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Combustion
Combustion in Vedic Astrology: What Astangata Measures
Two charts in three carry at least one burnt planet, and the orb that decides it varies from 10 degrees to 17 depending on which body you are asking about.
Doshas
Mahapadma Kaal Sarp Dosh: Rahu in the 6th, Ketu in the 12th
The only axis in the twelve made of two dusthanas, and the one where Rahu happens to be sitting in a house the tradition rates among its strongest.
Combustion
Mars Combustion: The Widest Orb, and Why Mars Needs It
Seventeen degrees, wider than any other body gets, and the reason is that Mars near the Sun is the faintest thing on the list rather than the most important.
Divisional Charts
Shashtiamsa Chart (D60): Past-Life Karma and the Highest Weight
Four points out of twenty, more than the birth chart itself. And an ascendant that changes every two minutes. The most heavily weighted chart in the system is also the one most likely to be wrong.
Divisional Charts
Akshavedamsha Chart (D45): Character, Conduct and the Paternal Line
Same three doors as the Shodashamsha, Aries, Leo and Sagittarius, with forty five rooms behind them instead of sixteen. It reads character, and the sources also give it the father's line.
Divisional Charts
Khavedamsha Chart (D40): The Maternal Line and What It Carries
Forty divisions of forty five minutes, counted from Aries or from Libra. It reads the inheritance that came down the mother's side, and it has a twin that reads the father's.
Divisional Charts
Trimsamsa Chart (D30): Misfortune, Weakness and the Ten-Sign Chart
Five, five, eight, seven, five. It is the only varga whose divisions are unequal, the only one that excludes two signs entirely, and the one most likely to reveal a mis-implemented calculator.
Divisional Charts
Saptavimsamsha Chart (D27): Inherent Strength and Where It Fails
Fiery signs count from Aries, earthy from Cancer, airy from Libra, watery from Capricorn. No other chart in the system asks about element, and the twenty-seven divisions are not nakshatras.
Divisional Charts
Chaturvimsamsha Chart (D24): Education, Learning and Attainment
Every division of this chart is counted from Leo or from Cancer, the two signs the Sun and Moon own. The chart of learning begins at the two lights, and nowhere else.
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Divisional Charts
Vimsamsha Chart (D20): Devotion, Worship and Spiritual Practice
Aries, Sagittarius, Leo. The D16 uses Aries, Leo, Sagittarius. Two of the three are swapped and the difference is four signs, which is enough to move a planet from a friend's house to an enemy's.
Divisional Charts
Shodashamsha Chart (D16): Vehicles, Comforts and Luxury
Two points out of twenty, which is four times what the career chart gets. The tradition was more interested in whether life is comfortable than in what you do for a living.
Divisional Charts
Dwadashamsha Chart (D12): Parents and Inherited Karma
Twelve divisions, twelve signs, counted from the sign itself. It is the only varga where the divisions and the destinations match one for one, and the zodiac is traversed exactly once.
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