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CHAPTER XIV :: LINKING THE TRINES
(Originally published in The ASCENDANT)
The very mention of vedic astrology or jyotish brings to mind the major tenet of hinduism (the religiocultural climate in which vedic astrology emerged and grew), the concept of Karma. Karma can be brushed aside, brusquely as an oversimplistic "eye for an eye" law, dripping with fatalism, or more realistically it may be held as a law that one invokes with total self-choice leading to self-imposed challenges that ultimately lead to one's growth as the consequence. The pain of climbing steep hills is often rewarded by the heavenly view from the top!
In jyotish, the three trinal houses, the first, the fifth and the ninth depict the tripod on which rests one's sense of worth and fulfilment in this lifetime. Should any of these be unduly weak, an imbalance arises. Trines are benefic houses. When their lords conjoin with the lords of the angular houses (1, 4, 7 or 10), a regal combination (rajayoga) ensues, imparting strength, prosperity and joy to the nativity.
With the first house indicating the nativity or self, the fifth house rules over karmic investments, deeds that can be done now to improve one's spiritual lot in the future times. The ninth house, on the other hand, indicates the karma that has already ripened and, good or bad, the fruits would be harvested in this lifetime. Little wonder that the 9th house often indicates one's fortune or luck. Since we are harvesting what we sowed once, it is easy to understand how one can 'make' one's luck, in a time scale that stretches across lifetimes. The creation of luck for future lifetimes is, therefore, aptly designated to the fifth which is the primary house of creativity and creation! The fifth is the house that describes the optimum map of approaches and actions to be taken during this lifetime.
Should the ninth house ruler be strong, well placed and well associated with regards to the ascendant and its lord, in friendly asterisms, and devoid of malefic influences and aspects, the nativity can be expected to lead a happy and even a charmed life. Challenges, obstacles and loss are indicated if the ninth lord is associated with the planets ruling the 6th, 8th or 12th houses or if the lord of the 9th is placed in one of these 'malefic' houses. The ninth lord situated in the eighth house with the lord of the first house indicates self-imposed obstacles which can subject one to confining situations of a physical or mental nature and even major reversal of fortunes in life. This is because not only is the combination in a malefic house (8th), but also it is in a house that is 12th from the 9th house. The 12th being a house of loss, the indications of the 9th house are adversely affected and loss incurred due to one's wrong decisions.
A significant principle of vedic astrology that must always be kept in view is the examination of the house that is as far removed from the house under study, as the latter is from the first house. Since the fifth house is the ninth house from the ninth, it would always be a secondary house to be studied when one's fortune and luck are being studied. Similarly, the ninth is the fifth from the fifth house and thus becomes a secondary indicator of the strength and associations of the fifth house. The fifth is third from the third house and thereby, we see the link between actions and courage to carry those out (3) and the building up of future karma (5).
One's father (figure), teacher (guru), long travels, spiritual growth, higher education, higher communication are some of the other things that can be examined from the 9th house. One meets with one's spiritual and other significant guides during the periods of planets that are in the stars of the lord of ninth, in periods of the lord of ninth or of associated planets. The association could result from either being aspected by the planets or by being in their signs or stars (see earlier articles for details).
It is of interest to note that in the universal (aries ascending) horoscope, sagittarius, the sign ruled by jupiter is in the 9th house while gemini ruled by mercury is in the 3rd. The 3rd (and gemini and mercury) rules over communications of the usual and normal kind, whereas, the 9th indicates communication with higher life forms and spirits. Psychics, channels and others who communicate with the spirit world function better and more reliably if their 9th house is fortified. Dasa periods of the 9th lord (or related planets) increase one's spiritual inclination and the 'inner communication' generally improves.
As is true for the indications of any other house, the stronger a link is between the 9th and the 1st, the more emphasis and significance there would be of the experiencing of the issues pertaining to the 9th house in the person's life. Such a link is a powerful tool that indicates some of the specific 'tasks' and lessons that one faces in the current lifetime. The ninth house is a major influence that indicates whether our dreams will ever become real!
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