Use of Badhaka sign and Badhakesha in chart reading

[rajat.kapoor5]

Dear All,
Namaste,

I have tried to write something on Badhaka sign and Badhakesha, as taught by my Guru to me.


BADHAKA

RASI BADHAKA

Every sign has a sign of obstruction called Badhaka Rasi and its lord is called Badhakesha. Here is the list of Badhaka sign and Badhakesha :

Rasi Badhaka Rasi Badhakesha

Aries Aquarius Rahu & Saturn
Taurus Capricorn Saturn
Gemini Sagittarius Jupiter
Cancer Taurus Venus
Leo Aries Mars
Virgo Pisces Jupiter
Libra Leo Sun
Scorpio Cancer Moon
Sagittarius Gemini Mercury
Capricorn Scorpio Ketu & Mars
Aquarius Libra Venus
Pisces Gemini Mercury


For Movable, Fixed & Dual signs the sign of obstruction/evil (badhaka) is the 11th, 9th & 7th house respectively and the badhakesha is the lord of the sign of obstruction/evil.

The 22nd Drekkana: Khara
The lord of the 22nd Drekkana is the Kharesa and can cause Badhaka effects i.e. can cause obstructions and activate the badhakesha and other evils.

Wrath of Deity:
If the Badhakesha in an adverse place and afflicted, and if a malefic planet is placed in 12th house from the badhakesha, the indications are that the worshipped image has been mutilated. This brings the wrath of the deity signified by the badhakesha. Depending on the malefic planet/Upagraha involved, the following can be inferred:
1. If Gulika/Rahu: Indicates a curse of the Serpent deity or a serpent having touched the image of the deity has made it very impure.
2. If Saturn: Pollution/Dirt on the image/ temple
3. If Mars: disputes/ bad management of worship/image/temple.

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Fault determination:

1. Depending on the placement of the Badhakesha,
a) If the Badhakesha is in Lagna and associates with evil planets, then it is the idol, which has been mutilated. If Mars aspects/joins Badhakesha: breaking idol, image or any sacred object associated with the deity. A fresh idol has to be installed in a temple. If Saturn, Gulika or Rahu associates pollution and dirt have made the idol impure. If Sun associates, then it is due to birds.
b) If the Badhakesha is in the fourth house, then the temple is either broken/dilapidated (Mars affliction)and needs repairs, or has been forgotten or unclean (Saturn/Rahu) and needs to be sanctified.
c) If the Badhakesha is in 2nd or 11th house, then the deity's wealth (inanimate object), mula (grains, trees, lands etc) or Jeeva (Men, animals etc) depending on the Lagna as being movable, fixed or dual if unoccupied. If a planet occupies Lagna, then Mercury and Jupiter signify Jeeva, Sun and Venus signify mula and the others (Moon, Saturn, Rahu & Mars) signify Dhatu. Similarly the stars reckoned from Aswini are in the order of Dhatu, Mula and Jeeva.

PS: More posts will come today on this topic.

[pari]

Thanks,

It would be a great learning now.

[rajat.kapoor5]

Depending on the Lord of the sign occupied by the Badhakesha, the tattva (element) signified shall indicate the following as per Table 2

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REMEDIAL MEASURES
In case it is inferred that there is ample evidence of the wrath of deity, then the remedy should be suggested based on the placement of the Badhakesha in different houses from Lagna as given in Table 1 and the planets associated as given on Table 2.

Here is a example of a person who is schizophrenic. Lets see how badhaka played its role in the chart:

August 10, 1949
9:00:00 (5:30 East)
86E20, 20N51

The lagna is Virgo (dual sign) and the seventh house (Pisces)is the badhaka sign with Jupiter its lord, becoming badhakesha. The twelfth house from Jupiter is aspected by Mars indicating that an idol of the deity has been broken. The nodes also aspect Sagittarius (the 12th house from badhakesha) indicating terrible wrath of deity. This anger symbolized by the nodes and Mars constitute an unbroken sarpa yoga (indicating that the native will be entangled in poverty and health problems) and Pisaca Badhaka as well (Ketu in quadrants with Mars aspecting Lagna). The magnitude of the anger should be judged in this manner based on the evil yoga formed by the evil planets aspecting the 12th house from the badhakesha.
Every dark cloud has a silver lining and here we find a fine dharmakarmadhipati yoga involving the lords of the ninth and tenth houses as well as the lagna and second houses. The involvement of Saturn as 5th lord with this yoga indicates the blessings of fine children who will prosper.
The native lost his mental balance following a fire incident (Jupiter's ire is always indicated by fire and religious hatred Jupiter being vargottama made the curse more strong negatively). He became raving mad and inspite of best medical attention, he didn't recover. It was a fortunate turn of fate when a nice lady decided to marry him and bore him two sons. For thirty years, his spouse nursed him and cared for his children. Inspite of his mental health, he worked as an Engineer in PWD and took premature retirement when he could no longer work under the heavy dose of the medicine.
The deity indicated by Jupiter is Mahavishnu (Jagannath) and remedy was reciting the Narayana Kavaca and offering clothes and other gifts at a temple. It was not possible for him to do this as lunacy prevented him from any coherent effort in this direction.

Wrath of Sarpa Deva

Rahu in 4,6,7,8,10 or 12 houses require propitiation. If Rahu is connected in any way with Badhakesha, these remedial measures are compulsory. If Jupiter associates with the Badhakesha and is placed in a dusthana and if Rahu is in quadrant from Jupiter, then the curse is from superior or divine serpents. If Gulika is in quadrants instead of Rahu, then these are inferior serpents. If the Sun associates Rahu, then the serpents are beneficial and essentially intent in long term good, while the Moon associating with Rahu shows evil minded serpents intent on causing disaster. The following remedies have been prescribed in Prasna Marga and other traditional texts:
1) Rahu in 6th, 8th, 10th or Badhaka house : Sarpa Bali as per prescribed texts.
2) Rahu in 4th house: Installation of image of Sarpa Devata or dedicate a Chitra Kuta stone.
3) Rahu in 12th house: Music & Singing
4) Rahu in 1st house: Sprinkling milk over the abode of serpents or over an image of the snake God (Nagaraja/Vasuki) in a temple.
5) Rahu in seventh house: Dancing and devotional songs.
6) Rahu in dual sign: dedicate a small serpent made of gold or copper (symbolic of the baby snakes killed)
7) Rahu in movable sign: small eggs of gold or silver be offered (symbolic of the broken eggs of the snakes)
8 ) Rahu in a fixed sign: Plant trees (Symbolic of the replacement of the destroyed ant hills and abodes of the serpents).

More to come in other posts.

[pari]

Really good one, and very informative. Looking forward for some more.

Everything is fine but sarpa bali for Rahu ....Are you sure ? Killing some animal for own benefit.

Rahu in 6th, 8th, 10th or Badhaka house : Sarpa Bali as per prescribed texts

Secondly, Are you talking about rahu 's position from lagna, moon sign or badhakesh for Sarpa Dosha. And I am surprised that, then there would be sarpa dosha in almost every second chart.

[pari]

But then it does not involve killing some animal. Right ?

[nirmala]

Dear Rajat ji,
Thanks for this informative write up.
I have a question.. You mentioned that for vrichhik , 9th house is the badhak house. But 9th house is the house of dharma. It is a positive house for a chart. Then how can it be badhak?
How can the dharmesh become badhkesh ?

I will be grateful if you will kindly explain this?


Regards,
Nirmala

[pari]

Thanks for asking it nirmala, i was about to ask. I have also vrischik lagna and rashi.

[rajat.kapoor5]

Dear Pari,
Sarpa bali is not killing the Sarpa. Please do not carried away with the word Bali. BALI is a very sacred word in Shastras. It was misinterpreted by few people in the age of ChandraGupta and Bali was signified as killing animals. Bali is to offer something to God. When we do Grihapravesa, we give BhootBali. Does it mean that we kill spirits? No, we are wrong in interpreting many things. We offer Poori and Kheer to the Spirits. Its a symbolic to offer something to our ancestors.

I need not to comment on Sarpa bali as i has been explained very well by Prasanna ji.

Also, Rahu is always to be seen from Lagna in case of badhaka, as badhaka gives suffering which is on physical grounds. Also Sarpa dosha is when Rahu is in specific bhava and is connected with badhakesha also. So the complete condition is not found in every second chart.
Regards

[rajat.kapoor5]

Dear Rajat,

Rasi Badhaka Rasi Badhakesha

Aries Aquarius Rahu & Saturn
Taurus Capricorn Saturn
Gemini Sagittarius Jupiter
Cancer Taurus Venus
Leo Aries Mars
Virgo Pisces Jupiter
Libra Leo Sun
Scorpio Cancer Moon
Sagittarius Gemini Mercury
Capricorn Scorpio Ketu & Mars
Aquarius Libra Venus
Pisces Gemini Mercury

For pisces Virgo must be Bhadak Rasi and mercury is correct as Bhadakesh kindly correct it please.

Yes Prasanna, Sorry it was typing mistake. Please read it Virgo instead of Gemini for Pisces.

[rajat.kapoor5]

Dear Nirmala and Pari,
Namaste,
Again the thing that we get carried away with the name "Badhaka". Badhaka doesn't means the planet which only creates obstruction. If the badhakesha is well placed and unafflicted, it can create magic in chart by clearing all the obstructions in one's life. 9th lord becomes badhakesha in negative way for those people who don't follow the right way of karma. See the chart of Mahatma Gandhi, the Libra Lagna and Badhakesha Sun placed in 12th house. With the path of Dharma which he took, it took away all the obstructions of his life and he fulfilled all the desires of his soul of getting freedom for the country.

[nirmala]

Thanks rajat ji for explaining that.

Pari,
It seems you and I have no respite.
since we are vrichhika rasi aswell and our badhkesa is debilitated


regards,
Nirmala

[ChandraLagna]

Dear Rajat-ji

Very good post. I had a related query to what Nirmala asked and which you have explained. Lets take Leo as an ascendent. In this case, the lagna lord Sun is exalted in Badhkesh place of Aries. How is this result to be interpreted - whether the Badhkasthana takes importance now, or the exaltation?

Thanks in advance!

[rajat.kapoor5]

Dear Prasanna,
Namaste,
I have seen mostly Saturn giving very bad results for Taurus and Libra Ascendant, despite being Yogakaraka. I am sharing one birth detail of a native, who has suffered like hell in her Saturn Mahadasa.

February 8, 1980
14:04:00 hours
Gandhi Nagar, India
72E41, 23N13

Dear Arun,
In such case, Badhakesha takes over the importance above exaltation. What happens in such people, that they give so much of importance to dharma and over righteousness starts creating obstruction in native's life.

Dear Prasanna,
Argala is completely different thing in compare to badhaka. Argala is like a bolt, by which a certain yoga can be activated and deactivated. Like suppose, a person has Rahu in 2nd house from Lagna whereas 12th house has Jupiter and Venus. Now virodhargala from 12th house is more strong than Argala of 2nd house on Lagna. Hence the person will get results of Jup and Venus (Dwi-guru yoga) and the person will be very sattvik in having food.
Regards

[pari]

An example, leo lagna, so mars is badhakesh,

mars is in 5th house, that is saggi, along with rahu and mercury and aspect of moon and retro jupiter from lagna. 12th to it is venus in scorpio without any malefic aspect.

1) Now what does it mean, just a sarp dosha or wrath of deity as well.

2) Here we will consider the aspects on badhkesh or just 12th to it.

[nirmala]

Dear Rajat ji,
I know this is totally unrelated to the topic of discussion but there are certain topics I have been trying to understand, such as :- Upapada and Arudha lagna, combustion of planets, retrograde planets etc.
I found some material on the internet but its all scattered with diff sites saying diff things.
Can you please also write on them for the benefit of our learning?

Regards,
Nirmala

[rajat.kapoor5]

Dear Nirmala ji,
Namaste,
There is no material as such which can help learning these topics very well and thats why all those astrologers who don't know in detail abt it, start saying that all this is crap and doesn't effects much on chart reading. I will definitely write on it in detail.

Dear Prasanna,
He is a member from the same organisation SJC, from which i belong too and is student of Sanjay Rath Guruji. He is really awesome on relationships and marriage.
Regards

[anxious2711]

I have a question, if Badhakesha is placed in 12th it is considered a good position for not having obstacles, but at the same time having the 7th, 9th or 11th lord in 12th, is that not considered bad?

(I mean, I have L11 in 12th, and I have been told that it is not a very good position wrt income/expenses, okay, L12 is in 11th too, but so are many other planets.)

[rajat.kapoor5]

Dear Anxious,
Namaste,
I will request you to provide your birth details here, instead of just asking an hypothetical question as lots of things change any particular yoga or parivartana.
Regards

[lakshmi01]

Hello Rajat garu,
These are my sister's details.
Date 30/08/1969
Time 23.22 hrs
place Vijayawada Andhra pradesh India.

She is of taurus lagna and badhakesh saturn is in 12th place.She lacks mental peace due to her husband's behaviour. Is it because of badhakesh in 12th .So many losses regarding her husband. Is there any remedy for her to pacify badhakesh in her chart.

regards
Lakshmi.

[anxious2711]

Sorry Rajat ji, here are the details

DOB: 27-11-82
TOB: 10:50 am (GMT + 3)
POB: 18.55 South 47.31 East

[pari]

Does the badhaka has any say for Charakaraka's also, like what if AK itself is in 12th from badhkesh but is not a permanent malefic though malefic for the lagna rashi. What is the impact of these type of situations, means impact of various charakaraka's involved with badhakesh. Do they help the native somehow ?

[mannu21]

Rajat ji

Namaskar

Interesting thread and very well explained as well.

Sir, I want to understand in Aquarius laga Venus is Yogkarak and 9th house (libra sign) is badhakesh. How should be interpret results of Venus in this lagan. As beign yogkarak Venus has to be best planet for the lagan.


Regards

Mannu

[2002diksha]

sir,
what can be surmised about the bhadhakesh being placed in the eleventh house for libra lagna. how will it affect the native.
regards

[haricharan]

Request all to read below before you start using badhakesh :

BADHAK GRAHA ( OBSTRUCTING PLANETS):
Discussion Material by radeep Goel : 20 Oct 2010

In Jatak Parijata: Acharya Vadyanath ji has stated that a Badhak Graha is any one of the following – for different lagnas :--For Char lagna (Moveable Lagnas ): The planets who is lord of 11nth house or is placed in 11nth house .- For Sthir lagna ( Fixed Lagnas ): The planet who is lord of or is placed in 9th
house .-For Dwishabhava Lagna ( Both Moveable+Fixed lagna ) :Theplanet who is lord of 7nth house or is placed in 7nth house.Provided : the particular graha is also lord of Mandi ( anupgraha of Saturn also known as Gulika ) and / or is a “Kharesh”i.e. 22
nd
Dreshkona lord .Normally while studying a horoscope we , as a student ofAstrology, consider the lord of 11nth house, 9nth house and7nth house for Char, Sthir and Dwishabhava lagnasrespectively as “Bhadak Planets” – and totally ignore thefundamental condition attached regarding the lordship of Mandiand / or 22
nd
Dreshkona . Learned Shri B.Subramanian Shastri jihas categorically clarified, in one of his articles, that the correct interpretation of the relevant shloka given inJataka Parijata is that “the planet becomes a badhaka – fordifferent lagnas as stated above ONLY when the same planet isalso lord of Mandi ( Upgraha of Saturn) and / or of 22nd Dreshkona” .

Practical implementation : in my humble view:
1. The literal interpretation and practical treatment of aparticular planet as Bhadaka should be taken in right spirit and not as a yard stick. This is just one parameter which develops a property of a obstruction/hurdle in a particular planet while giving positive results or it is just one parameter which adds tothe malefic influence of a planet. It is not that the particular planet which surely comes under this category of Badhak –sheds its entire benevolence and is converted into a total 100%malefic planet

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from another source :

It is important to note that Maharishi Parashar has used Badhak only in reference with Chara dasha and not in general application. So should it be used with other dasa systems, especially Nakshatra based dasa systems like Vimshottari dasa, they way it is being used by present astrologers? For example, we don't see reference of badhaka in Vimshottari Dasa chapter, his favorite dasa to which he has devoted most number of chapters. Badhakasthana is a rasi based concept and it makes more sense to use it with a rasi based dasa like Chara dasa.

The point should also be noted that Mahirshi doesn't make any mention that the owner or occupant of badhakastha will prove malefic for the native.