By

Veno, UK

hat makes Vedic Astrology

superior to other divination
systems is its level of accuracy
and precision in prediction. Predictive
methods are based on very complex
calculations.

eno has worked in the Jyotish field

for two decades. She is co author of

"Sun, the Cosmic Power house"(Sagar
Publications) and illustrator of "The
Rahu Ketu Experience" & "The 27
Celestial Portals" by Prash Trivedi. She
has a keen interest in Vedic sciences and
esoteric practices generally. Her personal
experiences have helped her realize the
role kundalini plays in refining one's
knowledge in sciences like jyotish. She
specializes in natal astrology and runs
her
own
website
www.venoastrology.com

Here is a simple method, which gives

remarkable results.
A very important timing system in Vedic
Astrology, before studying a more complex
prediction system is when planets and
houses give their maturity effects. The
planets are more significant in this regard.
At a certain age a planet will mature. The
full potential of the planet will be able to
manifest at that time. Whatever a planet
promises in the chart, depending on other
factors will be clearly visible in a person's
life at that age. This is a very important
method of prediction and can often work
like magic.
In some cases just knowing a person's age
without having access to their chart can
give you a strong idea of what they are
experiencing in life and how that planet

corresponding to their age actually functions in their chart.

The maturity planet will show its intrinsic nature as well as the results of its chart
placement.

Age When Planets Give Their Full Effects

Planet
Jupiter

Age
15 - 20 years

Peak of Effects
Peak Year (16)

from 15th birthday

Sun

21 - 22 years

Peak Year (22)

from 21st birthday

Moon

23 - 24 years

Peak Year (24)

from 23rd birthday

Venus

25 - 27 years

Peak Year (25)

from 24th birthday

Mars

28 - 30 years

Peak Year (28)

from 27th birthday

Mercury

32 - 35 years

Peak Year (35)

from 31st birthday

Saturn

36 - 39 years

Peak Year (36)

from 35th birthday

Rahu

42 - 47 years

Peak Year (42)

from 41st birthday

Ketu

48 - 54 years

Peak Year (48)

from 47th birthday

Jupiter's maturity age (15th birthday) 16th year, will often give some special opportunities,
wealth, or higher learning (Jupiter's natural significations) and whatever else it indicates in
the chart.
Sun's maturity age (21st birthday) 22nd year, will bring out the person's underlying tendencies
to the fore, and if well placed is an important time for professional advancement, along with
whatever else Sun indicates in the chart.
Moon's maturity age (23rd birthday) 24th year, will show some psychological maturity.
Whatever else the Moon indicates in the chart will come to the fore.
From one's 24th birthday (25th year) Venus will mature. As a natural significator of love a
person will generally expect some romance even marriage in their life, if supported by the
main horoscope. Venus will also give the effects of its chart placement.
Mars maturity age (27th birthday) 28th year, will see a person developing more initiative and
independence in their life. Mars will also give the effects of its chart placement.

Mercury's maturity age (31st birthday) 32nd year, will see more intellectual development and
important communication activities taking place. Mercury will also give the effects of its
chart placement.
Saturn's maturity age (35th birthday) 36th year, can usher in important changes. A person may
experience some form of upheaval or find more security and stability in their life. Whatever
a person has been working hard towards in the house that Saturn occupies, will start to give
its full results at this age.
Rahu's maturity age (41st birthday) 42nd year, can make one more focused on the
opportunities for growth that Rahu signifies in the chart.
Ketu's maturity age (47th birthday) 48th year, is an important time for introspection and
reflection on how one has developed up till now in their lives. It can be an important
spiritual turning point.
If a planet is afflicted in a chart, when it reaches maturity the full negative potential of that
planet will be able to manifest. As an example, if Saturn were badly placed in the 4 th house
of a horoscope, at the age of 35 a person will have some kind of emotional crisis or difficulties
with property matters. Saturn is sure to show its more negative inherent traits such as
obstacles, delays, miserliness, over attachment and poverty. If this Saturn were also ruler of
the 5th and 6th house it will show obstructions in love affairs, creativity, children (5 th house)
and problems with debts, enemies and health (6th house). On the other hand if Saturn is a
strong benefic or yogakaraka then one may see a sudden rise in fortune from the age of 35.

Maturity Age of Houses

ouses mature at certain times in a person's life also. If a person has a particularly
strong or weak house it will show its effect quite obviously during the period of
its duration, alongside other more important predictive factors.
House
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
4

1-24
25-26
27-28
29-30
31-33
34-36
37-39
40-45

5
6
7
8

46-51
52-57
58-65
66 onwards

Up to 24 years of age when the 9 th house is giving effects, a person will be very much at the
mercy of their fortune or misfortune, depending on the strength of the 9 th house in the chart.
This is a time when a person develops their main outlook and approach to life, and finds
their destined path or general life direction.
From one's 24th birthday to 26 years of age, one's career often becomes an important point of
focus, and trying to attain professional recognition. From one's 26 th birthday to 28 years of
age, social opportunities may manifest, along with focusing on one's ability for wealth and
profits and trying to achieve major ambitions and long term goals.
From one's 28th birthday to 30 years of age, a person may have to deal with issues of loss, long
distance travel may be important, along with spiritual awakening and seeking a greater
meaning to existence.
From one's 30th birthday to 33 years of age, a person may be trying to formulate their self
identity and become more independent.
From one's 33rd birthday to 36 years of age, a person may be focused on earning money,
development of speech and acquiring knowledge.
From one's 36th birthday to 39 years of age, a person may be fostering their independence and
initiative, and learning to handle communication in a more effective manner. New creative
skills may be taken up at this time.
From one's 39th birthday to 45 years of age, a person may be concerned more about inner
stability and settling down in a permanent home.
From one's 45th birthday to 51 years of age, new creative activities may spring up, along with
concentration on one's children and their lives.
From one's 51st birthday to 57 years of age, a person may have to focus more on their health
and whatever else their 6th house indicates in the chart.
By one's 57 th birthday to 65 years of age, a person has learnt to deal with relationships in a
certain way.

From one's 65th birthday onwards a person has to confront issues about death and the
mysteries of life.

H
Jupiter Maturity From 15th Birthday, 15-20 years, Peak age-16 years

Martin Luther King, the prominent civil righ

was said to
have been born around noon. Jupiter being his 9th and 12th lord, placed in his first house in
Aries, was sure to awaken his spiritual and religious learning during the years 15 to 20. His
Jupiter is placed in a dharma house aspecting the 5 th and 9th house where it is aspecting its
st
house showed the religious wisdom that he was privy
to since early childhood, his family being part of a church community and his father being a
Reverend. Just before his 16th birthday he enrolled in Crozer Theological seminary in
Pennsylvania, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity in 1951. He also studied at
Pennsylvania University at the same time where he won awards for being an outstanding
student. He also began teaching at the age of 16. Despite the strong moral and spiritual
th
house, and is
debilitated in Aries in the Navamsa chart. He was never totally bound by moral conventions,
and as his Jupiter maturity took place within his Saturn Dasa, during these early years of his
an affair
with a white woman.

A different version of Jupiter maturity can be seen in the horoscope of Bo Derek. She
is an American film actress most recognised for her role as the blonde sex symbol in the
tarring opposite Dudley Moore. Her acting aspirations in her early
years led her to meet director John Derek, 30 years her senior. John Derek divorced his first
wife to be with 16 year old Bo, and ran away with her to Germany to avoid being charged
with statutory rape under USA law. They had a lifelong marriage, and he acted as a
powerful mentor-guru, guiding her through her career and also in many other aspects of life,
which included influencing her appearance and her philosophy. In her chart, Ascendant lord
and 10th lord Jupiter sits in the 7th house of marriage, and 7th lord Mercury occupies the 9 th
house of teaching with Saturn (older person), Sun and Rahu, indicating a harsh and
domineering type of partner in some ways but also someone who took a lot of interest in her,
Jupiter aspecting its own Ascendant. Jupiter in Uttaraphalguni and the 9th house stellium of
planets showed his fatherly countenance. She also began running Jupiter Dasa at the time, so
Jupiter maturity and its Dasa had quite profound impact.
Mars Maturity From 27th birthday, 28-30 years, Peak Age- 28 years

Brandon Lee, son of legendary martial artist Bruce Lee, was rising upwards in a
promising acting career when he was fatally wounded in an accidental shooting on the set of
He had only just turned 28 years of age. Mars being the natural
th

lord of longevity Moon is heavily combust, and is not deriving much strength in its own
constellation. Mars occupies an enemy sign in the 10 th house and is more potent in its
negative effects being retrograde. Mars in the 10th house causes dramatic turns of events. It
also rules the 12th house and occupies the nakshatra of the Sun. Sun plays a strong maraka role
in the chart posited in the 2 nd house conjunct 8th lord Moon; another maraka lord Mercury
and the 6th lord Venus. He was running Rahu Mars. In this case Rahu is also carrying Mars
energy occupying the nakshatra of Mrigishira. Transiting Mars was casting aspect on the 2nd
house and natal Mars at the time. Still this was a peak career period for him. His Mars also
rules the favourable 5th house, and Ascendant lord Jupiter was transiting his 10th house. Even
though Gulika in the 10th offers some favourable results, its conjunction with Mars
aggravated malevolent effects during Mars bhukti and maturity.
Saturn Maturity From 35th birthday -36-39 years, Peak Age- 36 years

The revered poet, philosopher and artist, Kahlil Gibran, was best known for his book
im widespread posthumous fame.
His first major publishing accomplishments could be said to have begun after a New York
publishing comp
a short book of poetic parables. It was
918 during
his 35th year, a mid-point between his Mercury and Saturn maturity. Saturn rules the 3 rd
house of writing and placed in the 6th house (foreigners) with Ketu. Mercury is also
connected to the 3rd house being placed there. Saturn is debilitated; but retrograde debilitated

planets can give some impressive results. Saturn is in the nakshatra of the Sun, 10 th lord.
Saturn casts a very favourable aspect on the 12 th house Libra, its exalted sign, and a house
promising success in foreign lands. Saturn is also giving a lot of strength to its own third
house by aspect. Saturn is very favourable in Dasamsa occupying its own sign. He was
running Venus Rahu which at that time enhanced his spiritual reputation, 12 th lord Venus
sitting in the 1st house of recognition with the 9th lord Moon and Rahu occupying Venus sign.
Venus and Moon are also vargottama with an exalted Ketu in Navamsa enhancing his
spiritual aura.