Mars and Saturn will appear brighter in the sky in the next few days as they are in opposition with the Sun these days. On the 22nd of May the red planet Mars will shine much more brightly than it usually does. On the 30th of May the Mars will be closes to the earth. In the night sky the Mars will be visible near the head of the sign . However, since the Mars is transiting from south latitude and Saturn is moving in north latitude in the zodiac so both of them will not appear very close in the night sky. It is only when two planets transit at the same latitude and longitude then their disk appear to be very close to each other. This condition is called ‘planetary war’ in Vedic astrology.
Now on the June 3rd the Saturn will reach at opposition to the Sun at exact degrees. At this point of time Saturn would be closest to the earth. So if you have a small telescope then this is the best time of the year to view these two outer planets in the night sky.
If you are an astrology lover and take some interest in Mundane astrology then you must cast couple of lunar charts to study them for the purpose of forecasting changing weather trends in your country . In astro-meteorology the opposition of Saturn and Sun or their conjunction is a tested principal which is know to bring extreme weather conditions. In winters this combination bring severe cold wave and in the summer this yoga causes extremely hot temperature. I had already mention about the effects of this yoga in my article “Trends of Summer Season 2016” published in the April issue of Express Star Teller magazine. I had also given predictions of record breaking heat during the summer season in India in my article written for the Hindi news paper Rajasthan Patrika website. {Hindi} वक्री मंगल-शनि के कारण इस वर्ष पड़ेगी रिकॉर्ड तोड़ गर्मी!
Now see this horoscope of Full Moon of 22nd of May before i explain the possible effects of Sun-Mars opposition in Mundane astrology.
Full Moon
22 May 2016 at 02:44 hours at Delhi
Notice the close degree opposition of Sun and Mars at the time of Full Moon. They are in mutual aspect with each other at around 07 degrees of longitude. The Mars is transiting with southern latitude at present which as per Parashara Samhita is consider ominous. In Mundane astrology (Medini Jyotish) the Sun-Mars opposition is know to give fire accidents, trouble to the kings, droughts, trouble from thieves, war etc. The aspect of Mars on the Sun is consider bad particularly at the time of eclipse and/or Full Moon or New Moon.
On the 9th of March at the time of solar eclipse the Mars was giving aspect to the luminaries in Aquarius. Since the effects of a solar eclipse are felt for about 3 months so till the 9th of June we can expect some unpleasant happenings. We can expect following events in the next 15 days during the operation of the Full Moon chart given above.
- There will be a serious set back for the central government of India due to some scams and/or death of an important leader. The lagan and 10th lord Jupiter is falling in the 6th house along with Rahu and they are under the malefic aspect of retrograde Saturn.
- The close degree aspect of Jupiter (signifying Finance) , 11th lord Saturn and role of 2nd lord Mars shows the possibility of income tax department acting tough against some big industrialists of the country.
- The 6th lord Sun and 8th lord Venus conjoined at the 3rd house is a combination of trouble from neighboring countries. The Pakistan will break the cease fire at the LOC in Kashmir and there will be some big terrorist attacks in the north India region.
- Now notice the afflictions on Venus and Moon in the Rashi chart. Moon is the 5th lord in Rashi chart and in Navamsha the 5th house is under server malefic influences. It is a combination of some scandals effecting sports personalities, media and entertainment industry. The students may also oppose a major policy change by the HRD ministry.
- The affliction to the Venus across the Taurus-Scorpio axis shows a major sex scandal or crime against women affecting some important persons of the country. Many politicians, industrialist, bureaucrats and media persons will suffer humiliation in coming days.
Tremors of an Earthquake : A strong earthquake is likely to strike the Himalayan region of North India and Pakistan any time before 9th of June. The concentration of planets across the Scorpio-Taurus axis is a combination of an earthquake striking the Himalayan region of North India which this time may result into very heavy losses of lives and properties.
