Predicting Cold waves.

Written by Jayasree Saranathan

A severe cold wave is sweeping through the countries of the North, including the
places where such an impact is rare. India is also experiencing the blanket of
fog in most of North while the south reels under cold weather.

Astrologically the first impression I get in my mind is that the fog is early as far as
India is concerned. Early morning fog stretched well after day break - if it
happens in the lunar month of Maaga and the solar month of Aquarius is a
good indicator for a normal rainy season in the next year. But the fog has
descended 2 months in advance!

The current days are the crucial days for India as the GarbOttam days are in
progress now. This period started on 28th December and will last till 10th
January.

This is the period of Rain-conception days – similar to El Nino. The indicators at the
terrestrial, atmospheric and celestial spheres during this time determine the
onset and nature of rainy season that will start after 6 and a half months
from now.

Of these 3 levels, the early fog spoils the positive atmospheric indicators of
GarbOttam.

The twin eclipses and the debilitated Mars in the watery sign spoil the celestial
indicators of GarbOttam.

These foretell a below average rainfall and an erratic rainfall next season. This
concurs well with the yearly prediction for the upcoming year, Vikruthi that
there will be less rains and famine conditions in the country in the year of
Vikruthi.

Astrological pointers for cold wave

It will be a useful exercise if we can pin point the combinations for severe cold waves
and heavy snow fall. I have gone through some literature on this on the net,
but none of them were convincing. So I decided to go by my own way of
deducing the factors from the basic principles of astrology and applying
them in the worst periods of cold waves. Needless to say that these factors
tally well with all those periods.
Let me give them here and apply them to the worst cold periods of the past and use
that knowledge to predict future periods of worst cold waves.

The characteristic of the cold wave is that it comes along with heavy snowfall,
blizzards and fog. The basic factors in these are water content, winds and low
temperatures.

Fog and snowfall have an additional factor namely, the land. They settle on land.

So we have to look for airy planets and airy signs getting connected with earthy
signs. The cold component comes from watery signs – but not with moon. If
moon gets connected, that will be about cyclones and rainfall. Here we have
condensed water. As lord of a watery sign, I take up Mars. Mars also stands
for smokiness. The smoke like fog goes well with Mars.

I don’t consider Jupiter (lord of another watery sign) for, when Jupiter comes into
the picture; there will be some positives, some growth. Only a malefic like
Mars can be expected to do a damaging role. The related hazards such as
accidents and death have relevance to Mars only. So among planets, Saturn
(airy planet) and Mars must have a presence.

The 3 watery signs (Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces) must get associated with them.

When earthy signs such as Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn also get connected with
them, heavy fog can be expected. Among the three earthy signs, I assign
importance to Virgo.

In all earthquake charts of high magnitude (above 8.5) since the year 1900, Virgo
had been afflicted by malefics. Virgo is an earthy sign which also happens to
be an unstable sign with first half of it sthira (fixed) and the 2nd half of it
chara (moving). In the earthquake charts, the 2nd half of chara nature is
 afflicted. I consider the first half as a vulnerable area for heavy fog and snow
fall.

Using these parameters, let us look at the current sky map.

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| | | |Ke |
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|-----------+-----------------------+-----------|
| | |Ma (R ) |
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| | 2009 Dec | |
| | 2010 Jan | |
|-----------| |-----------|
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|-----------+-----------------------+-----------|
| | | |Sa |
| Ra | | | |
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+-----------------------------------------------+

All the 3 watery signs are afflicted by Saturn and Mars. Scorpio and Pisces are
aspected by Saturn while Mars is transiting Cancer. All the 3 airy signs also
are afflicted by them.

In addition, the earthy sign of Capricorn is aspected by Mars while another earthy
sign Virgo is occupied by Saturn. Saturn is in the fixed part of Virgo.

This gives a perfect picture of heavy fog / snowy conditions, over a large area of the
globe. Applying these parameters to the historic cold waves of the past, the
frigid winter of 1917 in the US had this sky map at that time.
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| | | |Ke |
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|-----------+-----------------------+-----------|
| | |Sa (R ) |
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| | 1917 Jan | |
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|-----------| |-----------|
|Ma | | |
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|-----------+-----------------------+-----------|
| Ra | | | |
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A retro Saturn in the watery sign is in mutual aspect with Mars from the earthy
sign. Saturn aspects the first half of Virgo. I am giving the position of the
nodes also to see how they too play a secondary role in all the charts of tough
winter. The impact was limited only to the US. Perhaps the affliction
happening to 2nd and 4th houses for US sign of Gemini explains this. In
contrast, the 2009-2010 chart given earlier shows widespread cold wave.

Similar conditions prevailed in the US the next winter too.

Look at the similar affliction – this time caused to 2 watery signs. Mars has shifted to
Virgo, receiving the 3rd aspect of Saturn. Looking at this, we can say that domestic
vehicular system was badly affected at that time.
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| | | |Ke |
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|-----------+-----------------------+-----------|
| | |Sa-R |
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| | 1918 Jan | |
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|-----------| |-----------|
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|-----------+-----------------------+-----------|
| | | | Ma |
|Ra | | | |
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The next severe cold wave was experienced in 1936 in North America and Midwest
US.
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| | | |Ke |
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|-----------+-----------------------+-----------|
|Sa | | |
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| | 1936 Jan | |
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|-----------| |-----------|
|Ma | | |
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|-----------+-----------------------+-----------|
| Ra | | | |
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+-----------------------------------------------+

The 2 watery signs cancer and Scorpio receive the aspects from Mars and Saturn
respectively. Ketu is settled in the airy sign while Saturn is in its own sign of
airiness. Mars in earthy sign.

1978 was a memorable cold year. Debilitated Mars and Ketu are in watery signs
while Saturn afflicts 2 airy signs
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|Ke | | | |
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|-----------+-----------------------+-----------|
| | |Ma-R |
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| | 1978 Jan | |
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|-----------| |-----------|
| | |Sa-R |
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|-----------+-----------------------+-----------|
| | | |Ra |
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+-----------------------------------------------+

1982 cold air outbreak – in January 1982 was terrible. The 1981 AFC Championship
Game, held in Cincinnati was nicknamed the "Freezer Bowl" due to the -9 °F
temperature and -59 °F wind chill. The following week's events was also known
as Cold Sunday
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| | | |Ra |
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|-----------+-----------------------+-----------|
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| | 1982 | |
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|-----------| Rasi |-----------|
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|-----------+-----------------------+-----------|
| Ke | | |Ma Sa |
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Look at the affliction to the 2 watery signs + nodal positions + Virgo factor.

In 1989, the central and eastern USA saw one of the coldest Decembers on record. A
white Christmas occurred.
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|-----------+-----------------------+-----------|
| | |Ke |
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| | 1989 Dec | |
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|-----------| |-----------|
| Ra | | |
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|-----------+-----------------------+-----------|
| | Ma | | |
|Sa | | | |
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Mars is in Scorpio and Ketu in Cancer. Gemini, the airy sign (mundane sign of the
US) gets afflicted by sat-mars duo. This makes us say that it was a time of
blizzards and severe cold waves.

1994 Northern US/Southern Canada cold outbreak :- January 1994 was the coldest month
recorded over many parts of the northeast and north-central United States, as well
as Southern Canada, or coldest since the late 1970s in some locations. Let us look
at the sky map then.
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| | |Ke | |
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|-----------+-----------------------+-----------|
|Sa | | |
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| | 1994 jan | |
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|-----------| |-----------|
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|-----------+-----------------------+-----------|
| Ma |Ra | | |
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+-----------------------------------------------+

Here all the 3 watery signs are afflicted.

1997 Northern Plains cold air Outbreak:- Mid January across the Northern U.S. was one
of the windiest on record. With a low of around -40 °F in some places, wind caused
bitterly cold wind chills sometimes nearing -80 °F. Northern parts of North Dakota saw
up to 90 inches of snow. This was one of the most severe cold air outbreaks of the 1990s.
We can explain this with the earthy- watery connection of the mutually aspecting
malefics at that time.
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|Sa Ke | | | |
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|-----------+-----------------------+-----------|
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| | 1997 -Jan | |
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|-----------| |-----------|
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|-----------+-----------------------+-----------|
| | | |Ma Ra |
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From these charts, we can see that the current sky map is worse than ever before.
That is why we are finding the impact at all places in the north of the globe.
Applying these parameters for future, we can say that the next winter also will be severe
but not as severe as the current one. Look at the map of Jan 2011.
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| | | |Ke |
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|-----------+-----------------------+-----------|
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| | 2011 Jan | |
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|-----------| |-----------|
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|-----------+-----------------------+-----------|
| | | |Sa |
|Ma Ra | | | |
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+-----------------------------------------------+

All the 3 watery signs are afflicted by the 2 malefic planets. Pisces is doubly
afflicted. Europe also will bear the brunt.

When we check every year from now on, we find that the cold wave repeats until winter-
2014. However the intensity will decrease year after year from next year onwards. From
2015-16 onwards there will be mild winter until 2018.

2019 Jan will be colder. Look at this chart.

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|Ma | | | |
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|-----------+-----------------------+-----------|
| | |Ra |
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| | 2019 - Jan | |
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|-----------| |-----------|
|Ke | | |
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|-----------+-----------------------+-----------|
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|Sa | | | |
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+-----------------------------------------------+

The succeeding year, 2022 will be more colder.

It will be comparable to the current year. The impact will be widespread as it is now.
Look at the affliction to all the 3 watery signs and the 3 airy signs.
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| | |Ra | |
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|-----------+-----------------------+-----------|
| | | |
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| | 2022 - Jan | |
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|-----------| |-----------|
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|Sa | | |
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|-----------+-----------------------+-----------|
| |Ma Ke | | |
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+-----------------------------------------------+

Again 2025 will see severe cold conditions.

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|Ra | | | |
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|-----------+-----------------------+-----------|
| | |Ma-R |
|Sa | | |
| | 2025 Jan | |
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|-----------| |-----------|
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|-----------+-----------------------+-----------|
| | | |Ke |
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+-----------------------------------------------+