Karmic Destiny in Vadic Astrology
Among planetary Nodes, Moon’s Nodes are most important the Moon being the closest light near the Earth. As the influence of the Moon is very strong in a natal chart, so the influence of Moon’s Nodes is very important in the life of a soul.
The basic concept is that the Moon’s Nodes work as a vacuum tube connecting the past Karmas with the present Destiny. In other words, Moon’s Nodes bridge the gap between the previous form of soul to the present soul structure. Moon’s Nodes also help to correlate the present soul structure with its possible connection to the future soul form. This automatically brings us to the Hindu concept of some form of reincarnation process.
In Karmic Destiny, the first stage is to find out where Rahu and Ketu are placed in the natal chart by Signs and Houses and delineate them by taking into consideration the elements of Signs and Houses.
Next we are to find the controlling planets (Planets ruling the signs occupied by Rahu and Ketu.
The third stage is to see the aspects between Rahu and Ketu with the natal planets. For conjunctions and opposition, we have the orb upto 10°, but for other aspect, the orb is not allowed for more than one degree.
As a simple rule, Ketu tells us about our past Karmas brought in this incarnation and Rahu will tell how we are to redeem them. The redeeming network of Rahu consists of the Grand Trine houses that include the positions of Rahu in the natal chart. Grand Trines are: 1-5- 9: 2-6-10; 3-7-11; and 4-8-12 houses.
For example, if Rahu is in the 7th house, its distribution network will consist of houses 3-7-11. The areas covered by Rahu are quite important in the Karmic growth during your life time.
Since Ketu has been assigned the responsibility of inlet of Karmas from the past life and Rahu is responsible for the redemption of past Karmas in this life, their location through the signs and houses in a birth chart will help us to understand more of Karmic Destiny in this life time.
By knowing where the Nodes are in the natal chart, one can estimate a general Karmic attitude or function in one’s life. Remember, this does not say what the whole life is going to be, but a general attitude that will guide the soul in this life.
In the example horoscope, Rahu is in the 10th house i.e., 2nd, 6th and 10th are the houses where the native needs the growth in this life time. To conclude, it is the position of Ketu (one incoming point) for the inlet of Karma, but it is the position of Rahu (three houses) for the distribution and utilization of past Karmas during our life time.
In the illustration, the incoming point is the 4th house and he is to distribute and utilize the past Karmas through the 2nd, 6th and 10th house, during his life-time.
In our illustration, Rahu is in Libra in the 10th house which is the same as Ketu in Aries in the 4th house. In this case, past life Karmic energy (Ketu) is coming from the Fire (Aries) by sign position and water (4th house) element by house position. Karmic energy distribution (Rahu) is happening through Air (Libra) element by sign position and Earth (10th house) element by house position.
Thus the basic Karmic energy will be from Fire Air (by signs) and Water-Earth (by houses). Here both the conversions are converging to the common boundary of Air Earth domain.
If the native can bridge the gap between the interface of Air and Earth, the rest of the flow will be quite smooth. The Air levels is – Intellectuality and Communications, and the Earth level is – Practicality and Materialism.
One Node conversion (Fire-Air) is bringing higher knowledge into something logical that can be easily communicated. The other Node conversion (Water-Earth) is trying to convert understanding of feeling and sensitivity into practical – materialistic attitude.
The Karmic process of this person is to learn to use his mind and intellect by planning a practical action which can provide him material significance. Remember that these elemental analysis will not tell us a life-long story but a path that is significant in the life of that person.
The native was given to the wet-nurse to the brought up as his mother was not keeping a good health at the time of his birth.
After couple of years, when the wet-nurse brought him back, his mother refused to recognize him as her own child. Her arguments were that the wet-nurse had changed her baby with somebody’s else.
In his childhood, he suffered emotionally for want of love and affection from his parents. But Ketu is in Aries (Fire). This gave him tremendous amount of energy to fight his own way to establish his own individuality and it was again Karmic.
Had Ketu been in some other element i.e., Air or Water or Earth instead of Fire, his Karmic Destiny would have been totally different.
Rahu will redeem his Karmic Destiny through 2-6-10 houses as stated earlier, through Air and Earth elements in this incarnation. During this time so far, he had to work very hard. Even today at this age of 59 years, he works for more than 12 hours a day.
This is the 6th house affairs. Financially, (2nd house) he had never been well off except for a very short period in between. Vocation (10th house). He had changed as many as six professions so far. Air element – whatever work he did or doing at present in his life, he attained some sort of recognition and he is always a doer – practical (earth element).
Rahu in Libra and Ketu in Aries: Previous incarnation of this person was spent with a lot of physical actions, temper and aggression. He had, in that life, achieved and lost many things as he could not learn to understand the significance of balance.
In this life time, he will definitely learn and be able to use the concept of balance as applied to ‘soul growth: Everything he undertakes in this life will have a definite sense of justice, priority and deeper significance. His diplomatic talents are well worth nothing in this life. He will achieve things without fighting for them and often other will surrender to him just by his senses and magnetism. Utilisation of mental energies is strongly noticed in this person in this life. Although he may not be after material success, he always manages to be in plentiful in that respect.
Rahu in the 10th and Ketu in the 4th
This condition often signifies stronger success in the profession or career area. However, some drawbacks are noticed in the home affairs.
Here, the individual converts all the domestic energies into professional direction. Thus, satisfactions and fulfillments through the home are fairly low for him.
His individuality and strong ego are worth noticing. Often difficulties during childhood brings about a distorted mother/father complex to him. He is a lot closer to his father than to the mother.
However, some of the hostilities or lack of mother element is due to recent past life complications with her. Sensitivity and emotionalism is something he has to overcome and show an image of tough practicality in this life. His first half of life is not very enjoyable as compared to the second half of life.
Astrology and the Doctrine of Karma
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People often wonder why they are the victims of a cruel and merciless fate when they, seemingly, have done no wrong. Good people seem to suffer much more than bad people. Morality becomes irrelevant because of the purposelessness and unfairness of life. And the universe becomes nothing more than an aimless chaos.
The ancient Maharishis speculated long and deep on this dichotomy of suffering and happiness seemingly happening at random, and came up with the idea of Karma.
They defined Karma as the energy generated by the summation of all our physical, mental and spiritual actions and that all our unhappiness or happiness was nothing but an expression of this Karmic energy.
Sage Kapila elaborated further. He said: “Man’s existence is a Karmic repetition of his previous existences and his present existence is but a link in the chain of eternal existences connecting the past with the future.”
Karma theory teaches us that the soul enters the life, not as a fresh creation, but after a long course of previous existences on this earth and elsewhere, in which it acquired its present inhering peculiarities and that it is on the way to future transformations which the soul is now shaping.
It claims that infancy brings to earth, not a blank scroll for the beginning of an earthly record, nor a mere cohesion of atomic forces into a brief personality soon to disintegrate again into the elements, but that it is inscribed with ancestral histories, some like the present scene the most of them unlike it and stretching back into, remotest past.
Overcoming Karma meant understanding it. And to simplify the problem they identified three categories of Karma, viz., (a) Sanchita, (b) Prarabdha and (c) Agami.
- Sanchita is the accumulated Karma that is latent and will fructify in a future life.
- Prarabdha is the operative part of Karma comprised of thoughts, words and deeds whose seed has already germinated and whose machinery has been set in motion for fruition in this life.
- Agami is the Karma that will be done in future.
Karma then is nothing but what we have done, are doing and will do in future and we have to enjoy or suffer appropriate Karmic results. A horoscope only indicates the result of our past Karma.
When Parasara suggested remedial measures in the Brihat Parasara Hora he was clearly stating that Sanchita and Agami Karmas could be neutralised but Prarabdha had to be endured.
With the help of astrology, therefore, one can see, albeit sketchily. what one has to endure and what one can overcome instead of either frustrating attempts to change the unchangeable or a sink-back into utter defeatism one can make an intelligent assessment of what the future holds or is likely to hold and take steps to properly handle oncoming situations.
The major Karmic indicators are Saturn, Rahu and Mars. Intense Prarabdha Karma is shown when they afflict the Moon or Mercury. Saturn’s afflictions are not as bad as Rahu’s or Mars’s.
For example a Saturn-Moon association in a horoscope is indicative of an unhappy childhood and a lot of mental agony caused by people close to him. But if there is an aspect by benefic, preferably Jupiter, the individual not only overcomes all his problems but develops tremendous wisdom as he grows older.
A Rahu-Moon association on the other hand is more problematic. Phobias developed in childhood (as a result of past Karma), plague one all through life. Wrong mental habits of previous lives channel deep grooves in the consciousness of the person that it would be seemingly impossible for him to get hold of his thinking.
In watery signs there is emotional insecurity and attempts to get love and affection would be by trying to attract as much attention as possible.
In intellectual signs there is normally a razor-sharp intellect but the person will be lacking in the ability to understand and appreciate other people’s emotions.
In earthy signs a Rahu-Moon conjunction (or opposition) leads to a tremendous lust for either earning money or achieving power.
In fiery signs there is dissatisfaction with everything and everybody that life becomes unbearable.
Beneficial aspects, preferably Jupiter’s trinal aspect, point to a spiritual awakening and consequent release of the mind from its deep rooted phobias and complexes. Meditation, japa and pranayama would help in catalyzing this spiritual awakening.
A Moon-Mars association gives a restless mind, a sharp temper and problems arising there from. The pain caused by this inner restlessness is one that only the afflicted person can understand.
Benefic aspects suggest that with appropriate remedial measures this restlessness can be channeled into constructive actions. Bad aspects on the other hand would immobilize a person with false fears. It is thus that major Karmic afflictions affect the mind and then the mind destroys the person.
In Karmic astrology the study of the 5th house is as important as the study of the Moon. Interestingly enough the 5th house is not only the sign ruling the intellect but also the “Poorva- punyasthana”. In a way it symbolizes a person’s animal impulses (or the momentum of the Karma brought with him) things that one would enjoy doing most or would gravitate to if he were not restrained by social, moral and spiritual considerations.
Evil planets in the 5th can give extremely dangerous thoughts which would break out into forbidden action in the absence of a good, strong 9th house.
Consider, for example, an individual with Mars in the 5th house. In the undeveloped case (that is in the absence of benefic aspects or associations) the person feels frustrated because constantly feels he should be doing something other than what he is.
There is, further, a lack of willingness to learn because of feelings of superiority. The native can overcome this Karma by reviewing his thinking and realizing how all his discontent is caused by himself. And that his superiority complex does nothing useful.
Contrast this with the situation of Saturn in the 5th house. This is a specially strong indication of intense Prarabdha Karma. The person has to shoulder tremendous responsibility but he always seeks to escape from it. It is as if the more freedom he seeks, the more responsibility he gets. The Karmic lesson in this case is to realize that the person is destined to shoulder responsibility and there is no getting away from it. Thus realization would enable the person to find joy in doing his duty.
Final liberation is one of the things that is extremely difficult to prognosticate. Varaha Mihira mentions Jupiter’s exaltation or situation in Pisces as one of the indications of Moksha. Another combination pointing to the same result is the situation of all planets in Jupiter’s amas. These are by no means exhaustive. We can only conclude that since “self knowledge” leads to liberation and since no planet indicates wisdom more than Jupiter a sine-quo-non for God-realisation is the presence of a strong, well placed and unafflicted Jupiter in a horoscope. That is, Jupiter’s aspect is considered as a saving grace capable of warding off all evil.
There are various other Karmic indicators, too numerous even to list. But suffice it to say that Saturn is the planet of fate which sets definite bounds to our efforts and that Jupiter is the planet of good fortune not clearly attributable to merit or luck.
Astrology and Karma are therefore inter-related. Astrology reveals the consequence of our actions which we do not remember in this life and are untraceable in this birth. The result of our unknown actions is what we call fate. The law of Karma therefore indicates cause and effect relationship.
Thus astrology can be a valuable aid in not only knowing our past Karma and its present implications but also a guide in achieving final liberation. The charge of astrology being fatalistics is an ill-founded charge which has neither scriptural nor scientific sanction behind it. We can only conclude that astrology as Jyotisha (the science of electromagnetic energy) and as Hora Sastra (the science of time) is the only tool that man has for understanding himself in this four dimensional universe.
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