Five ages in a sign (Baladi)
By its degree a graha is an infant, a youth, an adult, old or dead; even signs run the other way.
- 6-minute lesson
- Basic course: Jyotish Shishya
- Vedic astrology
- Five ages in a sign
- Even signs run the other way
A first look at the lesson
A sign of 30° is cut into five steps of 6°. Signs are odd (Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius, Aquarius) or even (the rest). In an odd sign a graha is Bala (infant) at 0–6°, Kumara (youth) at 6–12°, Yuva (adult) at 12–18°, Vriddha (old) at 18–24° and Mrita (dead) at 24–30°.
In an even sign the order turns round: Mrita at 0–6°, Vriddha at 6–12°, Yuva at 12–18°, Kumara at 18–24° and Bala at 24–30°. Yuva stays in the middle either way.
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More lessons on this subject
- Reading a graha's degreeEvery graha sits at a degree of its sign, 0° to 30°, and that one number says a great deal.
- The edges of a sign: sandhi and gandantaA graha on the join between two signs is unsettled; where water meets fire the join is a knot.
- How close: degrees between grahasGrahas in one sign work together; the fewer degrees between them, the more they blend.
- Vargottama: the same sign twiceWhen the degree puts a graha in the navamsha of its own sign, it is vargottama and strong.
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