Trimshamsha
D30 divides each sign into five unequal parts of five, five, eight, seven and five degrees, ruled by Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury and Venus in odd signs and in the reverse order in even signs.
The unequal division is the point, not an irregularity to be corrected: the trimshamsha assigns the largest part (8 degrees) to Jupiter and the smaller ones to the malefics, so the varga is read as a map of where the harm comes from rather than as a chart of signs. Weight 1 of 20 in both the shadvarga and the shodashavarga, which is the same as the drekkana's weight in the shodashavarga.
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- D30the misfortune chartTrimsamsha
Nature and meaning
- Kind
- Varga
- Sanskrit
- त्रिंशांश
- English
- the thirtieth-part chart; misfortune
- Meaning
D30 divides each sign into five unequal parts of five, five, eight, seven and five degrees, ruled by Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury and Venus in odd signs and in the reverse order in even signs. It is the only varga of unequal division, and it is the chart of evil: the kind of harm a life meets and the planet that brings it.
Details
- Division
- D30
- Vimshopaka Shadvarga
- 1
- Vimshopaka Shodashavarga
- 1
- Use
Misfortune, ill-health, calamity and the nature of adversity: what goes wrong and of what kind. Also used in the classical judgement of certain questions about women's charts.
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