Introduction: A birth chart is the snap of zodiac at the time of your birth and comprises of nine planets and

twelve houses. The placement of different planets in different houses in a birth chart is known as the planetary configurations of the said birth chart. The promise of an individuals life is fixed by the destiny in the form of the placement and strength of planets in a birth chart. Astrology is the art of interpreting the influences of various planets on human beings. This is considered to be divine science and it enables us to peep into the mysterious future. There are different systems used for the purpose of forecasting such as palm reading, transit, horary, varsh-phala, face reading, birth chart reading etc. However, practically the most accurate one is the birth chart reading since it is directly linked to the birth time of the person concerned. One can avail the services of astrology in different forms as well as in different fields in routine life. For example, it is of great use for managing health, business, stability in business/professional career, enjoying marital life, to solve the problems of children, understanding your strength, aptitude, weakness as well as the favourable and the unfavourable time frames during a particular period. In brief one can improve his/ her life style by utilizing the services this science in a proper way. For example if you have been advised to be impatient or temperamental then you may monitor yourself and exercise control over yourself. Majority of your problems

can be solved if you are able to exercise patience in your day-to-day life. It is just an example. A case study: The chart given above belongs to a male born with Capricorn ascendant. He had been passing through the sub period in of Rahu in the main period of Jupiter from July 2001 to November 2003. Rahu is a malefic planet and casting its influence on some of the benefic planets in his birth chart. Therefore he had been advised to pay due attention towards his personal as well as professional life during the sub period of Rahu. The person followed the advised and had been enjoying routine life during the sub period of Rahu. The person consulted me during the month of September 2003. The close analysis of his birth chart indicated that during the transitory movements in the near future,the planet governing unexpected expenses, losses, expenses on health etc. had been passing through the house governing marital life, partnerships etc. and had been casting its influence on the houses governing efforts, health, income, gains, fulfilment of desire etc. The analysis indicated that from November 2002 to January 2003 the concerned planet would be almost stationary on the most effective points and would be casting its close influence on Moon, the planet governing marital life, partnerships etc. and the significator of mental peace, wife, wealth during this time frame. Keeping in view the above, he had been advised to pay necessary attention towards his health, expenses as well as personal life. The transiting planets started casting their close influence their very close influence from 17th November 2002. The malefic transiting influence had been at its peak on the effective points of the ascendant, the most effective points of different houses in his birth chart as well as on the planet governing wife, mental peace, wealth etc. As a result of which, the person suffered from severe health problems, financial constraints due to expenses on health, difference of opinion with spouse, mental stress. In addition to this he could not attend his office and this had been due to the influence of the lord of the house governing losses on the house governing efforts, initiative etc. However, the things started improving, when the transiting planet started moving away from the sensitive points in his birth chart i.e. from 26th January 2003 and the person started feeling relieved. No body can stop the rain from falling but one can carry an umbrella. In the case mentioned above the person had been prewarned, therefore he was hopeful of recovery and faced the health, marital as well as financial constraints in a normal way. I hope the case mentioned above clearly indicates the utility of the divine science astrology in our day-to-day life.

I am starting this tutorial series of Astrology, the great predictive science, in a simplified manner. Predictive astrology is a very vast and technical study. One needs to spend quite some time to study and start analyzing the horoscopes. Since there are large numbers of software available for casting of horoscope, we will not discuss this and the mathematical calculations involved in it. Janam Kundli or Horoscope is a map indicating the ascendant rising in the east and the position of various planets at the time of birth of a particular person at a particular place. The particulars required for casting a horoscope are: 1. Date of birth 2. Time of birth and 3. Longitude and Latitude of the place of birth To study the good or bad effects indicated in a horoscope, our great scholars saints, in older times, have used the main four constituent or components. These four components are: 1. 2. 3. 4. Zodiac Sign (Rashi) Planets (Grah) Constellations (Nakhshatras) Houses (Bhava)

Our great scholars studied the travel path of planets and observed the relative movements of the various planets. According to the various shapes being formed by the different constellations and sub constellation groups and the impact of a particular planet observed

in the region, the sky was divided into the twelve parts. These are known as the twelve zodiac signs. It was observed that the first zodiac sign "Aries" has the shape of an Aries and hence this name and it had the qualities of the planet Mars hence the lordship of this sign was given to mars; the second sign Taurus was observed to have the shape of a bull and qualities of Venus, hence the shape of a bull denotes this sign and lordship of this sign was given to Venus and so on. Following are the twelve zodiac signs, fixed number representing the zodiac sign and the lords of zodiac signs. Numerical Representation of Zodiac Sign Name of the Zodiac Signs English Hindi Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius Pisces Mesh Vrishabha Mithun Kark Singh Kanya Tula Varishchak Dhanu Makra Kumbh Meen Lords of the Zodiac Signs English Hindi Mars Venus Mercury Moon Sun Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn Saturn Jupiter Mangal Shukra Budh Chandra Surya Budh Shukra Mangal Brahaspati Shani Shani Brahaspati

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Sun, the biggest source of energy to earth, in fact is a star and not the planet. Since older time it is considered that moon, mars, mercury, jupiter, venus and saturn are six planets and are moving around the sun in a fixed orbit. In predictive astrology sun has been considered a planet. The great Indian astrologer-saints discovered that although Rahu and Ketu are two shadow planets only but they influence the human being and the other matters so deeply that there presence can not be ignored. So considering rahu and ketu we have nine planets in all. The new find in planets, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are not only at a great distance but are very slow moving also. Hence they are not included in Indian predictive astrology. It is considered that each of these nine planets have a portion of some of the living beings, materials, situations, institutions etc. in them. So each planets becomes the representative of the certain good or bad effects and causes this effect on the human being according to its placement in once horoscope. Considering this fact our great learned saints allocated the representation of various matters, colors, directions, stages, deeds, organs etc. to these different planets. In brief their representation is as under:

SUN is the Karka or representative of gold, copper, ruby, king, father, soul, patience, courage, light, temple, Lord Shiva related work, forest or mountain travel, east direction, bone, eye, heart, stomach . MOON is the karka or representative of silver, bell metal, pearl, queen, mother, blood, eye, lungs, chest, memory, desires, emotions, beauty, milk, water, white color, north - west direction. MARS is the karka or representative of copper, coral, younger brothers, bravery, muscles, bone marrow, kitchen fire, thief, telling lies, arms & ammunition, south direction. MERCURY is the karka or representative of child, skin, intestines, speech, green color, intelligence for learning, maternal uncle, impotency, north direction. JUPITER is the karka or representative of topaz, elder brother, son, knowledge, greatness, fat in the body, wealth, lever, hips, air, husband in the horoscopes of females, king's grace, north - east direction. VENUS is the karka or representative of diamond, platinum, white gold, wife, semen, valuable things & wealth, bed, flower, fragrance, music, vehicles, south east direction. SATURN is the karka or representative of iron, blue sapphire, oil, petrol, leather, stone, fear, insult, sorrow, diseases of very long span, lower portion of leg, labor, servants, dirt, police arrest, going to prison, means of cultivation, black color, darkness, yogi, slow, buffalo, loans, west direction. RAHU has, in general, all the characteristics of saturn excepts for the body parts. Gomedh is the stone for Rahu. KETU has, in general, all the characteristics of mars excepts for the body parts. It is the representative of all the secretive dealings and works. Cat's eye is its stone.

It has been made clear that to asess the effect of various planets and other things the on human being the sky or the envelope around the universe has been divided into twelve parts, called the zodiac signs. Each zodiac sign has a span of 360 / 12 = 30 degrees. To asess the still finer details this envelope has also been divided into twenty seven parts called Constellations (Nakshatras) and each constellation has a span of 360 / 27 =13 degrees and 20 minutes. Following are the constellations and their lord planets: Constellation's Fixed Number 1 2 3 4 Constellation's name Asvini Bharani Krittika Rohini Constellation's Lord Planet Ketu Venus Sun Moon

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

Mrigasira Aridra Punarvasu Pushyami Aslesha Magha Purva Phalguni Uttara Phalguni Hasta Chitra Swati Vishakha Anuradha Jyeshta Moola Poorvashada Uttarashada Sravana Dhanishta Satabhisha Poorva Bhadra Uttara Bhadra Revti

Mars Rahu Jupiter Saturn Mercury Ketu Venus Sun Moon Mars Rahu Jupiter Saturn Mercury Ketu Venus Sun Moon Mars Rahu Jupiter Saturn Mercury

The lordship of various constellations has been given to various planets as per the qualities it possesses. The start of first constellations coincides with the start of first zodiac sign i.e., Ashwini and Aries starts from the same point. Now after the details of constellations we need to have some details of Houses (Bhavas). As the zodiac sign path has been divided into twelve parts (the zodiac signs), in the same way the Earth has been divided into twelve imaginary parts (the Houses) as per the birth ascendant. Like plants each house also represents various qualities, characteristics, relationship etc. Following are the main astrological information collected from various houses (image on top):

First House: It is also known as the ascendant or the house representing body. In a broader way it represents the physical position of once body i.e., height. color, body structure, head, intelligence, character etc.

Second House: It is also known as wealth house. It also represents right eye, level of education, speech and its strength, child hood, mother's elder brother and sisters, husband's or wife's life span ( in wife or husband's horoscope respectively ) etc. Third House: It is also known to be the house of younger brothers and sisters. It also represents right hand, respiratory canal, brother in law's wife, sister in law's husband, father in law etc. Fourth House: It is also known as "Sukh Bhav". It represents mother, the house of living, vehicle, public, feelings, chest, lungs, father's life, water, well etc. Fifth House: It is also known as Son's House. It represents son and other children, art of writing, power of logic, future, gambling, heart, elder brother's wife, elder sister's husband, wife' s elder brother and sisters, luck etc. Sixth House: It is also known as Enemy House. It represents animosity, difficulties, loans, health and diseases, intestines, kidneys, mother's younger brother, life span of elder brothers and sisters etc. Seventh House: It is also known as Wife's House. It represents wife or husband i.e., in a male's horoscope it represents wife and in a female's horoscope it represents husband, married life, ability to produce child, urinary system, father's elder brothers and sisters, business etc. Eigth House: It is also known as Life Span House. It represents life - cause of death, foreign travel, research, elder maternal uncle's wife, mother's elder sister's husband, destruction etc. Ninth House: It is also known as Religion House. It represents religion, positive thinking, fate, father ( in astrological system followed in south India ), blessings from the king / ruler, visit to own country, fate, noble deeds, wife's younger brothers and sisters ( in case of male's horoscope ) and husband's younger brothers and sisters ( in case of female's horoscope ), younger brother's wife, younger sister's husband etc. Tenth House: It is also known as "Karma Bhava" or "Deeds House". It represents good or bad deeds, position, government, father's wealth, mother in law, younger brother's age, knee etc. Eleventh House: It is also known as "Income House" or "Gains House". It represents income, legs, elder brothers and sisters, mother's age, father's younger brothers and sisters, daughter in law, son in law, charity etc. Twelfth House: It is known as "Mokhsh Bhava" or "Expenses House". It represents expenses, left eye, feet, sleep, pleasures, paternal grand mother, age of sons and daughters, etc.

editor comments: add this section to your favorites and join our list (on top of the page) to stay updated about new additions in this series. It's worthwhile knowing the Natural Characteristics of the zodiac signs in brief. The natural characteristics of the zodiac signs are as under: MOBILE SIGNS (Cher Rasi) Aries ( 1 ) Cancer ( 4 ) Libra ( 7) Capricorn ( 10 ) FIXED SIGNS (Sthir Rasi) Taurus ( 2 ) Leo ( 5 ) Scorpio ( 8 ) Aquarius ( 11 ) DUAL CHARACTER SIGNS (Daveesavbhav Rasi) Gemini ( 3 ) Virgo ( 6 ) Sagittarius ( 9 ) Pisces ( 12 )

Simply knowing these natural characters of various signs does not serve any purpose. We need to know the objective related to these natural characters and use them in predictive astrology. For example if we execute some work in a mobile / moveable or "cher" lagna or ascendant it will not be stable. If we undertake a journey in mobile sign we will come back soon. In the same way, while analyzing a horoscope, if it is found that the ascendant is a mobile sign and its lord is also positioned in a mobile/moveable/cher sign, then the person will be fond of traveling and will remain quite mobile in his life. Similarly if the ascendant is a fixed sign and its lord is also positioned in a fixed sign then the person will not be very mobile. He will be practically stationed at one place. So it can be concluded now that a person born in a dual character sign with its lord also positioned in dual character sign will some times do extensive traveling and some times would not like to travel at all. These characteristics are also used for "Mahurat" purposes. For example one would like to move into his own house in a fixed lagna or sign so that he can live there for a longer time and so on. These characteristics are also used in "Horary" or "Prashna Lagna" to reply whether the work will be done fast (in a moveable sign) or the result will be received late (as in a fixed sign) or it is unpredictable i.e., it may be done fast or may take longer time (as in a dual character sign); of course other factors are to be considered also for drawing this conclusion. SIGNS WHICH RISE WITH "HIND PART" (Prishtouday Rasi) Aries Taurus Cancer Sagittarius Capricorn SIGNS WHICH RISE WITH "HEAD" (sheershouday Rasi) Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Aquarius SIGNS WHICH RISE WITH "BOTH SIDES" (Ubyaodya Rasi) Gemini Pisces

This character based division of signs is very useful in predictive astrology. Signs which rise with the "head" are "Shubh" or "auspicious" while the signs rising with the "hind part" are considered "Ashubh" or "inauspicious". Signs rising from both sides are considered to be of mixed result givers. The auspicious works are done in head rising signs and inauspicious work or cruel works are done in hind part rising signs. Signs rising with both sides are meant for mixed type of works. Malefic planet in a hind part rising sign becomes very cruel and hence gives the very cruel results but if it is positioned in a head rising sign, it will not give that cruel result. In the same way a benefic planet gives very good result in a head rising sign but will give much less good result in a hind part rising sign. Planets when positioned in a head rising sign, give very fast results and the results are quite delayed when they are positioned in a hind part rising sign . The results comes in the middle of the period when planets are positioned in a sign which rises from both the sides. FIRE SIGNS (Agni) Aries Leo Sagittarius EARTH SIGNS (Prithvi) Taurus Virgo Capricorn AIR SIGNS (Vayu) Gemini Libra Aquarius WATER SIGNS (Jal) Cancer Scorpio Pisces

Since water and earth is available, on the mother Earth, in the form of a mixture; we can easily understand that they can co-exist and are not against each other whereas water and fire can not co-exist and we can conclude that they are against each other. It is seen that people having prithvitatv & jaltatv raise and people having vayutatv and agnitatv rasie are friendly. In general jal & agni; prithvi & agni and jal & vayutatv rasi people are unfriendly to each other. Moreover the presence of unfriendly tatv planet in a unfriendly tatv sign reduces the strenth of the house (where they are present) and presence of a friendly tatv planet in a friendly tatv sign increases the strength of the house of there presence. MALE SIGNS OR THE CRUEL SIGNS Aries Gemini Leo Libra Sagittarius FEMALE SIGNS OR THE SOFT SIGNS Taurus Cancer Virgo Scorpio Capricorn

Aquarius

Pisces

All odd numbered signs are considered male signs and they are said to be cruel signs .All even numbered signs are considered to be female signs or soft signs. DIRECTIONS ALLOCATED TO ZODIAC SIGNS : EAST Aries Leo Sagittarius SOUTH Taurus Virgo Capricorn WEST Gemini Libra Aquarius NORTH Cancer Scorpio Pisces

This information is quite useful for deciding "Mahurat" at the time of undertaking a journey. For example if one intends to travel in east direction, he should start the journey when there is aries, leo or Sagittarius ascendant. If one has a choice to decide about the day of travel (means there no hurry to undertake the journey immediately) then it should be planed in such a way that moon should be there in one of the signs of the direction of travel. For example if the journey is to be undertaken in the south direction , then moon should be either in taurus , virgo or capricorn. By doing so one can be sure that he will fulfill the objective of his travel. Having learnt about the zodiac signs, it is worthwhile having some information regarding planets also. It should be very clear that if we memorize these basic things, it will help a lot in making excellent predictions. The base of predictive astrology is zodiac signs, planets and the houses. After having the complete knowledge of these, the readers will be in a position to assess that at which time any planet can give what sort of result. Like any one person behaves in a different manner at different places or with different people; in the same manner planets in different houses and in different zodiac signs gives totally different results. For example the result of presence of Sun in Leo will be quite different from its presence in Libra. The Moon in conjunction with Sun will give different result than its conjunction with Jupiter. The method or source of giving financial gain of Jupiter will be completely different than that of the Mars. Similarly the planets give gains or losses in the direction of his lordship and with the things of which he is "Karka" or of his lordship. So in my opinion it is a must to understand and memorize these characteristics. It has been said earlier also that in Hindu Astrology we mainly consider the effect of only nine planets -- the Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu. In our ancient astrological system we have considered the effect of the presence of Gulik or Mandhi (son of Saturn). For some specific purposes Gulik's position is still used in the present time also. Followings are the Natural Characteristics of the Planets: GENDER (sex)

The Sun, the Mars and the Jupiter are male planets while the Moon, theVenus and Rahu are female planets. Mercury, Saturn and Ketu are considered to be impotent planets. With this information we should think that the Sun is father, Mars is brother and Jupiter is son. Moon and Venus are females with this it should be clear that Moon is mother and Venus is wife. Further detailed difference will be given at relevant place. This information helps us in assessing the nature, looks, temparament etc. of a person while examining the horoscope. It also helps in assessing the gender of a baby prior to its birth by examining the horoscope of the pregnant lady and her husband. It also helps in predicting about father, mother, brother etc. CASTE The Jupiter and the Venus are Brahmin. The Sun and the Mars are Kshatriyas (warriors ). The Moon vaisya (trader) and the Mercury is of mixed caste. Some are of the opinion that moon is kshatriya and mercury is vaisya. The Saturn is the leader of shudra community (untouchables) and Rahu & Ketu are Chandaals (low castes). The Sun, Jupiter and the Moon are planets signifying Satva (purity, goodness). The Venus and the Mercury are essentially the planets of Passion. The Saturn and the Mars own Tamas or darkness as their distinguish characteristic. When we will start studying a horoscope we will see that this information will help assessing the type of a solution one should adopt. For example if some one brings a horoscope to you and says that he has a dispute with somebody and how he should resolve this issue i.e., to resolve by discussions ( Jupiter or Venus - as they are Brahmins ) or by going to courts i.e., by punishing (Sun or Mars - as they are Kshatriyas),or by donating some money (Moon being Vaisya and remedial is donation ).This will be directly linked with the period (mahadasa and antar dasa i.e., main period and sub period of the planet ) through which the concerned person is passing through. DIRECTIONS Regarding the lordship of different directions, the Sun is considered to be the lord of East, Moon is the lord of North-West (Vavya kon[degree]), Mars is the lord of South , Mercury is the lord of North, Jupiter is the lord of North-East (Eeshan Kon), Venus is the lord of South-East (Aagney kaun), Saturn is the lord of West and Rahu & Ketu are lord of South-West (Naratya Kaun). This information is used while calculating that in which direction, the person in question, might have gone (for example while solving the question of a theft, the astrologer can predict the direction in which the thief must have gone or while calculating about a missing person, the direction in which the missing person has left can be predicted). The

strong planet gives benefit if we work in his direction. It also helps to know which Deity to worship before undertaking a journey in a particular direction. COLORS Sun is of red and little mixed color, Moon is white, Mars is bright red in color, Mercury is green ,Jupiter is golden, Venus is white, Saturn is black and deep blue also( as considered by some learned astrologers ), Rahu has honey like color and Ketu is of brown color. NATURE The Sun and the Moon are Luminous. The Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and The Saturn are star planets. Rahu and Ketu are of the nature of darkness. The Moon (waxing only), Mercury, Jupiter and Venus are auspicious or benefic planets (out of these Jupiter and Venus are exceedingly auspicious). The waning Moon, the Saturn, the Sun, Rahu and Ketu are malign or malefic planets. The Mercury in conjunction with a malign planet also becomes a malign or malefic planet. Among the malefic planets the Saturn and the Mars are exceedingly malefic. In the first ten days of the Lunar month (starting with the bright half i.e., shukal pakhsh or Full Moon), the Moon is of moderate strength. During the second period of ten days (starting from tenth of shukal pakhsh to fifth of krishan pakhsh i.e., the dark half), the Moon is Very strong and is very auspicious. During the third period of ten days (starting from fifth of krishan pakhsh to Amavasya i.e., No Moon) he has no strength, but will prove auspicious if aspected(glanced) by benefic planets. At the stage of reading a horoscope this information will form the bases for calculating that the beneficial period or period of loss, which part of the body will be weak or strong, etc. The articles of the apparel of the planets and the places assigned to them are as under: PLANETS THEIR APPROPRIATE PLACES Sun Moon Mars Mercury Jupiter Venus Saturn Temples, places of worship Marshy places (low watery ground ) Fire places (kitchen, engine room etc. ) Play grounds Treasure rooms Harems (women's living places) Hillocks, useless places THEIR APPAREL ARTICLES Coarse clothes New clothes Burnt clothes Wet clothes Medium clothes Extremely fine clothes Rags, torn clothes

The information regarding the appropriate places of different planets is used to assess the hideout of criminals, stolen articles or lost animals, place where a kidnapped person could be etc. The query of a cloth merchant regarding the type of the cloth he should trade in to have profits can be calculated from this information also. SOME OTHER CHARECTERISTICS The Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn are considered the lords of bones, blood, bone marrow, skin, fat, semen and nerves respectively in a human body. In western astrology Mars is considered as the representative of blood and Mercury of nervous system. The Sun and Mars are metal representative. The Moon and Saturn are of plants. The Jupiter and Venus represents living beings. The Mercury is mixed i.e., metal, plant and living beings also. If some planet is in a benefic position, then the benefit will be in the form or through whom can be decided using this information. The Universe is composed of five basic tatvas (elements). These are Earth (Prithvi Tatva), Water (Jal Tatva), Fire (Agni Tatva), Air (Vayu Tatva) and Sky (Aakash Tatva). The Sun and Mars are of Agni Tatva, the Moon and Venus are of Jal Tatva, the Mercury is of Prithvi Tatva, the Jupiter is of Aakash Tatv and the Saturn is of Vayu Tatva . The Sun and the Moon are the King and Queen, the Jupiter and Venus are Ministers, The Mercury is Prince, the Mars is the army General and the Saturn is the messenger. The Sun is the soul of Kalapurusha; the Moon, his mind; Mars, his strength; Mercury, his speech ; Jupiter, the essence of all his knowledge and happiness; Venus, his desire or his lust, and the Saturn, his misery. The several constituents of Kalapurusha will be strong or weak in proportion to the strength of the several planets representing them. The Saturn is an exception to this. When Saturn is strong, there is less of misery; when he is weak, misery predominates. The effects of these qualities will reveal themselves during the periods and sub-periods of the planets concerned. All planets, with full sight (purna drishti), looks at (glance) the seventh house from the house of their placement (where they are positioned) in a horoscope. The Mars looks at fourth and eight houses also (in addition to seventh house) with full sight but rest of the planets look at fourth and eighth houses with three-fourth of the sight. The Jupiter looks at fifth and ninth houses also (in addition to seventh house) with full

sight but rest of the planets looks at these houses (fifth and ninth) with one -half sight only. The Saturn looks at third and tenth houses also (in addition to seventh house) with full sight but rest of the planets looks at these houses (third and tenth) with one-fourth sight only. Nothing has been said regarding sight of Rahu and Ketu since they are only shadow planets. They do not have any sight; this is one school of thought. Another school of thought says that the Rahu is like Saturn and Ketu is like Mars. Another group of learned astrologers are of the opinion that Rahu and ketu behaves like lord of the bhava (house) in which they are placed in a horoscope or like the planet with whom they are placed in a horoscope. NATURAL ENEMITY AND FRIENDSHIP AMONG PLANETS As human beings have friends and enemies, in the same manner planets also have friends and enemies. The table given below gives the details of natural friendship or animosity among the planets. PLANETS Sun Moon Mars Mercury Jupiter Venus Saturn Rahu,Ketu FRIENDS Moon, Mars, Jupiter Sun,Mercury Sun, Moon, Jupiter Sun,Venus Sun, Moon, Mars Mercury, Saturn Mercury, Venus Mercury, Venus, Saturn ENEMIES Venus,Saturn NONE Mercury Moon Mercury, Venus Sun, Moon Sun, Moon, Mars Sun, Moon, Jupiter NEUTRALS Mercury Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn Venus, Saturn Mars, Jupiter, Saturn Saturn Mars, Jupiter Mars, Jupiter Mars

IMMEDIATE FRIENDSHIP OR ENEMITY OF THE PLANETS Beside having the natural friends or enemies, the planets do have immediate friends (tatkalik mitra) or immediate enemy (tatkalik shatru) according to their placement in a horoscope. Any planet consider all other planets, which are placed in second, third, fourth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth house from its placement, as immediate friends and all planets, which are placed in fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth from its placement, as immediate enemies. It should be clear that planets placed in the same house consider each other as immediate enemies. As explained above, the planets have two types of friendship i.e., natural and immediate, so to conclude the relationship between the planets, in a horoscope, we use the simple way given below:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Natural Friend + Immediate Friend =Great Friend (Param Mitra) Natural Friend + Immediate Enemy =Neutral (Sum) Natural Enemy + Immediate Enemy =Bitter Enemy (Param Shatru) Natural Enemy + Immediate Friend = Neutral (Sum) Natural Neutral + Immediate Friend =Friend (Mitra) Natural Neutral + Immediate Enemy =Enemy (Shatru)

EXALTED OR DEBLIATED SIGNS FOR PLANETS There are certain zodiac signs in which some planet is said to be exalted and becomes very strong and thus gives very good result. Every plant is debilitated in the seventh sign from the sign of its exaltation and is very weak in this position and gives very bad result. It is very important to know these positions of exaltation or debilitation as the result given by a planet depends on the strength of the planet .Following are the signs of exaltation and debilitation for various planets: NAME OF PLANET Sun Moon Mars Mercury Jupiter Venus Saturn DEGREE OF SIGN OF EXTREME EXALTATION EXALTATION Aries 10 deg. Tarus 3 deg. Capricorn 28 deg. Virgo 15 deg. Cancer 5 deg. Pisces 27 deg. Libra 20 deg. DEGREE OF SIGN OF EXTREME DEBLITATION DEBLITATION Libra 10 deg. Scorpio 3 deg. Cancer 28 deg. Pisces 15 deg. Capricorn 5 deg. Virgo 27 deg. Aries 20 deg.

Besides the sign of exaltation, planets do have a "Mool Tricon (triangle)" sign in which it has 0.75 times power of what it has in sign of exaltation. The mool tricon signs of various planets are as under: NAME OF PLANET Sun Moon Mars Mercury Jupiter Venus Saturn new MOOL TRICON SIGN Leo (0 to 20 deg.) Taurus (3 to 30 deg.) Aries (0 to 12 deg.) Virgo (15 to 25 deg.) Sagittarius (0 to 20 deg.) Libra (0 to 20 deg.) Aquarius (0 to 20 deg.) OWN SIGN Leo (20 to 30 deg.) Cancer Aries (12 to 30 deg.) Virgo (25 to 30 deg.) Sagittarius (20 to 30 deg.) Libra (20 to 30 deg.) Aquarius (20 to 30 deg.)

The basic structure of the horoscope

WHAT IS A HOROSCOPE A chart depicting the position of planets as seen from earth at the time of an individual's birth is called a `Horoscope,' or `kundli' in Hindi. The earth moves from west to east and hence the Sun appears to move from east to west. The 360 degree circle of the zodiac is divided into 12 parts of 30 degrees each called the zodiac signs. According to the motion of rotation of the earth the Sun appears to cover a distance of one degree of the zodiac in each day. Hence it takes 360 days or a year for the Sun to cover the 12 zodiac signs in 12 months. The zodiac signs are in the sequence of Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer and so forth, with the last sign as Pisces.

Kundli Sun Sign:

The position of the Sun in a particular zodiac sign at an individual's birth is called his/her Sun sign. Moon Sign: The position of the Moon in a particular zodiac sign at birth is called the Moon sign, or Rashi in Hindi. Rising Sign: At the time of an individual's birth the zodiac sign rising in the east is called the Rising sign, or the Ascendant, or Lagna in Hindi.

Houses Houses: The 12 zodiac signs in a birth chart are called the Houses. These are called " houses" because the position of a planet or planets in a particular sign is referred to as being situated in a particular house. The Ascendant by virtue of it being rising in the east is called the 1st house. The sequence of the 12 houses is shown in the diagram. In one day, or 24 hours, each of the 12 zodiac signs will rise in the ascendant in a sequence. That means, each zodiac sign of 30 degree each, takes about 2 hours to complete its sojourn in the 1st house. Hence 12 signs of 30 degrees each will take 24 hours to complete the full circle.12 signs x 30 degree each= 360 degrees.

Cardial Points CARDINAL POINTS:

The east, west, north and south are the four cardinal points. As shown in the diagram these are the 1st, 7th, 4th and the 10th houses. These four houses are considered most important in the study of astrology. 1st House: In Indian astrology the 1st house is also called Janam, or the birth, for, the 1st house represents the birth of the individual, - the Self. 7th House This signifies the opposite sex, or the partner of the individual. 4th House Indicates one's mother. 10th House: The 10th house is the symbolic representation for individual's father.

Wonder of Birth Wonder Of Birth: To illustrate an example of child's birth, look at the diagram. Assuming that a child is conceived in the mother's womb [4th House] at one degree Aries. It will take 270 degrees or nine months for the Sun to traverse to the birth [Ascendant] in one degree Sagittarius. And we all know a normal time of delivery from conception to birth is nine months. According to Indian astrology the Sun is in the 1st degree of Aries around the 13th of April, and it enters the 1st degree of Sagittarius around the 14th of December. Hence a woman conceiving a child in April is likely to deliver the baby in December. What the Various Houses Represent

1st House

This represents the body, physical traits, personality, childhood, environment at birth, and general strength of the horoscope. 2nd House This house represents face, speech, right eye, income or the capacity to create wealth, even one's attitude to wealth, and general family. 3rd House In body this house indicates the chest and lungs. This house represents brothers and sisters, courage, short journeys, and communication skill. 4th House

In body this house indicates the heart. This house represents the mother, home, enjoyments, happiness, conveyances, education and general well being of an individual. 5th House In our body the 5th house indicates belly. This house represents extra curricular activities, speculation, pleasures, love affairs, children and our talents. 6th House This indicates the waist. It represents enemies, debts, diseases, sorrows, and our subordination to someone, and servants. This is considered as an unfortunate house in a horoscope. 7th House In our body this indicates lower belly. It represents husband, wife, marriage, travels, hidden talents, and our desires. 8th House This indicates sexual organs. It represents our life span, death and it's circumstances, sorrows, disappointments, legacies, and hidden gains. In some aspects it shows death and subsequent rebirth or rejuvenation, and crime and punishment 9th House

In our body this indicates thighs. It represents fame and fortune, righteousness, preceptor, international travel, long journeys, spirituality, and general prosperity. 10th House This house indicates knees. It represents father, occupation, worldly success and honours, dignity, self-respect, position in society, ambition and its results. This is one of the most important houses in a horoscope. 11th House It indicates buttocks. It represents gains, accomplishments, friends, social acquaintances, spiritual aspirations and our intrinsic nature. This is one of the most fortunate houses in a horoscope. 12th House It indicates feet. It represents loss, misery, extravagance, foreign country, hidden desires, legal troubles and confinement. In the finer aspect this house represents final emancipation, or

Moksha, according to the Hindu view of life. This is the basic structure that a horoscope represents.