How to find Ishta Devata?

Ishta Devata is the personal Deity who will guide the soul to its real home--Moksha. The key role in revealing one's Ishta Devata plays the Atma Karaka. Atma Karaka is the planet that has the highest longitude look at the Atma Karaka in Navamsa, since the Navamsa shows blessings of God onto the native and the way in which the native communicates with God. Atma Karaka in Navamsa is called the "Karakamsa". The 12th from the Karakamsa determines the "Istha Devata". The 12th house from the karakamsa is called the "Jivanmuktamsa". o If there is a graha in the Jivanmuktamsa, it signifies the Devata. o If there are more grahas than one, we choose the strongest planet o If there is no graha in the Jivanmuktamsa, you can see whether any Grahas are aspecting the 12th, pick the one which is most powerful o If no Grahas aspect it, you can take the 12th Lord as Ishta Devata.

Kali (saturn), Tara (jupiter), Shodashi (mercury), Bhuvaneshwari (moon), Bhairavi (time or lagna), Chhinnamasta (rahu), Dhumavati (ketu), Bagalamukhi (mars), Matangi (sun), and Kamala (venus).

Effects of Karak identical with Mesh etc. (Karak is the Nav, occupied by the Atma Karak Grah) Karak in Various Ris. If Atma Karak happens to be in Mesh Navo, there will be nuisance from rats and cats at all times. A malefic joining will further increase the nuisance. Should Atma Karak be in Vrishabh Navo, happiness from quadrupeds will result. Should Atma Karak be in Mithun Navo, the native will be afflicted by itch etc. Should Atma Karak be in Kark Navo, there will be fear from water etc. If Atma Karak happens to be in Simh Navo, fear will be from tiger etc. If Atma Karak happens to be in Kanya Navo, itch, corpulence, fire etc. will cause trouble, while, if Atma Karak is in Tula Navo, he will make one a trader and skilful in making robes etc. Vrischik Navo, holding Atma Karak, will bring troubles from snakes etc. and also affliction to mothers breasts. There will be falls from height and conveyances etc., if it is Dhanu Navo, that is occupied by Atma Karak. Makar Navo in this respect denotes gains from water dwelling beings and conch, pearl, coral etc. If it is Kumbh Navo, holding Atma Karak, the native will construct

tanks etc. And in Meen Navo the Atma Karak will grant final emancipation. The Drishti of a benefic will remove evils, while that of a malefic will cause no good. If the Atma Karak is in the divisions of Candr, Mangal, or ukr, the native will go to others wives Effects of Grahas in the Karako. O Brahmin, if Srya is in the Karako, the native will be engaged in royal assignments. If the full Candr is there, he will enjoy pleasures and be a scholar, more so, if ukr gives a Drishti to the Karako. If strong Mangal is in Karako, he will use the weapon spear, will live through fire and be an alchemist. Should strong Budh be Karako, he will be skilful in arts and trading, be intelligent and educated. Guru in Karako denotes one, doing good acts, endowed with spiritualism and Vedic learning. One will be endowed with a longevity of 100 years, be sensuous and will look after state affairs, if ukr is in Karako. ani in Karako will give such livelihood, as due to the natives family. Rahu in Karako denotes a thief, a bowman, a machinery maker and a doctor, treating poisonous afflictions. If Ketu be in Karako, one will deal in elephants and be a thief. Rahu-Srya in Karako. Should Rahu and Srya be in Karako, there will be fear from snakes. If a benefic gives a Drishti to Rahu-Srya in Karako, there will be no fear, but a malefic Drishti will bring death (through serpents). If Rahu and Srya occupy benefic Shad Vargas, being in Karako, one will be a doctor, treating poisonous afflictions, while the Drishti from Mangal on Rahu-Srya in Karako denotes, that the native will burn either his own house, or that of others. Budhs Drishti on Rahu-Srya in Karako will not cause the burning of ones own house, but that of others. If Rahu and Srya happen to be in Karako and are in a malefics Ri, receiving a Drishti from Guru, one will burn a house in ones neighbourhood, while the Drishti of ukr will not cause such an event. Effects of Drishtis on Ketu in Karako. If Ketu is in Karako, receiving a Drishti from a malefic, ones ears will be severed, or one will suffer from diseases of the ears. ukr, giving a Drishti to Ketu in Karako, denotes one, initiated into religious order. One will be devoid of strength, if Budh and ani give a Drishti to Ketu in Karako. If Budh and ukr give a Drishti to Ketu in Karako, one will be the son of a female slave, or of a female remarried. With anis Drishti on Ketu in Karako one will perform penance, or be a servant, or will be a pseudo-ascetic. ukr and Srya together, giving a Drishti to Ketu in Karako, will make one serve the king. Effects of the 2nd from Karako. If the 2nd from Karako falls in the divisions of ukr, or Mangal, one will be addicted to others wives and, if ukr, or Mangal give a Drishti to the 2nd from Karako, the tendency will last till death. If Ketu is the 2nd from Karako in a division of ukr, or Mangal, addiction to others wives will not prevail, while the position of Guru will cause such an evil. Rahu in the 2nd from Karako will destroy wealth
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Effects of the 3 from Karako. A malefic in the 3 from Karako will make one valorous, while a benefic in the 3 from Karako will make one timid.

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Effects of the 4 from Karako. If the 4 from Karako happens to be occupied by ukr and Candr, one will own large buildings, like palaces etc. Similar is the effect of an exalted Grah
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in the said 4 . A house, made of stones, is denoted by the occupation of the 4 from Karako by Rahu and ani. Mangal and Ketu in the 4 from Karako indicate a house,
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made of bricks, while Guru in the 4 from Karako denotes a house, made of wood. Srya in
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the 4 from Karako will give a house of grass. If Candr is in the 4 from Karako, one will have union with his wife in an uncompounded house

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Effects of the 5 from Karako. If Rahu and Mangal are in the 5 from Karako, one will suffer from a pulmonary consumption, more so, if Candr gives them a Drishti. The Drishti of
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Mangal on the 5 from Karako will bring boils, or ulcers, Ketus Drishti on the 5 from Karako will cause dysentery and other diseases, caused by (impure) water. If Rahu and
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Gulik happen to be in the 5 from Karako, there will be fear from mean people and poison.
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Should Budh be in the 5 from Karako, the native will be an ascetic of the highest order, or
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one, holding staff. Srya in the 5 from Karako denotes one, using a knife. Mangal in the
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5 from Karako denotes one, using a spear. ani denotes a bowman, if ani is placed in the
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5 from Karako. Rahu in the 5 from Karako denotes a machinist. Ketu in the 5 from Karako denotes a watch maker. ukr in the 5 from Karako will make one a poet and an eloquent speaker

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Effects of Karako and the 5 from there. If Guru and Candr are in Karako, or the 5 thereof, the native will be an author. ukr will make one an ordinary writer, while Budh will indicate, that the writing skills are less than those of an ordinary writer. Should Guru be alone, one will be a knower of everything, be a writer and be versed in Vedas and Vedanta philosophy, but not an oratorian, or a grammarian. Mangal denotes a logician, Budh a Mimamsaka (follower of Karma Mimansa), ani indicates, that one is dull-witted in the assembly, Srya denotes, that one is a musician, Candr denotes a follower of Sankhya philosophy (of Maharishi Kapila, who enumerated 25 true principles with emphasis on final bliss) and indicates, that one is versed in rhetorics and singing and Ketu, or Rahu denotes,
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that one is a Jyotishi. Should Guru be related to the positions of Karako, or the 5 from there, while the Karako is caused by others than him, the effects, as stated, will effectively
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come to pass. Some say, that the 2 from Karako should also be similarly considered

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Effects of the 6 from Karako. If the 6 from Karako is occupied by a malefic, the native will be an agriculturist, while he will be indolent, if a benefic is in the 6 from Karako. The
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3 from Karako should also be similarly considered

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Effects of the 7 from Karako. If Candr and Guru are in the 7 from Karako, the native will beget a very beautiful wife. ukr in the 7 form Karako denotes a sensuous wife, while
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Budh in the 7 from Karako indicates a wife, versed in arts. Srya in the 7 from Karako will give a wife, who will be confining domestic core, while ani in the 7 from Karako
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denotes a wife of a higher age bracket, or a pious and/or sick wife. Rahu in the 7 from Karako will bring a widow in marriage.

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Effects of the 8 from Karako. If a benefic, or the Grah, owning the 8 from Karako, happens to be in the 8 from Karako, the native will be long-lived, while a malefic, placed
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in the 8 from Karako, will reduce the life span. Drishti/Yuti of both benefics and malefics will yield a medium span of life.

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Effects of the 9 from Karako. If the 9 from Karako receives a Drishti from, or is occupied by a benefic, the native will be truthful, devoted to elders and attached to his own
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religion. If a malefic gives a Drishti to, or occupies the 9 from Karako, one will be attached to his religion in boyhood, but will take to falsehood in old age. If ani and Rahu, one will betray his elders and be adverse to ancient learning. If Guru and Srya, one will betray his elders and will be disobedient to them. Should Mangal and ukr give a Drishti to,
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or occupy the 9 from Karako and are joining in six identical Vargas, a female, ill-related
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to the native, will die. Budh and Candr giving a Drishti to, or occupying the 9 from Karako and joining in six identical Vargas will cause imprisonment of the native, due to association
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with a female not of his own. If Guru is alone, related to the 9 from Karako by Drishti, or by Yuti, the native will be addicted to females and be devoted to sensual enjoyments.

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Effects of the 10 from Karako. If the 10 from Karako receives a Drishti from, or is conjoined by a benefic, the native will have firm riches, be sagacious, strong and intelligent.
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A malefic, giving a Drishti to the 10 from Karako, or occupying this Bhava, will cause harm to his profession and deprive him of paternal bliss. Budh and ukr, giving a Drishti to
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the 10 from Karako, or conjoining this Bhava, will confer many gains in business and will
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make him do many great deeds. Srya and Candr, giving a Drishti to the 10 from Karako, or conjoining this place and receiving a Drishti from, or be in Yuti with Guru, the native will acquire a kingdom.

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Effects of the 11 from Karako. If the 11 from Karako receives a Drishti from, or is yuti with a benefic, the native will enjoy happiness from co-born apart from gaining in every
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undertaking of his. If a malefic is in the 11 from Karako, the native will gain by questionable means, be famous and valorous.

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Effects of the 12 from Karako. If the 12 from Karako has a benefic, the expenses will be on good account, while a malefic in the 12 from Karako will cause bad expenses. If the
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12 from Karako is vacant, then also good effects will follow. If there happens to be a
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benefic Grah in exaltation, or in own Bhava in the 12 from Karako, or, if Ketu is so placed and receives a Drishti from, or is yuti with a benefic, one will attain heaven after death. One
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will attain full enlightenment, if Ketu is in the 12 identical with Mesh, or Dhanu and receives
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a Drishti from a benefic. If Ketu is in the 12 from Karako, receiving a Drishti from a malefic, or is there yuti with a malefic, one will not attain full enlightenment. If Srya and
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Ketu are in the 12 from Karako, the native will worship Lord Shiva. Candr and Ketu denotes a worshiper of Gauri. ukr and Ketu of Lakshmi and a wealthy person. Mangal and Ketu of Lord Subramanya. Rahu will make one worship Durga, or some mean deity. Ketu
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alone denotes Subramanyas, or Ganeshs worshipper. If ani is in the 12 from Karako in

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a malefics Ri, one will worship mean deities. ukr and ani in the 12 from Karako in a malefics Ri will also make one worship mean deities. Similar inferences can be drawn
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from the 6 Navo, counted from Amatya Karaks Navo. if there are two malefics in a Kon from Karako, the native will have knowledge of Mantras and Tantras (formulas for the attainment of super-human powers). If a malefic simultaneously gives a Drishti to two malefics in a Kon from Karak, the native will use his learnings of Mantras and Tantras for malevolent purposes, while a benefics Drishti will make him use the learnings for public good. If Candr is in the Karak, receiving a Drishti from ukr, the native will be an alchemist and, if receiving a Drishti from Budh the native will be a doctor capable of curing all diseases. If Candr is in the 4 from Karak and receives a Drishti from ukr, the native will be afflicted by white leprosy. If receiving a Drishti from Mangal, the native will have blood and bilious disorders and, if receiving a Drishti from Ketu, the native will suffer from black leprosy. Should Rahu and Mangal be in the 4 , or 5 from Karak, the native will suffer from pulmonary consumption and, if simultaneously there happens to be Candrs Drishti on
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the 4 , or the 5 , this affliction will be certain. Mangal alone in the 4 , or the 5 will cause ulcers. If Ketu is in the 4 , or the 5 , one will suffer from dysentery and afflictions, due to (impure) water. Rahu and Gulik will make one a doctor, curing poisonous afflictions, or will cause troubles through poison. Should ani be alone in the 4 , or 5 , the native will be
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skillful in archery. Ketu lonely placed in the 4 , or the 5 will make one a maker of watches etc. Budh lonely placed in the 4 , or the 5 will make one an ascetic of the highest order, or an ascetic, holding staff. Rahu, Srya and Mangal, respectively, in these places denote a machinist, a knife user and a spear, or arrow user. Candr and Guru in the Karak, or in the 5 therefrom denotes a writer well versed in all branches of learning. The grade of writership will comparatively descend in the case of ukr and even further in the case of Budh Grahas in the 5 from Karak. Should ukr be in the 5 from Karak, the native will be eloquent and a poet. Guru denotes, that he be an exponent and be all knowing, but be unable to speak in an assembly. He will be further a grammarian and a scholar in Vedas and Upanishads. ani will make one ineffective in an assembly, while Budh will make him skilful in Karma Mimansa. Mangal in Karak, or the 5 therefrom will make one justice, while Candr in Karak, or the 5 from there denotes a Sankhya Yogi, a rhetoric, or a singer. Srya in the 5 from Karak will make one learned in Vedanta and music. Ketu will make one a mathematician and skilful in Jyotish. Should Guru be related to the said Ketu, these learnings will be by inheritance. All these as well apply to 2 and 3 from Karak and to the Karak itself apart from applying to the 5 from Karak. Should Ketu be in the 2 , or 3 from Karak, the native will be defective in speech, more so, if a malefic gives a Drishti to Ketu, as above. If malefics be in Karak, Arudh Lagn and the 2 and 8 from these places, there will be Kemadrum Yog, the effects of which will be still severer, if Candrs Drishti happens to be there. The effects, due for these Yogas, will come to pass in the Dasha periods of the Ris, or Grahas concerned. Kemadrum Yog will operate additionally, if there are malefics in the 2 and 8 from the Ri, whose Dasha will be in currency. The results of such Yog will also
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be inauspicious. If the 2 and 8 in the Kundali, cast for the beginning of a Dasha, have malefics, then also Kemadrum prevails throughout the Dasha.

Rahu - Dhumavati and Kali's black body. Ketu - Chinnamasta and Kali's sword. Shukra - Kamla and Kali's beauty. Chandra - Lalita and Kali's severed head (ahamkara) Surya - Bhuvaneshwari and Kali's maya. Shani - Baglamukhi and Kali's tongue Mangal - Bhairavi and Kali's tejas (radience) Brihaspati - Tara and Kali's speech (her necklace of skulls or aksharas)

Matangi - Budha and Kali's third eye or transcendental wisdom Their avatars are: Dhumavati is also Chamunda, Danu, Diti and the Dakini Nirriti. Chinnamasta is also Indrani, Renuka and Vajrayogini. Bhairavi is also Kaumari, Durga and Jyothi (sister of Skanda). Lalita is Radha and Kamla is Sita. Tara is Sarasvati, Brahmi and Ila. Baglamukhi is Sarparajini, Ananta-shakti, Prana-shakti and Vasuki-shakti. Bhuvaneshvari is Aditi, Devaki and Tara (Buddha's mother). Matangi is Valmiki-shakti, Sorpanaka, Rohini and Shachi chandalini. The Devis also have Yogini (attendant goddess) and Para (transcendental) counterparts, each are thus two groups of five: Kalis Paradevi form is Dhumawati Taras Paradevi form is Matangi Bhuvaneshvaris Paradevi form is Bagalamukhi Bhairavis Paradevi form is Chinnamasta Kamalas Paradevi form is Lalita So, Dhumawati, Matangi, Bagalamukhi, Chinnamasta and Lalita are the transcendental forms of the Goddess, the highest ones. Matangi is the Supreme Priestess and Chinnamasta is the Chief Yogini and takes us to the highest realisation (Lalita). Bagala is the Supreme Commander and the form that takes avatar as Durga etc. and wrathful forms to destroy evil forces. Dhumawati is the Great Goddess in the form of Chamunda, the old and wrathful form of Kali. Bhairavi is Kundalini being kindled and Chinnamasta is the awakened Kundalini, bursting forth up through Sushumna and piercing the chakras. She transforms Agni (Bhairabi) into Vidyut (Lightening). Kali is Prana and Dhumavati is Mahaprana. These two are also Ratri and Maharatri. Kali is the Night Sky garlanded with skulls (stars) and called Prishni and Dhumavati is her black form as Void night sky, the origin of Ratri, Prana and Kali as Mahaprana or Brahman. Bhuvaneshvari is the manifest world and light and Bagala is the inner light that comes from Samanavayu (equalising breath) which is in silence (mauna), the abode of the Atman (self) whereas Bhuvaneshvari is the material world (maya), its reflection. Kamala is also physical bliss and material riches and Lalita is inner bliss. Kamala relates to Earth and Venus and Lalita is the Moon and Sahasrarapadma Chakra where the Soma rains down and grants inner ananda or bliss in Yoga, the higher form of Kamala.

Tara is physical and astral speech as word and language. Matangi is the Self-form as the seeds or bijas, the necklace of the great goddess made of these bijas and dhatus that give rise to formulated language (Tara). She is the Self-form of language and represents the primal stage (Vedic Sanskrit and Dravidian tongues).

1.Matangi Devi : She is considered as tantric form of saraswati and rules of effects of planet SUN.

she controls political, government administration, general body health etc. High B.P, heart patients, people with weak or badly placed SUN in their charts may get some relief through her. Offering red hibiscus flowers and reciting her mantra or ashtottharam is said to be beneficial for those in above fields.