10 May

Determining USA Recession Cycles Using Annual Lunar Calendar Chart Method

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Rao Nemani

As per the USA National Bureau of Economic Research, a recession is defined as “A significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months, normally visible in real GDP, real income, employment, industrial production, and wholesale-retail sales”. Americans have experienced these recession cycles in the past many years in USA, but most importantly, the business and working class people are effected by the Corporations spend and downsizing of workforce / resources during the recession time. So, in this paper, I would like to share a method to determine USA Recession Cycles using Annual Lunar Calendar Chart casted by taking the Capital city of the USA, Washington, DC.

I have used the following pointers and illustrated the principles with USA Recession Cycles Since 1960 Charts to demonstrate its application.

Principles:

1) Rasi (D-1) Lagna Lord, 2^nd Lord and their placement in Dushtana (6^th, 8^th or 12^th) houses.

2) Hora (D-2) Lagna Lord, 2^nd Lord and their placement in Dushtana (6^th, 8^th or 12^th) houses.

3) Rahu and Ketu’s involvement and influence with the above 2 principles.

Note: I have used Pushya-Paksha Ayanamsa with Bhava/Chalit Charts in this analysis.

USA Recession-01: Apr 1960 to Feb 1961

* Lunar New Year: July 5, 1959, 22:01:05 (4 Hours West of GMT), Washington, DC (77 W 02′ 12″, 38 N 53′ 42″)

In Rasi Chart, the Lagna and 2^nd Lord Saturn is placed in 12^th house and being aspected by 8^th lord Sun. Rahu and Ketu are aspecting Lagna Lord Saturn by Rasi Drishti.

In Hora Chart (D-2), 2^nd lord Mars is placed in 12^th house with 10^th lord Moon and 11^th Lord Sun. Mercury the 12^th lord is placed in Lagna. Rahu and Ketu are aspecting the D-2 Lagna by Rasi Drishti. The Recession began during the Mars (2^nd Lord in D-2) Vimsottari Dasa in April 1960.

USA Recession-02: Dec 1969 to Nov 1970

* Lunar New Year: July 14, 1969, 10:12:03 (4 Hours West of GMT), Washington, DC (77 W 02′ 12″, 38 N 53′ 42″)

In Rasi Chart, the Lagna is being afflicted by Rahu and Ketu. Lagna Lord Sun is with 2^nd Lord Mercury and 12^th lord Moon. Saturn is the 6^th Lord and aspecting Lagna lord and 2^nd Lord Mercury by 3^rd aspect from Aries.

In Hora Chart (D-2), 2^nd co-lord Rahu is with Ketu and being aspected by 8^th lord Sun. The Recession began during the Ketu (with 2^nd Lord Rahu in D-2) Vimsottari Dasa in November/December 1969.

USA Recession-03: Nov 1973 to Mar 1975

* Lunar New Year: July 30, 1973, 07:39:17 (4 Hours West of GMT), Washington, DC (77 W 02′ 12″, 38 N 53′ 42″)

In Rasi Chart, the Lagna lord Moon, 2^nd Lord Sun, 8^th Lord Saturn are placed in 12^th house along with Ketu and all these are being aspected by Rahu.

In Hora Chart (D-2) 2^nd lord Jupiter is placed in 12^th house. 12^th Lord Venus and 8^th lord Mercury are placed in Lagna. The Recession began during the Jupiter (2^nd Lord in D-2) Vimsottari Dasa in July 1973.

USA Recession-04: Jan 1980 to July 1980

* Lunar New Year: June 24, 1979, 07:58:31 (4 Hours West of GMT), Washington, DC (77 W 02′ 12″, 38 N 53′ 42″)

In Rasi Chart, the Lagna Lord Moon and 2^nd Lord Sun are placed in 12^th house. 12^th Lord Mercury and 6^th Lord Jupiter are placed in Lagna. Ketu is aspecting Lagna by Rasi Drishti.

In Hora Chart (D-2), 2^nd lord Jupiter is placed in 12^th house. 8^th Lord Mercury is placed in Lagna. Rahu and Ketu are aspecting Lagna by Rasi Drishti.

USA Recession-05: July 1981 to Nov 1982

* Lunar New Year: July 1, 1981, 15:03:41 (4 Hours West of GMT), Washington, DC (77 W 02′ 12″, 38 N 53′ 42″)

In Rasi Chart, the Lagna Lord Venus is placed in 10^th house with Rahu. 2^nd Lord Mars is placed with 12^th Lord Mercury in 9^th house.

In Hora Chart (D-2), 2^nd lord Venus is placed in 8^th house with Rahu and Ketu. The recession began in Rahu Vimsottari Dasa in July 1981.

USA Recession-06: July 1990 to Mar 1991

* Lunar New Year: June 22, 1990, 14:55:10 (4 Hours West of GMT), Washington, DC (77 W 02′ 12″, 38 N 53′ 42″)

In Rasi Chart, the Lagna Lord Mercury is with 12^th Lord Sun. 2^nd Lord Venus is placed in 8^th house. Rahu is aspecting the Lagna Lord Mercury by Rasi Drishti.

In Hora Chart (D-2), 2^nd lord Jupiter is placed in 8^th house. The recession began in Rahu Vimsottari Dasa in June 1990.

USA Recession-07: Mar 2001 to Nov 2001

* Lunar New Year: July 1, 2000, 15:20:28 (4 Hrs west of GMT), Washington, DC (77 W 02′ 12″, 38 N 53′ 42″)

In Rasi Chart, the Lagna Lord Venus is with 12^th lord Mercury. 2^nd Lord Mars is placed with 12^th Lord Mercury, 8^th Lord Venus in 9^th house.

In Hora Chart (D-2), 2^nd lord Venus (Debilitated) is placed in 6^th house. Rahu and Ketu are aspecting Lagna by Rasi Drishti. The recession began in Venus Vimsottari Dasa in Mar 2001.

USA Recession-08: Dec 2007 to June 2009

* Lunar New Year: July 14, 2007, 08:04:24 (4 Hours West of GMT), Washington, DC (77 W 02′ 12″, 38 N 53′ 42″)

In Rasi Chart, the Lagna Lord Moon is in 12^th with 12^th lord Mercury. 2^nd Lord Sun is also placed in 12^th house with 12^th Lord Mercury.

In Hora Chart (D-2), 2^nd lord Mars is placed in 8^th house. Rahu and Ketu are aspecting 2^nd Lord Mars by Rasi Drishti. The recession began in Ketu Vimsottari Dasa in December 2007.

Conclusion

We saw how effectively we could use the Annual Lunar Calendar Chart prepared for a given Year for a Country with the principles laid out in the beginning of this article in determining the recession cycles. I sincerely hope my fellow Astrologers will continue to work with these principles, expand these principles and then to help People and Business Organization to prepare for the upcoming recession cycle(s).

References

1) Article “Re-defining the Lunar New Year Chart” by Sri. P.V.R. Narasimha Rao, December 3, 2014 (version 1) :

http://vedicastrologer.org/articles/pp_lunar_year.pdf

2) USA National Bureau of Economic Research: http://www.nber.org/cycles.html

3) USA Recession Cycle Periods from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recessions_in_the_United_States

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