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Saturday,January08,2005

Astakavarga:Asnapshot
The following section provides methods to judge a horoscope
with the help of Astakavarga. These are taken from Immortal
Classic Prasna Margam and give vital clues to judge the
horoscope of a native with a holistic view. I am sure the
readers would not find it difficult to understand as they are
prettyclearandconcise.
Inthesarvastakavarga,signshavingmorethan30binduscan
besaidtobethebest(srestha)thosegettingbetween25and
30 middling (madyama) and those below 25 worst (kasta).
The best sign should be selected for all good work, journey
etc. worst sign should be avoided. Person born in best signs
can be taken for association. They will bring in good. Persons
borninworstsignwillbesourceofdistress.

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JudgingVolumeofIncomeandExpenditure

1. The sum total of the bindus in the 2nd, 4th, 9th, 10th and
11th is known as Vittya. If the total exceeds 164, the native
will be prosperous, otherwise his expenses would be high. If
the value exactly equals 164, then the expenses would equal
totheincome.
2.Thesumtotalofbindusinthe6th,8thandthe12thhouses
is known as Teertha. If is is less than 76, income will be
greater. However, if it exceeds 76, expenses would be
greater.Ifitis76,expenseswouldequaltotheincome.
MinimumnumberofBindusrequiresforprosperityofaBhava
In the sarvastakavarga, the minimum number of bindus
requiredare:
Lagna: 25 2nd: 22 3rd: 29 4th: 24 5th: 25 6th: 34 7th:
198th:249th:2910th:3611th:5412th:16
If the number of bindus exceed the number mentioned above
the bhava is strenthened. It is desired that the number in the
goodbhavasnamelyLagna,2nd,3rd,4th,5th,7th,9th,10th,
11th should be more than the number mentioned whereas the
number in the 6th, 8th or 12th should be lesser to be free
fromenmity/diseases/accidentsetcweaknesses/debtetcand
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Forabhavatobereallyfruitful,thebhavamustbeaspected/
associatedbythelordand/orthekarakaand/orthebenefics.
Alongwiththissubhakartariyogaandplacementofbeneficsin
thekendraorkonafromthebhavaisalsofruitful.

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JudgingPaternalWealth

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4thhouseisveryimportantforPaternalwealthasitisthe8th
house of inheritence from the house of father, namely the
ninth house. This house along with the house of wealth, the
second house, should have secured more than the minimum
numberofbindusforthenativetobebenefittedfrompaternal
inheritence. Along with good bindus, the houses should not be
afflictedbymaleficsandbefortifiedbybenefics.

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JudgingSelfearnedwealth

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10th house is the house of activity and fame, whereas the

11thisthehouseofgainofobjectivesaswellasmoney.Ifthe
10th house is fortified with good bindus (more than minimum
stated) and influence of benefics, then the person earns vast
wealth with self exertion. Similarly when 11th house is so
fortified, then the native earns wealth commensurating the
effortorevenmore.

JudgingvolumeofIncomeandExpenditure

If the bindus in the 11th are greater than those in the 12th
house,onewillbecomewealthyiftheyareless,thenhewill
bepoor.Ifthebindusinthe11tharemorethanthe10th,the
native gains commensurating his effort, if not, then it would
belesserthantheeffortputin.

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The sum of bindus of the four trines (dharma, artha, kama,

moksha) go by a specific name, the relationship between
thesesetofhousesgivesomevitalcluesondifferentareasof
life.Thespecificsetofhousesareasfollows
Bandhuka: Sum of bindus of Lagna, 5th and 9th (Dharma
Trikona). Bandhuka is derived from the word, bandhu, which
meansfriends.
Sevaka: Sum of bindus of 2nd, 6th and 10th (Artha Trikona).
Sevakameansservantsortheattitudetoserveothers.
Poshaka:Sumofbindusof3rd,7thand11th(KamaTrikona).
Poshakameansthesustainer.
Ghataka: Sum of bindus of 4th, 8th and 12th (Moksha
Trikona).Ghatakameansonewhocausesaffliction.
If the Ghataka number is highest, the native would be
miserably poor. However, if it is less than Poshaka, then he
would be wealthy. If the Bandhuka number is high, then the
native will get help from friends, relatives, kith and kins.
Similarly, if sevaka is high, then the person benefits from
service or serving others. Thus the order of the four entities
shouldbe

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JudgingThreePartsofLife

Method1:
FirstPart:SumofbindusofsignsfromPiscestoGemini
SecondPart:SumofbindusofsignsfromCancertoLibra
LastPart:SumofbindusofsignsfromScorpiotoAquarius

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The part of life marked by highest bindus indicate period of

happiness and prosperity. On the contrary, the past having
leastnumberofbindusismarkedbymiseryanddiseases.
Method2:
The Kendra, Panaphara and Apoklima rules the three parts of
life namely the first, second and the last part. The sum total
of bindus in these houses shall show prosperity in the
concernedpartoflife.

Judging
Nature

Materialistic

and

Spiritualistic

Everyone in this world can broadly categorised into two

categories, one who are driven towards material pursuits of
wealth, power, pride etc and the others who are directed
towards simple living, introspection, philanthropy and charity.
This can be indicated by two sets of houses called the
antarbhaga, which represent the spiritualistic kind and the
bahirbhaga,whichrepresentthematerialistickind.
Antarbhaga:Sumofbindusofkona(5/9),Kendra(1/4/7/10)
Bahirbhaga: Sum of bindus other than the kona and the
kendras(2/3/6/8/11/12)

JudgingYearsofMisfortune
Findthetotalthebindusfrom
TheAscendanttoSaturn
SaturntotheAscendant
TheAscendanttoMars
MarstotheAscendant
In each case multiply the sum by 7 and divide the product by
27. The quotient will indicate the age when the native will be
afflictedbydiseasesandothermisfortunes.
In the year represented by the bindus in the unfavourable
houseoccupiedbyRahu,thenativewillbeaffectedbypoison.
Similarly the age shown by Mars will witness surgical
operation, and the age shown by Saturn will indicate diseases
and miseries. Thus if a house is afflicted by malefic in the
horoscope, the effect of such affliction would be shown in the
life of a person in the year shown by the sign, where the
planetcausingafflictionisplaced.
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9comments:
Anonymoussaid...
Welcomeback,Pleasekeepwriting.
Sunday,January09,20055:18:00AM

Anonymoussaid...
IfoundthattheAshtakavargacalculationsdon'twork
formyhoroscope.Idon'tknowwhetherthatisbecause
thesoftware(JHoralite)isshowingwrongbindus.
Couldyouwriteontheeffectsofcombustionandrasi
sandhi?
Monday,January10,20052:18:00AM

SanjayPrabhakaransaid...
DearSarajit,
Nicearticles,Isometimesmissreadingyouold
articles.
Isitpossibleyousendmail(canbeautomaticsettingin
blogspot)
toVedicAstrologyandVarahamihralist?
Thankyou
WarmRegards
SanjayP
Monday,January24,200510:18:00AM

SarajitPoddarsaid...
HiGuys,
Thankyouverymuchforyourappreciation.
Regards
Tuesday,February01,20056:41:00PM

Anonymoussaid...
HiSarabjit,
Pleasedontstopwriting.Wehavenowgotaddictedto
qualitystuff.
Willitbepossibleforyoutosendacopyofyour
articlesasandwhentheyareputonwebtothe
requiringpersons.Itwillbethegreatestfavourof
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Keepupgoodwork!!!
Regards
Jay.
Wednesday,March16,200511:35:00PM

Anonymoussaid...
DearMrSarjit,
Yourarticleisveryinformativeandthanksforthesame
http://varahamihira.blogspot.in/2005/01/astakavargasnapshot.html

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butitwouldhavebeenstillbetterifcalculationof
bindusforeachbhavaisalsoexplained.
Regards
(RadhamohanB)
Monday,April25,20057:53:00PM

ramanaakvsaid...
Hello,
resultsbasedonAstakavargabindusarerarelyworking
perfectly.forexampleB.V.ramaninhisbookon
astakavargahasgivenaprinciplethattheapproximate
ageofmarriageofanindividualwouldbetheequalto
thenumberofbindusavailableintherasioccupiedby
venus.thisrarelyworks.ihavegivenonlyoneexample
toquote,mostlytheprinciplesgivenforastakavarga
basedpredictionsarenotworking.however,itisbest
suitedforjudgethetransitresultsandmuhurta.
Ithinkforthepurposeofpredictiononthebindusthere
issomemissinglinkwhichisnotbeingdeciphered.can
upleasegivenmesomeidea.ramanaakv@yahoo.co.in
Wednesday,April19,200610:12:00PM

Anonymoussaid...
yourwritingisstupendous!!!
keeponwritingforthebenefitof
readerskikeusS.Ramkumar
Monday,June19,20063:12:00PM

Anonymoussaid...
good,keepwriting
Monday,March22,20109:35:00PM

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