Basic Preliminaries to Chart Analysis

These instructions are basic guidelines that I have used for myself when delineating a chart through the KP Stellar System. For a thorough comprehension of what follows, you should have a basic understanding and grounding in Vedic and Western Astrology principles and aspects, and this basic foundational understanding should precede any attempts at delineating a chart KP style. If you are new to Vedic Astrology, you should first begin to familiarize yourself with many of the basic principles needed to understand Vedic Astrology and then move into KP. Although many of the concepts of Vedic Astrology differ from KP Stellar Astrology, certain principles remain standard throughout (such as exaltation/debilitation, friendship/animosity, etc.). So begin by reviewing the material available in the KP Workshop and become familiar with the Star&Sub Lord Table as that is the back drop from which you will work. For constructing a KP Chart, use the Table of Yearly KP Ayanamsha's for the Years 1900-2052, and if unsure of the correct settings in your software to enable you to construct a KP Chart, check out Constructing a KP Chart using various Astrological Software. And lastly, before investing too much time on a chart, check to make sure that both the birth time and your calculations are correct. After having the above in place, grab your chart. Keep in mind that the "time" that certain events take place in an individual's life, is during the particular activation period addressed by the Dasa, Antardasha (Bhukti), and Pratyantardasha Lords that are running at any given time and that activate those particular events/matters through their Star Lords. These time periods are based on the Vimshottari Dasa system using the KP Ayanamsha. So if you are new to KP analysis, a good starting point may be to begin the learning process by referring to your own Horoscope. Look back at any given time period in question to reflect on past events, and see if you can actually "see" their happenings during the time frame the event actually occurred, based on the running sequence of Dasas (Mahadasha, Bhukti, and Pratyantardasha, and their Star and Sub Lords, aspects, etc..) Don't forget the aspects, as they are the modifiers! See KP Aspects: Principles of Judgment for more information.

KP Chart Analysis
The most promising and clearest material that I have found for covering all bases when analyzing a KP chart are from the material in Bhatt's Nakshatra Chintamani. Which is what the following methodology is primarily based on

General Instructions
For judging any matter in the horoscope pertaining to any particular house, bear in mind the general principle that a planet gives the results of its star lord. See KP: How Does the Dasa Lord Function? 1. Give importance to the cuspal Sub Lord of the house to be judged, for example, treat it as an ordinary planet. See KP: Significance of Cuspal Sublords. 2. Note its Star Lord and note the Sign and House occupied by the Star Lord. 3. Remember the general rule that each sign corresponds to a particular house, for example, Aries for the 1st house, Libra for the 7th house, etc.. Also bear in mind that each house corresponds to a particular Sign, for example, the 1st house represents Aries, the 8th house Scorpio, etc.

4. Remember the characteristics, for example, personal appearance, disposition, disease, occupation, and matters governed or dominated by each Sign and Planet. 5. Combine (synthesize and integrate) the influence of the Star Lord, with that of the Sign and House occupied by the Star Lord (suitable as the case may be), and follow the suit with respect to the Cuspal Sub Lord also. 6. The strength of the Cuspal Sub Lord of the house should also be examined for the affairs or the matters pertaining to that house. See KP: General Strength of a Planet.

Joint Period Rulers

1. The period or Sub period ruler, meaning Mahadasha and Antardasha (Bhukti) Lords will give results according to its natural rulership over certain affairs of life, for example, Venus is the chief governor of peace or harmony, marriage, vehicles, happiness, etc. 2. Whether these period lords give favorable or unfavorable results of their Star Lord is determined by the Sub Lord, and then according to whether the Sub Lord is favorable or unfavorable. See KP: Planet or House: Harmonious or Detrimental. 3. The Mahadasha, Bhukti, and Pratyantardasha lords may each signify matters of different houses, for example different subject matters, both desirable and undesirable. So during their joint periods, they will give the results of the common subject matter, either desirable or undesirable, as the case may be. For example, suppose the Dasa Lord is the significator of the 2nd, 5th, or 11th, and 1st, 4th, or 10th (indicating childbirth, and also its denial), then during the Sub period (Bhukti) of the significator of the 1st, 4th, or 10th, there will be no child birth, and if there is already a child, then separation from the child is likely; and during the Sub period (Bhukti) of the significator of the 2nd, 5th, or 11th, the birth of a child will take place.

4. If the Star Lord (of the Mahadasha Lord) occupies the 6th, 8th, or 12th as counted from its own sign (house), then the period or Sub period ruler (Mahadasha or Bhukti Lords) will not give favorable results of this house (owned by its Star Lord.)

5. If the planet and its Star Lord are in the 6th, 8th, and 12th signs from one another, the native will not get the results to his/her desired extent during their joint period. 6. If the Star Lord of the Mahadasha or Bhukti Lord is retrograde, the native will experience ups and downs in general.

7. The joint period rulers generally give the results of the house or houses owned by their Star Lords, so their strength will depend upon the strength of their Star Lords. (See General Strength of a Planet).

8. If the joint period rulers (Mahadasha and Bhukti Lords) are in mutual reception (exchanging signs), or in conjunction or in aspect with one another, they influence the affairs of one another. This is based on the principle that a planet in conjunction with - or aspected by the significator - gives the results of the house or houses denoted by that significator.

9. If the joint rulers (Dasa Lords) of the cusps of any house are the significators for the matters signified by that house, the combined period of these joint rulers gives the results of the same matter

during the period of any other significator of that house, and in the Sub period of the Cuspal Sub Lord of that house, the results of the same matter are obtained.

Transit and Joint Period Rulers

1. An event usually happens during the joint period (Dasa/Bhukti) of the significators when the transit agrees. 2. At the time of the event, Sun, Moon, and/or joint period rulers are generally found to be transiting in: (a) The Star or Sub of the same joint period ruler or rulers, for example, in the Star or Sub of the Mahadasha, Bhukti, Antardasa, and/or Sookshma period ruler, or (b) In the Star of the significator of that event (other than the dasa rulers) in the Horoscope.

Cuspal Matters and Joint Period Rulers

1. (a) In the example Birth Horoscope, see Chart for Bhatt's Horoscope #1, the Sub Lord of the 2nd cusp is Mars. It is in the Star of Ketu and in the Sub of Venus. After retirement from service the native received a good amount towards gratuity on June 27, 1970, during the joint period of Mars, Ketu, and Venus. (b) Houses 2, 6, and 11 are for monetary gain. Now the Cuspal Sub Lord of the 2nd (Mars) is the owner of the 11th house, which is vacant. Its Star Lord, Ketu, represents Moon in the 2nd, Mercury owning the 6th, and Mars (Ketu's Star Lord) owning the 11th. So Mars is connected with; see KP: A Planet or House "Connected With" the 2nd, 6th, and 11th, and promises finance to the native. Its Sub Lord Venus owns the 10th and occupies the 6th, so it is harmonious to the matters indicated by the Star Lord (Ketu) So Mars, in its Dasa period, gives monetary gain to the native, and it may be realized during the joint period (Dasa) of the planet Mars, the Star Lord Ketu, and the Sub Lord Venus.

(c) It may therefore be said that if the Cuspal Sub Lord of a house is the significator of the matter signified by that house, then this matter will materialize during the period of the Cuspal Sub Lord.

(d) On June 27, 1970 the Moon was transiting in Pisces at 24 degrees 00 minutes in the Sub Mars (the period ruler) while Venus in Cancer at 19 degrees 00 minutes was in the Sub of Ketu (the Sub period ruler), and Ketu was in Leo 12 degrees 33 minutes in its own Star.

2. (a) In the example Chart for Bhatt's Horoscope #1, the Ascendant is jointly ruled by Saturn, Moon, and Rahu. They are all significators of the 1st and 6th: Saturn owning the 1st in the Star of the Sun, who is posited in the 6th; Moon and Rahu both are in the Star of Mercury which owns the 6th and aspects the Ascendant.

The native suffered from asthmatic conditions and remained in bad health during the the Dasa joint periods of Moon, Rahu, and Saturn, which was around October 16, 1957 to January 12, 1958, and again during the joint Dasas of Moon, Saturn, and Rahu from around May 1, 1961 through July 28, 1961.

(b) It may, therefore, be said that if the joint rulers of the Cusp of any House are the significators of the matter signified by that house, then the combined period (Dasa) of these period lords will give the results of the same matter.

(c) The Native may suffer from sickness or disease during the Sub Periods of the significators of the 1st and 6th, the 1st and 8th, or the 1st and 12th, in the Dasa of the significator of the 6th. He recovers during the Sub Periods of the significators of the 1st, the 5th, or the 11th. He becomes a victim to the disease in the Sub Periods of the significators of the Badhaka and Maraka houses.

The Sign and House occupied by the Star Lord of the Sub Period Ruler (Bhukti Lord) show the sensitive part of the body and the nature of the disease.

In the example Chart for Bhatt's Horoscope #1 the period ruler is Moon and the Sub Period (Bhukti) Ruler Rahu is in the Star of Mercury in Cancer, while the Pratyantardasha Lord, Saturn, is in the Sun's Star in Gemini.

Gemini governs lungs, it shows bronchitis, asthma, etc. Cancer denotes stomach and it is a watery sign, so it indicates weak digestive power, cold, cough, and asthma.