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Shani-Mangala yogas
Saturn's most powerful angular relationships to Mars
Time, Conformity, Safety, Social Order, and Peace (Shani)
versus
Energy, Self-interest, Danger, Individual Freedom, and Conflict (Mangala)
Shani and Mangala have two different friendship relationships:
Shani sees Kuja as his direct enemy
Kuja sees Shani as a neutral.
"Should
Mars and Saturn exchange their Rashis or Navamshas,
be in fateful degrees (of those Rashis occupied by them),
and are placed in Kendras (from Lagna),
the native's death will be through sovereign wrath or by being impaled by a spear or some such killing weapons. "
~~ BPHS, Ch. 246, Shloka 1
Movement vs. Order
One of the perpetual core dynamics in human life is the ongoing tension between individual freedom of movement (Mars) and the rule of law that guarantees basic protections of life, liberty, and property (Saturn).
Western social philosophy has been focused on this dynamic since Plato. Kant, Hegel, and Marx all have a lot to say about it. The British political philosophical tradition of Hobbes, Burke, and Mill explores the tension in great detail.
Shani is much more threatened by Kuja than Kuja by Shani. This Jyotisha rule indicates a basic reality of human life. A physically strong person can override the boundaries of social law and custom rather easily. Strong-willed criminals or creative, boundary-challenging individuals pose serious threats to social stability; but these Martian individuals themselves are not overly impressed by the rule of law and order, and tend not to pay much attention to social authority. Thus Shani's hierarchical control laws are not threatening enough for Kuja to consider Shani a serious enemy. But Shani is quite scared of Mars!
Shani's other Enemies are those who choose the path less traveled: the spiritual truth-seekers, rational Sun and perceptive Moon.
His social stability agenda is however nicely supported by His friends, the pleasure-seekers Shukra & Budha, who strive not for truth but rather sensuality and amusement.
Shani is neutral toward the all-accepting Guru.
Each individual will experience the tension between oppressive social control and individual freedom of movement, in a different way. The Jyotisha relationship between Shani and Mangala reveals how much and what kind of burdens, duties and obligations the native has chosen to endure in this lifetime versus what quantity and quality of physical, sexual, and commercial freedom the native might be permitted.
The key contrast is always "restriction" of Shani versus "movement" of Kuja. Restrictions are often beneficial, providing safety and discipline. Movements are often dangerous, allowing aggression and exploitation - especially war.
Both Shani and Mangala are malefics, but Shani is not destructive the way Mangala is. Shani impedes, restrains, oppresses, and resists - but Shani does not kill or "mangle".
When Shani and Mangala enter a harmonious relationship (such as parivartamsha yoga), the good result is harnessing of personal energies by voluntary discipline.
The native foregoes both short-term freedom and short-term security, preferring the longer-term benefits of conscious self-regulation. True freedom and true security are both achieved, through personal sacrifice of time and energy on the physical level.
Parivartamsha yoga for Shani & Kuja occurs only in 4 cases:
Shani = Mesha / Kuja = Makara
Shani = Mesha / Kuja = Kumbha
Shani = Vrischika / Kuja = Makara
Shani = Vrischika / Kuja = Kumbha
When Shani and Mangala directly conflict (as in mutual aspect) primitive human selfishness and constraining systems of social conformity make the native both aggressive and oppressed.
Mutual aspect is a frequent occurrence, having 24 occasions.
Chara rashi aspects chara rashi; sthira rashi aspects sthira rashi; dwishva-bhava aspects dwishva-bhava rashis.
The fact that these troublesome mutual aspects are quite commonplace tells us something about human beings, who tend to run a goodly amount of aggression and oppression, in their psychic space.
Be on the lookout for these difficult combinations which suggest either excess restlessness (Mars overpowers Shani) or excess stability in the form of oppression or repression (Shani overwhelms Mars):
Shani = Mesha / Kuja = Thula
Shani = Mesha / Kuja = Makara
Shani = Vrishabha / Kuja = Vrischika
Shani = Vrishabha / Kuja = Kumbha
Shani = Mithuna / Kuja = Dhanau
Shani = Mithuna / Kuja = Meena
Shani = Karka / Kuja = Markara
Shani = Karka / Kuja = Mesha
Shani = Simha / Kuja = Kumbha
Shani = Simha / Kuja = Vrishabha
Shani = Kanya / Kuja = Meena
Shani = Kanya / Kuja = Mithuna
Shani = Thula / Kuja = Mesha
Shani = Thula / Kuja = Karka
Shani = Vrischika / Kuja = Vrishabha
Shani = Vrischika / Kuja = Simha
Shani = Dhanau / Kuja = Mithuna
Shani = Dhanau / Kuja = Kanya
Shani = Makara / Kuja = Karkata
Shani = Makara / Kuja = Thula
Shani = Kumbha / Kuja = Simha
Shani = Kumbha / Kuja = Vrischika
Shani = Meena / Kuja = Kanya
Shani = Meena / Kuja = Dhanau
Let us walk through the angular relationships of Shani and Kuja to see how the balance between safety and movement, order and competition, lawful restriction and personal instinct, might operate in the life of an individual being, from the rashi point of view.
Each of these yogas will develop a more complex character when set in the context of different janma-lagnas and chandra-lagnas. These are just the skeleton effects.
updated: 22 December 2008
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