When planetary yogas do not bring expected results
A yoga (literally «a connection») is a combination of planets that allows them to join their efforts and achieve better results… Astrological yogas are configurations of planets that produce specific results. A yoga is usually formed by the placement of planets in a particular order.
The strength or weakness of a yoga depends on the condition of its participants. Strong planets form powerful yogas, while damaged ones (placed in a hostile sign, in a bad house or in Papa-kartari) are capable only of a weak yoga. Malefic aspects spoil a yoga. The very nature of the planets taking part in a yoga and their position in signs and bhavas does not greatly affect the results of the yoga. All good yogas usually grant a peaceful life, material comfort and well-being.
Sri Govind Swarup Agarwal — «Vedic Astrology»
Graha yogas are planetary combinations that switch on a series of events in the life of the native. There are hundreds and thousands of yogas; one of the books by the well-known astrologer Bangalore Venkata Raman is called «Three Hundred Important Combinations».
How to see planetary yogas in the «Jagannatha Hora» program:
- Click the third tab from the left, Strengths
- Click the central tab at the bottom, Other Strengths
- A list of various yogas will appear, which needs to be studied carefully
However, by no means all of the yogas listed will manifest in our life, because certain factors prevent yogas from showing themselves. For a yoga to «switch on» and work, several conditions must be met:
1. First, the yoga must not be spoiled by malefics: if their influence is present, it means that some hostile forces or invisible obstacles do not allow the yoga to manifest.
2. Second, the Sun and the Moon must be strong enough. A strong Sun helps the yoga to switch on (the Sun is the father), while a strong Moon (the mother) sustains the yoga. With a weak Sun and/or Moon the yoga has no power to manifest in full and remains merely an ambition without realisation, or gives only a brief or feeble manifestation of the yoga.
The yogada is the planet that forms the yoga. If it is strong on every count, the yoga will manifest. If this planet is afflicted or weak, the yoga has no power to manifest, or manifests to a minimal degree
The Pancha-Mahapurusha yogas
The five yogas of great personalities are formed when the five planets (apart from the luminaries) fall into their own signs, their mulatrikona or their signs of exaltation and are at the same time in any of the kendras (the 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th houses). They occur quite often, but not all of their owners are literally «great personalities». Why? Besides the formal placement of the planet in a sign of strength in a kendra, the conditions mentioned above must be met for the yoga to «switch on» and work.
Jupiter gives Hamsa yoga (the swan). It makes a person learned, inclined to spirituality, well known and virtuous.
Venus gives Malavya yoga. Malavya is a special kind of costly wood from which objects of luxury are made. It gives comfort and the conditions for enjoyment.
Mercury gives Bhadra yoga. Bhadra is everything auspicious. It gives intelligence, cheerfulness, optimism and the wish to help one’s relatives and people in general
Mars gives Ruchaka yoga. Ruchaka (radiant, brilliant) is a commander, a military leader. It gives courage, strength, resolve and the qualities of a leader.
Saturn gives Shasha yoga. It makes a person strong and independent, a chief and a social leader, gives him many servants and subordinates, but at the same time his character and reputation are not always impeccable.
Source: the basic course in Vedic astrology at Vasily Tushkin’s «Surya-Siddhanta» school