Hora Chart

In classical Vedic astrology this hora chart finds 2^nd place just after rashi chart in षोङषवर्ग (Shodashvarga) scheme. It is the division of a राशी (Rashi =Sign) of 30^o into two equal parts of 15deg. each. So a राशी (Rashi =Sign) consists of 2 horas of 15deg. each. Thus in 12 राशी (Rashi =Signs) the total number of horas will be 12*2 = 24 horas. In Indian astrology a day consists of 24 horas perhaps that is why, division in 24 parts of a zodiac of 360deg. is known as hora chart in Indian astrology. 

This chart is very easy to construct. It may be constructed mentally. All the राशी (Rashi =Sign)are divided into two groups:

(1) Odd number group:  मेष (Mesha = Aries), मिथुन (Mithuna = Gemini), सिंह (Simha = Leo), तुला (Tula = Libra), धनु (Dhanu = Sagittarius) & कुंभ (Kumbh = Aquarius) come under this group.

(2) Even number group: वृष (Vrish = Taurus), कर्क (Karka =Cancer), कन्या (Kanya = Virgo), वृश्चिक (Vrischika = Scorpio), मकर (Makar = Capricorn) & मीन (Meena =Pisces) come under this group.

So first 15deg. of the राशी(Rashi =Sign) come under Odd number group is ruled by Sun & next 15deg. is ruled by Moon. Planets occupying first 15deg. in odd राशी(Rashi =Sign) come under solar hora and planets occupying 15deg. to 30deg. of odd राशी (Rashi =Sign) come under lunar hora.

The first 15deg. of the राशी come under Even number group is ruled by Moon & next 15deg. is ruled by Sun. The planets occupying first 15deg. of even राशी(Rashi =Sign)  come under lunar hora and planets occupying 15deg. to 30deg. of even राशी  (Rashi =Sign) come under solar hora.

Planets in solar horas are said to occupy सिंह राशी (Leo) in hora chakra and those occupying lunar horas are said to occupy कर्क राशी (Cancer) in hora chakra. Furthermore in hora chakra the solar hora is ruled by देवता (Devata) and lunar hora by पितर (Piter).

The prospect of wealth is judged from this chart. The immovable property such as land & building and movable property such as gold, silver & currency are to be judged from this hora chakra.        

Apart of being its simplicity to construct this hora chakra has never been used for predictive purposes. Not a single astrologer made use of this chart for predictions.

This hora chakra is also put to use to judge one’s actions synchronizing with his thinking. This is very interesting. In this world we see the dualism. A coin has two faces, a person either speaks truth or false, a cup may be filled or empty, a cup of tea may be hot or cooled, on a particular moment there may be day or night and the actions of a person according to his instinct may be practical or theoretical.

Person with practical approach instinct do important deeds, they earn wealth by the dint of hard work and become wealthy. Their practical approach makes them dominating. They display energy that is why they have bright appearance. They are hard workers and understand the dignity of labor.   

In astrology all malefic planets such as Sun, Mars & Saturn denote hard work and when in any horoscope these planets are found occupying solar hora in odd signs then that person is of very practical approach, does important deeds, energetic, very much powerful, earns wealth by the dint of his hard work and he gets fame too.

Person with theoretical approach works on mental plane. They want live in comfort, they possess good qualities, their speech is very sweet that is why, they are liked by all and they are very creative and well understand the emotions of others.

In astrology benefic planets such as Moon, Mercury, Jupiter & Venus denote working on mental plane and creativity. Such benefic planets when occupy lunar hora in even sign make that person very intelligent, intended to live in comforts, gentle, of sweet speech and polite in behavior. Because of this he is liked by all.

This hora chakra is also used to judge whether the person will live in his own country or abroad:

If in rashi chart the solar hora comes under the aspect of benefic planets the person will live in his own country generally.

If in rashi chart the lunar hora comes under the aspects of benefic planets then the person will live abroad and there he will be prosperous.

If the referred to above do not come under the benefic aspect of planets then the above results will never apply.

For the judgment of the wealth of a person from this hora chakra the following rules are given in Indian astrology:

If lord of hora occupies any quadrant in rashi chart and comes under the benefic aspects of planets the person gets pearls etc and will possess gold.

If in such position lord of hora in rashi chart comes under the aspects of malefic planets then the person has iron, asses & buffalos.

There is another use of this hora chakra. It is also used to judge the effect of aspects falling on Moon:

If in any horoscope Moon receives aspect of a planet then the effect of the aspect will be benefic if the aspecting planet occupies the same hora as occupied by Moon in hora chakra.

This hora chakra has extensive field of research and it should be used for predictions.

Written by
Vishal Aksh

(This article was written by me on the timeline of my facebook on October 18, 2013 and the link for it is given below:

https://www.facebook.com/vishal.aksh.7/posts/213113628866476)

More About Trishansh

Part (A)

(1.1)          This is the most important but lesser used chart today in Vedic astrology. This is the only chart described in classical Vedic astrology which is not regular in order in addition to Hora chart. It is cast in a very different way.

(1.2)          If anyone looks at the way in which it this Trishansh chart is cast he will be surprised at the allotment of various uneven degrees to cast this chart.

(1.3)          Trishansh is a Sanskrit word which means 30^th part but if the way to cast this Trishansh chart is looked at then one can easily find that in actual form one Trishansh = 30/30 degrees = 1 deg and so there will be 30 Trishansh in a rashi but in fact it is not so. Here the drawing of this Trishmansh Chart starts with the Odd and even signs.

(1.4)          In Odd signs:

(1.41)       Planets in 0 to 5 degs. In odd signs fall in the trishansh of Mesh rashi

(1.42)       Planets in 5 to 10 degs. In odd signs fall in the trishansh of Kumbh rashi  

(1.43)       Planets in 10 to 18 degs. In odd signs fall in the trishansh of Dhanur rashi

(1.44)       Planets in 18 to 25 degs. In odd signs fall in the trishansh of Mithuna rashi

(1.45)       Planets in 25 to 30 degs. In odd signs fall in the trishansh of Tula rashi 

(1.5)          In even Signs:

(1.51)       Planets in 0 to 5 degs. In Even signs fall in the trishansh of Vrish rashi

(1.52)       Planets in 5 to 12 degs. In Even signs fall in the trishansh of Kanya rashi

(1.53)       Planets in 12 to 20 degs. In Even signs fall in the trishansh of Meen rashi

(1.54)       Planets in 20 to 25 degs. In Even signs fall in the trishansh of Makar rashi

(1.55)       Planets in 25 to 30 degs. In Even signs fall in the trishansh of Vrischika rashi

(1.6)          Some facts about Trishansh come out from what is described under (1.4) to (1.55) i.e. (1.61) in odd signs the distribution of degrees is uneven i.e. 0 to 5, 5 to 10, 10 to 18, 18 to 25 & 25 to 30 and also (1.62) the distribution of degrees is also uneven i.e. 0 to 5, 5 to 12, 12 to 20, 20 to 25 and from 25 to 30. (1.63) The pattern of distribution of degrees both in odd signs and in even signs differs from each other. (1.64) Simh rashi and Kark rashi in this Trishansh chart find no place in giving rooms to planets. (1.65) in this Trishansh each Trishansh is not equal to 1 degree. (1.66) Each division in this chart contains a band of degrees so it appears Panchansh not Trishansh.

(1.7)          There are two ways described in classical Vedic astrology in which this Trisansh can be put to use:

(1.71)       The way to use this Trishansh chart as described in Brihit Prashara Hora Shaastra

(1.72)       The way to use this Trishansh chart as described in Brihit Jataka

(1.8)          In Brihit Prashara Hora Shaastra this Trishansh chart is directed to use to judge the diseases and miseries in one’s life. It is written under (1.64) that Simh rashi ruled by Sun and Kark rashi ruled by Moon in this Trishansh chart find no place in giving rooms to planets. Here Sun represents the aatma and this aatma gives one the inspiration and Moon is the mana (Mind?) and this mana motivates one. Diseases and miseries in one’s life occur when inspiration stops working and functioning of mana becomes disturbed that is why this Trishansh chart is used to judge the miseries in one’s life.

(1.9)          The occurrences of miseries and tragedies in one’s life are nothing but the unexpected turns on unknown roads ( Without the influence of Simh rashi ruled by Sun and the giver of inspiration and that of Kark rashi ruled by Moon the giver of the presence of mind even a known way becomes unknown) and thus this Brihit Prashara Hora Shaastra is used to judge miseries in one’s life.

(1.10)       In Brihit Jataka this chart is directed to use to judge purity and mental disposition in case of female and some general results depending on the Kaarkatwa of planets.

Part (B)

(2.1)          In my years of experience in the field of Vedic astrology I have found that the way to use this chart given in Brihit Prashara Hora Shaastrais only right and works well almost all the cases and the judgment of this Trishansh chart as per Brihit Jataka has many limitations.

(2.2)          See the planets occupying 6^th, 8^th & 12^th houses in this Trishansh chart and these planets generally bring miseries such as diseases & accidents in one’s life in their Dasha / Antardasha.

(2.3)          See the lord of Trishansh Lagna in one’s horoscope and check its position in Chalit – Chakra and if it is associated with malefic planet / planets and occupies 6^th, 8^th or 12^th bhava then that person suffers the displeasure of the government and other authorities.

(2.4)          In Trishansh chart, among 6^th, 8^th & 12^th houses the 8^th house is the most malefic house.

(2.5)          If in one’s Trishansh chart Moon is found in 1^st, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th or 12^th house then that person suffers on account of diseases, accidents and other miseries during the period of Sade-Sati.

Part (C)

(3.1)          As described under (1.66) Each division in this chart contains a band of degrees so it appears Panchansh not Trishansh but why it is termed as Trishansh in classical Vedic astrology is still unknown.

(3.2)          Perhaps because in this chart the entire 30 degrees are distributed in unequal bands of degrees and thus it was termed as Trishansh in classical Vedic astrology.

(3.3)          There is another way to cast this Trishansh Chart but this way is not mentioned in Brihit Prashara Hora Shaastra. In this type of Trishansh Chart each Trishansh is equal to 1 deg. In odd signs the counting should start with Mesh rashi onwards and it ends with Kanya rashi the 30^th Trishansh in Odd signs. In Even signs counting should be made from Tula rashi onwards and it ends with Meen rashi the 30^th Trishansh in even signs.

(3.4)          In my years of experience in the field of Vedic astrology I have found that this type of Trishansh Chart as effective  as the Trishansh Chart described in classical Vedic astrology.

(3.5)          Whatever have been described under (2.2), (2.4) & (2.5) about the use of Trishansh Chart described in classical Vedic astrology equally apply to this type of Trishansh Chart.  

Conjunction of Mars & Venus

Last year I wrote an article “Who will be astrologer?” on the time line of my facebook and then I posted this article to various facebook groups and I also posted this article on the timeline of my page and recently I posted it to a group Astrology at Google+

In that post I have mentioned a combination that conjunction of Mara & Venus in one’s horoscope makes one good astrologer.

In that group at Google+ it was asked by the moderator of that group why the conjunction of Mars & Venus present in one’s horoscope makes one an astrologer? I replied in that group at Google+ and here I am giving below that article written by me as a reply of that question about the Mars & Venus conjunction:

First of all I want to share something from my experience of about 25 years in the field of Vedic astrology and what I understood from Vedic astrology:

(1) Vedic astrology recommends three types of results of any conjunction, aspect or situation of planets

(1.1) Results of planetary relationship affecting one physically

(1.2) Results of planetary relationship affecting one mentally

(1.3) Results of planetary relationship affecting one spiritually

The very first thing in Vedic astrology is to decide the strength of any horoscope in terms of physical, mental or spiritual levels and if any horoscope is found rich in mental strength then the malefic results expected to come out from malefic combinations such Sun & Rahu or Moon & Rahu or any other malefic combination affecting one mentally does not work.

If any horoscope under judgment is found to possess strength at spiritual level then the person concerned has a power to see something beyond the level of science or beyond his level of intelligence too and in such case malefic combinations like Sun & Rahu or Moon & Ketu gives him enlightenment.

If any horoscope under judgment is found rich at physical level only then the combination like Sun & Rahu or Moon & Rahu gives him troubles, dipression or may be problems related to eyes.

Here I mean to say that every combination displays three types of results depending on the overall strength of horoscope. So we see that different results are assigned to the same combination of planets at different levels of strength in Vedic astrology. 

In year 1991 or so I came across several horoscopes in them I saw the conjunction of Mars and Venus and those people were Sages, astrologers or spiritualists and I was very much puzzled. It was my surprise when I saw this conjunction of Mars and Venus in the horoscope of world famous Indian Vedic astrologer Dr. B.V. Raman but I was surprised at that time no one talked about this combination and even that great Dr. B. V. Raman was also silent and did not talk about this conjunction and this further confused and puzzled me.

 

And soon I saw this combination in an ancient text on Vedic astrology and the following Sanskrit sloka about the conjunction of Mars and Venus is from that text:

गुणप्रधानो गणको द्यूतानृतरतः शठः ।
परदाररतो मान्यः शुक्रमंगलसंगमे ॥
In above Sanskrit sloka:

गुणप्रधानो (Gunapradhano) = having many qualities

गणको (Ganako) = Astrologer

द्यूतानृतरतः (Dueetaanritah) = Indulge in gambling

शठः (Shatah) = Cunning

परदाररतो (Pardaarrato) = takes interest in others wife

मान्यः (Manyah) = Respected

शुक्रमंगलसंगमे (Shukra Mangal sangme) = Conjunction of Venus and Mars

Summing up the English translation of above sloka becomes:

Any person having the conjunction of Venus and Mars in his horoscope is of many qualities, astrologer, indulge in gambling, cunning, interested in others wife and respected.

I also found this conjunction of Mars & Venus working well in Divisional charts such as D9, D20 and D5

There are some more results written about this conjunction of Mars & Venus in other Vedic texts and I am giving some of them:

The person having the conjunction of Mars & Venus in his horoscope is bold in fight and is deceitful. He protects cows and he is a wrestler.

This conjunction of Mars & Venus is supposed to give different results in different houses and these results are given below:

In first House: The person having this conjunction of Mars & Venus in first house suffers from kapha, performs aimless works, unthankful and without victory.

In second house: The person having this conjunction of Mars & Venus in second house suffers in fresh air, without wisdom, tough in behavior and does not speak truth.

In third house: The person having this conjunction of Mars and Venus in third house is experts in various handicrafts, religious, pilgrim and a musician.

In forth house: The person having conjunction of Mars & Venus in forth house knows different kinds of arts, of bad character, sexy, less educated and suffers from food.

In fifth house: The person having conjunction of Mars & Venus in fifth house has strong feeling of enmity, defeated by wicked person, wanderer and does not pay respect to guru, teacher and intellectuals.

In sixth house: The person having conjunction of Mars & Venus in sixth house is fond of beautiful ladies, suffers defeat at the hands of his wife, sinner, of good intelligence, likes the company of wicked person and without the morals and conduct prescribed in Vedas.

In seventh house: The person having the conjunction of Mars and Venus in seventh house suffers defeat by public, poor, suffers physically in various accidents and he does not follow the law.

In eighth house: The person having this conjunction of Mars & Venus in 8th house always performs bad acts, steals others moneys by showing acts of kindness, without strength and he is stupid.

In ninth house: The person having this conjunction of Mars & Venus in ninth house is religious, shows respects to guests, handsome, liked by everyone, chief of his family and he follows certain rules.

In tenth house: The person having the conjunction of Mars & Venus in tenth house possesses food in various forms, intents to live near religious places, always in good mood and kind to everyone.

In eleventh house: The person having the conjunction of Mars & Venus in eleventh house strongly follows certain rules, gets diksha from guru, possesses all-round knowledge, enthusiastic, talented and kind hearted.

In twelfth house: The person having the conjunction of Mars & Venus in twelfth house he is without plenty of wealth, suffers at the hands of his children, he does not give donations, suffers from various diseases, inferior and unthankful.

The aforesaid results about the conjunction of Mars & Venus in various houses is applicable only when Chalit – Chakra system of house division of Vedic system is applied and these results are vey general and should be applied after judging the horoscope minutely. Learners and researchers of Vedic astrology will find these results of the conjunction of Mars & Venus very useful.

So in Vedic astrology this conjunction is supposed to give different results at different levels.

Vedic astrology depends on Vedas and Vedic literature and to know the depth of Vedic astrology the understanding of Vedas and Vedic literature is essential. Now I am explaining why this conjunction of Mars & Venus in any horoscope makes one expert astrologer:

Mars is ruled by Kaartikey the god of war and the son of lord Shiva as per Vedic literature. Kaartikey wrote a text on the knowledge of past, present and future and the psychology of person including various signs appearing on human body and his written text was rejected by lord Shiva and then accepted when lord Shiva found his written text filled with astrological knowledge. So Mars (Kaartikey) without knowledge (Jupiter or Venus) is warrior. So Mars to become astrologer he needs a support of a guru (Knowledge) and in plants Jupiter (Guru of devtas) and Venus (Guru of daanvas but respected by devtas too) are Guru and that is why Mars & Venus conjunction makes one an expert astrologer.

Written by

Vishal Aksh

More About Ekadashansh

Perhaps the learners of Vedic astrology do not aware of this chart and this chart does not exist in the shodashvarga scheme. The reference of this chart is found in Tajik Neelkanthi  i.e. a text based on vedic astrology. Years before in an astrological magazine I read that this chart is used to judge the financial prospects of any person. Since then I started using this chart and found this chart very amazing in giving the clear picture about the financial prospects of any person. Similarly any combination of poverty in this chart makes one to suffer from huge financial crises.

Any Dhana yoga if present in this chart becomes powerful. This chart also gives clear idea about sudden gains and gains with no pains. The following points should be noted while predicting through this chart.

(1)    Exchange between 2^nd & 11^th lord in this D11 chart forms a powerful Dhana yoga and if D11 lagna lord is also in either of these houses than this Dhana yoga becomes more powerful.

(2)     Lord of lagna, 2^nd or 11^th if present in the 6^th house of D11 chart indicates the huge debts or debts taken by person concerned and sufferings on this account.

(3)    If there is exchange between 2^nd lord and 6^th lord in D11 chart than in the dasha / antardasha of 2^nd lord or planets associated with it there will be huge mental stress due to non payments of loans and in the dasha / antardasha of 6^th lord or planets associated with 6^th lord there is incoming of finances through taking loans. So care should be taken while taking loans if in anyone’s horoscope such yoga is present.

(4)    Beneficially disposed planets in 8^th house of this D11 chart motivates one to take loans and also give one to pay back all his debts.

(5)    In this D11 chart 2^nd lord in 8^th house sometimes gives hidden wealth or sudden gains.

(6)    Exchange between 2^nd and 8^th lords in this D11 chart gives one sudden gains through gifts etc but on the other hand motivates one to take loans.

(7)    Exchange between 3^rd and 5^th lords in D11 charts gives wealth in the form of gifts on account of one’s skills.

(8)    Planets in 12^th house in D11 charts indicate expenditures and wasteful expenditures.

(9)    Exchange between 2^nd and 4^th lord also indicate gain of money on account of selling assets or ornaments provided lord of D11 lagna is in 2^nd but if in 4^th house it indicate placing of money in some place in the house but not in bank.

The above rules are based on my years of experience in the field of Vedic astrology and I write them for the benefits of learners and researchers of Vedic astrology. It is the very simple way to use D11 chart.

(Link for this  post on the timeline of my facebook written by me on  Friday, February 7, 2014 is given below:

https://www.facebook.com/vishal.aksh.7/posts/249786121865893)

Part (02)

Actually there are two types of D11 charts: 

(1) In one you will find Rahu & Ketu in the state of conjunction

(2) In second form of D11 chart the Rahu & Ketu always oppose each other and this type of chart is given in Tajik Neelkanthi a Vedic astrological text on Varshphal. So this type of D11 chart is only used to judge one's financial attainments.  

It is not given in any ancient book on Vedic astrology about the use of D11 chart and not in Tajik Neelkanthi too. 

If the planets forming rina yoga in D11 charts as described by me in that post are found vakri then huge debts taken by any person in such  conditions of planets will make the overall atmosphere of that person very tough and he will suffer on account of taking those huge loans and one situation may like this he will have money to repay but he will not be able to pay back his loans and many similar conditions.

The link for this post on D11 chart written by me on July 15, 2014 on the timeline of my facebook is given below:

(Link for Ekadashansh Part (2) on the timeline of my facebook is given below:

https://www.facebook.com/notes/vishal-aksh/more-about-ekadashansh-chart-part-02/301931913317980)

Part (3)

How To Construct Ekadashansh Chart ?

I wrote a post "More About Ekadashansh" on the timeline of my facebook on 07/02/2014 and since than many people started asking me about the construction of Ekadashansh Chart and after that I wrote the second part of it i.e. "More About Ekadashansh (Part: 02)" but the way it is constructed was not written.

Today I am giving all of you the method of the constructing Ekadashansh Chart. A simple way is given  in a tabular form to construct this chart below for the benefit of all:

(This post was written by me on August 21, 2014 on the time line of my facebook and the following is the link for thais post:

https://www.facebook.com/notes/vishal-aksh/more-about-ekdashansh-part-03/320944128083425)

With best wishes and regards

Vishal Aksh

Who Will Be Astrologer?

Some years ago there was no separate career of astrology. This was taken as an alternate profession. Now the complexion has totally changed. Astrology became full-fledged career like other careers. Now a very big question appears who will be astrologer?

The person interested in making career in astrology should get his horoscope examined by a competent astrologer. There are many combinations of planets which make one astrologer. I am giving below some of them which are mentioned in ancient books on Indian astrology:

(1)    A malefic planet in 10^th house from Moon having aspects of benefic planets makes one astrologer.

(2)    Ketu is placed in 3^rd, 9^th or 11^th house from kaarkansh lagna makes one expert in astrology.

(3)    Mercury in 4^th house or in 2^nd house along with Sun.

(4)    Moon in Mithun, Simh or Dhanur rashi having the aspect of Mercury on it.

(5)    Jupiter is in Mithun or Kanya rashi having the aspect of Mercury on it.

(6)    Conjunction of Mars & Venus also makes one good astrologer.

In my long experience in the field of astrology I have found vinshansh & panchmansh charts useful in judging the predictive capabilities of a person. Vinshansh Chakra is used to judge spiritual attainments & Panchmansh Chakra is used to judge philosophical prospects.

In my experience in the field of astrology I have found the following combinations if present in either vinshansh or in panchmansh charts make one astrologer, spiritualist or an occultist:

(1)    If in vinshansh chart its lagna comes under the aspect of Mercury and same condition applies to panchmansh chart. This makes one astrologer.

(2)    If Jupiter occupies the lagna of vinshansh chart or panchmansh charts.

(3)    The exchange between lord of lagna and that of 5^th in either of the charts.

(4)    The exchange between lord of lagna and that of 9^th in either of the charts.

(5)    The exchange between lord of Second and that of 9^th in either of the charts.

(6)    Mercury is in 5^th house in either of the charts.

(7)    Any one of 1^st, 4^th, 7^th or 10^th houses of either of the charts is occupied by its own lord.

The strong position of Mercury in any horoscope makes one ज्योतिषी and the strong position of Jupiter in any horoscope makes one दैवज्ञ. It is interesting to note that दैवज्ञ is always superior to ज्योतिषी. 

Written by

Vishal Aksh

(This post was written by me on Friday, August 16, 2013 on the timeline of my facebook and the link for that is given below:

https://www.facebook.com/vishal.aksh.7/posts/187427161435123)