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Yogas: Reading the Patterns
The planetary combinations classical texts single out — and how to check for them
You can now read a chart's grahas, houses, aspects, nakshatras and dashas. This chapter is where those combine: the named patterns classical texts single out — Gajakesari, the five Mahapurusha yogas, Raja and Dhana yogas, the Vipareeta family, Neecha Bhanga — and how to check any chart for each of them yourself.
Lessons in this track
What a Yoga Is
A combination, not a single fact — checked deterministically, and often simply absent.
Gajakesari & the Pancha Mahapurusha Family
Jupiter's kendra from the Moon, plus one rule applied to five different planets.
Raja & Dhana Yogas
House-lord ties for authority and for wealth — then check your own chart for Gajakesari.
Budhaditya & Chandra-Mangala
Two yogas that are nothing more than a conjunction with a name.
The Vipareeta Raja Family
When a difficult house's lord falls into another difficult house, the difficulty inverts.
Neecha Bhanga — Cancelled Debilitation
When a fallen graha's weakness is undone, and the fall becomes the making.
Yogas Capstone — Weighing What You Find
Scan a chart for the whole catalog, then put the findings in proportion.