KarmaWheel
Medical Astrology
What it does
KarmaWheel's Medical Astrology audit applies the classical Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra Chapter 53 (houses-to-organs) and Chapter 54 (planet-to-disease) frameworks to your chart, plus the Drekkana (D3) body-part scheme. It identifies:
- Afflicted planets — which natal planets are afflicted, and why
- Vulnerable houses — which body-zones face the most natal stress, ranked by risk-score
- Drekkana body-parts — for any seriously afflicted planet, which specific body region it represents
This is educational and exploratory only. It is not medical diagnosis. Always consult a qualified physician for any actual health concern.
How to find it
Features menu → ⚕ Medical Astrology.
How affliction is detected
A natal planet is flagged as afflicted if any of these holds:
- It is in 6th, 8th, or 12th house (the dusthanas / "sorrow" houses)
- It is in its sign of debilitation (Sun in Libra, Moon in Scorpio, Mars in Cancer, Mercury in Pisces, Jupiter in Capricorn, Venus in Virgo, Saturn in Aries, Rahu in Sagittarius, Ketu in Gemini)
- It is conjunct a malefic (Saturn, Mars, Rahu, Ketu, Sun) and is itself a benefic. Malefics conjunct each other are not flagged.
The reasons are listed under each afflicted planet so you can see the specific stress pattern.
How vulnerable houses are scored
A house gets a risk-score based on:
- +2 — its lord is afflicted (per the test above)
- +1 — a malefic occupies it without a benefic also present
Houses with score 0 are dropped. The remaining list is sorted risk-first. Each house entry shows:
- The body region it governs (per BPHS 53)
- Its natal lord
- The reasons it scored
How the planet-disease list reads
Each afflicted planet shows a one-line disease tendency from BPHS Chapter 54 + standard tradition:
| Planet | Disease tendencies |
|---|---|
| Sun | Heart, eyes (right in male / left in female), bone, fever, headache, blood pressure |
| Moon | Mental health, lungs, breasts, body fluids, blood, anaemia, cold/cough |
| Mars | Blood, accidents, surgery, inflammation, muscles, marrow, fever, burns |
| Mercury | Nervous system, skin, voice, speech disorders, allergies, intelligence |
| Jupiter | Liver, gallbladder, fat, diabetes, arteries, ear, obesity |
| Venus | Kidneys, reproductive system, semen, urinary tract, eyes, throat, hormones |
| Saturn | Bones, joints, teeth, chronic disease, depression, paralysis, arthritis, ageing |
| Rahu | Poisoning, ulcers, mysterious / undiagnosed ailments, snake-bite, mental disturbance |
| Ketu | Mysterious ailments, parasitic infection, immune disorders, surgical scars |
How the Drekkana body-part view reads
For each afflicted planet, KarmaWheel computes its D3 (Drekkana) sign by the standard floor((deg-in-sign)/10) formula and looks up the corresponding body-region per the classical Drekkana scheme:
| Drekkana sign | Body region |
|---|---|
| 1 (Aries) | Head |
| 2 (Taurus) | Right shoulder, right arm |
| 3 (Gemini) | Right side of trunk |
| 4 (Cancer) | Right hip |
| 5 (Leo) | Right thigh, right knee |
| 6 (Virgo) | Right calf, right foot |
| 7 (Libra) | Right side groin, lower abdomen |
| 8 (Scorpio) | Genitals |
| 9 (Sagittarius) | Left side groin, lower abdomen |
| 10 (Capricorn) | Left calf, left foot |
| 11 (Aquarius) | Left thigh, left knee |
| 12 (Pisces) | Left hip, left side of trunk |
Limitations
This audit captures natal vulnerability only. Active medical conditions are usually triggered by transits (especially Saturn slow transits and dasha-bhukti combinations involving the significator of the affected organ). Use the dasha and transit features to find timing.
It also doesn't run Drekkana arishta (death-indicators in the D3) or full Mrityu Saham analysis — those are deliberately omitted to avoid alarming non-specialists.
See also
- Remedies Engine — once afflictions are identified, remedies (mantras, daan) for the afflicting planets are usually the first practical step.
- Avastha — the planetary "states of being" overlay on each natal planet (already in chart-view).