The term for the Delhi Legislative assembly is schedule to end on the 15^th of February 2025. Previous assembly elections in Delhi were held on 8^th of February 2020 in which Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had won impressive 62 seats out of 70  by getting more than 53% of votes to regain the power with full majority for the second consecutive term. BJP had then got 38.51% votes share  and could manage to win only 8 seats. But since 2022 the political landscape of Delhi state has changed drastically as many AAP leader, including the Chief Minister himself, has been arrested by the  ED (Enforcement Directorate) in liquor policy scam and other corruption cases.

In May 2022 Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain was arrested by the ED and he hasn’t yet got the bail in that money laundering case. Later in year 2023 Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and senior Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh were both arrested by the ED in liquor scam case and they could manage to secure bail only in the year 2024. This year on the 21^st of March 2024 ED has arrested Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after the High Court refused him interim protection and since then he is also in Jail though in-between he got the interim bail by the Supreme Court.

{Note: – This article of mine was published in the December 2024 issue of Modern Astrology Magazine. The same has been reproduce here for the readers of my blog} 

Chart 1. Delhi State  :  February 1, 1992 at 00h. 00m. at Delhi at 77 E 13 and  28 N 40 with a balance of 17 years 9 months 10 days of Venus Dasha   at birth.

In the horoscope of Delhi State (chart 1) the Libra lagna is rising and the Moon is in Sagittarius. The horoscope of Delhi State is cast for the time when the state came into existence as the National Capital Territory (NTC) after the 69^th amendment of the constitution implemented. In the horoscope of Delhi State, the lagna and 8^th lord Venus is  in ‘Samagama’ Yoga along with the 10^th lord the Moon. The Moon and Venus are in the degree conjunction and their declination are also the same. The two feminine planets the Moon and Venus are afflicted by their conjunction with Rahu and also the 7^th lord (sex crime) Mars showing high rate of crime against women and promiscuous behaviours of many anti-social people in the state. As per the data of the National crime record bureau, Delhi top the list of 19 major cities of India in the list of crime against women in year 2022 {Refer link – https://www.deccanherald.com/india/delhi/delhi-tops-in-crimes-against-women-in-2022-ncrb-data-2796727 }

In the Maha Dasha  of the Moon, which ends in November 2025, and then 7 years long Maha Dasha  of Mars to be followed we don’t expect Delhi to become a better city for women on astrological basis. The aspect of the 3^rd and 6^th lord Jupiter on this combination of the Moon, Venus, Mars and Rahu is also not helpful in the foundation horoscope of Delhi State.

In the current Moon Dasha  and Venus Anter Dasha  from September 2023 to May 2025 many senior ministers of the ruling AAP government will come under trouble and there will be political upheavals in the state. Venus the Anter Dasha  lord is taking the 8^th lordship in Rashi  chart and in Navamsha   Venus is in conjunction with the 8^th lord the Moon. During the upcoming elections in Delhi state the matter of rising crime against women will be a big election issue, and it can be damaging for the BJP as the law and order is the responsibility of the center here. The Delhi police come directly under the Home Minister of the Centre and the chief minister in Delhi has no role to address the law-and-order situation in Delhi.

Chart 2. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)   :  November 26, 2012 at 12h. 00m. at Delhi at 77 E 13 and  28 N 40 with a balance of 17 years 5 months 28 days of Venus Dasha   at birth.

In Capricorn lagna horoscope of AAP (chart 2)  the lagna and 2^nd lord Saturn is exalted in the 10^th house and is conjoined there with ‘Yogakaraka’ Venus and also the 9^th lord Mercury. This major Raja Yoga and Dhana Yoga has made AAP a national level party in just after 10 years of her formation. It has state government in Delhi since February 2015 and recently they came into the helm of the affairs in Punjab state assembly in year 2022.

Bandhana Yoga in AAP horoscope

The noticeable point in the horoscope of AAP is the presence of Mars in the 12^th house which is getting the 3^rd aspect of Saturn from the 10^th house. Mars in the 12^th house can give a ‘Bandhana Yoga’ (imprisonment) as per Brihat Yavana Jataka. In the foundation horoscope of AAP Mars is in the 12^th house of Rashi  , Navamsha   and also in Dashmasha . In all the three charts Mars in the 12^th house get the aspect of Saturn. Thus classical ‘Bandhan Yoga’ is very prominent in the foundation horoscope of AAP. Interestingly AAP came into existence after an anti-corruption movement but since it has came into power with full majority in 2015 as many as 16 of its leaders have been arrested in corruption, criminal and other cases {Refer link- https://www.opindia.com/2024/04/17-aap-leaders-have-been-arrested-or-sent-to-jail-so-far/ }.

Enigmatic Venus-Saturn Dasha   

At present Venus Dasha   and Saturn Anter Dasha   is running in the horoscope of AAP from March 2023 to May 2026 which can help them to overcome the crisis situation which has emerged due to its three senior leader’s recent imprisonment on corruption charges in liquor excise policy case. Notice here the close degree conjunction of Venus and Saturn. Their declination is also within one degree; thus, they are in ‘Graha Yuddha’ here. In Navamsha   both Dasha   lords Venus and Saturn are in the 6^th house of court cases but in Dashmasha  chart  they have improved their placement which gives some hope.

Venus Dasha   Saturn Anter Dasha  and the Sun Antra would be running from 20 November 2024 to 17 January 2025 which would be challenging for AAP. But next Antra would be of the Moon which is strongly placed in the 4^th house of ruler’s throne which can help them to retrain power after a closely fought election.

Favorable Ashtakavarga Scores

In transit the Saturn from Aquarius get 34 points in Sarvashtaka Varga and 4 points in its own Bhinashtaka Varga which are good. Saturn is transiting in the 11^th house from the Moon and 2^nd from the lagna. Jupiter is transiting in the 2^nd from the Moon and 5^th from the lagna. Both Saturn and Jupiter jointly aspect the Scorpio which is 11^th house of the gains in the foundation chart of AAP which is good.

Chart 3. Arvind Kejariwal    :  August 16, 1968 at 07h. 30m. at Bhiwani, Haryana at 75 E 36 and  28 N 54 with a balance of 4 years 7 months 13 days of Sun Dasha   at birth.

In the Leo lagna horoscope of Arvind Kejriwal (chart 3) a Vargottama 10^th lord Venus is in the Janma lagna along with the 5^th lord Jupiter which is a good yoga for getting a powerful position. Then the conjunction of 2^nd and 11^th lord Mercury with them is a good Dhana Yoga. In December 2013 he become chief minister of Delhi for the first time in Jupiter Dasha  and Mercury Anter Dasha  in Vimshottari but he resigns from his post after 49 days only. He went to jail in the last week of May 2014 when he refused to get the bail in a defamation case filed against him by BJP minister and senior leader Nitin Gadkari. In Jupiter Dasha  Mercury Anter Dasha  and Rahu Antra from March 2014 to July 2014 his party AAP performed poorly in general elections in 2014 and he was in jail for more than 14 days due to his adamant decision for not taking bail from the lower court. Notice here the placement of Rahu in the 8^th from his Janma lagna and 12^th from the Moon.

During Jupiter Dasha  and Rahu Anter Dasha  from November 2021 to March 2024 many of his party leaders got arrested in liquor excise policy scam case. Although during this Dasha  Anter Dasha  only his party won an assembly election in Punjab in February-March 2022 and become a national level party. Anter Dasha  lord Rahu is in the 8^th house from his Janma lagan but its depositor Jupiter is in good position. Moreover, Rahu is strong in Navamsha   as it is associated with benefic planets only. But since Rahu is in the 8^th house from Maha Dasha  lord Jupiter so its sub period gave him lots of troubles also. He received 10 summonses from the ED but didn’t appear for an investigation. As a result, he didn’t get any anticipatory bail from the High Court and got arrested on the 21^st of March 2024 when he was under Jupiter Dasha  Rahu Anter Dasha  and Mars Antra. The Antra lord Mars is in the 12th house with the Sun. Both the Sun and Mars are in Sarpa Dreskkan which is highly inauspicious when you have a ‘Bandhan Yoga’ in a birth chart. Mars in the 12^th house create a ‘Bandhan Yoga’ here thus he has to face an imprisonment during this period.

Bandhan Yoga and Neecha Bhanga Yoga of Saturn

A special reference to Bandhan Yoga has been given in Chapter number 14 of Prashna Marga from Sloka number 106 to 114. I am referring here to the translation by Dr. B.V. Raman of Prashna Marga (Part I) at page number 487. Although, these yoga’s given are mentioned with respect to the Horary or Prashna Kundali but we can also apply these on the natal horoscopes. The stanza number 112 of Chapter Number 14 of Prashna Marga says, “if Saturn occupies the 5th, 9th, 4th, 8th or 7th identical with a malefic owned Rashi   and is aspected by malefics, one suffers prison for life.” If Saturn is in movable sign, the person will be liberated from prison soon; if a fixed sign, he suffers a long-term of imprisonment; and if in a common sign, the period will be neither very long nor very short.

The above mention yoga applies in the horoscope of Arvind Kejariwal (chart 3) as Saturn is in the 9^th house in the Rashi  of natural malefic planet Mars. The Saturn is in conjunction with the 12^th lord (imprisonment) the Moon, and the Moon is in Rashi  Parivartan (sign exchange) yoga with Mars which is in the 12^th house. Now put Mars in the place of the Moon as they are in the sign exchange, thus the Saturn also comes into the association with a natural malefic Mars in the sign of malefic which construct ‘Bandhan Yoga’ as per the Prashna Marga.

But Saturn is also Vargottama and is involve in a good ‘Neecha Bhanga Yoga’. Saturn’s sign lord Mars is in the Kendra from the Moon. Also, Saturn’s exaltation sign lord (Uccha Naath) is Venus which is in Kendra from the Janma lagna. Saturn is getting the aspect of the 5^th lord Jupiter and by its association with the Moon involve in sign exchange it get the influence of the 9^th lord the Mars. Thus, Saturn is associated with both the 5^th lord and also the 9^th lord so it makes a good ‘Neecha Bhanga Raja Yoga’ as per the rule of ‘Phala Deepika’ and ‘Jataka Parijata’.

In Dashmasha  Saturn is debilitated but is strongly placed in the 3^rd house. Now we will study the ‘Dasha  Pravesh Kundali’ of Saturn for Arvind Kejriwal as per the rules of Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra and Jataka Tattwam.

Chart 4. Dasha  Pravesh of Saturn for Arvind Kejariwal : March 29, 2024 at 16h. 42m. at Hissar, Haryana at 75 E 43 and  29 N 10

In the Dasha   Phala Adhyay, chapter number 48 of the  Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, at stanza number 5 & 6 Sage Parashara says that “during the beginning of any Dasha  if the lord of the Dasha  is in the lagna, in its sign of exaltation or in its own sign or in its friendly sign, gets the aspect of a benefic planet then this Dasha   period gives good results. But on the contrary if the Dasha   lord in transit is moving from the 6^th, 8^th or 12^th and/or in its sign of debilitation or from its enemy sign at the time of the beginning of Dasha   then it will give bad results”.

The above-mentioned principal is known as the study of ‘Dasha   Pravesh Kundali’. The method of casting the Dasha   Pravesh Kundali (chart) is very simple. All we need to do is to check on which day any specific Maha Dasha  is starting in a horoscope. Then cast a chart for the start of the day of Maha Dasha  by taking the rising sign same as the ascendant and also taking the same place of birth. The rules to study the ‘Dasha  Pravesh Kundali’ has been explained in more details in the ‘Dasha   Tattwam’ chapter of the classical text ‘Jataka Tattwam’ which is the last chapter of this book.

In case of Arvind Kejariwal the Maha Dasha  of Saturn started on the 29^th of March 2024 as per the ‘Chitra Paksha Ayanamsha’. On that day the transiting Saturn was in Aquarius in its own sign along with the Yogakaraka Mars and the 10^th lord Venus. But the Moon was in Scorpio getting the aspect of 6^th and 7^th lord Saturn was inauspicious. Thus, he is still in jail but since the Maha Dasha  lord is strong in the Dasha  Pravesh Kundali so he didn’t resign from his post yet and can also get re-elected in the upcoming assembly elections on the state.

Now coming back to the horoscope of Arvind Kejariwal (chart 3) the Saturn Dasha  Saturn Anter Dasha  and Mercury Antra from 18 September 2024 to 21^st of February 2025 is expected to give good results for him. The Antra lord Mercury as the 2^nd and 11^th lord strongly placed in the Janma lagna is good. In Navamsha  it is in the 10^th house in own sign and in Dasha masa it is in the 9^th house in mutual aspect with the lagna lord Saturn. He is likely to get released from the Jail anytime after 18^th of September this year. And he will also get reelected as the chief minister in the upcoming assembly elections in Delhi state.

As per Jaimini Chara Dasha  a favorable Dasha  of Aries and Anter Dasha  of Aquarius would be running from 15^th of November 2024 to 14^th of February 2025. Amatayakaraka the Moon is in Aries sign and from Jaimini aspect it influences the Anter Dasha  Rashi  Aquarius. The 10^th Pada is in Scorpio which is in the 10^th house from Anter Dasha  Rashi  Aquarius. Thus, this period will help Arvind Kejariwal to get reelected  as the chief minister of Delhi again.