Diabetes

March 30, 2007

Om Gurave Namah

Dear Krishna,

Type one diabetes is actually an auto immune disease where the body’s own immune system attacks and debilitates the cells in the pancreas that produce insulin. It is permanent and irreversable once the damage is done, and the patient needs insulin for life.

Natives with auto immune disease or cancer often show afflictions to the ojas, represented by jala tattvah graha Shukra (power of rejuvenation) and also Chandra.

Type two diabetes is more complex with receptors on cells of the body being “worn out” and not responding to insulin, causing a rise in the blood sugar levels. This type often responds to lifestyle changes. Some of the type two diabetes charts I’ve looked at don’t have obvious afflictions to Shukra, probably because it’s a more complicated story.

Here is a chart of someone who was diagnosed with type one diabetes over 30 years ago, and also suffers from rheumatoid arthritis.

Please note the following points:

Quadrants are only occupied by natural benefics, which should protect health. Although he suffers from two serious auto immune conditions and is on many medications, he works and lives his life fairly normally.

Chandra is in lagna and is 8th lord and is dispositor of maandi and gulika, damaging the health.

Sun is in sankranti dosa, which makes the vara lord very malefic. In this case, Mangala is vara lord and is conjoined 6th lord sukra, karaka for sugar digestion. Rahu also gives its back stabbing graha dristi to shukra, creating a curse of two malefics on shukra.

There are two chara karaka replacements in this chart, which further damages health and is often seen in the charts of people with auto immune problems.

You can also read more about Jyotish and auto immune diseases on the Jiva blog at www.jiva.us . Go to the astro-blog page and take a look at some of the posts there. The articles have also been published in JD over the past few years.

Best Wishes,

Willa Keizer

Adminstrator, JIVA

www.jiva.us