Many months ago, while watching a dance drama at a downtown theatre, I noticed
how the movement of the dancers would freeze momentarily in a pattern to express a
particular emotion.
The concept of yoga in Indian astrology has a similar explanation: planetary
movement tends to “freeze” to form specific patterns in a horoscope at the time of
birth. Such patterns, or the yogas, formed by the planets at the instance of birth
determine many elations and depressions in a person’s life: wealth, health, fortunes
and misfortunes, power, prestige, success and failures.

For example, a good number of wealth-producing (dhan yogas) must be present in
the horoscope of a person in order for him/her to become extremely wealthy in life, .
Absence of such yogas in a horoscope would not allow a person to accumulate much
wealth- no matter how hard one try.
For someone aspiring to appear in Forbes; wealth-producing yogas alone would
not be sufficient, very strong yogas pertaining to stroke of luck and fortune would be
required. The luck-producing yogas create the necessary situations for that person to
be in the right place (or right country) at the right time.

The study of yoga to interpret a horoscope is a very unique characteristic of Indian
astrology (Jyotish).
 

Ravana, the demon-king of Lanka , knew the significance of planetary yogas at the
time of birth of a child. When his son, Indrajit, was about to be born, Ravana exercised
his super-natural powers to terrify all the planets to line up in a certain pattern to form
an extremely rare yoga that would make about-to-be-born Indrajit immortal and
invincible. However, the karmic Saturn managed to slip away – resulting in the
cancellation of the yoga. Ravana retaliated by cutting off one of the legs of Saturn.
This resulted (!) in Saturn to be responsible for forming yoga in a horoscope indicating
loss or damage to the leg of a person.
There are hundreds of yogas mentioned in the astrology textbooks, including the
yoga indicating the possibility of loosing a leg.

However, the most important relate to:
a) Wealth.
b) Power and Authority
c) Fame
d) Misfortunes

The dynamics of yoga can express in multiple ways: A wealth-producing yoga can
stretch and allow a person to remain wealthy from cradle to death. Another form of
yoga could be like a dormant seed of destiny - just waiting for the right moment to
sprout and manifest. Many horoscopes have good yogas marred by the intervention
of a planet due to karmic reasons. This can be fixed by applying proper remedy.

Kailash Khandelwal