'Where is my son?' - Prasna (horary) Astrology.

On 9-8-2018, I was nominated as an official observer for the online examination in a nearby private college. This incident happened on that day.

It was 4 PM and the third session of the examination just commenced. All the candidates were busy writing the examination. It was tea time, so a woman staff of the college served me a cup of tea.

'Do you work for Railways?' she inquired, placing the tea cup on my table.

I said - 'Yes'.

'Are you a police officer? She asked again.

'No' I replied.

'Then why are police with you?' She persisted.

'They are on escort duty' - I said.

'My son has been missing for last two years. Could your police know anything?' she asked naively.

'They might not know. You could have complained to civil police' - I told her as coolly as possible.

'They might have seen him while he boarded a train to run away from home' - She said.

I could not decide whether she was really innocent or not. There are many people who act over smart and play with others. So I became alert and questioned her - 'What was his age when he ran away from home?'

'Nineteen' - she replied.

I looked at her again. and decided to cast a Prasna chart in my mind to answer her question. As I already knew the planetary positions of the day, I just observed the Lagna to be Sagittarius.

Mars as 5th Lord is in Ascendant. He is 12th Lord too. Moon who is in 7th showing distant places is looking at Ascendant. So the question is about her missing son. Saturn is aspecting Moon. So her question is genuine. She was dark in color and resembling Saturn.

2nd Lord Saturn showing family is retro, going into 12th house. Mercury is with Moon in 7th house aspecting Ascendant. 7th is the natural 3rd house indicating quarrels. So there was certain trouble in their family.

I looked at the 10th house of the chart where Venus is stationed. Moreover, the Hora lord is Venus again. There is trinal aspect between debilitated Venus and exalted Mars who is 5th Lord. So it must be an unwanted love affair which drove the boy away from home.

'Was it a love affair?' I asked her.

She almost broke down.

'Yes.' She said meekly.

'The girl is your neighbour. She is good now. But your son escaped from home.' I said looking at Mars who is retro.

'Right ! We know them. She is happy with another boy now. But I lost my son.' She said almost in a weeping tone.

I had a doubt about her husband because she is not mentioning him at all. I looked at the seventh house.

7th Lord Mercury is fully combust in 8th house. It shows death of her husband or some severe handicap. 8th Lord Moon who is a watery planet owing a watery sign is in 7th house showing death of her husband by drowning.

'Your husband?' I asked her.

'Just before this incident could happen, he committed suicide by drowning in a quarry pit full of water.'

I doubted her statement because, Lagna Lord is in 11th house showing her friends and aspecting Moon in 7th. Saturn who is lord of family is also looking at him. The day was very near to New Moon. There was Rahu in Moon's house showing lying on her part. So her husband died not by committing suicide but he was killed by persons known to her.

'Did he commit suicide? or was killed by somebody? - I asked her.

She hesitated for a moment.

'I don't know. There were rumors that his friends killed him in a drunken brawl ' She said with a low tone.

Her body language confirmed my doubt.

Ignoring my thoughts I observed retro Mars who was landing in the Ascendant. I told her finally- 'Your son is safe now. He is at some nearby place in the South direction. He will come back on his own in a few days. Don't worry' 

She thanked me and went away.