A horoscope (also called Chart or Kundali) is a map of planets
at a particular time from a particular place.
A KP horoscope typically contains position of 12 planets
(including Rahu, Ketu, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto) and 12
houses.
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.
Please note that Rahu and Ketu are not planets in terms of
modern astronomy, as they don't have any physical existence.
Rahu and Ketu are mere mathematical points. Due to this reason,
they are also sometimes called as shadow planets.
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
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
See that Rahu and Ketu have not been allotted any sign
ownership.
Note that each of the nine planets has 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 astrology, Uranus owns Capricorn, Neptune owns
Pisces and Pluto own 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.
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.
There are rules to identify whether you will get good results or
bad results pertaining to a house in your life.
What is generally assigned to each house?
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(ability,skill), 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
The names of the 12 houses and the areas of life represented by
them are:
1. Lagna - Nature of Native, Appearance, Health, Character,
Purpose of Life, behavior,
[4]
birth,
[5]
limbs,
[6]
head
[7]
2. Dhana - Wealth, Family, Domestic Comforts, Early Education,
Inheritance, Speech,
[8]
moveable asssets
[9]
3. Parakrama - Younger Brothers and Sisters, Communication
(Talking, Writing, Business Documents),
[10]
Intelligence,
fine arts
[11]
Short Journeys, "great prowess (physical and
mental),"
[12]
hands, arms, shoulders
[13]
4. Suhṛda - Mother, Emotions, Education, Home, Property and
Land, Surrounding in Old Age, vehicles,
[14]
the chest
[15]
5. Suta - Children, Lovers,
Recreation
[16]
Devotion,
[17]
Speculation and Gambling,
[18]
the
belly,
[19]
accumulated karma
[20]
6. Ripu/Roga - Diseases,
[21]
Maternal uncle and aunt,
Litigation, Servants, Mental Worries, Enemies, Foreigners,
small intestine,
[22]
7. Kāma - Spouse, Business Partner,
Death,
[23]
Respect,
[24]
passion,
[25]
groin
[26]
8. Mṛtyu - Death & Longevity, Obstacles,
[24]
Suffering, Sexual
organs and sexual attractiveness,
[27]
Occult, Dowry,
Inheritance, Imprisonment, Excretory organs,
[28]
accidents
[29]
9. Bhāgya - Father, Luck, Higher learning, Philosophy &
Religion, Mentor or Guru, Prosperity, Travel, "deeds of
virtue"
[30]
10.
Karma - Profession, Status & fame, Power, Father,
Mother-in-law, Government, Clothes,
[31]
Commerce,
[32]
knees
[33]
11.
Āya - Friends, Hopes, Earnings, Club or Social
Activities, Elder Brothers and Sisters,
Daughter/Son-in-law, calves, shins and ankles
[34]
12.
Vyaya - Expenses, Sleep (and convalescence), Sexual
pleasures,
[35]
Spirituality, Travel & Pilgrimage, Secret
Following is the list of all the 12 Houses, Bhavas , their special names and the
important things they represent.
House/
Bhav
Various Names
Things Represented By Each Of The House/ Bhav
First House
Lagnasthan,
Tanusthan
This house signifies life, longevity, self, health, nature
and appearance of native. Complexion, vitality,
sorrows, gains and profits to younger brothers and his
friends. It governs head and face.
Second
House
Dhana-sthan,
Kutumb-sthan
This house indicates inflow of finances, bank position,
right eye, family, early age or boyhood, speech,
sanyas, servants and friends. Self earned wealth, loss
or damage, worldly possessions, jewellery,
grandfather and mother. It also denotes family,
eyesight, understanding with family members,
inheritance, law suits, throat, right eye, domestic
comforts in general.
Third House
Bhatru-sthan,
Parakram-sthan
It denotes younger brothers and sisters and their
relations. It signifies courage, intelligence, education
up to Higher Secondary level, taste for writing,
ornaments, clothes, short journeys. Signing contracts
and documents etc. Body parts are arms, right ear,
shoulders etc.
Fourth
House
Matru-sthan,
Sukha-sthan
This house signifies mother, property, conveyance,
domestic surroundings and happiness. Old age
environments, private affairs, public, inheritance, false
allegations, agriculture land and its produce. It
represents breasts, chest, lung, stomach, elbow joints
etc.
Fifth House
Vidya-sthan,
Putra-sthan
Children, speculation, intellectual status and luck are
gauged from this house. Pleasure, love affairs, lady
love, legal or illegal amusements, kidnap, rape etc. are
also checked. Belly, heart, liver, spleen are the body
parts covered by this house.
Sixth House
Ripu-sthan,
Rog-sthan
This house is responsible for enemies, health, service,
servants, uncle, aunts and relations on father's side.
Food, subordinates, debts, obstacles in life, mental
worries, theft and calamity etc. The body parts
denoted are kidney, large intestine, uterus and anus.
Seventh
House
Bharya-sthan,
Maraka-sthan
Matters regarding wife, husband, partnership, external
sex organs, conjugal happiness are checked from 7th
house. This house also denotes marriage, married life,
love contracts, litigations, divorce, honour and
reputation in foreign country. Body parts are private
parts, uterus, glands etc.
Eighth
House
Mrutyu-sthan
Diseases, death finances through unfair means,
internal sex organs, longevity, mental pain obstacles,
dowry of wife, gain from in laws, mode of death,
imprisonment, worries and privations are checked
from 8th house, It indicates body parts as scrotum,
pelvis, seminal vesicles, external genitalia, etc.
Ninth House
Bhagya-sthan
This house indicates religion, father, foreign travel,
publicity, preceptor, higher education, learning, writing
books, also faith, wisdom, prosperity, powers of
foresight, religious institutions, providential help, etc.
Hips, thighs are body parts.
Tenth House
Karma-sthan,
Pitru-sthan
This important house indicates profession, status in
life, activities outside house, pleasures, honor, power
and authority, Government favor, trade, business,
command, honor, occupation, adopted son. All
questions regarding worldly activities and moral
responsibilities. Body parts are knees, joints, bones,
hairs and back.
Eleventh
House
Labha-sthan
It accounts for accumulated wealth, elder brothers and
sisters and relations with them. Friends, fluctuating
money gains, club or social activities, emotional
attachments, love affairs and friends, honor, social
success etc. Body parts are legs, left ear, teeth, ankle
etc.
Twelfth
House
Vyaya-sthan
It signifies private enemies, pleasures of beds, law
suits, imprisonments, secret works, moksha,
hospitalization, conjugal relations with opposite sex
other than legitimate. Sorrows, debts, lost goods etc.
are judged. Body parts are feet, left eye, teeth etc.
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.
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.
If 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, if cusps of the second and third house fall in Taurus
sign which is owned by Venus, 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.
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: 1.Aries 5. Leo 9. Sagittarius
Earthy Signs: 2.Taurus, 6. Virgo 10. Capricorn
Airy Signs: 3.Gemini, 7. Libra, 11. Aquarius
Watery Signs: 4.Cancer, 8. Scorpio, 12. Pisces
Classification 2
Movable: 1. Aries 4. Cancer 7. Libra 10. Capricorn
Fixed: 2. Taurus 3.Leo 11. Scorpio, 11. 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 Dasha system. The years allocated to each
planet in Vimshottari Dasha 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.
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
12 houses deal with all aspect of a human life.
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
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
A planet when stationed in anyone of the 12 houses, must be
posited in anyone of the 2 1/4 stars only contained in that
house.
Thus the planet posited in a star, will
First give the results of the house where this Star lord is
posited and
Secondly, the results of the house or houses owned by the said
star lord.
Now·take the planet which under the sway of a Star Lord. This
planet as said above will offer the results of the house
where it is stationed in the third order
Then, this planet will offer the result of its own house in the
fourth order, provided no other planets
occupy anyone of the these stars of the said planet
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)
1
Mars
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
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
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) -
Ascendant
Star Lord
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
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 recommended in k_p_system yahoogroup. Out of the significators 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
"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.
Timing Events
Once it is decided whether the event is promised in the chart or not, next important step is to find out when the event will take place.
The matter will fructify in the dasa, bhukti and antara of the significators of houses group for the matter under consideration. Significators of main and supportive houses needs to be found out according to the method given in the section "Finding House Signifcators." Now-a-days all KP software likehttp://www.MyKundali.com gives you a list of significator, so you need not to worry about significator selection process. The event will happen in the conjoined period of the signifcators of the house group for the matter under consideration. Among the signficators, you need out possible dasa lord, bhukti lord and antara lord. If the selected number of sigfinicators are more than three (we require one for dasa, one for bhukti and one for antara), we need to find out powerful significators among them according to the rules given in "selection of significator" section.
Note: In KP System, only Vimshottari Dasa is used. Other dasas like Yogini, Kalchakra, Ashottari, Chara Dasa etc. are not used.
Generally dasa is for some longer duration. To pin point exact time of happening of an event, we need to see the transit as follows -
1. Dasa, Bhukti and Antara lord should transit through the significators of the houses under consideration to fructify the event. 2. For even finer timing, we need to check transit of Sun and Moon. Sun and Moon should transit through the significators.
Note: Sun transit is considered when the event is likely within a year. Moon transit should be considered for pin-pointing an events up to a month. Lagan
transit should be considered for predicting the event upto hour and minutes.
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.
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 "
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
Insurance
claims
2
8,11
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
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
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
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)
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
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)
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.
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)
KP System is very easy.
It has only 5 principles and once you understood these five
principles, you can predict almost all events of your life.
Here are those five rules -
Rule No. 1. A planet gives its own results. A planet also gives
the results of the lord of its nakshatra/star where the said
planet is positioned.
Rule No. 2. 12th house from any house negates the results of
that house.
Rule No. 3. Results are decided by not a single house but house
group
Rule No. 4. Sub Lord of a planet qualifies/permits the results
of the planet. Without planet's sub lord permits, planet will
not be able to give results.
Rule No. 5. Cuspal sub lord tells you whether the event is
promised or not.
1. Inter-caste marriage : the s/l of VII should be Rahu/Kethu(Kethu will show a lower caste person).
2. Marriage with a Foreigner : The s/l of VII should be Rahu and connected with houses IX and/or XII...
3. Marriage with a widow: The s/l of the VIIIth should be Saturn/Rahu and connected to Venus...
Also,the s/l of VII should signify houses II,VII VIII & XI...
4. Marriage with a much older person : The s/l of the VIIth is Saturn...
5. For a woman to have 2 husbands/marry twice : The s/l of the VIIIth,should signify houses
VIII,II,III,VII,XI & V...
For a man to to have 2 wives : The s/l of the VIIth is Mercury/Jupiter and staioned in a dual sign,and
deposited in the stars of the lords of dual signs...
6. To marry a young widow :The s/l of the VIIIth if Venus,if it is Saturn/Rahu ,an aged widow, if Jupiter,
one will marry a widow with a child...
7. To get property through wife : The s/l of the VIIIth should signify houses II,III,VII & XI...
8. For an early marriage : The s/l of VII & V are posited in fruitful signs(Cancer,Scorpio and Pisces)...
9. To have many wives : If the s/l of VII is Mercury and stationed in Cancer/Scorpio or deposited in the
stars Aslesha or Jyeshta...
10. If the s/l of VII is Jupiter,and connected to houses I,V,VI & VII and(Jup) is aspected by Saturn/Mars,
one will have sex with own daughter.Similarly,connected to houses I,III,VI,VII & XII and Jupiter
stationed in III, and aspected by Mars/Sat one will have sex with his own sister...
11. For no marriage at all : The s/l of VII must signify VI,X & XII...
12. Separation after marriage : The s/l of VII should signify houses II,VII,VI & XII.
13. To marry sister-in-law,when wife is still alive : Two conditions must be fulfilled,first two wives must
be promised in the chart,also, the s/l of IX must signify II,VII & XI...
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1. If the sublord of the VIIth signifies the houses II,VII & XI...marriage during the conjoint periods of the significators gived marriage...and so on is the
general rule...
2. If the s/l of the VIIth signifies Houses II,III,VII & XI, an early marriage is seen.
3. If the s/l of VII signifies II,V,VII & XI...a love marriage is seen...
4. If the s.l of VII signifies V,VI,VII & XII... after marriage separation is seen...
5. If the s/l of VII signifies I,V,VI & XII... love affairs,not ending in marriage are seen.
6. If the s/l of VII signifies V,IX,XII & III, Love affair and subsequent elopement is seen...
7. If the s/l of VII is Merc/Jup and posited in the stars of lords of dual signs,one will have two wives...but only if predominately connected to
II & VII...
8. If the s/l of VII is Merc,and stationed in CANCER or SCORPIO or in the stars Aslesha or Jyeshta,signifying houses II,III,VII,one will
marry many wives...
9. If the s/l of VII is RAHU and posited in Pisces or Gemini,signifying houses II & VII having SATURN'S aspect...one will marry a
widow...
10. If the s/l of the VIIth is Jupiter,connected to the houses I,V,VI & VII,and Jup is posited in V,aspected by Sat/Mars,one will have sex with
his own daughter...Similarly, if connected to houses I,III,VI,VII & XII, and posited in the IIrd house,aspected by Mars/Sat, one will have sex with his own
sister...
.... and so on....
Second Marriage
Second marriage is indicated if the following two conditions are simultaneously satisfied:
1. The sub-lord of the 7th cusp is deposited in a dual sign or in the constellation of a planet in or owning a dual sign or if the sub-lord of the 7th cusp is Mercury; and
2. The sub-lord of the 7th cusp is also a significator of either of the houses 2 or 11. If any of the above two conditions is not satisfied, then second marriage is denied. (It is to be noted that signification of 7th house is omitted for the purpose of 2nd marriage.)
What is KP System?
KP or Krishnamurti Paddhati is an excellent system of astrological predictions, conceived and created by the great Indian astrology master late Prof. K.S. Krishnamurti. KP System is based on finer points of Indian and Western astrology and borrows important concepts from many branches of astrology. Regarded as most accurate system of present time, KP System of astrology is easy to learn and easy to apply. Contrary to classical Hindu astrology, KP system is systematic and very well defined.
Here are some of the salient points of KP System:
It divides each Constellation / Star / Nakshatra division into further 9 subdivisions called 'SUBS'. These sub divisions are not equal divisions, but are as per the Vimshottari Dashas Divisions System.
KP System uses KP Ayanamsha as opposed to Lahiri Ayanamsha, which is mostly used in Vedic System. The difference between the two is about 6 minutes.
KP system uses Cusps which are the house/ bhav beginnings like in Western System, as opposed to House Centres or Bhav Madhyas used in the Vedic system.
This system uses Placidus House system which is used very often in Western astrology.
KP system gives importance to the zodiac divisions on the basis of Constellations / Stars / Nakshatras. A planet in its dasha gives results as per its Nakshatra-Swami (Star-Lord) rather than the planet itself. Hence the Planet represents the SOURCE, that Planet's Star-Lord represents the EFFECTS, RESULTS and the Planet's SUB gives an idea of the FINAL DIRECTION of that result.
KP uses Ruling Planets' methodology which says that the planets at the time of desire and fructification are always the same.
House characteristics are given more importance than the planetary characteristics.
KP system discards many popular classical astrology principles like divisional charts and yogas. (taken from http://www.astrosage.com/kpSystemIntro.asp)
Should I learn Vedic Astrology first before learning KP?
There are pros and cons of starting with Vedic astrology. Vedic astrology is so vast, detailed and hence confusing that you don't know where to stop and switch to KP. There is always a fear to get confused or get into too much detail. It doesn't mean that Vedic astrology is incorrect, but KP astrology is simple, better suited to scientific mind, and straight forward comparatively.
So the recommended approach for learning astrology, is to stick to 6 readers. Six books written by Shri K.S. Krishnamurti, inventor of KP System, are called six readers (http://kpastrology.astrosage.com/Home/resources#TOC-Books-by-Shri-K.-S.-Krishnamurti). You should start with second reader, fundamental principles of astrology and move gradually to other readers. Second reader is an excellent book for astrology beginners which covers essential Vedic astrology and prepares ground for KP.
If yo already have basic knowledge of Vedic astrology, then the recommended approach for learning KP is going to be different. In that case, please refer "How to start learning KP System" section.
Which Dasha to Use?
Dashas are the primary tools in Hindu astrology for timing events. There are various dasha systems used in Hindu astrology for timing of events. Some of the popular dasha systems are Vimshottari Dasha (Udu Dasha), Ashtottari Dasha, Yogini Dasha, Kalchakra Dasha, and Jaimini Char Dasha, etc. KP
System uses only Vimshottari Dasha.
What is Fortuna in KP Astrology?
Fortuna is a fast-moving sensitive point in astrology. Fortuna is calculated as follows (Page 98, First Reader "Casting The Horoscope" - 1993 edition) -
Longitude of Fortuna = Longitude of Ascendant + Longitude of Moon - Longitude of Sun
Shri K. S. Krishamurthi, the inventor of KP System, mentioned about Fortuna in the second reader, but he really didn't given much detail. The application and examples are also missing. The general rule is "Fortuna improves the matters of the House where is located." Thus Fortuna in second house improves one's wealth, family etc. Fortuna in fifth house will improve luck in speculation, in having children etc.
Shri K. S. Krishamurti devoted last chapter in Second Reader "Fundamental Principles of Astrology" for Fortuna and can be found on page no. 341 of 1997 edition. In my opinion, Fortuna is still a topic under research as far as KP System is concerned. These reference articles should be useful -
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/k_p_system/message/227 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/k_p_system/message/12582 http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pfa/dreamhouse/attic/lots/about.html
Combustion in KP
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/k_p_system/message/21338 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/k_p_system/message/19631Oath Chart/ Muhurt Chart in KP
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/k_p_system/message/5804 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/k_p_system/message/5820 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/k_p_system/message/5825 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/k_p_system/message/5873
Homosexuality
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/k_p_system/message/20961Learning Resources (Free Websites and Software)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/k_p_system/message/18967
What is your opinion about correspondence course from KP
Stellar Institute (KPSARI) Chennai
It is not recommended. Please check http://groups.yahoo.com/group/k_p_system/message/21767
How to start learning KP System
One person should read one book at a time in following order -1.
OR
Krishnamurti Siddhant (in three parts) by Jyotindra Hasbe OR
Books by Shri Suresh Sahasne
2. KP 6 readers
Reference:
http://kpastrology.astrosage.com/Home/resources (Books and other learning resources)
http://kpastrology.astrosage.com/Home/software (KP Software)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/k_p_system/message/21767
http://www.astrocamp.com/vedicastrology/2004/05/kp-astrology-books.htmlAny KP software comparison?
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/k_p_system/message/4218 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/k_p_system/message/16006
Which Rahu (& Ketu) calculation is correct - True Rahu or
Mean Rahu?
Check " Mean Node vs True Node.doc" in the file section of the k_p_system forum. The k_p_system forum endorses 'Mean Rahu'.
There are so many ayanamsas - KP (Old), KP (New), KP
straight line ayanamsa. Which ayanamsa to use?
Astrologers are free to use any ayanamsa which gives them correct predictions. The k_p_system forum endorses KP (New) Ayanamsa. KP (New) ayanamsa is also also written as KPNA.
Original (KP Old) and New KP Ayanamsa (KP New) are the same, except that the Original takes the flat value for the entire year up to the accuracy of minutes only by a table and the "KP New" calculates the value up to the Date of Birth and accuracy of seconds by a formula.
Source:
1. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/k_p_system/message/19807
2. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/k_p_system/message/1285
Is Mars Dosha valid according to KP? Is KP definition of Mars
Dosha different from Traditional astrology?
Please check Mars Dosha page at http://kpastrology.astrosage.com/mars-dosha
What is Punarphoo?
Please check Punarphoo page at http://kpastrology.astrosage.com/punarphoo
Articles & Research on Birth Time Rectification (BTR)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/k_p_system/files/Rectification%20Study/
Dasa Judgment Rules
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/k_p_system/message/23030
Why my email is not apporved in k_p_system yahoogroup?
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/k_p_system/message/20844
What can be discussed in k_p_system yahoogroup? (and what can not be)
Let me clarify on forum policy of what can be discussed in the forum and what can not. This forum is primarily for discussing K P System. If there is any "astrology" knowledge that can help us in improving our predictions, it is most welcome. This is just an exception condition and it should not be said that this is a place for discussing "other branches of astrology." Mirrorology, Vaastu, Palmistry, Tarot etc. are not even astrology, so we should not discuss it here.
There are some occasions like Quizzes and Blind Charts where we mark it clearly that analysis using all branches of astrology is allowed. By allowing other branches of astrology, we want to see how all branches of astrology are compared as far as predictive capabilities are concerned. Those occasions are clearly marked.
How to search archive and old forum topics?
Old messages can be found at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/k_p_system/messages. There is a a search box on this page where you can search by message number or search using keywords. Though YahooGroup serach is not very effective and hence I would recommend using Google search. Google provides a facility to search within only one site. You can do so by entering "Site:[Site Name] Keywords" in Google search box. For example, if we have to find about "Combust Planets" in our forum, please go to Google.com and type following -
site:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/k_p_system
combust planets
Where are Quiz Results
KP YahooGroup keeps conducting quizzes for improving knowledge and testing theories. As these quizzes are very important learning material, we have compiled quizzes and it can be found at http://kpastrology.astrosage.com/Home/kp-yahoogroup/kp-quiz
Where can I found studies done in KP YahooGroup
http://kpastrology.astrosage.com/Home/kp-yahoogroup/studies