Timing Marriage with Tithi Pravesha Principles

This is in continuation to my earlier writings on Tithi Pravesha principles. This time, I would like
to
take an example chart for which I have predicted the marriage timing. Let me give a recap of
the
principles again for the first time readers.
Tithi Pravesha (TP !hakra Principles"# Pravesha means entry or return. Tithi Pravesha !hakra
is the
chart drawn for the $irth moment of Tithi return every year. If the angle from %un to Moon
matches
that in the natal chart, it means that the Tithi running is the same as $irth Tithi and also the
fraction
of Tithi remaining is the same as at $irth. %o, the definition of the annual $irth moment is the
moment
when %un transits its natal sign and the Moon is at the exact displacement angle from %un
(degrees,
minutes & seconds as at $irth. This is a very simplistic definition of Tithi Pravesha !hakra.
The annual chart is interpreted 'ust like the natal chart, $ut there are some special
considerations. In
addition, all the principles applica$le in natal horoscopy will apply in annual horoscopy
including the
(rudha Padas and special lagans such as )hatika Lagna ()L, %ree Lagna (%L and *ora Lagna
(*L
etc.,
+e have to keep in mind the following principles while analy,ing the (nnual Tithi Pravesha
!hart"#
(- +eekday" Take the ruler of the weekday running at the commencement of .ew /ear. If he
is a
$enefic with respect to natal Lagna, it will $e a favora$le year. If he is a malefic with respect to
natal
Lagna, it will $e an unfavora$le year.
(0 Lagna" Take the sign occupied $y Lagna in the annual chart. If it is a 1uadrant or a trine
from
natal Lagna, the year will $ring the fruits of good actions of the past, i.e. it will $e a favora$le
year. If
it is a 2usthana from natal Lagna, the year will $ring the results of evil actions of the past, i.e.
it will
$e a year of o$stacles.
(3 *ora" Take the ruler of the *ora (hour running at the commencement of .ew /ear. This
planet
will $e the most important planet during the year, even more important than Lagna lord. The
houses
owned and occupied $y this planet will set the tone for the main events of the year. The
strength,
placement and yoga4s of this planet will have a tremendous impact on the main events of the
year.
.ow let us take an example chart and apply these principles to time a 'o$.
The native $irth details are"
2ate" (pril -5, -567
Time" 8"39"::
Time ;one" 9"3:":: (<ast of )MT
Place" 69 < :-= ::>, -9 . 07= ::>
India
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0::7 (nnual Tithi Pravesha details calculated using F*ora software are"#
- Aaara Lord is Gu'a who is 3rd and -:th lord placed in 9th house of Mithuna. This Aaara lord
is $eing
aspected $y )uru, (6 from 2hanus and %ukra and BL from Meena rasi $y rasi drishti. %o this is
indicating a marriage during this year. .ow, let us see other principles too.
0 .atal Lagna is Mesha, which is --th from (nnual TP ?asi Lagna of Gum$ha. In the TP ?asi
!hart,
the Lagna lord %hani is placed in 6th house of %imha. This %hani is $eing aspected $y )uru
who is (6
and BL4s lord too. %o this is another good placement and will $ring the fruits of good actions of
the
past, hence it will $e a favora$le year for the native in terms of marriage.
3 *ora Lord will set the tone for main events of the year. *ora Lord is %urya who is 6th lord
and
placed in 3rd house owned $y Aaara Lord of Gu'a. (gain this %urya $eing aspected $y )uru who
is (6
and BL4s lord too. %o this is indicating for a marriage to this native during this year.
D To time the marriage, I am using Tithi Pravesha !hakra=s along with the .avamsa !hart. It is
recommended to use the Tithi (stottari 2asa system with TP !hart analysis, $ut we can also
use my
favorite .arayana 2asa as well to time the event. I will write a$out this .arayana 2asa usage
in my
upcoming article. Tithi (shtottari 2asa of Fanma tithi (useful especially in Tithi Pravesha
charts"
%at M2" 0::7#:8#03 (00"D5"90 # 0::7#:6#07 (03":9"37
Aen (2" 0::7#:6#:3 (7"90"09 # 0::7#:6#:5 (03"-5"03
%un P2" 0::7#:6#:3 (7"90"09 # 0::7#:6#:3 (-8"99"-5
6 In the annual TP4s .avamsa !hart 2asa of %hani is conducive to give the marriage to the
native.
%hani is the (nnual ?asi chart4s 6th lord and placed in 0nd house of (nnual .avamsa chart. This
%hani
is placed in Mithuna rasi in navamsa where BL is also placed and $eing aspected $y %hukra,
)uru and
%L from 2hanus and also aspected $y (6 from kanya rasi $y rasi drishti. %o these com$inations
will
give marriage to the native during this %hani maha dasa.
7 .ow regarding the antar dasa, %hukra is the candidate $ecause again %hukra is placed in
2hanus
with )uru and %L and $eing aspected $y (6 from Ganya and aspecting the BL and %hani $y
rasi
drishti. (lso %hukra is also aspecting the %hani $y graha drishti too.
5 .ow the Pratyantar dasa point of view, %urya is a candidate to give the marriage $ecause,
he is the
*ora lord and placed in Mesha rasi with Getu who is also co#lord of (nnual TP navamsa 6th
house. This
%urya is also having argala too. %o all the a$ove com$inations are confirming that the native
will get
married during the a$ove mentioned period.
%arvam %ri Mahaalaskhmi (rpanamastu
@$servations on dusthanas" 8th *ouse (Part#:-
)eneral"
This paper is written in order to $ring forth the awareness on some important practical aspects
of
dusthanas and to understand the implications indicated $y these houses in a chart. (n effort is
made
to present the relevance of dusthana from the simplest approach.
The ela$oration of dusthanas and its 'udgment methodology is $eing done in separate papers
planned
to $e pu$lished one after the other with a few example cases in the last paper. This is to
maintain
$revity of the contents in each paper.
%age Parashara has categori,ed the trio of 8#7#-0th houses as The 2usthanas or Trika *ouses.
*e, as
well as the su$se1uent writers recognised dusthanas in a chart as the malefic houses in
principle and
the remaining as the $eneficEneutral houses. Thus the demarcation of evil and good houses in
a chart
emerged.
+hatever said and done, each house in a chart has $oth the good and $ad portfolios attached
to it and
in the same spirit, even dusthanas have a lot of usefulness. %ince, dusthanas are said to hold
more of
malefic traits rather than the $enefic ones, the ancient scriptures have considered them as
malefic to
the native in general.
The 8th *ouse"
The 8th house offers an interesting study.
!lassically, the 8th house is said to indicate the misfortunes, struggle, enemies, de$t, disease,
sufferings and opposition. It also indicates the working environment, disappointments,
dissatisfaction,
humiliation, su$ordinates, servants, litigation, theft, maternal uncles and pet animals. To add
more on
the list, it also indicates worries, anxieties, anger, cruelty, the mindset or ha$its more of
vicious
nature which are necessary to pull down others, fear from calamities, anguish of mind, step
mother
and wounds. The wounds represented $y this house may $e understood to $e due to in'uries,
during
fighting or wounds received through surgical treatments.
Hrom the point of view of prara$dha karmas, which a native $rings with him in the present
$irth, the
8th house $rings with it the poison of negativities and the compulsions that caused the $irth
'ust like
the 9th house that $rings punyas in the form of $lessings out of the sanchit karmas of the past
$irths.
The 8th house represents shadripus I the six enemies or the six weaknesses, which the
prara$dha
$rings with it, involving five senses and mind.
It would $e interesting to note that the 9th house receives the argala from the 8th house and
this is
where, the 8th house representing our weaknesses overtakes the fructification of poorva#punya
(9th
house, thus dictating the poorva#punyas to discharge their roles under the shade of the
shadripus
(8th house. Thus, it may $e said that the 8th house dictates in dispensing the results of the 9th
house.
Perhaps, $ecause of this account, the reali,ed people of past generations were very conscious
to
devote much time in remedial measures through vrata and tapas to cleanup the past sins (8th
house
in order to dispense the 1uota of $lessings (9th house.
This is the house, which indicates our visi$le enemies, de$ts and disease contents. In principle,
the
sufferingsEfrustration of any nature take starting kick from the 8th house only. (s an example,
for
cancer lagna natives, if Fupiter gets placed in exaltation in lagna, it would cause misera$le
sufferings
($ecause of $eing 8th lord in strength in lagna and would surface a lot of frustration in
ceremonising
the event of marriage, primarily $ecause of Fupiter as 8th lord powerfully aspecting the 6th
house.
This is the only dusthana out of 8#7#-0th houses, which shares the portfolio of $eing an
upachayasthana as indicated $y %age Parashara. The upachaya houses are designated as the
houses
of growth and progress where free will is likely to $e exercised. Hor a ready reference, the 3#8#
-:#--th
houses constitute the upachayas. 3rd house indicates efforts, 8th indicate material gains at the
cost of
others, -:th is the actual doing and --th is the fruits of efforts reaped as the dividend of the -:th
house.
It is paradoxical that although the upachaya is meant for the growth and progress, the 8th
house has
yet not $een admitted as a $enefic house $ut is considered to $e an evil house in its entirety,
perhaps
from holistic karmic angle. Let it $e seen in some details.
The 8th house is the house of growth $ut of materialistic nature. If we want to gra$ other4s cash
and
kind or other4s credit, this is the house par excellence. This goes with the simple logic that any
thing
gained (8th house is at the cost of loss caused to whomsoever we interact (6th house. The
placement
of $enefics in the 8th house is considered good as it softens the sufferings, softens the way of
approach and makes life holistic whereas the malefic influence on this house makes the
situation
reverse $y resorting to the aggressive ways the native follows to receive gains, though inviting
the
wrath of mighty opposition as well.
In totality, the 8th house adds a lot of malicious kriyaman karmas, if it is under malefic
influence.
%ince, the kriyaman karmas done in this $irth add to the already existing sanchit karmas of the
past
$irths, the gains o$tained through 8th house under malefic influence particularly cause
negativities on
the karmic profile and with this intent, perhaps, the 8th house has $een $randed as the evil
house in
general, even though it is an upachayasthana.
The 8th house happens to $e one of the (rtha#Trikona (0#8#-:, hence this house $ecomes
instrumental to control the financial prospects for the native. This seems to $e 'ustified from
the fact
that the 8th house is -:th from 5th house from where the destiny of Garma is ruled $y this house
as
well as $eing 5th from the -:th house ruling the luck of the profession. The 8th house $eing the
9th of
the 0nd house indicates the wisdom of earning and receiving the gifts etc. In all pursuits, the 8th
house
happens to $e an important house to deal with the material status of the native and thus gets
'ustified
to $e the upachayasthana indicating the growth and progress in the material pursuits.
The 8th house indicates the competitive environment as its most important portfolio and it
therefore
indicates the progress through the process of competition and rivalry. There, it means that the
success in competitions whether $e it for exams, admission, race for promotion, litigation or
any facet
of similar nature re1uire the strong 8th house as a must for ascending the road of success. It is
$ecause of this virtue that the 8th house may $e considered as a $enefic house for the present
day
world, which is full of desires of competition in all walks of life.
It may $e pertinent to mention here that the ancient living ordeal did not want much
materialism to
come in the way of the life pattern of the self reali,ation and of highest virtues. %ince the
materialism
was o$viously the hurdle for the pious attri$utes of the ancient living, this was perhaps the
good
reason for considering the 8th house as an evil house in its general definition. *owever, in the
present
scenario of today4s age, $lessed are the ones who have strong the 8th house to win over the
others
and $ecome financially sound at the cost of others. +ould you now consider the 8th house good
or
$adJ
@ne of the important portfolios ruled $y the 8th house is the support from relatives particularly
the
maternal sided relations. It would $e worthwhile to note that if the 8th house is well disposed
from
Lagna, the dasha periods of 8th lord $ring in the role of some relative or a friend to help the
native at
the time of need. %imilarly, a relative or a friend may spoil the credits of the native in the
similar
periods if the 8th house is $adly disposed or the 8th and Lagna lords are placed in mutual
hostility.
In conformance of the $enefic nature of the 8th house, we may $e reminded of the Kuote from
Bttarakalamrita, !hapter D, shloka D that The ra'a yoga of the decreasing order gets
manifested to the
native $y the con'unction of the lords of 5th and -:th house as seen from Lagna, 5th house and
-:
th
house which mean the con'unction of the Lords of 5#-:th, 9#8th and 8#6th houses from lagna.
This also
amply esta$lishes that the 8th house has a lot of $enefic attri$utes and may do well to the
native, of
course from materialistic angle.
The 8th house is said to represent su$ordination, indicating the su$ordination, which the native
is
su$'ected to and the 1uality of su$ordinates the native has. In a parallel meaning, the
servantsEmaids
are represented $y the 8th house. The meaning of su$ordination may $e extended to mean the
service
(paid salaried 'o$ $eing either of the government (where the native is generally called as a
government servant or that of the private sector. In this context, the 8th house taints the
service
conditions and a strong 8th house in good relation with the Lagna makes a native comforta$le
in the
'o$.
@n the negative side, the 8th house in the conventional way is the house of harm from the
opponents
and indicates fight and rivalry where the native could $e let down. In this way, strong malefics
in the
8th house cause strong enemies and strong opposition causing harm to the native. (s an
example,
Pramod Maha'an ()emini lagna had strong Mars in his 8th house and his rivalry surfaced $y his
own
younger $rother (Mars $eing the karaka of the younger co#$orn and caused a disaster of his
death $y
shooting (a perfect way that Mars operates.
%ince, 8th house mo$ili,es the six weaknesses (shadripus within the native, it is sufficient to
cause
dis#ease to the physical self, causing disease and suffering. It may $e interesting to note that
all
disease and sufferings originate from the 8th house and unless a planet gets linked with the 8th
houseElord, it does not cause disease.
(n important facet of the 8th house is raising funds through loan. This attri$ute of loan may $e
generali,ed to mean the financial commitment $orn $y the native himself or it could $e carried
forward through the parental lineage. Thus, any financial loan raised for any purpose
necessarily
involve the 8th house completing the signification of de$ts indicated $y the 8th house. The
native who
have the linkage of 8th house with the --th house and 0nd house have strong tendencies to $ury
themselves in the voluntary financial de$ts caused $y multiple loans raised from various
financial
institutions.
Medically, the 8th house stands for the diseases and its recovery in general, represents the
um$ilical
region, disorders pertaining to respiration and phlegm, tu$erculosis, tumorus growth, skin
disorders
involving rashes such as measles#small pox etc, disorders of eyes, intestinal disorders such as
the
complaints of hernia, urinary ailment and dysentery. It also represents the six flavours as
advocated
in (yurveda.
The 8th house stands as the 7th from --th house and -0th from 6th house. In accordance to it,
the 8th
house there$y indicates the difficulties in material gains and pro$lem to the ,one of marital life
respectively.
The 8th house when gets weak and gets linked with the malefics or with the other 2usthanas
(7th and
-0th house make a real havoc and most of its negative 1ualities get surfaced.
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