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Haṃsa-yogaहंसयोग(Hansa Yoga)

Bṛhaspati Pañca-Mahāpuruṣa-yoga; Guru in Dhanu, Meena, or Karka in a kendra from Lagna.

Haṃsa-yoga

Haṃsa-yoga (हंसयोग, also written Hansa Yoga) is the third of the five Pañca-Mahāpuruṣa-yogas, produced when Bṛhaspati (Guru) is placed in its own rāśi (Dhanu or Meena) or exaltation rāśi (Karka) in a kendra (1st, 4th, 7th, or 10th bhāva) from the Lagna. The yoga name haṃsa — the classical swan, an image carrying in Sanskrit tradition the register of discernment (the swan's classical capacity to separate milk from water symbolises viveka, the faculty of discriminating wisdom) — names the character the yoga produces. Guru's classical significations (wisdom, dharma, teaching, counsel, ethical orientation, expansive understanding) are activated in the mahāpuruṣa register when the graha occupies classical strength in a kendra.

Classical grounding

Phaladeepikā 6.3 is the canonical verse for Haṃsa-yoga; Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra treats it in its yoga-phala chapters; Saravali chapter 35 and Bṛhat Jātaka of Varāhamihira provide extended treatment. Classical commentators name Haṃsa's register as dharmic-wise — distinguished capacity in counsel, teaching, philosophical or religious leadership, and the kind of authority that arises through recognised ethical and intellectual standing. The haṃsa-image carries considerable classical literary weight — the Haṃsa-gīta of the Mahābhārata and the haṃsa-symbolism in the Bhāgavata both supply the register from which the yoga takes its name.

Formation rules

Primary classical form: Guru in Dhanu, Meena, or Karka, placed in the 1st, 4th, 7th, or 10th bhāva from Lagna. Classical strongest Haṃsa: Guru in Karka (exaltation; exaltation degree at 5° Karka) in a kendra — the combined uccha-bala and kendra-bala produce the maximum classical configuration. Guru in Meena in the 1st bhāva is classically named as nearly equivalent given Meena's status as Guru's mūla-trikoṇa rāśi and the 1st bhāva's digbala for Guru. Some classical sources allow the kendra to be counted from Chandra as well as from Lagna.

Classical manifestation pattern

The Haṃsa register classically inclines the native toward the dharmic-wise domain — counsel, teaching, philosophical or religious leadership, and the kind of authority that arises through recognised understanding rather than through contest or accumulation. Classical reading names distinguished bearing in speech and carriage, generosity, ethical standing, and the capacity to guide others in matters of consequence. The domains of expression classically named include teaching and scholarship in dharmic domains, judicial and advisory roles, religious leadership, counselling and mentorship, and any field where the register of viveka — discernment — is the professional core. The native's mahāpuruṣa signature classically reads for dharmic contribution that outlasts the immediate generation.

Strength modulation

Classical strength rules: (1) exaltation in Karka is strongest; (2) 1st bhāva (Lagna) is classically strongest kendra for Haṃsa given Guru's digbala; (3) Guru's combustion is rare (occurs only briefly per synodic cycle when Guru is within ~11° of Sūrya) but weakens the yoga significantly during the combustion window; (4) aspect of Budha strengthens — both are classically associated with the intellectual register though Budha and Guru are classical enemies at the naisargika level (a nuance the classical reading handles through context); (5) aspect of Śukra is read with classical caveat — the Śukra-Guru enmity is a naisargika rule, and aspect-level engagement modifies the register; (6) aspect of Śani on Haṃsa-Guru classically produces a restrained register — authority tempered by duty; (7) aspect of Rāhu or Ketu complicates — the dharmic register is classically affected by the shadow-graha involvement.

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