Transit of Saturn from Sagittarius sign is known to bring problems for the central government, defense scandals and major changes in the society. The Saturn was in Sagittarius for the first time in the history of Independent India during February 1958 to January 1961. This period is noted for the bitterness between India and China over the issue of Tibet which resulted in a war in 1962. During the Tibet uprising in 1959 Dalia lama came to India secretly to take asylum along with his cabinet which ignited China. Interestingly the Saturn-Jupiter have conjoined in Sagittarius in 1960 and later in Capricorn in 1962. The conjunction of Saturn-Jupiter in these two signs has to be sensitive for India. Sagittarius is the 8th house from the lagna in the foundation horoscope of India. The Capricorn is the second weakest sign, after Gemini, as per Ashtakavarga system in the foundation horoscope as it gets only 20 points there.
{ Note: This article of mine was published in Modern Astrology Magazine’s February 2019 issue with title ” Saturn in Sagittarius and 2019 Lok Sabha Elections”. The same has been reproduce here for the readers of my blog }
The transit of Saturn from Sagittarius during 1958 to 1961 was bad for the image of Nehru’s government then which was facing troubles due to rising inter-party corruption and bickering. Indira Gandhi’s selection as the Congress party president in 1959 arouse criticism for alleged nepotism by Nehru who was said to be nourishing dynastic ambitions then.
Next time when Saturn was transiting from Sagittarius during December 1987 to November 1990 the period brought volatile economic, political, social and religious upheavals for India. The Bofors Scandal shattered the ‘Mr. Clean’ image of then prime minister Rajive Gandhi. The Bofors Scandal become the major issue in the subsequent general election of 1989 in which Congress had to lose power. However, the coalition government of Janata Dal led by V.P. Singh was unstable and he had to resign in November 1990 when Saturn was transiting in Sagittarius. But during his short tenure he implemented the ‘Mandal Commission report’ to give reservation to the ‘other backward classes ’ (OBC) which tear apart the social fabric of Hindu society from which India has still not recovered. The Ram Temple issue had then become the main cause of the fall of V.P. Singh in 1990 when BJP withdraw support from his government after Lalu Prasad Yadava, then Chief minister of Bihar, arrested L.K. Advani in Samastipur during his Ram Janambhoomi agitation (Rath Yatra). During this period the economic crisis of India forced her to airlift its ‘gold reserve’ as a pledge to a large conditional bailout loan from the IMF.
Now when the general elections in 2019 is going to happen during April-May the Saturn will again be in Sagittarius, this time conjoined with Ketu and Mars will be in its opposition in Gemini sign in the month of May when the elections results are likely to be declared. This combination again shows some volatile political disturbances, economic crisis due to fall of share market and a coalition government at the center led by BJP.
Foundation Horoscope of India
15 August 1947, 00:00 hours at Delhi
Longitude 77E 13’ and Latitude 28N 40’
Balance of Dasa in Vimshottari: Saturn 18 Years 0 months 25 days
The Vimshottari Dasa of Moon-Jupiter ( August 2018 to December 2019) will be running in the foundation horoscope of India at the time when general elections will be held. Jupiter, the sub period lord, giving aspect to the 10th house from both the lagna and Moon shows the possibility of the return of incumbent government of NDA led by BJP. But since Jupiter is the lord of the 8th house and is placed in the 6th house from the lagna so the next NDA government will be weaker than the present one. Also notice that Jupiter is in enemy sign in both Rasi and Navamsa. BJP will not get the full majority this time unlike in year 2014 when they got 282 seats and with its alliance NDA had total tally of 336 seats in the 543 members Lok Sabha. The transiting Saturn was in Libra then in 2014. Interestingly when Saturn was in Libra in 1984 the Congress led by Rajive Gandhi has got more than 400 seats in general elections riding on the sympathy wave after the assassination of Indira Gandhi. Exactly 30 years after it the ‘Modi wave’ swept through the opposition in 2014. But this time in 2019 there will be a coalition government at center led by BJP as indicated by Dasas and transit.
Saturn is the lord of 10th house (central government) in the foundation horoscope of India. Its transit from its exaltation sign Libra has given strength to the central government in 1984 and 2014. Whereas, when Saturn transit from Sagittarius the 8th house from the foundation horoscope or from the Capricorn the central government gets weak like it happen during 1959-62 and also in 1989-90. The Capricorn gets 20 points in the Ashtakavarga whereas the Gemini gets only 19 points there. So astrologically government will start struggling after 2019 when Saturn will reach into Capricorn sign.
Foundation Horoscope of BJP
6 April 1980, 11:45 hours at Delhi
Longitude 77E 13’ and Latitude 28N 40’
Balance of Dasa in Vimshottari: Mercury 5 years 0 months 12 days
Sixth house danger for BJP leaders
In the Gemini lagna horoscope of BJP the Vimshottari Dasa of Moon-Mars will be running from February 2019 to September 2019. The Moon being placed in the sixth house of disputes and diseases shows problems in the party. Moon as the 2nd lord placed in the 6th house has given problems of ill-health to many of the important BJP leaders in recent time like Arun Jaitely and Sushma Sawraj having kidney aliments, Manohar Parikar struggling with cancer and Anant Kumar died with the same disease in November 2018. Now the sub period of retrograde Mars giving aspect to the 6th house in Rasi and Navamsa shows more troubles for its leaders like some of them facing accident, violence and even death in 2019. In Chara Dasa the period of Capricorn is running from where Atamakaraka Saturn falling in the 8th house with Ganatikaraka Jupiter and malefic planets like Mars, Rahu and Saturn also shows the same concern from the Jaimini angle for the BJP leaders.
New alliances for BJP
But the 6th and the 11th lord Mars will also help the BJP to come back into power at the center though with reduce majority this time. As per Jaimini the Amatayakaraka Moon and Putrakaraka Venus giving aspect to Dasa Rasi Capricorn confirm this astrological possibility. BJP may though get below 200 seats this time but they will get new alliances like K. Chander Shakar Rao (KCR), Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy and Naveen Patnaik joining the bandwagon of NDA to enjoy power. KCR has his Moon in Cancer which is in trine to the Moon sign of BJP in Scorpio. Naveen Patnaik has his Moon in Gemini which is the ascendant of BJP. So these two stalwarts can join the NDA in 2019 in the event of BJP falling short of majority.
Horoscope of Congress Party
12 January 1978, 12:00 noon at Delhi
Longitude 77E 13’ and Latitude 28N 40’
Balance of Dasa in Vimshottari: Moon 6 years 2 month and 1 day
In the Pisces lagna foundation horoscope of Congress party the Vimshottari Dasa of Jupiter-Venus will be running from January 2017 to September 2019. Venus as the 3rd lord in the 10th house is good but its 8th lordship is not auspicious. In 2004 when Congress has come back into the power, after defeating the BJP led by Vajpayee, it was Rahu-Venus Dasa in Vimshottari. Rahu along with 5th lord Moon is auspicious in the chart of Congress party. Venus sub period in major period of Rahu had then given power to the Congress party. But this time Venus sub period has come in the major period of Jupiter which is in enemy sign and afflicted by malefic planets in Navamsa chart. The transiting Saturn from Sagittarius is in the 4th from the natal Moon of Congress is not very helping either. But astrologically the general elections of 2019 will make Congress an opposition party at the center with resilience to fight the ruling BJP .
Opposition Role for Congress Party in 2019
In Chara Dasa the Leo-Cancer period is running from September 2018 to May 2019 in the horoscope of Congress. Leo is the 6th house from lagna and Karakamsha. Leo having Ganatikaraka Saturn shows difficulties from court cases which Congress is facing in National Herald and Augusta west-land scams. The sub period of Cancer is not much promising as the Amatayakaraka Sun is in the 6th house from it. So Congress will have to content itself with the role of an opposition party in year 2019.
Horoscope of Rahul Gandhi
19 June 1970, 14:28 hours at Delhi
Longitude 77E 13’ and Latitude 28N 40’
Balance of Dasa in Vimshottari: Ketu 5 years 9 years 25 days
In the Vargottama Tula lagna horoscope of Rahul Gandhi the noticeable feature is the malefic in the 5th, 7th and 9th houses which as per Jataka Tatwam is a yoga for lack of happiness from spouse and children. The 7th house from the Moon has malefic planets Mars and Sun. Venus the Karaka for marriage is in ‘Paap-Kartari’ yoga showing why he is likely to remain bachelor. In Navamsa the lagna lord Venus debliteated in the 12th house also confirm this possibility. During his first ‘Sadhe-Sati’ he lost his father on 21 May 1991 when Saturn was transiting from Capricorn sign. Rahul Gandhi’s Moon is in Kemadruma Yoga and is a strong malefic due to Amavasya birth getting strength in ‘Shadabala’. It was Venus-Saturn ( February 1989 to April 1992) in Vimshottari when he lost his father Rajive Gandhi in a tragic incident of assassination.
Venus is in the 2nd house from the Sun and the sub period lord Saturn aspect the 9th house of father. The 9th lord falling in the 8th house in Rasi and Navamsa has to give his father short life. Also notice the affliction of malefic planets on the 9th house in both Rasi and Navamsa.
Kemadruma Moon Dosha
The Kemadruma Moon made him a reluctant politician. Rahu in the 5th house and the debliteated 5th lord shows lack of intellect. The Vimshottari Dasa of Mars-Moon will be running from 14 September 2018 to 15 April 2019. Mars is combust with Sun but is in ‘Shubha-Kartari’ yoga which shows some promise. But the sub period of Kemadruma Moon do not show much success. In Chara Dasa Pisces-Capricorn is running from 20 March 2019 to 19 August 2019. Amatayakaraka Mars, Putrakaraka Sun and Darakaraka Moon aspect the Pisces which is the 6th house from the lagna and the 12th from Atamakaraka Saturn. The sub period sign Capricorn has Amatayakaraka in the 6th house showing struggle. So Rahul Gandhi will have to content himself to be an opposition leader only.
Horoscope of Narendra Modi
17 September 1950, 12:09 hours at Vadnagar, Mehasana District Gujarat
Longitude 72E 23’ and Latitude 23N 47’
Balance of Dasa in Vimshottari: Saturn 10 years 2 months 18 days
The Vargottama Vrischik (Scorpio) lagna horoscope for Narendra Modi I am discussing here is from the data of my teacher Shri K.N. Rao. A Tula lagna horoscope of Narendra Modi is also in circulation but as per Shri K.N. Rao it is not correct for the three main reasons.
- If Narendra Modi had Tula lagna then the ‘Paap-Kartari’ yoga on the lagna would have jailed him during emergency whereas he was one of the very few leaders who were never being caught by government agencies then. The ‘Bandhan Yoga’ in Tula lagna would have surely land him into jail but Vrischik lagna do not show such promise.
- Modi was born in the poor family of grocers and has seen poverty for most of his life as per his own account. This is not astrologically explainable from Tula lagan where Saturn-Venus in the 11th house, Mars-Moon in the 2nd and the combination of 11th lord Sun and 9th lord Mercury in the 12th are great Dhana Yogas. In Vrischik lagna the debliteated 9th lord with the 6th lord Mars in the lagna explains early death of father. The Saturn and Mercury, who’s Dasa he got during early years, become the functional malefic for Scorpio lagna giving him troubles.
- If we take Tula lagna for Modi then it will be difficult for us to explain why did he left his wife after few days of his marriage? In Tula lagna the 7th lord Mars is in the 2nd house conjoined with the 10th lord Moon do not show such promise. But in Scorpio lagna the Mars become the 6th lord and Saturn a functional malefic giving aspect to the 7th house of marriage. As per a Parasharai principal Saturn and Mars giving aspect to a house shows the loss of its significations i.e. Karakatattwa. Moreover, in Scorpio lagna chart the 7th lord Venus is in Leo along with malefics in Rasi and Navamsa showing lack of happiness from marriage.
Narendra Modi had become the prime minister of India in 2014 when he was running under the Vimshottari Dasa of Moon-Jupiter (November 2013 to March 2015). Moon and Jupiter are both yoga giving planets for Scorpio lagna. So his tremendous victory in the general elections of 2014 and also in the states elections of November-December 2013 is explainable from Scorpio lagna chart.
Second term as Prime Minister for Narendra Modi
Now the Moon-Venus period will be running from October 2018 to June 2020. Venus being the lord of 7th house (war and opposition) and the 12th house (losses) is Vargottama in the 10th house of power. The sub period of Venus can make him to retain the post of prime minister but his power will be reduced. He will have to run a coalition government now which will become weak after July 2022 when transiting Saturn will reach into Aquarius the 4th house from the natal Moon of Modi and BJP. Before this in the first half of 2020 he will have to face a war with Pakistan and China as the sub period of 7th lord Venus in his chart indicates.
As per Jaimini the Chara Dasa running in the horoscope of Prime Minister Modi is of Aquarius-Libra from March 2019 to September 2019 is just average. The Amatayakaraka Venus and Atamakaraka Saturn aspect the 12th house from Aquarius sign. These two Jaimini Karaka’s also aspect the Libra which is the sub period sign. So it is showing reduction of strength and trouble in running the government.
