Upa-graha
Gulika (Maandi), Dhuma, Indrachapa, Vyatipata, Parivesha, Upaketu, Pranapada
The Invisible or "Shadow Planets"
upagraha =
seizure , confinement; a prisoner
adding , addition (of a sound); alteration , change
propitiation , conciliation , coaxing
a kind of Sandhi or peace (purchased by the cession of everything)
a kind of demon causing diseases (supposed to preside over the planets)
Aprakasha Graha
"Upa" = shadow; "graha" = planet.
"Graha" translates to "planet" literally = "weight" (gravity, heaviness).
Upa-grahas are detected by a process similar to the "discovery" of Pluto. The existence of a significant gravitational body-mass in the area was cosmologically predicted long before Pluto was actually "discovered". It was predicted because Pluto's *effects* can be seen on other objects/fields in his region
So it is with the upa-grahas. They are known by their effects.
Upa-graha in Jyotisha are "non-luminous planets" which can eclipse the Sun and Moon.
Upa-graha can can cover up the Sun and Moon by "engulfing the Luminaries with their Shadows."
To understand the upa-graha it helps to think in terms of particle physics. The science of infinitesimally small particles is highly developed.
Even the most sophisticated contemporary scientific instruments cannot detect these very small particles directly. We cannot see, hear, feel, touch, or smell the particles. Yet, we know they exist - by the effects they create on the environment around them.
Infinitesimally small particles like quarks are purely "speculative" in their ontological nature according to the limitations of positivistic science, which forbids the existence of phenomena that cannot be detected by the five basic human senses.
When scientists who have been educated within the blinders of logical positivism begin to pursue "impossibly" small particles, they must abandon the scaffolding support of their positivism and venture into a world of energy and angels, whose existence is known only by the effects they have on the tangible world.
Invisible planets called Upagrahas are like that. Known not directly, but by their effects.
"Planet" in astrology does not mean having mass and/or gravity. "Planet" means "wanderer".
Some day our scientific instrumentation may be sophisticated enough to detect the upagraha "wanderers" directly - just as by the 1930's, the long-speculated Pluto was "discovered" exactly where its effects should have placed it in our solar system.
For now we call them "shadow planets" whose effects are known only by the shadows they cast.
more on Gulika (maandi)
Dhuma means "smoke" or "a meteor". Dhuma is malefic. (Ravi's position + 4 signs + 13°20’ = Dhuma.)
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra Ch. 25, Shloka 2-13:
If Dhuma is in the ascendant, the native will be valiant, endowed with beautiful eyes, stupefied in disposition, unkind, wicked, and highly short tempered,
If Dhuma is in the 2nd, the native will be sickly, wealthy, devoid of a limb, will incur humiliation at royal level, be dull-witted, and be a eunuch.
If Dhuma is in the 3rd, the native will be intelligent, very bold, delighted, eloquent, and be endowed with men and wealth.
If Dhuma is in the 4th, the native will be grieved on account of being given up by his female but will be learned in all shastras.
If Dhuma is in the 5th, the native will have limited progeny, be devoid of wealth, be great, will eat anything, and be bereft of friends and Mantras.
If Dhuma is in the 6th, the native will be strong, will conquer his enemies, be very brilliant, famous, and free from diseases.
If Dhuma is in the 7th, the native will be penniless, be ever sensuous, skillful in gaining (going ?) to others' females, and be always devoid of brilliance.
If Dhuma is in the 8th, the native will be bereft of courage but be enthusiastic, be truthful, disagreeable, hardhearted, and selfish.
If Dhuma is in the 9th, the native will be endowed with sons and fortunes, be rich, honorable, kind, religious, and well disposed to his relatives.
If Dhuma is in the 10th, the native will be endowed with sons and fortunes, be delighted, intelligent, happy and truthful.
If Dhuma is in the 11th, the native will be endowed with wealth, grains and gold, be beautiful, will have knowledge of arts, be modest and be skillful in singing.
If Dhuma is in the 12th, the native will be morally fallen, will indulge in sinful acts, be interested in others' wives, addicted to vices, unkind and crafty.
Sometimes called "Kodanda", "Indra-Dhanus", or "Karmuka". Indra-chapa is an invisible satellite of Shukra. (Meena 30° - Parivesha = Indrachapa)
BPHS - Ch. 25, Shloka 38-49:
s38. If Chapa is in the ascendant, the native will be endowed with wealth, grains and gold, be grateful, agreeable, and devoid of all afflictions.
s39. If Chapa is in the 2nd, the native will speak affably, be very rich, modest, learned, charming, and religious.
s40. If Chapa is in the 3rd, the native will be a miser, be versed in many arts, will indulge in thieving, be devoid of some limb and be unfriendly.
s41. If Chapa is in the 4th, the native will be happy, endowed with quadruped, wealth, grains, etc., be honored by the king and be devoid of sickness.
s42. If Chapa is in the 5th, the native will be splendorous, far-sighted, pious, affable, and will acquire prosperity in all his undertakings.
s43. If Chapa is in the 6th, the native will destroy his enemies, be happy, affectionate, pure and will achieve abundance in all his undertakings.
s44. If Chapa is in the 7th, the native will be wealthy, endowed with all virtues, learned in shastras, religious, and agreeable.
s45. If Chapa is in the 8th, the native will be interested in other's jobs, be cruel, interested in others' wives and be defective limbed.
s46. If Chapa is in the 9th, the native will perform penitence, will take to religious observations, be highly learned, and be famous among men.
s47. If Chapa is in the 10th, the native will be endowed with many sons, abundant wealth, cows, buffaloes, etc., and will be famous among men.
s48. If Chapa is in the 11th, the native will be gainful, free from diseases, very fiery in disposition, affectionate to his wife and will have knowledge of mantras and weapons (or missiles).
s49. If Chapa is in the 12th, the native will be wicked, very honorable, evil in disposition, shameless, will go to other's females, and be ever poor.
(Meena 30° - Dhuma = Vyatipata)
BPHS -- Ch. 25, Shloka 14-25:
s14. If Vyatipata (also known in short as Pata) is in the lagna, one will be troubled by miseries, be cruel, will indulge in destructive acts, be foolish, and will be ill-disposed to his relatives.
s15. If Vyatipata is in the 2nd, the native will be morally crooked be bilious, will enjoy pleasures, be unkind but grateful, be wicked, and sinful.
s16. If Vyatipata is in the 3rd, the native will be firm in disposition, be a warrior, be liberal, very rich, dear to king, and be head of an army.
s17. If Vyatipata is in the 4th, the native will be endowed with relatives, etc., but not sons and fortunes.
s18. If Vyatipata is in the 5th, the native will be poor, be charming in appearance, will have imbalances of phlegm, bile, and wind, be hard-hearted and shameless.
s19. If Vyatipata is in the 6th, the native will destroy this enemies, be physically mighty, skillful in use of all kinds of weapons and in arts, and be peaceful in disposition.
s20. If Vyatipata is in the 7th, the native will be bereft of wealth, wife and sons, will subdue to females, be miserable, sensuous, shameless, and friendly to others.
s21. If Vyatipata is in the 8th, the native will have deformity of eyes, be ugly, unfortunate, spiteful to Brahmins and be troubled by disorders of blood.
s22. If Vyatipata is in the 9th, the native will have many kinds of business and many friends, be very learned, well disposed to his wife and be eloquent.
s23. If Vyatipata is in the 10th, the native will be rich, religious, peaceful, skillful in religious acts, very learned and farsighted.
s24. If Vyatipata is in the 11th, the native will be extremely opulent, be honorable, truthful, firm in policy, endowed with many horses and be interested in singing.
s25. If Vyatipata is in the 12th, the native will be given to anger, associated with many activities, disabled, irreligious, and will hate his own relatives.
(Vyatipata + 6 signs = Parivesha)
BPHS -- Ch. 25, Shloka 26-37
s26. If Paradhi is in lagna, the native will be learned, truthful, peaceful, rich, endowed with sons, pure, charitable, and dear to elders.
s27. If Paradhi is in the 2nd, the native will be wealthy, charming, will enjoy pleasures, be happy, very religious, and be a lord.
s28. If Paradhi is in the 3rd, the native will be fond of his wife, be very charming, pious, well disposed to his men, be a servant, and be respectful of his elders.
s29. If Paradhi is in the 4th, the native will be wonderstruck, helpful to enemies as well, kind, endowed with everything, and be skillful in singing.
s30. If Paradhi is in the 5th, the native will be affluent, virtuous, splendorous, affectionate, religious, and dear to his wife.
s31. If Paradhi is in the 6th, the native will be famous and wealthy, be endowed with sons and pleasures, be helpful to all and will conquer his enemies.
s32. If Paradhi is in the 7th, the native will have limited number of children, be devoid of happiness, be of mediocer intelligence, very hard-hearted, and will have a sickly wife.
s33. If Paradhi is in the 8th, the native will be spiritually disposed, peaceful, strong-bodied, firm in decision, religious, and gentle.
s34. If Paradhi is in the 9th, the native will be endowed with sons, be happy, brilliant, very affluent, be devoid of excessive passion, be honorable, and be happy with even an iota.
s35. If Paradhi is in the 10th, the native will be versed in arts, will enjoy pleasures, be strong-bodied, and be learned in all shastras.
s36. If Paradhi is in the 11th, the native will enjoy pleasures through women, be virtuous, intelligent, dear to his people, and will suffer disorders of digestive fire.
s37. If Paradhi is in the 12th, the native will always be a spendthrift, be miserable, firm, and will dishonor elders.
What is Upaketu (Dhwaya or Sikhi)?
(Indrachapa + 16°40 = Upaketu)
(Upaketu +1 sign = Surya)
BPHS -- Ch. 25, Shloka 50-61:
s50. If Dhwaja is in the ascendant, the native will be skillful in all branches of learning, be happy, efficient in speech, agreeable, and be very affectionate.
s51. If Dhwaja is in the 2nd, the native will be a good and affable speaker, be splendorous, will write poetry, be scholarly, honorable, modest, and endowed with conveyances.
s52. If Dhwaja is in the 3rd, the native will be miserly, cruel in acts, thin-bodied, poor and will incur severe diseases.
s53. If Dhwaja is in the 4th, the native will be charming, very virtuous, gentle, interested in Vedas, and be always happy.
s54. If Dhwaja is in the 5th, the native will be happy, will enjoy pleasures, be versed in arts, skilled in expedients, intelligent, eloquent and will respect elders.
s55. If Dhwaja is in the 6th, the native will be ominous for maternal relatives, will win over his enemies, be endowed with many relatives, valiant, splendorous, and skillful.
s56. If Dhwaja is in the 7th, the native will be interested in gambling, be sensuous, will enjoy pleasures, and will befriend prostitutes.
s57.. If Dhwaja is in the 8th, the native will be interested in base acts, be sinful, shameless, will blame others', will lack in marital happiness, and will take other's side.
s58. If Dhwaja is in the 9th, the native will wear (religious) badges, be delighted, helpfully disposed to all, and be skilled in religious deeds.
s59. O Brahmin, if Dhwaja is in the 10th, the native will be endowed with happiness and fortunes, be fond of females, and be charitable and will befriend Brahmins.
s60. If Dhwaja is in the 11th, the native will ever acquire gains, be very religious, honorable, affluent, fortunate, valiant, and skilled in sacrificial rites.
s61. If Dhwaja is in the 12th, the native will be interested in sinful acts, be valiant, untrustworthy, unkind, interested in others' females, and be short-tempered.
BPHS -- Ch. 25, Shloka 74-85:
s74. If Pranapada is in the ascendant, the native will be weak, sickly, dumb, lunatic, dull-witted, defective-limbed, miserable, and emaciated.
s75. If Pranapada is in the 2nd, the native will be endowed with abundant grains (rice, wheat etc.), abundant wealth, abundant attendants, abundant children and be fortunate.
s76. If Pranapada is in the 3rd, the native will be injurious, (or mischievous), proud, hard-hearted, very dirty and be devoid of respect for elders.
s77. If Pranapada is in the 4th, the native will be happy, friendly, attached to females and elders, soft and truthful.
s78. If Pranapada is in the 5th, the native will be happy, will do good acts, be kind, and very affectionate.
s79. If Pranapada is in the 6th, the native will be subdued by his relatives and enemies, be sharp, will have defective digestive fire, be wicked, sickly, affluent and shortlived.
s80. If Pranapada is in the 7th, the native will be green-eyed, ever libidinous, fierce in appearance, be not worth respect and be ill-disposed.
s81. If Pranapada is in the 8th, the native will be afflicted by diseases, be troubled and will incur misery on account of the king, relatives, servants and sons.
s82. If Pranapada is in the 9th, the native will be endowed with sons, be very rich, fortunate, charming, will serve others and be not wicked but be skilful.
s83. If Pranapada is in the 10th, the native will be heroic, intelligent, skilful, be an expert in carrying out royal orders, and will worship gods.
s84. If Pranapada is in the 11th, the native will be famous, virtuous, learned, wealthy, fair-complexioned and attached to mother.
s85. If Pranapada is in the 12th, the native will be mean, wicked, defective-limbed, will hate Brahmins and relatives and will suffer from eye diseases or be one-eyed.
updated: 17 August 2008
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