Shani - Guru Opposition

Even as I start writing this post, I must admit to having misgivings about calling this an "Opposition" between Shani and Guru. Surely these two giants and the neutrality of their relationship merits being viewed from a different perspective. However, some of the results bear the markings more along the lines of a stand-off.

Lets look at the players for a minute. Guru expands, it creates opportunities. And then it facilitates good judgement to choose the right opportunity. Shani restricts, it focuses and it favors risk averse paths and outcomes. Guru might create several opportunities in a house it aspects whereas Shani will generally weed out the theoretical and present you with more limited, practical options. Shani doubt will cloud optimistic Guru judgement and the more ambitious plans will be discarded.

Guru is in his own house currently in Meena while Shani is in his (Guru's) enemy's house of Kanya. It is also worthwhile to note that from the end of May 2010 to about 4/5th June 2010, Shani was stationary and blasting his total detail oriented drishti on the "I-couldnt-be-bothered-less-with-details" Meena Guru. I have learned of several Guru dominant folks who were severely vexed in terms of their jobs, their luck and judgement during this time. In my opinion, the fact that Guru was in Uttara Bhadrapad nakshatra - owned by shani, and receiving Shani drishti might have tilted the balance slightly in favor of Shani.

More famously since Guru represents judgement, the refreeing in the FIFA world cup has been severely afflicted. There are poor decisions in any tournament but this years cup has had more than its fair share. The FIFA traditionalists have so far pooh poohed at the idea of integrating technology into football refreeing. However, with the Shani-Guru opposition causing doubtful judgements, Guru will be forced to accept the encroachement of his enemy Budha (technology) in his rarefied domain of judgement.

Another interesting example of Guru under attack was the instance of the in-fighting between the French team and their coach. Meena Guru aspected by Kanya Shani - classic case of employees/wards in Budha's juvenile domain withholding approval from Guru.

As far as Guru represents the banking system and financial markets, the hard Shani drishti has caused a reality check in that domain as well. Markets are down from their highs and the recovery seems to be in douubt at this time. Of course that is also likely in part due to the combustion of Mercury and its transit over ketu.

And since Guru is also the karaka for speech, how can we fail to mention the lack of judgement displayed by General McChrystal in his loose comments in front of the rolling stone journalist. Another sad outcome of the opposition. In this case the mangal drishti to Guru may also have had a role to play. I am sure with the passage of time other decisions taken in this period with adverse outcomes may come to light.

However, dear reader, even as Shani is looking at Guru, the opposite is also happening. So its a good time as any to point out that the glass is half full. And as we speak, Guru is slowing down as Shani picks up speed. So some of the more positive results from the opposition can be expected. At the end of July, Guru will turn vakri and will become stronger. Watch this space as we further analyze the impact of the transit.