Pairing of Opposite Houses – Part IXA

Deeper insights

We have seen so far in this series that if we analyse the opposite houses of a horoscope as pairs instead of as individual ones we can achieve improved accuracy in prediction with deeper insights (both material and spiritual) into the different areas of life of the individual. This technique has yet another application which needs to be discussed before concluding this series. That is, it is possible to identify with some clarity both the purpose of the present life of an individual and its accomplishment (or otherwise) by examining all the 6 pairs of opposite houses together. This is discussed in detail in this part.

According to Phaladeepika(chap 14, Sloka 26-27),

तदीशजातिं तदधिष्टितर्क्षदिशं हि तत्रैव  तदीशदेशम् ||

meaning, it is the lord of the 9th house that tells all about a native’s past birth, while all information about his future birth is revealed by the planet owning the 5th. the particular caste, the country and the quarter or direction of the individual in his past and future births should be guessed from the two respective planets refers to above.

According to Vedic philosophy, it is a basic fact that the birth of every individual takes place with some specific purpose like enjoying the fruits of one’s good deeds done in past lives,enduring pain and punishment for sins committed, repaying one’s karmic debts, facilitating  the manifestation, evolution ot completion of the journey of other related souls etc., . As  a result of the Karmic impacts made by the relationships that existed int heir past lives and each other’s doings in earlier births, people get reconnected in the present life with changed circumstances so that their activities in this life facilitate the settling of pending scores. Also, it is a widely accepted belief that every human being is reborn in a particular family tree with a certain type of socio-economic and environmental conditions to fulfill his strongest unfinished desire in the previous birth subject to his eligibility to get that dream realized based upon his Karmic account. This means that the experiences in the present life are directly related to the nature of his past Karma. In spiritual astrology, an effort is made to understand these Karmic imprints based on the birth chart.

According to Saravali, (Chap 3, Sloka 26-27), one’s past merits should be estimated from the 9th house. Also, the late Sri. J.N.Bhasin, an illustrious author on astrology, adds the following note to his translation of Slokas 35 to 39 of Chapter 3 of Sarvarta Chintamani:

                    … The capacity to understand and know the future is given by the excellence of the 5th house and its lord for the 5th house relates to “future ” as distinct from the 9th house which relates to the past (having crossed the horizon before birth).

                   …. the 5th house indicates the source (Sanchita Karma) from which the birth emanates and hence, one’s future depends on the 5th house. That is, if the 5th house is strong with benefic influences, it indicates a good future while its affliction by malefic influences portends problems and miseries.

Taking a cue from these, one can try to find the past Karmic imprints in a horoscope. The 5th house signifies one’s Poorvapunya. It is the house signifying not only the sum and substance of all the past Karmic actions of an individual but also their fruits to be enjoyed in future births.  In other words, the 5th house indicates the source (Sanchita Karma) from which the birth emanates and hence, one’s future depends on the 5th house. That is, if the 5th house is strong with benefic influences, it indicates a good future while its affliction by malefic influences portends problems and miseries. Also, as already discussed the 9th house signifies one’s luck and Prarabdha which happen to be a part of the original resources which a native brings forward with him at birth to enjoy in the present life. That is, what a particular native is destined to get in this life based on his past Karma is governed by the 9th house. In other words, 9th house indicates as to what is in store for a native in this life based on the past deeds. Hence, it has been pointed out earlier in this series that the 5th house is the central fulcrum among the trines which exerts its direct influence on the Ascendant (birth of the self) on one side and the 9th house (signifying his luck and Prarabdha) on the other.

Applying the same analogy, it can be concluded that the 5th house from any house would indicate the source from which the results of a house originate (or the cause for a particular nature/type of results) while the 9th house from it indicates as to what can be expected in respect of that house in the present birth. That is the reason why more importance is given to the Trikonas in spiritual astrology. Thus, by examining the houses in trine to a particular house we can understand the Karmic imprints on that house. (Incidentally, this is the reason why prediction is made based on the occupation of planets in all 3 Trikona Rasis in Nadi system of astrology. these Purushartas i.e., the purpose or meaning for being born as a human being. Please study and compare the significations of the opposite pairs in the following Table.

               …. Dharma and Kama mutually oppose each other while Artha and Moksha mutually oppose each other. Besides, these sets of houses are mutually exclusive and there is no interlink between them. That is, Dharma and Kama do not get interconnected with Artha and Moksha in this scheme of evaluation.

It may be noted from the Table that out of the 6 pairs of opposite houses, three pairs belong to Dharma and Kama while the remaining three pairs signify Artha and Moksha. Also, Dharma and Kama mutually oppose each other while Artha and Moksha mutually oppose each other. Besides, these sets of houses are mutually exclusive and there is no interlink between them. That is, Dharma and Kama do not get interconnected with Artha and Moksha in this scheme of evaluation. That is, the group of houses signifying Dharma and Kama (1, 5, 9 and 3, 7, 11) do not have a Karmic bearing on the other group signifying Artha and Moksha (2, 6, 10 and 4, 8, 12) being mutually exclusive to each other. However, the houses within a group have a Karmic connectivity at subtler levels because  in most of the cases a fusion in the results occurs due to the direct aspect of planets posited in the opposite houses. Therefore, the practical path of one’s life can be identified by assessing and understanding the impact created by the missing inter-links, dormant or inactive areas, the mutually unfavorable and lop-sided influences, most- emphasized houses etc., among the different houses of a chart.

But. now the question is, how to find out all this? The following guidelines would be very useful in this direction:

1) If a particular house is vacant and unoccupied without the aspect of any planet on it and if simultaneously its lord is also weak (debilitated, combust etc..) then it is to be considered as a dormant or inactive house. The significations of such houses will not generally cause any sort of impact in the life of the native.

2) If a house is having the influence (occupation or aspect) of one or two planets irrespective of whether they are benefic or malefic in nature, then it gets activated even if its lord is  weak and it causes some significant impact on the concerned areas of life.

3) If the lord of a house is strong even without any influences on the house(s) ruled by it and it  simultaneously is supported by the Karaka of the concerned area of life, then the natural significations common to both the planets would also have some significant impact on the life of the native.

4) If there is a concentration of more number of planets in a house by way of either occupation or aspect, then some areas of life related to that house get extra boost either for good or far bad depending on whether the influences are favourable or not. If the benefic influence or more, it would give good results and vice versa. Such most-emphasized influences need to be understood clearly and if adverse and lop sided in effect, proper remedial action has to be taken .

5) It may  so happen that sometimes, the influences on the opposite houses may be mutually favourable or unfavourable and hence, they support or oppose the related significations of the concerned houses accordingly.

6) If it so happens the houses related to a particular Purushartha become dormant or inactive, then they may not have any interlinks with other houses in the chart unless its lord strongly establishes some contact with other houses by way of conjunction or aspect with other houses or planets. If no such interlinks exist either through the house or its lord, then the significations of such houses need not be worried about at all because they would be practically non-existent in the life of the native.

Thus, while assessing a chart for knowing the purpose of the present life of the native, first the group to which each of the houses belongs to is to be found out. Then, the nature of interlinks between all pairs of houses are to be studied and conclusions must be drawn based on whether the pairs of houses are active or dormant, over-emphasized or lop-sided or normal, mutually favourable or unfavourable etc.

Courtesy: Modern Astrology(Dr.Revathi Vee Kumar)
Continued from :Paring of Opposite Houses – Part VIII                                            To be continued..