Mangalik in the home (Kuja Dosha)- Part 3!
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This post is for any beautiful Soul out there who is struggling with the stamp of "Mangalik" stamped on their forehead! Read the posts. You would later congratulate yourself that you are indeed a Mangalik! I will be writing four to five posts in this series, hopefully! Fingers crossed!
Hope all of you are keeping yourself safe, following the health requirements, washing your hands, wearing masks, socially distancing and whenever possible accessing the vaccines. I cannot emphasize it again and again- Vaccines save you and allows you to live breathe and thrive! Don't make it insignificant! It is a valuable tool for humanity at this current social scenario!
Yesterday only, I was reading a news of how people in many states are using cow/ horse deworming medicine to treat their own Covid, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is asking Americans to stop taking that medicine and harming themselves saying, "You are not a horse". Instead of taking the horse de-wormer, why not take the actual medicine, which is the vaccine that saves lives? All of us have been given a good mind, intelligence and intellect. We are meant to use it-first to keep ourselves safe, then our loved ones and later to work towards our purpose, career, creativity and life. If there is no life and health, what career, creativity or voicing our opinion on any issue?
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Remember life is the first gift! Only if it is there, as a human we can do anything. If no life, no body and no time in this Earth realm. Many are not getting this concept staying within this political, religious and mental chaos. What else is Maya? It is this chaos, the illusory world of mental chatter where real things are getting ignored and not taken into account. For a second, I thought of starting to write about Maya and the grand illusion? I would have to write about the pandemic and the way people are getting disillusioned. That would be more pandemic news. So, moving away from that topic and writing about Mars. Something to keep our focus away from the pandemic, so that we can have an inspired and encouraged mind.
Home: Last week, we discussed how Mangala affects the family house. Family is the one we are born into and live. Not just the immediate, but the family that we are as part of the lineage or the link we are in an unbroken chain of human Souls. That is the second house. But the fourth house is the dwelling we are in the physical world. The home or the space we live in. It can be with immediate family, extended family, alone or with different groups of people,
Example, for a student, the dormitory room or hostel can be the home for some four to six or even ten years. The dwelling we find ourselves in at any time, or space. This is the home or the fourth house. Our personal space we occupy through the years. The physical space is what we occupy outside. But there is also the mental space of inner home and the emotional space of esoterism and the spiritual space of metaphors. People usually only consider the physical space. That is not enough. There is also the mental, emotional as well as the spiritual space.
How is that space within our life? Is it great, good, bad or even ugly? What is the energy of that space? Is it nourishing us or bringing us down? Many times, people think astrology is a waste of time. But astrology can reveal things about a person and their life. Even things they themselves may have no clue about. To an astrologer who can really read the chart. it starts to speak through houses, signs, mythology, aspects, stories, purpose, life, mind, intuition, insights, grace and everything.
In the chart of the Kaalpurusha, time as the being, the home is represented by the sign of Cancer or Karkataka. Cancer is the fourth sign and here we are discussing the effect of Mars placed in the home or the fourth sign. In a chart, wherever the lagna or Moon is placed, the fourth from it becomes the home. For example, for a Leo (Simha) lagna, Scorpio (Vrishchika) is home, while for a Libra lagna, the fourth house of Capricorn (Makara) is the home. But whatever is the sign, an undercurrent of Cancer or Karka would flow through. Like a physical home is there above the ground, but underneath the soil there is an underground river of emotions or Cancer.
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| The fourth house of home! Image credits - Pixabay.com |
Mind and actions: Already we have come across two dynamics, the real placement of the chart and the undercurrent of Cancer. Let us throw in a few more hurdles. Cancer is ruled by the Moon (Chandra) and in this particular case Mars is getting placed in the fourth house- Mangala. In a chart if the houses are aligned like Mars is placed in Aries and Moon in Leo; both fire signs or Mars is placed in Aquarius and Moon in Gemini; both air signs, then many times the mind Moon is able to take the energy of Mars, fire and passion and able to work with it.
Even then, the energy is tough, because Mars is a fiery planet of passion and Moon is the planet of emotions- water. Mars asks the person to take charge and act with will power, while the undercurrent of Moon would ask to chill out, be at home and watch some entertainment. This is the tussle. The will power would ask the person to act or the person has lot of will power and passion. But zero mind to act. They want to rest and relax- at home, Cancer. The effect of Mars in the fourth house.
But this person has a lot of energy and will power as Mars. This energy is sitting as untapped potential. They are not using it towards anything. What happens? Any energy that if not used towards our life, career and creativity, it starts to poke it's head as anger and frustration. The person is sitting at home. What happens? They would fight with others who are sharing the same space. Mars in the fourth house of home- Mangalik!😄 This person has a lot of energy and the mind is not willing to do anything with that energy.
This becomes totally true if the Moon or mind gets placed in a water sign like Scorpio or Pisces. Moon is the water element. It is sitting in its own element of water in Scorpio as well as Pisces. Doubly comfortable at home. Such a person would love to chill out at home. Who wants to use the will power and act, when we can have a nice couch, TV and zombie-land? This is the tussle between Mars and Moon. Mars is the planet of will power and actions, but Moon is the graha of coziness, home and hearth. This water house Moon person with Mars in the fourth house many times would love to chill out, even though if they put focused effort, they could scale the mountains of achievement.
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| Mars is the planet of action Image credits - Pixabay.com |
As, Mars is in the fourth house, the whole Mars energy comes into the private space of home. They feel energized when at home, but this Mars may not be fully available at a public space. As soon as they go out to the public square, they may feel like a deflated balloon, because the person's mind is always craving for their cozy home. So, at home, Mars due to energy won't allow them to chill out, but outside, mind would be always thinking about home. Always caught in the wrong energy at the wrong place. A person who does not realize this dynamics, may become trapped into this non-functional energy cycle.
In marriage: Into these dynamics, we are bringing another person. So now, above the first person's energy the second person or another group, family's energies appear in the closed space. The first person wants to chill out at home, but they are not able to and this energy comes out as anger or frustration. But the home has more members and it is not necessary all would tolerate it or even realize it. What happens? Big tussle and fights, as the total Mars- passions and then, the Moon-emotions of the mind mix and match to form an energy riddle, in which all the people become mired. If the people are not aware, the emotions and angers are going to fly.
Now, in case Mars gets placed in a very fiery place like Leo or Sagittarius and the Moon in deeply watery sign like Scorpio or Pisces, it becomes passions as wild-fire and emotions as deluge or oceans. The person is getting caught between their will power and a very emotional mind. (This is the same dynamic of Gandantha knot of Moola, which we discussed in a previous post, only here with two very different planets). But as others may not understand the frustration of the being, they may add oil into that fire with words, actions or intentions. Remember as soon as the person becomes very angry the very emotional mind brings its water and pours over the fire.
So, the person gets caught between the anger and crying. One minute they may be shouting with deepest of anger and another second, they are on the floor heaving like a rag doll. The person themselves may not understand anything, as the mind that has to make sense of all this is caught between the anger and the emotions. Like this there can be many different dynamics based on the placement of Moon, Mars and where the placement of the fourth house happens. Let us discuss another scenario.
Think, Mars is placed in a water sign say Cancer, its debilitation, weak position. This fiery planet is now in the middle of a lake and a lot of water. Mars is the planet of action, Karthikeya and he is asked to sit still in a nice home in the middle of a lake. Another point, Cancer is also the sign of mother, here Karthikeya's mother, Parvathi. But in mythology Karthikeya had tussle with Parvathi as well. He wanted to go and conquer the world, then sitting at the feet of his mother. This is again the dynamics. This Mars due to the load of emotions may lose courage.
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| Mars in fourth house in marriage Image credits - Pixabay.com |
Above this, think the Moon, mind is placed in Gemini, the sign of Mercury; the person would intellectualize and find reasons why he or she is not acting. Already the person wants to chill out (Moon), has a lot of passion they are not using (Mars) and above this they will sit and intellectualize and reason (Mercury) why they are not able to do anything. These are all different outcomes. But if the mind is aware, the same person would use the very intellectual mind - Mercury to figure out a way to use the Mars energy to make something of themselves with home being a big part of the package. Like an interior designer who designs home and has their own home near the side of a lake. Here, they are using all the three planets to their own advantage.
It is these dynamics of Mars and Moon - home that is playing out in the chart. A Mangalik spouse would have similar energy and if they have a high emotional mind, they would be supportive and encouraging of the other person. In any situation, if the two minds are aligned, they overcome the energy eventually. That is why Vedic astrologers say if there is match of the minds, it is not even necessary to see the horoscope. Both of them will together overcome the challenges.
Mangal in the fourth house: The above were some of the scenarios that can take place. How to overcome these dynamics? The mind of the person needs to realize, they have amazing energy or will power in the private space of home. Mars is always actions and will power. What are you going to do as Karthikeya at home? Are you going to become leader of a war in the home or a leader of a project or creative gig? Both scenarios are available for you. A clueless person would wage a war in the home fighting with everyone and bringing the Mars as chaos into the situation.
Whether they realize or not, the energy of Mars is there at their disposal and that is how the chart has been created. The home and comfort brings them a lot of energy and passion. Outside the home they may not feel that much energy. They can even access the same energy if they make their work as cozy and comfortable as home. Because in the fourth house, the undercurrent of Moon or emotions is always going to be there. The first thing is the person to realize this dynamic as information is power. Once they become aware, they can change their mindset and behaviors so that the Mars energy becomes fully available.
This is why in Vedic astrology; the Moon or mind is given a central position. Almost always our own mind has a big say in how the energy flows into our life. It is our choice whether to wage a battle or use that energy as will power towards our life, career and creativity. The person has the energy, will power as well as the mind at their disposal. Only the mind is very unaware. It has to develop awareness to see they have the mind, as well as the energy of Mars to work with their life within their own home.
This energy they should use towards their own life, career and creativity. When they realize this, the energy as well as the mind along with intelligence (Mercury) would start to work for their life. As soon as intelligence starts to work all other planets one by one starts to glow up and move towards their own potential. With every chart the midpoint comes back again and again to the same concept. The Moon or mind of the person. What is the energy, the mindset and the value system (Venus) of the mind?
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| Using Mars energy from the comfort of the home Image credits - Pixabay.com |
That was a small write-up on Mars or Mangala in the fourth house. The reins are truly in the hands of the person. Only question whether the mind of the person is aware or not. A non-aware person can get deeply mired in this explosive energy many times. If they are not aware and careful this very powerful energy can bring down the person, their home (fourth house), others involved, family, career, creativity and even life itself. But the same person develops awareness can use the energy dynamics towards their own life.
Now, whether to develop awareness or not- always a free will and personal choice decision!