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Sambandha definedThe

word sambandha in Sanskrit means binding or joining, a close

connection or union or association, conjunction, inherence,

connection with or relation to. It connotes personal connection like

a relationship, fellowship, friendship and even intimacy. The word

`sambandhi´ (or as used `samdhi´ refers to a kinsman, a

relationship brought about by a marriage or family by birth. In

philosophical terms, this relationship is said to be of three

kinds:1. Samav-aya: coming together, meeting, congregate,

contact, concourse, assemblage, collection, crowd, assemblage are

some words that describe this relationship. The individual is in a

perpetual (time/da¶a defined) co-inherence, be it an inner or

intimate relationship or a peripheral relation requiring

identification with some symbols and beliefs like an association. It

indicates an inseparable concomitance like the relationship between a

substance and its qualities like the yarn in cloth. It connotes

intimate and constant companionship or relationship like that of

birth defining a father and son. 2. Samyoga: also sayoga,

meaning junction, union; it defines the highest sate of a

relationship like the last (of the fourteen) stage leading to

emancipation from the cycle of rebirth. The word `yoga´ has a

very wide meaning (see para 1.2). 3. Svarupa: having own form

or shape like sabda~ which means having the form of sound. It refers

to own condition, peculiarity, character or nature like `of a

kind´. A relationship caused because of an event or occurrence.

 

 

YogaYoga has

many meanings and implications in astrology. Some of these are listed

below for a better understanding of the word. A sambandha caused by

any of these can be understood as samyoga.1. It indicates yoking,

joining, harnessing or attaching like yoking a team to play a game or

yoking horses to pull a carriage. It implies that the individual

parts involved in the yoga (yoke) should function in harmony. In

Jyoti¶a, these are called paraspara-yoga-karaka or mutual

co-workers. 2. It indicates and undertaking, business, action,

work or employment of some kind for the purpose of earning wealth,

acquisition, gains or profit or property. In Jyoti¶a, these are

called surya yoga or more precisely, aditya yoga. 3. It

indicates any conjunction, union, combination or contact and

indicates mixing or a mixture. In Jyoti¶a, these are called Graha

yoga and are named based on the number of planets conjoining in a

sign. 4. It indicates a connection or relationship as a

consequence of, or reason or because of something else. The reason or

cause is the karaka (significator) and consequently, these yogas are

called Karaka yoga in Jyoti¶a. 5. It indicates putting together

or arranging, based on disposition in a regular succession. In

Jyoti¶a, the longitudes of the individual planets are considered to

arrange them in a regular succession of decreasing (longitudinal)

hierarchy called `Chara karaka´. These planets then acquire the

potential for various generating yogas. 6. It indicates zealous

endeavor with care and using all of one´s powers to achieve a goal.

Such zeal can only come from the individual soul called the

atmakaraka indicating the native´s strong inner urges and

desires. The yogas, in Jyoti¶a are consequently called atmakaraka

yoga or simply karaka yoga. 7. It indicates abstract

contemplation; meditation and such other practices to attain union

(yoga) with God and all these are called adhyatma yoga

(spirituality) in Jyoti¶a. It includes renunciation (sanyasa yoga),

mantra ¶astra, Patanjali´s (samkhya-II) yoga philosophy, rituals

(where yoga is personified as the son of Dharma & Kriya) etc. 8.

It indicates the union of puru¶a (spirit personified as father) and

prakàti (nature personified as mother) for the purpose of all

creation (saëkhya ¶astra). In Jyoti¶a, the Sun indicates the

puru¶a and the Moon indicates prakàti. The relationship between

these planets indicates the Yoga of birth of which there are 27

types. This leads to yet another meaning for the word yoga as `sum´

in arithmetic. 9. It indicates the constellation (of the 27

nak¶atra), which is conjoined the Moon and is called `Candra

yoga´. This is extended into other varieties of Candra yoga based

on certain planetary positions that influence the health and mind.

The nak¶atra, which do not have the conjunction or association of

the Moon, are called `Kha yoga´ or having the yoga (association)

of the sky (kha). This leads to another variety of Jyoti¶a

combinations called Kha yoga or Nabhasa yoga.In this manner,

the various meanings of the word yoga can be studies with a focus on

its relevance to Vedic astrology. Suffice is to say that the word has

a very deep meaning and any superficial reading will cause a vacuum

in our understanding and judging of real life situations.

 

 

Ra¶i (Moon sign)

relationshipThe lord of the Janma ra¶i is called the

Subhapati in a horoscope. This planet is the controller of the

fortunes and well-being of the individual and can be viewed as the

sustainer of the chart. In matching charts for marriages and other

relationships like business etc, this criterion is considered crucial

and is called ra¶iadhipati or graha-maitreya (planetary

relationship).Ra¶i kütaThe moot principle in

matching charts is to determine the `puru¶a´ and `prakriti´

or the male and female principles. In marriage matching, this is easy

as the male is taking on the role of the puru¶a and the female takes

the role of prakriti. In business or other relationships, the

dominant or active partner shall take the role of puru¶a while the

passive partner takes the role of prakriti.Prepare a matching

chart by placing the Sun in the same sign and nak¶atra as that

occupied by the natal Moon (Janma ra¶i) of the active partner. The

Janma ra¶i and nak¶atra of the passive partner should be taken as

such. If the Sun-Moon relationship in the matching chart indicates

¶ukla pak¶a (bright half), then the match is said to be good and

will lead to growth just like the waxing Moon. If instead, the

relationship is kr¶na pak¶a then the enterprise or relationship

will end as the waning moon indicates decline and destruction. Thus,

before entering into a relationship, it is necessary to check whether

it shall grow or perish. Count the number of signs from the Sun

(Janma ra¶i of dominant partner/bridegroom) to the Moon (Janma ra¶i

of passive partner/bride) both inclusive. The resultant number gives

some indications as listed below.Table 1: Ra¶i kuta

 

 

 

 

 

Number

 

 

Results

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

General

well being and compatibility is indicated. Check the naksatra

match. If the naksatra are different, it is excellent and in the

case of marriage, sons and grandsons will issue from the wedlock.

If they are the same then there shall be fear of poison and one of

them could suffer severe ill-health and/or children could also

suffer due to näga nadi or other flaws. This is sure to

happen if the naksatra is Bharani (2), Rohini (4), Ardrä (6),

Pusyä (8), Aslesä (9), Makhä (10), Hastä (13),

Jyesthä (18), Mulä (19), Purvasadhä (20),

Dhanistä (23) or Satabhisa (24).

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

Good

compatibility; financial problems and hardships (Harihara).

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

Excellent

friendship and relationship; long term if planets concerned are

friends.

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

Very

compatible; growth in wealth

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

Very

compatible; many children

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

Fairly

compatible; short term relationship; destruction and ruin

(Brihaspati) unless the Subhapati are mutually friendly;

separation or quarrel - if the Subhapati are mutual foes or there

is vedha, then the intensity of evil is very high (Harihara). If

they are friends, then this can be considered.

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

Excellent

compatibility, especially in matters concerning the opposite sex.

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

Diseases

(Madhavacharya); destruction and ruin (Brihaspati) unless the

Subhapati are mutually friendly; separation, quarrel or death and

if the Subhapati are mutual foes or there is vedha, then the

intensity of evil is very high (Harihara). However, if the passive

partner (Moon) has an even Janma räsi, then this match is to

be rejected (Harihara).

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

No

compatibility and no growth; in case of a marriage, loss of

children is indicated (Madhavacharya);

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

Quarrels

and misunderstanding (Madhavacharya); marriage maybe considered if

the Subhapati are friendly (Brihaspati) and will last, but there

will be many quarrels.

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

Sorrow is

indicated (Madhavacharya);

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

No

compatibility and many problems; especially financial losses

(Madhavacharya) and poverty (Harihara).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Naisargika

sambandhaNaisargika Graha sambandha or natural planetary

relationships are eternal and are of various types depending on the

context. Parasara teaches the general rule which is applied in two

stages. First step is the determination of natural relationship. This

is based on the mulatrikona (office) and is the desire of every

planet to achieve its object. Second step is the modification to this

in individual charts.Satyacarya´s rule: The lords of the

signs in 2, 4, 5, 8, 9 & 12 from the mulatrikona sign of a

planet are its friends. Table 2: Natural friendship

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Planet

 

 

Friend

 

 

Neutral

 

 

Enemy

 

 

 

 

Sun

 

 

 

Moon,

Mars, Jupiter

 

 

 

Mercury

 

 

 

Venus,

Saturn

 

 

 

 

 

Moon

 

 

 

Sun,

Mercury

 

 

 

Mars,

Jupiter, Venus, Saturn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mars

 

 

 

Sun,

Moon, Jupiter

 

 

 

Venus,

Saturn

 

 

 

Mercury

 

 

 

 

 

Mercury

 

 

 

Sun,

Venus

 

 

 

Mars,

Jupiter, Saturn

 

 

 

Moon

 

 

 

 

 

Jupiter

 

 

 

Sun,

Moon, Mars

 

 

 

Saturn

 

 

 

Mercury,

Venus

 

 

 

 

 

Venus

 

 

 

Mercury,

Saturn

 

 

 

Mars,

Jupiter

 

 

 

Sun, Moon

 

 

 

 

 

Saturn

 

 

 

Mercury,

Venus

 

 

 

Jupiter

 

 

 

Sun,

Moon, Mars

 

 

 

 

 

Although

we do need to know this for the nodes as relationships are with

`real´ people having physical bodies, nevertheless, we can

determine their friends and foes to understand the relationship

between the deities of Hinduism.

 

 

 

 

 

Rahu

 

 

 

Sun,

Venus

 

 

 

Mars,

Jupiter, Saturn

 

 

 

Moon,

Mercury

 

 

 

 

 

Ketu

 

 

 

Moon,

Mars

 

 

 

Mercury,

Venus, Saturn

 

 

 

Sun,

Jupiter

 

 

 

The

relationship between Gane¶a (indicated by Ketu) and ¦iva (Sun) is

seen in Ketu treating Sun as an enemy whereas the Sun treats Ketu as

a friend. The episode of Gane¶a guarding the door and not even

allowing ¦iva inside when the mother was taking a bath and a fight

ensuing between the two resulting in the cutting of Gane¶a´s head

by ¦iva is too well known. Here, Gane¶a proved to be the best

guardian of the door and unconsciously acted inimically towards his

own father. He was only doing the job (mulatrikona-office) entrusted

to Him by the mother. He is the favorite of Gouri (Moon) and these

relationships show up in the table given above.If the nodes are

to be used in planetary relations, then the following information can

be useful. Often astrologers tend to confuse eclipse relations with

the mulatrikona relations. Relationships between individuals can be

for a variety of reasons of which the mulatrikona

(office/work/duty/desire fulfillment) is the most common and is given

here. There are other relationships like marriage or worship, which

are purely personal or domestic activities, or the purely financial

relationships, which require a different model as, taught by Jaimini

Mahaà¶i. A business partnership is more than just financial

relationship as it brings two or more people into a working

(mulatrikona) relationship.Table 3: Nodes ownership

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Node

 

 

Own

Sign

 

 

Mülatrikona

 

 

 

 

Exaltation

 

 

 

 

Rahu

 

 

 

Aquarius

 

 

 

Virgo

 

 

 

Gemini

 

 

 

 

 

Ketu

 

 

 

Scorpio

 

 

 

Pisces

 

 

 

Sagittarius

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tatkalika

sambandhaTatkalika sambandha or temporal relationship are

the second stage modification of the natural relationship and varies

from one chart to another. Since the entire Parasarian model of

relationships is based on mulatrikona (office or work), this

principle is carried over to the second stage as well.It is

well known that the Sun is the keeper of time and that all activities

of men shall be governed by the Sun. The birds fly out of their nest

with the first ray of the Sun and return with the last ray of the

setting Sun. Their sensitivity to the time indications of the Sun

causes their entire group (birds) to be over-lorded by the Sun. Men

are more emotional and have the highest share of mental working

causing them to be over-lorded by the Moon instead. It is natural

that their working and relationships will be governed by `moods and

tastes´. The activities following the Sun are based on `muhurta´.

Brahma muhurta coinciding with Brahma gayatri starts the day. The

activities reach an acme at midday, which is called `Abhijit

muhurta´ coinciding with Vi¶nu gayatri. Thereafter, the energies

and rays decline until sunset, which is the `Rudra/Siva gayatri´.

The activities of darkness begin after sunset and reach a nadir at

midnight called the `Kali gayatri´. In this working day,

since planets represent people, every planet would like to be in the

highest state i.e. akin to Abhijit muhurta or in Vi¶nu gayatri

connoting success, fame, wealth and all the good things of life that

go with it. Such a planet attains the form of Vi¶nu and becomes an

avatar. He sits on the throne and like Indra, becomes the king of the

skies (svarga). During the day, the lagna starts with the Sun at

Brahma gayatri, goes to the fourth house from the Sun in Vi¶nu

gayatri, seventh house from the Sun in ¦iva gayatri and finally,

the tenth house from the Sun in Kali gayatri. Reckoned from Lagna, at

midday, the Sun is in the tenth house and this fact is used in

determining the relationship.If this is the position that

every planet wishes to have in its working environment, then its

relationships have to be based on this desirable situation. The

midday situation of lagna with the Sun in the tenth house is extended

to the planet and for the planet to rise at midday, sunrise should

occur in the sign in the tenth house from it. The following

deductions can be made based on this hypothetical situation, which

will amount to a derivation of the rules taught by Parasara on this

subject.Table 4: Tatkalika sambandha rules

 

 

 

 

 

 

The

sign occupied by the planet is akin to midday

 

 

 

This

is the throne of the planet. It defines its avastha (situation or

mood or age), its bala (strengths) and everything else.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The

tenth house from it is akin to sunrise

 

 

 

 

This

is the first definition of sambandha and the planets placed in the

tenth from it shall herald its ascendancy.

 

 

 

 

The

planets in the tenth house are temporal friends.

 

 

 

 

 

The

fourth from it shall be akin to sunset

 

 

 

 

The

planets in this house shall be the last to leave the sinking ship

or shall be the most loyal/trusted.

 

 

 

 

The

planets in the fourth house are temporal friends.

 

 

 

 

 

The

sign opposite to it shall be akin to midnight.

 

 

 

 

This

is the nadir and shall define the opposition or he who shall rule

after the planet abdicates.

 

 

 

The

planets in the seventh house are temporal enemies.

 

 

 

 

 

The

signs/planets intervening from the tenth house from it to its seat

will help him to achieve the position

 

 

 

 

These

supporters join the herald in helping the planet´s ascendancy.

The signs intervening are the 11th and 12th houses.

 

 

 

The

planets in the 11th and 12th house are temporal friends.

 

 

 

 

 

The

signs from its seat to its fourth house shall help

sustain/continue his kingly position.

 

 

 

 

These

supporters join the king (planet under consideration) after his

ascendancy and support his claim to the throne. The signs

intervening are the 2nd & 3rd houses.

 

 

 

The

planets in the 2nd and 3rd houses are temporal friends.

 

 

 

 

 

The

signs after sunset (darkness) shall work towards his downfall as

everyone wishes to be in the light or `limelight´.

 

 

 

These

signs are the 5th to 9th houses.

 

 

 

The

planets in the 5th to 9th houses shall be temporal enemies.

 

 

 

 

 

No

king likes to share his throne with others.

 

 

 

Sharing

power causes a weakness in the throne that is not stable. That is

why four or more planets conjoining can cause pravrajya yoga

implying exile or renunciation.

 

 

 

The

planets in the same sign are temporal enemies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ApplicationThese

temporal relationship rules when applied to a chart cause a

modification in the natural relationship. This new relationship that

develops is pancada (five fold) and the clear lines of

`friends-neutrals-enemies´ given by natural relationships gets

modified as follows:1. Intimacy (very close or strong

friend); definition: a natural friend who is also a temporal friend.

Such intimate friends and supporters are the most trustworthy for a

long-term relationship. 2. Friendship (protagonist, supporter and

well-wishers), definition: a natural neutral who becomes a temporal

friend. Such friends support a cause that lead to ascendancy while in

principle they do not support the ideals. 3. Acquaintance (known,

neutral, associate), definition: a natural friend who becomes a

temporal enemy or a natural enemy who becomes a temporal friend. Such

people are the ones who secretly either support (natural friends) or

oppose (natural enemies) the ideals but find it convenient, or are in

a situation that makes them sympathize with the opposition. They

change sides whenever the wind blows the other way. 4. Antagonist

(antagonist, oppose, malice, ill will), definition: a natural neutral

who becomes a temporal enemy. Such people do not have any fundamental

difference in ideology but because of a situation or convenience tend

to become antagonistic or support the opposition. 5. Hostility

(Enmity, bitterness, hatred, acrimony) definition: a natural enemy

who becomes a temporal enemy. Such people are fundamentally opposed

and bear great bitterness. Given the right circumstances, their

hostility will surely come to the fore. Example 1: Tatkalika

sambandha chartThe

example chart has the Moon in Aquarius and its lord Saturn, being the

Subhapati is placed in Capricorn. To determine the sambandha, we need

to follow the steps:o Saturn has its mulatrikona in Aquarius.

The lords of the 2 & 12, 4 & 8 and 5 & 9 are its friends

while the rest are enemies. Reckoned from Aquarius, Jupiter is the

lord of 2 (friend) and 11 (enemy). Therefore, Jupiter is neutral. In

this manner we get the natural relations Natural relations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Planet

 

 

Friend

 

 

Neutral

 

 

Enemy

 

 

 

 

Saturn

 

 

 

Mercury,

Venus

 

 

 

Jupiter

 

 

 

Sun,

Moon, Mars, Rahu, Ketu

 

 

 

o The sign

Capricorn should be treated as the seat or throne of Saturn. The

planets in the 10, 11, 12, 2, 3 & 4 houses have temporal good

relations. These are Ketu (12), Moon (2) and Jupiter (3) o The

rest have temporal bad relationship/enmity. The Sun, Mars & Rahu

are natural as well as temporal enemy making them hostile and bitter

enemies of Saturn. The Moon & Ketu are natural enemies but

temporal friends making them neutral acquaintances. Mercury and Venus

are natural friends and temporal enemies making them neutral. Jupiter

is naturally neutral and a temporal friend making it a friend.

Temporal relations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Planet

 

 

Adi-mitra

(Intimate)

 

 

Mitra

(Friend)

 

 

Sama

(Neutral)

 

 

Satru

(antagonist)

 

 

Adi-satru

(hostile)

 

 

 

 

Saturn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jupiter

 

 

 

Mercury,

Venus, Moon, Ketu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sun,

Mars, Rahu,

 

 

 

Similar deductions are made for all the planets and tabulated

as indicated below the charts.DeductionThe

examination of temporal relations in the chart clearly shows that the

native shall not have any intimate friends and shall be a loner by

nature. The only friends are indicated by Jupiter while there shall

be quite a few acquaintances and some very hostile enemies. However,

as a note of abundant caution, this is only the initial estimate

based on the Janma ra¶i. continued in Sambandha

II

Sri Himaæala Himavat Jyotishah