How to Use Krushna's Ashtakavarga Wheel

From his very early days, Krushna designed his own version of using the Ashtakavarga
distribution pattern and set it into a circular wheel fashion rather than the usual linear method as
we see today. He also used the actual abbreviated names of the planets to represent the dots
instead. Originally, his manual wheel consisted of different sized layers of circular paper
overlapping themselves in order to make up each concentric layer of the 7 planets so that he
could spin each layer and line it up according to the natal pattern of the persons chart. He
would attach all the layers with a pin in the middle to rotate the layers together and in this way he
would be able to use his original wheel. It was also written in the Marathi language.
A while back, I thought it would be a novel idea to update his wheel and redesign it so that it
could actually spin on the computer instead. He also asked me to add in the Multiplication
Factor row, so I did that as well. His original wheel looked like this:

Below, you will see a small fully functional version of the wheel as it looks today. Move your
mouse over the wheel while holding down the left mouse button, to see how the inner concentric
circles turn.

Click this link to open the larger image of the onscreen wheel above:

Asktakavarga
UPON

Wheel
OPENING

THE

WINDOW

When first opening up the Ashtakavarga Wheel, you will notice a large circle with a series of
concentric rings. The outer two rings are stationary and do not move. (They represent the
HOUSE names and the ASCENDANT ring.) Neither does the innermost green centered area of
the wheel. As you run your mouse over the circle, notice that it changes from a regular arrow
symbol into a pointed index finger over certain parts of the wheel. Once you see this, you will be
able to spin that part of the circle by dragging your mouse over any one of the inner concentric
rings. After you get the hang of it, you can spin the inner circles all at the same time if you
prefer, somewhat like a roulette wheel, in either direction you choose, to get the feel of the
rotation
of
the
wheel.

THE

BASICS

OF

THE

WHEEL

The wheel is equally divided into the 12 houses of the zodiac with the first house at the top. The
houses are indicated on the outer ring of the circle in yellow and the ring itself is stationary. The
next inner white colored ring represents the ASCENDANT row and also does not move. Each
smaller concentric circle from that point on will rotate around the wheel freely as you drag your
mouse over it, while holding down the left mouse button and each layer is represented by a
particular planet, indicated by the blue rectangular box that is located in the first house upon
opening
the
program.
Every house is also divided into 7 sector columns, each column representing a particular planet.
They are listed from the 1st to the 7th columns as follows and are in the same order for every
house:

VENUS

SUN, MOON, MARS, MERCURY, JUPITER,

and
SATURN

As an example, if we look at the SUNS distribution pattern on a linear chart for all 12 houses, it
would
look
like
this
chart
below:
(fig.1)
The SUN distributes 48 benefic points to each of the following houses from its natal position in

the chart. Every other planet helps to distribute the Suns overall points to their own assigned
houses
below
as
it
relates
to
their
own
natal
positions

Now lets look at the Ashtakarvarga Wheel to see how the SUNS distribution patterns fit into
the circle. When we look at the 1st house of the linear chart, we can see that the dot symbol
occupies the SUN, MARS and SATURN spaces in the first column.
Similarly, on a slice of the wheel below (fig.2), if we look to the first house in the SUNS
Column, (which is the first column for every corresponding house), we will see that the Su
symbol intersects on the Sun row, the MARS row and on the SATURN row. So for the 1st house,
the
SUN
gives
3
points
or
bindus.
Now look at the 12th house from the linear chart (fig.1) and correspond it to the wheel below
(fig.2). You will see the first column for the Sun in the 12th house and how it distributes its
points to the Mercury row, the Venus row and the Lagna or Ascendant row (in white). For the
12th house,
the
Sun
gives
3
points
or
bindus.
If you look at the SUNS distribution points for the 11th house on the linear chart above, (fig.1),
you can see how every single row, except VENUS, is taken up with a dot, totaling 7 dots ( or
points) for the 11th house. On the wheel below (fig.2), you can see part of the 11th house on the
right hand side. If you count all the Su points in the Sun column, you will see that there are
also
7
points
for
the
11th house.
There are 8 bindus maximum allowed for each house, which is represented by the 8 different
rotating layers or rows going around the wheel. The total points of all the planets in each house
as a whole, represents the total SAV points. The use of the wheel comes in especially handy
when you want to see the cluster of the SAV points from every house all at a glance. For
example, look at the 11thhouse and you will see how busy this house is compared to the other
houses. All the spaces, with the exception of two, are occupied. There are 56 spots available for
every house and the 11th house has 54 bindus occupied. Compare it to the 12th house, which
only has 16 of its 56 available spots occupied and is fairly empty compared to the almost fully

occupied

11th house.

Similarly, you can do this for every house around the wheel and see how the SUNS bindus are
distributed and how strong it is, by looking at its MULTIPLICATION FACTOR or MF. This is
located at the very center part of the wheel, where you see the planetary glyphs at the base of
each planetary column and a number such as 1.2, 1.0, 0.8, and so forth, above each one. These
numbers indicate the MF strength of the planet representing that column. Therefore the Sun in
the 1st house would have a Multiplication Factor strength of 1.4, while the SUNS strength for
the 12th house would only be 1.2 and for the 11th house, it would come in at only 0.5 strength.
The higher the number, the stronger the planetary effect. For more information on the
Multiplication Factor, please refer to LESSON 26 in the LESSONS section.

On the same layer as the Multiplication factor line, are the individual signs that need to be
rotated accordingly so that the proper ascendant sign matches up to the 1st house. Therefore, if a
person was a PISCES ascendant for instance, you would rotate the inner layer at the center of the
wheel so that the planetary glyph of PISCES is right under the 1st house. As you can see in the
above illustration, the ascendant is ARIES as it sits right under the 1st house of the wheel. In this
manner you can judge the proper Multiplication Factor strengths for each column according to its
proper
sign.

HOW

TO

ENTER

A NATAL CHART

INTO

THE

WHEEL

In order to use this wheel you will need the house locations of all the 7 natal planets from
whatever
natal
chart
you
select
as
well
as
the
natal
ascendant.

For

this

SUN
MOON
MARS
MERCURY
JUPITER
VENUS
SATURN

example,
is

the

ascendant

in
is
is
is
is
is
is

the
in
in
in
in
in
in

the
the
the
the
the
the

is

AQUARIUS.

1st

house.
6th house.
2nd house.
1st house.
12th house.
1st house.
7th house.

1. First, rotate the inner ascendant wheel so that the glyph sign of AQUARIUS is now lined up
directly
underneath
the
first
house.
2. Since the SUN is already placed in the first house, there is no need to rotate that ring. Do note
though that the blue rectangle acts as the indicator for the Su symbol 2 spaces to the left of it as
you
can
see
in
the
first
house.
3. Next, rotate the MOON layer so that the blue rectangle goes to the 6th house on the wheel.
Take note that it isnt important to line up the blue rectangle itself, but rather the pink Mo one
space to the left of it, so that it lines up correctly in the MOON column of the 6th house. This
also syncs up all the other Mo bindus to their proper columns from all the other houses in that
layer
when
done
correctly.
4. For the planet MARS, rotate the MARS layer so that the blue rectangle goes to the 2nd house
and the Ma symbol 3 spaces to the left of it is properly lined up in the MARS column of that
house.
5. For MERCURY in the 1st house, no change will be necessary since it is already in its proper
location. Note however that the Me position is 2 spaces to the left of the blue rectangle.
6. Next, rotate the JUPITER layer so that the blue rectangle goes to the 12th house and the JU
symbol one space to the right of it lines up correctly in the JUPITER column. Note that if you
chose to line up the JU symbol to the LEFT of the blue rectangle, it will push the blue rectangle
to
the
11th house,
not
the
12th.
7. For the planet VENUS, we do not have to change anything as it is already in the 1st house and
is properly lined up. Do note however that the blue rectangle is the marker for the Ve symbol 3
spaces
to
the
right
of
it.
8. Last but not least, the planet SATURN goes to the 7th house. In this case, there IS no SA
symbol close to the blue rectangle, so we line up the rectangle to the very edge of the line (as you
can see in its 1st house placement). You can also just line up the Su position from this layer to
its proper column for that house and everything else will automatically sync itself up properly.
Now that all the planets are in their places, every column on the wheel should have it own planet

in its own proper column. In other words as you look around the wheel, all the MOONS should
line up in their columns, all the SUNS should line up in their columns, etc.. You should never see
a Ma symbol in a Su, or Ve or Ju column for example. If you do, then youve made a
mistake
somewhere.
Do not get confused by thinking that you have to line up the blue rectangle to the proper column.
They simply act as markers for the proper symbols to the left or right of it as explained
previously. In this way, you use it as a focal point in order to locate the correct house position at
a glance and also rotate the proper planetary symbol to its correct place on the wheel.
After a few attempts at spinning the layers of the wheel, you will soon grasp the idea and it will
become a simple procedure to line up the proper planets to the proper houses using the blue
rectangles
as
the
markers.
Have fun with this wheel. It is a different and unique way of viewing how the ashtakavarga
points are distributed in each of the houses and much can be learned from it with a little practice.

How do you find the Samdharmi of Rahu or Ketu using the

KAS Program?
For this visual, I will use my own chart to explain the process. My natal Rahu lies in the 3rd
house of Aries in my chart (as seen in both Southern and Northern chart formats below):

Samdharmi rule for Rahu and Ketu: Rahu and Ketu are both Samdharmi to the lord of

the

sign

and

the
lord
of
the
nakshatra
they
are
placed
in.
PLEASE NOTE: Conjoining planets to either Rahu and/or Ketu in the same house are
ignored when looking for Samdharmi planets in the Rasi! ONLY the above rule applies in these
instances. However, Rahu and Ketu are Samdharmi to the sign lord of the Navamsa and any
planets
they
might
be
conjoined
with
there.
In my chart, Rahu is in the house of Aries, which is ruled by Mars, so Mars becomes the first
Samdharmi
planet
to
act
for
Rahu.
Next we look to the Natal chart data below to find out which nakshatra Rahu resides in. You can
see below that it lies in the Nakshatra of Ketu (in yellow). Since we can't have Ketu as a
Samdharmi planet for Rahu, we have to go one step further than normal and find the house that
Ketu resides in. From the natal chart you can see that it's in the 9th house, Libra, which is ruled
by Venus. Venus now becomes the first Samdharmi planet for Ketu. Then we look at the natal
data chart below to see what nakshatra Ketu is in. We can see that it lies in the nakshatra of Mars.
(this is highlighted in green).

So we now know that Rahu has Mars for its first Samdharmi, while Ketu in the 9th house has
Venus for its Samdharmi and again Mars for its nakshatra lord. So this brings it down to two
different planets, Venus and Mars as Samdharmi planets for Rahu. So which one is the strongest?
In order to find out, we go to the Summary page of the KAS program and look at the very top
table called the SAV chart. We then check out the 3rd house (where Rahu resides in the natal
chart) and see that Mars (the 3rd house ruler) has 5 points. Ketu on the other hand, resides in the
9th house, so we then have to check both Venus (the 9th house ruler) and Mars (nakshatra ruler
for Ketu) for the points there. We notice that Venus has 6 points and the 9th house Mars has only
2 points, as circled below. You can easily see that Venus is stronger than both of these Mars
planets
and
therefore
becomes
the
final
Samdharmi
planet
for
Rahu.

On the other hand, if Rahu had had Mars for its first Samdharmi planet but had a second planet
like Venus for instance, instead of Ketu for its Nakshatra lord planet, then it would've been a
simple matter to look up both Mars and Venus points for the 3rd house alone in the SAV chart. In
this case, Mars (the 3rd house ruler) would've wound up as Rahu's Samdharmi planet with 5
points as compared to Venus (the nakshatra lord for the 3rd house) with only 4 points, as shown
below.

QUESTION: What if in the SAV chart below, both Mars and Venus had an
equal amount of points? Then what would we do? What would be the next step?
ANSWER: In such a case, when choosing between the sign lord and the nakshatra lord
and both planets have exactly the same amount of points, the sign lord takes precedence
and becomes the Samdharmi planet for Rahu. For example, in the chart below, if both
Mars and Venus had exactly the same amount of points, then because Mars is the natural
sign lord for Rahu in this case, it would become the Samdharmi planet for Rahu instead of
Venus.

Creating a Storyline with The Cycle of Six-Eight Patterns

Thru
out
the
chart
This is a good mental exercise to practice while learning how to connect the links and learn the
karakas and their 6:8 relationships to each other under different scenarios. I was wondering how
the 6:8 pattern would look if I actually DID connect the dots so to speak. So I drew up a natural
Aries chart in the Southern and Northern formats and proceeded to count every house six houses
away from it and connect it with a line. The house placements (randomly starting with the 7th),
came to 7-12-5-10-3-8-1-6-11-4-9-2 and back to 7 once more. No matter what line you start
from, you can trace it from beginning to end and it will either be 6 houses away or 8 houses
away from its start. For example, starting at House 1, follow the line 6 houses forward to its 6th
house location. (1-2-3-4-5-6). Once you get there, you can continue to follow it back to where it
started in the 1st house, by counting forward 8 more houses. (6-7-8-9-10-11-12-1). And in this
way, for every house, the 6:8 pattern looks like these two stars below, one for the Southern
format
and
the
other
for
the
Northern
format.

Geometrically, this all looks very pretty, but I wondered if I could create a full storyline, similar
to the way I did with the ABCDE houses in Visual Two, except using just the cycle of 6:8's
alone. This would base everything on the Karaka relationship between the A and the B houses,
where the A house becomes the CAUSE and the B house becomes the EFFECT. The A house is
the karaka for the B house and as such creates the situation that results in the bad or good effect
that comes about in the B house. And if you want to go from B to A and move forward 8 houses,
instead of 6, you are then in effect looking 'backwards' to see what caused the result being
experienced in the B house from House A. When asking yourself "Why am I experiencing the
results of House B?" you always look to its karaka to see the reason.
Next, I decided to create an imaginary storyline starting with the 7th house of marriage as a good
starting point. Remember, every succeeding house will be 6 houses away from the one before it
and will always be the result of the one before it. For example, let's just take the 7th and the 12th
house only. Count forward (7-8-9-10-11-12). This equals 6 houses. Now return to the
7th from the 12th, always going in a forward motion (12-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-). This equals 8 houses.

And in this way, you have your 6:8 relationship between each sequence of houses. So, building
up
my
storyline,
I
created
the
following
imaginary
scenario:
7th
house I
got
married
the
other
day.
12th house - We took a wonderful long journey to Hawaii for our honeymoon. . . the sex was
great!
5th
house Due
to
the
sex,
we
now
have
a
child.
10th house - Due to the child, I now have much more responsibility as a parent.
3rd house - Because of the responsibilities I now have as a parent, I also have to learn to
communicate in a brand new way with a little one running around the house.
8th house - Life is not as easy as it was before anymore. There are alot of hurdles and obstacles
and challenges that I've had to overcome, but I know it's all a part of life.
1st house - Actually the hard times have served to build my character and have made me a better
person
than
I
used
to
be.
6th house - I have worked on myself to improve my social status in the world by getting better
employment.
11th house - I've had much success and have not only increased my income, but have made
many
great
new
friends.
4th house - As a result of my increased income, I've built up my assets and possessions and have
found great personal happiness as well with my home and family life.
9th house - Thru my personal happiness, I have gained much wisdom in my life and have now
developed a creative and positive philosophy with which to live by that serves me much better.
2nd house - As a result of this, mostly what I've learned is that no matter how much money you
make, or how successful you become, it's not worth a thing unless you have someone you love,
most
especially
like
family,
to
share
it
with.
7th house - And so I'm back to the 7th house where the daily life of day to day routines start over
as each day gets better and better for me and the ones I love.
Now, this sample scenario can start with any house and from any different layer or perspective
view. For instance I could've started my 7th house with a bad business partnership gone wrong
(7th) that resulted in much money going out and nothing coming in (12th). This led me to start
gambling (5th), which in turn affected my career (10th), etc. . . .OR I could've started at the 3rd
house, or the 4th or 5th house and developed similar scenarios using various keywords and
interpretations for each and every house. It makes no difference. In this fashion, every house
will always lead right back to its starting point and completes its own 6:8 cycle.
The scenarios are endless and you can build up all sorts of 'cause and effect' relationships and
that makes it much more fun to study the 6:8 patterns between houses and how each and every
event as seen thru the Karaka house (A) becomes the trigger for the results that manifest in the
focus House (B), whether good or bad.

The Cycle of the 5:9 Pattern in the Chart and how it can
create a Samdharmi relationship
Next, we will look at the 5:9 pattern cycle in the chart below and compare it to the 6:8 pattern
from Visual Three.

One of the first things I noticed about the 5:9 patterns above (using the natural Aries chart) and
the 6:8 patterns in Visual Three is that the 6:8 pattern is completely interlinked thru out the whole
of its pattern. For instance, you can trace the entire 6:8 pattern from any one point that you place
your pen down and wind up back at that very same point once again without ever lifting the pen
up from the page. Everything is completely interwoven in that fashion, the pattern reflecting the
"cause and effect" interaction that it creates as you go from one line to the next. However, in the
5:9 pattern above, it consists of 4 independent triangles overlapping each other at various points
in the chart, while each triangle has its own special "grouping" of elements and is totally separate
from the next triangle. There is no way to start at any point with a pen and trace a full complete
cycle of all the triangles without first having to pick the pen up and start each triangle anew.
Each set of triangles contains its own separate and individually grouped quality of elements.
The RED Triangle indicates the FIRE sign placements in the chart, each point being 5 houses
away from the next, starting with the Sign of Aries, then Leo, then Sagittarius. They indicate the
houses
1-5-9
as
indicated
in
the
natural
Aries
house.
The YELLOW triangle indicates the EARTH sign placements in the chart, each point being 5
houses away from the next, starting with the Sign of Taurus, then Virgo and Capricorn. They
indicate the next grouping of houses, 2-6-10 as indicated in the natural Aries house.
The GREEN triangle indicates the AIR sign placements in the chart, each point being 5 houses
away from the next, starting with the Sign of Gemini, then Libra and Aquarius. They indicate the

next grouping of houses, 3-7-11 as indicated in the natural Aries house.

The BLUE triangle indicates the WATER sign placements in the chart, each point being 5 houses
away from the next, starting with the Sign of Cancer, then Scorpio and finally Pisces. This is the
last grouping of houses and is represented in the natural Aries chart as 4-8-12.
The triangle patterns reflect the ease of the energy flow within each of its 3 elemental sign
groupings, because they are of the same quality, whether it be the fiery, outgoing, stimulating
energy (RED) of Aries, Leo or Sagittarius, or the solid, stable, earthy type of energy (YELLOW)
in the signs of Taurus, Virgo or Capricorn. Then there's the airy, communicative, mental type of
energy (GREEN) that comes with the signs of Gemini, Libra and Aquarius and lastly a watery,
psychic, emotional flow of energy (BLUE) that resides in the signs of Cancer, Scorpio or Pisces.
The 5:9 pattern is also reflective of the ease in which two people can communicate with each
other when they have this planetary relationship between them, creating a natural TRINE
aspect. They become "in sync" with each other according to the elemental group that they are
both
channeling
into.
When two planets are in a 5:9 relationship in a chart and their degree locations put them in
the
same
navamsa,
they
become
Samdharmi
to
each
other.
Let's use Mercury and Ketu in my natal chart below to show an example of how this works.
Mercury is in 4 AQU 57 and Ketu is in 5 LIB 28. They are in a 5:9 relationship to each other. As
you can see in the natal data chart below, (highlighted in yellow), both of these planets also have
their navamsas in Scorpio (also see Navamsa chart below) and become conjoined in the same
house.
Because
of
this,
they
become
Samdharmi
to
each
other.

However we can't automatically assume that every time we see two planets conjoined in the
same Navamsa, that they have to be in a 5:9 relationship in their rasi chart, because it doesn't
necessarily work both ways. For example, look at my natal chart (in both Southern and Northern
formats) below and see my navamsa now from another angle.

Although you see the Sun and Saturn together in the Gemini Navamsa, if you look at my natal
chart, you will see that these two planets are not in a 5:9 relationship, but rather oppose each
other and have different nakshatra lords, (highlighted above), so they cannot be Samdharmi in
any way. Therefore you can't always assume that two planets together in the Navamsa will
necessarily reflect a 5:9 relationship in the natal chart.

How to calculate a planet's Navamsa position in your head

Another good mental exercise to eventually learn is to calculate the navamsa location for any
planet in any sign at any degree without looking it up in a software program or a table. But first,
we will check out how to find the navamsa position by using the tables below.
The Navamsa is set up by dividing 30 degrees into 9 parts. These numbers can be easily
memorized with a little practice. You can see how the degrees are portioned out below on your
right.

The next step is to always take note of the element that the planet occupies and know that:
If the planet is in a FIRE sign, then always start at ARIES and count forward from there.
If the planet is in an EARTH sign, then always start at CAPRICORN and count forward from
there.
If the planet is in an AIR sign, then always start at LIBRA and count forward from there.
If the planet is in a WATER sign, then always start at CANCER and count forward from there.
Also notice that ARIES, CANCER, LIBRA and CAPRICORN are the signs of the 1-4-7 and 10
houses for the natural Aries chart. They are the natural sign placements for each one of the major
angles of the chart. Each house controls all 3 of its own sign groupings (as shown in the Northern
chart above) and acts as a 'starter' house for the others in their group.
As an example, let's take a planet in 24 SCORPIO 15 to see how this works. We want to find out
what Navamsa it's in. First, we notice that SCORPIO is a water sign, so we have to put it into the
Water sign starter house of CANCER. This is the house we will count forward from.
Next we have to figure out how many houses are needed to count forward in order to arrive at
our Navamsa placement, so we check the chart at the above right. We can see that 24 SCORPIO
15 lies between 23 degrees 20 min and 26 degrees and 40 min, so it gets 8 navamsas.
This means we start from CANCER and count forward 8 houses (4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11). This brings
us to the 11th house of AQUARIUS, which is the Navamsa house for 24 SCORPIO 15.
An easier way is to simply look it up in the Navamsa table below. You can see by the highlighted

house below that 24 SCORPIO 15 lies in the navamsa of AQUARIUS. It's an easy process to
look up any planet's position by cross matching its degree/min placement with the sign that it's in
and
then
looking
up
its
Navamsa
position.

Another

way

is

to mentally calculate

the

degrees

like

this:

Look back at the degree table next to the Northern chart at the top. You will see the 10d, 20d and
the
30d
highlighted
in
RED.
In
your
mind,
think:
10
20

degrees
degrees

=
=

3
6

navamsas
navamsas

30

degrees

navamsas

Use this as the framework to judge where the degree placement of the planet should go. We
already know that anything up to 3 degrees 20 min = 1 navamsa. Therefore, by doubling it to 6
degrees 40 min, we now have 2 navamsas. Now let's figure out once again where the 26
SCORPIO 15 planet would fit according to our new way of mentally calculating it.
First we know that it's in the 26th degree. That means it has to at least be in the 6th navamsa
because
the
first
20
of
those
degrees
would
be
equal
to
6.
26 degrees and 15 minutes minus 20 degrees (for 6 navamsas) leaves 6 degrees and 15 minutes
to consider. We know that 6 degrees and 40 minutes equals the length of 2 more navamsas, so 6
degrees and 15 minutes falls well within that range. Now we can mentally calculate in our head
6+2=8 navamsas that we need to count from the CANCER location (4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11). This
brings us to the 11th house of AQUARIUS which becomes the navamsa for 26 SCORPIO 15.
Let's do one more example. 15 CAP 02. We mentally think in our head that we can subtract 10
from it which means that at least 3 navamsas have gone by. 15 degrees 02 minutes minus 10 (for
our 3 navamsas) leaves us with 5 degrees and 2 minutes. We know that 5 degrees and 2 minutes
is already past 1 navamsa but not past the second one, which would be 6 degrees 40 min., so we
mentally calculate 3 + 2 = 5 navamsas starting from the 10th house of CAPRICORN. (10-11-121-2). This brings us to the 2nd house of TAURUS which is the navamsa for 15 CAP 02.
Another point that you can easily remember is if any of the major starting houses, ARIES,
CAPRICORN, LIBRA or CANCER are in their early degrees from 0 to 3 degrees 20 minutes,
they will automatically be in their own navamsa. For example Aries in 3 degrees 19 will be
starting out in its own house under its own sign name and will not progress past the first navamsa
which ends at 3 degrees 20 minutes. Therefore it will be in the same navamsa as its starting sign,
ARIES.
Still another simple thing to keep in mind is that you will always start off your count with the
sign number of 1, 4, 7 or 10, depending on which element the planet falls in. Then count forward
on your fingers the number of navamas you need to go in order to reach the final sign number,
which automatically converts into its navamsa equivalent. For example you know that 1=Aries,
2=Taurus, 3=Gemini, 4=Cancer, 5=Leo, 6=Virgo, 7=Libra, 8=Scorpio, 9=Sagittarius,
10=Capricorn, 11=Aquarius and 12=Pisces. So if you land on sign # 9, you know your navamsa
is Sagittarius. If you land on sign #12, you know your navamsa is Pisces, etc.
This may seem a little confusing at first, but with a little practice, it can become second nature.
And for those of you who just don't like to calculate anything in your head, there's always the
nakshatra table or your favorite software program to do it for you.

How do you remember all the placements of the ABCDE

houses
and
their
relationship
to
each
other?
Many times, we have to try and remember where certain houses are placed in relationship to
each other and without constantly referencing a chart, it's hard to keep track of, so I created a
little visual in order to better see how to reference these Upachaya houses in one's mind without
having
to
constantly
look
them
up
in
a
chart
or
a
table.
I've devised the '6-5-6-9' method ( just remember this numerical sequence) using your own hand
as
a
reference.
It
looks
like
the
following:

Starting from the thumb, we label each finger A, B, C, D and E to represent each of the
Upachaya houses. Then in between the thumb (A) and the pointer finger (B), we put the # 6 in
the space between. This represents the amount of houses that we will have to count in order to
get from the A house to the B house, always counting the first house (in this case A) as #1. Then,
from the pointer finger (B) to the middle finger (C), we have to count 5 houses more, starting
with the B house as #1, so we insert 5 into that space. From C to D = 6 houses, using the C house
as the starting house #1 and from D to E = 9 houses that we will have to count using the D house
as
the
starting
point
#1,
in
order
to
reach
the
E
house.
Let's use an example and show how these houses actually create a sort of story line as they
interlink with each other. Suppose we start the A sequence with the 12th house. It should look
like
this:

Using the 12th house as the starting point, we count 6 from it (12-1-2-3-4-5) in order to get to the
5th house at House B. Then we count 5 more houses (5-6-7-8-9) to get to the 9th house; 6 more
houses from the 9th to arrive at the 2nd (9-10-11-12-1-2) and finally 9 houses more from the 2nd
to
get
to
the
10th
(2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10).
We can do this with any starting house position at the thumb (house A) and by remembering the
'6-5-6-9' sequence, always be able to complete the ABCDE pattern from House A onwards.
Now let's put an example storyline to this ABCDE pattern, starting at the 12th house and a
possible interpretation that could be derived from this. The 12th house (House A) represents
SEX, which in the cycle of life normally leads to the 5th house focus (House B) which is
CHILDBIRTH. As a result of the 5th, we go to the 9th which represents BECOMING A
FATHER. From the 9th, we go to the 2nd, which represents an ADDITION TO THE FAMILY.
And finally we come to the 10th house, which in this instance reflects the ADDED
RESPONSIBILITY of becoming a parent. As you can see, the houses create a linked storyline
that
in
turn
creates
a
life
cycle
pattern.
From this diagram, we can also see other patterns between these houses as well. For example,
let's look at the points A and B. There are two primary house relationships going on from house
to house in these patterns. The first one is a 6:8 relationship and the other is a 5:9 relationship.
From points A to B, we can see that it's a 6:8 relationship, where the first leg from A to B = 6
houses and the second leg from B to A = 8 houses in order to complete the 6:8 relationship
between them. A is always the karaka for the B house and its strength or weakness will always be
reflected in the quality of the result in the B house. As an example of this, let's go back to our
story line for a moment and view house A once more. Depending on the strength or weakness of
the 12th house (House A), this might mean having really good sex in a loving committed
relationship or bad sex, such as a forced rape, which in both cases might still lead to childbirth
(5th house B), but the quality of both these events would have an entirely different outcome
because
of
what
went
on
in
12th
house
(House
A).
We can also see that the pointer finger in the hand diagram is aptly representing the B focus

house. The pointer finger in effect "points" out the focus of the area we're interested in, in the
chart. For example, if we're interested in marriage, it points to the 7th as the B focus house; if
we're interested in children, the pointer finger points to the 5th house as the B focus house, etc.
The relationship between B and C will always be a 5:9 relationship, the first leg of the pattern
(5), being a trine between B and C. This will also indicate in a chart that when two planets are in
these 2 houses in the same degree range, they will always be in the same nakshatra as well and
therefore will automatically be Samdharmi to each other. The points from C to B are the second
leg of the pattern (9) and will take 9 houses to complete the 5:9 relationship between them.
The relationship between C and D is also a 6:8 relationship and as such will also act like a karaka
relationship with C house being the karaka to the D house. In the first leg of the 6:8 pattern, it
takes 6 houses from House C to reach house D. But if you reverse it and go from House D to C,
it
will
take
8
houses,
starting
from
the
D
house
as
#1.
Finally, the relationship between D and E is the second leg of a 5:9 relationship pattern.
Therefore, it will take 9 houses to get from D to E and 5 houses to get back from E to D, which is
another trinal relationship and would make any planets in these houses Samdharmi to each other,
as long as they are both in the same degree range, which would then put them both in the same
nakshatra
lord.
Also, please reference VISUAL SEVEN as it is connected to this one, but instead, using a
desktop utility program.

How to Study the Upachaya Patterns Using a new desktop

Utility
program
I programmed a small utility program for beginners that allows you to study the Upachaya
Patterns and how they rotate around the chart highlighting the different houses. You can keep it
on your desktop and use it to study the Upachaya patterns when referencing posts in the forum
for instance and give yourself a better visual of the house placements. You can print out any
Upachaya pattern for any ascendant and make notes, put in planets or points for references, etc.
There is a utility program for both the Southern and Northern chart formats for those who have a
preference.
When you open the program and click on the Aries Ascendant (using this as our example), you
will see a page like this (Southern style chart format). The Northern Style program looks similar
to this except you will see a Northern Style Chart in place of the Southern Style format.
Whenever you click on the RESET PAGE, it will reset the page to the way it looks below. If you
click any of the house selections in the "House B" list, it will change the pattern in the chart to
the left so that it reflects where the position of House B goes. The positions of C, D, A and E will

also switch houses as well. For the Aries Ascendant, the B House defaults to the 1st house and
shifts accordingly depending on which house number you click on the "House B" List.

As you can see in the screenshot above, if you click on the SU selection from the middle column
of planets, the right column will highlight in yellow with the positions of each of any 12 possible
SU house positions. In this example, I chose the 1st house position for the SU which
automatically put SU in the 1st house of the chart. You can see the middle blue box in the
FOCUS House remind you of which house is under FOCUS as the B House. Once you place the
SU position, you can do the same thing for each of the other planets until all the planets are in
their corresponding houses according to whatever chart you have before you. Each planet in the
right hand column has a red dot after it. This automatically deletes the position of the planet in
that house if you decide to change it and put it somewhere else.
There is a BIINDU column on the far left that allows you to drag and drop different numbered
BINDUS to any of the planets so you can study their effects, experiment with them, move them
around, etc. You can HIDE this column, or reset it to the way it looks above by clicking on the
button
above
the
BINDU
column.
On the green strip at the bottom, it will reflect the meaning of the B house position as it goes
around
the
chart
according
to
the
house
position
you
click
on.

It's very user friendly for beginners and fun to play around with while you learn the Upachaya
patterns.

How

to

Visualize

Full

Saturn

Delay

and

When

It

Ends

In this article I created a KAS visual that is linear in style so as to avoid confusion with trying to
illustrate it using both the Southern and Northern chart styles and to make it as simple as possible
to understand. I've also used the Natural Aries Chart (with Aries as the natural 1st, Taurus as the
natural 2nd, etc) to also simplify things, although the basic principles would still apply regardless
of the sign at the ascendant.