Understanding the cause and effect relationship between the Birth chart (D1) and its Divisional charts

Quite often, many astrologers (especially in initial stages of learning) tend to skip reading the Divisional charts and make predictions basis only the D1 chart (the main chart). However it is wrong. This is because divisional charts explain the tendencies of the soul running from the previous lives because of which the soul enters the current life. That is why it is extremely important to read at least the main Divisional charts along with D1 for a holistic prediction and course correction as tendencies are bound to affect one’s course/direction which could be for good or bad. This short blog will explain in brief the intricate connection between the main chart and the divisional charts. Lets begin…

*** Those who have at least the basic understanding of Astrology would know that divisional charts are derived from D1 (main birth chart) only.

The Cause and Effect Relationship between D1 and Divisional Chart

Think of a person who decides to drive a new car (like the soul driving her vehicle i.e. the body). It is quite natural that the person’s abilities/experience of driving the previous car in the previous terrain and circumstances will rule the senses of that person while driving the new one. Not only that but even this is also a fact that the person is likely to choose a specific new car basis the previous experiences and energies in him/her. Thus, we see a cause and effect relationship between past and present choices. This example can easily be visualized for divisional and D1 charts. Not only the divisional charts which are embedded (or derived from) in D1, exhibit the tendencies of the person (due to previous lives), in terms of energies of different planets and zodiacs placed in different houses. but the reverse is also true. That, it is all the divisional charts put together that create a specific D1 with specific degrees of planets, zodiacs and their placements.

Here is an example. Think of a person who has been driving a racing car as profession however because of certain experiences (which could be an accident of self thereby causing physical restriction or accident of partner/passer-by or financial reasons or age slowing down etc.).  he/she decides to change his profession and thus move to a routine (non-racing) car (another example could be a person stepping down from an SUV to a smaller car due to change in job or even country). Not only that, the person would now be driving the car in different conditions. Not just the engine and size of the car but the two cars will have different features too. All in all, the person will be exposed to different sets of conditions now which can be visualized as different houses e.g. different gear system, different terrains, different weather conditions, different visibility, different road conditions, different traffic rules, different density of vehicles on the roads, different navigation system and so on. In such a case, he is highly likely to drive even the smaller car at a higher speed and higher acceleration due to previous energies/tendencies (Mars type in this case from Astrological sense) unless situations slow him down gradually to teach the right way of driving the smaller car or routine car. Thus, this person’s previous tendencies represent divisional charts whereas the new route and car taken represents the D1.

*** This is the reason that Shadbala which is derived from the most important 16 divisional charts, represents the final planetary strength and must be taken into account while making predictions.