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Jaimini · जैमिनि
A sign-based system with degree-ranked karakas and Chara dashas.
Jaimini reads the chart mostly through signs rather than planets in houses. Significators are assigned by planetary degree, aspects fall between signs rather than planets, and timing runs on sign-based Chara dashas. It is used alongside Parashari, not instead of it.
How it works in practice
- Rank the seven planets by degree to assign Chara karakas from Atmakaraka downwards.
- Read Arudha padas for how a matter appears to the world, as distinct from what it is.
- Use sign aspects (rashi drishti) instead of planetary aspects.
- Time with Chara dasha and its sub-periods, keyed to signs rather than planets.
Strengths
- Fast, decisive readings for life direction, status and karmic themes.
- Arudha padas explain the gap between reality and reputation.
Cautions
- Karaka schemes and dasha variants differ between lineages; state which one is used.
- Degree-ranked karakas shift with small birth-time errors.
How it differs from other schools
vs Parashari
Karakas are fixed by degree rather than by nature, and aspects are between signs rather than planets.
Read Parasharivs Nadi
Jaimini is rule-based and reproducible; Nadi readings rest on lineage-specific manuscripts.
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Glossary
- Atmakarakaआत्मकारक
- The planet at the highest degree; carries the chart's core theme.
- Chara karaka
- Significator assigned by degree order, changing chart to chart.
- Arudha padaअरूढ पद
- The perceived image of a house, projected from its lord.
- Chara dasha
- Sign-based timing cycle whose period lengths vary by chart.
- Rashi drishti
- Aspect cast between signs rather than between planets.
- Karakamsha
- The Atmakaraka's D9 sign, read for inner disposition.
Published rules from the knowledge base
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Atmakaraka: planet with the highest degree
In the Jaimini method, the planet with the highest degree within its sign becomes the atmakaraka, the significator of the self and its central aim.
When it applies: Jaimini method only; Rahu handling differs between commentators.
Jaimini Sutras Karaka chapter
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