A tough year ahead for Mahindra Singh Dhoni

From a ticket collector with the Railways to leading Team India, Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s journey is really the stuff that dreams are made of. The lad from Jharkhand has taken Indian cricket to meteoric heights, including wining the T20 and ODI World Cups. However Captain Cool, has been going through a rough phase of late – from weathering spot-fixing allegations (still unproven) in IPL, to announcing his retirement from Tests last December after a drawn Test against Australia and coming under heavy fire from the media for his defensive tactics.

We look at the planets to see whether MSD will regain his lost glory and his Midas touch as a cricketer.

Astrological Observations

• M.S. Dhoni is born with Virgo Ascendant and important planets —Moon, Jupiter and Saturn too are placed in the Zodiac Sign Virgo in his Natal Chart.
• The Lord of his 9th House (the house of fortune), Venus — is conjunct with Rahu in the 11th House in his Chart.
• The Lord of the 10th House, Mercury — is swagruhi i.e. placed in its own sign, along with the Sun.
• Currently, Dhoni is under the influence of the major period of Rahu and the sub period of Venus.
• The transiting Saturn is passing through the 3rd House, while giving a negative aspect to Mars in Dhoni’s Natal chart.
• Plus, the transiting Rahu is passing through Dhoni’s ascendant sign, over his Natal Moon, Jupiter and Saturn. This challenging planetary movement, which started in July 2014, will continue till January 2016.
• The benefic Jupiter is currently passing through the 12th House in Dhoni’s Chart.

Astrological Predictions
 
Dhoni might not be able to perform to his full potential. Though his contribution will help Team India in some matches, his overall career graph may remain pretty mediocre until June of 2016. Besides this, the transiting Rahu will keep him confused. Rahu will also control his decision-making skills and may instigate him to make mistakes. This will remain troublesome till January of 2016.   

The traversing Rahu will be getting closer to Dhoni’s Natal Moon in the latter half of 2015. As a result, Dhoni’s captainship in ODIs will remain under pressure and scrutiny till January 2016. However, the ongoing Rahu-Venus Dasha period for him shall help him retain his captainship.

Dhoni will also have to control his anger and must take his own time in taking important decisions. Plus, he should do his bit to coordinate effectively with his teammates and management during this period.

The transit of Rahu in the ascendant house tends to bring controversies and legal matters to the fore, which is evident in case of Dhoni. He thus must also take care in this regard.

Captain Cool will also need to take a good care of his health and well being. Overall though, despite these problems, Dhoni will be able to contribute to Indian cricket until June of 2017.