There has been much of a talk and fear about the "Kaalsarp yoga". Here are (strictly) my opinions and experience about it so far. I am not 100% expert on this though. I am sharing my exposure to it from 1991 when I started my journey in astrology.
As you are aware Rahu (North Node) and Ketu (South Node) are intersection pointsof Earth orbit around Sun and Moon's orbit around Earth.
These "points" span several miles and have their own mysterious effects on human life especially when some planets are in the same sign as they are.
Rahu and Ketu move backward (and spend 18 months in one raashi : 30degrees.) Backward in the sense from Meen to Kumbh, Kumbh to Makar and so on.
What it is Kaalsarpa yoga:
At the time of birth if all planets are on either side of Rahu and Ketu (i.e. all planets are on either side of Rahu Ketu axis in horoscope) -- It is called as Kaalsarp yoga. Even when one planets is on the other side it is not qualified as a Kaalsarp yoga. There is NO mention of it in the Sanskrit Granthas but it seems the mention of this one started sometime in the 60s.
The EFFECTS:
Popular belief: It is very unfortunate and the person doesn't get any success in life and a lot of more bad things I am not going to mention here.
AS PER MY EXPERIENCE:
There is hardly anything that can be attributed to this yoga. We take births for the sole reason that we have unpaid karma (good or bad) and we HAVE to go thru it whether we like it or not. It is our OWN actions of past live(s). So any events that happen to you are NOT seen to be due to this yoga at all.
If you have this yoga THEN the MOST IMPORTANT questionis: Whether you see snakes in your dreams with regular intervals??(say weekly monthly etc). If and ONLY IF you see snakes then you have this Kalsarpa issue.
My observations is that out of 100 folks who have Kaal-sarpa yoga in the horoscope:: 15-20% ACTUALLY see any snakes in dreams.
THE REMEDY:
Start with Hanuman Sadhana as mentioned at the end of the article. This should help you get rid of the snakes in 6 -8 weeks. My experience is that for almost 75-80%of the people who see snakes this works like a magic.
If even after Hanumaan sadhan of 6-8 weeks you still get snakes in your dreams -- You may want to proceed with Narayan Naagbali and related rituals at Trambakeshwar (Jyotirlinga). This is seen to get rid of the snakes for once and all.
The BEST thing along with these two things is to DONATE money to sarpodyan and become a Sarpa-Mitra and spend time to save snakes and increase awareness about them in people so that less snakes are killed by people. This is a "good karma: which would help you get rid of any bad karma in past live(s) w.r.t. snakes.
I have kept the article as simple as possible with out any details that consufe common folks. Hanumaan sadhana is as follows, useful for everybody BUT more so when Kaalsarpa/Snakes etc are involved and also when Horoscope has Moon Ketu and Moon Raahu or any other planets with Raahu or Ketu.
Hanuman Sadhana:
a. Have a Hanuman Purnakruti poster (as aggressve/balawaan etc as possible) it should be Dakshina-mukhi (facing South).
b. Every morning after bath cocentrate on hanumaan poster for 3 - 5 minutes (eye to eye contact) NO distrubances what so ever.
c. Every evening when it starts to get dark, Hanuman stotra(Marathi) and Raam-Raksha (sanskrit).
This will help in a MAGICAL way, Can't explain ALL the effects here for the lack of time BUT it IS magical.
