RESEARCH: How to find bhavas (houses) from various references?

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Namaste friends,

 

Parasara indicated in one place in BPHS that bhavas (houses) could extend across

two signs. He never really defined how to find bhavas, but said in the chapter

on special ascendants that a " bhava chakra " (house chart), or a " bhava koshtha "

as he called it, can be prepared from these references by placing various

planets in various houses, just like we do from lagna. When discussing

ashtakavarga and planetary significations, he said that bhavas can be seen from

Sun, Moon, Mars etc.

 

So, we can find bhavas from various references, including lagna, planets and

special lagnas, and place various planets in various houses from the reference.

 

But the key question is: Exactly how do we find bhavas from a given reference?

 

Do we take the entire sign as a house? If we do that, then Parasara's statement

on possibly houses extending across two signs becomes illogical.

 

Do we take 15 deg before the reference and 15 deg after the reference as the

first house and take other houses accordingly?

 

Do we use unequal division methods like Sripathi houses, Krishnamoorthy houses,

Koch houses etc?

 

I believe the answer exists within BPHS!

 

* * *

 

Parasara declared in " graha sphuta drishti kathanaadhyaaya " (planetary

longitudinal aspect evaluation chapter): " I have previously explained the

planetary aspects based on the *signs* occupied by planets. Now I will explain

another kind of planetary aspects based on the *houses* from planets, which are

dependent on their longitudes. "

 

Then Parasara went on to state that Mars has an aspect on the 4th and 8th houses

from him, Jupiter has an aspect on the 5th and 9th houses from him and Saturn

has an aspect on the 3rd and 10th houses from him.

 

Of course, one may say " we all know this. What is new in this " . But, what

*follows* is truly significant, for it clarifies what these " houses " from Mars,

Jupiter and Saturn truly are. After all, Parasara went on further and

*quantified* houses based on longitudes!!!

 

Parasara gave a way to evaluate planetary aspects based on the planet's

longitude. In the case of Mars, 90-120 deg and 210-240 deg from Mars get a

higher score compared to other planets. In the case of Jupiter, 120-150 deg and

240-270 deg from Jupiter get a higher score compared to other planets. So these

are the definitions of the corresponding houses from corresponding planets!!!

The 4th house from Mars is 90-120 deg from him. The 5th house from Jupiter is

120-150 deg from him. And so on.

 

Of course, these values are used in shadbala and programmed by me into

Jagannatha Hora long back. But it was only a few months back that it dawned on

me that here is a clear teaching from Parasara on how to find bhavas (houses)

from reference points! Then I started experimenting with it and satisfied myself

over time.

 

It was a radical departure from what I was used to, but I had to accept the

words of a maharshi. Moreover, I was intellectually satisfied in the end, after

trying out on many charts - natal and annual.

 

* * *

 

The following is the definition of houses from a reference:

 

1st house: 0-30 deg from the reference

2nd house: 30-60 deg from the reference

3rd house: 60-90 deg from the reference

4th house: 90-120 deg from the reference

5th house: 120-150 deg from the reference

6th house: 150-180 deg from the reference

7th house: 180-210 deg from the reference

8th house: 210-240 deg from the reference

9th house: 240-270 deg from the reference

10th house: 270-300 deg from the reference

11th house: 300-330 deg from the reference

12th house: 330-360 deg from the reference

 

If you use the above table, the longitude ranges Parasara mentioned for the 3rd,

4th, 5th, 8th, 9th and 10th houses regarding the special aspects of Mars,

Jupiter and Saturn will come out correctly.

 

I recommend using the above table for finding houses with respect to lagna,

special lagnas, planets etc. It is very simple to check manually.

 

* * *

 

We say that the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th houses from lagna form the

visible half. With the above method, those houses will consist of 180-360 deg

from lagna and that half is indeed visible. If we define houses as entire signs

or as " 15 deg before/after " , then a part of 7th house is visible and the

remaining part of 7th house is invisible. Similarly, a part of the 1st house is

visible and the remaining part of 1st house is invisible. But, using the above

method, the entire 1st house is invisible and the entire 7th house is visible

(which should be the case in the first place).

 

* * *

 

The above will make a difference in many charts with regard to which planets are

in which houses from lagna, from GL, from Moon, from Jupiter etc. If you are

interested, you can experiment with this in many charts and see if it gives

better results. It is more logical and it is based on Parasara's teachings. I

have been experimenting with this for several months and I am satisfied.

 

I will not give too many examples at this time, but let me illustrate the

differences with a couple of examples.

 

Example 1: 1971 April 27, 6:30 am (IST), Bombay, India

 

The native got married in June 2007 in Jupiter-Jupiter antardasa as per regular

Vimsottari dasa. Though Jupiter occupies the 8th sign from the sign containing

lagna, he is actually in the 7th house from lagna. Being the 9th lord in 7th, he

can give marriage.

 

Example 2 (John Denver): 1943 December 31, 2:55 pm (PDT), 105w00, 33n20

 

He died in October 1997 in Ketu-Rahu antardasa. Though Ketu and Rahu occupy the

9th and 3rd signs from the sign occupied by lagna, they are actually in the 8th

and 2nd houses from lagna. Being the 7th lord in the 8th house, Ketu is a

maaraka. Being a malefic in the 2nd house, Rahu is a maaraka.

 

Example 3 (Swami Vivekananda): 1863 January 12, 6:33 am (5:54 hrs east of GMT),

88e30, 22n40

 

He became a renowned world teacher with the Chicago parliament of religions in

1893. Jupiter-Jupiter antardasa was running as per regular Vimsottari dasa.

Though Jupiter is in the 11th sign from the sign occupied by lagna and GL, he is

in the 10th house from lagna and from GL. That is why Jupiter played an

important role in the karma (work) and made him a world teacher.

 

* * *

 

This being a radical change from the norm, I want to go slow with this one. For

now, I will sign off and let interested scholars and students process and digest

this information. I may try to write more later. For example, the impact of this

on ashtakavarga is tricky and significant.

 

Best regards,

Narasimha

 

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