72. Ishu Yoga

73. Sakti Yoga

74. Danda Yoga

Definition.—When All The planets occupy four signs contiguously from the Lagna and other kendras respectively Yupa, Ishu, Sakti and Danda Yogas are caused.

Results.—

• One born in Yupa becomes liberal, self-possessed and noted for charitable deeds.

• Ishu makes one successful as a superintendent or head of a jail, concentration camp, etc.,

• Sakti renders the native lazy, slothful, devoid of riches, and generally disliked by people and

• Danda suggests that the person will lack happiness due from wife and children.

Remarks.—These four yogas arise by virtue of the seven planets being disposed in four contiguous houses as reckoned from the Ascendant and other kendras.

• in Lagna, 2nd, 3rd and 4th houses, Yupa is caused;

• in 4th, 5th, 9th and 7th , Ishu or Sara is produced;

• in 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th , Sakti is caused

• and in the 10th, 11th, 12th and 1st Danda is caused.

Personally, we are of opinion that all these various Akriti Yogas do not contribute much to the making of the horoscope.

In fact they seem to give rise to clues as regards the means of livelihood one is likely to have.

Thus, for instance, Ishu Yoga, said to be caused by the seven planets occupying the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th houses, is common in the horoscopes of persons, who may have anything to do with prisons, lock-ups, concentration camps, etc. Of course these deductions are based on our own observations and readers have to view them with due reserve.

... Whether the various Nabhasa Yogas can have An independent effect on the horoscope or whether They get mixed up with other Yogas, we shall discuss on a subsequent occasion.

Now suffice it to say that they will have important bearings on certain aspects Of one's life depending upon the stress that is laid On particular bhavas by the dispositions of planets in or around them.

Out of the four yogas mentioned above, Yupa And Danda are better than Ishu and Sakti Because in The latter two, planets are about to culminate or About to set.

78. Chapa Yoga

seven planets in seven contiguous houses from Lagna, 4th house, 7th house and 10th house respectively

Nav, Kuta, Chhatra and Chapa Yogas are produced.

Results: --

• Nav makes one occasionally happy, famous and miserly;

• one born in Kuta becomes a liar and a jailor.

• Chhatra Yoga produces a happy individual

• while one born in Chapa becomes brave and happy in the first and last periods of his life.

Definition.—All the planets should occupy the seven houses beginning from a Panapara or Apoklima.

There are four Panaparas (cadent houses) and four Apoklimas (succeedent houses).

Consequently there are eight kinds of Ardha Chandra Yogas, the planets occupying

(i) from 2nd to 8th,

(ii) 3rd to 9th,

(iii) 5th to 11th,

(iv) 6th to 12th,

(v) 8th to 2nd,

(vi) 9th to 3rd,

(vii) 11th to 5th and

(viii) 12th to 6th.

Definition.—

All the planets should occupy the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th houses.

Results.—The subject will be a king or an equal to him. He will command respect and submission from others and he will earn and spend well.

[On page 114 we have dealt with] Samudra Yoga which is said to result by all the planets occupying the even houses, whereas in this regard, All the odd houses must be occupied.

The combinationis not a rare one. So far as the results are concerned, The Yoga cannot produce rulers or emperors, but one who has this combination would certainlybecome an entity amongst his own people.

Definition.—

All the planets occupying two adjacent kendras, the 1st and 7th houses, and the 4th and 10th houses respectively will produce Gada, Sakata and Vihaga Yogas.

Definition

Benefics occupying the ascendant and the 7th house, while malefics occupying the 4th and the 10th give rise to Vajra Yoga; the reverse will be the case in Yava Yoga.

Remarks.—The difference between Vajra and Yava Yogas is very thin.

In the former, benefics will found in the ascendant and the descendant, and malefics in the meridian and the nadir while in other, the Lagna and the descendant must have malefics and the meridian and the nadir should have benefics.

If one makes a serious attempt to study a number of horoscopes, he will not be slow in appreciating one important truth, viz., that Yava Yoga is hardly conducive to the health and bodily happiness of the native or his wife, for if malefics Occupy the Lagna and the 7th, their effects, unlesscounterbalanced by other horoscopic factors, such as more powerful yogas or inherent strength, etc., would necessarily converge on these two houses.

These two yogas are not after all very important, because often­ times their influences become merged with those of other powerful yogas.

Definition.—If All the planets occupy the Ascendant and its trines Sringhataka is caused.

If planets are confined to other triangular houses, Hala Yoga arises.

Results.—One born in Sringhataka becomes happy in later life while Hala Yoga makes one an Agriculturist.

Sringhataka may mean junction of four roads or a square. Planets must invariably occupy the 1st, 5th and 9th houses. Lagna represents body, the 5th indicates progeny and the 9th suggests fortune in general. If these three houses are well fortified, then the native will have a smooth career, Progeny and success in life.

One born in Sringhataka , is said to be happy in his later life.

Hala implies a plough.

Consistent with this mean ing, Hala Yoga is said to make one an agriculturist. Three variations can be seen in this Yoga, all the planets may occupy

(a) the 2nd, 6th and 10th houses,

(b) the 3rd, 7th and 11th houses and

(c) the 4th, 8th and 12th houses.

Hala Yoga would be helpful in deciding one's profession, for a number of horoscopes possessing this combination, belong to agriculturists, farmers, estate managers, zamindars and petty land­ lords

Kamala Yoga will result when the planets are situated in the four kendras,

while Vapee is caused when the planets are ranged in the four Panaparas or the four Apoklimas.

Results.—

• One born in Kamala will not become much wealthy, but he will command high prestige, wide fame and innumerable virtues.

• Vapee makes one hoarder of money.

Remarks.—

Kamala Yoga is practically the same

Kamala Yoga lays emphasis fame, virtue, and prestige as different from mere earning capacity.

Vapee, which means a well, on the other hand, is said to make one mean, trickery and Always pine for and hoard wealth.

Panaparas are the 2nd, 5th, 8th, and 11th and Apoklimas are 3rd, 9th and 12th. The planets should occupy exclusively all the Panaparas or all the Apoklimas.

Results.—The native will be a ruler or livehim free from care and worry.

"Remarks.— This is indeed a somewhat rare combination because all the seven planets have to occupy six alternate signs beginning from the second.

All odd houses reckoned from Lagna should be free from Occupation.

With this, we complete the 21 Akriti Yogas, comprising the first of the 4 groups of Nabhasa Yoga: Yogas like Vajra and Yava which require the posit ions of the planets exclusively in kendras do not seem to have the approval of Varahamihira.

He deals with them in his Brihat Jataka simply adopting the views of Yavana and others and feels sceptical about their possibility with the query 'How can Mercury and Venus occupy the 4th sign (Bhavana) from the Sun ?'

The possibility or otherwise of Vajra, Yava and similar yogas which require mutual angular dispositions of the Sun and Mercury and Venus depends upon whether these yogas refer to the positions of planets in the Rasi Chakra or Bhava Chakra.

• If the former, as is clearly implied by the letter Bhavana used by Mihira which means a sign, then the Sun can never be in a Kendra from Mercury or Venus.
• If on the other hand, the reference is to Bhava Chakra as some scholars contend, then Mercury can occupy a kendra bhava from the Sun, which could be possible in very high latitudes.

Therefore the ancient writers have not erred if the Vajra and Yava Yogas refer to the positions in the Bhava Chakra. "