Guest guest Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 The Shadbala has been very nicely described by Mr Gopu. Regards Madhusudan vedic astrology , K Gopu <kgopu_24 wrote: > > > u can go thro the text given below. > good luck, > k.gopu > > September 23rd, 2006 > Shadbala > As an exercise in enhancing the capabilities of the > online kundali software, I would be adding another > column in planetary positions table - the one that > indicates the strength of each of the planets. Before > beginning to code the shadbala calculation part, I > thought I should share my notes about shadbala with > the readers of this blog. > > Shadbala refers to strength of a planet in the > horoscope; calculating the strength (bala) is a six > (shaT) part calculation, hence the name shadbala. > Vedic Astrology has this unique way of determining if > a planet in the chart is strong enough to make an > impact. The six part calculation completely takes the > guess work away from process. The unit of strength is > rupa further divided into virupa, with 60 virupas = 1 > rupa. > > The six sources of strength to a planet are: > > 1. Sthan Bal: Strength based on position (sthan) of > the planet in the chart. > 2. Dig Bal: Based on the direction (disha) the planet > in the chart. > 3. Kaal Bal: The strength is determined based on time > (kaal) e.g. day/night, year (varsh), month (maas), day > (din) and hora (hour) > 4. Cheshta Bal: In Sanskrit, cheshta means “to > tryâ€. Based on the velocity of planets around the > Sun, they are assigned cheshta bala. Retrogression > (vakri) is one of the types of the movement - since it > seems like negative velocity. > 5. Naisargik Bal: Strength based on the planet. Sun is > considered strongest and Saturn the naturally weakest > planet in a chart. This strength remains the same for > all planets in every chart. > 6. Drishti Bal: A planet, when being aspected by > another planet gains this strength. > > This is just the outline of the post on Shadbala. > Since Shadbala is a big topic, it will take me some > time to both code it and complete this post. In the > coming days, I will keep writing more and when all > information is filled in, I will remove this > paragraph. > > > > > > SHADBALA > In Vedic astrology there are methods which especially > in this age of > computers can give a quick insight in the state of > planets and > houses. One such method is treated here. This is the > method of > Shadbala. It gives a value to each planet. The more > points a planet > gets in Shadbala the stronger it is. > It is important to have some insight in how the > Shadbala value is > calculated. Only if you know the method followed by > this system of > calculation you can have an opinion about the value of > it. > When you started the first course you were given a > printout of your > chart. In this printout you see an overview of the > Shadbala > calculations. Now I will explain these. There are > slight variances > on how Shadbala is calculated. In this course I will > follow the > method of the late B.V. Raman as explained in his book > `graha and > bhava balas'. If you use Haydn's Jyotish and you want > to follow B.V. > Raman's method go to the options menu and select > `B.V.Raman' under > Shadbala style. > It is possible that other astrologers in the future > will develop > their own version of Shadbala. Personally I welcome > new and > innovative approaches. However, before we can develop > something new > we should exactly know how the traditional system > works. I would > suggest you have the printout of the Shadbala > calculation of your > personal chart in front of you while I explain the > calculations. > This makes it much easier to follow the explanations. > 1. STHANA BALA > We start with calculating the sthana bala of a planet. > This is the > positional strength of a planet. Sthana Bala consists > of five > components: > 1. The first one is called Ocha Bala. In the first > course you > learned that in Vedic Astrology all planets have exact > degrees of > exaltation. Like the Moon is exalted at 3 degrees > Taurus. When a > planet occupies it exact degree of exaltation the > planet gets 60 > Shashtiamsas (Shashtiamsas are points). When it > occupies the > opposite point, its exact point of fall, it does not > get any > Shashtiamsas. Of course most of the time a planet will > occupy a > position somewhere in between these points. In that > case the points > that it will get will be calculated according to its > position from > the point of exaltation and fall. Example: The Moon at > 3 degrees > Scorpio will get 0 Shashtiamsas. The Moon at 3 degrees > Leo will get > 30 Shashtiamsas (this is exactly between 3 degrees > Scorpio and 3 > degrees Taurus). > 2. The second one is called Saptavargaja Bala. To > calculate > this we will have to look at the following seven > harmonic charts: > Rasi, Hora, Drekkana, Saptamsa, Navamsa, Dwadasamsa > and Trimsamsa. > In all these charts we look at what kind of sign a > certain planet is > located. If a planet occupies in the rashichart its > Moolatrikona > sign it gets 45 Shashtiamsas (this is a special rule > for the rashi > chart only), if it is in its own sign (of whatever > varga) it gets 30 > Shashtiamsas, in the sign of a great friend 22.5 > Shashtiamsas, in > the sign of a friend 15 Shashtiamsas, in a neutral > sign 7.5 > Shashtiamsas, in the sign of an enemy 3.75 > Shashtiamsas and in the > sign of a great enemy 1.875 Shashtiamsas. The concept > of friends and > enemies has been explained in the first course. This > is one of the > most important parts of Shadbala because Saptavargaja > bala can give > a lot of Shashtiamsas. > 3. Ojayyugma Bala The idea behind this concept is that > a planet > gains strength because it is in an even or uneven sign > or navamsa. > The Moon and Venus get 15 Shashtiamsas when they are > in an even > sign. These planets also get 15 Shastiamsas when they > are in an even > navamsa. In totality the Moon or Venus may gain 30 > Shashtiamsas if > they are located in an even sign AND even navamsa. The > reason behind > this is that the Moon and Venus are female planets and > are strong > when they are in female (even) signs or navamsas. Sun, > Mars, > Jupiter, Mercury and Saturn get 15 Shastiamsas when > they are in an > uneven sign. They also can get 15 Shashtiamsas when > they are in an > uneven navamsa. These planets are male or neutral and > are strong in > male (uneven) signs. > 4. Kendra Bala A planet in a kendra house (1,4,7 and > 10) gets > 60 Shashtiamsas, a planet in the house 2,5,8 or 11 > gets 30 > Shashtiamsas, a planet in the house 3,6,9 or 12 gets > 15 > Shashtiamsas. The reasoning is that planets in > kendrahouses can > easily express themselves and are therefore strong. > 5. Drekkena Bala To calculate this the planets are > divided into > masculine planets (Sun, Jupiter and Mars), neutral > planets (Saturn > and Mercury) and female planets (Venus and the Moon). > If a male > planet is in the first drekkana (0-10 degrees) of > whatever sign it > gets 15 Shashtiamsas. If a neutral planet is in the > middle drekkana > of whatever sign (that means it is located between > 10-20 degrees of > whatever sign) it gets 15 Shashtiamsas. If a female > planet is > located in the last drekkana (the last 10 degrees) of > whatever sign > it gets 15 Shashtiamsas. The reasoning is that the > first drekkana of > each sign is good for male planets, the middle > drekkana for neutral > planets and the last drekkana for female planets. > Now we have to add up all the Shashtiamsa values. The > result is the > total Sthana Bala. You are in the priviliged position > that you do > not have to calculate all this by hand. You can see it > on the > computer printout. When you know what the different > strengths and > weaknesses mean you can easily assess the strengths > and weaknesses > of your chart just by looking at the Shadbala > printout. > 2. DIG BALA > This principle has similarities with the principle of > Ocha Bala. > Only now the decisive factor is not the location of > the planet in a > certain sign, but in a certain house. > Each planet is powerful when it is located in a > certain direction. > Dig Bala means directional strength. The Sun and Mars > are powerful > in the South. These are planets which function > especially well in > the tenth house (the tenth house is the Southern part > of the sky). > Saturn is given maximum Dig Bala when it is in the > West, the seventh > house. Moon and Venus get maximum Dig Bala when the > are in the North > (fourth house). Mercury and Jupiter function well in > the first house > (the East). > A reason for this is that the morning is a great time > for studying > and learning. That is why Mercury and Jupiter, planets > which have to > do with studying and learning, are strong during that > time of day > (at that time the Sun is near the ascendant). > The Sun and Mars are energetic planets which need the > energy that is > available around noon (at that time the Sun is in the > tenth house). > Saturn is the planet of shades, which are at its > maximum during the > evening (when the Sun is opposite the ascendant). > Moon and Venus are soft planets which function good > during the time > that is meaned for sleeping and making love (at > midnight the Sun is > in the fourth house). > A planet gets maximum Dig Bala when it is in middle of > the bhava > (house) where it functions especially well. If for > example the Moon > is located right in the middle of the fourth house he > gets maximum > Dig Bala and is given 60 Shashtiamsas. If the Moon is > in the middle > of the tenth house it is given 0 Shashtiamsas. > A slight complication is that for determining this BV > Raman works > with the bhava chart and not with the rashi chart. The > midpoint of > the houses in the bhava chart may differ from the > midpoint of the > houses in the rashi chart (which is always 15 degrees > of a certain > sign). > The Bhava Chart is a chart which has unequal houses. > It is > comparable to the way we work with houses in Western > Astrology (and > in particular the Porphyry house system). The Bhava > Chart is > explained later. > Dig bala gives a good indication for how strong a > planet is in its > house. > 3. KALA BALA > This has to do with the strength which a planet has > because of the > time of the day. It is strength of time. > It consists of different factors: > 1. Divaratri Bala According to this system the Moon, > Saturn and > Mars are powerful during midnight. At noon they are > powerless. These > are the natural malefics + the Moon. The Sun, Jupiter > and Venus are > powerful during noon and are powerless during > midnight. These are > the natural benefics + the Sun. Adaptable Mercury is > considered to > be always powerful. This means that in every chart > Mercury gets the > maximum of 60 Shashtiamsas which can be gained by this > factor. The > Moon, Saturn and Mars are given 60 Shashtiamsas only > if the person > is born at midnight and 0 if the person is born at > noon. Sun, > Jupiter and Venus get 60 Shastiamsas if the person is > born at noon > and zero if he is born at midnight. Of course if the > person is born > at a time somewhere in between the value is > interpolated. > 2. Paksha Bala A Paksha is equal to 15 lunar days. > When the > Moon is increasing it is Sukla Paksha. When the Moon > is decreasing > it is Krishna Paksha .The benefics are Jupiter, Venus, > Moon (from > the 8th day of the bright half of the lunar month to > the 8th day of > the dark half of the lunar month) and good influenced > Mercury. These > beneficial planets are powerful during Sukla Paksha. > The malefics > are Sun, Mars, Saturn, badly influenced Mercury and > the Moon (from > the 8th day of the dark half of the lunar month to the > 8th day of > the bright half of the lunar month). They are powerful > during > Krishna Paksha. The benefics get more Shastiamsas if a > person is > born on Sukla Paksha and the malefics less. If a > person is born > during Krishna Paksha the malefics get more points. > The maximum > amount of Shashtiamsas to be gained is 60. The value > of the > Shastiamsas of the malefics + the value of the > Shastiamsas of the > benefics is always 60. The Shastiamsas of the Moon are > always > doubled. > 3. Thribhaga Bala Sometimes in Shadbala you see things > which > look a bit curious. This is an example. The day (that > means the > period of daylight) is divided into three equal parts > and the night > (the period without daylight) is divided into three > equal parts. In > this system Jupiter is always given 60 Shastiamsas. In > addition, if > someone is born during the first part of the day > Mercury gets 60 > Shashtiamsas. If someone is born during the second > part of the day > the Sun gets 60 Shashtiamsas. If born during the last > part of the > day Saturn gets 60 Shashtiamsas. If born during the > first part of > the night the Moon is given 60 Shashtiamsas. If born > during the > second part of the night Venus gets 60 Shashtiamsas. > If born during > the last part of the night Mars gets 60 Shashtiamsas. > I see some > connection between this system and the system of Dig > Bala. In the > reasoning behind Dig Bala the first part of the day is > seen as > particularly good for Mercurial activities. Noon is > seen as good for > activities which have to do with the Sun. Saturn is > strong when he > is opposite the ascendant (at the place of the evening > Sun). Also > the Moon and Venus are strong during nighttime. > However, the value > attached to the late night Mars is something which > cannot be found > in Dig Bala. > 4. Abda Bala The planet which is the lord of the year > will get > 15 Shahtiamsas. The lord of the year is the planet > which belongs to > the first day of the year. For example if the first > day of a certain > year is Sunday the year is ruled by the Sun, which > receives 15 > Shashtiamsas according to this method. However, > because Mr. Raman > does not look at the calender but tries to find this > planet by > making a calculation (in which he uses the 360 day > year) it is very > well possible that the year began on another day then > is seen on the > Abda Bala printout. > 5. Masa Bala The planet which is the lord of the first > day of > the month in which a person is born receives 30 > Shashtiamsas. In > finding this planet more or less the same problems > appear as when > calculating Abda Bala. Mr. Raman uses a duration of > the month of 30 > days. > 6. Vara Bala The planet which rules the day at which > the person > is born receives 45 Shashtiamsas. This planet is found > without > calculations. > 7. Hora Bala A day is divided into 24 hours or horas. > Each hora > is ruled by a planet. The first hora is ruled by the > planet which > rules the day. For example at Monday the first hora is > ruled by the > Moon. Then the order is according to the days of the > week (next hora > will be of Mars then of Mercury and so on). If you are > born at some > distance from the equator the horas are not of equal > length. The > period of daylight contains 12 horas and the period > without daylight > contains 12 horas. The ruler of the hora when you were > born gets 60 > Shashtiamsas. > 8. Ayana Bala This is a somewhat exotic concept in > Shadbala. To > really explain it would take a lot of space. The value > a planet gets > according to Ayana Bala has to do with the declination > it has from > the equator. If a planet has 0 declination the ayana > bala is 30. For > Venus, the Sun, Mars and Jupiter the Northern > declinations are added > to his value and the Southern declinations subtracted > (the > consequence of this is that a planet has a low ayana > bala if the > planet has a Southern declination and a high ayana > bala if the > planet has a Northern declination) . For Saturn and > the Moon it is > the other way around. For Mercury declinations are > always added. The > maximum amount of Shashtiamsas to be gained is 60. The > ayana bala of > the Sun is always doubled. I have not succeeded in > finding an > explanation why these rules are the way they are. > 9. Yuddha Bala This concept has to do with planets > which are in > war. Therefore we only encounter Yuddha bala values if > there are > planets at war in the chart. First we have to > calculate the total > Sthana bala value + Dig Bala + Kala Bala till Hora > Bala of the two > fighting planets. Then we must calculate the > difference between > these two values. This difference must be divided by > the difference > between the diameters of the two planets as seen in > the sky. The > result of this calculation is the Yuddhabala. This > must be added to > the Kala Bala total of the winning planet and > subtracted to the Kala > Bala of the loosing planet. Maybe you experience this > to be a > difficult concept. You can also look at it simply from > the point of > view that a planet which wins a war gets some bonus > Shashtiamsas, > while the planet which looses the war looses some > Shashtiamsas. > After everything has been calculated we add it all up > and get the > total Kala Bala. > 4. CHESTA BALA > Again we encounter a concept which is not easy to > explain without a > lengthy introduction about astronomy. I suggest we > take a shortcut. > Planets which are relatively slow (among them > retrograde planets) > get a high Chesta Bala value. Planets which are > relatively fast get > a low chesta bala value. The reasoning is that slow > moving planets > are able to focus their energy more because they stay > in one place. > The maximum amount of Shashtiamsas to be earned is 60. > I would like > to stress that it is the relative speed I am talking > about here: > relative to the average speed of a planet. Therefore > it is possible > that a relatively fast moving Saturn gets a low Chesta > Bala, while a > relatively slow moving Mercury gets a high Chesta > Bala. On the > computer outprint of Haydn's Jyotish you see the > average speed (at > the top of the printout). When you see a 1 behind a > planet it is > moving at its average speed. When you see a value > higher than 1 it > moves faster than its average speed, when you see a > value lower than > 1 it moves slower. > The Sun and Moon do not get Chesta Bala values. They > move in a > fairly regular pattern and do not go retrograde ever. > 5. NAISARGIKA BALA > Each planet gets a certain amount of Shashtiamsas > according to the > luminosity it has. Because the Sun is the brightest > planet it is > given 60 Shashtiamsas. Saturn is the faintest and gets > 8.57 > Shashtiamsas. This means that the amount of > Shashtiamsas a planet > receives according to Naisargika Bala is in every > chart the same. > 6. DRIK BALA > Drik Bala is called aspect strength. If a planet is > aspected by > benefics the planet receives a positive Shashtiamsa > value. If a > planet is aspected by malefics than it gets negative > Drik Bala > points. See paragraph 3.2 for which planets are > considered benefics > and malefics. > The calculation of the Drik Bala value is a bit > complicated because > we also take partial aspects in account. > I will give one example of this. We know that the Sun, > Moon, Venus > and Mercury aspect the planet in the seventh sign from > it. Now for > this purpose we say that these planet aspect the > zodiacal degree in > opposition (180 degrees from it). The point which is > 120 degrees > from these planets get a partial aspect of 50%, the > point which is > 90 degrees from the planet gets a 75% aspect, the > point which is 60 > degrees gets a 25% aspect and the point which is 30 or > 150 degrees > from the planet gets no aspect at all. > Most Jyotishis only work with full (100%) aspects, but > for this > purpose we work with partial aspects (that means > aspects which are > weaker than full aspects). This makes the calculation > of Drik Bala > quite cumbersome. Thank God we have computers. > What is important to know is that if a certain planet > has a negative > Drig Bala value than it is mainly under the influence > of malefics > and if it has a positive Drig Bala value it is under > the influence > of benefics. Therefore I think the Drig Bala value is > very > interesting. By looking at the Shadbala printout we > can immediately > see if a planet is mainly under the influence of > benefics or > malefics and how strong this influence is. > 7. TOTAL SHADBALA > Finally, the Shashtiamsas are added up. We get the > Shadbala value in > Shashtiamsas. Next they are divided by 60. Then we get > the Shadbala > values in Rupas. At the printout you can see the > Shadbala value in > Rupas. > It is important to realize that the influence of > certain Shadbala > factors is much greater than others. Simply because > the amount of > Shashtiamsas to be gained by certain Shadbala factors > is much > greater than by others. As an example: the amount of > Shashtiamsas > which can be gained by the factor Sthana Bala is a lot > more than > what can be gained by Dig Bala. Therefore the six > Shadbala factors > are not equally important. > Something else happens. According to the Shadbala > rules every planet > needs a certain amount of Rupas to be strong. > According to these > rules Mercury needs 7 Rupas, Jupiter needs 6 ½ Rupas, > The Moon needs > 6 Rupas, Venus needs 5 ½ Rupas, Saturn, the Sun and > Mars need 5 > Rupas. These values are seen as the minimum > requirement for a > certain planet to be strong. I have never seen an > explanation of why > this is so. > The total Shad Bala in Rupas is divided by this > minimum requirement > and then we get the Shad Bala ratio. The most > interesting about this > Shad Bala ratio is to see whether a planet has more or > less than the > minimum requirement and how much that is. > In general most astrologers attach more value to the > total Shad > Bala. Because I have some difficulties in seeing the > logic behind > the minimum requirements I also attach more value to > the total > Shadbala. > 8. EXAMPLE: BILL CLINTON > As an example let us take a quick look at the Shadbala > printout of > Bill Clinton (chart is shown in the section about the > Nakshatras). > The strongest planet according to Shadbala is the Sun, > which has a > total Shadbala of 8.66. This is something to be > expected from a > person who is president of the USA. Next comes > Mercury, which is > also fairly strong and indeed he always seems to talk > his way out of > problems. > If we look at the planets which have a low Shadbala > value we see > Venus and especially Saturn. Indeed, a lot of his > problems have to > do with sexuality, lovemaking and financial deals > (Venus). It also > seems that he has a difficulty in keeping limits > (Saturn). > > 9. ISHTA PHALA AND KASHTA PHALA > On the printout you see some other factors mentioned. > It is good to > know what they mean. > The Ishta Phala value of a certain planet is > calculated as follows: > the Ocha Bala (see paragraph 1.1) is multiplied by the > Chesta Bala > (see paragraph 4). Then the square root of the product > is extracted. > We get a value between 0 and 60. > The Sun and the Moon do not have a Chesta Bala. Yet we > need to have > a Chesta Bala value for these planets otherwise we > cannot calculate > the Ishta Phala. To get a Chesta Bala value for the > Sun and Moon we > make the following calculation: we add 90 degrees to > the Sun's > longitude. If the value we get is more than 180 > degrees it will be > subtracted from 360. The result is the Sun's Chesta > Bala value (at > least the Chesta Bala value for this purpose). This > value is divided > by three. Then we get the Chesta Bala value in > Shashtiamsas. > To calculate the Chesta Bala value of the Moon we make > another > calculation. The Sun's longitude is subtracted from > that of the > Moon. Again if the value we get is more than 180 > degrees it will be > subtracted from 360. The result is the Moon's Chesta > Bala value for > this purpose. Again to get the value in Shastiamsas > the value is > divided by three. > I hope by this time you are not overwhelmed by > calculations. > Personally I feel Ishta Phala/Kashta Phala is perhaps > not one of the > most interesting points of Shadbala but you should > have some idea of > way it is calculated. > Anyway, we have to explain the Kashta Phala. We > calculate 60-Ocha > bala and 60-Chesta Bala. Next we calculate the product > of this and > then the square root of this product will be the > Kashta Phala value. > The idea is that if a planet has a higher Ishta Phala > than Kashta > Phala value it is inclined to do good in its dasa and > bhukti and if > it has a higher Kashta Phala than Ishta Phala value it > is inclined > to do evil in its dasa and bhukti. The logic of this > may be clear. > Of course it is good if a planet has a big Ocha Bala > and Chesta Bala > value. Then the value of Ishta Phala will also be > large and the > amount of Kashta Phala value will be small. > However, as the Shadbala system shows there are more > factors to be > considered how a planet performs. It may be wiser to > evaluate the > functioning of the planet in its dasa and bhukti by > looking at the > Total Shadbala value. > 10. RESIDENTIAL STRENGTH > This is the last factor we have to consider. For this > we have to > calculate the Bhava Chakra (House Chart) which is > dealt with in > another tutorial. > The Bhava Chart is a Chart which works with unequal > houses which are > comparable to the housesystem of Porphyry. > The reasoning is that if a planet is close to the > midpoint of a > certain Bhava (house) it is given a high Residential > Strength and if > it is located at the edge of a Bhava (house) it gets a > low > Residential Strength. A planet with a high Residential > Strength is > powerful while a planet with a low Residential > Strength is weak. > Ishta/Kashta Phala values and Residential Strength are > values which > stand on their own and are not used to calculate the > total Shadbala. > 11. CONCLUSION > It is my opinion that Shadbala is a useful and > interesting system. > All kinds of different strenghts are summarized in a > single figure. > We can look at the total strength of a planet and > analyze from which > factors this strength comes from. > However I consider some factors of Shadbala to be more > useful than > others. Factors which I consider to be especially > interesting are > Ocha Bala (1.1.), Saptavargaja Bala (1.2), Kendra Bala > (1.4), Dig > Bala (2), Chesta Bala (4), Drik Bala (6). > If I would be so bold as to redesign the system I > would skip some > factors (like Naisargika Bala, which is the same in > all charts and > probably Thribhaga Bala) and probably add one or two > new factors. > For example: there is no Shadbala factor which > considers whether a > planet is in a dushtana house (houses 6,8 or 12) or > not, while it is > generally known that this is important for a planet. I > would also > like to modernize the way factors like Abda Bala and > Masa Bala are > calculated. As far as Ishta/Kashta Phala and > Residential Strength is > concerned I would skip Ishta/Kashta Phala and > integrate Residential > Strength in the calculations of the Shadbala ratio. > Vedic Astrology is traditional. Of course this has its > advantages, > but we should always evaluate whether a system could > be improved. > Indeed I am aware of some astrologers (like Ranjan > Bose) who have > come up with other systems to measure the strength of > planets. These > other systems can also be found in Tajika Astrology > (which will be > dealt with later in this course). In that system of > Indian astrology > we find systems which have the same goal that Shadbala > has (to > measure the strength of planets) but are quite > different. Also there > are authors which have developed slight variances of > Shadbala. > However, the alternatives are not necessarily better. > Most systems > that can be an alternative to Shadbala are simpler, > therefore easier > to calculate, but also have characteristics, which can > be > criticized. > In fact, untill this day Shadbala is the most complete > and > sophisticated system to measure the strength of > planets and > therefore highly useful. > 12. EXERCISE > 1. Look at the Total Shadbala values of the planets in > your > chart. Put them in an order of strength. The weakest > planet first > and the strongest planet last and the others in > between. Are the > results surprising or do you recognize the results in > the way you > experience the planets. > 2. Look at the Shadbala ratios and again put them in > order of > strength. Look especially at which planets have a > value bigger than > one and which planets have a value which is less than > one. > 3. We are going to look at some particular interesting > factors > of the Shadbala factors. Look at the following > factors: ocha bala > (1.1.), Saptavargaja Bala (1.2), Kendra Bala (1.4), > Dig Bala (2), > Chesta Bala (4), Drik Bala (6). For each of these > factors look at > which planet has the strongest value and which planet > has the > weakest value. Do not do this exercise by `automatic > pilot', but > when you analyze a certain factor try to realize what > this factor > means. > 4. Take a look a the total Kala Bala value (3) of the > planets. > Sometimes I wonder whether this factor does not weigh > to heavily in > the system as the amount of Shashtiamsas to be gained > by this factor > are sometimes very high indeed. Again make an overview > which planet > has the highest Kala Bala and which planet has the > least. Try to > realize that if the differences are extreme this may > have a big > influence on the endresult (the total Shadbala ratio). > > 5. Look also at the Residential Strength. Put the > planets in > order of Residential Strength (9). We will deal with > the Bhava Chart > later, but untill now you have to realize that planets > which have a > high Residential Strength can disperse their energy > better in the > houses then planets which do not have much Residential > Strength (it > is possible that planets are located in a different > house in the > Bhava Chart than in the Rashi, this will be explained > in a later ). > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________\ ____ > Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate > in the Answers Food & Drink Q & A. > http://answers./dir/?link=list & sid=396545367 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 dear Mr. Madhusudhan, It isnt my description. this shadabala text was recd by me from one of the astrological sites which i have sent to u. It has been taken from textbooks of BV.Raman. k.gopu ______________________________\ ____ Have a burning question? Go to www.Answers. and get answers from real people who know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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