Health & Longevity
Maraka Houses, Killer Planets & Longevity
The 2nd and 7th houses as Maraka Sthanas (death-inflicting). Which planets become marakas by owning these houses, and why. Applied to Sanjay Gandhi's chart: strong maraka activation without protective yogas leads to sudden death.
"Rahu as Atmakaraka can produce a person who can be either a saint among saints or the biggest of criminals. The same energy — the obsession, the extremism — goes either way depending on how it is channeled."
— P.V.R. Narasimha Rao
Example Chart
Sanjay Gandhi
Dec 14, 1946 · 9:30 AM IST · Mumbai
Mars in 12H (MKS for Mars). Rahu-Ketu axis activating maraka houses. No protective yoga counterbalancing the maraka — sudden death in dasha of maraka planet.
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Marakas — Killer Planets/Houses
- Houses of longevity: 3rd and 8th
- Houses of loss of longevity (Maraka houses): 2nd and 7th (the 12th from 3H and 8H respectively)
- Strong Maraka combination: Lord of a Maraka house (2H or 7H) placed in the other longevity house (3H or 8H), or vice versa
- 7th lord in 8H → that 7th lord is a strong Maraka; death likely in that planet's Mahadasha