19" Verse ~ An Experiment & pe elec terre ieee ete thenticity of it might now be debated —asit waslonglong ago... G @ ery] inert fl rae Og eee peters ee gave a prediction that no astrologer of today will Give, nor is capable of. Today astrologer will say Tae Pee eee peered ent eater and unethical topredict death, anditis against the shastras. However, in the city of Ujjain, west of India was an astrologer who predicted the death of the eet centre ceutetes eee teennl Pri ie day & probably the time. It was as precise as precise canbe. The kings son will die due to a Boar (Varaha). Theking asked him tochange the predictionbut he Oiclel ee ec teaetpextes all Lecidle Fee his prediction, he was about tobe hanged stilleven at these last moments of his life he didn't change it. The king's son was kept in the fort and not allowed. To pl eo ae eee elle eae |e tere him. On the appointed day, the kings son was playing the game of ‘passing the ball’ with his playmate in of the rooms of the palace. The eer test ee fee alec and hit the wall. Theson went tocollect theball and as the ball had hit the wall hard, a boar's head, Bee eet et tee early on the wall fell devon due to the impact of the hitting ball, maybe it was ‘not properly hanged on the wall It fell on the king's son who was trying to collect the ball and killed teeth fp Ucereel ton was on paren prediction can he; the king though disheartened at his sons loss instantly sent his troops down to stop the execution of this doyen among astrologers. The eter lod cee saree tle eale Accor Lao icles) positionin the Kings Cabinet. As the boar (Varaha) was the basisof hisprediction, MihiraAcharya was named as Varahamihira’ We remember the saying from The Last Book of Astrology’ ~ Ifyou know your Shastra (astrology in this context) then belike Varahamihira & bet your tive life, your entire fortune, everything you got Bia 1] ee on each of your predictions If you cannot then you do not know your Shastra G openly admit it to those whoseck predictions from you'- Old Sage in Elser beeke eas We ieslert sacl cece lanes scribe hasever read. For years, every astrologer has tried to decode his Ret eet ind ver) well thal Nhe eerocs ort este Varahamihiras books were all coded. [n 821 A Dor 979 AD, if Saka refers to Salivahana), Bhattotpala decoded only few chapters of Varahamihiras Brihat Jataka & most authors have taken that as the basis for further commentaries. Let us now come to the main part of this article wherein we try to analyze a particular line from Verse No 19, Chapter, Brihat Jataka & see how to apply itin predictive astrology. Scribe feels thiscan be used effectively maybe in western astrology also. erratinpaditaga ater ater Seaver fesaraaish fafa a area sa a eT wife Prana: seeyoM Are Ser a a- ‘Oirel vesi aaa Aer sore Praia aa 40 horasvamigurujhaviksitayuta nanyaisca viryotkata kendragstha dvipadadayo‘hi nisi ca prapte ca prapte ca sandhyadvaye | parvarddhi visayadayah krtaguna manarh pratiparh ca ta dyuscikyath sahajam tasasca navamrh trpadyarh trikonarh ca tat |11911 Our interest is only one stanza out of 4above. poorvardhe vishayadayah krut gunea maanam Bieeree lta Srdlincol reise: The English translation of which by few known authors & authoritative figures are produced in Pest cfs heleraare requastlaaremt elo eee ariel ties cl reneeeereeeeel below~ de pect comracciary by 10" Canter Kerela Scholar Shri Kaikulangara Rama Warier, whose work is said to be Best’ work on Brihat Jatake. Kaikulangara Rama Warier's Translation & fee(remisctrigetiseadtia micas 5) hs means 4. so The measurement of signs is 5,6,7,8,9,10 multiplied by 4. The measurement of first six signs from Aries ase 20, 24, 28, 3236, 40 respectively and from Libra the next six signs aro 40,56,52,28,24,20 Basedon thisthe length of body partscan beseen. = Tate. Vi Subvensan ys Susi 1020) Mysore, Printed at Govt. Branch Press. Translation: Sameasprevious authors Commentary & Usage: He mentions that itis used Dep seesmcdieh lee (et eee ete gales attr then he says take Avies Ascendant, caming began ae 24. & 2and children will be begotten at Pluie coed iracrllaa Weateena i iacans 2) Where all commentators including the ancient ones say it is to be used for measuring one's body parts orlocating distance ol thief or duration of asign, Mr Sastri also mentionsat the endo! the whole page thatthose numbersare to be usedas Age’. }) If he is suggesting Age then why is he waiting a blanket statement, which would ina way reste flint teen phe Areerlan) (heesae fixed age of caming & lized age of getting children? Obviously all Aries Ascendant do not etic lle tetet OY cate boc: wcrllss renlel Ue eject eee focsert ars) xed oes the next page somehow one could not proceed to thenext page. ON ete tic rev sous exploraliow or the jyotish forums where we had asked ‘if planets have been given specificages how come signs have not been given or if given why is nobody using it in eer ieee ete pecet cdl aeire Upon someexperimentation thereseemstohesome truth if we Modify’ it in our reading model. On the words Began Between’ in Late Subramanya Sastri's sentence, we would deal later as it is most usefulin reality. Methodology Derived: a) __ First,see which houseof the chart theSignis © Page 17 of Brihat Jataka translation by Late V wubramenyaSasti gh ae Eg falling, that itsel{will giveclues. b) Take each sign as that particular year of cone'slife represented in tableabove. c) Test iton those charts who remember their ies Ail ‘Aries [Taurus [Gemini | Cancer [Leo | Virg | ° 20" 24% year Biyear 52tyear 36% | 40 year year | year Pieces Aquarius [Capricorm| Sagittarius |Scorpio | Libra dd) Whena child is born until his [birthday is the I" year of his/her life & not Zero, otherwise this becomes the most significant mistake an astrologer & his client also commits whereby feedback & Pee epee ie ero nccs: le eee el nalesiqastodctermiucecssl, ‘Synchronize’ planets in it. lordships, house it represents, aspects from Natal Asc & other etree eee ee Clot cle agen Arcclin Lagna However,at thestart keopit simple. p Initially in analysis take one sign and not its mirror sign e.g. when one takes Aries for a ctr eee er ee A corer on in a natives life, do not take Pisces. Only after more practice, take both signs, analyze together and then predict. Higa enesgencaioreal clk cl! practiceis needed for thismethod. Chart 1 Aries & Pisces = 20 year — May 1992 to May 1993, We, Se Gk Mi a) ee Hag Aare ws p WK me NK oul i | a ze tant a tl i ~ 1.3 ™ adadoiss0 as) em ine —. ra NK i ® ew ra a | na Js OG Su) Moo TLS) Ma Ba Me: 164189) ae CRIB) Vee STaOMDK Sa TH KA) Ra espa we 1G? suo Ck Tae Observe Aries sign it is in the IIH of the chart, see the planets posited there, the lordships it feerepretentsand the aspectson it. Sun & Merare posited in Aries, the sign signifying the 20° year of the native's life, which means from May 1902 to May 1993. Sun is the 3" lord of Travel & Change & Mer isthe 41. of education, additionally Mer is the Putrakaraka (indicator of education if eee ere ceeelcration || Peltearenseeetel iy Deamereciioad (Rls) show inavsoria disappointments & illusions will take place. The native wanted to becomeadoctorscored less marks Sats (2 athe clemee coer eel epee Pelee ele (rahus influence) to do a Diploma in Textile Engineering. Sun is the dispositor of Moon who is in Purvephalguni asterism, which shows textile Sincere faceengiciber i egesum excl ted las typically in a natal chart shows big living room in the house, the native joined VJTL which is a 10 yr ee reer pent Pte ees rere irre td pris Norlerd bbe alt ameree the main lobby in the textile department is 6 times the size of a badminton court (Sun exalted). The Seiycl eds ellen hlbroakarscicito this college and this was for the first time in his life showing us that 3L Sun has acted upon in the 20" yearofhislife. Qc eile tet 2 ca elle Pisce tas lord Jupiter (education) is debilitated in the 8H of disappointments, the native was depressed that he could not score marks to get admission in Medical cllejee ll one depleeperene would Hhinle tas Rahusaspect on Sun and degreecal aspect on Moon and Mercury must have had some significant influence and it is true, the natives mother (moon) and father (Sun) told him few months before the HSC (12" standard) exams that they would not be able to pay the capitation fees in medical colleges sohe must forget becoming a doctor, the native got depressed and stopped studying 3 months before the exam which lead tohim not getting good marks. Rohu (Dragonshead) smoked the boys mind. Taurus & Aquarius=24" year—May 1096 toMay 1997 Taurus is placed in the 12H of bed pleasures contataiegs Vocus (cle DK terrae) creer (Amk—career) apart from Vemus being Lo! love & affairs & 8L of scandals & as some call it sex also. So all these things should be shown in the uel (3 24" year. The native had a torrid affair (Mars affair) with a very beautiful woman(Ventsinownhouse)and she Reteseaiecy older to Jim (Sateen) plume ee (Sette) plus invelationfae werk (Sataere Ace) associate (his music directors ex-wife) plus it created a scandal in the work environment as she eae ete (Stuer te All olimeevencert karmic (satum is 8L aspected by Jup from 8H). Aquarius also denotes 24" year and one can see int Safesteleed totarelec:lta thaw iaawectel Mars, the effect was long lasting and Mars being 6" Jord of disputes and separation, the separation had harsh tones of Mars G created furtherscandal.One Be el ere eer als free Aquarian which representshis?4" year. Gemini & Capricom = 28" year - May 2000 to May 2001 Gemini is the 1H in this chart & it has Dragons Tail (Ketu) in it showing new beginning, foreign (IH is foreign vide sage satyacharya's Satyachariyam), obstacles, spiritual. Itslord mercury isalso the 4L of education with 3L (exalted Sun)aspected by Rah. Soall these things should be shownin the 28" year. The native had started a business venture in pecerer ip elivept te emer not take off eventually (Rahus aspect) in the said year. He then joined NM college, Mumbai again a Fepetediertecittica ta do big MBA which egaiz eeeteperdete 0 montis dua ta love clair. Regarding MBA Gol able to continue in itione can see that 28” year is Cp which has Jupiter debilitated being 10L of career & 7" lord of relationships Without knowing astrology the native on his own bought a very expensive Jupiter's stone (in his 28° year) ond within 2months he got a good job ina TV channel that was to do Spiritual (Gemini’s ketu) programs for the US & Europe (Rahu is foreigner and it aspects the combos, at thesame time Ketu in 1Hof abroad), Jupiter of Cp being debilitated gave this job after struggle but instantly (8H effect) and fie disositor ct OS atest peeled) it gave him high salary and big post (Sua Mer e ie)and was a new beginning (Gemini in IH with ketu) he got heavily involved in networking with spiritualists and astrologers from all over the world (Sunand Mer dispositor of Ge in Hof networks) & soe exalted Sun's effects of networking with high profile spiritualists. He got deeply interested in ee eee eee eres (eee ne his chart ic. soul significator) and at the same time Jupiter (Cp -28y1s) is placed in 8H of occult so his Interest in occult studies went furtherdeep. Aspect Reale eet rel lee ate ene er eset meee andalsocharlatansinthefield Cancer & Sagittarius = 32 yrs~May 2004 toMay 2005 Cancer is placed in the 2H of wealth & status & family. Its lord Moon is placed in 3H of travels & change, along with Hora lagna (wealth indicator). Aspect of Mars ensures high post (Mars is IIL of posts), high income (IL) G7 dinpstes (GL) Mase Moon combo is generally considered a materialistic combination. He got a top posting Sofi faeealary Gre fortgacoustry (West Arica) and he travelled(Moonin 3H). Toachieve thishe had to fight with his family (Cnis QH of family) and especially Mother (Moon is inyolved here) & father as well as his boss (Mars is in 9H of father & boss) as Marsis OL of disputes. He travelled to a country surrounded by foreigners (Rahus aspect on Moon and its disposttor also) epee ears: cenmcs ca Sag lieler table) where Rahu is placed indicating top posting (ZHof pada prapati/high posts) among foreigners, itslord Jupgoesin the 8H of karmic debis,the year Polley eeeseth eel append Dae head (rahu) denotes southwest direction, during April 2005 in the 32“year he had what one calls ‘The Mother of Affairs, wherein he came close io senene sere: ie were gar a loreiquer (reliu) and was from south Africa (south west direction from his location) exactly as Rahu wanted. Eoerylling Oc erery Reverie Bataic theyaouibat 8H has a flavor of intense deep-rooted karma One would find many good lovestory movies but thereis only one ‘Casablanca that can be made and that is Shab Werpecued when lug St] stteenemer teal & the seed of an exact replica of Casablanca scene to scene, frame to frame and dialogue to Pe iB} (3 dialogue happened in his life. Ironically, it was also Africaasin the film. Chart 2: Chart belongs to one of the members of Saptarishis Astrology % =o we a A Se» NC tl = x |e Ras = coma “_x at s.tsen SU Fess a es oi ale. <7 wo as ue so = Se & Hanae a Tae we Bap te rain a suave Svwepy) ei: tam otnvom te wn: eae ae ae Aries=20" year—Sept 1987 toSept 1988 Events:DeathofMatemal Grandfather Disputeover property a) It is the 6* house of disputes where Saturn Retro! (intensely karmic) being 4° lord of property is disposited in the GH of relatives. Saturn is male & Ags also male sign so it's a male relative of father & that clearly is father's brother when seen from Hashtum. This Satur is 3L of brothers & natives brother bought half hectare of land on insistence of father's brother who later wished that the property be given to father's brother for free. This ot drawn in court (Saturn is in 6F1) and the trial ere eer Saf re arte ateapeeercl nearly Rs 25 lakhs ($62,500) causing rin of families of both ends for a piece of land that was bought for Rs 2 lakhs ($5000) and for years the Pelee eee The Land Geer eres inauspicious and all this court &” disputes started in the 20" year as Saturn is in Aries which as per Varahamihira shows the 20" yearof life.4" lordin GH can alsomean fortune(4H) goes downthedrain (OH) via legal disputes (6H). Saturn is with A4 (property), AQ (involvement of family) & A3 (Death & brother)in Hof disputes. 1b) Another event in the 20" year was the death of matemal grandfather which is seen by the 8H, whose lord is Mer with Ketu (stoppage) & HelVen — both excellent maraca® for Se Ase & Aries Asc, especially Aries, as our reference point is Aries the 20" year. For brevity, detailed explanation is avoided & as those reading the magazine are scholars it is understood that thoy would understand the points not included in analysis. Taunus & Aquarius = 24" year - Sept 199Ito Sept 1992 2) Saturn lord of Ag is 4L in 6H showing migration from home for a competitive cause, additionally Satum is 4L of education. From Sarna (es lor) eVenttoes trios Oiteci higher education and this Ven is also GL of competition — ppetive dette te Deldehon Poteet cil services exam. 4" lord in GH of sickness also shows severe disease. He was bedridden with severe Toberculesis (chest region) in Apr-May 1992 (41, of chost in 6H of sickness). The question that can he aber) ter anelierent happen 4 ants eto his 24" year began,at this instance one needsto he ete ert Gt aerate Sari ersten et used the words Began between to describe the distance between 2 signs, which means if Aries is 20 and Ta is 24 then the events onedeciphers from eed well ope tere 00624 cearof oe’ life. Infact, this point should not be ignored if one hastosuccessfully utilize this method. b) One can assume that as the same combination has come into picture of 4L in 6H, the same property dispute intensified between his 20" to24" year witha new court case that started in the 20" year. Coe = gee Sot 1000 Sept 1996 a) Event was major disappointment of life due toonce again failure to qualify in the civil services exams His life was devastated. See Gemini (8H of disappointments) the 28" year, its lord Mer is exalted (something big) with debilitated Ven ( dlecopscte tessa sl eal ens (2 oad wil Mee (shows break of something that you are doing/ obstacles) along with Uranus & A8 (eight arudha). What more needs to be said, though for ae ® Negative events inilicting planets. & 2 (3 confirmation one can see that Cp the 28° year has its lord Satura (4L of education) in GH of competition being retro It was very karmic that he could not have passed this exam plus going back to Gemini the lord Mer is Neer Nadi, neer moans flowing water like and the result of his hard work for his exams flowed out of his hand as one cannot Gresp thowaterinoneshand. Cancer & Sagittarius = 32" year ~ Sept 1999 to Sept2000 Career cl dharencr sek fiou reel een ease cot expect an event concerning both, the native got married in the 32” year on {6th April, 2000 and See retteetfet ways Mare wa disccattor of Darakara@r its lord Moon is placed in 2H of being in family life. b) — However, Moon (GK) is with Gulika in 2H ered tee OG te digparitexch acts Saturn so thisshowsa negative eventin family too. He lost his brother in law who was very close to him. You cansee that Cancer siga signifying 32° rele eile ari ag entice in law. Take TH as Asc and from TH of wife, Sagittarius(32" year) isthe8" (death) having the classic combination of death of 3L (Moon) in 8H, no doubt brother in law was no more in the 5: ere once neater ines Verralemiiias 102 verse. Leo & Scorpio = 36" year — Sept 2005 to Sept 2004 a) Leo is the 10H (profession & fortune of wile}, it has UL (wife) and 10L of profession Sun Bette hers spicious for So Asotoatis combust (initially immense struggles). Therefore, wecan expect some events in these areas of job wile. Scorpio the 36" year, its lord goes in 9H of fortune though debilitated (initially there would be struggles) and with AL (fortune) and AG (job & struggles). The native was suffering immensely aollingdhondl-ol elt hewieinmec ris, his 30" year Jup combust/10H/10L Sua/Mars debilitated — all showing struggles and a event in profession). b) From wife's TH, we can see this combo of Leo & Sc. Leo is the 4H of fortune having, HelA iieeceeee goed llcJapilerinieclichie ayoga. This Jupiter alongwith with AT of wife (taking 7H as lagna). Now, Scorpio is the 7H of business from her ascendant and goesin the 5H of initiatives. She took initiative and with her own efforts (3H), shestarted business. Scribe has tested the 19" Verse on many charts ee ere este eel erat eee ete fonulte: Likevanyoatel iam tegen cod: cr the astrologer, without strong basics one cannot useit for predictive purposes. Scribe does not know if this is thecorrect interpretation of the verse, thisis a humble attempt where more hard work is reguired. The interpretation of what has been gathered from the legendary Late Subramanya ee setae eel eareteeet Scribe could have tested it on 100 charts and calledit his own research but if weall get together then it will be astrology's victory than an Gell eeeclerere acetone eect members to kindly test it on charts and share their experience Feedback canbe given byamateur&” parece cele rtp ertrslonerr cs alan or) Gti co resraaead ies ae seedmore lili leads to correction © thereby advancement of the method. Only when community gets together Saeco elect otherwise it becomes progress for ones name/group and e not of astrology, eo edesallcaie status of astrology today. Astrologer is not above astrology & hence the astrologer should not come before estrologyin ordertoavoid the wrathol the Jyotish Purusha- We conclude with humble obeisance to Late Subramanya Sastri, Sage Varahamihira & to Sun God as Varahamihira was considered an erie food San ely othe apie Sears ly frame tecd tener og eh oeeeninn Universal Soul He & Tarachand Jha were one of the first gh zl commentators/translators of modern day Brihat ParasaralHoraSastia & (3 Appendix 1 1 Sitaram Jha's* , Varanasi Edition fsedeved in English lor Sapeaelee Aeteclana ty Jyotirvid Brijendra Shrivastava,Gwalior, India Sitaram Jha'sTranslation:'Fivedigits[5-6-7-8-9- 10], multiplied by 4 [20-24-28-32-36-40] are udaypramaan or Total span of rising in degrees, of Mesha (aries)etcsix Rashis in their (codiacal) serial order. These span values are also span values or aloe sree eetninlieryatx cel cea gas seeter from ) tula ete in reverse order (of 40-50-32-28- 24-20)" Steet Sentry \Vislacel eth, cr Se et The Acting hina explained here general method (of working out duration of each zodiacal sign) for very general or rough use, toep neem tisieery «close to (snaaimn) aiplace having palalsha of 7/30. This (value of sign rising given here, therefore) cannot be utilized for each eee ret teed ete ee lee exe mapleet lee with) palabha 7/50. It will give accessional difference called charakhanda values of 75-G60- IO es ate peg Meter ertcanl dl lerence values when (first subtracted from and thereafter added to ~ in serial and reverse order (the fixed values of Rashi Praman or) Span of Rashis rising at equator or Lanka, the rising values or maanas for own locality (Swa=own, Uday =rising or rising values for own locality-swodaya jin Palas are derived. These palaswhen divided by 10 proves the Bm receteatl ea teateelharellor le particular locality withpalabha 7/30) & cannot beused {or wholeearth. ee eer ls oe ieee eer, which has been deleted for brevity, & the same pattern will be followed below. 2B. Suryanarain Rao, written in 1919 later reprinted in 1986 Motilal Banarsidas Publications Suryanarain Rao's Translation: The measure of the xasis from Aries to Virgo inclusive is-6-7-8-9& 10 multiplied by 4, respectively the otherhalf from ® Therefore, this makes us think why is Varchamihira, montioning it, othor commentators like Ds, Suresh Chandra Mishra has also commented as to why is DVerclemtlia cn Genteqiies aes HelLibrato Piscesin the reverse order. Suryanarain Rao’s Commentary (in brief): Mr Rao talks about these numbers given by Varahamihira slew UelagaMecetol raisin glotlees Goel ae he used in proportions of the limbs of the persons with different signs and of to find the distances to whichstolenarticles have been removed from their Pope places: He slicker he tatrclac commentary here. He specifically mentions that this should not be employed for measuring the exten ek everlines test 3. Chidambaram Aiyar, N written in 1889, relerred Qnd edition 1905, Printed by Thompson & co. Madras pee eee eee eee commentary, 4. Pandit Shrimadchyutaanand Jha, 2002, Varanasi, Choukhamba AmarBharati Prakashan with Vimala Hindi Tikka Translation & Commentary: Describes the same RasiMaan& nospecificcommentary. 5. Pandit Kedarnath Joshi, Varanasi, 1985, Motilal BanarsiDas Publications Translation G Commentary: Here he goes on the same line as above anthors excepts gives ia rt ticets (Ore pe clagaNeen voluectocke multiplied by additionally 102, Aries = 5x 410 =200. In terms of usage, he sticks with previous authors. 6. Dr. Ramchandra Pathak, Varanasi, 2006,Choukhamba Prakashan, Varanasi Translation & Commentary: No comments on aboveShloka. = Dr. Suresh Chandra Mishra, 2003, Ranjan Publications, New Delhi. Translation & Commentary: Takes the same calculation as Pandit Kedarnath Joshi ic. at multiply additionally by 10 & mentions that the usageistodetermine theexact length of each body port which ts supported by ancient commentator RudreBhat ofRudrabhatiyam fame. 8 Hridyapadha commentary by 19th Century Kerela Scholar Shri Kaikulangara Rama ae & 1] lee Warier, whose work is said to be Best! work on BrihatJataka. Kaikulangara Rama Warier's Translation & fasetaee tars Vichen dogs mene) eteeneaee ts so The measurement of signs is 5,6,7,8.9,10 multiplied by 4. The measurement of first six signs from Aries are 20, 24, 28, 32:36, 40 respectively and from Libra the next six signs are 40, 36, 52, 28, 24.20 Basedon thisthelengthof body parts canbeseen. 9. Late V. Subramanya Sastri, 1929, Mysore,Printed at Govt. Branch Press. Translation:Sameasprevious authors Commentary & Usage® : He mentionsthat it is used formeasuring lengths of various parts of body, & then he says take Aries Ascendant, eaming began between 24 & 28 and children will be begotten at 30. 1 Thisis caughtscribesattention”:asit means le Wiewepellneeetieentintors including se ancient ones say it is to be used for measuring one’s body parts or locating distance of thief or duration of a sign, Mr Sastri also mentions at the end of the See eee eerie Pease eerecl ca ‘Age! b) It he is suggesting Age then why is he writing a blanket statement, which would ina way nea ilni ieee a iec/acerdhen seer eaming & fixed age of getting children? Obviously all Aries Ascendant do not get children at age 36, years back scribe would have rejected Pelee nie onterd woved reading thanextpage somehow onecould not proceed tothenext page. & wwwsaptarishisastroloay.com — * Page 17 of Buthat Jetaka translation by Late V- Subramanya Sastri. Later commentators in the 20" century seems to have missed these wordsof MrSastzi,alsoit iso! known from which specificancient commentaryhepickeditup. Hel