Dear Mr Rao: Samasaptaka Ready Reckoner for Key Yogas

November 6, 2001

Dear Mr N Rao & Solai Guru

Ref your Yogas' Ready Reckoner, What is Samasaptaka?: seems to be cjn

(oops!: conjunction) or opposition, from translating it. If so, my real

questions are:

Is an opposition relationship good or bad? Or is it a mutual development

(mutual co-worker) for either good/ bad (depending on the natural &

functional significations of the 2 planets)? In many texts, this 1/7

relationship is mentioned as great in some contexts, & bad in others.

Hence, am totally confused.

Lets stretch this to all of the 6 possible mutual placements of 2 planets:

2/12, 3/11, 4/10, 5/9, 6/8, 7/1. Now lets add the confusion of temporal

friends & enemies to this, ie t.friends= 2/3/4/10/11/12, ie the first 3 of

the above placements, & t.enemies= the other 3. Which means that these

COMPOUND relationships based on these are actually used in many texts. But

WHERE are they used, & where not is very confusing. And just look at the

above: a mutual kon relationship is BAD. But we are exhorted to see the

kons to ANY planet for additional significations, as they are mutually

supportive placements, I thought. So where am I confusing various issues?

So, let me repeat 2 of my earlier questions in the above context:

1. Difference between occupying vs aspecting a house/ planet: Ref pg 428

CoVA: St occupying/ conjoining a house/ lord= decreases the longevity of

the relevant signification of the house/ lord. BUT if St graha-aspects them

(I suppose this holds true also for rasi-drishtis), it INCREASES their

longevity, as St is the natural significator for longevity. This opposite

result between occupying & aspecting a house, is unclear.

Difference for different significations of the same house when being N

houses away from it: DaraPada in 3/11 from AL= physical compatibility with

partner, but bad for business prospects (why the difference?) ref pg 253

CoVA. Or: Ra/ Ke in 11= RajYoga & sudden gains in wealth respectively, but

Ke in 11 also= bad friends. Why does Ke in 11 give good wealth (4/ 10 to/

from 2, 3/ 11 from/ to 9) but bad friends?

Regards

Nandan

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