The three degrees of karmic intensity which may apply to one, many, or all areas of a person’s life are: 1. Dridha (fixed) Karma 2. Dridha-Adridha (fixed/non-fixed) Karma 3. Adridha (non-fixed) Karma

When a planet aspects another without the latter reciprocating, this is a one-sided aspect. This situation always involves the special aspects of Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.

Cabinet SUN is the king MERCURY is the prince MOON is the queen JUPITER and VENUS are the MARS is the commander-in-chief advisors SATURN is the servant

MERCURY – Astrology, poetry, speaking, study and learning, writing, clerical work, teaching, sacred knowledge, repetition of mantras, use of numbers, resort to fraud, plagiary, counterfeiting or other trickery; officiating as a priest; artisans and others who require manual dexterity.

Saturn rules or represents contraction and, by extension, spasms. In Aries, it gives spasms in the muscles of the head; in Taurus, spasms of the facial muscles; in Gemini, spasms of the muscles of the shoulders, arms and hands; in Cancer, of the chest; and so on.

There are several methods of deciding which Tattva is dominant at a particular moment; one is to analyze the qualities of your inhalation and exhalation, as noted above. Knowledgeable jyotishis use this theory to divine the success or failure of actions that their clients contemplate, since certain specific actions performed during each Tattva’s

Adridha Karmas are said to give non-fixed results because they are easily altered.

Jyotish places so much importance on the Moon because a strong, well-placed Moon tends to produce a stable, enjoyable life, while a disturbed Moon creates imbalances, leading perhaps to addictions or obsessions. Those beings who act from the soul at all times will not of course be much affected by the lowly manas – but then, what need do such

MERCURY – Rationality, intelligence, wit, cleverness, skill, dexterity, verbal and mental ability, shrewdness; OR aloofness, detachment, amorality, expediency, over-intellectualization, difficulty in thought and communication.