Does Kaal Sarpa Yoga/Dosha Really Exist?

The Kaal Sarpa Dosha is the most dreaded astrological term after Shani Saadesati (Saturn’s Transit of 7.5 years over your natal moon.). Let’s first understand what Kaal Sarpa/Kaal Amirta Yoga is.

Kaal Sarpa Yoga is when Rahu occupies any of the houses from 1st to 6th and all of the other planets fall between Rahu & Ketu.

Kaal Amrita Yoga is when Ketu occupies any of the houses from 1st to 6th and all of the other planets fall between Ketu & Rahu. They say that the Kaal Amrita Yoga is not as bad as a Kaal Sarpa Yoga.

Now coming to what I think of both these yogas.

I believe that Kaal Sarpa Yoga/Kaal Amrita Yoga is nothing but an escape technique used by many Astrologers. When they cannot locate the cause of trouble in your chart. They blame it on Rahu-Ketu or Kaal Sarpa Yoga or Kaal-Amrita Yoga.

None of the Classical Astrology Texts/Books in Sanskrit have a word written about Kaal Sarp Yoga/Dosha. The Kaal Sarpa Yoga is a 19th-century creation to scare you and then encash your fear.

I am a practicing astrologer and I personally have this malefic yoga in my horoscope. I have never performed a puja or any other remedy to pacify it.

The fear-encashing industry may suggest one of the following remedies:

1. Wear a Lapis Lazuli stone.
2. Perform Kaal Sarpa Puja at Nasik or Ujjain exclusively. (Why Nasik and Ujjain only? I never got a convincing answer to this.)
3. Make silver Serpents and flow them in the river.
4. Keep Kaal Sarpa Yantra at Home.

None of these will make any difference in your life. The Kaal Sarpa Dosha is a bluff. This is why they have not been able to decide to call it Kaal Sarpa/Amrita Dosha or Yoga.

Planets Rahu and Ketu do not have a physical existence. How can other planets be hemmed between Rahu and Ketu if both these planets do not have a physical existence?

Some example of People with Full Kal Sarpa yoga:

1. Shree Shree Mahaprabhu Chaitanyadev
2. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Scientist Dr. K.S. Krishnan

Some example of People with Half Kal Sarpa yoga:

1. Father of the Nation — Mahatma Gandhi
2. Author of the book Bande Mataram — Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
3. Adi Shankaracharya
4. Swami Ramanujacharya
5. Singer Hemanta Mukhopadhayay (aka Hemant Kumar)

The list is endless. Please understand that one Astrological Yoga cannot make/break your life. An event good/bad depends on a couple of factors:

1. Placements of planets in your Natal Chart.
2. Planets in Transit.
3. Dasha/Bhukti/Antara in operation
4. Your Karma (Your Karma decides the magnitude of the results.)

If you are facing issues in life and you believe that Astrology can help, please refer to genuine resources and do not look for magical remedies.