Deformed Hands from the Drekanna Hemant Bhatt, B.Com., LL.B., physical disability and a good 2 are ny [T ls sometimes very difficult to judge the chart for | deal of astrological acumen and know People are bom with congenital defects. | Paper. According to classical works, there is an allocation of different Parts of the body to allfferent signs of the Kalpurusha. The different houses (Table /) in a chart can also be assigned different parts of the body house-wise, doing it. Many shail deal with defective hands in this ae a a 7 La 4 MODERN ASTROLOGY» SEFTESER aTa | Table I Drekannas and Body PartsDeformed Hands for the Drekanna ‘This divisional scheme of Drekanna can be used to locate the defective or the deformed body limb as shown in Table 1. The Drekanna of the Ascerdant or the Moon should be used. If the Ascendant or the Moon is in the first Drekanna of the sign, then the twelve houses represent the body parts. from the head for the Ascendant to the toe for the 12th house in respective order as in Table II A If the Ascendant or the Moon is in the second Drekanna of the sign, then the twelve houses represent the body from the middle part of the belly for the Ascendant to the anus for the 12th house in respective order as in Table 1B. Ifthe Ascendant or the Moon is in the third Drekanna of the sign then the twelve houses represeat the body part from the lower part of the waist etc. for the Ascendant to the vulva ‘tc, for the 12th house in respective order a in Table It C. ‘When houses and planets ruling body, limbs, flesh and bones be in any way related with disease-inflicting planets, Nakshatras or houses, some defect or deformity is inevitable. The 22nd Drekanna, 64th Navamsa or any other divisions such as malefic Shashtyamsa, Trimsamsa etc., may also be used to diagnose such defects oF deformities. The Nodes, Mandi and Gullika have ‘a. major role to play in causing defects and deformity. Body ‘The Ascendant is the body and the Sun, the soul. The Moon is the Deha Karaka (significator of body and psyche). The sign Aries govems the body. Any affliction to the following can ‘cause defects or defornit 1) Aries sign, Ascendant, lord of Ascendant, Sun and the Moon by malefic planets or constellation lord by conjunction or malefic aspects. 4) AMiction to this sign by a Dustana lord or its constellation or the constellation of planets in Dustanas. {il) Planets and Karaka governing the body, limbs and bones in Dustanas. ‘Any benefic influence by aspect or conjunction or constellation will reduce the degree of the defect or deformity. Limbs ; Sagittarius is the natural indicator of the limbs in the Zodiac as the 9th governs the limbs in general. If Sagittarius, the 9th lord and 9th are afflicted, they result in defective limbs. Satur is the Karaka for limbs and his affliction is also not desirable, It is well known that Satum is described as a lame planet and is grossly responsible for defective limbs. Karakas for Bones and Flesh ‘Taurus, Virgo and Capricom as also the 2nd house, 6th house and the 10th house rule flesh and bones. The significator of flesh is Mars and ‘of bones, Satur. Afilictions to these houses or ‘their lords and significators can also produce defects. ‘The signs Gemini and the 3rd house with their lords rule the right hand. Aquarius and ith house with their lord rale the left hand. ‘Mercury is the Karaka for hands. The 3rd house also rules bodily growth and collar bones. Gemini is their seat. Mars governs vigor and energy and works for building the body. Short and Long Rasis ‘Any afflictions to these factots can produce dysfunction or deformation in that hand coming under the affected house and planet. When afflicted and connected with short planets or short Rasis, there may be poor growth. The short Rasis are Gemini and Taurus, Similarly ‘with long signs and long planets, there may be abnormal growth. The long Rasis are Leo, Virgo and Scorpio and the other Rasis Aries, Cancer, Libra, Sagittarius, Capricom, Aquarius and Pisces are even in size, Short planets are Jupiter ‘and Venus, long are Satur, Mars and Rabu ‘and even planets are the Moon, Mercury and Keru. Be _WODERN ASTROLOGY _e- wTaaeA_an 6_islorined Ha for the Drea The left side is ruled by the 8th to the 12th hhouses and the right side is govemed by the 2nd to the 6th houses. The right legis ruled by the 2nd house and the Jef leg by the 12th house. The 3rd house rules the right hand and the 11th, the lef hand. Bom September 0, 19.N 14 with a balance of T years § months 25 days of Rahu Dasa at birth = 2008 at Navamsa tte In Chart 1, the Deha Karaka Moon is afflicted by occupation of Rahn’s Nakshatra, Rabu in tum is in the 6th from the the Moon, Mandi and Gulika and aspected by Mars. Venus, the sign Alispositor of the Moon, is also afflicted by Mars, Mandi and Gulika. So the Deha Karaka Moon's Significations get afflicted showing a defect in the physical body. Moreover, the Ascendant lord Jupiter is also afflicted by the Nodes and aspected by Satum. Mercury, the Karaka for hands, is in a Papakartari between the Sun and Satur in Kalinasa,:a:malefic Shashtyamsa, Mercury in Navammsa is afflicted by the Nodes and'his dispositor Moon is afflicted as already analysed, The Ascendant’ Sagittarius and the sign Gemini are free of aspects and conjunction. As er Table I B, the Sth house. signifying the right hand is afflicted by Gullika. The 3rd house falls in Aquarius whose lord Saturn ruling the bones and limbs is ini the 8th, a Dustana, which ‘in tum is the 6th from the 3rd causing a severe defect in the right hand. The affliction to the Moon and Venus can also signify defects due {to medical treatment given to the mother during pregnancy. The native was bom with a defective right hhand with a shortened elbow with only three thin and small fingers in this hand, Ghart 2: Female: Born September 27, 1002 et Oh, fom, at 51 N 27, 00 W 50 with a balance of years 4 monthe 7 daye of Venue Dasa at bith 2 Hatt 3035, ae m/e, ta we ‘The Ascendant in Chart 2 is afMicted by fetrograde Satur, a Dustana lord, and the Nodes. The Deha Karaka Moon is afflicted by Gallika and Mandi. The Navamsa, the Sum and the Moon are heavily afflicted by the Nodes and Satu across the Libra-Aries axis which shows some complication in the prenatal stage and which could be genetic. The Maraka Sun and retrograde Mercury are in the 3rd house which rules hands, The significator Mars is in Dustana within the 30°-crippling-are of Rahu, afflicted by Gullika in Navamsa, The Nakshatra lords ofthe Sun and Mercury, namely, the Moon and Mars respectively are heavily afflicted. The Positions of Mars and Jupiter indicate lack of Purvapanya. Venus, the 11th lor is in a malefic Shashthyamsa (Karaladranistra) afflicted fetrograde plants Jupiter and Satum, both functional maletics or disease- inflicting planes, Satum and Jupiter, the bone and limb Karaka and lord respectively, are totally crippled in Navamsa ‘indicating bone debility and underdeveloped limbs. Jupiter is in a Dustana in Rak’'s Nakshatra and Saturn is afflicted by the Nodes. The afflictions in toto show the native must have defects inthe limbs and bones of the hands, This char is of a woman bom with short arms, cach with three fingers at the elbows, (136.1) SEPTENGER Bio _UOCERN ASTROLOGY 8 Bon