Description
Gulika holds an important position in the evaluation of a natal chart. It is also called as Maandi, like Rahu and Ketu, Gulika has no physical existence. But it always makes a difference in the natal chart output. Gulika is generally considered the most malefic entity in a chart. According to the set standards of assessment of maleficence, it surpasses all natural malefics. Gulika enjoys a special status almost like an independent planet, and in astrological classics it is considered as a minor planet or subplanet. In the traditional astrological practice, the Gulika-Kundali (a horoscopic chart, with houses reckoned from the position of Gulika) used to be an essential component of the Janma-patri (the scroll carrying the horoscopic details of a native, according to the traditional system of making horoscopes in India).
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Similar in density to Rahu-Ketu, Gulika has no mass and is therefore undetectable with the material eye.
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It is however vividly obvious to the psychic eye located in the Ajna chakra at the point between the two material eyes.
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Gulika = traditionally believed to be a highly malefic influence, which very much slows things down.Hence its moniker ‘manda’ = ‘slow’, ‘feeble’, or ‘weak’