Effect of Lagna falling in various 12 signs of the Zodiac in Vedic Astrology
The planets ruling different signs will also have their effect on the Ascendants falling in Rashi or signs ruled by them. The Ascendant is the first house where the analysis of the chart and assessment of its strength is to be started. An astrologer should consider the effects of the sign, its lord, the Navamsha in in which the ascendant falls and should be sure about the correctness of Lagna before any prediction is ventured.
One should try to understand the basic rules of astrology w.r.t. finding benefic and malefic planets for predictive purpose.
Benefic and Malefic Planets for Predictive Purpose
- Lord of the 8th house produces evil because he owns the 12th house from the 9th, which is the house of Bhagya (wealth). If he chances to be the lord of 1st also, he becomes good.
- The lords of the Kendras and Trines in conjunction produce good from the simple fact of their union even when they are weak otherwise. If the lords of the 9th and I0th houses join together and occupy the 9th or 10th, or if the lord of the 9th occupies the 9th and the lord of the 10th occupies 10th house they produce good.
- In the case of evil planets they gradually grow stronger by being owners of the later quadrants or kendras and get the highest power when they become lords of the 10th. The reverse holds good with good planets. Benefics owning first house are not so bad as those owning 4th, and those who own 7th are worse than those who rule the 4th, and those who own the 10th are the worst
of the whole lot. - Lords of Kendras joining with or lying between lords of Thrikonas produce Rajayoga.
- The close of the periods of the planets who are with the lords of the 2nd and 7th houses causes death; next the periods of the planets who occupy the 2nd and the 7th houses cause death; if death does no happen in the above circumstantces, it will be caused in the dasas of the lords of the 2nd and 7th houses.
Natural benefics as lords of quadrants (houses 1,4,7 and 10) shed their beneficence.
Natural malefics as lords of quadrants shed their malefic nature.
Lords of trines (houses 1,5 and 9) give benefic results no matter whether by their inherent nature they are benefics or malefics.
Lord of the lagna is both the lord of a quadrant and a trine. It is thus supposed to give benefic results irrespective of it’s inherent nature.
Lords of the 3rd, 6th, and 11th houses are always malefic.
The lord of the 8th house has a special propensity to do evil. The eighth house represents obstructions, obstacles, failures, intrigues, ailments, death and the like. The following points must be remembered while considering the 8th house:
Eighth house is the 12th from 9th (indicating loss of Bhagya); hence its lord is ever malefic.
Twelfth house from lagna indicates loss. Twelfth house from any house indicates loss of that house. Since the ninth house stands for Bhagya (luck), virtues, pious deeds, religious inclinations, father, etc., the twelfth from it (i.e., the 8th) indicates the loss of all these. Loss of fortune or luck is considered the biggest loss.
When the 8th lord is also the lagna lord, the benefic nature of the lagna lordship prevails, and the 8th lord tends to behave as a benefic unless it is particularly afflicted or ill-placed.
The eighth lord is still more malefic when it also lords over the 3rd or the 11th house.
The eighth lord becomes a benefic when it also owns a trine.
The evil effects of the eighth house lordship do not apply to the Sun or the Moon. Note : The Moon is the 8th lord for Sagittarius ascendant, and the Sun for Capricorn ascendant. According to the sage Parashara, the Sun and the Moon remain un-afilicted by the eighth house lordship. This, however, may not hold true in actual practice, at least in medical astrology;
When a planet owns both a quadrant and a nine, it becomes particularly useful and is called a Raja-yoga-karaka (door of great benefit). It gives additional benefit if it is also located in a quadrant or a trine.
Only the ownership of a quadrant does not convert a malefic into a benefic. The malefic must also own a nine to completely shed its malevolence.
The blemish of kendra lordship (ownership of quadrants), as applicable to benefics, increases progressively from the Moon, to Mercury, to Jupiter, to Venus.
Full Moon, Mercury, Jupiter and Venus, in this order, are progressively more powerful as benefics.
Waning Moon, the Sun, Saturn and Mars, in this order, are progressively more powerful as malefics.
When the lord of a quadrant is in some way related to the lord of a trine, a Raja Yoga (or a highly benefic combination) is formed. Benefic combinations in a horoscope neutralise affliction and are good for remaining free from disease. Relationship between any two house lords can be in one of the following ways:
Note : When the lords of quadrants and trines are related in one of the ways indicated above, they still do not produce a Raja yoga if they also own the Papasthanas (adverse houses), i.e., houses 3, 6 and 11.
Rahu and Ketu give results according to the house where they are located, and according to the planet (i.e., the lord of a house) whom they join.
Rahu and Ketu become Yogakarakas (productive of Raja Yoga) in the following situations:
Twenty-second Drekkana
The Twenty-second (22nd) Drekkana is the Drekkana that falls exactly seven houses away from the lagna. It thus falls in the 8th house on the same degrees as those of the lagna. Place the degrees of the lagna in the sign occupying the 8th house of the birth chart and determine its Drekkana. The lord of that sign and the planets falling in that sign in the Drekkana chart are evil and capable of causing death and disease. When a Drekkana chart is cast, the 8th house of this chart indicates the 22nd Drekkana. The lord of this house as well as the planets falling in that house prove malefic.
Sixty-four Navamsha
Whereas the 22nd Drekkana is calculated from the lagna, the 64th Navamsha is calculated from the Moon. It falls exactly seven houses away from the Moon. Place the degrees of the Moon in the sign 8th from it, and determine the Navamsha of that sign. The lord of that Navamsha is the lord of the 64th Navarnsha, and, along with planets falling therein in the Navamsha chart, behaves as a malefic. In the usual Navamsha chart, the sign falling in the 4th house from the Moon happens to be the lord of the 64th Navamsha; this-lord as also its associates, and the planets falling in that house in the Navamsha Chart behave as evil planets.
Sarpa Drekkana
The second and third Drekkana of the sign Karka, the first and the second of the sign Vrishchika, and the last Drekkana of the sign Meena are termed the Sarpa (serpent) Drekkanas. Planets falling in these Drekkanas tend to produce ill health during their periods and sub~periods if other factors also indicate thus.
Now, choose the lagna sign from the list below to learn further:
Aries (Mesha)
Taurus (Vrishabha)
Gemini (Mithuna)
Cancer (Karka)
Leo (Simha)
Virgo (Kanya)
Libra (Tula)
Scorpio (Vrischika)
Sagittarius (Dhanu)
Capricorn (Makara)
Aquarius (Kumbha)
Pisces (Meena)