Dr. Shanker Adawal
Part
3
The nativity, replete with
powerful Raja Yogas, is very often found to contain pitfalls and is subject to
some kind of weakness, which may sometimes escape our notice due to oversight.
Indira Gandhi’s chart has been illustrated earlier with particular reference to
Saturn’s aspect on the planets, responsible for her ascendancy to power and
particularly to the pinnacle of glory in 1971. We should now pause to observe
that Venus, lord of the 10th from her Moon sign, but seated in the
inauspicious 12th house also. It is nonetheless true that Venus
occupies his own Navamsa, which inter alias accounts for her success in career.
But the adverse and negative effects of Venus cannot be nullified. It is due to
this that she began to confront severe hostilities and problems following
Saturn’s entry into Gemini. Saturn, during his progress through Gemini, could
directly aspect Venus, owner of the 10th from the Moon. Venus, apart
from being eclipsed by Rahu, is stationed in the 12th from the Moon
and in the 6th from ascendant. When Saturn entered Gemini, radical
Jupiter, with whom Venus has exchanged his position naturally in the natal
chart, also fell in the 12th house form moving Saturn. Since Saturn
was aspecting ill-disposed natal Venus, blemished by debilitated Rahu’s
association, the period was sure to be a troublesome and turbulent one. That
natal Jupiter, with whom her 10th lord Venus has exchanged his seat,
fell in the 12th from moving Saturn was also a danger signal. The
only silver lining in the dark cloud was Saturn’s aspect on Venus. Saturn did
not lose contact with the 10th lord Venus during his transit in
Gemini. After a careful examination of all these factors, we can understand why
the period of Saturn’s movement in Gemini saw the growth of a massive youth and
students’ movement in Bihar. IN 1974, when Saturn was continuing his movement
in Gemini, Jayaprakash Narayan launched his movement, which, backed by enormous
popular support, began to grow in size and strength and spread quickly like
fire. On 11 December, 1973, Jayaprakash gave a call to the youth for restoration
of democracy in the country. That was, in a sense, the beginning. It is
important to note that retrograde Saturn in Gemini was then almost at the same
longitude as occupied by natal Rahu and Rahu was in his natal position,
eclipsing radical Venus, lord of the 10th from the Moon sign.
Jayaprakash Narayan’s movement was committed to total revolution as well as
removal of the Prime Minister from power. It came as a big challenge to Indira
Gandhi and her position was in jeopardy. That Venus is ahead of Rahu is, of
course, a plus point. The perilous condition reached its climax, when Raj
Narain’s petition, which he filed against her election in 1971, was finally
decided by the Allahabad High Court on 12 June, 1975. The justice, in his
thrilling verdict, declared her 1971 election void and disqualified her for six
years from holding any political office or becoming a Member of Parliament. A
stay of judgment for twenty days was, however, granted. Her position was quite
at stake, but she preferred to continue in office until her appeal was decided
by the Supreme Court. The Opposition protested against her holding office, As
Saturn was aspecting her natal Venus, the planet helped her keep the crisis at
bay for the time being. On 25 June, 1975, she clamped internal emergency in the
country. All the notable opposition leaders were immediately imprisoned. It is
worthwhile to have a glimpse of Saturn’s position. When internal emergency was
proclaimed, Saturn was still in Gemini, aspecting her natal Venus, lord of the 10th
from the Moon Sign. But Rahu was no longer in Sagittarius, but in Scorpio.
Thus, the danger period was over. Promulgation of emergency kept the crisis at
bay. When natal Venus, lord of her 10th
from the Moon Sign was aspected by Saturn from Gemini and associated with Rahu
simultaneously, it sparked off problems, but could not cause a downfall. For
Saturn, traversing Gemini, was also aspecting Mars, lord of the 10th,
lodged originally in Leo.
Situation worsened with
Saturn’s entry into Cancer when Saturn commenced his journey through Cancer, he
lost his contact with natal Mars and Venus, lords of the 10th from
her ascendant and the Moon respectively. Nor could he maintain relationship
with natal Jupiter or the Sun, the two guiding planets with whom Mars and Venus
have exchanged their positions mutually in the horoscope. Furthermore, Saturn
became united with natal Saturn, lord of the 7th and the 8th.
Election was held on 16 March, 1977, and Indira was rejected by the electorate.
Saturn thus caused her downfall when he assumed almost the same longitude as
that of natal Mars, lord of the 10th house from ascendant, during
his progress through Cancer. Saturn’s movement in Cancer, obviously, marked the
gloomiest period in her life and career. She had to face and fight a plethora
of changes and propaganda against her. After Saturn’s entry into Leo, she was
able to gradually brighten up her de-glamourised and tarnished image. Leo in
her nativity is tenanted by her 10th lord Mars. It is, therefore, no
wonder that she retrieved her lost position to a considerable extent, when she
won the by election from Chikmangalur constituency on 8 November 1978. Saturn’s
longitude then came close to that of natal Venus. It is true that even during
Saturn’s movement in Leo, she was not absolutely free from humiliation and
harassment. The reason is not far to seek. Saturn was associated with Rahu in
Leo, afflicting her 10th lord Mars on the one hand and moving, on
the other, in the 10th from the Sun, who has exchanged his place mutually with Mars,
lord of the 10th in the horoscope. But her enemies were fast
dispersing and the Janta Govenrment showed signs of cracking up, particularly
after Morarji Desai had resigned the office of premiership on 16 July 1979. The
utter failure had infighting of the Janta Party ultimately paved the way for
her staging a triumphant comeback. It must be pointed out that Morarji’s
resignation from Premiership was, in actually, a pleasant victory for Indira
and the event coincided with Saturn’s occupation of her natal Mar’s longitude
in Leo.
In 1982 and also in the
first half of 1983, there cropped up a Yoga almost similar to the one formed in
1974. For, Rahu and Ketu interchanged their natal places on the one hand and
Saturn was aspecting Ketu in progress through Sagittarius on the other. This
time also Saturn in Libra was aspecting Venus, lord of the 10th from
the natal Moon. Venus, ahead of Rahu in the horoscope in the same sign,
occupies his own Navamsa. Saturn’s aspect on such a Venus cannot cause of downfall,
however problematic the period may be. Ketu in Sagittarius was, obviously, not
as bad as Rahu in the same sign by reason of his stay in his exaltation sign.
Nevertheless, during the period in question, Indira Gandhi had to face unhappy
developments of violence and disharmony in Punjab and Assam. The infamous
Nellie massacre in Assam took place on 18th February, 1983 and all
attempts for a solution of the Punjab tangle ended in fiasco. The period turned
out to be one of her ebbing hegemony when her political leadership began to
falter and fail.
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