- Saptarishis Astrology

Criminal Behavior
& Astrology
By
Dr. S.C.Kursija, India
Astrology is capable of identifying human
character and behavior, including that of
anti‐social criminals who perform acts of
murder. The natal horoscope reveals one’s
innate
predispositions
and
early
environmental influences, both of which
have a significant influence on human
development.
Contemporary
psycho‐
sociological research has repeatedly shown
that aggression and a lack of self‐control
are the greatest risk factors for criminal
behavior. These underlying traits are
clearly revealed in the birth charts of anti‐
social
criminals.
However,
such
characteristics must be understood and
analyzed in a larger context, explicitly, the
interaction of Desh, Kala and Patra.
S. C. Kursija is a graduate of Delhi
University, Meerut University and
Homeopathic System of Medicines in Delhi.
He has worked in various capacities for
Delhi Homeopathy Medical Association
(DHMA), and was founder and chief editor
of their monthly journal, Hahnemann
Homoeopathic Sandesh. He has received
numerous awards and passed the Jyotish
Visharad from the Indian Council of
Astrological Sciences (Madras). He is a
member of the faculty of Bhartiya Vidhya
Bhawan and has taught astrology for ICAS,
Madras Delhi Chapter-1. Currently, Dr.
Kursija is General Secretary of all Indian
Federation of Astrologers Societies. Dr.
Kursija teaches astrology and Vaastu in
various chapters, and has written on various
topics of interest. He is particularly
interested in hearing from fellow
astrologers who have researched the topic
of suicide in astrology. He can be contacted
at sckursija@yahoo.com.
Desh is the environment under which the
native has been brought up, including
family, school, friends, and society at
large. Desh has a powerful influence on the
development of the native’s mind, and the
native’s environment nurtures what is
inherent in the natal horoscope. The
horoscope is examined with reference to
Desh, that is, prediction depends on an
understanding of the Desh under which a
particular native develops. Astrological
interpretation and prediction will vary
according to cultural customs and
expectations.
Kala refers to timing, that is, when certain
influences in the natal chart will fructify.
Kala is revealed by the dashas and transits.
One with aggressive and impulsive
tendencies will not act on these at all
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times. His super‐ego developed under Desh will assert some control over his actions. In other
words, his free will and the influences around him will prevent his mind from going astray
at most times. However, during the dashas and transits of malefic planets, the environmental
influences may lose their control, leading the native to act on his aggression and impulses.
Therefore, Kala is also important.
Patra refers to the self, i.e., the individual, the horoscope, or the Lagna. The horoscope of an
individual indicates the tendencies for aggression and impulsiveness underlying criminal
behavior. In contemporary terminology, we may refer to this as genetic tendencies. Human
beings since prehistoric times have relied on the primitive instinct of aggression for survival.
Some natives who have developed super‐conscious minds are less aggressive, whereas others
with only the slightest provocation become aggressive and commit anti‐social acts.
The research work of a number of scientific scholars reflects a similar understanding of
nature and nurture in the development of criminal behavior. However, modern scientists are
not able to pinpoint the timing of such acts, whereas astrology is able to do so via an
interpretation of dashas and transits. No two individuals will react similarly to the same
stimuli, and such reactions depend on the interaction of Desh, Kala, and Patra. Moreover, the
native’s character and behavior can be modified, rectified and improved upon under certain
conditions because of the influence of free will. Ultimately, it is the responsibility of society
to provide such an environment to correct an individual’s behavior.
The following yogas reveal a number of potential indications for the characteristic aggression
and impulsivity underlying anti‐social criminal behavior:
1) The 4th house indicates one’s psychological and philosophical make‐up. Rahu in the 4th
house, if aspected by Mars in the Lagna and Saturn in the 7th house indicates a vengeful
nature.
2) The Upagraha Gulika in the 3rd house points to impulsive thoughts and behavior.
3) Lagna lord weak and afflicted.
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4) A combination of the Sun and Mars in any rasi reveals a murderer.
5) Sarpa Yoga is formed by all malefics in three kendras and no benefics in the kendras.
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The native with Sarpa Yoga becomes a murderer.
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6) When the Sun and Mars occupy the Lagna, one becomes a murderer.
7) With Gulika is in the 9th house, one will be a murderer of his parents and preceptors.4
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8) If born in Atiganda Yoga, the native will be murderer.
9) If born in the Dwadashamsha of Scorpio, the native will be a murderer and a master of
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rogues and robbers.
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Saravali, 15:2.
Ibid., at 21:42.
Ibid., at 31:6.
Jataka Parijata, 9:5.
“Large‐cheeked”; the 6th Soli‐lunar Yoga of the Panchanga.
Jataka Parijata, 9:97.
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10) If Jupiter is debilitated and aspected by a debilitated planet, the native will commit
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crimes.
11) Debilitated Jupiter or the Sun in a kendra conjoined a malefic.
12) When a malefic planet is in a kendra without benefic aspect, and Jupiter is in the 8th
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house, the native will be a slaughterer of animals.
13) Jupiter in the Lagna and Mars is in the 7th house, or vice versa, signifies an aggressive and
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impulsive individual.
14) Saturn occupying the Lagna and Mars is in the 5th, 7th, or 9 th house.
15) If the 3rd lord is debilitated in the 6th house and aspected by a malefic planet, the native
will become aggressive and impulsive after drinking or taking drugs.
16) The native becomes impulsive and aggressive upon being punished by a government
official if the 2nd lord conjoins the Sun and Saturn.
17) The 2nd lord conjoined Mars and Saturn.
18) If the Sun and Moon occupy a trikona or the Lagna, Jupiter is in a kendra, and the kala
hora at birth is Saturn or Mars.
19) The Sun and Moon in the Lagna conjoined with Mercury.
In addition to the above, certain more general indications should be noted.
v It is commonly understood that the Lagna of the birth chart signifies the native.
However, because the Lagna encompasses 30 degrees of the rasi chart, certain Jyotish
classics like Saravali have specified a more precise significator to be the Dreshkona
(Drekana) of the Lagna. Other classics have specified the Navamsha of the Lagna to be a
more well‐defined significator of the self. Therefore, the D‐3 and D‐9 Varga charts are
important.
v In addition to the Lagna, the 3rd, 11th and 10th houses are also indicators of self.
v The Sun, significator of self, and the Moon, all‐important ruler of the mind and its
impulses, are treated as secondary Lagnas in Vedic astrology (Surya Lagna and Chandra
Lagna). For example, an afflicted Moon may indicate mental aberration and a lack of
self‐control ‐ as when the Moon is influenced by Mars, reckless and aggressive
behavior may be indicated.
v Mercury is another planet, which controls our nervous system. Though Mercury is
not read as a secondary Lagna in Indian astrology, its affliction weakens the nervous
system and reflects the potential for aggressive, vengeful and impulsive traits.
v One should also note the malefic argala, i.e., the presence of a malefic planet in the 2nd,
4th or 11th house from the Lagna or Moon.
v For microanalysis, one should also examine the D‐12 (Dwadashamsha) and the Cyclic
Trimshamsha (Parivritti D‐30).
In practice anti‐social criminal traits are indicated when malefic planets, without the
influence of benefic planets, influence the following:
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Ibid., at 9:121.
Ibid., at 6:6.
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Ibid., at 6:14.
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Jataka Tattva, 3:145‐154.
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1.
2.
3.
4.
The Lagna and/or Lagna lord (Lagnesha).
Any of the Kendras—the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house.
The Moon or its dispositor.
The Navamshesh (the Lagna in the D‐9 chart).
The following case studies illustrate a number of combinations for aggression and
impulsivity. From these examples, it is apparent that anti‐social criminal behavior is more
likely to occur when an assortment of these astrological dynamics converge in the natal
horoscope.
Case 1
John Wayne Gacy was born in Chicago on March 17, 1942, at 00:49 CST, or 05:49 GMT,
CST being the time required by Illinois for birth registration even though War Time was
then in effect. Some hospitals did not follow this rule, so the actual birth time might have
been an hour later at 06:49 GMT.
The malefic planets are posited in three kendras (4th, 7th and 10th) and the Lagna lord is
afflicted in the 7th (as in the rules #3 and #5 above). Jupiter is afflicted by Saturn (a maraka in
the Chandra Lagna chart)) and is dispositor of the Sun and Moon (secondary Ascendants).
There is an exchange of houses between 3rd lord Saturn and 7th lord Venus, and Venus is a
maraka and the 12th Dusthana lord. The Moon is combust. The Lagna, Moon, 10th, 3rd and 11th
houses are the abodes of self. Thus, impulsive, vengeful and aggressive behavior is indicated.
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Moreover, in the Navamsha chart, the Lagna is occupied by Rahu and aspected by Mars (rule
#1 above). The 10th house is occupied by Jupiter, Sun, Venus and Gulika and aspected by
Saturn. Again, the same aggressive and impulsive behavior is indicated.
Case 2
The chart is of a female born on July 1, 1961, at 11:25 AM, in Delhi. She was married at the age
of 21 to a young man whom she did not love. She was physically and emotionally attached to
another young man. She eventually murdered her husband.
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The lagna lord is retrograde and combust and posited with 12th lord Sun in 10th house, the
house of action and Sun is karaka of the lagna also. The 3rd lord Mars is posited in 12th in the
sign of Sun with Rahu, the Mars is 8th lord
also.the11th lord Moon is
posited with retrograde, debilitated and 7th
lord
Jupiter
and
th
retrograde Saturn, the dispositor of Ketu
and 6 lord. The 11th
th
house is occupied by Gulika. The 7
lord
Jupiter
is
th
retrograde, debilitate, posited in the 5
indicates
love
marriage. The conjunction of 7th lord
and 11th lord indicates
two marriages. The 7th house is
aspected by Mars
th
rd
from 12 and Saturn from 3 , no benefic
aspect on 7th. All the
houses of self are afflicted. The 7th lord,
7th house and karaka
Jupiter for females are afflicted.
In navamsha chart, Mercury the lagna and 10th lord, is posited in lagna with Venus, the 10th
and 5th lord, Mars the 3rd lord, is posited in 6th, Moon the 11th lord, is posited in 8th aspected by
Saturn and Sun. Jupiter is posited in 4th in the sign of Mars. The houses of Self and action
are afflicted. So she committed the murder of her husband with the help of her lover..
Case 3
The native was born on March 8, 1924, at 3:35 AM, in Delhi. She killed her three children and
killed herself by hanging. The Lagna is occupied by Gulika and Mars (5th and 12th lord). The
Lagnesha occupies the 12th house and is aspected by retrograde Saturn (3rd aspect from the 10th
house since Saturn is retrograde). Saturn has a full aspect on the Moon in the 4th house from
the 10th aspect. The 6th lord Venus occupies the 5th house in Mars’s sign. The 10th lord is
combust in the 3rd house, and conjoined Sun and Ketu. The 11th house is occupied by Saturn.
Thus, all the houses of self are occupied by malefic planets, indicating a native who is
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impulsive and aggressive. The 5th house of children is occupied by the 6th lord and aspected
by Rahu.
The 5th lord Mars occupies the Lagna with Gulika. The karaka of children, Jupiter, is posited
in the 12th house in malefic Mars’s sign. Therefore, the murder of children is indicated. The
8th lord Moon is posited in a dual sign in a kendra, and the Moon’s dispositor occupies the 12th
house and is aspected by Saturn.11
In the Navamsha chart, Mars and Rahu are conjoined in the 8th house in the sign of
Mercury, aspected by Saturn. The Lagna is in Mars’s sign, aspected by the Sun, Gulika and
12th lord Venus. There is no improvement in this chart.
Case 4
The native is a Muslim male born on July 5, 1962, at 16:52, in Delhi. He had premarital
relations with a young Brahmin female. Her brother took objection and killed him with the
help of his friend.
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The reader may wish to refer to the author’s previous article titled “Suicide: Astrological
Investigation” in Saptarishis Astrology, Volume II.
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The Lagna is in a malefic sign, and Lagnesha Mars and 8th and 11th lord Mercury are in the 7th
house aspecting the Lagna. Rahu is conjoined the 7th lord and the karaka of marriage, Venus.
Thus, the native loved a Brahmin girl. Lagna lord Mars is posited in 7th house in an enemy
sign with enemy Mercury. The Moon occupies the 10th house with Gulika in the fiery sign of
Leo, disposited by the Sun in the 8th house. The 3rd house is occupied by its lord, Saturn,
which is conjoined Ketu. Thus, the Lagna, Lagnesha, Sun, Moon and houses of self are
afflicted, indicating strong tendencies for aggression and impulsiveness. Note also that
Jupiter is retrograde.
In the Navamsha chart, the Lagna is again in a malefic sign, occupied by Rahu (true nodes
used) and Gulika and aspected by retrograde Saturn. Mars occupies the 4th house and is
aspected by Saturn. These are further indications for aggression and lack of self‐control.
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Case 5
The native was born on April 2, 1959, at 10:12 AM, in Kanpur, India. The native was badly
behaved and unmanageable since childhood. He and a fellow student became adversarial
during a school election. The native lost the election and continued to harbor animosity
toward his classmate. After a couple of years, both took positions in an office in the same
city. The native’s vengeful feelings again stirred, and he eventually killed his former rival
(in Saturn‐Sun Dasa).
The Lagna is occupied by 6th and 11th lord Mars, aspected by 8th and 9th lord Saturn. Mars
aspects Rahu and Saturn; Saturn aspects Rahu; and Rahu is also aspected by the Sun and
Mercury. Mercury is Lagnesha, retrograde and combust. All the kendras are occupied by
malefic planets. Jupiter is also retrograde in Mars’s sign in the 6th house, and Jupiter is the
10th lord. Thus, the native is aggressive and impulsive.
The Lagna lord of the Navamsha chart occupies the 2nd house and is conjoined Mars is its own
sign. The Moon is in the 6th house, and Mercury is in the 12th house with enemy Jupiter. The
indicators of self are strongly influenced by malefic planets. The Moon has argala of Rahu
and the Sun. Therefore, there is no relief in the Navamsha chart.
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Case 6
The native was born on September 1, 1970, at 23:35 PM, in Ajmer, India. He had a love affair
with a young woman. Her brother objected to this affair and killed the native with the help
of a friend.
The Lagna is Vargottama. The Lagna lord occupies the 6th house. Most of the malefic planets
are located in kendras without benefic aspect (and there are no benefic planets in kendras).
The Moon, 3rd lord, is combust in the 4th, and the 4th house is also occupied by Sun, Mars and
Ketu. Jupiter, 11th lord, occupies the 6th house. The 11th house is also occupied by Gulika.
Saturn, 10th lord, occupies the 12th house and aspects the 2nd, 6th and 9th houses. All the
indicators of the self are afflicted.
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The Lagna of the Navamsha chart is
occupied by Mars and aspected by the
Moon and Gulika. The 4th house is
occupied by the Sun. Jupiter, Saturn and
Rahu are in the 8th house. Therefore, the
indications are strong for aggression, a lack
of self‐control, and thus, anti‐social
criminal behavior.
disciplines are a proven remedy against
such aberrations.
Murder is a form of criminal behavior that
has long been considered an aberration of
the social order. The Purusharthas, four
canonical aims of human life according to
Hindu philosophy, offer a deeper
understanding of the cause of this
deviation. The Purusharthas are:
It's a received, general Rule that if
one Planet be Lord of the ascendant and
twelfth house, that then the Sickness is
more than natural: when Saturn is Lord of
the ascendant and twelfth, and in the
twelfth Retrograde, or in the 7th or
eighth house in the same condition, and
the Moon being Lady of the sixth, apply
to Saturn, we constantly judge the party
enquiring is Bewitched or Fore-spoken,
or that an evil Spirit hath power over him,
and that the Infirm will be sore oppressed
and disturbed in his Fancy, if not
distracted. - William Lilly, 17th century
astrologer
1. Dharma (Righteous Purpose and
Path).
2. Artha Wealth and Resources).
3. Kama (Desire and Pleasure).
4. Moksha (Liberation).
Artha and Kama must support the goals of
Dharma and Moksha. However, in modern
materialistic culture, there is often an
imbalance in the way these goals are
fulfilled, with a heavier influence of Artha
and Kama over Dharma and Moksha. Such
imbalance creates mental tension, fear,
impulsivity and aggression, the most
significant factors leading to anti‐social
criminal behavior.
According
to Sage Narada ‘‘The
Ascendant (in the heavens) remains in
rule for a thousandth part of even the
minutest space of time. It is impossible
even for Lord Brahma to know of this.
Then what of ordinary mortals?’’
The purpose of Jyotish is not only to
illuminate the path of the soul, but also to
provide appropriate remedial measures to
assist the soul in overcoming its karmic
limitations. The traditional practices of
Yoga and Pranayama are two such
remedies that can reduce mental tension
and improve self‐discipline. Therefore,
their application can be a significant
deterrent
to
criminality.
As
the
astrological birth chart reveals the innate
tendencies behind anti‐social inclinations
and behavior, these age‐old spiritual
While timing death, do not ignore the
Varnada Rasi or its trines, whichever is
most spoilt by malefics.
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