Sorry for a such a laaa…te reply. I was very delighted to see your reply (message 25).

My birth details are:

14th Oct 1974, 12.14 at noon, Mumbai,India.

Regards
Parag dharmadhikari

Dear Visti, Namaskaar,
I see in my chart I have Ashlesha Gandanta as well as Venus Gandanta. (Ve exalted, vargotama, placed 3rd from AL). Also I can see that during Mo->Sa->Ve dasas (1988 Dec- 1989 Jan, using Utpanna; in pathaki chakra Mo has vedha of Sa & Ve), I almost died.(due to blood,puss related problem ). Shortly my Venus antar dasa is going to start and may be this year end or next start I am planning to get married. How will Venus Gandanta effect my marriage & relationships & career during its antara ?

28-Feb-1980 , 12:35:43 PM , Hanamkonda , India

Regards, Pavan Kumar B

Thank You.I don’t know if i understood it correctly but would i be right in saying that in surya dasa it would give shani’s results and in shani dasa it would give mixed results of rahu and surya?
i also have some confusion regarding conjuction and parivartana—when two planets are in conjuction and one of the them is in parivartana with another planet,then are the planets in conjuction still giving each others results?
What happens when the parivartana gets activated?
and thanks Sanjeev for asking those points,I too had that in mind.

Thank You,
Rupa.

Rupa
The planets conjoining need not be friendly to give each others results. Just see how in the chart of the Prime minister with a similar name: PV Narasimha Rao, the Mars and Mercury conjunction in the tenth house gave the effects of simhasana yoga and bhadra mahapurusha yoga in the dasa of Mars (instead of Mercury). So the planets need not be friendly.
2. When you learn more about yuti, you learn that yuti give 75% of the conjoined planets results. The nodes act differently and will basically exchange results with the other planet. Therefore the results of the Surya-Shani yoga, etc. will be fully given by Rahu in its dasa. Thats the idea.
3. I was told that this mainly applies to mahadasa. This is however not excluded from antara, etc. dasas but to get an appropriate picture start with using it from mahadasa only. This is my understanding.

Sanjeev
a) Yes, graha yuddha happens when two planets are within a degree of each other.
b) This second statement is incorrect according to Jaimini, wherein he states that the signs whose lords are placed in a sign of different oddity make the sign stronger, i.e. lord of an even sign placed in an odd sign. I have written about this in my book, chapter: 3.3.6 where I have shown how to use this in deciding the strengths of signs in case of dual lordships.

Yours sincerely, Visti Larsen.

Visti ji,kindly include the above two points for clarification.

Regards
Sanjeev

I have read in Mr.P.V.R.Narasimha Rao’s article that when two planets are in conjuction they give each others result if not inimical.what is your opinion regarding this? also
2)my lagna is aries and i have rahu in 10th in capricorn—so rahu should give the results of shani and vice versa but shani is in conjuction with surya in 2nd house—so who is giving who’s result? to add to the confusion rahu is with mars in aquarius in navamsa,so in rahu’s time who’s effect am i experiencing?
3)and does it hold for both mahadasa and antara dasa?

Thank You
Rupa.

Fre
The Gayatri should be recited 108 times minimum, whilst the Surya astakshari is best recited 3×108 times.

Rahu does indeed take on this role when:
1) it joins a planet, rahu and the planet will exchange results.
2) it is unconjoined then the lord of the sign and rahu will exchange results.

So in the example you cited, Rahu will give the results of Mercury and vice versa.

Lemna
Saturn AK in the tenth can make one change jobs frequently, but this isn’t unusual considering that Saturn makes one full of anxiety especially if joined or being the atmakaraka itself. Best way to overcome this is through mantra.

Yours sincerely, Visti

What a surprise, so my Atmakaraka is that evil for me..I will try to chant the mantra again..please give me some time, I’m also very tensed , and drained these days, because of my co workers.They seem to be very cunning, despite my habit of suspecting others…I have a feeling that if not all of them, one of the co worker dislikes me, and is trying to make me leave the job. We are only few people so it is apparent who is reacting how with another person.It is a 3 years contract and more over my parents wants me to continue this work, so am in a pressure, and have to give it a no.1 priority.
Is it true my Saturn in 10th will make me change jobs frequently, and again it is an Atmakaraka? What do you see in such a situation?
Thank you very much always.
Eagerly waiting for your kind response.

Warm Regards,
Lemna.

How many times the mantra’s (Surya and Gayatri)should be recited?

On an another note, it is said that Rahu behaves like the lord of the house in which it is placed. Is it acceptable to assume that dasa of mercury and rahu will bring good results.

I look forward to reading your combustion article.

Rishabh
You got it. Jupiter can also indicate children.

Ekalavya
More so in case of Rasi dristi than Graha dristi. Graha dristi manifests ONLY during the dasas of the respective planet, as only then does the desire arise.

Fre
There is Pravrajya yoga when Rajayoga is denied. I think you misunderstood this point. A simple life isn’t necessarily a comfortable life.
One of my collegues has the exact same Yoga and he inevitably insist on staying in the cheapest, run-down hotels whilst visiting India, and wouldn’t be alien towards sleeping on the sidewalk had he not been afraid of being robbed of his laptop. He also loves camping.
He recently recieved Gayatri initiation including the sacred thread and is now settling down with a wife and attempting to have kids.

Everyone can recite the Savitur Gayatri as given in the Rg Veda. There it is given without om, bhur, bhuva and svah.
Initiation into the mantra requires someone to give it to you and recite it thrice in your right ear. It is then started from a Thursday at sunrise, preferably with benefics or without planets occupying the 5th, 8th or 9th from the muhurta lagna whilst Jupiter and Sun are in quadrants or trines from the lagna.

Surya mantra is advised to overcome the combustion.

There are yogas which dominate all the other yogas in a chart. I.e. despite rajayogas between kendra, etc. lords, a pravrajya yoga will completely dominate and nullify the previously mentioned yogas. This happens by denying the fortune and granting the knowledge of the yogas.. but thats it.
So in the example you mentioned the combustion is necessary to bring the fortune and wealth to light.

In case of Mr. Einstein, i believe i clearly showed how the planets in the Pravrajya yoga where were NOT combust brought him difficulties and misery, whilst those which were combust brought him high aclaim and fame.

I don’t believe there has been any difference on my part in the interpretation when there has been Pravrajya yoga. Do explain where you see discrepencies.

Lemna
I see the need to soon publish my combustion (astangata) article given in the Jyotish Digest Apr-Jun 2007.

Combustion also depends on lattitude, and i must say that i’m unsure as to how JHORA calculates the combustion orb. The list you have given resembles that of the Surya Siddhanta which is used popularly.

Honestly, there is only one planet in the pravrajya yoga that i’m concerned about and that is your atmakaraka. If we cure that ONE atmakaraka then it doesn’t matter what the rest of the chart says. So i have given you a specific mantra for this… When you have such a remedy then who cares about the other yogas?

Yours sincerely, Visti Larsen.

Mercury is one of the planets forming pravrajya yoga. Mercury is exalted and retrograde As per JHORA my Mercury is not combust but infact none of my planets are combust as per JHORA but as per Parasara lite only my Venus is debilated and combust

As per some other software calculation on the net
My Mercury and Venus are both Combust
The degrees as per JHORA is as follows:
Mercury (R)-Bk 18 Vi 31′ 17.14″
Sun -GK 12 Vi 03′ 58.66″
Which is within 6 deg of Sun

I have read that the planets are considered combust when they have following longitudinal difference with the Sun on either side:
Moon 12 degrees,Mars 17 degrees,Mercury 14 deg,Venus 10 deg,Jupiter 11 deg,Saturn 15 deg.
In which case my Mercury and Venus are both combust.
Do kindly advice.
Thank you very much.

Warm Regards,
Lemna.

Or, does this not qualify because Mercury also forms NeechaBhanga Rajya Yoga and Saturn also causes Vipareeta Raja Yoga apart from raja yoga.

In the above example Venus is 5th lord and 12 lord in 4th house in Kanya Rashi so there is another rajayoga as well as neechabhanga rajayoga but there will be expenditure because venus is lord of 12th. Rahu also forms a rajayoga (placed in kendra with trine lord (venus and mercury). Am I on right track…..

So, there is no pravrajya yoga in this example. Rajayoga is present and combustion of the rajayoga planet is resulting in denial of the rajayoga.

or

Is it that both Pravrajya yoga and rajayoga are present. Combustion on one hand leads to rajayoga (due to pravrajayoga) whereas the presence of the rajayoga already (Mercury exalted in a kendra to lagna and arudha lagna) will be denied by combustion. Does this mean that one rajayoga is present while the other is denied?

Interpreting - just an attempt to learn: You mean to say wealth is decreased but the native will lead a comfortable and simple life - is that not good - pursuing single minded their subject of choice - applying their knowledge. Please help me understand better.

Gayatri initiation for ladies involves a guru reciting the mantra or can this be started whenever - please clarify.

How many times should the two mantras be recited? Mantras will help with rajayoga betterment. Surya mantra is recommended because atmakaraka is vragottama and because AK can bring fame.

Rishabh
Yes. The benefic lordships suffer normally. This is not always a good thing so i recommend protection through mantras during such times.

Ekalavya
The fruit given is ’saukhyapradaH’ which means ‘gives happines’. This is not the same as saying ‘doesn’t harm the planets’.
As an example Venus in twelfth is said to be very auspicious for conjugal life. Similarly Jupiter in sixth denies enmity whilst Mercury in eighth gives freedom from diseases.
However, If these planets are afflicted by two or more malefics in these houses, the effects are quite the opposite. Thats an important rider.

Fre
There is no confusion. Only when a pravrajya yoga occurs does the combustion take the planet out of the pravrajya. But what if a rajayoga occurs? Then in such a case the combustion actually denies the raja.
So if Mercury exalted in a kendra to lagna and arudha lagna is a rajayoga, then his combustion actually denies the same.
Now, in this particular example you will see the following effects: 1) Due to bhadramahapurusha yoga the native will be interested in Yoga and ayurveda. 2) due to the strength of Mercury on the arudha lagna the native will have a very good reputation for his/her skill and expertise.
3) due to the combustion the native will end up living a simple life, and likely in the pursuit of his/her personal interest, i.e. seeking to learn the finer arts of yoga/ayurveda (or allied subjects).
A good example of this are the very serene yogis who travel to India each year and live a simple life in the mountains whilst learning the finer arts of yoga, ayurveda etc.

What is unfortunate is that the fortune is lessened, but what is fortunate is that the knowledge would still be there.

The best remedy is the Gayatri initiation. According to the Rg Veda this was initially meant for ladies, and today there are some ashrams in India who stay true to this knowledge and do give Gayatri Diksha to ladies.
My personal oppinion though is that ladies for health reasons should not recite the three beejas: bhur bhuvaH svaH, in the Gayatri unless specifically initiated into the same. These beejas cause alot of fire in the body and can cause issues in concieving and the likes just as if Sun were placed in the fifth house.
The Surya mantra for Mercury is: om hram ghrini aadityaaaya namaH|
I hope this clarifies.

Lemna
Do read my above answer to Fre, as that should clarify why your combustion is auspicious and infact takes you out of the 4-planet pravrajya yoga.
As for your mantra recitation. The more sincere you are the better. Thats enough for you to know.

Uma Shanker Acantya
This issue becomes pertinent when the child wishes to be independant and earn a living. At such a time i recommend worship of Soma: Om Somaaya namaH.

Parag
I think you are right from what you have written. Do i have your chart?

Yours sincerely, Visti Larsen

Kindly reply please???????

Your every lecture always gives me some insight of my life events. I was always searching for the reason for my mother’s demise in Rah-Sun-Rah dasa. In your lecture I perhaps got the answer…as in my horoscope jup is 6th from Sun. Where jup is lagnalord in 3rd house in Aq.(mks) and sun along with other planets in 10th house. This makes Jup 6th from sun and as you said sun,sat and Jup are angry on planets which are 6th from them. So perhaps Sun gave me shock (Rah antardasa) for my mother(4th house lorded by jup in mks). pls let me know am I right in analysis?

I was going through your book Jyotisa Fundamentals and in that you were talking about Eka Nakashtra dosha. Myself and my second daughter are both are of the same Nakashtra Mrigasira but under different padas. You have mentioned in your book that if this is the case then the native should worship lord Soma.

Right now my daughter is 5 years old. From when you would suggest her to worship the lord Soma and kindly provide me with the mantra

Regards

While I was going through this page I was quite astonished of what you have mentioned about Mercury’s combustion.I think my Mercury is also combust , but I always thought it would minimize the effect of pravrajya yoga which have already formed by my 4 planets(sun,mercury,venus,saturn) in virgo, being in 10th house in rasi chart.
My 10th lord is also Mercury, I guess so that makes it combust.
If so what would you suggest me?You have given me the mantra, om namah shivaya ugralingya yam yam sah, but 108×16 daily is too much. I’m working from morning till evening and return home at late evening as for now.I wonder if I will get punished by making such excuse..

Warm Regards,
Lemna.

I remember reading that pravrajya-causing planets - combust with Sun - then the person will not take up sanyasa but will worship those who do. Can you please clarify?

Also, on this very website, in one of the discussions, there was this statement “Pravrajya yoga becomes Rajayoga if the planets are combust.” Can you please guide?

There are four planets venus, mercury, rahu and sun in virgo. sun and mercury are vragothama too.

What remedies do u recommend?

I did not understand your comment “worship Mercury with a name of Surya, i.e. Aditya in this case.” Is there a mantra? I’d appreciate if you can clarify.

What is “unfortunate” of this combination - if you don’t mind.