Adhi yoga (benefics from the Moon)

How often it forms

Share of 3,000 charts computed by the JyotiSoft engine for random births (1950–2010, any hour, places from 40° S to 60° N). A common yoga is not a lesser one, but its presence alone says little; what matters is its strength in the whole chart.

What it gives

The 6th, 7th and 8th from the Moon are the houses opposite the mind: from there the benefics look back at the Moon and support it. The texts describe a person who is courteous and trustworthy, who rises in organisations and whom adversaries struggle to harm. In modern terms: steady emotional backing that lets someone take responsibility calmly.

What makes it strong

The strength of the benefics decides how much the yoga gives. Jupiter and Venus in good signs, not combust and not hemmed in by malefics, make it real; weak benefics make it modest. The Moon's own strength matters too, because it is the Moon the benefics support. The houses these planets occupy from the lagna add the field: career, partnership or hidden resources.

A note on the strict rule

Because our engine asks for all the natural benefics in those three houses, Adhi is uncommon in our sample. A chart with only two of them there is not counted, although some astrologers would call it a partial Adhi yoga.

Questions

See also

• Raja and dhana yogas
• Gaja Kesari yoga
• Budha-Aditya yoga
• Amala yoga

Positions and tables: sidereal zodiac, Lahiri ayanamsha — the same as professional Jyotish astrologers use, and the same calculation as the charts in JyotiSoft. Updated 2026-10-14.