Two Planet Combinations[1]

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Two planet combinations - Written by Sreenadh OG

The first thing to know in this section is that these results are part of “results that should be derived considering planets alone”. i.e. It is part of “Planet based result derivation” which is part of 7-fold prediction system. Therefore questions such as ‘what if the combination is in so and so houses?’, ‘What if if the combination is in so and so houses?’ etc won’t be addressed here, if not the same is mentioned in the sloka itself. With this understanding let us proceed with our study of planet based prediction. The ancient authentic texts like Skanda hora, Brihat prajaptya, Saunaka hora etc addressed this question in detail - but unluckily we don’t have those texts available now. But some slokas from those texts that deals with the same is available here and there in various texts - but ofcourse the same is not enough to discuss the subject in detail. The oldest text available to us today that deals with 2-planet combinations in detail is Meenaraja hora. Later Saravali and Jataka Saradeepa too quoted the same - while discussing this subject, which provides total authentic nature to these slokas. Considering the various versions of the same slokas given by these 3 texts (i.e. Meenaraja hora, Saravali, Jataka Saradeepa) we can discuss these slokas in detail. Another good resource is Brihajjataka of Varahamihira, which devotes a whole chapter for discussing 2 planet combinations. Two good commentaries of Brihajjataka vis, Hridyapadha and Vivarana can also help us much in arriving at the meaning and possibilities of these combinations. As we have clearly identified our resources to study and discuss the subject of 2-planet combinations, let us proceed with the same. Possibly the ancient texts such as Skanda hora was not even available to king Kalyana varma who wrote Saravali in 10th century AD. Possibly it is because of this that he had to refer to many slokas from Yavaneswara hora, Sphujidwaja hora, Meenaraja hora etc. But still

he was of the opinion that these texts contain too much unnecessary information or unwanted phony quotes. That is why when he wrote Saravali he stated that “Many great horas are written by the ancient sages. Mihira condensed its essence into a small book called Brihajjataka (I value that book and effort very much). But Brihajjataka alone is not enough to derive result regarding many results related to Yoga, Dasa, Divisions etc. Therefore I am writing this book - i.e. Saravali - brewing the essence of books in Yavana school of astrology and leaving the non-essential” It is considering this high opinion of Kalyanavarma about Brihajjataka, the text Saravali is given secondary importance only compared to Brihajjataka. Then the same is true for Kalyanavarma regarding Arsha school of astrology and Yavana school of astrology as well. He must have weighted the Arsha school high (based on which Brihajjataka originated) and Yavana school below it (based on which Saravali originated). But in any case these two books and these two schools are mutually complementing. If one school lost some knowledge, the other always helped us to locate the same some how. Therefore without competition, with due respect to proponents of Yavana school we should go through the quotes provided by Meenaraja, accepting the lesson taught by Saravali. It states ªÉ´ÉxÉÉSÉɪÉê®Âú ´ÉÞrèù®Âú ÊuùOɽþªÉÉäMÉä¹É֪ɱɡò±ÉÆ |ÉÉäHÆò iÉnù½þ¨É{ɽþɪɨÉiºÉ®ú¨ÉvÉÖxÉÉ ´ÉIªÉä ʴɶÉä¹ÉähÉ** - ¨ÉÒxÉ®úÉVɽþÉä®úÉ (ºÉÉ®úÉ´ÉʱÉ) [The results that should be attributed to 2-planet combinations is given also by Vridha Yavanacharya, i.e. Meenaraja. Collecting those slokas without any competition (i.e. not considering the results are told by Arsha school of astrology - which I trust most - or by Yavana school of astrology followed by Meenaraja) I am presenting the 2-planet combination results here, giving special importance to the views of Meenaraja]

Note that Saravali is written by king Kalyanavarma to comple-

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ment Brihajjataka. Brihajjataka follow the path of Arsha school even though mentions the views of Yavanacharya here and there. Considering this even Saravali should be considered as a text that abides by the path shown by Arsha school itself. Even though Kalyanavarma collects many quotes from Yavanacharyas, if something told by the Yavana school is not in tune with the approach of Arsha school, Kalyanavarma will drop it for sure. This is fact to be remembered throughout while studying the quotes from the authentic book of astrology called Saravali. It is due to this very reason and systematic approach that the text medieval classic Saravali gained the utmost respect showered on it. Saravali is the most authentic and reliable text of astrology available to us after the period of Mihira and prior to the period of Acharya Balabhadra who wrote Horaratna. Thus our focal point to study the 2-planet combination is fixed - it is Meenaraja hora as suggested by Saravali and Jataka Saradeepa. Note that even though these quotes are from Meenaraja hora, the approach is part of the fundamental 7-fold result derivation system. Now let us go through the quotes given for various 2-planet combinations in all these texts mentioned above. Su-Mo

When Sun is with Moon it is Amavasi, the new moon day. Moon or mind becomes weak - so if only the soul (Sun) is strong then only that individual can shine in some field. This is a combination that could make the native the most blessed one (no-mind, the enlightened) or weak mind that may mislead by all the worldly pleasures or superstitions. The combination itself is a double edged sword - with diametrically opposite possibilities. Let us see what Meenaraja has to say ªÉÖ´ÉiÉÒxÉÉƴɶÉMɺªÉÉnùÊ´ÉxÉÒiÉ& EÚò]õEÞòÊuù{ÉÖ±ÉÊ´ÉkÉ& +ɺɴÉÊ´ÉGòªÉEÖò¶É±ÉÉä®ú´ªÉÖbÖ÷{ÉiªÉÉä& ÊGòªÉÉÊxÉ{ÉÖhÉ&** - ¨ÉÒxÉ®úÉVɽþÉä®úÉ (ºÉÉ®úÉ´ÉʱÉ) [If Sun and Moon are together, then the native would be addicted to women, will not be humble, will do secret things. He would be wealthy

and would be much efficient in doing things. He may even become a liquor seller]

Let us look for the logic behind these derivations - Addicted to, surrendered to, or working under women - caused by the weak and uncontrolled mind. Not humble - because it is Moon that signify simplicity and humbleness. Moon is weak means humbleness is lost. Amavasi is darkness, secretive nature, belief in the secret powers gained by black magic or devotion - yes it is Amavasi (the dark side of mind) - unconscious side - becomes the ruling force. If that is clean and consciousness is present there as well - then well and good, if not with a weak mind the dark side taking control over him he is prone to all kinds of superstitions and false beliefs. Here the planet involved is Moon signifying water, and moonlight combined with the illusion creating addictive forces signified by Amavasi. That is why the interest in liquor - a liquid that creates illusions and hallucinations, the addictive liquid. Moon signifies water pots, bottles - filled with acidic liquids, chemical liquids or medicine. So the Su-Mo combination can signify any such bottled items, its production or sale. It can also indicate addiction to such liquids or medicines - consumption of such liquids. He is ‘Koodakrit’, i.e. efficient in creating Yantras. The prime meaning of the word Yantra is machine. If so the indicated result is that he would be a mechanic creating, organizing or arranging machine parts. But this word Yantra means the geometrical shapes drawn in gold, silver or copper plates to worship the gods and goddesses as well. When analyzed in combination with the mind after secret and dark forces - this meaning seems to be more appropriate. What however weak his mind would be - his soul and mind are together - Sun and Moon are together. He is not experiencing the split personality - where ever his mind is the soul, the consciousness too is there. His inner voice and mind are together - they are not separate. This is positive a quality that helps him to excel in any work he indulges. Too many thoughts never disturb him - sleep is like death, and enjoyments acidic. That is why the derivation - he will excel in work. Because he is not

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much disturbed by the thoughts of past and future, or of the plans. He is don’t think much - but usually like the animal which forgot to think, and because of an alert consciousness. Rule 1: While considering the 2-planet combinations, the results are derived by mixing the significance of both the planets under consideration. No other factors should be considered.

Now let us see what Mihira has to say about this combination. ÊiÉM¨ÉÉƶÉÖVÉÇxɪÉiªÉÖ¹Éä¶ÉºÉʽþiÉÉä ªÉxjÉɶ¨ÉEòÉ®Æú xÉ®Æú** - ¤ÉÞ½þVVÉÉiÉEÆò [If the Sun is with Moon, the native would a person constructs ‘Yantra’ and ‘black rock structures’]

The prime meaning of the word ‘Yantra’ is ‘machine’. There could be hundreds of people who took birth in Amavasi (Sun and Moon together) with this combination in their chart. All of them neither become a mechanic nor does they all have to work with stone or gravel. In my many years of experience as an astrologer I never saw this happening. Also note that Sun and Moon does not have anything to do with stones or machine. Actually Saturn is the significator of stones, stone structures. The significator of machines could be Saturn or Mars. Thus the question arises what is the actual or intended meaning of this sloka - for sure it is not about Machine and rock structures. Let us go a bit more deep into this sloka bit. As per the commentary of Brihat Jataka called ‘Vivarana’ by Uzhutra Varyar, the meaning of these words are as follows ªÉxjÉÉÊhÉ º´ÉκiÉEò ´ÉκiÉ xÉäjÉÉÊnù¦Éä¹ÉVɪÉxjÉÉÊhÉ, º´ÉªÉÆ´ÉɽþEò ¶ÉRÂóC´ÉÉnùÒÊxÉ EòɱɪÉxjÉÉÊhÉ, iÉÖ±ÉÉPÉ]õÒ¨ÉÖJÉÉnùÒÊxÉ VɱÉÉärù®úhɪÉxjÉÉÊhÉ, ºÉɨÉÉxªÉäxÉ EòɪÉÉæ{ÉEò®úhÉÉÊxÉ ªÉxjÉÉÊhÉ, iÉlÉÉ +¶¨ÉÒÊxÉ EÞò¹hÉʶɱÉÉnùÒÊxÉ* - Ê´É´É®úhÉÆ [‘Yantra’ or Instruments means - Instruments or equipments used for operation or treatment i.e. medical equipments or instruments used measuring time such as watch etc, or various instruments or machines

that are used to pump water etc. In general ‘Yantra’ means instruments, equipments or machines that are used for various purposes]

Here too the commentator is taking ‘Yantra’ primarily to mean ‘machine’ in various circumstances. But I am not satisfied with it - due to the reasons stated above. Earlier as per Meenaraja’s words we already noted that the native with this combination, would be much interested in secret disciplines and dark forces, he might become interested in magic, tantric worship and idol worship. The word Yantra also means the geometrical shapes drawn in gold, silver or copper plates to worship the gods and goddesses etc. If would be more apt if we take the sloka of Mihira as restating the results told by Meenaraja - i.e. The native would be much interested in creating geometrical shapes drawn in gold, silver or copper plates to worship the gods and goddesses and the study of the same. Now coming to the word stone structures - stone is imperishable and of course the combination points to the constructive nature of the native. He is constructive and makes things more organized and systematic. His creations will with stand the tides of time - he is after making permanent monuments with his creative force which could defy time. Note that both Sun and Moon indicate time - and are the prime planets considered for Calendar calculations. The statement ‘he would be interested in creating sculptures’ - does not mean that he would be doing a low paid low caste job - but instead points to his creative abilities in systematizing and organizing persistent structures. Thus I would translate the Mihira’s words as - “If the Sun is with Moon, the native would be much interested in creating geometrical shapes drawn in gold, silver or copper plates to worship the gods and goddesses. As an individual with much creative, constructive, systematizing, organizing abilities he will try to create persistent structures which could withstand the turbulent flow of time”. I think this meaning is more in tune with the words of Meenaraja and reflect the

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reality in a better way. Interest in Yantra and black stone structures is just another creative search after the secrets - it is not that the native is interested in machines, metals and hard work - but it should be understood that the native is just after the secrets of life - what ever field it be. Every machine hides a secret and so as every creation – thus actually the native is not at all interested in hard work, even though he is much dedicated to the work he indulges. Many scholars seems to have just reflected the words of Mihira without much thought. For example, look at the quote provided in Jatakabharana (of Dundi raja) for this combination. {ÉɹÉÉhɪÉxjÉGòªÉÊ´ÉGòªÉä¹ÉÖ EÚò]õÊGòªÉɪÉÉÆ Ê½þ Ê´ÉSÉIÉhÉ& ºªÉɱÉ EòɨÉÒ |ÉEòɨÉÒ {ÉÖ¯û¹ÉººÉMÉ´ÉÇ& ºÉ½þÉè¹ÉvÉÒ¶ÉäxÉ ®ú´ÉÉè ºÉ¨ÉäiÉä** - VÉÉiÉEòɦɮúhÉÆ [If Moon is with Sun, the native will do business related to rock, machines etc. He will be efficient in casting iron or rock sculptures and will have high sexual urge and ego]

Of course as you could expect, only very rarely such predictions (which come out only from grammatical mastery over Sanskrit language) fructify. And naturally enough being a practical knowledge branch, the results that does not truly fructify gets discarded or given less importance only in the course of time, by practical astrologers. It is due to this very fact, usually it is advised to learn astrology directly from a astrologer guru who really practice astrology, and not from a mere scholar who could see only word meanings, and will start confusing the followers because - usually the same word can have multiple meanings and possibilities. In the absence of practice and direct experience the Sanskrit scholar would be in dark, wondering what is the true meaning of the sloka, and in an effort to hide his ignorance he will attribute all the possibilities for that sloka - making it not only complex but also useless! Earlier we have seen that the 2-planet combination derives its results by mixing the significance assigned to both the planets under

consideration. This helps us to formulate the next rule. Rule 2: The various results ascribed to 2-planet combinations in various books should be taken only as examples which shows us how to do the same.

This is important - this means that out of the hundreds of results we can derive from a 2-planet combination, the books or available quotes just provide us one or two possible results - just to show how to do the same! What about the rest of the possibilities and significance? Yes, we have to combine them and arrive at sensible results that fits in well with reality observed. Can we show some more examples that achieves the same for this Sun-Moon combination itself? Let us try * Sun signifies father and Moon mother. In the presents of Sun, Moon loses its power. Thus in the native’s family and life, the Father would be the major influence and role model than the mother. * Sun signify Siva and Moon Sakti. Thus the combination can signify the Siva-Sakti, the male-female combination, the Yin-Yang. While considering gods or devatas this combination indicate ‘Ardha Nareeswara’ (Half Siva half Parvati idol). * Sun is Siva and Moon is the sea shell. Thus the combination signify the presence of sea shell used to worship Siva for pouring water into the head of Siva idol in hindu temples. * Sun is fire and Moon is water. Thus the combination can signify any watery chemical with a burning nature - for example bottled acids. * Sun signify square and Moon circle. Thus the combination can signify the interest in various geometrical shapes like the octagon or the like. I hope you will come out with more such derivations - which reflect the truth and will show the actual results which are true in expe-

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rience as well when applied to horoscopes. Even though we came up to this much understanding about this combination this seems to be scarcely enough to be useful in real life result derivation in horoscope to convincingly argue that we know enough basic rules related to 2-planet combinations and to derive enough results that reflect actual experience. There must be some more rules hiding from view that must help us in result derivation related to planet base - simple combining of significance will not suffice the real purpose. The common truth is that - what ever looks so simple at initial look - may not be so simple as it may seem to be - when we approach it, and dedicate ourselves to understanding the truths behind. With this understanding, let is look for some more possibilities. Kalapurusha and Planets

Moon is the lord of 4th house Kalapurusha chart, and Sun is of 5th house. Definitely the conjunction of Sun and Moon should cause the Rajayoga known as Kendra-Trikonadhipa yoga, since 4th is a Kendra and 5th a Trikona. Thus this combination is sure to bestow some good results in both Sun dasa and Moon dasa as per the rules put forward by Parasara. Laghu Parasari states EäòxpùÊjÉEòÉähÉÉÊvÉ{ÉiɪÉÉä®èúCªÉiÉÉä ªÉÉäMÉEòÉ®úEòÉè** - ±ÉPÉÖ {É®úɶÉÊ®ú [If the lord of a Kendra and a Trikona are together, it will produce a Rajayoga. (The results of which will come into play in their respective Vimsottari Dasas)]

Usually the Raja yogas are supposed to provide good results such as power, authority, wealth, good social status, good family life, vehicles, intelligence and success in many fields and endeavors. Help from all quarters should come and popularity should be easy to gain. Does the actual experience reflect this - the example charts should help us to verify this. But an important rule regarding 2-planet combinations surface here. Rule 3: Considering the Kalapurusha chart and related houses,

the possible house lord combinations and the related results should be derived and attributed to every 2-planet combination.

This is a fundamental rule and approach we cannot fail to consider, not only regarding this combination but also for all the other 2planet combinations that we may study. Dasa results and 2-planet combinations

Dasa results are some thing which usually consider and combine significance of various planets for primary result derivation. If it is so, if the same rule of combining significance applies to 2-planet combinations as well, then for sure, the dasa results predicted for Sun Dasa Moon Antara and Moon Dasa Sun Antara should provided us some possible results that we can apply to Su-Mo combination as well. Thus the rule Rule 4: Dasa-Antara results can be applied to 2-planet combinations and vice versa, since both of them depend on combining of significance for primary result derivation.

Let us see what results this approach can provide us with. Let us see what Horaratna has to sayÊ®ú{ÉÖVɪɶSÉ vÉxɺªÉ ºÉ¨ÉÉMɨÉÆ º´ÉVÉxɺÉÆRÂóMÉÊiɨÉRóMÉÊxÉ®úÉäMÉiÉɨÉ ʴÉiÉxÉÖiÉä ¶É֦ɨÉRóMɦÉÞiÉɨɺÉÉè ®úÊ´Énù¶ÉÉxiÉ®úMÉÉ ¶ÉʶÉxÉÉä nù¶ÉÉ** - ½þÉä®úÉ®úixÉÆ [In the dasa of Sun and antara of Moon, success over the enemies, gain of wealth, meeting the relatives, lack of diseases and healthy body, and other good results can be predicted]

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