Bandhana Yoga

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Gujarat Home Minister

It was in the news recently that Gujarat Home Minister has been taken into custody by the CBI on July 25, 2010. Soon, his birth details were on circulation in the astrology discussion groups on the net. One can never be sure whether these details are accurate or not. But, it would be interesting to see whether such an event could be explained using his horoscope. If such an event could be explained, probably the birth details are accurate.

Long before, an article was published on this site on “Bandhana Yoga” in detail. One could refer to that get the technicalities covering this Yoga. This article attempts to see whether such a yoga exists in the chart of the native based on those principles presented before.

Mahatma Gandhi and Bandhana Yoga

Ever since I stumbled up on Bandhana Yoga (ref: Please read my earlier article from July 2007 for the definition of Bandhana Yoga), I always wondered if it possible to explain this Yoga using Mahatma Gandhi’s chart, as all of us know that Mahatma Gandhi was arrested multiple times through out his life. He was not only arrested by British in India, he was also arrested by South African regime in South Africa. Hence, it is very interesting to view Mahatma Gandhi’s Chart from the angle of Bandhana Yoga. Initially, when I looked at this chart, I failed to recognise the yoga formation. Probably, I didn’t look carefully enough and I might have not looked at both Rasi and Bhava charts. I was also thinking that the birth time of Mahatma Gandhi that we have today is not quite reliable (Refer to details given in Astrodatabank). May be because of this reason I did not look at his chart hard enough. After I wrote my article on Bandhana Yoga, I decided to take a closer look at Mahatma Gandhi’s chart. To my surprise, I found more than one combinations of Bandha Yoga in his chart! His Yoga formation is not very strong (not strictly as per classical definition, unlike that of Nelson Mandela or Suu Kyi) and I attribute this reason for his short stints behind the bars. Astrodabank gives 7:11:48 am LMT as the birth time with the following comments to arrive at the correct birth time of Mahatma Gandhi:

Bandhana Yoga

Bandhana Yoga is an important yoga as it indicates whether an individual would be put behind the bars or held in captivity during his/her lifetime. I have taken the definition of this yoga from Shri B V Raman’s book titled “Three Hundred Important Combinations”. The definition and the explanation go as follows:

Definition: If the lords of Lagna and the 6th join a kendra or a kona with Saturn, Rahu or Ketu, the above yoga is given raise to.

Results: The native will be incarcerated.

Remarks: The cause of imprisonment is not made clear in this yoga. Imprisonment may be due to political or criminal offences. The lords of Lagna and the 6th should occupy a Kendra or Kona in association with Saturn or Rahu or Ketu. If the Lord of Lagna happens to be Saturn, by implication the evil is either lessened or (in some cases) completely neutralized. Benefic aspects lessen the evil.