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II Shri Ganeshay Namah II

Tarak

In Indian Vedic Astrology, Moon plays very important role in giving fruits of the houses. Moon is considered as our mind in astrology and it is through our mind that we feel happiness or unhappiness, joy or sorrow.  All the emotions and feelings are because of mind. Moon is also very close to earth and whenever a planet is going to give fruits, it transfers its fruits to Moon and Moon transfers them to the native and this way native gets Shubha or Ashubha fruits as per the transit of planets.  So Chandra Rashi Kundali (Moon rashi horoscope) is used for Gochar prediction in our Nirayan system of Indian Vedic Astrology.

  Our learned Rishi-Munis observed the effects of various constellations on planets as per its distance from the constellation of Moon. They studied the effect of nakshatra on planets in giving fruits when it is in the same constellation as that of Moon. Then the effect of second constellation from Moon was studied and so on. In this way they studied the effects of all 27 Nakshatras on planet’s behavior in giving fruits and they found out that there were nine types of effects as per the distance of specific nakshatra from the constellation of Moon. Considering the nakshatra of Moon as the first Nakshatra, the effects up to nine nakshatras were different and same effects were repeated from 10^th Nakshatra to 18^th Nakshatra and from 19^th Nakshatra to 27^th Nakshatra. This way nine groups of nakshatras were formed each having three nakshatras. They gave the name of Taraka to each group.  Each Taraka was given a name as per its effect on planets. The names they gave were in serial order

            1. Janma         2. Sampad       3. Vipad

            4. Kshema        5. Pratyari        6. Sadhak

            7. Naithan        8. Mitra             9. Adhimitra

The effect of each Taraka on planets in short was as follows:

Janma Tarak: Fruits obtained as per the strength of the planet in birth horoscope.

Sampad Tarak: More than expected fruits are obtained.

Vipad Tarak: Fruits with worries and obstacles in the beginning

Kshema Tarak: Fruits for family and enjoyed with family members.

Pratyari Tarak: Fruits with hopes and despair or hopelessness.

Sadhak Tarak: Fruits with constant efforts.

Naithan Tarak: Destruction of fruits at the last moment.

Maitra Tarak: Fruits with the help of friends or recent acquaintance

Adhimitra Tarak: Fruits obtained with the help of family members or very close friends.

As we know there are 27 Nakshatras or constellations. Our learned Rishi-Munis considered the nakshatra of Moon as the first nakshatra and placed this nakshatra below Janma Tarak. Then second nakshatra from moon was placed in second Tarak i.e. Sampad Tarak. This way they placed nine constellations under nine taraks in serial order. The 10^th constellation was again placed under Janma tarak and next nine nakshatras were put under nine taraks in serial order in second row. 19^th nakshatra was placed under Janma tarak and remaining nakshatras were placed under respective Tarak in 3^rd row. In this way three rows of nine nakshatras were formed under taraks. Each tarak contained three constellations. So tarak is nothing but the group of nakshatras. The nakshatra of moon is considered as the first nakshatra. So Janma tarak will contain 1^st, 10^th and 19^th nakshatra from Moon’s nakshatra, Sampad Tarak will contain 2^nd,11^th and 20^th nakshatra from Moon’s nakshatra and so on. If we see this in tabular form it will be as follows.

Janma	1st  Nakshatra of Moon	10	19
Sampad	2nd Naksha. Fom Moon	11	20
Vipad	3	12	21
Kshema	4	13	22
Pratyari	5	14	23
Sadhak	6	15	24
Vadha	7	16	25
Maitra	8	17	26
Adhimitra	9	18	27

As the planets were imbibing the effects of taraks under which they come, my Guruji changed the word tarak to Dharak as the meaning of Dharak is to wear or to take the effect of some thing else. E.g. when a car is painted red, we say it is a red car, when it is pained yellow, we say it is a yellow car. Similarly a planet coming under a particular tarak takes the effects of that tarak. So we can say that it has taken the effect of that Dharak and will give fruits as per the characteristics of that Dharak.