Bhavartha Ratnakara Part 18: Conveyances and Fortune | VedAstro
A modern English guide to the classical Vedic astrology text by Sri Ramanujacharya, translated and annotated by B.V. Raman.
Part 18 of 28
Chapter Iv
Conveyances And Fortune
✓ Stanza 1 Astrologers say that the person possesses fortune and vehicles if the lords of the 4th and 9th combine together in Lagna
✓ Stanza 2. The native will undoubtedly be extremely happy if Jupiter occupies or aspects the fourth house.
There is no doubt that the person enjoys happiness if Jupiter as lord of the 4th occupies a kendra or trikon.
In the modern world everyone aspires to possess a motor car—the 20th Century vahana. Stanza 1 says that if the lords of Lagna and the 9th are in Lagna, the native will not only be fortunate but will also command conveyances. We shall return to this point subsequently. Stanzas 2 and 3 deal with happiness. Happiness is an elusive term. The poor man feels that the rich man is happy. A childless man feels that those with children are happy and so on. Happiness must be judged relatively. That is, taking into account the law of compensation, one may be declared to be generally happy if he has health, commanding influence, fame, career and honour in public life, has a loving wife, affectionate children and some money and fame. Man cannot achieve all-out life happiness because, in the final analysis, absolute happiness is an utopian concept that can be reached by deep meditation and a completely stoical attitude to life. If Jupiter aspects the 4th or is posited there, the native will be happy (Stanza 2), as also when Guru becomes lord of the 4th house and is placed in the fourth (Stanza 3). According to Stanza 3, Jupiter should own the 4th house and be placed in a Kendra or trikon. If he is in a Kendra or trikon, his benefic nature should be remarkable and the concerned effect might find manifestation in other ways.
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If Venus is in the 4th with the lord of the 4th the person will possess ordinary conveyances.
If Venus as lord of the 4th is in the 11th or 9th or 10th, the native will possess a number of conveyances.
If the 4th lord is connected with the Moon, astrologers predict possession of carriages drawn by horses.
A person born in Cancer, with Mercury and Venus in the 4th, will acquire conveyances in Budha Dasa Sukh Bhukti.
The above four stanzas deal with the circumstances under which a man will be able to possess conveyances. The author has necessarily been brief but the combinations enable us to extend the principles further so that they may be applied to any number of horoscopes. Vahanakaraka is Sukra and Vahanasthana is 4th. His favourable disposition enables the acquisition of vehicles.
If the 4th lord is connected with the Moon the subject will have horse-drawn carriages. In Chart No. 32 which belongs to a Maharaja, there is interchange of houses between the 1st and 4th lords. The native had a number of vahanas—motor cars, horses, horse-drawn carriages, palanquins, etc. Take a number of horoscopes and study them in the light of the above principles. In Chart No. 31 Jupiter is powerfully aspecting the 4th. The native maintained an excellent dog-cart in the early years of this century. In Chart No. 25 Venus is in the 7th. The native is very passionate but his passions will not be all spent as Jupiter is in the 7th house of Kaarana besides Mercury being in the 2nd. Saturn has the power of doing mischief in various ways, but will give the person in the end great fortitude, patience and forbearance. Saturn’s presence in the 4th not only spoils the indications of the 4th house but also makes the native unhappy. These evil results should not be predicted if Saturn in the 4th is in conjunction with or aspected by benefics particularly Jupiter and Venus and if he also happens to be lord of Lagna or Chandra Lagna.
If Jupiter is in the 4th the native will possess horses and horse-drawn carriages. If Venus is in the 7th he will become very passionate.
If Saturn is in the 4th, the person lives in foreign countries. He will live in old and dilapidated houses and will be hard-hearted.
The learned in astrology say that a person will have Bhagyavahana yoga, if lords of 4th and 9th interchange their houses.
Astrologers predict Bhagyavahana yoga if the 4th lord is in the 11th and the 11th lord is in the 4th.
Similar results occur if the 4th and 5th lords interchange their houses.
The learned in astrology predict Bhagyavahana yoga if lords of lagna and the 4th interchange their places.
The learned in astrology say that Bhagyavahana yoga is caused if the 5th lord is in the 9th and the 9th lord is in the 5th.
Astrologers say that Bhagyavahana yoga is caused if the 5th lord is in the 11th and the 11th lord is in the 5th.
Similar results will occur if lords of the 4th and 5th are in their respective houses.
Similar results should be predicted if lords of 9 and lagna are in their respective houses.
The learned in astrology predict Bhagyavahana yoga if the 5th lord is in the 9th and the 9th lord is in the 10th.
Bhagyavahana yoga simply means a combination which ensures the general fortune of the native and gives him at the same time possession of conveyances and similar paraphernalia. The combinations given in stanzas 10 to 18 are no more than ordinary Raja yogas in which lords of certain (benefic) houses exchange their places with other (benefic) houses. In other words, they are all Subha Parivartana yogas and they do not need any elucidation. However, I shall summarise them for ready reference of the reader.
The person gets vehicles and his general fortune is assured by the following combinations:—
(1) Lord of 4 in 9 and lord of 9 in 4.
(2) Lord of 4 in 11 and lord of 11 in 4.
(3) Lord of 4 in 5 and lord of 5 in 4.
(4) Lord of 4 in 5 and lord of 11 in 4.
(5) Lord of 4 in 9 and lord of 9 in 5.
(6) Lord of 5 in 11 and lord of 11 in 5.
(7) Lord of 9 in 9 and lord of 11 in 9.
(8) Lord of 5 in 9 and lord of 9 in 10.
By a certain interchange of positions between lords of 11 and 9, 4 and 5, 4 and 1, 5 and 9, 4 and 5, 4 and 1, 5 and 9, 5 and 11, 9 and 10 the various Bhagyasthana yogas are formed.
Birth of children must be predicted if Jupiter and the 5th lord are in mutual conjunction or aspect.
The native will positively enjoy happiness from children if Jupiter, lord of 5 and lord of lagna are disposed in Kendras and trikonas.
The author has been very brief with regard to the 5th house having included it along with the treatment of the 5th house. The native will have children and happiness on their account if lords of lagna and the 5th and Jupiter are in trines and quadrants.
In Chart No. 33 lord of lagna is Saturn, lord of the Rahu Moon Mars Lagna Sun CHART NO. 33 Mars Venus Jupiter Ketu
5th is Mercury and Putrakaraka is Jupiter. Readers will see
that all these three planets are in kendras, suggesting that
the native will have a number of children and also happiness
through them.
Thus ends the Fourth Chapter entitled Conveyances and
Fortune in Bhavartha Ratnakara of Sri Ramanujacharya.