Shashtiamsha Amsha Names, Past-Life Phobias & Vimsopaka Bala

Past-Life Phobias — The One Verifiable Thing

PVNR makes an important epistemological point here:

"You can tell somebody they were a great poet in the past life, and they will feel good. You can tell them they were a great engineer. There is no proof for any of it. But there IS one verifiable thing: the phobia."

— PVNR

The mechanism: When a soul undergoes a painful, traumatic death, that pain leaves a deep impression — a vasana (tendency/groove) — in the causal body. In the next incarnation, this vasana manifests as an inexplicable fear connected to that mode of death.

"Once bitten, twice shy" — the soul's memory is embedded in the subconscious even though the conscious mind cannot access it.

Examples:

• Past-life drowning → hydrophobia (fear of water)
• Past-life falling from height due to Ketu's mistake → acrophobia + fear of making errors (inexplicable extreme caution near stairs/ledges)

The astrological method: Determine the 3H from AL in D-60, note the sign and planets, deduce the likely mode of death, then verify: "Do you have a phobia related to [water/heights/fire/etc.]?" If yes, you have a strong verification signal for the rectified D-60.

Also verifiable: Vasanas (instincts, affinities). If someone has Jupiter in 10H from D-60 AL as 2L+5L, they may have been an astrologer in the past life — so there will be a natural pull toward astrology in this life. Less definitive than phobias but observable.

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Death Rule for Current Life (Rasi Chart Comparison)

For the current life, Jaimini gives a different rule:

Take the stronger of AL and A7. Then look at the 3rd house from that in the Rasi chart.

— PVNR

The reasoning:

• AL = Arudha of 1st house (how the body manifests in the world)
• A7 = Arudha of 7th house (the "partner" or complementary existence)
• Jaimini says take the stronger one — the more influential reference point
• 3H from that (bhavat bhavam of 8th) = how death manifests

PVNR's caveat: Jaimini does not explicitly state how to determine which is "stronger" — this is left ambiguous. One approach: compare the strength of the lagna and 7th house, and take the Arudha of the stronger one. Another: compare the AL and A7 signs/lords directly. This requires further research.

PVNR's personal stance: He has not done extensive research on death prediction, preferring to focus on life events. He did find this principle working in a few charts, so there is merit, but mastery requires collecting many verified death charts and experimenting.

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Shastiamsa Amsha Names — The 60 Classifications

In D-60, each planet falls in a specific "amsha" (one of 60 divisions). These 60 amshas have specific Sanskrit names that indicate the quality of karma carried by that planet. The most important ones discussed by PVNR:

Key Shastiamsa Names and Their Meanings

General principle: The amsha tells you the quality of the karma stored in that planet. Even a Yogakaraka planet in a Mrityu amsha will give difficult experiences — the karmic quality modifies the chart-based promise. Conversely, a planet in a bad chart position but in Indu amsha may give far better results than expected.

Critical rule: When analyzing Moola Dasha, ALWAYS check:

1. The chart position of the planet (house, sign, dignity, lordship, yogas)
2. The shastiamsa the planet occupies (karmic quality)
3. How these two combine — they are both essential

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