Neechcha bhanga - Barbara Pijan Lama Jyotisha Vedic Astrology

Neechcha Bhanga

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Cancellation of Graha Neechcha Dosha

The Neechcha Bhanga rules are quoted from The Astrology of the Seers by David Frawley

Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Bikaner - The Slaying of the Conch Demon, leaf from a series of the Bhagavata Purana, c. 1700

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The liability becomes an asset

The neechcha graha produces some behavior which would normally incur social censure.

The neechcha behavior might be psychologically dysfunctional, socially disapproved, even downright criminal, or perhaps physically disruptive to the life and health of the native and one's community.
Normally, the neechcha graha represents a liability and a handicap.

Under neechcha bhanga conditions, the handicap becomes an asset.

At first, the neechcha planet makes the native look (to others) and perhaps feel (within) that one lacks some important ability or intelligence, has made a poor choice such as in marriage, or is poorly positioned by education or talent to achieve some goal.
See below, the "thought experiments" of Albert Einstein with neechcha bhanga Budha at first seemed childish and insupportable as a legitimate method of modern science. Yet this method was eventually accepted because it parlayed into testable theories, and eventually became a harbinger intellectual behavior of the scientific New Age.
See below, the public humiliation of Hillary Clinton with neechcha bhanga Surya in lagna. Her husband's indecent behavior and her apparent compliance with it initially caused a severe drop in public confidence in her moral integrity and caused many to question her leadership capabilities. However within the duration of Surya period, her personality was widely admired for qualities of visible confidence, self-determination and regal dignity (Surya).

"First the neechcha, then the bhanga".

In other words, a neechcha bhanga graha will do its neechcha behavior first, then the bhanga correction will kick in, and the native will be praised.
But it is important to appreciate that the native first endures some type of social obloquy.

The neechcha graha gives initially, a variety of humiliation or failure. The praise and nobility does come, but only after one suffers some measure of disability, embarrassment, an acute lack of judgment, or a big mistake.

Rules for Cancellation of Debility

quoted from authorities: David Frawley and B.V. Raman

'There must be at least 2 forms of cancellation to get a real neechcha bhanga"

According to The Astrology of the Seers by David Frawley,

At least two forms of cancellation are required to achieve full neechcha bhanga.

These are the possible methods of cancellation:

debilitated planet occupies a kendra . [BPL says: This is by far the strongest criterion. Neechcha bhanga definitely applies if the neechcha graha occupies domain-10 and any other condition is also met.]
the Lord of the neechcha graha = uchcha
neechcha debility = reduced somewhat if the lord of the neechcha graha is strong or swakshetra
neechcha debility = reduced somewhat if debilitated planet hosts an uchcha planet in its domain or its rashi
neechcha graha = retrograde

BPL note:

For example,

the neechcha Budha of Albert Einstein obtains neechcha bhanga and gives marvelous results. Einstein's placement of Meena-Budha satisfies numerous dosha-reversal conditions:
Most importantly, Budha occupies domain-10 [rule-1, above]
Budha's co-tenant is the uchcha Shukra, karaka for beautiful form [rule-4, above]
Budha's lord Guru effectively enters domain-10 via parivartamsha yoga with Shani in domain-10 [rule-3, above]

According to B.V. Raman. (1992, 4th ed.). A Catechism of Astrology. Part II, page 33., the dosha-reversal rules are a little easier:

How do debilitated planets get their Neechcha Bhanga (cancellation of debility)?
What are the general and special rules to find out the same?

A: Debilitated planets get their Neechcha Dosha removed in four ways:

If the lord of the sign occupied by the debilitated planet or the lord of the rashi wherein the debilitated planet has its exaltation occupies a quadrant from the Ascendant or the Moon.
If the lord of the navamsha of the debilitated planet occupies a quadrant or a trine from the Moon, and the Moon and Lagna happen to be in Chara or moveable signs, or lagna navamsha happens to be moveable.
If two or three or four planets happen to be debilitated but occupy good Shastyamshas or favorable and good Navamshas or exalted Navamshas, the evil arising from debilitation will not come to pass.
If the debilitated planet has good Ashtakavarga strength, then again the same can be told. Only when the planet has no varga strength (Saptha-vargas as Hora etc.) the evils arising from that source will afflict the native."

i want to ask u one question in one has nich grah in LAGNA kundali & in navmansha the nich grah becomes uch then NICHBHANGA IS CANCELD OR NOT?

Two sets of rules for cancellation of debility or neechcha-bhanga, according to two authorities (Dr. Frawley and Shri Raman), are posted above.

So far as I know, the simple fact of a neechcha graha obtaining its uchcha rashi in navamsha does not create a full neechcha bhanga (reversal of the neechcha dosha).
If the neechcha graha meets even one of Shri Raman's conditions, the dosha is much relieved. The native need not be worried about a severe social or psychological handicap. However the absence of a handicap does not immediately parlay into the presence of a praiseworthy characteristic.
With a full neechcha bhanga, the neechcha graha not only causes no trouble, but also the original liability becomes a powerful asset in the native's social career.
It is common for neechcha graha to have various measures of "reduced neechcha" or limited liability due to favorable conditions for that graha in other views, e.g. Raman says that of the lord of the neechcha graha's occupied house occupies a kendra from lagna or from Chandra, then the neechcha dosha is removed.
In my experience Raman is correct (as he nearly always is!). Nevertheless, the full neechcha bhanga wherein the liability becomes an amazing positive (similar effect to Viparita Raja Yoga but a different planetary cause) only occurs when Dr. Frawley's conditions are met.

from ~~ B.V. Raman. (1992, 4th ed.). A Catechism of Astrology. Part II, p. 39

"Q. 59 Will there be Neechabhanga in a case where the planet capable of causing Neechabhanga is also Neecha {debilitated)?
Ans.
No, the Neechabhanga planet must be sufficiently strong.
There are other sources of strength and if the planet is otherwise strong, there will be Neechabhanga. "

Examples of neechcha bhanga:

Thula-Surya in radix lagna for Hillary Clinton. Mrs. Clinton's neechcha Surya/1 also receives drishti of neechcha Kuja/10 - a very public situation!

Neechcha bhanga is obtained because

Surya (1) occupies a kendra
Surya = yuti His lord Shukra, and Shukra in kendra + swakshetra.

In Shukra/Surya period, Hillary Clinton endured the intense public embarrassment of her husband's extremely public sexual affair with a young White House intern.

About which her contemptible spouse also lied under oath.
Humiliation for his infidelity, lack of discretion, and apparent lack of moral character (at least the lying part) was heaped upon Bill Clinton's long-suffering wife.

That was the neechcha part.

Before the end of the Shukra/Surya period, Hillary Clinton's public approval rating rose to 70%.

70% is an extremely high public-approval statistic for a political figure in the USA.
It is also a remarkable number for a woman who had been harshly criticized within the situation only months earlier. The public assessment of her conduct was, in the end, exceptionally favorable.
The broad consensus amongst the American electorate was that she had carried herself with dignity and remained in the marriage for benefit of personal (and national) stability.
Furthermore, her leadership qualities (Surya) of endurance, forgiveness, and focus on goals (L-11 Surya) were well proven in bright limelight of extreme public scrutiny during a period of severe emotional and social stress.

That was the bhanga part.

Meena-Budha in karma bhava for Albert Einstein.

Neechcha bhanga is obtained because Budha (1) occupies a kendra (2) through parivartamsha yoga, Budha's lord Guru obtains swakshetra.

At the beginning of atmakaraka-uchcha-Shukra/neechcha-bhanga-Budha period, astronomers considered a number of Einstein's claims -- because these claims were based on "thought experiments" -- to be scientifically unsupportable.
His claims regarding the effect of gravity upon light were ignored, belittled, or outright rejected on the basis of apparent contradiction by the evidence.

That was the neechcha part.

By the end of Shukra/Budha period (where Budha = L-1/L-4) in the year 1915, Einstein had published the General Theory of Relativity (Zur allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie ), in much the same form this theory has today.
General Theory of Relativity, accessible to both scholars and lay readers, has been in continuous print since 1915.
General Theory of Relativity since 1915 is used as a standard text in all universities.

That was the bhanga part.

Neechcha bhanga Makara-Guru in lagna for Barack Obama

[to be continued...]

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