Shani Saturn Śanaiścara Effects Remedies

Shani Saturn Śanaiścara Effects Remedies

Shani or Saturn has another name Śanaiścara. Śanaiścara means walking or moving slowly. Shani Saturn or Śanaiścara is the son of Chaya of Sun. Chaya always falls on the opposite side of light, so Shani is ṭāmas. However, Saturn is not ordinary child, he is the child of most luminous graha Sun. In Praśna, he rules Ṇakśatra Ṃahāsutra. Shani’s beeja is Yama and Tatwa is Vayu. The son of Vayu Sri Ānjaneya is the one, he is most afraid of. Sri Ānjaneya is the embodiment of truth and virtue and he rules the Vayu and hence Saturn is afraid of him. Saturn has the power to see each and everything because he moves slowly. If you are going in a Ferrari, you will not be able to observe anything in path, only a person walking with slow speed can have the clear visual observation. So Shani walks slowly, writing down everything and hence controls the karmic flow. He is a judge who has every proof.

नीलाञ्जनचयप्रख्यं रविसूनुं महाग्रहम् ।
छायाया गर्भसम्भूतं वन्दे भक्त्या शनैश्चरम् ॥
व्यासेनोक्तमिदं स्तोत्रं यः पठेत् प्रयतो नरः ।
दिवा वा यदि वा रात्रौ शान्तिस्तस्य न सं-शयः ॥”
 इति व्यासभाषितस्तोत्रम् ॥

Brother of Saturn

He has a brother known as Yama but he is a reflection of his own brother and hence rules death. He has two sons and both are extremely malefic and they have the power to afflict the prana. One can retard the flow and other can stop it. A great secret lays in his brother and him and how they control the yamas of the day. He is ruled by the varṇa “Pa” in the “Pavarga”.

Saturn rules Steel and Iron and hence Modern world can see the strongest effect of Saturn. Saturn is a Ṭamsik Graha and hence it can increase the ṭāmas inside the body. To kill the bad effect of Saturn (Mars and Rahu as well) one should strictly avoid Ṭamsik food and vayu generating food.

Saturn can be appeased by controlling the prana vayu which can only be achieved by a yogin. One afflicted by Saturn should not eat food in iron or steel containers.

Saturn is thought to be controlling Sanyas by some, however, he does not directly rule Sanyasi, but he does rules the isolation and “Ānasakti” bhava of Sanyasis. He gives the knowledge of death and hence renders a “Ānasakti” bhava. He needs Moon and Mars to complete the condition because Mars gives the necessary energy otherwise Just Saturn and Moon will make a person very lazy and retainer of negative thoughts. Hence we see Mars’s eight aspect on Saturn and Moon in Swami Vivekananda’s chart.

He rules the karma and occupation of the person. Mars aspecting Saturn and Sun in front can obstruct the occupation of a person. Sun in front of Saturn (except in Libra, Capricorn, and Aquarius) creates problems in career. Saturn with Rahu in Leo causes curse from ancestral spirits. Saturn afflicting Sun, Saturn afflicting Leo in ninth house, or Saturn as Bādhā lord afflicting Moon and Sun shows afflictions from ancestral spirits. When Saturn as Bādhā lord sits in the ninth house, then the ancestral karmas can become stronger and can afflict a person depending on some other factors. Saturn rules crows as crows are the messengers of dead relatives or ancestors. When crows are flocking near your house on every Amavasya then your ancestors will be unhappy. Feeding crows (Balls of rice) should be performed on no-moon day to appease these spirits. Saturn’s aspect is more dangerous than its position however, it has a tendency to eat away the place where it sits. When it sits in the 10^th house, then the person may get affected by a steep rise and steep fall.

Saturn is happy in Tula as it is the seat of judgement and he loves to Judge. He does not like his father who gets exalted in Aries.

Remedies

Giving alms whole heartedly is a fine method to wash away your sins caused by any planet.

For Saturn you can donate sesame, black cow, blue sapphire, sesame oil, iron statue of Saturn, antimony sulphate (anjanakallu), black silk, black grains etc. It is beneficial to give food to the destitute. Take some sesame oil in a flat vessel and see your reflection in it. Giving away this oil will provide good results.

If Saturn is in Martial signs then donating lamp in Sani temple is good. It is happy in signs of Venus and Mercury. It is unhappy in Leo, Aries, and Scorpio.

Saturn rules the gemstone blue sapphire. It is Jala-Neela and Indra-Neela. Indra Neela is better then Jala neela. Jala neela emits white lustre while Indra neela emits dark blue lustre. The Jala neela is of seven kinds and one which carries Red lustre is called Raktagandhi. It is the best of the Jala-neela.

Wearing blue sapphire requires precautions as it has a tendency to afflict people strongly.