AS · Aspects (graha drishti)
AS-03: Which houses each graha aspects
Every planet aspects the 7th house from itself. Mars also aspects the 4th and 8th, Jupiter the 5th and 9th, and Saturn the 3rd and 10th.
Endpoints that apply this rule
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| POST | /v1/aspects | Planet aspects (graha drishti) |
Call an endpoint that applies it
The call for our sample, John Doe, born Aug 15, 1990, 10:30 AM, New York.
POST /v1/aspects
# John Doe, born Aug 15, 1990, 10:30 AM, New York
curl -X POST "https://apiforastrology.com/api/astrology/v1/aspects" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $ASTROLOGY_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"year":1990,"month":8,"day":15,"hour":10,"minute":30,"second":0,"latitude":40.7128,"longitude":-74.006,"timezone":"America/New_York"}'Answer (long lists shortened)200 OK
{
"by_graha": {
"Sun": {
"house": 11,
"aspects_houses": [
5
],
"aspects_grahas": [
"Rahu"
],
"aspected_by": [
"Mars",
"Rahu"
],
"special": []
},
"Moon": {
"house": 9,
"aspects_houses": [
3
],
"aspects_grahas": [],
"aspected_by": [
"Rahu"
],
"special": []
},
"Mars": {
"house": 8,
"aspects_houses": [
11,
2,
3
],
"aspects_grahas": [
"Sun",
"Jupiter",
"Venus"
],
"aspected_by": [],
"special": [
4,
8
]
},
"Mercury": {
"house": 12,
"aspects_houses": [
6
],
"aspects_grahas": [],
"aspected_by": [],
"special": []
},
"Jupiter": {
"house": 11,
"aspects_houses": [
3,
5,
7
],
"aspects_grahas": [
"Rahu"
],
"aspected_by": [
"Mars",
"Rahu"
],
"special": [
5,
9
]
},
"Venus": {
"house": 11,
"aspects_houses": [
5
],
"aspects_grahas": [
"Rahu"
],
"aspected_by": [
"Mars",
"Rahu"
],
"special": []
},
"Saturn": {
"house": 4,
"aspects_houses": [
6,
10,
1
],
"aspects_grahas": [],
"aspected_by": [],
"special": [
3,
10
]
},
"Rahu": {
"house": 5,
"aspects_houses": [
9,
11,
1
],
"aspects_grahas": [
"Moon",
"Sun",
"Jupiter"
],
"aspected_by": [
"Sun",
"Jupiter",
"Venus"
],
"special": []
},
"Ketu": {
"house": 11,
"aspects_houses": [
3,
5,
7
],
"aspects_grahas": [
"Rahu"
],
"aspected_by": [
"Mars",
"Rahu"
],
"special": []
}
},
"by_house": {
"1": [
"Saturn",
"Rahu"
],
"2": [
"Mars"
],
"3": [
"Moon",
"Mars",
"Jupiter"
],
"4": [],
"5": [
"Sun",
"Jupiter",
"Venus"
],
"6": [
"Mercury",
"Saturn"
],
"7": [
"Jupiter",
"Ketu"
],
"8": [],
"9": [
"Rahu"
],
"10": [
"Saturn"
],
"11": [
"Mars",
"Rahu"
],
"12": []
},
"rule": "whole-house drishti, counted inclusively from the occupied house; every graha aspects the 7th, with special aspects for Mars (4, 8), Jupiter (5, 9) and Saturn (3, 10)",
"include_nodes": true,
"graded": {
"unit": "virupas",
"by_graha": {
"Sun": {
"on_grahas": {
"Moon": 2.1,
"Mars": 15.53,
"Mercury": 0,
"Jupiter": 0,
"Venus": 0,
"Saturn": 2.65,
"Rahu": 29.47,
"Ketu": 0
},
"on_houses": {
"1": 10.58,
"2": 36.16,
"3": 34.42,
"4": 8.84,
"5": 42.32,
"6": 49.42,
"7": 34.42,
"8": 19.42,
"9": 4.42,
"10": 0,
"11": 0,
"12": 0
}
},
"Moon": {
"on_grahas": {
"Sun": 19.2,
"Mars": 0,
"Mercury": 44.41,
"Jupiter": 5.56,
"Venus": 6.88,
"Saturn": 44.22,
"Rahu": 35.53,
"Ketu": 9.47
},
"on_houses": {
"1": 32.32,
"2": 4.64,
"3": 50.72,
"4": 47.32,
"5": 32.32,
"6": 17.32,
"7": 2.32,
"8": 0,
"9": 0,
"10": 0,
"11": 12.68,
"12": 40.36
}
},
"Venus": {
"on_grahas": {
"Sun": 0,
"Moon": 0,
"Mars": 5.31,
"Mercury": 8.71,
"Jupiter": 0,
"Saturn": 35.6,
"Rahu": 57.41,
"Ketu": 0
},
"on_houses": {
"1": 26.61,
"2": 39.2,
"3": 18.39,
"4": 23.22,
"5": 54.2,
"6": 39.2,
"7": 24.2,
"8": 9.2,
"9": 0,
"10": 0,
"11": 0,
"12": 5.8
}
},
"Jupiter": {
"on_grahas": {
"Sun": 0,
"Moon": 0,
"Mars": 3.99,
"Mercury": 10.03,
"Venus": 0,
"Saturn": 40.87,
"Rahu": 56.09,
"Ketu": 0
},
"on_houses": {
"1": 29.24,
"2": 52.12,
"3": 45.76,
"4": 28.49,
"5": 52.88,
"6": 52.12,
"7": 45.76,
"8": 7.88,
"9": 0,
"10": 0,
"11": 0,
"12": 7.12
}
},
"Mercury": {
"on_grahas": {
"Sun": 0,
"Moon": 15.59,
"Mars": 29.02,
"Jupiter": 0,
"Venus": 0,
"Saturn": 29.62,
"Rahu": 12.24,
"Ketu": 0
},
"on_houses": {
"1": 0,
"2": 12.09,
"3": 39.19,
"4": 32.91,
"5": 5.81,
"6": 48.37,
"7": 47.91,
"8": 32.91,
"9": 17.91,
"10": 2.91,
"11": 0,
"12": 0
}
},
"Mars": {
"on_grahas": {
"Sun": 58.94,
"Moon": 0,
"Mercury": 31.97,
"Jupiter": 26.96,
"Venus": 30.92,
"Saturn": 31.59,
"Rahu": 22.1,
"Ketu": 38.69
},
"on_houses": {
"1": 7.78,
"2": 44.44,
"3": 60,
"4": 37.78,
"5": 18.89,
"6": 3.89,
"7": 0,
"8": 0,
"9": 0,
"10": 11.11,
"11": 48.33,
"12": 37.78
}
},
"Saturn": {
"on_grahas": {
"Sun": 43.68,
"Moon": 1.55,
"Mars": 28.41,
"Mercury": 30.19,
"Jupiter": 55.22,
"Venus": 53.9,
"Rahu": 0,
"Ketu": 51.31
},
"on_houses": {
"1": 53.81,
"2": 12.38,
"3": 0,
"4": 0,
"5": 0,
"6": 47.62,
"7": 48.1,
"8": 33.1,
"9": 6.19,
"10": 47.62,
"11": 48.1,
"12": 33.1
}
}
},
"house_reference": "equal houses: the madhya (middle) of house N is the ascendant degree plus 30 x (N - 1), the same reference shadbala uses; not Sripati cusps",
"casts_none": [
"Rahu",
"Ketu"
],
"rule": "the graded drishti curve of shadbala (SB-09): 0 below 30 degrees, full at 180, nothing past 300; special aspects of Mars, Jupiter and Saturn graded by degree, full only at the center of each band"
},
"meta": {
"ayanamsa": "lahiri",
"ayanamsa_value": 23.7260727,
"julian_day": 2448119.10483,
"ephemeris": "JPL DE440s",
"node": "true",
"timezone": {
"source": "zone",
"offset_hours": -4,
"zone": "America/New_York",
"abbreviation": "EDT",
"dst": true,
"dst_hours": 1,
"ambiguous_resolved_by_fold": null,
"note": "read from the IANA tz database at this instant, so daylight saving and historical offset changes are included"
}
}
}The rule in John Doe's chart
Applies
John Doe's Mars is in house 8, so it looks at houses 11, 2 and 3 (its 4th, 7th and 8th aspects counted in whole houses). That puts it on his Sun, Jupiter and Venus.
John Doe, born Aug 15, 1990, 10:30 AM, New York
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- AS · Aspects (graha drishti)
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