Navamsa (D9) chart
The navamsa, or D9, redraws your chart from ninths of each sign. Classical astrology reads the spouse from it, next to the birth chart. See yours drawn three ways, with the two deities classical astrology reads from it.
Your exact date, time and place of birth. The navamsa rising sign changes about every quarter of an hour.
What is the navamsa (D9) chart?
Each sign of 30 degrees is split into nine parts of 3°20′, and each part is given a sign of its own. Put every planet in its part's sign, and you get a second chart: the navamsa.
It is the best known of the divisional charts. These are the charts classical astrology draws by dividing each sign into smaller parts.
Darakaraka: the planet classical astrology reads for the spouse
What are my ishta and palana deity?
Classical astrology reads two deities from the navamsa:
- the ishta deity, the one you are drawn to
- the palana deity, the one who sustains you
It names a deity only for particular planets. When your chart holds none of them, we say so. We don't invent one.
Why does the navamsa need an exact birth time?
On the rising sign, a navamsa lasts about a quarter of an hour. So a birth time off by that much can change the whole navamsa chart.
The planets' navamsas move slowly, except the Moon's, which changes about every six hours.
Your main birth chart (D1), the chart the navamsa is read with
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Open the sample readingIs D9 the same as navamsa?
Yes. D9 means the ninth divisional chart. Navamsa is its Sanskrit name, from nava, nine.
What is my navamsa rising sign?
The navamsa sign of the degree rising in the east when you were born. It sits at the top of your navamsa chart and changes about every quarter of an hour.
What is an ishta devata?
The deity a person is naturally drawn to. Classical astrology reads it from the navamsa, the chart of ninths.
Why does my ishta deity say none?
Because classical astrology names a deity only for particular planets in that navamsa. If yours holds none of them, it gives no deity, and neither do we. Later schools pick one by other rules.
Do I still need the birth chart?
Yes. The navamsa is read beside the birth chart, never instead of it. Your Vedic birth chart is free on its own page.
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