The twelfth house of horoscope represents foreign lands, hospitals, ashrams, refugee camps, prisons, sleep, bedroom affairs, dreams, imaginations, fantasies, perversions, mediation, spiritual growth, liberation, paranormal, supernatural, the occult, mysteries, illusions, losses, delays, addictions, vices, confusions, secret missions, investigations and many other things.
It is interesting to see that the house which represents sleep, dreams, imagination, illusions and losses; represents liberation. From spiritual point of view, all that is happening around you is real in some sense and it is illusionary in some sense. While you are sleeping and dreaming, your subconscious mind is attached to all the events and imaginations happening in such dream. Whatever experiences you may witness during such dream may feel absolutely real as long as you are in such dream. Once you are awake, the dreams is gone and you realize that it was all an illusion and nothing else.
Hence if you suffer a lot in dream, the suffering sustains as long as such dream continues. Once the dream is gone, so is the suffering. Likewise, if you become a billionaire and you enjoy wonderful things in a dream; all such money and pleasures remain there as long as the dream continues. Once the dream is gone, so are the billions and the pleasures bought with such billions. Whether you experience an extremely good dream or an extremely bad dream; a couple of things are common in both types of experiences.
The first one is the fact that you really enjoyed or suffered as long as such dream continued. Your physical body may not have gone through such experiences but your subconscious mind witnessed them in some other dimension of time and space. Hence you can’t say that you didn’t enjoy or suffered at all. In this sense, the dreams are real. If something happens to you no matter in which dimension; it exists in one way or another. How otherwise can you relate yourself to a very good or very bad dream; years after experiencing it? It must have some reality in it.
The second one is the fact that no matter how good or bad a dream is; it may not affect your physical or conscious reality. It means if you’re a billionaire in real life and you become a bagger in a dream; you may suffer like a bagger as long as the dream continues. However, you’re the same billionaire again, as soon as you wake up. Hence this dream doesn’t change or affect your physical or conscious reality. However, you may still remember this dream time and again in your life. It means the events of such dreams exist somewhere in a different dimension.
Whether such dreams are good or bad; they’re gone as soon as you wake up. Hence you may call them illusions. In the same way, the higher spiritual wisdom considers everything that happens in your physical life like an illusion or like a dream. Everything that happens here is real and meaningful as long as you are a part of it. The moment you die, it’s all gone. Just like you remain intact if you die in a dream; your real essence remains intact, even if your physical body dies.
In this sense, the journey of a specific lifetime may be seen as a specific dream. Everything is real and it affects you as long as you are living this dream. Everything is gone, the moment you die. Just like you don’t die in reality when you die in a dream; you also don’t die when you die at the end of a specific physical life. Just like you may find out that a dream however good or bad was an illusion, after waking up; you may find out that everything that happened during a specific lifetime was illusion. Just like the dreamer remains unaffected by the experiences of dream in a bigger sense, your essence also remains unaffected by the experiences of a lifetime.
When we look at it like this, life as well as a dream is real in some sense and it is illusionary in some sense. It is real as long as it is happening and it becomes an illusion the moment it ceases to exist. The journey of liberation is the journey of realization. It means that even when you’re dreaming, you may realize that it’s a dream and anything good or bad happening in it is not happening to you in reality.
The moment you have this realization; you’re unaffected by the events happing in the dream. Hence you may not suffer if you become a bagger since you know it is not going to last. Likewise, you may not feel ecstatic if you become a billionaire since you know it too is not going to last. With realization, you’re always aware that whatever good or bad is happening; it will pass and you will remain intact.
When that happens; there is no place for fears and insecurities any longer. If what you really possess or what you really are can’t be lost in any way; how can you fear of losing it? Likewise, there is no place for greed any longer. If what you really possess or what you really are is the only thing which is going to be with you at the end of each and every dream; how can you have the greed to collect more and more? It means you’re free from fear and greed once this realization comes that dreams can neither give you anything nor they can take away anything from you.
When that happens; nothing in a dream may affect you, no matter how good or bad it may be. This state of being is called liberation. You’re neither affected by the good nor by the evil. You’re neither affected by pleasures nor by pains. You’re neither fond of light nor afraid of darkness. Likewise, you remain unaffected by all other opposite types of extremes. It doesn’t mean you may not live them. You may live them all but you may not get affected. For example, you may become a king like Lord Krishna but such kingship may not affect you. You may be exiled to forests like Lord Rama but that too may not affect you. Hence liberation is not about leaving material things; it is the state of being unaffected by them.
As long as you’re a traveller on the path of liberation; there may be no blessing like the strong influence of the twelfth house. However if your journey is that of materialism; like most people; the twelfth house may become a very difficult to handle house. If the eleventh house represents ambition or desire; the twelfth house represents the opposite; which means the loss of ambition or desire. Without ambition or desire; you may grow a lot in spiritual field but you may not be able to do so in the material world. Hence in the deepest sense, the twelfth house may not take away your ability to achieve; it may take away your ambition or desire to achieve. For a person living for material goals; all is lost if ambition or desire is lost.
The final destination may simply not be achieved as long as your own ambitions or desires are there. Liberation means freedom from everything; especially from desires. Hence the loss of desires works wonderfully for advancement on the spiritual path. Since the same characteristic of loss of desire becomes good for liberation and it may become bad for materialistic goals; the twelfth house represents liberation and losses at the same time. They may look opposite but they are the same, in the deepest sense.
When the final battle for liberation begins in the twelfth house; a soul may go through experiences lying on the opposite extremes. It means you may completely feel uninterested in every material thing or you may dive deep into all types of fantasies, perversions, addictions and vices. The twelfth house is free from all conditions and the atmosphere is almost always extreme in this house. Which extreme you may touch or live on; depends on your evolutionary status; which is represented by your horoscope. One may have to live certain things to the fullest before he is able to give them up for good; by finding irrelevance in them through experiences. Hence the twelfth house represents a number of such extreme phenomena. It is a no-limit house and anything can happen here.
Due to its extreme nature and no-limit style of operation; the twelfth house is considered as a malefic house. Even benefic planets placed in this house may not be able to channelize the energy of this house and they may get lost in it; if they are not duly empowered by virtue of their placements in various signs, nakshatras and navamshas; as well as supported by overall strong horoscopes. Here again, it is not a malefic house but it is a difficult or let’s say; very difficult to handle house. How can a house which holds the potential to bless you with liberation be malefic? However in general practice, it does turn out to be malefic for most people as they may not be able to handle the intensity of this house.
Since the twelfth house is a difficult to handle house, the formation of a defect like Manglik Dosh in this house may create problems which may be higher in quantum than the ones created by Manglik Dosh formed in many other houses of horoscope. For example, when Manglik Dosh is formed in the seventh house of horoscope, only Mars may create problems related to the significances of the seventh house and the seventh house may not create any problems for malefic Mars. However, when Manglik Dosh is formed in the twelfth house; this house may also create problems, apart from those created by Mars as well as other planets which may be placed in this house. For this reason, Manglik Dosh formed in the twelfth may prove much more troublesome than the same formed in many other houses of horoscope.
Once the formation of Manglik Dosh is confirmed, the next thing to check is its strength. The strength of Manglik Dosh is checked through the placement of Mars in various signs, nakshatras and navamshas. Apart from that, the influences of benefic and malefic planets on Mars; the overall theme of the horoscope and the running times may also affect the strength of Manglik Dosh. Let’s look into these factors.
Let’s start with signs and let’s look at the general trends. Manglik Dosh formed in various houses may possess minimum strength when Mars is placed in Cancer since Mars is debilitated in this sign. This defect may be significant or strong but not very strong when Mars is placed in Taurus, Gemini, Virgo, Libra, Aquarius or Pisces. Manglik Dosh may become strong or very strong when Mars is placed in Aries, Leo, Scorpio, Sagittarius or Capricorn.
Let’s take an example for Manglik Dosh in the twelfth house; to understand this concept in a better manner. Suppose malefic Mars forms Manglik Dosh in the twelfth house of a horoscope in Aries. Taurus rises in the ascendant and Mars represents the seventh and twelfth house. Mars is strong in Aries.
Through its general as well as specific significances; Mars represents courage, bravery, initiative, immunity, reforms, aggression, stubbornness, impulsiveness, anger, hot-headedness, the event of marriage, happiness in marriage, longevity of marriage, husband, wife, partnerships, alliances, genitals, sexual acts, foreign lands, hospitals, ashrams, refugee camps, prisons, sleep, bedroom affairs, dreams, imaginations, fantasies, perversions, mediation, spiritual growth, liberation, paranormal, supernatural, the occult, mysteries, illusions, losses, delays, addictions, vices, confusions, secret missions, investigations and many other things.
When Mars forms Manglik Dosh in the twelfth house in Aries, it is a special case. This is because Mars rules the seventh house which deals with marriage. Hence the lord of the seventh house or the planet which is supposed to bless the native with matrimonial bliss is itself forming a defect which creates problems in marriage. In addition to that; the twelfth house features hostile environment and it may not be a good place for the lord of the seventh house to be, in many cases.
The fact that Mars rules the twelfth house along with the seventh house; makes such Manglik Dosh even more interesting. This is because Mars is strong in Aries and as the lord of the seventh house; it may try to bless the native with matrimonial pleasures through the resources of the twelfth house. However, being the lord of the twelfth house; Mars may try to render strong spiritual tendencies; or addictions, vices and perversions to the native and such tendencies may often go against marriage.
Hence with this type of Manglik Dosh, the overall theme of the horoscope becomes the most important factor; when it comes to protect the native from troubles related to the sphere of marriage. It means that the overall horoscope should be balanced in a way that the native may pursue spiritual tendencies (if there are such tendencies) along with marriage; and none of them should suffer because of the other.
Such Manglik Dosh may also trouble the native with various types of problems through addictions, perversions, vices, extramarital affairs and other things. Here again, the overall horoscope should be strong enough to control these tendencies and maintain balance. Since twelfth house is a no-limit house; things can go in any direction in this house and they may often touch extremes. Hence one native with Manglik Dosh in the twelfth house may leave his wife and family in search of spiritual advancement whereas another such native may fall victim to various types of addictions and vices or he may engage in extramarital affairs.
In both the cases; the marriage may suffer. Whether the native may take the path of spiritualism or he may choose addictions and perversions; is dependent on his overall horoscope. Even when the path is defined; whether the native may be able to control such tendencies so that his marriage is not affected in a negative way; or such tendencies may create problems in his marriage; is dependent on the overall horoscope. Whenever a defect is formed in the twelfth house of a horoscope; the overall theme of such horoscope holds utmost importance; since the problems created in the twelfth house are often repaired outside this house.
Drawing a comparison, Manglik Dosh formed in the twelfth house may prove even more difficult to rectify through direct influences of benefic planets on Mars; than Manglik Dosh formed in the eighth house. When Manglik Dosh is formed in the eighth house, benefic planets placed in the second house may reduce its strength through direct aspects; without having to face the hostile environment of the eighth house. However, even this option is limited in case of Manglik Dosh in the twelfth house.
This is because the house lying opposite to this house is the sixth house which itself is a difficult to handle house. As a result, the placements of benefic planets in the twelfth house as well as in the sixth house may end up aggravating problems in many cases; instead of repairing them. Hence the relief generally comes through other houses of horoscope.
It should be noted that Manglik Dosh formed in the twelfth house is not the most troublesome type of Manglik Dosh; since the ones formed in the seventh and eighth house may prove more troublesome than it, in general. However, it may be the most difficult to balance type of defect; compared to those formed in other five houses of horoscope. Though Manglik Dosh formed in the seventh house may prove much more troublesome than the one formed in the twelfth house; the former may be controlled or even converted into a benefic yoga; by virtue of placements of benefic planets with it in the same house.
As discussed in the chapter ‘Manglik Dosh in Seventh House’, a combination of malefic Mars, benefic Jupiter and benefic Moon in the seventh house in Sagittarius may turn into an overall benefic combination. In fact, it may turn into a Dhan Yoga. Hence such Manglik Dosh may be very troublesome but benefic planets may bring relief by virtue of their placements with Mars.
In case this defect is formed in the eighth house, it may prove less troublesome than the one formed in the seventh house; when it comes to create problems in the marriage of the native. However, it may be difficult to handle this defect through conjunctions of benefic planets with Mars in the eighth house, in many cases. Hence the second house may be the only option for benefic planets to significantly influence Mars in the eighth house. When Manglik Dosh is formed in the twelfth house; benefic planets may not be able to repair it; through conjunctions or through aspects from the sixth house.
It means that in most such cases, the relief has to come through other methods. Repair through conjunctions is the best method in case of Manglik Dosh; and repair through direct aspects from benefic planets placed in seventh house with respect to Mars is the second best method. Since both these methods may have limited availability in this case; Manglik Dosh in the twelfth house may prove difficult to handle. Hence more complex and more comprehensive measures may be needed in order to manage the damage caused by such defect.
It should be noted that when benefic planets influence malefic Mars through conjunctions or direct aspects; the strength of Manglik Dosh is reduced. Hence the damage caused by it may also reduce. However when this choice is not available, the strength of Manglik Dosh may not be reduced. Hence such Manglik Dosh may cause damage and the overall horoscope may offer damage control, when it is benefic in specific ways; instead of reducing the strength of Manglik Dosh.
When the strength of Manglik Dosh is reduced due to influences of benefic planets; this method works like directly killing or reducing a disease. However when that option is not available like in case of Manglik Dosh in the twelfth house; the next best option is to boost immunity and treat symptoms caused by such disease. This is what may happen when Manglik Dosh is formed in the twelfth house, in many cases. In the first case, the disease itself can be killed or reduced a lot. Hence there may be no need for damage control. In the second case; not much may be done to directly kill or reduce the disease and damage control may be the best option available. We’ll see how such damage control or symptomatic treatment can be carried out by an overall benefic and strong horoscope; later in this chapter.
Moving on, let’s see how the placement of Mars in various nakshatras within the sign of Aries may affect the outcomes of Manglik Dosh in the twelfth house. The sign of Aries features 3 nakshatras; Ashwini, Bharani and Krittika.
When Mars is placed in Ashwini, the problems may be serious or very serious. This type of Manglik Dosh can delay the marriage of the native and it can also break one or two marriages on its own. If Mars is placed in Bharani, the problems may be serious or very serious. This type of Manglik Dosh may not take as much pleasure in delaying the marriage of the native; as it may take in creating a number of problems after marriage. If Mars is placed in Krittika, the problems may be serious or very serious. This type of Manglik Dosh may not delay the marriage of the native but it may break one, two or three of his marriages on its own.
As can be seen that placement of Mars in any of these nakshatras may not create destructive type of problems on its own. Hence such Manglik Dosh may not cause death of the spouse on its own; in most cases. Such defect may also not cause destructive problems like extreme physical violence and murder of one partner by the other; unless supported by more than one malefic planet, in most cases. However, it may cause a number of serious or very serious problems. Let’s look at some of these problems.
The native may settle abroad but his wife and children may have to live in his own country. Hence the native may not live with his family for many years. In an extreme case of this type; the native may stay away from his wife and children; for more than 10 years. The native may be able to visit them, only for some days; once in a year or two.
The native may have an extramarital affair or more than one affair and this may threaten his marriage. The native may spend more time with his lover and less time with his wife. He may also have one or more than one child through such affair. When such Manglik Dosh is supported by the overall horoscope, the native may leave his wife for his lover.
Native’s wife may have an extramarital affair and such affair may continue for many years, without native’s knowledge. Such affair may also have been there before her marriage. She may either not have been able to marry her lover or the relationship may have come to an end due to some reason. After her marriage, the affair may continue or restart and it may last for many years. She may have a child from such affair and the child may be raised as native’s child. The native may not know about this fact for many years or throughout his life. In an extreme case of this type; native’s wife may leave her for her lover or the native may walk out of marriage because of her extramarital affair.
The native may fall victim to various types of addictions, vices and perversions. Such native may become a drug addict, he may seek company of sex workers and he may engage in other likewise practices. He may suffer loss of money, health and reputation through these practices and they may threaten his marriage. In an extreme case when such Manglik Dosh is supported by other malefic planets; the native may die because of drug overdose or he may get infected with a fatal STD (sexually transmitted disease).
Such Manglik Dosh may trouble the equation between the couple. Hence the partners may have differences of opinions and more than that; they may have very different tastes as well as goals. This type of Manglik Dosh may get the native married to someone with very different personality, tastes, goals and desires. Hence the couple may not connect well with each other; almost for as long as the marriage continues. The native and his wife may live together like two strangers and they may not have much understanding or attachment between them.
Drawing a comparison, such Manglik Dosh may not cause serious arguments, disputes and fights between the couple; unlike Manglik Dosh formed in the seventh house. It may instead create distance and the couple may not even bother to fight. One or both partners may be uninterested in the other partner and they may come to know this fact; soon after marriage. Based on their overall horoscopes; the marriage may last for some months or it may last for a lifetime.
However, the couple may not develop a bond between them and they may be in the marriage; like two strangers tied to each other, unwillingly. The couple may not even have enmity for each other. This is because it takes interest to develop enmity also; and one thing this couple may lack the most is interest. Apart from these, Manglik Dosh in the twelfth house may trouble the native with a number of other problems related to his marriage; depending on his overall horoscope.
Moving on, the influences of benefic and malefic planets on Mars in a horoscope.When malefic Mars forms Manglik Dosh in the twelfth house of a horoscope in Aries; there may be no benefic planet which may reduce the strength of such Manglik Dosh by virtue of its placement with Mars in the twelfth house; without causing side effects or other types of problems. This is because the twelfth house is a difficult to handle house and any benefic planet placed in it; along with malefic Mars in Aries, comes under double attack. Mars as well as the twelfth house may trouble such planet.
We have witnessed the same in case of Manglik Dosh formed in the eighth house. A significant and common factor between these cases is that Mars is placed in its own signs, both the times. There is no planet which can overpower Mars in Scorpio though Ketu can match it at times. When it comes to Aries; there is no planet except Sun; which can match Mars in strength in this sign. It means any benefic planet which is placed with malefic Mars in Scorpio or Aries with the exception of Ketu and Sun respectively; may fail to cast strong influence on Mars. On the contrary, malefic Mars may afflict such planet and create more problems. The fact that the eighth as well as the twelfth house is a difficult to handle house; aggravates the problem.
Looking at these cases from another angle; if Mars forms Manglik Dosh in the eighth or twelfth house and it is not placed in Aries or Scorpio; the equation may change. Taking an example, suppose malefic Mars forms Manglik Dosh in the eighth house of a horoscope in Cancer. In this case, Mars is debilitated. Hence such Manglik Dosh may not have much strength. Looking at repair through conjunction; suppose benefic exalted Jupiter is also placed in the eighth house of this horoscope. Jupiter is very strong in Cancer and Mars is no match for it, in this case. Hence benefic exalted Jupiter alone may reduce the strength of such Manglik Dosh to great extent.
Taking another example, suppose malefic Mars forms Manglik Dosh in the twelfth house of a horoscope in Leo. Though Mars is strong in Leo; a combination of benefic Moon and benefic Jupiter may still reduce the strength of this defect to significant extent. Both Moon and Jupiter do well in Leo. Hence they may collectively reduce the strength of such Manglik Dosh, though any one of them may not be able to do this job alone.
Let’s get back to Manglik Dosh in the twelfth house in Aries. Such Manglik Dosh may create various types of problems related to marriage of the native. Hence the seventh house, Jupiter and/or Venus should be strong and healthy in order to fight such problems in effective manner. Taking an example for a male native, suppose a benefic combination of Sun and Mercury forms Budhaditya Yoga in the seventh house of this horoscope in Scorpio in Anuradha nakshatra and exalted Venus is placed in the eleventh house in Pisces. In this case, the problems related to marriage may reduce a lot. The native may get married at proper age, he may have good understanding with his wife though the couple may argue and fight at times; and he may be able to save his first marriage.
Taking an example for a female native, suppose a benefic combination of Sun and Mercury forms Budhaditya Yoga in the seventh house in Scorpio and Jupiter is placed in the eleventh house in Pisces. Here again, the native may get married at proper age, she may have good understanding with her husband though the couple may argue and fight at times; and she may be able to save her first marriage.
Such Manglik Dosh may also create problems related to addictions, vices and extramarital affairs; among other things. Let’s see how the damage may be controlled through the overall horoscope. Suppose benefic Saturn is placed in the first house of this horoscope in Taurus, benefic Sun and Mercury form Budhaditya Yoga in the seventh house in Scorpio; Venus is placed in the ninth house in Capricorn, Jupiter is placed in the tenth house in Aquarius and Moon is placed in the second house in Gemini in Taurus navamsha of Punarvasu nakshatra. Suppose benefic Rahu is placed in the second house in Gemini with Moon; and Ketu is placed in the eighth house in Sagittarius.
In this case, the overall horoscope may be well equipped to control the damage indicated by such Manglik Dosh, on most fronts. The native may get married at proper age or with some delay (both male and female) and he may be able to save and enjoy his first marriage. He may not fall victim to addictions and vices; and the tendency to engage in extramarital affairs may reduce significantly. Even if the native engages in one such affair; it is likely to be a short term affair and it may not threaten the marriage of the native.
The placement of Moon gives advantage related to the running times. The native is born under Jupiter Mahadasha (planetary period); with about 10 years left. Jupiter period is followed by Saturn period for 19 years, followed by Mercury period for 17 years. Saturn and Mercury are benefic and well placed in the horoscope and their planetary periods may be in effect between native’s age of 10 and 46 years. Since these are the prime years of life for personality building, marriage, profession and many other spheres; the native may do well in all these spheres. Due to this placement of Moon; the planetary period of Mars may not hit the native before his age of 85 years. Hence such Manglik Dosh may never reach its optimum potential.
Let’s see what may happen when malefic Mars in the twelfth house is joined by other malefic planets. Suppose malefic Rahu is placed in the twelfth house in Aries along with Mars. Suppose Venus is also placed in the twelfth house along with Mars and Rahu. This malefic combination is a potential and problematic yoga; which may cause damage in many spheres of native’s life.
The native may get addicted to harmful drugs and he may develop a number of other vices also. The native may often seek the company of sex workers. He may lose money, health and reputation through these practices and they may break one, two or three marriages of the native; if the native is a male. Such malefic combination may also make the native interested in various types of crimes. Hence the native may become a drug dealer, a woman trafficker, a smuggler or some other type of criminal.
The native (male) may not witness much delay in marriage but such malefic combination may break two or more marriages of the native. Such malefic combination may also get the native infected with a sexually transmitted disease. In an extreme case of this type; the native may die because of drug overdose, he may face prison sentence of more than 10 years, he may get killed in an encounter or he may die because of a fatal STD like HIV AIDS; depending on his overall horoscope.
Taking an example, suppose a benefic combination of Sun and retrograde debilitated Mercury is placed in the eleventh houses in Pisces, malefic retrograde Jupiter is placed in the tenth house in Aquarius in Poorvabhadrapada nakshatra, Saturn is placed in the eighth house in Moola nakshatra, Ketu is placed in the seventh house in Libra and Moon is placed in the fifth house in Virgo in Aries navamsha of Hasta nakshatra.
The native is born under Moon period with about 9 years left. Moon period is followed by Mars period for 7 years, Rahu period of for 18 years and Jupiter period for 16 years. It means that the planetary periods of Mars, Rahu and Jupiter may be effective during native’s age of 9 and 50 years. Since these three planets are malefic and two of them are engaged in a very troublesome combination in the twelfth house; the native may suffer almost throughout his life.
Such native may become a drug addict as well as a criminal who may deal in drug trafficking and woman trafficking. Depending on the finer factors, the native may die during the last 33% of Rahu period; between his age of 28 and 34. In this case, the native is likely to die due to drug overdose or he may get infected with a fatal STD. Depending on the finer factors; the native may also die during Jupiter period; before his age of 45 years. In this case, the native may get killed by someone.
Himanshu Shangari