The Author is about 49 years old and

holds a Post Graduate degree in Civil

Engineering from Indian Institute of Science
(IISc., Bangalore). He was the University
topper and Gold Medallist at the Graduate
level. He worked as a Software Engineer for
over 22 years in both Indian as well as large
MNC companies. He did on-site software
development work at Switzerland for a few
years. He took voluntary retirement in
December 2004. Since then, he is pursuing
the study of Astrology which is one of his
interests. The author is particularly
interested in Medical Astrology and has
already published articles giving special
combinations for Diabetes (both Type-I and
Type-II) and severe Dandruff problems that
could be identified from natal charts. His
other interest being Poetry; has published a
poetry collection (in local language
Kannada) in 2006.
Rare Octuplets
(A followup report)
By
Krishnamurthy S, India.
As the horoscopes of twins continue to
haunt Astrologers worldwide, recently
there was a rare event of octuplets
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born in
the USA, all alive! This happened in the
USA after a gap of 10 years. Last time, the
octuplets were born in 1998 and one of them
passed away after one week. This time it
happened on the morning of January 26 (on
the day of solar eclipse) in Bellflower,
California. The most interesting part was
all the babies were delivered by Csection
within a span of just 5 minutes from 10:43 to
10:48! Overall, they were six boys and two
girls, all kicking and crying.
With the breaking of this news, the first
thought that came up was to immediately
check out if the rules that were defined
earlier (refer to Unique Features of Charts
of Twins, August 2008 issue of Saptarishis
Astrology) were applicable to this case as
well or not. Though the rules were defined
for twins, it should cover multiple births as
well. Those rules have been reproduced here
for ready reference:
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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/lame
octuplets272009jan27,0,2047764.story
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1. Take a look at the Lagna lord or its dispositor. One of the two following conditions can
be seen: [Rule 1]
a. LL or its dispositor is involved in a Parivartana/Srinkhala
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either in Rasi or in
Constellation, or
b. LL or its dispositor disposits its own Rasi dispositor in Constellation (mixed
Parivartana?)
c. LL and its dispositor are closely conjunct (or, could it be within one nakshatra
pada)
2. Lord of 11
th
house (representing multiplicity) or the karaka of 11
th
house Jupiter influences
Lagna or Lagna Lord by ownership or by conjunction or by graha drishti. [Rule 2]
3. Rule specific for identical twins [Rule 3]:
a. The 3
rd
lord and 11
th
lord are in close conjunction, hardly 1 degree apart! (or it
could be within the same nakshatra pada), or
b. There is a Parivartana/Srinkhala between the 3
rd
lord and the 11
th
lord either in
Rasi or in Constellation.
Since it is a clear case of fraternal twins, the third rule need not be looked into. The birth
details of the first twin are as follows:
Natal Chart
Date: January 26, 2009
Time: 10:43:00
Time Zone: 8:00:00 (West of GMT)
Place: 118 W 06' 58", 33 N 52' 54"
Bellflower, California, USA
The chart for this data is presented below:
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Srinkala: Parivartnana of more than two planets in a closed loop
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Now, to the interesting part of checking out the rules defined. The lagna lord is Mars. Its
dispositor is Jupiter. Mars and Jupiter are in Parivartana in Navamsha! Also, Jupiters
dispositor Saturn is involved in a Parivartana in Rasi. It is interesting to note that all three
the lagna lord, its dispositor and its dispositor are involved in Parivartanas. This satisfies
Rule 1.
Now look for the influence of either Jupiter (karaka for 11th house or the lord of 11th house
on the Lagna Lord). In this case, Jupiter strongly influences the lagna lord Mars in more
than one way:
Lagna lord Mars is disposited by karaka of 11th house Jupiter
Both the above planets are in parivartana in Navamsha
This satisfies Rule 2.
It always gives great satisfaction when rules formed to demonstrate any Jyotish principle
can be applied repeatedly for other applicable charts as well. After all, repeatability is one of
the corner stones of any science.
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