Ubhayachari Yoga: When Planets Stand on Both Sides of the Sun

Ubhayachari yoga forms when planets other than the Moon occupy both signs next to the Sun, and it appears in roughly a third of all charts. What it means, why it is mostly a Mercury and Venus yoga, how the planets on each side change it, why the Sun in the middle decides how much it gives, when it gives little, how its results are timed, and two charts from practice.

Vosi Yoga: The Planet That Rises Before the Sun

Vosi yoga, also spelled Vasi, forms when planets other than the Moon occupy the sign just before the Sun and none occupy the sign after it. It appears in more than a quarter of all charts. What it means, why its planets are morning planets that rise ahead of the Sun, which planets form it, benefic and malefic forms, how it reads from each house, how it differs from Vesi and Ubhayachari, timing, and two charts from practice.

Vesi Yoga: The Planet That Follows the Sun

Vesi yoga forms when planets other than the Moon occupy the sign just after the Sun and none occupy the sign before it, in about a quarter of all charts. What it means, why its planets are evening planets, its link to speech and resources, which planets form it, benefic and malefic forms, how it compares with Vosi and Ubhayachari, how it reads from the lagna, timing, and two charts from practice.

Amala Yoga: A Benefic in the Tenth and the Reputation That Lasts

Amala yoga forms when a natural benefic, Jupiter, Venus or Mercury, occupies the tenth house from the lagna or from the Moon, and under that broad rule it appears in nearly two charts in five. What its name means, why programs disagree about it, the lagna and Moon frames, what each benefic gives, where it overlaps Hamsa, Malavya, Bhadra and Gaja Kesari, what stains it, its link to career, timing, and two charts from practice.

Sunapha Yoga: Planets in the Second From the Moon and Self-Made Wealth

Sunapha yoga forms when planets other than the Sun occupy the sign just after the Moon and none occupy the sign before it, in a little over one chart in five. What it means, why the classical texts tie it to self-earned wealth, how it fits with Anapha, Durudhara and Kemadruma, what each planet gives, why the Moon’s own strength matters, timing, and two charts from practice.

Anapha Yoga: The Planet the Moon Has Just Passed

Anapha yoga forms when planets other than the Sun occupy the sign just before the Moon and none occupy the sign after it, in about one chart in five. What it means, why its planet is the one the Moon has just passed, the twelfth-house themes of rest and release, the four classical promises read today, detachment later in life, what each planet gives, why a young Moon often comes with it, timing, and two charts from practice.

Durudhara Yoga: The Moon Held From Both Sides

Durudhara yoga forms when planets other than the Sun occupy both signs beside the Moon, in about one chart in nine. What it means as Sunapha and Anapha together, what the classical texts promise, the commonest pairings across the Moon, the difference between benefics and malefics on both sides, why one Durudhara in five falls on a new moon, why it is the opposite of Kemadruma, how to read the three houses, timing, and two charts from practice.

Adhi Yoga: Benefics Facing the Moon, and the Commander, Minister and King

Adhi yoga forms when natural benefics occupy the sixth, seventh and eighth houses from the Moon. Under the usual rule of two or more benefics it appears in about one chart in five, and in nine of those ten the Moon is close to full. The rules and how rare each version is, the commander, minister and king of the texts, which benefics form it, the overlap with Shakata yoga, malefics in the same houses, Lagna Adhi yoga, timing, and two charts from practice.

Saraswati Yoga: Jupiter, Venus and Mercury and the Yoga of Learning

Saraswati yoga forms when Jupiter, Venus and Mercury all occupy kendras, trikonas or the second house and Jupiter is strong by sign, in about one chart in ten under the classical rule. The conditions and why programs disagree, the seven houses that count, the three kinds of learning the three planets give, what the texts promise, why Mercury is so often combust in it, its use for education, when it gives less than it promises, timing, and two charts from practice.

Parivartana Yoga: Maha, Khala and Dainya Exchanges Explained

Parivartana yoga forms when two planets occupy each other’s signs, an exchange found in more than a third of all charts. What an exchange does, the Maha, Khala and Dainya types and how to classify one yourself, the exchanges that form raja, dhana and Vipreet yogas, the commonest exchanging pairs, how an exchange behaves in the dasha, its limits, and two charts from practice.