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Radu Canahai wrote:
Vettius Valens seems to speak about some kind of navamshas too, in the Book I, chapter on the Masculine and Feminine Degrees.
"The masculine and feminine degrees are as follows: the first 2 1/2 degrees of the masculine signs are masculine, /28K/ the next 2 1/2 degrees are feminine."
See: Mark T. Riley translation (page 12) at:
https://www.csus.edu/indiv/r/rileymt/ve ... entire.pdf
The 2 1/2 degree divisions of zodiac signs are the dwadasamsas (dwads), twelve divisions per signs. The navamsas are the 3 deg 20 min divisions, nine divisions per sign.
http://www.snowcrest.net/sunrise/LostZodiac.htm

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Right. Is good to know i was wrong, after all these years when i thought there are navamshas at Valens. I wasn't able to see it myself.
Therese Hamilton wrote:Radu Canahai wrote:
Vettius Valens seems to speak about some kind of navamshas too, in the Book I, chapter on the Masculine and Feminine Degrees.
"The masculine and feminine degrees are as follows: the first 2 1/2 degrees of the masculine signs are masculine, /28K/ the next 2 1/2 degrees are feminine."
See: Mark T. Riley translation (page 12) at:
https://www.csus.edu/indiv/r/rileymt/ve ... entire.pdf
The 2 1/2 degree divisions of zodiac signs are the dwadasamsas (dwads), twelve divisions per signs. The navamsas are the 3 deg 20 min divisions, nine divisions per sign.