How to use Saptamsa in readings Sex Determination There are certain simple rules that govern the sex determination of the children. For a male nativity, the first child is determined by the lord of the 5th house from Saptamsa Lagna, whereas for a female nativity, the first child is determined from the lord of the th house from Saptamsa Lagna. For a male nativity, subse!uent children are determined from the lords of every "rd house from the fifth, in direct order, i.e. the second child #th house lord third child from th house lord and fourth child from $$th house lord and so on whereas, for a female nativity nativity,, subse!uent children are determined from the lords of every "rd house from the ninth, in reverse order. i.e. the second child from #th house lord, third child f rom 5th lord and fourth child from "rd lord and so on. % male child is predicted, predicted, if the lord of the child child is, $. placed in an odd sign or, &ancer or 'isces () *. exalted or con+oins exalted planets, or ". con+unct the Sun, upiter, -ars or )ahu considered male planets/. % female child is predicted, predicted, if the the lord of the child child is, $. placed in an even sign, 0emini or %!uarius, () *. debilitated or con+oins debilitated planets, or ". con+unct the -oon, 1enus, -ercury, -ercury, 2etu &onsidered feminine planets/ or Saturn 3apumsa4a also/. The sign occupied by the 5th, #th etc Lords should be treated as the Lagna of individual children. Ta4e Ta4e the lord as the Lagna of specific children and predict fortune as per dasas. Timing Timi ng the birth of &hildren $. 6irth, of children ta4es place during the dasa of planets having %rgala on Saptamsa Lagnesh. *. 7ndividual children are predicted during the antardasa of the lord of the child, its depositor or the lords of the "rd89th from the Lagna as mentioned earlier/. 7n case of a conflict between the indications of the saptamsa of expectant father and mother, the results should be predicted from the male horoscopeThis rule has also been proved by genetics wherein it is an established fact that the sex chromosomes are only determined by the male/ ". 0enerally, a male child is born in six )asi comprising the 4endra84ona from anma )asi of saptamsa of father, i.e. i.e. the anma )asi of the son is the $st, :th, 5th, #th, th or $;th from saptamsa )asi of the father. :. 0enerally, a female child is born in the remaining six )asi i.e. *nd, "rd,
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$. 5th Lord in )asi, -ercury has gained " %msa and is placed with " planets. The native has three children. *. 5th Lord from Saptamsa Lagna, -ercury, is placed alone in Dhanus. The first issue is a son who wor4s in a telecommunication company. Since -ercury is in the $*th from Lagnesh Saturn, he is settled in a foreign country. >e was born during )ahu?-erc?1enus in 1rischi4 )asi 2endra to Simha?Saptamsa moon. ". #th lord sun is exalted in -esha. The second issue is also a son who is employed in the 0ovt. >e was born in )ahu?-erc?0uru in 2umbha )asi. :. th Lord 1enus is exalted in 'isces, and con+oin 2etu. 7n spite of 2etu the two other factors predominate and the "rd issue is also a son involved in the export of prawns2etu/. >e was born during )ahu dasa 2etu antardasa in Simha )asi. &ase=* -ale born # -ay$<", $$ a.m. at *535, 95 @*5. $. " planets aspect the 5th )asi drishti/ as the 5th Lord in debility gains # 3avamsa. The native has " issues * Surviving/ *. Sun, 5th Lord in Saptamsa, is alone in 1irgo showing the $st issue that was lost few months after conception as the fifth lord going to the sixth house shows early death of child. ". 1enus, #th lord is in 2umbha and *nd pregnancy is a daughter. :. The th lord upiter is in Sagittarius, but con+oins debilitated )ahu and -ercury. Thus the third issue as foretold, is a daughter. A%ll other astrologers had said boy as the Dasa was of upiter, but the results were different.B 5. The native wanted to try for a son again, but was advised against it since the $$th lord Saturn is alone in &apricorn and, this issue too would be a female. 7t maybe noted that from the case histories it will be seen that a con+unction dominations placement unless the lord is exalted or debilitated. S%'T%-S% C D# The Saptamsa is a divisional chart showing the activities and results of sexual interaction. To see the fruits of this sexual interaction, ie., children, the analysis of Saptamsa is to be done. >ence this division is seen for children, grand children, their possibility, well?being, prosperity etc. 7t is the view of some astrologers that in female charts this division signifies the husbands well being and proeperity. 7t is also belived that with regard to progeny better results are obtained from female charts than from male charts.
@ach sign of "; degrees is divided into # e!ual parts of : degrees $# minutes and 9.5# seconds each. 7n odd signs the counting starts from the sign where the planet is posited and in even signs counting starts from the #th place from the planet.
Deities of # Saptamsas=
2S>%%)% 67TT@)/, 2S>7)%-7L2/, D%D>7&)D/, 0>)7T>% 0>@@/, 72S> S0%)&%3@/, -%D> >(3@E/ %3D SDD>% %L% ')@ %T@)/ These are the # )asas mentioned for the # Saptamsas in (dd rasis. 7n even rasis the order is reversed.
First child is to be seen from the 5th house, which is the $$th from the #th house. This is for first wife. For second wifes first child, the $$th house from *nd house is to be seen as *nd house indicates second wife. %rudha pada of the "rd and th houses from lagna and Sun indicate the ability to conceive. "rd house which indicates copulation is vital in detrmining the persons ability to conceive. 7f Sun is placed in the *8$* or <89 axis from %rudha pada of "rd or th house, it indicates a physical obstruction in conceiving children.
%s per aimini Sutras= -ercury, Saturn and8or 1enus in Saptamasa lagna tend to deny children or progenic bliss. -ercury and Saturn are eunuch planets and in D# lagna they deny fertility. 7f 1enus is also associated there in D# lagna or trines, then the person has had excessive sexual encounters and the chances of progeny are depleted. For female charts th house and for male charts 5th house should be considered for procreative success. Sun, upiter and )ahu in the th house will indicate many sons. Sun, )ahu, upiter and -oon are son? giving planets. 7f both child giving planets and child denying planets are present in D# lagna a child will be born after some delay. 7f -ars and Saturn are in the th house of D# i/ ii/ wedloc4.
a Dattaputra is indicated it also indicates a marriage with a widow 8 divorcee who already has child from previous
iii/ 7ndicate begetting a child through a 4insman as the native may lac4 procreative ability or otherwise.
7f the th house in D# chart is an o dd sign there will be many children and if it is an even sign few children.
For male, the first progeny is from 5th house, the subse!uent children are +udged from the # th ,th ,$$th etc. This is continued till "rd house. The next house should be 5th house but as we have already started from that house, the next house will be the :th house and the subse!uent houses will be the third from it. For females, the first progeny is from th house, the subse!uent children will be from the lords of #th , 5th , "rd and $st etc. The above method is adopted here also. Sun, )ahu, upiter and -ars are male planets. 1enus, -oon, 2etu are female planets. Saturn and -ercury are eunuch planets. 7f the lord of the child 5th lord or #th lord as mentioned above/ +oins a male planet or a planet in exaltation, the child will be male. 7f the lord of the child +oins a female planet or a planet in debilitation, the child will be a female. 7f the sign lord of the house is a male planet, the child will be a male and if the dispositer of the house is a female planet, the child will be a female child. The gati either changes or ends when it reaches one of the nodes, unless upiter is strong in Saptamsa. 7n male charts 5th house is the controlling house for children, while in the female chart, the it is th th house. The ence their lord maraca lords/ should be analysed with respect to the houses of the children and their lords. For eg. 5th lord vs | |
7f the lord of the D# lagna is posited in such mara4a place, the pe rson will not have inclination to get children. Similarly, if D# lagna lord is in the house then disease may delay or hinder childbirth -oon is the significator of -other. 7ts wea4ness in D# indicates the inability of the mother to carry the child. See in which saptamsa )asa the -oon is posited. 6y consuming that particular )asa, and worshiping -other 0odess/, the mother can get potentiality to carry the child. &hanting of Santana 0opala mantra is the most auspicious.
The lord of the house should be considered lagna for the child. 7f this lord is having good relation with the lagna lord of D#, the relationship between the parent and child will be very good.
(ther principles of analysis= The D# lagna lord must be seen in relation to the position 5>, 5L in D?$. Secondly, the position of upiter, Lagna lord of D?$ have to be chec4ed in D?#. The position of L and planet 1enus are to be chec4ed in D?#.
That means, lagna lord of D?$, 5L, #L, L, 4ara4a upiter and 1enus are to be seen in relation to Lagna of D?#. 7f there is any affliction one may have delayed progeny.
See the position of upiter, Lagna lord and #th Lord of D?#. 7f there is any affliction, the progeny will only after performing certain Santhi?2armas.
7f there is any affliction to th lord, th house and 1enus in D?#, in relation to lagna lord of D?#, then there will not be any progeny at all. 1enus is given so much of importance because 1enus is the significator of semen.
3umber of children= 7st method= &ount the number of planets falling in between 5th lord and 4ara4a upiter. The number of strong planets falling in between 5th lord and upiter indicate the number of children. &ounting from 5th lord to upiter, including both/ 77nd method= 7n D?#, see the number of rasis the 5th lord of D?$ travelled from his house, ie., 5th house. That much number of progenies one will have. The 2shaya rasis and planets should be excluded. 777rd method= %ssociation of planets with Lagna lord of D?# in D?$ and vice?versa.
These are the few methods to see the number of progeny. 3ow a days these are not applicable because of family planning methods adopted by the people.
Different 6havas of D?#=
Lagna= This will indicate the longevity, physical stature, complexion, colour, mental disposition, fame, and sudden fall of progeny. The promise of progeny is also seen from D?#. The dasa8antar dasa of the D?# lagna lord or planets in lagna can give progeny.
*nd house= Secret ambitions of progeny, their longevity, welfare, childrens well?being, their capacity to inherit the ancestral property.
"rd house= 7t will indicate about the prowess, strength of children. This will also tell about the childrens native self/. The death of the native is not only connected to his 2armas, but also his childs his 4armas as well as his fathers 4armas. That means, the "rd house of D?# will indicate the longevity of self. 7t will also tell about the persons immediate travels. Success in a place outside his fathers house can be seen from "> of D?#.
:th house= This tells about the happiness one will en+oy from their chidren. @n+oyment, fame, recognition, attachments, responicibilities, accomplishments in materialistic pleasures achieved from children can be seen from this house. The permanency and arishta can also be seen from this house $*th house to 5th house/.
5th house= This will indicate about the 'oorva 'unya 6ala, intelligence of progeny, 0odly inclinations, following of religion by the children. Sun in the 5th house of D?# is not considered very pious. -oon, -ercury, upiter and 1enus are considered very good. The children will be self illuminated and need not have guidance towards wisdom. 2nowledge of 1edas, Sastras, Tar4am will be very good with the progeny. Saturn or -ars in the 5th house of D?# indicate 'utra dosham. The remedies for such a Saturn are 'oo+a to 2aalabhairava, offering white butter to Lord %n+aneya or lighting Tila Deepam. (n Saturdays before Lord Shiva. nderta4ing of 6rahmacharys studied on his shoulders is also one of the remedies. For -ars, propitiation to Lord Subrahmanya or 'oo+a to the Shat2ona yantra, 2umara 6ho+anam G 1asra Daanam. For Sun, donate the first child. %ny affliction of 5th house by debilitated planet, inimical planet, or otherwise afflicted planet is not considered very good. @rrosion of intelligence factor of progeny is indicated. 'articularly debilitated -ercury or inimical -oon in 5th house is not at all good for the progeny. @xalted 1enus or upiter is extraordinarly good.
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The afflicton of Soumya grahas in ouse or $$th >ouse, the person will get support from his relatives, Dayadees. | |
#th >ouse= This will tal4 of %risthas to progeny. Ta4e 5th lord of D?$ along with #th house of D?# to assess the arishta.
5th lord of D?$ with #th house of D?# tal4s of %rishta to $st progeny. #th lord of D?$ with #th house of D?# tal4s of *nd progenys %rishta. th lord of D?$ with #th house of D?# tal4s of "rd progenys arishta. %nother method= 5th lords na4shatra lord will tal4 of $st progeny. Suppose 5th lord is -ars and -ars is in yesta. So the na4shatra lord of -ars is -ercury. See -ercury and the #th house of D?# to tal4 about %rishta to $st progeny. Ta4e -ercurys na4shatra lord. Suppose -ercury is in -oons na4shatra. -oon position and the #th house of D?# will ta4e about *nd progenys arishta.
Transiting position of )ahu or Saturn or -ars alongwith 'utra4ara4a upiter on #th house of D?# will tal4 of %rishta coming to the concerned progeny.
9th house= This will indicate longevity of natives progeny. 7ncurable diseases, that may come to progeny will also indicated by this house. 9th house and 9th lord tal4 about to whom the incurable diseases will come. Secret ambitions, 0ovt. displeasures, punishments, etc. will be seen from 9th house.
th house= This will tal4 of 2eerti, 6hagyam of progeny. >ere lagna lord, 5th lord or th lord of D?$ or D?# with Sun, if placed in th house of D?#, the 6hagyodayam of child will be after the departure of parents. Long distance travels, 'itru )unam, 'itra 'utra arishtam, Devata 'ra4opam will be seen from here. hich 0od or 0odess should be propitiated by which progeny to get success will be indicated from this house.
$;th house= Fame, status, achievements, Deerghayu of progeny 9th from "rd / will be seen from this house. 7f $;th house is well placed by $;th lord or Sun even debilitated/, it indicates Deerghayu. 'lacements of malefics in $;th house -ars G Sun/ is very good. upiter G 1enus, if they are in own sign or in exaltation in $;th house of D?#, will give fame to progeny. 6ut presence of -oon G 1enus in $;th house of D?# will give recognition but fame will not be there. -id cusp lord of $;th house in D?$, if having strength in D?# chart, the progeny will be extraordinarly well placed than the native.
$$th house= This will tal4 of amicability of the progeny, terror amongst co?born, their status, relationships, friends of progeny. 7f malefics are spoiled in $$th house, the progeny will suffer due to +ealous of others. )ahu G 2etu will get afflicted in the following circumstances. 7f they are in direct motion, if they are in static motion, if associated with retrograde planets.
hen )ahu is afflicrted in $$th house of D?#, one should be very careful. 'ump4in 6ali is to be given to 0odess 2ali, to ward of evil Drishti, +ealous etc. 6ali is to be given once in ttarayanam and once in Da4shinayanam of every year. %fflicted Sun in $$th house will give diseases to children. The child should wear Surya Eantra.
%fflicted -oon in $$th house will spoil the girls in the family. %fflicted -ercury will spoil boys in the family. %fflicted 1enus will spoil wife in the family. %fflicted upiter in $$th house will spoil parents in the family. %fflicted Saturn in $$th house will spoil old people in the family.
$*th house= @xpenditure, losses, untoward happenings, police or +uditiary interference of progeny will be indicated. Sun G -ars in $*th house is Saturn and -ercury in $*th house indicate that the person will not be interested in sex. upiter G 1enus in $*th house is good for progeny.
3ormally, 5th house dasa, in 7ndia, will give marriage
3umber of children
$. The number of children can be found out by counting the 3avamsa gained by the 5th lord. For e.g., the 5th lord is placed in 1irgo )asi and 0emini 3avamsa. &ounting from 0emini 3avamsa/ to 1irgo )asi A1irgo ? 0emini "/ H "B, we have four signs, i.e., the 5th lord has to gain three 3avamsas to reach 1irgo or upto three children should be anticipated &(1%? 'age $;/. This is however a crude method can can be used with extreme care. -ax. no. of child H )asi sign C 3avamsa Sign 't. )ath says that, for this method to wor4, the 5th lord should be placed with the upiter 2ara4a for 3avamsa/. >owever, from an illustration given in 'age *;; of &(1%, we see that this is not a necessary condition. >ere -ars is not associated or aspected by upiter, but the Lagna is aspected by upiter from the #th, through )asi and 0raha Drsti both. >ere we might conclude that for this method to wor4, upiter should be strongly placed in the horoscope and influence the factors of progeny. *. This can also be seen from the planets aspecting the 5th by 0raha or )asi Drsti. )iders The number of children is limited by the )ahu ? 2etu axis, unless upiter is strongly placed in the D?$, to eliminate all the putra Dosas. &(1%, 'age $9:/ 6irth of Twins
The signs %!uarius and Scorpio have two lords each and hence if they happen to be the house of child8 pregnancy, they can indicate twins. -ost standard texts prescribe the involvement of the Signs 0emini, 1irgo, Scorpio or %!uarius for the birth of the twins. They add 0emini and 1irgo also to %!uarius and Scorpio, since the signs are lorded by -ercury whose nature is dual. 7llustration 7n the chart of the standard nativity, the 5th lord -oon is in %!uarius )asi and 'isces 3avamsa, which shows that there are possibilities of $$ children, however while we count from 'isces we have to stop in Taurus, because 0emini is occupied by a node. Thus the maximum no. of children is limited to * only shown by the signs %ries and Taurus. Saptamsa chart can be seen for more details about children. The details of +udging Saptamsa &hart is given in subse!uent section. $st child= The Saptamsa Lagna is in an (dd sign and hence the counting shall be in a Iodiacal manner. The $st child is shown by the 5th lord -ars, placed in 0emini with -oon and 2etu. *nd child= The *nd child is shown by the #th lord -ercury. -ercury is placed in Scopio and has exhange. Scorpio generally shows female child being an even sign. Due to the exchange of planets, it indicate male child. 7ts worthwhile to note that the owever, due to 0raha Dristi of upiter on -ercury and )asi Drsti on the Lagna, the child is saved.
Sex of children )asi &hart For matters concerning children, the placement of the fifth lord and the planets should be seen from the upiter, the naisargi4a putra 4ara4a. 7f there are planets in strengths f rom the upiter, they can indicate the number and nature of the children. The placement of the fifth lord from upiter will indicate the extent of gains from &hildren etc.? 't. San+ay )ath &(1%, 'age $</ 3ormally for determination of sex of the child, the chart of the father is a better indicator. &(1%, 'age $99/
The Saptamsa The timing of birth of 7ndividual children, their nature, abilities and fortune is seen in the Saptamsa chart. This has been explained in detail by -aharishi aimini padesha Sutras. &(1% 9.<.$/ &ounting The first child is seen from the 5th house counted Iodiacally or anti?Iodiacally depending on whether the Lagna is (DD or @1@3 . The subse!uent pregnancies are seen from every third house -andu4a 0at i/. Thus if an odd sign ascends in the Saptamsa, the individual pregnancies are seen in the 5th, #th, th, $$th etc. 7f an even sign ascends in the saptamsa, the individual pregnancies are seen in the th, #th, 5th, "rd and so on. &(1%/ %fter the -andu4a 0ati reached the point of start, the se!uence of +umps would repeat again, which cant be allowed. To counter this problem, the next sign arrived at is by &rawling the sign. For illustration, after the +ump se!uence reaches from 5th to "rd, the next sign after "rd would be 5th again, thus here the +ump doesnt progress to the 5th, but the :th there in, where the frog is supposed to be crawling, than +umping as there is no space for +umping, 5th house, being already considered. JThus the order of pregnancy
becomes 5?#??$$?$?"?:?9?$;?$*?*. For even sign the se!uence becomes ?#?5?"?$?$$?$;?9?owever the counting still starts from the Saptamsa Lagna. &(1%, 'age $"/ (n sex of child 7f a lord of the child associate with a planet, lets say 1enus and there is a parivartana of this planet with another 'lanet, lets say Sun. The influence of the other planet, namely Sun will be more dominant over the lord of the child, in determining the sex of the child. &(1%, 'age $"/. >owever, if there is a parivartana of the lord of child with another planet, then the sex of the child, determined by the lord of the child is simply reversed. For e.g., if the lord of the child is 1enus is placed in Leo, with -oon and the lord of Leo, Sun is placed in house of 1enus, Taurus, then the sex of the child indicated by 1enus in con+unction with -oon, i.e., Female, shall be changed to -ale.
*. Lord of child placed in house of another child 7f the lord of a child is placed in the house of another child, then one of the children indicated by them shall survive. For illustration the 5th lord is placed in the #th house, one of the children signified by the 5th and the #th lords will survive. 't. San+ay )ath/. >owever, in &(1%, 't. San+ay has presented one more viewpoint while showing the use of Dre44ana for co?borns, whereby when the counting reaches a sign which houses another lord of the child, the count crawls over to another sign. To illustrate the point he says J>owever, &apricorn houses two sisters as indicated by -ercury and upiter and should normally have limited the number of elder co?borns. Since the number is actually higher, the next sign %!uarius will indicate the co?born.K &(1%, 'age $*;/
Two child lords placed together 7f two lords of the child are placed together, then one of the children shall survive. For e.g., if the lords of 5th and th are placed in the same sign, then o ne among the children shown by them shall survive. >owever, it is difficult to determine who among them shall survive and can only be determined from practical events. 7n the present case, if there is a miscarriage of the first child, the "rd child shown by the th lord shall survive and vice?versa.
(ne planet becomes lord of two houses of children 7f one planet happens to indicate more than one child, then the first child will be shown by the lord of the child however, the *nd one will be shown b y the house of the child and the planets placed therein. To illustrate his point 't. )ath says in &(1%? page $*;, when one of the children have been indicated by -ars >ouse of child C Scorpio/, and the next house of the child happens to be %ries, -ars will not show the child, however %ries, placed with -oon will show a sister who is emotional -oon/ and )ash %ries/. >ad there been no planet, then %ries would have shown male birth.
Saptamsa lagna lord in -arana Sthana from lord of child 7f 1enus becomes the lord of Saptamsa Lagna, the issues indicated by the planets in the 9th from 1enus cannot survive unless con+oins 2etu 0anapati/, as these issues will have 1enus in the -arana Sthana )eference/. The same principle can be extended to other planets. Thus in case of Different Saptamsa Lagna, the placement of the lord of the child in the following places cannot survive. Sun? *nd -oon? | |