Drsti Bheda: Rashi, Graha and Bhava

Rashi Drishti

Well exposed without any confusion. The word used is the Rashi aspect sign in front of them and two adjacent Rashi. It has to be practised on South Indian Horoscope. Adjacent Rashi means Rashi in 4-10 to Rashi in front. Many scholars have misinterpreted that adjacent “Parshbhave” means the sign juxtapose and shloka means Rashi does not aspect sign juxtapose. But this is incorrect. Why It will be shown in our Jaimini Article. [Here, it will make the article way too long] One can refer to my article on Sangyan Tattwa for more information.

Movable sign aspect the sign in 8th to them and their Parshava sign which is sign in 11th and 5th.

Fixed sign aspect the sign in 6th to them and their Parshava sign which is sign in 3rd and 9th.

Movable sign aspect the sign in 7th to them and their Parshava sign which is 4th and 10th.

In Short. Movable sign aspect all fixed sign except the one in 2nd to him, Fixed sign aspect all movable sign except the one in 12th to him, Dual sign aspects all other dual signs.

Refer to the table given below.

Aspect Table
Rashi	Frontal Sign	Other Signs under Aspect
Aries	Scorpio	Aquarius and Leo
Taurus	Libra	Cancer and Capricorn
Gemini	Virgo	Sagittarius and Pisces
Cancer	Aquarius	Scorpio and Taurus
Leo	Capricorn	Libra and Aries
Virgo	Gemini	Pisces and Sagittarius
Libra	Taurus	Aquarius and Leo
Scorpio	Aries	Capricorn and Cancer
Sagittarius	Pisces	Gemini and Virgo
Capricorn	Leo	Taurus and Scorpio
Aquarius	Cancer	Aries and Libra
Pisces	Sagittarius	Virgo and Gemini

The planet’s placed in the sign also aspect with Rashi Drishti.

Special with Rashi Drishti – Rashi Drishti is always full [Other’s are not – will be seen in next sections] People are confused about an aspect of planets like Ketu or Upagraha like Mrityu or Aprakash Graha like Dhoom. Anything in Rashi aspect with Rashi Drishti. This is to say if you need to check the aspect of Gulika see Rashi Drishti of the Rashi where Gulika is placed and you will find an aspect of Gulika. When one will read Jaimini one will find that Jaimini gave extreme importance to Rashi Drishti because even Arudha in a Bhava will aspect with Rashi Drishti only. That is to say anything in Rashi will aspect with Rashi Drishti.

It is mentioned that “Brahma” [Creator] told about Rashi Drishti, Which means any affliction arising out of Rashi Drishti shows a basic defect in creation or manifestation. Also how to approach this subject as there can be four differentiations here, aspect by malefic but who is a friend of lord of sign, aspect by malefic who is inimical to the lord of the sign.  the aspect of benefic inimical to the lord of sign, aspect of benefic friendly to the lord of the sign. All this will be explored in-depth in our course.

Graha Drishti

Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra clearly states that every planet has 1/4th aspect on 3-10 Houses from itself [It uses bhava which means house and not Rashi], 2/4th aspect on 5-9 houses from itself. 3/4th on 4-8 houses from itself and 4/4th aspect on 7th house from itself. Saturn, Jupiter and Mars have had special aspects as Saturn aspects 3-10 from itself by full 4/4 aspect, Mars aspect 4-8 from itself by full 4/4 and Jupiter aspects 5-9 fro itself by full 4/4 aspect.  

What the sage have intended to say was all planets except Saturn, Jupiter and Mars have full aspects on the 7th house and Saturn, Jupiter and Mars have special aspects on these houses as their full aspect and on the 7th house, their aspect is not full, but partial.

Graha Drishti
Planet	Trine [5-9]	Chaturastra [4-8]	Saptama [7]	Upachaya [3-10]
Saturn	1/4th	2/4th	3/4th	Full
Jupiter	Full	1/4th	2/4th	3/4th
Mars	3/4th	Full	1/4th	2/4th
Others	2/4th	3/4th	Full	1/4th

This, as can be seen above was the real method Sage wanted to propagate which was mutilated in name of correcting manuscripts.

One can also see that secret of Nadi Astrology lies here. Suppose two planets are in trine Sun and Moon then Sun cast 2/4th aspect on Moon and Moon cast 2/4th aspect on Moon – Now is it illogical to say in a sense that they are in conjunction [Half+Half=Full] Due to this reason while defining Sambandha between planets Mantreshwara in his Phladeepika added Sambandha between Planets in Mutual Kendra and Kona.

Secrets in usage: We know sambandha between planets are made by four methods. By being in each other’s sign, By being in mutual aspect, By being aspected by the depositor, by being in same sign [Together] But in practice, we find mutual aspect does not make a strong connection in many cases, Why? The answer to the same is only Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus have full aspect on 7th to participate in mutual aspect sambandha other planets cast partial aspect on 7th house thus yoga may or may not be applicable.

What do I mean by “may and may not” will be defined here? Suppose a few variations.

Jupiter and Mars in 1-7 Jupiter aspect Mars by 2/4th aspect and Mars by 1/4th aspect. it makes only 3/4th aspect. Unable to form Sambandha.

Jupiter and Saturn in 1-7. Jupiter aspect Saturn by 2/4th aspect and Saturn by 3/4th aspect making 5/4 which means a Sambandha.

This way one can clearly see the differences into considerations when we follow the true spirit of Sage.

Difference between Graha and Bhava Drishti: Graha Drishti is basically for Sambandha between two Graha, Only when it is full it has to be taken into consideration. Bhava Drishti is sambandha between Bhava and Graha and all types of aspects can be considered here. which differentiates them on the extent of their influence on Bhava.

Bhava Drishti 

Making clear that Bhava Drishti will take both full and partial aspects into consideration to judge the relationship between Bhava and Graha whereas Graha Drishti is only full between two Graha.

We need to calculate Drishti bala to know about Bhava Shadbala [Will be dealt with in a separate article]

Calculations of Bhava Drishti: Aspecting planet is called “Drishta [A]” aspected planet/Bhava is called “Drishya [B]”

Take their longitude “Rashi-Degree-Minute” and A-B = If more than 6 then subtract from 10 Rashi and divide by 2.

If more than 5 then leave Rashi and double Degree and Minute

If more than 4 [But less than 5] then subtract it from 5 and the remaining Degree and Minutes will give Drishti/Aspect

If more than 3, Subtract from 4, Divide by 2 and add 30.

If more than 2, Leave Rashi and add 15 in Degrees

If more than 1, leave Rashi and half the degrees. This gives a quantum of aspects.

For Saturn, Mars and Jupiter: For Saturn add 45 more in aspect on the 3rd and 10th house. For Jupiter add 30 more in aspect on the 5th and 9th house. For Mars add 15 more in aspect 4th and 8th houses.

These calculations can be tiring for beginners hence one is advised to take support of modern-day software. One such Software is Jagannath Hora which is free to download. [Check settings before usage] In the software open any chart [It is easy to use] Select the option “View” above in File Bar and then choose “Aspect Table with Relationship” Then right click on New Window anywhere over blank space and choose “Full Aspect Value” and then change it to be 100.

Secrets in Usage: Graha Drishti does not take into consideration the degrees of planets. In a planet in aforesaid Bhava/Rashi [They are same] comes under their aspect irrespective of their degrees. But in Bhava Drishti, Degrees of Bhava [Similar to that of Lagna] needs to be taken into consideration. This is the reason why Mantreshwar in his Phala-Deepika have said that planets in any bhava equalling the degrees of Lagna will give the full effect of that bhava and in other places promotionally. This also applies to their aspect. being placed in a bhava is inclusive of aspects of other Bhava.

Examples 

September 3, 1993; 18:00:00; Moradabad – India

[An operation after her birth just around 12 hours of birth near waist due to some ulcer/eruption and doctors cut the spinal veins which control veins. Now by birth, she can’t be moved]

Creation Flaw: See lagna with malefic and retrograde Saturn but in own sign [Longevity is not hampered] Rashi Drishti Venus, Indrachaap, Upaketu and Kaal. All three of these Aprakash Graha are troublesome. It gave the problem in upbringing [health issues] abnormality is seen by Aprakash Graha. Venus being benefic and friendly makes sure that her physical growth and longevity doesn’t get hampered.

October 28, 1955; 21:10:00; Seattle-Washington-USA

Horoscope of Bill Gates: See mutual aspect between Mercury and Moon 1st 2nd lords and 4th and 2nd lords which gives a beautiful combination for making money and property.

If you consider the mutual aspect between Mars and Moon it also becomes a combination between 6th and 2nd lord which indicates debts. He is not in debt, he never was.

See Bhava Drishti for 11th house it is aspected by Sun [Authority leader in Computer operating systems] Mars [Engineering] Mercury [74 – more than 50 – For technology and computers/communication/mail’s/outlook] Jupiter [Donations and Bill and Melinda foundation] Venus [Beautiful operating system from DOS to Windows XP] Saturn [Hard work and persistence with struggles to be at top] One can see more the planets aspects 11th house better the financial condition. [See house lordship of these planets and match it with his Wikipedia Biography] 11th lord is expecting 11th house along with 1st, 4th, 7th, 10th, 5th, 9th lords. [What else one wants]

This is an extensive topic, which can’t be taught in a single article. It has to be taught step by step to distinguish between Rashi and bhava, and their manifestation. Along with differences in Rashi and Graha Dasha. This article will provide an introduction to the subject. This article will be dealt with extensively in “Jyotish Prarambha”

(C) Shubham Alock for Jyotish Prarambha