According to its prevalent definition; when Sun and Mercury are placed in the same house of a horoscope, Budhaditya Yoga is formed in the horoscope.
Both Sun and Mercury should be positive in a horoscope, in order for Budhaditya Yoga to form in such horoscope. Once the formation of Budhaditya Yoga is confirmed in a horoscope, the next thing to check is its strength. The strength of Budhaditya Yoga is checked through the placement of Sun and Mercury in various houses, signs, nakshatras and navamshas; as well as through the influences of other positive and negative planets on Sun and Mercury in a horoscope.
Looking at the signs, positive results of Budhaditya Yoga may decrease considerably if this Yoga is present in Libra or Pisces. Sun is debilitated in Libra and Mercury is debilitated in Pisces. As a result, weak Sun or weak Mercury may not contribute much towards Budhaditya Yoga; even when both these planets are positive in the horoscope. On the other hand, if this Yoga is formed in Aries, Gemini, Leo or Virgo; the results may be very good. Such Budhaditya Yoga may bless the person with many types of positive results, depending on his overall horoscope.
Suppose positive Sun and Mercury form Budhaditya Yoga in the first house of a horoscope in Leo. When supported by the overall horoscope; such Yoga may bless the person with professional success as well as personal growth. Such person may achieve success as a revenue officer, administrative officer, politician, minister, astrologer, actor, singer, IT professional, software developer, advisor, consultant or a businessman dealing in various types of businesses; depending on his overall horoscope. For example, if a positive combination of Jupiter and retrograde Mars is placed in the fifth house of this horoscope in Sagittarius, positive Rahu is placed in the ninth house in Aries, Ketu is placed in the third house in Libra and Saturn is placed in the seventh house in Aquarius, the person may become an administrative officer or a revenue officer; depending on the rest of his horoscope.
Looking at nakshatras, suppose positive Sun and Mercury form Budhaditya Yoga in the first house of a horoscope in Leo. If both Sun and Mercury are placed in Poorvaphalguni nakshatra, the person may engage in creative fields. Depending on his overall horoscope, such person may achieve success as a singer, dancer, writer, designer, developer, architect or some other type of creative professional. On the other hand, if Sun and Mercury form Budhaditya Yoga in the first house in Leo in Magha nakshatra, the results may change. In this case, the person may get blessed with a post of authority in government, as an officer or as a minister; depending on the rest of his horoscope. Looking at the next variation, if positive Sun and Mercury form Budhaditya Yoga in the first house in Leo in Uttaraphalguni nakshatra, the person may achieve success through business. Such person may either become a government officer or he may achieve success through a wide variety of businesses; depending on the rest of his horoscope.
Looking at navamshas, suppose positive Sun and Mercury form Budhaditya Yoga in the first house in Leo in Magha nakshatra in Aries navamsha. In this case, the person may achieve success as a revenue officer, police officer, army officer, administrative officer, politician or sportsman; depending on the rest of his horoscope. If such Budhaditya Yoga is formed in Magha nakshatra in Taurus navamsha, the person may achieve success as a revenue officer, administrative officer, politician, minister, chief minister, prime minster or president; depending on the rest of his horoscope.
Formation of Budhaditya Yoga in the first house in Magha nakshatra in Gemini navamsha may bless the person with success as a scientist, researcher, engineer, IT professional, politician, administrative officer or a businessman; depending on his overall horoscope. If Budhaditya Yoga is formed in the first house in Magha nakshatra in Cancer navamsha, the person may achieve success as a doctor, politician, administrative officer or businessman; depending on his overall horoscope. Similarly, placement of Budhaditya Yoga in the first house in Leo in Poorvaphalguni and Uttaraphalguni nakshatra may produce different types of results; depending on navamsha placement of this Yoga.
Suppose positive Sun and Mercury form Budhaditya Yoga in the first house of a horoscope in Leo. If positive Venus is also placed in the first house in Leo, the results may become better. The addition of positive Mars to the first house may further strengthen such Budhaditya Yoga. If positive Rahu is also placed in the first house in Leo along with Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars; top class results may be witnessed. The person in this case may become a billionaire through business or through a creative field like acting. Such Budhaditya Yoga may also bless the person with very high type of authority as a government officer or as a politician; depending on the rest of his horoscope. Once again; influences of positive and negative planets on Budhaditya Yoga may significantly change the results indicated by this Yoga. Hence this factor should also be checked carefully.
The next factor to check is the field of impact of Budhaditya Yoga. To calculate field of impact, the house of placement of this Yoga as well as the influences of other positive and negative planets on this Yoga should be checked. Taking an example, if positive Sun and Mercury form Budhaditya Yoga in the second house of a horoscope in Leo, the person may benefit in different ways. Such person may achieve success as a singer, an astrologer, an actor or he may settle abroad, depending on the rest of his horoscope.
Looking at a variation, if positive Moon is placed in the second house with Sun and Mercury; positive Mars is placed in the third house in Virgo and positive Venus is placed in the first house in Cancer; the person may become a singer or a dancer; depending on the rest of his horoscope. Considering another variation, suppose positive Sun and Mercury form Budhaditya Yoga in the second house in Leo. Positive Venus is placed in the twelfth house in Gemini, positive Moon is placed in the ninth house in Pisces, Jupiter is placed in the eighth house in Aquarius and Mars forms Ruchaka Yoga in the tenth house of this horoscope in Aries.
In this case, the person may settle abroad and he may achieve very good amount of professional success, depending on the rest of his horoscope. Such person may also get married to a woman belonging to foreign origin. Looking at another variation, if positive Sun and Mercury form Budhaditya Yoga in the seventh house of a horoscope, primary benefits may appear in the field of marriage. Formation of Budhaditya Yoga in the fifth house of a horoscope may bring good results related to children; among other good results. Similarly, placement of Budhaditya Yoga in different houses of a horoscope may result in different types of benefits.
After this, the impact of running times should also be checked. The term ‘running times’ in this context means planetary periods, commonly known as Mahadashas. Running times are most important when it comes to check; when may the person receive maximum benefit from Budhaditya Yoga. Any type of good or bad Yoga becomes duly effective, if one of the planets involved in its formation is leading the running time. Therefore, the person may witness the strongest benefits offered by Budhaditya Yoga if he is hit by the planetary period of Sun or Mercury at ‘relevant times’.
For example, if Budhaditya Yoga is formed in the tenth house of a horoscope in Virgo and the overall theme of the horoscope is creative, the person may become an actor or a singer. Though the person may achieve success if his overall horoscope is strong and positive, such success may reach the highest levels; when the planetary period of Sun or Mercury hits this person. This is because during these periods, Budhaditya Yoga may gain additional strength and hence it may bless the person with even better results.
Similarly, if Budhaditya Yoga is formed in the tenth house of a horoscope in Virgo and the overall theme of the horoscope is authoritative, the person may achieve a post of authority in the house of government through job or through politics. Let’s assume that the overall theme of his horoscope supports very high authority through politics. Hence this person may become a minister in state government, if his horoscope is strong and positive; even when the planetary periods are not ruled by Sun or Mercury. However, if the planetary period of Sun or Mercury hits this person at relevant times, the person benefitting from the same Budhaditya Yoga may become the Chief Minister of a state, minister in the national government; or even the head of state of a country; depending on the overall theme of his horoscope. The term ‘relevant times’ in this context means when opportunities have appeared.
Making it easy to understand, let’s assume a person benefitting from Budhaditya Yoga has an authoritative horoscope and he tries to achieve authority through politics. Let’s assume this person wants to run for the post of Chief Minister of a state. The time of election is the relevant time in this case. It means if this person is under the effect of the planetary period of Sun or Mercury during this time, he may be projected as the Chief ministerial candidate by his party. His party may win the elections and he may become Chief Minister.
However, if the running time is not led by Sun or Mercury; he may miss this post due to many reasons, and he may get something less in value. For instance, his party may not declare him the candidate for Chief Minister though he may secure an important ministry in the state government; like home ministry. Looking at one more probability, his party may declare him as the candidate for Chief Minister. However, they may lose the elections and he may become the leader of the opposition; instead of becoming a Chief Minister. Similarly, this person may miss the post of Chief Minister due to other reasons also, depending on the overall theme of his horoscope as well as on the running times.
Taking another option, let’s consider this person wants to achieve authority through a government job. Suppose he appears in civil exams in order to achieve the highest possible direct rank in administrative services. The time of exams and selection is the relevant time in this case. If the planetary period of Sun or Mercury hits this person during his years of age when he appears for such exams, he may clear them and he may get blessed with such post of high authority. However, if the planetary period of Sun or Mercury doesn’t hit him during these years of his age, he may not achieve such highest possible direct rank, though he may still be able to achieve something lower in value. Hence this person may clear another exam which may not bless him with the best type of post available in administrative services. However, such exam may bless him with the second or the third best type of post of authority available.
It can be seen that in both these examples, even if the people are not supported by the planetary period of Sun or Mercury at relevant times, they may still achieve good results due to positive influence of Budhaditya Yoga. However, such good results may not be of the highest order and they may be less in quantum. It means every type of good or bad Yoga formed in a horoscope tends to give very strong results when the planetary periods are ruled by a planet forming such Yoga.
In case a good or bad Yoga is formed by more than one planet in a horoscope, an additional measure needs to be taken. The good or bad results of the highest order are likely to be seen during the running period of the planet which is the strongest among the planets involved in the formation of such Yoga. For example, if Budhaditya Yoga is formed in Leo, Sun is stronger than Mercury. Hence Sun may dominate the results indicated by such Budhaditya Yoga, in most cases. Therefore, the person may come across good results; broadly divided into three categories.
Looking at these categories, if the overall theme of the horoscope having such Budhaditya Yoga indicates very high authority through politics, this is what may happen. If the planetary period of Sun or Mercury doesn’t hit this person at relevant times, he may become a minister in a state government. If the planetary period of Mercury hits this person at a relevant time, he may become the Chief Minister of a state. If the planetary period of Sun hits this person at a relevant time, he may become a very important minister in the national government. The person may even become the Prime Minister or the President of a country; if his overall horoscope is strong enough to produce these results.
It means that in most cases; the true potential of any good or bad Yoga may be unleashed; when the running time of the strongest planet involved in the formation of such Yoga hits the person at a relevant time. For example, if in the same case, the main planetary period of Sun hits this person during his age of 10 years and 16 years, his best chance may be wasted. It means that though this person may have the potential for becoming Prime Minister, the period supporting that potential has hit him at an irrelevant time. Since the person may not become Prime Minister or President during his age of 10 and 16; and the main planetary period of Sun may not come again during his lifetime, he may miss the best possible gift of Budhaditya Yoga.
Hence this person may witness his father or another family member in great authority during these years and he may enjoy a big part of such authority due to the planetary period of Sun. Once he grows old, he may still achieve the second or third best type of results indicated by Budhaditya Yoga; depending on the other important factors. You see, how each and every single factor can make significant changes to the net results witnessed by a person.
It should be noted that in all these examples, running times of the strongest positive planets can only bring out the optimum potential featured in the horoscope and they can’t increase that optimum potential. It means that the planetary period of Sun at a relevant time may bless the person with the post of Prime Minister, only if the overall horoscope features this potential. Hence the overall potential of a horoscope in question should be assessed first. After that, the percentage of such potential which may be available at a given point in time should be calculated, in order to check whether a particular result wanted by a person may or may not be achieved by him.
It means if a person wants to be Chief Minister, it should first be checked if his horoscope is capable of blessing him with this result, even when working at its best. If this calculation is in his favor, then it should be checked whether the running time supports this result. If the running time is also supportive, he may achieve this post. However, if the running time is not supportive for this result for the next 10 years, he may become Chief Minister; only after a period of ten years. On the other hand, if his overall horoscope is not capable of blessing him with the post of Chief Minister; he may not achieve this post even when the best type of running time is in effect.
Himanshu Shangari