There are also combination for fatal diseases suggesting death from the disease. These should be applied after considering whether the planets producing disease are malefics or not and also whether they have some relation with houses and planets ruling death. Malefics always give evil results. Benefics produce milder results and ... Read More »

Horary branch of astrology is the method of judging a horoscope calculated for the time of question. It also gives miraculous results. This can be applied also to determine the diseases. When more than one question are to be judged during one and same lagna, the first question is to ... Read More »

Diseases appear in dasas and antardasas of different planets capable of producing disease 0r at the time when strong malefic planets pass through the house of disease, lagna, Sun, Moon or the house where disease inflicting planet is situated or malefic planets aspect them in transit.The following dasas and antardasas ... Read More »

Hydrophobia is ruled by the second house and Saturn. When second house, lord of second house and Saturn are afflicted or when second house be afflicted by a malefic along with afflicted Saturn, or when second lord and  Saturn be conjoined and be afflicted by malefics and any of the ... Read More »

Tetanus is an infectious disease characterized by tonic spasms  of the muscles with marked exacerbations. Saturn and Moon are karaka for this disease. Moon, in a house of Mars hemmed between Malefics causes tetanus. Moon in house of Mars afflicted by malefics or heavily afflicted Saturn gives rise to this ... Read More »

Plague is a specific infectious disease, caused by bacillus pastis and occurring in two chief forms,—a bubonic, involving the lymphatic glands and a pneumonic causing an acute and rapid fatal inflammation of the lungs. Mars, Venus and Moon are karaka planets for this disease. Lagna, lord of lagna, Sun and ... Read More »

Beri-Beri is a disease due to defficiency of the antineuritic vitamin. Sixth house, Kanya rasi and Venus rule this disease. Affliction of sixth house, lord of sixth house, Kanya- rasi and Venus , their situation in evil houses, conjunction  with, malefics and evil lords, aspect of malefics and evil lords ... Read More »

Dropsy is a disease in which watery fluid collects in the cavities of tissue of body. Karkata, Brischika and Meena rasis are watery signs. Moon and Venus are watery planets. When watery houses and planets are afflicted by strong malefics, be situated badly, be conjoined with or aspected by evil ... Read More »

Rheumatic diseases are of various natures, such as, arthritis, rheumatic nodules, gouts etc. Decrease of wind in the body causes the same. When windy planets Moon, Mercury, Venus and Saturn are weak, combusted, afflicted, badly situated, conjoined with lord of dusthana and are also in some way related with sixth ... Read More »

Filaria is a disease generally caused by parasite called filaria boncrofti carried by infected culex mosquito. Infection of blood is an important factor in this disease. The watery signs Karkata, Brischika and Meena rasis rule the blood along with fourth, eighth and twelfth houses. When the above rasis and houses, lords ... Read More »