Balance dasa of Saturn at birth: 14 years 8 months 6 days.

Dec ‘93  presently running sub-period of Rahu in the main period of the Venus.

THE RISING SIGN IS CANCER. ITS ASCENDING DEGREE IS TO BE TREATED AS THE MOST EFFECTIVE POINT OF ALL HOUSES.

STEP II.

Note down the functional malefics for the ascendant as per SYSTEMS' APPROACH.   For the sample horoscope the functional malefics, as per SYSTEMS' APPROACH, are as under:    RAHU, KETU, JUPITER AND SATURN

STEPIII.    NOTE DOWN THE WEAK PLANETS.

WEAK PLANETS IN THE SAMPLE HOROSCOPE

STEP IV

IDENTIFY AFFLICTED & SEVERELY AFFLICTED PLANETS.

AFFLICTED PLANETS

Afflicted planets are those that are closely conjunct with or closely aspected by the functional malefics noted above. (Step II).

Close conjunction/aspect as per Systems' Approach means location within a longitudinal difference of 5 degrees.

Sample Horoscope
-    Venus (closely conjunct with Jupiter)
-    Saturn (closely aspected by Ketu)

SEVERELY AFFLICTED PLANETS

Those planets that are weak, badly placed and afflicted are treated as severely afflicted planets.  Sample Horoscope.......... NIL

STEP V 

Identify close auspicious conjunctions/aspects, placements i.e. of functional benefics amongst themselves or to the mid-points of houses.

AUSPICIOUS CONJUNCTIONS

Sample Horoscope
-    The Moon to the mid-point of the ascendant.
-    Mercury to the mid-point of the fifth house.
-    Mars to the mid-point of the sixth house.

AUSPICIOUS ASPECTS

Sample Horoscope
-   The Moon's moolatrikona sign house receiving an exact aspect from Mars.

AUSPICIOUS PLACEMENTS

In own sign                   The Moon and Venus

In exaltation sign           Rahu and Ketu

STEP VI

GAUGE STRENGTH OF PLANETS

SUN                Good placement but weak, being in old age.
MOON             Good placement, bright and own sign.
MARS              Bad placement, combust and in infancy.
MERCURY      Good placement
JUPITER          Good placement, conjunct with functional benefic Venus but weak dispositor
VENUS            Good placement, own sign but afflicted by exact conjunction of Jupiter.
SATURN          Good placement, close aspect of malefic Ketu

Noting down the strength of functional malefics is also necessary because as explained earlier, every planet has many roles to play.

STEP VII

ASSESS LONGEVITY

If a Mooltrikona sign rises in the ascendant pay special attention to the longevity by seeing the strength of planets and the functional nature of the operating planets i.e. the main and sub-period lords.  Most of the planets being weak and severe, afflictions to the ascendant or to the ascendant lord with operating period of functional malefics give a short life.  Similarly placed planets with operating period of functional benefics give a middle span of life.

Weak planets keep the significations to a lower level, if unafflicted.  Severely afflicted planets cause tragedies or fatal diseases.   The operating periods reduce/increase the impact.  Pay special attention to the transit strength of operating planets.

STEP VIII

ASTRAL REMEDIES

Two way astral remedies are suggested.  Charities or propitiatory methods for functional malefics.  Strengthening measures for weak functional benefic planets through the KAVACH made of mystical numbers, Color and Gem Therapy.

Effective remedial measures have been suggested for various ascendants regarding the twelve ascendants.  These remedial measures help in warding off the evils and generating good results for the native concerned.

PREDICTIONS/INDICATIONS IN CONCERNED PLANETARY PERIODS

SAMPLE HOROSCOPE

ASCENDANT

The sign Cancer rises, which is ruled by the Moon.  The Moon is personified as a queen in the planetary cabinet.  With a strong, well-placed and unafflicted Moon, the native was born into an affluent family.

SUN

The Sun rules the house of status and is well placed and unafflicted.  The Sun gave a senior position to the native in a governmental organization.

MARS

The weakness of Mars created many tense moments in his professional career.  During the sub-period of Mars in the main period of Venus he could not be promoted in spite of the authorities intending to promote him because of the representation of other officers. The circumstances changed at the eleventh hour.  The native's dynamism was thereby reduced.

MERCURY

The good and unafflicted placement of Mercury indicates his intelligence, initiatives, good communication skills and sharp intellect.  This is one of the reasons of his acquiring his present status.

JUPITER

Good placement of Jupiter indicates and has given graceful and pleasant personality.   He has been blessed with children including a son.  He enjoys good physical health with a slight problem of hypertension because of Jupiter's conjunction (as a functional malefic) with Venus, the lord of the fourth house ruling the heart and its functioning.

VENUS

Strongly placed and good degree strength but afflicted. Due to affliction this gives mental tension in its operating period, which generated the problem of hypertension. Strongly placed Venus with good degree strength rules the fourth house and gives comforts, pleasant disposition of wife and affluent assets. Gave good education in the fields of finance and law ruled by Venus.

SATURN

Rules the eighth house and the longevity in particular as its mooltrikona sign is placed in the eighth house.  Eighth house rules inheritance, longevity and marital tie.  The good placement of a strong Saturn enables it to bear the affliction of functional malefic Ketu to a large extent.  During the operating periods of Saturn and Ketu some amount of tension generates for the significations of Saturn in general and the eighth house in particular.

RAHU

Occupies its sign of exaltation in the eleventh house.  This gives material affluence and as it is unafflicted and quite away from the mid point of the eleventh house, there are very remote chances of a sizable loss.   However, in its operating periods it delays and denies the fulfilment of desires.

KETU

Occupies its sign of exaltation in the fifth house. This gives the native a spiritual intellect. It does not form any close conjunction/aspect other than the Saturn, discussed above, under the planet Saturn.

GENERAL

During transit, whenever functional malefics form a close conjunction/aspect with the weak/afflicted natal positions, which are the Sun, Venus, Jupiter, Mars and Saturn in the sample horoscope, problems with regard to the significations ruled by these planets, may be expected to be triggered.

We are confident that the above example will provide the students with an extremely simple, yet accurate, method of comprehension of the horoscopes being studied by them.  Further enrichment of the analytical faculties and skills will be achieved by going through the numerous case studies included in our book as well as other books that we have authored, which are all based on the Systems' Approach propounded by us.