21 In Indian philosophy, death is nothing but praana (life) becoming sthira (fixed).

22 PK can also show subordinates and followers. PiK can show a boss. 23 In practical terms, this means people who give advice (advisors and counsellors). 24 In the symbol jn here, j is the voiced palatal consonant and n is the palatal nasal. This is a tough sound to pronounce correctly. Some people approximate it as as gnaati or gyaati. 25 This karaka is commonly used for enemies or rivals. However, the literal meaning of jnaati is paternal cousin.

Sthira Karakas: Sun or Venus (stronger) 26: Father, Moon or Mars (stronger): Mother, Mars: Younger siblings, brother-in-law and sister-in-law (spouses of siblings) Mercury: Maternal relatives (uncles and aunts), Jupiter: Husband, sons, paternal grandparents and other paternal relatives (uncles and aunts), Venus: Wife, father-inlaw, mother-in-law & maternal grandparents, Saturn: Elder siblings27
The use of sthira karakas has already been explained. They are presided by Shiva and they are used in the timing of death of the above relatives. They should not be used in general predictive astrology in the place of naisargika karakas. For example, some astrologers use the 7th from Jupiter instead of the 7th from Venus to predict marriage. However, Venus is the natural significator of marriage and the 7th from Venus should be used for predicting marriage, both in male and female charts. When predicting the death of spouse, we use Jupiter in female charts and Venus in male charts.28 26 For methods to compare the strengths of planets, one may refer to the chapter Strength of Planets and Rasis. Some people opine that Sun should be taken as the fixed significator of father for daytime births and Venus for nighttime births. Similarly, Moon is taken as the fixed significator of mother for nighttime births and Mars for daytime births. 27 Some scholars give Saturn as the sthira karaka for children instead of elder siblings. 28 Some scholars take Jupiter as the sthira karaka of spouse in male charts also.

Table 15 gives a list of naisargika karakas. For example, the 4th house from Moon shows mother. The 5th house from Jupiter shows sons.

The list of the natural significations of various planets is listed in Table 16. For example, Mercury and 5th house show memory and so the 5th house from Mercury shows memory.