hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
I thought to offer a few data points on this kālasarpa yoga. It is one of those things that people 'seem to know' when
entering into jyotiṣh, just as 'karma' is known when one ~seems~ to align themselves to sanātana dharma.
Starting with words and definitions
kālasarpa yoga
kala =
kalā =
- weak , crude , undigested
- (in poetry) time equal to four mātra-s or instants some say 4 pause/beats
kālā =
- a division of time
- a term for the seven substrata of the elements or dhātus of the human body i.e. flesh , blood , fat , phlegm , urine , bile , and semen
- an embryo shortly after conception
- (with the pāśupata-s) the elements of the gross or material world
- 1/16th of the the moons diameter; or a digit
kāla =
- black , of a dark color , dark-blue
- A name for durgā
- of a nāga-rāja
sarpa =
- black , of a dark color , dark-blue
- the poisonous serpent or nāga called kālasarpa
Within one's rāśi chart
- creeping , crawling , stealing along
- a snake , serpent ; yet some do differ on the notion of snake verses serpent. That is, a serpent with a human face yet serpent-like lower extremities. Sarpa also means tortuous motion.
If there are 12 bhāva-s ( houses) there must then be 12 forms of kalā sarpa yoga. I will list them out , but first let's get a better definition of this kālasarpa yog.
In general, it is when all graha-s are hemmed in between to the two nodes rāhu and ketu. Yet there are riders to this rule that brings better clarity:
It is my opinion that the rāhu and ketu axis is a view and influence on mundane life; and ketu-rāhu axis has its greatest influence on spiritual matters.
- All graha-s¹ and the lagna¹ must be between the two nodes.
- rāhu must be leading - that is heading towards all the other graha-s ; this is always in a counter-clockwise direction.
Some call this direction 'a-paśavya' or not traveling with the herd ; 'herd' here is the other graha-s that move clock-wise
or sun-wise.
- Even if one graha is outside this hem ( some call rāhu - ketu axis) this kalāsarpa yog does not apply. Same with the lagna being outside this axis.
- If say ketu is leading, this too does not apply and is considered kāla amṛta-yoga or a beneficial yoga. It is when all the graha-s that lie between rāhu & ketu move toward ketu instead of rahu; Now why would I say this ? Because all the graha-s are heading to ketu, the natural mokṣa-kāraka.
- According to jyotiṣa BV Raman, he advises that:
- this kālasarpa only occurs when rāhu occupies one of the 1st 6 houses (bhāva-s 1,2,3,4,5 and 6).
- and that no one single yoga is capable of marring or making a horoscope.
What is this kālasarpa yoga influence on the native ? This kālasarpa is considered kaṇṭaka - a thorn anything pointed , the point of a pin or needle , a prickle , sting , in one's chart. But this is not always the case as we will see in some of the discussions later on.
Note too that we will not find these kālasarpa yoga-s in the brihat-parāśara-horā-śāstra authored by the seer mahāṛṣi parāśar and other classics.It is ~fairly new~. Yet we will find sarpa yoga¹ called out in the classics from varāha-mihira ācārya and others. We will leave this alone for now.
First let's list out the 12
1. ananta kālasarpa yoga - note ananta is 'endless' ; it is a name of śeṣa or his brother vāsuki. See the connection to sarpa ? Some spell anant kālasarpa yoga.
2. kulika kālasarpa yoga - kulika = one of the nine chiefs of the nāga-s or serpent-race ; this word is defined as the chief or head man of a guild but also a thorny plant; Thorns as in ' kaṇṭaka - a thorn anything pointed ' called out above. Again see the connection to sarpa ?
3. vāsuki kālasarpa yoga - vāsuki = one of the three kings of the nāga-s , the other two being śeṣa and takṣaka ; vāsuki was used as a rope for twisting round the mountain mandara when they churned the ocean of milk if you recall.
4. saṃkāpal kālasarpa yoga - saṃkā = contest, strife, fight + pala = time . Another from the nāga clan.
5. padma kālasarpa yoga - padma = lotus-hued , being of the colur of a lotus ; female nāga called manasā , wife of the sage jaratkāru
padma can also be a high number within 1000 millions or billions.
6. mahapadma kālasarpa yoga - maha is great + padma - just forementioned above.
7. takṣaka kālasarpa yoga - takṣaka = one of the three kings of the nāga-s , the other two being śeṣa and vāsuki.Takṣaka means 'a cutter' and can be used for a carpenter of sorts. It then should be able to be used for a stone cutter also. Yet this word can be used as the sūtra-dhāra or speaker in the prelude of a drama ( drama in one's life perhaps ?)
8. karkoṭaka kālasarpa yoga - karka = white, excellent; it too is the name of cancer (karkaṭa), the natural 4th house which is 'excellent'.
This karkoṭaka is the name of sugar cane yet one will find another definition as a spiny bitter gourd. Once again this karkoṭaka is of the nāgavaṃśī or lineage , race , family (vaṃśī) of the nāga-s.
9. saṃkānāda kālasarpa yoga - saṃkā= contest, stife, fight + nāda = roaring , crying.
10. pātaka kālasarpa yoga - pātaka = that which causes to fall or sink . Some call this ghātaka kālasarpa yoga . This word ghātaka = killing , ruining.
11. viṣadhara kālasarpa yoga - viṣa = poison, venom + dhara = holding , bearing , carrying , wearing , possessing. Some call this viṣakat kālasarpa yoga; viṣa (as forementioned) + kat = kad = kill or hurt , confound, to cry or shed tears.
12. śeṣa-nāga kālasarpa yoga - śeṣa = the thousand-headed serpent regarded as the emblem of eternity called ananta ' the infinite' ; in the viṣṇu-purāṇa he and the serpents vāsuki and takṣaka are described as sons of kadru , but in one place śeṣa alone is called king of the nāga-s inhabiting pātāla.
iti śivaṁ
words
- sarpa yoga - malefics are in quadrants when calculated from lagna; some too add the calculation from the ārūḍha lagna.
- This yoga is called out in the nābhasa yoga section of brihat-parāśara-horā-śāstra ( chapter 37) and is categorized as dala yoga
- 4 classes of yoga-s are considered: āśraya, dala , ākṛti and saṃkhyā yoga-s .
- lagna ( some write lagnam) - sounds like lugna; this means adhering or clinging to , attached to , sticking or remaining in , fixed on , intent.
- It is the rising sign / point on the horizion in degeesº at the time of one's birth.
- Say one is born at 6 AM on July 1st , 1950 - at that moment
13º26'14" of the constellation Aries was on horizon i.e. rising, at that time; it 'clinged' to the horizon at that time.- grāhaka - one who seizes or takes captive
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