Here we go again...!

"They" say Venus is combust only when RETROGRADE.

"They" say Saturn is exempt from Combustion as Ashtangatha value correction is not made for saturn in some calculations.

"They" say Mercury is usually not bad even if combust as he Always is found close to the Sun.

"They" say Jupiter's combustion is not as bad as the combustion of other planets, since he is Deva Guru, and the sun doesn't harm him.

Now I read that Mars, since he is a fiery planet too, is not considered weak when Combust.

"Some" say Combustion of a planet implies the Sun takes over for that planet. 'Others' say a combust planet is weak and will not be able to give its results at all.

The classics give one the degrees of combustion, but are silent as always on how we mortals ought to interpret it.

Could "ANYONE" expostulate the EXACT EFFECTS of COMBUSTION of Different planets...?

Or point me to a source of wisdom on Combustion...?

I know that in the end it will be anybody's guess, but maybe someone in the past in all these years of Jyotish's existence made a study on Combustion and come to some conclusion...?

Hello,
You can get all information on Combustion,in September 1978 issue of THE ASTROLOGICAL MAGAZINE edited by B.V.RAMAN, published from Banglore.I had noted down few articles from this issue in the year 1988,from a local library.In this issue many eminent astrologers(Shri P.S.Shastri,P.Damodaran Nair and ohers)have contributed research articles on Combustion. Some rules on combustion are mentioned in Phaladeepika by Mantreswar.

Srikanthji,
   It is very difficult to get hold of such old issues, especially for people who don't live in India.
Can you please put some of the rules if you don't mind.

Appreciate it . Thanks.

yeah, me too...!

Srikanthji,

Kindly try and reproduce that article's summary contents, if you can.

[quote="shrikant9"]Hello,
You can get all information on Combustion,in September 1978 issue of THE ASTROLOGICAL MAGAZINE edited by B.V.RAMAN, published from Banglore.I had noted down few articles from this issue in the year 1988,from a local library.In this issue many eminent astrologers(Shri P.S.Shastri,P.Damodaran Nair and ohers)have contributed research articles on Combustion. Some rules on combustion are mentioned in Phaladeepika by Mantreswar.[/quote]


"Here we go again" was indeed an auspicious, albeit repetitive start to this thread on combustion, from the forum armchair "sceptic!"

Cutting to the chase: If combustion (astangata dosha) is such a make or break factor, surely someone must be able to produce a chart which provides the Proof of Concept, as the current IT lingo goes!

I have written about this combustion issue many times and challenged many here and elsewhere but each time I came home thirsty!

Maybe this time someone will be able to convince me that all it takes is combustion to do a planet in! Even venus and mercury!

I think combustion is a "LIGHTS" thing!

But bring on the definitive proof and we shall discuss this further as opposed to whatever else generally goes on in Jyotish forums!