Shasha Yoga
Shasha yoga is created by Saturn when it is in a kendra [that is, in the 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th houses of the horoscope — editor’s note] in the signs of Capricorn, Aquarius or Libra. Its owner has money and good standing, and holds a leading post in the local authorities.
Sri Govind Swarup Agarwal — «Vedic Astrology»
Saturn gives one of the Pancha-Mahapurusha yogas — 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.
The basic course in Vedic astrology at Vasily Tushkin’s «Surya-Siddhanta» school
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A person born with this yoga is brave and harsh, of medium height, with a narrow waist and large teeth. He has handsome legs and a quick gait. His complexion is dark. He loves to travel through jungles, mountains, forts and other ancient places. A person with Shasha yoga is attached to his mother. He always takes care of his guests. He is the commander of an army, the leader of a group, a settlement or a city. He is competent, wealthy and educated, and always points out the mistakes of others. He is very fond of sex and has liaisons not only with his wife. This person is an expert in metallurgy and chemistry. He may suffer from physical ailments and lives to the age of seventy.
Note: Saturn is the planet of the masses. In Shasha yoga Saturn dominates, and therefore it will bring a person leadership. One born with this yoga will receive both physical pleasures and sufferings.
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.
1.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»
from Oleg Tolmachev’s book «Rectification of the time of birth. Determining the Lagna»
