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5th House Dilemma: Children or Education? 
August 11, 2010 |
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By Deepak
Bisaria, from the Journal of Astrology - Oct-Dec 2009
A Dilemma Delineated
Often, on finding a strong 5th house, one faces the
dilemma of whether to predict good education or happiness deriving
from children or both. We felt a need to hunt for a methodology
that could give pointed indications in these areas and immediate
clarity from a horoscope. This drove us to the topic for a group
research with my students at Bharatiya
Vidya Bhavan.
The conventional view goes that simply on the basis of the prime
parameters - the strength of the 5th and the 9th house, their
lords and Jupiter, one should not rush to conclusions to declare
all good or all bad for either children or education. The thoughts
that come on initial pondering can get you to the right prediction
with so many techniques and dashas now available from discoveries
through research. But what is it that differentiates a good
education and suffering on account of children from a bad education
but bliss from children, we need to establish statistically
and scientifically, so that it leads to a methodology that is
pinpointed.
The parameters which could best answer this question needed
to be explored and tested and hence this research project came
into being. As per Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, the 5th house
governs amulets, scared spells, learning, knowledge, sons, royalty
(or authority), fall of position, etc. For our research, the
5th house interpretations with respect to children and education
were broadly classified as:
1) Good education and good children
2) Good education and no happiness from children
3) Good children but poor or average education
4) Poor education and unhappiness from children
Objective:
To empirically test the hypotheses that the listed parameters
in a horoscope impact on children and education and to recommend
the weightage that should be given to each parameter; with special
emphasis on the role of the Saptamsha (D7-children) and the
Chaturvimshamsha (D24-education).
Parameters:
1) The 5th house and the 5th lord from the lagna, Moon, and
Jupiter as the primary source of influence.
2) Condition of Jupiter as the significator both for children
and knowledge, in the natal chart and the divisional charts.
3) The condition of the planet that is putrakaraka (5th karaka)
and the fifth house from it, both for children and education.
4) Analysis of the saptamsha for children and the chaturvimshamsha
for education.
5) Analysis of the 9th house and the 9th lord both from the
lagna and the Moon.
6) Analysis of the 7th house and the 7th lord both from the
lagna and the Moon.
7) At least two dashas between the ages of 15 and 25 for education
and between 25 and 35 for children: vimshottari and chara dashas.
8) Role of transit.
9) Role of Gulika.
10 Role of Mercury in education.
Apart form these parameters, we are analyzing related variable
and supplementary factors like the role of the Moon in education,
applicability of conditional dashas, role of Beej Sphuta and
Kshetra Sphuta, etc. These factors are being analyzed by researchers
to develop a full fledged thesis at the individual level, in
addition to the group project.
Overview:
Our biological instincts combine with societal beliefs on the
continuity of human existence. The urge to procreate is at once
a human weakness and a profound human strength. Even an atheist
might pray when he is unable to parent a child.
A child promises bliss before his arrival into the parent's
fold and becomes the most precious possession soon after he
is born. Man confronts balarishta (childhood illness
and even death) to save and protect the child. In the modern
context, the balarishta threat could come from disease, infection
or abnormalities affecting the child. Earlier, when medical
science was not as advanced, seven out of ten children tended
not to survive, and therefore balarishta remained critical to
astrological analysis of children.
Today, as a child grows, the concerns continue even though with
modern medicine they may be less directed to the survival of
the child. Education of the child has today become a critical
concern of parents and astrological counseling is increasingly
sought for relatively minor matters like the specialization
streams to be opted for in schools and colleges.
Parents are also concerned about the behavior of children and
their attitude towards elders. The aspirations of a parent for
the child tend to be limitless. The problem of hyperactive children
with small attention spans becoming indecisive due to peer pressure
in choosing specialized streams, are increasingly common, often
compelling parents to seek psychiatric help. Some even have
to face the gravest misery of all: loss of a child. Clearly,
any parent can accept immense suffering to self but the pain
multiplies if it is the child who suffers.
Guidance on education is fast becoming crucial not only for
children but for all those struggling for growth in career.
There are mid career courses and training's which are fast getting
more and more popular. So both Children and Education draw immediate
attention.
Methodology:
Keeping in mind our target of getting at a short and crisp dependable
method to predict and differentiate, we decided to work on only
verified and authenticated horoscopes. Each horoscope presented
in the class was first subjected to birth time rectification
by application of various methods:
i) Applying navamsha dasha as also chara dasha and vimshottari
dasha for verification of events.
ii) Applying the rule given in the book, The correct value
of Ayanamsha by Swami Sadasiva Giri. As per the author
the pratyantar dasha lord at the time of birth is linked to
the lagna or the lagna lord.
iii) Applying tested snapshot method to find the number of siblings,
eldest or youngest, and number of children.
It was only after the conviction that the horoscope was accurate
that we proceeded. The strength of each parameter under test
is being calibrated to determine its contribution in determining
the fate of education and children. Event based cases involving
childlessness, balarishta, behavioral problems, mishap and death
are being taken up. Ten verified horoscopes with listed events
like level of education, dashas during marriage, children and
important events related to education, marriage and children
with birth time rectification were discussed and analyzed in
the class by the guide to demonstrate the method of recording
the data under different parameter headings. Each researcher
collected 4 to 6 horoscopes presented them and the data was
recorded as demonstrated.
A minimum of 200 sample horoscopes were proposed. The total
data would be tabulated and conclusions drawn. The goals, targets,
and proposed presentation is put on the site www.trintrin.com.
This has been organized by Shri Dinesh Jain, a member of our
research team. Display of horoscopes with D1, D9, D7, and D24
charts on the a laptop screen has been arranged in the class
room to save time. It is suggested along with digital records
the researchers should paste the horoscopes discussed in a register
with events, findings and observations for better concentration
and analysis. Translation in Hindi has been done brilliantly
by Ms. Kavita Raj, another member of our research team.
Existing Research and Classics Bank
Combinations related to the 5th house, children and education
are being stored in the website which is being accessed by all
researchers. Presently the website www.trintrin.com
carries some yogas and we keep adding material.
Time Frame
5 months. Mid July 2009 to Mid December 2009.
Publication
It is planned to present the findings in the Journal of
Astrology Jan-March 2010 issue. This would be followed
by a book on this comprehensive research.
A Few Case Studies
Case Study 1:
This is a horoscope of a person intimately known to me. He is
youngest of four co-borns and has done an M.A. in English literature.
Keeping in with adherence to the strict guideline for picking
only correct horoscopes, the first step followed by us is the
birth time check which in this case was done by considering
the static promise and relating the dashas with the events.
For any research to give tangible results it is necessary to
work only on authenticated horoscopes. We did exactly that.
Each horoscope has has been included in the 200 sample horoscopes
are of persons intimately know to at least one among the 37
researchers engaged in this group research project.
This horoscope was categorized as having above average education
and unhappiness from children. How do we differentiate good
education from suffering from children is what this research
is about.
Natal Chart
The Birth Chart:
Jupiter in the rasi of Mercury is good for education but not
for children. This is one of the findings of this research and
can be seen in this horoscope. Mercury is an intellectual planet
but a eunuch (castrated male) and so its rashis also have such
elements.
Jupiter is the 5th lord in this chart, and is the significator
of children as well as the significator of knowledge. The 2nd
house where Jupiter has gone is described as the house of death
(maraka) by all classics. The 12th lord Moon is in the 5th house,
which does not augur well for 5th house matters. This includes
both children and education, but does indicate pursuit of history
and literature of a foreign country.
The 9th house has Ketu and the 9th lord Mars is aspected by
the 6th and 7th lord Saturn, which is not a good indication
for children. Saturn as the 6th and 7th lord in the 4th house
in mutual aspect with Mars is certainly quite bad for 4th house
matters, including happiness and mental peace.
The 5th lord from Jupiter is Saturn, which cannot give positive
results in matters of children as it is in mutual aspect with
Mars, a malefic as well.
From the Moon, the 5th house has Ketu and the 5th lord, Mars,
has gone to the 6th house. It is also in mutual aspect with
Saturn, which is the 2nd and 3rd lord from the Moon in the 12th
house.
The chara putrakaraka, Sun, is conjunct with gnatikaraka, Venus,
in the 8th house. The sthira putrakaraka and the 5th lord Jupiter
is also involved due to the mutual aspect.
Navamsha Chart (D9)
In the navamsha, Jupiter is debilitated and conjunct with Saturn.
In the Saptamsha, Venus, the gnatikarka and the 9th lord is
on the Rahu-Ketu axis and Jupiter is aspected by Saturn from
the 8th house.
Saptamsha Chart (D7)
His son died most unexpectedly and tragically in May 1996 in
the dasha of Rahu-Venus-Rahu and Pisces-Libra-Aquarius under
chara dasha. Tragedy struck the family in May 1996. It left
this person shattered. Rahu is in the 2nd house from Jupiter
in the birth chart and Venus is the 2nd lord (both marakas from
Jupiter). Hence, the lords of mahadasha, antardasha, and pratyantar
dasha were all marakas. Jupiter is the 5th lord and significator
of children and is debilitated in the navamsha. In the 2nd house
from Jupiter, Rahu is there in the saptamsha. Pisces is the
rasi that has the putrakaraka Sun and the gnatikaraka Venus.
Libra is the 8th rasi from the putrakaraka and Aquarius is the
12th rasi. His son could not recover from the administration
of anesthesia for a minor surgery.
Case Study 2:
This case would be categorized as excellent education but no
happiness from children. The person with an enviable education
and other good attributes has been denied the bliss of marriage
and children so far. The horoscope clearly recites its destiny
and can put to rest the apprehensions of all critics about the
applicability of astrological parameters based on which we are
running the largest school of astrology in the world.
Natal Chart
Birth chart:
In this case also Jupiter, the significator of knowledge and
children is in the intellectual house of Virgo, which has been
giving good results so far as education is concerned but not
for children. It aspects its own 5th house, which makes it strong.
Inspite of having a medical degree (M.B.B.S.) and a government
job, this person has MBA and LLB from reputed institutions.
He has also done the two year course of astrology from our institute.
For such results we have the mahapurusha in the lagna (ruchaka
yoga), Mercury and Sun (buddhaditya yoga) in the 9th with aspect
by the 9th lord on them and a strong 5th house. On the other
hand, there is an afflicted 4th house and 7th house. Rahu is
in the 4th house and Saturn, the 4th lord, is debilitated in
the 6th house.
Case Study 3: Dr Rajendra Prasad:
The first president of India. He is categorized has
having both excellence in education and happiness from children.
One could not have asked for more in education and career. This
is crystal clear in the horoscope.
Dr. Rajendra Prasad's Natal Chart
Birth chart:
For analyzing the psyche and the ideology from a horoscope,
primarily the three trines, 1, 5, 9 houses, should be analyze
with their lords. The trines compliment each other and the intermingling
of their influences make the psyche. The thoughts and ideas
are generated from the 5th house, but they are subject to scrutiny
of the 9th house. The 9th house is the conscience keeper and
the action is taken by the 1st house. A thought can be turned
down by the conscience and even if passed by it, the type of
action and the force of it is dependent on the 1st house. This
is the working of the psyche through houses 5, 9, 1. Besides
the psyche triangle of 1, 5, 9 houses, Jupiter, the karaka of
virtues, righteousness, religion, spirituality should be assessed.
It needs to be examined along with the 9th house and the 9th
lord to see the level of respect that the person has to the
norms of society, its traditions and conventions (parampara).
The Moon should be seen for determining the state of mind and
Mercury for the intellect.
Jupiter: The Pivot of the Horoscope
Jupiter is the lagna lord placed in the rasi of a friend, the
royal Sun. Jupiter in Leo and Aquarius is considered as good
as in its sign of exaltation, Cancer. From its position in the
9th house it aspects the lagna and the 5th house, radiating
its influence on all three trines. It also aspects the 5th lord,
Mars.
Jupiter is the strongest planet of this horoscope with Ishta
Phal 40:60 and Kashta 17:80 and has rendered the lagna lord
strongest with a strength of 9.7 rupas. It's exalted in the
navamsha and occupies its mulatrikona rasi (Sagittarius) in
many divisional charts.
In the birth chart, Jupiter is the lord of the lagna and the
4th house. The 4th house represents 'raja simhasan'
(throne). In the navamsha, Jupiter as the lord of the 4th and
7th houses goes to the 11th house of gains and in its sign of
exaltation. Because the 7th house is the 10th from the 10th
house, it is also seen for career, and is called the house of
padaprapti (position giver).
Dr. Rajendra Prasad's Navamshal Chart (D9)
The division of the houses in the navamsha chart should not
make the astrologer take major deviation from his line of thinking
from the birth chart, as a difference of just a few minutes
often changes the navamsha lagna. It is difficult to find an
old horoscope with an accurately recorded time of birth. Nevertheless,
we have a very strong Jupiter dominated horoscope and therefore
the person should have all the positive features of Jupiter.
A Jupiterian indeed.
Mercury-Mars Conjunction:
The combination of the 5th and 10th lords in the lagna forms
an excellent raja yoga promising high elevation. This combination
is aspected by the strong lagna lord, Jupiter, from the 9th
house. The skills, dexterity and speed of Mercury combined with
the energy and power of Mars has to make the person successful,
enterprising and famous. The impact of Mars on the psyche in
conferring a religious and upright disposition was positive
as it worked like fire to purify the character by virtue of
its lordship of the 5th house of dharma and the 12th house of
moksha. Mercury, on the other hand, as the lord of the 7th (kama)
and lord of 10th (artha) was responsible for bringing him to
the world of comfort by making him the President of India. Mars,
as the 5th and Mercury as the significator of vidya
or education was responsible for his exceptional academic record.
Mars as the 5th lord under the influence of Jupiter in the rasi
of the Sun were responsible for his being blessed by two male
children.
The Rural Childhood (December 1884 to March 1894):
In his autobiography, Rajen Babu gives a lucid account of the
traditions and rituals followed in his village. Recitation of
Bhagavad Gita and Ramayana, Ramlila, Melas, games and social
engagements were perhaps looked forward to with a sense of gaiety
by the villagers. Life began at sunrise and ended at sunset
without even an apple of consumerism to disturb. At the age
of 5-6 he started to learn alphabets in Persian from the Maulvi
Saheb of his village. The teaching started ceremoniously with
the customary chanting of 'Bismillah,' and followed by distribution
of sweets in the traditional style and a token payment to the
Maulvi Saheb.
He was brought to Chapra from his village Zeeradai and admitted
directly to class VIII in the dasha of Rahu/Jupiter in April
1894. He stood first in the annual examination in 1895 and was
given a double promotion. Six years later Rajen Babu topped
in the matriculation exam. It was a big achievement by all standards
for a boy from Chapra to emerge first in the matriculation exam,
conducted by a University under whose jurisdiction were Calcutta,
Orissa, Bihar, Assam and Burma. This was the first time that
a boy from Bihar had topped. The vimshottari dasha was Rahu-ketu-Venus.
Rahu in upachaya 10th house in the intellectual sign of Virgo
combined with Venus which in the 11th house of gains and achievements,
in its mulatrikona rasi had to give such results. Then again
two years later he topped again in the FA exam. It was again
a remarkable achievement. Besides the scholarships that he was
getting, many more were awarded to him. He diverted himself
to freedom struggle in college but eventually was awarded a
Doctorate in law. A 68 page astro sketch of Dr. Rajendra Prasad
has been published in Finer Techniques of Astrological Predictions,
Vol. 1, edited by Sri K.N. Rao.
reprinted with permission
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2010. Vaughn Paul Manley. All Rights Reserved. |
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