Was I fated to get divorced ? Fate v/s Free Will ( Part 2)

 Introduction:

First and foremost , i would like to thank all the readers who really liked my article ‘Was I fated to get divorced?’  and wrote about which marriage could be saved.

I also got a lot of questions regarding Karma and Fate and how to understand them.

Which divorce could be prevented?

It is my submission that in Case no 2 , concerning individual G wanting to marry individual H , the divorce could  have be prevented.  

Why??

I would like to share with you my reasoning for coming to this conclusion.

But in order to understand my reasoning , you would have to understand some  key concepts in jyotish , the types of karma and the law of Karma.

My conclusion is based on a combination   of jyotish read with some core philosophical concepts of the Law of Karma.

Interlinkages between Jyotish and Previous Births:

THE fundamental tenet of Jyotish is PREVIOUS BIRTHS AND THE KARMAS PERFORMED BY YOU IN THOSE PREVIOUS BIRTHS.

In jyotish , the houses that represent this are:

1. 1st house or the ascendant represents your current birth
2. 5th house represents your previous birth. Its also called ‘ Purva Punya ‘ or previously accrued merit.
3. 9th house represents your next birth. 

Houses 1,5 and 9 taken together in a horoscope are also called the spiritual triangle.

Rahu and Ketu signify your next and previous births respectively.  

Simply stated , if you have performed good deeds  in your past birth , in this brith you will get to enjoy the fruits of the same in the form of good career, good house , good parents etc.

If you have performed bad deeds in the past birth , in this birth you may have to pay for them in the form of bad health, bad career , bad marriage etc.

Sounds very simple right ???  Not quite!

What is Karma?

 

Simply stated all actions performed by us become Karma. 

Karmas by nature are binding and will not exhaust till they have given their due pay off.

Many believe that even every thought we have  is Karma. Hence our elders tell us that ‘ Don't think bad about others ‘ or ‘Don’t be jealous’ because these thoughts become Karmas and hence binding.

The Law of Karma:

Having understood Karma , we need to try and learn how does it operate?

The simplest analogy to explain the Law of Karma is Newton’s 3rd Law of motion : Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. So its about action and reaction.

However its more complicated than that as its very layered and quite nuanced.

The concept of Runanubandh ( Karmic debt ):

One of the most esoteric and abstruse  concepts in the Karmic landscape is the concept of Runanubandh.

Runa means debt or loan.

Bandh means clinging or  binding or that which will has to be exhausted or paid off.

Every action or Karma creates a unique karmic debt that has to be paid off or squared in time. 

These runanubandhas can be good also like affections or food or money or relationships.

A very simple example will explain:

A mother has an excellent son who takes care of her till she dies . He loves her , respects her and does his duty till her death bed.

Whilst dying the mother keeps saying ‘ I am so lucky to have a son like you. You are the best . I wish i could do the same for you.’

She has unknowingly created a runanubandh between herself and her boy.

The result is that in the next birth , the boy will take birth as the mother and the mother will be born as his son . The previous mother now born as son will take care of her mother ( the son) and the cycle shall continue.

Types of Karma:

In order to further understand this complex subject we need to understand few more concepts.

1. Sanchit:

Sanchit is the total accumulated karmic heap that a person has performed or accrued during all his life times.

It is extremely difficult to know what is a person’s Sanchit . It can be seen or known by the Siddhas or Fakirs.  Largely fixed and cannot be altered.

  2.  Prarabdh:

Prarabdh is that portion of the Sanchit that comes up for paying off or exhaustion in the current birth. Prarabdh is an extremely important component to understand the horoscope .

Your prarabdh is an over arching factor that will determine the quality of your life.

  3.  Kriyman:

Kriyman is that portion of the prarabdh , that we have to pay off in our daily lives .

Kriyaman is the most dynamic of all the karmic propensities and can be altered or changed according to ones needs or desires.

Karmic intensities:

1. Dridha karma:

These are the types of karma that are fixed by nature . They cannot be altered or in other words they are FATED.

examples

1. when you will take birth
2. when you will die 
3. in which family  you will take birth
4. your genetic dispositions
5. who will be your mother or father

2.  Adridha karma:

There are the types of karma that are completely unfixed .These are the karmas that are completely dependant on the actions performed by the person.

examples 

1. which clothes will i wear
2. what should i eat
3. how should i talk
4. at the traffic light , should i wait for the signal to become green or break the signal?

The outcomes of these karmas is completely dependent on the action performed.

3.  Dridhaadridha karmas:

These are the most complicated karmas that are difficult to understand and navigate.

In these karmas some portion of the karma is fixed or fated and some portion is dependant on the actions performed by the person.

It is in this area that jyotish can be most helpful in cases of marriage or career or children or making money.

Marriage, jyotish and karmic intensities:

The 7th house in your chart represents marriage . With that one has to assess Guru , Venus and other planets like Rahu , Ketu and Mars.

In case of dridha karma, the divorce is FATED AND WILL BE SHOWN BY A BAD 7TH HOUSE and presence of rahu ketu and other malefics connected with the 7th house.

 

In case of dridhaadridha karma, divorce will depend on the choice of the partner and hence the need for match making.

These charts will show a weak 7th house surrounded by malefics but a very good Jupiter.

Jupiter stands for Good counsel which is singularly capable of saving a marriage!!

Why case no 2 divorce could have  been  prevented?

Having explained the core concepts , let me re-examine WHY DIVORCE COULD  HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IN CASE OF INDIVIDUAL G?

1. Horoscope reading :

In this case, the chart ( which rules marriage ) showed a weak 7th house with Rahu Mars in the 7th but Jupiter in the 1st house  looking at the 7th house.

Jupiter was trying to provide individual G with good and timely advice which he chose to ignore. 

  2.  Lack of Marriage counselling:

After the initial troubles in the marriage , G was told to consult a marriage counsellor in order to make the marriage work.

G’s partner H was willing to visit a counsellor but G refused.

Many people may argue that if something fated then how will marriage counselling work?

I am a firm believer that whatever be the situation , there is no harm in visiting a counsellor.

Sometimes the only job of the astrologer is to send the couple for marriage counselling.

 3.  Getting married at the wrong time:

G chose to get married at an extremely inauspicious transit  like passing ketu transit over his  7th house.

In short , due to above reasons 1,2 and 3 , the marriage could have been saved  but could not because G primarily chose to ignore all good counsel !

Conclusion:

I would like to conclude that a seemingly simple looking event can be quite complex when one tries to delve deep into it.  This is the beauty of the Law of Karma. 

It is not for nothing that Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita states - ‘Gahano Karmani Gati’ which means that the motion or working of Karma is difficult to understand!