Marana Karaka Sthana: The House That Challenges Planetary Contribution
Marana Karaka Sthana (MKS) literally means Death Signifying House for a Planet. It is a house, where the contribution demanded from a planet via his placement, is against the fundamental nature of the planet. Because of this reason, the planet becomes very uneasy and feels like dying rather than contributing to the responsibilities of the house. In short, the planet cannot contribute meaningfully to the MKS house as it does not like the house.
Every house in Astrology signifies or represents certain activities. For executing those activities the contributors should have a certain personality, abilities, and attitude.
For example, soldiers work in war zones. For them to contribute meaningfully to a war they should be courageous, fearless, skilled in warfare, physically strong & fit, active and disciplined, etc.
If one lacking the warrior personality traits is told to contribute in a war zone like a soldier, then that person will be in great difficulty. Further, he will also spoil the atmosphere for the fellow team members.
This is exactly what happens to a planet when it is placed in its Marana Karaka Sthana.
Shri Vaidyanatha Dikshita in Jataka Parijata has taught the concept in Chapter 17 of Kalachakra Dasa. He has listed the Marana Sthana of 8 planets from the Sun to Rahu. If the natural malefic planets are weak and either conjoin or aspect a planet in Marana Sthana, there will be greater suffering. Weakness means they should be in debility, in the enemy’s sign, etc.
Marana Karaka Sthana or Death Signifying House(s) for different planets are as follows:
For Sun: Marana Karaka Sthana is 12th H
Sun is the king and his placement in the 12th House of compromise and giving up is MKS for him. Because a king is very uncomfortable giving up all his belongings like kingdom and wealth etc.
For Moon: Marana Karaka Sthana is 8th H
Moon is the mind and likes to dwell & enjoy in the material world, when he comes in the 8th H of longevity/death he becomes very uncomfortable with these very thoughts and he feels like dying.
For Mars: Marana Karaka Sthana is 7th H
The planet of war, dominance, and aggression when told to contribute to romance, love and sensuality becomes very uncomfortable in 7th H.
For Mercury: Marana Karaka Sthana is 7th H
Also, Mercury being a eunuch planet, when contributing to marriage, honest partnership, and procreation becomes very uncomfortable with the situation in 7th H. He likes to experiment, have fun and enjoy.
For Jupiter: Marana Karaka Sthana is 3rd H
Jupiter the planet of righteousness, world peace, and wisdom, when has to do aggression and take weapons in hand in the 3rd house, becomes very uncomfortable.
For Venus: Marana Karaka Sthana is 6th H
Venus the planet of love, sensuality, and passion is at great unease in the 6th house of celibacy, separation, and fights.
For Saturn: Marana Karaka Sthana is 1st H
Saturn the significator of disease, suffering, and sins, when delivering health and character to a person, becomes very uncomfortable in the 1st House.
For Rahu: Marana Karaka Sthana is 9th H
Rahu the planet of cheating, deceit, and irreligiousness when works for righteousness (dharma), law, temple (religious place), etc becomes very uncomfortable with the work.
What happens when a planet is in Marana Karaka Sthana?
Just as we must perform our karma regardless of the situation, so must all planets in a astrology chart. Consequently, several important things occur when a planet is in Marana Karaka Sthana:
1. The houses owned by the planet suffer terribly because the lord (owner) is not able to care for and contribute to his own house(s). He is too occupied with the work he hates in Marana Karaka Sthana (MKS).
Read about all the 12 houses in Astrology their meaning and significance
2. The Naisargik Karak Tatwa (Natural Significance) of the planet suffers and it becomes negative or problematic for the natives. The native suffers at Naisargik Karak level, at one point in life.
For example, Mars is Naisargik Karaka (Natural Significator) for younger brother, home, land, property, aggression, fire, initiative, engineering/engineers in general, police, security, army, logic, simple machines, etc. If Mars is in Marana Karaka Sthana (MKS) then the native suffers in one/some of the areas at some point in life.
Read about the description and characteristics of the 9 planets in astrology.
3. When a planet is trapped in a house he hates and he is told to do something repeatedly he abhors, he becomes very disturbed and continues to do and behave according to his basic nature. Consequently, at the very core, the planet behaves negatively for the house it is placed in i.e. in MKS.
So every planet depending upon its inherent nature reacts differently. The natural malefic planets (kroora grahas) like Mars, Saturn, Rahu, and Sun retaliate in a harsh way and therefore marriage/relationships 7th H, health/character/ideas (1st H), dharma/luck (9th H), attitude to compromises/ give up/bed pleasures, etc (12th) suffer severely.
Natural benefic like Venus, Jupiter, Moon, and Mercury behave in a somewhat kind way but all do some bad to the house where they are placed in MKS.
Example 1: Sun present in MKS:
Sun is the King and gives work to all in the society. Sun is also the giver of wealth. In the form of 12 Adityas he gives us everything. If Sun is in Marana Karaka Sthana (MKS) in Rashi kundali or Dasamsa D10 chart then at some point in time there could be no work/wealth/boss for the native considering other factors are also negative for these aspects. It can also cause a huge loss of wealth at some point in time for a native. Natives also find it difficult to do compromises and sacrifices in life.
Example 2: Moon present in Marana Karaka Sthana for Aries Ascendant:
Moon lords the 4th house for Aries Ascendant. When he is present in the 8th house he is in great difficulty:
First, the Moon is in debility in the sign Scorpio and secondly, it is present in MKS in the 8th house. These two Astrology combinations together can give devastating results in the life of the native concerning mother, comfort, and happiness in general in life.
Here the 4th lord and Naisargik Karaka for mother is present in double difficulty in a dushta sthana. If this placement of Moon is supported by Rasi Tulya Navamsa then absolute devastating results for the native. The mother may pass away in the childhood of the native or may stay severely ill. Own happiness and comforts of the native suffer siverly. He can stay anxious and perturbed during the entire life.
Support from Navamsa in this context means that Moon and Mars are placed in quadrant, trine or 3/11 houses from each other in Navamsa D9.
Read about :Rasi Tulya Navamsa
Astrologers must check for the cancelation of debility of this Moon so that after some time the native may have some peace and comfort in life.
Note: We have explained this concept in great detail in our Jyotish course videos. Further, the video lesson (How to see Vedic Charts? Part 1 of 6) also has this content in detail.
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