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The Static (Natal Chart) Analysis
Now come to the strikingly negative points in the horoscope:
1. The lagna lord, Mercury, is with Ketu exactly on the same degrees. The fourth
aspect of Mars fall on this.
2. The lagna has two malefics, Saturn and Mars, the 6th and the 8th lords.
These nine points are unfavorable. (See the other 7 points from the previous article
An Astrologer's Difficult Moments.)
Sarvashtakavarga
Binnashtakavarga of Mars
Saving Factors
1. It is a night birth of the bright lunar half, shukla paksha. The Moon must,
therefore, protect the child like the Goddess Mother as the astrological classics
emphasize.
2. The Moon well aspected by Jupiter was another point.
3. Some astrological classics state that if in a night birth there are malefics in the
lagna, they too offer protection.
The most important point is the Jupiter is aspecting the Moon of the child. Prayers
must be offered. Jupiter is Lord Shiva, lord Tryambaka of the great Mrityunjaya
mantra.
I made them recite Mrityunjaya mantra with me and asked them to do so regularly
and assured them that, in April 1993, the child would become normal.
Denzel
Washington's Sarvashtakavarga (total points)
The pratyantar dasha lord Mercury (the 1st and 10th lord) was transiting Aquarius,
the 6th house from the birth lagna and 2nd from the Moon. This does not look that
favorable until you see that Aquarius has a sarva ashtakavarga of 33 benefic points,
and that Mercury's individual binnashtaka is a substantial 6 bindus.
Venus, the planet I believe to be the sookshma dasha lord (4th level) at the time of
event, was within one degree of its highest point of exaltation at 27 Pisces and in the
7th house (kendra)....though the ashtakavarga values were unremarkable.
These transit conditions of the dasha lords also appealed to me.
Also, although Jupiter does not configure in the dasha sequence, the transit of the
Greater Benefic must always be considered in any prediction. As noted in my original
post, Jupiter is transiting his 10th house and on that night (March 24th) was
applying by two degrees to a full aspect of his 10th lord Mercury. This further
appealed to me.
Lastly, the Moon is the finest timer of events since it is the fastest moving of the
graha. Shri Rao shows in his book, Planets and Children, how his mother taught him
to time birth within 72 hours using the Moon's transits.
Washington received his Oscar at a time when the Moon transited its own sign
Cancer, in his 11th house of honors and awards. It is just recently crossed his
supremely exalted Jupiter, activating the Gaja Kesari Yoga.
But now the clincher. Cancer has a respectable 28 benefic points in its sarva
ashtakavarga, but the Moon's individual binnashtaka here is a substantial 7 bindus.
Denzel
Washington's binnashtakavarga for the Moon
The use of the Moon's transit was the final stage of this prediction....and in the
context of everything else...it looked like a winner to me.
With regards to using the finer levels of dasha, three critically important issues
should be kept in mind.
1. Accuracy of the birth time
2. Ayanamsha
3. Length of dasha years
Of course, the later two are very controversial within the world of Jyotish, and it is
an issue that every student must grapple with and determine for themselves.
I used chitrapaksha ayanamsha (Lahiri) and 365.25 dasha years originally on the
basis of Shri Rao's strong recommendation. Now, after nearly 10 years of my own
researches, it is the only thing I can recommend.