AS · Aspects (graha drishti)
AS-04: Worked example: the three special aspects
A worked example of the three special aspects from every house, including how the count wraps past house 12.
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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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