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Narasimha Rao <pvr

Andrew Foss <ShriSource

Cc: Sanjay Rath <srath

Sunday, July 18, 1999 4:10 PM

Re: Comments On Your Hora Experiment

 

 

> Dear Andrew ji,

>

> > Dear Narasimha ji

> >

> > I started to add the different Hora charts to my software to facilitate

the

> > research project going on and that brought me to some questions which

> > perhaps you can resolve.

> >

> > 1) In the 1-7 system that you suggested, what do you mean by '6 signs

from

> > Leo are represented by Sun and 6 backwards from Cancer by Moon' in the

> > context of Hora. Aries has Aries and Libra Horas, Taurus has Taurus and

> > Scorpio, etc. Which are to be taken as Solar and which as Lunar?

>

> Kalyana Verma says in "Saravali" (in the section on hora chart) that

Cancer,

> Gemini, Taurus, Aries, Pisces and Aquarius are in Moon's half of the

zodiac and

> Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius and Capricorn are in Sun's half.

>

> So two horas in Aries rasi are Ar and Li. First half is in Sun's half and

so it

> is Li. Second half is in Moon's half and so it is Ar. In Taurus rasi, two

horas

> are Ta and Sc. First half is Lunar and second is Solar. So we get Ta and

Sc. In

> Gemini rasi, two horas are Ge and Sg. First half is Solar and second is

Lunar.

> So we get Sg in first jhalf and Ge in second. Go on like this. The key is

the

> division of zodiac into two halves ruled by Moon and Sun.

>

> You can find an exact table on page 28 of Sanjay Rath's book that I

referred

> you to earlier.

>

> > 2) What is this method to be called?

>

> Sanjay Rath calls this "Jagannatha Hora". Jagannatha is a name of Krishna.

So

> this name doesn't describe the method, whereas "Parivritti Dwaya

(bicyclical)

> Hora" does. Something like "Sun-Moon 1st-7th Hora" or "Luni-solar 1st-7th

Hora"

> or a Sanskrit equivalent would perhaps describe the method. But in some

parts

> of India, this chart is passed as a family secret and it is known as

"Jagannath

> Hora".

>

> > 3) How do you score the dignities in this and the Parivritti dwaya

method.

> > For instance Jupiter is in Cancer Hora in the PD method in my chart

being

> > in the second half of Taurus. What dignity is to be assigned to it

(bearing

> > in mind this effects Saptavargaja and Vimshopak computations)?

>

> In either chart, Jupiter will be "exalted" if he is in Cancer. He will be

in

> moolatrikona if he is in Sagittarius.

>

> If what you mean is "which version of hora chart should be considered as

'the

> hora chart' when finding Saptavargaja bala etc", then I will have skip the

> question. At this time, I only want to talk about what Parivritti Dwaya

Hora

> chart stands for and what to see in it and do not want to comment on other

> versions.

>

> Please note that we have different versions of Drekkana chart (D-3) too -

> Somanatha Drekkana, Jagannatha Drekkana, Parivritti Traya Drekkana and

Parasara

> Drekkana. However, only Parasara Drekkana is used for Saptavargaja etc

> considerations.

>

> > Thank you very much for your thoughts on this.

> >

> > Namaskar

>

> You are welcome.

>

> Narasimha

>

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