Notion Press Old No. 38, New No. 6 McNichols Road, Chetpet Chennai - 600 031 First Published by Notion Press 2016 Copyright © Himanshu Shangari 2016 All Rights Reserved. ISBN 978-1-945621-45-1 This book has been published with all efforts taken to make the material error-free after the consent of the author. However, the author and the publisher do not assume and hereby disclaim any liability to any party for any loss, damage, or disruption caused by errors or omissions, whether such errors or omissions result from negligence, accident, or any other cause. No part of this book may be used, reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Om Namah Shivaay This book has become possible with the Grace of Lord Shiva and each valuable word in this book is only due to his Blessings. This Book is dedicated to the advancement of awareness and study of Vedic Astrology, which in my opinion is the oldest, most accurate and most complete faith of Astrology. Om Namah Shivaay Contents They Come First xi Prelude xiii 1. Retrograde Planets 1 2. Retrograde Saturn in 1st House in Aries 7 3. Retrograde Saturn in 1st House in Taurus 11 4. Retrograde Saturn in 1st House in Gemini 15 5. Retrograde Saturn in 1st House in Cancer 19 6. Retrograde Saturn in 1st House in Leo 23 7. Retrograde Saturn in 1st House in Virgo 27 8. Retrograde Saturn in 1st House in Libra 31 9. Retrograde Saturn in 1st House in Scorpio 35 10. Retrograde Saturn in 1st House in Sagittarius 39 11. Retrograde Saturn in 1st House in Capricorn 43 12. Retrograde Saturn in 1st House in Aquarius 47 13. Retrograde Saturn in 1st House in Pisces 51 14. Retrograde Saturn in 2nd House in Aries 55 15. Retrograde Saturn in 2nd House in Taurus 59 16. Retrograde Saturn in 2nd House in Gemini 63 17. Retrograde Saturn in 2nd House in Cancer 67 18. Retrograde Saturn in 2nd House in Leo 71 Contents 19. Retrograde Saturn in 2nd House in Virgo 75 20. Retrograde Saturn in 2nd House in Libra 79 21. Retrograde Saturn in 2nd House in Scorpio 83 22. Retrograde Saturn in 2nd House in Sagittarius 87 23. Retrograde Saturn in 2nd House in Capricorn 91 24. Retrograde Saturn in 2nd House in Aquarius 95 25. Retrograde Saturn in 2nd House in Pisces 99 26. Retrograde Saturn in 3rd House in Aries 103 27. Retrograde Saturn in 3rd House in Taurus 107 28. Retrograde Saturn in 3rd House in Gemini 111 29. Retrograde Saturn in 3rd House in Cancer 115 30. Retrograde Saturn in 3rd House in Leo 119 31. Retrograde Saturn in 3rd House in Virgo 123 32. Retrograde Saturn in 3rd House in Libra 126 33. Retrograde Saturn in 3rd House in Scorpio 129 34. Retrograde Saturn in 3rd House in Sagittarius 133 35. Retrograde Saturn in 3rd House in Capricorn 136 36. Retrograde Saturn in 3rd House in Aquarius 139 37. Retrograde Saturn in 3rd House in Pisces 142 38. Retrograde Saturn in 4th House in Aries 145 39. Retrograde Saturn in 4th House in Taurus 149 40. Retrograde Saturn in 4th House in Gemini 152 41. Retrograde Saturn in 4th House in Cancer 155 42. Retrograde Saturn in 4th House in Leo 158 43. Retrograde Saturn in 4th House in Virgo 161 viii Contents 44. Retrograde Saturn in 4th House in Libra 165 45. Retrograde Saturn in 4th House in Scorpio 169 46. Retrograde Saturn in 4th House in Sagittarius 172 47. Retrograde Saturn in 4th House in Capricorn 175 48. Retrograde Saturn in 4th House in Aquarius 178 49. Retrograde Saturn in 4th House in Pisces 181 50. Retrograde Saturn in 5th House in Aries 185 51. Retrograde Saturn in 5th House in Taurus 188 52. Retrograde Saturn in 5th House in Gemini 191 53. Retrograde Saturn in 5th House in Cancer 194 54. Retrograde Saturn in 5th House in Leo 198 55. Retrograde Saturn in 5th House in Virgo 201 56. Retrograde Saturn in 5th House in Libra 204 57. Retrograde Saturn in 5th House in Scorpio 207 58. Retrograde Saturn in 5th House in Sagittarius 210 59. Retrograde Saturn in 5th House in Capricorn 213 60. Retrograde Saturn in 5th House in Aquarius 216 61. Retrograde Saturn in 5th House in Pisces 219 62. Retrograde Saturn in 6th House in Aries 222 63. Retrograde Saturn in 6th House in Taurus 225 64. Retrograde Saturn in 6th House in Gemini 228 65. Retrograde Saturn in 6th House in Cancer 231 66. Retrograde Saturn in 6th House in Leo 234 67. Retrograde Saturn in 6th House in Virgo 237 68. Retrograde Saturn in 6th House in Libra 240 ix Contents 69. Retrograde Saturn in 6th House in Scorpio 244 70. Retrograde Saturn in 6th House in Sagittarius 247 71. Retrograde Saturn in 6th House in Capricorn 250 72. Retrograde Saturn in 6th House in Aquarius 254 73. Retrograde Saturn in 6th House in Pisces 258 Contact Me 261 x They Come First fter bowing to Lord Shiva, let me take this moment to Athank the person who has been an influence so strong and supportive in my life that she is second only to my Lord Shiva himself. She is none other than my respected and adorable mother, Smt. Jeewan Lata. So much can be said about her contribution to my life and her support in making me what I am today, that a whole book can be written about it! But, I will consider her like Lord Shiva and hence move onto the next person, after bowing to her, as even an ocean of words can't describe her real contribution in my life and for this book. Second on the list of acknowledgments is my dear and respected father Lt. Sh. Bodh Raj Shangari. Though he left us when I was nine only, the mere fact that he along with my mother brought me to this world, makes me indebted to him for this life as well as for many lives to come. God Bless your soul father, wherever you are! Even though you are physically not with me anymore, you have always been present in my mind, through all the sweet memories of my childhood, and you will always be. Retrograde Planets edic astrology is an ocean of interesting as well as Vmysterious concepts and the concept of some planets among navagraha going retrograde is one of them. Retrograde generally means moving backward or going back in time and accordingly it is assumed that when a planet goes retrograde for certain period of time, instead of continuing with its forward motion, it starts moving backward. For example, all planets among navagraha except Rahu and Ketu move in forward direction which means they move from Aries to Pisces and then they repeat this cycle again and again, where the completion of this one cycle may be different for different planets. The fastest moving planet among navagraha, Moon may complete its cycle from Aries to Pisces in less than 30 days whereas the slowest to move among navagraha, Saturn may take about 30 years to complete one cycle from Aries to Pisces. When a planet goes retrograde, instead of moving from Aries to Pisces, it starts moving from Pisces to Aries, in the opposite direction. For instance, if Saturn is transiting through Scorpio at this time, generally it will move from Scorpio to the next sign Sagittarius which means it will move from eighth sign to the ninth sign. However when it goes retrograde for a period of some months, during those months it will start moving backward from Scorpio towards the previous sign Libra, through which it has already passed Retrograde Saturn - Part I recently. Hence a retrograde planet starts moving backward for a certain period of time and then it starts moving forward again which means that after moving in backward direction for some months, Saturn in this example will start moving from Scorpio to Sagittarius, which is the forward movement of this planet. Now that we know what a forward moving planet is and what is a backward moving planet, it is the time to know how the planets among navagraha behave when it comes to their forward as well as backward movements through various signs. Among navagraha, Sun and Moon always move in forward direction and they never go retrograde, which means that they always move from Aries to Pisces and they never move back towards the sign through which they have recently passed. On the other hand, Rahu and Ketu always move backward or so to say, they are always retrograde and they always move from Pisces to Aries. However one thing is common among these two sets of planets where the first set is that of Sun and Moon whereas the second set is that of Rahu and Ketu, and that is the fact that they never move back towards the sign they have recently passed through. Considering an example, if Sun is transiting through Scorpio towards Sagittarius in its forward motion, it means that Sun has recently passed through the previous sign Libra and it is now passing through Scorpio. As the Sun always moves in forward direction, it will only move from Scorpio to Sagittarius and it will never move back towards Libra. Similarly if Rahu is transiting through the sign of Scorpio, it means that Rahu has recently passed through Sagittarius and now it is moving from Scorpio to Libra since it moves backward from Pisces to Aries.