Technical Queries from CoVA

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Dear All

 

Just took a rejuvenating holiday. Having browsed thru VAIP & JUPS, finally

mustered the courage to browse thru part of CoVA in this holiday. As the

book has a multiplicity of rules mentioned almost in passing, & hidden

inside the various case examples, rather than only in the theory sections

of each chapter, I found it teeth-grinding to read. There were many seeming

contradictions, which only a good astrologer can decipher from the context

of the specific example. I dont want to confuse this List with my myriad

questions, till I finish & re-read CoVA myself. But cd I crave the

indulgence of the Masters here, for just a few (NB= Natural Benefic, aspg/

argg= aspecting/ argalaing, cnj= conjoin):

 

1. What is Ghatak Rasi (from the transiting Mn): pgs 145, 201, 245

 

2. Order of timing/ results from the three 1/3rds of a dasa (in BOTH Vim &

Narayan, I presume). The orders are:

a) Pg 233: i) Rasi, ii) Planets affecting Rasi, iii) its Lord (& planets

affecting Ld). Qualifications: 1) among planets affecting same 1/3, NBs

affect before NMs, 2) If dasa-rasi is prishto/ shirso/ ubhaya dayas, its

effect is in last/ 1st/ midl rspcvly. BUT in the example on the same page,

order is ii), iii), i), based on Aq being a mlfc syn (tho, being

shirsodaya, it shd be 1st)

b) Pg 157: (direction of travel from Narayan Dasa): i), iii), ii, both in

the rule & example there.

 

3. Yoga planets giveng results: Yoga planets in houses 1/7/9 (elsewhere

also 3) give yog results late in life, in 2= early. What about other

houses? Also, there are natural maturation ages for various planets which

modify the above, but my notes have age 16 for Jp (tho in CoVA's examples

it says 30???), while in my notes, Ma is at 28 & Mc at 32. Note for benefit

of other students on this List, that there are also separate maturation

ages for various planets for Wealth/ Poverty in CoVA (pg 375 for the 9th

house).

 

4. The planetary aspect of the 7th: True that 7 is Opposition, of the

developmental Square aspects, in Wn astrology. Also, even in Indian

astrology, 7 from a NB is a good aspect, but from an NM is a bad aspect.

But ref the following:

a) In the Chapter on the Lg in CoVA: Sn in/ aspg/ argg 1= good moral

character/ happy disposition etc (obviously unless afflicted, when= bad for

Sn-related diseases, pride, etc). OTOH:

b) In pgs 254- 257 for the 7th house: virtually all NBs in 7 are good for

the spouse/ marriage but BAD for the self, as 7 to it. And the Sn in 7 (as

aps 1)= BAD character (opposite to Sn being IN Lg, ref the above, which is

good character????).

 

Which naturally brings me also to the next query:

 

5. St cnj a house/ ld= dec its longevity, but planetary-aspg them=

increases its longevity, ref pg 428 CoVA (in a posting recently, Visti also

uses this difference for Ve ASPG versus IN 12). Is there a generic rule to

all this St/ Ve business (or Sn of previous query). Is this also true for

sign-aspects: I dont think so, as it has never cropped up, but I may have

missed it somewhere.

 

6. Many other queries, which I tried to reason using argalas on certain

houses related to the case but failed, eg DP in 3/11 from AL= physical

compatibility with partner, but bad for business prospects (why???) ref pg

253 CoVA.

 

7. Natural friendships of planets, with houses represented by their natural

karakatwas: pg 235: bad effect of Mc on Mn as Mn v friendly to Mc, but Mc

hates Mn. Pg: 167: Ve is natural enemy of Mn, so in 5, as is 2 from 4, is

malefic to mom (4). But I thot Mn has no enemies while the enemy of both Mc

& Ve is Mn. Also, what is the generic rules here? OTOH, in chapter on

children, Jp's enemies are Mc/ Ve, so they hassle fertility etc. As Mc/

Ve's enemies are NOT Jp, this logic holds true to what I learnt, ie it does

nto shake my foundations of natural friends/ enemies that we are tot in

astro 101 in all books, as the first 2 cases shook these basics.

 

8. d-6: Just to sneak this in again, not from CoVA:

a) Please ref JUPS 3.3.11 in particular, & a few shloks just prior to it:

Comparing strength of syns to kill, in d-6 & d-11: In order of priority: a)

Associated (mainly cnj) with benefics= weaker, while with

malefics=stronger. b) nature of sign: C>S>D. c) Aspect of benefics reduces

strength.BUT for choosing maraka-signs within trines (eg which among

Trishul signs),order of priority is c, then b - But unclear whether it is

c, b, a (as theNotes a few shloks prior, say Reverse) or a, then c, b,

given shlok3.3.117.2.

b) In d-6/11, ie Paryaya dasa, etc, Sign owned by Sthirkaraka doesn't

killthat corr relative (shlok 3.3.122). Now, sign occupied by sthir karaka

DOESkill, while that occupied by chara karaka averts death, as per all

theShool Dasa rules. I know, one says owned, the other says occupied, but

is this all correct?

 

9. In chapter on 2nd house: planets/ house in 4 (prob'ly as arg) from lord

of 2 (prob'ly as maraka) are weakened, eg L2 in 3= enemy (6) destroyed.

Why? L2 will also arg other planets/ houses in 2/4/11/5/8 from it (why only

the 4th arg specifically: again, 4 is a development aspect by Wn astro, but

is that what is being considered here?)

 

Note to brother/ sister-students: Some very important basic rules (not the

usual hi-funda stuff) were revealed in CoVA to me for the 1st time, eg a)

significations of counting from house to lord & vice versa, tho recurs

evrywhere, best explained in Chptr on 6th, & then 10th houses b) natural

karakas (planets) of houses being in/ aspg/ argg its own (ie by karaka, not

lordship) house, & other planets/ houses.

 

Whew! What a study, ...... this subject called astrology .....