Sanjay Dutt’s Twins

It was in the news recently that well known film actor Sanjay Dutt became proud father of twins, a girl and a boy. Congratulations to Sanjay and Manyata!

When I saw this news item, I was curious to check-out this case for the conditions that I had specified for twin births in my earlier article titled “Unique features of twins chart”.

The twins were born in Mumbai on Thursday, October 21, 2010. Though exact time of birth was not revealed, it was announced that the birth took place by C-Section between 12:30 and 13:30 hours in the afternoon. This timeframe gives two possibilities for lagna. It could be either Sagittarius lagna or Capricorn lagna, depending on the exact time of birth. However, I have picked Capricorn lagna which satisfies the conditions required for twin birth. With Capricorn lagna, the possible time of birth would after 12:55 hours, within the timeframe announced. Hence, let us assume a tentative time of 13:00 hours to cast the horoscope.

There are three rules identified in a twin’s chart in the above mentioned article. Let us examine them one by one:

[Rule 1]

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


• LL or its dispositor is involved in a Parivartana/Srinkhala 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

In the above chart, Lagna Lord (LL) is Saturn and its dispositor is Mercury. Mercury is conjunct with its dispositor Venus. Hence, the last of the above three conditions is satisfied.

[Rule 2]

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 the above chart, Jupiter, the karaka for 11th house is aspecting the LL Saturn. Hence, this condition is also satisfied.

[Rule 3]


3. For the twins to be identical, one of the following conditions should be satisfied:


• 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 the above chart, 3L is Jupiter who is in his own sign and 11L is Mars who is also in its own sign. Hence, they are not involved in any parivartana or Srinkhala in Rasi. Even in constellation, they are not involved in such a relationship. Hence, the twins are not identical. As one baby is a boy and the other is a girl, it is evident that they are not identical and they are only fraternal.

It is heartening to see that the three rules identified for twin charts are fully applicable in this particular case too.

© Krishnamurthy Seetharama