New Youtube Video on Bazi versus Vedic Astrology 八字与印度占星的差异

I have just released a video on the differences between Bazi (八字) and Vedic Astrology, do check it out:

Bazi Vs Vedic Astrology 

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

Bitcoin predictions using Vedic Astrology - It has fallen as predicted!

Back in June 2022, I actually shared my analysis on Facebook that Bitcoin will drop after July 2022. So far, it does seem to be happening. As of today on 7 Sep, its price now is slightly below US$19,000.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=445446240917667&id=100063568839894

 

Here is the analysis in case you are lazy to click on the FB link above where my original post was:

Looking at the recent movement of Bitcoin and juxtaposing to the planetary transit, it seems like Saturn has a causative effect on its bull run since Dec 2020. Based on the date and time of which the genesis block was first minted, the cryptocurrency has a Cancer Rising chart and thus its lord, the Moon, is exactly where Saturn is transiting over during that time. In recent months, Jupiter has been transiting over the natal Moon and some astrologers have predicted a big spike in its price since Jupiter is the significator of wealth and expansive energy. Unfortunately, the reverse happened and its price has plummeted ever since Nov 2021.

 

WILL THIS DOWNWARD SPIRAL CONTINUE? IT SEEMS VERY LIKELY since Jupiter is actually going retrograde on 29 July 2022, thus will be hovering around natal Moon for a long while UNTIL FEB 2023. So Bitcoin may actually become worthless by that time. Will it make a comeback after that? I am not sure since I did not look that far ahead. Even if it does, people who got burnt by it during this period will be extremely cautious.

 

Update: Latest as of 22 Nov 2022, Bitcoin is now below US$17,000, the fall as predicted.

 

 

When will Covid-19 pandemic end?

It is worrying to see so many new Covid 19 cases on a daily basis. So I did the astrological charts of the last few past pandemics and studied them, to see if there is some hope that this will end soon.

What I found is a strong link of the Rahu Ketu Axis with contagious respiratory diseases.

Looking at Rahu's movement next year, it is very likely that the current global situation will continue to worsen all the way to end of 2022. Rahu tend to leave some residual effects after creating havoc. Thus, for now we still need to hang in there for a long while. There will be more new variants coming throughout the year globally as Rahu will only start loosening its grip towards end of 2022.

 

 

Some rambling on Psychology Astrology

Mr Marc Boney is a well-known Vedic astrologer in the U.S, trained under the school of KN Rao. He is one of my favorite authors on Vedic Astrology books. Prior to learning Vedic Astrology, he was practicing Western Astrology for over 20 years. Despite the years of giving consultations, he was unable to predict much and had to resort to ‘psychology astrology’, which is much easier to do (due to the 'Barnum Effects').

Below is the extract from one of his books, where he talks about this admittedly:

‘I was once an astrological fraud. Although I had been practicing Western astrology for some twenty years, I could not reliably and consistently predict events. The only redeeming feature in this was that I was an honest fraud. I told those who asked to consult with me that if it was event prediction that they were looking for they were talking to the wrong person. Instead I became adept at delineating personality dynamics through the birth chart and shied away from the predictive side. Of course, I did speak about what potentials for development certain major transits represented, but I refused to speculate about likely events. I told myself this was mostly because I didn’t want to condition people's minds in a harmful way, as astrological predictions sometimes do. But if the truth were known, it was mostly because I never felt confident enough in my ability to do so. I received good feedback on this type of consultation, which was more "astro-psychologizing" than predictive astrology.’

Regards

Alvin Chua

Diamond is a Woman’s Best Friend – Not for Some

In the last few decades, it has become a trend for women to wear their wedding band in the form of a diamond ring. What better way to show your new marital status than to embellish your hand with a stone that symbolize everlasting love? That being said, a small handful of people, in accordance to Vedic Astrology, may not realize that diamond can spell marital woes for them.

In our practice, diamonds are associated with the planet Venus and are known to accentuate the planet’s influence on its wearer. While Venus is generally known to be a natural benefic planet, but in certain astrological charts, Venus can sometimes take on malefic role.

And when that happens, wearing the diamond ring may not be that good an idea. For the ladies, if Venus is malefic in your chart and afflicts the 7^Th lord, it can cause your relationship to be strained months or weeks after your husband put on the diamond ring for you. If it afflicts your 5^th House, it can affect your chances of conceiving, unknowingly to you. As a double whammy, if Venus also aspects or sits with Jupiter closely, the negative impact on husband and progeny can be almost certain.

Maybe that is why some couples can be happy in a relationship but things quickly turned sour after marriage.

Here are 2 sample charts of female who should avoid wearing diamonds at all.

Example 1: Wearing diamond will make her marriage suffer. Venus afflicts 7^th House of marriage and also afflicts Jupiter, significator of husband, by conjunction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

Example 2: Wearing diamond will affect her chances of having kids. Venus afflicts the 5^th House of children and also the 5^th Lord, Jupiter itself. Jupiter is also the significator of children.

Regards

Alvin Chua