Yogas & Doshas

Mahapurusha Yoga

Mars sits in a kendra (1st, 4th, 7th, or 10th house from the Lagna) in its own sign or exalted.

Effect: Physical courage, leadership, competitive drive, and a commanding presence.

Mahapurusha Yoga

Mercury sits in a kendra in its own sign or exalted.

Effect: Sharp intellect, business acumen, and articulate, persuasive communication.

Mahapurusha Yoga

Jupiter sits in a kendra in its own sign or exalted.

Effect: Wisdom, ethical conduct, and a respected, teacher-like standing.

Mahapurusha Yoga

Venus sits in a kendra in its own sign or exalted.

Effect: Beauty, artistic talent, luxury, and comfortable material circumstances.

Mahapurusha Yoga

Saturn sits in a kendra in its own sign or exalted.

Effect: Authority and leadership earned through discipline, patience, and endurance.

Chandra Yoga

Jupiter sits in a kendra (1st, 4th, 7th, or 10th) counted from the Moon.

Effect: Wisdom, a strong reputation, and steady, resilient prosperity.

Chandra Yoga

The Moon and Mars are conjunct (share a sign).

Effect: Drive, resourcefulness, and an active ability to generate wealth.

Chandra Yoga

No planet besides the Sun occupies the sign immediately before or after the Moon.

Effect: Classically a caution for isolation or struggle — read against the strength of the rest of the chart, not in isolation.

Raja Yoga

A debilitated planet's dispositor (the lord of its debilitation sign) sits in a kendra from the Lagna or the Moon, cancelling the debilitation.

Effect: Turns an apparent weakness into a source of unexpected rise or achievement.

Raja Yoga

The lord of one dushthana (6th, 8th, or 12th house) is placed in a different dushthana.

Effect: Strength or success that emerges specifically from overcoming difficulty rather than from easy circumstance.

Raja Yoga

Two planets mutually exchange signs — each sits in a sign the other rules.

Effect: Strongly links the two houses and significations involved, for better or worse depending on which houses.

Chandra Yoga

Only benefic planets (Mercury, Jupiter, and/or Venus) occupy the 6th, 7th, or 8th house from the Moon, with no malefic among them.

Effect: Sustained authority and a real ability to overcome opposition.

Chandra Yoga

The Moon sits in the 6th, 8th, or 12th house from Jupiter.

Effect: A classical caution for fluctuating fortune, needing Jupiter's other strengths to offset it.

Other

Jupiter is conjunct Rahu.

Effect: Jupiter's wisdom filtered through Rahu's unconventional, amplifying influence — for better or worse depending on the rest of the chart.

Other

The Sun and Mercury are conjunct.

Effect: Sharp intellect and articulate, confident communication.

Raja Yoga

Only a benefic (Mercury, Jupiter, and/or Venus), with no malefic, occupies the 10th house from the Moon or from the Lagna.

Effect: A lasting, largely unblemished good reputation.

Dosha

Mars occupies the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th, or 12th house from the Lagna.

Effect: Classically weighed carefully in marriage compatibility; traditionally read as bringing friction or intensity into partnership unless matched or mitigated.

Dosha

All seven classical planets fall on one side of the Rahu-Ketu axis.

Effect: A karmic, all-or-nothing quality to the chart's themes — often read as obstruction and delay followed by breakthrough once the underlying pattern is worked through.

Dosha

Rahu or Ketu occupies the 9th house, or the Sun is conjunct a lunar node.

Effect: Classically linked to unresolved afflictions relating to ancestry and the paternal line.

Dhana Yoga

The lords of the 2nd and 11th houses (the two houses most associated with wealth) are conjunct, in mutual aspect, or exchange signs.

Effect: Financial gain and the steady accumulation of resources.

Raja Yoga

A lord of one of the four kendras (1st/4th/7th/10th) connects — by conjunction, mutual aspect, or sign exchange — with a lord of one of the three trikonas (1st/5th/9th).

Effect: Power, status, and authority — the broad classical category that most specifically named Raja Yogas (including several above) are considered special cases of.

Other

Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury are together placed in a kendra, a trikona, or the 2nd house, with Jupiter itself in a strong condition.

Effect: Deep learning, eloquence, and accomplishment in scholarship or the arts.

Raja Yoga

The 9th lord is strong and well-placed while the Lagna lord is also strong.

Effect: Wealth, grace, and good fortune that tends to arrive without excessive struggle.

Other

A house or planet is flanked on both adjacent sides (the signs immediately before and after) by benefic planets.

Effect: A protective, supportive quality around whatever the flanked house or planet signifies.

Other

A house or planet is flanked on both adjacent sides by malefic planets.

Effect: Pressure, constriction, and obstacles around whatever the flanked house or planet signifies.

Chandra Yoga

A planet other than the Sun occupies the 2nd house counted from the Moon.

Effect: Self-made wealth, skill, and a solid personal reputation.

Chandra Yoga

A planet other than the Sun occupies the 12th house counted from the Moon.

Effect: Personal comfort, good health, and refined tastes.

Chandra Yoga

Planets other than the Sun occupy both the 2nd and 12th houses counted from the Moon at once.

Effect: Combines Sunapha's and Anapha's benefits — wealth and comfort together.

Dhana Yoga

Benefic planets occupy the Upachaya houses (3rd, 6th, 10th, or 11th) counted from the Lagna or from the Moon.

Effect: Wealth and resources that build steadily and increase over a lifetime.

Other

The Sun or Moon is conjunct Rahu or Ketu — an "eclipse" combination.

Effect: Classically read as obscuring or complicating that luminary's significations until it's consciously worked with.

Other

The Moon is conjunct Saturn.

Effect: Emotional heaviness, delay, or restriction — but also real depth and resilience once matured.

Other

Mars is conjunct Rahu or Ketu.

Effect: Amplified aggression or impulsiveness — channelled productively when the rest of the chart provides support and outlet.