Planets and destiny

SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS ASTROLOGICALLY: Bepin Behari; Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 41, U.A. Bungalow Road, Jawahar Nagar, New Delhi-110007. Rs. 195.

A STIMULATING write-up on the role played by the two Karmic planets - Rahu and Ketu - the mysterious way in which they tend to spiritualise the people in their own distinctive ways and their unique pattern of dispensing Karmic retribution forms an essential ingredient in this publication which makes an analytical study of the mystic science of astrology throwing sufficient light on the methods by which one could understand his destiny and take steps to avoid pitfalls.

Dwelling on Rahu's power of inflicting pain and sorrow and a variety of other hardships depending upon the placement of the shadowy planet in the horoscope of a native, the message brought home succinctly is that much of the impact of the past life seeks to haunt a person in his present life and irrespective of the placement of the planet in a sign, Rahu would not enable the person to reap the benefits inherent in a particular house.

Equally interesting is the in-depth analysis on Ketu and how the occult planet seeks to spiritualise the individual and the fall- out of the planet in different signs of the zodiac.

It is argued that only the ascendant (Lagna), the fifth house (house of learning and progeny) and the tenth house (house of Karma) tend to show the quality of positive action of the individual and as far as other houses are concerned, the native reaps the consequences of his past actions. Whether the individual is having wealth, status and renown or not would be dependent upon what he has done in lives before and what would be given to him in future would depend upon what he does today in this life.

Reference to planetary combinations that bring about malignant diseases, psychological tension, accidents including fatal ones, financial success, marriage and motherhood are among other topics which are absorbing.

R. PARTHASARATHY

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