The strong and well placed lords of the first, tenth and third houses and the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn and thqse placed in the third house, during the course of their operational periods give entrepreneurial inclinations to the native.
The influence of a strong lord of the third house on the third, first, second, tenth and eleventh houses impels the native to go in for business for greater earnings during the course of its opera-tional periods.
A strong Sun adds to the organisational capabilities and en-hance the results and success.
The strong and unafflicted position of Jupiter and the lord of the ninth house if containing a mooltrikona sign contributes the element of luck blessing the native with easy success.
While handling the questions whether one should venture into a business or not the astrologer should particularly consider the influence of the planets governing losses on the fourth house, sec-ond house, tenth house, eleventh house or their lords.
It is also necessary that the lord of the second house, tenth house and the fourth house and the planets the Sun and the Moon are not under the close influence of Rahu which results into sud-den sufferings or losses or loss of reputation and cause problems with the state agencies.
60 Application of Prasna Astrology CHART 17 PRASNA 1ST MARCH, 1996, 1345 HRS.
KETU
SAT VEN ASDT
MARS
SUN MOON
MER
,nIP RAHU
BALANCE DASA OF JUPITER 1 YEAR 8 MONTHS 1 DAY.
The sign, Gemini, rises in the ascendant and the planets Rahu and Ketu are the functional malefic planets. Mercury is in the state of old age, is badly placed in the chart and is, hence, weak. Venus, the Moon and Saturn are weak as they are in the state of infancy.
Rahu aspects and aficts the weak Mercury. The Sun, Jupiter and Mars are strongly well placed in the chart and all three closely aspect the most effective point of the third house. As per prasna the sub period of Rahu was running in the main period of Jupiter.
The native was planning to expand her business started in the sub period of the Sun with new lines. The sub period of Rahu from the house ruled by the weak Mercury, however, indicated loss of as-sets or delayed results out of the asas-sets as during this sub period positive developments are few.
Her advance payments towards purchase of new assets both movable and immovable were being stuck. The native was ad-vised to wait for the opportune time and she was adad-vised that the results of her new ventures may not match the level of her entre-preneurial skills and ventures due to the weakness of the lord of the fourth house and the lord of the second house. The native was advised both propitiatory astral remedies for the functional malefic planets and wearing of a Kavach for strengthening the weak func-tional benefic planets in an auspiciously elected time.
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CHART 18 PRASNA 22ND FEBRUARY, 1997, 1215 HRS.
3 ASDT21° 19'
BALANCE DASA OF KETU 2 YEARS 8 MONTHS 10 DAYS.
The sign, Taurus, rises in the ascendant and the planets Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Rahu and Ketu are the functional malefic planets.
The functional benefic lord of the house of initiatives, the Moon, is involved in mutual close aspect with another functional benefic planet, the Sun, in the tenth house. The most malefic planet, Jupi-ter, closely aspects and afflicts another functional malefic planet, Mars, placed in the fifth house. Rahu and Ketu do not cause afflictions in the chart.
Venus ruling the house of financial stability is weak as it is in the state of infancy. The functional malefic planet, Mars, closely aspects and afflicts the lord of the tenth house, Saturn. Due to the influence of the Moon over the Sun the native had started many new businesses but every time his recoveries compelled him to think of further diversification or change of business line. As per prasna the sub period of Jupiter was in operation and again he had some business losses in the form of outstanding dues and thought of further diversification in retailing so that there is no credit in-volved in the sales. To avoid the difficulties this time he sought astral remedies. The native was advised both propitiatory astral remedies for the functional malefic planets and wearing of a Kavach for strengthening the weak functional benefic planets in an auspi-ciously elected time.
62 Application of Prasna Astrology CHART 1.9 PRASNA 16TH APRIL, 1997, 1130 HRS.
SAT TU
MER VEN SUN
ASDT
MOON
JUP MARS
RAHU 23" 5
46' MAR
10 JUP 23° 42'
BALANCE DASA OF MERCURY 13 YEARS 5 MONTHS 20 DAYS.
The sign, Gemini, rises in the ascendant and the planets Rahu and Ketu are the functional malefic planets. The debilitated lord of the seventh house, Jupiter, is badly placed in the chart and is, hence, weak. The Sun is weak as it is in the state of infancy.
The functional malefic planets do not cause close conjunc-tions and aspects in the chart. As per prasna the sub period of Venus was running in the main period of Mercury'. Mars ruling the house of gains is placed in the third house bestowing entrepreneurial inclinations on the native.
Venus ruling the house of investments is placed in the house of income in close conjunction with the lord of the third house. The native was thinking of venturing into a new business of sale and services of the luxury items.
. The native was given go ahead signal and the native was ad-vised both propitiatory astral remedies for the functional malefic planets and wearing of a Kavach for strengthening the weak func-tional benefic planets in an auspiciously elected time.
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CHART 20 PRASNA 17TH JANUARY, 1997, 1015 HRS.
KE TU
SAT MOON
ASDT
SUN JUP
VEN
MER RAHU
MARS
BALANCE DASA OF VENUS 9 YEARS 11 MONTHS 2J DAYS.
The sign, Aquarius, rises in the ascendant and the planets Mercury, the Moon, Rahu and Ketu are the functional malefic planets. Mars,Rahu, the Sun and Jupiter are badly placed. Mars, Saturn, the Sun and Jupiter are under the close influence of the functional malefic planets, Rahu and Ketu. The mutual aspect of the lord of the ascendant and the lord of the third house bestowed entrepreneurial capabilities on the native. Venus is well placed in the chart but is weak due to the bad placement and affliction of its dispositor. Venus is afflicted by the most malefic planet, Mercury, to the extent of ten percent. The influence of the lord of the third house was encouraging the native to venture into a new business but the bad placements and afflictions were causing the obstructions. To augment the potentialities of the weak planets the native was advised both propitiatory astral remedies for the functional malefic planets and wearing of a Kavach for strengthening the weak functional benefic planets in an auspiciously elected time.
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CHART 21 PRASNA 8TH OCTOBER, 1996, 2004 HRS.
KETU
SAT ASDT
MARS
MOON VEN
Np MER
RAHU SUN
BALANCE DASA OF KETU 3 YEARS 6 MONTHS 19 DAYS.
The sign, Taurus, rises in the ascendant and the planets Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Rahu and Ketu are the functional malefic planets.
The most malefic planet, Jupiter, being the lord of the eighth house, is placed in the eighth house, itself It is not involved in close conjunction or aspect in this chart. The functional malefic planet, Venus, is placed in the fourth house and does not afflict the most effective point of the house. Similarly, the functional malefic planets, Mars, Rahu and Ketu, are not involved in the close con-junctions or aspect. The functional benefic planet, the Moon, is closely conjunct with the most effective point of the fourth house and closely aspects the tenth house. The functional benefic planet, Mercury, is closely conjunct with the most effective point of the fifth house and closely aspects the most effective point of the eleventh house. The placement of Jupiter shows good inheritance.
The influence of the Moon shows entrepreneurship. The influ-ence of Mercury shows intelliginflu-ence. The native was running an automobile service station in partnership. But during the course of the sub period of Rahu in the main period of Ketu, both the functional malefic planets, the business was slow and even the relationship between the partners was becoming tense when the native sought astral help. The native was advised about the operat-ing planetary periods and their trends. For improvement in the business and relationship among the partners, the native was ad-vised both propitiatory astral remedies for the functional malefic
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planets and wearing of a Kavach for strengthening the weak func-tional benefic planets in an auspiciously elected time.
CHART 22 PRASNA 6TH DECEMBER, 1996, 2018 HRS.
KETU
The sign, Cancer, rises in the ascendant and the planets Ju-piter, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu are the functional malefic planets.
The planets, Mercury and Jupiter, are badly placed in the chart and are, hence, w e . Except the close afflicting aspect of Jupiter to Mars and Saturn to Mercury, there is no other affliction in the chart. The Moon is weak as it is in the state of infancy. Mars rules the tenth house and Mercury rules the third house. The native was a businessman. He approached for astral help in the sub period of Saturn in the main period of Mars. Since Saturn was afflicting the badly placed lord of the third house, ruling the entrepreneurial ca-pability, the existing business was giving problems and the native was contemplating a change. The native was advised of the oper-ating planetary periods which indicated setbacks in the current or any other initiative made in this period. However, to improve the situation, the native was advised both propitiatory astral remedies for the functional malefic planets and wearing of a Kavach for strengthening the weak functional benefic planets in an auspiciously elected time.
66 Application of Prasna Astrology CHART 23 PRASNA 24TH APRIL, 1995, 1950 HRS.
VEN SUN KETU
MER
MOON SAT
MARS
Np ASDT RAHU
BALANCE DASA OF RAHU 12 YEARS 4 MONTHS 7 DAYS.
The sign, Libra, rises in the ascendant and the planets Mer-cury, Rahu and Ketu are the functional malefic planets. The lord of the ascendant, Venus, is badly placed. The most malefic planet, Mercury, closely afflicts the most effective points of the seventh and first houses. The functional malefic planet, Rahu closely aspects and afflicts the Sun and the Moon. The lord of the third house, Jupiter, is near the most effective point of the second house and is indicative of status in life through the entrepreneur-ship. The lord of the fifth house, Saturn, is placed near the most effective point of the fifth house and exerts the benefic influence on the fifth, seventh, eleventh and second houses. The lord of the seventh house, though weak due to its being in the state of debili-tation, is positioned in the tenth house and exerts close benefic influence on the tenth, first, fourth and fifth houses. The good influences of Jupiter, Mars and Saturn are swept over by the close nodal afflictions to the tenth and eleventh lords. The native started many ventures and ultimately failed in each of them. During the sub period of Saturn, ruling intelligence, in the main period of Rahu, the native sought astral consultation to ensure success in his yet another new production unit for minting the silver coins. The native was advised both propitiatory astral remedies for the functional malefic planets and wearing of a Kavach for strength-ening the weak functional benefic planets in an auspiciously elected time.
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CHART 24 PRASNA 29TH APRIL, 1995, 1030 HRS.
VEN SUN
BALANCE DASA OF KETU 2 YEARS 4 MONTHS 17 DAYS.
The sign, Gemini, rises in the ascendant and the planets Rahu and Ketu are the functional malefic planets.
The planets, Jupiter and Mercury, are badly placed in the chart and are, hence, weak. Mercury is weak as it is in the state of infancy. The lord oftlie fifth house, Venus, is exalted and placed in the tenth house. The placement of the lord of the third house encouraged the native, a house wife, to start a venture for supplementing the family income. The placement of the Moon in the eleventh house and of Mars in the second house, are all complementary factors. The native wanted to start a beauty clinic.
The reason for this idea was the ill health of the spouse during the sub period of Jupiter placed in the house of diseases
Seeing the good planetary position, explained above, a `go ahead' signal was given. The native is running her business prof-itably, since then. The native was advised both propitiatory astral remedies for the functional malefic planets and wearing of a Kavach for strengthening the weak functional benefic planets in an auspi-ciously elected time.
68 Application of Prasna Astrology CHART 25 PRASNA 11TH MAY, 1995, 0750 HRS.
VEN SUN
KETU
MER ASDT
SAT
MARS
JUP RAHU MOON
BALANCE DASA OF THE SUN 2 YEARS 3 MONTHS 8 DAYS.
The sign, Gemini, rises in the ascendant and the planets Rahu and Ketu are the functional malefic planets.
Jupiter and Mercury are badly placed. The lord of the third house is in the eleventh house and the lord of the eleventh house.
Mars, is in the third house. The planets Mars, Saturn, Venus and the Sun are weak. The lord of the second house. the Moon, is closely influencing the tenth house. The native was inclined to start a new business unit.
Both the sub period lord, Saturn, and the main period lord, the Sun, were weak in the nativity. The native was advised accordingly and warned for the risks involved in repayment of the loans which he proposed to raise for buying the machinery in view of the weakness of the majority of planets. However, the native was advised both propitiatory astral remedies for the functional malefic planets and wearing of a Kavach for strengthening the weak functional benefic planets in an auspiciously elected time.
BALANCE DASA OF KETU 5 YEARS 11 MONTHS 21 DAYS.
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