For last few decades we have been witnessing some serious health issues which may prove fatal and seem to be the result of advancements in modern science and consequent changes in our life style, directly or indirectly. Naturally, some questions arise:

Can these issues be explained astrologically? Were there no such combinations in the horoscopes of our ancestors? And finally, are there any astrological remedies available to save the human beings? Answer lies in the fact that nothing in this world happens without the will of the almighty and astrology is His way of indicating trends of such happenings. While interpreting wisdom of the seers in modern context, we should keep in mind the basic premise of Desh, Kaal and Paatra. Regarding astrological remedies, no generalized answer can be given.

Cancer is one such most dreaded health malady of modern times. We will try to answer the above questions through a case study of 'Brain Cancer'. It is a typical case of a MBBS doctor who was suddenly diagnosed of a malignant brain tumour in 2nd week of Dec 2009 and was operated on 28th Dec 2009 but, unfortunately, expired on 20.11.2010 despite all care and treatment. Data of the native are as follows:

Date of birth - 7.5.1960; Time of birth - 13:05; Place of birth - Itarsi, India (77E45, 22N37) Vimshottari Dasa at birth was Sun-Jup.

I will broadly outline major afflictions on the basis of Rasi and Navamsa chart and will leave rest to readers, especially as these modern maladies do not find matching mentions in astrological classics and require further research. Now have a look at his Rasi and Navamsa charts (birth chart given is Rasi chart with true nodes. Even with mean nodes, Rahu-Ketu shift to 2-8 axis in Lagna):

Jup-Sun operates from Aug 2009 to May 2010. First see the dangerous affliction to Moon in 2/12 axis threatening the very existence of life. Then see the exalted lagna lord which will try to thwart such risk to life. This lagna lord the Sun has shifted to 10th house in bhava chart forming a 6/8 relationship with Jupiter. Now notice dasas of Sun-Jup at birth and Jup-Sun at the time of illness. Do you see any meaning into it? Have a glance at Navamsa and see afflictions to the Sun. Mutual disposition of Jupiter and Sun is 6/8 here too. What better could be expected in the dasa of a retrograde 8th lord and antardasa of an afflicted lagna lord? Further, try to identify 22nd Drekkana, a well known parameter of Parasara for fatality. You will find that dasa is of lord of 22nd Drekkana. What could be the apprehension in subsequent antardasas of Moon, Mars and Rahu when Mars and Ketu both are situated in 22nd Drekkana afflicting the Moon severely?

Now see it from Jaimini angle. Corresponding Chara dasa (as given by noted astrology veteran Shri K.N.Rao) is Taurus-Pisces. Dasa Rasi Taurus is 6th from Pada Lagna. AK Saturn is in the 8th from Taurus afflicted by GK Mars, Rahu and Ketu. Pisces contain GK Mars and Ketu, further afflicted by Rahu and Saturn. This is a neat (and brief) explanation.

Now why Cancer? Mars and Ketu indicate Vrana or the tumour and in the 8th, it might be the reason of death. Further, concentrate on insect signs specially Scorpio, I suggest. Again why it involved ‘Brain’? Try to correlate Rasis with afflicted lagna factors. In our case, lagna lord the Sun is suffering in Aries (head) Rasi and Scorpio (Cancer) Navamsa. Is this not a classical justification for Cancer? People with insight into astrology may find the story further illuminating. Those who know Kaal Chakra Dasa may try it.