Tips To Assess Strength Of Horoscope

Author: Suchitra Das | Last Updated: Fri 30 Dec 2011 1:15:26 PM

By Suchitra Das

To begin with, 10 simple steps are as follow.

  • The strength of Lagna/Lagna Lord, Sun & Moon who are the tripods of a horoscope need to be seen first.
  • Concentration of planets in Kendra houses (1, 4, 7 & 10). More the numbers of these houses are occupied by natural benefics or by the lord of these houses, more the strength to the horoscope.
  • Concentration of planets in Trikone houses (5th & 9th houses) which are the abode of Goddess Lakshmi. Lagna is both Kendra & Trikone.
  • Spread of planets in Upachaya houses (3, 6, 10 & 11) as these houses indicate the extent of success a person is likely to get in his toil and his courage.
  • Benefic yogas exist in the horoscope, more the number of these yogas, more the strength to the horoscope. Yogas should also be seen in Divisional Charts.
  • Parashari Dasha sequences. Planets with strength participating in Raj Yogas/Dhan Yogas in Birth Horoscope and Divisional Horoscopes confer these results during their Dashas. Position of Dasha Planets from the respective Karakas (significators).
  • Placement of planets especially in Navamsha Chart with reference to the Navamsha Lagna, Birth Lagna and their respective position in Natal Horoscope. Planets in Pushkar Navamsha.
  • Successive benefic placement of planets in Shodashvarga (in 16 important Divisional Charts). More such benefic placements, more the strength to the horoscope.
  • Planets related to 64th Navamsha, 22nd Drekkana & Mrityu Bhaga inflicts death like suffering especially during their Dasha periods. Similarly, planets related to Trika houses (6, 8 & 12) are supposed to give evil result.
  • Asthakavarga strength of each houses of horoscope. Positive number of bindu contribution of each planet to a particular house through their Binna-Asthakavarga charts.

Under this 10 simple beginning steps, let me analyse the childhood of a nativity of the given model horoscope. The birth details have been withdrawn for the obvious reason of anonymity.

Model Horoscope in tabular format of a male nativity

Aries

Taurus

Gemini

Cancer

Leo

Virgo

Libra

Scorpio

Sagittarius

Capricorn

Aquarius

Pisces

BC

&

H/No

7H

8H

9H

10H

Sun

Mercury

11H

Mars

Venus

12H

Rahu

Lagna

Jupiter

Moon

2H

3H

Saturn

4H

5H

6H

Ketu

D-9

&

H/No.

11H

Rahu

12H

Lagna

Jupiter

Saturn

2H

3H

4H

5H

Venus

Mars

Ketu

6H

Mercury

7H

8H

9H

Sun

10H

Moon

  • First note, three planets viz. Mercury, Venus & Saturn who are natural friends of Lagna Lord and Lagna Lord itself are retrograde. Jupiter is in its last degrees. None of the planets are exalted or in own house or in a friendly house other than Sun and Mars are in friendly signs with 9th lord Mercury being combust. Mutual aspects among the planets are absent other than Saturn aspecting Rahu in 12th house and Mars aspecting Ketu in 6th house carrying hardly any positive meaning for him. All these resulted in an initial pulling down effect on his luck. The native born to an average family with a humble start of life.
  • Born in Rahu Dasha, which continued upto July 1961 followed by Jupiter Dasha upto July 1977.
  • Lagna is occupied by Jupiter (3rd & 6th lord) & Moon (10th lord). Gajkesari Yoga in Lagna and Jupiter has directional strength added strength to the Lagna. But, Jupiter as a weak 6th lord being in last degrees and his placement in an airy sign with watery planet Moon has given him chronic asthmatic problem. As soon as Jupiter Dasha began, the native developed the Asthmatic problem. However, still with his chronic asthmatic problem the native is living normal life and handsome to look at because of Jupiter’s involvement in Gajkesari Yoga and placement of 10th lord Moon in Lagna negated the adverse result to some extent.
  • Lagna lord Venus in 11th house with 7th & 2nd lord Mars and hence afflicted. However, placement of Mars as 2nd lord in 11th house is Dhan Yoga, which is a planetary protection against penury for him. Moreover, conjunction of Mars, a youthful planet with Lagna Lord Venus, the Karaka of beauty made him looking youthful and younger to his actual age.
  • Sun is in 10th house having directional strength and being with Mercury given rise to Budhaditya Yoga. Combination of 11th lord Sun and 9th lord Mercury (though combust) is Dhan Yoga, too, in the house of profession, which is one more planetary protection against penury through profession.
  • The native has also got Parijata Yoga, as the dispositor of Lagna Lord Venus is Sun who is in 10th house, which is a Kendra. Native with such a yoga struggle in his early life but fate starts blooming gradually as the age progresses. Presently, the native is a Gazetted Officer with the Government.
  • Two Kendras (Lagna & 10th house), three Upachaya houses (3, 6 & 11) and one Trikone (Lagna) are occupied by 8 planets with only Rahu in Trika house (12th house). Sum of all these are clear indication that the native has the planetary support atleast to sail out from any struggling situations how grave they could be for him.
  • Rahu in 12th house indicates hospitalization. The native had undergone major hernia operation during his infancy in Rahu – Mars. (Mars is the significator of surgery afflicting his Lagna Lord Venus, the functional significator of health/body).
  • The native had his school education in a boarding school, which is expensive. The expenses in boarding school is clearly seen in the horoscope because of the placement of 4th lord Saturn in 3rd house, which is 12th house from 4th house indicating expenses on boarding schooling. Moreover, the strength of Sun (significator of father) and 9th house (though afflicted by Saturn, 5th lord) is a clear indication of father’s ability to garner finance and intention to give better education to his son.
  • 4th house has double affliction of Sun & retrograde Saturn indicating staying away from home, which was through boarding schooling but for a better purpose because of the favourable lordships of the afflicting planets in the horoscope.
  • The native lost his father at his teen because of the affliction to 9th house in birth chart and affliction to Sun in D-12 during the fag end of Jupiter Dasha, which is influencing his 9th house of father.
  • The native is a man of wisdom because of the aspect of 5th lord Saturn on 5th house as also due to the aspect of Venus (Lagna & 8th lord), Jupiter (3rd & 6th lord) and Mars (2nd & 7th lord) thus making the 5th house strong. He has a spiritual as well as inquisitiveness/research oriented bent of mind and successful in communicative pursuits.
  • The native is a man of average luck. But, through his saner efforts he is gradually climbing the ladder of his success as his age is progressing. See the benefic yogas in the horoscope especially, the Parijata Yoga, which exists both in the Natal Horoscope and Navamsha Horoscope confirming result giving capability of the yoga.

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