By

Love Tandon, India

A
Visiting astrology occasionally earlier, he

started a detailed study ten years ago. In

view of contradictions and conflicts he took
a conscious decision to keep an open mind
and not be bound by any specific school of
astrology. The aim had always been
to decipher and use astrology for
spiritual progress and well being of self and
of those seeking help.

strology is mainly interpretation

of symbols and combination of
basic, defined building blocks.
Wherever it is specific, the results may be
deduced using astrological symbols. The
Rishis have defined the symbols or the
building blocks and have directly and
indirectly said in places that we have to
guess the results as per our understanding.
We all know that the results have to be
interpreted with reference to the
environment and the times.
As an example of direct mention by Rishi
Parashar, many would be familiar with this
shloka:

Brihat Parashar Hora Shastra,
Chapter Vargvivekadhyaya (Divisional
Considerations)
Shloka 37

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Tanu, Dhan, Sahaja, Bandhu, Putra, Ari, Yuvati, Randhra, Dharma, Karma, Laabha and Vyaya are
in order the names of the 12 houses. I explain these to you in brief. Other things than these should be
understood according to ones own intelligence.
If we interpret by applying the building blocks and using the symbols, then astrological
scriptures reveal a number of hidden messages. Some such messages are hidden in
Vimshopak.
As we will discuss ahead, the focus of the messages is that learning, worship, evils, fortune,
wealth are not as important for happiness as ones own health and family.
Before we move ahead with the revelation of the messages let us do a quick recap so that we
all have a common understanding of Vimshopak as used here. We will use only Brihat
Parashara Hora Shastra.

Varga and Vimshopak

he Signs may be divided into a number of parts which are then assigned to a planet
as its lord and also to a Sign. These parts are called Vargas or Divisions and given
specific names. These Vargas may be used for analysis of specific matters in life.
For example, a Sign may be divided into two parts called Hora or three parts called Drekkan.
Hora is used for analyzing wealth whereas Drekkan is used for analyzing co-borns.
A number of Vargas are grouped together in a few sets and given specific names such as
Shadvarg (six-Varga i.e. group of six Vargas), Saptvarg (seven-Varga i.e. group of seven
Vargas) etc. Such sets are used for analyzing areas of life that combine such Vargas.
We will use only Vargas and Varga-groups defined in Brihat Parashar Hora Shastra. The
Vargas, the notation used for each Varga, the areas the Vargas are used for, the groups of
Vargas and their notation are in Table 1 : The Sixteen Vargas And Their Groups

1
2

Rasi
Hora

D-1
D-2

Physique
Wealth
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Shodashvarg
a
16-Vargas

Notation Used For

Dashvarga
10-Vargas

Varga Name

Saptvarga
7-Vargas

Seq

Shadvarga
6-Vargas

Groups Of Vargas / Notation

V-6

V-7

V-10

V-16

3
4
5
6
7

Drekkan
Chaturtansh
Saptamansh
Navansh
Dasamsh

D-3
D-4
D-7
D-9
D-10

Co-borns
Fortune
Sons, grandsons
Spouse
Status,
importance
8 Dwadasamsh
D-12
Parents
9 Shodashansh
D-16
Vehicular
convenience
10 Visansh
D-20
Worship
11 Chaturvisansh D-24
Learning
12 Bhansh
D-27
Strength,
weakness
13 Trishansh
D-30
Evils, misfortune
14 Chatvarishansh D-40
Ausipicious,
inauspicious
15 Akshvedansh
D-45
All indications
16 Shastiansh
D-60
All indications
The underlined tick marks are the ones that have been added to the previous group of
Varga
We know that Vimshopak is different for any Varga in each Varga group. It is shown in the
following

Table 2 : Vimshopak Values in Varga Group. In current times we are more used to
.
Table 1 : The Sixteen Vargas And Their Groups

1
2

Rasi
Hora

D-1
D-2

Physique
Wealth
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Shodashvarg
a
16-Vargas

Notation Used For

Dashvarga
10-Vargas

Varga Name

Saptvarga
7-Vargas

Seq

Shadvarga
6-Vargas

Groups Of Vargas / Notation

V-6

V-7

V-10

V-16

3
4
5
6
7

Drekkan
Chaturtansh
Saptamansh
Navansh
Dasamsh

D-3
D-4
D-7
D-9
D-10

Co-borns
Fortune
Sons, grandsons
Spouse
Status,
importance
8 Dwadasamsh
D-12
Parents
9 Shodashansh
D-16
Vehicular
convenience
10 Visansh
D-20
Worship
11 Chaturvisansh D-24
Learning
12 Bhansh
D-27
Strength,
weakness
13 Trishansh
D-30
Evils, misfortune
14 Chatvarishansh D-40
Ausipicious,
inauspicious
15 Akshvedansh
D-45
All indications
16 Shastiansh
D-60
All indications
The underlined tick marks are the ones that have been added to the previous group of
Varga
We know that Vimshopak is different for any Varga in each Varga group. It is shown in the
following

Table 2 : Vimshopak Values in Varga Group. In current times we are more used to
percentages, therefore, in addition there is also a column on the percentage Vimshopak for a
Varga.

Table 2 : Vimshopak Values in Varga Group

Varg
a

Shadvarga / V-6
Vimshopa
k

% of
Total

Saptvarga / V-7
Vimshopa
k

% of
Total
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Dashvarga / V-10
Vimshopa
k

% of
Total

Shodashvarga / V16
Vimshopa % of
k
Total

D-1
D-2
D-3
D-4
D-7
D-9
D-10
D-12
D-16
D-20
D-24
D-27
D-30
D-40
D-45
D-60
Total

6
2
4

30.0%
10.0%
20.0%

5
2
3

25.0%
10.0%
15.0%

3
1.5
1.5

15.0%
7.5%
7.5%

25.0%

1
2.5

5.0%
12.5%

10.0%

4.5

22.5%

1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5

7.5%
7.5%
7.5%
7.5%
7.5%

5.0%

10.0%

1.5

7.5%

5
20

25.0%
100.0
%

20

100.0
%

20

100.0
%

3.5
1
1
0.5
0.5
3
0.5
0.5
2
0.5
0.5
0.5
1
0.5
0.5
4
20

17.5%
5.0%
5.0%
2.5%
2.5%
15.0%
2.5%
2.5%
10.0%
2.5%
2.5%
2.5%
5.0%
2.5%
2.5%
20.0%
100.0
%

The Vimshopak strength of a planet in a Varga depends upon its placement and is shown in
the following Table 3 : Vimshopak On Placement.

Table 3 : Vimshopak On Placement

Placement Vimshopak
Own Varga
20
Extreme
18
friend
Friend
15
Neutral
10
Enemy
7
Extreme
5
enemy

Own Varga or auspicious Varga is defined in Brihat Parashar

Hora Shastra as Exaltation Sign, Mooltrikon Sign, Own Sign
and the Vargas in Signs owned by the lord of the Kendras i.e.
angles from its own Arudh. Generally people ignore the
Kendras from Arudh while considering Own Varga.
If we have to calculate Vimshopak strength of a planet in a
group of Vargas V-6, V-7 etc. then we have to take
proportionate strength of the Vimshopak-On-Placement in all
the Vargas as per values in

Table 2 : Vimshopak Values.

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For example : The Vimshopak for a Varga in V-6 is calculated using the following formula:
(Vimshopak-on-placement * Vimshopak values in V-6)/20
If a planet is in Sign of extreme friend in D-1 then it will have Vimshopak-on-placement of
18. In V-6 the Vimshopak value for D-1 is 6. The Vimshopak for the planet in D-1 for V-6
will, therefore, be 18*6/20 = 5.4. Similarly, the proportionate Vimshopak is calculated in each
Varga and all are added together. The following Table 4 :Vimshopak Strength Calculation
shows the calculation for a planet.

Table 4 :Vimshopak Strength Calculation

Varga Shadvarga /
V-6
Vimshopak

D-1
D-2
D-3
D-9

6
2
4
5

D-12

D-30

Total

20

Placement

Vimshopak Proportionate
on
Vimshopak
Placement

Neutral
10
Neutral
10
Neutral
10
Extreme
18
Friend
Extreme
5
Enemy
Extreme
5
Enemy
Vimshopak Strength

3
1
2
4.5
0.5
0.25
11.25

Symbols

he main symbols or building blocks in Vimshopak are the Vargas, placement of

planets in each Varga, the Vimshopak values used for calculation in Varga-groups,
Vimshopak strengths in each Varga groups and the Varga groups themselves. We
will use all of these to see the hidden messages.

Messages
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Vargas are used to analyze specific life matters. Placement of planets in their own Vargas is
considered auspicious and such planets contribute good strength or auspiciousness to the
Varga-group.
The Rishi is not satisfied with Vimshopak in a Varga but has gone on to define Varga
groups. Not only that, he has also given different proportionate values to Vimshopak
strengths in various Vargas in different Varga groups. The proportion is nothing but the
weight or importance attached to various Vargas in Varga groups. What do the Varga
groups and the weights reveal? The Varga groups include matters as shown in Table 1 : The
Sixteen Vargas And Their Groups

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Rasi
Hora
Drekkan
Chaturtansh
Saptamansh
Navansh
Dasamsh

D-1
D-2
D-3
D-4
D-7
D-9
D-10

Shodashvarg
a
16-Vargas

Notation Used For

Dashvarga
10-Vargas

Varga Name

Saptvarga
7-Vargas

Seq

Shadvarga
6-Vargas

Groups Of Vargas / Notation

V-6

V-7

V-10

V-16

Physique
Wealth
Co-borns
Fortune
Sons, grandsons
Spouse
Status,
importance
8 Dwadasamsh
D-12
Parents
9 Shodashansh
D-16
Vehicular
convenience
10 Visansh
D-20
Worship
11 Chaturvisansh D-24
Learning
12 Bhansh
D-27
Strength,
weakness
13 Trishansh
D-30
Evils, misfortune
14 Chatvarishansh D-40
Ausipicious,
inauspicious
15 Akshvedansh
D-45
All indications
16 Shastiansh
D-60
All indications
The underlined tick marks are the ones that have been added to the previous group of
Varga
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We know that Vimshopak is different for any Varga in each Varga group. It is shown in the
following

Table 2 : Vimshopak Values in Varga Group. In current times we are more used to
and summarized in a different manner in the following Table 5 : Varga Groups And
Matters Considered.

Table 5 : Varga Groups And Matters Considered

Varga- Vargas
Matters Considered
Group
V-6
D1, D-2, D- Physique, Wealth, Co-borns,
3, D-9, D-12, Spouse, Parents,
D-30
Evils/misfortune
V-7
V6, D-7
V-6, sons/grandsons
V-10
V-7, D10,
V-7, Status, Vehicular
D16, D60
pleasure, All other
indications(D60)
V-16
V-10, D4,
V-10, Fortune, Worship,
D20, D24,
Learning, Strength/weakness,
D27, D40,
Auspicious/inauspicious, All
D45
other indications(D45)
We will notice that these define about four non-exclusive stages of life. V-6 is the stage
when one is of marriageable age, V-7 is the stage when one has children, V-7 is the stage
when one moves further in life in terms of status, vehicle pleasures and other matters, V-16
is the stage when everything in life is considered. In other words one will not consider V-6
for a child unless he reaches marriageable age and will not consider other Vargas-groups till
he reaches appropriate life stages.

Let us consider V-6

V-6 is for general well-being and happiness and planets in strength in V-6 provide happiness related
to them in various Vargas as per the weights of Varga. So, is the case for other Varga-groups. In
other words, the weights are the importance attached by the Rishi to various matters in life in a
Varga group. If one has to be generally happy then considering V-6 we notice that the importance
of various matters is in the following Table 6 : Importance Of Matters As Per V-6. The Rishi has
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attached the maximum importance to physique or health followed by spouse, co-borns then parents.
Wealth and evils or misfortune occur the last.

Table 6 : Importance Of Matters As Per V-6

Varga

D-1
D-2
D-3
D-9
D-12
D-30

Matters

Physique
Wealth
Co-borns
Spouse
Parents
Evils,
misfortune

V-6
Weight /
Importance
30.0%
10.0%
20.0%
25.0%
10.0%
5.0%

If one wants to be truly happy in life then one needs to

focus more on his health and family. Wealth is not so
important and evils and misfortune are the least
important. It only goes to show that a person may be
happy even with shadows of evils and misfortunes over
him. He may also be happy even without wealth. He
would be really miserable if he loses health or the
support of his spouse.

How many people do we see nowadays consulting

astrologers on wealth and misfortunes? They are so
many! They must be really stressed and that is why
they are consulting astrologers. If they were stressed
Total
100.0%
only with misfortunes then that is only 5% of the
weight. There should be something more than that. The table shows that the remedy perhaps lies
elsewhere and not in their diagnosis of wealth and misfortune.
There is also another message hidden in the table. The weights show the sensitivity of the remedies
adopted. The same change will have a different impact on the total happiness depending upon where
it happens. For example, a change applied in D-9 will have 25% impact whereas the change applied
in D-2 will have only 10% impact. Do not get carried away with the actual percentages but focus on
the area that will have a greater impact.

Table 7 : Two Pillars Of Life

Another message is hidden in the distribution of the weights.
It appears that many of the miseries may be overcome with
the support of the family provided one is healthy. The two
pillars in life shown in
Table 7 : Two Pillars Of Life, in the view of the Rishi,
appear to be health and family taking 85% of the total
importance.

Spouse plays a very key role in the happiness as may be seen.

One may argue that parents have been given a very low
weight compared to others. In fact the importance to parents
is same as the importance given to wealth. While in the first
instance this appears to be true but a closer examination
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Varga

Matters

D-1
Physique
D-3
Co-borns
D-9
Spouse
D-12
Parents
Health and Family
D-2
Wealth
D-30 Evils,
misfortune
Others

V-6
Weight /
Importance
30.00%
20.00%
25.00%
10.00%
85.00%
10.00%
5.00%
15.00%

reveals a deeper message. Society is made by human beings and sustained by the relationships
between them. A major relationship any person holds is of the family. The family itself may be
divided into two parts. One is blood-family as in parents and co-borns and second is the self-

family created by oneself as in spouse, children and grand-children. Children and grandchildren are also blood-family. On reorganizing the earlier table along such lines we get the
three pillars of general happiness in the following Table 8:Three Pillars Of General
Happiness.

Table 8:Three Pillars Of General Happiness

Physique and health
Blood-family
Self-family
Varga Matters
V-6
Varga Matters
V-6
Varga Matters
V-6
Weight /
Weight /
Weight /
Importance
Importance
Importance
D-1

Total

Physique

30.0%

D-3

30.0%

D-12
Total

Coborns
Parents

20.0%

D-9

10.0%
30.0%

Total

Spouse

25.0%

25.0%

The three pillars of general happiness together add up to about 85% with the balance 15%
across wealth and evils/misfortune.
Coming back to the question on parents getting a low importance in the scheme of V-6 we
now find that it is not really so. The blood family where they belong has as much
importance as physique and health and the spouse. The message, therefore, is that anything
done to improve happiness in the blood-family will also increase happiness of the parents as
well as co-borns.
The question, then, arises as to why co-borns have a higher importance compared to parents.
This seems all the more contradictory as the parents are considered even higher than God in
the scriptures. Assume for a moment that the importance is reversed, i.e. parents getting
more importance than the co-borns. In such a case, with co-borns being ignored, how can
parents ever be happy? The linkage, leverage or dependence of happiness of parents with the
happiness of co-borns shows that the apparent low importance to parents is not real but only
apparent. There is, therefore, more than meets the eye. Parents work through their children.
Another thing that is easily visible is that in the absence of co-borns the happiness will be
much less. It is the family, that adds to the happiness.
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If we classify the table in the manner Kalyug operates then the pillars would be self, wealth
and family.

Let us now consider V-7.

Table 9 : Importance Of Matters As Per V-7
Varga

D-1
D-2
D-3
D-7
D-9
D-12
D-30
Total

Matters

Physique
Wealth
Co-borns
Sons/grandsons
Spouse
Parents
Evils,
misfortune

V-7
V-6
Weight /
Weight /
Importance Importance
25.00%
10.00%
15.00%
5.00%
12.50%
22.50%
10.00%

30.00%
10.00%
20.00%

100.00%

100.00%

25.00%
10.00%
5.00%

The importance of matters in V-7 or

Saptavarga are summarized in Table 9
: Importance Of Matters As Per V-7.
The importance of V-6 is shown for
comparison. The weights tell us the
that when we get children then the
attention shifts to them. Health takes a
slight backseat as well as the co-borns.
The spouse becomes very unimportant
apparently as the weights show but
the parents gain the most in
importance. The greater is the family,
the greater is the importance of
mischief by evil.

The leverage of the happiness by the children through the parents is clearly visible. Parents
may be kept happy by keeping the children happy but at the same time, parents instill the
long terms values in the children and if they do not have sufficient importance then the long
term happiness would definitely suffer. The message is clear. Children need the values and
nourishing atmosphere and that is possible only through the experience of the parents. The
spouse, too, gains through their experience.
For the sake of consistency let us classify this into the three pillars of general happiness and
we get Table 10 : Three Pillars Of General Happiness Through V-7

Table 10 : Three Pillars Of General Happiness Through V-7

Physique and health
Var Matter
V-7
ga
s
Weight /
Importan

Blood-family
Var Matters
V-7
ga
Weight
/
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Var
ga

Self-family
Matters
V-7
Weight
/

ce

D-1

Tot
al

Physiq
ue

25.00%

25.00%

Importa
nce
D-3

Coborns
D-12 Parents

Tot
al

Importa
nce

15.00%

D-9

Spouse

12.50%

22.50%

D-7

Sons
and
grandso
ns

5.00%

37.50%

Tot
al

17.50%

The matters seem unevenly divided between the three pillars. This is so because the leverage
is operating across the Self-family and Blood-family. The parents have gained massively in
terms of importance in this Varga as the happiness depends upon their direct involvement
and experience. How can we say it is so? The importance to the family still remains at 80%
as in Table 11 : Two Pillars Of Life in V-7 with V-6 shown for comparison.

Table 11 : Two Pillars Of Life in V-7

Varga

Matters

V-7
V-6
Weight /
Weight /
Importance Importance

D-1
Physique
D-3
Co-borns
D-7
Sons/grandsons
D-9
Wife
D-12
Parents
Health and Family
D-2
Wealth
D-30 Evils,
misfortune
Others

25.00%
15.00%
5.00%
12.50%
22.50%
80.00%
10.00%
10.00%

30.00%
20.00%

20.00%

15.00%

25.00%
10.00%
85.00%
10.00%
5.00%

The importance of family as compared to wealth and evils stands out. The importance of
various family members at different stages in life stands out. The importance of overall
happiness due to the linkages between family members stands out again in V-7.
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We have seen so far that the happiness is dependent upon the family as a whole and their
interdependencies. There is one clear message to the modern nucleus family concept where it
is only the couple and their children who form the family. It is visible from the following
Table 12 : Nucleus Family in V-6 and V-7

Table 12 : Nucleus Family in V-6 and V-7

Varga

Matters

D-1

V-7

Self /
Physique
D-3
Co-borns
D-7
Sons /
grandsons
D-12
Parents
Blood Family
D-1
Self /
Physique
D-9
Spouse
D-7
Sons /
grandsons
Self Family
D-12
Parents
Self Family + Parents

V-6

25%

30%

15%
5%

20%

23%
68%
25%

10%
60%
30%

13%
5%

25%

43%
23%
65%

55%
10%
65%

The importance of blood-family and the selffamily is unequal till such time someone from the
blood-family joins the self-family. It is only then
the happiness increases. If we consider that the
blood-family is nothing but the modern nucleus
family then the statement makes so much more
sense. Even in the modern world we find that the
parents or the co-borns have to join hands to help
run the family smoothly either through taking
care of the children or general household
management. It is only then that the happiness
increases. Of course, many people use the
assistance of household-help, crches etc but is it
the same? They come to the family only through
the wealth which is a total of about only 10% of
the importance and can thus contribute only one
small part of it through the helps etc. No wonder
the happiness is always incomplete many a times.

Let us now consider V-10

After the children are born then the other factors come into consideration for happiness like
personal status, vehicular pleasures and many other indications.

Table 13 : Importance Of Matters As Per V-10

Varga

D-1
D-2

Matters

Physique
Wealth

V-6
V-7
V-10
Weight /
Weight /
Weight /
Importance Importance Importance
30.00%
10.00%
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25.00%
10.00%

15.00%
7.50%

D-3
D-7
D-9
D-10
D-12
D-16
D-30
D-60
Total

Co-borns
Sons/grandsons
Wife
Status
Parents
Vehicular
convenience
Evils
All indications

20.00%
25.00%

15.00%
5.00%
12.50%

10.00%

22.50%

5.00%

10.00%

100.00%

100.00%

7.50%
7.50%
7.50%
7.50%
7.50%
7.50%
7.50%
25.00%
100.00%

The surprising thing is that the importance of evils/misfortune and wealth is down.
Suddenly, it looks as if everything has an equal importance. Is this really so? Look at the
Table 14 : Three Pillars Of General Happiness Through V-10.

Table 14 : Three Pillars Of General Happiness Through V-10

Physique and health
Varga Matters
V-10
Weight /
Importanc
e

Blood-family
Varg Matter
V-10
Varga
a
s
Weight /
Importanc
e

D-1

D-3

Physiqu
e

15.00%

D-12

Total

15.00%

Total

Coborns
Parents

Self-family
Matters
V-10
Weight /
Importanc
e

7.50%

D-9

Spouse

7.50%

7.50%

D-7

Sons /
grandson
s

7.50%

15.00%

Total

15.00%

Everything is beautifully equal. Status and Vehicular pleasures may be shared across and
would accordingly change the values. Does it not tell us that sharing our pleasures with the
family would increase the overall happiness? We must not forget the cross linkages and
dependencies which further enhance the happiness.
What about D-60 that indicates everything? We could distribute it across all the vargas in
V-10 in the same proportion as the rest of the matters and it would not alter anything. The
message remains the same.
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What about the nucleus family message that was available in V-7? Is it still consistent here?
A look at Table 15 : Nucleus Family In V-10 confirms it. Only with the addition of bloodfamily can the nucleus family be complete.

Table 15 : Nucleus Family In V-10

Varga Matters

V-7

D-1

Self /
Physique
D-3
Co-borns
D-7
Sons /
grandsons
D-12
Parents
Blood Family
D-1
Self /
Physique
D-9
Spouse
D-7
Sons /
grandsons
Self Family
D-12
Parents
Self Family +
Parents

V-6

V-10

25%

30%

15%

15%
5%

20%

7.50%
7.50%

23%
68%
25%

10%
60%
30%

7.50%
38%
15%

13%
5%

25%

7.50%
7.50%

43%
23%
65%

55%
10%
65%

30%
7.50%
38%

Let us now consider V-16

When considering all matters in life in V-16 we also include Fortune, Worship, Learning,
Strength & weakness, Auspicious/ & inauspicious matters in addition to all others
considered in V-10.
Varga

D-1
D-2

Matters

Physique
Wealth

V-6
V-7
V-10
V-16
Weight /
Weight /
Weight /
Weight /
Importance Importance Importance Importance
30.00%
10.00%

25.00%
10.00%

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15.00%
7.50%

17.50%
5.00%

D-3
D-4
D-7
D-9
D-10
D-12
D-16
D-20
D-24
D-27
D-30
D-40
D-45
D-60
Total

Co-borns
20.00%
Fortune
Sons/grandsons
Wife
25.00%
Status
Parents
10.00%
Vehicular convenience
Worship
Learning
Strength / weakness
Evils
5.00%
Auspicious / inauspicious
All indications
All indications
100.00%

15.00%

7.50%

5.00%
12.50%

7.50%
7.50%
7.50%
7.50%
7.50%

22.50%

10.00%

7.50%

100.00%

25.00%
100.00%

5.00%
2.50%
2.50%
15.00%
2.50%
2.50%
10.00%
2.50%
2.50%
2.50%
5.00%
2.50%
2.50%
20.00%
100.00%

Is there a change in the three pillars of general happiness? See this Table 16 : Three Pillars Of
General Happiness Through V-16.

Table 16 : Three Pillars Of General Happiness Through V-16

Physique and health
Varga
Matters
V-16
Weight /
Importance

D-1

Total

Physique

Varga

17.50%

D-3
D-12

17.50%

Total

Blood-family
Matters
V-16
Weight /
Importanc
e
Co-borns
Parents

Varga

5.00%
2.50%

D-9
D-7

7.50%

Total

Self-family
Matters

Spouse
Sons /
grandsons

V-16
Weight /
Importance

15.00%
2.50%
17.50%

Physique & health as well as self-family have perfectly equal importance whereas the
importance of the blood-family seems to be now much less. This does not seem strange if we
remember the cross linkages of happiness discussed earlier. We will notice that the direct
responsibilities and anything to do with them always have a greater importance apparently.
For instance, parents gain importance when we need their experience and help in V-10 for
direct fulfillment of self-family responsibilities. Does it indicate a kind of selfishness? Not
really. Let us see the importance of the other factors. See Table 17 : Importance Of Other
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Factors in V-16. Only two have been included as they are the ones that require direct action
by an individual.

Table 17 : Importance Of Other Factors in V-16

Worship & Learning
Varga Matters
V-16
Weight /
Importance
D-20
D-24
Total

Worship
Learning

2.50%
2.50%
5.00%

Whom does anyone worship? Parents take the foremost

place in worship followed by the Gods. We could,
therefore, include this with the importance of the parents.
Worship is for the general well being. Isnt there a linkage
visible now between this and other factors of happiness?
What about learning? This is learning of various lessons of
life and otherwise.

Let us include this in our table on the nucleus family and see the results in Table 18 : Nucleus
Family In V-16

Table 18 : Nucleus Family In V-16

Varga Matters

V-6

V-7

V-10

V-16

D-1

30.0%

25.0%

15.0%

17.5%

20.0%

15.0%
5.0%

7.5%
7.5%

5.0%
2.5%

10.0%

22.5%

7.5%

60.0% 67.5%
30.0% 25.0%

37.5%
15.0%

2.5%
2.5%
30.0%
17.5%

25.0%

12.5%
5.0%

7.5%
7.5%

15.0%
2.5%

55.0%
10.0%

42.5%
22.5%

30.0%
7.5%

65.0%

65.0%

37.5%

35.0%
2.5%
2.5%
40.0%

Self /
Physique
D-3
Co-borns
D-7
Sons /
grandsons
D-12
Parents
D-20 Worship
Blood Family
D-1
Self /
Physique
D-9
Spouse
D-7
Sons /
grandsons
Self Family
D-12
Parents
D-20 Worship
Self Family + Parents

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The importance of the both the families remained the same till V-7 but what has happened
in V-16? The self-family is suddenly more important. While the cross linkages argument
still holds there is another thing to be noticed. The sacrifice for learning has come in from
the blood-family. Similarly the importance of auspicious & inauspicious and strength &
weakness has come in from the blood-family. Does it mean that all sacrifices have to come in
from the blood-family in favor of self-family? There are two ways of looking at this. First,
again the cross linkages of happiness. The self-family sacrifices for the happiness ensuring
that your direct responsibilities are not directly affected. They show their solidarity for you
as they are responsible towards you more as you are more directly responsible for your selffamily. Remember, you are the self-family of your blood-family. Second, it is to be noticed
that your happiness has come in with full confirmation of the blood-family. You have got
your self-family because of the approval of blood-family. If you get them without the
approval of the blood-family then the happiness in other varga groups will definitely suffer
as we have seen earlier.
The message in relationships seems to say that the spouse is more important than the
parents or even the co-borns individually. It only goes to show the importance of marriage
and the vows that one exchanges at the time of marriage. In other words, it shows the
importance of the vows, duties or dharma of a person. While you have your dharma towards
your parents you also have dharma as well as vows towards your spouse and your family.
This is double the responsibility. After the parents have left then it is only you, your spouse,
children and your co-borns. Their teachings and your learnings from them remain to guide
you and its importance does not go down. Parents generally score low in direct importance as
they have voluntarily given away their child to its spouse and to its own created family.
A point to be noted is that it is always the family above the self. Evils and wealth have little
importance and learnings and worship are important only after the family and self.
While this is all good in analysis and in principle, how can an astrologer use this to guide the
people who approach him?

Illustration 1:

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The Vimshopaka results are in Table 20 : Vimshopak for V-16 For Illustration 1 after
applying the weights and Sun adjustment.
Sun adjustment is as per Rishi Parashar who has said that the strength of a planet is
maximum at 180 degrees and reduces proportionately to zero closer to the Sun. This has been
done using the following rules after application of the mind.
Ve and Me go a maximum distance of 47 degrees and 27 degrees respectively. Their
strength is considered maximum at 47 degrees and 27 degrees and proportions considered
accordingly for D-1 for these planets.
Sun adjustment is applied separately for the divisional charts using the 180 degrees
formula for all planets.
D-2 has a spread of 60 degrees and not 360 degrees. This means that the circle is of 60
degrees. This has been used and accordingly maximum strength is considered at 30
degrees from the Sun for D-2
The classification is based on each 2.5 difference in strength starting with Atiheen or Very
Low to Very Full. The complete table is in Table 19 : Strength Classification

Table 19 : Strength Classification

Min

Max
0
2.5
2.5
5
5
7.5

Classification
Very Low
Low
Fair
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7.5
10
12.5
15
17.5

10
12.5
15
17.5
20

Very Fair
Med
Very Med
Full
Very Full

Table 20 : Vimshopak for V-16 For Illustration 1 After Sun Adjustment For DCharts
Varga
D-1
D-2
D-3
D-4
D-7
D-9
D-10
D-12
D-16
D-20
D-24
D-27
D-30
D-40
D-45
D-60
V-16
V-16

Matters
Moo Mar
Weights Sun
Physique
1.2
0.1
1.0
3.5
Wealth
0.5
0.4
0.5
1.0
Co-borns
0.4
0.2
0.2
1.0
Fortune
0.5
0.0
0.1
0.5
Sons/grandsons
0.3
0.1
0.0
0.5
Spouse
2.7
1.6
1.1
3.0
Status
0.3
0.1
0.1
0.5
Parents
0.5
0.1
0.1
0.5
Vehicular
1.8
1.0
1.1
2.0
convenience
Worship
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.5
Learning
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.5
Strength /
0.5
0.0
0.1
0.5
weakness
Evils
0.4
0.7
0.5
1.0
Auspicious /
0.2
0.3
0.1
0.5
inauspicious
All indications
0.1
0.1
0.3
0.5
All indications
1.0
0.1
0.9
4.0
20.0
10.3
5.0
6.2
Classification
Medium Low Fair

Mer
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
1.3

Jup
0.9
0.8
0.3
0.2
0.2
1.8
0.0
0.3
1.7

Ven
3.1
0.1
0.6
0.1
0.2
2.1
0.2
0.0
0.7

Sat
3.1
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.2

Average
1.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.1
1.4
0.1
0.2
1.1

0.1
0.1
0.1

0.1
0.0
0.4

0.2
0.1
0.3

0.0
0.1
0.0

0.1
0.1
0.2

0.1
0.0

0.3
0.1

0.5
0.1

0.3
0.2

0.4
0.1

0.2
1.7
4.3
Low

0.1
0.5
7.5
Fair

0.2
0.0
0.0
1.6
8.5
6.2
VFair Fair

0.2
0.8
6.9
Fair

The average classification is Fair for the entire chart. The life of the person has been Fair
throughout. We will notice that none of the planets are above Medium classification. Sun is
the only one that is Medium. He is a middle class person with medium status and lives
comfortably with lot of effort.

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He left his job at the start of Jupiter dasa and branched out on his own. At the same time he
gravitated towards meditation and spiritualism through an organized sect. In addition and as
a result of all this he imposed a number of lifestyle restrictions on himself.
Let us see how we can help him.
The weights in Vimshopak are the maximum strength that a planet can achieve in a Varga.
The actual will depend upon the dignity achieved such as exaltation, own house etc. The
proportion from the maximum weight indicates the actual strength compared to the
maximum possible. For example: The maximum weight for Sun in D-1 is 3.5 but the actual is
1.2 which is 1.2/3.5 or about 35% only. The complete proportions are in Table 21 : Proportions
From Maximum Strength For Illustration 1.

Table 21 : Proportions From Maximum Strength For Illustration 1

Varga Sun
Moo Mar
Mer
D-1
35.0%
1.6% 28.7% 6.2%
D-2
50.0% 38.3% 50.1% 2.8%
D-3
35.0% 20.9% 19.4% 2.8%
D-4
90.0% 9.6% 18.6% 37.0%
D-7
50.0% 11.2% 0.6% 4.9%
D-9
90.0% 53.5% 37.6%
6.3%
D-10
50.0% 16.0% 11.8%
2.3%
D-12
90.0% 13.4% 22.4% 8.4%
D-16
90.0% 51.1% 53.2% 63.9%
D-20
25.0% 27.1% 13.1% 13.9%
D-24
25.0% 11.7% 10.3% 16.7%
D-27
90.0% 6.9% 19.0% 18.8%
D-30
35.0% 71.8% 54.4% 11.2%
D-40
35.0% 54.2% 10.8%
9.3%
D-45
25.0% 28.2% 68.0% 37.6%
D-60
25.0%
3.0% 22.6% 41.8%
V-16
51.6% 25.0% 31.0% 21.3%
V-16
Medium Low
Fair
Low

Jup
Ven
Sat
Average
25.5% 88.2% 89.0%
39.2%
78.6% 11.8%
8.1%
34.2%
26.6% 57.8% 24.9%
26.8%
43.8% 18.4% 15.2%
33.2%
38.3% 30.6% 11.4%
21.0%
59.5% 69.5%
0.3%
45.2%
5.5% 39.8%
1.6%
18.1%
56.4%
6.3% 24.5%
31.6%
83.1% 34.3% 11.8%
55.3%
21.1% 39.4%
7.2%
21.0%
3.0% 10.7% 24.0%
14.5%
70.7% 58.6%
1.7%
37.9%
29.7% 53.1% 32.1%
41.1%
20.2% 22.7% 37.3%
27.1%
11.9% 46.9%
4.5%
31.7%
12.1% 0.7% 39.2%
20.6%
37.6% 42.4% 31.1%
34.3%
Fair
VFair Fair
Fair

Let us build the pillars from this data. They appear in Table 22 : Three Pillars For Illustration
1.

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Table 22 : Three Pillars For Illustration 1 Showing The Proportion From

Maximum
Physique and health
Varga Matters
V-16
Proportion

Blood-family
Varga Matters
V-16
Proportion

Varga

D-1

D-3

26.76%

D-9

31.62%

D-7

Physiqu
e

39.17%

D-12
Importance

17.50%

Coborns
Parents

Importance

7.50%

Self-family
Matters

Spouse
Sons/grands
ons
Importance

V-16
Proportion
45.23%
21.00%
17.50%

Since he is also heavily into spiritualism let us also see the learning and worship group
showing proportions from maximum in Table 23 : Illustration 1 : Worship

Table 23 : Illustration 1 : Worship

Worship & Learning
Varga Matters
V-16
Proportion
D-20 Worship
D-24 Learning
Importance

20.98%
14.49%
5.00%

It will be noticed that this is the weakest in the pillars with 20% and 14% strength in
Worship and Learning. These matters will therefore impact his life and not support him.
This is exactly what is happening. The spouse is giving him grief in these matters and of
course there is scope for improvement with children.
With Jupiter dasa running let us see what does Jupiter tell us through Table 24: Three Pillars
In Jupiter Dasa For Illustration 1

Table 24: Three Pillars In Jupiter Dasa For Illustration 1

Physique and health
Varga Matters
V-16

Blood-family
Varga Matters
V-16
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Varga

Self-family
Matters

V-16

Proportion

D-1

Physique

25.53%

Proporti
on
D-3
D-12

Importance

17.50%

Coborns
Parents

Importance

Proportio
n

26.59%

D-9

Spouse

59.52%

56.42%

D-7

Sons/grands
ons
Importance

38.34%

7.50%

17.50%

There is good support from spouse as well as better support from children. There is still
scope from improvement as the strength is still in Fair classification or borderline Very Fair
classification for children and Medium for spouse. It seems the self-family has reconciled
and doing whatever best is possible whereas the co-borns have perhaps given up. Health
needs attention and is less than what is visible from the natal chart.
Let us also consider the Worship and Learning in Jupiter dasa through Table 25 : Illustration
1 Worship In Jupiter Dasa

Table 25 : Illustration 1 Worship In Jupiter Dasa

Worship & Learning
Varga Matters
V-16
Proportion
D-20 Worship
D-24 Learning
Importance

21.15%
3.05%
5.00%

The Learning is very poor and the worship has also gone down in the sense that there is no
gain in this. This will not help him and he is into it to a great extent.
What is the solution? Isnt it now obvious! He is trying to make himself happy focusing on
spiritualism, worship and learning. He is not succeeding in that. What should he do then?
The leverage is available through the self family and his physique which has an importance
of 17.5% each. He should focus on that. He needs to work with his children, his wife and
work on his physique. That is what will give him more joy for the same quantum of effort
that he is putting in worship and learning. All he needs to do is to divert some attention
from worship and learning to these matters. His joy will increase multifold.

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It is said in astrology that when a planet is giving you grief and taking you into a closing
spiral then all you need to do is break its cycle to start the outward better spiral. This is
easier said then done but not impossible many a times as in this case.

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