What is Shani Dosh, what are its symptoms and remedies, complete information

In astrology, Saturn is considered to be the god of justice. Saturday is dedicated to Shani Dev. Shani Dev gives the person the fruits of his deeds. Saturn has an influence of 10 years in every person’s life. With the blessings of Shani Dev, life is filled with wealth, property, luxury, while due to the inauspicious effect of Saturn, one has to face problems like trouble in business, job loss, hindrance in work, hindrance in promotion and debt. If Saturn is sitting in an inauspicious place in the horoscope, then Shani Dosh occurs. If Saturn is sitting in the 3rd, 7th or 10th house of the horoscope, then due to Shani Dosh many problems start coming in the person’s life. Many times it happens that people get affected by Shani Dosh and they do not even know. Due to this, people are not able to find its solution. We will know about the symptoms and remedies of Shani Dosh of Shani Dev.

Symptoms of Shani Dosh

• If there is Shani Dosha in your birth chart, then the person’s wealth and property starts to get destroyed slowly. His prosperity and splendor start to end.
• Due to Shani Dosha, a person gets into a situation of dispute and false accusations are also made on him. A case is also filed in the court.
• Due to Shani Dosha in the horoscope of a person, he gets addicted to alcohol, gambling and other bad habits.
• Obstruction in the work being done in a person’s life, burden of debt, fire in the house, house being sold or any part of it getting destroyed etc. are considered to be the symptoms of Shani Dosha.
• If there is Shani Dosha in a person’s horoscope, then the person’s hair starts falling prematurely, eyes start getting damaged and there is pain in the ears. 
• Due to Shani dosha, a person suffers from many diseases like weakness, stomach ache, TB, cancer, paralysis, cold, asthma etc.
• If there is Shani Dosha in a person’s horoscope, then many problems start arising. The person works hard in business, but does not get results. Many such problems occur.

Remedies to avoid Shani dosh

• To get rid of Shani Dosh, do Puja on Saturday. Offer water to Peepal tree and circumambulate the Peepal tree seven times.
• The black dog is considered to be the vehicle of Lord Shani. In order to please Lord Shani, one should feed roti dipped in mustard oil to the black dog and one should never harass the black dog even by mistake.
• Donation pacifies planetary defects. To reduce the effect of Shani Dosh, donate black clothes, sesame seeds, urad, umbrella, jaggery, mustard oil and slippers etc. on Saturday. Keep in mind that these works should be done selflessly.
• To avoid the evil eye of Shanidev, worship Hanumanji on Tuesday and also recite Hanuman Chalisa.
• To get rid of Shani Dosh, wake up every morning, take a bath and recite Hanuman Chalisa. Add milk and two grains of sugar to some water and offer it to a banyan tree and apply a tilak of wet mud. This brings the blessings of Shani.
• On Saturday, mix whole urad, black gram and mustard oil in an iron bowl and put them together. Now wrap them all together and put the same bowl on it and apply it on your forehead and start donating it. This reduces Shani Dosh.  

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• Apart from this, you can also chant some mantras on Saturday to remove Shani Dosh. Such as ‘Om Praam Preem Praom Sah Shanaishcharaya Namah’, ‘Om Aim Hleem Shri Shanaishcharaya Namah’. 
• To please Lord Shani, the person should keep fast on Saturdays and help poor people. By doing this, Shani Dosh is reduced.

Frequently asked questions related to Shani Dosh

What to do to get rid of Shani Dosh?

To get rid of Shani Dosh, one should do Puja on Saturday. Offer water to the Peepal tree and circumambulate the Peepal tree seven times. Also, the person should praise Shanidev and recite Chalisa. Worship Hanuman Ji on Tuesday and also recite Hanuman Chalisa.

How to please Shani?

To get the blessings of Shani Dev, on Saturday, after bathing and meditating, mix black sesame seeds in Ganga water and offer water to the Peepal tree. During this time, circumambulate the Peepal tree three times. Also do sit-ups at least five times. Shani Dev is anointed with sesame and mustard oil.

When does Shani Dosh occur?

When Saturn becomes retrograde in the horoscope or its position goes down, then Shani Dosh occurs. Similarly, Shani Dosh starts appearing in the horoscope even after killing any living being. Shani Dosh also occurs if one insults one’s wife or behaves indecently with her.

What to do if Shani Dev is angry?

If Shanidev is angry, then his anger can be removed by respecting elders, helping the needy and lighting a mustard oil lamp on Saturday.