Sarpa Deva Rushtram

November 4, 2005

Dear Astro-Anveshikas,

Sarpa Deva Rushtram-Wrath of Sarpa Deva

Rahu in 4, 6, 7, 8, 10 or 12 houses requires propitiation. If Rahu is connected in any way with Bädhakesha, these remedial measures are compulsory. If Jupiter associates with the Bädhakeça and is placed in a dusthäna and if Rahu is in a quadrant from Jupiter, then the curse is from superior or divine serpents. If Gulika is in quadrants instead of Rahu, then these are inferior serpents.

If the Sun associates with Rahu, then the serpents are beneficial and essentially intent in long term good, while the Moon associating with Rahu shows evil-minded serpents intent on causing disaster. The following remedies have been prescribed in the Prasna Marga and other traditional texts: -

Rahu in 6th, 8th, 10th or Bädhaka House: Sarpa Bali as per prescribed texts.

Rahu in 4th House: Installation of image of Sarpa Devatä or dedicate a Chitra Kuta stone

Rahu in 12th House: Music & singing.

Rahu in first house: Sprinkling milk (Tarpana) over the abode of serpents or over an image of the Snake God (Nagaraja /Vasuki) in a temple.

Rahu in seventh House: Dancing and devotional songs.

Rahu in dual sign: dedicate a small serpent made of gold or copper (symbolic of the baby snakes killed)

Rahu in movable sign: small eggs of gold or silver be offered (symbolic of the broken eggs of the snakes)

Rahu in fixed sign: Plant trees (Symbolic of the replacement of the destroyed ant hills and abodes of the serpents).

Chart 2: Young brilliant astrologer

Generally astrologers should look for the affliction of nodes in their charts as both Rahu & Ketu give good knowledge of astrology when in trines to navämça lagna indicating that these planets are being invoked when charts are being examined. Affliction from the nodes can cause severe problems for astrologers and it is mandatory for Jyotisha to check sarpa dosha in their charts.

In the chart lagna is Scorpio (fixed sign) and bädhaka house is the ninth house Cancer as per standard rules given earlier. Bädhakeça Moon does not conjoin Jupiter or Sun indicating that neither divine serpents nor good/beneficial serpents are involved. Instead, the Moon is the bädhakeça and dispositor of Rahu (causes association with Moon) and shows evil-minded serpents intent on causing disaster. We also find the presence of a käla amrita yoga (sister of the terrible käla sarpa yoga) indicating a spiritual and good person who may have to see considerable suffering on account of the planets being in the grasp of the nodes. Rahu is not in 4, 6, 7, 8, 10 or 12 houses. Since Rahu is placed in the bädhaka house, the remedial measures are compulsory.

On the other hand, we find that Rahu placed in bädhaka house is aspecting the Sun placed in lagna indicating that some superior serpents shall also help him due to some good karma of a past incarnation. This may manifest in the form of learning subjects like astrology and the occult sciences. It also indicates Kundalini yoga or spiritual awakening due to Shree Dakshinamurthy or Shree Dattätreya.

Bädhakesha Moon is placed in the eleventh house indicating misappropriation of the deity’s wealth. To determine the nature of the wealth we need to see the lagna and here we find the Sun placed indicating mula (grain, trees or lands). We infer that the native took over lands occupied by snakes by breaking their eggs (Rahu in movable signs) and dwelling places. The fact that the dwelling places were destroyed is seen from the presence of Mars in the 12th house from the bädhakeça Moon and that they were made unfit for the serpents to live is indicated by Saturn conjoining the Moon.

Planets in kendra to the bädhakeça shall cooperate with it. We find the Venus and Saturn in kendra to the Moon and these can indicate the sources that will instigate the trouble in the life of the native. Lord of the 22nd drekkaëa is Mercury and it is the lord of the sign bädhakeça is placed in. That is not sufficient condition for instigation when other more serious factors exist.

Rahu is also the ätmakäraka indicating that the birth is due to these sins/wrath of the sarpa devatä. The native shall be very spiritual and shall learn to be totally honest and he cannot cheat others although he shall be cheated by others.

Remedial measures recommended -

Donate nine (Rahu in 9th house) gold eggs at a Shiva Linga and pray for forgiveness [one time]

Sprinkle milk (abhisheka) on Nagaraja, the snake god at a Shiva temple (Sun in lagna aspected by Rahu) to bring the blessings of the superior serpents [every year on birthday-janma tithi]

Donate some trees or land

Worship Shree Balabhadra sincerely everyday.