Planets
As mentioned above, totally 12 planets are used in KP namely Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu, Ketu, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. As Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are of comparatively recent discovery, usage of these planets is not as extensive as other 9 planets. Not all KP astrologers use all 12 planets, hence the usage of Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto is up to the choice of a KP astrologer. In this tutorial, our emphasis will also be on original 9 planets only. Please note that Rahu and Ketu are not planets in terms of modern astronomy, as they don't have any physical existence. They are mere mathematical points. Due to this reason, they are also sometimes called as shadow planets. I'll not go into the astronomical details of Rahu and Ketu because it is not
the objective of this tutorial.
Each planet owns certain signs and stars (nakshatras) as follows -Planet Name Sign(s) Owned by the Planet Stars (Nakshatras) Owned by the Planet
Sun Leo Kritika,
Uttaraphalguni, Uttarashadha
Moon Cancer Rohini, Hasta,
Sravana
Mars Aries, Scorpio Mrigasira, Chitra, Dhanshita
Virgo Revati Jupiter Sagittarius,
Pisces Punarvasu, Visakha,Poorvabhadrapada Venus Taurus, Libra Bharani,
Poorvaphalguni, Poorvashadha Saturn Capricorn,
Aquarius Pushya, Anuradha,Uttarabhadrapada
Rahu Aridra, Swati,
Satabisha
Ketu Aswini, Magha,
Moola
From the above table you can see that Rahu and Ketu have not been allotted any sign ownership. You may also note that each of the nine planets have been given
ownership of 3 stars.
As Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto were not part of the ancient Hindu astrology, they have not been given ownership of any sign or any star. As per Western astrologers, Uranus owns Capricorn, Neptune owns Pisces and Pluto owns Scorpio.
Houses
There are 12 houses in astrology. Houses are also referred as Bhava or Ghar in Hindu astrology. Every house in astrology has been assigned certain significations by the sages. For example, 1st house is for self, health, 2nd house for family, finance, 3rd house for brother, courage, 4th house is for mother,
conveyance and so on. In the astrology, if a house is good, you will get good results related to the house. For example, if the 1st house is good in your horoscope, your health will be good. On the contrary, if the first house is bad, the health will be affected and one can even have a short life. Different systems of astrology like Hindu system, Western system etc. have different rules for judging the houses. In other words, all systems use somewhat different rules to identify whether you will get good results or bad results pertaining to a house in your life. Similarly, KP System also has different rules and we will be describing those rules in the following sections. Before that, let us have a look at what is generally assigned to each house by our sages
-First House
Birth, head, physical body, limb, physical features, livelihood
Second House
Wealth, food, right eye, what one eats or drinks, face,
eye, speech, family, property
Third House
Courage, firmness, bad thoughts, breast, ear, especially right ear, prowess, brother or sister -younger one, heroism, mental strength
Fourth house
House, home, land, relation, mother, vehicle,
happiness, water, learning
Intellect, children, son, belly, traditional law, virtuous
acts previously done
Sixth House
Debt, wounds, disease, enemy, sin, a wicked act, fear, humiliation
Seventh House
Desire, love, passion, cohabitation, partner, public,
wife or husband, dowry
Eighth House
Life, longevity, mental pain, defeat or insult, sorrow, scandal, ill-repute, death, impurity, obstacle, danger
Ninth House
Guru or preceptor, father, auspicious, previous life , worship, penance, virtue, grandson, prayer, spiritual
initiation, noble family, fortune
Tenth House
Livelihood, kingdom, work, commerce, trade, business, rank or position, good conduct, honor, sacrifice,
command, quality, wealth, occupation
Eleventh House
Profit or gain, income, all kinds of receipts, acquisition, gain, desire, passion, fulfillment of one's desire, wealth or riches, brothers and sisters - elder one, friends
Twelfth House
House of disappearance, bondage, loss, negation, bed, sin, poverty, penury, loss, decline, misery, left eye, leg, defect
Cusps
The point at which two houses meet is called a Cusp. Starting point of a house is called the cusp of that house. Sometimes terms 'cusp' and 'house' are used interchangeably. For example, lord of the cusp and lord of the house has the same meaning in KP. The planet that owns the sign that falling on the cusp of a house is called the owner or the lord of the house. Please note that the terms 'owner of a house' and 'house lord' are used interchangeably in astrology. In the example chart, the cusp of the first house falls in sign Aries. Mars is the owner of the sign Aries. So we will say that first house lord is Mars. Similarly, cusps of the second and third house fall in Taurus sign which is owned by Venus. So we will say that the second house and third house are owned by Venus. Some of the astrologers from the classical astrology background will find this unusual that both second and third house are owned by Venus. This happens due to the fact that KP follows unequal house division. We will talk about the house division in details later.
Signs
The whole Universe is divided into 12 equal parts and each part is referred to as a sign. So there are 12 signs as follows
-1. Aries 2. Taurus 3. Gemini
4. Cancer 5. Leo 6. Virgo 7. Libra 8. Scorpio 9. Sagittarius 10. Capricorn 11. Aquarius 12. Pisces
There are various classification for the signs. These classifications are sometimes useful in predictions. Some of the important classifications are as follows
-Classification 1
Fiery Signs: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius Earthy Signs: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn Airy Signs: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius Watery Signs: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces
Classification 2
Movable: Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn Fixed: Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius Common: Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces Zodiac Division - Sign, Star and Sub
Zodiac is an imaginary belt encircling the heavens within which are all the planets. As we know in
mathematics a circle is of 360 degree. When this circle is divided into 12 equal parts of 30 degrees, each part is called a sign. We have already talked a little bit about signs. When this circle is divided in 27 equal parts of 13 degree 20 minutes, each part is called a Star or a Nakshatra. If we divide a star further into nine parts, this 9th division of a star is called a 'Sub'. This 'Sub' is the real backbone of KP System. We have already talked about the lord of a sign and the lord of the star above. As lord (owner) of a sign is called 'Sign lord', similarly lord of a star is called 'Star lord' and the lord of a sub is called 'Sub lord'. 'Sub lord' is calculated on the basis of years allocated to each of the 9 planets in Vimshottari Dasa system. The years allocated to each planet in Vimshottari Dasa System are as follows
Planet Years Allocated
Ketu 7 Venus 20 Sun 6 Moon 10 Mars 7 Rahu 18 Jupiter 16 Saturn 19 Mercury 17
TOTAL 120
You can notice the difference in the sequence of the planets noted above. This is the sequence used in Vimshottari Dasa. Ketu is listed first here because Ketu owns Ashwini star, the first star of the zodiac, followed by Venus, Sun, Moon, Mars, Rahu, Jupiter, Saturn and Mercury.
In each star, first sub lord is the planet that owns the star and then it is followed by the remaining eight planets in Vimshottari Dasha planet sequence. For example,
If Ashwini is the star which is owned by Ketu, the first sub lord in Ashwini star will be Ketu, the second sub lord will be Venus, the third sub lord will be of Sun and
so on.
If Bharani is the star which is owned by Venus, the first sub lord in Bharani star will be Venus, the second sub lord will of Sun, the third sub lord will be of Moon
and so on.
You can notice that there is no name given to a sub like we have given the names for signs and stars. What we are mostly cocerned about is the lord of that sub
i.e. sub lord.
The span of a sub lord can be calculated as follows -Span of a Sub Lord = (Years of Planet in Vimshottari Dasa/ 120) X 13 degree 20 minutes as 13 degree 20 minutes can also be written as 800
(13 X 60 + 20) minutes, for simplicity of calculation,
we can say
-Span of a Sub Lord (in minutes) = (Years of Planet in
Vimshottari Dasa/ 120) X 800
based on this we can calculate the span of each sub
lord as follows
-Span of a Sub Lord Ketu = (7 / 120) X 800 = 46.6666 = 0 degree 46 minutes 40 seconds Span of a Sub Lord Venus = (20 / 120) X 800 = 133.3333 = 2 degree 13 minutes 20 seconds Span of a Sub Lord Sun = (6 / 120) X 800 = 40 = 0
degree 40 minutes 00 seconds
Span of a Sub Lord Moon = (10 / 120) X 800 = 66.6666 = 1 degree 6 minutes 40 seconds Span of a Sub Lord Mars = (7 / 120) X 800 = 46.6666 = 0 degree 46 minutes 40 seconds Span of a Sub Lord Rahu = (18 / 120) X 800 = 120 = 2
degree 0 minutes 0 seconds
Span of a Sub Lord Jupiter = (16 / 120) X 800 = 106.6666 = 1 degree 46 minutes 40 seconds Span of a Sub Lord Saturn = (19 / 120) X 800 = 126.6666 = 2 degree 6 minutes 40 seconds Span of a Sub Lord Mercury = (17 / 120) X 800 = 113.3333 = 1 degree 53 minutes 20 seconds Above can be summarized in a tabular format as follows
Sub Lord Sub Span
Venus 2°13'20" Sun 0°40' Moon 1°6'40" Mars 0°46'40" Rahu 2°0'0" Jupiter 1°46'40" Saturn 2°6'40" Mercury 1°53'20" TOTAL 13°20'
To save you from the hassles of calculations, this is a ready reckoner table of Sign, Star, and Sub can be
found here.
Note: High school mathematics is involved in the calculation of Sub lord. Don't worry, if you don't understand the calculation part because now-a-days we have software programs that can do the calculation for you. Also the sub lord calculation table mentioned above can be used for ready reference. House Grouping
Like Sub, house grouping is another very important concept in KP System. For every important aspect of human life, one house has been given primary importance and few other houses have been given secondary importance. All these houses together are
known as group of houses for an aspect. By the term ‘aspect of human life’, I mean health, family, profession etc. Let us take an example of marriage, for marriage house number 7th has been given primary importance. Why? Because 7th house is taken as the house for spouse – husband or wife. If you are coming from the Hindu astrology or Western astrology background, you will find it familiar. If you don't have any astrology background, you can refer house signification table under the heading 'House' above. House number 2 and 11 are said to be supportive house for marriage. In our traditional astrology, 2nd house is the house for family and 11th house is the house for friends and fulfillment of desire. So we can say that for marriage we have to judge house number 2, 7 and 11. This is house grouping for marriage. Similarly, we can group houses for other major aspects of our life. I am tabulating house grouping for some of the important aspects as follows
Aspect House Groups
Longevity 1, 8, 3 Cure of disease 1, 5, 11 Education 4, 9, 11 Marriage 2, 7, 11 Child birth 2, 5, 11 Foreign travel 3, 9, 12 Service 2, 6, 10
Gain of money 2, 6, 11
More comprehensive list of house groups can be found at House Grouping section of this wiki.
Good and Bad Houses for Specific Matters
Generally 12th house from any house is considered detrimental to that house and hence negates the results of that house. For example, 2, 7 and 11 houses are the houses that give marriage. 12th House from these houses i.e. 1 (12th from 2), 6 (12th from 7) and 10 (12th from 11) will give opposite results i.e. denial of marriage or separation, divorce etc., if already married. This is a general rule which requires some modifications on the basis of sufficient evidence.
Significators Concept
As mentioned above, 12 houses deal with all aspect of a human life. Generally a planet can give results related to many houses. For example, from the section ‘Houses’, we can see that 7th house is the house for ‘marriage’ whereas 10th house is the house for ‘job’. Now, one single planet can give both job and marriage to a person. Assuming Mars is that planet, we will say that Mars signifies 7th house and 10th house in such a case.
Similarly, results related to a house can be obtained from more than one planet. Assuming in a chart Mars and Jupiter both can give Marriage, we will say that 7th house (marriage) is signified by Mars and Jupiter. To put in simple language, a planet can signify more
than one house. Also a house can be signified by more than one planet. From terminology, let us move to the method of finding significators in the next section.
Finding Significators
Here is the sign, star and sub position for all the planets and cusps for the example chart
Plan et Nam e
Longi
tude Sign Star Sub
Sun
269°19'04" Jupiter Sun Rahu Moo
n 118°50'32" Moon Mercury Saturn Mar s 258°5 6'14" Jupi ter Ven us Rah u Mer cury 283°3
7'35" Saturn Moon Rahu
Jupit
er 277°55'40" Saturn Sun Venus Ven
us 316°25'24" Saturn Rahu Venus Satu
rn 147°42'35" Sun Sun Moon Rah
Ketu 106°2
4'40" Moon Saturn Jupiter
Cusp Longitude Sign Star Sub
1 001°23'55" Mars Ketu Venus
2 033°46'54" Venus Sun Saturn
3 059°19'19" Venus Mars Saturn 4 083°02'49" Mercury Jupiter Saturn 5 108°59'58" Moon Mercury Ketu 6 141°16'58" Sun Venus Jupiter 7 181°23'55" Venus Mars Mercury 8 213°46'54" Mars Saturn Saturn 9 239°19'19" Mars Mercury Saturn 10 263°02'49" Jupiter Venus Saturn 11 288°59'58" Saturn Moon Mercury 12 321°16'58" Saturn Jupiter Jupiter
Finding Signification of Planets
A planet signifies various houses in the order of
strength as follows
Level 2. House occupied by the planet itself Level 3. Houses owned by the star lord of the planet Level 4. Houses owned by the planet itself As this signification is in the order of strength, signification at level 1 is more powerful than signification at level 2. Signification at level 2 is more powerful than signification at level 3 and so on. Level 1 to 4 is usually mentioned as grade A to E signnificators.
Suppose we have to find signification for the planet ‘Mars’ in example chart. Here are the signified houses -Level 1. Mars’s star lord is Venus who is in house no. 11
Level 2. Mars is in house no. 9 Level 3. Mars’s star is Venus who owns house no. 2, 3, 7
Level 4. Mars owns house no. 1, 8, 9 We can say that Mars signifies houses 11, 2, 3, 7, 9, 1,
8 in this chart.
Let us take another planet ‘Moon’ -Level 1. Moon’s star lord Mercury is in house no. 10
Level 2. Moon occupies 5th house
Level 3. Moon’s star lord Mercury owns 4th House
Level 4. Moon owns 5th house
So, we can say that Moon signifies houses 10, 4, and 5.
We can tabulate signification of the planets in our example chart as follows
Plan et Level 1 (star lord's occup ancy) Level 2 (occup ancy) Level 3 (star lord's owner ship) Level 4 (owne rship) Sun 10 10 6 6 Moo n 10 5 4 5 Mar s 11 9 2, 3,7 1, 8,9 Mer cury 5 10 5 4 Jupi ter 10 10 6 10 Ven us 10 11 2, 3,7 Sat urn 10 6 6 11, 12 Rah u 5 10 5 Ket u 6 4 11,12
Finding House Significators
Significator for a house in the order of strength are as
Level 1. Planets in the star of occupants of that house
Level 2. Planets in that house
Level 3. Planets in the star of owners of that house
Level 4. Owner of that house
Sigificators are mentioned in the order of strength. It means that the significators at level 1 is more powerful than the significators at level 2. Significators at level 2 are more powerful than significators at level 3 and so on. Level 1 to 4 is usually mentioned as grade A to E significators.
Let us take an example of house number 6 in our
example chart
-Level 1. Planets in the star of the occupant of the 6th
house (Saturn) - Ketu
Level 2. Planets in 6th house - Saturn Level 3. Planet in the star of the owner (Sun) - Sun,
Jupiter, and Saturn
Level 4. Owner of 6th house - Sun so, 6th house significators are Ketu, Sun, Jupiter, and Saturn. (The easy way is to take from the above table of planet significations, i.e. from level 1 column only Ketu for 6th, level 2 column only Saturn for 6th, level 3 column Sun, Jupiter & Saturn, and level 4 column Sun only.)
Let us take another example of house number 10 in
the example chart
-Level 1. Planets in the star of the occupants of 10th house i.e. Sun, Jupiter, Mercury, and Rahu - Sun & Saturn (in the star of Sun), no planet in the star of Jupiter, Moon (in the star of Mercury), Venus (in the
Level 2. Planets in 10th house - Sun, Jupiter, Mercury, Rahu
Level 3. Planet in the star of the owner (Jupiter) - no
planet in the star of Jupiter
Level 4. Owner of 10th house - Jupiter so, 10th house significators are Sun, Saturn, Moon,
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Rahu
TIP: If there is no planet(s) in the star of significators, significator(s) are considered strong. In above case, as Jupiter doesn’t have any planet in its star, hence it is a strong significator for 10th house by occupation and also by lordship if the house is empty, which is not so in this case. By a strong significator we mean that the planet has more chances of giving the result of the
house than other significators
We can tabulate house significators in our example chart as follows – Hou se Level 1 (in Occupant's star) Level 2 (Occupants) Level 3 (in Owner's star) Level 4 (Owner ) 1 Mars 2 Mars Venus 3 Mars Venus
4 Ketu Moon Mercu
ry
Rahu
6 Ketu Saturn Sun,
Jupiter, Saturn Sun 7 Mars Venus 8 Mars 9 Mars Mars 10 Sun, Jupiter, Moon, Venus, Saturn Sun, Mercury, Jupiter, Rahu Jupiter
11 Mars Venus Ketu Saturn
12 Saturn
NOTE:
1. Planets conjoined or aspected by the above significators (level 1 to 4) are also the 5th level
(weakest) significators.
2. As you can notice from above, Sub doesn’t play any role in the process of finding significators.
Significations of Nodes - Rahu & Ketu
Rahu and Ketu are not planet in true sense. These are shadow planets and do not have any physical existance. To understand signification of Rahu and Ketu, we need to understand the 'agent' nature of these two.
Rahu and Ketu act as an agent of the planet(s) -(a) the planet conjoining or aspecting
(b) owner planet of the sign in where it is placed
In our example chart, Rahu conjoins Mercury and Jupiter in Capricorn sign. So we can say that Rahu acts as an agent to Mercury and Jupiter. As Rahu is closer to Mercury than Jupiter, it will represent Mercury more prominently than Jupiter. Capricorn is the sign owned by Saturn, so it will also act as an agent to Saturn, but even less prominently. Sometimes 'Node act as an agent of planet planet X' is also written as 'Node represents planet X'.
A node signifies the houses -(a) Level 1 to Level 4 above
(b) Level 1 to Leve 4 of the planets it represents
In our example, Rahu signifies houses 5 and 10 by its own. Rahu also signifies 5, 10, and 4 by being agent of Mercury. Rahu also signifies houses 10 and 6 by being agent of Jupiter but less prominently than by being agent of Mercury. Rahu also signifies houses 10, 6, 11, 12 by being agent of Saturn, but even less prominently than Jupiter and Mercury.
For practical purpose, we generally take the most prominent agent only in our analysis. In other words, though Rahu acts an agent of Mercury, Jupiter and
Saturn, we will take Mercury only otherwise we will be confused with too many houses signified.
Strengths of Significators
As mentioned above, a planet gives result of the houses in order of Level 1 to Level 4. Though we must note that if there is no planet in that planets star, the planet is called self-strength planet and gives results in following order
-Level 2. House occupied by the planet itself Level 1. House occupied by the star lord of the planet Level 4. Houses owned by the planet itself Level 3. Houses owned by the star lord of the planet
Ruling Planets (RP)
Ruling Planets (RP) is a divine tool to help astrologers. As the name suggests, Ruling Planets are the planets that rule a particular moment. KP System considers total 5 ruling planets in the order of strength as follows
-1. Ascendant Star Lord 2. Ascendant Sign Lord 3. Moon Star Lord
4. Moon Sign Lord 5. Day Lord
Ruling Planets are generally used in conjunction with birth charts or horary charts. Sometimes RPs also have some other independent applications like predicting minor events and rectification of birth time. Rahu and Ketu act as agents to other planets. Please see section "Shadow Planets - Rahu and Ketu" below
for more information.
Day lord for each day is as follows
Day Day Lord
Sunday Sun Monday Moon Tuesday Mars Wednesday Mercury Thursday Jupiter Friday Venus Saturday Saturn
Suppose we have to calculate Ruling Planets at January 18, 2009, 6:00 PM IST at Delhi, India. Here is the Ascendant and Moon position at that time -Ascendant Longitude : 097°55'37" Moon Longitude : 189°17'14" From the "Sign, Star, and Sub Table", we can find Sign lord and Star lord for both the longitude as follows
Longi tude Sig n Lor d Sta r Lor d Asce
ndant 097°55'37" Moon Saturn Moon 189°1
7'14" Venus Rahu
The day on 18th January 2009 was Sunday, so the day
lord will be Sun.
So, here are the Ruling planets for the moment (January 18, 2009, 6:00 PM IST at Delhi, India)
Ascendan t Star Lord Satu rn Ascendan t Sign Lord Moo n Moon Star Lord Rah u Moon Sign Lord Ven us Day Lord Sun
1. Hindu day starts from sunrise and last till next sunrise. We have to take 'day lord' according to Hindu
day only.
2. The ruling planets in a star or sub of retrograde planets should be discarded from the list of RP.
Selection of Significators
As discussed above, when you are judging particular aspect of life, you have to check significators of the group of houses related to that aspect of life. For example, if you have to find out the time of marriage, house group is 2, 7 and 11 (see the table above). So, you need to find out significators of house number 2, 7 and 11. When the person will pass through the dasa of significators of house 2, 7 and 11 together, s/he will get married.
Sometime, you get many significators for judging an aspect of life. For example, if we have to find out, when will the native of the example chart get a new job. For job, we have to judge 2, 6, 10 and 11. Now here are the significators
2 – Mars, Venus
6 – Sun, Jupiter, Saturn, Ketu
10 – Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Rahu 11 – Mars, Ketu, Venus, Saturn
Now here is the dilemma for the astrologer. All the nine planets are appearing as singinifcator for the job. In such a case, we need to find out the signifcators which are more powerful that others for that particular aspect of life. As we need to eliminate less powerful significators and keep more powerful significator, this process is also termed as 'elimination of significators.'
Before we jump into the process of singificator elimination, we should remember these two important
points
-* As mentioned above, level 1 significators are powerful than level 2 significators as so on. So, one need to give preference to the higher level significators
* Again as mentioned above, Planets having no planets in its star is stronger.
We will now discuss three popular elimination methods.
Method 1: Detrimental House Method
The significators of houses detrimental to the aspect under consideration are weaker. For example, house number 1 (12th to 2nd – negation of 2nd) 5 (12th to 6) and 9 (negation to 10th) are detrimental houses for the job. In the example chart, significators of house 1, 5, and 9 are as follows –
1 – Mars
5 – Mercury, Rahu, Moon
9 – Mars
As Moon, Mars, Mercury and Rahu are the significators of 1, 5, and 9 as well. These are not powerful enough to give results of house number 2, 6, 10 and 11. So these are the planets that have the possibility of dropping from the significator list of job. If we remove
Moon, Mars, Mercury and Rahu from the significators list, we will left with the following – Sun, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Ketu
Method 2: Sub-lord method
Remove the significators in the sub of the signifcators of the houses detrimental to the houses under consideration. As mentioned above, house number 1 (12th to 2nd – negation of 2nd) 5 (12th to 6) and 9 (negation to 10th) are detrimental houses for job. Significators of house 1, 5, and 9 are as follows –
1 – Mars
5 – Mercury, Rahu, Moon
9 – Mars
Planets in the Sub of above planets are as follows – Moon – Saturn is in the Sub of Moon Mars – There is no planet in the Sub of Mars Mercury – There is no planets in the Sub of Mercury Rahu – Sun, Mars and Mercury in the Sub of Rahu
So Saturn, Sun, Mars and Mercury are also weaker significators for job and can be removed from the signifactor list.
Note: Some KP astrologers give more importance to star lord of sub lord rather than sub lord itself.
Method 3: Ruling Planets method
Check the ruling planets for the time of judgment of the horoscope. The ruling planets that are also found in the significators of the house grouping are the strongest significators. In other words select the planets which are common among singificator for the aspect and ruling planets.
Selection of Fruitful significator: A Step by Step Approach
This is a step by step approach often mentioned above and select the fruitful significators as follows: 1) Significtors which are common with the Ruling Planets,
2) Significators which are posited in the stars of the cuspal sub lords of required houses for a matter under
consideration, 2,7,11 for marriage,
3) Significators which are the cuspal sub lords of the
required houses,
4) Significators of planets without having any planet in their stars, which are strongest to give the results of the houses by being the sub lord to them. (Golden Rule: Take the planets which are posited in the sub of the significators whose constellations are not tenanted),
5) Significators appearing many times amongst the
Ruling Planets and significators.
6) Ruling Planets or other methods of selecting fruitful significators can to be used in fixing timing of event by DBAS.
Finding out promises in a chart
In the "House Grouping" section it was explained that - "for every important aspect of human life, one house has been given primary importance and few other houses have been given secondary importance." Standard rules for prediction are -1. If the sublord of primary house under consideration is signifying house group related to the matter under consideration then the matter is going to fructify and
the answer is positive.
2. On the contrary, if it sublord of primary house is signifying detrimental houses (see good and bad houses above) alone then the matter will not fructify 3. But, if it sublord of primary house is signifying house group as well as detrimental houses then the native will get both the results in different dasa period.
As explained in house grouping section, 7th house is the primary house for marriage. 2nd and 11th houses are supportive houses. These three houses together will be called conductive house group (or simply house group) for marriage. 1st, 6th and 10th house being 12th from the mentioned house group are detrimental for marriage. If sublord of 7th house is signifying either 7th or 2nd or 11th then the marriage is promised. The person will definitely marry. This way we can decide the promises related to various aspect of life in a chart.
House Grouping
Not single but multiple houses play role in any event of life. In KP terminology, these groups of houses for the event is called "House Group". This is also referred as Formula by some KP astrologers. In the table below we need to combine primary houses and supporting houses to come up with the house grouping for the event. For example, event "Good health" has 1,11 as house group. Event "Proneness of disease" has house group 1, 6, 8, 12.
There are two uses of the House Grouping table below
-1. Knowing whether the event is promised in one's chart or not
If the cuspal sub lord of primary house signifies primary and supporting houses, the event is promised. Please read Fundamental Principles to get better understanding.
2. When the event will happen
Events happens when the planet-lords of current dasa (dasa lord, antardasa lord, pratyantardasa lord, sookshma lord etc.) signifies house group. For example, one has "Good health" when one passes through dasa of the planets signifies houses 1,11. Similarly, "Proneness to disease" happens when one passes through dasa of the planets signifies 1,6,8,12. Again, please read Fundamental Principles to get better understanding.
1. Events relating First House.
Type of Query/ Event Primary House Supporting Houses
Good health 1 1,11
Proneness to disease 1 6,8,12
Accident 1 8, 12
Suicide 1 Badhaka,2,7,Mars
Success in self efforts 1 11 (6)
Status and Respect 1 10, 11
Short Life 1 2,7,Badhaka
Long Life 1 1,5,8,11
2. Events relating Second House. Type of
Query Primary Hous e Supporting Houses Financial Status 2 2,6,11 Obtaining Loans 2 11 (6) Obtaining Jewellery 2 11 Defect in Speech, Vision 2 12,8 Insurance claims 2 8,11 Medical claims 2 6,8,11 Opening bank account 2 6,11
3. Events relating Third House.
House
Signing a contract 3 6,9,11
Meeting Bank officer for overdraft
3 6,9,11
Filing a court case 3 6,11
Getting Passport, Green card, Visa
3 9,11,12
Starting journey 3 5,9,11
Negotiations 3 9,11 and the cuspal position
that represents the purpose Change of place-Transfer 3 10,11 Younger co-born proneness to sickness 3 8,10,2 Computer programmer 3 2,11 (10) Publication as Profession 3 2,11 (10)
4. Events relating Fourth House.
Type of Query Primary
House
Supporting Ho uses
Basic education 4 11
Purchase of property, vehicle, furniture
4 11,12
Sale of property etc. 4 3,5,10
Taking possession of flat, quarter etc.
4 9,11
Laying foundation of a house 4 11
Occupying a new house 4 11
Mother’s proneness to sickness 4 9,11,3
Medicine as subject of study 4 6
Law as subject of study 4 6 or 9
Fine arts as Subject of study 4 5
Teaching as Profession 4 2,6,10 (9)
5. Events relating Fifth House.
Type of Query Primary
House Supporting Houses Child Birth 5 2,11 Pregnancy 5 2,11 Love Marriage 5 7,11 Rape 5 8,12 Success in sports 5 6,11
Sports, fine arts, film, speculation as profession
5 2,11 (10)
Caesarean 5 2,8
6. Events relating Sixth House.
Type of Query Primary
House
Supporting Houses
Disease- Nature & Part 6 Involved cusp
Promise of Loan 6 2,11
Secret activities of Partner 6 5
Success in competition 6 1,11
Success in Litigation 6 1,11
Recovery from disease 6 5,11
Disease unknown in medical science
6 5,11
Medical Practitioner 6 2,11 (10)
7. Events relating Seventh House.
Type of Query Primary House Supporting Houses
Marriage 7 2,11
Second child 7 2,11
Partnership 7 5,11
Theft 7 2,12
Danger from opponents 7 8,12
Loans from Bank 7 6,2,11
Marriage-engagement 7 3,9,11
8. Events relating Eighth House.
Type of Query Primary
House Supporting Houses Criminality as Profession 8 2,11 (10) Unexpected Gains 8 2,11 Unexpected Loss 8 5,12 Receipt of Gifts 8 6,11
Ornaments or cash from inheritance
8 2,11
Property, vehicle from
inheritance
8 4,11
Recovery of lost articles 8 2,6,11
Unnatural death 8 1,12
Death due to sickness 8 6,12
Death due to accident 8 4,12
Depression 8 1,3,12
Committing rape 8 5,12
Surgeons 8 2,11 (10)
Type of Query Primary House Supporting Houses Long Journeys 9 3,12 Higher education 9 11 (4) Second Marriage 9 7,11 Third Child 9 2,11 Father’s proneness to sickness 9 2,4,8
Success in spiritual discipline 9 6,11
Politics as Profession 9 2,6,11 (10)
10. Events relating Tenth House.
Type of Query Primary
House
Supporting Houses
Service or Business 10 6,7
Commission as Business 10 3,11
Name & Fame 10 1,11
Retirement 10 5,9 Promotion in Service or Business 10 2,6,11 Break in Service 10 5,9 Problems in Business or Service 10 5,8 Suspension in Service 10 5,6 (8) Compulsory Retirement 10 5,9 (8) Voluntary Retirement 10 1,5,9
Removal from service 10 5,9 (8)
Export Business 10 2,6,11 (12) Medical Practitioner 10 2,6,11 (8) Publications as Profession 10 2,6,11 (3) Legal Profession 10 2,6,11 (9) Politics as Profession 10 2,6,11 (9) Teaching as Profession 10 2,6,11(4,9)
Computer Programmer 10 2,6,11 (3) 11. Events relating Eleventh House.
Type of Query Primary
House
Supporting Houses
Winning in Love 11 5,7
Satisfaction of Desires 11 1
Sexual relationship with friend
11 7,5
12. Events relating Twelfth House.
Type of Query Primary
House
Supporting Houses
Repayment of Loan 12 5,8
Recovery of Lost article 12 2,6,11
Secret activities as profession 12 2,11 (10)
Gain in Investment 12 2,6,11
Loss in Investment 12 5,8
Danger from involvement in secret activities
12 7,8
Imprisonment 12 3,8
Receipt of secret documents 12 4,11
Absconding 12 3,8
Success in research 12 6,11
Export Business 12 2,11 (10)
Foreign Travel 12 3,9
Krishnamurthy System of Astrology (KP Astrology) Abortion:
1. When counting the number of children, such as the first child being represented by the 5th house cusp, the 2nd child being represented by the 7th house cusp, the third child being represented by the 9th house
cusp, etc., what happens when there has been an abortion? Do we count that as a child?
Mistakes made here will give mistakes in predicting correctly the sex of each child and the number of children. When an abortion takes place after 3 months from conception, the fetus is counted as a child because during that abortion, the sex of the child was clearly developed, but when abortion takes place before the completion of the 3 month gestational period, this pregnancy is not taken as a child birth because the sex of the child, prior to that time, is not clear. So this factor must be clearly known for an astrologer to fix both the sex of the child, and the correct number of children that the mother will deliver.
Accidents:
1. Consider houses 8 and 12 for accidents: 8th serious illness, accident,
suicide; 12th – self-undoing, confinement in bed or hospital, defects,
deformities, amputation or mutilation of a limb, bodily injury. Mars, Saturn, Rahu, and Ketu cause accidents.
2. If the sub lord of either the Ascendant or the 8th house cusp is posited in the star of the occupant or the owner of the 8th or 12th house, there will be an accident.
3. The danger to the individual's life will likely prove fatal if the sub lord is in the star of either the occupant or the owner of the 8th, 7th, or 2nd. 4. The individual will survive the accident if the sub lord is in the star of either the occupant or owner of the 2nd, 7th, and 11th.
Adoption:
1. What indicators show adoption in a chart?
An individual who has been denied children will opt for adopting a child if the 5th cuspal sub lord and Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, Mars, and Moon, are connected to the 4th, 8th, and 12th houses.
Badhaka Houses:
1. The badhaka houses are houses that are harmful to life, and badhaka houses are more harmful for life than maraka houses. The badhaka houses are the 11th for those born in Cardinal (moveable) signs, the 9th for those born in Fixed signs, and the 7th for those born in Mutable (dual) signs.
2. For death, first consider the badhaka houses, and then the maraka houses as dangerous for the native, as there is danger to life during the joint period (dasha/bhukti) of the significators of the badhaka and maraka houses
Barren Signs:
1.Aries, Gemini, Leo, and Virgo are called the barren or sterile signs. 2. Barren signs on the cusps of the 5th and 11th houses (11th being 5th to the partner) and the lords of these not posited in fruitful signs, the Moon not in a fruitful sign, the lagna not in a fruitful sign, the lord of the lagna not posited in a fruitful sign, and no fruitful planet in the 5th or 11th house, are indications of no children.
Constructing a Building:
1. If the cuspal sub lord of the 4th is the significator of the 4th, 11th, or 12th, one will have his own building during the joint period of the significators of the 4th, 11th, and 12th.
Death:
1. When Saturn, Rahu, and Ketu simultaneously transit in the stars and subs of the badhaka and maraka significators in the birth chart - during a particular year in question - the native is likely to suffer from serious illness.
2. When Saturn, Rahu, and Ketu simultaneously transit in the stars and subs of the badhaka and maraka significators of the spouse in the birth chart - during a particular year in question - the native's spouse is likely to suffer from serious illness.
3. The sub lord of the lagna rising is known to have a mysterious link with death. While judging death, it is invariably found that the sub lord of the lagna rising - whether it be for a horoscope cast for the birth time or for a prashna(within 249), it has an intimate relation with the time of death - for example - its period, sub period, or sub sub period must be connected with the time of death.
Disease and Cure:
1. If the sub lord of the 6th cusp is in the star of the occupant or owner of the 6th or 1st, the native may suffer from disease.
2. Consider the 6th house for sickness or disease. For cure, consider the 1st, 5th, and 11th:
1st - health, 5th is 12th to the 6th - or absence of sickness, 11th is 12th to 12
-or absence of bedridden sickness.Div-orce:
1. Consider houses 1, 6 and 10 for separation or divorce (being 12th from
2nd, 7th, and 11th respectively). These houses denote absence of married
life.
Education
1. Houses 4, 9, and 11 are for education or studies, while 3 and 8 address completion, negation, or denial of studies.
2. If the sub lord is the occupant or owner of the 4th, 9th, or 11th; or is in the star of the occupant or owner of the 4th, 9th, and 11th; or is in conjunction or in aspect with the significator of the 4th, 9th, or 11th, it is said to be harmonious to the matters of the 4th, 9th, and 11th.
3. In other words, if the sub lord is the significator of the 4th, 9th, or 11th it is said to be harmonious to and connected with the matters of the 4th, 9th, and 11th.
4. If the sub lord is the significator of the 3rd or the 8th, it is detrimental to the matters of the 4th, 9th, and 11th and it is said to be connected with the 3rd and 8th.
Employment:
1. If the cuspal sub lord of the 6th or 10th is the significator of the 2nd, 6th, or 10th, service or earning ability is promised during the joint period (dashas) of the significators of the 2nd, 6th, and 10th.
Eyesight/Vision
1. Sun, Moon, and Venus denote vision, while Mercury governs the nervous system.
2. Consider the 2nd (right eye), the 12th (left eye; defect), the 6th (disease), and the 8th (danger).
3. If the sub lord of the 12th cusp is the significator of the 6th, 8th, or 12th, then only during the joint period (dashas) of the significators of the 2nd and the 12th, the eye sight becomes defective.
4. If the Sun, Moon, or Venus is:
(b) The significator of the 2nd or 12th
Then there is a greater possibility of defective vision.
5. Eyesight might be lost during the periods of Sun, Moon, or Venus if: (a) Sun, Moon, or Venus is the significator of the 2md or 12th and (b) Its sub lord is connected with the Sun, Moon, or Venus and the 12th.
6. Eyesight might be lost during the periods of a planet if: (a) Its star lord is Sun, Moon, or Venus, and
(b) Its sub lord is connected with Sun, Moon, or Venus, and the 12th. Finance & Prosperity
(a) Profession/service: Consider the houses 2,6 and 10 ( 2nd bank
balance, self acquisition;6th services rendered, day to day attendance on
duty and thereby earning; being 12th from the 7th denotes loss to others
and gain to self, hence receiving money from others;10th profession,
either in independent vocation or in service). Sun is the chief governor of profession.
(b) Consider the houses 1, 5 and 9th for change of profession or
service (being 12th from 2, 6 and 10 respectively).
c) Consider the houses 2,6,10 and 11 for promotion rise in career or fortune; or for re-instatement in service.
(d) Consider the houses 3, 10 and 12 for transfer in service with change of place (3rd-journey; being 12thfrom the 4th shows absence of the
present residence i.e. change of place; 10th employment; 12th life in
completely unfamiliar atmosphere.
(e) Consider the houses 1, 8, 9&12 for suspension from service 1st is 12th from the 2nd- absence of self earning; 8th suspension is one form
of penalty; 9th is 12th from 10th-absence of status, position, power and
name; 12th– loss in general).
(f) Consider the houses 1, 5, 9 and 12 for retirement from service or dismissal; or loss of status in any walk of life (5th is the
12th from 6 i.e. absence of regular attendance on duty); also consider the
house 8 if the native comes under the scheme of gratuity and provident fund.
Finance:
(a) Consider the houses 2, 6 and 11 for gain of money any manner.
(b) Consider the houses 2, 3, 6 and 11 for gain of lottery (3rd lottery and help from others).
(c) Consider the houses 2, 5, 6 and 11 for gain from speculation 2nd race (5th-inclination for speculation for speculation).
Jupiter is the chief governor of money. Foreign Travel:
1. If the sub lord of the 12th cusp is the significator of the 3rd, 9th, or 12th, and especially of the 9th, then foreign travel will be promised during the joint period (dashas) of the significators of the 3rd, 9th, and 12th.
(a) Consider the houses 3, 9 and 12 for foreign travels (3rd is 12th from
4th i.e. away from the permanent place; 9thlong journey, foreign travel.
12th- life in an unknown place or completely unfamiliar atmosphere).
(b) Consider the houses 3, 9 and 11 for returning to home country from foreign land (11th meeting ones own kith and kin, reunion of
relatives)
Moon is the chief governor of journey.
Fruitful Signs:
1. Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces are all fruitful in nature: all watery signs are fruitful.
2. Taurus, Libra, Capricorn and Sagittarius are said to be semi-fruitful. 3. Fruitful signs on the cusps of the 5th and 7th houses and their lords posited in fruitful signs, are indications of an early union.
4. Barren signs on the cusps of the 5th and 1st houses indicate that the native is not likely to marry in time (provided other testimonies also point to the same view).
5. Fruitful signs on the cusps of the 11th and 5th houses, and the lords of the 5th and 11th posited in fruitful signs, promise children.
6. Barren signs on the cusps of the 1st, 5th, and 11th, or the lords of these posited in barren signs, lessen the chances of children.
Houses:
The material below is an excerpt from Bhatt's Nakshatra Chintamani Grouping of Houses
Longevity
1. Consider houses 1, 8 and 3 for longevity
2. [a] Maraka Houses. The 12th to any particular house denotes
non-existance of the matter signified by that particular house. So the houses 12 (12th to 1), 7 (12th to 8) and 2 (12th to 3) are known as the maraka (death
dealing) houses
[b] Badhaka houses. The house 11 is badhaka (harmful to life) to those
born in Moveable signs as their Ascendants; the 9th for those born in
Fixed signs and 7th for those born in Common signs
3. Death. The Badhaka houses are more harmful than the Maraka houses. So for death consider first the Badhaka house and then Maraka houses. Saturn is the chief governor of longevity.
Health:
Consider the Ascendant for health. Disease and Cure:
Consider the house 6 for sickness or disease.
For cure consider the houses 1, 5 and 11 (1st, health, 5th is 12th to 6.
absence of sickness, 11th is 12th to 12. absence of bedridden sickness).
Accident:
Consider the houses 8 and 12 for accident (8th-serious illness, accident,
suicide; 12th self-undoing, confinement in bed or hospital).
Education:
(a) Consider the houses 4, 9 and 11 for education (4th is the main house
for education, it denotes preparation for examinations academic qualifications, regular attendance in school or college: 9th deep study and
higher education; 11th-fulfilment of desires. The 6th house shows
Competitive examination (it is 12th from 7 i.e. loss to others and gain to
you).
(b) Completion of education: Consider the houses 3, 5 and 8 (being 12th from 4, 6, and 9 respectively).
Mercury and Jupiter are the chief governors of education. Building or Land:
(a) Consider the houses 4, 11, and 12 for purchase or construction of a building (4th is the main house for building, 11th gain, 12th payment to the
seller of the building or investment of money).
(b) Consider the houses 3,5 and 10 for disposing of the building or selling it (3rd is 12th from the 4th i.e. losing the house; 5th is 11th from the
7th i.e. gain to purchaser ; 10th is 4th from the 7th i.e. building to the
purchaser)
Mars is the natural significator of buildings and Saturn is that of land, mines and estates.
Marriage:
(a) Consider the houses 2, 7 and 11 for marriage (2nd addition to
family; 7th-wife or husband, legal tie. It is the main house for marriage;
11th respectively).
(b) Consider the houses 1, 6 and 10 for separation or divorce (being 12th from 2,7 and 11 respectively). These houses denote absence of
married life.
Venus is the chief governor of marriage. Children:
(a) Consider the houses 2, 5and 11 for childbirth (2nd increase in the
number of the members of the family due to birth of a child; 5th first
conception or pregnancy, progeny or child;11th is the 5th from the 7th).
The 5th for females and 11th for males are important.
(b) Consider the houses 1, 4 and 10 for absence of children or for separation from the children ( being 12th from 2,5 and 11 respectively
Jupiter is the natural significator of childbirth. In females Moon is fertility and Mars is menstruation. In males Venus is fertility and Sun is vitality.
Foreign Travels:
(a) Consider the houses 3, 9 and 12 for foreign travels (3rd is 12th from
4th i.e. away from the permanent place; 9thlong journey, foreign travel.
12th- life in an unknown place or completely unfamiliar atmosphere).
(b) Consider the houses 3,9 and 11 for returning to home country from foreign land (11th meeting ones own kith and kin, reunion of relatives)
Moon is the chief governor of journey. Finance and Prosperity:
(a) Profession/service: Consider the houses 2,6 and 10 ( 2nd bank balance, self acquisition;6th services rendered, day to day
attendance on duty and thereby earning; being 12th from the 7th denotes
loss to others and gain to self, hence receiving money from others;10th profession, either in independent vocation or in service). Sun
is the chief governor of profession.
(b) Consider the houses 1, 5 and 9th for change of profession or
service (being 12th from 2, 6 and 10 respectively).
c) Consider the houses 2,6,10 and 11 for promotion rise in career or fortune; or for re-instatement in service.
(d) Consider the houses 3, 10 and 12 for transfer in service with change of place (3rd-journey; being 12thfrom the 4th shows absence of the
present residence i.e. change of place; 10th employment; 12th life in
(e) Consider the houses 1, 8, 9&12 for suspension from service 1st is 12th from the 2nd- absence of self earning; 8th suspension is one form
of penalty; 9th is 12th from 10th-absence of status, position, power and
name; 12th– loss in general).
(f) Consider the houses 1, 5, 9 and 12 for retirement from service or dismissal; or loss of status in any walk of life (5th is the
12th from 6 i.e. absence of regular attendance on duty); also consider the
house 8 if the native comes under the scheme of gratuity and provident fund.
Finance:
(a) Consider the houses 2, 6 and 11 for gain of money any manner.
(b) Consider the houses 2, 3, 6 and 11 for gain of lottery (3rd lottery and help from others).
(c) Consider the houses 2, 5, 6 and 11 for gain from speculation 2nd race (5th-inclination for speculation for speculation).
Jupiter is the chief governor of money. Independent Business:
Consider the houses 2, 7 and 10 (7th dealings with others, purchase and
sale of production; it is the main house for business).
Ascendant is in the star of the occupant of the 1st or the 11th, the health is normal.
2. If the sub lord of the ascendant is is in the star of the occupant or owner of the 6th (disease and sickness), the 8th (danger to life), or the 12th (bedridden illness), this is not good for matters of health.
Horary/Prashna Charts
Erecting the Prashna/Horary Chart:
1. If a person comes to you for a consultation about a specific question, ask him/her to give you a number from 1 to 249. The number given to you is taken as the Ascendant, and from the number you can find out the sign, star and sub. (Most astrological software programs allow you to
enter the Prashna/Horary number either in the data entry screen or on a separate worksheet, so the manual work is as easy as selecting a number on your keyboard, while the software calculates the chart for you.) If you are constructing a chart manually, say your client has picked the number 145. There you will see that the sign is Libra from 29 degrees 26 minutes 40 seconds to 30 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds in the star of Vishaka, star lord is Jupiter, and sub lord is Moon. So take 29:26:40 Libra as the Ascendant, grab your Table of Houses and Panchang, and continue constructing the chart by hand from there.
2. If you do not want to use the system of selecting a number from 1 to 249, you may instead elect to construct the chart for the moment you wish to work on the chart, giving your judgment just as you would for an ordinary horoscope. This chart should be erected for the place that you are working on the chart at the time of judgment.
Judging the Prashna/Horary:
The Moon is the mind, so in the Prashna Chart, the mind of the client is shown by the position of the Moon, and it also assists in knowing the nature of the question asked.
Generally the Moon, or its star lord or its sub lord, occupies or owns the house under question OR the Moon is connected with the house in question by conjunction or association with (by aspect) the owner or occupant of the house in question, or from the chief karaka of the matter asked about.
Fulfillment of a Query:
Planet Direct or Retrograde: Ordinarily in the prashna chart, a planet in direct motion will give the results, so a retrograde planet can give results only when it goes direct in motion, and when it crosses the point from where it initially turned retrograde. (Note: This theory is subject to
modification according to experience in individual cases, as it does not always prove to be the case. Furthermore, the meaning of a retrograde planet is to be interpreted according to the nature of the question on each case.)
Cuspal Sub Lord:
1. (a) The cuspal sub lord of a house under question indicates whether the matter signified by that house is promised or not.
(b) The matter is promised if the cuspal sub lord is the significator (for example, in the star of the occupant or the owner) of that house or any one of the houses under consideration.
(c) If the cuspal sub lord or its sub star lord is retrograde, the matter is promised when they turn direct.
(d) If the star lord (of this cuspal sub lord) is retrograde, the matter is not denied, but it will not materialize during the Mahadasha, Bhukti, or Pratyantardasha of this cuspal sub lord. however, it materializes during the dasha sequence of another significator (of the matter under question) whose star lord is direct in motion.
(e) As each house denotes several particular matters, the chief governor of the matter under question may be taken into account, and it should be connected with the star lord of the cuspal sub lord of the house under question.
2. (a) In the Prashna Chart, the Ascendant indicates the efforts of the querent, while the 11th cusp shows the fulfillment of their desires or success in general.
(b) So if the cuspal sub lord of the Ascendant or the 11th cusp is the significator of the matter in question, the querent gets success in general. (c) If the cuspal sub lord of the Ascendant or the 11th cusp is posited in house 1, 2, 3, 6, 10, or 11, or if it is in the star of the occupant of house 1, 2, 3, 6, 10, or 11, the querent gets success in all undertakings. (The Ascendant denotes success in one's efforts, the 2nd denotes monetary gain, the 3rd denotes help from others, the 6th, being 12th to the 7th, indicates loss to the other and gain to the querent, the 10th denotes reputation, and the 11th denotes profits and gain. so these particular houses are beneficial to the querent in general).
Significators:
1. (a) The significators show the time of an event.
(b) So note the significators of the house or houses which represent the matter asked.
(c) Reject the significators which are in the star of a retrograde planet (because it cannot, during its period or sub period, give the results of its star lord).
(d) Out of these significators, give preference to those significators which are found among the following planets:
