13) Sankara took Sanyasa deeksha (oath of ascetic life) during his 9th year. So he never married and never had family and family-life. In Rasi chart the 7th house (Kalathra-sthana; house of wife and family life) is Capricorn. Saturn is its lord . He is in 6th house (12th house (ripha-sthana) to 7th house). Venus is kalathra-kaaraka and he is in the constellation of Ketu and is strongly afflicted. Also Venus has paapa-karthari yoga; two malefics Mars and Rahu are on either side of Venus. Due to all these factors, Sankara never had a marriage, a wife or a family-life. 14) Jupiter is veerya-bestower. He is in 8th house (randhra-sthana). Venus is sambhoga-kaara (bestower of sex life); he is the constellation of Ketu (moksha-kaaraka; bestower of salvation). These indicate the sublimation of sex desire and spotless brahmacharya (celibacy) character of Sankara.
15) In Rasi chart, the 6th house is (Sagittarius) house of enemies, opposition, debts and diseases. Saturn occupies the 6th house; he is the lord of 7th and 8th houses. Jupiter is the lord of 6th house (Sagittarius) and occupies the 8th house (Aquarius). Thus there is a strong Parivarthana (exchange) yoga between the lord of two malefic houses 6th (sathru) and 8th (randhra). Both lords aspect the lagna lord Moon; Jupiter has 5th drushti and Saturn has 7th drushti on Moon. Moon (lagna-lord) is placed in the moksha-sthana (salvation house) the 12th house (ripha-sthana). Moon is also ruler of mind. All these factors denote the following unique capacity Sankara had. He readily understands the formidable nature of the opponents he had to face. He was able to vanquish them all by his calm judgment and clever argument. He has perfect familiarity with the traditional interpretation and exposition as well as his super mastery of the various types of philosophies and Vedas and Upanishads and scriptures. 16) Sun is atma-kaaraka (indicator of Soul); Mercury is budhi-kaaraka (indicator of intellect); they borh are conjunct in 10th house (karma-sthana; Sri Narayana sthana). Mercury is the lord of Gemini the12th house (moksha-stana). Divine Jupiter aspects (5th drushti) the 12th house. Also three planets, Saturn, Mercury and Jupiter stay in 12th house from Moon in Nava amsa chart; and Sun aspects (7th drushti) the Moon and his house. All these factors explain Sankaracharya’s philosophy “Advaitha” . This world has no absolute reality. It has an apparent and relative reality. Atma and Parma-atma are one and identical “Aham Brahmosmi”.
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