Putra Dosha - The background

Putra dosha, the flaw that pertains to children is a very popular term in Vedic
Astrology. It comprises of all types of faults that may be related to one's
children as seen from the horoscope.
The main cause of Putradosha is past life deeds. Putradosha indicates that
the person has be unkind to a child or children. Depending on the range of
the crime towards children in a past life, the putradosha ranges from mild to
heavy in the current birth.
Parents take care of us. In return we cannot take care of the parents in the
same way. To pay back, you need to take care of your children because you
are the parents to your children. Not taking care of your children is one of the
worst crimes possible. Just think of a world where parents do not take care of
their children. So taking care of children is the most important duty of the
husband and wife.
So it follows that the atonement rituals may include as payback any of the
following: either the direct punishment, adoption of children or huge medical
expense due to infertility problems.
Medical expenses is part of the punishment. By not taking care of children in
a past life the person may have saved a lot of money in a past life. That
money has now to be spent on medical treatment. So doctors will become
the tax collector in this case. That is why infertility specialists charge a lot of
money.
When you throw away something soon you will be needing it. Have you
noticed that? So if you throw away or abort children you will in a future birth
struggle to have a child.
It is like you do not payback the loan in a bank and soon no bank will help
you with a loan in the future. In such cases local money lenders take
advantage and punish you more with huge interests.
In short Putradosha like all other dosha is proof that Karma works.
Putradosha manifests more than one way.
No children
If children are born they will become the main cause of concern in your life
Children will be thoroughly disobedient.

Children may be separated from you. Putradosha will work in tandem with
marital problems that are already there in the horoscope trying to
separate father and mother so that the child will suffer.
Sudden downfall in career from great heights to nothing
From the above we know that within the term Putradosha - there is a range
starting from the highest Putradosha to the lowest Putradosha.
In case the dosha is not severe remedies will work. If the putradosha is too
much then remedies will not work.
If you have to assess the level of Putradosha then you have to know a great
deal of rules pertaining to problems related to childlessness and serious
problems with children.
The words of Maharshi Parasara
If the 5th house lord is in the 6th house or the 8th house or the 12th house
there is a very high level of putradosha. This is 100% dosha.
The good position of the 5th house lord in Kendra or Trikona, connected to
Lord of Lagna (Ascendant), connected to natural benefics and at the same
time not connected to natural malefics are indications of happiness through
children - Putra Bhagya - meaning fortunate through children.
PUTRA BHAGYA means being blessed with good children who make you
happy. This is a gift from your previous live. The 5th house is related to the
merits of the past life. Hence the 5th house is also the house of children.
My observation on the basic rule : 5th house lord in a dusthana
In India, many clients who had the 5th house lord in the 6th house or the 8th
or 12th house were blessed with daughters. If a son was born, I noticed many
problems with the son. In most cases the son was mentally or physically
handicapped or had some major defects causing a lot of concern.
In India, I observed that those who had this combination were blessed with
daughters. My friend who has this combination in his horoscope is blessed
with 3 daughters. The dosha worked because the 1st daughter was born to
another woman (illegal). Performing the marriage of 3 daughters in India is
no joke. It involves a lot of expense and after the marriage the daughters will
leave their home. So the person will lose his daughters. In one case a client
was blessed with 3 sons despite having the 5th house lord in the 12th house.
The 2nd son at the age of 14 committed suicide due to exam fear.

My opinion is that if birth of son happens despite the 5th house lord being in
the 6th house or 8th house or 12th house then the person should sponsor a
child in an orphanage to avoid any mishap to his or her son.
If a person is childless then the 5th house lord is usually in a dusthana
(6th/8th/12th house). In case of childless people I have found that in 90% of
the cases the 5th house and its lord were severely afflicted or the lord of the
5th house occupied a dushtana.
In case the man and the wife has the same putradosha then the problem of
children is not doubled but multiplied. Such a couple should not waste their
money in infertility related medical treatment. They should adopt a child and
go ahead with life. One possibility is using a surrogate mother. However even
that is prone to problems as I have seen in most cases. The pain, mental
pressure and cost of treatment is itself a punishment for having neglected
children in a past life.
Problems in marriage increase as soon as the child is born in a family where
there is Putradosha. The reason is that if the couple separate or divorce then
the child is usually lost by the one having Putradosha. That way karma finally
works. So while doing the horoscope matching one has to consider all this
and take care of all this. Prevention is better than cure. After marriage there
is no use discussing all this.
To know about horoscope matching please watch this youtube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obLwoNlYaTE
More rules pertaining to Putradosha:
While there are many rules pointing to putradosha and discussing all of them
is beyond the scope of this article, I wish to tell you that if you know the
basis then you will understand.
Just as the 5th house going to a dushtana weakens the 5th house, the 5th
house gets weak when the lord of a dushtana occupy the 5th house.
So if the 6th house lord or the 8th house lord or the 12th house lord occupies
the 5th house it creates putradosha.
If the lord of the 5th house is combust then also due to heat in the body
chidlessness may happen. Reduce the heat in the body. If there is heat in
putradosha reduce it by praying to Lord Shiva by doing Abhishegam pouring coolants on Shiva Linga - milk is preferred.

There are 2 dozen main rules for putradosha. There about 40 rules for adding
and subtracting from the putradosha before we finally can conclude on
putradosha.
The navamsa and saptamsa reveal a lot about children directly or indirectly.
Kshetra Sphuta and Beeja Sphuta
For women the Kshetra Sphuta is to be calculated. The position of Kshetra
sphuta in various charts are to be considered especially the Saptamsa chart.
For men the Beeja Sphuta (Sperm point) is to be calculated. The position of
Beeja Sphutain various charts are to be considered especially the Saptamsa
chart.
Aspect of Guru
Whenever there is the aspect of Guru (Jupiter) or the conjunction of Jupiter
with the 5th house or its lord then there is always the hope that remedies will
work. Remedies may be the help of God or the help of medicine. Use both
together, that is my opinion.
If Jupiter is not at all connected and there is a high level of putradosha in the
horoscope of both the man and wife then it is better to stop trying to have
children by using medical assistance and go ahead with adoption which is
what Karma wants. People spend a lot of money on medical assistance to
fulfill the fate that they have to be punished for a major sin in their past life
pertaining to children.
Connection of Guru means connection with teacher, doctor and Astrologer.
So I have seen that only those who have a Jupiter connection to the problem
finally reach out to a good Astrologer who will tell the couple what to do.
Otherwise they do not get the chance at all.
3 out of every 12 horoscopes will have Putradosha
Going by the rule that if the 5th house lord is in the 6th, 8th or 12th house
there is putradosha then 3 out of every 12 horoscope is likely to have
problems with children. That is about 1/4th of the world's population.
Whenever a planet is in the bhava madhya (middle of the bhava) it will give
100% results and when it is on the edge of a house (bhava) it will give 0%
result. Half-way between the bhava sandhi and bhava madhya the planet will
give 50% effect.
So even though 1/4th of the world's population will have the Putradosha the
level will vary from acute to manageable level.

Other combinations will further decide on how serious the Putradosha is. For
example if Saturn and Mercury occupy the 5th house then the Putradosha
will increase.
100% Putra Bhagya - Great Luck with Children
The Lagna Lord and the Lord of the 5th house being placed in the 5th house
or in 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house or in the 9th house then there will be 100%
Putra Bhagya as per the words of Maharshi Parasara in Brihat Parasara Hora
Sastra.
Such people will be blessed with sons, or many children or if the family is
limited to 2 then it will be a boy and a girl.
The above rule implies that the 5th lord must be in a Kendra or Trikona
meaning it should be auspiciously placed. However the Lagna Lord is very
important to get thorough happiness with children. The Lagna is not only "I"
or "ME" it is the a Trinal house to the 5th house, hence strongly connected.
The connection between self and the children is established when the 1st
house lord conjoins the 5th house.
Kakbandhya fault
Maharshi Parasara says that if the 5th house lord is in the 6th house and the
Lagna Lord is in conjunction with Mars, the 1st child will be born and
thereafter the wife of the person will become sterile (incapable of birth of
children). Such a fault is known as "Kakbandhya".
If the lord of the 5th house is debilitated (neechasthana) and is also in the
6th house, 8th house or 12th house and if Budha (Mercury) is in the 5th
house the lady will suffer "kakbandhya".
If Saturn and Mercury occupy the 5th house and at the same time the lord of
the 5th house is in debilitation or does not aspect the 5th house then the
lady will suffer "kakbandhya".
Birth of Children after putting in great effort
Effort may be medical or through astrological remedies.
The 9th house lord in the 5th house, the 5th house lord is debilitated and
Mercury and Ketu occupy the 5th house children (son) may be born after lots
of effort and waiting.
Here the clue is that the 9th house lord in the 5th house seems to give some
hope for the childless person. The 9th house is the 5th house from the 5th
house.

If the 5th house lord is debilitated and is also in the 6th house, 8th house or
12th house or if the 5th house lord is in the sign of a malefic planet and the
5th house is occupied by malefic planets then children (son) are born after
much delay and effort.
Birth of Son
If the lord of the 5th house is in exaltation and occupies the 2nd, 3rd, a trine
(1st, 5th house or the 9th house) and the 5th house lord is aspected by
Jupiter or is with Jupiter the person will be blessed with a son.
Birth of only Daughters
If the 5th house lord is with the Moon and also in the Drekkana (Decanate) of
the Moon the person will be blessed with only daughters.
Child problem due to Bhava Lords being in certain houses
If the 1st house lord is in the 5th house then the happiness with sons will be
medium, the first born will not live long.
If the 2nd house lord is in the 1st house the person will be blessed with sons
(children).
If the 2nd house lord is in the 2nd house it indicates absence of son
(children).
If the 2nd house lord is in the 5th house then the son of the person will like
him be intent on earning wealth.
If the 2nd house lord is in the 12th house there will be absence of happiness
from the eldest son (child).
If the 3rd house lord is in the 5th house the person will be blessed with sons
(children).
If the 3rd house lord is in the 9th house then the person will be blessed with
son (children).
If the 4th house lord is in the 8th house then the person may be impotent
(Kliba or Kleeba).
If the 5th house lord is in the 1st house then the person will be blessed with
good children.
If the 5th house lord is in the 2nd house then the person will be blessed with
sons (children). (Bahu-Putro)
If the 5th house lord is in the 5th house and is ALSO with BENEFICS then
Putravaan ie blessed with sons, if with MALEFICS then childlessness. This rule
by Maharshi Parasara speaks volumes on the impact of benefics and malefics

on the same planetary position. Students of Astrology should never forget

this principle.
If the 5th house lord is in the 6th house then the children will become the
person's main enemies or death of children is indicated, or the person may
adopt a child. In my opinion the best remedy for this fault is to adopt a child
and fulfill the destiny instead of being forced to adopt a child in a different
situation.
The 5th house lord in the 7th house indicates happiness through children.
The 5th house lord in the 8th house indicates reduction in happiness through
children.
The 5th house lord in the 11th house indicates bahuputra yoga - many sons
(children).
The 5th house lord in the 12th house indicates putradosha and adoption of
children.In my opinion the best remedy for this fault is to adopt a child and
fulfill the destiny instead of being forced to adopt a child in a different
situation
If the lord of the 6th house is in the 5th house then the person will be
inimical to his own children.
if the 6th house lord is in the 11th house there will be no happiness from
children.
The 7th house lord in the 3rd means daughters will be better off than sons. If
a son is born then that son may be mostly in difficulties.
The 7th lord in the 11th house indicates more daughters than sons.
The 8th house lord in the 5th house reduces the number of children.
The 9th house lord in the 2nd house indicates good children.
The 9th house lord in the 5th house indicates blessings of sons (children).
The 10th house lord in the 5th house indicates great blessings of sons
(children).
The 10th house lord in the 9th house indicates blessings of children.
The 10th house lord in the 11th house indicates blessings of children.
11th lord in the 5th indicates that the children will be happy, educated and
virtuous.
12th house lord in the 5th house indicates putradosha. Indicates high
expenses through medical treatment while trying to beget a child. It may
indicate expenses due to poojas concerning childbirth problems.

How to use the above information on bhava lords being in various houses
The following advise is given by Maharshi Parasara:
The effects of the lords of the houses which have been told to you are to be
deduced considering their strength and weaknesses. The effects of the
planets owning 2 signs are to be deduced based on the 2 lordships. If in this
way, contrary effects are indicated it means the effects will be nullified. On
the contrary, if the effects are varied nature these will be obtained. If the
strength of the planet is full, it is to be predicted that the said planet will
yield the full effect, the planet will yield 1/2 and 1/4th effect in case the
planet is 1/2 and 1/4th respectively.

The basic definition of Gaja-Kesari Yoga

Gajakesari yoga is caused when Jupiter (Devaguru or Guru) is placed in a
Kendra (1st house, 4th house, 7th house or the 10th house) from either
Lagna or the Moon at the same time the benevolent Jupiter must be with or
aspected by Shuba Grahas (Good planets) and Jupiter must not be weak by
being in debilitated Rasi (Capricorn) or be in the 6th house, 8th house or the
12th house or be afflicted by natural malefic planets.
So if Gajakesari yoga has to happen in any horoscope the first thing that you
should be looking for is, if bad planets (natural malefics) aspect Guru
(Jupiter) or is with Guru or if Guru debilitated or is it weak in any other way.
So only a strong and unafflicted Guru can give rise to a Gajakesari Yoga.
Then you need to see if the same Guru is either in a kendra from Lagna or
from at least Moon (Chandra).
Today many Astrologers hastily mention this powerful yoga as soon as they
seen Jupiter in a Kendra from Moon without considering all the other rules
associated with this yoga.
What Gajakesari yoga offers?

A person who has Gajakesari yoga will be splendorous, wealthy, intelligent,

endowed with many virtues and be a favorite of the King (Top most people in
the land). This is what Maharshi Parasara expresses in Brihat Parasara Hora
Sastra.
Gaja means Elephants. Kesari means Lion. The sight of 1 Lion can scare
many elephants. That is an extraordinary feat pf a Lion considering that
Elephants are very strong. So Gajakesari means like a lion scaring away
elephants the person having this yoga will control many heavyweights
around.

Lions are not scared of Elephants. It is the other way around. This picture
shows the confident Lion and the nervous Elephants.
A person having a true Gajakesari Yoga will not worry about formidable
people. They remain calm and composed even in times of great difficulties.
They use their brain and resources to defeat stronger opponents. That is why
I selected this picture to show a calm and composed Lion(ess).
Why are Astrology yogas misquoted?
Astrology yogas are misquoted for several reasons. The main reason is that
the client hears what he likes to hear. The Astrologer feels like he is a
psychiatrist, a motivator or a friend of his client. He feels that he should
encourage everyone not realizing that is not his job. There are other people
to do it. However the word soothsayer means soothing the spirit of people.
Most part of the world soothsayers means Astrologers. So in most cases the
Astrologer and the client loves to say or hear soothing words and promises of
a great future all the time.
In any horoscope there will be at least 10 positive yogas. In the horoscope of
a person perpetually suffering there will surely be 10 positive yogas. What is
not spoken about is the 40 duryogas (or bad yogas). that are present in the
same horoscope. They are conveniently ignored.

Another reason is that Astrology is not standardized. This is not the fault of
the clients. Top Astrologers should join together and create a standard. That
will happen only if Astrology is taught in schools and colleges like medicine
and engineering. Astrologers and people who are interested in Astrology
should spend a great deal of time in systematic research and proving
Astrological rules. Over the years many errors have crept into Astrology. They
should be located and removed like the weeds in a paddy field.
Astrologers should charge a fixed fee to all his clients and he should collect it
first. If the client pays up at the end of the consultation, there is a great need
for the Astrologer to tell something that makes his client very happy so that
he may pay more.
Difference of opinion is normal in any field. Even in the field of medicine I
have noticed different views and opinions on the same patient and condition
despite standardization.
For example when I had a retina (eye) problem, 2 top doctors of Chennai
gave me diagonally opposite views. The second chief doctor informed me
that the medicine given to me by the 1st chief doctor was the most harmful
one. They have diagnosed the same eye problem that I had in 2 opposite
directions. Why that happened is known to me because I am an Astrologer. I
was meant to have a retina problem in the left eye as per Brighu Sutras. I
developed the problem during a bad dasha and bhukti and when it was also
an Ashtama Sani phase. So I smiled at the failure of top doctors and their
medicines. The 2nd doctor was wise enough to listen to me when I spoke of
the wisdom in Astrology for about 2 hours despite many patients waiting
outside the room.
Many people now-a-days write books on Astrology. Some of them do careless
translations of sanskrit lines or write their own opinion based on their limited
experience. They deviate from the original rules and definition.
There are Astrologers who love to cancel any KUJA Dosha that appears in
front of them by saying, "which Astrologer told you have KUJA Dosha"?
thinking it is something like AIDS.

So when Astrologers seen a Jupiter in Kendra from Moon they say, "Wow! You
have got Gajakesari Yoga!" If you know that a misquoted Gajekesari yoga
happens to 33% of the world's population you will not wow it so much. If the
Astrologer knows the real rule then he will not jump to conclusions so quickly
without checking other matters of Jupiter.
How often does the misquoted Gajakesari Yoga happen?
Going by the loose definition that just a Jupiter from Kendra to Moon is
enough to cause the Yoga then 4 out of every 12 people must have
Gajakesari Yoga.
So that means 33% of the people in the world will have a misquoted
Gajakesari Yoga. Right?You may wonder how. Expressed in another way you
can say 1 out of every 3 person is likely to have a Gajakesari Yoga.
Moon goes around once in 28 days. This tallies with the menstruation cycle
in women that cause the birth of human beings.
Moon will stay in one sign for about 2.33 days. (28 divided by 12). Jupiter will
be in Kendra (1st house or 4th house or 7th house or 10th house) to Moon 4
times in a 28 days cycle. 4 times x 2.33 days = 9.32 days out of 28 days
every person born will have GajaKesari yoga. Such huge number of people
cannot be a favorite of a Kind or be wealthy or splendorous etc. Right?
What appears in small print?
People love to skip the important rules. They tend to ignore it. Is Jupiter really
strong? They never bother to find out. Is Jupiter fortified further by a
connection with a benefic planet? At least have you checked if Jupiter is in
the 6th or 8th house or 12th house? Have you checked the Shadbala of
Jupiter?
If you add all these check points there will be fewer people having real
Gajakesari Yoga.

Actually the rules are not printed in small print. I used this phrase to show
how we make such rules appear as though it is in small print.
It is obvious that Maharshi Parasara had warned people to check out if Jupiter
has been afflicted or is weakened by other reasons.
So how can Jupiter give rise to Gajakesari Yoga when Jupiter is in the 8th
house or the 12th house.
When can you depend on yogas that are counted from the Moon?
When the Moon is strong then the Moon as the Ascendant will give better
results. This rule was popularized by Shri Varahamihira in Brihat Jataka.
Moon must be exalted or must be very strong in Shadbala or must be with
Shubha Grahas and not be with malefic planets.
So when Moon is Neecha do not use Moon as a Lagna (Ascendant).
Whatever it is the Ascendant is supreme. The time of birth is the key to
Karma. What is related to time of birth. Of course it is Lagna (Ascendant).
Take the case of celebrities and politicians. You will find many good yogas
from Lagna and not that much from the Moon sign.
So there is a True Gajakesari Yoga and a Non-so-real Gajakesari Yoga or a
Fake Gajakesari Yoga.
What happens if you do not have a True Gajakesari Yoga?
Don't worry. There are so many yogas in Astrology. If not this, another yoga
will be there. A yoga is a combination of planets in certain houses. There are
about 1000 yogas listed in Vedic Astrology. The top 5 are the Pancha
Mahapurusha Yoga. I will write about it separately. More the positive yogas
the better it gets. At the same time negative yogas dimish the effects of the
positive yogas.

So if you get serious about yogas then check out both the good one and the
bad ones. No use just harping on the good one's alone and then complain
nothing works in Astrology.
Yogas seen from Ascendant are more powerful
Yogas seen from Sun is the weakest. It is 25% reliable. If the Sun is weak the
score will decrease.
Yogas seen from the Moon is 50% reliable. If Moon is weak the score will
decrease. The strength of the Moon and the sign is very important.
Yogas seen from the Lagna (Ascendant) is 100% reliable. In fact it goes
without saying that the most important reference point in a horsocope is
Lagna.
Gajakesari Yoga seen from Lagna
If Gajakesari Yoga exists from Lagna then it is very strong. Most of the rules
that Maharshi Parasara writes about is based on the Lagna.
Lagna is related to time of birth.
Moon sign is not related to time of birth. If you alter your time of birth even
by 4 hours or even by a day, the Moon may remain in the same place. So
Moon signs are more general in nature.
Gajakesari Yoga seen from Lagna and the Moon
The best Gajakesari Yoga happens when Jupiter is in Kendra from both the
Lagna and the Moon. In such cases Moon and Jupiter will be in Kendra from
the Lagna.
The time for manifestation of the Gajakesari Yoga
Do you think a person having a true Gajakesari Yoga will be like a lion
throughout life, defeating enemies all the time? Do you think anyone can

really win all the time. There will be ups and downs, a time to win and a time
to lose.
Jupiter is the cause of Gajakesari Yoga. The good effects of a Gajakesari yoga
will manifest during Guru Dasha or Guru Bhukti.
If Guru (Jupiter) has to give good results it obviously means that Guru must
be well placed from Lagna. The dasha and bhukti chapter deals with Jupiter's
position from Lagna.
So you now will understand that the Gajakesari Yoga must be present with
Jupiter in a good position from Lagna too.
The dasha and bhukti works from Lagna and not from the Moon's position. So
it is very important that the yogas causing planets are in good position from
the Lagna too. I hope you got the point.