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Kemadruma and Shakata, Two Yogas Called Bad
Kemadruma yoga is the Moon with no planet in the second house from it and none in the twelfth from it. Shakata yoga is Jupiter in the 6th or the 8th from the Moon. Those are two classical yogas people call bad, and both have conditions that lift them.
Kemadruma is a lonely Moon
The test ignores a general reputation and looks beside the Moon. If the 2nd and 12th from the Moon are empty, Kemadruma is formed. The Sun is often excluded from counting as a companion in this test, and cancellations are cited when a planet occupies a kendra from the Moon or the lagna. Because those cancellations vary by book, this page states the basic emptiness and insists you check a kendra before you frighten anyone. The result texts give is instability of mind and resource. It is not a prediction of a specific loss, and it is not active as a chapter unless the Moon's 10-year mahadasha or a related bhukti is running.
Shakata is Jupiter badly placed from the Moon
Jupiter in the 6th or 8th from the Moon is Shakata. Jupiter in a kendra from the lagna is a commonly cited reason not to read it as full strength. Jupiter debilitated in Capricorn is a separate weakness and may or may not be in those houses. The result associated with Shakata is a rise and fall of fortune, which fits a 6th or 8th placement from the mind's planet. A strong 9th lord can still carry bhagya. Do not let the yoga's name erase the 9th house.
Other names that are not this pair
Guru Chandal is Jupiter with Rahu, a conjunction, not Shakata. Grahan yoga is the Sun or Moon with Rahu or Ketu. Daridra yogas of poverty are a wider, disputed list and should not be declared from a single empty house. Bad, in all these cases, means the result the text attaches. The dasha decides whether you are living it. A Kemadruma Moon during a strong Mercury mahadasha of 17 years may be background while Mercury's houses run the life.
Frequently asked questions
What is Kemadruma?
The Moon with no planet in the 2nd or 12th from the Moon. Check kendra cancellations before you treat it as final.
What is Shakata?
Jupiter in the 6th or 8th from the Moon. It is not the same as Jupiter conjunct Rahu, which is Guru Chandal.
When is a bad yoga the lived chapter?
When its lord is the mahadasha or antardasha. A named yoga outside its period is a capacity, not the year you are in.
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