What is 'Sade Sati'?

(Seven and a half years of Saturn) The period is caused in Indian Astrology when Saturn transits 12th, 1st and 2nd houses from Moon sign. This period is called Sade Sati 'Sade Sati' is a very dreadful word for the common masses. It occurs after every 27-30 years in life. People go by mere traditional convention and general belief that 'Sade Sati' period brings dissatisfaction, disappointments, depression, differences, disputes, disharmony and undesirable results, but actually this is not the case. 'Sade Sati' consists of 3 cycles of 2 to 3 years when Saturn transits in 12th, 1st and 2nd houses from Moon sign. The results in all the three cycles vary, but overall it is considered to be inauspicious, and one should be extra careful during this period.

What is 'Pitra dosha'? The 'Pitra Dosha' is formed in the horoscope due to bad Karmas or bad deeds done by the Ancestors of a person and he or she is supposed to pay that Karmic debt by suffering the punishments decided for those debts in different spheres of his life until the debt is cleared either by punishment or by the good deeds done by the person. In the horoscope of a person, when the planet 'Sun' which is an indicator of the Self and the Ancestors, is afflicted by a Malefic planets, like 'Rahu' , 'Ketu' or 'Saturn', the Pitra Dosha is formed in the horoscope. Apart from this, a "Pitra Dosha" is also formed if 9th house of a horoscope which stands for Ancestors among other things is afflicted by a malefic planet and the results would be predicted in the same way as in case of afflictions to the Sun. Afflictions to the Lord of 9th house also form a 'Pitra Dosha'.

Give me the Brief Description of Zodiac signs in Vedic Astrology. Male Signs are all odd signs:Female signs are all even signs:Inherent Qualities. Fiery signs:Earthy signs:Airy signs:Watery signs:Nature of Mobility. Movable signs:Fixed signs:Dual signs:Nature. Authoritative:Philosophic:Energetic:Lazy:Time taken to rise. Short:Medium:Long:Aries, Taurus, Pisces, Aquarius. Gemini, Cancer, Capricorn, Sagittarius. Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio. (1, 2, 3, 6, 7) (4, 5, 9, 12) (8) (10, 11) Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn. Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius. Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces. Aries, Leo, Sagittarius. (1, 5, 9) Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn. (2, 6, 10) Gemini, Libra, Aquarius. (3, 7, 11) Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces. (4, 8, 12) 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12.

What does the 12 houses of Horoscope in Vedic Astrology signify?

1st House Represents:Beginning of life, happiness, childhood, health, environment, appearance, personality, disposition, physical body, nature, character, and temperament. 2nd House Represents:Family, speech, right eye, vision, food, taste, wealth, material welfare, Literary gift, education, selfacquisition, learning, optimism, face, teachers, Manner & source of death, documents, self-acquisition, money. 3rd House Represents:Younger Brothers & Sisters, intelligence, patience, arms, short journeys, large undertakings, neighbors, brokerage, commissions, immediate relations, letters & writings, perseverance, courage, stamina. 4th House Represents:Peace of mind, happiness, mother, home life, house, relatives, friends, self property, enjoyments, conveyances, agricultural grains, cattle, landed and constructed property, ancestral property, fondness, masses. 5th House Represents:Intelligence, wisdom, father, atman, discriminating power, children, speculation, fame, position Emotions, 1st conception, sudden wealth, good morals, foresight, memory, enjoyments including sex, Speculative tendency, flirtations and love affairs, deity. 6th House Represents:Enemies, thieves, accidents, cut, wounds on body disappointments, obstacles, miseries, sorrows, mental affliction, debts, illness, scandals, injuries, eternal relations, sinful deeds, imprisonment, cruel actions, Battle and disease.

7th House Represents:Wife, Husband, sexual desires, marriage, foreign travels, urinary organs, children, marital happiness, passions, sexual diseases, trade and speculation, desire, general happiness, diplomacy & honors, travels. 8th House Represents:Longevity, secret organs, death legacies, gifts, unearned wealth, cause of death, wills, disappointments, disgrace & degradation, place of death, surroundings of death, defeat or insult, fear, sorrow, accidents, loss, blame, delays, dejections. 9th House Represents:Godliness, preceptor, Dharma, righteousness, fortune, father, son, grandchildren, sudden prosperity, Metaphysics studies, invention, imagination, intuition, discovery, religious devotion, gifts (daan), virtues. 10th House Represents:Occupation (Movable signs: indicate ambition, fame, recognition and makes native self assertive, Independent profession. Fixed signs indicate firmness determination, self-reliance, patience, Fixity of purpose - all necessary for business, common signs indicate service) Karma, rank. 11th House Represents:Means of gains (money, knowledge) accomplishment, friends, hopes, wishes, aspirations, personality, ambitions, ornaments, elder brother or sister, freedom from misery & pain, elevation of husband. 12th House Represents:Losses, expenditure, left eye, waste, extravagance, moksha, divine knowledge, sexual enjoyment, foreign travels, secret enemies, sins, leaving one's own place, fear from foes, liberation from pain, feet, sleep, wanderings, living abroad, troubles to partners, comforts of bed, mental worry.

What are the Significations of 9 Planets in Vedic Astrology?

SUN (Surya):Soul, Father, Personal Magnetism, Patrimony, self reliance, psychic development, political power, Godliness, nobility, fires, windy & bilious, positions of authority, goldsmiths, money lenders, Chemists. MOON (Chandra):Mind, Mother, clothes, water, women clothes, water, women, cultivation, seamen, traveling agents, navigators, pearls, milk, gems, vegetation, politeness, manners, juicy articles, spirit mediums, white umbrellas, fishermen, salt, watery places, bathrooms, whiteness, springs, mental happiness. MARS (Mangal):Brothers, Sisters, bile, heir-apparent endurance, physical strength, mild nature, mental power Poisonous gases, fires, firemen, warriors, scars and wounds, earthquakes, military operations, Weapons of offence and defense. MERCURY (Budha):Mercantile activities, trade and trading associations, wisdom, intelligence, cunning, journalists, hawkers, accountants, mathematicians, public speakers, shrewdness, ambassadors, booksellers, publishers, brokers, sexual intercourses and enjoyments, putrefied and rotten things, commerce, aerial and land journeys. JUPITER (Brihaspati or Guru):Vedas, Vedanta, preceptor, Guru, faith, devotion, honors, legal affairs, diplomacy, religiousness, guardianships, Truthfulness, proficiency in arts and sciences, power of discussion, religious institutions, morality, faith, charity, shrines, temples, progeny. VENUS (Shukra):Poetical, faculty, attachments, wife, children, love affairs, singers, musicians, sexual pleasures, dress, fine arts, family bliss, actors, artistic, botanists, feminine grace, venereal complaints, luster in eyes, scandals, adulation, indolence sycophancy, sexual intercourse, toilets, marriage.

SATURN (Shani):Stubbornness, impetuosity servitude, idiosyncrasies impediments, despondency defects, imprisonment, obstruction, demoralization, bondage, servants, windy diseases, evil purposes, sorrows, injuries, risks, mean acts, jails, thieves, miners, brick layers, base tricks, Negroes, drunkenness, gambling. RAHU:Serpents, diseases, scars, courage, adventures, Christians and Mohammedans, executions, venomous reptiles stone, mud, travelers, inventors, lecturers, widowhood, litigation, duplicity, ant hills, goldsmiths, aviators, pumps, cracks, crevices astrologers, scientists, thieves mole hills. KETU:Religion, astrology, intrigues spiritual initiations, artistic taste literary geniuses, pride, and dissimulation, Mendicancy, bankruptcy, miserliness, quarrels, deception, selfishness, occultists, skulls, religious show, assassinations.

Significations of Nakshatras (constellation) Diseases covered by Each Nakshatras (constellation)

Ashwani:Head, brain fever, head injury, cerebral portions, knees, sleeplessness, mental depression, Paralysis, epilepsy, windy troubles, severe headaches, brain tumor, thrombosis, lunacy. Bharani:Head, eye trouble, catarrh, blindness, venereal diseases like syphilis, injuries on forehead, pain, fainting, high fever, Krittika:Back, eye trouble, indigestion, inflammation, chicken pox, malaria, severe pain, stomach problem, cough, throat trouble, sleeplessness, typhoid, arthritis.

Rohini:Calf muscles, Fever, colic, menses trouble, swelling of breasts, mental depression, inflammation, and tonsillitis. Mrigshira:Skin diseases and allergy, Eyes, diphtheria, constipation, hemorrhoids, high blood pressure, heart trouble, paralysis, blood infectious diseases. Ardra:Sleeplessness, diseases of throat, pain in shoulders and arms, asthma, cough, pneumonia, diseases with bad sexual habits, Hair, windy problems. Punarvasu:Pains in groins, bronchitis, infection in lungs, tonsillitis, pneumonia, respiratory system, stomach, pyorrhea, liver, dropsy, Fever, fingers, headache. Pushya:Tuberculosis, lung cancer, gastric ulcer, jaundice, diseases of pancreas, fever and colic pain Mouth, asthma. Ashlesha:Severe physical problems, poisoning effects, diseases in feet, extreme suffering, liver complaints, dropsy, indigestion, Nails, body pain. Magha:Kidney, over eating, nose, stomach problems, headache, paralysis, Spinal chord, spleen. Purva Phalguni:Head & ear problems, fever, blood pressure, heart trouble, asthma, ulcers, Genitals.

Uttra Phalguni:Fracture, body pain, severe headache, cerebral thrombosis, pains in shoulder and back, liver troubles, dysentery, appendicitis, Genitals. Hasta:Both hands, constipation, stomach problems, diarrhea, ringworms, hysteria. Chitra:Accident injuries, abdominal ulcers, intestinal disorders, kidney stones, brain fever, diabetes, urine trouble, hemorrhage, hernia, appendicitis, Forehead. Swati:Teeth, chronic diseases of ureters, hydrocele, renal stones, leucoderma, skin troubles. Vishakha:Kidneys, pancreas, both arms, body pain, sedentary habits, piles, dropsy, uterine tumors, stones, menstrual problems, urinary troubles, bladder inflammation, Vertigo troubles in lower abdomen. Anuradha:Constipation, nose bleeding, painful or irregular menses, piles, rectum complaints, high fever, headache, diseases in the genital organs, Chest, indigestion. Jyeshta:Neck, shivering, diseases starting in this constellation can be chronic and fatal. Moola:Diseases of mouth, sleeplessness, lumbago, rheumatism, paralysis, pulmonary troubles, not favorable for good health Feet, stomach and eye trouble.

P.Ashadha:Upper portion of legs, diabetes, infertility, diseases of respiratory system, heart trouble, gout, blood circulation problems, Lung cancer. U.Ashadha:Stomach disorders, pain in groins, diseases involving arteries, leprosy, neurosis, palpitation, thrombosis, eczema, leucoderma, skin problems, Upper portion of legs. Shravana:Ears, urinary problems, pleurisy, dysentery, typhoid, rheumatism, allergy, eczema. Dhanishtha:Liver problems, urinary troubles, swelling of knees, injuries, blood pressure, neurosis, fracture of legs, paralytic attacks, Dysentery, back. Shatbhisha:Chin, bilious, typhoid, eosinophilia, blood pressure, fever, paralysis. P.Bhadrapada:Uneasiness and mental diseases, vomiting, rheumatism, liver problems, constipation, kidney and bladder troubles, hernia, intestinal problems, diseases of feet and legs, gastric ulcer, Lungs. U.Bhadrapada:Diseases of teeth, anemia, fever, digestive problems, constipation, piles, dropsy, epilepsy, irritable nature, abdominal tumor, Lungs. Revati:Mental disorders, ulcers in stomach, diseases of intestines, nephritis, lethargy, Chest, windy and bilious problems, excessive sexual indulgence leading to genital problems.

Tell me something more about HOUSES and PLANETS in Vedic Astrology.

HOUSES:Classification of Houses: Angles (Kendra Sthna) 1, 4, 7, 10 Trines (Trikon) 1, 5, 9 Trishadya (cruel houses) 3, 6, 11 Parashrya (dependent upon others) 12, 2, 8 PLANETS:Caste of Planets:Brahmin Kshatriya Vaishya Shudra Outcaste or Malechha Taste of Planets:Sun & Mars:Moon:Mercury:Jupiter:Venus:Saturn & Rahu:Bitter Salty Astringent Sweet Sour Pungent Jupiter and Venus Sun and Mars Moon Mercury Saturn

Qualities of Planets:Sattwik Rajsik Tamsik Sun, Moon, Jupiter Mercury and Venus Saturn, Rahu, Ketu, Mars

Tattwa of Planets:Sun :Moon:Mars:Mercury:Jupiter:Venus:Saturn:Rahu:Firey ( Agani) Watery (Jal) Firey ( Agani) Earthy (Prithvi) Etheral (Akash) Watery (Jal) Airy (Vayu) Airy (Vayu)

Planetary Periods ( Vimshottari Dasha):Sun :Moon:Mars:Mercury:Jupiter:Venus:Saturn:Rahu:Ketu:6 ( Years) 10 (Years) 7 ( Years) 17 (Years) 16 (Years) 20 (Years) 19 (Years) 18 (Years) 7 (Years)

'Exaltation' and 'Deblitation' Signs of Planets:(Exaltation) SUN:MOON:MARS:MERCURY:JUPITER:VENUS:SATURN:Aries (1) Taurus (2) Capricorn (10) Virgo (6) Cancer (4) Pisces (12) Libra (7) (Deblitation) Libra (7) Scorpio (8) Cancer (4) Pisces (12) Capricorn (10) Virgo (6) Aries (1)

Combustion of Planets ( on either side of 'SUN'):Moon:Mars:Mercury:Jupiter:Venus:Saturn:12 (degrees) 17 ( degrees) 14 (degrees) 11 (degrees) 10 (degrees) 15 (degrees)

Deities of Planets:Sun :Moon:Mars:Mercury:Jupiter:Venus:Saturn:Rahu:Ketu:Lord 'Vishnu' Lord 'Shiva' 'Hanuman Ji' Goddess 'Durga' Lord 'Vishnu' Goddess 'Lakshmi' 'Kali Maa' , 'Bhairava' 'Saraswati' 'Ganesh Ji'

'Beej Mantras' of Planets:Sun (Surya) :Moon (Chandra):Mars (Mangal):Mercury (budh):Jupiter (Guru):Venus (Shukra):Saturn (shani):Rahu:Ketu:Om Hraam Hreem Hraum Sah: Sooryaay Namah: Om Shraam Shreem Shraum Sah: Chandraay Namah: Om Kraam Kreem Kraum Sah: Bhaumaay Namah: Om Braam Breem Braum Sah: Budhaay Namah: Om Graam Greem Graum Sah: Gurve Namah: Om Draam Dreem Draum Sah: Shukraay Namah: Om Praam Preem Praum Sah: Shanye Namah: Om Bhraam Bhreem Bhraum Sah: Raahve Namah: Om Straam Streem Straum Sah: Ketve Namah:

Directions allotted to Planets:Sun Moon Mars Mercury Jupiter Venus Saturn Rahu or Ketu East Northwest South North Northeast Southeast West Southwest

Shapes represented by Planets:Sun and Mars Moon Mercury and Jupiter Venus Saturn and Rahu Square Round and fat Round Lean and beautiful Long

Mobility of Planets: Movable:Fixed:Dual:Moon, Mars, Venus and Rahu Sun, Jupiter and Saturn Mercury