BURMESE ASTROLOGY

INTRODUCTION

Mahabote is an astrological method that has originated in the convents

of Burma.

This method is not very well known in the world. However, compared to
other astrological methods it has some advantages. These are some
characteristics of Mahabote:

1. You do not need a birthtime to make a Mahabote chart. This makes it

possible to make a chart analysis also for people who do not have
their time of birth.

2. Mahabote uses the planets but not a particular zodiac. The Mahabote
chart is mainly dependent upon the year somebody is born and the day
of the week.

3. It is a technique that makes it possible to prescribe effective

remedial measures. It also offers a form of predictive astrology.
There is even a form of Mahabote that can be used to answer questions
(horary astrology).

4. The Burmese call Mahabote " the small vessel". Although it gives
interesting results you cannot compare a Mahabote analysis with a full
Vedic or Western chart analysis. Mahabote gives a summary of the
energy patterns of a chart. Vedic and Western Astrology offer more
details.

CALCULATING THE MAHABOTE CHART

To calculate a Mahabote chart you use the following method:.

1. Take the year of birth, for example 1985.

2. If the person is born on or before April 15 you subtract 639 from

the year of birth. If the person is born after April 15 you subtract
638.

The reason for this is to bring the Western birthdate into harmony
with the traditional Burmese calendar.

3. Suppose the person of this example is born on February 20. Then you
make the following calculation: 1985 - 639 = 1346.

4. Next you divide this value by 7. Suppose we divide 1346 by 7. The

outcome of this is 192. The remainder will be 2 (192 * 7 = 1344).

5. You should only look at the remainder, which in this case is 2.

This value decides which planet appears in the first house of the
Mahabote chart.
If the value is 2 (like in this example) the Moon will be in the first
house.
If the value is 1 this will be the Sun, if the value is 3 Mars, if the
value is 4 Mercury, if the value is 5 Jupiter, if the value is 6
Venus, if the value is 7 or 0 the planet in the first house will be
Saturn.

6. If we have the planet that appears in the first house it is easy to

decide which planets appear in the other houses..

Mahabote knows the following order of planets:

Sun - Mercury - Saturn - Mars - Venus - Moon - Jupiter.

If the Moon appears in the first house, then Jupiter will be in the
second, the Sun in the third, Mercury in the fourth, Saturn in the
fifth, Mars in the sixth and Venus in the seventh house (see the chart
below).

Venus

House of Leader

Sun

House of Fame

Mercury

House of Wealth

Saturn

House of Kingly Position

Jupiter

House of Extremity

Moon
House of Impermanence

Mars

House of Sickly

The birthday planet has a special place in Mahabote analysis. Suppose

somebody has been born on a Thursday, in that case the birthday planet
will be Jupiter (for Monday it will be the Moon, Tuesday Mars,
Wednesday Mercury, Friday Venus, Saturday Saturn, Sunday the Sun). In
the Mahabote chart the birthday planet will be underlined.

Exception: If somebody is born on a Wednesday after 12.00 then the

birthday planet will not be Mercury but Rahu (also called the North
Node in Western Astrology). In the Mahabote chart Mercury will be
replaced by Rahu

The grey houses are houses that cause problems on one way or another.
Here is a short analysis of these houses in the example chart.

House 2: The House of Extremity is the house of all or nothing.

Planets that are in this house tend to manifest in an extreme manner.
In this case Jupiter is found in the House of Extremity. It is
possible that the person manifests his views (falls under Jupiter) in
an extreme manner. It is also possible that he manifests his need on
broadening his horizon in an extreme manner. For example: making many
trips. Because Jupiter is the birthday planet this house is very
important for the person.

House 1: The House of Impermanence: Planets that are placed in this

house tend to manifest themselves in an impermanent way. The Moon has
to do with the mother, the environment, emotions. All these contents
are unstable. The Moon has to do with the mother, the environment,
emotions. It is possible that the person has difficulties to deal with
his emotions or that the home environment causes problems.

House 6: The House of Sickly. This is the most difficult house of the
chart. In this house we find the biggest problems. In the example
chart we find Mars, the planet of manliness, power and energy in this
house. This can mean that somebody has problems with manliness, power
and energy. Planets that are in this house may cause diseases. In that
case the person is sensitive to diseases that have to do with Mars
like inflammation.

The green houses have a more positive meaning. You will find a short
analysis of those houses below:

House 3: House of Fame: This house shows how the person is known. In
this case we find the Sun in the House of Fame. It is possible that
the person is known as a leader. Suppose we would have had the Moon in
the House of Fame. In that case the person would be known as being
caring and sensitive. This house shows how somebody appears to the
world.
House 4: House of Wealth: This house gives information on what makes a
person happy. With Mercury in house 4 communication and thinking
(which fall under Mercury) makes the person happy. Suppose we had the
Moon in house 4, in that case taking care for others would make the
person happy.

House 5: House van Kingly Position: This house shows the goals of a
person. It shows what he tries to accomplish, but he will never
succeed, at least not in his own eyes. The person in this example
wants to structure his life (structuring falls under Saturn). However,
it is very questionable whether he will succeed in his own eyes.
Suppose another person has the Sun in house 5. In that case the person
will try to be a leader, but he will have a hard time trying to
accomplish that.

House 7: House of the Leader. This house gives information on what

motivates a certain person and what his or her talents are. In this
example the person will be motivated by beauty and kindness
(characteristics of Venus.

On the basis of this example have we seen that Mahabote is capable of

giving an interesting analysis of the personality. However, Mahabote
has more possibilities.

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