Home›Articles›The Five Yogas of the Great PersonArticlesThe Five Yogas of the Great PersonCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "The Five Yogas of the Great Person." Accessed September 3, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/articles/mahapurusha-yogas-the-five-yogas-of-the-great-person.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Five Yogas of the Great Person. Retrieved September 3, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/articles/mahapurusha-yogas-the-five-yogas-of-the-great-personCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-the-five-yogas-of-the-great-person, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {The Five Yogas of the Great Person}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/articles/mahapurusha-yogas-the-five-yogas-of-the-great-person}, note = {Accessed September 3, 2026} }Copy BibTeXLearn MoreCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Learn MoreThe Five Yogas of the Great Person The five Mahapurusha, or "great person", yogas (Ruchaka, Bhadra, Hamsa, Malavya and Sasa), are formed when Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus or Saturn respectively sits in its own sign or in exaltation and in an angular house from the ascendant or the Moon. Each is held to mark out a person of distinction, stamping the character and fortunes with the nature of the planet that forms it. They are among the most celebrated of the named yogas, and a chart that contains one is traditionally read as belonging to someone raised above the ordinary in the sphere that planet governs.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsArticle OnMahapurusha Yogas, Categories Well-attested Source Divinity Atlas Long-Form Articles, First Editiontier 1SourcesDivinity Atlas Long-Form Articles, First Editiontier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year