Transits And Ashtakavargas

Though one of the purposes of ashtakavarga is to assess the strength of planets and houses in natal charts, its most important purpose is the interpretation of transits. Just as we look at the house occupied by a transit planet with respect to natal Moon and natal lagna, we can look at the houses occupied by a transit planet with respect to all the eight references used in ashtakavarga.

If a planet is benefic in its transit rasi with respect to 5 or more natal references, out of eight, then it will produce good results. If a planet is benefic in its transit rasi with respect to 3 or less natal references, out of eight, then it will produce bad results. Of course, the exact nature of the good or bad results given by a planet depend on its natural significations and its significations in the natal chart.

To see this, we look at the number of rekhas in the transit rasi in the transiting planet’s BAV. If, for example, Saturn’s BAV of the natal rasi chart has 5 rekhas in Ta, then that means that Saturn is benefic with respect to 5 out of 8 natal references in Ta. So he produces good results when he transits Taurus. The same logic can be extended to the divisional charts. If Jupiter has 8 rekhas in Ar in natal D-10 chart, then his transit in Aries in rasi chart invariably brings excellent results in career. The matters that benefit depend on Jupiter’s placement and ownership in the natal D-10 chart. Basically, Jupiter’s rasi transit in Aries activates the manifestation of Jovian energy at the physical level in Aries. If Jupiter has many rekhas in his D-10 BAV, it shows that Jovian energy in Aries goes well with most sources of energy in D-10 and thus it can have a significant impact on a native’s career.

A planet with 6 or 7 rekhas in its transit rasi in its BAV invariably brings excellent results. A planet with 1 or 0 rekhas in its transit rasi in its BAV invariably brings very poor results.

Samudaaya Ashtakavarga

In addition to looking at the transit planet’s natal BAV, we should also look at the natal SAV – Samudaaya Ashtakavarga. If, for example, SAV has 40 bindus in Pisces, then it means that Pisces is very strong in the chart. Planets transiting in Pisces, tend to give good results irrespective of their strength. Of course, if a planet with 6 rekhas in Pi in its own BAV and a planet with 2 rekhas in Pi in its own BAV are transiting Pi, the former planet will produce better results than the latter planet. Rekhas in the individual BAVs of planets also matter, but SAV will dominate over the BAVs if it has too many or too few rekhas.

Planets transiting in rasis with more than 30 rekhas in SAV usually bring favorable results. Planets transiting in rasis with less than 25 rekhas in SAV usually bring unfavorable results.

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