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Astrology can help shape destiny

Bharat Bhushan Padmadeo

Having lost all hopes in life, a woman aged 50 came asking one day: “What has destiny denied me marriage and played spoilsport with my career aspirationsIJ Given my age, I have accepted this in my life. But could this have been avertedIJ”

“Well, you need to look within to find an answer. For, going by specific destiny indications, you were promised a marriage of your choice. The job-indicators, too, are potent enough to have ensured you a regular career. Yet, if you could not get them, it is because of certain inherent habit tendencies that played spoilsport with your aspirations, and more so, because you never cared to address them,” I suggested.

True, destiny, with all its good and bad indications, has to play its part in life. But at the same time, we are also endowed with the power of freewill duly armed with the faculty of discriminate intelligence. This exclusive human privilege grants us the power to figure out one’s fault lines and make necessary amends, which otherwise create roadblocks in our progress. Evidently, if we fail to rightfully employ this inlaid empowerment tool, it will be unfair to put the blame on destiny. Experience suggests that often ordinary mortals do not care to invoke their inlaid intellect and mindlessly misuse the power of freewill to pursue their whims and fancies, and with obvious ramifications. This applies in the woman’s case as well.

let us now look at the astrological pointers. The marriage-indicator seventh sub-lord happens to be Jupiter, which occupies the fifth house identified with love. Jupiter occupies the nakshatra owned by Mercury, the 11th lord identified with fulfilment of desires. The fifth sub-lord happens to be Venus, the seventh lord, which too is posited in the nakshatra owned by Mercury. Such a strong linkage between the fifth and seventh house clearly promises a marriage of her choice. The obvious implication is that she would not have accepted a traditional marriage. In fact, few guys did enter her life at some point of time, but she could not cultivate any long-term relationship because of her attitudinal problems. Incidentally, Jupiter appears to be her career indicator as well, which linked to the 10th house through its nakshatra lord Mercury, promised a good career. She missed this opportunity, too, because of her evasive attitude.

Coming to astrological pointers vis-à-vis her habit tendencies, first in line come the luminaries the Sun and Moon, both placed opposite their planet of limitation, Saturn, which gives her a negative and a suspicious mindset. That makes her dwell too much on negatives rather than the positives in other person. What she does not realise that nobody could be ever born perfect. Better, she would have looked for the most accommodative among the options in hand. This combination also points to not being in accord with her parents’ viewpoints. Second, Moon is placed adverse to mischievous Neptune; this makes her an escapist and also stuck to self-delusions. Third, she has inflated ego, which binds her to self-defined parameters. Mars, again placed adverse to restive Rahu, makes her temperamental. On top of all that is her impaired emotionality, whereby she gets caught up in trivial issues so much that larger issues get ignored. The result is there for all to see.

Had her father, himself well-conversant with astrology, instead of trying to identify favourable time, helped her get over the fault lines, probably her life would have relatively been better.

The writer is an astrologer, vastu consultant and spiritual counsellor. Write to him at G-5, Basement, Jungpura Extension, New Delhi 14 Tel: 9818037273/ 24310031

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Readersqueries

Suggest me remedial measures that may help my son-in-law’s careerIJ

— Dr (Mrs) lalit Suri

Time will turn favourable after the first week of November.  Thereafter decks will be clear for your son-in-law getting a job.  No external remedial measure is needed.  Just keep doing your usual prayers.

How can I bring my estranged girlfriend back in lifeIJ

— SB

No extraneous remedial measure can work unless you work upon your habit tendencies which have driven her away.

When does my career take a better turnIJ

— Bimlendu

In al probability, after March 2014.

What are my chances of bearing a childIJ

— Prerna

You need to consult an Ayurveda specialist to strengthen your bio-genetic system for conception.