ISKCON a human being and was reading his chart.
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CHART OF ISKCON would say something like this. "You have been in
a.progressive and orderly time frame and getting a
lot.accomplished like you haven't done in a long time.
Today we are going to look at the updated chart of But now.some major issues have come into your life
ISKCON for the year 1996. I had been meaning to do it that need to be.dealt with. This could relate to a major
but I have.been buried under work and obstacles for illness one which.in order to get healed from will
some time. require and equally major.catharsis. These issues are all
from the past (8th relates.to the past) which need to be
Before reading this please refer to ISKCON3 in which I resolved or they will cause.chronic disease which could
give an over view of the present Jupiter period which kill you. Strong catharsis is.indicated because 8th also
ISKCON is.under going. This will save me from having means the excretory organs, so.there is need for radical
to go over the.same material twice. We shall liken the cleansing and purging out of your.system of all disease
chart of ISKCON to.that of a human then make causing agents. You will probably.need to get very ill
necessary adjustments for the.fact that it is an before you do the needful as people.generally only take
international spiritual movement. As.mentioned in drastic measures when they are pressed.to do so.
ISKCON3 we started the Jupiter period on July.7, 1995 However because the planets that are indicating.the
and it will continue for 16 years. We are presently.in upset and change are also in positive places from
the sub-period (bhukti) of Jupiter in the major period.of Moon.and lagna this clearly indicates that the catharsis
Jupiter. This Jupiter bhukti covers all of 1996. will be.successful and the patient will survive and be
This.bhukti is also divided into 9 smaller sub-cycles of healthy and.will ultimately gain from the experience."
time.called antara-dasas of which 5 will cover the year Relating this to.ISKCON a lot of unfinished business
1996..These time periods for the antara dasas are as that has been festering.and smoldering will re-surface
follows
and cause disturbance. There.are several schismatic
issues that could fit this bill (we.do not claim that this
Jup Mahadasha Jup Bhukti--July 7, 1995 to Aug 25, list exhausts all possibilities):
1997
1--the Guru/Ritvik/re-initiation issue
Antaradasa Begin date
2--the self-exiled x-members of ISKCON who are in
Saturn Oct 20, 1995 different.branches of the Gaudiya Matha such as H.H.
Mercury Feb 20, 1996 Tripurari Swami.and company
Ketu Jun 10, 1996
Venus Jul 25, 1996 3--the Raganuga Bhakti/Narayana Maharaja problem
Sun Dec 02, 1996--to end of year.
4--the origin of the Jiva debate may re-surface
Comments:
5--and there may be a new schism forming in regards to
The Saturn antaradasa (hence forth period for short) is what.some call the "feminist movement" in ISKCON
one.in which ISKCON and its leadership is under a lot for want of a.better name.
of.pressure. But more so it could be said to be a
sustained.discipline as Saturn exactly aspects the lagna We are not interested in this article in discussing
and by.transit Saturn has been aspecting (though the.politics or philosophies of these issues but rather
loosely) the.ascendent. So more or less there is a feeling simply.point them out as major sore points. Chanakya
of order and.stability as everything is under control. Pandit has.clearly stated that three things must be
Things are in.clear focus and goals are accomplished. exterminated or.they will destroy you: fire, debt and
However during this.period their are 3 major transits. disease. Since.several or all of these issues have not
On Dec 6 Guru (Jupiter).moved from Scorpio to been thoroughly.dealt with and resolved they will now
Sagittarius and on Dec 24 Ketu/Rahu.moved into come back with a.vengeance and demand attention.
Pisces/Virgo (Rahu--Ketu being the Nodes of the.Moon These, of course, are.internal problems in ISKCON and
are always 180 degrees apart and will always by definition these are the.most dangerous because they
change.signs simultaneously). And on Feb 16 Saturn signify fighting amongst.ourselves and diverting
moves into.Pisces where he will stay until about April important time and resources from.our real purpose
of 1998. These.three transits have both negative and which is to fulfill the orders of our.spiritual master, in
positive effects that.definitely indicate serious events in particular his preaching mission of.distributing his
ISKCON. (Positive.because Saturn and Ketu are in the books on masse. However this doesn't.exhaust all
11 from Moon and Guru is.5th from lagna and sources of potential problems. We could see
aspecting natal Jupiter who is Lord of.the major period , a.resurgence of attacks against ISKCON by various
but negative since Saturn/Ketu are in 8th.from Lagna governments.and media around the world. These
and Guru is in 8th from Moon.) Since Saturn's.transit is external and particularly.the internal problems are very
at the tail end he wont have much effect in this.period troubling and will not be.easy to resolve. But our
but it will be felt afterwards. What do these.transits of survival depends on it. Since.these planets are
Guru and Rahu/Ketu signify? If I were.considering simultaneously placed in positive as well.as negative
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positions it seems to suggest that a solution.will be This is all intensified because Mars will be
found that will profit and strength us. But from.the simultaneously.(March 1-7) aspecting ISKCON's lagna
nature of the situation it will require some very.serious and Mercury while.conjuncting ISKCON's Saturn. This
soul searching and major purification. Such things.often definitely suggests acts.of aggression and confrontation.
indicate a major change in the direction of an.individual But also counter-attacks.by us, especially in the media
as old ways of thinking die to be replaced by.new ones (Mars-Mercury). However.since Guru exactly aspects
that are appropriate for the situation. This can.be very the Lagna on March 8th we are.protected and manage
painful for those who don't want to change, but.change things well. (It should be noted that.unless retrograde,
is inevitable. Mars transits are fast and last a few.days, generally only
+/- 2 days of the exact dates I.mention. Other major
Another point to consider is that in this case the planets, that is--Jupiter, Rahu/Ketu,.and Saturn, move
8th.house transits indicate covert and hidden agendas of much slower. For Jupiter allow +/- 1-2.weeks,
a.generally negative nature. It refers to very Rahu/Ketu +/- 2-3 weeks, and Saturn +/- 3 weeks
convoluted.plans and schemes. Plans within plans. Or or.more of dates mentioned. Obviously there will be
as Churchill.said, "It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery time.periods that overlap.)
inside an.enigma." In short some of the players
involved think.nothing of playing the Machiavellian This of course is mostly happening during the
game. There may be.some person or persons within Mayapura.festival. On the positive side this transit can
ISKCON who are trying to.gather all power towards also have.the effect of forcing us to focus our energy on
themselves. So our leaders.must stay very pure but be Srila.Prabhupada and shaking off anarthas. Saturn has
ever alert, in the same manner.that Christ warned his the ability.of squeezing all the bad qualities out and
disciples when he sent them to.preach. He said " I am bringing them to.light. We will not be able to over look
sending you amongst the wolves, so.you must be as the problem areas.but will rather have our noses rubbed
cunning as serpents but as innocent as.lambs." Of in it till we make a.change. But since all this happening
course another way of looking at is that Krsna.is while the blessing of.Guru are cast on the lagna it can
working in very mysterious ways. only be for the good. And.despite the infirmness of
Mercury the period ruler he will.get a boost from divine
I had started talking about the Saturn period but intervention because Guru exactly.aspects him on
have.expanded this into the general effects to be March 31. One might say that we will get.good
experience in leadership in spite of ourselves. Probably
this coming year. Let us revert to a break down of the Prabhupada.will have to take the reins himself as we
time.periods. will be incapable.or there may be some treachery that is
uncovered and.exposed. It therefore seems that in spite
Mercury Feb 20, 1996--June 10, 1996 of this being a.weak period with some rather disquieting
events happening.signified by transits through Pisces in
In the dasamsa chart Mercury is rather weak, with the 8th from Lagna.and Moon we get positive direction
this.period we see the danger of poor leadership and and divine protection.from Guru in the 5th from Lagna
some major.frustrations and setbacks. I would suggest and Mercury and 7th from.Guru himself, while those
that a major.cause of this is some people being too other planets are in th 11th from.Moon indicating major
willing to.compromise for the sake of money and other gains as well. The second half of.this period is
types of wealth.or perceived gains. Mercury is a volatile somewhat quieter and more favorable as.positive forces
planet and not.known for his steadiness. It is hold the balance.
unfortunate that it is.during this weakened period that a
majority of the negative.transits take place. For a time
between March 16 and April.16 there will be as many Ketu Jun 10, 1996--Jul 25, 1996
as 5 malefic planets in Pisces in.the 8th from ISKCON's
lagna--Saturn, Ketu, Mars, Sun, and.Mercury (who Though this is a short period it can be quite intense
becomes malefic by association with malefics)..This and.incendiary especially since Ketu is situated in the
will also be when Guru will cross the 64th natal.chart in the very intense sign of Scorpio and
navamsa.from the Moon, the most sensitive part of his opposing the.Moon. It will hold many surprises. The
transit. The.exact date for this transit of Guru will be on transits during this.period are also quite intense. At the
Feb 23 which.coincides with the exact aspect of Saturn very onset (June.21-28) Mars aspects Ketu/Rahu and
to ISKCON's natal.Sun. This transit to the Sun is very the Moon in the natal.chart setting off some fire works
significant as the Sun.is the ruler of ISKCON's chart by and irrational behavior..On June 30 will be the exact
virtue of his ruling the.lagna. The last time this date when Ketu in transit.crosses the exact 8th cusp
occurred was during the summer of.1995 when (I from the lagna. That is Ketu.will be exactly 210 degrees
believe) we were having serious attacks on our.temples from the lagna. This is.commonly called crossing the
in Armenia and other places. No one should 64th navamsa. It can be quite.traumatic in the lives of
be.surprised if this happens again, though not individuals. I know this from.personal experience of
necessarily in.the same spots. In any case Saturn hitiing other peoples horoscopes and also.from mine. When
the Sun like.that could definitely bring trouble from this happened to me in May of 1991 I was.involved in a
governments and.authority figures. very serious car crash which totally.destroyed my
vehicle and has left me with permanent injury..My life
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totally change and all my plans had to be cancelled.or from the Moon or Lagna. In any case.this transit bears
greatly modified. Fortunately nothing really watching because it will last for so.long. It makes first
serious.life-threatening injuries took place and in the exact contact on Sep 13 and because of.the zig-zag
end it.worked out for the best. This was because at the motion of the true-Rahu it will be contacting.natal Rahu
same time.Jupiter was aspecting my lagna. The reason I 7 times! Until the last contact on Oct 15th, but.don't
mention that.is because this is exactly what is forget about the +/_ period of time mentioned.earlier.
happening in the ISKCON.chart. Just three days after This should be interesting. I would appreciate.hearing
the exact Ketu contact with.the 8th house, on July 3rd about any note worthy events during that period.
retrograde Jupiter again aspects.the lagna exactly. This Of.course it does coincide (taking into account +/- 2-3
would seem to indicate that a major.calamity is averted weeks.mentioned at the beginning) with Srila
and that whatever apparent mishap that.takes place will Prabhupada's.Vysapuja celebration.
be for the best. On July 18 Saturn goes.stationary
retrograde at 13Pisces37 from which point he.goes Rahu/Ketu are most unusual planets. They
backwards for some months. On July 20th Guru principally.signify evil but of a lower stature than the
crosses.the 64th navamsa from the moon again. These great evil.that Mars and Saturn can give. However if
are all.significant. Why are they significant? Well for sufficiently.riled up Rahu and Ketu can bring
one thing I.can think of several very major players in excruciating misery to.both body and mind. However
ISKCON (we.cannot divulge their names) who have that is not my point here. The.point I was trying to
masses of planets in.Pisces, others have very sensitive make is that Rahu/Ketu can on.occasion manifest
planets in Sagittarius.(which is being constantly remarkably benefic features. And that.indeed may be
aspected by Saturn while he is.in Pisces) and Leo or the case here. Trinal aspects are said to be.softer just as
Virgo (which is opposite Pisces and.getting the same signs that are trinal to each other are.sympathetic to
kind of mass of aspects from the planets.in Pisces). each other. So it is possible that serious.and
Some have them in three or four of these.places. These unmistakable trinal aspect of Rahu/Ketu to the
personalities can expect to have rather.serious problems natal.Rahu/Ketu of ISKCON could be very significant.
while Saturn and Ketu transit through.Pisces. Especially Let us see,.perhaps something extraordinary may take
when Saturn goes stationary near one of.their sensitive place at that time.in ISKCON.
planets (or aspecting it). This can lead to.various
scenarios, very bad mental or physical health,.spiritual Jupiter conjoins the 64th navamsa from the Moon for
crisis, fall down, resignation from position,.etc., or the.last time on Oct 17 again indicating adversity and
some combination of the above. How they fare will.be change..But this is quickly tempered by his exact aspect
determined in large part to how strong they.are-- on the.lagna (Nov 1) and Mercury (Nov 18). Thus a
physically, mentally and spiritually--before this.takes continuation.change, catharsis leading to benefit and
place. If they are strong they should be able to.weather wisdom. From Nov.23-29 Mars hits the lagna, Mercury
the storm and be none the worse for it, going by.the and Saturn in quick.succession bringing confrontation
motto: "whatever doesn't kill me makes me and high energy.
stronger.".Others, however, may be casualties. Others
may be able to.temporarily hang in there because Guru All these events are happening during and just
is aspecting Leo or.some other place in their charts. The after.Prabhupada's disappearance festival.
reason I say.temporarily is because Guru will move by
the end of the.year but Saturn and Rahu/Ketu will
continue to apply.pressure for a long time. Those who Sun Dec 02, 1996--to end of year.
are weak will not last.this final assault with out the
protection of Jupiter. They.will be given a warning the This is short period which seems to be dominated
first time and should see the.writing on the wall. by.positive forces especially from the spiritual
aspect..Probably every body is too busy doing what
they are.supposed to be doing to be in maya--that is
Venus Jul 25, 1996--Dec 02, 1996 preaching and.distributing books during the marathon.
On Dec 19 transit.Mars hits the natal Sun giving a boost
Venus is well placed in the chart so this seems to of energy, this is.also helped by Guru who exactly
augur.well for some vigorous action to improve matters. aspects the Sun on Dec 29.
This.seems to be confirmed because of the fact that So the year closes on a good note.
transit Mars.conjoins natal Jupiter on this day. Financial
position of.ISKCON may be sluggish and there will be In summary we can note that this year will be a
frustration.reaching goals. What is a little troubling is very.exciting one for ISKCON. One that will be full of
that for most.of this period transit Rahu/Ketu will be in surprises.and real drama. There will be serious
exact trine.(120 degrees) to natal Rahu/Ketu. The exact controversy but also.mature dealings. And hopefully we
significance of.this presently escapes me as I don't will resolve some major.problems so that they will not
usually consider the.trinal aspect of Rahu/Ketu though bother us again. But I.should like to say that it will not
some texts do advocate.it. I usually only consider the be all over for as I.said Ketu and Saturn will continue to
opposition/conjunction.aspect as well as what is called stay in the 8th house.from the lagna for some time.
the inconjuct aspect which.is the same as crossing the Ketu until mid 97 and Saturn.till April 98, so this means
64th navamsa, that is being.exactly on the 8th cusp
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that more change and catharsis.is in store for us. At rocket propelled grenades, mines, etc. This has.been
least life in ISKCON will not be.boring. going on in other parts of India as well.
Taking this into account with the massive build up
Your humble servant of.malefic forces on the Republic charts of both India
and.Pakistan we would humbly suggest that while other
Shyamasundara Dasa parts of.the world would also suffer during this time
that the.sub-continent of India would be the focus. Most
PS probably.starting in Kasmir.
We should also like to say that all that action in In the CIS it was reported that in recent months they
Pisces.that I mentioned will have serious consequences had.almost a dozen close calls with Nuclear disaster.
in the rest.of the world. The last time there was such a (Chernobyl) at their Atomic power plants. Considering
heavy.conjunction of planets was in January of 1991 that.all transits happen in the 7th from the Revolution
when the.Persian Gulf war broke out. At that time on lagna.and 8th from its Moon this could really become a
Jan 16-17 there.was a conjunction of Saturn, Rahu, Sun. "HOT" spot.
The night was a.lunar eclipse. This March-April will be
even more serious.with the addition of firey Mars and Keep your head down. It would be a great time for
Mercury who is.debilitated and conjoined Sun, Ketu preaching.and prasadam distribution.
and Saturn making him.(Mercury) a malefic also. There
will also be eclipses of.the Moon and Sun in April (4th Completed February 7, 1996 on Nityananda Trayodasi
& 17th). There is a very.strong posibility of some major in New.Raman Reti, Alachua, Florida.
fireworks or natural.disasters in the near vicinity of this
time frame. Though I.have not created an extensive
data base of.countries/oraganizations in my mundane
file I ran a few.searches and came up with the following
hot spots--.Pakistan (Republic of Pakistan chart) has
Lagna in Pisces.at 19 degrees with Sun there at 9
degrees. Traditionally.India is said to be represented by
Virgo. Lanka has Moon in.Virgo 3 deg, Lagna in Leo.
China has Sun in Virgo 15 deg..The time of the
Bolshevik revolution which destroyed the.Czars and
gave us the USSR and the present CIS has Lagna
in.Virgo at 1 deg and Moon in Leo at 6 deg. Other
countries in.my small coolection that seem to be
seriously affected are:.Moon in Pisces--Saudi Arabia.
Lagna in Virgo: Australia,.Canada, Isreal, Kuwait,
Lebenon, Syria, Singapore. Sun in.Virgo: China,
Germany (reunited). Sun in Pisces: Bangldesh,.and Iran.
Lagna or Moon in Leo: Jordan, Phillapines,.Vatican,
Kuwait, NATO.
I just calculated the chart for the Republic of India
(Jan.26, 1950 at 10:15AM Delhi). This was a serious
eye opener.with Lagna and Rahu in Pisces and Mars
and Ketu exactly.conjoined in Virgo. On top of that
Moon is in Aries which.means that the major
conjunction of 5 planets would be in.the 12th house
from the Indian Republic Moon which is not.good. On
top of that they are running their Rahu X Jupiter.period
which is not at all good considering that Guru the.lagna
lord is debilitated in Capricorn conjuct the 6th.
(enemies) and 8th (death-destruction) lord. This
is.actually very bad.
When we consider the serious animosity between India
and.Pakistan and recent developements--in December
of 1995.Indian newspapers reported that Pakistan
intelligence.forces were hiring mercenary planes to
drop huge shipments.of arms in India. One plane was
stopped after it spent 2.hours dropping large weapons
caches in the Perulia district.of West Bengal--it
dropped, among other things, quanities of.AK-47s, C4,
