Raja Yoga

Jyotisha

Tradition · Vedic Jyotish
Alternate Names
Rajayogathe kingly yogaKendra-trikona yoga
Kind
Yoga
Sanskrit
राजयोग
English
the kingly combination
Formation

The lord of a kendra (1, 4, 7, 10) and the lord of a trikona (1, 5, 9) in mutual conjunction, mutual aspect or exchange of signs. BPHS ch. 39 gives the Jaimini form as well: the atmakaraka and putrakaraka together in the lagna or the 5th (or in the karakamsa and the 5th from it), or the lagna lord and the 5th lord in mutual relation, related to a benefic.

Fruit

Royal status: authority, fame, command, and a life that rises above its birth. BPHS grades the result as full, half or a quarter according to the strength of the planets forming it.

Meaning

Raja yoga is the general name for the combinations that give power, and the classical definition is structural rather than a single rule: wherever the houses of the self and of dharma are linked to the houses of action, a raja yoga is formed. The number of named forms is very large and the texts treat them as one family.

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