Om Shrim Vatsalaya Namaha

Om Vatsalaya Namaha

Neelanjana Samaabhasam - Ravi-putram Yama- agrajam Chchaya-martaanda Sambhootam

Makara * Ena * Capricorn

Chandra in Makara

woodcut from Liber Astronomiae by Fra. Guido Bonatti, c. 1277

• Akokera

• Enadriz * Ena

• Makar * Makra * Makraka * Magaram

• Mriga * Mrigadriz * Mrigaasya

• Nakra

Law - Regulation - Step - Stage - Status - Position - elite - Rank - Order - Hierarchy - Pyramid -

Government - Society -

Leadership - Responsibilities -

Recognition, reputation, Respect for Positions of Power

Institutional hierarchies of governance, social rank, executive leadership, skeletons, bones, and the Rules of Law.

Uttara-ashadha = ruled by brilliant, creative, attention-center Surya = politics + theatre

Surya mulatrikona = Simha bhava-8 mystical knowledge, masks, secret doings, hidden resources, disasters, poisons, unseen forces, catastrophic upheaval, revolution, sudden unexpected changes, cycle of death and rebirth

• dramatist politician poet William Butler Yeats

• USA Pres-34, Dwight D. Eisenhower + Guru

• South Africa President Nelson Mandela

Shravana = ruled by intuitive protective, habitual, customary Chandra "the listener"

Chandra mulatrikona = Vrishabha bhava-5 = genius, political entitlements, royalty, entertainment, gambling, center-stage, charismatic performance, creative literature

• USA Sec. of State 2005-2009 Condoleezza Rice

  "Lord of the Rings" writer JRR Tolkien + Shukra

• UK-Prince Consort Philip Mountbatten b.1921

Dhanishtha = ruled by active, competitive, challenging, vital Mangala "the social-climber"

Mangala mulatrikona Mesha = 4th from Makara * homeland, roots, patriotism, protectionism, boundaries, Home Culture, settlements, farming, ranching, campus, lands and property ownership (including what is underneath the land e.g. oil, gas, minerals)

• "TM" Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

• Pres France 1944-1946; 1959-1969 Gen. Charles de Gaulle (?)

• Dictator of Cuba 1959-2008 Fidel Castro

• media networks CNN Ted Turner

• balladeer Johnny Cash = "man in black" (?)

• tamo-guna;

(tamas,inert)

1. Mesha

2. Vrishabha

3. Mithuna

4. Karkata

5. Dhanushya

6. Makara

• prithivi tattva;

(earth element)

1. Mesha

2. Vrishabha

3. Karkata

4. Dhanushya

5. Makara

befriends "Vrischika-08" types:

disaster-responders, the emergency-oriented

plungers, divers, drillers, miners, penetrators

knowers of state secrets; knowers of personal secrets

keepers of hidden treasure, managers of masked wealth that is hidden from government taxation

participants in hidden liaison

the secretive and manipulative,

explorers, investigators, detectives, examiners

those concerned with the conditions of death such as surgeons and forensic scientists

tantric healers, those who heal by mysterious means

identity transformers;

those disconnected (12th-from) higher wisdom;

leaders (10th from) of community development

Makara prefers to make friends with persons who have access to hidden resource treasuries. Unless a luminary (Surya, Chandra) occupies bhava-11, Makara's network of associations may remain largely, intentionally unseen.

1. Surya ratna = no-no-no. Surya = dushthamsha L-8

2. Chandra ratna = no, generally, because kendra-adhi-pati dosha for Chandra = L-7

3. Mangala ratna = no. Mangala is an enemy of lagnesha Shani and Mangala = L-4 and L-11

4. Budha ratna = yes, because Budha = L-6 and L-9 (apply with caution for those with health issues)

5. Guru ratna = no-no-no. Guru = L-3 and L-12

6. Shukra ratna = yes. Yogakaraka Shukra = L-5 and L-10

7. Shani ratna = yes, because Shani = the auspicious lagnesha and L-2

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.

Shani + Shukra in Makara lagna

• An exchange of Rashis between Karma's Lord and Lagna's Lordwill make the native associated with the king in a great manner. ~~ BPHS , Ch. 40, Sl. 13

• If the lord of the Lagna and the 10th exchange Bhavawith each other then they form a Raja Yoga . They will confer high position, reputation and power. ~~ BPHS,Ch. 5, Sl. 41 ,

Vrischika: befriends disaster-responders, the secretive and manipulative, exploratory, drillers and miners; controlling; shamans, healers, and transformers; detectives; those less concerned with higher wisdom; those holding secrets; the emergency-oriented

Attacks, tradition, badly in need of guidance, change, dissatisfaction, destiny, fate, destruction of traditional values, difficulties, rebirth, doesn't like advice, doesn't like religion, excruciating pain, feminine, earthy, movable, hardening, hardship, has no feelings, inwardly satisfying, likes aggression, much likes being energized, likes hard work, low class, very controlled, mental torture, moving forward, mundane existence, non-philosophical, offended by religion, sinful, slow. (this list is adapted from Das)

Makara and Kumbha = Mriga's Animal nature, classically exemplified by the behavior of crocodiles (makaram, kumbham) in the jungle.

Mrigaasya has the herd instinct. heir animal-based behavior is straightforward and predictable. It is almost completelyreflexive And instinctive.

One of the great virtues of a Makara incarnation is that one can live life largely apparently uninterrupted by the vicissitudes of human style "choice". What choice-making occurs is only on a limited basis regarding enhancement of material survival through reducing the fear response. The choice process is fully resolved in the moment of material attainment, which is to say the the Maraka native is happy with tangible proof of his survival And does not spend a lifetime seeking ineffable qualities such as meaningfulness or enlightenment.

• Makara rules the "base" chakra near the coccyx /anus which acts on brain signals regarding physical protection and security. Social approval which reduces fear of isolation or starvation is extremely important to this native, and one will do whatever seems required to obtain it.

Shani's lordship emphasizes the role of the Reptile Brain, the source of signals encouraging survival through conformity and single-minded pursuit of material requirements. Attributes of solid citizenry such as property ownership, military protection, lawfulness, conservative politics, respect for traditional social practices, respect of caste boundaries are

• As a general rule, Makara natives are vigorously straightforward individuals of the "guardian" type whose aspirations are predominantly guided by matters of security and material comfort. They are dependable, reliable, steady, always hungry, eager to conform, and easily startled.

• dry, rocky, windy

• doesn't have to be cold, but should be very dry

• colors are muted, dried by the sun and wind - colors of rock, bone, stone, dried wood, sand, dust, dried grass

• politically conservative, "law and order"

• doesn't have to be intolerant or homogenous, but if there is diversity, everyone needs to live under the same laws

• usually not near large bodies of water, but there can be rivers, underground waters etc so long as it is rocky and dry on the surface

• very orderly place, the laws are enforced

• but it does not have to be oppressive or hostile; but people must share one single system of government

• government regulations and those who work for government dominate the environment

• usually the national government has a presence in addition to regional bureaucracy

• included also: large hierarchical organizations like big corporations, and universities, public libraries, medical clinics, and jails or prisons which are extensions of the government

• there is usually some money-wealth in this environment, but the main value is rank and position

• usually it is a broad expanse of dry land that is not good for farming so it becomes ranchland, a big terrain for cattle grazing, or if its really dry then

• older people who want safety

• old-order folks who want the world to remain the same as the world they were raised in

  people of any age, who want to maintain the old way of doing things

• bureaucrats, people who like and need a fixed routine, people who thrive in a highly regulated environment

• people who believe that everyone should conform toa single set of rules

• people who need respect and recognition for their position in the hierarchy

• people who like to belong to hierarchical organizations such as conservative churches, social groups based on conservative beliefs, and law-and-order political groups

• people who fear the loss of routine, the loss of predictability, the loss of respect

• people who fear shortages and scarcity, disorder, loss of face, and loss of position

• people who dislike innovation, challenge to the old way, suggestion of alternatives to the conventional rule of law

• people who need and want a great deal of structure in their lives, and who do not want to take chances

• people who need to make decisions and give orders that force others to conform

• people who think that they are or should be in the social elite

• people who think that reality is a pyramid structure, usually with a deity or a supreme commander at the top

Makara and Kumbha = the two rashis of Shani.

• Makara governs the "solar" side of Shani's terrain. Makara rules "bottom" of the pingala nadi = central solar channel in the subtle yogic body, the solar side of muladhara chakra.

• Kumbha rules the "lunar" side of Shani's terrain. Kumbha governs the "bottom" of the ida nadi = the central lunar channel which rules on the left side of the sushumna. (Or, it can be seen to form a caduceus-type snake-wrap around the central core, crossing at chakra points. There are several viable models.)

• Makara is thus a more outgoing and productive sign than Kumbha. When Shani occupies swakshetra of Makara, He will be dutiful, dedicated to the active wellbeing of his hierarchy, devoted to developing healthy new structures. Compared to Kumbha, Makara is more warm, more rational, more concerned with outward appearances, more ego-oriented and more status-conscious.

• Planets in Makara certainly get the cold, dry, pessimistic, somber, materialistic, and structural influence of Shani. But when considering the difference between Shani's character in his two adjacent rashi of Makara and Kumbha, it's important to note the solar psychic quality of Makara to understand how different these two rashi are.

• Frawley's explanation of why Kuja is exalted in Makara, for example, is eminently sensible. (By contrast, Kuja is Kumbha is known to be weak and confused.)

Makara is a "cold, dry" rashi, ruled by a "cold, dry" planet, Shani.

• Mercury (Budha) and Saturn (Shani) are considered cold planets because they are concerned with material and mental matters notwithstanding the feelings of the heart.

• As a generality, the four "cold" lagna are Mithuna, Kanya, Makara, and Kumbha. Natives of these four lagna tend to live on the material and/or mental surface of life.

• Their social identity is directed largely by their sense of mental activity (Mithuna and Kanya) or their sense of material obligation (Makara and Kumbha). As a result their bodies are less sensitive to the spiritual and emotional vibrations.

• This general observation can definitely be changed when the Lord of Chandra is a sensitive planet, or when the lagnesha (for Makara, lagnesha is Shani) is conjunct (yuti) more spiritually or emotionally disposed planets such as Guru or Moon or more psychic influences like Rahu/Ketu, or when the lagna is favorable aspected, etc...

• However as a general rule the cold signs live on the mental and material surface of life; they tend to be driven by surface concerns and they lack depth. If both radix lagna and radix Chandra are ruled by Budha or Shani, the "cold" attribute is doubled.

Psycho-emotional predisposition: Chandra rules Bhava-7 for Ena lagna.

Makara lagna has a psycho-emotional predisposition to expect that establishing relationships and contractual agreements will provide their security and protection. They are happiest (not always successful but happiest) in contractual roles that express balancing and negotiating behaviors. E.g., marriage counselor, attorney, advising physician, arbitrator or negotiator, broker, financial dealmaker and any type of arranger.

Chandra's radix and navamsha rashi 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 balancing and designing roles in beauty and justice; ruled by Shani gives contract enforcement roles in government and large organizations; ruled by Surya negotiating role in entertainment etc.)

• Typically these natives love marriage and unions, and expect to gain social stability by investing in their key peer relationships. Despite their desire for stability, they are prone toward lifelong negotiating in all personal and professional dealings. Tends to attract moody and emotionally reactive spouses.