11.0 CHAPTER X
Rajayogas or Auspicious Combinations
1. If Guru is in Lagna, if Chandra is in 7th or in his own vargas, and Sukra is in 10th, the woman will become the wife of a king or a ruler, even if she is born in a poor family and inferior caste. Here it means that although a girl may be born in humble circumstances and belong to a lower caste than that of the ruler, she will become his wife. Beauty is no doubt a powerful weapon for women to conquer men, but sometimes love is blind, and a woman of ordinary complexion and beauty will be courted by a ruler, under what we may call lucky and other subtle influences. A fair woman sometimes courts and enjoys a dark and repulsive man and a fair man falls in desperate love with a dirty and ugly looking wench. Why and wherefore nobody can satisfactorily explain. Lovers do not see the petty follies they commit.
2. If Guru has all the good sources of Shadvargas and occupies 3, 4. 5, 7, 8, 9, or 10 and has the powerful aspect of Chandra, the woman will be blessed with plenty of wealth and will become the wife of a Raja. Luxuries dependent on the royal position will be with her. Morality has been specially mentioned when they have any. Royal females have greater temptations to fall into immoral channels.
3. If benefics occupy the kendras or if they are in Lagna and if the 7th falls in a Nara Rasi or signs like Mithuna, Kanya, Thula, the first half of Dhanus or Kumbha, occupied by evil planets the girl will have great wealth, will have patient and agreeable temper, and the conquered enemies will serve upon her as servants. This means she will have great political power.
4. If the 11th is occupied by Chandra and the 7th is occupied by Sukra and Budha and possesses the aspect of Guru, she will become the bride of a ruler and will have all. the paraphernalia of royalty surrounding her.
5. If Kanya becomes Lagna with Budha in it, and Guru is found located in the 11th, i.e., Kataka, in exaltation, she will become a queen and will command great respect and power. Here two planets, Budha and Guru, are in exaltation and they produce Rajayoga.
6. If Sukra occupies Lagna, Budha is in the 3rd and the powerful Guru possessed of Shadvarga strength is located in the 4th, the girl will marry a king and will have all royal enjoyments.
7. If one of the Sirshodaya Rasis becomes the 7th with the Full-Moon there, and if there are no evil planets in the four kendras the girl will become the wife of a ruler, will have many elephants, horses and conveyances, will be a loving wife to her husband and will be able to conquer all her enemies.
8. If at the time of birth there are three planets who have good Shadvargas, she will become the wife of a Raja. If four planets are so well situated with good Shadvargas, she will become the wife of a great emperor. If five planets have completely auspicious Shadvargas, she will become the wife of a very great en emperor who has command over the three worlds and will travel in Vimanas.
The Sirshodaya Rasis mentioned in No. 7 are Mithuna, Simha, Kanya, Thula, Vrischika and Kumbha. Sovereignty over three worlds-Swarga, Martya and Patala-has been casually mentioned in the Puranas, but from the Pandavas downwards we have no historical evidence to show that any king has had jurisdiction over the three worlds. Arjuna went to Swarga and fought there. Vikramaditya went into Indraloka and got his valuable Throne with 35 steps guarded by 32 celestial Nymphs to whom are ascribed 32 beautiful, interesting and highly romantic stories, which form the theme of a separate book, called Dwathrimsat Sala Bhanjika Kathas.
Vimana is derived from the Sanskrit Vi excessive or high and Mana measure of speed and refers to Aeroplanes and all those machines which could travel in the aerial regions (see Verse 48,1st Kanda, Amara). Vyoni means aerial regions and that which can fly there is a Vimana. Those cars which contain Devatas are Vimanas. Vina Pakshina Manamuhamanam Gamanay Asyatiha, or that which when flying resembles a winged bird. Swarga is inhabited by Devatas, headed by Indra. Martya is inhabited by human beings who are subjected to Mri - to die or death. Patala is inhabited by the Nagas or serpent like beings headed by Adisesha. Royal power is no doubt very covetable and desirable. When people have got steady heads and pure minds, they can do a great deal of good. But when they have weak or impulsive temperaments they will plunge themselves into the vortex of sexual and sensual pleasures, and become physically as well as morally ruined.
9. If Kumbha becomes Lagna with Poorna Chandra in the fourth or Vrishabha, aspected by Guru, she will become the principal queen of a ruler, will have many children and will have conquest over her enemies. Generally rulers are not very scrupulous about the moral atmosphere. They are often wicked and mischievous.
10. If Budha joins Kanya or Mithuna and aspected by Guru with auspicious Shadvargas and the 4th has the aspect of Sukra, the girl will marry a Maharaja. The Shadvargas are:
1. Lagna or Birth or Ascendant.
2. Hora or half of a Rasi or sign.
3. Drekkana or one-third of a sign.
4. Navamsa or one-ninth division of a Rasi.
5. Dwadasamsa or one-twelfth of a zodiacal sign.
6. Thrimsamsa or one-thirtieth division of a sign.
This corresponds to one degree in the zodiacal circle.
These six divisions constitute Shadvargas and when all are good, the planet is powerful. Other works mention Shodasavargas or 16 divisions and they are:
1. Lagna 09. Panchadasamsa
2. Hora 10. Shodasamsa
3. Drekkana 11. Thrimsamsa.
4. Panchamsa 12. Ekadasamsa
5. Saptamsa 13. Shashtamsa
6. Navamsa 14. Ashtamsa
7. Dwadasamsa 15. Chaturthamsa
8. Trayodasamsa. 16. Shashtiamsa
(See my notes in the Translation of Sarvarthachintamani, 5 to 19. See also A Manual of Hindu Astrology by B. V. Raman).
The arrangement of these Amsas differs considerably and I refer my readers to other standard works for this information.
11. If Kuja occupies 3 or 6 and Sani with auspicious Shadvargas joins 11 and Guru aspects Lagna which should fall in a fixed sign, the woman will become a queen.
12. If Mithuna becomes Lagna with Full-Moon; Sun in the 11th Mesha in exaltation, and Mercury in. Meena in the 10th, the woman becomes a highly respected queen, very virtuous and faithful to husband. There are any number of women in the line of queens and aristocrats. Many of them are shielded and protected by their political and financial power. As regards their moral character the less we say about it, the better it would be for them. The street prostitutes often compare with some them favourably and appear much better. Such is the constitution of human society. These Rajayogas give power, money and luxuries afforded by them. But moral and spiritual considerations are different and these have generally fewer chances of access to the royal palaces than the vices, which not only have better access, but are fondled with great care and loved by the aristocrats. Nemesis deals out its iron hand, catches them in its grip and gives them plenty of diseases and a wonderful variety of sorrows. Palaces are nobly built, richly furnished and present very inviting appearances to outlookers, but when one enters into their precincts, the rotten smell of diseases, social scandals, immoral impulses and horrid forms of vicious and unrighteous deeds hail the outsider and make him reflect that his humble home is far better than the guilded compartments, enclosing rotten human beings. In the above Rajayogas the virtuous conduct of the women is specially mentioned so that the holy may be distinguished from the unholy, and the healthy from the rotten.
13. If the Sun, with all the auspicious Shadvargas, occupies the 3rd and Saturn is placed in the 6th, woman becomes the wife of a ruler, will be fond of righteous conduct and will be loving her husband and beloved by him.
14. If the Sun occupies Mesha his sign of exaltation with all the auspicious Shadvargas, aspected or conjoined by benefics and the birth falls in a fixed sign , the girl will become a queen and will command many elephants, horses and conveyances.
15. If Lagna falls in Kanya with Budha combined there, Guru in the 11 th, Sukra in the 2nd and Poorna Chandra in the 10th, she will be an empress. She will be charitable, generous, blessed with sympathetic speech, virtuous and helpful to the poor and the distressed. She will be a grand woman in every way. She will command the respect of all and will have great reputation as a benevolent and religious lady.
