Astrology / Vedic Jyotish  
Maya in the Horoscope – 2
The Glue That Keeps Us Earth Bound

One commonly used utilization of this system of house arrangement is in determining longevity. The primary house for longevity is the 8th house, the 3rd house which is 8th from the 8th is used as a secondary house for longevity and the two houses that represent loss of longevity by being 12th from 8th and 3rd, i.e., the 7th and 2nd represent the killers or maraka houses. In the bhavat-bhavam arrangement, the secondary house can ONLY be in an odd house from lagna! The symbolic ‘yang’ aspect in terms of doing, action, execution are male attributes which is represented in astrology as the odd house, the odd sign. Do the bhavat bhavam houses represent the influences and indicators that express the results of the primary houses under consideration? For example, the 3rd (effort, action) leads to replenishing of and provision to 2nd house (family, wealth), the fifth house (creativity, children) being the motivators for action (3rd house), ones bhagya, 9th (bhavat bhavam of 5th) being the determinator for fructification of the 5th house (future karma, children). The two lords, that ruling the primary house and the secondary or bhavat-bhavam house must be in harmony for the primary house to fructify fully and harmoniously. There might be some other deep significance lying within this arrangement as well, but let us move Back to the topic at hand.

Another very popular (more so now than some 30-40 years ago) way of determining the secondary indicators is through using the (Jaimini) padas [also described by Parashara]. Since both Parashara and Jaimini had not mentioned each other in their texts (though Parashara mentions Lord Buddha when describing the planetary representations of avatars – unless this was transplanted later on into BPHS), conflicting views exist as to who came earlier, of these two astrological giants, so it is hard to figure out if Parashara was quoting Jaimini or vice versa. Be that as it may, the padas of a house are calculated in a manner vaguely reminiscent of the bhavat bhavam. If the lord of first house is in the 2nd house and hence one house removed from the first house, the bhavat bhavam and pada will both fall in the 3rd house which is one house removed from the 2nd house, the location of lord of first house in this case. The pada takes into account the placement of the lord and hence is horoscope specific, whereas, bhavat bhavam is fixed (like the fixed karakas) for all charts. As another example, if lord of lagna is in the fifth house then pada or arudha will fall in the fifth from the fifth house, or ninth house. If in the sixth house, the arudha will fall in the 11th house (6th from 6th) and so on.

The pada of lagna (1st house) is called aroodha or image (according to Sanjay’s translation). This ‘image’ or reflection is an important concept to grasp. What we are being told here is that the aroodha or lagna-pada is the “image” of the first house, as seen by others. This is important to understand, because it links directly to the ‘perception’ aspect in how others perceive our “image”. The lagna, in this case, then would be the ‘true’ reality, whereas, the lagna-pada will be the picture of this true reality, as perceived by the world. Just to briefly touch upon how the nativity will see the true reality, according to Narasimha, would be judged from the graha-pada (details given in his writings, but not discussed in this article). An effective alternative to this indicator of the ‘personal reality’ view is studying the lagna-oriented house from the lagna lord (dispositors of the lagna and moon, for better definition of the view, a future article perhaps!).

Since the image cannot fall in the same house the pada for which is being considered, as well as in the 7th house there from, hence, Parashara (and Jaimini) have recommended that the pada be moved to the tenth house from the ‘obvious’ pada. So, if a planet is placed in its own house or in the 7th house there from, the pada will not fall in the same house but in the tenth house, there from. Likewise, if a planet is in the 4th or 10th house from its own (giving the pada in 7th house; fourth from fourth or tenth from tenth, from the house under consideration), the pada will be considered to be in the tenth house from the seventh, ergo, in the fourth house in the case of lagna pada with lagnesha in fourth or tenth house from lagna. This ‘exception’ is recognized and used by a large majority of astrologers, however, one of contemporary writers, K.N. Rao in his book has advised against this, without giving further elaboration or explanations.

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