Secrets of Ashtakavarga revealed

In your computer horoscope have you seen many charts with lots of numbers in them? Have you wondered what they are trying to tell you?
February 28, 2011

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Kumar E K Dhilip

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Numbers are a simple way of understanding many facts of life. Ashtakavarga charts are an easy way to understand a horoscope. Simply look at the numbers and you will know a great deal about the person. This is not numerology but part of Astrology. A quantitative way of assessing your possibilities in life. The aim of this Knol is to let you know in how many ways you can use the Ashtakavarga chart. Believe me ! am going to discuss only the simple methods that even a novice in Astrology can easily understand. Secrets of Ashtakavarga revealed " K #hilip Kumar$ %.Sc.$ !n most of the computer generated horoscope you may have seen a set of charts with &' numbers in them. Normally we are used to seeing the names of planets ()rahas*. So what are these numbers+ !s this some kind of a numerical way of understanding our life+ ,es it is. This is what the ancient masters of Astrology have often used while reading a chart and %aharshi -arasara calls it that part of Astrology that is more dependable and that which never fails. ,ou may have seen several Ashtakavarga charts. .sually there is one for every planet. The chief amongst them is called the Sarva/ ashtakavarga and is always the biggest chart when compared to the other Ashtakavarga charts. Sarva means a sum total of all others. 0ahu and Ketu do not have separate Ashtakavarga charts as they are shadow planets. So you will have 1 plus & and that makes it 2. %ost people have no idea it is one of the very useful information available in their horoscope. %any Astrologers ignore these valuable charts mainly because they do not have proper understanding of what they mean. 3or thousands of years the horoscope was cast manually and preparing these charts is tedious and hence the Astrologers did not have the patience to work out the Ashtakavarga charts. Since the Astrologer rarely uses them the clients may think that they are less important. 4hat do these numbers represent+ The aim of this article is to let you know in how many ways you can use the Ashtakavarga chart. Believe me ! am going to discuss only the simple methods that even a novice in Astrology can easily understand. 3irst thing that you got to do is put the Ascendant (5agna* mark on the Sarva/Ashtakavarga chart. Some computer printouts have the houses numbered already. !n case it is not$ you will have to number the 5agna as &$ and the ne6t house as ' and so on until you reach &'. ,ou will have number them in clock/wise direction as we normally do in all the charts The 'nd thing that you need to do is note down the highest and the lowest number in the Sarva/Ashtakavarga. Note down the house number it corresponds to. !f the lowest number is in the 7thhouse the ancient masters have advised us to start investigating the 7 th house. The 7th house primarily deals with children. -erhaps there is something wrong with regard to children. !t does not mean that there are heavy problems in matters pertaining to children. !t is a pointer to you for further research on the house of children. !f you find many other reasons then you should know that there is a great concern pertaining to children. !n the following horoscope we see the 8th house has the lowest score. That means the weakest area is more likely to be the 8 th house and its matters. 3rom the 8th house several important things pertaining to luck can be known but the 8 th house primarily deals with father$ the head of the family. This person lost his father when he was 9ust about 2 years old and had to be taken care by others.

#oes this mean that we have found a simple way of understanding Astrology+ No. :ther planetary positions and influence must also indicate problems related to father. ;owever the Sarva/ashtakavarga is the &st pointer. :nce that is understood you need to further investigate the house under question from several other angles. :ne sparrow does not make summer is the golden advice in Astrology. A beginner in Astrology will hastily conclude as soon as he or she notes down 9ust & combination supporting a clue. !n the above horoscope you will note that Ketu the abortive planet is occupying the 8 th house the house that deals with his father. 4hichever houses (' of them* falls on the 0A;./K"T. a6is the clue is that there is something negative or challenging in matters pertaining to the ' houses. !n this chart that a6is falls on the 8th house. 0ahu and Ketu generally work against Sun the planet that is related to 3ather. So 0ahu or Ketu in the 8th house indicates usually some serious issues concerning father. Ketu in the 8th house is more harmful to father when compared to 0ahu in the 8th. Also according to %aharshi -arasara Ketu rules Scorpio. So in the above horoscope$ Ketu becomes the lord of the 2 th house (bad house* occupying the 8th house (father*. A house that is occupied by the lord of the < th$ or 2th or &'th house become weak. The 8th house lord =upiter is placed in the 1th house from where =upiter looks at the 5agna (Ascendant*. So the person was taken good care of by another father/like person and hence found relief from the problem to a great e6tent. What else can be known from the Sarva-Ashtakavarga? !n the Sarva/Ashtakavarga we need to first understand the following>

4eakest house / The house that has the lowest score is weak. 4eak houses / 5ess than '7 points. %edium houses / '7/'2 points Strong / )reater than '2 points. Strongest house / The house that has the strongest score is strong -lease bear in mind that if you total all the points in the &' houses you will get ??1. !f you get anything more or less than that$ it means that there is something wrong with the calculations. !f the number in the &st house has a low score and if it is less than '7 then it means that the person cannot do his work or karma (purpose of life* without the support of others. ;e needs somebody to be with him all the time. These are the people who need partners. They need to wear the proper gems$ do the remedies$ and use the knowledge available through scientific Astrology. !f the 5agna (&st house* has a very high score then such a person will love to work alone. !f it is very high the person is likely to have high ego levels and yet ideally capable of working without any support. %ost of these people are successful provided other planetary positions are promising. Similarly if the &'th house has a low score it is considered good because opportunities for loss or e6pense is likely to be fewer than it is for others around them. !f the &'th house has the lowest number then it means that the person may be a miser or does not have the mind and opportunity to spend money. !f in your Sarva/Ashtakavarga the points in the && th house (the house of gains* is greater than &' th house (the house of loss* it is considered good as you have more gains than loss. !f the points in the &'th house are greater than what is there on the && th house then it means you spend more than you earn and this may lead you into a debt trap if a good Astrologer does not warn you of this possibility. %any people uselessly argue that only if they have the money they can spend. !n today@s world of borrowing from banks and other people even without real income you can spend and soon into trouble. 4ith regard to wealth the Sarva/ashtakavarga should be used in the following manner. !f the following A conditions are met with in any horoscope then such a person will easily accumulate wealth. Before you begin to check out your horoscope first note down the values in & st$ &Bth$ &&th and &'th houses. Are you going to be permanently wealthy? The rules are>

&st house should have more than '2 points &'th house should have least of the A houses under consideration &&th house of gains should have more points than what is there in the &' th house. &Bth house should have a score greater than '2 but less than what is there in the && thhouse.

!f the points in the &&th house are greater than the &Bth$ and if the &'th house has lesser points than what is found in the && th$ &Bth and &st house and if the &st house has more than what is there in the &' th house then such a person will always remain wealthy. 5et us first know why are we discussing these houses+ The &st house shows the level of confidence and also the health that is needed to make money. %ore the points here greater are the chances for getting rich or bouncing back to good times in case there has been a slip or a fall. The &'th house is called the house of loss. 4e need to know the score here to know the opportunities for losing money. !f the &&th house is the house of gain. %ore the points here greater the opportunities for gaining and fulfillment of your desires. The &Bth house is the house of work. 4e need to get the opportunity to work. !f the score in the &B th house is low then it means our karma is not going to allow us the opportunity to work in the place that we like or want to. That is sure to bring down our wealth due to lack of 9ob satisfaction. !n the above chart that we first used$ we find that the points in the 5agna is lower than '2. This person needs a partner and may not be able to work alone. The &Bth house has ?< points and is lesser than that of the &&th house which has only ?? points. So the person has to work hard and get less money in return for the hard work. Such people should not try any short cuts and simply choose to live a life in which they work hard. ;owever of all the A houses that we consider for determining the wealth level of a person (the &st$ &Bth$ &&th and &'th houses* we find that the lowest score is in the &'th house. That is a fortunate condition. So once the money is earned there are possibilities of retaining it and accumulation of wealth through hard work by taking the support of a partner is indicated. There are more than &BB ways of using the Ashtakavarga effectively but that is not discussed here because of limited space.

More information from the Ashtakavarga charts of all the 7 planets. 5ook at the individual ashtakavarga chart of Sun$ %oon$ %ars$ %ercury$ =upiter$ Cenus and Saturn. "6ample> Note which sign Sun occupies. Note the points scored in the sign that is occupied by Sun in the Ashtakavarga of Sun. !f the point scored is high then the positive influences and traits that are associated with Sun will be more such a person. !f the said planet is powerfully placed then the high score will amplify the result. !f Sun is strong in the &B th house and also has a high score in ashtakavarga then the person will be a great politician because Sun is associated with politics. :r he will be some a C!- who commands a great deal of respect like the Sun because when the Sun appears other heavenly bodies in the sky disappear. !n the e6ample chart$ the politician A has Sun in Dapricorn with 1 points therein. !n Sun Ashtakavarga$ total points is always A2 points. 5 3 Lagna 3 3 3 # Sun Sun Ashtakavarga Politician! " " 3 3 " #

!f a strong %oon is associated with a high score in the ashtakavarga of %oon then such a person will have a strong mind and will be known for that !f %ars is similarly placed then the person will be great leader$ commander or D":. !f the planet is %ercury then the person will write or talk so well that he will be known for such a capacity to communicate. !f the planet is =upiter then he will be known as a great consultant or teacher or )uru. !f the planet is Cenus the person will have the best of vehicles and live in a palace and be surrounded by beauty$ women$ perfume and e6pensive things all through his life. !f the planet is Saturn then person will be a head of a large mass of people$ an industrialist or own &BB acres of land etc. "6ample> 3irst find out which sign Cenus occupies in your basic horoscope (natal chart*. 5ets say it is 5ibra (Thula*. 3ind out the score that Cenus has obtained in 5ibra in the Ashtakavarga of Cenus. !f the score is 2$ the person will live like a king$ driving the best cars$ always with the most beautiful women$ and live in palace like property. Dheck this out$ these rules never go wrong. Another approach is to find out using the 1 charts which planet has got the highest score in its Ashtakavarga. !f that planet is Sun he will is likely to be a Sun dominated planet. That means he will be like a Sun$ once he appears others fade away. !f Cenus is the planet such a person will be handsome$ charming and be a natural cinema star. Such people will love music$ dance and entertainment and spend a lot of time$ money and energy on such things that are related to art and beauty. .se this approach for all the 1 planets and you will get to know more about the person and his luck areas. Can Ashtakavarga be relate to !ransit of "lanets? ,es of course. 4henever a Transit of a ma9or planet happens (=upiter or Saturn* the first thing that you need to do is look into the relevant Ashtakavarga. !f the score is low and position/wise the transit is unfavourable then surely the said transit will affect the person adversely. 3ollowing is the Ashtakvaraga of Saturn for person born in #irgo Moon Sign (Kanya 0asi*. This means that the person will have %oon (Dhandra* in Cirgo which is the bottom right corner in any horoscope. Saturn Ashtakavarga 5 Li$ra 3 Leo % &irgo

,ou may be aware that currently Saturn occupies Cirgo (Kanya*. So all the people born in the moon sign of Cirgo is undergoing Sade/Sati (the popular 1 E years Sani*. 4ill such a Saturn give the same level of difficulty for all the millions of people born in Cirgo+ No and that is because the Ashtakavarga scores are all different for all the people. !n the above chart we find that in Cirgo the score is B. That means this person is going to have a tough time due to the transit of Saturn. !n the ne6t chart we see the Saturn Ashtakavarga for another person. Saturn Ashtakavarga 3 Li$ra ' Leo 5 &irgo Moon

3or such a person$ the current transit of Saturn will not cause the adverse results because this person has obtained 7 points in the sign of Cirgo. 4hereas the same person may have gone through much suffering during the previous transit of Saturn when Saturn occupied 5eo (Simha*. The score in the Saturn Ashtakavarga chart may vary from B to 1. So there are 2 scores possible in any house. !f we consider all the millions of people born in the sign of Cirgo we know that all of them are under the general challenging effects of Sade/Sati. But the Ashtakavarga scores will vary for all of them. The possibilities are 2 6 2 6 2 patterns and that is equal to 7&'. So there are 7&' different groups within the millions of people born with Cirgo as their %oon sign. That is why for some people the trouble starts as soon as Sade/Sati begins$ for some it is in the middle part of the 1 E years phase and for some the challenges increase in the last part. "ach part is appro6imately ' E years. 3or some there will be no trouble because the ? signs have points greater than 7. Such a person is likely to tell others that there is no such thing as Saturn effect or Sade/Sati not knowing that their own karma carried forward from past life actions has protected them. So here is the method. 3irst determine if a transit is e6pected to be favourable or not. 3or e6ample when the Transit of =upiter happens on the 'nd$ 7th$ 1th$ 8th or the &&th house it is said that such a transit is favorable. :nce that is known check out from the Ashtakavarga of =upiter and note down the score obtained in the sign that =upiter has moved into. !f the score is higher than A then the good transit of =upiter will surely give good results. !f the score is less than A then the promised good result may not happen. This approach can be used for any planet. ;owever since the Transit of =upiter and Saturn is the most often discussed transit at least you should have the Ashtakavarga of these ' mighty planets. So the ne6t time you study the effects of Transit of Saturn or =upiter keep the Ashtakavarga charts in front of you or your Astrologer. "nd of the article.

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