Health is the primary requirement for peaceful and prosperous existence of humans. We can do anything, do any work or take up any task if we are healthy and in a physically fit condition. If our health goes down we get cornered to just one place till we get back to normal health. Here are some references and indicators of ill-health and their combinations as per Vedic Astrology. Kindly do not apply these combinations verbatim to any charts, they are just for guidance for the holistic study of the the main chart along with the divisional charts.
Reference Body Part:
- Understand that organs and body parts are referenced by a House (Bhava), Sign/Rashi and a Planet.
- The Planet representing an organ in their natural tendencies are the Karakas. The Planets that represent an organ through House ownership are the Lords.
- Bad aspect/association of both these type of Planets show up as a disease.
- Ex. Sun is the natural Karaka for heart. In a horoscope, 4th House represents heart. Hence to judge for heart disease, we should look at influence on both Sun as well as lord of 4th House and 4th House of D4(Divisional chart-4). If one of these factors is strong, the effect of the disease are not likely to show up. If both are weak, then the problems will be worse.
Agents causing disease:
- In a horoscope, association of the Lord of 6th House with any of the Planets will show up as a disease. If both the Karaka and Lord are associated with 6th lord, then problems will be magnified.
- Position of Planets in 6th House in the horoscope causes problems.
- The Planet Mars signifies wounds and injuries due to accidents, etc.
- Rahu is responsible for suddenness.
- Saturn represents chronic diseases.
Please note that association and aspect by an agent is essential. Weakness of the Karaka/Lord is important. General Weakness, but not amounting to disease should be looked at carefully. If a Planet is debilitated or is associated with other inimical Houses, e.g. 6th, 8th or 12th, it will not cause disease by itself. However, it will signify general weakness and lack of development for that body part.
Karakas for diseases (There are variations in these with different systems, readers are advised to please check other systems also)
Sun - Stomach, Right Eye, Heart, Head and Joints.
Moon – Mind & Heart. Lungs, Left eye, Breast, Brain, Blood, Body Fluids, Intestinal, and Lymph glands.
Mars -- Blood, Bone-marrow, Neck, Veins, Neck, Red blood cells, and Body Energy
Mercury -- Chest, Nervous system, Memory, Skin, Navel, Nose, Gall bladder, Lungs, Tongue, Arms, Face and Hair.
Jupiter – , Sharpness or Dullness of Mind, Thighs, Fat, Brain, Liver, Kidneys, Lungs, Ears, Tongue, Memory, Spleen
Venus -- Face, Urine, Semen, Body Physique, Shine and Luster, Genitals, Reproductive System, Throat and Brain.
Saturn -- Legs, Joints, Bones, Muscles, Organs, Teeth, Skin, Hair, Genitals, Ears, Knee
Rahu -- Legs, Breathing, Neck, Lungs, Tongue and Mind.
Ketu – Abdomen, Hands & Palms, Nails, Ears and Spine
Weak Planets do not affect the health if they are not connected to the right House. We need to check the running Dasha and if required we should go up to Deha-dasha to ascertain the event.
Another important factor which gets overlooked generally, is the effect of Stars/Asterisms under which the Planets are present in a Horoscope.
Some indications of onset of diseases, can be given as below, which again can only be ascertained through a holistic approach to the chart and these combinations cannot and should not be applied as-it-is to all charts.
1. The Dasha of Rahu posited in 8th House from Moon.
2. The Dasha of the Planet owning 12th House from Saturn.
3. The Dasha of the Sun, if it owns the 7th House from Moon.
4. The Dasha of Mars, if it is the owner of 6th House from Moon
5. The Dasha of the Lord of the Sig occupied by Mandi, when Mandi is posited in the 4th or the 10th Bhava.
6. The Dasha of the Venus when it owns the 12th House.
7. The Dasha of Saturn, if it is occurring as the 4th Dasha in order.
8. Dashas of malefic Planets if it owns the ascendant or the 4th House.
These are just some of the pointers compiled from few sources(one being Medical Astrology by Maj Khot), there are many more such scripts, interested people can find them online.
