Four Step Theory

THIS sets down the essential rules given by Mr. Sunil Gondhalekar in his Lessons
, written in the K.P.Style. The Basic principle of KP is that A Planet gives the
results indicated by its Star Lord and Sub Lord.
THE FOUR STEPS TO DETERMINE HOUSES SIGNIFIED BY ANY PLANET ARE:
1.
2.
3.
4.

The
The
The
The

Planet itself (House residence, Houses Owned)

Star Lord of the Planet: (Same house resident, houses owned)
SUB LORD of the Planet:
Star Lord of this sub lord:

For prediction, we have to consider that all houses, are signified by the Planet
, some Primarily, and some Secondarily
First Step
THE 1ST STEP in the 4 step Theory is: A Planet becomes the Significator of the H
OUSE where it resides, and of the House/Houses It OWNS
This rule is modified depending on wether there are other planets in the STARS o
f this Planet, and wether the Houses owned are Empty or have some other planets
in them. (Hers,Neptune,Pluto,For are not considered for this conditions.
IF THERE ARE NO PLANETS IN THE STARS OF THE PLANET,(the planet is not the Star L
ord of any other planet) THEN it becomes THE PRINCIPAL Significator of the House
where it Resides. Otherwise, it becomes a secondary Significator of the House w
here it resides.
If a PLANET Is Primary significator of Residence, then it becomes the Principal
of the houses owned ONLY IF THAT HOUSE IS EMPTY, otherwise it is the secondary s
ignificator of the house owned
If the Planet is itself a SECONDARY significator of House of RESIDENCE then it w
ill be also Secondary Significator of Houses owned EVEN IT EMPTY.
IF A PLANET IS IN ITS OWN STAR, then it Automatically becomes the Primary signif
icatro of the House of residence (even if there other planets in its stars). It
becomes pricipal significator of houses it owns, if empty
Second Step
SECOND STEP: The Star LORD OF THE PLANET UNDER CONSIDERATION
In this step, the STAR LORD automatically Becomes the Principal Significator of
the House of Residence, and Of the Houses owned, if Empty.
FOR RAHU AND KETU same rules apply. Rahu/Ketu get addittionl representation as R
epresentative of the Lord of house where they Reside
Third Step
THIRD STEP: The sub Lord of the Planet:
The houses signified are determined as per 1st step only
Fourth Step
Fourth step: The Star Lord of Sub Lord
The houses are found applyin the same rules as Second Step

Another point is to consider Signifcators by conjunction(3.33 deg) between plane

ts, as also signifed by the planet considered. The conjoined planet acts as an a
gent of the planet to which it is conjoined.
Practical Application
Child birth: When?
Rule: The 5th (as qurrent is lady) Sub Lord must be the Primary significator of
2nd/5th/or 11th. Only if this is positive then we fix the time. 5th sub Lord is
Mercury: The houses signified by this Planet are found to be
Mer:
8P,9,6P (Mer in 8th:Noplanets in Mer Stars: 9,not empty.6th empty)
Star Lo: Ven: 8P,10,5 (Star Lord hence P: Houses owned not empty no Not P)
SUB :
Mars :10P,11,4
StL of SUB :Sat: 9P,2eP,1eP
The 5th Sub Lord has become the Principal Significator of 2nd in the fourth step
: THERFORE we conclude that lady will have children:
To fix time, we must now test the Dasa,Bhukti,& Antara Lords. Moon Dasa balance
6 months,28 days. We cannot consider this as birth of a child is not possible in
6/7 months. So consider next MARS dasa
Check the houses signified by Dasa Lord Mars:(all 4 steps to be seen)
1st step Mars: 10P,11,4
2nd
Sat : 9P,1P,2P
3rd
Ven : 8P,10,5
4th
Ven : 8P,10,5
Since Mars is Primary Sig of 2nd House, this can be selected.
IMPORTANT: IN SELECTING THE DASA/BHUKTI/ANTARA , we MUST see that all the Houses
2,5,11 are signified :
Since we have selected Mars Dasa, which signifies 2 primarily, the Bhukti Lord m
ust primarily signify 5 or 11 :Antara should signify the remaining
Now in Mars Dasa, we have to ignore Mars Bhukti, as only 2nd house is signified:
Next RAHU :He is PS of 7 and 8: Though he is SS of 5th we pass on
NEXT JUPITER: He is PS of 11,12,10,4,8
Since the 11th is found in the pricipal significators, We SELECT THAT AS BHUKTI:
Next is Antara: The Antara Lord has to be the PS of the remaining 5th house: Whe
n looking thru other Planets, we get MOON as Primarily signifinficator.
5th in the 1st itself. So we select this.
The period thus is 3/5/1987 to 31/5/1987. The birth took place in June 87.
The Ayanamsa used was later corrected. This adds 13 days to the Dasa endins etc.
So the timimg is fairly correct.
Another Example
Below is an elaborate example for Marriage.
DATE
:SATURDAY E: 17 - 11 - 1973 : TIME: 10 H. 0 M. 0 S.
DASA BAL. : Ket 6 Y. 11 M. 0 Days: ENDS on 17 - 10 - 1980
Lat 21N10: Long 75:41
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
PLANET SgL StL
SbL IN Owns
HOUSE SgL
StL
SUN
Mar
Jup
Mar 11 -9Ep
1
Jup
Ven
MOO
Sun
Ket
Ket 8 -8
2
Sat
Moo
MAR
Mar
Ket
Ven 4 -5Ep-12
3
Sat
Jup
MER
Ven
Rah
Sun 10 -7Ep-10
4
Jup
Mer
JUP
Sat
Moo
Rah 1 -1 -4
5
Mar
Ven

SbL
Sun
Mer
Mer
Jup
Ket

VEN
SAT
RAH
KET

Jup
Mer
Jup
Mer

Ven
Rah
Ket
Rah

Rah 1 -6 -11
Sat 6 -2Ep-3Ep
Rah 12
Rah 6

6
7
8
9
10
11
12

Ven
Mer
Moo
Sun
Mer
Ven
Mar

Moo
Rah
Mer
Ven
Mar
Jup
Mer

Ven
Ven
Ket
Mer
Jup
Ket
Ven

EMPTY HOUSES -NOT occupied by Sun to Ketu ARE 2 3 5 7 9

RASI Lord PARIVARTANA
STAR Lord PARIVARTANA Rah-Ket Ket-Rah
SUB Lord PARIVARTANA
planets conjuct : Nil
E= empty house. P/p= PRIMARY SIGNIFICATION
Basic 4 step Data
PLANET :
KET
6-(Mer 10-7E) Since Ketu has sec sig
only. Its agent Merc also
has Secondary sig. Though
by itself Merc has P sig
of 10th see below
It's STAR Lord : Rah
12p-(Jup 1p-4 ) Rule 2
It's SUB Lord : Rah
12-(Jup 1-4 )
SUB's STAR Lord : Ket
6p-(Mer 10P-7Ep) As Ket has primary sig
here Merc get pri sig at
this stage.
PLANET :
VEN
* 1P-6 -11
It's STAR Lord : Ven * 1P-6 -11
It's SUB Lord : Rah
12-(Jup 1 -4 )
SUB's STAR Lord : Ket
6p-(Mer 10P-7Ep)
Ditto
PLANET :
SUN
+ 11P-9Ep
It's STAR Lord : Jup
1p-4
It's SUB Lord : Mar + 4P-5Ep-12
SUB's STAR Lord : Ket
6p-(Mer 10P-7Ep)
PLANET :
MOO
It's STAR Lord : Ket
It's SUB Lord : Ket
SUB's STAR Lord : Rah

8
6p-(Mer 10P-7Ep)
6-(Mer 10-7E )
12p-(Jup 1p-4 )

PLANET :
MAR
+ 4P-5Ep-12
It's STAR Lord : Ket
6p-(Mer 10P-7Ep)
It's SUB Lord : Ven * 1P-6 -11
SUB's STAR Lord : Ven * 1P-6 -11
PLANET :
RAH
It's STAR Lord : Ket
It's SUB Lord : Rah
SUB's STAR Lord : Ket

12-(Jup
6p-(Mer
12-(Jup
6p-(Mer

1 -4 )
10P-7Ep)
1-4 )
10P-7Ep)

PLANET :
JUP
It's STAR Lord : Moo
It's SUB Lord : Rah
SUB's STAR Lord : Ket

1 -4
8p
12-(Jup 1-4 )
6p-(Mer 10P-7Ep)

PLANET :
SAT
+ 6P-2Ep-3Ep
It's STAR Lord : Rah
12p-(Jup 1p-4 )
It's SUB Lord : Sat + 6P-2Ep-3Ep
SUB's STAR Lord : Rah
12p-(Jup 1p-4 )

PLANET :
MER
+ 10P-7Ep
It's STAR Lord : Rah
12p-(Jup
It's SUB Lord : Sun + 11P-9Ep
SUB's STAR Lord : Jup
1p-4

1p-4 )

x
The Question to be Answered is the Marriage of the Native.
Apply KP rule: 7th cusp Sub Lord must signify 2,7, or 11.
In the present case 7th cusp Sub lord is Venus. Now see his significance He s
ignigies 7th Principally at Step 4. The secondary signification is not conside
red. SO THE NATIVE WILL MARRY .
NEXT QUESTION WHEN ?
When the question was asked Ven Dasa running for one month only.
Next Dasa of SUN is selected:
Sun in 1st step is Principal significator of 11th and 7th.
So Sun Dasa and Sun Bhukti is selected.
NOW WE HAVE TO GET THE 3RD SIGNIFICANCE FOR HOUSE 2.
An examination of the Planets and Houses signified shows that only SAT principal
ly signifies the 2nd. So the marriage is predicted to take place in SUN DASA: SU
N BHUKTI: SAT ANTARA;
This period is 5/12/2000 to 22/12/2000. But during this period Saturn is RETROGR
ADE. So this was not selected. Take MOON Bhukti: Moon is Principal sig of 7th, S
un of 11th
Take Sat antara for 2nd, thus complete the chain.
This period comes 19/4/2001 to 18/5/2001. This period was predicted for Marriage
.
THE MARRIAGE WAS CELEBRATED ON 18/4/2001.
This is from Nakshtra Dena of Divali 2001.
Further Readings:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/k_p_system/files/4-Step/
4-Step Theory Presentation by Rajendra Nimje