By
Dr. S.S.Gola, India

 S    
. S. Gola, is a Delhi based renowned astrologer and Professor, specializing in predictive and
remedial astrology. His main interests are in Mundane Astrology on which he has been
predicting in various astro journals for a long time. He is the author of 8 books in Hindi &
English, some of which are Experiences in Horary Astrology, Significant Mundane Events,
Rationality in Astrology & Remedial Measures in Astrology.

[This article may initially look simple and discarded by many, yet it contains secrets, some
very rare secrets – SA]

Principles for Interpretation 

A
t the time of the exam
examination
ination of an horoscope, due attention
attention has to be giv
given
en to
the strength/weakness of the house, its lord and the significator of the house.
Navamsa and other charts are to be given due weightage. The basic principles
based on astrological cannons are:

(a)  
(a) 'NANAK DUKHIYA SAB SANSARA' Guru Nanak says all the people are
suffering. There are five malefic planets Rahu, Ketu, Saturn, Mars and Sun.
There are twelve houses. These planets will occupy one or the other house and
will spoil the house where they have an influence by way of aspect/position
aspect/position..

(b)   'APNI GALI MAY KUTTA BHE SHER HOTA HAI' Even the dog enjoys the
(b)
power of a lion in his own locality. That house is strong which is aspected/posited
by its own lord and such a planet will promote the affairs ruled by that house. In
case of a retrograde planet, that planet becomes detrimental to the house and does
not support it.

(c)   'KHARBOOJA CHAKU PAR GIRE YA CHAKU KHARBOJJE PAR GIRE.

(c)
KATATA KHARBOOJA HE HAY' Whether the melon (Kharbooja) fall on a
 

knife (chaku) or knife falls on the melon the harm is only to the melon. Houses
6th, 8th and 12th are inauspicious (Knife) and the remaining houses are auspicious.
Lords of the 6th, the 8th and the 12th spoil the indication of the house where they
are posited and any planet which joins these houses also loses its vitality.

(d) 'WHEN TWO BULLS BULLS FIFIGHT

GHT THEY SPOIL THE CROP' CROP' Two
Two or more malefic
planets associated with a house weaken the signification of that house.

(d)   'CHALTI CHAKKI DEKH KAR DIYA KABIRA ROI, DO PATAN KE BICH
(d)
MAY SABIT BACHA NE KOY' If the house is hemmed in between two
malefics it loses its vitality, like the two wheels of the grinding machine which
grinds the grains. Such a weak house promotes the affairs of that house to a very
limited extent, suppose the 5th house is hemmed in between malefics, there may
be delay in getting progeny and if the progeny is granted the person may not enjoy
satisfaction through them.

(f) The house

house will prosper iiff iitt is aspected by the benefic planet(s).

(g) The house

house aspected or asso
associated
ciated with
with malefic planet(s) will lose vitality. Malefic
planets are weak Moon, Sun, Mars, Rahu, Saturn and Ketu. Mercury in
conjunction
conjunction with a malefic will give the result of a malefic.

(i)   Close association of planets. In the chapter ''Strength of a planet'' Rahu and Ketu
(i)
have been shown as the most powerful ones.  Any planet which is very close to them
loses its vitality.
vitality. The more the closeness the more the miseries. Total conjunction is
very harmful. The total conjunction is when the degree of two planets are equal
and they are posited in a house or the malefic aspects from some other house. A
closeness of Saturn with any planet will delay/deprive the event(s)
e vent(s) connected with
that house or the properties of that planet. Saturn
Saturn closely
 closely associated with Moon
Moon will
 will
bring too much depression to a person. In case of a lady there will be irregularity in the
periods too. Any planet which is very close to Sun loses its vitality. Combust planets
are like the burnt roti /bread.
 /bread. The more the bread is burnt, the little salvage value it
has. The more the closeness of the Sun to Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus
and Saturn, the more is the damage concerning the significations ruled by that
planet.

The planets give maximum result, positive or negative, in their main periods and sub
periods. In their sub-sub periods, together with the help of 'Transits' the
'Transits' the actual date of an
 

event can be worked out. The lords of the 9th and the 5th house promote the affairs
connected with the house provided they are not rendered weak on account of one of the
above mentioned reasons. The lord of the 6th, the 8th or the 12th house do not give good
results in their sub periods, and sub-sub periods. Planets which are 6/8 to each other 2/12
to each other try to create problems connected with those houses.

Let us apply these rules to Shri Ram's horoscope.

Ram's horoscope. The Ascendant is Cancer. Its lord
Moon is posited in the Ascendant and is associated with the Jupiter who is the lord of the
6th house. It is aspected by exalted Saturn, Mars and Ketu. Exalted Jupiter associated
with ascendant lord Moon is responsible for Gaj Kesari Yoga, a yoga which provides
general prosperity. It indicates that the person should have faith in religion should be
pious and man of principle. Exalted Jupiter in the Ascendant. Causes 'Hams a Yoga'

 Jupiter is also a functional malefic on account of its ownership of the 6th house and is
aspecting Scorpio, the 5th house, Capricorn the 7th house and the Pisces the 9th house.
According to natural characteristics of Jupiter the children, the wife, the father and the
preceptor all should be devoted to God. But Jupiter does not spare them on account of the
reason that it becomes a functional malefic on account of its ownership of the 6th house.
house. The 6th
house represents hidden enemy. In the initial stage Ravana was a hidden enemy. Being
lord of the 6th house (enemy) Shri Ram's enemy was not only pious but very powerful
also. Exalted Jupiter is the 6th lord in the Ascendant, (See Chaku Kharbooja per gira
saying above).
Mars is aspecting the Ascendant. This makes the native a very powerful person.
Exalted Mars in the 7th house is responsible for Ruchaka Yoga. Mars is also aspecting
where powerful exalted Sun is posited. This gave Shri Ram Ram all
 all the powers. But exalted
Saturn, which is a planet of delay and frustration, is aspecting the 10th house (Aries) the
 

6th house and the Ascendant. Exalted Saturn in the quadrant causes Sasa yoga. Saturn by
nature is a planet of delay, its intensity increases on account of its, exalt-ness.
exalt-ness.   Saturn is
retrograde, t shows exit. Sh. Ram had to go to the forest, the day he was to be crowned as a
king. Saturn did not allow him the crown for fourteen years (a planet of delay). Saturn
withdrew all the facilities which are afforded to a king. Exalted Saturn in the house of
property indicates that he had vast property but retrograde planet who is also lord of the
8th house (knife) withdrew the benefits accruing to him with this property. Retrograde
Saturn did not bestow the crown on account of its aspect on the 10th house and the
significator for the 10th house Sun. The aspect of retrograde Saturn on the 6th house did not
spare Ravana also and he was deprived of all his property. Saturn is aspecting the 6th house
and its lord Jupiter.

Saturn is also the lord of the 7th house. Jupiter and Moon, two natural benefics, are
aspecting the house of marriage, Exalted Mars is posited in the house of marriage. Sitaji 
Sitaji 
had the qualities of Jupiter and Mars. Retrograde Saturn in the first instance took her to
Ram and tortured by Ravana.
the forest, than she was separated from Shri Ram and Ravana. When she came
back she was again sent to the forest on account of the criticism by the royal washer man.
Saturn is a slow poisonous planet. Manthra 
Manthra  slowly poisoned Kaekai
Kaekai.. Exalted Saturn
indicates royal servant.
servant. Manthra and the washer man were the royal servants. Saturn
represents servant. Exalted Saturn means servant to a royal family. So Manthra was
Ram.. Mars is aspecting the Ascendant. He inherited the
responsible for the exile of Shri Ram
qualities of Mars and he was courageous, powerful and a strong warrior.

The 3rd house (Virgo) represents co-born. Its lord Mercury is posited in the house of
gains. Sh. Ram's younger brother helped him a lot. Exalted Venus with Ketu is posited in
the house of fortune, foreign and father. His father was a great king on account of the
presence of exalted Venus. The lord of the 9th house Jupiter is also exalted. This shows
the strength of the father.

In my book Experience in Horary Astrology a special chapter has been given which
Jupiter. Mutual aspect of Jupiter and Ketu is
indicates the results of the mutual aspect of Ketu and Jupiter.
responsible for using the Mantra Shakti against the person . Ravana
Ravana   and his son had to make
use of the Mantra Shakti to harm Shri Ram. Ram. He was successful on many occasions when
his son Meghnad
Meghnad used
 used a mantra arrow against lord lord   Hanuman
Hanuman and
 and the snake shakti against
Shri Ram's and
Ram's and Laxman
Laxman.. Thereafter he was not allowed to regenerate that Mantra shakti.
Rahu and Ketu are invisible. Ketu represents a secret plot and
plot and Venus is the significator for
Ravana kidnapped
the wife. Ravana  kidnapped Sitaji.
Sitaji. In the 9th house Venus is posited. Venus represents
East  direction and Shri 
South East  Shri  Ram has
Ram has to go towards the southern direction in search of
his wife.
 

Ravana   was a secret enemy till he was not traced. He became an open enemy
Ravana
thereafter. The 7th house represents the known enemy. Retrograde Saturn representing
the 7th house, the house of open enemy, did not spare RavanaRavana   and he had to lose
everything including his life. Exalted Sun in the house of profession indicates a man of
fame and power. Aspect of Saturn on Sun (significator for father) also frustrated the
father.
Dasarath got sons at the fag end of his life, that too after performing a yagna (ritual).
Dasarath got
The 9th house represents father. In Sh. Ram Ram   horoscope Pisces sign is in the 9th house.
Treating it as Ascendant, let us recast this chart.
chart .

Let us analyze the 5th house. The 5th house is Cancer and its lord is posited there
together with exalted Jupiter, which is significator for the 5th house. Karaka sun
(significator) and its lord, all are under the  frustrating
 frustrating   and delayed
delayed   rays of exalted but
retrograde Saturn. The power to delay becomes more prominent as Saturn is most powerful.powerful.
Retrograde Saturn is also the lord of the 12th house. Thus Thus   there was delay in having a
progeny. From the 9th house, we screen the preceptor, the lord of the 9th house Mars is
exalted which shows that his preceptor should be knowledgeable. The qualities further
increase on account of aspect of two natural benefics Moon, Jupiter to Mars. There is a
mutual aspect of Ketu and Jupiter. Dasarath had to perform the rituals and had to take the help of
the divine power through Mantra Shakti.  The 7th lord Mercury is under the influence of
Rahu  and Rahu is posited in the 7th house. The significator of the 7th house
secretive Rahu 
Venus is also under the influence of invisible Ketu. Jupiter is aspecting Venus and Ketu.
Kaekai
Kaekai   tried to crown her son with the malefide intentions and invoked a boon.
Dasarath's own wife became instrumental in spoiling the peace of the family. Dasarath
 

died of a heart attack. Thus is clear on account of aspect of powerful Saturn on Sun
Heart).
(Heart).

The role  of retrograde Saturn in case of Shri Ram's Horoscope

Ram's Horoscope indicates that though
Shri Ram's had
Ram's had vast property inspite of that he was not able to use that property because
he went out to an Ashram and spend the time there. There after he went with
Vishwamitra to
Vishwamitra  to help him in performance of the Yagya. After that retrograde Saturn did
not allow him to stay in any village and he had to stay in the forest through out the
period of fourteen years.

It was one of the conditions that Shri Ram's will

Ram's will not enter any state and he will have
to move from one place to another place. That is why Shri Ram had
Ram had to go from one place
to another place. It was the influence of retrograde Saturn on Sun that he was denied the
kingship and retrograde Saturn compelled him to leave the thrown.

On account of influence of retrograde Saturn on Sun indicates that there should be

defamation to the family and death of father on account of influence of retrograde Saturn
on Sun. It is also the quality of retrograde Saturn it does not allow the house to prosper to
which it belongs.

The influence of Ketu o

Ketu onn Venus
Venus indicates
 indicates kidnapping of the wife and Sri Ram and Sri
Laxman were also kidnapped by Ahi Ravan, in the form of Bhibhishan took away both
the brothers to a temple where they were to be sacrificed. This happens on account of the
influence of Ketu on Jupiter which is responsible for use of mantra shakti and then
sacrifice the person concerned at the alter of a deity.