Astrology on Health & Sickness. Part:3

Continued from the preceding post...
For predicting health, the houses to be taken into count are the 6^th, 8^th, 11^th, and 12 houses.  In the health plane, the 6^th house represents diseases; the 8^th house damage, uselessness, and death; the 11^th house recovery from illness; the 12^th house loss and confinement (hospitalization).

The zodiac signs such as Virgo, Scorpio, and Pisces also stand for diseases for being the 6^th, 8^th, and 12 houses respectively. The Saturn, Rahu and Ketu are especially considered in this case. The Saturn causes to prolong disease/ailment/agony and brings about frustration and despair. Rahu pushes one into the whirlpool of confusion and indecisiveness facilitating for prolongation of disease. Ketu leads to an inaccurate diagnosis of the disease delaying the right treatment.

Now for foretelling what diseases the native is prone to, how long one will suffer, whether the patient will recover, we have to find links between the 6^th, 8^th, 11^th, and 12^th houses and their lords and the planets associated with them. Here the application of R.S System (Named after Dr. Ranatosh saha) gives the accurate result, like an answer of arithmetic. The most important thing is that the links between the 6^th, 8^th, 11^th, and 12 houses must establish a link or connection with the Ascendant or its lord.  We have to proceed step by step, such as 1^st house + 6^th house; 1^st house +8^th house; 1^st house +12^th house, and 1^st house +11 house. The connection between the 1^st house and the 11^th house (1^st +11^th) bears the meaning of recuperation. The question of recuperation can logically arise only when one suffers from a disease.  2ndly, the association of the Ascendant or its lord with any of the signs, namely Virgo, Scorpio, and Pisces are found and these signs are afflicted with the association of the Saturn or Rahu or Ketu or all of them by anyway, then this configuration strongly denotes disease. The varying configurations formed by the above-mentioned houses, signs and the planets lead us to the following inferences: -

Ø Only 1^st and 6^th houses are connected, it denotes disease/sickness without severity.

Ø Only 1^st and 8^th house are connected, it means an accident, but not major.

Ø 1^st, 6^th, and 8^th houses are connected, an accident will cause sickness.

Ø 1^st, 6^th, 8^th, and 12^th houses are connected, it denotes serious accident and confinement in hospital (hospitalization)

Ø The connection of the 11^th house with the above configurations denotes recuperation, and if there is no connection, then it means no recovery from the illness.

This write-up is only a gist of the topic. For detail study, one may refer to Dr. Rantosh Shaha’s book “ Jyotish Bisarer Nab Diganta: volume one”.

                                                    Concluded.