Thank you very much for this wonderful article.

Can you please clarify a few points to help me
understand the applications of this concept.

Some questions may be silly, but I hope you will not
mind answering.

1) Since you mentioned “If Rāhu associates then Tāmasī
or Durgā worship is indicated.” and also in Thakur’s
case illustrated connection with Ketu through Rashi Dristi,
does it imply that Graha Dristi is not to be used in this
calculation?

2) When is Tamasi and when is Durga to be chosen in case
of association with Rahu?

3) I assume that the application of the interpretation
to be made in the order specified until the first matching condition is found. Is that right? Or are they to be viewed
as parallel conditions (thus conjunction becoming less important than a stronger aspect)?

4) If Ketu joins a Graha that also inflicts curse in D-1,
will the worship of that Deity hurt or help the native?

5A)In Thakur’s example, parivartana is shown to replace
the influence on Ketu from Mars to Moon.

So, is Mercury to be considered as the primary influence
on Ketu rather than Jupiter?

- Ketu with Jupiter (Amk + Ishta Devata) in D-9 lagna
in Virgo.
- Retrograde Mercury with Rahu in Pisces
(Mercury also Dharmadevata and as per FAQ in your book
a retrograde and debilitated planet acts as exalted)

How will parivartana work in this case?

5B) Related to above. If the parivartana is with a debilitated planet (say Ketu + Moon in Scorpio Navamsa and
Mars in Cancer), how does it change the equation?

Regards
Nabatanu

I was going through the article written by Mr. Sanjay Rath on Atmakaraka. What i gathered was Atmakaraka planet shows the reason for which a soul is born, something which it could not complete in his last birth. Now, my question is if we believe that we are all reborn and that too for a purpose then from there it can be deducted that all the people who are existing at this point of time are reborn. From here we can further deduce that if the number of people who are existing now and the number of people who have existed before are the same. But it is not so. The number of people 20 years back are less than number of people existing now. For example, if in 1980 there were 200 people, in 2008 there are 450 people. Now 200 reborn will have a purpose in life. Therefore they will have an Atmakaraka. Regarding these 250 new people, where do they come from and do they have Atmakarakas?
Can u help me with any clue?

Very informative article on Ketu. In the second example you have mentioned..”In the navāmśa of Śri Achyuta Dasa, Ketu is placed in Libra navāmśa…”..I think it should be tauras navamsa as per the chart given.

-Regards
Rajarshi

In my Navamasa chart
1- KETU is alone in sixth house in the sign of aquarian(11)
(SIGN of SATURN)
2- SATURN is in capricon(10) in the 5th house
i) in his own sign
ii) Mars(EXALTED) is also there in the same house(conjoing saturn)
iii) Mars is DARA KARAKA (DK) and Saturn is Bartri KARKA
(BK)
3- Ketu is also rashi drashti aspected by PALANA DEVATA(Mercury)
from 2nd house.

Visit please guide me whom and how should i worship in the LIGHT of above article.
I stucks in analysis. Saturn gives pointer to brahma/prajapati/rudra so whom should i pick. and when it is conjoing mars then shoul i take rudra form in context of mars.
Then question comes in mind what is rudra form that dipicts MARS.

Please help me

Vishal Sharma

Can the obstructions created by Ketu in any house in Rashi Chart be dissolved by the worship of Ganesha through the mantras indicated in this writeup?

Example, For a female native: 18-08-1978, 0326 Hrs IST, 25N27, 81E51: Ketu sits in 9H causing obstruction in bhagya. In D-9, Ketu conjoins Moon in leo sign. Moon is AmK in this chart.

Can the worship of Ganesha through mantra: Om matre namah dissolve the blemishes of Ketu and open up her bhagya. What would this mantra do to the AmK ?

Thanks,

Vijay Kumar

Namskar Vistiji,

Nice article and very usefull guiding for all of us.

Thanks.

Hitesh

I have Ketu in scorpio{11th from ASC}and 12th from Karakamsa} in Capricorn Navamsa,AK SUN with BK Sat in Saggitarius.

Should I worship Ganesha{Ishta Devta}? 9th From Karakamsa is Leo
without Planet.So my Dharma Devta is Sun ??means Shiva ??What are the mantras?Please help. Thanks.

Regards,
Vaishnavi.

so the mantra actually is:

ॐ भूः भुवः स्वाः साम्ब सदाशिवाय नमः (7 words, 14 syllables)

but written/spoken as:

(om bhurbhuvah svah sāmbasadaśivāya namah|)
ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वाः साम्बसदाशिवाय नमः (5 words, 14 syllables) ?

sorry, i don’t get it.

Best regards,
SS

Sunil
Sambasadashiva would be an excellent choice for you.

SS
If Ketu alone is associated with AK itself, then normally we don’t make any new distinction. Yet, in such a case the worship of the Jyotirlinga of AK would prove very beneficial.

svaH and svAhA are distinctly different in this mantra and i have made no spelling mistake. The mantra should be 7 words and 14 syllables.

Kabira
Thats right. When Ketu is unconjoined then the Siddhi-rupa is the dispositor of Ketu. In your case your Palana and Dharma Devatas fall in Virgo with the Atmakaraka. Dispositor of Ketu also falls in Virgo. Therefore i would recommend the worship of Shiva Bhima-Shankara Jyotirlinga due to the close association with Atmakaraka.

Yours sincerely, Visti Larsen

My details are 16/02/79 10:07 Am Pob: 31:35N 74:56E.

I have ketu as lagna (in taurus with lord venus) in navamsa while Ishta Devatā (twelfth from karakāmśa) is Leo. Since leo has no planet, lord sun corresponds to Siva. You said “If Ketu is unconjoined then the lord of the sign where he is placed indicates the Devatā.”: so Venus would show lakshmi? I am a little confused.. Dont we correspond to the lord only when the house has no planet? In my case Praying to which Deity would be more beneficial. Kindly help

Warm Regards

स्वाहा (svAhA) or स्वाः (svAH)

as it wud make a difference in 1 syllable. e.g. if we use the 22 syllable Kali mantra, the former makes it 22 syllables, not the latter, but if we use the former in samasadashiva mantra, it makes it 15 syllable (rahter than 14 syllable as mentioned elsewhere on this website.

Many thanx
SS

This is a very comprehensive write-up and clarifies a lot about selecting Devata wholistically.
Wud be nice if you could advise that if the only planet that associates with Ke is atmakaraka itself, would it be advisable to beign with worship of that Devata, or shd one rather be approcaching ishta/palana/dharma/guru devata first.

Many thanx
SS

Thank you very much for a beautiful writeup on Ganesha. My details are - 22.2.1974, hosadurga, india, 16.30. In my D9 Lg, i have Ju co-joined with Ke. Ju is the 12L from AK. I am already doing Ganesha mantra (shakti-vinayaka mantra), should i be doing sambasadashiva mantra also?

pranams