What is Navamsa Chart & How to do Analysis

Navamsa Chart is also known as Navamsa Kutastham. It is one of the most popular Indian astrological charts. It's an ancient and historic way of predicting one’s future with regards to compatibility.

The navamsa chart consists of nine different house divisions or sectors. These are 1st quarter, 2nd quarter, 3rd quarter, 4th quarter, 5th house, 6th house, 7th house, 8th house and 9th house. There is a ruler for each sector that decides the compatibility between houses in the navamsa chart.

According to the authoritative text "Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra" published by the reputed Sri Venkateswara Vedic University, Navamsa is one of the most important divisional charts (amsa) in Vedic astrology. "Nava" means 9 and "amsa" means part/portion. Navamsa divides each rashi/sign into 9 equal parts.

As per Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, Navamsa chart is considered to indicate an individual's state of mind, virtues, creativity and spirituality. It shows one's karmic seeds sown in past lives that manifest as desires, mental inclinations and virtues in the current life.

The ancient Indian astrological classic "Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra" provides the following rules for calculating the Navamsa chart:

1. Note the rashi (zodiac sign) of the lagna (ascendant) in the rashi chart.

2. Divide that rashi into 9 equal parts.

3. The first part becomes the Navamsa lagna/ascendant.

4. Project all other planets in their respective Navamsa position from the lagna.

For example, if the lagna in the rashi chart is Aries, then the Navamsa ascendant is the first navamsa of Aries itself. The subsequent divisions constitute the other houses.

The "Maharishi University of Management Vedic Astrology" handbook outlines the following key principles of Navamsa analysis:

1. Location of Lagna Lord: Indicates one's basic nature, mental tendencies and behavior patterns.

2. Location of Atma Karaka: Reveals virtues, spiritual inclinations and competence.

3. Location of Amatya Karaka: Shows one's dexterity, mental faculties and speech.

4. Dasha Periods: Current and upcoming major/sub-period lords become crucial.

Furthermore, astrological sites like AstroVed and GaneshaSpeaks advise considering aspects, combinations, yogas etc. in Navamsa to get a complete assessment of mind, intellect and virtues.

In essence, Navamsa is an indispensable predictive tool for judging the cognitive abilities, virtuous karmas, mental makeup and spiritual tendencies of a native as per Vedic Astrology's ancient tenets.