Combustion source profiles
Keep disputed conventions selectable instead of pretending one table is universal.
This course offers two teaching profiles: one includes a 12° Moon combustion flag, and one keeps the Moon out of ordinary combustion so lunar phase can be studied separately.
Both profiles use the same explicit planetary orbs for Mars through Saturn. The selected profile also feeds yoga rules that require a non-combust Jupiter.
The Shadbala module keeps lunar phase and combustion as separate audited layers, so this teaching profile remains explicit rather than hiding the convention inside one score.
For every graha, separate three layers: its natural significations, the houses it rules for this Lagna, and its actual placement/condition. Most beginner contradictions disappear when these three layers are written separately.
A planet should therefore be read as a chain rather than a label: rulership → placement → dignity/dispositor → conjunctions/aspects → relevant Varga → timing. The Strength Lab lets you inspect these pieces instead of guessing them.
How to read it
- Find the planet in D1.
- Write the houses it rules for the current Lagna.
- Check Rashi, house and dignity.
- Check dispositor, conjunctions and aspects.
- Only then add D9/other Varga and Dasha/Transit context.
Key points
- Natural significations are not the same as functional house lordship.
- Dignity is one condition, not a complete verdict.
- Rahu/Ketu conventions are shown only where this course has explicitly chosen a rule profile.
Do not turn a graha keyword such as “Mars = courage” into a prediction before checking house lordship and placement.
Apply this lesson to a chart
- Choose one planet in your chart.
- Write its ruled houses and current D1 house/sign.
- Use Strength Lab to verify dignity and relationships, then write one factual sentence only.