Yog and Combinations

Gajakesari Yoga.{jupiter moon in quadrant}
The presence of Jupiter in a quadrant from the Moon causes this combination. A person with this combination will be intelligent, wealthy, famous, virtuous and influential. High status.Jupiter and Moon's period , sub periods are important .Also the Years 16--21 , 25th and 51st to 56th.
Hamsa Yoga.{Own sign & exalted jupiter in quadrant}
This combination is produced when Jupiter is posited in a quadrant in Cancer, Sagittarius or Pisces. The native will have a well-formed body and a principled bent of mind. He will be learned and happy. Will be highly placed in the society. Jupiter's period and sub period are important.Also the years 16--21, 51--56.
Bhadra Yoga.{own sign & exalted mercury in quadrant}
This is caused by the disposition of Mercury in a quadrant in the sign Gemini or Virgo. A person born in this Yoga will be learned, wealthy and liberal; and will have a long life.Mercury's period & sub periods would be important.Also the Years 32-34.
Malavya Yoga.{own sign & exalted venus in quadrant}
Venus should occupy a quadrant in Taurus, Libra or Pisces to form this Yoga. The native will have a strong mind, body and character; and will be blessed with fame, fortune, wealth, a goods wife and children. He will enjoy worldly pleasures. Artist , popularity in opposite sex.Venus period & subperiod would be important.Also the years 24th.
Ruchaka Yoga.{own sign & exalted mars in quadrant} Mars should occupy a quadrant in Aries, Scorpio or Capricorn. The native will be a leader, possessing a robust body and generous disposition. He will acquire wealth and fame and will be aggressive and arrogant.Period of Mars and yearwise 27th year.
Shasha Yoga.{own sign & exalted saturn in quadrants}
This yoga is caused if Saturn occupies a quadrant in Libra, Capricorn or Aquarius. The native born in the Yoga will be rich .Major success to come in later stage.Period & sub period of saturn is important.Years 36--42.
Budha-Aditya Yoga.{sun-mercury}
If Mercury combines with the Sun, but not within 14 degree, this combination is caused. The native concerned will possess a keen intelligence and a good reputation.Chandra-Mangala Yoga.{Moon-mars} If Mars is with the Moon, this Yoga is caused. It is a combination indicating a good financial position. The native takes care of a number of friends & relatives.
Chandra Sani Yoga {Saturn-Moon} :-
If Saturn is with Moon, this Yoga is formed. The person makes a tremendous rise. Is also known across the Border.
Amala Yoga.
This Yoga is caused if the 10th house, either form the Lagna or the Moon, is occupied by a benefic planet. It makes a person moral, prosperous and well-reputed.
Kahala Yoga.
The lord of the 4th and 9th houses should be in Kendra from each other, and the lord of the ascendant should be strong to give rise to this Yoga. The native will be daring and obstinate and will hold an executive/administrative position. Rich & Famous.
Adhi Yoga :
This is caused if the benefic planets - Mercury, Jupiter and Venus - are situated in the 6th, 7th and 8th houses from the Moon. These planets should be present in any one, two or in all the above-mentioned houses. A native with this Yoga will be very influential, healthy and wealthy. He will possess no fear, disease or enemy.
Mahabhagya Yoga.
In the case of a male, if the birth is during the day and the Sun, the Moon, and the Lagna are in odd signs, the Mahabhagya Yoga is caused. In the case of a female, the birth should be at night and the Sun, the Moon and the Lagna should be in even signs. A native born in this Yoga will be blessed with fortune, wealth, health and children. Popular in society.Anapha Yoga. If any planet, other than the Sun is placed in the 12th house from the Moon, this Yoga is caused. It makes the native generous, healthy, rich and famous.
Apakeerti Yoga.
If the 10th house is occupied by the Sun and Saturn, and aspected by malefic, the native will have a bad reputation.Chatussagara Yoga. This Yoga is caused when all the quadrants are occupied by planets. The person concerned will be well reputed and prosperous. He will enjoy health and comforts.
Daridra Yoga.
The presence of the lord of the 11th house in the 6th, 8th or 12th house gives rise to this Yoga. A person born in this combination will be poor and miserable, often in debt, and driven to committing mean deeds.
Duradhura Yoga. If there are planets, other than the Sun on either side of the Moon, the native will be blessed with wealth and material comforts.
Dar Yoga. This Yoga is caused if the lord of the 10th house is placed in any one of the evil house, that is, the 6th, 8th or 12th house. The native will have to work hard, but, unfortunately, will not be able to derive the full benefit of his labour.
Kapata Yoga. This combination is formed if the 4th house has a malefic planet and the lord of the 4th house is associated with, or aspected by, or surrounded with malefic planets. The person concerned will be evil minded and a hypocrite.
Kemadruma Yoga. This combination is formed when there are no planets on both sides of the Moon. The person will be poor and possess a mean and obstinate disposition. His efforts will not bear much fruit.Lakshmi Yoga. If the lord of the ascendant is strong and the lord of the 9th house occupies its own or exaltation sign in a Kendra or Trikona, the Lakshmi Yoga is formed. As a result, the native will have an attractive well-formed body, and will enjoy all the comforts of life.
Shakata Yoga. The Moon in the 6th, 8th or 12th house from Jupiter gives rise to this Yoga. The person will be unlucky and miserable and his life will be ordinary. Sunapha Yoga. If there is a planet, other than the Sun, in the 2nd house from the Moon, this Yoga will be causes. The native will be intelligent, famouse and prosperous.
Ubhayachari Yoga. This Yoga is caused if planets, other than the Moon are present on both sides of the Sun. The concerned person will be wealthy, famous and liked by all. He will be a goods speaker and his body will be well formed.
Vasi Yoga. A benefic planet, other than the Moon occupying the 12th house from the Sun, gives rise to Shubhavasi Yoga. The native will be happy go lucky and prosperous due to this Yoga. If a malefic planet occupies the 12th house (Papavasi Yoga), the contrary results will be obtained.
Vasumati Yoga.
This is caused when benefic planets occupy the Upachaya houses (3rd, 6th, 10th, 11th) counted from the Lagna or the Moon. The native will have plenty of wealth and property.
Vesi Yoga.
If a planet, other than the Moon, occupies the 2nd house from the Sun, this Yoga is formed. If a benefic planet occupies the 2nd house from the Sun, the Shubhaveshi Yoga is formed. The person will be fortunate, happy and rich. If, on the other hand, a malefic planet occupies the 2nd house from the Sun, Papaveshi is cause, which produces the opposite results.

Partnership: What Makes It Work?

Compatibility - whether in love and marriage, family ties, friendship, professional associates - is a major area of study for Vedic Astrology. Relying solely on instincts and intuition to evaluate relationships works well for the person blessed with highly developed instincts and intuition, but for most of us finding and keeping harmonious connections with others is a life-long challenge. Using the time-tested techniques of Vedic Astrology, the skilled practitioner of this ancient science can provide useful guidance for making relationship decisions.Counseling for relationships begins with an evaluation of the individual birth chart. The astrological analysis has to first answer the question “what is the relationship potential of this chart?” The connections between each of the many astrological factors of your personal chart create overlapping patterns that combine to produce an intricate profile of complex habitual behaviors typical of our complicated psyches. This birth analysis gives a list of characteristics that have to be taken into account when checking for compatibility potential.For instance: does this person have self-confidence or not? A dominating personality or a submissive one? An adventurer, or a homebody? Is this the chart of someone who sticks it out in relationship or someone who gives up easily? Is he/ she idealistic in partnership or a pragmatist? Is marriage really the priority or is career more important? Is he/ she an independent operator, or expecting a lot of support? Sexually conventional, or something else? These are just a few of the basic questions that need to be answered by the astrologer when evaluating a single chart for characteristics relevant to partnership.Although the birth chart is a static picture of the potentials we are born with, our relationship with those potentials is not static. It is through applying the various predictive formulas of Vedic Astrology that we can find out when partnership potentials are going to be activated, and whether in a positive or negative way. The astrologer is especially looking for timing that will activate the 7th house of a chart. For instance, Jupiter, the planet of opportunity, transiting the sign of your 7th brings feelings of expansion, optimism, and opportunity to the field of partnership. Nor is the question of 'when?' limited to the timing mechanisms of our individual karma. In other words, even if one person is not strongly disposed towards partnership at this particular time, that can be changed if the second person's potential is being powerfully activated. Then we have a case of one person's karma overwhelming the others'.This 'inter-chart' activation extends into all areas of chart comparison. How each person's chart 'turns on' potentials in the others' chart becomes the basis for a lot of the useful information that Vedic Astrology compatibility analysis has to offer. The most direct way to do this is to take the positions of the planets from one person's chart and insert them in the other person's chart and see what we get. Some examples: if your Moon is isolated in your own chart you feel the need for nurturance from others. When someone comes along whose Moon is in the same sign as your ascendant, then that person will be experienced by you as sympathetic and nurturing. Someone with Mars in the same position as your own Venus will 'turn on' the passion potential of your Venus, but if it is their Saturn that joins with your Venus the effect will be to limit and control Venus' love nature. On the other hand, if you need a more mature attitude towards love, Saturn's influence can help.Another item to be taken into consideration when two people get together is to look into the future and check to see if the two life paths will continue being compatible.By using Vedic Astrology's Planetary Period System, the astrologer can tell if, for example, someone is soon to be taking a right angle turn in their life. Is the person you are getting involved with going to morph into someone totally different due to certain other karmas ripening in their life? Partners have a powerful influence on each other. Are you 'hitching your star' to someone who is going up in their life, or down? Predictive techniques can tell us which way a person's life is turning, and how long it will last.Inter-chart influences that lead to harmony in a relationship are wonderful, but they are not really the question. What we really need to know is where are the difficulties, and whether the harmonious interactions are strong enough to compensate for the problems. With Vedic Astrology's compatibility analysis, we have a short-cut way to understand our own and our partner's problems, and how we can help each other to grow and thrive in this all-important area of our lives.

RAHU: the Obsession of the Soul

Integral to the Vedic cosmological viewpoint is the premise that the cycle of births and deaths is part of the soul’s education. All of the planetary positions in the birth chart speak to the karmas present in this lifetime, but the ‘Rahu-Ketu axis’, as it is called, has a special relationship with the lessons to be learned. Rahu and Ketu are the cross-over points (called ‘Nodes’) of the path of the Moon and path of the Sun as seen from Earth. Although they are only calculated points in the Heavens, in Vedic Astrology the nodes are given a status and importance nearly equal to the solid planets. They are called chayagraha, shadow planets, being seen only during eclipses, when they create a shadow over the Sun or Moon. Similarly, they are like shadows in our lives, causing mysterious problems. An understanding of how the nodes function in the birth chart helps to clear up a lot of confusion about some of the built-in reactions to life’s circumstances.
The soul’s lessons are part of a continuum arising from the prior birth. The prior birth connection is shown by the position of Ketu in the chart: the ‘inlet point’ for past life karma. An analysis of the natal position of Ketu gives clues to the unconscious behavior patterns in this life stemming from familiar activities of the past life (see the author’s article “Ketu: The Mystery of Past Lives”. Always directly opposite to Ketu in the chart, Rahu represents lessons the soul has to confront in its present life in order to continue developing. The oppositional placement of the nodes suggests that the tendency to fall back into habitual past life behaviors, as signified by Ketu, needs to be overcome in order to complete this life’s assignment. The automatic repetition of the past life patterns thus becomes an obstruction to our progress in this lifetime.
The soul within each of us is determined to evolve; we can term it an ‘Obsession.’ This compelling obligation to experience countless lifetimes partly explains how Rahu functions in the birth chart.’ Our individuated human consciousness is generally not aware of the ‘grand plan’ encompassing our many lifetimes, thus we often experience the current life’s lesson as confusing. From a cosmic viewpoint, it may be necessary to experience a lifetime as a garbage picker; a life that from our human perspective would be undesirable. And yet, for reasons we don’t understand, this is just as much a part of God’s plan as is the socialite’s lifetime of parties and jet plane travel. Rahu’s placement in the birth chart indicates what lessons need to be undertaken in order to ‘balance out’ the actions of the prior life.
The story of Rahu in Vedic mythology tells of the obsession that Rahu, one of the demons, had for becoming immortal. As the story goes, while attending a party of the Gods, Rahu managed to get his hands on the bowl containing the Nectar of Immortality and succeeded in getting a drop of it down his throat before being caught in the act and suffering the punishment of being cut in half by a discus thrown by Vishnu. Rahu achieved success, but not without penalty. Likewise in our own lives, the placement of this shadow planet called Rahu in our Vedic birth chart indicates an obsession with a certain type of ‘nectar’: the desire and potential for the enjoyment of success, but at what cost? The obsession, and potential suffering, that we each go through to achieve success is part of the illusion that is necessary for the encapsulated soul to take its Earthly lessons seriously. Thus Rahu symbolizes maya, the Infinite disguised as material forms, as well as the ambition to have power within the world of forms. Yet it is all an illusion: Rahu promising success while it simultaneously obscures the true, eternal nature of the soul in order to make the lesson believable.
Your particular version of the Earthly obsession-lesson is partly shown by Rahu’s placement in your birth chart. For a person born with Rahu in the 6th house, the obsession is with ‘The Job’ and may require that they work 70 hours a week. In the 7th house Rahu manifests as obsession with Partnership, giving experiences in an area that has a potential for much heartbreak until the lesson is learned. Rahu in the 8th house seeks success through enjoyment of the partner’s, i.e. unearned, wealth. In the 9th house Rahu manifests as an obsession with Belief, or Religion. In the 10th house of Career one gets obsessed with professional goals.
But wherever Rahu is in your chart, the promised fulfillment, like everything gained in the ‘playground of forms’, is flawed: it is ultimately unsatisfying. Like the nodes themselves, the success turns out to be a shadow: essentially empty. Our life will come to an end; our human mind is confounded by the approaching void. Thus Rahu brings us to the realization of the true nature of the Earthly Voyage. All of the drive, ambition, craving, was really the soul’s obsession to learn and grow through participating in the drama of human existence.

Saturn, the Planet of Form

The planet Saturn is the Bad Guy in Vedic Astrology. It is called 'the Great Malefic', because it is the significator of so many undesirable aspects of the human plane. Saturn gives us difficulties, misfortune, suffering, even death. It has a non-negotiable quality as well. Saturn represents karma that we can't get out of. Since it is an integral part of this Earthly realm, and each of us has to deal with what it represents in our life, it behooves us to know more about Saturn's functioning and understand our relationship with it.Everything on this Earth is bound by Time. Even the seemingly eternal mountains must inevitably disappear. The Infinite Spirit incarnates into this realm, appearing as Forms. Amongst these forms, Spirit incarnates as human consciousness, encapsulated within human form: the body. The formless infinite submits to the limitations of this plane of existence to experience the interplay of forms, to know itself.In Vedic Astrology, we look to the map of the Heavens as a representation of our life's karma. But where is the Earth represented in this map? It is represented by Saturn. In Vedic Astrology, Saturn stands in for our planet, the Earth, the Playground of Forms. The individual Soul, due to its karma, is attracted to this playground and gets sucked into it for the sake of the experience. Saturn is that which first attracts, then restricts, encapsulates, the eternal consciousness; Saturn 'traps' the Soul in Form. This limitation of what is naturally infinite is experienced as suffering. Thus Saturn comes to represent the energy of suffering in astrology. Obviously many of Earth's experiences are quite enjoyable. But all of these pleasures are temporary, and like our bodies, all are limited by time, by Saturn. Even the pleasures bring suffering by their eventual denial through Saturn's functioning. Saturn is Maya: the play of forms. Instinctively the entrapped soul seeks permanence and stability on this Earthly plane, and feels betrayed by the temporal nature of Human Life.How do we deal with the energy of Saturn? You are a prisoner of Saturn's world of forms only if you identify with it. This is the dilemma of human consciousness: how to get out of prison by dis-identifying with forms, including the one you are residing in. From this need has arisen all of the various spiritual paths, yogic techniques, meditation techniques, etc. Forms originate from Spirit, and yet as an individuated piece of Spirit each of us somehow falls into the illusion that our personal form, our mind, and our feeling, are all that we are. We are each asleep in this dream of forms, unaware of the true nature of it all, and of ourselves. Thus Saturn becomes the Teacher, teaching the soul through the lessons of limitation, of attraction and negation, desire and denial. Through this adversity the soul is forced to grow, to learn the reality of incarnation, to understand how it is that the Eternal must manifest in the world of limitation in order to know itself. Our identification with our human incarnation, and the amnesia about our original nature as pure consciousness, is part of the 'set-up' designed to compel the soul to take the lessons seriously. This seriousness too, is a function of Saturn. In the personal Vedic Birth Chart, the position of Saturn and what it is influencing shows what lessons are especially emphasized, where the most concrete limitations are to be experienced in this lifetime, where there is the most intense identification with form that must be overcome for the soul to realize its original nature. Understanding the true situation of human consciousness, and its underlying connection with all that is, helps you to let go of the identification with the world of forms, to wake up from the dream. In this way we come to terms with Saturn, and are no longer defeated by the suffering, the world of illusions, that this planet represents.

Moon is the Mind

One of the confusing things in Vedic Astrology is how two planets, the Moon and Mercury, are both said to signify the Mind. The way this happens is that the Rational Intellect gets assigned to Mercury, while everything else having to do with Mind gets given to the Moon. The Sun rules the Spirit, that which is eternal, while the Moon, not having light of its own, has to reflect the light of Spirit, and signifies the Eternal's incarnation on the human plane. Thus the Moon rules human consciousness in general, including both thoughts and feeling. According to Vedic Mythology, the Moon is Mercury's father: Mercury, the Intellect, is born from the Moon.If Mercury, the Rational Mind, can be said to be (ideally) perceiving objective reality, then the Moon would be that part of us which experiences subjective reality, i.e., the Conditioned Mind. Conditioned by what? By our past experiences. Thus in Vedic Astrology the Moon specifically signifies our past, our memories, our conditioned behavior patterns. Attached to all of this accumulated data are emotional responses, an integral function of the Moon, which are what make the memory banks subjective.The placement of the Moon in your Vedic birth chart will show by its sign position, house position, and its involvement with other planets, what the conditioned patterns are in your particular case. We are each, in a sense, victims of our own past, and our inherited karma (past lives), which constitutes our conditioning. Essentially we are all distorting objective reality by experiencing the present circumstances through the filter of our past conditioning. This is the natural order of things; it is what makes the Human Plane a place of great variety. It also makes mutual agreement amongst humans nearly impossible, unless the conditioning has been the same or at least similar. Thus we establish better, smoother, relationships with those who share our conditioning, who share our past (which can be this life's past or another life).For this reason, the Moon is the most important factor when considering two people's charts for compatibility analysis in Vedic Astrology. Likewise the Moon's daily placement must be consulted in Muhurta analysis (choosing the proper day and time to initiate an endeavor), and compared to the doer's natal Moon, in order to assess the compatibility one has with the energy of the day. What we are searching for in another person, or in a favorable day to begin something, is an energy pattern that is 'digestible' by our own Moon.It is said in Vedic Astrology that the Moon needs support. Why? Because that conditional reality experienced by your Moon-mind, is not, strictly speaking, real. And somewhere deep down inside, it knows this. Thus you seek out familiar circumstances, and re-interpret those that are not familiar to seem familiar, so as to support the reality view that has already been established. This Lunar Mind wants the easy way out: it sticks with experiences compatible with its own particular programming. In Vedic Astrology, the Moon governs our five senses, thus: “how you see is what you get”. What we are attracted to, the experiences we each desire, are dictated by the mental-emotional food that we have a 'taste' for. Thus we avoid, shut out, or when there is no other choice, redefine those experiences that don't fit with our own familiar mental constructions.Analysis of the natal Moon is a major consideration when trying to find out why someone's life is 'not working'. Oftentimes the problem is not that objective reality has been unkind, but rather that the person has been rejecting their experiences as 'indigestible'. Understanding the workings of your own Moon-mind helps you see how your lunar conditioning limits your ability to deal successfully with the unfamiliar. With increased awareness of your existing programming, you are taking the first step towards changing it. By expanding the range of what you find 'edible', you expand your human consciousness, and your ability to work through your karma in this lifetime.

My Money Karma

What should I do about my financial situation? When am I going to get more money? What does my chart say about prosperity in my life? Such questions are among the most frequently asked of the astrologer.In ancient times each family produced the commodities needed for their own consumption. If you wanted something you didn't yourself produce, there was barter. Somewhere along the line the 'medium of exchange' was invented, so that now the struggle for survival comes down to the struggle for money. Classical works on astrology are full of formulas and combinations of planets and positions indicating the potential for riches as well as for poverty. Through astrology we seek guidance on what the financial attainment in this lifetime will be, and when, and how we can improve the outcome.Where in the natal chart do we find clues regarding income? Each sector (house) of the astrology chart makes its own particular contribution to the overall scheme of prosperity. The 2nd house is the most specific regarding the resources that the soul has at its disposal for this particular journey on Earth. Thus we first evaluate the 'health' of the 2nd house to determine general prosperity. Conditions for a healthy 2nd house include having 'good' planets, especially Jupiter or Venus, either in or influencing the 2nd house, and having the lord of the house (the planet that rules the zodiacal sign located in the 2nd house) in a strong and beneficial placement, such as being placed in one of the power houses (the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th), in a favorable sign, and/or associated with one of the benefic planets. The 11th house gets analyzed in a similar manner. The 11th house is distinguished from the 2nd house by being the house of Profit and Gain, and thus more associated with 'chunks' of money rather than the regular income and stored up prosperity of the 2nd. A connection between the 11th house and another house in the chart shows in what part of life you can seek profits. For instance, if the lord of the 11th house is found in the 4th (Home), profits can come from real estate. We live in a job-based society, so obviously the parts of the chart related to employment and career have a major bearing on prosperity for most of us. The 6th house is the house of service, servitude, and therefore employment. An involvement of the 6th and the 2nd houses indicates income from employment. Such would be the case if the lord of the 2nd house were to be placed in the 6th house. This relationship, if it exists, has to be analyzed for favorable or unfavorable influences: if favorable conditions exist, the person gets good employment that contributes to their prosperity, if unfavorable, then the person works at a low-paying job, or has difficulty sustaining employment.The 10th house of the chart is the sector called 'status and position' and 'action in society'. This comes down to Career and Profession in our modern world. The connections made by planetary placements in the 10th house, and the location of the lord of the 10th house in the chart, tell a lot about what sort of a career a person has. For instance, a favorable connection between the 10th house of career and the 11th house of profits indicates one who makes money through commissions, sales, deals, etc. Involvement of the 1st house, the house of 'Self' with the 10th house indicates a Self-employed person, an Entrepreneur. Involvement of the 7th house of Partnership with the 10th house of Career shows success through Business Partnership. As with all analysis that the astrologer makes, an assessment of the benefic or malefic influences on the 10th house and its lord must be made in order to determine the degree of success.But what if the chart doesn't indicate favorable placements and influences connected to the financial houses? There are still other potential sources of prosperity. One that I like to look at is the 8th house. Usually thought of as the House of Obstruction and Death, the 8th has another meaning: Unearned Wealth. This is because the 8th is the 2nd house (prosperity) from the 7th (partner), so it indicates the partner's wealth, and by extension, any unearned wealth. Thus, a strong planet and favorable conditions in the 8th house indicates benefiting from another person's wealth; i.e., being supported by another, an inheritance, alimony or insurance payments, etc.There are two houses in the chart that generally indicate Good Fortune. The 9th house and its lord are primary significators for Luck in the chart, and if connected with the income houses, especially when strong and under benefic influence, give excellent potential for good financial karma in one's life. Likewise, the 5th house, indicating 'Good Past Life Karma Dividend', when connected with the 2nd or 11th house, will pay out as favorable finances in your life, due to the meritorious actions from the past life. After examining the potentials shown by the birth chart, the next question is “When does it happen?” For the answer the astrologer goes to the various techniques of prediction that give the timetable for activation of the latent potentials. The first of these is the dasha system, the so-called planetary periods. During the years of the major period, or sub-period, of the planet ruling the 2nd house or the 11th house, the karmas associated with money are 'turned on'. But the dashas cannot give more than the potential shown in the natal chart. So if the strength of the lord of the 2nd house is only medium, we can expect only medium results. If we are wondering when the might be an inheritance, the astrologer looks for activation of the 8th house. But even if the promise of unearned wealth is there, the payoff can only be as large as the house and its lord's strength indicates. Outside of the dasha system, the ongoing planetary transits to the natal chart help to determine times of increased prosperity. Most notable of these is the transit of Jupiter, since it is the general indicator of prosperity and expansion. Thus, if Jupiter by its transit moves through or influences a money house in your chart, and if that house is strong and favorable and especially if the house is already 'turned on' through the dasha system, then you can anticipate an up-tick in income. For instance, when Jupiter transits through your 6th house, there are increased opportunities for employment, usually accompanied by an increase in salary, because Jupiter influences by its trinal (120 degree) aspect, the 2nd house (income) when it transits the 6th.These are just some of the possibilities that the astrologer looks for when analyzing your chart for answers to the money question. There are more levels to investigate for more details, such as the divisional charts (called vargas) or the functional nature of the moon signs (the nakshatras), which, like the houses in the chart, each demonstrate potentials which have their opportunity for expression during the life. It is through a careful reading of the planetary patterns that the astrologer can point out what potentials you are not making use of, as well as when activation within the chart creates the most favorable time to make your efforts most productive. And, if you are so blessed, the astrology chart shows that there are times when circumstances arise having nothing to do with your conscious efforts, that are hidden in the workings of the lords of karma and grace, when your financial needs are taken care of in any case.