Sankhya Yoga
This document is a working draft. God willing, a final draft should be ready before the end of this year. Until then, everything that seems wrong probably is, and even worse, anything that seems right might still be wrong. As always remember the good news that God loves His people and that everyone who loves, obeys and trusts in Him will be saved (the rest will perish).
Please keep in mind that the interpretations given for most of the Sankhya Yogas are work in progress. No one should be offended by any text. In case of inaccuracy it is better to request correction, or if correct, feel free to prove any statement wrong. Note also that although the Sankhya Yoga of a particular chart always seems to offer valuable information it is still never all important.
Finally, Indian interpretations tend to be much more drastic when compared with those of modern Western astrology. This serves to make the points clear. In order to create a more accurate picture, which will still never completely describe the whole picture, a single point should always be viewed in the context of all the other points.
Sankhya Yoga is a concept in Jyotish presenting the big picture potential of an astrological birth chart as a number from one through seven. The number stems from the number of signs occupied by the seven classical planets.
Introduction
The seven Sankhya Yogas define seven distinct types of character. Two astrological concepts help explain some of their internal motivations, innate powers, strengths and weaknesses. The first is essential dignity and should be familiar to all astrologers. The second is planetary war. This term may be relatively unknown outside of Jyotish.
First let us distinguish between power as the capacity to affect our environment, the scope of our existence and impact on the world, and character, the knowledge we have of ourselves, our awareness, as the quality or strength defining how we use this power.
While an increase in knowledge yields a corresponding increase in power, it is not necessary to have knowledge to wield power. Power that does not correspond to knowledge shows itself as arrogance, stubbornness, pointless self-assertion, and abilities to take charge, override, manipulate and control or simply mislead. Higher powers that do correspond to knowledge lead to satisfaction, happiness or greatness and include those of reason, understanding, and knowledge itself.
In astrology, both power and character are primarily indicated by planets placed in their own realms of excellence. Such planets have full essential dignity, and they bestow optimum results. Planets placed in the signs opposite their own have no essential dignity and give no beneficial results at all. For the seven Sankhya Yogas, it is the essential dignity of Saturn in the sign, or signs, ruled by the planet associated with a given yoga that limits its ultimate expression.
When planets are joined together in one sign or house, at least one is usually more or less out of place. To make things worse, they all have to share the same energy. In Jyotish, the internal power struggle is called a planetary war. How much character suffers as a result of such a conflict depends on the exact planets involved and the essential dignity of the winner. On the other hand, considerable power is always lost.
Since the number of a Sankhya Yoga corresponds inversely to the number of planetary wars present in a chart, both power and character tend to increase one discrete step at the time from the first yoga – all planets in war (6 losers) – to the last – no planets in war (0 losers). However, this simple correlation is partly broken for the number four and five yogas, due to Saturn being mostly dignified in the signs of the former and mostly undignified in the signs of the latter.
Determination
To know the Sankhya Yoga of a given chart count the number of different signs occupied by the seven classical planets: The Moon, The Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The resulting number (1–7) is the so called Sankhya Yoga or Number Yoga.
Astrologers use two different Zodiacs: The Tropical (bound to the seasons) and the Sidereal (bound to the stars). When determining the Sankhya Yoga the choice of zodiac sometimes matters. However, for many charts the two zodiacs yield the same Sankhya Yoga. In this document the signs of planets refer to the Tropical zodiac only.
As a final word of caution before preceding to interpret the result, note that the Sankhya Yoga determined is the same regardless of intensity of any planetary wars and any cuspal placements. It gives you a very general picture open to considerable variation thanks to the dignity of individual planets and different rising signs. All these factors matter greatly in the final evaluation of a horoscope.
The next version of the Astrolog for OS/2 software will produce a chart integrity score, that will account for differences in essential dignity, planetary brightness, atmakarakas, and other essential indications. The example charts for each Sankhya Yoga given at the end of this document will be sorted in ascending order according to this integrity score.
Interpretation
Since the concept of Sankhya Yoga involves all the seven planets visible to the naked eye, it follows that each yoga is an indicator of overall effects rather than result in just one area of life. These overall effects constitute different perspectives on life and thus different ideal functions in society. In the following interpretations, ideal functions are only listed under the first applicable yoga. However, any ideal societal function can usually be expressed equally well, but with additional primary functions added, through the yoga next in line.
As a rule, the higher the yoga is the greater the capacity to find happiness in life is as well. The lower the yoga is the more limited the life is, and the more difficulties its natives have to face. Growth and development are faster for the lower yogas and slower for the higher. Going from all planets sharing a single sign to all planets in different signs, awareness, understanding, sense of humor, know-how, learning, competence, charisma, patience and endurance all increase. Conversely, childish tendencies, obsessions, worries, biases, fears and all other inclinations to be overwhelmed by circumstances decrease in both number and strength.
Sankhya Yogas 1–3 are named in order Gola, Yuga and Sula. These, the first three yogas, represent people of decidedly poor character and background. While a good many natives of the higher yogas are also capable of expressing unacceptable behavior, people of the lowest yogas do so in strikingly basic ways and with remarkably few or no exceptions.
In personal dealings, the natives of the first three yogas are likely to shock all but the worst or wisest of people. Without indications of education and competence, these people will have none at all. With little or no real regard for God and thus little or no real respect for their fellow man (not to mention God’s many other creatures), their actions are guaranteed to cause harm to both themselves and the people around them. Failing to meet minimal standards of responsible behavior in society, these people are traditionally considered unfit for company; they are best treated as outcasts. As harsh as that may seem, if you study the examples wrapping up this document and gather your own as well, you will probably see why this is so.
Sankhya Yoga 5 is named Pasa (also spelled Pasha). It houses more people than any of the others. While it indicates greater capacity for Joie de Vivre than the first three yogas, it usually falls short of finding long-term happiness due to past transgressions, basic dishonesty in human relations, and generally pompous and pretentious ways. Almost half of the days of the last century belong to this yoga and the first three combined.
Sankhya Yogas 4, 6 and 7 are named in order Kedara, Dama and Veena. They all indicate better fortunes than the other yogas. Since, in themselves, they are more dignified than not, other keys to chart interpretation become more relevant in order to fully reveal the virtues and vices of their natives. Nonetheless, these three yogas continue to indicate different priorities in life, as well as differences in opportunity and responsibility. A slim majority of the days of the last century belong to these yogas.
The two middle yogas, Kedara and Pasa, house more than two thirds of all people. They differ in the weight they give to details and generalities. Natives of Kedara usually focus on sensuality and making money, and Pasa people often emphasize morality and setting standards. The former are more likely to accumulate wealth and the latter insight. Although Kedara natives are more worldly, people of both yogas tend to be actively engaged in the world, albeit on vastly different scales, one smaller and the other bigger.
The last two yogas, Dama (also known as Damini) and Veena (also called Vallaki), are the most fortunate and represent less than a quarter of all people. They differ in the weight they assign geniality and spirituality. Dama people tend to be more compassionate, patient, lenient and at worst even lax, while Veena people tend to be wiser, more spiritual and even universal in their approach. Natives of both yogas tend to know prominence and above average fortunes. They are less prone to projection (i.e. to project own character traits, perceived shortcomings, or confusions onto other people) than natives of the other yogas.
The following paragraphs will hopefully give some useful notes on how to extract the essentials from any birth horoscope and in particular how to best understand the astrological delineations which follow these notes, but to start with a few words on astrology itself: The purpose of astrology is, among other things, to support God’s people. For this great purpose astrology first and foremost instills us with reasonable expectations and gives us a valuable perspective on our world and the people in it. By increasing our understanding of the universe astrology raises our spirits, dispels agony and removes fear. Astrology can also in some detail foresee the future. If properly utilized, it maximizes our well-being here and now and ultimately helps us achieve liberation. Discovering astrology conveys a strong and clear sense of the divine order of God’s creation. We all play our God given parts whether we know it or not.
The statements delineating the seven Sankhya Yogas are loosely based on poor English translations of old Indian texts.
Whenever a delineation uses the word supposed it directly refers to claims made in these English translations.
The first few paragraphs for each yoga are intended to sum up the gist of the yoga.
They leave out references to cattle and update expressions such as lord of money
to banker.
Except for a language more adapted to our times these initial sentences should closely follow the translations.
Additional paragraphs often elaborate on the old texts and mostly contain statements backed by examples.
They build upon the name of the yoga and add interpretations of Saturn in the sign or signs of the yoga ruler.
In this largely speculative process this document uses the following planetary associations
in the order of the seven yogas:
The Sun, The Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn.
Each yoga emphasizes one of the seven classical planets just listed. The planet emphasized by a particular yoga is called the yoga ruler. Another planet can be emphasized by means of sign and house placements, or planetary conjunctions (especially with Saturn). When such indications coincide with the yoga emphasized planet the typical traits of the yoga are reenforced. If they instead emphasize its planetary opposite the essence of the yoga is more or less undermined.
For every yoga there exists a whole range of possible outcomes. An isolated statement as part of a delineation of a particular yoga should only be read as an increased likelihood of it being true for this yoga when compared with it being true for any of the other yogas. Not all statements will be applicable to all natives with a particular yoga, but the overall picture should offer a more accurate description than that for another yoga. In addition the lower the yoga and the more collaborating indications there are the more accurate the description should be. Most often it ought to be a lot easier matching a person with the given delineation for the person’s Sankhya Yoga than attempting the same thing using the person’s Sun sign.
Delineations are in many places qualified using the term unafflicted together with the name of a planet. A planet is unafflicted when it is not placed in a mostly undignified position or worse, such as the sign opposite its natural home, and when it is not combust, nor a loser in a planetary war. A planet is combust when it is outshined by the Sun. This happens when the planet is close enough to the Sun to be undetectable from the Earth. The exact range is different for each planet and varies from 17 degrees longitude for Mars and a mere 10 degrees for Venus. For a planet to be a loser in a planetary war it has to be less bright than the winner, but even as a loser a planet does not have to be afflicted. If the winner is unafflicted and agreeably disposed towards the loser, the loser can still be unafflicted. From this follows that the Sun can never be a loser and all planets are afflicted by the Sun, but Jupiter not as much as the others, because the Sun is agreeably disposed towards that planet. In a war Venus is always brighter than Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Thus Venus is never seriously afflicted in a war with any of these planets. Mars is fully afflicted, because of its contrary disposition, and loses all its power. Mercury is less afflicted than Mars, but is slowed down. Saturn is similar in disposition to Venus and is thus not really afflicted. Venus and Jupiter appreciate each other and the outcome is peaceful. All planets involved in planetary wars are afflicted to some degree, unless they are in total agreement with each other. However, an unafflicted planet by the above definition is closer to being completely unafflicted than seriously afflicted.
Another term commonly used in the delineations is dignified. A planet is dignified to a particular degree if it is unafflicted, enjoys essential dignity, has significant strength, and its dispositor is also dignified to at least the same degree. A planet has significant strength if it is at least 3 degrees removed from both cusps of the sign it is in. To enjoy essential dignity the planet has to be situated in its primary sign, the sign complementing the primary one, or one where it is exalted. The Sun is almost always fully dignified in its primary sign, Leo. It can also enjoy close to full dignity in Leo’s complement, Cancer. The Sun is exalted in the signs of Aries and Scorpio. If the dispositor is not fully dignified the hosted planet will increase the influence of the dispositor and lose some or all of its own. The very best combinations of Sun and Moon are the Sun in Leo and the Moon in Cancer and vice versa. The most exalted Suns are the Sun in Aries with Mars in Scorpio and the Sun in Scorpio with Mars in Aries. As an extension to the domicile and exalted essential dignities exemplified above, the following interpretations assume the Sun to be welcome and thus enjoying above average dignity in the signs of Sagittarius and Pisces. The most welcome Suns are the Sun in Sagittarius with Jupiter in Leo and the Sun in Pisces with Jupiter in Cancer. This assumption gives the Sun six sign placements of mostly benefic influence and another six of mostly malefic significance. The essential dignities of the other planets have been extended in the same way. Whenever a text refers to the extended dignity it always uses the term mostly dignified. If a statement only applies to exalted dignity the text uses the term highly dignified. If domicile dignity is required the text uses the term fully dignified.
Immediately following the general yoga descriptions, special sections titled Supplemental Indications give specific details on a yoga’s interaction with other esssential indications. For all yogas a poorly dignified yoga ruler or higher planet (a planet ruling a higher yoga), or an atmakaraka other than the Sun (for a man) or the Moon (for a woman), weaken any favorable traits associated with the yoga. If the atmakaraka is Saturn, Venus or Jupiter any material fortune may be entirely lost. This happens if the atmakaraka is placed within a few degrees of the very end of its sign and both the Sun and the Moon are situated within a few degrees of the very beginnings of their respective signs. Any higher fortunes indicated by the yoga (or the atmakaraka itself), such as competitive or academic successes, romantic victories or social graces, as well as authority or standing in society, may be retained if the atmakaraka is dignified. If the atmakaraka is undignified at least some of the benefits bestowed by the yoga will be lacking. If the atmakaraka is fully combust most of the benefits may be lost. If the yoga ruler is weak any higher fortunes indicated by the yoga are also weak. If the yoga ruler is fully combust the overall fortune is in most cases quite hellish.
Wherever Saturn is mentioned in the supplemental notes Rahu (the lunar north node), the Full Moon or the New Moon can be substituted in its place, and wherever the Sun is mentioned (except when defining the Moon) Ketu (the lunar south node) can be substituted in its place. Such substitutions should yield benign or malign results of the same degree, but not necessarily of the exact same quality or gender. Unlike the Full Moon the New Moon can be afflicted and not only by the Sun but also by other planets. The New Moon is also the only planet capable of afflicting the Sun, but this only happens during solar eclipses (a local phenomenon). The outer planets Uranus and Neptune generally give the exact same results as Saturn and Jupiter respectively. Neither the lunar nodes nor the outer planets can act as yoga rulers or atmakarakas. They also always lose in any planetary wars with the classical planets.
For most yogas the supplemental sections come with subsections titled the best and the worst. These give indications that support the best and the worst traits of the yoga. Usually they do not define the best or worst possible charts with a particular yoga. You need to add together the best or worst supplemental indications of more than one yoga to get examples of better or worse charts.
While reading the following texts it may be good to remember the big picture. Just like there are no all good people around today and no all good astrology charts (for people alive today), nor are there any all bad people and any all bad astrology charts. There is good and bad in everyone. All the seven classical planets are important: Never stop short of reading all their indications before judging a horoscope! Even after reading all about the character traits of the planets revealed by sign, it is still necessary to read all about the experiential effects of the planets shown by house. Both the best and the worst things written about a planet in a particular sign require accidental support to fully develop. The best may only show up in strength with a strong first house and one of the four strongest rising signs (Aquarius, Capricorn, Libra and Taurus). The worst may only come out in force with a dire first house and one of the four most dire rising signs (Leo, Cancer, Aries and Scorpio).
A single good or bad indication is rarely powerful enough to build a useful character description on. In general, it is necessary to look for themes supported by at least three indications of a similar nature or at least pointing in roughly the same direction. Only if one of the indications involves Saturn, Uranus or Rahu may this indication be noteworthy enough on its own, and this only if the others do not contradict, and the Moon is either weak or at the very least partially supportive. As a rule, indications linking many planets, such as the Sankhya Yoga or the atmakaraka, are a lot more important than indications which involve just a single planet in a particular sign or two planets conjunct each other.
In all charts the most influential planets are in general the yoga ruler, the atmakaraka, Rahu, Saturn, the Sun and the Moon. If only one planet is located in its own sign, this planet is often the most important planet, provided it is strong enough and one of the major planets Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus or Saturn. If the indication is primary the native exhibits manly characteristics. If a female and the chart has no contradictory theme, she may be a lesbian or at least a feminist. If the indication is secondary the native shows womanly characteristics. If a male and the overall chart integrity is about or below average, he may be an extremist or a faggot. In all cases these indications point to specific talents, strengths, gifts, abilities or competences.
Also keep in mind that while the Sankhya Yoga applies at all times, most planetary indications vary in importance over time and will only be in full effect when they are specifically activated. In Jyotish the concepts of dasas and transits decide such activation. If both the Sun, or the Moon, and Saturn are dignified any difficulties indicated by the other planets will, with time, become less and less, and eventually they will peter out completely. Only with a fully undignified Sun and a fully undignified Moon are the same mistakes likely to be repeated over and over again until death. However, with Rahu in Leo or Cancer and thus Ketu in Aquarius or Capricorn, prospects are always grim.
Finally, never forget that a birth horoscope represents a soul’s disposition and body in one lifetime
and not its eternal essence.
All souls are by nature eternal,
while all material bodies are temporal.
A material body reflects a soul’s wishes as well as its karma from previous lifetimes.
As a product of the material nature,
the actions of a particular body can be predicted with complete accuracy by reading its associated birth horoscope.
To varying degrees all conditioned souls identify themselves with their bodies.
Hinduism calls this
Maya
induced delusion
ahamkara,
which refers to a conditioned soul’s erroneous belief
that it is responsible for the actions of its body.
The soul believes it controls the body
when it is, in fact, the material nature that is responsible for all of the body’s actions.
In no way can the soul affect its body.
It is a passive observer with a will that is everything but free.
God is always in full control of everything you do
and everything that happens to you.
You cannot and should not take the credit
nor the blame for anything.
If God were not omnipotent and fully in charge of this world it would quickly become chaotic
– and perhaps most importantly (at least in this context):
astrology would not work!
Gola Yoga
Gola Yoga designates fools and arrogant liars, devoid of learning, strength, generosity and capability. Natives of this yoga can be brave and zealous to have their own way, in which case they make stately efforts, striving for power, but remain clueless and always grieved by something.
Although apparently sunny and with great faith in themselves people of this yoga are supposed to be dirty, pathetic and devoid of wealth. They are also likely to be controlling, moody and melancholic. Though a home is important to them, they are not warm-natured people. Most often they are lazy as hell.
Gola natives are alleged to be unskilled, defective in some limb, and of vagrant habits. They associate with low people and commit sinful deeds. Not surprisingly, they are also supposed to be banished, short-lived, and have no relations, children or spouse.
This yoga presents a vain character that is both powerful and complicated. Its natives tend to be slow in more ways than one. They are generally suffering from a parent fixation and a deep sense of inferiority. They can either become introverts and withdraw into themselves defeated or go out and battle the world zealously to compensate for their (real or imagined) shortcomings.
All nuances tend to be lost on these genuinely dogmatic and fearless people. They follow their hunches no matter where they lead, and their surreal life paths seem surrounded by an unusual number of strange events and freak accidents. Humbling experiences will play a major role in trimming some of their arrogance down to size. Any success in life comes through considerable tension.
As foolish children they seem to think the whole world revolves around them, and while they may delude themselves into thinking they need love and sympathy, which they do not get, close examination will reveal that what they really want is respect, which they will get.
Gola people are not considerate of the feelings of others; and either with or without meaning to, they can injure people. Whether they are truly diabolic or just clueless may be an open question, but their foolishness and lack of interest in anyone but themselves make them sordid company regardless.
Because of the general misfortune indicated by this yoga, prominent expression of any societal function is highly unlikely. In any case, people of this yoga tend to play roles where all higher qualities are largely irrelevant. As a result they are most likely to become actors, rulers or dictators.
See example charts of Gola Yoga below.
Supplemental Indications
Saturn in Cancer, the Moon conjunct the Sun in Leo, or to a lesser extent Saturn with the Moon, corroborate the typical expression of this yoga. These people are spiritually undeveloped, meaning their development starts from an almost beastly level. They are the hubs of their universes. All planets conjunct the Moon and the Sun eclipsed makes the clueless and foolish image complete. Knowledge, skills, strength, grace, charisma, discipline, endurance, longevity, innovation, talent, musicality, spirituality, universality, success and satisfaction are all utterly missing. These natives lack every virtue except bravery. They contrive to hold center stage, if not actively by leading the conversation, then passively by sulking in a corner until someone asks them what is the matter. Their deep sense of inferiority can give them a childish urge to control other people. Any control they gain is superficial only. They can be extremely gullible, dramatic, arrogant and dogmatic. They are unprincipled and can commit any sin. Most of these people are incredible liars, and they can usually make a convincing case for black being white, and vice versa. Mercury combust strongly supports the dogmatic picture of foolish arrogance associated with this yoga. In Leo these people are cluelessly opinionated and tough customers to make change their minds. They are at best imperfect observers, and their reactions are slow. They must cultivate attention and become consciously aware of the world around them. In Scorpio and Taurus they represent the very definition of stubborn. In Aquarius they are less dogmatic and more tolerant.
The Best
The Sun as atmakaraka and uneclipsed in Leo brings forth the best qualities of this yoga. These natives are brave and cannot be cautious even if they tried. They learn quickly by constantly watching the effect they have on the people around them. They are accutely aware of themselves and they are likely to be found, if not conventional, at least discreet. Leo is the most dramatic sign of the zodiac and these people love drama more than anything, but they are always authentic and cannot behave as they do not feel. The roles they assume are noble, whether on stage or in one of their usually many love affairs. While they have no conscience, they are always aware of what other people are thinking of them and you can rest assured they are striving to make them think as well as possible. Also Jupiter in Leo strengthens the most magnificent characteristics of this yoga, including bravery. These people know magnanimity and are likely to break the silence even when no one else does. They are unlikely to save money, but they can be great earners and spenders. They are, however, even more likely to prefer publicity over money and to work for little pay if they think they are appreciated. The stage lures them and if they do not become professional actors they will make stages of their lives and try to win approval for the traits that are most important to them. Their ultimate goal is the high hill on which they can stand triumphant for all to see. This placement of Jupiter is quite common among lesbians and clearly unusual among faggots.
Contradictory
All the planets situated in Aquarius or Capricorn contradict the most typical traits of this yoga. An unafflicted Saturn in Aquarius should lead to a more cooperative spirit with at least some interest in other people. In Capricorn social skills may be improved. An atmakaraka other than the Sun or the Sun located in Aquarius, Capricorn, Libra or Taurus may significantly reduce or completely remove the bravery associated with this yoga. These indications may also hide its most dogmatic and arrogant characteristics. The best supplemental indications for the following yogas partially contradict. Venus unafflicted in Libra and Jupiter unafflicted in Sagittarius should go the furthest to alleviate its cluelessness and gullibility. However, this fully undignified yoga leaves little room for unafflicted and strong contradictory indications, and severely limits their benefic impact.
Yuga Yoga
Yuga Yoga shows phonies who are full of hypocrisies and do not maintain love for anyone for long. Without knowledge of the proper and the improper, they are harsh in speech and either irreligious or religious hypocrites. They are likely to eat begged food or make a living from sales of some shoddy product.
Natives of Yuga Yoga might become rich, but they are unlikely to ever become adult. They usually remain immature and naive all through life. They are supposed to be devoid of virtues, knowledge and abilities, but have many debts. Life expectancy at birth is shorter-than-average.
A missing or abusive parent causes arrested spiritual development and makes these people unusually susceptible to circumstances. The immaturity shown by this yoga is perfect soil for depression, and its natives easily become addicted to alcohol (the most self-destructive drug known to mankind).
This yoga reveals a childish hunger for attention. The most outgoing natives are certain to seek self-justification in the public eye. Those who are more shy are likely to play invalid or fragile to attract attention in private. A bias towards the mother, father or an older relative makes for difficult relations with the opposite sex. Professional relations are also problematic since most of these people are too self-centered for executive work and not cooperative enough for subordinate work. They tend to be rather secretive and can carry plans around with them for a long time, without taking anyone into their confidence.
Some Yuga people seek to defend themselves against life as dramatically as possible. At best the dramatic urge leads into constructive channels, but these people are likely to seek drama and publicity for their own sake regardless of aim and motive. They have to be careful not to hurt others, and they should also be careful not to hurt themselves. They can easily be too sharp for their own good.
It is common for people of this yoga to put their own needs above everyone else’s. At the same time a latent inferiority complex gives them a tendency to underestimate themselves. They have an extremely limited and crazy sense of humor. They are proud and like to be self-sufficient, but they need real, rather than pseudo, confidence, for most of their independence is bravado. They dislike competition, lack endurance and tire easily.
Yuga natives like action and can be very greedy. They pretty much want everything material they can get their hands on and if necessary most of them are capable of extreme violence to make it theirs. They have exactly zero concern for other people and may at times even be unaware of their existence. When they are they often appear defensive.
The high regard these troublesome people have for their own feelings coupled with their near total disregard for the feelings of others puts a constant stress on their surroundings. When confronted many of these lunatics will dismiss charges of any wrong-doing, think nothing of the trouble they cause others, and instead pity themselves.
Yuga people have great difficulty maintaining a steady direction in life and due to their fickleness and wavering feelings they are often discarded by everyone but masochists and enablers. Exceedingly selfish and adept at exaggeration they tend to receive more respect and achieve more material success than more hard-working or more warm-natured people of greater accomplishments.
As alcoholics these people are more than a little sickly even when they do not drink. Some of the outward signs of their craziness include extreme selfishness, irrational rationalization, projection and overreaction (panic attacks are common), as well as irritation in disagreement, no matter how trivial.
These people are big on normalcy and can be shy and haughty with people they do not know (they tend to know very few). In more ways than one appearance is more important than substance. At worst they can be all-out xenophobic. Bigotry should also be a familiar concept to them. They have great trouble getting the other person’s viewpoint and are not interested in talking his or her language.
All natives of this yoga harbor serious delusions. They believe in free will, and either they do not believe in God at all or their idea of God is like that of a Santa Claus figure (not a supreme being of omnipotence and omniscience). They take pride in themselves, their children and their country. Frequently they perceive danger where there is none. When this happens they can quickly become extremely violent and dangerous to others.
This yoga is associated with great misfortune and does not effect prominence in society (not even today). Its natives may at best become authors, peddlers, business owners, performers, or tyrants.
See example charts of Yuga Yoga below.
Supplemental Indications
Saturn in Leo or combust, or the Sun opposite the Moon in Cancer, corroborate the typical expression of this yoga. These lunatics are full of pride, both in themselves and in whatever they happen to relate with themselves. They are selfish, devoid of social skills, unscrupulous and likely to become alcoholics. These people are experts at feeling sorry for themselves, and they are extremely capable of hurting others. Violence can easily become their closest friend. They know plenty of ways to get attention. Invalidism is a favorite. They lack education, but are great at fiction, and some natives may become best-selling authors. Mercury in Cancer also helps raise the typical expression of this yoga and strongly supports its most naive traits, including bigotry and hypocrisy. These people are likely to find their hair prematurely gray or white, very thin or unevenly distributed, or at least with a clearly receding hairline.
The Best
The Sun in Cancer and the Moon as atmakaraka in Leo reveals the best qualities of this yoga. These natives aim for material and domestic security. They are capable of great self-sufficiency, or of being clinging vines. Business and especially productivity is what these people drive for. They watch their money like hawkes and can be very successful in any and all business ventures. They make their fortunes buying and selling material goods rather than on Wall Street. With livelihood they take no chances, either in getting it or keeping it. They will only gamble when they have a nest egg, not before, and then only as a game. Cancer tops as the home-making sign. These people make the best partners and will go to great lengths to protect, defend and improve their home, mate and children. If they remain unmarried it is because protectiveness has turned into fear or selfishness; or because they feel that their security is best served alone. These people really need a home and should have children. Without children they give an impression of incompleteness. Also Jupiter in Cancer supports the best traits of this yoga. There can be very considerable beauty here. The business intuition is as good as it gets and these people make money with the utmost efficiency. They are not grasping, but they are careful, because their wants are comparatively great, and they strive in every way they can to satisfy them. Their final goal is a pleasantly furnished home with all the trimmings of domestic comforts, and one way or another they will generally have it. They have just as much regard for the security and comforts of others as they have for their own, and thus are charitable and openhanded with what they possess. This placement of Jupiter is the second most common among faggots, but it seems to do little or nothing at all for lesbians.
Contradictory
Planets in Aquarius or Capricorn weaken the typical traits of this yoga. A dignified Saturn as atmakaraka or placed in Aquarius exactly contradicts and could lend some general knowledge and an authentic interest in other people. In Capricorn there is a degree of sobriety and at least some social interest in other people. An unafflicted Mercury in either sign can also help, especially if in mutual reception with Saturn.
Sula Yoga
If you live by the sword, you die by the sword.
– Matthew 26:52
Sula Yoga denotes demons, intrepid and of little fear, always prompt and ready to agitate and battle. These people are adept at achieving fame through war or medicine, as toughened commandos or powerful healers. Sula means thorn, so the natives are supposed to act as thorns in people’s (and animals’) sides and can easily become accomplished killers.
Most Sula people have a knack for getting others into trouble and are often recognized as complete morons or idiots, largely thanks to their mix of innocence or power, misplaced trust or suspicion, and near total absence of education and even common sense. No savvy or due diligence is associated with this yoga.
Sula natives know how to assert themselves and not at all compassionate they have no inclination to pull any punches in a fight nor any hesitation to kill if it suits their needs – and these are very needy people! The most introverted have the worst need of all: The need to be needed. This can cause them to advise or prescribe care even when it is not needed (or see to it that it is).
Although eager to acquire money general incompetence usually keep people of this yoga without any wealth. As a rule they also lack long-time partners, friends and associates. They are apt to be audacious and despite being socially rejected they are often famous. They are supposed to have many means of livelihood.
Without contradictory indications Sula people exude no warmth and exhibit no sense of tact. Most often they come across as moronic, crude or wicked. They are supposed to be exceedingly quarrelsome. At their best they express indignant remarks, and at their worst they are lovers of injustice. A few are habitual liars and are justly rewarded with personal tickets to hell.
The most womanly natives can swiftly, and in a moment’s notice, commit petty or ruthlessly violent acts spawned by animosity, timidity or suspicion. Their jealousy is quickly kindled, and they know how to hate relentlessly. The most manly inhabitants tend to be stern and have very little if any confidence. They easily become afflicted by paranoia.
Ambitious and capable of arduous mental work these people are more in their heads than in their hearts. Some have an urge to better themselves leading them to become versatile thinkers and seek perfection and quality in all things. All are likely to display touchiness and indignation. Most are prone to become addicts. The women, though intelligent, are full of prejudices. The most introverted and least confident cannot be happy in close relationships, especially family relations, unless everyone else is submissive, or if you prefer, in their possession.
People of this yoga are more inclined to be thinkers than lovers and to value friendship above love. Relations come and go quickly (like most things for these people). While they last they tend to suffer from unnecessary conflicts and misunderstandings. There can be plenty of passion and frenzy, but very little love and lust. The men are usually incompetent, ill-tempered or small-minded. Autistic qualities, including a lack of geniality, being silent or having a sharp tongue and harsh words, make happiness scarce for the women.
Although severely lacking in spiritual awareness there is a clear inclination towards religion and the most introverted natives will be religious, practise magic and witchcraft, or worship purification, especially through ecstasy and death. For both the men and the women a sense of humility facilitates prayer.
Sula yoga promotes martial or morbid interests and can at its worst bring forth a life of utter horror. Turmoil, curiosity and secrecy, or demonic and idiotic habits cause health and longevity to suffer. Its natives are prone to homicidal or suicidal thoughts, or to be closely affected by deadly diseases threatening their own life or the life of a spouse or a child.
Natives inclined to medicine may be active in
bizarre and grotesque methods of disease prevention,
diagnostication or treatment.
Some on the fringes will be largely harmless and seen as con artists,
others more short-sighted will be considered mainstream,
but be all the more lethal
(there are good reasons why medical doctors are the most prolific serial killers
and for expressions such as the cure was worse than the disease
).
This yoga presents a clear and obvious lack of lucidity, and quite expectedly a great many natives are extraordinarily poor listeners. While killing overtly as a soldier or covertly as a doctor comes naturally, these people have a difficult time learning sympathy and understanding – and even basic communication. Those natives who are not clinically insane or having traits of genuine autism are likely to suffer from overwork, post-traumatic stress, or secret drug abuse.
Sula people tend to be socially arrested at the level of preteens, insecure and touchy or timid and suspicious. As soon as they let go of their pride or their mental concepts, they can begin to learn some ethics or ideals. This will cause them to gain confidence and even competence; eventually they can start to relate to other people the way sane people do. (Really? Yes – at least in theory.)
This yoga is associated with some fame but very limited fortune. It is unlikely to lead to prominent positions in society. Its most typical natives may become medical doctors, technicians, researchers, private investigators, ministers, clerics, supervisors, regulators, carpenters, soldiers, commandos and pioneers, or at best artists, generals and emperors of very difficult fortune.
Do not judge, or you too will be judged.
– Matthew 7:1
See example charts of Sula Yoga below.
Supplemental Indications
Saturn in Scorpio or Aries, or to a lesser extent Saturn with Mars, corroborate the typical expression of this yoga. Add a New Moon in either sign and it should make the innocent or insane picture painted above complete. Without contradictory indications IQ is well below average. The same goes for virility, general knowledge, charm, aesthetics, geniality and philosophical or higher understanding. With Saturn in Scorpio there are traits of moronic incompetence, extreme touchiness and plenty of passion. Its natives can be genuine demons of jealousy. They are highly ambitious and likely to completely wear themselves out as they want the maximum of self-justification with the minimum of self-yielding. They also run an increased risk of paranoia. With Saturn in Aries there is an emphasis on self-defence. This placement conveys idiocy of the second degree (only beaten by Venus in the same sign) and indicates an almost unbelievable knack for misunderstanding other people’s intentions. Quarrelsome, immoral and wicked beyond belief, these people thrive on conflicts and suspicion. With no effort at all they can put on a show horrific and powerful enough to last a life time. If nothing else, it will thoroughly teach you why hell knows no fury like a woman scorned. The free demonstration will most likely continue until you manage to cease all contact. More wisely used, the heightened attention indicated by this Saturn can lead its natives towards self-betterment and long arduous mental work by which they succeed in transforming themselves into the sort of people who do not require constant defending. In both signs superficiality replaces love and happiness. Rather than accepting whatever changes are necessary for peaceful cooperation they are more likely to blaze desperate, demonic, ruthless and self-destructive trails through life. Idiotic or at best patriotic until death you may consider yourself lucky if you manage to get away from one of them with your life and being intact!
The Best
Mars alone in the signs of this yoga emphasizes its best traits including versatility, courage, humility, reverence, technical ease and intelligentness. In Scorpio there is the power of command, the ability to take charge and start new things. A powerful drive for freedom and with it a keen sense of solidarity makes fame likely. These are very able people, and they are excellent with all kinds of technology. They are usually passionately positive about everything they do and can offer great encouragement to others. God is on their side. This position of Mars increases passion for women and may also promote lesbianism, or at least feminism, in females. In Aries there is the power of magic, the ability to draw others and hold them. Libido is perfect. These people are inclined to be rich and honorable, they like to be clean, and can be models of loyalty. They are powerful, modest and intelligent and can be very sharp in business. They are often silent and sometimes timid. They usually side with God. This indication heightens the hunger for men and is also the second most common placement of Mars among faggots. Also the Sun in the signs of this yoga strengthens its most auspicious qualities. In Aries it boosts thinking, ambition, presence, humility and solidarity. These people are very versatile and can get on top of most anything and anyone. In Scorpio it improves attention, reverence, libido, cleanliness and loyalty. These natives are highly intelligent and can make excellent researchers or private investigators. Although usually very good and fortunate, these benefic placements of Mars and the Sun see their auspicious traits significantly reduced when combined with undignified Sankhya Yogas. In all undignified combinations they tend to emphasize the more dire Martian traits, especially lack of tact and diplomacy. The Sun in Aries runs a risk of paranoia and bad temper. Mars in Scorpio can lack confidence and be too commanding. With Mars in Aries there is impatience and a propensity to assert oneself at the wrong times, resulting in abrupt speech and sharp retorts. The Sun in Scorpio supports idiocy and can cause unhappiness in much the same way as Mars in Aries.
The Worst
Venus in the signs of this yoga goes beyond its typical expression
and brings out the absolutely worst Martian traits
and reduces the Venusian qualities to zero.
These two placements represent the opposite of lucid and reliable,
and are the most common among murderers, serial killers
and other extreme criminal offenders.
While additional supporting indications,
such as this highly undignified sankhya yoga,
are required to guarantee antisocial behavior,
they always reduce IQ, social and communication skills.
In Scorpio there can be plenty of paranoia,
and conflicts flourish.
These natives have very high standards and can be extremely touchy.
They tend to be more quarrelsome than everyone else,
and they know how to be unjust.
They are supposed to be disappointed and unhappy in love.
In Aries there is plenty of enmity,
and prejudices abound.
This placement is number one for idiocy.
Severe timidity can lead to silentness and support genuine autism.
These natives tend to be very active
and can be insensitive, jealous and vengeful in the extreme;
lethal behavior is second nature.
They are themselves easily offended,
but are nonetheless very good at overriding other people.
They are materialistic and impotent.
Love, sympathy and understanding are all related to themselves;
preteen tantrums carry on all life.
They could not care less about group social problems.
In neither sign is there any sense of tact or good taste.
Justice, ethics, and happiness are sorely lacking.
These people make the most unlikely
and the most difficult mothers and fathers.
Without counter indications there is zero social or romantic attraction,
and the chance of conceiving male children for the men should be close to zero as well.
Since Venus rules semen its quality should be low.
For the women infertility is likely.
With any of the corroborating supplemental indications for this or the previous yogas
the results can be horrifying,
including but not limited to manipulation, intrigue, jealousy, secrecy,
politics, grandioseness, austerity measures
,
pseudo-psychiatry, vengeance and killing for its own sake.
Contradictory
Planets in Libra and Taurus go some way to weaken the typical traits of this yoga. An unafflicted Saturn in either sign and a strong Venus exactly contradict and can at best negate most of its worst traits. The Moon or Venus in Libra usually improve IQ and general confidence. Substitute Taurus for Libra and natural instincts and general competence see growth. In both signs there is a good chance of contracting venereal disease. Also the best supplemental indications for the other superior yogas (Pasa and Veena) can somewhat trim the many challenges associated with this one. Venus and Jupiter unafflicted in Pisces greatly improves the intellect and lends a sense of humor, taking some of the edge off these people’s otherwise very thorny personalities.
Kedara Yoga
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle
than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
– Mark 10:25
Kedara Yoga represents geniuses of all kinds, youthful and full of ideas. It also indicates people who become experts in their field. Generally easy to deal with, cheerful, bold, honest or helpful, and always kind to their own relatives they also tend to experience a fair share of luck in life.
Kedara natives are appreciated for their usefulness and the respect they show their fellow beings. They have limited comprehension and may change their minds frequently or endlessly await orders, but there is nothing wrong with their memories and they can master details with relative ease.
Their rather narrow and precise brains incline these people to science, sport and all things related to sex, altruism and commerce. They tend to be open and direct with other people and usually miss few opportunities to question or persuade. Despite all their cleverness and glibness, they are usually not very interested in higher education, philosophical or spiritual matters. A few natives may suffer from dyslexia or some other learning disorder.
As gifted dealers they know how to make money from pretty much anything. In business their verbal abilities yield great gains. Monetary income comes so easily and is handled so expertly that some wealth down-the-road is almost guaranteed, and once attained most unlikely to go away. Not surprisingly, the world’s wealthiest people tend to be natives of this yoga.
This yoga is mostly dignified, and its people are supposed to be courteous, dutiful and earn honors, but there are a few things that can become issues if not counteracted by other indications. Kedara natives are a lot more sensual and body-conscious than the average person and as a result their daily activities often involve sport, sex and cosmetics to a degree few but Americans would consider normal. Magnified sensuality and shameless capriciousness lead many of the more extroverted natives to become world-class players and the more introverted to frequent prostitutes.
For the majority of natives morality is not a priority or even a familiar concept, and quite a few inhabitants are likely to stretch the rules of the game a bit too far and become part of outright scams. Letting the end justify the means, a significant number could cheerfully walk over bodies to fulfill their desires.
Even at the best of times, many natives favor coercion over willful cooperation. Torture is not out of the question. Other things to watch out for include cruelty to animals (people included), endless repetition, and if supported by introvert indications and an undignified yoga ruler or an extremely weak atmakaraka, also atheism. Truth with a capital T is not associated with this yoga.
Although most natives of this yoga tend to be respectful towards other people, the amorality indicated means there is a need for specific indications strengthening Jupiter, Venus and Saturn. Without any of these there is a lack of remorse for wrongs committed. Emotions tend to be weak if not nonexistent. These people are common targets of bullying.
A significant number of the most extroverted natives can exhibit all the traits of full-blown psychopathy, including boredom, cant, teasing, caprice, disease, rapid and illogical lying, narrow charm, deceit, meanness, taking advantage of other people’s benevolence, and lacking emotion and ability to meaningfully associate with other people. These psychopaths are slow learners and pretty much unable to learn from past mistakes. They can commit rape without a trace of conscience.
Some of the most introverted natives can reveal all the traits of madness, including puritanism, jaundice, indecision, sickness, coldness, resentment, malice, aggression, cruelty, senselessness, mocking the beliefs of other people and having irrational beliefs of their own. These mad people tend to be dyslexic and often enjoy using profane and gross language. They can commit murder without a trace of shame.
Kedara Yoga indicates mostly good fortune, and in general the people of this yoga have few really difficult issues to deal with. Nonetheless, most natives tend to be emotionally undeveloped much like teenagers, narrow and senseless, until they reach their 60s, by which time the questioning and freshness of youth should have given way to humor and insight.
Although traditionally associated with the agricultural profession, Kedara Yoga associates all people who are fond of money or numbers or both and do all their thinking inside the box or literally in the case of this yoga inside their field. This includes land owners, entrepreneurs, merchants, accountants, critics, lecturers, scribblers, wordsmiths, publishers, announcers, programmers, mathematicians, scientists, engineers and physicians (Useful? You tell me!).
Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power,
we have guided missiles but misguided men. – Martin Luther King, Jr.
See example charts of Kedara Yoga below.
Supplemental Indications
Saturn in Gemini or Virgo, or to a lesser extent Saturn with Mercury, corroborate the typical expression of this yoga. If both Saturn and Venus are unafflicted this yoga boosts the IQ. About a third of these people’s personalities exhibit antisocial potential. The other two thirds reflect their more typical asocial, but ingenious, practical, useful, sensual, decent (sometimes even chaste), formal, dry, cheerful, helpful, wealthy and lucky traits. With Saturn in Gemini reaction to experience is rapid and the mind too. These people are articulate and can be extremely alert, especially in money matters. They are very rarely stalemated even by the most complicated situations. Adaptability is their great strength, but also their weakness, since they are willing to try anything once. In Virgo this yoga can produce sticklers for rules and methods, smug students, glib engineers and generally helpful people. They are tough drillmasters, but no executives. They can be great at service, but can also complain about work, and may even refuse to work at all. Usually they will work overtime to do what they have to do thoroughly, or to do added work that is in direct line of duty. If they are doing efficiently and accurately what is expected of them they are likely to feel pretty well pleased with themselves. This placement of Saturn might also be the best for success in sport. It will in any case support an active life-style. A dignified Mercury underlines the typical traits of this yoga and should make both loftiness and crookedness very unlikely.
Together with a highly or fully dignified Sun (well-functioning brain) this yoga protects against mental illness. Psychosis, problems with memory or reason, mental instability, superiority complexes and narcissism are highly improbable. Here are a few vocations (in addition to those already given in the main text) this yoga can encourage with the help of a dignified Sun: In Leo a good actor or youthful ruler, in Cancer a glib author or wealthy businesswoman, in Aries a great thinker, versatile artist or intrepid soldier, and in Scorpio an intelligent researcher, sharp investigator or reverent cleric. Without a highly or fully dignified Sun and unless at least one of Jupiter, Venus or Saturn is fully dignified in its primary sign (Sagittarius, Libra and Aquarius for a man; Pisces, Taurus and Capricorn for a woman) and Venus is unafflicted, this potentially antisocial Sankhya Yoga reveals low IQ and can promote madness, sociopathy and pseudo-psychiatry. Indications of mental illness, such as a highly or fully afflicted Sun, Mars or Mercury, must also be present. In addition, for the most severe pseudo-psychiatric practices (electroconvulsive therapy, insuline shock therapy, drug treatments, etc.), there must be at least two directly antisocial indications, such as a combust Mercury, Rahu in Scorpio, Neptune in Virgo or Jupiter in Aries.
The Sun in Gemini or Virgo boosts some of the good and some of the bad traits of this yoga, but mental development is slightly retarded and the potential for antisocial behavior mentioned in the main text becomes readily apparent. Mental issues are likely to crop up. In Gemini bravery is lacking and nervousness has partly replaced boldness. This is the sign that epitomizes discontent and psychopathy. These people tend to be unemotional, boring and illogical by nature. At best they are right slightly less often than they are wrong. At worst they can remain mean and nasty children all their lives. In Virgo any enthusiasm is often hidden and sickness has demoted soundness. This is the sign that typifies discomfort and all sorts of evil and stupidity. These natives are cold, senseless and irrational by nature. They know pessimism by heart and when it meets their fertile imagination they can experience countless imaginary problems. Without strong contradictory indications, such as Venus in Libra or Taurus, people with the Sun in either sign can easily turn antisocial. Those with the Sun in Gemini can become criminals on a whim and those with the Sun in Virgo will not think twice before becoming murderers. Note that this mostly dignified yoga lessens the inauspicious impact of these mostly undignified placements of the Sun.
The best supplemental indications for the previous yogas facilitate the expression of the most auspicious traits of this yoga. The Sun in Leo or Cancer coupled with Mars in Aries or Scorpio should bring most of its ingenious or expert potential to fruition. Clever ideas, communication skills, intelligence and mental prowess abound!
The Best
Mercury alone in the signs of this yoga emphasizes its best qualities. Since these people tend to be open or at least frank with others they are less likely to develop psychoses or superiority complexes. Natives with Mercury in Virgo are scientific, clever, lucky, youthful, ingenious, jolly and highly sexual. They have no difficulty coming up with new and useful ideas nor making bold and rapid strides in the world as it is. They know how to be subtle and can be formal in the best way possible. People with Mercury in Gemini are studious, literate, honest, discreet, candid, sporty and highly sensual. Their business acumen can be extraordinary. They like to be active and are no strangers to manual labor. They enjoy physical exercise of all forms. As a rule, they should have no difficulty sensing the world around them nor concentrating on the task at hand. Records and notes are likely to be spotless and precise. Some natives are extremely eloquent and may at times sound a bit too pleased with themselves. Both of these fully dignified placements of Mercury aid reasoning and concentration. They are somewhat uncommon among lesbians and faggots. Also an unafflicted Mars in the signs of this yoga should significantly boost all its best traits. Mars in Virgo is big on science and values openness. There is plenty of cleverness here, but its natives run a risk of getting stuck on details. They should master detail, forget it, and then go to work on more essential things. These people have a cheerful love for the fair sex and can make pretty playful and exciting company. Their qualities are in most ways similar to those indicated for Mercury in the same sign, but these people are not quite as clever and perhaps somewhat more thoughtful. This placement of Mars is the second most frequent among lesbians. Mars in Gemini likes to be active and values speed, especially high speed. These people tend to be extremely verbal, eloquent, glib and precise. They are better talkers than listeners and can be extensive in their remarks written or spoken. A few natives may be puritanical, but most are highly sensual, and all enjoy the physical expressions of love. They share most of their characteristics with natives of Mercury in the same sign, but can be slightly less communicative and, if possible, even more geared towards business.
The Worst
Jupiter in the signs of this yoga goes beyond its typical expression and brings out the absolutely worst Mercurian traits and can reduce the Jovian qualities to zero. Morality falls below average and the full antisocial potential of the planet Mercury is available. Hubris, mocking, stupidity, indecision, malice, senselessness, discontent and irritability all assume royal status. Any sense of humor is usually missing and language difficulties are likely. Sensuality is heightened to an extreme level and the sensual desires are difficult to control. Without counter indications, such as a strong Neptune in Sagittarius or Pisces, Venus in the same signs, Libra or Taurus, or a highly or fully dignified Saturn, these people suffer complete intellectual and emotional retardation. Even with some of these counter indications, but without planets in Sagittarius and Pisces, the intellectual and emotional capacity is clearly limited. Jupiter in Virgo can reveal psychopathy. The most extroverted natives can become philanderers and even rapists. Only through cheer luck are they more likely to acquire money than earn time in prison. Without conflicting indications they can be clever propagandists. Most are narrow, neurotic, joyless and without vision, but great risk takers. Unless mitigated by counter indications, such as a strong and unafflicted Venus in Libra, these natives are capable of tormenting others without a shred of feeling or emotion. This placement is the second most common among lesbians. Jupiter in Gemini is likely to show signs of madness. Its natives are big on sensation, but their ability to synthesize and make logical connections is restricted. Usually they like sport a lot and wealth accumulation even more. Generosity and prosperity are limited by egoism. Generality has been replaced by complexity, the old by the new, truth by triviality, and solution by repetition. This placement supports pessimism and puritanism. Unless alleviated by other indications these people have a major cruel streak. The worst and most introverted natives personify monsters of evil. Through discreetness they can get away with murder. Many are drawn to use vulgar language as a way to express their disproportionate sexual desires. Their complexion might be expected to be paler than average and their health delicate. Their hair tends to be prematurely gray or white, very thin or unevenly distributed, often with a receding hairline. This position is the second least frequent among lesbians. Venus in the same signs presents a slightly less extreme picture, but one that in most ways is even worse than for Jupiter. These natives are supposed to be unlikely mothers and fathers, and they rarely come equipped with any sense of logic, truth or humor. Sometimes it may even be difficult to tell if they are alive or not. Social skills are at best limited, and they are more likely to be antisocial than compassionate or tactful. Venus in Gemini is capricious and gullible in nature. Its natives ought to probe themselves to see if they are getting the most out of life, or if they are only skimming the surface. For them it is almost as important to express their emotions as to feel them. They can be wonderful companions, sophisticated, knowing all the answers. They may go on to another love, another experience, but they will retain a feeling of comradery with everyone they have ever known. In Virgo there is routine unreliability. These people are big on proprieties, but they can also stray from the beaten track if they have convinced themselves it is all right. They substitute self-justification for remorse. Small niceties are emotionally important to them, and if they are not careful, they will substitute the sentimentalities of love for love itself. They are petty-minded, shameless and inclined to be wealthy. People may have to remind them that the proprieties were made to serve a purpose, and that before there can be an emotional code there must be emotions. To have proprieties for their own sake is like having a general and no army. Both these highly undignified positions of Venus promote youthfulness, materialistic or sacrilegious behavior, and extramarital sex. They are clearly more common among faggots and lesbians than expected by chance.
Contradictory
Planets in Sagittarius and Pisces weaken the typical traits of this yoga. Saturn in either sign or Jupiter conjunct Saturn exactly contradict and can at worst negate its best traits. However, they also add emotion and can remove some of the indecision. The worst supplemental indications for the next yoga go even further to reduce the enviable qualities of this one, but they bring little or no good in their place. The corresponding indications for the remaining superior yogas also work to weaken its useful and ingenious traits. So too does an afflicted Mercury, but if combust or placed in Leo or Cancer it also boosts the antisocial potential of this yoga.
The best supplemental indications for the next yoga speed up intellectual, moral, emotional and language development. They also make these people less stingy and more generous, less conforming and more interesting, as well as less irritable and more silly, which is nothing to sneeze at. At best they can also add an interest in Truth and a sense of humor. An unafflicted Venus in Pisces can mitigate the typical callousness of this yoga. The best supplemental indications for the other superior yogas promote literacy, general knowledge, tolerance, sympathy and understanding, among other things. Saturn unafflicted in Aquarius and Venus unafflicted in Libra go a very long way to alleviate any antisocial tendencies indicated elsewhere. Venus adds virility, sympathy and smarts, and Saturn talent, strength and steadfastness. The same planets in Capricorn and Taurus improve social skills, remove all puritanical traits, and advance an interest in philosophy and spirituality. At least one of these supplemental indications must be highly or fully dignified to counter the potential psychopathy or madness of this yoga when its ruler is afflicted by combustion, or there are one or more directly antisocial indications. With a dignified Sankhya Yoga such as this one, provided the ruler is not fully combust, genuine psychopathy and madness can also be ruled out when there are unafflicted and strong planets enjoying exalted or full essential dignity in Sagittarius, Pisces, Libra, Taurus, Aquarius or Capricorn.
Although the Sun in either sign somewhat undermines the objectivity and weakens the respect for other people innate to this yoga it also strengthens the intellect, its vision and insight. At best such a Sun may even lend a sense of humor, thus adding a little joy or sorrow to these people’s otherwise rather dull or narrow personalities.
Pasa Yoga
Pasa Yoga defines intellectuals in particular and heroic and generous people in general. This yoga is in many ways the exact opposite of the previous. It shows a mixed fortune with a good many trials and tribulations thrown in. Though there can be considerable prosperity, there will also be matching expenses. Its best natives are supposed to be surrounded by friends and dear to all. Any wealth is likely to be rightfully acquired.
Pasa people understand the meaning of right and wrong and you may be led to exclaim: Finally some moral people! But soon you realize that these people are a lot more concerned with the morality of other people than with their own. Pasa means noose or snare and the natives of this yoga are supposed to end up snared by pomp and circumstance, misery and sorrow, or their own moral transgressions. Unless other indications contradict they are devoid of virtues and good manners.
This is the first superior Sankhya Yoga, meaning among other things that it is more adult than childish. As a logical consequence its most extroverted natives are also the first to make any sense as leaders. Most of these are, however, supposed to be characterless and devoted to silliness, while a much smaller number can make impressive forces for good. All kinds are capable of frequently condemning the horrible actions of other people. In general they tend to talk too much and they usually come equipped with a real gift for being blunt and impolite.
Being superior often makes it more difficult to concentrate. This is particularly true for the people of this yoga, who are only rarely committed to the task at hand. They are more likely to be looking to the far off, the distant past or future, or to appear accommodating and interested in other people, while hard at work daydreaming of something completely different.
In theory superiority also increases the risk of victimization and hardship. Since inferiority is associated with childhood the inferior yogas may enjoy a level of protection that the superior yogas do not. The life indicated by this yoga is supposed to come with numerous setbacks. Its natives may be the most likely victims of psychopaths. Out-of-control expenditures and dishonesty (most of all their own) tend to follow them wherever they go. Their health is likely to be at least slightly below average and for the most worrying it can suffer quite a lot.
These people value independence more than association and are supposed to be especially attached to their livelihoods, professions, vocations or life missions. Without contradictory indications they have self-applauding tendencies and most natives of this yoga can probably be accurately described as cosmopolitan, irreligious and engaged in idolatry (not the least of themselves). They are also supposed to have many sexual partners.
In itself there is nothing directly antisocial about this yoga, but there does not seem to be much of anything truly social either. Most natives tend to be irresponsible and not surprisingly (given all of the above) also liable to be imprisoned. Some of their redeeming qualities include appreciation for higher values, often remarkable insight into universal truth, and a benevolent inclination to forgive any and all trespasses. The very best natives uphold moral principles and are liked in royal circles.
Superiority can also become a psychological complex and these people are the most likely candidates for it.
As a result of this literally grandiose challenge they can be difficult to reach.
Not because they seek solitude or loneliness,
which they do not,
but rather because of their broad disinterest in fact, objectivity, and common ground.
Reason is a thing for mere mortals and not for these demigods
.
For the extroverted this psychology can produce impractical visionaries keeping their wagons hitched to the stars
and likely driving them (and their occupants) into the ditch.
For the introverted intuition is their best and their worst enemy,
because, right or wrong, they have a sense of it being right.
Do not expect things to move very quickly whenever these people make you a promise. They do have a conscience and they will probably feel a bit guilty about missing a deadline, but they are all but practical and definitely not expedient. Never forget that talking takes a lot of time for these people, so how on Earth can they be expected to get anything done according to any ordinary (not to mention prompt) schedule?
This yoga is home to heretics and apostates. They will not give in to unfairness or illogical argument, nor compromise with the Truth. They are also reluctant to compromise with people. They believe the world should live by their principles, their codes, and their moral standards, which might perhaps be alright (at least if they lived by them too).
The more introverted natives are absent, wandering, easily led and when distressed likely to fall into drug abuse and crime. They may harbor a lot of weird notions and are in many ways very unusual, but think everyone else is. They are probably the most emotional people you will find anywhere. If they do not get what they want they may cry you a river. Reason will get you nowhere. They prefer withdrawal to arguing.
Although usually very pleased with their own attributes, beliefs and actions, the people of this yoga tend to have few good words to say about anyone else. Instead they are supposed to speak ill of others. If you hear them speak anything but well of themselves you should be positively surprised. Personally I am still waiting. Let us hope you are more lucky!
Pasa natives are probably also the ones most prone to obsessions. Those who do not become gamblers and professional losers are likely to get hooked on chemical stimulants, fantasy, or just being right. Through reckless and irresponsible behavior they can easily become too terrific for their own good. Crime is an easy trap for these people, and an above average number of the most introverted natives should become shoplifters, robbers and cheats.
Apart from its lack of flexibleness and intelligence, discrimination and ingenuity, reason and objectivity, honesty and expediency, boldness and candidness, if one had to pick the worst trait innate to this yoga it would probably have to be its pretentiousness. Many natives hold this unwarranted claim of superiority also in the company of people who happen to be more fun and caring, more able and intelligent, more useful and ingenious, more loving and understanding, as well as more successful and wiser than themselves, which after all most people are.
This yoga tends to make people outspoken. Able to seamlessly integrate both good and bad conduct, its natives can preach the moral high ground one moment and act like complete crooks the next – if not both at the same time. Synthesis and generalization are their lines of expertise. They have little difficulty grasping ideas, the more general the better, but have to cultivate understanding of people, as well as learn tact and refinement.
Clearly, the general picture of this yoga is not very appealing to most people, but all is not bad: Its best natives can show both mercy and compassion. Many are inclined to promote vegetarianism and quite a few may even become vegetarians themselves. Most natives should experience recurring moments of bliss and emotional comfort. The more extroverted are highly competitive and almost all natives are supposed to be skillful in work. With supporting indications they can easily handle any of the societal functions of the first three Sankhya Yogas. Life is never going to be dull with this yoga.
Pasa natives have whole-souled respect for their own abilities and with time and introspection profound capacity for knowing themselves. They are less interested in fun, money and sex than in the joys of intellect. They have moved from detailed to general knowledge and from temporal to eternal expression. Thus they are immune to boredom and likely to be more athletic than sporty and more poetic than wordy. They care little for dogma and details irk them.
Most natives may at times display moral courage. All forms of travel get their horses running, be it on the seven seas of the world, in the realms of fantasy, or through poetic and academic truth. A great sense of humor and a true love of language ease their journeys. At home everywhere, they are generally good at making friends and keeping them. They are supposed to be deceiving in disposition and have many servants, although a good number of these may not be aware of their positions.
The introverted natives are inclined to drunkenness, but usually stop short of becoming full-blown alcoholics. Nevertheless their crooked ways help raise their chances of landing in prison. Failing that fortune the most fanciful natives of this yoga are very likely to end up in so called mental institutions. The most generous and the least lucky may get labelled with pseudo-psychiatric diagnoses, most typically schizophrenia. The least generous and the most psychotic with strong enough antisocial indications may try to pin mental illness on other people. All Pasa natives can be crafty, and deception is usually second nature.
This yoga indicates people of predominantly chaotic or pitiful dispositions. Without contradictory indications they may stay silly or crooked, preachy and self-righteous, lofty or withdrawn throughout their lives. At best rationality and insight may overtake pompousness and wretchedness about the time these people turn 50. Genuine religion will set them free.
Pasa Yoga is associated with the broadest mass of people, and there are few occupations in which the natives of this yoga cannot make a positive difference. However, if they are not involved in intellectual pursuits as leaders and academics they may become especially pompous or wretched. Their best, most typical, and most likely functions in society are as teachers, poets, writers, journalists, preachers, missionaries, comedians, composers, athletes, lawyers, kings and scribes.
See example charts of Pasa Yoga below.
Supplemental Indications
Saturn in Pisces or Sagittarius, or to a lesser extent Saturn with Jupiter, corroborate the the typical expression of this yoga. Sobriety is unlikely and for the most introverted natives drinking bouts are almost certain, but without supporting indications these people are not genuine alcoholics. For all natives emotions tend to overshadow fact and objectivity. They view other people as somewhat lesser beings or at least very often treat them as if they were. Saturn in Pisces stresses introspection. These natives could not care less about factual circumstances. Their reaction to experience is almost wholly subjective: sunshine is shadow if they are feeling bad; and clouds are harbingers of joy if they are feeling good. Life can seem hard to these often gifted and occasionally blissful people. Their struggle with the world is the inner struggle between the good and bad within themselves. If they see life as too difficult they can give up the struggle and become withdrawn. If they learn to master themselves they can be content with self-approval without any objective testimony of their worth, but if the introspection goes deeper they realize that self-approval is not enough, and require that self-approval wait for the approval of others. This is the second most common placement of Saturn among lesbians. Saturn in Sagittarius indicates a superiority complex in its most straightforward form. Nothing holds these dauntless and cunning people back, nor are they driven from within by any psychological necessities. Life is their cry – especially the life of the intellect – and they will range both the temporal and the eternal if they get half a chance, but without strong extrovert indications, such as Venus in Libra or Pisces, they can easily become hermits. They worry a lot and since they usually follow the line of least resistance they tend to be dishonest whenever possible. This placement and Saturn conjunct Jupiter are common indications in the birth charts of people diagnosed with schizophrenia. They also support mild drug problems, such as cannabis use. Sagittarius is the second most common placement of Saturn among faggots. Since Jupiter is the planet of kings and queens, both these positions of Saturn (the planet of strength, esteem and standing in society) increase the likelihood of their natives assuming such roles. Even if they do not become kings or queens, princes or princesses, their loftiness and general lack of humility should be unmistakable.
Undignified inferior planets in superior signs support the typical lack of character associated with this yoga. Such indications can boost dishonesty and loftiness, or add similar traits, including sneakiness and hardness. Their natives tend to mistreat those who treat them with respect and please those who abuse them. Put another way they are more familiar with those outside their family and more engaged with those they are not engaged to. Unless the Moon is dignified, the Sun in Capricorn is likely to produce a wuss who will not learn the meaning of fun, faithfulness, empathy, loyalty, fidelity, honesty and openness before it is too late. Some early victimization of these natives might help explain their narcissistic and aloof behavior, but even a good explanation cannot return what they may steal, so I leave it up to you to decide how to best go about them – in very big circles maybe? Natives with the Sun in Aquarius are often stronger and more idealistic, but unless both Venus and the Moon are strong and idealistic as well they tend to be hard on their families and intimates. Doing the opposite of what is expected of them is usually one of their perverse habits. In any case prudence and efficacy are never among their strong points, nor are bravery and empathy. To little or no surprise these natives can be perfect jerks. They frequently return faith with faithlessness and care with carelessness.
Since the typical natives of this yoga are supposed to be high-sounding and bereft of good qualities, they are obviously not the most easy people to live with, but if they lack antisocial tendencies some of their worst flaws might be alleviated through simple therapy or through religion. If they are not these people will experience increasingly difficult trials and tribulations. The situation can be a lot worse for natives who have this yoga along with antisocial indications. This yoga aggravates the effects of such indications, since its natives will usually still perceive themselves as flawless, or at least not acknowledge any flaws of their own. If Saturn or Venus are undignified it is especially hard to deal with these people, but if Jupiter is at least mostly dignified (e.g. unafflicted and strong in Taurus) and the Sun is not situated in Gemini or Virgo this superior sankhya yoga offers protection against psychopathy and madness. If on the other hand Jupiter is situated in Gemini, Virgo, Aries or Scorpio, or conjunct Mercury or Mars, there can still be genuine psychopathy or worse. Without contradictory indications there are no therapy options for these people. The only way of dealing with them is through deterrents. If the Sun is in a mutable sign normal or natural association with other people is more or less missing. In case the Sun is highly or fully undignified and acting as the atmakaraka the whole chart is weakened: Character, faith, calm, empathy, productivity, goodness, humility and respect for others are all lacking.
A highly or fully dignified Saturn enables the best expression of this yoga. If strong and unafflicted in Aquarius or Capricorn it can make these people wiser, more practical or at least more studious and a lot more insightful or rational than the average person. In Taurus or Libra it raises the IQ and general understanding or the competence and general happiness. All these indications strengthen the best intellectual qualities of this yoga and also add some authority, discipline, charisma or social skills.
The Best
Jupiter alone in the signs of this yoga emphasizes its best qualities. Intellectual capacity, character, and a strong moral sense lead the way to prosperity. Natives with Jupiter in Sagittarius are optimistic, generous and humorous. They seek opportunities along intellectual and non-material lines. They value independence and can make excellent teachers or lawyers. They readily perceive the truth and immediately detect any lies. Usually popular and highly competitive, they easily rise to importance. Their vision is clear, and if Saturn and Venus concur they can become moral kings or benevolent political leaders. A few may even become genuine heroes. These people are unlikely to abandon anyone no matter what the circumstances, but if a person has committed repeated moral transgressions they will not hesitate to quickly bring him or her down. Their corrective actions resemble strikes of lightning. This is the most common position of Jupiter among lesbians. Natives with Jupiter in Pisces have a tendency towards introversion. They know tenderness and can be the most gentle of all people. They may seem whimsical, but are, in fact, acting according to a fixed code which is crystal clear to them. If this code is big and unselfish, their whole lives will be miracles of service. If it is little and narrow, their lives will also be miracles of service, but to themselves. To be satisfied with that which also satisfies others is their key to success. If they utilize their power to lose themselves in large, humane ideals they will succeed. This is the least frequent Jupiter placement among lesbians. Also an unafflicted Venus in the signs of this yoga encourages its best traits to emerge. These are indications of emotional depth and intellectual strength. They add ease of understanding and promote a working grasp of at least one foreign language. Venus in Pisces shows outgoing and generous people. They tend to be popular, exalted and humorous. Their own responses are true and fine; they expect the same of others and must learn to estimate others better in order to get back from the world some fair return for all the devotion they give to it. This placement destines natives without a lot of Cancer, Scorpio or Virgo in their charts to be globetrotters. In Sagittarius there are high standards and emotional courage. These natives have hearts unafraid of love; they dare to feel, and to follow their instincts to the last outpost of experience. They do not experiment with love; they do not trifle with their emotions; but others may. Their domestic life is likely to be happy. Both these Venus placements are less frequent among faggots and lesbians than expected by chance. In a group of 715 mostly public figures Venus in Pisces, the second least likely placement after Venus in Libra, is the second most common placement with 70 entries. In a group of 1080 murderers, rapists, frauds and registered sexual offenders, Venus in Pisces is the least frequent placement with only 60 entries (the expected frequency by random distribution is closer to 76).
The Worst
Mercury in the signs of this yoga brings out the worst Jovian traits and may reduce the Mercurian qualities to zero. Without contradictory indications reason and honesty are completely replaced by silliness and craftiness. Both positions reduce luck and wealth, and they effectively cancel any acuity, subtleness or discretion. Natives with Mercury in Sagittarius tend to overlook what is right before their eyes, to neglect what is shouting right in their ear, because their senses are occupied with bigger, or anyway farther-off, things. Sometimes they do not hear little squibs of conversation and thus miss the whole point. These people can be pretentious and are unlikely to engage in debate or argue for their beliefs. There is frequently a superior tone in their voice, and their senses tend to scatter. This position also increases the risk of deception. With Mercury in Pisces the approach to things is far from scientific. Its natives have to struggle to exercise an objective judgement – to see anything for its own sake, without the intrusion of some personal irrelevancy that alters their vision and therefore their judgement. If their best friend has the voice of a screech owl, they will think it music; and if their worst enemy were a Caruso, they would actually believe he was singing off key. Very often there is a dismal tone in their voice. When annoyed by something or someone they are more inclined to become listless than aggressive. They are unlikely to engage in sport but likely candidates for psychosis. The Sun in Capricorn or Taurus in combination with the Moon in Pisces make indications promoting even greater deception and recklessness, as such combinations involve much more of the whole personality. These people can be genuine crooks. Most are no more trustworthy than Tiger Woods – and some will even be lawyers! An important difference is that unlike Tiger, and no matter what low they hit, these people will still act superior. They tend to be useless, sluttish and blunt. They have little or no sense of objectivity and almost always engage in projection. The Sun in Aquarius or Libra in combination with the Moon in Sagittarius give similar complications. These people can be completely visionary, impractical and even psychotic. They are extremely independent and have very strong opinions. They also have great difficulty connecting with other people, in large part thanks to their independence, which inclines them to more than one marriage – if you can even call it that to begin with. Mars in the signs of this yoga reveal slightly less severe conditions. Mars in Pisces might indicate a low and jumpy vitality. These people have a tendency to overestimate their energies and abilities. If possible they should select for themselves activities that do not tax the physical body too much. They could easily be too generous expressing their joy and should allow themselves plenty of time for rest. Most natives could enjoy travel a lot, or at least not enjoy staying in one place for too long. Even more may call themselves scatterbrains. All are supposed to be combative. This is the most common placement of Mars among lesbians. In Sagittarius there is supposed to be a haphazard, slapdash way of doing things. These people may try to move faster than possible sometimes, and trip over things or their own feet. They are unlikely to be studious or scientific, but are usually good-humored. They are always ready to yield, be of comfort and receive joy. They are liable to extremes and may have many foes. This Mars placement is the most common among faggots. In both signs the weakness of the martial planet undermines the ability to exalt passion and reach ecstasy. Self-assertion is either lacking or out of place. These placements also introduce a degree of fantasy or chaos in the thought processes. Loyalty and fidelity need watching. Any religiosity might not be perfectly clean or genuine and may never reach the climactic stage. Natives of both placements are supposed to have few children.
A highly or fully undignified Sun worsens the superior traits of this yoga and also increases the risk of Alzheimer’s disease as well as other severe and chronic mental illnesses. Without contradictory indications the Sun in Libra reveals weakness, poor mental and material balance, envy, irreligiosity, as well as popularity due to loose morals. These natives can be very unstable (examples: Margaret Thatcher, Benjamin Netanyahu, Silvio Berlusconi and Vladimir Putin). The three remaining highly or fully undignified placements of the Sun are no better, just introverted and narcissistic (Taurus: Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Harry Truman and Tony Blair; Capricorn: Robert Edward Lee, Konrad Adenauer, Richard Nixon and Omar al-Bashir) or even less empathetic (Aquarius: Ronald Reagan, Dick Cheney, Kim Jong-Il and Nicolas Sarcozy). Their natives should all be lacking in faith, mental and material development, and public dignity. Transparency and accountability suffer as they often believe themselves to be above the law. The laws passed by governments they circumvent or rewrite, but the law of karma they cannot change or go around. Although superior Sun signs do not indicate evil intentions, it is true that the road to hell is paved with good ones. (The examples given above are for Pasa Yoga only and they all, with the exception of Reagan, Cheney and Sarcozy, have plenty of antisocial indications to go with them, thus they are not to be taken as the most typical examples of these Sun signs. In addition Thatcher, Netanyahu, Berlusconi, Lenin, Blair, al-Bashir, Marx, Nixon, Reagan, Adenauer all have at least partially afflicted fate lines. Thatcher and al-Bashir share theirs with Adolf Eichmann, Pol Pot, Hu Jintao and Barack Obama [Rahu in Leo is a fully undignified placement, going by Rahu being at home in Aquarius]. Lenin shares his with Hitler, Castro and LBJ, not to mention the current Pope [Rahu in Cancer is the polar complement to Rahu in Leo]. Adenauer, Nixon and Netanyahu have Rahu in Aries indicating paranoid and demonic potential like Winston Churchill and Mao Zedong. The remaining blokes have unafflicted fate lines, but Cheney has sidereal Leo rising, which is supposed to indicate a difficult fortune, not dissimilar to Rahu in Leo/Cancer. Putin’s and Sarcozy’s Ascendants are here unknown.)
With Pasa Yoga pseudo-psychiatric practice is perhaps only possible with an undignified Sun. The worst supplemental indications for the previous yogas offer support for pseudo-psychiatry, but they might not be enough on their own. Without a highly or fully dignfied Sun and with a highly or fully afflicted Mars, especially if situated in Taurus for a man or Libra for a woman, natives of this yoga can completely lack intelligence. If there are no planets in Gemini and Virgo, the same can be said with Mercury placed in Sagittarius or Pisces. With the Sun as atmakaraka situated in Sagittarius there is a genuine superiority complex. If supported by any of the above conditions (afflicted Mars or Mercury) and with enough planets linked to the Sun, pseudo-psychiatry is a definite possibility. With the Sun as atmakaraka and placed in Pisces there can be arrogant psychosis. If supported by any of the above afflictions, such natives can be all-out psychotic and also arrogant enough to label other people with pseudo-psychiatric diagnoses. They avoid intimacy and dislike all forms of objective testing and reasoning. They lack humility, attention and empathy, as well as education and good manners. Unlike sane or happy people, natives with Saturn in Aries or Jupiter in Scorpio may want other people to be insane and unhappy too – by manipulation, intrigue or trauma if necessary.
Contradictory
Planets in Gemini and Virgo lessen the typical traits of this yoga. Saturn in either sign or Mercury conjunct Saturn exactly contradict and can significantly reduce the chaoticness and crookedness. However, they also add a hint of indecision and remove some of the emotional maturity. The best supplemental indications for the previous yoga go even further to reduce the unenviable qualities of this one, but leave the better traits alone. The corresponding indications for the remaining inferior yogas also counteract the most useless and disingenuous features. An unafflicted Mercury in Gemini or Virgo makes psychosis unlikely. Jupiter combust or situated in Leo helps build character. In Cancer it lends beauty. Since this is a mostly undignified yoga the potential improvement from contradictory indications is somewhat limited. Nevertheless, dignified inferior planets still lessen the worst traits of this yoga and promote faith, humility, empathy, attention, intimacy, cogitation, objectivity, precision, reason and communication, etc. A dignified Sun increases empathy, mental balance and the ability to learn from mistakes. In Leo it adds bravery and dignity, public and material in particular. If the Sun is fully or highly dignified it improves the character quite significantly, and these natives are thus much less likely to speak ill of others. They are also less likely to be psychotic or diagnosed with pseudo-psychiatric diagnoses. In general, the corroborating and best supplemental indications for the higher yogas as well as the best supplemental indications for the lower yogas mitigate the subjective, reclusive and crafty tendencies of this yoga and make pseudo-psychiatry a less likely occupation. If involving Saturn, Rahu and the Full Moon acting all together, they may even totally negate any possibility of pseudo-psychiatric practice.
The worst supplemental indications for the previous yoga impede the intellectual, moral and emotional development of this one. As a result logic, rationality, truthfulness and morality suffer greatly. They also make their natives less generous and more stingy, less interesting and more conforming, as well as less silly and more irritable. The risk of alcoholism is greatly increased. Venus in Gemini or Virgo adds an atypical callousness to this yoga. Coupled with the Sun in Gemini and Jupiter in Virgo there are playfulness, irritability, disease and lying. Without the best supplemental indications of the following yogas there can be meanness, money, caprice and genuine psychopathy. With the Sun in Virgo and Jupiter in Gemini there are egoism, wealth, resentment, stinginess and physical illness. Without counter indications there can also be cruelty, shamelessness and genuine madness. The worst supplemental indications for the other inferior yogas demote IQ, literacy, general knowledge, tolerance, sympathy and understanding. Pasa people are usually not depressed (more than three months with neither joy nor sorrow), but with both Jupiter and Venus or at least one of them in the signs mentioned and Saturn in Cancer or Leo there can be severe melancholy or genuine depression. An above average number of these natives could be accurately described as alcoholics. Depression should be most likely with Jupiter situated in Gemini or Saturn placed in Leo.
The Sun in Gemini or Virgo is a mixed blessing for this yoga, since it alleviates any tendencies toward psychosis or chaos, but also takes away some of its ease and benevolence. Unless at least two of the planets Jupiter, Venus and Saturn are strong and enjoy high or full essential dignity you would probably not want to be around these natives more than necessary. In Virgo there can be coldness and indifference, in Gemini meanness and caprice.
Dama Yoga
Dama Yoga signifies lovers and pillars of society. This is the first Sankhya Yoga to indicate potential for high IQ. Its natives tend to be good listeners, compassionate, lucid, content and pleasing. Even after a less than fortunate beginning in life and more than a fair share of sadness later on, they are still more inclined to be happy and merry than anything else.
Dama people are supposed to be affluent and devoted to public welfare. They can be great benefactors to humanity and generally excellent people. As such they are often recognized by their polite and relaxed ways and their patience and tolerance. Appealing traits that are commonly exploited by the natives of the previous yogas and thus often making the people of this one appear weak, which they sometimes also are – but not forever.
The more introverted natives can be natural providers and usually come with undisputed competence. They enjoy solitude and nature and would rather be left alone than invited to a party, but eager to please they will rarely say no to anyone looking for company, guidance or anything else. Without contradictory indications they have excellent social skills. The more extroverted natives exude warmth and a good number have enough charisma to sweep any woman off her feet.
Dama natives usually love to do good and since they love themselves they also love others without even thinking about it – and herein lies their only real problem: They can be too relaxed or lenient and think too little before loving some less loving person. They prefer to see good even when there is little of it to be seen. At worst they constantly overestimate others and suffer as a consequence.
Despite their many disappointments in dealing with the mostly unevolved people of this world the natives of this yoga remain naturally sympathetic with the plights of other people. They are inclined to join any number of social causes fighting for peace and justice. The opposite of timid they can become militant if need be. A great number feel at home in the judicial system and in the military, but as educated men and women of courage they also have a great many other ways open to them.
Dama people tend to be prodigies and although they are not really inclined to be competitive they usually cannot help but end up at the forefront of their widely varying careers and reach considerable prominence. The name Dama, meaning garland or wreath, hints at the honor, gems and veneration often bestowed the natives of this yoga. It may perhaps also say something about their attractiveness to the opposite sex, but that is mere speculation on my part.
Since these people demand little, know how to be tactful, and are often born cooperators (as long as their strong sense of justice does not have to be compromized), they make easy persons to live with. However, their possible shortcomings include a minor tendency to suppress emotions and a major inclination to involve sentiments, feelings or too much background data in their decisions, thus at times making their decision processes slower than necessary.
The most extroverted natives are extremely sensitive in every sense possible. They can be particularly warm-hearted and responsive to the feelings of others, and they are easily disturbed by lack of sympathy, or by coldness, or hardness or lack of consideration in those around them. They are also sensitive to noise, loud traffic, barking dogs, bad sights and smells, and all forms of injustice.
All about love and very much about sex these natives are not doing their job if they are not having it, but this does not mean that they are all homosexuals. Instead about a half are bisexual and at least a quarter are predominantly heterosexual. The men are usually pretty and the women generally cute. Together they are supposed to have many sons, some of which are likely to become as prominent as their mothers and fathers.
In general, this yoga indicates relatively little victimization in childhood, but if other indications in the horoscope are supportive of this, there can be difficulties accepting less than ideal realities. Other potential character flaws include lewdness, adultery, corruption, hypersocial behavior and restlessness, complacency or tendencies to go overboard in militant love of justice. Any mental issues these natives might have should dissolve in good company, by themselves around the age of 40, or more immediately as these people commit totally to a spiritual life with full understanding of the law of karma.
This yoga is highly dignified and associates all people involved in pursuit of good taste, justice, happiness and tranquility. Some of their ideal or natural roles in society include aristocrats, scholars, judges, founders, administrators, bankers, negotiators, mediators, diplomats, philosophers, gardeners, cooks, painters, sculptors, military men and warrior women.
See example charts of Dama Yoga below.
Supplemental Indications
Saturn in Taurus or Libra, or to a lesser extent Saturn with Venus, corroborate the typical expression of this yoga. These people’s personalities consist almost entirely of cordial or social qualities. Small and often insignificant portions of their personalities reflect their less typical hypersocial or restless traits, but with other indications in support, such as those mentioned further down, they can grow beyond insignificance. With Saturn in Taurus understanding is second nature. These natives are easy to live with because their deep ego centers do not bristle and writhe at imagined affronts or offences. They are secure if their bodies are secure; and are able to bring a great deal of idealism to bear on all of life’s other problems in which they, unlike many others, can be detached and gracious. Their most significant drawbacks include restlessness and fondness for other people. They can easily become too lenient or at least expect too much of others. This can cause them to lose security by taking it too much for granted and not exercising necessary supervision. Fortunately these people can be secure on little, for stretching money is their long suit. Needless to say they are supposed to be pillars of society. Natives with Saturn in Libra appear to have little need to defend themselves, because their justification comes directly through others. They are capable of being the best adjusted of mortals, living easily with their associates. They have tact and their deep intuition tells them how to win friends and influence people genially and agreeably, rather than through manipulation and intrigue. They are supposed to have few significant shortcomings, but they can be conceited. They are also capable of fervent opposition. Both of these placements of Saturn are common among lesbians with the one in Taurus being the most common of all. They are relatively less frequent among faggots (close to average but with Libra having a slight edge over Taurus). A dignified Venus supports the typical traits of this yoga and should make antisocial behavior, aggression, especially murder, and any other unjustified use of violence extremely exceptional.
This highly dignified Sankhya Yoga can ease the inauspicious impact of less dignified indications involving lower planets. Since it strengthens Venus (the planet of IQ, love, justice and moderation, ethics and aesthetics) it protects against psychosis and severe superiority complexes as well as all the various levels and shades of craziness the inferior yogas have to offer. With Venus highly or fully dignified and a dignified Saturn the protection against disease and sickness, psychopathy and madness, paranoia and insanity, incompetence and pseudo-psychiatry, depression and megalomania is very strong. The risk of addiction in general is low, and it is extremely low when it comes to the most self-destructive drugs, such as alcohol and heroin. With a dignified Sun, Mars and Mercury there is no risk of reclusion, loneliness or poverty. Even if only the Sun is highly or fully dignified severe mental illness or narcissism can be pretty much ruled out. Other character traits that are especially unlikely to become dominant or show up at all with this yoga, provided both Venus and Saturn are strong and unafflicted, include pretence, silliness, secrecy, grandioseness, manipulation, cruelty, cordial and social retardation, xenophobia, laziness, hastiness, senselessness, childishness, arrogance, inferiority complexes, idiocy and impotence, and any other problems with virility. Only fully undignified indications cannot be mitigated by this yoga, such as the Sun in Aquarius or Capricorn, but even with these or similarly extreme indications it will still moderate their overall influence by surrounding them with above average courage and understanding. So long as Venus and Saturn are dignified, or at least unafflicted, these natives will mostly live their lives in the best possible manner, given the opportunities available to them. It takes a sidereal Leo, Cancer, Aries or Scorpio ascendant, an undignified Saturn, and the Sun, a dark Moon or Mars in the first house to significantly bring down the auspiciousness of this yoga and introduce an arrogant, deceptive, petty, intriguing, base, hellish or sordid selfish character; and for any possibility of general stupidity, neurosis and egoism you still have to add Jupiter or Neptune in Virgo or Gemini! Even with all of the above highly troublesome indications, if the Sun is highly or fully dignified, the character may improve a lot with age.
The Best
Venus alone in the signs of this yoga emphasizes its best qualities. In Libra there is love the way it is meant to be. These people are warm and understanding at heart. They are easily hurt, but they are not touchy about it; they cannot hold a grudge, or even condemn those who hurt them. They have knack for thinking the best of people who reciprocate by thinking the best of these natives. Their sincerity and impersonality endear them to many and make them soughtafter companions, their air sweet and exhilarating. This placement of Venus is slightly unusual among faggots, but very common among lesbians. To women it is no doubt the most attractive indication to be found in a birth horoscope. In Taurus there is the object of the former. These people are robust, physical and lustful. They love to touch, to hold and be held. They are likely to be happy in love. According to the late and absolutely brilliant US astrologer Grant Lewi, from whose books (now apparently out-of-print) much of the wording of these supplemental delineations is borrowed, plenty of love addicts have this position (Lewi incidentally had it himself), to whom love means physical enjoyment and little more. At best they understand love deeply; accept it with their whole beings, are content to express it wordlessly, and value love’s silences more than its speeches. They know both ecstasy and despair of love; and they cling to a love once given and received with unbelievable tenacity, even in the face of great obstacles. Venus in Taurus intensifies all sense reactions, and there is love of color, art, music and beauty in all its different forms. This placement of Venus is very unusual among lesbians, but common among faggots. To men it is no doubt the most attractive indication to be found in a birth horoscope. Both of these Venus placements are unusual in a group of 1080 murderers, rapists, frauds and registered sexual offenders, at least when compared to their average frequencies for the last century. Venus in Libra comes up with 70 entries and Venus in Taurus with 67. Their expected numbers should be closer to 76 and 86 respectively.
The Worst
Mars in the signs of this yoga strengthens its worst characteristics
beyond their typical insignificance.
The best Martian qualities are overtaken by the absolutely worst Venusian traits.
Fidelity and loyalty fall below average
and the full hypersocial and irreverent potential of the planet Venus is available.
Without contradictory indications these natives can completely lack
humility and reserve, passion and fame.
They have no sense of reverence or presence.
At worst they can be
unintelligent, dense, temperamental, lewd, adulterous, lethargic, brutal, domineering, irreligious, envious and infamous.
They usually do not maintain privacy in normally private matters
and a number of them are public fornicators.
In Libra social urges are powerful – usually too powerful.
These natives are sensitive to what they call love,
and one way or another will have a lot of it.
They lack balance
and alternate between complete indulgence and total self-assertion.
They need moderation in the social and love instincts which tend to run away with them,
upset their lives and destroy their peace.
This placement is number one for oppression
and its natives tend to be powerless adulterers.
At best it can indicate people who totally lack privacy or have their privacy invaded.
A few significant examples include
Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher,
but of these only Lincoln’s birth chart features this sankhya yoga.
More recent popular examples include
Bill Clinton, Pope John Paul II, Dalai Lama XIV and Jerry Falwell.
An extreme example is Josef Fritzl,
born in the totally irrational and sociopathic Virgo generation.
In Taurus there is hardly any financial restraint.
These natives require, and usually get, plenty of sex satisfaction.
Yet in this, as in money, their energies can run away into prodigality and excesses.
They know how they want to do things and generally manage to do them that way.
Their motto is, I don’t want to fight; just let’s do it my way
,
and with or without the consent of the governed, they generally prevail.
This placement is number one for infamy
and its natives tend to be thoughtless fornicators.
A few significant examples include
Adolf Hitler, JFK and Olof Palme,
but neither of these had birth charts featuring this highly dignified yoga.
More recent popular examples include Fidel Castro, Michael Jackson and Madonna Ciccone,
with Castro’s and Jackson’s charts featuring this yoga.
A very extreme example where Mars also acts as the atmakaraka is John Couey,
but Venus in Virgo is also necessary to account for much of his cruelty
and the cold murder of nine-year old Jessica Lunsford.
Common for both these placements of Mars is the potential for severe mental illness,
including Alzheimer’s disease,
as well as general mental disability
expressed as weakness and thoughtlessness
or brutal and domineering tendencies.
If there are no unafflicted planets enjoying at least extended essential dignity in Aries or Scorpio,
these natives may completely lack capacity for humble thinking and intelligent analysis.
Since humility or honor are prerequisites for attaining knowledge
they are slow or incapable of furthering any knowledge they might already have.
Natives of the previous yoga without counter indications,
such as a strong Sun or a highly dignified Jupiter in Leo,
or at least a highly or better dignified Mercury,
tend to be severely mentally retarded cowards.
With Mars in Libra, they are envious and adulterous,
perpetually switching between their Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde personalities.
With Mars in Taurus, they are dense and lewd,
and likely to personify archetypical bullies.
Also the Sun in the signs of this yoga boosts its least auspicious traits.
An above average number of these natives could legitimately be labelled as drunks or drinkers.
In Libra there is certainly some love and understanding waiting in the high above,
but the characteristics closer to home are weakness and envy.
Most of the traits associated with Mars in Libra apply here as well.
These natives might not be expected to keep clean
nor to think much of anything through before their restlessness takes over.
In Taurus there is little thinking and a lot of lust.
Most of the traits mentioned under Mars in this sign apply here too.
These people are very big on security
and cannot by any force in the world be held to anything else.
Their dark subconsciouses might be best left to Freud for him to examine.
Initial findings support Taurus as the most common position of the Sun for faggots.
It is the least frequent position among lesbians.
Neither is the least surprising,
since Taurus is the motherly sign.
More surprising, to me at least,
is to find Libra as a close second for the same pattern.
Surprising because Libra is the fatherly sign
and as such associated with confidence, semen and procreation.
One possible explanation is that both of these highly undignified placements of the Sun
substantially reduce its manly influence
and that the childish Sun only is capable of expressing the weak and not the confident qualities of Libra.
Another explanation is that someone with the Sun in one of the most extroverted signs
is more likely to go public with, or at least less likely to hide, his sexual orientation
than someone with the Sun in Virgo,
or even Taurus or Capricorn.
My guess is that the estimated numbers of in-the-closet faggots in the Earth signs should be a lot higher than in the Air signs.
Among the 179 lesbians included in this preliminary study the three most womanly signs
all show low numbers for the Sun:
Pisces and Taurus with 8 each and Capricorn with 11.
Of the inferior signs only Virgo lies low with the same figure as Capricorn.
The most common position is Aquarius with 26 entries.
This is no surprise since Aquarius is the most manly sign of the zodiac
and also the most extroverted.
Contradictory
Planets in Aries and Scorpio weaken the typical traits of this yoga. Saturn in either sign or Mars conjunct Saturn exactly contradict and can at worst completely negate its best qualities. However, they also add passion and attention. Decisions come more quickly. In Scorpio these natives can be wasteful, unhealthy and less than happy. In Aries there are traits of immorality, suspiciousness and a misunderstanding nature. Unless Venus is dignified, natives of both positions can be somewhat moronic or idiotic.
The worst supplemental indications for Sula Yoga also reduce the most admirable qualities of this yoga, but they bring very little or nothing good in their place. The same holds true for the corresponding indications for the remaining inferior yogas. All these indications weaken the typical warm, charming or genial characteristics of this yoga. So too does an afflicted or weak Venus. An atypically low IQ, antisocial behavior, including pseudo-psychiatry, and inferiority complexes, all require an afflicted or extremely weak Venus, or a highly or fully undignifed Saturn, and at least twice as many directly antisocial indications as strong and unafflicted superior indications. In addition, for any severe mental illness or pseudo-psychiatric practice, both the Sun and the Moon must be undignifed and at least one of the antisocial indications must be highly or fully undignified, e.g. Neptune in Gemini with Mercury combust.
The Sun in Aries or Scorpio reduces any hypersocial tendencies. If dignified, these natives should have extremely few mental issues, and the otherwise typical symptoms of mental difficulties, such as weakness, restlessness, infidelity, lewdness, corruption and complacency, should not arise. Even if the Sun is not dignified, it still promotes humble thinking and intelligent analysis in these signs.
Veena Yoga
Veena Yoga reveals saints on path to become like God. Great in submission, these wise, strong and selfless natives, are delighted to serve others and big enough to wash the feet of their disciples. They have potential to become God’s finest, but I must admit trying to describe them is really above my head.
Without contradictory indications this yoga indicates individuals capable of grasping everything while being completely inscrutable to others. They are supposed to be happy as well as wise. This yoga is the first and only to come fully equipped for leadership. A number of its natives will have truly exceptional influence on the world.
Veena people are supposed to be eloquent, of real knowledge, and interested in religious precepts and rules of life. They are capable of all austerities mentioned in spiritual scriptures, skilled in every kind of work, very learned and shrewd. They often act as role models to their many friends and servants. Barred possible carelessness or cowardliness samadhi is not far away.
Loving right things only, these people are always full of energy and have various kinds of wealth and luxuries at their disposal. With no shortage of talent nor lack of confidence nothing ever overwhelms them. They either ensure safety or know discipline. They have no fickle urges. Their health is usually robust, their longevity above average.
Veena natives rarely talk too much. They never speak ill of other people and always refrain from unnecessary violence. They are capable of infinite control and sacrifice. They have unmatched strength and endurance. They can master themselves and without difficulty lead lives of celibacy. They are usually never lazy nor busy. The more introverted natives can become quiet martyrs and the more extroverted great inventors.
The name of this yoga comes from a lute with seven strings. The number seven hints at all there is, and its typical natives are proficient in all areas of life. Many natives are also literally fond of song, dance and musical instruments, and all natives value loneliness and solitude, as these are needed to tune skills, and for invention and innovation. Despite this most natives can correctly be characterized as the most gregarious and social anywhere. The most introverted tend to be strikingly polite.
Veena Yoga does not in itself indicate any shortcomings of character or limits of fortune, thus all the other indications possible in a horoscope finally assume their full importance. Without any indications to the contrary, these natives never tell lies, nor do they harbor arrogant thoughts. They have depth of feeling, but are wise enough not to be controlled by emotions. They know how to be detached from the material world and are always sober or wide awake. They represent the exact opposites of fakes, liars, fools and addicts. The best natives are fully mature adults by the age of 30.
This yoga is fully dignified and embodies the people we all turn to when there is nowhere left to turn, or eventually have to reckon with, usually happily, but sometimes grudgingly. In a generic sense they represent authorities or people who make life more endurable, including masters (of any of the functions listed for the previous yogas), statesmen, inventors, designers, managers, sages, priests, martyrs, astrologers, mechanics, singers, musicians, dancers and gods.
See example charts of Veena Yoga below.
Supplemental Indications
Saturn in Aquarius or Capricorn
corroborates the typical expression of this yoga.
All the planets situated in their own signs
yields the perfection of man
(the Sun acting as atmakaraka in Leo, the Moon in Cancer, etc.)
or woman
(the Sun in Cancer, the Moon acting as atmakaraka in Leo, etc.)
and the realization of the truth We are all gods
as conveyed in the Gospel of John,
chapter 10, verse 34.
The Worst
The Sun in the signs of this yoga brings forth the worst Saturnian traits and may reduce the Solar qualities to zero. Saturn as atmakaraka presents the exact same challenges. Without counter indications, fully undignfied emphasis on Saturn, the hardest of all planets, points to an exceedingly hard life, usually starting with a difficult childhood and then immediately followed by a great many agonies later on as well. Natives of these indications cannot enjoy life even if they tried. They usually lack bravery and due to their troubled pasts, they may at some point in time (in a worst case scenario) completely turn off their capacity to empathize with themselves and other people. If this happens it may be hard for them to turn it back on. While there is plenty of bad karma shown here, these indications also reveal spiritual skills, universal knowledge, and superior strength and endurance. How they use their skillfulness and mastery of life depends on other indications. The only option available to these people is to gracefully or stoically endure whatever punishment life has to offer. Eventually they will learn to turn a blind eye to their seemingly never-ending maladies and sufferings; and instead focus all their energies on their penance. The sooner they do this the sooner their lives will improve. The Sun in Aquarius reveals extrovert and gregarious people. Rich or poor, great or small, deep or shallow, they always like folk. Some natives are social reformers and put their minds on the woes of humanity. They can be master problem solvers, great inventors, aid workers, or wasted talents and hobos. Aquarius is the wisest sign of the zodiac and these people value wisdom more than anything. In love they are loyal, but rarely faithful. Most natives of the Sun in this sign tend to be poor, but they very rarely suffer from any inferiority complexes. Instead they are much more likely to see themselves as superior, or at least greatly overestimate their own abilities. This is the most common placement of the Sun among lesbians. The Sun in Capricorn reveals ambition, depth of character, and a great sense of humour. These people almost always suffer immense hardship, abuse and molestation early in life, and their background is often one of poverty and destitution, but their focus on success will not keep them destitute forever. Capricorn is the sign of daring dreamers, studies and discipline. Without a dignified Moon or other indications to the contrary, natives with the Sun in this sign can be completely devoid of bravery, faith and goodness. However, some of their better qualities include tolerance and endurance. While they are unlikely to be passionate or ardent in love, they can be stable and steady, able to put up with a good deal for the sake of loyalty if not indeed for affection. Infidelity is highly likely, and with the Moon in Pisces deceit is almost a sure thing. This is the most frequent placement of the Sun in the group of 1080 criminal offenders referred to earlier on this page. Since the Sun, signifying brain and mentality, is fully undignified in both Aquarius and Capricorn, there is an increased risk of mental illness associated with both these placements. Alzheimer’s disease and narcissism may be the most obvious exponents. Jupiter in the signs of this yoga shows character traits similar to those of the Sun in the same signs, but material matters suffer less and intellectual matters more. These people exhibit a notable lack of joy, insight and growth. An above average number of them are intellectually, emotionally and morally retarded. All natives should lack stamina and care little or nothing for athletics. Jupiter in Aquarius indicates castles in the air. Success in life is unlikely without a liberal dose of Earth somewhere else in the chart. These people have a tendency to see things through the wrong end of the opera glasses; realities recede in favor of other things. Their aims may get broader than their capacities, and many natives will be drifters. They are supposed to be poor and given to controversy, but also popular and sympathetic. This is the least common position of Jupiter among faggots, but it is not uncommon among lesbians. In Capricorn there are qualities of daring and caution, but also several low character traits, including exploitation and perversion. These people can be totally depraved. They do not know magnanimity and are supposed to have very little love for the people around them. Without counter indications they completely lack bravery, compassion and religious conduct. They have little sense of cleanliness. This placement is clearly more frequent among faggots than among lesbians.
Contradictory
Undignified planets in Leo or Cancer weaken the typical qualities of this yoga. Saturn in the signs mentioned exactly contradict and minimizes the authority, general knowledge, awareness and success offered. In Leo there is risk of depression and in Cancer great potential for defeat. In both signs the health is a lot softer or more fragile than otherwise expected from this fully dignified sankhya yoga.
Examples
As this document represents the first installment in a series on basic astrology the following example charts grouped by Sankhya Yoga are intended to reveal the similarities within each group and the shared differences between different (and especially opposite) groups of charts, thus conveying a practical understanding of the importance of this yoga in astrology; the examples are not intended to be used for individual chart interpretation.
Each yoga has its own table of charts.
In all the tables the first column gives the chart integrity score (IS),
which is automatically calculated by software based on essential indications only.
The following three columns give information on the most important factors in this score.
The SY column gives the Sankhya Yoga.
The first number in this column applies to the Tropical Zodiac.
In parenthesis you find the equivalent number using the Sidereal Zodiac.
The line right below the numbers hints at the condition of the yoga,
i.e. it gives some critical information about the yoga ruler.
If the ruler is combust the line reads Sun
(since combustion is caused by too close proximity to this planet).
If there is no combustion
and the ruler is conjunct (within 5 degrees of) another planet
then it gives the name of this planet if it is brighter than the ruler
(usually the brightest is chosen if more than one),
and if there is no such conjunction
then it shows the sign the ruler is placed in.
The AK column gives the atmakaraka,
which is the planet that has advanced the furthest in any sign.
It can never raise the integrity score above the inherent dignity of the given Sankhya Yoga,
but it can lower the score
(especially if the atmakaraka is any other planet than the Sun or the Moon, or if it is undignified).
In exactly the same way as the SY column,
the AK column also shows the basic condition of the atmakaraka in the chart.
Following the same rules as the previous two columns,
the Sat/Rah column gives the conditions of Saturn and Rahu in the chart.
The last two columns are self-explanatory.
Eight different colors are used to highlight indications of similar or identical nature. Three colors highlight inauspicious potential for childish, inconsiderate, selfish and antisocial behavior: Red (most dire), medium red, and grayish red (least dire). Another three colors highlight auspicious potential for adult, considerate, selfless and social behavior: Blue (most aware), medium blue, and grayish blue (least aware). Two more colors cover all the remaining conditions: Dark cyan (with a blue tint) for auspicious new potential of any degree (including mental ability, business sense, faith, shyness, fun, innocence, loyalty, luck or wealth), and yellow (with an orange tint) for inauspicious old age potential of any degree (including mental weakness, lack of faith, hardness, pompousness or worry, subjectivity at the expense of objectivity, psychosis and cowardliness, etc.).
The IS column uses the above colors to highlight extraordinary values and to give some additional information about the inferior/superior balance in the chart. In this context inferior refers to inauspicious newness including lack of knowledge, arrogance, cluelessness, suspiciousness, pride, stupidity, impatience, neediness, selfishness, shyness, xenophobia, delusions, dogma, insanity, silentness, autism, doubt, prejudice, irritability, psychopathy, and at worst extremely violent and lethal behavior; superior means inauspicious oldness including lack of humility, hardness, weakness, selflessness, recklessness, deceit, despair, lethargy, fraud, infamy, adultery, complacency, indulgence, faithlessness, poverty, toil, gloom, corruption, perversion, oppression, and at worst thoroughly thoughtless and domineering behavior. The three red colors highlight values where inferior disgrace exceeds superior disgrace and is at least a third greater than the integrity. The yellow color indicates values where superior disgrace exceeds inferior disgrace and is at least a third greater than the integrity. The color cyan shows values where integrity exceeds inferior disgrace by at least a half, inferior disgrace exceeds superior disgrace, and integrity is less than two thirds. The blue colors highlight values where integrity exceeds both superior and inferior disgrace by at least a half, but do not satisfy the condition for the color cyan. Black show values meeting none of the more colorful conditions.
The remaining three columns highlight all values, either directly following the essential dignity of the given planet, or in the case of the SY and AK values, indirectly according to the essential dignity of Saturn in the sign or signs of the yoga ruler, or the idealness of the atmakarakas. The Sun and the Moon are considered fully ideal atmakarakas; the other planets pick up less and less idealness in ascending order of the Sankhya Yogas. The three blue colors show full, exalted and above average dignity or idealness, in superior signs. Cyan colors show the same in inferior signs. The three red colors indicate notable lack of, severely limited and no dignity or idealness, in inferior signs. Orange colors show the same in superior signs. In case a planet is greatly or fully weakened by placement close to a cusp, any indication of the sign it is in either use a grayish color or gray.
As explained earlier in this document, potentials are just that. Charts sharing the same essential indications can exhibit different traits due to different accidental indications and different cultural settings. Psychologically, the highlighted essential indications reveal certain characteristics, but the same psychology can be expressed in different ways in different circumstances and at different times. A potential for inferior disgrace can result in antisocial and violent behavior as exemplified earlier, or it can show forth as shyness, simple humility, frankness and an ability to learn quickly. A potential for superior disgrace can reveal a superiority complex, victimization, hypersocial and corrupt behavior, or mere patience and an ability to share experience, know-how or welfare with other people. However, indications lacking essential dignity always reveal a lack of some sort. Inferior indications of little or no essential dignity limit the understanding, compassion, general and universal welfare, while superior indications of the same kind limit the mental capacity, empathy, specific and material elevation. Conversely, indications of significant essential dignity always show a gift of some sort. Favorable superior indications improve the emotional, relational and spiritual lives, while auspicious inferior indications improve the sensual, mental and material bases.
For most people in most countries (with the sole exception of Sweden where a majority thinks evil is good, materialism is science, egoism is accepted, and most virtues are considered mortal sins) life is about learning to discern good from evil. We start out as children, creating a mess, doing evil deeds (some intentional and others by accident). The inferior disgrace metric reveals the extent of a person’s childish potential. We then mature and reap the fruits of our evil deeds. The superior disgrace metric indicates the potential for victimization and corruption. As we complete both tasks we evolve. The more planets that enjoy full, or at least exalted, essential dignity the more evolved the personality. Essential dignity in inferior signs reveals self-awareness, humility and openness. In superior signs it indicates universal awareness, confidence and expansion. The evolution, ending with all the planets enjoying full essential dignity in their primary signs for the physical gender of the person, eventually results in liberation.
The tables list the most widely known or prominent men and women of the previously public Astrolog for OS/2 chart collection plus later additions. The tables for the most extreme Sankhya Yogas (Gola, Yuga and Veena) list all charts present in the collection. For the other yogas the intention is to list all the charts of widely known or prominent individuals with the most extreme integrity scores plus the most famous or infamous charts for the range in between. The table for Pasa Yoga only shows a small sample of the charts available, since over forty percent of all charts in any reasonably large collection are likely to have this particular Sankhya Yoga.
Of all the days (noons UTC) in the last century about 0,01 percent featured Gola Yoga, 0,21 percent Yuga Yoga, and 5,4 percent Sula Yoga. Roughly 28 percent featured Kedara Yoga, almost 43 percent Pasa Yoga, and a little more than 21 percent Dama Yoga. Only around 2,3 percent came up with Veena Yoga. The numbers differ only very slightly for this century. The most important difference is that the current century will probably not see any births with any of the first two Sankhya Yogas.
In the following examples, for simplicity and consistency with common practice in Jyotish, the outer planets Uranus and Neptune are not included when calculating the integrity scores. If they were included a new average would have to be calculated and it would have to cover a much larger timeframe than the last seven cycles of Saturn.
In the software calculation the weights differ among the planets with the Moon carrying the most weight and the Sun the least. The five remaining planets come in the following descending order: Saturn, Venus, Mercury, Mars and Jupiter. Saturn carries about 50% more weight than Jupiter, but in practice the difference may be a lot greater because of algorithmic emphasis on planets ruling dignified or mostly dignified Sankhya Yogas.
At present most of the tables are incomplete. They were recently converted from old tables sorted in a different way. A few charts may still be placed in the wrong tables. No integrity scores are available. The final draft will have all charts sorted by their integrity scores. The new tables should be complete in 2012.
Chart highlights are available for some charts as tooltips
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All character traits and life experiences require certain astrological indications.
The highlights point out these prerequisites,
which tend to be numerous,
and thus reveal the sheer number of indications necessary for the most striking results.
Gola Yoga
| IS | SY SYc |
AK AKc |
Sat Rah |
Name | Executive Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1(2) Aqu |
Moo Sun |
Mar Leo |
Jennifer Jason Leigh | Fast Times at Ridgemont Highactress |
Yuga Yoga
| IS | SY SYc |
AK AKc |
Sat Rah |
Name | Executive Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 2(3) Aqu |
Sat Sun |
Sun Can |
Sarah Palin | Exceedingly violent US politician |
| - | 2(2) Pis |
Ven Sun |
Sun Leo |
Axl Rose | Guns N’ Roseslead singer |
| - | 2(2) Pis |
Moo Pis |
Sun Leo |
Garth Brooks | US country music singer-songwriter |
Sula Yoga
| IS | SY SYc |
AK AKc |
Sat Rah |
Name | Executive Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 3(3) Sun |
Mar Sun |
Sco Sag |
Diane Downs | US woman convicted of shooting her three children – killing one |
| - | 3(3) - |
- - |
- - |
Rajiv Gandhi | Corrupt Prime Minister of India, 1984–’89 |
| - | 3(3) - |
- - |
- - |
Harrison Ford | Star Warsactor |
| - | 3(3) - |
- - |
- - |
Chris Farley | Saturday Night Livecomic |
| - | 3(3) Sun |
Mer Sun |
Leo Gem |
Ted Bundy | US protypical serial killer and rapist |
| - | 3(3) - |
- - |
- - |
Charles Manson | US career criminal and serial killer |
| - | 3(3) - |
- - |
- - |
Rock Hudson | Ice Station Zebraactor |
| - | 3(3) - |
- - |
- - |
Benito Mussolini | Fascist dictator of Italy, 1925–’43, sacrificed his first wife and son for power |
| - | 3(3) - |
- - |
- - |
Bruce Lee | Enter the Dragonmartial artist (1940–’73) |
| - | 3(3) - |
- - |
- - |
Eric Harris | Columbine High School massmurderer (1981–’99) |
| - | 3(3) - |
- - |
- - |
Marlene Dietrich | The Blue Angelactress |
| - | 3(3) - |
- - |
- - |
Franz Kafka | Jewish dark existentialist and absurdist novelist |
| - | 3(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Louis Pasteur | French microbiologist and chemist |
| - | 3(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Henri Landru | French serial killer and real-life bluebeard |
| - | 3(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Christopher Reeve | Supermanactor later paralyzed in a horse-riding accident |
| - | 3(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Bob Dylan | US musician |
| - | 3(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Grover Cleveland | Hangman US President, 1893–’97 & 1885–’89 |
| - | 3(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Jay Leno | US talkshow host succeeding Johnny Carson |
| - | 3(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Clark Gable | Oscar-winning US actor |
| - | 3(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Salvador Dali | Spanish surrealist painter |
| - | 3(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Edgar Cayce | Peculiar US American misfortune |
| - | 3(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Carol Burnett | US actress and comedienne |
| - | 3(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Angelina Jolie | Tomb Raideractress |
| - | 3(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Walter Annenberg | US founder of seventeenand tv guidepublications |
| - | 3(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Ian Brady | Scottish serial killer |
| - | 3(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Gary Busey | The Buddy Holly Storyactor |
| - | 3(4) - |
- - |
- - |
King Juan Carlos I of Spain | Reigning monarch of Spain, 1975– |
| - | 3(4) - |
- - |
- - |
MC Hammer | U Can’t Touch Thissinger-songwriter |
| - | 3(5) - |
- - |
- - |
John Cleese | Monty Pythonand Fawlty Towerscomedian and actor |
| - | 3(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Bill Clinton | 42nd US President, 1993–2001 |
| - | 3(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Kurt Cobain | Nirvanasinger |
| - | 3(5) Leo |
Ven Sun |
Gem Leo |
Rudy Giuliani | Warmongering Mayor of New York City, 1994–2001 |
Kedara Yoga
| IS | SY SYc |
AK AKc |
Sat Rah |
Name | Executive Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 4(3) Sun |
Jup Sun |
Ari Can |
Lyndon B. Johnson | Vietnam War US President, 1963–’69, most likely killer of JFK |
| - | 4(3) - |
- - |
- - |
Sting | English singer, musician, composer and tantric sex performer |
| - | 4(3) - |
- - |
- - |
Muhammad Ali | US boxer |
| - | 4(3) - |
- - |
- - |
John Steinbeck | Of Mice and Menauthor |
| - | 4(3) - |
- - |
- - |
Cary Grant | Loveable film star |
| - | 4(3) - |
- - |
- - |
Brad Pitt | US actor and film producer |
| - | 4(3) - |
- - |
- - |
Venus Williams | World Champion tennis player 2002 |
| - | 4(3) - |
- - |
- - |
Benny Hinn | Miracle Crusades televangelist |
| - | 4(3) - |
- - |
- - |
Adolf Hitler | Austrian-born leader of the German National Socialists and later Führer of Germany, 1934–’45 |
| - | 4(3) - |
- - |
- - |
John Allen Williams | Washington DC Sniper |
| - | 4(3) - |
- - |
- - |
Nikola Tesla | AC inventor and true engineering genius (1856–1943) |
| - | 4(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Hector Berlioz | French romantic composer |
| - | 4(4) - |
- - |
- - |
William McKinley | 25th US President, 1879–’81 |
| - | 4(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Steffi Graf | Winner of 22 Grand Slam titles |
| - | 4(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Annie Lennox | Sweet Dreamssinger |
| - | 4(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Thomas Edison | US inventor and businessman |
| - | 4(4) - |
- - |
- - |
k.d. lang | small-letter lesbian singer |
| - | 4(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Franklin D. Roosevelt | WWII US President, 1933–’45, aka FDR |
| - | 4(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Robert Redford | The Sundance Kidactor |
| - | 4(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Oprah Winfrey | Iconic US talkshow host |
| - | 4(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Edgar Allan Poe | US macabre short story writer and poet |
| - | 4(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Mick Jagger | Rolling Stonessinger |
| - | 4(4) - |
- - |
- - |
August Strindberg | Röda rummetauthor |
| - | 4(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Hugh Hefner | Playboymagazine founder |
| - | 4(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Thomas Watt Hamilton | Scottish massmurderer |
| - | 4(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Walt Disney | Founder of the Disney empire |
| - | 4(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Mariah Carey | US diva with seventeen number one hits |
| - | 4(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Bill Gates | Antichrist of the software industry |
| - | 4(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Marc Edmund Jones | US astrologer |
| - | 4(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Henry Ford | Founder of Ford Motors |
| - | 4(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Sylvester Stallone | Ramboactor and Rockywriter |
| - | 4(4) - |
- - |
- - |
George W. Bush | Iraq War US President, 2001–’09 |
| - | 4(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Johnny Carson | US talkshow icon |
| - | 4(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Richard Pryor | US stand-up comic and Stir Crazyactor |
| - | 4(4) - |
- - |
- - |
René Descartes | French Cogito ergo sumphilosopher, mathematician, physicist, and writer |
| - | 4(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Bernie Madoff | US operator of possibly the largest Ponzi scheme in history, currently serving 150 years in federal prison |
| - | 4(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Richard Dawkins | British evolutionary biologist and U.K. official atheist and propagandist |
| - | 4(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Julius Streicher | German newspaper publisher and prominent Nazi propagandist |
| - | 4(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Ted Kaczynski | US mathematician and mail bomber better known as the Unabomber, currently serving life in prison |
| - | 4(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Timothy McVeigh | US most prolific mass murderer, killing 168 people in the Oklahoma City bombing, executed in 2001 |
| - | 4(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Joseph Goebbels | Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany, 1933–’45 |
| - | 4(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Giacomo Casanova | Venetian intellectual, adventurer and author (1725–’98) |
| - | 4(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Anders Behring Breivik | Norwegian massmurderer, killed 77 people in and near Oslo in 2011, currently awaiting trial |
| - | 4(4) Tau |
Sat Can |
Can Cap |
John F. Kennedy | 35th US President, 1961–’63, aka JFK, assassinated in Dallas while still in office |
| - | 4(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Gordon Brown | UK Prime Minister, 2007–2010 |
| - | 4(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Carol Ann Duffy | British poet and playwright |
| - | 4(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Harold Shipman | UK MD and the world’s most prolific known serial killer (at least 218 victims, all patients), hanged himself in prison |
| - | 4(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Nidal Malik Hasan | Physician, psychiatrist and massmurderer (at least 13 people killed at US army base), not yet convicted |
| - | 4(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Bertrand Russell | Welsh writer, mathematician, social critic, atheist, and Nobel Laureate in Literature |
| - | 4(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Christopher Hitchens | English antitheistatheist, muslim-offending antizionist, non-socialist marxist, propagandist, and US immigrant |
| - | 4(5) - |
- - |
- - |
David Cameron | Prime Minister of the U.K., 2010–, cyclist and pound millionaire (standing to inherit many more) |
| - | 4(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Dr. Ruth | US sex therapist, media personality, and author |
| - | 4(5) - |
- - |
- - |
John Couey | US sex offender convicted of kidnapping, raping, and murdering nine-year old Jessica Lunsford in 2005, deceased |
| - | 4(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Henry Miller | Tropic of Cancerauthor |
| - | 4(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Jacques Chirac | French President, 1995–2007 |
| - | 4(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Ingvar Kamprad | IKEA founder and Europe’s wealthiest man |
| - | 4(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Ludwig van Beethoven | Prominent composer, pianist and violinist |
| - | 4(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Mark Twain | Huckleberry Finnauthor |
| - | 4(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Henry Kissinger | Former US Secretary of State and notorious war criminal |
| - | 4(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Michel Gauquelin | French statistician upsetting some pseudoscientists by proving astrology |
| - | 4(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Dylan Klebold | Columbine High School massmurderer |
| - | 4(4) Vir |
Jup Pis |
Can Aqu |
Ingrid Bergman | Iconic Swedish actress of both European and American cinema (1915–’82) |
| - | 4(6) Cap |
Sat Ven |
Ven Sag |
Lord Byron | English romantic poet (1788–1824) |
Pasa Yoga
| IS | SY SYc |
AK AKc |
Sat Rah |
Name | Executive Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 5(3) Tau |
Ven Sun |
Tau Sag |
Virginia Woolf | Suicidal English novelist and essay writer (1882–1941) |
| - | 5(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Alfred Nobel | Dynamite inventor, businessman and Nobel Prize establisher |
| - | 5(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Julia Roberts | America’s wealthiest actress |
| - | 5(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Albert Schweitzer | Humanitarian and theologian activist |
| - | 5(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Larry Flynt | Hustlerpublisher |
| - | 5(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Ho Chi Minh | Vietnamese revolutionary |
| - | 5(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Carl Lewis | US Olympian |
| - | 5(4) - |
- - |
- - |
William Henry Harrison | Indian-killing US President, 1841 |
| - | 5(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Pope John Paul I | Head of the Roman Catholic Church, for 33 days in 1978 |
| - | 5(4) Aqu |
Jup Aqu |
Sun Aqu |
Albert Einstein | Theory of relativity scientist |
| - | 5(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Aung San Suu Kyi | Burmese high-profile opposition politician |
| - | 5(4) Aqu |
Sat Cap |
Cap Sco |
Grant Lewi | US astrologer of outstanding insight and wisdom (1902–’51) |
| - | 5(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Errol Flynn | Robin Hoodactor |
| - | 5(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Madonna | Queen of Pop |
| - | 5(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Pope John Paul II | Head of the Roman Catholic Church, 1978–2005 |
| - | 5(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Alexander Graham Bell | Possible inventor of the telephone |
| - | 5(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Charlie Chaplin | Silent film comedian and co-founder of United Artists |
| - | 5(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Raoul Wallenberg | Swedish humanitarian who saved countless Hungarian jews from the holocaust |
| - | 5(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Jules Verne | French Around the World in Eighty Daysauthor |
| - | 5(5) - |
- - |
- - |
David Letterman | Crazy talk show host |
| - | 5(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Wolfgang Mozart | Prolific and influential classical composer |
| - | 5(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Frank Sinatra | US singer extraordinaire |
| - | 5(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Marilyn Monroe | Some Like It Hotactress |
| - | 5(5) - |
- - |
- - |
O. J. Simpson | US retired American football player and actor infamous for not being convicted of double murder |
| - | 5(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Elvis Presley | Rock and roll icon (1935–’77) |
| - | 5(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Burt Reynolds | Moustached Cannonball Runactor |
| - | 5(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Victor Hugo | Les Miserablesauthor |
| - | 5(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Bill Maher | US free speech champion |
| - | 5(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Arthur Schopenhauer | German philosopher |
| - | 5(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Ted Turner | Founder of CNN |
| - | 5(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Grace Kelly | US-born Princess of Monaco |
| - | 5(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Wayne Gretzky | The Great Oneice hockey player |
| - | 5(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Winston Churchill | WWII Prime Minister of the U.K. |
| - | 5(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Mahatma Gandhi | Political and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement |
| - | 5(5) - |
- - |
- - |
James Dean | US actor who lived fast and died young (1931–’55) |
| - | 5(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Albert Fish | America’s Most Fiendish Killer, cannibalized a little girl and sent a letter about it to her mother, deceased |
| - | 5(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Erik Prince | US-born grandiosity living in Abu Dhabi, founder and sole owner of Xe, formerly Blackwater Worldwide |
| - | 5(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Silvio Berlusconi | Prime Minister of Italy, 2008–, entrepreneur and media mogul |
| - | 5(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Woody Allen | US screenwriter, director, actor and comedian, etc. |
| - | 5(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Mark Knopfler | British outstanding guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer and film score composer |
| - | 5(5) - |
- - |
- - |
John Lennon | Bigger than Jesusbeatle |
| - | 5(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Roger Federer | Current World No. 3 tennis player, he has so far won 16 Grand Slam singles titles, but lost most of his matches against Nadal |
| - | 5(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Nicolas Sarkozy | French President, 2007– |
| - | 5(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Friedrich Nietzsche | God is deadphilosopher, long dead |
| - | 5(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Marlon Brando | The Godfatheractor |
| - | 5(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Frederic Chopin | Piano composer and pianist |
| - | 5(6) - |
- - |
- - |
John Adams | 2nd US President, 1797–1801 |
| - | 5(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Joyce Carol Oates | US author |
| - | 5(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Steve Martin | US comedian, writer and actor |
| - | 5(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Donald Trump | US real estate magnate |
| - | 5(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Roman Polanski | Oscar-winning Polish film director and teen sodomist |
| - | 5(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Pablo Picasso | Spanish painter and sculptor |
| - | 5(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Bill Cosby | The Cosby Showcomedian, actor and activist |
| - | 5(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Charles, Prince of Wales | Heir to the throne of the U.K. |
| - | 5(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Sandra Bullock | Iconic sex goddess and US actress |
| - | 5(6) - |
- - |
- - |
William Shatner | Star Trekactor |
| - | 5(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Diana Ross | The Supremessinger |
| - | 5(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Joseph Conrad | Heart of Darknessauthor |
| - | 5(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Jane Fonda | US actress, writer and political activist |
| - | 5(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Rupert Murdock | Australian-born international media mogul, founder and CEO of News Corp |
| - | 5(7) - |
- - |
- - |
David Spade | Saturday Night Livecomedian and actor |
| - | 5(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Angela Merkel | Chancellor of Germany, 2005– |
| - | 5(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Sepharial | English influential astrology and numerology author |
| - | 5(5) Leo |
Mer Sag |
Cap Aqu |
Magnus Carlsen | Norwegian chess Grandmaster and chess prodigy, his peak rating is the second highest in history after Garry Kasparov |
Dama Yoga
| IS | SY SYc |
AK AKc |
Sat Rah |
Name | Executive Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 6(3) Sun |
Sun Vir |
Leo Tau |
Stephen King | US best-selling author of horror |
| - | 6(4) | - - |
- - |
Jerry Lewis | Iconic US comedian, actor, film producer, writer and director |
| - | 6(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Warren Beatty | US actor, producer, screen writer and director |
| - | 6(4) - |
- - |
- - |
Merle Haggard | US country music singer, guitarist and songwriter |
| - | 6(5) Pis |
Sat Sag |
Sag Tau |
Martin Luther King | I have a dreamcivil rights activist (1929–’68) |
| - | 6(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Hans Christian Andersen | The Emperor’s New Clothesauthor and poet |
| - | 6(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Albert Gore | Former US Vice President and current high-profile environmentalist |
| - | 6(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Abraham Lincoln | 16th US President, 1861–’65, 4th head sculpture on Mount Rushmore |
| - | 6(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Jimmy Carter | 39th US President, 1977–’81 |
| - | 6(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Thomas Jefferson | 3rd US President, 1801–’09, 2nd head sculpture on Mount Rushmore |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Queen Elizabeth II of the U.K. | Remarkably healthy and long-reigning monarch of the U.K., 1952– |
| - | 6(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Sean Penn | Mystic RiverOscar-winning actor |
| - | 6(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Johann Sebastian Bach | German Baroque composer and organist (1685–1750) |
| - | 6(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Cat Stevens | Morning Has Brokensinger-songwriter, aka Yusuf Islam |
| - | 6(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Erica Jong | US Fear of Flyingauthor |
| - | 6(5) - |
- - |
- - |
John Travolta | Saturday Night Feveractor |
| - | 6(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Britney Spears | US pop singer |
| - | 6(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Victor Borge | World-class pianist and humorist |
| - | 6(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Richard Speck | US mass rapist and mass murderer of student nurses (1941–’91) |
| - | 6(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Antonio Banderas | Spanish actor |
| - | 6(5) - |
- - |
- - |
William Holden | Oscar-winning Damien: Omen IIactor |
| - | 6(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Rod Stewart | Sailingsinger |
| - | 6(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Robert Plant | Stairway to Heavensinger and songwriter |
| - | 6(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Robbie Williams | UK performer and record-selling singer-songwriter (both records and tickets) |
| - | 6(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Tom Cruise | US film star |
| - | 6(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Fidel Castro | Cuban revolutionary and later dictator of Cuba, 1965–2008 |
| - | 6(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Oscar Wilde | Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and short story writer |
| - | 6(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Josef Stalin | Soviet dictator defeating Adolf Hitler |
| - | 6(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Louis Armstrong | What a Wonderful Worldsinger |
| - | 6(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Isaac Newton | Greatest figure in the history of Western science (1643–1727) |
| - | 6(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Clint Eastwood | Iconic US actor, composer, and Oscar-winning film director |
| - | 6(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Elton John | Dominant force in rock and popular music |
| - | 6(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Jimmy Swaggart | US televangelist going to prostitutes |
| - | 6(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Barack Obama | 44th US President, 2009– |
| - | 6(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Spencer Tracy | Two-time Oscar-winning US actor |
| - | 6(5) - |
- - |
- - |
Novak Djokovic | Current World No. 1 tennis player, 4 Grand Slam singles titles, beat both Federer and Nadal in the 2011 US Open, aka Djoker |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Charles Dickens | English Victorian novelist (1812–’70) |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Jack Welch | Role model US CEO |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Michael Jackson | King of Pop(1958–2009) |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Candice Bergen | Murphy Brownand Boston Legalactress, and a self-described half-assedvegetarian |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Ernest Hemingway | The Old Man and the Seaauthor, killed himself with a shotgun |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Mark David Chapman | Assassin of beatle John Lennon, currently serving time in prison |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Donald Sutherland | Invasion of the Body Snatchersactor |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Luciano Pavarotti | Italian operatic tenor (1935–2007) |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Audrey Hepburn | My Fair Ladyactor |
| - | 6(6) Can |
Sat Aqu |
Aqu Ari |
Carl Jung | Swiss psychiatrist, inventor of the collective unconscious and founder of Jungian psychology (1875–1961) |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Dr. Phil | US behavior modification therapist |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Kaiser Wilhelm II | Last of the German emperors, 1888–1918 |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Tiger Woods | Prominent US golfer with a notorious personal life (poor driver) |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
John McCain | US senator and presidential candidate in 2008 |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Pete Sampras | Greatest US-born tennis player of all time |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Josef Mengele | Nazi angel of death doctor (1911–’79) |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Herb Ritts | Wicked Gamemusic video director and celebrity photographer |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Dustin Hoffman | Two-time Oscar-winning US actor |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
William Colby | CIA Director, 1973–’75 |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Tom Selleck | Magnum, P.I.actor |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Kirk Douglas | Spartacusactor |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Dwight D. Eisenhower | Supreme Commander of the Allies during WWII and later the 34th US President, 1953–’61, aka Ugly Ike |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Vangelis | Greek New Age composer and performer |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Bobby Fischer | Only US-born official World Chess Champion |
| - | 6(6) Pis |
Sun Ari |
Aqu Can |
Garry Kasparov | Grandmaster chess player, the youngest ever World Champion, and Russian politician |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Theodore Roosevelt | 26th US President, 1901–’09, 3rd head sculpture on Mount Rushmore |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Otto von Bismarck | Prussian/German statesman and unifier of Germany, 1862–’90, aka The Iron Chancellor |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
George H. W. Bush | 41st US President, 1989–’93, and father of the 43rd |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Jimmy Connors | US tennis player with a record 109 men’s singles titles |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Gerald Rudolph Ford | 38th US President, 1974–’77 |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Joan Quigley | Astrologer to US President Ronald Reagan |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
George Washington | 1st US President, 1789–’97, 1st head sculpture on Mount Rushmore |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Keith Haring | Prominent US artist (1958–’90) |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Michelle Pfeiffer | The Witches of Eastwickactress |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
George Michael | Faith, Father Figure, and Jesus to a childsinger-songwriter |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Ben Affleck | Good Will Huntingactor and screenwriter |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Fred Astaire | US dancer |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Björn Borg | Greatest male tennis player of all time |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Prince | Purple Rainproducer, composer, arranger and performer, multi-instrumentalist genius |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Mark McDonough | US philanthropist and co-founder of AstroDatabank |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Eric Clapton | English guitarist |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Francisco Franco | Spanish general and later dictator of Spain, 1939–’75 |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Boris Becker | German tennisplayer and the youngest-ever winner of the men’s singles title at Wimbledon |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
James Monroe | 5th US President, 1817–’25 |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Fyodor Dostoevsky | Crime and Punishmentauthor |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Rudolf Hess | Hitler deputy fleeing to Scotland during WWII |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
David Petraeus | Highly-regarded US military figure and top US commander in Afghanistan, 2010–2011, current director of the CIA, 2011– |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Penn Jillette | Penn & Teller: Bullshit!magician and official US atheist |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Rafael Nadal | Rafa is the current World No. 2 tennis player, he has so far won 10 Grand Slam singles titles, aka The King of Clay |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Sarah Brightman | English highly gifted and best-selling soprano singer with a crystal clear voice and a body to match (lovely) |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Shania Twain | Canadian extremely successful best-selling country pop singer-songwriter, most likely the prettiest woman alive today |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Babyface | African-American much-acclaimed songwriter, record and film producer, singer and musician, and entrepreneur |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Stephen Hendry | Scottish professional snooker player with the most world ranking titles and a record 7 world championship titles |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Susan Boyle | Scottish singer with her first CD debuting as the best-selling CD around the globe and the biggest selling album in the world in 2009 |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Josef Fritzl | Austrian man convicted of incest, rape and false imprisonment of his daughter and three of their children together |
| - | 6(6) | - - |
- - |
Bernie Ecclestone | British sports entrepreneur and 4th wealthiest man born in Britain, aka F1 Supremo |
| - | 6(6) - |
- - |
- - |
Steve Jobs | Co-Founder of Apple Computer (1955–2011) |
| - | 6(7) - |
- - |
- - |
George Harrison | My Sweet Lordbeatle (1943–2001) |
| - | 6(7) - |
- - |
- - |
Jim Morrison | The Doorssinger, songwriter, writer and poet (1943–’71) |
| - | 6(7) - |
- - |
- - |
Vivien Leigh | Gone With the Windactor (1913–’67) |
| - | 6(7) Tau |
Mar Gem |
Sag Can |
Pope Benedict XVI | Head of the Roman Catholic Church, 2005– |
| - | 6(7) Leo |
Sat Aqu |
Aqu Leo |
Greta Garbo | Swedish film star not to be bothered (1905–’90) |
| - | 6(5) Pis |
Sat Aqu |
Aqu Aqu |
Shirley MacLaine | Terms of EndearmentOscar-winning actress |
| - | 6(6) Pis |
Moo Pis |
Cap Ari |
Tomas Tranströmer | Highly popular Swedish poet, Nobel Prize in Literature 2011 |
| - | 6(7) Tau |
Sun Pis |
Sag Sag |
Ingemar Stenmark | Greatest alpine skier of all time |
Veena Yoga
| IS | SY SYc |
AK AKc |
Sat Rah |
Name | Executive Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 7(6) Pis |
Jup Gem |
Pis Gem |
Charlie Sheen | Hollywood royalty and Platoonactor |
| - | 7(6) Lib |
Mar Sco |
Lib Ari |
Mao Zedong | PRC founder and leader, 1943–’76 |
| - | 7(6) Gem |
Ven Pis |
Gem Leo |
Gerhard Schröder | Chancellor of Germany, 1998–2005 |
| - | 7(5) Sag |
Mer Aqu |
Sag Sag |
James Madison | 4th US President, 1809–’17, and Father of the Constitution |
| - | 7(6) Cap |
Sat Cap |
Cap Vir |
Melissa Etheridge | Oscar- and Grammy-winning US rock musician and singer |
| - | 7(6) Aqu |
Sat Aqu |
Aqu Gem |
Diana Krall | Canadian pianist and best-selling female jazz singer |
| - | 7(5) Tau |
Sat Tau |
Tau Vir |
Martha Stewart | US homemaker and business magnate |
| - | 7(7) Cap |
Moo Pis |
Cap Ari |
George Soros | Enormously successful business magnate and currency speculator |
| - | 7(5) Pis |
Ven Leo |
Pis Cap |
Dalai Lama XIV | 14th incarnation of the Dalai Lama, 1950– |
| - | 7(6) Aqu |
Sun Leo |
Aqu Lib |
Isabel Hickey | Prominent and ground-breaking US astrologer (1903–’80) |
Conclusion
Sankhya Yoga can be used for a quick assessment of general character, strength and power. It will yield highly accurate results for most charts and hardly ever underestimate potential for success in life. However, it is not a substitute for a detailed analysis, but rather a good start for one.
Personal Reading
If you would like a personal reading you can contact me with your birth details. A birth horoscope requires time and place of birth. It will tell you about your fortune and obstacles in life.
If you want to know something particular based on your birth horoscope try to ask and I will look for an objective answer. No matter what the truth of your chart is it will go some way to set you free. Since many indications, such as sidereal Cancer rising, are more fortunate for a woman than for a man, you may want to supply some physical gender information for the most accurate assessment of fortune.
A reading will start with a look at your evolutionary level as detailed on this page, but personalized according to your planets and houses. You will not need to know any astrological terminology, but you will have to excuse my non-native English. Your reading will continue with whatever stands out in your particular chart. For example, prominent features in the horoscope of US comedian Bill Maher are expertise at finding faults, a general sense of doubt in most everything, indecision and not seeing the forest for the trees (Virgo), contrasted with a sense of reckless humor and championship of truth (Sagittarius), as well as cordiality and an understanding of cooperation preferring to get along with others in peace and harmony (Libra), but currently energizing his spiritual purpose of agitation (Aries). There is more than a hint of an animal lover here, but indecision (more Virgo) makes for a slight, if only sporadic, inconsistency between idea and action.
Your reading will be a little more detailed than this and if you find something missing, please just ask and I will work to complete the picture at no extra cost. As an amateur astrologer this will be a mutual learning process. Talking about money, unlike the many computer-generated readings available this one will be shorter but a lot more accurate and therefore cost more. As an introductory offer you will get a straightforward reading for any amount you deem fit that is greater than a dollar (a euro would do), but if all you have is a simple question with a simple answer, such as will I become as rich or richer than Bill Gates, am I or my Wife a lesbian, is my date a psychopath, or have we the same Sankhya Yoga and are we otherwise compatible, then simply ask and I will answer your question for free!
