Chart: Vashist — Infant Boy (Parents' Concern)

Source: class-83 Chart type: Natal Subject: Vashist (male infant, ~2 years old at time of class) Purpose: Assessing character and future prospects; addressing fear of criminal/rowdy future; Amavasya yoga interpretation; foreign settlement potential

Birth Data

Date: December 15, 2009
Time: 12:08 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Coordinates: 71°03'37"W, 42°21'30"N
Time zone: EST (5h West of GMT)
Lagna: ~5°06' Pisces

Background / Questions

Someone (possibly an astrologer or psychic) predicted that the boy would grow up to be a "rowdy" or underworld element. Parents were also told he would be away from them. Class analysis addressed:

Will this child really become a criminal?
Will he stay close to parents?
Will he settle abroad?

Rashi Chart Analysis

Amavasya Yoga: Sun and Moon are together at birth (new moon). Classical saying: "people born on Amavasya will be great saints or rowdies." The prediction appears to be based mainly on this and possibly Mars-Ketu in the 9th/6th house.

Lagna: Pisces — lagna lord Jupiter is in the 12th house (Aquarius, a philosophical sign). Pisces lagna is not expected to produce a criminal. Mars-Ketu in 6th house not sinister.

9th and 5th lords: Mars (9th lord) in 6th house — Vijaya Yoga (debilitated Mars in 6th). Moon (5th lord) in 9th house. Fifth and ninth lords are exchanging houses = Parivarthana (auspicious). Shows good Purva Punya and Dharma.

Gajakesari Yoga: Jupiter (lagna lord) and Moon (5th lord) are in mutual kendra = Gajakesari Yoga. Will make him well-known and fortunate.

Arudha Lagna: Third from AL = Jupiter only. No malefics. Shows "saintly, very gentle kind of person."

PVR's assessment: "This will be a very nice person, he will be very honorable in the society." The prediction of criminality was simply based on the thumb rule of Amavasya — without looking at all combinations. Not credible.

Dashamsha (D10) — Career

D10 Lagna: Sagittarius
Lagna lord Jupiter: in 3rd house (Kama Trikona)
10th lord Mercury: in 7th house in own sign = strong
11th lord (exalted): very strong
7th lord in 7th, 11th lord exalted: Kama Trikona especially strong = business indicated
Rahu in 10th house: in Mercury's sign (Kanya) = auspicious placement; in Ananta Dashaamsha = conducive to spiritual work
PVR's assessment: "Businessman, trader, perhaps someone who also does some spiritual/mystical work"

Vimshamsa (D20) — Spirituality

6th lord in Moolatrikona aspecting lagna lord = decent spiritual chart
Not confirming evil or criminal nature

Foreign Settlement

Rashi indicators: Lagna lord Jupiter in 12th house; 9th lord Mars in Jal Rashi aspected by 12th lord Rahu.

D4 indicators: 9th lord Mars strong; Ketu (another 9th lord) in Jal Rashi aspected by Rahu (12th lord and Badhaka). Lagna lord in 12th. 12th lord Saturn in Dashamsa in Samadhi Rashi with Mercury.

Conclusion: "Good chance of settling down abroad — in a foreign country."

Relationship with Parents

D12 Lagna borderline (could be Aries or Taurus); 9th lord is strong either way. PVR: "He'll have a decent relationship with parents." From Rashi, 9th lord Mars and 5th lord Moon parivarthana = good Dharma and relationship with elders.

Doshas and Remedies

Amavasya Dosha Shanti: Should perform the puja/homam prescribed by Parashara for Moon, Sun, and the Amavasya dosha.
Sankranti Dosha Shanti: Sun is in Gandanta. Both pujas needed.
Deity recommendation: Moon and Mars are in Parivarthana in Scorpio-Cancer axis. Best devata = Chamunda / Chandi (warrior goddess). If parents can first learn and then teach child Chandi Saptashati / Chandi Path — "this kid will be really unstoppable."

Key Teaching Points

Thumb rules like "Amavasya = criminal" must be checked against all chart combinations — not used in isolation
Parivarthana between 5th and 9th lords (even if debilitated) = auspicious for Dharma
Gajakesari yoga in natal chart = well-known, fortunate person
Arudha Lagna (3rd from AL = only Jupiter) = gentle disposition
Foreign settlement supported by multiple divisional charts when 9th + 12th + Bhaga-sthana are linked from all three references