Parashara says:

• [They] will have medium stature and plump body.

• The forehead will be broad, neck thick and stout, eyes bright, hair dark, complexion clear.

• They will be solidly built with big shoulders and muscles well developed.

• The natives of this lagna have great endurance and patience but when provoked they become angry and vicious like a bull.

• They are slow and steady, plodding and persevering, patient and persistent.

• They are conservative. They do not waste their energy. They have a strong will. They are not impulsive.

• If there are bad influences on the lagna they become lazy and self-indulgent.

• They are fond of good food and are very much after money and other worldly possessions.

• They are ambitious, cheerful and fond of enjoyment. They are fortunate and are favorites of Goddess Lakshmi.

• They are sexy but they are steadfast in their love.

• They are fond of music, arts, cinema, drama, etc. They like to hoard money and are cautious in spending.

• Their married life is generally happy.

Sthana (Domain)

Rashi and Pati

Phul (fruits)

[applies as well or better to Chandra lagna]

House 1 - Appearances - Vrishabha [Taurus]

Lagnesha Shukra -sensual pleasure rules a natural house of neutral Kuja

Kritttika

• Laura Welch Bush + Rahu

• Carl Sagan (scientist, television presenter)

Rohini

• OSHO Rajneesh

• UK- Queen Victoria I

• USA Pres 29, Warren G. Harding

• USA Pres 31, Herbert Hoover

Mrigashira

L-1/L-6 Shukra

Domain-1 signifies personal competition for social validation through a winning combination of physical behaviors and traits.

The Vrishabha native seeks to develop the physical identity through association with precious natural resources, wealth and luxury , arts and music, fine foods and furnishings. Personally identified with history, accumulated financial and artistic values, exquisite oils and textiles, and traditional lore. One prefers an aesthetic approach to life.

Vrishabha natives are generally artistic, beauty-loving folk who have a great love for animals and medicine (due to Shukra also lord of 6) along with a certain affiliation to servants and the working class (6).

Because Shukra = L-6 for health, Vrishabha natives fight a lifelong battle with sugars (possibly in the form of alcohol). The appearance is governed partially by Shukra, which favors a pastel-white-diamond-variegated complexion. Within the native's gene pool, there is a notable tendency for the appearance to favor lighter pigmentation and attractively balanced (Shukra) features.

Vrishabha natives strive to maintain a competitively attractive personality and physical appearance.

They like material wealth and sensual pleasure. If Shukra occupies 2, 5, 9 or 11, these natives often bank considerable hoards of valued items.

Physical appearance depends on the condition of D-1/D-9 Shukra.

Das /Behari s A ys,

• "Taurus in the Ascendant bestows a pleasing face, small thick neck, plump thighs, broad shoulders and a well-built muscular body.

• Amiable by temperament, artistic in nature, libidinous in character, you can be categorized as essentially materialistic.

• Fond of luxury, favoring romance but tending to cultivate bad company. Self-respecting and happy, mostly in the middle and latter portions of life.

• Saturn, though He owns the 9th and 10th, produces a Yoga which is hard to collect on. It's a Yoga, but a difficult one to fully realize depending on placement of Saturn in the chart.

• Venus ruled periods should be good for money.

• Mars ruled periods produce financial prosperity;

• Jupiter periods are mixed.

• You like to win, will have the tendency of gathering wealth right from youth ,

• will have broad and strong forehead, nose, cheeks and lips,

• be industrious, fortunate, devoted to parents, liberal,

• will have many expenses, be very short tempered, be phlegmatic and windy in humor, be the father of (many) daughters,

• will insult your own people, be less religion, be interested in affairs for romance, fickle-minded,

• be fond of food and drinks and be endowed with various kinds of clothes and ornaments."

Mithuna [Gemini]= House 2 - Values

Budha -Mercury: Mental Tasking rules a natural house of Shukra.

For Vrishabha lagna , presuming that Budha is fairly well disposed, periods of L-2/L-5 Budha generate considerable wealth through family-of-origin hoarded assets and knowledge-values, as well as via creative genius, including children, speculation, theatre, romance, and games.

L-2/L-5 Budha

Moral and aesthetic values are flexible, not overly traditional .

• Likes to explore new ideas, depending on Budha may also be an avid student of history.

• Most important are clear communication, good story-telling, and liaisons.

Enthusiastically involved in explaining things, often from a broad historical perspective but their personal energy in invested in the theory of the moment.

Accumulated wealth from conversations, announcements, publications, speech-giving, sales, marketing, advertising, production and distribution of stories.

Karka [Cancer] = House 3 - Mental Process

Chandra -Moon: the Whole Mind rules a natural house of Budha

L-11 Chandra

Mental Habits, Business Administration, Conversations, Memoranda, Teamwork

• Domain-3 rules "busy-ness" (business).

• Naturally, whichever bhava is ruled by Chandra the Lord of tides and flows will fluctuate.

• Under Chandra's lordship, the native's approach to the repeating habits of daily life will fluctuate.

• The Vrishabha native is soothing and empathetic one moment, distracted and inaccessible the next.

• The native's mental habits and manual craftiness will experience ebb and flow cycles throughout life.

• It is easier if the collaborative-communicative work team or corporate department is composed mainly of women; or those who have good feelings toward women.

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• If Chandra is well-disposed, Vrishabha natives may enjoy extraordinary psycho-emotional intuition regarding the hands.

• Often the native is a gifted palm-reader, massage therapist, or hands-on healer such as a physician, cosmetician, hair-stylist, or dentist.

Mental health vacillates.

• Mind is overactive. Depending on Chandra and occupying graha in house-3, the thinking process may be brilliant or berserk, tyrannical or tame.In general the native will face mental challenges related to difficulty with studies, inability to concentrate, and resistance to complex or profound subjects of thought.

• However the Vrishabha native can learn well through intuitive channels, and via any methods which involve cyclic repetition (Chandra) such as ritual chanting or dance.

Talking about Feelings

• Vrishabha lagna derives emotional satisfaction and a sense of belonging from the act of talking.

• May enter into debates and planning sessions with an emotionally charged motive.

• Often one feels a need to get emotional nurturing attention through repetitive argument; such a pattern does not seek to "win" the debate but rather to create emotional validation through cyclical repetition of familiar (if negative) feelings

Mother

• Vrishabha lagna natives are often born to mothers with an Actively mentalized lifestyle, particularly the "wearing many hats" mentality required in self-owned business.

• Mother might be a businesswoman involved in sales, marketing, advertising, all dimensions of commercial administration. Includes every variety of spoken and written communications, such as media producer, teacher-trainer, writer, publisher, or travel planner.

If Chandra and Budha = 6/8 angle or both graha are otherwise ill-disposed, there may be significant mental health concerns for the mother.

Simha [Leo] = House 4

Surya -Sun: the Soul-Self rules a natural house of Chandra.

Home, family, security

L-4 Surya

The Vrishabha native is ego-identified with sheltering activities, home and family, although ironically due to money-questing, one is not much available at home.

Depending on Surya's condition, tends to use the home as a base for political or ethical action, as a theatrical setting for development of Self. If Surya supports it, can be an excellent teacher, particularly regarding issues of individual morality.

Kanya [Virgo] = House 5

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Romance, Creativity, Children, Performance Art, Authorship, Genius

• theatre of logical argument, categorical organization of information

• performance art of servitude, exploitation, imbalance, grievance

L-2/L-5 Budha

Dynamic self-expression and divine intelligence find a wellspring of energy for medicine, police work, social work, and other human service ministries.

The Vrishabha native is a natural servant of humanity, who possesses a regal confidence in approach to many of life's most intractable problems: animosity, debt, and disease. If Budha is strong, an extraordinary intelligence may leads to celebrity recognition for the genius of one's service to the working classes.

Loves children, especially sick children and ill geniuses, and ego-identifies deeply one's divine inspiration to serve them.

On the negative side, the Vrishabha native may seem to act like a petulant child due to a chronically self-centered (5) repetitive argumentation (Kanya) that one dramatizes in a sort of adolescent performance art. Vrishabha can tend to repeat a litany of chronic complaints in the workplace (Kanya); and to brush off one's own patterns of misappropriation, misrepresentation, and theft with regal disregard.

There is a tendency toward taking illicit privilege while maintaining a compelling internal argument which justifies the decision.

For Vrishabha lagna , presuming that Budha is fairly well disposed, periods of L-2/L-5 Budha generate considerable wealth through family-of-origin hoarded assets and knowledge-values, as well as via creative genius, including children, speculation, theatre, romance, and games.

Thula[Libra] = House 6

Lagnesha Shukra rules a natural house of Budha.

L-1/L-6 Shukra

Health can be compromised by indulgence. Loves socializing around food, alcohol, and in beautiful company. Always seeking a balanced resolution to conflict. Can enter where angels fear to tread, believing that he has the solution.

Depending on condition of Shukra, one will tend to be well-liked and respected for sincerity if not for having workable solutions.

The Vrishabha native gets into trouble during periods of the 6th lord just like everyone else, but one's natural desire to provide everyone with access to beauty and truth is the "get out of jail free" card.

Unless Shukra is ill-disposed, one will through sweet words and sensual indulgence avoid serious conflict most of the time.

Vrischika [Scorpio] = House 7

Kuja rules a natural house of Shukra

L-7/L-12 Kuja

Marriage is sexual and competitive, with a powerful fleshly sensuality. Unless Kuja is dignified, conflict emerges in the marriage. Vrishabha tends to marry the competitor, a professional equal, rather than seek traditional public-private compatibility. Wants mystery, control, and exploration in the marital scene.

Contracts, agreements, legal discussions, all types of advising are vigorously, actively pursued from the basis of the native's intent to gain control. Divorce is common due to anger, unless Kuja is tamed; but the partners may remain sexually involved even after divorce.

Spouse is a healer: manipulative, secretive, ambitious, vigorous, insightful,and likes to win. Sexual and psychological intimacy is easy to achieve, but the struggle for control between the two partners may be monumental.

"If Aries, Scorpio be descending, or Mars' Navamsha be descending, the woman will get a husband, angry but devoted to her." ~~ Bhrigu Sutram Ch. 2 4 Shloka 11

House 8 - Dhanusha [Sagittarius]

Guru rules a natural house of friend Kuja.

Sudden, forced changes; catastrophic upheavals; Joint assets of marriage, secret matters, in-laws, therapeutics, healing, taboos, taxes, tantra

L-8/L-11 Guru

Joint assets of marriage are generously shared. Spouse contributes wealth, well and cheerfully, unless Guru is damaged. l

Spouse hails from a religious, optimistic, successful family of equal or higher social standing than the native. Spouse has a liberal, distributive outlook.

Deep healing is easy to access. All forms of therapeutic touch and talk are available; Guru will show the level of permission to access healing modalities.

Wealth from hidden sources.

House 9 - Makara [Capricorn]

Shani rules a natural house of neutral Guru.

Ceremonial Religion; the Temple; Priesthood; Guru; Professor; University; Wisdom; Father; Religious teachers and beliefs; Divine Law

L-9/L-10 Shani

The inspiration and consolation of Religion is not easily accessible. Native tends toward a positivistic, materialistic worldview. Sees religious authority and priestly ritual with a skeptical, common-sense eye.

Although deprived of access to and respect for ancient spiritual traditions, the native can when Shani is exceptionally strong with nodal influence, set himself up as his own priest. Typically he seeks authority to transmit an structural materialistic viewpoint as a cure for religious excess.

House 10 - Kumbha [Aquarius]

Yogakaraka Shani rules a natural house of Shani.

leadership responsibilities, orderly and hierarchical environments , public respect and regard from below

L-9/L-10 Shani

Hard working and respectful of the hierarchy in his chosen profession. Will follow the rules laid down by his predecessors for gaining the social credentials necessary to access high prestige. Then, works hard, and consistently, to achieve one's social goals.

Although graha in and drishti to house-10 make a critical difference in determining the outcome of career, Vrishabha lagna is advantageous.

If the native also benefits from a Shani drishti to karma bhava, one will be admirably steady in one's work, and praised for one's disciplined determination.

House 11 - Meena [Pisces]

Guru rules a natural house of Shani.

bridge between the astral plane and the material plane. Dreams, imagination, bedroom, privacy, meditation, out-of-body experiences, beings without bodies, ancestors, intuition, feet

L-8/L-11 Guru

Guru confers a natural advantage for earnings and mobility in the marketplace. The elder sibling is generally helpful, and mentors appear along the path to help the native expand his circle of associations.

If Brihaspati is auspiciously placed, income is generous and many pleasant, optimistic friends support the native's life endeavors.

Seeks the company of (11) dreamers (Meena), meditators, psychic intuitives, those associated with ashrams and retreat centers, the lost and wandering; those who serve in hospitals, prisons, or camps; reflexologists or those who work with the feet.

If a meditation sangha is available, and Guru is reasonably well disposed, the Vrishabha native will certainly join it. Vrishabha also befriends the lost, the sleepy, foreigners, and those who communicate with the ancestors.

House 12 - Mesha [Aries]

Kuja rules a natural house of friendly Guru.

birth, blood, fleshly appearance, competition, the hunt, hero, athlete, innovation, internal combustion engines, fire, the hot and the new

L-7/L-12 Kuja

The meditation and inner sanctuary house is disrupted by Kuja's vigorous physical energy.

Unless Kuja is dignified, performance of sitting meditation in this athletically active rashi may be out of the question. Energized discussions on cosmic matters and many forms of hunting, including hunting of spirits and insights, are favored under Vrishabha lagna.

Enemies of the marriage, always indicated by the L-12 and graha within vyaya bhava, tend to be masculine or competitive, sporting personalities with a strong entitlement toward sexual pursuit.

Beneficial for active work in sanctuary spaces such as think-tanks, hospitals, ashrams, private elite conferences, other activities shrouded from public view.

Propensity toward extramarital engagement, but as always this depends on Kuja's role and any graha inhabiting or sending drishti to house-12, as well as Kuja's disposition in D-9.

Summary of Graha Lordships for Vrishabha Lagna

Surya = L-4

Surya karaka for rational self, soul, and ethical awareness, controls the native's childhood home, and one's subsequent access to social and emotional security, including education.

Career

Because Surya is a karaka for career and public recognition, and Ravi = L-4 for Vrishabha lagna, the Vrishabha native is somewhat disposed toward to accept public roles and professional leadership responsibilities within the realms of home, the land, And cultural roots schooling (4). Environments include the schoolroom, the early childhood home, real estate and home management arts, kitchens, building construction and maintenance, land ownership and stewardship, national and local defense, protective care of the elderly and the very young, maternal-child concerns.

Remedial and Supportive Gemsfor Surya - Manika (pure Ruby) -

from ~~ Dr. G. S. Kapoor. (1994). Gems and Astrology. Ranjan Publications, New Delhi. p. 88:

• "In the birth chart of Taurus (Vrishabh) Ascendant, Sun is lord of the 4th house but Sun is an enemy of Venus the lord of the Ascendant.

• Therefore, Ruby is to be worn in the major period of Sun.

• It will be otherwise also useful if Ruby is worn if he is in own sign or in the 10th house where he gets directional strength.

• Wearing a Ruby will bestow mental peace, success in educational activities, gains of land and property, happiness from mother and comfort of conveyances.

• Besides, other good effects of Ruby will also be felt by the native. "

Chandra = L-3

The highly fluctuating and impressionable Chandra controls the domain of mental tasking and business administration Relationships with neighbors, co-workers, and routine daily interactions are infused with emotional feeling. The native feels more than average empathy in mundane interactions, and has a more psycho-intuitive approach to training and administration than normal.

Even routine daily conversations are personalized. Native can be moody and sensitive to slights or insults, especially within the circle of friends and family. Needs reassurance that he is wanted on the team.

Remedial and Supportive Gemsfor Chandra - Moti (pure natural Pearl)

from ~~ Dr. G. S. Kapoor. (1994). Gems and Astrology. Ranjan Publications, New Delhi.. p. 92 :

• "For the Taurus Ascendant, Moon is lord of the third house.

• Pearl should not normally be worn by the natives of this Ascendant.

• However, if the Moon is in his own sign in the 3rd house, the Pearl will do good in the major period of the Moon."

Kuja

L-7, L-12

Vital and competitive Kuja controls alliances, agreements, and private sanctuary. The spouse is naturally competitive, active, and sometimes perhaps aggressive (according to the character of Mangala in the Vrishabha nativity).

Spouse will work hard and play hard. Research (12) and physically vigorous, goal-oriented foreign travel (12) are favored. Sleep is less peaceful for these natives; the Vrishabha folk may take extreme measures to ensure one's sleep. Sitting meditation may be unfavorable due to mental restlessness; and bed pleasures are sexually (Kuja) activated.

Kuja dosha is less harmful for Vrishabha lagna because Kuja sends drishti to swakshetra Vrischika rashi, which tends more to give the spouse a strong personality rather than harm marriage relations.

Remedial and Supportive Gems - Moonga

from ~~ Dr. G. S. Kapoor. (1994). Gems and Astrology. Ranjan Publications, New Delhi. p. 96:

• "For the Taurus Ascendant Mars is lord of 12th and 7th.

• Therefore the native of this Ascendant should Avoid wearing a Coral.

• However, if Mars is in his own sign in 7th or 12th Coral may be worn, if necessary, in the major period of Mars."

Budha

L-2, L-5

There are four main wealth houses: 2 = banked savings; 5 = gambling or speculative wins; 9 = assets provided for acts of faith; and 11 = earned income.
Conversational and sexual Budha becomes a highly auspicious L-2 / L-5 wealth graha for Vrishabha lagna. The sources of the wealth may be found in the bhava and rashi of Budha.

For Vrishabha lagna , presuming that Budha is fairly well disposed, periods of L-2/L-5 Budha generate considerable wealth through family-of-origin hoarded assets and knowledge-values, as well as via creative genius, including children, speculation, theatre, romance, and games.

• E.g., the main wealth sources for USA Pres 29, Warren G. Harding included publications and announcements [Mithuna, 2] from his career as a newspaperman, and winnings from speculative political contests [Kanya, 5] based on his performative argumentation during political speeches.

Kumara controls the domain of family of origin , wealth from hoarding and historical lineage values (2) and the domain of wealth from speculation, genius of divine intelligence, and creative production of children (5).

Budha is therefore a beneficial graha for Vrisha lagna, albeit the Kumara may function as a maraka timelord in the Vimshottari Dasha.

It is generally beneficial to strengthen Budha with a pure emerald. Possibly it will also help to apply some of the lesser crystals such as peridot and other green obsidianite.

Remedial and Supportive Gemsfor Budha - Panna (pure Emerald) for Vrishabha Lagna

from ~~ Dr. G. S. Kapoor. (1994). Gems and Astrology. Ranjan Publications, New Delhi. p. 99 :

• "For the Taurus Ascendant, Mercury is lord of the 2nd, the house of wealth and the 5th a trine.

• Mercury is, therefore, a very auspicious planet for the Taurus ascendant.

• The native of this ascendant can always use Emerald with advantage.

• It will help in acquiring wealth and the native will be blessed with children, intelligence and good fortune.

• The beneficial results will become more pronounced in the major period and sub-periods of Mercury.

• Wearing an Emerald with Diamond, the gem stone of Venus, the lord of this Ascendant and a friend of Mercury, will magnify the good results. "

Guru = L-8, L-11

Magical knowledge; expansion of the social, financial, and conceptual networks

Wise and expansive Gurubrings abundant income, gains of wealth often assisted by access to secret or privileged information; generous and liberal friends; and assemblies gathered for purpose of receiving wisdom teachings.

In a female nativity, Guru = significator of the first husband

Vrishabha lagna or Vrishabha-Chandra indicates characteristics of 8 and 11 in the first husband. Tendency for first husband to be an abundant earner, gainful due to expansive friendliness, and well connected into networks of association (11). However as L-8 Guru connotes emergencies, intense and catastrophic transformation (emotional catastrophe, if Vrishabha-Chandra). While generous and inclusive (Guru) the husband acquires behaviors of secrecy and with a tendency to make sudden changes.

Favorable for a surgeon, psychiatrist, obstetrician, deep energy healer, or any professional who handles emergencies. If the L-8 function causes divorce, the couple may remain friendly after the legal termination of the marriage.

Remedial and Supportive Gems for Guru: Yellow Sapphire (pukhraj) for Vrishabha Lagna

from ~~ Dr. G. S. Kapoor. (1994). Gems and Astrology. Ranjan Publications, New Delhi. p. 105

• "For the Taurus Ascendant, Jupiter is lord of the 8th and 11th and is, therefore, not considered an auspicious planet for this Ascendant.

• Apart from that, the lord of the Ascendant Venus is not a friend of Jupiter.

• Still if lord of the 11th Jupiter is in the Ascendant, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 9th, l0th or 11th (in his own sign), the native will have financial gains if he wears a yellow sapphire in the major period of Jupiter."

Shukra

L-6, L-1

Sweet and sensual Shukrais also a disease maker, depending on His bhava, companion graha, and incoming drishti.

If L-6 Shukra occupies Ari bhava, He becomes an agent of addiction to sweet foods, candies, ladies, alcohol, and numbing drugs.

In a male nativity, Shukra = significator of the first wife.

• Vrishabha lagna or Vrishabha-Chandra indicates characteristics of Ari and Tula in the first wife.

• Tendency for first wife to to have health problems (6), difficulty to reach and maintain agreements, quick-changing and typically argumentative mentality, tends toward criticism.

• However the first wife is also visually attractive, has a strong vitality and well-developed social personality (1).

Shukra = a double-edged sword for the Vrishabha native. Although Shukra = lagnesha and therefore Shukra = an agent of self-validation and designator of one's place in the world, Shukra = also L-6.

It is generally said that a graha which rules two bhava of a nativity will give the strongest results for its mulatrikona rashi. For Vrishabha, Shukra's mulatrikona = Thula

Mahadasha of Shukra which starts with a double period of Shukra will bring out the 6th-house effects, particularly the dissolution of marital agreement (potential divorce) and illnesses related to sugars, including alcohol.

Bhukti periods of Shukra, when Shukra occupies the 6th-from, 8th-from, or 12th-from the mahadasha pati, are problematic in the same way.

Shukra is an especially difficult graha for nativities in which Shukra = L-6 as measured from both radix lagna (material animosity) and Chandra lagna (emotional imbalance):

1. Vrishabhya radix lagna + Vrishabhya Chandra

2. Vrishabhya radix lagna + Dhanushya Chandra

3. Vrishabhya Chandra + Dhanushya lagna

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Remedial and Supportive Gems for Shukra: Flawless Diamond (hira) for Vrishabha Lagna from ~~ Dr. G. S. Kapoor. (1994). Gems and Astrology. Ranjan Publications, New Delhi. p. 102:

• "For the Taurus Ascendant, Venus is lord of the Ascendant.

• Therefore, Diamond can always be worn by the natives of this Ascendant for longevity and for advancement in life.

• It will be particularly useful to wear it in the major and sub-periods of Venus.

• Combination of Diamond and Emerald will prove very advantageous for the natives of this Ascendant."

Shani

L-9, L-10

L-9/L-10 Shani becomes yogakaraka for 'Go' lagna.

One of the best characteristics of Vrishabha lagna is that hard-working and orderly Shani becomes the yogakaraka L-9/L-10, and three bhava will receive the auspicious drishti of Shani as dharma-karma-adhi-pati. Three houses thus benefit from the drishti of the all-good ninth lord and the pretty-darned-good 10th-lord.

L-10 of course brings plenty of public responsibilities, and performing public leadership duties leaves one little time to pursue profitable personal business.

• Being 12th-from-11th and thus a profit-drainer is the reason that L-10 is a "questionable" yogakaraka-maker.

(For example, the author of Bhavartha Ratnakara says that Shani cannot be a yogakaraka for Vrishabha lagna. Shri B. V. Raman, the translator of this Sanskrit work into English, most strenuously disagrees; Raman says "of course" L-9/L-10 is a yogakaraka. But then Shri Raman was famously not afraid of hard work.)

Despite His taste for austerity and karma-yogi character, Shani is a reliable guide to wisdom as L-9.

In a female nativity, Shani = significator of the second husband

Vrishabha lagna or Vrishabha-Chandra indicates characteristics of 9 and 10 in the second husband. Tendency for second husband to be religious, especially in a ritual or ceremonial fashion (9), and one is well-known or has high public dignity and responsibility in one's community (10). The husband-agent-2 is involved in being a father, moral guide, and possibly a priest.

Badhaka-sthana

L-9 Shani = the badhaka lord for Makara lagna (Badhaka or "harming" houses = the 9th from a fixed lagna, 7th from a changeable lagna, and 11th from a cardinal lagna.)

Domain-9 from Vrishabha lagna = Makara = the primary "Badhaka" or harm-causing domain. Fixed lagna typically has some trouble from the father, guru, professor, religious or moral teacher, temple, religious teachings etc. If Guru occupies Makara, the native may experience considerable trouble when dealing with an Over-confident Or fraudulent father or teacher.

Periods of Shani may bring forward an agent in the figure of a father, father-role, guru, priest, professor, or some abstract personage known through wisdom-teachings, who (often inadvertently) causes harm to the native via punitive or materialistic behavior, intolerance for alternative viewpoints on matters of ritual order, and strong need to impose conformity in belief.

This badhaka agent must be handled with compassion, in the knowledge that this harm-causing agent is merely a projection of one's own unrealized fear of the deeper truth of religious teachings, the permissiveness of the higher philosophies, materialism in the priestly orders, and with self-proclaimed teachers of "only one right path" versions of truth.

Difficult graha in occupation of dharma bhava or Shani drishti upon domain-9 may exacerbate the badhaka agency.

Remedial and Supportive Gemsfor Shani - Blue Sapphire (neelam) for Vrishabha Lagna from ~~ Dr. G. S. Kapoor. (1994). Gems and Astrology. Ranjan Publications, New Delhi. p. 115

• "For the Taurus Ascendant, Saturn is a yogakaraka planet being lord of the 9th and 10th houses.

• Therefore, if a Blue Sapphire is worn by the native of this Ascendant he will always enjoy happiness, prosperity, name and fame, advancement in the professional sphere and favours from Government.

• The results will be more pronounced if Blue Sapphire is worn in the major and sub-periods of Saturn.

• It will prove more advantageous to wear Blue Sapphire with Diamond and the gem stone of Venus, the lord of this Ascendant."

Rahu

Rahu's effects for Vrishabha lagna depend significantly on Rahu's bhava, rashi, and drishti. Rahu amplifies the effect of any graha who are sharing Rahu's house; and also Rahu magnifies the effects of the lord of His occupied Rashi.

Rahu is co-lord of domain-10 Kumbha, therefore Rahu-ratna (gomedha) may, for certain specific purposes, become a beneficial gem. If Shani is strong, Rahu can aid matters of professional recognition and acquisition of respected social positions. However, even for these particular targets, prescribe the Rahu-ratna only if the lord of domain-10 and its occupants are highly auspicious.

Ketu

Ketu's effects for Vrishabha lagna depend significantly on Ketu's bhava, rashi, and drishti. Ketu amplifies the effect of any graha who are sharing Ketu's house; and also Ketu magnifies the effects of the lord of His occupied Rashi.

Ketu is co-lord of domain-7 Vrischika. Therefore Ketu-ratna can, for certain specific purposes, become a beneficial gem for the Vrishabha native. Exceptional applications of the Ketu-ratna may be profitable if the native is positively involved in contract negotiation, advising professions, Or relationship development. However even for these purposes, apply Ketu-ratna with caution and only if the lord of domain-7 and its occupants are auspiciously placed.