Parivartana meaning in Vedic astrology: exchange of signs
Also called: parivartana yoga, exchange of signs, mutual exchange, sign exchange
Definition
Parivartana is Sanskrit for exchange: a situation where two planets each sit in the other's sign. It is also called parivartana yoga or a sign exchange.
P.V.R. Narasimha Rao (PVR) gives the example: the 4th lord sits in the 5th house while the 5th lord sits in the 4th house, so the two swap signs.
PVR counts an exchange as one of three kinds of association between two planets, alongside conjunction and mutual aspect (graha drishti).
It matters for yogas too. BPHS (Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra), ch. 34 (verses 11-12), lists an exchange between the lord of a kendra (a quadrant house) and the lord of a kona (a trine house) as one of the relationships that causes a yoga.
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