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	Graha * Bhava	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 between Rahu and Ketu 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
	Introduction to KSY What is Kala-Sarpa yoga and why is it so Dreadful? Example KSY Nativities Nullification of KSY When KSY does *not* apply	Twelve Types of Kala Sarpa Yoga Jyotisha Rules for identification of Kala-Sarpa Yoga Discussion of a sample KSY nativity. KSY: wide range of sacrificial social expression The serpent force : KSY obsession Psychic sensitivity heightened in KSY KSY and Identity Crisis Sacrifice: keynote of KSY KSY and Physical Body Health KSY and Sexuality
	Past-life bleed-through: heroism, ritual murder, and trauma Loss of energy through heroic self-sacrifice KSY Conscious transformation = divine sacrifice Grumpy And hard to get along with? Yes. Crazy or destructive? Usually not. Need for psychic education	KSY = a curse? Rahu's Lord can greatly improve KSY results One Outside Planet : "almost" KSY KSY cancellations: any graha with Rahu? KSY between Ketu and Rahu? KSY by house-pair axis: 1-7, 2-8, 3-11, 4-10, 5-9, and 6-12 KSY comments of B.V. Raman: KSY Remedies KSY: Rahu in lagna Default questing style: duplicitous - illicit. Successful but compulsive KSY vs Sarpa Yoga Effects of KSY, by B.V. Raman: KSY in Mussolini's nativity, by BV Raman Seva for KSY Bach Flower Remedy for KSY "False Bodhisattva"
	Example KSY Nativities: see also: 12 types of KSY	All graha enclosed within the Five bhava from Rahu to Ketu: Opus Dei Santo Jose-Maria Escriva = SAMKA Rahu-9 + Ketu-3 poet of forbidden love Charles Baudelaire = TAKSHAKA Rahu-7 + Ketu-1 UK-PM Margaret Thatcher = GHATAKA Rahu-10 + Ketu-4 Empress of Russia Catherine the Great = GHATAKA Rahu-10 + Ketu-4 All graha enclosed within the Five bhava from Ketu to Rahu: WW2-Nazi propagandist Paul Joseph Goebbels = suicide by bullet after fatally poisoning his wife + 6 children. Chandra lagnesha in Mula-6 = Ketu-1 personality-body + Rahu-7 contracts-Other novelist William Faulkner = Ketu-5 literature-drama + Rahu-11 income-achievement USA Pres-43 George W. Bush = Ketu-5 politics + uchcha Rahu-11 income-achievement Dictator of Fascist Italy 1922-1943 Benito Mussolini = Ketu-7 alliances + Rahu-1 radio-television interviewer Larry King = Ketu-9 + Rahu-3 poet novelist Rainer Maria Rilke = Ketu-9 + Rahu-3 Alfred Hitchcock fear films = Ketu-12 imagination+ Rahu-6 Beatle Paul McCartney = between Ketu-4 and Rahu-10
	Shri Bangalore Venkata Raman. (1947).300 Important Combinations p. 327 (bold-type emphasis by BPL) Full text of Shri Raman's KSY comments KSY comments of B.V. Raman:	"Kala Sarpa Yoga has its bright shades. It makes one industrious, hardworking, aware of one' s own ability - despite mental restlessness. It raises the natives to top positions in their respective fields provided of course other Raja Yoga are present. 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 get betrayed by trusted friends and even relatives. 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. .... No single yoga, including Kala Sarpa Yoga, is capable of marring or making a horoscope. 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."
	Introduction to KSY	Kala-Sarpa Yoga is a rather late accrual to the Jyotisha inventory of planetary yoga. Historically, Rahu and Ketu gained prominence in the Jyotisha commentary literature starting around 600-800 C.E. -- long after the main body of literary classics were recorded. ThereforeKala-Sarpa Yoga is not listed in the hoary classical works such as Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra. Since its medieval rise to popularity, however, Kala-Sarpa Yoga has captured the interests of practicing Jyotishi. Similar to the commonplace but ridiculously over-simplified beliefs surrounding Kuja dosha ("mangalika") KSY is believed to entail many horrible and crippling consequences. 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. Psychologically, KSY may produce a pattern of self-glorification (Rahu) mixed with self-mortification (Ketu). Emotionally there can be a deep conviction that one has been chosen as an agent of higher destiny. This conviction supports both unusual risk (Rahu) and unusual detachment (Ketu). Rahu always wants to go higher. Ketu always wants to disconnect. KSY imposes a particularly high-frequency oscillation of the attraction-repulsion cycle . 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 Phase-1 announces "urgent ambition to distinguish oneself and obtain privilege NOW" (Rahu) Phase-2 announces "abandon attachments and nebulize into a state of witness, prayer, egolessness NOW" (Ketu). 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. Being used for "higher purposes" may produce especially during the dissolving, pulverizing Ketu phase a sensation that one's life force is being 'consumed' by the deities. In modern parlance, phrasing such as being 'eaten alive by worry' or 'consumed by one's work' may be heard from the KSY native. One's own individual needs may seem irrelevant to the higher needs of the group. Naturally such a perception may frame a sacrificial personality often found in the lives of the saints. However, the point of confusion is that Rahu dominates this personality and that means there will be periods of burning desire for recognition and "unearned rewards".
	Obsessive-Compulsive patterns	KSY psycho-mental oscillation pattern may lead to obsessive-compulsive behavior. During the Ketu phase, dissolution of material ambition and sacrificial "beheading" of the ego demonstrate surrender of one's life force to the goals and needs of one's community, tribe or nation. KSY-native appears detached and highly spiritualized, non-reactive, and often absorbed in reflective prayer. There may be a compulsion to let everything go, to scatter one's possessions, and even to attempt to break apart one's own body. However during Rahu phases, Devious Desiring Rahu may attempt to utilize these very acts of apparently selfless spiritual detachment as the launching platform from which the Hungry One can "get it all back" (in spades). Under camouflage of apathetic saintliness, the KSY native may then act on a powerful compulsion to self-promote toward ever-higher levels of elite privilege. The nature of these intensely desired privilegespan> ar may be known via the bhava occupied by Rahu.
	Jyotisha Rules for identification of Kala-Sarpa Yoga:	All planets must be "hemmed in" between Rahu and Ketu, as we read clockwise in the southern-style radix chart. According to B.V. Raman, Rahu must occupy one of the first six houses from the lagna, i.e., bhava 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6. According to B.V. Raman, If even one planet is outside the "clutches" of Rahu-Ketu - if even one planet is not hemmed in - Kala-Sarpa yoga does not apply. If even one planet is outside the "jaws of the serpent", results may be surprisingly good for social-change leadership or activism. The person knows all about the destructive powers of wild, excessive desire but one is not entrapped by those desires. Rather, one serves those who are trapped. Results can be world-scale compassionate leadership - Especially if that one "saving planet" is a benefic like Jupiter or Venus. 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.
	Nullification of KSY B.V. Raman, Catechism of Astrology. Part II, page 35	"Kalasarpa will have its effects nullified if one of the planets especially Mercury is exalted and occupies a favorable strong position or Lagna is outside Rahu and Ketu."
	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). This should not be confused with "Sarpa Yoga" given by all great Rishis as being formed by the presence of Saturn in one of the kendra, Mars in another kendra, and the Sun in another without any association with benefics. Both these yogas are Arishta Yogas. The first Kalasarpa will have its effects nullified if one of the planets especially Mercury is exalted and occupies a favorable strong position or Lagna is Outside Rahu and Ketu. 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."
	~~ 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, does it constitute Kalasarpa Yoga? Ans: By Kalasarpa Yoga is meant the situation of all planets between the two nodes. When Saturn is outside the semicircle forming this yoga, then it implies the cancellation of the yoga."
	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 comments KSY in Mussolini's nativity, by BV Raman	Q. 48. Is there Kalasarpa Yoga in [Benito] Mussolini's horoscope? Ans. There is no doubt Kalasarpa Yoga in Mussolini's horoscope; but the evil is tempered because the planets are hemmed in not between Rahu and Ketu but between Ketu and Rahu. Mussolini has a powerful Sula Yoga(one of the Nabhasa Yogas), because all the 7 planets are concentrated in the three houses and the 7th, the 8th and the 9th. This is quite unfavourable and will have a very adverse effect especially now that Saturn is at present transiting Mussolini's Janma Rashi, in which are placed Saturn and Mars. [BPL note, Raman would have written this answer in approx. 1942 whilst gochara Shani passed over the center of Mussolini's janma rashi, Vrishabha = bhava-8. E.g., Saturn Return + Sade-Sati. The by-then-reviled dictator was assassinated via gunshot to the chest, and his corpse subjected to violent abuse.]
	Twelve Types of Kala Sarpa Yoga	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. The fact that Rahu-Ketu "encircle" the seven classical graha does not worsen the prediction. 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, George W. Bush KSY has natal Rahu-11-Vrishabha = social and financial networking. Uchchamsha Rahu in 11 is a virtual guarantee of extraordinary wealth from gains in the marketplace, often via questionable means. Bush's L-11 Shukra occupies the eastern horizon (radix lagna). Mr. Bush hails from a wealthy and well-connected (11) family (Shukra L-4 roots). His "connections" are not much impeded in this life, and his broad circle of wealthy association can be expected to take him a long way in life, despite other disabilities in the nativity. One of the disabilities is Mr. Bush's inevitable Ketu in 5, which scatters the output of the natural charisma and makes the person appear disinterested or dull. Neither the fact of his large and powerful marketplace-profitable network (Rahu -Vrishabha-11) nor the fact of his apparently blunted intelligence (Ketu-Vrischika-5) could be said to have produced especially evil results in his career, his income, or his relationship to his children. Rahu-Ketu simply amplified the realities of his social-financial well-connectedness (11, Vrishabha) and his apparent lack of incisive genius (5, Vrischika). Or as the American idiom goes, "not the sharpest knife in the drawer." USA President Bush-43's KSY is likely nullified, according to the rule of BV Raman, by the strength of Budha in his Karkata lagna enjoying parivartamsha yoga with Chandra-Kanya. 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.
	The serpent force	"Kala" = "earth-time" and "sarpa" means "serpent". One translation of Kala-Sarpa-Yoga = the serpent-force has enclosed your entire incarnation. The serpent-force is Naga energy, which is essentially Earth energy, the psychic power of chthonic deities. The Nagaare huge, ancient serpent-like deities who continue to control the psychic shield around our planet Earth. Naga beings live in the subtle-particle (astral) realm which interpenetrates the physical realm. They are overseeing entities, of a much higher vibrational constitution than human beings or other earth-animals. Definitely not to be confused with the common earth reptile! Ancient Indo-Tibetan tradition and some modern esoteric traditions are sensitive enough to detect the presence of Naga energy. These traditions describe Naga effects in detail. 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.
	Vocabulary = Naga Koeln Sanskrit Dictionary	- 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
	Names of the Nine Naga	Vasuki, Ananta, Takshaka, Varuna, Padmaka, Sankhpala, Kulika, Mahapadma, and Karkotaka

What is Kala-Sarpa yoga and why is it so Dreadful?	First of all, it is really not that dreadful! KSY may Obsessive, desire-driven , or psycho-mentally impatient , but not (normally) deadly or dangerous. 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 native may have limited self-knowledge but they are quite driven to use all of their personal resources to satisfy their singular desire. One often appears to "not have much of a life" because they are so focused in a single channel. 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. The group upon which KSY may be obsessively focused can be a family network, a religious cult, a political party, a profession, or any association of people committed to a shared cause. the native 's hunger to satisfy the desires of the group transforms the native 's entire life into a vehicle for this desire. The ideology upon which KSY may be obsessively focused can be political, religious, or anything in between. The goal upon which KSY may be obsessively focused can be physical, mental, social, emotional, or spiritual. The power upon which KSY may be obsessively focused can be psychic, material, punitive, liberating, utterly private, totally global, or anything in between.
KSY = wide range of sacrificial social expression	KSY may manifest though a driven ideologue whose personality is consumed by a hunger to lead their group into political power.[Margaret Thatcher] KSY can express through a parent who does not live one's own life, but rather lives entirely through one's children, sacrificing everything for the children. KSY can signify a wife who literally lives through her husband, and who commits suicide upon the spouse's death. KSY can create a teacher who lives through their students. KSY may under highly auspicious circumstances creates a son of God who sacrifices one's life for the transformation of humanity. 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. If the goals are socially recognized, KSY's intense and dedicated drive may bring the native worldwide recognition and praise. If the goals are considered socially deviant, the native may be criminalized and eventually executed. KSY does not define the goal. KSY defines theobsessive psychological driveto reach the goal.
KSY Obsessions	The Kala-Sarpa nativity predicts a lifetime of potentially Obsessive habits and concerns. Key transits of Rahu-Ketu have enhanced dramatic effect in their lives. The "dreadful" effects of Kala-Sarpa yoga can much mitigated if the chart is otherwise strong - i.e., if there are Raja Yoga s in placeand dasha periods are favorable. In the charts of political people, celebrities and those high in the public eye, "true" Kala Sarpa yoga will give its classic result: "Great fall in life at the pinnacle of achievement."
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'. Certainly if neither party is awareof their channeling gifts, these partnerships can be ego-destructive. However, the converse is also beautifully true. If aware of their powers, KSY people can be genius healers, trance mediums, and clairvoyant image readers.
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 imagery. 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 psychic strain of this condition can cause terrible pain in the physical body.The pain is authentic but the pain is typically diagnosed as "somatic" which is invalidating to the KSY native who is feeling it. The problem is that KSY natives use their physical bodies to channel conflictaway from the people they are serving. KSY people are found doing this in the fields of medicine, government leadership, family business, and simple homemaking. They are the people who keep a fractured, conflicted group together by sacrificing themselves for the benefit of group harmony.
KSY and Physical Body Health	KSY females who use their bodies to absorb psychic conflictwill tend to experience radically fluctuating, usually unmanageable excess bodyweight. Bodily impact is especially acute if Moon or lagnesha is involved with Rahu-Ketu. Additionally the spinethr through which Kundalini energy flows, is often a site of much undiagnosable nerve pain. Pain and weight management begins to become possible when the native comes to understand their psychic permeability, victim orientation, and sacrificial nature. KSY males also experience fluctuating body weight but they tend more toward the spinal pain. For both males and females, very close attention to the endocrine balance as well as daily meditation and conscious management of psychic boundaries are essential to a quality lifestyle.
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. Whenever Rahu is overly strong, the native will face various issues regarding boundaries. Generally speaking Rahu signals the native to crash, overcome, or invade boundaries. The children who are passive objects of predatory boundary-crashers tend to become adults who repeat the same boundary-disrespecting behaviors. Skillful, articulate, and intentional negotiation of restrictive, outgrown boundaries may be the mark of genius. Obsessive, crude, dehumanizing aggression across protective boundaries is normally considered a criminal act. Rahu's lord can make the difference between an act of genius and an act of criminal disrespect. KSY in the 6/12 axis can give 'betrayal'. Females and males may be prone to child sexual victimization within their own families as they become the conflict absorber who calms and reintegrates angry and predatory adults.
Past-life bleed-through: heroism, ritual murder, and trauma	The default KSY state is unfortunately to suffer increasing pain caused by toxicity and attachment to the victim state. Subconscious memories continue to pump forward desire to repeat an ancient cycle of self-destructive desire. Recall the myth of Rahu-Ketu! The KSY native was a victim of public religious sacrificeinpast lives. One continues to live out the ego identity as one who will be destroyed in order than others shall flourish. 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). KSY people are living out this carryover self-image, inscribed in unspeakable trauma, encased in heroic dignity, and so dominant in the consciousness that it drowns out every other call to self-development. Essentially KSY are trying torescue the tribe through destroying themselves.In modern life this is rarely effective. In fact it is tragic and embittering. So it is a very good idea for KSY people to see how their initial healing instinct is classically self-destructive, and to consciously avoid the attractions of the victim state.
Loss of energy through heroic self-sacrifice	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. KSY people often wake up after a lifetime of giving their energy to othersand say, "Why didn't I get an education? Why didn't I save money for retirement? Why didn't I marry the person I loved, but instead married the person who advanced my cause? Why am I sick, bitter, and resentful that everyone around me is doing better than I am?" False Bodhisattva 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.
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. This is a rare but exquisitely beautiful possibility for the super-conscious KSY. 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. Rather, one may have tremendous vital charisma and deepest possible satisfaction in one's own life. 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.	Crazy or destructive? Usually not. 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." Unless the hyper-sensitivity of KSY is accompanied by other destructive planetary combinations, the extreme potential of KSY is only partly felt. Generally, KSY gives strong sensitivity -- not psychosis! Also it is important to remember that even the most ominous-looking KSY can easily be cancelled by "Kalasarpa will have its effects nullified if one of the planets especially Mercury is exalted and occupies a favorable strong position -- or Lagna is outside Rahu and Ketu." ~~ B.V. Raman, A Catechism of Astrology. Part II, page 35 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. If KSY folk can build a successful psychic shield, they can be transformative leaders of a great healing change in society. IMO, Kala Sarpa Yoga represents the effect of intense tantrik training in past lives.The KSY person is predisposed, for good or evil, toward channeling foreign energies and opening themselves to become vessels for spirit communication. 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.
A Curse?	Village astrologers may refer to KSY as a "curse". IMO, a superstitious approach to Jyotisha is never healthy or useful. KSY is more beneficially understood as a psychic management challenge. KSY can be intelligently and successfully handledto produce optimum results. Utilizing the enormous psychic sensitivity entailed in KSY, the native may become transformed into a world-class healer in the field which Rahu's lord suggests. The KSY native's life experience depends heavily on direction from Rahu's lord.
Rahu's Lord can greatly improve KSY results	Rahu =foreigners and taboo-breaking. Rahu rules no houses. Rahu is obliged to give the results of his planetary lord. If Rahu's lord is auspicious, Rahu's lord will provide a socially recognizable, validated public role. The dignity of the role protects the native from the sociopathological effects of excess contact with taboo substance or behavior. 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, the native may enjoy a tremendously influential career in communications (Gemini) within the health-care industry (Virgo). Rahu Himself must be a taboo-breaker somehow - this is His nature. Natural choices for medical communications specialty might be taboo diseases - sexually transmitted diseases, leprosy, other diseases associated with immoral behavior or "curse" (taboo). Since Mithuna is itself a sexual sign, and Budha is swakshetra in the sign of Gemini, the attraction toward communications genius regarding sexually transmitted diseases is especially strong. the native is naturally willing to have contact with outcastes and strangers, to travel in foreign lands, and to maintain a relentlessly neutral attitude even while managing a terrifying world epidemic (while the " clean" people turn the other way...). 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. If the one outside planet is Surya(Sun) the person has strong leadership dharma and will probably teach moral philosophy as a guru to dark souls desperate for spiritual information If the one outside planet is Chandra(Moon) the person has tremendous compassion for the masses. Through his caring speech he can uplift large numbers of desire-tortured people. If the one outside planet is Mangala(Mars) the person is a gifted social leader who will fight injustice and rally the cause of upliftment for the least powerful (See Jimmy Carter.) If the one outside planet is Budha(Mercury) the person will use his calculating mind in organizing detailed planning and resource accounting to serve large-scale justice movements designed to lift the masses from their ignorance If the one outside planet is Guru(Jupiter) the person has extraordinary wisdom about other people's desire-caused troubles. He can be a healing professional like a psychologist (perhaps a criminal psychologist) who feels great compassion toward those who are victims of terrible desires. (see Mahatma Gandhi.) If the one outside planet is Shukra(Venus) the person can also save the world (or his own little section of it!) but the vehicle of upliftment will be arts and music. It is well known that music alone has the real power necessary to change society! If the one outside planet is Shani(Saturn) the person will be exceptionally self-protective, risk-averse and savvy about the darker side of human nature, but he might participate in social justice movements in a conservative function like legal work with intractable, repressive regimes. 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 .)
KSY cancellations: any graha with Rahu?	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. Some restrict the cancellation, saying that the Rahu-accompanying planet must be in a lower degree than Rahu in order for KSY effect to obtain.
KSY between Ketu and Rahu?	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.
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. The 6/12 axisis associated with betrayal by colleagues or family members. 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 1/7 axisis obviously inauspicious for marital happiness. "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.) 2/8gives intrigue of money, mishandling of shared funds, accounting scandals etc. The person has many ups and downs financially - often great wealth, wiped out, and rebuilt several times 4/10will mark setbacks in career unless 10th-rashi or 10-lord is strong. Roller-coaster cycles of rise-and-fall in public life, with tremendous fame attended by scandal creating collapse. 5/11creates difficulties with children, income, and one's community of friendships. Rahu in 5th overall denies children. Yet the KSY, in combination with other yoga, can create too many children, birth defects or accidental deaths for children, or other catastrophic results. 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".
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. In brief, I have seen many nativities of perfectly normal people who live out their entire lives with KSY and are fairly happy. As Shri B.V. Raman writes, "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. Passions may become extreme. One becomes such an expedient actor, that no moral principles can restrain him in this life. When Rahu rises, Ketu must occupy bhava-7 = spouse. Native's passions harm the spouse. The life mate becomes "collateral damage" in the native 's hungry quest for power. Raman writes (p. 328): "evil gets intensified if lagna is between Ketu and Rahu" whereas "evil is almost neutralized if lagna is between Rahu and Ketu."
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 methods employed by Rahu are typically duplicitous and illicit. Recall the myth of Rahu-Ketu. Rahu will do "whatever it takes" to drink the gods' Amrita! Traditionally Kala-Sarpa " victims" experience ruined marriages, spoiled career/chronic unemployment, hardship, and chronic debt. Major periods of Rahu or Ketu are devastatingly difficult. Kala-Sarpa yoga gives a peculiar mental statethroughout life, which is much exacerbated during the nodal returns/oppositions at 18, 27, 36, 54, 72, etc. If other graha support wealth, the native may well be surrounded by wealth and material luxury. But one cannot experience full pleasure from the deluxe conditions. One is always craving a moreintenselevel of experience. One is willing to "throw out the baby with the bathwater";, to sacrifice basic order and stability in life, in order to pursue the next, exciting new experience. 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.
Successful but compulsive	Rahu/Ketu gain tremendous strength in Kala-Sarpa Yoga.One has the power to get the job done. the native is very successfulin manifesting the craved experiences. However, despite Rahu's power to intensely concentrate the intelligence and attention, which could ideally yield high productivity and creative genius, KSY folks are not so happy. 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.
Kala-sarpa yoga vs Sarpa yoga.	Sarpa yoga occurs when all benefics are in kendras while all malefics (Surya, Kuja, Shani) occupy kona (1-5-9) houses. Don't count the Moon's position for Sarpa Yoga. 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.
Bach Flower Remedy for KSY:	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.
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. Kala Sarpa yoga is a part of life for the person who chose to be born with it. With sufficient consciousness, the native will mature morally, emotionally, and psychologically into learning how to manage and direct the Kala Sarpa effects. Another thing to consider is that metals in Jyotisha remedial gem settings (gold, silver, platinum, occasionally copper, panch-dhatu) are designed to support and not interrupt the signal-strengthening properties of the gems. The metal is not itself a conducting agent, but it favorably supports the gem. If the golden snake is applied in a ceremony designed to ground and strengthen the native 's commitment to learn to appreciate and handle properly the Kala Sarpa dosha (in other words to be aware of a tendency to sacrifice one's own energies toward the well-being of one's people) then wearing such a ring could be a positive decision. Such a ring could serve as a "reminder" and help the native "pay attention" to one's own thought process, monitor expectations and reactions, etc. The psychic transactions of the Kala Sarpa dosha native do tend to be highly reactive (Rahu-Ketu influenced) so it could be spiritually beneficial to have such a reminder in a visible place. That conscious, vow-grounded approach toward wearing a golden snake ring could be useful indeed. However please use caution in regard to the motive for applying the snake ring. If the motive is superstitious, based on the belief that one's power to mature and guide the intention of one's own thoughts and reactions in any way lies Outside the Self, this is misleading and disempowering. Superstition - literally meaning "standing outside oneself" - is a dangerous motive. Superstition should be scrupulously avoided when dealing with remedial gems and the culture surrounding them. Kala Sarpa dosha will not be "removed" under any circumstances, because the native 's spirit chose this astral configuration before the time of birth in order to use it as an important learning path within the current incarnation. 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: If the purpose is to superstitiously apply a magical talisman and expect The ring itselfto do the work rather than the person wearing it, this is going in the wrong direction. Such a process will have the effect of deepening the Kala Sarpa bondagethrough disempowerment of the heart. However, if the purpose is to serve as a beautiful, visual 'reminder' of the spiritual workthat one has willingly undertaken in this lifetime, it is a lovely idea and may provide cheerful inspiration to push onward along the path of truth. 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: Consider taking charge of the process, refuse victim-mind. If you choose to give your life savings - much of it earned via overtime hours and other sacrificial methods - to "the fam", then try to do that as the result of a neutral, self-determined business decision. The KSY personality is usually tightly bound to "The Family" in larger ethnic sense of tribe = family. Thus KSY considers the welfare of the full, extended family even including the ancestors when KSY makes a decision. Just make sure that your choice is a "decision" and not an act of martyrdom. The decision should be rationally defensible in terms of your personal, educated, and consciously articulated values. Rahu-Ketu are desire-driven thus very un-reasonable. Establishing a voice of adult reasoning in Rahu Times is no small battle! Even if it features some aggressive tension (Mangala), your core identity with the extended family = quite strong psychologically . Do the cost-benefit analysis and you determine that "rescuing" a highly-placed family member really is in your own best interest in the long term. Try to avoid getting tangled in guilt, grief, and other emotional bondage (Rahu-Ketu) that can disturb the clarity of one's decisions -- leaving the feeling that one is a victim of circumstances. Rather, acknowledge that giving your savings "away" is a choice made in the full light of awareness (Surya). "There are no victims" - this is a fundamental truth. 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!
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 example, in the nativity of Nelson Mandela, KSY does not Apply because Ketu shares Vrishabha rashi with Shukra. For KSY to apply, all graha must be contained in those rashi which lie between Rahu and Ketu. For example, the nativity of George W. Bush displays a legitimate KSY. 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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