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Shankhchood Kaal Sarp Yog
If in a horoscope, Rahu is placed in the ninth house, Ketu is placed in the third house and all other planets are placed within the axis of Rahu and Ketu, Shankhchood Kaal Sarp Yog is formed in that horoscope. To simplify, if all other planets are placed from house number three to nine or from house number nine to three in such horoscope, Shankhchood Kaal Sarp Yog is formed in the horoscope. In some cases; when any one among Moon, Sun, Venus or Mercury is placed outside Rahu-Ketu axis; Kaal Sarp Yog may still form in the horoscope.
Shankhchood Kaal Sarp Yog may trouble the native with problems related to father, siblings, courage, efforts, profession, religious growth, spiritual growth, luck factor, higher education and a number of other things.
Whenever Shankhchood Kaal Sarp Yog is formed in a horoscope, Pitra Dosh is also formed. This is because malefic Rahu afflicts the ninth house and hence it forms Pitra Dosh. Shankhchood Kaal Sarp Yog may adversely affect the luck factor. Since luck factor is important for each and every sphere of life; Shankhchood Kaal Sarp Yog may create problems; almost in every sphere of native’s life, though the spheres represented by the third and the ninth house may be hit on primary basis.
Shankhchood Kaal Sarp Yog is good at troubling the natives with problems related to accidents. Hence many natives under its influence may meet accidents of various types; from time to time in their lives. Some of these natives may be prone to road accidents, some others may suffer as they may get accidently injured in fights, crossfires and other likewise situations; whereas some of them may witness broken bones due to falling from higher places; or someone or something falling on them. Natives suffering from Shankhchood Kaal Sarp Yog are more prone to get their bones fractured or lose limbs through accidents; than the natives having many other types of Kaal Sarp Yog. In an extreme case when this defect is strong and supported by other malefic planets; the native may lose his limbs or life in an accident.
Bad or difficult neighbours may often be witnessed by natives under the influence of Shankhchood Kaal Sarp Yog. Hence these natives may face a number of problems related to and/or due to their neighbours. Some of them may face disputes related to parking space, some others may face problems related to shared-resources or maintenance of boundaries of properties; and some may simply have troublesome neighbours who may not miss any chance to cause problems for these natives.
Shankhchood Kaal Sarp Yog may also trouble the natives with sudden and unfortunate problems related to their professions as well as those related to their workplaces. Some of these natives may witness damage to office properties due to fire incidents, building-crashes, earthquakes or through some other sudden and unfortunate incidents. Some other natives may witness losses through burglaries, robberies or planned attacks. In an extreme case when this defect is strong and supported by other malefic planets; the native may lose his entire office due to some natural or unnatural incident. Looking at another extreme, the native may lose his life during an act of robbery, being carried out at his workplace. The robbers may only wish to rob; and the native may get killed accidently or unintentionally.
Shankhchood Kaal Sarp Yog is good at creating problems between the natives and their siblings, colleagues and/or teammates. Some of these natives may face financial losses and/or bad reputation due to their siblings, some may have serious disputes with their siblings or colleagues and some may witness revolts by their teammates. It means if one such native is the leader of a team assigned for a project; the entire team may rebel against the native and they may refuse to follow his orders. In an extreme case when such Shankhchood Kaal Sarp Yog is strong and supported by other malefic planets; a sibling or colleague of the native may kill him on account of various reasons.
Shankhchood Kaal Sarp Yog may cause significant or serious damage to the professional sphere of natives under its influence. This defect may trouble the natives through delay in professional settlement, financial losses, bad reputation, job loss, discontinuation of profession and many other types of problems. In some cases; Shankhchood Kaal Sarp Yog may turn the natives into criminals or these natives may engage in illegal or immoral activities; though their professions may be legal. Taking an example, a teacher giving unauthorized tuitions or a teacher giving undue favours to students in exchange for money or other favours; may have Shankhchood Kaal Sarp Yog.
Shankhchood Kaal Sarp Yog may also create various types of problems related to father. Some of these natives may have fathers who may be criminals, drug addicts, drunkards or other likewise persons. Some other natives may have very bad equations with their fathers. In some cases; the fathers of these natives may exploit them in a number of ways. They may push them into immoral or illegal activities in order to gain profits through these natives. They may punish them or torture them a lot.
Some other natives may lose their fathers during childhood due to divorces between their parents or their fathers may die. Some of these natives may have step-fathers who may not treat them well. These natives may suffer from various types of punishments and hardships imposed on them by their step-fathers.
Once the formation of Shankhchood Kaal Sarp Yog is confirmed in a horoscope, the next factor to check is the strength of this defect. The strength of Kaal Sarp Yog is calculated through the placements of Rahu and Ketu in various signs, nakshatras and navamshas; as well as through the influences of other benefic and malefic planets on Rahu and Ketu. The overall theme of horoscope and running times (Mahadashas) also affect the strength of Shankhchood Kaal Sarp Yog.
Let’s start with signs. Suppose malefic Rahu in the ninth house in Aquarius and malefic Ketu in the third house in Leo form Shankhchood Kaal Sarp Yog in a horoscope. Rahu is strong in Aquarius and Ketu is strong in Leo. Hence such Kaal Sarp Yog may be strong or very strong; depending on placements of Rahu and Ketu in various nakshatras and navamshas within their respective signs.
Such Shankhchood Kaal Sarp Yog may create problems related to profession. The native may witness insufficient income, job loss; discontinuation of profession, financial losses, setbacks, bad reputation, betrayal by colleagues or teammates and a number of other problems. If this defect is supported by other malefic planets and the finer factors are also not favourable; the native may lose most of his team or staff/employees through an act of betrayal. Taking an example, the native may engage in a business or practice. Due to native’s own attitude or due to conspiracy plotted by one of his rivals; most of his staff or employees may leave the native.
Looking at another variation; the native may hold the post of chairperson, managing director or other likewise leading post of authority in an organization. Most other members may turn against him and they may overthrow the native, by means of a sudden and abrupt act.
Such Shankhchood Kaal Sarp Yog may spoil or damage the relationship of native with his siblings; on account of various problems, depending on his overall horoscope. Taking an example, the native may have serious disagreements with his siblings on division of paternal property after the death of their father. Such disagreements may turn into disputes which may turn into court cases. Though the property may be divided by a court of law; the relationship may get permanently tainted or ruined. Looking at another probability; the native may run business in partnership with his brother; one of them may betray the other for money, and the relationship may get damaged.
Moving on, let’s look at the influences of benefic and malefic planets as well as the impact of running times and the overall theme of horoscope on such Shankhchood Kaal Sarp Yog. Let’s take an example to understand this concept in a better manner.
Suppose malefic Rahu in the ninth house in Aquarius and malefic Ketu in the third house in Leo form Shankhchood Kaal Sarp Yog in a horoscope. Suppose benefic Sun and Mercury are placed in the third house in Leo along with Ketu; and Jupiter is placed in the ninth house in Aquarius in Dhanishtha in Pisces navamsha. Suppose Moon is placed in the first house in Gemini, Venus is placed in the twelfth house in Taurus, Mars is placed in the eleventh house in Aries and Saturn is placed in the tenth house in Pisces in Uttarabhadrapada.
Looking at the third house; Sun and Mercury form Budhaditya Yoga and collectively; they are much stronger than Ketu in this sign. Hence the overall combination in the third house may turn benefic though it may also produce some malefic results. Looking at the ninth house; Jupiter does well in Dhanishtha and it is good in Pisces navamsha of this nakshatra. Apart from that, it receives positive energy from the combination in the third house. In addition to that, Moon adds more strength and positivity to the overall horoscope.
Hence Jupiter may turn highly benefic and it may overpower Rahu with the support of all these factors. Hence the combination in the ninth house may turn benefic and Rahu may produce more benefic results than malefic results. Mars is strong but it may not cause damage to any planet through conjunction or through direct aspect. Venus is strong in Taurus and it may produce more benefic results than malefic results.
As a result; Shankhchood Kaal Sarp Yog may lose most of its strength. Hence the native may not suffer much from it and on the contrary; he may witness good or very good results related to most spheres hit by this defect.
Looking at the running times; suppose within Gemini, Moon is placed in Sagittarius navamsha of Ardra. The native is born under Rahu Mahadasha with about 16 years left. This Mahadasha is followed by 16 year Jupiter Mahadasha, 19 year Saturn Mahadasha and 17 year Mercury Mahadasha. These four planets may rule the timelines from the time of native’s birth till his age of 68. The native may witness good as well as bad results during Rahu Mahadasha and Saturn Mahadasha; though benefic results may be more than malefic results. The native may witness very good results during Mahadashas of Jupiter and Mercury.
Let’s change the entire equation and see what may happen when such Shankhchood Kaal Sarp Yog is influenced by malefic planets. Suppose malefic Rahu in the ninth house in Aquarius and malefic Ketu in the third house in Leo form Shankhchood Kaal Sarp Yog in a horoscope. Suppose malefic Mars and Venus are placed in the third house and Saturn is placed in the ninth house. Suppose a benefic combination of Sun and Mercury is placed in the second house in Cancer.
Looking at the third house, Mars and Ketu are strong in Leo and they may almost destroy Venus. Hence Venus may turn malefic in this case and the overall combination in the third house may become highly malefic. Looking at the ninth house; Saturn and Rahu are both strong in Aquarius. Saturn is afflicted by Rahu as well as by the strong combination in the third house. Hence Saturn may turn significantly malefic and the overall combination in the ninth house may turn highly malefic.
Mercury and Sun are not strong in Cancer and they may not send positive energy to any of these 5 malefic planets through this placement. Hence they may not be able to offer much help; despite being benefic. As a result, such Shankhchood Kaal Sarp Yog may cause serious damage to all spheres hit by it. The spheres of profession, spiritual growth and siblings may suffer the most whereas the problems related to father and marriage (for males) may be relatively less in quantum. If Jupiter and Moon save some grace; the horoscope may perform better. For example; if a benefic combination of Moon and Jupiter forms Gaj Kesari Yog in the tenth house in Pisces; the sphere of marriage as well as profession may see improvement.
On the other hand, if Jupiter and Moon are weak or troubled; the quantum of problems may increase. Taking an example, suppose Moon is placed in the third house in Leo in Aries navamsha of Magha; and Jupiter is placed in the twelfth house in Taurus. In this case; the horoscope is almost doomed. Moon forms Gandmool Dosh in Aries navamsha of Magha and it is stuck with a highly malefic combination of Mars, Venus, Rahu, Ketu and Saturn. Hence Moon may turn malefic in this case.
As a result, the native may witness very serious problems related to siblings, profession, marriage, children and spiritual growth whereas he may face serious problems related to father, mother, health and lifespan.
The native is born under Ketu Mahadasha with about 6 years left. This Mahadasha is followed by 20 year Venus Mahadasha, 6 year Sun Mahadasha, 10 year Moon Mahadasha, 7 year Mars Mahadasha, 18 year Rahu Mahadasha, 16 year Jupiter Mahadasha and then by 19 year Saturn Mahadasha. Among these Mahadashas; the native may witness some relief during Sun Mahadasha and Jupiter Mahadasha thought it may not be much. The native may suffer during all other Mahadashas; and those of Mars, Ketu and Rahu may be the worst ones.
Malefic effects of Shankhchood Kaal Sarp Yog can be reduced with the help of remedies. The application of gemstones and Poojas in particular may prove useful in reducing the strength and/or malefic effects of Shankhchood Kaal Sarp Yog. Gemstones may be more useful in counteracting the malefic effects produced by Kaal Sarp Yog, and they may not be able to directly reduce the strength of this defect in many cases. Poojas may directly reduce the strength of this defect in most cases. As that happens; malefic effects produced by Kaal Sarp Yog may also reduce.
Himanshu Shangari
Karkotak Kaal Sarp Yog
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Karkotak Kaal Sarp Yog
If in a horoscope, Rahu is placed in the eighth house, Ketu is placed in the second house and all other planets are placed within the axis of Rahu and Ketu, Karkotak Kaal Sarp Yog is formed in that horoscope. To simplify, if all other planets are placed from house number two to eight or from house number eight to two in such horoscope, Karkotak Kaal Sarp Yog is formed in the horoscope. In some cases; when any one among Moon, Sun, Venus or Mercury is placed outside Rahu-Ketu axis; Kaal Sarp Yog may still form in the horoscope.
Karkotak Kaal Sarp Yog may trouble the native with problems related to family, speech, communication, wealth, money, health, addictions, marriage, in-laws, psychological problems, lifespan, diseases, surgeries, investigations, spiritual growth, black magic and a number of other problems.
Karkotak Kaal Sarp Yog may create health problems, financial problems and other types of problems for the family of the native; soon after his birth. Hence the native may bring difficulties for himself as well as for his family members and this state of affairs may last till the native turns 12 or 15. Karkotak Kaal Sarp Yog may also create problems between native’s parents; soon after his birth and such problems may aggravate with time. As a result, the atmosphere of the house may get disturbed and the native may not get due care and attention. In case such Karkotak Kaal Sarp Yog is strong and supported by other malefic planets; the native may lose one or both parents; before 15 years of age.
In some cases; natives affected by Karkotak Kaal Sarp Yog may not get love and attention from their parents; due to various reasons. For example, one such native may have a sibling who may be favourite to the parents and the native may not get much of their attention. Looking at another probability, both the parents may be so busy in their professional spheres that they may not spare sufficient time for the native. Considering another probability; one of the parents may suffer from serious health issues. Hence the native may not get his due share of love and attention since the other parent may spend most of his/her time in taking care of the troubled parent and other affairs.
Karkotak Kaal Sarp Yog may have bad impact on the sphere of marriage. This defect takes as much pleasure in delaying the marriages of natives under its influence; as in disturbing or breaking their marriages. Many natives suffering from Karkotak Kaal Sarp Yog may witness delay in their marriages. If this defect is not strong, one such native may get married after the age of 30. If this defect is strong; the native may get married after the age of 35. If this defect is strong and supported by other malefic planets; the native may get married after the age of 40 or he may not get married at all.
Apart from delaying the marriage of a native under its impact, Karkotak Kaal Sarp Yog is good at causing problems after marriage. This defect may trouble the marriage through lack of physical, mental and/or emotional compatibility; differences of opinion, misunderstandings, trust issues, insecurities, suspicions, extramarital affairs and a number of other problems. This defect may break one or two marriages of the native on its own; on account of various problems. If this defect is supported by other malefic planets; the native may witness two, three or more broken marriages.
Even if the first marriage of one such native survives due to overall horoscope; he may still feel like being trapped in marriage; instead of enjoying it. Even after 20 years of marriage; one such native may not share his innermost feelings with his partner and he may keep his distance. The marriage may be more like a responsibility or a social necessity; than a relationship based on love, care, sharing, affection and friendship.
Extramarital affairs may often trouble the natives suffering from Karkotak Kaal Sarp Yog. Hence natives under strong influence of this defect may have significant tendencies to engage in extramarital affairs. In some cases; the natives may engage in such affairs, primarily because of physical pleasure. Whether such extramarital relationships are physical, mental and/or emotional; they may create a number of problems in the marriages of these natives. In many such cases; these natives may suffer from broken marriages; primarily due to such relationships.
Karkotak Kaal Sarp Yog may also create a number of problems related to profession. In many cases; it may delay the beginning of professional careers of natives under its influence. Hence these natives may have to wait for long or very long periods of time; before they get their first jobs or professions. This defect is also good at keeping the natives jobless for significant periods of time (1 to 3 years); many times in their lives.
When this defect is strong in a horoscope; professional stability may be hard to achieve for the native; unless benefic planets in the horoscope balance this factor. Hence such native may achieve success at times; but the success may not sustain. The native may keep facing ups and downs in his profession; till the age of 40 or throughout his life; depending on his overall horoscope. One such native may also suffer from financial losses, job loss; discontinuation of profession, conspiracies, unfortunate incidents and a number of other problems; through his profession.
Karkotak Kaal Sarp Yog may trouble the natives with a number of health problems and it may also reduce their lifespans. Some of these natives may develop troublesome diseases, some may have fatal diseases, some others may suffer because of accidents of various types and some of them may suffer through unfortunate incidents. In an extreme case when this defect is strong and supported by other malefic planets; the native may die young due to a fatal disease or infection, he may get killed in an accident, he may get murdered; or he may die an unfortunate incident which may be natural or unnatural.
Looking at natural incidents; the native may die because of earthquake, flood, volcanic eruption, landslide and other such incidents. Looking at unnatural incidents; the native may die in a fire incident, building crash, crossfire between two groups, bomb blast and other such incidents.
Once the formation of Karkotak Kaal Sarp Yog is confirmed in a horoscope, the next factor to check is the strength of this defect. The strength of Kaal Sarp Yog is calculated through the placements of Rahu and Ketu in various signs, nakshatras and navamshas; as well as through the influences of other benefic and malefic planets on Rahu and Ketu. The overall theme of horoscope and running times (Mahadashas) also affect the strength of Karkotak Kaal Sarp Yog.
Let’s start with signs. Suppose malefic Rahu in the eighth house in Sagittarius and malefic Ketu in the second house in Gemini form Karkotak Kaal Sarp Yog in a horoscope. Rahu is not strong in Sagittarius and Ketu is not strong in Gemini though they may do well in these signs when placed in suitable nakshatras and navamshas. Hence such Kaal Sarp Dosh may possess significant strength in some cases and it may be strong in some cases; depending on placements of Rahu and Ketu in various nakshatras and navamshas within their respective signs.
Such Karkotak Kaal Sarp Yog may create problems related to speech, family, finances, wealth, profession, health, marriage, lifespan and many other problems. Looking at the sphere of profession; such defect may delay the beginning of professional career of the native and it may also delay his professional growth. The native may have to work extra hard and extra-long in order to witness desired results. If such Karkotak Kaal Sarp Yog is strong; the native may not settle in a profession till the age of 40 or even more. Such native may have to change his job or profession many times in his life; and he may also have to remain jobless between job changes.
Looking at the sphere of finances; the native may face financial problems due to various reasons; depending on his overall horoscope. The native may not earn much, he may have to spend a lot of money in order to take care of his parents, he may have to spend a lot of money towards the treatment of diseases or he may lose a lot of money through addictions and vices; depending on his overall horoscope. In an extreme case when this defect is strong and supported by other malefic planets; the native may have to spend his entire life in want of money.
Looking at the sphere of marriage; such Karkotak Kaal Sarp Yog may delay the marriage of the native and/or it may create a number of problems in his marriage or marriages; depending on his overall horoscope. The native may have troubled relationships with his wife/wives; he may have extramarital affairs and/or he may suffer from various types of addictions, vices and perversions. Due to these problems as well as other problems; the native may witness one or two broken marriages. In an extreme case when such Karkotak Kaal Sarp Yog is strong and supported by other malefic planets; the native may lose two or more wives to divorces or to death. Looking at another extreme; the native may murder his wife or his wife may get him murdered; depending on the overall horoscope.
Moving on, let’s look at the influences of benefic and malefic planets as well as the impact of running times and the overall theme of horoscope on such Karkotak Kaal Sarp Yog. Let’s take an example to understand this concept in a better manner.
Suppose malefic Rahu in the eighth house in Sagittarius and malefic Ketu in the second house in Gemini form Karkotak Kaal Sarp Yog in a horoscope. Suppose a benefic combination of Sun and Mercury is placed in the second house in Gemini along with Ketu, benefic Saturn is placed in the first house in Taurus, Moon is placed in the ninth house in Capricorn in Shravana in Cancer navamsha, exalted Venus is placed in the eleventh house in Pisces, Jupiter is placed in the tenth house in Aquarius and Mars is placed in the twelfth house in Aries.
Due to the placement of malefic Rahu in a troublesome house (eighth), no benefic planet may be able to reduce its negativity through conjunction; without causing side effects or problems. This is because the eighth house features hostile environment and any benefic planet placed in it; along with malefic Rahu in this case, comes under double attack. Rahu as well as the eighth house may trouble such planet. Hence Rahu is better placed alone in this house, in this case. The concept of problems caused because of placements of benefic planets with malefic planets in the eighth or twelfth house of horoscope has been explained in the Manglik Dosh section of the book ‘Match Making & Manglik Dosh’.
Looking at the second house, Mercury is strong in Gemini and Sun does well in this sign. Hence Ketu is no match for their combined strength in this case. As a result, the overall combination in the second house may turn benefic though it may still produce some malefic results. Sun and Mercury may send a lot of positivity to Rahu through direct aspect, which may reduce negativity of Rahu. Apart from that, the overall horoscope is benefic and strong.
As the combined result of all these factors; the strength of Karkotak Kaal Sarp Yog may reduce a lot in the horoscope. Hence the native may witness relief in most spheres hit by it and he may achieve good results in many of these spheres. The sphere of profession as well as health may benefit the most; and the sphere of marriage may do well.
Looking at the running times; Moon is placed in Cancer navamsha of Shravana nakshatra. It means the native is born under Moon Mahadasha with about 1 year left. This Mahadasha is followed by 18 year Rahu Mahadasha, 16 year Jupiter Mahadasha, 19 year Saturn Mahadasha and then by 17 year Mercury Mahadasha. These Mahadashas may rule the timelines from the time of native’s birth till his age of 71 years. The native may witness mixed results during Rahu Mahadasha as well as during Jupiter Mahadasha. Saturn Mahadasha may begin at his age of 35 and this Mahadasha may bless him with very good overall results. Mercury Mahadasha may also bless the native with very good overall results. Hence the native may do well till the age of 35 though he may face problems from time to time. From 35 to 71; he may witness very good or wonderful results related to most spheres of his life; depending on the finer factors.
Let’s change the entire equation and see what may happen when such Karkotak Kaal Sarp Yog is influenced by malefic planets. Suppose malefic Rahu in the eighth house in Sagittarius and malefic Ketu in the second house in Gemini form Karkotak Kaal Sarp Yog in a horoscope. Suppose malefic Mars and Jupiter are placed in the eighth house along with Rahu; and Venus is placed in the second house in Gemini along with Ketu. The eighth house may become seriously troubled in this case. Mars is strong in Sagittarius and Jupiter is very strong in this sign. Hence the overall combination in the eighth house may turn highly malefic.
Looking at the second house; Venus is stronger than Ketu in Gemini. However, Venus is partly malefic in this horoscope. Apart from that; it receives a lot of negative energy from the eighth house. Hence it may not be able to fight these four planets on its own and it may turn significantly or highly malefic; depending on the overall horoscope. Since the lord of the first house, the lord of the eighth house and the eighth house itself are seriously afflicted; the biggest threat may be posed to health and lifespan of the native. As a result, the native may die any time before the age of 35; unless there are strong benefic planets which counteract this fact.
Malefic effects of Karkotak Kaal Sarp Yog can be reduced with the help of remedies. The application of gemstones and Poojas in particular may prove useful in reducing the strength and/or malefic effects of Kaal Sarp Yog. Gemstones may be more useful in counteracting the malefic effects produced by Karkotak Kaal Sarp Yog, and they may not be able to directly reduce the strength of this defect in many cases. Poojas may directly reduce the strength of this defect in most cases. As that happens; malefic effects produced by Kaal Sarp Yog may also reduce.
Himanshu Shangari
Takshak Kaal Sarp Yog
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Takshak Kaal Sarp Yog
If in a horoscope, Rahu is placed in the seventh house, Ketu is placed in the first house and all other planets are placed within the axis of Rahu and Ketu, Takshak Kaal Sarp Yog is formed in that horoscope. To simplify, if all other planets are placed from house number one to seven or from house number seven to one in such horoscope, Takshak Kaal Sarp Yog is formed in the horoscope. In some cases; when any one among Moon, Sun, Venus or Mercury is placed outside Rahu-Ketu axis; Kaal Sarp Yog may still form in the horoscope.
Takshak Kaal Sarp Yog may trouble the native with problems related to health, lifespan, personality, vitality, immunity, psychological disorders; event of marriage, longevity of marriage, quality of marriage, husband, wife, partnerships, sexual relationships, genitals and a number of other problems.
Takshak Kaal Sarp Yog may affect mental, emotional and psychic abilities of the natives under its influence. Some of these natives may be born with one type of mental disorder or another. Fears, phobias and insecurities for no obvious reasons are some of the most common types of problems rendered by this defect. In some cases, the natives may have serious psychological issues or they may be mentally retarded. In an extreme case when this defect is strong and supported by other malefic planets; the native may have serious psychological disorders and he may not get rid of them, throughout his life. Such native may suffer from vertigo, split personality disorder, bipolar disorder or some other likewise psychological disorder. In another extreme case; the native may be mentally retarded and he may remain so throughout his life.
Takshak Kaal Sarp Yog may trouble the native with a wide variety of physical health problems and it may also reduce the lifespan of the native. This defect may make the native prone to accidents, diseases, allergies and infections among other things. In case this defect is strong and supported by other malefic planets; the native may die young due to a serious disease or infection.
Takshak Kaal Sarp Yog may also trouble the natives under its influence with a wide variety of problems related to marriage. In some cases; it may delay the marriages of the natives beyond their ages of 35 or 40 years; or they may not get married throughout their lives. In majority of cases; this defect may not delay their marriages but it may create some of the most troublesome, strange and rare types of problems in their marriages.
Loyalty between the partners may become a concern, when Takshak Kaal Sarp Yog is formed in a horoscope. In some cases; one partner may not be loyal to the other whereas in some other cases; both partners may be disloyal to each other. This defect may create strong tendencies for extramarital affairs or casual sexual relationships which may cause damage to marriage.
Some natives having Takshak Kaal Sarp Yog may get married to people who may be hard or very hard to satisfy; physically, mentally, emotionally and/or financially. Hence one such native may get married to a woman who may spend a lot more than his earning. Despite his best efforts to satisfy the financial needs/greed of his wife; the native may not be able to do so. This may create problems in marriage and such problems may gain momentum with time. Depending on native’s overall horoscope; his wife may engage in an extramarital affair for money or she may divorce the native in order to get married to someone rich.
Takshak Kaal Sarp Yog may also trouble the native with problems related to profession. The native may face financial losses, setbacks, deceptions, job loss; discontinuation of profession, bad reputation and a number of other problems.
Once the formation of Takshak Kaal Sarp Yog is confirmed in a horoscope, the next factor to check is the strength of this defect. The strength of Kaal Sarp Yog is calculated through the placements of Rahu and Ketu in various signs, nakshatras and navamshas; as well as through the influences of other benefic and malefic planets on Rahu and Ketu. The overall theme of horoscope and running times (Mahadashas) also affect the strength of Takshak Kaal Sarp Yog.
Let’s start with signs. Suppose malefic Rahu in the seventh house in Virgo and malefic Ketu in the first house in Pisces form Takshak Kaal Sarp Yog in a horoscope. Rahu is exalted in Virgo and Ketu is exalted in Pisces. Hence such Takshak Kaal Sarp Yog may be strong in most cases and it may be very strong in some cases; depending on placements of Rahu and Ketu in various nakshatras and navamshas within their respective signs.
Such Takshak Kaal Sarp Yog may trouble the native with various types of problems related to health. The native may suffer from physical health issues, mental disturbances or serious psychological disorders; depending on his overall horoscope. Such defect may especially prove troublesome for mental health of the native. Hence the native may suffer from anxiety, restlessness, depression, vertigo, insanity, split personality disorder, bipolar disorder; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), delusional disorder, dyslexia, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and a number of other problems; depending on his overall horoscope.
Looking at physical problems; such Takshak Kaal Sarp Yog may reduce the overall immunity of the native. Hence he may suffer from seasonal fevers, bacterial infections, viral infections, fungal infections, parasitic diseases; various types of cancers like liver cancer, stomach cancer, intestinal cancer, brain cancer and a number of other health issues; depending on his overall horoscope.
Such Takshak Kaal Sarp Yog may create problems in the marriage of the native. Such Kaal Sarp Yog may trouble the marriage of the native through disputes, disagreements, misunderstandings, suspicions, extramarital affairs, conspiracies and a number of other problems; depending on his overall horoscope. This type of Takshak Kaal Sarp Yog may break one or two marriages of the native on its own. If it is supported by other malefic planets; it may break more than two or three marriages of the native; on account of serious problems.
Moving on, let’s look at the influences of benefic and malefic planets as well as the impact of running times and the overall theme of horoscope on such Takshak Kaal Sarp Yog. Let’s take an example to understand this concept in a better manner.
Suppose malefic exalted Rahu in the seventh house in Virgo and malefic Ketu in the first house in Pisces form Takshak Kaal Sarp Yog in a horoscope. Suppose benefic Jupiter and Mars are placed in the first house along with Ketu; and benefic Moon is placed in the seventh house in Virgo in Hasta, along with Rahu.
Jupiter and Mars are highly benefic in the horoscope and Jupiter forms Hamsa Yoga in the first house. Though Guru Chandal Yoga is also formed due to affliction from malefic Ketu to Jupiter; it may not hold much strength since Ketu alone is no match for a combination of Jupiter and Mars in this case. Hence the overall combination in the first house may turn benefic though it may show some malefic results also; and such results may be pronounced during Ketu Mahadasha; if it hits the native. Due to combined benefic influence of Jupiter and Mars; Ketu may turn partly benefic and partly malefic; though the malefic part may be higher than the benefic part.
Suppose Mercury is placed in the fourth house in Gemini in Ardra or Punarvasu; Venus is placed in the second house in Aries in Bharani, Sun is placed in the fifth house in Cancer in Pushya and exalted Saturn is placed in the third house in Libra. The overall horoscope becomes stronger and more balanced in this case.
Jupiter is strong and supported by Mars. Venus does well in Aries and it does very well in Bharani since it rules this nakshatra. The placements of Mercury, Venus and Jupiter may significantly reduce the quantum of affliction caused by Rahu to the seventh house. Moon does well in Virgo and it is very good in Hasta. Though Rahu is stronger than Moon in Virgo; Moon receives direct support from benefic Jupiter as well as Mars; and it receives indirect from through Venus and Mercury, since both these planets are strong and they reduce the quantum of affliction caused by Rahu.
As the combined result of all these factors; the overall horoscope may become strong as well as benefic. Hence Takshak Kaal Sarp Yog may lose most of its strength in this case; and the native may not suffer much due to it. On the contrary, the native may witness very good results related to profession, physical health and overall personality whereas he may witness good results (with some problems) related to marriage and mental health.
Here again, much depends on the placement of Moon since it controls the Mahadashas. Suppose within the sign of Virgo; Moon is placed in the last quarter of Hasta. It means the native is born under Moon Mahadasha with about 1 year left. This Mahadasha is followed by 7 year Mars Mahadasha, 18 year Rahu Mahadasha, 16 year Jupiter Mahadasha, 19 year Saturn Mahadasha and then by 17 year Mercury Mahadasha. Hence these six planets may rule the timelines from native’s time of birth till his age of 78 years.
The native may witness very good results during Moon and Mars Mahadashas. He may witness mixed results during Rahu Mahadasha. This Mahadasha may produce good or very good results related to profession and it may cause some problems related to marriage. However, such problems may not be high in quantum since this Mahadasha ends when the native turns 26; and a number of people in the present times may not even get married till this age. Apart from that; Jupiter, Venus, Mercury and Moon provide support for marriage.
The 16 year Jupiter Mahadasha running from native’s age of 26 to 42 years; may produce very good results related to all spheres of his life. This is because benefic Jupiter rules the first house, it forms Hamsa Yoga and it is placed in the first house which influences the entire horoscope. The 19 year Saturn Mahadasha may produce mixed results. Though it may create problems related to profession; such problems may not be high in quantum due to the overall strong and benefic horoscope. The 16 year Mercury Mahadasha may produce very good results.
Looking at a variation; suppose within the sign of Virgo, Moon is placed in the first quarter of Hasta. The native is born under Moon Mahadasha with about 9 years left. In this case; Rahu Mahadasha may be effective between native’s age of 16 and 34 years. Since the period between 25 and 34 is important for the sphere of marriage in most cases; the equation may change. The native may witness significant problems in his first marriage and he may even face one broken marriage; depending on the finer factors.
Let’s look at the entire equation from the opposite angle and see what may happen when Rahu and Ketu are joined by malefic planets. Suppose malefic exalted Rahu in the seventh house in Virgo and malefic exalted Ketu in the first house in Pisces form Takshak Kaal Sarp Yog in a horoscope. Suppose malefic Sun and malefic debilitated Venus are placed in the seventh house in Virgo along with Rahu; and malefic Saturn is placed in the first house in Pisces along with Ketu.
Sun and Venus are highly malefic. Hence they may add much more negativity to Takshak Kaal Sarp Yog as well as to the seventh house. Saturn is highly malefic and it may add a lot of negativity to Ketu as well as to the first house. The malefic combinations in the seventh and first house may transfer a lot of negative energy to each other. Hence all five planets may become highly malefic and the first as well as the seventh house may get seriously afflicted.
The sphere of marriage may be almost destroyed for male native; no matter what the placement of Mercury is in the horoscope. As a result, the native may witness a wide variety of problems related to marriage. These problems may include delay in marriage, broken marriages, death of spouse, disputes, disagreements, conspiracies, perversions; murder of spouse by the native or murder of the native by spouse; and other problems, depending on the overall horoscope.
Such malefic combination may trouble the native with a number of problems related to health; and it may reduce his lifespan; significantly or seriously, depending on the overall horoscope. The native may engage in the company of sex workers on regular basis and he may also may get infected with an STD (sexually transmitted disease), more than once in his life. If Jupiter being the lord of the first house is not strong and clean; the native may get infected with a fatal STD and he may die young.
Such Takshak Kaal Sarp Yog supported by malefic Saturn, Sun and Venus may also trouble the native with various types of physical and mental health problems. Taking an example, suppose Mercury is placed in the eighth house in Chitra along with Moon; Jupiter is placed in the twelfth house in Aquarius and retrograde Mars is placed in the first house in Pisces along with Saturn and Ketu. In this case; the native may be born with a serious psychological disorder or he may develop one during early childhood; and he may never recover from it; throughout his life. Due to the overall troubled horoscope; the native may die any time before the age of 45; depending on the finer factors as well as running times.
Malefic effects of Takshak Kaal Sarp Yog can be reduced with the help of remedies. The application of gemstones and Poojas in particular may prove useful in reducing the strength and/or malefic effects of Kaal Sarp Yog. Gemstones may be more useful in counteracting the malefic effects produced by Takshak Kaal Sarp Yog, and they may not be able to directly reduce the strength of this defect in many cases. Poojas may directly reduce the strength of this defect in most cases. As that happens; malefic effects produced by Kaal Sarp Yog may also reduce.
Himanshu Shangari
Shankhpal Kaal Sarp Yog
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Shankhpal Kaal Sarp Yog
If in a horoscope, Rahu is placed in the fourth house, Ketu is placed in the tenth house and all other planets are placed within the axis of Rahu and Ketu, Shankhpal Kaal Sarp Yog is formed in that horoscope. To simplify, if all other planets are placed from house number four to ten or from house number ten to four in such horoscope, Shankhpal Kaal Sarp Yog is formed in the horoscope. In some cases; when any one among Moon, Sun, Venus or Mercury is placed outside Rahu-Ketu axis; Kaal Sarp Yog may still form in the horoscope.
Shankhpal Kaal Sarp Yog may trouble the native with problems related to mother, home, family, properties, vehicles, security, mental health, profession, reputation, authority, public image and a number of other problems.
Many natives suffering from Shankhpal Kaal Sarp Yog may perform poorly in the field of formal education and they may not go for higher education. This defect has marked tendency to deviate the natives away from formal education; especially when it is strong. Such natives may simply not be able to focus when they try to study and their minds may wander in hundreds of directions. This defect may create tendencies to pass exams through various types of cheating methods. Some of these natives may even arrange fake certificates and degrees. Some of these natives may also be good at forging signatures of their parents; during their years of education.
Shankhpal Kaal Sarp Yog may also trouble the native with various types of problems related to his mother. Let’s look at some of them. Native’s mother may suffer from various types of health problems and many of them may start after the birth of the native. Looking at another probability; native’s mother may suffer from psychological disorders and they may be passed on to the native.
Shankhpal Kaal Sarp Yog may also cause various types of problems related to profession. The native may not be able to settle in profession till late or very late in his life. In an extreme case when this defect is supported by other malefic planets; the native may not have any profession for most of his life. The native may not receive due credit for his work and he may often receive discredit for the mistakes committed by others. Shankhpal Kaal Sarp Yog is good at making the native suffer on account of office politics or politics in general. Hence the native may often be the one to blame, whenever something goes wrong.
The native may also face bad reputation due to this defect. In some cases, the native may do nothing to deserve it and it may simply come due to bad luck. In some other cases, the native may commit mistakes or he may issue such statements which may make him a target for criticism and bad reputation.
Looking at some other probabilities, the native may suffer from financial losses, setbacks, failures, court cases, penalties and imprisonment. Looking at another extreme; Shankhpal Kaal Sarp Yog may keep the native jobless throughout his life or the native may literally lead the life of a bagger.
Shankhpal Kaal Sarp Yog may also trouble the native with various types of addictions and vices which may have bad impact on his health; along with causing other problems. This defect may also trouble the native through problems related to properties and vehicles. The native may lose his vehicle through theft or in an accident. The native may lose money and valuables through theft in his residential house. The native may lose a lot of money or an entire property by virtue of legal disputes. In an extreme case of this type; residential house of the native may be completely destroyed due to fire incident, earthquake, flood or some other likewise reason.
Once the formation of Shankhpal Kaal Sarp Yog is confirmed in a horoscope, the next factor to check is the strength of this defect. The strength of Kaal Sarp Yog is calculated through the placements of Rahu and Ketu in various signs, nakshatras and navamshas; as well as through the influences of other benefic and malefic planets on Rahu and Ketu. The overall theme of horoscope and running times (Mahadashas) also affect the strength of Shankhpal Kaal Sarp Yog.
Let’s start with signs. Suppose malefic Rahu in the fourth house in Aquarius and malefic Ketu in the tenth house in Leo form Shankhpal Kaal Sarp Yog in a horoscope. Rahu is strong in Aquarius and Ketu is strong in Leo. Hence such Shankhpal Kaal Sarp Yog may be strong or very strong; depending on placements of Rahu and Ketu in various nakshatras and navamshas within their respective signs.
Such Shankhpal Kaal Sarp Yog may create a number of problems related to profession. The native may not earn sufficient amount of money through his profession, for many years or throughout his life. The native may not get due credit for his work and most of the good work done by him may often be claimed by his seniors or colleagues. On the other hand, the native may often receive discredit for failures; for which he may not be responsible alone, or he may not be responsible at all.
Such Shankhpal Kaal Sarp Yog may keep the native jobless for significantly long periods of time (2 to 5 years) more than once in life. The native may find it difficult to settle in one job or profession due to various reasons and he may have to change his job or profession; many times in life. Looking at another probability, such Shankhpal Kaal Sarp Yog may get the native stuck in jobs or professions which he may not like or which he may dislike; for many years or throughout his life.
Though such native may be qualified for better jobs; he may end up getting the ones which may be below or far below his qualification. In an extreme case when supported by other malefic planets; such Shankhpal Kaal Sarp Yog may make the native work in a departmental store or he may have some other likewise profession; though he may be a qualified engineer or some other qualified professional.
Such Shankhpal Kaal Sarp Yog may trouble the native with a number of psychological problems. If the overall horoscope of one such native is strong, such problems may be relative low in quantum. Hence the native may suffer from issues like restlessness, anxiety and obsessive compulsive behavior patterns. In cases when such Shankhpal Kaal Sarp Yog is strong and supported by other malefic planets; the native may suffer from serious psychological disorders like depression, schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
Moving on, let’s look at the influences of benefic and malefic planets as well as the impact of running times and the overall theme of horoscope on such Shankhpal Kaal Sarp Yog. Let’s take an example to understand this concept in a better manner.
Suppose malefic Rahu in the fourth house in Aquarius and malefic Ketu in the tenth house in Leo form Shankhpal Kaal Sarp Yog in a horoscope. Suppose a benefic combination of Jupiter and Moon is placed in the tenth house of this horoscope in Leo along with malefic Ketu; and Saturn is placed in the fourth house in Aquarius in Dhanishtha in Libra navamsha. Jupiter and Moon are highly benefic in the horoscope and they are strong in Leo. They form Gaj Kesari Yoga in the tenth house and collectively; they may reduce the negativity of Ketu and Rahu to a significant extent.
Suppose benefic exalted Sun is placed in the sixth house in Aries in Ashwini in Taurus navamsha; along with Mercury. Mars is placed in the fifth house in Pisces in Uttarabhadrapada in Leo navamsha and Venus is placed in the seventh house in Taurus in Rohini nakshatra. The overall horoscope gains more strength as well as balance due to these placements. Hence the native may be better equipped to handle such Shankhpal Kaal Sarp Yog.
Looking at Saturn, its functional nature is flexible in horoscopes with Scorpio ascendant. It means that Saturn may be benefic or malefic in such horoscopes; depending on the circumstances. The concept of various planets having tendencies to be benefic or malefic on the basis of the houses they rule in a horoscope has been explained in the chapter ‘Gemstones for House Lords’ of the revised edition of the book ‘Gemstones: Magic or Science?.
In this case, Saturn is comfortable in Aquarius, it is comfortable in Dhanishtha and it is strong as well as comfortable in Libra navamsha of this nakshatra. It receives benefic aspects from Jupiter and Moon. Sun is exalted which adds more confidence to the horoscope. Mars is placed in Uttarabhadrapada which is a wise and balanced nakshatra ruled by Saturn; and Mars is strong as well as comfortable in Leo navamsha of this nakshatra. Mercury may become partly benefic due to strong influence of benefic exalted Sun. Venus is malefic but it is placed in a good sign as well as in good nakshatra; and the seventh house doesn’t directly deal with profession or psychological problems.
Hence the overall horoscope becomes stronger and more balanced. As the combined result of all these factors; Saturn may turn benefic in the horoscope though it may have tendencies to cause some side effects at times. Therefore, the combination of Jupiter, Moon and Saturn supported by Sun and Mars may reduce the strength of such Shankhpal Kaal Sarp Yog a lot. Hence the native may not suffer much because of it. On the contrary, he may witness good or very good results related to many spheres hit by such Kaal Sarp Yog.
The native may witness very good results related to profession, finances, properties and vehicles. He may witness good results related to mother, education and reputation; though these spheres may witness some problems from time to time. The sphere of mental health may still prove somewhat troublesome; despite the collective influence of so many benefic planets. However, such problems may not be very serious or even serious and the native may be able to manage them with some effort; unless the finer factors and especially the running times are troublesome.
Let’s change the entire equation and see what may happen when such Shankhpal Kaal Sarp Yog is joined by malefic planets. Suppose malefic Rahu in the fourth house in Aquarius and malefic Ketu in the tenth house in Leo form Shankhpal Kaal Sarp Yog in a horoscope. Suppose Mars is also placed in the fourth house and malefic Venus as well as Mercury is placed in the tenth house. Suppose Mars is placed in Shatabhisha nakshatra.
Rahu is highly malefic. Mars in general is partly benefic and partly malefic in horoscopes with Scorpio ascendant. However in this case, it is placed in an uncomfortable sign as well as in an uncomfortable nakshatra. It receives negativity through Rahu which is much stronger than Mars in Aquarius. The combination of malefic Venus, Mercury and Ketu also transfers negative energy to Mars through direct aspect. As the combined result of all these factors; Mars may turn malefic in the horoscope.
Mars rules the first house which deals with profession and lifespan among other things. It also rules the sixth house which deals with disputes, conflicts and diseases among other things. Mercury represents intellect and mental strength in general and through the eighth house; it represents diseases and psychological problems. Rahu also represents psychological problems and illusions among other things. Venus rules the twelfth house which deals with losses, illusions and confusions among other things. Ketu represents losses, mysteries and diseases among other things.
The planets in this malefic combination may especially have bad impact on the fourth house which deals with emotional wellbeing as well as mental health; and they may also afflict one another. As a result; the native may suffer from serious psychological problems where the type and quantum of such problems depends on the overall horoscope, finer factors and running times. Much may also depend on the health of Saturn (lord of the fourth house) and Moon.
If both these planets are strong and healthy; the native may witness relief. However if these planets are weak or troubled; the problems may aggravate. Hence the native may suffer from serious psychological disorders throughout his life.
Let’s get back to the basic setup of Rahu in the fourth house and Ketu in the tenth house; and let’s consider another variation. Suppose Saturn is placed in the tenth house in Leo along with malefic Ketu; and a malefic combination of Mercury, Venus and Sun is placed in the fourth house in Aquarius along with malefic Rahu.
Saturn is flexible in this horoscope, it is weak in Leo and it is afflicted by strong Ketu through conjunction. Apart from that; it receives a lot of negativity from the malefic combination in the fourth house. Hence it may turn significantly or highly malefic in the horoscope; depending on the finer factors. Sun is weak in Aquarius and it is afflicted by malefic Rahu, Venus and Mercury through conjunction; and all these planets are much stronger than Sun in Aquarius. Apart from that; the malefic combination in the tenth house may also send a lot of negativity to Sun.
In general, Sun is highly benefic for horoscopes with Scorpio ascendant. However, things are different in this case. Sun is weak and it is troubled by a number of malefic planets. Hence it may turn significantly malefic in the horoscope though it may still show some benefic effects. It means that each one of these six planets involved in this highly malefic combination may be significantly or highly malefic.
In general, it means that such horoscope may not be saved, no matter how good the other planets may be in the horoscope. If Mars is also placed in fourth house, the situation may become even worse since Mars may also turn highly malefic due to combined effect of these malefic planets. The same may happen with Moon if it is placed in the fourth or tenth house.
Though the native may suffer almost in every sphere of his life; the spheres of profession, family and mental health may be hit most severely. Such Shankhpal Kaal Sarp Yog supported by malefic Saturn, Venus, Mercury and Sun may not let the native settle in profession. Hence the native may live without profession for many years or throughout his life; depending on the rest of his horoscope and finer factors.
Suppose debilitated Moon is placed in the first house in Scorpio in Anuradha in Leo navamsha, debilitated Jupiter is placed in the third house in Capricorn and Mars is placed in the twelfth house in Libra.
In the case, the entire horoscope is doomed. The native is born under Saturn Mahadasha with about 16 years left. This Mahadasha is followed by 17 year Mercury Mahadasha, 7 year Ketu Mahadasha, 20 year Venus Mahadasha and 6 years Sun Mahadasha. It means these Mahadashas may rule the timelines from the time of birth of the native till his age of 66 years. Since all these planets are significantly or highly malefic; the native may fail to achieve success, almost in any sphere of his life. Very likely; the native may be born with a serious psychological disorder or with a serious physical illness and he may never recover from it; for as long as he lives.
Serious physical illness means the native may develop some type of cancer or other terminal illness during early childhood and he may not survive it. Even if the finer factors are favourable for the native; he may not survive beyond the age of 30 or 35 years. If the finer factors are also against the native; he may die any time before the age of 15.
Apart from these, Shankhpal Kaal Sarp Yog may create a number of other problems for the native; depending on his overall horoscope.
Malefic effects of Shankhpal Kaal Sarp Yog can be reduced with the help of remedies. The application of gemstones and Poojas in particular may prove useful in reducing the strength and/or malefic effects of Kaal Sarp Yog. Gemstones may be more useful in counteracting the malefic effects produced by Shankhpal Kaal Sarp Yog, and they may not be able to directly reduce the strength of this defect in many cases. Poojas may directly reduce the strength of this defect in most cases. As that happens; malefic effects produced by Kaal Sarp Yog may also reduce.
Himanshu Shangari
Anant Kaal Sarp Yog
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Anant Kaal Sarp Yog
If in a horoscope, Rahu is placed in the first house, Ketu is placed in the seventh house and all other planets are placed within the axis of Rahu and Ketu, Anant Kaal Sarp Yog is formed in that horoscope. To simplify, if all other planets are placed from house number one to seven or from house number seven to one in such horoscope, Anant Kaal Sarp Yog is formed in the horoscope. In some cases; when any one among Moon, Sun, Venus or Mercury is placed outside Rahu-Ketu axis; Kaal Sarp Yog may still form in the horoscope.
Anant Kaal Sarp Yog may trouble the native with problems related to health, lifespan, profession, marriage, addictions, vices, personality disorders and a number of other problems; depending on his overall horoscope.
The natives under the malefic impact of Anant Kaal Sarp Yog are prone to get addicted to various types of intoxicating substances which may prove harmful in the long run. In an extreme case when this defect is strong and supported by the overall horoscope; the native may get addicted to harmful drugs and he may face serious health issues because of them. Such native may die young due to drug overdose or due to serious health issues caused by drugs.
Taking an example, if malefic Rahu is placed in the first house of a horoscope in Cancer, malefic Ketu is placed in the seventh house in Capricorn along with Moon, debilitated Sun is placed in the fourth house in Libra along with malefic Mercury; and malefic Saturn is placed in the third house in Virgo, the native may become a drug addict. The native may consume harmful drugs on regular basis and he may witness loss of health, money and reputation because of them; among other things.
At the same time, if Jupiter is placed the third house of this horoscope in Virgo along with malefic Saturn; Venus is placed in the sixth house in Sagittarius and retrograde Mars is also placed in the sixth house in Sagittarius in Cancer navamsha of Moola nakshatra, the problem may aggravate. The native suffering from Anant Kaal Sarp Yog and other malefic planets may die between the age of 30 and 50, depending on the finer factors; due to drug overdose or due to serious health problem caused because of regular consumption of harmful drugs. The native may also face problems related to financial losses, profession, marriage and a number of other problems.
Once the formation of Anant Kaal Sarp Yog is confirmed in a horoscope, the next factor to check is the strength of this defect. The strength of Anant Kaal Sarp Yog is calculated through the placements of Rahu and Ketu in various signs, nakshatras and navamshas; as well as through the influences of other benefic and malefic planets on Rahu and Ketu. The overall theme of horoscope and running times (Mahadashas) also affect the strength of Anant Kaal Sarp Yog.
Let’s start with signs. Suppose malefic Rahu in the first house in Cancer and malefic Ketu in the seventh house in Capricorn form Anant Kaal Sarp Yog in a horoscope. Rahu does well in Cancer and Ketu does well in Capricorn; through none of them is strong in their respective signs. Hence such Anant Kaal Sarp Yog may possess significant strength in most cases and it may be strong in some cases; depending on placements of Rahu and Ketu in various nakshatras and navamshas within their respective signs.
Such Anant Kaal Sarp Yog may cause problems related to marriage. As a result, the native may get married late or very late; or he may face more than one broken marriage on account of serious problems; depending on his overall horoscope. Such Anant Kaal Sarp Yog may cause significant damage to the equation between the native and his wife. Hence even if the native settles in his second or third marriage; he may still not be able to enjoy such marriage. The marriage may sustain, primarily because of compromises and shared responsibilities; and the couple may not have love and understanding between them.
Such Anant Kaal Sarp Yog may also get the native married to someone who may suffer from significant or serious health issues which may be physical or mental. Hence the native may not be able to enjoy his marriage and such marriage may prove more like obligation, suffering or punishment; depending on his overall horoscope. In an extreme case of this type when such Anant Kaal Sarp Yog is supported by other malefic planets; the native may lose one or two wives to death on account of serious diseases or accidents.
Such Anant Kaal Sarp Yog may also cause problems related to the profession of the native. The native may not be able to achieve professional success till late or very late; or he may not achieve such success throughout his life; depending on his overall horoscope. The native may also face financial losses, bad reputation, job loss and a number of other problems. When supported by other malefic planets; such Anant Kaal Sarp Yog may turn the native into a criminal and he may face prison sentence of more than 7 years.
Moving on, let’s look at the influences of benefic and malefic planets as well as the impact of running times and the overall theme of horoscope on such Anant Kaal Sarp Yog. Let’s take an example to understand this concept in a better manner.
Suppose malefic Rahu in the first house in Cancer and malefic Ketu in the seventh house in Capricorn form Anant Kaal Sarp Yog in a horoscope. Suppose benefic Venus is placed in the first house in Cancer along with Rahu; and benefic exalted Mars is placed in the seventh house in Capricorn along with Ketu. These two planets may add much more strength to the horoscope and at the same time; they may significantly reduce the strength of Anant Kaal Sarp Yog.
Mars is very strong in Capricorn and Ketu is no match for it in this sign. Hence the malefic effect of Ketu may reduce a lot. Venus and Rahu have comparable strengths in Cancer though none of them is strong in this sign. Hence Venus may reduce the malefic effect of Rahu though not as much as Mars may do in case of Ketu.
Suppose benefic Moon is also placed in the seventh house in Capricorn and Chandra Mangal Yoga is formed. Since both these planets are strong and they strengthen each other; malefic influence of Ketu may reduce a lot in this horoscope. Apart from that, Mars and Moon may send a lot of positive energy to Ketu and such energy may turn Ketu into a partly malefic and partly benefic planet, instead of being a highly malefic planet.
At the same time, the benefic combination of exalted Mars and Moon casts direct aspect on Venus and Rahu in the first house. Venus gains more strength and positivity due to such aspect whereas the negativity of Rahu may reduce a lot; due to the combined benefic influence of Venus, Mars and Moon. The same may happen with Ketu and it may receive positive energy from Venus, apart from receiving such energy from Mars and Moon.
As a result of the interaction between these five planets; Rahu and Ketu may also turn significantly benefic; though they may still be malefic also. The concept of malefic planets turning into benefic planets due to strong influences of benefic planets has been explained in the revised edition of the book ‘Pitra Dosh – Ancestors are Calling’.
When that happens, the strength of Anant Kaal Sarp Yog may reduce a lot and the native may witness relief in most spheres of his life, affected by such Anant Kaal Sarp Yog. Venus rules the eleventh house in this horoscope and this house deals with profession and finances. Mars rules the tenth house which deals with profession and Moon rules the first house which also deals with profession. Venus and Rahu are placed in the first house which deals with profession health and lifespan among other things.
Hence the sphere of profession may benefit the most. Depending on the overall horoscope, the native may become a high authority government officer, he may achieve success as a businessman or he may become a creative professional. Taking an example, if a benefic combination of Sun and Jupiter is placed in the tenth house of this horoscope in Aries and Mercury is placed in the eleventh house in Taurus, the native may achieve authority in government; through job. Such native may get selected for administrative services or revenue services and he may witness very good career.
Let’s go back to the original setup of Venus plus Rahu in the first house and Mars, Moon and Ketu in the seventh house. Such benefic combination may also help the native a lot with issues related to health and lifespan. Hence the native may not witness serious or even significant health issues due to Anant Kaal Sarp Yog and his lifespan may also be good; unless other malefic planets in the horoscope change these results.
Due to the formation of Chandra Mangal Yoga in the seventh house, the native may not face serious or significant problems related to marriage; unless Saturn is troubled in the horoscope. In case the native is female; placement of Jupiter is also important in order to assess wellbeing of marriage. Venus is the general signifier of marriage and wife in case of males and Jupiter is the general signifier of marriage and husband in case of females. Since Venus is already engaged in this benefic combination; the male native may benefit more, in the sphere of marriage.
Let’s look at the entire equation from the opposite angle and see what may happen when Rahu and Ketu are influenced by malefic planets. Suppose malefic Rahu in the first house in Cancer and malefic Ketu in the seventh house in Capricorn form Anant Kaal Sarp Yog in a horoscope. Suppose malefic Mercury is placed in the first house in Cancer along with Rahu; and malefic Saturn is placed in the seventh house in Capricorn along with malefic Ketu.
Saturn rules the seventh and eighth house whereas Mercury rules the third and twelfth house in this horoscope. Hence both of them are malefic. The concept of planets having tendencies to be benefic or malefic on the basis of the houses they rule in a horoscope has been explained in the chapter ‘Gemstones for House Lords’ of the revised edition of the book ‘Gemstones: Magic or Science?’.
As malefic Mercury and malefic Rahu combine in the first house; both these planets may afflict each other and they may become even more malefic. The same may happen in the seventh house and both Saturn as well as Ketu may turn highly malefic. To have an idea; such Anant Kaal Sarp Yog supported by malefic Mercury and Saturn may cause 2 to 4 times more damage in this case; depending on the finer factors.
Since the first house is seriously afflicted by two malefic planets; the native may face serious problems related to health and lifespan; among other problems. If Moon, Mars and Venus are not strong in the horoscope; the native may suffer from psychological problems which may turn into serious disorders in some cases. Such malefic combination of these four planets may trouble the native with problems like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder; among other psychological problems. The native may also become a drug addict and he may suffer from loss of health, money and reputation due to such addiction.
In an extreme case of this type when the overall horoscope is also weak or malefic; the native may die before the age of 40 years; due to drug overdose, health problems caused due to regular consumption of harmful drugs over a long period of time; or he may commit suicide. If the native commits suicide; he may do so under a bout of serious depression or some serious psychological disorder.
Looking the sphere of marriage, it may be almost destroyed in this case and even strong placements of Jupiter (for females) and Venus (for males) may not bring much relief. Due to this troublesome combination of Anant Kaal Sarp Yog, Mercury and Saturn; the native may not get married till his age of 40 years or he may not get married throughout his life.
Looking at another variation, the native may get married after 35 years of age; he may get divorced after going through a terrible marriage and he may never get married again. Looking at another probability, the native may get married after the age of 35, he may face serious problems in his marriage and the couple may start living separately. The native may not get divorced for a period of more than 7 years after separating from his wife or he may not get divorced throughout his life. It means the native may remain married on papers but he may neither live with his wife; nor he may be able to get married to someone else.
Apart from these, Anant Kaal Sarp Yog may create a number of other problems for the native; depending on his overall horoscope.
Looking at the running times, when the Mahadashas of benefic planets are in effect; the problems posed by such Anant Kaal Sarp Yog may reduce. On the other hand, the Mahadashas of malefic planets other than Rahu and Ketu may increase the quantum of problems. When the Mahadashas of Rahu and Ketu are in effect, Anant Kaal Sarp Yog may cause maximum possible damage.
Malefic effects of Anant Kaal Sarp Yog can be reduced with the help of remedies. The application of gemstones and Poojas in particular may prove useful in reducing the strength and/or malefic effects of Anant Kaal Sarp Yog. Gemstones may be more useful in counteracting the malefic effects produced by Kaal Sarp Yog, and they may not be able to directly reduce the strength of this defect in many cases. Poojas may directly reduce the strength of this defect in most cases. As that happens; malefic effects produced by Kaal Sarp Yog may also reduce.
Himanshu Shangari
Kaal Sarp Yog Section
Kaal Sarp Yog Section
This section features content on Kaal Sarp Yog. Based on placements of Rahu and Ketu in various houses of horoscope, 12 types of Kaal Sarp Yog exist; from Anant Kaal Sarp Yog to Sheshnaag Kaal Sarp Yog. This features an article on Kaal Sarp Yog and 12 articles on different types of Kaal Sarp Yog. Important factors which may affect the results given by Kaal Sarp Yog are discussed in details.
These factors include placements of Rahu and Ketu in various houses, signs, nakshatras and navamshas; influences of other benefic and malefic planets; and the impact of overall horoscope as well as planetary periods (Mahadashas) on Kaal Sarp Yog. Relevant examples from horoscopes have been included, to make the topics easier to understand.
Definition of Kaal Sarp Yog / Dosh :
If in a horoscope, all seven planets namely Sun, Moon, Jupiter, Venus, Mars, Mercury and Saturn come between the axis of malefic Rahu and Ketu, which are also known as north node and south node respectively, Kaal Sarp Yog is formed in such horoscope. For example, if Rahu is placed in the first house of a horoscope in the sign of Aries, Ketu is placed in seventh house in the sign of Libra and the remaining seven planets among Navagraha are placed between house number one to house number seven or they are placed between house number seven to house number one, Kaal Sarp Yog is said to be formed in the horoscope. This defect is also known as Kaal Sarp Dosh and it can cause a number of different types of problems in the life of a native suffering from it. Depending on the house of placement of Rahu and Ketu in a horoscope, twelve types of Kaal Sarp Yogas can be formed in a horoscope and all these types can cause problems in different spheres of the life of the native suffering from them.
Himanshu Shangari