COVID 19: A Jyotish Viewpoint
The question is in everyone’s mind, why did this highly infectious disease hit us in such an overwhelming proportion. It has been months, my wife had been pushing me to write my opinion about it, and the adjoining predictions. Everyone is thinking, how long this is going to last! I have desisted to write about it for long, since, I could foresee that the proportion is going to be overwhelming.
It was during a workshop on Gocara in Delhi, on 2nd/3rd February 2019, I presented two Shlokas from the classics that pointed to a severe situation such as this.
Deva Keralam (3) p59.v2787. When Gocara Ketu conjuncts Śani, kings wage terrible wars, thieves and army men set things on fire, and destruction of human lives take place.
Deva Keralam (2) p47.v471. When Bṛhaspati is in accelerated motion (combustion) and at the same time Śani is in retrogression, the whole world wails aloud in grief, particularly in the southern region.
While the first Shloka applies to our situation, the 2nd Shloka do not. The 2nd Shloka however applies with some modification, which I shall explain.
These are the Gocara of the Grahas from near the mid of 2018. Shani has been in Dhanu Rasi for quite some time now, But Ketu entered Dhanu on 6th March 2019. This set up the stage for crisis as foretold by the Shloka, since, the conjunction of Ketu and Shani in the same Rasi took place. But not yet, as they needed to come closer for this event to manifest! Ketu entered Dhanu Rasi in Dhanu Navamsa, and at that time Shani was Vakri and in Vrschika Navamsa.
Ketu moves into Vrschika Navamsa on 9th May and met Shani there. This was in Purvashadha 4 Pada. The conjunction was short lived, because In 2 months time, Shani changed his Nakshatra Pada and moved to Pada 3 on 6th July. Ketu followed on, and met Shani in Purvashadha 3 on 10th July. It was on 1st September, Shani moved to the 2nd Pada of Purvashadha and eventually caught up by Ketu on 11th September.
Eventually, Shani became Margi in this 2nd Pada of Purvashadha on 18th September 2019, while it continued to conjoin with Ketu. This was the time, Shani said enough to the conjunction, and started planning to part his ways. It was on 4th October, Shani moved to the 3rd pada of the Nakshatra. The period of the last conjunction between Shani and Ketu lasted from 11th September to 4th October, a very short period.
It was on Dec 31, 2019, Chinese Health officials inform the WHO about a cluster of 41 patients with a mysterious pneumonia. Most are connected to Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, according to https://www.businessinsider.sg/coronavirus-pandemic-timeline-history-major-events-2020-3?r=US&IR=T.
It is however unclear how reliable is this first information report by the Chinese authorities. If we agree on the explosive potencies of the Ketu-Shani conjunction, the situation should have been simmering from 11th September to 4th October. If say the first impact started on 4th October, it takes 14 days for the Virus to complete its incubation cycle, and become symptomatic. If so, the first case should have appeared somewhere near 18th of October. It is likely that from 18th of Oct to 31st Dec, a period of roughly 2.5 months, the Chinese authorities must have tried to control this, and chose not to report outside.
On 26th Dec, Shani moved to the last Pada of Dhanu Rasi, i.e., Uttarashadha 4 where he stayed until the 24th of Jan before changing over his Rasi to Makara. It was the last instance where the impending disaster had to happen. It was on 31st December, the Chinese authorities reported about this mysterious disease, which henceforth spread like a wildfire.
During the last Nakshatra Pada conjunction of Shani and Ketu (11 Sep to 4 Oct), Brhaspati was in Vrschika Rasi, and was in the verge of entering Dhanu. It was on 4th November, Brhpaspati moved to Dhanu into Mula 1. At that time Shani was in Purvashadha 2, and Ketu Purvashadha 3.
Ketu moved to Purvashadha 1 on on 13th November, and Brhaspati met Ketu in that Nakshatra Pada on 4th Jan 2020. This conjunction lasted till 15th Jan, and was the last nail in the coffin. It was because when a disaster was promised by Shani and Ketu, the conjunction of Brhaspati made is worse, because, Brhaspati was the Rasi lord where the conjunction occurred, and came under the full sway of the Grahas causing it.
In Dhanu however, Brhaspati didn’t get to meet Shani face to face, because Shani was much ahead in the Rasi. When Shani left Dhanu on 24th Jan, Brhapati was 4 Navamsa behind, in Kanya Navamsa (Purvashadha 2). The next episode is yet to start and the clock is steadily ticking for the Brhaspati and Shani conjunction to take place in Makara Rasi. Even in Makara, the conjunction at the same Nakshatra Pada won’t occur immediately, but will need to wait till 7th December when the conjunction shall take place in Uttarashadha 3rd Pada. The conjunction will then continue in the 4th Pada of Uttarashdha on 24th Dec. Brhaspati and Shani shall conjoin multiple times until 21st Jan, after which Brhaspati shall leave behind Shani and move ahead.
Now about the disease COVID 19. In Jyotisha Shastra Ketu denote the smallest among the smallest in things, beings and organisms. Therefore, Ketu is the best representative of viruses. Viruses are also living and non-living at the same time. It becomes living when it infects its host, else, it is like another non living thing. This makes Ketu the best candidate among the Grahas, due to his unpredictable, and erratic nature, and his characteristics of being a outcaste. Virus causes inflammation, and Ketu also cause inflammation of skin when afflicts Budha, the Karaka for skin. Ketu and Mangala are both denote an Army. Ketu fights outside of the boundary, whereas Mangala fights within the boundary. The infection caused by Virus is best represented by Ketu.
The conjunction of Ketu and Shani occurred in Dhanu Rasi, the Naisargika Rasi of Dharma, indicating fall of Dharma being the cause of spread of this disease. It shows that people have failed to uphold the Dharma towards the mother nature, which is fighting back in the form of this widespread sickness.
More to come…
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