Overcome fear or phobia through Astrology

It is very common to see that someone has a fear of something, and it is very difficult to explain why. The fear could be like claustrophobia, or it could be fear of flying or it could be fear of public speaking or it could be driving a car or it could be theft in the house forcing a person to wake up a few times in the middle of night to recheck if the doors are locked or not. Or it could be fear of tiny insects like roaches.  A few of these fears could be related to incidence of watching a horror movie or accident or going through a unique incident in their life but many times we are not able to find why. Why a manager in a company who deals with large number of people successfully should have “fear of speaking” in front of them? Why a scientist should have a “fear of flying” and prefer to drive wherever she can?   

Where we cannot find an easy answer, astrology can guide us in finding the same. Astrologically, fear could be caused due to various reasons based on positions, strengths and aspects of various planets in the individual’s horoscope. Some of them are..

1. Natal Moon is weak or negative. This makes the person overly cautious and sometimes fearful.
2. Fourth house lord is weak or badly placed (the person can experience fear at home). It could be aspected by a malefic planet or there could be a malefic transiting the fourth house (this phase would be temporary, and fear could end once the transit ends)
3. Twelfth house is weak due to placement of some malefic planets leading to sleeping problems due to some phobias.
4. Transit of malefic planets over the twelfth house especially Rahu magnifies the fear.
5. Presence of Pitru Dosha or Kal Sarpa doshas indicating karma balances from previous births creating some unknown fears.
6. Mars the planet which gives courage might be weak or negative or afflicted. Example, Mars could cause stage fear.
7. Weak mercury could cause stammering. This results in decrease in self-confidence hence could lead to fears.

There are certain positions in horoscope that depict fear, and these are triggered if certain actions are performed by an individual e.g..

·        Overindulgence of food which could cause health problems causing the ascendant to become weak thus constant fear of health problems could set in.

·        Intoxication of alcohol or drugs, beyond certain limits, which impacts   the central nervous system of the body as well as makes the Moon and Saturn turn negative causing pitru dosha. Such people have constant fear of something or other.

·        Stress in life caused by Mercury or Mars in certain houses. Stress increases fears of failures thus increasing fear in all areas of life.

Once we identify the possible reason of a specific fear for an individual through study of her horoscope, it is easy to find remedies to reduce the intensity, if not elimination of fears and provide relief to them in day today life. Other than specific remedies, there are a few things an individual can do which helps improving strength of her chart and thus reduces the intensity of fear to some extent. These are,

• Develop a healthy lifestyle,
• Eat healthy, exercise regularly, maintain regularity in meal timings and sleep timings. This helps in strengthening the ascendant and makes the person more effective.
• Rahu and Ketu, the major karmic planets become negative when the home is not clean especially the corners, Rahu and Ketu remaining positive will help in achieving all karmic desires.
• Allow sunlight into all the rooms of your home (to the extent possible) this helps you to be positive.
• Remove clutter and properly light the home with lights or candles or oil lamps.
• Light incense sticks or ring small brass bells, or blow conch, or place some wind chimes which will give positive sound vibrations in the home.
• Play some calming music or religious music.
• Practice meditation to calm the mind which helps overcome your fears by creating a balance in Sun and Moon. Stresses caused by Mercury and Mars can also be reduced by Meditation.
• Develop a relaxing hobby. Developing a hobby activates the fifth house which is responsible for leisure, fun, romance in our lives. If the 5 house is connected to 2, 10 or 11 houses this hobby could give money to the individual. Happy people tend to have less fears.

Although we face some fears which we cannot explain why, there is a way to understand their origin as well as reduce them, if not eliminate them, to harmonize our life through Astrology.