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  1. Part 1 · The sky and the chart
  2. The sky above us
  3. Time and place of birth
  4. Two zodiacs
  5. How a chart is drawn
  6. Part 2 · The building blocks
  7. The 9 planets
  8. The 12 signs
  9. The 27 nakshatras
  10. The 12 houses
  11. The lagnas
  12. Part 3 · How planets work together
  13. How planets interact
  14. Friends, dispositors, exchanges
  15. House lords
  16. Reading one placement
  17. Part 4 · Strength and condition
  18. Dignity in depth
  19. A planet's mood
  20. Planetary strength
  21. Ashtakavarga in depth
  22. Part 5 · Patterns: yogas and doshas
  23. Yogas
  24. Doshas
  25. Part 6 · The nakshatras up close
  26. Reading a nakshatra
  27. Tara Bala
  28. Part 7 · Divisional charts
  29. Divisional charts
  30. Navamsa in depth
  31. Part 8 · Timing
  32. Dashas
  33. Transits
  34. The annual chart (Tajika)
  35. Part 9 · Relationships
  36. Compatibility
  37. Marriage in depth
  38. Part 10 · Advanced systems
  39. Special points
  40. Jaimini astrology
  41. Arudha padas
  42. KP astrology
  43. Nadi astrology
  44. Part 11 · Choosing the moment
  45. Panchanga
  46. Muhurta
  47. Prashna (horary)
  48. Part 12 · Life areas
  49. Career, money and business
  50. Travel, abroad, spirituality
  51. Health and longevity
  52. Karma and past lives
  53. Remedies
  54. Rectifying a birth time
  55. Part 13 · Western astrology
  56. Western astrology basics
  57. Aspects and chart shapes
  58. Western prediction
  59. Synastry
  60. Horary and electional
  61. Part 14 · The wider world
  62. Mundane astrology and eclipses
  63. Astrocartography and branches
  64. Part 15 · Putting it all together
  65. How it all fits
  66. How AstroMatch4u scores a chart
  67. Using astrology well
Part 7Divisional charts
CHAPTER 22

Divisional charts (Vargas)

Which part of life, in close-up?

Cut every sign into equal parts and cast a new chart from the pieces, and you get a divisional chart. The D1 is the whole life. The D9 (Navamsa) is the most important close-up, for marriage and for how strong each planet really is. Others zoom in on one subject: D10 career, D2 wealth, D7 children, D24 education, D60 karma.

a camera with zoom. D1 is the wide shot of the whole landscape; each divisional chart zooms in on one tree.

How each chart cuts one sign. The more parts, the finer the detail it can show.

The finer the cut, the faster that chart changes as the sky turns, so the more exact your birth time needs to be. A D1 is safe with a birth time that is roughly right. A D60 can change if your birth time is wrong by just two minutes.

How often each chart's ascendant changes. Reading the fine charts needs a birth time you can trust.

The sixteen charts of Parashara

Parashara lists sixteen divisional charts, the Shodashavarga. Smaller sets are used for quick strength checks: the Shadvarga (6), Saptavarga (7) and Dashavarga (10). A planet's dignity across all of them is added into one score out of 20, its Vimshopaka bala.

ChartNameEach partRead for
D1Rashi30°Everything: body and the whole life
D2Hora15°Wealth and resources
D3Drekkana10°Siblings, courage, initiative
D4Chaturthamsha7°30′Home, property, fixed assets, fortune
D7Saptamsha4°17′Children and creativity
D9Navamsha3°20′Marriage, dharma, a planet's true strength
D10Dashamsha3°Career, status, achievements
D12Dwadashamsha2°30′Parents and family line
D16Shodashamsha1°52′Vehicles, comforts, happiness
D20Vimshamsha1°30′Spiritual practice and devotion
D24Chaturvimshamsha1°15′Education and learning
D27Saptavimshamsha (Bhamsha)1°7′Physical strength and weaknesses
D30TrimshamshaUnequalMisfortunes, troubles, health risks
D40Khavedamsha45′Auspicious and inauspicious effects (maternal line)
D45Akshavedamsha40′General character (paternal line)
D60Shashtiamsha30′Past karma; Parashara gives it the most weight of all

Other schools add more: D5 (power and authority), D6 (health), D8 (sudden events) and D11 (gains), which is why the home page lists twenty charts.

all twenty explained on the home page; your D1, D9 and D60 are read in the app.

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