In my discussions with many senior astrologers, I have noticed that very very few people have complete clarity in their mind w.r.t Marak grah i.e. How to use it?
Is it that Marak grah will always behave Like Marak? If Yes why, If No why? If yes, is it more malefic than 6th or 8th lords? If yes why, If NO why?
What about the status of the planets placed with marak grah, yes they could also behave as marak, but question is when, why and how?
If both 2nd and 7th lords are Marak; who would be the prabal (Strong) marak?
Concept of Marak
Ideally, Lord of 2nd and 7th houses is known as marak grah. BUT
Marak should be IDENTIFIED AS THE CUSP LORDS OF 2nd and 7th house RATHER than simply the house lords of 2nd and 7th house.
Though 2nd and 7th houses are good for material and relationships matter but are considered as Marak ( since can cause death)
Here I must tell you all, although out of context but still.
2nd house PROMOTES nature of lagan, 12th house SUPPORTS that nature and 7th house MODIFIES that nature.
For Mesh lagan Venus becomes the prabal marak and for Tula lagan Mars becomes the Prabal Marak.
Though some take Saturn as the Prabal marak which is not true, Saturn believes in giving suffering to make native understand the rules of universe, Jupiter can kill but Saturn cannot.
Though 6th/8th and 12th houses are considered as bad houses, but when it comes to death, Marak lords (2nd and 7th CUSP lords) are also considered bad.
That is Marak grah has a definite role to play in the matters of death along with trik Lords (6th, 8th and 12th lords)
BUT
HOU MUCH ROLE or to what EXTENT a Marak will play in the matters of Death, has to be analyzed, by "How Much role”, I mean, at what slot in the DASHA sequence is Marak occurring to cause death (Maha dasha, antardasha, parayantar dasha, sookshma dasha) i.e. the role could be minimum when Marak lord is just occurring in sookshma dasha, while in the Maha, antar and parayantar dasha of 6th,8th,12th lords etc its role could be greater.
Marak planet would play his MINIMUM role when it is UNAFFLICTED and strong enough (Swarashi, Mooltrikona, exaltation or friends house without any malefic influence)
Similarly it would play a greater role by appearing in maha, antar dashas etc or may occupy even 2 slots (Like Maha and paranytra dasha) simultaneously, WHEN this MARAK PLANET is afflicted or WEAK.
CRUX of the Matter is the strength of the marak planet (As per the CUSP lord of 2nd and 7th lord) will decide the level of interference of marak planet.
If he is strong placement wise, rashi wise, shadvarga wise etc. without any malefic influence. then he would play limited role in causing death or I should say , he will just give the final
FINISHING TOUCH(that’s why I said SOOKSHMA dasha) while the major role would be played by 6th,8th and 12th lords.
If he is not strong or afflicted Marak could be the primary reason for death instead of 6th, 8th and 12th lords.
Note : ROLE of MARAK planet will always be there, it could be less or as I said last finishing touch BUT WITHOUT MARAK role death could not occur, irrespective of the fact whether marak is powerful or not THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT POINT.
Here, I am again repeating my words that CUSP LORDS OF 2ND AND 7TH house should be TAKEN as MARAK grah this is very important as otherwise the whole calculation will go wrong. NORMAL lords of 2nd and 7th house as per the lagan chart WILL NOT DO THE TASK.
So KP or cusp chart is very important.
For the matters other than death, marak planet should not be considered as BAD, like trik lords are considered generally bad.
Here, always remember that 8th house/lord is most malefic, after that comes the 6th house/lord and then comes the 12th house/lord (which is somewhat neutral, its effect is dependent on the malefic or benefic influence on it).
If sun or moon is the 8th lord then both 6th and 8th lords are equally malefic (that is 8th lord is somewhat lesser malefic)-this is again very important.
But when we come to death matters, marak grah is equally bad as 8th lord is, this is extremely important to understand but as I said only when it is weak of under malefic influence.
more importance to 12th or 6th lord and less importance to marak and 8th lord, you are actually committing a BIG BLUNDER or even less importance to marak and more importance to 8th lord which is wrong.
Many astrologers, without ascertaining the general age, just jump to see the effect of Marak which is also wrong.
One should first have a clear idea that whether the person has madhyaaayu or chiraayu etc also one should see that whether or not the native has unexpected death (aakal Mrityu)
Just with the glimpse of a chart, an astrologer should be able to ascertain, that whether the native would have natural death or violent (unnatural death or aakal Mrityu).
Unnatural death could be due to accident (Fire, air, water, earth (vehicle) related), suicide, black magic, in operation theater or murder etc.
To see the presence of unnatural death in the chart;
Just look closely these three factors as they are sufficient enough. 1) Moon
2) 8th house 3) 8th lord
If there is a SIMULTANEOUS malefic influence of sun, Saturn, mars, ketu and Rahu on the above three factors (With no shubh prabhav or benefic influence) the native would face an unnatural death in the dasha, antardasha of the planets involved.
Note: For determining the kind of death, the nature of planets should be seen like mars, ketu are specifically violent, so can give violent death.
Hora
Kashinath Hora chart & Narayan Dasha
There are 11-12 different forms of Hora chart, each signifying a different aspect But when we talk about Hora chart in general, the first thing which comes to our mind is "WEALTH", Kashi Nath Hora is the best form of Hora chart to peep into the wealth aspects of the native.
Some would know about this chart, for others, this may be a new concept anyways. In any case, we all are aware of the normal Hora chart, so let me first explain the difference between the two and then I will come to the importance of this chart.
General Hora Calculation
Sage Parashara taught that the first halves of odd signs and the second halves even signs go into Sun's Hora. He also taught that the first halves of even signs and the second halves odd signs go into Moon's Hora.
For example, suppose Jupiter is at 15 degree' 23 minutes in Dhanu in my chart. Dhanu is an odd sign. The given longitude is in the second half (15 to 30 degree) of dhanu. Thus it goes into Moon's Hora. So Jupiter is in Moon's Hora.
even sign. The given longitude is in the second half (15 to 30 degree) of Scorpio. Thus it goes into Sun's Hora.
Hora Chart Construction
If a planet is in "Sun's Hora" or "Moon's Hora", astrologers normally use an interpretation that puts the planet in Leo or Cancer respectively. As per this interpretation, Sun's Hora means Leo in Hora chart and Moon's Hora means Cancer in Hora chart.
This results in a Hora chart that has all the planets in two signs - Cancer and Leo.
Now the question is, Is it correct to place all planets in just two signs always? How can such a chart be interpreted?
Some astrologers disagree with this interpretation and therefore use alternatives that utilize all the twelve signs.
Kashinath Hora Chart
The real Hora chart variation that shows wealth, as taught in the tradition of Sri Achyuta Dasha, is known as "Kashinath Hora" chart, and named after Pt. Kashinath Rath. This chart is based on the classification of signs into signs that are strong during the day and signs that are strong during the night.
Sun represents day-strong signs, i.e. Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Aquarius and Pisces. Moon represents night-strong signs, i.e. Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Sagittarius and Capricorn. It may be noted that each planet owns exactly two signs owns one day-strong sign and one night- strong signs. There is a fable that says that Sun and Moon originally owned six signs each and gave away one sign each from their six signs to Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Thus, Sun's Hora and Moon's Hora refer to the day-strong and night-strong signs among the two signs owned by a planet. For this purpose, Leo and Cancer form a pair, even though they are not owned by the same planet.
An example, suppose Jupiter is at 15 degree' 23 Minutes in Dhanu in my chart. Dhanu is an odd sign. The given longitude is in the second half (15 to 30 degree) of dhanu. Thus it goes into Moon's Hora. So Jupiter will go its night strong sign which is dhanu itself in Kashinath Hora.
As another example, suppose in my chart Saturn is at 24 degree 20 Minutes in Libra, now Libra is an odd sign, The given longitude is in the second half (15 to 30 degree ) of Libra. So Saturn will go in Moon's Hora. Now search for the night strong sign under the lordship of Venus, which is Taurus, So my Saturn would be placed in Taurus in Kashinath Hora chart.
Another concept.
The second lord of Rashi chart is the karyesha for Hora chart. This placement and strength in Hora chart is a key factor, even though not the sole factor, in determining one's wealth.
Sun, Mars and Jupiter are strong in day-strong signs. Moon, Mercury, Venus and Saturn are strong in night-strong signs.
Hora Narayana Dasha
Narayana Dasha of the Hora chart is the best tool for timing events related to a native's finances. This shows where Narayana (effort) is at a given time, in the financial environment in which one's physical existence takes place.
Calculation of Hora Narayana Dasha is simple. Mark the 2nd house in Rashi chart. Find the position of its lord in Hora chart. Take that sign as Lagan and find Narayana Dasha of the Hora chart just like that of the Rashi chart.
The 2nd house of Rashi chart is dhanu. Its lord is Jupiter. Now Jupiter is placed in Cancer in Hora chart. Take Cancer as Lagan. Start Hora Narayana Dasha from the stronger of Cancer and Capricorn (its opposite sign) and find Dasha sequence and Dasha lengths treating Hora chart as Rashi chart. Each Dasha is judged by examining the Dasha sign (or the 7th from it, if Dashas were initiated from the 7th). The placement of Dasha sign and its paaka (sign containing Dasha sign's lord) from Lagan and its bhoga (Arudh pada of Dasha sign) from AL are examined.
How to use it effectively?
1) Select the period for which you want to see the money aspects say in 2020.
2) See, which Narayana (Rashi) Dasha (For D-2 charts) is under progression in that period. 3) After identifying the concerned rashi, just note these factors.
a) Check, In which bhava from the Hora lagan, this rashi is occurring (like Kendra, trikond, 2nd and 11th are good).
b) Check the placement and strength of that Rashi lord.
c) Check the placement of this rashi lord with respect to the AL of Hora chart....
d) Check the Arudh of the house in which that rashi is coming. (Malefic and benefic influence there).
e) Check, what is the placement of the above mentioned Arudh with respect to the AL of Hora chart. (Like if it is 2nd, 11th, 7th its very good...in Kendra or trikond it is good).
f) Also check which House Arudh is occurring in the identified rashi (Like suppose if AL6, AL8 etc, are occurring then it is bad for the results)
In the ancient time this form of Hora chart was extensively used with NADI Jyotish to identify the lagan of the native (as in nadi Jyotish - bhavas are not given importance)...
They used to take Hora lagan as lagan of rashi chart and say the results. Rest all things were seen as per Nadi Jyotish.
Like Venus Jupiter conjunction in nadi Jyotish (Irrespective of the bhava) shall be interpreted as. Venus is bhoga (It also signify wife, elder sister, daughter, daughter in law) and Jupiter is jeeva ( I ) Therefore it could be said that Wife would be Noble, spiritual, virtuous etc Elder sister, Daughter, Daughter in law would be fortunate(because of the influence of Jupiter on venus)
and also vice versa...due to the influence of venus on Jupiter , jeeva would experience bhoga, affluence learning in many areas including (that of healing) as venus represents mritsanjeevani booti).