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Krishnamurti Paddhati: star lords, sub-lords and cuspal analysis.

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Levels 1–3105 available lessons · Units: 21About 9.5 hours
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Level 1Units: 7

Level 1 · Unit 1

What KP is

Meet Krishnamurti Paddhati: its founder, its ayanamsa, its Placidus house cusps and its focus on timing.

  1. Meet Krishnamurti Paddhati
  2. The KP ayanamsa
  3. Placidus house cusps
  4. Built for timing
  5. Checkpoint: What KP is

Level 1 · Unit 2

Star lords and sub-lords

How KP divides each nakshatra into nine unequal subs, and how to find the sign lord, star lord and sub-lord of any degree.

  1. Star lords
  2. Nine unequal subs
  3. The order of the subs
  4. Sign, star and sub
  5. Checkpoint: Star lords and sub-lords

Level 1 · Unit 3

Significators and ruling planets

How KP links planets to houses, how the cuspal sub-lord shows what is promised, and the five ruling planets.

  1. What a planet signifies
  2. The star lord delivers
  3. The cuspal sub-lord
  4. Ruling planets
  5. Checkpoint: Significators and ruling planets

Level 1 · Unit 4

Nakshatras across the zodiac

Place any degree on the 360° zodiac, find its star and star lord quickly, spot the stars that cross signs, and use the pattern that repeats every 120°.

  1. Zodiac longitude
  2. Stars that cross signs
  3. One pattern, three times
  4. Sign lord and star lord together
  5. Checkpoint: Nakshatras across the zodiac

Level 1 · Unit 5

Sub-lords by counting years

A fast, exact way to find any sub-lord: measure how far a degree lies into its star, convert the arc to Vimshottari years at 6′40″ each, and count.

  1. Distance into a star
  2. From arc to years
  3. Walking the years
  4. Sub boundaries from years
  5. Checkpoint: Sub-lords by counting years

Level 1 · Unit 6

Reading Placidus cusps

Read a KP cusp table: place planets in houses by cusp degree, pair opposite cusps, handle signs holding two cusps or none, and see why minutes of birth time matter.

  1. Planets between cusps
  2. Opposite cusps
  3. Signs with two cusps or none
  4. Why minutes matter
  5. Checkpoint: Reading Placidus cusps

Level 1 · Unit 7

Level 1 practice: Chart K

Put Level 1 together on one invented chart: houses from Placidus cusps, star and sub-lords, significators in four levels, and ruling planets for two moments.

  1. Meet Chart K
  2. Stars and subs in Chart K
  3. Significators in Chart K
  4. Ruling planets for Chart K
  5. Checkpoint: Level 1 practice: Chart K
Level 2Units: 7

Level 2 · Unit 1

Cuspal sub-lord theory

Find any cusp's sub-lord exactly and judge whether a house's matters are promised, using KP's supporting and negating houses.

  1. From cusp to promise
  2. Supporting and negating houses
  3. Finding a cusp's sub-lord
  4. Judging the promise
  5. Checkpoint: Cuspal sub-lord theory

Level 2 · Unit 2

Timing with dashas and ruling planets

How KP practitioners time a promised matter with dasha lords, filter with ruling planets and confirm with transits.

  1. Period lords as significators
  2. Choosing with ruling planets
  3. Confirming with transits
  4. A worked timing example
  5. Checkpoint: Timing with dashas and ruling planets

Level 2 · Unit 3

Dasha arithmetic for KP timing

Work out the dasha balance at birth with year units, see why the Moon's sub-lord names the birth bhukti, and build bhukti and antara timelines.

  1. Balance at birth by year units
  2. The Moon's sub names the bhukti
  3. Bhukti and antara lengths
  4. Building a timeline
  5. Checkpoint: Dasha arithmetic for KP timing

Level 2 · Unit 4

Significator tables in depth

Build full KP significator lists on a new practice chart: houses and ownership, each planet's houses through its star lord, the four levels house by house, and empty houses.

  1. Meet Chart N
  2. Planet by planet
  3. Four levels, house by house
  4. Empty houses, empty stars
  5. Checkpoint: Significator tables in depth

Level 2 · Unit 5

Rahu and Ketu as agents

How KP lets Rahu and Ketu, which own no signs, act for their sign lord, conjoined planets and star lord, and when a node joins the ruling planets.

  1. Nodes without signs
  2. Agents of their sign lord
  3. Conjunctions and stars
  4. Nodes among ruling planets
  5. Checkpoint: Rahu and Ketu as agents

Level 2 · Unit 6

Ruling planets in depth

Go beyond the five basic slots: planets that fill several slots, retrograde ruling planets, the extended seven-planet set, and how the list changes through a day.

  1. Repeats and weight
  2. Retrograde ruling planets
  3. Adding the sub-lords
  4. Ruling planets through a day
  5. Checkpoint: Ruling planets in depth

Level 2 · Unit 7

Level 2 practice: Chart N

Put Level 2 together on Chart N: judge the work theme from the 10th cusp, screen and filter significators, find the birth dasha and build a Rahu dasha timeline.

  1. Is work promised in Chart N?
  2. Significators and the filter
  3. Chart N's dasha at birth
  4. A timeline for Chart N
  5. Checkpoint: Level 2 practice: Chart N
Level 3Units: 7

Level 3 · Unit 1

KP horary: the 1–249 method

How a querent's number from 1 to 249 becomes the ascendant of a KP horary chart, with exact slices, split subs and the steps that follow.

  1. A number instead of a clock
  2. Counting the numbers
  3. Split subs at sign boundaries
  4. From number to horary chart
  5. Checkpoint: KP horary: the 1–249 method

Level 3 · Unit 2

Case studies

Full KP judgments on two invented charts, from cusp sub-lord through significators and ruling planets to dasha, read as themes rather than events.

  1. Case A: is the theme promised?
  2. Case A: significators and ruling planets
  3. Case A: timing with the dasha
  4. Case B: a horary question on study
  5. Checkpoint: Case studies

Level 3 · Unit 3

Ethics in KP practice

Honest language about KP's precision, referring clients to other professionals, and handling yes/no questions on health, law and safety.

  1. Precise is not certain
  2. Referring clients out
  3. Yes/no questions on health, law and safety
  4. Consent, privacy and pressure
  5. Checkpoint: Ethics in KP practice

Level 3 · Unit 4

Birth-time rectification with ruling planets

How KP practitioners use ruling planets to narrow an uncertain birth time, turn ascendant degrees into clock times, and report the result honestly.

  1. Why rectify?
  2. Ruling planets point to the lagna
  3. From degree to clock time
  4. Checking and reporting
  5. Checkpoint: Birth-time rectification with ruling planets

Level 3 · Unit 5

Judging a KP horary question

Go deeper into KP horary: choose the right cusp and house group, read the Moon as a sign of the question, handle mixed verdicts and time the answer from the horary Moon.

  1. Choosing the cusp
  2. The Moon and the question
  3. Mixed and negative verdicts
  4. Timing a horary answer
  5. Checkpoint: Judging a KP horary question

Level 3 · Unit 6

Level 3 practice: Chart H

Put Level 3 together on one horary chart: from the querent's number to the cusps, the 10th cusp's promise, significators, the Moon check, ruling planets and timing.

  1. From number to Chart H
  2. Is the theme promised?
  3. Significators and ruling planets
  4. Timing Chart H
  5. Checkpoint: Level 3 practice: Chart H

Level 3 · Unit 7

Checking a KP reading

Catch the common slips in a KP reading, from zodiac and ayanamsa to star, sub, house and moment, and write the result up so that others can check it.

  1. Zodiac and ayanamsa slips
  2. Star and sub slips
  3. House and moment slips
  4. Writing it up
  5. Checkpoint: Checking a KP reading
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