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KAS Review
[Krushna Jugalkalanis Ashtakavarga System of Astrology A Review]
- By Sreenadh OG(sreesog@yahoo.com)
[Special thanks to Veneet ji (veneet@gmail.com) for providing reviewing and correcting
the quotes and for also providing the correct translation of the same. I have given the
erroneous translation of Krushna near by for the sake of comparison. I have used the
abbreviation KJ to refer to Krushna Jugalkalani throughout this document]
KAS Quotes
Sloka -1
Misspelled given quote:
svochchmitradivargasha: kendradibalsnayuta |
Anistha phalda: sarve swalpbinduyuta yadi || (ja shi 10)
In Devanagari Sript:
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Reviewed and corrected quote:
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[Veneets Translation: The planets which are in their own sign, in an exalted sign or in a
friendly sign, the planets which have they have kendra bala etc (i.e. placed in quadrants
or trines), if they have less bindus then they all produce malefic results.]
KJs Translation: If the planet is in its exalted sign, or in its own house, or in the house of
its friends, or in a square or trine (stanabali) aspect and it has 3 or less points in
ashtakavarga, it gives only malefic results.
Sloka -2
Misspelled given quote:
Dushtastansthita yech yech nicharimanshga |
te sarve shubhada nityamadhibinduyuta yadi ||
In Devanagari Script:
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Reviewed and corrected quote:
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[Veneets Translation: The planets which are placed in an adverse house, those in debility
or those in inimical signs or divisions, if they have excess bindus, then they all produce
good results]
KJs Translation: If any planet that is in its debilitated sign, in its fallen sign, or in the
house of its enemy still has more than 4 points in its ashtakavarga, it will give only
benefic results.
Both the above quotes provide standard Ashtakavarga result - because if planets are well
placed (in exaltation, own house etc) has got more Ashtakavarga points that is the best; if
badly placed (in debilitation, enemy house etc) but still have more ashtakavarga points
then it is average; and if planets are badly placed (in debilitation, enemy house etc) but
have less ashtakavarga points then it very bad. This is the standard derivation. What the
above quote does is to look at this standard result, with a partiality towards ashtakavarga
and then say that even if badly placed if ashtakavarga points are more good results will
follow (like any text only on ashtakavarga might do). Not anything much new or KAS
style here compared to the standard view. The standard view is available in quotes such
as the following available in Yavana Jataka (quoted by Bhattolpala) #%$ " !
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Intend of this quote is [Well placed planets (planets in exaltation, own house etc) with strength (for example,
with more ashtakavarga points) give good results; Badly placed planets (placed in
debilitation, enemy house etc) with more ashtakavarga points give average results; Badly
placed planets with less strength (for example, less ashtakavarga points) give bad results]
But it is fun to read the derivation KJ (why we should be blame his so called guru Brij
Gopal Sastri ji and the above quotes here - they are NOT the culprits) derives from these
quotes; discarding the whole of standard astrology and even the meaning of the above
quotes! Let me quote it for you.
1) KJ: Hence we come to a very important rule - A planet is said to be exalted or
debilitated only on the benefic points it gets in Ashtakavarga. It has nothing to do with
the sign in which it is situated.
Alas! This was truly absurd! None of the slokas he quotes says so! Poor man and poor
derivation. I think nothing else to blame here except his bad sanskrit. And here starts the
KAS system and neither in the above quotes (possibly) nor with Brij Gopal shastri ji.
Now the next derivation, possibly a corollary 2) KJ: The planets that get more than 4 points are called benefic planets. Similarly planets
that get less than 4 points are called malefic planets, and the planets that get 4 points are
known as neutral planets.
Hmm... Is it not well evident from the above Yavana Jatka quote that planets SHOULD
NOT be classified as benefic or malefic based on ashtakavarga points alone?! Any way
this can be accepted as an one sided view of an ashtavargist.
Sloka -3
Misspelled given quote:
Ye chavsanaripu randhraturanbhaga |
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Ye nichapapripu khecharvargaykta : ||
Ye mandi rashipatinna sah bandhavashch |
Te sarvamukhaphaldastvabindukashchen ||
In Devanagari Script:
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[Veneets Translation: Planets with excess bindus, nearing exaltation or possessing virya
(i.e. strong) or in a bhava-tulya state (in the middle of a house), placed in the tenth house
or in the ascendant, placed in exalted or similar vargas and having shadvarga strength
give good results.]
KJs Translation: Planets with more bindus in their Ashtakavarga, even if situated in their
fallen sign, or in the sign of their enemy, or in the dusthana houses (6-8 or 12), will give
only benefic results.
The above quote states the same thing as the above quoted Yavana Jataka quote. Nothing
new here; and nothing special to KAS here - except KJ's misunderstanding of the
meaning, mistyping and mistranslation of the quote. Oh! By the way, we have already
reached the last of the only five available so called 'KAS quotes'. Let us move to the last
one Sloka -5
Misspelled given quote:
Dashapatirlagnagato yadi syat |
trishdshaika daragashcha lagnat||
ta ta shton vargopyatha tatsuhrudva |
lagne shubho va shubhadadasasa||
In Devanagari Script:
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Reviewed and Corrected Quote:
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[Veneets Translation: If the lord of the dasha is in the ascendant or in the third, sixth,
tenth or eleventh (i.e. in an upchaya) from the ascendant, and if it is (placed favorably) in
the ashtakavarga of the ascendant (or its lord?), or is the friend of the (lord of the)
ascendant or if it is in the ascendant and is a benefic then that dasha gives good results.]
KJs Translation: Any planet receiving more bindus in the 1st, 6th and 10th houses in its
Ashtakavarga will give benefic results as related to first house matters in its antardasa.
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The quote as typed by KJ and KJ's translation is a mess. But it is from the above quote
that KJ derives his KAS Upachaya rule. And what is the special "Upachaya rule" that he
is deriving from this(!) quote? I am stating it below -
KAS Upachaya rule: The planet that gets the highest bindus in these (Upachaya) houses
is the significator planet that gives the result in its antardasha as it relates to the 1st house
starting point
Hmm...and I think that even our highly imaginative Sanjay Rath ji will fail to create such
a rule based on such a quote! My applause to KJ... well done; what ever the quote may
say..who is bothered...we have the KAS system got created here! Why blame the poor
Brija Gopal Shastri ji and the above quotes... if none of these where available then too
certainly KJ will create this system!
Most possibly Brija Gopal Shastri ji only taught standard ashtakavarga system to KJ and
also using standard Ashtakavarga quotes that are well in tune with traditional astrology.
But BGS and the quotes said X and KJ understood Y and thus got created KAS! Sorry,
this is the feeling I am getting. KJ IS the created of this system - both father and mother and (possibly) neither BGS nor the slokas are the culprit. KJ is simply 'using' the name of
BGS and 'using' these quotes just to create an aura of authority and tradition - so that
tricking people to follow this system will become easy. So let us cut the trails and say KJ created this system out of nothing, from his own mind. Both the credit and blame for
this system should go to he himself and none else. All the rules he propose are his
creation. The creation of his imaginative mind and hopefully a result of some of his
experiments based on charts. This second point is not of much worth since in his tutorial
we see new rules created even based on a single chart that comes up in a discussion!
(Anyway I won't be stressing this point further but would try to focus and list down the
core KAS rules so as to facilitate a healthy comparison)
Benefits of the study 1) It is identified that there is no KAS system or principles present within the slokas the
KAS team quotes.
2) The de-linking of slokas and (possibly) Brij Gopal ji with this KAS system is
achieved. And it is confirmed that KAS system is the sole creation of KJ himself and
none else (especially the so mystified 'slokas from hand book' not to be blamed)
3) Let me confirm - No KAS is present with in these 5 quotes that the KJ tactfully
'uses' to project his self created system.
Comparison
Let me list out some of the KAS rules along with a brief review of the same. Please not
that all the rules presented here are KJs creations and no blame should go neither to Brij
Gopal Sastri nor to the mistranslated and misunderstood Sanskrit quotes presented by
Kusush.
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Sl KAS Rule
Review
1 A planet is said to be exalted or This goes totally against the traditional view.
debilitated only on the benefic points As clarified earlier, this rule is derived as if it
it gets in its Ashtakavarga. It has is based on some old Sanskrit quotes, but the
nothing to do with the sign in which it truth is that those quotes are misunderstood,
is situated
mistyped and mistranslated; and they speak
nothing about this. This rule is KJs creation
without any other base.
2 The planets that get more than 4 points This rule is in direct conflict with the
are called benefic planets. Similarly Yavaneswara hora quote presented by
planets that get less than 4 points are Bhattolpala in BJ commentary. As per the
called malefic planets, and the planets said quote Well placed planets with more
that get 4 points are known as neutral ashtakavarga points give good results; Badly
planets.
placed planets with more ashtakavarga points
give average results; badly placed planets
with less ashtakavarga points give bad
results. This approach is more logical.
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3 7 house is always enemy house and Absurd logic and rule that goes totally
7th from exaltation is debilitation, against traditional astrology. It seems ath
therefore exalted Jupiter aspecting these are the people who originally caused
Capricorn will give malefic results. On the spread of the argument Bhava nasa karo
generalizing, the aspect of benefic Jeeva; Bhava vriddhi karo Sani, which was
planets are always malefic and the doing rounds in the net especially through the
aspects of malefic planets are always efforts of Tat-tvam-Asi (nameisego) ji,
found to be benefic.
whose pet theory was Rahu centric theory
which nobody knows what! Anyway, here
Extending it further, Jupiter is a the point is that benefic planets aspect
malefic planet that destroys the houses giving only malefic effect was a new born
and Saturn is a benefic planet that theory self created by KJ without any
nourishes the houses with their aspect. traditional support. The KAS argument goes
totally against traditional astrology.
4 Vimsottari dasa antaras do not give This argument is against traditional
correct results.
astrology. But the fun part is that even after
this statement, KAS system also uses
Let me quote some of his words (sorry Vimsottari dasa iself! But the dasa and
antaras where they expect particular results
it is bit long)
differ and introduce something called
It is said that the result of a timed upacha principle (baseless/non-depended on
event is experienced either in the quotes, as we have clarified already). First
major , the sub period or sub-sub blaming Vimsottari system and then using
that itself is indecency. Anyway this
period of the :
Upachaya principle we will discuss as
another point.
a) lord of the house
b) planets aspecting the house
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c) planets positioned in the house
d) planets aspecting the lord of the
house
e) Planets in association with the lord
of the house
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iii) Saturn is the karaka for 3rd house 5th house Jupiter (children)
(karaka for brothers/sisters) since 8th
house from Gemini is Capricorn i.e. 6th house Mars (enemy/wounds)
the sign of Saturn
7th house Venus (wife/partner)
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iv) Saturn is the karaka for 4 house
(karaka for mother) since 8th house 8th house Mercury (longevity/death)
from Cancer is Aquarius i.e. the sign
of Saturn
9th house Moon (luck/father)
v) Jupiter is the karaka for 5th house 10th house Sun (job)
(karaka for children) since 8th house
from Leo is Pisces i.e. the sign of 11th house Mercury
Jupiter
brother/sister)
and so on
(earnings/elder
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the planets located in them.
events.
And what is the use of this Upachaya Alas! He is unable to do so, as he clarifies in
rule? The use is nothing but locating another context In some cases the answer
the Vimsottari Dasa period when the is only differs by approximately 18 days
event could happen! That is the core of (and I think in most of the other situations
the over praised timeing of events they must be no where near reality)
method lies in nothing but locating an
Antar dasa in which the event could
happen. Thus timing is nothing but
giving the whole span of an antara
such as from Jan 2000 to Dec 2001 the
time is proper for marriage! That
much for accurate timing of events!
Ayanamsa: KJ say
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or antardasha of the lord of the 7th
house.
Hope you all got a brief understanding about the KAS approach and its base or
baselessness. I could have amended this list with many more points and corollaries, but
why torture people is this much not enough?!
Benefits of the study 1) KAS system is NOT compatible with AIA approach.
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where! Now what is this "ja shi"? KJ's so called gurus name was Brij Gopal
Shastri", if it was his name that was under reference it should have been "ba ga
shi" or so. But no, what we see is "ja shi", as if it is some books name with quote
number 10, 11 and 55. Yes, it is certainly possible that Brij Gopal Shastri copied
these quotes from some book and wrote them down in his note book, and then
taught these standard Ashtakavarga principles to KJ and he understood or
interpreted it upside down (as we have already shown). If we accept this
possibility, the question is which is the book that "ja shi" could point to? Possibly
it is not "ja shi" (a typo there as well?) but instead "ja chi" possibly standing for
book names like "Jataka Chintamani" or "Jataka Chintaratnam" or something
similar. Can "ja shi" itself be correct and still it point to some meaningful book
name? Nothing comes to my mind in that direction - if something comes to your
mind, please let me know. Anyway this is a good clue. We need to search for a
book with the name possibly "Jataka Chintamani" or so which speaks about
"Ashtakavarga" and contains these quotes and possibly (based on the clue that we
already derived from 3rd quote) a text that got written after 15th century or so by
a south Indian scholar (this based on the reference to 'depositor of mandi' in the
3rd quote). Let us keep this option open and something might surface in near
future (that might turn the KAS theories upside down once again).
4) One chapter (lesson 6) in the tutorial is dedicated to KJ's Ayanamsa Table, which
also contains the following impressive sentence - "The (precession rate) increase
is approximately 0.044 seconds over a span of 100 years, so per year, it
(precession rate) is increasing by a value of 0.00044 seconds per year'; and also
gives an ayanamsa table for AD 1919 to AD 2500. Yep, we now know that the
credit for this should actually go to the astronomical knowledge of Donna Quinn,
but anyway as of ascribe it to KJ himself (since DQ is kicked out of the equation
by KJ by not including/mentioning her name anywhere in the text)
5) Lesson seven gives some complex house ABCD rules, and lesson eight some
Samadharmi rules etc. I don't want to bore people with the review of them as well.
But there is notable argument presented by KJ in lessen eight which reads as
follows - "Venus loses its natural power if it is within 3 degrees from the Sun.
Similarly, it gives adverse results if it is more than 43 degrees from the Sun. If it
aspects Saturn in the above case, it behaves like and 'anti-karaka'. Its karaka for
marriage and bed comforts gets spoiled". Tall claims! Anyway I leave it to you all
to experiment and determine whether this new born theory is valid or invalid.
Actually there are several such absurd theories present in that chapter such as "Venus in the Nakshatra of Kartika (0-10 degrees of Taurus) losses its karaka and
become natural", "Jupiter in Librara loses all of its benefic qualities and its
karaka(?) gives opposite effect" etc etc. Note the terms - he is not speaking about
"Jupiter losing its own karakatwa", but about "Jupiter's Karaka losing its
karakatwa" - yap, one more new born theory on karaka!
6) Here and there in the book you may come across impressive looking statements as
well such as - "Slow moving planets delays result" (and thus indicating that fast
moving planets speeds up results), There is no Mercury's Nakshatra in Saturn
signs and so on.
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Thus my option is that it is a book written in good English utilizing 'Donna Quinn', for a
baseless theory manufactured by the businesses-man Krushna Jugalkalami who is
interested in computer astrology with near to nil Sanskrit knowledge (and possibly very
less English knowledge as well) for projecting his self created theories which has
possibly neither any traditional base nor any base in his so called guru 'Brij Gopal Shastri'
ji's teachings. Anyway the book is written in effective English (thanks to Donna), and
presents some good insights here and there, even though as whole it is based on some
misspelled, misunderstood, mistranslated quotes. Anyway if the system works (so argues
some of it followers), then it can be appreciated as another unique system, but definitely
it cannot be welcomed to the AIA camp since many KAS concepts goes totally against
traditional indian astrology and also because it is a new born computer astro babe which
is not "ancient".
Benefits of the study 1) This windup my KAS review, and the end result put in one sentence, it is confirmed
that - "KAS is non-compatible with AIA".
[By AIA, I mean Ancient Indian Astrology/Traditional Indian Astrology/Oriental
Astrology which is the standard set of astrological practices well supported by ancient
astrological classics and sage told texts]
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