The four step theory has its advantages like selection of correct planets for timing the events and also it has unique system of judging the strength of planets. The major difference with the traditional KP and 4 step is the use of planet’s sublord and its constellation lord as significators rather than using them as deciders.

Once it is decided that child birth is promised to the querrent, next answer we need to give is the period of the child birth.

TIMINING the event in Traditional KP:

At the question time Moon dasa left is 6 months and this period is not enough for conception to delivery.  Hence leave moon dasa.

Next Mars dasa :  Mars is in 10th owns 11th and 4th , In constellation of Saturn in 9th owning 1 and 2.  Mars aspect 2nd and 5th house, hence it is signifying 2 , 5 and 11 hence this dasa is certainly fruitful.

Whether Mars Bhukti will give?Mars bhukti is till 16 Aug 1985 and medically child birth is possible in this period but Mars is connecting to negative houses 1 and 10 and hence it will not be fruitful for bhukti.

Next Rahu Bhukti :  Rahu in 4th  in constellation of sun owning 8th  and also sublord of 8th. Hence though node, this bhukti is not favorable.

Jupiter bhukti: Jupiter in 11th in constellation of Ketu in 10th It appears that Ketu being in 10th we should not take this bhukti.  However, note further that Ketu is in rapt conjunction with Mars which is owning 11, aspecting 2 and 5. Hence we can’t ignore this bhukti.

ANTARA:

Shall we take Jupiter antara?  No. Because for antara we need no opposition and Ketu certainly is not fruitful at this level due to its signification of 10th.

Saturn Antara : It is in Rahu’s constellation hence NO

Mercury: Strong significator of 8th and 10th hence NO

Ketu  , of course no due to signification of 10th

Venus in self constellation owns 5th but it is in 8th and owns 10th hence NO

Sun Antara:  in constellation of Ketu and certainly NO

Accordingly, child was born to the querrent in this conjoined period of Mars/Jupiter and Moon.

Child-Birth Analysis through KP-4 Step theory:

STEP 1) Any planet in self constellation?  MOON & VEN are in self constellation.

STEP2) Any planets who have no planets in their constellation?  MAR, JUP & MER

3) MOON  Connection:

Moon in 5th house in self constellation indicates the question about child birth.

4)Whether Child-Birth is promised?

Take 5th sublord , it is MER  (No planets in its constellation hence strong) in 8th owns 6 (no planets in the cusp) , signifying 8 and 6 only. Though MER owns 9th cusp, there are other planets in the house and hence it is not signifying this house as per 4 step theory.

MER is in Constellation of VEN ( Venus is strong being starlord) in 8th . As explained it is not signifying 5th though it owns a rasi Vrishabha there because of Moon’s presence in the house.

MER is sub of MARS(no planets in Mars constellation). MAR is signifying 10th and not 4 and 11 being planets  in these cusps.

MARS is in constellation of SAT which is in 9th and owing 1 and 2 where no planets are found. Hence SAT signifies 9,1 and 2.

In All :  5th Sub is MERCURY signifying  6,8,10,9,1,2 cusps.  As 5th sublord is not in retrograde constellation and connected to 2 , 5 or 11 (Here 2), the answer is positive.  Yes, child birth is promised.

TIMING OF THE EVENT by 4 STEP:

At the time of asking question the lady was not pregnant and hence Moon Dasa which was left for 6months is not feasible.Next  MARS dasa.

Let us see MAR signification as per 4 step theory.

MARS as in step one is strong.  There are no planets in its constellation. It is in 10th  (It is not signifying 4 or 11 though it owns rasis there as Rahu is in 4th and Jup is in 11th)

Mars is in Constellation of  SAT  signifying 9,2 and 1

Mars is in Sub of VEN which in self constellation and in 8th

Hence MARS signifies 10,9,2,1 and 8th

As out of 2, 5 and 11 – 2 is present and hence the dasa is fruitful for child birth.

Can we take MARS bhukti too?

NO as as per 4 step theory we need to take houses other than the selected for dasa for bhukti and antara.  i.e. we need either 11 or 5 for bhukti now which is not present in the above signification of Mars.

Take next RAHU

Rahu in 4th is not signifying it as there is SAT in its Swathi constellation.

Rahu’s Constellation lord is SUN is in 7th.  (though owns 8th there are two plents in 8th cusp)

Rahu is in sub of VEN signifying 8th

Rahu signifies 7 and 8th not fruitful for child birth (NO 5 or 11 { we are not looking for 2nd as we already used it for DASA})

Next is JUP bhukti. Whether Jupiter will bless?

Jupiter is strong as there is no planet in its constellation (see step 1)

JUP  in 11th owns 12 and 3 untenanted.  It signifies 11,12,and 3

Jupiter in constellation of KETU  in 10th    MARS rep. KETU and signifies 10th being deposited there.

Jupiter is in sub of  SAT  which has planets in its constellation  Anuradha.

Sat is in constellation of   RAHU as 4th step. Signifying 4th. Venus is rep. Rahu and  signifies 8th.

We needed 5 or 11 and we found Jupiter is signifying 11th. Hence Child birth is promised in JUPITER bhukti.

ANATARA:

As we have used 2 and 11 already, we need the left over house i.e. 5th for Antara and after examining all antaras we can find that only MOON has the signification over 5th as per 4 step.

MOON is in self constellation hence strong.  It is in 5th   and sub of VEN which signifies 8th.

Hence MOON signifies the required 5th house and hence moon antara is fruitful for the child birth.

Accordingly, child was born to the querrent in this conjoined period of Mars/Jupiter and Moon.

The result by Traditional KP and 4 STEP theories tallied.

Clearly, 4 step theory has shown a new way to approach the analysis for  KP Astrologers and is giving encouraging results. Main advantage of this theory is we can narrow down the dasa, bhukti and antara without using ruling planets.  If we take significators of 2, 5 and 11 and many a times all the planets become significator by the original KP method. There is no way we can filter it in a better way other than R.P. Another notable feature of 4 STEP is it has taken into consideration planet’s and cuspal sub’s  sub as significator which was only a deciding factor in traditional KP.  We need to judge the opposing houses in traditional KP apart from the houses under consideration. eg. In this case we have judged 2,5, 11 for child birth and negative houses 1, 4 and 10 for opposition if any. On the other hand we don’t drop the signifying planet for bhukti or antara even if it is signifying negative house in 4 STEP theory.

I conclude this article by offering my prayers to Guruji Sri K.S. Krishnamurti ji who has shown us the path to success.

Good Luck!