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Saturn signifies the people engaged in labor industry, workers doing low paying jobs to earn their livelihood like construction workers and other types of labor workers, people dealing and working in real estate business and many other types of people, professions and things. Saturn also signifies beggars, crippled persons, blind persons, carpenters and other people dealing and working in wooden goods; common public or common people dealing in ordinary jobs to earn their livelihood, scientists, analysts and researchers; IT professionals, engineers, judges and some administrators requiring the ability to judge and decide, people possessing paranormal powers or people dealing in the science of the occult and many other things, professions and people.
Saturn also signifies qualities like discipline, meditation, perseverance, spiritualism, sincerity, the ability to analyze facts in great details, the qualities like detachment and dutifulness among many other qualities. The natives who as their ancestors have committed bad karmas or crimes related to the significances of Saturn or the natives who have misused the abilities given by Saturn in their previous lives are likely to have this type of Pitra Dosh in their horoscopes of this life. Such bad karmas form karmic debt of Saturn due to which Saturn becomes malefic for these native as it needs to punish these natives for the bad things done by them, related to his domain.
When Saturn is malefic in a horoscope and it afflicts Sun by virtue of its placement in some house of the horoscope along with Sun, Pitra Dosh is formed in the horoscope due to malefic Saturn. Similarly, if malefic and fully active Saturn is placed in the ninth house of a horoscope or it is placed with the lord of the ninth house in a horoscope, Pitra Dosh is formed in the horoscope. Pitra Dosh formed by Saturn can trouble the native with many types of problems which may differ from person to person depending on the overall tone of their horoscopes.
Common or ordinary people, servants and people engaging in other such types of jobs are some of the strongest significances of Saturn and accordingly the natives who have troubled, bothered or hurt such people in their past lives are likely to have this type of Pitra Dosh in their horoscopes of present lives. For example, the presence of this type of Pitra Dosh in the fourth house of a horoscope can indicate that the native or his ancestors willingly and continuously troubled labor workers or construction workers. This formed karmic debt of Saturn and as a result, malefic Saturn forms this type of Pitra Dosh in the horoscope of the native which can make him suffer from many types of problems depending on the overall tone of his horoscope.
Some natives under the impact of such Pitra Dosh have to spend extra money towards the construction of their residential houses due to the problems caused by construction labor which may delay the house building process and which can increase the expenses considerably. In an extreme case of this type when such Pitra Dosh is strong and it is supported by other malefic planets of a specific type in a horoscope, the native under its impact may engage in construction business like he may become a building contractor; and he may have to face serious issues due to his construction labor. The labor working for this native under the malefic impact of such Pitra Dosh may have serious disagreements with this native and they may go on a strike in the middle of a very important and big project undertaken by this native. Hence the native under the malefic impact of such Pitra Dosh may have to face big financial losses as the project may get delayed a lot, and he may even have to lose such project, which may cause even bigger problems.
The presence of this type of Pitra Dosh in a horoscope can also indicate that the native or his ancestors had troubled and tortured their servants in their past lives and they had not duly paid their servants for the jobs done by them. This formed karmic debt of Saturn and as a result, malefic Saturn forms Pitra Dosh in the present life horoscope of the native, which can trouble him on account of problems coming through servants and other people belonging to his category. For instance, some natives under the impact of such Pitra Dosh may have to suffer from problems like their servants running away with their belongings or their servants causing physical injuries to them and then running away with their valuables.
The types of problems as well as the quantum of such problems faced by a native suffering from such Pitra Dosh depend on type and quantum of bad karmas committed by this native in his past life, towards the people belonging to this category. In an extreme case of this type when such Pitra Dosh is strong and it is supported by other malefic planets, the native under its malefic impact may suffer from very serious types of problems. A servant of this native may plan a robbery in the house of this native with the help of other people and during the process of robbery, the native may get seriously injured as he may become aware of such robbery and he may try to stop it. If the running time is very bad and there is no grace saving planet in the horoscope of such native suffering from this type of Pitra Dosh, he may get killed by his servant during a robbery, as he may try to stop him from robbing his house; or such servant may intentionally murder him in order to settle some type of score with him.
Common public is another strong significance of Saturn and the natives who have committed bad karmas or crimes towards common public in their past lives are also likely to have this type of Pitra Dosh in their horoscopes. For example, the formation of this type of Pitra Dosh in the tenth house of a horoscope can indicate that the native or his ancestors held a position of power and authority with the government and they were supposed to serve the public by virtue of that position. However, instead of serving the public, they misused their power and authority; and they troubled the public or extracted money from them in forceful manners during their previous lives. This formed karmic debt of Saturn and accordingly malefic Saturn forms this type of Pitra Dosh in the horoscope of this native, which can make him suffer from many types of problems depending on the overall tone of his horoscope.
For example, if Pitra Dosh is formed due to the presence of malefic Saturn in the tenth house of a horoscope in the sign of Sagittarius along with malefic Sun; the native may not find a permanent profession. The native troubled by such Pitra Dosh may only find temporary jobs and he may also have to remain jobless between such job changes. If such Pitra Dosh is strong and it is supported by other malefic planets of a specific type, the native under its malefic impact may have to remain jobless for periods of more than one year, many times in his life. Such native may have to suffer from poor financial equation due to not earning regularly from his profession.
Considering one more possibility, if Pitra Dosh is formed due to the presence of malefic Saturn in the tenth house of a horoscope in the sign of Gemini along with Sun; malefic Rahu is also placed in the tenth house of this horoscope and malefic Ketu is placed in the fourth house of this horoscope in the sign of Sagittarius; the native may face different type of problems. The native troubled by such Pitra Dosh may get involved in a scandal related to his profession, he may have to face a lot of public disgrace due to his involvement in such scandal, he may have to face a court case and he may even have to spend significant amount of time in prison by virtue of such scandal.
Some other natives suffering from this type of Pitra Dosh may become beggars and they may have to depend on common public in order to earn their bread and butter. This is once again a balancing act of the nature, which shows that the people who make other people beg for the things that they duly deserve as their rights, may suffer from this type of Pitra Dosh in their next lives; and they may have to actually beg from the same type of people, in order to meet their day to day requirements. Similarly, some other natives suffering from this type of Pitra Dosh may have to face the rage of the common public due to many reasons; and they may suffer the amount of damage through such rage, as indicated by their overall horoscopes.
In an extreme case of its type when such Pitra Dosh is strong and it is supported by other malefic planets of a specific type in a horoscope, the native may get seriously injured or he may even die in an act of public violence against him. This native troubled by such Pitra Dosh may get exposed in such a shameful act that the common public may get enraged, they may attack this native and he may get killed during such act of violence. Such native may not only die during such violence, he may also leave great amount of shame and disgrace attached to his name, after his death, due to the malefic impact of such Pitra Dosh.
Moving on to some other possibilities, the presence of this type of Pitra Dosh in the third house of a horoscope can indicate that the native or his ancestors may have made their brothers or friends work like servants for them by misusing the power and authority possessed by them. Some of these natives may even have snatched wealth belonging to their brothers, either by force or by means of deception. The brother of such a native may have suffered a lot due to his bad conducts and this formed karmic debt of Saturn on the native.
As a result, malefic Saturn forms Pitra Dosh in the third house of the present life horoscope of this native, which can trouble him on account of many types of problems coming from his brothers and friends. For instance, some natives under the impact of such Pitra Dosh may have to suffer from betrayals or deceptions from their brothers and friends; whereas some other natives of this type may have to lose their wealth and properties to their brothers. The brothers or friends of these natives may deceive them in order to grab their wealth and property; and these natives may have to suffer a lot due to such deceptions.
In an extreme case of its type when such Pitra Dosh is strong and it is supported by other malefic planets, the native under its malefic impact may get killed by his brother, as his brother may want to grab this native’s share of ancestral property or he may kill him for some other type of benefit related to property. For example, if Pitra Dosh is formed due to the presence of malefic Saturn in the third house of a horoscope in the sign of Virgo along with malefic Jupiter which is the lord of ninth house in this case; and another Pitra Dosh is formed due to the presence of malefic retrograde Mercury and Sun in the eighth house of this horoscope in the sign of Aquarius; the native may suffer from such extreme results.
The native under the malefic impact of such double Pitra Dosh may get killed by his own brother, as his brother may want to grab his share of ancestral property. It should be noted that the native suffering from such double Pitra Dosh is likely to be killed by means of a planned murder; and not in an act of heat. The brother of this native may kill him, he may escape the punishment for such murder and he may also grab his share of ancestral property. As always, this is a karmic settlement from the past life; and the native is only paying back for what he had done in his past life, as one of his ancestors.
Real estate and immovable properties are other significances of Saturn and the natives who have committed bad karmas or crimes related to these things in their previous lives are also likely to suffer from this type of Pitra Dosh in their present lives. For example, the presence of this type of Pitra Dosh in the twelfth house of a horoscope can indicate that the native or his ancestors had forcibly grabbed the lands of many weak people and such people had suffered a lot. This formed karmic debt of Saturn on the native and as a result, malefic Saturn forms this type of Pitra Dosh in the horoscope of the native, which can make him suffer from similar type of problems.
Some natives under the malefic impact of such Pitra Dosh may remain poor throughout their lives and hence they may never become capable of purchasing their own houses. These natives may also have to face many types of problems related to rented houses; like some of them may be forcibly moved out of their houses rented by them, even when their contracts are valid; as their landlords may need such houses. Hence these natives under the impact of such Pitra Dosh may suffer from many problems at once, due to such forced vacations imposed on them. However, this is only a mild type of damage that such Pitra Dosh may cause; and a lot more can happen to such natives.
The quantum of punishment imposed by such Pitra Dosh on the native under its impact depends on the quantum of bad karmas committed by the native in his past life, as one of his ancestors. In cases where such Pitra Dosh is strong and it is supported by other malefic planets of a specific type, the natives under its malefic impact may witness forced possessions and seizers of their properties due to which they may have to lose such properties. For example, if Pitra Dosh is formed due to the presence of malefic Saturn with Sun and Mercury in the twelfth house of a horoscope in the sign of Aquarius; malefic Ketu is placed in the fourth house of this horoscope in the sign of Gemini and malefic Rahu is placed in the tenth house of this horoscope in the sign of Sagittarius, the native may face such problem. Invaders or land mafia may forcibly possess and seize the property of this native and he may have to suffer a lot due to the loss of such property.
However, even this is not the maximum amount of punishment that this type of Pitra Dosh can impose on a native under its impact. In an extreme case of its type when such Pitra Dosh is very strong and it is supported by other malefic planets of a specific type, the native may get killed in an act of violence, while trying to stop the people who may want to forcibly seize a property owned by him. In another extreme case of this type of Pitra Dosh, the native under its malefic impact may have to live a big part of his life in refugee camps or asylums, completely on the mercy of other people, due to various reasons. This is once again a karmic settlement from past life, which gives the message that if you grab the lands of other people by force, you may remain homeless in your next life.
Judges and other people having authorities of the same kind who have misused their positions of power and authority in their previous lives are also likely to suffer from this type of Pitra Dosh. It should be noted that a judge is considered as a direct representative of the god as his job is to bring justice to people. Therefore, when a judge intentionally delivers injustice due to any type of reason like money or favor; it becomes a crime of a very high degree. For the people who find this fact difficult to understand, let me explain it with help of an example.
If a person is charged with the offence of a murder and the judge intentionally acquits him of such murder on account of any reason, such judge is guilty of committing a crime equal to or even worse than a murder. This is due to the fact that by acquitting such criminal, the judge has become an accomplice in his crime, as he has joined such criminal. Hence he is guilty of the committing the crime of a murder. Moving on, if such criminal acquitted by this judge commits yet another murder or more than one murder, the judge is guilty of those murders also.
This is due to the fact that if the judge had put this criminal behind bars by convicting him for the first murder, he may not have killed other innocent people. Hence the judge in this case becomes a share holder of all the crimes committed by such criminal, after being acquitted by him. For this reason, the job of a judge of any type is a very sensitive job as it can earn him highest degree of karmic rewards and it can also bring him the worst types of punishments, depending on the way he discharges his duties.
Coming back to the example, the natives who have intentionally delivered injustice as judges in their previous lives are likely to suffer from this type of Pitra Dosh. For example, the presence of this type of Pitra Dosh in the sixth house of a horoscope can indicate that the native as one of his ancestors held the post of some type of judge in his previous life and he intentionally denied justice to a number of people. The sufferings of such people formed karmic debt of Saturn and as a result, Saturn may form this type of Pitra Dosh in the horoscope of the native in his present life. Such Pitra Dosh can trouble the native on account of serious and life threatening diseases which may keep causing severe physical pains to the native and which may claim his life in the end. Some other natives suffering from this type of Pitra Dosh may get convicted in false cases and they may have to serve prison sentences of many years.
Looking at some other possibilities, the presence of this type of Pitra Dosh in the sixth, eighth, tenth, eleventh or twelfth house of a horoscope can indicate that the native or his ancestors were criminals in their past lives and they troubled, hurt or killed many people. This formed karmic debt of Saturn on the native and as a result, malefic Saturn may form this type of Pitra Dosh in the horoscope of the native, which may trouble him in many ways, depending on his overall horoscope. The natives suffering from this type of Pitra Dosh may suffer from serious diseases, they may become physically handicapped or they may have to face many other types of problems, depending on their overall horoscope. In an extreme case of this type, the native suffering from this type of Pitra Dosh may get killed due to a fatal disease, by means of a capital punishment, by virtue of a planned attack on his life or in a horrible accident. Some natives killed because of the impact of very strong Pitra Dosh of this type may not even receive their after death rituals; as even their bodies may not be found.
Similarly, the formation of this type of Pitra Dosh due to malefic Saturn can indicate many other types of bad karmas related to the significances of Saturn which were done by the native or his ancestors in their past lives. Such karmas formed karmic debt related to Saturn due to which Saturn becomes malefic and it forms Pitra Dosh in the horoscope of the native. Like always, the type of problems witnessed by a native suffering from such Pitra Dosh and the quantum of such problems depend on the type and quantum of bad karmas committed by such native in his past lives.
Vedic astrology is equipped with many remedies that can reduce the strength of Pitra Dosh formed in a horoscope. These remedies include the application of gemstones, yantras, poojas and charities. Doing suitable remedies can certainly help reduce the strength of this defect and the native may witness better or much better results in the spheres of his life, which are affected by Pitra Dosh in his horoscope.
Himanshu Shangari