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Dedicated to Shri K.N. Rao

“Jyotisha is the art of seeing light, of guiding, of counseling based on the truth called the horoscope. Jyotisha is the pathway to God through the mazes of intuitions and the brilliance of an organized science, like any other science. Jyotisha is the fusion of the divine with the mundane, the metaphysical with the scientific methodology, a divine chorus of the music of the heavens and the dance of the stars. It is that divine ballet, Jyotisha, which is at once both a divinity and science that we are presenting.” --- ## Page 3 Introduction It is sometimes disconcerting for beginning students of Jyotisha to learn that there is more to consider in this system of astrology than just the birth chart. Numerous divisional charts, or vargas are also utilized, all of which are derived mathematically from the basic birth chart. Without them, as I once heard my teacher put it, “Jyotisha becomes something of a crude affair.” With them, it becomes sophisticated, precise, and breathtakingly accurate — provided, of course, there is a very accurate birth time. See this quote from Kalyan Verma, the author of the 13४५ century Sanskrit classic, Saravali: “The divisional charts hold the entire knowledge about the future of a horoscope, without which it is impossible to lay a step into astrology” This is a rather dramatic statement and suggests that without the use of divisional charts predictive accuracy is impossible. An example will serve to illustrate. Beginning students learn that the 7 house of the birth chart is said to indicate marriage and the spouse. In keeping with this, marriage is said to occur in the periods and sub-periods of planets associated with the 7" house and the 7" lord. Yet practical experience shows that it is not always so. Sage Parashara tells us that in addition to the 7® house of the birth chart, all matters pertaining to marriage and the spouse also need to be seen through the navamsha or the ninth divisional chart (D-9). Consider the following chart of a woman friend of mine who consulted me in 1998 after her husband of many years informed her that he wanted a divorce. --- ## Page 4 [छा सो? | 5] L198 LETH [EAA दे, She was distraught, fearing that at her age (50) she would never be able to attract another man, and that she would be alone for the remainder of her life. It is at such times that people often seek out astrologers. She was soon to move into the major period of Ketu, in which case, I told her that if her birth time was accurate, then I predicted that she would likely re-marry in just a couple of years. Though it was what she wanted to hear, I could tell that she was incredulous, thinking I was just saying this to make her feel better. Actually, what I was doing was seeing her navamsha or marriage chart. --- ## Page 5 Note that Ketu is in the 7 house of this chart. Shortly after the Ketu period began she re-connected with someone she knew from her college days and not long thereafter, friendly conversations on the phone turned into a romance in which they visited each other on weekends since they lived in different cities. In Ketu-Moon—the period and sub-period of two planets in the 7" house of the navamsha—they moved in together and became engaged. Just days after moving into Ketu-Mars, they married. Ketu is in the 7® house of the navamsha and Mars rules it. You would never get this interpretation just based on the birth chart alone. In fact, you would think that something would be going on with regards to home and property during Ketu-Moon, given there placement in the 4५ house. And there was. They purchased a home together during this time as well. But now here is the caveat. The birth time of 10:22 AM, which came from her birth certificate, gives 10 degrees, 4 minutes of Cancer as the Ascendant. This, in turn, gives a Libra navamsha lagna, which puts the Moon and Ketu in the 7" house of this divisional chart. If the birth time had been recorded as 10:21AM —just a minute earlier—the navamsha lagna would change to Virgo and Ketu-Mars would not show marriage at all. One can see from this that the divisional charts of Jyotisha can be very sensitive to even minute inaccuracies in the birth time, especially the lagnas of these vargas. The problem in using them is that you can never just assume that a given birth time will give an accurate set of divisional charts. However, --- ## Page 6 it is precisely because they are sensitive to small variations in the birth time that they can be used to help rectify the time based on life events, as shall see later. --- ## Page 7

If you understand the basic astronomy of an astrological birth chart then you realize that each constellation of the Zodiac takes about two hours to rise up over the local horizon. This means that anyone born within that two-hour period at the same locale will have very similar birth charts. Those skeptical of astrology will invariably bring up the issue of twins, who are always born within minutes of each other at the same place. Their horoscopes then are usually even more identical, yet they often live very different lives. This would appear to disprove the basic astrological premise that a person’s birth chart reflects their unique destiny based on their past life karma. Western astrology in my experience has no satisfactory answer to this charge and no methodology for differentiating the fate of twins or others born very nearly at the same time and place. Jyotisha does, and the answer lies in the divisional charts. Even twins are born a few minutes of a part, and as we saw in the example above, it gives rise to different sets of divisional charts that can then be used to differentiate their karma. I was once challenged by a psychiatrist friend of mine to do exactly this. See the chart of her patient below. foal Padani Patint 1111111} This person has a twin sister that was born thirteen minutes after her, which means that the only real difference in their birth charts is that her degree of ascendant is 14-53 Cancer while that of her twin is 17-25. The lagna lord, Moon, planetary indicator of moods and the emotions, goes into --- ## Page 8 the 8 house in Saturn’s sign, with Saturn and aspected by Mars. It shows the potential for mental/emotional disorders, particularly depression. However, as you can see below, the difference in the birth times gives a different navamsha lagna. | 17 ॥ कै Fal Pachin Paint 1९410475 |) --- ## Page 9 Tem oak i DALE} .1.1॥| ATE |, Based on the difference in their navamsha (which can be used to see all indications not just marriage), I was able to tell my friend which of these charts was her patient’s. The twin with the Scorpio navamsha lagna, where the 1* lord Mars again comes under the influence of Saturn suffers from depression and periodic psychotic episodes, while the one with Sagittarius navamsha lagna, with the lagna lord Jupiter is in its own 1% house and moolatrikona sign, does not. The Sixteen Vargas of Parashara Whereas the whole idea of divisional charts seems complicated at first, it’s really very simple. The basis of these charts is the division of a sign (30 degrees) by different numbers. * 30 degrees divided by 1—gives the birth chart or rashi, referred to as * 30 degrees divided by 2—gives two equal parts of 15 degrees each, known as the hora and referred to as D-2 * 30 degrees divided by 3—gives three equal parts of 10 degrees each, known as the drekkana and referred to as D-3 * 30 degrees divided by 4—gives four equal parts of 7 and a half degrees --- ## Page 10 each, known as the chaturthamsha and referred to as D-4 Theoretically, one could go on dividing the 30 degrees of a sign ad infinitum, but Jyotisha stops at the 60" division, equal to just one half degree, known as the shastyamsha (D-60). However, Parashara refers to just 16 divisions in the Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, though other works reference additional ones as well.

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It should be very clearly understood that the sign placement of planets in these divisional charts are all mathematical derivations of their position in the birth chart. They are not based on astronomical factors per se, as in the birth chart. This is true also of the lagnas for each of these charts, which are likewise derived from the exact degrees and minutes of the birth ascendant. Take for example, the navamsha, which is considered the most important divisional chart. Navamsha means literally, “the 9" division” and so when a sign, which is 30 degrees, is divided by nine, it yields nine distinct divisions of 3 degrees, 20 minutes each, as follows: [ऋ 00-00 t0 3-20 | | navamsha) 3-20 10 6-40 | [ऋ 6-40 to 10-00 | | 4५ navamsha 10-00 to 13-20 | 5५ navamsha | 13-20 to 16-40 | 6" navamsha | 16-40 to 20-00 | 7% navamsha | 20-00 to 23-20 | 8५ navamsha | 23-20 10 26-40 | 9" navamsha | 26-40 to 30-00 Seeing where a planet in the birth chart will be placed in the navamsha chart is a simple two-part process. 1 Step: First identify the exact degrees and minutes of a planet’s placement in the birth chart and see into which of the nine divisions it falls. For example: --- ## Page 12 ० Any planet in any sign that falls between 00-00 to 3-20 can be said to be in the 1% navamsha. ० Any planet in any sign that falls between 26-40 and 30-00 can be said to be in the 9५ navamsha. 2" Step: Based on the element of the sign (fire, earth, air, water) in which the planet is placed in the birth chart, begin counting as follows: If the planet in the birth chart is in a fire sign (Aries, Leo Sagittarius), the counting will always be from the moveable fire sign, Aries. * If the planet in the birth chart is an earth sign (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn), the counting will always be from the moveable earth sign, Capricorn. * If the planet in the birth chart is an air sign (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius), the counting will always be from the moveable air sign, Libra. If the planet in the birth chart is a water sign (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces), the counting will always be from the moveable water sign, Cancer. --- ## Page 13 Consider the birth chart of actress and former Charlie’s Angel, Farah Fawcett. [Farah Fawcett Send iNg L210 “11.1.14. * The degree of her lagna is 11-54 of Gemini. This puts it in the 4" navamsha of this sign. Since Gemini is an air sign, the counting will start from Libra, the moveable sign of that element. Counting 4 signs from Libra inclusively gives a Capricorn navamsha lagna. * Her Sun at 20-05 of Capricorn falls in the 7" navamsha. Since it falls in the earth sign Capricorn, the counting will start from this sign since it is the moveable sign of that element. Counting 7 signs from Capricorn inclusively puts her Sun in the sign Cancer in the navamsha. * Her Moon at 11-31 of Gemini falls in the 4® navamsha. Counting four signs inclusively from the moveable air sign Libra, gives a navamsha position of Capricorn. * Her Mars at 13-20 of Capricorn falls just barely in the 5% navamsha. Counting five signs inclusively from the moveable earth sign Capricorn puts Mars in Taurus in the navamsha. ° Her Mercury at 27-40 of Capricorn falls into the 9" navamsha. --- ## Page 14 Counting nine signs inclusively from the moveable earth sign Capricorn puts Mercury in its exaltation sign, Virgo, in the navamsha. ° Her Jupiter at 2-06 of Scorpio falls in the 1* navamsha. Counting one sign inclusively from the moveable water sign, Cancer puts Jupiter in its exaltation sign Cancer in the navamsha. » Her Venus at 3-20 of Sagittarius is just barely in the 2° navamsha. Counting two signs inclusively from the moveable fire sign, Aries, put Venus in its own sign Taurus in the navamsha. * Her Saturn at 11-42 of Cancer is in the 4" navamsha. Counting four signs inclusively from the moveable water sign Cancer puts Saturn in its exaltation sign Libra in the navamsha. * Her Rahu at 15-17 of Taurus falls in the 5™ navamsha. Counting five signs inclusively from the moveable earth sign, Capricorn, puts Rahu again in Taurus in the navamsha, making it an exalted vargottama planet. * Her Ketu at 15-17 of Scorpio falls in the 5५ navamsha. Counting five signs inclusively from the moveable earth sign, Capricorn, puts Rahu again in Scorpio in the navamsha, making it an exalted vargottama planet. Did anything strike you as you read about these calculations and planetary placements for Farah Fawcett’s navamsha? --- ## Page 15 Five out of nine of her grahas get exalted in the navamsha! Additionally, Venus is also well placed in its own sign as the yogakaraka planet for Capricorn ascendant. Particularly noteworthy is placement of the lagna lord Saturn in its exaltation sign Libra in the 10" house, disposited by Venus in its own sign in the 5" house. The whole Charlie’s Angels phenomenon that catapulted her to stardom occurred in Saturn-Mercury. These two combine to form a superior raja yoga in the birth chart and are both exalted and well placed in the navamsha. An Emmy nomination and more legitimate claims to acting ability came in Saturn-Venus for her performance in the TV movie, The Burning Bed. --- ## Page 16 Like the navamsha, all of the other divisional charts are derived from a set of mathematical principles that it behooves every serious student of Jyotisha to learn at some point. However, for the purpose of this intermediate course, only the navamsha is being taught. Fortunately for modern-day students, astrological software programs give all these vargas in an instant.

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to be in the 9५ navamsha. 2" Step: Based on the element of the sign (fire, earth, air, water) in which the planet is placed in the birth chart, begin counting as follows: If the planet in the birth chart is in a fire sign (Aries, Leo Sagittarius), the counting will always be from the moveable fire sign, Aries. * If the planet in the birth chart is an earth sign (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn), the counting will always be from the moveable earth sign, Capricorn. * If the planet in the birth chart is an air sign (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius), the counting will always be from the moveable air sign, Libra. If the planet in the birth chart is a water sign (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces), the counting will always be from the moveable water sign, Cancer. --- ## Page 13 Consider the birth chart of actress and former Charlie’s Angel, Farah Fawcett. [Farah Fawcett Send iNg L210 “11.1.14. * The degree of her lagna is 11-54 of Gemini. This puts it in the 4" navamsha of this sign. Since Gemini is an air sign, the counting will start from Libra, the moveable sign of that element. Counting 4 signs from Libra inclusively gives a Capricorn navamsha lagna. * Her Sun at 20-05 of Capricorn falls in the 7" navamsha. Since it falls in the earth sign Capricorn, the counting will start from this sign since it is the moveable sign of that element. Counting 7 signs from Capricorn inclusively puts her Sun in the sign Cancer in the navamsha. * Her Moon at 11-31 of Gemini falls in the 4® navamsha. Counting four signs inclusively from the moveable air sign Libra, gives a navamsha position of Capricorn. * Her Mars at 13-20 of Capricorn falls just barely in the 5% navamsha. Counting five signs inclusively from the moveable earth sign Capricorn puts Mars in Taurus in the navamsha. ° Her Mercury at 27-40 of Capricorn falls into the 9" navamsha. --- ## Page 14 Counting nine signs inclusively from the moveable earth sign Capricorn puts Mercury in its exaltation sign, Virgo, in the navamsha. ° Her Jupiter at 2-06 of Scorpio falls in the 1* navamsha. Counting one sign inclusively from the moveable water sign, Cancer puts Jupiter in its exaltation sign Cancer in the navamsha. » Her Venus at 3-20 of Sagittarius is just barely in the 2° navamsha. Counting two signs inclusively from the moveable fire sign, Aries, put Venus in its own sign Taurus in the navamsha. * Her Saturn at 11-42 of Cancer is in the 4" navamsha. Counting four signs inclusively from the moveable water sign Cancer puts Saturn in its exaltation sign Libra in the navamsha. * Her Rahu at 15-17 of Taurus falls in the 5™ navamsha. Counting five signs inclusively from the moveable earth sign, Capricorn, puts Rahu again in Taurus in the navamsha, making it an exalted vargottama planet. * Her Ketu at 15-17 of Scorpio falls in the 5५ navamsha. Counting five signs inclusively from the moveable earth sign, Capricorn, puts Rahu again in Scorpio in the navamsha, making it an exalted vargottama planet. Did anything strike you as you read about these calculations and planetary placements for Farah Fawcett’s navamsha? --- ## Page 15 Five out of nine of her grahas get exalted in the navamsha! Additionally, Venus is also well placed in its own sign as the yogakaraka planet for Capricorn ascendant. Particularly noteworthy is placement of the lagna lord Saturn in its exaltation sign Libra in the 10" house, disposited by Venus in its own sign in the 5" house. The whole Charlie’s Angels phenomenon that catapulted her to stardom occurred in Saturn-Mercury. These two combine to form a superior raja yoga in the birth chart and are both exalted and well placed in the navamsha. An Emmy nomination and more legitimate claims to acting ability came in Saturn-Venus for her performance in the TV movie, The Burning Bed. --- ## Page 16 Like the navamsha, all of the other divisional charts are derived from a set of mathematical principles that it behooves every serious student of Jyotisha to learn at some point. However, for the purpose of this intermediate course, only the navamsha is being taught. Fortunately for modern-day students, astrological software programs give all these vargas in an instant.

Students should clearly understand that the more subtle the division chart, the more sensitive it 15 to even minor inaccuracies in the birth time. This is particularly true for the lagna of each divisional chart, since it is based on the most personal and rapidly changing aspect of a birth chart—the exact degree of the ascendant. Since the navamsha is the most important divisional chart, I will again use it to illustrate this point. It takes approximately two hours for a whole sign of the Zodiac to “ascend” over the horizon line. This means that every degree of a sign is equal to about four minutes of clock time. Since each navamsha is 3 degree, 20 minutes, a different navamsha will appear on the horizon very 13 plus minutes or 30. If a person’s birth time gives a degree of the birth ascendant that is on the “edge” of a particular navamsha, then even a minute or two of inaccuracy will change the navamsha lagna and therefore give a whole different patterning to this varga. Return to the birth chart of Farah Fawcett and see that her degree of ascendant at birth was 11-54 of Gemini. We saw that this falls in the 4" navamsha, which runs from 10-00 to 13-20, and gives her a Capricorn navamsha lagna. Had she been born a mere six minutes or so later, the degree of her birth ascendant would have advanced past 13-20, putting it in the 5% navamsha and giving her an Aquarius, not Capricorn lagna in this divisional chart. And say, for example, someone was using a birth time that gave 10-5 as the degree of ascendant. If they were actually born just a minute earlier, the navamsha lagna would shift back one, since this is right on the edge. (The 4" navamsha runs from 10-00 to 13-20, while the 3 navamsha is from 6-40 to 10-00 of any sign) Due to the relative imprecision with which birth times are recorded, even in hospitals, this is a huge problem in Jyotisha. One can never just assume that a time given from a person, even if it comes from a birth certificate, is accurate enough to give a “true” set of divisional charts. Broader divisions --- ## Page 17 such as the drekkana (comprised of three divisions of 10 degrees each) usually are not a problem, but finer ones like the navamsha and especially those even higher must be verified through life events before they are accepted and predictions made based on them.

Though Parashara gives these 16 divisions in the Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, in practice, they are not all widely used. This is partly due to problem of inaccurate birth times referred to above, but also it appears that some of the knowledge has been lost, or resides only in the oral tradition. In no book, ancient or modern, have I seen an illustration of how the Hora should be used to judge wealth, or even any reference to divisions such as D-40 or D-45. D- 60 or the shastyamsha, the finest division given here and equating to just two minutes of clock time, is said to be particularly useful for differentiating the separate destinies of twins. Yet even then the recorded times would need to be very precise for this varga to be reliable that way. Parashara also sub-divides these 16 divisions into four groups, and assigns a relative value to each varga within these classifications, equaling a total of 20 units in every instance. This is known as Vimshopaka Bala, or “twenty point strength.”

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| 1. Rashi | 5 | | 2. Hora | 2 | | 3. Drekkana | 3 | | 4. Saptamsha | 2.5 5. Navamsha 4.5 | 6. Dwadashamsha 2 | | 7. Trimshamsha | 1 | ८

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| ren | 5 | 2. Hora | 1.5 | 3. Drekkana | 1.5 | 4. Saptamsa | 1.5 5. Navamsha | 6. Dashamsha | - 7. Dwadashamsha 1. 8. Shodashamsha | 1.5 9. Trimshamsha 1.5 | 10. Shashtyamsha | 5 |

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| 1. Rashi | 3.5 | 2. Hora | 1 | | 3. Drekkana | 1 | | 4. Chaturshamsha | 0.5 5. Saptamsha | 05 | 6. Navamsha | 3 | | 7. Dashamsha | 0.5 | 8. Dwadashamsha | 0.5 | 9. Shodashamsha | 2 | | 10. Vimshamsha | 05 | 11. Siddhamsha | 05 12. Bhamsha | 13. Trimshamsha | 1 ¶ 14. Khavedamsha | 15. Akshavedamsha ह | 16. Shashtyamsha | 4 |

--- ## Page 21 The student might well ask at this point, “Yes, but what is one to do with any of this?” The answer to that question brings us to the first and most fundamental way in which divisional charts are utilized in Jyotisha. --- ## Page 22 The Most Basic Use of Divisional Charts—Seeing a Planet’s Strength One of the first things we learn as beginning students of Jyoftisha is the different “happy” and “unhappy” conditions of planets, known as planetary “dignities.” We learn that when a planet is “exalted” is tends to give stronger and more favorable results, versus when it is “debilitated,” in which case it is more likely to give weaker and less favorable results (with some notable exceptions). However, the next step is to understand that this condition in the birth chart is not the whole story, and in one sense is more just the outward appearance of the planet. The planet’s dignities in different vargas, particularly the navamsha, provide vital clues as to how strongly and favorably a planet will be able to give its results in its periods and sub- periods. This underlying picture sometimes gives a completely different view that what the birth chart suggests, in which case, the astrological interpretation needs to be adjusted. We saw in the case of Farah Fawcett that she enjoyed tremendous career success and became very famous in her Saturn-Mercury period. However, neither is in a particularly remarkable condition in her birth chart. Saturn’s dignity is that of a neutral, and Mercury is actually in the sign of an enemy. But as we saw, both of these planets fall in their exaltation sign in the navamsha. See below the chart of Hollywood movie star, Demi Moore, and focus in on her Mars. --- ## Page 23 DemiM oom Sa | 1 A142 | ELE 1.11... । You will notice that her 10" lord Mars is debilitated in the 6" house Cancer. Yet it is a matter of record that she first came to stardom as a member of Hollywood’s “Brat Pack” during her Mars major period, which ran from 1981- 1988. The reason this apparently weak 10" lord Mars can bring such a strong result lies partly in the special exception it falls under and the cancellation of its debility caused by the exchange of signs with the Moon. However, another major contributing factor is its placement in the navamsha. --- ## Page 24 Here we find that Mars goes into its exaltation sign, Capricorn. This is a woman that biked 70 miles the day before she gave birth to her first child, not to mention her role as “G.I. Jane.” Hers is not a weak Mars! Enormously popular fiction writer, Stephen King, first came to fame as an author in his Venus period. In his birth chart it falls in its debilitation sign, Virgo Stephen King 0140147 (णा [Tegra 1 Like we saw in the case of Demi Moore, the debilitation of this Venus gets cancelled, this time due to being with the sign lord, Mercury. But also see the position of Venus in the navamsha. It goes into its exaltation sign, Pisces. --- ## Page 25 These three examples illustrate why it is said that a planet gives its effect more certainly according to its navamsha position than its rashi position. They also show why there is a saying in South India that “interpretation of a birth chart without the use of the navamsha is an abortion.” This is strong language, but it is meant to reinforce a very important point. Of course, when a planet is well placed in both, it can give truly good effects. Popa Jol Paull 00111711 1111१131 --- ## Page 26 Jupiter, the planet of religiosity, is exalted in Cancer in the chart of Pope John Paul II. But then see that it also goes into its moolatrikona sign, Sagittarius, in the navamsha. The combined condition of Jupiter in the birth chart and navamsha makes this planet of religion very strong and favorable in his chart, especially since it is also completely without the blemish of malefic influence and its dispositor, the Moon, also falls in its exaltation sign. Hillary Clinton’s Venus brought her to the White House as First Lady and chief advisor to her husband. Mostly recently it has given her a Senate seat. It may raise her still higher, due to the raja yoga it forms with Mercury in its own sign Libra, with the Venus-Mercury period still to come. This prediction becomes even sounder when you see the condition of both of these planets in her navamsha. --- ## Page 27 11८ पाए;

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At a minimum every planet’s dignity in the birth chart must also be seen and crosschecked against it dignity in the navamsha as well.

* Does a planet’s dignity improve in the navamsha? In which case, it can give stronger and better results in its periods and sub-periods than the --- ## Page 28 birth chart might suggest. e Does a planet’s dignity deteriorate in the navamsha? In which case, its results may not be as strong or favorable as the birth charts suggests. oe Is a planet in a good condition in both the birth chart and the navamsha? In which case, it can give especially strong and favorable results. Any yoga that this planet is configured in will give their results powerfully. ° Is a planet in a bad condition in both the birth chart and the navamsha? In which case, it may give especially weak or unfavorable results. Any yoga that this planet is configured in may give their results only weakly or hardly at all. (Note: In the case of a vargottama debilitated planet, my experience is that it does not make a planet even more debilitated, but enables it to have some strength. Still, it is nothing like a normal vargottama planet).

And why is planetary strength such an important consideration? Simply stated, without assessing this factor, one will never be able to judge correctly to what degree the various planetary yogas in a chart will actually give their promised results in their periods and sub-periods. Parashara explicitly instructs us on this point, though it is easy to overlook. After the chapters in the Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra on planetary combinations that give position (raja yogas) and wealth (dhana yogas), the Sage makes the following important qualifying statement: “The yogas mentioned above should be delineated only after knowing the favorable or unfavorable dispositions of the participant planets and their strength and weakness.”

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--- ## Page 29 Significantly, what follows in the next 16 verses is a discussion of the auspicious results that occur when angle and trine lords obtain a number of good dignities in the divisional charts. From this sequencing, it would appear that the Sage is telling us to evaluate the real results that a raja and dhana yoga can give based in part on the participant planets falling in “good divisions.”

* First the Sage tells us the planetary combinations that will give fame and fortune. Most of these involve the lords of angles and trines. ° Then he implies that the degree of fame and fortune will depend on how strong these angle and trine lords are. * He then suggests that this strength should be measured by how many “good divisions” these angle and trine lords obtain in the divisional charts. In an earlier chapter Parashara defines “good divisions” as placement in: 1. Exaltation sign 2. Moolatrikona sign 3. Own sign However, it is worth noting at this point that in another primary text, Phaladeepika, the author, Mantreshwara, gives a more liberal interpretation that includes “friend’s sign” as a “good division,” Other Sanskrit classics support this view as well, such that for our purposes here, “Great Friend” and “Friend” classifications should be added to our list of “good divisions.” The Relative Importance of Different Divisions Earlier when looking at Parashara’s sub-groupings of the divisional charts, I showed the relative value he assigns to each in a particular group, totaling 20 points in each instance. Now see this again in a comparison format, focusing in on those highlighted by the bolded print. --- ## Page 30 | Division | Division | 6 6 piv] 7 7 piv] 100i] 10 piv] 16 16 Div. Rashi | « | | 5 | 3 3.5 D-1 | ४ Hora | 2 ¬ 2 AN 1.5 iE 1 Drekkana D-3 os Navamsha | $ aE iE aE ~ Dwadashamsha D-1

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D-7 Dashamsha | - | | - | 1.5 0.5 D-10 Shodashamsha | - | | - | 1.5 2 D-16 Shastyamsha | - | | - | 5 | + | D-60 Chaturthamsha Vimshamsha | - | | - | | - | D-20 EERE --- ## Page 31 = Bhamsha | - | | - | | - | 0.5 Khavedamsha | - | | - | | - | 0.5 Akshvedamsha | - | | - | | - | 0.5 | ण्ण | > | 2 | 2 | 2 | Looking at this table, it is obvious that four divisions standout as having the greatest relative value—the rashi (D-1), the navamsha (D-9), the shastyamsha (D-60), and to a lesser extent the drekkana (D-3). Of particular note is the importance given to the subtlest division, D-60, in the larger groups of 10 and 16. It is assigned more relative value that either the rashi or navamsha. Any consideration of using this subtle division raises the troubling question of whether most recorded birth times are accurate enough to give reliable planetary placements in D-60. In most instances this actually won’t be a problem with respect to the sign placement of the planets in this division. It is the lagna of this chart that will be very unreliable. When a planet is right on the “edge” of a shastyamsha, I recommend double checking by asking the question “Does a few minutes difference on either side of the birth time change a planet’s position in this division?” If so, then the planet’s true D-60 position is a question mark. (Note: Correct planetary placement in the divisional charts, particularly subtle ones like D-60, is completely dependent on a correct ayanamsha value. The vast majority of jyotishis use chitra paksha ayanamsha, better known as Lahiri.) There is also the problem of the hora, or D-2. Since planets in this division can only be in either Leo or Cancer, only the Sun and the Moon can achieve “own sign” status, only the Jupiter can be in exaltation, while only Mars can be debilitated. However, in this case the Sage Parashara does appear to explain himself. Verses13-16 in chapter 7 of Santhanam’s translation reads: “Jupiter, the Sun, and Mars give pronounced effect in the hora of the Sun. The Moon, Venus and Saturn do so when in Moon’s hora. Mercury is --- ## Page 32 effective in both horas. This would suggest that rather than using the normal methods for seeing planetary dignity, these guidelines should be applied when seeing the strength of a planet in the hora. So what conclusions can be drawn from all the above? First, that a planet gains potency when it falls in exaltation, moolatrikona, own sign, great friend’s sign, or friend’s sign in the divisional charts, and secondarily that a planet gains particular potency when it achieves these good placements in the rashi, drekkana, navamsha, and shastyamsha.

The chart of former U.S. President, Bill Clinton, provides a perfect illustration of this idea of a planet getting strength from repeated placement in good divisions The Sun is the karaka, or natural indicator of power, authority, kingship, and charisma. In Clinton’s chart it placed in its own sign Leo, and falls in 5" house of rajya, or “the authority to rule” from the Moon. It is also an exalted 5% lord in the navamsha, involved in spectacular, multiple raja-yogas in the 1* house. These two placements alone make it incredibly strong. Bill णा | 74. प्राणिज़ काव --- ## Page 33 But now see his Sun’s placement in the complete dasa varga (10 division) scheme. es Division [se | | Sim || कषण | Dignity | 0:2 to ps] 1 ०१ te | mn 9 | Aries | Exalted | | D-10 Leo | Own | | D-12 Virgo | Friend | | D-16 Virgo | Friend | | D-30 Aries | Exalted | [|] --- ## Page 34 | 760 copricom| Great Enemy | Capricom] Capricor| Great Enemy Great Enemy | Conservatively, the Sun obtains 7 good divisions. Mantreswara’s more liberal interpretation would give 9 out of 10 good divisions. This is one of the reasons that he became the most politically powerful man in the world, quite literally a “king among kings.” But now see an example of a planet giving power of a different kind — the spiritual variety—in the chart of Paramahamsa Ramakrishna, one of the greatest Indian saints of the previous century. दला एदा shana |||. (4111: “4/1 lis 2 1 1, 1..11| 1 Saturn is his lagna lord and is exalted in the 9" house of spirituality. This alone gives an exceptional spirituality. Its dispositor Venus is also exalted, further enhancing its ability to give spiritual experience. However, the results that Saturn can give become “out of this world” when we see its placement in all 16 divisions. ms Division | | अण | | Dignity | | D-1 | Libra | Exalted | | 02 | | Great Enemy | | D-3 | Aquarius | Moolatrikona I | --- ## Page 35 = D-4 | Capricom| Capricorn | om | Own | | D-7 | Capricorn | Own | | bo | Aquarius | Moolatrikona | D-10 Aquarius | Moolatrikona | D-12 Pisces | Enemy | D-16 Scorpio | Great Enemy | ०७ 20 ०५ ० ०७ ०.७ pas ow D-24 | Gemini | Great Enemy D-27 | Libra | Exalted

D-40 | Libra | Exalted D-45 | Sagittarius Friend

This is a truly extraordinary picture. Saturn falls into its exaltation, moolatrikona or own sign in 10 of the 16 divisions. Note that these include the four most significant ones —rashi, drekkana, navamsha, and shastyamsha.

iil If we also include those divisions in which Saturn falls in a friend’s sign, then this planet obtains “good divisions” in 11 out of 16 vargas. It is said that Paramahamsa Ramakrishna obtained God-Realization in his Saturn dasha.

Bill Gates, Michael Jordan, Queen Elizabeth II and Marlon Brando all have something in common, other than great fame and fortune. They also share the fact that their Venus dasha brought them to the highest pinnacle of professional and financial success in their sphere of life. --- ## Page 36 From the standpoint of Jyotisha, the reason is that Venus in every one of their charts is configured in significant raja and dhana yogas. But that is only half of the story. According to Parashara’s admonishment quoted above, this result would also depend on the over-all good disposition and strength of these planets. Since the results were, indeed, spectacular, it is instructive to look at the placement of Venus in their divisional charts, per Parashara’s recommendation. Before doing this however, see Venus in each of their charts and the yogas it participates in. King Midas I’ve written in detail about the unbelievable wealth-giving capacity of Bill Gates’ Venus dasha in my article “The Midas Touch.”

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BillGates 710 1/१.1.711| Venus is the 5५ lord in its own house in his chart and the best planet for his Gemini lagna. It combines in a special type of dhana yoga with an exalted 9" lord Saturn, referred to as Lakshmi yoga, after the Vedic goddess of wealth. The 3 lord Sun is also with these planets but not close enough to cause combustion. From the Moon, Venus is involved in a rare Adhi Yoga, notable for the strength of the planets involved. From the Moon, the combination of Venus, Saturn, and the Sun is the best possible vipareeta raja yoga. Gates began the Venus dasha in 1982 and his personal net worth is now estimated at around 60 billion. He is the richest man in the world.

--- ## Page 37 If there is such a thing as a maha-celebrity, it’s Michael Jordan. He’s a sports super-hero, cultural icon, marketing phenomenon, and legend in his own time. After leading the Chicago Bulls to six championships he retired in 1998 after a perfectly scripted buzzer-beating shot in the NBA finals against the Utah Jazz. Jordan’s career has been spectacular ever since his freshman year at North Carolina, but it was not until he moved into his Venus dasha that he started winning NBA championships. ‰११२०॥ AM heal एप्त ता LOE |p ga Era, 5 Y His Venus is the 2™ and 7% lord in the 9" house of bhagya, giving both raja and dhana yoga. It is completely without blemish. Its dispositor Jupiter goes into the 11" house with the Sun, giving both raja and dhana yoga. From the Moon it falls in the 2" house emphasizing wealth again, and from the Sun it is the yogakaraka planet in the 11५ house of gains, awards, recognition, and fulfillment of desires —like championships.

Her lagna is controversial since the official birth data, April 21, 1926 London (00W10 51N30) at 2:40 AM, gives very late degree Sagittarius. But this lagna does not give the chart of an enormously wealthy Queen with --- ## Page 38 multiple palaces, who came to the throne and birthed all her children in the Venus dasha. But if you increase the birth time just a few minutes (which is what my jyotisha-guru, KN. Rao recommended) to give very early degree Capricorn, the chart fits the life. 1 नटा चण्डाया 1111 1.1..1/1 11 14 (रं ZN Venus then becomes yogakaraka, ruling the 10™ house of position and the 5" house of children. It goes into the 2" house of wealth and is completely without afflictions. She became Queen in Venus-Mars, with Mars at its exact highest point of exaltation.

In his Oscar-winning role in the movie On the Waterfront, Marlon Brando immortalized the plaintiff, poignant cry “I could have been a contender!” Little did he know at the time that he would become a contender for the title of the greatest Hollywood actor of all time. Brando began his acting career at age 19 when he first moved into his Venus dasha. By the time it was over, he was already a movie legend. --- ## Page 39

॥ £63 4 Zi His Venus is configured in a beautiful Malavya yoga as the lord of the 7% in its own sign Taurus. Its mutual aspect with the 5" lord Jupiter gives a raja yoga. Note that this Venus is also the 3™ lord of the dramatic arts from the Moon, in mutual aspect with the 1४ and 10" lord Jupiter, and is totally without malefic influence. In all four of these charts, we saw that Venus is very well disposed and blemish free Venus also participates in powerful raja and dhana yogas and is well dignified, falling in own sign for Gates, a friend’s sign for Jordan, a great friend’s sign for the Queen, and own sign for Brando. But what happens to Venus in the divisions? The following table gives the sign placements in the dasa varga scheme (10 divisions). BEETS Varga | Gates | Jordan | re | ००९० | Brando | | D-1 | Libra | Sagittarius Aquarius Taurus | | D-2 | Cancer Cancer | Cancer | Cancer | | D-3 | Gemini | Libra | Taurus | |. |... |... |... | --- ## Page 40 Een D-7 | Aries | Aries | Aries | Aries | Gemini | Gemini | Sagittarius] Sagittarius | bo | Gemini Virgo | Aries | Aquarius | | D-10 | Gemini Gemini | Virgo | Pisces | | D-12 | Leo | Cancer | Libra | Cancer | | D-16 | Gemini Libra | Cancer | Scorpio | | D-30 | Libra | Gemini | Gemini | Virgo | | | 760 60 | Pisces | Pisces | | Taurus | This data does support Parashara’s principle, but not in the dramatic fashion that we saw in the case of Bill Clinton’s Sun and Paramahamsa Ramakrishna’s Saturn. Venus achieves two or more good divisions in each of their charts. And it is interesting to note that each of them obtain at least one good placement in the four most important divisions. The exaltation of Venus in the shastyamsha of both Bill Gates and Michael Jordan seems particularly noteworthy. The results of this analysis do not seem that exceptional when you consider the magnitude of the karma the Venus dasha delivered to each of these people. However, see what happens when we include Mantreswara’s more liberal interpretation and Parashara’s separate guidelines for hora.

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60 Applying the additional definitions makes a very dramatic difference. His Venus now obtains 7 good divisions out of the 10.

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By this reckoning Venus obtains good divisions in 5 of 10.

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Gives a total of 5 good divisions.

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60 By this calculation Marlon Brando’s Venus obtains 8 good divisions.

Now see the chart of a psychiatric patient who has struggled throughout most of her adult life with suicidal depression. Js Asi Vers ers (दीनता Patent Emo था Mowe | Sars --- ## Page 45 Her Venus rules the 9५ trine and is conjunct with the 1* and 10" lord Mercury in the 1* house, giving the best raja yoga for her Virgo lagna. She too ran the Venus dasha in the prime of her life. With respect to these criteria then, this Venus is like those of our world famous celebrities —but with two very critical differences per Parashara’s admonishment. Hers is both ill disposed and comparatively weak. Note that her lagna and lagna lord, as well as all the natural benefics are in the vise grip of a highly malefic papa-katari yoga. The 8" lord Mars and the 12" lord Sun are on one side, and Rahu is on the other. This greatly curtails the good effects of the benefic yogas formed by these planets in the 1° house. Plus, all yogas must be seen in the context of the whole chart, as well as from Chandra lagna. In this case her terribly afflicted Moon—debilitated, conjunct the 6" lord Saturn and aspected by a highly malefic 8" lord Mars — tells the story of her chronic mood disorder. Nor does her Venus have that much strength based on its placement in the divisions. Using our strict definition it does obtain two good divisions, but is mostly poorly placed in the ones that matter most. Her Venus is debilitated in the rashi (with some cancellation), is in the sign of a great enemy in the navamsha, and in an enemy’s sign in the shastyamsha. It does fall into its own sign in the drekkana, and therefore has some strength. And her Venus dasha did give some raja/dhana yoga effects. Under the constant care of an extremely competent and very supportive psychiatrist, she earned her undergraduate degree while in long-term employment with a medical device company (Virgo!). She also received a series of promotions and pay increases. The peak of this came in Venus-Mercury, just as Jyotisha would predict. {== । = Dignity Good Comment Div.?

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This gives 3 good divisions maximum, but her Venus also falls in 5 divisions in which it is either debilitated, or in the sign of an enemy. So we can readily see the contrast. 1

The main point I wish students to take away from these illustrations is that in assessing the power of a planet to gives results in its periods and sub- periods, its position in the navamsha must always be seen at a minimum. It is better still to do a full dasa varga analysis, which can be done very quickly and easily, given the useful summarizing tables found in today’s computer programs.

Earlier in this lesson I quoted my teacher’s remark that “without the use of the divisional charts, astrology becomes a rather crude affair.” Why? The --- ## Page 47 answer is partly what we have already seen. Two people born at nearly the same time and place may have virtually identical birth charts, and without the divisional charts there is no real way to differentiate their life experience. However, the other reason is that all areas and aspects of a person’s life happen concurrently. An individual may be running the major period of a planet in his 7" house, emphasizing relationships, but, of course, at the same time he or she is likely to be having a career, children, parental and sibling relationships, hobbies, a home, friends, and so forth. At any one time, one area of our life may be going very well, but another area may be falling apart. We may have just received a job promotion, but also have a father in the hospital dying of cancer. This is the common experience of life, and to expect to be able to astrologically “see” many different concurrent events based on just the placement of the major period and sub-period in the birth chart would be asking a lot. Fortunately, this is not the case with this highly sophisticated form of astrology. In Jyotisha, this is exactly why the divisional charts exist, and the purpose for which they are most used. With them, an astrologer can assess what a particular period and sub-period might bring in a specific area of a person’s life. They are a very brilliant, intricate and breath-taking feature of this science, and also one of its more frustrating, since rarely is a given birth time accurate enough to give a complete set of accurate divisional charts. However, as we shall see, they can also be used to rectify the birth time.

Among modern exponents of the use of divisional charts in Jyotisha, the work of H.R. Seshadri Iyer stands out. These are given in his book New Techniques of Prediction (Volume Two). For a full discussion of these, students are referred to this work. The following are what I consider to be some of the most important principles given there, which I have summarized based on my own understanding. * Begin by realizing that a particular divisional chart is an additional and more detailed view of a particular area of life indicated in a more general way by one of the houses of the birth chart. For example, whereas all factors influencing the 7" house/7™ lord of a birth chart provide clues as to the person’s experience in spousal relationships, the navamsha (D-9) supplements that view and provides more detail, particularly with respect to timing of events. --- ## Page 48 In analyzing divisional charts, all the general elements of interpretation, such as planetary dignities (exaltation, own sign, etc.), aspects, hemming, directional strength, exchanges, yogas, and so forth should be applied. * Dashas will show timing—what a particular period and sub-period is likely to bring in so far as the area of life to which the divisional chart pertains i.e., saptamsha for experiences with children, dashamsha for career life and so forth. ° Iyer emphasizes that the most important and necessary condition for a planet to give beneficial effect in any divisional chart is its relative placement from the lagna in that divisional chart. Here the well-known classification of “good” and “bad” houses applies. Placement in an angle house (1, 4, 7, 10,) or a trine house (1, 5, 9) is preferred, while planets falling in 2 or 11 are more “neutral.” Placement in the dussthana houses (3, 6, 8, or 12) is not considered as desirable. Caution: Do not make a “dogma” of this statement but rather use it as a general guideline. ° Iyer suggests some exceptions to the above, which should become the focus for research and confirmation among students. Personally, I have found them to be true. 1. Mars in the 6" house will give beneficial effect 2. Mercury in the 8" house of the chaturthamsha (D-4) will be good * The magnitude of the effect is to be judged by the “strength” of the planet. The most powerful placements are: 1. Exaltation 2. Vargottama 3. Own Sign 4. Directional Strength

--- ## Page 49 understood with reference to the navamsha position of a planet only. Here Iyer means that whenever a planet occupies the same sign in any divisional chart that it occupies in the birth chart, it can give its results very powerfully with respect to the affairs of that division. * Iyer contends that a planet that is very combust or defeated in a planetary war will not give good results for a division even if it is strong and well placed there. Based on my own experience, I have some question about this principle. ° Neecha Bhanga or “cancellation of debility” and Neecha Bhanga Raja Yoga applies to planets in divisional charts as well. I have found this to be a very sound and reliable interpretive principle. * All the general yogas like Gaja Kesari and so forth should be seen in the divisional charts and their effects judged based on the strength of the planets involved. They will give their results with respect to the affairs of that division in the period and sub-period of the constituent planets. o Iyer contends that even if a planet is exalted, but falling in bad houses in a divisional chart, it will not bring beneficial effects to the affairs of that division. As we shall see in examples given later, I suggest a modification of this principle. * The effects of a planet in a divisional chart get modified based on its conjunction and aspect with other planets. Here the emphasis is on the natural benefics and malefics, not the functional ones. For example, the strong influence of Jupiter on a planet in a divisional chart will significantly enhance its ability to bring beneficial effects, even if it is placed in a “bad” house. Whereas Iyer gives many more principles for interpreting divisional charts, I consider these to be the most fundamental and appropriate for intermediate students to explore. ० One more important principle I’ve found working very well is that the period and sub-period of two planets closely connected in a divisional chart can prove highly significant for the affairs pertaining to that division, frequently timing major events, especially if they form --- ## Page 50 significant yogas. e Also, planets placed in or aspecting the lagna of a divisional chart can strongly bring significant events pertaining to that division in its period and sub-periods We will now apply these principles to a number of the divisional charts, using those of famous personalities as illustrations.

period and sub-period of two planets closely connected in a divisional chart can prove highly significant for the affairs pertaining to that division, frequently timing major events, especially if they form --- ## Page 50 significant yogas. e Also, planets placed in or aspecting the lagna of a divisional chart can strongly bring significant events pertaining to that division in its period and sub-periods We will now apply these principles to a number of the divisional charts, using those of famous personalities as illustrations.

In today’s world, the majority of people are pre-occupied with four major concerns in life—their spousal relationships, their children, and their career, which also relates to the other very major concern, finances. In my experience, questions in an astrological consultation often center on these common issues. In terms of the basic horoscope, spousal relationships are primarily related to the 7® house, children to the 5 house, and career to the 10" house, while finances primarily pertain to houses 2 and 11, though the trine houses, 1,5.9 (lakshmi-sthanas) are important for wealth and prosperity as well. However, in assessing these areas of a person’s life in detail, particularly with respect to timing, Sage Parashara has recommended to us the use of the navamsha (D-9) for spousal relationships, the saptamsha (D-7) for children, and the dashamsha (D-10) for career life. He also gives the hora for wealth, though I have yet to encounter any book or teacher who demonstrates how this division is to be used to see wealth potential.

Mathematically, this division is derived by dividing 30 degrees of a sign by 10, which gives 10 divisions of 3 degrees each. Once a planet’s position (or degree of the ascendant) is located within these 10 possible segments, the counting starts from the planets own position in the birth chart if it falls in an odd numbered sign, or 9" from its position if it falls in an even numbered sign. For example, a planet at 7 degrees of Aries falls in the 3™ dashamsha, and since Aries is an even numbered sign, it will go into Gemini in the dashamsha chart. If a planet in the birth chart were at 7 degrees of Taurus, it would again go into the 3" dashamsha, but since Taurus is an even sign, the counting --- ## Page 51 would start 9" from Taurus, which is Capricorn. Counting three from Capricorn puts it into Pisces in the dashamsha. This division is like unto the 10™ house of the birth chart and pertains to one’s status and achievements in the world —in other words—to one’s profession and career life.

When it comes to great success in a chosen line of endeavor one will rarely see a horoscope like that of tennis champion Chris Evert. In a stellar career than spanned 18 years she won 1, 309 matches including six U.S. Opens, seven French Opens and three Wimbledon titles. In 1985, even before she retired, the Woman’s Sports Federation named her the Greatest Woman Athlete of the previous 25 years. She burst upon the international tennis scene in the early 70’s and achieved top ranking for the first time in November of 1975. It was her Saturn-Venus period. From the standpoint of her birth chart alone, it is easy to see why this period proved so spectacular. Saturn in her chart is a yogakaraka planet, and goes into her 1* house Libra where it gets exalted. It combines with the lagna lord Venus, in its own sign, and with 10" lord Moon, forming incredibly powerful raja yogas. Kendra to these is an exalted Jupiter ruling the 3 houses of sports and the 6" house of competition, and falling in her 10" house of career. This Jupiter occupies a rare placement, just minutes applying to its highest point of exaltation, which is five degrees of Cancer. --- ## Page 52 Chess Evert. Tica | 1110111 11.41. 1.1.१1 111 It was during this period that her tennis pro father groomed her to be the champion that she later became in the following major period of Saturn, four degrees past its highest point of exaltation. Notice further that these two highly exalted planets in her chart are in each other’s nakshatras forming, a subtle exchange, or sookma parivarthana yoga. They work strongly together in her chart and help give each other’s results. The Saturn-Jupiter period in 1985 was the last time she achieved the #1 ranking. This first came in Saturn- Venus, and it is not just the birth chart alone that tells the story of why this particular dasha-antardasha proved so extraordinary. See her navamsha. ॥ ३००१1] 83 [1-33 Tf Eat) dre] kd 1 Lr ivi --- ## Page 53 Here Saturn is again the yogakaraka planet ruling the 90 and 10" houses, and is again in the lagna of this chart with Venus, the lagna lord again in its own sign, and forming extremely powerful raja yoga. Parenthetically, this being the marriage chart, she became engaged to Jimmy Connor shorting after moving into this period. However, during this time she was also nearly unbeatable and was ranked #1 for 33 months consecutively. See her dashamsha. Saturn and Venus again occupy the lagna! And again they form a powerful combination — this time of the 5" and 9" lords. Generally speaking, the periods of planets occupying the lagna of a divisional chart are highly significant for the matters pertaining to that division. Saturn-Venus was “game, set, and match” for Chris Evert. Agent 007 Sean Connery’s brilliant career as an actor has extended over six decades and shows no sign of letting up even at age 70. He will always be remembered as the definitive James Bond, though his Oscar came much later in 1988 for his supporting role in the Untouchables. His dashamsha is a very rich illustration of Iyer’s principles. First see his birth horoscope for the promise of great fame as an actor. Note that from the 10" lord from both the birth lagna and the Moon is an --- ## Page 54 exalted Mercury, with the artistic planet, Venus. The connection between the 3 house/3™ lord of the dramatic arts, and the 10" house/10™ lord of career also occurs from both lagnas. Sean Connery Hon SHAT L0H [यहां पद, | |) Meer

The 3४ lord from his Sagittarius birth lagna is Saturn, and from its position in the 1% house it aspects both the 10" house and 10" lord. From the Moon, the 3४ lord Mars goes into the 10" house and aspects the 10" lord Mercury. The periods of Mars, Rahu (giving the results of Mars), Jupiter, and Saturn all promise fame since they participate together in raja yogas both from the birth lagna and Moon, and note that this sequence highlights and includes the 3 lord from both. It has been exactly these dashas that initially brought him to fame as an actor and have kept him among the top ranks of his profession for so long. All this can be seen on the basis of the birth chart alone. But there were no doubt other people born within the same two-hour period when Sagittarius was on the ascendant at Edinburgh, Scotland on August 25, 1930. It has not been there destiny to become legendary actors and to be knighted by the Queen. The difference lies in the particular navamsha and, most importantly, dashamsha that his exact degree of ascendant gives. --- ## Page 55 yen oC | ` IT Note the strength of the planets that have brought him continuous success and fame. Mars is in its own sign Scorpio as the yogakaraka planet. Rahu is vargottama, and being in Mars’ sign, gives his results. Jupiter is in its own sign Pisces. Saturn’s strength here is not obvious, but derives from its powerful 1-7 exchange with the navamsha lagna lord, Moon, with which it is also in mutual aspect. Just based on the strength of these planets alone and the good angle and trine houses that they occupy, the dashas of Mars, Rahu, Jupiter, and Saturn had to be exceptional. Yet it is the dashamsha that really “clinches” the picture —though in an unusual and instructive way. --- ## Page 56 At a glance, one very striking features meets the eye. All but one of his planets in the dashamsha falls in either angle or trine houses! The only one that doesn’t is the Moon, which is in its exaltation sign, Taurus, in the 2% house. There are no planets in the dussthanas houses, 3, 6, 8, or 12. Another striking feature is the preponderance of debilitated planets, including the lagna lord Mars, the 10" lord Saturn, and the 5" lord Sun. Over all, it would appear to mean good, but very weak results for career life in the periods and sub-periods of these debilitated planets. Not so. Recall one of Iyer’s principles is that the concept of neecha bhanga and neecha bhanga raja yoga should be applied to these divisional charts. Apply this concept and it changes the picture entirely. The debility of Mars is attenuated by the fact that its dispositor is an exalted Moon. Even so, his Mars period, beginning at age 14, was distinguished mostly by his bodybuilding career, when he represented Scotland in the Mr. Universe contest. It was not until he moved into Rahu that his acting career began, a period in which he was destined to become a huge star. Note that Rahu is in Aries in the birth chart, and remains in Aries in both the navamsha and the dashamsha —meaning it is vargottama in both. Being a chaaya graha, or shadowy planet, it will give the results of planets conjunct or aspecting it, and of its dispositor or lord of the sign/house it is in. Rahu’s position and associations in the birth chart and navamsha have --- ## Page 57 already been noted. Focus now on the fact that it occupies the lagna in D-10, this placement alone signaling that the Rahu period would be pivotal in career life. From the standpoint of this chart, Rahu will give the results of Saturn and the Sun, the two planets wrapped around the Rahu-Ketu axis. Though both fall in the sign of their debility—they also aspect each other—a factor given in the ancient texts for cancellation of debility. Since the mutual aspect of Saturn and the Sun involves the 10" and 5™ lord in angles, it is an extraordinary neecha bhanga raja yoga. And it gave him extraordinary results as indicted in the timing. It was exactly during Rahu-Saturn, the two planets together in his dashamsha lagna, that he appeared in his first starring role in the movie Requiem for a Heavyweight in 1957. Five years later in 1962 he appeared in the first Bond movie, Dr. No. It was Rahu-Ketu. By the mid-sixties coinciding with Rahu-Sun the popularity of the series had reached such a crescendo that Sean Connery was a huge international star. His dashamsha substantiates the promise of fame as an actor in the birth chart and brilliantly reveals which period-sub-period combinations would bring this fame. Look at the 1-7 axis of his D-10 and see them again. oe Rahu-Saturn e Rahu-Ketu e¢ Rahu-Sun It is fascinating to see that a similar dasha sequence also timed another major career peak, his Oscar for best supporting actor. This came in April of 1987 coinciding within just a few days with Saturn-Saturn-Sun. Such is the brilliance of Jyotisha and its divisional charts. Before leaving our discussion of Sean Connery’s dashamsha, it should also be noted that his career remained strong (though not quite as strong) in the 16 years of Jupiter as well, since Jupiter goes into the 9" house in its own sign in D-10. Moreover, its aspect onto Rahu and Saturn in this chart contributed to the enormous success of these periods. Sean Connery’s rare dashamsha, in combination with his birth chart and navamsha, has given him a rare quality and duration of career success.

--- ## Page 58 Joe Kennedy Sr., denied the political power that he craved, was determined that a son of his would one day sit in the White House. After his eldest son, Joe Jr., was killed in the World War II, his second son, Jack, became the “heir apparent” to his father’s ambition. As Jack Kennedy once remarked about his entrance into politics, “I got drafted.” He defeated Richard Nixon by a narrow margin in the November 1960 election (some same partly due to his father’s “vote buying” in largely Democratic precincts in Chicago) and went on to reign briefly in the “Camelot” Presidency. It happened in his Rahu-Mars period. Jom I, Kennedy पनपरः (गपा | His Rahu is situated in the 4" house representing simhasana, meaning, the “seat of power” or the throne. It gives the results of Jupiter, who as the 4" lord in the 9® with the 9" lord Venus gives raja yoga. However, to appreciate the truly raja yoga-giving power of Jupiter, and therefore Rahu, you must see JFK’s birth chart from the Moon sign Leo. From there the 10" house becomes spectacular, with the 1% lord Sun combing with the 5™ lord Jupiter and the 10" lord Venus, all in the 10" house. From here, Rahu falls in the 5५ house of rajya, or the authority to rule. Why in the sub-period of Mars? Two points are relevant. Mars is very strong in its own sign, Aries, and again goes into its own sign Scorpio in the navamsha, and from the Moon it is involved in powerful raja yogas. But also see that from the dasha lord Rahu, Mars is the 5™ lord combined with the 10" lord in the 5" house. Students should never neglect to interpret sub-period --- ## Page 59 lords using the position of the major period lord as a lagna. But this is only the apparent reality, and to be “real” it must get supported in the underlying view provided by the navamsha and dashamsha, and with the timing properly reflected.

Here Rahu goes into the vargottama Virgo lagna, giving the results of Mercury as the 1* lord in the 4™ house of the simhasana. Mars is strong in its own sign at previously noted. But it is in the dashamsha that we clearly see Rahu and Mars together creating a raja yoga and showing why it was this particular period and sub- period that brought him to power. --- ## Page 60 Parashara tells us that Rahu can give raja yoga when situated in an angle or trine, if it is also conjunct or aspected by a lord of the other category. Here we find Rahu in the 5™ house of royal authority with the royal planet, the Sun, and aspected by the 10™ lord Mars. Rahu-Mars gave him the crown. But his career ended abruptly just three years later in Jupiter-Saturn when he fell to an assassin’s bullet. See the position and condition of these planets in his dashamsha.

The brash arrogance with which young Cassius Clay declared that he was “the greatest boxer of all time” was surpassed only by the unparalleled skill with which he performed in the ring. Though it was mostly shrewd “gate-hyping” at the time, the claim proved prophetic. Muhammad Ali, as he later became, was indeed the greatest boxer of all time, and one of the greatest sports figures of the past century. It happened in his Rahu and Jupiter dashas, and without seeing his dashamsha, this kind of achievement in these periods is not at all obvious. --- ## Page 61 ट | [21 १ ५_ ~ Mohammad Al Sat [ARISE (ला [LAR 1१। भाट ^ है? ॥ क्र ex's, Ali’s chart is dominated by an extremely powerful Ruchaka Yoga caused by the yogakaraka Mars in its moolatrikona sign Aries in the 10" house. It is a true maha purusha yoga (combination for a great person) since it continues to hold true from the Sun and the Moon as well. It made him the fearless and nearly invincible “warrior of the ring” that he was. However, it was Rahu period that first made him a champion. Rahu goes into the 2° house, where it gives its results based entirely on its dispositor, Sun, since it has no other associations. As an impressionably neutral 2° lord, the Sun does give raja yoga through its associations with the lagna lord Moon (1% lord in the 7%). The 1% lord Moon combining with the 4५ Jord Venus, aspected by the 7% lord Saturn is also raja yoga. However, it must be seen from the Moon as well. Again Rahu in the 8" from Chandra lagna, giving the results of the Sun, which therefore again becomes a pure impressionable neutral. However from this angle, Venus, Mercury and the Moon combining become a very powerful combination of the 9५, 10५, and 7" lords. From Rahu, notice additionally how powerful the 6™ house of “the fight” becomes.

--- ## Page 62 It can be seen that Rahu in this division goes into a trine house, the 5४, with two benefics. Moreover, it is in Jupiter’s sign, Pisces, and receives the aspect of an exalted Jupiter, its dispositor, who is with Mars, the planet of combat. This is a telling image, and speaks volumes for what the Rahu and Jupiter periods can bring professionally. But it is in the timing that this divisional chart reveals its true magic. * Ali’s boxing career started at age 12 in Rahu-Jupiter * In Rahu-Mercury he won the Olympic gold medal as a light- heavyweight As you can see, both of these are periods/sub-periods of two planets closely connected in D-10 and very favorably disposed. Ali won his first heavyweight crown in 1964 in his shocking “upset” of reigning champion, Sonny Liston. It was Rahu-Venus, which always has its own tale to tell regardless of its placements. However, in 1967 Ali refused to be drafted into the army and was stripped of his title. It was Rahu-Sun, and D-10 shows it brilliantly. The Sun in his dashamsha is debilitated in the 12" house and falls 8" from the dasha lord Rahu. Later, his conviction was over turned, and he returned to the ring in 1970, having embraced Allah and the Muslim faith. He had just started his Jupiter period, exalted in the 9™ house of his dashamsha. Examine this --- ## Page 63 Jupiter in his D-10 closely and see the highly benefic yogas that it forms. Its combination with Mars is a powerful 1-10 raja yoga, and additionally it forms a 5-9 exchange with its dispositor, the Moon. Greater glory was yet to come. 1974 was the peak of his career, the year he defeated Joe Frazier in the 2" of three classic ring battles between them, and then in October he won back the title by defeating George Foreman in the immortal “Rumble in the Jungle” It was Jupiter-Saturn, two planets in mutual aspect in his dashamsha, with Jupiter exalted and Saturn in its own sign. Using The Dashamsha To Predict— Election 2000 Whereas retrospective analysis is highly instructive, it ultimately proves nothing and has little impact on the astrological skeptic. Accurate prediction, however, does. Jyotisha is first and foremost a predictive science and using the principles outlined and illustrated above, one should be able to use D-10 to predict achievements and notable career periods in a person’s life. In March of 2000 I wrote an article, published on the Internet about the upcoming Presidential election in which I predicted a Bush victory, partly based on what I saw in his dashamsha. But first see his birth chart and navamsha. Mews Satz Vests AS 00008 Bush , 71017. Son Hawn | --- ## Page 64 SaJp MoMa 11] fan At the time of the election, he was running Saturn-Mars. In the birth chart Saturn is the 7% lord in the 1% house, giving raja yoga. Mars is a vargottama 10" lord and yogakakara planet for his Cancer lagna. These two planets combine in the 10" house of the navamsha with others, forming very powerful yogas. But now see Saturn-Mars in his dashamsha. Saturn is again in the 10" house with Ketu, though apparently debilitated. However, look closely and you will see that it is involved in an exchange with the sub-period lord Mars, who is exalted in Capricorn, and is again the yogakaraka planet. This cancels the debility of the dasha lord Saturn and gives neecha bhanga raja yoga. The exchange shows how these two planets can operate very powerfully together, and how significant this period-sub-period can be in his career. --- ## Page 65 However, his opponent, Al Gore, was running very strong periods at the time of the election as well, and as we all know, by the end of election day, it was too close to call. The subsequent events, with all the political and legal machinations that ensued, are history, but from an astrological standpoint it seemed clear to me that the post-election periods of Rahu-Mercury for Gore and Saturn-Rahu for Bush, showed a marked contrast. Gore’s Mercury is in the 8५ house of “fall” and “humiliation,” whereas Rahu in Bush’s birth chart is exalted in the 11" house of victory and falls in the 9" house of fortune from his Moon. In the dashamsha Saturn and Rahu are in mutual aspect along the 4-10 axis, with Rahu in the house of simhasana, the seat of power. Saturn-Rahu crowned him king. The Navamsha For All Matters, and For Relationships Of all the divisional charts, the navamsha (D-9) is considered the most important. There is a saying in South India that “astrological interpretation without the use of the navamsha is an abortion.” Whereas this is rather strong language, it makes the point. It is also said that while the birth chart represents the tree, the navamsha shows the real fruit that the tree can yield. As we saw earlier, this is particularly true of a planet’s ability to give its results strongly, and in situations where there is a discrepancy between the birth chart and navamsha, the position in D-9 is said to take precedence. See yet another example. --- ## Page 66 1 df 18 M # Shiv Serena Williams and her old sister, Venus, have recently taken the world of women’s tennis by storm, winning the doubles championship at Wimbledon in 2000, as well and being highly ranked individually. For Serena this has all occurred since the advent of her Mars period, which began in 1997. As the 1* lord in the 4™ house with Rahu, her Mars does give raja yoga, but it is also debilitated without apparent cancellation.

--- ## Page 67 Here Mars becomes an exalted yogakaraka 10" lord, powerfully situated in an angle. Were it not for this underlying “fruit” indicated by the condition of her Mars in D-9, there would be no “name and fame” for her in this period. Whereas it is part of the oral tradition of Jyotisha that the navamsha should be used when considering all matters, Parashara tells us that it should be seen in particular for assessing a person’s destiny with regards to spousal relationships. In this regard it is of immense value, since the majority of people seeking astrological consultation typically have questions in this area.

Consulters who are single or divorced frequently want to know if, and when, they are likely to marry, or at least have a relationship come into their life. The navamsha often provides a perspective on this with regards to a particular period-sub-period that may not be at all apparent from just looking at the birth chart.

--- ## Page 68 Prince Charles married Diana in July of 1981 while running Moon- Jupiter. Neither is connected to the 7" house or 7" lord of the birth chart. However, as you can see, they are together in his navamsha. NYA Asie Vets Raw

Richard Burton came into Elizabeth Taylor life in her Saturn-Jupiter period, while they were both starring in the movie, Cleopatra. Both aspect her 7% lord Venus in her birth chart and are 1-7 from each other there, but notice that they are also involved in an exchange in her navamsha. --- ## Page 69 दर ad भ

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Jacqueline Kennedy married JFK in September of 1953 when she was running Venus-Mercury. Again, neither planets get connected to the 7" house or the 7" lord of her birth chart, but they are together in her navamsha. --- ## Page 70 Jacke Kennedy [14 41141 11 4.111.141 --- ## Page 71

Actor Kenneth Branagh married fellow Shakespearean actress Emma Thompson during his Moon-Venus period. Neither is related to the 7 house or the 7" lord of the birth chart. However, as you can see, they are in mutual aspect in the navamsha, falling 1-7 from each other there.

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hE ५१ The point I wish to establish with these illustrations is that whenever two --- ## Page 72 planets are strongly connected in the navamsha, their period and sub-period can bring a relationship or marriage. This is true regardless of whether they are connected to the 7" house or 7" lord of either the birth chart or D-9. Of course, if planets are connected to the 7" house or 7" lord of the navamsha, they can become “marriage” givers as well.

Hillary Clinton married Bill in her Mercury period. In her birth chart Mercury is not connected to the 7" house or the 7™ lord at all, but her navamsha clearly shows marriage in the Mercury period since it is the 7" lord in its own house in this division. Hany Rodham C liven Sn 1003 207 सा (414. १/१ --- ## Page 73 Seeing the period and sub-period of two planets connected to the 7% house of the navamsha has enabled me to give successful predictions about marriage repeatedly.

Predicting Marriage With The Navamsha

[णाध Mon | HIER 1 700 I was contacted by this woman about a year prior to her entering into the --- ## Page 74 Saturn-Mercury period. Neither is connected to the 7 house or 7% lord of her birth chart. As can be seen, Saturn rules the 7" house of her navamsha, and Mercury is in the 7" house. On this basis I predicted marriage in Saturn- Mercury. Soon after moving into this period, she met a man whom she recognized immediately as someone she was going to marry, and shortly thereafter —she did. In June 2000, a middle-aged woman approached me with the question of when she might marry again, since she had been divorced for 10 years, and not in a relationship for some time. In order to verify her navamsha, I asked if she had first married in the early 70’s during Saturn-Mercury, the period and sub-period of two planets in the 7 house of this division, based on the birth data she’d given me. Surprised that this period could be pinpointed so easily, she acknowledged that she had. --- ## Page 75 | (धद 1५11 M aga

PELE NLT I told her then that I thought the “marriage gods” were soon to smile on her again, since she was about to move into her Mercury-Saturn period. She met a man in the fall of 2000 and became engaged on Christmas Eve. I will be attending their wedding in July 2001. Sometimes it is fun being an astrologer.

As 1 am fond of saying in my classes, when it comes to astrology “apples --- ## Page 76 don’t grow on pear trees.” By this I mean that no period or sub-period is going to bring anything whose potential is not present in the birth chart. This 15 true of the navamsha with respect to relationships as well. Every beginning student of Jyotisha learns to evaluate the “prosperity” or “lack of prosperity” of a house, which suggests whether the affairs ruled by that house will flourish or not. For this, the karaka of a house must also be seen. When it comes to relationships, the 7" house, the 7" lord, and the karaka of the 7 house, Venus, has to be seen at a minimum. For a more thorough analysis, the 7® house and 7५ lord from the Moon and Venus should be assessed as well. The repeated influence of natural malefics, and of the Trik houses and their lords (6, 8, 12) on the 7 house, 7" lord and karaka Venus can delay marriage, bring difficulties leading to divorce, or in extreme instances, deny marriage and relationships. In ancient times, King Henry the VIII of England was notorious for his many wives and stormy relationship life. Hollywood actress Elizabeth Taylor shares this unhappy distinction in the modern era. One of her husbands died tragically in an airplane crash, and her much publicized relationship with Richard Burton, who she married and divorced twice, was marred by alcoholism and physical abuse. Her relationship life has not been easy and this is clearly reflected in her birth chart.

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--- ## Page 77 The 7% lord and karaka Venus, is exalted and well placed in the 5" house, Pisces and she has been married to highly successful, wealthy, attractive, artistic men. But it is also conjunct Rahu (alcohol) and is aspected by Saturn, while Mars, the 6" lord of violence, aspects her 7" house. All the worse natural malefics influence her relationship indicators. But for a complete view of a person’s relationship karma the navamsha must be seen as well, and the 7 house/7® lord of this division assessed in particular. The questions to consider are: * Is the picture here consistent? ° Does it improve significantly? * Does it deteriorate significantly? In the case of Elizabeth Taylor, the challenging picture in the birth chart gets confirmed in the navamsha. Here the 7" house contains Rahu and receives the aspect of Mars, as well as the 12% lord, Jupiter. The repeated influence of both Rahu and Mars on her 7% house/7® lord in both the birth chart and the navamsha, shows her stormy relationship life marred by alcoholism (Rahu!). With regards to evaluating relationship potentials in a chart, it is particularly important to pay attention to instances when the navamsha shows a divergent, and less promising picture than the birth chart. Given below is that chart of woman who was married twice before age 35, and there after had a number of unstable and unsatisfying relationships. For a period of years, she gave up on them all together. --- ## Page 78 | | (7१474 [RR न्‌. ४॥ You might not suspect this history based on the birth chart, where the 7" lord Saturn aspects its own 7" house, although Mars aspects it as well. Venus goes into the 11" house with the Moon and Sun, though it is not combust. Not a perfect picture, but not one that reflects this kind relationship history either. But as you can see, the navamsha does. Here the 7" lord Venus goes into the 8" house, with the 8" lord and the two worst malefics Saturn and Mars. --- ## Page 79 However, this story has something of a happy ending. In the face of extreme skepticism on her part, a relationship was predicted for her in Saturn- Mars (she hadn’t dated in years). Two days before the period was due to end, she met a man who she later married, and after two years reports that she has never been happier. It should be noted that she had done a lot of praying around this issue in her life.

Thus far the use of the navamsha has been demonstrated for seeing the strength/quality of the results a planet will give in its periods and sub-periods, and for assessing marital relationships and their timing. However, it needs to be emphasized that the navamsha is used to evaluate the potential result of a period and sub-period with regards to all matters. It provides, as it were, a subsidiary view of anything a dasha- antardasha can bring, and it should be “read” just like a birth chart in this regard. Earlier when looking at the birth chart of Sean Connery, we saw that he landed the James Bond role in Rahu-Mars and that he continued to have great success in his Jupiter and Saturn major periods as well. All of this could have been predicted based on D-9. Sean Connery Hop Bad AT [MST The special significance of Rahu-Mars in particular is readily apparent, since his vargottoma Rahu is in the 10™ house of career in this division, giving the results of Mars, who is a yogakaraka 10" lord falling in its own --- ## Page 80 sign in the 5™ house. Mars additionally gets the aspect of a highly benefic 9" lord Jupiter is its own sign/house. Even Rahu-Saturn, the period when he got his first starring role in Requiem of a Heavyweight, is obvious for career advancement. Rahu will always give the results of the planets most influencing it. Note that in D-9 Saturn aspects Rahu. Furthermore, as the 7% lord is involved in an exchange with the 1* lord Moon, Saturn gives raja yoga as well, and also receives the benefic aspect of Jupiter. For the reasons just outlined, the Jupiter and Saturn major periods have proved equally outstanding with respect to “name and fame.” Great career success in Saturn is also readily apparent in Farah Fawcett’s navamsha. [Farah Fawcett Seni mg 21101 11.11.14. As the 1 lord in the 10" house exalted, great success and fame in the Saturn period is much more obvious in the navamsha than the birth chart. Parenthetically, it happened primarily in Saturn-Mercury. See how brilliantly her dashamsha shows the special potential for this time in her career. --- ## Page 81 Farah Fawcett जाद (01 “111१1 9. From the standpoint of the birth chart, Elizabeth II ascended the English throne in the major period of her yogakaraka planet, Venus. However, her navamsha also strongly confirms the ability of the Venus period to give raja yoga, and quite literally make her a Queen.

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Venus is again a yogakaraka 10" and 5™ lord, placed in the 4" house of simhasana. Its mutual aspect with Mercury in the 10" house is an extremely powerful 9-10, Dharma-Karma Raja Yoga. --- ## Page 82 From these examples, you can see why it is important to interpret the dasha periods in the navamsha as if it were a birth chart—that is, pertaining to all matters —not just spousal relationships. A planet in the 5५ house of the navamsha can bring children, just as one in the 4" house can bring property. As I learned in my Jupiter-Saturn period, two planets connected to the 12™ house of the navamsha can give you an extended stay in a foreign country, a 12" house consideration. Mat Boney 11194 1117 ish inl In my birth chart, neither Jupiter nor Saturn is connected to the 12% house. Here, you can see that the sub-period lord Saturn is the 12" lord in the 12५ house in mutual aspect with Jupiter. I spent a couple of months in India with my teacher during this time. The moral of this story is that when evaluating the potential results of a particular dasha-antardasha, never fail to see their placement and over-all disposition in the navamsha.

Few things in life are a greater source of joy—and sometime sorrow — than one’s children. At the same time, parenting as been called an “impossible profession,” since no one is ever quite prepared for the demands of it, or capable of fully satisfying the needs of children, “those insatiable beings, ” as Freud once called them. Yet I’ve also heard people remark --- ## Page 83 repeatedly, even those who have great achievements in the world, that raising children is the best and most rewarding thing they’ve ever done. Given the importance that most people, particularly woman, place on having children, an astrologer is frequently called upon to answer questions in this regard. The first consultation I gave using Jyotisha was with a woman who was having great difficulty getting pregnant. Fortunately, I was able to reassure her, and was thrilled when she gave birth in the summer of 1994 as I had predicted. It was probably a case of “beginner’s luck.” My teacher, K.N. Rao, wrote a complete book on this topic, entitled Planets and Children that guided me in this endeavor. When assessing one’s karma with respect to children, the 5" house, 50 lord and the karaka for children, Jupiter must be examined. For a more complete assessment, the 5" house and 5५ lord from the Moon and karaka Jupiter should be evaluated as well. With regards to timing, Mr. Rao emphasizes planets connected to the 5" house/5" lord, but also those associated with the 9" house, it being the 5% house from the 5% house. However, Parashara also recommends the use of the saptamsha or D-7 for gaining a more detailed view in this area. A correct saptamsha can be invaluable for timing the birth of children, since it oftentimes shows that a particular dasha-antardasha can bring this event, whereas that indication may not be readily apparent in the birth chart at all. The division of a sign into 7 equal parts produces the awkward number of 4 degrees, 17 minutes and a remainder. As a result, it becomes a little more difficult to calculate mentally. However, once having determined a planet’s placement in one of these 7 parts, counting starts from the planet’s placement in the birth chart if in an odd numbered rashi, and from the sign 7" from it, if an even numbered rashi.

During her Sun period, Jacqueline Kennedy, gave birth to both her children, Caroline and John. She suffered a miscarriage and gave birth to a stillborn child as well during this dasha. As the 5" lord from her Moon in Aries, the birth chart does reflect this child-giving capability of the Sun. However, in her saptamsha it is very obvious, along with indications of the difficulties she experienced having children. --- ## Page 84 Jacke Kennedy 1". 61114111 Sites rion मे Notice that in her saptamsha the Sun falls in the lagna, and then recall the principle that planets falling in the 1* house of any division are particularly significant for the affairs governed by them. But it is afflicted by the Rahu-Ketu axis, and a strong Mars aspects both the 5% lord Moon, and the 5% house Cancer of this division. This echoes the birth chart, where Mars aspects the 5 lord from the birth lagna, and falls in the 5" house Leo from her Moon is Aries. ५ L257 Jackie Kennedy Sap FORTE | ENT Sugar मैगी The influence of Mars on the 5™ house can cause miscarriages, stillbirths --- ## Page 85 , terminations of pregnancies and the like. She miscarried in Sun-Mars and had a stillborn child in Sun-Rahu, just as one might predict from the saptamsha. In Sun-Jupiter she gave birth to Caroline, and to John Jr. in Sun-Venus. It should be noted here that Jupiter participates in a Shubha-Katari yoga, or benefic hemming of the lagna, and Venus falls in its own sign, Taurus. She gave birth again in Moon-Rahu to a son, Patrick, but he died shortly thereafter. See again that the Moon is the 5" lord of D-7, but is aspected by a strong Mars. Of course, if Jackie was having children at this time, JFK was as well. It was during his Rahu-Venus period that Jackie miscarried, gave birth to a stillborn, and finally, was able to successfully give birth to Caroline. The saptamsha shows all this clearly, with Rahu and Venus together in the 8४ house of this division, showing both the child-giving propensity of this period-sub-period (since they are together in this chart), and the trouble involved (since they fall in the worst dussthana.) John came in Rahu-Mars, two grahas who are also closely inter-related in D-7. John F Rermedy 101 LTH | 2.4.11 In the birth chart, children in Rahu are shown clearly from the Moon, from where Rahu falls in the 5५ house, and Venus is conjunct the उ lord Jupiter from here. --- ## Page 86 Mars falls in the 5" house from Rahu, and it is interesting how this period-sub-period brought him “the power to rule” and a son, both of which are 5™ house considerations. Like we saw with Jackie, JFK’s chart also has Mars afflictions to the 5५ house/5™ lord showing the potential for loss of children through miscarriage, stillbirths etc. Mars aspects his 5५ lord Saturn in the birth chart, and aspects the 5" house in his saptamsha. Masta १ ॥/* Mer John IF Kennedy 10114; (व (1.4.11 Somewhat of a “saving grace” in the birth chart is Saturn’s aspect on its own 5५ house and Jupiter’s aspect on the 5" house as well. Correspondingly, it was during this period that Jackie conceived and gave birth to Patrick, but he died within 39 hours. See the poor house placement of both these planets in his saptamsha.

Jackie Kennedy Sap FORTE | ENT Sugar मैगी The influence of Mars on the 5™ house can cause miscarriages, stillbirths --- ## Page 85 , terminations of pregnancies and the like. She miscarried in Sun-Mars and had a stillborn child in Sun-Rahu, just as one might predict from the saptamsha. In Sun-Jupiter she gave birth to Caroline, and to John Jr. in Sun-Venus. It should be noted here that Jupiter participates in a Shubha-Katari yoga, or benefic hemming of the lagna, and Venus falls in its own sign, Taurus. She gave birth again in Moon-Rahu to a son, Patrick, but he died shortly thereafter. See again that the Moon is the 5" lord of D-7, but is aspected by a strong Mars. Of course, if Jackie was having children at this time, JFK was as well. It was during his Rahu-Venus period that Jackie miscarried, gave birth to a stillborn, and finally, was able to successfully give birth to Caroline. The saptamsha shows all this clearly, with Rahu and Venus together in the 8४ house of this division, showing both the child-giving propensity of this period-sub-period (since they are together in this chart), and the trouble involved (since they fall in the worst dussthana.) John came in Rahu-Mars, two grahas who are also closely inter-related in D-7. John F Rermedy 101 LTH | 2.4.11 In the birth chart, children in Rahu are shown clearly from the Moon, from where Rahu falls in the 5५ house, and Venus is conjunct the उ lord Jupiter from here. --- ## Page 86 Mars falls in the 5" house from Rahu, and it is interesting how this period-sub-period brought him “the power to rule” and a son, both of which are 5™ house considerations. Like we saw with Jackie, JFK’s chart also has Mars afflictions to the 5५ house/5™ lord showing the potential for loss of children through miscarriage, stillbirths etc. Mars aspects his 5५ lord Saturn in the birth chart, and aspects the 5" house in his saptamsha. Masta १ ॥/* Mer John IF Kennedy 10114; (व (1.4.11 Somewhat of a “saving grace” in the birth chart is Saturn’s aspect on its own 5५ house and Jupiter’s aspect on the 5" house as well. Correspondingly, it was during this period that Jackie conceived and gave birth to Patrick, but he died within 39 hours. See the poor house placement of both these planets in his saptamsha.

The two princes of England, William and Henry, were born to Charles and Diane, in June of 1982 and September of 1984 respectively. As Diana’s true chart is something of a question mark to me these days, we will only look at how this is reflected in the saptamsha of Prince Charles. William was born when Charles was running Moon-Saturn, and the following period of Moon-Mercury brought Henry. --- ## Page 87 ५, uy

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; | IE Birth of a long awaited heir in Moon-Saturn, might seem surprising since both planets fall in dussthanas in this division. However, see that both of these planets are exalted and that the Moon rules the 5" house and Saturn aspects it. The following sub-period of Mercury brought Henry. Note that Mercury aspects the 5" house of D-7. Birth of a child during these periods, can be seen in the birth chart, but you have to go looking for it. The Moon period can bring children since it falls in the 5" house from the karaka, Jupiter, and the sub-period of Saturn since it falls in the 5" house from the Moon. --- ## Page 88 x Mess 2 ई न a he, Price Chatts

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Movie stars Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, after a much- --- ## Page 89 publicized love affair, had a child in August of 2000, and subsequently wed in December of that year. Douglas was 56, but his saptamsha clearly shows the potential for children in the Rahu-Ketu period, which he was running up to October of 2000. See that it falls along the 5-11 axis in D-7 with Mercury. At the time the child was born, he was running Rahu-Ketu-Mercury. Such clear timing in this divisional chart is strong confirmation for the accuracy of the birth time. The prediction of a child during this period from the birth chart would have been much more difficult. --- ## Page 90 MEhealDouglas Moen F340 | दाग Kon Jiemaih, 5d The sub-period lord Ketu does give the results of Saturn, who is the 5" lord, but this dasha-antardasha of Rahu-Ketu more obviously emphasizes career focus, and he did make the award-winning movie Traffic at this time. However, without using the saptamsha, it is unlikely whether any astrologer would have ever seen what is obvious there —the potential for children at this time also. His other child by a previous marriage came in Moon-Ketu. The Moon rules the 5५ house Cancer of his saptamsha, and Ketu is in the 5%. It should be noted in passing, that his movie career really flourished in the 80’s during his Mars period with such hits as Romancing the Stone, Fatal Attraction, and Wall Street, for which he won an Oscar in 1988. From the standpoint of the birth chart, to see how the Mars period could bring such success and fame; use the Chandra lagna, from where the patterning becomes truly, truly extraordinary for raja yoga. From here we find the “king” of raja yogas—an exchange between the 9५ and 10" lords. To this is added the 1* lord Jupiter and the 5" lord Mars. The planets in the 9th and 10th lords from the Moon form all the most powerful raja yogas possible for a Sagittarius lagna! Mars and the Sun are both in the 10" house from the Moon, the placement in which they both get directional strength. But now see these two planets in his dashamsha. --- ## Page 91 ir J MEhealDouglas Moen F340 | दाग 11/11 51 Mars is exalted in the 9" house and the Sun is in its own sign in the 4" house receiving the aspect of Mars! One day after moving into Mars-Sun in April of 1888 he received his Oscar for Best Actor. In the chart of Catherine Zeta-Jones, his current wife, birth of a child in her Mercury-Saturn is apparent just from the standpoint of the birth chart. Marie x Me व Cather Zetesloes 1.45 Tk | 1 (+ (10, ५११ --- ## Page 92 The sub-period lord Saturn goes into the 5™ house from the birth lagna Sagittarius. But why the Mercury major period? See her saptamsha.

(10, ५११ --- ## Page 92 The sub-period lord Saturn goes into the 5™ house from the birth lagna Sagittarius. But why the Mercury major period? See her saptamsha.

एप्प पक | १ (+ Mercury here is well placed in an angle in its own sign, and aspects the lagna of D-7. At first blush, Saturn seems ill placed here to bring children in its periods, but then see that it is with the karaka of children, Jupiter, exalted, and the lagna lord of this division. Saturn also aspects the 5" house of this chart.

One of the primary classics in Jyotisha, the Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, contains some very curious chapters, one of which is entitled “Effects of Curses in the Previous Birth.” The following is a translation of the opening shlokas of this chapter, which like all the others, opens with a question by the disciple Maitreya to the sage Parashara. “Maitreya said, O Venerable Sage! You have acquainted me with effects experienced by men and women in a number of ways. According to Shastras the soul of a person does not rest in peace after his death if he is not blessed with a son. What sin does a person commit to remain without a son? And what are the remedial measures to be adopted by him to get a son? Kindly enlighten me about this.” --- ## Page 93 To fully understand why the lack of a son is considered such a tragedy, it necessary to appreciate one of the religious viewpoints underlying Jyotisha. Certain rituals and prayers honoring the departed souls of parents are considered essential in order for their spirits to progress in the afterlife. It is the eldest son who is responsible for enacting these rites. Not having a son meant that these rites would go unattended, in addition to the discontinuance of the family name. For an orthodox Hindu Brahman, this is one of the worst fates imaginable. The above shloka implies that the general cause of this fate is “sin,” but later in the chapter, different combinations are given for lack of a son due to the “curses” of various close relations from previous lives. However, the one that has always raised my eyebrows is referred to as the curse of serpents. Eight combinations indicative of this particular curse are given, most of which involve the simultaneous influence of Rahu (the serpent) and Mars (ruler of the sign indicative of serpents, Scorpio) on the 5" house. See the chart below. ASufss |, Fal RL Call [,, । । 1॥ ॥ पाए «Corse of Seqons 1०.१४ A370 im Atm, TH Rahu is in the 5" house with the 5५ lord Sun and the 6" lord Mercury, and these three planets all receive the aspect of the 8" lord Mars. Moreover, the natural karaka of children, Jupiter, goes into the 8५ house in Scorpio, and in a sarpa drekkana. These placements according to Parashara show the “curse of serpents” whose literal effect is said to be “death of a child by snake bite,” not an uncommon occurrence in India. Such a combination in a birth chart becomes more virulent if it repeats in the saptamsha. --- ## Page 94 In this woman’s D-7, Mars is in the 5" house and again the Rahu-Ketu axis falls 5-11. It is the same combination as in the birth chart, only reversed. Karaka Jupiter is again in a dussthana. In December of 1962 when the dasha sequence was Jupiter-Mercury- Jupiter a daughter of hers drowned. Note that the sub-period lord Mercury is in the 5" house of both the birth chart and the saptamsha and is therefore under the influence of Rahu and Mars, the two planets forming the potentially child-killing combination. | 18 | पापीः नप्प णि 225700 1/1 01 It should be noted, however, that though this combination brought miscarriages, death of a child, severe illness to one and autism to another, 4 children survive to this day.

im Atm, TH Rahu is in the 5" house with the 5५ lord Sun and the 6" lord Mercury, and these three planets all receive the aspect of the 8" lord Mars. Moreover, the natural karaka of children, Jupiter, goes into the 8५ house in Scorpio, and in a sarpa drekkana. These placements according to Parashara show the “curse of serpents” whose literal effect is said to be “death of a child by snake bite,” not an uncommon occurrence in India. Such a combination in a birth chart becomes more virulent if it repeats in the saptamsha. --- ## Page 94 In this woman’s D-7, Mars is in the 5" house and again the Rahu-Ketu axis falls 5-11. It is the same combination as in the birth chart, only reversed. Karaka Jupiter is again in a dussthana. In December of 1962 when the dasha sequence was Jupiter-Mercury- Jupiter a daughter of hers drowned. Note that the sub-period lord Mercury is in the 5" house of both the birth chart and the saptamsha and is therefore under the influence of Rahu and Mars, the two planets forming the potentially child-killing combination. | 18 | पापीः नप्प णि 225700 1/1 01 It should be noted, however, that though this combination brought miscarriages, death of a child, severe illness to one and autism to another, 4 children survive to this day.

Having seen how the saptamsha can show difficulties and even tragedies in the life of children, let’s look now at one example in which the birth chart and saptamsha combine to show the nearly “charmed lives” that a man’s children have led.

--- ## Page 95 Mab—ANCTA brn Cody Well 28/10... 1 प्राक्त Tala, OHI The lagna lord Sun goes into the 5" house, showing the significance and focus of this area in this life. Moreover, the 5५ lord Jupiter is in its moolatrikona sign in its own house. This configuration portends well for his experience with children and their success in life.

--- ## Page 96 He has six children, three of which were born in the Rahu period, and three who were born early in the Jupiter period. Consider the dasha sequence and the condition and position of these planets. * Rahu gives the results of an exalted Moon in the birth chart and gets exalted in the an angle in D-7 * Jupiter is the 5५ lord in both charts, and is in its moolatrikona sign in the birth chart, and goes into an angle in D-7 * Saturn is exalted and aspects the 5" house in the birth chart. In D-7 it goes into its moolatrikona sign with Jupiter. * Mercury goes to the neutral 2™ house in the sign of a benefic. Over a period of 52 years since the birth of his first child, he got nothing but very good periods from the standpoint of the saptamsha, which reflects both his destiny with children, and their fate as well. More than one person has referred to his family as “like a Norman Rockwell painting” All six of his children did very well in their educational careers, graduating high in their classes at prestigious schools and earning advanced degrees. They’ve also all done well professionally and include among them, a renowned lawyer, a high-level hospital administrator, an award-winning schoolteacher, an executive vice-president in a major advertising firm, a speech pathologist and a management consultant. They’ve given him ten wonderful grandchildren and remain in close and frequent contact. Aside from the normal vicissitudes of life, nothing very bad has ever happen to his children. His saptamsha tells this story.

Stunningly beautiful, Oscar-winning actress, Halle Berry has given birth to two children after the age of 40. Her saptamsha shows this timing with startling clarity. The first came in 2008 in her Venus-Rahu period and her second child at age 46 came in her Venus-Saturn period. Now see her saptamsha. --- ## Page 97 18? Berry Saou BA FI THN 43 | (1 It can be seen that Rahu is in the lagna of D-7, and Venus is in the 5% house in an exchange with the 5" lord Saturn. Birth of children in this Venus period and these two sub-periods could hardly be clearer, and is a stellar example of the brilliant way that events can be timed using the Vimshottari dasha along with a correct set of divisional charts. One would be hard pressed to predict these births on the basis of the rashi alone. एद Mess S aan Slide Halll Berry Sap BA 107) ZX THE 43 + -1\.॥ --- ## Page 98

All the illustrations using D-7 thus far have been on the basis of retrospective analysis, and while this can be instructive, it needs to be shown how it can and has been used to successfully predict. I’1l give a single instance among many I have in my case files, one that brought me a lot of gratification, but also some heartache. Friends of mine who had married in early 9075 were having great difficulty conceiving a child several years later. They had been to all the best fertility specialists, and weren’t having any success. I looked into the matter astrologically, could see the difficulty, but based on a combination of upcoming dashas and transits, predicted that the wife would conceive in the fall of 1996 and give birth in the spring or summer of 1997. Her 5५ lord, Saturn, placed in a dussthana and aspected by Mars, was one of the factors making it difficult for her to sustain a pregnancy. She was running the major period of Mercury, who as the 9" lord of this chart could bring children since it rules the 5" from the 5" house. The sub-period of Rahu, closing connected with Mercury, and the sub-sub-period of Saturn, the 5% lord, were up ahead. I therefore predicted childbirth in Mercury-Rahu- Saturn, but only after first seeing her saptamsha. {€ (धौ चिन्ता? + 10111 स्थता कसा (4 1 >, १॥ --- ## Page 99 | १ है ॥ Fea al पपन £10800 छापा The major period lord, Mercury, in its own sign in the 9" house was the reiterated promise of children. Mercury-Mars, with the later debilitated in this chart, did not look good for childbirth, but the next sub-period of Mercury- Rahu looked much more promising since Rahu is exalted in this division. The sub-sub-period lord that I liked was Saturn, since it is the 5% lord of the birth chart, and the 5™ lord of D-7 well placed in an angle in its own sign. I shared with them my conclusions, and to their delight, she became pregnant in the autumn of 1996, as I had suggested. However, this joy turned to alarm when she gave birth prematurely at the very beginning of the Saturn sub-sub-period. The child had to be hospitalized and her life hung by a thread for some time, including through several operations. She pulled through though and is a happy and healthy child today. For awhile it was “heartbreak hotel,” but it turned into a story of “all’s well that ends well.” Not long afterwards, a baby sister appeared in her mother’s Mercury- Jupiter period. Could it be more obvious from the standpoint of the saptamsha’ Speaking of siblings, we will look next at the divisional chart pertaining to them.

The standard texts of Jyotisha tells us that one’s destiny with younger siblings can be seen from the 3™ house and the 3™ lord, while the experience --- ## Page 100 of older brothers and sisters should be assesses through the 11" house and 11४ lord. Mars is said to be the karaka of younger siblings and Jupiter that of older. However, to see finer details Parashara recommends the drekkana or D- 3. This chart can be used to see their birth, their experiences, and your karma with them. Dividing a sign of 30 degrees by 3 results in three segments of 10 degrees apiece. If a planet or the degree of the lagna falls within the first 10 degrees of a sign, it stays in that sign in the drekkana. If it falls between 10 and 20 degrees, it goes into the next sign of the same element, or five from its position in the birth chart. If it falls in the last 10 degrees of a sign, it will go in the 9" sign from its position in the birth chart. The Sisters of Center Court Earlier when looking at the strength of planets in the navamsha, we saw the chart of tennis star, Serena Williams. Below is the chart of her sister, Venus, born just 15 months before her. Venus Willems Tac BA FAH | धा 1: 111१) She was born in the Ketu-Moon period. By September of 1981 when her younger sister, Serena was born she had moved into the Ketu-Rahu period. From the standpoint of the birth chart, this dasha-antardasha does not readily show the birth of a younger sibling. Her drekkana, however, does. --- ## Page 101

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Rahu and Ketu, which are always opposite to each other, fall along the 3- 9 axis in D-3, and with the sub-period lord Rahu in the 3™ house of younger siblings. --- ## Page 102

Among the illustrations of the saptamsha, was that of a mother who suffered the misfortune of having a daughter drown. Below is the drekkana of an older sister. In December of 1962 when the fatality occurred this older sister had just moved into Venus-Jupiter. See the position and condition of these two planets in her drekkana. Both are debilitated and in dussthana houses. In fact, the Venus period in general was not a good one from her siblings. One was severely asthmatic and another very autistic during this period.

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On a brighter note, I once used my own drekkana to help predict the marriage of my youngest sister. gj ५५० She had just turned 30 and had been seeing someone steadily, but her beaux had decided to go to graduate school and marriage did not appear to be on the immediate horizon. However, looking at her chart, it appeared that she would marry within the next year. --- ## Page 104 My own drekkana confirmed it. I was running the Jupiter-Saturn period, two planets that are in mutual aspect along the 1-7 marital axis of this chart. But the question then arises has to how to differentiate between siblings in D- 3. For younger siblings, the method is to see the 3™ house of this chart as representing the sibling next youngest in age, the 5" house as representing the next sibling (because it is the 3" from the 3) and the 7" house the next (because it is the 3™ from the 5%). Based on this astrological reasoning, this sister, the third youngest, would be represented by Pisces. Using this sign as a lagna, the sub-period lord Saturn would fall in the 7" house from there with Venus. She married in July of 1996 just when I moved into Jupiter-Saturn-Venus.

When traveling in India with my teacher, K. N. Rao, he recounted a number of incidences, some humorous, about his trips to the U.S. that reflected the relatively unsophisticated approach to Jyotisha that he encountered there. He was explaining to James Braha, a well-known American Vedic astrologer, how he had arrived at a particular astrological conclusion by using the chaturthamsha (D-4). James looked at him and said, “My dear Mr. Rao, no one in the U.S. even knows what the chaturthamasa is, let alone uses it to make predictions!” Whether or not this is still true is an open question, but this division can be very useful in answering questions about residences, property and relocation, particularly when the later concerns immigration to a foreign country. Since the division of a sign of 30 degrees by four results in four equal parts of seven and a half degrees apiece, this division, like D-3, is not as sensitive to minor inaccuracies in birth times, unless a planet or degree of lagna is right on the edge of one of these divisions. --- ## Page 105

Some individuals like Queen Elizabeth II of England having the unique destiny of being born into a palace, and then they inherit it. The astrological influences related to her 4५ house tell this story clearly. br Aad Queen Eirateh I rte Asa पत्मना [4४11 च} | The most extraordinary feature of her birth chart is her Mars at its exact and highest degree of exaltation, 28 Capricorn. It is her 4™ lord of home and property aspecting its own house. Another extraordinary feature is her exalted Sun, just three degrees away from its highest point of exaltation. It is the 8" lord of inheritance in the 4™ house of property. The English monarchy owns some of the most expensive real estate in the world, and lives, of course, in Buckingham Palace, in addition to all their country homes, and estates. Notice how the Queen’s 4™ house pattern in the birth chart virtually repeats in her chaturthamsha. --- ## Page 106

1 101/1 (1:41 The 4" lord Mars again aspects its own house from an angle, besides getting connected to Gaja Kesari Yoga, while the 8" lord Sun of inheritances again goes into the 4™ house of property. --- ## Page 107

दर. Stiga हल Vera Ted Tumer Sat 143408 im (' + 34|| Mean Vora] (दधि Asi Star whi ५9 \ (6) 1 Multi-billionaire and media mogul, Ted Turner, is reputedly one of the biggest individual landowners in the America, most of which was acquired in his Saturn period. Saturn is the 4" lord from the birth lagna Scorpio and is involved in a powerful raja yoga-giving exchange with the 5" lord Jupiter, and is in mutual aspect with the karaka of lands, Mars. From the Moon, Saturn is again the 4% lord, and the yogakaraka planet as well. See how in his chaturthamsha, Saturn becomes a yogakaraka again, well placed in the 5" house. --- ## Page 108 NANA Aim Stiga M 65 Vera Ted Tumer Sat 1149478 का] # } 14} 1, , 1५11 (दि Av Star yh SE 1 | (2 Aside from just property, D-4 is said to show one’s fortune in general. Note that Jupiter, Saturn and Mercury, the three dashas that have brought his continuous and spectacular rise in the accumulation of fixed assets, are all well-placed by house in this division. I mentioned earlier that the chaturthamsha should be seen also when there is the consideration of living abroad. K.N. Rao, published a series of researches on this subject in the 8075 that have since been given in a book by M.S. Mehta entitled Planets and Travel Abroad. The parameters given here emphasize the connection between the 4" house of residence, and the 12" house of foreign lands, or with Rahu, the karaka of all things foreign. This combination should be reflected in the birth chart or the chaturthamsha, or both, for this kind of destiny to get reflected. People tend to move to a foreign country when the planets involved in these combinations get activated in the dasha sequence. --- ## Page 109 A Doctor’s Destiny Abroad In 1970 Dr. Deepak Chopra, having recently graduated from medical school in India, was accepted for an internship at a hospital in New Jersey. It happened in his Rahu-Saturn period.

Dee pak Clo Dre Ties [050933 [En 07, -; 11111 Note that Rahu, the karaka of all things foreign, is in Dr. Chopra’s 4% house of residence and also gets connected with the 4™ lord Venus, who is with Ketu in the opposite 10" house. This alone suggest the possibility of living abroad in the Rahu period.

--- ## Page 110 078 pak Clo A CEPA मम 117; (1.1, || Rahu is in the lagna of this chart, showing the strong foreign influence on the affairs of this division. However, the most striking feature of this chart is the exchange of houses between the 4" lord Saturn and the 12% lord Venus, clearing showing the potential destiny of living abroad. Recall that he moved to the U.S. for his residency in Rahu-Saturn. As the 4™ lord Saturn gets exalted in D-4, Dr. Chopra was also destined to have a very nice home in a foreign land, which I can attest to having been to his residence in La Jolla, California. Since the motivation for this relocation was essentially a career move, one would expect the Rahu-Saturn period to show up significantly in the dashamsha or D-10 as well.

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Rahu and Saturn are together in the 10" house, participating in many raja yogas, with Saturn as the yogakaraka planet. Career advancement during this period and sub-period could hardly be clearer. --- ## Page 112 Out From Behind The Iron Curtain Czechoslovakian tennis star, Martina Navratilova, first visited the U.S. in March of 1973 to play a tournament. Two years later in September of 1975 she defected. Her Virgo lagna chart shows the 4" lord Jupiter in the 12" house of foreign countries, and thus the clear potential for this event in her life. |, । Marty Navmtibva Tina! 0FREG) हा पुर है Jupiter is again the 4" lord of her chaturthamsha, and is with the Rahu- Ketu axis aspecting the 12™ house of this division. Mercury falls in the 4" house of D-4.

--- ## Page 113 Martina Kaveatibaa Tira | ORG gL बजाए लि A unique feature of Martina’s chart worth mentioning is the rather rare Bhadra Yoga brought about by the placement of Mercury in an angle in its exact highest degree of exaltation. Accordingly, this period provided exceptional. Another strong component is the exchange between the 3 lord Mars of sports and the 6 lord Saturn of competition—the later being her childhood dasha. It shows the intense competitive spirit instilled in her from her youngest days by her sports champion parents.

From the standpoint of the birth chart, the 4™ house is said to pertain to mother and the 9५ house to father, though some jyotishis examine the 10% house as well. Karaka-wise, the Moon is the planet indicative of mother, and the Sun of father. In addition, Parashara recommends D-12, the division of a sign into twelve equal parts, to see details concerning one’s parent’s life and your experiences with them. Each part consists of two and a half degrees each and the counting always starts from the same sign a planet occupies in the birth chart. The difficulty here is that the birth time must be very accurate to give a correct dwadashamsha lagna. Two and a half degrees of celestial longitude only represents approximately about 10 minutes of clock time. When attempting to use it, I always check to see if the degree of the lagna given by the birth time puts it right on the edge of one of these --- ## Page 114 divisions, and how this might change the dwadashamsha lagna. --- ## Page 115

A rather significant event occurred in the life of Chelsea Clinton’s father in November of 1992. He became President of the United States. When her birth data, as reported in a Little Rock, Arkansas newspaper, fell into my hands several years ago, I was curious as to how her dasha sequence at the time appeared in her dwadashamsha. | 1 (रकण 111... | -&1१४।। निरि | {गा ॥५। कि 9 Ba ४ ॥. She was running Mercury-Rahu, both of which fall in good angle houses --- ## Page 116 . Mercury’s involvement in an exchange with Saturn gives it deceptively good strength. As a general principle, planets involved in an exchange of signs give results as if they were in their own sign. I was also curious as to the dasha sequence when the whole “Monica Gate” scandal broke, and the House of Representatives impeached her father over it. Interestingly, it happened in Ketu-Venus. Ketu gives the results of Mars who goes into the 6" house of litigation with the 6™ lord. Venus is in the 8™ house of scandal. It would also suggest that Chelsea has had some differences with her father, given that the 9" house of this chart gets the aspect of Mars and Saturn, and the 9" lord goes into the 6" house with Mars. The Ketu period, giving the results of Mars, would bring this. Patti Davis is another daughter of a former President, but one who made enmity with her famous father a very public issue. From the birth lagna, Capricorn, her 9" house has the natural malefic Saturn, and the 9® lord Mercury is with the 8५ lord Sun. However, for seeing father in the chart, Parashara specifically recommends analyzing the 9" house from the karaka of father, the Sun. For her this is Gemini, which receives the aspect of both Mars and Saturn. She experienced him as self-centered and emotionally distant. In her semi-autobiographical novels, she has been no less venomous towards her mother who she accused of physical abuse. Note the exchange between the 4" lord Mars and 12५ lord Jupiter. Additionally, the 4" house receives the aspect of both the 8™ lord Sun and 6" lord Mercury, such that all three lords of Trik houses (6, 8, 12) are influencing her 4" house of mother. The karaka of mother, the Moon, is debilitated, and although it is with the benefic Venus, both get hemmed by malefics. --- ## Page 117 Tore [0414062 | 2520 "1.1.11१ ॥117./.1711॥ Serb Benga | Here the 9" lord Mercury is in the 9" house, but both are severely hemmed by malefics in the adjacent signs, Taurus and Cancer. It was in her Mercury-Sun period, in early 1967 that her father first became Governor of California, and it can be seen that these two planets are in mutual aspect in D-12. --- ## Page 118 During her Ketu-Rahu period, her father became President, and it is quite interesting to evaluate this period and sub-period in light of her dwadashamsha. On the one hand, Ketu will give the results of Venus who is the lagna lord of this chart, well placed in an angle and configured in a major raja yoga with Saturn, the yogakaraka planet. On the other hand, Ketu is in the 8 house with the planet of violence Mars, who is all a double maraka for Libra lagna. Three months after he was sworn in as President, Reagan was shot by John Hinkley in an assassination attempt. She describes herself as having something of a nervous breakdown the year her father became President and seems to have spent a major portion of adult life trying to deal with her feelings about her parents, at one point conducting workshops on dysfunctional families. By way of contrast, the following dwadashamsha belongs to a woman who has had an especially affectionate and very benefic relationship with her father that has been life long. She was the “baby” of the family, the last of six children, and as such was doted on by both her parents, particularly her father.

Note the highly benefic exchange of house lords between the 9" lord Jupiter, who becomes exalted, and the 4" lord Moon. The karaka of father, --- ## Page 119 the Sun, while falling in a mild dussthana, is hemmed by two benefics and is aspected by another. --- ## Page 120

Many of the charts I’ve been asked to work on as a jyotishi are of mid- life people whose parents have passed away, in which case the timing of their death becomes a way of verifying—or if necessary—correcting their dwadashamsha. When Bill Clinton became the Democratic nominee in the 1992 election, there was confusion and conflicting information at first about his correct birth time and lagna. Some were predicting on the basis of a Cancer ascendant, while others were using the Virgo lagna chart that proved to be correct. One among many biographical facts about Clinton’s life—and a major one—is that his father died three months before his birth. He was raised by an alcoholic stepfather, whose name he took, but who physically abused his mother. At age 13 he “stood up” to him and told him he was never going to hit is mother again. Any true birth chart and dwadashamsha of Clinton must reflect these facts of his life. Looking first at the birth chart, the 9" lord is Venus, who goes into the 1% house, but is debilitated, with the 8५ lord Mars and aspected by the 6" lord Saturn. Moreover, the karaka Sun, though well placed in Leo goes into the 12५ house of loss. The 9™ house has the influence of the Rahu, karaka of poisons such as alcohol, and of “deviation from the norm.” These astrological patterns related to his 9™ house clearly reflect death of father and an alcoholic, violent stepfather (see Rahu’s dispositor, Venus with the 8" lord Mars). --- ## Page 121 Bill 01४] Mees पङ ALT ही AR Prior to examining his dwadashamsha, it was interesting for me to learn that Clinton was born in the Sun dasha. In fact, this period began some three months prior to his birth and the timing coincides exactly with the death of his father. This is intriguing, given that Sun is the karaka of father and is in the 12५ house of loss in his birth chart. It gets even more intriguing when your see the dwadashamsha that the 8:51 AM birth time gives. 1॥ ॥

| 14.1.11. --- ## Page 122 Here the Sun is the & lord in the 9" house with Rahu and aspected by Mars! Moreover, the 9" lord of this chart, Mercury, goes into the 12" house of loss. This picture is very consistent with that of the birth chart. It also raises the interesting question of whether the Vimshottari dasha is operative even before birth since his father died just as his Sun period began, but while he was still in the womb.

I’ve already noted the “perils” of working with the finer divisions within Jyotisha, and, of course, this becomes progressively more of an issue the higher up you go. The shodashamsha or one-sixteenth division of a sign consists only of 1 degree, 52 minutes, less than approximately eight minutes of clock time. It is said to reflect one’s karmas with vehicles, which in ancient times were palanquins and chariots, but now include cars, trains, airplanes, helicopters, and even space ships. Like with all the other finer divisions, you can never trust that even a recorded birth time will give an accurate shodashamsha lagna. However, unless the birth time is way off, the planetary positions will usually be correct, and these by themselves can be revealing.

Few men have had a more unique destiny with vehicles than John Glenn. He was among the original seven astronauts, and the first American to orbit the earth. What also makes him unique even among astronauts is that 36 years later he went into space again at the age of 77. His birth chart, and resultant shodashamsha are fascinating to see in the light of these events and their timing in his life. --- ## Page 123 Mews Maze i: 1711111. 1) (एन, || John Glenn made his first historic voyage orbiting the globe on February 20, 1962 during his Rahu-Mercury-Ketu period. It brought him instant worldwide celebrity, and four million people lined the streets of New York for a ticker tape parade honoring the new hero. Rahu is vargottama in his 11" house from his birth lagna, Scorpio, but in the 10" house from the Moon. Mercury goes into the 8" house in its own air sign, Gemini, and Rahu’s nakshatra, Ardra. It is with Mars, which from the Moon is a combination of the 5" lord and the 10%/ 7% lord, Mercury, giving raja and Bhadra Yoga. Note the strong sambhanda or connection between the major period lord, Rahu, and the sub-period lord Mercury, resulting in a major event in their dasha-antardasha. Rahu is in Mercury’s sign Virgo, and Mercury is in Rahu’s nakshatra. Given this timing of Rahu-Mercury-Ketu, the connection of these planets in Glenn’s shodashamsha is very intriguing. Here the antardasha lord Mercury is in its exaltation sign Virgo and connected with the Rahu-Ketu axis. This interconnectedness in D-16, according to our interpretive principles, suggests that the Rahu-Mercury period would hold some special significance with respect to his destiny with “vehicles.” However, what I really found fascinating is that 36 years later when he was running Saturn-Moon and again traveling in space, it was also a period --- ## Page 124 and sub-period of two planets closely connected in his shodashamsha, and with the dasha lord exalted.

On June 18", 1983, Sally Ride became the first woman to enter space as one of five crew members of Challenger. She was in her Jupiter-Venus-Moon period. See the condition and position of these planets in both her birth chart and shodashamsha. --- ## Page 125 Sally Rider 1117811 ॥/॥१.,- 3१५) Jupiter is extremely well placed as the 10" lord in the 10" house in mutual aspect with the 9" lord Saturn. Venus is the best planet for this lagna, and as the 5% lord in the 1* house, also gives raja yoga. Her fame at his time is easy to see. But it is the subtle connection and condition of these planets in her shodashamsha that I find interesting. --- ## Page 126 Regardless of the correct lagna (if she was born four minutes earlier it would be Cancer ) the dasha lord, Jupiter, is exalted, the sub-period lord, Venus, is in Jupiter’s sign Sagittarius, and the sub-sub-period lord, Moon, is exalted in Venus’ sign Taurus. I have a suspicion that her D-16 lagna is actually Cancer. These more subtle, but clear inter-relationships in her shodashamsha between the period lords that took her for a ride into space appear to mark this time as a special one with respect to her destiny with vehicles. Ill Fated Flight Having looked at the extraordinary experience of astronauts with their unique vehicles, let’s examine now the more tragic fate of John Kennedy Jr. with another kind of vehicle, a small aircraft. ¢ टच M # {1 7.40; ! John Kenney Ji: Fri TAR Tan Nephi BO = Ne Cr TZN 68.44 ं ^ M 114४ 2.) (च| The whole world mourned when it learned that he and his wife and sister-in-law had crashed and died when he lost control of his plane in some fog on the east coast. It happened in his Saturn-Mercury period, two clear and obvious marakas for his Leo lagna chart. Saturn as the 7" lord is a primary maraka and Mercury as the 2™ lord in the 3 house of short trips in the air sign, Libra, is also a primary maraka.

^ M 114४ 2.) (च| The whole world mourned when it learned that he and his wife and sister-in-law had crashed and died when he lost control of his plane in some fog on the east coast. It happened in his Saturn-Mercury period, two clear and obvious marakas for his Leo lagna chart. Saturn as the 7" lord is a primary maraka and Mercury as the 2™ lord in the 3 house of short trips in the air sign, Libra, is also a primary maraka.

--- ## Page 127 Both planets are again primary marakas in this chart. Saturn is in the 7% with the Rahu-Ketu axis, and Mercury is the 2™ lord in Saturn’s sign Aquarius.

Auto racing champion Dale Earnhardt, known as “The Terminator” for his aggressive style, slammed into a wall going 180 miles per hour and was killed instantly during a race in February of 2001. Cars were his life; unfortunately he also was destined to die in one. It happened in his Saturn-Mars-Saturn period, and again the maraka potential of these planets is clear. Saturn is the 7% lord in the 2™ house aspected by the 8" lord Jupiter.

Saturn-Mars acting as a death-delivering period/sub-period in this chart 15 an illustration of a classical principle given in the Laghu Parashari that a malefic in the 2" or 7 house will not kill in its own sub-period, but in that of an unrelated malefic (if the life span is up). It was exactly so in this case. --- ## Page 128

R ory > iy Sap 1200 LET ACLS Gh ॥ HUET (ल नेद The time from his birth certificate gives 2-6 of Leo as the lagna. Since the 1% shodashamsha ends at 1-52, this is rather on the edge, and therefore we must entertain the idea that the lagna of D-16 could be Leo not Virgo. However, the Saturn period, which he began in 1988 was unquestionably quite fortunate with regards to vehicles over-all, since he was hugely successful as a auto racing champion throughout it. Virgo lagna puts Saturn --- ## Page 129 in its own sign in the 5" house. But Mars is another story. It is the worst functional malefic for this lagna and occupies the maraka 7™ house—and as the 8" lord in exchange with the 7" lord. Make it Leo lagna and Mars goes into the 8" with Ketu aspected by the 6™ lord accidents, Saturn. Either way shows his luck with vehicles running out in Saturn-Mars.

Of the many Indian Gurus who came to the U.S. in the 60’s and 70’s, the man known as Bhagawan Rajneesh was among the more controversial. His commune in Oregon drew criticism because it possessed a fleet of 93 Rolls Royces given to him by his disciples. It was a decidedly unique karma with regards to vehicles! His shodashamsha tells the tale.

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His five planet conjunction involving a non-combust 10" lord is given in the ancient classics as a pravrajya yoga, or combination for spiritual renunciation. But it falls in the 8" house of scandals and intrigues, which plagued him throughout his life. The Moon-Jupiter exchange with Jupiter in its exaltation sign forms a powerful Mukuta or “Crown” Yoga, and it was in this Jupiter period that his disciples certainly treated him like king, especially when it came to --- ## Page 130 automobiles. It was during this period that the fleet of Rolls Royces was amassed, the height of this coming in Jupiter-Mercury. His shodashamsha shows it all so brilliantly. EE MaRa Here we find Jupiter and Mercury together in the lagna of this division, with Jupiter exalted again, and both planets getting directional strength. Do you see how his D-16 clearly shows this highly unusual destiny with luxury vehicles, whereas this is not at all apparent from the birth chart alone?

For the one-twentieth division, or the vimshamsha, Parashara uses the word upasana, which means, “spiritual worship.” K.N. Rao seems to use it in a more generalized way to see a person’s spiritual inclinations and leanings, particularly with respect spiritual practice or sadhana. To work with it though, requires a very exact birth time. Therefore in the examples that follow I am not using celebrities, but person’s well know to me whose horoscopes and the resultant divisional charts I know to be quite accurate. To derive the vimshamsha, each sign of 30 degrees is divided into 20 parts of 1 degree 30 minutes each. For a planet posited in a moveable sign, the counting starts from Aries, in a fixed sign from Sagittarius, and in a dual sign from Leo. “Brahmin” Ben To many of us coming of age in the 60’s and 70’s, the spiritual traditions --- ## Page 131 of the East held a very strong attraction, and it was part of the zeitgeist of the times that many teachers from India and elsewhere came to the West and found a ready audience. I was a witness and party to the somewhat improbable scenario of well- educated, middle class young adults, who had been raised in the Catholic, Protestant or Jewish faiths, turning away from these, and adopting the spiritual practices of India. For some it was a passing fancy, for others it became a lifelong path. Below is the chart of a friend of mine whom I first met when we were both teachers of Transcendental Meditation ™ back in the mid to late 70’s. As part of an extensive training, we learned to do a particular form of puja, or Vedic ritual of thanksgiving, as well as to instruct others in a meditation technique involving the use of mantra. In a birth chart, the 5th and 9th houses and their lords—and the vimshamsha among the divisional charts —govern such matters. Jupiter is the planetary karaka of religious worship and rituals. (५६५11 Sud 457 Quis 111 १1, ८ निस A In this chart we see that the 5" lord Saturn is exalted and in mutual aspect with the 9" lord Venus and karaka of religious worship, Jupiter. Just as he moved into his Rahu period in the early 70’s, he was trained as a TM teacher and was therefore doing many pujas as a part of the initiation process. Rahu is in the 5" house of mantra and spiritual practice and gives the results of Saturn. --- ## Page 132 All in all, rather an unusual thing for an American man in his early 20’s to be doing with his life, yet his birth chart shows it clearly. His exalted 5४ lord, Saturn, getting activated in his Rahu period, shows this inclination to be a samskaras or deep impression carried over from previous births and part of his poorva punya, past life merit. Rahu in his vimshamsha confirms it. Here we find Rahu with the 5" lord Venus and along the 5-11 axis of this chart. However, it has been in the following period of Jupiter, connected to both the 5५ and 9" lords in the birth chart, and so beautifully exalted in the 2™ house of scared knowledge orally transmitted in his vimshamsha, that has really enabled his innate spiritually to blossom out. Early in his Jupiter period it just so happened that a job opportunity took him to the Los Angeles area, and he subsequently discovered that there was a South India Temple relatively close by. Over time he became friendly with the head Brahmin priest there and by his Jupiter-Ketu period was traveling to India with him and participating in the performance of the different rituals as an assistant. To make a long story short, he has, for all practical purpose, become an apprentice priest at the Temple, and has been initiated as a Brahmin through the ritual of the scared thread, which is highly unusual for a Westerner. He now spends a good deal of time organizing and developing group financial sponsorship for major yagyas. It is the primary focus of his life, and this all started in his Jupiter-Venus period. The trend continued in this current Saturn period, with Saturn in the lagna of his D-20 as the 9" lord. --- ## Page 133 An intriguing aspect of all of this is that Parashara gives the 8" house as showing the profession of the previous life. He also classifies Jupiter and Venus as the two planets indicating “Brahmins” or the priest caste of ancient India. It can be seen that Jupiter-Venus are together in his 8" house and it was exactly in this period and sub-period that he was initiated as a Brahmin in this life. It seems as if he has returned to his former profession. --- ## Page 134

A In this chart we see that the 5" lord Saturn is exalted and in mutual aspect with the 9" lord Venus and karaka of religious worship, Jupiter. Just as he moved into his Rahu period in the early 70’s, he was trained as a TM teacher and was therefore doing many pujas as a part of the initiation process. Rahu is in the 5" house of mantra and spiritual practice and gives the results of Saturn. --- ## Page 132 All in all, rather an unusual thing for an American man in his early 20’s to be doing with his life, yet his birth chart shows it clearly. His exalted 5४ lord, Saturn, getting activated in his Rahu period, shows this inclination to be a samskaras or deep impression carried over from previous births and part of his poorva punya, past life merit. Rahu in his vimshamsha confirms it. Here we find Rahu with the 5" lord Venus and along the 5-11 axis of this chart. However, it has been in the following period of Jupiter, connected to both the 5५ and 9" lords in the birth chart, and so beautifully exalted in the 2™ house of scared knowledge orally transmitted in his vimshamsha, that has really enabled his innate spiritually to blossom out. Early in his Jupiter period it just so happened that a job opportunity took him to the Los Angeles area, and he subsequently discovered that there was a South India Temple relatively close by. Over time he became friendly with the head Brahmin priest there and by his Jupiter-Ketu period was traveling to India with him and participating in the performance of the different rituals as an assistant. To make a long story short, he has, for all practical purpose, become an apprentice priest at the Temple, and has been initiated as a Brahmin through the ritual of the scared thread, which is highly unusual for a Westerner. He now spends a good deal of time organizing and developing group financial sponsorship for major yagyas. It is the primary focus of his life, and this all started in his Jupiter-Venus period. The trend continued in this current Saturn period, with Saturn in the lagna of his D-20 as the 9" lord. --- ## Page 133 An intriguing aspect of all of this is that Parashara gives the 8" house as showing the profession of the previous life. He also classifies Jupiter and Venus as the two planets indicating “Brahmins” or the priest caste of ancient India. It can be seen that Jupiter-Venus are together in his 8" house and it was exactly in this period and sub-period that he was initiated as a Brahmin in this life. It seems as if he has returned to his former profession. --- ## Page 134

I hope the reader will not think it egotistical of me if, to illustrate a point about what the vimshamsha can show so clearly, I use my own chart. I was born into a very Catholic family and at the age of six was sent to a Catholic school, which began every morning with attendance at Mass. I was very taken by the beauty, mystery, pageantry and music of this ancient ritual, which, back then, was still done in Latin, such that when I grew old enough, I became an assistant to the priests, or an “altar boy,” as it was called. During my last year in grammar school I was elected an officer of the altar boys, which meant that I assisted at the more extensive rituals and “Solemn High Masses” that took place on special holy days like Christmas and Easter. This all coincided exactly with my 10 year Moon period; a planet not obviously connected with either the 5% or 9५ houses or their lords in the birth chart.

Here the Moon goes into its 5™ house in its exaltation sign, Taurus, and is involved in an exchange with the 5™ lord Venus. The relevant sub-periods were that of Moon-Saturn, and Moon-Mercury. Saturn is the lagna lord of this chart placed in the strongest angle in its sign of exaltation, Libra, while Mercury is the 9" lord in the first, getting dik bala, or directional strength. During Rahu-Rahu-Mercury, I was in a foreign country (France) learning how to do a Hindu puja. Note that Rahu gives the results of Mars, who is the --- ## Page 135 4५ Jord of residence in the 12™ house of foreign lands with the 12" lord Jupiter. Mercury is the 9" lord in the 1* house of this D-20.

Parashara recommends the chaturvimshamsha, or the one twenty-fourth division of a sign for acquisition of knowledge and academic achievement. This division is also sometimes referred to as the siddhamsha. Each sign of 30 degrees is divided into 24 parts of 1 degree, 15 minutes each. In odd signs the counting starts from Leo and in even signs counting starts from Cancer and move in the same order even after completing the first cycle of the Zodiac. Again, this being a very fine division, the examples will be drawn from horoscope I know to be very reliable. The individual whose birth chart and chaturvimshamsha are given below had one of the best educations that money and his own diligent scholarship could provide. Growing up in a wealthy, East Coast establishment family, he was sent to the very best exclusive private schools as a child and to an equally exclusive college preparatory school as an adolescent. From there he graduated from Harvard, after which he was admitted to John Hopkins Medical School, considered to be the best and most rigorous in the country. Subsequently, he went back to Harvard for an additional doctorate degree, did several post-doctoral internships and went on to a career in academic medicine. You might say he had quite an education. Looking just at the birth chart, such an educational career is not that readily apparent, occurring as it did in the Moon, Mars and Rahu periods. However, his chaturvimshamsha presents a more enlightening picture. --- ## Page 136 SL lhl Educaind Mak पार पी + 1\/1 || 1 > 2 | Veo

Notice in this chart how all but two of nine grahas fall in good houses, and that the planets bringing this stellar education are all particularly well situated. The Moon is in the 4" house, where it gets directional strength, and participates in a strong Gaja Kesari Yoga with an exalted Jupiter. The following dasha of Mars is in the 5™ house with the 50 lord and yogakaraka planet Saturn. The subsequent period of Rahu is in the 2" house with the --- ## Page 137 lagna lord Venus and aspected by the exalted Jupiter. All and all, it is a very beautiful picture for educational achievement A similar picture can be found in the chaturvimshamsha of another person well known to me who also had an exceptional educational career leading to a doctorate, and went on to a brilliant professional life as a scientist for the government.

1 है 51 Highly Edun Fenak (1171, 8111 Schram NI Her educational achievements would have, again, come in the Moon, --- ## Page 138

Her Moon in D-24 goes into the 4™ house, getting directional strength and is configured in Gaja Kesari Yoga. Mars, the yogakaraka planet for both this division and her birth chart, is very well placed in its own sign in both charts. Accordingly, this seven-year period, covering her late high school and early college years, proved exceptional. Rahu in the 9" house of D-24 continued the trend. Though it is at times very difficult to determine if you have a reliable chaturvimshamsha to work with, it can be very useful for answering questions concerning the important area of education.

The division of a sign into 30 parts of 1 degree each is called the trimshamsha and is said by Parashara to pertain to arishtas or misfortunes. The method of calculating it is a marked departure from the other divisions. In odd signs Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury and Venus rule 5, 5, 8, 7, and 5 degrees successively. In even signs the reverse holds true. I am giving here only a single illustration, but a dramatic one. The person whose chart is given below suffered an injury to their spinal cord in a surfing accident during their Rahu-Saturn period. To see it in the birth chart, look at the disposition of these planets from the Moon in his chart. arta सत्सदा

--- ## Page 139 From here the major period lord, Rahu, goes into the 8" house, giving the results of Mars in the 12" house of hospitals. The sub-period lord, Saturn, aspects Rahu as the 6" lord of accidents.

Here the picture is very sobering. Rahu and Saturn both occupy prime maraka positions from the lagna, and are in a 6-8 relationship with each other. From the dasha lagna (see Rahu’s position as the 1* house) Mercury becomes the lagna lord in the 8" house with the 8% lord. His trimshamsha clearly shows the tragic misfortune that changed his life forever. He would never walk again.

No illustrations are being given here for D-2, D-27, D-40, D-45, and D- 60 because, quite frankly, I have rarely heard my teacher refer to them or give an instance of how they should be used. I candidly acknowledge this limitation, but for most practical astrological purposes, the divisional charts explained and illustrated here will normally suffice. The notable exception is D-60 which can and should be used to differentiate the destiny of twins. Remember This! When my jyotisha-guru wished to make an emphatic point, he would raise his hands and say “remember this your whole life!” Imagine my doing so now. It is vitally important to keep in mind that no predictions should ever --- ## Page 140 be made just based on a divisional chart. They have relevancy only in relationship to the birth chart and the navamsha. Only events that are at least to some degree confluent in all three—the birth chart, the navamsha, and the relevant divisional chart in question—are likely to occur. Together, the rashi, navamsha and the other divisional charts make an...Intricate Pattern of Destiny. --- ## Page 141

Having now seen these many illustrations of the use of divisional charts and the areas of life to which they pertain, we can re-visit the interpretive principles given at the beginning of this lesson and summarize them as follows: 1. Begin by realizing that a sign stays on the ascendant at a given locale for approximately two hours. Anyone born within this time period, and in the same general area, will have birth charts that are nearly identical. . What will differentiate them, including the charts of twins, are the particular set of divisional charts that the exact degree of ascendant gives. The great problem in Jyotisha, however, is that even a recorded time from a hospital record cannot necessarily be relied upon to give a completely accurate set of divisional charts. These must always “prove” themselves in the light of life events, or be corrected accordingly, before utilized for prediction. . The most fundamental use of the divisional charts is to see how many “good divisions” a planet obtains, as one measure of its ability to give it results strongly. “Good divisions” means exaltation, moolatrikona, own sign, and great friend/friend sign. . When seeing the strength of planets forming dhana and raja yogas, Parashara recommends using a dasavarga analysis, or seeing a planet’s dignity in these ten divisional charts: D-1, D-2, D3, D-7, D-9, D-10, D- 12, 12-16, D-30, D-60 . Keep in mind, however, that planet can become strong and give its results powerfully based on other factors such as vargottama and directional strength. . When it comes to the more particular use of the divisional charts, take it as a general principle (but don’t make an invariable law out of it!) that when a planet falls in a good house in a divisional chart, it will give more beneficial results in the matters pertaining to that division during its dasha. --- ## Page 142 7. This will be particularly so if the planet is also strong by virtue of being exalted, vargottama, in its own sign, or having directional strength. Be careful to notice such conditions as planets exchanging signs, or planets that may be deceptively strong by virtue of neecha bhanga raja yoga. 8. If such planets, falling under conditions 5 and 6 above, are additionally involved in significant and benefic yogas, then they can bring exceptionally good results, if this indication is also supported by the birth chart and navamsha. 9. Planets falling in dussthana houses (3, 6, 8, 12) in a divisional chart may not give their best results during their dashas in matters pertaining to that division. However, in my experience they can give much better results if they are in a good condition like exaltation, vargottama, own sign etc. 10. The effects of a planet in a divisional chart get modified based on its conjunction and aspect with other planets. Here the emphasis is on the natural benefics and malefics, not the functional ones. The strong influence of Jupiter on a planet in a divisional chart will significantly enhance its ability to bring beneficial effects, even if it is placed in a” bad” house. 11. When analyzing any divisional chart, see especially the lagna, lagna lord, and then the house/house lord particularly pertaining to that division. For example, the 3™ house of the drekkana for younger siblings, the 7 house of the navamsha for spouse, the 5५ house of the saptamsha for children, the 10" house/10® lord in the dashamsha for career etc. Finally, see the relevant house from the karaka. For example, the 3४ house in the drekkana from the karaka of younger sibling, Mars; the 7" house in the navamsha from the karaka of relationships, Venus, the 4" house in the dwadashamsha from the karaka of mother, the Moon etc. Jyotisha can feel overwhelming complex at times, and certainly the use of divisional charts greatly adds to that complexity. Yet without them, the wonderful subtly and true predictive power of the science gets lost. You really would not be practicing Jyotisha as it was intended, and will not get the most accurate results. --- ## Page 143 At the very least, take the most basic approach of seeing the house position and condition of the dasha lord in a particular division, and judge the resultant effect accordingly: If it falls in a good house (angle, trine or 2, 11) and in a good condition, it’s very good for the matters pertaining to that division. If it falls in a good house but in an ordinary, or even bad condition, it’s still good. If it falls in a bad house (3, 6, 8, 12), but is in a good condition, it’s fair to good. Connection with good benefics helps increase the beneficial effect. If it falls in a bad house, in an ordinary condition, it is not so good, but connection with good benefics helps increase the beneficial effect. If it falls in a bad house, in a bad condition, it is not good at all, but connection with good benefics helps decrease the ill effects. When planets are in a bad house, poor condition and additionally under the influence of malefics, without the relief of benefics, it can give rise to some of the more challenging effects. This is true for planets in the birth chart and any divisional chart. This concludes the lesson on the use of divisional charts for prediction, but, as we shall see, they also serve another very useful purpose. Since they are so sensitive to even minor inaccuracies in the birth time, they can be used to verify a chart, or to correct the birth time and the degree of the ascendant, if necessary. But that is another topic for another time Jai Guru Dev All Praise to the Rishis and to their Divine Science of Jyotisha --- ## Page 144

Marc Boney M.A. is an internationally renowned astrological teacher, writer and consultant. He has been involved since 1974 with the integration of the ancient wisdom of astrology with the counseling arts. He received his training in Jyotisha primarily from K.N. Rao, one of the world’s foremost Vedic astrologers. His focus is on using the Vedic system to help guide people in their lives, as well as training others. Marc has been a featured speaker at international conferences, is a faculty member of the American College of Vedic Astrology, and was the main presenter on Jyotisha at the Chopra Center for Well-Being from 2000 to 2002. He is the author of 50 articles on this topic, and two soon-to-be published books. The Institute of Astrology, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, of New Delhi, India honored Marc with a Distinguished Service Award for his contributions to the advancement of Vedic Astrology in the West. Marc recently founded the Pacific Institute of Vedic Science, which will be offering quality educational programs in Yoga, Ayurveda, and Jyotisha in the San Diego area where he lives. Prior to his current full-time involvement with these Vedic sciences, Marc held positions in the corporate world as a Director of Human Resources, Outplacement Consultant, and Leadership Consultant. Marc holds an MA in Counseling Psychology and a BA in English Literature from Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. He is a practitioner of Transcendental Meditation since 1971 and later trained as a teacher and taught TM in the late 70’s. Visit his web-site at www.marcboney.com or contact him at marcboney @aol.com --- ## Page 145

Who ignited in me the light of Jyotisha Introduction T a The Divisional Charts of Jyotisha The Sixteen Vargas of Parashara The Sixteen Vargas of Parashara How Divisional Charts Are Derived T a}

Time Sensitivity of the Vargas

Sub-Groups of the 16 Vargas

The Most Basic Use of Divisional Charts— Seeing a Planet’s Strength Assessing a Planet’s Strength in the Divisional Charts The Relative Importance of Different Divisions Two Dramatic Illustrations Sweet Venus King Midas

Her Majesty The Godfather Bill Gates Michael Jordan Queen Elizabeth

Marlon Brando

A Contrasting Example

Summing Up

Some General Guidelines for Using the Divisional Chart Common Concerns Dashamsha (D-10) For Status and Achievements Queen of the Courts Agent 007 The Crown Prince of Politics

Using The Dashamsha To Predict— Election 2000 The Navamsha For All Matters. and For Relationships Timing Marriage Using the Navamsha

Royal Fiasco

The Camelot Couple

Long Suffering First Lady Predicting Marriage With The Navamsha

Navamsha For Seeing Relationship Difficulties

--- ## Page 146 The Saptamsha For Children JFK and Jackie’s Children T Al

The Princes of England

Tragic Loss of a Child Children All Doing Well Giving Birth To Children in Middle Age Predicting Child Birth With The Saptamsha T +

The Drekkana for Siblings

The Sisters of Center Court

Fatality Of A Sister

The Chaturthamsha for Residence, Property and General Fortune To The Manor Born

A Doctor’s Destiny Abroad Out From Behind The Iron Curtain

The Dwadashamsha For Parents

Seeing the Death of Parents Using D-12 The Shodashamsha For Destiny With Vehicles The Right Stuff

111 Fated Flight

Death of Racing Champion

The Vimshamsha For Spiritual Worship “Brahmin” Ben

The Chaturvimshamsha For Knowledge The Trimshamsha for Misfortunes The Other Vargas Remember This! Summary of Guidelines for Using Divisional Charts About the Author ---