Yoga's and Astrology

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THIS TEXT IS A LESSON FROM THE EMAIL COURSE 'APPLIED VEDIC ASTROLOGY'. IN THIS COURSE YOU WILL LEARN VEDIC ASTROLOGY ON THE BASIS OF YOUR OWN HOROSCOPE.

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The charts of Gandhi and Kennedy that are mentioned in this text are shown at the end of the text.

9. YOGA’S AND ASTROLOGY

A unique characteristic of Indian astrology are the yoga’s. Yoga’s are planetary positions that lead to a certain result. We have already discussed one yoga, that of raja yoga.

This was mentioned in diagram 8. This is a simple yoga. It was a matter of one planet and the houses over which it was lord. There are literally thousands of these kinds of yoga’s. In India, an astrologer must know them of by heart. Then it is said that the first thing an astrologer needs, is a good memory. During this course, we shall discuss a number of yoga’s. Studying a horoscope for the presence of yoga’s presents an astrologer with new dimensions in horoscope interpretation. When you analyse a horoscope for the presence of yoga’s, as discussed below, you will quickly obtain insight into the principle components of a horoscope.

9.1 PANCHA MAHAPURUSHA YOGA'S

Pancha mahapurusha yoga’s are yoga’s that are easy to find in a horoscope. To begin our analysis for this group of yoga‘s, we note the position of the ascendant and the Moon.

The Moon is an exceptionally important planet in Indian astrology, and for this reason, we can use the sign the Moon is in as an alternative ascendant. So if we look for yoga’s we can look for them from the ascendant but we can also take the Moon as a starting point in our search for yoga’s.

For instance, if we say that a certain planet must be placed in a kendra house to be considered as a planet making a yoga, the kendra house is calculated from either the ascendant or from the sign the Moon is in.

Example: We have a Moon placed in the fifth house. Kendra houses calculated from the ascendant are the first, fourth, seventh and tenth houses. Kendra houses calculated from the Moon in this example, are the fifth (first house calculated from the Moon), eighth (fourth house calculated from the Moon), eleventh (seventh house calculated from the Moon) and the second (tenth house calculated from the Moon) houses.

And now to the yoga‘s and their consequences:

 

9.5 THE POSITION OF YOGA’S

No horoscope is without yoga’s. Favourable yoga’s are frequent. Still many people lead lives which shine in their mediocrity. Persons with favourable yoga’s are not always rich and famous.

The cause of this lies in just how a certain yoga is placed in the horoscope. If we want to form an opinion as to just how a yoga expresses itself, we shall have to examine the following.

  1. How strong are the planets connected to the yoga?
  2. Example: Let us assume that the Moon is placed in Scorpio in the third house and Jupiter is placed in Aquarius in the sixth house. We could say that there is a Gaja Kesari yoga. However the Moon is in her fall and Jupiter is in a dushtana house. Both planets are in trouble. The yoga can hardly be felt. Refer to my comments about the Gaja Kesari yoga (yoga number 27) of Gandhi and Kennedy.

  3. What aspects do the planets forming the yoga receive?
  4. When, in the previously example of a Gaja Kesari Yoga, Saturn (a malefic) aspects the Moon, and Mars (also a malefic) aspects Jupiter, then yoga will hardly be visible. Because of the aspects from unfavourable planets, both the Moon and Jupiter are under pressure. This is the reason the yoga is threatened with failure.

  5. How strong are the rulers of the signs where the yoga planets are placed?

If the (positive) promises made by a planet are to be kept, it is of great importance that the ruler of the sign where that planet is placed has a favourable profile in the horoscope. The ruler is the owner of a house. A planet placed in a house, lives in and rents that house. If the owner of a house runs into problems, then the occupants of that house will be affected as well, if only for the reason that there is no budget for the upkeep of the house.

Example: When the Moon is in Scorpio and Jupiter in Taurus, it will not be very favourable if Mars (ruler of the house where the Moon is placed) is in fall in Cancer and Venus (ruler of the house where Jupiter is placed) is in fall in Virgo. Again the yoga will become almost invisible.

Before you forecast great fortunes and fame based on certain yoga‘s, study the above material.

9.6 EXERCISE

Study your horoscope for the occurrence of the above mentioned yoga’s. Please send in a list of these yoga’s and make a short interpretation of them.

THIS TEXT IS A LESSON FROM THE EMAIL COURSE 'APPLIED VEDIC ASTROLOGY'. IN THIS COURSE YOU WILL LEARN VEDIC ASTROLOGY ON THE BASIS OF YOUR OWN HOROSCOPE. TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS COURSE CLICK ON THIS TEXT.

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Mahatma Gandhi 2-10-1869, 2.33 GMT, 21.40 N., 69.42 E.

6th Pisces 

7th Aries
Jupiter 28.11

8th Taurus

9th Gemini

5th Aquarius

 Rasi

 Chart

10th Cancer
Rahu   13.40
Moon   27.56

4th Capricorn
Ketu 13.40

 Mahatma

 Gandhi

11th Leo

3rd Sagittarius

2nd Scorpio
Saturn 20.17

Ascendant 4.34
Mercury   11.45
Venus      24.25
Mars        26.23

12th Virgo
Sun  16.55

 

John F. Kennedy 29-5-1917 GMT: 20.13, 42.20 N.,71.07 W.

7th Pisces 

8th Aries
Mars       25.43
Mercury  27.53

9th Taurus
Jupiter    0.21
Sun        15.09
Venus     24.04 

10th Gemini
Ketu         18.29

6th Aquarius

 Rasi

 Chart

11th Cancer
Saturn        4.27

5th Capricorn

 John F.

 Kennedy

12th Leo
Moon         24.36  

4th Sagittarius
Rahu        18.29

 

3rd Scorpio

2nd Libra


1st Virgo
Ascendant  29.43

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