The secret meeting of East and West – Understanding divisional and/or harmonic charts – Part 7
VARGA FAMILIES In my investigation of vargas I realized that there seem to be four families of vargas. As we have seen, not all vargas are constructed according to the same principle, but there are vargas that share the rationale and I've grouped them into families...
Blank charts for varga techniques
PEN AND PAPER FUN! Here you can download PDFs with blank square and diamond charts that enable you to superimpose a varga onto the main chart. Most astrology software programs don't allow you to do this, therefore I made these blank charts, so you can experiment on...
The secret meeting of East and West – Understanding divisional and/or harmonic charts – Part 6
DVADASHAMSHA or DODEKATEMORIA None of the divisions of the Zodiac comes to mind as naturally and intuitively as the 12th division called dvadashamsha in India and dodekatemoria in the Hellenistic tradition. Henceforward I will call them the 12th parts. If I was told...
ASTROLOGY OF DEVOTION or Did Maharishi Jaimini use the tropical zodiac?
In my article about navamsha I've shown four examples of bhakti-yogis and how a particular navamsha yoga for bhakti and liberation can be seen nicely in their navamsha charts. Since I enjoy looking at charts of spiritualists this made me curious and I wanted to check...
The secret meeting of East and West – Understanding divisional and/or harmonic charts – Part 5
NAVAMSHA – THE 9th DIVISION Of all the vargas used in Indian astrology the navamsha is the most important and most commonly used one. If one should use only one varga, the navamsha would be the one. There is no classical text of Indian astrology that doesn't emphasize...
The secret meeting of East and West – Understanding divisional and/or harmonic charts – Part 4
SAPTAMSHA – THE 7th DIVISION In previous articles we've looked at three divisions: HORA – one sign split in two parts DREKKANA or DECAN – one sign split into three parts TRIMSAMSHA and BOUND – one sign split into five unequal parts ruled by five non-luminaries As...
Astro diary #4 – Where are those tuning pins?
In a process of putting together the material to build a musical instrument I noticed that the tuning pins were missing. I had them, fourteen of them and the tuning key was there, too, all nicely put in a small cardboard box. I looked around and couldn't find it. I...
The secret meeting of East and West – Understanding divisional and/or harmonic charts – Part 3
TRIMSAMSHAS AND BOUNDS In the previous two articles we've covered the division of a sign in two parts called hora and division of a sign into three parts called drekkana, dreshkana or decan. We've also briefly touched upon the navamsha and dvadashamsha, the ninth and...
Astro Diary #3 – A bowling mediator
NOTE: These diaries are written with the consent of the people involved. Out of privacy reasons I’m not using their real name. Laura, a lady in early thirties arrives in a red car, dressed in a red coat. Having Aries rising this doesn't surprise me. Red is the color...
The secret meeting of East and West – Understanding divisional and/or harmonic charts – Part 2
DECANS OR DREKKANAS In the first article of this series we looked at the basics of sign division and looked closely at the 2nd division or hora. Today we will continue to divide the zodiac and our next division is the 3rd division called drekkana, dreshkana, dekanoi,...