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(2) On Bhava Chakra

On Bhava Chakra
By Krishna Kumar Bagri on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 1:42pm

(The below Notes are written by the famous Traditional Astrologer Prof. NN Krishna Rau (19051964) Mind it he was not a KP Astrologer but yet preferred the Placidus. This goes to show the
importance of the House Division system incorporated by the Great KP Guru Shri KSK as well as
the importance of the Bhava Chalit).
Bhava chakra is of pivotal importance. Whilst its importance is realised, Hinduastrologers
merely find out the ascending degree and also the 10th bhava madhya; opposites of these
being descendant and Nadir; from these, we get the bhava arambhas. There is thus the "
equal house " system followed at least forevery 3 houses put together.
Quite possibly, this system is good enough for Equatorial Regions and say up to 15 on
either side of the Equator. Thus, for major part of India, this system may not be found
wanting. To ensure greater mathematical accuracy, I cast the Bhava Chakra using Western
methods and the Table of Houses published by Raphael's , with the help of which, the
individual cusps are obtained for each latitude. This system is known as Placidian. Having
worked out this type of Bhava Chakra, it is converted into Nirayana, using the same
ayanamsa used for conversion of graha-sputa of the horoscope.
In other words, the methods of casting a horoscope and compiling graha-sputa I follow, is
exactly Western; thereafter, the entire chart is converted into Nirayana by deducting the
Ayanamsa. The Rasi, Navamsa, Dasamsa (profession) and any other chakra necessary in a
particular case are drawn in traditional style. The Bhava Chakra (Nirayana) alone is drawn by
me in circular fashion (in Western fashion) showing the Bhava Arambha of each house (in
place of the cusp points) and planets are inserted
in the same manner as if it were a Western Horoscope, so that while giving predictions,
the astrologer sees
(a) whether a planet is in bhava sandhi or Rasi sandhi, subha/papa graha madhya
(b) proximity to malefic/benefic if any in same sign
(c) the gravity of combustion if any or planetary battle and
(d) lordship of a planet in exact proportion.
It happens, in many cases, that planets like Sun and Moon will be owning say half of one
house and half of another, thus having two lordships, whereas the astrologer would be
giving predictions based on one lordship only following the Bhava Chakra drawn by him in
Hindu fashion. Similarly, planets like Saturn who own two signs, may in fact be having
lordship over 3 or 4 houses.
The astrologer having a look at the traditional Bhava Chakra (in the absence of Bhava
arambhas) reckons lordship over 2 houses and bases his predictions on that. I think this is
one reason why, in many major periods and subperiods, events not forecast, suddenly
spring up causing bewilderment both to the native and the astrologer.
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