Guru Chandal Yoga and Grahan Yoga are two common yogas formed in a horoscope. The similarity between these two yogas is that they need the presence of malefic Rahu or Ketu for their formation. Let us see how malefic Rahu and Ketu affect the formation of these yogas.
Formation of Guru Chandal Yoga
A combination of Jupiter with Rahu or Ketu in terms of placement or aspect forms the Guru Chandal Yoga in a horoscope. However, there are also other conditions to be met in a horoscope in order to form this yoga. Rahu and Ketu should be functional malefic in order to afflict Jupiter and form this yoga. This gives us four combinations, which are benefic Jupiter with benefic Rahu, malefic Jupiter with benefic Rahu, benefic Jupiter with malefic Rahu, and malefic Jupiter with malefic Rahu.
The same combinations can be formed by Jupiter with Ketu, which means that only four of these combinations can form Guru Chandal Yoga. The rest of the combinations may not form this yoga because Rahu and Ketu are beneficial. Hence, only the combination of benefic Jupiter with malefic Rahu, malefic Jupiter with malefic Rahu, benefic Jupiter with malefic Ketu, and malefic Jupiter with malefic Ketu will form Guru Chandal Yoga in a person’s horoscope. Benefic Rahu and Ketu with Jupiter do not form this yoga.
The next factor that affects the formation of this yoga is the combination of the elements. An aspect from malefic Rahu or Ketu can certainly cause damage to the significance of Jupiter. However, such damage may not be potent enough to cause extreme effects on the person/s horoscope.
Formation of Grahan Yoga
Grahan Yoga is formed when the Sun or Moon is placed with Rahu or Ketu in a horoscope. However, for this yoga to be formed in a horoscope, there are other conditions that need to be met. Similar to Guru Chandal Yog, the first condition is that Rahu and Ketu should be functional malefic in order to afflict the Sun or Moon and form the yoga. So, if Rahu is afflicting the Sun or Moon, it should be malefic. The same holds for Ketu.
This means that we can get four such combinations, which include benefic Sun with Benefic Rahu, malefic Sun with benefic Rahu, benefic Sun with malefic Rahu, and malefic Sun with malefic Rahu. The Sun and Ketu, Moon and Rahu, and Moon and Ketu will also form the same combinations in the horoscope.
However, only two out of each of these combinations can result in the formation of Grahan Yoga. These include the benefic Sun with malefic Rahu and the malefic Sun with malefic Rahu. In terms of Sun and Ketu, the only combinations that will form this yoga are malefic Sun with malefic Ketu and benefic Sun with malefic Ketu. The same is true for the combination of Moon and Rahu and Moon and Ketu. The other combinations will not form Grahan Yoga because Rahu and Ketu are beneficial in these cases.
Takeaway
Billions of combinations are possible in a horoscope. But the formation of Grahan Yoga and Guru Chandal Yoga requires the presence of malefic Rahu and Ketu.
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