Health and Longevity

This book deals with health and longevity. These two subjects are perhaps the most important ones in delineating a Kuṇḍalī, because, when one has good health and vitality and is granted the needed longevity, only then one can live one’s life to the fullest. When health is bad, then even the best of the yogas in a Kuṇḍalī become meaningless. What is the fun of having a huge bank balance, when the health does not support one to perform fulfilling activities? Longevity is another important but complex subject. A Kuṇḍalī may have excellent Rāja or Dhana yogas, but if an individual does not live to experience them, what is the use of such yogas. Therefore, the Śāstras advise us to judge one’s longevity before embarking on any other assessments. However, this is one of the most difficult and complex areas, and a structured study is important. There are several mathematical models such as Piṇḍāyu, Añśāyu and Nisargāyu, that help us determine one’s longevity through a structured mathematical framework. However, in Kaliyuga, such models do not grant satisfactory results because of the fall of Dharma. One must compliment them with several other models such as the methods of three lords and three pairs. Besides that, one must use the Daśās such as Brahmā, Śūla and Navāñśa. This book has a structured study of the subject.