Tag-to-Adawal: Mars & Mercury: Ascendant - Analysis, Chapter XXIV, Part

Continuation…

Dr. Shanker Adawal

This is the horoscope of a Madras M.L.A. who got lakhs by adoption. He is a large-hearted gentleman, who was also in the election in 1967 for a second time on the Congress ticket in spite of the general Congress debacle in Madras, on account of his personal popularity. He is generous to a fault and is losing portions of his vast properties, by sales to liquidate liabilities, largely incurred due to his great generosity. Mars and Ketu in the 2^nd are not good; nor is the aspect of Mars on the 9^th good. But, Mercury in the 4^th giving Bhadra-Yoga and Jupiter lord of the 10^th in the 9^th aspecting Saturn lord of the 9^th (and he 8^th) in the 1^st are towers of strength.

Chart No. 3 is the horoscope of one who passed the old F.C.S. examination (now Indian Audit and Accounts Service) and rose to be Accountant-General on Rs. 3,000 per month. And, even after retirement, he was appointed as the Financial Adviser to a (princely) native State. Mark the excellent 9^th and 10^th Yoga, due to Jupiter lord of the 10^th and Saturn lord of the 9^th exchanging places and Mercury and Venus in the 11^th. There is also Chandra-Mangla Yoga, good for finance- 333.

Virgo or Kanya-Ascendant

KANYA or Virgo is the 6^th house of the zodiac. Its lord is Mercury, who, alone among all the planets, is exalted in (the first part of Virgo) his own house.

Mercury, lord of Lagna and the 10^th is a very important planet, and Yogakarka for natives born in Virgo-ascendant. He is best in Lagna or the 10^th his own house, forming Bhadra Yoga but must be preferably free from the affliction of Saturn lord of the 6^th (Mooltrikona) through also of the 5^th, and especially Mars, the worst planet for Virgo-ascendant, as the baneful lord of the 3^rd and the 8^th.

Venus lord of the 2^nd the 9^th is a brilliant Yoga-Karaka. And, Mercury and Venus, together, in a good house, the 1^st, the 4^th, the 7^th or the 10^th or the 5^th or the 9^th, particularly the 1^st or the 10^th, or the 7^th or the 2^nd gives very high Raja Yoga.

Chart No. 1 below is the horoscope of Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, the philosopher-statesman of India, who is an orator and who was Vice-President, and then the President (after Babu Rajendra Prasad) of the Indian Republic.

Mark the unsullied combination of Mercury and Venus in the Ascendant, the former being in own house and the latter having Neechabhanga – Raja Yoga. The combination is also responsible for his oratorical powers – see Venus lord of the 2^nd with Mercury lord of eloquence, in Lagna or the Ascendant, where Mercury has Digbala. Also, note that bad Mars (lord of the 3^rd and the 8^th) is placed in a capital or ideal place in the 3^rd, as lord of the 3^rd, avoiding the evil of the 8^th lordship, even apart from lord of the 8^th being good in the 3^rd, for longevity and for conquering enemies. Jupiter lord of the 4^th and the 7^th, also Badhakadhipati as the lord of the 7^th for a dual sign, is in the 3^rd a hidden house, aspecting the 7^th as lord of the 7^th. He prospered both in the British regime, and in the Congress regime, though he was not a Congressman, who never went to jai. In the freedom struggle.

By way of contrast, I give here the horoscope of the late Mr. Muthu Ramalinga Thevar, who was a bachelor, and a great orator in Tamil but who was detained in prison, tried in a Sessions case and acquitted, and who died at 53 or 54. If only he had confirmed himself to speeches on Hindu Religion, he would have been a great success in life.

See the debilitated Sun in the 2^nd house; and mark the excellent combination of Mercury and Venus (lords of the 1^st and the 10^th and the 2^nd and the 9^th) in Lagna, marred by Mars lord of the 3^rd and the 8^th and the aspect of Saturn lord of the 6^th.