Children  - Fertility - Adoption

Parents' charts showing acquisition of children (biological or adoptive)

Fra Angelico. l'Annunciazione. 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

If a child lives with criticism, one learns to condemn.

If a child lives with praise, one learns to appreciate.

If a child lives with hostility, one learns to fight.

If a child lives with tolerance, one learns to be patient.

If a child lives with ridicule, one learns to be shy.

If a child lives with encouragement, one learns confidence.

If a child lives with shame, one learns to feel guilty.

If a child lives with approval, one learn to like oneself.

If a child lives with fairness, one learns justice.

If a child lives with security, one learns to have faith.

If a child lives with acceptance and friendship, one learns to find love in this world.

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  and 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   and 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

Ch. 4, Shloka 40. the Atmakaraka and the lord of the Lagna are also the significators of children.

~~Jaimini Sutram (Trans. P.S. Sastri, Ranjan Publications, New Delhi, 1987)

Child Indicators:

1. Domain-5  and L-5

2. Domain-9  and L-9

3. Domain-1 and L-1

4. Guru  and 5th-from-Guru

5. Chandra  and 5th-from-Chandra

6. Saptamsha  and the D-7 amsha lord of radix L-5/L-9, as the amsha lord behaves in radix

7. Navamsha  and 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. 

Timing of Birth of Children

As a rule the first child will be born during the Vimshottari dasha periods of:

1. L-5

2. L-9

3. Guru

4. 5th-from-Guru

5. Rahu/Ketu  

   • if Rahu-Ketu occupy house-5 or  house-9

   • if Rahu-Ketu occupy the rashi of:  L-5, L-9, or Guru

6. 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: 

1. axis of natal Rahu-Ketu

2. axis of natal Moon, 

3. axis of lagna

4. 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,  and other sibling-karaka relationships such as a planet in parivartana with L-3 or 3rd-from-Chandra.

Miscarriage  and 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  and 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  and Therapeutic Abortion if Rahu occupies the rashi of L-6.  If L-6 is also a natural malefic, the results will be tragically clear.

Adoption

If Putra's lord is in Ari Bhava, the native will obtain such sons who will be equal to his enemies, or will lose them, or will acquire an adopted or purchased son.

 - BPHS, Ch 24, shloka 54

If Mangala and Shani are in the 9th, there will be no son, or a son will be obtained by adoption, or brother's son will come in adoption. 

~~  BPHS  Ch. 30, Shloka 23-30 "Indications of Upa Padaa"

Timing of Adoption

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.

Judge the quality of the psycho-emotional relationship between the mother and each child by measuring from Chandra lagna. (Usually the psycho-emotional relationship is much more potent than the physical.)

1. house 5 = child 1

2. house 7 = child 2

3. house 9 = child 3

4. house 11 = child 4

5. house 1 = child 5

6. house 3 = child 6

7. to find additional children, count three houses forward from previous child

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  and children's radix  and 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.

Aputra Yoga

• L-5 occupies a dushtamsha (domain-6, domain-8, or domain-12)

Certain planetary combinations are distinctively inauspicious for producing children. These combinations typically result in the creative energies being diverted into non-procreative creativity - e.g., the native may produce great works of art, theatrical performance, spiritual achievement, leadership service, or other glorious outcome. With Aputra yoga, the prognosis for fleshly children is dim.

Aputra yoga is not guaranteed to prevent children, however. Very favorable Guru who casts drishti to domain-5 or domain-9, combined with a period of Guru located in an angle or trine from the Mahadasha pati, can indeed produce a child, even with Aputra yoga existing in the nativity. This is usually a "surprise" child born to a long-infertile couple, or a couple who have been told that they cannot conceive, who have typically resigned themselves to childlessness.

Not only can a strong Guru overcome Aputra Yoga, but also L-5 in 6 is known to create a healthy child who develops animosity toward the native, and if the graha are acquisitive, L-5 in 6 can indicate a "purchased" or adopted child. 

In the old days in European culture (and still common enough in villages in traditional lands) a family without sons could pay to acquire a child. The acquired son might work as an indentured servant or trade apprentice (6) but such a child after their training was completed could also legally inherit their custodian's business.. 

"If Putra's lord is in Ari Bhava, the native will obtain such sons who will be equal to his enemies, or will lose them, or will acquire an adopted or purchased son."

 - BPHS, Ch 24, shloka 54

Remedies:

Gemstones for Guru and the L-5 may be helpful. Seva offered in settings with many small children and in service to mothers of small children may also be quite helpful.

Anapatya Yoga

To deny children, all the following graha must be weak: 

• Guru, the lagnesha, lord of putra bhava, and lord of yuvati bhava

"Anapatya" is an excellent yoga for celibate religious practice in a quiet monastic community. The native is blessed with a natural humility. Vocationally, one may be called into any form of selfless service except teaching. (Teaching requires a strong Guru and a fairly strong L-1 too.)

"Motherhood has meant that I have written four fewer books, but I know much more about life. " -- A. S. Byatt

file update: 04-Jul-2010

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