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1 Introduction 3
1.1 Planet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1.1 Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1.2 Moon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1.3 Mars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1.4 Jupiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1.5 Mercury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.1.6 Venus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.1.7 Saturn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.1.8 Rahu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.1.9 Ketu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.1.10 Uranus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.1.11 Neptune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.1.12 Pluto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.1.13 True mode or Mean mode for Rahu and Ketu? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.2 House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.2.1 Lagn: First house . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.2.2 Dhanbhav: Second house . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.2.3 Parakrambhav: Third house . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.2.4 Sukhbhav: Fourth house . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.2.5 Santanbhav: Fifth house . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.2.6 Ripubhav: Sixth house . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.2.7 Kalatrabhav: Seventh house . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.2.8 Ayubhav: Eighth house . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.2.9 Bhagyabhav: Ninth house . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.2.10 Karmbhav: Tenth house . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.2.11 Labhabhav: Elevanth house . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.2.12 Vyaybhav: Twelfth house . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.3 Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.3.1 Aries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.3.2 Taurus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.3.3 Gemini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.3.4 Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.3.5 Leo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.3.6 Virgo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.3.7 Libra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.3.8 Scorpio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.3.9 Sagittarius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.3.10 Capricorn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.3.11 Aquarius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.3.12 Pisces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.4 Constellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.4.1 Ashwini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.4.2 Bharani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.4.3 Krutika . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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1.4.4 Rohini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1.4.5 Mrugshirsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1.4.6 Ardra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1.4.7 Punarvasu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1.4.8 Pushy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1.4.9 Ashlesha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1.4.10 Magha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1.4.11 Poorvphalguni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1.4.12 Uttarphalguni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1.4.13 Hast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1.4.14 Chitra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1.4.15 Svati . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1.4.16 Vishakha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1.4.17 Anuradha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
1.4.18 Jyesth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
1.4.19 Mool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
1.4.20 Poorvshadha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
1.4.21 Uttarshadha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
1.4.22 Shravan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
1.4.23 Dhanistha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
1.4.24 Shatbhisha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
1.4.25 Poorvbhadrapad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
1.4.26 Uttarbhadrapad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
1.4.27 Revati . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
1.4.28 Abhijit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

2 Elements of Kundli 23
2.1 Classification of Planets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.2 Planetary Relationship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.2.1 What is difference between these relationships? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.3 Classification of Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.3.1 Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.3.2 Qualities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2.4 Classification of Houses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2.5 Observations regarding Houses and Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2.6 Panchadha Maitri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
2.7 Vinshottari Dasha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
2.8 Astakvarg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

3 Foundation of Prediction 33
3.1 How to understand effects? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3.1.1 Planetary Relationship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3.1.2 Planet in Sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
3.1.3 Planet in House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
3.1.4 Sign in House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
3.2 Summary: How to Interprete Planetary Placement? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

4 Divisional Charts 41
4.1 Method 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
4.2 Method 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
4.3 Method 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
4.4 What to Observe in Divisional Chart? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
4.5 Navmansh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
4.5.1 Houses in Navansh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
4.5.2 What to Observe? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
4.5.3 Is Vargottami an equivalent of exalted? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
4.5.4 Pushkar Navansh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
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4.5.5 Marriage and Match Making . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

5 Predicting Event: Divisional Chart, Dasha, Transit 53

5.1 Predicting Marriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
5.1.1 Janmlagn and Navansh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
5.1.2 Dasha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
5.1.3 Transit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
5.2 Death of Father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
5.2.1 Janmlagn and Dvadashansh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
5.2.2 Dasha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
5.2.3 Transit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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1.1 Solar eclipse on 1 June 2011 in Nordic countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1.2 DOB: 10 August 1983, TOB: 18:45, 70E56 22N37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2.1 Important characters to be considered while analysing kundli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

2.2 Relationships between planets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.3 Classification of Houses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
2.4 Different Trikons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

3.1 Consideration at planetary level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

3.2 Planetary relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
3.3 Planet placed in sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
3.4 Planets placed in house . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
3.5 Signs placed in house . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
3.6 Interpreting different placements of planets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

4.1 DOB 1 May 1983, TOB: 5:45 AM, 70E59 22N35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

4.2 DOB: 3 November 1993, TOB: 22:45, 70E57 22N37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
4.3 DOB: 19 April 2019, TOB: 8:40 AM, 72E35, 23N01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

5.1 Janmlagn and Navansh of both bride and groom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

5.2 Groom’s Vinshottary and Char dasha at the time of marriage on 23 Jan 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
5.3 Bride’s Vinshottary and Char dasha at the time of marriage on 23 Jan 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
5.4 Transit data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
5.5 DOB: 27 Feb 1982, TOB: 12:34, 75E38, 14N14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
5.6 Different dashas in operation on 19 March 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

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2.1 Classification of planets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

2.2 Classification of Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2.3 Diffeent aspects of houses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
2.4 Natural relationship between planets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2.5 Panchadha relationship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2.6 Planets and their years of Maha Dasha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2.7 Division of signs according to constellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
2.8 Antardasha and Pratyantardasha table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
2.9 Auspicious transition of planets from each other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

3.1 Combination between important elements of Kundli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

3.2 Effect of Rahu’s conjunction with different planetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

4.1 Division charts and their applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

4.2 Navmansh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
4.3 Interpretation of Navansh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4.4 Pushkar Navansh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
4.5 Pushkar Vargottami Navmansh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
4.6 Failed Marriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
4.7 Successful Marriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

5.1 Degree wise positions of planets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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Introduction

1.1 Planet
1.1.1 Sun
Tagline: I am
Best quality: Rulership
Worst quality: Dictativeness
Signifies: ego, the inner self, own essence, the unchanging part of self – the calm, steady, deep and lasting force felt,
willpower, decisions ability, leadership ability, willpower. Answers: Are you introspective? Do you make friends
easily? Are you pompous or plain, generous or greedy? How do you cope with responsibility? Are you high-strung
or easygoing?

1.1.2 Moon
Tagline: I feel
Best quality: Adaptability
Worst quality: Inconstancy
Signifies: outer self, emotions: hate, fear, fantasies, affection, spontaneous joy, pleasure, instinctive reactions, uncon-
scious habit patterns, moods, immediate emotional responses, caringness, fertility, femininity, mother, relationships
with women in general, in a male’s chart, it indicates the type of woman he feels most comfortable with. Although
the Venus sign indicates a male’s romantic/erotic preference in partners, the Moon sign indicates the type of woman
he would choose as a lifelong mate (because the Moon "needs" are stronger than the Venus "wants"). The house
position of the Moon in your natal chart shows the area of life where you tend to be the most emotional, and where
you often experience changing conditions. The house of the Moon also gives clues to the type of activity that occurs
on the domestic scene.

1.1.3 Mars
Tagline: I act
Best quality: Initiative
Worst quality: Harshness
Signifies: conflicts, aggression, outright war, physical energy, sex drive, forcefulness, desires and aspiration for
emotional, physical, mental, spiritual things, impationce, passion, turning ideas in to action, vitality, style of action,
assertiveness, ambitions, anger, harshness, destructive violence, impulfive behavious, danger, combativeness, cruelty,

1.1.4 Jupiter
Tagline: I grow
Best quality: Benevolence (kindness)
Worst quality: Conceit
Signifies: good luck, optimism, success and generosity, joy to life, wisdom, morality, and spirituality, expansive-
ness, abundance, knowledge, higher leaning, breadth of vision, confidence, charity, good-will, frankness, honesty,

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philosophical part of knowledge, it is the broad view of the higher mind, truthseekness, law and justice, philosophy,
religion, metaphysics, and education, urge for self-improvement through participation in the larger whole, exploring
life, what idealize, what your ethical, religious, and philosophical standards are, where you express expansiveness,
where you do things on a large scale, it in your chart shows where you are likely to receive financial and mate-
rial benefits, where you express generosity to others, house of Jupiter is where we tend to be optimistic, and the
affairs of that House usually flow easily. If negatively placed in the chart, Jupiter’s energy can be manifested as
self-righteousness, excessiveness, squandering, exaggeration, over-indulgence, superficiality, and bigotry.

1.1.5 Mercury
Tagline: I think
Best quality: Expression
Worst quality: Restlessness
Signifies: day to day cleverness, intelligence, communication, rational and intellectual faculties, perception and
reason, memory, speaking, and writing, capacity to collect, sort, and communicate the knowledge you gain through
your experiences and your senses, it reflects the way you see, hear, understand, and assimilate information, child-like
curiosity, ability to analyze and reason, transportation and short trips, nervous system, clever speech, eloquence,
persuasiveness, success with public speaking and a sharp, quick mind, restlessness, a tendency to be critical,
sarcastic, argumentative and sly, quick wit, lies, deceit, fraud, swindling, and forgery, The sign of Mercury in your
natal chart shows your style and preferences of communicating and learning. A strong Mercury in one’s chart, free
of any negative aspects, indicates a brilliant mind.

1.1.6 Venus
Tagline: I love
Best quality: Affection
Worst quality: Pliancy (bending too easily, taking the easy way out)
Signifies: harmony, love, pleasure, beauty, capacity to express affection and to enjoy beauty, capacity to attract and
appreciate the things of the world, what kind of sex appeal you posses, love affairs, the arts, beauty, adornment,
the social graces, friendship, pleasure, kinds of amusements one drawn to, expenditure, comforts, aesthetic values,
charm, diplomacy, tact, self indulgence, jealousy, envy, lust, unfaithfulness. Answers: What kind of lovers do you
attract? Are you flirtatious? Do you find happiness in your love affairs? Are you often disappointed? Where do
your creative talents lie?

1.1.7 Saturn
Tagline: I achieve
Best quality: System and Organization
Worst quality: Selfishness
Signifies: misfortune, misery, venus wishes love Saturn denies it, Jupiter promises good fortune, Saturn delays it,
Mercury brings news, Saturn degrades it, Mars goes too hard or too fast, Saturn will crash him, limitation, bound-
ness, restrictions, boundaries, safety, practicality, reality, seriousness, structures, laws, boundaries and limits set by
society or karma, ambition, career, authority, hierarchy, conforming social structures, duty, discipline, responsibility,
physical and emotional endurance, morose, cold, melancholic, serious, organization, order, selfishness, unemotional.

1.1.8 Rahu
Tagline: I amplify
Best quality: Secrecy
Worst quality: Cheating
Signifies: Cheating, betray, conspiracy, cunningness, sudden fall or rise, reputation, authority, wealth, felititation,
win over enemy, success or loss in litigation, big loss, curse, suspense, decrease in rank in job, transsfer, inquiry, delu-
sion, illusion, misunderstanding, attraction, love affairs, complexity in relationships, dark, shadow, illegal earning,
corruption, black market, atheism, performing religion rituals for namesake, black magic.
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1.1.9 Ketu
Tagline: I act illogically
Best quality: Occult
Worst quality: Dissatisfaction
Signifies: Salvation, Vairagya, Tapasya, spirituality, knowledge, occult, aggressive speech, sudden breakup, separa-
tion, breaking, multicolour, suicide, sudden death, murder.

1.1.10 Uranus
Tagline: I evolve
Best quality: Originality
Worst quality: Rebellion
Signifies: Uranus represents the unconscious urge to become aware of your true inner individuality (the Sun).
Like a lightning bolt, Uranus symbolizes sudden flashes of insight, moments of revelation, and spurts of creativity.
Uranus’s energy is usually described as suddenness, revolution, change, shock, and disruption. Like lightning,
Uranus breaks into time and fractures our patterns. New ideas break into ordinary streams of thought, bringing
innovative solutions to stubborn problems. It is your intuition awakening you to a world beyond our social structure.
Uranus forces sudden changes when the usefulness of the old is gone and something newer, something higher and
better is ready to take its place. Uranus encompasses technology and all types of electronic devices. Uranus speeds
up the mind, making it to bypass logic and arrive at conclusions by leaping from A to Z, shocking people. Uranus
seeks alternatives to the common and accepted forms. True to itself, the planet Uranus stands out from the rest of
the planets by orbiting around on its "side." The rest of the planets orbit like a "spinning top," but Uranus insists
on rolling on its side like a ball. At best, Uranus encourages originality, versatility and independence. At worst, it
encourages eccentricity, perversion and rebellion. Uranus demands freedom.

1.1.11 Neptune
Tagline: I dream
Best quality: Idealism
Worst quality: Vagueness
Signifies: Neptune represents the unconscious urge to dissolve the boundaries of your ego-centeredness in order to
‘lose yourself’ in other realms of being. While Uranus breaks into our dimension to allow momentary flashes of
insight into other realms of existence, Neptune is those other realms. Neptune dissolves life’s patterns in order to
teach new meanings in the quest for universal wisdom. Neptune represents things that aren’t quite as they appear,
the illusive, and the unreal. It is the planet of receptivity, imagination, cloudiness, confusion, delusion, illusion, and
unreality. Neptune is also associated with movies, acting, and compassion. Neptune can indicate mystical visions of
a divine creator, or an experience of the primordial chaos before creation (dangerously, the latter can drive one to
madness). Neptune can indicate spiritual healing and service to others, or becoming lost in a foggy world of fantasy
and dreams. More often than not, Neptune indicates confusion in the House where it resides in your birth chart.
A negatively positioned Neptune in the natal chart can indicate a tendency to escape reality. The house and sign
will indicate whether it be through mind-altering drugs and alcohol, day-dreaming, sexual addiction, cult worship,
psychosis, potential suicide, or others. At its best, Neptune’s energy inspires marvelous art, music, theatre, dance,
poetry, and film. Above all, Neptune represents the intangible, and makes it very real.

1.1.12 Pluto
Tagline: I empower
Best quality: Transformation
Worst quality: Inversion (turning things upside down)
Signifies: Pluto represents the unconscious urge to transform repressed ego-desire energies into group-desire energies
in order to live out your role in society’s evolution. Pluto represents sexuality (the act itself, as opposed to the
energetic desire which is associated with Mars), obsessive desires, transformation, power, and the ingredients of
great wealth (investments, banking, loans, debt, mortgages). Pluto has dominion over drastic changes that bring
true upheavals. Since Pluto is the slowest-moving planet, an entire generation will share the same Pluto sign,
giving it historical importance. Drastic and permanent changes in civilization as a whole can be linked to Pluto’s
movement through the signs. On a personal level, the House that Pluto occupies in your chart will show how
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Plutonian energy is manifested in your life. Pluto will transform those things in your life that require regeneration,
whether you desire it or not. You may experience dramatic crises or have to endure terrible suffering where Pluto
is involved in your chart, but for the purpose of healing. Pluto tears down only to transform and regenerate what
has been destroyed. Pluto is associated with recklessness, mental obsession and compulsion, emotional resistance,
and overall transcendence. It is also associated with unsolved mysteries, secrets, and taboos.

1.1.13 True mode or Mean mode for Rahu and Ketu?

Modern astrological softwares are built to use True and Mean, two different types of modes, to find position of
Rahu and Ketu. Both the modes have their own benefits. Let us understand it with examples

True Mode
A partial solar eclipse, observed in Nordic countries, occured on 1 June 2011 evening in Taurus. Trio, Sun, Moon,
and Ketu are together in Taurus sign if True Mode is selected while Ketu is in Gemini if Mean Mode is selected.
True Mode exactly represents the practical phenomena.

(a) True Mode (b) Mean Mode

Figure 1.1: Solar eclipse on 1 June 2011 in Nordic countries

Mean Mode
A jatak has problem in childbirth. Horoscope constructed using True Mode shows Rahu in Gemini for Aquarius
ascendant while it is placed in Taurus if Mean Mode is selected, exactly representing the problem of childbirth.
Panchmesh Venus’s affliction with Rahu is observed in Saptansh if Mean Mode is selected.

1.2 House
1.2.1 Lagn: First house
The first House is the House of self. This includes self-awareness, the physical body, personality, appearance,
personal views on life, self-identity, self-image, early environment, and beginnings; how we initiate, how we’re
impulsive. Any planets in this house will greatly influence your personality and how others perceive you.

1.2.2 Dhanbhav: Second house

The second House refers to your own money and possessions, what you value, your hidden talents, sense of self-
worth, self-esteem (how you value yourself, instead of describing your personality as in the 1st House). Possessions
include anything a person owns (except the house/home which is ruled by the 4th House): cars, furniture, clothing,
moveable property, investments and securities, etc. The 2nd house specifies how you gain and spend your own
money (as opposed to other’s money in the 8th house), your attitude towards wealth and material possessions, and
your potential for accumulating it/them.
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(a) True Mode (b) Mean Mode

(c) Saptansh in True Mode (d) Saptansh in Mean Mode

Figure 1.2: DOB: 10 August 1983, TOB: 18:45, 70E56 22N37

1.2.3 Parakrambhav: Third house

The third House is that of communication, which by extension includes one’s immediate environment: siblings,
neighbors, short journeys, and all forms of transportation. The 3rd house also includes the intellect, the lower mind
(details and small bits of information as opposed to the higher mind in 9th house), thinking patterns, and early
education (before college). Communication includes messages, deliveries, gossip, phone calls, visits, reading and
writing.

1.2.4 Sukhbhav: Fourth house

The fourth House refers to the home and everything associated with it (both the childhood home and the current
home): family, land, personal foundations (inner emotional security), your roots. Astrologers are divided over
whether this house is associated with one’s mother or father. What is clear is that a person’s upbringing is
associated with this House. On a deeper level, the 4th house is the base of consciousness or the center of our
concrete existence. See how the cusp of the 4th house is the I.C., the lowest point on the chart, representative of
things below the surface of Earth. Due to that, the 4th house was believed to rule the conditions at the end of
life, and graves. As the root or base of your real self, the 4th house rules where you go when you "die" but also
where you came from. For those who believe in reincarnation, the 4th house would give clues to your karmic lesson
for this lifetime. It shows what karmic baggage you brought with you into this life. Even if you don’t believe in
reincarnation, you’re likely to be surprised by what you find in your 4th house for it may move your soul. Any
planets in the 4th house affect your home life, your emotions, your subconscious, and possibly your relationship
with your parents.

1.2.5 Santanbhav: Fifth house

The fifth House refers to children, creativity, and the pursuit of pleasure. This includes personal interests, love affairs,
sports, hobbies, speculation, risk-taking, teaching, drama, creative self-expression, love given, gambling. The 5th
house is all about you being yourself and enjoying it. Romance, dating, love affairs, and sexual relationships are
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ruled by this 5th house, yet marriage is assigned to the 7th. Why? Because, until very recently, marriage was not
entered into for pleasure, for love, nor for personal fulfillment. Marriage was hardly even entered into by choice, but
rather for the purpose of raising kids to preserve the values of a particular culture or religion. And these marriages
were most often arranged according to class and financial status, a partnership befitting the 7th house.

1.2.6 Ripubhav: Sixth house

The sixth House refers to daily work, service, diet, health and physical sickness, physical ability to work, employees.
This includes volunteer labor, civil service work, caretaking, and mundane daily tasks. The 6th house really involves
the quality of your work, the quality of the jobs you perform, as opposed to an actual career (career is represented
by the 10th house). Daily mundane tasks include personal hygiene and our method of responding to everyday crises.

1.2.7 Kalatrabhav: Seventh house

The seventh House is sometimes referred to as the House of marriage, but it encompasses all one-to-one relationships:
marriage, business partnerships, contracts, cooperative relationships, and also divorce, separation, quarrels, open
enemies, and law suits. The difference between the love affairs of the 5th House and love relationships of the 7th
is that the 7th House refers to more permanently binding relationships, whereas the 5th House refers to affairs
that may be temporary. When the 5th House affair progresses into a serious relationship, we can say that the
relationship has "moved into the 7th House." 7th house relationships are about cooperation and sharing, and they
generally serve some functional purpose in the larger social community (i.e. a marriage). This is different from a
5th house love affair, whose only qualification is "butterflies in the stomach." The 7th house includes the way you
relate to those closest to you. Planets in this house will influence your manner of relating. They also give clues to
issues that arise in your relationships.

1.2.8 Ayubhav: Eighth house

Simply put, the 8th house is the polar opposite of the 2nd house. Whereas the 2nd rules your own individual
possessions, the 8th house rules what a relationship owns (joint finances). The 8th House is one of the most
misunderstood Houses. This is probably because the things represented by the 8th House seem to have nothing in
common with each other, or they seem to be negative. This House governs death, regeneration, taxes, inheritances,
wills and legacies, sex (the actual act of sex), latent occult ability, joint resources, your partner’s money and
possessions, spouse’s money, bankruptcy, losses, personal sacrifices, alimony, clairvoyance. On a positive note, this
House is about transformation and healing. But transformation and healing require some type of death, loss, or
injury first. This House rules those processes and things by which we transform and become more powerful. Yes,
this includes the act of sex.

1.2.9 Bhagyabhav: Ninth house

The ninth House refers to philosophy, religion, law, learning, higher education (as opposed to early education by the
3rd House), ethics, morals, long journeys, travel, foreign countries and interests, spiritual urges, dreams, visions,
higher mind, ideas, understanding and wisdom, books, publishing, ceremonies, and rituals. This is the House of
big thoughts and big ideas. 9th house "understanding" is more complex than 3rd house "knowledge". The act of
"knowing" belongs to the 3rd house because it implies simply the direct contact of a person with something in his
environment. Understanding involves the synthesis of known data. While the 3rd house refers to an individual’s
need to understand his close and personal environment, the 9th house is an area in which one seeks to discover the
significance of larger fields of social existence which one may not experience directly but which his mind may explore
through the use of analogy, generalization and abstraction. The 3rd and 9th houses symbolize the 2 polarities of
the human mind, the concrete and the abstract. In summary, the 9th house includes experiences that we encounter
when we search for the meaning of things. Whatever expands your field of activity or the scope of your mind – long
journeys, contact with other cultures, great dreams, and even experiences with fortunetellers.

1.2.10 Karmbhav: Tenth house

The tenth House is the House of status, honor, community power, prestige, reputation, and professional career. In
our society, this includes financial success, but only as it relates to community power and prestige. It’s not about
gaining "material stuff" as it is in the 2nd house. The 10th house wants success for the sake of honor and social
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status. This house includes social foundations (as opposed to personal home foundations in the 4th), recognition,
personal achievements, social responsibilities, sense of duty, authority figures, politicians. This House encompasses
the most public areas of one’s life, and the career that you grow into, as opposed to daily work and odd jobs ruled
by the 6th House. As with the 4th House, astrologers are divided over whether the 10th House rules one’s mother
or father. Those that say the 4th House rules the mother, say the 10th House rules the father, and vice versa.
What is clear is that the 4th House rules the nurturing, home-body parent, while the 10th House rules the public,
success-focused parent (the parent who "wears the pants"). As with the other angular houses, any planets in this
house are very important. Planets in the 10th house, the sign on the cusp of the 10th house, and its ruling planet
will greatly influence your career and your general reputation in public.

1.2.11 Labhabhav: Elevanth house

The eleventh House is the House of community, large groups, and friends. It refers to memberships, hopes, goals,
ambitions, wishes, social groups, associations, humanitarian interests. It also refers to self-realization, liberty,
legislation and regulation.

1.2.12 Vyaybhav: Twelfth house

This is probably the most misunderstood house of all. The twelfth House refers to the subconscious, the hidden
self that exists apart from our physical everyday reality. This includes the unconscious mind, subconscious mem-
ory, subconscious habit patterns from the past, mental illness, karmic debts, self-deception, escapism, spiritual
realization, limitations, frustration, and ultimately our self-undoing. On a physical, material level, the 12th house
includes things that take us away from everyday life: institutions (such as hospitals, prisons, government offices),
places of confinement, secrets, secret relationships, hidden enemies, and self-sacrifice for others. It also refers to
sorrow, tribulations, widowhood, grief, funerals, exile, seclusion, bribery, subversion, murder, suicide, kidnapping,
and endings. For those who believe, the 12th house is also considered to refer to the collective unconscious of all
humanity.

1.3 Signs
1.3.1 Aries
Best Quality: Leadership
Downside: egotistical, quick tempered, aggressiveness, hatred of restraint, officiousness (minding other people’s
business, meddling)
Keywords: self-esteem, initiative, activity, pioneering, ambition, enterprise, courageous, energetic, impulsive, op-
timistic, egotistical, innovative, original, strong drive, leader, enthusiastic, extroverted, competitive, self-reliant,
self-assured.
Character: Aries is Cardinal Fire, and the first sign of the zodiac. It’s the sign of action, new beginnings, and
initiative. It likes to plunge right into things without planning. The Aries sign is high energy. The birth chart
house with Aries on the cusp is where you’ll tend to be active, energetic, and take initiative. Aries is the archetype
of the warrior. Planets in Aries will be highly charged, expressing themselves strongly in your life. Planets in Aries
will be colored by the qualities of: self-willed urge for action, and self-assertion.

1.3.2 Taurus
Psychological Need: To be resourceful and productive
Best Quality: Stability
Downside: obstinacy, stubbornness, argumentative, possessiveness, love of rich food, dull
Keywords: affectionate, dependable, patient, stable, determination, endurance, thoroughness, conservative, har-
mony, possessions, practicality.
Character: The Taurus sign is the fixed Earth sign. It is slow, steady, and mostly easygoing. They say that “slow
and steady wins the race,” and Taurus proves this to be true. Taurus loves to build things, and has the determi-
nation and will-power to carry out long projects. With Venus as its ruler, Taurus is a hopeless romantic. Taurus
truly appreciates the physical beauty of the world and physical comfort. It is genuinely impressed by beautiful
appearances. Taurus focuses its attention and hard work on attaining the finer things in life. Its purposeful de-
termination and power is used to achieve security. Taurus is a practical sign, and will not make a move unless it
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is assured that the person, situation, or relationship will be of use. It is sensual, perceiving through the physical
senses, mostly touch. But the need for security extends to emotional security. Taurus’s need for inner security
results in a possessiveness that borders on absurdity. It regards another person’s affection as it’s own property. Like
a bull, Taurus plods along, dull, apathetic, and slow to anger, but once provoked, it can be cruel and malicious.
Taurus is methodical and resistant to change. Planets in Taurus will be colored by the qualities of: possessiveness,
retentiveness, and steadiness. People with the Taurus sign rising tend to be strong, persistent, slow to change,
determined, stable, quiet (until pushed too far – then there will be trouble), practical, stubborn, non-aggressive,
patient, affectionate, loyal, hard-working, passive and unassuming in general, and fixed in their convictions with a
general slow pace of mind. Taureans can be led or coaxed, but never pushed or driven. Resources and possessions,
whether people or finances are very important to you. You want to build and make things grow, but you can’t be
hurried. You want to get your hands on things and see the practical results of your own hard work. You are good
at taking what others have started then carrying on. Success comes to you by sheer persistence and will. Your love
of sweet or rich food can incline you to put on weight. Try to be less rigid in all you do. Tame any jealousy and
instinct to possessiveness. You hate and fear sickness and pain.
Spiritual lesson to learn: Detachment. Venus rules Taurus so Venus will be important in your chart.

1.3.3 Gemini
Psychological Need: To communicate
Best Quality: Versatility
Downside: changeable, fickle, indecision, superficiality, restless, nervousness
Keywords: versatile, adaptable, nonconformist, inquisitive, curious, quick-witted, communication, networking, con-
genial, tactful, mentality, thinking, writing, speaking, literacy, speech, intellectual. Character: The Gemini sign is
mutable air, flitting about from place to place. Gemini has expert speaking and writing skills, able to charm the
uncharmable. It captures its environment, responds immediately, and moves to a new environment. Gemini is the
sign of networking and communications, gathering bits of information here and there and spreading them to others
who can benefit from them. The Gemini sign is known for its restlessness. Because of their restlessness and buzzing
activity, Geminis need periods of down time. Gemini people need alone time to recharge their batteries (although
Gemini does not like to be alone). Gemini is an air sign. Emotionally detached, this is a thinking sign. The
dichotomy here is that, while Gemini is ruled by Mercury, possessing genius mental powers, its energy is scattered
and dispersed. The result is that "success" by society’s standards is not easily achieved. It is not focused and
directed at one goal; rather it craves variety, change, and novelty. Success with Gemini can happen if the energy is
somehow focused. The Gemini sign gets bored easier than any other zodiac signs. Gemini changes and adapts to
the new in the blink of an eye, leaving others wondering what happened to the other. Maybe the symbolism of the
twins originated because Gemini types change so often as to make others guess that the new personality must be
someone else a twin, perhaps. People with Gemini rising tend to be friendly, communicative, flexible, indecisive,
unsure, liking to do two or more things at once, witty, clever, very active mentally, high-strung, temperamental,
nervous or anxious, talkative, superficial, and always ready for something different. There may be two distinct sides
to you as Gemini represents the Twins. You have a strong need to communicate what you already know and to
learn more. You enjoy reading and traveling as they both give plenty of scope for picking up new knowledge. You
need variety and can be the jack of all trades and the master of none. You tend to go wide – for breadth, not depth.
You may appear confident, but you can lack self-confidence and inner sureness. You love to talk, both with your
mouth as well as your hands.

1.3.4 Cancer
Psychological Need: To give and receive emotional warmth and security
Best Quality: Tenacity
Keywords: domesticity, sympathy, sensitiveness, artistry, tenacity, protectiveness, caring, nurturing, maternal.
Downside: touchiness, timidity, clannishness, restlessness, indolence, overemotional, over-sentimental
Character: The Cancer sign is cardinal water. As such, it is something of a contradiction. As a cardinal zodiac
sign, Cancer is assertive, a self-starter, and a "go-getter." These qualities are good for business. As water, Cancer is
intuitive, feeling, and nurturing. These qualities are traditionally good for being a homemaker, among other things.
Intuitive abilities also make Cancer good for business, since it can feel out good and bad situations. But, above all,
Cancer is led by its emotions. The Cancer sign is highly attached to the emotional roots of the past, and it is very
sensitive. Cancer’s main purpose is to build a family and acquire domestic security. It is family-oriented, and will
fight to protect its own. When hurt or threatened, its immediate response is to protect itself by retreating into its
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shell, motivated by a need to protect its inner sensitivity. Although, it will lash out to protect family. It can also
be mean and moody. Generally, Cancer is caring, nurturing, and motherly.
A planet in Cancer will be colored by the qualities of: feeling, reserve, moods (moodiness), sensitivity, and self-
protection.
People with the Cancer sign rising tend to be less vital than average, sympathetic, compassionate, passive, nurturing,
receptive, protective, retentive, changeable, psychic, sentimental, tenacious, timid, quiet, sensitive, acquisitive (pack-
rat), and moody. Just like the crab Cancer represents, you may have the habit of looking ahead and behind you at
the same time, not fully wanting to face the future head-on and always worrying about the past and what might
be sneaking up on you from behind, causing you great worry. You go through life in a curious sideways motion,
never going simply directly forward. You are sensitive and you retreat into your shell when you feel threatened.
Your feelings can be easily hurt, even when no slight was meant and you can take things much too personally. You
enjoy travel, but you absolutely need to know that you have a home base waiting for you to come back to. Security
is everything for you in life. Physical security comes with a comfortable base of operations and emotional security
comes from all your possessions and attachments that have sentimental value to you. In fact, that’s why you keep
everything – because of all the emotional value and significance. Once you have latched onto something or someone,
you do not tend to let go easily. You respond to life through feeling, not thinking. Your moods go up and down
just like the tides.
Spiritual lesson to learn: Discernment (distinguish boundaries). The Moon rules the sign of Cancer, so the Moon
will be important in your chart.

1.3.5 Leo
Psychological Need: To create and express oneself
Best Quality: Kindness (generosity)
Downside: domination, arrogance, autocracy, cruelty, overbearing, vanity, ostentatious, false pride
Keywords: affection, nobility, generosity, loyalty, dignity, leadership, radiant, vitality, authority, will, power
Character: The Leo sign is the fixed one of the fire signs. It is forceful, magnetic, generous, and impulsive. It has
a strong and ardent love nature. Leo is moved through the heart rather than through reason. Like the lion, Leo is
commanding, resolute, courageous, and high-spirited, sometimes boastfully asserting his superiority. Leo’s warmth
and kindness is of the type which a good king has towards its subjects. Leo is a loyal friend or a noble enemy.
The main need for the Leo sign is to develop a genuine sense of self, present it to the world, and take pride in the
expression of its creative accomplishment. The Leo sign has a never-ending source of creative energy because the
Sun rules the sign of Leo. Leo focuses on the healthy expression of individual self-discovery.
Planets in Leo will be colored by the qualities of: pride and urge for recognition, and sense of drama.

1.3.6 Virgo
Psychological Need: To analyze and find order
Best Quality: Analytical
Downside: criticism, cynicism, fear of disease, perfectionism
Keywords: discrimination, analytical, methodical-ness, service, helpful, studiousness, hygiene, purity, mentality
Character: The Virgo sign is mutable Earth. It is critical, discriminating, fastidious about food, alert, inquisitive,
ingenious, studious, industrious, smart, neat and orderly. Virgo is characterized by spontaneous helpfulness, humil-
ity, and a need to serve. Virgo works meticulously and efficiently, continually refining its efforts and skills to develop
technique leading to mastery within a chosen field. It finds security if offering practical, dependable service to an
organization or a cause. Virgo uses intellect critically to organize information clearly, accurately, and usefully, bring-
ing order out of chaos. People with Virgo rising tend to be practical, analytical, discriminating, fastidious, careful,
exacting, attentive to details, methodical, quiet, unassuming, shy, critical, thoughtful, and somewhat self-centered.
You have an ingenious, active and alert mind. Gaining knowledge and putting it to good use are important to
you. You strive for perfection and can be quite the person to live with or to be around because your standards for
yourself and others are so high. At times others can never be "good" enough to meet those high standards. Finding
fault with what’s wrong with things is your forte. Sometimes, though, this can make relationships sour as you often
turn your critical eye on the one you love and the things they do. Pessimism and being too self-critical are two
faults you should try to improve upon. You may tend to worry too much, especially about the small stuff, the little
details. Too much worry can lead to health problems. You need to learn to digest every experience and assimilate
it without bitterness, regret, spite or resentment. You need to get rid of any negativity that stems from a feeling
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of inadequacy. You tend to look younger than you really are, no matter what your age. You are very restless and
nervous, so you seldom have much weight on you. At times you can be very indecisive and unsure.

1.3.7 Libra
Psychological Need: To create harmony and balance
Best Quality: Affability
Downside: always needing approbation, indecision, lack of poise, emotional fluctuation, can’t say no
Keywords: balance, harmony, companionship, charm, social grace, justice, courtesy, hopefulness, artistic ability,
attractiveness, fairness
Character: The Libra sign is cardinal air. It is intuitive, perceptive (ability to see both sides of any situation),
impartial, just, fair, harmonious, amiable and diplomatic. Libra is always comparing and reasoning. Because of this,
Libra seeks a balanced exchange in one-on-one partnerships and marriage, and seeks harmony in groups. Thanks
to its ruling planet, Venus, Libra has finesse. Libra uses diplomacy and tact to make social efforts effective. It is
motivated by a need to see justice done. Libra will negotiate for fairness with regard to every group represented
within a community. Ruled by Venus, Libra has artistic talents, loves music, singing and dancing, and has a strong
capacity for partnership. Libra is in love with love, and loves to be in a relationship. Being gifted with the ability to
see both sides of any situation, and the endless weighing of options makes Libra changeable, moody and somewhat
fickle. It’s inclined to build castles in the air. Libra is light and suave, but also easily disturbed like the balance.
Libra avoids disturbing the peace, and will be dishonest rather than ruffle someone’s feathers. Libra does not like
to create waves or add flame to a fire.
Planets in the Libra sign will be colored by the qualities of: balance, impartiality, and tact.

1.3.8 Scorpio
Psychological Need: To experience intense emotional transformation
Best Quality: Resourcefulness
Downside: discord, misuse of sex, passion, temper, willfulness, vindictive, resentful, jealousy, envy, possessiveness,
troublesome, uncompromising
Keywords: regeneration, courage, desire, resourcefulness, cunning, secretive, austere, determined
Character: The Scorpio sign is fixed water. It is a potent, powerful sign, characterized by an ardent love nature,
tremendous staying power, intense emotions, compulsive desires, secrecy, and stinging revenge. Scorpio is extremely
loyal with loved ones, but when hurt, it becomes self-centered ever ready with stinging sarcasm. Scorpio is indus-
trious, strong willed, and self-assertive, while silent, subtle, tricky, and surprisingly heroic in danger. Scorpio is
a good detective, focusing on working out the hidden issues that arise from partnerships. It must learn to feel
emotions without restraining them, and without going to extremes. Restraining emotions causes blockages that
lead to compulsive behaviors. Scorpio is associated with the secret forces of nature, sex, healing power, military
affairs, surgery, and magic.
Planets in the Scorpio sign will be colored by the qualities of: compulsive desires, depth, control, passion, and secrecy.

1.3.9 Sagittarius
Psychological Need: To explore and expand horizons
Best Quality: Loyalty
Downside: over-confidence, dogmatism, bluntness, exaggeration, fanaticism, antics, gambling
Keywords: aspiration, love of freedom, expansion, exploration, idealism, luck, orthodox religion, philosophy, law,
generosity, optimism, honesty
Character: Sagittarians are very restless. This restlessness is reflected on the intellectual plane in their love of study,
and on the material plane in their insatiable passion for travel. They are visionaries, and they need to seek out new
horizons. Whatever life throws at them, they go around with a bold and optimistic attitude. To them, life is a trip
full of adventures. They are positive and enthusiastic, and many times fortune smiles at them. When faced with
the whims of destiny, they always react with generosity, tolerance and joy. They are expansive people, who need to
explore new territories and continuously challenge themselves. In fact, many try to combine both hobbies. Sincere
and direct, Sagittarians openly express their opinions when they have not been asked for it. Sometimes, they get
in trouble for saying inappropriate or impertinent things. However, the good intentions that characterize them
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allows them to overcome these occasional conflicts and makes others quickly forget their blunders. When making
decisions, they rely on their intuition, experience and point of view. They do not hesitate to take risks, they like
extreme situations and leaps into the unknown. Although sometimes they pay for it with a forced landing, they
usually land on their feet, and in any case, they recover quickly from falls. They tend to be idealists, very cultured
and fond of studying the beliefs and customs of other peoples. They raise incisive questions about morality and
social issues, and defend their convictions heatedly. For the sake of those around them, some should try to control
their tendency to indoctrinate.

1.3.10 Capricorn
Psychological Need: To find structure and social acknowledgment
Best Quality: Diplomacy
Downside: pride, suspicion, selfishness, resentfulness, pessimism, unforgiving, deceitfulness, justice without mercy
Keywords: ambition, conservatism, conscientiousness, organization, position, honors, justice, caution, economy,
authority.
Character: Capricorn are ambitious, aspiring to reach the very top. They carefully plan the climb to the top
and work tirelessly until they get what they want. They proceed at a regular pace and cling to their goals with
determination and tenacity. As soon as they conquer a goal with success, instead of getting comfortable, they
continue scanning the horizon in search of new goals. They are serious and disciplined, and they need to do lots of
organizing and planning before making a move. They set long-term objectives and well-defined goals. They like to
know where they are going and why. Patient, cautious, and straightforward, they only worry about practical and
tangible things. Capricorns place great importance on their career, since their self-esteem depends on the success
and respect they obtain in it.

1.3.11 Aquarius
Psychological Need: To innovate, be original, and break forms
Best Quality: Altruism
Downside: argumentative, impractical, emotionally-detached, dictatorship, stubborn or closed-minded, rebellious
Keywords: humanitarianism, independence, originality, progressiveness, cooperation, brotherhood, diplomacy, al-
truism
Character: Aquarians have a strong and independent personality that encourages them to rebel against conventional
and restrictive attitudes. They are bright and restless and have an open character. Idealists and innovators, they
always have an original point of view. Fascinated by the idea of a global village, Aquarius finds it difficult to adopt
a single point of view. When they feel restricted, they rebel immediately. They hate to fall into routine. When that
inevitably happens, they make sure to mark out a radical and exciting change in their lives. They are passionate
about technological advances, and often rush to acquire the latest gadgets. Aquarians are very persuasive and
somewhat (ironically) inflexible in their opinions. They tend to be pacifists and reject all forms of violence.

1.3.12 Pisces
Psychological Need: To gain faith and belief in transcendence
Best Quality: Sympathy
Downside: worry, psychic negativity, introspection, lack of confidence, secretiveness, seclusion, procrastination,
sorrow
Keywords: compassion, universality, intuitiveness, inspiration, renunciation, sacrifice
Character: The Pisces sign is mutable water. It is characterized by sensitiveness to super-physical (supernatural)
influences, a sense of unity with all life, mysticism, ripe destiny, and sacrifice. Pisces is mediumistic, sympathetic,
gentle, negative, shy, timid, loyal and dependent. It is extremely sensitive to its surroundings, and to the thoughts
and feelings of others. Pisces unconsciously absorbs its surroundings. Pisces blends into its environment much
like a chameleon does. The benefit is the ability to fit in anywhere, but the downside is that Pisces disappears in
the process. It is confiding, trustful, and easily led. Pisces serves and sacrifices itself others. At the same time,
one cannot hold or grasp Pisces. Pisces is fond of sensation and inclined to drift. It is a lover of peace, ease and
security. Pisces habitually lives in its feelings, not protecting them like them Cancer or Scorpio, but actually living
in the feeling world, as if the intangible were tangible. For Pisces, the intangible is tangible. For sensitive Pisces,
feelings are as real as any material substance; the spiritual world is as real as the physical. Pisces has extra-sensory
perception, and is attuned to a higher dimension (that the rest of us who lack that vision call "imagination").
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Having VIP access into the intangible world of imagination, Pisces possesses artistic, musical, and poetic qualities.
On the negative side, Pisces might escape into that world, never to return. Planets in the Pisces sign will be colored
by the qualities of: soul yearnings, idealism, oneness, inspiration, and vulnerability. People with Pisces rising
tend to be sensitive, compassionate, empathic, weak-willed, long-suffering, day-dreamy, procrastinating, plastic,
impressionable, impractical, indecisive, psychic, sentimental, romantic, idealistic, affectionate, easy-going, lazy, not
concerned with the practical day-to-day affairs of life, absent-minded, and in search for the Holy Grail. At times
you are too absent from focused awareness of the present. You may dream through life rather than live it. There
may be involvement in music or dance or drugs. You may have a lonesomeness that nothing in the outer world can
remedy. Being alone at times is an absolute necessity for you. The vibrations of this earth plane may be difficult at
times for your sensitive body and spirit to withstand. You are very sensitive to the conditions of your surroundings
and can be like a psychic sponge, absorbing all that is around you, for good or ill. You are very likeable, but you
need to learn how to be more practical and down-to-earth and how to concentrate your energies on the here and
now. You must serve others in this life, but must learn not to be taken advantage of or fall for everyone’s sob story.

1.4 Constellation
1.4.1 Ashwini
Keywords: good-looking, well-mannered, intelligent, and skilled in their work.
Male: The males born in the Ashwini Nakshatra will almost always have a handsome face, and bright and big eyes.
His forehead will be broad and his nose will tend to be on the bigger side. He will be grateful to those who love
him, and will go to any extents to do anything for them. He is the best friend you can have when you need one
desperately. He remains patient even during times of great danger. However, it will be a tough task to control
him when he goes haywire. He can give you the best guidance, but he is fearful of criticism to the point of being
paranoid — he feels people may be plotting dirty things against him.
Female: The female native of the Ashwini Nakshatra has the skill of attracting anyone with her sweet words. She
is extremely patient. Though she is pure-hearted, she tends to be over-sexed and wishes to indulge in the act all
the time. Even though she may lead a modern life, she follows the traditional way of life and respects all elders by
following things like touching their feet on all special occasions.

1.4.2 Bharani
Keywords: successful in work, are efficient, truthful, are healthy and happy.
Male: The Bharani born native is not much of a likable character, although he has the welfare of all in his heart
and will never harm anyone. He is quite outspoken, and when he wishes to say the truth, even if it hurts someone,
he is not bother and goes on to express it. He will never go against his conscience because of which he himself has
to face many problems frequently. However, he is very forgiving, and when someone apologizes to him sincerely, he
will immediately forgive and forget and start interacting as if nothing happened.
Female: The female native born in this Nakshatra shall possess a pure and modest character. She will respects her
parents and aged persons in the house. However, she is independent minded, and will not like anyone to tell her
what to do and what not to do; she will do just as she pleases. Her character is bold and impulsive.

1.4.3 Krutika
Keywords: Heroic, sharp, protecting, full of initiatives
Male: Though the native of the Krittika Nikshatra is very intelligent, he is not patient enough to achieve his goals
which require a great deal of persistence. He flits from one project to another without making any real progress
in any one of them. However, he gives good advise to others, who often race past him to achieve their own goals.
This native is an amiable person and good one to have as a friend. However, if that friendship prohibits him to do
as he pleases, he will promptly discard the friendship. He has an exceptional ability to make money, but he never
wants to be under any obligations to anyone, which slows down his progress considerably. He must be determined
to go ahead, even if he needs to take help from anyone, as he can always return that help in some other form.
Female: Though the female native of the Krittika Nakshatra is not emotionless, she will not succumb to the
emotional blackmail of others. Se is strong from within, which some people misinterpret as arrogance, because
of which she has to suffer. Besides, she is really quarrelsome, and tends to throw her weight around both at her
workplace and her home.
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1.4.4 Rohini
Keywords: Great beauty, wealth, artistic
Male: The native of the Rohini Nakshatra can be very hot tempered, and then he becomes very hard to control
and becomes very stubborn. He does not care for anyone’s opinions in this frame of mind except his own. This
native is prone to fault-finding, and is constantly on the lookout to find something to criticize in others. He mostly
followed his heart than his brain. However, he is a loving family man and can sacrifice everything for his near and
dear ones.
Female: The female native of the Rohini Nakshatra is well-mannered and well-dressed. Though she is very weak
from inside, outside she makes believe that she is a very strong person. This native is pragmatic, but can be very
hot tempered and even violent when provoked.

1.4.5 Mrugshirsh
Keywords: Friendliness, fickle nature, creativity, material comforts and growth, ojas, and reproductive power
Male: One of his predominant tendency is that he is of a doubting nature. However, he is very honest in his
interactions with others and expects the sentiment to be reciprocated. He is prone to being taken for a ride by
friends and relatives, and therefore he should be careful of them. Trusting them blindly will only cause him heart-
break later. However, when he realizes that he has been cheated by someone, he continues to deal with these people
but in a very circumspect manner. He believes in simple living and high thinking, and not only has, but even
follows, even higher values. He is very intolerant with people who have prejudices, are judgmental, or act in any
other dishonest way. Sometimes he does not himself follow the advise he gives to others. Besides, he can have a
double-personality, such as what he shows to the world outside many not measure up to what he is inside.
Female: The female native of the Mrigashira Nakshatra is intelligent, and interested in charity work. She is always
alert and witty, but selfish. She has a cutting tongue, and is prone to cursing others, which can cause them immense
harm. She should control her temper. She is literate and inclined towards the arts. She will have loving children
and be a devoted wife. She acquires a lot of wealth from various sources. She is very fond of material comforts,
enjoys various cuisines, lots of ornaments and branded clothing. She might be said to be greedy for the good things
of life.

1.4.6 Ardra
Keywords: soft, stable, strong, sacrifice a lot to earn, and may be prone to sickness, fear and anger.
Male: The Ardra Nakshatra native happily does all the work given to him, and he does it in a responsible way. In
general meetings he sets the tone with a humorous disposition and becomes the center of attraction. His intuition
is sharp and he is a good psychologist. With friends and relatives he will behave in an amiable way, but on the rare
occasion he may be thankless to people who do him a favour.
Female: The female native of the Ardra Nakshatra is well-mannered and is of a peaceful disposition. On the
financial front, she is a spendthrift. She is intelligent and helpful, but sometimes can be very fussy and find fault
about trivial things. Some of them are likely to have parents who have divorced many times.

1.4.7 Punarvasu
Keywords: Intellectual and spiritual wisdom, worldly prosperity, amiable, soft-spoken, patient
Male: native of the Punarvasu Nakshatra is religiously inclined to the extent of being God-fearing. In early years
he has good behavior, but later develops a hot temper and arrogance. His character becomes a little hard to
understand. He can be satisfied with very little material comforts, and yet at the same time he may crave for
something that may be out of his reach. Befriending him is a tricky proposition. The one thing he is clear about is
that he will neither indulge nor allow anyone to indulge in any illegal activities. Also, when he is feeling generous,
he can go out of his way to help the needy.
Female: The female native of the Punarvasu Nakshatra has a calm nature, but her tongue can be very cutting at
times. This can cause many problems with in-laws and relatives, and even neighbours. Deep down, though, she
respects a person where respect is due. She likes to live in comfort and will thus have many servants and items of
material comfort in her house.
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1.4.8 Pushy
Keywords: happy, respected, stable-minded, and endowed with good looks
Male: The native of the Pushya Nakshatra is emotionally weak. He finds it hard to take decisions. He has
good behavior but that is only for selfish interest. This native is clearly hypocritical, because he may be feeling
negativity inside but will make an outward show of being positive. He expects to be respected by all, but himself
respects nobody. Praise inflates his ego, while criticism deflates it. It has been observed that he rarely forms strong
attachments. It is very easy for him to fall into bad company, so he should be doubly careful about selecting his
friends.
Female: The female native of the Pushya Nakshatra is unlikely to ever experience peace. Though she has a very
charming an endearing character and peaceful nature, and is very submissive to elders, she only gets ill-treatment
in return. She is religious and follows all the rituals of the family she is married into.

1.4.9 Ashlesha
Keywords: cruel, courageous and prone to fits of anger. They tend to live with people of the same sex. Like nomads,
they travel aimlessly, undertake undesirable jobs, and generally are sexually frustrated.
Male: The native born in the Ashlesha Nakshatra will not be grateful to anybody, not even to his parents. He is
deceptive, in that outwardly he shows that he is compassionate, but inwardly he does not care a bit. A positive
trait of his is that he is a spellbinding orator, and has the ability to head many organisations. He can have a bright
future in politics. Despite the above-mentioned negative qualities, he is fit for even a country’s leadership. He does
not discriminate between rich, poor, good, or bad people. However, he prefers friends who offer no resistance to his
leadership.
Female: The female born in the Ashlesha Nakshatra will be possessed of self-control, but will not have a caring
attitude. The main quality of a woman of shyness is present in her in large quantities. She has a high moral
character, and will command the respect of her near and dear ones. She can win an argument by her sheer power
of word jugglery.

1.4.10 Magha
Keywords: servants, is inclined to worship gods and ancestors, engages in important work
Male: The male native of the Magha Nakshatra is very industrious. He has great regard for elders of the family. He
is generally happy-go-lucky and an expert in various subjects. He is also soft-spoken. This native will receive many
awards and recognition. He will spend a lot of time pursuing cultural activities. In his dealing with others, he will
be careful not to hurt their sentiments. However, should he hurt someone unknowingly, he is prompt to apologise.
Similarly, he does not like people who create nuisance wherever they go. Since he is honest and god-fearing, he is
likely to make many hidden enemies who will keep trying to undermine him and his activities. He is very generous
and does a lot of charitable activities, without expecting anything in return.
Female: Though the female native of the Magha Nakshatra is fond of quarreling and short-tempered, she is generous
and god-fearing. This native will enjoy a lot of material comforts, because she can perform exceptionally both her
domestic and professional responsibilities. She is spiritually inclined, and helpful in nature.

1.4.11 Poorvphalguni
Keywords: Attractive, happy, generous, well-mannered, and lucky in relationships
Male: The male native of the Purva Phalguni Nakshatra loves his freedom, and resents it when someone treis to
curtail it. These natives generally gain fame in some field or the other, in fact whichever field they choose to pursue.
But, he will be prone to feel mentally disturbed over something or the other. He possesses intuitive powers, and
uses it for positive purposes to help others even before they ask for it. He loves to travel and is soft-spoken.
Female: The female native of the Purva Phalguni Nakshatra is polite, amiable, chaste and is highly knowledgeable
about the arts. She indulges in charitable actions happily. This native is also very conscious about performing only
righteous deeds. However, one negative quality that detracts from her overall positive personality is that she is a
bit of a show-off. If she can curb this tendency she will be universally lovable.

1.4.12 Uttarphalguni
Keywords: Self-dependent, friendly, high-minded, amiable, successful, and loves to live in luxury
Male: The male native of the Uttara Phalguni Nakshatra leads a life full of happiness and joy. He is lucky but
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also hard-working and sincere in his profession. He maintains a strict discipline, including cleanliness and neatness.
You will never find clutter on his table. This native is religious as well as inclined towards doing some social work
for the uplift of society. His heart is pure, but blood may sometimes become hot. Also, he suffers from a lack of
patience and tolerance. He tends to later regret things he may have said or done under a fit of hot temper.
Female: The female native of the Uttara Phalguni Nakshatra has been observed to be very cool and calm, even
in extremely trying circumstances. She is also very simplistic and happy-go-lucky of nature. She never makes an
enemy, but even if someone does become her enemy, they soon let go of that enmity when they see her true and
pure-hearted nature.

1.4.13 Hast
Keywords: Purity of thought, word and deed. Good self-control. Active. Very resourceful
Male: The male native of the Hasta Nakshatra will have a cool and calm nature. He tends to have a very charming
smile that readily attracts members of the opposite sex. These inherent qualities have a positive impact on others
and once you get to know them, it is difficult to neglect them. He is highly esteemed in society. This Hasta Nakshatra
native is always ready to help the needy, but what’s more, he does so without any expectations. Deception is not
in his creed, and he will never cheat others even at the cost of life and limb. As far as lifestyle is concerned, he
leads a simple life, even if he is rich, because he does not believe in flaunting his wealth. Despite all these positive
qualities, he only gets criticism in return, but he has vast reserves of patience, and is confident that one day his
efforts will be rewarded.
Female: The female native of the Hasta Nakshatra is naturally shy. She has great regard for elders, but she may
not like to be ordered around. She is outspoken, and does not care what impact her words may have. This is the
reason some relatives may resent her behaviour.

1.4.14 Chitra
Keywords:These natives generally enjoy good health and always look much younger than they actually are. They
may look quite thin and weak at first appearance, but they have great stamina and are very muscular.
Male:The Chitra Nakshatra born male native is extremely intelligent and loves to be in a peaceful environment.
However, if he sees a chance to gain any personal benefit, he will never miss the opportunity. He is intuitive and
ahead of his time, so that when he makes a suggestion or proffers an idea, it may seem to be gibberish at first, but
eventually people realise that it is his ideas that almost always prevail. This native would make an astute astrologer
because of his strong intuition. Sometimes it is also seen that the dreams of the Chitra Nakshatra born male native
are actually coming to fruition, and people are so amazed that they confer a godly quality on him.
Female: Too much craving for freedom, and somewhat of a forward behaviour keep creating problems for her. She
is a proud native of this Nakshatra, but has little merit to back it up. She may have very few friends, and indulges
in too many sinful activities.

1.4.15 Svati
Keywords: Soft spoken, compassionate, controls passions, skilled in trade, charitable
Male: The male native of the Swati Nakshatra is peaceful by nature, but self-dependent. He will never cheat
someone of their property, nor does he like to get cheated. He works hard, and despite that if someone criticizes
his work, he does not like it. Though he is not short-tempered, when he does become angry it is difficult to control
him. He is always ready to help out the needy, but will never compromise on his own independence. He does not
hesitate to give respect where it is due. It has been observed that sometimes this native carries his childhood scars
well into his adulthood.
Female: The female native of the Swati Nakshatra is compassionate and possesses great social esteem. She is very
chaste and religious, and performs all the daily religious rituals required by her family. She is very honest and
pure-hearted, so much so that she not only makes new friends easily, but equally easily can pacify her detractors.
She does not like traveling much and prefers to stay at home as mush as possible.

1.4.16 Vishakha
Keywords: Energy, strength, power; good money-making skills
Male: The male native of the Vishakha Nakshatra will be full of energy and intelligence. He is god-fearing and is
always truthful and honest in his dealings. However, he does not believe much in conservative values, and prefers
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current ideas. It has been observed that he ends up living away from his family. Though he is not self-employed
but does a job, he detests being a yes-man. And though he is a religious man, he detests superstitions.
Female: The female native of the Vishakha Nakshatra is very soft-spoken, and she speaks very sweetly, so she tends
to be very charming. She is at home both at home and in the office — she works efficiently at both places. She
is a very simple person and detests even the slightest of make-ups. Since she is so naturally beautiful, he friends
frequently become jealous of her. She is very religious and often goes on pilgrimages.

1.4.17 Anuradha
Keywords: Beautiful face, bright eyes, soft, tender.
Male: The native of Anuradha Nakshatra will have a handsome face and bright eyes. In some cases, though, where
the combination of planets is not good, he may have cruel looks. He has the special aptitude to handle the most
difficult situation in a systematic way. Still, he will have depressed looks and lack peace of mind. He will always
be in a vindictive mood. Despite these shortcomings he is very hardworking and always ready to complete the task
given to him.
Female: Her face is innocent looking. Even an ugly looking woman with a beautiful waist is attracted to man.
Moreover, in this Nakshatra, the native also possesses in beautiful waist which makes her more attractive to males.
There is no room for arrogance in her life. She is pure hearted. She does not believe in a life of fashion and likes
to lead a simple life. She has a selfless, agreeable and attractive disposition. She can shine well in the social and
political fields. She will respect her elders. Her friends will protect her as if she is the head of the friend’s circle.

1.4.18 Jyesth
Keywords: Brilliant analytical abilities, very few friends, but cheerful and virtuous
Male: The male native of the Jyeshta Nakshatra is very pure-minded and sober. However, as he does not believe
in flaunting his qualities, others may not notice these qualities. Besides, he is unable to keep secrets, no matter
how privileged may be the information someone is giving him, so it is better not to confide sensitive things to him.
They take this open-mindedness to such extents that when they have something to tell someone, they cannot even
sleep till the get it off their chests. These natives can be hot-tempered and stubborn, because of which they often
face problems in life. Also, he does not take anyone’s advise, but does only as his conscience bids him.
Female: The female native of the Jyeshta Nakshatra is over-sensitive, can be very jealous, but also loves very deeply.
She is brilliant, thoughtful, and intuitive. She is also eager to know the opinions that others have about her. She
runs her household activities in a very organised manner.

1.4.19 Mool
Keywords: Has a philosophical nature, is curious, enjoys exploring the depths of any subject. He is also rich, happy,
not inclined to hurt others, and is opinionated
Male: The male native of the Moola Nakshatra has a very amiable nature and prefers to stay in a peaceful
atmosphere. This native has his own set of values, and lives strictly by them. It is observed that there is a fear
about the male native of the Moola Nakshatra that he may sometimes be vulnerable, but he is strong from within,
and can tide over any obstacles by the sheer grit of his willpower, and achieve all his ambitious goals. He does not
care about tomorrow and is happy to live in the present. He is god-fearing and knows that God will take care of
him in any adverse situation, which makes him a really optimistic person.
Female: The female natives of the Moola Nakshatra are very pure hearted. But they can be very stubborn, even
about petty things, which not only shows her in poor light but also frequently invites unnecessary problems for her.

1.4.20 Poorvshadha
Keywords: Proud, strong attachment to friends, compatible with spouse
Male: The native of the Purvashada Nakshatra possesses great intelligence. These natives can be very impulsive
and argumentative, so that it is difficult for anyone to beat them in any debate. He has impressive convincing
abilities and is bound to make a good salesman. He is always ready with advise, but never ready to take it from
others. Another important point is that though he claims to be very courageous, he shies away from displaying or
proving it, because in fact he is really not so courageous. However, if pushed to the limits by circumstances, he does
act purposefully and the little courage that he does possess will get manifested. He does not take any decisions on
his own, but if provoked by someone to dare to take a decision, he will take it without thinking about the pros and
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cons, which more often than not harm him.

Female: The female native of the Purvashada Nakshatra is intelligent, energetic, and very enthusiastic. These traits
make her very ambitious, and she wished to reach the top in her chosen field as soon as possible. She performs well
even during adverse circumstances, as she is determined to overcome any adversity. She is outspoken, and does not
bother whether her words hurt others or not. A negative tendency she has is that she makes promises too often,
and mostly they remain unfulfilled promises.

1.4.21 Uttarshadha
Keywords: Seeking spiritual wisdom; gets deeply involved in work; obeys elders, virtuous; and grateful
Male: The male native of the Uttarashada Nakshatra will be soft-spoken, pure-hearted and innocent. Even if he
manages to reach the very top of his profession or business, at heart he will continue to remain a simpleton, and will
never show off, neither his power nor position nor wealth. He will respect everyone, and is particularly chivalrous
to women. He is also god-fearing, but does not reveal his thoughts much, so that it becomes difficult for people to
understand him, which will happen only if they become intimate with the native. He may not flaunt what he has
but he will definitely crave for recognition for his merits and hard-work, failing which he tends to become depressed.
Female: The female native of the Uttarashada Nakshatra are not only stubborn but also prone to aggressive fits, so
that she picks up fights at the slightest provocation. However, as a rule she is a simple and uncomplicated person.

1.4.22 Shravan
Keywords: Wealthy, learned, liberal-minded spouse, fame
Male: The male native of the Shravana Nakshatra is soft-spoken and in his work, methodical. He has his set of
values in life, and likes to conform to them always. One of them is maintaining neatness and cleanliness in his
surroundings. He is compassionate, and likes to help those who are in need. He does not expect anything from
those whom he helps, but on the contrary usually gets only deceit in return for his good deeds. This native is also
conscious about the food that he eats. He is a believer in god and his guru (spiritual teacher). He will face many
ups and downs in his life and will tend to spend most of his career at the middle level. However, he will be very
mentally matured, and will love to learn new things all the time.
Female: The female native of the Shravana Nakshatra has a charitable nature. This native is also very religious and
undertakes many pilgrimages. She has compassion and generosity both, but likes to show them off, so that she will
ensure that people around her know of her charitable works and the funds she has donated. She is very talkative,
and can not hide anything , especially from her husband.

1.4.23 Dhanistha
Keywords: Those natives born in the Dhanishta Nakshatra are courageous, rich and love music
Male: The native born in the Dhanishta Nakshatra will be an expert at his work. He is very intelligent and has
good general knowledge. He resents doing anything by thought, word or deed that may cause problems for others.
It has been observed that he possesses a religious spirit. He does not like to stray too much from his sphere of
activities. Also, he avoids arguments unless they become absolutely necessary. This native is, however, vindictive,
and has great reserves of patience, so that he will wait for ages and ages for the right time to get his pound of flesh
back.
Female: She is very ambitious in life and is also prone to blowing up her money unnecessarily. However, she is of a
humble disposition. She has great compassion for the under-privileged. She can tend to be dominant, but will have
to curb this tendency in the best interest of her family.

1.4.24 Shatbhisha
Keywords: Self-dependent, harsh but truthful, does unnecessary work
Male: The male native of the Shatabhisha Nakshatra will not hesitate to sacrifice his self-interests to stand by his
principles. His creed is self-service. He also follows religious rituals strictly. Since he is stubborn, once he makes
a decision, he will stand firm on it. Though he is intelligent in most areas of life, he is very emotional. When
provoked, he can blow his top off, but his anger is soon subdued. He is not prone to flaunt his assets or talents,
and is very modest in that way, though they soon get revealed through his words and actions.
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Female: The female native of the Shatabhisha Nakshatra will have a very calm nature. However, she can be hot-
tempered when provoked. She is inclined towards religious rituals as she is god-fearing. She often gets involved in
family quarrels leading to lack of mental peace. She possesses a good memory, and is sympathetic and generous.

1.4.25 Poorvbhadrapad
Keywords: Intelligent scholar; skilled at making money
Male: The native of the Purva Bhadrapada Nakshatra is usually a peace-loving person, but flares up occasionally.
He likes to lead a simple life. Since he follows strict values, he has to suffer whenever he sees them being violated.
When he speaks, he does not take sides but speaks impartially. He does not blindly believe in religious principles.
Although he helps the needy, all he gets in return is hatred and resistance. He is very religious and prays and
preforms all rituals as indicated in scriptures. Though he may sometimes be financially weak, he gets a lot of
respect from others.
Female: The female native of the Purva Bhadrapada Nakshatra is honest and sincere when it comes to work.
Nothing in this world or the next can shake this native from her principles. She has leadership qualities from birth.
It is easy for her to get others to do their work smoothly, which is why she will be successful as a leader. Though
she is generous and well disposed to help the needy she will not do it until she is fully convinced that the concerned
person is actually needy.

1.4.26 Uttarbhadrapad
Keywords: Happy people, good orators, love children and grandchildren, truthful and chaste
Male: The male native of the Uttara Bhadrapada Nakshatra does not discriminate between the high or low social
standing of a person before befriending him or her. He has a pure heart and will never do or say anything to hurt
other people. However, one of his major negative points is that he has a short-temper, but this too does not last
long. And, when he loves or likes anyone, he will go to great extents do do anything to make them happy. A man
of learning, he possesses great wisdom, and is also a great orator. He is capable of overcoming any obstacles in his
path to reach the very top of his profession. This native is highly sexually charged, and is always on the lookout
for the company of the opposite sex.
The female native of the Uttara Bhadrapada Nakshatra has been observed to bring wealth in her family, which is
why she is known as ‘Lakshmi’, the goddess of wealth. She is well-behaved, respects elders, and makes an excellent
housewife. She is flexible and can adapt to any circumstances. She remains impartial, and stands up courageously
for what is right.

1.4.27 Revati
Keywords: Perfect limbs, amicable manners, deep knowledge, wealthy, does not covet property of others
Male: The native of the Revati Nakshatra is pure-hearted, soft-spoken and sincere in his dealings, both in his
personal and professional lives. Also, he knows the right thing to say at the right time, so he is unlikely to ever
hurt anyone with his words or deeds. Because he leads an independent life, he can easily get hurt if someone tries
to control his independence. Though he does not trust anyone blindly, once he has given them his trust after great
deliberation, he tends to get attached to those people. This native is very ambitious, and even a slight setback can
make him depressed.
Female: The female native of the Revati Nakshatra is headstrong, and is prone to dominating others, both at home
and in her profession. However, she is god-fearing, superstitious, and observes all religious practices and rituals.

1.4.28 Abhijit
Keywords: Lucky individuals, beautiful, honest, spiritual, highly esteemed in society
Male: The male native of the Abhijit Nakshatra is an affectionate person, soft-spoken, and will have kind words for
everyone, not for only those who suffer. These natives build very honest relations, and so are they honest in their
dealings, and therefore they are liked by all. Since they are very positive and optimistic, they do not let obstructions
discourage them; in fact, they become even more determined to overcome them. These natives are very intelligent
and after amassing much wealth and enjoying all materialistic comforts, they inevitably turn towards spirituality.
Female: The female native of the Abhijit Nakshatra is compassionate and large-hearted. Since they are good to
everyone, they will have many friends and well-wishers. Also, they are impartial people who do not judge others
by the power, position or wealth that they own. However, these natives may not be too serious in earlier years, but
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around the age of 18 some significant event takes place that makes them very grave and matured. They are gifted
with many skills and are capable of accomplishing many tasks.
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Chapter 2

Elements of Kundli

H HH
 
HS
HH  
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H  H 
HH HH 
  H  H
H 
H
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   H
H 
S H RP
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H
HH  H 
H P   H H 
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LH
HH 
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H H
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Figure 2.1: Important characters to be considered while analysing kundli

As shown in above Fig. 2.1 following are the important elements to be considered while analysing kundli

• House, H

• Lord of the house, LH

• Planet placed in house, P

• Relative planet, RP

• Sign occupying the house, S

• Significator planet of the house, HS

Their signification, characteristics are explained in Chapter 1, classification is presented in this chapter to understand
prediction.

2.1 Classification of Planets

Planets can be malefic, benefic, represent body part, male, female. Planets can be Baal, Kishor, Yuva, Vruddh,
Mrut. Planets can be exalted, mooltrikon sign, own sign, friend’s sign, neutral sign, enemy sign, debilitated.

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Table 2.1: Classification of planets

Planet General Relationship Body part Significator Politics Gender Nature
Sun Pride Father Soul, Bones Government King Male Malefic
Moon Caringness Mother Mind Water Queen Female Benefic
Mars Energy Brother Blood Energy Soldier Male Malefic
Jupiter Education Teacher Brain Wisdom Minister Male Benefic
Mercury Mood Friend Intelligence Temperament Prince Female Benefic
eunuch
Venus Entertainment Wife Sperm Love Minister Female Benefic
Saturn Dedication Servant Leg Hard work Servant Male eu- Malefic
nuch
Rahu Wickedness Paternal Head Hidden Malefic
grandpar- desires
ents
Ketu Occult Maternal Body Celibacy Malefic
grandpar-
ents

2.2 Planetary Relationship

Four types of relationships between planets possible which are explaned below in the descending order of power.

1. Relationship through Exchange of Houses: When two planets are placed in such a way that both occupying
signs of each other as explaned in Fig. 2.2(a).

2. Relationship through Mutual Aspect: When two planets are placed in such a way that both are aspecting
each other as explained in Fig. 2.2(b).

3. Relationship through House Aspect: When two planets are placed in such a way that first planet is aspecting
the second planet which is placed in the sign owned by first planet as explained in Fig. 2.2(c).

4. Relationship through Conjunction: When two planets are placed together in a single house as explained in
Fig. 2.2(d).

2.2.1 What is difference between these relationships?

• Exchange: Planet A placed in the house of of planet B will say to B “If you dare to destroy my house, I will
destroy yours in return. So be within your limit.” Unlike mutual aspect, it is also kind of business relatinship
where fear dominate over mutual interest. Overall, it will bring goodness from both the planets and that is
why it is most sought relationship.

• Mutual Aspect: Both are aspecting each other and both will try to develop common interest. It is type
of business interests where cooperation, common gain will dominate between planets. Overall, it will bring
positivity of both the planets that is why it is second most sought relatinship.

• House Aspect: Planet A placed in a house HB owned by planet B and also B is aspecting own house HB. Planet
B is influencing A through sign and through its aspect, double way influence. Similarly, A is influencing B
through HB. Aspect of B on A will activate A’s qualites which are interesting to B. B has to provide influence
according to A’s demand otherwise A can destroy B’s house. Overall, it will develop regulated and governed
influence.

• Conjunction: Both planets placed in house will have infight resulting in winner and loser. Winner planet
will dominate the house and will have right to influence the significance and that is why it is least sought
relationship.
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Figure 2.2: Relationships between planets

2.3 Classification of Signs

Between elements, qualities, and signs, there is only one combination of each, making each zodiac sign unique. For
example, there is only 1 cardinal fire sign, only 1 cardinal earth sign, only 1 cardinal air sign, etc. Nature of each
sign can be understood by examining these energetic combinations. Classification is tabulated in Table 2.2.

2.3.1 Elements
Fire Signs
The fire signs are Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius. Fire signs respond to energy very quickly. They favor action. They’re
ready to go, take a risk, start a business, go on a trip, etc. They are confident, idealistic, intense, and approach life
with zest and enthusiasm. Here is energy to conquer, lead, and travel physically and mentally. Aries must act, Leo
must lead grandly, and Sagittarius explores unknown places and ideas.
Positive keywords: extroverted, energetic, enthusiastic, inspirational, visionary, high-spirited, simple and direct,
physically active, dramatic, courageous, warm.
Negative keywords: overly active to the point of burnout, restless, impatient, selfish, insensitive, willful, hasty,
lacking in perspective, thoughtless, impulsive, reckless, extravagant, wild.

Earth Signs
The Earth signs are Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn. Earth signs are more cautious in their approach. They are
more practical, realistic, and they need solid footing before going forward. Taurus will dig the heels in and really
ponder things. Virgo will analyze. Capricorn will climb, but will do it with care, first needing a vision, a plan, an
organized structure before starting the ascent. Earth signs are dependable, thorough and solid. Earth signs seek to
engage the physical world and master it through efficient organization. Earth signs seek economic security, respect,
and prestige, and they work hard for it.
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Table 2.2: Classification of Signs

(a) According to Element and Quality
Sign Fire Earth Air Water
Cardinal Aries Capricorn Libra Cancer
Fixed Leo Taurus Aquarius Scorpio
Dual Sagittarius Virgo Gemini Pisces
(b) According to Size and Fruitfulness
Small Medium Long
Barren Aries, Aquarius Gemini Leo, Virgo
Semifruitful Taurus Sagittarius, Capricorn Libra
Fruitful Pisces Cancer Scorpio
(c) According to creature and their power
Two Footed Four Footed/Animals Watery Animal Insect
Powerful Gem, Former Aries, Taurus, Later Cancer, Later part -
in Night part of Sagittar- part of Sagittar- of Capricorn
(Rising from ius ius, Former part of
back) Capricorn
Powerful in Virgo, Libra, Leo - Scorpio
Day (Rising Aquarius
from head)
Dual Power - - Pisces -
(Dual rising)

Positive keywords: practical, efficient, organized, realistic, patient, self-disciplined, hard-working, productive, en-
during, persistent, dependable, stable, good common sense.
Negative keywords: slow, stodgy, lacking in vision, unimaginative, petty, excessively conventional, narrow-minded,
stubborn, resistant to change, hoarding, ultra conservative.

Air signs

The Air signs are Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius. Air signs approach energy mentally; they are thinkers. They
are social, always ready for a new relationship or friendship. They love learning, but bore easily. Gemini has
great intellectual curiosity, but too many personalities. Libra is partnership driven, but not in an emotional way.
Aquarius is popular with friends and is unstoppable when it has a cause to champion. Air signs are into ideas and
people. They are communicative; they must share information, interact with others, and influence society.
Positive keywords: articulate, objective, mentally clear, detached, capable of forethought, understanding, socially
adept and adaptable, cooperative, relational.
Negative keywords: unemotional, lacking in sympathy, impractical, disassociated from the body and the physical
world, over-adaptive, abstracted, glib and facile, hyperactive.

Water Signs

Water signs respond to energy almost unconsciously. They are deeply emotional. Cancer is motivated to nurture
and be nurtured. Scorpio has intense vision, never swaying, looking straight ahead with laser-like focus. Pisces is
the trickiest to describe. Pisces energy is chameleon-like, absorbing its surroundings.
Positive keywords: deeply emotional, sympathetic, empathetic, nurturing, calm and peaceful, sensitive, compas-
sionate, imaginative, intuitive, psychically aware.
Negative keywords: emotionally insecure and unstable, shy, timid, lacking in confidence, oversensitive, easily influ-
enced and manipulated, withdrawn, uncommunicative, vindictive and vengeful, takes everything personally, moody
and depressed.
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2.3.2 Qualities
Cardinal
Cardinal Signs are the most assertive, the most interested in initiating change. Their mode of activity is to start new
things. They easily begin things and respond well to new ideas. They are self-starters. Crisis motivates them. They
achieve control by remaining one step ahead of everyone else. Aries seeks leadership and control in general, Cancer
controls emotions, home, and family; Libra tries to control partnerships; Capricorn controls, uses, and exploits the
material environment. For Cardinal signs, things are always happening. This is usually because they are doing the
starting.

Fixed
Fixed Signs are the most stable and self-contained. Their mode of activity is sort of passive, yet determined,
unwavering, and even stubborn. Their strength is their consistency and loyalty. They follow things through to the
end, managing and sustaining what has been started by the Cardinal signs. They may go to denial in times of
change. They are very resistant to change, needing to take time to prep themselves. They tend to be late: Taurus is
just slow; Scorpio uses tardiness as a subtle power struggle; Leo enjoys making an entrance; Aquarius wants things
on their own terms. Late, but once there, they stay forever.

Mutable
Mutable Signs are the most unstable and most open to influence by the environment. Their mode of activity is to
make the transition from the old to the new, opening the way for the Cardinal Signs to begin a new cycle. They
are infinitely flexible and tolerant. They find it naturally easy to let go. Whereas Cardinal signs begin new things,
and Fixed signs sustain things, Mutable energy loosens structures and adapts it to new and changing conditions.
With this territory comes mental worry. Mutable signs have many things going on in their heads rather than in
tangible form. Many react by making lists. Some suffer from negative mental tension, involving fear, paranoia,
and panic attacks. In anticipating negative outcomes, they really suffer during the worry process. But their high
adaptability always sees them through. Gemini is changeable in its ideas; Virgo is dominated by its environment;
Sagittarius has a continually changing view of life’s possibilities; Pisces adapts itself superficially to its environment
(like a chameleon) and reflects it like a mirror. Sometimes they compromise so much that they sacrifice their own
interests.

2.4 Classification of Houses

As explained in Fig. 2.3, houses are auspicious such as Lagn, Kendr, and Trikon; inauspicious such as Nidhan, Trik,
Trishaday; can be neutral such as Sambhav. As explained in Fig. 2.4 houses are divided in four Trikons; Bhagy
Trikon, Karm Trikon, Labh Trikon, and Vyay Trikon in Green, Blue, Red, and Black colour respectively. Houses 1,
4, 7, and 10 are known as Kendr. Depending on different issued faced by Jatak, houses signifies varied aspect given
in Table 2.3

2.5 Observations regarding Houses and Signs

There are some important observations regarding houses

1. Kendra is having single quality composed of each element while trikon is single element composed of each
quality.

2. Kendr is balanced having equal representation of enemies and friendly planet signs.

3. Char lagns are Mahayogkarak because each sign is exaltation and debilitation sign of some planet, thus
creating an opportunity of Panchmahapurush yog and Neechbhang Rajyog.

4. Signs belong to Sthir lagns are own signs of some planet and contains exalted-debilitated signs of Moon.

5. Trikon always belong to Lagnesh’s friendly planets.

6. Saptmesh is enemy of lagnesh irrespective of Lagn.

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H
HH Sambhav 
HH Sambhav 

HH Panfar  H
HH Trik 
Trishaday
H  Lagn Trishaday
Upchay
HH H 
Upchay  HH Kendr Trikon H Panfar
HH

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  HH
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Kendr Kendr
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Upchay
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H
HH  H 
H   H H 
HH  HH 
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Trikon  HH Kendr HHTritrikon
H HH

Panfar Trishaday Nidhan

Upchay Trik
H  
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HH  Panfar
HH
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H

Figure 2.3: Classification of Houses

Figure 2.4: Different Trikons

7. Karmesh is friend of lagnesh for Taurus, Cancer, Scorpio, Capricorn ascendant only, while it belong to same
planet as lagn for Virgo, and Pisces ascendant.

8. Shastesh is lagnesh for Vrushabh and Vrishchik lagn while both are friends for Kark, Kanya, Makar, and Meen
lagn.

9. Karmesh is friend of lagnesh for Vrishabh, Kark, Vrishchik, Makar lagn only while same for Kanya and Meen
lagn. Enemies for rest of lagns.

10. Ashtmesh is same as lagnesh in Mesh and Tula lagn while both are friend in Mithun, Sinh, Dhan, Kumbh
lagn. Enemies for rest of lagns.

11. Chaturthesh and lagnesh are same for Mithun and Dhan lagn while both are friends in Mesh, Sinh, Tula, and
Kumbh lagn.

12. Dvitiyesh and lagnesh are same for Makar lagn only while both are friends in Vrishabh, Kark, Sinh, Kanya,
Vrischik, and Meen lagn.

13. Trutinesh and lagnesh are friends for Mithun lagn only.

14. Vyayesh and lagnesh are same for Kumbh alagn while both are friends in Mesh, Mithun, Sinh, Kanya, Tula,
Dhan lagns.
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Table 2.3: Different aspects of houses

House General Karak Body part Relationship Politics Significator
planet
First Lagn Sun Head and Self King Personality,
face character
Second Dhanbhav Jupiter Face, right Family Parliament Food, speech,
eye, mouth wealth
Third Parakrambhav Mars Chest, right Younger sib- Advisors Courage, brav-
ear lings ery, imagination
Fourth Sukhbhav Moon, Heart Mother Assembly Education,
Mercury property, house
Fifth Santanbhav Jupiter Abdomen, Children, Workers Intelligence,
uterus lover memory
Sixth Ripubhav Saturn, Waist Maternal un- Enemies Debts, diseases
Mars cle
Seventh Kalatrbhav Venus Pelvis Spouse, Opposition Marriage, busi-
partner leader, al- ness
liance
Eighth Aayubhav Saturn Genitals Parents-in- Defeat Longevity, un-
Law,in-law expected gain,
family research
Ninth Bhagybhav Sun, Thighs Teacher, Ideology Fate, fortune,
Jupiter spouse’s deep research,
sibling foreign travel
Tenth Karmbhav Sun, Knees Father Opposition Work, fame,
Jupiter, leader profession
Mercury,
Saturn
Eleventh Labhbhav Jupiter Left ear Elder sibling, Popularity Fame, gains,
friend earning, status
Twelfth Vyaybhav Saturn Feet, left eye Father’s Election Loss, jail, divine
young sib- knowledge
ling

15. Labhesh and lagnesh ae friends in Sinh lagn only.

16. Krur grahs, Mangal and Shani, only are yog karak in Kark, Sinh lagn and Vrishabh, Tula lagn respectively.

2.6 Panchadha Maitri

There are friend, neutral and enemy relationship between planets known as natural relationships while planets
placed in 2,3,4,12,11,10 houses with respect to the planet placed in house number 1 becomes instant friends to the
planet placed in house number 1. Combine natural and instantaneus relationship between planets creates five types
of relationship known as Panchadha Maitri given in Table 2.5. This relationship is useful in understanding effect
in Vinshottari Dasha.

2.7 Vinshottari Dasha

Vinshottari dasha can be used without any condition while for Ashtottari dasha two conditions must be satisfied;
Rahu should be placed at 4,5,7,9,10 from Lagnesh and birth should be either in night time of Shukl Paksh or day
time of Krushn Paksh. Dasha begins with the starlord in which Moon is placed. Entire star has 13o 200 , that is
eqivalent to 13X60 + 20 = 8000 , of total duration which can be correspond to Mahadasha year of stars as explained
in Table 2.6. The degrees already lapsed are known as Bhukt Dasha and yet to come known as Bhogy Dasha. It is
can be explained through an example. At the time of birth, Moon is placed at 9o 400 in Cancer sign. From column
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Table 2.4: Natural relationship between planets

Sun Moon Mars Jupiter Mercury Venus Saturn Rahu
Friend Mars, Sun, Sun, Sun, Sun, Mercury, Mercury, Mercury,
Moon, Jupiter, Moon, Moon, Venus, Saturn, Venus, Venus,
Jupiter Mars Jupiter Mars Rahu Rahu Rahu Saturn
Neutral Mercury Mars, Venus, Saturn, Mars, Mars, Jupiter Jupiter
Venus, Saturn Rahu Jupiter, Jupiter
Jupiter Saturn
Enemy Venus, Rahu Mercury, Mercury, Moon Sun, Sun, Sun,
Saturn, Rahu Venus Moon Moon, Moon,
Rahu Mars Mars

Table 2.5: Panchadha relationship

Neutral Immediate Panchadha
Friend Friend Intense friend
Neutral Friend Friend
Enemy Friend Neutral
Friend Enemy Neutral
Neutral Enemy Enemy
Enemy Enemy Intense enemy

2 of Table 2.7, it falls in second Charan of Pushy star which is ruled by Saturn as evident from column 10 of Table
2.7, indicates Vinshottari Dasha begin with Saturn. Elapsed minutes are 6X60 + 20 = 3800 and remaining minutes
are 800 − 380 = 4200 while, from Table 2.6, total 19X12 = 228 months is the duration of Saturn dasha. Bhukt and
Bhogy dashas are calculated below.
Bhukt Dasha : 380X228
800 = 108.3 months
Bhogy Dasha : 420X228800 = 119.7 months
If the birthdate is 12 December 1984 then Jatak will have Saturn Bhogy Dasha of 119.7 (9 years, 11 months
and 21 days) months up to 3 December 1994 followed by Mercury, Ketu, etc Mahadasha in order. Antardasha and
Pratyantardasha can be calculated as explained in Table 2.8.

Table 2.6: Planets and their years of Maha Dasha

Planet Ketu Venus Sun Moon Mars Rahu Jupiter Saturn Mercury
Year 7 20 6 10 7 18 16 19 17

Dasha years for each planet is given in Table 2.6. Multiplication of planet MD and MD of antardasha planet,
divide this by 10 gives Antardasha in months while this Antardasha in months multiplied by MD years of Pratyan-
tardasha planet, divided by 4 gives Pratyantardasha in days. This can be explained for Mars Mahadasha, Mars
Antardasha, and Mars Pratyantardasha in Table 2.8

2.8 Astakvarg
This technique is used to check if transition of planet from particular sign or house will be beneficial or not. Table
2.9 gives details of the signs from particular planet on which transition will be auspicious.
 2.8. ASTAKVARG

Table 2.7: Division of signs according to constellation

Degree Charan Sign Star Sign Star Sign Star Star Lord
Sign Star Number Total
00o 000 − 13o 200 00o 000 − 13o 200 1,2,3,4 4 Aries Ashwini Leo Magha Sagittarius Mool Ketu
13o 200 − 26o 400 00o 000 − 13o 200 1,2,3,4 4 Bharani Poorv Phalguni Poorv Shadha Venus
26o 400 − 30o 000 00o 000 − 03o 200 1 1 Krutika Uttar Phalguni Uttar Shadha Sun
00o 000 − 10o 000 03o 200 − 13o 200 2,3,4 3 Taurus Krutika Virgo Uttar Phalguni Capricorn Uttar Shadha Sun
10o 000 − 23o 200 00o 000 − 13o 200 1,2,3,4 4 Rohini Hast Shravan Moon
23o 200 − 30o 000 00o 000 − 06o 400 1,2 2 Mrugsirsh Chitra Dhanishtha Mars
00o 000 − 06o 400 06o 400 − 13o 200 3,4 2 Gemini Mrugsirsh Libra Chitra Aquarius Chanishtha Mars
06o 400 − 20o 000 00o 000 − 13o 200 1,2,3,4 4 Aardra Swati Shatbhisha Rahu
20o 000 − 30o 000 00o 000 − 10o 000 1,2,3 3 Punarvasu Vishakha Poorv Bhadrapad Jupiter
00o 000 − 03o 200 10o 000 − 13o 200 4 1 Cancer Punarvasu Scorpio Vishakha Pisces Poorv Bhadrapad Jupiter
03o 200 − 16o 400 00o 000 − 13o 200 1,2,3,4 4 Pushy Anuradha Uttar Bhadrapad Saturn
16o 400 − 30o 000 00o 000 − 13o 200 1,2,3,4 4 Ashlesha Jyesth Revati Mercury
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Table 2.8: Antardasha and Pratyantardasha table

Planet AD planet AD in months = Planet AD Planet PD planet PD in days =
M arsM DXP lanetM D AD in monthsXP lanetM D
10 4
Mars Mars 7X07
10 = 04.9 Mars Mars Mars 4.9X07
4 = 08.58
Mars Mars Rahu 4.9X18
4 = 22.50
Mars Mars Jupiter 4.9X16
4 = 19.60
Mars Mars Saturn 4.9X19
4 = 23.28
Mars Mars Mercury 4.9X17
4 = 20.83
Mars Mars Ketu 4.9X07
4 = 08.58
Mars Mars Venus 4.9X20
4 = 24.50
Mars Mars Sun 4.9X06
4 = 07.35
Mars Mars Moon 4.9X10
4 = 12.25
Mars Rahu 7X18
10 = 12.6
Mars Jupiter 7X16
10 = 11.2
Mars Saturn 7X19
10 = 13.3
Mars Mercury 7X17
10 = 11.9
Mars Ketu 7X07
10 = 04.9
Mars Venus 7X20
10 = 14.0
Mars Sun 7X06
10 = 04.2
Mars Moon 7X10
10 = 07.0

Table 2.9: Auspicious transition of planets from each other

Planet Ascendant Sun Moon Mars Jupiter Mercury Venus Saturn Total
Sun 3, 4, 6, 1, 2, 4, 7, 3, 6, 10, 1, 2, 4, 7, 5, 6, 9, 11 3, 5, 6, 9, 6, 7, 12 1, 2, 4, 7, 48
10, 11, 12 8, 9, 10, 11 8, 9, 10, 10, 11, 12 8, 9, 10,
11 11 11
Moon 3, 6, 10, 3, 6, 7, 8, 3, 6, 7, 2, 3, 5, 6, 1, 4, 7, 8, 1, 3, 4, 5, 3, 4, 5, 7, 3, 5, 6, 11 49
11 10, 11 10, 11 9, 10, 11 10, 11, 12 7, 8, 10, 9, 10
11
Mars 1, 3, 6, 3, 5, 6, 3, 6, 11 1, 2, 4, 7, 2, 6, 10, 3, 5, 6, 11 6, 8, 11, 1, 4, 7, 8, 39
10, 11 10, 11 8, 10, 11 11 12 9, 10, 11
Jupiter 1, 2, 4, 1, 2, 3, 2, 5, 7, 9, 1, 2, 4, 7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 4, ,5, 2, 5, 6, 9, 3, 5, 6, 12 56
5, 6, 7, 9, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11 8, 10, 11 7, 8, 10, 6, 9, 10, 10, 11
10, 11 10, 11 11 11
Mercury 1, 2, 4, 6, 5, 6, 9, 2, 4, 6, 8, 1, 2, 4, 7, 6, 8, 11, 1, 3, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 4, 7, 54
8, 10, 11 11, 12 10, 11 8, 9, 10, 12 9, 10, 11 5, 8, 9, 11 8, 9, 10,
11 11
Venus 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 11, 12 1, 2, 3, 3, 5, 6, 9, 5, 8, 9, 3, 5, 6, 9, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 8, 52
5, 8, 9, 11 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12 10, 11 11 4, 5, 8, 9, 9, 10, 11
11, 12 10, 11
Saturn 1, 3, 4, 6, 1, 2, 4, 7, 3, 6, 11 3, 5, 6, 5, 6, 11, 6, 8, 9, 6, 11, 12 3, 5, 6, 11 39
10, 11 8, 10, 11 10, 11, 12 12 10, 11, 12
Chapter 3

Foundation of Prediction

Objective of this chapter is to understand combinations described in Section 3.1 followed by acquiring capabilities to
interprete planetary positions, interplanetary relations, and inter house relations explained in Section 3.2. Recalling
three key elements of astrology namely planet, sign, and house, as explained in Fig. 2.1, can be arranged in three
different ways in the pair of two, PP, SS, HH is not possible because same element can’t influence itself. SP and PS

Table 3.1: Combination between important elements of Kundli

Planet Sign House
Planet PP PS PH
Sign SP SS SH
House HP HS HH

are same, HP and PH are same, SH and HS are same, leaving three options; planet in sign, planet in house, and
sign in house. Houses are fixed, planets are moving while signs are moving with respect to earth. Aim in Jyotish
is to find net effect of House with planets and signs placed in it. Planet can influence house but can’t influence
sign. Sign is the fundamental element which influences house and planet both. Strength of planet, type of sign,
and type of house need to be understand. Exalted, mooltrikon, own sign, Yuva, benefic, strong lord of the house
are desirable for good effect. At planetary and sign level, four types of relations need to be understand to analyse
net outcome of the house.
1. Effect dut to relationship between planets; exchange, mutual aspect, house aspect, and conjunction.
2. Effect due to planet in sign.
3. Effect due to planet in house.
4. Effect due to sign in house.
5. Effect due to strength of lord of house as strong lord of the house saves from bad affliction.
Mathematically, net effect of house can be represent in the form of equation as below

Net effect on house= Effect due to conjunction + Effect due to planet in house+
Effect due to planet in sign + effect due to sign in house + Position of lord of house (3.1)

Planet Influence
Plaets are representative of sing which is placed in house. Health of house and significance of the particular house
can be understand if situation, position, strength, weakness of the planet is known. One of the aim of this chapter
is to understand this planet’s postion. Signs and houses are fixed and houses makes relationships through their
representatives, planets. Analysis will be easier if net Planet Influence is understood, as given below.
1. Relative planet. Advantage if friendly or neutral planets are relative planet.
2. Starlord in which planet is placed. Advantage if friendly or neutral planets are starlod.

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3. Planets placed in stars owned by planet. Disadvantage if enemy planets are occupying stars owned by planet.

4. Planets occupying houses owned by planet. Advantage if friendly planets are occupying houses ruled by
planet. If enemy planet occupy the house, planet’s attention will be always towards protecting own house
first and can’t do any constructive.

5. Owner of the house. If owner of the house is frendly planet and strong e.g. exalted, own sign, mooltrikon,
friendly sign, advantageous to planet.

6. Planets aspecting houses owned by planet. Malefic aspect can destroy house and in return planet can’t focus
on construction as worrying about own house.

3.1 How to understand effects?

There are three basic things to be understood.

1. As shown in Fig. 3.1(a), Venus signifies love and Rahu illusion, hidden desire, unboundness. Combination
of both creates desire for love with illusion, resulting in illusion of love, that is lust. Such type of analysis is
given in most of classical texts e.g. Saravali, Bruhatjatak.

2. As shown in Fig. 3.1(b), Rahu amplifies the significance of house, conjunction. Placed in third house, which
belong to younger siblings, makes someone youngest sibling, thus amplifying the effect of house. Such type of
‘planet in house’ analysis is given in Brugu Sutr.

3. As shown in Fig. 3.1(c), Sagittarius, being mooltrikon sign of Jupiter, signifies religion and spirituality. Being
debilitated sing of Rahu, its placement there makes someone atheist or religion hater. Such type of ‘planet in
sign’ analysis is given in Chapter 16 of Bruhatjatak.

H H  H H 
HH  HH  HH  HH 
H 
HH Ra H HH
 HH   HH 
 H  HH
H  H 1  HH
H
H H H
HH   H H  H
HH   H H 
9 Ra
HRa-Ve HH
HH H HH H 
  H 
HH
 HH  HH  H H HH
(a) Relationship (b) Planet’s placement in house (c) Planet’s placement in sign

Figure 3.1: Consideration at planetary level

One such set of interpretation is given below with reference to different planets placed in seventh house.

1. Sun: good administrator, short tempered, kind hearted, spouse who respect God and Brahman.

2. Moon: mentally beautiful spouse, caring, loving, soft spouse.

3. Venus: physically beautiful spouse, luxurious spouse.

4. Mars: ill tempered, anger, quarrelsome spouse.

5. Mercury: young looking, good humored, beautiful speech spouse.

6. Jupiter: chaste, pious, religious, wise spouse.

7. Saturn: lazy, looking older than actual age, widow/wodower, secrete, mature, spouse.

8. Rahu: false speaker, illusionist, deceptive spouse.

9. Ketu: Vairagi, nonmaterialistic spouse.

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3.1.1 Planetary Relationship

Relationship between friendly planet is beneficial while between enemy planet isn’t advisable e.g. two enemy planets
placed in house means both will have infight and nothing productive going to be happen while two friendly planets
placed inside house are going to do productive work. It can be interpreted in two different ways.

Planetary Level
Personality of jatak can be combined effect of relative planet. It can be understand via Rahu’s conjunction with
different planets. Rahu is significator of hidden desires, short cuts, foreign, amplification, unboundness, illusion. Its
association with other planets is explained in Table 3.2

Table 3.2: Effect of Rahu’s conjunction with different planetts

Planet Significator Positive Ef- Negative Ef- Remark

fect fect
Sun moral, ethic
Moon Mind, care intuitions, delustion, it can be positive side if conjunction
vision, depression happen in Cancer or water sign, it can
prediciton be negative side where Rahu is powerful
skills such as in air sign where it is exalted.
Mars energy unlimited uncontrolled it can be positie where Mars is strong
energy anger and Rahu is weak such as Scorpio.
Jupiter education, religious fa- scholar Jupiter is powerful in water sign where
religion natic it is exalted and own sign. Conjunction
there will give positive effect because
Rahu will be weak there. It can make
religious fanatic if conjunction happen
where Jupiter is weak e.g. Capricorn.
Mercury intelligence, innovative fraud Both planets are strong in Gemini
calculation, schemes, and Virgo hence malefic affliction in
business hacker, ter- this signs will give negative effects and
rorism, gos- benefic affliction will give positive ef-
sip, weapon fect.
of mass
destruction
Venus luxury, en- Intense lover lustful, ma- Venus is powerful in Pisces and nega-
tertainment, terialistic tive effects won’t dominate. Effect will
art, love be dominated by Rahu if conjunction
happen in Gemini. Negative effect will
dominate in Virgo where Rahu is strong
and Venus is debilitated.
Saturn Cheating, Foreign gambling, It will give foreign settlement if con-
wickedness, travel and shortcuts junction happen in air signs where Sat-
dedication, settlement urn is strong.
hard work,
delay

After considering signification of planets given in Table 2.1, interpretations for some of the conjuncting planets
are given below,
1. Jupiter signifies education and learning while Saturn signifies justice. Relationship between both make person
expert in law.
2. Mars signifies efforts, energy and Venus love. Relationship between both indicate spending energy for love
leading person to be flirtious.
3. Venus signifies love and Saturn signifies loneliness, maturity. Relationship between both make person build
secret relationship with older partner.
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4. Mars signifies blood, surgery, engineering and Saturn signifies hard work, dedication, activities suitable to
leatherman. Relationship between both make person expertise in medical field or in research field.

5. Mars signifies effort, energy and Moon signifies beauty, money, property. Relationship between both make
person spend time on own appearance hence beautifu and person will put up effort in earning so become
wealthy.

6. Ketu signifies occult science, religious study. Placed in ninth or twelfth house develop interest in vairagy.

Following points to be remembered from Table 3.2

• In which house they are conjuncting. Conjunction of malefic planets is desirable in Trishaday or Trik.

• In which sign they are conjuncting. Conjunction in benefic signs is desirable for auspicious result. Best result
will be obtained if the sign is friendly to both, medium result if neutral sign, worst result if enemy sign
provided lord of sign(enemy planet) is weak.

• A planet belong to particular nature become strong in sign belong to particular nature e.g. Mars is strong in
fire signs.

• Which planets are aspecting the conjunction. Aspect from benefic planet will bring out auspiciousness.

• In which star they are placed. Fruitfull star, both placed in the stars rulled by same star is desirable.

• Planets conjuncting means significations of planets are combining.

• Position of the lord of house.

• Relationship of both conjuncting planet with lord of the house.

• Age of planet. Yuva planet will dominate Baal, Vruddh, Mrut planet.

• Along with own houses, planet influences the houses ruled by conjunct planet.

House Level
Planets rule houses, thus they are representatives of respective houses. Relation between both planets indicate
houses are making relationship with each other. Few interpretation,

• Relationship between Kendresh and Trikonesh is Rajyog.

• Relationship between Dhanesh and Bhagyesh means Bhagyalaxmi yog.

• Relationship betwee Dhanesh and Labhesh means Mahalaxmi yog.

• Relationship between Dhanesh and Sukhesh is Dhanlaxmi yog.

• Relationship between Shastesh, Ashtmesh, and Vyayesh is Vipreet Rajyog.

• Relationship between Bhagyesh and Panchmesh is Sarasvati yog.

• Relationship between Saptmesh and Vyayesh means separation from wife or foreign wife.

Case Studies: Planetary Relationships

Conjunction of planets means conjunction of their signification while aspect means a common quality between
aspect and aspectee being nourished. Jupiter signifies educaiton and learning while Mercury signifies intelligence.
Relationship between both indicate research ability. As shown in Figs. 3.2(a), 3.2(b), and 3.2(c) Jupiter and
Mercury are conjuncting leading them to earn Ph.D. degrees.

3.1.2 Planet in Sign

Such analysis is given in Chapter 16 of Brihatjatak. Planet placed in enemy sign going to destroy the house where
it is placed. Planet in friend sign is going to enhance effect of the house where it is placed.
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(a) Jatak-1; DOB: 12 December 1984, (b) Jatak-1; DOB: 27 January 1984, (c) Jatak-1; DOB: 29 March 1986, TOB:
TOB: 5:30, 70E56 22N37 TOB: 5:10, 69E67 23N27 14:28, 72E62 23N03

Figure 3.2: Planetary relationships

(a) Husband; DOB: 10 August 1983, 18:45, 70E56 22N37 (b) Wife; DOB: 8 October 1984, TOB: 20:50, 70E56 22N37

Figure 3.3: Planet placed in sign

Case Studies: Planet in Sign

Figs. 3.3(a) and 3.3(b) belong to husband and wife who doesn’t have child 13 years after marriage. Fifth house
deals with progeny which is afflicted in both spouse. With husband’s fifth house, malefic planet Rahu placed
in semifruitful Taurus sign while with wife’s fifth house, malefic Sun placed in fifth house in barren sign Virgo.
Considering position of lord of houses; in husband Panchmes has gone to Nidhanbhav while for wife Panchmesh is
combust, both Venus and Mercury incapable to resist malefic effect. Considering aspect, malefic Rahu is aspecting
fifth house in wife chart. There were two miscarriages.

3.1.3 Planet in House

Such analysis is given in Brugu Sutr and Chapter 30 of Saravali. It is desirable malefic planet placed in trik
or trishaday houses. Planets signifies characteristics. Particular issue related to a house activates when planet’s
signification and house signification unites.

Case Studies: Planet in House

Jatak-1 is spiritual and lost interest from social life despite being having two children. Spirituality and religion
belong to house nine while Vairagya is indicated by Saturn and Ketu. Jatak-1 in Fig. 3.4(a) has Ketu placed in
9th house and Navmesh Saturn placed in another Trikon. Ketu signifies religion, occult while ninth house signifies
religious, faith, spirituality. Unafflicted Ketu caused Vairagya in jatak’s mind while Saturn Ketu both mutually
aspecting with Dvipaad drashti as they are in triangle. Jatak-1 came back to normalcy and currently regular visitor
and daily Agnohotr in nearby temple. Aspect from none of the planet made Ketu to develop its natural quality of
Vairagy which fuelled as it is placed in the house belong to spirituality. Jatak-2 became widow six months after
marriage. House sevel deals with marital issues. Significator of husband for female, Mars, also Saptmesh in her
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chart, is placed in tweldfth house belong to enemy sign, which deals with loses. Checking condition of lord of
house, it is afflicted with Sun and Ketu which is incapable of saving his house. Significator of husband and also
being Saptmesh Mars placed in Vyay bhav, weak and afflicted Vyayesh, caused her loss of husband. Malefic planets
placed in houses give negative effect. Jatak-3 in Fig. 3.4(c) underwent a major operation and succumbed to two
accidents. Eighth house deals with accidents, operations etc problems. Mars, significator of accidents, surgeries is
placed in the house belong to accidents, death, and operations. The house is ruled by Mars’ enemy Venus which
is exalted but placed in another Trik house and afflicted with Rahu, enemies Jupiter and Moon. Significator of
accident, operation Mars placed in Nidhanbhav belong to enemy sign, with weak enemy gave Mars free hand to
destroy house.

(a) Jatak-1; DOB 21 August 1981, TOB: (b) Jatak-2; DOB 21 October 1985, (c) Jatak-3; DOB 25 April 1987, TOB:
23:55, 70E47 21N52 TOB: 7:43, 71E41 22N42 19:45, 72E37 23N042
Figure 3.4: Planets placed in house

3.1.4 Sign in House

Along with house, sign is basic element, both together influence planet. Each sign is unique e.g. Aries is the only
cardinal and fire sign, Leo is the only fixed and fire sign, Sagittarius is the only mutable and fire sign. Fire signs are
violent and placed in ninth house indicate aggressive devout. Earth signs are practical and placed in ninth house
indicate affirm devout. Air signs are propagative and placed in ninth house indicate religious preacher. Water signs
are soft, sober, caring and placed in ninth house indicate priest, spiritual guru.
Placement of fire planet, such as Mars, in these signs will give different characteristics of jatak.
1. Frequent angry if Mars placed in mutable fire sign Sagittarius.
2. Comparatively stable if Mars placed in fixed fire sign Leo.
3. Higly volatile and angry if Mars placed in cardinal fire sign Aries.
Above effects will be intensified if combination occurs in lagn. Similarly, fire planet Mars, significator of sexuality,
will give different effect if placed in water signs which are enemy to fire signs.
1. Sexually cold if placed in cardinal water sign Cancer as it is debilitated sign for Mars. Jatak can be faithful
if Moon is exalted.
2. Sexually stable, entertaining, passionate, if placed in fixed water sign Scorpio, which is ruled by Mars and
represent sexuality in Kalpurush kundli.
3. Sexually changing partners if placed in mutable water sign Pisces. Person can be sex pervert and fond of of
wild sex if Jupiter is in debilitated, afflicted, enemy sign.
These effects will be intensified if combination occur in eighth house. Similarly, it can be interpreted for Venus
which is significator for love.
1. Unstable lover if placed in cardinal and water sign Cancer, which enemy sign to Venus. Unstableness will
reduce if Moon is exalted.
2. Stable lover if placed in fixed and water sign Scorpio. A person will be most stable if Venus is placed in Taurus
as it is fixed ans own sign. Person can be lustful if Mars is placed at exalted, mooltrikon, own sign.
3. Changing partners, over indulgance in sex, intense lover, if placed in mutable water sign Pisces which is exalted
sign for Venus. Person can be adultarous if Jupiter is placed in debilitated, afflicted, enemy sign.
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Case Studies: Sign in House

Character of sign influences the house in which it is placed. Jatak’s luck activates in late life when Prushthoday
sign is placed in Karm bhav. Movable sign in Karm bhav indicate jatak will have transfering job. Physical structure
of jatak will depend on the sign placed in lagn. As shown in Fig. 3.5, Jatak-1 has Scorpio in ascendant which is,
from Table 2.2, long sign. Similarly Jatak-2 has Aquarius sign in ascendant, which is short sign according to same
table. Apart from this no other planets are aspecting the lagn. In absence of any planet aspect, physical structure
of the jatak will be defined based on sign placed in lagn. Jatak-1 is 5’10" long while Jatak-2 is 5’0" long. Jatak-3
has barren and long sign Leo placed in fifth house. This led Jatak to have problem in childbirth for longer time
duration. Child was conceived 11 years after marriage. It survived because Panchmesh Sun is placed in natural
auspicious house Tritrikon and also it is Harshit along with lagnesh and natural benefic Jupiter are aspecting fifth
house.

(a) Jatak-1; DOB: 9 November 1982, (b) Jatak-2; DOB: 6 June 1985, TOB: (c) Jatak-3; DOB: 18 December 1986,
TOB: 8:00, 70E59 22E35 00:20, 70E27 21N44 TOB: 15:30, 73E12 22N18

Figure 3.5: Signs placed in house

3.2 Summary: How to Interprete Planetary Placement?

Representative of Houses can be placed in any of the 12 house. As shown in Fig. 3.6, below three methods possible
to interpret it.

H
HH HH
  H
HH HH
 

H  HH Me H  HH
 HH  HH  HH  HH
 HH1 HH 1  HH1 H
H
H
H H  H
H H 
HH  HH  HH  HH 
H  
MaHH HH 
H
MeHH HH
 H HH  H HH
(a) Relationship (b) Planet’s placement in house (c) Planet’s placement in sign

Figure 3.6: Interpreting different placements of planets

1. As shown in Fig. 3.6(a), lagnesh is placed in random house, here it is sixth house. Sixth house belong to
enemies, debts, loans, diseases. Lagnesh, representative of Jatak himself, placed there indicate Jatak himself
going to enemies and don’t allow them to enter in his personal life.

2. As shown in Fig. 3.6(b), Shasthesh, representative of enemy, placed in Lagn indicate enemies, debts are
coming to Jatak’s personal life and disturbing his whole personality. If Jatak has taken loan, such placement
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indicate it can disturb his personality and he can be frustrated due to debts. Due to this there are chances he
may lose his mental balance provided Moon is weak. If Shasthesh going to any other house, it means Jatak’s
enemies going there and disturbing signification of that house. Suppose Shasthesh placed in Labhsthan which
belong to reputation, friends. Shasthesh placed there indicate destruction of Jatak’s reputation, disputes with
friends due to debts or loans.
3. As shown in Fig. 3.6(c), Shasthesh placed in sixth house itself, this indicate ruler of house is present inside to
resolve Jatak’s issues related to sixth house. Jatak need not to pay much attention for that hosue as his man
is sitting there to manage it on behalf of him. Jatak can spend that saved energy in managing other houses.
Similalry, one can interprete placement of planets in different houses. A set of such placements is given below with
reference to sevent house and Saptmesh.

Lords in Seventh house

1. Lagnesh in seventh house indicate intense love for spouse.
2. Dhanesh in seventh house indicate fortune will come after marriage.
3. Parakramesh in seventh house indicate god fearing and good character spouse.
4. Sukhesh in seventh house indicate working spouse, property gain through spouse.
5. Panchmesh in seventh house indicate love marriage.
6. Shastesh in seventh house indicate native will incure debt through spouse, existence of differences.
7. Ashtmesh in seventh house indicate fortune will come after marriage.
8. Bhagyesh in seventh house indicate courageous spouse.
9. Karmesh in seventh house indicate spouse will be rich and fortunate.
10. Labhesh in seventh house indicate affectionate towards children, favous spouse.
11. Vyayesh in seventh house indicate sick and frequent fighting spouse.

Saptmesh in Different Houses

1. Lagn: native will be dependant, attached to spouse.
2. Dhanbhav: sick spouse, accusing, humiliating spouse.
3. Parakrambhav: spiritualy inclined spouse.
4. Sukhbhav: property through spouse, vehicles house on name of spouse.
5. Panchambhav: native deeply love spouse, love marriage.
6. Rogbhav: native has to face problems due to spouse, unnecessary expenses.
7. Nidhanbhav: insulting spouse, secretive spouse.
8. Bhagybhav: spouse interfering career of native, creating obstruction.
9. Karmbhav: support from spouse, spouse’s family.
10. Labhbhav: profit through spouse, spouse is native’s pride, reputation.
11. Vyaybhav: expenses on spouse, chances of widowhood.

Saptmesh in Saptambhav
Seventh lord in seventh house indicate dominating spouse. One may marry in close relative. One will have long
lived, healthy spouse.
Chapter 4

Divisional Charts

Different divisional charts represent particular aspect of application as explained in Table 4.1. Divisional charts have
usage in Muhurt. According to Narad Sanhita, Hora is stronger than rising sign, Dreskan is stronger than Hora,
Navansh is stronger than Dreskan, Dvadashansh is stronger than Navansh, Trishansh is stronger than Dvadashansh.
Any Muhurt having strong D30, D12, D9, D3, and D2 is considered as auspicious. Above sisteen divisional charts

Table 4.1: Division charts and their applications

Code Name Belong to House Degree Application
D1 Rashi Basic chart, personality.
D2 Hora 15o 000 Wealth, speech, family
D3 Dreskan Third 10o 000 Siblings, courage, power
D4 Chaturthansh Fourth 07o 300 Immovable property, home
D7 Saptansh Fifth o 0
04 17 8.57” Progeny.
D9 Navansh or Ninth 03o 200 Luck, fortune, spouse, marriage.
Bhagyansh
D10 Dashansh or Kar- Tenth 03o 000 Professional career, honour, success, so-
mansh cial status.
D12 Dvadashansh Twelfth 02o 300 Parents, lineage.
D16 Shodasansh 01o 520 30” Movable assets, vehicles, happiness.
D20 Vinshansh 01o 300 Spiritual pursuit, worship.
D24 Chaturvinsansh 01o 150 Learning, education.
D27 Saptavinsansh 01o 060 40” Strength and weakness.
D30 Trisansh Miseries, evil.
D40 Khavedansh 00o 450 Auspicious effects.
D45 Akshvedansh 00o 400 Character and conduct.
D60 Shastiansh 00o 300 All effect on long term. Useful to un-
derstand long term effects.
D150 Nadiansh 00o 120 Overall life, result of all the divisional
charts.

known as Shodasvarg and theier examination is necessary to understand different facets of life. Three methos
available to understand divisional charts.

4.1 Method 1
1. Identify a planet to be considered for study.

2. Note down its position in sign and house. Call the sign as janm lagn sign and janm lagn house.

3. Note down the sign occupied by planet in divisional chart. Call it divisional chart sign.

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4. In janm lagn, house number 1 to 12 (which are occupied by 12 signs) are known as Lagnansh, Dhanansh,
Vikransh, Sukhansh, Putransh, Shastansh or Rogansh, Bharyansh, Nidhanansh, Bhagyansh, Karmansh, Lab-
hansh, Vyayansh.

5. Check where divisional chart sign is placed in janm lagn.

6. It is good if divisional chart sign placed in Kendr or Trikon of janm lagn e.g. Lagnansh, Sukhansh, Bharyansh,
Karmansh, Putransh, and Bhagyansh.

7. It is not good if divisional chart sign placed in Nidhanansh, Shastiansh, Vyayansh or any Trishadayansh.

8. Identify the signs aspected by planet in both janm lagn and divisional chart. This means planet has influence
on these signs.

4.2 Method 2
1. Identify a planet to be considered for study.

2. Note down its position in sign and house. Call it ’planet lagn sign’.

3. Note down the sign occupied by planet in divisional chart. Call it ’planet divisional chart sign’.

4. Calculate position of planet divisional chart sign from planet lagn sign.

5. It is good if planet divisional chart sign placed at Kendr or Trikon from planet lagn sign. Suppose a planet
is in Aries in janm lagn and is placed in Capricorn in divisional chart, this indicate that planet has influence
on Karm of the jatak for the application of particular divisional chart.

6. It is not good if planet divisional chart sign placed at eighth, sixth, twelfth, third, eleventh from planet lagn
sign.

7. Identify the signs aspected by planet in both janm lagn and divisional chart. This means planet has influence
on these signs.

4.3 Method 3
1. Identify a planet to be considered for study.

2. Note down its position in sign and house.

3. Note down sign occupied by planet in divisional chart. Call it divisional chart sign.

4. Calculate the position of divisional chart sign from janm lagn.

5. It is good if divisional chart sign belong to Kendr or Trikon of janmang chakr.

6. It is not good if divisional chart sign belong to Ayubhav, Trishaday, or Vyaybhay e.g. for Aries ascendant,
seventh lord is in Libra in janmang chakr and placed in Pisces in Navansh, it indicate jatak will spend money
on life partner.

4.4 What to Observe in Divisional Chart?

1. Position of D1 lagnesh and lord of the house in D1 in respective divisional chart e.g. for Aries ascendant check
condition of Mars and Saturn in D10 to know about work. Good if placed in Kendr or Trikon.

2. Condition of lagnesh of divisional chart and lord of the particular house e.g. for Aries ascendant in D10 chart
good position of Mars and Saturn indicate stable professional career. Good if placed in Kendr or Trikon.

3. Rajyog present in divisional chart indicate overall good chart.

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4. Sun is the Atma. Sun should be examined first to assess the quality of soul. Placement of Sun in sign,
association and aspect on it, house occupied by sun from lagn. Associatoin with benefic sign, planets, house
indicate good soul.

5. Moon, significator of mind, should not be afflicted.

6. Lagnesh, Trutiyesh, Shastesh, Navmesh of birth chart should be analysed in divisional chart. Afflicted and
malefic lords indicate strong willed person.

7. Lord of any house in D1 going to sign of benefic planets such as Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, is considered as
good.

8. Mercury signifies intelligence. Afflicted Mercury gives criminal tendencies. Afflicted Mercury along with
afflicted Moon gives birth to criminal mindset.

9. Jupiter signifies education. Afflicted Jupiter indicate problem in education.

10. Saturn indicate servant. Strong Saturn indicate support from servant.

11. Fourth house indicate happiness from particular divisional chart. Afflicted house and afflicted Chaturthesh
doesn’t give proper happiness.

4.5 Navmansh
Among all the divisional charts, navansh has special place because, being division of Bhagy, it indicates luck, fate,
fortune for jatak. A division of sign, having 30o , in nine equal parts, each being of 3o 200 , is known as Navansh. It
is also known as Bhagyansh. Those divisions are tabulated in Table 4.2.

4.5.1 Houses in Navansh

Houses in Navansh can be interpreted as

1. House 1: Lagn of Navansh is major consideration for marriage. Strong lagn and lagnesh gives marriage.

2. House 2: Effect on wealth and family relationships due to marriage.

3. House 3: Imagination, intuitiveness, dedication towards marriage.

4. House 4: Happiness of married life, luck of immovable properties after marriage.

5. House 5: Intelligence, love, affection, progeny involved in marriage.

6. House 6: Conflicts, problems faced in marriage.

7. House 7: All about marriage partner. Well associated seventh lord is gives good life partner.

8. House 8: Longevity, secret relationship, adultary involved in marriage.

9. House 9: Religiousness, spirituality, faith in marriage.

10. House 10: Duty to be performed in married life.

11. House 11: Social status, fame, fortune in married life.

12. House 12: Losses suffered, separation, confinement, sexual pleasure in married life.
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Table 4.2: Navmansh

No. Degree Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius Pisces
1 00o 000 − 03o 200 1 10 7 4 1 10 7 4 1 10 7 4
2 03o 200 − 06o 400 2 11 8 5 2 11 8 5 2 11 8 5
3 06o 400 − 10o 000 3 12 9 6 3 12 9 6 3 12 9 6
4 10o 000 − 13o 200 4 1 10 7 4 1 10 7 4 1 10 7
5 13o 200 − 16o 400 5 2 11 8 5 2 11 8 5 2 11 8
6 16o 400 − 20o 000 6 3 12 9 6 3 12 9 6 3 12 9
7 20o 000 − 23o 200 7 4 1 10 7 4 1 10 7 4 1 10
8 23o 200 − 26o 400 8 5 2 11 8 5 2 11 8 5 2 11
9 26o 400 − 30o 000 9 6 3 12 9 6 3 12 9 6 3 12
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4.5.2 What to Observe?

Following things can be observed in Navansh.

1. Identify the house based on query by jatak.

2. Chekc position of lord of house.

3. Check condition of planet placed in house. Check postion of significator of house.

4. Go to divisional chart for respective sign placed in house and check where the sign is placed in Navansh.

5. Check the condition of occupant planet in Navansh. Best if planet is placed in exalted sign, good if in own
sign.

6. Where it is placed in Navansh? Not good if placed in Trishaday, or Trik e.g. For Aries lagn, Mars placed in
Aries in janmang chakr and placed in Virgo in Navansh because Virgo is Trik sign in janmang chark.

7. Where the planet is placed in Navansh from its natal sign e.g. for Aries lagn Venus is in Taurus, and placed
in Virgo in Navansh, then it has moved to fifth place and from lagn it has moved to sixth place. Fifth means
Trikon and sixth means Trik indicate Venus is going to give mix effect.

8. Check planet’s placeme;nt in Navansh. It is good if placed in Kendr or Trikon in Navansh.

9. Check which planets are aspecting planet in Navansh. Afflicted planet is not good.

10. Analyse Navansh as separate Kundli. Check position of Navansh lagnesh.

11. Apply same guidelines for lord of the house.

12. Good if exalted ansh, own ansh, benefic planet ansh, at Trikon in Navansh, no malefic association, Navansh
sign belong to Kendr or Trikon in janmang chakr.

13. Apply same procedure fo significator of the house.

14. It is beneficial if planet is placed in Navansh in the signs of benefic planets.

15. It is beneficial if in Navansh planet is placed in signs placed in Kendr or Trikon in janmang chakr.

Case Study: Analysing Navansh

A table can be created based on various methods explained to analyse divisional chart. Such table is created for
Navansh. D1 and D9 of jatak are given in Fig. 4.1 while Navansh report is given in Table 4.3.

(a) Janmang Chakr (b) Navansh

Figure 4.1: DOB 1 May 1983, TOB: 5:45 AM, 70E59 22N35

Following can be analysed from figures and table

• Lagnesh Panchmesh conjunction is Parasari Rajyog.

• Lagnesh Tritrikonesh have house aspect relationship, giving Parasari Rajyog.

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Table 4.3: Interpretation of Navansh

Planet D1 Position in D1 D9 Position in Method 1 Method 2 Method 3 Aspect in D1 Aspect in D9
D9
Asc Aries Taurus Dhanansh Second Second
(Sambhav) (Sambhav)
Sun Aries Exalted, Lagn, Leo Own sign, Putransh Fifth Fifth Libra Aquarius
ninth from own Kendr (Trikon) (Trikon)
sign
Moon Sagittarius Friendly sign, Aries Friendly Lagnansh Fifth First (Lagn) Gemini Libra
Tritrikon, sixth sign, Vyayb- (Trikon)
from own sign hav
Mars Aries Own sign, Lagn, Scorpio Own sign, Nidhanansh Eighth Eighth Cancer, Li- Aquarius,
first, sixth from Kendr (Trik) (Trik) bra, Scorpio Taurus,
own sign Gemini
Jupiter Scorpio Friendly sign, Nid- Scorpio Vargottami, Nidhanansh First Eighth Pisces, Tau- Pisces, Tau-
han, ninth and Kendr (Kendr) (Trik) rus, Cancer rus, Cancer
twelfth from own
signs
Mercury Taurus Friend sign, Samb- Capricorn Friend sign, Karmansh Ninth Tenth Scorpio Cancer
hav, ninth and Tritrikon (Tritrikon) (Kendr)
twelfth from own
signs
Venus Taurus Own sign, Samb- Virgo Debilitated, Rogansh Fifth Sixth (Trik) Scorpio Pisces
hav, first and sixth Trikon (Trikon)
from own signs
Saturn Libra Exalted, Kendr, Sagittarius Neutral sign, Bhagyansh Third (Tr- Ninth Sagittarius, Aquarius,
tenth and eleventh Aayubhav ishaday) (Tritrikon) Aries, Can- Gemini,
from own signs cer Virgo
Rahu Gemini Exalted, Trishaday Scorpio Debilitated, Nidhanansh Sixth (Trik) Eighth Libra, Sagit- Pisces, Tau-
Kendr (Trik) tarius, rus, Cancer
Aquarius
Ketu Sagittarius Exalted, Tritrikon Taurus Debilitated, Dhanansh Sixth (Trik) Second Aries, Gem- Virgo,
Kendr (Sambhav) ini, Leo Scorpio,
Capricorn
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• Saptmesh Tritrikonesh mutually aspecting eachother give Parasari Rajyog.

• Panchmesh Karmesh mutually aspecting each other give Parasari Rajyog.
• Lagnesh going to own ansh in Navansh and placed in Kendr in D1 and D9, placed at Trik according to all
the three methods hence not good. Panchmesh going to own ansh in Navansh and placed in Kendr in D1,
D9. Placed at Trikon according to all the three methods hence auspicious. Bhagyesh is Vargottami making
it good.
• Ninth and eighth house signifies research. Bhagyesh Jupiter is Vargottami and placed in eighth house.
• Saturn signifies deep research and is exalted, placed in Jupiter ansh, significator of education.
• Fifth house indicate intelligence, memory power.
• Panchmesh aspecting Saturn.
• Lagnesh gone to own ansh, making it stronger.
• Mercury signifies calculation, mathematics. It has gone to Saturn ansh, placed at Kendr and Trikon according
to all the three methods, hence auspicious.
• Lagnesh, Panchmesh, Ashtmesh, Bhagyesh, Mercury, Saturn are auspicious and making relationships with
eighth and ninth house giving success in research.
• Venus is in Papkartari, gone to debilitated ansh in Navansh.
To sum up, Mercury, significator of intelligence going to Karmansh ruled by Saturn which signifies hard work indicate
jatak channelised intelligence in hard working. Saturn itself going to Bhagyansh, Jupiter ansh which is significator of
education and also Vargottami. Exalted Saturn mutually aspecting Svagruhi Mars indicate enginering. Intelligence,
hardwork spent in engineering education reaping jatak acquire doctorate degree in engineering. Debilitated Venus
caused marital issues.

4.5.3 Is Vargottami an equivalent of exalted?

Many literature and researchers suggest Vargottami planet is equivalent to exalted and gives result as exalted.
Technically speaking both are different. A planet has two types of qualites; micro, nonvisible, nontangible and
macro, visible, tangible. Personality, nature etc are micro qualites while material, wealth are macro qualities. It
is common tendency of living creature not to give up nature even in compromising or weak positions e.g. lion is
violent animal and will remain violent even when he is wounded. Similar is the case with planet. Planets have
both positivity and negativity. Exaltation is powerful position and debilitation is weak position. Exalted planet is
capable of delivering both positivity and negativity while debilitated planet is capable of delivering negativity only.
Fig. 4.2 belong to a boy. His Venus is debilitated but Vargottami. If researches are followed, he must have happy

Figure 4.2: DOB: 3 November 1993, TOB: 22:45, 70E57 22N37

married life as Venus is significator of marital life for boy. Reality is different. His wife is bed ridden since one week
after marriage. However, he receives vehicles, business contracts etc from his father in law. Debilitated Venus has
surely destroyed his marital life, a micro quality of Venus, but Vargottami Venus has bestowed him wealth, vehicle
etc macro benifits.
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4.5.4 Pushkar Navansh

It has reference in Shloks 1.2699, 1.2737, and 2.79 of Deva Keralam. Each sign has two pushkar navansh giving
total 24. These are benefic navansh and owned by benefic planets Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, and Moon. Table 4.4 is
derived from combined Table 2.7 and details of pushkar navansh. They are special areas of a sign and any planet
placed in this area gets its qualities enhanced. Placemet if pushkar navansh enhances the signification of planet
e.g Jupiter, significator of wealth, placed in pushkar navansh and the sign occupied by Jupiter in navansh falls in
Kendr or Trikon of birht chart then the person may be very wealth. In case it is sixth, eighth or twelfth, then alsong
with wealth, it gives disease, separation.Planets in pushkar naanshare benefic and produced favourable tesults in
Muhurt also. A database derived from Table 4.2 and Table 4.4 is created in Table 4.5. Vargottami Navansh are

Table 4.4: Pushkar Navansh

Sign Starlord Degree Navansh Sign Navansh Sign lord
Fire Venus 20o 000 − 23o 200 Libra Venus
Sun 26o 400 − 30o 000 Sagittarius Jupiter
Earth Sun 06o 400 − 10o 000 Pisces Jupiter
Moon 13o 200 − 16o 400 Taurus Venus
Air Rahu 16o 400 − 20o 000 Pisces Jupiter
Jupiter 23o 200 − 26o 400 Taurus Venus
Water Jupiter 00o 000 − 03o 200 Cancer Moon
Saturn 06o 400 − 10o 000 Virgo Mercury

in bold fonts while pushkar navansh are in red colour fonts. There are only three navansh which are pushkar and
vargottami both. Nineth in Saggitarius, fifth in Taurus, ans first in Cancer, printed as red colour and bold fonts.
Among pushkar and vargottami navansh, these are very auspicious. Among these three, fifth in Taurus is most
auspicious because planet placed in that degree is yuva and will give best result unlike other two which are Mrut.
Four time measuring minutes equals to one degree, making a navansh approximately 12 (3o 200 X4) minutes long.
A lagn lasts for approximately 120 minutes (30o 000 X4) which includes two pushkar navansh of 12 minutes each.
Any event, inaugurated in pushkar vargottami navansh, and that falling in lagn of navansh, completed within 12
minutes, is highly auspicious Muhurt.

Table 4.5: Pushkar Vargottami Navmansh

Fire Earth Air Water
No. Degree Aries Capricorn Libra Cancer Movable
Leo Taurus Aquarius Scorpio Fixed
Sagittarius Virgo Gemini Pisces Mutable
1 00o 000 − 03o 200 1 10 7 4 Vargottami
2 03o 200 − 06o 400 2 11 8 5
3 06o 400 − 10o 000 3 12 9 6
4 10o 000 − 13o 200 4 1 10 7
5 13o 200 − 16o 400 5 2 11 8 Vargottami
6 16o 400 − 20o 000 6 3 12 9
7 20o 000 − 23o 200 7 4 1 10
8 23o 200 − 26o 400 8 5 2 11
9 26o 400 − 30o 000 9 6 3 12 Vargottami

Case Study: Application of Puskar Navansh

Unlike birth where Kundli already planned and supplied by God, Muhurt is an event where human can design Kundli
of any event. Human has flexibility to inaugurate event on favourable planetary positions. A couple approached
an astrologer to suggest a time when to set up a Kumbh at their newly constructed house. Lagn is life, Moon is
mind and Tithi and Nakshatr are body of Muhurt. Moon is like seed, Lagn is like flower, Navansh is like fruit, and
twelve houses are the tastes of Muhurt. Vruddhgarg has said if auspiciousness is represented as points then Tithi
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should get 1 point, Nakshatra should get 4 points, Weekday shoudl get 8 points, Moon should get 100 points, and
Lagn shoudl get 1000 points. After calculations 19 April 2019, between 8:38 to 8:50 was prefered time for Kumbh
Sthapan. Reaching at this time is explained below along with elaboration on each elements of Muhurt.

Tithi
It is Poornima on 19 April 2019. Poornima has special status in Muhurt because Sun, significator of Aatma,
and Moon, significator of Mann, are mutually aspecting each other. Other such combination occurs on Astami
and Navami where both are at triangle aspecting each other with Dvipaad Drashti. Sun and Moon are the two
important planets which affect the living on earth the most e.g. seasons, tides etc. Also, spiritual power released
by Aatma and received by Mann on Poornima is at its peak because both Sun and Moon are mutually aspecting
each other. Also, Moon is ruling deity of Poornima hence it is very auspicious.

Nakshatr
Wife born in Uttarbhadrapad while husband born in Svati. Nakshatra on 19 April 2019 was Chitra upto 19:30 and
Svati thereafter. Chitra is friendly to Svati and unfriendly to Uttarbhadrapad. After checking Tarabalam on 19
April 2019 the time was favourable for husband.

Weekday
It was Friday on 19 April 2019. Friday belong to Venus which is, according to Varahmihir, natural auspicious
planet.

Moon
On Poornima, Moon has 100% potential hence it is auspicious on that day. It was Poornima on 19 April 2019.

Choghadiya
Chau+Ghati gives Choghadiya which literary means four Ghatis. This type of Muhurt are widely used in Gujarat
and Maharashtr. In this system of Muhurt a day is divided in 8 equal parts each part of 3.75(approximately 4
Ghati) Ghati length. Each Ghati is 24 time measuring minutes long giving roughly one and half hour of time span.
On Friday Labh Choghadiya falls between 7:55 to 9:29. This time period is auspicious.

Hora
Hora are toal 30 in a day. Since it was Poornima, Chandr Hora will be considered as most auspicious. Chandr Hora
begun at 8:26 and end at 9:29 on 19 April 2019.

Ascendant
Beginning with using Tithi to arrive at a day as auspicious Muhurt, it ended up in identifying an hour. Slowly
the auspicious and precise time of 6 minutes will be arrived after using election ascendant. As discussed in Section
4.5.4, fifth Navansh in Taurus is Vargottami and Puskar. Also, the degree at that Navansh is Yuva which gives
best result. Taurus ascendant was from 7:52 to 9:51. From Table 4.5 Vargottami Pushkar Navansh in Taurus
is from 13o 200 − 16o 400 which approximately commence from 7 : 52 + (13o X4) = 8 : 44hour. Considering local
time at Ahmedabad, it begun at 8:38 untill 8 : 38 + (3o X4) = 8 : 50. Considering delay and calculation error,
Muhurt timing suggest was between 8:40 to 8:46. As explained in beginning of this chapter D30>D12>D9>D3>D2.
Relevant divisional charts are given in Fig. 4.3 below. It is seen lagnesh is exalted in D1 and gone to Labhsthan,
gone to Kendr Sukhansh in Navansh, gone to own sign in Trishansh. Bhuvnesh is exalted, gone to Kendr in
Navansh. Other auspicious planets Mercury is in Neechbhang Rajyog and gone to exalted in Navansh, own sign in
Dvadashansh, exalted in Trishansh. Jupiter is in own sign and gone to Aries in Navansh. Moon is Vargottami in
Navansh, Dvadashansh. Since Labhyog and Neechbhang Rajyog present in D1 a monetary benefit was expected.
Soon after Kumbhsthapan, within 5 days, couple got housing subsidy sanctioned from govt, wife got increment in
salary.
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Figure 4.3: DOB: 19 April 2019, TOB: 8:40 AM, 72E35, 23N01

4.5.5 Marriage and Match Making

Primarily Navansh is analysed for marital life. Though Ashtkut milan is widely used as matchmaking, there are
some techniques are available for matchmaking.
1. Note Saptmesh of navansh of one partner.

2. See its placement in the Navansh of other partner.

3. Badly placed and afflicted Saptmesh is not good.
4. Benefic association safeguards marriage.
5. Repeat procedure for other partner.

6. Placement and association in both way is good match.

Multiple marriages are possible in following cases
1. If Lagnesh is exalted, own sign, retrograde, placed in Kendra, Trikon, or eleventh house.

2. Malefic association with seventh house.

3. Presence of Dhanyoga e.g. Dhanesh in Dhanbhav, Dhanesh Labhesh relationship, Dhanesh Bhagyesh rela-
tionship.
4. Dhanesh, Saptmesh, Vyayesh in placed in Upchay bhavs.

5. Saptmesh in Papkartari or placed at Marak sthans.

Case Study: Failed Marriage

Common question asked to Jyotish is how to correlate planetary positions with particular life event.

Table 4.6: Failed Marriage

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Groom:DOB 1 May 1983, TOB: 5:45 AM, 70E59 Bride: DOB 6 June 1985, TOB: 00:30 AM, 70E27,
22N35 21N44

D1 Lagnesh is in own sign. D1 Lagnesh is exalted.

D1 Kalatrbhav malefic affliction.
Dhanyog present. Vyayyog present.
D1 Saptmesh in marak sthan.
D1 Saptmesh in Pap kartari. D1 Saptmesh in Papkartari.
Significator of wife Venus in papkartari. Significator of husband Sun in papkartari.
D1 Saptmesh Shastesh conjunction. D1 Saptmesh Ashtmesh conjunction.
D1 Saptmesh in Shatruansh, enemy sign to Lagnesh. D1 Saptmesh in Shatruansh, enemy sign to lagnesh.
D1 Saptmesh in Trikon in Navansh. D1 Saptmesh in Nidhanbhav in Navansh.
D1 Saptmesh debilitated in Navansh. D1 Saptmesh in friendly sign in Navansh.
D1 Saptmesh benefic affliction in D1 and D9. D1 Saptmesh benefic affliciton in D1, aspected by
Rahu in D9.
D9 Saptmesh in own sign, malefic affliction. D9 Saptmesh in own sign, malefic affliction.
D9 Saptmesh is in own sign and afflicted in bride’s D9 Saptmesh is unafflicted in groom’s D9.
D9.

D1 Saptmesh in Papkartari in both, lagnesh exalted and own sign in both the D1, D1 Saptmesh going to
Shatruansh in both D9, Dhanyog present in boy while vyay yog present in bride, these situation lead bride to file
fake cases on groom and since vyayyog present along with debilitated Jupiter in bride, she caused monetary loses
to her husband in legal discourse. Jupiter’s debilitation confirmed and strengethened by its exaltation in Navansh.
Both divorced.

Case Study: Successful Marriage

Table 4.7: Successful Marriage

Groom: DOB: 18 October 1983, TOB: 07:00 AM, Bride: DOB: 26 July 1982, TOB: 04:45 AM, 70E04
70E56 22N37 22N28
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D1 Saptmesh is vargottami in bride’s D1. D1 Saptmesh is vargottami in groom’s D1.

D1 Saptmesh conjunct with Lagnesh. D1 Saptmesh conjuct with Shastesh.
Dhanyog, Dhanesh Lagnesh, Dhanesh in Labhsthan, Dhanyog, Dhanesh Labhesh conjuct, present.
present.
D9 Saptmesh aspected by Saturn in bride’s D9. D9 Saptmesh aspected by Saturn in groom’s D9.

Chandal Dosh present in groom’s chart in Kutumbbhav resulting in death to first child. Despite Dhanyog present in
both, marriage survived because D1 Saptmeshes are Vargottami in each other chart along with Saturn, significator
of longevity and also auspicious for Libra and Gemini ascendant, aspects D9 Saptmesh of each other.
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Predicting Event: Divisional Chart, Dasha,

Transit

People ask three types of questions to Jyotish.

1. What is my overall future? This can be answered through analysing Janmlagn explained in first three chapters
of this book.
2. How I am going to do in particular aspect e.g. earning, religious, marriage in my life? This can be answered
by conjuncture interpretation of Janmlagn and relevant divisional chart as explained in fourth chapter of this
book.
3. At specific time in future what will happen with me? This can be answered after conjuncture interpretation
of Janmlagn, relevent divisional chart, dasha, and transit.
This chapter deals with third question.

5.1 Predicting Marriage

Here a case of marriage is presented. Exact time of marriage is predicted after analysing Janmlagn, Navansh, two
dashas namely Vinshottary and Jaimini’s Char, and transit.

5.1.1 Janmlagn and Navansh

The horoscope of both husband and wife are given below in Fig. 5.1, married on 21 Jan 2017. Planetary positions
degreewise is given in Table 5.1

Table 5.1: Degree wise positions of planets.

(a) Groom: DOB 1 May 1983, TOB: 5:45 AM, 70E59 22N35
Asc Sun Moon Mars Jupiter Mercury Venus Saturn Rahu
0s6o 210 0s16o 270 0s0o 530 0s25o 00 7s15o 340 1s1o 540 1s26o 470 6s6o 480 2s3o 530
BK DK AmK MK GK AK PK

Bride: DOB 6 June 1985, TOB: 00:30 AM, 70E27, 21N44

Asc Sun Moon Mars Jupiter Mercury Venus Saturn Rahu
10s9o 530 1s21o 230 8s26o 410 2s3o 540 9s23o 180 1s19o 90 0s5o 490 6s29o 390 0s23o 150
MK AmK DK BK PK GK AK

5.1.2 Dasha
Two dasha; one constellation dasha and one sign dasha are used to predict marriage. One can also use Kalchakra
dasha for more accuracy.

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(a) Groom (b) Bride

Figure 5.1: Janmlagn and Navansh of both bride and groom

Groom
Vinshottari and Char Dasha are given in below Fig. 5.2. Analysig marriage according to Char dasha, following
points to be considered.
1. Discussion about marriage was going on since June 2016, period of Gemini-Cancer-Sagittarius dasha.
2. Groom’s DK is placed in Sagittarius and aspecting Gemini sign in Janmlagn, while in Navansh it is placed in
Aries and aspecting Scorpio.
3. Groom’s DK Moon rules Cancer, placed 6th from Cancer.
To conclude, Cancer, Gemini, Virgo, Pisces, Sagittarius, Scorpio important signs to be considered for marriage
where DK is posited/or aspecting. Analysing marriage according to Vinshottary dasha, following points are worth
to notice.
1. Mars is aspecting 7th house in Janmlagn, it is 7th lord in Navansh and placed in 7th house.
2. Rahu aspecting Janmlagn 7th house and occupying Navansh 7th house.
3. Janmlagn 7th lord Venus occupying Virgo Navansh.
4. Jupiter placed in Navansh 7th house, occupying Saturn’s star.
5. Saturn occupying Janmlagn 7th house, aspecting Venus both in Janmlagn and Navansh.
To conclude, Venus, Mars, Moon, Jupiter, Saturn are important planets to be considered for marriage. Marriage
occured in Gem-Can-Sco char dasha and Mo-Ma-Me-J/Sa vinshottary dasha.

Bride
Vinshottari and Char Dasha are given in below Fig. 5.3. Anaylsing positions of DK and sign in Janmlagn and
Navansh.
1. Discussion about marriage was going on since June 2016.
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(a) Vinshottary (b) Char

Figure 5.2: Groom’s Vinshottary and Char dasha at the time of marriage on 23 Jan 2017

2. 7th house in Janmlagn is Leo while in Navansh it is Gemini.

3. DK Mars is placed in Gemini; aspecting Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces in Janmlagn, while in Navansh, it is placed
in Scorpio; aspecting Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn.
4. Natal 7th lord Sun occupied Cancer navansh, DK aspecting Cancer in Navansh.
To conclude, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces, Cancer, Scorpio are important signs for marriage while marriage
happened in Can-Ari-Aqu dasha. Analysing positions of planets in Janmlagn and Navansh to understand interpre-
tation of Vinshottary dasha.
1. Marriage is seen from 7th house and 7th lord, both in Janmlagna and Navansh.
2. Janmlagn 7th lord Sun conjunct with Navansh 7th lord Mercury in Taurus, a sign ruled by Venus. Sun is
aspected by Jupiter in Janmlagn and conjunct with Jupiter in Navansh.
3. Sun is placed in 8th house, a house which signifies gain from spouse.
4. Navansh 7th lord Mercury occupying Navansh 7th house with Saturn, aspeted by Moon and Mars (DK).
5. Rahu aspect 7th house in Janmlagn and Navansh both.
To conclude, Sun, Rahu, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Moon, Mars play key role in marriage while marriage happened
in R-Me-V-V-Me dasha. Concluding, in the case of Jaimini’s char dasha, marriage will have more chances to happen
in the dasha of signs which have relationship with 7th house, either of natal or of Navansh, or the sign occupied by
Dara Karak, either in natal or Navansh, or signs aspected by Dara Karak, either in natal or Navansh. In the case
of Vinshottary dasha, it is very likely marriage will happen in the dasha of planets or sign, who have relationships
with 7th house, either of natal or of Navansh, through the way of aspect, or occupation, or conjunction with 7th
lord. Careful analysis of both Vinshottary and Char dasha indicates Char dasha helps in estimating approximate
time phase within which event has maximum chances of occurance while Vinshottary dasha, if worked out properly
within the time phase found out using char dasha, will help in finding out accurate time of event.
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(a) Vinshottary (b) Char

Figure 5.3: Bride’s Vinshottary and Char dasha at the time of marriage on 23 Jan 2017

5.1.3 Transit
Transit of Saturn and Jupiter are considered as important for the long term impact on native’s life because both
take longer time duration in transiting a sign or house. Apart from this, for marriage, 7th house, 7th lord (both
in Janmlagn and Navansh), Navansh sign occupied by 7th lord and signs in trine to it are important factors to be
considered. Observing transit carefully in Fig. 5.4,
For groom, analysis of 7th house and 7th lord both in Janmlagn and Navansh, Navansh sign and signs in trine
occupied by natal 7th lord, transiting Saturn and Jupiter,

• Janmlagn 7th lord Venus occupied Virgo Navansh. On the day of marriage, Jupiter transited Virgo, Navansh
sign occupied by Venus, and Venus transited Aquarius, the sign in trine to its natal position.

• Natal 7th lord is Venus occupying Virgo Navansh, while Navansh 7th lord is Mars occupying Navansh 7th
house.

• Navansh 7th lord Mars conjunct with Jupiter and Rahu in Scorpio. On the day of marriage, Navansh 7th
lord Mars transited Pisces, a sign in trine to Scorpio, mutually aspected by Jupiter.

• Navansh 7th house occupied by Scorpio. On the day of marriage Saturn transited Scorpio.

• Rahu(apart from Venus, it is also significator of marriage), aspect Janmlagn 7th house and occupied Navansh
7th house, makes strong conection with 7th house both in Janmlagn and Navansh. On the day of marriage,
it aspecting natal 7th lord Venus in transit.

For bride, analysis of 7th house and 7th lord both in Janmlagn and Navansh, Navansh sign and signs in trine
occupied by natal 7th lord, transiting Saturn and Jupiter,

• Natal 7th lord Sun occupied Cancer Navansh. On the day of marriage Saturn transited Scorpio, a sign in
trine to Cancer. Transit Sun aspected Cancer.
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(a) Groom’s Janmlagn and Navansh (b) Bride’s Janmlagn and Navansh (c) Transit on 21 Jan 2017 at 12:46 hour
at 70E27, 21N44

Figure 5.4: Transit data

• Navansh 7th lord Mercury occupied Navansh 7th house Geminy. On the day of marriage transit Mercury
aspected Gemini.

• Moon aspected Navansh 7th house Gemini. On the day of marriage Moon transited Libra, trine sign to
Navansh 7th house.

• Natal 7th lord is Sun, conjunct Mercury in Janmalagn, occupying Cancer Navansh, while Navansh 7th lord
is Mercury occupying Navansh 7th house.

• Mercury and Saturn occupy Navansh 7th house which is aspected by moon, mars, and rahu.

• Rahu aspects 7th house both in natal and Navansh. On the day of marriage Rahu transited natal 7th house.

• Jupiter aspects natal 7th lord in Janmlagn and conjucts with natal 7th lord in Navansh.

• Natal 7th lord(Sun) aspecting Cancer, the sign occupied by itself in Navansh.

• Transiting Jupiter and Saturn aspecting Natal 7th lord Sun.

Concluding, marriage triggers when transiting Saturn or Jupiter makes relationship, both in natal or navansh, with
7th house, or 7th lord, or occupant planets, or Navansh sign occupied by natal 7th lord.

5.2 Death of Father

There was question from a Jatak about suffering caused due to death of native’s father on 19 March 2000. Analysis
is given below.

5.2.1 Janmlagn and Dvadashansh

For issues of parents Janmlagn, position of Janmlagn 4th lord, 9th/10 lord, and dvadashansh are observed. Relevant
chart to analyse about parents is Janmlagn and Dvadashansh given in Fig. 5.5 along with degrees and Karkas given
in Table 5.2. For issues related to death of father, position of dvadashansh 8th house, dvadashansh 8th lord,
dvadashansh lagnesh are to be observed.

1. As shown in Fig.5.5(a), 9th lord/10th lord is Saturn, it has occupied Virgo Navansh, while Mercury and
Saturn have occupied Leo sign in 8th house in Dvadashansh.
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(a) Janmlagn (b) Navansh

(c) Dvadashansh (d) Transit on 19 March 2000

Figure 5.5: DOB: 27 Feb 1982, TOB: 12:34, 75E38, 14N14

Table 5.2: Degree wise positions of planets.

Asc Sun Moon Mars Jupiter Mercury Venus Saturn Rahu
1s22o 180 10s14o 450 11s27o 260 5s25o 180 6s16o 420 9s17o 540 9s4o 340 5s28o 000 2s26o 320
GK AmK BK PK MK DK AK

2. 8th lord Jupiter, Rahu, and 6th lord Venus are aspecting 8th house in Dvadashansh.

3. Sun(significator of father) is placed in Aquarius, aspected by Rahu, in Janmlagn.

4. This indicate, Capricorn, Aquarius, Leo, Virgo signs and Saturn, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter may play key factor
in an event.

5.2.2 Dasha
Following factors are worth notice

1. 10th house belong to Aquarius, occupied by Sun who eventually is Gnatikarak for native indicating problems
to father. 10th lord Saturn is conjunct with 12th lord Mars in Virgo, which is 8th house from Aquarius, from
where 12th lord aspecting own house to ehance significance of it, indicating loss of father due to Nidhan. At
the time of native’s father’s death Aquarius dasha and Pisces sub period was in operation.

2. Sun aspecting own house in natal chart which is 8th house in dvadashansh.

3. Dvadashansh 8th lord Sun occupied Cancer sign indicating involvement of Cancer in death of father which is
observed in Kalchakra Dasha along with Virgo. Cancer is also Deha rashi of native.
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(a) Char Dasha (b) Vinshottary Dasha (c) Kalchakra Dasha

Figure 5.6: Different dashas in operation on 19 March 2000

4. Natal 10th lord Saturn occupied Virgo Navansh indicate involvement of Virgo in issues related to father which
is observed in Kalchakra Dasha.
5. 10th lord Saturn, Mercury and Venus placed in 9th house(it is also considered for father), Mercury Saturn
occupying Dvadashansh 8th house, Rahu aspecting Janmlagn 10th house and Dvadashansh 8th house indicate
Sun, Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Rahu playing important role in death of father. Involvement of these planet is
observed in Vinshottary dasha.

5.2.3 Transit
Following points are worth considering for transit after observing Fig. 5.5(d).

1. Natal 9th/10th lord transited natal 12th house.

2. Saturn conjunct Nidhanesh Jupiter in transit.
3. Occupant of dvadashansh 8th house Mercury aspecting its dvadashansh position in transit, influencing signif-
icance of occurance of an event related to that house.

4. Venus aspected dvadashansh 8th house is also aspecting dvadashansh 8th house while in transit, influencing
significance related to that house.
5. Natal 12th lord Mars (representing loss) conjunct 9th/10th lord Saturn in Janmlagn. At the time of death,
same conjunction is in trine to dvadashansh 8th house.
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