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Aum ram ravahe namah Aum kem ketave namah Kala Sarpa Yoga = KSY Full Text of BV Raman's opinion on KSY all seven classical Graha must occupy the five Bhava per BV Raman, there is also a legitimate version of KSY which applies when all seven classical graha occupy the five bhava between Ketu and Rahu |
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All graha enclosed within the Five bhava from Rahu to Ketu:
All graha enclosed within the Five bhava from Ketu to Rahu:
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Shri Bangalore Venkata Raman. (1947).300 Important Combinationsp. 327 (bold-type emphasis by BPL) |
"Kala Sarpa Yoga has its bright shades.
It raises the natives to top positions in their respective fields
Rahu-Ketu axis favors rise in mundane life while Ketu-Rahu axis indicates elevation in spiritual matters. It is also found that Kala Sarpa Yoga natives
Suffering due to developments in life strengthens the mind and mellows one's outlook. This is a blessing of Kala Sarpa Yoga. .... It occurs to me that undue importance need not be given to Kala Sarpa Yoga. The view held by some astrologers that Kala Sarpa Yoga affects longevity and adversely affects the operation of other yogas favoring a rise in life, achievement, and accomplishment is not tenable.
In our view, Kala Sarpa Yoga plays an important role in mundane astrology [assessment of world events] and is not of much importance in individual charts." |
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Kala-Sarpa Yoga is a rather late accrual to the Jyotisha inventory of planetary yoga.
Kala-Sarpa Yoga is associated with dreadful experiences like suffering from poisons, relentless catastrophes, sudden and disastrous changes in every aspect of life, and every type of scandal. The accursed victim is predicted to become homeless, unmarriageable, unemployable, or a pariah -- all due to this single excruciating planetary configuration. In truth, few of these terrifying results are likely manifest. What the yoga does involve is a rather deep and complex psychological compulsion to re-enact a past-life memory of being especially Chosen as a human sacrifice.
During a Rahu phase, the KSY personality may display radically different traits from the behavior observed during a Ketu phase. It is not a split personality in modern psychological terms. Rather KSY = a two-phase interior signal
It can be a challenge to know who this personality really "is" . Yet with KSY, the real person assuredly "is" both an ambitious materialist hungry for elite privilege (Rahu) AND a non-acquisitive wandering mendicant who may seem either saintly or dysfunctional or both. Chandra's character can provide additional profile data regarding the nature of KSY's emotional needs. For example if Chandra + Shani, one may demonstrate a need for approval from institutionalized authorities.
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KSY psycho-mental oscillation pattern may lead to obsessive-compulsive behavior. During the Ketu phase,
However during Rahu phases,
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Quite a number of contemporary world leaders have some type of "modified" kala sarpa yoga where all planets are hemmed in AND some planets occupy the Rahu-Ketu axis. |
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B.V. Raman, Catechism of Astrology. Part II, page 35 |
"Kalasarpa will have its effects nullified
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from: Bangalore Venkata Raman. (1992). A Catechism of Astrology.Part II, page 35 (bold-typeemphasis by BPL) Full text of Shri Raman's KSY comments Nullification of Effects of KSY, by B.V. Raman: |
"Q, 51 What is meant by ''Kalasarpa Yoga'' ? Explain its effects. Ans. Kalasarpa Yoga is formed by the situation of all planets and Lagna within Rahu and Ketu. Here Rahu must be considered as moving in an anti-clockwise direction (Apasavya).
Both these yogas are Arishta Yogas. The first Kalasarpa will have its effects nullified
As this yoga is not mentioned prominently by such great writers as Varaha Mihira or Satyacharya, we have to take it that it is not very effective in Kali Yuga." |
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~~ B.V. Raman. (1992, 4th ed.). A Catechism of Astrology. Part I, p. 26 |
Any graha outside the semicircle of Rahu-Ketu will cancel KSY. "Q. 31: If all planets, except, say Saturn, are hemmed in between Rahu and Ketu,
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from: Bangalore Venkata Raman. (1992). A
Catechism of Astrology. Part II, page 32 (bold-type emphasis by BPL)
Full text of Shri Raman's KSY
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Q. 48. Is there Kalasarpa Yoga in [Benito] Mussolini's horoscope? Ans.
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Students of the samayavidya might notice that the predicted dire consequences of the Kala Sarpa Yoga are not different from the predictions normally associated with standard at-birth placements of Rahu and Ketu within the 12 bhava.
In Kala Sarpa Yoga, as with other prediction for the effect of Rahu and Ketu, the lords of the rashi occupied by Rahu and Ketu provide a definitive force. Yet, as in other predictions for Rahu-Ketu, the occupied bhava is the most important fact. Often, the energy of Rahu-Ketu is significantly expressed through companion planets which share their natal house. However, in the accurate form, Kala Sarpa Yoga permits no graha in the houses of Rahu or Ketu. Therefore KSY does suggest a uniquely strong expression of the nodes within a nativity. However the undistracted strength of the nodes does not bode evil. It simply bodes a strong and direct expression of the characteristics expected from Rahu-Ketu in their natal bhava. For example,
The lore of Rahu-Ketu is not part of the oldest Jyotisha texts (which go back to the Rik Veda and Atharva Veda.) Rahu-Ketu seem to have entered the Jyotisha literature in the early centuries of the common era. Varahamihira mentions them. The yoga names for the specific bhava placements of Rahu-Ketu are drawn from Naga lore. |
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"Kala" = "earth-time" and "sarpa" means "serpent". One translation of Kala-Sarpa-Yoga = the serpent-force has enclosed your entire incarnation.
In practical terms, Earth energy is the vibration of the ancient history of Earth. It moves through the vehicles of sound and image. It is not logical; it is not verbal; it is not even rational. (It is older than Budha). It can be controlled, but only with psychic skill. |
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Vocabulary = Naga |
- a Naga or serpent-demon (the race of Kadru or Su-rasa) - inhabit the waters or the city Bhoga-vati under the earth - Naga are supposed to have a human face with serpent-like lower extremities - the three Naga kings = Sesha , Vasuki , and Takshaka |
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| Names of the Nine Naga | Vasuki, Ananta, Takshaka, Varuna, Padmaka, Sankhpala, Kulika, Mahapadma, and Karkotaka | |
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Ananta = Annant = Kala Sarpa Yoga
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endless, boundless, eternal, infinite; earth, sky, number one |
Ananta KSY is said to be short-tempered, impatient, and difficult to satisfy, with the result that alliances and partnerships become frustrating and unbalanced. Rahu in bhava-1 harms the marriage agreement and causes one to feel disinterest toward the spouse. The spouse Ketu in 7 displays apathy and disregard for the native . |
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Rahu in bhava-2; Ketu in bhava-8 Kulika = Kulik = Kala Sarpa Yoga |
poison; also means "head". Name of one of the eight Naga chiefs |
Kulika KSY loses control of one's tongue and says hurtful things. Rahu in bhava-2 is considered to speak poisonously, and one may ingest poison or suffer venomous snake-bite. Ketu in 8 harms resistance to curses, and one may experience surgeries or psychic invasion. |
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Vasuki Kala Sarpa Yoga
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Vasuki is one of the three chief kings of the Nagas. The gods and demons used the serpent Vasuki as a rope for twisting round the mountain Mandara when they churned the ocean . |
Friends who are "lesser" in status (similar to younger siblings) may be cheaters and frauds. In practice, malefics (Rahu, Shani, Kuja) in upachaya houses do give good results over time. Rahu in bhava-3 often produces a younger sibling who may have high ambitions, make sudden announcements, and maintain an unusual lifestyle. Ketu in 9 scatters attachment to the birth religion, and may cause a "relativistic" approach to public morality. Dissatisfaction with overly ritualized religious behavior e.g. pietism will however persist. |
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Samka-pala = Shankpal, Shankapal = Kala Sarpa Yoga |
Samka = contest , strife, fight Pala = name of a serpent-demon of the race of Vasuki = Naga). |
It is said that Relations with the mother and her customs are damaged; one's desire nature is so strong that it separates one from the mother.
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Padama = Padam = Kala Sarpa Yoga |
Literally, padam = "step". Specifically, Padama refers to steps toward the divine = The king's majesty; to make an impression upon; to expand one's position; extend oneself through children. |
Rahu bhava-5 = children and creative intelligence is said to harm romance, procreative fertility, and speculative gains. Ketu in 11 harms the financial income and one's general social popularity is reduced through disintereSaint
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MahaPadama Kala Sarpa Yoga
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A great step, making a very large impression. |
Rahu in 6 is actually quite a materially successful placement for Rahu, although it does involve a good deal of lying, criminal desire and multitudes of broken promises. In 6, Rahu gets what He came for. Rahu-6 is said to give exotic, powerful enemies, criminal association, damage to the health, and increase of debt. Yet Rahu will use these problems in a very clever way, as a platform for His own pursuit of recognition and privilege. In general malefics in dushthamsha placements give good results and Rahu in particular does His best work in the satkona. In addition, Rahu-Ketu axis with both nodes in in upachaya bhava [6-12] will give good results over time largely due to what they do NOT do -- because the disruptive nodes in 6-12 do not harm the pillar kendra of the social personality (1-4-7-10). Ketu-12 is said to harm the sleep, dreams, and private bedroom relations, causing debt and dissolution. However the 6/12 is actually a rather good place for the nodes to be, at least for spiritually inclined personality types who have their wits about them.
However when properly, one's extreme psychic permeability may be a great meditative and guidance-channeling gift. Rahu can be a fraud in 12 but Ketu is innocent of malice. What Ketu channels here may be weird but it is true. |
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Takshaka Kala Sarpa Yoga
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One of the three chief kings of the Naga kingdom . A cutter; a carpenter. |
Rahu in 7 is said to give bad qualities to the mate. Generally this holds true only if Rahu's lord is poorly disposed. However any time Rahu occupies Yuvati bhava, whether in Takshaka Kala Sarpa Yoga or not, there is a prediction of desirous ambition and exotic nature in the partner. Ketu in bhava-1 is said to give high blood pressure, headache, and a general lack of enthusiasm for life. The native may have a weak constitution which, combined with the adventurous proclivities of Rahu-7, becomes vulnerable to disease from overindulgence. |
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Karkotaka Kala Sarpa Yoga |
Name of a Naga. Sugar-cane. |
Rahu in 8 is said to bring problems from mysterious diseases, black magic, and sudden shocks. However unless Rahu's lord is damaged, Rahu the Trickster deals rather shrewdly with hidden money, family secrets, and other potentially catastrophic information. Karkotaka-KSY effectively and fearlessly handles emergencies and disasters. One becomes a tantriki or psychic healer through skillful use of poisons.
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Samka = Shankchood = Kala Sarpa Yoga
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Samka = contest , strife , fight |
Rahu in 9 is said to cause severe financial losses through gambling and disregard for ritual practice. However in practice, Rahu-9 signifies a craving for recognition as a High Priest officiant of the Temple, and a desire to use the preaching of religious or philosophical doctrine as the method of self-elevation to higher privileges. If the dharmapati is strong, Rahu-9 may indicate a socially successful preacher yet the style and content of professing activities may be controversial.
Ketu in bhava-3 harms the family relations, produces mental volatility, and brings negativity into the life narrative (the way we explain our lives to ourselves, in conversations with others). One may be apathetic toward human communications in general. a possible yoga for the Pentecostal talent of "speaking in tongues" In practice, Ketu in upachaya houses [3, 6, 10, 11] is not so harmful. In Sahaja bhava, Ketu produces a somewhat apathetic or perhaps whimsical communication style which does not cater too effectively to the target audience. One may succumb to being a communicative agent for the ancestors rather than expressing one's own native thoughts. One needs mental training in the meditative disciplines, to learn to establish boundaries against incursion by predatory ghosts, esp. the ancestors of one's own family line. A younger sibling may have mental health issues or be prone to eccentric behaviors. the native suffers a loss of courage and relations with siblings are harmed due to weak boundaries and poor mental "traffic control". |
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Ghataka = ghatak = Kala Sarpa Yoga
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destruction, ruination |
Rahu in 10 is said to damage the decision-making and leadership capabilities through impatience and desire. In practice, Rahu in upachaya bhava (3, 6, 10, 11) does give good results over time. However Ketu in 4 is unfavorable for pursuit of comfortable habitual lifestyle. One is seemingly always on the move due to Rahu-10 desire to obtain public responsibilities, and home life gets pulverized. So long as there is a second parent in the home however one may continue parenting. A Great Leap Upward in public recognition and "prestige" (Rahu-10) usually during Rahu periods. Craves leadership roles. If Rahu's lord is functioning well, the results may be excellent for boundary crashers. E.g., Margaret Thatcher broke through a gender boundary and kept it broken for years. May be accompanied by emotional insecurity and abandonment of life foundations (Ketu-4). Ketu in 4 is said to harm the fundamental serenity and security in life, so that the native feels constant uncertainty and depression. Some vulnerability to ancestor ghosts who are restless due to incomplete burials (4) after their deaths.
Ketu-4 weakens the physical heart, therefore the native must attend more carefully than normal to one's cardiological health. Without proper attention, heart can become a psychic weak spot which lacks protective boundaries. With sensible lifestyle, regular check-ups and management of diet, the problems can be averted. |
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Rahu in bhava-11; * Ketu in bhava-5 Visha-dhara = vishdhar = Kala Sarpa Yoga
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Visha = poison, venom, bane, anything actively pernicious. Dhara = a receptacle or container. Vishadhara = a container for holding poisons, or a snake. |
Rahu in 11 is said to damage the earning powers and the elder sibling, who becomes an enemy. Usually however Rahu creates significant earnings, by devious and deceptive means but still this is a material bhava and it does gives a quantity of measurable material results. Rahu is the natural co-lord of labha bhava = material goals and achievements. Rahu-11 will eventually produce significant material gainfulness via marketplace risk-taking and taboo-breaking networked friendships. In fact, Vishadhara is probably the best type of KSY materially because Rahu is so motivated to obtain earnings. The native will always become wealthy although the methods typical of Rahu may be surreptitious and highly expedient. Generally the friendship network includes many profit-aiding foreigners who may speak with forked tongue of snaky Rahu.
Ketu in 5 is said to harm the children and reduce the intelligence, to the point where the native cannot control the performance of one's creative mind. |
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Sesha = one of the three great Naga kings. |
In practice, Rahu in 12 dushthamsha = quite good results. Rahu-12 is not tricked by false expectations. Rahu in 12 is said to give intense imaginative desires which dissolve the physical integrity. Passionate desires expressed in foreign or subconscious dreamlike imaginative settings (12). Ketu in bhava-6 = apathy re: the health, conditions of chronic indebtedness, and a tendency to walk away from conflicts. Arguments and disagreements linger indefinitely, in a state of irresolution. Ketu-6 may be jailed and make no attempt to get out; may be accused and make no attempt to self-defend. Some tendency to be carried along in illegal ventures, not as the lead perpetrator but often as an employee or servant of a wrong-doing master. |
| What is Kala-Sarpa yoga and why is it so Dreadful? |
First of all, it is really not that dreadful!
KSY yoga gives a "sacrificial" personality which tends to subjugate the welfare of self to the welfare of a group, an ideology, a goal, or a cause.
The keynote of KSY is that the native sacrifices, transforms or channels All of the intelligence, abilities, preferences, and perceptionsin life toward thequest forRahu's singular goal.
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| KSY = wide range of sacrificial social expression |
The The key to understanding the Kala-sarpa personality is to appreciate that this native is driven by a great hunger to possess a particular person, object, experience, or power. The The KSY person interprets the ongoing stream of life experience predominantly in terms of this goal. One will sacrifice an unlimited amount of one's own resource in the quest to achieve this satisfaction.
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| KSY Obsessions |
The Kala-Sarpa nativity predicts a lifetime of potentially Obsessive habits and concerns.
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| Psychic sensitivity heightened in KSY |
KSY folks are exceptionally psychically sensitive,and their sensitivity can force them to defend themselves through anti-social means. They often form Obsessive healing partnershipswith other psychic 'sensitives'.
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| KSY and Identity Crisis | During during Rahu/Ketu periods and also periods of the
Moon, KSY folks can have severe identity crisescaused by having reached toxic saturation levels of other people's negative
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Therefore , KSY folk must patrol their aura boundaries defensively especially during Rahu-Ketu periods. Vigilant patrolling will ensure that " foreign energy" in the form of criticism and negative pictures, is prevented from entering the individual sphere. |
| Sacrifice: keynote of KSY |
The keynote of KSY is that the native sacrifices, transforms or channels All of the intelligence, abilities, preferences, and perceptionsin life toward thequest forRah Rahu's singular goal.
The problem is that KSY natives use their physical bodies to channel conflictaway from the people they are serving.
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| KSY and Physical Body Health |
KSY females who use their bodies to absorb psychic conflictwill tend to experience radically fluctuating, usually unmanageable excess bodyweight.
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| KSY and Sexuality |
If Rahu or Ketu are involved with Mangala, sexual interactions of all kinds must be carefully managed due to the heightened psychic openness and potential for psychic invasion (Mangala) and carrying out the agendas of others(K (Ketu) during a sexual communication.
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The default KSY state is unfortunately to suffer increasing pain caused by toxicity and attachment to the victim state.
Historically, some ancient societies had a practice of selecting certain children at birth who would eventually be used as human sacrificial victims.. A child might live their entire life anticipating that one would be murdered in propitiation to the gods at the age of nine or twelve (or whenever the time came).
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The glorious age of sacrificial victims,who give their lives for their people, is by and large completed. There may be some remaining valid events for heroic self-destruction -- such as death by war and sacrifical acts which prevent catastrophe. However, in general, KSY folks are running their lives on old programming.
Even when material circumstances are beneficial in the KSY person's life, the native may suffer a deep grieftoward the end of life. The cause = "false Bodhisattva": seeing, toward the end of the incarnation, that one has abandoned one's own spiritual development to unconsciously serve the agendas of others. (A true bodhisattva has completed one's own path. After completion, the Bodhisattva remains in pastoral service of the incarnated masses until all have arrived. |
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| KSY Conscious transformation = divine sacrifice |
The KSY native can be profoundly transformed Andsaintly when one understands one's karmic inheritance and CONSCIOUSLY decides to dedicate one's life to the welfare of their family, tribe, religion, nation, or humanity.
The conscious KSY native can be a performer of miracles- a transformative guidein any field of endeavor. In contrast to the suffering, toxic, unconscious default KSY, the conscious KSY is not a victim of obsession.
The conscious KSY knows that one's life is INDEED being sacrificed for a higher cause. One lives in awakened agreement with that calling. This very high level of vocational awarenessgenerates intentional (not obsessive) sacrificial ego transformation. The KSY native becomes transformed into a mere tool for the divine will. This " high" KSY runs such pure Kundalini energy that one serves a living link between human and divine, executing the will of the divine with no human interference. One willing sacrifices the body for a higher purpose, at the moment the signal is given. |
| Grumpy and hard to get along with? Yes. |
In contradiction to the ominous forecasts of some Jyotisha literature, the world is full of high-functioning KSY folks with good jobs and stable families. Strong planetswithin the Rahu-Ketu enclosure can be very grounding. As B.V. Raman says, "astrology is a science of tendencies."
In Vedic Astrology : A Guide to the Fundamentals of Jyotish (p. 183) Jyotishi Ronnie Gale Dreyer says, "[KSY] which is labeled in the scriptures as malevolent and unhappy, provides inflexibility, stubbornness, and a high-strung personality." Certainly this is the traditional viewpoint, and also a true experience for the average low-awareness person. The reason for their grumpiness(in extreme cases, sociopathic personality) is that KSY folk are EXTREMELY psychically sensitive. |
| Need for psychic education |
KSY folk need psychic skill training to learn to defend themselves against the barrage of negative energy in today's world.
Those who live in such a habitually unbounded mental statecan easily absorb unwanted negative thoughts and feelings from outside their true self. They are often in danger of "losing themselves" in the channeling process. |
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Village astrologers may refer to KSY as a "curse".
The KSY native's life experience depends heavily on direction from Rahu's lord. |
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| Rahu's Lord can greatly improve KSY results |
Rahu =foreigners and taboo-breaking.
Skillful use of Rahu and Rahu's lord can produce great leaders! Example Jyotisha reasoning: If Rahu in Kanya AndRahu's lord in Budha/Mithuna/10,
This is just an example of how Rahu's supposedly sociopathic or at the least difficult-to-like energy can serve as jet fuel for a remarkable world career involving taboo-breaking and healing. Reputable psychic training will go a very long way toward transforming Kala Sarpa's excessive psychic absorptiveness into powerful psychic healing skills. |
| One Outside Planet: "almost" KSY |
In the charts of world leaders, it is common to see an "almost" KSY yogawhich is alleviated by the presence of one single graha outside of the Rahu-Ketu enclosure. That one outside graha tends to have a very strong effect on the native 's performance in the outside world.
Unfortunately without good supportive planets he will probably become the repressive force he once sought to remove... (see Richard Nixon, Adolf Hitler and Tony Blair .) |
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Some Jyotishi (including B.V. Raman) opine that Kala-Sarpa yoga is also cancelled if there is any other planet in the same house with Rahu.
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Most Jyotishi opine that Kala-Sarpa yoga does NOT apply when planets are hemmed in between Ketu and Rahu. KSY is believed by most to occur Only when all planets hemmed in between Rahu and Ketu. Dr. B.V. Raman writes that a variation of KSY does in fact apply when all planets occupy the five bhava between Ketu and Rahu. |
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| KSY by house-pair axis: 1-7, 2-8, 3-11, 4-10, 5-9, and 6-12 |
Raman suggests that the particular axis involved - 1/7, 2/8, 3/11, 4/10, 5/11, or 6/12- has a significant determining power in the final KSY effects.
According to Raman in Three Hundred Important Combinations, (p. 327) The 6/12 position"could indicate incarceration, or spiritual elevation, depending on the presence or absence of powerful Bandhana Yogas. [Yogas creating bondage, see Three Hundred Important Combinations, p. 274]
"The marital life," says Raman, "may become oppressive and marred by frequent classes and want of understanding." Raman compassionately mentions that the day-to-day oppression of this difficult KSY variation can be avoided, like all other difficult yoga can be overcome or avoided, through conscious understanding. (The powerful KSY effect in former USA president Bill Clinton's rashi chart, with Rahu in lagna, is a good example of 1/7-KSY.)
Again, interference by numerous Other malefic factors is required to give the frightening results often ascribed to KSY. |
| KSY Remedies |
If your Jyotisha nativity shows the "dreaded" Kala-Sarpa Yoga, don't panic. There is much oversimplified Jyotisha alarmism out there The re is a major market for "remedies" of unfavorable birth yogas in traditional Bharati culture. In the west, the "cure" more likely to be prescribed is self-awareness, personal responsibility, moral and technical education, commitment to serve those less fortunate, and a robust sense of humor. As Dr. Raman so eloquently insists, no single yoga could ever control an entire chart! When inauspicious dashas make life difficult for a conscious person in an otherwise good KSY chart, consider "treating" the KSY condition via gem remedies. Selfless service works best IMO the single most effective remedy for any type of chronic, self-obsessed mental pattern is to offer selfless serviceto those suffering the same sorrow as oneself, only worse. The best way to pry the mind out of its fixations is o assist otherswith their own life problems. It is remarkable how quickly the spiritual awareness can expand when one observes that many others are working on this precise type of karma, and that - being just a bit ahead of those lower down - one may be able to offer useful guidance to those in one's "downstream". |
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Q:In India, Kaalsarp dosha has gained great prominence, many astrologers associate restrictions, lack of opportunities and hurdles in life due this yoga. Others associate KSY with power and fame yoga; as observed by you also, many successful businesspeople and politicians have it. I myself have observed that the yoga does obstruct the smooth working of life. In India, the remedy for it is specific organized puja, conducted by priests in Nasik, Trimbkeshwar, where Lord Shiva shrine is there. What sort of service can eradicate the evil effects of yoga, if some one cannot do the traditional ly recommended puja? |
A : If you have read this far down the page, you have probably encountered my views on assessing realistic outcomes for this famous but over-estimated astrological configuration.
"The view held by some astrologers that KSY affects longevity and adversely affects the operation of other yogas favouring rise in life, achievement and accomplishment is not tenable. The overall assessment of the horoscope is important. No single yoga, including KSY, is capable of marring or making a horoscope. In our view, Kalasarpa Yoga plays an important role in mundane astrology and is not of much importance in individual charts." |
| Seva for KSY | As a general principle of "psychic similum", Selfless Service to those who are not well-connected to mainstream society and who often get blamed for misfortunes, such as foreigners, outcastes, and other taboo outsiders, will aid in alleviating the fear of being destroyed which is the subconscious reality underlying KSY. |
| KSY: Rahu in lagna |
For those lacking the beneficent corrections of "one outside planet", the most dreadful results of Kala-Sarpa yoga certainly can occur when the person lacks self-consciousness and is thus incapable of assuming spiritual responsibility for his own life.
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| Default questing style: duplicitous and illicit. |
Barring rescue of the native 's character from other uplifting combinations, KSY Rahu in any bhava signifies a consuming obsession with achieving and controlling matters of that bhava.
The compulsive mind signals that one *must* concentrate one's full energy into the obsessive quest in order to feel whole.Any activity or relationship which competes with the quest will be destroyed. |
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Rahu/Ketu gain tremendous strength in Kala-Sarpa Yoga.One has the power to get the job done.
One is beset by constant pangs of hunger. Just when it seems that one has it all, some new experience appears on the horizon, one feels the obsession rising again, and off one goes in pursuit of it. |
Sarpa yogais famous for creating "downward mobility". the native is born into family wealth, but by the time of occurrence of the Rahu-Ketu opposition of approx age 27 or the Rahu-Ketu return of approx age 36, that wealth is gone completely and the person becomes a pauper. Usually there is lots of emotional trouble in the family even during the wealthy years. |
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RED CHESTNUT= Altruism, self sacrifice. Obsessive concern for others, unable to let go. Sacrificing one over concerns for others. Suffering, or overwrought with fear for loved ones. |
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Q: Respected madam, Namaskar. to remove Kaal Sarpa dosha, a golden ring shaped in form of Snake, is it suggested. I wish for her Good health and happiness, can all this be improved. Best regards -- Jai Ganesha. |
A: IMO, flawless gems can channel stronger psychic currents through the body's nadi system, and this is their Jyotisha utility: to magnify the positive thought intentionswhich travel through the nadi (psychic nerve) system. Thought intentions originate entirely in the native 's inner mind, and it is the native 's personal responsibility to generate and maintain positive thoughts. The flawless gem will amplify whatever intention the native produces. If the native is unfortunate enough to be generating negative intentions, then also unfortunately the gems can function as amplifiers or signal-repeaters for negative intentions also. However the important point is that the center of power is not the gem. The center of power is the native's own mind. snake-image in gold sounds to me like sympathetic magic and perhaps has a superstitious motivation to place the power outside of the individual. One point to consider is that Kala Sarpa yoga is a permanent condition in the nativity, and the Dosha cannot be "removed" by any outside agency.
The negative effects of the dosha = a Tendency to psychic exhaustion from Over-givingand ungrounded sacrifice (the "martyr type"). These oppressive effects can be relieved through personal attention to one's own behavior and the thoughts which precede the behavior. The ring under no circumstances would be the "cause" of relief. Nor does any material object have inherent divine agencyto "cause" psychic changes. Divine energy flows through the universe in a uniform pattern, and the strongest center for change and healing energy is always the human heart. Outside objects may be beautiful reminders, but the source and origin of change is the divine intelligence, and the base receptor of divine intelligence in the human being is The human heart. ( "Heart" includes the spiritual-mental-emotional-physical levels of heart.) These are my thoughts on such a snake-ring:
All the best, Barbara Pijan Lama, Jyotisha- |
| Q: I have an "almost" KSY but Rahu is joined in karma bhava by Guru-Mangala. It is a welcoming rashi for Guru-Mangala but a bad sign indeed for status-craving Rahu. Rahu periods tend to bring me far too much obligation in life -- family members want money-loans (which I feel they will not repay as I am the great overseas Provider), cultural expectations such as paying for village festivals (although I no longer live there), boss wants extra hours at work (and not a few hours either but nearly a doubling of my paid hours), kids have so many projects and school performances... I feel like everyone has a piece of me. I would have expected more glamour and recognition from Rahu but there in karma bhava Rahu gives me a Shani-weight of exhaustion, duty, and now if I give the loans that are wanted I am facing poverty too! |
A: You are positively right that shadowy, slippery, manipulative Rahu is in a hostile place: out of the shadows into into a high visibility in the public eye (10) and Simha (hot, bright, dry). Although Rahu gives good results in the longer term when He occupies any upachaya bhava (3,6, 10, 11) in the younger life Shri Rahu in 10-Simha = persistently problematic . In addition, with Rahu-Ketu creating an "almost" Kala Sarpa yoga, it is important to avoid the psychological trap of "martyr complex", becoming a sacrificial victim = feeling obliged to give all your savings to your family members. Simha at the pinnacle of the kundali and you presenting enduring a bhukti of Rahu would suggest that these family members are likely males (Surya), and either their leader is the father (Guru in 10) or it is the father directly initiating the disabling (to you) money sacrifice "for the good of the greater family" (KSY). KSY and its modifications suggest a lifelong need for proactive defense against victimization by tribal guilt. Advice:
However, KSY and its modifications often suggests that one was a sacrificial ritual victim in past lives. (There were millions of these in public rituals of a bygone era and still a few today in darker lands.) Therefore be on the alert for voice of powerless, ever-needy victim-mind. Internal victim-narrative, much more than the real-life time-money constraints of Shani, can damage one's mental calm and add guilt-karma to relationships. Probably there is a strong tradition of reactive guilt in your family. Luckily, you are now spiritually equipped to step forward from that tradition and refuse to accept that historic bondage. To live in the present and not be bound to the past, one must have a clear mind! |
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Q: Hi Barbara, how are you? I'm doing okay. I had a question and was hoping you could help me. I'm interested in learning jyotish and wanted to start by looking at my own chart. Now, I've been told that I have "Kala Sarpa Yoga." But in my chart if you take a look, though the Grahado come in between Rahu in the 4th bhava and Ketu in the 10th bhava, the Moon is still slightly outside of Ketu... does that still qualify/constitute as Kala Sarpa Yoga? If you could enlighten me on that then that'd be great. Thank-you so much. |
A : Namaste, According to Shri B.V. Raman, Kala Sarpa yoga does not apply where there is any graha whatsoever in the rashi of Rahu or in the rashi of Ketu.
For KSY to apply, all graha must be contained in those rashi which lie between Rahu and Ketu.
If Chandra occupies the same rashi either with Rahu or with Ketu, the nativity does NOT contain the Kala Sarpa yoga. Please see also KSY comments by BV Raman. Sincerely, Barbara Pijan Lama, Jyotisha |
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