children, literary or theatrical creativity, royalty, individual privilege, games and amusement, inefficient or materially unproductive use of Time, politics, enjoyments, Light, enlightenment, brilliance, delight, movement, dance, change, illegitimacy, innovation, creativity, flexibility, multiple options, guilt (repeating cycles), new life, rebirth, aggressiveness, competition, blood, vitality, non-material truth.
Shani's Methods
scarcity, duty, limitations, rigidity, bitterness, cold, Time, darkness, restrictions, delay, worry, fear of consequences
Shani's Goals
austerity, lawfulness, dignity, discipline, modesty, reliability, humility, objectivity, neutrality, maturity, endurance
All periods of Shani, whether long or short, are designed to reinforce an anti-Surya program. Shani curtails individual expression and asserts social responsibility. Engaged in a relentless campaign of ego-minimization, Shanaicarya can oppress Surya's bright, independent, attention-getting creativity.
If Surya is strong, Ravi might "fight back" with an occasional resurgence of creative individual entitlement. However, Shani can be expected to maintain law-and-order even during Ravi's selfassertions.
Even in times of individual power, there will be tangible restrictions upon the size and scope of the creative output, forced adherence to public rules, and a pinching scarcity of resources.
Having cast a dark shadow of fear upon the native's self-image, Shani teaches a series of often harsh lessons upon the reality of "fixed and permanent" laws regarding government rules, judgmental public opinion, scarcity of material resources , and social punishment as a consequence of prohibited behaviors.
Psychologically, Shani periods can produce an extremely valuable understanding of the materializing function of subconscious negative expectations. Shani governs the inventory of embedded subconscious expectations. The path of materialization during Shani periods will emphasize limitation, restriction, lack of permission, lack of confidence, fearful worry, and seeming endless delay. However, one whose introspective skills are sharp will quickly discover that Importantly, Shani does not interrupt the flow of spiritual resource, nor does He specifically cramp the emotional vitality. His territory is material, physical, and social. Spiritual and psycho-emotional life continues unimpeded. As the karaka for time and maturity, Shani introduces into the incarnational script a predominance of role-players who are elderly, conventional, fearful, punitive, ignorant, lawful, rigid, respectable, cold, dark, brittle, icy, realistic, materialistic, grey, bitter, burdened, intolerant, wooden, dry, stern, legalistic, commonplace, vulgar, hard-working, sturdy, steady, reduced, elegant, minimal, harsh, hard, fixed, unyielding, reliable, earthy, systematic, scientific, and judgmental. Environmentally Shani governs the cold hard dry earth elements of wind (vata), dirt, dust, ash, wood, paper, stone, iron, coal, steel, ice, crystals, rocks, gravel, and sand. He favors the "midnight" color-hues of sapphire blue, blue-black, dark grey tones of blue hue, and darkest purple. yogakaraka Shani periods favor:
Foundational Education (4)
Old Systems (all)
Highly structured Scientific Inquiry (5)
Professional Achievement (10)
Philosophical principles (9)
structured and regulated contributions to society
When Shani enjoys yogakaraka status, in addition to the expected weight of duty and responsibility,
Shani periods also bring professional (9-10 for Vrishabha) or scholarly (4-5 for Thula) contact with hoary old systems of social conformance such as old economies, religions and philosophies.
Systematic work and principled thinking are required, with little permission to experiment unless the hypothesis is already well proven (i.e., it is not actually a hypothesis but already a thesis). Principles of social governance demand steady attention.
One may enjoy the dignity of high social rank accorded those who bear the burden of leadership, but the cost in terms of time and resources will be significant.
Education during yogakaraka Shani periods: Shani L-4 for Thula lagna favors Foundational Education in subjects and skills which will support later expansion and development during the subsequent periods of L-9 Budha. For Thula, any Shani period is a good time to go back to school to get training in basic skills which ground a certificate or license to practice some profession, art or trade. As L-5 Shani also permits a degree of independent scholarship and individual interpretation of conventional customs. However Shani is a bit dicey in His role as the mantrapathi, since He naturally dislikes any sort of manifesting creativity or bright light. To succeed in independent scholarship during periods of L-5 Shani, one must be able to rigorously justify (Shani) any variation from conventional practice by citing more ancient (Shani) recognized authorities or more fundamental scientific principles. Charismatic intelligence (Surya) is not accepted during rule-oriented Shani periods. Approved (Shani, proof) scholarship must be tightly principled. Shani L-9 for Vrishabha lagna is not favorable for advances in fundamental education or skill certification (such as state exams for medical or law license). Rather Shani favors highly structured philosophical and religious teachings and the isolation of sine qua non principles in scientific and theoretical practice. Long, difficult, and intractable courses of study which have as their aim an elegantly structured dharmic understanding of life will succeed during periods of L-9 Shani. Shani delays but He does not deny. As the arch-enemy of Mangala, Lord Shani limits, postpones, and freezes movement. The end of Shani's period often signals a great thaw in the flow of resources. All things come to those who wait. In terms of moral development, the enforced discipline of Shani periods tends to strengthen personal characteristics of humility, modesty, neutrality, scientific objectivity, accountability, moral steadiness, respectability, and social realism. Shani periods impose awareness of the laws of karma (Makara, rank) and interdependence for survival (Kumbha, network). Regardless of one's own social station at the time of onset of a Shani period, one must endure increased contact with the plight of the common man.
If Shani governs 10 or 7 (10th-from-10th) from lagna or from Chandra, one may acquire unprecedented responsibility for the legions of sleep-walkers who live in a state of perpetual struggle for physical survival, oppressed by punitive belief systems, yet blind to the ignorance that is the cause of their misery.
Shani L-7 or Shani in bhava-7 dik bala particularly imposes an obligation to achieve social justice under conditions of material scarcity.
Even for those who are free of the professional karma of institutional governance, Shani periods may bring recurring awareness of the presence of perpetual ignorance in the character of those in one's environment. Everyone is doing the best they can with the knowledge they have. During Shani periods, no matter how stressful the environment, one's personal and professional decisions must emphasize mutual respect between all those engaged in the business of working off their karma. This mandate persists despite the obvious and often egregious shortcomings in others' moral behavior. Although empathy is a function of Chandra and thus not required by steely Lord Shani, mature recognition of the reality of core human biologically hard-wired survival fears can make Shani periods much easier to endure. Lower Your Expectations. It is also generally recommended to "lower your expectations" during Shani periods. It can be helpful to recall that during Shani periods, pre-scripted agents have been assigned (in the antenatal state) specifically to mirror one's own fears and express one's own subconsciously held negative beliefs. The quicker one's expectations can be aligned with reality, the lower the stress effects. It is possible to endure an entire Shani mahadasha and even the most challenging Shani bhukti with no anxiety whatsoever, so long as expectations are adjusted regularly in the downward direction. Ignorance emerges in the roles of dramatis personae who play roles showing vulgarity, Shani has one ultimate goal:. If Shani period is difficult enough, one may have a long-awaited "breakthrough" into spiritual liberation. Shani can be the most spiritually beneficial graha of all.
Social and Emotional impact: No matter one 's physical age, during any Shani period one will feel in general older, more senior, more experienced, drier, more brittle, more wrinkled, more pragmatic, more conservative, more sober, harder working, more responsible, more prone to negative expectations, more limited, more constrained, and more concerned with lawfulness than most of the other people in one's environment. One of Shani's primary enemies = Mangala is the agent of competitive dynamics and goal-directed movement. During Shani periods, unobstructed forward movement is much constrained, and progress can be accomplished only in a careful, conservative, socially approved, and step-wise manner. Competitive advantage is temporarily frozen.
Very little can be "won" using masculine energies of conquest or pursuit. A slow, patient, and abiding attitude, trusting in a neutral or favorable outcome even while the concrete evidence remains quite dark and negative, is always the best mental strategy during Shani periods.
Shani periods tend to constrain one into an emotional survival state. Unless Shani enjoys a highly favorable relationship to Shukra within the nativity, most luxuries are absent during Shani periods. Shani periods are universally good for materially focused work, getting worldly things "done", and for maintaining a strict focus on social position and the achievement of material goals.
The work schedule is demanding. Working conditions are austere and often burdensome.
one is often found working two jobs: perhaps two paid jobs, or one job is parenting whilst another is a public job, or one may be managing several demanding responsibilities such as caring for children, elderly parents, an ailing spouse and still in addition holding a wage job.
Public servants find that the public demands much more of their time and effort; world leaders face heavy responsibilities and what often seems like a super-human time schedule of mandatory tasks.
Legitimate Government and Social Law
The government (hierarchical bureaucratic) and linked social networks (lateral, distributive, associative ) = Shani's two main social structures.
These highly regulated social structures impose particular constraints upon forward development toward personal goals. The rule of law-and-order and a a multi-layered legacy system of conservative social practices can significantly restrain forward movement toward individualistic goals (Surya, Mangala) yet Shani will fully support slow and careful development of further layers of law.
Naturally, Shani periods offer excellent opportunities for those in professional regulatory and law-related roles.
If Shani is a trine lord (= lagna of Vrishabha, Mithuna, Kanya, Thula, Makara, Kumbha) then achievement of goals will demand considerable effort; yet one will succeed. If Shani rules inauspicious bhava as measured from the janma lagna, check to see whether Shanaicarya might be a trine lord from Chandra. If Shani rules an easier house from Chandra lagna, one will receive the emotional support necessary to obtain one's goals however materially difficult that obtainment might be. Shani bhukti = marriage-maker for Karkata navamsha and Simha navamsha . One should prefer an elder or more experienced spouse.
Shani is a Yogakarakafor Thula lagna and Vrishabha lagna. During Shani Mahadashaand well-angled bhukti periods of Shani, there will be important material and social achievements for the Thula and Vrishabha native, mainly of a professional nature. However, the amount of personal effort involved should not be trivialized. During Shani periods, if Shani in located in difficult angles from the mahadasha pati such as 3rd-fromBudha or 6th-from-Rahu, For the Thula and Vrischika lagna native, Shani = L-4 and Shani periods indicate successful completion of educational diplomas, acquisition of houses and buildings, obtainment of vehicles, and heavy responsibilities related to care of elderly parents. During Shani periods, graha and various lagna which occupy the Shani-ruled Nakshatra come into prominence. If one has a placement of Chandra or an important lagna in Pushya, Anuradha, or Uttarabhadrapada, the portfolio of this placement will be energized for purpose of karmic repayment. One may have a feeling of "back to the drawing board" meaning that one's present strategies have failed, and one hears the clarion call to return to basic survival rules and rebuild very slowly if at all.
Limits
Shani (Saturn) is all about structure, all about realism, all about working concrete relationships,
all about longevity in relationships, sustainability, all about lawfulness and regularity and routine.
It will of course be necessary to respect Shani's purpose of enforcing neutral acceptance of others' limitations and imposing orderly habits in everyday life. You can live very well under the reign of Shani mahadasha if you are willing to obey Shani's rules!
Transforming Ignorance into Wisdom Shani the Lord of Karma has one job to do: convert ignorance into wisdom. During Shani periods, one confronts many karmic challenges which are the result of a history of muddled or incomplete thinking. One did not have enough information at the time of the earlier error, and one must slowly (Shani) and diligently (Shani) then work (over the period of 19 years) to correct the earlier ignorance.
While correcting, one must refrain from blaming others and accept in full neutrality that the problems by which one is best are historic, they are karmic, and because Shani is busily converting ignorance to wisdom these problems are actually a fabulous blessing.
Mistakes which are corrected and transformed into knowledge are Shani's great, great gifts.
Once this work is completed the cycle of suffering in regard to the matter will be ended and one will have the freedom in subsequent incarnations to pursue other wisdom (and to address other karma!)
During Shani periods it is very smart indeed to admit that one lacks the skills to resolve the situation and to pay for professional advice. Paying for credentialed advice is one of the best "converter" methods.
There will be several pragmatic, worldly, materially intelligent strategies available for you to slowly alleviate the chronic problems which Shani induces.
None of the strategies are magical or ideal. (Surya rules the ideal and Shani the Real is a bitter enemy of Surya!)
All of the strategies involve slow progress, small rewards, and sustained effort.
However, there are probably several ways to reduce your debt and improve family life as a result, which could be examined and a "lesser of two evils" route from bondage can be chosen.
It's Shani after all, the Lord of Multiple Iterations. But Shani will stop generating the repetitions when one has accepted one's own ignorance (past mistakes) AND put some karmic effort into consciously accepting a new approach to those old problems. The effort comes usually from study and careful discussion with people who know the law (human law) relevant to the situation.
Exhaustion from Overwork
Shani periods always follow Guru periods in the Vimshottari Dasha.
Typically Shani indicates the time of heavy responsibilities, sustained regulation and deprivation of any luxuries previously afforded by the lifestyle, caused by introducing children into the house. e
Often the parents, particularly the mother, will be living two lives, chronically overworked, and feeling a scarcity of both Time (Shani) and material resources.
If Shani occupies the 6th, 8th, or 12th angle from the mahadasha-pati (particularly the 6th) one can expect to feel a certain enslavement to duties, lack of help from partners (6th-from = partner fails to fulfill contract) and being in generally stripped down to material basics in a state of material or psychological austerity.
If Shani is well-disposed e.g. swakshetra or uchcha, and lord of good houses, one will possess adequate moral character to sustain through this period of exhaustion. However if Shani is weak either vis-a-vis the mahadasha-pati or by lordship, the Shani period can feel crippling.
Separation, Austerity, Survival, and Boundaries
Psychologically and physically, the dashas and bhuktis/antardashas of Shani are marked by the experience of Separation.
When Shani is well placed specific projects may indeed be advanced. Marriage, acquisition and furnishing of a home, gradual step-wise job promotions, religious initiation, and all carefully planned traditional activities may be successfully accomplished under Shani's influence.
However in the larger context of Shani's period which may endure for as long as 19 years (the full Vimshottari mahadasha of Shani) or as briefly as 10 months (Surya/Shani) the theme of separation and closure is guaranteed to be played out.
Shani rules the struggle for safety and survival. Shani induces deprivation, alienation, isolation, and privacy. When Shani features prominently in the rashi kundali one of the first impressions a Jyotishi will form of that native is that he requires a large measure of privacy to complete his important work. A prominent radix Shani will impress a lifelong pattern of isolation and coldness in human relations.
During Shani's Vimshottari periods, while many useful acquisitions and expansions may occur in one 's life due to Shani's favorable house lordships, there will always be in addition and perhaps predominantly, The need for separation and closure in one 's most essential relationships.
Psychologically one feels obliged to establish firm boundariesbetween his own psycho-physical world and the ever-invasive needs of others. Spiritual, mental, emotional and often physical separation from others is felt as if it were - and indeed it is - a matter of basic survival.
Shani engages one in a competition for scarce resources.Either he has some essential value which others are trying to take from him, or others have the value which he lacks and he feels impelled to obtain.
Much of this struggle arises directly from the reptile brain; stimulating ancient impulses to hide and hoard; lowering trust and raising Anxiety about survival. one feels needy, as do those around him.
here is a subtle or not-so-subtle psychological climate of competition for scarce resources which exposes (perhaps long suppressed) fears of starvation and abandonment.
Isolation The Shani isolation experience need not be physical to be acute. Emotional starvation and social disapproval will not kill one but he may feel the cold wind of death just as fearfully as if he had been literally abandoned by his tribe and left to starve in the wilderness.
The need for stronger boundaries within the most intimate and psychologically essential relationships at home and at work, need not be a victim experience.
If Shani or Shani's lord is strong, one may recognize a need to control and protect his own resources - emotional, physical, political - long before an actual attack.
Shani givesincreased responsibility. If one is by character wise and farsighted, he will realize at the outset of any Shani period that Overall Shani periods create a sense of lesser well-being. There is less trust and sharing; more fear and hoarding. However, Shani increases wisdom and strengthens the moral character. His periods demand privacy, isolation, stronger boundaries, and self-reliance in place of social approval. Spiritual benefit of fear and abandonment (!) During Shani periods one is typically forced to dig deeper within his body and mind in search of lifesustaining power. No one else can help him.
Ideally, one gets so "stressed out" while trying to super-humanly protect and sustain himself that he turns to the Divine in frustration and despair.
In this happy event, one discovers his eternal life force in the power of the Divine. His reptile brain's relentless "fight or flight" signal is quelled, and Shani's job is done!
The ancient karma of Abandonment and starvation-- which everyone has experienced in past lives -- rises up from its long-suppressed subconscious container during Shani periods. Shani periods therefore feel unusually fearful and self-protective, focused on survival basics of food, clothing, and shelter; and skillfully defending one's own supply of life-sustaining energy Against predatory others.
"Staying alive" whether physically, mentally, or emotionally (and sometimes spiritually) will seems to require isolation, self-reliance, and attention to basics. Ideally in this isolated state one will, in desperation, seek the Divine.
Death vs. social/emotional separation Shani is a karaka for separation -- but Shani periods only give physical deathwhen Shani is also radix L-2 or radix L-7.
More often, Shani requires a metaphorical deathexpressed through separation in core relationships. The separations may be physical but the effect is often more devastating if the one experiences a psychological "freeze out" while the partner/boss/child/ -- or other essential person -- remains nearby .
his kind of tribal freeze-out, or Abandonment by non-recognition, commonly occurs when Shani occupies a dushthamsha angle from the mahadasha pati. The effect of being cut off from essential nourishing resources is felt Acutelywhether one lives in a posh Manhattan condo or deep in the steamy jungle.
Worst case of see-it-but-can't-get-it, is probably when Shani occupies 3rd-from-Budha, or 6thfrom-Shukra, or 12th-from-Surya.
Shani is a survival voice which interprets ego development as a dangerous distraction from the work at hand. Shani destroys Surya-supported individual identity through destroying the supportive human relationships that flatter the ego. (Remember Surya-Shani are enemies).
So, Shani is not nice to the ego - but Shani usually does not need to destroy the physical body in order to oppress the ego.
Shani periods Compared to Ketu periods: Ketu Mahadasha + the bhukti periods of Ketu can give quite similar results to the description of Shani above. Isolation, self-concern, fear, survival pressure etc. are also attributes of Ketu.
However Shani periods produce a pulsing physical survival signal from the reptile brain. Shani periods focus attention on acquiring and defending one's hoard. Whether the need is material (food, clothing, shelter, money) or psychic (creativity, space, free time, privacy) one feels a powerful obligation to feed that need.
By contrast, Ketu is detached, disconnected, and apathetic. Ketu feels no survival drive. Ketu tends to accept fate, wandering aimlessly, hopeless and often deranged.
Shani periods are practical, materialistic, and self-concerned. Although Shani periods can be very difficult physically and emotionally, Shani periods are rarely permanently crippling. Shani strengthens the moral judgment and create a more solid foundation for better times in the future.
Ketu has no sense of separate self, so being cut off from other selves is rather a non-starter for Ketu. Ketu doesn't care about food, clothing, and shelter. Ketu is out of touch with the physical body. Ketu does not hear the reptile brain signal except very faintly, and usually only then if Ketu is associated with Shani.
Shani periods keep one focused on defending his fortress. Ketu periods typically involve wandering. Ketu periods may create a pattern of physical, emotional, or mental wandering - the energetic level at which the wandering occurs will be defined by Ketu's house, His lord, and any drishti coming to Ketu from other graha. But in general the physical wandering component as in "pilgrimage" is fairly strong, esp. if Ketu is angular.
By contrast to Shani, and Ketu knows nothing about boundaries. Ketu is open and "trusting" -but not trusting in the sense of expecting a specific, predictable result from a defined relationship. With Shani, relationships may be highly negative as in predatory and recognitiondenying, but Shani is clear and firm on this cause-and-effect relationship. Shani is a clear if negative thinker.
Ketu is "trusting" in the sense of having no expectations either positive or negative. Any outcome is acceptable to Ketu. Unlike Shani who is specifically building toward a secure future, Ketu has no stake in the future. Ketu does not recognize Time and has no interest nor capacity to invest in the future. Nor does Ketu care about the past, nor learn from the past nor have any attachment to history or tradition (which Shani highly values).
Ketu's highly permeable "always open" willingness to share the food, body, and other resources with any who enquire may create either a tamasic or a sattvic effect.As always the final results of Ketu depend absolutely upon the graha who controls Ketu's rashi, along with graha who send drishti, swabhava lord, etc.
Ketu exemplifies what modern psychology calls "attachment deficit disorder". Ketu natives may appear to form relationships but they act like pre-verbal infants, attaching themselves to virtually any caretaker. Results of these no-expectation relationships range from serendipitous to unsavory. If Ketu is yuti Moon, this wandering and psycho-emotional permeability is a lifelong condition, much exacerbated during Ketu bhukti.
As a manifestation of Shri Ganesha, Ketu can provide superior spiritual results.Complete detachment from material welfare including core ambivalence toward fleshly survival can produce a great Saint.
At lower levels of consciousness, Ketu is associated with a lack of appropriate personal boundaries which generates a victim state: moral breakdown; utter loss of social dignity; profligacy and disrepute.
However at the higher levels of consciousness the Ketu native consciously chooses to abandon the energy-consuming practice of managing social boundaries, and concentrate instead on absorbing the omnipresence of the Divine.
In sum, certain effects of Shani and Ketu will appear similar. Isolation, social disconnection, frustration and alienation in human relationships, scarce resources, and a feeling of circumstances beyond one's control, are common factors. Also, both Shani period and Ketu period can produce excellent spiritual results. However, the key difference is that Shani is urgently concerned with survival whereas Ketu is apathetic. As a result, Shani periods are characterized by hard work, planning, and stern self-reliance; whereas Ketu periods feature ambivalence, wandering and unexpected social relationships.
Shani Mahadasha + Rahu bhukti
duration of the bhukti: 34 months graha pakvata: Rahu periods yield improved results after age 48 = the age of maturity for Rahu
What to expect from a Rahu period? Evaluate the placements of Rahu. Consider the rashi + bhava owned and occupied + the angle from the mahadasha-pathi to the bhukti-pati + age of the native (has the graha matured?) + incoming and outgoing grahadrishti + current transits. Now, consider each of these factors again with reference to Rahu's lord. Rahu gives the effects of His occupied bhava AND the bhava which are ruled by His lord. Typically a challenging period, albeit most serious stress occurs when Rahu occupies 3-6-812 counted from Shani. Shani naturally seeks recognition and social approval for His sober, realistic and respectable qualities. Shani prefers environments which feature a hierarchical structure, a carefully regulated routine, and a responsible role in society. Shani +Rahu period introduces Rahu-agents (often institutional government or corporate authority figures) who promise to deliver a dignified lifestyle involving highly visible public leadership duties and systematic economic regulation. One may indeed indeed self-elevate while in company with the Rahu agent(s). However toward the end of the Rahu bhukti it may become more obvious that most of the Rahu agent's claims are fear-mirroring mimicry. Rahu is systematic but exotic, irregular or fraudulent.
For example, During his 1882-1885 Shani-Rahu period = USA President 26 Theodore Roosevelt with Rahu in bhava-9 in 8th-from-L-8 Shani "conditions of death" watched many of his worst fears come true:
February 14, 1884 = terrible and catastrophic shock due to L-8 Shani + Rahu holding a shad-ashtaka 6-8 angles:
in the same house, on an upper floor, Roosevelt's mother died of typhoid fever at 3am while on a lower floor his wife died of kidney failure at 2pm . His young wife Anne had died two days after delivering their first and only child.
Graha in 12th-from Shani:loss and dissolution of agreement Shani periods are conservative and fearful. The sub-periods of those four ‘12th-from'graha will produce an experience of dissolution and loss.
This is absolutely a good thing spiritually as by dissolving some attachments you are preparing to have a calm and austere experience of death.
However on the material plane where the human survival brain is programmed to accumulate and acquire material items (wealth, food, works of art, sticks and feathers to make our nests...) any type of forced, sustained material loss pattern is deeply frustrating to the brain.
Our present highly materialistic culture which positively celebrates the size of the accumulated heap (the modern equivalent to the buried hoards of the Vikings) makes it even harder to endure the loss of stature, dignity, and purported security that are represented by the Heap (house, car, stock portfolio, college savings account, etc.)
So even though we know from a higher spiritual point of view that dissolving attachments to people and things is a very positive step along the path to enlightenment, material and social losses are very frustrating and anxiety-generating at the lower levels of reality -- where most of us do live! Shani Mahadasha + Shani bhukti
swabhukti
duration of the bhukti: 36 months
graha pakvata: Shani periods yield improved results after age 36 = the age of maturity for Shani
What to Expect? Evaluate the placements of Shani. Consider the rashi + bhava owned and occupied + the angle from the mahadasha-pathi to the bhuktipati + age of the native (has the graha matured?) + incoming and outgoing graha-drishti + current transits.
If Shani rules either navamsha-1 or navamsha-7 and there is a suitable transit of Rahu-Ketu to one of the required axes of the nativity, Shani-Shani swabhukti being the advent of a new life era, may signal the timing of ceremonial marriage. Such a marriage would be characterized by a heavy load of social duties, and generally be subject to regulation by elders. The traditional expectations regarding division of labor in the union must be scrupulously addressed, particularly with regard to expressions of respect in matters of social class, age, position in the hierarchy, caste, and rank. However if the native is of mature and sober character, the marriage may succeed quite admirably.
If the native has passed the age of 36, such a marriage can be both realistic and fulfilling, with attainment of dignified social standing, so long as an unrealistic expectations of Surya-charming poetic romance or "fun" are factored out. Shani Mahadasha + Budha bhukti
duration of the bhukti: 32 months
graha pakvata: Budha periods yield improved results after age 32 = the age of maturity for Budha
What to Expect? Evaluate the placements of Budha. Consider rashi + bhava owned and occupied + the angle from the mahadasha-pathi to the bhukti-pati + age of the native (has the graha matured?) + incoming-outgoing graha-drishti + current transits.
duration of the bhukti: 12 months
graha pakvata: Ketu periods yield improved results after age 48 = the age of maturity for Shri Ketu
What to Expect? Evaluate the placements of Ketu. Consider rashi + bhava owned and occupied + the angle from the mahadasha-pathi to the bhukti-pati + age of the native (has the graha matured?) + incoming and outgoing graha-drishti + current transits. the Shani-Ketu period is likely to be tough if the person insists on clutching to outdated attachments. During Ketu periods , one scatters like dust in the wind. Surrender yields success. All grasping fails.
Immediately following his Shani-Budha period success in undergraduate studies, USA Pres-26 Theodore Roosevelt enrolled at Columbia Law School, and was expected to perform brilliantly. He got married during the final days of Budha bhukti as Budha rules his navamsha. Future looked very bright! However, his Shani-Ketu period began and Roosevelt completely abandoned law studies (Ketu); taking no diploma, and never practiced law. Shani occupies 12th from Ketu, so that there is very little forward-moving energy available during this period. For such a powerhouse as Teddy Roosevelt to do nothing seemed against nature, but in fact he did little except join a political party (Ketu-Simha) and wait to get nominated.
If Ketu occupies a dushthamsha, there is potential signification for dismemberment whether physical (loss of limb), social (divorce, broken trust) mental (scattering of coherent thought) or financial (dispersal of collected assets).
Only on the spiritual plane does Ketu provide real benefits. However Ketu's capability to blow away the dust-cloud which shrouds the spiritual vision is immensely valuable to those who recognize that they have just been shown the Big Picture. Shani-Ketu by karaka power also generates profound psychological detachment with an underlying (often subconscious) expectation of abandonment. This underlying expectation is very karmic because it brings forth a self-fulfilling prophecy of surrender, abandonment, and identity annihilation which reflects trauma from past lives.
If the angle from Shani to Ketu is stable (4-10, 5-9, any angle involving 2 kendra or 2 trines) a stable grounded angle can mitigate major Ketu effects like homelessness and chronic wandering. It won't be so severe then on the physical plane. Rather, it is mainly psychological, brining a sense of hopelessness and defeat, a "why even try" psychology of despair.
This can be counteracted via meditation - Ketu periods are SPLENDID for religious meditation! and also by homeopathic grief remedies such as Ignatia Amara which can release the loss-andgrief patterns long-stored in the body's cells.
Ketu can create the ILLUSION of abandonment due to disconnection. You might feel absolutely unable to connect psychologically, physically, or socially with your spouse. At the center of the despair drama can be a house-home, because Ketu = 4th from Shani.
It is not necessary to materialize the abandonment-disconnection drama (think of the tragic myth of Ketu being suddenly cut off from his head Rahu) if one has the good sense to realize that much of the "self fulfilling prophecy" is just that: a negative expectation which can prevent taking practical positive steps toward a solution.
If you can pull out of the fearful depression which Shani-Ketu often induces, it will become apparent that there is an opportunity to Negotiate both marital and financial situations.
Ketu's worst effects are generally the consequences of giving up too early in a struggle to reorganize resources.
Try to keep your wits about you. It is only a drama from the past, re-playing so that one can take responsible ownership of the dynamics and then it will be finished. Shani Mahadasha + Shukra bhukti
duration of the bhukti: 38 months
graha pakvata: Shukra periods yield improved results after age 25 = the age of maturity for Shri Brighu
What to Expect? Evaluate the placements of Shukra.
Consider rashi + bhava owned and occupied + the angle from the mahadasha-pathi to the bhukti-pati + age of the native (has the graha matured?) + incoming and outgoing graha-drishti + current transits. Shukra L-2 + L-7 = maraka counted from the Mesha lagna. The iconic figure of Theosophy, Jiddu Krishamurti died at age 90 during Shani-Shukra period Shani Mahadasha + Surya bhukti
duration of the bhukti: 11 months
graha pakvata: Surya periods yield improved results after age 22 = the age of maturity for Ravi
What to Expect? Evaluate the placements of Surya. Consider rashi + bhava owned and occupied + the angle from the mahadasha-pathi to the bhukti-pati + age of the native (has the graha matured?) + incoming and outgoing graha-drishti + current transits. Shani Mahadasha + Chandra bhukti
duration of the bhukti: 19 months
graha pakvata: Chandra periods yield improved results after age 24 = the age of maturity for Chandra
What to Expect? Evaluate the placements of Chandra. Consider the qualities Chandra's Nakshatra first. Then notice the rashi + bhava owned and occupied + the angle from the mahadasha-pathi to the bhukti-pati + age of the native (has the graha matured?) + incoming and outgoing graha-drishti + current transits. Shani Mahadasha + Mangala bhukti
duration of the bhukti: 13 months
graha pakvata: Mangala periods yield improved results after age 28 = the age of maturity for Kuja
What to Expect? Evaluate the placements of Mangala. Consider the rashi + bhava owned and occupied + the angle from the mahadasha-pathi to the bhuktipati + age of the native (has the graha matured?) + incoming and outgoing graha-drishti + current transits. Shani Mahadasha + Rahu bhukti
duration of the bhukti: 34 months
graha pakvata: Rahu periods yield improved results after age 48 = the age of maturity for Rahu
What to expect from a Rahu period? Evaluate the placements of Rahu. Consider the rashi + bhava owned and occupied + the angle from the mahadasha-pathi to the bhuktipati + age of the native (has the graha matured?) + incoming and outgoing graha-drishti + current transits. Now, consider each of these factors again with reference to Rahu's lord. Rahu gives the effects of His occupied bhava AND the bhava which are ruled by His lord. The Final Bhukti brings end-of-cycle, conclusion, closure.
Chidra-dasha, the final few months of "cutting" (chid = cut), may sever attachment to completed, outdated behaviors so that one may move forward upon the spiritual path.
"chid" from Koeln Sanskrit dictionary
chid (chedi)
IE cognate Latin 'scindo' (rescind)
to cut off , amputate , cut through , hew , chop , split , pierce
to divide , separate from
to destroy , annihilate , efface , blot out
Passive = to be split or cut , break
to cut off. to cause to cut off or through cutting , cutting off. cutting through
splitting , piercing
destroying , annihilating , removing
the divisor , denominator
Shani Mahadasha + Guru bhukti
duration of the bhukti: 30 months
graha pakvata: Guru periods yield improved results after age 16 = the age of maturity for Brihaspati
What to Expect? Evaluate the placements of Guru. Consider the rashi + bhava owned and occupied + the angle from the mahadasha-pathi to the bhuktipati + age of the native (has the graha matured?) + incoming and outgoing graha-drishti + current transits.
Typically , the final bhukti of a href="Shani_dasha_BPHS.htm">Shani Mahadasha feels like a bit of a reprieve. Shani and Guru are mutually neutral, and Guru is a natural benefic. Therefore the overall prediction is that things do not get noticeably more difficult nor is the workload increased, but rather there is a stable continuation of business as usual. The final bhukti of any mahadasha is a time of closure, completion, consolidation, and "cutting the losses". Projects or responsibilities which have not been completed due to unsupported conditions can be released from the task list. In general, one will start to feel that life is becoming a bit easier, although there is still plenty of work on the schedule. In the best outcome, discipline needed to be able to accomplish work on the material plane has been completely internalized, so that the same amount of production (or more) can be accomplished without the feeling of burdensomeness. Hard work feels "natural" at this point, 17 years into a 19 year mahadasha. One accepts the normalcy of responsibility from an optimistic and inclusive perspective. Q: I started Shani mahadasha when I turned 35. Shani-Mesh is in the worst possible place for me, in the fifth bhava and harming my Shukra in Makar. The first year of the 'swabhukti' as you call it was devastating: marriage suddenly turned abusive, then divorce. My wife lied in court, and I lost custody rights for my son. I don't really expect to see him again. In the second year, I developed heart disease and lost most of my hair. I am tired to the point of exhaustion and extremely thin. I live in poverty due to reduced work hours and paying support for my elderly parents. Worst of all, I live in fear that corporate politics could cost me my job. Of course, I haven't been performing well at work with all of this stress and if they fire me it will not be a surprise.
The only hope that keeps me going is the possibility of a second marriage. Is there any chance, with this awful Shani of mine, that I could ever love again? Could my parents arrange another marriage for me? Realistically, I am thin, sick, and bitter about my divorce, and starting to have financial problems too. What woman would want me? Will I be alone for the rest of my life? What is the chance of finding a second life partner? A: For a male, Second marriage prediction depends upon 2nd navamsha, 2nd radix bhava, and graha associated with Shukra. Your Shukra =
in bhava-2 in a friendly rashi
in the dignified 4/10 angle from lord of Makara
accepting drishti from that friendly lord Shani
= highly auspicious for second marriage to
a handsome women
with nice bone structure,
financially intelligent,
pleasant voice,
slightly conservative socially,
fond of nice traditional food.
She is especially represented
by the uchchamsha Chandra in satkona-bhava.
The Moon in bhava-6 for your Dhanushya lagna gives her a viparita raja yoga (Harsha) suggesting wealth and luxury which emerge from circumstances of servitude and sudden forced changes, especially wealth from dealing with underclass persons via medical practice and agricultural labor. Shani-Mesha-5 the agent of Safe Slow Structured Scarcity has a great deal of control in marriage matters due to His drishti upon both 7 and 2 in the radix chart, as well as Shani being owner of 7th navamsha. Furthermore your Shani mahadasha obtains during period of second marriage. Maturity and neutrality as well as tolerance for scarcity, respect for karmic law -- laws which your own spirit chose to impose in an orderly fashion in this present incarnation. Remember none of this karma is
a punishment from some outside agent! It is purposeful and indeed you chose this specific sequence as the optimal path toward your spiritual objectives in this life. Naturally, a strong work ethic is required in all endeavors during Shani mahadasha. Keep working and do not give up. (Anyway, Shani won't let you give up.) The goal is learning to operate with minimal material resources while maintaining a steady speed of progress on the path toward merger with the divine. You will indeed enjoy a second marriage and a very nice one, but during Shani periods any sort of selfdrama (a behavior of Shani's enemy Surya) = inimical to Shani's settling and maturing process. Over the next few bhukti periods (Shani swabhukti, Shani-Budha, and Shani-Ketu) austere and conservative Shanaicarya will slowly reveal your traditional values. Shukra 2 in a rashi of sober and pragmatic Shani creates a basis of consciously appreciated personal values that will be shared with your next spouse. Your chance is 100%, ... presuming that the necessary maturity, neutrality, and scientific objectivity about human behavior are steadily in place during the early bhukti periods when your personality is being pared down to essentials. It is never healthy to jump into a second marriage immediately after divorce. Shani demands that you give yourself adequate recovery time to rethink and rebuild on more sustainable foundations. Once the mind has matured and settled into a pragmatic, value-neutral working routine, the second spouse will come forward (likely during your next bhukti of Shukra).
in Mesha Rashi
Shani
neechchamsha
Saturn in Aries crude selfishness
Mangala = neutral toward anti-movement Shani Shani experiences the aggressive, invasive rashi of Mangala = hostile environment Shani-Mangala Battle
Shani-Mesha tends to put most of its regulatory, ordering, step-wise energy into building a shield of resistance against hot-blooded youth, warrior-competitors, against new birth, and against the instinctive, muscular urges of sexual pursuit, innovation, and movement. Shani's social-ordering mandate struggles against Mangala's animal-vitality instincts. Fierce Constraint upon Kuja's kinetic forward pursuits such as survival hunting, competitive fighting, and sexual mating. neechchamsha Shani = primitive conflicts; blood-wars interfere with lawful government in bhava-4: hard physical labor, scarcity and harsh survival conditions even possibly violence in the childhood home
partner of USA Pres-37, Mrs. Thelma Pat Nixon + Rahu
amplified by Shatabishaja Chandra causing birth in Rahu Mahadasha: Mrs. Nixon grew up in subsistence conditions with ill parents whose ventures in mining and farming (4) failed repeatedly; harsh farm-work was imposed upon the children, in addition to school-work (4)
Low vitality Life-force vitality starts out fairly low due to most resources being deployed in battle. Yet reserves of available life-force increase over time. Shani gives better results with age, and the second half of life is always better with this placement. Eventually the native comes to understand the nature of the battle and this hard-won understanding deploys one's energy in a more shrewd and effective manner. Compensating Jyotisha factors can increase or decrease the vitality levels at birth. Gains of strength are expected when Shani = in kendra. Shani-Mesha will gain the power of Endurance when in parivartamsha with Mangala in a rashi of Shani. Additionally weakening of this disadvantageous placement may occur if Shani is simultaneously fighting other battles, such as Shani in hostile putra bhava or Shani + Rahu, which are both rather debilitating situations for the Lord of Static Anti-Change. Overall however it is a "slow start" placement characterized by a fear of invasive, dominating personalities which creates a psychology of resistance (Shani) to movement, sexual vitality, and birth (including one's own birth) in the context of constant (Shani) explosions of newness and blood.
Brain
The locus of struggle is often in the brain itself. Associated with learning disabilities and ailments of the brain, often in the presence of considerable innovative genius.
John Winston Lennon = severe learning disabilities in childhood; left school at 14; trouble with unwanted pregnancies.
Catherine Zeta-Jones = bipolar condition; left school at 14 to pursue dance-movement
Virginia Woolf = literary genius who pushed herself into production while battling bipolar disease
Ronald Reagan = long-life with descent into Alzheimer's brain disease
The karma of Shani in a hostile rashi of Mangala is that precisely those invasions and intrusions of brute physical reality that one resists will surround and dominate one's daily life. Thus there are generally more children (new life) than one wants or can handle in Shani's conditions of scarcity, often step-children into the mix, pregnancies (new life Mesha) earlier than wanted or in difficult social-material circumstances.
Stand-off In the end, because the powers of Shani vs Mangala are equally matched in this placement, the resistance is largely futile. A "stand-off" is called as the native recognizes that most of one's life-force energy is being consumed in the battle between the irresistible force and the immovable object. Shani's goal of species-survival will be met, although many dangers and obstacles do indeed obstruct the life-path.
Indeed, Shani in Vrischika is similar to Shani in randhra bhava = it lengthens the lifeline somewhat.
Incomplete Understanding of Life-force Impulse
resists vitality, movement, new birth, innovation, competition, engines and energy
Obligation to Practice the Rules of Impulse Control
Repayment of the Consequences of selfish or immature decisions
regulation of primitive instincts, oppression of anarchy
negative effects of stiffening, seizing, freezing, drying, gravity, weight, sloth, or aging upon the Brain
Under attack Shani wants law and order. Shani wants cool and dry routine. Shani is systematic. He craves a lawful, bureaucratic government structure, maintained by experienced elders. Shani needs hierarchy, normality, predictability, discipline, age, conformity, regularity, and austerity. He is cold, dry, brittle, and hard. In Mesha, Shani feels constantly under attack. Mesha is the home of Shani's enemy: the young, hot, bloody, aggressive Mangala. In this hostile environment, Shani feels constant anxiety. Shani in Mesha lives in a state of fear, trepidation, and ongoing threat to His weakened and debilitated systems. He feels rather desperate and is looking for reinforcements. He worries about another attack. Psychologically, the neechchamsha Shani endures a lifetime pattern of chronic attacks upon the material, social, mental, and emotional structure of life. Conditions in the bhava of Shani are explicitly hostile and disorderly. Each attempt to impose a principled, predictable routine in this bhava produces more frustration.
Social Structure Fails Neechchamsha Shani produces a steady underlying expectation of social system-failure. Shani says: the day is coming when the structure will collapse under assault. There is much pessimism, nay-saying, and erosion in the rule of law. The failure of lawful order often results in conditions of anarchy and invasive (Kuja) crime, esp rape and murder. Shani's social conformist behavior requirements = constantly challenged by energetic, misbehaving, narcissistic entities. The agents of attack = "alpha" males, sexual competitors, dominators, the blood-thirsty. One's own vital life-force and interior instincts tend to be repressed by "the system". Predators produce a steady state of unconformity and misbehavior in matters of the afflicted bhava, so that Shani-Mesha may feel apprehensive in a world that is threatening and seemingly unlawful.
Mother Teresa of Kolkata = Shani-5 = children, politics, celebrity, creativity. Her journals reveal anxiety, self-doubt creating conditions of emotional misery and chronic very painful heart (5) disease.
The life of Mother Teresa also offers a splendid example of the misery of neechcha Shani in Bhava -5 caused by resistance to political intelligence = political ignorance. Her celebrated later life commitment to extreme service is also much amplified by her fabulously intense Uchcha-yoga of Rahu yuti Chandra in Rishabha-6. Also, her ability to promote extreme service as a cause célèbre - although she resisted direct political action - was much heightened by Surya-Mangala9-Simha. No doubt, she was a powerhouse of mercy. Her famous commitment to serve the ostracized and destitute (6) at their time of death (L-6 Shukra in 8; L-8 Chandra in 6) was compounded by her fierce refusal to demand political changes in the larger social system that was causing the injustice. Her mission was often criticized for its staunch acceptance of the socially enforced brutality (ShaniMesha) which many perceived to be the structural cause of the terrible poverty, humiliation, and disease endured by her beneficiaries. But she wasn't about to try to change that. Shani-Mesha is primitive (Mesha) in action: abrupt, direct, sometimes bloody, muscular, sometimes brutal, fierce, and utterly neutral toward the vulgarity (Shani) of the flesh-body (Mesha). Mother Teresa did not perceive her duty as abstract or complex or intellectualized. It was physical (Mesha) and it involved simple, direct movements - such as gently turning the heads of the dying so that they could face the sun. She enacted the plain-and-simple steps (Shani) which helped to infuse the reality of physical death (Shukra-8) with basic humanity (Chandra-6) - and assured by Shani-Mesha drishti to 7, 11, and 2 - simply no more than that.
After a long struggle, Shani obtains vitality, priority, lawful right to be First.
Obligation to Practice the Rules of slow, step-wise, established social practice; just and orderly distribution of assets (Kumbha); and the ability to coordinate graciously with the effects of Time
A tremendous worker, one is very active - often, hyperactive - due to neechcha Shani having so little permission to rest.
Illnesses of blood and brain, due to lack of rest.
One feels chronically that there simply is not enough time (Shani) to do things in an orderly way; but in any case something must be done; and that with haste.
There is a great fury to accomplish long-term plans within a highly compressed time frame. It is a super-human drive to accomplish more in less time, which can overflow into an Atlas Complex --feeling that the whole world rests upon one's bony shoulders.
Tendency to rush into commitments and responsibilities without adequate assessment of the time and resources required. Shani's usual caution and restraint is almost completely lacking.
The work life begins in adolescence and retirement comes very late if at all.
Catherine Zeta-Jones started her entertainment career far from home at age 15;
Ronald Reagan began his sports announcer career while a college student and worked well into his 80's before succumbing to brain disease (Chandra + Rahu + Shani).
Mother Teresa joined her convent at 17, and worked until the week of her death.
Neither does one age gracefully; the Golden Years are often cursed by ailments of blood, muscles, and brain (Mesha).
Ronald Reagan suffered Alzheimer's Disease for the last decade of his life, alienating him from the loved ones who cared for him.
Franklin D. Roosevelt suffered a terribly painful and debilitating muscle paralysis.
Virginia Woolf = wrote day and night for years. She finally annihilated her entire physical body (Mesha) in response to a brain disorder (bipolar condition). CZ-Jones similar BP condition.
Time does not work to the native 's advantage. There is little opportunity to practice, repeat, or constrain the great rush of Mangala's energetic onrush into the next major challenge.
One may wish to lengthen the days and bargain for more time, but time is the one thing not provided in a life which may otherwise be greatly satisfying.
whomever one cares for - a beloved elder husband (Catherine Zeta-Jones) or thousands of the dispossessed who need safety (Shani) and order in their final days Mother Teresa
Mature, slow, conservative, and fearful Shani is trapped in the hostile environment of adolescent, fast, innovative, competitive Mangala.
Things that benefit from drawing out, extending, reducing, constraining, and limiting are fraught with difficulty.
Shani is debilitated in the rashi of His enemy Mangala. Unless rescued by neechcha-bhanga or parivartamsha yoga or stabilized in a kendra location, Shani will give poor results in Mesha. Shani's systematic regulation of society via fixed ranks and rigid hierarchies is significantly compromised in the rashi of blood-instinct Mangala.
The primitive environment favored by impatient Mars the Hunter affords lawful Shani very little respect. the native feels over-ruled by those stronger and faster; and chronically lacking basic respect. The psychological oppression Over-identification with "me first" ethnicity , believing that "blood superiority" entitles leadership (it does not). War for ethnic dominance. social class privilege, personal traits, individual achievements at the expense of public welfare. the native endures a bitter struggle to achieve dominance through true humility, often being humiliated in the process.
Ronald Reagan, an icon of the modern culture of personal entitlement.
Displaced competitive instincts, transferred from the natural, individual realm of hunting and athletic sport (Mangala) into large-scale group social and economic order. Prefers a "system" of winner-take-all. Debility of this position is mainly attributable to the native 's instinct to fight for social recognition rather than to earn it. the native is easily frustrated by conventional methods and established order, and one will be in a position to "buck the system" rather regularly.
Oppressed by stronger personalities; tends to hide behind the power of the moment. Suffers from racial bigotry and selfishness, blaming others for his situation, and other displays of blocked self-determination.
Shani oppresses the conditions of Birth or genetic identity; Shani-Mesha encounters the karma of denial to enter the class of First Rank. One may enact the karmic struggle via second-class roles: become the second (or subsequent) spouse who struggles to gain priority
Catherine Zeta-Jones
be born into a second-class ethnicity
Mother Teresa = Roma (Gypsy) ethnicity which is often treated as 2nd-class ; also in India, a rank-less foreigner with no caste ID
be born into a second-class gender
Virginia Woolf = struggle for equality with her brothers/11 and much punishment from them; leader in slow, resisted efforts toward women's equality
have a second-class status
Franklin D. Roosevelt could not marry his lover Lucy Rutherford. FDR wanted to divorce Eleanor and marry Lucy. However as a Catholic, Lucy could not marry a second-class divorcee.
In swabhava and uchchamsha, Shani enjoys a neutral acceptance of the rule of Law in the physical and social worlds. Shani trusts in the Law and calmly supports its application to all situations of Life. Shani does not waste energy in His own or friendly signs. Indeed, Shanaicharya is the very paragon of austerity and skillful conservation of resources. In Vrischika and Mesha, Shani is constantly under threat of the breakdown of the rule of Law Dangers of self-initiated blood killing and war (Mesha) or other-initiated eruptions of shocking, sudden movement (Vrischika) terrify Shani, putting Him on the defensive for a lifetime. Shani-Mesha may hide in a psychic barricade, quaking in terror of the next attack.
For Vrischika lagna, in bhava-6 , + Surya: It is important to be extremely honest and realistic about one's social position and career, at all times due to the oppression of Shani upon Surya. There may be some serious ego struggles as the native attempts to claim talent or public leadership which exceed one's abilities or social permissions. However once complete honesty and neutral realism is established, one may proceed to deal with even the harshest human immorality or illness in the most practical way. H.H. Dalai Lama.
A Policy of Kindness: An Anthology of Writings By and About the Dalai Lama. (1997).
Compiled and edited by Sidney Piburn, foreword by Sen. Claiborne Pell.
"Progress comes by maintaining constant effort in daily practice."
Shani in Vrishabha Rashi Saturn in Taurus
USA Pres-37, Richard Nixon
The struggle to achieve Luxurious Pleasures.
Shani finds a hospitable residence in the rashi of His friend Shukra. Shani-imposed blockage is not too difficult in Rishabha. The placement is fairly innocuous unless Shani creates a nishturabhashi yoga + uchcha Chandra. Shani-Rishabha tends to put most of its regulatory, ordering, step-wise energy into building a shield of resistance against superficially structured, flimsy, or unlawful experiences of sensual luxury. Shani-Rishabha supports lawful and regular pleasures such as enjoyment of traditional music, historic architecture, and lineage values in all of the civilized arts. Shani-Gokula supports animal husbandry, the lawful management of herds and hoards, and slow, systematic accumulations of material wealth. However, Shani-Rishabha cannot tolerate excessive speed in wealth-gathering nor can He permit illicit indulgence. Conservative tastes. Favors simple, rigidly structured design. Generally prefers the traditional way of doing things. Wants to return the world to a simpler (and more difficult) time. Resists modernism, feels that modernism has low value.
Shani-Rishabha is generally an artisan who favors small amounts of delicacy, slowly and carefully obtains. Shani permits sensual indulgence in the lush products of field and forest (Vrishabha) yet He insists on getting pleasure in the old way . The vinter with Shani Rishabha may press his own grapes for wine; the farmer may harvest his own wheat for fresh-made bread; the singer will write one's own songs.
Barbra Streisand
Since the old way is nearly always the hard way, will apply much effort and discipline toward learning old crafts and collecting historic objects which have been composed through the ancient methods. May be a teacher of traditional crafts such as simple original cooking, weaving, and agricultural skills.
Martha Stewart
Shani-Rishabha works hard and steadily accrues wealth. Manages cattle, forests, and agricultural assets. Needs to tame and control the natural groves and meadows. Frustrations stem from limits on the speed of acquisition. Wants to own valuables, but often burdened with rules limiting or slowing the obtainment of wealth. Treasury-keeping responsibilities become burdensome.
Resists the pleasure nature through discipline and limits but not denial; Shani-Vrishabha is not a masochist but rather one who must pace and regulate the intake of sense data in a structured fashion.
Nose-to-the-grindstone effort must precede the nose-in-the-wine-bouquet pleasure; yet the 5senses rewards will be obtained.
Many collections and accumulations, with much responsibility to maintain them.
Favors collections of historical objects , family antiques, and books in old languages.
Shani constrains the amount of time available to enjoy life's abundant natural beauty. Less time to relish natural wealth of artistic beauty, sensual pleasure, fine food and wine, exquisite textiles etc.
Professional responsibilities in food, art, music
"French Chef" Julia Child = responsibility for transmitting a huge historic culinary tradition in 30minute television episodes
artisan Martha Stewart , similar dharma
Stability and characteristic commitment to follow the golden mean is appreciated. One does accumulate significant wealth albeit slowly. Das commentary: "You have connections with older things for pleasure, such as antiques, ancient customs or cultures, older spouses, and so on.
Not easily contented because the desires are unattainable.
Because you feel restrictions arise mainly out of society's typical understanding of happy family life, you are compassionate on others troubles, which you see all around you.
You try to restrain the presence of what you see as "typical happy home life" in yourself.
You try to make it more "true" and "more focused on higher principles."
Shani in Mithuna Rashi Disciplined Approach
to Commerce, Cohort, Collaboration, Communication Struggle to structure a clear Message a sober thinker and a terse messenger criticism from "the press" must deliver instructions in a socially responsible fashion duty to engage in commerce karma of "age-ism" in commercial environments stiffness, coldness, pinching in the hands, arms, shoulders disciplined, persistent placement for a communications professional The Power of No In a rashi of Budha, Shani can constrict the mental agility. One may unconsciously adopt a worst-case-scenario expectation toward future events. Assessments, analyses, and classifications tend to be articulated with a negative, bitter, or resentful vocabulary of limitation, restriction, and tight regulation of thought. Shani-Mithuna tends to interpret the youthful years (Budha) as having been too much burdened with studies or perhaps unfairly deprived of the opportunity for study. It may be difficult to have a happy and carefree experience of perceptual reality when Shani occupies a Budha-ruled rashi since one is so busy with the heavy responsibility of maintaining order in the mental process. It is however a favorable situation for engineers and physicians who must maintain a mental view of structures (Shani) and whose responsibilities (Shani) often require explaining (Budha) physical situations in a basic, physical, cause-and-effect fashion. If anything, Shani-Mithunaya will struggle with a need to curtail the mental process (Budha) in order to enforce a sober and pragmatic viewpoint nearly all of the time. If Budha occupies a kendra in a favorable rashi, the difficulties of excess sobriety and a negative outlook can be easily corrected through an intentional program of reality-inventory. Shani-Mithunaya should commit to a spiritual practice of mental inventory. For every negative traits encountered (in a marriage, on the job, in the community) articulte also its matching positive trait. In this way Shani-Mithunaya can avoid the negative mentality which so often burdens the Shani placement in mental Budha rashi. SEVA Shani and Budha have a neutral relationship to each other, and this is good news for the prospect of repairing and rejuvenating the mental attitude. Budha is any rashi is an absorptive and flexible graha. The negativities of the placement can be reversed at any time by undertaking Seva with
youth (Budha is the Kumara) especially in the area of exam preparation and other social stepwise achievements. Sexual relationships and Marriage The only truly significant and difficult karma of Shani in Mithuna is deprivation of a satisfying sexual (Mithuna) relationship within marriage. Shani-Mithuna in 5, 7, 10, or in the lagna is challenging and of these Shani in 7 is the most acute. Shani-Mithunaya often has a rather rudimentary sexual style which lacks sophistication; one may resist (Shani) learning new information (Mithuna) about the spouse's sexual behavior and preferences. Thus the adaptations and adjustments to the mutual partner narratives which are necessary for pleasurable sexual communication are blocked by Shani-Mithunaya s own rigidity and narrowness of expectation. Nevertheless the neutral relationship between Shani and Budha does open the possibility of sexual education and increasing proficiency of technique with maturity (Shani). If Shani-Mithuna would be willing to consider marriage counseling or to self-educate on the art and science of sexual communication by using widely available resources, the karma in place at the beginning of life may be eradicated in the usual fashion for eliminating karma. That is, karma is resolved when Shani-Mithunaya takes responsibility for one's own role in the situation and stops blaming others nor does one blame 'fate'. Instead, education and forgiveness can work to replace ignorance with wisdom. When the birth-ignorance is replaced with wisdom the karmic cycle is completed. Shani = swapathi of 8th and 9th from Mithuna. As a generality, Shani-Mithuna does not admit the presence of secretive, complicated thoughts and yet is besieged by them. Prefers to avoid unnecessary conversation. Not a chatty conversationalist. Scripted announcements. Prone to unrecognized emotional depression due to habitual negative expectations. Hears a repetitive internal dialogue = litany of problems and solutions. Functions best with a strict mental routine. Ordering of personal thoughts will help Shani-Mithuna to stay mentally healthy. Shani being the agent of effort and resistance, Shani-Mithunaya with Shani in Mithuna the rashi of narrative, announcements, and publications may encounter a karmic environment distinguished by intentionally repeating difficulties in matters of communication and mental task. Shani-Mithuna = repeating challenge to participate in multiple conversations, attend a demanding schedule of meetings, deal with public relations, marketing and advertising. Burdened by the mundane, repetitive patterns of business administration. One struggles to use the simple communicative language that is required to express the complexity of one's own ideas to an audience that is lower (Shani) or less capable than oneself. Can be quite taciturn mentally, churning on a single idea instead of allowing that idea to enter into relational conversation with other ideas. Yet Shani is fairly comfortable in the rashi of His friend Budha; Shani-Mithunaya feels constrained and repressed by the mental limitation s of those with whom one must
relate, but one does not reveal the exasperation rather one tries to slow down and accommodate the less mentalized. One dislikes talk therapy or other materially impractical, unproductive uses of communicative energy. Thoughts and talk must produce material form. Prefers a pragmatic, scientific style of correspondence and tends to resist any form of writing that is not immediately practical. May feel the karmic pressure of repetitive, largely unproductive or ineffective commercial activities: meetings, scheduling, setting time-driven goals and calendars. Tendency to be frustrated with sales and advertising activities; yet may produce good results in the fullness of maturity and time. Budha rules young, superficial minds. May acquire considerable responsibility for training and supervising younger business communicators such as younger salespeople, younger writers, or younger clerks - and perhaps bear the burden of their inexperienced mistakes. A highly effective regulator of messaging behaviors so long as full neutrality is practiced. However should the natural impersonal neutrality of Shani-Mithuna deteriorate into punitive or intolerant criticism, younger persons such as students or trainees become alienated from their aged mentor. Could be a splendid editor or sales manager due to Shani's concern with rules and goals. Shani-Mithuna may accept responsibility for governing institutional communications technologies as a duty, if other character traits are grounded. May have characteristic trouble with communications agents such as public relations managers, journalistic reporters, newspapers and media representations. In Mithuna, Shani's sense of social duty and safety for survival acquires Budha-like communicative characteristics. Shani-Mithunaya tends to carry notable responsibility for social communications. One takes a sober and practical approach to a long roster of information delivery tasks in this lifetime. Teamwork is difficult and team-mates may be intractable or unsupportive. ShaniMithunaya works very hard to communicate message to the public. Shani's workload of message-delivery often involves translation, interpretation, transliteration, advertising, scheduling, and publication. Much trouble from sexual activity, which he oversimplifies and suppresses; the sexual conversation does not flow easily. Fears the chronic discursiveness of human relationships. Numerous and highly complex liaisons throughout the lifetime, which structure and define the karmic learning process. Gets stuck in a single stage of the multi-stage sexual process. Transfers sexual attractionrepulsion -communication energies into passive viewing, rather than participating. Nervous and hesitant in the elaborate dance of attraction. Tends to objectify and de-personalize (Shani) the sexual behaviors. Excellent for scientific study of human sexuality.
In extreme cases, can be associated with displaced natural sexuality due to death or rejection by partner. Trouble due to inflexible rule-imposition; a bit arthritic in one's ability to go-with-theflow; responds with less natural agility to the give-and-take of reciprocal relationships. Generally happy in a monastic communal or semi-communal lifestyle, especially when assigned to commercial or literary duties. Best part of life is often the last part, after the family responsibilities have been discharged.
Public Figures
Shani-1 = resistance to impulse + obligation to maintain respectability
Swami "Yogaville" Satchidananda + Chandra
Shani-2 = resistance to historical values + obligation to lawfully conserve
Shani-3 = resistance to collaboration + obligation to respectfully discuss
Shani-4= resistance to parents + obligation to protect the home culture
Shani-5= resistance to celebrity + obligation to regulate creativity and children
Shani-6= absence of accusation and disease + obligation to argue-defend-explain
Shani-7 = dik-bala = resistance to yoke + karmicly obliged to form lawful alliances
partner of USA Pres-32 Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
Shani-8 = resistance to hidden forces + obligation to lawfully keep secrets
military pilot, fashion designer Emilio Pucci
Shani-9 resistance to one's own father-guru + obligation to be a lawful priestly teacherguide
dramatist, model, entrepreneur Aishwarya Rai + Ketu
Shani-10 resistance to leadership roles + karmic obligations to be iconic, to be highly visible in public roles
USA Pres-28 Woodrow Wilson
dramatist, cinematic producer Michael Douglas
Shani-11 resistance to friendly association + obliged to regulate earnings
Queen of England Elizabeth I (b. 1533)
India-PM 1984-89 Rajiv Gandhi
Oracle Database Larry Ellison
(from Chandra) Rudy Giuliani (former NY mayor, failed presidential contender)
Shani-12 resistance to retreat + obligation to take lawful sanctuary while hosting the wisdom of the ancestors
dramatist, philanthropist Angelina Jolie
(from Chandra) Elizabeth I, queen of England (b. 1533)
Shani
in Karkata Rashi
Endurance in the place of settlement. Patriotism. Duty to defend the Homeland. Local Governance.
Protect and Defend. Disciplined, step-wise approach toward goals of security, stability, protection, ethnicity, home routine. The struggle to achieve emotional security via limitation, constriction, scarcity, governance, rules. Excellent placement for police, local governance, real-estate, environmentalists, school principal, home safety regulator. Takes the parental responsibilities very seriously, but tends toward "scarcity thinking". May over-protect and over-fortify, like a scurrying crab trying to barricade itself against the ocean waves. Endurance habits from past lives overtake modern confidence.
Morally conventional. Emotionally pinched. Tends to be emotionally repressed, preferring to solve problems with emotional denial rather than fearful honesty. Displaced emotions due to the mother's death or rejection by the primary caretaker. May transfers affections to another source of security such as a religion, an ideology, or the national Homeland.
Believes that life is hard
the nation must be protected
one must accept the responsibility to defend kinder, kuche, kirke.
Deeply patriotic and parochial in viewpoint regarding social stability and rule of law. Respects the Old Ways and Customs
Ayurvedic endocrinologist Deepak Chopra, M.D.
"Sherlock Holmes" writer Arthur Conan Doyle * parivartamsha L-11 Chandra deeply patriotic in his constant writing on British national policy
May become a great leader if Shani occupies kendra: 1-4-7-10 (throne yoga).
May be a fearful parent. Much depends on Chandra. Das says of Shani-Karkata, "Hardships and difficulties in early life,
motherless,
noble partner,
reputed,
absence of enemies,
opposition from relatives,
gentle,
affluence in later life,
a rolling stone."
Public Figures
Shani-1 = resistance to impulse + obligation to maintain respectability
USA Sen-VP Al Gore, Jr.
USA Pres-43 George W. Bush
USA Pres-42 Bill Clinton
writer Stephen King + yogakaraka Kuja
writer Leo Tolstoy
Shani-2 = resistance to historical values + obligation to lawfully conserve.
Shani-3 = resistance to collaboration + obligation to respectfully discuss. Media-messaging karma.
Gov. Mass, USA 2012 pres-cand Mitt Romney
golf champion Tiger Woods
Shani-4 = resistance to parents + obligation to protect the home culture
USA Pres-35, John F Kennedy
USA Pres-27 William Howard Taft + Shukra
Shani-5 = resistance to individualism, celebrity + obligation to regulate pro-creativity and children
balladeer Shakira
Shani-6 = absence of accusation and disease + obligation to argue-defend-explain
(from Chandra) Mrs. Laura Welch Bush (avoided manslaughter conviction)
Ayurvedic endocrinologist Deepak Chopra, M.D.
Shani-7 * dik-bala = resistance to yoke + karmicly obliged to form lawful alliances
Maharishi "TM" Mahesh Yogi
Shani-8 = resistance to hidden forces + obligation to lawfully keep secrets
USA Pres-26, Theodore Roosevelt - lawful control of tax-hidden monies
Shani-9 = resistance to one's own father-guru + obligation to be a lawful priestly teacherguide
So-Africa pres Nelson Mandela + Surya + Budha
PM-India 1966-77; 1980-84 Indira Gandhi
Shani-10 = resistance to leadership roles + karmic obligations to be iconic, to be highly visible in public roles = "throne yoga"
USA Sen / Secy of State Hillary Clinton + Kuja * parivartamsha L-10 Chandra
(10th from Chandra) SA Pres. Nelson Mandela
Shani-11 = resistance to friendly association + obligation to regulate earnings
partner of USA Pres-38, Mrs. Betty Ford
"Sherlock Holmes" writer Arthur Conan Doyle * parivartamsha L-11 Chandra
Nazi genocidal dictator 1934-1945 Adolf Hitler
Shani-12= resistance to retreat + obligation to take lawful sanctuary while hosting the wisdom of the ancestors
Emperor 1804-1815 Napoleon Bonaparte + Budha
real-estate financier, TV entertainer Donald Trump + Shukra
Shani
in Simha Rashi
Resistance to Dramatic, Celebrity, Political, and Center-court Royal roles
Dislike of politics
rigidity of dramatic expression
heavy responsibilities for children
Stage Fright
The struggle to achieve socially responsible creativity.
enemy rashi, hostile placement Exceptionally difficult place for Shani, in sign of His enemy Surya. Native craves recognition for individual achievements, but whatever he/she can accomplish it is never enough to please the audience. Desperately needs admiration and praise, yet tends to subvert the performance so that the applause never comes. Example:
Vimshottari Dasha of Dwight D. Eisenhower = vivid example of a brilliant military mind suffering career stagnation during earlier part of the period of Shani-Simha, then sudden improvement as soon as these doldrums end.
On a personal level the father [Surya] withholds approval. Parents demand a better, more prestigious performance. Tends to be extremely ethical in public life, but ethical boundaries may be unsustainable personally. Displaced confidence due to death or rejection from father. Tends to transfer the confidence that one could not place in his unavailable father, onto another ethical authority such as religious teacher, court of law, or professional governing body. Inner conflict between the obligation to serve the social law versus the expression of individual creative intelligence. Shani-Simha may be oppressed by an archaic ethno-caste system
UK Princess Anne
UK Prince Charles
polymath Rabindranath Tagore
India-PM Jawaharlal Nehru
Shah of Iran 1941-1979 M. Reza Pahlavi
King of Egypt 1936-1952 Farouk al-Awwal
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams
or a social hierarchy which oppresses the genius of personal creativity, political charisma, or theatrical radiance
dramatist Katie Holmes
dramatist Meryl Streep
evangelist Billy Graham
However angular Shani tends toward deep discipline rather than personal oppression, even in Simha Das says of Shani-Simha: "Trouble and sorrow through accidents, partner and children.
You are often prone to worry.
Although you may have studious and good looking qualities,
you are often unhappy, criticized by others and short tempered."
Public Figures
Shani-1 = resistance to impulse + obligation to maintain respectability
India-PM 1947-1964 Jawaharlal Nehru
dramatist Katie Holmes + Rahu
Shani-2 = resistance to historical values + obligation to lawfully conserve
USA Pres-03 Thomas Jefferson+ Guru
UK-Prince Charles Windsor
Shani-3 = resistance to collaboration + obligation to respectfully discuss
esoteric writer H.P. Blavatsky + Rahu + Mangala + Budha
Shani-4 = resistance to parents + obligation to protect the home culture
Archbishop of Canterbury 2002-2012 Rowan Williams
Pres France 1944-1946; 1959-1969 Gen. Charles de Gaulle
dramatist Meryl Streep
Shani-5 = resistance to celebrity + obligation to regulate creativity and children
poet, painter, social justice advocate Rabindranath Tagore
Shani-6 = obligation to argue-defend-explain-fight-crusade
Shani-7 * dik-bala = resistance to yoke + karmicly obliged to form lawful alliances
Shani-8 = resistance to hidden forces + obligation to lawfully keep secrets
UK Prince Consort Philip Mountbatten + Guru
Gen. Pres France 1944-1946; 1959-1969 Gen. Charles de Gaulle
"Anthroposophy" Rudolf Steiner
Shani-9 = resistance to one's own father-guru + obligation to serve in religious roles = priestly teacher-guide
(from Chandra) Sir Edmund Hillary [deity-worshipped by Sherpa cmty of Nepal]
USA Pres-34 Dwight D. Eisenhower
Shani-10 = resistance to leadership roles + karmic obligation to hold iconic, highly visible public roles
Shah of Iran 1941-1979 Mohamed Reza Pahlavi + Mangala + Shukra
poet, legislator William Butler Yeats + Rahu
Shani-11 = resistance to friendly association + obligation to regulate earnings; obligation to connect with less entitled communities
King of Egypt 1936-1952 Farouk al-Awwal
Baptist evangelist Rev. Billy Graham
entrepreneur Ivana Trump * parivartamsha mutual aspect Surya
UK-Princess Anne Laurence + Budha + Chandra
Shani-12 = resistance to retreat + obligation to take lawful sanctuary
Shani in Kanya Rashi Saturn in Virgo he-said/she-said karma of criticism, argument, blame, accusation, dissatisfaction, disagreement, logical analysis, error detection, problems, disease, divorce, victimization, betrayal, exploitation, servitude superb placement for public servants, social workers, physicians in public medicine, military officers, health scientists Karmic struggle to release the fear of Exploitation and Servitude.
Chronic (Shani) arguments (Kanya) and "problematicity"
Intractable (Shani) problems (Kanya)
Similar to Shani-Mithuna, there is a constant responsibility of problematizing and negative thinking when Shani occupies a rashi of Budha, involving a blanket presumption that whatever the 'problem' is, it is likely to get worse.
Furthermore, no matter what evidence of positive change might be noticed by others, ShaniKanya may find the horizon of opportunity for positive improvement to be extremely limited. Seva is typically the best and often the only viable option for a peaceful lifestyle. Neutral Rashi for Shani.
*Seva* Service ministry can be exceptionally efficacious in the task of burning off the ignorance karma of Shani-Kanya .
Specific target = Service to the underclass "victim class" = those who have been profoundly exploited and who have normalized the experience of being "cheated and mistreated". "Serve and observe" those locked into a narrative of argumentative blaming can quickly convert ignorance into wisdom.
Criticism Karma Self-criticism and a crippling perfectionism which is an expression of the pervasive, structural fear (Shani) of making an error in logic. This fear is compounded if there happens to be Shani drishti to emotional Chandra. Shani delays but He does not deny. The native can achieve (Shani) anything that other graha want esp Rahu who burns with desire (and again a more excruciating wait if Shani casts drishti upon Rahu). However it is Shani's job to ensure that the wait is long.
The wait is long because there is work to do, and the nature of the work is to eliminate fear of criticism.
Those who fear criticism are often raised in a home where criticism and perfectionism are used to control the children. Intimidating criticism and complaint (Kanya) about imperfection and error is used to exploit new beings. Blame, whether overt or subtle, is applied by the parents, the government, the local authorities. Kanya, misappropriation, mis*giving, mis*take The children develop anxiety (Shani) about making mistakes. As a result, the children develop the habit of being critical of others (either silently or announcing it) as a way of shielding their fear of humiliation. Shani fears Mangala. Shani-Kanya dreads being attacked by criticism.
Shani-Kanya's survival response to the threat of invasive criticism tends to be proactive criticism. The native complains constantly (albeit often silently) which creates a psychic shield intended to ward off the invasive complaints of others. Accusing behavior of course creates distrust in the home and the workplace. Relationships personal and professional may seem incapable of sustained balance. A moment of truth may occur during Surya periods, if Surya is strong. Surya often is able to shine a bright light upon the subtle, embedded sense of obligation (Shani) to blame, accuse and "problematize" others. However this is not usually a pleasant experience at first. Cold, dark-blue Shani is quite happy living in hospitable greenish Kanya rashi and Shani does not like Surya's overly clarifying yellow-orange bright lights! Shani's survival pattern can be painful to see. The native is often unaware that constant criticism is hurtful and furthermore the accusative stance may be causing the native to become disliked. One has been socialized (Shani) to point out the errors of others, and it may seem not only normal but also intelligent and proper to continue to do so.
Intelligent Discrimination Budha-Kanya Sharply technically discriminating Budha finds His uchchamsha in Kanya. Budha-Kanya is an agent of detailed, highly rational analysis which is entirely mental, occurring in the world of thought. Budha-Kanya is simply an articulate announcer and His reports carry no inherent social or interpersonal judgment. Punitive Discrimination Shani-Kanya By contrast, Shani's uchchamsha is Thula = social justice, balanced contracts, and fair treatment under the law. Shani is welcome in Kanya the rashi of friendly Budha, but Shani is unable to make fine distinctions. Shani is blunt, not sharp. Shani is material, not mental. Shani-Kanya criticizes chronically, but His criticism is insufficiently discriminating and therefore its results are logically incomplete. Shani is ignorant (not-knowing, in darkness). Shani-Kanya generalizes at the level of "class" in His logic and He typically fails to achieve true accuracy because He does not examine an adequate amount of specific data. UchchaBudha on the other hand can process a tremendous amount of detailed examples in order to prove any rule; thus the rules concluded by uchcha-Budha are typically well-proven. Rather than pursue a complete analysis, Shani repeats a litany of truisms and social generalizations. Shani-Kanya's main categorical tool is social rank, class, hierarchical location.
Anxiety about Correct Behavior Shani-Kanya can mark a person who has anxiety about their own mistakes and who criticizes others as a survival method of controlling that fear. If consciousness remains low while Shani gains power due to favorable bhava, one may experience a continuous obligation to criticize the people who serve in social governance (Shani).
radio preacher Rush Limbaugh = Shani strong in 10
However if consciousness is high, one may exercise the more beneficial level of critical thinking which analyzes the guiding ideas, systems, and programs which inform and instruct social policy.
Swami Vivekananda = Shani-10 + Chandra * parivartamsha Budha
King of Nepal 1972-2001 Birendra Bir Bikram Shah = Shani + Rahu-4
automobile industrialist and social critic Henry Ford = Shani-11
Criticism Karma embedded within Social Norms Shani-Kanya's complaining, analyzing, assigning blame and error is so structurally normalized into the personality that it seems obligatory. Discovery of Shani fear and its power to block progress in life is often a long-delayed process because Shani embeds His karmic resistance into the fabric of society, beginning with parents and continuing into the hierarchical structure of social government. However it can be detected, primarily by the method of tracking patterns in one's own failure to reach goals. Whenever a goal is cherished and yet the experience is delay upon delay, scarcity after scarcity, the pinch of insufficiency, "not good enough" it can be surmised that one is in the process of earning wisdom via the steps and set-backs experienced in blocked movements toward that important goals.
Conclude the Karma The lesson of Shani-Kanya is that it is often helpful to criticize society, criticize ideas, criticize behaviors, criticize external objective things. Clear and objective analysis is a splendid mental tool granted to humans by Divine providence, and it can be very useful when properly applied. However it is never beneficial to criticize people. Behaviors, yes - people, no. In fact, for the Shani-Kanya nativity, criticism of other beings must slowly but steadily replaced with compassion for all beings.
The kernel of the lesson is indeed to sloooooowly overcome the early training that was received by early karmic agreement with the beings who were scheduled to be the parents. And sloooowly replace the presumption that it is necessary to correct others, analyze and report upon the errors of others, and judge the worthiness of others. With time, an understanding comes that what appear to be character flaws displayed by the people surrounding one's life are indeed organically correct traits for those individuals at their precise location on their own spiritual path. Once the wisdom of "errors are not possible on the spiritual path" is established, then it becomes possible to employ Shani-Kanya's sharp analytical skills to more helpful tasks. Critical analysis of public (Shani) logic such as errors in government legislation or social programming can be very helpful when offered in a spirit of true service (Kanya). However Shani-Kanya must be ever-diligent to distinguish (Kanya) between criticism of persons (unhelpful, ultimately boomerangs upon oneself) versus criticism of objective ideas, plans, systems, laws, regimes, behaviors, situations. Shani-Kanya can be a genius of eliminating pollution (Kanya) which is extremely pervasive, particulate, nearly undetectable because it is so deeply embedded into the material reality. Not only physical pollution but also social pollution, such as bigotry and prejudice -- and interpersonal pollution, such as blaming others for one's own karmic dilemma. Blame and bigotry are crippling errors of thought which Shani-Kanya is extremely well suited to *systematically* eliminate via criticism of the erroneous logic (Kanya). Shani-Kanya is a superb placement if correctly understood and applied, with the mature understanding that everything related to Shani takes a loooooong time to achieve.
Similar effects compared with Shani in Ari Bhava. An excellent position for: any professional dealing with victims and 'victimology' = the problematizing argumentation of ego-attachment to suffering
Paramahamsa Yogananda,
Swami Vivekananda
exponents of blame, accusation, he-said/she-said karma in relationship betrayal
balladeer Phil Collins
advocates for the poor and exploited
Gov-Sen Louisiana 1928-1935 Huey "Kingfish" Long
USA Sen. John Edwards
spinal injury advocate Christopher Reeve
physicians dealing with chronic, iatrogenic, and environmentally-caused disease
negotiators dealing with chronic ethnic and religious conflict
Tony Blair
social workers serving clients with domestic violence and addiction cycles; repeat offenders in the criminal system; those suffering "generational poverty"
automobile producer Henry Ford
attorneys and scientists dealing with environmental pollution
financial professionals dealing with repeat bankrupters and those who chronically mishandle the loan monies given in trust
entertainers serving a socially marginalized audience
Judy Garland, a favorite of the gay male community and daughter of a gay father;
Rush Limbaugh serving the victim-minded
One is obliged (Shani) to pursue chronic (Shani) arguments (Kanya) and apparently irresolvable conflicts (6) embedded into the very framework of society (Shani). Karma of persistent and intractable (Shani) problems (Kanya) manifest in the lower classes, amongst the ignorant and unhealthy, or in the company of those committed to maintaining conflict . In sum, one is charged to work continuously upon problems regarding which there is chronic resistance to a solution. Preference for defining an argument rather than envisioning a solution to the problem.
On a personal level, one may complain regularly (Shani) about marital, health or financial problems. These difficulties are typically the result of one's own belief in the fixed (Shani) nature of marital or physical disharmony, and often also the result of a family pattern of resignation to repeating dysfunction rather than acceptance of possibilities for change. At the lower levels, one may be locked into a repeating set of personal problems which enforce a continuous inner argument . Personally prone to complex illnesses and financial troubles.
Food diet (Kanya) is often highly problematic, with habitual (Shani) disease exacerbating food choices - often based a a conviction that poor diet (and poor digestion) are imposed by conditions of poverty or scarcity.
Higher levels include professional medical service and legal service to the victims of broken contracts; here the argument is just as detailed and the problems just as chronic, but one is fortunate to serve others rather than to suffer personally. On a social level, the service professional may feel burdened by sobering, highly organized knowledge about social problems especially poverty, oppression, and disease. Lower consciousness is to negative outcomes; higher consciousness is neutral toward negative outcomes. Concerned with chronic world ailments like war, famine, epidemic disease, pollution and overpopulation.
Shani-Kanya is a helpful placement for any type of responsible work with victims of imbalance, accident, injury, and disagreement. For example: environmentalists, pharmacists, hospital workers, police officers, divorce attorneys, or shelter managers.
On a personal level, the employees or servants (Kanya) withhold approval. Much struggle in the workplace due to absenteeism. The work of inferiors falls upon one's shoulders. One feels beholden to the servants or the workers.
despite a deep and sincere concern for the welfare of his factory workers and despite paying the best wages in his region, automobile producer Henry Ford was nevertheless intensely disliked by the automobile (4) workers he hired. They knew he was vastly rich and blamed him for stinginess, knowing that he could have provided them with much more benefit than he actually did.
Often a lower-level manager who becomes enslaved to the small details of operating a shop or corporate department, or a farmer who has trouble from livestock or unproductive farmhands. Digestive complaints due to worrying about getting the work done on time. Displaced analysis due to trauma of extreme conflict. The child of persecution and war, esp. war between the parents. Fearful. Life is about having problems. Will not allow a problem to be solved. Disliked and mistreated by problem-solvers such as physicians, financiers, and police.
Shani in Kanya = chronic (Shani) complaining (Kanya). The nature of the delay (Shani) is that until the distinction is established between criticism of subjective persons versus criticism of objective social behaviors, one remains locked into the obligation to remain unsatisfied. Satisfaction = balance = 7. Kanya = 12th-from-7 = unsatisfied.
Criticism used as a method of social control. The analytical mentality is trapped in Shani's negative materialism, and Shani-Kanya is bound to an endless cycle of criticize-andcomplain.
In the classic stubbornly repetitive ignorance of Shani, Shani-Kanya may complain bitterly of the many imperfections one observes. Shani-Kanya = a master of "what doesn't work". Beset by constant reminders of imperfection, Shani-Kanya responds to an imperfect environment (especially an imperfect partner) with multiple reminders of broken promises and collapsed agreements.
Shani-Kanya may feel pressured (Shani) to correct the imperfect people and flawed designs of this world.
Ultimately Shani-Kanya causes separation and delay through constant criticism. Blaming behaviors eventually erode the will of the parties to make corrective efforts. The method of dissolution constant argument showing that the partner is not perfectly upholding the contract.
Typical of Shani, Shani-Kanya has no idea that it is one's own inner imbalance which causes the perfectionism which causes the collapse of most designs and agreements!
Along with Shani's characteristic materialism, Kanya is a challenging position for happiness in intimate relationships. When Shani gains strength in kendra, a disordered process of internal argumentation = perfectionism may define the mentality. Under oppression of perfectionism, no statement or behavior is valid unless it's perfect. Tyranny of self-doubt, chronic complaining and persistent lack of confidence may become pillars (kendra, corners) of the personality. Shani-Kanya is particularly virulent in navamsha, where is indicates a pattern of litigious argumentation within core partnerships..
In either 1st navamsha (self) or 7th navamsha (partner) it can damage the prospect for happiness in one's relationships. Shani-Kanya is often very intelligent and observant, but one's analytical awareness is focused entirely on the negative - particularly on perceived logical inconsistencies or contractual errors of the partner.
Like all Shani-related matters, the effects of Shani-Kanya may improve with maturity. Intentional self-correction may increases with bitter experience, and certainly prospects will improve after the age of 60.
may be substantially corrected through a parivartamsha with Budha-Makara or BudhaKumbha
Shani in Kanya = enforced complaining and fault-finding. A sour or irritable feeling due to poor intestinal digestion, ultimately due to poor "mental digestion". Cranky and chronic
malcontent. In navamsha 1, native is a very difficult marriage partner who picks at the spouse. In navamsha 7, same irritability and fault-finding in the behavior of the spouse. May prosper in all professions which require argumentation and control of fine details. A careful bookkeeper capable of sustained discipline in handling extensive financial detail. Das says of Shani-Kanya,
"During Saturn ruled periods especially,
there will be a desire to delve more deeply into the unknown sciences of life's deeper essence.
At the same time,
you may fall away from your past moral position or social attachments in your own transit to a new position."
Public Figures
Shani-1 = resistance to impulse + obligation to maintain respectability
Shani in bhava-2
NASCAR racing champion Dale Earnhardt proletarian persona
Swami Paramahamsa Yogananda
Shani-3 = messages, meetings, evangelism, courage
dramatist, advocate for injured Christopher Reeve + uchcha Budha + Surya
Gov-Sen Louisiana 1928-1935 Huey "Kingfish" Long + Shukra + Ketu
Shani-4 = resistance to parents + obligation to protect home culture
King of Nepal 1972-2001 Birendra Bir Bikram Shah + Rahu
USA Sen. John Edwards proletarian facade
Shani-5 = resistance to celebrity-romance + obligation to regulate creativity-children
dramatist Doris Day + Rahu + Guru
dramatist, balladeer Judy Garland + Guru + Rahu
Shani-6 = resistance to servants + obligation to regulate the workplace, the workers
Russia Pres. Vladimir Putin + Surya
robber baron William Randolph Hearst + Guru
choreographer, notation Martha Graham + Ketu
Shani-7 * dik-bala resistance to yoke + karmic obligation to form lawful alliances
Shani-8 = resistance to hidden forces + obligation to lawfully keep secrets
Shani-9 = resistance to father-guru-religion + obligation to regulate the preacher- priests
"Lord of the Rings" writer J.R.R. Tolkien
entertainment producer Justin Timberlake
Soviet Apparatchik Nikita S. Khrushchev
Shani-10 = resistance to leadership roles + karmic obligations to hold iconic, highly visible public roles
Swami Vivekananda * nishturabashi yoga
radio preacher government critic Rush Limbaugh
Shani-11= resistance to friendly association + obligation to regulate earnings
automobile producer Henry Ford + Guru + Shukra
Shani-12 = resistance to retreat foreign lands + obligation to take lawful sanctuary while hosting the wisdom of the ancestors
balladeer Phil Collins
Shani
in Thula Rashi
Karma of social justice, fair deals, and balanced contracts. The struggle to achieve Social Equity. Thula rashi = the best possible location for Shani. In Thula, Shani the Structure-Maker feels welcomed into the rashi of Great Friend Shukra as a respected architect of Social Justice. Shani-Thula = uchchamsha. Yet Shani is still Shani. Uchchamsha = social-material success after lengthy procedures and considerable delay.
Shani-Thula tends to put most of its regulatory, ordering, step-wise energy into building a shield of resistance against superficial or insubstantial agreements. Shani works effectively toward superior levels of Balance. Extraordinary discipline and broadly inclusive social perspective.
This native works extremely hard and produces exceptionally beneficial public results. High quality leadership in social justice.
Invariably a hard worker
materially successful; professionally recognized in the chosen field of endeavor.
In particular, Shani-Thula is engaged professionally with material design - whether mechanical design, political design, artistic design, or other structural development.
The only failure mode for wonderful uchcha Shani occurs with the mutual aspect from His bitter enemy uchcha Surya. Those born when Ravi enters Mesha whilst Shani occupies Thula, are focused, ambitious workers. Unfortunately, uchcha Ravi's aristocratic self-confidence is weakened by mutual drishti with His law-and-order, plebian enemy Shani. This unhappy angle can result in a narcissistic, passive-aggressive quest for personal glory which limits the native 's power to achieve the public recognition he seeks.
Another Surya-related disability for uchcha Shani can be excessively rigid insistence upon "full parity" in contracts. Shani-Thula = deeply committed to the philosophy and practice of equitable relations between have-and-have-not may have poor operating skills for using main vehicle of social power re-distribution- which is Politics. Example:
USA President 39 Jimmy Carter = a truly great humanitarian who was widely perceived as a weak or even incompetent USA president.
Carter's political downfall occurred largely as a result of his proclivity for placing social justice concerns above the day-to-day business of political flattery.
The single, salient event which damaged the prestige of Carter's presidency was his inability to negotiate an pragmatic exchange agreement to free the USA hostages in the Iran-Contra scandal. Carter continued to delay the exchange insisting upon high ethical principles while the nation wanted a quick and effective repatriation for the victims.
Presuming auspicious drishti and depending on the house location, uchchamsha Shani can give huge wealth through large corporations.
See Bill Gates' philanthropy, where stunning wealth is judiciously re-invested into greater social equity.
See Jimmy Carter or Ammachi for stellar public-service leadership, "leveraging" the wealth and power of large organizations to offset poverty and corruption of the disenfranchised.
Das comments
Shani in Thula-7:
"Gain through travel and foreign countries.
Gentle, soft, learned, philanthropic,
recognized by the community,
much intellectual exercises.
Broken home, attachment to prostitutes.
Good for doctors, lawyers and any other profession also." Public Figures
Shani-1 = resistance to impulse + obligation to maintain respectability
USA Pres-39 Jimmy Carter + Chandra
UK-PM 1979-1990 Margaret Thatcher + Budha
Guru Ammachi
Shani-2 = "cost cutter" = resistance to historical values + obligation to lawfully conserve
industrialist, journalist, philanthropist Andrew Carnegie
Shani-3 = resistance to siblings-teamwork + obligation to make announcements
USA Pres-41 George H. W. Bush
Apple Computer Steve Jobs
fiction writer Rudyard Kipling
British-Egyptian cinematic producer Dodi Al-Fayed
Shani-4= resistance to folkways + obligation to protect the home culture
USA Pres 22-24 Grover Cleveland * uchcha + Ketu
Ruler of Communist China 1945-1976 Mao Zedong * parivartamsha L-4 Shukra
Shani-5 = resistance to celebrity glitter + obligation to socially support children
entrepreneur, children's philanthropist Bill Gates + Surya + Shukra
Shani-6 = absence of accusation and disease + obligation to argue-defend-explain
Shani-7 * dik-bala = resistance to shared partnership + obliged to ensure fair contracts
(from Chandra) USA Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor
"Miraculous Medal" Saint Catherine Laboure + Chandra
economist, Jyotishi Bepin Behari
journalist, political partner Maria O. Shriver
Shani-8= resistance to hidden forces + obligation to keep secrets
(from Chandra) CEO Pepsico Indra Nooyi
Shani-9 = resistance to father-guru-religion + obligation to preach
(from Chandra) USA Federal Reserve chair, 2005- Benjamin Bernanke =
Swami Paramahamsa Ramakrishna (b. 1836)
Shani-10 = resistance to leadership roles + karmic obligations to be iconic, to be highly visible in public roles
(from Chandra) Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel
Dictator of Cuba 1959-2008 Fidel Castro
Shani-11= resistance to friendly association + obligation to regulate earnings
dramatist, fashion icon Marilyn Monroe
partner of USA Pres-34, Mrs. Mamie Doud Eisenhower + Budha
Shani-12= resistance to retreat + obligation to take lawful sanctuary while hosting the wisdom of the ancestors
telejournalist, media mogul Oprah Winfrey
USA Pres-29, Warren G. Harding
Shani in Vrischika Rashi
Saturn in Scorpio 'slow poisoning'
Mangala = neutral toward anti-movement Shani
Shani experiences the aggressive, invasive rashi of Mangala = hostile environment
Generally, a good deal of frustration and delay in this placement due to the counteractive sabotage of aggressive Mangala and dispersing Ketu which combine to cripple the structuring, lawful, carefully time-oriented works of Shani.
Better results, as always for Shani, in bhava-7 * dik bala, bhava-10 social hierarchy, and bhava-11 network systems
Resistance to Sudden Change and Quick Transformation Shani-Vrischika operates from the expectation that 'what can go wrong will go wrong'. Shani tends to put most of His regulatory, ordering, step-wise energy into building a shield of resistance against sudden, forced changes. One lives in terror of sudden attack as if "under siege". Often the parents were the first psychological attackers, and social conditions of the upbringing were rife with threats of annihilation specifically 'slow poisoning'.
Ketu Co-lord of Vrischika = Ketu. Focus and location of Shani's difficult work depends considerably upon the placement of Ketu. The most beneficial placement = Ketu in Bhava-8 which gives unrestricted access to "open secrets" via ability to detect patterns in apparently "scattered" movements
USA Pres-16, Abraham Lincoln = Ketu in Bhava-12 = higher principles of law, definition of human (not slave)
Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi = Ketu in Bhava-4 = homeland, ethnicity
Pak-PM Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto =
philosopher Baruch Spinoza = co-ruler Ketu in Bhava-3 = writing about occult knowledge
dancer Madonna = Ketu in Bhava-9 + Mangala movement
UK-Queen Elizabeth II = Ketu in Bhava-11
dancer Michael Jackson = Ketu in Bhava-1 + Mangala muscular-movement
USA Pres-04, James Madison Ketu in Bhava-5 politics
Low vitality Life-force vitality starts out fairly low due to most resources being deployed in battle. But reserves of available life-force increase over time. Shani gives better results with age, and the second half of life is always better with this placement. Eventually Shani-11 comes to understand the nature of the battle and this hard-won understanding deploys one's energy in a more shrewd and effective manner. Compensating Jyotisha factors can increase or decrease the vitality levels at birth. Gains of strength are expected when Shani = in kendra. Shani in Vrischika will gain the power of Endurance when in parivartamsha with Mangala in a rashi of Shani. Additionally weakening of this disadvantageous placement may occur if Shani is simultaneously fighting other battles, such as Shani in hostile putra bhava or Shani + Rahu, which are both rather debilitating situations for the Lord of Static Anti-Change. Overall however it is a "slow start" placement characterized by a fear of invasive, dominating personalities which creates a psychology of resistance (Shani) to regenerative change (Vrischika) in the context of constant (Shani) regenerative change!
Resistance is Futile = begin Yogic Consciousness The karma of Shani in a hostile rashi of Mangala is that precisely those invasions and intrusions that one resists will surround and dominate one's reality.
In the end, because the powers of Shani vs Mangala are equally matched in this placement, the resistance is largely futile. "You can run but you cannot hide."
A "stand-off" is called as Shani-11 recognizes that most of one's life-force energy is being consumed in the battle between the irresistible force and the immovable object.
Shani's goal of species-survival will be met, although many dangers and obstacles do indeed obstruct the life-path.
Better life in the Second Half
Shani in Vrischika is similar to Shani in randhra bhava = it lengthens the lifeline somewhat.
Typically, Shani-11 abandons the struggle-against-psychic-invasion immediately before being exhausted and annihilated by the battle against blood-sucking, life-force depleting, psychically (and sometimes physically) predatory forces.
Available reserves of life-force energy actually increase in the second half of the lifetime.
The vitality increase occurs when Shani-11 withdraws from the social-material levels of the battle and limits one's engagement with opposition forces to the places where it is likely to be able to win: the astral and mental planes.
Yoga Shani-Vrischika = ultimately a yogic character due to Shani's survival resistance forced to balance against Mangala's sudden change aggressions and eruptions. Shani-11 breaks through to the next level of consciousness, having gained a working appreciation of the role of hidden (Vrischika) invasive (Vrischika) transformative and tantrik forces in the operation of the universe. Shani-11 learns
that eruptions (Vrischika) of destructive evil are a fixed (Shani) part of the natural system (Shani);
that entity-destruction is always and inevitably followed by rebirth in a new form;
and that there is no need to be personally quite so intensely controlling of their environment, since one is indeed surrounded by a higher-level protective shield that materialistic Shani did not at first recognize.
Once in possession of this hard-won consciousness, Shani-Vrischika may evolve into a splendid tantriki, healer, and guide.
Incomplete Understanding of Life-force Impulse
resists rebirth, rejuvenation, sudden movement, revitalization, renovation, insurgency, upheaval
Obligation to Practice the Rules of self-destruction and rebirth; creates kalachakra expertise
Repayment of the Consequences of revolutionary or disruptive actions
regulation of emergencies, resistance to invasion and penetration
negative effects of stiffening, seizing, freezing, drying, gravity, weight, sloth, or aging upon the sexual-reproductive organs
Chronic Transformation
Rigidity (Shani) of invasive control (Vrischika) behaviors
Legality (Shani) of transformative (Vrischika) methods
The karma of constricting institutional or societal resistance (Shani) toward invasive, penetrating occult knowledge (Vrischika)
The karma (Shani) of emergencies, disasters, violent upheavals (Vrischika), and obligation to heal.
The struggle to achieve social validation for one's pursuit of hidden (Vrischika) treasures.
Karma of Sudden Shocks Shani is fixed, formal, and materialistic. Shani seeks to prevent change. When Shani sets a skeleton or structure, He wants it to remain permanently. Any alterations should remain entirely consistent with the principles of the existing structure. Innovation is not allowed. However, Mangala is the great innovator and challenger. Shani is unhappy and on the punitive defensive when He is born in Vrischika. In Vrischika, cold, dry, brittle, and hard Shani is under attack by aggressive, young, hot, bloody enemy Mangala. In this hostile environment, Shani feels constant anxiety of imminent and uncontrollable change - particularly, the intensive form-change of biological death. Yet, Shani has a special affinity for randhra bhava and for Vrischika. Although Shani characteristically resists form-change, Shani is nevertheless the constant-karakatwa for the inevitability and finality of death. Passive-aggressive The immovable object (Shani) has met the irresistible force (Kuja). The result is typically a somewhat passive-aggressive style of resistance with a long-term agenda (M Gandhi) to try to control the uncontrollable, and to attempt to personally manage powerful cyclical forces of sudden often catastrophic change. Psychic attack Shani-Mesha fears physical attack. Shani-Vrischika fears attack by invisible forces, such as psycho-emotional or psychological attack (including brain-washing, self-doubt, and insanity).
Unlike Shani in Mesha who lives in a state of reactive fear and trepidation, Shani in Vrischika maintains a state of irritated frustration with uncontrollable changes and angry resistance to penetration (Kuja) by the forces of self-destruction and traumatic shock. Psychologically, Vrischika Shani endures a lifetime pattern of chronic intractability in matters of secret (8th) workings of the life- force (Kuja). If Shani is well placed (e.g., yogakaraka) one may obtain substantial knowledge of the occluded shadow-world to which the life-force retreats in preparation for its next eruption. However Shani-11 will never be lulled into a state of fascinated trance, vulnerable to invasion (Kuja) either by healing forces or by evil powers unknown. Shani-Vrischika is generally alert to the constant potential for psychic attack. The psychological barriers to penetration by unknown agents - whether those agents are good or bad - are sturdy, thick and strong. One cannot accept the existence of shapeless, undefined energies or random occurrences. One asserts the presence of a principled, structured framework in all matters of the mysterious occult. Death is accepted as a permanent feature of a fixed-pattern life cycle. But the natural volatile terror of the "unknown" in death, for Shani in Vrischika, must be ordered and regulated through resistance to over-reactive emergency and constant psychological control. Death cannot be interrupted but it can be prepared for in a disciplined way (Shani) on a personal level. On a social level, under the direction of Vrischika Shani , catastrophically destructive and violent upheavals such as social revolutions are materialized, systematized, and contained.
Abraham Lincoln = destruction of the southern economy, USA civil war, rebirth into union
Mahatma Gandhi - destruction of the colonial Raj, rebirth into Indian independence
Queen Elizabeth II - destruction of the British colonial Empire, rebirth into independent nations
Secret-keeper obligations There is little enchantment with mysterious secrets. Confidential information is felt as a burden. Psychological secrets however fearful (Hitchcock) must be made public (Shani) via some systematic method that strengthens the fabric of social understanding. Naturally as the primary agent of karma Shani will require Shani-11 to bear a heavier than average quota of secrets, and thus Shani-11 is often called into vocations like psychiatry, astrology, pastoral counseling, secret police, and political advising.
The family member indicated by Shani's bhava is often a highly secretive and controlling person.
Even in nativities which show liberation from fear via parivartamsha correction (Queen Elizabeth II corrected via uchcha Kuja) this karaka-agent is often a catastrophic influence which generates a lifelong duty to carry on a hidden (Vrischika) legacy. As always, Shani does better in upachaya bhava 3, 6, 10, and 11 and in rashi of Thula, Makara, or Kumbha. Vrischika = death-and-rebirth. Shani = karmic obligation. In the present life, Shani-11 will feel forced (Shani) to re-invent (Mangala) the social status (Shani). One fears the consequences of loss and re-birth. One resists (Shani) the flow of energy (Mangala) required to move through major life cycles including shock and emergency. Yet, one is obliged to endure a series of shocks tied to the movements of Shani and Mangala, including the difficult Shani-Mangala and Mangala-Shani periods, as well as the period of lord of randhra bhava. Despite the fear of sudden eruptions of violence, one may respond violently in the attempt to fend off threats to one's survival (Shani). Despite feeling intimidated by those more aggressive than oneself, and reluctant to engage in upheaval of the established order, one may be the object of unlawful activities and indeed be required to break the law oneself.
Life presents an endless, seemingly relentless, series of shocks which require perpetual (Shani) self-re-birth. The keynotes of Shani are subject to constant and occasionally catastrophic upheaval.
Shani's portfolio which is most affected by the requirement for chronic change and redefinition includes: professional identity, social status and social networks, reputation and public respect, lawfulness and dignity, hierarchical placement, the sinews and the bones, matters of wood and stone
Shani in Vrischika = all matters of social law and rank or position are vulnerable to upheaval, and must be met with acceptance of the need for rebirth.
Vrischika modus operandi = tantrik, intuitive, hypersensitive, restless and alert. The shaman-hunter's musculature is poised for pursuit of the quarry. The body is energized, senses on alert, searching for movement. All awareness trained to detect the life-force of the prey.
The penetrating, incisive drive of the hunter, the miner, the psychiatrist, the archeologist, or the criminal detective does not comfortably include Shani's fearful, law-abiding, cautious, bureaucratic character. Shani feels overworked and exhausted in Vrischika's "eternal emergency" state.
Scorpio is always scheming a sudden movement, and plunging deeper into unknown terrain. Shani is busy holding ground, resisting that vital exploratory movement with His characteristic "no permission" blockade.
As the irresistible force meets the immovable object, the result = paralysis, while Shani waits for the next devastating eruption of violent movement from the subconscious.
Fearful Shani controls the threat of emergency by being chronically over-prepared. "Emergency Preparedness".
Dicey position. Repressed anger. Obligation to do Transformative work with scarce resources. Kuja's tantrik drive to gain power by discovering the hidden secrets of human motivation conflicts with Shani's mandate for conformity, stability and rules. Displaced magical and psychic powersdue to death of tantric guru or rejection by spirit guides.
One knows the spirits are there, but beings without bodies tend to be threatening and conflicted rather than supportive, and one often chooses to avoid them.
Blocked sexual-muscular instincts Oppressed vitality of pursuit and limitation upon the force of movement toward the object of desire; repressed drive toward healing transformations. Imposes a painful sense of psychic separateness and abandonment regardless of material support. Tends to stay stuck in the fear of annihilation, choosing to work rather than heal.
Karma of obligation to contain (Shani), either overtly or covertly, the emergence (Vrischika) of male sexual instinct (Vrischika = eruption, penetration) within the established boundaries of conservative social law (Shani).
Shani-Vrischika is required to make controlling social judgments upon the sexual behaviors of others.
Can give good career results with parivartamsha yoga or kendra location, although generally not well-liked in the work-place due to intense, driving, critical work style. Workaholic. Without a supporting yoga, Shani in Kuja's shaman-hunter sign is moody and unpredictable. Follows their intuition without regard to due process. Because of this trait, best suited to independent and esoteric work. Frustrated by attempts to do two mutually exclusive things: achieve leadership recognition and risk following their intuition. Seeks a wide scope of power but cramped by limited resources. Technical expert who wants opportunity and promotions yet dislikes conservative management. Feels cramped by mindless bureaucratic routine yet afraid to risk losing what power they have.
(Exception to the large-organization problem: if Shani enjoys parivartamsha with uchcha Kuja, finds a well-paid niche with servants.)
If Kuja is well-placed, the technical expertise will succeed but this native will not be well-liked in management roles. Will be considered unfair slave-driver, pushing too hard on underlings.
Shani-Vrischika imposes the karma obligation to learn to accept limitations (Shani) in matters of penetration and discovery of secret wealth, hidden liaisons, and occult knowledge of the conditions of death (Vrischika).
The going is slow however with Shani-style perseverance and the fullness of Time the hidden truths sought will be revealed.
Shani-Vrischika = typically burdened (Shani) with responsibility for revealing a mysterious truth (Vrischika) to the lowest-common-denominator level of the public (Shani).
Yet Shani's environment (Vrischika) = impatient, instinctive, bloody, primitive, sexualized, and prone to fighting (Mangala)
Few persons in the society into which Shani-11 is born (Shani) are supportive of one's systematizing, regulatory work in matters of mystery and deepest truths. Most components of the social order are in fact specifically adversarial and hostile to ShaniVrischika's work.
Shani must attempt to cool, delay, slow, order and legally regulate Vrischika's hottempered, aggressive, invasive, explosive environment.
There is considerable social hostility to the Shani's karmic obligation. Shani must lead a primitive force (Mangala) into a more orderly social system informed by deeper truths. Vrischika = violently explosive, eruptive, invasive, and largely uncontrollable by mere humans.
This difficult work agenda places Shani-Vrischika in a state of relentless stress and anxiety. Even with the best Jyotisha placements, such as Shani = yogakaraka for Thula or Vrishabha, one often feels isolated, frustrated, overwhelmed, and exhausted.
Examples = success after a long struggle Obligation to regulate the orderly transformation of society via the Conditions of death Must discover a system which allows society (Shani) to persevere against the onslaught of cataclysmic seizures and eruptions of violently transformative hidden animal force.
Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi = denounced by both Hindu and Muslim authorities = Shani-2
Pakistant-PM Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto = denounced by both Hindu and Muslim authorities = Shani-8
USA Pres-16, Abraham Lincoln = USA Civil War = Shani-9
entertainer philanthropist Michael Jackson = Shani-7
philosopher Baruch Spinoza denounced by both Christian and Jewish authorities = Shani-9
Saint Teresa of Avila long struggle to establish the reformed 'shoeless' Carmelite contemplative community network = Shani-11
"hidden" parts of the sexual-reproductive system, uterus, ovaries, prostate, the secreting glands
Das comments
Shani in Vrischika
"Hasty, stubborn, jealous, acquisitive, influential,
vain, greedy,
success in cheating others,
danger from poison or weapons.
Many losses and ill health,
interest in geology, chemistry.
Gain through hard work."
Shani
in Dhanushya Rashi
Shani in rashi of neutral Guru. Chronic ritualism.
Rigidity of beliefs
Ideological conformity
Karma of constricting institutional or societal resistance (Shani) toward expansive inclusive wisdom-teachings (Dhanushya)
Karma of world travel, priestly privilege and obligation to preach.
Struggle to achieve social validation for one's Philosophical Views
Pedantic, dogmatic, and ritualistic. Respects the priesthood and follows the orthodox teachings. Often a minister or involved with promulgation of religious views. A capable professor and preacher in university and temple.
Father Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer
Baba Ram Dass
Bhagwan OSHO Rajneesh
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Shri Aurobindo
Combines:
The lowest-common-denominator social rule-base enforced by Shani's need for public order.
Guru's inclusive, generous, humanistic, tolerant philosophy of life
Dhanusha represents compassion and cosmic understanding from higher philosophy Unless liberated by parivartamsha or other yoga
Josemaria Escriva parivartamsha Shani-Dhanushya + Guru Makara
Shani-Dhanushya = blocked from highest philosophical understanding. Yet Shani still practices the rituals and espouses the doctrine. Mutually neutral Shani and Guru can share their terrain.
Tends toward a ritualistic religious practice - puja more than seva.
USA Pres-25 William McKinley was a pious and devout Methodist throughout his public service career
May Feel forced into the role of teacher-preacher.
Solid and principled teacher in basic subjects particularly in open-admission public schools or other non-elite educational environments. Discipline and philosophy of meaning often combine for Shani-Dhanushya to produce a splendid sports coach, local festival promoter, or friendly if heavily ritualized village prieSaint Appreciated for inclusive but lawful attitude in the workplace.
Likes the social security of belonging to religious hierarchies that have long histories, colorful and dramatic ritual performances, clear rules for membership, and humanistic traditions. Displaced priesthood due to death of religious lineage or rejection of one's inherited human culture. Performs the rituals with only partial understanding due to blocked access (Shani) to broader worldview (Dhanushya). Good for orthodox functionaries in large organizations of all kinds. Stress zone: spinal ganglia, sacrum, hips, pelvis, thighs, connective tissue. Das says re: Shani-Dhanushya:
" Fond of learning, knowledge, study and research.
Interest in domestic life, generous, helpful, bold, o
capacity to predict through intuition and insight.
Religious, blessed with talented children , Affluence with age,
reputed, quiet, courageous,
gain through securities and investments."
Shani
in Makara Rashi
Shani-Shani = swakshetra Karma of Rules, Social Order, Legitimacy. Shani is good but He is still Shani = success comes only after lengthy procedure and considerable delay. Solid position for Shani. Hard worker with a deep respect for the rule of law. Predictable and trustworthy mainstream values. Conventional approach to social behavior choices. Promotes public decency and respectful social manners.
Willing to put in the work to gain the social approval which one wants.
Conventional and rather pedestrian in outlook and style, but highly regular and responsible in social behavior.
Strong sense of duty and will perform any job required of their position. Not inclined to be disruptive or even overly creative. A reliable functionary in the craft of one's choice. One intends to build a record of successfully completed projects.
Demonstrates adherence to the rules and regulations which apply in one's community or industry. Has an interest in government and policy, usually motivated by an expectation that problems can be managed if not resolved through better law enforcement. Seeks approval through conformity with middle-class expectations.
Conforms to conventional fashions in costume and behavior. Wants security and social approval. Obtains this goal through doing what they are told. Seeks a materially comfortable environment with minimal conflict and maximal protocol. Well-liked in business and government. Organized, sensible, productive, and steady. Contented bureaucrat; servant of the people; an icon of reliable character, good manners and public decorum. The downside of swakshetra Shani is that the native tends to be quite capable of handling social responsibility and - from a karmic sense of duty - is prone to accept too much of it. If Shani dominates the radix, the social personality may be significantly (perhaps entirely) defined by heavy responsibilities for institutional governance.
USA Sen 1962-2009 Teddy Kennedy
PM-Pakistan 1988-1990; 1993-96 Benazir Bhutto = Shani + Chandra
UK-PM1940-1945; 1951-1955 Winston Churchill
King of England, 1509-1547 Henry VIII Tudor
Male may not always be at liberty to execute paternal responsibilities if his time is taken by duty to the corporation or the nation-state. (Dhanushya = patriarchal culture, fatherhood = 12th from Makara governance) Physical stress zone : bones, joints, cartilage - particularly the knees.
Shani-6 in Makara rashi,
Excellent for success in government sponsored or controlled medicine, law practice with medical specialty (e.g., malpractice). Good for military regime, long term martial law, service environments with strict rules, lawful management of scarce resources under duress.
Helps one to succeed in import-export business (esp. buying or selling to government) and work in foreign lands, service work in temples as liaison to government, local official, or program manager. There is however an implication of chronic health problems (as always with Shani-6) and if Shukra is involved one may self medicate
leading to managed addiction. However Shani-scarcity blocks severe addictions due to inadequate supply.
dramatist, animal activist Brigitte Bardot + Rahu = significant drug-alcohol issues; similar to avant-garde artist Yoko Ono the threat was managed and with maturity the problem stopped.
Das says,
"Interested in the higher branches of learned such as philosophy, sacred baths, learned, talented, seasoned, efficient, traveling, fond of ornaments and other items of decoration.
Progressive, ambitious, rational and convincing, gloomy, serious and discontented, trouble through love-affairs,
link with the low-bred, nervous disturbances, tactful, diplomatic and persevering.
In the end success is yours."
Public Figures
Shani-1 = resistance to impulse + obligation to maintain respectability
(from Chandra lagna) PM-Pakistan 1988-1990; 1993-96 Benazir Bhutto
Shani-2 = resistance to historical values + obligation to lawfully conserve
USA Pres-44 Barack Obama + neechcha Guru
socialite Marla Maples Trump
USA-Sen 1962-2009 Teddy Kennedy
tele-journalist Larry King
Shani-3 = resistance to collaboration + obligation to respectfully discuss - karma of plans, schedules, meetings
King of England, 1509-1547 Henry VIII Tudor
UK-Princess Diana Spencer + neechcha Guru
dramatist, philanthropist Brad Pitt + Shukra
dramatist Tom Cruise + Ketu
Shani-4 = resistance to parents + obligation to protect the home culture
dramatist, philanthropist Elizabeth Taylor
Shani-5 = disciplined resistance to celebrity + obligation to regulate creativity + children
dramatist, balladeer Judy Garland + Rahu + Guru
philosophical writer Friedrich Nietzsche
"The Little Way" Sainte Therese de Lisieux + Chandra
Shani-6 = absence of accusation and disease + obligation to argue-defend-explain
dramatist, animal-advocate Rue McClanahan + Rahu + Shukra
dramatist, animal activist Brigitte Bardot + Rahu
avant-garde artist Yoko Ono Lennon + Shukra
Shani-7 * dik-bala resistance to bargains + obliged to maintain lawful alliances
writer, UK-PM1940-1945; 1951-1955 Winston Churchill
USA Pres-31, Herbert Hoover
dramatist, writer Shirley MacLaine + Shukra
televangelist Pat Robertson + Chandra
Shani-8= resistance to hidden forces + obligation to lawfully keep secrets
partner of USA Pres-44, Mrs. Michelle Robinson Obama + uchcha Mangala + Surya
Shani-9 = resistance to father-guru-religion + obligation to regulate the preacher- priests
King of England Henry VIII Tudor = disestablished Catholic Church in England
Shani-10 = resistance to leadership roles + karmic obligations to be iconic, to be highly visible in public roles
(from Chandra) proletarian singer Johnny Cash
Shani-11 = resistance to friendly association + obligation to regulate earnings
industrialist-philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, b. 1874
Shani-12= resistance to retreat + obligation to take lawful sanctuary while hosting the wisdom of the ancestors
(from Chandra) social critic literary author V. S. Naipaul
balladeer Whitney Houston
Shani
in Kumbha Rashi
swa-kshetra
Disciplined, principled effort to achieve Economy and Connectivity. Shani does some of His best work in His mulatrikona rashi of Kumbha. Reformist conceptual thinkers with broad social viewpoint. One works well in scientific and economic environments. Social activist. Can be a revolutionary change agent because they have a certain "x-ray vision" that sees the "nervous system" structure of human organizational psychology. Conceptual vision points to openings where a social policy change is ready to be made. Very capable networker. in swakshetra, Shani keeps one's economic good sense intact; one is well-connected to sober and responsible folk who conduct themselves in a lawful manner within the marketplace of goods and ideas. Earnings regulated by law; gainful in a slow and steady fashion. Functions well as a bureaucrat; patient tolerance for the plebian policies large organizations such as corporations and government settings. Can be effective social change activists within almost any ideological framework, from very conservative to very liberal and everything in between. Having chosen one's values early in life, these native tend to be ideologues, rigidly loyal to principle, at the expense of adaptation and flexibility. Stress zone: the skin.
Shani is very strong and scientific in Kumbha, where He operates complex and elaborately regulated systems.
Shanaicarya particularly favors the promulgation of conceptual systems into social systems; therefore when placed within one of the educator bhava (3,4,5,9) or when accompanied by effective announcer-graha (Budha+ L-3) Shani can be a tremendously effective philosophical-scientific educator.
H. H. Dalai Lama = 7
Shani in swakshetra Kumbha favors a structured, networked, rule-defined view of the universe. Shanaicharya's orientation in Kumbha is conceptual-system rather than social-system (Makara) but elaborate social philosophical systems are well within Shani-Kumbha's purview. Shani is even stronger in Kumbha than in Makara. At the human-body level, Kumbha's portion of the mula-dhara chakra marks the transition point: where the subtle pranic energy is on its way up the lunar side of the Kundalini channel. After having reached the bottom terminus of the lunar side, in Makara rashi.
Occasionally Shani-Kumbha can do a radical "swing" from right to left, changing the values but retaining the rigidity! Sharply focused and typically successful in implementing rational schemes of all kinds at both the personal and public levels.
If Shani occupies a leadership position, native will be highly structured and disciplined in public service.
Can suffer a downside of swakshetra Shani similar to Shani-Makara, if Shani dominates the radix. Can become identified with social responsibility to the exclusion of all else.
Shani-6 in Kumbha rashi = Harsha Yoga Excellent placement for success in public health medicine, health management organizations (HMO), large government medical systems. Benefits from import-export business (esp. items of basic necessity) and work in foreign lands, service work in temples as architect, engineer, plant manager, groundskeeper, custodian.
Shani = Dhanishtha, pada-3 =
A tall and clear complexion with large head and face. A graceful appearance. You may have had academic studies in science or art subjects. Addicted to sexual encounters and alcohol. You are very harsh in speech and fiery in temperament. Das says,
"Woman and wine is the language of life,
obstinate, cheat, dishonest, aggressive, irreligious, debauch,
will take up many jobs and finish none.
Heightened intellect,
convincing, rational, serious,
scientific in your approach.
Sociable, accumulative and affable." Public Figures
Shani-1 = resistance to impulse + obligation to maintain respectability
writer political economics Karl Marx
(from Chandra) film director, social critic Woody Allen
Shani-2 = resistance to acquisition + obligation to lawfully conserve old values
"Harry Potter" writer J.K. Rowling
Shani-3 = resistance to cohort + obligation to respectfully discuss
corporate executive trainer Jack Welch
partner of USA Pres-16, Mrs. Mary Todd Lincoln
Shani-4 = resistance to parents + obligation to protect the home culture
dramatist, balladeer Elvis Presley + Chandra
dramatist, director, painter Dennis Hopper
Shani-5 = resistance to celebrity + obligation to regulate creativity and children
social philosopher Simone de Beauvoir
Shani-6 = absence of accusation and disease + obligation to argue-defend-explain
Shani-7 * dik-bala * resistance to equity + obligation to form lawful alliances
dramatist, occult writer Shirley MacLaine + Shukra
H.H. Dalai Lama
Syria President 2002- Dr. Bashar al-Assad
Shani-8 = resistance to hidden forces + obligation to lawfully keep secrets
partner of 2012 pres-cand Newt Gingrich, Calista Gingrich + Surya
Shani-9 = resistance to one's own father-guru + obligation to be a lawful priestly teacherguide
Shani-10 = resistance to leadership roles + karma of highly visible public roles
anti-Nazi theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Shani-11 = resistance to friendly association + obligation to regulate economic earnings
dramatist Greta Garbo + Ketu
esoteric psychiatrist, writer Carl Jung
Empress of Russia Catherine the Great
Shani-12 = resistance to retreat + obligation to take lawful sanctuary while hosting the wisdom of the ancestors
(from Chandra) Alan Alda clairsentient reader Edgar Cayce + Shukra + Budha + Rahu
Shani
in Meena Rashi
Shani-Guru = mutually neutral Structured, regulated efforts to achieve Sanctuary.
resistance to ancestral guidance
slowed recognition of the signals delivered by guides along the spiritual pathways
resistance to psychic intuition, visionary imagination and prayer
Repressed imagination, limited permission to follow the pathways toward higher levels of consciousness. Blocked from peaceful meditations, despite strong discipline. Can be immature because the childhood maturation was suppressed or even aborted. Good for responsible public service professions connected with children such as pediatric medicine or childcare policy development. Often want to meditate but can't because of time management conflicts. One doesn't concentrate well. One lacks full permission to operate the clairsentient image-pattern-recognition intelligence of 12. Stuck in bondage to belief that they should be mystical and artistic, but one struggles throughout life to achieve the inner peace and privacy which one craves. Can be bitter about one's (self-imposed) loss of "creative opportunity". Generally pleasant folks just a bit disgruntled and feeling deprived. Therapy to rejuvenate the inner child can be very helpful. Das says of Mangala-Meena "Interest in handicrafts,
recognized by the relatives and friends,
calm and quiet,
reserved and secretive,
diplomatic, rich, religious, courteous, sane,
fortitude, overcomes difficulties, hindrance and disreputable.
Unfortunate links;
efforts unproductive,
mental suffering at times.
All these make you practical, intuitive and optimistic." Public Figures
Shani-1 = resistance to impulse + obligation to maintain respectability
writer Walt Whitman + Rahu
Shani-2 = resistance to historical values + obligation to lawfully conserve
Shani-3 = resistance to collaboration + obligation to respectfully discuss
USA Pres-1, George Washington
Shani-4= resistance to parents + obligation to protect the home culture
media magnate CNN Ted Turner
Shani-5= resistance to celebrity + obligation to regulate creativity and children
dramatist, activist Jane Fonda
dramatist Dustin Hoffman
Shani-6= resistance to distrust + obligation to lawful ministry of service
Shani-7 * dik-bala = resistance to equity + obligation to form lawful alliances
dramatist Jennifer Aniston + Rahu + Shukra
Shani-8= resistance to hidden forces + obligation to lawfully keep secrets
dramatist Julia Roberts
Florence Nightingale (founder of professional nursing)
USSR dictator 1922-1952 Josef Stalin * parivartamsha L-8 Guru
poet of forbidden pleasures, Charles Baudelaire
Shani-9= resistance to one's own father-guru + obligation to be a lawful priestly teacherguide
3 time Calif governor Jerry Brown * parivartamsha L-9 Guru
Shani-10= resistance to leadership roles + karmic obligations to be iconic, to be highly visible in public roles
physicist, professor Albert Einstein
partner of French Pres, balladeer Carla Bruni Sarkozy
UN Gen Secy Kofi Annan
Shani-11= resistance to friendly association + obligation to regulate earnings
UK- Queen Victoria I * parivartamsha L-11 Guru
Shani-12= resistance to retreat + obligation to take lawful sanctuary while hosting the wisdom of the ancestors
USSR dictator 1922-1952 Josef Stalin *parivartamsha L-12 Guru + Rahu
