Garuda Yoga
Garuda Yoga is a combination described in classical Vedic astrology. Below is how it forms and the results it is said to bring. It involves the Moon.
Moon
Uncommon2.1%
It appears in about 1 in 48 charts.From 30,000 birth charts calculated for random dates from 1940 to 2025 at places around the world, using the same rules as our Yoga finder.
How it forms
- Condition
- The lord of the Navamsha sign occupying Moon is exalted and the birth is during the daytime in waxing phase of Moon.
- Source
- Original source unknown
- Results
- The person has the respect of his equals, is fair in speech, strong and feared by enemies, and will be endangered by poisoning at 34 years of age.
Terms used on this page
- House lord
- The planet that rules the sign on a house. "Lord of the 9th" means the ruler of the sign falling in the 9th house.
- Exaltation (Uchcha)
- The sign where a planet is strongest: Sun in Aries, Moon in Taurus, Mars in Capricorn, Mercury in Virgo, Jupiter in Cancer, Venus in Pisces, Saturn in Libra. "Deep exaltation" is its exact peak degree.
- Navamsha (D9)
- The ninth-division chart. Each sign is split into nine parts of 3°20′; the Navamsha shows the deeper strength of each planet and is key for marriage.
- Paksha (lunar phase)
- Shukla Paksha is the waxing half of the lunar month; Krishna Paksha is the waning half.
- Day and night birth
- A day birth is between sunrise and sunset. The Vedic weekday also begins at sunrise, not midnight.
Fig. 1How it forms