A planet on account of its tenancy of certain divisions or vargas gets a certain amount of strength.
A planet in its Moola Trikona gets 45 Shastiamsas.
In own Varga, it gets 30.
In bosom friend’s house, it gets 22.5 Shastiamsas.
In friend’s house, it gets 15 Shastiamsas.
In neutral varga, it gets 7.5 Shastiamsas.
In inimical Varga, it gets 3.75 Shastiamsas
and in the varga of bitterest enemy, 1.875 Shastiamsas.
In the void of Mind involute
The fleeting Universe rises and floats
And sinks back into the current ” I “
wrote Vivekananda. Where only the Universal “I” is and nothing else is !
I am the Silence which is more than sound
If therewithin thou lose thee, thou art found!
The nameless, shoreless ocean which is “I”
Thou canst not breathe but in its bosom drowned !
wrote Tennyson.
Cosmic Consciousness is a state wherein there is Pure Awareness, Awareness of Being, Knowledge and Bliss !
Certain planets in odd signs gets a strength of 15 Shashtiamsas while some others get 15 Shashtiamsas strength in even signs.
The Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Mercury & Saturn, when they are in Odd Sings get a strength of 15 Shashtiamsas. Moon and Venus get the same strength in even signs.
This should be applied to both Rasi & Navamsa charts. Hence this strength is known as OjaYugmaRasyamsa Bala
Oja – Odd
Yugma – Even
Rasi –
Amsa – Navamsa
Quadrants ( Kendras ) are 1,4,7, 10 houses.
Panaparas – These are the signs next to quadrants, viz, 2,5,8 & 11.
Apoklimas – These are houses next to the Panaparas, 3,6,9 & 12
Quadrant strength is calculated by the rule that a planet in a Quadrant gets 60 Viroopas or Shashtiamsas, in a Panapara 30 Shastiamsas and in an Apoklima 15 Shashtiamsas.
Masculine planets – Sun, Jupiter and Mars
Feminine Planets – Venus & Moon
Hermaphrodite ” – Saturn and Mercury
A male planet in a first Decanate of 10 degrees
A hermaphrodite planet in the middle decanate
& female planet in last Decanate
gets a strength of 15 Viroopas or Shastiamsas
Love is a glory from Eternity’s spheres
He is still the Godhead that can make all change
Love should never cease to be upon the Earth
Love is the bright link betwixt Earth & Heaven
Love is the far Transcendent’s angel here
Love is man’s lien on the Absolute !
The intellect is indeed great, but the ultimate triumph will be the Heart’s.
An exalted planet gets 100% strength. In Vedic Astrology 100% strength is 60 Shashtiamsas or Virupas or 1 Rupa.
When a planet occupies its deep exaltation point or Uchabhaaga, it gets a strength of 1 Rupa. Similarly, when it occupies its deep debilitation point, it gets zero strength.
Exaltation strength is given by the formula
Exaltation Strength = Planet’s longitude – Its debilitation Point/180 * 60 ( in Virupas or Shastiamsas )
where the difference is more than 180, it is to be subtracted from 360
Lunation or Thidhi has been defined as
Lunation ( Thidhi) = Longitude of Moon – Longitude of Sun.
From 0 to 12 degrees is Prathama and from 12 to 24 degrees is Dwitheeya and so on. It becomes easy to find out which Tidhi the time falls on. We give the degrees and the nomenclature of the Thidhis or Lunation.
12PRATHAMA 1
24DWITHEEYA 2
36THRITHEEYA 3
48CHATHURTHI 4
60PANCHAMI 5
72SHASHTI 6
84SAPTHAMI 7
96ASHTAMI 8
108NAVAMI 9
120DASAMI 10
132EKADASI 11
144DWADASI 12
156THRAYODASI 13
168CHATHURDASI 14
180POURNAMI 15
192PRATHAMA 16
204DWITHEEYA 17
216THRITHEEYA 18
228CHATHURTHI 19
240PANCHAMI 20
252SHASHTI 21
264SAPTHAMI 22
276ASHTAMI 23
288NAVAMI 24
300DASAMI 25
312EKADASI 26
324DWADASI 27
336THRAYODASI 28
348CHATHURDASI 29
360AMAVASYA 30
According the Drekkana or Decanate Theory, there are 36 decanates. Each Zodiacal Sign of 30 degrees is divided by 3 and we get 3 decanates per sign.
The first decanate is owned by the lord of that Sign
The second decanate is owned by the 5th lord from that Sign
The Third decanate is owned by the 9th lord from that Sign
For example, if Aries is the Sign, the first decanate is owned by Mars, the second the fifth lord from Aries, Sun and third decanate the ninth lord from Aries, Jupiter.
So Drekkanas are one of the Seven Vargas ( Sapta Varga ) division and is important.
If Mars is in Aries, say in the 13the degree of Aries, then the decanate ruler of Mars is the Sun, as the Sun is the fifth lord from Aries, as Mars is in the second decanate
“Imperfect is the Joy not shared by all “, wrote Aurobindo.
I climb not to Thy everlasting day
As I have shunned Thy eternal night
Thy servitudes on earth are greater King,
Than all the glorious liberties of Heaven,
Too far Thy heavens for me from suffering men,
Imperfect is the Joy not shared by all.
“Let the whole world be happy ” prays the Eternal Law ( Sarve Janah Sukhino Bhavanthu ). For such a noble purpose, did He not consecrate His life to humanity ?
