Kalasarpa and Kalaamrita

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Dear friends,

 

I see that I have quite a few emails in my mailbox regarding

Kalasarpa and kalaamrita, and I thought I should respond in this

forum rather than through individual emails. Sorry for the delay, I

was a little busy.

 

I posted an algorithm to figure out whether the yoga is kalasarpa or

kalamrita and one question I got was whether we should consider the

movement of Rahu and Ketu or of the other planets. The answer is, it

does not matter, you get the exact same result. Let me clarify.

 

First of all, check the following conditions.

1) All planets between Rahu and Ketu

2) No planet is with Rahu

3) No planet is with Ketu

4) No planet in the Lagna

5) No planet in the 7th house

 

If any of the conditions above are not met, the chart does not have

either KSY or KAY.

 

If ALL of these conditions are met, the next step is to see which of

the yogas it is, KSY or KAY. The process for that is, as I mentioned

before,

1) Start from Rahu

2) Traverse the chart in the zodiacal direction. This is the normal

direction that the planets move in, and goes from Aries to Taurus to

Gemini to Cancer etc.

3.a)If the next entity encountered is Ketu, this means that

all the planets are between Ketu and Rahu. This is Kala Sarpa Yoga.

3.b)If the next entity encountered is a planet other than

Ketu, this means that the planets are all between Rahu and Ketu.

this is kalamrita yoga.

 

My visual crutch for remembering this is to visualize planets going

towards either Rahu or Ketu. If there are all hurling towards Rahu,

the native is veering towards Rahu's materialism, which makes it

Kala Sarpa yoga, since Rahu represents the Sarpa, or poison. On the

other hand, if the planets are all moving towards Ketu, it is Kala

Amrita yoga, since Ketu represents Moksha or Amrita.

 

My outline above is based on the progression of the planets, but you

get the same result if you consider the movement of Ra and Ke

instead.

1) Start from Rahu again

2) Traverse the direction that Rahu (and Ketu) move in, i.e. go in

the anti-zodiacal direction. This means if you start from Aries, go

to Pisces, Aquarius etc.

3.a) If you encounter a planet other than ketu, this means that this

planet is being "swallowed up" by Rahu in its progression - again

indicating Kala Sarpa yogam.

3.b) If the first planet you encounter is Ketu, and then you

encounter the other planets, this means that Ketu is "swallowing up"

the other planets in its movement, i.e. the desire for Moksha is

comsuming the indications of all other planets, and the native will

eventually reach Moksha. This is Kalamrita yoga.

 

Sincerely,

Venkatarama Sreelatha