RD · Classical conditions

RD-02: Nothing is weighted, and the rule is stated

Nothing is weighted. Conditions that only support give a favorable reading, and those that only strain give a difficult one. Both give mixed, and neither gives a plain reading.

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POST	/v1/reading/rules	Rules this chart triggers, ranked
POST	/v1/reading/section/{section_id}	One section of a reading

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The call for our sample, John Doe, born Aug 15, 1990, 10:30 AM, New York.

POST /v1/reading/rules

# John Doe, born Aug 15, 1990, 10:30 AM, New York
curl -X POST "https://apiforastrology.com/api/astrology/v1/reading/rules" \
  -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

{
  "chart": {
    "ascendant": {
      "sign": 6,
      "name": "Virgo"
    },
    "moon_sign": {
      "sign": 2,
      "name": "Taurus"
    },
    "lagnesh": "Mercury",
    "yogakaraka": null
  },
  "rules": [
    {
      "id": "lord_house:4:11",
      "family": "lord_house",
      "title": "Lord of the 4th (Jupiter) in the 11th house",
      "graha": "Jupiter",
      "bears_on": [
        4,
        11
      ],
      "rules_house": 4,
      "occupies_house": 11,
      "themes": [
        "sociable household",
        "income from property",
        "little privacy"
      ],
      "score": 7,
      "weighting": {
        "specificity": 3,
        "dignity": 3,
        "dignity_of": "Jupiter is exalted",
        "house_class": 1,
        "house_class_of": "kendra"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "lord_house:7:11",
      "family": "lord_house",
      "title": "Lord of the 7th (Jupiter) in the 11th house",
      "graha": "Jupiter",
      "bears_on": [
        7,
        11
      ],
      "rules_house": 7,
      "occupies_house": 11,
      "themes": [
        "spouse through friends",
        "material improvement",
        "public opinion"
      ],
      "score": 7,
      "weighting": {
        "specificity": 3,
        "dignity": 3,
        "dignity_of": "Jupiter is exalted",
        "house_class": 1,
        "house_class_of": "kendra",
        "aspected_by": {
          "benefics": [
            "Jupiter"
          ],
          "malefics": [
            "Ketu"
          ],
          "scored": "no -- reported only, see rulebook PR-07"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "planet_owns:Jupiter:4",
      "family": "planet_owns",
      "title": "Jupiter owns the 4th house",
      "graha": "Jupiter",
      "bears_on": [
        4
      ],
      "rules_house": 4,
      "themes": [
        "fortunate home",
        "the mother's blessing",
        "hard to leave"
      ],
      "score": 7,
      "weighting": {
        "specificity": 3,
        "dignity": 3,
        "dignity_of": "Jupiter is exalted",
        "house_class": 1,
        "house_class_of": "kendra"
      }
    }
  ],
  "areas": [
    {
      "house": 1,
      "signifies": "your body, your temperament and the self other people meet",
      "leads": {
        "id": "yoga:Sarala",
        "title": "Sarala yoga (vipareeta raja)",
        "score": 6
      },
      "qualifies": [
        {
          "id": "yoga:Satkalatra",
          "title": "Satkalatra yoga (marriage)",
          "reason": "equal score (6); ordered after yoga:Sarala by specificity"
        },
        {
          "id": "yoga:Vesi",
          "title": "Vesi yoga (solar)",
          "reason": "equal score (6); ordered after yoga:Sarala by specificity"
        },
        {
          "id": "lord_house:1:12",
          "title": "Lord of the 1st (Mercury) in the 12th house",
          "reason": "equal score (6); ordered after yoga:Sarala by specificity"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "house": 2,
      "signifies": "savings, the family you grew up in, speech and what you eat",
      "leads": {
        "id": "yoga:Kalatramooladhana",
        "title": "Kalatramooladhana yoga (wealth source)",
        "score": 6
      },
      "qualifies": [
        {
          "id": "yoga:Maha Parivartana",
          "title": "Maha Parivartana yoga (exchange)",
          "reason": "equal score (6); ordered after yoga:Kalatramooladhana by specificity"
        },
        {
          "id": "yoga:Pravrajya",
          "title": "Pravrajya yoga (renunciation)",
          "reason": "equal score (6); ordered after yoga:Kalatramooladhana by specificity"
        },
        {
          "id": "yoga:Putramooladhana",
          "title": "Putramooladhana yoga (wealth source)",
          "reason": "equal score (6); ordered after yoga:Kalatramooladhana by specificity"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "house": 3,
      "signifies": "courage, effort, younger siblings and everyday communication",
      "leads": {
        "id": "yoga:Anapha",
        "title": "Anapha yoga (lunar)",
        "score": 6
      },
      "qualifies": [
        {
          "id": "yoga:Sarala",
          "title": "Sarala yoga (vipareeta raja)",
          "reason": "equal score (6); ordered after yoga:Anapha by specificity"
        },
        {
          "id": "yoga:Sodaranasa",
          "title": "Sodaranasa yoga (siblings)",
          "reason": "scores 5 against 6 for yoga:Anapha"
        },
        {
          "id": "lord_house:3:8",
          "title": "Lord of the 3rd (Mars) in the 8th house",
          "reason": "scores 5 against 6 for yoga:Anapha"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "coverage": {
    "fired": 65,
    "with_content": 64,
    "gaps": [
      {
        "id": "conjunction:4",
        "family": "conjunctions",
        "title": "Sun + Jupiter + Venus + Ketu in Cancer",
        "reason": "the corpus covers pairs and triples; 4 grahas share Cancer"
      }
    ]
  },
  "language": "en",
  "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

The rule list for John Doe's chart includes "Lord of the 4th (Jupiter) in the 11th house". A rider, such as whether Jupiter is strong or combust, decides which half of that reading applies.

John Doe, born Aug 15, 1990, 10:30 AM, New York

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Section: RD · Classical conditions
Kind: invention: Not from the classical texts; the API defines it so its output is consistent.
Feature: Readings and reports

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John Doe, New York

POST /v1/planets200 OK

RisingVirgoHast
SunCancerAshlesha
MoonTaurusMrigashira
MarsAriesKrittika

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