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. The Planet itself (House residence, Houses Owned)
2. The Star Lord of the Planet: (Same house resident, houses owned)
3. The SUB LORD of the Planet:
4. The 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 HOUSE where it
resides, and of the House/Houses It OWNS
This rule is modified depending on whether there are other planets in the STARS of this Planet, and
whether 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 Lord 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 where 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 Significator of the house owned
If the Planet is itself a SECONDARY Significator of House of RESIDENCE then it will be also Secondary
Significator of Houses owned EVEN IT EMPTY.
IF A PLANET IS IN ITS OWN STAR, then it Automatically becomes the Primary Significator of the House
of residence (even if there other planets in its stars). It becomes principal 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 additional representation as Representative 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 applying the same rules as Second Step
Another point is to consider Signifcators by conjunction(3.33 deg) between planets, as also signified by
the planet considered. The conjoined planet acts as an agent 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:No planets 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 must 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: When 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

Plane
t
Sun
Moon

Sign
Lord
MA
SU

StarLo
rd
JU
KE

SubLo
rd
MA
KE

In

Owns

11
8

Mars

MA

KE

VE

9 EP
8
5EP,1
2
7EP,1
0
1, 4
6, 11
2EP,
3EP

Mercur
y
Jupiter
Venus

VE

RA

SU

10

SA
JU

MO
VE

RA
RA

1
1

Saturn

ME

RA

SA

Rahu
Ketu

JU
ME

KE
RA

RA
RA

12
6

Hous
e
1
2

Sign
Lord
JU
SA

Star
Lord
VE
MO

Sub
Lord
SU
ME

SA

JU

ME

JU

ME

JU

5
6

MA
VE

VE
MO

KE
VE

ME

RA

VE

8
9
10
11
12

MO
SU
ME
VE
MA

ME
VE
MA
JU
ME

KE
ME
JU
KE
VE

PLANET SgL StL SbL IN Owns

HOUSE SgL StL SbL
SUN Mar Jup Mar 11 -9Ep
1 Jup Ven Sun
MOO Sun Ket Ket 8 -8
2 Sat Moo Mer
MAR Mar Ket Ven 4 -5Ep-12
3 Sat Jup Mer
MER Ven Rah Sun 10 -7Ep-10
4 Jup Mer Jup
JUP Sat Moo Rah 1 -1 -4
5 Mar Ven Ket
VEN Jup Ven Rah 1 -6 -11
6 Ven Moo Ven
SAT Mer Rah Sat 6 -2Ep-3Ep
7 Mer Rah Ven
RAH Jup Ket Rah 12
8 Moo Mer Ket
KET Mer Rah Rah 6
9 Sun Ven Mer
10 Mer Mar Jup
11 Ven Jup Ket
12 Mar Mer 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
8
It's STAR Lord : Ket 6p-(Mer 10P-7Ep)
It's SUB Lord : Ket 6-(Mer 10-7E )
SUB's STAR Lord : Rah 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
12-(Jup 1 -4 )
It's STAR Lord : Ket 6p-(Mer 10P-7Ep)
It's SUB Lord : Rah 12-(Jup 1-4 )
SUB's STAR Lord : Ket 6p-(Mer 10P-7Ep)
PLANET :
JUP
1 -4
It's STAR Lord : Moo 8p
It's SUB Lord : Rah 12-(Jup 1-4 )
SUB's STAR Lord : Ket 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 1p-4 )
It's SUB Lord : Sun + 11P-9Ep
SUB's STAR Lord : Jup 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 signifies 7th Principally at
Step 4. The secondary signification is not considered. 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 principally signifies the 2nd. So

the marriage is predicted to take place in SUN DASA: SUN BHUKTI: SAT ANTARA;
This period is 5/12/2000 to 22/12/2000. But during this period Saturn is RETROGRADE. So this was not
selected. Take MOON Bhukti: Moon is Principal sig of 7th, Sun 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.