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M rs. Gayatri Devi Vasudev is the Editor of

Modern Astrology, the successor to Dr. B.V.Raman's

The Astrological Magazine which closed down in

December 2007 following her resignation from itsEditorship in June 2007. As Editor (January 1999 to

July 2007) of The Astrological Magazine, the world's

foremost and most authentic journal on Jyotisha or

Indian astrology, and earlier as its Associate Editor

Gayatri Devi Vasudev was actively involved with her

father--- its Founder and the Father of Modern

Astrology Dr. B.V.Raman,---- from 1972 to until his

death in December 1998, in his mission to bring

astrology into the comity of sciences. She continues hismission. She is also the National Vice-President of the

Indian Council of Astrological Sciences founded by Dr.

B.V. Raman in 1984 to organize the study and practice

of astrology. Gayatri Devi Vasudev has authored many

books on astrology that include The Art of Matching

Charts, The Art of Prediction in Astrology, Advanced

Principles of Prediction, Clues to Interpreting Charts,

Practical Horary Astrology, The Story of Dr. B.V.

Raman for Children and How to Judge a Horoscope -

Volume II.

Slimming Tips from Astrology

By

Gayatri Devi Vasudev, India.Earlier Published In ‘Modern Astrology’

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he beauty ideal of the present

times is the young taut slim body.

This ideal has so enamoured large

chunks of the urban population that it has

set into motion a relentless pursuit for the

perfect body. In the process a whole new

world of products and advertising has

emerged as a multi-crore industry doing

brisk business as never before. However,

this trend is far from congenial for both

the body and the mind. Many people with

perfectly normal, not perfect, bodies see

themselves as excessively heavy ordisgustingly thin and feel miserable. At

the other end of the spectrum are those

who are overweight and see themselves as

failures simply because they cannot fit into

the slim and beautiful image that social

pressure and the media cum advertising

world have created and extolled adnauseum

as the sole recipe for accomplishments of every kind. This ideal of slimness has now

assumed the momentum of an ideology

which dictates that without a slim body,

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one is a misfit in society. Such is its power, that many have been driven to starving

themselves to death if only to lose those extra pounds. It has led to many suffering from a

serious distortion of one’s image resulting in depression, melancholia, dangerous levels of

jealousy and even suicidal tendencies. It has stolen away from them the peace and

contentment that comes from feeling comfortable with the body one has to live in.

Taking care of the health and wellness of the body is a desirable goal but excessive pre-

occupation with how it should look is nothing short of a dangerous obsession and the surest

way to feeling wretched.

The horoscope which is an X-ray of what one brings with one at birth carries clues to the

kind of body one has to live with. It can show if one will be slim, reed thin, stout, fat, obese

or suffer from morbid obesity. Based on an understanding of the signs and planets involved,

one can identify the contributory factor to the kind of body promised by the chart. One can

then put in suitable effort to change it to some extent. However, the main thing the chart

does is to help one understand the wisdom of feeling comfortable in the body one has.

The signs and planets influencing the Ascendant are the primary determinants of the kind

of body one gets.

One of the most commonly occurring features in the charts of those severely overweight

is the preponderance of common signs. Such common signs can be Gemini, Virgo,

Sagittarius and Pisces.

There is a commonly held belief that a slim person’s metabolism is high and anoverweight person’s is low. But modern findings veneer towards the viewpoint that weight

is not necessarily directly linked to metabolism. Instead they attribute it to total calories

consumed being far in excess of total calories burned. But this statement is open to debate

for it must have been everyone’s experience at some time or the other to have come across

people who gorge themselves on food but appear emaciated and starved with not an inch of

extra flesh on them. Nor are they known to have exercised in any way at any time. Such

cases disprove the theories that excessive intake of calories leads to overweight. Though this

is true in part, it cannot apply to all as the above instance shows. Such reed thin people mayeat very well but also have a high metabolic rate which burns away the food they eat.

Therefore, there can be cases both of overweight linked to metabolism and also of those not.

Most classical works carry combinations for thin as also for fat bodies. They identify

planets and signs that can either show slimness or overweight as also those that give slender

beautiful bodies.

Jataka Tattwa (A-35), for instance, gives a list of watery signs,

MüMïükÉOæûhÉfÉwÉÉÍsÉiÉÑsÉÉÈ xÉeÉsÉÉÈ zÉåwÉÉÈ zÉÑwMüÉÈ



The signs Cancer, Aquarius, Capricorn, Pisces and Scorpio and Libra are termed jala or watery.The rest are suska or dry.

That is, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Leo, Virgo, Sagittarius have been shown as dry signs.

According to Jataka Tattwa (A-65),

qÉlSìÉMïüUÉÈ zÉÑwMüÉ¶ÉlSìÉcNûÉæ xÉeÉsÉÉæ eÉsÉ¤ÉïaÉÉæ ¥ÉåerÉÉæ cÉ |

Saturn, Sun and Mars are termed dry or waterless planets. The Moon and Venus are called wateryplanets. Mercury and Jupiter are water-resorters.

Chart 1: Gulzarilal Nanda: Born July 4, 1898 at 0h. 2m. at 32 N 34, 74 E 3 with a balance of10 years 4 months 25 days of Venus Dasa at birth.

Ascdt

3‐16

Mars

28‐16

Sun 20‐49

Merc 25‐

01

Ketu 27‐05

Ascdt

Jup

sun

Merc Ketu

Ven

2‐14

Ven

Chart 1

Rasi Navamsa

Rahu

27‐05

Moon

19‐16

Sat

15‐48

Jup

11‐19

Mars

Rahu

Sat Moon

Gulzarilal Nanda (Chart 1), one of our most honest and principled politicians, was slim

and reed thin. The Ascendant is the suska or dry sign Aries occupied by its ruler, the dry

planet Mars. No other planet, especially watery ones, influence the Ascendant Aries or its

ruler Mars resulting in a personality that never put on any weight.

Apart from Mars, Saturn is another dry planet. In fact, Saturn is the Karaka for anemaciated-looking frame. Saturnine sign natives, that is, those born in Aquarius or

Capricorn, more particularly in the former, are relatively safe from putting on extra weight

1

Ascdt

3‐16

Mars

28‐16 Rahu

27‐05

Moon

19‐16

Sat

15‐48

Jup

11‐19

1

Ascdt

Jup

sun

Sun 20‐49

Merc 25‐

01

Ketu 27‐05

Ven

2‐14

Mars

Rahu

Ketu

Merc

Ven

Sat Moon



though Capricorn is defined as a watery sign. The rulership of Saturn is not without its characteristic

influence unless overridden by other weight-producing factors. Saturnine signs with Saturn influencing

the Ascendant directly, especially from dry and airy signs, usually works against putting on weight.

P.T. Usha, India’s golden girl as she was known in her heydays, is a good example of the

Saturnine check on overweight.

Chart 2: P. T. Usha: Born May 20, 1964 at 1h. 00m. at 11 N 30, 75 E 36 with a balance of 6years 2 months of Venus Dasa at birth.

Mer 12‐44

Mars 17‐

13

Jup 17‐01

Sun

6‐55

Rahu

12‐03

Ven

13‐15

Sun

Ascdt

9‐23

Sat

12‐33

Merc

Ketu

Chart 2

Rasi Moon

22‐33

Sat

Ven

Rahu

Navamsa

Ketu

12‐03 Ascdt

Moon

Mars

Jup

The Ascendant is the airy Aquarius in Chart 2 occupied by its ruler, the dry Saturn. TheMoon, a watery planet, aspects the Ascendant but being in Leo, a fiery dry sign and himself aspected by the dry Saturn, his influence ceases to be weight producing.

The watery and dry signs produce corresponding kinds of bodies but Aquarius is more of an exception under watery signs. Likewise, though Sagittarius figures in the list of dry signs,its nature as a common sign contributing to girth takes control. Libra is a watery sign butbeing airy, is not really over-weight producing.

There are also specific combinations (Jataka Tattwa) which show thin bodies.

i) zÉÌlÉcÉlSìÉæ qÉåwÉå SåWûMüÉzÉrÉïqÉç | If Saturn and Moon occupy Mesha (Aries), the native will have an emaciated body. (C-13).

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Ascdt

9‐23

Sat

12‐33

Sun

Rahu

12‐03

Ven

13‐15

Mars

Jup

Moon

22‐33

Mer 12‐44

Mars 17‐13

Jup 17‐01

Sun

6‐55

Merc

Ketu

Ketu

12‐03

Sat

Ven

Rahu

Moon 9

Ascdt



ii) AlirÉåzÉå sÉÉpÉMåülSìaÉå uÉ¢åü SåWûMüÉzrÉïqÉç | If the lord of the 12th occupy the 11th or a Kendra (quadrant) and be retrograde, the result is a slim

body. (C-14)

iii) sÉalÉåzÉÉÍkÉÌ¹iÉpÉåzÉÎx§ÉMåü SåWûMüÉzrÉïqÉç | If the owner of the Rasi occupied by the Ascendant lord be in the 6th, 8th or 12th the body is slim.

(C-15).

iv) zÉÑwMüÉ…¡åû zÉÑwMüaÉëWåû SåWûMüÉzrÉïqÉç | If a dry planet occupies a dry sign (on the Ascendant), it shows a thin body (C-16).

v) zÉÑwMürÉÑiÉåÅ…¡åûzÉå MüÉzrÉïqÉç | If the lord of the Ascendant be conjoined with a dry (sign) planet, a thin body is the result (C-17).

vi) zÉÑwMüaÉëWû¤ÉæÅ…¡åûzÉå MüÉzrÉïqÉç | If the lord of the Ascendant occupy a sign owned by a dry planet, it results in a thin body (C-18)

vii) sÉalÉåzÉÉÇzÉåzÉåå zÉÑwMåü MüÉzrÉïqÉç | If the lord of the Navamsa occupied by the lord of the Ascendant be a dry planet, it shows a thin

body (C-19).

viii) zÉÑwrÉÉ…¡aÉæÈ mÉÉmÉæÈ MüÉzrÉïqÉç | If malefics occupy dry signs and the Ascendant, it shows a thin body (C-20).

Chart 3: Film Star: Born November 2, 1965 at 2h. 30m. at 28 N 36, 77 E 12 with a balance of3 months 5 days of Moon Dasa at birth.

Rahu

13‐54

Jup®

9‐05

Sun

Mars

Sat

Ven

Rahu

Sat®

18‐

41

Moon

Moon

22‐59

Chart 3

Rasi Ascdt

23‐13

Navamsa

Ven

3‐51

Merc 7‐33

Ketu

13‐54

Mars

28‐46

Sun

17‐17

Jup Ketu

Ascdt Merc



India’s most successful film star currently, the native of Chart 3 has Leo rising with its

ruler Sun in a Venusian sign Libra and which has endowed the native with a charismatic,

not necessarily handsome, personality. The Ascendant Leo is a dry fiery sign and is aspectedby the dry planet Saturn from an airy sign Aquarius. The actor is slim and may need no extra

exertion to continue that way.

Though Libra and Aquarius are shown as watery signs in classical texts, they belong to

the airy triplicity of Gemini. Rarely do these signs produce heavy bodies unless overcome by

weight producing factors.

When airy and dry signs are predominant on the rising sign and dry planets influence the

Ascendant directly with no watery planets interfering, then one gets a trim figure and

physique. More often than not, when Aries, Leo, Libra and Aquarius are aspected by Marsdirectly, such natives rarely put on weight. When these signs are aspected by Saturn, then

they are also slim but tending more towards thinness and a scraggly appearance. When

Venus is also involved in directly influencing the Ascendant by aspect or occupation, then

such natives would not only have no problem staying slim but also have proportionate well-

formed bodies. An example for such a body is the late Princess Diana (Chart 4).

Chart 4: Princess Diana: Born July 1, 1961 at 17h. GMT at 3 W 0, 53 N 0 with a balance of 2years 4 months 24 days of Mars Dasa at birth.

Ven

2‐27

Merc®

11‐21

Sun

17‐43

Sun Jup

Mars

Rahu

Ketu

7‐50

Moon

2‐05

Sat

Jup®

13‐13

Sat®

5‐46

Chart 4

Rasi Rahu

7‐50

Mars

9‐43

Merc

Ven

Navamsa

Ascdt

Ascdt

4‐16

Ketu

Moon

Ven

3‐51

Sat®

18‐41

Rahu

13‐54

Merc 7‐33

Ketu

13‐

54

Mars

28‐46

Moon

22‐59

Jup®

9‐05

Sun

17‐17

7

Ascdt

5

Ascdt

23‐13

Ketu

Ven

Rahu

Merc

Moon

Jup

Sun

Mars

Sat



The sign Scorpio rising has its ruler Mars in the dry, fiery Leo with Rahu. Mars is

aspected by Moon-Ketu who themselves are influenced by the airy sign Aquarius which

they occupy. Venus aspects the Ascendant which endowed the native with a tall, slimattractive frame. The fact the aspect of Venus on the Ascendant is from his own sign Taurus added to

the beauty of the frame.

Chart 5: Jurist: Born January 16, 1920 at 0h. 45m. at 18 N 58, 72 E 52 with a balance of 18

years 8 months 4 days of Saturn Dasa at birth.

Ketu

01‐18

Jup®

24‐11 Jup Rahu

Sun

3‐04

Chart 5

Rasi Sat®

19‐55

Sun

Ven

Ketu

Navamsa

Moon

Merc

20‐02

Ven 22‐14

Rahu 0‐18

Moon 3‐34

Mars

2‐07

Ascdt

2‐48

Merc

Ascdt

Mars

Sat®

In contrast is the native of Chart 5, a well-known brilliant jurist, whose appearance was

anything but good-looking. Bird-like and scraggly, he was also small-built. The Ascendant

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Ascdt

4‐16

5

Ascdt

Jup®

13‐13

Sat®

5‐46

Ketu

Merc®

11‐21

Sun

17‐43

Ven

2‐27

Moon

Rahu

7‐50

Mars

9‐43

Ketu

7‐50

Moon

2‐05

Sun

Merc

Ven

Jup

Sat

Mars

Rahu

7

Mars

2‐07

Ascdt

2‐48

Ven 22‐14

Rahu 0‐18

Moon

3‐

34

Sun

3‐04

Merc

20‐02

Sat®

19‐55

Jup®

24‐11

Ketu

01‐18

Sun

Ven

Ketu

Sat®

Moon

7

Merc

Ascdt

Mars

Jup

Rahu



(in Chart 5) is the airy sign Libra occupied by the dry Mars and aspected by the even drier

Saturn from the fiery dry sign Leo. Thin and wiry, the native’s appearance belied his intellectual

brilliance.

Chart 6: Scientist: Born January 8, 1942 at 2h. 29m. (GMT) at 51 N 46, 1 W 15 with a

balance of 5 years 3 months 10 days of Sun Dasa at birth.

Mars

6‐31

Sat®

0‐15

Jup®

21‐07

Mars

Ketu

Ketu

24‐52

Merc Jup

Ven

29‐05

Merc

5‐47

Chart 6

Rasi Rahu

24‐52

Moon

28‐16

Sat Navamsa

Sun

25‐12

Ascdt

5‐00

Moon

Ascdt

Sun

Rahu

Ven

Another example of such a personality is of a British scientist (Chart 6) whose discovery

of theories related to Black Holes brought him global recognition. Thin and gawky, he can

lay no claims to looks of any kind. The scientist is confined to the wheel chair after he wasstruck by motor neurone disease. That apart, what is to be noted is the fact many people

confined to wheel-chairs tend to put on excessive weight, especially waist downwards. In

this case that has not happened. We may note the airy sign Libra rising is aspected by suska

Graha Mars from the dry fiery Aries.

In all cases where only dry and fiery factors influence the Ascendant, the natives in a way

are blessed with bodies that refuse to put on weight. Mars and Saturn are dry planets and

give high metabolic rates. So they do not help fat to accumulate. If Mars alone is the factor

causing a slim or thin body, then the natives are smart with trim waistlines. With very little

effort they can even develop muscular looks. If Saturn is the planet, then muscular looks are

next to impossible even with exercising with weights. On the other hand, since Saturn is

Mars

6‐31

Sat®

0‐15

Jup®

21‐07

Rahu

24‐52

Moon

28‐16

Moon

Sun

25‐12

Ven

29‐05

Merc

5‐47

Ketu

24‐52

5

Ascdt

5‐00

8

Ascdt

Sun

Rahu

Ven

Mars

Ketu

Sat

Merc

Jup



sometimes a planet who does not exactly contribute to looks, he could give a tendency to a

nice little paunch even if the rest of the body is thin. Such natives need to consciously fight

this tendency through exercises that focus on the abdominal region.

Summing up, fiery and airy signs on the Ascendant make one naturally thin. The

influence by aspect or occupation of Mars or Saturn or of both on such an Ascendant adds to

the characteristic of staying thin. If Venus, under such circumstances, influences the

Ascendant, one is slim and attractive in build. If Mars alone aspects or occupies such an

Ascendant, then one has a good physique and an athletic frame. If Saturn alone is the planet

in such a position, one is thin and gawky. As always, afflictions mar the results. Favorable

influences enhance the results. In all these cases, exercise may or may not be necessary to

retain the slimness. If perchance, such natives tend to put on weight for any extraneous

reason – life style basically – simple exercises can help shed the extra pounds. The awareness

that one has such combinations as described above in the chart should make one realize that

one’s body is structured that way and very little effort, if any, is needed to stay that way. Itcan be a blessing then but if they want to gain weight, they must work harder than others to

acquire a well-rounded figure.

But what of those with obese bodies? Do they have a chance of reducing based on

astrological factors? More of it at a later date.

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