Cirrhosis of the Liver

It is a condition where scar tissue gradually replaces healthy tissue in liver. This happens over time. But, if it is detected early, there is a chance to keep the problems in check. As the change of healthy tissue to scar tissue is irreversible, in most cases this disease can be fatal. Cirrhosis can be triggered due to the following:

-          Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C infection

-          Alcoholic addiction

-          Obesity or high cholesterol level

In astrology, Jupiter represents liver and infections are caused by Rahu. Cndition of  Jupiter and jala tatva Rasis should be looked into for obesity. Fifth house also represents Liver among other things. Saturn is the karaka for alcoholic addiction, causes such condition when afflicted. Influence of Mars or Rahu can aggravate the condition. An afflicted Venus could lead one in the path of intoxication. Eighth house or Scorpio should be looked into for intoxication. If one studies these factors in a chart, it is not difficult to spot possibilities for Cirrhosis of the liver.

To summarize, one could look for the following factors:

-          Relationship between Jupiter and the fifth house/lord

-          Affliction to Jupiter/fifth house by Saturn and or by Rahu

-          Conditions for intoxication

Example 1 Rubén Darío

He was a Nicaraguan oet who initiated the Spanish-American literary movement known as modernismo (modernism) that flourished at the end of the 19th century. Darío has had a great and lasting influence on 20th-century Spanish literature and journalism. He has been praised as the "Prince of Castilian Letters" and undisputed father of the modernismo literary movement. His alcoholism caused him frequent health problems and psychological crises. His health began deteriorating enormously in the last few years of his life. (Courtesy: Wikipedia).

Dario married in 1889 to Rafaela Contreras; she passed away in 1892. He took to heavy drinking and a subsequent marriage ended in divorce. He died 1/18/1916, one week after his 49th birthday, in Leon. Cirrhosis has been cited as the cause of death (Courtesy: Astrodatabank).

Conditions for Cirrhosis seen in the chart:

-          Relationship between Jupiter and the fifth house/lord

o   Jupiter owns 5^th house

-          Affliction to Jupiter/fifth house by Saturn and or by Rahu

o   Jupiter is placed in its sign of debilitation

o   Jupiter in influenced by Rahu and gets the aspect of retro Mars

o   Jupiter is with Saturn in Navamsha

o   Jupiter disposits Ketu and malefic Mercury

o   Fifth house has malefic Mercury aspected by Mars and Saturn

-          Conditions for intoxication

o   Venus is in Papakartari yoga

o   Saturn is in Rasi Sandhi

o   Eighth lord Mars aspects Rahu who influences Saturn and Saturn in turn aspects the 8^th house

Looks like he took to alcohol in the late 80s, probably during Sat-Rah period. Cirrhosis could have started developing during Sat-Jup period. And, he passed away due to the same problem during Ket-Sat period. It maybe noted that Jupiter disosits Ketu and is with Saturn in Navamsha.

Example 2 Priscilla Lawson

She was an American actress best known for her role as Princess Aura in the original Flash Gordon serial (1936). She was not an alcoholic and was not obese. On August 27, 1958, Lawson died at 44, due to cirrhosis and upper gastrointestinal bleeding caused by a duodenal ulcer.

Note: A careful observation of the chart will reveal that there is a strong relationship between Jupiter, 5^th lord Venus and the afflicter Saturn. Note that there is a Srinkhala between Venus, Jupiter and Saturn.

Conditions for Cirrhosis seen in the chart:

-          Relationship between Jupiter and the fifth house/lord

o   Jupiter is in Srinkhala with 5L Venus and Saturn

o   Jupiter disposits 5L Venus

o   5L Venus is in the nakshatra of Jupiter

-          Affliction to Jupiter/fifth house by Saturn and or by Rahu

o   Jupiter is aced in the 8^th house in the sign of debilitation

o   Jupiter is paced in the sign of Saturn

o   Rahu is in the nakshatra of Jupiter

o   Jupiter is aspected by 6L Mars

o   Rahu influences the 5^th house

o   Rahu influences 5^th Lord Venus

-          Conditions for intoxication

o   Not seen

It appears that she might have developed Cirrhosis probably due to an infection as she was neither an alcoholic nor obese. Influence of Rahu on Jupiter, Venus and also on the 5^th house indicates a strong possibility of hepatitis infection. She passed away during Ven-Rah period.

Twins of Irom Sharmila

Irom Sharmila became a national headline as she went on a fast for 16 years to protest about the problems faced by people of her state. After breaking her fast, she got married to a British citizen and settled down in Southern India. She was in the news again when she gave birth to twins recently in a Bangalore hospital.

I thought it would be interesting to check out my theory on twins using this case and determine whether the twins are identical or not.

According to the news reports, she delivered two baby girls on May 12, 2019 at 9:21 am. I presumed this is the birth time of the first baby and wanted to find out the birth time of the second baby using my theory on birth time rectification. 

Mars was sitting on the Navamsha border. A small change in time could put it in a different Navamsha. Hence, this became a very Ayanamsha sensitive case. After examining different Ayanamshas, I settled for 'Traditional Lahiri' Ayanamsha. Following is the chart for the given time:

After accounting for Parivartana both in Rasi and in Navamsha, Mars acting vargottama in its MT sign is the strongest planet in the chart. Though Lagna lord Mercury and 12th Lord Venus are conjunct, my theory of birth time rectification is still applicable as there is a strong vargottama planet in the chart. Using longitude of Mars as the time indicator for the first baby, the rectification time arrived at was 9:22:01. Venus being the second strongest planet being vargottama in a friendly sign, I used the longitude of Venus to determine the rectified birth time for the second baby. It turned out to be 9:24:20. Since, I had some contacts in the hospital where Irom delivered, I contacted a doctor there to get the actual birth times of the two babies. The time I got from this doctor is as follows:

Baby 1 - 9:21:50

Baby 2 - 9:22:40

I was happy to observe that the hospital was recording seconds also. Though the actual and rectified birth times for baby 1 are pretty close (difference of 11 seconds only), the difference for the second baby is pretty large (about one and a half minutes). Hence, it would need further investigation to determine the cause for the difference. If both times differed by similar amounts of time (even if it is one and a half minutes), it would have been acceptable.

Next, to verify the planetary conditions for birth of twins, my theory highlights the following two combinations:

[Rule 1]

 Take a look at the Lagna lord or its dispositor. One of the two following conditions can be seen: [Rule 1]

• LL or its dispositor is involved in a Parivartana/Srinkhala[2] either in Rasi or in Constellation, or
• LL or its dispositor disposits its own Rasi dispositor in Constellation (mixed Parivartana?), or
• LL or its dispositor is closely conjunct with its dispositor (this condition has been modified after the publication)

[Rule 2]
Lord of 11th house (representing multiplicity) or the karaka of 11th house Jupiter influences Lagna or Lagna Lord by ownership or by conjunction or by graha drishti.

In this case, the LL is Mercury and its dispositor is Mars. Here first part of Rule-1 is satisfied as Mercury and Mars are in Parivartana. Since, LL Mercury is placed in the11th house and is in Parivartana with 11 lord Mars, Rule-2 above gets satisfied.

The next step was to determine if the two girls are identical or not. My theory states the following rule:

[Rule 3]

• The 3rd lord and 11th lord are in close conjunction, hardly 1 degree apart! (or it could be within the same nakshatra pada), or
• There is a Parivartana/Srinkhala between the 3rd lord and the 11th lord either in Rasi or in Constellation.

In this particular case, though 3rd lord Sun is placed in the 11th house, it is neither conjunct with 11L Mars nor Mars is placed in the 3rd house. Hence, the girls are not identical. However, notice that half of the condition is satisfied. Also, by parivartana Mars acts as if it is placed in the 11th house where Sun is also placed. It indirectly satisfies the first part of Rule-3 above. This made me think if this is a case of half identical twins or Sesquizygotic. This happens when the egg splits into two before fertilization and they get fertilized by two different sperms. Since the egg has identical properties for both the babies they could be half identical. However, the doctor I contacted at the hospital could only confirm that the babies are not identical.

Vitiligo (Leucoderma)

-Explained through Astrology

Vitiligo (pronounced vit-ill-EYE-go) is a pigmentation disorder in which melanocytes (the cells that make pigment) in the skin are destroyed. As a result, white patches appear on the skin in different parts of the body. Similar patches also appear on both the mucous membranes (tissues that line the inside of the mouth and nose) and the retina (inner layer of the eyeball). The hair that grows on areas affected by vitiligo sometimes turns white [2]. Appearance is what is affected the most here. The native will not experience any pain or any other physical discomfort.

Married Twice – to the same person!

Is there an astrostamp in their horoscopes?

It is quite common that the married couple divorce nowadays. But, it is not very common that these divorcees remarry in due course of time. However, there are many such examples in front of us. This is really intriguing! What makes them do so? Are they really soul mates? Or, is there a special attraction/bond between the two? If so, whether such a factor can be seen in their horoscopes? These were some of the questions that were haunting and a study was taken up to check out the charts of people who have married the same person after divorcing that person beforehand.

Many such examples were available among the Hollywood celebrities and authentic birth details of such people were also available in Astrodatabank.

During the study, it was noticed that not only some people have married the same person twice, but they divorced that person for the second time as well! This was something strange, but indicated a strong love-hate relationship between the two. Probably, there was not enough active life left to marry the same person for the third time.

Angelina Jolie underwent double Mastectomy

- an astrological review of the event

Angelina Jolie has taken many bold decisions in her life and this one was probably the boldest so far. Angelina decided to go for double mastectomy to reduce the chances of getting breast cancer. She says that with this action of her, the chances of her getting breast cancer has come down to 5% from an earlier probability of 87%. It is great to see Brad Pitt fully supported her in this. The following lines have been taken from USA Today which reported the story on her:

About one in 500 women have a mutation in genes called BRCA1 or BRCA2, which are involved in repairing genetic mistakes.

Jolie said she was tested for the mutation because her mother died at age 56, nearly a decade after being diagnosed.

Having a mutation in BRCA1 gives women a 54% chance of developing breast cancer and a 39% chance of ovarian cancer by age 70, according to the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center. Having a double mastectomy can reduce those risks by more than 90%, although there is still a small risk that cancer could develop in the skin left behind, or in the armpit.

Rare Twin Birth

"Mom gives birth to two sets of identical twins at Houston hospital" news item caught my attention. The following link gives the details of the news:

Rare Twin Birth

However, for ready reference, I am copying the news here:

A couple welcomed two sets of identical twins delivered at a Houston hospital on Valentine's Day. According to The Woman's Hospital of Texas where the babies were born, the odds of such a birth naturally is one in 70 million.

Tressa and Manuel Montalvo became parents to the tandem of twins last week after they were delivered within minutes of each other at the hospital. The boys developed in separate placenta and were delivered at 31 weeks.

Ace and Blaine were born at 8:51 a.m. weighing 3 pounds, 10 ounces, and 3 pounds, 15 ounces. Cash and Dylan were just one minute behind, born at 8:52 a.m. weighing 2 pounds, 15 ounces, and 3 pounds, 6 ounces.