Stay Calm: Markets likely to short-rebound in Mid March 2020

Sun, the planet of health, has been transiting in between the nodes of Ketu and Rahu (hidden planets which cause unknown and sudden problems/events) from 15 Dec where direct Sunlight in Northern Hemisphere reduces which brings the temperature to lowest levels. Now from 15th March Sun will also receive aspect from Mars and Saturn. 

Different people, regions and countries have varied planetary charts and combinations and hence the impact of Corona Virus would  vary from people to people and country to country. 

India's ascendant (Health) is not inflicted by Rahu currently  and its likely that we may not face much  difficulty spread through Corona Virus. However, Rahu is placed in the 2nd house (wealth, money, finance, banking) which can cause big problems in these areas at least till 23 Sept 2020 and even beyond after Rahu-Ketu transit.

For equity markets, Planet Mercury will turn direct on March 10, 2020, indicates stock indexes may bounce back around mid of March and remain positive for the next 6 months.. The planet of intellect, communication, commerce and equity markets has been in retrograde (reverse) motion since February 16, 2020 in water-sign Pisces. Generally when Mercury moves in retro motion there is miscommunication and spread of negative news, resulting in panic selling and fall in share prices & Index. 

Difficult Planetary Transits  Mercury will again turn retrograde from June 17 to July 12, and October 13 to 2 November 2020.  The other planets that will also be turning retro this year include Saturn 11 May to 29 September,  Venus 13 May to 25 June , Jupiter from 14 May to 13 September  and Mars 10 September to 14 November 2020. These retrograde motions may not be favorable for many people who have weak planets in their respective (individual or family) horoscopes.  

Unfavorable Rahu -Ketu Transit 
Shadow planet Rahu-Ketu has been transiting in Gemini and Sagittarius since March 2019.  On November 5, 2019 Jupiter, the planet of protection and auspicious energy and expansions is conjunct with Ketu in its own sign Sagittarius. 

On 23 September 2020 Rahu will return for the fifth time in the first house of India's horoscope in Taurus (ascendant sign) and as we have experienced (deadliest violence/killings/disease outbreak) previous four times (1947-48, 1965-66, 1983-84, 2002-03) that it is inauspicious for India. As per numerology Rahu represents number 4, this year 2020 adds to number 4. As i said in my previous posts that before this all those years which added to this number there were big problems. Therefore, we need to be very careful because it can be very dangerous and can cause turmoil and violence in future this year .

Over all, leaving few incidents of negativity aside,  economy, industry & commerce, stock markets may move upwards slowly and steadily after these planetary transits . I believe by July 2021 when India's Mercury auspicious anter dasha begins, India GDP growth can revive and surpass 5-7% during the period.   In addition to the years i have already mentioned here there are equal numbers of cyclical years (every 9 &18 years) where there were mass protests as well including 1957 (Agitation for formation States based on linguistic basis), 1975 (Emergency ), 1993 (Mumbai blasts, riots following demolition of Babri Masque) and 2011 (Lokpal Agitation) 
We should (all parties) perform a Yagna for the prevention of Kaal Sarp Dosh in the horoscope of India so that the Country is protected from inauspicious events and cosmic defects.


The BSE Sensex has fallen over 5% due to Coronavirus fears this year so far.  

Last year when Mercury was retrograde from July 7 to 31, and October 31 – November 20, 2019 the equity markets fell heavily after the July 5 union budget and remained volatile. 

Most of the planets, Specially Sun, Jupiter, Saturn have been in-between Rahu-Ketu nodes from December 15, 2019 to July 15, 2020 and with the transit of Mars in Sagittarius on 8 Feb 2020 it is forming a inauspicious Kal Serp Dosha, resulting in spread of Coronavirus from China, fueling mass protests & violence in India and increasing tensions between US-Iran.

Favorable Transit 

There is a one good reason to trust that we may not face recession as Saturn is currently transiting in his own sign Capricorn in India's house of luck (9th House). However, India is currently running Moon-Saturn dasha from 5 December 2019 to 5th July 2021, which is not favorable. The slowest moving  Saturn is a planet of masses (democracy) and justice, is indicative that in this period mass protests and violence may continue and courts will have a greater role to play in delivering justice. Mars will move to its exalted sign Capricorn on March 24 followed by Jupiter on 30th. Also, Venus, the ascended (Lagnesh) of India birth chart is will move to its own sign on March 29 from an unfavorable zodiac sign Aries.  

 RK47 behind  Coronavirus, Delhi violence

In the year 2020, the corona virus has put China in great trouble. 18 years ago there was also an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in China and Asia in 2002-03, which lasted about 9 months.  

This time around this unknown deadly virus originated in China after the transit of Sun in Sagittarius sign in Mid of December 2019 and 1st case was reported on December 31, soon after Solar eclipse (Surya Grahan) on December 26. According to Indian Shatras's Sun, which is an enemy of Rahu (currently placed in its poisonous Nakshtra Arda, Gemini sign) becomes invisible, blocking the Sun light and cosmic energy that is vital for life on earth, gets badly afflicted. I believe this is what has caused Corona Virus to thrive and spread in some many counties.

Lord Sun will move from Rahu-Ketu kaal serp dosha in Mid of July 2020 and Rahu-Ketu  transit after Sept 24, 2020 indicates this deadly disease will disappear in the next 6-9 Months.

In addition to this fierce deadly unknown disease in China, this year, due to some unknown (mental virus as well)  fear, confusion and stubbornness in the mind of the people, there are big incidents of huge violence, that is coincidentally also after 18 years.

The CAA protests have now taken the form of major riots and violence in Delhi, in which (according to media reports) 40 plus people have been killed and several hundred injured. 

According to the indications of astrological study, this year (20+20=4) is ruled by Rahu, especially around September 2020 the situation is likely to worsen even more. In the Ascendant horoscope of India, there is an Anant Kal Serp Dosha due to Rahu-Ketu transit at the time of its Independence. Rahu is considered to be the most inauspicious, venomous, dreaded, treacherous, conspiratorial, cunning and deceptive planet in Indian astrology. Every 18 years, when Rahu comes back in Taurus (the Ascendant) then there has been terrible violence in the country due to conspiracy, spread of rumor and un-parliamentary speech. Rahu represents numeral 4 and Ketu 7 in numerology. 

Rahu was in Taurus in 1947-48 when conspiracy to divide the country resulted in deadliest riots of all time that killed 2000000 people (as per wiki). Pakistan invaded India. Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in 1948 (number 4, the sum of the whole numbers). 

After 18 years, Rahu returned to Taurus in 1965-66, Pakistan again invaded India and during this series of challenging events , the then Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri mysteriously died in Tashkent, Russia in 1966 (4). 

After this, Rahu-Ketu came back to India's Ascendant for the third time in 1984 (4) during which major tragic events like Operation Blue Star, assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi (3 + 1 October), massacre of thousands of Sikhs in riots and Bhopal gas tragedy also occurred due to operational negligence that killed 15000 people.

In 2002 (4) Rahu returned to India’s Ascendant sign for the fourth time. The Godhra train was put to fire that killed 57 Hindus. This followed Hindu-Muslim riots and killings of thousands of people in Gujarat. 

There was also an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in China and Asia in 2002-03 which killed over 700 people.

And now in 2020 (4) as well, Corona virus has killed over 3000 people in China and has now spread in 55 countries, is caused by Rahu-Ketu inauspicious effect on major planets, specially Lord Sun, for sure.

As I had earlier predicted in my blog posts of 2010 and August 1, 2019 that there may be chain of unprecedented untoward events, unknown problems, conflicts, riots and violence in India.

Decoding RK47

Rahu-Ketu prevails as a powerful lead planet in the horoscope of cunning politicians and criminals; therefore, I have named it as "RK47 Chronic (cosmic) Virus". It is based on correlations of re-occurrence (chronic syndrome) of most violent riots and events since 1947 during Rahu's represented years that add to number 4, and inauspicious dasa and transit in the birth sign of modern India. 

I humbly request people in responsible high positions to use Astrology to identify inauspicious planetary periods in future ( Sept 2020  to April 2022, 2026-27,2029, 2038, 2047 etc) and according take important policy decisions. The period when India passed CAA in Dec 2019 was not auspicious due to kaal serp dosha. We should have waited for few years in building consensus among people. However, Rahu is also a planet of atheist-ism and doesn't allow cosmic wisdom & energy  to prevail when other planets are placed in difficult transits in between Rahu's (Snake) head and tail. 

Govind A. Rana