Among the severalyogas associatedwith Saturn,themost important

are those that make the horoscopee an ascetic. Varahamihira statesthat

"if the lord of the sign occupied by the Moon having no aspectof other
planets on itself aspectsSaturn, or if Saturn aspectsthe lord of the sign
occupied by the Moon devoid of strength, the person thus born becomes
an ascetic. When the Moon occupies a decante of Saturn or is aspected
by that planet, the Yoga leads to renunciation of the world. The sameis
the case when the Moon occupying a navamsa of Saturn or Mars is
aspectedby Saturn. In this yoga it may be noted that the affliction of the
Moon, the planet of emotion andpsychic experience by Saturn influences
the personto take a detachedand renunciatory attitude to worldly things.
In another yoga, it is statedthat "when Jupiter,Moon and Lagan are
aspectedby Saturnand Jupiter occupies the 9th house,the person born in
the Rajayoga will become a holy illustrious founder of a system of
philosophy. When Saturn occupies the 9th house and is not aspectedby
any planet, the person possessedof Rajayoga will take himself to the
holy order before becoming a lord of men". In this yoga one may seethe
relationship between Saturn and the 9th house which would enable the
personto be vitally chargedwith spiritual force but of aunique character.
Usually underthe influence of Saturnonedoesnot follow any setdiscipline
or holy order; he propounds his own by renouncing all that is already
established.
If Jupiter, the Moon and the Lagna are aspected by Saturn, and if Jupiter is in
the 9th house, the person born would be a Raja who would write on shastras or sc
iences (Brihat Jataka XV.4). Bhattotpala records that Kanada, Buddha, Panchashik
ha, Varahamihira and Brahmagupta were blessed with this yoga. Mandavya states th
at if there is a Raja yoga along with this yoga, then the person will not be a k
ing but only a scientist, if there are two Raja yogas then he will be a ruling k
ing and also a great writer on sciences like Jina, Kasiraja, Sphujidhvaja and Ja
naka were