Your chart matrimony By far the most important subchart is the 9th, called the navamsha.

While it serves a variety of purposes, its most famous as the Hindu marriage chart. Read alongside the 7th house in your original birth chart it indicates if and !hen you !ill marry, if and !hen you may divorce, the personality, values and probable vocation of your mate and the "uality of your matrimony. #he navamsha is "ueen of the subcharts. $ven if your %ndian astrologer doesnt have time to revie! all your amshas, nava is &ans'rit for nine. (#hin' of related $nglish !ords li'e )novile* or )enneagram*.+ #he &econd Half of ,ife %n parts of &outh %ndia, some very traditional astrologers !ill scarcely bother loo'ing at your birth horoscope. #hey figure that if youre a mature adult, by no! youve already dealt !ith many of the issues reflected in your natal chart and have graduated to the strengths and challenges sho!n in your navamsha, !hich they thin' of as your second horoscope. -.-,Y/%.0 1-RR%-0$ %. #H$ .-2-1&H3. $4amine the navamshas 3st house. 5. $4amine the navamshas 7th house. 6. -re these t!o houses aspected or occupied by planets that support relationships li'e 2enus and 7upiter, or that prevent or sabotage them, li'e 1ars and &aturn8 9. $4amine the planet that rules the navamshas 3st house. :. $4amine the planet that rules the navamshas 7th house. ;. -re these t!o planets placed in auspicious houses themselves, li'e the angles (house 3, 9, 7, 3<+ or trines (houses 3, :, 9+ of the chart8 -re they strong and stable8 7. .o! turn bac' to your birth chart. =ind the planet that rules its 7th house. >. ,oo' to see !here the 7th house ruler from your birth chart is placed in the navamsha. What condition is it in8 $4ample? %f these factors are strongly influenced by a malefic li'e &aturn, the @yotishi !ill chec' &aturns condition to see !hether it contributes positive &aturnine "ualities li'e emotional maturity and commitment, or sho!s coldness, cruelty or victimiAation in relationships. #heres a saying in %ndia, )#he birth chart is a tree the navamsha is its fruit.* #he navamsha reveals ho! the tendencies sho!n in the original birth chart are li'ely to actually play out. %ts the horoscope of your second half of life, !hen youve had enough life e4perience and reached sufficient psychological and social maturity to begin en@oying (or suffering from+ the )fruit* of your earlier efforts. $ver !onder !hy some people are incredibly famous and successful in the first half of their lives, then seem to vanish into utter obscurity @ust !hen youd assume theyd be reaching their pea'8 % thin' particularly of roc' stars, actors or athletes !ho !ere !orldB famous as teenagers or young adults, but after they hit their 6<s, !e never heard of them

again. 2edic astrologers !ould e4plain this is reflected in part by having a very strong birth chart but a !ea' navamsha. %n the second part of their lives, the momentum of the birth chart peters out if theres no po!er in the navamsha to 'eep the momentum going. #hen there are the 'ids you remember from high school !hom you never for a moment thought !ould amount to anything, !hoare no! multimillionaire entrepreneurs or a!ardB !inning artists. Cne e4planation for this phenomenon is that although the birth chart !as not especially remar'able, the namasha burns up the paper its printed on !ith success and good fortune. Bill Dlinton and 0eorge Bush 7r. both have mediocere birth charts, but their navamshas are dynamite. %n his midB9<s, Dlinton seemed to roc'et out of no!here to !in the E.&. presidency. Bush, !ho seemed unable to spea' a single sentence !ithout tripping over his !ords, !as handed the E.&. presidency by the &upreme Dourt in 5<<<.

#he Wor' You Will Fo Fiscovering your navamsha is li'e finding out theres a se"uel to a boo' you particularly en@oy, !hich further develops the lead character and e4tends the plot line of the original boo'. #he navamsha is an invaluable tool for astrologers !or'ing to grasp the depths of human nature and the sometimes intriguing, sometimes baffling, t!ists and turns of destiny. Heres another e4ample of ho! @yothishis used this amaAing subchart. Donfused about your true vocation in life8 Durious about the career path your daughter or son may ta'e8 %n 2edic astrology !e loo' to the 3<th house in the natal chart as !ell as the 3<th subchart for important clues to your life !or'. Ho!ever, one of the great classics of Hindu astrology, the Ghala Fipi'a ()$ffects of the Glanets*+, offers a short cut to assessing a general career path using the navamsha. %ve often been stunned at ho! accurately this simple techni"ue can reveal ones profession. 1y friend Bhagavan Fas (!hose adventures !ere chronicled in Ram Fass 397< cult classic, Be Here .o!+ has 7upiter as his navamsha career indicator. 7upiter indicates (among other professions+ spiritual teachers, and Bhagavan Fas is indeed a highlyBsilled teacher of .ada Yoga, a meditation system involving sound energy. R$-F%.0 GRC=$&&%C. %. #H$ .-2-1&H3. Dhec' to see !hich planet rules the 3<th house of your 2edic birth chart. 5. ,oo' to see !hich sign that planet is in your navamsha. 6. What planet rules that sign8 #hat planet sets the tone for your career. 9. Refer to #he 2edic Glanets table in Dhapter 7 for a list of careers associated !ith each planet. $4amples? #he planet ruling Bill Dlintos natal 3<th house, 0emini, is 1ercury. %n Dlintons navamsha 1ercury occupies &corpio, !hich is ruled by 1ars. &o 1ars becomes his career indicator. #he planet ruling 0eorge Bush 7r.s natal 3<th house, -ries, is 1ars. %n Bushs navamsha 1ars occupies ,eo, !hich is ruled by the &un. &o the &un becomes his career indicator.

%n %ndia, 1ars and the &un are the t!o planets representing the Hshatriya caste of 'ings and !arriors, !hich traditionally includes all highly placed government officials.