MUNDANE ASTROLOGY | The word ‘mundane’ refers to earth. Hence, Mundane Astrology focuses mainly on the future of the different countries existing on the earth. Mundane Astrology is a branch of Astrology that examines the charts of countries and their rulers in predicting the future of the country. Mundane Astrology is also called ‘Medini Jyothisha’ or ‘Desa Gochara’ in Vedic culture. It is also referred to as ‘Political Astrology’ by modern Astrologers. There are references to Mundane Astrology in Ramayanam. So, its existance can be traced back to several lakhs of years in India. Varahamihira gives a vivid description of Mundane Astrology in his great work 'Brihat samhita'. Western Astrologers like Ptolemy, Sepharial, Alan Leo and Raphael had made tremendous effort on this subject. Unlike Natal Astrology which focuses on the individual horoscope of a person, Mundane Astrology mainly focuses on the future of a country. It is possible to forecast the time when the ruling party of a country changes, when the country will have conflict with her neighbors, when epidemic diseases spread, when natural calamities like floods and famine are possible and when the people revolt against the Government etc. events in advance. When such things are known in advance, required contingency plans can be adopted to alleviate the problem. Mundane charts To know the future of a country, Mundane Astrology uses several horoscope charts. First of all, the chart of the birth of the country is required. It means chart for the formation day or Independence Day of the country. Next, the birth (natal) chart of the ruler of the country is important. It means the birth chart of the President or Prime Minister of the country. A chart drawn for the moment when the Sun enters the Aries 0 degree is also needed. This is called ‘solar ingress chart’. The word ingress comes from the Latin ingressus, to 'go in' or 'enter'. The solar ingress chart represents the beginning of new cycle for the Sun to go round the zodiac. Charts for the time of Solar and Lunar eclipses provide clues regarding bad events taking place that year. Chart representing the transits of planets during that year. In addition, the Astrologer should have information about the ruling sign, ruling planet and ruling star of the country. Horoscope chart for USA United States of America has got independence on July 4th 1776. But the time is unknown. So, Astrologers have taken different timings and drawn several horoscope charts for USA. Of the many charts proposed for that day, the most widely accepted continues to be the Sibly chart, set for 5.10 PM on 4th July 1776 in Philadelphia. This chart is constructed by taking the major events happened during the course of several events that have their own impact on the country. Horoscope chart for India Most Astrologers take the horoscope chart of India for the Aug 15th, 1947 at 12.00 AM, New Delhi when she became independent. On that day, India acquired only a dominion status under the British Crown. But she was not fully free. She became a sovereign democratic republic only on January 26th, 1950 at 10.18 AM. From this date onwards, she attained her freedom fully and hence this date should be taken for the purpose of predicting the future of India. Ptolemy’s classification of countries into zodiac is still followed in Western Astrology. According to Ptolemy, the ruling sign for England and Germany is Aries. The ruling sign for USA is Gemini. The ruling sign for India is Capricorn. According to Indian scholars, the ruling sign for India is Virgo. India, a spiritual land extends from Sharada of Kashmir to Kanya Kumari in the extreme South. These two female deities point to feminine sign Virgo (Kanya) as a ruling sign of India. Planets and houses in Mundane Astrology All the planets are given special significance in the Mundane Astrology, as they represent certain classes / community and particular matters, as shown in the following table. Significator Planet Represents Sun------- King, people in power, famous people, elections, cabinet ministers. Moon------- Females in general, food, water, mental worries, water born diseases. Mercury------ Mass media, journeys, ambassadors, industries, business people. Mars------- Army, police, disputes, accidents, war. Venus----- Artists, marriages, births, sex, luxuries. Saturn---- Democracy, agriculture, old people, mines, coal, crops, earth. Jupiter ------Judges, courts, temples, advisors, religious Gurus. Rahu---------- Diseases beyond cure, selfishness, cheaters, thieves. Kethu ------------Medicines, epidemic diseases, inflation. Uranus------- Railways, explosives, nuclear weapons, electrical, occult sciences. Neptune--Anaesthesia, medicines, photography, unconsciousness, sea, fraud companies. Pluto---------- Massive deaths, unexpected income and losses, exploring new things. The influence of the 12 mundane houses in connection to the affairs of the country is given in the following table. House or Bhava Represents 1st house-------- Condition of cabinet, public health. 2nd house------- Revenue, stock exchange, banking, trading. 3rd house---- Transport, automobiles, railways, newspapers, postal and telephones. 4th house-------------- Weather, agriculture, Government lands, mines. 5th house----- Education, children, new births, games and sports, Cinema industry. 6th house--------------------- Diseases, public health, Army, Navy, defense. 7th house--- Foreign relations, crime against women, marriages, International disputes, war. 8th house---------------- State treasury, deaths, large scale losses. 9th house--------- Law and courts, endowment department, science, business through ships. 10th house---------------- Ruling party, ruler, administration. 11th house-------- Parliament, legislation, legislative members, business groups. 12th house----------- Hospitals, prisons, asylums, temples, crimes, investigation department.

computation of superarea

LEGAL observation on super built up area of flat for charging for cost of flat

1.SEEKING SHELTER FROM THE LAW
Buying a flat? Know your rights!

by S D Israni

For an average citizen in India, purchasing a flat is one of the most important decisions of his life. In fact, it is a dream which many are unable to realise due to lack of personal resources, though in recent years, to an extent, housing finance companies have played a significant role in meeting the financial needs of the middle-class citizens aspiring to acquire their own apartments.

Buying a flat in India is fraught with so many risks that a buyer actually rejoices if he manages to get the flat as per the original terms and conditions stipulated in the agreement for sale. After all it is not uncommon, or one may dare say that it is a rampant practice, of builders going back on their word by delaying the possession of the flat, asking for increase in rate or cheating in built-up area. The hapless middle-class buyer who, apart from investing his life's savings, has to take recourse to substantial loans to enable him to buy a small shelter, finds himself in an unenviable position.

In this context the question that arises is: what happens if the builder reneges on his agreement in any manner including delay in giving possession, asking for additional amount beyond the agreed price, failing to give the agreed parking lot or cheating on the built-up area by giving a small or carpet area?

At the outset, it may be said that now buyers of residential premises are fortunate that they have the protection of an enactment like Consumer Protection Act, 1986. The Act specifically provides that any deficiency in service in respect of a residential premises can be taken up before the pertinent consumer forum and the guilty builders can be brought to book.

Initially, builders had strongly resisted the attempts of buyers to take them to consumer courts by contending that consumer courts lacked jurisdiction in the matter. Even after the Supreme Court's decision in the case involving Lucknow Development Authority, confirming the jurisdiction of the consumer courts in this regard, builders continued to raise the issue of jurisdiction. Finally, the government put an end to the matter by adding the words 'housing construction' to the definition of 'service' under clause (o) of Sec. 2(1) of the Act. In other words, now the law itself specifically provides that services relating to housing construction fall within the purview of the Consumer Protection Act.

Sometime ago, a case came up for consideration, by way of an appeal, before the National Commission, New Delhi (P R Menon v P A Construction), in which the complainant had purchased a flat on an understanding that he would be allotted a car parking space on the ground floor of the building at the rate of Rs 400 per sq ft. The builder, instead, informed the complainant that he could allot him a garage space at the rate of Rs 500 per sq ft. The complainant filed a complaint under the Consumer Protection Act, before the State Commission, Chennai, seeking a direction to the builder to provide him a car-parking space or garage at the rate of Rs 400 per sq ft, along with a compensation of Rs 3 lac.

However, the complainant was dejected when the State Commission rejected his complaint. The commission held that the agreement related to the purchase of a parking space and, it being an immovable property, fell within the purview of Transfer of Property Act. Consequently, the complainant was told to file a suit for specific performance in a civil court as the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act had no application in respect of the sale of immovable property.

The complainant, not satisfied, appealed against the said order to the National Commission. After hearing the counsel for both the parties, the National Commission held that the State Commission was not right in dismissing the complaint on the ground that, as the case related to the agreement of sale for immovable property, it was within the purview of the Transfer of Property Act and not under the Consumer Protection Act.

The National Commission observed that where statutory bodies like housing and development boards or private builders were engaged in serving the public in the matter of sites, construction of houses thereon and allotment of plots/houses to the public, they were clearly engaged in rendering service for consideration to the public, and those who were allotted plots/houses were 'consumers' falling under the definition given in Sec. 2 (1)(d)(ii) of the Consumer Protection Act. This view of the National Commission has already been upheld by the Supreme Court in the matter of Lucknow Development Authority. The National Commission also noted that the complainant had purchased a flat in the building constructed by the builder and, therefore, he was a 'consumer' as defined in the Consumer Protection Act. The National Commission also opined that though the grievance of the complainant relates to the purchase of car-parking space and garage, the case had to be viewed in a larger perspective. For the beneficial enjoyment of the flat the complainant wanted a car-parking space and he had clearly stated that the flat was purchased by him with the specific understanding that he would be allotted one car-parking space on the ground floor of the said building. Thus, the builder offered the car-parking space to the complainant as part of the service already rendered by him while providing the flat to the complainant. Eventually, the National Commission held that the purchase of the car-parking space cannot be taken as a separate contract for purchase of some immovable property. So, for the purchase of the car-parking space, the complainant will be deemed to be a consumer of service from the builder.

In another case, one Mehta had booked a flat having a super built-up area of 100 sq ft on the first floor in a building proposed to be constructed by a builder [S C Mehta (Retd), Delhi, v Jaina Properties (P) Ltd., New Delhi]. He paid the required sum of Rs 69,478 in installments from time to time.

In the course of time, the flat was ready and its formal possession was delivered to Mehta. After taking possession, he discovered that the actual usable area allotted to him was much less than the total area of 100 sq ft booked by him. Being aggrieved, he approached the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices (MRTP) Commission, claiming compensation of Rs 2,21,927 for the loss suffered by him. The application was heard by a bench of the commission. The bench members differed in their opinions; the case was referred to the chairman of the commission for his decision.

The counsel on behalf of the builder contended that the applicant, having taken possession of the flat in question without any objection, could not turn round and assert that he has been a victim of unfair trade practice.

The then chairman of the commission, Justice A.N. Varma, observed that the facts as to the total super area allotted to the applicant as against the actual usable area eventually delivered to the applicant were not in dispute. It was also not seriously disputed that the actual usable area allotted to the applicant was much less than two-third of the stipulated super area.

The chairman further clarified that builders should not take away more than 33% of the stipulated area under the guise or by way of common area. And, if they do so, they would be guilty of manipulation of the conditions of delivery/prices within the meaning of Sec. 2(o)(ii) of the MRTP Act. Consequently, the chairman held that the builder had indulged in restrictive trade practices falling under Sec. 2(o)(ii) of the MRTP Act.

Unfortunately, not many consumers are aware of their rights as well as duties in this regard. There is an urgent need to educate prospective buyers of properties and put them on guard so that they don't become easy victims at the hands of rapacious builders who are out to gobble their hard-earned money. This is particularly necessary in the case of middle- and lower middle-class citizens who lack financial resources as well as sound advice. Consequently, such buyers become sitting ducks for the unscrupulous builders. Today, with remedies available under the Consumer Protection Act and MRTP Act, buyers of residential flats should not hesitate in filing complaints if the concerned builders commit any deficiency in services in connection with the residential premises purchased by them.

However, buyers should ensure that the complaint is filed in the right forum. If the amount involved is upto Rs 5 lac, the complaint should be filed with the concerned District Forum. For amounts exceeding Rs 5 lac but not exceeding Rs 20 lac, the complaint should be filed with the State Commission located in the capital of every state. For amounts exceeding Rs 20 lac, the complaint has to be filed directly with the National Commission, New Delhi. Moreover, buyers should note that any such complaint in respect of residential premises has to be filed within a maximum period of two years of the date of taking possession of the premises, otherwise it would be too late to seek any remedy under the Consumer Protection Act.

The writer is member, central council, Institute of Company Secretaries of India. The views expressed by the author are his own and not those of the ICSI. e-mail: sdisrani@usa.net


calculation of super area of flat



1.What Is Covered Area, Carpet Area,Built Up Area And Super Built Up Area In A House
Posted on January 2, 2011

Whenever we go for purchasing a flat, we tend to get confused when we hear a number of jargons, like covered area, carpet area, built up area, super built up area to name a few, by real estate agents. Its not so difficult to be fooled in such rhetorics and these are one of the most common places where you can be(and in fact will be if you are not alert) cheated by builders. This tutorial makes an attempt to help all prospective house-buyers in understanding these terms.

■Covered Area : This is the Actual Area under the roof.
■Carpet Area : As its name suggests, Carpet Area is the area where we can spread a carpet, means area calculated from inner wall to wall distance inside the house. This would also include steps if any, inside the house. So essentially, Carpet area is nothing but the net usable area inside the house.
■Built up Area : Built up area is Carpet Area + Area of walls and ducts+ 1/2 the Area of terrace. This is usually 10% more than the carpet area. A terrace is considered as half the actual area for calculating built up area.
■Super Built up Area : This is built up area + area occupied by common amenities like lifts, corridors, awnings, club house, stairs. Super built up is usually around 25% more than Built up area. This is also called as Salable Area.
So next time you go around searching for a house and a property agent talks about these jargons, you know exactly what he is talking about !! If they are selling you a 1400 sq ft flat, then it doesn’t necessarily mean, you are getting 1400 sq ft for personal usage. Here 1400 sq ft is super built up area or salable area. In reality, the actual usable area, that you might be getting, could possibly be only 1000 sq ft !! Let’s do the maths backwards

Carpet Area : 1000 sq ft
Built Up Area : will be ~ 10% more than carpet area, so it comes to 1000+100 = 1100 sq ft
Super Built Up Area : will be ~ 25% more than built up area, so it comes to 1100 + 280(~ 300) = 1400 sq ft.

You can see, even though you are buying a 1400 sq ft flat, you are only getting 1100 sq ft, as the remaining means 300 sq ft is nothing but area of your common usage like lifts, garden, stairs etc !! So if you want to compare two flats rate-wise, a rule-of-thumb would be to calculate carpet area first and then compare, how much you are paying per sq feet. This way, you will be able to do a fair comparison and not get fooled by property-dealers




The terms built up area, super built up area, saleable area and carpet area pop upagain and again for an Indian real estate buyer. The apartment that is sold as aspacious 1500 sqft apartment, is actually not 1500 sqft if you count its actualcovered area, or carpet area. Let us see what these terms mean…Definitions-1. Carpet area- The actual area you use. The area on which ‘you can put a carpet’.2. Built up area -Carpet area + area of walls and ducts. Around 10% more thanthe carpet area. A terrace is considered as half the actual area for calculating built uparea. Some projects charge dry terrace same as internal rooms.3. Super built up / Saleable area- Built up area + markup for common spaceslike lifts and stairs. Usually 25% more than the built up area.Let us take an example.Here is thefloor planof one of the apartments atKumar Periwinkle in Kharadi. This is a small apartment whose saleable area, or super built up area is 892 sqft. Letus calculate its carpet area by summing up all its rooms -
RoomDimensions (ft & inch)Carpet area insqftLivingRoom10′ x 15′-9″157.5DiningRoom7′ x 7′-8″53.6Bedroom 111′-9″ x 10′-9″126.3Bedroom 211′-9″ x 10117.5Toilet 18′-6″ x 542.5Toilet 28′-4″ x 4′-3″35.4Terrace10′ x 5′-9″57.5Kitchen11′ x 8′-6″93.5Now terraces are generally considered by halving their actual area. So, carpet areaconsidered of the terrace is 57.5/2 sqft = 28.75 sqft.

2. calculation of super area

The terms built up area, super built up area, saleable area and carpet area pop upagain and again for an Indian real estate buyer. The apartment that is sold as aspacious 1500 sqft apartment, is actually not 1500 sqft if you count its actualcovered area, or carpet area. Let us see what these terms mean…Definitions-1. Carpet area- The actual area you use. The area on which ‘you can put a carpet’.2. Built up area -Carpet area + area of walls and ducts. Around 10% more thanthe carpet area. A terrace is considered as half the actual area for calculating built uparea. Some projects charge dry terrace same as internal rooms.3. Super built up / Saleable area- Built up area + markup for common spaceslike lifts and stairs. Usually 25% more than the built up area.Let us take an example.Here is thefloor planof one of the apartments atKumar Periwinkle in Kharadi. This is a small apartment whose saleable area, or super built up area is 892 sqft. Letus calculate its carpet area by summing up all its rooms -
Room--------------Dimensions (ft)----Carpet areasqft
LivingRoom--------10′ x 15′-9″---------157.5
DiningRoom---------7′ x 7′-8″-----------53.6
Bedroom------------ 11′-9″ x 10′-9″----126.3
Bedroom------------ 11′-9″ x 10--------117.5
Toilet------------ 18′-6″ x 5-----------42.5
Toilet------------- 8′-4″ x 4′-3″-------35.4
Terrace------------10′ x 5′-9″----------57.5
Kitchen------------11′ x 8′-6″----------93.5

Now terraces are generally considered by halving their actual area. So, carpet area considered of the terrace is 57.5/2 sqft = 28.75 sqft.

So, the total carpet area for the rooms of the flat comes to be
approximately 655sqft. Now there is a passage area at the center of the flat, which looks approximately 11 feet by 5 feet, which adds 55 sqft more to the carpet area.So, approximate carpet area of the flat =710 sqft.
. As far as I have seen, athumb rule is to take 1.25 as the multiplying factor to calculate super built up area(i.e. saleable area).So, if we multiply carpet area by 1.25 then super built up area= 710 * 1.25 =887.5sqft.
But this rule of 25% is no written rule, and this multiplier can vary. Ideally, thismultiplier should be more for the schemes where more space is given to amenitiesand common areas. This area is supposed to include the common amenities that arebuilt but are not directly charged to the customer. But there are no concreteformulas for this. The agreement that you will sign with the builder, should have allthe details like carpet area in it. But you will probably see the agreement in detailonly after you decide to buy your home there.So are you getting cheated when you actually get a 700 sqft apartment when youthought you got 900 sqft? Not really…The key is to ask for the carpet area of the apartment you are buying, and verify itby doing a calculation as given above, and also verify the dimensions actually on theground if possible. As long as we have open market economy, you will always have choices. So, if you find that a project has a multiplying factor of 25% for super builtup area and another has 30%, the simplest thing you can do, is get the carpet areaof the actual rooms and find out the per sqft rate based on carpet area, to comparethe two projects.Apart from this, there are also several extra bills like electricity backup charges,parking charges, maintenance charges for amenities, society formation charges soon and so forth. So, you need to consider and compare all of these charges beforethinking of choosing the right project to buy a property. Give a hard thought to howmany of the amenities you are actually going to use, and how much you are gettingcharged for them. Will it be simply better to buy into a no-frills project and join agymkhana club rathar than paying maintenance charges for the swimming pool youare not going to use?Simply create an excel sheet and put all the parameters of the property in it, likecarpet area, parking charges etc. Use that sheet as your basis of taking decision andnot the glossy marketing brochures they give you!--Zamanzar.com is currently ranked within the TOP 10 real estate portals in Indiaaccording to Alexa traffic rank. The company was started in 2007 by Nisheeth


3.Brainwaves & Braindumps

AboutCarpet area, Built up area for beginners

Many flat purchasers are having doubts about area of the flat they are going to purchase. In order to help them, the following details are given:

Definitions:
Carpet area: As name suggests, it is the area where we can put carpet literally. So it is the area which we use on daily basis. If usable terrace( private terrace) is there within the flat, then the area of terrace is calculated and 50% of it is added to carpet area.

Built up area: ( (BUA) In addition to carpet area, we have to add up area of walls and ducts. Normally it is 10% more than the carpet area. This is also called plinth area and it includes external wall/internal wall within the rooms also.

Super-Built up area: (SBUA) This is actually saleable area which every builder quotes. It includes built up area plus common space area like stair cases, gymnasium, security room, motor room, walkways, lifts, terrace of the building etc. Usually it is normally 15% more than built up area.

In order to understand the concepts of all the above, one simple illustration is given below:

Room ------------- Dimension ---------Carpet area in sqft

Living room ----- 10 x 15 --------- 150

Master Bedroom----- 12 x 15 --------- 180

Bedroom -2 ------ 10 x 12 --------- 120

Dining room ------- 8 x 10 -------- 80

Kitchen --------- 12 x 10 --------- 120

Toilet -1 -------- 8 x 5 -------- 40

Toilet -2 ------- 10 x 7 ------- 70

Private Terrace ---- 10 x 6 -------- 30 (within the flat premises)

Passages within flat--- 10 x 5 -------- 50

Since terraces are considered within carpet area by halving their actual area( 50% of 60 sqft). In this case, it is 30 sqft.
So the total carpet area of 840 sqft. The builder may quote nearly 1050 sqft as saleable area to purchaser which includes carpet area plus walls plus common areas for the said flat which are allowed to be freely used by them. This does not include car parking for which separate rate is calculated and charged.
Thus the thumb rule is to take 1.25 as the multiplying factor to calculate super built up area or saleable area. But this 1.25 differs from project to project based on common amenities.

Apart from this, there will be several extra charges like electricity backup charges, parking charges, maintenance charges for amenities, security charges etc. So we need to consider and compare all of these charges before thinking of choosing the right project to buy a property. We should give a hard thought to how many of the amenities we are actually going to use, and how much we are going to get charged for them. Whether it will be good thing to buy into a no-frills project and join a gymkhana club rather than paying maintenance charges for the swimming pool which we are not going to use. Also nowadays there is not much co-operation among the flat residents and hence lot of problems is faced in running common amenities which becomes dud in the long run and useless.

So when you go in for purchase of flats, just check up the carpet area and other things among various alternatives including importance of locality, floor number and travel facilities before deciding on any single flat. It is better to go in for first or second floor rather than ground and other floors as lot of problems are coming in times of crisis.

In this connection, we should know about FSI also. FSI means Floor Space index. This is the ratio between total plot area to the total built up area of the building. Every flat owner is having the right in the plot area and it is apportioned based on super-built up area or built up area as per the agreement.

Before purchasing the flat,

1.Check up whether the builder has the right to put up structure over the land as the owner or contractor. If so, check the title of land ownership with the help of good advocate.
2.Also we should check whether the builder is building without any violation and the construction of our flat is as per plan given to us.
3.Check whether the total floors are as per the building map.
4.We should ensure that the floor we are buying is approved one as nowadays many flats are sold without any approval and the purchasers faces the problem of demolition.
5.We should also check the reputation of builder and also we should obtain that NOC for urban land ceiling is obtained by the builder.
6.Obtain the electrical and water pipelines maps from the builder which will be helpful in getting help for any major repairs or alteration.

astakvarga

Secrets of Ashtakavarga revealed

Ch. 66. AshtakaVargaa

1-4. Maitreya said: O Venerable Sage! You have described many kinds of effects, relating to the Planets and Houses, after incorporating the views of many sages and Acharyas, but it is not possible to say with certainty, if a particular effect is quite correct, after considering the contradictions in the effects by the movements of the various Planets. As because of sinful deeds, committed by people in Kaliyuga, their minds have become blunt, be kind enough to describe a method, which would enable even the shallow minded persons to ascertain their happiness and sorrows and determine their longevity on the basis of the positions of the Planets in transit.

5-6. The sage replied: O Brahmin! You have put a very intelligent question. I will now describe the Shastra for the benefit of all, the Shastra, in which there will be no contradictions in judging the effects of happiness and sorrows and for determination of the longevity. You now listen to me carefully.

7-11. If the 12 Houses, including Lagna, are occupied by, or aspected by benefic Planets, they yield auspicious results, according to their characteristics, but this happens, where the Planets concerned are in their exaltation Rāśi, own Rāśi, or posited in a benefic House. There will be no good effects, if such Planets are in depression, or posited in an inauspicious House. Similarly the Houses, associated with, or aspected by malefics in depression, or posited in malefic Houses, yield adverse results, according to their characteristics. If such Planets be in their exaltation Rāśi, the effects will not be adverse. This is how the general effects have been described by the Daivajnas. I have only repeated those effects. The main purposes of this Jyotishya Shastra are to determine the longevity and joys and sorrows of the people, but because the movements of the Planets are so subtle, even sages, like Vashista and Brihaspati, have not been able to be quite definite in this respect. Then how can a common man, particularly in Kaliyuga, do so.

12. There are two divisions, or parts of the Jyotishya Shastra, namely general and particular. I have already dealt with the general part. I now come to the other part, which deals with this subject in particular.

13-15. As the effects of the twelve Houses are judged from Lagna and Moon, effects of the twelve Houses and the various Planets are judged in the same manner. Therefore the inauspicious places from the seven Planets, named, as Karan, beginning from Sun and Lagna (total 8), should be marked by dots (Bindus) and auspicious places, named, as Sthan, by small vertical lines (Rekhas) and on the basis of their assessment should the judgment of the horoscope and predictions be made.

Notes. The above arrangement is known, as AshtakaVargaa. The meaning of AshtakaVargaa is literally the group of eight things. In other words it is the combination of the good and bad positions of a Planet with reference to the seven Planets and Lagna. So it is the combination of the benefic and malefic marks (the Rekhas and the Bindus) in a planets chart with reference to the position of the eight Planets (here Lagna is to be treated, as a Planet).

16. Five Planets in 1st, 2nd, 8th, 3rd and the 12th Houses from Sun are Karanprad (dot significators). Similarly four Planets in the 7th and 4th, three Planets in the 6th and 9th, six Planets in the 5th, 2 Planets in the 10th and one Planet in the 11th are dot significators.

17-19. Thus Lagna, Moon, Jupiter, Venus and Mercury in the 1st, 2nd and 8th from Sun; Sun, Mars, Saturn, Moon and Jupiter in the 12th; Mercury, Moon, Venus, Jupiter in the 4th; Lagna, Moon, Venus in the 9th; Sun, Saturn and Mars in the 6th; Lagna, Mercury, Jupiter and Moon in the 7th; Venus in the 11th; Sun, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter and Mars in the 3rd; Jupiter and Venus in the 10th; Sun, Saturn, Moon, Lagna Mars and Venus in the 5th are Karanprad, or dot indicators.

20-22. In Moon’s AshtakaVargaa 6 Planets in the 9th and the 2nd, 5 Planets in the 4th, 8th and the 1st, one Planet in the 10th and the 3rd, 4 Planets in the 5th, 3 Planets in the 6th and the 7th and 1st, eight in the 12th are Karanprad. Thus Lagna, Sun, Mars, Saturn and Venus, these five in the 1st; Lagna, Mercury, Sun, Moon, Saturn and Venus, these 6 in the 2nd; Jupiter in the 3rd; Sun, Saturn, Moon, Lagna and Mars, these 5 in the 4th; Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, these 3 in the 6th; Mars, Lagna and Saturn, these 3 in the 7th; Mars, Lagna, Saturn, Venus and Moon, these five in the 8th; Lagna, Sun, Mars, Saturn, Mercury and Jupiter, these 6 in the 9th; Saturn only in the 10th; none in the 11th; all the eight in the 12th from their own places are Karanprad. These Planets in the other Houses are Rekhaprad (line significators).

23-27. In the AshtakaVargaa of Mars6 Planets in the 12th, 4th and 7th, 5 Planets in the 5th, 6 Planets in the 2nd, 7 Planets in the 9th, 5 Planets in the 1st and 8th, 4 Planets in the 3rd, 3 Planets in the 10th and 2 Planets in the 6th are Karanprad. In the 11th no Planet is Karanprad. In other words all the Planets in the 11th from their own places are Rekhaprad. Thus Sun, Moon, Mercury, Jupiter and Venus, these five in the 1st; Lagna, Sun, Moon, Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn, these 6 in the 2nd; Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, these 4 in the 3rd; Sun, Moon, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Lagna, these 6 in the 4th; Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Venus and Lagna, these 5 in the 5th; Mars and Saturn, these 2 in the 6th; Mercury, Moon, Sun, Venus, Jupiter and Lagna, these 6 in the 7th; Mercury, Moon, Sun, Lagna and Jupiter, these five in the 8th; Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Lagna, these 7 in the 9th; Venus, Moon and Mercury, these 3 in the 10th; none in the 11th; Sun, Saturn, Mercury, Moon, Lagna and Mars, these 6 in the 12th from their own places are Karanprad.

28-30. In the AshtakaVargaa of Mercury 3 Planets in the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 10th, 6th and 9th, 2 Planets in the 8th, 6 Planets in the 3rd and the 7th, none in the 11th, 5 Planets in the 5th and 12th are Karanprad. Thus Sun, Moon and Jupiter, these 3 in the 1st; Jupiter, Sun and Mercury, these 3 in the 2nd; Lagna, Sun, Mars, Saturn, Moon and Jupiter, these 6 in the 3rd; Mercury, Sun and Jupiter, these 3 in the 4th; Jupiter, Mars, Moon, Saturn and Lagna, these 5 in the 5th; Venus, Saturn and Mars, these 3 in the 6th; Mercury, Moon, Lagna, Sun, Venus and Jupiter, these 6 in the 7th; Mercury and Sun, these 2 in the 8th; Jupiter, Moon and Lagna, these 3 in the 9th; Sun, Jupiter and Venus, these 3 in the 10th; none in the 11th; Lagna, Moon, Mars, Saturn and Venus these 5 in the 12th from their own places are Karanprad.




31-34. In the AshtakaVargaa of Jupiter one Planet in the 2nd and 11th, 2 Planets in the 10th, 7 Planets in the 12th, 4 Planets in the 6th, 5 Planets in the 8th and 3rd, 3 Planets in the remaining Houses are Karanprad. Thus Venus, Moon and Saturn, these 3 in the 1st; Saturn in the 2nd and 11th; Lagna, Mars, Moon, Mercury and Venus, these 5 in the 3rd; Sun, Jupiter and Mars, these 3 in the 5th; Venus, Saturn and Moon, these 3 in the 4th; Mercury, Venus and Saturn, these 3 in the 7th; Jupiter, Mars, Sun and Moon, these 4 in the 6th; all except Saturn, these 7 in the 12th; Moon and Saturn, these 2 in the 10th; Saturn, Mars and Jupiter, these 3 in the 9th; Lagna, Saturn, Venus, Moon and Mercury, these 5 in the 8th from their own places are Karanprad.

35-38. In the AshtakaVargaa of Venus 2 Planets in the 5th, 8th and 3rd, 5 Planets in the 1st, 2nd, 12th, 10th, 8 Planets in the 7th, 6 Planets in the 6th, one in the 9th, 3 in the 4th, none in the 11th are Karanpradas. Thus Sun, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn, these 5 in the 1st and the 2nd; all the 8 Planets in the 7th; Jupiter and Sun, these 2 in the 3rd; Sun and Mars, these 2 in the 5th; Sun in 9th; Sun, Mercury and Jupiter, these 3 in the 4th; Mars and Mercury, these 2 in the 8th; Venus, Sun, Moon, Saturn, Lagna and Jupiter, these 6 in the 6th; none in the 11th; Lagna, Saturn, Mercury, Venus and Jupiter, these 5 in the 12th; Lagna, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Sun, these 5 in the 10th from their own places are Karanpradas.

39-42. In the AshtakaVargaa of Saturn 7 Planets in the 2nd, 7th, 9th, 6 Planets in the 8th, Lagna and 4th, 4 Planets in the 10th, 3rd and 12th, one Planet in the 6th, 5 Planets in the 5th, none in the 11th are Karanpradas. Thus Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn, these 6 in the 4th and the 1st; Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn and Lagna, these 7 in the 2nd and the 7th; Sun, Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn and Lagna, these 7 in the 9th; Moon, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn, these 4 in the 10th; Jupiter, Sun, Mercury and Venus, these 4 in the 3rd; Sun in the 6th; Lagna, Moon, Saturn, Sun, these 4 in the 12th; Venus, Sun, Moon, Mercury and Lagna, these 5 in the 5th; Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn and Lagna, these 6 in the 8th; none in the 11th from their own places are Karanpradas. The remaining places are Rekhapradas and are auspicious.

43-45. The sage said. Now I will describe the auspicious Houses for the benefit of the Acharyas. In the AshtakaVargaa of Sun: Saturn, Mars and Sun in the 2nd, 8th and 1st; Jupiter and Mercury in the 5th; Mercury, Moon and Lagna in the 3rd; Lagna, Sun, Saturn and Mars in the 4th; Lagna, Sun, Saturn, Mars, Mercury and Moon in the 10th; Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn and Lagna in the 11th; Lagna, Venus and Mercury in the 12th; Lagna, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter and Moon in the 6th; Sun, Mars, Saturn and Venus in the 7th; Sun, Mars, Saturn, Mercury and Jupiter in the 9th from their own places are Rekhapradas.

46-48. In the AshtakaVargaa of Moon: Mercury, Moon and Jupiter in the 1st; Jupiter and Mars in the 2nd; Mercury, Sun, Moon, Mars, Saturn, Venus and Lagna in the 3rd; Jupiter, Venus and Mercury in the 4th; Mars, Mercury, Venus and Saturn in the 5th; Sun, Moon, Mars, Saturn and Lagna in the 6th; Sun, Moon, Jupiter, Mercury and Venus in the 7th; Sun, Mercury and Jupiter in the 8th; Venus and Moon in the 9th; Sun, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Moon, Lagna and Mars in the 10th and all the 8 Planets in the 11th from their own places are Rekhapradas. No Planet is Rekhaprad in the 12th.

49-50. In the AshtakaVargaa of Mars: Lagna, Saturn and Mars in the 1st; Mars in the 2nd; Lagna, Mercury, Moon and Sun in the 3rd; Saturn and Mars in the 4th; Mercury and Sun in the 5th; Mercury, Moon, Jupiter, Sun, Lagna and Venus in the 6th; Saturn and Mars in the 7th; Saturn, Mars and Venus in the 8th; Saturn in the 9th; Mars, Sun, Jupiter, Saturn and Lagna in 10th; all in the 11th and Jupiter and Venus in the 12th from their own places are Rekhapradas.

51-52. In the AshtakaVargaa of Mercury: Lagna, Saturn, Mars, Venus and Mercury in the 1st; Lagna, Mars, Moon, Venus and Saturn in the 2nd; Venus and Mercury in the 3rd; Lagna, Moon, Saturn, Venus and Mars in the 4th; Mercury, Saturn and Venus in the 5th; Jupiter, Mercury, Sun, Moon and Lagna in the 6th; Mars and Saturn in the 7th; Mars, Saturn, Lagna, Moon, Venus and Jupiter in the 8th; Saturn, Mars, Sun, Mercury and Venus in the 9th; Lagna, Saturn, Mars, Mercury and Moon in the 10th; all in the 11th and Jupiter, Mercury and Sun in the 12th from their own places are Rekhapradas.

53-55. In the AshtakaVargaa of Jupiter: Lagna, Mars, Sun and Mercury in the 1st and 4th; Jupiter, Lagna, Mars, Sun, Mercury, Moon and Venus in the 2nd; Saturn, Jupiter and Sun in the 3rd; Venus, Moon, Lagna, Mercury and Saturn in the 5th; Venus, Lagna, Mercury and Saturn in the 6th; Lagna, Mars, Jupiter, Sun and Moon in the 7th; Jupiter, Sun and Mars in the 8th; Venus, Sun, Lagna, Moon and Mercury in the 9th; Jupiter, Mercury, Mars, Sun, Venus and Lagna in the 10th; all except Saturn in the 11th and Saturn in the 12th from their own places are Rekhapradas.

56-58. In the AshtakaVargaa of Venus: Lagna, Venus and Moon in the 1st; Lagna, Venus and Moon in the 2nd; Lagna, Venus, Moon, Mercury, Saturn and Mars in the 3rd; Lagna, Venus, Moon, Saturn and Mars in the 4th; Lagna, Mercury, Moon, Jupiter, Saturn and Venus in the 5th; Mercury and Mars in the 6th; none in the 7th; Venus, Sun, Moon, Jupiter, Lagna and Saturn in the 8th; all except Sun in the 9th; Venus, Jupiter and Saturn in the 10th; all in the 11th; Mars, Moon and Sun in the 12th from their own places are Rekhapradas.

59-60. In the AshtakaVargaa of Saturn: Sun and Lagna in the 1st; Sun in the 2nd; Lagna, Moon, Mars and Saturn in the 3rd; Lagna and Sun in the 4th; Jupiter, Saturn and Mars in the 5th; all except Sun in the 6th; Sun in the 7th; Sun and Mercury in the 8th; Mercury in the 9th; Sun, Mars, Lagna and Mercury in the 10th; all in the 11th; Mars, Mercury, Jupiter and Venus in the 12th from their own places are Rekhapradas.

61-64. In the AshtakaVargaa of Lagna 3 Planets in the 1st and 4th, 2 Planets in the 3rd, 5 Planets in the 2nd, 6 Planets in the 5th, 8th, 9th and 12th, one Planet in the 10th, 11th and 6th and all except Jupiter in the 7th are Karanpradas. Thus Lagna, Sun and Moon in the 1st; Lagna, Mars, Moon, Sun and Saturn in the 2nd; Jupiter and Mercury in the 3rd; Lagna, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Saturn and Sun in the 5th; Lagna, Moon and Mars in the 4th; Venus in the 6th; all except Jupiter in the 7th; Lagna, Sun, Moon, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in the 8th; Lagna, Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury and Saturn in the 9th; Venus in the 10th and 11th; Lagna, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn in the 12th from their own places are Karanpradas.

65-68. In the AshtakaVargaa of Lagna: Saturn, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Mars in the 1st; Mercury, Jupiter and Venus in the 2nd; Lagna, Sun, Moon, Mars, Venus and Saturn in 3rd; Sun, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn in the 4th; Jupiter and Venus in the 5th; all except Venus in the 6th; Jupiter in the 7th; Mercury and Venus in the 8th; Jupiter and Venus in the 9th; all except Venus in the 10th; all except Venus in the 11th and Sun and Moon in the 12th from their own places are Rekhapradas.

69. In the charts of AshtakaVargaa Karan is signified by a Bindu, or dot (0) and Sthan by a Rekhapradas, or line (1). Karan is inauspicious, while Sthan is auspicious.

70-72. To identify the auspicious and inauspicious Houses in the AshtakaVargaa a chart should be prepared with 14 horizontal lines and ten vertical lines. The form of the chart so prepared will consist of 117 apartments. In this chart in the first line incorporates the names of the seven Planets and Lagna. In the first column write the numbers of all the 12 Houses. After this mark dots under the Planet and against the Karanprad Houses. By doing so the Karanprad Houses of all the 8 Planets, including Lagna, will become known clearly and whenever the AshtakaVargaa Planet will pass in transit the dot-marked Houses, he will yield unfavorable results. In his transit to other Houses he would give favourable effects.The following table shows the dots in the AshtakaVargaa of Sun.
Ch. 67. Trikona Shodhana in the AshtakaVargaa

1-2. The sage said. O Brahmin! After preparing the AshtakaVargaa of all the Planets, including Lagna, Trikona Shodhana has to be done for each Rāśi. A Trikona is made of three Rāśis equidistant from each other. Thus Aries, Leo and Sagittarius, Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn, Gemini, Libra and Aquarius, Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces form the Trikonaas of the Rāśis.

3-5. The Trikona Shodhana (rectification) should be done by writing the Rekhas in the AshtakaVargaas of Sun etc. under the Rāśis Aries etc. Amongst the Trikona Rāśis the Rāśi, which has lesser number of Rekhas, should be allotted Rekhas, arrived at by deducting its number of Rekhas from the greater number of Rekhas of the three Trikona Rāśis. No Trikona Shodhana is necessary, if any of the Trikona Rāśis has no Rekha. Shodhana should be done, if all the three of them have equal number of Rekhas, that is a zero should be written against all of them. Thereafter Ekadhipatya Shodana should be done in the same manner, described later. (For Shodhana of the AshtakaVargaa of a Planet the first thing to be done is to see, in which Rāśi the Planet is posited. Beginning from that Rāśi, the names of the 12 Rāśis should be written and then the names of the Planets, posited in them, should be mentioned against them. Thereafter the Rekhas, gained by that Rāśi, should be written below them and the number, achieved after Shodana, below it)



Ch. 68. Ekadhipatya Shodhana in the AshtakaVargaa

1-5. Ekadhipatya Shodana is done after writing the numbers for Rāśis, arrived at by Trikona Sho2nda. Ekadhipatya Shodhana is done, if both the two Rāśis, owned by a Planet, have gained a number after Trikona Shodhana. Ekadhipatya Shodhana is not to be done, if one Rāśi has got a number and the other is bereft of any number. The following are the rules for Ekadhipatya Shodhana. If both the Rāśis are without a Planet and the Trikona Shodana numbers are different, both should be given the smaller number. If both the Rāśis are with Planets, no Shodana is to be done. If amongst the two Rāśis one is with a Planet and a smaller Trikona rectified number and the other is without Planet with a bigger number, deduct the smaller number from the bigger number and the number of the Rāśi with Planet should be kept unchanged. If the Rāśi with the Planet has a bigger number than that of the Rāśi without Planet, the Shodana should be done of the number of the Rāśi without Planet and the number of the Rāśi with Planet should be kept unchanged. If both the Rāśis are without Planets and possess the same numbers, Shodhana of both the numbers should be done and the rectified numbers should be reduced to zero. If one Rāśi is with Planet and the other is without any Planet, the number of the latter should be reduced to zero. Sun and Moon own one Rāśi only, their numbers should be kept unchanged. 6. After doing Ekadhipatya Shodana, Pinda Shodhana should be taken in hand.



Ch. 69. Pinda Shodana in the AshtakaVargaa

1-4. The Sage said. O Brahmin! After completing the Trikona and Ekadhipatya Shodana in the AshtakaVargaas of all the Planets, the rectified number should be multiplied by the measure of the Rāśi. If there be any Planet in any Rāśi, the rectified number should be multiplied by the measure of the Planet also. Then, after multiplying the rectified number of each Rāśi, the products should be added up. The total so arrived at will be Pinda of that Planet. The multiples of Rāśis are 10 for Taurus and Leo, 8 for Gemini and Scorpio, 7 for Aries and Libra, 6 for Capricorn and Virgo. The multipliers of the remaining Rāśis are the same, as their numbers. (Rāśiman Chakra. Aries 7, Vris 10, Mith 8, Cancer 4, Leo 10, Kany 6, Libra 7, Vrsk 8, 2nd 9, Maka 5, Kumb 11, Mina 12) The multipliers of Planets are 10 for Jupiter, 3 for Mars, 7 for Venus, 6 for Mercury, Sun, Moon and Saturn. (Planetman Chakra. Sun 5, Moon 5, Mars8, Mercury 5, Jupiter 10, Venus 7, Saturn 5)



Ch. 70. Effects of the AshtakaVargaa

1-6. The matters to be considered from Sun and other Planets are, as follows. Sun – the soul (Atma), nature, physical strength, joys and sorrows and father. Moon – mind, wisdom, joy and mother. Mars- co-borns, strength, qualities and land. Mercury – business dealings, livelihood and friends. Jupiter – nourishment of the body, learning, son (children), wealth and property. Venus – marriage, enjoyments, conveyance, prostitution and sexual intercourse with women. Saturn – longevity, source of maintenance, grief, danger, losses and death. The following procedure should be adopted to ascertain the effects of a house. Multiply the number of Rekhas with the Yoga Pinda (Rāśi Pinda plus Planet Pinda), connected with the AshtakaVargaa of that Planet and divide the product by 27. The remainder will denote the number of the Nakshatra. During the transit of Saturn in that Nakshatra the House concerned will be harmed.

7-9. The 9th house from Sun at the time of birth deals with father. The Rekhas of that Rāśi, as marked in Sun’s AshtakaVargaa, should be multiplied by the Yoga Pinda and the product be divided by 27. The remainder will denote the number of Nakshatra. The father will be in distress, or he will otherwise suffer, when Saturn in transit passes through the Nakshatra. Even, when Saturn passes in transit the Trikona Nakshatras, father, or relatives, like father, may die, or suffer. Notes. By dividing the 27 Nakshatras in three equal parts, the 1st, 10th and 19th fall in Trikona from each other. Sun is PitraKarak (significator of father). Therefore all about father is ascertained from the Sun’s AshtakaVargaa.

10-11. If the AshtakaVargaa Rekha number is multiplied by the Yoga Pinda and the product is divided by 12, the remainder will denote the Rāśi, through which, or through the Rāśis in Trikona to it, the transit of Saturn will cause harm, or unfavorable effects to father. Death of the father may occur, if the Dasa prevailing at that time be unfavorable. If the Dasa be favourable, father will face only adverse effects.

12-14. The death of the father may be expected, if Rahu, Saturn, or Marsare in the 4th from Sun at the time of transit of Saturn through any of the above three Rāśis (Trikona Rāśis). The death of the father will come to pass by such transit, if at that time Saturn, associated, or aspected by a malefic, be in the 9th from Lagna, or Moon and/or the Dasa of the Lord of the 4th from Lagna be in operation. The death does not take place, if a favourable Dasa be in force at the time of Saturn’s transit. This should be kept in mind by the Jyotishyais, while making predictions.

15. If the Rāśi of Lagna of the native be the 8th Rāśi from Lagna of the father, or, if the Lord of the 8th from fathers Lagna be in Lagna of the native, he takes over all the responsibilities of his father after the latters death.

16-18. The father enjoys happiness in the Dasa of the Lord of the 4th from Lagna. The native is obedient to his father, if the Lord of the 4th be in Lagna, or the 11th, or in the 11th, or 10th from Moon. If the birth be in the 3rd Rāśi from Lagna, or Moon of the father, the native makes proper use of the wealth, inherited from his father. If the birth be in the 10th Rāśi from Lagna, or Moon of the father, the native will inherit all the good qualities of his father. If the Lord of the 10th be in Lagna, the native will be more distinguished than his father.

19-20. No auspicious functions, like marriage etc., should be performed in the month of Rāśis (that is, when Sun transits that Rāśi), which has more number of dots in Sun’s AshtakaVargaa. The same applies to the Samvatsar of that Rāśi (that is, when the mean Jupiter transits that Rāśi). Auspicious functions should be performed, when Sun, or the mean Jupiter transits the Rāśi, which has more Rekhas in Sun’s AshtakaVargaa. 21-23. In the same manner no auspicious functions should not be performed during the transit of Moon in the Rāśi, which has larger number of dots in Moon’s AshtakaVargaa. Consideration, regarding mother, house and village, should be done from the 4th House from Moon. Therefore multiply the number of Rekhas in the AshtakaVargaa of Moon by the Yoga Pinda of that AshtakaVargaa and divide the product by 27. The death of, or distress to mother may be expected, when Saturn passes in transit through the Nakshatra, denoted by the remainder. Then divide the product by 12. The death of the mother may occur, when Saturn transits the Rāśi, denoted by the remainder. Distress to mother may be predicted, when Saturn transits the Nakshatras, or Rāśis in Trikona to Nakshatra and Rāśi, indicated above.

24-27. Consideration of brothers (co-borns), valor and patience is done from Mars’s Ashtaka Vargaa. If the number of Rekha is larger in any Rāśi after Trikona Sho2nda, there will be gains of land, happiness from wife and great happiness to brother, when Marspasses through that Rāśi in transit. If Mars be weak, the brothers will be short lived. There will be distress to brothers, when Marstransits a Rāśi without Rekhas. Here also the Yoga Pinda of Mars’should be multiplied by the number of Rekhas in the Ashtaka Vargaa and the product be divided separately by 27 and 12. The remainders will denote the Nakshatra and Rāśi. The brother will suffer, whenever Saturn transits that Nakshatra, or Rāśi (or the Trikona Nakshatras, or Rāśis).

28-29. Consideration in regard to family, maternal uncle and friends should be done from the 4th House from Mercury. The family etc. will enjoy happiness during the transit of Mercury’s Ashtaka Vargaa. After performing Trikona and Ekadhipatya Shodana in Mercury’s Ashtaka Vargaa, the happiness, or distress of the family should be predicted from the transit of Saturn through the resultant Nakshatra and Rāśi (and those in Trikona to them).

30-33. All about knowledge, religious inclinations of the native and son (progeny) is to be ascertained from the 5th House from Jupiter. If the Rekhas in the 5th House from Jupiter are larger in number in the Ashtaka Vargaa, there will be great happiness in respect of progeny. If the dots are larger in number, the happiness in respect of progeny will be meager. The number of children are equal to the number of Rekhas in the 5th House (from Jupiter), provided it is not the Rāśi of debilitation of Jupiter, or his enemies Rāśi. In that case the number of children will be very limited. The number of children is also equal to the number of Navams, in which the Lord of the 5th from Jupiter is posited. Multiply the Yoga Pinda of Jupiter by the number of Rekhas in the AshtakaVargaa and divide the product separately by 27 and 12. The remainders will denote the Nakshatra and Rāśi. Transit of Saturn through that Nakshatra and its Trikona Nakshatras and of that Rāśi and its Trikona Rāśis will be inauspicious. During that period the knowledge, learning and religious activities of the native will also be adversely affected.

34-36. There will be gain of wealth, land and happiness and marriage, whenever Venus passes in transit through the Rāśis, which have larger number of Rekhas in the AshtakaVargaa of Venus. These gains will be from the directions of the 7th Rāśi from Venus and of its Trikona Rāśis. The effects should be judged in the manner, already explained earlier, after multiplying the Rekhas in the 7th House from Venus by the Yoga Pinda.

37-40. The 8th House from Saturn signifies death, as well as longevity. Assessment about longevity should be made from that House through the AshtakaVargaa. Therefore predict distress to the native in the year, equal to the number of Rekhas in the AshtakaVargaa from Lagna up to Saturn. The year, equal to the number of Rekhas from Saturn up to Lagna, will also be of distress. If in the year, equal to the total of the above Rekhas, 6thshta Dasa be also in operation, there can be possibility of death of the native.

41-42. Multiply the Yoga Pinda by the number of Rekhas in the AshtakaVargaa and divide the product by 27. The death of the native will take place, when Saturn passes in transit through the Nakshatra, denoted by the remainder, or its Trikona Nakshatras. Again, divide the product by 12. The native will face danger of death, when Saturn passes in transit through the Rāśi, denoted by the remainder, or through its Trikona Rāśis.

43-44. The results will be favourable, when Saturn passes in transit through Rāśis, which have larger number of Rekhas in Saturn’s AshtakaVargaa. Saturn’s transit through Rāśis, which have larger number of dots, will produce only evil effects.


Ch. 71. Determination of Longevity through the Ashtaka Varga

1-4. The sage said. I will now describe the method of determining longevity from the Ashtaka Varga. For this purpose the AshtakaVargaas of Lagna and all the Planets have to be studied. The Rekhas in all the Rāśis have been allotted specific spans of life. The Rāśi, which has no Rekhas, has been allotted 2 days, that with one Rekha gets l days, one day for Rāśi with 2 Rekhas, half day for Rāśi with 3 Rekhas, 7 days for Rāśi with 4 Rekhas, 2 years for Rāśi with 5 Rekhas, 4 years for Rāśi with 6 Rekhas, 6 years for Rāśi with 7 Rekhas and 8 years for Rāśi with 8 Rekhas. In this manner the spans of life should be worked from Rekhas in all the AshtakaVargaas. Half of the sum total of all will be the longevity, based on Ashtaka Varga.

Ch. 72. Aggregational AshtakaVargaas

1-2. The sage said. O Brahmin! Write down a Rāśi Kundali with 12 Houses, including Lagna. Then insert the total of the Rekhas in all the AshtakaVargaas of the Planets in the Rāśi concerned. The Ashtaka Varga with such Rekhas is called the Samudaya Ashtaka Varga, or the aggregational Ashtaka Varga. From this should be judged good and adverse effects of the Rāśi Kundali.

3-5. In the aggregational Ashtaka Varga the Rāśi, which has more than 30 Rekhas, gives favourable effects, that, having between 25 and 30 Rekhas, produces medium effects and that Rāśi, who has less than 25 Rekhas, yields adverse effects. Auspicious functions, like marriage etc., should be performed, when the Planet, on whose basis the time and date of functions are performed, moves into the Rāśi with favourable effects. The Rāśi, which is productive of adverse effects should be avoided for these purposes. For example, the strength of Moon is generally acceptable for all auspicious functions. Therefore auspicious functions should be performed, or started, when Moon is in the Rāśi with maximum number of Rekhas. The Planet in the Rāśi with favourable number of Rekhas produces auspicious effects and the Planet in the Rāśi with unfavorable number of Rekhas yields evil results.

6. Amongst the 12 Houses more than 30 Rekhas advance the effects of a House, between 25 and 30 Rekhas produce medium effects and the effects of the House, which contains less than 25 Rekhas, get damaged.

Notes. From the above rules it can be interpreted, that, if there are less than 25 Rekhas in 6th, 8th and 12th House, their effects become favourable. The effects will become adverse, if these Houses contain more than 25 Rekhas.

7-8. If in a Rāśi Kundali there are larger number of Rekhas in the 11th than those in 10th and there are smaller number of Rekhas in the 12th than those in the 11th and Lagna contains largest number of Rekhas, the native will be wealthy and will enjoy all kinds of comforts and luxury.

9-10. Divide the 12 Houses in 3 sections. There will be sufferings and distress in that part of the life, which is represented by the section of the Rāśi Kundali with more malefics. There will be happiness etc., in the part of the life, represented by the section of the Rāśi Kundali, containing more benefics. There will be mixed results in that area of life, when the relative section of the Rāśi Kundali has equal number of benefics and malefics. The Houses from Lagna up to the 4th signify childhood, those from 5th to 8th youth and those from the 9th to 12th represent old age.

11-28.
1. There will be danger of death in the month of the Rāśi (period of Sun’s transit in that Rāśi), which has 7, or less than 7 Rekhas in the Samudaya Ashtaka Varga. To ward off this evil effect 20 Tolas of gold and 2 heaps of sesame seeds, resembling the shape of a mountain, should be given in charity. …
2. there will be possiblity in the month of the rasi which has 8 rekha. Tuladan of camphor is recommended to obtain relief from this evil effect. …
3. there will be danger of snakes in the month of rasi which contains 9 rekha. A chariot driven with 4 horses should be given in charity ….
4. there will be danger from weapons in the month which contains 10 rekha. An armour together with Vajra should be given in charity to ward off this evil effect
5. there will be danger of disgrace for no cause in the month containing 11 rekha. An idol of the moon, made of 10 Tolas of gold, should be given in charity …. …
6. there will be danger of death from drowning in the month which contains 12 rekha. Land full of crops should be given in charity ….
7. there will be danger of death from wild and violent animals in the month which contains 13 rekha. A Shaligram Shila should be given in charity ….
8.there will be danger of death in the month which contains 14 rekha. A Varah Murti, made of gold, should be given in charity ….
9.there will be danger of the wrath of the king in the month which contains 15 rekha. An elephant should be given in charity ….
10. there will be danger of misfortune (calamity, disaster, or misfortune) in the month which contains 16 rekha. A Kalpa Vriksha, made of gold, should be given in charity ….
11. there will be danger from diseases in the month which contains 17 rekha. A cow and jaggery should be given in charity ….
12. there will be danger of conflict in the month which contains 18 rekha. A cow, jewels, land and gold should be given in charity ….
13. there will be possibility of banishment from the homeland in the month which has 19 rekha. Family deity should be worshipped ….
14.there will be danger of loss of intelligence in the month which contains 20 rekha. Goddess Saraswati should be worshipped ….
15. there will be danger of distress from diseases in the month which contains 21 rekha. A heap of grains, shaped, like a mountain, should be given in charity …. …
16. there will be danger of distress to kinsmen in the month which contains
22 rekha. Gold should be given in charity ….
17. The native will be in distress in the month which contains 23 rekha. An idol of the sun, made of 7 Tolas of gold, should be given in charity ….
18. there will be danger of death of the kinsmen in the month which contains 24 rekha. 10 cows should be given in charity ….
19. there will be danger of loss of wisdom in the month which contains 25 rekha. Goddess Saraswati should be worshipped ….
20. there will be danger of loss of wealth in the month which contains 26 rekha. Gold should be given in charity ….
21. there will be danger of loss of wealth in the month which contains 27 rekha. Sri Sukta Japa should be performed ….
22.there will be danger of losses in several ways in the month which contains 28 rekha. Havana of Sun should be performed ….
23. there will be danger of anxieties all-round in the month which contains 29 rekha. Ghī, clothes and gold should be given in charity ….
24. there will be gains of wealth and grains in the month which contains 30 rekha

25. There will be all-round increase in wealth, happiness in respect of children and enjoyments in the Samvatsar, month and Nakshatra of the Rāśi, which has more than 30 Rekhas.
26.there will be increase in wealth, property, children and good reputation, if the Rāśi has more than 40 Rekhas.

30-31. The Rāśi, which is auspicious in Ashtaka Varga Samudaya, is considered auspicious for all auspicious functions. Consequently the auspiciousness of Ashtaka Varga should be got checked before performing any function, like marriage etc. If a Rāśi is not auspicious in Ashtaka Varga, then its auspiciousness should be checked from transit effects. It is not necessary to check transit effects, if a Rāśi is auspicious in Ashtaka Varga. Thus the auspiciousness of the Rāśi in the Ashtaka Varga should be considered, as paramount.



ASHTAKAVARGA PREDICTION



8The Ashtakavarga

The asthakavargas is a unique way of dividing each of the 12 rasis into eight sub divisions, based on the influence of the lagna and the 7 main planets on these 12 rasis. Rahu & Ketu are omitted in asthakavargas. Based on their individual positions in a horoscope, the lagna and the 7 main planets, contribute certain positive and negative influences on the 12 signs of the horoscope. These influences are called bindus and rekhas, which are positive and negative points. There is a confusion and controversy between South Indians and North Indians about the bindus and rekhas and which of them is benific and malefic. So lets simply call them positive points and negative points to avoid confusion.

For AV purpose each rasi is divided into 8 parts called Kakshas. Each kaksha has a span of 3:45′. The 1st kaksha of each rasi is ruled by saturn, the 2nd by jupiter, 3rd by mars, 4th by sun, 5th by venus, 6th by mercury, the 7th by moon and the 8th by the lagna. Mainly 3 types of Ashtakavarga charts are used to study the effects of the planets.


bhinashtak astakvarga of sun

rasi-------1--2--3--4--5--6--7--8--9--10--11--12
kasha
sat 3-45---1--1--1--0--1--1--0--1--0--0-----1--1
jup 7-30---0--1--1--0--0--1--0--1--0--0-----0--0
mars11.15--1--0--1--0--0--1--1--1--1--1-----0--1
sun-15.0 --1--1--0--1--0--0--1--1--1--1-----1--0
ven-18.45--0--0--0--0--0--1--1--0--0--0-----0--1
mer-22.30--0--0--1--0--1--1--0--0--1--1-----1--1
moon-26.15-0--1--0--0--0--1--1--0--0--0-----1--0
lagna30.0--0--1--1--1--0--0--1--1--0--1-----0--0
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total------3--5--5--2--2--6--5--5--3--4-----4--4




The 1st type are the Bhinnashtakavarga charts, prepared for the lagna and the 7 planets – total 8 charts are made. In the picture above we have given the Bhinnashtakavarga chart of sun – to the left side. The rasis are marked horizontally by the respective rasi numbers, i.e., 1 for Aries, 2 for Taurus etc. The 8 Kakshas are to be seen vertically. A Bhinnashtakavarga kaksha of any rasi can contain only one point. If a positive point is contributed by any planet in a kaksha it is marked by 1, if a negative one then by 0. So we can see that in the chart of the Bhinnashtakavarga of sun, in the sign Aries (under 1), saturn has contributed a positive point in the first kaksha, jupiter has contributed a negative point in the 2nd kaksha and so on. The total positive points contributed in Aries are 4. We can see the other signs similarly. The Bhinnashtakavarga charts of planets are very useful to study the transit effects of planets. For example sun transits a rasi for one month. But the results he gives are not uniform throughout the month. He produces good results while transiting the Kakshas where there is a positive point and if negative point is there he gives bad results. In this case while transiting the 1st kaksha of Aries, from 0 degrees to 3:45′, he gives good results as saturn has contributed a positive point there. In the next kaksha, from 3:45 to 7:30′, where there is a negative point contributed by jupiter, he gives bad results. As Aries has 4 positive and 4 negative points in suns BAV chart, suns transit results in Aries for the native of this chart are 50% good and 50% bad. When the sun transits Libra for one month its results are very bad as it has only 2 positive points. Suns transit of Sagittarius is the best with 6 PP. So a rasi with 4 good points gives medium results, better with more and worse with less.
The good or bad effects will have a relation with the planet contributing the point, either positive or negative. They will have a link to its nature, house ownership etc.

In similar fashion with the help of the BAV charts of the other planets we can study their transit effects.
The sarvasthakavarga chart, to the right of suns BAV chart, is the combined detailed summary of how many positive points each of the 7 planets and lagna are contributing in all the rasis.

The Samudaya Ashtakavarga chart bellow gives a brief at a glance idea of how many total good points are there in each house. Houses with 25 or more produce good results when planets transit them. If the points are below 25 then the results are negative.

samudaya ashtakvarga

raei-------1--2--3--4--5--6--7--8--9--10--11--12

kaksha
sat-3.45---1--5--3--2--2--2--4--4--4--5----5----2
jup-7.30---6--4--4--4--5--4--5--3--6--8----5----2
mar11.15---2--3--6--0--4--4--4--3--2--3----5----3
sun.15.0---3--5--5--2--2--6--5--5--3--4----4----4
ven.18.45--4--4--4--3--6--3--4--7--5--3----5----4
mer.22.30--4--4--6--2--6--6--2--5--5--4----4----6
moon.26.15-3--3--6--4--4--2--7--4--5--7----4----0
lagna.30.0-3--7--5--4--3--4=-4--5--2--6----4----2
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total-----26-35-39-21-32-31-35-36-32-40----36---23









Ashtakavarga has many more applications. While analyzing the effects of a house, by studying how many total good and bad points are there, contributed by which planets, etc give several clues about the house effects. While studying the effects of a planet placed in a particular house, by studying in how many degrees he is placed in that house and in which planets kaksha, the points contributed by the planets in the kaksha, give us us predictive clues as to the planets nature results etc. Ashtakavarga is also employed to study longevity of a native by doing several complicated mathematical calculations and by doing trikona reductions etc. Even for those who know astrology, the Ashtakavarga is an advanced application.



Ashtakavarga is a very sophisticated and unique transit system. There is nothing else like it anywhere in the world. In Vedic Astrology, there is such a plethora of techniques to choose from. According to Parasara, to make the process of prediction a lot simpler, Ashtakavarga can be used. To practice Ashtakavarga effectively, it is important to be very familiar with the qualities and actions of each planet as a karaka and the qualities and actions of each house. This is the key. In Ashtakavarga, Varga charts are not used.

A transit of a planet through a Sign has many layers of meanings. For example, when Jupiter is transiting a Sign, you judge the effect of Jupiter transiting to all the planets plus the Ascendant. You judge the transit of Jupiter to not only the natal Moon, as in Gochara, but also to the natal Sun, natal Mars, natal Mercury, natal Jupiter, natal Venus, natal Saturn and the Ascendant. The transit of Jupiter is judged from eight places, hence the name of Ashtaka (Eight) Varga (Divisions). A planet is favorable or unfavorable from where it is transiting from a particular planet.

Ashtakavarga is more important than Gochara. It is a more precise measurement because it measures a planet’s strength from every planet, not just the Moon. Gochara is just 1/8 of Ashtakavarga. If a planet is transiting a house with high points in Ashtakavarga, but a bad house from the Moon (Gochara), then the results of Ashtakavarga trump the results obtained from Gochara. For example, Saturn transiting the 12th, 1st and 2nd from the Moon is considered inauspicious, but Saturn may be very auspicious in other respects, as in the case of Saturn transiting a house with high Ashtakavaraga points. In this case, Saturn would be able to perform very well and give auspicious results. Ashtakavarga takes a more accurate and holistic look at the transiting planets than just those transits from the natal Moon.

A planet transits a sign. Based on this placement, it either receives a 1 or a 0 depending on whether it is auspicious or inauspicious from a certain planet. For example, Saturn transits Aries and in the birth chart, Saturn is in Cancer. Saturn in the 10th from itself is not auspicious, so Aries received 0 points.

Whenever a planet is transiting a sign with low points, low points being below 4, it is always going to give trouble to that sign and trouble to the planet’s significations.

0, 1, 2, or 3 points = Bad; 4 points =Average; 5, 6, 7, or 8 points = Good.

Jupiter will tend to have more than 4 pts in every sign. Saturn will rarely have more than 4. Jupiter and Venus are favorable in transit to most planets and Saturn is unfavorable in transit to most planets.

The following is a tabulation of where each planets give points from it’s natal placement, from all the other planets’ natal placements and from the Ascendant.

Sun
The Sun gives a point in the following houses from himself, Mars and Saturn; the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th. From the Moon: 3rd, 6th, 10th and 11th. From Mercury: 3rd, 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th. From Jupiter: 5th, 6th, 9th, and 11th. From Venus: 6th, 7th and 12th. From the Ascendant: 3rd, 4th, 6th, 10th, 11th and 12th.

Moon
The Moon gives a point to the following houses from himself: 1st, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th, and 11th. From the Sun: 3rd, 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th and 11th. From Mars: 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th and 11th. From Mercury: 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 10th, and 11th. From Jupiter: 1st, 4th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th and 12th. From Venus: 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th, 10th and 11th. From Saturn: 3rd, 5th, 6th and 11th. From Ascendant: 3rd, 6th, 10th and 11th.

Mars
Mars give a point to the following houses from himself: 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th, 10th and 11th. From the Sun: 3rd, 5th, 6th, 10th and 11th. From the Moon: 3rd, 6th, and 11th. From Mercury: 3rd, 5th, 6th, and 11th. From Jupiter: 6th, 10th, 11th and 12th. From Venus: 6th, 8th, 11th, and 12th. From Saturn: 10th and 11th. From the Ascendant: 1st, 3rd, 6th, 10th and 11th.

Mercury
Mercury gives a point to the following houses from himself: 1st, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 9th,10th, 11th and 12th. From the Sun: 5th, 6th, 9th, 11th, and 12th. From the Moon: 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th and 11th. From Mars and Saturn: 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th. From Jupiter: 6th, 8th, 11th and 12th. From Venus: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, and 11th. From the Ascendant: 1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th and 11th.

Jupiter
Jupiter gives a point to the following houses from himself: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 7th, 8th, 10th, and 11th. From the Sun: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th. From the Moon: 2nd, 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th. From Mars: 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th, 10th and 11th. From Mercury: 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th and 11th. From Venus: 2nd, 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th, and 11th. From Saturn: 3rd, 5th, 6th and 12th. From the Ascendant: 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th and 11th.

Venus
Venus gives a point to the following houses from himself: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th. From the Sun: 8th, 11th and 12th. From the Moon: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, 11th and 12th. From Mars: 3rd, 5th, 6th, 9th, 11th and 12th. From Mercury: 3rd, 5th, 6th, 9th and 11th. From Jupiter: 5th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th. From Saturn: 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th. From the Ascendant: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th.

Saturn
Saturn gives a point to the following houses from himself: 3rd, 5th, 6th and 11th. From the Sun: 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th, 10th and 11th. From the Moon: 3rd, 6th and 11th. From Mars: 3rd, 5th, 6th, 10th, 11th and 12th. From Mercury: 6th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th. From Jupiter: 5th, 6th, 11th and 12th. From Venus: 6th, 11th and 12th. From the Ascendant: 1st, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 10th and 11th.

For each planet, add up all of the points given and combine them into one chart. Each planet should have a chart with its corresponding Ashtakavarga points. In each house, the points will number between 0 and 8. 0 – 3 is inauspicious, 4 is average, and 5 – 8 is auspicious. When a planet transits a house where it gives more than 4 points, then it will affect that house and its inherent significations positively. The most important planets to watch for transits are Saturn, Jupiter, and the dasa lord. If you want to know about a specific area of life, like for example vehicles, you would also look at the transit of the house lord. For vehicles, watch the transit of the 4th lord and Venus. When these two planets transit houses that have 4 or more points, then you will have auspicious experiences with vehicles. When these two planets transit a house with 3 or less points, a person would have inauspicious experiences with vehicles.

Determining Important Ages
Important ages are best explained by using an example. Let us take for our example Jupiter. To find the important ages for Jupiter, add up all the points in each house beginning with the Ascendant to the house that contains Jupiter. The total of those points will give an important age in the person’s life for Jupiterian things, like wealth, children, knowledge, religion or philosophy, finding a spiritual teacher, meeting one’s husband if the person in question is a woman. The second step is to add up all points from Jupiter to the Ascendant and that will also be a very important age for Jupiterian things. Then we combine all of the points we just added up and that will also be an important year for Jupiter. The ancient texts say that the ages of Saturn are the most important ages. These are the times the person meets with many Saturnian experiences. The person will experience long term, life changing events in these years.

Auspicious Directions
Each planet’s Ashtakavarga has auspicious directions. For example if Venus has the most Ashtakavarga points, in Libra and Pisces, then a person will have more luck with Venusian type things like romance, the bedroom and comfort from the directions of West and SE, because Libra rules the West and Pisces rules SouthEast. The directions are tabulated based upon the South Indian Rasi Chart and the movement of the Sun in the Northern Hemisphere. When the Sun is at the farthest North, it is in Cancer and Leo, when it is farthest South, when it is coldest, it is in Capricorn and Aquarius. There is another system as well that is based upon the elements – fire signs rule the East, earth signs rule the South, water signs rule the North and air signs rule the West. The auspicious directions method can be effective when used in relationship with your home. Another example would be Jupiter having the most Ashtakavarga points in Capricorn. In this case, keeping your valuable in the South of your home would increase your wealth.

Important Transits
The house from the karaka is always a pertinent house. For example, Jupiter rules many things like wealth, income, children, well-being of the husband for a woman. The 2nd house is wealth, the 11th house is income, the 5th house is children and the 7th house is the husband. The 2nd house from Jupiter will be an important house for wealth. The 11th house from Jupiter will be an important house for income. The 5th house from Jupiter will be an important house for children. The 9th house from Jupiter will be an important house for knowledge. Let us say Jupiter is in Libra. So Scorpio will become an important house for wealth. However, in the Ashtakavarga system, it is a little more tricky than simply just looking at the house from the karaka. We must find the sensitive houses of transit for each planet. To do this, it is necessary to find something called the Yoga Pinda. It is a rather tedious process to do this by hand and most Vedic Astrological Software will calculate the yoga pinda. The method is also explained in BPHS in chapters 69 – 71.

Continuing with Jupiter in Libra as our example, multiply the yoga pinda by the Ashtakavarga points in the sign from Jupiter you want to know about. If you want to know about wealth, take the Ashtakavarga points for Scorpio, the 2nd from Libra. If you want to know about children, take the Asktakavarga points for Aquarius, the 5th from Libra. Take the total of the Ashtakavarga points multiplied by the yoga pinda and divide by 12. The remainder is the number of the sign as counted from Aries. So any planet transiting that sign is a sensitive point when it comes to the significations of that house from the karaka. For example Jupiter has a Yoga pinda of 98. If we want to look at the income, we take the 11th from Jupiter and Jupiter is in a sign of Libra so the 11th from it is Leo. The Ashtaka for Jupiter in Leo is 4, so multiply 4 x 98 = 392. Now divide 392 by 12 = 32 and remainder is 8. So the 8th sign of Scorpio is a very sensitive place in respect to the income for planets to transit.

A planet is going to have some effect transiting these sensitive houses based on the method shown above. What type of effect will they have? It depends upon the Ashtakavarga points that the planet has in that house. Using the example above, if a planet is transiting Scorpio and we want to know if that planet will harm or help the income, we look to see how many Ashtakavarga points that transiting planet is giving the sign of Scorpio. If it is over 4 points, then the planet will give beneficial results. If it is 3 or less, then there will be some stress experienced when dealing with income. The stress will be through its natural significations and through its lordship of house. For example, if it is Venus transiting Scorpio, then women, vehicles, students and/or the love life will cause stress to the income.

Saturn and Jupiter transits are the ones you want to look at first. Saturn and Jupiter are planets that orient us toward our destiny. When Jupiter is transiting, then it is making us look forward to that realm of life and expanding that realm of life. Saturn transiting will force us to face that area of life and we will have a lot of responsibilities in that area of life even if we do not want them. Saturn is our duty and responsibilities and Jupiter is our excitement and hope. In any sign Jupiter is in, it will open us up to any possibilities of that house. Jupiter makes us expand in that direction. Saturn closes us off and narrows the path. As stated above, to ascertain if Saturn or Jupiter will be good in transit, you must assess the number of points the planet is giving to the Sign.

Let’s take Venus for relationships. In this example, Venus occupies Aries, so we take the 7th from Venus which is Libra. The yoga pinda for Venus = 96. The Ashtakavarga points for Venus in Libra is 5. 5 x 96 = 480. Divide this by 12 = 40 and there is no remainder. If there is no remainder then we take 12 as the number of the sign. This is Pisces, therefore when planets are transiting Pisces, they influence the relationship life because Pisces is a sensitive house for relationships. The 2nd from Venus is healthy and nourishing food. The 4th from Venus is the swimming pool and interior decoration. 4th from Venus also has to do with automobiles. Home is 4th from Mars. Every planet is a karaka for a bhava but some are less important than others.

When the Sun transits a sensitive bhava (house), that indicates the month that the relative event will happen. The Sun is a timing system. You can also use the Moon to time the event within 2 and a half days. Jupiter indicates the year that an event could happen. Saturn is important in timing when something leaves our life or when we are forced into responsibilities regarding the house from the karaka Saturn is transiting. When Saturn transits sensitive points, usually destiny will force a change on our lives. Mars shows when we have to fight for something. Venus shows when we relax and get nourished. Mercury will show when we will improve upon that thing. The Lagna can be used for timing the 2 hour period. Not only is the sign in question a sensitive point but also the trines to that sign. For example, for income, the sensitive sign for that is Scorpio, so Scorpio’s trines, Pisces and Cancer are also sensitive places for income.

Also look at the Mahadasa lord and where he is transiting. He will have an important impact on life events. Treat it like Jupiter. He will stimulate and expand that house when the dasa lord passes through that house or its trines.

Everything that has just been written about Ashtakavarga for the signs can also be applied to the Nakshatras. In the yoga pinda method of finding the sensitive Nakshatras, instead of dividing by 12 we divide by 27.

Classical texts tell us to look at the 8th from Saturn. When a planets transits the sensitive signs for the 8th house from Saturn, it can be difficult time for the health and physical well-being of the native.

Ashtakavarga chart to be verified and find out the strenth of each houses.
The important houses are 1st the Lagna, 2nd dhana sthana, 4th sukha sthana, 9 Bhagya sthana,10 Karma sthana and 11th Labha sthana.

If the total of houses counting on 1st, 2nd, 4th, 9th, 10th and 11th comes above
170 means yoga for being rich and above 175 means yoga for very rich.
If the total of 1st,9th and 11th is higher than that of 6th 8th and 12th a successful life is assured generally. And if 6, 8 and 12 is higher then full of struggle without much success. 1st house should be definitely higher than that of individually 6th, 8th or 12th for a smoother life.

9th luck, 10th karma, 11th labha and 12th expenses.

All kendras and trikonas should have ashtakavarga strength other than 2nd and 11th.

so 10th should be equal or more than 9th and 11th(income) should be more than 10th(Karma/profession) and 12th(expenses) should be less than 11(income) and then the horoscope promises for a steady finance life.





E.K.Dhilip Kumar, M.Sc.,

In most of the computer generated horoscope you may have seen a set of charts with 12 numbers in them. Normally we are used to seeing the names of planets (Grahas). So what are these numbers? Is this some kind of a numerical way of understanding our life? Yes it is. This is what the ancient masters of Astrology have often used while reading a chart and Maharshi Parasara calls it that part of Astrology that is more dependable and that which never fails.


You may have seen several Ashtakavarga charts. Usually there is one for every planet. The chief amongst them is called the Sarva-ashtakavarga and is always the biggest chart when compared to the other Ashtakavarga charts. Sarva means a sum total of all others. Rahu and Ketu do not have separate Ashtakavarga charts as they are shadow planets. So you will have 7 plus 1 and that makes it 8.


Most people have no idea it is one of the very useful information available in their horoscope. Many Astrologers ignore these valuable charts mainly because they do not have proper understanding of what they mean. For thousands of years the horoscope was cast manually and preparing these charts is tedious and hence the Astrologers did not have the patience to work out the Ashtakavarga charts. Since the Astrologer rarely uses them the clients may think that they are less important.


What do these numbers represent? The aim of this article is to let you know in how many ways you can use the Ashtakavarga chart. Believe me; I am going to discuss only the simple methods that even a novice in Astrology can easily understand.


First thing that you got to do is put the Ascendant (Lagna) mark on the Sarva-Ashtakavarga chart. Some computer printouts have the houses numbered already. In case it is not, you will have to number the Lagna as 1, and the next house as 2 and so on until you reach 12. You will have number them in clock-wise direction as we normally do in all the charts


The 2nd thing that you need to do is note down the highest and the lowest number in the Sarva-Ashtakavarga. Note down the house number it corresponds to. If the lowest number is in the 5th house the ancient masters have advised us to start investigating the 5th house. The 5th house primarily deals with children. Perhaps there is something wrong with regard to children.


It does not mean that there are heavy problems in matters pertaining to children. It is a pointer to you for further research on the house of children. If you find many other reasons then you should know that there is a great concern pertaining to children.


In the following horoscope we see the 9th house has the lowest score. That means the weakest area is more likely to be the 9th house and its matters. From the 9th house several important things pertaining to luck can be known but the 9th house primarily deals with father, the head of the family.


This person lost his father when he was just about 8 years old and had to be taken care by others.







Does this mean that we have found a simple way of understanding Astrology? No.

Other planetary positions and influence must also indicate problems related to father.

However the Sarva-ashtakavarga is the 1st pointer. Once that is understood you need to further investigate the house under question from several other angles. One sparrow does not make summer is the golden advice in Astrology. A beginner in Astrology will hastily conclude as soon as he or she notes down just 1 combination supporting a clue.


In the above horoscope you will note that Ketu the abortive planet is occupying the 9th house the house that deals with his father. Whichever houses (2 of them) falls on the RAHU-KETU axis the clue is that there is something negative or challenging in matters pertaining to the 2 houses. In this chart that axis falls on the 9th house. Rahu and Ketu generally work against Sun the planet that is related to Father. So Rahu or Ketu in the 9th house indicates usually some serious issues concerning father. Ketu in the 9th house is more harmful to father when compared to Rahu in the 9th.


Also according to Maharshi Parasara Ketu rules Scorpio. So in the above horoscope, Ketu becomes the lord of the 8th house (bad house) occupying the 9th house (father). A house that is occupied by the lord of the 6th, or 8th or 12th house become weak.


The 9th house lord Jupiter is placed in the 7th house from where Jupiter looks at the Lagna (Ascendant). So the person was taken good care of by another father-like person and hence found relief from the problem to a great extent.


What else can be known from the Sarva-Ashtakavarga?


In the Sarva-Ashtakavarga we need to first understand the following:

Weakest house - The house that has the lowest score is weak.

Weak houses - Less than 25 points.

Medium houses - 25-28 points

Strong - Greater than 28 points.

Strongest house - the house that has the strongest score is strong


Please bear in mind that if you total all the points in the 12 houses you will get 337. If you get anything more or less than that, it means that there is something wrong with the calculations.


If the number in the 1st house has a low score and if it is less than 25 then it means that the person cannot do his work or karma (purpose of life) without the support of others. He needs somebody to be with him all the time. These are the people who need partners. They need to wear the proper gems, do the remedies, and use the knowledge available through scientific Astrology.


If the Lagna (1st house) has a very high score then such a person will love to work alone. If it is very high the person is likely to have high ego levels and yet ideally capable of working without any support. Most of these people are successful provided other planetary positions are promising.


Similarly if the 12th house has a low score it is considered good because opportunities for loss or expense is likely to be fewer than it is for others around them. If the 12th house has the lowest number then it means that the person may be a miser or does not have the mind and opportunity to spend money.


If in your Sarva-Ashtakavarga the points in the 11th house (the house of gains) is greater than 12th house (the house of loss) it is considered good as you have more gains than loss.


If the points in the 12th house are greater than what is there on the 11th house then it means you spend more than you earn and this may lead you into a debt trap if a good Astrologer does not warn you of this possibility. Many people uselessly argue that only if they have the money they can spend. In today’s world of borrowing from banks and other people even without real income you can spend and soon into trouble.


With regard to wealth the Sarva-ashtakavarga should be used in the following manner. If the following 4 conditions are met with in any horoscope then such a person will easily accumulate wealth. Before you begin to check out your horoscope first note down the values in 1st, 10th, 11th and 12th houses.


Are you going to be permanently wealthy?

The rules are:


1st house should have more than 28 points
12th house should have least of the 4 houses under consideration
11th house of gains should have more points than what is there in the 12th house.
10th house should have a score greater than 28 but less than what is there in the 11th house.
If the points in the 11th house are greater than the 10th, and if the 12th house has lesser points than what is found in the 11th, 10th and 1st house and if the 1st house has more than what is there in the 12th house then such a person will always remain wealthy. Let us first know why are we discussing these houses?


The 1st house shows the level of confidence and also the health that is needed to make money. More the points here greater are the chances for getting rich or bouncing back to good times in case there has been a slip or a fall.


The 12th house is called the house of loss. We need to know the score here to know the opportunities for losing money.


If the 11th house is the house of gain. More the points here greater the opportunities for gaining and fulfillment of your desires.


The 10th house is the house of work. We need to get the opportunity to work. If the score in the 10th house is low then it means our karma is not going to allow us the opportunity to work in the place that we like or want to. That is sure to bring down our wealth due to lack of job satisfaction.




In the above chart that we first used, we find that the points in the Lagna is lower than 28. This person needs a partner and may not be able to work alone.


The 10th house has 36 points and is lesser than that of the 11th house which has only 33 points. So the person has to work hard and get less money in return for the hard work. Such people should not try any short cuts and simply choose to live a life in which they work hard. However of all the 4 houses that we consider for determining the wealth level of a person (the 1st, 10th, 11th and 12th houses) we find that the lowest score is in the 12th house. That is a fortunate condition. So once the money is earned there are possibilities of retaining it and accumulation of wealth through hard work by taking the support of a partner is indicated.


There are more than 100 ways of using the Ashtakavarga effectively but that is not discussed here because of limited space.


More information from the Ashtakavarga charts of all the 7 planets.


Look at the individual ashtakavarga chart of Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn.


Example: Note which sign Sun occupies. Note the points scored in the sign that is occupied by Sun in the Ashtakavarga of Sun. If the point scored is high then the positive influences and traits that are associated with Sun will be more such a person. If the said planet is powerfully placed then the high score will amplify the result. If Sun is strong in the 10th house and also has a high score in ashtakavarga then the person will be a great politician because Sun is associated with politics. Or he will be some a VIP who commands a great deal of respect like the Sun because when the Sun appears other heavenly bodies in the sky disappear.


In the example chart, the politician A has Sun in Capricorn with 7 points therein. In Sun Ashtakavarga, total points is always 48 points.


5
3 Lagna
3
3

3
Sun

Ashtakavarga

(Politician)
4

6 Sun
6

4
4
3
3




If a strong Moon is associated with a high score in the ashtakavarga of Moon then such a person will have a strong mind and will be known for that


If Mars is similarly placed then the person will be great leader, commander or CEO.


If the planet is Mercury then the person will write or talk so well that he will be known for such a capacity to communicate.


If the planet is Jupiter then he will be known as a great consultant or teacher or Guru.


If the planet is Venus the person will have the best of vehicles and live in a palace and be surrounded by beauty, women, perfume and expensive things all through his life.


If the planet is Saturn then person will be a head of a large mass of people, an industrialist or own 100 acres of land etc.


Example: First find out which sign Venus occupies in your basic horoscope (natal chart). Lets say it is Libra (Thula). Find out the score that Venus has obtained in Libra in the Ashtakavarga of Venus. If the score is 8, the person will live like a king, driving the best cars, always with the most beautiful women, and live in palace like property. Check this out, these rules never go wrong.


Another approach is to find out using the 7 charts which planet has got the highest score in its Ashtakavarga. If that planet is Sun he will is likely to be a Sun dominated planet. That means he will be like a Sun, once he appears others fade away.


If Venus is the planet such a person will be handsome, charming and be a natural cinema star. Such people will love music, dance and entertainment and spend a lot of time, money and energy on such things that are related to art and beauty.


Use this approach for all the 7 planets and you will get to know more about the person and his luck areas.

Can Ashtakavarga be related to Transit of Planets?

Yes of course. Whenever a Transit of a major planet happens (Jupiter or Saturn) the first thing that you need to do is look into the relevant Ashtakavarga.


If the score is low and position-wise the transit is unfavourable then surely the said transit will affect the person adversely.


Following is the Ashtakvaraga of Saturn for person born in Virgo Moon Sign (Kanya Rasi). This means that the person will have Moon (Chandra) in Virgo which is the bottom right corner in any horoscope.








Saturn

Ashtakavarga



3 Leo



5 Libra
0 Virgo





You may be aware that currently Saturn occupies Virgo (Kanya). So all the people born in the moon sign of Virgo is undergoing Sade-Sati (the popular 7 ½ years Sani). Will such a Saturn give the same level of difficulty for all the millions of people born in Virgo? No and that is because the Ashtakavarga scores are all different for all the people.


In the above chart we find that in Virgo the score is 0. That means this person is going to have a tough time due to the transit of Saturn. In the next chart we see the Saturn Ashtakavarga for another person.








Saturn

Ashtakavarga



1 Leo



3 Libra
5 Virgo

Moon




For such a person, the current transit of Saturn will not cause the adverse results because this person has obtained 5 points in the sign of Virgo. Whereas the same person may have gone through much suffering during the previous transit of Saturn when Saturn occupied Leo (Simha).

The score in the Saturn Ashtakavarga chart may vary from 0 to 7. So there are 8 scores possible in any house. If we consider all the millions of people born in the sign of Virgo we know that all of them are under the general challenging effects of Sade-Sati. But the Ashtakavarga scores will vary for all of them.

The possibilities are 8 x 8 x 8 patterns and that is equal to 512. So there are 512 different groups within the millions of people born with Virgo as their Moon sign. That is why for some people the trouble starts as soon as Sade-Sati begins, for some it is in the middle part of the 7 ½ years phase and for some the challenges increase in the last part. Each part is approximately 2 ½ years. For some there will be no trouble because the 3 signs have points greater than 5. Such a person is likely to tell others that there is no such thing as Saturn effect or Sade-Sati not knowing that their own karma carried forward from past life actions has protected them.

So here is the method. First determine if a transit is expected to be favourable or not. For example when the Transit of Jupiter happens on the 2nd, 5th, 7th, 9th or the 11th house it is said that such a transit is favorable. Once that is known check out from the Ashtakavarga of Jupiter and note down the score obtained in the sign that Jupiter has moved into. If the score is higher than 4 then the good transit of Jupiter will surely give good results. If the score is less than 4 then the promised good result may not happen.

This approach can be used for any planet. However since the Transit of Jupiter and Saturn is the most often discussed transit at least you should have the Ashtakavarga of these 2 mighty planets.

So the next time you study the effects of Transit of Saturn or Jupiter keep the Ashtakavarga charts in front of you or your Astrologer.


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