Shodashamsha = D-16 =
Vahana-Varga
Khalamsha - Shodashans
The 1/16th Portion = Sixteenth Divisional
[Harmonic] Chart
**Accuracy of divisional
charts depends entirely on accuracy of birth time.** Varga charts
can be exceptionally useful. However, if accurate birth time is not
available, divisional charts are misleading, and should be ignored.
SoDazan = 16
KalA = 16
D-16
"Field of Psychic
Expectation for Specific Matters of
Vehicles"
What can be predicted?
Domain-4 = shelters.
In addition to
D-4 Chaturthamsha, D-16 Shodashamsha =
another elaboration of details broadly contained in the 4th
house.
Vehicles = a special form of
shelter = the shell or shelter which protects one's tender flesh
whilst the body is moving through space.
Shodashamsha is specific to vehicles and their good or bad
effects. Whether your vehicle is a lumbering elephant, a jeweled
palanquin, a creaking oxcart or a luxury automobile - you will find the
details in D-16.
It may be useful to study the D-16 when pondering a vehicle purchase,
or making vehicle insurance choices.
Also, before embarking on a long or
dangerous journey, prospects for adventure in vehicles should be considered.
Avoid superstition and anxiety while
reading D-16
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People may hesitant to travel by
vehicle, since the opportunity for chaos during speedy movement does
seem to increase proportional to the strength and speed of the
vehicle. Psychically sensitive persons may be especially afraid of
travel, and their anxieties may cause exaggeration of the
significations of the D-16.
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When the psychic grounding cord
which attaches our Earth-bodies to the center of Earth becomes
disconnected due to distraction or shock, psycho-physical body
movement becomes irregular. The possibility to lose balance may result
in an accident. Vehicle operators must check their psychic grounding
cord along with checking lights, mirrors, brakes, and engine. However
we live in an age of constant and usually profitable travel.
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While it is not sensible to allow
negative readings of the D-16 to prevent travel, it is practical to
add awareness of the D-16's situation to one's existing intuition. Of
course, it is always a challenge to separate anxiety
(fear of change) from intuition!
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However if there are suggestions in
the D-16 pointing to some discomfort or even calamity while traveling
by vehicle, and yet there are not other major Jyotisha concerns such
as a time of serious injury or worse, then knowing about an accident
or severe delay in advance can actually reduce worrying.
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One can say: Oh, this was forecast
- I shall wait out the inconvenience or distress, help others when
possible, and know that this too shall pass.
"The bhava whose lord is in a benefic Shodashamsha
will flourish." -- BPHS
Ch. 7, Shloka 8
What can be predicted?
The good side of vehicles and the bad
side of vehicles. The ease, speed, and convenience of travel by land, sea,
and air.
And also, the potential for accident
and injury through vehicular travel, which is a consequence of imbalance
in the movement.
Covers all modes of non-pedestrian
travel from camels and ox-carts to F-1 fighter planes and zephyrs.
First, before looking into the D-16,
check Shukra, domain-4 radix, and L-4 radix.
Shukra
Karaka for (the luxury
of) vehicular conveyances = Shukra.
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Dramatic example of luxury
automobiles = Beatle George
Harrison, uchcha Shukra + Rahu. Harrison was a driver and
collector of exotic (Rahu) speed-racing cars. He owned fleets of these
super-expensive, exquisitely designed (Shukra) vehicles, and enjoyed
much pleasure through them.
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E.g., lagnesha Shukra in domain-9 =
teaching or preaching = may be an itinerant teacher or philosopher.
The native may not own a car, or even a donkey, if both Shukra and
domain-4 are weak. However one will enjoy the pleasures (Shukra) of
world travel (9) therefore opportunities for expression of the D-16's
prognosis for vehicles = mainly in context of world-travel (outside
one's region) which is nearly always by public conveyance - plane,
train, bus, ship etc.
Radix
Bandhu bhava
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shows the strength of physical
grounding, how well one is in sync
with the environment of the place. Even the moving place.
This is primarily an emotional condition, not so much a condition of
concentrated awareness as of intuitive coordination with the physical,
social, emotional, and psychic environment.
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Domain-4 indicates the
stability of one's foundations in life =
the basic security of the lifestyle and behaviors. When domain-4 is
stable (not necessarily luxurious, just stable!) the native will
rarely experience major upsets in matters of shelter - fixed shelter
or moving shelter
Radix L-4
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what is the angle from the L-4 to
its own bhava? Is the L-4 in a friendly house? Any co-tenants? L-4
indicates the same qualities as domain-4, however L-4 goes out of the
house to mix with others, so always check the "peer pressure" upon a
house-lord to determine its final actions.
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In the case of a pending car
purchase, L-4 will help to decide whether one should buy a luxury car
with pricey embellishments (which Shukra might crave) or stick with
the basic model (e.g., a strict and austere Shani = L-4) or rather put
the car money into savings and take the bus!
D-16 may reveal the up-side of an otherwise poor-looking
planet.
Jyotishi check the D-16 not only to ascertain vehicle
karma,
but also to balance their spot judgment.
If that fallen Shani seems
intuitively less damaged than it appears, it probably is.
The D-16
will reveal the secret benefits of a planet if there are any; and send the
Jyotishi back to the radix in search of confirming positive aspects.
Q:
I have a great desire to own a luxury automobile. I have had this desire
since early in my life. Yet, the circumstances of my life seem to prevent the
acquisition of such a lovely and satisfying object. Will I obtain the car of
my dreams?
A: Namaste:
About vehicles:
Here is the evaluation process that I would follow. (Note that every
Jyotishi has their own method, but there is some similarity of methods
according to adherence to the classical literature.)
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Radix domain-4 = looks good!
Lord Kuja strong in domain-5 in good company.
Shukra = Luxmi = "luxury" occupies
domain-4 receiving drishti of blessed uchcha Guru from the house of Private
Imagination (domain-12).
This native should be able to manifest his
imaginative dream of owning and operating a beautiful luxury automobile.
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D-16 = vehicles. Varga nativities show more
subtle or "higher up" levels of expectation which are
essentially smaller thoughts nested inside of bigger thoughts.
D-16 reveals the presence of resistance to
realizing the dream. Luckily, this karmic resistance can be overcome through
self-awareness.
The astrological signature of the resistance is the
presence of L-4 Kuja in Kumbha lagna of the D-16.
In the hostile rashi of Kumbha, Kuja is oppressed by
Shani-driven "resistance" or "scarcity thinking".
About Varga Information:
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Varga characteristics reflect a more subtle
astral patterning that is ultimately determinative: like the
tiny
spring which has the programming
(destiny) to eventually become a
great river.
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It is the same with the human mind. Changes
made to the small thoughts within one's total belief system, can yield huge
material improvements through the "trickle down effect"
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That tiny spring is not physically big or
heavy like the full-grown river. At the source, it is
fairly
easy to redirect it. Yet, intentional changes made to a small
originating and determinative thought can have massive "downstream"
consequences".
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Changing the nature of that tiny spring
can change the course of a great river!
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With that awareness in mind, let us
approach the study of varga charts with an interest in isolating some of the
more subtle and mentally "manageable" thoughts that are more easily
amenable to positive adjustment.
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Expectations revealed at the varga level
are purely thoughts and they are absolutely amenable to conscious control.
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Resistance to Wealth and Well-Being
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As many great philosophers have observed,
poverty is a form of mental illness. The cause of poverty is a systematic
negative expectation that kicks in at every opportunity. It is caused by
victim mentality sustained by negative thoughts. The negative thoughts when
expressed in interior language will use words like "should" (guilt)
and "will-not" or "can not" (grief).
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When Shani is a
dominant force in any nativity, the presence of guilt, grief, and fear are
particularly strong. However it is important to acknowledge that each native
chooses the precise configuration of the graha at the time of birth. The
choice of graha in the Jyotisha nativity reflects the person's clear and
present spiritual intention to complete a program of transforming ignorance
into wisdom. A central tenet of any wisdom program is the awareness and
transformation of fear into acceptance, and
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Note that radix L-4 Kuja occupies a hostile rashi, the sign of Shani who is
Kuja's bitter enemy. Kuja wants to drive forward (literally here since we are
looking at the issue of cars!) and Shani wants to stop Mangala at any cost.
Shani's job is to prevent change, and the tool Shani uses to do the job is
Fear. So, we see that at a higher level of mind there is a negative resistance
thought, a non-permission thought, regarding personal vehicles. You do
absolutely have the power to reverse this thought, but the D-16 exposes it for
us in the Jyotisha view.
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Good thing, now we know it is there, and we know
where the work needs to be done in order to clear the path of permission to
allow you to possess the vehicle of your luxury dreams.
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When you have time, I would recommend a close analysis of the D-16 to find
out more about the terrain of subtle subconscious expectations regarding
personal vehicles. Note that not only Kuja but also Budha and Chandra (the
radix natural 4th lord) occupy Kumbha lagna.
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We know that Shani has tremendous influence, much of it very difficult, in
the radix chart. He is the L-6 (for poverty, illness, and exploitation) and He
is naturally the King of Fear. Shani has way too much negative,
scarcity-thinking power in the D-16 .
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