Intercepted or Blank Signs

Intercepted Signs (by Tin Win, courtesy of KP-Ezine, September 2013 issue) What is intercepted sign? An intercepted sign is a zodiac sign that does not fall on any house cusp. In other words, this is the sign when two houses sandwich it between them. When one sign is intercepted, the opposite sign is also intercepted. Intercepted signs always occur in opposing pairs, and elsewhere in the chart there will be two pairs of cusps with only two signs on them. For example, in the attached MP Jain’s chart, Gemini is intercepted, and its polar opposite, Sagittarius is also intercepted. Gemini is sandwiched by 8th and 9th houses, and Sagittarius by 2nd and 3rd houses. A pair of two cusps (1st and 12th) falls in Libra sign, and another pair of two cusps (6th and 7th) falls in Aries. Interceptions are pairs of signs which do not show up on any house cusp. A sign (Gemini) is intercepted when the sign is not upon any of the cusps of houses, but included between one house (8th cusp in Taurus) and another (9th cusp in Cancer). (Christian Astrology, Books 1 & 2, William Lilly, edt. David R. Roell, Astrology Center of America, 2005, p 37) When the same sign appears on two cusps (Libra on the 1st and 12th ), with opposite sign Aries on the opposite cusps 6th and 12th ), another pair of signs (Gemini and Sagittarius) is missing. The Gemini sign between them is squeezed to the 8th house and Sagittarius sign into 2nd house. Which charts have intercepted signs? Whether or not there are intercepted signs in a chart depends on various factors: 1) the latitude of the birth place: the closer to the poles, the more likely it becomes that there are extremely large houses with intercepted signs; starting with a) ‘two’ cusps falling in a sign even at the lower level of latitude like Indian charts, e.g. MP Jain’s chart with two cusps (1st and 12th) falling in Libra, two signs Gemini and Sagittarius are intercepted; b) ‘three’ cusps (2nd , 3rd and 4th ) falling in one sign Gemini, consequently ‘four' signs (Aries & Libra and Virgo & Pisces) intercepted in the chart of Greta Garbo, 18 September 1905, 19:30 pm, Stockholm, Sweden, 59n20, 18e03, h 1 e, Asc. Taurus 12° 52' 41", KP New Ayanamsa 22° 27' 3", by KPAstro 4.1 SW; similarly three cusps (3rd , 4th , 5th ) falling in Gemini sign of Juha Vainio’s chart, 10 May 1938, 03:35 am, Kotka, Finland, 60n28, 26e55, h2e, using KPNA 22° 54' 23"; then c) ‘four ‘ cusps (4th , 5th 6th and 7th ) falling in Taurus sign, and ‘six’ signs ( Gemini & Sagittarius, Cancer & Capricorn and Virgo and Pisces) intercepted in a Russian chart, 16 February 2009, 05:48 am, Tarko-Sale, ‘64’n55, 77e49, h 5 e, Yekaterinburg time, Asc. Scorpio 26° 58' 45", KPNA 23° 53' 39"; finally d) up to the chart of Polar region born Marie Peary, daughter of Polar explorer Robert Peary, 12 September 1893, 18:45 p.m. LMT, h 4:34:12 w, Anniversary Lodge, South shore of Bowdoin Bay (McCommick Bay), Inglefield Gulf, Greenland , 77n40, 68w30, Asc. Pi 3°

56' 2", KPNA 22° 16' 59", for which "a symposium of astrologers" had been then invited by Alan Leo to settle the matter of the reversed order of the houses compared to the usual order as per Regiomontanous and Campanus house systems). (see A Case Study of Polar Region Chart, KP-Ezine Oct. 2010 issue) 2) choice of the house system: almost all house systems calculate houses in relation to the latitude, and have therefore different house sizes, except the equal house system with all houses 30 degrees each, making intercepted signs impossible. For example, in William Lilly’s “Where is my fish?” horary chart, 20 February 1638, Hersham, UK, 0w23, 51n22, 9:00 a.m. LMT, h 0:01:32 w, three cusps (3rd @ 0°58'33" , 4th @ 14° 4'41" and 5th @ 29°46'34") falls in Cancer sign by Regiomontanus house system; two cusps (2nd @ 5°54' 9" and 3rd @ 27°20' 1") fall in Gemini sign by Koch house system; no intercepted signs at all by Placidus house system, according to tropical charts calculated by Astrodienst, www.astro.com . (Chart details: courtesy of The Real Astrology, John Frawley, ‘Chapter 3: Horary Astrology’) 3) tropical or sidereal chart, for instance, John Macauley Brown, 17 October 2003, t 09:28 am GDT, h1e (daylight saving time), Edinburgh (same birth place of Tony Blair with ‘four’ intercepted signs), Scotland, ‘55n57’, 3w13 has no intercepted signs at all in tropical (sayana) chart but contains two intercepted signs of Cancer and Capricorn, two cusps (5th and 6th) falling in Pisces and two cusps ( 11th and 12th ) in Virgo in the sidereal (nirayana) chart using KP New Ayanamsa 23° 49' 11"; similarly the tropical chart of Carl XV, King of Sweden, 3 May 1826, 14:15 pm LMT, Stockholm (birth place of Greta Garbo), Sweden, 59n20, 18e03, does not contain any intercepted signs, but in the sidereal chart using KPNA Gemini and Virgo signs are intercepted with 1st and 12th cusps falling in Leo sign; in the case of Greta Garbo, in tropical chart 1st and 2nd cusps fall in Gemini, and 3rd and 4th cusps in Cancer; but in sidereal chart 2nd , 3rd and 4th cusps fall in Gemini by using PKNA 22° 27' 3"; 4) adjustment of birth time, for instance when the charts are rectified; in the above Russian chart, 16 February 2009, 06:18 am, Tarko-Sale, ‘64’n55, 77e49, h 5 e, Yekaterinburg time, KPNA 23° 53' 39", if the birth time is adjusted to 06:06 am, only ‘three’ cusps (10th, 11th and 12th ) fall in Taurus with only ‘four’ intercepted signs (Cancer & Capricorn and Leo & Aquarius). Analysis as Usual 2. The example charts with two or four intercepted signs, two or three cusps falling in one sign, can be found analyzed in ‘usual’ manner, without any special additional rule in the books below: 1) KP Reader III: Predictive Stellar Astrology; Examples charts on pp 146, 170, 274, 300, 341, 369, 394 (1971 edition, theory part p 139, practical part pp 17, 112, 136, 173, 200, 223) are with intercepted signs; 2) KP Reader IV: Marriage, Married Life and Children; Example charts on pp 99, 105, 123, 207, 225, 231, 241 are with intercepted signs;

3) KP Reader V: Transit, Example chart on p 146 (1971 edition p 139) is with intercepted signs; 4) Nakshatra Chintamni, Chandrakant R. Bhatt; Example charts on pp 49,90; 5) Further Light on Nakshatra Chintamni, Chandrakant R. Bhatt; Example charts on pp 21,26, 31, 38, 51, 64 , 73, 96, 100, 106, 112, 128,153,156,161,166,172 are with intercepted signs; 6) Sublord Speaks, K.M. Subramaniam, Part- 1; Example charts on pp 25, 52, 70, 87, 89, 110, 122, 141, 149, 151; Part- 2, pp 16,19,63,70,73, 75, 115, 117,143; Part- 3: pp 4,11, 18, 22,26,29,36,80,110,127,149,154,156 are with intercepted signs; 7) Synthesis & Counseling in Astrology, The Professional Manual, Noel Tyl, Llewellyn Publications, 2009; 64 charts out of total 122 example charts are with two or four intercepted signs, including 3 cusps falling in one sign in chart no. 39, 55, 81, 82, and four signs intercepted in chart no. 91, 96, 120, using Placidus house system; 8) KP Reader VI: Horary Astrology; Horary example charts on pp 165, 169, 177, 213, 250, 271, 282, 293, 296 are with intercepted signs; 9) Prashna Jyotish, Chandrakant R. Bhatt, tran. Kanak Bosmia, 2013; Horary example charts no. 7, 8, 10, 14, 16, 17, 21, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 37, 39, 43, 44, 49, 50, 51, 52, 55, 56, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 68, 69, 74, 82, 85 (33 charts out of total 85 horary example charts of no. 1-249 mostly at 23n02, 72e35 have intercepted signs); 10) The Times Horary Astrology, Dr. Arastu Prabhakar, Nishkaam Peeth Prakashan, 2006/ reprinted under new title New Dimensions of K. P. Astrology, Diamond Pocket Books, 2007; (21 charts out of total 50 horary example charts contain intercepted signs); 11) Simplified Horary Astrology, Ivy M. Goldstein-Jacobson, Frank Severy Publishing, 1975; 19 charts out of total 33 horary example charts (time charts mostly at 34n03, 118w15), using Dalton’s Tables of Houses (Placidus house system), are with intercepted signs, which are clearly shown by the enclosing lines; 12) Plain & Simple Horary Astrology, Anthony Louis, Llewellyn Publications, 1998; 30 charts out of total 58 horary example charts (time charts), using Regiomontanus house system following William Lily, also Koch house system like Robert Hand and sometimes Placidus house system, contain intercepted signs. Ideas under Trial KP analysis is as usual for the charts, both natal and horary, which contained a pair of two intercepted signs or two cusps falling in one sign, except "Intercepted?" is explained in Handbook on Astrology, Part II, K. Hariharan,1998, p 8: If a sign lies between two cusps without touching either is called intercepted. Priscilla Costello, James Wasserman, The Weiser Concise Guide to Practical Astrology, Red Wheel Weiser, 2008

Astrologers generally believe that the qualities of intercepted signs are more difficult to access. In there are planets in that sign, they may express themselves only after significant activation or later in life. Native may have to work harder to extract their potentials, and rely on himself rather than others to accomplish his success. Oprah Winfrey’s chart is referred as an example chart for intercepted signs. In her chart the sign Capricorn is contained in the 1st house, and the sign Cancer is wholly contained in with the 7th house. (pp 72, 129) Helen Adams Garrett, Unlocking Interception, American Federation of Astrologers, 2011 She repeatedly told that almost all house systems fail above 66 degrees north latitude., Garrett's basic concept is that intercepted signs ‘come to light’ when the house cusps behind them, by progression, catch up and change signs. Thus, if one has an intercepted sign in the first house, that person fundamentally changed when the Ascendant progressed into the next sign. We have to wait for the proper time to earn the right for what the interceptions represents. Interceptions are karmic. (p 9) Intercepted signs, with planets in them, are areas of life which were not under our direct control as of the end of the previous life. Which is why they are now ‘intercepted’. We must struggle to reassert control. The houses ruled by intercepted planets are those areas of life, the interceptions themselves are the means by which they gained control. If those houses (the ones ruled by intercepted planets) themselves have planets in them, the result can be quite complicated. There are very few people born at such very high latitudes, virtually no significant events which happen at such latitudes. Ivy M. Goldstein-Jacobson, Simplified Horary Astrology, Frank Severy Publishing, 1975 Any planet in a intercepted sign is an intercepted planet and means interference and something or someone hemmed –in. ( p 16) Anthony Louis, Plain & Simple Horary Astrology, Llewellyn Publications, 1998 Planets in intercepted signs ‘have trouble expressing themselves.’ He lists it as a hindrance for functioning of the significators in a horary chart. ( pp 19, 69, 110) Chris McRae, Understanding Interception - A Key to Unlocking the Door, American Fedration of Astrologers, 2000 Chris McRae has lived most of her life at latitudes between 51 and 53 degrees north where about 82 percent of all charts contain at least one set of intercepted signs, about 10 per cent have two sets in pne house and about 10 percent have no interceptions at all by using the Placidus house sytem. She believes this has heightened her perception of this chart condition at all latitudes and helped unlock the door to its interpretation with support of 68 example charts. (p 6) She says not to get the idea that having a planet (s) intercepted is a liability, giving examples of those people who have experienced them both in a positive and negative fashion. For instance, Queen Elizabeth II of England (21 April 1926,02:40 am, London, England, 51n30, 0w10, h1e - daylight saving time), has

two sets of intercepted signs, containing five planets in all. These are Moon, Neptune in Leo intercepted in the seventh; Mars, Jupiter in Aquarius; and Mercury intercepted in the second. She is indeed a very private person and does not show any emotion in public. Lady Diana accused her of being cold and unyielding. (p 135) Alice Millers, Interceptions Heralds of a New Age, American Federation of Astrologers, 2009 Virtually everyone in the UK, which is located between 50 and 59 degrees north latitude, has at least one pair of interceptions. Many have two, especially the Scots to become the New Age leaders. India, by contrast, is barely north of the equator. Interceptions in that part of the world are extremely rare. This is why India is along with all its many holy men, sages, gurus and pandits. Such idea of interceptions making the individual somehow special, unique and gifted is found silly by David R. Roell because the further north one goes, the more signs get intercepted. (Skeet Shooting for Astrologers, p 121). Alice Miller, Intercepted Planets: Possibilities for a New Age, American Federation of Astrologers , 2010 Those with intercepted areas in their natal horoscopes are those beings who were born outside the general consciousness. The inclusion of planets within interceptions increases the distance beyond the recognized norm or average. In essence, it may be said that such individuals are born with a consciousness level characteristic of the approaching age - or sometimes the previous one - rather than the current one. (p 3) Example: this interception (first-seventh) will represent an image problem & include a partner problem. Because the self-image is not well-established, or not accurate - because it excludes the intercepted area from consciousness - it is impossible to know who our equals are. Consequently, we may marry those not our equals and the marriage (or other partnership) will not work well, largely because only one partner tries to make it work. (p 7) As Jupiter rules mathematics (so says the Reverend), those with intercepted Jupiters, like myself, are believed to lack mathematical skills. An intercepted Jupiter means that I learned, long ago, that there are places I could not go, things I could not become, things I cannot do p 59). This is because an intercepted Jupiter withholds money, travel & education, so we end up stupid & broke, right where we started. Intercepted Jupiter "withholds our future". Eventually transits force the intercepted Jupiter to explode outwards, like Uranus, or perhaps Pluto, which resembles a religious conversion. (p 61). But there are no delineations with support of example charts in the book. OVN Murthy: ‘Cuspal Interception’ - Aries to Pisces, Astrovision E-magazine, January to December 2010 issues The idea of clockwise or anti-clockwise shifting of significators in the charts with intercepted signs had been presented in the twelve articles, sign by sign, with support of more than one hundred examples of both Indian and foreign charts. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASTROVISION/files/ www.scribd.com Or www.4shared.com ( ‘astrovision’ in search engine)

In these charts he found the peculiarity that either the cusp may go anticlockwise to the previous rasi (e.g. Mesha lagna 2nd cusp in Taurus and 3rd also in Taurus which is anticlockwise); where the cusp goes in clockwise (eg. for Sagittarius Laga, 1st cusp in Sagittarius, 2nd cusp in Aquarius, 3rd in Pisces ), in both cases cuspal interception is there. During anticlock direction cusp shifting would loose its bhava qualities by shifting the cusp to its 12th Rasi. In clockwise direction the cusp shifts to next Rasi which is encouraging. Now in cuspal interceptions the 12th cusp shifts to 11 Rasi where 12th looses its negative qualities and gives labha results only but foreign opportunities were not afforded to the native. The signification of a cuspal sub lord or dasa period lord is to be considered up to the sub level in KP, which is the sub lord theory. In the chart of Finnish singer, songwriter, Juha Vainio, born on 10 May 1938, 03:35 am, Kotka, Finland, 60n28, 26e55, h2e, OVN Murthy says that 1st CSL Sa(12) in Me star (12,3,4 n5) has given long life. 9,10,5,6,12 CSL Venus is in Taurus, 2nd has given music & vocal and good name as singer. The native was born in Finland at higher latitude ‘60N28’ which has given a Cuspal Interception of 3 cusps each in Gemini/Sagittarius. Hence 4 signs do not get any cusp. This chart is a very peculiar for this theory, except cusp 4 n 10 all other cusps are favourable. Saturn could get only 12th cusp and is not a Bhadhaka. Bhadhaka lord Jupiter also got 10 n 9, does not create any problem. Jupiter lord of 9,10,11 in 12 in Mars star who is lord of 1n 8 in 2 has given name and fame thru music. (Astrovision E-magazine, January 2010 issue) In one example of Libra Lagna (MP Jain,24-03-1934,22:15PM, Dehra Dun, 30n19, 78e03,Asc Li 29:11:39, KPNA 22:50:55, by KPAstro 4.1), OVN Murthy says that the Lagna sub lord is Sun (who normally is Bhadhaka lord of Libra, moveable sign) but in this chart the native was born in Deharadoon and the cusp of 11 is in Virgo instead of Leo. Hence the native is enjoying long life after passing 75 years still in good health. Here the cuspal interception saved him. Without any clockwise or anti-clockwise shifting of significators, as per simple KP analysis, 1st cuspal sub lord Sun is in house 5, lord of house 10, in the star of Saturn in house 3, lord of house 3,4; and in sub of own Sun in house 5, lord of house 10. No planet is in the stars of Sun, and so Sun is a strong significator of house 5. 10th is 12 to 11th . Thus long life and good health are indicated for the native by his 1st cuspal sub lord. Of course 10th is also for name and fame. In the KP significator table, the Badhaka (11th) signifcators are Moon at the grade A, Jupiter at grade B and Ketu at grade C, and Mercury at D. Perhaps MP Jain is rich because his 2nd CSL Saturn is in 3, lord of 3, 4; importantly in the sub of Mars in 5, lord of 2, 6, 7; and most importantly in the sub of Mercury in 4, lord of 11 (Badhaka) supporting to be rich in combination of 2,6 signification in the star level. Based on Joanne Wickenburg’s idea, whenever there are intercepted signs in a chart, there is also a set of two houses, side by side, having the same sign on their cusps. The house containing the lesser degree than 30 degrees is called the intercepted house, for

example in the MP Jain's chart the 6th and 12th are the intercepted houses. One is challenged to incorporate what is comfortable and well formed (intercepted house) into a new framework for expression (following house). According to Elan Bacher, an intercepted house represents the unfulfilled past seeking fulfillment or expression through the experiences defined by the house containing the larger degree. It is important to apply the experiences acquiredthrough the intercepted house into the operation of the following house. In the MP Jain's chart, the 6th house is intercepted and the same sign is found on both the 6th and 7th house cusps of the chart, suggesting power of daily management. He needs to work (6th house) with people (7th house). He came into life with an intimate ability to integrate his skills with those of others in the process of social integration. The planet ruling this sign, Mars in house 5 lord of house 2, 6, 7 describes the energy required to merge these two areas of life. The 12th house is intercepted and the same sign on the 12th and 1st housecusps may describe an individual who was unable to complete an important missionin a past life and is here to wrap things up. He was projecting , through the ascendant, a great deal of unconscious energy. The intercepted 12th house indicates that the inner self is powerfully developed. The sign Libra sharing these consecutive house cusps describes his inner life and how others see him projecting it. The planet ruling this sign, Venus + in house 3 lord of 1, 8, 12 but mainly 11 by being its cuspal sub lord without having any planet in its star, describes the energy he must use to merge his inner and outer life. TAP Rao: ‘Cuspal Displacement & Intercepted Signs’, in KP Astrology, International Journal, Vol. I, Issue 2, July-December 2008, KP Astrologers’ Forum, India While studying the charts with cuspal interception, the Rasi/Sign lost potfolios, importance will be given to the house lords which gain/loses certain portfolios. In the case where the rasi or bhava lord is same or one rasi looses lordship has telling effect on the native, especially during the combined period of dasa- bhukti- anthara. (p 38). In fact this is not cuspal displacement but the normal outcome of the Placidus unequal house system. The signification of a planet, whether cuspal sub lord or dasa period lord, at the star and sub level is to be considered in KP analysis. David R. Roell, Skeet Shooting for Astrologers, Astrology Classic, 2011, ‘How to Read Intercepted Signs’, ‘Itercepted Signs and Recarnation’, The idea of interceptions making the individual somehow special, unique and gifted is found silly by because the further north one goes, the more signs get intercepted. (p 121) Intercepted signs are signs of the zodiac which do not appear on any house cusp. Just so we are all on the same page. (p 123) Noel Tyl, Synthesis & Counseling in Astrology, The Professional Manual, Llewellyn Publications, 2009 With his considerable experience with clientele born quite far North in Sweden and Norway, Noel Tyl says that sometimes the House distortion are extreme but he has not found one case in which House and rulership networks as presented through his work specifically in this Manual have failed to apply helpfully. Extremely large Houses like Gisela’s 6th (from Libra 13° 49’ to Sagittarius 18° 16’ - due to intercepted signs Scorpio

and Taurus, and 2nd and 3rd cusps falling in Cancer sign) and 12th, for example, simply focus transit, progression and arc development- time with the meanings of these Houses for a longer period of time than average. (p 491) Joanne Wickenburg, Your Hidden Powers: Intercepted Signs and Retrograde Planets, American Federation of Astrologers, 2001 When a very wide house (usually two since it has a counterpart opposite it on the chart) contains a whole sign with neither its beginning or end touching it, we have an interception. That means that the energies of that sign don't have a house to act out of. No area of life is directly represented by the sign. You then have to look to its ruler and use the house that contains it to express this energy. In short, your environment does not support direct expression of the trait or the needs of any planet placed inside of sign. Bringing out the positive characteristics of intercepted signs can mean harder work, but developing them is required before we can attain wholeness. Her projected idea is that one’s environment does not provide opportunity for development in those areas where interceptions occur in the birth chart and that those qualities are suppressed in early life making it difficult to express them consciously in outer life activity. Joanna Martine Woolfolk, The Only Astrology Book You'll Ever Need, Taylor Trade Publishing, 2008 Regarding Oprah Winfrey’s chart, that Oprah’s 1st house contains a intercepted sign. The first house begins with 25 degrees Sagittarius, then Capricorn is completely contained within the house and the house ends with Aquarius. Because houses that lie opposite each other mirror each other, Oprah’s 7th house also contains an intercepted sign, Cancer (opposite to Capricorn). Houses with an intercepted sign speak of complexity. These signs are said to have difficulty getting out. The native must work hard to express these signs. Capricorn in Oprah’s 1st house shows a drive to control, to ascend to authority, and certainly executive ability. Capricorn ruler is Saturn, planet of discipline and hard work, and in certain respects subruler of Oprah’s chart. Certainly her capacity for hard work, her driving passion, and the obstacles she has had to overcome (personally and professionally) demonstrate the force of Saturn in her 1st house. In her 7th house Oprah’s intercepted Cancer shows that her nurturing instinct has revealed itself more in her work than in marriage or motherhood. Having Uranus (planet of uniqueness) here also in Cancer points to her unusualness in this respect. (p 341) Donald H. Yott, Intercepted Signs & Reincarnation, Weiser Books, 1977 Intercepted signs will naturally express according to the negative characteristics of those zodiac signs because we have neglected to develop the positive characteristics. The soul’s goal is to transmute the negative and to develop the positive characteristics. The negative expressions of intercepted signs and the problems they cause are to act as the stimuli to compel us to grow into wholeness. They are never meant to defeat us for yet another lifetime. Bringing out the positive characteristics of intercepted signs can mean harder work, but developing them is required before we can attain wholeness. Donald H. Yott, Astrology and Reincarnation, Weiser Books, 1989

From the viewpoint of reincarnation and Karma, an intercepted sign mans that we neglect to develop or to grow through the qualities of that sign in the affairs of that house in other life times. It was serious neglect in our part and so in this lifetime we must develop and incorporate these qualities. But the interception causes problem – obstacles which are really chances of opportunities. (p 2) Capricorn intercepted in the 6th house, Cancer 12th that was a failure on the part of Cancer to give selfless service or service for the sake of service and shows the lack of development of patience with those less fortunate than the Capricorn. (p 39) Intercepted Signs and Badhaka, Maraka Significators The Jataka Parijata originated Badhaka and well known 2,7 Maraka concepts are originally Rasi/sign based. But in the Placidus house applied KP, the Badhaka, Maraka are Placidus-bhava- based, and it is just to follow what the Placidus cusps shown by the KP SWs, nothing else. The problem appears when two or four zodiac signs are intercepted (signs with any cusp falling there) and the practical application can be found in the following example charts: 1) KP Reader VI: Horary Astrology, charts on pp 156-157; 2) Further Light of Nakshatra Chinttamani, Chandrakant R. Bhatt, charts on pp 31, 158; 3) How to Judge Longevity?, K. Hariharan, charts on pp 32, 68, 82; Intercepted Signs and Hindu Aspects with Orb Regarding very weak KP grade E significators, 'only' the planets, which are conjoined with or aspected by significators (planets) of KP Grade A, B, C and D significators are to be considered. (KP Reader IV, pp 118, 128, 201; KP Reader VI, 157,197,247) Hindu aspects from sign to sign are consistently applied in the six KP Readers. The effect of ‘intercepted signs’ on Hindu aspect with orb can be seen in the chart below with two intercepted signs (Leo & Aquarius). Jupiter, from Scorpio, aspects: i) Pisces rasi (also Mars and 2nd cusp located there) by 5th Hindu aspect; ii) Taurus rasi (also Sun, 4th cusp and Mercury placed there) by 7th Hindu aspect, and iii) Cancer rasi (also Moon, 7th cusp and Saturn positioned there) by 9th Hindu aspect. Thus Jupiter has Hindu aspect on Mercury, Saturn and 7th cusp with 3° 20' orb.

In the following chart, the difference between Hindu aspect and Western aspect is worthy to note. Mars, from Cancer rasi, throws: i) 4th Hindu aspect on Libra rasi (also 4th cusp placed there), ii) 7th aspect on Capricorn rasi (also 7th cusp located there), and 8th aspect on Aquarius rasi (also 7th cusp situated there). As Jupiter is in the Virgo rasi, which is not aspected by Mars, Jupiter is not aspected by Mars, and so there is no Hindu aspect of Mars on Jupiter at all, according to the KPAstro 4.1 using the Hindu aspects with the orb 3°20’. This basic Hindu aspect will be the same regardless of Mars being in 12th or 1st house, as long as Mars is in the Cancer rasi.

Mars throws the Western square (90°) aspect, from degree to degree, on Jupiter with orb. That is the difference from the above Hindu aspect, where Mars does not have any Hindu aspect on Jupiter with orb or without orb.

Conclusion Whether or not, or how one interprets intercepted signs is a matter of taste and of the choice of the individual astrologer.

The beliefs of intercepted signs creating limitations and delays and having karmic implications and other ideas have not yet been supported by convincing evidence. So KP analysis is to be continued as usual applying existing rules - as practically applicable additional rules are not yet available..