AmshaParivarthamsha YogaParivarthana * Parivartan"re-versal of amounts"

Exchange of Signs between Two Planets"Mutual Reception"

Planet-A occupies the sign of Planet-Bwhile simultaneously Planet-B occupies the sign of Planet-A.

Shloka 11-12.Lordships of Kendra and Kona.

[BPL: pari-varta-amsha]"If there be anexchangebetween aLord of a Kendra and a Lord of a Kona, or, if a Lord of a Kendra is yuti with a Lord of a Kona in a Kendra, or in a Kona, or, if a Lord of a Kona is in a Kendra, or vice versa, or, if there happens to be a full Drishti between a Lord of a Kendra and a Lord of a Kona,[BPL: Mutual Reception]they cause a Yoga . One born in such a Yoga will become a king and be famous."

DainyaParivartamsha YogaKahalaParivartamsha YogaMahaParivartamsha YogaParivartamshavs.Mutual-AspectCase of Indira Gandhi:triple Parivartamshagivesextraordinary good and bad resultsCase of Marriage Violence:Exchange of Two Maleficsgives SignificantlyNegative Results

Parivartamsha yogaincreases the power ofthetwo bhavainvolved.It will also increase the power of thetwo grahainvolved.Increasing the power of these two bhava and these two graha may be helpful for the success of the nativity. If the bhava or the graha are inauspicious, the parivartamsha yoga may increase the negativity of results.If the graha involved arenatural or temporal benefics; expect increase of ease and comfort in matters for which these graha are "karaka" or action-agents. For temporal benefics, effects of the exchanged two bhava are also smooth and relaxed.If the exchanged graha are arenatural or temporal malefics; results may be emphatically more difficult than the graha might separately produce.

When Malefic graha = Benefic bhava-patiIf one or both of the graha arenatural malefics that rule benefic houses(e.g.,YogakarakaShani for Vrishabha or Thula lagna ) then results will be much increased in the style of that lagna. E.g., Shani isYogakarakaforThula lagna,but this fact does not make Shani an "easy results" graha! Thula natives have such a favorable prognosis for both cultural education (4) and individual intelligence (5) because Shani provides thelifetime disciplinetoshape, polish, and perfect the process.When Shani enters into a parivartamsha with another graha, Shani will add the empowerments of the exchange rashi to His birth-rashi empowerments. This means that He will become a "double-Shani" - doubly slow, doubly delay-causing, doubly persistent, and doubly-hard-working. Results of His efforts may be excellent, but the results are likely to take even longer, and require even more discipline, than if Shani did not enjoy the parivartan!Results depend entirely on the characteristics of the Graha which are exchanging their rashi.

Three varieties of parivartamsha yoga: good, bad, and great.Dainya Parivartamsha Yoga

According to K.S. Charak (p 637)"This combination leads to a wicked nature, persistent trouble from opponents, and ill health."If one of the Graha in the parivartamsha yogarules a dushthamsha (bhava 6, 8, or 12), then the exchanged graha gets damaged. However, the dushthamsha lord will be strengthened by its interaction with the other non-dushthamsha partner.Example-1: USA Pres-37 (resigned)Richard NixonShukra-8 parivartamsha L-8 Shani-11. Shukra L 4-11 exchange with Shani L 7-8. Only Shani L-8 rules a dushthamsha. Nixon was a contract lawyer (7) in private practice before he entered politics. As a WW-2 naval officer, he negotiated (7) military supply contracts. As vice-president for eight years during theEisenhoweradministration 1952-1960, Nixon was assigned nearly all of the relationship-maintaining duties since Eisenhower himself was a data-driven planner with minimal social skills. Throughout his life, Nixon remained fully devoted to his loyal wife (7)Pat Nixon, the stalwart of his career. After a 30-year political career with some big wins and some huge losses too, Nixon's catastrophic collapse occurred via the increased strength ofbhava-8 secrecy, taxes, masked operations, hidden wealth (Shukra-8). He was convicted of secretly wiretapping the Whitehouse, substantial tax evasion, and undercover criminal burglary, was suddenly forced out of office and disgraced.Example-2: Russ-USSR dictator 1878-1953 "Man of Steel"Josef Stalin= L-7 + L-10 Guru-Makara parivartamsha L-8 + L-9 Shani-Meena. Parivartamsha reinforces the relationship between the terrifying force and secrecy of bhava-8 and the public lawfulness of bhava-10. Bhava-8 terrors are enormously amplified byGuru yuti Rahu.

Kahala Parivartamsha Yoga Ifone of the exchange partners=lord of bhava-3, kahala yoga applies.Note: The non-L-3 partner cannot be also a dusthamsha lord. (If the non-L-3 partner would be a dusthamsha lord, the yoga would be Dainya, above.)The non-L-3 partner = lord of 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, or 11. The L-3 partner infuses the parivartamsha with courage, competitiveness, communications enthusiasm, and all of the powers of L-3. This yoga is considered beneficial with some limits. The limits on benefits is that L-3 gives mentalization, which can be superficial and repetitive as well as distracting from wisdom. Kahala yoga will energize the talking, scheming, competing mind to go out and get stuff done.

Maha Parivartamsha Yoga

K.S. Charak (p 630) says,"This combination promises wealth, status, and physical enjoyments, plus beneficial influences from the houses involved."When the lords of 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, or 11 get exchange of signs, Maha Yoga results.

China-Dictator 1893-1976Mao Zedong= parivartamsha L-2 uttama-yogakaraka-Shani-11 + L-11 Makara-Shukra-2. Lords of 11, 2, 3 and 6 exchange rashi.Results enhance matters of wealth ( 2, 11) and business (3) and war (6).uttama-Shani-11 parivartamshaShukra-Makara=Shukra-bhava-2Extraordinary powers of structural design and ability to carry social responsibility with diplomatic finesse. Handsomely built with strong bones.

An important difference:Parivartamshavs. Mutual-Aspect.The Yoga of Pari-varta-amsha = "re-versal of amounts".Parivartamsha yoga strengthens both planets even if they are both malefics - possibly increasing their evil capacity, but always dignifying both.Mutual Aspectby contrast does not normally dignify the two planets. Any two planets in opposition, 180 degrees apart, will provide mutual aspect to each other. If those two planets are friendly, the mutual aspect is a good thing, but then they will need to both rule favorable houses and occupy good signs in order to really help each other. The mutual aspect of Saturn and Mars which can occur when those two Graha occupy at 180 deg or 90/270 deg (4/10) angle to each other, is nearly always a disaster, causing intensely repressed anger which consumes most of the person's life force, eventually blocking the very accomplishments this person works so hard for.A Parivartamsha yoga ofShani and Kuja, no matter how much it mightrepress the animal vitality, will givefull discipline from Shani andfull productivity from Mangala. the native will definitely accomplish something in life despite a personal propensity to take thelonger, harder roadtoward nearly every goal.

Jyotishi 1912-1998B. V. Raman:A Catechism of Astrology, 4th Ed., p. 28."Qu. 34:When Saturn falls in Mars' Sapta Vargas, and Mars in Saturn's Sapta Vargas, do they become strong?"

"Ans:You cannot lay down any hard and fast rules in judging the strength or otherwise of planetswhen there is an exchange of vargas between two natural malefics. If it is a case of Parivarthana Yoga(interchange of places), this considerablystrengthens it. In cases other than a parivarthana, due weight must be given to their lordship and similar factors. WhenMars is aYogakarakaand Saturn happens to be in Mars' vargas, then Saturn is automatically rendered strong. As to whether such strength expresses itself in good or bad respects depends on the horoscopic disposition of Saturn, though by virtue of Saturn's inherent malefic nature, a measure of evil is bound to predominate."

Q:During my current mahadasha, Budha occupies 12th from the mahadasha-pati Mangala,and it looks as if a pattern of retreat (12th) from the main business of the mahadasha (Kuja yogakaraka 4-9 and I am in the education industry) will cause a loss of energy for professional development.Even though Budha normally produces an upswing in my mental activities, it looks as if that mentalistic period of Budha will produce mainly interior thought and not too much result on the professionally visible level.But Budha enjoys (as you say) a parivartamsha with Guru, and Guru occupies the 10th from Mangala. That means "virtual" Budha should display some effects in that place, the 10th from Mangala.That means (I think) the obscurity and interiority of the Mangala-Budha 2-12 angle that normally would reduce the visibility of Budha won't be serious or maybe won't even happen due to the parivartamsha with Budha.Am I thinking correctly here? Can the "virtual" position acquired through parivartamsha cause Budha who is normally in a poor placement 12th from the mahadashapati to obtain a 10th effect?A:In my experience, the bhukti of a graha which is engaged in parivartamsha yoga with another graha gives two different but simultaneous sets of results.The first set of results = what we would expect normally: the outcome predicted by the distance of the graha from the mahadasha pati (in this case, Budha 12th from Guru) the social-material effects of 2 bhava from radical lagna as well as the psycho-emotional effects of 2 bhava from Chandra lagna.Then, to complicate matters, there is usually a second set of results measured from the 'virtual' position acquired via the parivartamsha.The second set of results may strongly evoke the 2 bhava ruled by the parivartamsha partner. USA President-43GW Bushenjoys a parivartamsha of Budha-Karkata in lagna + Chandra-Kanya in bhava-3. When Bush entered the Budha-Budhaswabhuktiabout 2/3 of the way through his 8-year term, he should have suffered obscurity caused by dissolution-of-identity L-12 Budha and overload of petty administrative tasks like meetings and schedules due to Budha's L-3 function. But that didn't happen. He attended fewer meetings than ever, and accomplished just as much == by delegating most of his decisions to his VP Cheney. His approval ratings did drop but he didn't disappear from view at all. LagneshaChandrain parivartamsha with Budha kept Bush's presence very strong. He continued to look fit and capable, bumbling no worse and no better than before. Observers had the sense that it was the same old George (lagnesha) not impaired in any way, and he wasn't looking as exhausted even as presidents typically look during their final years in office. Even with transiting Ketu moving over his Karkata lagna during the final 8 months of his term, the virtual Chandra-Karkata kept him looking vital (lagnesha) not burned out with mental tasks like we might expect from an inauspicious Budha period for the predominantly emotional Karkata lagna.Clearly a parivartamsha yoga can mitigate some of the worst effects of a difficult bhukti . However a parivartamsha is probably not a strong enough mitigant to reverse an entire unfortunate mahadasha.As soon as the subsequent Ketu period started, the protective effect of Chandra-Budha parivartamsha dissolved, and he left office in a state of surrender, with the worst approval ratings of any president in US history. He didn't re-emerge into public life for years after that.

ExamplesSee these example charts for the remarkable "rescue" effect ofgood planets inPari-varta-amsha Breast cancer, heart illness, and recovery Alcoholism, abusive behavior, and recovery

L-6 exchange L-11~~ BPHS,Ch.17, sl. 26 Loss of financial wealth will come to pass during the 31st year, if Labha and 6th Lords exchange their Rashis.

L-2 exchange L-9, when L-1 occupies kendra or kona~~BPHS,Ch. 36, Sl. 25-26Khadga Yoga."Should there be anexchange of rashi between the Lords of Dhana and Dharma Bhava, asLagna's Lordis in a Kendra, or in a Kona, Khadga Yoga is obtained. One with Khadga Yoga will be endowed with wealth, fortunes and happiness, be learned in Shastras, be intelligent, mighty, grateful and skillful."

L-1 exchange L-10~~ BPHS,Ch. 39, Sl. 6-7MahaRaja Yoga. "ShouldLagna's Lordand Putra's Lordexchange their rashi, or, if Atma Karaka and Putra Karaka (Char) are in Lagna, or in Putra Bhava, or in theexaltationRashi, or in own Rashi, or in own Navamsha receiving a Drishti from a benefic, Maha Raja Yogais produced. the native so born will be famous and happy. "

L-1 exchange L-10~~ BPHS,Ch. 40, Sl. 13"An exchange of Rashis between Karma's Lord andLagna's Lord will make the native associated with the king in a great manner."

L-1 exchange L-5~~ BPHS,Ch. 5, Sl. 41"If thelord of the Lagna and the 10th exchange houseswith each other then they form aRaja Yoga. They will confer high position, reputation and power. "

L-2 exchange L-5Das commentary :if the lord of the 5 is in 2, and the lord of the 2 is in 5."This placement is a "dhana yoga", which means a combination of planetary influences known to create wealth.The more dhana yogas one has, the more likely they are to be wealthy in this life.... Wealthy people usually have at least two, and sometimes five dhana yogas.The opposite of dhana yoga is daridra yoga. As these increase in number, the persons chances for wealth decrease. "

L-9 exchange L-10~~ BPHS,Ch. 5, Sl. 42Likewise if thelord of the 9th and the 10th exchange houses,they give rise to aRaja Yogaand such an individual is blessed with reputation, fame and power .

~~BPHS,Ch. 25, Sl. 33Navamsha Kuja with Navamsha ShukraShould there be exchange ofNavamsha between Mars and Venus, the female will be secretly addicted to other men. If she has Moon in 7th House simultaneously, her husband also will be so.

Shani-Kuja exchange, in radix or navamsha, in kendra from lagna "in fateful degrees"~~ BPHS,Ch. 246, Shloka 1"ShouldMars and Saturnexchange their rashior Navamsha,be in fateful degrees (of those Rashi occupied by them),and are placed in Kendra (from Lagna), the native 's death will be through sovereign wrath or by being impaled by a spear or some such killing weapons. "

Exchange between Benefic Lords of trines from lagnaMutual ExchangeBPHS Ch. 15, Sl. 9When theAscendant and Trinal houses are occupied by benefics in strength and their lords mutually exchange places, or are in Angular houses or be associated with or aspected by Jupiter,they bestow the native withsons and grandsons.

Surya-Chandra exchange navamsha-- Saravali, 75 Should there be anexchange between the Sun and the Moon in the Navamsha, the native will suffer fromphlegmatic disorders.Should the Sun and the Moon be in one Rashi having identical longitudes, the native will be emaciated at all times.

Shukra-Kuja exchange-- Saravali, 75 If Venus and Mars exchange their divisions, the female will go after other males. If the Moon be simultaneously in the 7th house, she will join others with consent of her husband.

Q:Hi Barbara:I am Computer Science professional specialized in AI. I was born in traditional Brahmin family and in childhood I learnt Jyotish as a legacy.Parivartan Yoga is kind of my research and interest and today I read your webpage on Exchange houses and I must say you did a really good job and put lots of ref.I want to know more about Kendra and Trikona exchange ( eg. exchange between --> 5th house and 10th house or 5th house and 9th house or 5th house and 7th house etc.) and any help from you would be highly appreciated....Once again I must appreciate your effort in making and maintaining your wonderful website.A:Namaste,Thanks very much for your compliments onwww.barbarapijan.comYour research area is intriguing! You probably know more than I do about parivartamsha effects between kendra and trikona lords.Some possible examples of the kendra-trikona exchange might be: India-PM 1966-1977; 1980-84Indira Gandhi= triple parivartamsha yoga = see analysis below Russ-USSR dictator 1878-1953 "Man of Steel"Josef Stalin= L-7 + L-10 Guru-Makara parivartamsha L-8 + L-9 Shani-MeenaOther parivartamsha power-leaders: USA Pres-37(resigned)Richard Nixon= Shukra-7 + Shani-10 China-Dictator 1893-1976Mao Zedong= Shani-1 + Shukra-4 Emperor of FranceNapoleon Bonaparte=Chandra yuti Shani Russia Pres. "First Person"Vladimir Putin= Guru-8 + Mangala-4 USA Pres-41 "All the Best"George H. W. Bush= Budha-3 + Shukra-4 USA Pres-43George W. Bush= Budha-3 + Chandra-1 Cuba DictatorFidel Castro= Budha + ChandraPlease keep me apprised of your research! Fascinating subject!Sincerely, Barbara Pijan Lama, Jyotisha

Q:Hi Barbara, I am trying to learn bits and pieces of astrology and have been going through your website which is very resourceful. I have a question on parivartamsha yoga.In a known chart, from the lagna house there is parivartamsha between 2nd house and 10th house ....However if you look at it from Moon it is between 1st house and 9th house.Do I take it as parivartamsha only between houses 2 and 10? i.e should parivatana be considered only from Lagna? Thanks, BA:Great question!Just about everything in a Jyotisha nativity needs to be examinedfrom both the Chandra lagna AND the radix lagna.For unknown birth times, the Chandra lagna alone can be used, but this view alone is not nearly as detailed.In general, I read material effects, such as money in the bank, bodily health, houses and vehicles, from the radix lagna. I read psycho-emotional effects such as family relationships, spiritual progress, and positive or negative expectations, largely from the Chandra lagna.Since our normal life is governed by a combination of 5-senses material perception and 70+ senses of more subtle psycho-emotional perception (including thoughts) it is really beneficial to go through the material implications first, then read AGAIN for the emotional implications.For example, in marriage, there is a social, legal, and property relationship between the spouses which is best read from the radix lagna and navamsha lagna.But there is also an emotional interaction, which is very definitive of the marriage experience, and that level of reality can only be revealed by angles from Chandra.The short answer is,examine the parivartamsha yoga from both perspectives. Start with the material reading since that issimpler.Then consider the psycho-emotional perception.This double-assessment method potentially involves relationships between as many as eight separate houses. That is a lot to keep in mind at once!Buthumans have complex perceptions, and a yoga which benefits a person materially can harm one emotionally, or vice versa. Also remember that the parivartamsha effects are likely to manifest mainly during the Vimshottari periods of the exchanged graha.For predicting the effect of a parivartamsha graha during itsVimshottari Dashaperiod, consider1. lordship of each graha from radix lagna2. lordship of each graha from Chandra lagna (3. lordship of each graha from the mahadasha pati.Best wishes for your success in Jyotisha studies,Sincerely, Barbara Pijan Lama, Jyotisha

Practical advicefor reading a nativity with parivartamsha yogaIf one of the exchange graha =Lord of Lagna, the lagnesha function is much emphasized (for good or ill.) [Indira Gandhi]It may be helpful to construct two different nativities in order to visualize the full effects of a parivartamsha nativity.

Indira Gandhi:Triple Parivartamsha gives extraordinary good and bad resultsIndira Gandhi= remarkable **Triple Parivartamsha Yoga involving Lagnesha Surya**

The basic kundalireveals a strong and disciplined personality. Yet in its original condition, before examination of the parivartamsha empowerment, the nativity appears rather fixated on work, attractive but not gifted, aggressive Mangala in the political Simha lagna indicates a willingness to use military force -- supported by the Mesha lagna in navamshaBut there is much more to her story! Indira Gandhi was am extremely unusual woman. One of the fascinating features of her life was her surprising popularity with the people. She had a strange and wonderful Magha charisma which granted the patriarchal authority of the Pitris to a woman. She had a power which was absolutely unprecedented in her cultural era, when women had extremely limited permission to be involved in activities outside the home - let alone leading a huge nation through several cycles of political and economic crisis!Her remakrable TRIPLE parivartamsha places the lords of 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12The multiplicity of Parashari drishti caused by the triple parivartamsha is mind-boggling. Shani, Kuja, and Guru will each cast drishti to six houses (not their normal three each). Rahu amplifies BOTH benefics, Guru AND Shukra. Separation from spouse due to professional duties+ L-7 Shani in bhava-12 Politics always has an undertow of extreme physical danger (Kuja), and in the end politics is fatally violent. Psychological Control fixation in politics, Mangala-parivartamsha-Surya Death by performance of duty+ L-8 Guru in leadership-10-karma death by bullet, Mangala drishti to bhava-8 killed by countrymen+ L-4 Mangala in 8th from Chandra drishti to bhava-4 abundance ofenemies- classic for theMagha woman-- also6th-from-Chandraenemies = 11th associates. Many "frenemies" exacerabted by Mandi and Gulika in 11

triple parivartamshanativities are rather complex and require much reflection to sort out the two sets of effects. It may be helpful to construct a second nativity which visually shows the exchanged graha in their "virtual" places.Creating a parivartamsha visual map will reveal asecond narrativewhich underlies the primary ego-membrane social narrative and may provide clues to otherwise mysterious events or behaviors of the native .

Q:Namaste Barbaraji,Hope you are doing great. I was reading about parivarthamsha yoga on your website. Its a fascinating subject to study and research.Does this yoga also apply when planets exchange Nakshatra instead of signs? For eg. sun in rohini and moon in krittika.Keep writing on your site. Great stuff!! Thanks.A:Namaste,Great question! The answer, so far as I know, is that parivartamsha * parivartana * yoga applies only to sign-exchange between rashi rulers.Thanks for your compliments on the website. I'm delighted to know that the sample materials available here are helping Jyotisha students to learn more of the vidya.Sincerely, Barbara Pijan Lama, Jyotisha

Q:Hi Barbara, Happy New Year. A quick question, is parivartana yoga possible between 3 planets?I am thinking of this group of three:1. Saturn in Scorpio2. Mars in Sagittarius3. Jupiter in Aquarius.A:Namaste,Thanks for the example. OK, I see what you are thinking: that if Shani occupies a rashi of Mangala while Mangala occupies a rashi of Guru and Guru occupies a rashi of Shani, that there could be some sort of three-way triangulation.However, Jyotisha principles state that a parivartamsha energy-exchange must be a direct exchange between two graha which are the rulers of two rashi.Parivartamsha applies to the rashi-ruling status onlyParivartamsha does not apply to any purported exchange between nakshatra rulers, nor any exchange between rulers of any other amsha portion, but only exchange between rulers of "rashi" razi. ("Razi' = the portion that is cut-off, a 'heap' or 'stack' or 'slab' In English:rasher, the cut-off portion.)Only a pair of grahacan do pari-vart-amsha. (the IE root 'vart-vert' = turn about, as in English 'invert' or 'convert')In this scenario, none of the three graha are enjoying parivartamsha.1. Shani in Vrischika can only gain parivartamshafrom Mangalain Kumbha or Mangala in Makara.Saturn in Scorpio cannot enter a parivartamsha yoga with Mars in Sagittarius.2. Mangala in Dhanushya can only gain parivartamshafrom Guru. To provide the parivartamsha, Guru can occupy either of Mangala's rashi: Vrischika or Mesha.Mars in Sagittarius cannot enter a parivartamsha yoga with Jupiter in Aquarius.3. Guru in Kumbha can only gain parivartamshafrom Shani.Shani can occupy either of Guru's rashi: Shani-Meena or Shani-Dhanusya.Wishing you every happiness and success in your study of the samayavidya,Sincerely,Barbara Pijan Lama Jyotisha

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