therese and aj,
not that i am ignoring either of your thoughts on this, but my curiousity motivated me to buy a book on this called ''practical ashtakavarga'' by vinay aditya...
a similar system to this idea of the "Logic behind the concept of temporary enemies" which aj gave an answer to in my other 2 posts from today in a post by holdorflod which can be found on this thread -
https://skyscript.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10737
i am repeating what i said on that thread for the purposes of strengthening the usefulness of this topic title thread i started previously..
"a similar system is used for arriving at a point system for understanding greater strengths or weaknesses in a chart thru this system of ashtakavarga... aditya states on page 3 on the basic calculations chapter the following.. "The Table-1 on page 4 has to be referred to as the standard table, to mak the benefic positions for all horoscopes.
The rationale behind this table is lost in the dust of time."
it draws into question the whole basis for ashtakavarga as i see it.. however, those who use ashtakavarga will vouch for its usefulness..the book is quite good and does a convincing job in this regard.. i am 1/2 way thru the book and would recommend it if anyone is interested in this particular stream of indian astrology.. the author wrote a book previously on ashtakavarga called 'the dots of destiny'... in the book i have the author claims you don't need to have his first book to understand what he lays out in his views on ashtakavarga.. "