Raja yoga1
Definition.-Three or more planets should be in exaltation or own house occupying kendras.
Results.-The person becomes a famous king.
Raja yoga2
Definition.-When a planet is in debilitation but with bright rays, or retrograde, and occupies favourable positions, Raja yoga wiil be caused.
Results.-The person will attain a position equal to that of a ruler and will command all the insignia of royalty.
Raja yoga3
Definition.-Two, there or four planets should possess Digbala.
Results.–A person, even though born in an ordinary family, will become a ruler-
Remarks.-The above there Raja Yogas are capable of elevating a man, though born in humble surroundings, to the position of a ruler. Hundreds and thousands of Raja Yogas are enumerated in classical astrological works, but I am confining my attention to list a few important ones which could really produce results attributed to them. According to
Yoga No. 1, three or more planets should be exalted or in swakshetra and at the same time occupy kendras. Evidently the definition resembles a Panchamahapurusha Yoga. In actual practice, it has been found that these three or mre planets in swakshetra or uchah need not necessarily be in kendras. Even Tirikonas will do.
Combination 2 is more general and widely applicable. The only condition is the debilitated planet must be of bright rays, i.e., free from combustion, or retrograde and occupy houses which are not dusthanas (6th, 8th or 12th). I am afraid a planet like Saturn debilitated in the 10th and vakra, unless there are other relieving features’ can cause quite a good deal of harm and completely shatter the career of the person. It is held by the framers of this yoga, that the Raja Yoga gets fructified by the debilitated planet occupying auspicious navamsas also.
According to combination 3, the mere possession of Digbala by two to four planets is said to give rise to Raja Yoga. Mercury and Jupiter in Lagna,
Mars and the Sun in the 10th, Saturn in the 7th and the Moon and Venus in the 4th respectively get Digbala. Here again consideration should be given to the general strength or otherwise of the planets causing Raja Yoga by the possession of Digbala. A Raja Yoga caused by Mesha being Lagna with Sani and Kuja in the 7th and l0th respectively cannot be equated with a Raja Yoga caused by Thula being Lagna and Sani and Kuja being placed in Mesha and Kataka respectively. In the first instance, the yoga is par excellence because of the exaltation of Saturn in the 7th and Mars in the 10th in addition to their possessing Digbala. Mars gets added strength by virtue of this uchcha in the 10th from Lagna, as lord of Lagna. In the second instance, Saturn being neecha, has no doubt Digbala besides being a yogakaraka. But his power to confer yoga is considerably restricted on account of his debilitation, while Mars though possessing Digbala is powerless,a s he would be debilitated in the 10th.
