Tapaswi Yoga

One of the most misunderstood persons in their surrounding and their social life will have Tapaswi yoga in their charts. 

They are mostly "Ambiverts" behavioral type.

They find solace being alone most of the time although crowded atmosphere too doesn't bother them much.

Life path or lifestyle if keenly observed will be like that of a monk, Saturn if in movable signs will make them suffer much due to change of habits or routines at certain long intervals of time, ex., for 2 or 3 years they would live a same routine life and after that different routine with varied habits. Saturn in fixed signs will help them better focus on their destiny path.

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Pt.Sanjay Rath ji and PVR Narasimha Rao ji has written some more about Tapaswi yoga as Jhora calculates automatically which can be checked for all divisional charts especially D1,D3,D9 make phenomenol changes in one's life in pursuit of something.

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Some more tapaswi definitions.

1. Saturn is the planet of hard-work. Ketu is the planet of selflessness, evolution and rising above the shackles of the material world. Venus is the planet of passion. If two of these planets are together and the third planet aspects them, it gives Tapaswi yoga.(Footnote: Tapaswi is a person who performs tapas. He forgets everything and pursues something single-mindedly. Tapaswis usually dedicate themselves to research and uncover the secrets of the world. A tapaswi can be into yoga, mantra, tantra, astrology or even physics or chemistry.) If AK (chara atma karaka – soul) also aspects or conjoins the planets involved in Tapaswi yoga, this tapas will be more fruitful and will be a continuation of the efforts of the past lives (AK is one's link with the past lives).

2. If the Karakamsa (The sign occupied by AK in Navamsha) with Kethu has the aspect of Sani, he will become a Tapaswi or recluse or be a dependent and servant under somebody.

3. If the 7th from Karakamsa is occupied or aspected by Sani, the wife will be older or will be sickly or will be a tapaswini or a woman who will be engaged in religious meditations

"Tapaswi" does not necessarily mean a spiritual person. It only means a dedicated and austere pursuer of something. For example, an atheistic scientist who spends 18 hours a day in lab trying to decode a genetic code may be tapaswi.

Saturn gives hard work and tenacity. Venus gives passion, discipline and austerity. Ketu gives the desire to transcend and the desire to understand the unknown.

If AK aspects or joins planets causing Tapaswi yoga, then the yoga will result in progress of the soul.

If these planets are well-disposed in D-60 also, it makes the yoga powerful. Tapasya cannot come in one life just out of thin air - it has to be the result of strong desires from past life.

My chart(PVR) is an example. I have lagna in Virgo, Ketu in Leo, Jupiter in Libra, Sun in Pisces, Moon & Rahu in Aquarius and other four planets in Aries. Venus and Saturn are together in the 8th house (of occult and pursuit of unknown), aspected by Ketu from 12th. This gives a strong Tapaswi yoga. AK is Moon and he aspects Aries. This gives permanency to the yoga once activated.

When is the yoga activated? Use Lagnamsaka dasa (Narayana dasa of rasi chart seeded from lagnamsaka instead of lagna), to see how one's dharmic self (navamsa lagna) manifests physically (rasi chart). See Sanjay's "Narayana dasa" for examples. I gave my Lagnamsaka dasa calculations in a previous post. You may see Leo dasa running from 1993 to 1998. Leo and Aries take part in Tapaswi yoga and their dasas can activate the yoga.

During 1993-1998, I restarted meditation and got seriously into astrology. I read many books, experimented with a lot of techniques, pondered deeply over a lot of things and dedicated all my free time to astrology research. There were many days when I slept at 3 am and got up at 6 am. I passionately and ardently pursued astrology. The Tapaswi yoga was indeed activated in this dasa.

In addition to the Tapaswi yoga, there are many raja yogas involving Ar and Li. These yogas will ensure that the fruits of my astrological pursuits will be useful to the world. These yogas will be activated in Libra dasa (2003-2009). The fruits of my tapasya started in 1993- 1998 will start to be visible and be useful to the world from 2003-2009.

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the Lagna or Lagna lord is involved, then this makes for a strong yoga, one in which the native is very sincere and aware of their austerities and practices.

If neither is involved, I have been told that such a person will work like a horse, no end, but with little appreciation for the benefit this may provide them. It is a lesser yoga, less impact say.

Maybe this adds understanding to the experience you are having.