Leukemia

through the lens of Astrology

Leukemia is one of the most dreaded diseases that human beings are faced with. Leukemia is a type of cancer of the blood or bone marrow that is characterized by an abnormal increase of white blood cells. Leukemia is a broad term covering a spectrum of diseases.

Leukemia is clinically and pathologically subdivided into a variety of large groups. The first division is between its acute and chronic forms:

§                     Acute leukemia is characterized by the rapid increase of immature blood cells. This crowding makes the bone marrow unable to produce healthy blood cells. Immediate treatment is required in acute leukemia due to the rapid progression and accumulation of the malignant cells, which then spill over into the bloodstream and spread to other organs of the body. Acute forms of leukemia are the most common forms of leukemia in children.

§                     Chronic leukemia is characterized by the excessive build up of relatively mature, but still abnormal, white blood cells. Typically taking months or years to progress, the cells are produced at a much higher rate than normal cells, resulting in many abnormal white blood cells in the blood. Whereas acute leukemia must be treated immediately, chronic forms are sometimes monitored for some time before treatment to ensure maximum effectiveness of therapy. Chronic leukemia mostly occurs in older people, but can theoretically occur in any age group.

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”.

Michael Douglas

Michael Douglas

and his

Throat Cancer

Michael Douglas is in the news of late for a sad reason. He is suffering from cancer, particularly from throat cancer. He had an illustrious career in Hollywood for the past 40 odd years and has own the Oscar award both as an actor and as a producer. He has also won many more awards for his acting abilities. He is happily married with a beautiful and understanding wife Catherine Zeta-Jones who is also a big star in Hollywood. He has three children one from the first marriage and two from the second.  When people were thinking that he has everything that a man should have, he has stepped into this bad phase of throat cancer. It seems to have resulted from his smoking habit as doctors say that 9 of 10 throat caner patients are either smokers or ex-smokers. People who have quit smoking even 20 years ago also seem to have the risk of getting throat cancer.

Since his birth data is rated ‘AA’ by Rodden, it would be interesting to read his horoscope for the current problem and see how it would turn around in the future.

Bandhana Yoga

for

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.

Krishna’s BTR Technique
Applied to Multiple Births

Every time a new Jyotish technique is offered, it is a challenge to show that the same technique works in the case of multiple births as well. If the technique is sound, it should work well for multiple births also. This article demonstrates the same for the BTR technique offered earlier.

In another post, Krishna’s BTR technique has been explained in detail. It might be difficult to follow this article unless the technique is understood first.

Krishna's BTR Technique

(Originally Published in Saptarishis Astro Magazine)

This page will be maintained to reflect the latest approach in this methodology

6. Update on February 8, 2016

Ranking list of planetary placements is slightly modified.

5. Update on July 18, 2013

This methodology may not work when Lagna/LL is influenced by 12L (Unless a strong Vargottama or Exalted planet is there in the chart), like:

- 12L in lagna
- 12L is conjunct LL
- 12L in the nakshatra of LL or vice-versa
- Lagna falls in the nakshatra of 12L

Workarounds for these cases are under study.


4. Update on July 23, 2011

Even if a planet is the strongest in the chart, it should not be picked for rectification if such a planet is placed in the 12th house from lagna. In such cases, next best planet should be picked for rectification. In case of multiple births, this rule is applicable to only the first child. For subsequent children planets in the 12th house can also be considered.

3. Update on February 10, 2010

A note on placement of planets at Rasi sandhi

- When a planet is in Rasi Sandhi, it becomes weak if it is less than 1 degree from the sandhi. However, such a weakness is overcome when the same planet is in vargottama state.

- In case the sandhi is a Gandanta Sandhi, such planets should be considered weak upto 3 degrees from the Gandanta Sandhi. And, even when a planet is vargottama when close to a Gandanta sandhi should be considered weak.

2. Update Aug 25, 2009 (Window for Exaltation/Debilitation reduced to 7deg from 15deg)

1. Update May 17,2009 (Added 'Samagama')

"A child is born on that day and at that hour when the celestial rays are in mathematical harmony with one's individual karma…"

- Swami Sri Yukteswar, Guru of Paramahansa Yogananda

This is an endeavour to find the mathematical harmony that Swami Yukteswar is talking about, in the above statement. It is widely understood that the individual karmas manifest through the influence of the nine ‘grahas’ on the native. And, in a horoscope, Lagna or Ascendant in a horoscope acts similar to the needle that is pointing to North in a compass. It is very likely that the Lagna in a horoscope also points exactly to a specific ‘graha’ or planet in the chart. If we are able to determine what it is pointing to, it would be possible to accurately align Lagna to that planet and in the process we could rectify the birth time recording errors and arrive at the actual time of birth. This is the philosop hy behind the research undertaken. This author strongly believes that for a human birth to take place there has to be some well defined relationship between the position of Lagna and that of one of the planets in the chart. The search for an answer began with this assumption and the result is presented here.