Hamsa Yoga
Hamsa yoga is formed by Jupiter in Cancer, Sagittarius or Pisces in an angular house [that is, in the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th houses of the horoscope — editor’s note]. A person with such a yoga is distinguished by attractiveness, purity of soul and righteousness; he is wealthy, lives in luxury and enjoys the respect of those around him.
Sri Govind Swarup Agarwal — «Vedic Astrology»
Jupiter gives one of the Pancha-Mahapurusha yogas — Hamsa yoga (the swan). It makes a person learned, inclined to spirituality, well known and virtuous.
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A person with Hamsa yoga has a fair complexion, prominent cheeks, a handsome face and a golden sheen to the skin. His nails and palms are reddish, his feet are beautiful, and his eyes are the colour of honey. His voice is sweet, like a swan’s. He has a phlegmatic character and loves water sports. He is insatiable in sex.
A person with this yoga has a thirst for knowledge and for the study of the sacred scriptures. He is virtuous, helps others, is blessed with a beautiful wife and is in excellent physical shape. He will live in comfort to the age of a hundred and may leave this world in a forest.
Note: Jupiter gives a person virtue, education and eloquence, grace and dignity.
Sometimes one may notice that a horoscope can contain one or even several Pancha-Mahapurusha yogas and yet pass unnoticed. Therefore, in order to analyse these yogas properly, several points must be noted.
- The planet forming the yoga must be strong both in the birth chart (by Shad-bala) and in the vargas. This planet will manifest its qualities in full only if it is strong. A dominant Mars is strength and aggression, Mercury — intellect and virtue, Jupiter — wisdom and eloquence, Venus — beauty and pleasure, and Saturn — influence over the masses and misfortune.
2. A Pancha-Mahapurusha yoga will give no results if the Sun or the Moon is in conjunction with the planet that forms this yoga. In that case the planet will give favourable results only during its own dasha. This is equivalent to a cancellation of the Mahapurusha yoga.
3. Accordingly, if the Sun and the Moon are not with the planet forming the yoga, then this Mahapurusha yoga will manifest in full and will bear fruit not only during its own dasha. In other words, such an «impeccable» Mahapurusha yoga will show itself not only during the dasha of the planet that forms it. This yoga will therefore exert its influence throughout the whole of life. It is analogous to a Nabhasa yoga. The presence of several such favourable yogas in a horoscope raises a person’s material and professional status regardless of the dasha.
K.S. Charak — «Yogas in Astrology»
HAMSA MAHAPURUSHA YOGA
Description
Parashara Muni — «Brihat-Parashara-Hora-Shastra»
Physical features
A person with Hamsa yoga has a deep, sonorous voice (like a swan’s). He is handsome and has a well-developed nose. He has eyes of a honey or yellowish-brown colour, reddish nails (and lips), a sharp intellect, firm cheeks, a large forehead and beautiful feet. He has the marks of a fish, an ankusha (the iron hook with which an elephant is driven), a bow, a trident, a conch and a lotus on his hands and feet. He is 96 angulas (about 5′ 9″, if a hasta is 17″) tall.
Character and nature
He behaves like a king and has a phlegmatic character. He is passionate and his passion remains unsatisfied. He loves swimming and water sports. He enjoys the fullness of life and lives happily for 100 years. He is the master of the regions near the Ganga and the Yamuna.
Commentary
Unfulfilled passion can manifest in various ways, and the planets influencing Jupiter will alter the nature of its influence. If there is a Guru-Mangala yoga, a conjunction of Jupiter and Mars within Hamsa yoga, this may manifest as a voluntary parting with one’s spouse, since Mars indicates celibacy. We find this yoga in the chart of Bhagavan Sri Rama [Chart 1], where the Lord renounced His consort in order to fulfil the wish of the inhabitants of His kingdom. We also find this yoga in the chart of Sri Aurobindo, who after his return from prison renounced his wife and went on to form the ashram in Pondicherry (Auroville) [Chart 2]. In both of these cases the lord of the seventh, Saturn, is not aspected by Jupiter. A sharp intellect is one of the features shown by Sri Rama in his interpretation of the Dharma Shastras and by Aurobindo’s monumental work «Savitri». Although a lifespan of 100 years is not usually given, since a Mahapurusha yoga is not without its flaw, a long life and protection usually occur when Jupiter is in the Lagna. The person is also victorious in battle if Mars is strong and aspected by Jupiter, as in the chart of Sri Rama. In Aurobindo’s chart Mars is weakened and gave a very bad experience connected with politics. Hamsa Mahapurusha yoga cannot be formed for a Lagna in the fixed signs, since Jupiter rules the dual signs and is exalted in a movable sign. The traits of Jupiter, like the Pushparaga stone (the yellow sapphire, which holds the rays of the morning Sun), should be observed in the person. Spirituality will be an integral aspect of their lives, and they will certainly read the sacred scriptures if the yoga is formed in the Lagna. Such a Jupiter must protect them from all calamities, including untimely death, since Jupiter (jiva) has the power to drive away Yama, the god of death.
Examples for study:
Sanjay Rath has Hamsa Mahapurusha yoga, and at the age of 32 he began to teach and to write books on Jyotish.
Compiled by Pandit Sanjay Rath
Translation by Chandramukha das
Parashara Muni (BPHS)
from Oleg Tolmachev’s book «Rectification of the time of birth. Determining the Lagna»