Deadly Conjunctions: Mars & Rahu (Kuja Sthambana)

Mars

Mars in Vedic astrology is called by many names, but the best one is Mangal. The word “Mangal” means auspicious, or to do good. Using the name Mangal removes the destructive power of Mars.
Mars represents our energy, strength and courage on the positive side. A negative Mars represents cruelty, violence, suppression, fighting and quarrelling.

Why is Mars an important planet? We need our strength to survive and compete in life. Mars is the significator of the 3^rd house, which shows our strength, courage, siblings and our enterprise ability. Mars is also the lord of the 1^st and 8^th house (Aries & Scorpio) in the Natural Zodiac. There is a lot to discuss about Mars, which can be studied from any standard text.

Mars Rahu Relation

Mars is highly inimical to Rahu and they are constantly in battle. Mars is the General of the Army of God and Rahu is General of the Demon Army. Mars is a straight fighter and does not devious methods in fighting. Rahu on the other hand does not fight straight and will always backstab Mars. This the reason Mars can never win a fight against Rahu until He gets help from Shri Vishnu.

Kuja Sthambana

Kuja is another name of Mars. Kuja means a bad birth. The birth of Mars was not considered auspicious so many named Mars Kuja. I do not recommend using this name for Mars.
Sthambana means to stab or kill. The yoga of Mars & Rahu is called Kuja Sthambana meaning death of Mars.

This Yoga is very malefic as it destroys Mars. This results in serious damage to the native because

1. The houses ruled by Mars are demolished
2. The 3^rd house is seriously damaged
3. The significance of Mars is lost.
4. This yoga is extremely deadly in AL3 and the 12^th, 8^th and 2^nd houses of Navamsa

(AL3 is the third house from Arudha Lagna. This house shows the circumstances of death. Malefic yogas here show bad death.)

Case 1: Death During Pregnancy

The native was a female who passed away during pregnancy. Four planets are conjunct in the 5^th house Sun, Mars Mercury and Rahu. Multiple Yogas are coming into play such as Kuja Sthambana, Aditya Chandala Yoga, Nipuna Yoga. Due to Parivartana (exchange) between Sun and Jupiter, Gopala Yoga and Guru Chandala Yoga is also forming. The 5^th house is in a complete mess.

Since Mars is conjoined Rahu the houses of mars are getting destroyed. Here the 4^th house and 9^th house are ruled by Mars.
In Stree Jataka (Female Horoscopy) the 9^th house is the house of pregnancy. As soon as the native got pregnant, the 9^th house and its lord Mars got activated. The moment Mars became active Rahu killed Mars. The houses owned by Mars also got destroyed.
We see AL (Arudha Lagna) is also in the 9^th house is also destroyed. Destruction of AL means death. The 4^th house is Scorpio where “pp” (Pranapada) is placed is also destroyed. Pranapada is our life force.

This malefic yoga in the 5^th house is also aspecting Gemini by Rashi dristi (Aspect of Signs) which is the 3^rd house from AL. All these factors lead to the demise of the native during pregnancy.

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Case 2: Autistic Child

Again we see Sun, Mars and Rahu conjoined in the 7^th house. This also the bhadhaka house and its lord Mercury is sitting in the 6^th house showing severe problems from black magic.
The 9^th lord Sun is also here conjoined Rahu, telling the first pregnancy won’t survive and will be a miss carriage. From the second pregnancy, a son was born. The native’s 5^th house is destroyed which shows children. As Mars, the 5^th lord is conjoined Rahu and in Marana Karaka Sthana. The son born is autistic and the native is facing a hard time raising him.

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Case 3: No Children

Mars, Jupiter and Rahu are conjoined in the Ascendant. There is an exchange between Sun and Mars also. There are multiple yogas are being formed but the most prominent ones are Guru Chandala and Kuja Sthambana. The native is a lady and after several years of struggle and medical help also was not able to conceive a child.

Since Mars is being destroyed by Rahu, the houses owned by Mars 9^th and 4^th are also hit. But the 9^th house is the house of pregnancy it has nothing to do with the conception of a child. A child is conceived in the 5^th house from Venus. Here Venus is in the 5^th house, so we count the 5^th house from Venus it maps to the 9^th house. So here the problem more severe and the native cannot even conceive a baby. Looking carefully, it can be said that all houses that denote child and childbirth are badly afflicted.

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Case 4: No Marriage & Business Loss

The native has Khuja Sthambana in the 2^nd house. Mars rules the 2^nd and 7^th houses and both these houses are getting destroyed. Even though Mars is its sign and powerful but conjoined debilitated (Ayus) Rahu has caused enough damage. The whole energy of Shri has gone from this chart. (The 2^nd and 7^th houses make Shrimanta Yoga). The native did not get married. He was not able to find a suitable spouse as there is no 7^th house. Business also comes from the 7^th house and he is facing many hardships. The 2^nd house is accumulated wealth which is also not there.

Note the curse and blockage of Venus too.

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