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Chapter 2: Fundamental Principles

CONTENTS

1 Before We Start
2 The Horoscope Explained 
3 Creating Horoscope (Casting the Chart)
4 Planets
5 Houses
6 Cusps
7 Signs
8 Zodiac Division - Sign, Star and Sub
9 House Grouping
10 Good and Bad Houses for Speci c Matters
11 Signi cators
11.1 Concept
11.2 Finding Signi cators
11.3 Finding Signi cation of Planets
11.4 Finding House Signi cators
11.5 Signi cations of Nodes - Rahu & Ketu
12 Strengths of Signi cators
13 Ruling Planets (RP)
14 Selection of Signi cators
14.1 Method 1: Detrimental House Method
14.2 Method 2: Sub-lord method
14.3 Method 3: Ruling Planets method
14.4 Selection of Fruitful signi cator: A Step by Step Approach
15 Finding out promises in a chart
16 Timing Events

Before We Start
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The Horoscope Explained 

A horoscope (also called Chart or Kundali) is a map of heavens seen at a

particular time from a particular place. The KP horoscope is slightly di erent
from the traditional horoscope as it contains comparatively more information. A
KP horoscope typically contains position of 12 planets (including Rahu, Ketu,
Uranus, Neptune and Pluto) and 12 houses. There are various ways in which a
horoscope can be drawn. In India two most popular formats are ‘North Indian
format’ and ‘South Indian format’. Here is a sample horoscope diagram drawn
for –

Date: January 13, 2009

Time: 12: 00 Noon IST

Place: Agra, UP, India

(Detailed chart can be found at www.astrosage.com/chart.asp?user=kptutorial)

This is a horoscope in South Indian format. The South Indian chart is seen in
clock-wise fashion. In the South Indian chart format, signs are xed and houses
& planets keep moving. The second box from the top left is xed for Aries. This is
the box where “I 001-23-55” is written on the chart. From that box onwards, in
the clockwise fashion, we can read other signs i.e. Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo,
Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces respectively.
So keeping this chart in mind, we can say that  rst house starts from Aries
(because ‘I’ is written in the box xed for Aries) 1 degree, 23 minutes and 55
seconds. The second house starts from Taurus 3 degree 46 minutes 54 seconds.
The starting position of second house is also ending position for  rst house.

Third house starts from Taurus 29 degree 19 minutes 19 seconds. Fourth house
starts from Gemini 23 degree 2 minute 49 seconds. As we see Ketu in Cancer 16
degree 24 minute 10 seconds between ‘IV’ and ’V’ number, we can say that Ketu
is in fourth house. Similarly, Saturn is between ‘VI’ and ‘VII’, so we can say that
Saturn is in sixth house and so on.

Similarly we can see position of all planets and houses from this chart. To have a
consistency across the tutorial, we are planning to stick to the South Indian chart
format.

Note: Astrologers from the Traditional astrology background may wonder

seeing the chart above how come both second and third houses are fallen into
the same sign Taurus? Which means that Venus is lord of both the houses -
second and third. Mars also become lord of eighth house and ninth house as per
KP chart. Virgo and Pisces are kind-of disappeared as no house is falling in these
two signs? This is because of the reason that KP uses Placidus House division
system, which is borrowed from Western astrology, where the houses are of
unequal size. Unlike Traditional astrology, not all houses are of equal size of 30
degree in KP and hence sometimes no house falls into a sign or sometimes more
than one house fall into a sign. We will talk more about it in the later chapters.

Creating Horoscope (Casting the Chart)

As discussed, to cast a KP chart, you need positions of 12 planets and 12 houses.

There are two ways you can get these information -
1. You can use some software, which requires just date, time and place, or
2. You can calculate these positions manually with the help of certain tables

Calculating KP horoscope manually is a tedious process. We will cover manual

calculation in later chapters (chapter 3). Till such time, you can use free software
on www.MyKundali.com for casting a KP chart.

Planets

As mentioned above, totally 12 planets are used in KP namely Sun, Moon, Mars,
Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu, Ketu, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. As
Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are of comparatively recent discovery, usage of
these planets is not as extensive as other 9 planets. Not all KP astrologers use all
12 planets, hence the usage of Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto is up to the choice of
a KP astrologer. In this tutorial, our emphasis will also be on original 9 planets
only. Please note that Rahu and Ketu are not planets in terms of modern
astronomy, as they don't have any physical existence. They are mere
mathematical points. Due to this reason, they are also sometimes called as
shadow planets. I'll not go into the astronomical details of Rahu and Ketu
because it is not the objective of this tutorial. 

Each planet owns certain signs and stars (nakshatras) as follows -

Planet Name Sign(s) Owned by the Planet Stars (Nakshatras) Owned by the Planet

 Sun Leo  Kritika, Uttaraphalguni, Uttarashadha

 Moon Cancer  Rohini, Hasta, Sravana
 Mars Aries, Scorpio  Mrigasira, Chitra, Dhanshita
 Mercury Gemini, Virgo  Aslesha, Jyehsta, Revati
 Jupiter Sagittarius, Pisces  Punarvasu, Visakha, Poorvabhadrapada
 Venus Taurus, Libra  Bharani, Poorvaphalguni, Poorvashadha
 Saturn Capricorn, Aquarius  Pushya, Anuradha, Uttarabhadrapada
 Rahu    Aridra, Swati, Satabisha
 Ketu    Aswini, Magha, Moola

From the above table you can see that Rahu and Ketu have not been allotted any
sign ownership. You may also note that each of the nine planets have been given
ownership of 3 stars.

As Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto were not part of the ancient Hindu astrology,
they have not been given ownership of any sign or any star. As per Western
astrologers, Uranus owns Capricorn, Neptune owns Pisces and Pluto owns
Scorpio.

Houses

There are 12 houses in astrology. Houses are also referred as Bhava or Ghar in
Hindu astrology. Every house in astrology has been assigned certain
signi cations by the sages. For example, 1st house is for self, health, 2nd house
for family, nance, 3rd house for brother, courage, 4th house is for mother,
conveyance and so on.

In the astrology, if a house is good, you will get good results related to the
house. For example, if the 1st house is good in your horoscope, your health will
be good. On the contrary, if the rst house is bad, the health will be a ected and
one can even have a short life. Di erent systems of astrology like Hindu system,
Western system etc. have di erent rules for judging the houses. In other words,
all systems use somewhat di erent rules to identify whether you will get good
results or bad results pertaining to a house in your life. Similarly, KP System also
has di erent rules and we will be describing those rules in the following
sections. Before that, let us have a look at what is generally assigned to each
house by our sages -

First House
Birth, head, physical body, limb, physical features, livelihood

Second House
Wealth, food, right eye, what one eats or drinks, face, eye, speech, family,
property

Third House
Courage, rmness, bad thoughts, breast, ear, especially right ear, prowess,
brother or sister - younger one, heroism, mental strength

Fourth house
House, home, land, relation, mother, vehicle, happiness, water, learning

Fifth House
Intellect, children, son, belly, traditional law, virtuous acts previously done

Sixth House
Debt, wounds, disease, enemy, sin, a wicked act, fear, humiliation

Seventh House
Desire, love, passion, cohabitation, partner, public, wife or husband, dowry

Eighth House
Life, longevity, mental pain, defeat or insult, sorrow, scandal, ill-repute, death,
impurity, obstacle, danger

Ninth House
Guru or preceptor, father, auspicious, previous life , worship, penance, virtue,
grandson, prayer, spiritual initiation, noble family, fortune

Tenth House
Livelihood, kingdom, work, commerce, trade, business, rank or position, good
conduct, honor, sacri ce, command, quality, wealth, occupation

Eleventh House
Pro t or gain, income, all kinds of receipts, acquisition, gain, desire, passion,
ful llment of one's desire, wealth or riches, brothers and sisters - elder one,
friends

Twelfth House
House of disappearance, bondage, loss, negation, bed, sin, poverty, penury, loss,
decline, misery, left eye, leg, defect

Cusps

The point at which two houses meet is called a Cusp. Starting point of a house
is called the cusp of that house. Sometimes terms 'cusp' and 'house' are used
interchangeably. For example, lord of the cusp and lord of the house has the
same meaning in KP.

The planet that owns the sign that falling on the cusp of a house is called
the owner or the lord of the house. Please note that the terms 'owner of a
house' and 'house lord' are used interchangeably in astrology. In the example
chart, the cusp of the rst house falls in sign Aries. Mars is the owner of the sign
Aries. So we will say that rst house lord is Mars. Similarly, cusps of the second
and third house fall in Taurus sign which is owned by Venus. So we will say that
the second house and third house are owned by Venus. Some of the astrologers
from the classical astrology background will nd this unusual that both second
and third house are owned by Venus. This happens due to the fact that KP
follows unequal house division. We will talk about the house division in details
later.

Signs

The whole Universe is divided into 12 equal parts and each part is referred to as
a sign. So there are 12 signs as follows -

1. Aries
2. Taurus
3. Gemini
4. Cancer
5. Leo
6. Virgo
7. Libra
8. Scorpio
9. Sagittarius
10. Capricorn
11. Aquarius
12. Pisces

There are various classi cation for the signs. These classi cations are sometimes
useful in predictions. Some of the important classi cations are as follows -

Classi cation 1
Fiery Signs:           Aries, Leo, Sagittarius
Earthy Signs:         Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn
Airy Signs:             Gemini, Libra, Aquarius
Watery Signs:        Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces

Classi cation 2
Movable:                Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn
Fixed:                    Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius
Common:               Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces

Zodiac Division - Sign, Star and Sub

Zodiac is an imaginary belt encircling the heavens within which are all the
planets. As we know in mathematics a circle is of 360 degree. When this circle is
divided into 12 equal parts of 30 degrees, each part is called a sign. We have
already talked a little bit about signs. When this circle is divided in 27 equal parts
of 13 degree 20 minutes, each part is called a Star or a Nakshatra. If we divide a
star further into nine parts, this 9th division of a star is called a 'Sub'. This 'Sub' is
the real backbone of KP System. We have already talked about the lord of a sign
and the lord of the star above. As lord (owner) of a sign is called 'Sign lord',
similarly lord of a star is called 'Star lord' and the lord of a sub is called 'Sub lord'.
'Sub lord' is calculated on the basis of years allocated to each of the 9 planets in
Vimshottari Dasa system. The years allocated to each planet in Vimshottari Dasa
System are as follows -

 Planet Years Allocated

 Ketu  7
 Venus  20
 Sun   6
 Moon  10
 Mars  7
 Rahu  18
 Jupiter  16
 Saturn  19
 Mercury  17
 TOTAL  120

You can notice the di erence in the sequence of the planets noted above. This is
the sequence used in Vimshottari Dasa. Ketu is listed rst here because Ketu
owns Ashwini star, the rst star of the zodiac, followed by Venus, Sun, Moon,
Mars, Rahu, Jupiter, Saturn and Mercury.

In each star, rst sub lord is the planet that owns the star and then it is followed
by the remaining eight planets in Vimshottari Dasha planet sequence. For
example,
If Ashwini is the star which is owned by Ketu, the rst sub lord in Ashwini star will
be Ketu, the second sub lord will be Venus, the third sub lord will be of Sun and
so on.
If Bharani is the star which is owned by Venus, the rst sub lord in Bharani star
will be Venus, the second sub lord will of Sun, the third sub lord will be of Moon
and so on.

You can notice that there is no name given to a sub like we have given the
names for signs and stars. What we are mostly cocerned about is the lord of that
sub i.e. sub lord.

The span of a sub lord can be calculated as follows -

Span of a Sub Lord = (Years of Planet in Vimshottari Dasa/ 120) X 13 degree

20 minutes

as 13 degree 20 minutes can also be written as 800 (13 X 60 + 20) minutes, for
simplicity of calculation, we can say -

Span of a Sub Lord (in minutes) = (Years of Planet in Vimshottari Dasa/ 120)
X 800

based on this we can calculate the span of each sub lord as follows -

Span of a Sub Lord Ketu = (7 / 120) X 800 = 46.6666 = 0 degree 46 minutes 40

seconds
Span of a Sub Lord Venus = (20 / 120) X 800 = 133.3333 = 2 degree 13 minutes
20 seconds
Span of a Sub Lord Sun = (6 / 120) X 800 = 40 = 0 degree 40 minutes 00
seconds
Span of a Sub Lord Moon = (10 / 120) X 800 = 66.6666 = 1 degree 6 minutes 40
seconds
Span of a Sub Lord Mars = (7 / 120) X 800 = 46.6666 = 0 degree 46 minutes 40
seconds
Span of a Sub Lord Rahu = (18 / 120) X 800 = 120 = 2 degree 0 minutes 0
seconds
Span of a Sub Lord Jupiter = (16 / 120) X 800 = 106.6666 = 1 degree 46 minutes
40 seconds
Span of a Sub Lord Saturn = (19 / 120) X 800 = 126.6666 = 2 degree 6 minutes
40 seconds
Span of a Sub Lord Mercury = (17 / 120) X 800 = 113.3333 = 1 degree 53
minutes 20 seconds

Above can be summarized in a tabular format as follows -

 Sub Lord Sub Span

 Ketu  0°46'40"
 Venus  2°13'20"
 Sun   0°40'
 Moon  1°6'40"
 Mars  0°46'40"
 Rahu  2°0'0"
 Jupiter  1°46'40"
 Saturn  2°6'40"
 Mercury  1°53'20"
 TOTAL  13°20'

To save you from the hassles of calculations, this is a ready reckoner table of
Sign, Star, and Sub can be found here.

Note: High school mathematics is involved in the calculation of Sub lord. Don't
worry, if you don't understand the calculation part because now-a-days we have
software programs that can do the calculation for you. Also the sub lord
calculation table mentioned above can be used for ready reference.

House Grouping

Like Sub, house grouping is another very important concept in KP System. For
every important aspect of human life, one house has been given primary
importance and few other houses have been given secondary importance. All
these houses together are known as group of houses for an aspect. By the term
‘aspect of human life’, I mean health, family, profession etc. Let us take an
example of marriage, for marriage house number 7th has been given primary
importance. Why? Because 7th house is taken as the house for spouse –
husband or wife. If you are coming from the Hindu astrology or Western
astrology background,  you will nd it familiar. If you don't have any astrology
background, you can refer house signi cation table under the heading 'House'
above. House number 2 and 11 are said to be supportive house for marriage. In
our traditional astrology, 2nd house is the house for family and 11th house is the
house for friends and ful llment of desire. So we can say that for marriage we
have to judge house number 2, 7 and 11. This is house grouping for marriage.
Similarly, we can group houses for other major aspects of our life. I am
tabulating house grouping for some of the important aspects as follows -

 Aspect House Groups

Longevity     1, 8, 3
Cure of disease  1, 5, 11
Education  4, 9, 11
Marriage     2, 7, 11
Child birth   2, 5, 11
Foreign travel  3, 9, 12
Service     2, 6, 10
Gain of money  2, 6, 11
 
More comprehensive list of house groups can be found at House Grouping
section of this wiki.

Good and Bad Houses for Speci c Matters

Generally 12th house from any house is considered detrimental to that house
and hence negates the results of that house. For example, 2, 7 and 11 houses
are the houses that give marriage. 12th House from these houses i.e. 1 (12th
from 2), 6 (12th from 7) and 10 (12th from 11) will give opposite results i.e. denial
of marriage or separation, divorce etc., if already married. This is a general rule
which requires some modi cations on the basis of su cient evidence.

Signi cators

Concept

As mentioned above, 12 houses deal with all aspect of a human life. Generally a
planet can give results related to many houses. For example, from the section
‘Houses’, we can see that 7th house is the house for ‘marriage’ whereas 10th
house is the house for ‘job’. Now, one single planet can give both job and
marriage to a person. Assuming Mars is that planet, we will say that Mars
signi es 7th house and 10th house in such a case.

Similarly, results related to a house can be obtained from more than one planet.
Assuming in a chart Mars and Jupiter both can give Marriage, we will say that 7th
house (marriage) is signi ed by Mars and Jupiter.

To put in simple language, a planet can signify more than one house. Also a
house can be signi ed by more than one planet. From terminology, let us move
to the method of nding signi cators in the next section.

Finding Signi cators

Here is the sign, star and sub position for all the planets and cusps for the
example chart -

 Planet Name Longitude Sign Star Sub

 Sun      269°19'04" Jupiter Sun Rahu   
 Moon      118°50'32" Moon Mercury Saturn
 Mars      258°56'14" Jupiter Venus Rahu
 Mercury      283°37'35" Saturn Moon Rahu
 Jupiter      277°55'40" Saturn Sun Venus
 Venus      316°25'24" Saturn Rahu Venus
 Saturn      147°42'35" Sun Sun Moon
 Rahu      286°24'40" Saturn Moon Saturn
 Ketu 106°24'40" Moon Saturn Jupiter

Cusp Longitude Sign Star Sub

 1 001°23'55" Mars Ketu Venus
 2 033°46'54" Venus Sun Saturn
 3 059°19'19" Venus Mars Saturn
 4 083°02'49" Mercury Jupiter Saturn
 5 108°59'58" Moon Mercury Ketu
 6 141°16'58" Sun Venus Jupiter
 7 181°23'55" Venus Mars Mercury
 8 213°46'54" Mars Saturn Saturn
 9 239°19'19" Mars Mercury Saturn
 10 263°02'49" Jupiter Venus Saturn
 11 288°59'58" Saturn Moon Mercury
 12 321°16'58" Saturn Jupiter Jupiter

Finding Signi cation of Planets

A planet signi es various houses in the order of strength as follows -

Level 1. House occupied by the star lord of the planet

Level 2. House occupied by the planet itself
Level 3. Houses owned by the star lord of the planet
Level 4. Houses owned by the planet itself

As this signi cation is in the order of strength, signi cation at level 1 is more
powerful than signi cation at level 2. Signi cation at level 2 is more powerful
than signi cation at level 3 and so on. Level 1 to 4 is usually mentioned as grade
A to E  signni cators.

Suppose we have to nd signi cation for the planet ‘Mars’ in example chart.
Here are the signi ed houses -
Level 1. Mars’s star lord is Venus who is in house no. 11
Level 2. Mars is in house no. 9
Level 3. Mars’s star is Venus who owns house no. 2, 3, 7
Level 4. Mars owns house no. 1, 8, 9

We can say that Mars signi es houses 11, 2, 3, 7, 9, 1, 8 in this chart.

Let us take another planet ‘Moon’ -

Level 1. Moon’s star lord Mercury is in house no. 10
Level 2. Moon occupies 5th house
Level 3. Moon’s star lord Mercury owns 4th House
Level 4. Moon owns 5th house

So, we can say that Moon signi es houses 10, 4, and 5.

We can tabulate signi cation of the planets in our example chart as follows -

 Planet Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4

(star lord's (occupancy) (star lord's (ownership)
occupancy) ownership)
 Sun  10 10  6  6
 Moon  10  5  4  5
 Mars  11  9  2, 3, 7  1, 8, 9
 Mercury  5  10  5  4
 Jupiter  10  10  6  10
 Venus  10  11    2, 3, 7
 Saturn  10  6  6  11, 12
 Rahu  5  10  5  
 Ketu  6  4  11, 12  

Finding House Signi cators

Signi cator for a house in the order of strength are as follows –

Level 1. Planets in the star of occupants of that house
Level 2. Planets in that house
Level 3. Planets in the star of owners of that house
Level 4. Owner of that house

Sigi cators are mentioned in the order of strength. It means that the
signi cators at level 1 is more powerful than the signi cators at level 2.
Signi cators at level 2 are more powerful than signi cators at level 3 and so on.
Level 1 to 4 is usually mentioned as grade A to E  signi cators.

Let us take an example of house number 6 in our example chart -

Level 1. Planets in the star of the occupant of the 6th house (Saturn) - Ketu
Level 2. Planets in 6th house - Saturn
Level 3. Planet in the star of the owner (Sun) - Sun, Jupiter, and Saturn
Level 4. Owner of 6th house - Sun

so, 6th house signi cators are Ketu, Sun, Jupiter, and Saturn. (The easy way is to
take from the above table of planet signi cations, i.e. from level 1 column only
Ketu for 6th, level 2 column only Saturn for 6th, level 3 column Sun, Jupiter &
Saturn, and level 4 column Sun only.)

Let us take another example of house number 10 in the example chart -

Level 1. Planets in the star of the occupants of 10th house i.e. Sun, Jupiter,
Mercury, and Rahu - Sun & Saturn (in the star of Sun), no planet in the star of
Jupiter, Moon (in the star of Mercury), Venus (in the star of Rahu)
Level 2. Planets in 10th house - Sun, Jupiter, Mercury, Rahu
Level 3. Planet in the star of the owner (Jupiter) - no planet in the star of Jupiter
Level 4. Owner of 10th house - Jupiter

so, 10th house signi cators are Sun, Saturn, Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Rahu

TIP: If there is no planet(s) in the star of signi cators, signi cator(s) are
considered strong. In above case, as Jupiter doesn’t have any planet in its
star, hence it is a strong signi cator for 10th house by occupation and also
by lordship if the house is empty, which is not so in this case. By a strong
signi cator we mean that the planet has more chances of giving the result
of the house than other signi cators 

We can tabulate house signi cators in our example chart as follows –

 House Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4

(in Occupant's star) (Occupants) (in Owner's star) (Owner)
 1        Mars
 2      Mars  Venus
 3      Mars  Venus
 4    Ketu  Moon  Mercury
 5  Mercury, Rahu  Moon  Mercury, Rahu  Moon
 6  Ketu  Saturn  Sun, Jupiter, Saturn  Sun
 7    Mars  Venus
 8      Mars
 9    Mars    Mars
 10  Sun, Jupiter, Moon, Venus,  Sun, Mercury, Jupiter,  Jupiter
Saturn Rahu
 11  Mars  Venus  Ketu  Saturn
 12      Saturn
NOTE:
1. Planets conjoined or aspected by the above signi cators (level 1 to 4) are
also the 5th level (weakest) signi cators.
2. As you can notice from above, Sub doesn’t play any role in the process of
nding signi cators. 

Signi cations of Nodes - Rahu & Ketu

Rahu and Ketu are not planet in true sense. These are shadow planets and do
not have any physical existance. To understand signi cation of Rahu and Ketu,
we need to understand the 'agent' nature of these two. 
 
Rahu and Ketu act as an agent of the planet(s) -
(a) the planet conjoining or aspecting
(b) owner planet of the sign in where it is placed

In our example chart, Rahu conjoins Mercury and Jupiter in Capricorn sign. So
we can say that Rahu acts as an agent to Mercury and Jupiter. As Rahu is closer
to Mercury than Jupiter, it will represent Mercury more prominently than Jupiter.
Capricorn is the sign owned by Saturn, so it will also act as an agent to Saturn,
but even less prominently. Sometimes 'Node act as an agent of planet planet X'
is also written as 'Node represents planet X'.

A node signi es the houses -

(a) Level 1 to Level 4 above
(b) Level 1 to Leve 4 of the planets it represents
 
In our example, Rahu signi es houses 5 and 10 by its own. Rahu also signi es 5,
10, and 4 by being agent of Mercury. Rahu also signi es houses 10 and 6 by
being agent of Jupiter but less prominently than by being agent of Mercury. Rahu
also signi es houses 10, 6, 11, 12 by being agent of Saturn, but even less
prominently than Jupiter and Mercury.
 
For practical purpose, we generally take the most prominent agent only in our
analysis. In other words, though Rahu acts an agent of Mercury, Jupiter and
Saturn, we will take Mercury only otherwise we will be confused with too many
houses signi ed.

Strengths of Signi cators

As mentioned above, a planet gives result of the houses in order of Level 1 to

Level 4. Though we must note that if there is no planet in that planets star, the
planet is called self-strength planet and gives results in following order -
 
Level 2. House occupied by the planet itself
Level 1. House occupied by the star lord of the planet
Level 4. Houses owned by the planet itself
Level 3. Houses owned by the star lord of the planet 
 

Ruling Planets (RP)

Ruling Planets (RP) is a divine tool to help astrologers. As the name suggests,
Ruling Planets are the planets that rule a particular moment. KP System
considers total 5 ruling planets in the order of strength as follows -

1. Ascendant Star Lord

2. Ascendant Sign Lord
3. Moon Star Lord
4. Moon Sign Lord
5. Day Lord

Ruling Planets are generally used in conjunction with birth charts or horary
charts. Sometimes RPs also have some other independent applications like
predicting minor events and recti cation of birth time.

Rahu and Ketu act as agents to other planets. Please see section "Shadow
Planets - Rahu and Ketu" below for more information.

Day lord for each day is as follows -

 Day Day
Lord
 Sunday  Sun
 Monday  Moon
 Tuesday  Mars
 Wednesday  Mercury
 Thursday  Jupiter
 Friday  Venus
 Saturday  Saturn

Suppose we have to calculate Ruling Planets at January 18, 2009, 6:00 PM IST at
Delhi, India. Here is the Ascendant and Moon position at that time -

Ascendant Longitude :   097°55'37"

Moon Longitude         :  189°17'14"

From the "Sign, Star, and Sub Table", we can nd Sign lord and Star lord for both
the longitude as follows -
   Longitude  Sign Lord  Star Lord
 Ascendant  097°55'37"  Moon  Saturn
 Moon  189°17'14"  Venus  Rahu

The day on 18th January 2009 was Sunday, so the day lord will be Sun.

So, here are the Ruling planets for the moment (January 18, 2009, 6:00 PM IST at
Delhi, India) -

 Ascendant Star Lord  Saturn

 Ascendant Sign Lord  Moon
 Moon Star Lord  Rahu
 Moon Sign Lord  Venus
 Day Lord  Sun

Note:
1. Hindu day starts from sunrise and last till next sunrise. We have to take
'day lord' according to Hindu day only.
2. The ruling planets in a star or sub of  retrograde planets should be
discarded from the list of RP.

Selection of Signi cators

As discussed above, when you are judging particular aspect of life, you have to
check signi cators of the group of houses related to that aspect of life. For
example, if you have to nd out the time of marriage, house group is 2, 7 and 11
(see the table above). So, you need to nd out signi cators of house number 2, 7
and 11. When the person will pass through the dasa of signi cators of house 2, 7
and 11 together, s/he will get married.
Sometime, you get many signi cators for judging an aspect of life. For example,
if we have to nd out, when will the native of the example chart get a new job.
For job, we have to judge 2, 6, 10 and 11. Now here are the signi cators
2 – Mars, Venus
6 – Sun, Jupiter, Saturn, Ketu
10 – Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Rahu
11 – Mars, Ketu, Venus, Saturn
 
Now here is the dilemma for the astrologer. All the nine planets are appearing as
singinifcator for the job. In such a case, we need to nd out the signifcators
which are more powerful that others for that particular aspect of life. As we need
to eliminate less powerful signi cators and keep more powerful signi cator, this
process is also termed as 'elimination of signi cators.'
 
Before we jump into the process of singi cator elimination, we should
remember these two important points -
* As mentioned above, level 1 signi cators are powerful than level 2 signi cators
as so on. So, one need to give preference to the higher level signi cators
* Again as mentioned above, Planets having no planets in its star is stronger.
 
We will now discuss three popular elimination methods.
 

Method 1: Detrimental House Method

The signi cators of houses detrimental to the aspect under consideration are
weaker. For example, house number 1 (12th to 2nd – negation of 2nd) 5 (12th to
6) and 9 (negation to 10th) are detrimental houses for the job. In the example
chart, signi cators of house 1, 5, and 9 are as follows –
1 – Mars
5 – Mercury, Rahu, Moon
9 – Mars
 
As Moon, Mars, Mercury and Rahu are the signi cators of 1, 5, and 9 as well.
These are not powerful enough to give results of house number 2, 6, 10 and 11.
So these are the planets that have the possibility of dropping from the
signi cator list of job. If we remove Moon, Mars, Mercury and Rahu from the
signi cators list, we will left with the following –
Sun, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Ketu
 

Method 2: Sub-lord method

Remove the signi cators in the sub of the signifcators of the houses detrimental
to the houses under consideration. As mentioned above, house number 1 (12th
to 2nd – negation of 2nd) 5 (12th to 6) and 9 (negation to 10th) are detrimental
houses for job. Signi cators of house 1, 5, and 9 are as follows –
1 – Mars
5 – Mercury, Rahu, Moon
9 – Mars
 
Planets in the Sub of above planets are as follows –
Moon – Saturn is in the Sub of Moon
Mars – There is no planet in the Sub of Mars
Mercury – There is no planets in the Sub of Mercury
Rahu – Sun, Mars and Mercury in the Sub of Rahu
 
So Saturn, Sun, Mars and Mercury are also weaker signi cators for job and can
be removed from the signifactor list.
 
Note: Some KP astrologers give more importance to star lord of sub lord rather
than sub lord itself.
 

Method 3: Ruling Planets method

Check the ruling planets for the time of judgment of the horoscope. The ruling
planets that are also found in the signi cators of the house grouping are the
strongest signi cators. In other words select the planets which are common
among singi cator for the aspect and ruling planets.

Selection of Fruitful signi cator: A Step by Step Approach

This is a step by step approach often recommended in k_p_system yahoogroup.

Out of the signi cators mentioned above and select the fruitful signi cators as
follows:
1) Signi ctors which are common with the Ruling Planets,
2) Signi cators which are posited in the stars of the cuspal sub lords of required
houses for a matter under consideration, 2,7,11 for marriage,
3) Signi cators which are the cuspal sub lords of the required houses,
4) Signi cators of planets without having any planet in their stars, which are
strongest to give the results of the houses by being the sub lord to them.
(Golden Rule: Take the planets which are posited in the sub of the signi cators
whose constellations are not tenanted),
5) Signi cators appearing many times amongst the Ruling Planets and
signi cators.
6) Ruling Planets or other methods of selecting fruitful signi cators can to be
used in xing timing of event by DBAS.
 

Finding out promises in a chart

In the "House Grouping" section it was explained that - "for every important
aspect of human life, one house has been given primary importance and few
other houses have been given secondary importance." Standard rules for
prediction are -
1. If the sublord of primary house under consideration is signifying house group
related to the matter under consideration then the matter is going to fructify
and the answer is positive.
2. On the contrary, if it sublord of primary house is signifying detrimental houses
(see good and bad houses above) alone then the matter will not fructify
3. But, if it sublord of primary house is signifying house group as well as
detrimental houses then the native will get both the results in di erent dasa
period.
 
As explained in house grouping section, 7th house is the primary house for
marriage. 2nd and 11th houses are supportive houses. These three houses
together will be called conductive house group (or simply house group) for
marriage. 1st, 6th and 10th house being 12th from the mentioned house group
are detrimental for marriage. If sublord of 7th house is signifying either 7th or
2nd or 11th then the marriage is promised. The person will de nitely marry. This
way we can decide the promises related to various aspect of life in a chart.

Timing Events

Once it is decided whether the event is promised in the chart or not, next
important step is to nd out when the event will take place.
 
The matter will fructify in the dasa, bhukti and antara of the signi cators of
houses group for the matter under consideration. Signi cators of main and
supportive houses needs to be found out according to the method given in the
section "Finding House Signifcators." Now-a-days all KP software like
http://www.MyKundali.com gives you a list of signi cator, so you need not to
worry about signi cator selection process. The event will happen in the
conjoined period of the signifcators of the house group for the matter under
consideration. Among the sign cators, you need out possible dasa lord, bhukti
lord and antara lord. If the selected number of sig nicators are more than three
(we require one for dasa, one for bhukti and one for antara), we need to nd out
powerful signi cators among them according to the rules given in "selection of
signi cator" section.
 
Note: In KP System, only Vimshottari Dasa is used. Other dasas like Yogini,
Kalchakra, Ashottari, Chara Dasa etc. are not used.
Generally dasa is for some longer duration. To pin point exact time of happening
of an event, we need to see the transit as follows -

1. Dasa, Bhukti and Antara lord should transit through the signi cators of the
houses under consideration to fructify the event.
2. For even ner timing, we need to check transit of Sun and Moon. Sun and
Moon should transit through the signi cators.
 
Note: Sun transit is considered when the event is likely within a year. Moon
transit should be considered for pin-pointing an events up to a month. Lagan
transit should be considered for predicting the event upto hour and minutes.
 

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