Effects of the nine planets SOUL JOURNEY

Q: PLEASE could you give me some advice. Things don’t seem to work out for my family. Thank you. | RG

A: According to your chart, the two main and largest planets, Jupiter and Saturn, are in their own house. It’s a very good position for the planet in one’s horoscope as it makes you lucky.

But the drawback of your horoscope is that the Moon is situated with the shadow planet, Rahu, thereby suppressing your good position of the planets.

This means your luck is only on a superficial level (not in reality). The astrological astro advice is to decrease the effect of Rahu planet in your chart, hence you will become very fortunate in reality and things will start working out for you.

Follow the instructions below to decrease the malefic effect of Rahu and to suppress the power of this planet, giving the Moon more power and making it stronger. This will help to get rid of, or reduce, the effect of the bad combination that was caused by Rahu and the Moon being together. This is the only shortfall in your horoscope.

1. Avoid seeing the eclipse at all costs.

2. Do not stay awake late at night.

3. Donate four dark brown blankets only in winter to the poor on any

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Saturday. If you can’t afford this now then donate sweaters, but they must be in shades of brown.

4. Fast on eclipse day.

5. Donate goat milk (one or two litres) to the poor on the first Saturday of the year for the next 16 years.

6. Chant every day Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya 108 times or for five minutes daily.

7. When there is an eclipse, chant the above mantra for three hours.

8. Chant daily for three minutes: Om Namah Shivaya.

9. You may suffer from insomnia or headache due to this combination of the planets. An hour before you go to sleep, don’t watch TV or engage on social media or Whatsapp.

10. Every Monday, try to eat kheer after offering it to your favourite deity.

11. Try to visualise the full moon for 24 minutes, at least. Do not look at the full moon when there is an eclipse falling on that day. There are generally 12 full moons in the year. Also, on Sharad Purnima, that is around the corner, visualise the full moon for three hours.

¡ According to your husband’s chart, very soon he will be in the third cycle of Shani Sade Sati. The first two cycles were stressful and a struggle for him. But this third cycle (last cycle), things will start improving for him and from the end of 2024 onwards, his good time will start and he will receive some good news thereafter. He will be very successful and things will be smooth sailing.

Q: Please may I have some guidance regarding finance and business. | CHD

A: There are millions of planets in the universe. There are many planets in our solar system.

Some were discovered and some still have to be discovered, once space science is more advanced.

But in Vedic astrology, as per our priests, gurus and learned persons’ scientific research, nine planets affect us the most.

This is the Sun, Moon, Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn and two shadow planets due to their high gravitational pull.

Out of these nine planets, five planets are in their full power and are situated in their own house or exalted (in a high position).

Because of this, you are an extremely lucky person and in the future you will reach your peak in your professional life. You will show your presence to society.

These five planets make your thinking process correct and you always have good intentions. But with Saturn being in Aquarius sign, you are under the Saturn Sade Sati effect, so, in short, until 2025 you will not see or feel the positive results of your favourable planetary alignment of the planets.

Once 2026 starts, you will not look back in your life for the next 22-anda-half years.

Astro advice for 2023 and 2024 would be to not take any risk as you will lose your temper. Any decisions made in anger will increase struggle for you during these years.

So in anger, do not reply back to anyone, just listen, and reply after 24 hours.

Drive carefully and look after your health during this time. Your future is very bright after a few years.

Just do the following to pass this time:

1. Read the Shree Hanuman Chalisa and Sankat-mochan daily before you have breakfast.

2. Every Saturday you should read the Sunderkand. It takes about 90 minutes.

3. Until 2025, be vegetarian every Saturday.

4. Change your regular wearing shoes after every eight months and donate to the poor until 2025.