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Fertility Indicators
Fra Angelico. Annunciation. c.1432-1434. Museo Diocesano, Cortona, Italy
You may give them your love but not your thoughts.
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls.
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit,
not even in your dreams.
-- Kahlil Gibran
It gives birth to them and nurtures them,
It gives birth to them but does not possess them,
It rears them but does not control them,
This is called "mysterious integrity."
-- Lao Tzu
The children born to woman are her qualifications and these are to be judged from the fifth houses from her
Janma Lagna,
Atmakaraka,
Jupiter
and the Sun.
-- Jaimini Sutram, Ch. 4, shloka 1
If the lords of lagna & putra bhava are in their own houses, or in an angle or trine, one will enjoy happiness through children.
~~ BPHS Ch. 1, shloka 3
Should the Lord of Putra (5th house) be combust or be with malefics & be weak, there will be no children; even if perhaps issues are obtained, they will soon quit this world.
-- BPHS Ch. 16, shloka 1-3
"O Brahmin, all these effects be deduced from
the natal Lagna,
Lagna Padaa,
the 7th from Upa Padaa
and the Lords thereof.
So say Narada and others.
If Shani, Chandra and Budha are together in the 9th from one of the said places (Shloka 23),
there will be no son at all,
while Surya, Guru and Rahu so placed
will give a number of sons.
Chandra so placed
will give a son,
while a mixture of Grahas
will delay the obtainment of a son.
The son, caused by the Yuti of Surya, Guru and Rahu,
will be strong, valorous, greatly successful and will destroy enemies.
If Mangala and Shani are in the said 9th,
there will be no son, or a son will be obtained by adoption, or brother's son will come in adoption.
In all these cases
odd Rasis will yield many sons,
while even Rasis will cause only a few.
O Brahmin, if Simha happens to be Upa Padaa and receives a Drishti from Chandra,
there will be a limited number of children.
Similarly Kanya
will cause many daughters."
~~ BPHS Ch. 30, Shloka 23-30 "Indications of Upa Padaa"
"If Shukra is in the 3rd, or the 11th from Lagna Pad,
there would have been an abortion to the mother earlier.
Same is the effect, if Shukra is in the 8th from natal Lagna, or from Lagna Padaa."
~~ BPHS Ch. 30, Shloka 32 "Indications of Upa Padaa"
Child Indicators:
Domain-5 & L-5
Domain-9 & L-9
Domain-1 and L-1
Guru & 5th-from-Guru
Chandra & 5th-from-Chandra
Saptamsha & the D-7 amsha lord of radix L-5/L-9, as the amsha lord behaves in radix
Navamsha & the D-9 amsha lord of radix L-5/L-9, as the amsha lord behaves in radix
Vimshottari Dasha periods of radix L-5, L-9, and Guru
Fertility Indicators:
Shukra represents `shukla' or `semen' as the male fertility indicators
Kuja represents `sonita' or female power to generate life.
As a rule the first child will be born during the Vimshottari dasha periods of:
L-5
L-9
Guru
5th-from-Guru
if Rahu-Ketu occupy house-5 or house-9
if Rahu-Ketu occupy the rashi of: L-5, L-9, or Guru
for males, bhukti of L-1 also brings children
Typically conception of the first live child will occur during a key transit of gochara Rahu-Ketu which contacts:
axis of natal Rahu-Ketu
axis of natal Moon,
axis of lagna
axis of navamsha or saptamsha lagna or nodes.
After the first child has been born, a second child can occur under any number of child-positive bhukti's. (The rules are a little more flexible for subsequent children.)
Long-lasting bhukti periods of Guru or L-5 or L-9 (or Rahu/Ketu) can potentially produce two or more children within their span.
If the subsequent bhukti is child-positive in any way, more children may easily be forthcoming. E.g. if bhukti-pat is L-5 or L-9 from important lagna's such as radix lagna, radix Chandra, even the radix lagnesha or the current mahadasha-pati, additional children come easily.
One way to determine if additional children will arrive, is to examine the radix of child-1.
If the house-3 of child-1's radix receives drishti from Mangala or Budha, there will very likely be siblings for child-1.
Other less potent but favorable significations for siblings include favorable drishti upon L-3, & other sibling-karaka relationships such as a planet in parivartana with L-3 or 3rd-from-Chandra.
Miscarriage & Therapeutic Abortion
Vimshottari periods of radix L-6 and (less often) L-11 indicate both miscarriage and medically therapeutic abortion.
As lords of 2nd-from-putra bhava and 7th-from-putra-bhavaL-6/L-11 are the temporal karakas for death of children.
To be a strong karaka for Miscarriage & Therapeutic Abortion, the graha who is radix L-6/L-11 should have some additional malefic qualities. He should be either:
a natural malefic (Kuja, Shani)
or dominated in degree by L-6, L-8, or L-12
Rahu who is the karaka for catastrophic change, is definitely a karaka for Miscarriage & Therapeutic Abortion if Rahu occupies the rashi of L-6. If L-6 is also a natural malefic, the results will be tragically clear.
Timing of adoption of children, whether they are adopted at birth or school age or even nearly adults, will be identical with timing of arrival of natural children.
That is, adoption of the first child occurs during periods of:
Guru
L-1, L-5 or L-9
Rahu/Ketu - especially if Rahu gives the effect of Guru, L-1, L-5 or L-9.
Rahu is commonly implicated in trans-national or cross-cultural adoptions.
gochara Rahu-Ketu will normally be transiting the adoptive mother's radix Moon, radix nodal axis, or radix lagna - at least for the arrival of the first child
See this example of vimshottari dasha timing of acquisition of three school-age stepchildren. In this case, the stepmother's child-karaka planets give the expected timing, even for late-in-life acquisition of older stepchildren.
Finding children in the mother's nativity:
Judge the material attributes of the child such as their bodily appearance, their wealth, their spouse, their profession etc. from the mother's radix lagna.
house 5 = child 1
house 7 = child 2
house 9 = child 3
house 11 = child 4
house 1 = child 5
house 3 = child 6
to find additional children, count three houses forward from previous child
Judge the psycho-emotional qualities and nature of the mother-child heart-relationship by counting from the Mother's Moon.
E.g., first child's character and well-being = 5th-from-mother's-Chandra
Additional considerations for locating children in the parental nativity:
Even those pregnancies which ended as stillbirths, or either natural or therapeutic abortions, may be important to recognize in birth order counting. But not always. Much depends on mother's psychic attachment to terminated pregnancies - whether an unborn child was named, talked to, etc. More details at putra bhava page.
For a fuller profile of each child, also identify each child by counting houses from Chandra-lagna.
Palm lines outside edge of hand under little finger will confirm number of children
Judging the character of a child from the mother's chart
find the house of the child in question, within the mother's radix chart
e.g., first child = domain-5, 2nd child = domain-7, 3rd child = domain-9, etc.
locate the lord of that domain. For example if the lord of domain-5 = Guru, then find Guru in the mother's radix
use the lord of the domain as the lagna from which to judge the affairs of the child
e.g., if the lord of domain-7 for the 2nd child is Shani, then the child has effectively Shani in lagna. S/he is hardworking, sensitive to the common folk, given adult responsibilities at a young age, etc. Much work is expected of this child with relatively little praise or attention (unless Guru or Shukra also cast drishti upon Shani).
Proceed from this lagna to evaluate the child's wealth, small groups, home life, marriage, parents, career, and end of life. E.g., 2nd-from-this lagna will show the child's overall accumulated wealth, 11th-from this lagna shows their large groups associations and income, 7th-from this lagna shows their marriage, 4th-from is their parents, 6th-from their health, and so forth.
There should be significant correlation between parents & children's radix/navamsha charts, such that the mother should be recognizable in the 4th-from this child lagna, siblings in 3rd-from, etc.
These judgments should be made from the radix chart of the natural or adoptive parents, or from the siblings, of the child.
Female primary infertility, no children
Chart 17: Forecast for Children in the charts of two partners (affianced)
Chart 18: first child adopted, 2nd biological
Example Children's Nativities
Chart 20: Boy rejected by natural mother, rejected by foster mother, rejected by adoptive parents / returned to the state
Chart 21: Boy whose mother died just before his 8th birthday
Chart 22: Girl adopted at birth
Key Jyotisha Factors for Predicting birth or adoption of Children:
Auspicious for Reproduction/Adoption
Inauspicious for Reproduction/Adoption
Putra bhava (5th radix house) is well-aspected
Guru/Chandra in houses 6/8 - or in mutual 6/8 angle - suggests emotional blockage, scarcity thinking
5th lord is well-aspected and located in an auspicious bhava
Saturn or Mars aspects to putra-bhava, L5, Guru, or 5th-from-Chandra suggest material blockage
Dharma bhava (9th rashi house) is well-aspected
Rahu drishti to putra-bhava, L5, Guru, or 5th-from-Chandra suggest psychic blockage
9th lord is well-aspected and located in an auspicious bhava
Guru occupying putra bhava sends procreative energies into non-fleshly channels such as art and teaching
5th-from-Chandra and 9th-from-Chandra receive favorable drishti
Mars in putra bhava suggests miscarriages
the house which is 5th-from-Guru is well-aspected
Guru occupying putra bhava sends procreative energies into non-fleshly channels such as art and teaching
Guru drishti to putra bhava, L5, or Chandra
Surya in particular has very hot male energy. A strong Surya in 5 or 9 often burns up the wet fertility needed for children -- but makes a wonderful teacher or coach!
L-5 and L-9 must be harmoniously related for matters of children to fructify properly. If not there may be hindrances in child-getting.
L-5 and L-9 well-disposed in saptamsha
Jupiter is the natural significator or "Karaka" for children.
Parashara says, "Any aspect from Jupiter guarantees the presence of children."
"...If Jupiter be in the ascendant, she is happy, wealthy, and has children." Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra Ch. 80, shloka. 37
If Jupiter the karaka for abundance should occupy -- rather than aspect -- the 5th house, he will generally restrict the number of children. (karako bhavo nashto)
favorable conditions in the house which is 5th from Guru can greatly assist even an unfavorable putra bhava
Chandra (Moon)
Moon occupying or casting drishti upon house-5 is favorable
Moon receiving drishti from Guru favors reproduction fertility
Moon in parivartana with L-5 is fertile
Sun,
Mars,
When impotent or malefic rays touch the child-karaka, reproduction is negatively affected.
Saturn
Mercury
& Ketu
are impotent planets.
-- BPHS
A woman will be barren, if in her birth chart, the Moon & Venus be associated with Saturn or Mars, and the 5th house be occupied or aspected by a malefic.
--- BPHS Ch. 80, shloka 34
8th house - conception, mysteries
Malefic or impotent planets in randhra bhava can mar conception.
L-8 in 8th house:
If 8th house is Leo or Cancer, and the Sun & Moon be both placed there, the woman will be barren (bandhyaa).
If 8th house be Gemini, Virgo, or Cancer, and Mercury & Moon be posited there, the female native will have only one child. (phaala bandhyaa).
--- BPHS Ch. 80, shloka 38
[BPL note: "bandhya" = "closed"; "phala bandhya" = "closed with one fruit"]
Mars in 8th house:
The woman concerned will not be able to conceive if Jupiter & Venus be associated with Mars in the 8th house, or Mars be with Saturn in the 8th house.
--- BPHS Ch. 80, shloka 41
If Rahu occupies putra bhava in the rashi of impotent Budha (Mithuna, Kanya) Rahu denies children.
However in other signs - or even in the impotent signs if Guru is strong - Rahu in 5th provides highly unusual children.
If Rahu occupies putra bhava and does NOT occupy a Saturn-owned Navamsha, Bahaputra Yoga arises, which can cause the native to produce many children.
Ketu in putra bhava is fertile if L5 and Guru are strong, but there will be some peculiar factor which creates physical or emotional distance. (Particularly affects the first child).
Rahu children are challenged by snake-like things: low people, snake bites, drug needles, mood swings; and a craving for sudden, chaotic, exciting experiences.
Ketu children are challenged by detachment, often living in an imaginative world. Sometimes they are spiritually advanced, early meditators. Sometimes they are just spacey or have slow response time.
drishti to putra & dharma sthana
Aspects to 5th & 9th rashi houses will influence overall fertility and child-raising experience.
E.g., drishti from Shani to house 5 or 9 will introduce some degree of servitude, scarcity, and tiredness to the overall child raising experience.
by contrast, Drishti of Guru to house 5 or 9 will introduce some degree of abundance, confidence, and wisdom to the overall child raising experience.
L5 & L9
Lords can hasten, expand, delay, or prevent children. When Saturn rules the 5th house, children are delayed. Not necessarily prevented - but always delayed.
For ease with childbirth and children, L5 & L9 should occupy a house which is a favorable distance from their own houses
i.e., L5 should *not* be 6th, 8th, or 12th from the 5th
i.e., L9 should *not* be 6th, 8th, or 12th from the 9th
Good bhukti lords are very favorable for pregnancy and childbirth:
bhukti of Jupiter
bhukti of L5 & L9
Children produced are often fleshly but may also be literary, adoptive, or other works of creative genius.
Palm lines
deep vertical lines "child lines," which "grow" out of deep horizontal lines "relationship lines," on the outside edge of each palm, under the little finger.
In general, judge by the writing (material life) hand -- but intuitive women frequently show clearer lines on their left (imaginative life) hands.
Although men's hands often display clear marriage lines, it is rare to see clear child lines on men until after the children are born.
"Motherhood has meant that I have written four fewer books, but I know much more about life. "
-- A. S. Byatt
Did you hear about the teacher who was helping one of her kindergarten students put his boots on?
He asked for help and she could see why. With her pulling and him pushing, the boots still didn't want to go on. When the second boot was on, she had worked up a sweat. She almost whimpered when the little boy said, "Teacher they're on the wrong feet." She looked, and sure enough, they were.
It wasn't any easier pulling the boots off than it was putting them on. She managed to keep her cool as together they worked to get the boots back on - this time on the right feet.
He then announced, "These aren't my boots." She bit her tongue rather than get right in his face and scream, "Why didn't you say so?" like she wanted to.
Once again she struggled to help him pull the ill-fitting boots off. He then said, "They're my brother's boots. My Mom made me wear them." She didn't know if she should laugh or cry. She mustered up the grace to wrestle the boots on his feet again.
She said, "Now, where are your mittens?"
He said, "I stuffed them in the toes of my boots..."
updated: 02 August 2008
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