Amsha

Shloka 11-12.

Lordships of Kendra and Kona.

• If there be an exchange between a Lord of a Kendra and a Lord of a Kona,

• or, if a Lord of a Kendra is yuti with a Lord of a Kona in a Kendra, or in a Kona,

• or, if a Lord of a Kona is in a Kendra, or vice versa,

• or, if there happens to be a full Drishti between a Lord of a Kendra and a Lord of a Kona, [BPL: Mutual Reception]

they cause a Yoga .

• One born in such a Yoga will become a king and be famous.

1. Dainya Parivartamsha Yoga

2. Kahala Parivartamsha Yoga

3. Maha Parivartamsha Yoga

Parivartamsha vs. Mutual-Aspect

Case of Indira Gandhi: triple Parivartamsha gives extraordinary good and bad resultsTriple Parivartamsha

Case of Marriage Violence: Exchange of Two Malefics gives Significantly Negative Results

Parivartamsha yoga increases the power of the two bhava involved.

It will also increase the power of the two graha involved.

Increasing the power of these two bhava and these two graha may be helpful for the success of the nativity. If the bhava or the graha are inauspicious, the parivartamsha yoga may increase the negativity of results.

If the graha involved are natural or temporal benefics; expect increase of ease and comfort in matters for which these graha are "karaka" or action-agents. For temporal benefics, effects of the exchanged two bhava are also smooth and relaxed.

If the exchanged graha are are natural or temporal malefics; results may be emphatically more difficult than the graha might separately produce.

If one or both of the graha are natural malefics that rule benefic houses(e.g., Yogakaraka Shani for Vrishabha or Thula lagna ) then results will be much increased in the style of that lagna.

• E.g., Shani is Yogakaraka for Thula lagna , but this fact does not make Shani an "easy results" graha! Thula natives have such a favorable prognosis for both cultural education (4) and individual intelligence (5) because Shani provides the lifetime discipline to shape, polish, and perfect the process.

When Shani enters into a parivartamsha with another graha, Shani will add the empowerments of the exchange rashi to His birth-rashi empowerments. This means that He will become a "double-Shani" - doubly slow, doubly delay-causing, doubly persistent, and doubly-hard-working. Results of His efforts may be excellent, but the results are likely to take even longer, and require even more discipline, than if Shani did not enjoy the parivartan!

Results depend entirely on the characteristics of the Graha which are exchanging their rashi.

Three varieties of parivartamsha yoga: good, bad, and great.

Dainya Parivartamsha Yoga

• If one of the Graha in the parivartamsha yoga rules a dushthamsha (bhava 6, 8, or 12),

• then the other graha will be damaged.

According to K.S. Charak (p 637) :

• "This combination leads to a wicked nature, persistent trouble from opponents, and ill health."

However, the dushthamsha lord will be strengthened by its interaction with the other non-dushthamsha partner.

Kahala Parivartamsha Yoga

• If one of the exchange partners= lord of bhava-3, kahala yoga applies.

Note: The non-L-3 partner cannot be also a dusthamsha lord. (If the non-L-3 partner would be a dusthamsha lord, the yoga would be Dainya, above.)

The non-L-3 partner = lord of 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, or 11.

• The L-3 partner infuses the parivartamsha with courage, competitiveness, communications enthusiasm, and all of the powers of L-3.

• This yoga is considered beneficial with some limits.

• The limits on benefits is that L-3 gives mentalization, which can be superficial and repetitive as well as distracting from wisdom.

• Kahala yoga will energize the talking, scheming, competing mind to go out and get stuff done.

When the lords of 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, or 11 get exchange of signs, Maha Yoga results.

K.S. Charak (p 630) says,

• "This combination promises wealth, status, and physical enjoyments, plus beneficial influences from the houses involved."

An important difference: Parivartamsha vs. Mutual-Aspect.

The Yoga of Pari-varta-amsha ("re-versal of amounts") strengthens both planets even if they are both malefics - possibly increasing their evil capacity, but always dignifying both.

Mutual Aspectby contrast does not normally dignify the two planets. Any two planets in opposition, 180 degrees apart, will provide mutual aspect to each other. If those two planets are friendly, the mutual aspect is a good thing, but then they will need to both rule favorable houses and occupy good signs in order to really help each other.

• The mutual aspect of Saturn and Mars which can occur when those two Graha occupy at 180 deg or 90/270 deg (4/10) angle to each other, is nearly always a disaster, causing intensely repressed anger which consumes most of the person's life force, eventually blocking the very accomplishments this person works so hard for.

A Parivartamsha yoga of Shani and Kuja, no matter how much it might repress the animal vitality,

• will give full discipline from Shani

• and full productivity from Mangala.

• the native will definitely accomplish something in life despite a personal propensity to take the longer, harder road toward nearly every goal.

"Qu. 34:

When Saturn falls in Mars' Sapta Vargas, and Mars in Saturn's Sapta Vargas, do they become strong?"

"Ans:

You cannot lay down any hard and fast rules in judging the strength or otherwise of planets when there is an exchange of vargas between two natural malefics.

• If it is a case of Parivarthana Yoga(interchange of places), this considerably strengthens it.

• In cases other than a parivarthana, due weight must be given to their lordship and similar factors.

• When Mars is a Yogakaraka and Saturn happens to be in Mars' vargas, then Saturn is automatically rendered strong.

• As to whether such strength expresses itself in good or bad respects depends on the horoscopic disposition of Saturn, though by virtue of Saturn's inherent malefic nature, a measure of evil is bound to predominate."

Am I thinking correctly here? Can the "virtual" position acquired through parivartamsha cause Budha who is normally in a poor placement 12th from the mahadashapati to obtain a 10th effect?

In my experience, the bhukti of a graha which is engaged in parivartamsha yoga with another graha gives two different but simultaneous sets of results.

The first set of results = what we would expect normally:

• the outcome predicted by the distance of the graha from the mahadasha pati (in this case, Budha 12th from Guru)
• the social-material effects of 2 bhava from radical lagna as well as the psycho-emotional effects of 2 bhava from Chandra lagna.

Then, to complicate matters, there is usually a second set of results measured from the 'virtual' position acquired via the parivartamsha.

The second set of results may strongly evoke the 2 bhava ruled by the parivartamsha partner.

For example,

• USA President GW Bush-43 ("junior") enjoys a parivartamsha of Budha-Karkata in lagna + Chandra-Kanya in bhava-3. When Bush entered the Budha-Budha swabhukti about 2/3 of the way through his 8-year term, he should have suffered obscurity caused by dissolution-of-identity L-12 Budha and overload of petty administrative tasks like meetings and schedules due to Budha's L-3 function.
• But that didn't happen. He attended fewer meetings than ever, and accomplished just as much == by delegating most of his decisions to his VP Cheney. His approval ratings did drop but he didn't disappear from view at all.
• The lagnesha Chandra in parivartamsha with Budha kept Bush's presence very strong. He continued to look fit and capable, bumbling no worse and no better than before. Observers had the sense that it was the same old George (lagnesha) not impaired in any way, and he wasn't looking as exhausted even as presidents typically look during their final years in office.
• Even with transiting Ketu moving over his Karkata lagna during the final 8 months of his term, the virtual Chandra-Karkata kept him looking vital (lagnesha) not burned out with mental tasks like we might expect from an inauspicious Budha period for the predominantly emotional Karkata lagna.

Clearly a parivartamsha yoga can mitigate some of the worst effects of a difficult bhukti . However a parivartamsha is probably not a strong enough mitigant to reverse an entire unfortunate mahadasha.

As soon as the subsequent Ketu period started, the protective effect of Chandra-Budha parivartamsha dissolved, and he left office in a state of surrender, with the worst approval ratings of any president in US history. He didn't re-emerge into public life for years after that.

See these example charts for the remarkable "rescue" effect of good planets in Pari-varta-amsha

• Breast cancer, heart illness, and recovery

• Alcoholism, abusive behavior, and recovery

~~ BPHS,Ch.17, sl. 26

• Loss of wealth will come to pass during the 31st year,

• if Labha and 6th Lords exchange their Rashis.

L-2 exchange L-9, when L-1 occupies kendra or kona

~~ BPHS,Ch. 36, Sl. 25-26

• Khadga Yoga.

• "Should there be an exchange of Rashis

• between the Lords of Dhana and Dharma Bhava,

• as Lagna's Lord is in a Kendra, or in a Kona,

• Khadga Yoga is obtained.

• One with Khadga Yoga will be endowed with wealth, fortunes and happiness,

• be learned in Shastras,

• be intelligent, mighty, grateful and skilful. "

L-1 exchange L-10

~~ BPHS,Ch. 39, Sl. 6-7

• Maha Raja Yoga .

• Should Lagna's Lord and Putra's Lord exchange their Rashis,
• or, if Atma Karaka and Putra Karaka (Char) are in Lagna, or in Putra Bhava,
• or in the exaltation Rashi, or in own Rashi, or in own Navamsha
• receiving a Drishti from a benefic, Maha
• Raja Yoga is produced.
• the native so born will be famous and happy.

• An exchange of Rashis between Karma's Lord and Lagna's Lord
• will make the native associated with the king in a great manner.

~~ BPHS,Ch. 5, Sl. 41

• If the lord of the Lagna and the 10th exchange houseswith each other
• then they form a Raja Yoga .
• They will confer high position, reputation and power.

~~ BPHS, Ch. 5, Sl. 42

Likewise if the lord of the 9th and the 10th exchange houses,they give rise to a Raja Yoga

and such an individual is blessed with reputation, fame and power .

Navamsha Kuja with Navamsha Shukra

• Should there be exchange of Navamsha between Mars and Venus,
• the female will be secretly addicted to other men.
• If she has Moon in 7th House simultaneously, her husband also will be so.

• Should Mars and Saturn exchange their Rashis or Navamshas,

• be in fateful degrees (of those Rashis occupied by them),

• and are placed in Kendras (from Lagna),

  • the native 's death will be through sovereign wrath or by being impaled by a spear

  • or some such killing weapons.

Mutual Exchange

BPHS Ch. 15, Sl. 9

• When the Ascendant and Trinal houses are occupied by benefics in strength and their lords mutually exchange places,

  or are in Angular houses or be associated with or aspected by Jupiter,

  • they bestow the native with sons and grandsons.

-- Saravali, 75

• Should there be an exchange between the Sun and the Moon in the Navamsha,

  • the native will suffer from phlegmatic disorders.

  Should the Sun and the Moon be in one Rashi having identical longitudes,

  • the native will be emaciated at all times.

-- Saravali, 75

• If Venus and Mars exchange their divisions, the female will go after other males.

• If the Moon be simultaneously in the 7th house, she will join others with consent of her husband.

Q:Hi Barbara:

I am Computer Science professional specialized in AI. I was born in traditional Brahmin family and in childhood I learnt Jyotish as a legacy.

Parivartan Yoga is kind of my research and interest and today I read your webpage on Exchange houses and I must say you did a really good job and put lots of ref.

I want to know more about Kendra and Trikona exchange ( eg. exchange between --> 5th house and 10th house or 5th house and 9th house or 5th house and 7th house etc.) and any help from you would be highly appreciated....

Once again I must appreciate your effort in making and maintaining your wonderful website.

A: Namaste,

Thanks very much for your compliments on www.barbarapijan.com

Your research area is intriguing! You probably know more than I do about parivartamsha effects between kendra and trikona lords.

Some possible examples of the kendra-trikona exchange might be:

• USA Pres-3 Thomas Jefferson (L-5/10 neechcha-bhanga Kuja with L-1 neechcha bhanga Chandra),

• Indira Gandhi see analysis below

• USSR-dictator supreme leader Josef Stalin - L-3/6 with Yogakaraka L-4/5 (apparently parivartamsha applies; however, BT is uncertain)

• USA Sec State Hilary Clinton - exchange of Yogakaraka L-4+L-5 Shani with L-10 Chandra

Other parivartamsha power-leaders:

• Richard Nixon = Shukra + Shani

• Napoleon Bonaparte = Chandra + Shani

• Vladimir Putin = Guru + Mangala

• G. H. W. Bush-41 ("Sr.") = Budha + Shukra

• G.W. Bush-43 = Budha + Chandra

• Fidel Castro = Budha + Chandra

Please keep me apprised of your research! Fascinating subject!

Sincerely, Barbara Pijan Lama, Jyotisha

Q: Hi Barbara, I am trying to learn bits and pieces of astrology and have been going through your website which is very resourceful. I have a question on parivartamsha yoga.

In a known chart, from the lagna house there is parivartamsha between 2nd house and 10th house ....

However if you look at it from Moon it is between 1st house and 9th house.

Do I take it as parivartamsha only between houses 2 and 10? i.e should parivatana be considered only from Lagna? Thanks, B

A: Great question!

Just about everything in a Jyotisha nativity needs to be examined from both the Chandra lagna AND the radix lagna. For unknown birth times, the Chandra lagna alone can be used, but this view alone is not nearly as detailed.

In general,

• I read material effects, such as money in the bank, bodily health, houses and vehicles, from the radix lagna.

• I read psycho-emotional effects such as family relationships, spiritual progress, and positive or negative expectations, largely from the Chandra lagna.

Since our normal life is governed by a combination of 5-senses material perception and 70+ senses of more subtle psycho-emotional perception (including thoughts) it is really beneficial to go through the material implications first, then read AGAIN for the emotional implications.

For example, in marriage, there is a social, legal, and property relationship between the spouses which is best read from the radix lagna and navamsha lagna.

But there is also an emotional interaction, which is very definitive of the marriage experience, and that level of reality can only be revealed by angles from Chandra.

The short answer is, examine the parivartamsha yoga from both perspectives. Start with the material reading since that is simpler.Then consider the psycho-emotional perception.

This double-assessment method potentially involves relationships between as many as eight separate houses. That is a lot to keep in mind at once!

But humans have complex perceptions, and a yoga which benefits a person materially can harm one emotionally, or vice versa. Also remember that the parivartamsha effects are likely to manifest mainly during the Vimshottari periods of the exchanged graha.

For predicting the effect of a parivartamsha graha during its Vimshottari Dasha period, consider

1. lordship of each graha from radix lagna

2. lordship of each graha from Chandra lagna (

3. lordship of each graha from the mahadasha pati.

Best wishes for your success in Jyotisha studies,

Sincerely, Barbara Pijan Lama, Jyotisha

Practical advice for reading a nativity with parivartamsha yoga

If one of the exchange graha = Lord of Lagna, the lagnesha function is much emphasized (for good or ill.) [Indira Gandhi ]

It may be helpful to construct two different nativities in order to visualize the full effects of a parivartamsha nativity.

Indira Gandhi = remarkable **Triple Parivartamsha Yoga involving Lagnesha Surya** .

The basic kundali reveals a strong and disciplined personality.

• Yet in its original condition, before examination of the parivartamsha empowerment,

• the nativity appears rather fixated on work, attractive but not gifted,

• aggressive Mangala in the political Simha lagna indicates a willingness to use military force -- supported by the Mesha lagna in navamsha

But there is much more to her story!

• Indira Gandhi was am extremely unusual woman. One of the fascinating features of her life was her surprising popularity with the people.

• She had a strange and wonderful Magha charisma which granted the patriarchal authority of the Pitris to a woman. She had a power which was absolutely unprecedented in her cultural era, when women had extremely limited permission to be involved in activities outside the home - let alone leading a huge nation through several cycles of political and economic crisis!

Her remakrable TRIPLE parivartamsha places the lords of 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12

The multiplicity of Parashari drishti caused by the triple parivartamsha is mind-boggling.

• Shani, Kuja, and Guru will each cast drishti to six houses (not their normal three each).

• Rahu amplifies BOTH benefics, Guru AND Shukra.

• Separation from spouse due to professional duties+ L-7 Shani in bhava-12

• Politics always has an undertow of extreme physical danger (Kuja), and in the end politics is fatally violent.

• Psychological Control fixation in politics, Mangala-parivartamsha-Surya

• Death by performance of duty+ L-8 Guru in leadership-10-karma

• death by bullet, Mangala drishti to bhava-8

• killed by countrymen+ L-4 Mangala in 8th from Chandra drishti to bhava-4

• abundance of enemies - classic for the Magha woman -- also 6th-from-Chandra enemies = 11th associates. Many "frenemies" exacerabted by Mandi and Gulika in 11

Creating a parivartamsha visual map will reveal a second narrative which underlies the primary ego social narrative and may provide clues to otherwise mysterious events or behaviors of the native .

Q: Namaste Barbaraji,

Hope you are doing great. I was reading about parivarthamsha yoga on your website. Its a fascinating subject to study and research. Does this yoga also apply when planets exchange Nakshatra instead of signs? For eg. sun in rohini and moon in krittika. Keep writing on your site. Great stuff!! Thanks.