Gandanta
rikta-sandhi
Positions for Chandra and
Lagna
Rules quoted from page 171, LIGHT
ON RELATIONSHIPS : THE SYNASTRY OF
INDIAN ASTROLOGY by Hart Defouw,
Robert E. Svoboda
Gandanta = one of the many
designations related to sandhi =
juncture, transition-zone, or cusp.
Gandanta zones
Gandanta zones = six rashi cusps that
form the borders
1. between two rashi
2. between two Nakshatra
Chandra lagna or radix lagna is
considered to be weakenedwhen lagna
occupies a Gandanta zone:
The final 3:20 degrees of:
1. final two ghatika = final 48
minutes = final pada of Azlesa *
end of Karkata
2. final two ghatika = final 48
minutes = final pada of Jyeztha*
end of Vrischika
 3. final two ghatika = final 48
minutes = final pada
of Revatika * end of Meena

The initial 3:20 degrees of:

1. first two ghatika = first 48

minutes = first pada of Azvini *
beginning of Mesha
2. first two ghatika = first 48
minutes = first pada of Magha *
beginning of Simha
3. first two ghatika = first 48
minutes = first pada of Mula *
beginning of Dhanuzya

Budha Budha rules the 4th pada (final 3-min +

 the final 3:20 degrees * final
pada *
of Azlesa, Jyestha, Revatika
20sec portion) of Azlesa, Jyestha,
and Revatika.
 Therefore the degree of Moon's
gandanta-weakness will depend
somewhat on Chandra's
relationship to Budha in the
rashi and navamsha charts.

Old-timer Chandra is friendly toward

young inquistor Budha. Budha is
according to lore, the offspring of
Professor Chandra.;

However, young Budha hates old

Chandra. Chandra is according to lore,
bantering Budha's true but illegitimate
father.

 Therefore a gandanta Moon

combined with a dominant
 Budha -- exempli gratia, in
Mithuna or Kanya -- may cause
the person to over-verbalize
about their emotional
fluctuations, resulting in
a psychological fixation on
their problems.

For example, the nativity with a

weakened gandanta-zone Revati
Chandra, where Chandra receives
drishti of uttama-Budha in yuvati
bhava, can give a relentlessly verbal-
analytical spouse who accurately but
painfully dissects all the personality
weaknesses of the native . Chandra is
weakened and cannot self-defend.

But such extremes are rare. Normally,

gandanta is a minor factor in
evaluating the Moon or lagna.

 In practice, the end-zones of

Azlesa and Revatika = rarely
poor places for the Moon unless
other influences, in addition to
gandanta, would destabilize
Chandra.

Jyeztha pada-4 = a weakened lunar

zone. Chandra Vrizchika
= nichha AND Chandra occupies the
nakshatra of His adversarial son Budha
AND

Any lagna can be weakened if it occurs

at the end of Azlesa, Jyestha, or Revati,
if its lagnesha is not strong.
Ketu These three portions are all ruled by
weird, earth-alienated, psychic Ketu.
 the first 3:20 degrees * first
 The Moon is not especially
pada *
comfortable in fiery rashi
of Azwini, Magha, Mula
generally; Professor Chandra
craves the kapha element of
water.
 If Ketu is over-active in the
nativity, then Chandra or lagna
in the first 3:20 * first pada * of
Azvini, Magha and Mula may
be emotionally or physically
upset from being subjected
to excess heat.

Mula

Azvini and Magha are helpful to

humanity even though they behave in
an eccentric way. Mula indicates
smooth operators. Mula born
are philosophy-talking wanderers who
have little commitment to humanistic
aims despite their bluster.

Mula points the way through the

psychic pipeline to our galactic sun.

At present levels of Dwapara-

Yuga consciousness, the psychic
information which comes to us over the
Mula bandwidth is socially and
materially disorienting to most folks.

 However those with adequate

psychic interpretive facilities
will recognize Ketu's signals as
reliable indicators of
the"breaking up" phase of the
 coagulation-scatter cycle which
governs all manifestation of
life-form in the universe.

The final 3:20 = Mula pada-4 can be a

confused, mystical, Ketu-wandering
place for Chandra or lagna unless the
person is otherwise grounded through
high social or intellectual confidence (,
strong benefics in kendra or trine).

Hidden weakness Otherwise healthy Graha -- not only

Chandra and Lagna but also the
individual Graha - which happen to
be gandanta may give a weird twist to
the affairs of the bhava within their
rashi and navamsha during their
periods.

 The twist is caused by hidden

weakness .
 Weakness when manageable
presents opportunities for
growth.

Often there is throughout the life a

considerable masking of this hidden
weakness via denial or skillful rational
management -- until the gandanta
planet's period pushes the weakness
through the denial barrier and up to
the surface consciousness.

Traditional beliefs Nakshatra Gandanta are believe to

harm (rikta) oneself, one's own parents,
and one's brothers
Rashi Gandanta are believed to harm
the family overall

Tithi Gandanta broadly harms the

parents. Tithi gandanta = final pada =
final two ghatika of

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