The Samkhya System in the Context of Saturn in Aries

Samkhya

On the far left are two diagrams: the first depicts the dignities of house 1 and the second the dignities of the first quadrant. The text singles out Saturn in Aries (mulaprakriti) as being the same in either formulation.

At the top center, the four dignities of house 1 are listed again.

At the top right, Saturn in Aries is listed. Below it on the left are the rest of the dignities of Saturn (the Saturn henad), and below it on the right are the rest of the planets in the fall ring (the Body monad). Not all the signs that identify the dignities of the Saturn henad and Body monad are listed.

In the center of the page are the dignities of the first quadrant, grouped according to rulerships, exaltations, detriments, and falls.

Bracketed below Saturn in Aries is the fourth quadrant, which is represented by three columns of planets. Viewed from left to right, these columns are the dignities of houses 10-12, each labeled with the name of a tattva from the Samkhya school.

Houses 10-12 are also bracketed on the left by the dignities of house 9, and the label explains that Jupiter in Sagittarius is the unity of the fourth quadrant.

In the lower right, Saturn in Leo is labeled “Purusha,” another Samkhya tattva.