Sri Govind Swarup Agarwal — «Vedic Astrology»
PART 4. GENERAL ASTROLOGICAL PRINCIPLES
General approaches
The degree of auspiciousness of the planets
Placement in the houses and aspects
The influence of the dusthanas
Inauspicious states of the planets
Shubha, Ashubha and Chidra grahas
The strength and weakness of the houses
When a planet gives good results
The indications of the classics.
The division of the houses of the horoscope
Analysis of the horoscope
The qualities of a planet.
The charts required.
Determining the general strength of the horoscope.
The well-being of the native.
The Bhavad-bhavam principle («a house from a house»)
The meaning of the Mulatrikona signs
The critical degrees of the Zodiac
Yogas
General yogas.
Yogas of the dispositors.
Raja yogas.
Dhana yogas.
Malika yogas.
Nicha-bhanga-raja yoga.
The time when the results of astrological yogas manifest
Length of life, marakas, death
The marakas.
The dangerous planets for each sign.
How to determine the length of life: the method of Jaimini, the method of Mantreshvara, the method from the «Prashna-marga».
Combinations for a long, a medium and a short life.
Combinations of Balarishta.
The cancellation of yogas that give a short life.
Arishta-bhanga yogas.
The causes of death and the influences of the planets.
The influence of Saturn. The influence of the Kharesha.
The time of death.
The death-dealing planets for each Ascendant.
The role of the lunar nodes.
The Chidra grahas
Significators (karakas)
The significator planets.
The rules for interpreting the effects of the karakas.
The karakas of modern notions.
A list of the karakas
Divisional charts (vargas)
The twenty divisional charts.
Some notes on their analysis.
The analysis of the Navamsha, Hora, Saptamsha, Dashamsha, Chatur-vimshamsha, Shashtamsha, D27, D8, D11 and D12 charts
The «Jaimini-sutras» as expounded by Parashara
The argalas.
The chara-karakas.
The Hora-lagna.
The Pada- or Arudha-lagna.
The Karakamsha.
The raja yogas of the Jaimini system.
The raja yogas of the Jaimini chara-karakas
PART 5. THE ASTROLOGY OF THE FAMILY
Marriage and family life
The key houses and planets.
The influence of the placement of Venus in the various signs on family life.
The conjunction of Venus with the other planets.
The results of the placement of Venus in the houses of the horoscope.
Combinations of planets that foretell a happy married life.
Indications of an early marriage.
Combinations that foretell more than one marriage.
Indications of a late marriage or of its absence.
What the married life will be like.
Combinations that bring discord.
The influence of the Navamsha on marriage.
Indications of a love marriage.
Combinations for a marriage with a member of another caste.
Devotion and attachment to the partner.
The Lagna of the life companion.
Where the future wife comes from.
Indications of divorce.
Special combinations.
The time of entering into marriage.
The character and temperament of the partner.
The appearance of the wife.
The results of the planets in the 7th bhava.
Benefit from the partner’s relatives
Children
The key houses, planets and signs.
The sex of the children.
Reproductive capacities.
The Bija- and Kshetra-sphuta.
Indications of having children.
Combinations that give many daughters.
Combinations of childlessness.
Combinations of the 5th house.
The number of children.
Indications of adoption.
When there will be children.
The fruits of karma.
Relations between father and son.
The inheritance of qualities.
Some observations.
Eka-nakshatra-dosha.
Combinations for the early death of the parents.
Extracts from the classical texts
Sex and astrology
The characteristics of the signs.
The houses of the horoscope that relate to intimate life.
The nakshatras.
The sex and yoni of the nakshatras.
The size of the genitals.
The size of the wife’s breasts.
A person’s behaviour in bed.
The attitude towards intimate life.
Combinations of sexual licentiousness.
Indications of nymphomania and frigidity (in female charts).
Combinations of coarseness in bed.
Napumsaka- and Shanda-yogas.
Indications of impotence.
Combinations of voluptuousness.
The placement of Mars in the houses and signs and sexual life
The female horoscope
The sign of the Lagna and the personality of a woman.
The specifics of the female horoscope: the interpretation of the houses.
Planets in the Lagna.
Planets in the 7th house.
The placement of the lord of the 7th house.
Planets in the 8th house.
Indications of widowhood.
Factors that harm married life.
Prosperity in marriage.
Combinations that indicate miscarriages.
Indications of a woman’s infertility.
The character of the husband.
What a woman’s day of birth tells.
Visha-kanya-dosha.
The effects of the Gandamula nakshatras.
The interpretation of the Trimshamsha in a female horoscope
The compatibility of horoscopes
Length of life.
The condition of the 7th and 8th houses and of Venus.
Sama-sandhi.
An even distribution of strengths.
Indications of a strong attraction.
The nakshatras of the names of the bride and the groom.
The compatibility of the Ascendants.
Relations with the spouse’s family
Compatibility by the kutas
Varna.
Vashya.
Tara.
Yoni.
Graha-maitri.
Gana-kuta.
Rashi- or Bhakuta-dosha.
Nadi-kuta.
Raju.
Mahendra-kuta.
Stri-dirgha-kuta.
Tattva.
Varga-kuta
Kuja-dosha
The formation of Kuja-dosha.
Combinations that can neutralise Kuja-dosha.
Kuja-dosha in the houses and its manifestations.
The opinions of the classics
PART 6. QUESTIONS OF HEALTH
Medical astrology
Assessing a person’s predisposition to illnesses.
Planets, parts of the body and diseases.
The signs/houses of the horoscope and the parts of the body.
The nakshatras and the parts of the body.
The primary elements (tattvas).
An imbalance of the gunas in the organism.
The gunas of the planets and signs.
The drekkana.
Indications of congenital ailments.
Chronic illnesses.
Fatal illnesses.
When an illness manifests.
Indications of good health
Astrological indications of various diseases
Diseases of the heart.
Problems with the eyes.
Diseases of the brain (mental and nervous disorders).
Problems with the teeth.
Defects of speech.
Diseases of the ears.
Paralysis.
Diseases of the liver.
Appendicitis.
Problems with blood pressure.
Problems with the kidneys.
Hydrocele.
Hernia.
Diseases of the prostate.
An enlarged spleen.
Sexual disorders.
Female diseases.
Diseases of the respiratory organs.
Diseases of the digestive organs.
Haemorrhoids.
Skin diseases.
Rheumatism, gout.
Boils, carbuncles, abscesses.
Fractures of the bones.
Amputations/injuries of the limbs.
A predisposition to accidents and injuries.
Diseases of the nose, throat, face and mouth.
Diabetes.
Hydrophobia.
Problems with the bile.
Cancer