Graha Relationships
Vedic astrology is all about graha relationships. The relationship can be between grahas, between rashis, or bhavas. When it comes to graha relationships between grahas not all relationships are equal. There is a hierarchy. The level of influence of the relationship in one’s chart depends on this hierarchy.
Yogas
Yogas – the most important relationships are the ones that form a yoga. For example, Mercury and Sun conjunct forming a budha-aditya yoga. You can analyze the strength of the yogas by following the “How to analyze yogas” blog.
Sambhandha
Sambhandha – the next level of importance is that of sambhandhas. There are 3 main types of sambhandas.
- Conjunction – grahas in the same rashi, but they do not form a yoga.
- Mutual aspect – grahas mutually aspecting each other either by their seventh aspect or their special aspect. Mars and Saturn are the only ones that can have mutual aspect using their special aspects.
- Parivartana/Exchange – exchange of rashis. Example – Jupiter in Aries and Mars in Pisces.
Aspect to and from the graha’s lord
Aspect involving the graha’s lord – among aspects that are not sambhandhas, aspects to and from the graha lord are important. These can be of two types
- Graha aspecting its lord – example Mercury in Cancer aspecting the Moon in Capricorn. In this case Moon aspects into its own house of Cancer, which would always be the case if it is the seventh aspect. You can also have Mars in Pisces aspecting Jupiter in Gemini creating a relationship between Mars and Jupiter.
- Graha aspected by its lord – example Mercury in Aries aspected by Mars in Capricorn. This will build a relationship between Mars and Mercury.
Single-sided aspects
Single sided aspects – Jupiter, Saturn, Mars have special aspects that can be one way. Example – Jupiter in Pisces aspecting Venus in Scorpio. In this case, Venus is influenced by Jupiter but not the other way around.
Yogas > sambhandhas > aspects involving the graha’s lord > single sided aspects.
Comments are closed.