Ṣoḍaśāṁśa: D16

cars2cv_aThe Ṣoḍaśāṁśa: D16 is one-sixteenth part of a rāśi measuring 1°52’30” arc. There are 192 Ṣoḍaśāṁśa in the zodiac as 16×12=192. It maps to the 4th house (as 16-12=4) but since it is higher than 12, it is the second harmonic and is in the mental plane consciousness. Recall that there are five planes of consciousness

  1. D1-D12: Physical Conscious
  2. D13-D24: Mental Conscious
  3. D25-D36:Subconscious
  4. D37-D48: Super Conscious
  5. D49-D60: Supra Conscious

Now the fourth house rules over various matters and most important happiness and sorrow as well as comforts, luxuries, cars etc. All these have to do with what makes the mind happy or sad, and in a way its an extension of the self. It’s all that we consider as “belonging to us” and we spend a lot of pranic energy, nay waste pranic energy, in keeping these things with us and functioning.

  • Ṣoḍaśāṁśa: D16 - Parāśara teaches that from the Ṣoḍaśāṁśa (D16) we know about happiness and sorrows besides the power of discernment, comprehension and understanding (including religious study but not spiritual realisation) and Vehicles and such comforts. It is evident that this is one of the most important divisional charts applicable to the higher human species only. Thoughts are generated from the sign occupied by the planets, chiefly the Moon and the action impulse is always in the 4th bhāva from it. This 4th bhāva is actually 4+12=16 or the 16th step as the thought passes through 15 steps (pañca-daśa) before it becomes action… Continue Reading
  • D16: Sukha-Duḥkha - Sukha (joy, bliss) indicated by Jupiter, the giver of the supreme bliss and duḥkha (sorrow) indicated by Saturn, the god of death and disease are the two sides of the coin. Sukha is the upward pull of the loka (heavens, seven realms of light) which causes the head to go upwards whereas duḥkha is the downward pull of the tala (underworlds, seven realms of darkness) which causes the head to go down in shame and pain. From the guṇa viewpoint, sukha is sattva guṇa whereas duḥkha is tamas guṇa. Rajas guṇa is neither and causes continuance in the same level… Continue Reading