Ruling Planets and Krishnamurtipaddhati

One of the most important tenets of Krishnamurtipaddhati, especially in timing events, is the
concept of Ruling Planets. According to classical thinking in K.P.Astrology, the ruling planets
are planets that rule a particular moment in time. These are:

a) The Lord of the Star in which the Moon is deposited

b) The Lord of the Sign in which the Moon is deposited

c) The Lord of the Star in which the Lagna is rising

d) The Lord of the Sign in which the Lagna is rising

e) The Lord of week day (Hindu day is to be followed which extends from one Sunrise to the
next Sunrise)

It is said that, the ruling planets play a vital role in determining the timing of events. The
ruling planets which rule the time of judgment will be (will be among) the ruling planets
when a particular even fructifies.

Among the ruling planets, the order of importance is as follows:

a) The Lagna Star Lord - is considered as the most powerful ruling planet, followed by

b) The Lagna Sign Lord, followed by

c) The Moon Star Lord, followed by

d) The Moon Sign Lord, and finally,

e) The Day Lord

It is also to be understood that in recent times, many illustrious students of

Krishnamurtipaddhati have also included the following planets as ruling planets:

a) The planets which are conjoined with the above mentioned ruling planets, or, those that as
aspected by them

b) The Lagna Sub Lord (some also consider the sub sub lord)

c) The Moon Sub Lord (again some consider the sub sub lord also)

Also note that, in every case, if either or both of the nodes represent any ruling planets in the
above list, then the Node should be considered as a ruling planet. In fact, as said in an earlier
article, a node is more powerful than the planet it represents and can be included "instead
of" the concerned planet.

No event in this world, including the thinking of human beings is exempt from the influence
of planets. Guruji has said "Buddhi Karmaanusaarini", i.e., the mind of a person works as per
his Karma and the thoughts that arise are a consequence of the karmic burden which
everyone carries. Thus in Horary Astrology, when someone utters a number for a question
he/she poses, the number is influenced by the collective planetary influences at that time,
which in turn is dependent on the Karmic burden of the individual.

Thus while assessing almost every question in Krishnamurtipaddhati one should make use of
the ruling planets. In some cases, when the querist' urge to ask a question is very strong or
the astrologer gets a very powerful urge to answer a query, Guruji has said that one need not
consider anything other than the ruling planets at the moment to analyze the matter at hand.
In all cases, without fail, if the urge is sincere and the intent is benign, the ruling planets will
guide the receptive astrologer in understanding and judging a problem.

Elimination of Ruling Planets:

When deciding the time of an event, one considers the ruling planets. If one is judging a
horary chart, then one should take the planets which are common between the significators
of the matter concerned and also the ruling planets at the time of judgment. However, one
must exercise caution in this. Those ruling planets which are in the star of a retrograde planet
or in the sub of a retrograde planet, have to be rejected as they never vote for the positive
result in any manner. However, if a ruling planet is itself retrograde, but is in the star and sub
of a planet in direct motion, then one need not reject the same. But one should note that the
retrograde planet will not give favorable results until it becomes direct again and also crosses
the point at which it turned retrograde. For example, if Jupiter is retrograde on a given date
and it was in 10 Libra 30 when it started retrograding, then one has to wait for the time until
Jupiter resumes direct motion and also crosses 10 Libra 30 for it to give favorable results.
Jyotishya Deepika makes it possible to get this information at the push of a button. You may
select a planet which is retrograde and get to know when the planet turned retrograde and
what its longitude was at that time. You will also get information on when the planet resumes
direct motion and across the point of retro gradation.

Also one should note that ruling planets which are detrimental to the matters signified by a
bhaava have to be eliminated as they do not give positive results. Thus if one is judging the
results of the 10th bhaava and one finds that the 2 of the planets among the ruling planets at
the time judgment are significators of the 9th bhaava, then these two planets have to be
eliminated in judging the results.

Use of Ruling Planets in Rectifying Birth Time:

Professor Shri K.S.Krishnamurtiji has noted that the planets ruling the time of judgment will
be among the ruling planets at the time of birth of an individual. This simple rule helps us to
rectify birth times accurately. Jyotishya Deepika Ultimate implements this rule and makes it
easy for you to rectify birth times based on the ruling planets at the time of judgment. We will
study more of Birth Time Rectification in another article in this reference.

Thus, to conclude, ruling planets are a vital tenet of Krishnamurtipaddhati and every query
should be judged after taking these into consideration.