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Retrogade Aspects From the Previous Sign 
June 10, 2008 |
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By Vaughn
Paul Manley, M.A.
Over the years I've heard K.N. Rao encourage students to apply
the principle that when a planet is retrograde it will also
aspect from the previous sign. This may seen rather shocking
if you've never heard of this before. This would mean that when
Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are retrograde they would aspect 8
of the 12 houses, including the house they're in. This principle
does not apply to Rahu and Ketu since they're almost always
retrograde.
Recently, I asked K.N. Rao about the origins of this principle,
and his reply was, "It is Bhrigu astrology, neither Parashara
nor Jaimini. It is to be applied only to transits. It is given
in Bhrigu according to late K.C. Saxena who did excellent research
in this branch. He asked me to use it both in transit and the
birth horoscope. I found it working very well in transit but
I feel that we may overstretch our interpretation if we use
it in birth horoscope though it is permissible according to
late K.C. Saxena."
Not too long ago I came across a chart that dramatically showed
the validity of this principle with regards to its use with
transits. Here's the chart of a woman who was married in April
1993 in her Rahu-Venus-Saturn dasha. Rahu dashas are known for
often giving marriage, while Venus is the karaka of marriage,
and Saturn is her 7th lord. Now see her chart:
Natal Chart
On the day she was married, April 2nd, notice how Saturn, her
pratyantara dasha lord, is transiting through her 7th house.
This is certainly a clue by transit that this could give marriage.
However, notice that Venus is in Pisces and retrograde, giving
it an aspect also from Aquarius, her 7th house. In addition,
notice how Jupiter is also retrograde in Virgo, giving it an
aspect from the previous sign of Leo. With Jupiter from Leo
aspecting to Saturn in Aquarius, this means that the double
transit of Jupiter and Saturn is taking place in her 7th house.
Transits April 2, 1993
For an event to manifest the fruits of what the dashas
are indicating, there usually needs to be additional support
from the transits. If you excluded the retrograde aspects of
Venus and Jupiter, then only Saturn would be aspecting her 7th
house, which is questionable whether this is enough from a transit,
especially because Saturn is a malefic. But with the additional
aspect of the two great benefics this event can be much more
easily explained logically.
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