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Upapada Lagna
Freedom's Jyotish
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The goal of this chapter is to first explain the Upapada Lagna (UL) so you understand
Vyasa SJC California what, how and why it represents relationship. Then learn how to interpret its
significations as well as understand some traditional Vedic remedies regarding the
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Upapada. Finally having understood how the UL works and how it can be traditionally
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remedied, learn to understand it in a way where you will be able to give practical
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Upapada Lagna
Navatara Chakra The Arudha Lagna is the most important (pradhänaà) Arudha. The second most
Palmistry important Arudha is the Upapada Lagna (the Arudha of the 12th house). Upa means
Yantras near or relating to (as well as giving and ornament), and is calculated from the sign
Vastu near and related to the lagna and shows the person who ends up near and relating to
Tithis you.
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Mother Mukumbika Parasara begins the teaching of the Upapada in chapter 30 called the
My Guru upapadädhyäyaù.
Upaya: AwaeppdmaiïTy kwyaim )l< iÖj, yuCDuÉTve ÉveÚ&[a< puÇdaraidj< suom!. 1.
Timing: Kalachakra athopapadamäçritya kathayämi phalaà dvija |
Timing: Digbala yucchubhatve bhavennåëäà putradärädijaà sukham || 1||
Timing: Kalachakra & tnuÉavpd< ivà àxan< pdmuCyte, tnaernucra*t! SyaÊpaêF< tÊCyte. 2.
Tithis tanubhävapadaà vipra pradhänaà padamucyate |
Buddhastami Vratta tanoranucarädyat syädupärüòhaà taducyate || 2||
tdevaeppd< nam twa gaE[pd< Sm&tm!, zuÉoeqg&he tiSmn! zuÉ¢hyutei]te. 3.
Mantra Shastra: tadevopapadaà näma tathä gauëapadaà småtam |
Akshara and Lords çubhakheöagåhe tasmin çubhagrahayutekñite || 3||
Rasi Chakra
“Oh Brahmin, now I will tell you about the Upapada, the auspiciousness of which will confer on
Rsyaadinyaasa
the native happines from wife, children, etc. The Arudha Lagna is of prime importance, then the
Varga Yantra Upapada is calculated for the bhava following the ascendant. This Upapada is also called the
Matangi Mantra Gauna pada.”
Navagraha Suktam
How does the UL differ in interpretation from other relationship points?

There are many places we can analyze for different aspects of marriage and
relationship. It is good to understand the different points to be clear about what we are
looking at. The karakas for relationship are Venus and Jupiter and their affliction will
show blessings or curses in getting a healthy relationship or not. They also reveal
overall tendencies towards relationships, it is important to see there placement in the
rasi and navamsa. The Darakaraka shows the atma of the partner, shows what type of
soul the person has and issues related to that level. The 7th house of the Rasi indicates
how you relate to others, it is your doorway to the world and shows how you relate to
the public (karaka Venus). The person you relate to the most and who reflects you the
most is the love partner. The 7th lord will show the physical conditions of relationship
and whether they are fruitful or barren. The A7 is connected to business partners and
to sexual relations. The 7th house of the navamsa shows the skills, abilities and
general nature of the partner which predominates over the 7th house of the Rasi. It
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marriage partner or a very serious relationship. It shows the nature of the family a
person comes from, it shows how the people will relate to each other, and whether the
relationship will last or not and what will make it last. It will show how many children
are coming from that relationship verse a previous relationship. It is important for
timing marriage and its break. The UL lord will indicate the nature of the family of the
partner, and therefore will often indicate the status of the partner themselves.

Why does the UL represent the marriage partner?

First one needs to understand the 12th house more deeply and then see how the UL is
the person representing this. The Upapada (also called guana pada) is that which rides
the 12th house, it shows who is the image of the 12th house. The 12th house from the
Lagna is what you have given, what you physically give,and where you give your

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intelligence/energy. The 12th house indicates jail, hospital, ashram, loss, pleasures of
the bed, sleeping (loss of consciousness), as well as the bed where you sleep. Charity
is a form of energy, and the 12th house shows where you give your energy. Benefics
Additional Links in the 12th are called shubha yoga and show giving to good things. Malefics in the
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Sanjay Rath Sun it indicates no ability to give life for this reason.
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The 12th house is a house of loss or giving and the Arudha of it shows who you are
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giving to. Those you give to the most are often your wife and children. Marriage itself
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removes celibacy, therefore the 7th house needs to be pure to maintain sanyas, and
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Sanskrit99 and URW which is also upachaya for the 7th house, which means it will make sex increase, it is
therefore connected to the pleasures of the bed, the place to be alone to grow the 7th
house, to mature it into real intimacy. The 6th house on the other hand is 2nd from the
5th and is therefore a maraka (death giver) to the 5th house, it is not good for children
or increasing the kula and indicates celibacy. It is important to note that the twelfth
house is important for relationship but it doesn’t represent sexual desires.

The AL is the maya of the lagna and the UL is the maya of the 12th house. It shows
something tangible that is being given or lost. It shows who will help increase the
longevity of the kula (family). As the 12th house is 6th from the 7th it shows who
gives upachaya to the 7th, who helps it grow, so it is the person who helps in the
cultivation of what is shared as sex in the 7th house. In Jyotish, this is seen as the
marriage partner and the UL lord indicates the marriage partner’s family.

How is “marriage” to be defined astrologically?

The defining of marriage becomes very slippery and is generally given as a serious
committed relationship for more than a year, but there are many variations to this.
There are people who live together for a long time but lack seriousness, or people who
do the full marriage process and divorce in a matter of weeks or months. The Upapada
will show natural marriage not what a priest or judge might say. Two people are
naturally married when the relationship reaches a level of seriousness. This is not be
confused with relationships that may only be connected to the A7 (sexual attraction/
physical relationship).

Old texts like Manusmriti list 8 types of marriage (ashta vivaha). Of these eight types,
4 were considered dharmic (righteous) while 4 were considered adharmic (not in line
with natural order). This shows they weren’t the ways to get married but were ways in
which a marriage-like bond was created between two individuals. These 8 types of
marriage relate to the 8 planets other than Venus who is the natural karaka of
marriage. This is important to keep in mind when seeing blessings and curses on the
UL and Venus. These types of marriage are very ancient and must not be taken
literally in modern times, but we must understand the essence of the marriage bond
indicated by them.

How can different marriages and marriage partners be differentiated?

The first partner is seen from the UL, the second partner is seen from the 8 th house of
the UL (UL2), the 3 rd partner is seen from the 8 th to the second UL (UL3) and so
on. Often times (in modern society) it takes a few questions to determine the exact
partner of reference when interpreting a UL relationship. Some people may have had
only one or two serious relationships but westerners can often have difficulty
determining which relationships were serious, and which were just passing flings. This
makes interpretation harder and will test your skills to determine the exact person one
is referring to when discussing a UL relationship.

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In the same way the UL is showing the marriage itself, the nature (abilities) of the 1 st
partner are seen from the 7 th house of the navamsa, while the next partner is seen
from the 2 nd house in the navamsa (the 8 th from the first significator). The 3 rd
partner is seen from 9 th house (the 8 th from the 2 nd house).

When a person has multiple marriage partners at the same time, as many Mormons do,
the UL2 (the second UL) is seen 6 th from the first UL. Additional wives are again
seen from the 6 th house from that significator. The 8 th house will show an end to the
previous relationship. The 6 th house is upacharya, it is growing, and shows the
growth of the Upapada. The Upapada is a point of giving and this shows also that the
amount needed to give (expenditure) is growing.

How do we use the UL in interpretation?

The UL is primarily seen as the partner and the relationship itself, it is used as a lagna
in and of itself. It will show qualities of the partner, their career, their family, children
from the relationship, longevity, as well as fructification of the relationship even
becoming a marriage.

I. Upapada Signs and Conjunctions

Rishi Parasara gives his first teaching on interpretation based on benefic and malefic
planets and signs relative to the UL:

puÇdarsuo< pU[¡ jayte iÖjsÄm, pap¢hyute tÇ papÉe papvIi]te. 4.

àìajkae Éve¾tae darhInae=w va nr>, zuɆg(aegtae nEv yaegae=y< darnazk>. 5.
rivnERvaÇ pap> Syat! Svae½imÇSvÉiSwt>, nIczÇug&hSwíeÄda=saE pap @v ih. 6.
“O excellent of Brahmins, if the UL is conjunct or aspected by a benefic, or be in a
benefic sign, one will obtain full happiness from progeny and spouse. Should the UL
be in a malefic sign or is in conjunct or aspected by a malefic, one will become an
ascetic and go without a wife. This loss will not happen if a benefic is conjunct or
aspecting the UL. Realtive to the UL, the Sun is good for relationship as long as its
in its own sign or exalted, though he is malefic if in an enemy’s sign or debilitated.”

The statements of Parasara must be looked at in their essence. Here we learn that the
nature (malefic/benefic) of the planets with the Upapada shows the nature of
relationship. A benefic lord will make a happy relationship as will the conjunction of
benefics. In general, the more well placed a planet the better the significations it will
give here.

The Sun supports relationship, but becoming neecha the Sun acts malefic as even the
other benefic planets will do, they will not give shubha results at the same level.
Numurologically, the the Sun is connected to the number 12, and the UL comes from
the 12 th house, this is how the Sun is giving its blessings to the Upapada. The Sun also
represents lineage and as the Arudha of the 12 th house shows who will help you give
longevity to your kula (family) the Sun is a strong protector. For this reason the Sun is
to be considered among the list of benefics. When the Sun is in an enemies sign it will
have less support to protect the Upapada, and when neecha it will not help at all but
instead may hurt the UL as every neecha planet will. When a planet becomes uccha it
will protect the UL even if it is a malefic, as it will take on more sattvic qualitites.
Though it will still have some negative attributes of that planet, while the Sun is a pure
benefic for the UL.

Interpretation can get specific, for example a benefic sign with malefic aspects can
indicate a good person/relationship that will go bad due to malefic situations. If the UL
was in Scorpio with the Moon and benefic aspects, it would show a bad
person/relationship that will eventually evolve into a better situation. Always
strengthen the benefics aspects or planets involved in the situation.

Jaimini gives upadesa (additional commentary) and says,

If benefics join UL the spouse is beautiful. 1.4.11

Subha (good), Bandhat (bound too, joined), Sundari (beautiful). When the UL is
joined good (benefic) planets the partner/relationship is beautiful. This is interpreted
as the partner is a beautiful person (indicates beauty of character, as 7 th house of
Navamsa is seen for outer beauty, chara darakaraka is seen for spiritual evolution
beauty). This makes the relationship a good (beautiful) experience. The partner is
happy receiving what you are giving. In this same way a malefic conjunct the UL will
make the partner harsher (according to the planet and its state) and therefore make
the relationship harsher and the partner is more demanding.

II. Upapada Lord

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Rishi Parasara says that an exalted UL will bring a partner from a noble family, while
debilitation will do the opposite.

SvrazaE s<iSwte=Pyev< inTyaOye darkarke, %Ärayui; indaRrae ÉvTyev n s<zy>.

13.
%paêFpit> Svae½e iSwrôIkarkae=w va, suk…ladœ darlaÉ> SyaÚIcSwe tu ivpyRyat!.
14.

“If the lord of the UL or the constant significator of wife is uccha, the wife will be
from a noble family; reverse will be the case if neecha.”

Jaimini gives upadesa and says that

If the lord of UL is exalted, the spouse hails from the elite/upper class. 1.4.9 If the
lord of the UL is debilitated, the spouse is from the lower class. 1.4.10

The Lord of the UL indicates the

family the partner comes from. If the
lord of UL is exalted the person will
come from a well to do family and
will have high standards the opposite
will be the case with a neecha UL
lord. In the chart of James, he has his
own Arudha Lagna lord exalted but it
is conjunct Rahu and Saturn, so
though he has the potential to rise to
great things in life he prefers to live a simple life owning very little. He lives in a VW
bus that he constructed into an incredible house on wheels. It is famous for the
elaborate wood work and stained glass both inside and outside the bus. Even though
he lives a simple life the main partners in his life have all come from very upper class,
very well to do families, which is not his particular interest, though it is his karma. The
Upapada is in Aries in the fourth house with its lord Mars and an exalted Sun. The
conjunction of the UL with an exalted planet will lift it up, especially since it is in its
own sign. The more well placed the Lord of the UL the higher the status of the family
the spouse comes from.

He is not comfortable with the relationship because the UL is 12 th from his Arudha
Lagna. The UL in Aries with the fiery Sun and Mars is too much and 12 th from
Arudha Lagna (the house of secret enemies to the Arudha) shows he will not want to
put the time and energy into the relationship. Upapada fasting will be important for
him.

The next chart

has the opposite
situation. Using
Ketu as the lord
of the UL in
Scorpio, it is
debilitated in
Taurus. This also
puts a debilitated
planet with the
UL itself. The
Atmakaraka was
in the 7th house
of the navamsa,
which can make
the partner more affluent. But the UL lord is neecha, and the conjunction of Rahu
with the UL made the marriage partner a thief, who eventually went to jail. If Rahu
was well placed, the partner could be an engineer working on big machinery but
negatively placed it made him a thief. The marriage partner was spiritual, AK in the
navamsa 7 th, as the partner would go to temple to pray to his deities before going out
to commit crime. The navamsa 7 th house is showing more the nature of the partner.
The story of the partner’s family background will unfold according to the story of the
UL lord.

Notice that we used Ketu for the UL lord. There are two arudha lords, when an arudha
is placed in the signs of Scorpio or Aquarius. Both lords will have an effect.
Sometimes just the stronger/most influential planet will give effect. Other times the
weaker planet gives its results first, then the stronger planet gives its results.

The strength of the UL itself will often determine if the relationship turns into a legal
marriage or not. Some serious relationships fail to fructify into a marriage due to lack
of strength shown by the UL. Weak placements such as 6th, 8th, or 12th from the UL,

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curses, bhadak and bad positions can hurt the UL.

In the next chart (4th October

1971 @1PM in Townsville,
Queensland, Australia), Marriage
Refusal, a Hindu woman was
going to marry a Muslim but was
refused with religion as the
reasoning. The UL lord is
vargottama and debilitated
(which makes it extra
debilitated), it is also Venus in the
8 th house of the navamsa
(which hurts the significations of marriage), it is also the AK which insures it gives the
results indicated. The lord of the UL is not only neecha but it is 12 th from the UL
itself, indicating loss. The lord of UL positioned 6th, 8th, or 12th from the UL is not
good and weakens its significations. Combined with the other factors of Venus, the
woman was refused marriage. The Arudha Lagna is 12 th from the Upapada Lagna, so
the UL rejected her. The Lord of the Upapada is 12 th from the UL so the family also
rejected the marriage.

Though the chart shows she was

refused legal marriage, the
relationship was a UL because
the individuals had real intent to
marry. The social planets denied
social acceptance of the
relationship; the Moon is 6 th
from the UL and Venus and
Mercury are 12 th from it. The
UL is broken even though there was not a legal marriage, and 8 th from it will indicate
the next marriage partner. Being that it technically was a UL, the lord of the second,
Mars, has raja banga yoga (debilitated in navamsa) showing not enough resources to
support the relationship. Jupiter placed in the 2 nd from UL helped cause the break as
well. Jupiter significates religion, and Jupiter is in badhak sthana from the lagna
showing it causes her obstacles in life, Jupiter in badhak often indicates religious
significations as obstacles. Jupiter is also marana karaka sthana from the AL showing
she is perceived as hurting religion.

How do we see the longevity of relationship from the Upapada Lagna?

The second house from the UL is one of the most crucial houses for relationship. This
section will talk briefly about classical reference to the second house from the UL,
and the remedial measures will go into greater detail. It is the most crucial house as it
is the sustenance of the relationship, it feeds the relationship. The second house is a
natural maraka house and it shows the longevity of the relationship. Strong lord of the
second from UL and Benefics conjunct and aspecting it will support marriage. Weak
lords of the second and malefic association will destroy marriage. Rishi Parasara
teaches:

zuÉ¢ha[a< †iòíeÊpaêFadœ iÖtIyke, zuÉ]eR zuÉyu´e c pUvaeR´< ih )l< Sm&tm!. 7.

%paêFadœ iÖtIy< c nIca<ze nIcoeqyukœ, ³ªr¢hsmayu´< jatkae darha Évet!. 8.

Svae½a<ze Svae½s<Swe va tu¼†iòvzat! twa, ÉviNt bhvae dara êpl][s<yuta>. 9.

“If the second from the UL is a benefic sign or is aspected by or conjunct with a
benefic, the same good results will come to pass (good results with wife and
children). If there be a planet in the 2 nd from UL in debilitation sign/amsa or be
conjunct with a neecha or malefic planet there will be destruction of the wife. If the
said occupant be in exaltation sign/amsa or be aspected by another planet, there will
be many charming and virtous wives.”

The 2nd house from the UL will show the sustanence of relationship/marriage. If the 2
nd is strong, even if the UL has malefics (giving a negative relationship) the 2 nd
house will hold the relationship together. In the opposite case, if there is malefic
association in the 2 nd house from UL, it will break the relationship even if it is with a
good person and good situation (strong UL). The UL is evaluated to see the situation
of the relationship. The 2 nd from the UL is evaluated to see if the relationship will
last.

The next few verses from Rishi Parasara’s Upapada Chapter show this concept in
more depth. The amount of verses devoted to the UL is representative of its
importance, and with in that is is worth noting the large number of verses on the 2 nd
house from UL as well.

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%paêFe iÖtIye=ip SvSvaim¢hs<yute, Sv]Rge tTptaE vaip yÇ k…Çaip ÉUsur. 11.

ySy jNmin yaegae=y< s nrae iÖjsÄm, %Ärayui; indaRrae ÉvTyev n s<zy>. 12.

“Oh excellent of Brahmins, if the UL or the 2 nd therefrom be occupied by its own

lord or if the said lord is in his own house, the death of wife will be at an advanced
age. If a planet is being constant indicator of wife and is in its own house, there will
be a loss of wife only at a later date.”

Jaimini says the same thing in slightly different words,

If the second is conjoined by its lord or its lord is placed elsewhere in own sign or in
exaltation, loss of spouse, if at all, will be only in an advanced age. 1.4.8

These verses are speaking of the wife as if she dies, but this is in a culture not overly
using divorce (though they did have it). These indications for “age of the wife” are to
be used for age of the relationship. Longevity relative to the UL is then to be taken as
not how long the spouse will live, but how long they will live in your house. Malefics
hurt the longevity of a marriage/relationship. A well placed/strong lord of the second
from UL will make the relationship last. The sustenance for the relationship will be
strong and therefore the union will stay together. Dynamics within that relationship
are seen from synestry, but whether the people stay together or not is seen from the 2
nd house from the UL.

Parasara gives another shloka, saying what was mentioned later by Jaimini, but adding
the 2 nd house. He says that a benefic will make the wife sundar (beautiful) placed in
the UL or 2 nd house from it. Jaimini said the same thing relative to the UL only,
Parasara speaks of Sundari (beauty) relative to the UL and the sustenance of the
relationship.

%paêFe iÖtIye va zuÉsMbxtae iÖj, jatSy suNdrI ÉayaR ÉVya êpgu[aiNvta. 15.

“Oh Brahmin, if the UL or 2 nd from the UL is related to a benefic, the wife will be
beautiful, fortunate and virtous.”

There are often only slight differences between what Parasara taught and Jaimini’s
upadesa (commentary). After giving the results of benefics in the 2 nd from UL,
Jaimini mentions some of the results of malefics.

If the 2 nd from Upapada has malefic aspects or conjunctions the native loses his
wife or renounces the world. 1.4.2
If the 2 nd from UL has beneficial conjunction/aspect, pravrajya/loss of spouse may
not occur. 1.4.5

Malefics in the 2 nd from the UL will show a relationship not lasting and ending
negatively. Indications associated with the UL and the 7 th lord will show why and
how the relationship is breaking. This leaves an individual with a bad taste for
relationship and often they do not wish to get involved again, hence the statement that
the individual renounces the world (they give everything to the spouse and run away).
Malefics second from UL alone will not make a renunciate. The indications must
already be present in the chart for sanyas. When the indications for sanyas are present
but the UL is strong the person will get married. If the 2 nd house from UL is strong,
the person will not be able to get out of marriage, so they are not able to take sanyas.
If the UL and its second are afflicted, then the native cannot keep marriage and then
marriage cannot stand in the way of renouncing. If the indication for Sanyas is not
indicated in other ways, the person will continue with relationship but with another
UL, calculated 8 th from the previous UL.

Early death of the UL partner is indicated by combinations for death of spouse seen
from the 7th lord and in the navamsa, and the 2 nd house from the UL should be
connected to the 3 rd house from the sthira karaka for spouse (Venus for men, Jupiter
for women). This shows that their death is the reason for the ending of relationship.

In the example chart is very straight case where the woman has had 2 husband’s die
early. When the ninth and eighth lord have association it is a combination for early
death of spouse. She has the eighth lord Saturn aspecting 9 th lord Jupiter (so a yoga
for early death of spouse is fulfilled). The sthira karaka Jupiter is in the 2 nd house
from lagna and the UL is in the 3 rd house. The 2 nd house from the UL is also the 3
rd house from Jupiter. So the end of relationship is also the end of the partner’s life.
Sometimes this is only seen from aspects or other type of associations. For example, in
OJ Simpson’s chart, the lord of the 2 nd house from the UL is aspecting the lord of the
3 rd house from Venus. So this shows the end of relationship is the end of life, but not
as easily predictable.

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Jaimini reiterates what

Parasara said
previously, that and an
uccha planet 2 nd from
the UL will give many
wives.

If the planet in this

second is exalted there will be many wives. 1.4.6

This is again a concept coming from a society were divorce was very uncommon and
multiple wives was common. The uccha planet is showing the first marriage will not
break, and so if another person comes along, the native marries them as well without
breaking the first marriage. In Western society, this will have to be interpreted slightly
different depending on the belief system of the person, as well as their sexuality (in
the Rasi, 2 nd house in navamsa, navamsa trines, and Somanath drekkana). It was
believed in Vedic times that either a man or a woman could have multiple spouses, it
was not limited to only men. In the Vedas, there are marriage hyms where the prayers
are to more than one husband. Later only men could have multiple wives and
presently in the westernized world monogamy is the most socially accepted type of
relationship.

Indications for a sustained relationship are always nice to share with people during a
reading. Other times there are malefic combinations that promise a tough end to the
relationship. Parasara teaches that the malefic associations on the 2 nd house from the
UL show the causes and situation of the relationship end.

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“Should Saturn and Rahu be in the 2 nd from the UL, the native will desert or lose
his wife on account of calamity/scandal or through death.”

Jaimini gives upadesa, he first states the same thing but he adds that benefic aspects
can mitigate the evil effects.

Beneficial aspects on the conjunctions given in the previous stanza mitigate the
negative results. 1.4.22

When the 2 nd from UL is weak, the relationship will break. When malefics are
present they are showing harsh reasons and circumstances breaking the relationship.
Saturn and Rahu in the 2 nd from UL will show death or scandal, calamity or deserting
the wife (relative to other indications in the chart). If a benefic is there but the lord is
neecha, the relationship may break but the situation will not be as bad. When the
relationship breaks the negative indication of the graha will come into the native’s life.
When the astrologer sees the negative indications of the planets 2 nd from UL coming
into the life through dasas, they can also predict that those indications will end the
relationship.

It is important to take into account the teaching of Jaimini relative to this situation.
The problems will exist as the malefics will be in the 2 nd house from the UL, but the
aspects of benefics will help improve the situation, it will give the partners the ability
to work through the situation. This will be very important in showing if a remedial
measure to the relationship is possible, and also indicate what that remedy may be. On
the other hand, it shows that benefic combinations can be severely hurt by the aspect
of malefics. Rasi drishti will show circumstances that are a problem, while graha
dristhi will show more the mental issues involved.

The sign of the UL is important as well as the sign of the 2 nd house from the UL.
When these two signs are inimical, there will be a want to break the relationship.
These relationships are already predetermined to be more difficult. Whether they
break or not will depend on the condition of the 2 nd house from UL. There is an
example where of a man who had a Sagittarius lagna, Rahu was conjunct the UL in
Aquarius, and Jupiter was in Pisces with the AL. As the planet conj AL and the planet
conj UL are inimical, they will want to break up. But as Jupiter is in his own sign in
the second from UL he will be unable to break the marriage. The man’s marriage
lasted one night, he left her after that, seeing her Rahu nature. But it took 13 years in
court to legally end the marriage. Finally the judge just asked the wife if money was

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the issue and told her the max she could get, the husband then agreed and the
marriage was finally absolved.

How do we time relationship with the UL?

The Marriage should be timed from the Upapada and the 7th house in Rasi and
Navamsa. For this information read the paper Sanjay Rath and presented at the New
York City Lectures in 2003.

What is the situation when a relationship breaks?

When the second house from the UL breaks the signifcations of that house will break.
If the UL is in the 9 th and the 2 nd from that is the 10 th house. When the relationship
breaks the 2 nd house from UL will break and all significations of the tenth will be
hurt, so the person may also suffer job problems or loss, loss of fame, and status due
to the relationship break. If the UL is in the 3 rd, the person may lose their home and
all happiness when the relationship breaks. If the UL is in the 4 th house, the person
may lose the stability of their chitta when relationship breaks, or may lose the bhakti
of the 5 th house. Some significations will be damaged.

If there are planets in the 2 nd from the UL, they will show damaged significations
with situations related negative significations of those planets at the time of the
relationship break. If Saturn and Moon are second from the UL, the person will
experience great depression at the time of relationship break. If Mercury is 2 nd from
the UL, the person’s memory, studies, or business will be severely afflicted. If the
lagna lord is in the 2 nd from UL, the health will be damaged and the person will fall
sick out the time a relationship break. The fundamental concept is that when the
relationship breaks, the 2 nd house from it is afflicted and any significations related to
that house will also show affliction.

In the example chart, the native was on his second serious relationship. The first UL
was in Taurus, and the 2 nd UL was in Sagittarius. In the 2 nd house from the
Sagittarius UL was Mercury, the lagna lord. When the relationship broke, the native
fell sick for some time, this is because the lagna lord had to break when the 2 nd house
from UL broke. When the relationship breaks, it is because of a weakness of that
house and everything there is afflicted. The 2 nd house from the UL is also the chitta,
the mental state, and the
native was very
unbalanced for some time
after the relationship
break.

This will help determine

Upapadas and also help
predict the end of
relationship. Benefics
placed here sustain
relationship, but if heavily aspected by malefics will first give good results that slowly
deteriorate. If there are malefics 2 nd from UL, it shows negative experiences in the
relationship and will make the UL break. If aspected by benefics it will show the
ability to overcome these negative experiences and therefore experiences and
emotions related to those aspects should be strengthened. If Moon is aspecting a
Saturn second from the UL then the person needs to be more nurturing in relationship
to help it be sustained. Remember that Sun and Ketu are benefics relative to
relationship. Ketu will indicate the need to be more spiritual and indicate bringing
spiritual practice into the relationship. The Sun will show Dharma, and the following
of a Dharmic path is very important. If the Sun is 2 nd from the UL, and the
relationship breaks, be sure the person has followed some adharmic path which is
helping to break the relationship.

An exalted planet generally has more sattva to it. So an exalted Saturn will not break
the relationship. Instead it will hold the relationship together with an iron fist, it will
not allow the relationship to break. Sometimes a person is trying to leave a
relationship but unable to. This is often because of the strength of the 2 nd from the
UL. If it is strong, the person cannot leave the relationship even if they want to. If the
2 nd from the UL is weak the person cannot sustain the relationship even if they want
to. When a person wants to break a relationship and cannot, there are various harsh
tantric remedies to break the 2 nd house from UL. When a person wants to improve a
relationship they should strengthen the UL and its second house.

How does one match Upapadas for determining a good relationship?

The Upapada of the native should fall into trines or the opposite sign from the lagna of

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the spouse for good compatibility as a marriage partner. The Lagna of the native
should fall into trines or the opposite sign from the Upapada of the spouse to be
compatible. This gives 4 signs which are compatible for any nativity. If the UL was in
Cancer, then Cancer, the other water signs in trine (Scorpio and Pisces) or the
opposite (Capricorn) would be compatible lagnas for the spouse. Both the native and
the partner should have UL and Lagna compatibility.

The planets strongly connected to the UL of the native should match planets strongly
connected to the partner’s lagna to show a karmic connection in the compatibility. For
example, if the UL is in Leo, with a strong Sun, the partner should have a strong Sun
in lagna or trines to it. Some similarity between these points will show a karmic bond
that will make the relationship compatible, so that the partners perceive each other as
marriage partners. The Arudha Lagna represents externalities, and when the Upapada
is trines with the AL it shows the marriage is based on externalities like beauty,
position or money of the spouse. It does not show a deep connection, or a happy long
term relationship. When the Upapada Lagnas are the same it often indicates an
arranged marriage.

Sources other than Classics

Larsen, Visti. Kalatrakaraka, Article presented in West Coast Conference, Sunnyvalle California
August 2003.
http://www.hinduweb.org/home/general_sites/hinduwoman/WOMENINHINDUSCRIPTURES.htm
Rath, Sanjay. Crux of Vedic Astrology, Sagar Publications, New Delhi, 1999
Rath, Sanjay. Lectures from 2001-2004. Jagananth Puri, India

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