Gochara (Transiting) Planets Table of Guru Transits through all 12 Rashis, 1900-2099 Table of Rahu-Ketu Transits through all 12 Rashis, 1900-2099 Table of Shani Transits  through all 12 Rashis, 1900-2099 Letter to an aspiring Jyotishi briefly explaining predictive considerations for: 18-month Gochara Rahu-Ketu in 6/12 axis of both rashi and navamsha concurrent bhuktis of Budha/Shukra, Budha/Ravi & Budha/Chandra considering that Budha, Shukra, Ravi, Chandra, and Rahu-Ketu occupy the natal Mesha-Thula 6/12 axis in rashi & also that Shukra, Ravi, & Budha occupy the Mesha-Thula 6/12 axis in navamsha Q: As a novice student of Jyotisha I am struggling to make sense of your comments about my "gochara" planets (transits) and their effects.  I thought the main influence in my life was the bhukti lord.   Gochara effects confuse me!  Do gochara planets overpower the bhukti lord?  Also, planets are transiting constantly.  Do I need to keep track of all seven planets plus Rahu-Ketu, all the time? I thought only tropical astrology cared about phenomena like "Mercury retrograde". A:   Great question!  Interpretation of transits is one of the most significant technical differences between Jyotisha & tropical astrology.  In tropical technique, all transits have influence all the time, with the "larger" planets considered to have weightier effects.  In Jyotisha however - Except for Shani & Rahu-Ketu - most transits have noticeable effect ONLY when the transiting planet is ALSO a mahadasha or bhukti lord. For example in your rashi kundali, the movements of Venus, Sun, & Moon in the sky will make a significant contribution to your total life experience during your Venus, Sun, and Moon bhukti's 1/2002-1/2007. Venus, Sun, and Moon are very fast-moving "inner" planets which change signs and thus cast new drishti's frequently.  Therefore in general, based only on the fact that you are in the midst of the Venus-Sun-Moon section of your current mahadasha, we can predict that 1/2002-1/2007 will be a 6-year block of your lifetime which contains many changes.    Events in the Venus-Sun-Moon section of any mahadasha move pretty fast compared to the events of Shani bhukti of any mahadasha.  Sun periods, especially, are fast-clippers - and your Sun is capable of making quick forward strides in career because He is the exalted 10th lord! Also, because Venus, Sun, and Moon sit on the 6/12 axis we know that the environment in which most of the changes occurs is the environment of 6/12.   6/12 is a "liminal" axis that represents the boundaries or borders between past life and current life, and between different levels of identity (national, ethnic etc.) in the current life.   Foreign countries and their borders, pilgrimage and loss of identity, dreams and visions, enemies and litigation, debts/financing and poverty, health and disease.  The movement between first world and third world cultures very accurately exemplifies the 6/12 axis. [This client, during gochara Rahu/Ketu in 6/12 rashi AND Surya bhukti, embarked on a highly successful immigration law practice.] During your Mercury/Venus period, *do* pay close attention to transits of Mercury, Venus, & maintain a constant background awareness of transiting Saturn.  (Saturn is so big & so slow that He always has an effect, on absolutely everyone, although the nature of His effect will vary according to His bhukti, His location in radix etc.) During your Mercury/Sun period, *do* pay close attention to transits of Budha & Surya, & maintain a constant awareness of Saturn.  One of the several reasons we would predict success on your exams is that this week Surya will cast 1/7 drishti  on radix Budha, while Ravi transits house-12, a house of immigration, permeable boundaries between countries/identities, and losses [such as person's loss of their former status, loss of their cultural identity etc].  Normally the results of Surya transiting Libra -- a sign in which Sun is fallen -- is a bad thing.  But for you at this time it is a good thing because of the specific subject matter -- immigration, loss of identity, etc.--  which you are training to represent to the public through your law practice.  Also gochara Ravi transits opposition to Shukra, who is lord of your 7th house of litigation. Very favorable for success in highly contentious matters!! During your Mercury/Moon period *do* pay close attention to transits of Budha & Soma, with constant awareness of Saturn. Of course the Moon changes signs every two days, so tracking the actual movements of the Moon could  make the tracking astrologer completely crazy!  Moon periods usually are pretty changeable, depending of course on the natal Moon position. Mentally or emotionally ill people usually have unstable lives during their Moon periods.  For a healthy person like you, the most important gochara effects are when a larger graha in motion in the sky moves into a position where it casts drishti upon Chandra.   E.g., your radix Soma occupies a rashi of Makara.  Should Shani enter Thula, Vrischika, Makara, or Karka during the mahadasha or bhukti of Chandra, He will restrict the emotional expression.   If Shani is gochara in Makara, the effect is called "Sade Saati" - a very powerful transit which can be emotionally devastating, associated with the death of the mother and other tragedies. The most extreme possibilities for Sade Saati can manifest when Sade Saati happens during a Vimshottari Mahadasa of Chandra, because that is the time in the native's life when their life script is tightly focused on their emotional world (Chandra). If we overlay upon this block of time containing many changes another block of time which is the Rahu-Ketu transit through axis of the two houses which contains your Mercury, Venus, Sun, and Moon AND natal RAHU/KETU -- 10/2004-3/2005 -- we can predict with considerable certainty that this brief period 10/2004-3/2005 will be the peak of lifetime volatility during which your thoughts, emotions, health, behavior, relationships, public standing, and more will undergo a violent roller-coaster type of turbulence. Rahu incites us to sudden, unexpected, and tumultuous change arising from extraordinary desire.  However, although Rahu always causes an upset, the longer-term results of that upset might be surprisingly favorable - especially if you naturally enjoy adventure! During Rahu-Ketu transit 10/2004-3/2005 undoubtedly you will be prone to overwhelming passions including deep animosity.  That will be the hard part, to gain the consciousness required to accept animosity as the carry-over effect of past lives which is only habitual - NOT REAL! - in the current life.  Whether or not you are blessed enough to transform the animosity of the 18-month transit, you will surely enter into a new phase of life during the period 10/2004-3/2005 because Rahu/Ketu induce a skin-shedding/new skin of social identity every 9 years.  The new identity components will come mainly from Shukra and Surya, the bhukti lords which are receiving Rahu's impact.  Shukra as your 8/11 lord gives To intensity the gochara Rahu-Ketu effect, we note that the gochara nodes will simultaneously excite the dusthana 6/12 axis in navamsha, causing your partner to feel disruptive passions as well.  As Bepin Behari writes, navamsha Venus in Aries 6th house is a very unfortunate position for the spouse's mental, emotional, social, and financial health. "Any upsurge of carnal passion or the slightest temptation towards profligacy may drive you headlong into trouble. At worst you may suffer from venereal ailments and end up heavily in debt. You will not always be well spoken of. Such experiences teach, though very slowly, the desirability of basic honesty in human relationships." Therefore the concurrent phenomena of Venus bhukti plus Rahu-Ketu transit through Venus in your 6/12 navamsha will be difficult for your love life and your partner's love life too. Luckily your Sun bhukti follows whilst Rahu-Ketu continues to transit Surya in both rashi and navamsha.  Surya is much more helpful in dusthana houses, and he usually gives good career results as the exalted 10th lord, so Budha/Surya will be an easier bhukti for you.  (You were probably ready for some good news, yes?) There are many different cycles and planetary relationships to keep in mind simultaneously when offering a Jyotisha diagnosis/prognosis. Most Jyotishi meditate daily to clear their minds in preparation for the complexity of the analysis and the demand of deep intuition. Jyotisha is not a science but rather Jyotisha is a "vidya" - a huge, internally consistent body of knowledge which is accessible ONLY by a COMBINATION of intellectual analysis and psychic intuition. I hope the above comments are helpful in your beginning studies, as you contemplate you own charts.  Soon, you will be able to read other's charts and forecast for them.  It's very nice to have the "big picture" through Jyotisha.  Most people unfortunately live from year to year without any organizational plan, and as a result they waste much precious earth-time pursuing reactive, repetitive, deluded behavior. I f you are intrigued with the possibility of predicting your own future, at least in broad outline, and you are willing to study and meditate for a few years, acquiring Jyotisha knowledge can help reduce this waste.   Not only that, it's very comforting to know what the life experience of one's own family, mate, and colleagues is likely to be for the duration of their own incarnations. In the best case, when one's true motive is compassionate action, Jyotisha is a very valuable aid to knowing what people really need and how you can best support them. Enjoy your studies!
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