Arudha Lagna
Amshaka
Lagna pada of the twelve domains
ArUDha =
mounted , ascended , bestridden (as a horse)
risen ; raised up , elevated on high
undertaken ; reached , brought to ; brought under the cognizance of the senses , perceived
having reached or attained , come into (a state)
Upa =
towards , near to, by the side of , with , together with , under , down; to go near , undergo; approaching
As unconnected with verbs and prefixed to nouns{upa} expresses) direction towards , nearness , contiguity in space , time , number , degree , resemblance , and relationship , but with the idea of subordination and inferiority
near to , towards , in the direction of , under , below ; with , together with , at the same time with , according to
[cf. Zd. {upa} ; Gk.- Lat. {sub} ; Goth. {uf} ; Old Germ. {oba ; Mod. Germ. {ob} in {Obdach} , {obliegen} , &c.]
Gauna =
relating to a quality; having qualities , attributive
subordinate , secondary , unessential
metaphorical , figurative
relating to multiplication or enumeration
dAra =
a wife (wives)
take to wife , marry
arudha = image, appearance; raised up, mounted or ascended
pada = quarter, or portion
See Sanjay Rath's explanation of arudha lagna at http://srath.com/lectures/vry02.htm
To find the lagna-padaa:
count houses from radix lagna to the lord of lagna.
Then count the same number of houses forward again, to reach the lagna pada.
(see example below)
Exceptions:
* If lagna-padaa = house-1 (happens when lagnesha occupies house-1 or house-7)
the arudha lagna becomes house-10.
* If lagna-padaa = house-7 (happens when lagnesha occupies house-4 or house-10)
the arudha lagna becomes house-4.
Jyotisha terminology for Arudha houses
A1
Lagna Arudha/Lagna Padaa
lagna padaa of house-1
A2
Dhana Arudha/ Dhana Padaa
lagna padaa of house-2
A3
Vikrama / Bhatru / Sahaja Padaa
lagna padaa of house-3
A4
Bandhu / Matru / Sukha Padaa
lagna padaa of house-4
A5
Mantra / Putra Padaa
lagna padaa of house-5
A6
Ari / Ripu / Roga /'Satru' Padaa
lagna padaa of house-6
A7
Dara / Kalatra / Yuvati Pada
lagna padaa of house-7
A8
Randhra / 'Mrutyu' / Marana Padaa
lagna padaa of house-8
A9
Pitru / Dharma / Bhagya Padaa
lagna padaa of house-9
A10
Karmaa /Raja Padaa
lagna padaa of house-10
A11
Labha Padaa
lagna padaa of house-11
A12
Vyaya /Upa /Gaun Padaa
lagna padaa of house-12
BPHS: Ch. 30, Upa Pada (A-12)
1-6
O Brahmin, now I tell you about Upa Padaa, the auspiciousness of which will confer on the native happiness from progeny, wife etc.
The Padaa of Lagna, as discussed earlier, is of prime importance.
Upa Padaa is calculated for the Bhava, following the natal Lagna.
This Upa Padaa is also called Gauna Padaa.
O excellent of the Brahmins, if Upa Padaa is yuti with, or receives a Drishti from a benefic Graha, one will obtain full happiness from progeny and spouse.
Should the Upa Padaa be in a malefic's Rashi, or receives a Drishti from, or is yuti with a malefic,
one will become an ascetic and go without a wife.
If (in the said circumstances) there be a benefic Drishti (on Upa Padaa, or the related malefic), or a yuti,
deprival of spouse will not come to pass.
In this case Surya, being exalted, or in a friendly Rashi, is not a malefic. He is a malefic, if in debilitation, or in an enemy's Rashi.
[Translator's Notes. Regarding Upa Padaa calculations, there are more than two views on the same Shloka of Maharishi Parashara, or an identical Sutra from Jaimini. In this text, the word 'Anuchar'a is used, which denotes 'the Bhava, following the Lagna at birth'.
Normally this is Vyaya Bhava. However, when we study other commentaries on Jaimini (Chaukhambha Hindi edition), we are taught, that it is Vyaya Bhava in the case of an odd Rasi ascending and it is Dhana Bhava in the case of an even Rashi ascending. Accordingly the Padaa for the 12th, or the 2nd from Lagna is called Upa Padaa. In calculating Upa Padaa the rules mentioned in verses 4 and 5 of the previous chapter be kept in mind.]
7-12
Spouse
Effect from the 2nd from Upa Padaa:
If the 2nd from Upa Padaa is a benefic Rashi, or receives a Drishti from, or is yuti with a benefic,
the same good results (as for wife and sons) will come to pass.
If there is a Graha in the 2nd from Upa Padaa in its debilitation Rashi, or debilitation Amsha, or is yuti with a debilitated, or malefic Graha,
there will be destruction of wife.
If the said occupant be in its exaltation Rashi, or Navamsha, or receives a Drishti from another Graha,
there will be many charming and virtuous wives.
Oh Brahmin, if Mithuna happens to be the 2nd from Upa Padaa,
then also there will be many wives.
O excellent of the Brahmins, if the Upa Padaa, or the 2nd therefrom be occupied by its own Lord, or, if the said Lord is in his other own Bhava,
the death of wife will be at advanced age.
13-22.
Wife from the 2nd of Upa Padaa (up to Sloka 22).
If a Graha being constant indicator of wife (i.e. the 7th Lord, or Shukra) is in its own Bhava,
there will be loss of wife only at a later stage.
If the Lord of Upa Padaa, or the constant significator of wife is in exaltation, the wife will be from a noble family.
Reverse will be the case, if he is debilitated.
O Brahmin, if the 2nd from Upa Padaa is related to a benefic,
the wife will be beautiful, fortunate and virtuous.
Should Shani and Rahu be in the 2nd from Upa Padaa,
the native will lose his wife on account of calumny, or through death.
if Shukra and Ketu are in the 2nd from Upa Padaa,
the native's wife will be troubled by disorder of blood, leucorrhoea (Pradar) etc.
Budha and Rahu in the 2nd from Upa Pad
will give a stout-bodied wife.
If the 2nd from Upa Pad happens to be one of Budha's Rasis and is tenanted by Mangala and Shani,
the wife of the native will suffer from nasal disorders.
Similarly a Rashi of Mangala, becoming the 2nd from Upa Padaa and occupied by Mangala and Shani,
will cause nasal disorders to one's wife.
Guru and Shani will, if be in the 2nd from Upa Pad,
cause disorders of ears and/or eyes to the wife.
If Budha and Mangala are placed in the 2nd from Upa Padaa other than their own Rasis, or, if Rahu is with Guru in the 2nd from Upa Pad,
the native's wife will suffer from dental disorders.
Shani and Rahu together in one of Shani's Rasis, which is the 2nd from Upa Pad,
will cause lameness, or windy disorders to the native's wife.
These evils will not come to pass, if there happens to be a Yuti with, or a Drishti from a benefic (or from another benefic in the case of affliction being caused by a benefic himself).
23-30
Sons
O Brahmin, all these effects be deduced from
the natal Lagna,
Lagna Padaa,
the 7th from Upa Padaa
and the Lords thereof.
So say Narada and others.
About Sons.
If Shani, Chandra and Budha are together in the 9th from one of the said places (Shloka 23),
there will be no son at all,
while Surya, Guru and Rahu so placed
will give a number of sons.
Chandra so placed
will give a son,
while a mixture of Grahas
will delay the obtainment of a son.
The son, caused by the Yuti of Surya, Guru and Rahu,
will be strong, valorous, greatly successful and will destroy enemies.
If Mangala and Shani are in the said 9th,
there will be no son, or a son will be obtained by adoption, or brother's son will come in adoption.
In all these cases
odd Rasis will yield many sons,
while even Rasis will cause only a few.
Many Sons and Many Daughters.
O Brahmin, if Simha happens to be Upa Padaa and receives a Drishti from Chandra,
there will be a limited number of children.
Similarly Kanya
will cause many daughters.
31
Siblings
Co-born from Lagna Padaa (up to Shloka 36).
Rahu & Shani in the 3rd, or the 11th from Lagna Padaa
will destroy the co-born of the native.
Rahu & Shani in the 11th
will indicate the destruction of elder brothers and/or sisters and in the 3rd younger ones.
32
Children
If Shukra is in the 3rd, or the 11th from Lagna Pad,
there would have been an abortion to the mother earlier.
Same is the effect, if Shukra is in the 8th from natal Lagna, or from Lagna Padaa.
33-36.
(More) Siblings
These are the effects, O Brahmin, as stated by Maharishis for the 3rd and the 11th from Lagna Padaa.
Should Chandra, Guru, Budha and Mangala be in the 3rd, or the 11th from Lagna Padaa,
there will be many valorous co-born.
Should Shani and Mangala be in the 3rd, or the 11th from Lagna Padaa, or give Drishtis thereto,
younger and elder co-born will, respectively, be destroyed.
If Shani is alone in one of the said Bhavas,
the native will be spared, while the co-born will die.
Ketu in the 3rd, or the 11th
will give abundant happiness from one's sisters.
37- 43
Thieving
Spirituality
Kingship
Knowledge
Poetry
Wealth & Intelligence
Thieving (again)
Teeth
Stammering
Ugly
Other Matters from Lagna Pad (up to Shloka 43).
If the 6th from Lagna Padaa is occupied by a malefic and is bereft of a Yuti with, or a Drishti from a benefic,
the native will be a thief.
If Rahu is in the 7th, or the 12th from Lagna Pada, or gives a Drishti to one of the said Bhavas,
the native will be endowed with spiritual knowledge and be very fortunate.
If Budha is in Lagna Padaa,
the native will Lord over a whole country,
while Guru (in Lagna Padaa)
will make him a knower of all things.
Shukra in this context
denotes a poet/speaker
(also see Chapter 29, verse 30).
O excellent of the Brahmins, if benefics occupy the 2nd from Upa Padaa, or from Lagna Padaa,
the native will be endowed with all kinds of wealth and be intelligent.
If the Lord of the 2nd from Upa Padaa is in Dhana Bhava and is there yuti with a malefic Graha.
One will surely become a thief
O Brahmin, if Rahu is in the 2nd from the Lord of the 7th, counted from Upa Padaa,
the native will have long and projected teeth.
Ketu in the 2nd from the Lord of the 7th, counted from Upa Padaa,
will cause stammering and
Shani in the 2nd from the Lord of the 7th, counted from Upa Padaa,
will make one look ugly.
Mixed will be the effects, if there are mixed Grahas.
A-1: Arudha lagna / Lagna pada
...reveals how Others perceive one's personality. It shows how one projects one's own illusion or 'glamour' into the world.
If the lord of the arudha lagna is favorable, these projections are well received in the minds of others.
Famous persons and Entertainers frequently have highly favorable lords of A-1.
The lagna pada = arudha lagna is a good key to finding out how a person is perceived by the outside world. While the lagna may give a good profile of physical appearance, the arudha lagna shows the native's psychic projection upon others - how the native strikes the minds of others.
If the arudha lagna is favorable, even a person with a poorly supported rashi lagna can be quite successful, getting job promotions & celebrity recognition etc. Arudha means illusion or image.
If the radix lagna itself is strong and vibrant but the lagna pada is weak, even quite a remarkably vital and attractive person will be missed by the public.
The more interesting cases are people who rather unaccountably become celebrities. These folks experience their image being broadcast day and night over all media - their personal goings-on becomes of great interest to the common herd. Such people frequent have a a powerful lagna-pada. Their celebrity periods, often flash-in-the-pan, are expected during the bhukti of their lord of lagna-pada, called the karakamsha.
Similarly, Dhana pada shows how others perceive one's wealth.
A person might be buried in consumer debt or paying huge medical loans or tax liens - but if A-2 is favorable, they could still be looking/acting wealthy. A-2 which contrasts favorably with the realities of actual house-2 is common in westerners who become "house poor" after buying a home that is too expensive for their income, or folks who become "car poor" after buying a prestige vehicle that looks good but leaves them without grocery money!
And so forth for the other arudha lagnas. Check for disparities, if the person seems to be faking it or living a lie of some type, you will see the gap between reality and illusion by checking the arudha lagna for the house in question.
A-7 Dara pada or kalatra pada shows the glamour or charm of the spouse's personality, what people think of one's husband or wife.
Perhaps the native has married a person of high moral caliber who nevertheless lacks some social graces. The general public may, if the A-7 is poorly situated, have a lower opinion of such a spouse than is truly warranted - and the native may suffer on this account.
By contrast some people find it difficult to sue for divorce when, despite their deep unhappiness in their marriage, their spouse is well thought-of in their community. This dilemma would also show up in the gap between A-7 and the reality of kalatra bhava and L-7.
"Dara" means "wife". Darapada is the arudha lagna of the radix seventh house. Darapada tells about the physical communion of the marriage, which is mainly the physical lovemaking.
Consideration of upapada and darapada are especially valuable for understanding the conditions applying in marriage and the behavior of the spouse.
The arudha lagnas of the bhavas reveal the illusions, or what the sleepwalking public believes, about the goings-on of the bhava. One of the most important meanings of the dara-pada is therefore the illusory purpose of marriage which is physical sexuality.
Dara-pada can be analyzed to distinguish the physical dimension of marriage and describe how the spouse behaves physically (affectionate, passionate, or withholding, distant). The physical dimension of marriage whilst often demeaned in body-reviling cultures as inferior or delusory, is in fact absolutely key to marital well-being. There must be bona fide affection between the spouses in order for marriage to succeed.
To find the dara-pada, count from yuvati bhava to the lord of yuvati. Then count the same number of houses forward again, to reach the dara-pada. (see example below)
If L-7 is in swakshetra (his own house) then darapada = house-10.
Darapada for second spouse
Darapada for the second spouse counts from dhana bhava to L-2. Then count the same number of houses forward again, to reach the second-marriage dara-pada.
A-12 Upa pada or Vyaya pada is the second-most-consulted arudha lagna. A-12 shows the glamour or charm of the native's marriage, seen by the minds of others. It shows what people believe about the native's marriage -- which may be quite different from what is really going on.
Nativities of politicians, business people, and others in public life who successfully project a loving marriage upon the public consciousness, frequently have a strong A-12.
Given the stresses of public life and a certain narcissism that accompanies iconic leadership positions, there is frequently a wide gap between illusion and reality for high-profile public figures.
Natives who enjoys a powerful upapada can make the public believe that everything is fine with his marriage, even when the partners are long separated. According to Sanjay Rath, this native may announce his divorce long after a physical separation, in the period of 2nd-from-upapada.
Upapada is the arudha lagna of the twelfth house. It shows the public impression of your marriage.
Consideration of upapada and darapada are especially valuable for understanding the dynamics of a marriage. It is often said that Upa-pada represents "the institution of marriage" as practiced by the couple (with all the inherent conflict institutionalized into a stable format that Vyaya sthana being 6th-from-7th does imply).
To find the upa-pada, count the houses starting from vyaya bhava going forward to the twelfth-lord. Then count the same number of houses forward again, to reach the upa-pada. (see example below)
(Married couples who are secretly miserable whilst enjoying a smooth public presentation, as is so common in the instrumental marriages of politicians and senior executives, will often display a successful upapada but trouble appears in darapada.)
Lagna padas are a component of the Jaimini system of Jyotisha. While some purists say that Jaimini aspects & techniques should not be mingled with Parashari practices, many Parashari practitioners use Jaimini concepts like arudha lagna quite seamlessly, and with no problems.
(This debate is yet another ill effect of the medieval skewing of Jyotisha transmissions. If the gods are with us many of these assertions shall be proven or disproven via modern textual research, within the next generation.)
Nativity to the right shows Arudha lagnas, calculated for all 12 radix & navamsha houses.
The charts at right were produced using the *free* Jagannatha Hora software package, by Shri Narasimha Rao
Find arudha lagnas in this example radix:
LAGNA-PADA - L-1 Kuja occupies the 4th-house
Count 4 houses from lagna to lagnesha = Kuja in bandhu sthana (4th).
Then, starting in 4th-house, count again, 4 houses forward.
Arrive in house-7. Yuvati bhava is the lagna-pada, so apply the rule:
*If lagna-pada = house-7 (lagnesha in house-4 or house-10) the arudha lagna becomes house-4 = "AL"
UPAPADA - L-12 Shukra occupies the 8th-house
Count nine houses from vyaya bhava (12th) to L-12 Shukra, in randhra sthana (8th).
Then, starting in 8th-house, count again, nine houses forward.
Arrive in house-4. Bandhu bhava = upapada ="A-12" = "UL"
Lord of house-8 = uccha Budha. In general, the public will have a favorable impression of the marriage.
DARA PADA - L-7 Shukra occupies house-8
Count two houses from yuvati bhava (7th) to randhra sthana (8th).
Then, starting in 8th-house, count forward two again
Arrive in dharma bhava, the 9th house. Dharma sthana = darapada = "A-7"
Lord of Pitristhana = Chandra (who is favorably disposed in D-1 and lord of D-9). In general, the public will have a favorable opinion of the spouse.
Darapada for 2nd marriage - L2 Guru occupies house-10:
Start in dhana bhava, the house of the 2nd spouse. Count nine houses from house-2 to house-10.
Then, restarting in karmaa bhava, count again nine houses forward.
Arrive in 6th-house. Darapada for the second spouse is Ari Bhava.
Lord of Ari Bhava is Kuja. Kuja is a complex graha in this nativity due to his unfavorable status in Shani's rashi, yet benefiting from parivartana with Shani and receiving the strengthening drishti from 2 friends Surya & Guru.
Therefore the public will perceive the 2nd spouse to be a complex person, a mix of favorable & unfavorable public opinion which varies according to the role the spouse is playing for the public, at the time.
updated: 17 August 2008
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