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Randhra Bhava
Ayur - Mrityu - Marana
"8th-from" any lagna, DOMAIN-8
, 8th-from-Chandra
destruction and re-creation
; eruptions, explosions, interventions, surgeries and "break-in"
Ruled by
Mangala +
Ketu

Mahamrityunjaya
Mantra
Sudden, Forced
Changes of Form
Shock
Turning
of the Wheel of Death and Rebirth
Cycles, Transformation
,
Catastrophe, Recycling , Emergency, Hidden Wealth, Cosmetic Surgery, Sex
Change, Sorcery, Tantra, Magic , Death of Spouse,
Wealth of the Dead (Inheritance), Truth suddenly revealed
Secret
knowledge and the conditions of death
hidden
treasure
Non-transparent,
non-accountable activities
the shamanistic sciences (tantra,
surgical medicine,
economics)
psychic
demand for re-birth
Millennial
cycles of
death-and-rebirth
,
knowledge of
transformative process, Healing
confidential information, secrets,
destruction and rebirth
"The
Cauldron"
Environments =
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Things that cycle and recycle,
engine cycles, hospital emergency, catastrophe,
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confidential banking, birth
and rebirth, mineral mining and oil drilling,
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money laundering, state
secrets, espionage, midwifery,
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birthing centers, medical
and psychic surgery, healing, scientific discovery
of previously hidden information,
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yoga-tantra, magic,
shamanism, revolution, sudden and forced events, spiritual revelation ,
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violent change;
natural disasters, upheaval, home invasion, explosives, and
eruptions of previously hidden force.
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Secret crimes, "break-in",
intrusion, invasion, implosion.
"Randhra Bhava indicates longevity, battle, enemies, forts, wealth of the
dead, and things that have happened and are to happen (in the past and future
births) and accidents."
~~
BPHS
Ch. 11, Shloka 9
"Indications of Randhra Bhava"
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General
Conditions of Death - by graha karaka
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Nine
planets navagraha in domain-8: Effects on
Longevity and Circumstances of Death
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Conflict
and Destruction: 6/8 Angles
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Spiritual
Emergence = Essence of Domain-8
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Self-Destruction - good and
bad
Dushthamsha
lords in house-8 = good results Joint Assets
: The Time, Money, and Creative Energy Invested in
Partnership
Difficulties of adversarial
Shani in the house of Mangala-Ketu
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randhra =
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Aperture
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Opening
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A hole
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A weak or vulnerable point
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A symbolical expression for the number 'nine' (there being nine openings
in the human body)
-
he vulva
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name of the 8th astrological mansion
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A mischief
~~ Vaman Shivaram Apte,
Practical
Sanskrit-English Dictionary, at http://aa2411s.aa.tufs.ac.jp/~tjun/sktdic/
mrit =
Ayus =
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life , vital power , vigour , health , duration of life ,
long life
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Active power , efficacy
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he totality of living beings
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Of the eighth lunar mansion
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food
--
Cologne
Digital Sanskrit Dictionary
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"So
have no fear of them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not
be known. What I tell you in the dark, say in
the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.
Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul.
Rather fear
him who can destroy both soul and body." ~~ Matthew 10: 26-37
"[Eighth] house denotes
wills, legacies, chronic diseases, loss of wealth, extravagance,
suits and quarrels, death, co-workers and occult matters.
Planets occupying this house incline to an interest in
Occult science
;
if without a planet, life runs on conventional lines till the ruler receives strong aspects."
~~
Das/Behari
Forward
Movement
Randhra Bhava is a natural house of
Mangala, co-ruled by Ketu.
Domain-8 and the lord of Randhra
indicate one's capacity for energetic, vital rejuvenation and
rebirth. In order to keep moving forward in life, one must
periodically undergo cycles of radical (at the root)
destruction of some attribute of the birth identity, followed
by a reconstitution of the identity in a new form.
Throughout many cycles of destruction
and rebirth within a lifetime and across the samsaric path of
lifetimes, the soul identity remains exactly the same. What
changes is the external container: fleshly appearance, marital
and professional status, family attachments, material wealth,
and understanding of truth.
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If the L-8 = strong, periods of L-8
may generate an extremely volatile mood, during which one
willingly enters dangerous situations, intending to make
radical changes. The danger may be social, mental, spiritual,
emotional, physical, financial, or other - according to the
L-8 characteristics. Items specifically under threat are
those which are outdated, obsolete, or those which pose an
undue obstacle to spiritual development .
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If the L-8 = Shani (for Mithuna lagna
and Karkata Lagna) the approach to radical change and
reinvention of the self will be more conservative and lawful;
if Mangala , more vigorous and competitive; if Rahu occupies
8, the transformative style may be downright reckless. Yet
whatever the self-destructive style, whether emotional and
yielding (Chandra) or brilliant and dramatic (Surya) the
purpose of periods of L-8 is to destroy the veils of delusion
which surround the core self, so that a deeper mystery may be
revealed.
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Rahu in 8
(Richard
Nixon) "leapfrogs" into secret powers via "break-in", destruction of
closed containers (8), intervention, desire to
obtain hidden information via illicit or poorly
credentialed methods
Like all things influenced by Mangala,
matters of domain-8 do frighten anti-change agent Shani. From
Shani's perspective, the continuous destruction and rebuilding
of randhra "the aperture" bhava is shockingly unstable
socially, and seems to disregard all the material acquisitive
human programming. However from an authentic spiritual
perspective, Randhra Bhava is the great liberator, which shows
a secret route out of the chronic repetition and fear-driven
conformity of Shani and into the potential for New Life.
Randhra stores the great mysteries of the grand cycles of
life, in the form of an "open secret" that can be accessed by
anyone who is scripted to push forward through the layers of
safety and dread that Shani creates.
It should be noted however that as
12th-from-9th, domain-8 drains the life force away from
orthodox religion. A tantriki is usually no friend to the
pujari and the priest. Tantriki work away from the temple, in
secret. Rebirth, like birth, must be accomplished essentially
alone. Nonetheless this "dushthamsha" while unsettling to
fixed relationships (it indicates the forced identity changes
of widowhood and divorce) provides the greatest opportunity
for "breakthrough" knowledge in this life.
8th-from = cycles
= Cycles of
destruction and rebirth. The FORM of the essence of the house is systematically replaced.
These cycles
operate continuously during the lifetime.
Each bhava
transforms the bhava that is 6/8 from it
Sometimes these cycles are
frighteningly catastrophic involving
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death of a spouse, widowhood
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reality
suddenly revealed
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spouse's secret personality or
secret activities (spouse = 1st; 8th-from-1st = secret spousal
identity)
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emergency surgeries,
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violent and unexpected
reactions to
medicines
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sudden emergence of a hidden
disease
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natural emergency such as
earthquake, flood or fire
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sudden explosions (internal or
external, such as heart attack), hemorrhages (stroke),
volcanic eruptions
Most of the time, these catastrophic
upheavals occur in a psychologically intensive but still
non-life-threatening fashion, for example:
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sudden emergence of a new life
e.g, childbirth
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identity change through
medical intervention, or ritual initiation, or living in a new
country.
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E.g., gender-change or PTSD,
such as veteran or refugee of war.
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unexpected change in financial
status, particularly changes involving the spouse's monies
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(inheritance, taxes esp. joint taxes, insurance payments or
settlements, bankruptcy, etc.)
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surprising emergence of previously
hidden or confidential information
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sudden job loss, forced
retirement
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sudden loss of one's home due to
another forced change such as job-change or divorce/widowhood or
unpaid taxes or bankruptcy
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sudden, forced divorce (when
one is not the initiator of divorce and so divorce comes as a shock)
Shock via L-8
Vimshottari periods of L-8 generate the experience of "shock" due
to the sudden and forceful emergence of a new identity.
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The shock may be centered in the
spiritual body, in the mental body, in the emotional (astral) body, or
in the physical body. Depending on the level of consciousness,
response to the shock may engage the high emotions (compassion,
empathy) or the low emotions (fear, anger). Ramifications of the shock
in one energy-body layer will affect all the other layers.
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It is essential to appreciate that
domain-8 is the bhava of death and rebirth! The name "house of death"
is misleading. Under the influence of randhra bhava, there is always a
destruction of previous life-force container and rebirth of the life
force (soul essence) into a new container.
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The nature of the shock can be
characterized by the graha and its lordships, significations, and
other qualities. Each recurrence of the period of the L-8 will be
defined by the angle of the L-8 to the mahadasha pati.
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If the native
is scheduled for a mahadasha of the L-8, the very first "double"
bhukti is particularly distinguished by several emergencies. Also, the
angle of the L-8 relative to Chandra lagna is very influential in
determining one's emotional response to life path shocks.
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Ultimately there is nothing to be
afraid of during periods of L-8. The experience is determined almost
entirely by how one reacts to sudden, unpredicted
emergence of previously hidden force.
Mangala = success via Active Movement
The native
who can "roll with the punches" in a vital and vigorous
style
(Mangala) is positioned to enjoy surprising spiritual benefits
consequent to the shocks.
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Note however that the
"fruit" of 8 = 11th-from-8 = Ari bhava, domain-6 = dissolution
of agreement = mental social and physical argument = conflict.
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Very likely someone in the
native's life configuration, even if not the native oneself,
will have a Shani-type reaction to the native's sudden changes
due to the resistance-ignorance in that individual's own
karmic script.
Karaka "shocking" topics of domain-8
triggered by the period of L-8
" Shock and Awe"
No Shani
(fixed Material Forms), No Cry
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The native
who exhibits
Shani-type reactions such as resistance to change, bitter
resentment, or clinging to fixed ideas will have discomfort in
matters of domain-8.
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The stronger one's ego
attachment to a fixed material form, the more
disorienting is the
shock.
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Whether the ego is inordinately
attached to the form of the bodily appearance, the social rank
such as gender role or marriage role, a fixed pattern of emotional
expectations, or any variety of rigid, inflexible
response to the manifestation of form (rupa) -- results of
Shani-influenced resistance to change will be uncomfortable at the
very least.
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Occasionally, the result =
severe physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual trauma.
Secret knowledge
Periods of the L-8 can potentially
trigger a divorce if the 2nd-from-7th becomes problematic.
Fruits of 8 = 11th-from-8 = domain-6 = dissolution of agreement.-
Previously unrecognized
matters regarding the spouse may come to light during periods of L-8.
The "hidden" dynamics which may
suddenly emerge to motivate a cycle of death-and-rebirth include
karaka matters of 2nd-from.
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= wealth, family of
origin, values, collections, food, knowledge of history and
language, speech and song.
In regard to the effect of periods of L-8 upon
marriage, the karaka-2nd matters should be read from the lagna of
the spouse = 7th bhava.
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spousal wealth behaviors
= methods of earning, saving, and spending money;
hoard-management; acquisitions and collections -
spousal family behaviors
= spousal development of lineage family traits, one's in-laws
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spousal speech behaviors
= one of voice and language usage
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spousal food behaviors =
eating and drinking patterns -
spousal knowledge
behaviors = lineage values, aesthetics
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spousal face = teeth,
mouth, jaw, eyes, hair
Hidden relationships:
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L-8 does not signify hidden intrigue
relationships of the spouse.
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Rather, L-8 suggests secrecy and
taboo behaviors On the part of the native .
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When the L-8 is benign, the
manifestation of "secrecy" in periods of L-8 can be culturally
interpreted as "keeping one's own counsel". One is simply less prone
to expose one's own intentions during any era of L-8. -
If divorce is otherwise forecast due
to 2nd-from behaviors of the spouse, the native's own response may
indeed be to pursue hidden liaisons which are tantrik, catastrophic,
and transformative in nature.
Special note on Harsha Yoga:
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if L-8 occupies domain-6 or
domain-12 at birth, the native will have persistent experience of
conflict with spousal handling of money, spousal voice and mouth, the
in-laws, etc. Yet due to
Harsha Yoga
these irritations become beneficial during periods of L-8.
Domain-8 is the house of
mysterious pooled assets. One invests money in a
corporate stock or a government bond, but one cannot exactly know what
financial fruit the investment will yield.
One invests in a marriage
partner, with all good intentions at the wedding, but who on that blessed
day can know the to-be-revealed financial and moral behaviors of the spouse?
Despite the careful
negotiations of parents on both sides, what fresh bride or hopeful groom has
a full understanding the family cultural values
of the spouse's family? (2nd-from-7th = in-laws)
What mother in childbirth,
gripped in the intense pain of labor, is certain of a healthy outcome for
the birth? In fact, it is a highly complex situation and everyone involved
is watching very carefully for surprises, even in the most controlled
hospital setting.
These things are largely
mysteries, and their outcome depends on conditions of the 8th house.
Over time, the investment
each spouse makes into the marriage is contained
in domain-8 the "joint assets of marriage".
Is the spouse a strong
contributor to the financial holding of the partnership?
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If yes, expect a
strong graha in 8.
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Is the spouse a delayed or disturbed contributor?
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Shani
with a difficult graha.
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Is the spouse loyal (values) and steadfast, whether
wealthy or not?
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See the spouse's values, and the behavior of one's in-laws
from the first marriage, in domain-8.
Joint Assets in
Divorce: Recovery of
Investment
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In a divorce
situation, particularly the first divorce
(but the blueprint applies less vividly to
the matter of joint-assets in all subsequent
marriages as well)
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Will one be able to
recover the value of years of time, money, and creative energy that
was invested in the first-marriage partnership? If domain-8 and
its lord are strong and positive, the answer is yes.
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Recovery of investment may
arrive in the form of a divorce settlement such as alimony or a property
allocation from the joint assets of the partnership.
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The
woman who
selflessly worked to pay her spouse's tuition for medical school, only to be
served with divorce papers after he is established in a profitable practice,
may find (if her 8th domain is well-configured) that the value of her
investment in the marriage has been "transformed" like everything in 8 - the
house of sudden and forced changes.
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However, I have seen results such as
that her children's college tuition is then paid by the ex-spouse by court
order, or the ex-spouse must sell an art collection (2nd-from-7th,
spousal collections) and the other half receives cash proceeds.
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Typically,
the property accrued in the marriage is split in some way and the ex-spouses
receive some "transformed" value.
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The
amount and the speed of disposition
are indicated by L-8 and randhra bhava.
Emotional
Assistance or Interference
in Disposition of
Joint Assets
Check 8th-from-Chandra
to verify one's emotional expectations and
reactive behaviors in regard to joint assets of marriage.
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If this bhava predicts
a positive effect, one may emotionally assist the resolution and
recovery process through a positive expectation of healing and renewal
in relationships.
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If this bhava
predicts a negative effect, one may interfere emotionally in grievance
proceedings and damage the otherwise favorable outcomes predicted by the
radix 8th conditions.
Shani as Lord or an
empowered occupant of randhra bhava
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L-8 Shani is good
but He is still Shani
= success after lengthy
procedure and considerable delay. One may experience reversal of a negative
tax judgment which favorably declares that the spouse knew nothing of the
tax-misdeeds of the married partner. Or, with difficult graha in 8, the
spousal deception can continue and one will not regain the value of the
investment. It may be time to accept and move on.
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A profound change in social identity may result
from sudden change in the size of the
hoard.
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Sources
of such a shocking, un-anticipated influx
of available resources
include lineage financial inheritance, winning
of lotteries and games, and sudden increase in
the wealth of the spouse
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Games of Chance
-- whether a spin on a casino gambling machine or a political elections campaign or
prizes for performance or literary accomplishments = domain-5, the house of creative,
speculative intelligence.
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The wealth of others =
domain-8 = assets of the partner, hidden money,
inheritance. -
Sudden winnings from speculation (gambling) = domain-5
combined with
domain-8.
If domain-5 is strong while domain-8 is
weak:
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lotteries, gambling dice, card games, etc. may be won and the
native is generally lucky in games, but the winnings will be quickly spent,
not held for long enough for the native to e.g. purchase a higher-status home,
or fund a generation of college tuitions.
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On the easier side, one's children will not
be caught up in one's own internal cycles of change. For example if one
experiences a traumatic divorce, the children (esp. the first child) can be
expected to weather that storm in good standing and be relatively less
impacted by the suddenness of the changes.
If domain-8 is strong while domain-5 is
weak,
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The native
will experience many profound and perhaps shocking
changes in the periods of the L-8, but few of those changes will involve
sudden winnings from games, nor will the changes unduly involve one's
children.
If domain-8 and domain-5 are both strong
and related in the nativity,
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Inheritances and winnings are both favored,
the native will retain the winnings-wealth for longer periods of time, and the
native may experience numerous fluctuations in social identity thereby.
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The children or the products of one's
inherent creativity (e.g., authorship of literary and artistic works) will be
involved in the grand drama of identity change; for example, should the native
win or inherit a surprisingly large hoard of wealth, the children's identities
will be significantly affected too. Normally this means that the children are
raised in a home where the story of the sudden change in wealth is part of the
family culture.
R Andhra bhava, a natural domain of
Mangala, rules Open-close
functions - including "sudden" open-close and "gradual"
open-close.
The perception of
suddenness
occurs when the native is unprepared or unguided during the event.
The
perception of sudden or shocking
transformation may be converted into the perception of
knowledgeable
observance of the changes. This perceptual conversion is available
through many varieties of tantric education.
Tantra
Tantra is the practice of perceptual
transformation.
Tantric education includes training in emergency medicine, trauma response,
forensic science, midwifery, psychiatry, and shamanistic healing, inter alia.
There are also many other disciplines that specialize in tracking the
movement
of energy from One material form into Another material form.
there are many ways to manage human response
to the turning of the wheel of birth and death. Matters of domain-8 are
inherently hidden from public view, but matters of domain-8 are not inherently
dangerous or frightening.
the proper perspective on matters of domain-8
is focused awareness and cautious
intervention from a foundation of
both instinct and skill.
Self-Destruction - good and
bad
Everyone has a "self-destructive"
urge to action (Mangala). This desire for annihilation and rebirth is
represented by domain-8, randhra bhava.
Whether the results of Randhra's
"emergency" behavior are positive or negative in the lifetime, or
whether the behavior is judged as positive or negative within one's culture of
origin, depends on the characteristics of the house.
he urge to self-destruction may manifest as
a cycle of religious initiations that are consciously intended to destroy
outdated layers of the ego-personality (8th-from-1st) and replace old structures
with new identity. Domain-8 is the sthana of
initiation
and rebirth.
If the graha in occupation and also the bhava
pati are well-disposed, the native may enjoy a lifetime of tantric initiations
which result in magnificent liberation from material attachments. The native may
be judged a failure by those lacking eyes to see the value of such a profoundly
transformative process. However for the native who does not cling to the past
and who embraces the prospect of total destruction as the only possible
condition of total rebirth, domain-8 is a site of
shocking
transformation leading to magical empowerment.
Domain-8 is co-ruled by Ketu and Mangala.
This pair work reasonably well together: Ketu is the detacher and the distancer;
while Mangala is the aggressive destroyer. They are agents of Lord Shiva's
campaign to annihilate old worlds and create new worlds with every cycle of
breath. One who is able to understand and appreciate this process may engage in
a state of constant uncertainty and ongoing emergency in order to maximize the
experience of "looking into Shiva's mouth" - where matters of birth
and death, pain and pleasure, creation and destruction, exist in complete
harmony and equality.
In "Shiva's Mouth" there is no
boundary between right and wrong nor between happiness and unhappiness. Few
humans can tolerate the constant challenge to one's natural acquisitive
tendencies which is represented by Randhra Bhava, but for those who can
comprehend even a part of this "mystery" there is much value in the
occurrences of sudden and catastrophic change which are enforced by periods of
the planetary lord of Mrityu.
Less desirable effects occur when the L-8
finds it way into a problematic angle. When the L-8 arises in domain-6, the
house of drug addictions, the native's response to catastrophic change or the
threat of it will manifest in self-destructive self-medication or
conflict-ridden altercations with others.
The native tends to get locked into
long-term self-destructive conflict, particularly in marriage and contractual
relationships, where the energy of Big Wheel Turning bring no resolution
(nothing in domain-6 will resolve within the currently lifetime!) but simply
churns and churns. The native's inner narrative says that one is "putting
some strong energy [L-8] into crafting agreements" while in fact the core
eighth-house energy is dedicated to destruction and rebirth - conflicts are
destroyed through force and then reborn quickly!
By contrast, a good situation may be
predicted when the L-6, an agent of disagreement and imbalance, moves into
Ayur bhava. Any graha which occupies domain-8 will get caught in the
relentless cycle of destruction-and-rebirth driven by Mangala and Ketu. The
L-6 carries an agenda of debt, addiction, exploitation, and conflict which is
quickly pulverized by the crushing Wheel of transformation, and the native can
be predicted to live largely debt-free, unable to maintain grudges or
long-lasting conflicts, free of harassment from police or military oppression,
of generally good health, and no serious enemies. L-6 in 8th house is an
indicator of "health, wealth and stealth".
Similarly, L-8 in domain-12 churns up the
imagination, fills the mind full of fantasies of terrifying destruction, and
creates a constant threat of marital infidelity due to the inner urge to put
some strong energy [L-8 ruled by Kuja is very sexual] into "private"
relationships that are inherently adversarial to socially contracted marriage
(domain-12 = 6th-from-7th). The native interior imagery may wildly exagerate
the terrible consequences of cyclic, advancing change [conservative doom-sayer
Rush
Limbaugh].
Dreams are disturbed by imagery of rapid
destruction and re-creation. The native may die a restless death. [Example =
Angelina
Jolie. Her L-8 = Shani which is less dramatic, more constrained by
duty.]
By contrast, L-12 in domain-8 is a good
thing. The listless, physically dissolving, swinging-bridge of vyaya bhava
that conveys life-force energy away from the physical plane and moves it to
the astral plane, is destroyed-and-rebuilt a thousand million times when L-12
enters Mrityu bhava. The native's creative imagination is harnessed to the
service of world transformation, and one may become involved in international
(12) change (8) movements. "Backwash" outflow of the physical energy
into the astral plane is stopped although not reversed; instead, the imagery
of the subconscious mind (12) is directed toward energizing the tantric and
magical life processes. Directed by spirit guides, one becomes imaginatively
engaged in numerous initiations.
[ Steve Jobs,
om
Cruise]
he graha must indeed be of good quality
for such a nativity to yield mastery of the tantric disciplines (for example,
the guides can be improperly motivated if the lord is corrupt). Nevertheless,
the overall benefit of converting L-12's dissolving tendencies into fuel for
the sudden-change engine is that the
physical
vitality increases, and extra-marital impulse is much reduced (not
entirely reversed, but largely directed into secret initiations.)
Whichever graha occupy domain-8 become fuel
for the Kuja-Ketu magical-transformation engine of hidden and secret tantric
processes in the human consciousness. Will the native become a victim of this
process or an instigator of it? A long-lived and wise magician, or a tragic
childhood death? A brilliant surgeon or psychiatrist? An attorney of wills and
estates? Or a sorcerer, caster of curses, agent of superstitious fear and
petty control? Will "self-destructive" urges be recognized as
healing transformations, or will the native and-or his culture adjudge such
behaviors to be undesirable?
Answers to these queries will be found in
the character of any graha in occupation of Mrityusthana and in the placement
of the notorious L-8.
See
L-8
in the 12 Domains.
Shani in Ayur bhava:
Difficulties of adversarial
Shani in the house of Mangala-Ketu
One graha who is naturally unwelcome in
domain-8 is the natural adversary of both Ketu and Mangala: the lord of
"anti-change" Shani. The portfolio of Shanaiscarya includes all
activities of resistance to change, such as retardation, restriction,
containment, fixation, laws, orderly processes and protocols, caution,
conservation, and the "finality" of death.
There is of course
nothing "final" about physical death, which is simply a phase of
transformation of identity as the native's consciousness disconnects from the
physical body and reattaches itself to a more active affiliation with the
astral body (soul). The turning of the cycle of life and death is endless.
When Shani occupies domain-8 there is great
resistance to death, a fear of the turning of the cycle, and thus the native is
prevented from getting out of bondage of attachment to the physical body for an
extended period of time. Shani in domain-8 lengthens the physical lifetime.
Typical cause of death is "old age".
Shani in Ayur bhava:
Social judgment
Shani is also the karaka for
"society" which is the expression of what Carl Jung called the
"collective unconscious". Society, collections of individuals
organized into groups, is inherently lawful, and the amorphous entity called
"society" has a mandate to maximize survival through stability,
physical security, safety, longevity; and these are in turn maximized through
conformity of the social order.
Kuja the warrior and Surya the king represent
the individual whereas Shani represents society, the law, and the group. The
native will be extremely cautious and fearful of change throughout life. There
may be Anxiety and worry about
the slightest disruption to routine. In character such a native is judgmental
and intolerant of individual intelligence, but this surface grumpiness is merely
an expression of the deepest inner terror of change and death. Mangala's drishti
upon domain-8 when Shani occupies randhra bhava creates a deep and permanent
anxiety over the threat of a violent death.
Shani in Ayur bhava:
Longevity
When evaluating a nativity with Shani in
domain-8, it may be tempting to happily proclaim "ah, here is Shani in
Mrityusthana, you will have a long life!" as if that were some variety of
great benefit to the native. It is not. Domain-8 is a hostile territory for
Shani. The native will work hard to fend off death, getting locked into a work
routine or other psychological denial pattern, unable to relax into the wave
pattern of birth and death.
Resistance to childbirth, fear
of new life
Women with Shani in domain-8 may have a
terror of childbirth with its pain, transformation, and emergence of new life -
a woman will never be the same after childbirth, and while most women embrace
the transformation, the female with Shani in domain-8 may express such profound
resistance to catastrophic change that one is unable to conceive a child.
IIf other fertility issues are present in the
nativity, Shani in Ayur bhava shows resistance
to new life, and this can be the "nail in the coffin" which
creates childlessness for a woman. She may experience extreme frustration in
this situation, unable to acknowledge her own resistance, because what she
perceives in her own fear-restricted consciousness is a desire to conform to
social expectations as the best route toward achieving the highest levels of
social safety and material security.
Shani in Ayur bhava:
Elderly and Socially
Established,
The native
prefers the company of the elderly
and those with established social position, not due to snobbery, but because
these companions pose no threat to Shani's carefully constructed defensive walls
against sudden and unmanageable change.
-
The native may also prefer a salaried
job (8th = 11th from 10th) with large, putatively stable, social
organizations such as large corporations, government-military, or worldwide
church. Entrepreneurial instincts with their inherent instability to do appeal
to this native.
-
Shani in domain-8 generally does not
generally indicate a happy life, but simply a long one, dominated by fear of
change, and deprivation of access to the fruits of healing transformation.
-
The
native is characteristically "stuck" in a pattern of clinging to the
past (Shani) and unable to enjoy the refreshment of cyclic healing and
change.
Body
Parts
-
sphincters
and valves in the human body
-
includes the
40+ voluntary
And
involuntary muscle sphincters of the human body, in the eyes, mouth,
stomach, urethra, and anus.
-
includes the
heart-valve
and vein-valve systems
-
culturally "secret places" in the body
(what is "secret" varies by local custom) and the fearful excitement
of opening the secret places
-
pelvic cavity, uterine cervix
-
internal or "hidden" parts of the
genital-reproductive system
-
parts of the body which are accessible only
via invasive surgery
-
dangerous allergies, catastrophic response
to hidden toxins, sudden exposure to hazardous environments
-
mysterious medical pathologies or
un-diagnosed diseases
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2nd-from-7th = eyes, mouth, teeth,
jaw, face, or hair Of the spouse
~~
Opening the Dragon Gate. (1998).
Chen Kaiguo,
Zheng Shunchao, Thomas F. Cleary; Tuttle Pub.
"From the eighth house, know about private parts and their diseases, longevity,
etc."
-- Madhya Parashari, Ch. 9 , Shloka 8
|
How to read the effects of
dusthamsha lords:
"The lord of 8, wherever he stands or whatever he aspects,
destroys the effect
of the house He occupies or the planet He aspects.
-
If the lord of 8 is strong,
the good effects of the planet as such (without
reference to the houses where it is posited or aspects) will come to pass in its
Dasa and Bhukthi periods.
-
If the lord of 8 is weak, none of the good
effects will be felt. Only bad results will be felt.
...
If the lord of 8 is strong and occupies a dushthamsha evil effects will be
greater.
In this way, read the effects of the lord of 3, 6, 8, and 12."
- B. V. Raman,
ACatechism of Astrology, p. 91
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Randhra means "aperture" or opening.
-
The eighth house provides an opening onto mysteries of the
"secret" or unseen.
-
Graha in randhra bhava, and the L-8 from
lagna and Chandra, are inherently
self-destructive.
"Randhra" or
how he/she
Opens, is seen via:
"... both the 8th from Shani
and 12th from Shani stand for consideration .. in respect of ... death." --
BPHS, Ch. 7, Shloka 39-43]
he astrological picture of hidden matters, conditions of death,
and healing powers is expanded by noting:
-
radix lord of
8th-from-lagna
-
radix lord of
8th-from-Chandra
-
karakas: Mangala and Ketu
-
8th-from-8th,
or Sahaja bhava
-
radix (D-1)
planets in the 8th rashi = Vrischikha (Scorpio)
-
navamsha rashi of the lord of radix
L-8
-
8th from Mangala
-
8th from Ketu
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Domain-8: Yogas to Other Houses
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|
1st-from-8th
-
Initiation
-
Transformation
-
Re-birth
-
New Beginnings
-
Emergent knowledge
-
Cycle of Birth and Death
-
secret
And covert
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Healing
-
Emergencies
--
-
Spiritual
Emergence = Essence of Domain-8
-
Healers
-
physical: midwives, surgeons, emergency
physicians, paramedics, triage nurses
-
social-emotional:
psychiatrists, deep
psychotherapists, charismatic healers
-
psycho-spiritual: tantriks,
magicians, shamans, spirit channelers.
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"worries" (=
concern for matters which one cannot control, such as the spouse's
family and conditions of death)
-
Hidden Matters
-
visually inaccessible "hidden" body parts:
Genitals/Anus
-
secret or forbidden things =
-
Mysteries and Occult matters
-
Special
L-8 effects for Thulalagna and Mesha lagna
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|
2nd-from-7th
-
Spouse's
Skandha:
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Spouse's Family Culture (one's own in-laws) -
Spouse's Knowledge of History and Language -
Spouse's collections of art, music, other
Valuables -
Spouse's speech, voice, mouth
-
Spouse's Wealth -
After divorce = ex-spouse's replacement
partner (often the step-parent for one's children) -
Agents over whom one
has No Control
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Estate
of first spouse = wealth stored in bank accounts,
hoards and warehouses, family history, knowledge traditions, cultural legacies, arts
and music
-
joint assets in first marriage
-
mouth of the first spouse, including
what goes in the mouth and what comes out of the mouth - food,
language, verbal expression, and physical mechanisms of speech, face,
teeth, tongue, lips, jawbone, hair, varieties of languages spoken
by the spouse, spouse's verbal opinions (is your spouse
outspoken? bad teeth? inarticulate? gifted with languages? look to
domain-8)
-
family of origin of the first spouse
- i.e., "In-Laws", spouse's entire extended family
considered as a group
-
wealth (2nd) of the dead (from-7th) =
inheritance,
legacy - "hidden wealth" which emerges only after death
-
spouse's capability for Record-keeping and
managing collections - particularly the spouse's abilities in
money-saving and hoard-management
-
Insurance, pooled wealth held
within contracted
agreements - mysterious outcomes of all kinds
-
legacies and inheritance by
written contract (Last Will and Testament)
-
Death of First Spouse
(also, graha which is 7th-from-7th or the radix lagna can be be
the timing agent for spousal death - also for a female 2/7 from
Guru or for a male 2/7from Shukra. Death
timing in Jyotisha is somewhat complex.)
-
Divorce
= end of the spousal physical relationship. (The legal dissolution
of marriage contract = domain-6, broken promises.)
-
Domain-8 is the place to look after a first
divorce involving custody of young children, because the character
of the step-parent (ex-spouse's replacement
partner) is found in the native's own randhra bhava.
Naturally, there is much mystery surrounding
this person and concern about their behavior which is out of the
native's control. Some considerations for the custody-sharing
parent: Domain-8 = he second spouse
of one's own ex-first spouse. That is, see the second
partner of one's first ex-spouse via domain-8.
-
Malefic graha in 8 indicate little wealth
coming to the native in a divorce settlement from the first
divorce.
-
Malefic graha in 8 indicate that one's
own ex-spouse will have some trouble from that malefic within
their second union.
-
Shani in 8
- after
the first divorce, the ex-spouse has considerable
resistance to remarriage. If Shani is dignified, a stable
second marriage for the ex-spouse after a long delay.
Shani in 8 shows a minimal financial contribution from the
first spouse during the first union, but if there is
divorce then a step-parent for any joint children will not
appear until after a long delay. If Shani is very strong,
such a post-divorce remarriage for the ex might be fully
blocked.
-
Mangala in 8,
rapid
and possibly impulsive remarriage for the ex-first-spouse.
If Mangala is dignified, the ex-spouse's remarriage may be
financially beneficial because Mangala is the natural lord
of 8. For example an uchcha Kuja in the native's own
domain-8 would signal that after first divorce, the
ex-spouse marries a capable and competitive
businessperson.
-
Rahu in 8,
ex-spouse
re-marries a taboo-breaking or exotic partner. This agent
is unstable socially, and the ex's replacement marriage
therefore might not last long.
-
Ketu in 8
: the
ex-spouse may feel great ambivalence toward a second
marriage, to the extent that no legal replacement union
occurs. Ketu's lord will determine whether the native can
tolerate or even enjoy the behavior of this agent.
-
Benefic graha in 8 indicate that one's
own ex-spouse will have some ease from that benefic within
their second union.
-
Shukra in 8
- agent
is a pleasant and often wealthy or comfort-loving
individual, easy to get along with. In a shared parenting
arrangement, this individual is agreeable.
-
Guru in 8
- not only
a favorable financial settlement after one's first
divorce, but also a jovial and inclusive subsequent mate
for your ex.
-
Chandra in 8
- the
replacement spouse is deeply parental. Some cause for
jealousy on the part of the native perhaps, but shared
parenting is sincere.
-
Surya in 8
- - the
replacement spouse is very confident of personal ability
and needs lots of attention. Although one may not wish to
cater to this person's ego needs, the children will get to
see a strong personality at work. Easier if this agent is
a male.
-
Budha in 8
- -
the replacement spouse is talkative and a planner. The
native may be surprised by offers of friendship from this
agent.
-
other people's money -
pooled funds - Taxes
-
lottery - windfalls
-
pension funds (pension
payments = domain-11)
-
stock market
fluctuation as a "mysterious" cyclical economic
phenomenon [however the individual's win/lose from any type of
speculation = domain-5]
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3rd-from-6th
|
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thinking about conflict and disagreement = "worry"
-
communications with enemies
-
mental condition of one's enemies
-
communications with
loan-sharks, prostitutes, and drug addicts
-
mental effects of physical illness, animosity, or debt
-
anxiety, stress
-
fear of war,
fear of attack
-
Thinking
about disease, strategic and
tactical approaches to disease, detailed medical documentation
-
pharmaceutical and medical supply sales
-
selling, marketing, advertising of criminal or illegal items
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4th-from-5th
|
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children's home and vehicle property
-
property acquired by speculation, or gambling
-
ownership of landed property,
deeds and titles, which is produced by political or financial winnings
-
children's emotional
certainty and social-cultural security (Do the children
belong in a deep and rooted way to the parents culture? domain-8
for the parent will tell.)
-
emotional security gained from true Confidence
-
indoctrination schooling of one's children
(it is rather mysterious to the parents what happens to the
children when they are in school!)
-
vehicles of one's children
-
education gained from creative explorations, adventures
-
education in performing arts
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5th-from-4th
|
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"Luck" in property matters, increases in property value
-
Tantric
knowledge obtained by starting with a traditional
educational foundation (4)
then adding divine creative intelligence (5)
-
creativity, winnings and speculations of one's children
-
bhaga
from the family roots: legacies, w
ills and
inheritance
-
good luck and fame resulting from education
and cultural foundations
-
literary and theatrical works written at home
-
children born at home,
midwifery
-
creative expansion of the mother's family culture
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6th-from-3rd
|
-
illness, debt, or conflict of
siblings and team-mates
-
conflict among co-workers
-
slanderous communications
-
insult, defamation, innuendo, smear campaigns
-
debt and conflict in matters of business administration
-
business loans
-
stealing from business accounts, embezzlement
-
"wretched persons"
-
corruption,
scandal, concealment
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7th-from-2nd
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values shared with others; shared values of partnership
-
joint assets of marriage
-
contracts fulfilled upon
death (inheritances, wills)
-
values and hoarded wealth of the first spouse
-
previous spouse of one's 2nd
spouse
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8th-from-1st
Cycle of Birth and Death
Recovery |
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9th-from-12th
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good fortune from meditation and private religious practice
-
blessings upon a sanctuary, hospital, ashram, or healing center
-
good results from loss of identity
= meditative calm
-
spiritual benefits of traveling in foreign land
-
ceremonial religions of foreign lands
(= inscrutable)
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10th-from-11th
|
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prestige in one's network of associates
-
position in the marketplace of goods and ideas
-
leadership position in networked businesses, such as computer
networks, marketing networks
-
honor of friends
-
rules for achieving high position
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11th-from-10th
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L-8 = the partner's contribution to the
joint assets of the union also = the spouse's family (one's
in-laws). The spouse's knowledge and the spouse's family of origin
can provide a secret
agency of ultimate
gainfulness in the native's career.
If Randhra and L-8 are strong, the in-laws
may be an important source of confidential information which
increases the power of the career.
"fruits" (11) of public
leadership and social rank
(10) = access to secret or privileged knowledge (financial,
social, historical, magical, tantrik, mystical, healing, sexual,
medical, yogic).
-
gains from public leadership position and responsibilities
-
gains from service in iconic,
high-trust positions
-
gains from high title, status
and prestige, broad reputation
-
goals and achievements realized through responsibility and
conformance to public law
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12th-from-9th
|
-
loss of public priesthood,
loss of ritual performance roles,
-
dissolution of orthodox
religious beliefs
-
loss of temple privileges
-
loss of religious fellowship,
loss of company of believers
-
Shamanism
-
Tantra
-
loss of professorship, loss
of guru role, loss of academic or wisdom credentials
-
loss of fatherhood, loss/absence of father
-
loss of good fortune, loss of blessings,
-
loss of conventional wisdom
-
Difficulties of
longer journeys
-
concealed wealth
-
concealed knowledge
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9th-from-
12th-from-4th
(stronger profile = 9th-from-
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Longevity Domain-8 and L-8 indicate
longevity. They indicate
the circumstances of death, but not the timing of death.
(Timing of death is known by the periods of L-2 and L-7
from lagna. )
Lagna ("line") can be the lagna for any person,
e.g.,
-
lagna for younger sibling = house-3;
-
lagna for mother = house
containing Chandra;
-
lagna for oneself is generally the rashi lagna of
radix
A few longevity rules:
-
if L-8 is weak, longevity is harmed;
if L-8 is strong,
longevity is helped
-
L-8 in house-8 gives exceptional longevity
-
Shani = the karaka for persistence and old
age; in randhra bhava, Shani gives long life
-
benefics in house-8 do not improve longevity unless L-8 is
strong
-
however benefics in house-8 do signify
pleasant conditions
for death
-
if L-8 or house-8 receives unfavorable aspects, longevity is
harmed
-
if L-8 or house-8 receives favorable aspects, longevity is
helped
Dushthamsha lords in Domain-8 =
Viparita Raja Yoga
-
when any house lord occupies randhra bhava, the matters of that
lord's house are "apparently destroyed" (= undergo a hidden
transformation)
-
for those who have eyes to see, the matter is radically
transformed due to a sudden turn of the cycle of birth and death.
(Nothing is really lost, although the essence of the matter does acquire a
new shape after the transformation.)
It is always good therefore when dushthamsha lords occupy
house-8
-
L-6 in house-8
= Harsha Yoga = destroys enemies, debts, and disease
-
L-12 in house-8
=Vimala Yoga = destroys losses, including loss of
identity -- gives a strong identity!
-
L-3 in house-12
can indicate a clairsentient
message-transmitter
who communicates with spirits of those who no longer possess
flesh-bodies.
-
L-3 in 8
can help writers who
produce murder mysteries, and those who administer the bureaucracies of
death; Excellent for attorneys handling wills and estates. Also good for
writers who specialize in
subject-matter of hidden
cycles and regeneration.
-
L-8 in house-8
while not a Viparita Raja Yoga
is a creator of New Foundations
via Good Luck and Divine
Intelligence (4th-from-5th) L-8
in 8 is a strong position, and
it brings forward hidden legacies
of knowledge, money, and matters
of the face (eyes, hair, mouth,
voice etc.).
-
(Exalted benefics in house-8 bring large alimony,
inheritances, and insurance settlements.)
Transformation/Destruction
Domain-8 represents the core life process of
destruction
and reconstitution. his is a level of consciousness to which few
are invited and even fewer attend.
Domain-8 rules dramatic moments of the turning of the
wheel of birth and death. In these moments, one life-force container is
destroyed and the life force moves - by nature or through tantric
controlled direction - into the next container or form.
The "emerging"
of the life force - caught in the moment between leaving its old container
and entering its new form, is the essence of domain-8.
When any graha occupies randhra sthana, the matters of his
house are apparently destroyed.
Actually, the matters of the house
are Transformed, but unless we observe the entire cycle it certainly looks
like destruction.
he destructive force of house-8 can be a very good thing
if a dushthamsha lord occupies house-8, where the negative effects of the dushthamsha
lord do get ruined. In general, "bad
planets in bad houses give good results".
For example, when L-6 poverty, debt,
conflict, disease] in house-8 = all those nasty things are
destroyed.
Barring other restrictions, the native may become very
wealthy, because debt is destroyed. Their health is generally quite
good, because the disease lord is annihilated in house-8.
Similarly,
their relationships will tend to be balanced and tolerant, even without
good planets in house-7, because the conflict and animosity lord has
been transformed into a healing agent. There is little contact with
police and their tax situation is very favorable.
L-12 in
house-8 similarly is beneficial. L-12 gives "losses on good
account" such as charitable donations, time spent meditating and not
earning money, spiritual pilgrimages which deplete the native's social
and financial resources, alienation, excess of imagination such as
"living in one's head".
L-12 in
randhra bhava = L-12 in 9th-from-swakshetra, which brings good
dharma.
The native is not harmed by long journeys, but rather
his/her career and social standing are advanced through contact with
exotic lands and foreign religions. Meditation time bears
financial fruit - often because the native learns thereby psychic skills
for creating wealth through imagination, rather than through material
effort. (House-8 is the seat of Tantra.) L-12 ruling "loss of
ego" normally depletes the native's "cultural capital" by
causing him to live as an alien in foreign lands, where his appearance is
unattractive and his habits misunderstood.
However with L-12 in house-8,
native's long journeys enhance his identity in his homeland and raise his
esteem in foreign lands. S/he will often with this yoga return as a
traveler to ancient lands where s/he had been in the priesthood, in past
lives. Good fortune through foreign things.
Auspicious houses are deeply damaged when their
lord occupies a dushthamsha.
L-7-in-house-8
is famous for destroying the life of the
spouse. It may cause death or divorce (psycho-emotional death) but
this situation is always perilous for marriage, and usually signifies
remarriage after great effort expended in the first marriage - to no
avail.
L-10 in house-8
can be gainful because
randhrastana is 11th-from-10th, but the career will lack prestige and the
native will suffer repeated cycles of transformative destruction in their
work. (Excellent position for all healers: surgeons,
psychiatrists/psychologists, archeologists, massage therapists,
etc.)
L-1 in house-8 is
rather dangerous, reducing
longevity and causing affiliation with emergency scenes. The physical body
undergoes constant and vigorous cycles of destructive-constructive transformation and rebirth.
Physical appearance has attributes of several ethnicities or the person is
psycho-emotionally allied with conflicting, unresolved cultural
messages. The cultural identity is very difficult to establish
firmly; being constantly reinterpreted and redefined. This is
frequently a birth in tribal or cultural peoples who are being redefined
in their greater society. The native becomes a bridge for his
people, although his own identity is permanently unstable. Can be a
brilliant healer but is often "used up" in the cultural
transition process.
Periods
of L-8 = shock and trauma, forced initiation; a rapidly
destructive-creative process; usually an experience of death recycle rebirth
which does not require destroying the body, but after a certain number of
cycle-spins the physical form will be destroyed to create a new birth
Hidden
Truths of the Cycle of Birth and Death
The eighth radix house contains a vast amount of "hidden"
information regarding the timing of the cycle of birth and death.
Randhra is a quintessentially Tantric house. Randhra contains the
profile of one's Tabooactivities and Healing
powers of all kinds, but especially Sexual healing. It is a
dangerous, unpredictable, exciting, and mysterious house showing massive
currents in personal and collective subconscious rising to the surface.
Hiding Behaviors
Graha in domain-8 signify hiding and secrets.
The core image of randhra bhava is the shamanistic hunter, moving cautiously
through the thick forest, alert to hidden energies which may suddenly emerge at
any moment. The outcome of the hunter's awareness could lead to a successful
capture, or it could protect one from surprise attack. In any case, graha in
domain-8 must pay
profound attention to
the Unseen.
G
raha
in domain-8 either hide things, or are hidden, or both.
Mysterious
and Undiagnosable Diseases - Chaos and Recovery
Periods
of L-8 can induces mysterious diseases or ill-health conditions, which
are very difficult to diagnose. Often the condition is "life
threatening" -- yet within the period of L-8 the native recovers.
For the duration of the period of L-8, the native experiences sudden body
changes running Out of control. he body changes may be subtle or dramatic overall but there
are always some dramatic peaks.
ypically, no medical or psychological intervention succeeds in
curing the problem. However the condition will be healed during the period of
L-8.
Periods of L-8cause a turning of the cycle of birth
and death.
he result on the material plane is
a temporary physical weakening due to the deep changes
which are happening in the more subtle levels or origination (causal, astral,
etheric etc.) during this time.
After a life-threatening illness or accident which has
been suddenly healed, the native may comprehend that in some sense
one has died and been reborn.
The
Job Interview
A mathematician, an accountant and an economist apply for the same job. The
interviewer calls in the mathematician and asks "What do two plus two
equal?"
The mathematician replies "Four."
The
interviewer asks "Four,
exactly?"
The mathematician looks at the interviewer incredulously and says
"Yes, four, exactly."
Then the interviewer calls in the accountant and asks the same question:
"What do two plus two equal?"
The accountant says, "On average, four -- give or take 10%, but, on
average, four."
Then the interviewer calls in the economist and poses the same question:
"What do two plus two equal?"
The economist gets up, locks the door, closes the shade, sits down next to
the interviewer, and says, "What do you want it to equal?" |
Recovery
= "New Lease on Life"
Sometimes this initiation-transformation experience is
entirely psychological (depending on the ruling graha).
More frequently, the experience is specifically physical,
and one has the sense of a "narrow escape" from death or a
"new lease on life" after a catastrophic upheaval of body, mind,
and spirit.
Death
of Spouse and Divorce
L-8 is a timing agent for
death of the spouse
and/or divorce. (The variety of divorce wherein the spouse is
effectively if not physically dead.)
In the case of death or divorce of the spouse, the mandate
for profound change in all of the interconnected particulate levels of
being will begin quite high up in the chain of events, with divorce occurring
as a trickle-down effect.
During periods of L-8, all levels of being need to be
transformed. If cataclysmic movement is required at the social
level,
death of spouse or divorce may occur as a form of extreme disruption of
the habitual psycho-social behaviors.
Naturally there are physical consequences following this
upstream
disruption, including emotional chaos and associated illnesses.
Also if the process is successful one may feel reborn.
After an L-8 period of near annihilation, the
native slowly regains control of the physical body. The outcome = a
different and more subtle attunement to spiritual awareness.
he nature of the conditions of near-death or severe and
mysterious illness or accident will be found in the characteristics of
L-8. Accident is more likely if Rahu is involved.
Special
L-8 effects for Thula lagna and Mesha lagna
For
Thula lagna and
Mesha lagna, L-8
= lagnesha.
For Thula and Mesha nativities,
periods of the L-8
often provide surprising
"initiation" experiences which require the
breakdown of some
rigid, outdated habit structures in the physical body in order to permit flow of
higher energies from above.
Certain when the period of L-8 is either the first bhukti
of a mahadasha, or the final Vimshottari period of a mahadasha, the
"sudden, forced change" pattern is more vivid.
-
For Thula,
Shukra/Shukra period and
Surya/Shukra
period may involve significant illness, surgery, or other method
of making changes to the body.
-
For Mesha lagna, periods of
Kuja/Kuja
And Rahu/Kuja
are prone to serious accidents and other sudden changes for the body.
Results of Rahu/Kuja depend on character of Rahu.
he illness or sustained debility or accidental violence
(particularly for Mesha lagna) may be quite frightening due to its
shocking severity or mysterious nature.
However these initiation-transformations last only for the
duration of the period of L-8. They should be understood as "sudden,
forced change" in the structure of the physical form which is
necessary to facilitate the flow of kundalini energy from higher
particulate levels.
Emergencies
Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual
Randhra profiles the emergence of subconsciously stored reactive
patterns. As such it is the house of Emergencies.
Physical
"emergence" such as birth is a specialty of Randhra. We
see the great midwives, surgeons, emergency
physicians, paramedics, triage nurses, etc. all displaying strength in
Randhra Bhava. (Usually also with an empowered Kuja.)
Mental and emotional emergence is here, as are the
great psychiatrists, charismatic healers, and a multitude of
therapists. Spiritual emergence in particular is the most
fascinating "peak" content of Randhra bhava. Here we find
the great Tantric practitioners,
magicians, shamans, and spirit channelers.
Spiritual
Emergence = Essence of Domain-8
| "If we accept that liberation is possible, how exactly is it
to be understood?
In the scriptures, liberation is characterized in terms
of four features.
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The first feature describes it as the
true cessation of the
continuum of afflictions.
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According to the second feature, liberation is true peace, the
state of total tranquility where the individual has attained complete freedom
from all defilements of the mind.
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It is described in the third feature as
totally satisfying,
because one has reached ultimate satisfaction.
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Fourth, it is described as
definite
emergence, in the sense that
one has definitely emerged from the process of unenlightened existence."
~~ H. H. Dalai Lama,
The Dalai Lama's Book of
Awakening
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Stock
market fluctuations, Taxes, other unpredictable
cyclical financials = Sacrifice -
Taxes
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Although the
primitive, "me first" elements of the
personality (Mesha) unfortunately can't see this
truth, tithing and taxes are actually a
powerful transformative device which
propels the engine of forward
movement (Mangala) in life.
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However like everything associated with
domain-8, taxes are a "sacrifice": they take away something in
order to provide an upgraded version of
that same something, in the next
iteration of the cycle.
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Taxes are part
of a financial cycle. Taxes eradicate a portion of one's
previous material
holdings *so that new* holdings may
subsequently enter the life.
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It is quite
foolish to resist paying taxes and it is
quite helpful to tithe toward a
charitable interest. It nourishes the
transformative energy stores to tithe in addition to
one's regular payment of government
taxes.
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Shani in 8 gives
the greatest resistance to paying taxes.
Shani in 8 also = reduced contributions
of wealth into the joint assets of
marriage and business partnership, from
the partner, the spouse or the in-laws.
The native with Shani-8 often does not
see this cause-effect relationship, but
it is the resistance to making somewhat
unpredictable but cyclical
payments at the time when these payments
arise, which prevents the later enjoyment
of sudden, uplifting
infusions of capital from previously
undetected (8) sources.
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With Shani in 8,
the life is long with very little
financial help from others due to a core
ignorance (Shani, not-knowing) about the
ulterior spiritual purpose of taxes. Tax
payments can be a vehicle of liberation
but naturally that insight is not
available to those with a strictly
material understanding of reality.
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Mithuna lagna and
Karkata lagna also have a certain
built-in karmic resistance to paying
taxes, due to Shani = L-8 for these
nativities. Neechcha Guru-Makara in 8 is
often associated with an illegal or
illicit expansion of the spouse's wealth
due to some tax-resistance scheme, which
scheme is likely to fail during periods
of the L-8 Shani who re-imposes the
human law.
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Stock market
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the great oceanic currents of what Jung called the collective unconscious,
influence group expectations and group emotional reactions.
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Stock market
and other financial market fluctuations which have a regenerative or
forced-change of identity, are a result of randhra
bhava.
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A person will do well in large-scale market investments
when their 8th lord is well placed and aspected; when their 5th lord is
well-placed and well-aspected; and, ideally, if these two lords enjoy
parivartamsha.
axes similarly are unpredictable from year to year, since they
depend on fluctuations in the greater economy, actions of legislative bodies,
and other group consciousness and subconscious reactivity.
Wealth of first spouse
2nd-from any house also indicates
the "dhana" or wealth of that house.
2nd-from-7th
profiles the wealth of the first spouse.
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Similarly,
2nd-from-2nd
Or sahaja
bhava indicates wealth of the second spouse.
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2nd-from-9th
or karmaa
bhava shows wealth of the third spouse.
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Etc.
Difficulties
in world travels
Long, global journeys are profiled in
dharma bhava. As 12th-from-9th,
Randhra bhava displays the dissolution of ego attachment, tendency to wander,
under-the-table dealings, and other loss of connections with the healthy
material world which are the characteristics of the 12th house.
If you are planning
a long journey, particularly if it involves extended travel through foreign
lands (but not permanent residence in those lands) be sure to evaluate the role of the 8th lord during the time
period of your travels. Bhukti of the 8th lord in combination with a
transit of the 8th lord through the 9th house, or transit of 8th lord to the
position of the 9th lord, would be highly unfavorable indicators -
particularly if the goal of your journey is material gain, such as a business
trip.
If one's long
journey is authentically spiritual pilgrimage, during which you are
consciously soliciting experiences of detachment and ego-dissolution, one might discover some hidden spiritual benefits to such difficulties as
one may
encounter on one's travels.
In such a case where overtly spiritual
objectives dominate the journey, a conscious person might willingly undertake
T apasya(austerities) in order to burn off karma of past mistakes.
As always in
Jyotisha, there is no inherently good or bad situation. The key to
happiness is correct motivation.
Insurance
Ayur bhava rules all
types of insurance and the modern insurance industry as a whole. Persons
working in some aspect of the insurance business will have some prominent
astrological connection to the eighth house through the professional houses 7
and 10.
Timing
of matters connected to insurance will depend on the behavior of the 8th
lord.
A
natural benefic in the 8th house or the 8th lord well placed, indicates ease
of access in drawing payments or services from insurance agencies, including
the large government-funded public welfare programs such as socialized
medicine, national unemployment insurance, old-age pensions, food grants, and
education.
Maternal
great grandfather and paternal great grandmother
=
9th-from-9th-from-4th
= your randhra bhava, 8th house
=
4th-from-9th-from-9th
= your randhra bhava, 8th house
Gain insight into their psychic influence upon you by understanding the
mystical perceptions and healing powers you own through your randhra
bhava. Generally these important relatives have left their bodies before
or during our childhoods, but they continue to exercise guiding influence
throughout our lives.
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The Seen, the Inferred, and the Hidden
In Buddhism we speak of three types of phenomena: First, there are
evident phenomena that are perceived directly.
Second, there are slightly hidden phenomena, which are not accessible
to immediate perception. There are differences of opinion on this even
within Buddhist philosophy. Generally speaking, we think this second type
of phenomena can be known indirectly by inference.
One example of something known by inference is that anything arising in
dependence upon causes and conditions is itself subject to disintegration
and momentary change. This momentary change is not immediately evident to
your senses. You can look at something with your eyes, and it does not
appear to be changing right now, but by inference you can know that it is
momentarily changing. This is an example of the second category of
phenomena.
Third, there are very concealed phenomena, which cannot be known by
either of the two preceding methods. They can be known only by relying
upon testimony of someone such as the Buddha.
--from
Consciousness at the Crossroads: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on
Brain Science and Buddhism edited by Zara Houshmand, Robert B.
Livingston, and B. Alan Wallace, published by Snow Lion Publications
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Getting Control over Wild Thoughts
"Why is it that we don't succeed in enjoying the lasting happiness that
we are seeking?
And why are we so often faced with suffering and misery
instead?
Buddhism explains that our normal state of mind is such that our
thoughts and emotions are wild and unruly, and since we lack the mental
discipline needed to tame them, we are powerless to control them.
As a result, they control us.
And thoughts and emotions, in their turn,
tend to be controlled by our negative impulses rather than our positive ones.
We need to reverse this cycle, so that our thoughts and emotions are
freed from their subservience to negative impulses, and so we ourselves, as
individuals, gain control of our own minds."
~~ H. H. Dalai Lama. (2003).
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(Taxes) When government-funded NASA first started sending up
astronauts, they quickly discovered that ball-point pens would not work in
zero gravity.
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To combat this problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion
developing a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on
almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below
freezing to over 300 C.
The Russians used a
pencil.
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