Mahabharata – 198
by
Sankar Mukherjee
&
Dr Ramesh Chandra Mukhopadhyaya
    Aadivamsa vataranaparva

          Horoscope of Bhima

The narrative gives us  the horoscopes of the  protagonists of the main action.Or else the horoscopes of the persons mentioned in the narrative gives one the notion that it is these persons who are destined to play the most significant role in the narrative.Those who are initiated into the esoteric significance of the natal charts will naturally guess the shape of things to come for the persons whose horoscopes are there.Consequently those readers will always be aware of what natal chart speculates and what their real life as delineated by the narrative.

Let us now look at the chart of Bhimsena.Here the ascendent is Gemini.The lord of the ascendent is in the ninth house.It is friendly house for him.It is also the lord of the fourth house.Consequently the native’s personality will be devoted to religious values.The lord of the second house Moon is in the third.So the native will  be very cruel and merciless.The Moon is in the constellation of Ketu.So the native might suffer from depression.The mutual aspect of Mercury and Moon suggests that the native will be practical minded.The lord of the third house is in the tenth.So it seems that prowess will be responsible for his success in his working life.The lord of the fifth house is in the tenth.But the lord of the sixth is in the fifth.So he will not be fortunate as to his children.Curiously enough Saturn is in the fifth house along with Mars.Saturn is exalted here.Saturn is the lord of the eighth and the ninth.It underlines his devotion to religion.But he is not always a follower of traditional religious tenets.The conjunction of Saturn and Mars suggests that he shall have to pass through countless troubles throughout his life.The sixth lord Mars is in the fifth.So he is not fortunate as to his sons.Rahu is placed in the sixth.Naturally he will have countless mean minded enemies.The seventh lord Jupiter is in the tenth.So his wives are chaste and virtuous.They will help him in his actions.The tenth is occupied by three planets Sun, Jupiter and Venus.Venus is exalted here and Jupiter is in its own house.The placement of Venus in Jupiter’s house shows that the native’s activities will be largely directed towards helping others.Exalted Venus in the tenth shall make him an expert in the field of catering technology.He will always follow the path of virtue and he will always be employed in the service of his elder brother who is symbolised both by Sun and Venus.The twelfth lord Venus  in the tenth shows that he will be away from home to serve others.The eleventh lord aspects the eleventh house along with the ninth lord Saturn.So he will earn a lot in the righteous way.