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anything significant in life. If Kalasarpa Yoga is present and there are strong success producing yogas in the horoscope, then the natives rise will be profound and significant, and they will play an important role in shaping the age in which they are born. If ill yogas are present, the native will suffer terribly. Essentially, Kalasarpa Yoga amplifies the intensity of all other yogas in the horoscope. Natives with Kalasarpa Yoga are generally involved in unique or unusual things, or they are born to play a part in events that redirect or which indicate a change in humanity, social structures, etc. If Kalasarpa Yoga is found in a horoscope that has significant afflictions and ruinous yogas, then the native is involved in unusual things, or poorly regarded things of a destructive or unhealthy nature. There are two variations of this yoga. One is that Rahu, in its retrograde motion, is moving towards all the other planets. This indicates that Rahu is transforming all things in the natives life. The goal of life is to bring things to a karmic balance through the initiation of those things that the native is not yet comfortable with, in control of, secure with, etc. This form of Kalasarpa Yoga is generally experienced more stressfully; there is more confusion, and less comfort and familiarity in life. The other variation is when Ketu, in its retrograde motion, is moving towards all the other planets. Here, Ketu is transforming all things in the natives life. The goal of life is the completion and resolution of all things in the natives life. This version is generally less stressful than the other, and gives a feeling of familiarity with the things the native has in his or her life, however, it gives discontentment with what the native does have as well as longings for things that the native cannot put their finger on. The effects of Kalasarpa Yoga are not as significant when the lagna is not caught between the nodes along with the other planets. In this case, there is a bit more personal volition. Some astrologers hold that if the lagna is not caught between the nodes, Kalasarpa Yoga is not formed at all, however, the 7th house cusp, which is the Western horizon, is not much different or less important than the lagna, which is the Eastern horizon, so Kalasarpa Yoga should be