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Contents
1. 1 Before We Start
2. 2 The Horoscope Explained
3. 3 Creating Horoscope (Casting the Chart) 4. 4 Planets
5. 5 Houses 6. 6 Cusps 7. 7 Signs
8. 8 Zodiac Division - Sign, Star and Sub 9. 9 House Grouping
10. 10 Good and Bad Houses for Specific Matters 11. 11 Significators
1. 11.1 Concept
2. 11.2 Finding Significators
3. 11.3 Finding Signification of Planets 4. 11.4 Finding House Significators
5. 11.5 Significations of Nodes - Rahu & Ketu 12. 12 Strengths of Significators
13. 13 Ruling Planets (RP) 14. 14 Selection of Significators
1. 14.1 Method 1: Detrimental House Method 2. 14.2 Method 2: Sub-lord method
3. 14.3 Method 3: Ruling Planets method
4. 14.4 Selection of Fruitful significator: A Step by Step Approach 15. 15 Finding out promises in a chart
16. 16 Timing Events
Before We Start
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The Horoscope Explained
A horoscope (also called Chart or Kundali) is a map of heavens seen at a particular time from
a particular place. The KP horoscope is slightly different from the traditional horoscope as it
contains comparatively more information. A KP horoscope typically contains position of 12
planets (including Rahu, Ketu, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto) and 12 houses. There are various
ways in which a horoscope can be drawn. In India two most popular formats are ‘North
Indian format’ and ‘South Indian format’. Here is a sample horoscope diagram drawn for –
Date: January 13, 2009
Time: 12: 00 Noon IST
Place: Agra, UP, India
(Detailed chart can be found at
www.astrosage.com/chart.asp?user=kptutorial
)
This is a horoscope in South Indian format. The South Indian chart is seen in clock-wise
fashion. In the South Indian chart format, signs are fixed and houses & planets keep moving.
The second box from the top left is fixed for Aries. This is the box where “I 001-23-55” is
written on the chart. From that box onwards, in the clockwise fashion, we can read other
signs i.e. Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn,
Aquarius, and Pisces respectively.
So keeping this chart in mind, we can say that first house starts from Aries (because ‘I’ is
written in the box fixed for Aries) 1 degree, 23 minutes and 55 seconds. The second house
starts from Taurus 3 degree 46 minutes 54 seconds. The starting position of second house is
also ending position for first house.
Third house starts from Taurus 29 degree 19 minutes 19 seconds. Fourth house starts from
Gemini 23 degree 2 minute 49 seconds. As we see Ketu in Cancer 16 degree 24 minute 10
seconds between ‘IV’ and ’V’ number, we can say that Ketu is in fourth house. Similarly,
Saturn is between ‘VI’ and ‘VII’, so we can say that Saturn is in sixth house and so on.
Similarly we can see position of all planets and houses from this chart. To have a consistency
across the tutorial, we are planning to stick to the South Indian chart format.
Note: Astrologers from the Traditional astrology background may wonder seeing the chart
above how come both second and third houses are fallen into the same sign Taurus? Which
means that Venus is lord of both the houses - second and third. Mars also become lord of
eighth house and ninth house as per KP chart. Virgo and Pisces are kind-of disappeared as no
house is falling in these two signs? This is because of the reason that KP uses Placidus House
division system, which is borrowed from Western astrology, where the houses are of unequal
size. Unlike Traditional astrology, not all houses are of equal size of 30 degree in KP and
hence sometimes no house falls into a sign or sometimes more than one house fall into a sign.
We will talk more about it in the later chapters.
Creating Horoscope (Casting the Chart)
As discussed, to cast a KP chart, you need positions of 12 planets and 12 houses. There are two ways
you can get these information -
1. You can use some software, which requires just date, time and place, or 2. You can calculate these positions manually with the help of certain tables Calculating KP horoscope manually is a tedious process. We will cover manual calculation in later chapters (chapter 3). Till such time, you can use free software on www.MyKundali.com for casting a KP chart.
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 -
- Sun Leo Kritika, Uttaraphalguni, Uttarashadha
Moon Cancer Rohini, Hasta, Sravana
Mars Aries, Scorpio Mrigasira, Chitra, Dhanshita Mercury Gemini, Virgo Aslesha, Jyehsta, 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
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
Fifth House
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
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
Ketu 0°46'40" 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.
http://kpastrology.astrosage.com/reference-tables/sign-star-and-sub-table
Sign, Star And Sub Table
No.
Sign
From
(Deg/Min/Sec)
To
(Deg/Min/Sec)
Sign Lord
Star
Lord
Sub Lord
1
Aries
00°00′00″
00°46′40″
Mars
Ketu
Ketu
2
Aries
00°46′40″
03°00′00”
Mars
Ketu
Venus
3
Aries
03°00′00″
03°40′00”
Mars
Ketu
Sun
4
Aries
03°40′00″
04°46’40”
Mars
Ketu
Moon
5
Aries
04°46′40″
05°33’20”
Mars
Ketu
Mars
6
Aries
05°33′20″
07°33’20”
Mars
Ketu
Rahu
7
Aries
07°33′20″
09°20’00”
Mars
Ketu
Jupiter
8
Aries
09°20′00″
11°26’40”
Mars
Ketu
Saturn
9
Aries
11°26′40″
13°20’00”
Mars
Ketu
Mercury
10
Aries
13°20′00″
15°33′20”
Mars
Venus
Venus
11
Aries
15°33′20″
16°13′20”
Mars
Venus
Sun
12
Aries
16°13’20”
17°20’00”
Mars
Venus
Moon
13
Aries
17°20’00”
18°06’40”
Mars
Venus
Mars
14
Aries
18°06’40”
20°06’40”
Mars
Venus
Rahu
15
Aries
20°06’40”
21°53’20”
Mars
Venus
Jupiter
16
Aries
21°53’20”
24°00’00”
Mars
Venus
Saturn
17
Aries
24°00’00”
25°53’20”
Mars
Venus
Mercury
18
Aries
25°53’20”
26°40’00”
Mars
Venus
Ketu
19
Aries
26°40′00”
27°20′00”
Mars
Sun
Sun
20
Aries
27°20’00”
28°26’40”
Mars
Sun
Moon
21
Aries
28°26’40”
29°13’20”
Mars
Sun
Mars
22
Aries
29°13’20”
30°00’00”
Mars
Sun
Rahu
23
Taurus
00°00’00”
01°13’20”
Venus
Sun
Rahu
24
Taurus
01°13’20”
03°00’00’
Venus
Sun
Jupiter
25
Taurus
03°00’00”
05°06’40”
Venus
Sun
Saturn
26
Taurus
05°06’40”
07°00’00”
Venus
Sun
Mercury
27
Taurus
07°00’00”
07°46’40”
Venus
Sun
Ketu
28
Taurus
07:46’40”
10°00’00”
Venus
Sun
Venus
29
Taurus
10°00′00”
11°06′40”
Venus
Moon
Moon
30
Taurus
11°06’40”
11°53’20”
Venus
Moon
Mars
31
Taurus
11°53’20”
13°53’20”
Venus
Moon
Rahu
32
Taurus
13°53’20”
15°40’00”
Venus
Moon
Jupiter
33
Taurus
15°40’00”
17°46’40”
Venus
Moon
Saturn
34
Taurus
17°46’40”
19°40’00”
Venus
Moon
Mercury
35
Taurus
19°40’00”
20°26’40”
Venus
Moon
Ketu
37
Taurus
22°40’00”
23°20’00”
Venus
Moon
Sun
38
Taurus
23°20’00”
24°06:40”
Venus
Mars
Mars
39
Taurus
24°06’40”
26°06’40”
Venus
Mars
Rahu
40
Taurus
26°06’40”
27°53’20”
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
41
Taurus
27°53’20”
30°00’00”
Venus
Mars
Saturn
42
Gemini
00°00’00”
01°53’20”
Mercury
Mars
Mercury
43
Gemini
01°53’20”
02°40’00”
Mercury
Mars
Ketu
44
Gemini
02°40’00”
04°53’20”
Mercury
Mars
Venus
45
Gemini
04°53’20”
05°33’20”
Mercury
Mars
Sun
46
Gemini
05°33’20”
06°40’00”
Mercury
Mars
Moon
47
Gemini
06°40’00”
08°40’00”
Mercury
Rahu
Rahu
48
Gemini
08°40’00”
10°26’40”
Mercury
Rahu
Jupiter
49
Gemini
10°26’40”
12°33’20”
Mercury
Rahu
Saturn
50
Gemini
12°33’20
14°26’40”
Mercury
Rahu
Mercury
51
Gemini
14°26’40”
15°13’20”
Mercury
Rahu
Ketu
52
Gemini
15°13’20”
17°26’40”
Mercury
Rahu
Venus
53
Gemini
17°26’40”
18°06’40”
Mercury
Rahu
Sun
54
Gemini
18°06’40”
19°13’20”
Mercury
Rahu
Moon
55
Gemini
19°13’20”
20°00’00”
Mercury
Rahu
Mars
56
Gemini
20°00’00”
21°46’40”
Mercury
Jupiter
Jupiter
57
Gemini
21°46’40”
23°53’20”
Mercury
Jupiter
Saturn
58
Gemini
23°53’20”
25°46’40”
Mercury
Jupiter
Mercury
59
Gemini
25°46’40”
26°33’20”
Mercury
Jupiter
Ketu
60
Gemini
26°33’20”
28°46’40”
Mercury
Jupiter
Venus
61
Gemini
28°46’40”
29°26’40”
Mercury
Jupiter
Sun
62
Gemini
29°26’40”
30°00’00”
Mercury
Jupiter
Moon
63
Cancer
00°00’00”
00°33’20”
Moon
Jupiter
Moon
64
Cancer
00°33’20”
01°20’00”
Moon
Jupiter
Mars
65
Cancer
01°20’00”
03°20’00”
Moon
Jupiter
Rahu
66
Cancer
03°20’00”
05°26’40”
Moon
Saturn
Saturn
67
Cancer
05°26’40”
07°20’00”
Moon
Saturn
Mercury
68
Cancer
07°20’00”
08°06’40”
Moon
Saturn
Ketu
69
Cancer
08°06’40”
10°20’00”
Moon
Saturn
Venus
70
Cancer
10°20’00”
11°00’00’
Moon
Saturn
Sun
71
Cancer
11°00’00’
12°06’40’
Moon
Saturn
Moon
72
Cancer
12°06’40’
12°53’20”
Moon
Saturn
Mars
73
Cancer
12°53’20”
14°53’20”
Moon
Saturn
Rahu
74
Cancer
14°53’20”
16°40’00”
Moon
Saturn
Jupiter
75
Cancer
16°40’00”
18°33’21”
Moon
Mercury Mercury
76
Cancer
18°33’21”
19°20’00”
Moon
Mercury Ketu
77
Cancer
19°20’00”
21°33’20”
Moon
Mercury Venus
78
Cancer
21°33’20”
22°13’20”
Moon
Mercury Sun
79
Cancer
22°13’20”
23°20’00
Moon
Mercury Moon
80
Cancer
23°20’00
24°06’40”
Moon
Mercury Mars
81
Cancer
24°06’40”
26°06’40”
Moon
Mercury Rahu
82
Cancer
26°06’40”
27°53’20”
Moon
Mercury Jupiter
84
Leo
00°00’00”
00°46’40”
Sun
Ketu
Ketu
85
Leo
00°46’40”
03°00’00”
Sun
Ketu
Venus
86
Leo
03°00’00”
03°40’00”
Sun
Ketu
Sun
87
Leo
03°40’00”
04°46’40’
Sun
Ketu
Moon
88
Leo
04°46’40’
05°33’20”
Sun
Ketu
Mars
89
Leo
05°33’20”
07°33’20”
Sun
Ketu
Rahu
90
Leo
07°33’20”
09°20’00”
Sun
Ketu
Jupiter
91
Leo
09°20’00”
11°26’40”
Sun
Ketu
Saturn
92
Leo
11°26’40”
13°20’00”
Sun
Ketu
Mercury
93
Leo
13°20’00”
15°33’20”
Sun
Venus
Venus
94
Leo
15°33’20”
16°13’20”
Sun
Venus
Sun
95
Leo
16°13’20”
17°20’00”
Sun
Venus
Moon
96
Leo
17°20’00”
18°06’40”
Sun
Venus
Mars
97
Leo
18°06’40”
20°06’40”
Sun
Venus
Rahu
98
Leo
20°06’40”
21°53’20”
Sun
Venus
Jupiter
99
Leo
21°53’20”
24°00’00”
Sun
Venus
Saturn
100
Leo
24°00’00”
25°53’20”
Sun
Venus
Mercury
101
Leo
25°53’20”
26°40’00”
Sun
Venus
Ketu
102
Leo
26°40’00”
27°20’00”
Sun
Sun
Sun
103
Leo
27°20’00”
28°26’40”
Sun
Sun
Moon
104
Leo
28°26’40”
29°13’20”
Sun
Sun
Mars
105
Leo
29°13’20”
30°00’00”
Sun
Sun
Rahu
106
Virgo
00°00’00”
01°13’20”
Mercury
Sun
Rahu
107
Virgo
01°13’20”
03°00’00”
Mercury
Sun
Jupiter
108
Virgo
03°00’00”
05°06’40”
Mercury
Sun
Saturn
109
Virgo
05°06’40”
07°00’00”
Mercury
Sun
Mercury
110
Virgo
07°00’00”
07°46’40”
Mercury
Sun
Ketu
111
Virgo
07°46’40”
10°00’00”
Mercury
Sun
Venus
112
Virgo
10°00’00”
11°06’40”
Mercury
Moon
Moon
113
Virgo
11°06’40”
11°53’20”
Mercury
Moon
Mars
114
Virgo
11°53’20”
13°53’20”
Mercury
Moon
Rahu
115
Virgo
13°53’20”
15°40’00”
Mercury
Moon
Jupiter
116
Virgo
15°40’00”
17°46’40”
Mercury
Moon
Saturn
117
Virgo
17°46’40”
19°40’00”
Mercury
Moon
Mercury
118
Virgo
19°40’00”
20°26’40”
Mercury
Moon
Ketu
119
Virgo
20°26’40”
22°40’00”
Mercury
Moon
Venus
120
Virgo
22°40’00”
23°20’00”
Mercury
Moon
Sun
121
Virgo
23°20’00”
24°06’40”
Mercury
Mars
Mars
122
Virgo
24°06’40”
26°06’40”
Mercury
Mars
Rahu
123
Virgo
26°06’40”
27°53’20”
Mercury
Mars
Jupiter
124
Virgo
27°53’20”
30°00’00”
Mercury
Mars
Saturn
125
Libra
00°00’00”
01°53’20”
Venus
Mars
Mercury
126
Libra
01°53’20”
02°40’00”
Venus
Mars
Ketu
127
Libra
02°40’00”
04°53’20”
Venus
Mars
Venus
128
Libra
04°53’20”
05°33’20”
Venus
Mars
Sun
129
Libra
05°33’20”
06°40’00”
Venus
Mars
Moon
131
Libra
08°40’00’
10°26’40”
Venus
Rahu
Jupiter
132
Libra
10°26’40”
12°33’20”
Venus
Rahu
Saturn
133
Libra
12°33’20”
14°26’40”
Venus
Rahu
Mercury
134
Libra
14°26’40”
15°13’20”
Venus
Rahu
Ketu
135
Libra
15°13’20”
17°26’40”
Venus
Rahu
Venus
136
Libra
17°26’40”
18°06’40”
Venus
Rahu
Sun
137
Libra
18°06’40”
19°13’20”
Venus
Rahu
Moon
138
Libra
19°13’20”
20°00’00”
Venus
Rahu
Mars
139
Libra
20°00’00”
21°46’40”
Venus
Jupiter
Jupiter
140
Libra
21°46’40”
23°53’20”
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
141
Libra
23°53’20”
25°46’40”
Venus
Jupiter
Mercury
142
Libra
25°46’40”
26°33’20”
Venus
Jupiter
Ketu
143
Libra
26°33’20”
28°46’40”
Venus
Jupiter
Venus
144
Libra
28°46’40”
29°26’40”
Venus
Jupiter
Sun
145
Libra
29°26’40”
30°00’00”
Venus
Jupiter
Moon
146
Scorpio
00°00’00”
00°33’20”
Mars
Jupiter
Moon
147
Scorpio
00°33’20”
01°20’00”
Mars
Jupiter
Mars
148
Scorpio
01°20’00”
03°20’00”
Mars
Jupiter
Rahu
149
Scorpio
03°20’00”
05°26’40”
Mars
Saturn
Saturn
150
Scorpio
05°26’40”
07°20’00”
Mars
Saturn
Mercury
151
Scorpio
07°20’00”
08°06’40”
Mars
Saturn
Ketu
152
Scorpio
08°06’40”
10°20’00”
Mars
Saturn
Venus
153
Scorpio
10°20’00”
11°00’00”
Mars
Saturn
Sun
154
Scorpio
11°00’00”
12°06’40”
Mars
Saturn
Moon
155
Scorpio
12°06’40”
12°53’20”
Mars
Saturn
Mars
156
Scorpio
12°53’20”
14°53’20”
Mars
Saturn
Rahu
157
Scorpio
14°53’20”
16°40’00”
Mars
Saturn
Jupiter
158
Scorpio
16°40’00”
18°33’20”
Mars
Mercury Mercury
159
Scorpio
18°33’20”
19°20’00”
Mars
Mercury Ketu
160
Scorpio
19°20’00”
21°33’20”
Mars
Mercury Venus
161
Scorpio
21°33’20”
22°13’20”
Mars
Mercury Sun
162
Scorpio
22°13’20”
23°20’00”
Mars
Mercury Moon
163
Scorpio
23°20’00”
24°06’40”
Mars
Mercury Mars
164
Scorpio
24°06’40”
26°06’40”
Mars
Mercury Rahu
165
Scorpio
26°06’40”
27°53’20”
Mars
Mercury Jupiter
166
Scorpio
27°53’20”
30°00’00”
Mars
Mercury Saturn
167
Sagittarius 00°00’00”
00°46’40”
Jupiter
Ketu
Ketu
168
Sagittarius 00°46’40
03°00’00”
Jupiter
Ketu
Venus
169
Sagittarius 03°00’00”
03°40’00”
Jupiter
Ketu
Sun
170
Sagittarius 03°40’00”
04°46’40”
Jupiter
Ketu
Moon
171
Sagittarius 04°46’40”
05°53’20”
Jupiter
Ketu
Mars
172
Sagittarius 05°53’20”
07°33’20”
Jupiter
Ketu
Rahu
173
Sagittarius 07°33’20”
09°20’00”
Jupiter
Ketu
Jupiter
174
Sagittarius 09°20’00”
11°26’40”
Jupiter
Ketu
Saturn
175
Sagittarius 11°26’40”
13°20’00”
Jupiter
Ketu
Mercury
176
Sagittarius 13°20’00”
15°33’20”
Jupiter
Venus
Venus
177
Sagittarius 15°33’20”
16°13’20”
Jupiter
Venus
Sun
178
Sagittarius 16°13’20”
17°20’00”
Jupiter
Venus
Moon
179
Sagittarius 17°20’00”
18°06’40”
Jupiter
Venus
Mars
180
Sagittarius 18°06’40”
20°06’40”
Jupiter
Venus
Rahu
181
Sagittarius 20°06’40”
21°53’20”
Jupiter
Venus
Jupiter
182
Sagittarius 21°53’20”
24°00’00”
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
183
Sagittarius 24°00’00”
25°53’20”
Jupiter
Venus
Mercury
184
Sagittarius 25°53’20”
26°40’00”
Jupiter
Venus
Ketu
185
Sagittarius 26°40’00”
27°20’00”
Jupiter
Sun
Sun
186
Sagittarius 27°20’00”
28°26’40”
Jupiter
Sun
Moon
187
Sagittarius 28°26’40
29°13’20”
Jupiter
Sun
Mars
188
Sagittarius 29°13’20”
30°00’00”
Jupiter
Sun
Rahu
189
Capricorn
00°00’00”
01°13’20”
Saturn
Sun
Rahu
190
Capricorn
01°13’20”
03°00’00”
Saturn
Sun
Jupiter
191
Capricorn
03°00’00”
05°06’40”
Saturn
Sun
Saturn
192
Capricorn
05°06’40”
07°00’00”
Saturn
Sun
Mercury
193
Capricorn
07°00’00”
07°46’40”
Saturn
Sun
Ketu
194
Capricorn
07°46’40”
10°00’00”
Saturn
Sun
Venus
195
Capricorn
10°00’00”
11°06’40”
Saturn
Moon
Moon
196
Capricorn
11°06’40”
11°53’20”
Saturn
Moon
Mars
197
Capricorn
11°53’20”
13°53’20”
Saturn
Moon
Rahu
198
Capricorn
13°53’20”
15°40’00”
Saturn
Moon
Jupiter
199
Capricorn
15°40’00”
17°46’40”
Saturn
Moon
Saturn
200
Capricorn
17°46’40
19°40’00”
Saturn
Moon
Mercury
201
Capricorn
19°40’00”
20°46’40”
Saturn
Moon
Ketu
202
Capricorn
20°46’40”
22°40’00”
Saturn
Moon
Venus
203
Capricorn
22°40’00”
23°20’00”
Saturn
Moon
Sun
204
Capricorn
23°20’00”
24°06’40”
Saturn
Mars
Mars
205
Capricorn
24°06’40”
26°06’40”
Saturn
Mars
Rahu
206
Capricorn
26°06’40”
27°53’20”
Saturn
Mars
Jupiter
207
Capricorn
27°53’20”
30°00’00”
Saturn
Mars
Saturn
208
Aquarius
00°00’00”
01°53’20”
Saturn
Mars
Mercury
209
Aquarius
01°53’20”
02°40’00”
Saturn
Mars
Ketu
210
Aquarius
02°40’00”
04°53’20”
Saturn
Mars
Venus
211
Aquarius
04°53’20”
05°33’20”
Saturn
Mars
Sun
212
Aquarius
05°33’20”
06°40’20”
Saturn
Mars
Moon
213
Aquarius
06°40’20”
08°40’00”
Saturn
Rahu
Rahu
214
Aquarius
08°40’00”
10°26’40”
Saturn
Rahu
Jupiter
215
Aquarius
10°26’40”
12°33’20”
Saturn
Rahu
Saturn
216
Aquarius
12°33’20”
14°26’40”
Saturn
Rahu
Mercury
217
Aquarius
14°26’40”
15°13’20”
Saturn
Rahu
Ketu
218
Aquarius
15°13’20”
17°26’40”
Saturn
Rahu
Venus
219
Aquarius
17°26’40”
18°06’40”
Saturn
Rahu
Sun
220
Aquarius
18°06’40”
19°13’20”
Saturn
Rahu
Moon
221
Aquarius
19°13’20”
20°00’00”
Saturn
Rahu
Mars
222
Aquarius
20°00’00”
21°46’40”
Saturn
Jupiter
Jupiter
223
Aquarius
21°46’40”
23°53’20”
Saturn
Jupiter
Saturn
225
Aquarius
25°46’40”
26°33’20”
Saturn
Jupiter
Ketu
226
Aquarius
26°33’20”
28°46’40”
Saturn
Jupiter
Venus
227
Aquarius
28°46’40”
29°26’40”
Saturn
Jupiter
Sun
228
Aquarius
29°26’40”
30°00’00”
Saturn
Jupiter
Moon
229
Pisces
00°00’00”
00°33’20”
Jupiter
Jupiter
Moon
230
Pisces
00°33’20”
01°20’00”
Jupiter
Jupiter
Mars
231
Pisces
01°20’00”
03°20’00”
Jupiter
Jupiter
Rahu
232
Pisces
03°20’00”
05°26’40”
Jupiter
Saturn
Saturn
233
Pisces
05°26’40”
07°20’00”
Jupiter
Saturn
Mercury
234
Pisces
07°20’00”
08°06’40”
Jupiter
Saturn
Ketu
235
Pisces
08°06’40”
10°20’00”
Jupiter
Saturn
Venus
236
Pisces
10°20’00”
11°00’00”
Jupiter
Saturn
Sun
237
Pisces
11°00’00”
12°06’40”
Jupiter
Saturn
Moon
238
Pisces
12°06’40”
12°53’20”
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
239
Pisces
12°53’20”
14°53’20”
Jupiter
Saturn
Rahu
240
Pisces
14°53’20”
16°40’00”
Jupiter
Saturn
Jupiter
241
Pisces
16°40’00”
18°33’20”
Jupiter
Mercury Mercury
242
Pisces
18°33’20”
19°20’00”
Jupiter
Mercury Ketu
243
Pisces
19°20’00”
21°33’20”
Jupiter
Mercury Venus
244
Pisces
21°33’20”
22°13’20”
Jupiter
Mercury Sun
245
Pisces
22°13’20”
23°20’00”
Jupiter
Mercury Moon
246
Pisces
23°20’00”
24°06’40”
Jupiter
Mercury Mars
247
Pisces
24°06’40”
26°06’40”
Jupiter
Mercury Rahu
248
Pisces
26°06’40”
27°53’20”
Jupiter
Mercury Jupiter
249
Pisces
27°53’20
30°00’00”
Jupiter
Mercury Saturn
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. http://kpastrology.astrosage.com/Home/house-grouping
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 "Chapter 2: Fundamental Principles" to get better understanding.
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 "Chapter 2: 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
Unnatural Death 1 2,7,Badhaka,12 (8)
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 House Supporting Houses
Financial Status 2 2,6,11
Obtaining Loans 2 11 (6)
Obtaining Jewellery 2 11
Defect in Speech, Vision 2 12,8
Medical claims 2 6,8,11 Opening bank account 2 6,11
3. Events relating Third House.
Type of Query Primary
House Supporting Houses
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 Houses
Basic education 4 11
Purchase of property, vehicle, furniture 4 11,12
Sale of property etc. 4 3,5,10
Laying foundation of a house 4 11
Occupying a new house 4 11
Mother’s proneness to sickness 4 9,11,3 Engineering as subject of study 4 10 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
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)
Legal profession 6 2,11 (9,10)
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
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)
9. Events relating Ninth House.
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.
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
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
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 -
Planet Name Longitude Sign Star Sub
Sun 269°19'04" Jupiter Sun Rahu Moon 118°50'32" Moon Mercury Saturn Mars 258°56'14" Jupiter Venus Rahu Mercury 283°37'35" Saturn Moon Rahu Jupiter 277°55'40" Saturn Sun Venus Venus 316°25'24" Saturn Rahu Venus Saturn 147°42'35" Sun Sun Moon Rahu 286°24'40" Saturn Moon Saturn Ketu 106°24'40" 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 1. House occupied by the star lord of the planet
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 -
Planet Level 1 (star lord's occupancy) Level 2 (occupancy) Level 3 (star lord's ownership) Level 4 (ownership) Sun 10 10 6 6 Moon 10 5 4 5 Mars 11 9 2, 3, 7 1, 8, 9 Mercury 5 10 5 4 Jupiter 10 10 6 10 Venus 10 11 2, 3, 7 Saturn 10 6 6 11, 12 Rahu 5 10 5 Ketu 6 4 11, 12
Finding House Significators
Significator for a house in the order of strength are as follows – 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 star of Rahu)
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 –
House Level 1 (in Occupant's star)
Level 2 (Occupants)
Level 3 (in Owner's star)
Level 4 (Owner)
2 Mars Venus
3 Mars Venus
4 Ketu Moon Mercury
5 Mercury, Rahu Moon Mercury, Rahu Moon
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 -
Longitude Sign Lord Star Lord Ascendant 097°55'37" Moon Saturn Moon 189°17'14" Venus Rahu
So, here are the Ruling planets for the moment (January 18, 2009, 6:00 PM IST at Delhi, India) -
Ascendant Star Lord Saturn
Ascendant Sign Lord Moon
Moon Star Lord Rahu
Moon Sign Lord Venus
Day Lord Sun
Note:
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