Barbara Pijan Lama Jyotisha Vedic Astrology


"Dharma Bhava and the 9th from Surya deal with one's father."  

~~ BPHS Ch. 7, Shloka 39-43



First, Read the Parents from Chandra lagna

A child's relationship to the parents is primarily and profoundly emotional. Although many public, external details of the mother's and father's material attributes may be detected in the 4th (mother) and 9th (father) domains, the child's own perception and evaluation of his parents as loving or distant, helpful or negligent, easy or difficult, will be more accurately portrayed via 4th- and 9th- from Chandra.

Moon is the emotional core of being, the center of one's psychic sea. It is essential to measure the effect of the parents first from the point which represents the emotional core: Chandra lagna. 

The mother may have an exalted social position such as a respected moral authority schoolteacher (perhaps Soma in radix domain-4 or domain-9) yet 4th-from-Chandra may contain a malefic that reveals bitterness or emotional repression at home. The child may experience the mother as less than wonderful.

Always compare radix domain-4 to the 4th-from-Chandra to gain a clearer picture of the tender, personality-catalyzing early childhood years at home. 

Similarly for father,  the 9th-from-Chandra gives a much more accurate view of the child's emotional relationship to his father than domain-9 of radix which indicates the father's public, priestly behaviors.


Karakas for Parents:  

Surya and Chandra are the primary karakas of Father and Mother. 

  • The angles of Surya-to-Chandra = the central  yoga of any nativity.  

  • This angle represents the relationship between the father and the mother, which the native will internalize into his own personality as the relationship between his rational-ethical and emotional-intuitive selves. 

Domain-4 represents the native's childhood family home. typically the home culture is dominated by the mother and her relatives.  

  • Parental influence as a unified general effect is seen through domain-4 and its lord. 

Domain-10 represents the spouse's parents in their leadership and public role-modeling behaviors 

Individually, the spouse's father may be seen through domain-3, or 9th-from the house of the current marriage.


Varga significators for Parents:

In Jyotisha, as in any type of divinatory reading, there is no one single indicator which proves a correct assessment.

Divination is the science of symbolic pattern recognition.

A correct assessment depends on recognition of patterns and recurring signals. 

Ideally there should be at least one important indicator in each of the relevant vargas which invokes and confirms the recurring pattern.


For matters regarding parents, the important vargas are D-1, D-9, and D-12.

  • D-1 indicators for Father = Surya AND radix L9, plus any graha yuti Surya or occupying domain-9.

  • D-1 indicators for Mother = Chandra AND radix L4, plus any graha yuti Chandra or occupying domain-4.

    • In general, domain-4 represents the childhood home. Domain-4 can represent both parents, as a unified force in the child's early life. 

    • Chandra is a more particular indicator of the Mother and her extremely powerful effect on the child's psycho-emotional security and self-image.

  • D-9 indicators for Father = the navamsha lord of the graha which is radix L9, seen in the Radix plus conditions of the 9th navamsha. See also Surya in navamsha.

  • D-9 indicators for Mother = the navamsha lord of the graha which is radix L4, seen in the Radix plus conditions of the 4th navamsha. See also Moon in navamsha.

  • D-12 indicators for Father = Surya or radix L9, whichever is stronger. Also consider the dwadashamsha lord of radix L9, as seen in radix.

  • D-12 indicators for Moather = Chandra or radix L4, whichever is stronger. Also consider the dwadashamsha lord of radix L4, as seen in radix.


  • Psychologically, the relationship between mother & father, receptive & productive, public & private, is the 'spine' of the native's personality. 

  • The parental relationship forms the basis of the native's social personality. 

  • This angles shows how the native manages the boundary membrane between inner, emotional self and outer, public self. 


Angles of Surya-to-Chandra

representing the mother-father relationship:


All of these parental relationship-angles can be loving & faithful. 

Some are easier than others.

1-1

Parents think & act the same way toward each other, although the mother's spirit is overshadowed. Father's style may dominate.

2-12

Parents hide things from each other; there is covert activity & subtle distrust. One parent may be away frequently, either by physical traveling, or by psycho-mental withdrawal into their own head.

3-11

Parents are communicative, competitive & friendly in their relationship with each other. They interact more casually than intimately, more like friends or siblings.

4-10

Parents are stable, respectable & organized. Their life is divided into separate public & private domains. They value order and achievement.

5-9

Parents are creative & enthusiastic in their relationship with each other. They love children, and intend to enjoy a good life. Philosophers.

6-8

Parents are hostile, sick, or conflicted. Difficult or exhausting work, poverty, or long-term illness must be endured. One partner contributes less than the other. 

7-1

Parents are cooperatively involved, but with opposite natures. They like to make decisions via interactive negotiation.  Eventually they find agreement.


Different siblings = different parental effects:

  • Each child in the family may have a completely different perception of their parents' relationship, based on the child's own karmic requirements.


Single-parent homes, adoptive homes, grandparent's home, creative non-traditional homes:

  • Many homes do not have a two physical parents, especially two physical biological parents. 

  • Children raised in boarding schools, kibbutzim, etc. all discover their Surya-Chandra core through input from diverse men and women

  • Some home have two dads, two moms, grandparents as parents, etc. There are many ingenious possibilities that can match the child's karmic requirements!


Different kinds of mothers, loss of birth mother, single mothers & Surya

  • Most children will have some form of a mother. This mother has relationships with various men whom she attracts in order to mirror her own active, rational nature. These men are her lovers, father, brother, male relatives and friends, perhaps close co-workers, priests or teachers involved with the child's family, etc. 

  • The child may perceive the energetically male energy to come primarily from their mother and not their father, particularly if the father is absent. Here see Surya in one of the mother's domains, such as yuti Chandra, in domain-4, etc.

  • Any early loss of the birth mother, including losses which are compensated somewhat such as acquiring an adoptive mother, is represented by damage to the Moon. 

  • Sometimes the mother is very distant - see this in Chandra's detachment, such as Chandra yuti Rahu-Ketu. 

  • Sometimes a male caretaker is exceptionally maternal: see this in string lunar influences upon Ravi.


Father

Profile of father is composed by combining the effects of:

  1. 9th-from-Chandra

  2. Dharma bhava & L-9

  3. Surya & 9th-from-Surya

  4. 9th-from-9th, Putra bhava

  5. role of L-9 &/or Surya in Dwadashamsha (D-12) [whichever is stronger]


Surya and dharma bhava

Surya and dharma bhava will give a clear profile of the father's public position, and the status his society applies to him.  

The father who is steady, reliable, and responsible in public life will be exhibited in the D-1 as a dignified Sun, or a well-aspected 9th house.  

If the 9th lord is well situated for example the father may be the paragon of religious virtue - at least on the outside!

If both Surya and 9th-from-Surya are dignified, the father enjoys a strong public image through his own father.  He receives help from his own father, and may bask in the glow of respect which the family's male line produces  

If by contrast Surya is strong but 9th-from-Surya is weak, one's own father might be an excellent public performer while the father's father is persona non grata.


9th-from-Chandra

Generally after the age of 32 we can read the person's life from Chandra lagna just as well or better as from D-1 lagna.  

Chandra lagna shows our emotional [astral] condition - the view from the "inside". 

Awareness of the inner astral condition starts to emerge after the 2nd Saturn return, which is finished at about 31.  This is the beginning of objective awareness of other people's feelings.

9th-from-Chandra will expose the emotional behavior of the father.  This might be radically different and/or contradictory to the Sun's profile.  If Surya or dharma bhava  is strong while 9th-from-Chandra is weak, harsh, or abusive, we see the classic situation of the father receiving public respect and approval for following his social customs properly, while simultaneously acting out at home.  

For example, a difficult Shani in 9th-from-Chandra gives the father emotional handicap from fear resulting in numerous abusive behaviors toward the child, including long separations and negligence.  A difficult Mangala situation in 9th-from-Chandra reveals anger or aggression.  Etc.

Afflictions to 9th and 9th lord give early death of father.  9th lord in 8th is a typical setup for early death of father.


Dwadashamsha for Father

9th-from-lagna or 9th-from-Surya [whichever is stronger] in the D-12 Dwadashamsha should be considered along with D-1 factors, for getting the full picture of the father.  [Must have an accurate birth-time to obtain an accurate varga.]

  • The 9th house in D-12 shows the guidance and protection received from father. 

  • L9 in D-12 shows father's bodily appearance and personality.

  • 9th-from-Surya or 9th-from-lagna will show the father's role in the outside world, i.e. profession and contribution to society


Mother

Profile of Mother is gained through examination of:

  1. Chandra

  2. domain-4 = bandhu bhava

  3. Lord of bandhu-4th

  4. 4th-from-Chandra

  5. 4th-from-lagna in Dwadashamsha D-12 - or - or 4th-from-Chandra in Dwadashamsha D-12 [whichever is stronger]


Chandra and bandhu bhava

The human being's relationship to his/her mother is the most intense and grounding psycho-emotional bond within the entire incarnation. This bond forms the secure (or not) foundation for all later endeavors. 

The mother is assigned to give the child unconditional love.  If she succeeds in that assignment all will be well for the child in later life.  If she fails, and substitutes conditional love (or no love at all), the child will struggle terribly unless and until they are mature enough to recognize that unconditional love can be accessed directly from the divine.

When things are going well in the 4th house and with the Moon in the rashi chart, we can say with confidence that things are going well throughout the incarnation.  When there is a permanent emotional undertow which results in low self-trust and confidence (con=with, fide=faith) throughout the lifetime.

Unlike the situation with the father where we frequently see a two-faced or three-faced effect on the youngster,  there is no margin for diversity in the relationship with the mother.  She is either unconditional loving at her core, or she is not.  Even the smallest condition placed upon the child's eligibility to receive love will cramp that child's later capability to trust others.  However, because human mothers are responsible for their children's early moral education, they must apply some conditions in order to produce sociable children.  Therefore all human children must suffer some degree of emotional trauma, when the mother even temporarily withdraws her love as a way of behavioral conditioning.  Aspects to the Moon and the fourth house, the Moon's lord, the 4th lord,  and the 4th Dwadashamsha, will tell us the extent of this trauma.

As with any other karmic situation, emotional dysfunction represented by difficult position of Moon can be completely resolved through conscious awareness.  

When the individual evolves to the point where they can recognize the missing unconditional love as emanating from the divine, they take the necessary steps to connect firmly and consistently with supreme energy.   Thus a crippling emotional breakdown of maternal trust can be the springboard to lasting bliss.  

If you have a troubled Moon your spirit is quite likely trying to show you a fast-track to pure and everlasting love!  However the childhood must be a dark night of the soul in order for this path of later spiritual consciousness to develop.

Afflictions to 4th and 4th lord give early death of mother.  4th lord in a dusthana house, or harsh aspects to Moon or 4th lord, is a typical setup for early death of mother.


Dwadashamsha for Mother

The D-12 = Dwadashamsha is very important for getting the full picture of the mother.

  • The 4th house in D-12 shows the love and unconditional acceptance as well as the home conditions set by the mother. 

  • L-4 and Moon in D-12 = mother's bodily appearance and personality.

  • 4th-from-Chandra or 4th-from-lagna (whichever is stronger) will show the mother's character, and if she has a social profession you will see that too.


Step-parents 

If present in this lifetime, your step-parents = 8th from the previous parent. 

The 8th-from angle signifies sudden, forced changes. 

The 8th angle is by nature inauspicious (because nobody likes sudden, forced changes!) but if a favorable graha occupies the 8th-from slot, the actual outcome of the change can be beneficial.


  • The material conditions of one's father's second wife would be 2nd-from-10th [labha bhava] which is also 8th-from-4th, replacement for the [material conditions of] the mother.  

  • Material conditions might include social position, physical appearance, and social personality or "public face". The public face may be day-and-night different from the private face. 

  • To find the private face, measure from Chandra.


Chandra is the lagna for the emotional experience created by any type of relationship. 

Chandra-lagna itself represents the birth-mother or primary caretaker in this life. Use Chandra-lagna as a baseline to measure all relative emotional relationships from one's own intimately emotional perspective.  

  • Emotional relationship with the mother-replacements = 8th-from-Chandra. 

  • Similarly, the emotional relationship with one's father is represented by 9th-from-Chandra

  • Emotional experience of a step-father is reckoned from 8th-from-9th-from-Chandra.

    • 9th-from-Chandra also represents one's own mother's emotional relationship to her own father, who would also be one's own maternal grandfather. If this is a troublesome house, look for trauma in the male lineage. 

    • The mother will have selected a husband who replicates her father's own trauma. Most women "marry their fathers" in the sense of being strongly attracted to a man with familiar, if often difficult, emotional behavior pattern. 

    • Even in arranged marriages, the parents are attracted to the character of a young man who intuitively "fits" with the family, usually by presenting a set of behaviors similar to the father. 

  • The material view of your mother's second husband as step-father to you would be 2nd-from-4th or 8th-from-10th = putra bhava, the 5th house. However the usually more important impact = emotional treatment of the fragile young native = 8th-from-9th-from-Chandra.

  • The material view of your father's third wife would be 9th-from-10th = 8th-from-8th-from-4th = Ari bhava, the 6th house (due to 6th house connotations this is rarely an easy relationship)

  • Your mother's third husband would be 9th-from-4th = 8th-from-8th-from-10th = vyaya bhava (another usually troublesome, dissolute arrangement)

Follow this logic of counting either parent's subsequent marriages (2nd, 9th, 4th, 11th, etc.) from the parent, = 8th-from-previous-opposite gender parent (8th, 3rd, 10th, 5th, etc.) to find the right person.  

Counting either by marriages or by parent-replacements will get to the same place!  In our era where third, fourth, and fifth marriages are increasingly common, this type of counting is very handy in finding the profile of the step-parent in question.

If one has a direct emotional relationship with a person, then measure the correct distance from the Moon to find the emotional qualities.

9th-from-Chandra = father and maternal grandfather; who are of course not the same person! See material differences in domain-9 for father vs. domain-11 for maternal grandfather, and also note the lords of these two different houses within the dwadashamsha. 


You may give them your love but not your thoughts.

For they have their own thoughts.

You may house their bodies but not their souls.

For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,

which you cannot visit,

not even in your dreams.

-- Kahlil Gibran


Motherhood has meant that I have written four fewer books, but I know much more about life. 

-- A. S. Byatt


 

If we have been reborn time after time, it is evident that we have needed many mothers to give birth to us.... the first cause bringing about bodhicitta is the recognition that all beings have been our mother.

The love and kindness shown us by our mother in this life would be difficult to repay. She endured many sleepless nights to care for us when we were helpless infants. She fed us and would have willingly sacrificed everything, including her own life, to spare ours. 

As we contemplate her example of devoted love, we should consider that each and every being throughout existence has treated us this way. 

Each dog, cat, fish, fly, and human being has at some point in the beginningless past been our mother and shown us overwhelming love and kindness. 

Such a thought should bring about our appreciation.

...if all other sentient beings who have been kind to us since beginningless time are suffering, how can we devote ourselves to pursuing merely our own happiness? To seek our own happiness in spite of the suffering others are experiencing is tragically unfortunate. 

Therefore, it is clear that we must try to free all sentient beings from suffering.


~~  H.H. Dalai Lama, An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life. Nicholas Vreeland (Ed.), afterword by Khyongla Rato and Richard Gere. www.snowlionpub.com  


 

"What do we mean when we speak of a truly compassionate kindness? Compassion is essentially concern for others' welfare -- their happiness and their suffering. 

Others wish to avoid misery as much as we do. So a compassionate person feels concerned when others are miserable and develops a positive intention to free them from it. 

As ordinary beings, our feeling of closeness to our friends and relatives is little more than an expression of clinging desire. It needs to be tempered, not enhanced. 

It is important not to confuse attachment and compassion.... A compassionate thought is motivated by a wish to help release beings from their misery."


~~  H.H. Dalai Lama. (2003). Stages of Meditation. Ven. Geshe Lobsang Jordhen,  Losang Choephel Ganchenpa, & Jeremy Russell (Trans.). www.snowlionpub.com 


 

Parenting is Bodhicitta

"What is bodhichitta?  In Maitreya's 'Abhisamayalamkara', bodhichitta is described as having two motivating factors: 

the first is genuine compassion towards all beings, 

and the second is recognition of the need to attain full enlightenment in order to fulfill the welfare of others.  

Indeed, to develop the altruistic mind of bodhichitta, it is not enough to have more compassion.  Bodhichitta must be based on a compassion which carries a sense of responsibility so that you are willing to take upon yourself the task of helping others." 


~~  H. H. Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama's Book of Awakening


 

The fact remains that the birth cycles of all sentient beings are beginningless, and that countless times in previous lives we have each fulfilled the role of a mother. The feeling of a mother for her child is a classic example of love.

For the safety, protection, and welfare of her children, a mother is ready to sacrifice her very life. 

Recognizing this children should be grateful to their mothers and express their gratitude by performing virtuous deeds.


~~  H.H. Dalai Lama, The Path to Tranquility. www.snowlionpub.com


 

We depend on others from the moment we are conceived. 

The happiness and the future of our world, all the facilities we have, the simplest object that we use, our very survival from day to day, all result from the efforts of many people. 

Prayer and other spiritual practices also have a definite effect, but it is mainly human activity that shapes the world.


~~  H.H. Dalai Lama. (2004). 365 Dalai Lama: Daily Advice from the Heart, Matthieu Ricard (Ed.)


 

Compassion (a core element of parenting)


"The Sanskrit word for compassion, karuna, has the implication of "that which blocks or prevents bliss." 

In general, when we develop compassion, we develop very strongly the attitude that cannot bear the suffering of other beings. We wish for it to end and for them to become free. 

Although we do not actually experience others' suffering at that time, the strength of the attitude that cannot bear their suffering causes our mind also to become unhappy. This is the general sense in which compassion blocks bliss....

Only the power of a union of method & wisdom -- namely the union of compassion, as a greatly blissful awareness, and the discriminating awareness of voidness -- allows us to attain the total release of supreme nirvana, namely enlightenment."


~~  H.H. Dalai Lama & Alexander Berzin. (1997). The Gelug/Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra. www.snowlionpub.com

~~  H.H. Dalai Lama & Alexander Berzin. (1997). The Gelug/Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra. www.snowlionpub.com

  

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