Hari Om
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Namaste,
In Jyotish there are various graha yogas, or planetary unions and combinations that are formed. These yogas bring about the promise, potential and/or the possibilities offered to the native for this life span (ayus). I thought I would offer a few for your consideration¹. Perhaps you will find these in your chart.
What kind of yogas are there?
Ravi Yogas - involving the sun, Surya
Chandra Yogas - involving the moon, Chandr, and some write Chandra
Raja Yoga - or 'kingly' unions giving power, authority, benefit
Raja sambandha yoga - combinations that show associations with kings, powerful people, or powerful situations
Dhana yoga - unions giving wealth. Now wealth is not only money , yes?
Mahapurusha yogas - these produce 5 kinds of great, (Maha) magnanimous persons (purusha).
Daridra Yogas - unions giving poverty
Nabhasa Yogas - yogas classified as celestial combinations. There are 4 varieties. Each classification of the 4 varieties, have multiple possibilities to them
Yogas
Rajabhrashta yoga
One yoga that I have not noticed and only recently started check for is the rajabhrashta yoga. The yoga is stated
like this: The lord of the arudha¹ lagna and arudha of the dwadasamsa ( or 1/12th divisional chart) should be in conjunction.
What can one expect from this ? The native will fall from a high position. That is, from a career standpoint one may
expect demotions, or loss of position. Now, if other raja yogas ( see definition above) are stronger a few things can occur:
1. The fall will not take place at all of there are powerful raja yogas that trump the rajabhrashta yoga, or;
2. The rajabhrashta yoga takes place, yet the raja yoga is there to support the native and he/she wins back the position or perhaps a new position.
Pravaraja Yoga
A union of graha's that allows/compels one to turn (vrt) within or forth (pra)
This occurs when one has 4 or more grahas in one house - the more benefic the stronger the influence. It's said if this occurs in a Kendra ( 1,4,7 or 10th ) AND one of the graha's owns the 12th house (a moksha house) this yoga occurs. It is important that the 4th house is part of this connection, as it represents home, and in the body; home is the heart-emotion or hrdaya¹. That is this desire for spiritual development.
Lets say the 4th is not involved - this suggests the person is just getting on this path in this life and the renunciation this person may take will the introductory 'lite' version. Still good, yet is not so energized to seek this with a high degree of alacrity.
Lets say too that the sun is involved in this yoga , which it usually is, but not always. If there is a combust condition that is, some of the planets are very close to the sun, then this renunciation, if one chooses to do so would not be 'official' or formal.
In some charts, I see 4 grahas yet one of the nodes ( Rahu or Ketu) are there. The 'rule' says no nodes should be involved. Yet with Ketu as Mokshakaraka, the wise Jyotisha takes a second look. And Kendra houses are recommended, but if Trines are the recipients of the grahas, especially the 9th house, it has dristi (sight) to the 4th house, and stimulates the emotion for spiritual development... Now what if this house has both the 8th, the 12th and the mokshakaraka graha's present? The indication and influence becomes quite strong as all the moksha grahas are in one place, unified in their efforts and influence.
The stronger the condition, ( exalted, moolatrikona, or owning the sign) the greater the influence of this yoga.
Tapaswi Yoga
A union of graha's that bring tapas ( fire or cleansing) to the native this is a yoga with Sani (Saturn) , Sukra (Venus) and Ketu are involved. Sukracharaya is also known as Daitya Guru and is part of Tapaswi Raja Yoga .
One does not quickly see Venus as a tapas centered graha. He earned this via hanging upside down from a tree for 20 years. This twenty years is the length of Venus' dasa period in the Vimshottari (120 year) dasa system.
More as time permits.
pranams
words used and reference HDF posts
hrdaya (hRdaya) हृदय -the heart or region of the heart as the seat of feelings and sensations; From a spiritual POV this is not the physical heart
Arudha Lagna review: http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13124#post13124
Additional HDF Posts
Yogas at birth: http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2568
Yogas - additional discussion: http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1626&highlight=yogas
Books that will be used for this and further posts
300 Most Important Combinations - BV Raman
Practical Vedic Astrology - G.S. Agarwal
The Spiritual Dimensions of Vedic Astrology - Robert A. Koch
Vedic Astrology - P.V.R. Narashimha Rao
Crux of Vedic Astology - Sanjay Rath
Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra - Maharishi Parasara, commentary by Birish Chand Sharma
Jataka Parijata by Sri Vaidyanatha Dikshita and translated by V. Subramanya Sastri
Upadesa Sutras by Jaimini - translated by Sanjay Rath
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