Vargottama: the same sign twice
When the degree puts a graha in the navamsha of its own sign, it is vargottama and strong.
- 6-minute lesson
- Basic course: Jyotish Shishya
- Vedic astrology
- Same sign in D1 and D9
- Where it happens
A first look at the lesson
You met the navamsha: each sign cut into nine parts of 3°20′. The degree decides which part a graha is in. When that navamsha is the same sign the graha is already in, it is vargottama: strengthened, as if it stood twice in one sign.
The sign's own navamsha sits in a fixed place: the 1st navamsha of a movable sign (0°–3°20′), the 5th of a fixed sign (13°20′–16°40′) and the 9th of a dual sign (26°40′–30°).
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
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