As per the various classics of Mundane
Astrology, the transit of Jupiter from
Cancer rashi is considered inauspicious
for the incumbent government or ruler.
Interestingly Jupiter gets exalted in the
sign Cancer. And the sign Cancer is the
seventh house from the zodiacal sign of
India which is ‘Makar’ i.e. Capricorn. The
Sanskrit stanzas given in the classics
like ‘Sheeghra Bodha’ ‘Bhavishya Phala
Bhaskara’, ‘Varsha Prabodh’ and ‘Mayur
Chitram’ states that the planet Jupiter
transitting from Cancer rashi gives poor
rainfall , famine and war among the kings.
See these given below ‘Slokas from these
book with their English translation.
कर्के गुरौमहावृष्टिर्देशभंगोमर्घता।।
अर्थात- जब र्कक राशि में गुरु आवे तो वर्षा बहुत होवे
तथा देश भंग होवे और अन्न महंगा होवे।।
Translation: When Jupiter transits from
the Cancer rashi it gives more rain,
destruction of state/government and the
prices of food grains rises. ( Sheeghra
Bodha, Page 109, Stanza number 18,
Publisher Shri Venkateshwara Press
Mumbai)
बृहस्पतिर्यदा कर्के स्वल्पं मेघ प्रवर्षति
राजभिविग्रहश्चैव दुर्भिक्षं तत्र जायते
Translation: When Jupiter transits
through Cancer sign there is poor
rain, fi ght between kings and famine.
(Bhavishaya Phala Bhaskara, Page number
64, Publisher Shri Venkateshwara Press
Mumbai)
कर्कराशिगतोजीवोयदावक्रीभवेतदा।
दुर्भिक्षंजायतेघोरंराजायुद्धतत्पराः।।
Translation: When Jupiter goes retrograde
in the Cancer sign it brings famine and the
kings will fi ght among themselves. (Varsha
Prabodh , Page number 126, Publisher
Shri Venkateshwara Press Mumbai)
We attempt to understand the application
of these classical maxims of mundane
astrology in the modern context. Before
we proceed further, we shall glance
through Table 1, which gives the periods
whenever Jupiter has transitted in Cancer
rashi after independence along with the
events that have occurred. We should
always remember that transits give result
according to the promise in the dasha.
Transit of 1954-56
It is documented that since the early
1950’s Naga insurgency had started.
National Socialist Council of NagalandIsak-Muivah
(NSCN-IM) demanded an
independent Nagaland and had carried
out several attacks on Indian military
installations in the region. The Naga
movement strengthened and was on its
peak in Saturn/Venus (02/07/1953-
31/08/1956), when the sixth house
is active. This movement gained such
momentum that it could be quelled only
in the early 1980s through a mixture of
repression and co-optation. It took 30
years.
Transit of 1966 & 1967
The next transit of Jupiter in Cancer rashi,
after 12 years, came about in Mercury/
Mercury in the year 1967. It was also
the time of elections in February-March
1967. Congress, which till now had never
won less than 73 per cent of the seats in
Parliament, it lost nearly 60 seats in the Lower House, managing to win 297 seats.
It also suffered a major setback as nonCongress
ministries were established in
Bihar, Kerala, Orissa, Madras, the Punjab
and West Bengal. Indira Gandhi was
sworn in as the Prime Minister on March
13. Morarji Desai was appointed as Deputy
Prime Minister of India and Finance
Minister of India. So the second transit
of Jupiter, though sees the continuation
of the previous prime minister, albeit
reelected, it sees a new deputy prime
minster. 13 May 1967 also saw a change
of President Varahagiri Venkata Giri.
The transit of 1967 brought another
insurgency into the annals of Indian
history. 27 May 1967 marked the
beginning of the Naxalite Guerrilla War
with a peasant uprising in the town of
Naxalbari, this Marxist/Maoist rebellion
sputters on in the Indian countryside till
date.
Transit of 1978-79
Jupiter visits Cancer again between 20
August 1978 and 29 June 1979. The
Congress lost the elections for the fi rst
time in independent India and Janata
Party leader Morarji Desai won 298 seats.
However, as the ruling party now, Janata
Dal, suffered the consequences of the
transit. It split in 1979. Desai lost a trust
vote in Parliament and resigned. Charan
Singh, who had retained some partners of
the Janata alliance, was sworn in as Prime
Minister in June 1979. Before, Jupiter
moves out of Cancer it saw Indira being
jailed for a week for breach of privilege and
contempt of parliament on 19th December
1978.
Transit of 1990 & 1991
In 1988, a coalition government of the
National Front formed the government. V.
P. Singh became the 10th prime minister
of India holding offi ce from December 2,
1989 to November 10, 1990. He had to
resign on losing the vote of trust. He was
succeeded by Chandra Shekhar, who in
turn too had to resign on March 6, 1991.
The 10th Lok Sabha Elections (1991) were
a mid-term one as the previous Lok Sabha
had been dissolved just 16 months after
government formation. A day after the
fi rst round of polling took place on May
20, former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
was assassinated by the LTTE. The
results threw a Hung Parliament with the
Congress emerging as the largest party
with 232 seats. On June 21, PV Narasimha
Rao of the Congress was sworn in as the
Prime Minister, who completed his entire
term. He was later been embroiled in
controversy regarding his tenure.
Transit of 2002 & 2003
The fi fth transit of Jupiter in Cancer was
in 2002 and 2003 during the periods 20
July 2002 to 22 September 2002 and again
between 22nd February 2003 to 15th May
2003, when the BJP led NDA government
was in power. Here, the obvious changes
were that on 27 July 2002 Vice President
Krishan Kant died of a heart attack. On
12th August, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
was elected vice president. On 25th
July 2002, APJ Kalam was installed as
President. This was a relatively peaceful
transit of Jupiter in Cancer but marked
with some historical events such as
the announcement of India’s nuclear
capability on 1st March 2003, historic
announcement of a peace initiative with
Pakistan by Vajpayee on 18th April 2003
and on 22nd June 2003 when Vajpayee
was in China, India concedes that Tibet
is an integral part of China while China
agreed to recognize Sikkim's accession to
India.
Conclusion:
1.There is change in prime minister,
deputy prime minister, president or vice
president.
2.Negative circumstances can also be there
for former prime minister, deputy prime
minister, president or vice president.
3.Insurgency movements originating in
such transit tend to reign for long, leading to political instability of the affl icted
region.
4.The resignations of prime ministers
usually come in when Jupiter entered
Ashlesha due to the events.
5.Elections held during the transit have
a tendency to give rough sail to elected
government.
6.Droughts or famines are not occurring
in every transit even though the classics
repeatedly mention less rain, except for
one which mentions more rain. Three out
of fi ve transits have experienced drought.
This aspect, therefore requires further
research and identifi cation of other
interlinked factors precipitating these
events.
7.Fights, skirmishes, discord with
neighbours is India’s birthday gift. Hence,
attributing the same to Jupiter’s transit
in Cancer would be stretching it beyond
reasonable limits. Study of dates of major
wars, signifi cant skirmishes, military
mobilisation, diplomatic discord events
with Pakistan, China, Nepal, Burma,
Bangladesh, Bhutan & Afghanistan,
countries with whom India shares common
boundaries, shows that major events are
typically absent during Jupiter’s transit in
Cancer. Major events tend to either end
3-4 months before the transit or start 2-3
months after the completion of transit.
Although the current year shows the
maximum ingress by Chinese into Indian
territory & breaking of ceasefi re by Pakistan
as well as break down of talks with them,
India is still in a peaceful coexistence with
all neighbours and in fact, Modi’s policies
are promoting development of better ties
with all of them.
Transit of 2014 & 15 and anticipated
events
Based on the conclusions above, the
following can be expected during the
current transit of Jupiter in Cancer (19th
June 2014 to 14th July 2015):
1.Change in prime minister does not seem
likely unless unforeseen fatality occurs and
neither the strongheaded and determined
Mr. Narendra Modi is likely to resign as
per the trend established by Morarji, V.P.
Singh or Chandrashekhar during Jupiter’s
transit. But the strong focus of all events
during Jupiters' transit in Cancer, on the
PM’s post does make one wonder what
unforeseen can happen? The safety of
muslim-minority issue is still very much a
hot topic of debate on TV under PM Modi’s
rule while BJP Ministers & VHP leaders
are constantly making controversial
statements based on religion. Will one of
them cost the PM his chair? Will these
undercurrents provoke religious violence
that it leads to a post-Godhara situation
magnifi ed to national scale, which would
be beyond PM's control?
2.An appointment of deputy prime minister
can occur in this period, although it is not
a constitutional post. The president is at
a chronological age of 78 years while the
vice president Mohammad Hamid Ansari
is 76 years old. Although technology has
advances tremendously to extend life
spans and the average lifespan of past
presidents has been 81.7 years, anything
can happen due to old age.
3.Negative circumstances have already
developed for former controller of the
prime minister i.e. Mrs. Sonia Gandhi by
her & her family’s implication in court
cases. Fingers have also started pointing
towards Mr Manmohan Singh and more
dirt is likely to come up on the Congress
government as a whole. Congress Party
is at its lowest point ever due to its
performance in the General elections
of 2014. It has not been able to even
secure the ‘leader of opposition post’ for
itself as they couldn’t win the minimum
10% i.e. 54 seats from the 543 members
parliament. There couldn’t be more
negative a circumstance for all members
of Congress including ex-PM.
4.ISIS or ISIL or Islamic State, a Jihadi
militant organisation considered even more dangerous & fanatical than Al Qaeda
has announced in fi rst week of September
2014 that it will start recruitment &
operation in India and it is already alleged
that young muslims are entering militancy
instigated by ISIS. This movement is
entering India in Jupiter’s transit and like
the Naga’s & Naxal’s, it can reign for long,
leading to troubles in targeted regions in
future. The transit still has several months
to complete, hence, other radical islamist
group(s) can also spring up
5.The States going into election in this
period will be Maharashtra (15.10.2014),
Haryana (15.10.2014), Jammu & Kashmir
(Nov/ Dec 2014), Jharkhand (Nov/Dec
2014) and Bihar. Irrespective, who will get
elected in these states, the ruling elected
will have a rough sail. In all likelihood, as
per the trend of elections in this kind of
a transit, the incumbents will be usurped
by unprecedented winners & margins of
wins. For example- J&K elections in Sep/
Oct 2002, INC voted out after two decades
in power. The same fate awaits INC in
2014 election results.
6.During the period 1947-2013, there
were 11 drought years. All India Drought
Year is when the rainfall defi ciency is
more than 10% and when 20 to 40% of the
country is under drought conditions, then
the year is termed as All India Drought
Year. An All India Severe Drought Year is
when the rainfall defi ciency is more than
10% and when the spatial coverage of
drought is more than 40% it is called as
All India Severe Drought Year.
7.The current PM seems to have a better
grasp of how India lost its neighbours
confi dence during the UPA regime and
understands the stealth of our giant
neighbour China in consolidating their
own position in South East Asia and
simultaneously weakening India’s
position. This year ought to see several
confi dence building activities with
various neighbours although the border
turmoils in POK as well as Aksai Chin are
expected to continue or even escalate. The
upcoming transit of Mars in Capricorn
(which will occur during Jupiter’s transit
in Cancer) will see more military related
news, related to skirmishes and perhaps
lay the base for a more signifi cant event
after the end of transit.
The Vimshottari dasha running in the
foundation chart of India is of Sun-Ketu
till 09 September 2014. Sun is the fourth
lord in the third house also shows border
disputes with neighboring countries .
Chinese army’s incursion in the Laddakh
area and the violation of ceasefi re by
Pakistan army in the Jammu & Kashmir
along with the LOC (Line of actual control)
is also creating a diplomatic crisis for the
Modi government. Ketu the sub period
lord is placed in the seventh house of
foreign relations.
The delayed monsoon and hoardings
by corrupt traders has increased the
prices of vegetables and other food grains
during the months of June-July this year
resulting in higher infl ation. Now Jupiter
will remain in Cancer till July 2015
and in the foundation chart of India the
Vimshottari dasha of Sun-Venus will be
in operation from 09 September 2014 to
10 September 2015. Venus is the lord of
sixth house denoting territorial attacks,
strikes and labour clashes. In Navamsha
Venus is the lord of 8th house in the
eleventh house with eleventh lord. In
Dashamsha the Venus is in the 8th house
in mutual aspect with fi fth lord Moon. So
with the improved government policies the
infl ation will come down and new jobs will
be created but at the same time there will
be threat from the neighbouring countries,
like China and Pakistan, with respect to
border clashes. The monster of terrorism
and naxalite violence will also pose a
threat during this Sun-Venus period and
corresponding transit of Jupiter from
Cancer rashi. The honeymoon period of
Modi government has already been spoiled
and some unforeseen intricacies are in
store for them in future.