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Thus many say that it rises at the end of Saturn\'s portion while others say it as beginning of Gulika\'s portion and both are essentially same.

Here are some principles of using Trisphuta as per what my Gurudev taught:

1. The zodiac in the rasi chart has to be divided into three parts whereby the first part (Aries, Taurus, Gemini & Cancer) represent creation, the second part (Leo, Virgo, Libra & Scorpio) represent sustenance and the last part (Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces) represent destruction. We can call them as rasi creative, sustenance and destruction zones.

1. Similarly coming to a smaller scale each sign starting from Aries represent Creation, Sustenance and Destruction in that order. Thus all movable signs represent creation, fixed signs represent sustenance and dual signs represent destruction.

1. Coming to even smaller scale, each nakshatra starting from Ashvini represent Creation, Sustenance and Destruction in that order. Thus Ashvini represents creation, Bharani represents sustenance, Krittika represent destruction and so on.

Since the nakshatras can be fully mapped to the Navamsa, we can map the nakshatra mapping to Navamsa as well. We know that Ashwini\'s four padas cover Aries to Cancer and similarly Bharani\'s four padas cover Leo to Scorpio and Krittika\'s four padas cover Sagittarius to Pisces and so on. Thus we can see that Navamsa can also be divided into 3 parts whereby 1st part from Aries to Cancer represent Creation, the 2nd part from Leo to Scorpio represent Sustenance and 3rd part represent Destruction. We can call them as navamsa creative, sustenance and destruction zones.

1. Coming to the minutest level, each pada of the nakshatra represent Creation, Sustenance and Destruction as well. Thus 1st pada of Ashwini represents Creation, 2nd pada represents sustenance and 3rd pada represents destruction and so on.

Since even this also can be mapped to Navamsa, we can see that similar to classification of Signs in the Rasi Chart, similar classification in the Navamsa can be linked to the nakshatra padas. Thus nakshatra padas falling in Aries Navamsa will represent Creation, those falling in Taurus Navamsa will represent Sustenance and so on.

In analysing the Trisphuta in the matters of Health following things should be noted:

1. The rasi-zones indicate the immediate past of the native. If the Trisphuta falls in the creation zone, the native has been healthy and full of vitality, if the Trisphuta falls in the sustenance zone, the native has been having stable health and if the Trisphuta falls in the destruction zone, the native has been suffering.
2. The rasi-signs indicate the present state of affairs. If the Trisphuta falls in movable sign the native is currently healthy or recovering (if in past he was having health troubles). I it falls in the movable sign, the native is having stable health condition and if in dual sign, the health is deteriorating.

1. The navamsa zones and the signs indicate the future. If Trisphuta falls in creation zone, then the native will recover fast; if it falls in sustenance zone, the recovery will happen slowly and if it falls in the destruction zone the recovery will have after considerable trouble and suffering; provided Trisphuta falls in the creation sign in the navamsa. If it falls in sustenance sign, then the health will be stable although there would not be much improvement and if it falls in destruction sign, the health will deteriorate further. However, the rate of deterioration will depend on the zone. If Trisphuta falls in creation zone but destruction sign i.e., Gemini, the native\'s health will deteriorate slowly; however if it falls in Pisces, the health will deteriorate very fast and the native might even lose his life.

1. There are few additional things to note. If there are nimittas (omen) pertaining to the lord of the nakshatra (as per Vimshottari lordship) where the Trisphuta is placed, the

indications shown by the Trisphuta will definitely happen.

1. The nature of the health trouble or its causes can be seen from the lord of the Trisphuta Nakshatra.
2. The health trouble can be timed using compressed Vimshottari Dasa (for a year) initiated from Trisphuta. This may be called as Prasna Trisphuta Vimshottari Dasa.

References on Trisphuta in Prasna Marga:

Details on the Trisphuta is given in the 5th chapter of Part I of Prasna Marga. Further references can be found at other places in the book. I am giving here translation of some of the key slokas on Trisphuta from Prasna Marga.

<strong>Stanza 28:</strong> If Thrisphuta falls in Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces, it is productive of intense trouble which is greatest for Pisces least for Cancer.

<strong>Explanation:</strong> These are the last signs of the three zones. However, Cancer is a creation sign, Scorpio is a sustenance sign and Pisces is a destruction sign, indicating highest suffering in Pisces and lowest in Cancer. In addition, all these signs are watery signs and giver of health (Moon/ Venus - Water) and hence presence of Trisphuta can cause health troubles.

<strong>Stanza 29:</strong> If the Thrisphuta falls in the last Navamsa of Karkataka, the questioner will die in a year. If it falls in the last Navamsa of Vrischika, he will die in a month. If it falls in the last Navamsa of Meena, he will die in a day.

<strong>Explanation:</strong> Cancer falls in the creation zone indicating that the health is good and last navamsa falls in Pisces navamsa, a destruction sign in destruction zone. The combination of creation zone in Rasi and Destruction zone is Navamsa indicate death (if happens.. for example the native is in the death bed and waiting for his last time) shall happen quite late, i.e. 1 year (usually the duration of a prasna is of 1 year shown by the slowest moving planet Saturn). If however Trisphuta falls in Vrischika sign (a sustenance sign in sustenance zone) and last navamsa which is again Pisces navamsa, death can happen in one month. However if Trisphuta falls in Pisces Sign and Pisces Navamsa all indicating destruction zone and sign, death can happen in 1 day.

From this we can extend the principle for other Signs and the Navamsas.

<strong>Stanza 30:</strong> The four signs beginning from Mesha, Simha and Dhanus respectively constitute the creative, protective and destructive areas. Movable, fixed and common signs and Navamsas are respectively creative, protective and destructive. If Thrisphuta falls in a destructive area, Rasi or Navamsa or Nakshatra, predict that evil alone will happen.

<strong>Explanation:</strong> This gives the dictum for the principle mentioned above, on the division of the zodiac into three zones starting from Aries, Leo and Sagittarius

<strong>Stanza 32:</strong> Multiply the Thrisphutas by 9 and drop off the Rasis. Multiply the degrees and minutes that remain by 12 and expunge all \'twelves\' from the Rasi. If the result falls in Riksha Sandhis, Navamsas, or in the asterism of the questioner, he will certainly die.

<strong>Stanza 33:</strong> If the Thrisphuta Rasi or Navamsa Rasi, whichever is stronger, happens to be the Janma Rasi of the questioner, then also he will meet with death. If it falls in the navamsa of Aries, Leo or Sagittarius, he will live long.

<strong>Explanation:</strong> If the Janma rasi of the querist fall in the Trisphuta rasi or the navamsa (the stronger among the two), the native is likely to suffer considerably or even die.

If however, the Trisphuta falls in fiery Navamsas, the health will recover. It is important to note that Sagittarius is a destruction sign in the Destruction Zone. However, since it is a fiery sign, it will improve health, although after considerable suffering.

<strong>Stanza 34:</strong> If Gulika or evil planets occupy Thrisphuta Rasi, it forebodes evil. If anybody in the questioner\'s house is born in the Thrisphuta Nakshatra, he will fall sick. If this Thrisphuta is afflicted by Nava Doshas, then the questioner will meet with calamities, If Thrisphuta occupies creative elements or if it conjoins with good planets, then predict longevity and good health.

<strong>Explanation:</strong> Gulika and Mandi are the most evil among other planets to cause ill health. In addition association of natural malefics such as Saturn, Mars, Sun, Rahu and Ketu the native will suffer considerable ill health. However association of natural benefics such as Jupiter, Venus, Mercury or Moon will help in recovery of the native.

This sloka talks of nava doshas (9 blemishes) which can be found in Prasna Marga. I will write on this when time permits.

<strong>Stanza 35:</strong> If Thrisphuta falls in Aswini and its trines, Bharani and its trines, etc , and an event of the following kind takes place on each of these days, then predict that the questioner will die. A rich and learned Brahmin visits the house; a penniless Brahmin visits the house; a conflagration takes place ; loss of clothes ; a man comes after being vanquished in a quarrel; a serpent is seen in the house; three Brahmins turn up at the house: destruction of cattle; and arrival of a relative.

<strong>Explanation:</strong> This sloka talks of the nimitta (omen) happening at the time of judging the Trisphuta shall give additional strength to the indication of Trisphuta and the evil shown by the Trisphuta shall certainly happen. The omen is related to the lord of the nakshatras as per vimshottari dasa scheme. The association of various nimittas with the planets are as follows:

Ketu - A rich Brahmin visits the house

Venus - A penniless Brahmin visits the house Sun - Conflagration

Moon - Loss of cloths

Mars - A man comes after being vanquished in a quarrel Rahu - A serpent is seen in the house

Jupiter - Three Brahmins turn up at the house Saturn - Destruction of cattle

Mercury - Arrival of a relative

<strong>Stanza 36:</strong> These events must take place when the Sun or the Moon occupies Thrisphuta Rasi, or its Navamsa Rasi or their trines. Then only death can happen.

<strong>Explanation:</strong> This sloka gives additional qualification for the death to happen. Only when the luminaries, the Sun or the Moon occupies the Trisphuta Rasi or Navamsa, death can be predicted.

Stanza 37:

Health troubles shown by different planets placed in Trisphuta Rasi or Navamsa. If no planets are placed with the Trisphuta, then the lord of Trisputa Nakshatra will indicate the trouble

1. The Sun causes fever, internal heat, and severe pains in the head due to heat.
2. The Moon causes dysentery.
3. Mars brings in all sorts of sores and wounds.
4. Mercury causes inability to talk and think, i.e.. disorder in the vocal organ and the head.
5. Jupiter causes weakness of the eyes.
6. Venus causes mental ill-health, excruciating pains in the body and swelling.
7. Saturn produces disorders to one\'s hands and legs.
8. Rahu is the cause of sudden fall from an elevated place.
9. Ketu causes ills like Mars.

Illustration

<strong>Case I: Mother\'s health</strong>

My mother has considerable health troubles and hence I draw up the Prasna Chart to see scope of recovery in near future (within 1 year period)

Date: January 22, 2008

Time: 1:30:38 pm

Time Zone: 8:00:00 (East of GMT) Place: 103 E 51\' 00", 1 N 17\' 00"

Singapore City, Singapore

Ayanamsa: 23-58-19.11

Sidereal Time: 20:29:52

Body Longitude Nakshatra Pada Rasi Navamsa

|Lagna|16 Ar 14\'|58\.79" Bhar|1 Ar Le|

| :- | -: | :- | -: |

|Sun - PiK|7 Cp 35\'|33\.74" USha|4 Cp Pi|

|Moon - GK|3|Cn|11\'|30\.53"|Puna|4|Cn|Cn|

| :- | -: | :-: | :-: | :-: | :- | :-: | :-: | :-: |

|Mars (R) - DK|0|Ge|35\'|52\.68"|Mrig|3|Ge|Li|

|Mercury - AK|26|Cp|14\'|10\.85"|Dhan|1|Cp|Le|

|Jupiter - BK|13|Sg|50\'|02\.85"|PSha|1|Sg|Le|

|Venus - PK|3|Sg|26\'|57\.89"|Mool|2|Sg|Ta|

|Saturn (R) - MK|13|Le|35\'|24\.12"|PPha|1|Le|Le|

|Rahu - AmK|5|Aq|14\'|46\.41"|Dhan|4|Aq|Sc|

|Ketu|5|Le|14\'|46\.41"|Magh|2|Le|Ta|

|Maandi|23|Ar|54\'|21\.18"|Bhar|4|Ar|Sc|

|Gulika|12|Ar|27\'|35\.69"|Aswi|4|Ar|Cn|

|TriSphuta|1|Le|54\'|05\.01"|Magh|1|Le|Ar|

The Trisphuta is in Leo rasi, Scorpio Navamsa and Purva-phalguni nakshatra 4th pada. In the rasi chart, Saturn and Ketu are placed in the Leo rasi and in Navamsa Rahu is placed in Scorpio Navamsa.

Leo falls in the sustenance zone and is a sustenance sign showing that her health has been stable so in near past. However Saturn is placed quite close in Purva-phalguni 1st pada showing that she is suffering from some troubles of hands and legs. Ketu although is placed in the same rasi is placed in Magha, different nakshatra, hence its affect is quite minimal on the Trisphuta. In addition, Leo is a fiery sign, indicating some scope of recovery as fiery sign indicate that.

Trisphuta navamsa is again in Sustenance zone and Sustenance Rasi showing that the heath is not going to improve in near future. In addition, presence of Rahu does indicate some fall which she might face in near future.

She is actually suffering from Osteo-arthritis in her knees, shown by Saturn in the Trisphuta rasi and Nakshatra. She is also passing through mental stress and troubles due to lordship of Venus for the Trisphuta nakshatra. Her condition will be stable in near future and shall not deteriorate. However she should be careful of heights as Rahu in the Trisphuta navamsa indicate fall from heights.

Case II: My health

I am suffering of back-ache for over 1 month which sometimes becomes quite painful. To know how bad or better it would be I casted a prasna chart and here is what it shows.

Date: January 22, 2008

Time: 3:15:45 pm

Time Zone: 8:00:00 (East of GMT) Place: 103 E 51\' 00", 1 N 17\' 00"

Singapore City, Singapore

Ayanamsa: 23-58-19.11

Sidereal Time: 22:15:16

Body Longitude Nakshatra Pada Rasi Navamsa

Lagna 6 Ge 11\' 34.88" Mrig 4 Ge Sc

|Sun - GK||1|Aq|38\'|22\.10"|Dhan|3|Aq|Li|

| :- | :- | -: | :-: | :-: | :-: | :- | :-: | :-: | :-: |

|Moon - AK||28|Cn|11\'|44\.73"|Asre|4|Cn|Pi|

|Mars (R) -|BK|24|Ge|33\'|43\.57"|Puna|2|Ge|Ta|

|Mercury - MK|20|Aq|16\'|58\.49"|PBha|1|Aq|Ar||

|Jupiter - PiK|7|Cp|49\'|21\.81"|USha|4|Cp|Pi||

|Venus - AmK|27|Sg|30\'|41\.35"|USha|1|Sg|Sg||

|Saturn (R) - PK|7|Vi|33\'|30\.24"|UPha|4|Vi|Pi||

|Rahu - DK|29|Aq|12\'|53\.52"|PBha|3|Aq|Ge||

|Ketu|29|Le|12\'|53\.52"|UPha|1|Le|Sg||

|Maandi|17|Ta|52\'|55\.11"|Rohi|3|Ta|Ge||

|Gulika|28|Ta|56\'|12\.02"|Mrig|2|Ta|Vi||

|TriSphuta|3|Sg|19\'|31\.63"|Mool|1|Sg|Ar||

|Kunda|21|Aq|38\'|05\.40"|PBha|1|Aq|Ar||

Trisphuta is in Hasta 4th pada in Virgo Rasi and Cancer Navamsa. There are no planets in the Virgo Rasi or Cancer Navamsa. Presence of Trisphuta in sustenance zone in rasi and destruction rasi indicate that the condition has been stable from past while currently it is quite bad. Its presence in Creation zone in the Navamsa in a creation rasi indicate fast recovery in near future.

The problem should be indicated by the lord of Trisphuta nakshatra i.e., Moon, since no planets occupy either Trisphuta rasi or Navamsa. Moon causes watery troubles such as Dysentery which is not a case with me. I have muscular pain which should have been shown by Mars. On closer examination, I found that Moon is placed in Cancer Rasi hemmed between Mars, Saturn and Ketu. Cancer is the 4th sign of the zodiac and affliction of which due to papakartari yoga shows the trouble in my back (behind chest) which is ruled by the 4th sign.

Lost Horoscopy

The basic requirement for Astrology is to have a Horoscope and the details required for casting a horoscope are the Date of Birth, Time of Birth and the place of birth. However, many times it so happen that the native who comes to an astrologer does not have a horoscope and he even does not know his birth date or time. In such cases, it is necessary to cast a horoscope for the native before venturing into the details of query. Although most queries can be answered using Praśna alone, it is nevertheless to draw the horoscope for overall analysis of the horoscope. Since it is difficult to cast a lost horoscope it is not very popular among the modern days astrologers.

There are many scholars who have written on this subject. However, without the effort of Mukunda Daivagna who beautifully compiled all such views of the scholars and given his comments, these could have been lost as well with time like many other ancient classics on Jyotish Shastra. Among all the prevalent views of the scholars, in this article, I will be focusing on that given by Varahamihira and Kalyanavarma in their immortal classics Brhat Jataka and Saravali.

Lost horoscopy is an art of pinpointing the time of birth and the technique given by the

scholars is quite systematic to pin down the exact moment of birth by zeroing in the order of Birth Year, Birth Ayana, Birth Seasons, Birth Month, Birth Tithi (lunar day) and birth Lagna (the moment of birth). In this article also we shall follow the same order of finding out the smaller measure of time moving from larger measures.

Birth Year:

Since Jupiter moves approximately 1 sign in a year, if we are able to fix the position of Jupiter, we would be able to ascertain the year of birth, keeping in mind the approximate age of the native. Here is how it is done.

According to the teachings of my Tradition, find the number of Dvadasamsa traversed by prasna lagna. In the derived Natal Horoscope, Jupiter will be placed in as many signs from Aries. For instance at the time of query, the lagna has traversed 10 Dvadamsas in the sign where it is placed, then in the natal horoscope, the native\'s Jupiter should be placed in 10th from Aries, which is Capricorn. The sign of Jupiter could be +/- 1 sign of the the arrived sign.

Another method which is given by Varahamihira is see the Drekkana rising the time of query. Jupiter will be placed in Prasna Lagna if 1 drekkana is rising, 5th sign from the Prasna Lagna 2nd drekkana is rising or 9th sign from the Prasna Lagna if 3rd drekkana is rising at the moment of query.

Birth Ayana:

An ayana is the 6 monthly course of Sun from either Cancer to Capricorn which is known as Dakshinayana or Capicorn to Cancer which is known as Uttarayana.

Both Varahamihira and Kalyanavarma are of the opinion that if 1st Hora of a sign is rising, then the birth is in Uttarayana and if the 2nd hora is rising, the birth is in Dakshinayana.

Birth Season:

The whole zodiac is divided into 6 seasons with each season spanning over two signs. The names of the seasons are Grishma (Summer), Varsha (Rainy), Sarad (Autumn), Hemanta (Mild-winter), Sishira (Winter), Vasanta (Spring). The seasons are related to signs in the following manner:

Summer : Taurus ; Gemini Rainy : Cancer ; Leo Autumn : Virgo ; Libra

Mild winter: Scorpio ; Sagittarius Winter : Capricorn; Aquarius Spring : Pisces ; Aries

The ruler of the seasons are:

Summer (Grishma) : Sun & Mars Rainy (Varsha) : Moon

Autumn (Sarad) : Mercury Mild winter (Hemanta) : Jupiter Winter (Sishir) : Saturn Spring (Vasanta) : Venus

To find the season at birth, then check if there are any planets placed in the Prasna Lagna. If yes, then season will the one governed by that planet However, if there are no planets in the prasna lagna, the drekkana lagna lord will govern over the season at birth. If there are more than one planets in the rasi lagna, the stronger among them will have its say on the seasons. Check the stana bala of the planet as per the shadbala scheme to know the relative strength of the planets.

If there are mutual contradictions between the Ritu and the Ayana, then the planets can be exchanged as per following pairs:

Moon <--> Venus Mercury <--> Mars Jupiter <--> Saturn

For example, say the birth is in Uttarayana (Capricorn to Cancer) and the season is ruled by Mercury i.e., Virgo & Libra. Since Virgo and Libra belong to Dakshinayana, the seasons of Mercury needs to be replaced by that of Mars, ruling Taurus; Gemini.

Birth Month:

The season of birth is shown by the drekkana rising, the month of the birth can be seen from half of the drekkana. If the prasna lagna rises in the first half of the drekkana (0 - 5deg) then birth happens in the 1st month of the identified season else if 2nd half (5 - 10deg) of the drekkana rises, birth happens in the 2nd month.

Birth day (Solar day):

The position of Sun can be ascertained from the amount traversed by the prasna lagna in the half drekkana which signify the season at birth.

For instance if Lagna\'s position in the prasna is 17deg, this means 2nd half of 2nd drekkana is rising. Thus the native will be born in the 2nd month of a season. Since Sun has traversed 2deg in the 2nd half (15 - 20deg), the Sun\'s longitude at birth would be (2/5)\*30 i.e., 12deg in the sign.

Birth Tithi (Lunar day):

There are 30 tithis in a month starting from Krishna Pratipad (1st day of wanning phase) to Purnima (full moon).

The tithi at birth can be ascertained from Sun\'s degree in the prasna chart. If Sun\'s degree is 0 to 1deg, the native is born on the 1st tithi which is Krishna Pratipad.

Similarly if Sun is at 20deg, the native is born at Shukla Panchami (5th day in the waxing phase).

Birth in day or night:

The next step to ascertain the birth time is to find out whether the native is born in the day time (Sunrise to Sunset) or night time (Sunset to Sunrise). This will help in reducing the number of possible lagnas to 6 out of 12 lagnas. The Night signs are Aries to Cancer (ruled by Moon), Sagittarius and Capricorn (reflection of Moon) whereas the Day signs are Leo to Scorpio (ruled by Sun), Aquarius and Pisces (reflection of Sun).

If day sign rises in the prasna chart, then the birth happened in night and vice versa.

Birth Lagna:

Tradition teaches that the birth lagna will be trine or the 7th from the Prasna Navamsa Lagna.

<strong>Illustration:</strong>

Prasna

|<p>Date : January 23, 2008 Time : 3:45:05 pm</p><p>Time Zone: 8:00:00 (East of GMT) Place : 103 E 51\' 00", 1 N 17\' 00"</p><p>Singapore City, Singapore</p>||||

| :- | :- | :- | :- |

|<p>Ayanamsa: 23-58-19.26</p><p>Sidereal Time: 22:48:37</p>||||

|<strong>Body Longitude Nakshatra</strong>|<strong>Pada</strong>|<strong>Rasi</strong>|<strong>Navamsa</strong>|

|Lagna 20 Ta 04\' 03.86" Rohi|4|Ta|Cn|

|Sun - PK 8 Cp 42\' 19.08" USha|4|Cp|Pi|

|Moon - BK 18 Cn 28\' 28.59" Asre|1|Cn|Sg|

|Mars (R) - DK 0 Ge 28\' 53.04" Mrig|3|Ge|Li|

|Mercury - AK 27 Cp 16\' 54.63" Dhan|2|Cp|Vi|

|Jupiter - MK 14 Sg 04\' 29.21" PSha|1|Sg|Le|

|Venus - GK 4 Sg 47\' 29.98" Mool|2|Sg|Ta|

|Saturn (R) - PiK 13 Le 31\' 39.50" PPha|1|Le|Le|

|Rahu - AmK 5 Aq 11\' 19.83" Dhan|4|Aq|Sc|

1. <strong>Year of birth:</strong> Lagna in the prasna chart is in 9th Dvadasamsa hence Jupiter should be in Sagittarius at birth. Currently Jupiter is also in Sagittarius which indicate that the person\'s current age would be 60 years.

The position of Jupiter could be in one of the signs of Sagittarius, Scorpio or Capricorn.

1. <strong>Ayana of birth:</strong> Lagna is in 2nd hora, which indicate that the birth happened in Dakshinayana, when Sun was in signs from Cancer to Capricorn.

1. <strong>Season of birth:</strong> There are no planets in the prasna lagna so that drekkana lagna lord should decide the season. Drekkana rising is Capricorn ruled by Saturn who rules over Sishira, the signs Capricorn and Aquarius. However since the signs fall in uttarayana, the season should be replaced with Jupiter\'s season, Hemanta, the signs

Scorpio and Sagittarius.

1. <strong>Month of birth:</strong> Since lagna is in the 1st half of 2nd drekkana, the birth should have happened in the 1st month of the season i.e., when Sun transited through Scorpio somewhere between 15Nov - 15dec.

1. <strong>Day of birth:</strong> By applying the proportion of Sun traveled through the half drekkana we find that Sun should be in 0deg 24min Scorpio.

1. <strong>Tithi at birth:</strong> Sun is in the 9th degree, which indicate that the Tithi at birth was Krishna Navami. Which means that Moon was separated from the Sun by around 108deg. Adding this to the longitude of Sun, we arrive at 210deg 24min + 108deg = 318deg 24min = 10s 18d 24m. Thus Moon at birth should be in Aquarius between 6deg and 18deg.

1. <strong>Day or night birth:</strong> Since the prasna lagna is in night sign, the birth should have happened during the day time.

1. <strong>Lagna at birth:</strong> The Prasna navamsa lagna is Cancer, which means that the birth could have happened in Cancer or other watery signs such as Scorpio or Pisces or 7th from it, which is Capricorn.

Conclusion:

This horoscope belongs to my Mother, whose birth date and time had some ambiguity. Based on my casting of her horoscope, here is what we can see.

She was born when Jupiter was in Capricorn, Sun in Sagittarius and Moon in Pisces in Uttarabhadrapada Nakshatra. One must note that at the Kunda in the prasna is in Saturn\'s Nakshatra which is same as the native who is born in Uttara bhadrapada nakshatra. At birth Sun was in Sagittarius (instead of Scorpio as we found) and Moon was in Pisces (instead of Aquarius) as we found and she was born in Krishna Ashtami (instead of Krishna Navami that we found) and Sagittarius Lagna (instead of Scorpio Lagna)

This shows that we are almost near (behind by 1 sign), but may be god didnot want to reveal the actual horoscope since the horoscope of the person is actually known. For those who are interested in knowing all the planetary details, I am giving them here.

<strong>Body Longitude Nakshatra Pada Rasi Navamsa</strong>

|Lagna|5 Sg 01\' 18.26" Mool|2|Sg|Ta|

| :- | :- | :-: | :-: | :-: |

|Sun - MK|11 Sg 45\' 52.76" Mool|4|Sg|Cn|

|Moon - PK|8 Pi 52\' 36.38" UBha|2|Pi|Vi|

|Mars - GK|7 Vi 09\' 17.01" UPha|4|Vi|Pi|

|Mercury - DK|0 Cp 06\' 44.66" USha|2|Cp|Cp|

|Jupiter - BK|12 Cp 14\' 28.49" Srav|1|Cp|Ar|

|Venus - AmK|21 Cp 40\' 33.92" Srav|4|Cp|Cn|

|Saturn - AK|26 Le 16\' 26.38" PPha|4|Le|Sc|

|Rahu - PiK|19 Pi 13\' 08.89" Reva|1|Pi|Sg|

| :- | -: | :-: | :-: | :-: |

|Ketu|19 Vi 13\' 08.89" Hast|3|Vi|Ge|

<strong>Praśna IV: Use of prasna arudha</strong>

There are many methods of prognosticating the nature of the query and the future from the Prasna Chart. I am narrating here one of the methods from the our tradition. This method involves use of a number between 1 to 108 to find the nature of the query, hidden aspects of the query and the answer too.

There are two ways of using this method which are as follows:

Method 1:

Divide the number by 9 and find the rasi and navamsa from the quotient and remainder respectively. Add 1 to the quotient to get the rasi in the following order, 1- Aries to 12- Pisces. In this case, 13 would be treated as Aries again (for number 108). Similarly the navamsa gained in the sign can be seen from the remainder. In this case if the remainder is 0, then it is taken as 9 (the last navamsa) and for such cases the quotient will not be added with 1.

For example, lets see what should be the rasi and navamsa for number 45. In this case quotient will be 5 and remainder 0. Thus the rasi would be Leo (quotient 5 and the Navamsa would be the last navamsa of Leo which is Sagittarius.

This principle is based on Navamsa since there are 108 navamsas in the zodiac, each number will correspond to a particular rasi and navamsa. Thus the duration of each number can be equated with 3d 20\', which is the duration of 1 navamsa or a nakshatra pada.

Method 2:

<strong>Step 1. Find the Number Planet:</strong>

When the number is divided by 12, the quotient added with 1 will show the number planet. Since the number can vary from 1 to 108, the quotient can vary from 0 to 9. Here 0 and 9 signify the Sun (since 0+1 = 1 and 9 + 1 = 10, which is same as 1), 1 signifies the Moon ( 1 + 1). Thus in similar fashion, the number planet can found from the quotient in the week day order which is Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu.

In our example of 45, number planet will be quotient 3 + 1 = 4 i.e, Mercury.

Step 2: Find the placement of the number planet:

When the number is divided by 9, the remainder when added with 1 will show the rasi where the number planet is supposed to be placed. Since the number is divided by 9, the remainder can vary between 0 to 8, showing that the rasi would be one of Aries to Sagittarius. Place the number planet in this sign.

In our example of 45, the sign where the number planet Mercury to be placed is Aries (0 remainder after division by 9).

**Step 3:

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