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Upa-graha
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Gulika
(Maandi), Dhuma,
Indrachapa, Vyatipata, Parivesha, Upaketu, Pranapada
The Invisible or "Shadow
Planets"
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upagraha =
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seizure , confinement; a prisoner
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adding , addition (of a sound); alteration , change
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propitiation , conciliation , coaxing
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a kind of Sandhi or peace (purchased by the cession of
everything)
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a kind of demon causing diseases (supposed to preside over
the planets)
~~ Cologne
Digital Sanskrit Lexicon
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Aprakasha Graha
What is an
Upa-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.
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"Q. 19
Have Upagrahas like Mandi any retrograde
movements?
Ans.
Upagrahas are symbolical points determined
according to certain mathematical conventions.
They have no astronomical basis or retrograde
motions like Rahu and Ketu."
~~ B.V. Raman, A Catechism of
Astrology. p. 18
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more on Gulika
(maandi)
What is Dhuma?
Dhuma means "smoke" or "a meteor". Dhuma is
malefic. (Ravi's position + 4 signs + 13°20’ = Dhuma.)
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If Dhuma is in the ascendant, the native will be valiant, endowed with
beautiful eyes, stupefied in disposition, unkind, wicked, and highly short
tempered,
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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.
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If Dhuma is in the 3rd, the native will be intelligent, very bold,
delighted, eloquent, and be endowed with men and wealth.
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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.
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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.
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If Dhuma is in the 6th, the native will be strong, will conquer his
enemies, be very brilliant, famous, and free from diseases.
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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.
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If Dhuma is in the 8th, the native will be bereft of courage but be
enthusiastic, be truthful, disagreeable, hardhearted, and selfish.
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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.
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If Dhuma is in the 10th, the native will be endowed with sons and
fortunes, be delighted, intelligent, happy and truthful.
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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.
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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.
~~ Brihat
Parashara Hora Shastra Ch. 25, Shloka 2-13
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What is Indrachapa
(Chapa)?
Sometimes called "Kodanda", "Indra-Dhanus", or
"Karmuka". Indra-chapa is an invisible satellite of
Shukra.
(Meena 30° - Parivesha = Indrachapa)
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.
~~ Brihat
Parashara Hora Shastra
Ch. 25, Shloka 38-49
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What is
Vyatipata (Pata)?
(Meena 30° - Dhuma = Vyatipata)
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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.
~~ Brihat
Parashara Hora Shastra Ch. 25, Shloka 14-25
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What
is Parivesha (Paridhi)?
(Vyatipata + 6 signs = Parivesha)
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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.
~~ Brihat
Parashara Hora Shastra Ch. 25, Shloka 26-37
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What
is Upaketu (Dhwaya or Sikhi)?
(Indrachapa + 16°40 = Upaketu)
(Upaketu +1 sign = Surya)
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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.
~~ Brihat
Parashara Hora Shastra Ch. 25, Shloka 50-61
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What is
Pranapada?
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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.
~~ Brihat
Parashara Hora Shastra Ch. 25, Shloka 74-85
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updated: 19 June 2010