Gada Yoga
Sakata Yoga
Vihaga Yoga
Definition.-All the planets occupying two adjacent kendras, the 1st and 7th houses, and the 4th and 10th houses r espectively will produceG ada, Sakata
and Vihaga Yogas.
Results.-Gada Yoga makes one highly religious and wealthy; Sakata renders one poor and unhappy in domestic life; and one born in Vihaga will be a
vagrant, quarrelsome and mean.
Remarks.-A study of Nabhasa Yogas outlined in Brihat Jataka and the comments made by Varaha Mihira clearly reveal that attempts had been made to assess clearly the strength due to every conceivable combination.
Gada Yoga is caused when the planets occupy two successive kendras. Four varieties are to be seen in this, viz., (a) all the planets may occupy the 1st and 4th houses, (b) 4th and 7th houses, (c) 7th and 10th houses and (d) 10th and 1st houses. The Yavanas consider these as four distint Yogas and not merely as variations of a single combination and call them as Gada, Sanaha, Vibhuka and Dhuriya respectively. It is clear from the above that Gada Yoga and its variations are nothing but the disposition of all the planets in mutual square aspects. Of course Rahu and Kethu are omitted. The effects of Gada Yoga are assumed to be good so that the Western astrological theory, that square aspects are all evil, has no warrant in Hindu astrology.
Sakata Yoga is said to arise by the disposition of all the planets in the Lagna and the 7th. It will be seen that the lst and 7th houses become forces of attraction so that there seems to be justification in attributing evil results especially pertaining to the native’s body and wife. Sakata will make one derive his livelihood by manual labour; he will be sickly and his wife will be quarrelsome.
Vibaga Yoga Vibaga means a bird and Vibaga Yoga is caused if all the planets are in the 4th and 10th houses. Evil results are attributed to this combination. The native is said to be a vagrant and in modern parlance the yoga must be common in the horoscopes of travelling agents or guards of trains who are required to be always moving. One who has a powerful Vihaga Yoga is said to become a tale-bearer also.
It is evident that the ancient writers have attributed evil results for opposition aspects though certain yogas such as Gajakesari must have been treated as exception. The results due to single yoga or a combination of yogas are always dependent upon the inherent strength of the horoscope.
