Planets vindicating market movements !!

Retrograde Saturn becoming direct and Jupiter increasing its profile spelt gains for the market.Leading analysts to leading fund houses were bearish giving targets of 4700 or so...but it was not meant to be.Saturn's motion becoming direct also the start of an upswing in Oil & Gas sector and the crashing of crude.The thing is Saturn being a slow mover it generally takes a bit of time to show its effects but the effects are powerful and do generally have a lasting impact.Looking at further gradual change in sentiments

Some misconceptions about the Lunar Nodes Part I - The Mighty Rahu

                                             THE SYMBOLIC IMAGE OF LORD RAHU


                                                       Om Rahave Namah

There is so much misconceptions about the Lunar Nodes Rahu & Ketu floating around, there should be some information to clear the air, especially about the Mighty Rahu who is very significant from the stock market perspective.Ancient Hindu astrologers calculated the elliptical paths of the Earth and Moon and their points of intersections ( The North Node and the South Node) with unerring accuracy, long before the western astronomers were even aware of this phenomenon. In Western Astrology , the North Node (Rahu) is referred as the Dragon's Head (Caput Draconis) & the South Node (Ketu) is referred as the Dragon's Tail (Cauda Draconis). In Western Astrology however Rahu is shown as a benefic force which signifies progress,industrial revolution, inspiration e.t.c. We will find out later that Rahu is the karak of U.S.A and the European nations.Western Astrologers ( and some neo- vedic astrologers) also take Uranus, Neptune & Pluto into consideration. Here I believe they have gone wrong totally.Even thousands of years back,the ancients who calculated the orbits of the planets with unerring accuracy without any modern instruments were definitely aware of Uranus, Neptune & Pluto and yet they did not take these three outer planets into consideration ??? Why ? If you examine closely you will find that the characteristics Rahu is very similar to Uranus & Neptune combined !! Uranus signifies revolution,chaos,inspiration, sudden changes and shocks...all basically Rahu characteristics !!! Neptune stands for spirituality, dreams, imagination which are also Rahu characteristics !!! Pluto signifies transformation, destruction , regeneration which are the prime attributes of Ketu !!! So if you consider Rahu & Ketu both in the horoscope, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto is immaterial !!!Rahu & Ketu are both astral planets which affects us on the astral & causal planes and they are also karmic inlets & outlets respectively.

From the  orthodox Vedic Astrology perspective the image of Rahu brings to ones mind of an extremely malefic planetary force, the minister of demons, the tormentor of Sun & Moon, ace trouble maker e.t.c. But there is more to the Mighty Rahu which are specially relevant to our modern times.Rahu gives material desires, inspiration, originality,power, fame, success in politics....but with riders attached because of the dual nature of Rahu.He is the karak of the thief and he is also the karak of the policeman who pursues the thief. He gives everything at a price.....until the individual realizes the material world is nothing but an illusion, Maya and he goes on the path of enlightment ,Moksha which is signified by Ketu.This is the significance of the Nodes, which are nothing but our Karmic guardians.

Rahu has great relevance to our modern times.Though Rahu is one of the oldest planets he signifies change, invention,unbounded progress.Industrial revolution can be attributed to Rahu, and all progress especially in the West is because of Rahu energy.The internet revolution, software industry,air travel these are all Rahu's domains.All big cities are ruled by Rahu.This is the reason why Western Astrologers denote Rahu as a great benefic force unlike Vedic Astrology.But here also the Duality of Rahu comes to play, in the quest for progress, guzzling of natural resources adds to environmental pollution and miseries.He also rules over poisonous chemicals, air pollution and all kinds of intoxicants.Rahu creates an illusion that resources of earth are infinite...which is not to be.


Rahu is also the karak of gambling and also stock exchanges.Casinos are ruled by Rahu.Incidentally Las Vegas, the Casino city is situated in the south west direction of the U.S.South West is a direction which is ruled by Rahu !!!Stock exchanges these days are nothing but systematic & the civilized form of economic speculation.So Rahu rules any form of electronic trading along with his close friend Mercury.So definitely he is the patron planet of all speculators,
F & O/intraday traders or anybody related to the stock exchanges.When Rahu works on the lower principle , he is probably the best schemer/politician among the planets and hence gives success in politics.When it comes to bestowing fame Rahu is also second to none.Some renowned film stars today have Rahu associated somewhere with their Ascendant house in some way like Salman Khan, Aishwarya Rai e.t.c


The placement of Rahu in one's horoscope requires detailed examination.In principle the house, Rahu is positioned in shows the areas the individual needs to work upon in this life time.It has been observed that Rahu when placed in 3, 6 & 11th houses in the birth chart it bestows great results.Also when placed in the Ascendant house Rahu produces inventors, film stars , unconventional personalities, people with unconventional professions but also with some riders attached !!

Saturn turns direct from 13th June 2011

Atlast the seemingly retrograde motion of Saturn gets over tomorrow. Also an important astrological phenomenon takes place on the 15th Wednesday i.e the much awaited lunar eclipse. We could definitely expect a change in sentiment thereafter.We could expect reduced volatility and gradual rise in the markets.India's stars would also start moving in the upswing orbit.Regards

Scripts and their ruling planets !!!

All sectors and scripts have their ruling planetary energies.Best profits can be obtained when individual planetary energies are in synchronization with the planetary energies of the script.Planetary energies can be assigned in the following manner.

1) SUN
 Stands for Authority/Goverment and hence all PSUs are associated with the Sun.However Sun being the primary association we can assign joint rulership as per Industry type.For e.g :- SBI being a banking PSU will be ruled primarily by the SUN and also by JUPITER  which is the planet of finance !!

2) MOON
  Shipping comes under Moon's portfolio. SCI, ESSAR SHIPPING, VARUN SHIPPING, GESCO e.t.c. Some astrologers also associate pharma cos. with  Moon but I feel Jupiter being the healing planet all pharma cos. should be assigned to Jupiter.

3)JUPITER
  Jupiter is the planet of finance hence it rules all the banking scripts and also the NBFCs. Stock brokerage scripts however can be assigned joint rulership with Mercury because Mercury stands for brokerage & commision business.All pharma companies also come under the benefic Jupiter's portfolio.

4)RAHU  
The mysterious Rahu has an interesting mix of portfolio. Rahu signifies everything modern, new age, revolutionary, any path breaking non- conventional business, any non tangible stuff, air travel, intoxicants( liquor & cigarettes).Hence Software,Airline, liquor & cigarette cos. comes under Mighty Rahu's portfolio.Hence INFOSYS,TCS, JET AIRWAYS, KINGFISHER,UNITED SPIRITS,ITC( only cigarette business) and similar companies of its likes comes under Rahu's purview.Any non conventional
 company which does not seem to belong to any sector is definitely under Rahu's  portfolio. Also remember the Great Rahu is also the karak of Stock exchanges and  he is the patron planet for all speculators !!
                  
5)MERCURY
Mercury stands for any trading activity, telecommunications, publishing, commisions e.t.c. Any script which is primarily a trading co. comes under Mercury e.g ADANI EXPORTS. All telecom cos like BHARTI, RCOM, MTNL comes under Mercury's portfolio.Publishing scripts like SANDESH, MID-DAY are also under Mercury.Stock brokerages I have already mentioned.

6)VENUS
Think about luxury, beauty, jewels the image of Venus comes into mind.All jewellery brands like Gitanjali Gems comes under Venus.Even branded clothes script PROVOQUE comes under Venus. High end Automobiles comes under Venus. TATA MOTORS (JLR) for instance.

7)KETU      :- Ketu has joint rulership of oil with Saturn.


8)SATURN
Lord Saturn's association with Iron & Steel is well known. Hence TISCO, JINDAL,and all iron and steel companies comes under Saturn's portfolio.Heavy engineering cos like L & T also comes under Saturn's portfolio.Saturn also rules petroleum & mineral oil.

9)MARS
Think about DLF, OMAXE, SHOBHA DEVELOPERS and all real estate scripts, they come under Mars.Mars also rules electricity and hence rules BSES, CESC,RPOWER e.t.c.
                  
 Some astrologers assign electricity, gas & petroleum to Rahu which I feel is to some
 extent true.
                       
 Hope this brief article gives a basic idea about the planetary portfolios.
                           

The importance of Navamsha chart

 The complete analysis of the main birth chart is incomplete without the analysis of the divisional charts.The most important divisional chart by far is the Navamsha chart  i.e 1/9th divisional chart which basically means if you divide the main chart into equal portions of 3 degrees 20 minutes you arrive at the ninth divisional chart of the native or the Navamsha Chart or shown as D9 chart in most softwares.

Most people think the Navamsha chart is one's spouse's chart but there is more into the Navamsha chart that meets the eye.The real strength of the planets can be gauged from the Navamsha chart.If a planet is well placed in the main chart and say debilitated in the Navamsha chart then the planet will not give the desired good effects...it could cause some adverse effects also. If the main chart has some bad yogas but none in the the Navamsha chart...the bad effects stands mitigated to a great extent.Another important feature of the Navamsha chart is that it gives a picture of the later half of the native's life. If a person has crossed 30-35...the Navamsha chart comes into the picture as an important predictive tool. The sustaining power of the main chart lies in the Navamsha chart !!!