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Raja yogas akaRaj Yogs areShubha ('auspicious')yogas in jyotisha philosophy and tradition.[1]
B. Suryanarain Rao writes that peculiar powers seem to characterise the angular positions of the planets which enable persons born under such combinations to become kings (i.e. acquire ruling powers).[2]
All planets occupying thekendras gain exceptional strength. Mars and Saturn are natural malefic but both situated in the kendras can confer advancement in life though tending to prove evil towards the end. Saturn in Cancer (when it becomes a temporary friend of Jupiter) and Mars in Capricorn produce prominent persons but not vice versa. Saturn in Libra in akendra from theLagna or theChandra-lagna causingSasa yoga, aPanch Mahapurusha yoga, gives wealth, status, fame and also ruling power but does not give a happy life because of its square aspect on Cancer and being in the 8th from Pisces the exaltation sign for means.
The greatest yog according to Jaimini and Parashar is when Saturn is in the 10th house and Moon is in the 4th either in Cancer or Capricorn sign there arises a significant yoga which makes a king who will rule the world. The same yog if happens in 1st and 7th house will give rise to a lesser raj yog making the person the king of a kingdom.
Thetrikonas are as sensitive as thekendras if not more; planets in mutual trikonas become effective co-workers. Theantra-dasha of the planet situated in akendra or in atrikona from thedasha-lord generally confers auspicious results. The Sun in the 4th, a retrograde Venus in the 5th with Jupiter situated in thelagna, or Saturn in the 9th, Mars exalted, and Mercury, Venus and Jupiter combining in the 5th house give rise to powerfulRaja yogas whichyogas illustrate the importance and effectiveness of the trinal aspects of planets more particularly that of Jupiter.[3]
There are some Raja yogas described by texts which simply cannot occur, e.g. Varahamihira states that if exalted Mercury occupieslagna, Venus occupies the 10th, the Moon and Jupiter join in the 7th and Saturn and Mars occupy the 5th, the person becomes a ruler, thisyoga cannot occur because Mercury cannot be in a kendra from Venus, certainly not 77 degrees apart for this yoga to arise, or if the Moon, Saturn and Jupiter are in the 10th, 11th and lagna respectively, Mercury and Mars in the 2nd and Venus and the Sun in the 4th, which event cannot take place because Mercury can never be in the 3rd house counted from the Sun.[4]
The lord of the 10th house counted from the stronger of the two, theLagna or theChandra-lagna, occupying akendra or atrikona or the 2nd house vested with required strength by itself gives rise toRaja yoga (Mansagari IV Raja yoga 4). If at the time of birth the Moon is in anUpachayasthana, all benefic planets occupy their own signs andnavamsas and all malefic planets are weak in strength the person will rise to be a ruler equal toIndra (Mansagari IV Raja yoga 16). Venus and Mars combining in the 2nd house with Jupiter situated in Pisces, Mercury and Saturn in Libra and the Moon occupying its debilitation sign give rise toRaja yoga, in which event the person will be generous, wealthy, proud and famous ruling a vast territory (Mansagari IV Raja yoga 33). If the Moon combines with the Sun in the first half of Sagittarius sign, Saturn vested with strength is in the lagna and Mars is exalted a mighty much venerated ruler is born (Mansagari IV Raja yoga 65–66).
The conjunction of Jupiter with either Mars or the Moon giving rise to auspicious yogas also pave the ground forRaja yoga-formation, however,Ramanuja states that in these two events the person will be fortunate and prosperous in thedashas of Mars and the Moon but Jupiter'sdasha will be ordinary.[5]
Even though Venus and Jupiter are not mutual friends and Venus is not happily placed in a Martian signRamanuja states that Venus confersRaja yoga in itsdasha if it is in conjunction with Jupiter in Scorpio.[6]
Parasara calls thekendras theVishnusthanas and thetrikonas, theLakshmisthanas; their lords in mutual association becomeyogakarakas andRajayogakarakas as in the case ofDharma Karmadhipati yoga andSankha yoga. These lords attainingParijatadi awastha ('status') make one a ruler who takes care of and protects his subjects; attainingUttamadi awastha they make one a wealthy ruler; attainingGopuradi awastha they make one a ruler who is held in high esteem and venerated, and attainingSimhasanadi awastha they make one an all-conquering mighty ruler. Those born under the influence such strongkendra andtrikona lords and the lord of the 2nd house, have emerged as great rulers; those blessed with these lords attainingSimhasanasha andGopuransha have emerged as rulers andChakravarti Samrats likeRaja Harishchandra andVaivasvata Manu.Yudhishthira was blessed with similarly strong lords as alsoShalivahana. Person born with all these seven lords attainingDevaloka awasthas will be theAvatar of LordVishnu.[7]
Raja yogas described in the various texts are numerous, but among those thousands are some that are very special and some that are very rare in occurrence, such as:
There are very manyRaja yogas but it is essential to know as to when thoseRaja yogas would yield their assigned results. The benefits ofRaja yoga accrue during the course of thedasha of theRaja yoga causing planets occupying the 10th house from theLagna or the Chandra-lagna, failing which during the dasha of the strongest planet amongst the planets giving rise to theRaja yoga providedBhagya ('good luck') also sides the native. The actual exercise of ruling power is not in the destiny of all persons/politicians blessed with powerfulRaja yogas who mostly land up serving those actually exercising ruling power.
Birth at the time of (exact) mid-day (Local Mean Time) or at the time of (exact) mid-night (Local Mean Time) by itself gives rise toRaja yoga.[8]
In anyRaja yoga formation if the lord of the 10th house happens to occupy the 6th house counted from the 10th the impact of thatyoga wiil be slight or for a short period only, there will be no permanentyoga.[9]
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