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Tutorial: The Question, the Ruling Planets: The Answer

1. Only when there is a very strong desire to know the answer to a question (and it
doesn't matter whether is is a question relating to something very minor or something
very major), should a question be asked. Again I'll repeat -  when there is a very
strong urgency to know the answer, or the outcome of an event or situation, then and
only then should you take it upon yourself to predict with the help of RP's (ruling
planets), and at that time. Depending upon your KP skills, your prediction may just
prove to be very correct. However, to be whimsical in your horary attempts, or to
expect accurate results when you simply have a question, or a nonchalant curiosity
arises out of the blue, and you idly follow up with an attempt to haphazardly proceed
with the construction of a horary chart - and use the ruling planets to predict the
status of the outcome - this is when there is a misuse of the way the RP's in a
prashna/horary are meant to be referenced, and answers are faulty. So do yourself
justice and wait until there is a sense of urgency, or the desire to know the answer is
powerfully prevalent in your mind, and then proceed with the Horary and Ruling
Planets.

2. Keep in mind that the Ruling Planet which is in the star or sub of a retrograde planet
should be omitted (see overview of RP's at the bottom of the page under Ruling
Planets.) The RP's which are in the stars and subs of retrograde planets should be
avoided. Also, a retrograde ruling planet will only give the results when it ceases to be
retrograde - or in other words - becomes direct in motion.

3. The sensitive degree (the degree of the sign on which the sign lord, star lord, sub
lord, and sub sub lord all operate jointly or simultaneously) is important for the
fulfillment of any question. So the question is fulfilled at the time when all of the RP's
(ruling planets) are operating simultaneously or jointly. (Simultaneous or joint
operation occurs when one of the RP's becomes the Sign Lord, one becomes the Star
Lord, a third RP becomes the Sub Lord, and a fourth RP becomes a Sub Sub Lord).

4. If an event is likely to take place within 24 hours after the question is posed, take
the transit of the Ascendant and count from the Ascending degree of the moment of
the query. For example: Say that a (horary) question was asked on Thursday, August
28, 1969 at 3:25:47 PM IST and the specific coordinates were 23N02 72E35. The
question asked was:  

Question: When will the boss return to the office?

To view the larger Chart Image accompanying this tutorial, or to view multiple

Charts associated with this tutorial, please click on 'Horary Query' link below.

Horary Query

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Ruling Planets: Day, Sign, & Star Lord Table

Day, Sign, & Star Lord Table

Now to Delineate the Horary: 

"When will the boss return to the office?"

Rahu is acting as an agent for Saturn because Rahu was posited in the sign of Aquarius
at this time. So the Ruling Planets for this horary question are Jupiter, Venus, Saturn,
and Rahu. 

NOTE: (For the sake of simplicity, clarity, and for demonstration of the "timing
purposes"  in this example chart above and below, we will just pretend that all RP's in
the charts are direct in motion and not retrograde. So in the chart below, when
delineating by "strict KP rules", just pretend that Saturn is direct in motion - rather
than retrograde - and Venus is therefore not in the star of a retrograde planet. This
example below is fictitious, and simply included for comprehension and explanation
only of the "timing" involved. If we were applying the KP written rules of a retrograde
Saturn in a real case and following the KP Ruling on the same, we would have to
eliminate Venus as a RP, and Saturn could only give results when Saturn went direct.
However, from personal experience, my take is that the jury is still out on this
retrograde verdict, so do keep in mind that in real life this "retrograde ruling" has - in

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all reality -  become controversial by many professional astrologers - who have seen
results materialize with retrogrades - many times in real life situations - myself
included. So my advice to you is that you will personally need to evaluate many charts
and keep a log, before forming an opinion one way or another on retrogrades.
Consider this - if you take a good close look at some of the horary charts given as
examples in the KP books that were written years ago, and actually calculate the
example charts yourself, you will find many errors and you will also see that the KP
author's were not always following this "retrograde ruling" - either because they didn't
realize that there were retrograde planets involved as RP's, or their calculations - in
the days prior to computers -  were less than perfect. So keep an open mind on this
retrograde factor until you have assessed enough charts to form a credible opinion for
yourself one way or the other.)

The question is a minor one, so with respect to point #4 above, the answer will be
fulfilled in a short period of time. So considering that Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, and Rahu
are the ruling planets for this query, the answer lies in searching for when these RP's
will line up simultaneously and jointly as Sign, Star, Sub, and Sub Sub Lords for the
rising cusp. So fudging around with the time that the question was asked, and
counting from the Ascendant degree to the moment when this exact line-up will take
place, we now can clearly see (below - Horary Transit Chart) that when the Ascendant
moves from 13 Sag 29' 22" to 18 Sag 40' 59" (the sensitive degree), that this degree
is exactly when all the Ruling Planets will line up perfectly. Now the horary query was
asked at 03:25:47 PM in the afternoon, and we know now that the boss will return to
the office approximately 22 minutes later - or between 03:47:30 PM and 03:48:47 PM.
(As I mentioned above - the question must have importance and an urgency to know,
in order to receive the answer...(So that is the time - [3:47:30 PM] that the employees
needed to stop goofing around in the office and get back to work so they don't get in
trouble with their boss - why else would they be doing astrology in the office, instead
of what they were hired for? :-))

To view the larger Chart Image accompanying this tutorial, or to view multiple
Charts associated with this tutorial, please click on 'Horary Transit' link below.

Horary Transit

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Charts by KPAstro located at http://www.kpastrosystem.com/

5. If the event is expected to happen within a month, consider the transit of the Moon,
and count from the sign being transited by the Moon at the moment of the query, to
the time when the RP's line up in synchronicity - such as in the example shown above
with the Ascendant, only using the position of the degree of the Moon rather than the
Ascendant. Keep in mind that if the RP's line up - but the Moon is conjoined with
Saturn at this time, you should reject that degree and move on because Saturn causes
delays. So move ahead again.

6. Using the same principles as the Ascendant and Moon, if the event is to happen
later than a month but within a year, look at the Sun's transit and count from the sign
transited by the Sun at the moment of the query, to the time when the RP's line up in
synchronicity, using the position of the degree of the Sun, rather than the Ascendant
or the Moon.

7. Frequently, Ruling Planets are five in number. If confused about where to begin,
consider the following. Out of these five ruling planets, the three RP's that you come
across (at the earliest time) that are simultaneously running their joint/simultaneous
period of operation - should be considered first, and before the others. Leaving two
RP's behind, the earlier time frame for the next one out of the two RP's left, should be
considered first for the next position of the Sub Sub Lord. However, feel free to
research this because you really must experiment and form your own opinions as to
what works best for you based on your own personal experience with Horary, as there
really are no hard and fast rules on this particular determination.

Ruling Planets:

Overview of RP's (ruling planets) can also be referenced at KP: Rectification of Birth
Time & Ruling Planet:

Jot down the time and day when a question is put to you or when you construct the
horoscope for your analysis and judgment.

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The day begins from sunrise: Day Lords are: Sun governs Sunday, Moon - Monday,
Mars - Tuesday, Mercury - Wednesday, Jupiter - Thursday, Venus - Friday, Saturn -
Saturday.

The Ruling Planets are listed below in their Order of Preference:

1. The Star Lord of the Ascendant 

2. The Sign Lord of the Ascendant

3. The Star Lord of the Moon

4. The Sign Lord of the Moon

5. The Day Lord

These 5 Ruling Planets above are taken at the time of query or judgment. In addition
to the above, some astrologers also consider the sub lords of both the Ascendant and
the Moon.

Rahu/Ketu and Ruling Planets:

If Rahu or Ketu is conjoining or aspects a Ruling Planet, or if Rahu or Ketu is posited in

a sign owned by one of the Ruling Planets, then Rahu and/or Ketu should be included
as a Ruling Planet.

Note:  All references to the material above are from the work and teachings of Prof. K.S.
Krishnamurti, Chandrakant R. Bhatt, K. Subramainiam, Sri M.P. Shanmugam, Prof K.
Hariharan, and/or publications in the KP & Astrology Journals/Yearbooks. For Book
information, please go to KP Books.

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