The Ninth House and Sikh Gurus
The Ninth house signifies righteousness, preceptor, intuition, charities, philosophical knowledge, religion, yogic powers etc. Dr B.V. Raman has also stressed that the sun is the Atamkarata and the Moon, the Manakarata. Spiritiual achievement is possible if Manahkarata is on a sympathetic wave with the Atamkarata. Saturn is Vairagyakaraka and Mokshakaraka like Ketu. Four signs , namely cancer, Scorpio, Sagittarius, and Aquarius are also helpful in attaining spritiual knowledge. Cancer signifies the mind being ruled by the Moon. Scorpio is a secretive sign, Sagittarius indicates religion and Aquarius stands for philosophical knowledge.
Religious temperament is also indicated by the 9th house and its lord, Saturn, the Moon and the 12th house, its lord and Ketu, the Makshakaraka. The analytical examination of birth charts relating to Sikh Gurus from Punjab show that the 9th, the 12th, Atmakaraka, Mokshakaraka and Saturn are instrumental in bestowing spritiual power on the Gurus who appeared during such a critical period in Indian history when forgeign rules were causing atrocities on Hindus and the Gurus showed the right path and enriched the masses with spritiual solace.
Guru Nanak Dev’s chart is from Notable Horoscopes by Dr. Raman. The birth chart of Guru Gobind Singh, Guru Amar Dass and Guru Teg Bahadur have also been studied to ascertain the role of planets and house as aforementioned. Besides these Horoscopes, the birth chart of a living legend , the Namdhari sect Guru Jagjit Singh Ji has also been taken into consideration. His Preaching are based on socio-religious teaching. The charts have been tabulated showing the birth charts as D-1, the Moon- sign chart and Navamsa chart as D-9
| Sub division | Ascdt | sun | Moon | Mars | Merc. | Jup | Venus. | Sat. | Rahu. | Ketu |
| D-1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| D-9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| Moon Sign | 12 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
Chart is relates to Sri Satguru Jagjit Ji. He was born at 4.00 am on 22 November 1920 at 30 N 55, 75-E 54 with a balance of 5 years, 5 Months, 21 days of Saturn Dasa at birth. Ketu, the Mokshakaraka, occupying the 9th house indicates a deeply religious nature. In the Moon sign chart the 9th lord occupies a sign of Saturn aspected by the Moon . In D-1, the Atamkarka is aspected by Ketu in the 9th. Guru Sahib was Crowned with Guru Gaddi during the Dasa of 9th lord ( August 1959). The native launched an anti cow slaughtering campaign and took into his charge all weak and sick cows from Calcutta. He has been performing the sacred duties of Guru occupying the high seat of Namdhari sect.
The examination of the 9th house, its lord, mokshakaraka Saturn and Moon reveals that these combinations tend to make one deeply religious.
Author: Narsingh Dass Achint | Published: Satjug 06th November to 12th November 2008.