Nabhasa Yogas

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and the continued performance of good deeds. The lives of natives with Mala Yoga unfold smoothly and happily. They are supported in their endeavors, and the important events transpiring in their lives occur at times when they desire them and look forward to them. Natives with Mala Yoga have the fortune of making the right decisions and doing the right things that bring about the best results. This makes them feel good about themselves and their actions, which makes them enjoyable to be around. Sarpa serpent Yoga: The angles occupied by malefics. One born in Sarpa Yoga will be crooked, cruel, miserable, pitiless, and suffer from many afflictions and miseries. Poor, one will depend on others for food and drink, and live in others houses. One will be short lived, talk too much, leave his paternal place, be a source of trouble and derive pleasure thereby. He has the tendency to be uselessly proud when he harms others. Sarpa means serpent. It refers to the arrangement of the malefic planets around the angles of the horoscope like a coiled serpent; with the result that life is full of tragedies and that even the good things that come into the life come through difficulty and with stress. Sarpa Yoga indicates the unfoldment of the results of bad karmas and the transformation and purification, symbolized by the serpent, that is the eventual result of burning the results of one's karmas. Many of the events in these natives lives unfold amidst difficulties and also cause trouble to those around them, often with their not having any choice in the matter. As a result of this, they tend to suffer from bad feeling about their actions or have low selfesteem. They, therefore, often cringe upon accepting responsibility for their actions since they already feel bad enough about themselves and hate to have another reason to feel terrible. These natives generally suffer from an excess of tamas and as a result they don't do, or are unable to do what they should do for best results. They, therefore, need to be told what to do, though they usually resent it