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Sasa Yoga - Angular Saturn powerfully posited ( in own or exaltation house ). A yoga for fame & longevity.

Septile - An aspect of 51 1/2 signifying fatality, predicting some unexpected, Karmic or hidden development in life.

Saptha Varga - Points attained by planets. May be malefic or benefic. .

Sapthamsa - 1/7th Division of a Sign.

Sarvashtavarga - Total benefic points in the 12 signs.

Sayana - Tropical viz based on the Signs of the Zodiac.


Sphutam - Celestial longitudes of planets.
Shad Bala - The Sixfold Source of Planetary Strength

1) Positional Strength ( Sthana Bala ).

2) Aspectual Strength ( Drik Bala )

3) Directional Strength ( Dik Bala )

4) Temporal Strength ( Kala Bala )

5) Motional Strength ( Cheshta Bala )

6) Intrinsic Strength ( Naisargika Bala )

Sextile - A sixty degree aspect.

Sidereal - Pertaining to Sidereus, the constellation of fixed stars

Sidereal Time - Time based on the diurnal motion of the stars. Normally computed as the Mean Longitude of the Sun divided by 15.

Sidereal Period - The period taken by a planet to make a circuit of the Zodiac.

Shodasamsa - 1/16th of a Sign.

Shukla Paksha - 15 days after the New Moon

Square - Indicates a relationship between two planets in a chart as one of three positions - 4 or 7 or 10 houses from each other.

Subha Varga - Benefic Points.

Synodic Period - The time taken between two conjunctions with Sun.