Navamsas

From Hindu astrology (Vedic astrology), a ninefold division of each sign into 3 1/3° segments, each segment influenced by a sign of the zodiac. The first navamsa of Aries is sub-ruled by Aries, the next by Taurus, and so on, continuing the natural order of the zodiac through the ninth navamsa of Pisces, sub-ruled by Pisces. These “signs within a sign” create variations in interpretation of different degrees of a particular sign.