Given that the effects of planetary periods are most pronounced when the major and minor periods are in the same place, the fact that childbirth took place soon after the commencement of the Mars bhukti is no surprise. Unfortunately, her first child died of infant crib death syndrome within its first year of age. Note that the woman's natal Mars is at 0 degrees , a weak degree. In any event, it is unlikely that a modern Indian astrologer, using the popular rashi house system, would have predicted childbirth based on the period of Rahu and Mars. Using the bhava system, however, it becomes a compelling probability.
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