Before We Start

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to contribute to this tutorial.

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 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

From the above table you can see that Rahu and Ketu have not been allotted any sign ownership.
You may also note that each of the nine planets have been given ownership of 3 stars.
As Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto were not part of the ancient Hindu astrology, they have not been
given ownership of any sign or any star. As per Western astrologers, Uranus owns Capricorn,
Neptune owns Pisces and Pluto owns Scorpio.

Houses
There are 12 houses in astrology. Houses are also referred as Bhava or Ghar in Hindu astrology.
Every house in astrology has been assigned certain significations by the sages. For example, 1st
house is for self, health, 2nd house for family, finance, 3rd house for brother, courage, 4th house
is for mother, conveyance and so on.
In the astrology, if a house is good, you will get good results related to the house. For example, if
the 1st house is good in your horoscope, your health will be good. On the contrary, if the first
house is bad, the health will be affected and one can even have a short life. Different systems of
astrology like Hindu system, Western system etc. have different rules for judging the houses. In
other words, all systems use somewhat different rules to identify whether you will get good
results or bad results pertaining to a house in your life. Similarly, KP System also has different
rules and we will be describing those rules in the following sections. Before that, let us have a
look at what is generally assigned to each house by our sages First House
Birth, head, physical body, limb, physical features, livelihood
Second House
Wealth, food, right eye, what one eats or drinks, face, eye, speech, family, property
Third House
Courage, firmness, bad thoughts, breast, ear, especially right ear, prowess, brother or sister younger one, heroism, mental strength
Fourth house
House, home, land, relation, mother, vehicle, happiness, water, learning
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:
Earthy Signs:
Airy Signs:
Watery Signs:

Aries, Leo, Sagittarius

Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn
Gemini, Libra, Aquarius
Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces

Classification 2
Movable:
Fixed:
Common:

Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn

Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius
Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces

Zodiac Division - Sign, Star and Sub

Zodiac is an imaginary belt encircling the heavens within which are all the planets. As we know
in mathematics a circle is of 360 degree. When this circle is divided into 12 equal parts of 30
degrees, each part is called a sign. We have already talked a little bit about signs. When this
circle is divided in 27 equal parts of 13 degree 20 minutes, each part is called a Star or a
Nakshatra. If we divide a star further into nine parts, this 9th division of a star is called a 'Sub'.

This 'Sub' is the real backbone of KP System. We have already talked about the lord of a sign and
the lord of the star above. As lord (owner) of a sign is called 'Sign lord', similarly lord of a star is
called 'Star lord' and the lord of a sub is called 'Sub lord'. 'Sub lord' is calculated on the basis of
years allocated to each of the 9 planets in Vimshottari Dasa system. The years allocated to each
planet in Vimshottari Dasa System are as follows Planet

Years Allocated

Ketu

Venus

20

Sun

Moon

10

Mars

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

046'40"

Venus

213'20"

Sun

040'

Moon

16'40"

Mars

046'40"

Rahu

20'0"

Jupiter

146'40"

Saturn

26'40"

Mercury

153'20"

TOTAL

1320'

To save you from the hassles of calculations, this is a ready reckoner table of Sign, Star, and Sub
can be found here.
Note: High school mathematics is involved in the calculation of Sub lord. Don't worry, if you
don't understand the calculation part because now-a-days we have software programs that can do
the calculation for you. Also the sub lord calculation table mentioned above can be used for
ready reference.

House Grouping
Like Sub, house grouping is another very important concept in KP System. For every important
aspect of human life, one house has been given primary importance and few other houses have
been given secondary importance. All these houses together are known as group of houses for an
aspect. By the term aspect of human life, I mean health, family, profession etc. Let us take an
example of marriage, for marriage house number 7th has been given primary importance. Why?
Because 7th house is taken as the house for spouse husband or wife. If you are coming from

the Hindu astrology or Western astrology background, you will find it familiar. If you don't have
any astrology background, you can refer house signification table under the heading 'House'
above. House number 2 and 11 are said to be supportive house for marriage. In our traditional
astrology, 2nd house is the house for family and 11th house is the house for friends and
fulfillment of desire. So we can say that for marriage we have to judge house number 2, 7 and
11. This is house grouping for marriage. Similarly, we can group houses for other major aspects
of our life. I am tabulating house grouping for some of the important aspects as follows Aspect

House Groups

Longevity

1, 8, 3

Cure of disease

1, 5, 11

Education

4, 9, 11

Marriage

2, 7, 11

Child birth

2, 5, 11

Foreign travel

3, 9, 12

Service

2, 6, 10

Gain of money

2, 6, 11

More comprehensive list of house groups can be found at House Grouping section of this wiki.

Good and Bad Houses for Specific Matters

Generally 12th house from any house is considered detrimental to that house and hence negates
the results of that house. For example, 2, 7 and 11 houses are the houses that give marriage. 12th
House from these houses i.e. 1 (12th from 2), 6 (12th from 7) and 10 (12th from 11) will give
opposite results i.e. denial of marriage or separation, divorce etc., if already married. This is a
general rule which requires some modifications on the basis of sufficient evidence.

Significators
Concept
As mentioned above, 12 houses deal with all aspect of a human life. Generally a planet can give
results related to many houses. For example, from the section Houses, we can see that 7th
house is the house for marriage whereas 10th house is the house for job. Now, one single
planet can give both job and marriage to a person. Assuming Mars is that planet, we will say that
Mars signifies 7th house and 10th house in such a case.
Similarly, results related to a house can be obtained from more than one planet. Assuming in a
chart Mars and Jupiter both can give Marriage, we will say that 7th house (marriage) is signified
by Mars and Jupiter.

To put in simple language, a planet can signify more than one house. Also a house can be
signified by more than one planet. From terminology, let us move to the method of finding
significators in the next section.

Finding Significators
Here is the sign, star and sub position for all the planets and cusps for the example chart Planet
Name

Longitude Sign

Sun

26919'04" Jupiter Sun

Moon

11850'32" Moon

Mars

25856'14" Jupiter Venus

Rahu

Mercury

28337'35" Saturn

Moon

Rahu

Jupiter

27755'40" Saturn

Sun

Venus

Venus

31625'24" Saturn

Rahu

Venus

Saturn

14742'35" Sun

Sun

Moon

Rahu

28624'40" Saturn

Moon

Saturn

Ketu

10624'40" Moon

Saturn

Jupiter

Star

Sub
Rahu

Mercury Saturn

Cusp

Longitude

Sign

Star

Sub

00123'55"

Mars

Ketu

Venus

03346'54"

Venus

Sun

Saturn

05919'19"

Venus

Mars

Saturn

08302'49"

Mercury

Jupiter

Saturn

10859'58"

Moon

Mercury

Ketu

14116'58"

Sun

Venus

Jupiter

18123'55"

Venus

Mars

Mercury

21346'54"

Mars

Saturn

Saturn

23919'19"

Mars

Mercury

Saturn

10

26302'49"

Jupiter

Venus

Saturn

11

28859'58"

Saturn

Moon

Mercury

12

32116'58"

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. Marss star lord is Venus who is in house no. 11
Level 2. Mars is in house no. 9
Level 3. Marss 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. Moons star lord Mercury is in house no. 10
Level 2. Moon occupies 5th house
Level 3. Moons 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 Level 1
Planet (star lord's
occupancy)

Level 3
Level 2
(star lord's
(occupancy)
ownership)

Level 4
(ownership)

Sun

10

10

Moon

10

Mars

11

2, 3, 7

1, 8, 9

Mercur
5
y

10

Jupiter

10

10

10

Venus

10

11

Saturn

10

Rahu

10

2, 3, 7
11, 12

Ketu

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 doesnt 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)

Mars

Mars

Venus

Mars

Venus

Ketu

Moon

Mercury

4
5

Mercury, Rahu

Moon

Mercury, Rahu

Moon

Ketu

Saturn

Sun, Jupiter,
Saturn

Sun

Mars

Venus

7
8

Mars

Mars

Mars
Jupiter

10

Sun, Jupiter, Moon, Venus,

Saturn

Sun, Mercury, Jupiter,

Rahu

11

Mars

Venus

12

Ketu

Saturn
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 doesnt 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 : 09755'37"
Moon Longitude
: 18917'14"
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

09755'37
Moon
"

Saturn

Moon

18917'14
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

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
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

In the "House Grouping" section it was explained that - "for every important aspect of human
life, one house has been given primary importance and few other houses have been given
secondary importance." Standard rules for prediction are 1. If the sublord of primary house under consideration is signifying house group related to the
matter under consideration then the matter is going to fructify and the answer is positive.
2. On the contrary, if it sublord of primary house is signifying detrimental houses (see good and
bad houses above) alone then the matter will not fructify
3. But, if it sublord of primary house is signifying house group as well as detrimental houses then
the native will get both the results in different dasa period.
As explained in house grouping section, 7th house is the primary house for marriage. 2nd and
11th houses are supportive houses. These three houses together will be called conductive house
group (or simply house group) for marriage. 1st, 6th and 10th house being 12th from the
mentioned house group are detrimental for marriage. If sublord of 7th house is signifying either
7th or 2nd or 11th then the marriage is promised. The person will definitely marry. This way we
can decide the promises related to various aspect of life in a chart.

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 like http://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.

Birth Time Rectification (BTR) using Ruling Planets (RP) method

Note the Ruling Planets at the time of judgment (the time when astrologer has taken up, or
commenced, the rectification of birth chart). Ruling planets are 1. Day lord (DL)
2. Moon Sign lord (MSL)
3. Moon Nakshatra lord (MNL)
4. Ascendant Sign lord (ASL)
5. Ascendant Nakshatra lord (ANL)
These five ruling planets should be among Ascendant Sign Lord, Ascendant Nakshatra Lord and
Ascendant Sub lord in the birth chart of the native. If the Ruling Planets at the time of judgment
are not matching with the Ascendant Sign Lord, Ascendant Nakshatra Lord, and Ascendant Sub
lord in native's birth chart, it means the birth time provided to the astrologer is not correct and
requires rectification.
The Day Lord is taken as per Hindu day system which starts from Sunrise and ends on the next
sunrise. It is NOT calculated from 12 OClock Midnight to next 12 OClock midnight. For
example if somebody born on February 11, 2011 at 4:00 AM at Agra, UP, INDIA, it will be
Thursday and NOT Friday because 4:00 AM is before sunrise on February 11, 2011.
If Rahu or Ketu are acting as an agent to any of the ruling planets at the time of judgment, those
will also be included as ruling planet. For example, if any node (Rahu or Ketu) is in conjunction
or receiving aspect from any of the ruling planets, or if it occupies the sign owned by the ruling
planet, the node should be included in list of the ruling planets.
In case we need less ruling planets, ruling planets that are in the star or sub of retrograde planets,
can be omitted.
Among the ruling planets, Ascendant Nakshatra Lord, Ascendant Sign lord, Moon's Nakshatra
Lord, Moon's Sign lord and the Day Lord are taken in order of strength i.e. Ascendant Nakshatra
Lord is the most powerful ruling planet and Day lord is the least powerful. This strength is useful
when we have to select few among all the ruling planets.

Marriage Rule Study

Study by: Dr. Luther Rath

PowerPoint Presentation Location: Attached. Can also be found at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/k_p_system/files/Studies/
Birth Details of Unmarried People Used: (Source:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/k_p_system/message/28231)
Sl. DOB
No

TOB

POB

19-02-1959

05-45 Hrs (Time Zone 1 Hr E )

50 N 43 ; 07 E 04

16-06-1954

20-00 Hrs (Time Zone 5-30 Hrs)

Delhi

18-05-1961

09-35 Hrs (Time Zone 5-30 Hrs)

Amritsar

11-11-1958

23-59 Hrs (Time Zone 5-30-Hrs

Delhi

07-05-1955

02-45 Hrs (Time Zone 5-30 Hrs)

12 N 20 ; 76 E 13

19-07-1955

11-40 Hrs (Time Zone 7-30 Hrs)

01 N 17 ; 103 E 51

26-05-1938

07-09 Hrs (Time Zone 5-30 Hrs)

11 N 28 ; 78 E 13

04-04-1972

08-55 Hrs (Time Zone 5-30 Hrs)

21 N 09 ; 76 E 06

28-07-1946

04-36 Hrs (Time Zone 5-30 Hrs)

13 N 04 ; 80 E 17

10

10-04-1962

08-07 Hrs (Time Zone 5-30 Hrs)

13 N 04 ; 80 E 17

11

03-03-1956

11-59 Hrs (Time Zone 5-30 Hrs)

Ahmedabad

12

28-08-1940

22-55 Hrs (Time Zone 5-30 Hrs)

13 N 55 ; 75 E 34

13

24-04-1944

15-53-48Hrs(Time Zone 5-30(Hrs)

13 N 55 : 75 E 34

14

16-10-1970

20-55 Hrs (Time Zone 5-30 Hrs)

Bangalore

15

06-08-1953

22-27 Hrs (Time Zone 5-30 Hrs)

Coimbatore

KP Rules for No Desire for Marriage

STUDY OF NO DESIRE FOR MARRIAGE

Root for the Study

Dear Members
How to identify in a horoscope when the native has no
inclination for marriage. We have seen cases where the
native wants to get married but no proposals click. But if
the native has no intention or desire at all for marriage-how to identify this in his horoscope.
Pl enlighten
Kannan
************************************
First of all I wish to offer my heartfelt thanks to Sirinivasan Kannan
Ji, who have made this valuable occasion to group members to go forward
with researches, by raising this question, as said by Hon. Guruji Shri KSK
As there are no any particular written rules or examples in KP system
to elaborate this question, the research must hang on their own ides with
their education of Astrology in several branches and experience only.
When I was a traditional Astrologer (Not by profession), at the time of
preparing for my marriage, I had a rare chance of deep discussing on
Marriage with my relative Guruji. By going back to my past memories, I was
able to re-collected some hints on the matter under discussion as follows,
based on traditional system.
1. If the Rasi lord, in which Mo is, aspected only by Sa
2. When the Lord of 7 is afflicted
3. If Sa can depress the power of 7th lord and Ma
4. When Ju, Su, Sa are in full power, whilst Ma, Ve, and 7th lord are
law power.
My study is based on these rules, by interpretation of account in to
KP system and some of my own experience. In this study Jupiter has come
to the top level in making a native to be a single for the life time and
avoiding from the universal happiness, the marriage. I make this
opportunity to include some hints on Jupiter for the benefits of the new
comers and to weigh the influence of it for a native.
JUPITER

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

1,11

Proneness to disease

6,8,12

Unnatural Death

2,7,Badhaka,12 (8)

Accident

8, 12

Suicide

Badhaka,2,7,Mars

Success in self efforts

11 (6)

Status and Respect

10, 11

Short Life

2,7,Badhaka

Long Life

1,5,8,11

2.
Events relating Second House.
Type of Query
Primary House Supporting Houses
Financial Status

2,6,11

Obtaining Loans

11 (6)

Obtaining Jewellery

11

Defect in Speech, Vision 2

12,8

Insurance claims

8,11

Medical claims

6,8,11

Opening bank account

6,11

Selection of Fruitful Significators

In KP Reader III and Original volume1965, the occupant of a house need not always be stronger
than the owner.
The owner is strong when a) occupant is in enemy's sign or neecha
b) lord of the sign is exalted
c) lord of the sign is conjoined with a planet in it's own sign
If owner is strong, the ranking of significator will vary as below. Most of the KP
astrologers are not following this important KP rule.
Sl.No. Ranking of
Significator

Significators

Planets in the star and sub of Bhava lord

II

Bhava lord

III

Planets in the star and sub of planets in the

Bhava

IV

Planets in the Bhava

Planets aspected by the above significators (at

120 degree) and planets conjoined with above
significators (within 3 degree)

Four Step Theory

THIS sets down the essential rules given by Mr. Sunil Gondhalekar in his Lessons, written in the
K.P.Style. The Basic principle of KP is that A Planet gives the results indicated by its Star Lord
and Sub Lord.
THE FOUR STEPS TO DETERMINE HOUSES SIGNIFIED BY ANY PLANET ARE:
1. The Planet itself (House residence, Houses Owned)

2. The Star Lord of the Planet: (Same house resident, houses owned)
3. The SUB LORD of the Planet:
4. The Star Lord of this sub lord:
For prediction, we have to consider that all houses, are signified by the Planet, some Primarily,
and some Secondarily

First Step
THE 1ST STEP in the 4 step Theory is: A Planet becomes the Significator of the HOUSE where
it resides, and of the House/Houses It OWNS
This rule is modified depending on wether there are other planets in the STARS of this Planet,
and wether the Houses owned are Empty or have some other planets in them.
(Hers,Neptune,Pluto,For are not considered for this conditions.
IF THERE ARE NO PLANETS IN THE STARS OF THE PLANET,(the planet is not the Star
Lord of any other planet) THEN it becomes THE PRINCIPAL Significator of the House where it
Resides. Otherwise, it becomes a secondary Significator of the House where it resides.
If a PLANET Is Primary significator of Residence, then it becomes the Principal of the houses
owned ONLY IF THAT HOUSE IS EMPTY, otherwise it is the secondary significator of the
house owned
If the Planet is itself a SECONDARY significator of House of RESIDENCE then it will be also
Secondary Significator of Houses owned EVEN IT EMPTY.
IF A PLANET IS IN ITS OWN STAR, then it Automatically becomes the Primary significatro
of the House of residence (even if there other planets in its stars). It becomes pricipal significator
of houses it owns, if empty

Second Step
SECOND STEP: The Star LORD OF THE PLANET UNDER CONSIDERATION
In this step, the STAR LORD automatically Becomes the Principal Significator of the House of
Residence, and Of the Houses owned, if Empty.
FOR RAHU AND KETU same rules apply. Rahu/Ketu get addittionl representation as
Representative of the Lord of house where they Reside

Third Step
THIRD STEP: The sub Lord of the Planet:

The houses signified are determined as per 1st step only

Fourth Step
Fourth step: The Star Lord of Sub Lord
The houses are found applyin the same rules as Second Step
Another point is to consider Signifcators by conjunction(3.33 deg) between planets, as also
signifed by the planet considered. The conjoined planet acts as an agent of the planet to which it
is conjoined.

Practical Application
Child birth: When?
Rule: The 5th (as qurrent is lady) Sub Lord must be the Primary significator of 2nd/5th/or 11th.
Only if this is positive then we fix the time. 5th sub Lord is Mercury: The houses signified by
this Planet are found to be
Mer:
8P,9,6P (Mer in 8th:Noplanets in Mer Stars: 9,not empty.6th empty)
Star Lo: Ven: 8P,10,5 (Star Lord hence P: Houses owned not empty no Not P)
SUB : Mars :10P,11,4
StL of SUB :Sat: 9P,2eP,1eP
The 5th Sub Lord has become the Principal Significator of 2nd in the fourth step: THERFORE
we conclude that lady will have children:
To fix time, we must now test the Dasa,Bhukti,& Antara Lords. Moon Dasa balance 6 months,28
days. We cannot consider this as birth of a child is not possible in 6/7 months. So consider next
MARS dasa
Check the houses signified by Dasa Lord Mars:(all 4 steps to be seen)
1st step Mars: 10P,11,4
2nd
Sat : 9P,1P,2P
3rd
Ven : 8P,10,5
4th
Ven : 8P,10,5
Since Mars is Primary Sig of 2nd House, this can be selected.
IMPORTANT: IN SELECTING THE DASA/BHUKTI/ANTARA , we MUST see that all the
Houses 2,5,11 are signified :
Since we have selected Mars Dasa, which signifies 2 primarily, the Bhukti Lord must primarily
signify 5 or 11 :Antara should signify the remaining
Now in Mars Dasa, we have to ignore Mars Bhukti, as only 2nd house is signified:
Next RAHU :He is PS of 7 and 8: Though he is SS of 5th we pass on
NEXT JUPITER: He is PS of 11,12,10,4,8
Since the 11th is found in the pricipal significators, We SELECT THAT AS BHUKTI:

Next is Antara: The Antara Lord has to be the PS of the remaining 5th house: When looking thru
other Planets, we get MOON as Primarily signifinficator.
5th in the 1st itself. So we select this.
The period thus is 3/5/1987 to 31/5/1987. The birth took place in June 87.
The Ayanamsa used was later corrected. This adds 13 days to the Dasa endins etc. So the timimg
is fairly correct.

Another Example
Below is an elaborate example for Marriage.
DATE
:SATURDAY E: 17 - 11 - 1973 : TIME: 10 H. 0 M. 0 S.
DASA BAL. : Ket 6 Y. 11 M. 0 Days: ENDS on 17 - 10 - 1980
Lat 21N10: Long 75:41
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
PLANET SgL StL SbL IN Owns
HOUSE SgL StL SbL
SUN Mar Jup Mar 11 -9Ep
1 Jup Ven Sun
MOO Sun Ket Ket 8 -8
2 Sat Moo Mer
MAR Mar Ket Ven 4 -5Ep-12
3 Sat Jup Mer
MER Ven Rah Sun 10 -7Ep-10
4 Jup Mer Jup
JUP Sat Moo Rah 1 -1 -4
5 Mar Ven Ket
VEN Jup Ven Rah 1 -6 -11
6 Ven Moo Ven
SAT Mer Rah Sat 6 -2Ep-3Ep
7 Mer Rah Ven
RAH Jup Ket Rah 12
8 Moo Mer Ket
KET Mer Rah Rah 6
9 Sun Ven Mer
10 Mer Mar Jup
11 Ven Jup Ket
12 Mar Mer Ven
EMPTY HOUSES -NOT occupied by Sun to Ketu ARE 2 3 5 7 9
RASI Lord PARIVARTANA
STAR Lord PARIVARTANA Rah-Ket Ket-Rah
SUB Lord PARIVARTANA
planets conjuct : Nil
E= empty house. P/p= PRIMARY SIGNIFICATION
Basic 4 step Data
PLANET :
KET
6-(Mer 10-7E) Since Ketu has sec sig
only. Its agent Merc also
has Secondary sig. Though
by itself Merc has P sig
of 10th see below
It's STAR Lord : Rah 12p-(Jup 1p-4 ) Rule 2
It's SUB Lord : Rah 12-(Jup 1-4 )
SUB's STAR Lord : Ket 6p-(Mer 10P-7Ep) As Ket has primary sig
here Merc get pri sig at

this stage.
PLANET :
VEN
* 1P-6 -11
It's STAR Lord : Ven * 1P-6 -11
It's SUB Lord : Rah 12-(Jup 1 -4 )
SUB's STAR Lord : Ket 6p-(Mer 10P-7Ep)

Ditto

PLANET :
SUN
+ 11P-9Ep
It's STAR Lord : Jup 1p-4
It's SUB Lord : Mar + 4P-5Ep-12
SUB's STAR Lord : Ket 6p-(Mer 10P-7Ep)
PLANET :
MOO
8
It's STAR Lord : Ket 6p-(Mer 10P-7Ep)
It's SUB Lord : Ket 6-(Mer 10-7E )
SUB's STAR Lord : Rah 12p-(Jup 1p-4 )
PLANET :
MAR
+ 4P-5Ep-12
It's STAR Lord : Ket 6p-(Mer 10P-7Ep)
It's SUB Lord : Ven * 1P-6 -11
SUB's STAR Lord : Ven * 1P-6 -11
PLANET :
RAH
12-(Jup 1 -4 )
It's STAR Lord : Ket 6p-(Mer 10P-7Ep)
It's SUB Lord : Rah 12-(Jup 1-4 )
SUB's STAR Lord : Ket 6p-(Mer 10P-7Ep)
PLANET :
JUP
1 -4
It's STAR Lord : Moo 8p
It's SUB Lord : Rah 12-(Jup 1-4 )
SUB's STAR Lord : Ket 6p-(Mer 10P-7Ep)
PLANET :
SAT + 6P-2Ep-3Ep
It's STAR Lord : Rah 12p-(Jup 1p-4 )
It's SUB Lord : Sat + 6P-2Ep-3Ep
SUB's STAR Lord : Rah 12p-(Jup 1p-4 )
PLANET :
MER
+ 10P-7Ep
It's STAR Lord : Rah 12p-(Jup 1p-4 )
It's SUB Lord : Sun + 11P-9Ep
SUB's STAR Lord : Jup 1p-4
x
The Question to be Answered is the Marriage of the Native.
Apply KP rule: 7th cusp Sub Lord must signify 2,7, or 11.
In the present case 7th cusp Sub lord is Venus. Now see his significance He signigies 7th

Principally at Step 4. The secondary signification is not considered. SO THE NATIVE WILL
MARRY .
NEXT QUESTION WHEN ?
When the question was asked Ven Dasa running for one month only.
Next Dasa of SUN is selected:
Sun in 1st step is Principal significator of 11th and 7th.
So Sun Dasa and Sun Bhukti is selected.
NOW WE HAVE TO GET THE 3RD SIGNIFICANCE FOR HOUSE 2.
An examination of the Planets and Houses signified shows that only SAT principally signifies
the 2nd. So the marriage is predicted to take place in SUN DASA: SUN BHUKTI: SAT
ANTARA;
This period is 5/12/2000 to 22/12/2000. But during this period Saturn is RETROGRADE. So
this was not selected. Take MOON Bhukti: Moon is Principal sig of 7th, Sun of 11th
Take Sat antara for 2nd, thus complete the chain.
This period comes 19/4/2001 to 18/5/2001. This period was predicted for Marriage.
THE MARRIAGE WAS CELEBRATED ON 18/4/2001.