Planetary Yoga: 177-186
from B.V. Raman, Three
Hundred Important Combinations.
(10th ed., Delhi, 1991). Originally published in 1947.
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see also: a
selection of yogas from Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra
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Yoga Name |
B.V. Raman's description of Yoga |
B.V. Raman's "Remarks"
regarding the Yoga |
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Combinations
regarding Bhratru Bhava, Siblings, Courage
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177. Bhratruvriddhi Yoga |
Definition.—The
3rd lord, or Mars, or the 3rd house
should be joined or aspected by benefics and otherwise
strong.
Results.—The
person will be happy on account of
his brothers who will attain great prosperity. |
Remarks.—Children
of the same parents would be brothers and sisters when young. As they grow up, they
become enemies.
There may be noble exceptions but as a general rule one would hardly come
across brothers and sisters amongst whom cordial relations exist.
Quarrels arise on account of petty things and they
assume serious proportions. To have brothers and
sisters and to be happy with them is indeed a fortune.
Generally
speaking, the 3rd lord should not occupy
malefic vargas and particularly those of Mars. If,
however, Mars becomes the lord of the 3rd, the stigma loses its sting considerably.
Having brothers is different from
living cordially with them.
When the Bhava
has inherent strength the subject will have brothers,
but when the Bhava has a number of evil vargas,
the brothers will be a source of annoyance |
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178. Sodaranasa Yoga |
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Remarks.—Mars
is the karaka for brothers.
The 3rd house and the 3rd lord have
governance over brothers.
A happy disposition of these three factors is
absolutely necessary if one's brothers are to live.
According
to the above yoga, the presence of Mars and
the 3rd lord in the 8th denotes that all the brothers
would be destroyed.
There is also the suggestion that
the 3rd, 4th and 7th are also not suitable places for Mars or
the 3rd lord to occupy. Practical experience
shows that the disposition of Mars in the 7th is not as
harmful as in the 8th. A karaka in the appropriate
bhava is held to give rise to harmful results.
I am not able to appreciate as to why the 4th should
be deemed unfit for either Mars or the 3rd lord to join. |
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179. Ekabhagini
Yoga |
Definition.—Mercury,
the lord of the 3rd and Mars
should join the 3rd house, the Moon and Saturn
respectively.
Results.—The person will have
only one sister. |
Remarks.—The
yoga as given here is restricted in its application. A number of variations have to be thought
of by assuming similar dispositions in the navamsha and other shadvargas.
The yoga
assumes fortification
of the 3rd house and the 3rd lord and the corresponding weakness of Mars. |
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180. Dwadasa
Sahodara Yoga |
Definition.—If
the 3rd lord is in a kendra
and exalted Mars joins Jupiter in a thrikona from the 3rd
lord,
the above yoga is caused.
Results.—The
native will be the third out of the twelve brothers (and sisters) he will have. |
Remarks.—The
yoga is typical inasmuch as it is rare. The original construction is confounding. But it can
be reduced to the simple proposition that:
in
respect of Gemini, Leo, Scorpio, Sagittarius and Pisces,
the 3rd lord should be in a kendra
and Mars and Jupiter
in conjunction in Capricorn.
The other signs are to be omitted
because the 3rd lord cannot occupy a kendra which should be a place of trine from Capricorn.
When Mars is expected to be in Swa-uccha with Jupiter, then the only possible place
would be Capricorn.
This should be a trine from the position of
the 3rd lord, who in his turn should have occupied a kendra from
Lagna.
Taking Aries, lord of the 3rd is Mercury. He cannot occupy a
kendra consistent with such
a kendra being a thrikona from Mars-Jupiter combination
which as per the requirements of the yoga is a fixed point. Taurus
has to be rejected for the
same reason. Gemini is a possibility because the yoga
can arise by the Sun occupying Virgo. Cancer has
to be ignored while for Leo, Venus can occupy Taurus. Virgo, Libra, Capricorn and Aquarius can-n°t
be thought of as the lord happens to be either Mars or Jupiter.
For Scorpio, Saturn can occupy Taurus and for Sagittarius, the suitable place
is Virgo. Thus the yoga is as limited in its application as it is rare
in its occurrence.
It
is important to remember that in interpreting yogas bearing on the
number of children, brothers, etc.,
one has to carefully take note of the correct social conditions, the facilities
available to regulate the
birth of children, etc. |
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181. Sapthasankhya Sahodara Yoga |
Definition.—Lord
of the 12th should join Mars
and the Moon should be in the 3rd with Jupiter,
devoid
of association with or aspect of Venus.
Results.—The native will have seven brothers. |
Remarks.—A
large number of combinations is to be found in traditional astrology bearing on the determination
of the number of brothers, their prosperity and adversity and other peculiarities connected
with them.
Since people possessing a definite number of brothers such as seven or
twelve are not a common phenomenon, combinations bearing on
this peculiarity are of typical interest. Hence the distinction attached to their
inclusion in this book. Generally,
the number of Navamshas gained by the lord
of the 3rd or Mars determines the number of brothers—the
surviving ones depending upon the number
of benefics intervening from the first navamsha to
the one occupied by the planet in question. |
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182.
Parakrama Yoga |
Definition.—The
lord of the 3rd should join a benefic
navamsha being aspected by (or conjoined with)
benefic planets, and Mars should occupy benefic signs.
Results.—The subject will possess
much
courage. |
Remarks.—By
courage is implied preserving one's balance of mind in the face of grave danger to one's own
life and interests. The 3rd house is called 'Para-krama'
and hence its lord should occupy a benefic navamsha besides receiving the aspect of a good planet. Mars
should also be similarly situated. If the lord or the karaka has a predominance of evil vargas
then the
person becomes very funky. |
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183.
Yuddha Praveena Yoga |
Definition.—If
the lord of the navamsha
joined by the planet who owns the navamsha
in which the 3rd lord is placed,
joins his own vargas,
the above yoga is caused.
Results.—The
person becomes a capable strategist &
an expert in warfare. |
Remarks.—
The
combination is a bit round about.
First, the 3rd lord is placed in some navamsha;
second, the
owner of this navamsha has joined some other navamsha.
The lord of this navamsha should occupy his
own shad-vargas.
Suppose
Lagna is Aquarius, and Mars
and the Sun are in Leo and Sagittarius navamsha.
Then, the lord of the 3rd being Mars occupies Leo; the lord of this navamsha, viz., the Sun is in Sagittarius.
The lord of this, viz., Jupiter should be in
his own Varga.
When
the planets are situated as above, then the person will be a clever
strategist and he will
have the knack to give battles in such a way as
to overcome the resistance offered by the enemy without
much bloodshed.
In this connection, the horoscopes
of great military commanders may be studied with advantage. |
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184.
Yuddhatpoorvadridhachitta Yoga |
Definition.—The
exalted lord of the 3rd should join
malefics in movable Rasis or Navamsas.
Results.—The
person will be courageous before the
commencement of the war |
Remarks.—Evidently,
the combination makes it clear that until the native actively participates
in the war, he shows courage but as soon as he gets
into the actual theatre, he loses his balance of mind,
becomes funky and beats an ignominious
retreat.
The name of Uttara, a character of Mahabharatha,
has become proverbial for all those who show initial zeal but lose heart as soon as they come into actual grips with reality. |
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185.
Yuddhatpaschaddrudha Yoga |
Definition.—The
lord of the 3rd should occupy
Results.—The
person gets
courage after
the commencement of the war.
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Remarks.—Some
people get afraid to join military service but become sufficiently courageous after reaching
the battlefield.
The
lord should be in a fixed Rashi and a fixed Navamsa and cruel
Shashtiamsa, besides the lord of the house occupied by the 3rd lord getting
debilitated.
All
the above yogas pertaining to courage, valour, strategic
proficiency, etc.. cannot be applied in a literal manner.
The underlying principles can be extended to apply to day-to-day activities inasmuch
as one has to come across a large number of pitfalls and face
critical periods.
To
come out successful from life's ordeals, one has to be strong-minded,
courageous and intelligent.
There
are moments in one's life when one is likely to lose heart just
because one cannot control the situation.
Yogas
184 and 185 can be made use of for judging one's capacity to brave odds in life and
come out
successful in trying and hopeless circumstances. |
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186.
Satkathadisravana Yoga |
Definition.—The
3rd house should be a benefic sign
aspected by benefic planets and the 3rd lord should
join a benefic amsa.
Results.—The
native will always be interested in reading high-class literature and in listening
to religious
discourses.
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Remarks.—Irrespective
of the fact whether or not the 3rd house is a benefic
sign, the 3rd lord should have
the aspect of one of the natural benefics. |
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updated: 24 August 2008