Where Everything Is
The whole book in blocks, and the fifteen locations worth knowing cold.
The fifteen worth knowing cold
The Week 13 navigation assessment. Fifteen seconds each.
| Topic | Location |
|---|---|
| Dignity — exaltation, debilitation, Mūlatrikoṇa | 3.49–54 |
| House classification — Kendra, Trikoṇa, Duḥsthāna | 8.33–36 |
| Both aspect systems | 9.1–3 and 9.10–15 |
| The lordship table — all 144 combinations | Ch. 26 |
| Kārakas | Ch. 34 |
| The Ātmakāraka definition | 34.3–8 |
| Functional nature — the four-tier framework | 36.2–7 |
| The Yoga Kāraka blocking condition | 36.15 |
| Rāja Yoga | Ch. 41 |
| Mārakas | 46.2 |
| The Avasthās | 47.3–10 |
| Viṁśottarī construction | 48.12–16 |
| The house-lord daśā method | Ch. 50 |
| Antardaśā computation | 53.1–2 |
| Sarvāṣṭakavarga | Ch. 74 |
The book in blocks
Volume 1 — Chapters 1 to 47
| Block | Chapters | Contents |
|---|---|---|
| Foundations | 1–9 | the premise, the nine grahas, signs, calculation, special ascendants, vargas, house vocabulary, aspects |
| The Bhāvas | 10–27 | birth circumstances, Ariṣṭa and antidotes, the judgment rule, twelve house-effect chapters, the 144 lord combinations, the Upagrahas interpreted |
| Weighing | 28–35 | aspect strength, Ṣaḍbala, Iṣṭa/Kaṣṭa, Padas, Upapada, Argala, kārakas, Kārakāṁśa |
| Yogas and condition | 36–47 | functional nature, the yoga catalogues, lunar and solar yogas, Rāja Yoga, wealth, penury, longevity, Mārakas, Avasthās |
Volume 2 — Chapters 48 to 100
| Block | Chapters | Contents |
|---|---|---|
| Timing | 48–67 | the daśā survey and Viṁśottarī construction, Mahādaśā results by planet and by lordship, Kālachakra and Chara results, Antardaśā computation and results, the finer subdivisions, Kālachakra’s own subdivisions |
| Aṣṭakavarga and more | 68–77 | bindu construction, the three reductions, results, longevity from AV, Sarvāṣṭakavarga, planetary rays, the Sudarśana Chakra, Pañchamahāpuruṣa |
| Specialised | 78–100 | elements and guṇas, lost horoscopy, asceticism, female horoscopy, bodily marks, karma and remedies, the twelve difficult births, horary, the epilogue |
Organising structures — how to index rather than search
Six chapters are long enumerations, and each has an internal order. Knowing it turns searching into indexing.
| Chapter | Ordered by | Then by |
|---|---|---|
| 26 — lord-in-house | ruling house | occupied house |
| 27 — Upagrahas | point | house |
| 35 — Kārakāṁśa | sign, then planets, then combinations | — |
| 36 — ascendants | Aries onward, two verses each from v.19 | — |
| 49 — Mahādaśā results | planet | favourable, then afflicted |
| 54–62 — Antardaśā | one chapter per Mahādaśā lord | cycle order from that lord |
House-effect chapters 14 to 25 all share one structure: planets in that house, then that house’s lord in each house, then particular combinations.
Antardaśā chapters: 54 Sun · 55 Moon · 56 Mars · 57 Rahu · 58 Jupiter · 59 Saturn · 60 Mercury · 61 Ketu · 62 Venus.
Difficult births: 88 Amāvāsyā · 89 Kṛṣṇa Chaturdaśī · 90 Bhadrā · 91 relatives’ nakshatras · 92 Saṅkrānti · 93 eclipses · 94 Gaṇḍānta · 95 Abhukta Mūla · 96 Jyeṣṭhā Gaṇḍānta · 97 Tritara · 98 abnormal births. Chapter 87 introduces the class.
By question
| Question | Where to look |
|---|---|
| Marriage | 13.8, Ch. 20, Ch. 32 (Upapada), Ch. 34 (Venus), 7.12 (D9) |
| Children | 13.6, Ch. 18, Ch. 34 (Jupiter), 7.10–11 (D7) |
| Career and standing | 13.11, Ch. 23, 7.13–14 (D10), Ch. 34, Ch. 36 |
| Money | 13.3, 13.12, Ch. 15, Ch. 24, Ch. 43, Ch. 44 |
| Property | 13.5, Ch. 17, 7.9 (D4) |
| Foreign residence | 13.11, 13.13, Ch. 23, Ch. 25 |
| Health and difficulty | 13.7, Ch. 19, Ch. 11–12 |
| Longevity | Ch. 45, Ch. 46.10–21, Ch. 73 |
| Endings | Ch. 46 |
| Previous-birth karma | 13.9, Ch. 85 |
| Remedies | Ch. 86, then Ch. 87–98 by circumstance |
| Timing anything | Ch. 48–50, then 53–63 |
| Whether a yoga is real | 36.11–15, Ch. 41, then Ch. 29 and 47 |
| How supported a house is | Ch. 68–74 |
| Who may practise | Ch. 100 |
Chapters this course does not teach the use of
Read, located, and deliberately not developed:
Ch. 5 manual computation · 4.25–30 Niṣeka Lagna · 6.13–27 Varṇada Daśā · 8.1–32 Viṁśopaka Bala · Ch. 37–38 the yoga catalogues as working material · Ch. 51–52, 66–67 Kālachakra and Chara technique · Ch. 75 planetary rays · Ch. 80 lost horoscopy · Ch. 83 bodily characteristics · Ch. 84 body marks · Ch. 99 horary.
Each was named at the point it arose. Knowing the boundaries of your own training is what lets you say “I have not been trained to evaluate that.”