The Un-Crowned King

C.S.Patel
By
Sishya, India.

(As written on 20th Aug 2007, upon request of Mr. K.N.Rao for Journal of Astrology,
published in Oct 2007. This article has been further edited & updated. )

L
ord Brahma said to Kali ‘Alphabet (GU) means Siddha and (R) and (U) imply Shri
Ganesh who is Guru. Shiva, Vishnu, Brahma & Parents are all Gurus of this Earth.
Knowledge imbibed with devotion and rational thinking (vivek) is seen in the heart of the
Guru. Study of Dharma and Shastras without Guru is futile. He directs in action, thought,
devotion and disintegration. One cannot surpass worldly miseries without the help and guidance of
Guru. He throws a flash light on the dark illusionary path. Service to the Guru makes one pure in
body, speech and thinking’. – Chapter 2, Shri Guru Charitra

Shri C. S. Patel (Chandulal Sarkarilal Patel) whom we loved and respected expired on 14th
Aug 2007 at age of 92. He was more than a Guru and more than a father.

Scribe could learn hardly any jyotish from him but could get so much love that it is
indescribable. The deep love & fondness for each other was so immense that though scribe
used to call him ‘Chandubhai’ (C.S.Patel: Chandulal Sarkarilal Patel) his daughter once said

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that he should be now called Dada (grand‐dad) by me as our relationship had changed.
Though he passed away at the age of 92, scribe felt betrayed by him for going so early.

From the moment the news of his death has come in, all the old timers in astrology have
written and paid tribute to the marvelous & most important ‘Pioneering Work’ he did in
Navamsa, Nadi Jyotisha, Ashtakvarga & Arudhas. How he taught us to use Navamsa
dispositors in transits, 64th Navamsa, Pushkara Navamsa etc was path breaking to say the
least. Even Bhrigu Bindu that was mentioned in an English translation of Bhrigu Nandi
Nadi, no one knew how to apply it. When Patel Saheb wrote about how to use it, he became
so famous that in the West & certain parts of India they called it the Patel Bindu (instead of
Bhrigu Bindu). It was in 2006 I realized that what he had written about this Bindu in his
books was far less than what he knew about it when he taught few new methods on its
application.

He had a trademark, he would only write on such topics in astrology which were unknown
or no one had ever written on it, always the 1st to venture. This is a dangerous pattern & only
few masters have exhibited this trend. He took only those works of Nadi which none before
him had worked on. This earned him the awe feeling of genuine respect from even his
seniors. One may call it that he marketed himself well but scribe sees that his mission in life
was to unearth secrets for us. Before his book on Ashtakvarga was published (1957), the
general populace did not even know how to calculate and use Ashtakvarga effectively. This
also warrants a special mention on his work on Nadi Jyotisha which remains unparalled; till
date no astrologer has removed so many verses from rare manuscripts practically unheard of
and taught us their applicability. Patels standing as a scholar is so genuine that when a
Chennai based astrologer recently wrote a book on nadi jyotisha and made a one line remark
negatively on Patels work, thereby his manuscript has been rejected by all publishers. Finally
he was forced to go to an astrologer publisher whom he bad mouthed for years & beg to print
his work.

He could orally calculate and announce SAV bindus just by seeing chart in 2 secs. Scribe
would feel that’s miraculous but he would shout back saying that it means I have not read
his work properly. He often would repeat, to understand his work one must re‐read it
minimum 3 times. Later when scribe travelled over India it was realized even big time
scholars had this same view that to understand the depth of Patels work minimum thrice
reading is essential. At times one would find that even singular verses in his book deserved
more thought & hard work. In 2004 we worked on few verses from Patels works and realized
that many of them had potential for a full fledged system. Scribe secretly worked on this and
shared it with his personal friends. The worst part of his life was he never got the full
recognition that he deserved, many current breed of authors wrote articles on those methods
first expounded by him e.g. ‘Rasi Tulya Navamsa’ ‘64th Navamsa’ ‘Pushkara Navamsa’
‘Bhrigu Bindu’ but never gave him due credit. This kind of plagiarism is often found in an
unregulated industry like Indian Astrology, though the same astrologers fail to under how
come Mercury is troubling them in certain periods when it should be a good period instead.

Many of us do not even know that R.Santhanam’s translation of Devakerelam (Chandra

Kala Nadi) would not have been possible if not for Patel Saheb who gave him the Part 1 of
Devakerelam. Before Patel Saheb could finish the edit of the translation by Santhanam it
had already gone into the press. Patel Saheb was one of the first people who taught
Devakerelam in his classes, decades back; even the legend of legends Narendra Desai had
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learnt it from him. Many decades later Santhanam translated this epic work wherein Patel’s
soul was there. Often scribe had to face disgust when scribe asked his Guru Shri Patel to
teach him Dhruva Nadi, Budha Nadi & Guru Nadi, Patel would say first master
Chandrakala Nadi (Devakerelam) it is the best, the best & the best.

Let us take Patel Sahebs chart and see few events of his life from some different not so used
methods. We shall stress more on the event of his death from a liberal point of view and
here we would not expound from the traditional angle of yogas etc:‐

Brief Salient Features:‐

1) Long Life: 8L Saturn is retrograde; this is what he attributed to his long life. This
Saturn is 4th from 9H of father denoting his father’s mother; his grandmother also lived
above 90 (writing from memory). Later we would see that this retro Saturn which gave him
his long life was also to the one who would take it away. It’s obvious the hand who feeds has
the ability and more so right to take it away too. By the way of oblique reference it can be
said that 8L Saturn ‘Retro’ in 12H would indicate that this knowledge of astrology is
specifically coming from previous life & it being retro would mean it was a specific karma
that he had to pay back a debt to the astrological society.

2) Unearthing Rare Knowledge: We would look at Jupiter & Rahu.

Jupiter:‐
Jupiter is AK (soul significator) in the 8H, shows that his Atma (soul) is here for Specific
Occult Work (8H); also Jupiter in 8H is known to give ability of ‘Mining Out Hidden
Knowledge to Light’. Now this Jupiter is in Aq which is noted as a very special sign for
Jupiter. Aq is the sign of the Kumba (overflowing pot) in the hands of a maiden; it was the
very presence of his daughter (unmarried ‐ maiden) that facilitated him to concentrate on
writing so many books even at such an old age of 92. Without his daughters (Kailashben’s)
motherly love he would not have completed so many books after the death of his wife. His
wife had died many decades back whom he missed quiet a lot and would often tell scribe
how great she was. No doubt on 19 th of March 2007 when his daughter died, he shouted ‘My
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Mother is Gone, My Mother is Gone’, after that his speech remain changed till the end of
his life & it was not possible for anyone to understand what he was saying. To conclude, this
Jupiter is in Aq in the very last degree in Vichakshaymsha in Neer Nadi in Purva
Bhadrapada nakshatra

a) Vichakshaymsha – the meaning of it is ‘Extra Ordinary Intelligence’ or ‘Super

Natural Intelligence’

b) Neer Nadi which means ‘Flowing Water of Sea (not river or pond) – knowledge of
hidden sciences (8H) flowed to him is how we should interpret it in context of this chart.

c) Purva Bhadrapada – Deity is Ajainkyapaad – One of the Names of Sun

v Here Results are due to previous karma, one has to face it compulsory (he could
not have avoided not sharing his knowledge)
v Sun is Atma – gives results of SANCHITA KARMA – if it is Good karma,
nobody can stop native from getting results or Vice Versa.

Rahu:‐
Although people take Jupiter for astrology scribe personally take Jupiter for Shastric
Knowledge, Venus for Predictions & Rahu for ‘Research, Unearthing Rare Secrets plus
Immortal work’ this can be further meditated upon as Rahu drank the nectar (that gives
immortality). In Kaliyuga the students of astrology are like Rahu. Let us not forget that
Rahu is in Pushkar Navamsa of 9H of higher learning in his chart. Pushkar Navamsa has
the quality of ‘Immortality’ & of ‘Regeneration’ as we know. Now this Rahu is in
Bhogyamsha in Amrut Nadi & Sravana Nakshatra.
a) Bhogyamsa: This amsa is defined as Whatever results good or bad, this is part of
Fixed Karma and the result of it one will have to Endure in this life.
b) Amrut Nadi: Rahu as such is the one who drank the Amrut (nectar) of immortality
& here it is in Amrut Nadi making it Doubly Potent.
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 c) Sravana: The nakshatra lord is Vishnu who has Buddhi (Intelligence) to create &
progress, he does hard work with patience. Additionally Vishnu distributes his fruits
to the World (remember distribution act of Mohini).

The above characteristics of the nakshatra was profoundly embedded in Patel Saheb: He
worked hard strenuously with extreme patience to the extent of apparently being Slow but
this was with planning, intelligence & finally he distributed his knowledge as fruits to the
world (like Vishnu). Let us reveal this for the first time, another way of looking at the ‘Goal
of Life’ in a chart is to superimpose the sign of the Navamsa lagna upon the natal chart; here
it is Virgo, which falls in the 3H of writing. He Wrote….

3) Sanskrit Learning: He learnt Sanskrit in school which everyone learns in India, but
his mastery on it was so phenomenal that to his uneducated wife he taught Sanskrit and
they would converse not in Hindi but in Sanskrit throughout the day. This stunned many
veterans of jyotish when they would come to his house & they actually felt that she was
M.A in Sanskrit. Patel had mastered many systems of Sanskrit on which we have written in
the ACVA issue of July 2007. His ability to memorize, recite & sing Jyotish Shlokas (in the
tone of vedic matras) used to stun everyone. Scribe was witness to all these over the years
when we would sit in the living room and discuss Jyotish and then he would say go to
library room, pick up so and so book and refer to so and so page number, the shloka would be
dot on that page. He would memorize the shlokas while he used to shave, such was his
extraordinary dedication.
Explanation: Jupiter is Sanskrit Language, the 8H Jupiters powerful 9th (God’s blessings)
aspect on 4H of learning where Moon the LL having the highest shadbala of 128 shared only
by Mars, who is ‘Stationary’ apart from being yogakaraka (Later we would see the other
side of Mars) in turns aspects Jupiter, forming a powerful ‘Trident Energy’ Flow. A Chart is
all about ‘Synchronization of Energies’. A Stationary Planet is too powerful to be ignored
and in this age of Software Astrology, unfortunately no software points that out instantly.
This triangular energy coupled with other factors lead to his big rise. Traditionally speaking
it was 5L aspecting 9L & 9 th 10th Dharmakarmaadipati yoga in 2/8 axis. The Crux of this
energy goes into the ‘Phala Varga’ ( Navamsa ‐ Divisional of Fruits’‐ is referred to as
Fruits Bearing in ‘Bhuvan Deepika) and this Mars‐Jupiter are conjoined in 10H of Karma
in D9 in the sign of Gemini which indicates ‘Writing’ why more so writing ‐ as one has to
observe 10L of D1, what it is doing in D9, to indicate ones Karma & Profession’ and here it
indicates writing. Mars the 10L conjoint with Jupiter the planet of Shastric Learning in the
sign of Gemini indicating a mercury oriented profession, it made him Company Secretary in
a famous Textile Mill of India & also gave him the karma of Writing – both governed by
Mercury.

4) Fame: This has to be seen from the 5H from Lagna, Lagna Lord, 5H Karaka Jupiter, AK
(here it is again Jupiter) & PK (Venus). All these factors need to be combined in a
composite manner.
a) Asc: 5H is empty but gets aspected by 5L himself who is stationary & in turns aspects
Jupiter (Mark this planet ‐Jupiter).
b) Lagna Lord: 5H from Moon (powerful LL) has this same Jupiter whose lord is Saturn
(Mark this planet ‐ Saturn)
c) Karaka & AK Jupiter: 5H from Jupiter is deposited by a retro Saturn (Mark this
planet‐ Saturn)
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 d) PK Venus: It is combined with Rahu who is exalted in Navamsa & is in Pushkar
Navamsa (if we take True Nodes) like the Asc making it doubly strong (Patel was the
first one to highlight the importance & usage of Pushkar Navamsa). 5L from PK is
Venus who is again conjoined with Rahu the immortal one (Mark this planet ‐ Rahu)
Deduction
v In 1957 in Sat/Rahu – (refer marked planets), he released his 1st book on Asthakvarga
with his friend/co‐writer Mr.Iyer: observe Rahu & Venus are together. Rahu unearthed
this rare secret of a topic and being in sravana distributed it to world. Being truthful by
nature one day he confided in me 2 mistakes that he made in his Arudha & Astakvarga
books.
v Two planets come to our limelight that is Jup & Saturn (refer marked planets), this
shows that during Jupiter‐Saturn Dasas and antardashas something significant can be
expected. In Jup/Saturn he meets 3 yogis of rare quality (Saturn in 12H), got some big
gains when he was so young & in Saturn/Jup he got more recognition for his work in
Ashtakvarga & started teaching jyotish. (Jupiter AD).

Some UnKnown Methods

Scribe would like to bring to attention here some unknown methods so that it would inspire
further probing among readers.

Bhrigu Bindu Progression

This technique is derived from a research done on Devakerelam by my friend & student of
Patel Saheb, so till his book comes out scribe can reveal only a part of it:

Now the Rahu‐Moon midpoint of 1st Bhrigu Bindu (BB) is 29Ta39’.

Step 1:
Take 1H of BB as the 1st year of life and Progress this Bhrigu Bindu for 1yr per house. So in
2007 it would be his 92nd year, it comes as the 8th house from BB (Bhrighu Bindu) point of Ta
which comes to the 6H of the natal chart which is 8H of death from BB.
Step 2:
6H has 2L of maraca Sun & 12L Mercury, aspected by 8L Saturn. The dispositor of this 6H
goes into the 8H from Asc, and dispositors dispositor Saturn goes into the 12H completing
the ‘Trident of Shivas Energy’. How could he have gone beyond this 92nd year? In March 2005
when he was seriously ill scribe got him admitted in hospital, and was very worried for his
longevity, then he told scribe to not worry as it won’t be his 90th year but his 92nd year.

Bhrigu Bindu & a Non‐Revealed Method

His Venus Dasa was the worst for him; he faced extreme poverty in this dasa and was hand
to mouth as he was retired. Some good friends helped him in this period. Then one day he
removed an old piece of paper and taught me a technique which he never could write in his
books, he said he got this later. As usual he slept in his Jhula (swinging wooden bench) and
scribe sat next to him, following below is just 20% of that technique which scribe has
forgotten; my notes of this he unfortunately tore by mistake.

‘Observe the Bhrigu Bindu point, when Tr Rahu will come exactly 90 deg behind
it, a very significant Event in Ones Life will happen’

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BB is 29Ta, so we have to find when Tr Rahu will be 29Aq in his chart i.e. at distance of 90
deg. This happened on November 22nd 2006, around that time he had gone to Ahmedabad to
sell of his bungalow there, he sold it for a whopping figure, and this removed decades of
poverty. Scribe had shared his poverty and griefs of life and this news was phenomenal for
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both of us. Patel Saheb called and shouted ‘I am signing cheques in lakhs now ha ha’. We
were all so delighted & when there was not a ray of light this was it, beloved Rahu had lived
to his reputation of giving sudden wealth. Let us remember this position will come once in
18 yrs only, when he taught this to scribe, this scribe immediately predicted to him that
around Nov 06 something would happen, he gave a big smile as if he anticipating something.
Scribes note of caution, every 18 yrs one will not become millionaire, natal yogas will tell
which year, then dasa must support it & transit will deliver the promise. Ofcourse there
exists a system wherein for timing events, nor dasa nor transits are required but someone
needs to work on it.

Tripavana Lagna
Current breed of Jaimini Internet Scholars have not even heard of this lagna, scribe realized
this when he asked how to use this in one of the internet Jaimini forums receiving thereby a
very rude retort & no guidance. These are the sad moments where divinity of astrology is
lost. But scribe pursued on this & is still unearthing it, so request readers to probe more &
share back.

Shri Iranganti Rangacharya’s work says: Add longitudes of Lagna Lord & the Moon. If the
number of signs exceeds 12, remove the twelve signs. Now add to this again the longitude of
Lagna lord to get Tripavana Lagna.
Controversy: Scribe felt why should we add lagna lord twice so he approached his friend
Shri Ravindra Bhagavat, who is doing studies in Jaimini since long & who had access to Mr.
Shiv Kumar, from Andhra Pradesh and student of Shri Iranganti Rangacharya. He clarified
that, at the end instead of lagna lord add Moon Sign Lord. It made sense but when Shri
Bhagavat mentioned the same to Iranganti ji he said no the method as mentioned in his book
is correct, so we cannot also ignore such a great scholars words who is considered one of the
1st Pioneers of Jaimini Astrology.

Irangantis Tripavana Lagna:

Lagna lord longitude + Moons longitude + Lagna Lords Longitude = 7 Sc 03 (let’s call it TPL 1)

Alternate Tripavana Lagna Calucation:

Lagna lord longitude + Moons longitude + Moon Signs Lords Longitude = 7Aq (let’s call it TPL 2)

Results of Tripavana Lagna: This lagna occupied by the benefic planet or by an exalted
planet confers Rajayoga, if occupied by malefics gives poverty (ref Pg 42 Jaimini
Sutramritam by Shri Iranganti Rangacharya, Sagar Publications, New Delhi.)
TPL 1: 7Sc has aspect of Rahu Venus & Ketu (Ketu is Brahman as per Seshadiri Iyer) in D1
TPL 2: 7Aq in 8H of occult (note this) has aspect of extremely powerful Moon who is lagna
lord in D1 & has 9L of elders blessings cum higher learning Jupiter (AK) who is such a
unique Jupiter placed there.

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Lakhs means 100,000s
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No doubt he got Rajayoga as per Tripavana Lagna. Lets time Tripavana Lagna with Chara
Dasa.
Chara dasa of K.N.Rao (modified version of a phalita rasi dasa):
a) Sc MD: 1953Dec31 ‐ 1961Dec30: In 1957 he published his immortal work on Ashtakvarga
– TPL 1 is present here
b) Li MD/ Aq AD: 1962 Sept30 ‐ 1962 Dec 31: In Aq AD where TPL 2 is placed, on the 10th
Nov 1962 Sri Shankaracharya of Dwaraka Sarada Peetam conferred on him an honorary
degree of ‘JyotishAlankara’ at public function. Getting conferred a degree by the
Shankaracharya is considered an achievement.
c) Ta MD/Aq AD/Sg PD: 1998Oct31 ‐ 1998Nov20

Ta MD has his Bhrigu Bindu, Aq AD has his TPL 2 & Sg PD is where his Divya Lagna
(divine rajayoga giver) is present. He got ‘Life Time Achievement Award’ by American
Council of Vedic Astrology on 15th Nov 1998 at 10.15 pm

Though the above write up does not give us a clear cut method on which calculation method
of Tripavana Lagna to choose finally but it is hoped that it incites stalwarts in real Jaimini
Astrology to come out of their hiding & guide us by writing extensively otherwise the real
Jaimini astrology will never be known to us.

Death
Ayur Lagna: Longevity Lagna
Shri Iranganti writes ‘Divide the birth ghatikas by 5. Add 1 to the quotient and thus the number
2
counted from the navamsa sign of the Moon gives Ayur Lagna .’
In our chart the Ayur Lagna comes to as Cancer the natal lagna itself & we apply Navamsa
Dasa Navamsa dasa (death):
Ge MD: 2005‐12‐30 ‐ 2014‐12‐30
Aq AD: 2007‐07‐01 ‐ 2008‐03‐31
Pi PD: 2007‐07‐24 ‐ 2007‐08‐16

From Ayur Lagna Asc of Cancer

MD Ge is in 12H of Exit containing Saturn the 8L of death. This gives us a brief hint
that this mahadasa would be significant in deciding natives exit. Saturn is in the Shastiamsa
of Vamsakshara: means no offspring, we should interpret it as beyond this dasa growth will
be obstructed (offspring means growth of oneself).
AD is Aq who is in the 8H of Longevity/Death containing the 6L of disease who is
aspected by Krura Stationary Mars placed in Shastiamsa of Kaala (malefic – another name
of Yama). Around 5th of Aug 07 it was detected that his throat muscles (Mars in 2H of
throat) had given up completely. So the mars that gave him so many things also took things
away at the final stage. This Aq gets connected to the Lagna lord Moon and Ketu residing in
the head, blood was not flowing properly to the brain is what the doctors detected. Mars &

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Ayur Lagna: After this article was published students on internet wrote back saying that Ayur Lagna
calculation is not mentioned in any book or by Jaimini Internet Gurus, so such a thing as Ayur Lagna is
fraudulent, scribe humbly requests them to refer to authentic work of Shri Iranganti Rangacharya who
is one of the oldest legends on Jaimini Astrology.
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Moon is blood & flow of blood respectively. Moon is in 4H of chest heart region for which
he had to be kept on the ventilator.

PD is of Pisces, the final sign in the zodiac, who has rasi drishti from 8L Saturn &
Sun Mer who is 2L & 12L, both planets in malefic Shastiamsa.

Certain other areas like usage of Rudra etc which are controversial in the usage of Navamsa
dasa scribe has avoided. Whilst scribe was in Ahmadabad and saw him suffer it deduced that
Mars & Saturn are the Deciding factors for his death to happen. On 13th Aug scribe was
taken to a Hanuman mandir where the statue is supposed to have come out of ground
automatically (year 1943) in the army camp in Ahmadabad. Scribe was taken here by a
Hanuman bhakt (relative of Patel) who walks every Saturday by foot for 4 hrs to reach to
the temple since last 15 yrs. It was here and at the Shani Mandir on 13th scribe prayed that if
Ram was suffering would Hanuman have watched it for so long then how come he expects
scribe to watch his Guru suffer when the time is already up. In 18 hours Patel Saheb was no
more; it took only 3 mins to die when the pipe was removed from the throat (Mars in 2H).

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Naisargika Dasa (dasa of the nature):

Scribe has found this dasa very meaningful & cannot be ignored.

DOD: 14th Aug 2007

Sat MD: 1985‐12‐30 ‐ 2035‐12‐30

Jup AD: 2005‐09‐22 ‐ 2013‐04‐17
Merc PD: 2006‐01‐04 ‐ 2007‐12‐31
Jup SD: 2007‐05‐01 ‐ 2007‐10‐31
Sat PAD: 2007‐08‐12 ‐ 2007‐08‐28

MD: Sat is the 8L in 12H of Exit along with being the 22nd drekkana, AD: Jupiter is the 64th
Navamsa lord 6L in 8H of longevity giving chronic condition, PD: Mer is the 12L in 6H of

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diseases with maraca Sun, Mer additionally is the lord of the Vainashika star causing
destruction. Sookshma & Prana dasa are of Jup & Saturn respectively.

Transits
1) Devakerelam
Predicting through Navamsa & Nadi Astrology by C.S.Patel – Pg 70 gives this verse

‘‘Evil to ones kinsman will result during Saturns transit in the sign identical with navamsa
occupied by the 8th lord or trine thereof or in the sign aspected by the 8th lord on the degrees
of that sign lord.’’ (Devekeralam book 2 page 241, verse 1772‐73)
Additional results: Natives health will suffer, fear of untimely death, one’s own death,
calamity in family, native confined to hospital etc’’

All the above is given in Patel Sahebs book & it is how it happened. Now see how it got
actualized in his chart:‐

a) 8L Saturn is in 12H making him a powerful candidate & he is in Aries Navamsa, so trines
to that is Ar, Leo, Sagi (Mark these signs Leo & Aries)
b) Sat aspects Leo in D1 natal & Libra in D9 from 8H of death (mark these two signs Leo &
Libra)

When Saturn transited in leo in its Tritiya Paryaya (3rd fatal round) it activated sign Leo
which is Trine to the 8Ls Navamsa position & also the 8Ls Navamsa Dispositor ‐Mars
(another method of Patel) & also Hit the sign (Leo) which is aspected by the 8L in D1 & also
activated the sign (Libra) aspected by the 8L in D9 coming in the zone of activation of Mars
(creating the paralysis of throat muscles) & on 14th Aug 07 (death date) the blow happened.

2) Nakshatra of Destruction : Vainashika Tara

This is the 22nd nakshatra from birth nakshatra but some paramparas (not available on net
forums) use it differently and more effectively though it then becomes over simplistic.

Technique:
a) Take the 22nd nakshatra from any planet, if in that nakshatra one finds a house cusp or a
planet it gets fertile for Nash (destruction) especially in transits.
b) Take the MD lord and/or AD lord, see its natal position, from there count the 22nd
nakshatra that becomes the ‘Vainashika Nakshatra for that Dasa’.
c) Observe in above nakshatra direct transits of malefic or transitual aspect, if more factors
conjoin it gives result producing.

Before we see this on death, let us see an event that created the playground for his death.
Often astrologers only see the main event but do not go back to when was the SEED of that
event. This seed is most important event as per some elders.

Birth Moons: Vainashika Nak

Moon is in Swati owned by Rahu (note this planet), its 22nd nak would be Ashlesha
(Vainashika of Moon) owned by Budha, when Tr Saturn was in Cancer (mother) in
Ashlesha it was then on 19 th of Mar 07 his elder daughter died, he wept for his mother like
daughter who had cared for him since the last 4 decades. Tr Sat was aspecting natal Rahu &
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was in trine to ‘Navamsa Mer’ the nak lord of the Vainashika star thereby forming the
linkage to deliver results.

Sun the MD Lords: Vainashika Nak

Sun is in P.Shad owned by Venus (note this planet), its 22nd nak would be Chitra
(Vainashika of Sun) owned by Mars (note). Tr Saturn on 14Aug07 came into Leo close to 5
degrees of Mars his throat muscles gave away (Mars in 2H of throat) causing his death, Tr
Saturn aspected Chitra the Vainashika to the degree ‘Activating the Dasa lord Sun to give the
Results of Maraca’. Tr Saturn was in trine to the Navamsa position of Ven the nak lord of
Sun the MD & was conjoined with Tr Ven, not to forget a month back it was aspecting
natal Venus activating it.

Same can be applied to AD lord Jupiter (in Vimshottari) & we must see that some linkage of
Tr malefic with nak lord of natal planet plus vainashika nak star plus its nak lord if they are
forming linkage in D1 and/or D9 then results will be given, if in D9 in fixed sign then
results are confirmed. This is what loosely scribe has been able to take hints from a non
English non Hindi speaking traditionalist while he was teaching to his student. Scribe
understands only 10‐20% of that language so error can happen in understanding it.

Remembrance
Below some mails from old timers & seniors in astrology on Patel Sahebs passing away.

Dear __,
Please accept my condolences ‐ this is very sad. I always felt close to CS Patel as I had read
all his books. His memory and work will remain with us forever.
In sadness.

Komilla
Komilla Sutton
Co‐Founder & Chairperson of BAVA (British Astrological Vedic Association)
UK
‘Ohh no, a Legend has left us’ – on phone Shri M.S.Mehta, Sr Astrologer BVB

‘Bhishma Pitamaha of Astrology is no more’ – My Mentor & closest friend of Patel Saheb,
Delhi.

‘I was so sorry to hear of his leaving his mortal body and I hope we can do 1/10th of the work
that he accomplished for Jyotish. – Brendan Feeley, Sr. Astrologer, USA

Dear ___,
I am sorry to learn of Sri Patel's passing away; I only hope the end was not painful. Yes, I
knew Patelji for many years. He even came home to my place for tea once. He was a man of
great learning and his knowledge of the difficult Ashtakavarga system and its nuances was
phenomenal. His demise is indeed a great loss to the world of astrology.
I pray God to give his family, admirers and students strength to bear this loss.
May his soul rest in peace.
Yours sincerely,

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Gayatri Devi Vasudev
Daughter of B.V.Raman

Dear ___,
I was very sad to learn about the recent death of our Guru and friend Shree C.S. Patel. No
doubt he has done a lot of good service to astrology and he will be greatly missed
everywhere. I, for one, read his articles in the different astrological magazines more than 25
years ago. You were very close to him and understood his thoughts and ideas better than
anyone else I know, so why don't you try to carry on his work and finish what he has left
unfinished due to old age, sickness etc. What is your opinion about this?

Finn
Finn Wandhal
Astrologer from Denmark
Dear ____,

I am grieved to hear about the sad news. We have lost a brilliant astrologer, researcher and a
great human being. It is a great and irreparable loss to the world of astrology. I am also
aware that it is a personal loss for you for which I am extremely sorry.

Sincerely yours,

K S Charak
Sr.Astrologer ‐ Delhi

Om Gurave Namah

Dear ___,

The world has received great jewels of knowledge from Sri Patel, and hopefully his
teachings will live on. I for one will do my best to study, incorporate, and research such
teachings and maybe then some marginal service shall have been rendered to that great soul.
This is a sad day. Then again, his Atma has been freed from a very difficult physical
condition. We lament, but where he is, is likely to be beautiful beyond words.

ACVA previously honored Patel Saheb when he was the keynote speaker and honored guest
at their symposium. I was there at the time and had a direct meeting with Sri Patel. He did
not know me, but after passing from the room, patted me on the back and looked straight in
my eyes, and I felt a Shakti occurring at that moment. He was very kind and a
compassionate person and he loved the astrologers in particular.

All the best,

Robert
Robert Koch
Sr. Astrologer‐ USA

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Dear ____,

Just a word to say I am very regretful to hear from Gary Gomes of the passing of C.S. Patel
and so glad you and Gary created that very interesting article in the last CVA journal. Mr.
Patel represents a fund of profound knowledge and is a great worthy and humble jyotishi
and a light to all scholars. It is so unfortunate that we are losing him and ironic how the
good work you have done in bringing attention to him in our journal has given him some
extra recognition in the western world just before he is called on to his next stage of being.
I do hope that his ongoing work and his library will be cared for by people who appreciate
their value.
Hope you are doing well and are happy!

Blessings,
Sat Siri Khalsa
Sr.Astrologer from US

Conclusion

Simplicity & Discipline:

When he was young he went to see movie of Lord Rama with a couple friend. As movie
started the couple got up and did Shastang Namaskar in the theatre (such was the company
he kept). After movie he went to that film studio where the same actors who played Ram &
Sita were sitting outside the sets, there he saw them smoking & drinking he was most upset.
Then he had disgust for actors & movies for all his life, he often said this story to scribe and
said although one can think how silly of him to have such feelings but it lead him to never
watch movies but to concentrate every waking minute on Jyotish which was his love. Such
was his way of diverting energy from untoward events into productivity which shaped his
Jyotish. Another incident that scribe remembers, whilst in 2006 full year scribe worked with
him on his book on Retrogression, scribe would take his laptop to type what he said but he
refused for it profusely for days and days, saying that if he wants to change a sentence how
it will be done. Although I explained to him that this is the way of the computer which his
grandson also uses, he said it did not fit into his logic. He took his slate & white pencil (used
in olden days), he would write on it & give me his brilliant smile. He never could
understand how I passed his message to his dear student Shri R.G.Krishnan through email
or to his grandson in an instant. Every day scribe had to reach his house by 3 pm & would
often be late by minimum 10 minutes; as soon as I would enter he would say sharply ‘You
are Lateee’. I stopped giving excuses and only bowed down. Such was his way of seeing life
through the Simple Bioscope of an old man who was isolated from the world as all his
friends & jyotish comrades he had outlived beyond time.

As we wind up this homage to HIS lotus feet, scribe would share his guidance that has
helped us & others.
a) He would repeat & repeat ‘Do not Ever tell a lie if you want your predictions to come
true’.

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b) ‘Do not keep any malice
against any astrologer; if not
possible keep very little in
your heart and head as it
corrupts our astrological
growth’.
c) Often he would scold me not
to study many things at the
same time, he would say
‘Study only one topic in
astrology for years and
years, master it till you
breathe it – that’s the secret
of my success.
d) ‘Practice Honest Astrology
in deeds, thoughts & do not
be a connoisseur
marketing yourself as a
of
Guru & Dollar Astrology,
the Rishis watch us &
control this science, trust me
they watch us. The
repercussions of otherwise
acts are too fatal’.
e) ‘If you can’t respect Time by
being on Time, how will you
predict others good or bad
times’.
Lastly, lets note that he had his
strengths and weaknesses as a
human being, sometimes the
weaknesses hurt scribe very
very badly, but our love might
make his spirit to be next to us
forever saying what he would
always say when I daily bowed
to him that is ‘Vidyavan
Bhava’ (Bless you to be
knowledgeable).
Chinese Mystic Chuang Tzŭ
When Chuang Tzŭ was about to die, his disciples
expressed a wish to give him a splendid funeral. But
Chuang Tzŭ said: "With Heaven and Earth for my
coffin and shell; with the sun, moon, and stars, as my
burial regalia; and with all creation to escort me to
the grave,—are not my funeral paraphernalia ready
to hand?"
"We fear," argued the disciples, "lest the carrion kite
should eat the body of our Master;" to which Chuang
Tzŭ replied: "Above ground I shall be food for kites;
below I shall be food for mole-crickets and ants. Why
rob one to feed the other?"
Chuang Tzŭ and Hui Tzŭ had strolled on to the
bridge over the Hao, when the former observed: "See
how the minnows are darting about! That is the
pleasure of fishes."
"You not being a fish yourself," said Hui Tzŭ, "how can
you possibly know in what consists the pleasure of
fishes?"
"And you not being I," retorted Chuang Tzŭ, "how can
you know that I do not know?"
"If I, not being you, cannot know what you know,"
urged Hui Tzŭ, "it follows that you, not being a fish,
cannot know in what consists the pleasure of fishes."
"Let us go back," said Chuang Tzŭ, "to your original
question. You asked me how I knew in what consists
the pleasure of fishes. Your very question shows that
you knew I knew. I knew it from my own feelings on
this bridge."
May I ask," said Tzŭ Kung, "about divine men?"
"
"Divine men," replied Confucius, "are divine to man,
but ordinary to God. Hence the saying that the
meanest being in heaven would be the best on earth;
and the best on earth, the meanest in heaven."
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