Monday 6 August 2012

Maraka and Badhaka houses


Badhaka Houses:
1.        The badhaka houses are houses that are harmful to life, and badhaka houses are more harmful for life than maraka houses. The badhaka houses are the 11th for those born in Cardinal(moveable) signs, the 9th for those born in Fixed signs, and the 7th for those born in Mutable(dual) signs
2.        For death, first consider the badhaka houses, and then the maraka houses as dangerous for the native, as there is danger to life during the joint period (dasha/bhukti) of the significators of the badhaka and maraka houses.

Maraka Houses:
 1.      The 1st, the 8th, and the 3rd are the houses of longevity, and Saturn is the chief governor of longevity.. 
3.        The 12th to any particular house denotes non-existence of the matter signified by that particular house. the 12th house
 (12th to    the 1st), the 7th house (12th to the 8th), and the 2ndhouse (12th to the 3rd) are known as the Maraka - or death inflicting houses.
 3.      The Badhaka Houses are more harmful than the Maraka Houses. So when assessing death, first consider the Badhaka house, and then the maraka house. 

Accidents:
1.        Consider houses 8 and 12 for accidents: 8 th serious illness, accident, suicide; 12th self-undoing, confinement in bed or hospital, defects, deformities, amputation or mutilation of a limb, bodily injury.  Mars, Saturn, Rahu, and Ketu cause accidents
2.        If the sub lord of either the Ascendant or the 8th house cusp is posited in the star of the occupant or the owner of the 8th or 12th house, there will be an accident.
3.         The danger to the individual's life will likely prove fatal if the sub lord is in the star of either the occupant or the owner of the 8th, 7th, or 2nd.
4.         The individual will survive the accident if the sub lord is in the star of either the occupant or owner of the 2nd, 7th, and 11th.