Kuta

All seven classical planets sit in the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th or 10th house. No planet sits in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 11th or 12th. The arc is continuous and includes both the home and the career.

Count seven houses forward from the 4th: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Kuta requires every planet to fall somewhere in that arc. The 4th is the base and the 10th is the summit; the five houses between them are the slope.

The 1st house is empty of planets. That does not remove the self from the chart; it moves the self into the ascendant lord, which must sit somewhere in the arc. Its house shows what the climb is really for.

The 7th house sits inside the pattern, so partnership is part of the public story rather than a separate private zone. The 6th and 8th add work and depth to the ascent. The 9th adds perspective, and the 5th adds craft.

Kuta is not the same as Kamala. Kamala requires all seven planets to be in the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th — not that the 1st be occupied. When all seven sit in the 4th, 7th and 10th, the chart is both Kuta and Kamala, and the engine reports both.

A summit is defined by the climb, not by the view. Kuta puts every planet on the slope between home and career. The native's life is organised around building something in public, and the 4th house keeps the base in view. The empty 1st is the subtle part: the person is not the performance. Identity is made by the work, and the work is judged by what it holds up.

The name and shape suggest authority and responsibility because the 10th is the summit and the 4th is the ground. This is a modern reading of the image, not a quotation from BPHS; the classical phala is more mixed. A public role that stands on a real base is legitimate in a way that a purely self-made performance is not. The risk is that the climb consumes the climber. The 7th house inside the arc is a reminder that partnership is part of the ascent, not a distraction from it.

• A strong orientation toward public achievement and long-term building.
• Capacity for responsibility, especially when others depend on the outcome.
• A career that is visible and judged rather than private and incidental.
• Practical ambition rooted in home, family and a real base.
• The ability to take a project from foundation to summit.

• The ascendant lord in the 4th or 10th, anchoring the climb in a real base.
• The 10th lord in the 10th or 4th, keeping career and home in conversation.
• Jupiter or the Sun in the 10th, giving the public role a clear centre.
• The Moon in the 4th, so the base has emotional weight.
• Benefics on the 4th–10th axis, which make the climb humane.

Kuta is structural and life-long. Its themes are most visible during the periods of the 4th and 10th lords, and when Saturn or Jupiter transits the 10th or the 4th. The climb has chapters, but the shape does not switch on and off with a single dasha. A slow period can be a foundation phase rather than a failure of the pattern.

• Kuta does not mean a person will become a king, a chief executive or a public figure. It describes a peak-shaped life, not a rank. The scale depends on the whole chart and the field.
• The empty 1st house does not mean an absent personality. The ascendant is still defined by its sign and lord, and the lord's place in the arc shows where the self is invested.
• Kuta is not the same as Kamala. Kamala needs all seven planets in the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th; the 1st may be empty. Kuta needs the continuous 4–10 arc and leaves the 1st empty. A chart with all seven in the 4th, 7th and 10th satisfies both.

1. 1.Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, Ch. 35 (Nabhasa Yogas, Akriti group)
2. 2.Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, Ch. 36 (Yoga combinations)
3. 3.Sithar's Astrology, "Nabhasa Yogas Explained"
4. 4.AstroCentral, "Nabhasa Yogas" (source summary of BPHS Ch. 35)

The formation and strength of this yoga are calculated by the RajYog engine. The interpretation is an original paraphrase of the classical rule; it is not a personal prediction. Read the methodology.