Just an Astrological Update on Newjeans (NJZ)

 

As of 25 July 2025, the influence of Rahu and Ketu on their chart has been lifted off.

This also coincided with the transit of Jupiter (the 8th lord of obstruction) moving out of its orb from natal Venus (6th lord ruling litigation matters). Venus is also associated with performance arts, which in case affected their freedom to perform, sing and dance. All these afflictions occurred in the last few months and we have seen the impact on the group.

Transit Mars still afflicts their 7th House of partnership, 10th house and 11th house of career and gains.
Overall this means the court case on 14 August will be in favor of Newjeans (NJZ) but there will be loss
of partnerships and gains in the process.

They should now be allowed to perform and be back on track with their original projects.

We shall wait for 14 August to come and see if the above comes true.

 Regards

Alvin

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Do you know that major part of Orchard Road shopping area in Singapore was built over a cemetery?

According to this online article, it was previously known as Tai Shan Ting Cemetery, a Teochew burial ground which had approximately 25,000 to 30,000 graves.

https://explorersg.com/explorersingapore/ngee-ann-city-a-former-cemetery/

It was owned by Ngee Ann Kongsi and was cleared in the 1950s to make way for commercial development. 

The first building built there was the 10-storey high Ngee Ann Building. However, it was unprofitable and reportedly haunted. It was torn down in 1985 to make way for the new Ngee Ann City, followed by Wisma Atria and ION Orchard.

It is so interesting. From a Feng Shui perspective, it is easy to see why Ngee Ann City was designed the way it is now.

六神姓名学

 伤官（暴躁指数）：多才多艺但有时会博而不精，活泼善辩。学习能力强，重视他人肯定。喜欢出风头，口才流利，表情丰富。好动，不喜欢拘束，脾气爆裂冲动。身边小人多，凡事有人扯后腿。运势起伏大。不要赚轻松钱、走偏门，否则出问题会身败名裂。

食神（好命指数）： 较好命。不愁吃穿，多口福。人际关系好，在别人眼里脾气好，温文秀气，有修养不会口出恶言，有爱心，懂得奉献施舍，开朗乐观，凡事顺其自然，喜欢欣赏美好的事物，有艺术气质。食神多，就会懒惰，要人服侍，公主病/王子病。

正印（心软指数）：肯为别人牺牲奉献，是人家的福星。温厚老实，和蔼可亲，品德好，仁慈宽容，做事细心有耐心，淡泊名利，重视学问，不会耍心机，孝顺父母。正印多（两个以上），牺牲奉献是往往没有回报的。

偏印（贵人指数）：运势较顺，常有贵人帮助。处事利落，思维细致，对于企划，创造，设计有独特才能。精打细算，多才艺。

正财（理财指数）：节俭任劳任怨，有强烈责任感，敦厚，不虚伪，不好高务远，珍惜金钱，喜欢储蓄。男命异性缘好，正面桃花居多。女命喜欢工作稳定，为人好沟通，很会讲好话，也容易满足。

偏财（用钱观念指数）：善于生财，会赚钱。花钱时会较少顾虑。有商业头脑，对事业乐观。男生异性缘很好。头脑灵活，风流多情，擅长交际，口才佳，重视自己的外表。不虚伪，讲义气，豪爽不拘小节，乐于助人，重感情。女生对于人事物喜欢质感好（不是名牌没关系）。

正官（当官指数）：当官的命格，光明磊落，不轻易动怒，团队内人缘好。有识人之能，具管理能力。乐于服务人群，严以律己，深得信任，平行端正保守，负责诚信。重视名誉和信用，有正义感。

偏官/七杀（固执指数）：个性固执，主观意识强，自己决定了就不会因别人而改变。有攻击性，勇敢果断，充满干劲，好胜不服输。不虚伪，讲义气，好打抱不平，责任心重，吃软不吃硬。男生婚姻会有两极化的表现，要不就很花心，要不就绝对忠心。女生外桃花超强，追求者多，条件好，易遭同性排斥。对爱情执著，不受世俗眼光约束。

劫财（挥霍指数）：是非多，不会亏待自己，对物品的质感要求高，花钱不会手软。交友广阔，口才好，能言善道，社交能力强。有冒险精神，性急勇敢，向前进，不怕失败。性情暴躁，钻牛角尖，不顾别人立场。男生异性缘不错但烂桃花居多。应酬喝酒的机会多。女生为败金女机率很大。

比肩（计较指数）：对于人事物都非常重视公平的感觉。感情上，爱恨分明。言行一致，坦率真诚。

格局里如同时有伤官和劫财，就会把其他十神的负面特质呈现出来。

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Astrological Techniques of Mr S.K. Mehta

STAR-BASED EXALTATION AND DEBILITATION



- Planets in fall give sudden adverse results.

- MA in 8th sign (Scorpio), VE in 2nd Sign (Taurus) and MO in 4th sign (Cancer) will be strong since they are in their own sign.

They will behave debilitated only when aspected or associated with a malefic.

However, their own aspect on these signs will destroy the signs - MA’s aspect will destroy 8th sign (Scorpio), VE’s aspect will destroy 2nd Sign (Taurus) and MO’s aspect will destroy 4th sign (Cancer).

- Based on his experience, Mercury is actually exalted in Aquarius and debilitated in Leo.

- Rahu and Ketu do not have an exaltation and debilitation sign.

- Saturn is the great delayer and has the power to reverse the above. An exalted planet when associated with Saturn will act as if fallen, destroying the house it occupies and the houses it rules as well. The effects of its exaltation will only manifest in the 2nd half of life.

- And vice versa if a fallen planet is associated with Saturn, it will act as if it is exalted. The effects of its fall will only manifest in the 2nd half of life.

- An exalted Saturn will lose its strength if associated (conjunct or aspect by) with the Sun. The Sun will act as if exalted and Saturn like debilitated.

- An exalted Sun will lose its strength if conjunct with Mercury. The Mercury will act as if exalted and Sun like debilitated.

- A planet receiving the aspect of fall from another planet, the houses rule by the receiving planet will be affected. Aspect of fall happens when a planet aspects one of its 3 debilitation signs.

E.g. the native will suffer from negative effects related to 3H and 6H significations.


NATURAL MALEFIC AND BENEFIC PLANETS

NM in a house gives harm to the LIVE THINGS (e.g. 4H – mother) but give rise to NON-LIVE THINGS (e.g. 4H – property, vehicle). This is reversed if it is a NB.

- A fallen planet involved in an exchange will give good results first, followed by destructive results.

- A retrograde planets will give powerful results (positive or negative will depend on other conditions).

- A planet in the last degree of a sign (29-30 degrees) will give only very weak results (whether positive or negative, the results will be weak).

- RA and KE give results of its sign lord. For example in Taurus, RA will give results of VE. If VE is strong and well-placed, RA will give good results during its period. If VE is badly placed or afflicted, then RA period will bring bad results. Although RA/KE will give results of its sign lord, its period will always be accompanied by mental tension, quarrels, loss of things, family members having trouble, sudden injuries and other disturbances.


STRONG HOUSE

- Planets in exchange will be strengthened and give positive results to the houses under the signs they both rule. The only exception is SU and SA which can give adverse results.

- When a planet aspects its own sign or exaltation sign (exalted aspect), that house will be strengthened. E.g. when MA aspects SC (own) or JU aspects CN (exaltation).

- Aspect Exchange: When two planets have aspect exchange, it means they each aspect the sign of the other. When this happens, ALL houses in signs ruled by both planets will be strengthened.

- A house is strong when its lord or an exalted planet occupies it.

- A house is strong if its lord is exalted.


WEAK HOUSE
- A house is weak if aspected or occupied by a Trik lord (6L, 8L or 12L).

- A house is weak if its lord goes to a Dustana house (6H, 8H or 12H).

- A house is weak when it is receiving an aspect of fall from any planet. Aspect of fall happens when a planet aspects one of its 3 debilitation signs. E.g. MA aspects CN, one of its debilitation signs, making 4H weak. SA aspects AR, one of its debilitation signs, making 1H weak.

- A house is weak when occupied by a fallen planet.

- A house is weak when its lord is fallen.

- A house associated with MA, SA and RA at the same time will be badly destroyed.

- Mar is weak in Gemini based on his experience, and will destroy the house it occupies and also its own houses.


TIMING OF POSITIVE CAREER EVENT (GOVERNMENT JOB)

Start a new government job or a promotion in a government job.

- The sub-period and sub-sub period of 9L + 10L or 10L + 11L, and both houses are strong.

OR

- The sub-period and sub-sub period of SA + JU, and both planets are strong.

- The above are to be seen from both Ascendant and Chandra Lagna.


TIMING OF POSITIVE CAREER EVENT (PRIVATE JOB)

Start a new private job or a promotion in a private job.

- The sub-period and sub-sub period of 7L + 9L or 7L + 11L.

- The above are to be seen from both Ascendant and Chandra Lagna.

- The combination is interchangeable between the two Lagnas, e.g. 7L from Ascendant and 9L from Chandra Lagna, or 7L from Ascendant and 11L from Chandra Lagna.


TIMING OF ACCIDENT

Situation 1 (true for 85% cases)

- The sub-period and sub-sub period of:

A. 4L from Lagna + RA/KE or

B. 4L from Chandra Lagna + RA/KE or

C. 4L from Lagna + 4L from Chandra Lagna

- For the above (A, B, and C) the order does not matter. For example, for combination A, the 4L from Lagna can be either the sub-period or the sub-sub period lord.

In addition, the 4H should be weak.

Situation 2 (true for 15% cases)

- Replace 4L in Situation 1 to 6L


TIMING OF MARRIAGE

- The sub-period and sub-sub period of 1L, 7L and 12L.

If RA/KE is in the sign of one of these 3 planets, RA/KE can replace that planet.

For example, for a Scorpio Ascendant, RA can replace MA as 1L if it is in Aries.

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐎 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐉𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐒? 𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐍 𝐕𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐂 𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐘

NewJeans debuted in 2022 after being formed by ADOR to great success worldwide, releasing singles “Attention,” “Hype Boy” and their debut EP “New Jeans.”

Recently, the K-pop agency Hybe filed a legal complaint against the CEO of its subsidiary ADOR, Min Hee-jin.

So many Bunnies (the term NewJeans’ fans called themselves) are very concerned about the future of the group.

To address this, I have drawn up NewJeans’ natal chart as a group, using the time they first debuted.

𝑆𝑜 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑡? 𝑀𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑌𝐸𝑆.

Do note that although South Korea’s official time zone is GMT+9 hours; most part of the country including Seoul itself geographically falls in the GMT+8 hours zone, which I have used here.

JUPITER is the 8^th lord which rules sudden events and obstructions. In its transit now, JUPITER is afflicting the 1^st house (the group itself), 5^th house (the company’s stocks and investments), 7^th house (public and partnerships) and 9^th house (fame and good fortune).

In addition, MARS is the 12^th lord of the natal chart, ruling expenses and losses. The transit MARS currently brings its negative energies to the 11^th house (financial gains, public image), 2^nd house (status and money), 5^th house (the company’s stocks and investments) and 6^th house (disagreements and legal problems).

VENUS too carries malefic vibes and afflicts the 12^th house (expenses and losses) as well.

𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒇𝒇𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅.

𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒕 𝑴𝑨𝑹𝑺 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑽𝑬𝑵𝑼𝑺 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚, 𝑱𝑼𝑷𝑰𝑻𝑬𝑹’𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒚 2024. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒖𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝑯𝒀𝑷𝑬 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝑫𝑶𝑹 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏.

Meanwhile, their new releases will not be affected since the group is currently in the RAHU sub-period which brings their musical talents to the fans globally. This is because RAHU is in the 12^th house (foreign ventures), conjunct with MARS which is strong in its own sign Aries and also MOON which is the 3^rd lord (musical talents). Also, RAHU is known to give high status in Aries but itself.

𝑰𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒂𝒚 2024, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓.

Regards

Alvin Chua (a Bunny too) 

Three Identical Strangers

What happens if one day you met 2 persons who look exactly like you? That was precisely what happened to Bobby Shafran when he discovered he had a twin brother on his first day of college. His brother was Eddy Galland and they quickly realized that they were twins separated at birth. But to their surprise, a few months later, they found David Kellman, who was another exact replica of themselves. They were actually triplets.

 Apparently, the triplets were deliberately given up for adoption to three couples, each of a different social class (one blue-collar, one middle-class, and one affluent). Unknown to them, they were all part of a study on genetics and human behavior, particularly under the theme of ‘nature’ versus ‘nurture’.

Despite growing up apart and unaware of each others’ existent, the three brothers displayed numerous similarities. All of them liked the same films, smoked the same cigarettes (Marlboros) and had been wrestlers at college. They also had the same mannerism (talking, walking, laughing, etc) and share the same taste for the type of girlfriends. Sadly, they also had similar struggles with mental illness growing up: all three displayed separation anxiety; all three experienced depression at times, and all three made visits to psychiatric hospitals as teenagers.

From a Vedic astrology’s perspective, all of them have the exact same Rasi chart with Aries as the Ascendant. In a way, this implies that the nature of a person is very much dictated by his natal chart, regardless how the external factors may have changed.

The triplets were born 11-16 minutes apart from each other, which mean that their Navamasha (D9) charts were different. It is said that the D9 chart tend to manifest its effects towards the later part of life and it does seem to be the case for these brothers. As they grew older, they began to look less and less like each other. After marriage, their paths in life began to separate, and they ended up having very different outcomes in life.

You can watch their story, in the documentary, Three Identical Strangers (https://tinyzonetv.to/movie/watch-three-identical-strangers-2018-free-16868) or on Netflix in some countries.

Bruce Willis' Health analysis using Vedic Astrology

Bruce Willis’ family first announced his diagnosis of aphasia (a disorder typically caused by damage to the area of the brain that controls language expression and comprehension) in Mar 2022. As of today, his condition has worsened and has developed into a form of dementia. 

 

Based on his Vedic astrological birth chart, his health may likely to have started as early as 2020, when he started his Saturn/Rahu period.

For reference, Bruce Willis was born on 19 March 1955 at 6.32pm in West Germany (His mother is a German, father an American).

Rahu and Ketu give their effects closely together since they are two ends of the same entity in ancient mythology.

So any affliction by Ketu will also manifest during Rahu’s period, in his case Rahu’s sub-period.

In his natal chart, Ketu closely afflicts his Mercury which is already weak due to its placement in the 6^th house of diseases. Mercury is associated with the brain, cognitive abilities, speech and the nervous system.

 

The Mahadasha lord, Saturn is involved in a Papa Sankhya Yoga (which is bad) in the D6 chart (the divisional chart for health matters) and badly placed in the 12^th House of losses. Its conjunction with Jupiter will act as a protection from serious illness for most part of the Mahadasha period.

Looking Rahu in D6, it is placed in a challenging 8^Th house and is associated with 2 malefics, Ketu (yes, Rahu and Ketu can be in the same sign in some divisional charts) and Sun. Association with benefics such Moon (debilitated), Mercury and Jupiter provided some alleviation.

All these indicated an inclination towards illnesses that affect the cognitive abilities.

Bruce Willis has recently entered his Jupiter sub-period, leaving the problematic Rahu sub-period behind, thus we should expect some improvements in his condition and surely the deterioration of his overall heath can be slowed down.

(Note: The above analysis is only using Vimshottari Dasha. I have not incorporated the use of planetary transits which can give even more insights). 

Regards

Alvin

What is a mantra and why we use it in Vedic astrology?

If you are Buddhist, you are likely to have heard of OM MANI PADME HUM. This string of words is known as a mantra 真言. While its meanings are important, its true power lies in its sound or vibrational energy.

 

 “What is a mantra? This Sanskrit word is composed of the two root words, manas, which means, “mind,” and trai, which means, “to heal or protect.” Mantras can therefore best be defined as “primordial sounds that have a healing or beneficial effect on the mind and consciousness”.”

Marc Boney, Graha Shanti

 

One main difference between a scripture 经文and a mantra 真言/咒语 is that the former is often translated into many languages so that people can recite and understand its meanings. For mantra, we can read its translation first to gain an understanding but when we use it, we need to recite it in its original Sanskrit form as we are reliant of its sound to create a certain desired effect.

 

“Sanskrit is an energy-based language first and a meaning-based language second.”

“…the Sanskrit alphabet consists of fifty letters, with each one corresponding to a particular petal of a chakra (refers to energy centers in our body).”

“Those ancient seers also noticed that when certain Sanskrit sounds, not all of which were words or meaning-based sounds as in modern language, were chanted in certain sequences, the resulting vibrational effect upon the chakras and physical body was remarkable. The sounds seemed to work synergistically, producing significant results in whoever chanted them, whether they understood what they were chanting or not.”

                                                                        Thomas Ashley-Farrand, Shakti Mantras

 

“The mantras that Vedic astrology employs are specific incantations that send energy to planets that are well placed, and whose energies you want to further enhance, as well as to planets that are poorly placed and in need of empowerment.”

Andrew Bloomfield, How to Practice Vedic Astrology

 

“It (refers to mantra) can increase mental abilities and open higher intuitive faculties, unlocking potentials of awareness that otherwise might remain dormant. It can help ERASE NEGATIVE KARMIC TENDENCIES, including those that have their roots in previous births.”

David Frawley - Ayurvedic Astrology