Properties of Dhanusha Rashi

General Suitability of Gems for Dhanusha Lagna

1. Surya ratna = yes! because Surya = L-9 and does not rules any other house

2. Chandra ratna = no-no-no, generally, because Chandra = L-8 and does not rules any other house

3. Mangala ratna = yes, because Mangala = L-5 and L-12

4. Budha ratna = probably not, because Budha = L-7 and L-10 (although there are important exceptions for building career)

5. Guru ratna = yes, almost always, because Guru = the auspicious lagnesha and L-4

6. Shukra ratna = no-no-no, because Shukra = L-6 and L-11

7. Shani ratna = no, because money-maker Shani = L-2 and L-3

8. Rahu-ratna = unknown, depends on Rahu's lord

9. Ketu-ratna = unknown, depends on Ketu's lord

There are exceptions to all of these general rules which are caused by the position of Chandra, the active Vimshottari time lords, and the native's personal goals, inter alia.

"IX. Dhanusha (Sagittarius).

• When represented in numbers the name is equivalent to 9, and the division in question is the 9th division counting from Mesha.

• The sign, therefore, clearly indicates the 9 Brahmas -- the 9 Parajapatis who assisted the Demiurgus in constructing the material universe."

~~ T. Subba Row. (1881). "The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac" in Five Years Of Theosophy. George Robert Snow Mead (ed.). London. (1885, 1894).

"Mystical, Philosophical, Theosophical, Historical and Scientific Essays Selected from "The Theosophist". Available at www.gutenberg.org

Parashara says:

• [They] have a well-proportioned and well-developed body.

• Generally tall with a large forehead, high and bushy eyebrows, long nose, bright eyes, graceful look, fair complexion and handsome figure.

• ... bold, courageous and forceful. They face adverse situations with fortitude. They have self-confidence. They have energy, enthusiasm, vigor and vitality.

• Despite all these qualities they are unable to take quick decision.

• They are God-fearing and love only truth. They stick to their principles.

• They go for higher education and are fond of traveling.

• They are intuitive and their intuition generally proves correct.

Sthana (Domain)

Phul (fruits) - applies as well or better to Chandra lagna

House 1 - Dhanusha [Sagittarius]

Lagnesha Guru rules a natural house of friendly Kuja.

Mula

• Donald Trump

• Sophia Loren (actrice)

Purvashadha

• Larry King (Radio-TV)

• USA Sen. Edward "Teddy" Kennedy

• Marla Maples Trump (socialite)

Uttarashadha

• Jack Welch (GE)

• Catherine Zeta-Jones (actrice)

• Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt

Domain-1 signifies fleshly vitality and personal identity. Tanu bhava energizes individual competition for social validation based on physical behaviors and traits.

The Dhanusha native seeks to develop the physical personality identity through association with humanistic philosophy, a great and optimistic belief in the uplifting power of education, collegial or wisdom-oriented assemblies, public ceremonial festivities, priestly ritual, and religious teachings.

The social personality has an inherent affinity for expansion and growth. The native enjoys learning and traveling, religious and educational events, university life and culture. The native is particularly influenced by one's father (whether favorably or not); one prefers an optimistic response to life.

Dhanusha natives are generally cheerful, positive, inclusive, opportunity-seeking, open-minded folk who have a strong philosophical interest in teaching and coaching others. They strive to maintain a competitively knowledgeable personality and physical appearance.

Appearance

Appearance depends significantly on Guru's condition - sign, house, companion planets, drishti, etc.. Tendency toward a tall, broad physique with a pleasant, friendly demeanor. Shani drishti to lagna has a "can-crusher" effect.

• Dhanusha-lagna folk will have a kapha or milky-colored cast to their complexion, a very slightly soft moonlight patina, which may also have a golden quality (very subtle) relative to their gene pool. Longish legs.

• Can have hip, thigh, or sacral issues if Guru is compromised.

Otherwise enjoys a reliable, healthy body with a Guru-driven tendency to take on weight.

House 2 - Values - Makara [Capricorn]

Shani rules a natural house of friend Shukra.

Values are conservative and traditional, speech is limited and cautious, depending on condition of Shani in D-1/D-9. Dhanusha natives tend to carry forward the banner of family lineage by keeping to the time-honored, historical ways. (Even if those way are deeply dysfunctional, it is difficult for Dhanu lagna natives to alter the strong habits of the family line.)

• Dhanusha natives are financially conventional folks who accumulate wealth slowly, by conservative and predictable means such as savings from fixed salaries

• One is able to start in a low position (Shani); nevertheless, one expects to be rewarded for loyalty and longevity.

• Knowledge of history and languages is limited by pragmatic considerations; one knows the minimum necessary to earn a college diploma or obtain a job; but rarely more.

Shani has a pragmatic, sometimes oppressive, effect on aesthetic perception of material values. The artistic taste is mainstream and conventional for the culture. Dhanusha folks favor simple, practical, tangible, proven values. They have conventional artistic and musical tastes for their generation and enjoy conforming to the local status quo.

Due to Shani's lordship of the house of speech, the Dhanusha native not talk easily or fluently, unless there is an auspicious or liberating drishti to Dhana bhava.

House 3 Kumbha [Aquarius]

Shani + Rahu rule a nature house of Budha.

- Mental Process

Mental health tends to be stable but somber. Significant tendency toward depression.

The thought process may become rigid and dogmatic if Budha is also Shani-ruled.

Depending on the combined effects of Shani + Rahu, the internal mentality may become extremely abstract, driven by principles and theories that the native has adopted out of a deep passion for scientific inquiry and radical rejection of the conventional theories.

Kumbha/3 is also capable of producing a powerful intellectual comprehension of networked relations in conceptual thought, if the angle between Shani and Rahu is supportive of mental engagement in contemporary challenges to standard explanatory theories. In either case, whether rigidly dogmatic or radically free-thinking, the mental process can be very abstract and not easily shared with others.

Prefers to keep their own counsel. Dislikes meetings and continuous social engagements; but will participate if their job status requires it. They are slow, careful, and terse writers who prefer established style and format. Success in writing government reports, laboratory documents, any rule-bound style.

dhanusha lagna are confusing folk. Being Guru-ruled, they are cheerful and optimistic in personality. Yet, their inner thoughts are often gloomy and dominated by rigid beliefs. Distant from siblings and co-workers; not a team person by nature. Prefer to work independently, as in skilled trades or self-owned business, where they have a free, uninterrupted space and can work according to the principles they believe in with minimal interference from others. If Shani is auspicious can grow self-wealthy through dedicated labor.

For Dhanusha lagna, Rahu afflicts third house of business administration, commerce, the neighborhood, the work team, siblings, publications, writing, communications media, the personal internal narrative and brief travels

Mixed signals operate in the sibling group, the cooperative neighbors, and professional work teams (3). The mental health patterns are stable and normal (Shani), but the siblings, team-mates, or neighbors may interrupt (Rahu) the steady development (Shani) of sensible narrative by interjecting passionate and risky information into the daily routine chat.

While overall a socially stable group with definite goal-orientation, the siblings and team-mates are nevertheless subject to sudden upheavals due to passionate and risky behavior. Generally, siblings and closely allied team-mates will be mentally rigid, bound to the ideological positivism of the masses, and also possessed of a culturally unusual identity. The immediate younger sibling in particular is prone to taking risks.

Naturally there will be more upheaval in sibling-team group and in one's own mental narrative during any dasha period of Rahu or transit of Rahu-Ketu through the Simha-Kumbha axis.

House 4 - Meena [Pisces]

Guru rules a natural house of Chandra.

- Home, family, security

Generous and home-loving, appreciative of the mother and a nurturing, supportive parent. Depending on Guru's condition, tend to have welcoming homes where they enjoy the company of a large, extended family. Like to share their warmth and optimism with everyone in their family, forming beneficent relations with nieces, nephews, and family elders in addition to their own spouse and children.

Quality and location of home is not important, except that it be large and fairly peaceful. Likes to live near large bodies of water. Educational levels depend on Guru, but in general dhanusha natives are satisfied with

House 5 - Mesha [Aries]

Kuja rules a natural house of friend Surya.

Romance, Creativity, Children, Performance Art, Authorship, Genius

• theatre of competition and heroic conquest
• performance art of athletic success, physical domination, blood, race, birth

Dynamic self-expression through competition. Depending entirely on the condition of Mars, the Self may express in an adolescent way (Mesha rules adolescence). The native likes kids and action; is a wonderful, natural sports coach, and expresses him/herself with vibrant, immediate, warrior-like enthusiasm. These folks like almost kind of sport, and can be successful sports gamblers if Mars is dignified and they trust their body instincts.

Some aggressive behavior from children, especially in adolescence - but this is well understood as natural development phase by the dhanusha native. dhanusha intelligently channels adolescent instability into sports/military competition with excellent results.

Dhanusha lagna make great school teachers, especially in the high schools and especially when sports coaching is part of their duty, but really at any educational level where achieving short-term goals with high energy is the pattern for success. They imbue confidence in children through competitive individual achievement.

House 6 - Vrishabha [Taurus]

Shukra rules a natural house of Budha

Imbalance: Enemies, Debt/Finance, Illness, Livestock/Pets, Servants

Health can be compromised by sweet-tooth and sensually indulgent habits. Too much sugar tends toward weight gain and teeth problems.

Loves pets and usually has several in the house. If in agriculture will treat animals very nicely. Good with servants and employees, but if Shukra is unbalanced always a risk of mixing service with sensual indulgence. Keynote for the workplace romance.

Depending on condition of Shukra, has few real enemies. Generally well-liked and appreciated in their world.

They get into trouble during periods of the 6th lord just like everyone else, but their sweet attitude toward conflict solves most issues. Health is more serious problem during L-6 periods, including kidney disease and sometimes excess alcohol sugars. If alcoholic, will be a happy drunk with many friends... the problem is not social but physical, esp. because these large folk get sedentary in later life. Generally very nice people.

House 7 - Mithuna [Gemini]

Budha rules a natural house of Shukra.

Balance: Marriage, Alliance, Partnership, Agreements

Marriage is chatty and communicative, a real partnership with healthy sexual energy. Mithuna is a very sexual sign. Basis of sexual attraction is conversation! Has good marriage karma, in general, although much depends as always on the condition of Budha.

Partnerships both marriage and business are busy and mentally stimulating. Capable of developing multiple peer-to-peer relationships and working successfully with both men and women. Career will have a strong element of conversation and short-term socializing, i.e. school teachers who socialize after work, tradesfolk who repair to the sports bar after finishing a construction project, or sports coaches who gather after games to compare views and celebrate.

Contracts, agreements, legal discussions, all types of advising are easy for dhanusha lagna. Divorce is uncommon (unless Budha is damaged) but multiple relationships are part of the package. This is not a contradiction when Mithuna rules house-7; there must be relationship variety in their lives, or they will die of boredom - but this reality casts no aspersion on their core marriage. Rarely in legal disputes, but when they are, their quick access to information and relationship skill is very helpful. They enjoy a creative argument.

Spouse is intelligent, sexual, verbal, may be multilingual and/or multicultural. Spouse or another of the partners may be significantly younger than the native. Spouse is good with business functions like sales, marketing, advertising, public relations etc. The marriage partners may also be business partners.

"If Gemini or Virgo, i.e., Mercury's Navamsha, be descending, the husband will be learned, clever and skillful." ~~ Bhrigu Sutram Ch. 2 4 Shloka 11

If at woman's birth, the 7th bhava or the setting Navamsha be that of Mercury, her husband will be very learned and clever. ~~ BPHS Ch. 80, shloka 22-25

Badhaka-sthana

Domain-7 from Dhanavana lagna = Mithuna = the primary "Badhaka" or harm-causing domain. (Common-rashi lagna typically has some trouble from the spouse, business-partner, attorney-counselor, peer colleague, etc.)

House 8 - Karka [Cancer]

Chandra rules a natural house of Mangala.

Hidden Matters:

Joint Assets, Pooled monies, Secret information, Emergencies,

Healing, Rejuvenation

Cycles of death and rebirth such as surgeries, shocks, and the emergence of hidden truths,

• will inevitably fluctuate.
• Naturally, whichever bhava is ruled by Chandra the Lord of tides and flows will fluctuate.
• The native will undertake many cycles of rebirth and rejuvenation, often stimulated by a sudden change of partnership..

Joint assets of marriage fluctuate and there is emotional volatility regarding the issue of hidden sexual relationships. Spouse contributes more emotional assets than material assets into the union.

Yet the Moon is a very impressionable planet, so matters of joint marital assets, in-law relations, and inheritance will depend on Chandra's role in the radix.

Randhra bhava = 11th-from-10th; the spouse's emotional support is normally a secret source of ultimate gainfulness in the Dhanusha native's career.

The spouse is normally from a family of equal social standing to one's own, typically reflecting the conventional, time-honored family values of the native (see Shani-ruled house-2).

Dhanusha-lagna can access touch-based emotional healing modalities therapeutic massage quite easily. Budha rules 7 + 10. The narrative mind spins fast, especially in business dealings. It is beneficial for career and life in general when Dhanusha native shuts down mentally for short periods, to immerse in healing waters and/or massage.

House 9 - Simha [Leo]

Surya rules a natural house of Great Friend Guru

Ceremonial Religion; the Temple; Priesthood; Guru; Professor; University; Wisdom; Father; Religious teachers and beliefs; Divine Law

The inspiration and consolation of Religion is mainly experienced by Dhanusha as rational moral philosophy. Their religious attention is mainly focused on the Golden Rule. However as always if Surya is compromised they may suffer from irrational beliefs, or hypocrisy.

Dhanusha lagna is very philosophical by nature, and they put great stock in their ability to know what's right. However due to Shani's oppression of house-2 they frequently suffer conservative, dogmatic thinking which precludes authentic inquiry.

The father tends to be strong personalities, possibly overbearing if Surya is excessive. Their ego instinct is to declare a position on all philosophical debates, often out of a personality need to be right rather than having formed an educated opinion. Which ever house Ravi rules is an ego domain for the native; for Dhanusha-rising the realm of higher religion, social morality, and political philosophy is where the ego most robustly asserts itself.

Dhanusha-lagna combination of enthusiasm, likeability, relationship skills, and self-righteousness makes a fine politician. Often these are educators and tradesfolk who later enter politics.

House 10 - Kanya [Virgo]

Budha rules a natural house of Shani

Public Status:

Career, Profession, Public Dignity

Favors a communications career such as writing, teaching, sales, business administration, planning , scheduling, organizing, publishing etc. Check also lord of 10th navamsha.

With Budha = L-10, Dhanus-lagna has plenty of mental energy to invest in career development. They are always thinking, analyzing, planning their next move.

Budha like Chandra is very impressionable. The fate of Dhanusha's public career will vary dramatically with different positions of Budha. They are sensitive to important, career-defining variations in information - such as, where it came from, who delivered it, how it is connected to other sources. Clearly this is a great advantage in political careers, where dhanusha flourishes; but it is also valuable for educators and trades-folk operating their own businesses.

Skillful information handling within a potentially very large system of interconnected sources (depending on Budha's strength) distinguishes the Dhanus-lagna career. Their information "antennae" are always working.

House 11 - Thula [Libra]

Shukra rules a natural house of Shani.

Marketplace:

Networks, Friendships, Associations, Income, Gains

Predisposition toward havinga steady income and enjoying a lifetime of material goal achievement. Venus rules Dhanus-lagna's 6th house of imbalance, along with the 11th house of friendships and marketplace associations. Dhanusha folk are popular with both friends and enemies, at least partly because Dhanusha entertains with sensual pleasure. Natives enjoy expanding the social network.

Shukra's natural instinct to develop balanced relationships brings Dhanus-lagna into the company of attractive, politically astute (Tula) and frequently wealthy and/or powerful people. Unless Shukra is fallen in Kanya (which brings serious trouble with women and possibly scandal) Dhanus-lagna enjoys the company of many well-meaning and generally well-heeled denizens of his/her social world.

Seeks the company (11) of designers (Thula), partners, arrangers, deal-makers, contract-crafters, agreement-seekers, match-makers, negotiators, arbitrators, diplomats, traders, those interested in all of the details of harmonious relationships.

If Shukra is ill-disposed, in dusthamsha, or in Kanya, the traders can be trading illicitly, and the deals made may be quite suspect. Whether the outcome of the relationship sought is positive or negative in the end, the Dhanusha native enjoys the company of those seeking to establish relationships.

House 12 - Vrischika [Scorpio]

Kuja rules a natural house of great friend Guru.

Dissolution of the Physical Identity: Meditation, Sanctuary, Confinement, Privacy, Loss of Identity

Predisposition to expansive and intense private bedroom and fantasy activities. The dream life is passionate and the spirit guides are active. Nevertheless, Ketu (co-ruler of Vrischika) may cause the native to disregard to the dream-fantasy information, so that much psychic building energy is lost through undirected sexual indulgence.

The meditation and inner sanctuary house is somewhat disrupted by Kuja's ceaseless quest for prey. Kuja is the hunter. dhanusha folk might never completely relax. Vyaya bhava is also the house of bed pleasures and other private sensual enclosures. Unless Kuja is weakened, dhanusha folk typically have an active and communicative sexual life.

Body-calming meditation and spa-type deep relaxation are accessible to Dhanus-lagna when they can turn off the mental machine. They enjoy vigorous, demanding types of meditation which require discipline and profound self-inquiry. They like to go hunting in their own subconscious.

Enemies of the marriage, always indicated by the L-12 and graha within vyaya bhava, tend to be males with penetrating sexual energy. They may be touch healers, or mind-healers, magicians, or tantric teachers.

Dhanus-lagna enjoys foreign travel. If Kuja is strong, may take up residence in a foreign land during Kuja's periods. Often they are engaged in battle or secret missions during these travels. Their bodies are fortresses. Dhanus-lagna can withstand tough spiritual discipline such as long winter retreats. However once they have reached their planned goal, they return quickly to the world.

For Dhanusha lagna, Ketu afflicts the twelfth house of dreams, meditation, psychic communication with the astral plane and its inhabitants, sanctuary spaces, the private bedroom, extended travels

The Dhanusha native is raised with an active (Kuja) even dominating but also psychically ambivalent (Ketu) approach toward asserting one's ability to communicate with astral beings. The private bedroom life is muscularly strong and sexually active but also very sensitive psychically. The bedroom companions and spirit guides are natural shamanistic healers.

Dream signals may be confused: on the one hand, Kuja gives sexual prowess, muscular competitive strength, and a joy in movement. On the other hand, Ketu contributes a mystical detachment which can result in a fundamental ambivalence toward the value and use of meditative and intuitive perceptions. One may feel too psychically restless to meditate, and thus one's sense of spiritual direction in life may be rather elusive.

Kuja's warrior confidence and Ketu's lack of boundaries combine to create a tendency for the private bedroom lifestyle and extended foreign travels to enter physically dangerous situations.

Self-destructive behaviors may emerge during Vimshottari dasha periods of Kuja or Ketu. If Kuja is ill-disposed the native must be exceptionally careful when traveling in foreign lands.

The Vrischika psycho-physical healer's complex mainly affects the inspirational fantasy life and the spirit guides, particularly those guides who occupy one's own ancestral lineage. Self-destructive and anti-marriage (12th=6th-from-7th) private behaviors along with Ketu-style denial may arise, if Kuja is ill-disposed. If Kuja occupies 12, the native may prefer to avoid conventional marriage.

Summary of Graha Lordships for Dhanusha Lagna

Surya

L-9

Surya = karaka for charisma, glamour, brilliance, ego, soul, and Divine Intelligence. Ravi controls the all-good dharma bhava, house of priestly ritual and public worship. The father is strong and confident, although possibly a bit egoistic due to karako bhavo nashto.

Career

Because Surya is a karaka for career and public recognition, and Ravi = L-9 for Dhanusha lagna, the Dhanusha native is somewhat disposed toward to accept public roles and professional leadership responsibilities within universities, temples (9) and world traveling religious or philosophical groups (9) . Example environments include ritual priesthood, university professor, specialties of sacred literature and wisdom teaching, temple-based education, religious missionary, preacher, moral talks.

Remedial and Supportive Gems for Surya - Manika (pure Ruby)

quoted from~~ Dr. G. S. Kapoor. (1994). Gems and Astrology. Ranjan Publications, New Delhi. p. 90

• "For the Sagittarius (Dhanu) Ascendant Sun is the lord of the 9th house, the house of Bhagya (fortune).

• Sun is also a friend of Jupiter, the lord of the Ascendant.

• Ruby is therefore a very suitable, agreeable and profitable gem stone for natives of this Ascendant particularly when the Sun is in his own sign in the ninth house.

• Ruby will give the same beneficial results to the Sagittarius natives as it gives in the case of Scorpio Ascendant.

• In addition it prolongs the life of the father of the native."

Chandra

L-8

Psycho-emotional predisposition: Chandra rules house-8

Dhanusha lagna has a psycho-emotional predisposition to expect that access to secret associations and confidential information will provide their security and protection. They are happiest (not always successful but happiest) in mysterious roles that express healing behaviors. E.g., psychotherapist, surgeon, psychic intuitive, money launderer, silent business partner, secret sexual partner, or as the holder of highly confidential information in secure positions such as executive secretary or military officer.

Chandra's radix and navamsha rashi's and any drishti to Chandra will show the native's specific style of pursuing security and emotional fulfillment. (E.g., Moon ruled by Shukra gives confidential roles in beauty and justice; ruled by Shani gives political and military roles handling government and corporate secrets; ruled by Surya a priestly role in communicating religious secrets, etc.)

Typically these natives expect to gain social and emotional stability by investing in hidden information and secret relationships. They often live two lives, one public and one private - and profit thereby. Despite their desire for secure protection, they are prone toward intrigue and may face a lifetime of sudden, unpredictable psycho-emotional upheavals including health crises.

Both the native and his/her mother may suffer mysterious, medically undiagnosable illnesses which a psychic would know to have emotional causes.

The highly fluctuating and impressionable Chandra regulates and empowers randhra bhava, the house of magical transformative healing, emergencies, and hidden or highly confidential information.

Remedial and Supportive Gems for Chandra - Mukta (moti, pure natural Pearl)

quote from ~~ Dr. G. S. Kapoor. (1994). Gems and Astrology. Ranjan Publications, New Delhi.. p. 94

• "For the Sagittarius Ascendant, Moon is the lord of the 8th.

• Persons with this ascendant should avoid wearing a Pearl unless Moon is in his own sign in 8th.

• This should be done in the major period of Moon.

• It will not give any adverse effects if it is worn along with yellow sapphire, the gem stone of Jupiter, the lord of this Ascendant, who is a friend of Moon. "

Kuja

L-5 / L-12

Vital and competitive Kuja controls children, performance arts, politics, brilliant acts of genius, as well as long-term foreign residence, meditation and prayer, contemplative arts, and dissolution of the physical identity.

Remedial and Supportive Gems - Moonga

quoted from ~~ Dr. G. S. Kapoor. (1994). Gems and Astrology. Ranjan Publications, New Delhi. p. 98

• "For the Sagittarius Ascendant, Mars is the lord of the 5th and 12th houses.

• The auspicious lordship of the 5th a trine will prevail over the lordship of the 8th and by wearing Red Coral, the natives of this ascendant will be blessed with children, good fortune, name and fame

•  -- more pronouncedly if Mars is in his own sign in the 5th."

Budha

L-7 / L-10

Conversational and sexually curious Budha suffers from kendra-adhi-pati dosha.

L-7 Budha = the badhaka lord for Dhanavana lagna (Badhaka or "harming" houses = the 9th from a fixed lagna, 7th from a changeable lagna, and 11th from a cardinal lagna. )

Remedial and Supportive Gems: Emerald for Dhanusha lagna:

quoted from ~~ Dr. G. S. Kapoor. (1994). Gems and Astrology. Ranjan Publications, New Delhi. p. 101

• "Mercury is the lord the 7th and 10th. It is said Mercury suffers from Kendra-adhipati dosha on account of his lordship of two Kendras.

• Still if Mercury is in the Ascendant, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th (in his own sign) 9th, 10th, (in his own sign) and 11th; wearing of Emerald in the major period of Mercury will prove advantageous.

• If as a result Mercury (as lord of the 10th) being disposed in the 6th, 8th or the 12th, the native suffers set backs in his profession.

• Wearing of Emerald at that time will help him to overcome his difficulties.

• If as lord of 7th Mercury is not well placed, we recommend that Yellow Sapphire should be used instead of Emerald.

• That will help to overcome the set backs in conjugal life.

• For women Yellow Sapphire will prove very effective as Jupiter is Karaka for husband in a woman's birth chart. "

Guru

L-1 / L-4

Wise and expansive Guru defines the physical body level of social personality identity, as well as the native's approach toward matters of education and property ownership. A natural humanistic educator.

Remedial and Supportive Gems

quoted from ~~ Dr. G. S. Kapoor. (1994). Gems and Astrology. Ranjan Publications, New Delhi. p. 108

• "For the Sagittarius Ascendant Jupiter is lord of the Ascendant and the 4th house.

• The natives of this Ascendant can always wear Yellow Sapphire as a protective charm.

• The beneficial results will be felt pronouncedly in the major and sub-periods of Jupiter.

• If Yellow Sapphire is worn along with Ruby, the gem stone of Sun, the lord of the 9th (Bhagya) house, the results will be more beneficial."

Shukra

L-6 / L-11

Shukra has special importance in male nativities, because Shukra signifies both marriage itself and the influence of the female partner in one's life.

• From the Dhanusha Chandra, L-6 and L-11 Shukra is inauspicious.

• The female partner is inclined to mirror the native's own inner argumentativeness, yet she is gainful and through her the couple may enjoy  an active social network.

• The female partner tends toward illnesses and the male needs to be careful of dormant potential for addition, including addiction to women. 

• Dhanusha men often divorce and remarry (Larry King, Jack Welch , "Teddy" Kennedy); yet each marriage brings more income, achieves more goals, and expands the marketplace association.

Sweet and sensual Shukra becomes an agent of both conflict (6) and gainfulness (11). Shukra brings both the hostility of imbalanced relationships which produce enemies, and the structured network of association through the marketplace of goods and ideas which creates a great circle of friends.

Considering that Shukra is lord of both the 6th AND the 6th from the 6th, Dhanusha is understood to be particularly challenged in the area of promise-keeping and alliance-maintenance. Marital fidelity is not a strong point of Dhanusha, nor is Dhanusha particularly concerned to protect the alliances of others.

Due to Shukra's inauspicious lordship, Dhanusha natives typically have quite a bit of trouble (especially during Shukra periods) with the range of Venusian significators:

• partnerships and alliances of all kinds (Dhanusha should in general avoid business partnerships, or at least be very careful to have the terms of agreement made perfectly explicit)

• art and music; the Muse;

• rich food and drink; luxurious conditions of all kinds; fine perfumes and textiles

• love-making, and the external genitalia (sexually transmitted diseases)

• wives, marriage, and women in general - (Dhanusha is rather prone to divorce)

• (mother, too, is problematic - since Chandra = L-8)

• wealth and the value of stored goods, which tends to follow a pattern of high-highs and low-lows

• Dhanusha women will have issues with jealousy, either predatory females who are jealous of the native, or the native's own envy toward females in her environment (including often one's own friends)

Ex: Larry King, the USA television interview host, still operating a popular show and married to his 8th wife, announce his 8th divorce, in Guru/Shukra period, amidst accusations of marital infidelity, at age 76.

Shukra is an especially difficult graha for Dhanusha nativities in which Mangala = L-6 from both radix lagna (material animosity) and Chandra lagna (emotional imbalance):

1. Dhanusha radix lagna + Dhanusha Chandra

2. Dhanusha radix lagna + Vrishabha Chandra

3. Dhanusha Chandra + Vrishabha lagna

Remedial and Supportive Gems for Shani - Blue Sapphire (neelam) for Dhanusha Lagna,

quoted from ~~ Dr. G. S. Kapoor. (1994). Gems and Astrology. Ranjan Publications, New Delhi. p. 116

• "For the Sagittarius Ascendant, Venus is lord of the 6th and 11th houses.

• Both lordships are inauspicious according to the principles of astrology.

• Apart from that, Venus is an enemy of Jupiter, — the lord of this Ascendant.

• Still

  • if Venus in his own sign in the 6th or 11th

  • or as lord of the 11th is in the Ascendant, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 9th or 10th

• wearing of Diamond in the major period of Venus will bring financial gains to the native.

• If Venus is in the 10th, it will give rise to Amala yoga and Diamond in the major period of Venus will enhance the good effects of this yoga."

Shani

L-2 / L-3

Pragmatic and conventional Shani is a money collector.

Family of Origin (2) is typically modest, materialistic, and orderly in nature, with emphasis on perpetuating the traditional lineage rules for social rank and position. The family culture promotes steady, diligent work and adherence to conventional, material values.

Self-made wealth from domain-3 depends on the disposition of Shani.

• For example, the USA socialite Marla Maples Trump (briefly the second wife of Donald Trump) enjoys the self-made-wealth results of L-3 Shani residing in 2, with swakshetra strength in 2, while an acquisitive Dhanishtha Moon occupies Shani's rashi Kumbha in 3.

• Her birth family is of modest origins. She gained significant money through marriage (Shukra strong in 11),  and lawful Shani in the divorce house-2 (death-and-rebirth of the marriage, 8th-from-7th)

Remedial and Supportive Gems for Shani - Blue Sapphire (neelam) 

quoted from ~~ Dr. G. S. Kapoor. (1994). Gems and Astrology. Ranjan Publications, New Delhi. p. 116-117

• "For the Sagittarius Ascendant, Saturn is lord of the 2nd, the death inflicting house (maraka house) and the 3rd.

• Moreover, Saturn is an enemy of Jupiter, the lord of this Ascendant. It will, therefore, generally not be advisable for the native of this Ascendant to wear a Blue Sapphire.

• But an exception can be made if Saturn is posited in the Ascendant. Good results of such disposition of Saturn are described by Brihat Jatak.

• ... if Saturn occupies the Ascendant at a person's birth, he will be poor, sickly, love stricken, very unclean, suffering from diseases during his childhood and indistinct in his speech.

• However, if any of the signs -- Sagittarius, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Libra be the Ascendant and Saturn should occupy it at birth, the person concerned will be equal to a king, the headman of a village or the mayor of the city, a great scholar and will be handsome.

• Therefore, in a Sagittarius nativity, if Saturn is in the Ascendant, Blue Sapphire will enhance the good effects of the yoga caused by Saturn if it is worn in the major period of Saturn."

Rahu

For Dhanusha lagna, Rahu afflicts the third bhava= business administration, commerce, the neighborhood, the work team, siblings, publications, writing, communications media, and brief travels.

Rahu's effects for Dhanusha lagna depend significantly on Rahu's bhava, rashi, and drishti. Rahu amplifies the effect of any graha who are sharing Rahu's house; and also Rahu magnifies the effects of the lord of His occupied Rashi.

Remedial and Supportive Gems

Rahu is co-lord of domain-3 Kumbha, therefore Rahu-ratna (gomedha) is unlikely to be a beneficial gem *except* for matters of exotic or adventurous writing, and even then only if the lord of domain-3 and its occupants are auspicious.

Ketu

For Dhanusha lagna, Ketu afflicts the twelfth house = dreams, meditation, psychic communication with the astral plane and its inhabitants, sanctuary spaces, the private bedroom, extended travels

Ketu's effects for Dhanusha lagna depend significantly on Ketu's bhava, rashi, and drishti. Ketu amplifies the effect of any graha who are sharing Ketu's house; and also Ketu magnifies the effects of the lord of His occupied Rashi.

Remedial and Supportive Gems

Ketu is co-lord of domain-12 Vrischikha, therefore Ketu-ratna may be a beneficial gem for matters of meditation and withdrawal into the hermit's cave of reflective awareness -- but even then, only if the lord of domain-12 and its occupants are auspicious.

Dhanusha Lagna Friendly and Non-Friendly Domain Lordships

• domains with planetary animosity between natural  and  temporal lord are marked in yellow

• Similar to Meena Lagna, the Dhanusha Lagna does not produce any serious conflict between natural and temporal house lords

Domain

Natural Lord

Temporal Lord

Domain

Natural Lord

Temporal Lord

1

Kuja

Guru

7

Shukra

Budha

2

Shukra

Shani

8

Kuja + Ketu

Chandra

3

Budha

Shani + Rahu

9

Guru

Surya

4

Chandra

Guru

10

Shani

Budha

5

Surya 

Kuja

11

Shani + Rahu

 Shukra

6

Budha

Shukra

12

Guru

Kuja+ Ketu