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The Mystery of Ruling Planets:

1. Ruling Planets:

Jot down the time and day when a question is put to you or when you construct the horoscope for your analysis and judgment.

The day begins from Sunrise: Day Lords are: Sun governs Sunday, Moon - Monday, Mars - Tuesday, Mercury - Wednesday, Jupiter - Thursday, Venus - Friday, Saturn - Saturday.

The Ruling Planets are listed below in their Order of Preference:

1. The star lord of the Ascendant

2. The sign lord of the Ascendant

3. The star lord of the Moon

4. The sign lord of the Moon

5. The Day Lord

(These 5 Ruling Planets above are taken at the time of query or judgment).

Rahu/Ketu and Ruling Planets::

If Rahu or Ketu is conjoining or aspects a Ruling Planet, or if Rahu or Ketu is posited in a sign owned by one of the Ruling Planets, then Rahu and/or Ketu should be included as a Ruling Planet.

The Ruling planet which is in the star or sub of a retrograde planet should be omitted.

 Ruling Planets and Rectification of Birth Time:

    1. The ruling planets at the time of judgment correspond or agree or tally with:

        (a) The ruling planets at birth; or

        (b) The sign lord, star lord, sub lord, and sub sub lord of the ascendant at the time of birth.

The sign lord, star lord, sub lord, and sub sub lord of the Ascendant at birth are found either in the star or sub of the ruling planet or planets at the time of judgment.

Example: Birth Horoscope #1 (Data is Male: July 7, 1912, (Sunday) 20:42 IST, 23N02', 72E35')

Ruling Planets at Birth:

Rahu in Pisces represents Jupiter and Ketu  in Virgo represents Mercury, so the Ruling Planets are Sun, Moon, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Rahu, and Ketu.

The time of judgment was September 8, 1969 (Monday) at 7:45 AM IST 23N02, 72E35.

Ruling Planets at the Time of Judgment:

At this moment, Rahu was in Aquarius, so Rahu represents Saturn. Ketu was in Leo, so Ketu represents the Sun. So the Ruling Planets (RP's) are Sun, Moon, Mercury, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu.

The Ruling Planets at birth line up with the Ruling Planets at the time of judgment: Jupiter at birth is in the star of Saturn - the Ruling Planet at at the time of judgment.

Ascendant at Birth is 12 Capricorn 25, so it is jointly ruled as under:

The sign lord, star lord, and sub lord of the ascendant at the time of birth agree with the Ruling Planets at the time of judgment; while the sub sub lord of the ascendant at the time of birth is in the star of Saturn - the Ruling Planet at the time of judgment.

So in this case, the Ruling Planets both at the time of judgment and the time of birth, line up. The joint rulers of the Ascendant at the time of birth also correspond to the Ruling Planets at the time of judgment. So the birth time is correct.

2. In doubtful cases where two times for the birth are given, proceed as follows:

    (a) Note the sign lord, star lord, sub lord, and sub sub lord of the Ascendant at the time of birth for the two given times.

    (b) The case in which the sign lord, star lord, sub lord, and sub sub lord of the Ascendant agree with the Ruling Planets at the of judgment is the accepted time in cases like that, so accept that birth time and reject the other.

3. In cases where the approximate interval of the birth time is given: For example, from 2:00 AM to 3:00 AM, 10:00 AM to Noon, 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM, etc., proceed as follows:

    (a) Note the Ruling Planets at the time of judgment.

    (b) According to the date of birth, you should fix the probable sign of the Ascendant in which the birth could have taken place.

Generally the sign owned by any one of the Ruling Planets will be rising in the Ascendant, or the sign occupied by Rahu or Ketu if it is a Ruling Planet, will be rising in the Ascendant.

    (c) Then select the star lord and sub lord etc., suitable to this sign from the Ruling Planets, bearing in mind the order of preference of RP's (as listed above), and also the importance of Rahu and Ketu.

    (d) Find out the sensitive degree on this sign on which the sign lord, star lord, sub lord, and sub sub lord operate jointly. this degree will show the exact position of the Ascendant at birth. The time when this degree rises in the Ascendant should be considered as the correct time of birth.

    (e) It should be remembered that each planet governs three Nakshatra's (also known as Constellations or stars). for example: Venus governs 13 degrees 20' to 26 degrees 40' in Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius as its stars. So the Ruling Planet of any particular moment will operate as  a star lord in three different signs. So it will be difficult as to which sign should be selected for fixing the time of birth. So it is necessary that the approximate time of birth should be ascertained as to whether it is between Sunrise and Noon, between Noon and Sunset, between Sunset and Midnight, or Midnight and Sunrise.

    (f) At the time of judgment,  if any planet is found in the Ascending sign, or if a planet is in opposition to the Ascendant, then the planet plays an important role in fixing the time of birth. This planet should be given importance as a Ruling Planet, especially if the planet conjoins or aspects any of the RP's. Discretion has to be used in these kinds of cases.

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*All references to the material above are from the work and teachings of Prof. K.S. Krishnamurti, Chandrakant R. Bhatt, K. Subramainiam, Sri M.P. Shanmugam, Prof K. Hariharan, and/or publications in the KP & Astrology Journals/Yearbooks. For Book information, please go to KP Books.