Planets in signs and houses A STUDY ON GULIKA

Gulika holds an important position in the evaluation of a natal chart.  It is also called as Maandi, like Rahu and Ketu, has no physical existence. But it always makes a difference in the natal chart output. Gulika is generally considered the most malefic entity in a chart. According to the set standards of assessment of maleficence, it surpasses all natural malefics. Gulika enjoys a special status almost like an independent planet, and in strological classics it is considered as a minor planet or subplanet. In the traditional astrological practice, the Gulika-Kundali (a horoscopic chart, with houses reckoned from the position of Gulika) used to be an essential component of the Janma-patri (the scroll carrying the horoscopic details of a native, according to the traditional system of making horoscopes in India).

Gulika = Maandi ="slow, stupid, loitering"

• Similar in density to Rahu-Ketu, Gulika has no mass and is therefore undetectable with the material eye.
• It is however vividly obvious to the psychic eye located in the Ajna chakra at the point between the two material eyes.
• Gulika = traditionally believed to be a highly malefic influence, which very much slows things down.Hence its moniker 'manda' = 'slow', 'feeble', or 'weak'
  

"Gulika is beneficial in the upachaya houses - 3rd, 6th, and 11th. In karma bhava [10th] Gulika develops public religious behaviors, especially a visible devotion to tapasya (austerities)."

In Vedic astrology, Gulika and Maandi are considered synonymous although some people try to differentiate between them. Gulika denotes a certain segment of timecontrolled by Saturn. The word `Maandi' is derived from Manda or sluggish, another name of Saturn. 

The position of Gulika is different for daytime (from sunrise to sunset) and night time (from sunset to sunrise). The duration of the day or of the night (as the case may be) is divided into eight parts. The segment belonging to Saturn is known as Gulika. For daytime, the first segment (the first one-eighth of the night) belongs to the planetary lord of the weekday that falls fifth from the weekday under consideration. The subsequent segments belong similarly to other planets that rule the weekdays in natural order. The eighth part here too is without a lord.In each case the part belonging to Saturn is called as Gulika.

The segment of Saturn during the day or during the night would have some duration. Some people think that the ending moment of Saturn's segment is the time to calculate the position of Gulika. They determine the ascendant for the ending moment of Saturn's part; the cusp thus obtained is considered the `longitude' of Gulika.That is: The cusp of the sign rising at the beginning of the Gulika segment is considered as Gulika-from this the chart must be analysed.

EFFECTS OF GULIKA ( FROM THE ANCIENT ASTROLOGY SCRIPTURE OF MANTHRESWARA'S PHALADHEEPIKA )

First House - Native posses cruel attitude, suffer from eye problems. Hate classical and traditional literature and rituals. Always cursing himself.

Second House - Speaks ill of others. Involve himself in domestic troubles. Face financial hardship.

Third House - Proudy, selfish and remain aloof from society. Fond of drinking and always fighting with siblings.

Fourth House - Lives in dirty atmosphere. Shortage of funds and no pleasure of any conveyance.

Fifth House - Worries on account of children. Dogmatic views and lack higher education.

Sixth House- Involve himself in many vices and suffers from its ill effects. Always troubled by enemies.

Seventh House - Character doubtful and spoils reputation in family circle – Suspicious about spouse.

Eighth House - Life full of unending troubles. Suffer from chronic diseases – speak ill of others. Always threat to longevity.

Ninth House - Suffering due to early death of father. No religious aptitude.

Tenth House - No proper and gainful sources of income. Changing profession and unsuccessful in business.

Eleventh House - Gains from progeny. Plenty of wealth. Luxurious life style.

Twelth House - Poor living. Unable to meet fimily expenses. Depend on others for financial help.

EFFECTS OF GULIKA ( FROM THE ANCIENT ASTROLOGY SCRIPTURE OF MAHARISHI PARASHARA )

First House -  Native will be afflicted by diseases, be lustful, sinful, crafty, wicked and very miserable.
Second House - Native will be unsightly in appearance, miserable, mean, given to vices, shameless and penniless.
Third House - Native will be charming in appearance, will head a village, be fond of virtuous men and be honoured by the king.
Fourth House - Native will be sickly, devoid of happiness, sinful and afflicted due to windy and billious excesses.
Fifth House - Native will not be praise-worthy, be poor, short-lived, spiteful, mean, be a eunuch, be subdued by his wife and be a heterodox.
Sixth House - Native will be devoid of enemies, be strong-bodied, splendorous, liked by his wife, enthusiastic, very friendly and helpful in disposition.
Seventh House -Native will subdue to his spouse, be sinful, will go to others females, be emaciated, devoid of friendship and will live on his wife's wealth.
Eighth House - Native will be troubled by hunger, be miserable, cruel, very much short-tempered, very unkind, poor and bereft of good qualities.
Ninth House - Native will undergo many ordeals, be emaciated, will perform evil acts, be very unkind, sluggish and be a talebearer.
Tenth House - Native will be endowed with sons, be happy, will enjoy many things, be fond of worshipping gods and fire and will practice meditation and religion.
Eleventh House -Native will enjoy women of class, be a leader of men, be helpful to his relatives, be short stature and be an emperor.
Twelth House -Native will indulge in base deeds, be sinful, defective- limbed, unfortunate, indolent and will join mean people.

GULIKA AND NATURAL KARAKA PLANETS

The natural karaka planets when associated with Gulika destroy or diminish good results of that planet.

Gulika and Sun - Harmful to the longevity of Father.

Gulika and Moon - Loss of comforts from mother.

Gulika and Mars  - Adverse family relations with co-borns and suffer from their early death.

Gulika and Mercury - Native remain mentally disturbed.

Gulika and Jupiter - Person misuse the religious feelings of others. Pose himself as religious fanatics.

Gulika and Venus - Suffers due to bad company of doubtful character women and ruins his marital life.

Gulika and Saturn  - Suffer from skin and allergy diseases.

Gulika and Rahu  - Prone to infection and virus diseases.  

Gulika and Ketu - Fear from bad characters and criminals.

 

Gulika can alter the results of other planetary yogas in the chart. All good yogas are lost when the birth time and the Gulika-Kaala coincide together with another inauspicious factor like Mahapaata, Gandanta, Visha-Ghati, etc.

• Gulika in houses 1, 5 or 9 authorises the lagna lord to disburse the maraka effect during its dasha.
• Trouble results during the dasha of a planet that happens to be an associate of Gulika in the rashi chart.
• Severe troubles are also likely during the dasha of any planet associating with Gulika in the navamsha or the dwadashamsha charts.
• Specially adverse results ensue during the dasha period, of Jupiter or Saturn when they associate with Gulika in the navamsha, or the dasha of the Sun when it associates with Gulika in the dwadashamsha, or that of the Moon associating with Gulika in the Trimamsha chart.
• The Pramaana Gulika deserves the same treatment as Gulika (vide supra).
• The transit of Saturn and Jupiter over the navamsha sign lord of Gulika, that of the Sun over the Dwadashamsha sign lord of Gulika, and that of the Moon over the Trimshamsha sign lord of Gulika, put the native in trouble.
• All trikona (1, 5, 9) rashis should be considered in application of transits.

GULIKA AND ACCIDENTS

• Gulika is extremely important as an active killer in Vedic astrology. It is used in the judgement of longevity, along with dasha and transit.
• The lagna, the Moon and Gulika falling in Dwiswabha (dual) or Sthira (fixed) signs prompt multiple ailments and fatality. In Chara (movable)signs, it leads to good health and long life.
• The lagna, the Moon and Gulika falling in mutual trikonas in the navamsha chart, particularly in rashis 4, 8 and 12 are fatal. Such a native is disease prone and accident prone.

GULIKA AND PROGENY

• Gulika in the fifth house, particularly in rashis 3, 6, 10 and 11, leads to lack of children.In such a situation, the native is likely to have some defect in his generative organs.
• Gulika may ensure successful conception when: 

(i) Gulika and the Moon are in the same sign;

(ii) Gulika is with the fifth lord;

(iii) Gulika is aspected by the fifth lord;

(iv) Gulika in the other sign of the fifth lord; 

(v) Navamsha lords of Gulika and the Moon are related mutually.

• A successful conception results when Jupiter transits the times of Gulika rashi or Gulika
navamsha rashi. When Gulika is in any of the first six rashis (Mesha to Kanya),consider the transit of Jupiter from the Gulika rashi. When it is in the last six signs (Tula to Meena), consider the transit from Gulika navamsha rashi.
 

GULIKA IN SPECIAL LAGNAS

• Gulika in houses 1 or 7 in the Pada Lagna causes grey hair, ill health and serious disease of the stomach.
• When AK and Gulika occupy the Karkamsha lagna and both are aspected by the waxing Moon, there ensue losses from repeated theft.
• The native dies of poisoning if Gulika in Karkamsha lagna is not aspected by any planet.It may be noted that the same aspects, as applicable to the natal chart, are to be applied to all the special lagna charts like Karakamsha, Pada, Upa-pada, Navamsha, etc.
 

RAJA YOGA FROM GULIKA

The dispositor of Gulika, a its navamsha lord, placed in a kendra or trikona, or in its own sign or in exaltation, mollifies the adverse effects of Gulika and gives yoga effects, though its lethal propensity (markatwa) would remain intact.That is: Let the Gulika be in a kendra, a trikona, or be strong, in its own house, or in exaltation or in a friendly house. A potent Raja-yoga results from this disposition.

IMPORTANT RESULTS

• Gulika in the first house most certainly reduces the good results of the chart. The impact is maximum in malevolence when the cusp of the lagna and the Gulika are close in degrees. This means that birth taking place at the commencement of the Gulika-kaala suffers the maximum affliction. In such a situation, the Raja-yogas or other benefic yogas lose their potence. That is: Determine all
adverse results from Gulika's association.

• When the nakshatra of the lagna and Gulika are mutually trinal, the basic benevolence of the lagna nakshatra lord (LNL) is lost. Nakshatras 1, 10 and 19 are mutually trinal.

• Gulika spoils the benefic significations of most of the houses by occupying them. Thus, all troubles ensue when Gulika occupies the lagna. In the second house, it curtails family comforts and financial savings. Poor social status results when Gulika occupies the fourth house. In the fifth, it leads to troubles from progeny. And so on.

• Of all the sub-planets, Gulika and Yamakantaka (the subplanet represented by Jupiter's segment) surpass all others in maleficence and beneficance respectively.

• Only in houses 3, 6, 10 and 11 does Gulika generate benefical results. In the tenth house, however, it indicates delay in getting established in a career.

• The good results of Gulika (from its placement in the above houses) are lost when the rashi and navamsha lords of Gulika are neecha (debilitated) or combust.

REMEDIES

The evil of Gulika must be neutralised by prescribed remedies.Parashara recommends that one should worship lord Shiva regularly in the evening, bow down to the Sun-god and lord Vishnu in the morning, and light a holy lamp of ‘ghee’ before a Shiva temple. This would defy the evil arising out of an adverse disposition of Gulika.