Sanjay Rath — D24 Astrological Knowledge in Practice

D-24 (Siddhamsa) — The Chart of Advanced Learning

What D-24 Shows

• D-24 is the chart of learning — higher learning, anything like astrology.
• "D-20 is spiritual progress and D-24 is learning."
• Learning astrology is also spiritual progress, so D-20 and D-24 can be mixed. Here the class stays with D-24.
• The Rasi chart's 5th house shows scholarship, abilities, children and much else. For one area of knowledge — maths, engineering, the occult — go to D-24.

The Four Houses for Occult Knowledge in D-24

Students first answer "8th and 9th". The teacher rejects the 9th: it is dharma. Learning related to dharma is not astrology. Astrology is an occult subject, a Vedanga. For Vedangas the houses are the panaparas — 2, 5, 8, 11.

• If you only want to learn how astrology works, the 2nd is not that important. When you apply it, it is very important.
• If the 5th is not strong or not connected with the 8th and 11th, the occult learning may not turn into scholarship.
• If it is not linked with the 2nd, it may not be useful in prediction.

Atmakaraka and the 11th lord: occult knowledge like Jyotish comes from the atma. A link between the Atmakaraka and the 11th lord is a standard combination for becoming good at it.

"11th is learning occult knowledge and Atmakaraka is your soul. If there is a link between them, then there is a soul-level connection."

• Sun-sign astrology is superficial. To be exposed to Siddhamsa, D-10, the dashas and arudhas — knowledge that comes from the Maharshis — there must be something in the chart and purva karma. It does not come in one life.

Jupiter or Mercury in the 2nd or 8th is very good for astrology.

4th House vs 5th House in D-24

Method: take the Rasi chart's 4th lord and 5th lord and see how they are placed in D-24.

• Rasi 5th lord badly placed in D-24 is not conducive to good learning. This is a general statement, not about any specific knowledge.
• Rasi 4th lord well placed in D-24 = grasps quickly. Badly placed = learns with difficulty.
• The same lords show which deity to worship to improve either area.

The teacher's own D-24: 4th lord Jupiter is in Pisces — own sign, in a kendra, Hamsa Yoga. The 5th lord is also well placed.

"You say one sentence, I can guess the next 10 sentences. I don't have to be challenged to learn."

Sanjay Rath — Astrological Knowledge Lineage in D-12 and D-24

Chart: Pt. Sanjay Rath, Aug 7, 1963, 9:15 PM IST, Sambalpur (83°E58', 21°N27'). The teacher opens it to see why the knowledge came to him from his grandfather and his uncle.

His own learning — D-24 (Gemini lagna)

• Mercury is the lagna lord and the 4th lord. Venus is the 5th lord, of retention.
• Learning itself is the 4th house: Virgo and Mercury show how he learnt astrology.

D-12 (Leo lagna): Rahu in Aries; Jupiter and Mercury in Capricorn; Moon in Virgo.

Paternal grandfather — Sagittarius (9th from the 9th)

• Jupiter and Mercury are in the 2nd house → a very good astrologer.
• Virgo is his 10th house of karma. The sign that shows Sanjay Rath's learning in D-24 shows the grandfather's karma. He sees teaching his grandson as his karma.
• Moon in Virgo is his 8th lord → what he passes on is his occult knowledge. He sits with the boy and explains the principles.

Father — Aries (9th house)

• Rahu is in the lagna. Jupiter and Mercury are not in his 2nd, 8th or 11th. Not a good astrologer.
• Virgo is his 6th house — obstruction. He obstructs the learning; he does not aid it.
• The fact: the father had no strong belief in astrology and was against his son learning it. Sanjay Rath once recounted that while he was away, his father burnt all his astrology books.

Father's younger brother — Gemini (3rd from the 9th)

• Jupiter and Mercury are in his 8th house — the same two who are in the 2nd for the grandfather. They are his lagna lord and 10th lord together: a Raj Yoga. A very good astrologer.
• Virgo is his 4th house, and it holds Moon, his 2nd lord. He turns his resources and his predictions towards Virgo.
• Moon as 2nd lord = actual predictions. The uncle gives readings to the people who come to him, and the nephew sits and learns the application.
• The fact: this uncle learnt astrology from his own father, and Sanjay Rath learnt more from him than from the grandfather.

"If you see Jupiter or Mercury in the 2nd or 8th house, conclude that it's a good astrologer, or somebody who's learned in Vedanga, learned in occult sciences."

Conclusion: Virgo and Mercury carry his learning in D-24, and in D-12 they tie to exactly the two relatives who were astrologers — the grandfather (karma, occult knowledge) and the uncle (predictions). From them the knowledge came. The father stood in the way.

Adoption (a student's question): how are adoptive parents seen in D-12 as against the birth parents? The teacher has no answer and no guidance from his gurus on it. Combinations for adoption exist — a Dattaputra yoga is listed in B.V. Raman's 300 Important Combinations.