The Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra and some other classical text gives mixed results for the 8th lord posted in the 8th house. As per the classical text the 8th lord in the 8th house is good for longevity but if it is a malefic planet and/or under the affliction of malefics by aspect or conjunction, then native is not trustworthy, is a thief, back-biter and suffer from distress {Reference: Chapter number 25, Bhavesha Phala Adhyay, Sloka number 15, Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra}. In practical experiences the 8th house in the 8th house gives very good results provided it is also strong in Navamsha chart. The 8th lord, if also strong in Navamsha, in the own house in birth chart make one very charismatic in personality and gives surprise gains. If this 8th lord is a benefic planet and is associated with lord of 5th and/or 9th house then it can give lot of fame and success to the native.
{Note: This article was appeared in the June 2021 issue of Express Star Teller Magazine. The same has been reproduce here for the readers of my blog}
In this article I will give some example horoscopes to explain the results of strong 8th lord in a horoscope and in between some classical principals of Parashari system will also be discussed.
Case 1. Female
28 April 1999, 18:07 hours
Longitude: 79 E 25’ and Latitude: 28 N 21’
Balance of Dasha in Vimshottari: Moon 1 years 10 months 25 days
In the Libra lagna horoscope of this young girl 8th lord Venus is in own house and get the aspect of malefic 7th lord Mars which is also retrograde. But this 8th lord Venus is strong in Navamsha chart , as there it is posted in the 10th house of career and is in mutual aspect of Jupiter which is the lord of 5th house there.
In the Tula lagna birth chart of this girl the 6th lord Jupiter is in the own house in conjunction with 9th and 12th lord Mercury and in mutual aspect with 10th lord Moon, which makes a good combination for success in competition. She got a placement in JP Morgan (An American Investment Bank and Financial Institution) in the last week of August 2020 while she was studying in her 3rd year of engineering collage. She got a very impressive placement with a package of 14 Lakhs per annum at the time of COVID-19 when there are not many jobs in the market. This surprise success came during her Rahu-Venus dasha (October 2019 to October 2022) in Vimshottari.
Rahu is in the 10th house of career receiving the aspect of Jupiter. Rahu’s depositor Moon is receiving the aspect of its sign lord Mercury and also of Jupiter. As per Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra’s ‘Chandra Yoga Adhyay’ chapter number 38, if Moon get the aspect of its sign lord then it gives a good Raja Yoga. The anter dasha was of the 8th lord Venus which is in its own house. In Navamsha Rahu is in the 4th house with 5th lord Jupiter in a good Raja Yoga and anter dasha lord Venus is in the 10th house of career.
Case 2. Male
12 September 1986 , 16:30 hours
Longitude: 77 E 02’ and Latitude: 28 N 28’
Balance of Dasha in Vimshottari: Ketu 1 years 4 months 0 days
This Makar (Capricorn) lagna chart is also of an engineering who settled very well in his career during his maha dasha of Sun (January 2008 to January 2014) in Vimshottari. Sun as the 8th lord is in own house and is also in friendly sign in Navamsha chart. In birth chart Sun is getting aspects of lagna lord Saturn and also of Jupiter which is functional malefic for Makar lagna chart. A very good feature of this horoscope is that it has 9th lord Mercury and 10th lord Venus in their own houses.
In the year 2008 he completed B.Tech and got admission in a good management collage. While he was doing his MBA his father fixed his marriage. During this dasha of Sun he got a good job in MNC and later got married in January 2014 when his Moon maha dasha has just started. Moon as the 7th lord in the 12th house gave his wife PR (permanent residence) for Canada and the couple then migrated in September 2016 (Moon-Rahu dasha). He is living a very comfortable life in Canada at present. Notice the 7th lord is in 12th house in both Rashi and Navamsha gave him foreign immigration on spouse visa. The 8th lord Sun in own house gave him an excellent education, good career and a decent marriage alliance during its maha dasha.
Case 3. K.Chandrashekar Rao
17 February 1954, 10:30 am at Siddipet, Andhra Pradesh
Longitude: 78 E 51’ and Latitude: 18 N 06’
Balance of Dasha in Vimshottari: Mercury 2 years 6 months 19 days
The Aries lagna horoscope given here is of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao famously known as KCR. He has Mars as the 8th lord in own house in mutual aspect with 9th and 12th lord Jupiter. The mutual aspect of Mars and Jupiter is a Raja Yoga for Aries lagna as Mars is the lord of lagna also and Jupiter is the lord of 9th house. But it is also ‘Unmmad Yoga’ which makes a native very dynamic, bit aggressive and adamant. The ‘Unmmad Yoga’ has been discussed in detail in the classical text Jataka Tattwam. KCR had won four assembly elections from Siddipet from 1985 to 1999 on Telugu Desam Party’s ticket. He had served on the posts of minister in the state cabinet of N.T. Rama Rao and Chandrababu Naidu.
But his Mars maha dasha from September 1999 to September 2006 bring him into the national politics and gave him lots of success. He left TDP and formed his own party ‘Telangana Rashtra Samithi’ (TRS) in April 2001 when he was under Mars-Jupiter dasha in Vimshottari. He joined hands with Congress, which promised him Telangana State, to fight 2004 general elections in which his party TRS won 5 Lok Sabha Seats. KCR become the union minister of Labour and Employment in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s cabinet. He consolidated his party TRS during entire Mars maha dasha which as the 8th lord in own house gave him a national role in politics. He led the campaign for the separate Telangana sate and got success in 2014 when he became the chief minister of newly formed Telangana state on 2 June 2014 (Rahu-Saturn dasha). His party TRS had won 11 of the 17 Lok Sabha Seats in Telangana and 63 of 119 Assembly seats. The foundation of his great political career was been established during the Mars dasha (1999 to 2006) which as the 8th lord is in own house and in Navamsha it is involve in good Dhana Yoga. In Navamsha Mars as the 9th lord is in 3rd house and is in mutual aspect with Mercury which is lord of 2nd and 11th house.
Case 4. Michael Jorden
17 February 1963, 13:40 hours at Brooklyn, New York
Longitude: 77 W 56’ and Latitude: 40 N 39’
Source: from astro data bank of Lois Rodden
Balance of Dasha in Vimshottari: Mercury 16 years 11 months 28 Days
The Gemini lagna horoscope of American Basketball Player Michael Jorden has a very special Parashari Raja Yoga. As per ‘Raja Yoga Adhyay’ chapter number 40 sloka number 15 of Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra if any planet is associated (by conjunction or aspect) with the lagna of Shada-Varga (Rashi, Hora, Dreshkkan, Navamsha, Dwadamsha and Trimshamsha) then it gives a big Raja Yoga. As per another variation of this yoga if Janma lagna, Navamsha lagna and Dreshkkan lagna all are under the aspect of a single planet then it gives Raja Yoga. In the horoscope of Michael Jorden Venus is at the degrees of Janma lagna. It aspects the Janma lagna, Navamsha lagna, Dreshkkan lagna and Dwadamsha lagna from the 7th house. It is placed in the 7th house of Rashi, Navamsha, Dreshkkan and Dwadamsha. In Trimshamsha and Hora chart it is placed in the lagna itself. So in all the Shada-Varga (six divisional charts) Venus is influencing the lagna either by its 7th aspect or by its placement. This yoga made Michael Jorden the greatest Basketball player and a cultural icon who had popularized NBA in the entire world. During his maha dasha of Venus (February 1987 to February 2007) he was the highest earned professional player on the planet.
Also notice here the 8th lord Saturn is in own house along with lagna lord Mercury. Here Saturn and Mercury in conjunction make a good Raja Yoga for Gemini lagan native. He was born in the maha dasha of Mercury which is in conjunction with the 8th lord Saturn. In his chart 8th lord Saturn is not only in its own house but in Navamsha also this Saturn is well placed in the 5th house. After Mercury’s period it was time for Ketu dasha (February 1980 to February 1987) which brings him into the NBA during 1984. Ketu is conjoined with Mercury-Saturn Raja Yoga. Aspect of Mars on it is a blemish so he become a star in his following dasha of Venus which is in great Parashari Raja Yoga we have discuss above. But now the maha dasha of Mars (February 2023 to February 2030) can give Michael Jorden very serious illness and loss of wealth. Mars is first rate ‘Maraka’ for Gemini lagan and is badly placed in the 2nd house with Rahu for Michael Jorden endangering his health.
Case 5. Amitabh Bacchan
11 October 1942, 16:00 hours at Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
Longitude: 81 E 49’ and Latitude: 25 N 27’
Balance of Dasha in Vimshottari: Rahu 13 years 0 months 26 days
The Aquarius lagna chart of Hindi cinema superstar Amitabh Bachchan is another example on how a strong 8th lord can give a native very charismatic personality and surprise success. In his chart 8th lord Mercury is in own house and in Navamsha it is in the 11th house in friendly sign Leo along with Sun. Interestingly in Navamsha also the 8th house has its lord placed in it which is Venus. The maha dasha of Saturn (November 1971 to November 1990) made him the biggest star of Hindi cinema. He won many awards and honours during this entire Saturn maha dasha. But the early part of Mercury dasha in 1990’s was bad for his acting career and film production. He was almost about to sell his bungalow and properties to pay loans as there was danger of bankruptcy looming over his head. Mercury-Sun (January 1997 to December 1997), Mercury-Moon (December 1997 to May 1999), Mercury-Mars (May 1999 to May 2000) were the worst periods for his career. Notice here that Mercury as the 8th lord is also conjoined with 7th lord Sun, which is in Mrityu Bhang, and also with Mars which is functional malefic for Aquarius lagna native. It was in Mercury-Rahu dasha after May 2000 that he return into prominence with some successful films and a television show.
He is now under Venus dasha since November 2014 which is in good ‘Neecha Bhanga’ Yoga. Venus in Navamsha is in the 8th house in its own sign promising him a long life. Until Venus-Jupiter in Vimshottari (January 2025 to September 2027) there is no danger to his longevity.
Case 6. Queen Elizabeth II
21 April 1926, 02:40 hours at London, UK
Longitude: 00 W 07’ and Latitude: 51 N 30’
Source: From Astro data bank of Lois Rodden
Balance of Dasha in Vimshottari: Mercury 13 years 7 months 12 days
In the Dhanu lagna horoscope of Queen Elizabeth II 8th lord Moon is in own house. Moon here is very strong as it is in Gaja Kesari Yoga not only in birth chart but in Navamsha also. Her Janma lagna Sagittarius (Dhanu) is Vargottam and the 8th lord Moon is very strong in both Rashi and Navamsha. In the birth chart Moon get the aspect of lagna lord Jupiter and 5th lord Mars. In Navamsha Moon as the 8th lord is getting aspect of 9th lord Sun and 5th lord Mars. As per a Parashari rule if the lords of 5th and 9th houses influence any planet then it became Karaka for giving good results. Here the lord of 8th house in the horoscope of Queen Elizabeth II has become very influential. Her coronation happened on 2nd of June 1953 in dasha of Venus-Mars in Vimshottari. Venus is the lord of 11th house and Mars as the 5th lord is in Raja Yoga due to its conjunction with lagna lord Jupiter.
In the horoscope of Queen Elizabeth II a strong 8th lord in own house has given her a very good longevity and health. But the Jupiter-Rahu in Vimshottari from July 2021 to December 2023 will be a Maraka period. Rahu in the 7th house can become first rate ‘Maraka’ during its sub period in the major period of Jupiter which is also in the 2nd house a ‘Maraka’ Bhava.
Chart 7. Bob Dylan (American Singer and Song writer)
24 May 1941, 21:05 hours at Dulutu, Minnesota, USA
Longitude: 92 W 6’ and Latitude: 46 N 47’
Balance of Dasha in Vimshottari: Sun 5 years 2 months 7 days
This Scorpio lagna chart is of iconic American musician, song writer and poet Bob Dylan. He was the first rock musician to win Pulitzer award and he has also won a Nobel Prize in literature in the year 2016. Sun-Jupiter forms the best Raja Yoga for Scorpio lagna native as per Sage Parashara. Sun as the 10th lord is in conjunction with 2nd and 5th lord in the 7th house of public fame. Venus as the 7th lord is also conjoined with these planets making this Raja Yoga even stronger. The 8th lord Mercury is in the 8th house gave him a very charismatic personality and intuitive wisdom in writing. Though this 8th lord is under Saturn’s aspect from the 6th house. In Navamsha Mercury is in the friendly sign Libra and get the asepcts of exalted Sun and also of Jupiter which is the lord of lagna in Navamsha. The maha dasha of Mercury started in July 2016 which gave him Nobel Prize in Literature “for creating the new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”.
