Chart 15
Query: "I have failed in a professional exam in which I was quite good. What is the reason? Will I be successful in the next attempt?"

The sign Capricorn rises in the ascendant. Saturn, Mars, Moon, Mercury and Venus become functional benefic/favorable planets. The Sun, Jupiter, Rahu and Ketu become functional malefic/ unfavorable planets. Saturn and Mercury act as Sun-like planets.

The prime determinants for professional studies are lord of the fifth and second houses. In this case it is the second house lord Saturn. There is no mooltrikona sign in the fifth house. No mooltrikona sign rises in Panchamsa therefore no planet becomes the additional prime determinant of professional studies.

This person raised the query in August 2015 when he was running the sub period of Ketu in the main period of Mars. On analysis we found that at the time of the examination in early May, 2015 transit Rahu was influencing his natal Mars and the sub period lord natal Ketu afflicts the third, seventh, ninth and eleventh houses. This caused the failure as Mars is weak in the natal chart. Venus and Saturn are well placed in a Sun-like house and are fairly strong. Jupiter is strongly placed in its own mooltrikona sign. All other planets are weak in the birth chart. At the time of the next attempt the sub period of Venus was to be in operation in January 2016.

Advice: “He was advised performance of peace-making remedies for Rahu, Ketu, Jupiter and the Sun and was also provided with a Special Power Kavach which he started wearing in September 2015. With the help of the Special Power Kavach and the peace-making remedies and his own hard work he was successful in the examinations held in January 2016.”

The Astral remedies will benefit him in his life.

Chart 16
Query: "Will my son become an IAS officer?

CHART OF SON
The sign Aquarius rises in the ascendant. The planets Saturn, Mars, Sun, Venus and Jupiter function as favorable planets. Rahu, Ketu, Moon and Mercury function as unfavorable planets. Mars and Venus act like Sun-like planets.

We went through the birth chart. The prime determinants of professional matters is Saturn. The sign Libra rises in the ascendant of dasamsa (DX) and Venus becomes the additional prime determinant for professional matters. Saturn is weak in the birth chart as it is placed in an afflicted house. Venus is weak in the birth chart as it is in extreme old age and its dispositor Jupiter is weak due to an exact affliction with the lord of the sixth house. Both Saturn and Venus are badly placed in dasamsa (DX) and even Venus is in its sign of debilitation in DX. The significator Sun for high government positions is weak as it is in utter infancy and due to an exact affliction to its weak dispositor. The lord of the third house Mars is well placed in the second house but is absolutely weak due to being in infancy. The functional malefic planet Moon causes an exact affliction to the most effective point of the tenth house ruling professional matters. The Moon and Mercury are also weak due to placement in the afflicted 10th house along with Moon being debilitated.

Advice: “Therefore, the conclusion drawn was that the chance of becoming an IAS was very bleak. The person was informed that many difficulties were seen in his professional matters and astral remedies suggestion was made.”

Chart 17
Query: "I am retiring in October 1998, and I am worried about my after retirement life as my elder child has not settled professionally. How do you see my financial situation?"

The sign Sagittarius rises in the ascendant. Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Sun, Mercury and Venus are the functional benefic (favorable) planets. Besides Rahu and Ketu, the Moon is the only other functional malefic for the Sagittarians. Saturn acts as a Sun-like planet in this case.

The prime determinants of income are eleventh house, the planets occupying the eleventh house and planets influencing the same. No mooltrikona sign rises in Dasamsa and no planet becomes the additional prime determinant of professional matters. The sub period lord Mercury is well placed in dasamsa.

The Moon is weak due to bad placement and extreme old age. All the other planets, though weak, are well placed. Rahu and Ketu cause close afflictions to the houses occupied and aspected and make the planets Moon and Mercury further weak. Mars is in an exact conjunction with Rahu and becomes further weakened as its dispositor Mercury is also very weak and subject to affliction. At the time of the query the native was in the sub period of Mercury in its main period. Mercury is placed in the eleventh house and indicates continued income. The subsequent sub period lord Ketu is also well placed in the chart. The next sub period is that of the well-placed Venus, which rules the house of income, in the Sun- like ninth house. This will be followed by the sub period of the Sun again placed in the house of income.

Advice: “In view of the connection of the sub periods with the eleventh house it was advised to the native that up through the sub period of the Sun (September 2004) he was likely to have continued income which may come through his employment as a consultant after his retirement.”

As it so happened that in 1998 the government raised the retirement age from 58 years to 60 years. This covered the sub period of Mercury and Ketu and later he was employed as consultant in an industry up through the sub period of the Sun. This is the placement impact of planets despite weakness of the planets.

Chart 18
Query: "In September 2014 the native raised query whether she should take up a building project?"

The sign Sagittarius rises in the ascendant. Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Sun, Mercury and Venus are the functional benefic (favorable) planets. Besides Rahu and Ketu, the Moon is the only other functional malefic for the Sagittarians. Saturn acts as Sun-like planet in this case.

The sign Sagittarius rises in the ascendant of Dasamsa (DX) and Jupiter becomes an additional prime determinant for professional matters. The sub period lord Venus is well placed in dasamsa.

The analysis of the birth chart was taken up. Except for Venus all the other planets are weak in the birth chart. Saturn ruling the house of business ventures is in close conjunction with the most malefic planet, Moon. The Sun and Mars both are in infancy and are placed in the sixth house and become weak and afflicted. Mercury ruling the house of profession is well placed but becomes weak due to the weakness of its dispositor and affliction to its mooltrikona sign. The native was in the sub period of Venus in the main period of Saturn which was good. In transit Saturn was going to move in the twelfth house which indicated losses.

Advice: “As during the entire currency of the building project, Saturn was to stay in the house of losses, the native was advised that the project may run into trouble. So it was considered better that during the transit of Saturn in the twelfth house the project should not be undertaken and the native should take care of her existing business and health.”

From middle of September to October, 2015 she was hospitalized for Asthma.