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...
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...
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...
A NOTE OF CAUTION: After I wrote this article I have put the type of saptamsha which uses signs in natural order (the most common saptamsha) under scrutiny, because mathematically it does not comply with the primary 12-fold division, the zodiac. It might be an invalid...
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,...
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,...
INTRODUCTION The purpose of this series of articles is to critically examine the doctrine of sign divisions, different methods of constructing them and their practical application in delineation of a horoscope. The articles will be of a technical nature, discussing...
