Birth Details Born on 19 feb 1630 AD ( O.S.) at 6.26 pm ( l.m.t ) latitude 18 32 n , longitude 73 53E .
Planetary degrees Sun 323 56 , moon 178 48 , mars 76 37 , mercury 338 10 , jupiter 307 19 , venus 10 1 , saturn 197 37 , rahu 60 49 , ketu 240 49 lagna 149 9 , ayanamsa 17 14 .
1 ) The lagna is simha or leo, a fixed and fiery sign and the lord of lagna sun is in the 7th with jupiter aspecting the lagna. This combined aspect of lagna lord and jupiter on lagna plus sagitturius rising in navamsa with jupiter lagna lord in lagna, has rendered the lagna very strong .
2 ) His medium stature, quick and piercing eyes and white complexion are brought out by the nature of the rising sign.
3 ) His generosity of character is well denoted by the jovian aspect on lagna.
4 )The lord of the moon lagna mercury is debilitated in the 7th but has obtained a distinct neechabhanga. Moreover, he is subject to a powerful subhakarthari yoga and is free from any malefic aspects. This combination clearly demonstrates the greatness of his genius.
5 ) Aquarius is a mystic sign. The sun, atmakaraka and lagna lord in this sign, in conjunction with jupiter, lord of the 5th, thus constituting a powerful rajayoga, is of great importance as it endowed him with constructive statesmanship, political acumen and the gift of judging character at sight and choosing the fittest persons for his work.
6 ) The moon is doubtless in a common sign and aspected by mars lord of the 4th and the 9th but mercury, another ruler of the mind, is ideally situated. This denotes remarkable mental poise and self-mastery which goes with it.
7 ) The 2nd lord Mercury aspects the 2nd and has obtained neechabhanga. The 2nd is also aspected by the yogakaraka mars from the 11th who is in a kendra from the 2nd lord and a trikona from the dhanakaraka jupiter. These are very powerful combinations endowing the native with immense wealth.
8 ) The very position of mars, the yogakaraka in the 11th, is indicative of his bravery, good character, liberality and great riches.
9 ) The 4th lord mars is in the 11th in nominal association with rahu but aspected powerfully by jupiter. This coupled with the unique disposition of matrukaraka both in rasi and navamsa explains his intense love for his mother. It must be noted that his elastic mind during his young age was profoundly influenced by the deeply religious life of his mother jeejabai which imparted a stoical earnestness to the character of shivaji.
10 ) It will be seen that whilst the 4th lord is fairly well disposed, the 4th house is subjected to papakarthari yoga . Evidently shivaji was unlettered. But since gnanakaraka jupiter is strongly placed aspecting as he does the lord of the 4th, want of book-learning was more than compensated by his mastery of the great hindu epics, and the noble examples of sri rama and the pandavas awoke in him a spirit of daring and inspired an yearning to emulate the deeds of the ancient heroes.
11 ) The moon in vargottama , mercury in the sign of jupiter and the 4th lord in the intellectual sign of gemini receiving the aspect of jupiter did not leave his mind dull and sterile. On the contrary, they gave him an amazing capacity for constructive thinking and action.
12 ) Leo and sagittarius as lagna in rasi and navamsa respectively enabled him to acquire great skill in archery, wrestling, riding and other accomplishments and great adventures fascinated his youthful heart.
13 ) There are several outstanding rajayogas, but by far the most important one is the presence of a powerful adhi yoga by the disposition of three first-rate benefics, viz., jupiter, mercury and venus in the 6th, 7th and 8th houses from the moon.
14 ) The 5th lord jupiter is doubtless well placed but the 5th is considerably afflicted by the position of ketu and the aspect of mars and saturn. He had five children but was not very happy especially because the character of his eldest son filled him with gloomy anticipation.
15 ) The 6th lord saturn is exalted in the 3rd and the 6th is aspected by mars. But from chandra lagna the 6th is occupied by the sun and jupiter. Evidently he had plenty of enemies but he overcame them by statesmanship daring and personal valour.
16 ) The 7th lord saturn is exalted in the 3rd while the 7th house is occupied by lord of lagna as well as jupiter.
17 ) Kalatrakaraka venus is aspected by lord of the 7th. From chandra lagna, kalatrakaraka is equally strong. Mark the predominance of benefic influences in regard to the 7th and 8th houses and complete absence of any sort of connection between kalatrabhava and mars or kalatrakaraka or mars. This denotes that he was scrupulously clean in his relations with other women.
18 ) As venus is aspected by exalted saturn and as lord of the 7th in navamsa is exalted , he married four or five wives . Shivaji was practically a stranger to his father for several years after his birth and in fact it was dadaji that really trained shivaji in all martial accomplishments.
19 ) Mark the disposition of pitrukaraka in an inimical sign, and his being aspected by saturn in navamsa . But the hero had filial respect for his father.
20 ) The 9th house has been strongly fortified by virtue of the lord being situated in the 10th Bhava aspected powerfully by the divine planet jupiter and venus a natural benefic and lord of the 10th being placed in the 9th . This combination explains the fact that shivaji remained free from vice throughout life and passionately fond of sastras.
21 ) The 9th being devoid of malefic influence rendered him truly religious and there was no trace of bigotry or fanaticism in him. He had perfect toleration for all religions. His chivalry to women and enforcement of morality in his camp has won the admiration of even his hostile critics. A student of astrology cannot but be impressed by the strength par excellence of Lagna, the 9th and 10th houses.
22 ) His first marriage took place in bangalore in rahu dasa bhukti. The major lord rahu is in the house of mercury (the 2nd lord) who occupies the 8th from lagna and the 7th from the moon .
23 ) In the navamsa , rahu is of course in the house of kalatrakaraka. He is supposed to have married the other two wives in 1657 in jupiter dasa mercury bhukti .
24 ) Mercury as we have already seen is in the 8th from lagna while jupiter is in the 7th. The whole of rahu dasa may be said to be a formative period in his life. His association with mars gave him an adventurous career.
25 ) Even as early as 1646 he had taken torana fort from its commandant and indulged in acts of aggression against the sultan of bijapur.
26) It was jupiter dasa that enabled him to found his kingdom in the face of unparalleled difficulties which he overcame by dint of his innate ability, diplomacy statesmanship and above all inspiration and genius. Jupiter has caused a powerful rajayoga because of his association, as lord of the 5th, with the sun lord of lagna, in a powerful kendra and of his having caused adhi yoga.
27 ) The sun, mercury and mars appear to be very important planets for those born in leo lagna, and this is fully illustrated in shivaji’s case.
28) Adhi yoga, so powerfully constituted in this horoscope, all the planets causing the yoga being highly benefic by ownership, made him stand on a lofty pedestal, unparalleled in modern times .
29) Adhi yoga makes one “the lord of men, wealthy, a ruler, famous, prosperous, high souled, overthrow his enemies and widely renowned”, all of which shivaji possessed to a wonderful degree.
30) The fight with nowshar khan took place in jupiter dasa mercury bhukti. Under the same directional influence Shivaji was blessed with an heir to the throne. The defeat at the hands of Nowshar Khan may be explained by the elarata influences shivaji was under.
31 ) As jupiter is putrakaraka and mercury is chandra-lagnadhipati, birth of an issue is justified.
32 ) The next and the most critical moment in shivaji’s life was his successful encounter with afzal khan, for on this depended his hopes of future greatness. This took place in ketu bhukti jupiter dasa . Ketu is in the house of jupiter and aspected by mars . Consequently shivaji’s success was assured and he made afzal pay for his treachery.
33 ) The moon bhukti in jupiter dasa was noted for two important events, viz., an attempt by the cowardly inayat khan to murder shivaji and the death of shahji. Both the major and sub-lords are in maraka houses but because there are other benefic influences, the plot did not succeed.
34 ) Jupiter the major lord owns the 2nd from pitrukaraka while the moon is in the 8th. Moreover, saturn was transiting the 4th from shivaji’s janma rasi. The first 12 years of jupiter period made shivaji great enough to challenge the prestige of the emperor at delhi with the result jaisingh was sent by aurangzeb to vanquish this ‘mountain rat’. Shivaji realised that he was no match for the great imperial army and with his usual foresight he sued for peace. And this single defeat for shivaji occurred in jupiter dasa mars bhukti .
35 ) Mars is doubtless a yogakaraka and aspected by the major lord jupiter, but by transit , mars and saturn were afflicting the 9th and 4th houses respectively. The 3rd and 8th lordship of mars from chandra lagna must have given this great reverse.
36 )The end of jupiter dasa more or less synchronised with the visit of shivaji to agra, the studied insult shown to him by aurangzeb, shivaji’s bold defiance of the emperor, incarceration and the thrilling escape from the clutches of the treacherous tyrant.
37 ) Rahu’s association with mars in the 10th from chandra lagna explains all these soul-stirring developments. Rahu-Mars association is always bad but because of their good location, Shivaji escaped from these ordeals quite safely.
38 ) Shivaji’s insult at the hands of aurangzeb marks a decisive turning point in the history of india. Consistent with the nature of leo lagna ,shivaji was indeed a “lion-hearted man of action”.
39) Saturn in the 3rd house exalted and aspected by jupiter is said to produce a king, and this has been literally fulfilled in the case of shivaji, for as soon as saturn dasa commenced, aurangzeb recognised him as raja and he completely broke off with the moghals.
40 ) We now come to the greatest event in his life, viz., coronation or rajyabhisheka which took place in saturn dasa ketu bhukti. Ketu is a shadowy planet and he is in the sign of Jupiter who in his turn is equally well placed. Saturn and jupiter are mutually well disposed besides being inherently strong. His mother jeejabai died under the same directional influences , ketu being in the 4th from chandra lagna and the major lord occupying a maraka from chandra lagna.
41 ) The great shivaji died in saturn dasa mars bhukti. Saturn is definitely a maraka both by ownership and position while mars rules the 3rd and 8th from chandra lagna both in rasi and navamsa . Consistent with the nature of mars shivaji’s death was due to fever and blood dysentery.
42 ) What interests us in this great horoscope is the elusive character of some of the outstanding combinations that made Shivaji win and create a wave of triumph for Indian nationalism. He was certainly a chosen instrument of God.
43) As students of astrology, we have to note the following :— The presence of strong adhi yoga caused by jupiter, venus and mercury, out of which the last planet has become exceedingly strong by virtue of neechabhanga ; chandra-lagnadhipati obtaining neechabhanga ; and the moon occupying a vargot-tama position and being aspected by two planets. This particular rajayoga indicates that the native though born in a low family will become a king (provided four planets aspect the moon), but here two planets aspect by special drishti. The moon is practically full and is vargottama .
44 ) Out of the lords of the 11th ( viz., mercury), 9th {viz., mars) and the 2nd (viz., mercury) if at least one planet occupies a kendra from the Moon (here two planets are in kendra) and jupiter is lord of the 2nd, 5th or 11th (here he is lord of 5th) a very powerful rajayoga is caused and the person is said to become a ruler of an empire. This yoga obtains very strongly in the case of shivaji.
45 ) We have moon in virgo aspected by mercury. This also indicates kingship. Thus there are quite a number of outstanding combinations. The one great asset in his horoscope is the complete absence of mutual aspects between mars, saturn and rahu. There is doubtless the association of mars and rahu, but they are nearly 16° apart, the one in the 10th bhava and the other in the 11th . Moreover, even the slight stigma, if any, due to this association, is more than compensated by the powerful aspect of jupiter. Hence fundamentally, the horoscope is a constructive one. Shivaji therefore aimed at giving his subjects peace, and a beneficent administration. He sought for national development through action and not by platform orations. He had great personal magnestism and displayed the highest genius as a king and as a statesman, qualities not a little due to the unique blending of the influences of jupiter, sun and mars.
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