How to Calculate Planetary Occupations

How to Calculate Occupations:

Here you will be studying the planetary occupations, of which there are 27. The effects of these occupations will be felt in the respective dasas or the main period or the Anthar dasas, that is to say, the sub-period of the main dasas.

1. Calculate the position of Lagna (Ascendant) and place it in the chart.
2. Calculate the position of planets and place them in the 12 zodiacal houses.
3. Count from Aries to the Lagna and know its number.
   For example, if Virgo(Kanya) is the Lagna, it will be 6th from Aries.
4. Count the number of houses in which the planet whose occupation we want to assess is positioned from Lagna.
   For example, if Saturn is in Aquarius and the Lagna is Kanya, Saturn is taken to be in the 6th House.
5.  Add the figures got from the 3rd and 4th methods. Double this number and multiply the total with the respective dasa period of the planet. Divide by 27. The remainder gives the number corresponding to the planetary occupation. If the remainder is zero then take it as 27.

For example:
From Aries to Lagna is 6.
From Lagna to the planetary position of Saturn is 6.
When we total these two figures we get 12.
This figure should be multiplied by 2. We get 24.

Saturn’s period according to Vimshottaridasa is 19 years. Hence we should multiply the above figure by 19. 24 x 19 = 456.
This figure “456” should be divided by 27. The remainder will be the planetary occupation of the planet Saturn in the above example. 456 divided by 27 gives the remainder as 24.

Planetary occupation for 24 is as given in the list below is Acquisition of Wealth.

When we take a horoscope, the planetary occupation of all the planets should be found according to the method given in this lesson. All the planetary occupations of the horoscope give us an idea to interpret the overall effect of the horoscope.

List of Planetary Occupations: