Undetected astrological features behind Hyderabad floods.

In the kind of research that I have undertaken on astrological prediction of rainfall, success has explanations already given. Failure needs a re-visit. If there is a null prediction, then it is real re’search’ of factors unknown and undetected so far. I am going to that in this blog in the wake of severe flood causing rains in Andhra / Telangana recently.

The formation of a system in the Bay which was not explained by any existing astrological features I have collected and used so far, makes me search for any hidden or unknown feature. The system had taken just 3 days from genesis to landfall – from 11^th October to 13^th October 2020 Details here

This period is well within the rainfall supportive period of the transit of Venus which I already wrote way back on 12^th March 2020 here

However in the absence of any trigger feature for a system formation – that I had deduced so far – makes me go through similar events in the past. Before going ahead with that search, let me remind the readers what the trigger factors are.

• Every time Mercury or Venus starts retrogression, a system development can be expected.
• Further trigger for intensification or movement happens when they enter the next sign or cross each other or cross the sun.

In the above period of Venusian transit, no such trigger existed this year. What then caused the trigger for the meteorological event in the Bay?

Case study of 2017 Venusian transit

I am taking up similar Venusian transit in the past. The last time such a transit occurred in 2017 NEM. I wrote the following in my blog on 1st September 2017.

The period was conducive for very good rainfall and it did rain. However intense rainfall was experienced on certain days that didn’t apparently have any trigger factor that I have collected so far. The IMD Report on North East Monsoon -2017 stated the following:

Between 27^th October and 6^th November, many places in South Tamilnadu received good rainfall with its peak on 31^st October. The report also said the following.

When I scanned through the planetary position on each of these days I found out a unique combination which is not told in any text. When the two planets Mercury (signifying air circulation) and Venus (rainfall) are in semi-sextile (30 degree) aspect from each other, they act as triggers for system or landfall or intense rainfall.

In the above report of the IMD, fairly widespread rainfall started on 27^th October.

Venus and Mercury were exactly at a distance of 30 degrees from each other. When this semi-sextile aspect occurred within the overall favorable transit of Venus, it caused heavy rainfall. At that time Moon was conjunct with Ketu and was about to cross Ketu. By now I have seen that every time the moon crosses Ketu or Rahu in a rainfall support period, rainfall intensification can be expected.

The places impacted can be known from the star transited by Venus as the very period of rainfall yoga is caused by Venus.

It was in Hasta.

Uttaraphalgunu (Uttaram), Hasta and Chitra represent the Southern division comprising of South Tamilnadu including Kaviri and Tamraparani delta regions. The regions include south Kerala too.

On 31^st October, the semi sextile aspect continued with Mercury moving within 1 degree of that transit when the heavy rainfall occurred.

Sirkazhi received 31 cm as of 31^st October, and Chennai 30 cm by the morning of 3^rd November, says the report.

The report says the low pressure developed on 2^nd November. On 2^nd November they continued to be in semi-sextile aspect as they were entering the next sign. Entering the next sign by itself is a trigger factor, which we have seen many times in the past. Strengthening this combination, Moon and Mercury were in watery signs.

Cyclone in non favourable planetary yogas.

In the same year cyclone Ockhi formed in a period when there was no known planetary yoga to support rainfall and to trigger a meteorological event. The IMD report is quoted below.

On 19th December 2018, I did an analysis and wrote the following on Ockhi

The one feature that I missed was the semi-sextile coupling between Mercury and Venus on 30^th November.

Since no long term planetary Yoga (such as Venusian transit, Mercury-Venus closeness) was present this coupling between the two planets pulled the cyclone to non-NEM areas. Moreover Venus in Anusham star represents South West India on west coast of India.

Points to consider

• Venus – Mercury must be in semi-sextile (30 deg) distance from each other when a long term planetary Yoga is running. From this I derive that sextile (90 degree) aspect also must be capable of triggering rainfall or a meteorological event.
• The date the aspect begins, triggers a meteorological event or heavy rainfall.
• This coupling normally will go on for a few days. For that duration, there will be rainfall.
• The day the coupling ends landfall or heavy rainfall is indicated.
• The place of impact can be known from the star transited by Venus. This is based in Kurma Chakra division of the countries given by Varahamihira on Brihad Samhita.
• When the coupling happens in the absence of a long term planetary Yoga, the impacted region will be outside the regular monsoon region. But the above analysis sounds a caution that the places indicated by Venus must be taken into reckoning.

Based on these insights, let me analyze the devastating meteorological event  that crossed Kakinada and caused widespread rainfall and flooding

Hyderabad Floods, Oct, 2020

According to the wikipedia article,  

“On 11 October, an area of low pressure concentrated into a depression over the west-central Bay of Bengal.

 It further intensified into a deep depression on 12 October as it moved slowly west-northwestwards.

After that, BOB 02 made landfall in Andhra Pradesh near Kakinada in the early hours of 13 October and weakened again into a depression.”

It was a 3-day event from 11^th to 13^th October.

• On 11^th October we can see Venus and Mercury coming close to sextile aspect (90 degree).
• The flood causing  Sun – Saturn- Mars were in odd signs. (normally alternate signs, but many times in the past, transit in alternating odd signs are associated with heavy rainfall)
• Moon entered its own sign which is a watery sign.

On the early hours of 13^th October, the two planets were in exact sextile combination. Moon which was in the watery sign entered the next sign adding to the heavy rainfall.

The star transited by Venus was Purva Phalguni (Pooram). It signifies South eastern regions including Andhra, Kalinga (Odissha) and Vanga (Bengal)

Thumb rule for locating regions during Venusian transit in eastern sky from  Magha to Chitra :

• Venus in Magha, Purva Phalguni: Regions starting from Andhra to north of it till Bengal. Interiors corresponding to these regions.

• Venus in Uttara Phalguni (Uttaram) and Chitrai: Regions starting south of Andhra (i.e. Tamilnadu) down south and the interiors. This covers the corresponding interior regions in Karnataka.

In the upcoming days, planetary triggers are there which I discussed in this blog.