IMPORTANCE OF NAVAMSA IN ASTROLOGY
I. INTRODUCTION ABOUT NAVAMSA Navamsa is a Divisional Chart
which has been given immense Importance in Vedic Astrology. It is also
known as the D9 chart in Vedic Astrology as well. Navamsa simply Means Nine
Amsa. Here Amsa means division. So Navamsa Simply Means 9th Division of a
Sign. It is used for Minute analysis of our life specially Marriage,
destiny etc. Every sign consists of 30 degrees and when it is divided in 9
parts or divisions, each part or Division is known as Navamsa. So in this
way a new chart is created which is smaller than the main birth chart.
This is called the Navamsa Chart. If it is used properly, it can prove
great help to prediction. Every learned Astrologer and every good book of
Astrology has given stress to the use of D9 charts.
II. LAGNA AND NAVAMSA DIFFERENCE
Lagna or Birth chart is the planetary position of the zodiac when you took
birth. This Birth Chart Gives information about every Area of Our life
for example Marriage, Finance, Career, Health, etc. But as it contains
information about all areas of life, it is not easy to decode and
understand it. In this situations, Divisional Charts are very helpful to
understand a particular area of life. Navamsa Chart is a Divisional Chart.
It is formed by dividing each sign into 9 part. Lagna of the main birth
chart do not change within a 2-hour span. [ KR IT MEANS ONLY LAGNA FOR 2
HOURS 30 DEGREES DO NOT CHANGE THE SPOPT; BUT DEGREES WILL VARY; AND IN
NAVAMSA ONE MAY SEE THAT LAGNA IN MAIN AS SAY SIMHA MAY BECOME MEENA IN
NAVAMSA] But the Navamsa Lagna Changes within 13-14 minutes span. So the
D9 chart is more minute and more precise. It is very obvious that in a
span of two-hour thousands of people will take birth and the fortune of all
these People will not be the same. This is mostly because the Planet
positions Changes in the D9 as well as in other Divisional Charts like
Dasamsa, Sashtamsa etc. But we must Remember that Navamsa is formed from
the main birth chart. So it cannot give results which are not present in
the Main Birth Chart. There must be some indication, even though it can be
a weak or obscure indication in the birth chart about some event. Then only
the Results of D9 chart will be felt.
III. NAVAMSA LAGNA
1st house of Navamsa chart is known as Navamsa Lagna or Ascendant of
Navamsa. In Vedic astrology, Navamsa means one-ninth part of a Zodiac Sign.
Each sign has nine divisions of Navamsa. That is why it is called D9 or the
Navamsa. As per the degree of your Lagna in the Rashi chart, your Navamsa
Lagna or Navamsa Ascendant will be determined.
IV. NAVAMSA ASCENDANT LORD
Navamsa Lagna Lord Means the Rashi Lord or owner of the sign where Navamsa
Lagna or Navamsa Ascendant is placed. He is the Ascendant Lord or Owner of
the 1st house in Navamsa Chart. For example, your Navamsa Lagna is Aries.
Mars is the ruler of Aries. So, Mars becomes the Navamsa Lagna Lord. In
this Way according to the Ruler of the Sign of Your Navamsa Lagna, you can
find the Navamsa Lagna Lord. We Know that Every Sign is 30 Degrees. So, to
Calculate the Navamsa we will divide the 30 degree in 9 parts. So, each
part becomes 3 degrees in 20 minutes. So, there are 108 Navamsa. (9 Amsa *
12 Sign). Let’s Give You an Example. You are Born with Aries Ascendant and
Your Ascendant Degree is 10.
We divide the Aries into 9 Equal parts. So,
the first 3 deg 20 minute of Aries Sign will be the first Navamsa which is
Aries itself,
3 Deg 21 minute to 6 Deg 40 minute will be the 2nd Navamsa which is Taurus,
6 Deg 41 minute to 10 Deg is 3rd Navamsa which is Gemini and So on.
As your Lagna is in 10 Degree Aries, So your Navamsa Lagna will be
Gemini. Nowadays all the Astrology Software gives the Calculation of
Navamsa. So Students don’t need to make calculations manually. But I am
giving you a Simple Method by which you can Calculate Navamsa even without
using any Software. Just multiply the No of Previous House with 9. Then
Add the No of Nakshatra Pada in the present Sign. Divide the Total by 12.
The remaining will tell us the Navamsa Sign. Suppose the Sun is 1 deg in
Gemini. So the No of Previous Sign is 2. So 9*2=18. We have to add the
Nakshatra Pada in the Present Sign. Sun has travelled only 1 Nakshatra
Pada. So the total is 18+1=19. If we divide it by 12, we get 7. So the Sun
will be in Libra Navamsa. In this way even without any software you can
calculate the Navamsa of any planet.
V. USES OF NAVAMSA
Often People ask How important is the Navamsa Chart? I will tell you that
in my practical experience I have found this Divisional Chart extremely
Important for Checking Birth Chart. Among Various Vargas the importance of
Navamsa is universally acclaimed. It is considered to be next to the birth
chart or equal to the birth chart if not more. It is Very Significant that
each Navamsa is equal to one Nakshatra Pada and we all know how important
the influence of Nakshatra is.
Maharshi Parasara who is called the” Father of Modern
day Astrology ” has given immense importance to this Divisional Chart. Mr.
B V Raman, the greatest Astrologer of this Century, has used the D9 Chart
along with Rashi chart only in his Famous Book ” How to Judge Horoscope” to
Discuss every area of our Life be it Marriage, Career, Education anything.
So you can understand that this divisional Chart is given Special
importance.
VI. NAVAMSA ACTIVATES MARRIAGE
There is a very wrong conception among Some People that this chart
activates after Marriage. But it is completely Wrong. The Navamsa chart is
derived from the Main Birth chart. The planets Positions in the main Birth
chart are Physical Positions or Positions in the Zodiac during our birth.
But any divisional Chart including D9 chart is only Logical placement or
interpretation. SO, the moment we have taken birth in this world all our
Divisional Chart D9, D10, D12 are activated. Further, Great astrologers
Like K N Rao, B V Raman have suggested checking education, Job etc from
Navamsa chart also along with the main chart. It is quite obvious that you
will not go to school after Marriage or you are not going to search Job
after Marriage. There can be some exceptions but, in most cases,, it does
not happen in this way. So the Navamsa Chart is active from the very first
day you have taken birth. We need to remember that only Planets have some
activation year but not any chart. And that activation year is also for a
certain Purpose only. It does not mean that the Planet will be inactive
till the activation year. The planet simply gives some results or shows
some specific results after that Particular Period and that is why it is
termed as the Activation Period. You can Read about the Marriage time
prediction from Navamsa to understand this concept more.
VII. EXALTED AND DEBILITATED PLANET IN NAVAMSA
Exalted Planets do not give expected or desired results always. This
is due to its Weakness in spite of being in exaltation Sign. If Planet is
exalted in Rashi chart but becomes debilitated in D9 chart, it fails to
give Good Result. Every exaltation sign in the Natal Chart has an exalted
Navamsa and a debilitated Navamsa. The exalted Planet should not occupy
enemy Sign and also should not Afflicted by Malefic or enemy Planet in D9
chart. Similarly every Debilitated Sign has a debilitated Navamsa and an
exalted Navamsa. Only the Moon is the exception here. If a planet is
exalted in Rashi chart but becomes debilitated in D9 chart, it loses its
strength significantly and if a debilitated Planet becomes exalted in
Navamsa, its debilitation is canceled. It is one of the main criteria to
cancel the debilitation or Neecha Bhanga. There are several other
principles too by which debilitation of the planet is canceled. The Sign
having Navamsa Lagna is known as Lagnamsa. The D9 chart being an extension
of 9th house, it shows us what Dharma one has brought from the Past Life.
It indicates the blessings of Almighty on us due to our Pat Life Karma. So,
the 4 Kendra of D9 chart is very important for Dharma or Our Duty. The
TrikonA Houses or 1st, 5th and 9th houses indicates our Natural abilities.
These abilities come naturally or easily to you due to your past life work.
So, these Trikona Houses of D9 chart is Very important to Know about your
abilities and focusing or strengthening these Houses will Improve your
fortune. The Trikona Houses also known as Lakshmi Sthana or these are the
houses that have got the blessings of Mata Lakshmi. So Strengthening your
Trikona will be very Helpful for improving your financial condition
VARGOTTAMA NAVAMSA
Vargottama means when any Planet occupies the Same Sign in Rashi chart
as well as in Navamsa chart. So its Natal and Navamsa dispositor is Same.
If the Lagna or Ascendant of a Person Becomes Vargottama, it is highly
beneficial. The Lagna becomes extremely powerful and Lagna Lord will be
able to take you to a great height. All the Classic as well Modern
astrologers universally has accepted the importance of Vargottama Planets.
Among all the Planets Much importance has been given to Vargottama Lagna
and Vargottama Moon. But in some cases you will see that a Planet is
debilitated in Rashi chart and also debilitated in Navamsa chart. In Such a
Situation even though the planet becomes Vargottama, it is not considered
as an Auspicious Position. If in a Rashi chart, a planet is between 0 deg
and 3rd deg 20’ in a movable sign, between 13 deg 20’ in a fixed sign and
between 20 deg 40’ to 30 deg then the planet is said to be in Vargottama
Navamsa. This means that the planet is in the same sign both in the Rashi
chart and Navamsa Chart. If Mars is an Aries in the Rashi chart and also in
the Navamsa chart then Mars is said to be Vargottama. If Saturn is in Aries
sign in the Rashi chart and also in the Aries sign in the Navamsa chart,
then Saturn is said to be Debilitated Vargottama.
In the same situation the Sun will be termed as Exalted
Vargottama. Benefic Vargottama Ascendants are Taurus Asc. – Taurus
Navamsa, Gemini Asc. – Gemini Navamsa, Cancer Asc. – Cancer Navamsa,
VirgoAsc. – Virgo Navamsa, Libra Asc. – Libra Navamsa, Sagittarius Asc. –
Sagittarius Navamsa, Pisces Asc. – Pisces Navamsa. Malefic Vargottama
Ascendants are – Aries Asc. – Aries Navamsa, Leo Asc. – Leo Navamsa,
Scorpio Asc. – Scorpio Navamsa, Capricorn Asc. – Capricorn Navamsa,
Aquarius Asc. – Aquarius Navamsa. Sometimes the planets which are in their
own house in the Rashi chart will move to the other house owned by them in
Navamsa, such a position is called as Swa-Navamsha. For example, Mars is in
Aries in Rashi chart but in Navamsa if Mars is posited in Scorpio then Mars
is said to be in Swa-Navamsha. Similarly Venus in Libra (Rashi) to Taurus,
Mercury in Virgo to Gemini, Jupiter in Pisces to Sagittarius, Saturn in
Capricorn to Aquarius.
XI. PUSHKARA NAVAMSA
The word Pushkar means to nourish or nurture. Pushkar-Amsa is a Specific
Degree of each sign which gives a Very Auspicious result when any planet is
posited there. Pushkar Navamsa is a Particular Navamsa or an arc of 3deg 20
minute in each Sign. Each Sign has two Such Navamsa or the entire Zodiac
has 24 Such Navamsa. These Navamsa are all Benefic Navamsa owned by the
Natural Benefic planet. Placement of more planets in Pushkar Navamsa is
also indicative of a Strong Chart.
XII. KAARAKAMSHA LAGNA
As per Jaimini System the planet with the highest degree is Known as
Atmakaraka. The sign in which the Atmaraka is placed in the Navamsha chart
is called Karakamsha Lagna. It is possible to evaluate the 12 houses of the
horoscope from this Karakamsha Lagna. This Chart is known as Karakamsa
Chart. To illustrate, if in the Navamsa chart, from Atmakaraka or
Karakamsha Ascendent any planet is in the 10th house, then that planet or
planets will influence the profession of the native. Planets in Kendra
House from the Karakamsha will also influence the profession of the
native. Planets in the 12th House from karakamsha Lagna are very important
for Spiritual Progress. God or Deity which is represented by this Planet is
also known as Ishta Devata. The spiritual essence of a horoscope lies in
its navamsa chart. The sub-divisions of a planetary sign (the sign
inhabited by a given planet) have a direct collocation with various phases
of his life which in turn has a direct bearing on his spiritual character.
Certain underlying principles guide the interpretation of Navamsa. The
lords of first, fourth and seventh navamsa are of divine significance. The
lords of second, fifth and eighth denote spiritual reputation and kindness;
whereas the lords of third, sixth and ninth are demonic in significance.
'Pushkaramamsa' is the most auspicious element of a navamsa. Each zodiac
Rashi or sign has two Pushkara navamsa. Thus, with a sum total of twelve
rashis or signs, there are twenty four Pushkara Navamsa. The peculiarity of
this lies in the fact that they are owned by beneficial planets.
Consequently, such planets during their tenure bestow on the concerned
individual abundance of wealth, riches and progress. This is particularly
true of Jupiter. The concerned planet in 'Pushkara' blesses the native with
wealth and good prospects. The fifth house of navamsa chart indicates the
spiritual self of a person. One needs to have a look at the placement of
sun and its friendly planets to find out to what extent the efforts of
one's good will and action may bear fruits. On the other hand, the rising
ascendant or lagna, its lord and the third house have direct connection
with the elements of patience and endurance. Similarly, the rising lord,
the seventh house and its lord, Venus and its friendly bodies have a direct
bearing on one's better half. The third house and is lords are associated
with overseas settlement and disease. The combined features of the third,
seventh, ninth and the twelfth house together with the respective placement
of their lords signify overseas travel. Likewise, the 'lagna' , its lord,
the sixth lord and ketu are linked with diseases whereas 'rahu' and its
transit have a link with the curability of diseases. The planet of the
ascending sign and its lord should not ideally occupy the sixth, eighth and
twelfth places in a navamsa. The given locations make for their afflictions
leading to anxieties and trouble during their tenure ship.
XIII. NAVAMSA PREDICTIONS
Planets weakly positioned in the natal chart but heightened in navamsa
are supposed to produce favorable results. The reverse is also true.
Planets or aspects denoted by those planets should be equal in strength in
both the natal and navamsa chart so as to produce the desired result.
Planets strengthened in navamsa chart are supposed to be thrice more
powerful than that in natal chart. A planet occupying the same place in
birth as well as that of the navamsa chart is supposed to be very powerful.
Thus, prediction should always be made in context of the navamsa, birth
chart and that showing the transitory phases of various planets. The chart
is particularly helpful in spheres of marriage, mental matching with one's
spouse. It also helps to predict the time of marriage and how delays can be
overcome.
XIV. EFFECTS OF NAVAMSA
Analysis of a given Navamsa chart testifies to the general prospects and
dispositions of one's life. The ascendant sign and its respective lord bear
testimony to the native's colour shape, general nature and the overall
mental makeup. Moon's Navamsa and that of its ascendant lord usually
determine a native's physical look. Transitory effects of the moon in the
context of one's birth chart and that of his Navamsa has profound bearing
on his nature. The entire set of Navamsa has its prolific bearing on an
individual's physical features and that of his innate disposition. Thus
houses of a birth chart should be correlated to that of his Navamsa.
Conjunction or opposition of planets should be given due priority for
predicting results.
XV. CONCLUSION
Article helps to know about the Importance Of Navamsa on the basis of
Parasara Method which was made by Rishi Parasara, father of Vedic
Astrology. Among the 16 Vargha Chakras by Rishi Parasara, Navamsa is one of
the important chakras which is also important in Shambhala. This also
Covers Jaiminiya Method which is Completely different from Parasara method.
But Jaiminiya and Parasara methods results in Same Prediction.
REFERENCES
[1] Parashara Hora - kadalankudi Nadesa Sastrikal
[2] Jaimini Suthras – by Jaimini Rishi
[3] Saravali - kalayana Varma
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