Ithasala (Tajika Aspect)

Definition

Ithasala is a yoga (planetary combination) used in Tajika astrology — the Varshaphala, or annual-chart, branch of Jyotish. It forms when two planets sit within their Tajik aspect orbs and the faster planet is applying — moving toward an exact aspect — with the slower one, which is a little ahead of it in degrees. Astrologers count it among the Tajika yogas that describe how two planets relate.

In Tradition

Across the modern Tajika and Varshaphala literature, astrologers read ithasala as an applying — that is, forming — aspect. Because the two planets are coming together rather than pulling apart, the matter they signify is held to be forming or about to come to pass during the year, which makes ithasala a favorable sign when judging an annual chart.

In Practice

In an annual chart, an astrologer reads ithasala as a strong sign that whatever the two planets signify will actually come to pass during the year. Mehta and Rao, and Rao again, point to worked annual horoscopes: the lagna (ascendant) lord in ithasala with Mars; the Moon, as lagna lord, in ithasala with Mercury; Venus, which signifies marriage, with the muntha (annual-progression) lord; or a poorna (complete) ithasala between the 7th lord and the lagna lord within a quarter of a degree, strongly pointing to marriage that year. For elections, Joshi reads a benefic ithasala between the lagnesha (ascendant lord) and the karyesha (lord of the house for the activity in question) as a clear yes, while Ishrafa — a separating aspect — and Radda, which involves a retrograde planet, count against it; he sends readers to K.S. Charak's Varshaphala.

Historical Origin

Ithasala is described in modern Tajika and Varshaphala writing. Joshi's Muhurta: Traditional & Modern treats it in an electional setting and points readers to K.S. Charak's Varshaphala. Mehta and Rao's Time Tested Techniques of Mundane Astrology and Rao's Vedic Astrology: An Integrated Approach both apply it in worked annual horoscopes. All three sources here are modern paraphrase; none supplies a verbatim classical quotation.

Further Reading

• Joshi, Muhurta: Traditional & Modern
• Mehta & Rao, Time Tested Techniques of Mundane Astrology
• Rao, Vedic Astrology: An Integrated Approach